AstraZeneca shares dropped as much as 7.8% in early London trading on August 3, 2026, after the Financial Times reported the company held preliminary merger talks with U.S.
On August 1, 2026, OpenAI announced its unreleased Astra model produced new results on 10 open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science for roughly $2,000 in compute costs, with machine check...
On August 3, 2026, senior Iranian military adviser Mohsen Rezaei told state media that Iran had prepared to launch retaliatory missile strikes against three locations inside Ukraine but canceled the operatio...
Vietnam's total merchandise trade hit $549.69 billion in H1 2026 and roughly $659 billion through July, with Deputy Minister Nguyễn Sinh Nhật Tân projecting the full year figure could exceed $1 trillion.
On Monday, August 3, the KOSPI tumbled 5.12%, with Samsung and SK Hynix falling 8% and 6.8–8%, as profit taking erased most of Friday's historic 18% surge.
Lando Norris won the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix by 15 seconds, his first victory as reigning world champion, after team mate Oscar Piastri retired with a gearbox failure while running second.
The Huawei Watch GT 7 series launches in China on August 5, 2026, featuring two models: the premium GT 7 Pro (46mm titanium alloy, octagonal bezel, ECG sensor) and the standard GT 7 (41mm and 46mm stainless...
The Pacific island nation formerly known as Nauru officially became the Republic of Naoero on July 30, 2026, shedding a colonial era name for its indigenous spellng and pronunciation.
Global installed solar capacity crossed 3 terawatts (TW) in early 2026, with a record 664 GW added in 2025 — but the solar boom is now hitting systemic grid bottlenecks in China, the Philippines, and Pakista...
On August 3, 2026, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service opened a formal antitrust case against Apple for failing to pre install the state backed MAX messenger and RuStore app marketplace on iPhones and iPad...
Global installed solar PV capacity crossed 3,000 GW in April 2026 — more than double wind's 1,331 GW — after a record 664 GW was added in 2025.
Humanoid robotics startups have raised $8.6 billion globally as of late July 2026 — already 1.8x the total for all of 2025 — with China dominating deal count and Europe notching the single largest round ever...