Topps Adds Saudi Football Rights as Collectibles Expansion Accelerates
Topps has signed an exclusive, long‑term licensing agreement with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation that takes effect in 2028, granting the company rights to produce official trading cards, stickers, games and match‑worn memorabilia featuring Saudi men’s, women’s and youth national teams. The deal adds to Topps’ expanding football collectibles portfolio, which already includes Premier League, Bundesliga, UEFA and an upcoming FIFA partnership. By securing Saudi rights, Topps taps into one of the fastest‑growing sports‑collectibles markets in the Gulf. The agreement also dovetails with Saudi Arabia’s plan to host the 2034 World Cup, the first tournament under Topps’ future FIFA licensing deal.
Radio’s D.C. Allies Help NABLF Celebrate Service to America
The NAB Leadership Foundation staged its 2026 Celebration of Service to America Awards in Washington, D.C., featuring bipartisan presenters from Capitol Hill. The ceremony honored broadcasters, corporate sponsors, and philanthropists for standout community service, with top honors to Gayle Benson,...
Nutritional Indicators and Fluid Self-Efficacy Among Hemodialysis Patients in the Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study
A cross‑sectional study of 200 hemodialysis patients in Saudi Arabia’s Qassim region revealed that 59.5% exhibited low fluid self‑efficacy. Gender, dialysis duration and weight change over the past six months emerged as significant predictors, with females reporting higher self‑efficacy and...
Viridien Taps AI, Data Science and Domain Expertise for Evergreen Data Solution Launch
Viridien has introduced Evergreen Data Solution, an AI‑powered platform that transforms fragmented subsurface data into a unified, analytics‑ready foundation. The system automatically ingests, standardises and validates geoscience and seismic data across on‑premise, cloud and hybrid environments. By continuously updating the...
U.S. GoldMining Preps for Whistler Drilling
U.S. GoldMining Inc. is preparing a 2026 diamond‑drill program at its Whistler copper‑gold‑silver project in Alaska, building on a preliminary economic assessment that forecasts 2.6 million ounces of gold over 14.6 years. The PEA estimates an all‑in sustaining cost of $1,046 per...
Modified UDAN Scheme Set for June 20 Launch; Targets 100 New Airports over Next Decade
India’s government will unveil a revamped Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS‑UDAN) on June 20, allocating roughly $3.5 billion over the next decade. The program targets the development of 100 new airports, 200 helipads and the addition of 120 destinations, aiming to move four...
Cambria Delineates Premier High-Grade Gold
Cambria Gold Mines released its first underground infill drill results from the Prew Zone at the historic Premier gold‑mine in northern British Columbia. The assay highlights include a 5‑metre intercept averaging 19.82 g/t gold, a 1‑metre intercept of 483 g/t gold, and...
See Complete Composite Systems Products on Display at Rail Live
Complete Composite Systems (CCS) will showcase its low‑carbon composite portfolio at Rail Live, the UK’s premier rail exhibition held June 17‑18 at Porterbrook’s Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre. The company’s partners, Scott Parnell, will display the ARCOSYSTEM® elevated cable containment system...
In January 2005, the Huygens Probe Parachuted for 147 Minutes Through Titan’s Orange Haze, Landed on a Cold Plain Scattered...
On 14 January 2005 ESA’s Huygens probe completed a 147‑minute parachute descent through Titan’s orange‑brown haze and touched down on a cold plain strewn with rounded ice pebbles. After landing, the probe transmitted scientific data for another 72 minutes before Cassini’s line‑of‑sight moved...
Bombardier to Nearly Double Singapore Footprint with New Seletar Facility, Creating 200 Skilled Jobs
Bombardier will nearly double its Singapore footprint with a new 250,000 sq ft facility at Seletar Aerospace Park, backed by a S$100 million (~$74 million) investment. Construction begins in the second half of 2026 with operations slated for late 2028, creating more than 200...
DelMorgan & Co.: A Different Kind of Investment Bank
DelMorgan & Co., a Santa Monica‑based investment bank, operates an advisory‑only model that leverages senior bankers with decades of experience. The firm has participated in $300 billion of transactions across six continents and 80 countries, earning Axial’s #1 ranking in Los Angeles...
