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India

Adani Ports Completes Acquisition of NQXT Australia

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited has successfully completed the acquisition of 100 per cent interest in NQXT Australia. The transaction received al…

United States

Nvidia, Joining Big Tech Deal Spree, to License Groq Technology, Hire Executives

Nvidia has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with artificial intelligence startup Groq to use Groq's chip technology focused on AI inference,…

China

ByteDance Signals Major AI Infrastructure Push With $23BN Investment Plan

ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of TikTok, has outlined preliminary plans for capital expenditure of approximately 160 billion yuan (about $23 billi…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Norway’s November Oil and Gas Production Beats Forecast

Norway's combined oil and gas production in November exceeded the official forecast by 0.9%, according to preliminary data released by the Norwegian Offshor…

India

India’s Rice Stocks Surge to Record High as Paddy Procurement Climbs

India's government rice reserves have reached a new high for the beginning of December, following increased procurement of the fresh paddy harvest by state …

Netherlands

Amsterdam to Host 78MW Hyperscale Campus Following €1B Pure DC Investment

Pure Data Centres Group (Pure DC), a specialist in designing, developing, and operating hyperscale cloud and AI data centres, has secured the largest standalone…

Japan

SoftBank Delivers World-First SRv6 MUP Services on 5G Commercial Network

SoftBank announced in December 2025 that it has successfully launched limited commercial services using Segment Routing IPv6 Mobile User Plane (SRv6 MUP) techno…

Gabon

Gabon Plans New Housing Tax to Help Tackle Rising Debt

Gabon intends to launch a new housing tax starting in January to support the financing of national requirements amid ongoing debt growth. The nation is experien…

Canada

Mantel Scales up Molten-Borate Carbon Capture With Commercial-Scale FEED Study

Mantel Capture, a specialist in energy-efficient carbon capture solutions, has launched a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for a commercial-scale carbo…

China

Chinese Company Ships First Bulk Cargo of Argentine Wheat as Agricultural Ties With Latin America Deepen

A cargo vessel carrying 65,000 tons of Argentine wheat left the Port of Timbues in Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on Saturday, destined for China. This voyage re…

United States

Nvidia Buys AI Software Provider Schedmd to Expand Open-Source AI Push

Nvidia announced on Monday the acquisition of SchedMD, a software company specializing in artificial intelligence workload management. This move reinforces the …

Gas power plant

Nigeria Issues Permits for Gas-Flaring Project, Targets $2 Billion Investment and 3 GW Power Potential

Nigeria granted permits to 28 companies on December 12, 2025, as part of the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP), designed to reduce routine …

United Kingdom

Google Deepmind to Build First Automated Research Lab in UK

The UK government and Google DeepMind announced a major new partnership on Thursday to accelerate the practical application of advanced artificial intelligence …

Netherlands

Gelregroen Consortium Secures Funding for Dutch ViA15 Project

The GelreGroen consortium and Dutch infrastructure agency Rijkswaterstaat have achieved financial close on the €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) ViA15 motorway p…

United States

Southwest CEO Expects Boeing Max 7 to Be Certified Around August 2026

Southwest Airlines now anticipates that the Boeing 737 MAX 7, the smallest member of the MAX family, will receive type certification around August 2026, with en…