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Ukraine's Drone Barrage Kills Civilians, Hits Another Wildberries Depot in Russia
Long-range Ukrainian drones killed at least nine people and set another Wildberries warehouse ablaze, extending a campai...
Dominga López Wins Miss Universo Chile 2026, Heads to San Juan Final
Dominga López, Miss Viña del Mar, was crowned Miss Universo Chile 2026 and will represent Chile at the Miss Universe fin...
Why a Former Cruise Photographer Would Never Work Onboard Again
A former German cruise-line photographer describes three years of long shifts, sales pressure and a single 10-cent tip -...
MrBeast Tops Forbes' Highest-Paid YouTubers List With Record $54 Million in 2021
Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, earned a record $54 million from YouTube in 2021, as the top 10 creators pulled in about $...
BP Plans 700 Global Office Job Cuts as CEO Refocuses on Oil and Gas
BP is set to cut around 700 office roles worldwide — roughly 8% of its non-operational workforce — under CEO Meg O'Neill...
QVC Group's bankruptcy exit approved: debt cut to $1.3B, relisting ahead
The QVC and HSN owner won court approval for its restructuring plan, cutting debt from roughly $6.6 billion to $1.3 bill...
Gold Hits New All-Time High as Inflation and Low Rates Fuel Rally
Gold rose for a third straight session, reaching €1,980.80 ($2,070.50) per ounce, as inflation, loose central bank polic...
NRF Puts Data Tools at the Center of Its Retail Industry Pitch
The National Retail Federation is leaning on a slate of data products — spending monitors, forecasts and weather analyti...
Flydubai Sets August 16 Careers Open Day for Emirati Talent Across Aviation and Corporate Roles
Flydubai will host its UAE National Careers Open Day on August 16 to recruit Emirati candidates for pilot, engineering, ...
Pippa Pays Artists for AI Training — but Its Models Still Rest on Scraped Data
The text-to-video startup pays artists royalties for AI training, but its underlying models still use scraped data — and...
US Education Department Lays Out Grants for Literacy, Arts and Gifted Programs
A rundown of federal discretionary grants spanning literacy, arts education, teacher training, gifted students and civic...
US Education Department Compiles School Safety Resources for K-12 and Higher Ed
The US Department of Education's resource hub ties together guidance on emergency planning, threat assessment, mental he...
DBL Lifestyles Opens Multi-Brand Store in Mirpur 1 With Adidas, Levi's, Nike and Puma
DBL Group's retail arm debuts a four-brand outlet near Mirpur's Chinese Bus Stand, widening access to global sportswear ...
Gildan sales jump 72% on HanesBrands, sells Australia unit and lifts margin outlook
Gildan Activewear's second-quarter sales rose 72.3% to $1.58bn on the HanesBrands integration, as it agreed to sell Hane...
AI Now Runs the Ad Industry in 2026 — But Black-Box Platforms Test Marketers' Trust
AI is woven into nearly every stage of advertising in 2026, but transparency lags as agentic AI's first wave arrives. Ma...
Why This New Yorker Won't Give Up Her $2,000 Rent-Stabilized West Village Apartment
A New Yorker raised in a rent-stabilized West Village one-bedroom pays about $2,000 a month — thousands below market rat...
She Moved to Cape Verde to Reinvent Her Life — and Found the Same Dating Patterns
A nomad who left Amsterdam for Cape Verde finds that changing countries changed her coordinates, not her relationship pa...
Ukraine Lets AWOL Troops Pick Their New Unit to Entice Them Back to War
Kyiv is letting absent soldiers choose from over 70 units via its Army+ app as it races to rebuild ranks ahead of a Sept...
Apple Briefly Hits $5 Trillion Market Value, Joining Nvidia at the Top
Apple's shares briefly pushed its market value above US$5 trillion, making it the second company after Nvidia to reach t...
Trial Finds Ozempic, Wegovy Drug Semaglutide Cuts Heavy Drinking in Alcohol Use Disorder
A 50-patient University of Colorado trial found oral semaglutide reduced heavy drinking and cravings, a step toward the ...
'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Lands Second-Biggest Box Office Opening Ever With $355 Million
The Tom Holland-led film grossed $355 million domestically and $927 million worldwide in its debut weekend, trailing onl...
Hungary Appoints Commentator Botond Feledy to Head Its Foreign Policy Institute
Foreign Minister Anita Orbán named security-policy commentator and podcaster Botond Feledy to lead the Hungarian Institu...
Forbes Makers Day 2026 to Focus on Mental Well-Being on September 12
Forbes Hungary's Makers Day 2026 moves to a Saturday and devotes a full day to mental well-being, happiness research and...
Japan's Latest Briefings: Defense Export Shift, Middle East Oil Risk and a New Labor Market
From loosened defense export rules to Middle East supply risks and a transformed hiring landscape, Japan's latest news c...
Backpacking Europe Looks Great on Instagram — the Reality Is Crowds and Sleepless Trains
A travel reporter's two-week rail trip across Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland shows the gap between Instagram's ...
A 76-Year-Old Boomer on the Career Payoff of Never Stopping to Learn Technology
Beth Sobiloff went from typing class at 14 to freelance web design and a TV show — proof that staying curious keeps olde...
Sam Altman's Exact ChatGPT Prompt Helped a Non-Coder Ship a Live Website in Two Hours
A Business Insider reporter copied Sam Altman's exact ChatGPT prompt and built a working travel-planning website in unde...
The Booming Business of Cutting Enterprise AI Costs
Consultants, measurement platforms and infrastructure startups are racing to help enterprises stop overpaying for AI. Me...
A one-year Shanghai plan became a decade — and a James Beard-nominated food series
Graeme Kennedy moved to Shanghai expecting to stay a year. A decade later he runs his own photography business and co-pr...
AI Boosts Output, but 72% of Workers Feel Less Tied to Their Company
Client data cited by a Turkish management strategist shows AI-era remote work raises productivity while eroding organiza...