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Perth – September 27, 2026 -- PECHOIN, a Chinese skincare brand, is marking its 10th consecutive year of participation at the Congress of the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC), presenting new research on Asian skin at what is widely regarded as the cosmetics industry's top scientific forum.

PECHOIN has won seven IFSCC international scientific awards over nine years

The brand became the first IFSCC Gold Member in China and has been recognized three times as the only Gold-level partner in Asia. Over the past decade, PECHOIN has submitted nearly 200 research papers to IFSCC Congresses, with close to 100 accepted. It is also the first Chinese brand to receive the IFSCC Young Scientist Award, doing so three times.

Hong Kong – September 27, 2026 -- Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) has enrolled the first patient in COMPASSION-37, a global Phase III head-to-head trial testing its bispecific antibody cadonilimab against nivolumab as first-line treatment for HER2-negative advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) adenocarcinoma.

Trial pits cadonilimab plus chemotherapy against nivolumab-based standard of care

The multicenter study compares cadonilimab combined with chemotherapy to chemotherapy with or without nivolumab in previously untreated, unresectable or metastatic G/GEJ patients. It is co-led by Dr. Yelena Y. Janjigian of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Professor Markus Möhler of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and Professors Jiafu Ji and Lin Shen of Peking University Cancer Hospital. Janjigian, Möhler and Shen were investigators on the earlier CheckMate 649 trial, which established nivolumab plus chemotherapy as a global first-line standard.

Seoul, South Korea – September 27, 2026 -- RIMAN, the South Korean beauty and wellness direct-selling company, has expanded to 22 global markets after launching operations in France, Germany and Romania on September 9, followed by Ecuador on September 15.

European footprint grows to seven markets across the region

The three new European launches bring RIMAN's regional presence to seven markets, joining the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain and Italy. RIMAN's European operations are headquartered in London, where the company runs business training, tools and events for independent Planners. Multilingual customer service and logistics support are based in the United Kingdom and Germany.

Rome – September 27, 2026 -- Yili Group presented a China-based whole-value-chain dairy symbiosis model at the Food and Agriculture Organization's inaugural Global Conference for Actions on One Health in Agrifood Systems, detailing how the company restored 55,000 mu (3,667 hectares) of degraded grassland and helped 5,600,000 herders in Inner Mongolia raise incomes over more than a decade.

Yili restores 3,667 hectares of degraded grassland in Inner Mongolia

In Ar Horqin Banner, Yili Group Vice President XU Ke said the company applied a grass-livestock integration approach, planting deep-rooted alfalfa to stabilize soil and rehabilitate land that had suffered persistent degradation. The restored grassland now supplies forage while supporting broader ecosystem recovery, creating what Yili describes as a self-reinforcing cycle between land, cattle and dairy production.

Seoul – September 27, 2026 -- South Korean premium pet mobility company SEEKOUT is expanding beyond its established Japan export business into North America and Europe, targeting global B2B buyers through overseas trade shows planned for the first half of 2027.

SEEKOUT leverages Japan export track record to enter Western markets

The company built its export foundation by shipping premium pet strollers directly to Japan, a market noted for stringent product quality standards. SEEKOUT is now using that experience as the basis for entering North American and European distribution channels.

Wilmington, Del. – September 27, 2026 -- A new 51-jurisdiction dataset from Cuvo Health shows that only 14 states offer out-of-state physicians a telehealth registration or telemedicine license short of full licensure, exposing a costly compliance gap for digital health startups seeking national scale.

Madison, Wis. – September 27, 2026 -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) has signed agreements with Samsung HME America's NeuroLogica Corp. unit to pursue advanced volumetric imaging capabilities for its CyberKnife System, the companies announced at the ASTRO Annual Meeting in Boston.

Samsung's mobile CT expertise meets Accuray's robotic radiosurgery platform

The collaboration pairs Samsung NeuroLogica's mobile computed tomography and volumetric imaging technology with Accuray's precision treatment delivery, robotic radiosurgery and motion-management systems. No commercial product has been announced; the partnership will proceed through phased technical, clinical and commercial evaluation subject to regulatory requirements.

