AI is automating many routine entry‑level tasks, so employers increasingly expect graduates to start at the level of a second‑ or third‑year employee—often with significant internship experience and strong s...
Starling Bank posted £217m pre‑tax profit and £887m revenue for the year ending 31 March 2026, down slightly from £223m and £940m a year earlier as lower interest rates reduced interest income, even as custo...
Singapore’s planned S$1.43 billion Simba–M1 telecom merger collapsed after regulators suspended the review over a potential spectrum breach, leaving the country with four mobile operators and sustaining inte...
The Sea x OpenAI Codex Hackathon on June 6, 2026 in Singapore launches a regional APAC series where developers build real AI applications using Codex; the one‑day event gathers builder teams from across the...
Efferon develops hemoadsorption devices that filter endotoxins and inflammatory mediators from the bloodstream during extracorporeal circulation, with products like Efferon LPS and the pediatric Efferon NEO...
REPS’ “road power plant” captures small mechanical movements from vehicles driving over specially installed road plates and converts that otherwise wasted traffic energy into electricity; the first live syst...
NVIDIA’s venture arm NVentures invested in quantum startup Alice & Bob, extending its €100 million Series B and deepening collaboration on hybrid quantum‑GPU systems that combine cat‑qubit quantum processors...
The U.S.–Israel–Iran war has triggered a major oil shock—crude prices have surged more than 40% since late February—pushing Asian currencies like the Indian rupee, Indonesian rupiah, and Philippine peso down...
Former Iran national team goalkeeper Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri was jailed in 2026 after posting harsh criticism of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Instagram; his family links the arrest to the post, while Iran...
EU–China trade tensions are rising because European policymakers say Chinese state‑supported industrial overcapacity is distorting markets and increasing strategic dependence, prompting new EU trade defenses...
Investigative reporting and intelligence assessments suggest Russia may be developing a system called “Skif” that would place nuclear capable missiles in sealed containers on the Arctic seabed, deployable by...
Copper remains near record highs because two forces are colliding: short‑term supply disruptions tied to the Strait of Hormuz and sulfuric‑acid shortages, and long‑term demand from electrification, clean ene...