*Supporting obesity and metabolic health with a USD 5 million contribution from Boehringer Ingelheim over three years

*Collaboration will strengthen integrated care for obesity and related cardiovascular, kidney, liver and metabolic diseases to improve outcomes for people worldwide living with these interconnected diseases

Ingelheim, Germany - Boehringer Ingelheim and the WHO Foundation today announced a three-year collaboration to accelerate progress on obesity and its related metabolic conditions in resource-limited settings.

Obesity is one of the most pressing global health challenges. In 2022, more than 2.5 billion adults and over 390 million children and adolescents worldwide were overweight, with 1 in 8 people worldwide living with obesity, a prevalence that has more than doubled in adults since 1990.

The collaboration, supported by a USD 5 million contribution from Boehringer Ingelheim to the WHO Foundation will aim to help strengthen health system preparedness and readiness to monitor and provide care for obesity and related metabolic health conditions, and enable approaches to bring together health and non-health sectors with the meaningful engagement of people living with NCDs in policy discussions for patient-centered care.

"The scale and complexity of the obesity and metabolic health challenge calls for an integrated approach that will strengthen the foundations of care," said Anil Soni, Chief Executive Officer of the WHO Foundation. "Through this collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, we will enable countries to translate evidence and global guidance into integrated services that respond to people's needs. It can also generate knowledge and practical models that support progress far beyond the initial participating countries."

As part of the collaboration, the WHO Foundation will support WHO's efforts to implement its Acceleration Plan to Stop Obesity (2022?2030). Adopted by WHO Member States in 2022, the plan supports countries in moving from commitment to implementation through evidence-based interventions, country ownership and systemic change.

"Obesity and related metabolic diseases cannot be addressed effectively in isolation. They require health systems that recognize their shared drivers and provide coordinated, long-term care. Getting this right represents an opportunity for governments, health systems and society," said Shashank Deshpande, Member of the Board of Managing Directors with responsibility for Human Pharma at Boehringer Ingelheim. "Through this timely collaboration in metabolic health for Boehringer Ingelheim and the WHO Foundation, we can help turn global ambition into practical, sustainable change for people and health systems."

The collaboration builds on the relationship between Boehringer Ingelheim and the WHO Foundation in strengthening systems for suicide prevention in the Americas. By connecting obesity care with the prevention and management of related diseases, the new collaboration seeks to promote a more comprehensive approach to obesity and related metabolic health. Its long-term ambition is to help make integrated, equitable chronic care an enduring part of resilient primary healthcare systems.

About the WHO Foundation

The WHO Foundation is an independent Swiss nonprofit organization that mobilizes resources and builds partnerships to advance global health. It works with philanthropic organizations, businesses and individuals to support the World Health Organization's mission while safeguarding WHO's neutrality and independence.

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Boehringer Ingelheim is a biopharmaceutical company active in both human and animal health. As one of the industry's top investors in research and development, the company focuses on developing innovative therapies that can improve and extend lives in areas of high unmet medical need. Independent since its foundation in 1885, Boehringer takes a long-term perspective, embedding sustainability along the entire value chain. Our approximately 54,300 employees serve over 130 markets to build a healthier and more sustainable tomorrow. Learn more at www.boehringer-ingelheim.com.

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Descartes Datamyne AI Agent draws on data spanning 230 markets with more than 500 million shipment records annually to deliver traceable insights in seconds 

LONDON and ATLANTA, Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced the Descartes Datamyne AI Agent, a new conversational AI capability that helps sourcing, sales, supply chain and market intelligence teams reduce global trade data research and analysis time by up to 90%, depending on the user's experience and query complexity.

Embedded in the Descartes Datamyne global trade intelligence solution, the AI Agent allows users to ask questions in natural language and returns contextual answers in seconds, supported by dynamic visualizations and the underlying shipment records.

"Geopolitical disruption, tariff volatility and shifting sourcing patterns are making trade decisions more complex and time-sensitive," said Brian Hodgson, General Manager, Trade Intelligence at Descartes. "By making trusted trade intelligence more accessible, the Descartes Datamyne AI Agent helps organizations understand where suppliers are gaining or losing activity, how product flows are changing, where market demand is emerging and how competitors are adapting. Users move quickly from a business question to validated insights on trends, risks and opportunities while retaining visibility into the records behind the analysis."

Descartes Datamyne covers 230 markets with more than 500 million shipment records added annually. The AI Agent makes this extensive import and export data foundation easier to access, helping users identify suppliers, monitor competitors, evaluate trade risks, develop sales opportunities, and understand changing markets. In seconds, it responds to natural-language questions with relevant data, visualizations and contextual insights.

The Descartes Datamyne AI Agent helps users:

Ask complex trade questions in natural language without building filters, using Boolean logic or mastering database query structures;

Validate AI-generated findings through dynamically updated data views, visualizations and drill-down access to supporting shipment records;

Explore insights within the same environment by refining questions and investigating related companies, commodities, shipments and trade relationships;

Analyze actual trade behavior using observed shipment activity to understand changes in suppliers, buyers, product flows and market demand, rather than company descriptions, self-reported supplier profiles or general web content; and

Improve supply chain planning with decision-ready summaries that highlight notable trends, anomalies, sourcing opportunities and other patterns across large volumes of trade records.

"AI is most useful when it combines trusted, domain-specific data with a clear connection to the decisions customers need to make," said Ken Wood, EVP Product Management at Descartes. "The Agent analyzes shipment-level data and presents findings alongside the records and visual evidence supporting them, allowing users to verify conclusions, refine their questions and continue exploring without leaving the platform. Embedding the Agent directly into Descartes Datamyne gives customers a more transparent and intuitive way to accelerate decision-making and respond more effectively to changing global trade conditions."

About Descartes

Descartes powers more responsive, efficient, secure and sustainable international and domestic supply chains by uniting logistics-intensive businesses on its Global Logistics Network (GLN). Shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers connect and collaborate on the GLN leveraging technology, data and AI to manage last mile deliveries, domestic and international shipments, transportation rating and payment, global trade research, customs compliance and a variety of regulatory processes. Learn more about Descartes at www.descartes.com and connect with us on LinkedIn and X.

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If any such risks actually occur, they could, among other consequences, materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In that case, the trading price of our common shares could decline, perhaps materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.

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Capacity expansion as coco coir grow media manufacturer marks 22 years in business

KATUPOTHA, Sri Lanka, Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RIOCOCO, one of the world's leading manufacturers of coconut coir growing substrates, has built the largest single coco coir production facility in Sri Lanka, expanding production capacity to meet rising demand from commercial growers worldwide. The facility is located in Katupotha, Sri Lanka and was opened in July 2026.

"For twenty-two years we've told growers the same thing: the medium has to be consistent every single time," said Shan Halamba, CEO of RIOCOCO. "Keeping that promise as we grow means building capacity to support our growing customer base."

The announcement follows an exciting year for RIOCOCO. Earlier this year, Halamba celebrated the company's 22nd anniversary with the entire team in Sri Lanka and unveiled a commemorative sign on the production headquarters building.

RIOCOCO has also recently completed a redesign of its grow bag packaging, incorporating the company's original logo with modern graphics, reflecting the company's strength in building an innovative business while maintaining traditional values of quality, consistency and relationships.

Used by growers in 65 countries around the world, RIOCOCO produces a range of coco coir products designed to support plant roots and development to maximize yields while reducing water and fertilizer use.

The company's sustainable, organic, OMRI-certified products are manufactured using modern machinery, following ISO 9001:2015 quality management system and ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system.

About RIOCOCO

RIOCOCO is the chosen coco coir supplier for some of the biggest strawberry, blueberry, tomato, cucumber, pepper, melon and eggplant greenhouses and medical cannabis facilities around the world, and has received multiple awards and honours, including six Stevie Awards at the 2024 International Business Awards and Sri Lanka's National Chamber of Exporters Best Ethical Trading Exporter award in 2023.

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BANGKOK, THAILAND - Media OutReach Newswire - 24 September 2026 - KASIKORN Business-Technology Group (KBTG) hosted the fourth edition of KBTG Techtopia under the theme, "Human of Tomorrow," providing a platform for knowledge exchange on technology and the future of humanity in the AI era.

The event brought together the insights of more than 80 experts from the public sector, business community, and technology industry across three main stages covering diverse aspects of work and life in the new digital age. The event also featured a wide range of activities designed to empower individuals and organizations.

Ms. Voranuch Dejakaisaya, KBTG Executive Chairman, said that KBTG recently hosted the fourth edition of KBTG Techtopia under the theme, "Human of Tomorrow," bringing together more than 80 experts from diverse sectors to exchange perspectives on AI and the role of humans in the future. The event featured three main discussion stages and a range of activities designed to empower individuals and organizations, and prepare them to navigate the changes of the modern world.

Today, AI has evolved from being merely a tool into an integral part of work and everyday life, particularly agentic AI, which can make decisions and perform certain tasks autonomously. Nevertheless, KBTG believes that amid rapid technological advancement, human value and potential remain the driving force in shaping the future, reflecting the "Human-First x AI-First" philosophy that the organization has consistently embraced.

One of the topics that KBTG Techtopia: Human of Tomorrow explored was how humans adapt in the AI era, comprising six key pillars: 1) The New Reality - Competing not with others, but with your past self by embracing new knowledge and emerging tools; 2) The AI-Driven Must-Do - Driving AI adoption through high-quality data and responsible governance; 3) Risk Management - Never treating AI-generated outputs as the final answer, but validating information and applying human judgment in every decision; 4) From Global Shift to Local Impact - Accelerating new skill development and advancing Thailand's 10 strategic sectors to strengthen global competitiveness; 5) Reclaiming Your Life - Using AI to automate repetitive work, giving people more time to create meaningful and creative value; and 6) Become the One Who Masters the Machine - Ensuring that humans remain in control of how technology is designed and applied.

The morning sessions focused on the economy, emerging technologies, and practical applications of AI for business performance, while the afternoon program expanded to organizational transformation, education, financial innovation, cybersecurity, and human relationships in the digital age. The event featured renowned speakers from Thailand and abroad, including Ms. Suphajee Suthumpun, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, sharing perspectives on new opportunities for the Thai economy; Ms. Jessica Rosenworcel, Executive Director of the MIT Media Lab, discussing technology and trust in the modern world; and Dr. Pat Pataranutaporn, exploring the future relationship between humans and AI.

In addition, the event featured a range of experiential learning activities, including the Innovation Showcase, an exhibition space featuring innovations from KBTG, KBank, and leading technology partners; the Playground Workshop, which offered hands-on skill-building sessions; and the Community Circle, a platform for exchanging ideas among participants and the technology community through 10 thoughtfully curated discussions designed to inspire and help translate knowledge into practical applications.

Ms. Voranuch added that KBTG remains committed to the "Human-First x AI-First" approach in developing technology and innovation. This strategy aims to equip individuals and organizations with the skills needed to navigate future global shifts, grounded in the belief that while human roles will continue to evolve, innate human value remains essential and can be amplified through technology. Furthermore, KBTG intends for participants to gain actionable knowledge and practical insights, while continuing to support KBank's mission to deliver value to customers, businesses, and society through sustainable, high-impact innovation.

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THEO / NVDA goes live today through Uniswap on Robinhood Chain. The MEXC listing follows October 1, extending THEO from decentralized markets on Base and Robinhood Chain to a global centralized exchange serving more than 40 million users across more than 170 countries and regions.

SHERIDAN, Wyo., Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Five years ago, Autheo began building an Internet Operating System around a simple but ambitious premise: the technologies powering the next digital economy should not have to live in separate worlds. Today, one unusual market offers a glimpse of what that premise means in practice.

THEO, the native utility coin of the Autheo Internet Operating System, goes live today against a tokenized NVIDIA instrument through Uniswap on Robinhood Chain. The market places the economic asset of an emerging decentralized infrastructure network into the same programmable venue as a token linked to one of the companies that helped define the modern artificial intelligence and accelerated computing economy.

And that is only the first of two market expansions Autheo is announcing today.

TWO MARKETS, ONE LARGER STORY

On Thursday, October 1, THEO is scheduled to begin trading on MEXC, extending Autheo's economic layer from permissionless decentralized markets into a global centralized exchange serving more than 40 million users across more than 170 countries and regions.

The two events continue a market expansion that began on August 20, when THEO opened against USDC on Hydrex on Base, and then on September 10 with THEO against USDG on Uniswap v3 on Robinhood Chain. As of today THEO has three decentralized markets across two blockchain environments. From October 1 it has its first centralized one.

