The European Union has officially enacted the world's first comprehensive Artificial Intelligence Act, marking a pivotal moment in global tech governance. This landmark legislation employs a risk-based approach, banning harmful AI while setting rigorous standards for high-risk applications, and is expected to influence AI regulation worldwide.
Nvidia briefly made history on June 18, 2024, by surpassing Microsoft to become the world's most valuable company, reaching an astonishing $3.335 trillion market capitalization. This meteoric rise, driven by its indispensable graphics processing units for artificial intelligence, underscores the profound impact of AI on global markets and investor confidence in the burgeoning sector.
England secured their passage to the Euro 2024 knockout stages as Group C winners, though a goalless draw against Slovenia left fans and pundits deeply unimpressed. Despite achieving their objective, the team's uninspired performance sparked widespread criticism and raised serious concerns about their ability to compete for the title.
Israel's Supreme Court has unanimously ruled to end decades of military service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, mandating their conscription and cutting state funding for yeshivas that harbor draft dodgers. This landmark decision, driven by calls for equality and wartime manpower needs, creates significant political instability for Prime Minister Netanyahu's coalition and reshapes the relationship between the state and the Haredi community.
A massive heat dome is currently engulfing the United States, bringing dangerously high, triple-digit temperatures and widespread heat advisories to over 100 million Americans from the Midwest to the Northeast. This extreme weather event poses severe risks to public health and critical infrastructure, prompting urgent warnings and the opening of cooling centers as it is expected to persist for several days.
Russia's defense ministry announced on June 28, 2024, that its forces seized Rozdolivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, a tactical gain that could facilitate further advances towards the strategic stronghold of Siversk. While Ukraine has not confirmed this claim, fierce fighting continues in the area as Russia pursues its objective to fully secure the partially occupied Donetsk region amidst slow but steady territorial gains.
