Conflict stretches from Moscow to Hormuz as West Bank violence and Armenian diplomacy unfold, while Giuliani's crisis adds US political drama.
US politics and security collide as a mass shooting, Iran tensions and troop cuts mix with fights over homelessness policy and midterm power.
Markets juggle record rallies and geopolitical strain as Hormuz threats, Chinese oil defiance and hot tech-energy IPOs test investor nerve.
Genomic tools map DNA control points with new precision, promising sharper insight into disease risk and human development.
Pop culture reworks classics, from a new Lord of the Flies and showstopping Broadway belts to billionaires collecting the Constitution.
Teenager Paul Seixas will ride the Tour de France as its youngest competitor in nearly nine decades, spotlighting cycling's youth wave.