Taken separately, they are two new markets. Taken together, they say something about what Autheo has spent five years building.

THE ROADS COME AFTER THE FOUNDATION

Autheo did not introduce a coin and then look for something to build around it. Autheo Mainnet has been live since May 14, 2026, secured by 149 active validator nodes out of 156 total as of September 23, 2026. Autheo's infrastructure has undergone independent security audits across multiple layers, with Halborn auditing the Testnet and validator node platform, CertiK auditing Mainnet and smart contracts, and Adevar Labs auditing the Base to Autheo Mainnet bridge.

Autheo's public testnet has generated more than 2.2 million wallet addresses, more than 1.2 million smart contracts, and more than 10.8 million transactions as of September 21, 2026, reflecting sustained developer activity across the build-out. Those figures describe cumulative testnet activity rather than current Mainnet totals.

Autheo was founded by Scott Bayless and Todd Mortenson and has grown into a global organization of more than 100 co-founders and contributors across more than 25 countries. The team brings experience spanning blockchain engineering, artificial intelligence, distributed systems, cryptography, cybersecurity, product, finance, legal, and enterprise operations, including Fortune 500 experience and advanced degrees from institutions including MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, and Wharton. Autheo's broader ecosystem includes infrastructure, security, liquidity, token infrastructure, and integration relationships with organizations including Zeeve, InfStones, Enflux, TrustSwap, Team Finance, Utila, Antier, CertiK, Halborn, Adevar Labs, among others.

Which is why the order of these announcements matters.

  "Cyrus understood more than two thousand years ago that civilizations are not connected merely by what they build, but by the roads they build between them," said Scott Bayless, Founder and Managing Director of Autheo. "Technology has created extraordinary kingdoms: cloud, blockchain, artificial intelligence, financial markets. Too often, it has created them as separate worlds. Autheo was conceived around a different idea: build beneath those divisions, so that value, computation, and information can move across them. Today THEO trades in the same programmable market as a tokenized NVIDIA instrument. Next week MEXC opens another road into that economy across more than 170 countries and regions. There is an ancient instruction to enlarge the place of the tent and lengthen its cords. After five years of building the foundation, that is where Autheo stands. The foundation is built. Now we lengthen the cords."

Those roads are now beginning to converge.

WHY NVIDIA, AND WHY NOW

The THEO / NVDA market is not a novelty pairing. It is a preview of the kind of convergence Autheo was built to enable.

Five domains that have traditionally operated across separate technological and financial environments intersect inside this one market. NVIDIA represents accelerated computing and the physical infrastructure of the AI era. Autheo is building decentralized compute, storage, networking, and AI infrastructure. Robinhood Chain brings tokenized real-world assets onchain. Uniswap provides the programmable, permissionless market. THEO provides the economic layer through which the Autheo ecosystem operates. Five categories that rarely share a venue now share a price.

In practice it is simpler than it sounds. THEO and a tokenized NVIDIA instrument now sit in the same liquidity pool, on the same chain, quoted against each other continuously. Equity markets are open roughly six and a half hours on a weekday. This one does not close.

The symbolism should not be overstated. A relative price between two assets is not a measurement of the industries behind them. What the pairing indicates is direction, and that direction is not unique to Autheo. Tokenized equities were the fastest-growing category of onchain real-world assets in 2026, rising 390.4 percent year to date to $4.43 billion and lifting their share of tracked real-world asset value from 4.9 percent to 13.0 percent, according to Binance Research figures as of September 15, 2026. The same research places that $4.43 billion at 0.0029 percent of a $151.9 trillion listed-equity reference market. The category is compounding quickly and remains almost entirely unbuilt.

Robinhood Stock Tokens are standard ERC-20 contracts priced by per-asset onchain feeds and backed one-to-one by the underlying equity held with a licensed custodian. Robinhood has made Stock Tokens available in more than 120 countries subject to jurisdictional restrictions.

An important distinction: a Stock Token is not common stock. Robinhood Stock Tokens are tokenized debt securities issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited that provide economic exposure to an underlying security without granting any legal or beneficial ownership, voting rights, or claim against the issuer of that security. Autheo does not issue Stock Tokens and makes no representation regarding NVIDIA Corporation or its securities. The market does not constitute an endorsement, sponsorship, partnership, or affiliation by NVIDIA Corporation. Stock Tokens carry their own eligibility restrictions and are not available in every jurisdiction, including to U.S. persons.

That opens one kind of access. Reaching a global market takes another.

NEXT WEEK, THE ROAD GETS WIDER

On Thursday, October 1, THEO is scheduled to begin trading on MEXC. Founded in 2018, MEXC serves more than 40 million users across more than 170 countries and regions, with particular depth in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the CIS region. For Autheo, whose contributor network spans more than 25 countries, that geographic reach matters as much as the volume.

A centralized exchange reaches people a decentralized one cannot. It requires no wallet, no bridge, and no familiarity with onchain mechanics. MEXC is therefore not a replacement for Autheo's decentralized markets but a complement to them: permissionless venues for users who want custody of their own assets, and an account-based global platform for those who do not. MEXC's growing participation in tokenized equity markets also makes it a logical venue for a coin whose newest market is quoted against a tokenized equity instrument.

Autheo has engaged Enflux, a quantitative trading and liquidity firm, to manage THEO liquidity across its expanding market ecosystem, spanning both centralized and decentralized venues. Enflux supports THEO markets on Base and Robinhood Chain, including the new THEO / NVDA market, and will support liquidity on MEXC as THEO enters the exchange. The mandate gives Autheo a coordinated liquidity strategy across chains, trading pairs, and market structures rather than treating each venue as an isolated market.

That continuity is part of why Autheo selected the firm. Enflux operates across both order-book and onchain venues, while its decentralized market practice includes active range management and rebalancing on Uniswap v3-style automated market makers rather than relying solely on static liquidity positions. That approach is particularly relevant as THEO expands across multiple onchain markets, including markets quoted against stablecoins and now a tokenized equity instrument.

Enflux has built its practice around transparency and client control, which matters to Autheo as THEO's market structure becomes broader and more interconnected. A consistent liquidity partner across Base, Robinhood Chain, the THEO / NVDA market, and MEXC allows those markets to be managed as parts of a larger liquidity ecosystem rather than as disconnected venues.

  "As THEO expands across decentralized and centralized markets, the objective is to maintain a consistent liquidity strategy across each environment," said Evgeni Hristov, Head of Trading at Enflux. "Supporting THEO across Base, Robinhood Chain, and MEXC allows us to manage those markets as parts of a broader liquidity ecosystem rather than as isolated venues."

But markets alone do not create an economy. Something has to move across them.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MARKET MEETS THE PRODUCT

Autheo is now moving from building the foundation to progressively putting more of that foundation into the hands of developers and users.

The next stage of the Internet Operating System includes Autheo DevHub, designed as the developer entry point into the ecosystem; the Autheo Mesh, a distributed execution environment for compute, storage, networking, and AI workloads; and the Autheo Infrastructure Marketplace, designed to connect applications and users that need digital infrastructure with the providers capable of supplying it, alongside identity, security, and interoperability services.

Together they are intended to bring capabilities developers currently assemble across separate clouds, chains, infrastructure providers, identity systems, and AI services into one environment. Over the coming months, Autheo plans to release these components progressively, with specific dates announced as each completes final testing and deployment.

The architecture is designed so that:

  Layer 0 coordinates the system. The Mesh does the work. Layer 1 provides trust and settlement. THEO powers the economy.

   

  "Distribution matters, but sequence matters more," said Todd Mortenson, Founder and Managing Director of Autheo. "Many projects open a market first and build the reason for it later. We did it the other way around. Mainnet has been live since May, secured by 156 validators, and it was running months before THEO traded anywhere. Now THEO trades on Base and Robinhood Chain, and next week MEXC opens it to a global centralized market. Liquidity without infrastructure is just a market. Infrastructure without liquidity is just a network. As DevHub and the Infrastructure Marketplace come into public use, these stop being announcements and start compounding. Developers build applications, applications consume infrastructure, and that activity settles in THEO. That is the difference between listing an asset and building an economy."

That changes the meaning of THEO's expanding liquidity.

THE ECONOMY BENEATH THE INTERNET OPERATING SYSTEM

THEO is designed to be the common economic layer across that environment: the asset through which developers and applications consume infrastructure, providers earn for supplying resources, and activity is settled. Today THEO supports network transaction fees. As more infrastructure becomes available, its intended utility expands into compute, storage, networking, and AI execution.

That puts the significance of these two market expansions into a larger context. Autheo's objective is not simply to create more places where THEO can trade. It is to widen access to the economic layer at the same time that the infrastructure capable of creating demand for that layer comes online.

Today demonstrates convergence. Next week expands distribution. What follows is utility.

HOW TO TRADE THEO TODAY

THEO is available today through permissionless decentralized markets on Base and Robinhood Chain:

THEO / USDC - Hydrex on Base.

THEO / USDG - Uniswap v3 on Robinhood Chain.

THEO / NVDA - Uniswap on Robinhood Chain, live September 24.

Beginning October 1, THEO is also scheduled to become available through MEXC, adding centralized exchange access for users in supported jurisdictions.

Autheo maintains official trading links, verified contract addresses, network information, and step-by-step purchasing instructions on its token launch page.

Token launch page: https://www.autheo.com/token-launch

THEO holders can also stake directly from a wallet. Autheo operates a THEO staking pool on Robinhood Chain, powered by Team Finance and embedded at autheo.com/staking, which requires no account, no hardware, and no node operation. Participants connect a supported wallet, confirm the wallet is on Robinhood Chain, choose an amount, and confirm the transaction. Reward and unstaking terms are set by the staking pool contract and displayed in the interface. The pool is scheduled to close on October 10, 2026.

This is a staking pool on the Robinhood Chain network and is not offered through Robinhood's brokerage application.

Stake THEO: https://www.autheo.com/staking

Users should verify the applicable network and the official THEO contract address through Autheo before interacting with any token or liquidity pool using the Autheo or THEO name. Availability of MEXC services, Robinhood Chain Stock Tokens, and other trading services varies by jurisdiction and eligibility.

ABOUT MEXC

Founded in 2018, MEXC is a global cryptocurrency exchange serving more than 40 million users across more than 170 countries and regions. The platform provides access to a broad range of digital assets and trading markets, and has built its global presence around accessibility, broad token coverage, liquidity, and low-cost trading. For more information, visit mexc.com.

ABOUT ENFLUX

Enflux is a quantitative trading and liquidity firm providing market-making as a service across centralized exchanges and decentralized trading environments. Founded in 2023 and operating as a globally distributed team of traders, engineers, and quantitative researchers, Enflux has built its practice around transparency and client control, and works with token teams, exchanges, and funds internationally. Its services span retainer-based coverage on centralized order books and active liquidity management on automated market makers, including range tuning and rebalancing rather than static positioning. For more information, visit enflux.io.

ABOUT AUTHEO

Autheo is building an Internet Operating System: a decentralized coordination, orchestration, and execution layer designed to bring blockchain, artificial intelligence, compute, storage, networking, identity, security, and economic infrastructure into a unified architecture. Rather than functioning solely as another blockchain network, Autheo is designed as a common operating environment through which infrastructure, applications, services, developers, enterprises, and digital economies can interact.

Founded by Scott Bayless and Todd Mortenson and developed over approximately five years, Autheo brings together more than 100 co-founders and contributors across more than 25 countries, with experience spanning blockchain, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, distributed infrastructure, finance, legal, enterprise technology, and global operations. Its ecosystem includes infrastructure, security, liquidity, token infrastructure, and integration relationships with organizations including Zeeve, InfStones, Enflux, TrustSwap, Team Finance, Utila, Antier, CertiK, Halborn, and Adevar Labs.

Autheo combines Layer 0 coordination, its Layer 1 Mainnet, distributed infrastructure, developer services, and an expanding economic ecosystem. THEO is the native utility coin of the Autheo network.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding anticipated exchange listings, trading markets, infrastructure and product releases, integrations, network functionality, coin utility, staking programs, and future development, including the planned listing of THEO on MEXC on October 1, 2026. These statements reflect current plans and expectations and are subject to technical, regulatory, market, liquidity, operational, and other considerations that may affect timing, availability, or implementation.

