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Friday, August 14, 2026

Top news

  • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is stepping down at month's end to spend time with her young family, with President Trump announcing the move Wednesday.
  • Colombia's death toll from Monday's earthquake has topped 250 with rescue crews still searching for survivors trapped under rubble.
  • The S&P 500 rose to a fresh all-time intraday high Thursday, adding 0.65% to surpass 7,800 for the first time, closing at a record 7,798.99.

World

  • A Syrian court sentenced Assad and his brother to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria's 14-year conflict.
  • An explosion at the Dutch port of Rotterdam killed at least one person and injured several others, with authorities setting up a crime scene to establish the cause.
  • U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned actions of Jewish settlers besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Business

  • Cisco reported record quarterly revenue and beat earnings estimates, though shares fell in after-hours trading despite the strong results.
  • Nelson Peltz and Trian Fund Management are exploring a potential bid to take Wendy's private, as the fast-food chain struggles with weaker U.S. sales and management changes.
  • Home Depot CEO Ted Decker is taking a temporary medical leave of absence just ahead of the company's quarterly earnings next week.

Technology

  • A data center company is weighing a $100 billion IPO, AI startups are racing toward $40 billion valuations, and India is landing one of its largest GPU deployments.
  • Panthalassa, an offshore computing startup, is pursuing floating data center systems that address power and land constraints for AI infrastructure.
  • Microsoft is recalibrating its presence in China while AI leaders debate new oversight structures and cyberattacks spread into supply chains.

Science

  • A total solar eclipse will plunge parts of Europe into darkness on August 12, 2026, with Spain offering some of the best views, with ESA livestreaming from the Javalambre Observatory.
  • Scientists have pinpointed a brain network with a distinctive electrical rhythm that appears to drive the benefits of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
  • Researchers used orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites to map a part of Earth's upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe.

Economy

  • US nonfarm payrolls fell 23,000 in July while unemployment rate held at 4.1 percent.
  • Consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in July on a seasonally adjusted basis, with the annual inflation rate at 3.4 percent.
  • More than a quarter million people dropped out of the workforce last month.

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