- World Cup ticket gouging: FIFA’s 2026 World Cup final tickets are being listed for as much as NZ$3.9 million, with FIFA reportedly standing to earn NZ$4.6 million in commission on just four tickets if they sell at the listed price.
- Robots dazzle — and unnerve — at Hannover Messe: A German firm debuted humanoid robots at the Hannover trade fair, thrilling Chancellor Friedrich Merz but leaving some visitors uneasy about the implications for the workforce.
- Berlin mother charged: A 38-year-old woman in Berlin has been charged with bodily harm resulting in death after allegedly ignoring nearly 50 alarm notifications from her diabetic seven-year-old son’s insulin pump.
- Vaccine milestone: The EU approved its first combined flu-and-Covid vaccine, while clinical trials for an avian flu vaccine got under way — developments that scientists hope will combat growing vaccine hesitancy.
Walter Murrow
April 24, 2026
