Category: Business

The car industry is rarely out of the news, often under gloomy headlines related to tariffs, falling sales, low uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) and workers’ strikes. While the crisis in the sector affects all global brands, German companies have been especially badly hit. Volkswagen has been reducing its production capacity, Mercedes-Benz has issued a […]

During two-days in Johannesburg, Ms. Mohammed attended the G20 Finance Ministers meeting and the ‘Finance in Common’ Summit of National Development Banks. She also spent a day in Cape Town at a meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. She represented Secretary-General António Guterres at both stops and in her remarks in […]

On April 1, 2025, the European Union (EU) will begin imposing countermeasures in response to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This action follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to apply tariffs worth $28 billion on these imports. The European Commission, led by President Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the EU will retaliate […]

In a bold push for medical privacy, Hawaii’s House of Representatives has introduced HCR 144/HR 138, a resolution calling for the Hawaii Attorney General to investigate whether crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are violating patient privacy laws.  Often referred to as “fake clinics” or “unregulated pregnancy centers” (UPCs), these are non-medical centers that provide  free pregnancy […]

Public sector workers in Iraqi Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq, have endured irregular and delayed salary payments for more than a decade. Many of these people are owed staggering amounts of money – US$50,000 (£38,700) on average, and as much as US$120,000 for higher-level employees. The region’s 6.5 million inhabitants have been caught […]

China has announced new tariffs of up to 100% on Canadian food exports, including canola and pork, set to take effect on March 20. The move is in direct response to Canada’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel, and aluminum. China’s State Council Tariff Commission stated that the tariffs aim to discourage Canada, […]

International Airlines Group (IAG) has launched a new corporate venturing arm – IAGi Ventures – with plans to invest up to €200 million over the next five years in high-potential startups and scaleups. International Airlines Group (IAG) – a Corporate Partner of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub and Headline Partner of the co-located […]

Corporate executives, particularly in the healthcare sector, have recently been targeted in a new scam where extortionists send physical ransom letters threatening to leak stolen data unless paid. According to an alert from the FBI, the letters claim to be from the BianLian ransomware group, a notorious cybercrime operation. They assert that the recipient’s organization […]

Last month saw digital rights organizations and social justice groups head to Taiwan for this year’s RightsCon conference on human rights in the digital age. During the conference, one prominent message was spoken loud and clear: Alaa Abd El-Fattah must be immediately released from illegal detention in Egypt. “As Alaa’s mother, I thank you for […]

Volunteering is a popular way for people to give something back to society. Whether it’s joining a tree-planting group, or helping out at a charity shop, spending time contributing to a cause is something valued by almost a billion people across the world. Some businesses have picked up on this in a positive way, by […]