The U.S. State Department is finalizing plans to issue special passports featuring President Trump’s portrait to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, sparking debate over the boundary between national symbolism and personal image.
King Charles III delivers a rare address to a joint session of the US Congress during a state visit, urging unity between the UK and US amid transatlantic diplomatic tensions.
The battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over OpenAI’s direction moves from social media sparring to a courtroom showdown that could reshape the company’s future.
British Petroleum reports profits more than doubling year-over-year in its first quarter, driven by soaring global oil prices amid the Iran conflict.
President Trump expresses skepticism toward Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the blockade, dimming prospects for a near-term end to the conflict.
Anthropic announces Claude creative connectors that enable the AI to directly integrate with Adobe Creative Cloud, Blender, Ableton and other major creative software, alongside becoming a corporate sponsor of the Blender Development Fund.
The legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman officially begins in court. Musk’s lawyer alleges Altman profited from ‘related party conflicted transactions’ and identifies the October 2022 Microsoft deal as the turning point when OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit mission.
Trump is considering an Iran peace proposal as US-Iran talks hit an impasse. German Chancellor Merz says the US is ‘being humiliated by Iran’ as European patience wears thin. Meanwhile, a Russia-linked superyacht sails through the Hormuz blockade.
The UAE will formally exit OPEC on May 1, ending nearly six decades of membership. The energy minister said the move aims to gain greater freedom to expand production capacity, targeting 5 million barrels per day by 2027.
The Nasdaq is set to open lower as stalemate in US-Iran peace talks and crude oil surging above $107/barrel trigger risk-off sentiment across markets, with gold climbing and Bitcoin retreating.