Wednesday, August 5, 2026
General
- S&P 500 futures are little changed after massive rally lifts index to fresh record: Live updates
- U.S. nears Hormuz deal, aiming for Wednesday announcement
- Gulf shipping traffic steady amid uncertainty of peace talks
- Defense startups raid auto and fracking sectors for parts to speed weapons output
- Hedge fund Millennium looks to raise record $20 billion in new capital, source says
- North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says
- China’s Services Gauge Hits Two-Year Low as Firms Turn Cautious
- Record El Niño Threatens Fragile Economies Squeezed by War
- As the Danube Hits Record Lows, Every Centimeter of River Counts
- An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran’s Defiant Leaders
- Iran Is Staking Everything on Controlling the Strait of Hormuz
- AI Just Went Rogue Again. This Time It Turned to Deception.
- The Investing Heavyweights That Backed Situational Awareness Before It Blew Up
- Donald Trump trapped between escalation and an Iran deal on Tehran’s terms