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NASA's Artemis II launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, carrying four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby — the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit in 54 years.
China's Ministry of Water Resources says the 2026 flood season will be severe across multiple river basins, with drought conditions expected simultaneously in northern regions.
An Iranian drone strike on Qatar's Ras Laffan helium facility has disrupted 25% of global supply, putting TSMC, Samsung, and SK Hynix chip fabrication at risk.
Iran's biggest salvo in three weeks of war struck Rosh HaAyin and Petah Tikva with cluster warheads, marking a significant escalation days before Passover.
One year after Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs, the US has lost up to 100,000 factory jobs and manufacturing output has fallen below Biden-era levels.
The US president's prime-time address signals a prolonged military campaign against Iran, ending hopes of an April 6 diplomatic off-ramp and sending oil futures surging.
Washington has branded South Korea's deepfake criminalisation law as censorship while dismantling its own counter-disinformation infrastructure, leaving no global consensus on AI-generated content.
The World Food Programme says the Iran conflict has pushed 45 million additional people into acute hunger in three weeks, with shipping costs up 18% and fertilizer prices doubling.
Oil prices surged 59% in March, the largest monthly gain since records began, as the Strait of Hormuz closure choked global supply.
A Chinese state-owned shipping company completed the first commercial transit of the Strait of Hormuz since the Iran war began, establishing a corridor unavailable to Western vessels.
The Iran war's fuel crisis is now an education crisis: at least two Asian nations have cut school weeks to save diesel, affecting millions of children.
Thirty-five percent of the world's helium supply transits the Strait of Hormuz. With the strait closed, hospitals face MRI shutdowns and chipmakers face production halts.
