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On Sunday, Cooperstown will welcome Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent and Carlos Beltrán into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

For the third time in a week, a water main exploded and flooded the streets of Los Angeles on Friday.

Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL and LCL during a Week 15 contest against the Chargers as the Chiefs missed the playoffs for the first time since 2014.

These Are The World's Biggest Beer Brewers

Beer is the world’s most widely consumed alcoholic beverage, but much of it comes from a relatively small group of companies.

This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Melissa Garside, ranks the world’s 40 largest beer brewers by production volume using data from the BarthHaas Report 2024/25.

Together, these brewers produced 42.7 billion U.S. gallons of beer in 2024, equal to 86.3% of global production.

AB InBev Leads by a Wide Margin

AB InBev dominated the global beer industry in 2024, producing 13.1 billion U.S. gallons, or 26.4% of all beer brewed worldwide.

Its output exceeded the combined production of Heineken, China Resources Snow Breweries, and Carlsberg, underscoring the company’s unmatched global scale.

The Belgian company’s scale is especially clear when compared with Heineken, the world’s second-largest brewer. The Dutch company produced 6.4 billion U.S. gallons, or 12.8% of global output, roughly half of AB InBev’s total.

AB InBev is best known for Budweiser, while Heineken’s flagship beer shares the company name. Although both companies are headquartered in Europe, their brands have become household names worldwide.

European Brewers Dominate the Ranking

Europe had more companies in the top 40 than any other region. Its 21 brewers produced a combined 29.6 billion U.S. gallons, equal to nearly 60% of global beer production.

Germany placed six brewers on the list, more than any other country, yet none ranked in the top 20. Its more than 1,500 breweries are mostly family-owned and regional, while brewers from smaller countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark have expanded more extensively abroad.

Asia followed with 11 brewers, led by China Resources Snow Breweries, Tsingtao, and Asahi Group. Asian companies in the ranking produced 10.3 billion U.S. gallons, equal to 20.8% of global production.

Despite being the world’s second-largest beer producer and recording annual beer consumption of 22 gallons per person in 2023, the United States had just two brewers on the list: Molson Coors, a Canadian-American company, and Constellation Brands.

Molson Coors is associated with Coors Light, while Constellation Brands holds the U.S. rights to Mexican beer brands Modelo and Corona. Modelo has been the country’s best-selling beer since 2023.

China’s Brewers Rank Among the World’s Largest

As the world’s largest beer-producing country, China is home to four brewers in the global top 40.

The highest-ranked was China Resources Snow Breweries, which placed third with 2.9 billion U.S. gallons, equal to 5.8% of global production.

Tsingtao Brewery Group also placed in the top 10, producing 2.0 billion U.S. gallons in 2024. Yanjing and Pearl River added another 1.1 billion and 380 million gallons, respectively.

Together, the four Chinese brewers produced 6.3 billion U.S. gallons of beer, nearly matching Heineken’s global output and highlighting the size of China’s domestic market.

Familiar Brands Behind the Biggest Brewers

Many of the world’s largest brewers are tied to widely recognized flagship beers. The top seven are associated with Budweiser, Heineken, Snow, Carlsberg, Coors Light, Tsingtao, and Asahi Super Dry.

Further down the ranking, regional champions play an important role. Guinness supports Diageo’s beer output, while San Miguel Pale Pilsen, Singha, Chang, Saigon Beer, and Sapporo anchor major brewers across Asia.

A handful of multinational giants dominate global beer production, but strong regional brands continue to shape individual markets. The result is an industry that is highly concentrated at the top while remaining diverse across countries and brands.

If you enjoyed today’s post, check out The Rising Beer Prices of Popular Brands on Voronoi, the new app from Visual Capitalist.

Tyler Durden Fri, 07/24/2026 - 23:00

It's been 18 years since we last saw Aang and Team Avatar animated on our screens.

New York City FC head coach Pascal Jansen on Friday expressed hope that the World Cup will draw in new fans to the MLS club.

The Yankees manager, a longtime 76ers fan, was among those excited for James to be signing in Philadelphia on a two-year, $8 million deal.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is celebrating his state's big win in landing LeBron James.

Bill Gates Ignored Repeated Warnings And Met Epstein Thirty Times

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

An independent review has confirmed what many long suspected: Bill Gates and senior figures at his foundation met with Jeffrey Epstein roughly 30 times between 2011 and 2014, brushing aside repeated internal warnings about the reputational and ethical risks of associating with a man already convicted of sex crimes involving a minor.

The findings, released by the Gates Foundation after a months-long external examination by the law firm WilmerHale, show that foundation staff "raised on multiple occasions the risks of associating with Epstein because of his prior conviction," and that those concerns reached senior leadership, including Gates himself.

