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Kuwait chaired the 68th meeting of the GCC Interconnection Advisory and Regulatory Committee on October 3. The agenda included the grid’s performance, operational events and continuity during summer and exceptional conditions.
Azerbaijan’s State Tax Service said the number of active VAT taxpayers reached 62,414 on 1 October, up 6.9% from the start of the year.
SOCAR said it signed a joint-venture agreement with Serbian energy companies EPS and Srbijagas for a planned 500 MW combined-cycle gas-fired plant in Niš.
Statistics Norway reported annual consumer-price inflation of 3.4% in September, while its tax-adjusted measure excluding energy rose 3.0%.
Statistics Norway’s September producer price index rose 12.4% from August. Energy goods prices climbed 20.4% in the month, while oil and gas extraction prices rose 25.5% on the domestic market and 23.3% in export markets.
The government accepted all 44 recommendations from an independent commission on regulating artificial intelligence in healthcare. Its response sets ten priorities and opens the next phase of the MHRA sandbox.
NIST published feedback on identity and authorization for software and AI agents; its first implementation use case will be secure software development.
The U.S. Geological Survey released a database of 1,271 known deposits of 59 critical minerals across 41 states and Puerto Rico.
The UK opened a £60 million innovation fund for projects helping disabled people and people with health conditions enter and remain in work. AI job matching is one possible approach; no awards have been announced.
Ottawa plans to allocate C$162 million over five years to connect students and recent graduates with businesses.
The province said it has met all target timelines under a fixed schedule framework introduced in April 2026.
Federal funding will support the Montréal-based organization’s development of a transparent and safe AI system.
