In late July 2026, FIFA President Gianni Infantino proposed creating a $20 billion subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) to house commercial rights for all FIFA competitions and sell up to a 21% mi...
A wildfire west of Bordeaux burned 42,000 hectares (103,000 acres) in late July 2026, forcing more than 220,000 people to evacuate — one of France’s largest peacetime evacuations.
On July 31, 2026, the European Commission formally charged Temu — via its parent PDD Holdings and subsidiary WhaleCo Technology — with obstructing an unannounced inspection at its Dublin headquarters in Dece...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) on July 28, 2026 — a $20 billion for profit subsidiary that would own all commercial rights to the World Cup and Club World Cup, with u...
A July 2026 Reuters investigation found that Shelbit, an unlicensed Dubai crypto exchange run by Iranian expatriate Siavash Kayvanpour, processed at least $4 billion since May 2024 for an Iranian sanctions e...
Europe's unprecedented June 2026 heatwave drove summer wholesale power prices to levels normally seen only in winter, with average weekly prices jumping from under €95/MWh to about €115/MWh — the highest sin...
Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthis are in their most serious direct military confrontation in years after an attack on Sanaa airport triggered Houthi missile strikes and a declared maritime blockade of Saudi A...
On July 30, 2026, Tim Cook confirmed that Apple has begun rolling out initial Apple Intelligence features in China after receiving CAC approval on July 15, but warned a fully revamped Siri AI will take "sign...
Cursor launched the Cursor Benchmark Partners program on July 30, 2026 — a global alliance of six companies (AWS, BCG, Databricks, McKinsey, NVIDIA, Snowflake) structured around three pillars: transformation...
On 31 July 2026, the ECB published the results of its first geopolitical risk reverse stress test, covering 110 euro area banks.
Nothing is repositioning itself as an AI first brand where wearables and audio devices take center stage, with smartphones no longer the main event.
Sony Music's revenue jumped 22% to a record ¥557.9 billion ( $3.5 billion) in fiscal Q1 2026, driven by renewed streaming demand for Michael Jackson's catalog after the biopic 'Michael' became the first musi...