References to third-party companies, networks, exchanges, protocols, securities, products, and services describe applicable integrations, listings, technologies, or publicly available assets and do not imply endorsement, sponsorship, affiliation, or partnership unless expressly stated. Autheo does not issue NVIDIA securities or the referenced Stock Token.

The THEO staking pool described in this release operates on Robinhood Chain and is not a service of Robinhood Markets, Inc. or its affiliates. Statistics describing Autheo's public testnet reflect cumulative activity on that network and not current Mainnet totals. Nothing in this release constitutes investment, legal, tax, or financial advice, or an offer or solicitation to purchase any security or financial instrument. Availability may vary by jurisdiction and eligibility.

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Following the Desert diamonds Asian launch, natural diamonds open a further contemporary chapter

BEIJING, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 24 September 2026 - Carrying forward the afterglow of the dazzling Desert diamonds Asian launch, the short-form drama 'You Shine So Bright' lands with cinematic images and a finely worked story, setting the lasting allure of natural diamonds within the landscape of contemporary city life.

Both a continuation and a renewal of De Beers Group's storytelling for the natural diamond category, the series connects the stones to modern living through narrative, presenting their core qualities across a range of settings-fashion appeal, emotional value, and origins that can be scientifically identified and verified.

The drama goes live on 21 September on Hongguo, Douyin, Kuaishou and other platforms, showing natural diamonds as they are worn from one day to the next while deepening consumers' understanding of, and trust in, the qualities that set these stones apart.

Desert diamonds are natural diamonds raised into a contemporary image. Drawing on what the desert stands for-age, rarity and the refining work of time-the category answers both the preciousness of a stone formed over billions of years and a younger generation's regard for authenticity, individuality and inner radiance.

Since the Desert diamonds Asian launch in Shanghai in July, De Beers Group has used the drama form to bring natural diamonds more widely into daily life as a vehicle for shared stories, emotional connection and inheritance. The drama also carries the truth of Desert diamonds to a wider group of young consumers, turning what began as a single content experiment into an elevated telling of the Desert diamonds story for the present day.

A new narrative form: widening the conversation through short-form drama

As Gen Z and younger audiences become a significant force in the market, the way content is consumed has shifted. De Beers Group answers that shift with a premium short-form drama, its plot carefully constructed and its storytelling close to lived experience. The ideas, values and meaning a natural diamond carries are folded into the turns of the story without visible seams, surfacing between the movement of the plot and the feelings of its characters, and moving the viewer before they have noticed.

With a tight narrative rhythm, sharply drawn characters and a range of everyday settings, the short-form drama has become a new kind of content that finds an echo with younger audiences.

'You Shine So Bright' sets natural diamonds inside its characters' relationships and daily lives, showing their fashion appeal, emotional value and traceable origin where story and feeling meet, so that younger viewers rediscover the charm and meaning of natural diamonds from a vantage point closer to their own lives, and find in the stones a value that has lasted and still feels current.

The drama brings together well-known actors from mainland China and Hong Kong with an experienced creative team for a production made to premium standards, in which visual style, costume and jewellery pairing have each been worked through in detail. Rather than conventional brand placement, the series leads with story, folding the identification and traceability of natural diamonds-and the technology behind the Tracr platform-into the plot itself. Costume and natural diamond jewellery are matched to each character's temperament and setting, so that the pieces are not only part of a look but echo who the characters are and how their feelings develop, giving the series a visual aesthetic that pairs fashionable taste with a refined finish.

Ten looks, ten ways of wearing diamonds

Natural diamonds move with the leads through work, social life, leisure and love, versatile enough to sit at ease in everyday moments and grand occasions alike. The series builds ten jewellery looks, spanning banquets and parties, romantic evenings, the working day, sport and leisure, and time at home. In full dress or in something plain, the stones reflect a different side of the wearer's character and style each time, offering women today a range of ideas for how diamonds might be worn-jewellery not only lighting a look but becoming a language of personal style.

Through its characters and the turns of its plot, 'You Shine So Bright' gives natural diamonds a fuller narrative weight across different settings. A diamond shapes a character's style, and it enters the story alongside emotional developments and the milestones of a life, so that jewellery, character and feeling are woven together, showing the many ways a natural diamond finds its place in daily life.

An heirloom carries love forward

'You Shine So Bright' is a premium short-form drama that draws together family inheritance, romance, professional rivalry and mystery. The story turns on a jewellery group and two young creative companies, and amid rivalry at work, clashes of feeling and the growth of its characters, the disappearance of an heirloom natural diamond draws out a series of puzzles and becomes the thread that carries the plot forward. As the truth emerges, so do the love, the inheritance and the real value that the diamond holds.

As the story develops, the meaning of a natural diamond extends from outward style to inward feeling. It witnesses love and commitment, it accompanies personal growth and it marks the valuable moments of a life-a lasting choice, whether to reward oneself or to keep a good memory close. With family inheritance and sincere feeling beneath it, the drama makes the natural diamond a token that links past, present and future, holding love and commitment through the passage of the years.

Formed over billions of years, every natural diamond holds the preciousness and the rarity that only time confers, and no two are exactly alike-as no two attachments, and no two family stories, carry the same mark. When a stone passes from one moment of a life to the next, and from one generation's keeping into the next generation's company, what is handed on is not only a lasting brilliance but the memories, the feelings and the stories that come with it.

Scientifically identifiable, traceable to source: trust built on truth

When the disappearance of the heirloom drives the story to its height, the identification and traceability of a natural diamond enter the mystery as evidence. As the investigator works step by step towards the truth, the science by which a diamond can be identified and its origin traced is written into the unfolding plot, and a gripping story shows what makes a natural diamond authentic, transparent and worthy of trust.

The Tracr natural diamond traceability platform uses blockchain technology to give each stone its own digital identity, recording the information attached to it from source through to retail so that its origin and passage can be checked. Through a form close to the audiences it reaches, 'You Shine So Bright' carries the fashion appeal, emotional value and specialist technology of natural diamonds into the telling. The core values of identification and traceability emerge naturally through the characters and the plot, so that a viewer caught up in the story also comes to understand where a natural diamond truly comes from and how openly that origin can be shown, building deeper knowledge and firmer trust.

A natural diamond arrives across an immense span of time, and holds a lasting feeling as it passes between generations. From the first appearance of the Desert diamonds idea, to the jewellery that carried it into daily life, to this story told in light and shadow, natural diamonds continue to find new creative forms in which to speak to one generation after another. The truth, the preciousness and the singularity that come from nature do not fade with time, and they take on fuller meaning in the life of the present. However the years turn, every true and singular light is worth treasuring, remembering and passing on.

'You Shine So Bright' can be watched on Hongguo, Douyin, Weixin Channels, CCTV Video, Weibo, Baijiahao, iQIYI, Tencent Video, YouTube and TikTok, by searching "You Shine So Bright".

With Special Thanks To

Jewellery Sponsors: CHOW TAI FOOK, Chow Sang Sang, TSL Jewellery

Fashion Sponsors: Betti Haute Couture, Betti Bespoke, Belmont 1995, BonBom, INNIU, LULU CHEUNG, pushBUTTON, TUSCAN'S, VICTOR CHAN STUDIO

For more information on natural diamonds, please follow and visit the official channels below:

De Beers Group official website www.debeersgroup.com

Natural Diamonds Instagram @ADiamondisForeverhk

Website  www.adiamondisforever.com/zh-hk

About De Beers Group

Established in 1888, De Beers Group is the world's leading diamond company with expertise in the exploration, mining, marketing and retailing of diamonds. Together with its joint venture partners, De Beers Group employs more than 20,000 people across the diamond pipeline and is the world's largest diamond producer by value, with diamond mining operations in Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa. Innovation sits at the heart of De Beers Group's strategy as it develops a portfolio of offers that span the diamond value chain, including its jewellery houses, De Beers London and Forevermark, and other pioneering solutions such as diamond sourcing and traceability initiatives Tracr and GemFair.

De Beers Group also provides leading services and technology to the diamond industry in the form of education and laboratory services and a wide range of diamond sorting, detection and classification technology services. De Beers Group is committed to 'Building Forever,' a holistic and integrated approach to sustainability that underpins our efforts to create meaningful impact for the people and places where our diamonds are discovered.

Building Forever focuses on three key areas where, through collaborations and partnerships around the globe, we have an enhanced ability to drive positive impact; Livelihoods, Climate and Nature. De Beers Group is a member of the Anglo American plc group. For further information, visit www.debeersgroup.com.

About Building Forever

In 2020 De Beers Group established a set of sustainability goals to deliver a blueprint for lasting positive impact in the countries and regions where it operates and across the diamond value chain, so that every diamond it discovers and recovers brings enduring benefit to the people and environments of the places it comes from.

Building Forever sets out a comprehensive framework built on four pillars: leading ethical practices across the industry, partnering for thriving communities, protecting the natural world and accelerating equal opportunity - guiding the Group towards a fairer, safer, cleaner and healthier future in which communities prosper and the environment is protected.

De Beers Group works to raise industry standards, improve transparency of diamond provenance and improve conditions for artisanal miners. Across its operations, the Group follows best practice in biodiversity, water management, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, waste management, and mine closure and rehabilitation.

De Beers Group also works with stakeholders to build a sustainable future and to raise living standards in the communities where it operates, particularly in health and wellbeing, education and skills development, economic diversification and livelihood support.

The Group actively promotes inclusive economic development and welcomes diverse perspectives to help shape the future of its business, its communities and wider society. It places particular emphasis on addressing the industry's long-standing gender imbalance and on encouraging a new and more diverse generation of talent into the diamond and jewellery industry.

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Heidelberg site to lead GMP development of lactoperoxidase and glucose oxidase for Phase II clinical trials

HEIDELBERG, Germany, Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Belgian biopharmaceutical company Flen Health has selected AGC Biologics as their CDMO partner to provide process development, scale-up, and GMP manufacturing services for a new and improved wound and skin healing product.

Manufacturing Services to Support Regulatory Submissions, Clinical Trials

With cell line development from myBIOS complete, AGC Biologics' Heidelberg, Germany facility will partner for the next stage of development and clinical-scale manufacturing of two recombinant proteins, lactoperoxidase and glucose oxidase, the enzymatic components at the core of the wound treatment's novel mechanism of action.

Following the technology transfer, AGC Biologics will conduct microbial manufacturing at 100-liter and 1,000-liter scale using the Pichia pastoris expression system, in support of Flen Health's planned Investigational New Drug submission and Phase II clinical trials.

A Novel Combination Product

Flaminal has been used clinically for 25 years in European markets as a topical enzyme-alginate gel for difficult-to-heal wounds. Classified as a medical device, the therapeutic approach combines a recombinant enzyme system within an alginate matrix to accelerate wound healing.

Flen Health is now advancing an improved, recombinant version of the product as part of its strategic entry into the U.S. market, which has seen limited changes to the chronic and acute wound care sector in recent years.

Addressing a Serious Diabetes Complication

Diabetic foot ulcers remain one of the most undertreated complications in chronic wound care, affecting up to 25% of diabetic patients in their lifetime with an annual cost of $13 billion to the US healthcare system. Diabetic foot ulcers are the leading cause of lower extremity amputations among people with diabetes, accounting for about 85% of such procedures. Globally, 10.2% of the population are living with diabetes and the prevalence of the disease continues to rise, increasing the risk of non-healing foot ulcers and further straining healthcare systems. Effective wound repair in DFUs is challenged by disrupted cell communication, impaired inflammatory responses, and a hostile healing environment.

The Next Chapter for Enzyme-based Wound Therapies

While Flen Health's Phase 0 human study will utilize current food-grade enzyme formulations, the strategic transition to AGC Biologics' pharma-grade recombinant enzymes will occur ahead of Phase II clinical trials, applying deep expertise in a world-class GMP facility in preparation for U.S. regulatory submissions.

"Patients with diabetic foot ulcers need better treatment options," said Georges Sollie, CEO of Flen Health. "By combining our novel recombinant enzyme platform with AGC Biologics' manufacturing expertise, we are accelerating the development of a promising new therapeutic approach."

"As we now advance into full GMP development and manufacturing, we are building on a successful feasibility program we initiated with Flen Health in July 2025. That is exactly the pattern we pride ourselves on, building trust and mutual collaboration with our customers," said Dieter Kramer, Managing Director, AGC Biologics Heidelberg. "We're thankful Flen Health has entrusted us with this next chapter."

