Tue 6 Oct 2026 01.00 AEDT
It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. “Shorter America” is a series where Dr Emma Shortis loops you in on what’s going on in America and shares news and analysis that you can trust.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has rocketed to global celebrity status with his striking responses to Donald Trump’s chaotic actions in trade policy and geopolitics. On the home front, Carney has been just as frenetic.
Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by around 0.5% in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz crisis, according to Carbon Brief analysis. The US-Iran war has severely disrupted trade through the strait of Hormuz, causing a spike in oil and gas prices that continues to ripple around the global economy.
