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Notorious Ecuadorian crime gang designated a terrorist group by US
Trump administration to seek extra funding from Congress to ‘dismantle’ Los Tiguerones over narcotics traffickingThe US has designated Ecuador’s Los Tiguerones gang, which stormed a television station during a live...
The rise of retrofuturism
A new aesthetic is taking hold in Silicon Valley and beyond
As booze sales fall, competition among drinks-makers intensifies
The line between brewers, vintners and distillers is blurring
Takaichi Sanae's big-spending plans are unnerving markets
She is putting the state at the centre of Japan’s economy
Uganda to withdraw from Invictus Games ‘out of respect for King Charles’, says military chief
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba announces decision to pull out in post on X, citing tensions over ‘Harry-Meghan nonsense’Uganda is withdrawing from the Duke of Sussex’s Invictus Games, the country’s military chief...
Is traffic through Hormuz really back to normal?
America would like the world to think so as oil prices top $100 again
A transplanted pig kidney buys time for a human one to become available
That strengthens the case for such cross-species organ swaps
Anatomy of an AI attack
Our podcast on science and technology. This week, how a swarm of AI agents conspired to launch a cyberattack on Hugging Face
OpenAI's apparent maths breakthrough raises profound questions
It has stirred controversy about how the discipline should work
Only children in China prefer to marry other only children
And yes, they do have a choice
Analysing Africa newsletter: Inside Nigeria’s secret radio station
Ore Ogunbiyi, our Africa correspondent, on how the guerrilla journalism of Radio Kudirat became a democratic beacon
Chainsaw sputtering: Milei’s experiment falters
Also on the daily podcast: lessons from the collapse of LIV Golf and the squeeze on India’s elephants