OpenAI and four rivals just agreed on one standard for AI agents
The AI race spent two years being about models. This week it moved to the plumbing. On the eve of GPT-5’s first birthday, OpenAI and
DeepSeek made AI cheap. Now it is raising $8bn and buying robots
DeepSeek spent early 2025 proving that a good AI model did not have to cost a fortune. This week it has been busy proving it
New Delhi on red alert as heavy rains pound the city
Heavy rains have pounded New Delhi and its surrounding towns, disrupting traffic and leaving commuters stranded.
Mediterranean smuggling network ‘dismantled’ in Spain-led raid, 78 arrested
Authorities say they broke up one of the largest criminal networks running migrant smuggling in Western Mediterranean.
Hun Manet is refining Cambodia’s authoritarian model
The PM has made repression less visible and more sophisticated, strengthening the authoritarian system he inherited.
Spain threatens retaliation if Italy fails to lift border controls after Ceuta crossings
Italy has said it will not accept “ultimatums or impositions” after the mass crossing of migrants from Morocco to Ceuta last week.
Spanish police arrest 78 people in bust of ‘one of largest’ smuggling networks
The group moved synthetic drugs from Spain to Algeria, then used the return journey to smuggle migrants and weapons.
Seven killed after Thai student opens fire at home and school
Authorities say the 14-year-old killed his grandparents before gunning down five teachers at his school.
Mexico and Peru restore diplomatic relations after asylum row
Relations broke down after former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávez sought asylum in the Mexican embassy in November 2025.
GOP ‘toadies’ about to hand Trump a ‘nuke’ – and Democrats are on board: analysis
A bipartisan bill moving rapidly through the Senate could hand President Tweety McTreason a “nuke” — and Democrats are sitting idly by, a new political
‘Utter lawlessness’: Judges halting White House ballroom rip Trump’s ‘pure fiction’
A federal appeals court tore apart the Trump administration’s legal defense of the White House ballroom, declaring its claim that no court could stop the
Polish data center plans to send its waste heat to the neighbors
As Europe swelters in a heatwave, residents probably don’t want to hear about ways to make their homes even hotter, but that’s what Polish property
Airtable joins Evernote, Brightcove, WeTransfer and AOL in Bending Spoons portfolio
Bending Spoons has snapped up Airtable to add to its portfolio of software companies, alongside AOL, Evernote, WeTransfer, Brightcove and Vimeo Airtable made its name
Bacterial ‘postbiotic’ may help preserve fertility in the aging uterus, preliminary research suggests
Bolstering a type of bacteria that lives in the uterus may help counter age-related changes that can make it harder to get pregnant, a new