Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's permanent UN ambassador, on Monday penned a letter to the UN Security Council blasting the U.S.-Israeli effort to threaten Tehran over the actions of the Houthis in the region, which he called a “flagrant violation of international law” by the Israelis.
ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
As the old saying goes, “round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows.” It’s a spinning wheel and President Donald Trump is the spin master.
THIS IS FINANCIAL EUGENICS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
It’s a con job. A show. A game rigged at every level. What’s the Endgame? Collapse the dollar. Digitize the currency. Enforce programmable money with expiry dates, surveillance, and social scoring.
THE 19 RICHEST U.S. FAMILIES TOOK IN ANOTHER $1 TRILLION IN 2024
Last year, the 19 richest American families—one one-hundred-thousandth of one percent of the population (0.00001 percent)—enriched themselves by an additional $1 trillion, a sum exceeding the Swiss national GDP, according to an analysis from the Paris School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley.
AN AI IMAGINES ‘HUMAN ASPIRATIONS’ IN THE AGE OF AI ASCENDANCE, PART ONE
In this two-part article, we present a recent conversation with xAI’s advanced Grok3 generative AI chatbot, concerning some of the issues in our related reporting from this issue, “SPEEDING THE ‘PROGRESS’ OF HUMAN REPLACISM.”
RFK JR. AIMS TO REMOVE ARTIFICIAL FOOD DYES IN THE U.S.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary, announced last week his plan to phase out food coloring in the U.S. after studies have linked these synthetic dyes to health issues.
NEARLY 1,000 GAZAN CHILDREN LOST A LIMB DURING ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced Saturday that nearly 1,000 children in Gaza have lost at least one limb amid Israel’s genocide that shows no signs of slowing.
Global Economy
U.S., UKRAINE SIGN MINERALS AGREEMENT
On 30 April, the U.S. and Ukraine closed an agreement giving the U.S. access to Ukraine’s mineral resources.
BIG OIL FACES A THIRD YEAR OF LOWERED PROFITS
After falling from 2022 through 2024, oil majors’ revenues and profits are poised to mark a third 12-month period of disappointment.
EUROZONE ECONOMY PERKS UP IN FIRST QUARTER
The collective economy of the 20-nation Eurozone grew by 0.4 percent in this year’s first three months, doubling the pace of growth reached during 2024’s final quarter. If the quarter-on-quarter pace sustains throughout the year, the area’s GDP will grow by 1.4 percent, The Wall Street Journal said.
The Israel War
YEMEN DEATH TOLL
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will end his punishment campaign against Yemeni civilians who have stood up to defend Gazans who are being massacred by Israel after he said the group “capitulated” and will stop its attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
IRAN UNVEILS NEWEST BALLISTIC MISSILE, CRITICIZES TRUMP FOR CONFLICTING MESSAGES
The Iranian military on Sunday unveiled its newest ballistic missile called the Qassem Basir, just as nuclear talks with the U.S. hit some unexpected snags after new sanctions from Washington, along with new threats about a military confrontation.
ISRAEL INTENSIFIES ITS EFFORT TO TURN THE WEST BANK INTO GAZA
The IDF has intensified its military assault in the West Bank—killing over 900 Palestinians since the Hamas attack in October 2023—which has been called by critics an effort to turn the West Bank into Gaza.
Trends in AI
BY 2030, AI WILL NEED MORE ELECTRICITY THAN JAPAN, IEA SAYS
When Chinese startup DeepSeek revealed its top-line AI was trained using far less money, and less electricity, than Western companies had used for theirs, some analysts and utility companies were briefly able to hope that AI will need less power in the future than projected.
AI DAMAGES TRUST IN ONLINE CONTENT EVEN MORE
On average, people think 59 percent of what they see on the Internet is factually inaccurate, outright false, or created by AI, according to a new survey of 2,000 U.S. adults by Talker Research.
GOLDMAN SACHS INVESTS IN AI MUSIC VENTURE
Goldman Sachs has bought a piece of Splice, a British audio library of riffs, vocal hooks, and other musical sounds that composers can rent to assemble pieces of music for as little as $13 per use.
Hi-Tech Science
CHINA ADVANCES SAFER NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY THE U.S. ABANDONED IN THE 1950s
Chinese scientists have refueled a nuclear reactor without shutting it down, the first time the feat has been achieved.
EXPERIMENT SHOWS A WAY TO GROW NEW HUMAN TEETH IN A LAB
Sharks and crocodiles are lucky—they can grow a new tooth any time they lose one.
STARVING BEES SURVIVE ON HUMAN-MADE POLLEN SUBSTITUTE
As if bees didn’t have enough trouble already. The critters we count on to pollinate our fruits and other crops have been beset by lethal parasites, pesticide poisoning, and the persistent collapse of their colonies.
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