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China will ban the sale of drones in Beijing and require permits to fly them under new rules that take effect on Friday. Drones and key components will be prohibited from being sold, rented or brought into the Chinese capital. Drone owners will also be required to register their devices with the police. All outdoor drone flights in Beijing will also require prior approval.
WPP helped the oil companies ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP spend an estimated $1.5bn (£1.1bn) on adverts in the US since the Paris agreement to tackle the climate crisis. WPP's services were crucial to maintaining the oil industry's public image, according to current and former employees.
China exported 68 gigawatts of solar panels, cells and wafers in March. The total is equivalent to Spain’s entire installed solar capacity. At least 50 countries recorded all-time highs in their imports of Chinese solar equipment. In Africa, imports jumped 176 per cent month on month, driven by Nigeria, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Lawrence, Velshi and Alexander Vindman discuss the current political situation in the U.S. and the world. They discuss Trump's war on Iran and the current state of the economy under his leadership. They also discuss the relationship between Trump and Elon Musk.
Iranian officials have long accused Gulf states and US-Israeli military interests of cloud “theft” or weather manipulation. Iran’s official Kabul Embassy Twitter/X account, part of a cadre of verified, longstanding embassy accounts reactivated to spread wartime propaganda, claims Iran destroyed a secret weather control center operated by the UAE and the weather patterns changed overnight.
Zimbabwean conservationist Moreangels Mbizah won one of this year’s Whitley Awards. The prize money will fund the expansion of the work led by her NGO, Wildlife Conservation Action, in a region that is a hotspot for human-carnivore conflict. Community guardians employed by WCA warn farmers when lions enter their farming areas, promote the use of secure animal enclosures for cattle, goats and sheep, and install solar-powered flashing lights to deter nocturnal raids.
Global M2 printed at nearly $22.7 trillion in March 2026, up 4.6% year over year, but Bitcoin underperformed. In the post-2008 QE era, the Federal Reserve bought assets directly, flooding the system with bank reserves. Today, Treasury issuance, reserve management, cash balance swings, and bank credit creation have replaced the central bank's balance-sheet firehose. The US public debt closed the fourth quarter of 2025 at over $38.5 trillion, up 6.3% year on year. The Treasury General Account held roughly $1 trillion in the latest H4.1 data. Central banks bought 244 tonnes of gold in the
The world is facing a major energy and economic challenge, according to the IEA chief Fatih Birol. Israel has expanded its military zone in Gaza to cover nearly two-thirds of the territory since the October ceasefire. The International Committee of the Red Cross president Mirjana Spoljaric warns that a return to conflict in the Middle East would be catastrophic for civilians. Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian says a US naval blockade on Iranian ports would deepen disruptions in the Gulf and fail to achieve its targets. Iran enters 62nd day of internet blackout.
Today's popular storytelling is dominated by good-versus-evil paradigms. These sweeping moral narratives are absent in the folk tales and myths of the Western world prior to the 19th century. The rise of nation-states propelled this narrative shift, resulting in many popular stories being reimagined to fit the new values-based paradigm.
For the first time in RSF's 25-year history, more than half the world's countries fall into the 'difficult' or 'very serious' categories for press freedom. The share of population living in a country where the press freedom situation is considered "good" has plunged from 20% to less than 1%. Only seven countries in Northern Europe, led by Norway, fall into this category. Russia has become a specialist in using laws designed to combat terrorism, separatism and extremism to restrict press freedom, RSF warns.
Miccosukee Tribe observes corn dance season on lands sacred to them in the Everglades. Alligator Alcatraz is a migrant detention site that now looms among the tribal lands. The light from the facility interferes with an important aspect of the tribe's religion, the orientation of the stars. The tribe and environmental groups will continue their litigation over the Alligator alcatraz.
Justin Smarsh, 42, has progressive massive fibrosis, the most severe form of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease. He used to work in a coal mine in Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania. There is no cure for the disease. Between 2013 and 2017, hundreds of cases of severe cases were identified at three Virginia clinics. The disease is on the uptick at a time when the Trump administration is calling for the expansion of coal production.
175 pro-Palestinian activists from more than 20 ships were detained by the Israeli armed forces and are now on their way to Israel. The aid fleet's total of more than 50 boats had set out from Marseille in France, Barcelona in Spain and Syracuse in Italy in recent weeks to bring relief supplies to the Gaza Strip.
The majority of Iran's highly enriched uranium is probably still at its Isfahan nuclear complex, according to Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN nuclear agency. The IAEA has satellite images showing the effects of the latest US-Israeli airstrikes against Iran. Israel bombed three Iranian nuclear sites during the 12-day war last year. Iran declared a new uranium enrichment facility at Isfahans last June. Grossi says all of Iran’s nuclear sites must be inspected.
Israel is destroying towns and villages in southern Lebanon to create a "buffer zone" along its border with Hezbollah. The controlled demolitions are considered to be a violation of international law and a potential war crime. Some 62,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed since the beginning of March.
Lazaro Romero León was deported to Mexico in February despite a federal judge's order that he stay in the U.S. He is now sleeping on the patio of someone's home. The government is trying to bring him back by boat. He was arrested by ICE and taken to the Adelanto detention facility and deported.
South Korea wants to punish Coupang for a massive data leak. The U.S. is stepping in to shield Coupang, because it is registered as an American company. Coupang is a New York Stock Exchange-listed company with significant American backing. The dispute underscores a bigger question about who gets to regulate a company that dominates one country's market while registered under another's laws.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing De’ai Postpartum Care Center in Fort Bend County, Texas, for allegedly helping Chinese citizens to obtain U.S. citizenship for their children. Paxton claims that since 2008, the company has operated a full-service luxury birth tourism business. He is seeking an injunction to shut down the company and its operations.
Iona Macdonald graduated from Aberdeen University in 2000 with a degree in chemistry. She worked in the oil and gas industry for a quarter of a century. She was made redundant two years ago and is now working in a pub on the minimum wage. Iona's friends have gone from six-figure salaries to stacking shelves in a supermarket overnight.
Brent crude futures for June continue to rise to $119.94 per barrel as of 00:57 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate futures are at $107.51 per barrel. The US-Israel war on Iran has cost the US military $25 billion so far. The United Arab Emirates announced it would leave OPEC effective on May 1.
Édouard Glissant's collection is on display at the Center for Art, Research and Alliances in New York. Sotheby's is holding a benefit auction for the Yale MFA program. The new US passport design will feature Donald Trump's likeness and signature.
An officer with the rank of major in the IDF has been indicted for smuggling contraband into Gaza and bringing an Israeli civilian into the Strip. The officer was arrested by the Shin Bet security agency several months ago. Yesterday, military prosecutors charged him with several offenses, including aiding the enemy, taking bribes and smuggling goods under aggravated circumstances.
SoftBank is planning to create a new company called Roze AI to make data center construction in the U.S. more efficient. It would use autonomous robots to help build server farms. Some executives want Roze's IPO to happen by the second half of 2026. The desired valuation might be $100 billion.
A fiber-free diet that lacks fiber impairs emotional memory in aging brains within a few days. The study found the biggest damage in the amygdala, the brain region that helps you connect actions with consequences and recognize danger. Restoring gut health and brain function requires removing refined foods and seed oils high in linoleic acid, stabilizing digestion, and gradually rebuilding fiber intake.
The Trump administration's interest in rare earths is pushing the US towards pragmatic diplomacy. The Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project in South Africa recently received US$50 million in equity funding from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the American federal government’s development bank.