- Economy: IMF increased its 2025 expectations for world growth from 3.0 to 3.2% on increased positive effects of tariffs and AI investment but warned that revived US-China trade conflict was a growth headwind. There is still risk with trade tensions and supply chain disruption. 🌍
- Middle East: Gaza's tenuous ceasefire, negotiated by the United States, is disintegrating already as the conflict rages on. The humanitarian crisis is still dire and the West Bank is tense and there is no hope of peace on the horizon. ⚖
- US Politics: Since President Trump signed a ceasefire deal for Gaza, he announced peace but the reality on the ground tells us otherwise and it is more convoluted and fragile. The government is being questioned regarding the sustainability of the ceasefire deal. 🇺🇸
- Education: Negotiations between Alberta's largest teacher's union and the provincial government regarding education reform have resumed after more than a week of school shutdowns, which have affected thousands of students and families. Education reform remains a major disruption to education. 🎒
- Social Innovation: Canada is home to a first-ever Indigenous Diversion Centre intended to lower Indigenous incarceration rates by focusing on healing and rehabilitation over punishment. Eventually, the program seeks to break a pattern of reoffending.🤝