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by Nick Srnicek. The Canadian tech-focused academic delves into how a few companies are reshaping politics and economics across the world, tracing how a new class of Big Tech firms is moving to consolidate power and control along the supply chain, and how these mega corporations may wield their influence: ...

As companies confront declining engagement, rising burnout, rapid technological change, and growing political and regulatory pressures, leaders are rethinking the drivers of performance, trust, and resilience. From workforce policy and AI governance to global competitiveness and organizational strategy, The World of Work examines how institutions can adapt and thrive in ...

The News Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer, said she plans to donate $320 million of stock in Elon Musk’s rocket company to investment accounts for kids that the Trump administration launched on the Fourth of July. Shotwell said she would donate one share of SpaceX stock, worth ...

The News Buyers of high-end property have been active in Saudi Arabia this year, even as the Iran war has dented sales of the priciest homes elsewhere in the Gulf, according to DarGlobal CEO Ziad El Chaar. The London-listed developer, which focuses on branded luxury residences, said its international reach ...

The News DR Congo is set to extend cuts to fuel subsidies after moving mining companies to market prices, its finance minister said, as it seeks to soften the blow from the global energy shock sparked by the Iran war. The International Monetary Fund said in May that global oil ...

FIFA overturned a one-match men’s World Cup suspension against US striker Folarin Balogun after President Donald Trump reportedly pressured soccer’s governing body, leading to accusations of favoritism. The move has sparked schisms ahead of the US’ round of 16 tie: Belgium, which faces the US tonight, has appealed the decision, ...

Washington is having the wrong debate about the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Congress is consumed with whether to extend the preferential trade program, when the more important question is what comes after it. AGOA remains one of the most successful pillars of US engagement with Africa, helping build export ...

The News Nigeria’s leading opposition parties are scrambling to fight a growing number of lawsuits that are threatening their capacity to mount a credible challenge in January’s presidential elections. A Nigerian court in June ordered election organizer INEC to de-register the African Democratic Congress and the Nigeria Democratic Congress, whose ...

The Scoop The Federal Communications Commission has already changed the programming of one of television’s last remaining relevant daytime talk shows — before even making any formal demands. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced in February the agency was investigating whether violated the “equal time” rule, a 1930s regulation that requires ...

The leader of a prominent Chinese underground church was released from prison and traveled to the US after President Donald Trump raised his case directly. The pastor, Ezra Jin, was detained last year following overnight raids across China that Christian groups said were among the harshest religious crackdowns in modern ...