General Motors (GM) has laid off more than 200 engineers, delivering the news via Microsoft Teams, even as the company reported stronger-than-expected profits and raised its financial outlook for 2025. The move, confirmed on October 24, 2025, has sparked criticism over the timing and method of the layoffs, highlighting the tension between corporate restructuring and […]
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The United Nations Security Council met in New York this week to address “the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question,” amid mounting concerns over the durability of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The truce, in place for just over two years since the Gaza war erupted in October 2023, has […]
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Business & Macro Climate & Energy Geopolitics & Policy Tech & Deals Security & Human Rights Across the continent, conflict-driven disruptions continue to affect education, energy, and livelihoods. From Mali’s militant blockade to Mozambique’s LNG delays, instability remains a key obstacle to development. Meanwhile, governance reforms in Djibouti and financial transparency gains in Nigeria and […]
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has renewed calls for sweeping reform of the UN Security Council, warning that its current structure undermines both its legitimacy and effectiveness in addressing global crises. Speaking during events marking the UN’s 80th anniversary on October 24, 2025, Guterres stressed that the Council’s composition no longer reflects the realities of […]
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A 41-year-old Guatemalan national is set to make his initial appearance in U.S. federal court on charges stemming from a crash of a tractor-trailer packed with at least 160 illegal aliens – many of them Guatemalan – that killed more than 50 people, including unaccompanied children, and injured over 100 more, the Justice Department announced […]
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The U.S. Navy confirmed on Sunday, October 26, 2025, that a fighter jet and a helicopter operating from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed into the South China Sea in two separate incidents less than an hour apart. The accidents come only months after the Navy lost two carrier-based jets in unrelated incidents over the […]
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Saudi Arabia’s new national carrier, Riyadh Air, completed its inaugural passenger flight on Sunday, October 26, 2025, landing at London’s Heathrow Airport and officially marking its entry into global aviation. The maiden service, designated Flight RX401, departed Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport at 3:26 a.m. local time and touched down in London six hours and […]
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Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) have broken ground on what is being hailed as the world’s first gigawatt-scale solar-plus-storage project designed to provide round-the-clock renewable baseload power. The $6 billion development, unveiled on October 24, 2025, represents a landmark in the global energy transition. The project will […]
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Striking workers at Boeing Defense facilities in the St. Louis region have voted to reject the company’s latest contract proposal, prolonging a walkout that has already stretched nearly three months and disrupted key military aircraft programs. The strike, involving roughly 3,200 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 837, began […]
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how businesses operate, reshaping public services, and revolutionising science. AI has the potential to improve our lives in many ways. As the global race to harness its potential heats up, the European Commission has put forward two strategies that will help Europe stay ahead in AI industry and science respectively. The […]
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