The first direct US commercial passenger flight to Venezuela in seven years has landed at Caracas’s Maiquetía International Airport, with Trump administration officials on board, marking a historic thaw in relations after years of hostility.
Apple reports Q2 FY2026 results with $111.2B in revenue, up 17% year-over-year, services revenue reaches a record $31B, and announces an additional $100B share buyback program, beating Wall Street expectations.
OpenAI reaches new agreement with Microsoft that eliminates exclusivity rights, allowing OpenAI to serve products on AWS and other clouds, resolving legal risk from its $50B Amazon deal.
US Commerce Department reports Q1 2026 GDP grew at a 2.0% annualized rate, rebounding from a weak Q4, driven by massive AI sector investment and recovering government spending, though consumer spending slowdown and rising core PCE raise inflation concerns.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center publish in Science showing an OpenAI-developed AI reasoning model outperformed two experienced physicians in diagnosing patients using real ER data.
U.S. officials reveal the Iran war’s true cost is closer to $50 billion, roughly double the Pentagon’s public estimate of $25 billion, as oil prices surge to a four-year high.
Apple reported Q1 revenue of $111bn, up 17% year-on-year, with China sales growing 28%. Outgoing CEO Tim Cook called iPhone demand ’extraordinary,’ setting a quarterly sales record.
Myanmar state media reports 80-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from military prison to house arrest, but her son says he cannot confirm she is alive and questions the announcement.
Elon Musk’s second day of testimony in his lawsuit against OpenAI featured intense cross-examination over the lab’s transition to for-profit status, conflicts of interest, and AI safety concerns.
The US House of Representatives voted to pass a Senate-backed DHS funding bill, ending a 76-day partial shutdown, but excluding funding for immigration enforcement agencies.