European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher (R) is pictured with European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius and welcomed the proposed joint space venture announced Thursday by Airbus, Leonardo and Thales. Photo by Olivier Hoslet/EPA Oct. 24 (UPI) — Officials for Airbus, Leonardo and the Thales Group have signed a memorandum of understanding
COLOMBUS, Ohio—Whitestone Companies announced the official launch of Soartress Hospitality, a reimagined hospitality management company. “This announcement has been four years in the making,” said Jay Batra, chief executive officer of Whitestone Companies. “In 2021, we made a strategic decision to fold a legacy management company under our broader Whitestone Group of Companies, alongside Whitestone
Alexandria, Va. — The GBTA Foundation, the cause-led arm of the Global Business Travel Association, hosted its 2025 WINiT Summit, Awards & Gala yesterday at Civic Hall in New York City. Now in its 11th year, GBTA WINiT (“Women in Travel”), a program dedicated to helping women thrive in their travel industry careers, continues to
A landfill in Uzbekistan. Screenshot from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s YouTube channel. Fair use. This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese development projects abroad. Find more stories here. In a significant step
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25) on Friday closed down -20 (-0.32%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25) closed down -41 (-0.90%). Cocoa prices on Friday closed lower, with NY cocoa falling back from an early 3-week high and robusta falling back from Thursday’s 3-week high. Cocoa prices saw some pre-weekend long liquidation pressure. Don’t
December arabica coffee (KCZ25) on Friday closed -7.15 (-1.74%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX25) closed up +17 (+0.37%). Coffee prices on Friday closed mixed after Thursday’s sharp declines of -2.54% in NY arabica and -3.90% in robusta. Coffee prices fell back from Thursday’s 8.3-month nearest-futures high in arabica coffee and 5-week high in robusta
Rudi Klein is a barrister and director at KleinLegal Recent measures on improving payment practices have failed, yet again, to measure up to the extent of abuse in the industry. We all know about the devastating impact that such abuse has had on businesses over many years. It has sapped the industry’s ability to make
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Photo Credit: IMPALA Does Universal Music’s proposed Downtown purchase threaten cultural diversity? IMPALA believes so, and amid a high-stakes European Commission investigation, it’s once again come out swinging against the $775 million acquisition. Brussels-based IMPALA explored this comparatively little-discussed angle in a paper entitled “Universal/Downtown – Why does it matter from a cultural diversity perspective?”
Is the race for subscribers over? A breakdown of US-based DSP market share, Q3 2025 (Source: DMN Pro) YouTube was one of the first major players in music streaming, thanks to a video platform that quickly absorbed millions of music videos, live tracks, lyric videos, and sing-along covers. But given its immense first-mover advantage, why
