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First joint project launches a broader platform strategy for process orchestration across the clinical trial lifecycle BERLIN, Oct. 28, 2026 -- Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) and PSI CRO announced today the launch of their first joint AI-powered process orchestration solution. The new...
Boca Raton, Florida Wednesday Oct 28, 2026 @ 5:00 AM Eastern — NWB Finland Oy is continuing its planned U.S. rollout of AINA Natural Water, announcing that the Finnish premium water brand is coming soon to Walmart.com. The upcoming Walmart.com availability represents another step in NWB Finland Oy's strategy to introduce AINA Natural Water to U.S. consumers through established e-commerce platforms. The announcement follows the company's plans to bring AINA to OneLavi.com as part of its initial U.S. market introduction. "Walmart.com represents another important opportunity to introduce AINA Natural Water to American consumers," said Marita Weiman, Quality Assurance Manager at NWB Finland Oy. "Our goal is to make Northern Finland's naturally filtered water accessible through familiar shopping platforms while introducing consumers to the convenience and sustainability considerations behind our packaging." Bringing Northern Finland's Water to More U.S. Consumers AINA Natural Water originates in the Pudasjärvi region of Northern Finland, where groundwater is naturally filtered through layers of soil, sand and rock before undergoing mechanical filtration and packaging. The water contains approximately 32 mg/L of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS). Its naturally low mineral content contributes to a soft, neutral taste and clean finish without an aftertaste. Unlike premium water brands that rely primarily on individual plastic bottles, AINA is packaged in 5-liter and 10-liter bag-in-box formats. The larger formats are designed for convenient everyday use while requiring substantially less plastic than comparable volumes packaged in individual plastic bottles. The packaging makes AINA suitable for households, offices, hospitality environments and gatherings where convenient access to drinking water is important. Building a Broader U.S. E-Commerce Presence NWB Finland Oy's planned expansion to Walmart.com follows its announcement that AINA Natural Water is coming soon to OneLavi.com, a marketplace offering health, wellness and lifestyle products. Together, these planned e-commerce channels represent an important part of the company's strategy to establish AINA in the U.S. market and introduce consumers to a premium water brand that combines Northern Finnish origin with an alternative approach to packaging. NWB Finland Oy also participated in the 2026 ECRM Vitamin, Weight Management & Sports Nutrition Session in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where the company introduced AINA Natural Water and its distinctive bag-in-box format to U.S. retail buyers. "We are taking a step-by-step approach to building AINA's presence in the United States," Weiman said. "Expanding our planned availability to Walmart.com is another way to reach consumers who appreciate quality drinking water, everyday convenience and packaging designed to reduce reliance on individual plastic bottles." The AINA Difference Northern Finland Source: Naturally filtered groundwater from the Pudasjärvi region of Northern Finland. Sustainability-Focused Packaging: Designed to use substantially less plastic than comparable volumes of individually bottled water. Naturally Low Mineral Content: Approximately 32 mg/L TDS. Clean, Neutral Taste: A soft drinking experience with no aftertaste. Convenient Everyday Formats: Offered in 5-liter and 10-liter bag-in-box packaging. Additional details about AINA Natural Water's availability on Walmart.com will be announced as the company's U.S. rollout progresses. About NWB Finland Oy NWB Finland Oy is a Finland-based company focused on sustainable beverage packaging and natural water solutions. Headquartered in Pudasjärvi, Finland, the company was founded with a mission to develop environmentally responsible alternatives to traditional beverage packaging while delivering premium-quality products to consumers around the world. Its flagship brand, AINA Natural Water, features naturally filtered groundwater sourced from Northern Finland, a region known for its pristine natural environment and abundant groundwater resources. The water is packaged in innovative bag-in-box formats designed to reduce plastic consumption while providing a convenient solution for households, businesses, hospitality venues, and events. NWB Finland Oy's long-term vision is to make Northern Finland's natural groundwater available to consumers globally while continuing to invest in sustainable packaging solutions that support both consumer needs and environmental responsibility.
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'V Rising' added to the cloud gaming platform just before Halloween sets in. Blacknut announces a new publishing partnership with Stunlock Studios, bringing its hit vampire action RPG “V Rising” to its cloud gaming platform just in time for Halloween. The launch marks the first release under the partnership and reinforces Blacknut’s continued focus on bringing more high-quality, sought-after gaming experiences to players worldwide...
