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Daily Scan

Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow, using ballistic missiles for the first time, as Russia held elections. Houthi strikes on Riyadh and Iran's warning of new US attacks escalated Middle East tensions. German state elections delivered a blow to Chancellor Merz as the far-right AfD gained ground. The Pentagon revealed a near-miss due to AI hallucinated intelligence, while Trump announced a new AI Force. In science, a new human blood group was discovered after 50 years.

AI & Technology

7 total today

Qwen-Image-2.1 was released as a compact, efficient image generation model, marking a significant update from Alibaba's Qwen team.

⚡Donald Trump announced plans to create an 'AI Force' and appoint an 'AI Czar' to oversee artificial intelligence policy.
Times of India, Anadolu Agency, New York Post + 9 more31 outlets
⚡Pentagon investigations found that flawed AI-generated intelligence nearly prompted the U.S. military to board a Chinese ship, and that overreliance on AI contributed to a U.S. airstrike that killed 123 Iranian children.
Hacker News, The Straits Times, Gizmodo + 6 more9 outlets
⚡Joby Aviation completed the first fully autonomous cross-country flight of an electric air taxi from California to North Carolina.
Engadget, Yahoo Finance, New York Post3 outlets
4 more in AI & Technology

Science & Medicine

14 total today

A new human blood group system (MAL) was identified, solving a 50-year-old mystery and enabling better transfusion safety.

⚡A study proposes using topologically associated domains to identify pathogenic non-coding variants in rare disease patients.
"Identifying Putative Pathogenic Non-Coding Variants in Unresolved Rare Disease Patients Using Topologically Associated Domains" — bioRxiv (Genomics)
⚡A case of cerebral schistosomiasis is reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"Cerebral Schistosomiasis" — NEJM (eTOC)
⚡Analysis of a 66-million-year-old T. rex tooth indicates the dinosaur had a body temperature around 95 degrees Fahrenheit, similar to that of modern humans and elephants.
Science Daily, Ars Technica
11 more in Science & Medicine

Humanitarian & Biosphere

10 total today

A growing Bundibugyo virus (Ebola relative) outbreak is surging, with limited diagnosis and treatment options.

⚡Ed Sheeran, returning to his tour, described the situation in Gaza as 'catastrophic and unjustifiable' and addressed a controversy involving Macklemore.
BBC News, Daily Telegraph AU, Euronews + 9 more20 outlets
⚡A 63-year-old swimmer died after a great white shark attack at a Perth beach, and authorities issued a rare order to catch and kill the shark.
ABC News Australia, The Australian, news.com.au + 8 more11 outlets
⚡DR Congo expands Ebola vaccination to Ituri province, with over 3,700 people vaccinated as part of the outbreak response.
Anadolu Agency, Xinhua, AP + 6 more9 outlets
7 more in Humanitarian & Biosphere

Geopolitics & Markets

20 total today

Ukraine launched a massive drone and ballistic missile attack on Moscow, hitting an oil refinery and killing two, on the last day of Russian parliamentary elections.

⚡Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow, also using a ballistic missile for the first time, as Russia held elections.
Kyiv Independent, The Straits Times, France 24 + 9 more25 outlets
⚡The United States, Denmark, and Greenland signed a security agreement regarding Greenland, resolving a dispute that had threatened NATO unity.
Newsweek, Sky News, Times of India + 9 more23 outlets
⚡Trump stated that his son Donald Trump Jr. repaid a Russian oligarch who had funded wedding expenses.
The Hill, New York Post, Washington Examiner + 9 more19 outlets
17 more in Geopolitics & Markets

Society

6 total today

Ed Sheeran returned to the stage in Philadelphia, addressing the Gaza controversy and calling the situation 'catastrophic and unjustifiable'.

⚡Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardoned former combat medic Elor Azaria, who was convicted of killing a wounded Palestinian attacker in 2016.
The Guardian, AP, Channel News Asia + 6 more9 outlets
⚡A teenage gunman killed two students and then himself in a school shooting in the Philippines, leaving several others injured.
Reuters, Daily Express, 7NEWS + 3 more6 outlets
⚡Multiple people were injured in a party boat crash.
Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday, The Age + 3 more6 outlets
3 more in Society

United States

12 total today

Trump announced the creation of an 'AI Force' and plans to appoint an AI czar, while also escalating his fight with the media by banning CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House.

⚡Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia prompt rare air raid alerts in Riyadh and other areas, escalating the Yemen conflict.
Newsweek, Breitbart, Anadolu Agency + 9 more22 outlets
⚡Lindsay Clancy, who killed her three children, had a mistrial in her murder case, and subsequent developments include a holdout juror and an interview by her ex-husband Patrick Clancy.
Newsmax, Newsweek, Breitbart + 9 more16 outlets
⚡US military conducted a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean, killing four people.
The Hill, Politico, ABC News + 9 more15 outlets
9 more in United States