Alibaba integrates Qwen AI with Taobao for end-to-end agentic shopping
The Qwen app gets access to Taobao and Tmall’s catalogue of more than 4 billion items, plus Alipay-native checkout, in what is the largest agentic-commerce
NVIDIA tops $40bn in AI equity bets in 2026, anchored by $30bn OpenAI investment
$30bn went to OpenAI; the rest is spread across CoreWeave, IREN, Corning, Nebius, and roughly two dozen private rounds. The pattern is closer to vertical
US-Iran ceasefire under strain as Gulf states report drone attacks
Drone hits cargo ship off Qatar’s coast, while Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates repel attacks.
Why is being a mother so expensive in the United States?
On Mother’s Day, Al Jazeera details the high cost of motherhood in the US compared with the rest of the world.
Israel deports two activists detained on board Gaza flotilla
Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila were detained by Israel after sailing in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
Army parachutes onto remote island to help Briton with suspected hantavirus
The specialist team parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory, to treat them.
Trump blames Dems for the attempt on his life as he continues to loosen gun restrictions
President Donald Trump experienced his third assassination attempt on April 25 during his appearance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel, an annual
Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands
Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands
Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals
Chaos erupted at schools and colleges throughout the US on Thursday as a cyberattack disrupted online learning platform Canvas just as students were due to
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology
A little more than three years since NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter ended its pioneering mission at Mars, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are designing
Atlanta Braves manager and Hall of Famer Bobby Cox dies at 84
Bobby Cox, the legendary Atlanta Braves manager and Hall of Famer, has died, the MLB team announced on Saturday.
Special needs student suspended over LEGO gun
A mother in Georgia is questioning why her 8-year-old son was suspended after bringing what she says was a small gun made out of LEGOs