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Benguerir, Morocco – September 20, 2026 -- Envision Energy has energised Morocco's first large-scale lithium iron phosphate battery storage system, a 25 MW / 125 MWh unit installed at OCP Green Energy's Benguerir mining site.

System cuts peak-hour electricity costs by roughly 25% at industrial site

The battery storage system, supplied and commissioned by Envision Energy under a contract signed in late 2025, shifts surplus daytime solar power to peak consumption hours. The company integrated the BESS with the site's solar generation, grid conditions and industrial load profile, and the system is now undergoing testing before entering commercial operation.

Hong Kong – September 20, 2026 -- Reap has launched Sentry, a managed fraud and risk service that eliminates the need for card-issuing clients to build in-house fraud teams or license separate monitoring tools.

Global card fraud losses hit $33.41 billion in 2024, Nilson Report data shows

Payment card fraud losses worldwide totalled USD 33.41 billion in 2024, tied to global card volume of USD 51.920 trillion, according to The Nilson Report's January 2026 figures. Reap cites the millisecond nature of authorisation decisions as the reason fraud must be intercepted at the point of transaction rather than remediated afterward.

Shanghai – September 20, 2026 -- Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd. (HKEX: 02256.HK) reported that its oral FGFR2/3 inhibitor lavengratinib achieved a mean increase of 2.4 cm/year in annualized height velocity among children with achondroplasia in the lowest-dose cohort of a Phase II trial, with a 100% responder rate.

Seven children in the first dose cohort completed six months of treatment with no serious adverse events

All seven participants aged 6 to 12 in cohort 1 of the ABSK061-202 study received lavengratinib at 0.064 mg/kg once daily for 27 weeks. Responders were defined as achieving at least a 25% improvement in annualized height velocity from baseline, a threshold every participant in the cohort met.

Seoul – September 20, 2026 -- LG Display has begun mass production of a 24.5-inch Gaming OLED panel with a 720Hz refresh rate, the highest ever achieved in a gaming OLED display, alongside a 0.02ms response time.

LG Display sets new refresh-rate benchmark for esports monitors

The panel is the first OLED display built specifically for the esports segment, where 24-inch class monitors dominate because they let players view the full screen at a glance. To hit 720Hz at FHD (1920x1080) resolution, LG Display developed a proprietary driving algorithm and an integrated design spanning panel construction to the driving system, reducing motion blur and ghosting in fast-paced genres such as first-person shooter and racing games.

Seattle – September 20, 2026 -- Convera and JustLogin have partnered to embed regulated cross-border payroll and business payment capabilities directly into JustLogin's HR platform, enabling companies to initiate payments in up to 16 currencies across Singapore and Southeast Asia.

Partnership targets $105 billion regional B2B payments opportunity

Southeast Asia's B2B payments market was valued at approximately USD 44.5 billion in 2024 and is projected to exceed USD 105 billion by 2033, according to figures cited by the companies. The integration positions JustLogin's HR platform to capture a share of that growth by letting customers manage payroll disbursement without leaving their existing workflow.

Houston and Oxford – September 20, 2026 -- Velocys has released the AlphaCore 800, its highest-capacity microchannel Fischer-Tropsch reactor to date, capable of producing up to 800 barrels per day, or 30,000 tonnes per year, from a single unit.

New reactor doubles capacity of predecessor model

AlphaCore 800 doubles the throughput of the AlphaCore 400 and extends Velocys' reactor family range from roughly 50 to 800 barrels per day per unit, or 2 to 30 kt/a. The reactor targets larger sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and e-fuels projects, including plants aiming for approximately 100,000 tonnes per year and above.

Shanghai – September 20, 2026 -- Antengene Corporation Limited (SEHK: 6996.HK) has dosed the first patient in China in its pivotal Phase III CLINCH-3 study evaluating ATG-022, a CLDN18.2 antibody-drug conjugate, as monotherapy for CLDN18.2-positive advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Breakthrough Therapy Designation accelerated the trial's launch

China's National Medical Products Administration granted ATG-022 Breakthrough Therapy Designation, which the company says streamlined regulatory communications and enabled the rapid start of CLINCH-3. The randomized, controlled, open-label multicenter study is initiated in China and planned for expansion into a multi-regional clinical trial, with Professor Lin Shen of Peking University Cancer Hospital serving as principal investigator. The study compares ATG-022 against treatment of investigator's choice, targeting a future marketing approval application.

New York – September 20, 2026 -- More than 100 CEOs, heads of state and UN leaders concluded the 2026 UN Private Sector Forum in New York calling for faster public-private cooperation to unlock clean-energy investment, citing grid bottlenecks, regulatory uncertainty and financing gaps as the main barriers to deployment at scale.

UN Secretary-General urges companies to deploy capital and purchasing power

Hosted by the UN Global Compact on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres, the invitation-only session pressed business leaders to close the gap between existing climate commitments and the pace of change needed to keep the 1.5°C target within reach. Guterres told participants that companies possess the capital, technology, supply chains and consumer base to "supercharge the renewables revolution" through direct investment in clean power and energy efficiency, and by using purchasing power to build markets for clean technologies.

Singapore – September 20, 2026 -- 01F Group has made an investment in DANA, Indonesia's leading digital e-wallet and financial services platform, through its growth-stage fintech private equity arm, 01Fintech. The deal deepens 01F Group's exposure to Southeast Asia's fintech sector as Indonesia's digital payments market is projected to approach USD 1 trillion by 2030.

DANA's platform reaches millions of users across Tier 2 to Tier 4 regions

DANA operates an integrated digital financial ecosystem serving consumers, merchants and financial institutions, with particular penetration among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) outside Indonesia's major metropolitan centers. Founded in 2018, the platform combines digital payments, QRIS transactions, money transfers and AI-powered financial tools.

Chicago – September 20, 2026 -- The Walter Family publicly rejected media reports claiming Mark and Kimbra Walter are scaling back philanthropic commitments, calling the allegations "false and easily disproven."

Walters pledge hundreds of millions more despite funding-structure scrutiny

Over more than two decades, Mark and Kimbra Walter have donated hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations focused on under-resourced communities, education access and wildlife conservation. The family stated it intends to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars more in coming years, with existing financial commitments remaining unchanged.

The rebuttal directly addresses speculation that recent changes to the funding structure of certain organizations reflect a need to conserve cash. The family called such narratives "irresponsible," warning they create uncertainty for the young people, families and communities served by the affected organizations.