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UNESCO Adds 25 New Sites to World Heritage List – From Normandy Beaches to Mount Olympus
The 2026 additions span 25 countries, with 19 cultural, five natural, and one mixed site. For travelers, the new list of...
Oil Rally Gains Fresh Momentum as US-Iran Tensions Choke Key Shipping Lanes
Brent and WTI crude extended Monday’s 5% rally after attacks near the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi-linked incidents in th...
Netflix’s Latest Manson Documentary Prompts Debate on True-Crime Overkill
As Netflix streams another Charles Manson documentary, a TV critic questions the endless recycling of notorious killers'...
Claire's Overhauls Ear Piercing Experience with Clinical Training to Win Over Gen Alpha
The retailer is rolling out a revamped piercing service backed by a dedicated 13-person excellence team, expanded jewelr...
IAB Tech Lab Opens Privacy Protocol Revisions for Public Comment Until Sept. 11
The digital advertising standards body proposed updates to its Global Privacy Protocol and finalized the Data Deletion R...
Brazil Election Jitters Send Warning to Argentina as Rates Rise and FX Splits
A selloff in Brazilian assets on a narrowing Lula-Bolsonaro race flashed a cautionary signal for Argentina, where higher...
BASF Prepares Agri Unit for IPO, Sparking Hopes of a €30 Billion Valuation and a Stock Revaluation
BASF is moving toward an IPO of its agricultural division, a move that could unlock up to €30 billion in value and force...
Hiroshi Okuda, Toyota President Who Championed the Prius, Dies at 93
The former boss of Toyota, the first outsider to lead the firm in decades, oversaw the launch of the pioneering hybrid P...
Rheinmetall’s Imperial Ambitions: The German Arms Giant Rousing French Suspicion
Armin Papperger has turned Rheinmetall into Europe’s dominant defence player, but his voracious appetite for consolidati...
Inside RehaGym: Prague's Longevity Hub That Rewrites Your Body's Code
Founder Zdeněk Reibl turns a personal health crisis into a high-end movement reprogramming centre for executives who tre...
Romanian Navy Destroys Two Gerbera Drones Near Black Sea Gas Project
The Romanian military neutralised two Gerbera-type drones found close to the Neptun Deep offshore gas perimeter, raising...
Opella's Simona Mănăloiu: Consumers Will Increasingly Demand Real Help from Brands, Not Just Messaging
In an interview with Forbes Romania, Opella's Brand Lead for Central & Eastern Europe, Simona Mănăloiu, argues that AI a...
Colombia Earthquake Death Toll Hits 182, Over 13,000 Homes Damaged
A magnitude 7.4 quake centred in Chocó has left 182 dead, 2,542 injured and 189 missing, with thousands of buildings des...
Federal Government Awards $768M Lab Contract Under NATO Defence Framework
The RSS Main project in Ottawa will house 275 scientists from four federal agencies, contributing $900M to Canada’s NATO...
What the 2026 World Cup Taught Advertisers About Politics, Language, and Ad Fatigue
The tournament's record U.S. viewership and unexpected audience shifts provided clear takeaways: contextual targeting wo...
ADWEEK’s 2026 Tech Stack Awards: The Martech That Turns Data into Real Revenue
From agentic AI to incrementality measurement, this year’s winners show how marketing technology is closing the gap betw...
Netflix Doubles Ad Commitments Again, Sells Out 2027 Women's World Cup Inventory
Netflix closed upfront deals with a near-doubling of commitments, driven by live sports and returning hits. The streamer...
Why the 2027 Women's World Cup Took Center Stage at a São Paulo Innovation Festival
Executives from FIFA, Adidas, Hyundai, Visa and Embratur used the SP2B innovation event to pitch the tournament as a pla...
Chile, Latin America's Top-Rated Sovereign, Faces Fresh Downgrade Risk Over Tax Cuts
Fitch warns Chile's recent tax cuts may not deliver the growth needed to offset lost revenue, leaving the 2027 budget as...
Oil Jumps 5% as US and Iran Trade Demands That Block Strait of Hormuz Resolution
Crude prices surged after Washington demanded reparations from Tehran while Iran insisted on all its conditions being me...
Peru Sends 12.5 Tonnes of Humanitarian Aid to Colombia After Earthquake
President Keiko Fujimori announced the dispatch of food, tents, and rescue teams to Colombia following the August 10 ear...
Ex-Brigadegeneral Boris Nannt on Why Executives Lose Touch with Reality—and How to Fix It
Former Bundeswehr general and leadership coach Boris Nannt explains that loneliness at the top often signals a dangerous...
Poland's AOTMiT Chief Unpacks the PLN 100K+ Doctor Contracts and Tariff Reality
Agency President Daniel Rutkowski reveals 1% of contract doctors earn over PLN 100,000 monthly per single contract, expl...
Polish GDP Growth Forecast at 3.5% as Investment Surges, But Rate Cuts Remain Distant
A survey of 26 financial institutions shows investment and exports driving Polish expansion, while consumer caution over...
Simon Property Group Doubles Rent After Saks Off 5th Closures
The mall REIT turned a $18 million annual rent void into a projected $44 million windfall as new tenants lease vacated s...
ADNOC L&S Posts Record $951mn Q2 Profit, Upgrades 2026 Guidance for Third Time
A booming shipping market and expanding fleet propelled ADNOC Logistics & Services to a record quarter, lifting half-yea...
ADNOC Gas Boosts 5-Year Capex to $28bn as Rich Gas Project Advances
ADNOC Gas lifts its 2026–2030 committed capital expenditure by $8 billion to $28 billion following a final investment de...
ADNOC’s Listed Companies Generate $25.3bn H1 Revenue as Growth Investments Accelerate
The six publicly traded units of Abu Dhabi’s energy giant posted a combined net profit of $4.8bn and advanced major proj...
Saber CEO Denies Replacing Writers with ChatGPT Amid Rideshare Stimulator Dispute
Saber Interactive’s CEO Matthew Karch says no writers were replaced by AI, but former lead writer Stella Sacco claims sh...
Nigeria's Falling Inflation Fails to Restore Household Purchasing Power
Headline inflation dropped sharply to 15.51% in H1 2026, but most Nigerians still grapple with high prices as past surge...