Gates was aware of the reputational issues tied to Epstein's 2008 conviction and sentencing when the conversations began in 2011. Meetings took place on the foundation's campus and at Epstein's Manhattan residence. Interactions centered on potential philanthropy ideas that never materialized and ended by December 2014.

The review found no evidence that the foundation paid Epstein, no evidence of knowledge or participation in his sex-trafficking operations, and no evidence the meetings involved illegal conduct.

Yet the sheer volume of contact, combined with documented staff alarms that went unheeded, underscores a pattern of elite indifference that has defined the Epstein saga from the start.

Bill Gates ignored numerous warnings about the reputational risks of associating with Jeffrey Epstein, according to an independent review.

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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 22, 2026

Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman commissioned the review in March 2026 with support from Gates and independent board members. WilmerHale conducted more than 50 interviews and reviewed foundation records.

In a statement, Suzman said the work "depends on integrity and earning and maintaining the trust of partners" and that the foundation is moving forward with board-approved steps to strengthen vetting, risk management, and accountability.

Gates himself stated: "Completing this review is an important step in providing the clarity that partners, employees, and grantees deserve as well as strengthening our oversight with additional policies going forward."

The board approved new processes for centralized vetting of intermediaries, escalation of risks introduced by leadership, clearer dual-role rules, and tighter conflict-of-interest policies.

Notably, the review did not examine Gates's personal emails or communications from his private office - a limitation disclosed in a footnote that leaves significant territory unexamined.

This latest disclosure lands amid a broader reckoning that has already forced Gates into congressional testimony and exposed layers of previous denials.

For years the Microsoft co-founder insisted his contacts with Epstein were limited and regrettable.

In 2019 he admitted the meetings were a mistake, saying he had given Epstein "some benefit by the association" after the financier's conviction for soliciting a minor.

"My doing that was a mistake," Gates said at the time. "None of that money ever appeared, and I gave him some benefit by the association, so I made a doubly wrong mistake there."

That measured language has long contrasted with Gates's visible discomfort whenever the subject arises. In one 2021 interview he snapped "He's dead!" when pressed.

In a later appearance he insisted "There never was any relationship of any kind," then offered an odd smile while repeating that he "shouldn't have had dinners with him" for the "over 100th time."

"I shouldn't have had dinners with him." – @billgates on his association with Jeffrey Epstein #abc730 pic.twitter.com/xdqHjyVv3U

— abc730 (@abc730) January 30, 2023

The February 2026 release of millions of Epstein files intensified the pressure. Documents included draft emails in which Epstein alleged Gates had contracted a sexually transmitted infection after encounters with Russian women and contemplated secretly medicating his then-wife Melinda.

A Gates spokesperson dismissed the claims as "absolutely absurd and completely false." Melinda French Gates, speaking on NPR's Wild Card podcast, did not contest the specifics.

She described "unbelievable sadness" and said the revelations contributed to the end of their marriage and her departure from the foundation. "They need to answer to those things, not me," she stated. "And I am so happy to be away from all the muck."

The files also contained a 2011 email from Hollywood producer Barry Josephson to Epstein referencing a question Epstein had posed to Gates: "How do we get rid of poor people as a whole?"

Josephson claimed to have "an answer." The exchange then shifted to discussing a 16-year-old relative of Epstein's for a film project. The document does not record Gates's response, but it sat alongside the foundation's documented meetings during the same period.

Even liberal media turned. On The View, hosts mocked Gates's denials. Joy Behar ridiculed the familiar refrain "I was not on the island," noting it was hardly the only location where Epstein operated. Sunny Hostin said the Justice Department files meant Gates "should answer to it."

Lawmakers moved quickly. Rep. Nancy Mace publicly demanded a subpoena, writing that she had watched Melinda Gates's interview and immediately asked House Oversight Chairman James Comer to compel Gates's testimony.

"I have questions for Bill Gates about Epstein," Mace stated. "Nobody is above the law. Not billionaires. Not the powerful. Nobody." Comer confirmed the committee was consulting counsel and that "the odds are good" Gates would face questions under oath, noting bipartisan interest on the panel.

Gates ultimately sat for a transcribed interview with the Oversight Committee in June 2026.

He told lawmakers he "never witnessed nor had any indication" Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct, described the association as a "grave error in judgment," and acknowledged he may have been in the presence of victims.

He has also said he was "quite stupid" to spend time with Epstein, believing it would advance global health philanthropy when it did not.

The foundation's new review arrives as other strands of the Epstein network continue to fray under scrutiny. This week French model scout Daniel Siad, whose name appeared more than 2,000 times in the released files and who arranged introductions of young women to Epstein for over a decade, was found dead at his home near Paris.

