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- Global headlines: Oil routes in peril as attacks shut Saudi pipeline and Houthis threaten key waterway (“This is the first day that Iran really started winning the war,” a Yemeni official said of Houthi territorial gains that give Tehran leverage over a second major waterway); U.K. Parliament rejects bill to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill (The defeat leaves Britain outside a growing list of European countries and 14 U.S. jurisdictions that allow some form of assisted suicide); and Rebels used Anthropic’s AI bot to develop guided weapons, report says (Militants in Yemen sought to use a coding tool to produce guided rockets and missiles, the firm found, noting it was able to block some but not all the requests).
- Markets leaned lower, with 4 of 7 tracked indexes down; Nikkei 225 down 1.93% 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: google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update (Google is rolling out google.com/goto redirect URLs on SERPs. Here is what changed, why it targets scrapers, and how Autom updated its...); Navier-Stokes Announcement (The Millennium Prize Problems were unveiled by the Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) at a meeting in Paris in 2000 to celebrate “The...); and A misalignment of AI in mathematics (mathandai.org: A misalignment of AI in mathematics).
- Product Hunt features Sliick (Free 3D mockups for your screenshots and videos), Anysite.io (Build and enrich B2B lists by chatting to your agent), and Raycast 2.0 (The next generation of Raycast is here).
Global Headlines
Top stories across selected outlets, presented in a fast daily brief format.
Oil routes in peril as attacks shut Saudi pipeline and Houthis threaten key waterway
“This is the first day that Iran really started winning the war,” a Yemeni official said of Houthi territorial gains that give Tehran leverage over a second major waterway.
U.K. Parliament rejects bill to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill
The defeat leaves Britain outside a growing list of European countries and 14 U.S. jurisdictions that allow some form of assisted suicide.
Rebels used Anthropic’s AI bot to develop guided weapons, report says
Militants in Yemen sought to use a coding tool to produce guided rockets and missiles, the firm found, noting it was able to block some but not all the requests.
Six men accused of romance scams targeting more than 100 women will be extradited
The men are accused of being members of an organized criminal network that defrauded women out of more than $6 million through online relationships, South African police said.
The Atlantic reaches a milestone for the latest date without a hurricane
And according to to the National Hurricane Center, no hurricanes are on the horizon.
Xi lands in India for BRICS summit overshadowed by wars
Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global energy security, are expected to dominate the summit.
North Korea fires ballistic missiles off eastern coast, Seoul says
South Korea said it was closely exchanging information on the launches with the US and Japan.
CIA releases dozens of declassified documents on bin Laden prior to 9/11
A briefer told Clinton in 1998 that bin Laden’s 'preferred option is to strike the US on its own soil in Washington'.
Mexico rescues eight from clandestine clinic run by violent Jalisco cartel
Rescue operation in Jalisco uncovers cartel's hidden clinic, illegal drugs and weapons; six suspected guards arrested.
Passenger train derails in France, leaving 44 injured, 1 critical
French train derailment sparks emergency response, with 130 firefighters and five medical teams dispatched to the scene.
Yemen's Houthis capture a Red Sea island in threat to shipping
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The move threatens Saudi oil exports through a key commercial lane. And Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a precaution after it came under attack.
How shofars became the spiritual soundtrack of Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset Friday. For many Jews around the world, a highlight of the holiday will be hearing the shofar: an animal's horn blown like a trumpet.
Amid war and sanctions, many Iranians are losing their jobs and struggling to get by
Many Iranians lost their jobs because of the war and the U.S. blockade. Now some are even losing their backup jobs as sanctions tighten.
In photos: Remembering the Sept. 11 attacks, 25 years later
Around the U.S., ceremonies commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terror attacks in New York and at the Pentagon.
As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliability
The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.
Merz cancels phone call with Trump
Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz canceled a planned phone call with United States President Donald Trump, in the wake of the far-right Alternative for Germany party's election victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt and following a social media post by the US president celebrating the win.
ECB hikes rates again but remains cautious on future path
BERLIN -- The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that it will hike the key interest rates by 25 basis points.
UN chief warns against stoking Gulf tensions
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concerns about the recent escalation in the Strait of Hormuz as the United States and Iran exchange their biggest waves of strikes on shipping in recent days.
US' record-breaking $40t national debt raises global concern
The US Department of the Treasury must find immediate ways to reduce the record-breaking national debt of over $40 trillion, or "feel the pain" of dealing with it later on, warned economists, who said if it remains high it will affect generations of Americans, lead to more borrowing and could weaken international trust in the world's largest economy.