Shenzhen – September 27, 2026 -- Memory and storage executives from Samsung, Sandisk, Solidigm, Arm and Lenovo converged in Shenzhen on September 23 to argue that AI inference workloads, not training alone, are now the primary driver reshaping storage architecture demand. The 5th GMIF2026 Innovation Summit, co-hosted by the Shenzhen Memory Industry Association (SMIA) and Peking University's School of Integrated Circuits, drew IDMs, controller makers, OSATs, and AI infrastructure vendors under the theme "The Future Built on AI Memory and Storage."

Boston – September 27, 2026 -- Leo Cancer Care has confirmed a dedicated pediatric program combining education, distraction and gamification technology, following the world's first pediatric treatments delivered on its upright Marie® positioning and imaging platform.

Stanford Medicine delivers first upright pediatric proton treatments in June 2026

Stanford Medicine treated the initial pediatric patients using the Mevion S250-FIT Proton Therapy System, which integrates Leo Cancer Care's Marie platform and RaySearch Laboratories' RayStation planning software. The early cases demonstrated that upright proton therapy is feasible across a wide pediatric age range, with anesthesia still available when clinically required.

Boone, N.C. – September 27, 2026 -- Fuse Oncology plans to demonstrate a potential integration linking GE HealthCare's Intelligent Radiation Therapy (iRT) software to its S!GNAL charge capture platform at the ASTRO 2026 Annual Meeting, running September 27-29 in Boston at booth 2533.

Concept links radiation therapy workflow software directly to charge review

The showcased workflow would allow iRT to launch S!GNAL using existing patient information, giving radiation oncology teams a direct path from treatment coordination to targeted charge review without re-entering data across systems. The capability is described as planned for a future iRT release and is currently in development and evaluation, with no confirmed commercial availability date.

Shanghai – September 26, 2026 -- IASO Biotechnology's CAR-T therapy FUCASO achieved a 95.9% objective response rate and 77.2% complete/stringent complete response rate in a real-world study of 281 heavily pretreated Chinese patients with relapsed or refractory plasma cell neoplasms, data presented at the 2026 International Myeloma Society Annual Meeting show.

Real-world cohort skews higher-risk than pivotal trial population

The multicenter study tracked patients treated since FUCASO's June 2023 launch across China. Median age was 61 years, with 18.7% aged 70 or older, and patients had received a median of four prior therapy lines, up to 12. Prior anti-CD38 exposure reached 84.0%, 27.4% were penta-exposed, and 46.9% had undergone autologous stem cell transplantation. High-risk cytogenetic abnormalities affected 82.4% of patients, 50.5% were ISS stage III, 7.8% had plasma cell leukemia, and 47.0% presented extramedullary disease.

Chongqing – September 26, 2026 -- Endurance Energy Equipment Co., Ltd. fielded more than 100 business inquiries from over 1,000 booth visitors at Gastech 2026, with Southeast Asia emerging as the primary market for its skid-mounted liquefaction technology. The Bangkok International Trade Exhibition Centre event drew 59,468 attendees from more than 150 countries.

Off-spec gas composition, not thin reserves, strands small fields in Thailand and Indonesia

Endurance Energy identified a recurring problem raised by visitors from Thailand, Indonesia and neighbouring markets: small gas fields and biogas projects frequently clear geological hurdles but stall on economics because conventional liquefaction trains cannot process off-spec gas compositions.

Virginia Beach – – September 26, 2026 -- Farm Aid 2026 drew a national spotlight to America's family farmers on Saturday, staged at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater as Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies rose 46% in 2025 and roughly 15,000 farms closed nationwide.

Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies climbed 46% in 2025, marking the third consecutive year of increases

The filing surge represents a sustained deterioration in farm finances rather than a single-year anomaly, with the closures translating into direct losses of local jobs, tax revenue and food-supply capacity across affected counties.

