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  • The global AI sector is experiencing significant shifts, with OpenAI's leadership facing a high-profile legal battle, Microsoft amending its partnership, and Chinese AI firm DeepSeek cutting fees, indicating intense competition and evolving business models.
  • Geopolitical tensions remain elevated as the conflict in Ukraine continues, with Russia and China increasing nuclear capabilities, and renewed Israeli strikes in Lebanon exacerbating a dire humanitarian situation.
  • The automotive industry is increasingly looking towards China for global expansion, while budget airlines are seeking government assistance, highlighting diverse economic pressures across sectors.
  • The U.S. faces scrutiny over its financial practices, including pandemic loan collections and the U.S. Mint's dealings with drug cartel gold, alongside ongoing debates on tax policies and consumer rights.
  • Significant developments are occurring in drone technology and counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) efforts, with Axon's Ukraine deals and the drone market in Southeast Asia showcasing the growing strategic importance of this technology.

ZeroHedge

  • Microsoft Slides After Amending OpenAI Partnership, Will No Longer Pay Revenue Share 17 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    Microsoft Slides After Amending OpenAI Partnership, Will No Longer Pay Revenue Share Microsoft and OpenAI announced an amended agreement to "simplify" their partnership structure and to change Microsoft’s license to be non-exclusive and it no longer paying a revenue share to OpenAI. As a result of the amendment, Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud partner, and OpenAI products will ship first on Azure. Microsoft will continue to have a license to OpenAI IP for models and products through 2032. Revenue share payments from OpenAI to Microsoft continue through 2030. Microsoft will also continue to participate directly in OpenAI’s growth as a major shareholder. Here is the

  • Musk, Altman Court Battle Commences Over The Future Of OpenAI 19 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    Musk, Altman Court Battle Commences Over The Future Of OpenAI Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times, A contentious battle years in the making between Tesla owner Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman begins this week before a federal court in Oakland, California, where nine jurors will be asked to decide whether Altman and others betrayed OpenAI’s founding mission as a nonprofit artificial intelligence (AI) lab dedicated to the public good. The outcome could have a profound impact, not just for OpenAI—the creator of ChatGPT, currently valued at $852 billion and poised for a public offering—but for the broader, dizzyingly high-stakes

  • "This Is Not Normal": China's DeepSeek Cuts New AI Model Fees, Again 34 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    "This Is Not Normal": China's DeepSeek Cuts New AI Model Fees, Again DeepSeek senior researcher Victor Chen announced on X that the company's newly released DeepSeek-V4-Pro model will be offered at a huge discount over the next week, a move that threatens to unleash an AI platform price war just as Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are rolling out newer, more expensive models. "Second price drop in two days! On top of the base 75% off, stack an extra 90% discount for cache hits. That brings it down to just 0.003625 USD/0.025 RMB per 1M input tokens with cache hit ~ 🎉💰 Go

  • Futures Flat At All Time Highs Ahead Of Huge Week, Semis Set For 19th Day Of Gains an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Futures Flat At All Time Highs Ahead Of Huge Week, Semis Set For 19th Day Of Gains Risk sentiment improved overnight on another Axios report that Iran has given the US a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with more detailed nuclear talks expected later. Oil pares early gains, and US equity futures jumped although they have also pared gains since and are trading flat as traders await a huge week of earnings (44% of the S&P by mkt cap is set to report) and central bank decisions (Fed, BOJ, ECB, BOE and BOC all expected to keep rates on hold). As of

  • Israel Bombs Deep Into Lebanon For First Time Of 3-Week Ceasefire an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Israel Bombs Deep Into Lebanon For First Time Of 3-Week Ceasefire There's supposed to be a 3-week Lebanon ceasefire in effect, but that increasingly appears something merely on paper or in name only, as Israel has stepped up and expanded its attacks on Lebanon - now for the first time of the ceasefire including strikes on the far away Beqaa Valley. "The IDF says it has launched a wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah infrastructure in the Beqaa Valley and several areas of southern Lebanon," Israeli media confirms Monday. "The strikes come following repeated Hezbollah attacks on IDF troops and Israel during the


The Guardian

  • Mali in turmoil after insurgents seize towns and kill defence minister 2 hours ago by Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
    Mali, World news, Africa, Al-Qaida

    Military intelligence chief reportedly also killed in sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels Mali has been left reeling from sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels who seized several towns and military bases and killed the defence minister and military intelligence chief. The weekend assault on the west African state’s security architecture was coordinated by al-Qaida-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and the separatist Tuareg-led movement Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) – former foes with distinct agendas. Continue reading...

  • Mali defence minister killed amid flurry of insurgent attacks 4 hours ago by Reuters
    Mali, Africa, World news, Al-Qaida

    Car bomb kills Sadio Camara at home during coordinated assaults by rebel groups including West African al-Qaida affiliate Mali’s defence minister was killed in an attack on his residence, the government said on Sunday, a high-profile fatality during coordinated assaults staged the previous day by insurgents including the West African affiliate of al-Qaida. A car laden with explosives driven by a suicide attacker drove into Sadio Camara’s residence in the town of Kati, the spokesperson, Issa Ousmane Coulibaly, said in a statement read out on state television. A firefight ensued, and Camara sustained injuries from which he later died in a hospital,

  • Weather tracker: Torrential rain in southern China leads to flooding fears 4 hours ago by Daniel Adamson for MetDesk
    Extreme weather, Environment, China, Bangladesh, India, World news, Asia Pacific, South and central Asia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Americas, Africa

    Heatwaves reach 45C across India as unseasonably cold weather affects parts of central Canada Widespread heavy rain is sweeping over southern China. By Wednesday, rainfall totals are expected to exceed 100mm across many parts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, and in some areas as much as 150-200mm. As a result, the Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management have been holding meetings with meteorological and hydrological departments to emphasise the importance of reinforced patrols and emergency responses to mitigate against the probable flooding that the intense rainfall is expected

  • Militants and separatists launch coordinated attacks across Mali 2 days ago by Associated Press
    Mali, Africa, Al-Qaida, Islamic State

    Al-Qaida-linked group JNIM claims responsibility for strikes on airport in capital, Bamako and four other cities Islamic militants and separatists attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities on Saturday in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years. The al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM claimed responsibility for the attacks on Bamako’s international airport and four other cities in central and northern Mali on its website, Az-Zallaqa. It said the attacks were carried out jointly with the Azawad Liberation Front, a Tuareg-led separatist group. Continue reading...

