Morning Edition · Thursday, August 27, 2026
Macro
Bitcoin Falls Below $79,000 as Traders Position for a Federal Reserve Rate Increase
Gold spot held near $4,614 an ounce and silver near $68.73 while the dollar index rose above 99, separating the monetary metals from the liquidity-sensitive digital asset before Kevin Warsh speaks at Jackson Hole on Friday.
Tech
Nvidia Reports $96.2 Billion in Quarterly Revenue and Guides Above $105 Billion, Excluding China Entirely
Shares rose 4.7 percent after hours and index futures turned higher, even as Chinese investors pulled 560 billion yuan out of domestic mutual funds during a semiconductor selloff.
Markets
Brent Falls 2.5% to $86.38 as Iran and Oman Negotiate a Corridor Through a Strait Tehran Says Is Still Closed
Qatar's prime minister travels to Tehran on Thursday to restart diplomacy, and President Donald Trump has threatened to strike Oman if it obstructs the American position.
Macro
Washington Restricts Capital, Goods and People at Once as Investors Question the American Overweight
Trump has imposed a 50 percent tariff on Canadian aluminium while conceding the United States needs the metal, and a global pause on immigrant visas is reshaping flows from China and the rest of Asia.
World
Glacial Collapse on the Nepal-Tibet Border Kills at Least 165 and Leaves More Than 1,000 Missing
The United States Geological Survey concluded that the seismic signal recorded during the disaster came from the ice collapse and debris flow itself, not from an earthquake.
Tech
Meta Agrees to Pay Up to $16.68 Billion to Settle State Claims Over Harm to Child Users
The company will impose daily usage limits and nighttime blocks for teenage accounts across the United States, and participating states receive about $12.7 billion of the total over ten years.
Geopolitics
Russian Air Defences Report Downing 18 Drones Over Voronezh as the CIA Director Warns Moscow Against Striking NATO
Airports at Izhevsk and Perm lifted flight restrictions after overnight closures, and the Collective Security Treaty Organization has put facility protection against drones on the agenda of its autumn exercises.
Geopolitics
Israel Weighs Removing British Officials From the American-Led Gaza Ceasefire Headquarters
The proposal follows increased European criticism of the Netanyahu government, and comes as Israeli forces continue artillery fire, air raids and ground incursions in Syria and Lebanon.
Geopolitics
Japan Selects an Interceptor Drone Less Than Three Months After Opening Procurement
Indonesia is preparing to commission its first aircraft carrier while Moscow signals new bilateral agreements with Jakarta in September, widening the pool of suppliers across the region.
Geopolitics
United States Religious Freedom Panel Urges Sanctions on RSS Members During Its Chief's American Visit
The commission's chair also called for revoking the visa issued to Mohan Bhagwat, adding a new source of friction to a relationship already strained by tariffs.
World
Anwar Ibrahim Considers Delaying Malaysia's General Election to Late 2027 After State Poll Defeats
The reported delay comes as former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is charged with concealing assets, following the seizure of nearly $40 million linked to him.
World
More Than 150 Wildfires Burn Across Northeastern Algeria in a Single Day, Killing at Least Twelve
The fires reached several provinces of a country that supplies a significant share of Europe's pipeline gas, while flood water receded across 28 sites in Russia's Sverdlovsk region.