(FILES) German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) CEO Oliver Blume addresses an annual news conference to present the company's results at the company's headquarters in Wolfsburg, central Germany, on March 11, 2025. Volkswagen's CEO warned on August 24, 2026 the company was in a "more than critical" state ahead of meetings with the car giant's staff where he will defend the company's savings plans. In an interview posted on the company's intranet and sent to AFP, Oliver Blume said Volkswagen and the rest of Germany's car industry are facing "the biggest upheaval in their history" from global headwinds and Chinese competition. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

People walk past a light rail passing on George Street in Sydney's central business district on a sunny winter day on August 24, 2026. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - An adult Black soldier fly (BSF) is seen in an enclosure at Nawiri organics that produces and distributes organic fertiliser at their BSF farm in Njoro constituency, Nakuru county, on July 30, 2026. Agriculture is vital to East Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by German NGO Heinrich Boll Foundation found that more than 40 percent of the region's soils were degraded -- in part by overuse of chemical fertilisers -- costing more than $65 billion a year in lost productivity. Fertiliser prices have also increased this year due to the war in the Middle East, driving a search for alternatives. In Kenya, 32 percent of cropland was classified as strongly acidic in the soil report. Changing climatic conditions and overly intensive farming practices are among the causes, but Muturi says moving away from chemical fertilisers has boosted his harvests at his farm in Lari, about 50 kilometres from the capital, Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A volunteer check for adequate water supply in a hydroponic system using organic fertiliser produced by Nawiri Organics from frass, a byproduct of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farming, in Salgaa on July 30, 2026. Agriculture is vital to East Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by German NGO Heinrich Boll Foundation found that more than 40 percent of the region's soils were degraded -- in part by overuse of chemical fertilisers -- costing more than $65 billion a year in lost productivity. Fertiliser prices have also increased this year due to the war in the Middle East, driving a search for alternatives. In Kenya, 32 percent of cropland was classified as strongly acidic in the soil report. Changing climatic conditions and overly intensive farming practices are among the causes, but Muturi says moving away from chemical fertilisers has boosted his harvests at his farm in Lari, about 50 kilometres from the capital, Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A volunteer check for adequate water supply in a hydroponic system using organic fertiliser produced by Nawiri Organics from frass, a byproduct of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farming, in Salgaa on July 30, 2026. Agriculture is vital to East Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by German NGO Heinrich Boll Foundation found that more than 40 percent of the region's soils were degraded -- in part by overuse of chemical fertilisers -- costing more than $65 billion a year in lost productivity. Fertiliser prices have also increased this year due to the war in the Middle East, driving a search for alternatives. In Kenya, 32 percent of cropland was classified as strongly acidic in the soil report. Changing climatic conditions and overly intensive farming practices are among the causes, but Muturi says moving away from chemical fertilisers has boosted his harvests at his farm in Lari, about 50 kilometres from the capital, Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP via Getty Images)

The logo of SoftBank Group Corp. is displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on August 24, 2026. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP via Getty Images)

The logo of SoftBank Group Corp. is displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on August 24, 2026. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A boy looks on from the polling booth as his parent casts a ballot at a polling station during parliamentary elections, in Almaty, southeastern Kazakhstan on August 23, 2026. Ex-Soviet Kazakhstan votes for a new unicameral parliament following changes to its constitution that authorities say will democratise Central Asia's largest economy, but critics slam the move as cementing the president's power. (Photo by Ruslan PRYANIKOV / AFP via Getty Images)