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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Top news

  • Chinese property developer Hui Ka Yan was sentenced to life in prison, marking a milestone in Evergrande's collapse after it accumulated over $300 billion in liabilities.
  • Iran dismissed President Trump's threats to crush Iran economically, saying years of U.S. sanctions have already failed.
  • Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an "anarchist" whose toxic campaigning could endanger his main rival Gadi Eisenkot.

World

  • Ukrainian forces launched 822 drones at Russia including over 600 toward Moscow, killing at least seven people, with officials calling it the largest Ukrainian drone attack this year.
  • A Spanish F/A-18 fighter jet shot down a Russian drone in Romanian airspace near Galați after it entered from Moldova.
  • Chinese property developer Hui Ka Yan was sentenced to life in prison as Evergrande collapsed with more than $300 billion in liabilities.

Business

  • Walmart shares declined almost 9% on Thursday, their worst day in more than four years, after disappointing quarterly results.
  • Boeing's engineers union rejected a new contract and voted to strike.
  • Madison Air agreed to buy Airflow Technologies for $5.4 billion on August 18.

Technology

  • Google deepened its bet on custom AI chips with a deal giving it up to a $12.2 billion stake in Marvell Technology.
  • Las Vegas regulators approved thousands of robotaxis to operate on city streets, expanding autonomous vehicle deployment in major metropolitan areas.
  • Regulators opened Las Vegas streets to thousands of robotaxis, chipmakers secured tens of billions in AI infrastructure debt, and Nvidia moved on a key model-building startup.

Science

  • GDF15 hormone unexpectedly protects the liver from inflammation and scarring, revealing benefits beyond its known appetite suppression function.
  • Large Hadron Collider detected an atomic nucleus shaped like a bowling pin, an unusual discovery in particle physics.
  • AI can predict vaccine response strength before people receive vaccines, potentially enabling personalized immunization approaches.

Economy

  • The employment index jumped to its highest level since April 2022, with nearly a third of companies reporting they added workers.
  • The federal funds rate has remained at 3.50-3.75% since December 2025, held steady at every 2026 meeting so far, with the July decision passing 9-3 with three regional Fed presidents dissenting in favor of a rate hike.
  • A weak July jobs report and cooler-than-feared July inflation report have pulled September rate-hike odds down, though the outcome remains genuinely uncertain.

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