In addition to the Heidelberg location, AGC Biologics' global microbial manufacturing network includes facilities in Copenhagen, Denmark; Seattle, USA; and Chiba, Japan.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

Will the recombinant LPO/GOX product require a traditional IND, a device submission, or some other regulatory coordination with the FDA?

Flen Health participated in an INTERACT meeting with the FDA in January 2026 to receive feedback on their Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls development plan. This enables them to prepare for an IND submission.

How does the new recombinant version differ from the current Flaminal product?

The current Flaminal product on the market utilizes food-grade enzymes within an alginate environment to effectively treat difficult-to-heal wounds and accelerate the healing process. With the new recombinant version, AGC Biologics will manufacture the lactoperoxidase and glucose oxidase drug substances to GMP and pharma-grade standards to support classification of the product as a biologic in the United States.

Does AGC Biologics provide strain development?

AGC Biologics offers full strain development for Escherichia coli expression systems. For this program, Flen Health partnered with myBIOS to provide Pichia pastoris strain cell line development. myBIOS specializes in methanol-free, inducible recombinant protein production using P. pastoris, enabling safer, more sustainable, and cost-efficient manufacturing.

myBIOS supports customers in strain engineering and early-stage process development, while its myPICHIA platform provides a comprehensive toolbox for in-house protein production.

AGC Biologics has experience working with partners to provide process development for multiple expression system host cells (E. coli, P. pastoris with or without methanol induction, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Bacillus, and Lactobacillus casei).

What did the feasibility program launched in July 2025 include: strain screening, cell-line development, fermentation, purification, formulation, analytics, or all of these?

The feasibility stage conducted at the AGC Biologics site in Heidelberg for Flen Health included comprehensive process transfer, upstream and downstream process development, analytical method implementation, and dedicated project management for recombinant lactoperoxidase and glucose oxidase programs. By focusing on optimizing fermentation, purification, and analytical frameworks, this strategic partnership lays a solid groundwork for future wound and skin healing solutions.

Will AGC Biologics support CMC documentation for the IND, including process descriptions, analytical methods, specifications, validation plans, and stability data?

Similar to other customer programs, AGC Biologics will support all required regulatory documentation for the IND submission, building on best practices developed through other submissions and providing our regulatory expertise at every stage.

What is the regulatory history of the AGC Biologics Heidelberg site?

AGC Biologics has a strong regulatory track record. The 100+ successful audits and inspections conducted at AGC Biologics help the CDMO continuously hone its quality and compliance culture and systems.

The AGC Biologics Heidelberg site has received regulatory approvals from agencies such as the FDA, EMA, and PMDA. Heidelberg's inspection history over the last ten years includes routine inspections from the FDA and Germany's Regierungspr?sidium T?bingen, all with no critical or major findings.

About Flen Health

Flen Health is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative therapies for unmet needs in wound care. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Kontich, Belgium, the company has more than 25 years of experience delivering trusted wound and skin healing solutions across Europe and in more than 40 countries worldwide. Flen Health is now leveraging this expertise to bring its novel therapeutics to the U.S. market. For more information, visit www.flenhealth.com.

About AGC Biologics

AGC Biologics is a leading global biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standard of service as we work side-by-side with our clients and partners, to provide friendly and expert services. We provide world-class development and manufacturing of mammalian and microbial-based therapeutic proteins, plasmid DNA (pDNA), messenger RNA (mRNA), viral vectors, and genetically engineered cells.

Our global network spans the U.S., Europe, and Asia, with locations in Seattle, Washington; Copenhagen, Denmark; Heidelberg, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Chiba and Yokohama, Japan. AGC Biologics is a part of AGC Inc.'s Life Science Business. The Life Science Business runs eight facilities focused on biopharmaceuticals, advanced therapies, small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients, and agrochemicals. To learn more, visit www.agcbio.com.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD, HKEX: 0800), a global leader in autonomous driving technology, has been named to Fortune's Change the World 2026 list as the only autonomous driving company recognized this year.

The annual list honors 50 companies worldwide that are creating meaningful social impact through their core business strategies, alongside companies such as Anthropic, BYD, and Alphabet (Google).

This also marks WeRide's third appearance on the prestigious list, following recognitions in 2023 and 2025, and underscores the company's continued commitment to making transportation safer, more accessible, and more efficient through autonomous driving technology.

For Fortune's 12th annual Change the World list, WeRide stood out among approximately 200 companies as a business that delivers measurable social impact, business results, and innovation. More specifically, WeRide was recognized for its efforts to address one of society's most persistent challenges: transportation safety.

Human error remains a leading cause of road accidents worldwide, while aging populations and driver shortages continue to put pressure on transportation systems in markets around the globe. By deploying autonomous driving technology at commercial scale, WeRide is helping improve transportation safety while expanding safe, accessible, and sustainable mobility at global scale.

Today, WeRide operates one of the world's largest autonomous driving fleets, with approximately 3,400 autonomous vehicles globally, including more than 1,800 Robotaxis, across 13 countries and over 60 cities. The company has successfully commercialized autonomous mobility services across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, demonstrating how autonomous driving can create lasting social impact while operating as a sustainable business.

Throughout 2026, WeRide continued expanding its global Robotaxi operations. In Europe, the company received Spain's first national permit for Level 4 autonomous passenger vehicles to operate on public roads together with Uber with commercial operations expected to begin by the end of 2026. WeRide also received Europe's first fully driverless Robotaxi operational permit in Switzerland, and will be launching a public passenger service in the Furttal region in the near future.

This service is part of the Intelligent Automated Mobility (iamo) pilot project, alongside Swiss Transit Lab, SBB and the Cantons of Zurich and Aargau. In Denmark, WeRide partnered with GreenMobility to pursue the country's first commercial autonomous mobility deployment, subject to regulatory approvals, with a plan to launch public service with the GXR in the first half of 2027.

Similarly, in Asia, WeRide continued improving the efficiency and accessibility of autonomous transportation. In China, peak daily orders per vehicle reached 28 while average daily rides per vehicle increased by 24% quarter-on-quarter to over 21 rides in Guangzhou, supporting 24/7 commercial operations across multiple districts. In Singapore, WeRide launched Singapore's first autonomous public ride service in Punggol in March this year together with Grab, accumulating over 110,000 kilometres of autonomous mileage on Singapore's roads, and served more than 12,000 unique riders as of 15 September 2026.

In the Middle East, WeRide achieved fully driverless Robotaxi operations in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with service areas expanding to more than 70% of the core urban area in each city. As of July 31, 2026, WeRide's Robotaxi fleet in the region had grown to approximately 400 vehicles, demonstrating the company's ability to safely scale autonomous mobility services across diverse operating environments.

This expansion in WeRide's global deployment footprint reflects its commitment to bringing positive social impact by improving road safety through autonomous driving technology. In doing so, the company's business momentum has also accelerated significantly. In the first half of 2026, WeRide reported revenue of US$51.0 million, representing 73% year-over-year growth, while second-quarter revenue reached US$34.2 million, up 82% year-over-year. Overseas revenue increased 154% year-over-year during the first half of the year, highlighting strong demand for WeRide's autonomous driving solutions in international markets.

At the same time, WeRide has continued to advance innovation in Physical AI. In 2026, WeRide launched WeRide WITT, its Physical AI cognitive foundation model, to help autonomous systems better understand and learn from complex real-world environments, and WeRide GENESIS, its proprietary general-purpose simulation model. Together, these models create a Physical AI flywheel to accelerate autonomous driving development and commercialization.

WeRide's L2++ and L3 intelligent driving business also continued to advance, bringing safe intelligent driving technologies to everyday drivers. During the second quarter of 2026, the company delivered approximately 30,000 units of WRD 3.0, its one-stage end-to-end L2++/L3 solution, and secured production design wins for more than 30 vehicle models, expanding the commercial adoption of its autonomous driving technologies.

Looking ahead, WeRide will continue advancing autonomous driving technologies that deliver both commercial value and meaningful social impact, helping create a future where safe, reliable, and accessible transportation is available to more communities worldwide.

About WeRide

WeRide is a global leader and a first mover in the autonomous driving industry, as well as the first publicly traded Robotaxi company. Our autonomous vehicles have been deployed in over 60 cities across 13 countries. We are also the first and only technology company whose products have received autonomous driving permits in nine markets: China, the UAE, Singapore, France, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Spain, and the US.

Empowered by the smart, versatile, cost-effective, and highly adaptable WeRide One platform, WeRide provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4, addressing transportation needs in the mobility, logistics, and sanitation industries. WeRide was named to Fortune's Change the World lists in 2023, 2025, and 2026, and to the Fortune Future 50 list in 2025.

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*ApusNeo18 milik Mira Aerospace, anak perusahaan Space42, mengirimkan video dan gambar secara real time, yang menunjukkan potensinya untuk mendeteksi dan memantau kebakaran hutan di Spanyol

*Penerbangan awal misi ini mencapai ketinggian sekitar 16.000 kaki dan tetap mengudara selama 29 jam, yang mencetak dua rekor penerbangan HAPS di Eropa

*Misi ini berkembang dari validasi penerbangan awal di Eropa menuju pengoperasian berkelanjutan untuk tanggap darurat

FUERTEVENTURA, Spanyol, Sept. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mira Aerospace, anak perusahaan Space42 (ADX: SPACE42) yang bergerak di bidang Wahana Dirgantara Super (High Altitude Platform Systems/HAPS), perusahaan Teknologi Antariksa berteknologi AI yang berkantor pusat di UEA, bersama Telespazio Ib?rica, bagian dari Leonardo Space, mengumumkan dimulainya misi pemantauan kebakaran hutan di Spanyol.

Penerbangan perdana misi ini ditandai dengan lepas landasnya wahana HAPS model ApusNeo18 dari Canarias Stratoport untuk HAPS & UAS di Pulau Fuerteventura. Penerbangan tersebut dilaksanakan sebagai bagian dari proyek ISSEC yang didukung oleh Fuerteventura Technology Park. Penerbangan yang berlangsung selama 29 jam dan mencapai ketinggian sekitar 16.000 kaki ini berhasil mencetak dua rekor HAPS di Eropa. Penerbangan tersebut juga menghasilkan video dan citra beresolusi tinggi secara langsung melalui sensor elektro-optik dan inframerah.

Keberhasilan penerbangan ini membuktikan potensi model HAPS dalam mendukung deteksi dan penanganan kebakaran hutan. Serangkaian penerbangan lanjutan akan dilaksanakan sepanjang bulan Oktober. Program ini akan secara bertahap meningkatkan ketinggian operasional hingga mendekati stratosfer serta memperluas jangkauan penerbangan agar dapat mencapai Gran Canaria.

Khaled Al Marzooqi, CEO Mira Aerospace, Space42, mengatakan: "Sebagai perusahaan yang berbasis di UEA, keberhasilan kami mencetak rekor penerbangan HAPS di Eropa mencerminkan kemampuan observasi Bumi kami yang canggih serta fondasi kepercayaan yang kuat dalam melaksanakan proyek-proyek internasional yang sangat penting. Misi yang tengah berlangsung ini membawa ApusNeo18 ke tahap pengoperasian berkelanjutan dengan menggabungkan pemantauan tanpa henti dan pengiriman data secara real time kepada Telespazio Iberica. Metode ini memberikan gambaran yang lebih jelas tentang perkembangan kondisi di lapangan. Dalam rangka mewujudkan ambisi Space42 untuk menjadi mitra pilihan dalam penyediaan intelijen geospasial premium, penerbangan ini akan melengkapi data satelit, udara, dan darat yang telah tersedia guna meningkatkan efektivitas tanggap darurat."

Carlos Fern?ndez de la Pe?a, CEO Telespazio Ib?rica, mengatakan: "Kedua pencapaian ini menunjukkan kemajuan teknologi HAPS dari tahap validasi penerbangan menuju pelaksanaan misi operasional yang semakin berkelanjutan. Rangkaian penerbangan ini memperkuat peran Telespazio Ib?rica dalam mengembangkan kemampuan kedirgantaraan baru di Eropa sekaligus membuka peluang baru untuk meningkatkan upaya pencegahan kebakaran hutan, pengawasan, dan efektivitas tanggap darurat."

