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• 根据竞选财务披露，一个与 Republicans 结盟的新成立 Super PAC 已筹集了 1.4 亿美元的战费，旨在击败一名寻求在 2026 年重返 Senate 的 Ohio 现任 Democrat。 • 该 Democrat 此前曾担任多届 Senate 议员，被视为 GOP 扩大其多数席位战略的关键目标，目前面临着拥挤的初选，并在多个政策方面承受压力。 • Democrats 警告称，此类支出可能会压倒基于小额捐赠者的竞选活动，并重塑该州的媒体格局，而 Republicans 则认为这笔资金将使候选人的政绩受到审查。

Nationwide 表示，4 月份房价上涨 3%，创下 11 个月以来最快的年度涨幅，使典型房产价值达到 £278,880。Business live – 最新动态。根据 Nationwide 的数据，UK 的房价增长令房地产经纪人和经济学家感到意外，4 月份房价以 11 个月以来最快的年度增速跳涨。这家 UK 最大的建房互助协会表示，其抵押贷款数据显示，4 月份房价比去年同期意外上涨了 3%，高于 3 月份的 2.2%，使典型的 UK 房产价值达到 £278,880。继续阅读...

新发布的招租广告价格正以 October 2024 以来最快的速度上涨。 关注最新动态，获取我们的突发新闻邮件、免费 app 或每日新闻 podcast。 Australia 的住房市场目前正处于近 18 个月来最缓慢的时期，买家转而购买较便宜的房产，并放弃了对高端市场的兴趣。 来自数据公司 Cotality 今日的数据显示，Melbourne 和 Sydney 的房价在 April 下跌了 0.6%。 Melbourne 的住房价值自 November 以来已下跌 1.9%，而 Sydney 下跌了 1%。 继续阅读...

此举正值航空业对伊朗战争的不确定性以及 Brent crude 价格上涨做出反应之际 商业直播 – 最新更新 由于伊朗战争导致其燃油成本增加数十亿美元，Air France-KLM 已下调了今年的运力增长预测。 这家法荷合资航空公司预计，受中东冲突开始以来成本飙升的影响，其今年的燃油支出将增加 $2.4bn (£1.8bn)。作为回应，该公司已将其对今年运力增长的预期从先前的 3% 至 5% 下调至 2% 至 4%。继续阅读...

• 根据 4 月 29 日发布的 Nielsen Media Research 数据，FOX Business Network (FBN) 在 2026 年 4 月的交易日、市场时段以及全天节目的收视率均超越了 CNBC。 • FBN 的旗舰节目 "Varney & Co." 和 "Kudlow" 保持了全美排名前两位的商业节目地位，分别实现了连续第 50 个月和第 55 个月超越 CNBC 的竞争节目。 • 此次收视率的胜利凸显了在美联储发布重大政策声明和市场波动期间，FOX Business 在财经新闻市场中的竞争主导地位。

自学成才的艺术家 Sean Layh 的画作由负责悬挂入围作品的 Art Gallery of NSW 工作人员在 5 月 8 日的主要公告发布前选出。Archibald prize 2026 决赛入围者：Virginia Trioli、Jan Fran、Ahmed al-Ahmed 及更多 —— 图集。Sean Layh 为演员 Jacob Collins 创作的肖像画赢得了 Art Gallery of NSW 工作人员的青睐，并于周四被授予 Packing Room prize，早于 5 月 8 日 Archibald prize 的正式发布。自学成才的画家 Layh 表示，其作品（名为 The tragicall historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke 的油画）获奖是“我职业生涯中最大的荣誉之一”。继续阅读...

• 加州监管机构本周与 SpaceX 首席执行官 Elon Musk 达成诉讼和解，此前该诉讼指控一家州机构对这家火箭公司及其首席执行官存在政治偏见。 • 作为和解的一部分，California Coastal Commission 承认其成员在 2024 年关于 SpaceX Falcon 9 发射计划的听证会上，就 Musk 的政治信仰发表了“不恰当”的言论。

• Tupac 的继弟 Maurice 'Mopreme' Shakur 周二在洛杉矶高等法院对 Duane 'Keffe D' Davis 及涉及 1996 年谋杀案的未点名被告提起过失致死诉讼。 • 随着 Davis 的一级谋杀案审判临近，该诉讼声称，随着新进展的出现，“近 30 年来，线索首次开始串联起来”。 • 1996 年 9 月 7 日，在拉斯维加斯的 MGM Grand 和 Caesars Palace 附近，一辆白色 Cadillac 侧向靠近 Tupac 乘坐的 BMW，Tupac 在此次袭击中被开枪射中四次，导致死亡。

