Jun Cao became the new director of China's Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP).IHEP plans to build the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) as a 'Higgs factory'.Mark Thomson will become the 17th director-general at CERN in January 2026.Thomson will be responsible for deciding the future of particle-physics facilities, including the Future Circular Collider (FCC) at CERN.