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Drone threats near a UAE nuclear plant pushed global tensions higher overnight as Washington and Tehran traded new warnings. Record-breaking Everest climbs put sherpas back at the center of mountaineering’s most dangerous season, while “fibermaxxing” exploded across social media as users chased extreme high-fiber diets with surprisingly real health benefits.

Today’s edition also covers Ukraine’s expanding drone war, Ebola’s spread across Central Africa, and the growing strain on global markets and infrastructure.

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Russia’s overnight barrage struck multiple Ukrainian cities with hundreds of drones and missiles in one of the largest coordinated attacks of the year. Explosions and fires were reported across Dnipro, Kharkiv and Odesa as air-defense systems operated through the night.

Long-range drone warfare has become central to both sides as front lines remain largely static after months of grinding combat. Ukraine has expanded strikes inside Russian territory while Moscow continues targeting energy systems, transportation hubs, and urban infrastructure.

The attacks arrive as Western allies debate additional military support and ammunition supplies for Kyiv. Continued escalation is increasing pressure on civilian infrastructure ahead of another summer of heavy energy demand and potential power shortages.

Emergency treatment centers are opening in eastern Congo after Ebola cases spread across parts of Congo and Uganda. Health officials have rushed medical teams, testing equipment, and isolation supplies into conflict-affected regions where tracking infections remains difficult.

The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has no approved vaccine or targeted antiviral treatment. Health workers are relying heavily on rapid isolation, contact tracing, and border monitoring to prevent wider regional spread.

Public-health agencies remain especially concerned about infections reaching larger population centers with limited hospital capacity. Previous Ebola outbreaks have shown how quickly local clusters can become international emergencies when containment efforts fall behind.

A drone strike near the UAE’s Barakah nuclear facility triggered a fire outside the complex without reported injuries or radiation leaks. Emirati authorities said the plant’s reactors and safety systems were not damaged during the incident.

The attack added to growing concerns over how modern drone warfare is exposing civilian infrastructure once considered difficult to target. Energy facilities, shipping routes, and airports across the region have faced repeated disruptions as conflicts increasingly spill beyond traditional battlefields.

Nuclear sites carry unique political and economic sensitivity even when damage is limited. Any threat involving reactors or radioactive materials can rattle financial markets, raise insurance costs, and intensify pressure for military retaliation or expanded regional defenses.

President Lai Ching-te said Taiwan will not provoke conflict but also won't surrender sovereignty, his first direct response to Trump's framing of Taiwan as a negotiating chip. Lai's statement was the most pointed Taipei reply since the Beijing summit.

Kami Rita Sherpa summited Mount Everest a 32nd time, extending his world record, while Lhakpa Sherpa reached the summit for the 11th time, setting the women's record. Both climbers used the same May weather window.

Peru’s election board confirmed a June runoff between Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez. Public frustration over crime, inflation and political instability has turned the race into a broader test of confidence in the country’s leadership.

Two Navy EA-18G Growlers collided mid-air Sunday at Idaho's Gunfighter Skies Air Show, with all four crew members ejecting and reported stable. Base authorities canceled the rest of the show and opened a Navy investigation.

Police arrested several teenagers in connection with a series of random shootings across Austin Saturday and Sunday, leaving four wounded. Investigators say motives remain unclear and additional arrests may follow as the inquiry expands.

President Trump and senior officials addressed a Christian gathering on the National Mall Sunday, tied to America 250 commemorations leading to next year's semiquincentennial. Religious leaders shared the stage with cabinet members across the day.

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A new wave of AI-driven job cuts at major tech and corporate employers has not delivered the usual stock bounce, with traders skeptical that headcount trims translate into fatter margins. Analysts say the muted reaction reflects worries that AI capex may outrun visible revenue gains deep into next year.

