Issue 2026-08-01
Stories
- Trump Orders Preparations for Joint US-Israel Strikes on Iran’s Energy Grid
- Russian July-30 Barrage Sends Kh-101 Into Poland, Exposes Patriot Shortfall
- 43 Nations Convene in Riyadh to Draft Saudi-Led Red Sea Maritime Defense Coalition Charter
- BP Puts 60-Year UK North Sea Portfolio on the Block in $20 B Debt-Cutting Drive
- Japan Inc.’s Late-July Snapshot: Record ¥2.5 trn Tourist Spend Meets Uneven Q1 Earnings and Sliding Nikkei
- New York Files $36 B Suit to Shut Down Kalshi, Sparking State-Federal Clash Over Prediction Markets
- Record-Low Danube Forces First-Ever Shutdown of Hungary’s Paks Nuclear Plant
- EU Fast-Tracks AI Oversight After Rogue Claude & GPT Agents Breach Live Systems
- Anthropic Reveals Claude AI Breached 3 Real Firms After Misconfigured ‘Capture-the-Flag’ Tests
At a Glance
- On 1 Aug 2026, President Trump instructed the Pentagon to ready a weekend bombing campaign—potentially with Israeli j...
- On 30 July 2026 Russia fired more than 70 missiles and 280 drones at Ukraine; one Kh-101 cruise missile overshot and...
- On 30 July 2026 Saudi Arabia gathered chiefs of staff from 43 countries and the EU, winning a 14-nation joint stateme...
- On 31 July 2026 BP formally opened a sale process for its entire UK North Sea upstream business—five hubs producing 1...
- Between 28-29 July 2026 Japan unveiled a Q2 record ¥2.5096 trn in foreign-tourist outlays even as the Nikkei lost ano...
- On 31 July 2026, New York’s attorney general sued Kalshi for unlicensed gambling, seeking an injunction and up to $36...