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The Ateela 2 Oil Tanker boat navigates the sea on April 28, 2026 on Qeshm Island, Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Asghar Besharati | Getty ImagesOil was struggling for direction Thursday as traders weighed OPEC’s lower demand outlook for this year, while the International Energy Agency flagged greater volatility ahead.International benchmark Brent crude futures for July were down 0.21% at $105.42 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures for June fell 0.16% at $100.87 per barrel. Both had started the day marginally higher.OPEC cut its demand growth estimates for 2026 to about 1.2 million barrels per day, from 1.4 million bpd previously, in its…

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Humanity’s ancestry has grown far clearer thanks to our ability to obtain ancient DNA. We now know that, as humans left Africa, they interbred with the groups they met there, Neanderthals and Denisovans. Evidence from the Denisovan genome also suggests that this was nothing new; the Denisovans had apparently interbred with an even earlier group. But the identity of that group remained a bit of a mystery. Now, some evidence from ancient proteins suggests that the mystery group was Homo erectus, a species that left Africa over a million years ago and spread throughout Eurasia. And, thanks to the Denisovans,…

U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed after arriving in Beijing to kick off a landmark state visit in China on May 13, 2026. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded mixed Thursday as investors look to a high-stakes meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for clues on the future of U.S.-China ties and global trade.Trump landed in Beijing Wednesday for the closely watched summit, accompanied by a group of U.S. executives, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Nvidia boss Jensen Huang.Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.27%, while the Topix slid 0.23%. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.38%, while the small-cap Kosdaq climbed 1.31%.In…

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Separately, a group representing rural mobile carriers criticized the approvals, saying the FCC ignored competition concerns raised by small wireless operators. The spectrum sales “continue the troubling pattern of spectrum aggregation that disadvantages rural wireless providers, stifles competition in the wireless marketplace, and hinders the deployment of wireless services—particularly in the hardest-to-serve rural areas,” the Rural Wireless Association said. While Starlink isn’t a wireless carrier, it is looking to dominate the emerging market for Direct-to-Device (D2D) systems that use low Earth orbit satellites to provide service on standard mobile phones. Meanwhile, AT&T’s purchase of EchoStar licenses continues the consolidation of…

President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday evening local time, kicking off a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the first such meeting in nearly nine years.The president was greeted at the airport by China’s Vice President Han Zheng, a military band, and hundreds of young people waving flags. Trump is scheduled to meet Xi on Thursday around 10 a.m. local time for an arrival ceremony, followed by a full day of meetings and events. The high-stakes summit is expected to cover a wide range of contentious topics, including trade, technology, export controls, Taiwan, and the Iran war,…

Kool-Aid Hydration is launching with three flavors: grape, tropical punch and blue raspberry lemonade.Source: Kool-AidKool-Aid is launching electrolyte packets made without artificial dyes, aimed at reaching consumers who want to hydrate, but not for Gatorade or Liquid I.V. prices.The new product is part of parent company Kraft Heinz’s broader plan to modernize its portfolio and reverse a sales slump that has lasted nearly a decade. Its top brands, including Capri Sun, Oscar Mayer and Kraft Mac & Cheese, have struggled as consumers have sought fresher and more nutritious options to feed and hydrate their families. One year shy of its…

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The Skydweller drone was last visible on the flight-tracking service Flight Radar 24 north of Cancun, Mexico, in the early morning hours of May 4. The company described the drone as eventually performing a “controlled water ditching” around 6:30 am Eastern Time, but the aircraft “subsequently sank due to its non-buoyant composite structure.” By the time it went under, the Skydweller drone had performed a record-breaking, solar-powered flight of eight days and 14 minutes—longer than any previous flights as either a drone or crewed aircraft. The company Skydweller Aero commemorated it as an “operational prototype” that had “validated the practical…