Novo Nordisk is rolling out the Wegovy pill globally after a US launch this year, intensifying its showdown with Eli Lilly's Foundayo. Analysts see the next twelve months as decisive for which company captures emerging-market obesity demand.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung is pressing Samsung and its union toward a labor deal as 47,000 workers prepare to walk out. Walkouts would idle multiple memory-chip and consumer-electronics lines just as Samsung battles softening AI-related demand.

The social-media fibermaxxing trend — eating well above typical US fiber recommendations — has research support for lower colon-cancer and diabetes risk. Most Americans get less than half the recommended daily fiber intake, and dietitians say slow ramp-ups beat sudden swaps.

Researchers rediscovered a plant species missing for more than 60 years during an expedition in South America through recent field findings. Scientists are now racing to study the surviving population before habitat loss and climate pressures threaten the species again.

Researchers found a new way to make clean hydrogen fuel without relying on expensive materials in new laboratory findings. Cheaper production could make hydrogen more practical for trucks, factories and other industries trying to move away from fossil fuels.

Donovan Mitchell scored 26 with 15 in the third quarter as Cleveland routed the Pistons 125-94 in Game 7. The Cavaliers reach their first Eastern Conference final since 2018 and face the Knicks on Tuesday.

Aaron Rai shot a final-round 65 to win the PGA Championship at Aronimink by three strokes — the first English-born winner since 1919. DraftKings had him at 290-1 Thursday, the biggest long-shot major winner in 20+ years.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the 14th player in NBA history to win back-to-back MVP awards, taking the trophy a year after his first. Oklahoma City's run continues with SGA the consensus best player in the league entering the conference finals.

Peter Jackson disclosed that he fired Ryan Gosling from Lovely Bones two weeks before shooting after Gosling showed up much heavier for the role. Jackson called the firing one of the more painful decisions of his career, with Mark Wahlberg taking the part.

Mel Brooks is donating his career archive to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York, including scripts, photos, and personal materials. Brooks's donation gives researchers access to working drafts of The Producers, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles spanning seven decades.

Ella Langley took home a stunning seven ACM Awards at Sunday night's 61st Academy of Country Music ceremony in Frisco, while Cody Johnson was named Entertainer of the Year. Shania Twain hosted the show, which packed 17 performances into two and a half hours.

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What it is: Elon Musk and Sam Altman co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a non-profit safety project, and ended 2026 as the two most powerful men in AI, suing each other in federal court. CNBC's eleven-year reconstruction of the relationship traces the moment-by-moment slide from intellectual collaboration to open commercial warfare.

The detail: Musk left the OpenAI board in 2018 after losing an internal power struggle, then publicly turned against the nonprofit when it pivoted toward Microsoft and a capped-profit model in 2019. Altman's recent testimony in Musk's suit revealed that even early OpenAI co-founders had concerns about giving Musk a controlling stake — the deal collapsed for that reason.

Why it matters: OpenAI and xAI are now the two most-watched private AI companies in the world, with Microsoft and Nvidia making each more powerful by the quarter while regulators barely keep up. Whatever happens in the Musk-Altman litigation will help define the corporate template for how a new general-purpose technology — and the enormous capital pouring into it — gets governed for the next decade.

What to watch: Musk's suit alleges that Altman and Greg Brockman tried to steal a charity, a framing the OpenAI camp rejects entirely and one Brockman has publicly disputed. Discovery scheduled for late summer will likely surface internal OpenAI emails, board minutes, and Microsoft term sheets that the public has never seen — material that could reshape AI policy debates in Washington and Brussels for years to come.

- Buenos Aires threw Ratapalooza, a Sunday adoption fair for unwanted lab rats and mice with 90 foster homes and rat-shaped keychains.

- A granddaughter's Uber Eats tutorial for grandparents ages 102 and 89 went viral as Popeyes, Applebee's, DoorDash, and Uber dropped gift cards in the comments.

- A toddler in Southern California unexpectedly came face to face with a bobcat outside a home before nearby adults safely intervened during the rare wildlife encounter.

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