Pope Leo criticises Equatorial Guinea prisons as he winds up Africa tour
The Pope gives a frank and passionate speech, the likes of which have characterised his tour of Africa.
Leaked Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Tests Copyright Challenges in A.I. Era
Artificial intelligence tools are making it faster than ever to reproduce creative work. Does copyright even matter anymore?
US and Iran in blockade standoff as Pakistan pushes for talks
The mood in the Strait of Hormuz remains combustible despite Trump’s ceasefire extension.
Billionaire backer sues Trump family’s crypto firm over alleged extortion
Billionaire investor Justin Sun is suing the family’s World Liberty crypto venture after spending $45m on its tokens.
No cartels involved – but Mexico’s pyramid attack prompts new concerns
The deadly shooting at a popular tourist site weeks before the World Cup has rocked Mexico.
Investigating claim Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán used taxpayer money to fund CPAC
The claim stems from a news conference Hungarian Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar gave after winning the general election.
Trump may require banks to collect citizenship information, credible reports say
Some social media users worried that the reported forthcoming executive order could prevent married women from having bank accounts.
Did Trump share post threatening to release ‘Vatican files’ that could ‘bring down’ Catholic Church?
The claim circulated in the form of a screenshot purportedly showing a Truth Social post by President Tweety McTreason.
Virginia voters approve redistricting plan as parties jockey for advantage in U.S. midterms
Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting plan Tuesday that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning four additional U.S. House seats in November’s midterm elections.
At least 3 killed in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon, state media says, ahead of scheduled talks
Israeli strikes killed at least three people in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanon’s state news agency reported, and Hezbollah said it launched an attack drone
The men who sacrificed their race to help another Boston Marathon runner
Two men stopped their own race to help a fellow runner cross the finish line at this year’s Boston Marathon.
Mars rover finds predecessor to DNA
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found organic molecules on Mars that have never been detected before – hinting at the possibility there was once life on the
SpaceX secures option to buy AI coding startup Cursor for $60B
SpaceX announced the deal on X, pre-empting a New York Times report that framed it as a completed acquisition. The structure gives SpaceX optionality: exercise
A Japanese TV shopping company bet on Anthropic in 2021, and now it is quadrupling its fund
Summary: Japanet Holdings, the Japanese TV shopping company based in Nagasaki, has quadrupled its venture capital fund to $200 million after early investments through Pegasus