Brussels Airport expands winter network to 135 destinations, welcomes Smartwings and new routes to China and Sweden

Brussels, 15 October 2025 – Brussels Airport will offer 135 direct destinations this winter season, including two new routes to Sälen (Sweden) and Chongqing (China). The airport also welcomes new airline Smartwings, which will launch 12 weekly...

New project aims to promote responsible mining and environmental practices in Zimbabwe

Judith Phiri, Zimpapers Business Hub THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organisation (ZELO) has launched a new initiative, the Promoting Equitable and Sustainable Natural Resources Management (ProNRM) project, aimed at promoting responsible mining,...

Trulioo grows KYB services in North American market with enhanced platform

Trulioo has gotten big, fast. The digital identity company, which is based in Vancouver, Canada, has stormed the North American market over the past two years, and continues to roll out new products to support the full identity lifecycle. A pair...

Weekly quiz: Germany’s construction ‘turbo’ | Google megaproject | HS2 milestone

Image: Balfour Beatty It’s the Construction Briefing weekly news quiz. How much attention have you been paying to events in the world of construction over the past seven days? 1) The UK’s Sellafield nuclear site has awarded £2.9bn in long-term...

United Kingdom Ramps Up Drone Production For Ukraine

The British Ministry of Defence has announced that more than 85,000 military drones, have been delivered by the United Kingdom to Ukraine in the space of a six month period this year. The news of the UK’s accelerated production was announced by...

Vessel fatality reported off Sweden

Saab to develop Sweden’s first unmanned stealth fighter jet to succeed the Gripen

Saab has received a 2.6 billion SEK (about 238 million USD) contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to advance studies and technology development for Sweden’s next-generation fighter system. The work focuses on a...

Business Sweden, MSIA Exchange MoU To Strengthen Semiconductor Industry Cooperation

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- Business Sweden Malaysia and the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA) will collaborate to strengthen international cooperation in the semiconductor industry to accelerate innovation, sustainability,...

Russian attacks aim to 'wear us down, divide us,' but Europe 'is responding', says EU chief

Von der Leyen on Tuesday said that Europe is standing united against Russian aggression, backing Ukraine with continued financial and strategic support EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday said that recent Russian aggression —...

Sweden invests in counter-drone and Gripen fighter jets readiness with $525m defense boost

Sweden is investing over $525 million to speed up its counter-drone systems and improve the JAS 39 Gripen’s readiness and basing flexibility. The move brings forward the anti-drone delivery schedule by eight years, a rare acceleration reflecting...

Linxon Discusses Energy Projects with Iraqi PM

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani met in Baghdad on Wednesday with the Swiss Ambassador to Iraq, Daniel Hunn, and the Swedish Ambassador, Jörgen Lindström, accompanied by senior representatives from Linxon, including its...

ATP Stockholm Quarterfinal Predictions Including Holger Rune vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry

The ATP Stockholm quarterfinal lineup promises a lively evening of tennis under the indoor lights, with the crowd ready to lift their hometown favorite and the late-season tension beginning to show. The fast conditions have rewarded clean,...

Chinese top diplomat urges Sweden to promote healthy China-EU ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called upon Sweden to assume a constructive role in advancing positive relations between China and the European Union during high-level discussions with Swedish counterpart Maria Malmer Stenergard in Beijing....

UN assessment finds nations delaying crucial climate action

Most of the world’s countries have missed a critical deadline to update their climate promises, leaving international efforts to curb global warming dangerously short of what scientists say is needed to avoid catastrophic consequences, a United...

Encube launches with $23M to rethink hardware development and engineering

Stockholm-based Encube Technologies AB, an artificial intelligence-driven visual engineering collaboration startup, launched today with $23 million in funding to expand its market presence across the United States and the European Union and build...

Sweden’s TV4 Takes On Banijay’s Culinary Showdown ‘100 Knives’

EXCLUSIVE: Swedish network TV4 is hoping to cut through with an order for culinary competition show 100 Knives. Banijay Entertainment label Mastiff Sweden will produce a prime-time version the show, which was co-developed with Banijay...

Canada’s modular residential industry prepares for its moment in the sun

Modular construction processes, whether factory-produced components or full volumetric units, address a number of the industry’s most pressing challenges. These include enhancing the sector’s productivity, reducing manpower requirements by up to...

Treatment Decisions for Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in China: An Observational Cross-Sectional Survey Based on Multivariate Discrete Choice Modeling

Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), characterized by persistent airflow limitation from airway/alveolar abnormalities, remains a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality despite being preventable.1 The WHO estimates...

Sweden sending Gripens to NATO’s Steadfast Noon nuclear drill, in historic first

STOCKHOLM — Sweden will participate in NATO’s annual nuclear military exercise for the first time, a major step for a nation that avoided military alliance for 200 years and has avoided nuclear entanglements entirely. The Swedish government’s...

Tunnelling industry expands cooperation on waste repositories

The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, has launched a special interest group to help member states better understand the technical and safety requirements of the...