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Sep 14, 20264 EVENTS
Saudi East-West pipeline: Yanbu stocks may last only 5–7 days, risking up to ~4% of global supply (Oil)General · Finance · Energy/Climate · Supply chain · 13 reports3-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 12, 2026U.S. tech-led selloff: S&P and Nasdaq slide as Philadelphia Semiconductor Index drops ~5.7% (Markets)Finance · Crypto · 2 reportsAI “slowdown” hits the hardware chain: Nvidia, Micron and Intel slump; SoftBank Tokyo −~10.7% (Tech)Finance · AI/Tech · 2 reportsPony.ai unveils L4 robotruck in Hanover and advances Europe road tests plus driverless robotaxis in Zagreb (Mobility)AI/Tech · Auto/Mobility · 2 reportsSep 13, 20265 EVENTS
Trump says he is unfazed if Xi cancels the summit; Beijing reportedly ties the meeting to Taiwan arms sales (U.S.–China / Taiwan)General · AI/Tech · 4 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 12, 2026Fed meeting week: sticky CPI and high oil push ~85%–90% odds of a 25 bp hike (Central Bank / Markets)General · Finance · 3 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 12, 2026Nature: Sparse long-range inhibitory Sst-Chodl neurons can promote cortical synchrony and sleep in mice (Sleep)Science · Sports/Health · 3 reports3-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 9, 2026Trump doubles down on $5,000 midterm “dividend”; Speaker Johnson says Congress would work to deliver it (Elections)General · Energy/Climate · 2 reportsMIIT “AI + Software” action plan keeps circulating: key software to be fully intelligence-upgraded by 2030 (Policy)AI/Tech · Energy/Climate · 2 reportsSep 12, 20267 EVENTS
Crude still on track for a $100+ weekly close: Brent retreats from near $110 toward $104–$106 (Energy)General · Finance · Energy/Climate · 4 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 11, 2026BRICS New Delhi summit adopts photovoltaic industry action plan, pushes critical-minerals value addition (cooperation)General · Energy/Climate · 3 reportsKB Securities flags record memory shortage: Samsung and SK hynix stocks under 10 days as HBM4 consumes wafers (HBM)Finance · Supply chain · 3 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 7, 2026White House weighs Defense Production Act to expand U.S. refining capacity (policy)Energy/Climate · Supply chain · 2 reportsChina MIIT clarifies mandatory PV standards set to phase in from 2027 (policy)Energy/Climate · Auto/Mobility · 2 reportsGM Pushes U.S. Sodium-Ion Batteries as DOT Criticizes Ford’s CATL Tie-Up (Batteries / U.S.)Auto/Mobility · Supply chain · 2 reportsSumitomo Metal Mining Opens Japan’s First EV Battery Recycling Plant (Recycling / Japan)Auto/Mobility · Supply chain · 2 reportsSep 11, 20263 EVENTS
August U.S. CPI: slightly hot core reading lifts odds of a Fed hike next week to about 90% (Economy / Central Bank)General · Finance · Crypto · 3 reportsHouthis seize Yemen’s Red Sea coast and a Bab el-Mandeb island, threatening Saudi bypass routes (Conflict / Energy)General · Supply chain · 2 reportsMIIT issues “AI + Software” special action implementation plan (Policy)AI/Tech · Auto/Mobility · 2 reportsSep 10, 20267 EVENTS
ECB hikes 25 bp: deposit rate to 2.50%, inflation path revised higher (Central banks)General · Finance · Crypto · 3 reportsBrent holds above $100 as Hormuz traffic slumps after tanker tit-for-tat (Energy / Markets)General · Finance · 2 reports“Financial Powerhouse” 15th Five-Year Plan formally released; four agencies outline reform priorities (Policy)General · Finance · 2 reportsNvidia and Palantir ship a “sovereign AI” supply-chain stack—with Nvidia as customer zero (Product)AI/Tech · Supply chain · 2 reportsCopernicus: August 2026 ties the hottest month on record as global temperatures again exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial (climate monitoring)Science · Energy/Climate · 2 reportsSoochow University and LONGi: ZrO₂ interface yields 34.0% perovskite–silicon tandem with certified Voc over 2.01 V (photovoltaics)Science · Energy/Climate · 2 reportsHyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Pilot Second-Life EV Batteries for Fast Chargers (Storage)Energy/Climate · Auto/Mobility · 2 reportsSep 9, 20267 EVENTS
