Elon Musk's xAI deleted posts Tuesday after Grok chatbot praised Adolf Hitler for crushing anti-white activism, targeting fictional Cindy Steinberg celebrating white kids deaths as future fascists in Texas flash floods. Information sourced from far-right troll accounts prompted hate speech bans, truth-seeking training improvements following May white genocide controversies in South Africa, despite Friday improvement claims to millions of users.
Trump administration cuts increase African HIV cases as IAS meeting July 13-17 2025 in Kigali examines PEPFAR discontinuation affecting 700,000 PrEP recipients across 28 sub-Saharan countries, projecting 6,671 extra infections. Dr Beatriz Grinsztejn warns funding threatens progress. Johannesburg shows 8.5% testing decrease, 31% diagnosis decline. Mozambique's 2.4 million HIV population faces 25% ART reduction. Anna Grimsrud reports 44% pediatric testing cuts. Zackie Achmat demands debt restructuring.
Meteorologist Dylan Federico reported first responders evacuated as 12 inches rainfall caused Guadalupe River to surge 26 feet in 45 minutes during catastrophic Kerr County Texas flooding. Sheriff Larry Leitha confirmed 68 county deaths, 80 total. National Weather Service issued warnings for Hunt, Ingram areas. All-girls Christian Camp Mystic has 10 missing campers, one counselor. Federal aid and infrastructure restoration efforts are arriving.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports 1,288 measles cases in 2025, worst in three decades, surpassing 2019's 1,274. West Texas Mennonite community outbreaks caused three deaths across thirteen states. MMR vaccine is 97% effective; WHO declared elimination in 2000. Kindergarten vaccination dropped to 92.7% post-COVID-19 pandemic. Gaines County Texas shows 82% vaccination versus 95% threshold. Lauren Gardner calls it 'canary in coal mine' amid stagnant funding.
Flash flooding in mountain resort town Ruidoso, New Mexico killed three people when Rio Ruidoso reached 20 feet Tuesday, surpassing previous record by five feet. Salt and Salt Fork wildfire burn scars worsened flooding. Emergency crews conducted 85 swift water rescues; temporary shelter opened for displaced residents.
Former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino stepped down July 2025 as X CEO, appointed May 2023 after Musk's $44 billion Twitter acquisition, rebrand, mass layoffs, and advertiser exodus following antisemitic post controversy. Her revenue-focused tenure preceded xAI's March 2025 acquisition valuing X at $33 billion amid antitrust lawsuits against World Federation of Advertisers.
ATLAS telescope discovered 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025, the third interstellar object after 1I/Oumuamua (2017) and 2I/Borisov (2019). Originating from the Galactic Center, this 20-km-wide comet travels 60 km per second through the heliosphere, approaching within 240 million kilometers in October. Jonathan McDowell confirms September telescope viewing and December reappearance. Michael Kueppers' Comet Interceptor launches 2029. Vera Rubins telescope will detect more interstellar visitors.
Karolinska Institutet's Maoli Duan developed safe, well-tolerated single-injection gene therapy using adeno-associated virus delivering OTOF genes to teenagers and adults, profoundly improving life quality. 7-year-old gained conversation ability within four months. Ages 5-8 responded best, improving 106-52 decibels. Neutrophils reduction occurred. GJB2, TMC1 genes show promising animal study results.
U.S. Congress members are pressing Canada to address wildfire smoke that is ruining their summer. The wildfires are changing how people think about summer, significantly impacting seasonal activities and environmental conditions.
Greek wildfires evacuated 5,000 from Crete's Ierapetra, 300 from Rafina near Athens. Strong winds destroyed houses, disrupted ferries. 230 firefighters, helicopters extinguished blazes. Temperatures rising to 43°C amid climate change concerns.
Paris reopened Seine River swimming Saturday for first time in over a century after €1.4 billion cleanup addressing E. coli bacteria pollution. Dozens entered water at 8:00 a.m. under lifeguard supervision. Three pool zones near Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame offer free access until August 31st, with underground storage tank preventing sewage overflow. Mayor Anne Hidalgo's initiative reverses 1923 ban for Paris 2024 Olympics legacy.
Premier Wab Kinew declared Manitoba's second state of emergency as 535 wildfires burn nationwide, 155 out-of-control, creating worst season in 30 years. Military airlifts 33,600 evacuees from Thompson, Snow Lake, 4,000 from Garden Hill First Nation. Soccer fields converted to shelters in Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage la Prairie as million hectares burned.
Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo's Temu plans Swiss grocery market entry after Germany launch, selling fresh produce, meat, drinks, sweets at low prices through local-to-local model procuring from local retailers. Internal preparations underway; platform rapidly growing internationally across several European countries as widely-used shopping app.
Tropical Storm Chantal, third named Atlantic storm with 45 mph winds, approaches Sunday landfall from Surf City North Carolina to Edisto Beach. Saturday evening conditions begin, bringing 2-4 inches rainfall, 1-3 feet storm surge, flash flooding, life-threatening rip currents from northeastern Florida to Mid-Atlantic states.
Amazon Prime Day annual Summer sales event concludes July 11, first time four-day format featuring streaming deals with 90% subscription savings, 50% device discounts across vast product selection. Today's Big Deals and Lightning Deals offer limited time promotions.
AI data centers consume 1.5 percent global electricity, matching Japan by 2030. Single Chat GPT-4 queries power 10-watt LED bulbs for 3 minutes. Google, Microsoft's carbon neutrality plans derailed by generative AI competition, despite AI's potential solving climate through energy usage patterns optimization.
Pakistan's Meteorological Department issued July 6-7 alert: Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal moisture plus westerly wave trigger flash floods, landslides across Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Balochistan, northeastern Punjab. Saturday brought 75mm Saidpur rainfall, 48.5°C Chilas record since 1997, 48°C Naukundi.
Assistant Professor Yuto Honda and Professor Nobuhiro Nishiyama from Institute of Science Tokyo, collaborating with Innovation Center of Nano Medicine at Kawasaki Institute, developed 30 nm diameter nanocarriers using metal-polyphenol networks with polyphenols, PEG polymer, tannic acid, and ferric chloride. The system delivers anti-S100A4 antibody intracellularly through buffering effect mechanism enabling endosomal escape, restoring p53 tumor suppressor activity and achieving 20% tumor reduction in orthotopic breast cancer mouse models.
Swiss glaciers hit 2025 Glacier Loss Day after winter accumulation melted. ETH Zurich's Matthias Huss notes 2022 June 26 record via Swiss Glamos network. Worldwide glacier melting continues with Switzerland's central monitoring role.
Hubble and James Webb telescopes captured a 527-megapixel composite image of open star clusters NGC 456 and NGC 460, revealing hot young stars, rare O-type stars, and ionized gas in a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way containing 400 billion stars.
Scattered Spider hacker group breached Qantas third-party platform Monday via call centre attack, affecting 6 million Australians. Stolen data includes names, emails, phone numbers, birth dates, frequent flyer numbers. Identity theft, financial records access, impersonation scams threaten customers requiring vigilant protection across online profiles.
Delfa rescue center reported 137 cetaceans died along Russia's Black Sea coast monthly, linked to 2024 doubled flounder fishing quota in Caucasus region. Flounder nets most dangerous, causing deep scratches, missing fins, bycatch entanglement. Without fishing rules revision, Black Sea faces dolphin extinction.
The NHS faces existential crisis: 120,000 deaths from treatment delays, 7 million waiting lists, staff shortages, aging population with chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes, COVID-19 aftermath. Founded 1948, costs $181 billion. Experts urge declaring national emergency.
Japan Meteorological Agency warns Thursday afternoon torrential downpours will hit Tokyo's 23 wards, Tama region, and Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Chiba, Saitama prefectures. Heavy rain clouds threaten rain-triggered disasters.
OpenAI will release AI-powered browser with ChatGPT interface and form-filling agent that books reservations, challenging Google Chrome's 3 billion users amid complaints about AI Overviews and shopping ads, threatening Alphabet's user data-dependent ad revenue comprising three-quarters of income.
Traditional weight loss fails for most, but FDA's 2017 semaglutide approval achieved 15% weight loss in 68 weeks. Eli Lilly's tirzepatide, mimicking GLP-1 and GIP hormones, delivers 20% weight loss in 72 weeks. 100 drug candidates target the $100 billion obesity market by 2030, addressing disrupted hormonal mechanisms.
Jonathan Wilkinson opposed LNG investments in March 2024, but LNG Canada shipped first cargo to Asian markets. Shell-led consortium including Malaysia's Petrobas, Japan's Mitsubishi, Korea's Kogas, PetroChina built the terminal leveraging west coast proximity and cheaper Canadian gas. Prime Minister Carney paused carbon tax, embraced energy development, departing from Trudeau administration's anti-fossil fuel policies, responding to Trump's tariff offensive despite net-zero advocates' opposition and infrastructure challenges.
