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A global coffee price spike is about to drip into your mug

Bad news at the breakfast table: Your morning cup of coffee could soon be getting more expensive.

NBC News - 3h

Chevron will slash up to 20% of its workforce as part of cost-cutting plan

The layoffs will begin this year with most of the cuts complete before the end of 2026.

CNBC - 5h

Ye’s Swastika T-Shirt Was Pulled From Sale, but Not Before Unsettling Shopify’s Workforce

The e-commerce platform found itself in an unenviable position thanks to Kanye West. Did it put things right? Kind of.

Inc. - 7h

Noaa imposes limits on scientists, sparking concerns over global forecasts

‘Crackdown on climate’ predicted as oversight enacted over agency staffers’ email and meetings with foreign nationals. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) has placed ...

The Guardian - 13h

Who Is Marc Fogel? The American Teacher Caught in a Global Power Struggle.

Mr. Fogel, who had lived and taught in many countries, including Russia for nine years, spent 3 ½ years in Russian custody for having cannabis for medical use, and is in poor health.

The New York Times - 23h

Champions League global rights deal set to be struck by U.S. agency Relevent with UEFA, clubs

UEFA and top European soccer clubs are set to drop the Swiss agency that has sold Champions League rights since 1992

ABC News - 1d

Oil giant Chevron to lay off thousands in bid to cut up to 20% of global workforce

No 2 US oil firm aims for $3bn in cost cuts through 2026 and seeks to simplify business after production challenges. Chevron will lay off 15-20% of its global workforce by the end of 2026, the US ...

The Guardian - 6h

Chevron to slash up to 20% of its workforce

US oil group announces cuts despite Donald Trump’s exhortation to ‘drill, baby, drill’

Financial Times - 6h

Global war fears rising among security experts: Survey

Global war fears are rising among experts around the world with over 40 percent expecting a new world conflict in the next decade, according to a new survey. The poll, released Wednesday by the ...

The Hill - 11h

A global corporate tax turf war between Trump, the GOP and U.S. allies is brewing

As President Trump threatens a wider trade war on EU and other allies, an obscure global tax battle could be one retaliatory result, and target U.S. business.

CNBC - 12h

Fogel reflects on time in Russian prison; Trump empowers Musk to slash federal workforce

Marc Fogel, an American school teacher who was detained in Russia for more than three years, was welcomed at the White House Wednesday night where he said he's still processing his time in ...

CBS News - 13h

Fintech unicorn Zepz to lay off 20% of its global workforce, sources say

London-based fintech Zepz is laying off around 200 IT workers as part of a major redundancy plan, two employees impacted by the move told CNBC.

CNBC - 15h

Coca-Cola sales easily top estimates as global demand rises

Shares of Coke have risen 7% over the past year, raising its market cap up to $275 billion.

CNBC - 1d

Trump widens his attack on global trade with steel and aluminium tariffs

Also in today’s newsletter, ‘If there’s no immigrant labour, there’s no milk, no cheese, no butter, no ice cream’

Financial Times - 1d

Global cities grapple with how to cool ‘urban heat islands’

Climate change has made tackling damaging temperature disparities increasingly urgent

Financial Times - 1d

US needs an America-first, common-sense approach to global women’s rights

The Trump administration is expected to continue to prioritize women's rights, not as a "soft power" issue, but as a practical one that aligns with American foreign and domestic policy goals.

The Hill - 2d

USAID cuts threaten global women's program championed by Ivanka Trump

Five years ago, Lillian Achom stood with President Trump as he backed her women's development work - work she says is threatened by his USAID cut.

CBS News - 2d

Risk of breach of 1.5C of global warming here sooner than expected, studies find

Without stringent emissions cuts the world is ‘most probably’ already within the period defined in the Paris accord

Financial Times - 2d

‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit

Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainable. The impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality have featured in ...

The Guardian - 2d

This chart shows the dramatic shift in global manufacturing over 30 years. The U.S. isn’t at the top.

China is at the heart of longer-term economic security concerns that could keep global trade conflicts going, says Deutsche Bank.

MarketWatch - 2d

Inside Monday’s AI pivot: Building digital workforces through modular AI

AI adoption is not a one and done, it’s a journey that enterprises and software vendors alike are on, from assistants to agentic AI.

VentureBeat - 2d

Dismay as UK poised to cut funding for global vaccination group Gavi

Exclusive: Aid charities alarmed as decision would come in wake of Donald Trump’s decision to freeze USAid activities. The UK is poised to cut funding to a global vaccination group that has ...

The Guardian - 2d

Global leaders have a selective view of sovereignty. It matters, as long as it’s in their interests | Kenan Malik

Whether in Gaza or the Chagos Islands, denying a people’s identity and rights paves the way to robbing them of their autonomy to govern . Sovereignty matters. Except when it doesn’t. And it doesn’t ...

The Guardian - 3d

How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid

Elon Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X, as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.

NBC News - 5d

Global chip sales rose 19.1% in 2024 and will hit double digit growth in 2025 thanks to AI | SIA

Global semiconductor chip sales rose 19.1% to $627.6 billion in 2024 and growth is expected to grow double-digit percentages in 2025.

VentureBeat - 5d

USAID Workforce Slashed From 10,000 to Under 300 as Elon Musk’s DOGE Decimates Agency

The US government’s primary foreign aid organization is losing the vast majority of its staff, forcing the agency’s lifesaving work to screech to a halt.

Wired - 6d

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