Artificial intelligence, robotics, sensors, cloud platforms and connected supply chains are increasingly being brought together into one operating environment. The result is a factory that can adjust to changing conditions rather than simply follow instructions. This shift is already moving beyond experimentation. Physical AI is also pushing automation into more
A significant new chapter in UAE trade policy opened on 6 October 2026, as the Economic Partnership Agreement between the United Arab Emirates and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) officially came into force. The deal establishes a preferential trade framework linking the UAE with five EAEU member states, Armenia, Belarus,
A Big Election Win, a Bigger Set of Problems Abiy’s Prosperity Party won 438 of 547 seats in the June 1 election, in which more than 54 million Ethiopians took part, according to the National Election Board. That is a dominant result by any measure. His new administration calls itself
For an industry built on the mantra of relentless forward motion, the past fortnight has been unusually sobering. OpenAI’s decision not to release GPT-6.1 Astra marks a rare moment where a frontier AI developer chose caution over competition, and the reasoning behind it says a great deal about where the
When a co-pilot allegedly stabbed his captain and tried to send a Flydubai jet carrying 174 passengers plummeting into the Arabian desert on 30 September, the images that followed were the stuff of genuine heroism: an Indian pilot, badly wounded, forcing open a locked cockpit door with his last reserves
Toyota’s decision to invest $1.34 billion in a fully electrified vehicle plant in Zárate, Buenos Aires province, is more than a single corporate announcement, it is the clearest sign yet that legacy automakers are moving from defence to offence in a region where Chinese brands have spent the past two
Where the Growth Actually Came From Oil and gas revenue rose 41.7 percent to Shs326.27 billion, the fastest-growing component by far, while mining revenue climbed to Shs336.97 billion. Direct government revenue from the sector increased from Shs481.27 billion to Shs606.36 billion, though that still represents only about 2.18 percent of
A Sector in Slow Retreat This was not a one-quarter stumble. Manufacturing has now lost 35,000 jobs over the past year, a 2.7 percent annual decline, with cuts spread across food and beverages, textiles, chemicals, metals and transport equipment, according to Stats SA. Business services lost 13,000 positions, trade shed
The 18th BRICS Summit has concluded in New Delhi, as BRICS marks 20 years of cooperation. From four countries to 11 members and 10 partner countries, BRICS today represents nearly half of the world’s population, around 30% of the global economy and one-fifth of global trade. Amid conflicts, trade tensions
Across the Global Majority, emerging economies are rethinking the plumbing of international trade. Rather than routing transactions through Western clearing houses and reserve currencies, countries across Southeast Asia and the wider BRICS+ bloc are building payment systems, data rules and currency arrangements designed on their own terms. Nowhere is this