IMF says uncertainty for global economy remains high after 6 months of US-Iran war
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday that the global economy has been resilient despite six months of war between the United States and Iran, but uncertainty remains high.
BRICS Finance Ministers & central bank chiefs voice concern about 'unilateral imposition' of tariffs
BRICS finance ministers express concerns over unilateral tariffs, advocate for local currency trade solutions, and support multilateral trading systems.
Bihar’s famous food products make a mark at BRICS Summit
Bihar's traditional foods, sattu and makhana, showcase local flavors at the BRICS Summit, enhancing 'Brand Bihar' globally.
SC seeks clear timeline for FSSAI’s food warning label rollout, calls for nutritional literacy in schools
Supreme Court urges timeline for FSSAI's food warning labels and calls for nutritional literacy in schools to protect children
BRICS Summit 2026 LIVE updates: BRICS leaders set to meet, as wars and U.S. tensions test the bloc
BRICS Summit 2026 LIVE: Follow The Hindu's LIVE coverage as key leaders arrive in New Delhi for the summit and other updates on September 12, 2026.
Central Delhi decked up, security tightened ahead of BRICS Summit
Central Delhi sees heightened security and festive decorations ahead of the BRICS Summit, with extensive police and traffic management measures.
Explosion hits another weapons site in Bulgaria
Reuters: Explosion hits another weapons site in Bulgaria.
India-China relations, from conflict to cautious thaw
Reuters: India-China relations, from conflict to cautious thaw.
Syrian private airport plans spark outcry over mass graves, land rights
Reuters: Syrian private airport plans spark outcry over mass graves, land rights.
Trump says he would be OK with China building cars in US
Reuters: Trump says he would be OK with China building cars in US.
Iraqi military commander dismissed after drone attacks against Saudi Arabia, prime minister's office says
Reuters: Iraqi military commander dismissed after drone attacks against Saudi Arabia, prime minister's office says.
Market Snapshot
Latest completed sessions across the selected benchmark indexes.
| Index | Region | Session Date | Value | Change | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S&P 500 | US | 2026-09-12 | 7656.98 | 65.28 (0.86%) | Up |
NASDAQ Composite | US | 2026-09-12 | 26333.03 | 251.31 (0.96%) | Up |
Euronext 100 Index | Europe | 2026-09-12 | 1901.51 | 14.82 (0.79%) | Up |
Public Joint-Stock Company Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS | Europe | 2026-09-12 | 85.20 | -0.11 (-0.13%) | Down |
HANG SENG INDEX | Asia | 2026-09-12 | 24805.63 | -148.84 (-0.60%) | Down |
Nikkei 225 | Asia | 2026-09-12 | 64011.34 | -1259.61 (-1.93%) | Down |
S&P BSE SENSEX | India | 2026-09-12 | 74781.76 | -120.84 (-0.16%) | Down |
Hacker News
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google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update
Google is rolling out google.com/goto redirect URLs on SERPs. Here is what changed, why it targets scrapers, and how Autom updated its Google Search API.
Navier-Stokes Announcement
The Millennium Prize Problems were unveiled by the Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) at a meeting in Paris in 2000 to celebrate “The Universality of Mathematical Thought”. These problems encapsulate some of the most difficult challenges that mathematicians were grappling with at the turn of the millennium. CMI’s purpose in articulating these problems and attaching a […]
Usenet rewind archive search engine
usenet-rewind.com: Usenet rewind archive search engine.
I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots
Google reported 21 installs in a day. The admin panel said 1. What the other 20 were, how a bot farm gets paid, and what we changed.
Show HN: Bodily Oddities
A collection, normal things human bodies can (sometimes) do: reflexes, illusions, sounds, tricks and rare abilities.
OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems
On May 11th, 2026, hundreds of malicious packages were uploaded to RubyGems by AI agents performing web-lookup tasks with significant overlap with the German Wiki Incident.
WeWorm: Zero-Click WeChat Worm
The first zero-click worm to spread through WeChat calls across iOS and Android.
Mind-altering drugs played key role in rise of Andean civilization
science.org: Mind-altering drugs played key role in rise of Andean civilization.
Project Blinkenlights
Project Blinkenlights turns buildings into giant interactive displays. What started in 2001 as the Chaos Computer Club 's birthday present to itself became a series of light installations on three continents — the whole story is told in the project overview .
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