Aviation & Business Services: San Marino’s aircraft registry gets a boost as Dubai-based DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) secures CAR-145 approval for line and base maintenance, enabling scheduled and unscheduled work for aircraft on the San Marino registry and expanding capacity for operators flying between Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Corporate & Regulatory Competition: Gibraltar launches its own aircraft registry with the VP-G prefix, but it won’t be fully open until a civil aviation authority audit is completed; Aviation Registry Group, which also runs the San Marino registry, is behind the push. Sports Governance & Finance: FIFA leadership backs Gianni Infantino after his World Cup commercial rights sell-off plan collapsed; FIFA also apologised to member associations for how the $4.2bn proposal was handled, while the fallout keeps raising questions about governance and Infantino’s March re-election. Global Economy & Jobs: A World Bank report warns AI job displacement risk is far higher in high-income countries (14.2% of jobs highly exposed) than in low- and middle-income economies (4.5%).