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This November 19-20, Skift Global Forum East, hosted by Dubai, will return to welcome several hundred leaders and some of the brightest minds from across hospitality, tourism, technology, and aviation to discuss and connect over the future of the global travel industry.  Here are three leaders that have been recently announced for interviews at the Forum: Mark Hoplamazian, President & CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian has charted a strong path for the brand and its continued expansion through his leadership. From the recent acquisition of Standard International to double-digit growth throughout India, Hyatt’s portfolio has evolved into…

Eminem spoke at a campaign event in Detroit for Kamala Harris and introduced the former president. Obama then took the stage, joking that he was “feeling some kind of way following Eminem” adding that he was “nervous” about speaking, before smoothly sliding into Eminem’s 2002 single “Lose Yourself.” “He’s nervous, but on the surface, he looks calm and ready/To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting,” rapped Obama before letting out a laugh, saying he was “gonna jump out” if Eminem ended up performing. Later in the speech, Obama took a jab at Donald Trump for his failed town hall where the Republican…

According to UN data, more than half of the population in Sudan, some 25.6 million people, “are in the high levels of acute hunger” or worse. Free kitchens, or Takias, in war-ravaged Sudan, are now facing shortage of funds and supplies, as fighting continue to rage around the capital of Khartoum. The prolonged conflict between the Sudanese Army and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group has lasted for more than a yearl. It has caused severe damage to the agricultural production, one of the country’s pillar industries, resulting in a continued deterioration of the food security situation.…

Global South experts believe the recent expansion of the BRICS bloc of developing economies is a good thing. “Any expansion would mean that there is more voices to those who were unheard, more voices to those people who were left out in the process of integration,” said Aravind Yelery, a professor at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University. Experts from 40 think tanks were speaking at a Global South meeting, organized by the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the China Media Group. The gathering, which discussed the future of global development amid an era of great…

Residents of a seven-storey apartment building in the Kenyan capital escaped the worst. Shocking footage showed the apartment block, in Kahawa West, reduced to rubble after it abruptly collapsed . In a statement Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said the households in the affected building had been issued an evacuation notice last week by the County Planning Department. The Kenya Red Cross said Sunday that two people have been rescued and taken to Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital. Two adjacent buildings have exhibited signs of structural failures, and tenants have been evacuated. A search and rescue mission are still…

The Lagos State police command has freed at least 22 individuals detained during the #EndSARS memorial protest on Sunday. These arrests took place at the Lekki tollgate area. The protesters demanded the complete implementation of the findings from the judicial panels established following the protests. Police officers intervened to disperse the crowd that had gathered around 8:30 am to honor those who lost their lives during the police brutality protests in 2020. Four years ago, thousands participated in the #EndSARS protests, opposing the actions of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), which faced allegations of police brutality. An Amnesty…

Global players’ union FIFPro teamed up with Europe’s domestic leagues to file a formal complaint against FIFA at the European Commission in Brussels on Monday, as the struggle to control football’s calendar intensified. The boards of FIFPro and European Leagues, the organisation representing clubs in over 30 countries across Europe, agreed to take legal action in July, so the move cannot have come as a complete surprise to world football’s governing body. But this is still an unprecedented move and is further proof of just how vulnerable FIFA’s position as the game’s dominant voice has become. At a media…

Portable ultrasound devices are changing the landscape of maternal healthcare in Kenya’s remote villages, allowing for earlier identification of pregnancy complications. This crucial technology is improving the health of both mothers and infants, providing new hope for marginalized populations. Namunyak Tajiri, a 37-year-old mother of nine from a remote village in Namanga, faces challenges in accessing health facilities. Now pregnant with twins, she feels more optimistic than ever because she can use prenatal services with the help of portable ultrasound device. Her previous pregnancies faced challenges, and her third ended in heartbreak when she lost one of her twins. Launched…

The Ignition Schools list honors the top academic institutions that play an enormous role in shaping the businesses that influence society. Innovation and entrepreneurship—the editorial lodestars for Fast Company and Inc., respectively—are also the focus of Ignition Schools. The 50 colleges and universities we’re honoring in our inaugural list don’t just produce elite students and groundbreaking research; they also are economic engines that generate the ideas, businesses, and opportunities that move cities, regions, and countries toward a better future.  At Fast Company, we’ve always covered the link between the ideas born in academic settings and their commercialization through public-private partnership, venture capital, visionary leadership,…

Ona swampy afternoon this past spring, I met Mitt Romney in his soon-to-be-vacated Senate office. It was strange to see him in person again. For two years, we’d talked almost every week as I worked on a biography that would cement his reputation as a Republican apostate. Since the book’s publication last year, we’d kept in sporadic touch mostly through texts, the senator’s preferred medium for venting about politics—but we hadn’t spoken in much depth. Some things hadn’t changed. Romney was, as ever, acutely attuned to his own mortality. “I saw an article this morning saying that they find your chances of…