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This photo taken on Nov. 4, 2023 shows a city view of Shanghai, east China. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua) SHANGHAI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- With China's new five-year development blueprint approved last week signaling investment stability, Shanghai reinforced the message days later by hosting a global investment summit that highlighted its commitment to a world-class business environment.

Basketball Rick Pitino is turning St. John’s into a college basketball behemoth. Since he took over the Red Storm, Pitino has found a way...

Scotland’s building safety levy, which aims to fund £450m worth of necessary cladding remediation over a 15-year period, has passed its final test in the Scottish parliament. Developers will have to pay a levy when constructing properties after Holyrood approved the bill yesterday (17 March). The measure will enable the government to gather funds to

In the race to adopt and show value from AI, enterprises are moving faster than ever to deploy agentic AI as copilots, assistants, and autonomous task-runners. In late 2025, nearly two-thirds of companies were experimenting with AI agents, while 88% were using AI in at least one business function, up from 78% in 2024, according

In the ubiquitous age of artificial intelligence, the technology appears as if it is largely earmarked for optimizing the mechanics of work. Buzzwords like speed, automation, efficiency, and productivity often dominate conversations that are shaping the digital era. Today, AI’s capability has expanded into streamlining operations at an unprecedented scale, yet even this magnitude of

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Science & Nature Researchers from the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Science and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) are prioritizing collaboration over competition...

The Communities and Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) has launched procurement for a building materials supply framework worth up to £1.94bn. Running from May 2026 to April 2034, the eight-year framework will cover the supply and delivery of materials including plumbing, electrical, retrofitting, ironmongery, glazing, roofing, timber and flooring. Painting and decorating materials, managed stores, tools