Treasury Yields Ease as Oil Prices Tumble on Iran Diplomacy, but a Hawkish Fed Keeps Rate-Cut Bets in Check
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield stood at 4.696% on August 4, 2026, easing slightly as a sharp drop in oil prices reshaped inflation expectations, even as a contentious Federal Reserve decision the week before kept traders pricing in the risk of a rate…
Trump Calls Off Planned Iran Strike, But Tehran Denies Talks Are Back On
Here is the latest on Trump Iran talks August. President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he called off what he described as “the biggest attack since World War II” against Iran. Opting instead to give diplomacy more time. Iran’s…
Nirmal Purja Killed in Broad Peak Avalanche in Pakistan
Nirmal Purja, the Nepali-British mountaineer who climbed all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks in six months, died in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region. He was 43. The avalanche swept his 10-member team on…
Jensen Huang Says AI Will Create Six-Figure Jobs in the Trades
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argues that the AI boom will not just create coding jobs. It will also create a lot of work for plumbers, electricians, steelworkers, and builders. Much of it pays over $100,000 without a degree. His reasoning is simple. Somebody…
Who Is Jean Grey? The X-Men Character Now in the MCU, Explained
Jean Grey is one of the five original X-Men and one of the most powerful mutants Marvel has ever published. She is a telepath and a telekinetic, and she is permanently tied to the Phoenix Force — a cosmic entity that has repeatedly turned her into the…
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Breaks the Opening Day Box Office Record
Spider-Man: Brand New Day landed in US cinemas on Friday, July 31, 2026, and it immediately rewrote the record books. The film took $168 million on its opening day, beating the $157 million that Avengers: Endgame had held since 2019. Tom Holland returns…