A first-of-its-kind European Commission study finds that companies seeking industrial permits across the EU must navigate up to ten separate authorities and multiple disconnected digital platforms, with delays costing hundreds of thousands of euros per project.
Scientists and engineers are discovering that synthetic diamonds, grown in laboratories rather than mined from the earth, possess extraordinary properties that could reshape quantum computing, power electronics, and medical sensing.
Speculation linking Max Verstappen to McLaren has intensified during Formula 1's 2026 silly season, putting Australian driver Oscar Piastri's position at the Woking-based team under the spotlight, despite firm denials from all sides.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup became the highest-scoring tournament in the competition's history on Thursday, surpassing the 172-goal record set at Qatar 2022 — with nearly half the matches still to be played.
Global tech shares fell on Friday as investors sold back into semiconductor stocks, reversing a Thursday surge driven by Micron's blowout quarterly results. The reversal reflects deepening uncertainty about whether AI infrastructure spending will translate into profits to justify soaring valuations.
Three Brazilian sisters aged 103, 104, and 109 — certified by Guinness as the oldest living sibling trio on Earth — are now at the centre of a University of São Paulo study probing the genetic roots of extreme old age.
South Korea's SK Hynix has announced plans to raise up to $29.4 billion through an American Depositary Receipt listing on the Nasdaq, targeting a July 10 debut. The deal would be the largest ADR offering in history, overtaking Alibaba's $21.8 billion New York listing in 2014.
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SpaceX stock has fallen sharply just days after its record-breaking Nasdaq debut, as early investors take profits and questions mount over the company's $2.5 trillion valuation. The pullback dragged rival space stocks down with it.
US Vice-President JD Vance has cancelled his trip to Switzerland to meet Iranian negotiators, a day after both sides digitally signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding intended to end months of war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.