CL Hong Kong's first astronaut reached orbit this morning, and the city felt it quietly. There is something particular about watching a face you recognise on a mission patch, someone who grew up on these streets, took the same MTR lines, looked up at the same harbour sky. The question of what Hong Kong is remains open; this is one answer.-- CL

MB The United States is bombing Iran and negotiating with Iran on the same calendar day, which tells you what the word "talks" has come to mean in diplomatic usage. The Pope has published 42,000 words on the dangers of artificial intelligence on the same morning researchers confirmed the first fully autonomous AI cyberattack. Institutions write the warning after the threshold has already moved.-- MB