Niger's airport burns — and the soldiers who promised to stop this can't

World

Attackers hit the capital's airport hours after militants overran two army bases, exposing how little the Sahel's juntas have delivered on the one promise that put them in power.

Finance

Tokyo did everything the textbook says to defend a currency — and the yen still slid toward a 40-year low.

Tech

Amazon is in talks to sell its custom Trainium chips to outside customers — turning a tool it made for itself into a product.

Mind & body

Breathing is the only part of your autonomic nervous system you can grab and steer by hand.

Climate

Interior paid Invenergy $765M to cancel four offshore wind leases — and the developer is moving the money into gas.

Space

Europe's Ariane 6 bolted bigger boosters onto a proven rocket and set a new cargo record, as Blue Origin and ULA's newer vehicles stall.

Biotech

A gene therapy for Huntington's got a green light it was denied three months ago, on the same data — a reminder that the evidence bar for approval is a judgment call, not a fixed line, and the line moved this week.

Money

A credit score isn't a reward for good behaviour — it's a lender's guess at how reliably you'll repay money you haven't borrowed yet.

Sports

The league will play 50 games a season from 2027, up from 44, the most in its history.

Gaming

At Unreal Fest, Epic announced Unreal Engine 6 will fold in generative AI tools and let purchases travel between games.

Food

The UK is changing the formula that decides what counts as unhealthy.

Cyber

Attackers stole data from Salesforce customers — including a security firm — by hijacking a connected third-party app, the third such app abused this way.