Award-Winning Executive Brings More Than 15 Years of Experience Across FOX, Scripps, TEGNA's CBS and NBC Affiliates to FreeCast's Expanding Streaming Advertising Business ORLANDO, Fla., October 28, 2026--FreeCast, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAST), a provider of next-generation streaming technology and enterprise Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, today announced the appointment of Larry Watzman as Streami
They were discharged on Monday, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which has been assisting the Kenyan authorities with Ebola preparedness since the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak on 15 May. Another 98 contacts remain in quarantine. No risk to the community The people who are now back at home remained asymptomatic during quarantine and underwent standard protocols, including a final health assessment, counselling on post-discharge precautions and follow-up where required before being released. “We ask communities to welcome them home warmly,” said Dr Patrick Amoth, Kenya’s director general for health. “Having completed 21 days without symptoms, they pose no risk of infection to anyone.” The WHO representative to Kenya, Dr Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo, echoed his message. “People who complete quarantine have helped protect their families, their communities and the whole country,” she said. Rush to trace contacts Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on 6 October – a Kenyan man who had been working in the DRC, where the caseload is approaching the 10,000 mark. He flew back to Kenya via Uganda on 3 October and died in a Nairobi hospital two days later. The Ministry of Health conducted robust contact tracing of anyone who may have been exposed, including family members, airline passengers and crew, airport workers and medical personnel. By 22 October, all contacts were traced – both in Kenya and abroad – and placed in quarantine. As of Monday, eight contacts had developed symptoms and were confirmed positive for Ebola disease through laboratory testing. They were immediately transferred to the Ebola treatment centre in Nairobi. Praise and support In total, Kenya has reported nine confirmed Ebola cases and two deaths. All are part of one connected group and there is no evidence that the virus has spread to the community. “WHO commends the Ministry of Health, the Kenya National Public Health Institute, national and county health teams for their work in responding quickly to every new case,” said Dr. Kimambo. The UN agency continues to support Kenya in all aspects of Ebola response, including coordination, disease surveillance, contact tracing, laboratory testing, case management, infection prevention and control, health screening at points of entry, risk communication and community engagement. Although there is no licensed vaccine or specific treatment for Bundibugyo virus disease, WHO stressed that early detection and supportive care improve chances of recovery. DRC vaccine trial Meanwhile, “a crucial clinical trial” was launched in the DRC on Friday to determine if vaccines can provide protection against the disease, said WHO’s Dr. Meg Doherty, speaking from the eastern city of Bunia to journalists in Geneva. The TUMAINI trial platform is designed so that several vaccine candidates can be evaluated within one research framework using a strategy called the ring vaccination approach involving contacts of people with a confirmed case of Ebola. “Tumaini actually means ‘hope’ in Swahili, and is giving us some hope,” said Dr. Doherty, director of WHO’s Department of Science for Health. A moving experience The first vaccine under evaluation is Ervebo which has been effective against Ebola caused by the Zaire virus. It is not yet known if it will have any protective effect against the Bundibugyo strain. Dr. Doherty attended the launch, where four people were vaccinated. “It was moving to see this trial begin, just as it has been deeply sad to see the effect of this outbreak on communities,” she said. “I lived and worked in DRC nearly 40 years ago, and it is quite heartbreaking to see this beautiful country challenged by outbreaks on top of humanitarian crises.” Evaluations and recommendations Last week, WHO convened technical advisory groups that evaluated the evidence on two vaccines designed specifically against Bundibugyo virus: ChAdOx1, developed by the University of Oxford with the Serum Institute of India, and mRNA-1469 developed by the American company Moderna. Recommendations will be published this week. “In the meantime, rings are being set up, with people who have a family member sick with Ebola, or who have been exposed to the virus another way,” she said, noting that two rings are currently in place and several more are being prepared. “Community members are already walking into the site asking to be enrolled, highlighting the intense need for an efficacious vaccine,” she added. ‘An important step’ Dr. Doherty explained that a decade ago, WHO and partners used the ring vaccination approach in Guinea during the West African Ebola outbreak to help establish the efficacy of the Ervebo vaccine. “Today, scientists are building on that experience to seek answers about the Bundibugyo virus,” she said. The trial is led by the Congolese authorities and is integrated into the ongoing response to the outbreak. It is being managed by the National Public Health and Biomedical Research Institute, known by the French acronym IRNRB. “We do not yet know for certain when results will begin to emerge. We expect it will take several months,” she said. “But already, having this trial in place is an important step towards gathering scientific data that will help policy makers reach decisions on vaccine use, and we anticipate, to protect people in this outbreak and future outbreaks.” Dr Doherty noted that several other vaccines are under development, “and as they go through their initial studies, if they look promising, they too could be brought into this vaccine platform trial.” Distributed by APO Group on behalf of UN News.
