Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign a defence pact as the Gulf braces for a wider war

World

Three regional powers bound their armies together in Jeddah, a response to a dragging Iran war and a US security umbrella no one is sure they can count on.

Finance

A cost-of-living squeeze is pushing American households to spend less.

Tech

The EU's biometric border system finally went live and jammed airports for hours, while China's AI labs shipped cheaper, stronger models and the money kept pouring into US data centers.

Mind & body

Living tissue reshapes itself to the loads it bears: bone laid down where it is stressed, dissolved where it is not.

Climate

Beijing's new climate plan reaffirms peaking emissions before 2030 by cutting how much carbon each unit of its economy needs - a bet that efficiency falls faster than growth.

Space

SpaceX will attempt Starship's first orbital flight this month, catching the returning ship on land for the first time, as Blue Origin traces its own rocket's explosion to a single valve.

Biotech

Britain began the first trial of an mRNA vaccine to prevent cancer in people born with Lynch syndrome, while two other studies reshaped who counts as genetically at risk.

Money

Every money choice has a second price - the best thing you gave up to make it - and it never shows on any statement.

Sports

The 76ers built a superteam around LeBron James, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Jaylen Brown - four players who each averaged 25-plus points.

Gaming

Ustwo, the studio behind Monument Valley, is going PC-first - pushed out of a phone market that free games rebuilt around retention, not craft.

Food

A deadly cyclospora outbreak on lettuce and a salmonella one on jalapenos reveal a cost the price tag skips - keeping fresh food safe.

Cyber

Health-sector breaches exposed millions of records this week.