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US Rail Freight Extends Growth Streak in July as Intermodal Sets Record
Carloads rose for the seventh straight month and intermodal set a July record, according to AAR data, strengthening rail...
National Diesel Average Falls 9.1 Cents to $5.257 After Four-Week Run
Diesel eased 9.1 cents to $5.257 after a four-week climb, but WTI's rise to $82.95 keeps the annual fuel-cost increase a...
Appeals Court Clears Thousands of Youth-Addiction Suits Against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap
The 9th Circuit rejected Meta’s and TikTok’s early appeal, ruling Section 230 is a trial defense, not a shield from desi...
Datapar at 30: Paraguay's Homegrown ERP Player Eyes AI and Regional Expansion
Founded in Ciudad del Este in 1996, Paraguayan software firm Datapar says its ERP now handles around 15% of national GDP...
One in Five Gen Z Workers Attended a Job Interview With a Parent, Survey Finds
A Zety survey of 1,001 Gen Z workers found 20% attended an interview with a parent and 21% had a parent contact an emplo...
Dominique Libault, Builder of France’s Fifth Social Security Branch, Dies
The former head of France’s social security directorate, who shaped the 2020 creation of a dedicated long-term care bran...
Paraguay’s Farm Growth Has Room to Run, but Roads and Power Are the Brakes
Record soybean output near 12–13 million tonnes shows the sector’s headroom, a former agriculture minister says, but poo...
US Inflation Slows to 3.4% in July, but September Fed Decision Hangs in the Balance
Cooling headline and core inflation matched forecasts, yet a split Fed, weak July payrolls and a largely closed Strait o...
Norway’s Oil Fund Posts Record €160 Billion Half-Year Profit on Asian Tech Rebound
The world’s largest sovereign investor earned €160 billion in the first half, reversing a €58 billion first-quarter loss...
TUI's Operating Profit Falls 27% as War and Wildfires Push Bookings Short-Term
Adjusted operating profit missed analyst expectations at €234m; TUI reaffirmed full-year guidance of €1.1bn to €1.4bn, c...
Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner to Buy Los Angeles Lakers for Record $12 Billion
Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner have agreed to buy the Los Angeles Lakers from Mark Walter for a record $12 billion, just 14...
Foreign Residents Can Recoup Up to 50,000 Won for TOPIK Fees
Korea Financial Industry Foundation will reimburse up to 50,000 won for 1,000 eligible foreign residents and immigrant-b...
Yoon Indicted Over Martial Law Justification Sent to US and Allies
A special counsel charged the jailed former South Korean president with abuse of power for ordering officials to justify...
China to Deploy 49th Naval Escort Fleet to Gulf of Aden
The People's Liberation Army Navy will rotate a destroyer, frigate and supply ship into the Gulf of Aden and Somali wate...
Four KDDI Iret Engineers Named 2026 OCI Top Partner Engineers
Oracle Japan has recognized four KDDI Iret engineers for OCI technical delivery, highlighting the KDDI subsidiary's shif...
Metaplanet’s Siiibo Securities Buy Paves Way for Bitcoin-Backed Financial Products
The Japanese bitcoin treasury is betting a newly acquired securities firm can turn its crypto holdings into a regulatory...
HII Wins $2.2bn SOUTHCOM Contract to Expand ISR and Counter-Threat Capabilities
The award under the ASTRO IDIQ vehicle gives HII Mission Technologies a multi-year platform for intelligence, surveillan...
Northrop Grumman Unveils Raid Hunter, a 50mm Palletised Gun for Drone and Cruise Missile Defence
Northrop Grumman's Raid Hunter concept pairs a 50mm chain gun with precision-guided rounds to counter mass drone and cru...
Patria and KNDS Sign German Assembly Deal for CAVS 6x6 Armoured Vehicles
The framework sets KNDS Deutschland Maintenance as Patria's local assembly partner for 6x6 armoured vehicles, with Bunde...
BelAZ Delivers 130–240-Tonne Mining Trucks to Kuzbass and Ural Mines
The Belarusian heavy-truck maker announced shipments of ultra-class haulers to mining companies in Kemerovo and Sverdlov...
Robotics Industry Could Consume 363 TWh of Power by 2035, Matching France's Nuclear Output
Wood Mackenzie sees industrial and humanoid robots becoming a second major strain on global power grids after AI data ce...
AI's Infrastructure Boom Is Now Running on Debt, Private Credit and Faith
Demand for AI remains strong, but the buildout is increasingly financed with debt and off-balance-sheet vehicles. The fi...
Machine Learning Reads Genetic Neighborhoods to Flag Harmful Poultry E. cecorum
Arkansas researchers used machine learning to read gene order, not just gene presence, and separated disease-causing E. ...
Garmin’s Marine Ambition: Turn Boat Electronics Into One Safety-First Ecosystem
Garmin is bundling charting, helm controls, audio, lighting and switching from Navionics, JL Audio, Fusion and EmpirBus ...
Mark Zuckerberg's 6,500-Word AI Manifesto: Open Models, Earlier U.S. Oversight, $1 Billion Fund
Meta's CEO urges open-source AI and earlier government collaboration, defends distillation, and launches a $1 billion da...
Auto Express: First Six Issues for £1, Then £32.99 Every Three Months
The motoring magazine is promoting a low-cost trial with free delivery, but the long-term cost depends on choosing quart...
Skoda Fabia 130 Review: Weak Residuals Make a Compelling Case for Buying Used
Auto Express's long-term Fabia 130 is refined and practical, but DSG-only gearing and the worst depreciation in the Fabi...
Mercedes Vito Sport-X: UK-only £56,995 crew van gets motorsport styling
Mercedes-Benz has revealed a range-topping Sport-X trim for its Vito Crew van, bringing sports seats, aero styling and 1...
WHO Slams US Move to Cut Child Vaccine Recommendations and Split MMR Shots
The WHO says Washington's new childhood vaccination decree ignores scientific evidence and could raise disease risk by m...
ECB Signals No Grounds to Block UniCredit's Commerzbank Move Despite BaFin Concerns
A confidential ECB document reportedly concludes there is no reason to reject UniCredit's acquisition of control over Co...