A strange nightly chill on fruit depots in eastern Thailand has led to the discovery of a hidden cooling network already serving 29 warehouses. Its roof panels have cut electricity use by nearly a third, creating a multimillion-baht business built around an effect that staff could not explain.
A discount chain’s first Dhaka stores opened with tills charging more than shelf labels promised; suppliers now say the company also withheld millions of taka in fees. Consumer officials are checking the price claims as the retailer pauses its expansion.
A compact satellite terminal tested on a Manitoba winter road became an online sensation, drawing customers to its Winnipeg maker. The viral clip helped open talks with a Turkish space agency, though a potential C$42 million supply agreement still depends on trials and future orders.
A Swiss audit has found that 23,180 rural homes listed as ready for fibre broadband still cannot order a connection, escalating a long-running fight between two rival providers. A satellite company has responded with a free-service offer, while the disputed rollout faces a freeze on 48 million Swiss francs in public funding.
A two-day strike at a Valencia contractor delayed 82,000 electoral-register notices, with workers demanding higher wages and steadier shifts. At its centre is Nerea Rojas, who helped build the firm decades ago and now walks its picket line.
A faulty loading platform sent a chain of boxed smartphones down a warehouse ramp in Roubaix on Monday, scattering 3,600 units across a service road. No one was hurt, but the accident revealed the colours and specifications of a French company’s new handset four days before its planned launch.
A 23-year-old freight entrepreneur has won a guild election in China’s export hub of Yiwu, promising to hand the group the software that powers his own business. His victory came with an unexpected price: giving hundreds of small rivals free access to his best-selling service.
A Cebu food distributor says fitness bands mistakenly turned hundreds of night-shift workers’ active hours into unpaid rest time. Its lawsuit alleges a wellness app’s sleep alerts fed directly into the company’s scheduling and payroll systems.
A Japanese fuel producer says its Yokohama plant has set a national output record, turning used cooking oil into 52,400 litres of diesel in 24 hours. The company says its first fleet customers will pay no more than for conventional fuel, a milestone it calls a breakthrough for an import-dependent market.
A visiting comedy production has snapped up nine of Santiago’s 13 soundstages, leaving local film crews scrambling for space and pushing some rental quotes to nearly three times their usual level. Chilean production managers say at least 31 shoots have been delayed or moved since the booking was announced on Sunday.
A routine check by a customer has forced a Brazilian computer reseller to quarantine 12,400 refurbished laptops after some were linked to bans imposed on their previous users. The company has set aside R$46 million (about €7.7 million) for refunds and replacements as complaints surge.
An unmanned aircraft carrying 214kg of freight landed in Salalah after vanishing from public radar for 29 minutes over central Oman. Its operator says the 884km journey is the longest commercial cargo flight of its kind in the Middle East; unexplained green lights reported nearby have turned a business trial into a desert mystery.