Mexico: ‘Severe blow’ to Sinaloa cartel as security chief of El Chapo’s son arrested

The Mexican army says it has arrested a key player in the Sinaloa drug cartel in the northern city of Culiacán. José Ángel Canobbio, also known as “El Güerito” (little…

UK: Humanoid robot Ameca leaves public ‘gobsmacked’

A human-like robot invented and built in Cornwall, made its first interactions with the public at a festival on Tuesday. Part of the Cornwall Festival of Tech, the sell out…

USA: Microsoft unveiled a new chip called Majorana 1

Microsoft has unveiled a new chip called Majorana 1 that it says will enable the creation of quantum computers able to solve “meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades”. It…

UK: AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years

A complex problem that took microbiologists a decade to get to the bottom of has been solved in just two days by a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Professor José…

USA: Apple gambles on new iPhone with AI features at lower cost

3 houApple has announced a new iPhone which brings artificial intelligence (AI) features at a lower cost than its flagship handsets. The iPhone 16e has the same processor as the…

USA: Man pleads guilty in shooting of teen Ralph Yarl

An 86-year-old man in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a teen who accidentallyvisited the wrong address. Andrew Lester on Friday…

Canada: Passengers on crashed Toronto plane offered US$30,000 each

Delta Air Lines is offering US$30,000 (£23,792) to each person on board a plane that crash-landed in Toronto on Monday – all of whom survived. As it landed in the…

USA: Two Texas teenage girls arrested for ‘mass casualty attack’ plot

Two teenage girls in the US state of Texas have been arrested for plotting a “mass casualty attack” with pipe bombs and guns, police say. The girls, ages 15 and…

Israel: Three buses explode in suspected terror attack, police say

Three buses have exploded in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, in what Israeli police say is a suspected terror attack. Devices in two other buses failed to explode, they…

USA: Judge puts off decision on dropping charges against NY Mayor Adams

Kayla EpsteiJustice Department lawyers on Wednesday defended their decision to end a criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, facing tough questions from a judge about their rationale…