Mercedes-Benz Adds New Electric GLC 250 Variant With Up To 389 Miles of Range
Mercedes‑Benz has launched the rear‑wheel‑drive GLC 250, the entry‑level model in its all‑electric GLC SUV range. Priced at £55,495 (about $70,500) in the UK and €64,736 (≈$70,600) in Germany, the GLC 250 is powered by an 85 kWh usable battery that delivers up...
A Hot New Filler Made From Dead People's Fat Is Being 'Smuggled' Into New York, State Regulators Say
Tiger Aesthetics' cadaver‑derived filler alloClae, touted as a quick‑recovery cosmetic option, is under fire in New York. State health officials allege the company smuggled the product into the state without the required distribution license, leading to the seizure of at...
Bolt, Pony.ai and Stellantis Launch AV Pilot in Luxembourg
Bolt, Pony.ai and Stellantis have launched a joint autonomous‑vehicle pilot in Luxembourg, creating a “living lab” to test self‑driving technology in live city traffic. Pony.ai will field its Gen‑7 autonomous cars, while Stellantis supplies a midsize van built on its...
Doing More with Less: Building and Operating a More Affordable Railway
At Rail Live 2026, Siemens Mobility highlighted a suite of digital solutions aimed at slashing railway operating and maintenance costs. By deploying secure, system‑wide connectivity, the company enables real‑time asset monitoring that reduces unnecessary site visits and prioritises interventions. Siemens...
Independent Data Collaboration Platforms Are Gone — Except One
The data collaboration platform market has consolidated, with major players now owned by advertising‑focused agencies—Publicis bought LiveRamp, WPP acquired InfoSum, and LiveRamp absorbed Habu. This ownership creates a structural conflict of interest, as the same entities that sell media also...
GR Engineering to Build Sulphur Springs Plant as Develop Gives Project Green Light
GR Engineering Services Limited has been named the preferred EPC contractor for Develop Global's Sulphur Springs copper‑silver‑zinc project in Western Australia. The A$295 million (≈$207 million) contract covers design, procurement, construction and commissioning of a 1.5 Mt/y processing plant. Early‑works are already underway...
"Even Dry and Lost Places Can Flourish with a Little Care": Waterful Is a Gentle, Beautiful Puzzler About Drawing Rivers...
Waterful is a solo‑crafted, chill‑out puzzle game where players draw rivers across procedurally generated landscapes using a finite water supply that refills via connected springs. The shape and depth of each river dictate vegetation growth, which in turn attracts creatures...
When the News Strikes Out
The Savannah Bananas announced the revival of the historic Indianapolis Clowns as a franchise in the Banana Ball Championship League, reigniting public interest in the Negro American League team. The column traces the Clowns’ roots from the 1920s Miami Giants to their controversial black‑face...
Looming Medicaid Cuts Supercharge California’s Latest Labor-Industry Fight
Federal Medicaid cuts have reignited a high‑stakes clash in California between the SEIU‑United Healthcare Workers West union and the state’s medical industry. The union has qualified two ballot measures for the November vote: a $450,000 cap on senior hospital executive...
With UltraFan Design, Rolls-Royce Is Betting Turbofan Has Further to Go
Rolls‑Royce unveiled the UltraFan 30, a higher‑bypass turbofan targeting 20‑25% fuel‑efficiency gains over its first‑generation Trent line. The EU Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking awarded €64 million ($74 million) to support the demonstrator’s development and ground testing. Rolls plans preliminary design by the end...
Integrated Depression Care and Livelihood Interventions for Low-Income Women in Vietnam
The LIFE‑DM trial in Da Nang evaluates an integrated model that couples group behavioral‑activation psychotherapy with micro‑finance, vocational training, and personal‑finance coaching for low‑income women with depression. A matched‑pair cluster design assigned two community health stations to the integrated arm and...
How Retailers Are Building More Resilient Delivery Networks in 2026
Retailers are abandoning single‑carrier reliance as e‑commerce volumes surge, dropping UPS, FedEx and USPS’s domestic share from 85% to 61% by 2025. The U.S. parcel market is set to reach 30.5 billion shipments by 2030, prompting a rise in regional carriers,...
Dealmakers Hold Their Nerve on M&A Despite Tariff Turbulence, Deloitte Finds
Deloitte’s mid‑year M&A Trends Pulse Survey of 500 senior dealmakers shows 67% expect the number of deals and 69% anticipate higher total deal value over the next six months, indicating continued momentum despite a more disciplined tone. Expectations for deal‑volume...
