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New York – September 12, 2026 -- Cerberus Capital Management has agreed to acquire a substantial part of the Mechanical Engineering Division of Goodwin plc for a headline cash consideration of up to approximately £1.1 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

Deal covers five businesses serving global defense and nuclear markets

The transaction includes Goodwin Steel Castings Limited, Goodwin International Limited, Noreva GmbH, Easat Group, and the Pump Division. These units supply proprietary design, advanced manufacturing, and technical expertise to aerospace and defence, nuclear, power, and mining customers worldwide.

Abu Dhabi – September 12, 2026 -- Assets under management at Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) surged 54% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, while the financial center's workforce grew to 49,027 professionals and active licenses climbed to nearly 14,000.

ADGM's fund management ecosystem expands sharply in H1 2026

The number of fund and asset managers based at ADGM reached 190, up 23% from 154 in H1 2025, with 11 new managers added in the second quarter alone -- the largest quarterly increase on record. Funds managed from ADGM rose 32% to 276, from 209 a year earlier. Asset managers that established operations at ADGM in H1 2026 collectively administer global assets exceeding $2.1 trillion.

Kielce – September 12, 2026 -- Blighter Surveillance Systems is targeting expanded sales of its low-power, long-range surveillance radars across Central and Eastern Europe, showcasing its 2D, 3D and 4D electronic-scanning array systems this week at the MSPO International Defence Exhibition in Kielce, Poland, running September 8-11, 2026.

The Cambridge, UK-based radar maker is presenting its full portfolio on stand 2-D05, including dedicated ground, coastal and air surveillance radars, multi-mode systems for simultaneous land, sea and air monitoring, and its AI-assisted BlighterNexus control software.

Shanghai – September 12, 2026 -- The FHC Shanghai Global Food Trade Show will convene more than 3,000 exhibitors and 180,000 professional buyers across 200,000 square meters at the Shanghai New International Expo Center from November 10-12, 2026. The event will feature 50-plus international pavilions and 500 overseas exhibitors spanning 15 core food and beverage sectors.

Fifteen sectors cover the full food value chain from meat to prefabricated dishes

Exhibition segments include meat, aquatic products, dairy, sweets and chocolate, coffee and tea, bakery, food processing and packaging, prefabricated dishes and central kitchen, canned food, machinery and equipment, hot pot ingredients, baby and child food products, and food-medicine homology categories. Organizers state procurement decision-makers can complete cross-category supplier comparisons within the three-day window.

Istanbul – September 12, 2026 -- Rönesans Holding has secured a place among the world's Top 50 International Contractors for the eleventh consecutive year, according to Engineering News-Record's (ENR) 2026 ranking of the Top 250 International Contractors.

Rönesans has completed 1,000-plus projects across nearly 40 countries since starting international operations in 1993

The Turkish construction group has generated $50 billion in international project revenue over more than three decades abroad, working alongside 3,500 Turkish manufacturers and suppliers to deliver engineering, production and services to markets worldwide.

LONDON – September 12, 2026 -- Ashby, an all-in-one recruiting platform, launched WhatsApp messaging for candidate communication at its Ashby One London conference, adding a second chat channel alongside its existing SMS texting tools.

WhatsApp joins SMS as a candidate outreach channel inside Ashby profiles

The feature lets recruiting teams send and receive messages directly from a candidate's profile, using pre-approved templates for tasks such as interview scheduling and availability requests. WhatsApp is also available as a delivery option for automated interview reminders and booking confirmations, alongside SMS and email. Replies are stored in the same conversation thread as the rest of a candidate's activity in Ashby, giving recruiters a single record of outreach.

Ahmedabad – September 12, 2026 -- Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL) has signed binding agreements to raise ₹9,825 crore (~USD 1 billion) in primary equity capital from Alpha Wave Global, Premji Invest, Temasek and BlackRock managed funds, valuing the airports platform at a pre-money equity valuation of ~USD 18 billion.

Investor consortium to hold 5.54% stake after three tranches

Under a Share Subscription Agreement and Shareholders' Agreement, the investors will subscribe to new AAHL equity shares across three tranches, with the final tranche due for completion by July 2027. Once all tranches close, the consortium will collectively hold approximately 5.54% of AAHL, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) and one of India's largest private airport operators.

