World
A border enclave is overwhelmed as Europe moves toward measures that were unthinkable a few years ago - deportations to Taliban Afghanistan, an EU centre in Libya, and a call to suspend Spain from open borders.
Friday, 31 July 2026
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World
A border enclave is overwhelmed as Europe moves toward measures that were unthinkable a few years ago - deportations to Taliban Afghanistan, an EU centre in Libya, and a call to suspend Spain from open borders.
Finance
A rare joint intervention pushed the yen to a two-month high, as US markets split over AI and two big crypto names swung to losses.
Tech
OpenAI slashed the price of its cheaper models as businesses scrutinize their AI bills and cheaper rivals - Chinese and open-source - close in.
Mind & body
Your senses are built to report change, not steady state.
Climate
A new UK government weighs approving Jackdaw and Rosebank, while the wider evidence keeps needling a comfortable belief - that blocking a well is the same as cutting what the world burns.
Space
Two years after its only crewed flight failed, Boeing says its Starliner capsule is close to flying again - as a cargo test, not with crew.
Biotech
The FDA cleared Freenome's blood test to screen for colorectal cancer, part of a wider push to spot disease years earlier.
Money
When you owe several debts at once, the order you clear them in changes what you pay and whether you finish.
Sports
Jalen Carter's $152 million deal headlines a run of record contracts across the NFL, NHL and college sport - and the reason the numbers keep rising has little to do with the players getting better.
Gaming
Microsoft's Xbox revenue fell $1.7bn for the year and hardware sales dropped 29%, as Game Pass, the buffet meant to save the platform, keeps costing more than it brings in.
Food
Bunge's earnings beat came from a step it owns outright - crushing oilseeds - while its rivals buy across the market and pocket less.
Cyber
Phishing that hijacks a live login session is now the top way into companies, and the reassuring rituals - a real login page, an MFA tap, a fresh password - no longer stop it.