A magnitude 7.4 earthquake 107km beneath Chocó has killed more than 130 people across western Colombia. Why the deepest quakes spread damage widest — and why the toll will keep rising.
11 Aug · 11 min read
Business & EconomyNvidia signed MoUs with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to mobilise over $500bn of third-party capital. Its shares fell. Here is why.
11 Aug · 11 min read
Health & ScienceThe executive order calls for separate MMR shots and separate visits for every childhood immunisation. Almost nothing changes this month — the risk sits in behaviour, not law.
11 Aug · 11 min read
SportsUEFA, Concacaf and the AFC accuse FIFA of breaking trust over the aborted plan to sell 21% of World Cup commercial rights. They left Infantino's name out on purpose.
10 Aug · 11 min read
WorldAt least 13 people were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on an oil refinery in Tatarstan. The distance, the target and the civilian toll all mark a shift in the war.
10 Aug · 11 min read
Health & ScienceSea surface temperatures set a July record days before Typhoon Dolphin forced more than a million evacuations in eastern China. The two numbers are the same story.
10 Aug · 10 min read
Business & EconomyRevenue nearly doubled to $7.8bn. Capital expenditure hit $18.4bn, over 80% of it on artificial intelligence. Inside the numbers that knocked SpaceX below its IPO price.
9 Aug · 10 min read
Health & ScienceStanford and Arc Institute researchers used a generative genome model to design complete viral genomes from scratch. Sixteen worked. Some killed bacteria better than nature's version.
9 Aug · 11 min read
WorldBenjamin Netanyahu has rejected the US-led 15-point roadmap for Gaza, refusing any withdrawal until Hamas is 'genuinely' disarmed. Here is what the plan contained, why it stalled, and the three paths left open.
9 Aug · 11 min read
TechnologyA New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay another $567m over child safety failures, likening the company to a polluting factory. It is the largest child-safety penalty Meta has faced - and the first time a social network has been branded a public nuisance.
8 Aug · 11 min read
WorldThree of the most powerful Muslim-majority states have signed a mutual defence agreement declaring that an attack on one is an attack on all. Tehran calls it a paper deal. The details suggest something more durable is being built.
7 Aug · 11 min read
SportsGianni Infantino tried to sell private stakes in the World Cup. The plan collapsed, but the fallout has not - with Norway calling for his resignation, Uefa threatening a boycott and Africa and South America closing ranks behind him.
7 Aug · 11 min read
Business & EconomyWashington has imposed a 15% tariff and hard price floors on polysilicon, the ultra-pure silicon behind every chip and solar panel. Here is what changes on 4 December, who wins, who pays, and why a material most people have never heard of now decides the cost of electricity and computing.
7 Aug · 11 min read
TechnologyArtificial intelligence has become an infrastructure story. Behind every chatbot answer sits a warehouse of accelerators drawing more electricity than some small cities - and grid operators are running out of slack.
6 Aug · 11 min read
Business & EconomyTariffs, export controls and rerouted shipping lanes are quietly rebuilding the world economy. Here is how the new trade map reaches your household budget.
6 Aug · 10 min read
WorldBehind the family photographs and communiqués, a genuine contest is under way over who sets the rules of the next international system. Here is what is actually being decided.
5 Aug · 9 min read
PoliticsAcross dozens of national elections, one variable now predicts outcomes better than ideology: whether voters feel poorer than they did four years ago.
4 Aug · 9 min read
Health & ScienceMachine learning has moved from predicting protein structures to designing candidate drugs and reading scans. The gains are real - and so are the limits.
3 Aug · 10 min read
SportsBroadcast rights, sovereign investment and expanded calendars have changed who owns sport, when it is played, and who can afford to watch.
2 Aug · 8 min read