US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to revive efforts to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
US military struck three Iranian crude oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman after Iran targeted American Navy warships, with CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper stating the US will destroy Iran's oil fleet if necessary.
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte posted bail after an arrest warrant was issued on charges she publicly threatened to arrange assassination of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and two others.
World
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to revive peace efforts aimed at ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
Iran fired ballistic missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier and destroyer in the Persian Gulf, though the ships successfully evaded the attacks.
Two workers were rescued alive from a collapsed hydropower tunnel in Nepal, as emergency teams continued searching for others believed trapped inside.
Business
Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion to expand beyond AI chips into the open-source AI platform ecosystem.
Volkswagen announced plans to slash 50,000 additional jobs as part of a historic transformation amid tariff pressures and Chinese competition.
U.S. stocks declined Friday as stronger-than-expected August jobs data raised odds of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, with the Dow down 0.51%, S&P 500 down 0.38%, and Nasdaq down 0.29%.
Technology
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra and declared the arrival of the AGI era.
Nvidia made its biggest acquisition ever with a $12.93 billion deal for Hugging Face.
Tesla put wheel-free Cybercabs on Austin streets and almost immediately drew a federal safety probe.
Science
UC San Diego researchers demonstrated a key enzyme can accurately read an eight-letter genetic alphabet, doubling the four letters used by all known life on Earth.
NASA scientists discovered a giant 10-sided atmospheric pattern around Saturn's south pole, providing the planet a counterpart to its famous northern hexagon.
MIT researchers created bacterial transistors that can be wired together into living circuits capable of performing calculations and directing chemical signals.
Economy
US added 162,000 jobs in August with unemployment unchanged at 4.1 percent.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said underlying inflation is not slowing during his Jackson Hole speech.
The Fed meets September 15-16 to announce its next interest rate decision on September 16 at 2 PM ET.
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