Breakfast News Recap: Ukraine talks widen as Gulf tensions rise and Microsoft outage drags on
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin after earlier talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, as European leaders moved closer to a shared position on how Europe should be represented in any future Russia Ukraine peace talks. The Dublin discussions also brought Italy's Giorgia Meloni and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham together on defence, Ukraine and migration. đź”— đź”— đź”—Across the Gulf, Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it struck a US early warning radar site in Bahrain, while Saudi Arabia said it intercepted suspected Houthi drones over the Riyadh region and the Eastern Province after... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 13 Nov 2026 08:48 LONDON
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Microsoft 365 outage continues globally as Outlook and Teams remain disrupted
Microsoft services including Outlook and Teams remained disrupted on Friday as the company worked to restore stability to systems used by businesses and government agencies around the world. In its latest update, Microsoft said efforts to improve serviceability were not progressing as expected. The outage affected users across multiple regions, with reports also emerging from the United States and Asia-Pacific.Microsoft said it was identifying alternate workstreams that could increase capacity in the face of sustained traffic management imbalances. The company had earlier said a number of servers were unexpectedly unavailable, and that the problem was not being driven by a... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 13 Nov 2026 04:59 LONDON
COP31 as IEA chief urges faster electrification amid Hormuz risk and winter fuel strain
International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol has used COP31 in Antalya to press governments to speed up electrification, arguing that electricity should account for 35% of final energy consumption by 2035. In an interview, he said the shift would strengthen energy sovereignty, particularly in Europe, which remains exposed to global energy market volatility. His comments came as the summit in Turkey continues to focus on the balance between climate policy and energy security.Birol warned that a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz would have major implications for Europe and the wider global economy. He said the European Commission estimates... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 10 Nov 2026 20:29 LONDON
The Ghosn Paradox The Imperial Savior, His Cinematic Escape, and the Desperate Call to Salvage a Crumbling Nissan
The Man Who Defied Corporate Gravity Few corporate sagas in modern history possess the cinematic drama, geopolitical friction, and sheer psychological tension as the rise and fall of Carlos Ghosn. Once lauded as the ultimate transnational executive, a multi-lingual titan capable of bridging disparate business cultures, Ghosn became the absolute center of a global firestorm. His story cuts through the pristine facade of global corporate governance to reveal a messy underbelly of nationalism, legal vulnerability, and strategic failure. Rebuilding an Empire from the Ashes of Bankruptcy The mythos of Carlos Ghosn began in 1999. Nissan, one of Japan's proudest manufacturing... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 27 Jun 2026 08:19 LONDON
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The Unspoken Stats: Who is Raping Europe?
Answering this question requires a direct look at the empirical data so, below is the comprehensive, data-verified draft for my article, formatted to analyse the relationship between immigration demographics and police-recorded sexual offense figures across Europe. Data vs. Perception: An Asymmetric Analysis of Migration and Sexual Offence Statistics in Europe While my primary field of research is rooted in macro-geopolitics, the responsibilities of independent journalism often demand transitioning from international balance-of-power metrics to domestic social realities. A recent high-profile criminal incident in England involving the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl by four Afghani nationals where one of them is... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 16 Jun 2026 20:09 LONDON
The Proving Ground, When “Decent” Reporting Meets High-Tech Warfare
For two decades I have watched wars unfold not only on battlefields, but on screens. Today’s incident over Kuwait, involving the downing of a U.S. F-15 Strike Eagle, is not just another headline in the Iran conflict. It may be a signal that something larger is unfolding behind the noise. Iranian state outlets rapidly circulated imagery of an ejected pilot. Washington responded cautiously. But beneath the spectacle lies a deeper question, whose technology was truly being tested? The Gulf as a live-fire laboratory For years, China has refined export-ready variants of its air defense systems, particularly the HQ-9 family and... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 02 Mar 2026 09:36 LONDON