• Niesr 表示，即使在最乐观的情况下，由于冲突影响，2026年和2027年的经济增长速度也将放缓。 • 一家领先的智库警告称，由于伊朗战争的后果增加了 Keir Starmer 政府的压力，英国今年面临350亿英镑的经济损失以及衰退风险。 • 国家经济与社会研究院 (Niesr) 表示，即使在最乐观的情况下，由于中东冲突，英国经济在今年和明年的增长速度将大幅放缓。

• Pakistan secured a $6 billion IMF bailout package on Monday after the International Monetary Fund approved a revised structural adjustment program focused on tax increases and subsidy reductions. • The agreement requires Islamabad to implement value-added tax increases and privatize state-owned enterprises within the next 18 months, measures intended to stabilize the country's external account deficit. • The U.S. welcomed the agreement, with Treasury officials noting that Pakistan's fiscal stabilization is important for regional economic security and counterterrorism financing oversight.

2026 estimates for wolves on island highest since late 1970s but moose population declining dramaticallyWolves on a remote island in Lake Superior appear to be thriving, but they’re making deep dents in the moose population that they rely on as a leading food source, according to a report released Monday.Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre (54,200-hectare) national park in far western Lake Superior between Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Thunder Bay, Canada. The island is a natural laboratory, offering scientists a rare opportunity to observe wolves and moose largely free from human influence. Continue reading...

• The European Union announced a €2.1 billion emergency aid package for Ukraine on Friday, aimed at supporting reconstruction efforts and civilian needs amid Russia's intensified spring offensive across multiple fronts in eastern Ukraine. • EU officials stated the funds would prioritize healthcare infrastructure, food security, and electricity grid repairs, with disbursement beginning within two weeks pending parliamentary approval scheduled for April 30. • Ukraine's finance minister praised the commitment but warned that current assistance levels remain insufficient to offset projected $14 billion in war-related economic losses this year alone.

Overnight incident in Romania did not lead to hostilities as potential target stayed within Ukrainian airspaceTwo RAF Typhoons have been scrambled from a Romanian air base to engage Russian drones close to Nato air space although did not fire or shoot any down.British defence sources said the fighter jets did not enter Ukrainian airspace, contradicting reports that Russian drones had been shot down by the RAF there, an event which would have represented a major escalation in hostilities between the western alliance and Moscow. Continue reading...

Small boat destroyed in video posted on social media as US campaign has killed at least 178 people since SeptemberThe US military announced on Friday that it killed two people in an attack on a boat in the eastern Pacific, part of a series of deadly strikes on vessels in recent months which it claims are targeting “narco-trafficking” operations.The US Southern Command declared in a social media post on X that Gen Francis L Donovan directed Joint Task Force Southern Spear, the counter-narcotics unit that operates in the region, to carry out a lethal strike. The US military posted a video, which it labeled unclassified, showing a small boat being destroyed in an explosion. Continue reading...

Revised figures increase fears about how the energy-intensive sites could worsen the climate emergency The UK government vastly underestimated the climate impact of artificial intelligence, it has emerged, after officials raised their estimate of carbon emissions from the technology by a factor of more than 100.According to new data quietly published this week, energy use by AI datacentres in the UK could cause the emission of up to 123m tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) – about as much as generated by 2.7 million people – over the next 10 years. Continue reading...

Members will plan how to come to each other’s aid in the event of an attack as Nato faces worst crisis in its historyBrussels officials will draw up a plan on how to use the EU’s little-known mutual assistance pact in the event of a foreign attack, as Donald Trump’s criticism of Nato intensifies.EU leaders have agreed that the European Commission “will prepare a blueprint” on how the bloc will respond if the mutual assistance clause is triggered, according to Nikos Christodoulides, the president of Cyprus, who is hosting the talks. Continue reading...

• TTM Technologies achieved a 214.4% increase in earnings over the past year, substantially exceeding the electronic industry average of 15.7%. • The company's exceptional performance reflects strong execution and market demand within the technology sector. • TTM's growth trajectory positions it among elite performers in the high-growth tech space.

Report examines how the effects of slavery and Jim Crow at the county level continue to harm Black Georgia residentsA Georgia taskforce has released a landmark report that details the lasting impact of slavery and its afterlives in Fulton county.The report, spanning more than 600 pages, is based on original research by the Fulton county reparations taskforce and a review of primary source documents. It is the first-of-its-kind in the nation, according to county leaders and researchers. Rather than examining the impact of slavery and racism at the federal or state level, the harm report investigated the role of the county government. Continue reading...

