Trump says ceasefire in Lebanon is working. For residents, it’s a ‘prison.’; Colombia earthquake deaths climb to 239; hundreds...
News and markets
- Global headlines: Trump says ceasefire in Lebanon is working. For residents, it’s a ‘prison.’ (Israeli forces continue to occupy buffer zone in effort to dismantle Hezbollah’s infrastructure, with restrictions drawing parallels to those in the West Bank); Colombia earthquake deaths climb to 239; hundreds remain missing (Scores of buildings collapsed in the strongest temblor to strike the South American country in at least a decade); and Zhu Rongji, China premier crucial to economic transformation, dies at 97 (He negotiated China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and pushed through reforms that breathed new life into China’s state-directed economy).
- Markets leaned higher, with 4 of 7 tracked indexes up; Nikkei 225 up 1.84% was the largest move.
- Benchmarks tracked: S&P 500, NASDAQ Composite, Euronext 100 Index, and Public Joint-Stock Company Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS plus 3 more indexes.
Hacker News and Product Hunt
- Hacker News: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is a large-scale mixture-of-experts model from DeepSeek. $0.435 per million input tokens, $0.87 per million output...); Delta (From the Zed Blog: A multiplayer environment for coding with agents, from the creators of Zed); and Tailscale Traces Database Corruption to 16y/o SQLite WAL-Reset Bug (Tailscale and SQLite developers traced maddening corruption incidents to find the WAL-Reset data race, then uncovered a second stale...).
- Product Hunt features Swipe (Swipe right on your next customer), Media Sharing (Let AI agents put screenshots and videos on pull requests), and Dograh (The open source VAPI alternative).
Global Headlines
Top stories across selected outlets, presented in a fast daily brief format.
Trump says ceasefire in Lebanon is working. For residents, it’s a ‘prison.’
Israeli forces continue to occupy buffer zone in effort to dismantle Hezbollah’s infrastructure, with restrictions drawing parallels to those in the West Bank.
Colombia earthquake deaths climb to 239; hundreds remain missing
Scores of buildings collapsed in the strongest temblor to strike the South American country in at least a decade.
Zhu Rongji, China premier crucial to economic transformation, dies at 97
He negotiated China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and pushed through reforms that breathed new life into China’s state-directed economy.
Rescuers search collapsed hospitals for patients trapped by Colombia quake
Dogs and drones were deployed to search for survivors. At least 220 people were reported dead in the nation’s strongest earthquake in a decade.
Pentagon report reveals steep civilian toll of Trump’s Yemen campaign
The military operation was the first following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s dismantling of an office focused on mitigating unintended casualties.
Three Palestinian families trapped as Israeli settlers lay siege
Dozens of settlers besiege Palestinian families in Qusra, cutting off water, power and essential supplies.
Zimbabwe’s land reform enters a new chapter
A new land policy is reopening disputes over farms seized during Zimbabwe’s land reform after 2000.
US and Iran exchange opposing claims over Strait of Hormuz control
President Trump again insists US has 'total control' of strait, while Tehran resolute that the US must meet its demands.
Leading expert on US far-right groups charged with fraud
Heidi Beirich, an expert on far-right groups, has been charged over alleged misuse of donor funds to pay informants.
US plans to equip ICE officers with electric-shock gloves
US Homeland Security is expected to buy up to $20m in gloves amid criticism of the president's immigration crackdown.
Photos: See the best photos from the solar eclipse
Millions of people in Europe stepped outside this evening to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland and Spain,
ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
The company that makes the gloves, Compliant Technologies, says they're a nonlethal tool to make individuals compliant during arrests.
Trump sued over service selling faster access to Truth Social posts
The federal lawsuit alleges that the service from the president's media company violates the Constitution. Meanwhile, Trump Media executives say they have signed up more than 10 customers.
Controversial group wins $158M-contract to represent unaccompanied immigrant children
Utah-based Our Rescue was founded by activist Tim Ballard. It was previously known as Operation Underground Railroad and it says it helps law enforcement perform sting operations and rescues human trafficking survivors.
White House press secretary leaving
Karoline Leavitt will continue to be an outside adviser, Trump said
Across boundaries, beyond trade
The city of Erenhot, located in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is often called China's "Northern Gate", as it is the critical entry point where the China-Mongolia railway first touches Chinese soil from the neighboring country.
Colombia quake death toll rises to 188
BOGOTA -- The death toll from Monday's 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia has risen to 188, with 1,677 others injured, the Colombian Association of Capital Cities, or Asocapitales, said Tuesday.
