Entertainment Lollapalooza 2026 Opens in Chicago With Four-Day Global Lineup Lollapalooza opened in Chicago with more than 170 acts across eight stages and a four-day bill led by Lorde, Charli XCX, Jennie and other global stars.
Business Amazon Raises AI Spending to $220 Billion as Cloud Growth Accelerates Amazon lifted its 2026 capital-spending plan to $220 billion as AWS sales jumped 37%, though heavy AI investment pushed trailing free cash flow negative.
World US-Iran Strikes Widen Across Middle East as Shipping Routes Tighten Renewed U.S.-Iran strikes have hit or affected Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Egypt as traffic through two vital energy routes falls.
Technology Samsung Record Profit Highlights Scale of AI Memory Boom Samsung posted record quarterly profit and revenue as AI-server demand drove memory-chip prices and HBM shipments higher.
Sports Emily Campbell Defends Commonwealth Weightlifting Title in Glasgow Emily Campbell retained her Commonwealth Games super-heavyweight crown in Glasgow, securing a second consecutive gold for England in the women's +86kg final.
Science LiDAR Study Reveals Vast Aquiry Civilization Across Ancient Amazon Airborne laser mapping indicates that the Aquiry tradition may have built tens of thousands of earthworks across southwestern Amazonia.
Health Study Finds Metabolic Syndrome Affects One in Three Psychiatric Patients Across MENAT A review of 29 studies involving 16,133 people estimates that 32% of psychiatric patients across the MENAT region have metabolic syndrome.
Environment Half of England Enters Drought as Fourth Heatwave Depletes Water About half of England is officially in drought as a fourth heatwave, exceptionally low July rainfall and high demand strain rivers, reservoirs, farms and wildlife.
Business Microsoft Revenue Hits $90 Billion as Azure Crosses $100 Billion Microsoft reported $90 billion in quarterly revenue as Azure surpassed $100 billion annually, while AI infrastructure spending climbed sharply.
World Libya Power Protests Expose Fragile Energy Grid Protesters entered Libya's Mellitah energy complex during severe power cuts, briefly disrupting gas, oil and electricity operations before authorities restored flows.
Technology Seagate Revenue Surges as AI Storage Demand Drives Record Cash Flow Seagate posted $3.629 billion in quarterly revenue and record annual free cash flow as cloud data centers and AI workloads strengthened demand for mass-capacity storage.
Sports Emmanuel Eseme Runs 9.83 to Shatter Commonwealth Games 100m Record Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme clocked 9.83 seconds in heavy Glasgow rain, setting Commonwealth Games and national records in a final where four men broke 10 seconds.