CNBC and BBC reported that Samsung Electronics issued Q3 2026 earnings guidance projecting an operating profit of roughly $8 billion (11.5 trillion won), a record high and a year-on-year increase of more than 32%. The result was driven by a boom in AI chip demand and a recovery in high-end memory pricing.
Axios, Fox News and NBC News reported that the US military has been ordered to prepare for possible strikes on Iran, with the White House weighing the timing ahead of the midterm elections. Oil prices rose and risk-off sentiment strengthened on Middle East tensions.
Space.com and NASA reported that the four astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission have officially undocked from the International Space Station to return to Earth after nearly ten months in space, with splashdown recovery expected in the designated ocean area.
Yahoo Finance reported that, driven by the simultaneous rise in 10-year and 30-year US Treasury yields, the US 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed to its highest level in nearly three years, further raising the burden on purchasers and exerting sustained pressure on housing-market activity.
Deutsche Welle reported that Germany’s former intelligence chief has been formally arrested and placed in pretrial detention on charges of treason. Prosecutors allege the former official leaked German state secrets to a foreign intelligence service. Major German and English-language outlets have followed up with background details and potential implications.
CNBC, The Wall Street Journal and Yahoo Finance reported that US stocks sold off broadly on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping more than 500 points and the US 10-year Treasury yield climbing to its highest level since 2008. The 30-year yield simultaneously hit a fresh 24-year high, pushing mortgage rates higher and amplifying market concerns over sticky inflation and fiscal deficits.
Reuters, Quartz and The Verge reported that the CEOs of Microsoft and Nvidia jointly appeared at a San Francisco event to officially unveil the next-generation AI laptop, the Surface Laptop Ultra — built around the latest AI chip and tightly integrated with Windows — widely viewed as a direct response to Apple’s MacBook Pro lineup.
Reuters, The New York Times and The Guardian reported that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to two scientists for their foundational work on mirror-image molecules. The molecules are mirror images of each other but cannot be superimposed, a property critical to drug development and chemical reaction design. The Nobel Committee stated their research laid the groundwork for modern asymmetric catalysis.
CNBC reported that after the S&P 500 index hit a fresh record high, US stock futures were little changed during Asian trading hours as the market entered a wait-and-see mode ahead of key inflation and jobs data later this week.
Ars Technica reported that security researchers disclosed attackers obtained counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other major internet services by compromising a certificate authority, potentially enabling man-in-the-middle incidents targeting enterprise users.