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August 27, 2026
The day's top events, read by how settled the reporting is.
CIA director Ratcliffe makes brief Moscow trip
CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew into Moscow on Tuesday and left hours later, and the Kremlin says he met Russian intelligence figures but not Vladimir Putin.
Glacial collapse sets off Himalayan flash floods
A collapsing glacier drove mud and rock into a Himalayan river on Wednesday, unleashing flash floods that left about 1,500 people missing across Nepal and Tibet.
Nvidia forecasts about 70% revenue growth
The chipmaker put next fiscal year's revenue growth at about 70 per cent, alongside quarterly sales of US$96.22 billion against a US$92.17 billion estimate.
Durbin and Cassidy push a Social Security fix
Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Bill Cassidy are pushing a plan to avert a projected 22% cut to Social Security benefits that begins in six years.
Six months into the Iran war
The war between the U.S. and Iran reaches six months, with the Strait of Hormuz largely closed and a June memorandum meant to end the fighting abandoned.