Globant and CMPC Launched an AI-Based Supply Chain Traceability Solution Compliant with EU Deforestation Regulation
Globant has deployed an AI‑driven supply‑chain traceability platform for CMPC, a global pulp, paper and packaging leader. Built on SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP Clean Core, the solution automates document extraction and compliance workflows, shrinking manual traceability from up to 12 days to roughly three minutes. The system delivers real‑time reporting and ensures full adherence to the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). The rollout positions CMPC as a sustainability pioneer while showcasing AI’s capacity to turn regulatory pressure into operational advantage.
Timberland’s Melbourne Walk Store Marks a New Era for the Brand in Australia
Timberland unveiled a 115‑square‑metre concept store on Melbourne’s Bourke Street Mall, styled as a New York‑inspired pop‑up called Butters Deli and Grocer. The launch signals a strategic pivot from pure outdoor footwear to a broader premium lifestyle experience, targeting culture‑savvy,...
EBSCO Clinical Decisions Report: 80% of Clinicians Trust Evidence-Based AI Tools
EBSCO Clinical Decisions released a report showing a stark trust gap in AI‑driven clinical decision support. While 89% of clinicians believe AI‑CDS will improve outcomes, 64% of patients would rather see a doctor who does not use AI. Evidence‑based AI...
How Organisations Can Prepare for the Next Wave of AI and Automation
The article warns that the next wave of automation will be driven by agentic AI and the orchestration of multiple AI models across systems, demanding robust information governance. It stresses that automation success hinges on the quality, accuracy, and lifecycle...
Bahrain's Gulf Air, Iraqi Airways Resume Home Base Ops
Gulf Air and Iraqi Airways have restarted scheduled flights from their home bases after the US‑Iran cease‑fire opened Bahrain and Iraq airspaces. Gulf Air’s first post‑pause flight departed Bahrain for Riyadh on 9 April using an A320‑200N and began ferrying aircraft...
ISRO Successfully Conducts Second Integrated Air Drop Test for Gaganyaan Mission
India’s space agency ISRO completed its second integrated air‑drop test (IADT‑02) for the Gaganyaan crewed mission at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The test dropped a 4.8‑tonne dummy capsule from three kilometres using a Chinook helicopter, validating the...
SA’s R142bn Connectivity Plan: The Real Question Isn’t Funding; It’s Execution
South Africa unveiled a costed roadmap investing roughly R142 billion (about $7.7 billion) to deliver 100 Mbps broadband to every household by 2035. The plan spreads the spending over ten years, aligning public and private capital rather than creating new funding. Analysts argue...
Gloomy Outlook as Railways Come Under Fire
The global railway sector faces a perfect storm of economic stagnation, political resistance to sustainable transport, and direct attacks on infrastructure in conflict zones. In the UK, freight volumes remained flat at 4.2 billion net tonne‑kilometres in Q4 2025, reflecting a lack...
Turkish Airlines Replaces Management, Names New CEO and Chairman
Turkish Airlines announced a sweeping management overhaul, naming Ahmet Olmustur as its new chief executive officer and Murat Seker as chairman of the board. Olmustur replaces retiring CEO Bilal Eksi, while Seker succeeds Ahmet Bolat, who stepped down. The changes come as the airline...
Design and Application of a Photo‐Thermal Dual‐Curable Resin for Architected Microwave Absorbers in the X‐Band via DLP Printing
Researchers have engineered a photo‑thermal dual‑curable resin that can be shaped by DLP 3D printing and then thermally post‑cured, delivering a low dielectric constant (ε′<3.0), ultra‑low loss (tan δ<0.01), glass transition above 200 °C and tensile strength over 80 MPa. The resin was...
Singapore Company Signs Deals with Indonesian Firms to Scale Biofuel Production
Singapore‑based Aligned Energy has signed two MOUs with Indonesian partners PT Beon Parama Energi and PT Cipta Jagat Lestari to launch large‑scale sweet sorghum plantations on former bauxite mines in Bintan. The plan targets roughly 2,000 ha of degraded land and...
Almost Half of the World’s Banks Aren’t Ready for ISO20022
RedCompass Labs reports that 44% of banks worldwide are off schedule for the ISO 20022 structured‑address migration deadline in November 2026. The lag is especially pronounced among large institutions, with one in five banks holding assets over $250 billion calling the deadline unrealistic....