Visa Lays Groundwork for AI Payments in South Africa
Visa unveiled its AI‑driven "Agentic Ready" framework in South Africa, allowing local banks to process fully autonomous transactions. The rollout precedes consumer confidence, with only 23% of South Africans willing to let an AI agent complete a purchase. Visa highlighted...
Hong Kong Smart Traffic Fund Approves Three Projects to Improve Traffic Management
Hong Kong’s Transport Department approved three Smart Traffic Fund projects, allocating roughly HK$19.5 million (about $2.5 million USD) for research and pilot deployments. The initiatives focus on intelligent signal control for temporary traffic setups, an autonomous‑driving perception model that recognises road works,...
Africa: Who Buys Rwanda's Smuggled Coltan? The Global Journey of Conflict Coltan From DRC to the World's Electronics
Global Witness traced conflict‑tainted coltan from the Rubaya mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through Rwanda’s export system and into global electronics supply chains. The investigation identified seven Rwandan exporters responsible for 85% of the country’s coltan shipments,...
High-Profile Incidents Have Changed Boards’ Views of Cyber Risk. Should the Focus Now Be on Resilience?
High‑profile cyber attacks and tighter regulations have pushed corporate boards to treat cyber risk as a core governance issue. CISOs are now expected to balance threat detection with business resilience, focusing on the organization’s most critical assets. Integrated platforms like...
'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton Says the War in Ukraine Changed His View of Military AI
Geoffrey Hinton, long‑time critic of lethal autonomous weapons, says Russia’s war in Ukraine has reshaped his view on military AI. He acknowledges that AI‑enabled drones were pivotal to Ukraine’s defence, making the technology’s battlefield value hard to dismiss. While still...
We Tried to Buy the Exact Same Tickets on StubHub. We Got Six Different Prices.
A Business Insider experiment found that StubHub displayed six different total prices for the identical Yankees‑Red Sox seats, ranging from $424 to $490. The base ticket price was consistent at $183, but fees varied dramatically—from $28 to $60—depending on the...
Wordless Prehistoric Point and Click Adventure Theropods Looks Wonderful in the New Trailer
Theropods is a wordless point‑and‑click adventure set in a vivid prehistoric world, where players solve puzzles by observing dinosaur behavior and environmental cues. The game features hand‑drawn pixel art, a sci‑fi twist, and a striking tribal‑synth soundtrack. A demo is...
Temper Your Expectations for the Hejaz Railway
Turkish transport minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu signed a multilateral agreement with Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan to revive the historic Hejaz Railway, linking Turkey to the Red Sea via Jordan’s Aqaba port. While the pact promises a direct over‑land freight corridor...
SES Plays Key Role in Delivering World Cup
Satellite operator SES, together with its U.S. subsidiary Intelsat, is powering live World Cup broadcasts for broadcasters worldwide using a hybrid model of satellite, fibre and IP. The company claims the distribution can reach nearly 2.3 billion viewers, reinforcing its track...
Indian Government Reiterates Commitment to High-Speed Rail
India has reaffirmed its commitment to a national high‑speed rail (HSR) network, outlining a phased rollout that will prioritize commercially viable sections. The first focus will be the Delhi‑Agra segment of the Delhi‑Varanasi corridor, estimated at Rs 2.3 trillion (≈$24.2 bn) or about...
Shell Makes ‘Most Promising Subsurface’ Find in Well Offshore Namibia
Shell, QatarEnergy and Namibia’s state oil company NAMCOR announced encouraging results from the Merlin‑1X exploration well in offshore Namibia’s Orange Basin. The well, drilled in April 2026, intersected the Coniacian play and delivered high‑quality light oil with limited gas, the...
Iran Says Need to Reassess Talks with US Following Overnight Clashes
Iran announced it will reassess nuclear talks with the United States after a series of overnight clashes that escalated tensions in the Gulf. An Iranian drone shot down a U.S. helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, prompting a U.S. three‑stage...
Iran's Baghaei: Tehran Needs to Re-Assess Talks with the US Following Overnight Clashes
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Mohammad Baghaei warned that Tehran must reassess its negotiations with the United States after a night of heightened military exchanges. The clash began when a U.S. Apache helicopter was shot down near the Strait of Hormuz,...
