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A 15-year-old Japanese teen outsmarts Bandai Channel using ChatGPT
In early July 2026, Japanese police arrested a 15-year-old high school student, a first-year student in Saitama prefecture, suspected of designing, with

Estonia digs trenches on its Russian border to deter Moscow
Along Estonia's eastern border, in the forests and fields separating the country from Russia, Estonian soldiers are methodically building a network of

The light switch that wakes up dormant cancer cells
Researchers at ETH Zurich have built a light-activated molecular switch capable of selectively destroying the receptors that let certain cancer cells dodge

Trump at 39% approval, one year after the Big Beautiful Bill
The claim has been circulating widely since early July 2026: Donald Trump's approval rating has reportedly fallen to around 39%, almost exactly

To Karim Khan, to Todd Blanche, and to an international justice system in crisis
Mr. Todd Blanche, Mr. Karim Khan, and all of you sitting on the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court,

What Perseverance found on Mars left me dizzy again
On July 1, 2026, NASA released new analyses from the Perseverance rover suggesting the presence of complex organic molecules in Martian rocks

A night of missiles and 105 drones over Ukraine, hour by hour
On the night of July 2 to 3, 2026, the Russian military launched one of the densest salvos of its aerial arsenal

China unveils humanoid robots with lifelike skin, and it is unsettling
Chinese manufacturer UBTech Robotics officially launched on July 1, 2026 its new line of humanoid robots called "U1," billed as the first

In Sumy, a Five-Year-Old Girl Killed Under Russian Bombs
On Friday, July 3, 2026, between 9:38 and 9:46 p.m., the Russian military dropped at least five to six guided aerial bombs