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Egypt's Agri-Quarantine Agency Targets 40 New Export Markets as Philippines Deal Nears
Egypt is negotiating to open around 40 new destinations for its farm exports, centered on Europe and Africa, with the Ph...
NHK's 2026 Morning Drama 'Kaze, Kaoru' Turns Meiji-Era Nurse Pioneers Into Fiction
NHK's 114th morning drama follows two trainee nurses building a profession in 1880s Japan, inspired by real-life pioneer...
Handelsblatt Weekend Letter: Why Business Keeps Coming Back to Human Connection
Handelsblatt's weekend letter argues that transformation, succession and communication all come down to human connection...
UK Insurance Week: FCA Conflict Letters, Broker Deals and a Love Island Winner
The FCA has written to insurers over conflicts of interest, Partners& has expanded again, and Optio is getting new priva...
George Clooney Enters French Wealth Ranking on Back of Casamigos Tequila Sale
The actor's fortune—built mainly on the $700 million sale of his Casamigos tequila brand—has earned him a place in the 2...
Germany's Foreign Office Lays Out Corruption Prevention Contacts and Rules
Germany's Federal Foreign Office restates its anti-corruption framework, naming Thomas Weich as the contact for staff an...
Nirmal Purja, Star of Netflix's '14 Peaks,' Killed in Broad Peak Avalanche
The Nepali climber who conquered all 14 eight-thousanders in a record six months died in an avalanche on Broad Peak, his...
Lemonade Narrows Q2 2026 Loss to $43M as Premiums and Customers Surge
Lemonade's Q2 2026 net loss narrowed to $43M from $44M a year earlier, as gross profit hit a record $113M and customers ...
University of Valley Forge to Close After Summer 2026 Semester
The 87-year-old Pennsylvania Christian university will suspend operations after the Summer 2026 semester, becoming the s...
Four-Year Visa Cap Clashes With NCAA's Five Seasons for International Athletes
New federal limits cap international students at four years in the U.S., colliding with the NCAA's five-season eligibili...
UAE University Study Maps a Decade of Drone Research to Guide Civilian UAV Adoption
AURAK researchers distilled 109 studies from 2015–2025 into a review of drone tech, applications and regulation, flaggin...
German Unemployment Tops 3 Million in July as Labor Market Weakness Persists
Germany's jobless count topped three million in July, up 71,000 month on month, with the rate at 6.4%. The labor agency ...
Maine Pulp Mill Faces $794,456 in OSHA Fines After Two Worker Deaths
OSHA says Woodland Pulp exposed workers to fatal hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen peroxide hazards; the mill has 15 days to...
Wall Street Talent War Hits Litigation: Gibson Dunn Lures Wachtell Co-President Bill Savitt
Gibson Dunn poaches Wachtell co-president Bill Savitt and five partners, signaling the elite-lawyer talent war has reach...
Four Groups Control 75.6% of Chile’s Specialty Fashion Stores
Four groups — Forus, Yanekén, Axo and Khaliliyeh — run 75.6% of Chile's specialty fashion stores, nearly all inside mall...
Dubai Property Sales Reach AED 321B in Seven Months as Mortgages and Gifts Surge
Sales value eased 18% year on year, yet Dubai property still saw nearly 100,000 transactions worth AED 321 billion in se...
Skincare CEO Pleads Guilty to Selling Unapproved Injectable Products
The head of Arizona-based Scalpa Inc. admitted to three counts over unapproved injectable skincare products and agreed t...
Mencho’s Brother Pleads Guilty in US Cartel Drug Trafficking Case
Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, brother of the late CJNG leader “Mencho,” admitted to trafficking cocaine and methamphetamin...
EU Creates New Customs Agency in Lille to Centralise Data and Risk Checks
A new EU customs agency in Lille will run a bloc-wide data hub and risk controls from autumn 2026, reshaping how importe...
BEAC Launches One Interoperable QR Code to Accelerate Digital Payments Across CEMAC
The Central African central bank has unveiled a shared QR payment standard with GIMAC and plans 120,000 merchant codes i...
New German Tax ID Letter From August 2026: Clearer and No Action Required
Germany will send a simpler, more personal tax ID notification to newborns and new arrivals from August 2026, as part of...
Shopify's Partner Directory: What Merchants Get — and What It Doesn't Tell You
Shopify's Partner directory connects merchants with developers, designers and marketers — but tiers say little about fit...
Macquarie Bank (MBLPC.AX) Data Snapshot: 7.43% Forward Yield, 25.27% ROE
A stock-data snapshot profiles Macquarie Bank (MBLPC.AX): a 7.43% forward dividend yield, 25.27% return on equity and a ...
Brazil's Gross Public Debt Hits 81.9% of GDP, Highest Since 2021
Brazil's gross government debt rose 0.9 percentage points in June to 81.9% of GDP, the highest since April 2021, as inte...
How France's National Assembly Publishes Its Official Debate Records
France's National Assembly explains how oral debates become official written records — published in the Journal officiel...
China's Waning LNG Demand Weakens Case for Planned Export Projects
Beijing's energy self-sufficiency push has cut projected LNG demand growth by up to 22 million tons, eroding the need fo...
Heineken's Heat Battery, BP's Solar Exit and an FCC Inverter Ban: This Week in Cleantech
A renewable heat battery for a Portuguese brewery, 90 GW of data center power plans, a $7.6B grant reversal and BP's sol...
STF Schedules Key Rulings on App-Worker Status and R$17bn Funrural Case
Brazil's Supreme Court will test the gig-economy model and R$17.2bn in rural tax exposure, alongside labour-cost rules t...
AI Capex Splurge Burns Billions in Big Tech Cash — and Investors Are Buying In
Alphabet and Amazon posted negative free cash flow as AI infrastructure spending surged, yet double-digit cloud growth h...
Equinix Nearly Doubles Capex Outlook as AI Inference Demand Accelerates
Equinix raised 2026 capex to as much as $6B and lifted long-term revenue growth targets, betting the AI shift from train...