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,......
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......
Archaeologists use AI to reconstruct face of Pompeii eruption victim
Italian archaeologists have used artificial intelligence for the first time to recreate the face of a man killed in the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD. The AI-generated image shows him holding a large terracotta mortar over his head for protection, with the flaming Vesuvius in the background. The Pompeii Archaeological Park released the image......
Kurdish man gains public support after facing social rejection
Yunus Abbas, a 25-year-old resident of the Kurdistan region, recently garnered significant public attention after sharing his experiences with social exclusion. Born with a prominent birthmark across his face, Abbas revealed that his physical appearance led to the rejection of a marriage proposal, a story that resonated deeply across the region.......
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......
Banksy claims new London statue critiquing blind patriotism
Street artist Banksy has taken responsibility for a large sculpture that appeared before dawn on a traffic island in central London's Waterloo Place. The work depicts a man in a suit leaping from a pedestal with his face completely obscured by a billowing flag. Discovered on Wednesday, the piece quickly drew crowds and sparked widespread......
Tate announces four artists shortlisted for Turner Prize 2026
Tate Britain has named the four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2026: Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau and Tanoa Sasraku. Their work spans spoken word performance, sculpture, installation and film, and the shortlist marks the first time the prize exhibition will be staged at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art,......
Road construction reveals 6,000 years of indigenous Amazonian history
Mandatory archaeological surveys conducted before road-paving projects in the Amazon rainforest are yielding a significant collection of artifacts, providing new insights into indigenous life across the region. Excavations along the BR-156 highway in the northern Brazilian state of Amapá have unearthed evidence from nine distinct sites.......
Europe braces for intense heat waves and prolonged drought in May
Europe is entering May with a highly volatile meteorological regime that combines unpredictable thunderstorms with unseasonably high temperatures. National and private weather forecasting services warn of a continental shift toward sustained heat, intensifying long-term water stress across diverse regions. This pattern is creating tangible......
Authorities confirm safety of Scottish tourist who left hotel voluntarily
Local law enforcement in Agadir has successfully located Rachel Kerr, a Scottish travel influencer whose reported disappearance had prompted significant international concern. Following an investigation by the police prefecture, authorities determined that Kerr had departed her hotel of her own volition. Officials explicitly stated that there......
Navigating legal pathways for Moroccan families moving to Spain in 2026
Morocco and Spain share a deep connection, with nearly 900,000 Moroccan nationals now legally registered in Spanish municipalities. When accounting for second-generation residents who hold Spanish nationality, the total population of Moroccan origin exceeds 1.2 million, positioning it as the largest foreign community in the country. Despite......
Morocco signs deals with 44 associations to support vulnerable women
Morocco’s Ministry of Solidarity, Social Integration and Family has signed partnership agreements with 44 civil‑society associations to expand social protection programs for women in vulnerable situations across the country. The move is intended to strengthen on‑the‑ground social services, particularly in poorer and underserved......
Moroccans form Spain's largest foreign-born group but lag in higher education
Spain's National Statistics Institute reported that 1,165,955 Morocco-born residents lived in the country as of January 1, 2025. This group remains the largest foreign-born community, outnumbering Colombians at 978,041 and Venezuelans at 692,316. Foreign-born individuals totaled 9,464,210, or one in five of Spain's 49,128,297 residents.......