The shortlist for the International Booker prize for translation is here. Entries are in German, Bulgarian, Portuguese, French and Mandarin. Karnataka’s Banu Mushtaq won for Heart Lamp in 2025. Deepa Bhasthi translated it. From which Indian language? *

Thieves escaped with a truck containing over four lakh chocolate bars. They posed as law enforcement. The driver was removed. Not what Nestle meant when it said, “Have a break…” Fingers will be broken. The black market will now have tonnes of... *

Five Terminator movies. Seven Mr Olympia titles. 14 letters in his surname. Lifted weights at 15. Won Mr Universe at 20. Famously had 22-inch arms. Now he has a honorary doctorate from Ulster University. Middle name Alois. Who’s that governor? *

No president in 165 years — since paper currency was introduced — has done what the US Treasury Department now plans to do: Replace the treasurer’s X with Donald Trump’s X on new US paper currency, to mark American’s 250th birthday. Give X. *

In 1949, it was fixed at 4.76. Then, a 1966 drought devalued it to 7.50. In 1983, it breached 10. In 1991, it breached 20. In 1992, 30. By 2012 it crossed 50, and 60 the year after. In 2019 it 70. In 2026, it stands at 95. What are we talking about? *

Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen are going where no woman, Black person and non-American have gone before! A million kilometers in total. A giant leap not made in half a century. They’re going through a phase. NASA flies them by the… *

In the Netherlands, a church floor collapsed. Underneath was a 350-year-old skeleton that might be of a French hero immortalised in Alexandre Dumas’s novel. He’s the fourth soldier of the Arthos-Porthos-Aramis trio. Wielded a bayonet. He’s a ______ *

The most expensive and volatile substance on Earth was transported for the first time ever at the back of CERN’s truck, in a specially designed bottle that traps the particles. It is matter’s equal and opposite. Discovered in 1955. Which substance? *

Yashoda and Krishna, an oil painting from the 1890s, sold for ₹167.2 crore – the highest for Indian art. The scene blends Indian mythology, European realism and calendar art. Painted by a man with a kingly title. Famous for his printing press. Who? *