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
Trending: * September 24, 2026 — The U.S. Coast Guard has now seized more than 262,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper in the Eastern Pacific. * In just six days, Cutter Tampa seized more than 25,000 pounds across three interdictions and detained 13 suspected smugglers, including hauls of
Trending: * September 23, 2026 — Two businessmen, David Greenhalgh and Christos Farmakis, were each sentenced to 16 years in prison in the UK for illegally brokering weapons deals to embargoed countries including Libya, South Sudan, Iraq, Iran, and Sudan. * Prosecutors said they tried to arrange sales involving AK-47s, tanks, fighter
Trending: * September 22, 2026 — The United States, Denmark, and Greenland signed a new Arctic security agreement that gives the U.S. permanent military basing rights in Greenland, expands operations beyond Pituffik Space Base, and allows the U.S. to help block hostile foreign military activity or sensitive investments there. * The
Trending: * September 21, 2026 — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said all Iranian airlines are expected to be effectively shut out of international operations beginning September 23 under new U.S. secondary sanctions. * Airports, fuel suppliers, ticketing companies and other businesses that continue supporting Iranian carriers could lose access to