A US Senate bill would slap 100% tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil

World

A sweeping sanctions package named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham cleared its first hurdle in the Senate, aimed at Russia but landing hardest on India and China.

Finance

Big Tech added nearly $1.5 trillion this week and stock indexes hit new highs, even as US and European inflation held above target and the Fed's own officials split over whether rates are too low.

Tech

PJM, the biggest US grid, will shed data-center load during shortages from June 2027.

Mind & body

Your senses don't report how bright or loud things are.

Climate

Brussels proposes slowing the cap-and-trade system that halved its industrial emissions, to "bring relief to industry."

Space

Japan's ispace signed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to launch its next lunar lander on the H3 rocket in 2028 - a lander built to ride more than one rocket.

Biotech

In one week, an FDA advisory panel endorsed Replimune's twice-rejected melanoma drug, which was tested without a control group, and voted down Capricor's Duchenne heart therapy, which ran a full randomised trial.

Money

The first price, offer, or figure you meet becomes the reference point every later judgment is measured against - and it is often chosen by someone who profits from where you land.

Sports

MLB owners want a salary cap for the next labor deal; the players don't.

Gaming

A single card in Riftbound's new set is selling for around $300 while a near-identical one goes for cents, and the whole industry is chasing the collectible boom - even as Xbox resets and Sony's profit jumps.

Food

December corn futures ran from $5.06 to $4.26 and back near $4.92 in ten weeks, while soybeans slid and wheat climbed on Black Sea shipping risks.

Cyber

A run of breaches this week landed on big, well-defended organisations through their weakest outside links - a shared vendor, a subsidiary, a poisoned software package, an unpatched edge device.