Berlin/Magdeburg – September 12, 2026 -- Germany's six leading welfare umbrella associations, representing more than 5 million volunteers and paid staff nationwide, issued a joint pledge to defend human dignity and social cohesion following the state election results in Saxony-Anhalt.

BAGFW President Warns Against Election-Driven Discrimination

Achim Meyer auf der Heyde, president of the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege (BAGFW), said the organization stands with anyone threatened by exclusion, hostility or discrimination, regardless of election outcomes or shifting political majorities.

Berlin – September 12, 2026 -- Schule Global, the German intercultural education initiative, has enrolled its 100th member institution, admitting Humboldt-Realschule Bönen into its nationwide network.

Humboldt-Realschule Bönen becomes the 100th school in Schule Global's network

The school has maintained a partnership with Indonesia since 2018, intensifying ties through exchange trips starting in 2022. By joining Schule Global, the school aims to expand this Indonesia partnership and integrate global education more deeply into curricula and daily school life.

Dahlem-Marienau – September 12, 2026 -- One in four 15-year-olds in Germany now fails to meet basic science competency standards, according to the newly released PISA 2026 study, which recorded the country's worst results since the assessment began. In response, private boarding school Schule Marienau in Lower Saxony is investing roughly €800,000 in a new STEM facility designed to reverse the decline in scientific literacy among students.

PISA 2026 data show only 10% of German students rank as high performers in science

The study found science performance at an all-time low nationally, with the top-performing segment stagnant while the broader student base loses ground. Marienau's leadership frames the results as a structural problem rather than statistical noise, arguing that schools have shifted too far from applied, problem-solving education toward rote knowledge transfer.

Düsseldorf – September 12, 2026 -- More than half of German industrial companies have assigned internal teams to prepare their connected products for the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), while over 60 percent are also turning to external specialists, according to the new "IoT & OT Cybersecurity Report 2026" from Düsseldorf-based cybersecurity firm ONEKEY. The findings are based on a survey of 200 German industrial companies regarding CRA readiness.

One-fifth of firms have launched full internal CRA teams

Twenty percent of surveyed companies have set up a dedicated internal team to adapt their product range to CRA requirements, while another third have partially assigned staff to the task. Team size varies sharply: 28 percent have assembled groups of up to ten people, and 22 percent have staffed even larger teams. Sixteen percent manage with three or fewer specialists, and 19 percent have assigned no one at all to the issue.

London and San Sebastián, Spain – September 12, 2026 -- EpilepsyGTx has partnered with AAV-focused CDMO Viralgen to manufacture EPY201, an investigational gene therapy targeting focal refractory epilepsy (FRE), a condition affecting an estimated 10 million patients worldwide, including 2 million across the US, UK and EU.

Viralgen's Aava platform will scale EPY201 production ahead of first-in-human trials

Under the agreement, Viralgen will deploy its proprietary Aava manufacturing platform to produce EPY201 at scale. The platform has already supported production of 1,500 AAV batches and is designed to handle all AAV serotypes with high-yield output. Viralgen's San Sebastián facility operates three cGMP suites, each with 2,000-liter capacity, certified by AEMPS/EMA, alongside plasmid production, process optimization, fill-finish and internal QC testing.

Zhengzhou – September 12, 2026 -- Yutong has launched the T14, a diesel-powered premium coach engineered for the European market, expanding its T-Series lineup with a vehicle built on a DAF engine, ZF air suspension and a Bosch steering system.

Coach targets long-haul comfort with dual-zone climate control

The T14 features an intelligent dual-zone air conditioning system with independently adjustable temperatures for driver and passenger areas, delivering 36,000 kcal of cooling and 38,000 kcal of heating capacity. Interior materials use low-odor, eco-friendly variants achieving odor ratings of no more than 2.5 at 40°C and 3.0 at 80°C, paired with a fresh-air ventilation system. Ergonomic seats combined with ZF air suspension and an automatic transmission filter out road vibration and shift shocks, while 26 premium speakers and a 22-inch HD display anchor the cabin, alongside a refrigerator, toilet, water dispenser and charging ports.

