World
AI Summary
- The escalating geopolitical tensions, particularly concerning Iran and the broader Middle East, have led to significant increases in oil prices, with analysts estimating the cost of the conflict at $37.5 billion and concerns over potential blockades in the Red Sea impacting global shipping.
- In Ukraine, President Zelensky has initiated a series of high-level dismissals within his military command, including the army chief, amidst ongoing conflict and a perceived need for strategic reshuffling.
- The technology sector is seeing substantial investment, with companies like Oklo and X-Energy joining a federal nuclear push aimed at supporting AI development, while Data Centers are noted as significant contributors to energy auction costs.
- Global trade and political relations are strained, evidenced by Canada cancelling a joint event with the US due to trade tensions and the US imposing new tariffs, while the EU is also taking a firmer stance against certain Chinese trade practices.
- Artificial intelligence is increasingly integrated into various sectors, prompting advancements in nuclear technology for AI support, but also raising concerns about AI models acting autonomously, as reported by OpenAI, and the ethical implications of AI in education.
ZeroHedge
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Spain's World Cup Hero Rocks 'Make Spain Great Again' Hat
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
Spain's World Cup Hero Rocks 'Make Spain Great Again' Hat Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News , Spain are the world champions again. Ferran Torres came off the bench and smashed home the only goal of the 2026 World Cup final in the 106th minute against Argentina. The next day, as the open-top bus rolled through Madrid and nearly two million Spaniards packed the streets, the hero of the final stood shirtless, draped in the national flag, and wearing a bright red baseball cap that read "Make Spain Great Again." The image spread instantly. It was impossible to miss
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'Birthright Senatorship'? - Graham's Sister Announces Bid For Full Term As Mace Opts Out
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
'Birthright Senatorship'? - Graham's Sister Announces Bid For Full Term As Mace Opts Out Three days after President Trump publicly urged her to run, the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday afternoon announced that -- unsatisfied with serving as an obviously unqualified interim senator through January -- she will run for the full six-year-term that starts in January. The development seemed to brush another potential candidate off the plate, but another one joined the field on Monday. Possibly seeing Trump's endorsement as too ridiculous to be fully intimidating, others may join a field that officially has five
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Data Centers Were Responsible For 46% Of PJM's Last Four Capacity Auction Costs
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Data Centers Were Responsible For 46% Of PJM's Last Four Capacity Auction Costs By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive Data centers are responsible for $6.3 billion, or 38%, of the $16.4 billion in charges from the PJM Interconnection’s just-held capacity auction , Joseph Bowring, president of Monitoring Analytics, said in an email to Utility Dive. Monitoring Analytics is the grid operator’s independent market monitor. In PJM’s last four base capacity auctions, data center-driven capacity charges totaled $29.4 billion — 46% of the $63.6 billion in total capacity charges in that period , Bowring said. Monitoring Analytics plans to publish its analysis
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CIA Distances Itself From Trump's Iran War With Media Leak
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
CIA Distances Itself From Trump's Iran War With Media Leak It seems that CIA and other US intelligence officials hope to distance themselves from Trump's Iran war , now with the US-initiated conflict having dragged on for nearly five months (with no end in sight), after White House officials had in the opening days touted a swift, limited military excursion. They are leaking intelligence to the press which shows they have assessed that current American strikes on Iran are unlikely to change Iran's negotiating position . With tankers in Hormuz on fire and others too afraid to move, Iran is
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DOJ Probing Harvard Over Financial Aid Programs Linked To China-Based Sources
3 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
DOJ Probing Harvard Over Financial Aid Programs Linked To China-Based Sources Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times , The Justice Department (DOJ) said on July 20 that it was investigating whether Harvard University violated Title VI by excluding American students from financial aid programs funded by China-based sources. Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on July 4, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times The DOJ announced that Harvard's foreign funding disclosures raised concerns about its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on national origin. Universities are required by federal law to report gifts
The Guardian
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Health worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital after working in DRC
6 hours ago
by Nadeem Badshah
Ebola, London, Democratic Republic of the Congo, World news, UK news, Health, AfricaUK resident was evacuated from Democratic Republic of the Congo where there is an outbreak of the disease A humanitarian worker is being monitored at a specialist hospital in London after potential exposure to the Ebola virus. The UK resident was medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the worker had been treating patients with the disease, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. Continue reading...
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Healthy diet too expensive for one in three people globally, UN report finds
18 hours ago
by Kat Lay Global health correspondent
Global development, Hunger, Poverty, United Nations, Africa, Asia Pacific, Americas, World Health Organization, Health, Food poverty, World newsGlobal hunger declined for the third year in a row in 2025 but experts call for action to bring down costs of fruit, vegetables and dairy as report shows 2.69bn people can’t afford to eat well One in three people cannot afford to eat a healthy diet, a new report has found, prompting calls for urgent action on food affordability. There are 2.69 billion people unable to afford a diverse diet that meets their energy and nutrient needs, and it will take “immense” amounts of work to achieve the global target of zero hunger by 2030, the annual report from
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São Tomé and Príncipe heads to polls in tense presidential election
3 days ago
by Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
Sao Tome and Principe, Africa, World newsIncumbent Carlos Vila Nova hopes to defeat his former party and secure second term as independent Voters in São Tomé and Príncipe go to the polls for a presidential election on Sunday as one of Africa’s least populous countries seeks to burnish its democratic credentials. According to the National Election Commission, about 142,000 people are registered to vote in the tiny African state’s elections, approximately 15% of whom live in the diaspora. Continue reading...
