In 2000, the world braced for Y2K. It came with a date and a remedy. There was panic about doomsday, but as other programmers and I stretched the year field from two to four characters, apart from scattered hiccups, the lights stayed on. Everything about Y2K was known—the problem, the solution, and the deadline.

18 May 2026

Canada has confirmed its first hantavirus infection after a cruise ship passenger tested positive for the virus. The infected person was on board the MV Hondius, the cruise ship where the initial outbreak occurred.

18 May 2026

Iran has warned the United States that the Gulf of Oman could become a "graveyard" for America's fleets. Warships will be meeting their watery end as negotiations remain gridlocked.

18 May 2026

United States President Donald Trump has warned Iran that the clock is ticking. He added that “there won’t be anything left” of Iran if the country fails to make a deal with the US ruling class.

18 May 2026

Inflation hit a three-year high in April, with consumer prices rising 3.8% over the past year and 0.6% in April, according to BLS data.

18 May 2026

The United States and Israel are working together to prepare for an attack on Iran.  This active preparation for a renewal of hostilities with Iran could result in attacks as early as next week.

17 May 2026

Sen. Rand Paul called for a DOJ investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci for alleged perjury during 2021 congressional testimony about COVID-19 origins and gain-of-function research funding.

16 May 2026

A really big space rock is going to have a very close encounter with our planet on Monday. Based on current calculations, we are being told that we don’t have anything to be concerned about, but if this really big space rock actually hit a major city, it would cause a catastrophic amount of damage. So let’s hope that what the astronomers are telling us is correct.

15 May 2026

Russia has begun implementing border controls and other measures to keep hantavirus at bay. These precautions aim to prevent the potential spread of the deadly Andes hantavirus strain, the country’s public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has said.

15 May 2026

There is something almost absurd about a government minting money at a loss. A coin—the most basic unit—becomes instead a confession, not just of inefficiency, but of a deeper fracture between what money is supposed to represent and what it has become.

15 May 2026