“Are there people out there that know what happened to him? I believe so. Are those numbers great? Absolutely not.”In part two of our series on “The Weekend Intelligence”, we speak to the American in charge of bringing Austin Tice home https://t.co/nfPcjAC34s ...

Americans want to believe that with enough grit, charm and chutzpah, anybody can become a somebody. Matthew Keirans decided he would become somebody else instead https://t.co/ykvKA2j4aV ...

The death of the web has been predicted before—at the hands of social networks, then smartphone apps—and not come to pass. But AI may pose the biggest threat to it yet https://t.co/LRtGvvcIBV ...

Today’s youngsters are an eco-conscious cohort. But the reusable cup trend is more about style than sustainability https://t.co/eWRU77a3TsPhoto: Shutterstock https://t.co/6SXIAhllzm ...

Complexity is no excuse for secrecy. The injunction after an awful data leak meant that Parliament, press and the public could not do their jobs. It will only aggravate public mistrust of politicians and the government https://t.co/vS6yxxXp5A ...

The European Commission wants to raise its next budget to €1.8trn ($2.1trn) cumulatively over seven years. The rise feels incommensurate with the multiple crises that Europe is facing. But it is probably as much as it could ask for https://t.co/lxdTghBQqt ...

America could suffer some 42,500 excess deaths annually by 2034 as a result of Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, researchers estimate. That is more people than currently die of breast cancer https://t.co/i82FH4wqWt ...

To avoid high mortgage payments, Americans are dusting off 40-year-old tricks. But estate agents warn that these come with snags https://t.co/6g7tUl90xj ...

Kraft Heinz’s market value is down by three-fifths since the companies merged in 2015. The dismal situation offers a look at the shifting fortunes of big food https://t.co/9TsVPx0fEp ...

As awareness of the microbiome has grown, the shelves of health-food shops have become stocked with products designed to boost good bacteria. But which ones actually work? https://t.co/ohrzwRnQc4 ...