  • ‘Astonishing’ discovery could help save children from deadly disfiguring condition 2 days ago by Kat Lay, Global health correspondent
    Global development, Global health, Nigeria, Africa, World news, Children

    A previously unknown species of bacteria found in patients with noma could be key to creating treatments for the neglected tropical disease The “astonishing” discovery of a new bacterium could open the door to better ways to prevent, detect and treat a fatal and disfiguring childhood disease, researchers hope. Noma, which is fatal in 90% of cases without treatment, begins as a sore on the gums but goes on to destroy the tissues of the mouth and face. Continue reading...


South China Morning Post

  • Elon Musk’s trial against Sam Altman reveals power struggle for OpenAI 26 minutes ago by Reuters

    The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk ⁠and the leadingAIe firm, OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, may come down ⁠to a few pages in one executive’s personal diary. “This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon,” wrote Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and a co-founder, in the autumn of 2017. “Is he the ‘glorious leader’ that I would pick?” Brockman’s diary entry is part of the thousands of pages of internal documents revealed in court since Musk, one of the original co-founders of OpenAI,...

  • Reopen Strait of Hormuz by reframing Iran’s tolls as reconstruction an hour ago by Ram Manikkalingam

    The Strait of Hormuz is usually described as a chokepoint. Today, it is more than that. It is the hinge point between war and peace in the Gulf. Roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas trade passes through this narrow waterway. When it was secure, the global economy barely noticed it. As soon as it was threatened, prices jumped, shipping costs rose and military tensions spread beyond the region. Today, the issue is even larger than economics. If the status of the strait is left unresolved,...

  • Washington hotel shooting exposes gaps in security protocols for Trump and other VIPs 7 hours ago by Reuters

    US law enforcement officials are reassessing security arrangements after ⁠a gunman opened fire near the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, raising questions about ⁠how he was able to get so close to an event attended by President Donald Trump, cabinet members and lawmakers. Two former Secret Service agents and three senior US officials told Reuters on Sunday that federal agents appeared to carry out their plan to protect the president effectively on Saturday night, stopping the...

  • DJI-Insta360 rivalry, nuclear hint for China’s next carrier: 5 weekend reads you missed 9 hours ago by SCMP

    We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. As DJI duels Insta360, China sharpens global hardware edge amid US scrutiny 2. Did China just hint that its next aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered? 3. Reverend Derek Li, father of injured Hong Kong Mirror dancer Mo Li, dies 4. 3 killed in Japanese Type 10 tank blast that has military...

  • Netanyahu’s biggest rivals join forces for Israel’s coming election 10 hours ago by Reuters

    Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most formidable political rivals said on Sunday they were joining forces in a bid to oust his coalition government in the coming election expected later this year. The former prime ministers - right-wing Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid - issued statements announcing the merger of their parties, Bennett 2026 and There is a Future. “We are standing here together for the sake of our ‌children. The State of Israel must change direction,”...


New York Times

  • Cole Tomas Allen, Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Suspect, Was Propelled by Outrage, Authorities Say an hour ago by Amy Qin, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Shawn Hubler
    Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting (April 25, 2026), Mass Shootings, Allen, Cole Tomas, Trump, Donald J, Content Type: Personal Profile, Washington (DC), Torrance (Calif)

    A man who has worked as a tutor and graduated from the California Institute of Technology is being held by authorities in connection with the armed attack at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

  • Even Before the Gunfire. Many Guests Bore the Scars of Political Violence 5 hours ago by Lisa Lerer
    Politics and Government, Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, Scalise, Steve, Trump, Donald J, Golden, Jared

    Gunfire at a press gala on Saturday underscored the ever growing club of political figures whose lives have been upended by violence.

  • ‘Shots Fired!’: Inside the Pandemonium at the Washington Hilton 16 hours ago by Luke Broadwater, Shawn McCreesh, Tyler Pager and Maggie Haberman
    White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting (April 25, 2026), Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, United States Politics and Government, News and News Media, Secret Service, White House Correspondents Assn, Allen, Cole Tomas, Trump, Donald J, Washington (DC), Washington Hilton Hotel, Glantz, Michael (Talent Agent)

    Guests dived to the floor and took cover as Secret Service agents climbed over tables to protect some of the country’s most high-ranking officials, including President Trump.

  • Inside the Chaos at the Correspondents’ Dinner, and How the U.S. Mint Is Buying Drug Cartel Gold 21 minutes ago by Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Shawn McCreesh and Justin Scheck
    Drug Cartels, Trump, Donald J, internal-open-access-audio

    Plus, marathon runners shatter a world record.

  • The U.S. Started the War. The Rest of the World Is Feeling the Effects. 3 hours ago by Patricia Cohen and Ben Casselman
    US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States Economy, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Airlines and Airplanes, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Ships and Shipping, Factories and Manufacturing, Trump, Donald J, Iran

    In just eight weeks, much of the global economy has been knocked sideways. America has mostly been spared from the tumult.


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