A truce gets announced in Lebanon, and the bombing carries on anyway

World

Trump says Israel and Hezbollah agreed to stop shooting; both kept firing.

Finance

Crude rose a third straight day and the yen neared crisis levels as Middle East talks stalled — yet AI optimism pushed US stocks to another record.

Tech

At Build 2026, Microsoft unveiled seven in-house AI models, a Windows-level cage for AI agents, and a new assistant — a clear move to lean less on the partner it helped make famous.

Mind & body

Pain feels like a direct measurement of injury.

Climate

Brazil is throwing away clean power it can't use, the EU is racing to rein in data-centre demand, and a record-warm May reminds everyone why the wires matter.

Space

Blue Origin lost its only New Glenn launch pad, China kept launching hard, money flooded commercial space, and astronomers found magnetic fields on distant worlds.

Biotech

Two large studies this week tie GLP-1 drugs to less cancer and less addiction — both are association, not proof.

Money

Compound interest means you earn interest on your interest.

Sports

MLB owners proposed the salary cap they've chased for 30 years, the union says it's a pay cut in disguise, and Forbes put soccer clubs at $87bn — here's the machinery underneath.

Gaming

Layoffs at Bungie and Epic, a survival game shut six months after launch, an antitrust fight over Steam's 30% cut, and a California bill to keep paid games playable — one week that shows how the money decides what gets made.

Food

Plains wheat is parching, beef hit a record, and Washington is hunting for why fertilizer costs so much — three stories about a food system with no spare room.

Cyber

An espionage crew lived inside a finance executive's inbox for months using ordinary Windows tools.