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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have turned to Russia. Now the US wants to engageThree West African juntas have turned to Russia. Now the US wants to engage themAFP via Getty ImagesThe US has declared a stark policy shift towards three West African countries which are battling Islamist insurgents and whose military governments have broken defence ties with France and turned towards Russia.The...

Uber appoints new CFO as its AV plans accelerate In Brief Posted: 6:15 AM PST · February 4, 2026 Image Credits:Marek Antoni Iwanczuk/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Uber is promoting Balaji Krishnamurthy, its VP of strategic finance and investor relations, to be its CFO, replacing its current finance chief Prashanth...

After backlash, Adobe cancels Adobe Animate shutdown and puts app on ‘maintenance mode’ After customer backlash, Adobe said it won’t fully discontinue Adobe Animate, as planned. The company this week announced it would shut down its 2D animation software, Adobe Animate, amid an increased focus on its investments in AI. On Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, the company issued an update to the company’s...

Hackers publish personal information stolen during Harvard, UPenn data breaches A notorious hacking group has claimed responsibility for last year’s data breaches at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and published the data that they claim to have stolen from the two schools.  On Wednesday, the group known as ShinyHunters published what it claims are more than...

3 Tailwinds for 2026 Despite headline-grabbing news in 2025 — from tariffs to wars — economies around the world saw slower, but steady growth. The outlook for 2026 is more of the same. Although the reasons why are evolving, with three tailwinds supporting a broadening recovery in corporate...