Samarkand, Uzbekistan – September 26, 2026 -- Timur Turlov has been elected President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), winning a second-round runoff vote at the FIDE General Assembly in Samarkand, becoming the first Kazakh national to lead the organization.

Turlov secures four-year mandate through 2030 on joint ticket with Anand

Turlov, who ran alongside five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand as Deputy President, takes office for a term running through 2030. Anand, FIDE Deputy President since 2022, remains in the role, providing institutional continuity to the new administration.

NEW YORK – September 26, 2026 -- China Southern Airlines marked its 70th anniversary with a Times Square display, coinciding with the Mid-Autumn Festival, as the Guangzhou-based carrier reported a fleet of 972 aircraft and 174 million passengers carried in 2025.

Carrier operates 972-aircraft fleet spanning Boeing and Airbus widebodies

As of the end of 2025, China Southern's fleet included Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft, Airbus A350 and A330 models, alongside domestically produced C909 and C919 jets. The airline's network now spans 177 countries and more than 1,000 destinations worldwide.

Phoenix – September 26, 2026 -- A peer-reviewed study from University of Phoenix examining AI-supported storytelling in environmental science education has been named an Editor's Choice paper by the journal Glacies.

Study links AI-generated imagery to measurable gains in student engagement

The paper, "Harnessing AI, Virtual Landscapes, and Anthropomorphic Imaginaries to Enhance Environmental Science Education at Jökulsárlón Proglacial Lagoon, Iceland," was published in February 2026. It reports that 87.1% of surveyed students enjoyed the anthropomorphic narratives used in the course, while 82.0% agreed the approach reinforced systems thinking.

Whitefish, Mont. – September 25, 2026 -- STEMREGEN, a maker of science-backed stem cell supplements, has landed at No. 332 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list after posting 1,017% revenue growth over three years, far outpacing the list's 130% median.

Company secures third straight Inc. 5000 ranking as growth trajectory accelerates

STEMREGEN previously ranked No. 265 in 2025 and No. 1,765 in 2024, marking three consecutive years on the annual list of America's fastest-growing private companies. The 2026 ranking measures revenue growth from 2022 through 2025.

Los Angeles – September 25, 2026 -- Los Angeles Orbit, the newest franchise in League One Volleyball (LOVB), unveiled its team name, logo and brand identity today at Intuit Dome ahead of its inaugural professional season.

Ohanian, Rae and James headline ownership group at Intuit Dome reveal

Team owners Alexis Ohanian, Issa Rae and Savannah James attended the unveiling alongside LOVB Commissioner Sandra Idehen and volleyball legend Misty May-Treanor. Players including Carli Lloyd, Kotoe Inoue, Annie Drews Schumacher, Madi Kingdon Rishel and Kathryn Boden joined the event, which also featured activist Malala Yousafzai.

Seoul – September 26, 2026 -- MAYPHARM has announced the upcoming launch of HYALMASS AQUATOX, a new aesthetic formulation combining five high-interest active ingredients into a single product for the global cosmeceutical market.

MAYPHARM combines five actives into one formulation to meet multifunctional demand

The new product integrates PDRN, Exosomes, Botulinum Peptide, GHK-Cu, and Succinic Acid in one advanced skin solution. Botulinum Peptide is designed to support a smoother skin appearance, while GHK-Cu is studied for skin conditioning and regeneration. Succinic Acid is positioned for antioxidant activity, PDRN for skin regeneration and recovery, and Exosomes for advanced rejuvenation approaches.

Irvine, Calif. – September 25, 2026 -- Sunwest Bank has acquired Nano Banc of Irvine, California, in an FDIC-assisted transaction that transfers approximately $605 million in deposits and $227 million in loans to the Sandy, Utah-based lender.

Regulators shut Nano Banc on September 25 before handing control to Sunwest

California's Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed Nano Banc on Friday, September 25, placing it into FDIC receivership. The FDIC then entered an agreement with Sunwest Bank to acquire substantially all of Nano Banc's deposits and a portion of its assets, including the $605 million deposit book and $227 million loan portfolio.