TCL Unveils AI-Powered Manufacturing Facility in China
TCL has launched a $280 million AI‑powered air‑conditioner smart factory in Guangzhou, marking its 100 million‑unit milestone. The 303‑acre complex can produce 8 million units a year, roughly one unit every seven seconds, through three fully automated lights‑out lines. An on‑site AI supercomputing...
Geocycle to Invest US$125m in Latin America Co-Processing Capacity
Geocycle, Holcim's waste‑management unit, announced a $125 million investment to boost co‑processing capacity across Latin America by 2030. The funding builds on a $55 million spend that created 14 waste‑to‑fuel facilities, now delivering roughly 30% of the region’s thermal energy needs. In...
Indonesia’s Richest Man Loosens Grip on Petrindo, Barito Amid Tighter Ownership Rules
Indonesia’s wealthiest tycoon, Prajogo Pangestu, sold a 0.56 percent stake in coal‑mining group Petrindo Jaya Kreasi and trimmed his holding in Barito Renewables Energy to boost free‑float levels. The move follows a new Indonesia Stock Exchange rule that forces listed firms to...
Ukraine in Talks with Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain on Security Cooperation, Zelenskiy Says
Ukraine is negotiating security cooperation with Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain, aiming to share its drone‑defence expertise. President Zelenskiy highlighted recent 10‑year agreements with Saudi Arabia and Qatar and a deal with the UAE, after deploying over 200 experts who have...
FELDA Mulls B100 Biodiesel Malaysia Policy Change
FELDA chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek urged the Malaysian government to adopt B100 biodiesel, which could be priced below RM5 ($1.10) per litre, compared with diesel at RM6.72 ($1.48). The proposal is still at the policy stage, with pilot...
Turkiye, Jordan, and Syria Aim to Revive Rail Links
Turkey, Jordan and Syria signed a trilateral memorandum in Amman to revive rail links, focusing on the historic Hejaz Railway and a north‑south logistics corridor. The agreement seeks to harmonise transport regulations, lower transit fees and integrate Mediterranean, Red Sea...
Turkey Overhauls Leadership at State Lenders Halkbank, Vakifbank
Turkey reshuffled the top ranks of two state‑owned banks, appointing new leadership at Halkbank and moving its outgoing chief executive to Vakifbank. Halkbank named Chairman Recep Suleyman Ozdil as chief executive officer and board member Meltem Taylan Aydin as chairwoman,...
Radiologists Countersue Former Colleague over Delayed $2M Payout in Sale to Private Equity
Southtowns Radiology Associates and eight physicians filed a countersuit against former partner Gregory R. Ball, alleging he is withholding a $2 million payout tied to the practice’s 2023 sale of its imaging centers to private‑equity firm Rezolut. Ball previously claimed the...
SC Regularises Interim Bail Granted to Gujarat-Based Journalist in Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court on April 10 confirmed the interim bail it had granted in December to Gujarat journalist Mahesh Langa in a money‑laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate. The bench, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, upheld the bail while imposing...
SM Entertainment Provides Update As Deepfake Offenders Receive Prison Sentences
SM Entertainment announced that 12 individuals involved in creating, distributing, or possessing illegal deepfake videos of its artists have been sentenced to prison, with terms ranging from 2.5 to 4 years, plus five‑year employment restrictions and mandated sexual‑violence treatment. The...
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[Perspectives] Mammography Should Include Artificial Intelligence Support
The Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence (MASAI) randomised trial showed that a single radiologist assisted by an AI algorithm achieved higher sensitivity than the traditional double‑reading approach, while preserving specificity. Complementary studies from 2025‑2026 confirm AI’s scalability and equitable performance...
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[Correspondence] Contemporary Non-Invasive Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease
The correspondence highlights three critical clarifications to a recent review on non‑invasive cardiac imaging. First, it stresses that patients with non‑obstructive coronary arteries can still experience angina and ischemia due to microvascular dysfunction or vasospasm. Second, it reinterprets the role...