The 'Key' Factor? Blue Archive Hits No. 1 in Domestic Steam Sales
Nexon Games' Blue Archive claimed the No. 1 spot in Japan’s domestic Steam sales on June 10, its strongest performance since launch. The surge followed the Decagrammaton Chapter 3 update, which introduced the “Aris” maid variant and the highly anticipated “Key” (Kei) character....
Why Robotics’ Next Leap Relies on Physical Engineering
The robotics field has been dominated by AI‑centric research, assuming larger models will eventually deliver human‑like dexterity. In high‑throughput settings such as Amazon Robotics, most unplanned downtime stems from mechanical wear, thermal drift, misalignment, and fatigue—not software errors. This creates...
Moss: The Forgotten Relic Gets Steam Deck Verified Ahead of Release
Moss: The Forgotten Relic, a non‑VR puzzle‑platformer that unites the original Moss titles, is slated for release on July 16 2026 and has just earned Steam Deck Verified status. The game lets players guide the mouse Quill through a storybook world, featuring...
Sanofi Abandons Phase 3 Trial of Neurology Drug Riliprubart
Sanofi has halted the phase 3 MOBILIZE trial of its C1s‑targeting antibody riliprubart for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) after an interim analysis deemed the drug unlikely to achieve sufficient efficacy. The study, which enrolled about 140 patients who were refractory...
Apollo, Blackstone Fund $35bn Anthropic Chip Deal
Apollo Global Management and Blackstone closed a $35 billion private‑credit facility—roughly $33 billion in U.S. terms—to fund Anthropic’s acquisition of Google‑designed Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) chips built by Broadcom. The financing will initially boost Anthropic’s compute capacity by 1 gigawatt, with the chips...
STAT+: As the U.S. Looks on, European Countries Feel Growing Pressure on Drug Prices
European nations are taking opposite routes on drug pricing as the United States watches closely. In the United Kingdom, pressure from pharma firms and the Trump administration has spurred the government to adopt more industry‑friendly policies while promising higher spending...
Xbox CEO Outlines Strategy to Prioritise Cost-Efficiency and Exclusive Titles over Premium Hardware
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told Fortune the company will prioritize cost‑efficient console designs and new business models over chasing premium, high‑performance hardware. The shift follows a 33% year‑on‑year drop in Xbox hardware revenue in Q3, which Sharma called “not particularly...
ADNOC Looks to Canada for Upstream and LNG Growth Through XRG
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s international arm XRG is scouting Canadian upstream and liquefied natural gas projects, a move announced at the Global Energy Show in Calgary. While specific deals were not disclosed, ADNOC’s upstream chief Musabbeh Al Kaabi highlighted Canada’s...
DHL to Handle Logistics for Metso Warehousing Operations in Queensland
Logistics giant DHL Supply Chain Australia has been appointed as the strategic third‑party logistics partner for Metso’s Queensland warehousing operations. The agreement gives DHL control of the Berrinba facility in Brisbane, where it will manage inbound, storage and outbound movement...
ING Increases Use of AI in Mortgage Application Process
ING announced the rollout of its AI‑driven mortgage assistant to live operations after a successful pilot in March. The agent automates document gathering, verification, and case routing, while human staff retain final decision authority. The bank projects a 25% reduction...
Destiny 2 Breaks 160,000 Steam Players with Day One of Monument of Triumph Update
Destiny 2’s final live‑service update, Monument of Triumph, launched on June 9 and drew over 160,000 concurrent players on Steam, peaking at 167,867. The patch introduced tiered raid gear, removed the Portal and SRL, added new weapons and more than 15 armor...
Made for Travel
Poland’s Port Polska programme is building a greenfield multimodal airport slated for 2032, linking air, high‑speed rail and road networks between Warsaw and Łódź. The hub will initially handle 34‑44 million passengers annually and feature an integrated cargo ecosystem with an...
Feedzai Opens Fraud Network to Banks of All Sizes
Feedzai has launched Feedzai IQ Score, an API‑driven fraud risk scoring tool that taps into its $9 trillion global transaction network. The service delivers anonymised, aggregated signals to banks of any size, requiring as few as 15 data fields and no...