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
Trending: * France is facing worsening fuel shortages, with roughly 1 in 9 stations missing at least one fuel type and diesel prices near record highs, while Europe more broadly is entering winter with higher gas prices and lower storage levels after Middle East supply disruptions. * Ukrainian drones struck the Moscow
Trending: * September 18, 2026 — Exa launched Snapshot, a system that lets you search the web as it looked on a specific date in the past using more than 400 billion saved webpage versions. * It can be used to test trading or prediction models with only the information available at that
Trending: * September 16, 2026 — The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage point to a 3.75%–4.00% range, its first rate hike since July 2023, after a unanimous 12–0 vote as inflation remains above its 2% target. * Most Fed officials expect one more increase this
Trending: * September 15, 2026 — U.S. Southern Command forces intercepted another floating refueling vessel in the Eastern Pacific that SOUTHCOM says was supporting drug-trafficking operations for Ecuador’s Los Choneros organization. * The crew was removed for transfer to Ecuadorian authorities before U.S. forces sank the vessel, continuing a
Trending: * September 14, 2026 — The U.S. military publicly acknowledged for the first time that it has “space control weapons” already operating in orbit, capable of protecting U.S. forces and potentially disrupting or attacking enemy space systems. * The Pentagon has not revealed exactly what weapons are deployed or how