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2026-08-04 · Al Jazeera

US stocks near record high, oil falls as Trump claims Iran talks under way

🔮 Baghaei said Iranian officials were currently engaged in negotiations with Oman on allowing ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz and that issues between the US and Iran would need to be addressed in the “next stages”. assertive

2026-08-05 · Al Jazeera

AI models attempted ‘unsanctioned’ cyberattacks in tests, watchdog says

🔮 “Gaining a clear picture of Claude’s understanding of its situation – by examining its reasoning transcripts and running our own analyses – will help us identify the causes of its behavior,” the AI company said in a post on X, referring to its flagship series of large language models. assertive

2026-08-05 · Al Jazeera

Why the Trump administration is helping support Japan’s weakening yen

🔮 It’s trying to prevent a disorderly decline that could spill over into Treasury markets, global funding conditions, and broader financial stability,” Loo told Al Jazeera. assertive

2026-08-24 · Al Jazeera

US threat of ‘economic D-Day’ for Iran tests Trump’s China detente

🔮 US President Donald Trump’s administration has said it aims to sever “every” economic lifeline sustaining Iran in what officials have warned will be the toughest sanctions campaign ever seen. assertive

2026-09-22 · Al Jazeera

20 countries propose global oversight body to manage AI dangers

🔮 The declaration urges countries to develop and coordinate “common standards”, share reports of serious safety incidents, and explore the establishment of an international institution to “set standards, enable verification, and convene states when capability thresholds are crossed”. Signatories include German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Kenyan President William Ruto, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. The United States and China, the world’s two leading AI powers, did not join the statement, which remains “open for endorsement” by other countries. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to discuss AI when they meet at the White House on Thursday for their third face-to-face summit in less than a year. Washington and Beijing, which are in a race to dominate cutting-edge technologies, have both rebuffed calls to slow down AI development to ensure greater safety. assertive

2026-09-23 · Al Jazeera

Wall Street’s Nasdaq hits all-time high as AI frenzy gathers pace

🔮 US President Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters that US officials held a “very good” meeting with their Iranian counterparts on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, hours after using his address to the session to warn that he could “annihilate” Iran if Tehran did not agree to a deal on the war. assertive

2026-09-23 · Al Jazeera

As AI leaders warn of catastrophe, US and China shun slowdown calls

🔮 Observers anticipated measures that, at best, would fall far short of the coordinated slowdown that many experts said is needed. assertive

2026-09-24 · Al Jazeera

AI model Claude discovers CRISPR-like enzyme system, Anthropic says

🔮 AI giant Anthropic has announced the discovery of a new enzyme system in bacterial DNA that it said could “represent a new gene editing mechanism” similar to the groundbreaking CRISPR tool. mixed

2026-09-25 · Al Jazeera

Oil prices jump after Yemen’s Houthis claim attacks on Saudi facilities

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2026-09-28 · Al Jazeera

US, China list goods recommended for tariff cuts following Trump-Xi summit

🔮 US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the agreement would improve market access for about 30 percent of US exports to China and also benefit US consumers. assertive

2026-09-29 · Al Jazeera

Australia raises interest rates to 15-year high

🔮 “The Middle East conflict remains unresolved, and there are scenarios where inflation is higher and activity lower than forecast,” it said. assertive

2026-09-30 · Al Jazeera

OpenAI launches ‘dots,’ personal AI assistant ‘built to handle everything’

🔮 The launch comes after Meta’s release of AI assistant Muse earlier this month, and Google’s unveiling of Gemini Spark in May. assertive

2026-10-01 · Al Jazeera

South Korea’s exports hit record high on AI boom

🔮 South Korea’s Ministry of Finance and Economy has forecast real GDP to grow 3 percent in 2026, which would be the strongest performance since 2017, excluding the outlier years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The AI boom has also propelled the country’s stock market into the ranks of the best-performing bourses this year, with the benchmark Kospi rising nearly 60 percent. assertive

2026-10-09 · Al Jazeera

Ex-OpenAI staff say they were fired for raising safety concerns

🔮 In an open letter published in tandem with their social media posts, Balesni, Korbak and Wang expressed concerns that their dismissal would make their former colleagues “afraid to speak and operate in ways that, until last week, were an integral part of working at OpenAI”. assertive

2026-10-10 · Al Jazeera

Israel’s economy prospers despite years of war, but prices worry voters

🔮 After three years of Israel’s multi-front war in the Middle East, it would be no surprise if this month’s Knesset elections were taking place against the backdrop of an economy in dire straits. assertive

2026-10-13 · Al Jazeera

Middle East and Central Asia’s economy to shrink in 2026 amid war, IMF says

🔮 The economy of the Middle East and Central Asia is set to shrink in 2026 amid the fallout of the US-Israel war on Iran, with countries such as Kuwait and Qatar facing double-digit contractions, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). mixed

2026-10-14 · Al Jazeera

Singapore’s economy grows more than 5 percent amid AI boom

🔮 Despite the heady expansion, Singapore’s central bank left its monetary policy settings untouched in its latest announcement on Wednesday, citing expectations that AI demand will cool in 2027. The Monetary Authority of Singapore, which manages monetary policy through currency exchange rates rather than interest rates, said it expected core inflation to average 1.5–2.0 percent in 2026. “Global AI-driven growth is expected to ease in the latter half of next year from its current exceptional pace, while higher interest rates, amid elevated inflation in the advanced economies, would weigh on final demand growth,” the central bank said in a statement. mixed

2026-10-14 · Al Jazeera

China’s exports surge amid AI-driven demand

🔮 China’s economy is expected to grow 4.5 percent in 2026, according to the International Monetary Fund’s latest growth outlook, which would be the slowest expansion since 1990, excluding the outlier years of the COVID pandemic. assertive

2026-10-15 · Al Jazeera

OpenAI bugging suspect allegedly booked one-way trip to Saudi Arabia

🔮 Prosecutors disclosed the alleged flight booking to a judge on October 8 in a motion seeking to seal the criminal complaint against Alfozan, arguing he had the “means – and will have an incentive – to flee” the United States. assertive

2026-10-15 · Al Jazeera

G20 finance ministers, central bankers gather amid fallout from Iran war

🔮 Who will be attending the meetings? assertive

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