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MUNICH, GERMANY – APRIL 22: A Leopard 2 tank stands on the KNDS company grounds at the inauguration of the new assembly line for the Boxer armoured fighting vehicle at the KNDS factory on April 22, 2026 in Munich, Germany. The Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, is planning to acquire up to 3,000 Boxer vehicles in several variants as part of its modernization and expansion program. (Photo by Leonhard Simon/Getty Images)Leonhard Simon | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFrance and Germany have agreed on a framework in which the German government will take a stake in defense manufacturer KNDS, ahead…

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United Parcel Service (UPS) trucks are parked at a UPS drop yard on Oct. 28, 2025 in Vernon, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesUnited Parcel Service is investing $48 million in 27 temperature‑controlled facilities as the industry sees a boom in healthcare logistics, CNBC has learned exclusively.The facilities, located across the Americas, Europe and Asia, are optimized for moving around shipments that need to be kept at certain temperatures. The company said the investment will help it stay ahead of a boom in medicines and pharmaceuticals — like some GLP-1s — that have to be kept at certain temperatures by improving…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.When the Nobel literature laureate Herta Müller was growing up in a dreary village in western Romania, in the 1950s heyday of communism, she soon learnt that there was one household rule that really mattered: to peel potatoes with extreme care. Her mother had spent five years close to starvation in a Soviet labour camp, one of tens of thousands of Romania’s German minority deported to the USSR after the defeat of Nazi Germany. “My mother demanded that the peel be in…

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Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesChevron will fuel a massive Microsoft data center in West Texas with natural gas under a 20-year agreement, the oil major announced Monday. The data center, called Project Kilby, is expected to consume nearly 2.7 gigawatts of electricity, which is equivalent to about 2 million homes. A majority of the electricity will come from large gas turbines from Chevron’s partner GE Vernova. Caterpillar will also provide turbines. The power infrastructure will be located at the data center site.Project Kilby has not started construction in Reeves County. Chevron expects to make a final investment decision…

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Protestors gather in front of Albania’s Prime Minister’s Office during a demonstration against a luxury resort development near a protected natural area, in Tirana on June 20, 2026.Adnan Beci | Afp | Getty ImagesThousands protested in Albania’s capital over the weekend for one of the largest rallies yet against a proposed luxury development project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.Protesters in Tirana were seen carrying Albanian flags and banners saying “Albania is not for sale” on Saturday as they marched toward the office of Prime Minister Edil Rama, calling for his resignation and reportedly chanting against the…

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