Menlo Park, Calif. – – September 12, 2026 -- A new report from the Ethical AI Governance Group (EAIGG) and Draup argues that national AI advantage depends on strategic interdependence rather than complete technological self-sufficiency, challenging a core assumption driving global AI policy.

Report introduces scorecard ranking five national AI ecosystems

The AI Sovereignty Paradox: Why AI Advantage Depends on Interdependence unveils the Global AI Adoption Scorecard, a framework assessing national AI readiness across talent, infrastructure, data ecosystems, innovation, capital formation, and policy. The inaugural study benchmarks five ecosystems—the United States, Israel, France, India, and Japan—to determine how AI capability converts into economic and strategic advantage.

Shanghai – September 12, 2026 -- CorrectSequence Therapeutics (Correctseq) reported that its transformer Base Editor (tBE) platform achieved sustained transfusion independence or elimination of vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs) in four new patients from Nigeria, Laos, Malaysia and Pakistan, extending clinical validation beyond the Chinese cohort where five patients previously achieved full transfusion independence.

Study published in Cell Stem Cell confirms cross-genetic efficacy of CS-101/CS-206

The peer-reviewed paper, published online September 7, 2026, details results from one sickle cell disease (SCD) patient and three transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) patients treated with CS-101/CS-206. All four achieved rapid hematopoietic reconstitution, sustained high-level pancellular fetal hemoglobin (HbF) expression, and no detectable off-target edits or product-related adverse events.

Lausanne, Switzerland – – September 12, 2026 -- Revizto Academy, the free digital coordination training program run by AECO collaboration platform Revizto, has awarded more than 13,500 certifications to professionals in over 60 countries since its 2024 launch, the company said marking the program's two-year anniversary.

Revizto Academy issues over 13,500 certifications across 60-plus countries in two years

Learners from more than 500 AECO firms have completed the program, including staff from AECOM, AtkinsRéalis, Jacobs, Mortenson and Stantec. The training offers three certification levels aimed at building digital coordination skills for increasingly complex project environments.

Paris – September 12, 2026 -- The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) has funded the complete restoration of Michel Bréal's grave at Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris, including a new memorial stone, and will mark the work with a ceremony on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, from 14:00 to 15:00.

AIMS names Michel Bréal 'Founder Emeritus' for the first time

The organization, which represents 470 marathons and distance races across more than 120 countries, is conferring on Bréal the honorary title of Founder Emeritus in recognition of the 1894 letter he wrote to Pierre de Coubertin proposing a race from Marathon to the Pnyx for the revived 1896 Olympic Games. Bréal, a Collège de France professor and classical philologist who never competed in athletics, personally commissioned and funded the winner's silver trophy, awarded to Spyridon Louis at the first modern Olympics.

Wörth am Rhein – September 12, 2026 -- Mercedes-Benz Trucks has delivered the first 27 battery-electric eActros 600 trucks to Amazon, with the e-commerce giant set to operate more than 50 of the vehicles across its German logistics network by the end of 2026.

Delivery marks first tranche of Amazon's largest-ever electric truck order

The handover forms part of a contract signed in early 2025 covering more than 200 eActros 600 units, Amazon's largest electric truck order to date. Most of the fleet will operate in the United Kingdom, where Mercedes-Benz Trucks began deliveries in late 2025. The trucks will run on Germany's so-called middle-mile routes, moving goods between logistics centers and urban areas.

Nuremberg – September 12, 2026 -- Three-quarters of Germans have already financed a purchase, while missed payment deadlines among adults under 30 rose to 23 percent from 14 percent in autumn 2025, according to the TeamBank Liquidity Barometer.

Younger consumers treat financing as routine, survey shows

Some 33 percent of Germans under 30 now consider invoice purchases, installment credit and other financing forms self-evident, a 12-percentage-point jump from autumn 2025. This age group also plans to spend significantly more over the next 12 months than the national average, the survey found.

Payment lapses and tracking problems climb among young borrowers

29 percent of respondents under 30 report losing track when running multiple financing arrangements simultaneously. Despite this, 48 percent of the same group rate their financial knowledge as at least good, a higher share than among older respondents.

Berlin – – September 12, 2026 -- The German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer, BÄK) has called for suicide prevention to be treated as a core duty for physicians across all medical specialties, not just psychiatry, ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, 2026.