Weekend Recap: * On Saturday, April 26, 2025, Pope Francis’ funeral Mass took place in St. Peter’s Square, led by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, with over 250,000 attendees, including international figures such as U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, following his death on April
Trending: * U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, appointed in 1997, issued a preliminary injunction on April 24, 2025, blocking key provisions of President Donald Trump’s March 2025 executive order on federal elections. The order mandated proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration and imposed stricter election rules. In
Trending: * Yesterday, April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth,” aimed at embedding AI education within K-12 schools. The initiative seeks to boost AI literacy and equip students for a technology-driven economy. It establishes a White House Task Force on
Trending: * Yesterday, April 22, 2025, a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, killed between 20 and 26 tourists in Baisaran meadow, a popular tourist destination. The attackers, identified by Indian authorities as originating from Pakistan, opened fire on families dining in the area. The group "Kashmir Resistance"
Trending: * Yesterday, April 21, 2025, Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, died at age 88 in his Vatican residence, Casa Santa Marta, due to a stroke and irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse, as announced by Cardinal Kevin Farrell. His death followed a period of declining health, including a five-week
Trending: * Yesterday, April 20, 2025, Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance announced a pilot cryptocurrency exchange to be launched in May 2025, as part of a government-led effort to regulate digital asset trading. Directed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the initiative aims to create a controlled platform for cryptocurrency transactions,
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * Today, April 19, 2025, the Houthis announced they downed another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen, though no specific location or evidence was provided in the claim. Houthi
Trending: * Yesterday, April 17, 2025, a shooting took place at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, near the Student Union, resulting in two deaths and six injuries. The suspect, 20-year-old FSU student Phoenix Ikner, was apprehended after being wounded by police and is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Ikner used a
Trending: * Yesterday, April 16, 2025, a power outage struck Puerto Rico, affecting electricity customers starting around 12:40 p.m. The blackout was caused by a failure in a transmission line connecting the EcoEléctrica and Costa Sur power plants, leading to the shutdown of all Genera Puerto Rico’s generating
Trending: * As of April 15, 2025, Fulani herdsmen have escalated attacks on Christian communities in Plateau State, Nigeria, with over 15 incidents reported recently. On April 14, a raid in ZK Village, Barkin Ladi County, resulted in 51 deaths and widespread property destruction. Earlier attacks, such as those on April
Trending: * Yesterday, April 14, 2025, Nvidia announced a $500 billion investment over four years to build AI infrastructure in the United States, partnering with TSMC, Foxconn, Wistron, Amkor, and SPIL. The initiative includes manufacturing facilities in Arizona and Texas, with TSMC producing Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chips in Phoenix and
Trending: * Over the past 48 hours, news about China limiting rare earth exports has spread widely, especially on X, though the policy began on April 4, 2025, after the U.S. raised tariffs on Chinese goods. China’s Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs issued Announcement 18, requiring
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Environment & Weather: * A strong storm system, originating from a Mongolian cold vortex, is impacting northern China with high winds, sandstorms, and cold temperatures through April 13, 2025. Winds reaching 150 kph (93 mph) have prompted Beijing’s orange
Trending: * This week, Estonian authorities detained the tanker KIWALA in Muuga Bay near Aegna Island, marking the country’s first seizure of a vessel associated with Russia’s "shadow fleet." The ship, reportedly carrying crude oil and heading to Russia’s Ust-Luga port, was sailing under a Djibouti
Trending: * Today, April 11, 2025, China announced an increase in tariffs on U.S. imports to 125%, intensifying trade tensions with the United States. This new tariff rate targets a range of American products, affecting sectors such as agriculture, technology, and manufacturing, though the announcement did not specify exact categories.
Trending: * Yesterday, April 9, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a 90-day suspension of reciprocal tariffs previously imposed on imports from various countries, lowering them to a uniform 10% rate. This followed an earlier policy where goods from around 60 countries faced tariffs ranging from 10% to 50%, intended to address
Trending: * Today, April 9, 2025, an executive order from President Donald Trump implementing 104% tariffs on all Chinese imports went into effect. The policy includes a 10% tariff on imports from all countries plus an additional 94% applied solely to China, targeting a wide range of goods. It aims to
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: Environment & Weather: * Today, April 8, 2025, at 5:51 AM local time, Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island, Philippines, erupted, sending a 4,000-meter-high ash plume southwest and triggering
Economics & Markets: * Today’s commodity market: * Today’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * As of April 2025, the Red Sea region continues to experience heightened tensions due to ongoing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have targeted both commercial shipping and military assets with missiles and drones.
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: Environment & Weather: * Yesterday, April 5th, a tornado touched down in Missouri amidst the ongoing weather system that has been sweeping across the Midwestern and Southern United States. This recent touchdown adds to
Trending: * Yesterday, April 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order extending the deadline for ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, to divest its U.S. operations by an additional 75 days, moving the deadline from April 5 to mid-June. This action followed a previous extension Trump granted
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday, April 3, 2025, the U.S. stock market experienced a decline after President Donald Trump announced new reciprocal tariffs on imported goods. The S&P 500 fell 4.8%, erasing $2.4 trillion in market value—its steepest single-day drop since June 2020—while the
Trending: * Yesterday, April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a detailed tariff policy from the White House Rose Garden, introducing measures aimed at altering U.S. trade dynamics. The policy features a 10% tariff on all imported goods, effective April 5, intended to address the $1.2 trillion goods trade
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Today’s commodity market: * Today’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * Over the past 36 hours, multiple Russian Geran-2 drones targeted the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, leading to disruptions in the area. The drones impacted various sites within the