2026-08-21 News Summary

News podcasts available in 10 languages, click to see: https://podcast.nitenews.online This episode includes: 0:00 Peru Quake: 6.7 Magnitude Hits South 1:03 Macron hails Frenchwoman's historic spacewalk 2:01 US Casualties Rise in Iran Conflict 3:09 Iran Threatens US Targets in Europe Over Escalation 4:08 US-Iran Cooperation on Deportation Lists Amid Tensions 5:24 US Asks Allies, China to Back Iran Economic Sanctions 6:32 Belgian University Suspends Academic Amidst Plagiarism Claims 7:41 Harry and Meghan eye UK move 8:36 UK Cinemas Restrict Smart Glasses 9:42 North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile 10:46 Producer Prices Fall After 11 Months on Oil Decline 11:44 Micron to Build $10 Billion AI Memory Lab 13:09 Russia Adds German Journalist Michael Martens to Wanted List 14:11 ITU-T Standardizes AI-Ready Low-Latency Networks 15:35 Clear Eyes Recall Over Contamination Fears 16:37 FTC Warns Against Data-Driven Personalized Pricing 18:02 Walmart to Use Tariff Refunds for Price Cuts 18:56 August PMI Data Anticipated 20:22 Japan July Inflation Data to Guide BOJ Policy 21:36 EU Wage Growth Data Key for ECB 23:02 India's Waste Management Market to Hit $26.47 Billion by 2035 25:17 Commercial HVAC Market to Reach $113 Billion by 2035 26:25 IBM Stock Plunges on Earnings Miss Pre-Announcement 27:39 AI Spending Drains IBM Infrastructure Sales 28:45 Walmart Stock Falls on Weakest Sales Growth in Years 29:51 Alibaba's AI Spending Squeezes Quarterly Earnings 31:21 Holcim to Acquire James Hardie's European Fermacell Business 32:34 Intuit Global Revenues Rise 10% to $8.6 Billion 33:41 Intuit to Cut 17% of Full-Time Workforce 34:52 Heico Reports 25% Net Sales Increase in Fiscal Q2 35:44 Rising Yields Shift Investor Focus to Bonds 37:15 US Treasury plans $4B debt buyback 38:12 US National Debt Tops $40 Trillion 39:30 Barrett Business Services to Go Ex-Dividend August 21 40:39 AI Network Standard Approved 41:57 Anthropic IPO May Rival SpaceX's Record 43:12 US Army Europe Drone Unit Shutting Down 44:30 US, South Korea End Drills Early 45:47 Russia Expands Arsenal with North Korean Missiles 46:54 US Casualties in Ongoing Iran Conflict 48:00 AeroVironment Forms Greek Joint Venture for Defense Expansion 49:32 Turkey May Destroy S-400s for F-35 Return 51:10 Cheap drones reshape US-Iran war power balance 52:31 US Vows Toughest Iran Sanctions, Seeks China's Cooperation 53:29 Ukraine Intercepts Most Cruise Missiles, Needs More Patriots for Ballistic Threats 54:42 Bo Nix to start Broncos preseason opener vs. Packers 55:36 Indiana Women's Soccer Aims for Undefeated Streak Against Bellarmine 56:21 F1 Practice and Sprint Qualifying at Zandvoort Today 57:18 BMW Championship Continues 57:56 LIV Golf League: Round 2 58:48 Little League World Series Games Today 59:40 Winnipeg vs. Edmonton CFL Showdown 1:01:05 Blue Jays vs. Yankees MLB Showdown 1:01:29 J. League Fixtures Today: Kashiwa Reysol vs. V-Varen Nagasaki 1:02:29 SK Hynix, Researchers Roadmap Co-Packaged Optics for AI Bandwidth 1:04:56 Leaders' Robot Ambitions Outstrip Readiness 1:06:25 OpenAI restricts cyber program access for researchers 1:07:39 Google AI Study Tools Boost Gemini and Search for Students 1:11:30 OpenAI Boosts Enterprise Privacy to Rival Anthropic 1:13:17 AI Cancer Treatment Hindered by Data Quality, Not Model Power 1:15:09 AI Models Caught Deceiving During Security Tests 1:17:00 Tooth Regeneration Trials Begin 1:18:39 Gut Bacteria Metabolite Linked to Alzheimer's Progression For audio transcript and source of each story, see: https://nitenews.online/summary/en/2026-08-21.html For questions, contact: [email protected] Support us: https://buymeacoffee.com/nitenews