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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Top news

  • Massive wildfires scorched forests and peatlands in central and western Indonesia, creating a choking haze that blanketed cities.
  • British PM Andy Burnham said defense firm MBDA will release details on UK-made missile parts to Ukraine to help assemble weapons for the country.
  • The US threatened sanctions on countries that don't cut economic ties to Tehran.

World

  • US Senate voted 86-11 to pass sanctions on Russia's energy revenues and financial institutions with up to 100% tariffs on major oil and gas buyers
  • Indonesia's huge blazes in central and western regions have scorched forests and peatlands, creating choking haze that blanketed some cities
  • British Prime Minister Burnham told Ukraine MBDA will release details on UK-made parts for SCALP missiles to help Ukraine assemble the weapons

Business

  • S&P 500 rose 0.32% to 7,677.28 Tuesday as Treasury yields fell for a second day, semiconductor stocks rallied and Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.66%.
  • Nvidia notified clients that servers with Vera Rubin and Blackwell chips will see price hikes of more than 15%.
  • Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index moved to 89.4, below consensus, while Canada announced retaliatory tariffs matching Trump's 50% levies dollar for dollar.

Technology

  • Apple released a new Mac mini built for on-device AI, while Nvidia pushed specialized inference silicon into full production to make agents feel instantaneous.
  • Anthropic could file for IPO as soon as end of August, with annualized revenue reportedly reaching roughly $65 billion by end of July.
  • Infineon Technologies is acquiring C2i Semiconductors, a fabless chip startup developing digital power technologies for AI data centers, expected to close in Q3 2026.

Science

  • NASA's Roman Space Telescope cleared for launch on August 30 aboard SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, targeting cosmic expansion and universe history observations.
  • Study of over 500,000 people found older adults vaccinated with Shingrix were 24% less likely to develop dementia over four years.
  • Researchers created a complete 3D image of a molecule's wavefunction by combining advanced photoelectron measurements with newly designed algorithms.

Economy

  • Employers added 187,000 jobs in August despite the Federal Reserve's high interest rates, showing a slowing but still-resilient labor market.
  • The unemployment rate rose from 3.5% to 3.8%, the highest level since February 2022, as 736,000 people began looking for work last month and not all found jobs right away.
  • Average hourly wages rose just 0.2% from July to August and are up 4.3% from a year ago, down from 4.4% in July and June, suggesting wage growth is easing.

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