Leaders will discuss how to respond to surging energy prices amid the war in the Middle EastEurope live – latest updatesEU leaders have welcomed the end of diplomatic deadlock over a long-awaited €90bn (£78bn) loan for Ukraine, after the bloc finalised the agreement along with a 20th package of sanctions against Russia.After weeks of delay, the EU signed off on the loan on Thursday, in time for summit talks in Cyprus that are scheduled to begin in the evening and will include talks over a dinner with the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...

Hard line on immigration adopted by People’s party as right seeks to overthrow socialist government in 2027Europe live – latest updatesSpain’s opposition conservatives are rekindling their regional pacts with the far-right Vox party by adopting the latter’s hard line on immigration less than two years after disagreements over the issue led to the collapse of coalition administrations in five of the country’s self-governing regions.The renewal of the regional deals between the People’s party (PP) and Vox comes ahead of next year’s general election and as Spain’s socialist government seeks to extol the benefits of immigration by regularising the status of at least 500,000 undocumented migrants. Continue reading...

• SpaceX secured an option to purchase AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion USD, signaling aggressive expansion into artificial intelligence development tools. • The acquisition option reflects Cursor's prominence in AI-assisted software development, a rapidly consolidating market attracting major technology conglomerates. • The deal underscores SpaceX's strategic pivot toward internal AI capabilities to accelerate software development for space exploration and satellite internet infrastructure.

Retailer WH Smith joins supermarket in warning on effects of Middle East conflict Sainsbury’s has warned that profits could fall this year as the conflict in the Middle East squeezes customers’ budgets and pushes up business costs.The supermarket group said the conflict “will impact both our customers and our business” and it was unclear how large the effect would be. Continue reading...

• SpaceX's Starship completed its 15th integrated flight test on April 21, achieving full-stack booster catch at Starbase, Texas, and a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean for the Super Heavy upper stage. • The mission marked the first successful reentry and splashdown of Starship with active thermal management systems, demonstrating technological readiness for crewed lunar missions planned for 2027. • Flight duration extended to 68 minutes with multiple payload bay experiments conducted, including deployment of prototype satellite constellations and in-space refueling demonstrations.

• A $140 million super PAC war chest is poised to challenge Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown's 2026 Senate return. • Funded by Republican donors, the group aims to exploit Brown's vulnerabilities in a key battleground. • This escalation underscores high stakes for Senate control amid Trump's midterm focus.

Cursor is aSilicon Valley startup using AI to automate coding as Elon Musk’s firm seeks foothold in the AI marketSpaceX said it has secured an option to either acquire code-generation startup Cursor for $60bn later this year, or pay $10bn for their new partnership, as it pushes deeper into the lucrative market for AI developer tools.Along with OpenAI and Anthropic, Cursor is one of several Silicon Valley startups that has drawn waves of developers by using artificial intelligence to automate coding, a business where AI companies have found early commercial traction. Continue reading...

ABF, which owns Kingsmill, Twinings and Patak’s, to demerge fashion chain to maximise shareholder returnsBusiness live – latest updatesPrimark is to break free from its sister food company, which owns Twinings, Kingsmill and Patak’s, next year despite warning that the conflict in the Middle East is likely to hit consumer spending.The fashion chain’s owner, Associated British Foods (ABF), confirmed the plan to split off Primark from the rest of the group, first mooted last year. Continue reading...

• SpaceX's Starlink division announced commercial availability of direct-to-cell satellite service to US carriers including T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T beginning May 1, 2026, expanding beyond its existing emergency SOS functionality. • The service enables SMS and data connectivity in rural and remote areas where terrestrial networks are unavailable, with initial pricing set at $5 per month for basic coverage and $15 monthly for premium data tiers. • Industry observers note this development challenges traditional carrier infrastructure investments and could accelerate satellite communications adoption, though regulatory approval from the FCC is still pending final confirmation.

• AI integration is delivering measurable spending momentum for Google Cloud, with enterprise technology research data confirming AI as a primary driver of cloud adoption. • The ML/AI segment is pulling Google's broader cloud business forward, explaining significant improvements in Google Cloud's performance over the past two years. • This trend indicates that AI is not merely a marketing narrative for Google but a concrete factor influencing enterprise purchasing decisions and cloud strategy prioritization.