World
Coastal cities race to rebuild sea walls as storm season lengthens
Municipal planners say the old assumptions about storm frequency no longer hold, and the bill for adapting is landing on local budgets.
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analysis
Business
Central banks hint at slower cuts as services inflation proves stubborn
Policymakers are weighing a cautious path after fresh data showed price growth in services running hotter than forecast.
Technology
The quiet rise of on-device AI is changing what phones can do offline
Smaller models running locally are making assistants faster and more private, and are quietly rewriting the economics of cloud computing.
Science
Deep-sea survey reveals dozens of species new to science in a single expedition
A three-week mission to a remote seamount chain has catalogued life forms researchers say challenge assumptions about the deep.
Culture
Why the independent bookshop is having its best decade in a generation
Owners credit community events, curation and a stubborn readership that prefers browsing to scrolling.
Sport
A late surge and a calm head: how the underdogs took the title
With the season on the line, a young squad found composure in the final minutes and ended a drought of more than three decades.
World
Negotiators extend talks as water-sharing deal enters its final week
Delegations from five countries say the remaining disagreements are technical, but the political stakes remain high.
Business
Small manufacturers bet on automation as skilled workers retire
Factories that once struggled to hire are investing in robots that handle repetitive work while people move into design and maintenance.
Technology
What the new browser standards mean for the open web
A set of long-awaited features is landing across browsers, promising faster pages and fewer workarounds for developers.
Science
Ancient pollen records point to a faster ice retreat than models predicted
Sediment cores from a mountain lake suggest past warming episodes unfolded over decades, not centuries.