LinkedIn Cuts 5% of Workforce in Strategic Reorganization Amid Tech Sector Layoffs
LinkedIn announced on Wednesday that it will reduce its workforce by about 5% as part of a strategic reorganization aimed at prioritizing high growth business segments. With a global staff of over 17,500 full-time employees, the cuts are expected to impact hundreds of workers across various teams. The decision comes against a backdrop of mounting […]
Move Over Canada, Venezuela Is Now The 51st State In Trump’s Map
President Donald Trump posted a map of Venezuela covered by the US flag, labeling the South American country as the “51st State”. The image, posted by Trump and amplified by the White House account, has turned a territorial provocation into a policy test as the relations is heightened to Washington’s post-Maduro oil, migration, and regional-security […]
NGEx Minerals Drills 207.79 g/t Gold Over 17.3 Metres At Lunahuasi
NGEx Minerals (TSX: NGEX) is making the case that the gold story at Lunahuasi is no longer a sideshow to the copper. Five fresh holes from the Phase 4 program at the Argentina project returned some of the strongest precious metal numbers yet released from the deposit, including a two metre interval grading 1,740 grams […]
Philippine Senate On Lockdown After Shots Fired Amid ICC Warrant On Senator
The fight over Philippine Sen. Ronald dela Rosa’s ICC warrant is no longer confined to court filings, Senate privilege, or political messaging after reports of gunfire turned the Philippine Senate lockdown into an active security crisis. Reuters reported that a witness heard over a dozen gunshots at the Senate on Wednesday, where dela Rosa was […]
Equinox Gold To Acquire Orla Mining In $18.5 Billion Tie-Up Forming North American Gold Major
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX) has agreed to acquire Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA) in a largely all stock deal that creates a new senior North American gold producer with an implied market capitalization of roughly $18.5 billion and combined annual production of approximately 1.1 million ounces. Under the terms of the definitive arrangement agreement announced […]
King Charles Calls For Digital ID Scheme In Sweeping UK Legislative Agenda
King Charles III announced a landmark digital ID scheme during the King’s Speech on May 13 at the State Opening of Parliament in London, marking a cornerstone of the UK government’s ambitious legislative agenda. The plan, part of over 35 bills outlined for the new parliamentary session, aims to modernize public service access while stirring […]
BYD in Talks to Acquire Stellantis Factories in Europe as Expansion Accelerates
BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle giant, is in active discussions with Stellantis NV and other European automakers to acquire underutilized car manufacturing facilities across the continent. Executive Vice President Stella Li confirmed the scope of these talks, noting, ‘We are talking to not only Stellantis, we’re talking to other companies too.’ The negotiations mark a […]
Canada’s Deepfake Bill Expands to Cover Near-Nude Images—Closing a Grok-Exposed Loophole
A House of Commons justice committee has amended Canada’s proposed deepfake legislation to cover “nearly nude” images, closing a loophole that would have left AI-generated sexual images outside the law’s reach. The amendment to Bill C-16 came directly in response to the Grok chatbot controversy earlier this year. When Elon Musk’s Grok proliferated on X, […]
Canada’s First Sovereign Wealth Fund: What the Canada Strong Fund Is, How It Works, and Why Critics Call It a Debt Fund
Canada is getting its first national sovereign wealth fund — built differently from almost every comparable fund in the world, and that distinction is the source of both its ambition and its central controversy. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Canada Strong Fund on April 27, a day before Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the […]
Carney’s Senate Announcement Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Mark Carney will use Trudeau’s Senate appointment model — a decision he kept to himself for more than a year, and revealed only after his government secured majority status “We will be appointing senators in due course and I will take into account the advice of the independent advisory committee that was established by my […]