WORLDUS lawyers say man on death row could be executed with expired lethal drugsExecution method has long raised questions about cruel and unusual punishment and botched executions.Al Jazeera·May 20, 2026
WORLDMusk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B moreElon Musk's xAI said it will buy $2.8 billion worth of natural gas turbines over the next three years, according to SpaceX's IPO filing.TechCrunch·May 20, 2026
WORLD'We'll go down in history' - Villa's new heroes triumph to end 30-year waitAston Villa beat Freiburg in Istanbul to win the Europa League, with a new generation of heroes etching their names in the history books.BBC News·May 20, 2026
WORLDE.l.f. Beauty to walk back some tariff price increases amid high gas prices and consumer 'suffering'E.l.f. Beauty raised prices by $1 last August to offset the impact of tariffs. It's now planning to walk back some of that amid a consumer pullback.CNBC·May 20, 2026
WORLDSouthampton lose appeal against play-off expulsionSouthampton lose their appeal against expulsion from the Championship play-off final for spying.BBC News·May 20, 2026
WORLD‘Solve all diseases,’ you say?This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. This week's issue is a special early edition tied to The Verge's Google I/O coverage. You can expect our next iThe Verge·May 20, 2026
WORLDIsraeli settlers burn vehicles, install caravans in occupied West BankPalestinian residents say Israeli settlers burned vehicles, sprayed racist graffiti, and installed new outposts.Al Jazeera·May 20, 2026
WORLDHow AIPAC channels millions through shell PACs ahead of US midtermsAl Jazeera analyses how pro-Israel lobby group has relied on shell PACs with deceptive names to defeat Israel critics.Al Jazeera·May 20, 2026
WORLDMan charged with stealing camera equipment from Bondi shooting victim in aftermath of terror attack<p>Police allege man took camera equipment from 61-year-old shooting victim then pawned it</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/21/australia-news-live-penny-wong-israel-flotilla-budget-capital-gains-negative-gearing-anthony-albanese-jim-chalmers-ntwnfb">FolThe Guardian·May 20, 2026
WORLDOpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this timeOpenAI claims its reasoning model disproved a geometry conjecture unsolved since 1946 — and this time, the mathematicians who exposed its last embarrassing claim are backing it up.TechCrunch·May 20, 2026
WORLDHow to help children cope after shootings like the San Diego mosque killingsChildren closest to an incident of gun violence have the most risk of lasting psychological effects. Here's what all parents should know about how to buffer trauma.NPR·May 20, 2026
WORLD60 (or 70?) home runs? What Kyle Schwarber's early...The Phillies slugger is thumping homers at a historic pace. Here's what his early stats say about how many he can belt by the end of the 2026 season.ESPN·May 20, 2026
