Breaking 11:45 Crypto exchange Bullish to buy Equiniti in $4.2 billion deal 11:30 Citigroup to announce new profit targets at investor day, CEO says 10:01 Wildfires rage across Arizona and Europe in an unusually early and intense season 09:45 Ineos and Shell partner to explore new oil and gas opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico 09:40 AI-generated "podslop" now accounts for 39 percent of new podcast submissions 08:45 Volvo cars reports decline in sales despite growth in electric vehicle segment 08:20 Emirates restores 96% of its network as global aviation fuel crisis deepens 08:15 Audi moves forward with US launch of flagship suv despite tariff uncertainty 07:38 UAE air defenses intercept Iranian missiles and drones amid Gulf escalation 07:18 Iran's nuclear timeline unchanged despite ongoing war, US intelligence finds 16:20 OpenAI launches a $10 billion joint venture to embed AI in private equity firms 16:00 Wildfires spread across the Northern Hemisphere weeks ahead of schedule 15:38 Iranian supertanker carrying $220 million in crude breaks through US naval blockade 15:20 Bitcoin stalls near $78,000 as Binance logs five days of stablecoin outflows 14:55 Germany maps US potash dependency as potential lever in trade standoff 14:37 Oil shock and Wall Street euphoria put global economy on recession watch 13:42 US backs Lai after surprise Eswatini visit draws sharp rebuke from Beijing 13:20 Dubai airport traffic collapses 66 percent in March as regional war disrupts Gulf aviation 13:03 Rockstar Games developers allege unpaid overtime amid GTA 6 crunch at India studio

Boeing expands carbon strategy with major carbon removal credit purchase

Boeing has secured 20,000 tonnes of permanent carbon removal credits from Supercritical, marking one of the most significant purchases of its kind in the aviation sector this year. The agreement reflects a broader push by the manufacturer to scale up its carbon management efforts as pressure grows to cut emissions across the industry. The......

Infantino confirms Iran participation in 2026 World Cup in United States

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed that Iran will take part in the 2026 World Cup, ending weeks of uncertainty over the team’s presence. He stated clearly that Iran will compete in the tournament and will play matches in the United States, dismissing speculation about a possible exclusion. Infantino framed the decision as......

Moroccan army inspector general meets U.S. Army secretary

The Inspector General of Morocco's Royal Armed Forces, Mohamed Berrid, met Daniel Driscoll, U.S. Secretary of the Army, in Rabat on Friday. The high-level talks followed directives from King Mohammed VI, supreme commander and chief of staff of the Royal Armed Forces. The meeting occurred during the 22nd edition of the African Lion exercise. Discussions......

Microsoft launches Agent 365 to manage enterprise AI agents

Microsoft made Agent 365 generally available to business customers on Thursday, providing a unified control plane to observe, govern, and secure AI agents in corporate settings. Announced at Microsoft Ignite in November 2025 and slated for May 1, 2026, it ranks among the biggest Microsoft 365 releases since Copilot's debut. Agent 365......

Analysts warn of oil rationing in weeks amid supply crisis

Two months into the largest oil supply disruption on record, the global energy crisis escalates as U.S.-Israel-Iran war effects deepen. Crude prices hold above $100 per barrel while strategic reserves deplete fast. Governments brace for forced demand rationing as fuel stocks melt away. The International Energy Agency labels the Strait of......

Google briefly publishes experimental AI app COSMO on Play Store

Google quietly launched an experimental AI assistant app called COSMO on the Play Store this week before pulling it down shortly after. The release appears accidental ahead of the company's I/O developers conference later this month. The app, package name com.google.research.air.cosmo, runs locally on Android devices using Gemini Nano. COSMO......

Strait of Hormuz closure disrupts luxury car oils amid energy crisis

The Strait of Hormuz closure blocks 20% of global oil and comparable liquefied natural gas flows, sparking the modern era's largest energy disruption. Asian governments ration fuels, revive coal power, and fast-track nuclear plans. Western oil majors post surging profits as supplies dwindle. The International Energy Agency calls this......

NASA releases six-year timelapse of Curiosity rover on Mars

NASA released a two-minute timelapse video on May 1 that compresses six years of the Curiosity rover's journey across Mars. The footage draws from images captured by the rover's right navigation camera between January 2, 2020, and March 8, 2026, spanning Martian sols 2,633 to 4,830. Originally taken to scan backward for rock samples,......

Trump Auto tariff hike could cost Germany nearly $18 billion in output, institute says

A proposed increase in U.S. tariffs on imported European vehicles could significantly impact Germany’s economy, according to recent estimates by a leading economic institute. The measure, which targets cars and trucks from the European Union, is expected to weigh heavily on Europe’s largest economy, where the automotive sector......

China conducts combat patrols near Scarborough Shoal during US-Philippines drills

China's military announced Thursday that its naval and air forces carried out combat readiness patrols near Scarborough Shoal, a disputed South China Sea feature. The action coincided with ongoing multinational exercises led by the Philippines and United States. Beijing framed the patrols as measures to defend its sovereignty. The Southern......

Georg Baselitz, painter known for inverted images, dies at 88

Georg Baselitz, the German painter and sculptor who reshaped post-war European art through his radical practice of depicting subjects upside down, died on Thursday, April 30, at age 88. His death drew prompt confirmation from Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, which had represented him for years. The artist passed peacefully after shaping German visual......

Huawei expects AI chip revenue surge to $12 billion in 2026

Huawei is projecting a sharp rise in revenue from artificial intelligence chips, expecting at least a 60 percent increase to reach around $12 billion in 2026, up from $7.5 billion the previous year. The forecast is based on confirmed orders and reflects the company’s growing dominance in China’s domestic AI chip market as US export......

AI deepfakes of celebrities flood TikTok ads promoting scams

Fraudsters are using artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes of Taylor Swift, Rihanna and other public figures to promote fake reward schemes on TikTok, exposing growing weaknesses in how social media platforms handle synthetic media. The activity highlights the rapid spread of low-cost AI tools that enable large-scale impersonation. The......

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