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Honda Joins Forces With Redwire to Develop Robots for Commercial Space Stations Using Its Multi-Fingered Robotic Hand

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Honda Joins Forces With Redwire to Develop Robots for Commercial Space Stations Using Its Multi-Fingered Robotic Hand

Honda is taking its robotics ambitions beyond Earth’s atmosphere, announcing Thursday that it is working with space infrastructure company Redwire to develop a robotic system designed to help automate research operations aboard the next generation of commercial space stations. The concept pairs Honda’s multi-fingered robotic hand with Redwire’s STAARK robotic arm and experiment locker technology, … Read more

Nigerian Army SSCC Course 50/2027 Recruitment Portal Is Open, With Requirements and an October 17, 2026 Deadline

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Nigerian Army SSCC Course 50/2027 Recruitment Portal Is Open

The Nigerian Army has thrown open its recruitment portal for the Short Service Combatant Commission, inviting qualified Nigerians, both civilians and serving military personnel, to apply for commission as officers under Course 50/2027. The application window opened on Friday, August 14, 2026, and closes on Saturday, October 17, 2026, giving interested candidates roughly nine weeks … Read more

USCIS Announces FY 2027 Inflation Increase for Asylum, Parole and Work Permit Fees Under H.R. 1, Effective October 16

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a Federal Register notice confirming annual inflation adjustments to a specific set of immigration fees created under H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that President Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025. The updated fees, which affect asylum, parole, work permit and Temporary Protected … Read more

Visa Bulletin for October 2026: Final Action Dates and Green Card Filing Dates for Family and Employment-Based Immigrant Visas

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Visa Bulletin for October 2026: Final Action Dates and Green Card Filing Dates

The U.S. Department of State has released its Visa Bulletin for October 2026, marking the start of a new fiscal year and bringing a fresh set of final action dates and filing dates that determine when hundreds of thousands of family-sponsored and employment-based green card applicants can move forward with their cases. Because October kicks … Read more

Kodal Minerals Clears Bougouni Project Debt After First Six Months of Commercial Lithium Production in Mali

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Kodal Minerals Clears Bougouni Project Debt After First Six Months of Commercial Lithium Production in Mali

Kodal Minerals’ Bougouni lithium project in southern Mali has pulled off a financial milestone few junior mining developers manage this quickly, clearing its project debt entirely after just one full six-month period of commercial production. The turnaround was driven by a sharp recovery in lithium prices and strong operating margins at the Mali operation, giving … Read more

Gemfields’ Montepuez Ruby Mine Unable to Pay Group Fees

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Gemfields' Montepuez Ruby Mine Unable to Pay Group Fees

Gemfields’ flagship ruby operation in Mozambique has reached a point where it cannot generate enough cash to cover the management and auction fees it owes to the wider group, the London-listed gemstone miner confirmed during its interim results presentation on Wednesday. Asked directly whether Montepuez Ruby Mining, known within the industry simply as MRM, could … Read more

Ghana Mining Bill Seeks Wider State Powers With a Golden Share

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Ghana Mining Bill Seeks Wider State Powers With a Golden Share

Ghana is preparing the most significant overhaul of its mining laws in two decades, with a draft bill reviewed by Reuters showing the government intends to claim sweeping new control over how foreign and domestic mining companies operate across Africa’s largest gold producer. The Minerals and Mining Bill, 2026 would replace the Minerals and Mining … Read more

Venezuela’s Oil Revival Accelerates as Foreign Companies Return, Months After Maduro’s Ouster

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Venezuela's Oil Revival Accelerates as Foreign Companies Return

Hundreds of oil executives descended on Caracas this week for a sold-out industry conference, a scene that would have been unthinkable in Venezuela just a year ago. The gathering, drawing representatives from international supermajors, regional producers, and oilfield service companies, captures just how dramatically the country’s energy sector has shifted since President Nicolás Maduro was … Read more

China Halts Fuel Exports Until Further Notice, Deepening Pressure on Already Tight Global Markets

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China Halts Fuel Exports Until Further Notice, Deepening Pressure on Already Tight Global Markets

China’s refiners have suspended exports of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to destinations beyond Hong Kong and Macau until Beijing issues further instructions, according to four people briefed on the matter who spoke to Reuters on Thursday. The move lands at the start of China’s week-long Golden Week holiday and marks the second time this … Read more

Dangote Targets 10 Million Investors in Massive IPO and Breaks Ground on $16 Billion Kenya Refinery

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Dangote Targets 10 Million Investors in Massive IPO and Breaks Ground on $16 Billion Kenya Refinery

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, spent this week pursuing two enormous and interconnected projects simultaneously: selling shares in his Nigerian refinery to an unprecedented number of retail investors, and physically breaking ground on a second mega-refinery in Kenya that would extend his energy empire across all of East Africa. Together, the two moves represent one … Read more