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Pony.ai Aims for 500–1,000 Autonomous Freight Trucks in China Within Three Years
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Pony.ai Aims for 500–1,000 Autonomous Freight Trucks in China Within Three Years

Pony.ai says its Robotruck business is leaving testing behind: 500–1,000 Gen-4 heavy-duty trucks in two to three years, ...

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IRCTC Q1 Profit Stays Flat at ₹330 Crore as Revenue Climbs 18%
Companies

IRCTC Q1 Profit Stays Flat at ₹330 Crore as Revenue Climbs 18%

Catering revenue jumped 33.9% and internet ticketing stayed subdued, while tourism fell sharply from the March quarter; ...

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Egypt Rail Investment Arm MOT to Offer 6,000 Sqm of Land to Private Developers
Real Estate

Egypt Rail Investment Arm MOT to Offer 6,000 Sqm of Land to Private Developers

MOT, the Egyptian National Railways investment arm, will offer two land plots totalling 6,000 sqm in Qena and Gharbia in...

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Qara Energy Wins Contract to Build Yazaki's First Egypt Wiring-Harness Plant
Companies

Qara Energy Wins Contract to Build Yazaki's First Egypt Wiring-Harness Plant

Qara Energy will build a turnkey automotive wiring-harness complex in Fayoum for Yazaki Egypt, alongside an EGP405m righ...

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How Exports Became the Lifeline for China's Carmakers
Automotive

How Exports Became the Lifeline for China's Carmakers

A brutal domestic price war is squeezing Chinese auto profits, pushing BYD, Chery and Geely toward overseas markets wher...

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Egypt's San Misr Wins $18.6m Eni Contract to Supply Electrical Equipment for Iraq's Zubair Field
Energy

Egypt's San Misr Wins $18.6m Eni Contract to Supply Electrical Equipment for Iraq's Zubair Field

Egyptian maintenance company San Misr has won a three-year, $18.6 million tender from Italy's Eni to supply electrical e...

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Viral NHK Scene Reopens Debate on Year-Round Reserved Seats for Nozomi
Travel

Viral NHK Scene Reopens Debate on Year-Round Reserved Seats for Nozomi

A passenger's question about boarding a non-reserved Shinkansen car without a ticket, captured in NHK's 100 Cameras, has...

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Mercedes-Benz Loses Software Chief Magnus Östberg
Automotive

Mercedes-Benz Loses Software Chief Magnus Östberg

The architect of the carmaker’s MB.OS platform is leaving at the end of August, with no named successor at a pivotal mom...

Ronan Kavanagh 👁 8 💬 0
UK Insurance's 25% Retirement Wave Puts Decades of Broker Knowledge at Risk
Insurance

UK Insurance's 25% Retirement Wave Puts Decades of Broker Knowledge at Risk

The CII says a quarter of the UK insurance workforce will retire within a decade. Broker leaders argue mentoring, flexib...

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18 Months in Judicial Restructuring: How a Loire Restaurant Group Survived €1.8m in Debt
Companies

18 Months in Judicial Restructuring: How a Loire Restaurant Group Survived €1.8m in Debt

Imalyne exited court-supervised restructuring in February 2026, cutting two loss-making units while safeguarding 40 jobs...

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El Niño's Double Blow to Peru: Southern Drought and Coastal Floods Put 7.8 Million Farm Hectares at Risk
Agriculture

El Niño's Double Blow to Peru: Southern Drought and Coastal Floods Put 7.8 Million Farm Hectares at Risk

Cenepred sees almost the entire cultivable surface exposed to drought, huaicos or flooding through March 2027, as agro G...

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How Colombians Can Claim Natural Disaster Insurance After the August 10 Earthquake
Insurance

How Colombians Can Claim Natural Disaster Insurance After the August 10 Earthquake

Only about one in ten Colombian homes is insured against disasters. Here is what affected policyholders should do after ...

Tamar Rosen 👁 8 💬 0
Rhine Hits Record Low at Kaub, Forcing Europe's Industrial Freight Reroute
Logistics

Rhine Hits Record Low at Kaub, Forcing Europe's Industrial Freight Reroute

Europe's key industrial waterway has effectively stalled at Kaub after hitting a record low, pushing chemicals, steel an...

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Community College Issues Layoff Notices to All Counselors, Citing Budget and Outsourcing Plans
Education

Community College Issues Layoff Notices to All Counselors, Citing Budget and Outsourcing Plans

The unnamed college's move arrives as students lean on AI for mental health support and campuses face fresh legal and re...

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Tencent Says WeChat Will Become AI-First as It Front-Loads AI Capex
Technology

Tencent Says WeChat Will Become AI-First as It Front-Loads AI Capex

Tencent's earnings call positioned WeChat as an AI-first ecosystem, with Work Buddy as a model-agnostic coordinator and ...

