Crossword: Power play
Solve the crossword from our July 2026 issue, in which we raise our solving skills to the next level.
Measles has no treatments. Changing that may not be easy
Vaccination remains the priority, but some researchers are looking for drugs to fight the virus in people who don’t get the shot.
Married at First Sight Australia stars not told partners had drug and violence convictions
Stars of the hit TV show say they did not know their on-screen husbands had previous convictions.
US kills leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang in airstrike, Trump says
Niño Guerrero was killed in a “swift and lethal kinetic strike,” the US President wrote in a social media post.
Anthropic suspends new AI tools over US government security concerns
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5, released publicly this week, sparked concerns about cybersecurity and hacking.
Switzerland to vote on plan to cap population at 10 million
The right-wing Swiss People’s Party calls the plan a “sustainability initiative”, but opponents say it is a recipe for chaos.
US government ‘recruited psychic children’ for secret UFO program, lawyer claims
Lawyer Danny Sheehan has claimed the US government is running a secret military program that allegedly involves reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.
Hablan Pepi, Alonso y Balogun, tras la goleada de Estados Unidos a Paraguay
Los jugadores del USMNT no ocultaron su felicidad tras la gran exhibición que dieron en su debut en la justa mundialista y ante un equipo
Coaching the U.S. was a big test for Mauricio Pochettino. Then his World Cup opener went ‘amazing’
Pochettino, a 54-year-old Argentine, has been on the job for 20 months, but Friday’s game was unquestionably his biggest opportunity to make an impression on
US government orders Anthropic to kill Fable 5 and Mythos 5 in unprecedented AI model recall
The US government has ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its two most capable AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, in what appears to
Google sues Chinese cybercrime ring that used Gemini to build phishing sites and send 2.5 million scam texts
Google filed a lawsuit on Friday to dismantle the infrastructure behind a Chinese cybercrime operation called Outsider Enterprise. The group used AI, including Google’s own
Trump seeks ‘off-ramp’ from war in ‘Iran deal’
As reports emerge of a possible US-Iran agreement, President Tweety McTreason is looking for an ‘off-ramp’ from Iran war.
Brazil vs Morocco World Cup team news: Neymar, start time and how to watch
Record five-time world champions Brazil open their 2026 campaign against African heavyweights Morocco on Saturday.
Trump says US strike killed Tren de Aragua gang boss with Venezuelan help
Gang leader Flores had controlled the vast criminal syndicate from Venezuela for years.