2026-06-26 News Summary

News podcasts available in 10 languages, click to see: https://podcast.nitenews.online This episode includes: 0:00 Venezuela Earthquakes Cause Hundreds of Deaths and Widespread Destruction 1:06 Europe Swelters Under Deadly Heatwave 2:50 King Charles to skip renovated Buckingham Palace 3:51 Iran Rejects UN Strait of Hormuz Ship Release Plan 4:59 California Billionaire Tax Heads to Ballot 6:14 NYC Freezes Rents for One Million Apartments 7:38 Pentagon Boosts AI for Military Targeting 9:22 Japan 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake 10:33 Airbus A380 Wing Cracks Prompt Inspection Order 11:31 Kim Jong Un Oversees Weapons Tests 12:32 Supreme Court Overturns Hawaii Gun Law 13:41 Kenya Halts US Ebola Facility Construction 14:48 JPMorgan Names New Copresidents 16:20 OpenAI IPO Potentially Delayed Until 2027 17:59 Ohmyhome Sells Real Estate Business Amid Debt Crisis 20:17 Musk Out of Trillionaire Club as SpaceX, Tesla Stocks Drop 21:33 UK Halves Tariff-Free Steel Imports Amid China Concerns 23:23 Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Jumps on Energy Costs 24:31 Anthropic's Valuation Skyrockets in a Year 25:28 India Falls to Fourth in Global Unicorn Club Rankings 26:30 Singtel Sells $1B Stake in Thailand's Gulf Development 27:47 CapitaLand Investment Secures China CReit Approval 29:14 AirAsia Defaults on Supplier Payments Amid Rising Fuel Costs 30:58 US Economy Grows in Q1 31:51 Meta sued by whistleblower over alleged silencing attempt 33:19 Ryanair Offers Free Family Seating 34:38 Micron Boost Fuels Global Chip Stock Rally 35:51 Banks Join Digital ID Initiative 37:35 Samsung to Announce Major South Korea Investment 38:55 Xbox Price Hike Continues 40:01 Iran Guards Warn Ships on Strait of Hormuz Routes 41:16 US, GCC reject Iran's Strait of Hormuz toll demands 42:13 Philippines Deploys US Drones to Monitor Western Waters 43:16 Lockheed Martin Wins $35 Billion THAAD Production Contract 44:29 Wind-Powered Drones Target Russia 46:28 Army Creates New PhD Career Track for Technical Officers 47:24 USS Indianapolis Fire Causes Minor Injuries 48:14 Pentagon Mandates Flu Shots for All Recruits 49:13 North Korea Launches 5,000-Ton Destroyer 50:34 Plata's goal secures Ecuador's World Cup knockout stage spot 51:40 Pepe Stars as Ivory Coast Reach World Cup Knockouts 52:42 Man City to Break British Record for Nottingham Forest Star Elliot Anderson 53:38 Yoon Ties Record, Leads Women's PGA Championship 54:41 Cole Leads Travelers Championship by One Over Scheffler 55:26 Sweden and Japan Advance to World Cup Knockout Stage 56:15 Singapore Women's Epee Team Wins Asian Championship Bronze 57:06 Hamilton's Ferrari Debut Hampered by Neck Injury 58:17 Pulisic Benched for US vs. Turkey World Cup Opener 59:12 Boxer Joe Cordina Charged With Assault 1:00:04 Anthropic Launches Claude Tag in Slack, Plans Wider Rollout 1:01:20 Apple Approves Samsung, LG for iPhone 18 Pro OLEDs 1:02:59 IBM Unveils Sub-Nanometer Chip Tech, Stock Surges 1:04:13 GenAI Smartphones to Hit 45% of Global Shipments by 2026 1:05:44 China's Supercomputer Reclaims World's Fastest, Unaffected by Nvidia GPU Dependence 1:07:06 Tesla Optimus Bot Set for Q3 Mass Production 1:08:02 Sony PS6 Rumored to Feature AI Frame Generation 1:10:19 Local Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft for Copyright Infringement For audio transcript and source of each story, see: https://nitenews.online/summary/en/2026-06-26.html For questions, contact: [email protected] Support us: https://buymeacoffee.com/nitenews