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Okta Pitches Automated Identity Governance to Campuses Overwhelmed by Access Sprawl
A new Okta white paper argues universities' overlapping roles — students who are also staff, faculty running research — ...
UNAM-Selected Applicants to March Monday Against New Control Exam
Students already accepted to UNAM will protest a newly proposed control exam that could revoke their places, calling on ...
SLB Bets on AI Data Centers and a Post-Hormuz Oil Boom
Political shocks are reordering global energy, and the oilfield services giant is positioning itself to profit from both...
Nearly two-thirds of parents still fund adult Gen Z kids — and most say it strains their finances
A 2026 Wells Fargo survey finds 64% of parents still support adult Gen Z children financially — and 56% say it strains t...
Germany's Freedom of Information Act: Who Can Ask, What It Costs, What's Excluded
Germany's federal freedom of information law lets anyone — at home or abroad — request documents from federal authoritie...
Xbox, Mac and iPad Prices Rise as AI-Fuelled Memory Costs Hit Consumers
Microsoft raises Xbox Series S and X prices from 1 July and Apple has announced Mac and iPad increases. An AI-driven sur...
Why Germany Now Treats the Arctic and the GIUK Gap as Core Security Interests
Berlin has no Arctic coastline, but updated NATO-focused strategy says melting ice, Russian naval activity and reliance ...
Rheinmetall Breaks Ground on Europe's Most Modern Powder Plant in Bavaria
Rheinmetall is building Europe's most modern propellant powder plant in Aschau am Inn, lifting artillery ammunition outp...
Men Want Commitment Faster Than Stereotype Suggests, New Survey Finds
A 2,000-person survey of unmarried Americans finds men are more willing than women to speed up moving in together and ma...
2025 Toyota 4Runner Trailhunter: Heavyweight Off-Roader With a 455 kg Payload Catch
Toyota's Trailhunter trim pairs 33-inch tires and a 323 hp hybrid with a 2,536 kg curb weight — and the smallest payload...
UNESCO Adds Japan's 'Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara' to World Heritage List
Japan's foreign minister welcomes UNESCO's decision to list the Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara, citing their rol...
SPP Publishes AI Governance Framework for UK Pension Schemes
New SPP guidance gives pension trustees five principles for using AI safely, from risk-tiering and human oversight to da...
MS Amlin Names Laura Hobern Chief Actuary as Paul Lucas Takes New Portfolio Role
MS Amlin has appointed LCP partner Laura Hobern as chief actuary, while Paul Lucas moves to a new underwriting portfolio...
FDA Approves SimpleScreen: A Second Blood Test Aims to Close Colorectal Cancer Screening Gap
The FDA has cleared Freenome's SimpleScreen CRC test, giving U.S. adults a second blood-based option for colorectal canc...
UK Parliament Tours: Five Options From £23 to £55 and Who Can Take Them
UK Parliament's visitor lineup spans a £31 multilingual audio tour, a £40 guided walk and a £55 Big Ben climb for UK res...
Trade Spotlight: Nine Stocks With Fresh Buy Calls From Axis, Angel One and Teji Mandi
Hero MotoCorp, KEI Industries, Anant Raj and six more stocks carry fresh buy calls with defined targets and stops as the...
Supreme Court Approves Omar Abdullah Divorce as Couple Settles All Disputes
The Supreme Court dissolved the marriage of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Payal Abdullah on mutual ...
CJP's Dipke: Boston University Scholarship and Loan Funded My US Education
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke says a $37,500 Boston University scholarship plus an education loan covered...
Special Diet Session's End Brings Election Positioning From Japan's Party Leaders
Jiji's party-leader interviews show opposition groups weighing mergers, tax abolition pledges and new AI-security concer...
Japan Lays Out Indo-Pacific Defense Push: Training Missions, Exercises, Vietnam Deal
Tokyo's defense ministry details how it is translating the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision into capability building, j...
SSDI Turns 70 as Social Security Touts Faster Disability Decisions
The Social Security Administration marks 70 years of disability insurance with sharply shorter claim timelines and recor...
Social Security Drops Username Sign-Ins: What Login.gov and ID.me Users Need to Know
Social Security now requires a Login.gov or ID.me account to access online services. Here's what you need to know—and ho...
How to Reach the U.S. Department of Labor's Washington Headquarters
The DOL's Frances Perkins Building sits at 200 Constitution Ave NW; here's how visitors can reach it by Metro, car or ai...
HHS Moves to End Self-Affirmed GRAS Pathway for Food Ingredients
HHS directs the FDA to explore rulemaking that would require companies to notify the agency before introducing new ingre...
Federal Agencies Review Columbia's $5 Billion in Grants, Eye Stop-Work Orders
HHS, the Education Department and GSA are reviewing Columbia University's $5 billion in grants and $51.4 million in cont...
CDC Ties 1,644 Cyclospora Illnesses to Taco Bell Shredded Lettuce in Five States
A CDC alert links 1,644 confirmed Cyclospora infections to shredded iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell locations in five state...
CDC Details Its Public-Health Operation for the FIFA World Cup 2026
The agency closed its 39-day World Cup activation on July 31, 2026, after running cross-border disease surveillance, por...
Who Owns the Traveler? Skift’s Power Map Points to the Next Battleground
Skift’s 14th-anniversary analysis maps who controls discovery, booking and the traveler’s wallet — and warns the portabl...
AI Search Is Rewriting How Hotels Get Discovered — Budgets Are Chasing It Upstream
Only 6% of hotels surface in AI search results, and zero-click Google searches are soaring. Hospitality leaders are shif...
AfCRA's First Ratings Face a Closing Window as AI Locks In Africa's Borrowing Premium
The Africa Credit Rating Agency is preparing its first sovereign ratings just as AI models trained on legacy agency data...