Cindy Alverez

Rob Jetten’s Centrist D66 Party Won The Dutch Election, Positioning Him To Be The Netherlands’ Youngest & First Openly Gay PM. D66 Secured ~18% Of Votes & Tripled Its Seats To 26 In The Lower 150-Member Parliament. Lacking A Majority, They Must Form A Coalition To Govern. The PVV Lost Ground By ~15k Votes; Final Results Await Overseas Ballots.

Egypt Opens The $1B Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Near Cairo; It Will Be The World’s Largest Museum Devoted To One Civilization. Just 2km From The Giza Pyramids, It Displays 100,000+ Artifacts, Including For The First Time King Tut’s Full 5,000-Piece Collection; Ramses II’s Statue; & The Khufu Solar Boat. GEM Opens Nov 4, 2025, To Boost Tourism.

Barcelona’s Sagrada Família In Spain Is Now The World’s Tallest Church At 162.91m, Surpassing Germany’s Ulm Minster (161.53m). The Milestone Came After A Cross Was Added Atop Its Central Tower Of Jesus Christ. When The Cross Is Completed In 2026, The Church Will Reach 172m, 100yrs After Its Designer, Antoni Gaudí’s Death. Construction Began In 1882.

A UK Firm, Quantum Motion (QM), Built The World’s First Full-Stack Quantum Computer Using Mass-Producible Silicon CMOS Chips (Spin Qubits). The System’s Three-Rack Size Is Data-Center-Friendly, & Is Compatible With Standard Software (Qiskit/Cirq). Installed At The UK’s NQCC, It Will Be Tested For Uses Like Drug Discovery. QM Has Raised £62m

…

Cameroon’s 92-Year-Old President Paul Biya, The World’s Oldest President, Has Won A Disputed 8th Term With 53.66% Of Votes Amid Deadly Protests & Fraud Claims. Biya Has Ruled For 43 Years, Sparking Youth Unrest In A Country Where Over 70% Are Under 35. Security & Protesters Clashes Leave Deaths, With Critics Warning Of Rising Instability.

In A World First, U.S. Researchers 3D-Printed Human Tissue That Looks, Feels, & Responds Like Real Organs, Matching Softness, Stretch, & Blood Flow. Unlike Older Tissue Simulators Made From Stiff Rubber Or Plastic, This 3D Print Uses Fluid-Filled Capsules For Lifelike Surgical Training. Next, They’ll Expand To More Organs & Bionic Versions.

…

Tanzania’s First Female President Samia Suluhu Hassan, In Power Since 2021 After John Magufuli’s Death, Is Set To Become This African Nation’s First Elected Female President In A Vote Widely Seen As A Formality Amid Opposition Bans And Arrests. Critics Cite Rising Repression. Despite Frustration, Samia Remains Popular, Especially Among Rural Women.

Belgian Firm, Jan De Nul, Launched Fleeming Jenkin, The World’s Largest Cable-Layer With 28k-Ton Cap (2x Cap. Of Prior Largest Vessel). From 2026, It Will Lay Over 2,800km Of Cables In The North Sea For Europe’s 2GW Offshore Wind Program, Enabling Connections That Transmit 2x Electricity. Its Twin, William Thomson, Shares The Same Mission.

…

The Guangwushan Nuoshuihe Glass-Bottomed Water Slide In Sichuan, China, Holds The Guinness World Record As The Longest Of Its Kind, Stretching 2.66 Miles. Made Of High-Strength Transparent Glass, It Gives Riders A Thrilling Several-Minute Ride As They Glide Through Mountainous Terrain With Dramatic Views, Blending Nature, Beauty, And Innovation.

Japan, The World’s 4th Largest Economy And Lowest G7 Nation In Gender Equality (118/148), Has Elected Its First Female PM, Sanae Takaichi. A Staunch Conservative & Pro Abe, She Admires Thatcher, Loves Heavy Metal, Is Hawkish On China, WWII And Immigration, Seeks To Revise The Pacifist Constitution, And Opposes Same-Sex Marriage And Gender Reforms.