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United States

Moderna Secures up to $54.3 Million Funding for Bird Flu Vaccine From Global Coalition

Moderna has secured up to $54.3 million in funding from an international coalition to advance the late-stage development of its experimental bird flu vaccine, t…

Kenya

Bamburi Cement Signs US$250M EPC Deal for Kwale Clinker Plant

Bamburi Cement has entered into a US$250 million engineering, procurement, and construction contract with China's CBMI Construction Co., Ltd for a new clink…

Wind Turbine

Suzlon Secures 306MW Wind Turbine Orders in India

Suzlon Group has secured orders totaling 306 MW from Yanara, a renewable energy developer operating across the Asia-Pacific region, for two wind power projects …

Germany

BASF | Nunhems Launches Breakthrough in Carrot Innovation With Percyst Carrots

BASF's vegetable seeds business, marketed under the Nunhems® brand, has introduced the Percyst® brand of carrots. This new variety represents the re…

Electric Vehicles

XPENG Secures L3 Road Test License in Guangzhou, Accelerates Push Toward Higher Autonomy

On December 16, XPENG announced that it has received an L3 autonomous driving road test license in Guangzhou and initiated regular on-road testing of Level 3 ca…

Oil & Gas Trade

Carlyle Hires Goldman Sachs for Lukoil Asset Bid

U.S. private equity firm Carlyle has engaged Goldman Sachs to assist with its potential acquisition of international assets from Russian oil company Lukoil. Thi…

Japan

Apple Opens iPhone to Alternative App Stores in Japan

Apple announced on Wednesday that it has opened iPhones to alternative app stores in Japan in order to comply with new regulations designed to promote competiti…

Electricity Transmission

KETRACO Signs PPP for Two High-Voltage Electricity Transmission Lines in Kenya

The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has signed a public-private partnership agreement valued at $311 million with a consortium formed by Africa…

Italy

Cimolai Technology Completes Key Goliath Crane Milestone

Cimolai Technology has successfully completed the installation of the main girder for the initial 800-tonne rail-mounted Goliath crane at the Port of Chioggia.S…

Brazil

BASF Expands Agricultural Credit and Biologicals to Reach 20% of Brazilian Revenue

BASF has formed a collaboration with Farmtech, a company focused on rural credit and financing for agricultural inputs, to offer credit options to producers dur…

Metal

JX Unit Sells Stake in Peruvian Mine to Glencore

Japan's JX Advanced Metals announced that its Pan Pacific Copper (PPC) unit has divested its full ownership in the undeveloped Quechua copper project in Peru to…

LNG

Chevron to Supply Hungary With 2 Billion Cubic Metres of LNG, Minister Says

Hungary's state-owned energy company MVM has entered into a five-year agreement with U.S. energy firm Chevron for the delivery of liquefied natural gas tota…

Canada

Canada Unveils New Rules to Lower Oil and Gas Methane Emissions

Canada released new regulations on December 16, 2025, designed to significantly lower methane emissions from its oil and gas industry.These measures set a cours…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Shares Jump as Musk Confirms Driverless Robotaxi Testing

Tesla shares reached their highest level in almost a year on Monday, following an announcement from CEO Elon Musk regarding the company's testing of robotax…

Methane

Spain’s Solarig to Invest Over $400 Million in Biomethane Plants in Poland

Spanish renewable energy developer Solarig announced on Monday a planned investment exceeding 1.5 billion zloty, equivalent to approximately 415 million U.S. do…