Plunging 78% to a 12-Year Low: How Nike Fell from Grace As emerging sports brands On and Hoka rapidly rise in the running shoe market, Nike's stock price has plummeted to a 12-year low. SBS Aug 18, 2026 2:28 PM
US to Restore Gun Rights for Some Felons in Another Deregulation Move Under Trump Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche The Donald Trump administration is set to implement a regulation that restores gun ownership rights to certain violent felons, the Wall Street Journal reported on the 17th . SBS Aug 18, 2026 2:06 PM
Trump Claims South Korean President Declined Request to Help With Iran President Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that he asked South Korean President Lee Jae-myung for assistance regarding the Iran issue, but was effectively turned down. SBS Aug 18, 2026 1:59 PM
Taiwan to Give NT$10,000 Cash Bonus to All Citizens Amid Record GDP Growth Driven by AI Boom Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te explained the plan the previous day after receiving a report from the Executive Yuan (equivalent to the Cabinet) regarding the "Central Government General Budget for Fiscal Year 2027" at the Presidential Office (equivalent to the Blue House). SBS Aug 18, 2026 1:49 PM
Wildfires That Rattled Paris Were Arson: France Faces 'Worst Wildfires' Smoke swallows the forest, continuously billowing into the sky. A massive column of smoke covers the sky like a pitch-black cloud. SBS Aug 18, 2026 12:51 PM
Trump Says No Extension for Iran Truce MOU, Warns Oman of Bombing U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that he has no intention of extending the memorandum of understanding on ending hostilities between the U.S. SBS Aug 18, 2026 12:23 PM
Trump Says Kim Jong Un's Response Is "Positive," Raising Prospects for US-North Korea Talks U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has responded to his proposal for dialogue between the U.S. SBS Aug 18, 2026 12:16 PM
Nvidia Backs OpenAI Data Center with $105 Billion Guarantee, Drawing Circular Financing Scrutiny Nvidia announced on the 17th, local time, that it has entered into multiple "residual value guaranties" worth up to 105 billion dollars (approx. SBS Aug 18, 2026 11:45 AM
US Long-Term Treasury ETF TLT Hits Lowest Price Since 2004 Department of the Treasury building The price of TLT (iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF), a popular exchange-traded fund investing in U.S. SBS Aug 18, 2026 11:42 AM
Trump Orders Massive Cuts to South Korea-U.S. Drills: Lawmakers Blast "Appasing Kim Jong-un" Criticism, led by the Democratic Party, has poured in following U.S. President Donald Trump's directive to significantly scale back South Korea-U.S. SBS Aug 18, 2026 11:41 AM