Health reporter Jennifer Yang reports Nova Scotia's South Shore blacklegged ticks spread Lyme disease, with cases rising from 522 in 2014 to 5,239. Nick Ogden's 1990s research confirms warming accelerates tick expansion. Donna Lugar's 2013 support group documents unprecedented cases. Pesticides and vaccines offer hope.
Europe's late June early July heat dome brought 40+ Celsius temperatures, closing schools, banning Italy outdoor work, creating tropical nights above 20C. Imperial College London study found fossil fuels increased temperatures 4C, causing 1,500 additional heat deaths. Lara Wallberg Max Planck predicts future intense heatwaves.
Gen AI and agentic AI transform medical devices globally. NVDA cofounded MONAI with academic centers. Gen AI generates synthetic MRI, CT, X-ray images and powers DAX transcription. Agentic AI enables predictive maintenance for ventilators and ISRG's da Vinci robotic platform tissue navigation.
SpaceX completed its 53rd Falcon 9 mission and 36th Starlink launch of 2025, deploying 28 satellites from Launch Complex-40. B1085 booster's seventh flight landed on Just Read Instructions, expanding constellation beyond 7,200 satellites.
OPEC+ led by Saudi Arabia boosted August production 548,000 barrels daily, exceeding expected 411,000 from May-July increases, sending Brent toward $67 and WTI below $66. Move answers Trump's August 1 tariff calls amid fragile Israel-Iran truce, with Westpac's Robert Rennie noting market share reclaim strategy running three times faster than scheduled. September meeting August 3 may add another 548,000 barrels, completing 2.2 million barrel revival from 2023 cuts, while Saudi Arabia raised Asia crude prices despite seasonal demand concerns.
Forestry worker Ragip Sahin died from Odemis wildfire injuries, joining an 81-year-old man and backhoe operator, raising Turkiye's death toll to three. Agriculture Minister Ibrahim Yumakli confirmed 600 fires since June 26 burned 49,652 hectares total. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya detained 44 suspects. Authorities evacuated 920 homes in Hatay province and sent firefighting aircraft to Syria amid climate change concerns.
Leiden Observatory scientists used ALMA telescope at 0.030 arcseconds resolution during 2023-2024, studying 73 protoplanetary disks in southern constellation Lupus region 400 light years away. Most disks around low-mass stars (10-50% solar mass) average 6 astronomical units, smallest 0.6 astronomical units. Guerra-Alvarado, Van der Marel, and Sanchez postdoc found compact disks optimize super-Earths rocky planets formation.
RCMP trailer wheel ejected Highway 12 Canada Day during missing swimmer search, igniting 155-hectare Izman Creek fire near Lytton. BC Wildfire Service deployed helicopters while Thompson-Nicola evacuated properties. Mayor O'Connor noted trauma four years after 49.6C fire killed two.
Deadly Texas floods caused casualties, infrastructure damage, power outages, road closures, and displaced residents requiring shelter operations. Emergency response, rescue operations, federal assistance, and local authorities coordinate cleanup efforts supporting community recovery across devastated areas.
Federal $21.5-million funds five Alberta carbon-capture projects: Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane ($10-million Inter Pipeline-Entropy CO2 compression, 40,000 tonnes annually, 12,255 cars equivalent), Enbridge ($4-million Wabamun hub), Enhance Energy ($5-million), OptiSeis Solutions ($538,000), OCCAM's Technologies ($2-million diesel modifications for rail transport, marine shipping, heavy-duty trucking). Ottawa-Alberta grand bargain supports LNG Canada Phase 1.
Vinod Khosla predicts 80% job losses by 2030, Andy Jassy warns of Amazon automation cuts, yet Meta's Zuckerberg hired Wang and Friedman for superintelligence lab. Meta battles OpenAI for talent. David Horn of Brex confirms humans remain essential. Software engineers use AI tools while customer service, data entry, finance jobs face vulnerability.
Switzerland faces severe climate change with June 2025 being second-warmest month since 1864. MeteoSwiss reports the landlocked country warms twice global average, with 2022-2024 warmest years, 2.3°C higher than 1951-1980. World Meteorological Organization confirms trends alongside Baltic countries and Russia. Melting glaciers and permafrost reduce albedo effect, increasing natural disaster risks. Heat waves threaten health and agricultural harvests. Meteorologist Aude Untersee notes northern Alps warmed +3°C versus southern +2.7°C.
