•US falling behind in AI drone arms race as China, Russia deploy autonomous weapons at scale.

•US-Iran stalemate could push 32 million into poverty globally, UN report warns.

•Peter Magyar's Tisza party defeats Viktor Orban in Hungary, ending 16-year rule.

•X reduces payments for low-quality content; teens create new text abbreviations baffling parents.

•UK invests £600M in nuclear reactors while ignoring renewable options; zoo animals show tech interest.

•Meta creating AI Zuckerberg for employee chats; Anthropic's Claude enters Microsoft Word.

•Booking.com, Rockstar Games breaches expose fragile cybersecurity; FBI dismantles W3LL phishing platform.

•Trump jokes he'll blame Vance if Iran talks fail, take credit if they succeed.

•Colombia authorizes culling of 80 invasive hippos descended from Pablo Escobar's zoo.

•French lawmakers debate returning colonial-era artworks to origin countries.

•Begona Gomez, Spanish PM's wife, formally charged with corruption after 2024 investigation.

•EU hikes tariffs on Chinese steel to 50%, cuts duty-free volumes by 47%.

•Pope Leo XIV begins 11-day African tour; EasyJet passengers face EU border chaos.

•Southport killer parents failed moral duty; Britney Spears enters rehab after DUI arrest.

•US Navy defends non-binary sailor; Hmong American citizens detained by ICE in Minnesota.

•German artist rejects AI-generated photo award; man throws Molotov at OpenAI CEO's home.

•Oil prices surge above $100 after US-Iran peace talks fail; naval mines threaten ecosystems.

•US housing market reverses: Sunbelt prices collapse while Rust Belt prices soar.

•AI monitors cattle with smart collars; Palantir CEO predicts AI will destroy humanities jobs.

•Djibouti, Benin charge high fees to presidential candidates, making elections pay-to-play.

•Ghanaian footballer Dominic Frimpong killed in bus ambush by masked gunmen.

•Brazilian President Lula, 80, streams workouts to prove fitness for historic fourth term.

•White homeowner in Kansas City shoots Black teen Ralph Yarl for ringing doorbell.

•Fox News pays $787 million to Dominion for peddling 2020 election lies.

•Elon Musk joins TikTok ahead of SpaceX public listing.