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‘We are preserving a tradition’: how Ghana’s sensationalist film posters became collectible art
4 days ago
by Carlos Mureithi in Greater Accra
Ghana, Film, Art, Africa, Culture, Art and design, World newsHand-painted works are often wildly unfaithful to the movies they portray – reinterpretations that sometimes resulted in threats, insults and even physical attacks from viewers who felt duped Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush into red oil paint and dabbed it carefully on to his canvas – a flour sack – adding blood to a knife being wielded by a man. Higher on the canvas, he had started on an outline of a skull. Heavy J was creating a poster, but not as you might have expected for a horror film. Instead, it
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Seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban, says aid group
5 days ago
by Reuters
US news, Kenya, Ebola, Africa, World newsAid workers are first known people to quarantine at facility, which sparked huge opposition in Kenya Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after the US government introduced travel restrictions, the head of a US charity employing them told Reuters. The aid workers are the first known people to quarantine at the facility, which has sparked huge opposition in Kenya and is at the heart of a legal case in which a court has ordered the work to be suspended. Construction continued, however, according
South China Morning Post
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Wreckage of Pan Am plane found decades after crash that changed aviation safety
an hour ago
by Associated Press
Searchers have found the wreckage from a Pan Am flight that plunged into the ocean off Puerto Rico in 1952, an accident that killed 52 and led to requirements for the passenger safety briefings given on every commercial flight. The plane, the Clipper Endeavor, made a hard landing after losing engine power shortly after take-off. The 17 passengers and crew who survived told investigators everyone lived through the landing, but panic set in as many passengers struggled to find life vests and the...
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Trump approves Saudi nuclear deal that could allow uranium enrichment, AP sources say
2 hours ago
by Associated Press
US President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear programme, according to two people familiar with the matter. The people, who were not authorised to comment publicly about the yet to be formally announced decision, said the agreement is expected to be announced publicly as early as Wednesday. The deal is expected to last 30 years and is also expected to involve US firms in...
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US war in Iran has cost US$37.5 billion so far, Pentagon chief Hegseth says
5 hours ago
by Reuters
The cost of the United States’ war in Iran has risen to US$37.5 billion so far, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, as he faced sceptical lawmakers for the first time since heavy bombings resumed to seek urgent funding for the unpopular conflict. With just six months before midterm elections in which US President Donald Trump’s Republicans may face an uphill battle to keep their House of Representatives and Senate majorities, Democrats are riding high in public opinion polls as...
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Why China is rapidly expanding its land trade routes to Central Asia
7 hours ago
by Nargiza Umarova
Over the past year, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has seen rapid development in Central Asia. This has been evidenced by the launch of several railway and road routes connecting China’s industrial and economic centres to logistics hubs in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. China’s improved transport to the region reflects two interrelated trends: growing trade momentum and Central Asia’s strengthening position in continental logistics. Last year, China became the largest trading partner...
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Trump vows to help Lebanon pursue peace with Israel
7 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
US President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to help Lebanon “a lot” as its president, Joseph Aoun, sought Washington’s backing for a fragile effort to disarm Hezbollah and forge a path to peace with Israel. Aoun, the first Lebanese president invited to Washington since 2009, asked Trump for political support and continued backing for the Lebanese army, which has begun deploying in southern areas under a US-backed framework agreement with Israel. “We need to support the LAF,” Aoun said, referring...
New York Times
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Saudis Reach Deal With U.S. That Could Let Them Enrich Nuclear Fuel
an hour ago
by David E. Sanger, Edward Wong and William J. Broad
Nuclear Weapons, Saudi Arabia, United States, Mohammed bin Salman (1985- ), Trump, Donald JU.S. lawmakers and Israeli officials have expressed opposition to such a plan, to be announced Wednesday, fearing that the kingdom could use a civilian nuclear project to develop nuclear weapons.
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With His Latest Threats, Trump Signals to Iran That He Is Willing to Escalate
5 hours ago
by David E. Sanger
United States Politics and Government, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States Defense and Military Forces, United States International Relations, Defense Department, Hegseth, Pete, Trump, Donald J, IranPresident Trump is facing a critical moment in the war, which has failed to bring about the “unconditional surrender” he once demanded.
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Hegseth Estimates Iran War Has Cost $37.5 Billion
7 hours ago
by Greg Jaffe
United States Politics and Government, United States Defense and Military Forces, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States International Relations, Defense Department, Hegseth, Pete, Trump, Donald J, Iran, Federal Budget (US), Drones (Pilotless Planes), Missiles and Missile Defense Systems, SenateDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requesting as much as $70 billion in emergency military spending after nearly five months of war.
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Zelensky Removes Ukraine’s Top General
6 hours ago
by Matthew Cullen
Also, the Pentagon estimates the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
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Mamdani Calls Netanyahu a ‘War Criminal’ and Calls on U.S. to Arrest Him
42 minutes ago
by Liam Stack
Israel-Gaza War (2023- ), War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, United States Politics and Government, Palestinians, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, International Criminal Court, Israel, New York City, Gaza Strip, Law Department (NYC)Mayor Zohran Mamdani challenged the United States to execute an international arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, which New York itself cannot do.