Melanjutkan pengujian HAPS

Misi ini merupakan kelanjutan dari pengujian ApusNeo18 sebelumnya untuk Telespazio Ib?rica, yang menjadi pengujian HAPS pertama di Eropa yang dilaksanakan berdasarkan izin operasional sipil. Penerbangan akan dilaksanakan sesuai kebutuhan dengan tetap memperhatikan izin yang berlaku, kondisi cuaca, dan ketersediaan ruang udara. Pengoperasian ini berlangsung pada momen krusial di tengah musim kebakaran hutan 2026 di Spanyol. Menurut Kementerian Transisi Ekologi dan Tantangan Demografi Spanyol, per tanggal 17 Agustus, kebakaran hutan telah melanda lebih dari 265.635 hektare kawasan hutan, dengan total 42 kejadian kebakaran hutan berskala besar yang tercatat hingga saat itu.

Memantau kebakaran hutan dari stratosfer

ApusNeo18 merupakan wahana HAPS bertenaga surya yang dirancang untuk beroperasi pada ketinggian stratosfer dengan membawa perangkat observasi Bumi. Beroperasi pada ketinggian di atas koridor pesawat konvensional dan di bawah orbit satelit, HAPS mampu memantau wilayah tertentu secara berkelanjutan sekaligus menawarkan fleksibilitas dalam penggunaan sensor yang disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan setiap misi. Kemampuan ini memberikan informasi tambahan secara langsung untuk mendukung penanganan kebakaran hutan, sekaligus melengkapi data sistem pemantauan berbasis satelit, udara, dan darat yang telah tersedia.

Misi ini berkontribusi pada program ISSEC, yang merupakan bagian dari proyek Keanekaragaman Hayati yang didanai melalui dana regional dari Pemerintah Kepulauan Canaria serta dana NextGenerationEU Uni Eropa melalui Mekanisme Pemulihan dan Ketahanan (RRM), dalam kerangka Komponen 17 Rencana Pemulihan, Transformasi, dan Ketahanan (PRTR) Pemerintah Spanyol.

Tentang Space42

Space42 (ADX: SPACE42) merupakan perusahaan SpaceTech berbasis AI di Uni Emirat Arab yang mengintegrasikan komunikasi satelit, analitik geospasial, dan kemampuan kecerdasan buatan untuk menerangi Bumi dari ruang angkasa. Dibentuk pada tahun 2024 melalui merger antara Bayanat dan Yahsat, jangkauan global Space42 memungkinkannya untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pelanggannya yang berkembang pesat di sektor pemerintahan, perusahaan, dan masyarakat. Space42 terdiri dari dua unit bisnis: Layanan Ruang Angkasa dan Solusi Cerdas.

Layanan Ruang Angkasa berfokus pada operasi satelit hulu untuk layanan satelit tetap dan bergerak. Solusi Cerdas mengintegrasikan akuisisi dan pengolahan data geospasial dengan AI untuk mendukung pengambilan keputusan, meningkatkan kesadaran situasional, dan meningkatkan efisiensi operasional. Pemegang saham utamanya mencakup G42, Mubadala, dan IHC.

Tentang Telespazio Iberica

Telespazio Ib?rica merupakan anak perusahaan Telespazio di Spanyol, perusahaan patungan antara Leonardo dan Thales yang menjadi salah satu operator layanan satelit terkemuka di dunia. Perusahaan ini merupakan pemimpin di Spanyol dalam bidang informasi geospasial dan navigasi satelit, dengan pengalaman lebih dari 35 tahun serta reputasi yang kuat di kedua sektor tersebut. Perusahaan ini juga terdepan dalam berbagai bidang, mulai dari perancangan dan pengembangan sistem antariksa hingga pengelolaan layanan peluncuran dan pengendalian satelit di orbit. Selain itu, perusahaan ini menyediakan layanan observasi Bumi, komunikasi, navigasi, pelacakan satelit, serta program ilmiah, dengan komitmen kuat untuk menghadirkan manfaat teknologi tersebut kepada masyarakat.

Pemberitahuan Hukum dan Pernyataan Kehati-hatian terkait Informasi Berwawasan ke Depan

Pengumuman ini mungkin memuat pernyataan berwawasan ke depan berdasarkan ekspektasi dan asumsi saat ini tentang peristiwa di masa mendatang. Pernyataan-pernyataan ini, yang ditandai dengan istilah seperti "diperkirakan," "akan," atau istilah serupa, dipengaruhi oleh berbagai risiko dan ketidakpastian serta mungkin terbukti tidak akurat.

Pernyataan ini mencerminkan informasi yang tersedia hingga tanggal penyusunan dokumen ini, dan perusahaan secara tegas menolak segala kewajiban untuk memperbaruinya. Tidak ada jaminan yang diberikan bahwa pernyataan berwawasan ke depan itu akan terwujud, dan jangan terlalu bergantung pada pernyataan tersebut. Pengumuman ini bukan merupakan promosi keuangan atau penawaran untuk membeli atau menjual sekuritas di yurisdiksi mana pun.

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*Under the renewed agreement, SIA pilots will continue to operate five Boeing 777 freighters based at Singapore Changi Airport for DHL Express

*SIA will also oversee the maintenance of the aircraft, supporting reliable, time-definite express and e-commerce shipments

*The aircraft connect DHL's South Asia Hub in Singapore with key destinations in the United States, strengthening air cargo links between the Asia-Pacific and global markets

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 24 September 2026 - DHL Express and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have renewed their crew and maintenance agreement for five Boeing 777 freighters based at Singapore Changi Airport.

Under the agreement, SIA pilots will continue to operate the five freighters, while SIA engineers will oversee their maintenance. These five freighters support DHL's intercontinental air network, connecting its South Asia Hub in Singapore with key destinations in the United States.

"The renewal of this agreement underlines our commitment to building and investing in the network capacity that keeps global trade moving," said Travis Cobb, Executive Vice President for Network Operations & Aviation, DHL Express. "These five Boeing 777 freighters have become an integral part of our intercontinental operations, helping our customers move time-definite shipments with speed and reliability. Singapore remains one of the world's leading air logistics hubs, and together with Singapore Airlines' proven operational expertise, gives us the strong foundation for enabling international trade and connecting businesses to global markets."

"The renewal of our agreement with DHL Express reflects the strength and continuity of our partnership, which has supported the movement of express air freight between the Asia-Pacific region and key global markets via Singapore since 2022. This partnership leverages SIA's operational expertise and DHL Express' global logistics network to reinforce Singapore's role as a leading air freight hub, particularly in the e-commerce segment," said Lee Lik Hsin, Chief Commercial Officer, Singapore Airlines.

The five Boeing 777 freighters, which entered service progressively from 2022, provide reliable air capacity needed to support time-sensitive cross-border trade. Each aircraft can carry up to 102 tons of cargo and is among the world's largest, longest range, and most capable twin-engine freighters.

With Singapore as the home base for the dual-liveried Boeing 777 freighters, the partnership deepens DHL's global aviation capabilities while anchoring more long-haul cargo capacity at Changi. It reflects both companies' confidence in the long-term growth of international trade and the central role of reliable air connectivity in supporting global supply chains.

DHL - The logistics company for the world

DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics industry. Our DHL divisions offer an unrivaled portfolio of logistics services ranging from national and international parcel delivery, e-commerce shipping and fulfillment solutions, international express, road, air and ocean transport to industrial supply chain management.

With approximately 389,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide, DHL connects people and businesses securely and reliably, enabling global sustainable trade flows. With specialized solutions for growth markets and industries including technology, life sciences and healthcare, engineering, manufacturing & energy, auto-mobility and retail, DHL is decisively positioned as "The logistics company for the world".

DHL is part of DHL Group. The Group generated revenues of approximately 82.9 billion euros in 2025. With sustainable business practices and a commitment to society and the environment, the Group makes a positive contribution to the world. DHL Group aims to achieve net-zero emissions logistics by 2050.

About Singapore Airlines

The Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group's history dates to 1947 with the maiden flight of Malayan Airways. The airline was later renamed Malaysian Airways and then Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA). In 1972, MSA split into Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airline System.

Initially operating a modest fleet of 10 aircraft to 22 destinations in 18 countries, SIA has since grown to be a world-class international airline group that is committed to the constant enhancement of the three main pillars of its brand promise: Service Excellence, Product Leadership, and Network Connectivity. Singapore Airlines is the world's most awarded airline. For more information, please visit www.singaporeair.com .

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In the 2040s, accelerating decommissioning will drive solar and wind installations higher even as demand growth stabilises - because ageing capacity must be replaced at scale.

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More than 3.5 terawatts (TW) of global wind and solar capacity is operational, but as first-generation equipment ages, a further 2.5 TW of projects will face a stark decision for owners by the 2040s: abandon the site, invest to extend its life, or renew it entirely. How that decision plays out will have a profound impact on renewable energy targets, power prices and the economics of the energy transition, according to Wood Mackenzie's latest Horizons report.

According to the report, "Renewing renewables: The next chapter in the energy transition," decommissioning has already begun in the wind industry. By the end of 2026, more than 30 GW of wind capacity will have been decommissioned worldwide, two-thirds of which was brought offline between 2022 and 2026. Solar began its rapid deployment later than wind, but its ageing fleet is set to overtake wind before 2040.

Repowering offers a compelling economic case. Because a site already has an existing grid connection, planning approval and community acceptance, new equipment can reach the market faster than a greenfield project, bypassing the queue and permitting delays that have slowed new development in many markets. The capital and operating expenditures are broadly similar to greenfield development, but the economic advantage of repowering extends to other factors, such as the location, cost efficiencies and power output. 

The quality of established sites makes that advantage significant. In Germany, the wind speeds at sites decommissioned so far this decade are 4% higher than those at greenfield projects coming online on average and the gap can be as wide as 30%. A 4% increase in wind speeds translates into roughly 7% higher capacity factors and 7% lower levelised cost of energy (LCOE), all else being equal.

This dynamic is already reshaping how companies approach the market. A growing number of developers are acquiring operational projects in prime locations, decommissioning the existing equipment and installing an entirely new project on the same site ? a trend that is becoming increasingly common in markets such as Europe and the US, where land availability, grid capacity or planning approval for new development is constrained.

"We are entering a new chapter in the energy transition, one defined not just by power demand growth, but by renewal," said S?ren Lassen, Head of Wind at Wood Mackenzie. "Without installations replacing decommissioned projects, global wind and solar deployment would continue to decline year-on-year. By acknowledging this impact, it will fundamentally change the long-term trajectory and narrative of renewables and hopefully also company and government strategies."

Renewable targets tested

The implications extend well beyond individual asset owners. Governments across the world are setting renewable capacity targets without accounting for decommissioning and that blind spot could make already ambitious goals even harder to reach. At the same time, policy incentives for repowering are limited to a handful of wind markets, incentivising asset owners to pursue longer operational lifetimes instead of reinvesting in their operational portfolios.

The European Commission has targeted 500 GW of wind power by 2030, requiring roughly 37 GW of annual additions between 2023 and 2030. Wood Mackenzie forecasts that 17 GW will be decommissioned in that same period, meaning the bloc must add an extra 2 GW per year on average simply to offset losses, on top of a build rate it is already failing to meet.

Price reverberations

The market consequences will be just as significant. In Germany, the increased power output from repowering existing sites with new modules and turbines could reduce power prices by between 12% and 19% in the 2040s. That is a material downside risk for asset owners whose projects will have moved off long-term contracts and onto merchant revenues or corporate power purchase agreements by that point, making repowering a critical variable in long-term project economics, not just an operational decision.

Equipment suppliers prepare for rising demand

For equipment suppliers, the picture is more counterintuitive. Even as the rate of growth in net capacity additions slows, Wood Mackenzie estimates that the volume of actual equipment sales will be more than 60% higher in 2050 than in 2026, driven by the need to replace ageing assets at scale. In the 2040s alone, replacements from decommissioning will account for 44% of all wind installations and 23% of all solar installations globally. In some established markets in Europe, it could even reach more than 70%.

"The full force of this shift arrives in the 2040s, but the decisions that will determine who is ready for it are being made right now," said Lassen. "Governments that ignore decommissioning in their targets will miss them. Suppliers that do not plan for replacement demand will be caught short. And asset owners who do not factor repowering into their long-term power price forecasts risk fundamentally misjudging the revenue environment they will be operating in."

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The students were excited to receive a personal reply from President Xi Jinping after sharing in a letter what their week in China had meant to them, reinforcing the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation's belief in the power of youth exchanges to foster lasting people-to-people ties between the two nations

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 24 September 2026 - With U.S. and Chinese leaders preparing to meet in Washington D.C. this week, nearly 100 American college students from 10 universities were making a statement of their own.

