Israel and Syria held talks on Sunday to contain the fallout from at least eight Israeli strikes on Syria’s Abu al Duhur airbase on August 18.
Dollar funded EM carry was exceptionally profitable in 2025 and remained broadly resilient into 2026, but the trade has become more selective and more fragile.
The immediate trigger was Israel’s August 18 strike on Abu al Duhur, which followed a Turkish military delegation’s visit and exposed sharply conflicting views of Turkey’s role in post Assad Syria.
Sony’s new Xperia announcement is scheduled for August 25 at 11 a.m. JST, or August 24 at 10 p.m.
Zcash’s roughly 47% surge above $800 was mainly a market wide liquidity and short covering rally, amplified by expectations for Grayscale’s proposed NYSE Arca ETF listing around August 25, 2026—not a confirm...
Musk’s estimated fortune returned above $850 billion in August 2026, with Bloomberg showing $851 billion and Forbes reporting $856.9 billion on August 23; the figures are estimates that can change with marke...
Russia struck the operating Soniachna Halereia shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih twice on August 21, 2026, about 30 minutes apart.
Tiangong Ultra won an opening day 100 meter heat in 9.39 seconds, ahead of Honor’s Lightning in 9.47—both under Usain Bolt’s 9.58 second human record.
Russia appears to be testing the infrastructure needed for a large call up, including housing, feeding, arming and training recruits.
Geoff Kendrick remains structurally bullish: he is keeping Standard Chartered’s $100,000 year end Bitcoin forecast and $500,000 target for 2030, while saying the latest rally could mark a return to “crypto s...
Grok 4.6 was primarily a developer and agent release: it targets long running coding and multi step workflows, with a 500,000 token context window and $2 per million input/$6 per million output pricing below...
Gold miner ETFs outpaced bullion because higher gold prices can expand miners’ profit margins much faster than revenue, while equity valuations capitalize expected cash flow over several years.