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Why Brazil's Gen Z Is Ditching Instagram for Strava — and What It Means for Brands
68% of zoomers in Brazil want to use Strava more, seeking real-world connections instead of feeds. The platform's clubs ...
How to showcase AI skills on your resume even without a programming background
Companies increasingly seek candidates who can apply AI tools to save time, improve processes and deliver results — and ...
PFL Merges with Jake Paul's MVP to Challenge UFC's Dominance
The Professional Fighters League and Most Valuable Promotions have merged, backed by 885 Capital and Knighthead, to crea...
At 90, a Retired Doctor Climbed Kilimanjaro — His Three Rules for Staying Active Into Later Life
Dr. Art Ulene, a former smoker who only started exercising seriously at 50, reached Kilimanjaro's summit on his 90th bir...
How 3 Tinder Interns Beat 30,000 Applicants to Land Full-Time Jobs
Former Tinder 'Tindership' participants share the strategies that turned their highly competitive internships into perma...
Retail Investors' AI Enthusiasm Fades as Record Outflow Hits Individual Stocks
US retail investors dumped $243 million worth of single stocks in one day – the largest net daily sale since the pandemi...
Colombian Ice Cream Giant Meals Eyes Peru With Chikos Trademark Filing
Meals de Colombia, part of Grupo Nutresa, has applied to register the Chikos ice cream brand in Peru, signaling a potent...
Disney Plus August 2026 Lineup: 'Futurama' Season 14, 'Star Wars: The New Jedi' and More
Disney Plus adds new titles in August 2026, including the return of Futurama, a new Star Wars series, and family-friendl...
Polish Government Plans to Officially Recognize Battle of Warsaw Day, Rename Flag Day
Poland's Culture Ministry is drafting a law to make August 15 a state holiday commemorating the 1920 battle, and to rena...
Forbes 2021 Billionaires List: $13.1 Trillion in Wealth, 660 New Members
Billionaire wealth soared by $5 trillion in 2021 to a record $13.1 trillion, driven by stock market rallies, crypto boom...
Africa Prudential Pivots to Digital as Nigeria’s Capital Market Activity Doubles
The registrar-turned-tech player posted 27% gross earnings growth and is pushing digital AGM, KYC and mobile apps to cap...
China's Factory Activity Unexpectedly Shrinks in July as Domestic Demand Flags
Both manufacturing and services PMIs slipped into contraction, missing forecasts and marking the first factory contracti...
Nigeria Aims to Triple Cashew Output to 1m Tonnes by 2036
The country’s national cashew association has unveiled a roadmap targeting 1 million tonnes of production and 50% local ...
Hawkish Fed, tariff shock weigh on Indian stocks as rupee and foreign flows face fresh pressure
A hawkish Federal Reserve hold, three dissenting votes for a hike, and new US tariffs on 60 countries are creating a tou...
Brazil Homebuilder Rout Opens Buying Window as Caixa Pledges R$260bn in Housing Loans
Stocks like Direcional and Tenda plunged ~15% in July on credit fears, but analysts at Itaú BBA and Bradesco BBI say the...
NZ Shares Dip While Asia Gains; Meridian Gets Wind Farm Consent, AFT Chair to Retire
New Zealand stocks ended the week lower, bucking a regional uptrend, while Meridian Energy cleared a key hurdle for a ma...
ASX Flat as Fortescue Flags $750m Impairment on Iron Bridge Project
Australian shares ended little changed Friday, but Fortescue’s announcement of a $750m non-cash impairment on its Iron B...
AI-Forged Documents Let Outsiders Pay Local Rates at Vouvray Pool
When Vouvray's pool reopened with a €4 residents' rate, outsiders began using AI to create fake residency proofs. The to...
SNCF Surprise Strike Hits Normandy Lines: Which Trains Are Running and Your Rights
A surprise walkout by conductors, station staff and controllers at Paris Saint-Lazare is disrupting key Normandy rail li...
Egypt Condemns Somaliland’s Jerusalem Embassy, Backs Somali Unity
Cairo’s top diplomat met Somalia’s president at an AU summit, reiterating support for Mogadishu’s territorial integrity,...
European Stocks Rise as Tech Rally and AI Optimism Offset Inflation Jitters
A broad tech rebound, fueled by Microsoft and Amazon’s AI spending plans, pushed European markets toward a fourth straig...
How Trump Normalised Public Profanity: A Catalogue of the US President’s Explicit Language
From the Access Hollywood tape to threatening to beat Iran, Donald Trump has made coarse language a public trademark, br...
Turkey’s June Trade Gap Swells 26.2% as Import Growth Outstrips Exports
Official data shows exports rose 21.7% to $24.9bn, but imports climbed 23% to $35.3bn, pushing the monthly deficit to $1...
Yahoo's Consent Pop-up Exposes Scale of Ad-Tech Data Sharing with 250 Partners
A routine cookie consent notice on Yahoo becomes a window into the real workings of the digital advertising ecosystem, s...
China's Consumption Slump and Export Surge Fuel Trade Clash with the EU
As a 4.7% GDP growth masks a deepening divide between China's weak consumer spending and its booming export machine, the...
Zinedine Zidane Named France Coach, Fulfilling Long-Held Ambition
Zinedine Zidane has been appointed head coach of the French national team until 2030, replacing Didier Deschamps after a...
Agribusiness Logistics Hub with Private Airport Takes Shape in Brazil's Espírito Santo
A 350,000 sqm complex in Pinheiros, ES, will house coffee traders, fertilizer firms and a fruit packing house, anchored ...
Michał Adamkiewicz’s WindBorne Outpaces NOAA with AI Weather Balloons — and Wants to Reshape Polish Innovation
Michał Adamkiewicz, son of Adamed’s founders, turned a Stanford curiosity project into WindBorne, a balloon-based weathe...
Spain Confirms Parents Can Add Up to 5 Years of Pension Contributions for Childcare Breaks
The Social Security clarifies how time off to care for children can boost retirement pay, combining leave periods and jo...
IAG First-Half Profit Drops 21% as Iran War Drives Up Jet Fuel Costs; Iberia Provision €114M
IAG's H1 net profit fell 21% to €1.03 billion, squeezed by surging kerosene prices from the Iran conflict and a one-off ...