Writing to President Xi Jinping at the close of a week-long exchange program in China, the students shared how the experience had shaped their understanding of both nations - and expressed their hope of serving as "ambassadors of friendship across the Pacific" by carrying their stories, new friendships, and insights home. On September 21, President Xi replied personally, encouraging young people from both countries to carry forward friendship and work toward a better shared future.

The students were participants in the Future Makers 2026 China-U.S. Youth Tour for a Shared Asia-Pacific Future, organized by the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation and the Beijing NGO Network for International Exchanges. From September 1?7, the program brought together 170 young people from China and the United States for seven days of cultural exploration, direct dialogue, and technology visits across Jinan, Qufu, and Beijing.

Participating institutions included American University, Central Michigan University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Kentucky State University, Saint Peter's University, the University of California Davis, the University of California Riverside, the University of Chicago, and the University of Washington.

Jackson Kreisner, a student from American University, said: "I can say, with firsthand experience, that American and Chinese youth are much more similar than we are different - we listen to the same music, eat the same food, feel the same emotions, share the same dreams."

Ainsley Reigler, a student from Central Michigan University, said: "Being able to sit across from students from different universities and backgrounds and discuss our perspectives on the future of U.S.-China relations, global cooperation, and the role our generation can play in building bridges was an experience I could never have replicated in a classroom."

Before the trip, many of the participants said they knew China primarily through headlines and social media. What they found was, in their own words, "the real China" - young people who laugh at the same jokes, carry the same pressures, and dream the same dreams. In Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius, American and Chinese students explored together how the Confucian concept of "harmony in diversity" remains relevant in today's cross-cultural exchanges.

At Tsinghua University in Beijing, participants exchanged views on youth responsibility, technological innovation, and Asia-Pacific cooperation, building mutual understanding through open and candid conversations. The program also offered participants a close look at China's advances in technology and innovation. Visits to Beijing E-Town Robot World, the Beijing High-Level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Area, and the Xiaomi Auto Factory provided firsthand insights into humanoid robotics, autonomous driving technologies, and advanced manufacturing.

A highlight of the program was the establishment of the "Forest for Tomorrow" at Yanqi Lake in Beijing, where American and Chinese youth planted white-bark pine trees together, symbolizing enduring friendship between the younger generations of the two countries.

The Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation fully funded the program for all American participants, enabling students from diverse backgrounds to experience China firsthand. In partnership with the Beijing NGO Network for International Exchanges, the initiative seeks to enable students from diverse backgrounds to experience China firsthand.

Mr. Daryl Ng, Director of the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation and Chairman of Sino Group, said: "During the program, I had the opportunity to join the American participants on a visit to the Temple of Heaven and spend time speaking with them directly. I was deeply impressed by their curiosity about Chinese culture and their interest in the country's development. Inspired by President Xi's message, we will continue to support international youth exchanges and dialogue, and do our part to foster greater understanding, friendship, and people-to-people connections across borders. We will also leverage Hong Kong's unique role as a 'super-connector' to further strengthen exchanges between China and the rest of the world."

About Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation

The Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation was established in 2010 in memory of the late founder of the Sino Group and Far East Organisation in Singapore, Mr. Ng Teng Fong. The Foundation focuses on supporting education, healthcare, arts and culture, heritage conservation, emergency relief and community services for less resourced communities, promoting sustainable growth and the betterment of society. Since its establishment, the Foundation has made donations of more than RMB 2.4 billion to a wide variety of charitable causes across China (Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland), Singapore, and overseas.

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Building confidence in the natural diamond category with industry partners, guided by the Building Forever and diamond traceability strategies

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 24 September 2026 - 16 to 19 September, De Beers Group participated in Jewellery & Gem WORLD Hong Kong (JGW), presenting an immersive experience centred on Desert diamonds. Drawing inspiration from the wonders of nature and the artistry of human craftsmanship, the showcase created a captivating space that brought the story of natural diamonds to life.

Following its successful Asian debut in Shanghai in July, Desert diamonds returned to Hong Kong as De Beers Group's first major beacon initiative in more than a decade and its largest category-marketing investment in 15 years. The activation reaffirmed the Group's commitment to strengthening long-term confidence in the natural diamond category, working alongside strategic partners across the value chain and guided by its Building Forever sustainability framework and diamond traceability strategy.

Industry leaders convene to shape the future

De Beers Group Chief Executive Officer Al Cook, Executive Vice President of Diamond Trading Paul Rowley, General Manager of Natural Diamonds Lynn Serfaty and Vice President of Natural Diamonds APAC Loletta Lai attended the Group's breakfast meeting, where they exchanged views with industry partners from around the world.

Distinguished guests included Lekoko S. Kenosi, Ambassador of Botswana to China; Lin Qiang, President of the Shanghai Diamond Exchange; Nosiphiwo Mzamo, Chief Executive Officer of the State Diamond Trader of South Africa; Amber Pepper, Chief Executive Officer of the Natural Diamond Council; Jillian Wolk, Chief Executive Officer of Tracr and Annie Wong, Chief Operating Officer of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group. Together with De Beers Group leadership and other attendees, they discussed future opportunities and areas for collaboration across the natural diamond industry.

"We firmly believe that natural diamonds have an enduring future, and we remain confident in the long-term opportunity presented by the Chinese market. China has always been one of De Beers Group's most important markets. For more than half a century, we have built deep and enduring relationships with retailers, consumers, governments and industry partners. We continue to invest in China and launched our Desert diamonds category-marketing initiative in July this year. The campaign has already delivered encouraging results in the US market and is showing strong momentum in China. Looking ahead, we invite our industry colleagues to work together to strengthen consumer confidence in the long-term value of natural diamonds," said Al Cook, Chief Executive Officer of De Beers Group.

"The natural diamond market is gradually stabilising. Supply and demand are moving towards equilibrium, while diamond prices are showing signs of recovery. The US market remains resilient and the Chinese market is also beginning to stabilise, while India, Europe, Japan and the Gulf markets are providing further momentum for industry growth. Global annual natural diamond production has declined from a peak of approximately 170 million carats to around 100 million carats.

Effective supply management is essential to restoring market balance. Looking ahead, the industry must continue to invest in detection, grading and traceability systems, enabling consumers to distinguish clearly between natural and laboratory-grown diamonds, while advancing collective category marketing and industry collaboration." said Paul Rowley, Executive Vice President of Diamond Trading at De Beers Group.

"Desert diamonds are such a gift. They resonate with Chinese philosophies of resilience, transcendence and harmony between humanity and nature, while building a bridge between southern Africa and China. Through the Asian launch of Desert diamonds, retailer partnerships, social media communications and media engagement, we aim to further support China's focus on quality consumption and help more consumers understand and appreciate the enduring value of natural diamonds," says Lynn Serfaty, Managing Director of Natural Diamonds at De Beers Group shared her perspective on the emotional and cultural resonance of natural diamonds in China.

An immersive journey from earth to adornment

Following the breakfast meeting, De Beers Group officially unveiled its Show & Tell experience, inviting global industry guests on an immersive journey that combined visual, tactile and emotional storytelling.

Visitors entering the space were transported through the changing light of a vast desert landscape. Exterior screens depicted rolling sand dunes, while the interior brought together contemporary exhibition design and traditional Chinese bamboo-weaving craftsmanship, an element of China's intangible cultural heritage.

Artist Xu Mingyu created sharply faceted geometric display cases inspired by the precision of natural diamond cuts. The woven textures echoed the intricate patterns formed on desert surfaces by the passage of time. Through this dialogue between ancient Eastern craftsmanship and the untamed poetry of natural diamonds, the installation connected heritage, nature and contemporary design.

The Show & Tell experience unfolded across five narrative chapters, creating a sensory journey from the earth to the wearer's hand.

At the Desert diamonds display, loose natural diamonds were presented along a spectrum of warm, earthy hues, recalling the layered tones of the desert landscape. The distinctive colours of Desert diamonds arise naturally from subtle variations in nitrogen content and plastic deformation, giving every stone an entirely individual appearance and personality. No two Desert diamonds are alike, just as every person's story is unique.

In a rapidly changing digital age, younger consumers are increasingly drawn to authenticity and permanence. Formed over billions of years, natural diamonds embody this pursuit through their inherent rarity and individuality. At the exhibition, retail partners presented Desert diamonds jewellery collections including Chow Tai Fook's Desert Rose collection, Kashikey, represented by Chow Sang Sang, and alongside classic three-stone and five-stone designs.

Guests then moved to the Tracr area to explore the digital identity of a registered natural diamond. From mine to retail, the origin and journey of each diamond can be recorded and traced. A dedicated science and technology zone featured a range of De Beers Group's detection instruments, enabling guests to see first-hand how natural diamonds can be differentiated from laboratory-grown diamonds.

The journey also highlighted De Beers Group's long-standing conservation work. A dedicated rhino conservation area showcased decades of commitment to habitat protection, species breeding and relocation, bringing the Group's Building Forever sustainability commitment to life in a tangible and meaningful way.

The experience concluded with a multi-sensory exploration of Desert diamonds. A fragrance experience inspired by the vast desert landscape evoked the interplay between the beauty of the desert and the brilliance of diamonds, while interactive quizzes invited guests to discover their own natural diamond aura.

Advancing trust through collaboration and traceability

During the exhibition, De Beers Group also participated actively in a series of industry exchange activities, engaging with value-chain partners to explore the opportunities and future direction of the natural diamond industry.

At the Natural Diamond Value Chain Repositioning and Outlook Forum, jointly organised by the Natural Diamond Council and the Hong Kong Diamond Federation, participants from across the industry exchanged insights on the evolution of the natural diamond value chain and its future prospects.

Meanwhile, at the Brilliant Convergence: Envisioning the Future of Jewellery Design seminar hosted by the Hong Kong Diamond Federation, Loletta Lai, Vice President of Natural Diamonds APAC at De Beers Group, joined jewellery designers and industry representatives to discuss how natural diamonds can continue to inspire contemporary jewellery design and sustain their appeal in an evolving market landscape.

In addition, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) presented "The Beauty of Natural Diamonds" exhibition during the show, inviting visitors to explore the formation and unique beauty of natural diamonds through a scientific lens.

Through diamond fluorescence, microscopic images of inclusions and growth features, as well as GIA Diamond Grading Reports, the exhibition revealed the unique "natural fingerprint" of every natural diamond. Notably, ahead of this year's exhibition, GIA completed its acquisition of a 30% shareholding in the Tracr diamond traceability blockchain platform, an important milestone for the natural diamond industry.

This strategic collaboration supports Tracr's evolution into independent industry infrastructure, providing dual assurance through diamond grading and origin traceability, and laying a strong foundation for a more transparent and trusted future for the natural diamond industry.

Extending the industry conversation into a jewellery experience, De Beers Group also invited members of the media and fashion community to visit the De Beers London Hong Kong flagship boutique, where they experienced the beauty and distinctive appeal of natural diamond jewellery through an immersive journey. Behind the brilliance of every natural diamond lies a traceable journey, from its origin at the mine to the careful craftsmanship applied through sustainable practices.

Every stage reflects De Beers Group's unwavering commitment to exceptional quality and sustainability. Through jewellery try-ons and expert-led guidance, guests experienced first-hand how natural diamonds are being reinterpreted in a contemporary fashion context, deepening their emotional connection with appreciation of the category.

Guided by the enduring belief that "A Diamond Is Forever," De Beers Group's presence at this year's Jewellery & Gem WORLD Hong Kong not only demonstrated the continuing vitality and broad potential of natural diamonds in the global market but also created an emotionally resonant natural diamond journey for industry partners and consumers through the storytelling platform of Desert diamonds. The initiative brought new depth and warmth to natural diamond category education.

Looking ahead, De Beers Group will continue to work with industry partners worldwide, with its Building Forever sustainability framework and diamond traceability strategy serving as two key pillars in advancing the natural diamond industry towards a more transparent and sustainable new era.

Through the interplay of art and culture, every natural diamond formed deep within the earth can shine ever more brightly in its time, continuing a timeless story of enduring beauty.

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About De Beers Group

Established in 1888, De Beers Group is the world's leading diamond company, with unrivalled expertise in the exploration, mining, sales and marketing of diamonds. Together with its partners, De Beers Group employs more than 20,000 people across the diamond value chain. It is the world's largest diamond producer by value, with mining operations in Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa.

