Geopolitics The USA and Ukraine signed an agreement in 2025 that gives Washington priority access to lithium, titanium, uranium, and rare earths in exchange for military aid. The country, which has one-third of Europe’s lithium reserves and 7% of the continent’s titanium, is negotiating sovereignty over resources worth trillions using geological maps made by the Soviet Union 60 years ago. Valdemar Medeiros 29/05/2026 at 10:44
Industry The major construction of the new corn ethanol industry in Brazil is advancing quickly, reaching 45% of the schedule, entering the mechanical assembly phase, and mobilizing more than 70 companies with up to 2,000 temporary jobs expected. Romário Pereira de Carvalho 29/05/2026 at 08:50
Armed Forces Brazil has just joined the select group of countries capable of manufacturing a 100% national jet turbine for military drones, alongside the United States, United Kingdom, France, Israel, and China. It is the heart of the new Albatroz Vortex, which flies for 24 consecutive hours and reaches an altitude of 12,000 meters. Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 29/05/2026 at 00:43
Construction In just 34 days, a giant tablet-operated printer erected the largest 3D-printed apartment building in Europe, three months faster than the traditional method and using half the workers on the construction site. Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 29/05/2026 at 00:13
Science and Technology A silent boat powered solely by solar energy sits in the middle of the planet’s most polluted rivers, swallowing up to 50 tons of trash per day, and it does this alone, without fuel and without stopping, before the plastic reaches the ocean. Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 29/05/2026 at 00:10
Ports and Shipyards A 220-meter giant powered in part by solar energy and lithium batteries has just unloaded nearly 5,000 Chinese cars at the Port of Itajaí. It is the first of ten Grimaldi super ships and the first in the world prepared to run on ammonia as fuel. Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 29/05/2026 at 00:08
Science and Technology SpaceX will dock a $843 million vehicle to the International Space Station to push a nearly 420-ton laboratory against the atmosphere and make the debris fall in a controlled manner into the ocean. Ana Alice 29/05/2026 at 00:02
Science and Technology Quarry almost wipes out a 1,700-year-old village in Germany, but archaeologists arrive before the machines and reveal wooden houses, a textile workshop, ancient tools, and a rural community preserved under 3,200 m² of soil. Ana Alice 28/05/2026 at 23:59
Interesting facts Workers were cleaning old bombs to open a highway in Italy when they found a pre-Roman temple buried under almost 3 meters of sediment, with rare inscriptions preserved by an ancient flood. Ana Alice 28/05/2026 at 23:42
Interesting facts African tortoises released in the Sahara make the desert show green patches seen by satellite after years of failure in tree planting. Caio Aviz 28/05/2026 at 23:40
Economy France launches tenders for 12 GW in renewable energy, bets on offshore wind and imposes restrictions on Chinese components to accelerate energy sovereignty, protect European factories, and reduce dependence on oil and gas amid global pressure. Carla Teles 28/05/2026 at 23:38
Construction Italy activates a 4,000-ton, 130-meter-long tunnel boring machine to devour 3 km of mountain, with a cutting head of 13.46 meters and a power of 10 MW in a high-speed railway project in the south of the country. Ana Alice 28/05/2026 at 23:23