US President Biden announced on Wednesday a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build an artificial intelligence (AI) datacenter in Racine, Wisconsin, according to a release. "President Biden will announce a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence (AI) datacenter in Racine, creating 2,300 union construction jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs over time," the release stated. Microsoft will also partner with Gateway Technical College to train 1,000 Wisconsinites for datacenter and STEM roles by 2030.

US Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a suspected parasitic worm in his brain, among various health issues, according to his deposition from his 2012 divorce proceedings. Kennedy had been experiencing memory loss and mental fogginess in 2010, and doctors reviewing scans of his brain concluded that he might have a brain tumor. However shortly before surgery, Kennedy was given a different opinion from a doctor that he might have a dead parasite inside his brain. He underwent further tests, and doctors ultimately ruled that the apparent cyst seen in his brain scans contained the remains of a parasite.

The number of displaced people in Myanmar has reached three million, the United Nations said, the vast majority forced to flee their homes by conflict unleashed by the military`s 2021 coup. Around 2.7 million have fled since the putsch that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi`s government after a short-lived experiment with democracy. The coup sparked renewed clashes with established ethnic armed groups and birthed dozens of new "People`s Defence Forces" that the military has failed to crush. "Myanmar stands at the precipice in 2024 with a deepening humanitarian crisis," the UN`s resident coordinator in the country said in a statement released on Monday (6 May).

Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid Wednesday (8 May), targeting a wide area in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called a “massive” attack. The bombardment blasted targets in seven Ukrainian regions, including the Kyiv area and parts of the south and west, damaging homes and the country`s rail network, authorities said. Three people, including an 8-year-old girl, were injured, according to officials.