And Finally

A truck carrying about 50,000 cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer has been stolen in California, prompting the brewer to offer the thieves a chance to return it without facing questions.

The estate of Arthur Conan Doyle has successfully blocked a businessman's bid to trademark "Dr Watson" for a clothing line.

An Garda Síochána have reassured the public that the sinister-looking Cat in the Hat figures appearing in images of residential areas are AI-generated hoaxes.

Police in India recovered jewellery worth around ₹400,000 (£3,087) (€3600) after CCTV footage showed that the suspected thief was a stray dog.

Two men named Dan Sullivan are competing in Alaska’s Senate race, but only one has secured the endorsement of another politician – who is also named Dan Sullivan.

An American man dressed as Darth Vader appeared before a city council to address the use of Flock surveillance cameras, delivering a tongue-in-cheek defence of the technology.

A campaign has been launched to secure UNESCO recognition for the Scottish morning roll – with Scottish Greens MSP Holly Bruce backing calls for it to be recognised as part of Scotland’s "cultural heritage".

A Russian court has ordered the arrest in absentia of Conor Kennedy, son of US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, over allegations that he fought as a mercenary alongside Ukrainian forces. The 32-year-old American has been placed on Russia’s international wanted list and faces up to 10 year

A New Zealand parking company has apologised after fining a woman who spent more than five hours in a supermarket car park after suffering a cardiac arrest and being revived.

An AI system based on Anthropic’s Claude has fired a human employee while running a San Francisco retail store, in what researchers describe as the first known case of a large language model making such a decision.

An East London bus driver who became known for blowing bubbles from his cab has been told to stop after bosses raised safety concerns.

Police at the Taj Mahal in India have been armed with locally made slingshots to deter monkeys harassing visitors to the 17th-century monument in Agra.

Italy’s “cheese banks” face a growing threat from extreme heat, with climate change raising costs and disrupting the production of Parmigiano Reggiano, wine and olive oil.

Australian police have ended a homicide investigation after what appeared to be human remains found in a suitcase on the side of a remote road were thankfully revealed to merely be a lifelike doll.

A song by exiled Russian pop star Monetochka that featured in the new Spider-Man film has been removed from screenings in both Ukraine and Russia – but for opposing reasons.