China’s most unusual mountain road, the Lingpaishi zigzag highway in Wuxi, Chongqing.
Just 450 meters long, this mountain pass has 18 sharp 180-degree hairpin turns.pic.twitter.com/M6gRjk22il
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) April 25, 2026
🇺🇸⚡️ – The moment gunfire erupts at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and President Trump is evacuated. https://t.co/KVGy3gffk2 pic.twitter.com/aKMnm5JR02
— Rerum Novarum // Intel, latest news, alerts (@officialrnintel) April 26, 2026
Suspect arrested in shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner CNN
The Four Horsemen of Polycrisis: Sulfur, Naphtha, El Niño, and Central Bank Amplification Craig Tindale Substack
Researchers print artificial neurons that can talk to living brain cells ZME Science
The US military has just arrested one of its soldiers for conducting brutal polymarket gambling, which shows how deep the moral corruption of prediction markets actually goes to futurism.
Rethinking medical productivity and the strategic role of regenerative medicine fair observers
Humanoid robot breaks human world record at half marathon Singularity Hub
New coronavirus infection/pandemic
If we don’t ban fur farming, we risk a new pandemic The Guardian
Bat alphacoronavirus could become the next global pandemic – study finds it can invade human cells Daily Mail
Climate/Environment
Why delaying climate action could turn our oceans into high seas by 2100 – new research
The next El Niño could lock Earth into even hotter climates Inside Climate News
south of the border
Cuba – Russia pledges support in confronting US threat NY Carib News
Colombia and Venezuela hold important talks after President Maduro’s visit DW
CIA death in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire? responsible national strategy
China?
Anhui province is often stereotyped as one of China’s poorest and most backward provinces.
But one company is currently exporting its robot dogs and humanoid robots to more than 30 countries and territories, with batches already being delivered to Europe.
This is not just a factory story.
it is… pic.twitter.com/C8DsVQflFU
— 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 (@OopsGuess) April 20, 2026
Chinese car giant BYD says it can grow without US BBC
China warns of US export control bill, vows to ‘resolutely’ protect its ‘legitimate’ rights
China deploys world’s first unmanned aircraft carrier warship for first South China Sea exercise Military Watch Magazine
China’s economy perseveres during war, but fiscal stimulus puts brakes on Bloomberg
America chases AGI myth while China builds AI future Asia Times
India
India advances e-rupee through welfare exam as BRICS digital currency plan takes shape Coin Desk
India’s Great Flattening: The Management Crisis Behind India’s Economic Rise Forbes
India’s first private orbital rocket “Vikram 1” heads to Sriharikota launch pad
Africa
Accelerating Action to Eliminate Malaria: The Challenge of Health Security and Sovereignty in Africa Africa CDC
African governments need to take urgent action on fertilizer shortages Al Jazeera
Nigeria emerges as Africa’s renewable energy hub with advanced production capacity Leadership.ng
discord in europe
President Macron says global turmoil could mark a ‘European moment’ for the EU
EU lacks strength to fight record energy crisis Kyiv Post
The EU is overhauling its competition policy, but the big-is-best mantra isn’t a gift to consumers The Globe and Mail
old blighty
The Falkland Islands are a place of pressure for the UK, and the US knows it BBC
Number of cancer patients in UK hits record high of 400,000 a year, report warns Andre Agency
Israel vs. Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iran
#breaking news: 🇱🇧 Shocking footage shows buildings destroyed in southern Lebanon despite new ceasefire#Lebanon #ceasefire violation pic.twitter.com/MuqXBM9FRl
— Twilight (@TwilightDewy) April 19, 2026
Negotiations enabling Israel’s Al Jazeera land grab
Trump alumni help launch Israeli AI influence campaign Axios
Can the “special relationship” between the US and Israel survive the Iran war? National interest
Israeli forces kill 13 Palestinians in Gaza in past 24 hours, children succumb to injuries New Arab
A new war that’s not so cold war
Russia’s large-scale drone and missile attack kills several people and injures dozens in Ukraine, France 24
Ukraine to receive first ‘military’ tranche of EUR 90 billion EU loan as early as June Ukraineska Pravda
President Zelensky prepares to hold Ukraine-Russia talks in Azerbaijan DW
big brother is watching you
New Republican privacy bill could be ‘worse than no standards at all’ The Verge
Can AI agents protect our privacy? The Hill
Mike Johnson’s campaign to renew warrantless NSA spying on Americans reaches climax this week By Glenn Greenwald Substack
imperial collapse watch
Venice Beach residents fed up with city’s homeless sweep NY Post
America’s “Micromilitarism: Or How Defeat in the Iran War Will Accelerate America’s Global Decline”
Trump 2.0
President Trump cancels US envoy’s visit after Iran’s Araghchi leaves Pakistan’s Al Jazeera
For Catholic voters, President Trump’s record may be catching up with him National Catholic Reporter
President Trump is promoting contraception. Here’s why: political
President Trump’s oil export surge and Axios cap
musk is important
Elon Musk’s fans grow increasingly disgusted with his toxic outbursts
Tesla’s CyberCab begins mass production – so why is Musk stepping on the brakes?The Verge
Elon Musk’s shocking confession about Tesla The Street
Democratic Party Death Watch
Mid-term mirage: Democrats shouldn’t get high on their own supply The Hill
Impeachment is a political trap for Democrats UnHerd
immigration
Trump changes green card rules: Immigrants who express political opinions on social media could be denied path to citizenship Daily Mail
President Trump’s restrictions on legal immigration could lead to a sharp decline in U.S. population growth Migration Policy Research Institute
Our press is no longer free
Trump’s FCC eyes new ways to squeeze TV networks Politico
President Trump tests the First Amendment: Timeline CNN
Mr. Market is in a bad mood.
Billion-barrel Hormuz oil crisis threatens to collapse demand Bloomberg
UAE dollar swap threat shows how fragile alliance with US is Responsible State Strategy
The complexity of inflation: The extraordinary gap between PCE and CPI is widening
A.I.
Labor unions attack AI that threatens human jobs
Natural language AI helps chemists design molecules step-by-step Phys.org
AI agent designs RISC-V CPU core from scratch IEEE Spectrum
New AI chatbots use medical protocols to guide patient care decisions. News-Medical.net
The Em Dash craze: How AI is making every writer sound like the exact same nerd every day
basil
Crypto scam takes advantage of Strait of Hormuz crisis to receive fake payments, resulting in two ships being shelled – Two ships were reportedly hit and paid to fake ‘Iranian authorities’ Tom’s Hardware
Louisiana universities see an increase in fraudulent ‘ghost applications’ for student aid KPLC TV
guillotine watch
Human-sized Love Bu sold for more than $150,000 at auction in Beijing
The 131cm tall figurine set a world record for the most expensive Love Buu ever sold. 💵 pic.twitter.com/vWW3vQAHTn
—MustShareNews (@MustShareNews) June 11, 2025
The world’s most expensive lovey-dovey 😱😱 So…everything about G-DRAGON is expensive..he’s the expensive king 👑 https://t.co/JwqZkBxGvw
— 🐰Mmel 🩵🩷 (@MMel_Melody) August 30, 2025
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