Breaking news of Wednesday, 26 August 2026
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- 21:00
US Open, Cobolli and Bencic reach mixed doubles semifinal: match tonight
The US Open mixed doubles title will be decided today: semifinals and final on Wednesday. Flavio Cobolli and Belinda Bencic, after eliminating the pair of Carlos Alcaraz and Venus Williams, face Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils at 1:00 am Italian time. Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka were eliminated in the opening round against Patten-Siniakova in a super tie-break (QN, LiveTennis). The singles draw is set for Thursday at 6:00 pm Italian time, with the main draw starting on August 30.
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- 21:00
Saudel heading toward Chinese coast: landfall expected between Thursday night and Friday morning
Fujian’s flood control headquarters and China’s National Meteorological Centre indicate landfall for Saudel between Lianjiang (Fujian) and Xiangshan (Zhejiang) between Thursday night and Friday morning. In Fujian around 11,000 vessels have taken shelter; in Zhejiang tourist sites have been closed and rail services suspended, with airports on alert (Global Times, SCMP). The remnant of Typhoon Narra, downgraded to a depression, has made landfall again on the coast of Wuchuan: experts expect torrential downpours from the combination of the two circulations.
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- 21:00
Nvidia releases earnings tonight: consensus at $92 billion in revenue
Nvidia’s second fiscal quarter results arrive after the close of Wall Street, with a conference call at 11:00 pm Italian time. Consensus gathered by Bloomberg points to revenue near $92 billion, nearly double a year ago, and adjusted earnings of $2.09 per share (Euronews); for the following quarter, analysts polled by Reuters estimate more than $104 billion (Demócrata). The options market prices in a 5.4% move in the stock, about $280 billion in market capitalization, below the 7.4% average of the past twelve quarters (XTB).
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Hormuz, the Revolutionary Guards: agreement reached with Oman, but the strait remains closed
The Revolutionary Guards announce that Iran and Oman have agreed on terms for safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz, but claim it is the United States blocking the agreement: the waterway will remain closed until Washington accepts Tehran’s conditions. Trump, however, states that the strait is already open. The joint bilateral declaration provides for the continuation of “technical negotiations” on a permanent navigation corridor and on the future administration of the strait. According to preliminary Kpler data cited by CNBC, five commercial vessels transited on Tuesday against an average of fifteen; crude oil is falling (Just Security).
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- 14:00
Night of drones over Russia: Moscow claims 426 shot down, logistics hub destroyed in Kotovsk
The Russian Defence Ministry, cited by Lenta.ru, says it intercepted 426 Ukrainian drones overnight on 26 August. Tambov region governor Pervyshov states that the Wildberries logistics centre in Kotovsk was completely destroyed. Regional authorities report two deaths in the Lipetsk region after a drone fell on a house, and three injured in Belgorod (Izvestia). Ukraine’s TSN reports a Russian missile attack on Ukraine the same night and a fire at a major Russian refinery. The tolls come from Russian authorities and have not been independently verified.
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- 14:00
CIA Director Ratcliffe in Moscow: Kremlin rules out meeting with Putin
First known visit by a CIA chief to Russia since November 2021. According to CNN, a US official confirms John Ratcliffe’s trip for meetings with Russian officials; Flightradar24 data show an Air Force C-17 landing at Vnukovo Tuesday at dawn and departing for Riga later that day. On Wednesday morning Kremlin spokesman Peskov ruled out talks with Putin, calling it “premature” to assess the effects on relations (Washington Post). CBS News, which first reported the news, states that Washington had asked Kyiv to suspend raids from Monday to Wednesday. The content of the meetings has not been disclosed.
Sources: CNN, Washington Post, CBS News. Peskov’s words are reported by TASS (Russian state news agency) via CNN.
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- 12:54
Saudel hits Okinawa after Taiwan: nearly 35,000 households without power, landfall in China expected Friday
Typhoon Saudel struck Japan’s southwestern islands overnight before moving over the East China Sea: two people sustained minor injuries (ABC News, Associated Press source). In the Amami archipelago nearly 35,000 homes were left without electricity according to Kyushu Electric, and on Wednesday 92 flights were cancelled at airports in Okinawa prefecture (Reuters via Internazionale). At 11 a.m. local time the centre was 634 kilometres south of Jinshan; landfall is expected Friday on the Zhejiang coast, with alerts issued at Zhejiang and Fujian airports (South China Morning Post).
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- 12:54
Canada responds to US tariffs: countermeasures on roughly $20 billion in goods
Ottawa announced retaliatory tariffs on Tuesday against the 50% US levies. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne indicated rates of 15, 25 and 50% and described the response as “dollar for dollar, rate for rate” (transl. from English) (NPR). Starting September 8, Canada will double tariffs on American steel and aluminum and introduce them on roughly 700 other products, worth about $20 billion (Washington Post, CNBC). Negotiations had been suspended by Ottawa on Friday evening; the list of affected goods is published by Canada’s Finance Ministry.
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- 12:54
Dolly Parton has died, aged 80
American singer-songwriter and actress Dolly Parton died on Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 80. The announcement came in a video posted on the singer’s Instagram account by her nephew Brian Seaver, on behalf of the Parton and Owens families (Variety, NBC News). Her press office confirmed her death and said a private ceremony is planned for close family members (ABC News). Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999, she had received the National Medal of Arts in 2005 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2006; she was behind the Imagination Library, a program providing free books to children.
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