China’s Humanoid Robots Aren’t Smart Enough to Take Your Job – Yet August 31, 2026 By Laurie Chen, Eduardo Baptista and Ju-min Park Inside a training center in southern China, more than 100 humanoid robots stand in neat rows. A dozen human trainers...
Sydney Developer in Distress Sounds Alarm for Private Credit August 31, 2026 By Richard Henderson, Low De Wei, Sharon Klyne and Megawati Wijaya The downfall of an Australian property developer that borrowed heavily from non-bank lenders is stoking fears that cracks are starting...
Meta Settlement Opens New Front in Global Fight Over Social Media Harm August 28, 2026 By Byron Kaye, Karen Lema and Toby Sterling Meta’s move to restrict teenagers’ use of social media in the U.S. shows companies have tools to better protect young...
Romania Probes Cause of Black Sea Cargo Ship Sinking August 28, 2026 A merchant ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Romania in the Black Sea on Thursday evening, likely...
War in Iran Continues to Drive Interest in Renewables August 28, 2026 By Coco Liu and Emma Court Six months after US-Israeli strikes disrupted Middle Eastern fossil fuel production and turned the Strait of Hormuz into a naval...
Kalshi Weather Odds Are Coming to a Weather App Near You August 28, 2026 By Joe Wertz Kalshi Inc. has entered a partnership with The Weather Company to bolster the data it uses to settle contracts in...
Researchers Discover Additional Backdoors in Chinese-Made Zbtlink Routers August 28, 2026 By AJ Vicens More than a dozen models of Chinese-made Zbtlink routers ship with at least two backdoors that could allow for invasive...
China Flexes its Auto-Safety Chops With Huge Recall of Tesla, Other Cars August 28, 2026 A huge recall in China last week aims to address a long-standing fear of EV owners: potentially being trapped in...
People Moves: Marsh Promotes Ward as CEO of Pacific, Guy Carpenter; QBE Names Thompson as Global Director of Data Centres in Newly Created Role August 27, 2026 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Guy Carpenter and QBE. A summary of these new hires follows...
Europe’s Credit Markets Shrug Off Climate Risks Despite Devastating Droughts August 27, 2026 By Selina Chen and Kat Hidalgo Severe droughts across Europe this summer led to huge wildfires, disrupted transport on critical routes, threatened power plants and hit...