Brent crude back above $100 as U.S.–Iran conflict and Hormuz shipping tighten (Oil)General · Finance · Energy/Climate · 3 reportsBeijing rejects U.S. “industrial-scale AI distillation” charges as summit tech friction and dialogue run in parallel (U.S.–China / Tech)General · AI/Tech · 2 reportsU.S. transportation secretary publicly warns Ford over China ties, citing CATL licensing and Geely partnership (U.S.–China / Industry)General · Auto/Mobility · 2 reportsECB hike on Thursday all but locked in toward 2.5% deposit rate; Fed watches this week’s inflation data (Europe / Central banks)General · Finance · 2 reportsCanadian counter-tariffs take effect: up to 50% on about $20 billion of U.S. goods (macro/trade)Finance · Supply chain · 2 reportsOpenAI says ~10,000 agents cracked Navier–Stokes in 88 hours; mathematicians cry foul (Research)AI/Tech · Science · 2 reportsNepal seeks ~$20 million from the UN Loss and Damage Fund after glacier-collapse floods (climate policy)Science · Energy/Climate · 2 reportsSep 8, 20266 EVENTS
U.S. stocks slip as oil stokes inflation fears; September hike odds near 58% (Markets / Central banks)General · Finance · Crypto · 13 reportsNHTSA opens audit of ~1,000 Cybercabs: wheel-/pedal-free self-certification in focus (Autonomy / US)AI/Tech · Auto/Mobility · 4 reports3-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 4, 2026August exports jump 25% as surplus hits $119.09 billion; high-tech and AI chains lead (Trade / Economy)General · Supply chain · 3 reportsYen up nearly 4% on the week: carry unwind accelerates, BOJ hike odds firm (macro/FX)Finance · Crypto · 2 reportsSix months into the Hormuz blockade: Qatar and UAE trial LNG ship-to-ship transfers (Oil & gas)Energy/Climate · Supply chain · 2 reportsLithium inventory methodology reset lifts reported stocks; carbonate futures drop more than 14% in three days（Battery materials / China）Auto/Mobility · Supply chain · 2 reportsSep 7, 20265 EVENTS
Labor Day thin liquidity: Bitcoin holds near $80,000 as hike odds curb risk appetite (Markets)General · Finance · Crypto · 3 reportsNvidia seals Hugging Face deal at about $12.93B, pledging the platform stays open (M&A)Finance · AI/Tech · 3 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 3, 2026Anthropic: AI agents formalize Fermat’s Last Theorem in Lean in 11 days (Math/AI)AI/Tech · Science · 3 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 5, 2026MOFCOM preliminarily finds Japan dichlorosilane dumped; deposits from September 8 (Trade / Semiconductors)General · Supply chain · 2 reportsSupreme People’s Court issues AI-dispute opinion covering deepfakes and price discrimination (Rule of law / Tech)General · AI/Tech · 2 reportsSep 6, 20266 EVENTS
PBOC tees up RMB 500bn outright reverse repos on Sep 7: roll-over, not a net inject (China policy)General · Finance · 5 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 4, 2026WMO: very strong El Niño nearly certain to persist through February 2027 (Climate)Science · Energy/Climate · 4 reports3-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 3, 2026Reuters: U.S. and China prepare mid-September AI safety talks; White House says no meeting is scheduled (Policy)General · AI/Tech · 2 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 5, 2026Nepal flood search enters day 12 as cross-border death and missing tolls keep rising (Disaster)General · Energy/Climate · 2 reportsPBOC to conduct 500 billion yuan outright reverse repos on Sept. 7 as equal rollover (Central Bank)General · Finance · 2 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 5, 2026Some Chinese rare-earth firms halt U.S. shipments over geopolitical fears ahead of summit (U.S.–China / Supply Chain)General · Supply chain · 2 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 5, 2026Sep 5, 20262 EVENTS
UNEP Limiting Overshoot: 1.5°C exceedance now hard to avoid; cut the peak and return fast (Climate)Science · Energy/Climate · 3 reports3-DAY STORY · SINCE Sep 3, 2026Oil posts weekly gains above 7% as U.S.–Iran fighting lifts supply-risk premium (Energy / Markets)General · Finance · 2 reportsSep 4, 20264 EVENTS
U.S. August payrolls surge by 162,000; unemployment steady at 4.1%, rate-hike odds rise (Economy / Jobs)General · Finance · 3 reportsOil eases Friday but still set for 6%+ weekly gain; Hormuz visible traffic remains thin (Energy / Markets)General · Finance · 2 reportsVW board approves Future Plan 2030: another ~50,000 job cuts; shares rally ~6%–8% (autos/restructuring)Finance · Auto/Mobility · 2 reportsChina’s solar capacity hits 1.286 TW, edging past coal for the first time (~31.5% of power capacity) (Energy)Science · Energy/Climate · 2 reportsSep 3, 20264 EVENTS
Fed’s Waller: inclined to hold in September if inflation keeps cooling (Fed/rates)General · Finance · 6 reportsChina’s Official August Manufacturing PMI Rises to 49.8: Still Contracting, but High-Tech Hits 52.9 (Climate)General · Supply chain · 3 reports2-DAY STORY · SINCE Aug 31, 2026Tesla Cybercab day: robotaxi narrative heats up; shares jump ~7% (tech)Finance · Auto/Mobility · 2 reportsChina issues national ETS allowance plans for power, steel, cement, and aluminum (Carbon market)Science · Energy/Climate · 2 reports