Trade tensions strain EU-US ties
Editor's note: Amid shifting global geopolitics in recent decades, the trans-Atlantic bond is being reshaped. China Daily will present a special series to examine these shifts and their long-term implications.
Turkiye MPs back law to reintegrate Kurdish militants
ANKARA — Turkiye's parliament on Monday approved a legal framework for the disarmament and reintegration of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, a landmark step toward ending a decades-long conflict.
TikTok reversal exposes limits of security claims
The United States' decision to lift a ban on TikTok for federal devices shows that earlier restrictions hinged largely on ownership and geopolitical factors, prompting Washington to re-examine its earlier security rationale, experts said.
‘Economic blockade’ in Assam affects life along border with Arunachal Pradesh
Economic blockade in Assam protests August 10 firing, impacting border life and prompting calls for investigation and resolution.
Amidst tussle, NCSC panel to probe all of Centre’s de-reservation proposals from last three years
NCSC to comprehensively review Centre’s de-reservation proposals from the past three years amidst ongoing disputes over reservation policies.
Babulal Marandi slams visit by police officers to Jharkhand protest site
Babulal Marandi criticizes Ranchi officials' late-night visit to protesters, alleging attempts to undermine their movement for fair recruitment.
In ‘era of reels’, avoid shortcuts, read autobiographies for historical context, says PM
Modi encourages youth to read autobiographies, highlighting Kovind's determination and struggles at his autobiography launch.
31-member parliamentary panel to review FCRA Bill
FCRA Bill referred to joint committee amid opposition protests; Rijiju challenges claims of targeting minorities and NGOs.
Asian stocks rise as US inflation data dents September Fed hike bets
Reuters: Asian stocks rise as US inflation data dents September Fed hike bets.
Trump signed memo to allow use of cyber tools to target transnational criminal organizations, White House says
Reuters: Trump signed memo to allow use of cyber tools to target transnational criminal organizations, White House says.
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Google executive moves that led to its big AI reshuffle
Reuters: EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Google executive moves that led to its big AI reshuffle.
Two US Army soldiers killed in Texas helicopter crash
Reuters: Two US Army soldiers killed in Texas helicopter crash.
Japan's wholesale inflation stays hot, bolstering odds of September BOJ hike
Reuters: Japan's wholesale inflation stays hot, bolstering odds of September BOJ hike.
Market Snapshot
Latest completed sessions across the selected benchmark indexes.
| Index | Region | Session Date | Value | Change | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S&P 500 | US | 2026-08-13 | 7748.50 | 20.30 (0.26%) | Up |
NASDAQ Composite | US | 2026-08-13 | 26588.49 | 143.04 (0.54%) | Up |
Euronext 100 Index | Europe | 2026-08-13 | 1972.86 | -4.11 (-0.21%) | Down |
Public Joint-Stock Company Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS | Europe | 2026-08-13 | 85.20 | -0.11 (-0.13%) | Down |
HANG SENG INDEX | Asia | 2026-08-13 | 25451.73 | 11.56 (0.05%) | Up |
Nikkei 225 | Asia | 2026-08-13 | 68766.19 | 1242.13 (1.84%) | Up |
S&P BSE SENSEX | India | 2026-08-13 | 77804.67 | -161.68 (-0.21%) | Down |
Hacker News
Ten notable links from the last day in the Hacker News ecosystem.
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is a large-scale mixture-of-experts model from DeepSeek. $0.435 per million input tokens, $0.87 per million output tokens. 1,048,576 token context window, maximum output of 384,000 tokens. Includes independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis.
Delta
From the Zed Blog: A multiplayer environment for coding with agents, from the creators of Zed.
Tailscale Traces Database Corruption to 16y/o SQLite WAL-Reset Bug
Tailscale and SQLite developers traced maddening corruption incidents to find the WAL-Reset data race, then uncovered a second stale expression index bug.
Qwen3.8-2.4T
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
Happy 45th Birthday to the IBM PC and Model F/XT
sharktastica.co.uk: Happy 45th Birthday to the IBM PC and Model F/XT.
Build Wide, Ship Narrow
Splitting a finished branch into small PRs used to be the expensive part, so we decided the boundaries before the code existed. That cost collapsed. Now the code can tell you where to cut it.
Why Target Common Lisp for Code Generation?
A blog about computers, functional languages, Lisp, and Scheme.
Tim King, AmigaDOS developer, has died
amiga-news.de: Tim King, AmigaDOS developer, has died.
Product Hunt
Featured products from the latest public Product Hunt listings.
Source Notes
Generation details, data coverage, and any partial-source warnings for this edition.