The US, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago issue a joint statement criticizing China’s ’targeted economic pressure’ on Panama following a Supreme Court ruling on canal port management.
Amazon rolls out ‘Join the chat’ feature in its shopping app, allowing users to ask product questions via voice or text and receive real-time conversational audio responses from AI shopping experts.
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill passes the Commons by 272 to 64 votes. The government commits to imposing age or functionality restrictions for under-16s, with specific measures to be determined after a consultation ending May 26.
Humanoid robots set a new half-marathon record in Beijing with a winning time of 50:26, surpassing the human world record. Unitree’s H1 robot has reached sprint speeds of 10 m/s, closing in on Usain Bolt’s 100m world record.
AI coding platform Lovable has officially released iOS and Android mobile apps, extending natural language-driven app development to smartphones and pushing vibe coding into the mobile space.
David Morens, a former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to conceal emails and records related to COVID-19 research to evade congressional inquiries.
A federal grand jury has indicted former FBI Director James Comey for a second time, alleging that a social media post featuring shells arranged as ‘8647’ constituted a threat to kill President Trump, drawing sharp criticism from legal experts and civil rights groups.
The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI has failed to meet internal revenue and user growth targets in its high-stakes sprint toward an IPO, sending tech stocks lower.
King Charles III delivered a speech at a joint session of the U.S. Congress during his state visit to Washington, D.C., calling for enhanced cooperation between the UK and US to address global challenges, as part of a trip commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence.
BBC analysis identifies multiple warning signals suggesting a new financial crisis may be brewing, but its form and impact pathway will be fundamentally different from 2008.