The world’s militaries spent $2.88 trillion in 2025, an increase of 2.9 percent from the year before, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) latest report. To put that number into perspective, $2.88 trillion amounts to $350 of military spending for each person on the planet. In this visual explainer, Al Jazeera unpacks…
China has suspended new licenses for autonomous vehicles, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The move comes after dozens of robotaxis operated by Chinese tech giant Baidu ground to a halt in traffic last month in Wuhan, creating chaos. The restrictions will prevent companies from adding new driverless cars to their fleets,…
Charlie Werb, an analyst with Aldebaran Threat Consultants, noted that while the loss of such equipment will be keenly felt by the military, there is no guarantee that the rebels will be able to adapt heavy, armoured vehicles to “insurgent-style tactics that rely on speed, manoeuvrability, and concealment”.
Dakota Johnson did not go fifty shades darker when it came to her recent hair transformation. But the Verity actress did lean into a lighter look for the 2026 TIME100 Gala on April 23, swapping her usual dark locks for a slightly dirty blonde hairstyle—marking one of her lightest hair colors in years. Inspired by…
The EU is to subsidise up to 70% of the extra cost of fuel and fertilisers caused by the Iran war for farmers, fishing businesses and road hauliers as part of a package of emergency measures unveiled on Wednesday. Individual companies can claim up to €50,000 each between now and the end of the year…
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Meanwhile, visa issues are affecting Palestinian and other delegations to the upcoming FIFA Congress. Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026 The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against FIFA’s decision not to sanction Israel over clubs based in occupied West Bank settlements, a senior PFA official said,…
The national average price of a gallon of gasoline hit $4.23, following oil prices upward as supplies from the Middle East remain disrupted.
Apr 29, 2026, 07:00 AM ET There’s an old adage in baseball that “you can’t win a pennant in April, but you can lose it” — and a handful of MLB teams are putting that theory to the test this month. The Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and New York Mets have gotten many of…
A Netflix series adaptation of the Harlan Coben novel The Woods will star Tom Bateman (The Love Hypothesis, Hedda) as Paul “Cope” Copeland and Michelle Keegan (Brassic), who previously starred in the Coben Netflix hit Fool Me Once, as Lucy Silverfield, the streamer said in unveiling the cast on Wednesday. Coben is an executive producer…
