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US President Donald Trump says any Russian assistance has been "very unimpactful" as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Moscow of providing satellite intelligence to Tehran. All you need to know.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will present US President Trump with intelligence revealing Iran moved nuclear centrifuges to its underground Pickaxe Mountain facility, amid escalating military tensions and potential action.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal pledged ₹1 crore to a legal aid fund supporting students and peaceful protesters facing FIRs and police cases over recent nationwide NEET agitations.

Iran's Deputy Parliament Speaker Hamidreza Haji Babaei declared Tehran will never make a deal with the US, stressing that Iran must resist American military aggression and regional control.

Grok's user base tripled from 35 million to 117 million between December 2025 and March 2026 — then growth stalled by July, even as xAI pushed Grok into Google Workspace and completed its Grok Imagine image/video feature.

At one point in mid-July 2026, six of the world's top 10 AI models — and all of the top five — came from Chinese labs. Fortune reports they're now beating US rivals on cost, not just catching up on capability, with real companies like Airbnb, Cursor, and Coinbase already switching.

Global startup investment hit a record $510 billion in H1 2026, already beating the $440 billion raised in all of 2025, per Crunchbase. Nearly 40 AI startups hit unicorn status in six months, with capital spreading well beyond foundation models into infrastructure and robotics.

August 2, 2026 is when the EU AI Act's core obligations take effect for the majority of AI systems in the European market — described as the most consequential date in AI regulation history. The Commission published transparency guidelines July 20; the Council approved amendments June 29.

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 releases its full weights at 00:00 UTC July 27 — a 2.8-trillion-parameter, 1.4-terabyte model, the largest open-weight AI release ever. It arrives days after the White House accused Moonshot of distilling Anthropic's Fable to build it.

Anthropic will pay xAI/SpaceX $1.25 billion a month through 2029 for full access to the Colossus 1 data centre — over $40 billion total. Multiple reports describe a clause letting SpaceX reclaim the compute if Claude is found to harm humanity, an unconfirmed but widely discussed condition.

Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 on July 24 at $5/$25 per million tokens standard, $10/$50 fast mode, with a 1M-token context window and new effort toggle. It scored 43.3% on FrontierBench v0.1, arriving amid the industry's sharpest AI pricing war yet.

US President Donald Trump will hold separate White House meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss ongoing conflicts, coinciding with Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral.

Iran is pursuing alleged US war crimes across a 10-15-year strategy using three main legal channels: domestic courts, international bodies like the UN and ICJ, and foreign courts via universal jurisdiction.

US President Donald Trump rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s objections to selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, asserting that no foreign leader dictates American defence sales to key allies.

An Iranian news agency affiliated with the IRGC released a video calling on supporters to assassinate Melania Trump and threatening Barron Trump amid escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran.

BTS' Jungkook's latest appearance at the Stray Kids' concert became viral within no time. The singer spoke about one of the viral moments in his recent live stream. Read to know more.

Iran denied Donald Trump's claims of active negotiations with Washington, stating talks are "not in our DNA." Despite direct contradictions, a pause in military strikes continues, easing global oil prices.

The return of Harshad Chopda and the exit of Dheeraj Doopar and Sufi Motiwala have left the contestants and netizens shocked. Read to know more.

Donald Trump dismissed reports of critical US air defence interceptor shortages, assuring strong military stockpiles. However, analysts and military officials warn that expanded Middle East conflict heavily strains inventory.