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President Donald Trump has agreed to appoint an emergency board to review the dispute between the Long Island Rail Road and the unions that represent its employees, according to an executive order released by the White House. A White House spokesperson said Trump had acted at the unions' request "to bring both sides back to the negotiating table and prevent a strike that could have crippled the New York City area and disrupted the upcoming Ryder Cup on Long Island."
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UK
Britain is experiencing a significant decline in graduate job opportunities, with vacancies on Reed's website dropping from 180,000 to 55,000 since 2021/22, according to James Reed, CEO of the recruitment firm. Research by High Fliers shows that there was a 14.6% decrease in graduate hiring among the top 100 employers last year, the steepest drop since 2009. Mr Reed, who noted that AI is automating many white-collar roles, is urging families to encourage young people to consider manual labour as a viable career path. He said: "There are all sorts of good jobs that don't involve big lawyers or accountants. And I think probably there's a big cohort of middle-class people who need to think again about that."
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Europe
Ford is to lay off up to 1,000 workers at its Cologne plant in Germany due to low demand for electric vehicles in Europe. The plant will shift to operating only one shift per day starting January 2026. The company said: "Demand for electric vehicles in Europe remains significantly lower than industry forecasts." The decision adds to the 2,900 company job cuts previously announced in Germany as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative across Europe.
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Middle East
According to the Best Companies for Women in the Gulf 2025 report by Avtar Group, women make up 42% of new hires in top UAE and GCC companies, although only 28% receive promotions. “Why a company should have more women is still not fully understood by many organisations. Because of that, the kind of positions that are filled by women are what we call the ‘easy positions' that you can quickly fill. These are not high positions. This is why only 42% of the entry-level positions are filled by women,” Dr Saundarya Rajesh, founder-president of Avtar Group, told Khaleej Times. However, 95% of companies in the UAE and GCC now offer leadership training for women, and 79% provide formal mentoring and executive coaching to support women's career advancement.
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