Turkey receives first emergency US oil shipment amid Hormuz crisis
Turkey is preparing to receive its first ever emergency crude shipment from the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve as Washington expands energy exports to allies facing supply disruptions linked to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Tanker tracking data showed that American reserve oil is already en route to Turkish ports,......
Sol Borelli and Lukas Skinner win Morocco Mall Junior Pro Casablanca
Sol Borelli of Spain and Lukas Skinner of Great Britain claimed victory at the Morocco Mall Junior Pro Casablanca on Sunday, May 10, 2026, taking the titles in the women's and men's divisions of this Junior Qualifying Series 1,000 event organized by the World Surf League. The competition took place at Ain Diab in Casablanca, Morocco,......
Morocco's Young Moroccan Architecture Awards launch third edition with 19 categories
The Young Moroccan Architecture Awards (YMAA), organized by the Archimedia Group under the patronage of Morocco's Ministry of National Territory Planning, Housing and City Policy, have officially opened registrations for their third edition. The competition, which targets architects under the age of 45, positions itself as the country's......
Le Poulet aux Olives heads to Rabat after two sellout nights in Casablanca
The comedy "Le Poulet aux Olives," written by Judith Elmaleh and Nicolas Nebot and produced in Morocco by Tendansia, will be performed at the Théâtre Mohammed V in Rabat on May 18, 2026, at 8:30 p.m. The show arrives in the capital fresh from two sold-out performances on May 5 at the Studio des Arts Vivants in Casablanca,......
Morocco's Young Moroccan Architecture Awards launch third edition with 19 categories
The Young Moroccan Architecture Awards (YMAA), organized by the Archimedia Group under the patronage of Morocco's Ministry of National Territory Planning, Housing and City Policy, have officially opened registrations for their third edition. The competition, which targets architects under the age of 45, positions itself as the country's......
US naval blockade redirects 62 ships linked to Iranian trade
The United States Central Command said more than 20 American warships are enforcing a naval blockade targeting Iran, with 62 commercial vessels redirected and four others neutralized since operations began on April 13. The campaign forms part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Economic Fury,” which seeks to restrict......
Huawei unveils world's thinnest flagship tablet at global launch event in Bangkok
Huawei held its "Now Is Your Spark" global product launch event in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 7, unveiling a range of new consumer devices headlined by its thinnest flagship tablet, a battery-focused smartphone, and several connected devices designed to deepen its ecosystem. The centerpiece of the event was the MatePad Pro Max, which......
Figure AI robots tidy a bedroom together using vision alone, with no human input
Two F.03 humanoid robots from Figure AI, driven by the company's Helix-02 neural network, autonomously restored order to an entire bedroom in under two minutes — coordinating exclusively through visual cues, without any human intervention or explicit communication between the machines. The demonstration, published on May 7, represents......
Qualcomm launches affordable chips to counter rising smartphone prices amid memory shortage
Qualcomm unveiled two new mobile chips at its Snapdragon for India event on Wednesday, targeting mid-range and entry-level smartphones as the industry grapples with surging component costs driven by a global memory chip shortage. The announcement reflects a deliberate effort by the chipmaker to help device manufacturers maintain accessible......
DeepSeek seeks to raise up to 7.35 billion dollars in record funding round for Chinese AI
Chinese artificial intelligence laboratory DeepSeek is in advanced negotiations to raise up to 50 billion yuan, equivalent to 7.35 billion dollars, in what would be the largest funding round ever completed by an AI company in China. The deal would value the previously self-funded startup at up to 50 billion dollars, a figure that has surged......
Xiaomi hires former Tesla factory chief to lead its European electric vehicle push
Xiaomi has appointed two senior executives to steer its electric vehicle division through its next phase of development, pairing a company veteran with a former Tesla manufacturing leader as it prepares for its first international automotive sales. The moves signal that Xiaomi's ambitions in the global EV market have moved from aspiration......
Spain identifies two flight contacts linked to cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
Spanish health authorities have identified two individuals under surveillance on their territory connected to the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, as the difficulty of tracing secondary exposures beyond the ship itself becomes increasingly apparent. A 32-year-old woman in the southeastern province of Alicante is being tested for......
Google will let job candidates use its Gemini AI assistant during engineering interviews
Google is undertaking a significant overhaul of its software engineering hiring process, launching a pilot program that will allow candidates to use an artificial intelligence assistant — its own Gemini model — during part of the evaluation. The initiative represents one of the most concrete acknowledgments by a major technology......
Uber agrees to buy European e-scooter company Voi in a 1.2 billion dollar deal
Uber has agreed to acquire Voi Technology, a Stockholm-based Swedish company operating shared electric scooters and bicycles, for 1.2 billion dollars in the largest investment the ride-hailing giant has made in European micromobility to date. The deal would integrate Voi's fleet of more than 100,000 vehicles across more than 70 European......
Bitcoin exchange reserves fall to multi-year lows as 100,000 BTC exits major platforms
Nearly 100,000 Bitcoin have left three of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges in less than three months, draining more than 8 billion dollars in liquidity and pulling reserves down to levels not seen since late 2023. The exodus, driven by institutional accumulation and long-term holder activity, is fueling speculation about an......