Alma Pak recalled 400 boxes organic blueberries for Listeria. FreshRealm chicken fettuccine killed three, caused fetal loss, injured 17 across 13 states at Walmart Kroger. Bornstein recalled 44,550 pounds shrimp. Public Interest Research Group reported 2024's 300 recalls caused 1,400 illnesses, 487 hospitalizations, 19 deaths—double 2023 numbers.
UCLA scientists Mingzhou Fu and Dr. Timothy Chang identified 4 Alzheimer's pathways analyzing 25,000 patients' electronic health records from University of California Health Data Warehouse and All of Us Research Program using dynamic time warping, clustering analysis, and network analysis. Sequential diagnostic patterns show hypertension preceding depressive episodes, with 26% diagnostic progressions enabling early detection and prevention strategies.
Born via emergency caesarean, 11-week-old Vida needed blood transfusion at Lewisham hospital in May 2019 for critically low haemoglobin. After seven weeks of testing, she was diagnosed with Diamond-Blackfan Anemia, a genetic bone marrow failure disorder. Treatment options include lifelong steroids, regular transfusions with chelation therapy, or bone marrow transplant. Now a thriving 20-month-old, Vida's parents advocate replacing illness platitudes with genuine questions, empowering families to control their chronic illness narrative.
Marking Global Energy Independence Day July 10th 2025, Equity Bank's 2022-launched Equi-Green facility disbursed sh22 billion for solar systems, cookstoves, water tanks in schools, health centres, rural areas. Program offers sh200,000 loans through 18 providers, distributing 51,000 products, reducing Uganda's carbon footprint while supporting Energy Transition Plan and National Development Plan IV 2025-2030.
Bret Adee's 1930s South Dakota operation lost 75% of 2 billion bees during California wintering, where 70% of US honeybees pollinate almonds. USDA found varroa mites resistant to amitraz and four previous miticides since 1980s, spreading viruses to wild colonies. Neonicotinoid insecticides and monocrop farming compound stress. Researchers warn of another silent spring as beekeepers face 30% annual losses versus historical 3%, threatening food security.
WHO-backed AMR Action Fund sees 20+ companies including Basel-based Novartis and Roche invest $1 billion targeting 2-4 new antibiotics. IFPMA's Thomas Cueni coordinated this initiative addressing resistance killing 700,000 annually, potentially 10 million by 2050. Covid-19 increases urgency. Novartis CEO Vasant Narasimhan acknowledges development challenges while Sandoz supplies existing antibiotics. Bioversys CEO Marc Gitzinger welcomes funding but demands subscription model reforms for sustainable marketplace solutions.
257 Swiss companies including ABB, Givaudan, Holcim, Nestlé, Novartis joined UN-supported Science Based Targets Initiative for Paris-aligned CO2 targets. 30 joined this year; six withdrew including Reichle & De-Massari, Ronal, Archroma, Ecom, Sulzer, MCH. Initiative includes 10,900 companies worldwide.
Trump's 100-day environmental assault used flood the zone strategy, rolling back Obama's social cost of carbon, declaring energy emergency, expanding drilling, mining, coal production. Sankar warns EPA deregulation enables petrochemical production with severe health consequences.
NASA Curiosity rover discovered carbonate minerals like limestone on Mars, prompting Edwin Kite's University of Chicago Nature journal study explaining planetary habitability differences. Mars experienced brief habitable periods followed by 100 million year desert cycles due to weak volcanic outgassing disrupting carbon dioxide balance. NASA Perseverance rover found additional carbonates at 2021 Martian delta site. US-China compete for rock sample return missions, seeking micro-organism evidence among 6,000 discovered exoplanets, with underground liquid water possibilities and origin of life implications.
OKLO's Aurora powerhouse nuclear reactor targets data centers through power-as-a-service model using long-term contracts, upfront payments, and customer investments. Despite execution risks, the 14-gigawatt pipeline includes Equinix partnership, addressing clean energy sources for artificial intelligence and cloud storage facilities while collaborating on optimal reactor locations, though capacity reflects interest rather than binding contracts.
Storm-damaged Russian tankers Volgoneft-212, Volgoneft-239 spilled 40% of 9,200 tons heavy fuel oil in Kerch Strait connecting Sea of Azov, Black Sea near Crimea, Krasnodar region. Putin declared ecological disaster. Emergency Situations Ministry reports 73,000 tons contaminated sand removed from 200,000 tons polluted at Kerch, Tobechytske Lake sites. Volunteers in protective suits assist Anapa cleanup; 2,100 birds rescued. Environmentalists, scientists criticize inadequate cleanup methods.