Governor of Tehran province said nationwide solar power plant capacity construction has accelerated significantly in recent years, and further advancing this build-out is a government priority to help alleviate energy imbalances.

Sources: the World Economic Forum is still courting ECB President Christine Lagarde to serve as its next chair.

Aug 20, 2026 — Unitree Robotics founder and chairman Wang Xingxing said the company has deployed robots in automotive factories and run internal factory tests, and its AI team is developing household-task capabilities, but overall efficiency and generality remain insufficient so Unitree has not launched large-scale commercial rollouts. He said an 'embodied‑intelligence ChatGPT moment' — where robots can complete roughly 80% of tasks in about 80% of unfamiliar scenes via voice or text commands — could ideally occur in 2–3 years, or take 5–10 years. He identified the key technical barrier as aligning large AI model I/O with physical robot control.