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[Perspectives] The Pitt: Essential Work
The Pitt, now in its second season, is a drama that follows a single, intense day in the emergency department of the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital. Each episode captures one hour of that day, framing the narrative around chief...
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[Comment] Liver Disease: Screening for the Elusive Adversary
The Lancet commentary revisits the classic Wilson‑Jungner criteria to evaluate whether population‑wide liver disease screening is justified. It highlights the disease’s long asymptomatic phase and dismal outcomes for late presenters, but points out the lack of consensus on diagnostic thresholds...
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[Editorial] The Future of Preconception Health
The Lancet’s latest editorial revisits preconception health, highlighting that eight years after its 2018 series, research and policy still lag behind the broadened concept that includes both men and women. New reviews argue that men’s physical and mental health before...
Canadians Booking Earlier as Fuel Costs Drive Travel Uncertainty
Rising jet‑fuel costs tied to the Middle‑East conflict have prompted Canadian airlines such as WestJet, Air Canada and Porter to add fuel surcharges, pushing airfares higher. Travelers, wary of volatile pricing, are booking flights months in advance to lock in...
Guildmore Hires United Living Retrofit Chief
Guildmore has appointed the former head of retrofit at United Infrastructure, Whiterod, to lead its next phase of growth. He arrives with more than 15 years of construction and social‑housing experience, including national‑scale decarbonisation programmes. The new role will oversee a...
Nykaa Launches Flagship Boutique Store of Global Luxury Brand Charlotte Tilbury
Nykaa has opened its first Charlotte Tilbury flagship boutique in New Delhi’s Nexus Select Citywalk, marking the next phase of a five‑year partnership. The Indian beauty retailer will manage end‑to‑end operations, from staffing to supply‑chain and omnichannel integration. Charlotte Tilbury entered India in 2020...
Highways Maintenance Doesn’t Fail because People Don’t Care. It Fails because They Can’t See
Highways authorities in England are grappling with a massive pothole backlog—1.9 million potholes were filled in 2023‑24, representing a £16.81 bn (~$21 bn) repair cost. While agencies have multiple specialized systems, data remains siloed, forcing manual reconciliation and slowing response to incidents. Causeway...
Imagene AI Partners with Daiichi Sankyo to Advance Multimodal Biomarker Discovery in Oncology
Imagene AI has teamed up with Daiichi Sankyo to use its OI Suite, powered by the CanvOI foundation model, for multimodal biomarker discovery in oncology. The collaboration will integrate H&E and IHC whole‑slide images with molecular and clinical data to...
Middle East Producers Gear Up for Hormuz Export Restart
Middle East oil producers are urging Asian refiners to submit loading programmes for April and May as they prepare for a possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz following a U.S.-Iran cease‑fire. Saudi Aramco has asked customers to nominate cargoes...
Middle East Producers Gear Up for Hormuz Export Restart
Middle Eastern producers are urging Asian refiners to submit crude loading programmes for April and May as they prepare for a potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. A two‑week U.S.-Iran ceasefire raised hopes of resuming shipments, but Tehran has...
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Gateway Centre in West Kowloon Hong Kong Nears Completion, Captured by Paul Clemence
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Gateway Centre in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, is nearing completion, with construction now at roof level and façade work underway. The mixed‑use complex sits directly above the operational West Kowloon high‑speed rail station, linking the Kowloon and Austin...
Dermatologists Show Highest Melanoma Diagnostic Performance with AI Support
A systematic review of 11 prospective studies involving over 2,500 patients found that AI algorithms detect melanoma with sensitivity (80.9%) and specificity (75.6%) comparable to dermatologists (78.6% and 75.2%). When dermatologists used AI assistance, performance jumped to 91.9% sensitivity and...
Dine Cat Food Launches Reef Restoration Initiative with Coles
Dine cat food has teamed up with Coles Group to launch the Restoring Our Reefs initiative, linking every product purchase to coral restoration on the Great Barrier Reef. The program, part of Dine's Hope Grows umbrella, provides buyers with a...
Capri Global Capital Share Price Gains 2% on Announcing ₹500 Crore NCD Issue; Check Details
Capri Global Capital announced a ₹500 crore (≈$60 million) non‑convertible debenture (NCD) issue with coupons up to 9.5% and a green‑shoe option of ₹400 crore. The tranche opens on 15 April and closes on 28 April, offering tenures from 24 to 120 months and both...
