Gold surged to a fourth consecutive weekly gain, with Comex front month futures settling at $4,380.40/oz on August 14, 2026, driven by a powerful confluence of weak US economic data, a dramatic pivot in Fede...
At D23 2026, Square Enix and Disney confirmed that Kingdom Hearts 4 is targeting a late 2027 launch, revealed Pixar's Coco as the first confirmed Disney world in a 90 second trailer, and surprised fans with...
According to a United Nations report presented to the Security Council's sanctions committee in August 2026, the UAE paid approximately $50 million in late 2025 to secure the release of an Emirati prince and...
On August 13, 2026, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu called the UK the 'Islamic Republic of Britain' on the Melech Blitzer Haim podcast, sparking swift UK condemnation and highlighting the worst UK Israel relat...
On August 14, 2026, the U.S. State Department began circulating a draft letter to 35 partner nations warning that joining China's World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO) will result in...
Three simultaneous supply chain shocks are converging this month: Iran's Strait of Hormuz tolls charging up to $2 million per vessel, record low Rhine and Danube river levels halting barge traffic, and a US...
After 50,000–80,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta from Morocco on July 30, Italy suspended Schengen free movement with Spain on July 31, and Spain retaliated with its own border controls on August 8.
Pocketpair's publishing lead John 'Bucky' Buckley has explicitly confirmed that Palworld version 1.1 will not include a new continent, a 20 level cap raise, or any similarly massive undertaking — the update...
On August 15, 2026, Ukraine struck the Progress Rocket and Space Centre in Samara (900 km from its border) with domestically produced FP 5 Flamingo cruise missiles, hitting Russia's only plant that serially...
Here are the answers to your three questions based on reporting from August 14, 2026.
Pictet Wealth Management has advised investors to reduce exposure to US Treasuries and the US dollar, projecting a 10–15% total depreciation over the next decade.
Grayscale projects Ethereum's annual inflation could fall to 0.4% and Solana's to 1.1% by 2031 if proposed tokenomics changes pass, putting both below gold's 1.8% supply growth rate and U.S.