Violence erupts in Mexico after drug lord El Mencho killedWatch: Vehicles set ablaze across Mexico amid violenceA wave of violence has broken out in Mexico after the country's most wanted drug baron was killed in a security operation to arrest him involving US intelligence.Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", was the leader of the feared Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) drug cartel...

India's snakebite crisis is killing tens of thousands every yearGetty ImagesAround 50,000 Indians are killed by snakebites each year - roughly half of all deaths worldwideDevendra, who was a farmer in India, still remembers the moment a snake sank its fangs into his leg while he was picking mulberry leaves."I went to the hospital four days after I was bitten, when the pain became unbearable....

Ethiopia's experiments with 'smart' police stations without officersEthiopia's new 'smart' police station does away with officersDaniel DadzieBBC Focus on Africa, Addis AbabaBBCThe vision is for Ethiopia's smart police stations to be unmanned - but giving more people access to police servicesComputer tablet screens glow inside a row of partitioned booths at this new-style Ethiopian police...

Vance visits Hungary to bolster support for prime minister ahead of election Vance visits Hungary to bolster support for prime minister ahead of election Audio will be available later today. Vice President JD Vance is in Budapest to join an election rally for incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of Hungary's election.

Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way Stanford adjunct professor and successfully exited founder Zain Asgar just raised an $80 million Series A for a startup that solve the AI inference bottleneck problem in an astute way. The round was led by Menlo Ventures.  The company, Gimlet Labs, has created what it claims is the first and only...