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BOK Eyes Additional Rate Hike This Year Amid Fed's Pivot to Tightening With the U.S. Federal Reserve raising its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 3 years and 2 months, expectations are growing that the Bank of Korea may also deliver additional rate hikes within the year. SBS Sep 17, 2026 8:13 AM

'Bond King' Gundlach: Fed Should Have Raised Interest Rates by 0.5 Percentage Points In an interview with CNBC that day, Gundlach said the Fed should have raised the base rate by 0.50 percentage points instead of 0.25 percentage points. SBS Sep 17, 2026 8:08 AM

Climbing Aboard a Moving Trailer… A Unique Car Race If your repetitive daily routine has been feeling a bit dull, take a look at this. SBS Sep 17, 2026 8:02 AM

Car Crashes Into Texas Backyard Where Children Were Playing This is the backyard of a home in Texas, USA. As children were playing in the swimming pool, a car suddenly smashed through a fence with a loud roar. SBS Sep 17, 2026 8:01 AM

Protected Species Hunted and Cooked? Controversy Spreads A video showing the hunting of sea turtles, a protected species, in a marine conservation area in Indonesia famous for its beautiful underwater scenery has sparked controversy. SBS Sep 17, 2026 7:59 AM

Four Months Into Term, Fed Chair Warsh Risks Clash With Trump Over Interest Rates President Donald Trump at the Davos Forum in Switzerland in late January. It was a grievance that before being nominated, candidates would support rate cuts to suit President Trump's preferences, only to change their tune once appointed. SBS Sep 17, 2026 7:55 AM

Fed Raises Benchmark Interest Rate by 0.25 Percentage Points Amid Inflation Pressure... Signals Potential Further Hikes A short while ago, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, returning to a rate-hike stance for the first time in 3 years and 2 months. SBS Sep 17, 2026 7:33 AM

UN Chief Warns Unchecked AI Race Could Lead to Massive Catastrophe Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York on the 16th , Guterres said, "We must not turn a blind eye to the concerns raised, particularly by those at the cutting edge of AI development," adding that "protecting citizens, including from the threats of AI, is the primary responsibility of every government." Guterres emphasized that countries with the highest capabilities at the forefront of AI technology "must establish communication and information-sharing mechanisms and put in place some common safeguards," stressing the need to prevent safety standards from being lowered amid the AI development race. SBS Sep 17, 2026 7:01 AM

Yemen's Houthis Hit Saudi F-15 and Oil Facilities... Secret US-Houthi Meeting Reported? Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have released video footage claiming they shot down a Saudi Arabian F-15 fighter jet. SBS Sep 17, 2026 6:21 AM

A Village of 350 Declares 'Independence' as UK Plans to House 1,000 Refugees The move comes in protest of a government plan to accommodate immigrants nearly four times the current population nearby. SBS Sep 17, 2026 6:03 AM