Lloyds Bank expects the UK housing market to continue expanding at a steady pace.

The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Conference on Global Governance of AI will be held in Shanghai July 17-20 under the theme Intelligent partners co-creating the future. The program covers forums, exhibitions, awards and competitions, application showcases, innovation incubation and talent recruitment; organizers say preparations have entered the final sprint.

Runbang said subsidiary Runbang Marine’s fourth SPP40 platform supply vessel, N1056, completed all offshore sea trials and has berthed at the company terminal. The project team has started trial-feedback rectification, final outfitting and mooring commissioning, and is closing defects against delivery standards to meet the scheduled delivery.