Uber and Wayve won supervised robotaxi licenses from Transport for London on August 5, 2026, becoming the frontrunners to launch London's first commercial autonomous ride hailing service — ahead of Waymo and...
The US dollar weakened on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached within days, igniting a broad shift out of safe...
The 2026–2027 El Niño is forecast to be the strongest in at least 150 years of record keeping, with scientists calling it potentially "the largest on record by a mind boggling margin" [1].
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FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero warns that a 'perfect storm' of record strength El Niño, wars in Iran and Ukraine, rising oil and gas prices, fertilizer shortages, and multiple supply disruptions will driv...
Russia fired a record 126 ballistic missiles at Ukraine in July 2026, the highest monthly total of the year, exploiting Ukraine's critical shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles.
On August 5, 2026, a wallet linked to Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) transferred 1,030 BTC worth $66.14 million, spotted by blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain.
Jason Arday, who in 2023 became Cambridge's youngest Black professor at age 37, resigned on August 5, 2026, hours after the university launched an investigation into his academic qualifications and honorary...
Disney reported adjusted EPS of $2.06 (vs. $1.86 expected) and revenue of $25.25 billion, up 7% year over year, while announcing a first of its kind global TikTok partnership to bring curated fan made short...
As of early August 2026, the conflict that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, has evolved into a multi front regional war, with Netanyahu threatening unilateral Israeli strikes o...
Since July 18, 2026, Ukraine has conducted a sustained drone campaign against Wildberries — Russia's largest e commerce platform — striking over a dozen logistics hubs across at least 10 Russian regions.
Leaked details for the Google Pixel Watch 5 reveal a $399 starting price (a $50 increase), a familiar Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 chip, 3GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and new software driven health features like Loss...