Innovation sits at the heart of the Group's strategy, underpinning a portfolio of brands including De Beers London and Forevermark, as well as pioneering solutions such as Gem Fair and Tracr, its diamond mining and traceability programmes. De Beers Group provides education and laboratory services through the De Beers Institute of Diamonds, and its Ignite team has introduced a range of technology systems for diamond sorting, detection and classification, delivering quality service and advanced technology to the diamond industry. De Beers Group is a member of Anglo American plc. For further information, visit www.debeersgroup.com.

About Building Forever

In 2020 De Beers Group established a set of sustainability goals to deliver a blueprint for lasting positive impact in the countries and regions where it operates and across the diamond value chain, so that every diamond it discovers and recovers brings enduring benefit to the people and environments of the places it comes from.

Building Forever sets out a comprehensive framework built on four pillars: leading ethical practices across the industry, partnering for thriving communities, protecting the natural world and accelerating equal opportunity - guiding the Group towards a fairer, safer, cleaner and healthier future in which communities prosper and the environment is protected. De Beers Group works to raise industry standards, improve transparency of diamond provenance and improve conditions for artisanal miners.

Across its operations, the Group follows best practice in biodiversity, water management, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, waste management, and mine closure and rehabilitation. De Beers Group also works with stakeholders to build a sustainable future and to raise living standards in the communities where it operates, particularly in health and wellbeing, education and skills development, economic diversification and livelihood support.

The Group actively promotes inclusive economic development and welcomes diverse perspectives to help shape the future of its business, its communities and wider society. It places particular emphasis on addressing the industry's long-standing gender imbalance and on encouraging a new and more diverse generation of talent into the diamond and jewellery industry.

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WUHAN, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 September 2026 - The Global Mayors Dialogue ? Wuhan and the 2026 Wuhan International Friendship Cities Cooperation Conference, held from Sept. 18 to 21, brought together 80 international guests from 24 cities across 22 countries, according to organizers.

At the event, mayors and city representatives from six international sister cities of Wuhan called for closer cooperation in technology, industry, education and culture.

Representatives from Manchester in Britain, Kemi in Finland, Cape Town in South Africa, Yangon in Myanmar, Rzesz?w in Poland and Turkistan in Kazakhstan took part in discussions on urban innovation, industrial cooperation and cultural exchange.

Manchester: a new start after 40 years of friendship

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Wuhan and Manchester.

Shaukat Ali, lord mayor of Manchester, said the city was ready to deepen cooperation with Wuhan in education, culture, youth affairs, innovation and industry.

"Manchester is committed to promoting urban transformation through open cooperation, sharing opportunities, and fostering common development with international sister cities like Wuhan," he said.

Ali said Manchester had developed from a post-industrial city into an innovation-oriented economy, with a focus on advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, life sciences and green technologies.

He said the two cities could share experience in urban transformation, innovation districts, university-industry cooperation and low-carbon development, while encouraging links among universities, businesses and research institutions.

He also highlighted existing educational and cultural links, including cooperation between Hubei University and Manchester Metropolitan University and exchanges between the Royal Northern College of Music and Wuhan Conservatory of Music.

Kemi: balancing growth with environmental protection

Mikko Koivulehto, chairman of the City Council of Kemi, said the Finnish city sought to balance economic growth with environmental protection.

"We believe that protecting nature and building a prosperous city can go hand in hand," he said.

Kemi, a port city in Finnish Lapland, has developed industries based on renewable raw materials, clean energy and the bioeconomy. The city is also seeking to expand tourism and improve livability.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the friendly exchange relationship between Wuhan and Kemi. The two cities have cooperated in areas including trade, the circular economy, tourism and youth exchanges.

Cape Town: technology and jobs key to urban transformation

Lungelo Mbandazayo, city manager of Cape Town, said technological innovation, talent development, infrastructure and green renewal were key to Wuhan's transformation.

Cape Town, a UNESCO City of Design, is seeking to expand its technology and digital sectors while promoting green technology and an inclusive economy.

Mbandazayo said youth unemployment remained a major challenge for Cape Town and that technological development needed to create jobs.

After visiting Wuhan companies and technology facilities, he said Cape Town hoped to deepen exchanges with Wuhan in technology and talent.

Yangon: seeking practical cooperation with Wuhan

Yangon Mayor Myo Myint Aung said the city was looking to Wuhan for experience in smart-city development, digital governance, intelligent transport and urban resilience.

Wuhan and Yangon signed a letter of intent on friendly exchanges and cooperation during the event.

Yangon is developing a long-term plan to accommodate population growth and expand its urban, industrial and transport infrastructure.

During a visit to Wuhan on Sept. 19, Myo toured the Optics Valley "Photon" suspended monorail, HGTECH and a Xiaomi smart home appliance factory.

"We came to Wuhan not just to observe, but to learn and cooperate," he said, adding that Yangon hoped to develop smart manufacturing and strengthen cooperation in information technology.

Rzesz?w: opportunities in aerospace and technology

Rzesz?w Mayor Konrad Fijołek said the Polish city hoped to cooperate with Wuhan in aerospace, sensor technology, biodiversity and climate action.

Rzesz?w is home to the "Aviation Valley," a major aerospace cluster in Central Europe.

"Exploring cooperation with Wuhan is the reason I came here," Fijołek said.

After visiting HGTECH and a Xiaomi smart home appliance factory, he said Wuhan's automated manufacturing and technologies in sensors and satellite systems had impressed him.

He said cities could help connect universities, businesses and research institutions and promote international cooperation.

Turkistan: five areas for cooperation

Turkestan Mayor Azimbek Pazylbekuly said his city hoped to expand cooperation with Wuhan in tourism and culture, education and science, investment and entrepreneurship, digitalization and innovation, and transport and logistics.

Wuhan and Turkistan signed a memorandum of intent on friendly exchanges and cooperation during the event.

Turkistan, an ancient Silk Road city and a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been developing industries including food processing, textiles, furniture and construction materials.

Pazylbekuly said cooperation between governments, businesses, universities and research institutions could help turn the two cities' exchanges into concrete projects.

The conference also included friendship-city anniversary celebrations and a signing ceremony for 10 cooperation projects. A digital list of cooperation opportunities and an initiative on international friendship-city cooperation were released.

During their stay, the visiting mayors toured Wuhan's technology, manufacturing and ecological facilities, including the Optics Valley suspended monorail, a Yangtze finless porpoise conservation center, Xiaomi, HGTECH and Dongfeng Motor facilities.

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BANGKOK, THAILAND - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 September 2026 - Great entrepreneurs are often defined by their willingness to question what others take for granted. For Mr. Somchai Akkarawittayapoom, President at Arkitektura Public Company Limited, curiosity has been a constant driving force throughout a career spanning technology, entrepreneurship, research, and luxury living.

His visionary leadership and commitment to continuous innovation have earned him the Master Entrepreneur award recognition at the Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards (APEA) 2026 Thailand, organized by Enterprise Asia.

Mr. Somchai began his professional career as a Systems Engineer at IBM in 1991 before advancing to Sales Director at Sun Microsystems (Thailand). His experience at the intersection of technology and business laid the foundation for his entrepreneurial journey, leading him to co-found technology system integration companies MFEC Public Co., Ltd. and Tangerine Co., Ltd.

In 2003, Mr. Somchai founded Arkitektura, bringing his analytical and systematic approach into Thailand's high-end furniture and luxury living sector. Under his leadership, the company has evolved beyond conventional furniture retailing into a comprehensive platform combining internationally recognised furniture, kitchen, bathroom, and home lifestyle brands with project expertise and personalised service. Its capabilities now extend across retail, residential, hospitality, and large-scale projects.

His passion for innovation extends well beyond business. Mr. Somchai is the inventor of Mappage, a knowledge-mapping and spatial-visualization technology protected by six U.S. patents and multiple international patents. He also pursues independent research into mathematical and knowledge systems, reflecting a lifelong commitment to exploring new ways of understanding complex ideas and creating value.

A significant milestone in his entrepreneurial journey came with Arkitektura's transition into a publicly listed company, marking a new chapter in its development and strengthening its foundation for future expansion. Today, Mr. Somchai envisions Arkitektura evolving beyond a destination for world-class furniture into a comprehensive platform for exceptional living, guided by the vision of "Elevating life to a realm of endless happiness".

With a career shaped by technology, entrepreneurship, and an enduring pursuit of knowledge, Mr. Somchai continues to challenge conventional thinking and explore new possibilities. Through Arkitektura, he is building not simply a business, but a long-term vision for how design, innovation, craftsmanship, and service can come together to create more meaningful living experiences.

About Enterprise Asia

Enterprise Asia is a non-governmental organization in pursuit of creating an Asia that is rich in entrepreneurship as an engine toward sustainable and progressive economic and social development within a world of economic equality. Its two pillars of existence are investment in people and responsible entrepreneurship. Enterprise Asia works with governments, NGOs, and other organizations to promote competitiveness and entrepreneurial development, uplifting the economic status of people across Asia and ensuring a legacy of hope, innovation, and courage for future generations. Please visit https://www.enterpriseasia.org/ for more information.

About Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards

Launched in 2007, the Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards is the region's most prestigious award for outstanding entrepreneurship, continuous innovation, and sustainable leadership. The Award provides a platform for companies and governments to recognize entrepreneurial excellence, hence spurring greater innovation, fair business practices, and growth in entrepreneurship.

As a regional award, it groups together leading entrepreneurs as a powerful voice for entrepreneurship and serves as a by-invitation-only networking powerhouse. The program has grown to encompass 16 countries/ regions and markets all over Asia. For further information, please visit www.apea.asia.

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Developed by 25-year-old founder Ufuk Girit's Lefto Studio and published by Istanbul-based TARK Games, BOMBANANA! adds to a growing wave of globally successful PC games emerging from Turkiye

ISTANBUL, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Turkiye has spent much of the past decade building a global reputation as one of the world's most dynamic mobile gaming ecosystems. Now, a new generation of independent developers is beginning to make its mark on PC.

The latest example is BOMBANANA!, a three-player co-op party game developed by Turkiye-based Lefto Studio and published by TARK Games, which surpassed one million copies sold within its first ten days on Steam.

BOMBANANA!'s launch followed an already strong pre-release trajectory. Prior to launch, the title had surpassed one million Steam wishlists and attracted more than six million demo players worldwide.

The game is the first title released by TARK Games, Turkiye's first VC-backed (led by Ludus Ventures) independent PC and console publisher founded in Istanbul in 2025 with an international publishing mandate.

From mobile powerhouse to emerging PC ecosystem

T?rkiye is already well established within the global games industry.

Over the past decade, the country has produced some of mobile gaming's most notable companies and exits, creating a deep pool of developers, entrepreneurs, and game-making talent.

More recently, that momentum has begun to expand beyond mobile.

Titles including Supermarket Simulator and Liar's Bar have demonstrated that independent developers from Turkiye can also reach large global audiences on PC. BOMBANANA! now joins that group, reinforcing what TARK Games believes is the beginning of a broader structural shift.

Ilker Ergen, Co-Founder of TARK Games, said:

"Turkiye is widely recognized for what it has achieved in mobile games, and rightly so. But the talent, entrepreneurial culture and game development expertise built over the past decade are not limited to mobile. We are now starting to see more of that capability translate into PC and console."

"Supermarket Simulator, Liar's Bar and now BOMBANANA! are early signals of something much bigger. There are a large number of small, highly capable teams here with the potential to build games for global audiences. We believe Turkiye can become a meaningful source of independent PC and console games over the coming years."

A 25-year-old indie developer behind a global breakout

BOMBANANA! was developed by Lefto Studio, which was founded by 25-year-old Ufuk Girit.

The game is built around a simple communication-driven premise. Three players take on the roles of monkeys who are blind, deaf, and mute, with each player holding only part of the information required to defuse a bomb.

The result is a co-op experience built around communication, misunderstanding, and the unpredictable moments that emerge between friends.

Ufuk Girit, Founder of Lefto Studio, said:

"From the beginning, we wanted to build something simple to understand but capable of creating completely different moments every time people played together. The fun in BOMBANANA! comes from the players themselves - from how they communicate, misunderstand each other and solve problems together."

"The response during the demo period was far beyond what we initially imagined. Millions of players tried the game, shared it with their friends and gave us feedback that helped shape the final experience. Seeing that translate into the launch we have had has been incredibly rewarding for a small independent team."

A global publisher built around independent studios

BOMBANANA! is the first release from TARK Games, founded in 2025 by Ilker Ergen and Ibrahim Yildirim.