Government Gives £380m Grant to Agratas Gigafactory
The UK government has pledged a £380 million grant (about $483 million) to Agratas for a new battery gigafactory in Somerset. The plant will produce lithium‑ion cells for Jaguar Land Rover, Agratas’s anchor customer, and is slated to employ over 2,200 workers...
MCX Crude Oil Prices Headed for Weekly Loss Amid Fragile US-Iran Ceasefire; What’s the Strategy Ahead?
MCX crude oil futures jumped over 3% on Friday, opening at ₹9,200 per barrel (≈$111) as international markets reacted to supply worries in the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the rally, Brent and WTI have each fallen 11% this week, the...
Weill Cornell Medicine Plans $57M New Radiology Center in Brooklyn
Weill Cornell Medicine has filed state approvals to build a $57 million radiology clinic in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood. The outpatient center, located inside the NewYork‑Presbyterian Bay Ridge Primary Multispecialty center, will feature three MRI machines, a CT scanner, ultrasound and...
China AI Firm Discloses $92 Million of Banned Nvidia Chip Servers to Beijing
Sharetronic Data Technology, a Shenzhen AI‑data‑center firm, disclosed invoices for 276 Super Micro servers equipped with Nvidia H100/H200 chips, valued at 632 million yuan (about $92 million). The hardware is subject to U.S. export bans that have been in place since 2022, yet the...
Cirrus Logic (CRUS) Valuation Check As Apple Recognition And Face ID Win Reshape Growth Outlook
Cirrus Logic (CRUS) re‑entered investor focus after Apple officially named it a supplier for the next generation of Face ID chips. The stock surged, posting a 19% gain in the past month and a 31% rise over the last 90 days,...
Govt Announces New Savanna Burning Carbon Methods, Beef Herd Replacement
The Australian federal government introduced two new savanna‑burning carbon farming methodologies and commissioned Meat & Livestock Australia to rebuild the beef‑herd methodology, which will credit methane‑reduction measures such as feed additives. The new methods reward early‑dry‑season burns to prevent larger...
XTB Gets Category 1 (and 2) Licenses From UAE CMA
Poland‑based retail broker XTB has obtained Category 1 and Category 2 licences from the UAE’s Capital Market Authority for its subsidiary XTB Financial Services LLC. The approvals allow the firm to operate fully under UAE regulations and to expand its product suite...
Calling for Applicants for the Northern Beef Leadership Initiative
Angus Australia, together with the Northern Territory Cattlemens Association and Teys Australia, has launched the 2026 Northern Beef Leadership Initiative, dubbed “Find Your Northern Edge.” The five‑day, fully‑hosted program runs October 26‑30 in Queensland and will bring 12 young stakeholders aged...
Albanese Says Additional Fuel Slated for Regional Areas
The Australian federal government announced a deal with Ampol and Viva Energy, backed by Export Finance Australia, to underwrite additional fuel purchases. The underwriting gives Canberra the authority to direct shipments to regional areas where spot‑market shortages have crippled distributors....
Radiology Departments Can Cut Costs and Save the Planet by Limiting Ultrasound Waste
A new study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology shows that ultrasound imaging generates significant carbon emissions, with linens and disposable supplies accounting for roughly 35% and 34% of its greenhouse‑gas footprint respectively. The research, conducted at...
With New Brand Identity, Olectra Greentech Pivots to Integrated Energy and Heavy-Vehicle Logistics
Olectra Greentech, India’s leading electric‑bus maker, has launched a new brand identity to signal its shift from a pure hardware supplier to an integrated provider of electric mobility and energy services. The company aims to expand beyond municipal bus fleets...
Wagyu F1 Feeder Prices Settle Around 520-530c/Kg, Despite Climate of Uncertainty
Australian Wagyu feeder cattle prices have remained remarkably stable, with F1 × Angus steers trading around 520‑530 cents per kilogram despite the looming 55% tariff on beef exports to China and ongoing Middle‑East tensions. Supply‑chain surveys show higher‑grade F4‑Purebreds at 540‑570 c/kg and full‑bloods...