Alibaba unveils Qwen-3.5, sharpening global race to spread AI models
Alibaba Cloud has unveiled its next-generation open artificial intelligence model, Qwen-3.5, in a move set to have major…
What are the warning signs of a labour market slowdown?
A fortnight ago, Local independent power producers (IPPs) warned that unless at least 60% of arrears are settled…
Manufacturing sales up 0.6 per cent in December
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says total manufacturing sales increased 0.6 per cent to $71 billion in December, after…
Business registrations and bankruptcies up in Q4 2025 – News articles
In the last quarter of 2025, registrations of businesses in the EU increased by 0.5% compared with the…
How Africa’s untapped $1 trillion gold reserves could redraw global economic map
That is the central finding of a new report by the Africa Finance Corporation, which estimates that Africa…
Ottawa has the worst job market in Canada, faring worse than cities with tariff-hit industries
From the moment President Donald Trump returned to the White House promising to bring manufacturing jobs back to…
Britons feeling ‘dismal’ about finances amid mounting debts, survey finds | Economics
The mood among UK households about their finances is “dismal”, according to research which suggested consumer spending remains…
Industrial production down by 1.4% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU – Euro indicators
Overview In December 2025, compared with November 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 1.4% in the euro…
Jeffrey Sachs sees Mozambique becoming a developed economy within 25 years
Photo: Presidency The President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, met on Saturday in Addis Ababa with renowned American…
Mandatory national service in Canada? Amid AI’s rise, that’s making more and more sense
Kim Samuel is research fellow at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at Oxford University, founder of…
‘It matters if you have a parent with an expensive house’: how Australia’s great wealth transfer threatens faith in the fair go | Society
Kim Day has got word that her mother-in-law is dying. At last. It’s good news for one half…
Pay attention to what’s behind the AI curtain
The invention was the AI sensation of the 18th-century Habsburg court. Described as an “intelligent automaton,” it was…