2026-08-18 News Summary

News podcasts available in 10 languages, click to see: https://podcast.nitenews.online This episode includes: 0:00 Yangon cholera outbreak hospitalizes hundreds 1:09 Elderly at Higher Heat Risk Than Believed 2:21 Colombian Minister Criticized for Beach Holiday After Earthquake 3:27 Trump threatens Oman with bombing over Iran deal 5:16 White House slams CNN over Trump aide coverage 6:27 Iran Adopts Offensive Stance Amidst Stalled US Peace Talks 7:49 Trump dismisses USS Lincoln condition reports as fake 9:14 Russia warns UK over drone use in Ukraine 10:52 Russia Summons Japan Envoy Over Putin's Kuril Visit 11:51 Melania Trump Reunites Child with Family Amid War 13:19 US Reservoirs Hit Record Lows Amid Drought 14:40 Canada Pledges $50 Billion for Clean Energy 16:22 Kushner's Gaza Peace Talks End Without Breakthrough 18:02 Indonesia Quake Kills at Least 38 19:41 Iran Responds to Trump's Hormuz Threat 21:03 UAE and Oman Forge Stronger Ties for Regional Stability 21:56 Amylyx to Announce Avexitide Trial Results August 18, 2026 23:05 Marketingforce H1 2026 Revenue and Profit Surge 24:23 Gold and Silver Hold Steady as Fed Rate Hike Expectations Wane 25:31 Oil Surpasses $90, Indian Markets Expected to Open Lower 26:12 Xiaomi Q2 Earnings Key to Stock Rally Amidst Rising Costs 27:50 Precision Optics to Attend Lytham Partners Summit 28:41 Everspin to Speak at Lytham Partners Investor Summit 29:19 Interlink Electronics Joins Lytham Partners Investor Summit 30:05 Open USD Consortium Launched by 140+ Companies Including Visa and Mastercard 31:50 Circle Gets OCC Green Light for First National Digital Currency Bank 33:32 Wells Fargo Cuts 2026 Gold Forecast 36:11 Evercore Predicts S&P 500 to Hit 9,000 in 12 Months 37:44 JPMorgan Ups TOPIX Forecast to 4,600 38:37 Arm CFO Seeks Deals Amidst Chip Industry Challenges 39:49 BHP eyed NexGen Energy for acquisition 41:14 Chile Sells $64M FX Forwards 43:02 Iran to Gradually Raise Gas Prices 44:20 Home Depot, Baidu Earnings Due 45:23 Trump Scales Back S. Korea Drills, Allies Concerned 46:43 India-Thailand Joint Counter-Terrorism Exercise MAITREE-XV Begins 48:12 Trump Threatens Military Action Over Oman-Iran Talks 49:18 Pentagon Boosts SM-3 Missile Production with Boeing and RTX Deals 50:33 RTX Wins $22.9 Billion Navy Tomahawk Missile Contract 51:55 Sailors Reported Overboard Attempts During Lincoln Deployment 53:28 US Aid Arrives in Colombia After Deadly Quake 54:55 Iran Threatens Offensive as US Halts Ceasefire Talks 56:34 Operation Render Safe: WWII Ordnance Disposal in PNG 57:46 US 2028 Track Trials Set for Eugene with Compressed Schedule 58:47 Ohio State, Oregon Top AP Preseason Football Poll 59:41 Jeanie Buss Challenges Family's Lakers Sale 1:00:51 Tommy John, Pioneer of Elbow Surgery, Dies at 83 1:02:31 Douglass Shatters 50m Freestyle World Record Twice in One Day 1:03:52 Barcelona signs Rodri from Man City 1:05:07 NBA, Clippers Clash Over Kawhi Leonard Salary Cap Probe 1:06:23 Real Salt Lake Hosts FC Dallas 1:07:26 Brittany Mahomes Prioritizes Health Before Chiefs Season 1:08:32 NEC Targets 2027 for AI-Powered Underwater Acoustic Platform 1:09:45 Meta AI Glasses for Disabled Independence 1:11:05 OpenAI Secures 20-Year Ohio Data Center Deal with SoftBank, Nvidia Investment 1:12:17 Anthropic Revenue Surges to $65 Billion Annualized Run Rate 1:13:37 Samsung Plans Wider Foldable and Multiple New Models 1:14:54 Uber Partners with Zipline for Million Daily Drone Deliveries 1:16:01 ByteDance Agrees to AI Controls for Hollywood IP 1:17:05 Reporter Uncovers Covert Amazon Book Scanning Facility in Las Vegas 1:17:58 Everspin at Lytham Partners Summit for MRAM Solutions For audio transcript and source of each story, see: https://nitenews.online/summary/en/2026-08-18.html For questions, contact: [email protected] Support us: https://buymeacoffee.com/nitenews