Programs funded by the Advanced Research and Inventions Agency (ARIA) include research into telecommunications technologies.Credit: Puneet Vikram Singh, nature and concept photographer/Getty The UK’s Advanced Research and Inventions Agency (ARIA) is three years into its ten-year mandate under law and already has a new chief executive. The agency is designed to support high-risk, high-reward civilian
South Korea’s breakneck stock market rally has been rocked by wild swings in recent weeks, but Goldman Sachs says the recent turmoil has not changed its bullish outlook. South Korea was Asia’s best-performing stock market in the first half of 2026, with the benchmark Kospi index nearly doubling. But that rally has come under pressure