Your daily briefing on the world, markets, science and technology. Geopolitics & Military Activity: * October 10, 2026 — A missile struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, killing 12 people and injuring 309, Saudi civil aviation authorities said; the Saudi-led coalition blamed Yemen’s Houthi movement. Saudi Arabia suspended airport
Your daily briefing on the world, markets, science and technology. Geopolitics & Military Activity: * October 9, 2026 — The U.S. government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, saying it wanted to prevent the court from prosecuting Americans. The restrictions limit the court’s access to U.S.-linked money
Your daily briefing on the world, markets, science and technology. Economics & Markets: * October 7, 2026 — The Reserve Bank of India raised its policy repo rate by 0.25 percentage point to 5.50% and shifted to a tighter policy stance, increasing the likelihood of higher borrowing costs for households
Your daily briefing on the world, markets, science and technology. Economics & Markets: * October 7, 2026 — Coinbase completed its Deribit integration and opened onboarding for eligible U.S. institutional clients to access crypto options and perpetual futures through Coinbase Prime, with trading access due to roll out in coming weeks.
Your daily briefing on the world, markets, science and technology. Economics & Markets: * October 6, 2026 — The World Bank raised its South Asia growth outlook to 6.9% for 2026, but warned that expensive energy, possible El Niño damage and a reversal in artificial-intelligence investment could raise inflation and
Your daily briefing on the world, markets, science and technology. Economics & Markets: * October 5, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened an advance rulemaking on crypto asset transactions and markets, beginning work on federal rules that could reshape how U.S. platforms handle retail crypto trading and
Your daily briefing on the world, markets, science and technology. Economics & Markets: * October 4, 2026 — Seven OPEC+ members agreed to keep November oil-production targets unchanged from September levels, maintaining their supply policy amid Iran-war disruptions to global oil supplies. * October 4, 2026 — Iran appointed National Iranian Oil
Your daily briefing on the world, markets, science and technology. Economics & Markets: * October 1, 2026 — The Government of Canada listed the proposed West Coast Oil Pipeline as a national-interest project, accelerating consideration of a one-million-barrel-a-day export route from Alberta to British Columbia while its
Your daily briefing on the world, markets, science and technology. Economics & Markets: * September 29, 2026 — The Reserve Bank of Australia raised its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.60%, tightening borrowing conditions again as it seeks to bring inflation down. * The U.S. Federal Reserve lifted
Your daily briefing on the world, markets, science and technology. Trending: * September 28, 2026 — A Myanmar military airstrike near a Kyauktaw market in Rakhine State killed at least 49 people and wounded 58, reports from the rebel-held area said. * September 29, 2026 — Bangladesh recorded six dengue deaths and 1,
Trending: * September 28, 2026 — NVIDIA’s board approved an additional $150 billion for share repurchases, bringing the company’s total remaining buyback authorization to about $235 billion, the largest announced stock-repurchase authorization in U.S. corporate history. * Past 1 Year of Nvidia stock price action: * A buyback allows NVIDIA
Trending: * September 25, 2026 — Nano Banc in Irvine, California was shut down by state regulators and placed into FDIC receivership, making it the sixth U.S. bank failure of 2026; the bank had about $736 million in assets, $686 million in deposits, and roughly $414 million in net loans at