An autopsy has been ordered. Siad is the second French modeling figure linked to Epstein to die before facing trial; Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanged in a Paris prison cell in 2022. Prosecutors say the broader trafficking investigation continues without him.

Meanwhile, former New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has detailed how federal prosecutors in 2019 persuaded his office to halt its probe of Epstein's Zorro Ranch in exchange for a promise to return state-related materials once the federal case concluded.

That promise was never kept. Current New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has waited more than 130 days for unredacted files while agents recently searched the property for possible remains.

Balderas said the Justice Department "burned" his office and is now burning the current one.

The pattern is consistent. Warnings are ignored. Evidence is withheld. Associates exit the stage under opaque circumstances. Powerful figures issue carefully lawyered statements of regret while the machinery of accountability moves slowly, if at all.

The Gates Foundation review closes one chapter with institutional reforms and a finding of no direct criminal knowledge. It does not erase the documented decision to meet a convicted sex offender nearly thirty times after staff raised alarms, nor does it resolve the unanswered questions that still surround the broader network of influence, money, and protection that allowed Epstein to operate for so long.

Accountability for the elite has never been the default setting of the administrative state. It remains a demand that must be forced.

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Tyler Durden Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:35

Moranis stepped away from Hollywood in 1997 to take care of his two children following his wife's 1991 death.

Moranis stepped away from Hollywood in 1997 to take care of his two children following his wife's 1991 death.

As with most tax-the-rich plans, Mamdani’s $5 million cutoff couldn't raise enough cash, so he decided that the somewhat prosperous are also failing to chip in their “fair share.

A Southern California woman accused of running a bogus animal rescue while allegedly leaving scores of dogs to die in her sweltering, feces-covered car was released without posting a penny in bail after a judge rejected prosecutors’ request to keep her locked up. Priscilla Martin, 33, who is homeless, pleaded not guilty Thursday to three...

President Donald Trump attended the rescheduled WHCA Dinner in D.C. on July 24, months after a shooting delayed the event.

Her grieving family has launched a GoFundMe to create a college fund for her grandson, honoring her dream for his education.

President Trump played comedian-in-chief Friday night at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where he had the entire room roaring as he quipped about a third term, Nicki Minaj twerking and trying to pair dress shoes with bulletproof vests in an entertaining and unifying speech. “As I said three months ago, the show must go...

Hopefully, the plot to the movie “The Catch” being filmed at Citi Field on Friday isn’t as predictable as the game that was played.

Hello to vintage Roki Sasaki. At his best, this is what Sasaki can do to opponents.

Humanoid War Robot Gets Advanced AMD-Powered AI Brain

At the start of February, we began tracking startup Foundation Robotics after publicly available news reports and X posts suggested it could become one of the first US companies to deploy humanoid robots on the modern battlefield.

TIME later reported that the company's robots had been sent to Ukraine for testing and evaluation, raising the prospect that these war bots could soon reach the front lines in Eastern Europe.

Our February 2 report, "Watch: Russian Soldiers Surrender To Gun-Wielding Robot; Humanoid Warfare Nears," and our February 3 report, "AI's Next Frontier Is Physical As Humanoid Robots Begin March On Assembly Lines And Beyond," both preceded TIME's coverage of Foundation by a full month and showed how these robots were being positioned for testing in Ukraine.

In another signal that Foundation is preparing its war bots for battlefield deployment, Reuters reported that the startup partnered with Advanced Micro Devices to supply high-end AI processors for its second-generation Phantom MK-2 robot.

Foundation plans to open a factory in October capable of producing 5,000 robots per year, followed by a second facility with capacity for 50,000 units. Industrial robots will be leased for about $100,000 annually, while defense models designed for logistics and reconnaissance will be sold for $300,000 per unit.

Phantom MK-1 robot 

Last month, we were also the first to publish video from a Las Vegas testing range showing the Phantom MK-1 operating a light mortar system.

Phantom MK-1 robot 

Founded in 2024, Foundation said its first-generation Phantom MK-1 robots are already operating in the automotive supply chain and contributed to the production of more than 24,000 vehicles last year.

Beyond the factory floor, the key question is when these bots will reach the front lines. Our report earlier this month, citing a Ukrainian news outlet, revealed that Kiev is preparing to launch a grant competition for war bots, with Foundation appearing well positioned to secure funding.

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You're getting a front-row seat to what the 2030s battlefield will look like - a lot of automation - AI kill chains - just chaos.

Tyler Durden Fri, 07/24/2026 - 22:10

More than a dozen children at a New Jersey summer camp chowed down on suspected mushroom-laced chocolate, sending the group into a “zombie”-like state and hospitalizing one, according to a report. The campers, aged between 10 and 13 years old, consumed the apparent edibles at the East Orange YMCA Thursday, creating a concerning ordeal for...