Aviation Disruption: UK air traffic control glitches triggered major flight chaos, with nearly 400 flights cancelled Wednesday after 1,746 were axed Tuesday, leaving more than 330,000 passengers affected across Heathrow and other airports. Urban Mobility Tech: Qatar’s Mowasalat and Pony.ai rolled out Doha’s first fully driverless robotaxi experience, with commercial hails via the Karwa app and plans to expand fully driverless operations. Autonomous Ride-Hailing: Cao Cao Mobility launched an AI ride-hailing service with Doubao in Beijing, Hangzhou and Suzhou, using chat-based preferences to match vehicles and dispatch accessible options. Industrial Decarbonization: Hindustan Zinc will deploy 30 electric trucks under a six-year contract with MFL India to move zinc concentrate from mine to smelters, including dedicated EV charging infrastructure. EV Market vs Charging: Malaysia’s EV registrations surged 105.7% in 2025, but public charger growth lagged, raising reliability concerns for new EV drivers. Logistics & Trade: Yokogawa Europe signed a distribution deal with BuyCo to bring container transportation management SaaS to materials-industry supply chains. Port/Intermodal Bottleneck: Ghana’s Mpakadan inland port project is delayed by fish farm operations, complicating a rail-to-barge-to-truck plan to cut congestion. Safety & Security: South Africa’s cash-in-transit sector mourns four guards killed in separate attacks in Gauteng and KZN, as CIT robberies remain highly concentrated and violent. Mobility Planning: TomTom expanded its partnership with citiEU to deliver traffic monitoring and location analytics for planning, resilience and route optimization. EV Battery Rules: EU battery regulation is pushing “zero-carbon” lifecycle labeling, with high-carbon batteries facing procurement penalties and eventual bans.