Turkish F-16s Launch Airstrikes Near Mogadishu as US-Backed Somali Govt Fights Major Battle With al-Shabaab

Pentagon Informs Allies Prepare For "Protracted" War In Ukraine The full-scale war in Ukraine lately blew past four years and six months since February 24, 2022, and has also long been a proxy conflict, pitting the US and NATO against Russia. Beyond this, there's been what can be described as a raging 'dirty war' stretching back over 12 years since at least February 2014. Lest anyone think this is an exaggeration, or that it's not actually a deep proxy and covert shadow war as well, it is worth revisiting our prior widely...

Barclays To Axe 5,000 Jobs As Britain's Youth Employment Crisis Deepens Bloomberg cites a Barclays corporate presentation saying the bank is cutting 5,000 jobs as it pushes ahead with cost-cutting measures and adopts artificial intelligence to improve efficiency. The reductions would affect about 5% of the bank's workforce. The London-based lender employed about 93,000 people globally at the end of 2025, according to Bloomberg data. Barclays said it was "structurally reducing" costs to "generate capacity for investment." The presentation also touched on organizational simplification and greater efficiency, supported by AI. Separately, a...

BYD And VinFast Race To Dominate Southeast Asia's EV Market BYD and VinFast are rapidly expanding their presence in Southeast Asia, where electric vehicles are gaining traction and competition is intensifying, according to Nikkei. Both companies have emerged as the fastest-growing car brands in the region’s six largest markets in 2025, with sales rising about 95% for BYD and 90% for VinFast compared with the previous year. VinFast sold more than 100,000 vehicles across countries including Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand, while BYD delivered roughly 70,000 units. Together, they account for around...