MELBOURNE, Fla. – October 31, 2026 -- Eve Air Mobility (NYSE: EVEX, EVEXW; B3: EVEB31) has closed the hover and low-speed block of its full-scale engineering prototype flight test campaign after 59 successful flights and 2:27:33 of accumulated flight time. The company expects transition flight testing to begin in summer 2026, in July or August.

KUALA LUMPUR – October 31, 2026 -- ASEAN Records and ASIA Records presented Certificates of Appreciation to nine media partners at the 10th Gather of Achievers Gala Night 2026, held at Hyatt Regency Kuala Lumpur at KL Midtown.

Nine titles from six media groups receive certificates

Founders Gillian Ooi and Eldrick Koh handed a certificate to each partner. Tun Seri Setia Dr. Haji Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam, Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka, and Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Datuk Mohamad bin Alamin witnessed the segment.

Switzerland – October 31, 2026 -- Sword Switzerland has extended the internship of Elio Biffiger, its digital marketing intern, by a further six months. The initial placement ran six months from November 2025 and forms part of his Master's degree at CREA Geneva.

Intern runs social channels and editorial calendar for Sword Switzerland

Biffiger works alongside the marketing team on brand visibility and communication initiatives. He produces LinkedIn content, newsletters and marketing materials, including posts, carousels, visuals and partner announcements.

[SOURCE_CITY] – October 31, 2026 -- BlackBird Financial limits its portfolio to fewer than ten holdings, a concentration policy that founder Judah Spinner traces to Warren Buffett's capital allocation approach.

San Antonio – October 31, 2026 -- Electronics manufacturing services provider SMTC has received Frost & Sullivan's 2026 North America Company of the Year Recognition in mid-tier EMS, the third consecutive year it has won the award, according to CEO Mike Buseman.

Frost & Sullivan cited SMTC's strategy effectiveness and strategy execution. The award comes as OEMs put more weight on supply chain resilience, regionalized production and faster response to market changes.

Cerritos, Calif. – October 31, 2026 -- Millennium Dental Technologies and the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry (IALD) announced the death of Professor Raymond A. Yukna, DMD, MS (1942-2026). His 2007 human histology study gave the LANAP protocol, a minimally invasive laser treatment for moderate to severe periodontal disease, some of its earliest and most influential scientific validation.

BEIJING – October 30, 2026 -- Zhejiang province is applying digital twins, smart farming systems and a province-wide government services app across its villages, extending a rural development program launched in 2003, according to a China.org.cn report.

Vienna, Va. – – October 30, 2026 -- The AbilityOne workforce in SourceAmerica's network grew from 32,652 to 37,407 employees between 2022 and 2025, while the average hourly wage rose from $16.43 to $19.68. That is 4,755 added jobs and a wage increase of roughly 20%.

CAIRO – October 30, 2026 -- Sinopec honored 30 students from Egyptian universities as "China-Egypt Youth Cultural Ambassadors" at the final round and awards ceremony of its cultural competition in Cairo on Oct. 26.

SAN DIEGO – October 30, 2026 -- QuidelOrtho Corporation (Nasdaq: QDEL) released episode 62 of its Science Bytes podcast, in which a senior executive argues that AI cannot deliver reliable insights in clinical laboratories until underlying lab data is standardized, reliable and traceable.

The episode features Rodney Guzman, Vice President of Software Engineering for Global Informatics Platforms at QuidelOrtho, and is hosted by Josh Casey. Guzman outlines how structured informatics can turn results from discrete laboratory systems into clinical knowledge.