It is safe to say that Donald Trump’s re-election is having a substantial impact on the stock market, both in the USA and worldwide. The tariffs he plans to implement will radically change the economic landscape and flood the markets with extreme instability at a time when little seems to be certain.
With the past two years of mass job cuts 2024 looks to be taking the same route. Tech companies continue to announce layoffs, amid this advancement of technology. In January of this year over 34,000 people were laid off from over 40 different companies.
In total this year 457 tech companies have laid off 143,136 employees, for some companies these layoffs are a way of restructuring while others had to close down whole departments due to slow revenue growth.
In the early hours of Wednesday, November 6th, Donald J. Trump was projected as the winner of the 2024 United States Presidential Election, victorious in his campaign against current Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump’s electoral triumph will make him only the second individual in the country’s history to serve two non-consecutive terms after Grover Cleveland did so from 1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897.
Despite this uncertainty in the US, it is clear that the era of government friendliness towards Big Tech is over, and it is probable that in the future more and more lawsuits will be filed as governments seek to limit the power, size, and influence of Big Tech.
For Kazakhstan, the future depends on how carefully it can balance this relationship. Will it become an equal partner with China, benefiting from shared growth, or will it find itself relying too heavily on a powerful neighbor? The outcome of this relationship will shape the region’s future—and could redefine what it means to be a strategic partner in Central Asia.
The re-elected US president’s aggressive stance against undocumented immigrants and migration is a promise to America that Donald Trump says has “no price tag” and one that has incited major fear within those targeted.
A principios del siglo XX, en Europa presidían las ideologías del nacionalismo y militarismo. Durante las décadas anteriores, las potencias europeas se habían estado...
On Wednesday, November 6th, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister Christian Lindner, plunging Europe’s largest economy and the country’s future into considerable...
On Sunday, November 3, IEUMUN 2024, the 5th edition of IE’s annual Model United Nations Conference occurred. As the biggest charity conference in Europe, this year’s edition brought together over 400 people from dozens of countries around Europe and the world. Featuring 11 different committees, the conference offered a wide range of topics, issues, and opportunities.
The Kenyan government declared gender violence as the country’s biggest security threat this past Thursday, December 19. Since September 2023 there have been 7107 reports of sexual and gender-based violence and now in just the past four months, 100 women in Kenya have been killed, most by men they knew. The country’s gender violence is endemic and following the surge in cases, the government proposes an action plan which includes a special police unit dedicated to femicide and a presidential group to propose methods to combat gender-based violence.
As we enjoy the holiday season, it's the perfect time to reflect on how we can all give back. While there's always more work to be done, whether it's a simple donation or hands-on volunteering, there are so many ways we can make this world a little brighter.