The digital wallet built for the experience economy is now available in three additional European markets LONDON, October 28, 2026--Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a global payments platform built for the experience economy, today announced the expansion of PaysafeWallet into Croatia, Bulgaria and Estonia, mark
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Venezuela’s amended Organic Hydrocarbons Law has opened several distinct routes into the country’s oil and gas sector, each suited to a different type of asset and a different appetite for operational control. Heavy-oil acreage in the Orinoco Belt, mature onshore fields, offshore gas and refining are all available to international capital, and Venezuela Energy Week (VEW) 2027 will bring the companies weighing those options to Caracas to negotiate directly with PDVSA and the Ministry of Hydrocarbons. The government made its pitch in Cape Town, South Africa last week, where Vice Minister of Commercial Policy Ricardo Gomez presented 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves and 193 trillion cubic feet of natural gas at the Venezuela Global Investment Forum during African Energy Week (AEW) 2026. “The opportunities extend from upstream projects to downstream and refining,” he said, as PDVSA works toward its target of 105 definitive oil contracts by year-end. Participation Contracts The most direct route is the hydrocarbon productive participation contract (CPPH). Under it, a Venezuela-domiciled company operates a designated area at its own cost and risk for 25 years. With ministry approval, it can also market its share of production. Eni moved its Junín-5 heavy-oil field onto the model in September. The Italian company left its minority joint venture position to become exclusive operator of an asset holding 35 billion barrels of certified oil in place. Joint Ventures Companies preferring a partnership can enter a restructured joint venture with PDVSA. The state company keeps majority ownership, but can now hand operational management and marketing rights to its international partners. Mature fields are open through either structure, and their existing wells and infrastructure offer a quicker path to revenue. GeoPark took the contract route at the Bare field – a heavy-oil asset in the Orinoco Belt - under a 25-year agreement. It plans to reactivate up to 1,100 wells and lift output to around 90,000 barrels per day (bpd) by 2038. Infrastructure Contracts Direct ministerial contracts and strategic alliances cover oilfield services and infrastructure. Projects on offer include pipeline rehabilitation, export terminals and refinery upgrades. Domestic refineries currently process 350,000 bpd, and PDVSA aims to raise throughput to as much as 600,000 bpd in 2027. Offshore Gas Follows Its Own Licensing Track Offshore gas is awarded through a separate licensing process. bp, a Gold Sponsor of VEW 2027, operates the second phase of the cross-border Loran field. It holds the license in equal shares with Abu Dhabi’s XRG and Qatar’s UCC Oil and Gas Holding. Tiered Fiscal Terms Support Investment Across the Value Chain Each route to investment sits within a revised fiscal regime. Regulations published in July cap royalties at 30% and the integrated hydrocarbons tax at 15%, with combined rates of 20% for greenfield projects, 25% for extra-heavy oil, 30% for non-producing brownfields and 35% for producing brownfields. Qualifying offshore projects and developments incorporating upgrading or refining infrastructure may receive reductions of up to five percentage points. “Venezuela is seeing a lot of interest as a result of aggressive fiscal and regulatory changes that are making the country more attractive,” Scott Gilbert, Non-Executive Chairman of Apertura Energy, told the AEW forum. Companies entering through a CPPH will need a locally incorporated entity, and securing marketing authorization early gives operators greater control over revenue. U.S. companies also structure contracts around the conditions attached to Treasury general licenses, which govern how payments and contract law are handled in deals with PDVSA. VEW 2027 will put those terms on the table in Caracas, with the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and PDVSA, both patrons of the event, meeting investors across two conference days and a day of site visits. By February, PDVSA's year-end contracting drive is expected to have produced additional agreements, giving investors a clearer picture of how the revised contractual and fiscal frameworks are being applied in practice. VEW 2027 takes place February 22–25 at the Simon Bolivar Convention Center in Caracas. Organized by Energy Capital & Power and taking place under the patronage of Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, PDVSA and the Ministry of Hydrocarbons, VEW is the country’s flagship oil and gas investment platform. To register or learn more about sponsorship and speaking opportunities, visit www.VenezuelaEnergyWeek.com. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Energy Capital & Power.
PALO ALTO, CA / October 28, 2026 / Bioz, Inc. , an AI-powered research intelligence platform that connects scientists with published evidence to inform product selection, announces the Bioz Stars Awards 2026 , recognizing scientific suppliers whose products demonstrate meaningful adoption, sustained infl
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Earnings Call Scheduled for 6:00 A.M. U.S. ET on November 19, 2026 GUIYANG, China, Oct. 28, 2026 -- Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. ("FTA" or the "Company") (NYSE: YMM), a leading digital freight platform, today announced that it will release its third quarter 2026 unaudited...