While headquartered in Istanbul, TARK Games was built from the outset as an international publisher rather than a publisher focused exclusively on Turkish studios. The company currently has 10 games in its publishing pipeline, with approximately half being developed by teams outside Turkiye.

Its portfolio reflects a broader strategy: to identify distinctive independent teams wherever they are based and provide the financing, publishing infrastructure and international reach required to compete in the global PC and console market.

TARK Games works with developers across areas including development financing, production, player research, marketing, creator relations and global platform management.

A central part of its model is that TARK Games does not take equity in the development studios it publishes.

Ibrahim Yildirim, Co-Founder of TARK Games, said:

"When we founded TARK Games, one principle was very clear: we wanted to participate in the success of the game, not own part of the developer's company."

"For independent developers, ownership and creative freedom are incredibly important. We want the studio and its future to remain in the hands of its founders. Our role is to bring financing, production expertise, marketing, data and platform relationships around the team so that a strong game has the best possible chance of reaching a global audience."

"Our roots are in T?rkiye, but our publishing strategy has always been international. Today, roughly half of the games in our pipeline come from studios outside Turkiye. We want TARK Games to be a home for ambitious independent developers regardless of where they are based."

For Girit, that approach was one of the reasons Lefto Studio chose to work with TARK Games.

"As an independent developer, maintaining creative control and ownership of the studio mattered a lot to me. We were looking for a publisher that could expand what we were capable of doing without changing what made the team independent in the first place."

"TARK Games gave us support in areas like global marketing, platform relationships and launch strategy while allowing us to stay focused on building the game."

Turning individual breakouts into a repeatable model

TARK Games sees BOMBANANA! as an early validation of its publishing model rather than an isolated success.

Among its newly announced projects is Monster Cuisine, developed by another Turkish developer Team Machiavelli.

For TARK Games, Turkiye's emerging PC scene represents an important part of a much wider opportunity: a new generation of small independent studios around the world that can build commercially significant games but often lack the resources and publishing infrastructure required to scale them globally.

Ilker Ergen said:

"Our ambition is not to publish one breakout game, or to build a publisher around a single market. We want to create a repeatable model for helping exceptional independent teams reach global audiences."

"Turkiye is particularly exciting because we are seeing a new wave of PC and console talent emerge from an ecosystem that has already proven itself in mobile. But we see the same opportunity in many markets. Half of our current pipeline already comes from outside Turkiye, and that international mix is fundamental to what we are building."

"There are talented developers everywhere. What is often missing is the infrastructure around them: early financing, production support, market intelligence, publishing experience and access to global audiences. That is the gap we are trying to close."

BOMBANANA! is expanding beyond PC

Following its Steam launch, BOMBANANA! is also being prepared for console platforms, with BOMBANANA! launching on mobile devices in October.

The expansion is expected to bring the game to an even broader global audience following its initial PC success.

A press kit with key art, screenshots, trailer, and logos is available at https://uberstrategist.link/TARK-Games-Press-Kit.

About BOMBANANA!

BOMBANANA! is a three-player online co-op party game developed by Lefto Studio and published by TARK Games.

Players take on the roles of three monkeys who are blind, deaf, and mute, with each player possessing different pieces of information needed to defuse bombs before time runs out.

The game launched on Steam on September 2, 2026, and is currently being prepared for mobile and console platforms.

About Lefto Studio

Lefto Studio is an independent game development studio based in Turkiye and founded by 25-year-old developer Ufuk Girit.

The studio focuses on creating social, highly replayable games designed for global audiences.

About TARK Games

Founded in Istanbul in 2025 by Ilker Ergen and Ibrahim Yildirim, TARK Games is Turkiye's first VC-backed (Ludus Ventures) independent global publisher focused on PC and console games.

The company currently has 10 titles in its publishing pipeline, with approximately half developed by studios outside T?rkiye.

TARK Games works with independent developers across development financing, production, player research, marketing, creator relations and global platform strategy.

The company operates a developer-first publishing model and does not take equity in the studios it publishes, allowing founders to retain ownership of their companies and creative independence.

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TEL AVIV, Israel and PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) announced today that its Q3 2026 Aide Memoire is available on the "Investors" page on its website.

Q3 2026 Aide Memoire

Teva has compiled this document with public information that was previously provided by Teva in order to assist investors ahead of third quarter 2026 results, which are expected to be released on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 7:00 a.m. ET, followed by a conference call at 8:00 a.m. ET on the same day. This document is based on Teva's prior results, management's previous commentary about Teva's business outlook and data from select independent sources.

About Teva

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) is transforming into a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. For over 120 years, Teva's commitment has never wavered.

From innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology to providing complex generic medicines, biosimilars and pharmacy brands worldwide, Teva is dedicated to addressing patients' needs, now and in the future. At Teva, We Are All In For Better Health. To learn more about how, visit www.tevapharm.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and the Aide Memoire document may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are based on management's current beliefs and expectations and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that could cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from that expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to: our ability to successfully compete in the marketplace; our significant indebtedness; our business and operations in general; compliance, regulatory and litigation matters; other financial and economic risks; and other factors discussed in this press release, and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2026, and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including in the sections captioned "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements."

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or other information contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

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TEL AVIV, Israel and PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) announced today that it will issue a press release on its third quarter 2026 financial results on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 7:00 a.m. ET. Following the release, Teva will conduct a conference call and live webcast on the same day, at 8:00 a.m. ET.

In order to participate, please register in advance here to obtain a local or toll-free phone number and your personal pin.

A live webcast of the call will be available on Teva's website at: https://ir.tevapharm.com/Events-and-Presentations.

Following the conclusion of the call, a replay of the webcast will be available within 24 hours on Teva's website.

About Teva

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) is transforming into a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. For over 120 years, Teva's commitment to bettering health has never wavered. From innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology to providing complex generic medicines, biosimilars and pharmacy brands worldwide, Teva is dedicated to addressing patients' needs, now and in the future. At Teva, We Are All In For Better Health. To learn more about how, visit www.tevapharm.com.

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This Document and the presentation at the conference call may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are based on management's current beliefs and expectations and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that could cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from that expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "target," "may," "project," "guidance," "intend," "plan," "believe" and other words and terms of similar meaning and expression in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance.

Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to: our ability to successfully compete in the marketplace; our ability to successfully execute on our Pivot to Growth strategy, including to expand our innovative and biosimilar medicines pipeline and to profitably commercialize our innovative medicines and biosimilar portfolio, whether organically or through business development, to sustain and focus our portfolio of generic medicines, and to execute on our organizational transformation and to achieve expected cost savings; our significant indebtedness; our business and operations in general; compliance, regulatory and litigation matters; other financial and economic risks; and other factors discussed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2026, and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including in the sections captioned "Risk Factors" and "Forward Looking Statements."

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or other information contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

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Conference call with Zymeworks management on September 28 at 8:30 am Eastern Time (ET)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zymeworks Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYME), a biotechnology company managing a portfolio of licensed healthcare assets while developing a diverse pipeline of novel, multifunctional biotherapeutics, today completed the previously announced acquisition of Theravance Biopharma.

With the completion of the transaction, Theravance Biopharma is now part of Zymeworks, further advancing Zymeworks' strategy to build a diversified revenue-generating biotechnology company, combining innovative R&D with growing commercial and royalty-based cash flows.

Zymeworks will host a conference call with investors and the general public at 8:30 am ET on Monday, September 28, to discuss the final transaction details of the acquisition. Dial-in details and webcast link are available on Zymeworks' website at https://ir.zymeworks.com/events-and-presentations. A replay of the webcast will be available within 24 hours following the conclusion of the call and will remain archived for a limited period.

About Zymeworks Inc.

Zymeworks is a global biotechnology company building a diversified portfolio of healthcare assets designed to generate durable cash flows while advancing innovative medicines for difficult-to-treat diseases. Zymeworks' asset and royalty aggregation strategy combines a growing portfolio of commercial and near-commercial assets, including YUPELRI (revefenacin), with a differentiated internal research and development engine.

Zymeworks' portfolio also includes Ziihera (zanidatamab-hrii), a HER2-targeted bispecific antibody discovered and developed by Zymeworks and commercialized through global partnerships with Jazz Pharmaceuticals and BeOne Medicines, and pasritamig, a clinical-stage multispecific antibody developed by Johnson & Johnson using Zymeworks' proprietary antibody engineering technologies.

Zymeworks is advancing a diverse pipeline of novel biotherapeutics, leveraging its proprietary Azymetric platform and expertise in antibody-drug conjugates, multispecific antibodies and other next-generation antibody technologies. These capabilities, together with Zymeworks' integrated drug development expertise, enable Zymeworks to develop differentiated therapeutics and create value through both internal innovation and strategic partnerships.

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Factors that could cause Zymeworks' actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: financial closing procedures, final adjustments, and other developments; risks related to the financing in connection with the closing of the acquisition; any of Zymeworks' or its partners' product candidates may fail in development, may not receive required regulatory approvals, or may be delayed to a point where they are not commercially viable; uncertainties regarding the commercial success of YUPELRI and TRELEGY; the anticipated benefits of the acquisition may not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; TRELEGY may not achieve anticipated sales resulting in sales milestones not being met; Zymeworks may not achieve milestones or receive additional payments or royalties under its collaborations; regulatory agencies may impose additional requirements or delay the initiation of clinical trials; Ziihera may not be successfully commercialized; and the factors described under "Risk Factors" in Zymeworks' quarterly and annual reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval+ (copies of which may be obtained at www.sec.gov and www.sedarplus.ca).

Although Zymeworks believes that such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance they will prove to be correct. Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The above assumptions, risks and uncertainties are not exhaustive. Forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as may be required by law, Zymeworks undertakes no obligation to update, republish, or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or circumstances, or to reflect the occurrences of unanticipated events.

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Sept. 16 Event at Shangri-La Makati Raised Funds for Employees Facing Financial Hardship

MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- iQor, a global leader in customer experience business process outsourcing, today announced that iQor Qares, its registered nonprofit charitable organization, raised more than ₱5.8 million (approximately $92,700 USD) at a charity gala held Sept. 16 at Makati Shangri-La, Manila.

The funds will assist iQor employees in the Philippines, their families, and their local communities facing financial hardship due to life-altering events such as medical emergencies and natural disasters.

More than 320 guests, including over 120 sponsors and partners, joined the gala alongside members of the iQor community in the Philippines, home to more than 35,000 iQor employees.

"We are extremely fortunate to welcome back so many sponsors who have supported iQor Qares Philippines since our first gala three years ago, while also welcoming new Diamond Elite sponsors to our highest level of support this year," said Fleurette Navarro, Executive Vice President and Philippines Regional President at iQor and Chair of iQor Qares Philippines.

"Together, their generosity and continued commitment allow us to assist even more iQorians and their families during their times of greatest need."

iQor Gala Night

The gala also drew an extraordinary number of volunteers. Every entertainer who performed was an employee from one of iQor's 22 sites across the Philippines, volunteering their time, talent and energy to support iQor Qares.

With more than ₱5.8 million raised, the most ever raised at a single iQor Qares gala, the evening's donations are expected to extend support to over 250 more iQorians and their families in need. That support builds on a growing mission: in 2025 alone, iQor Qares granted more than 1,400 assistance grants to employees in the Philippines, including 741 medical grants, 117 natural disaster grants and 578 grants supporting children, elders and other dependents.

"This fundraiser is an extension of the same spirit that drives everything we do at iQor Qares, showing up for our people during some of the most difficult experiences in their lives," said Richard Eychner, Chief Culture Officer at iQor and Chair of iQor Qares. "Every dollar raised at this event goes directly toward continuing that support."

All net proceeds from the gala will fund iQor Qares grants for Philippines' employees in need. For more information or to donate, visit iQorQares.com.

About iQor

iQor is a trusted partner in customer experience solutions for global brands and a portfolio company of Mill Point Capital. With 45,000 employees across 10 countries, iQor combines three decades of expertise with AI-driven innovation to optimize performance across the entire customer lifecycle.

Through its three delivery pillars - Grow, CXBPO, and infinityAiQ - iQor delivers scalable solutions that drive acquisition, engagement, and retention. Powered by advanced analytics and a people-first culture, iQor transforms customer interactions into measurable growth. Recognized as a Great Place to Work and a leader in CX excellence, iQor empowers brands to grow smarter. Learn more at iQor.com.

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