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LG's Xboom Stage 501 Brings Real-Time AI Karaoke to Portable Speakers
Technology

LG's Xboom Stage 501 Brings Real-Time AI Karaoke to Portable Speakers

LG Electronics has unveiled the xboom Stage 501, a Bluetooth party speaker that uses AI to remove vocals and change key ...

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Spanish Rents Top €1,100 for 80 m² as Regional Gap Widens
Real Estate

Spanish Rents Top €1,100 for 80 m² as Regional Gap Widens

Fotocasa's July index shows San Sebastián at €1,610 and Jaén at €600 for an 80 m² flat, with Madrid and the Balearics fa...

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Workers' Comp Drug Screening Cuts Pharmacy Spend 18.4%, but Human Review Remains Central
Insurance

Workers' Comp Drug Screening Cuts Pharmacy Spend 18.4%, but Human Review Remains Central

A new Enlyte report puts a number on automated pharmacy screening in workers' comp; industry leaders say the technology ...

Tamar Rosen 👁 8 💬 0
Chile's Public-Sector Reform Push Gains Expert Backing, With Focus on Contracts and Merit Pay
Politics

Chile's Public-Sector Reform Push Gains Expert Backing, With Focus on Contracts and Merit Pay

Named policy experts are urging a wholesale rewrite of Chile's civil service statute to end the planta-contrata split an...

Sinead Brennan 👁 8 💬 0
Chile Asks Constitutional Court to Uphold Tax Stability and RCA Restitution in Reconstruction Law
Politics

Chile Asks Constitutional Court to Uphold Tax Stability and RCA Restitution in Reconstruction Law

The executive filed three briefs defending long-term tax invariability and restitution for revoked environmental permits...

Sinead Brennan 👁 8 💬 0
Oil Slides as OPEC and IEA Slash Demand Outlook, US Inventories Jump
Energy

Oil Slides as OPEC and IEA Slash Demand Outlook, US Inventories Jump

Brent and WTI futures drop after OPEC cuts 2026 demand growth to 580,000 bpd and the IEA warns of a possible 1.6m bpd co...

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DOJ Seeks to Halt Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Over Years of Pathogen Contamination
Companies

DOJ Seeks to Halt Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Over Years of Pathogen Contamination

The Justice Department filed a civil complaint to stop Arrow Reliance Inc. (Darwin’s Natural Pet Products) from making a...

Declan Byrne 👁 8 💬 0
Germany Introduces ‘Frühstartrente’ to Give Children a Head Start on Retirement Savings
Personal Finance

Germany Introduces ‘Frühstartrente’ to Give Children a Head Start on Retirement Savings

The German cabinet has approved a plan to invest €10 per month for every child from age six to 18, aiming to build capit...

Shira Katz 👁 8 💬 0
Fortuna Mining Doubles Down on Senegal Gold with $200M Bambadji Acquisition
Companies

Fortuna Mining Doubles Down on Senegal Gold with $200M Bambadji Acquisition

The Canadian miner buys the Bambadji property adjacent to its Diamba Sud project, aiming to create a district-scale oper...

Declan Byrne 👁 9 💬 0
Germany's 2026 Tax Bill Hikes Interest Rates, Expands R&D Credit, and Forces Digital Tax Delivery
Economy

Germany's 2026 Tax Bill Hikes Interest Rates, Expands R&D Credit, and Forces Digital Tax Delivery

The German cabinet approved the Annual Tax Act 2026, introducing higher tax interest, a €25 million R&D credit cap, defa...

Niamh O'Sullivan 👁 9 💬 0
Lula Maps Out Campaign Travel Strategy as Brazil’s 2026 Election Nears
Politics

Lula Maps Out Campaign Travel Strategy as Brazil’s 2026 Election Nears

With less than 60 days until the vote, President Lula plans to blend official duties with campaign stops across key sout...

Sinead Brennan 👁 9 💬 0
Brazilian Lower House to Install Committee on Bill Lowering Criminal Majority Age to 16
Politics

Brazilian Lower House to Install Committee on Bill Lowering Criminal Majority Age to 16

The Chamber of Deputies will install a special committee Wednesday to debate a constitutional amendment that would lower...

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Adobe Brazil GM Mari Pinudo on How to Approach AI with Curiosity, Not Fear
Lifestyle

Adobe Brazil GM Mari Pinudo on How to Approach AI with Curiosity, Not Fear

Mari Pinudo, the first woman to lead Adobe in Brazil, shares her career journey and practical advice for adopting AI: ex...

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Syrian Court Sentences Bashar al-Assad to Death in Absentia
Politics

Syrian Court Sentences Bashar al-Assad to Death in Absentia

A Syrian court has sentenced former dictator Bashar al-Assad to death for murder, torture, and crimes against humanity—a...

Sinead Brennan 👁 9 💬 0
Iran Knew Details of Trump’s NATO Summit Trip, Posing Missile Threat to Air Force One
Politics

Iran Knew Details of Trump’s NATO Summit Trip, Posing Missile Threat to Air Force One

US officials say Iran had precise intelligence on Trump's summit location and threatened a surface-to-air missile strike...

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