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Jessie Diggins US Cross Country skier at Olympics in Italy 2026. She is known for her endurance in long distance cross country skiing.

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France's  capital Paris housing crisis 2026 with high cost of housing for residents, limited supply, and some of the housing going to rentals to tourists.

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Suryakumar knock of 84 in 49 balls in India vs US in cricket, as India win by 29 runs- T20 World Cup 2026.

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England lose to West Indies at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai in T20 World Cup 2026. England have to win over Italy and Scotland to stay in T20 final 8.

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A deleted tweet by Chris Wright US Energy Secretary about an escorted tanker in the Hormuz Straits drives down oil prices to $79 a barrel on March 10, 2026.

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April 10, 2026 a day of thanksgiving for the safe return to Earth from the blackness of space of Artemis II, with 4 astronauts led by Captain Wiseman.

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This leading investment bank G. Sachs Jan Hatzius forecast for the US economy is for inflation to go down further from 2.8% in December 2025 to 2.4%. The forecast is at 2.5% growth for 2025 for US economy under a DJT administration including impact of tariffs on China imports of 20%, selective tariffs on EU imports, not an additional 10% tariff across the board.

Net Immigration is forecast at 750,000. This is lower than what it was in the last 4 years with it's surges in some years. The remigration deportation plan will have some impact on growth yet the growth forecast will not be affected to a large extent. Strong real disposable income growth of 3.3% and the wealth and income effect will support spending growth in 2025, says this forecast by G. Sachs investment bank's Jan Hatzius.

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Dholera Gujarat is the location for a 355 acre site where Foxconn is building a $20 billion semiconductor factory. Production is expected to start in 2025. Foreign direct investment passed $80 billion in 2021.

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In December 2021 China's government ended tax cuts for buyers of automobiles, and ended long running electric vehicle subsidies. China's car sales are sluggish in 2023 leading to price cuts.

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Michael Barnier, 73 years, is considered the French Joe Biden because of his service since entering parliament at the age of 27. He served under president Chirac in the 1990's, was foreign minister, twice European Commissioner in Brussels, and EU's negotiator for Brexit. He tried for the nomination of the Les Republicains to run against Macron for president. Macron chose Barnier because of his negotiating skills which will be needed as no party has a majority and the 126 parliamentary votes of the National Front of Marie Le Pen are needed for the government to be stable. Barnier also share Le Pen's concern about migrants having called for ceasing migrant entry for 4 years and quotas for lawful migrants set by the government and a referendum on migration.

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More shale oil from the Permian basin in western Texas is making it way to markets in Europe in 2023. Shipments from the Gulf Coast of the US are estimated to be 1.53 million barrels a day in Jan 2023. Shipments to Spain are up 88%, with similar shipments to Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Natural gas shipments to Europe from the US have doubled in 2022.

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German World Cup soccer fan FreddyLA7 and his wanderings across America 2026. FreddyLA7 has no last name shown and attract 600,000 followers on X as he visits games across America.

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About $33 billion new investment in new EV related auto manufacturing in the US in 2023. This follows $37 billion invested in 2022. Many of these plants are in the South from Kentucky to Tennessee.

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Either China or India was going to at some point develop the Brahmaputra river known as Tsangpo in Tibet where it starts for hydroenergy. It turns out that the modernization of China preceding India's by 20 years and the occupation of Tibet in 1950 has put China in the position of developing this river with a huge dam. The Brahmaputra in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam states of India is the same river that is called Tsangpo in Tibet when since 1000 China had little physical contact with the region greatly remote from Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. The Brahmaputra in its Tsangpo stretch of the river in Tibetan region originates at lake Mansarovar and Mount Kailas and on a map can be seen as very close to Guwahati, Assam and distant thousands of miles from Beijing. The dam will include 5 hydropower stations, produce 300 billion kilowatt hours and cost $170 billion. Two decades of rapid growth in China supported by the US with technology and capital have given China the capital needed for this type of scale of investment in renewable hydro energy. It will produce as much energy as the UK used in 2024. ...