EU Court Confirms Apple’s DMA Gatekeeper Status
On 8 July 2026 the EU General Court threw out Apple’s three linked appeals, cementing the 2023 decision that the App Store and iOS are “core platform services” subject to Digital Markets Act rules.
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White House Greenlights Broad Release of OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 After 30-Day Security Hold
On 8 July 2026, the Trump administration ended its month-long national-security review, allowing OpenAI to move the GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna models from a 20-partner gated preview to full public access starting 9 July.
Five NATO Allies Sign Pact to Plan First European PAC-3 Maintenance Hub
On 7 July 2026, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden formally agreed at the NATO Summit in Ankara to begin joint planning for the alliance’s first in-Europe depot-level maintenance facility for Patriot PAC-3 interceptor missiles, eliminating the current need to ship every round back to the United States for repair and recertification.
Models Converge on ‘Record-Breaking’ 2026-27 El Niño as Early Economic Shocks Surface
In the first week of July 2026, NOAA, ECMWF and leading catastrophe modelers all raised the odds of an unprecedentedly strong El Niño above 60 %, while its infancy has already shut Peru’s anchovy fleet, cut India’s hydropower by a fifth and reshuffled global risk projections.
Super Typhoon Bavi Cripples Rota’s Grid, Spares Lives
On 6-7 July 2026, Super Typhoon Bavi’s 180 mph (290 km/h) winds wiped out power, water, and mobile service for roughly 40,000 people in Guam and the Northern Marianas—especially the 1,500-resident island of Rota—yet no deaths were recorded.
Typhoon-linked storms push China’s death toll to 17, prompt 130,000 evacuations
Within 24 hours on 7 July 2026, authorities raised the fatality count from the Typhoon-Maysak storm system to 17 and ordered top-level flood alerts and mass evacuations across Guangxi and Hubei.
Hayabusa2 Skims Torifune in Record-Close Asteroid Flyby
On 5 July 2026, the veteran Hayabusa2 probe dived to within a few hundred meters of 450-m-wide asteroid Torifune 100 million km away, capturing high-resolution optical and infrared images in the closest rapid pass ever attempted by an asteroid mission.
Southern Europe Wildfires Trigger Mass Evacuations and Empty-Road Tour de France Stage
On 6 July 2026 simultaneous wildfires driven by a fresh heat-wave forced 10,000-plus evacuations in France’s Pyrénées-Orientales and compelled organizers to run Stage 3 of the Tour de France without spectators.
Southern Europe Mobilises Thousands as Toxic Thessaloniki Blaze Highlights Heat-Fueled Wildfire Spike
Over the 5-6 July weekend, simultaneous wildfires in Greece, Portugal, Spain and France prompted indoor-stay orders in Thessaloniki and the dispatch of cross-border EU crews, marking the season’s first multi-country emergency mobilisation.
Tianwen-2 Closes to 20 km of Asteroid 2016 HO3, Initiates China’s First In-Situ Survey
After a 1-billion-kilometre, 400-day cruise, China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has maneuvered into formation flight just 20 km from quasi-satellite 2016 HO3 and has switched on its 11-instrument science payload.
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