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30 years of Million Mile drivers: How J.B. Hunt recognizes safety and raises the bar NASDAQ

30 years of Million Mile drivers: How J.B. Hunt recognizes safety and raises the bar

Honoring 54 drivers for multimillion-mile safety achievements LOWELL, Ark. – WEBWIRE – Friday, May 1, 2026 J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (Nasdaq: JBHT) honored 54 drivers in Lowell for achieving 2, 3, 4 and 5 million miles without a DOT-reportable preventable accident. The recognition took place during the companys annual…
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May 1, 2026
Egypt as a Global Operations Hub: How It Got Here, and a Framework for Where It Goes Next China's Social Credit System

Egypt as a Global Operations Hub: How It Got Here, and a Framework for Where It Goes Next

In 2003, a newly established subsidiary of Telecom Egypt called Xceed began its first contact center operations in Cairo, handling customer-facing communications for global companies. Its early contracts were straightforward: inbound voice support, handled in Arabic, English, and French. At the time, India, China, and Malaysia dominated the global outsourcing…
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May 1, 2026
‘Nuclear Weapons Are Not Just Tools of War. They Are Weapons of Mass Suffering.’ Nuclear Disarmament

‘Nuclear Weapons Are Not Just Tools of War. They Are Weapons of Mass Suffering.’

Active Citizens, Armed Conflicts, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Conferences, Editors' Choice, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Nuclear Disarmament Hideto Matsuura, head of Nihon Hidankyo, addresses an event hosted at the sidelines of the 2026 NPT Review Conference. Credit…
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May 1, 2026
Pentagon inks deals with seven AI companies for classified military work SpaceX

Pentagon inks deals with seven AI companies for classified military work

The Pentagon said on Friday it had reached agreements with eight leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies: SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon Web Services. “These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters’ ability to…
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May 1, 2026
Biden backs Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor in his first endorsement since leaving office Joe Biden

Biden backs Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor in his first endorsement since leaving office

Former President Joe Biden on Friday backed former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' campaign for governor in Georgia, his first endorsement since leaving office last year. "I've known her for a long time, and she's something special," Biden said in a video backing the former mayor, who served as a…
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May 1, 2026
AVSS collaborates with the Government of Canada through Innovative Solutions Canada to perform avalanche control work with drones Drones

AVSS collaborates with the Government of Canada through Innovative Solutions Canada to perform avalanche control work with drones

AVSS – Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. (AVSS) is proud to share results from its Precision Avalanche Management System (PAMS) testing in collaboration with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Department of National Defence, Parks Canada, Transport Canada and Natural Resources Canada through the Innovative Solutions Canada program. The testing of the…
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May 1, 2026
S&P 500 rises to kick off May trading as oil falls, Apple shares jump: Live updates NASDAQ

S&P 500 rises to kick off May trading as oil falls, Apple shares jump: Live updates

Fri, May 1 2026 4:10 PM EDT S&P 500, Nasdaq finish higher The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed Friday's session in positive territory. The broad-based index rose 0.29% to end at 7,230.12, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq increased 0.89% to 25,114.44. In contrast, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 152.87…
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May 1, 2026