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Monday, July 20, 2026

Top news

  • Two U.S. service members were killed in Jordan and a third is missing as U.S. strikes against Iran enter their second week.
  • Spain won the 2026 World Cup championship with a defensive masterclass, becoming the first champion to win while conceding only one goal.
  • Influencers Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate were arrested in Miami after British authorities issued 38 new charges for rape and sex trafficking and requested extradition.

World

  • Spain defeated Argentina in extra time 1-0 to win the 2026 FIFA World Cup on July 19.
  • Andy Burnham succeeded Keir Starmer as United Kingdom prime minister on Monday.
  • Russia launched 41 missiles and 125 attack drones across Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force on July 19.

Business

  • Semiconductor stocks entered a bear market on worries that artificial intelligence spending has become harder to justify, marking the worst week since April 2025.
  • Meta is in talks to rent computing power to Anthropic in a potential deal worth as much as $10 billion.
  • Swedish defense company Saab beat earnings expectations with record backlog reaching 317.7 billion Swedish crowns, up from 197.6 billion a year prior.

Technology

  • Apple launched a major lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing hardware trade secrets, while a Chinese lab released one of the largest open frontier models.
  • Google delayed the broader release of Gemini 3.5 Pro by several months after internal testing revealed the system fell short in coding performance and complex reasoning tasks.
  • SpaceX stock has cratered nearly 23% since the company joined the Nasdaq-100, while Chinese AI has leveled up with a focus on open weight models.

Science

  • An AI-powered blood test called CardiOmicScore gives early warning of serious heart and circulation problems, developed by University of Hong Kong researchers.
  • NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured detailed images of gas feeding the supermassive black hole at NGC 4696's center.
  • A new monkey species, Colobus congoensis, was discovered and scientifically described for the first time in the Congo rainforest.

Economy

  • Consumer prices fell 0.4% in June, the largest monthly decline since April 2020, with annual inflation at 3.5%, driven by a sharp drop in energy prices that offset sticky core inflation.
  • Oil prices jumped more than 15% in July as the ceasefire broke down, intensifying pressure on the Federal Reserve to consider rate increases and raising market odds of a hike at the upcoming July 29 meeting.
  • Fed Governor Christopher Waller signaled the central bank's focus has "completely flipped" from labor market concerns to inflation containment, making a potential rate hike more likely as the committee emphasizes price stability over employment.

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