Washington calls off another Korean drill and points at Iran, as Asia starts making other plans

World

The US cancelled next month's landing exercise with South Korea, saying its forces are tied up in the Iran war.

Finance

Trade talks with America's second-biggest partner collapsed on Friday, the tariffs landed on Saturday, and the Canadian dollar was the worst big-currency performer on Monday.

Tech

Local opposition blocked or delayed 75 US data centre projects in three months.

Mind & body

Your airways hold roughly 150 millilitres of air that exchanges nothing.

Climate

Record-low water on the Danube cut Hungary's Paks reactors to a tenth of their rating and left Romania's Cernavoda shut.

Space

Two space startups raised $250m each in one week to put AI computers in orbit, with Nvidia and Cisco joining in.

Biotech

The FDA has paused Regenxbio's Hunter syndrome gene therapy after extra scans found small masses on the spines of five treated boys.

Money

An unpaid debt does not die of old age.

Sports

The Premier League's window shuts on 1 September under a new rule that ties spending to income - so the clubs that most need to buy have to sell first, in front of everyone.

Gaming

Double Fine and Compulsion Games left Microsoft with their back catalogues and publishing rights intact - an ending that almost never happens, because the games were worth far less inside a giant company than outside it.

Food

The USDA overstated beef exports fivefold in July and cut the figure by 90% a week later.

Cyber

Attackers linked to North Korea slipped malware into arrayref, a free Rust part found in most Rust setups.