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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Top news

  • The 10-year Treasury yield briefly pushed above 5% for the first time since 2023, driven by inflation concerns.
  • Indonesian authorities intensified a search for people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea.
  • A U.S. District Court struck down a Kansas law that gave college tuition breaks to students without legal status, ruling that federal law preempts the state law.

World

  • Indonesian authorities intensified search efforts for people missing after a ferry overturned in the Java Sea, with at least six passengers killed and 129 people still missing.
  • A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after senior visiting officials, including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden, passed through.
  • China's Foreign Ministry called the Anthropic CEO's warning about the dangers of Chinese-developed AI "fearmongering," as Chinese and U.S. leaders prepare to meet in Washington later this month.

Business

  • Treasury yield topped 5% for the first time since 2023, raising stakes for today's Fed decision on interest rates.
  • OpenAI said it will likely delay its initial public offering following warnings of worst-case AI scenarios, as industry leaders call for slowing development.
  • Saudi Arabia closed its critical pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz after a drone attack, sending crude oil to $104.72 and Brent to $109.56 per barrel.

Technology

  • OpenAI says its AI cracked a Millennium Prize math problem in 88 hours, sparking a dispute over credit.
  • Mistral raised $3.5 billion while China unveiled plans to quadruple national computing capacity and Google warned Europeans that search was degrading due to regulation.
  • Google is securing nuclear power for massive AI data centers in Finland, while Qualcomm and Amazon are joining forces on custom AI chips.

Science

  • Cancer rates are rising in adults under 55, with accelerated biological aging appearing as one contributing factor based on new research showing recent generations experience faster aging.
  • Brain's short-range wiring may protect thinking skills even as gray matter shrinks with age, with healthier connections linked to better language abilities.
  • Researchers have experimentally demonstrated the optical Magnus effect for the first time, showing a tightly focused laser interacts strongest with atoms slightly away from the beam's center.

Economy

  • Annual inflation held steady at 3.4% for the twelve months ending August, released September 11, with gasoline prices rising 27.4% year-over-year due to higher fuel costs.
  • Jobs growth exceeded expectations in August, leading investors to view the economy as stronger and pointing toward potential inflationary pressures, with unemployment holding at 4.1% as the economy operates at full employment.
  • Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan adjusted forecasts to include a Federal Reserve rate hike, with futures pricing assigning roughly 80-87% probability to the move at the upcoming September 15-16 meeting.

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