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2.7 Million Won Per Child: 'Wealth Camps' Surge in Popularity in China Did you know there is a country where parents spend millions of won on financial education for their children from a very young age? This is happening in our neighboring country, China. SBS Aug 6, 2026 7:36 AM

Fed Governor Lisa Cook Says Ready to Act with Rate Hikes If Needed Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on the 5th that she is "prepared to take action with interest rate hikes if necessary," pointing to the risk of persistently high inflation in the U.S. SBS Aug 6, 2026 7:08 AM

Antibiotics and Carcinogenic Drugs Detected in Edible Bullfrogs In China, massive amounts of antibiotics exceeding safety limits and even carcinogenic substances have been detected in bullfrogs used for frog dishes. SBS Aug 6, 2026 6:52 AM

SpaceX Rocket Debris Collides with Moon, Dumping 4 Tons of Space Junk The U.S. business magazine Forbes reported that the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed near the Einstein crater on the far side of the Moon earlier that morning at a speed of 5,400 miles per hour (approx. SBS Aug 6, 2026 6:32 AM

Wall Street Mixed as Hopes for Hormuz Reopening Lead to Pause; Nasdaq Falls 0.8% On this day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 263.24 points, or 0.49%, to close at 54,349.12. SBS Aug 6, 2026 6:28 AM

Iranian President Admits It Is 'Very Difficult' to Communicate With Current Supreme Leader President Pezeshkian made the remarks on the 5th during a televised national address broadcast on state television to mark the second anniversary of his inauguration, as he recalled how the former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and others were killed by U.S. SBS Aug 6, 2026 4:36 AM

Europe Hit by Record Heatwave... Austria and Slovakia Set All-Time High Temperatures Austria's national meteorological service announced that 41.2°C was recorded in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg in the east on the 5th . SBS Aug 6, 2026 3:05 AM

Amazon's Self-Driving Taxi Zoox Starts Paid Operations in Las Vegas Zoox will officially begin charging passengers for rides in Las Vegas starting on the 10th , U.S. SBS Aug 6, 2026 2:58 AM

'Progressive and Muslim' Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Senate Nomination Senate nominee for Michigan. As young progressive candidates with limited political experience continue to pull off upsets by defeating establishment politicians in primaries, the moderate Democratic mainstream appears to be in shock with just three months left until the November midterm elections. SBS Aug 6, 2026 2:57 AM

Passenger Plane Takes Off from Nearby Airport as Trump's Marine One Lifts Off in Close Call President Donald Trump's presidential helicopter, Marine One U.S. President Donald Trump's presidential helicopter, Marine One, came within a range of a potential collision risk with a commercial passenger plane taking off from a nearby airport, it was learned on the 5th . SBS Aug 6, 2026 1:15 AM