Change is certain. How do we harness it?
Job satisfaction in Britain has hit a record low of 74%. Evidence links it to quits and firm performance, but its value as an economic warning is less clear.
The World Bank sees oil demand falling 2.5% in 2026, the third-largest drop on record, as metals used in renewables, EVs and data centres hit records.
New York will ban AI chatbots from flattering children from 2027. Psychologists and anthropologists explain what constant praise can do to young people.
A UN tally of 154 countries' climate pledges projects a 6% emissions cut on 2019 levels by 2035, half last year's estimate. Holding 1.5C needs 60%.
Delaware's draft law would let companies be run by AI agents. A House inquiry asks who pays for harm, as Argentina's similar bill stalls.
HMRC tax debt stands at £43.8bn, a third of last year's borrowing. Nearly half may never be paid, as the Budget weighs new powers over bank accounts.
Meta seeks up to $97.5bn in new shares as its cash flow turns negative, the Anthropic IPO filing shows $16.3bn revenue and Microsoft offers 60,000 exits.
Brazil and Serbia reject the right as Lula wins and Vučić concedes. In France, Marine Le Pen polls about 35% ahead of the 2027 election.
The UK approved Jackdaw gas after weighing 36.6m tonnes of emissions. Rosebank oil, mostly for export, is a harder call, as Norway, Brazil and Australia show.
An estimated 50,000 heat deaths hit Europe's cities this summer. Barcelona's 500 shelters and Italy's work bans show how cities are adapting.
The Alberta referendum rejected a path out of Canada by about 76% to 24%. Voters backed eight of nine other questions, from citizenship checks to judges.
One ordinary day's privacy small print would take a UK family 83 hours to read, Web3 Foundation finds, as regulators rethink consent.
An IEA report for the G7 finds grid queues exceed peak demand in Texas, Virginia, Finland and the UK, as homes and factories compete with data centres.
A commission says Norway's $2.3tn sovereign wealth fund should be free to own US, UK and French nuclear arms makers. Its ethics watchdog would lose power.
Amazon deforestation fell 42% to 3,335 sq km in the year to July 2026, a record low, days before Brazil's 25 October presidential runoff.
China's draft export controls cover 23 AI technologies and 12 solar manufacturing processes, from perovskite cells to thin wafers. Comments close 15 November.
The 2026 Global Hunger Index finds hunger worse than in 2018 in 32 countries, as conflict hits a post-war high and food-crisis funding falls.
Pew puts the US wealth gap at 49 to 1. Europe's is narrower, Britain's is driven by property and pensions, and Brazil now taxes top earners harder.
Insurance insiders say modellers face pressure to cut climate risk forecasts, and warn withdrawn cover could hit mortgage markets as sub-prime did.
The IMF lifted its world growth forecast to 3.1% as AI investment offsets the oil shock. Just 32 countries now supply 95% of global growth.
