The joint Serbian-Hungarian insurtech startup Ominimo has closed a Series B funding round led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, pushing its valuation to 1,4 milliárd eurós or approximately 1,6 milliárd dolláros. Series B Funding Led by EBRD Crosses the Billion-Dollar Threshold The Serbian-Hungarian fintech company Ominimo has officially achieved unicorn status after … Read more
American Airlines resumed operations on July 28, 2026, after a brief IT outage triggered a nationwide ground stop by the Federal Aviation Administration. The disruption, which lasted less than an hour, affected flights and regional affiliates starting around 6:30 p.m. ET, though localized delays persisted at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport hub. Connectivity failures are … Read more
The latest escalation follows a volatile week in one of the world’s most critical energy waterways. The United States Central Command carried out major bombing campaigns across southern Iran after Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz. According to CENTCOM officials, the US military strikes hit about 140 targets in a single wave, including radar installations, … Read more
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a ban on the import of new foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots to the United States, citing unacceptable risks to national security. The measures, rolled out by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), specifically target advanced machines from China as the two nations compete to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and … Read more
French authorities ordered 4,000 more evacuations along the Atlantic coast on Tuesday as extreme heat reignited a massive wildfire west of Bordeaux. The disaster, which has burned an area four times the size of Paris, has displaced roughly 330,000 people across France and Spain amid worsening climate pressures. Evacuations Expand Along the Atlantic Coast as … Read more
Students and parents across Egypt are turning their attention toward the upcoming university admission coordination process for the 2026–2027 academic year. With the electronic coordination website preparing to open for preference registration shortly after the release of the secondary school examination results, initial indicators point toward shifting cutoffs across high-demand faculties. Preliminary Thresholds and Expected … Read more
Following the official release of Egypt’s 2025/2026 Thanaweya Amma results by Education Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif, top-ranking students across the science and mathematics tracks shared their study routines, hurdles with the Arabic language exam, and aspirations for engineering school. Egypt’s Ministry of Education released the official results for the Thanaweya Amma national high school examinations … Read more
The Senate voted 51 to 47 on Tuesday to confirm Jay Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, as the nation’s director of national intelligence, according to CNN. The vote fell strictly along party lines, with all chamber Republicans and no Democrats supporting the … Read more
More than 1,100 employees across major artificial intelligence laboratories, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta, have signed a public statement asking the U.S. government to support international tools and governance mechanisms to deliberately pace frontier AI development before automated research outpaces human control. The petition, titled Pacing the Frontier and published on July 28, … Read more
European stocks held steady on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, as gains in luxury and consumer goods sectors offset a broader wave of technology sell-offs driven by concerns over domestic chip manufacturing developments in China. The STOXX 600 index remained unchanged at 645.32 points. While the pan-European STOXX 600 index maintained its ground at 645.32 points, … Read more