The Federal Aviation Administration briefly shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas, late Tuesday, while a powerful cyclone devastated Madagascar, killing at least 31 people. Meanwhile, in the UK, Apple and Google agreed to make changes to their app stores following regulatory intervention, and the US job market saw unexpected growth in January. A small Canadian town was also left reeling from a mass shooting.
The FAA halted all flights to and from El Paso International Airport for ten days for special security reasons, according to the New York Times. The restriction encompassed a 10-mile area around El Paso and included the neighboring community of Santa Teresa, N.M. The order came without warning, disrupting travelers. Trump administration officials cited Mexican cartel drones as the reason for the shutdown, but this explanation was disputed by others. The shutdown was lifted less than eight hours later, but the reasons behind the action remain largely unknown.
In Madagascar, Cyclone Gezani made landfall on Tuesday, hitting the island's main port, Toamasina, as reported by the BBC World. The disaster management office reported "total chaos," with houses collapsing and neighborhoods plunged into darkness due to snapped power lines. "What happened is a disaster, nearly 75 of the city of Toamasina was destroyed," the country's military leader stated.
Apple and Google agreed to make changes to their app stores in the UK after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) intervened, as detailed by the BBC Technology. The tech giants committed to not giving preferential treatment to their own apps and will be transparent about how others are approved for sale. Sarah Cardell, the CMA's head, said the proposed commitments "will boost the UK's app economy."
The US job market saw unexpected growth in January, according to the BBC Business. Employers added a greater-than-expected 130,000 jobs, helping nudge the unemployment rate lower to 4.3, the Labor Department said. This followed the weakest year for new jobs since the Covid-19 pandemic. The US added just 181,000 jobs in 2025, according to the latest data, even weaker than previously reported.
In Canada, the remote coalmining community of Tumbler Ridge is struggling to make sense of a mass shooting that left 10 dead, as reported by The Guardian. Stacie Gruntman, the principal of Tumbler Ridge secondary school, immediately put the school in lockdown upon receiving reports of a shooter nearby. "No words that capture the horror," the article stated.
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