Berlin – September 29, 2026 -- Huawei has launched Intelligent RAIL 2.0, a portfolio of 20 scenario-based solutions targeting railway construction, passenger and freight transport, and facility maintenance, unveiled at InnoTrans 2026 held September 22-25 in Berlin.

London – September 29, 2026 -- Reactive Technologies has launched Nyquist, a technology licensing programme giving utilities, technology providers and equipment manufacturers access to its patented Edge-to-Cloud AI foundation for grid measurement and analytics.

Indianapolis – September 29, 2026 -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) reported that its oral GLP-1 drug Foundayo (orforglipron) at 17.2 mg produced 1.5% greater weight loss and 0.3% greater A1C reduction than oral semaglutide 25 mg over 52 weeks in adults with type 2 diabetes, based on an indirect treatment comparison presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Milan.

Tokyo – – September 29, 2026 -- Advanet Inc., a member of the Eurotech Group, has launched three new industrial computing products built on Renesas Electronics' RZ/G3L MPU, targeting OEMs in HMI, industrial automation, edge computing and building automation.

Shanghai – – September 29, 2026 -- Hengrui Pharma has licensed its investigational obesity and diabetes drug HRS-1596 to Novo Nordisk in a deal worth up to 2.6 billion US dollars, including a 300 million dollar upfront payment.

Shanghai – September 29, 2026 -- YR Fitness plans to expand its one-stop commercial gym supply model by adding design and fit-out services, letting gym owners manage equipment sourcing and physical build-out through a single partner.

YR Fitness will phase in design and fit-out services based on market demand

The company, which has manufactured strength equipment in-house for nearly 30 years, said the rollout will occur in phases tied to specific market and project needs rather than a single simultaneous launch.

Shanghai – – September 29, 2026 -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. has signed a US$300 million portfolio credit insurance policy alongside an initial US$50 million non-recourse factoring agreement, creating a tiered financing structure for the company's overseas installment receivables. The deals were finalized at the Zoomlion 2026 Global Financial Partners Summit in Shanghai on September 11.

London – September 29, 2026 -- Nearly a third of the most AI-capable employees say they are very or extremely likely to quit their employer within a year, even as access to learning and development resources for the broader workforce dropped 8 percentage points, according to PwC's 2026 Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey of nearly 50,000 workers across 48 countries.

Singapore – September 29, 2026 -- Castrol has launched Castrol CORE, an integrated thermal management offer that shifts the company from selling standalone cooling products to providing end-to-end design, deployment and lifecycle services for data centres.

Guangzhou – – September 28, 2026 -- Overseas attendance at the 2026 China (Guangzhou) International Building Decoration Fair reached 11,473 visitors, up 33.4% year on year, with participants drawn from 147 countries and regions despite broader market pressures on the sector.