Morning Edition · Monday, August 24, 2026
Macro
Treasury's Doubled Buyback Fails to Pull Down Long Yields, and Money Moves to Hard Assets
The 30-year Treasury yield sits near 5.25 percent despite Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doubling long-end repurchases to $4 billion per operation, and Tokyo is increasingly discussed as a partner facing the same bond market pressure.
Crypto
Bitcoin Holds Above $77,000 After Its Largest Weekly Gain in Two Years
XRP rose 46 percent over the same week as traders positioned for Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole address on Friday, while Russia's central bank told households to stay out of mining.
Macro
Washington Names India in a Tariff-Evasion Crackdown as Delhi's Security Adviser Lands in Beijing
A White House report puts India among more than 40 countries accused of routing Chinese goods, days before border talks that both capitals hope will enable Xi Jinping's first visit to India in seven years.
Markets
US Sanctions Iran's Shipping, Oil and Gold Links as Tehran Threatens to Seize Ships in Hormuz
Treasury's "Operation Economic Outcast" designated close to 60 targets. Iran's strait authority has named 46 vessels it says could face fines, seizure or confiscation, and Saudi Arabia is weighing a state war-insurance backstop as commercial cover retreats.
Geopolitics
Ukraine Hits Russian E-Commerce Warehouses for a Third Night as Moscow Strikes Odesa's Port
Drones burned Ozon logistics centres in Adygea and Stavropol covering more than 90,000 square metres each, while Russia's defence ministry said it struck the Yuzhny port and the substation that powers it.
Geopolitics
Britain's New Prime Minister Goes to Kyiv as Europe Co-Chairs a Meeting Washington Is Not Leading
Andy Burnham used a Kyiv meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, co-chaired with Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz, to unveil British backing for assembling long-range missiles inside Ukraine, while Turkish sources say no one has asked to restart the Istanbul negotiating track.
Tech
Asian Technology Shares Fall as Alibaba Sells $10.2 Billion of Stock at a Discount
Samsung Electronics dropped 4.26 percent and the Hang Seng fell 2.1 percent, while the parent of Chinese memory maker YMTC prepares a Shanghai listing and Europe's technology investment gap with the United States widens.
Geopolitics
Syria and Israel Hold US-Mediated Talks in Jordan as Pakistan's Army Chief Travels to Tehran
Damascus is asking for an Israeli pullback to pre-December 2024 positions and restoration of the 1974 disengagement lines, days after an Israeli strike near the Turkish border halted contact.
Geopolitics
Congo and M23 Agree a Roadmap for Peace Talks Under Swiss Mediation
The framework covers the mineral-producing east, where fighting continued after a Doha agreement signed last year.
World
Kazakhstan's New Ruling Party Wins Roughly Seven in Ten Votes in the First Single-Chamber Election
Exit polls put Adilet between 70.7 and 72.3 percent on turnout of 74.19 percent, with four smaller parties clearing the threshold for seats in the 145-member Kurultai.
World
Heat, Fire and Quake Losses Land on Public Budgets From Nevada to Sumatra
A German climate-policy analyst told Russian state media that southern and western European Union economies could produce 7 percent less output by 2030 because of heat waves, as up to 90,000 people are urged to evacuate a fast-growing, uncontained wildfire near Reno.
Markets
Private Credit's Move Into Insurance Draws Scrutiny as Germany Debates Foreign Capital
The Financial Times argues that spreading credit risk across retail-linked insurance products changes who absorbs losses without reducing them, while Berlin's investment envoy says foreign investors still meet official scepticism.