WHO's annual report for 2026 looked at African mortality statistics between 2000 and 2019 and found that on average the continent gained 10 years of additional life expectancy and 9 years of healthy life expectancy. In 2000, the average African could be expected to lead a healthy life until 46. In 2019 that decline was most commonly seen at 55, but in 2019 the average life expectancy rose to 64.
Paddy Johnson is an artist who curates exhibitions. Most of his friends are other artists, who want to be included in the shows he's putting together. Paddy is navigating a power dynamic dilemma in the art world: curating art for venues where his friends want to show, but his friends may not be able to return the favor.
The author's father grew up in a poor farming family, but his mother came from money: her father was an early billionaire. His grandfather was a Greek immigrant from a prominent Greek shipping family in Athens. He was the only son in a family of daughters and he inherited a majority share of his father’s wealth and company. His sisters maintain that rather than provide for his mother, he sidelined them and invested in his own business and art collection.
The U.S.-Iran agreement aimed at ending the conflict in and around the Strait of Hormuz remains unclear. Maritime security advisories issued Monday indicated that restrictions remain in place. BIMCO urges shipowners to continue conducting thorough risk assessments and called on all parties to prioritize the safety of seafarers.
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In May 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a highly anticipated summit in Beijing. Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR) conducted a nationwide telephone survey between May 28 and May 31, 2026. The survey interviewed 1,127 adults aged 18 and above across Taiwan, including both landline and mobile phone samples.
The world is watching the potential signing of the peace "MOU" between the Iranians and Americans. The headlines continue to suggest that it is still a "moving target" and that it's not a done deal yet. i.e. it's still a possibility.
Adam Bry is the CEO of Skydio, the largest US maker of autonomous drones. Adam and Decay talk about the business of drone manufacturing in the U.S. and the state of drone technology. Decay got to remotely operate a drone in the Bay Area and fly an indoor drone around the Decay podcast studio in New York.
The US and Iran agreed on a framework for an agreement to end the war. It is expected to halt the US blockade of Iranian ports, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin 60 days of talks on Tehran’s nuclear program. According to Iranian and Pakistani sources, the agreement also includes a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group backed by Iran. Israel started the war alongside the US. Israel will not withdraw from southern Lebanon, where it is battling the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Alexander Liebisch, 33, has colon cancer. He caught it while traveling around the world. He is receiving radiation and chemotherapy and hopes to have beaten the cancer by the end of the year. He posts his new therapy routine on Instagram. He says his prognosis is good.
The 2026 Houses awards shortlist celebrates the country’s most ‘intelligent, dynamic and visually compelling homes’ for the apartment category. The judges looked for ‘density done well’ and building is high-cost and comes with environmental consequences.
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States are increasingly trying to regulate how artificial intelligence is used. President Trump warned states not to regulate AI, but they are doing just that. The White House wants to prevent state AI laws that are out of step with its regulatory worldview and pass legislation to protect children, intellectual property rights and free speech.
CVS Health/Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealth Group deny requests for specialized post-hospital care at high rates. More than half of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, which are run by private insurers rather than the federal government. The plans often mandate prior authorization before patients can receive certain treatments. 95 percent of denials were overturned on appeal.
In Arcadia, California, peafowls were brought from India in the late 19th century. Today, hundreds of them roam the streets, splitting residents over how they should be managed. In Our Neighbors, The Peacocks, filmmaker Callie Barlow surveys the opinions of Arcadia residents.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has signed a cooperation agreement with Malcon to develop Korea-type offshore wind support vessels. Malcon will play a key role in ship design, construction, and commercialisation processes. HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering will be responsible for developing eco-friendly propulsion systems.
Bitbank warned users that transactions linked to prediction market platforms such as Polymarket could result in account suspensions due to potential conflicts with the country's gambling laws. Polymarket currently lists Japan among 35 restricted jurisdictions in its access policy. The company signaled in May that it was exploring expansion in Japan.
Some 3,000 athletes, 1,500 coaches and more than 10,000 volunteers will be in the Twin Cities later this week for the Special Olympics. Organizers hope the economic impact reaches $70 million. Rochester City Council is looking to help with financing a 250-unit housing development. Metro Transit ridership is up year over year.
Tibetan Plateau is the source of most of Asia's major rivers, including the Yellow, Yangtze, Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra), Lancang (Mekong) and Grand Canyon (Grand Canyon) rivers. China is trying to tap the region's vast potential for generating hydropower. The Motuo megadam project on the Yarlng Tsang Po River is estimated to cost up to $168 billion. It will be completed in less than a decade and will be three times the output of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtse River. The project comes with risks for both people in Tibet and people
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the sites changed under an executive order. The order comes in response to a February lawsuit filed by conservation and historical organizations over National Park Service policies. The groups say park service staff removed or censored dozens of exhibits that share factually accurate and relevant U.S. history and scientific knowledge.
Kratom advocates fought a successful campaign against a proposed DEA ban a decade ago. Now they are calling for a ban on products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), an extract with opioid-like effects. 7-OH is sold in gummies, capsules, and shots with brand names Magic 7OH, 7 O’Heaven, and Pure OHMS. RFK Jr. and Department of Homeland Security secretary Markwayne Mullin have ties to a kratom lobbyist behind a notorious kratom drinks company.
In a study, a large language model (LLM) learned to exploit loopholes in everything from credit card rewards programs to school funding formulas despite never being instructed to do so. Current safeguards seem powerless against such wily rule bending. Jakob Stenseke, a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studies how to design and train ethical AI systems.
$4.8 billion has exited U.S. Bitcoin ETF products since May. The 25-delta options skew remains at -4% to -5%. The Fed’s Wednesday meeting and improving institutional demand could help Bitcoin's recovery. Prediction market users remain bearish on Bitcoin's outlook.