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SiriusXM has promoted long-serving executive Sean Gibbons to senior vice-president and chief product and technology officer, placing him on the company’s executive leadership team and giving him responsibility for product and technology across SiriusXM and Pandora. Announced on 8 September, the appointment means Gibbons will report directly to chief executive Jennifer Witz. His remit includes product strategy and development, engineering and technology platforms, automotive and streaming distribution partnerships, and advertising technology. Gibbons joined Sirius in 2000, before the company’s first satellite launch, and has held senior roles across product management, engineering, streaming, automotive, content technology and strategic partnerships. Most recently,…

A giant American flag was unfurled over the Pentagon in heavy rain as President Donald Trump led a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Trump and first lady Melania Trump watched as the names of the 184 people killed at the Pentagon were read aloud, with a bell tolling between each name. The ceremony honoured the nearly 3,000 victims of the attacks in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/2366fe3bb4948c068eaceb392ddbd948)) Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and senior military officials had gathered outside at dawn for the flag unfurling, over the section of the Pentagon struck by hijacked American…

Americans gathered across the United States on Friday to mark 25 years since the September 11 attacks, remembering the 2,977 people killed when hijacked aircraft struck the World Trade Centre, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. At the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan, relatives read out the names of those who died in the 2001 attacks and the six victims of the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing. The ceremony began at 8.46am, the moment American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower. Vice-President JD Vance attended alongside former presidents George W Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and…

A young Arizona family returning from a holiday weekend in New Mexico were killed in a head-on crash after a 21-year-old driver allegedly fell asleep at the wheel, authorities said. Giovanni Uballe Huerta and his wife, Kiah Jae Begaye, both 26, died alongside their two young children when their car was struck on State Route 260 near Heber-Overgaard at about 12.30pm on Monday, 7 September. The collision happened near milepost 300, roughly four miles west of Heber. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said the couple’s vehicle was hit by a pickup truck travelling in the opposite direction. The children,…

Women now hold more payroll jobs than men in the United States for only the third time in the country’s history, marking a shift in the labour market that economists say may prove longer-lasting than previous reversals. The milestone has emerged without a recession, unlike the two earlier occasions when women briefly outnumbered men in paid employment: during the Great Recession around 2010 and in the period immediately before the Covid-19 pandemic. Figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics show that employers added 162,000 non-farm jobs in August, taking the unemployment rate to 4.1 per cent. Food services, drinking…

Dame Helen Mirren and Tom Hardy appeared together at a charity event in London on Friday, continuing their public show of friendship less than 24 hours after their reunion at the MobLand season two premiere prompted speculation about reported tensions behind the scenes. The pair posed for photographs at BGC Group’s annual Charity Day at the company’s offices in Canary Wharf. Mirren was supporting Denville Hall, a care home for retired actors and other members of the creative and performing industries. Hardy and Mirren also joined brokers on the trading floor, making phone calls and taking part in financial trades…

West Ham United face a series of decisions over the futures of four first-team players whose contracts are due to expire in June 2027, with Tomáš Souček, Alphonse Areola, Maxwel Cornet and Joël Veltman all approaching the final year of their current deals. The issue will be particularly significant as the Hammers adjust to life in the Championship and pursue an immediate return to the Premier League under Nuno Espírito Santo. West Ham contracts put Souček and Areola under scrutiny Souček is the most established member of the group. The Czech midfielder joined West Ham in 2020 and has made…

Derek Difani has returned to Ground Zero for the first time since surviving the September 11 attacks, 25 years after he was trapped on the 61st floor of the World Trade Center’s south tower. Difani was in Tower 2 when the first hijacked plane struck the neighbouring North Tower. He began making his way out as the scale of the disaster became clear. He managed to escape shortly before both towers collapsed, leaving behind the site where thousands of people lost their lives. Difani did not return to Ground Zero in the years that followed. His visit in 2026 marked…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York mayor Zohran Mamdani were seen laughing during a solemn 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan on Friday morning, as mourners stood silently nearby. The pair appeared together during the gathering marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, when nearly 3,000 people were killed in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Images from the event showed the Democratic politicians smiling and laughing while relatives of victims and other attendees gathered at the World Trade Centre memorial to honour those who died. The annual ceremony includes the reading of the victims’ names and…

Investors are preparing for a possible US interest-rate increase next week, as stubborn inflation and rising Treasury yields threaten to unsettle a stock-market rally that has been fuelled by strong corporate earnings and heavy investment in artificial intelligence. The Federal Reserve is due to conclude its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, September 16, with markets increasingly pricing in a quarter-point rise. The central bank has kept rates unchanged so far in 2026, but expectations shifted after new chair Kevin Warsh adopted a more forceful tone on inflation. Fresh figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed consumer prices rose 0.4%…