September 2026
All columns and Brief analyses.
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SK hynix is in talks with Intel on US memory production
Seoul Economic Daily said SK hynix is discussing US memory production with Intel, including leasing part of Intel’s Ohio plant. Nothing is finalized. CNBC said Intel and SK Hynix shares jumped on the report.
Spain opened a file on its first AI-agent data breach
RTVE and ABC reported that Spain's AEPD opened its first notice of a personal-data breach carried out by an AI agent. ABC said the agent logged in, probed an application, modified personal data and accessed invoices. The agency warned that using a known model does not mean the vendor was hacked. The organisation and record count were not named.
Sweden expelled an Iranian embassy official
Sweden’s foreign ministry asked an Iranian embassy official to leave over activity it said was incompatible with the Vienna Convention, and summoned Iran’s ambassador. Reuters quoted Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard on protecting Swedish citizens. AA added that the justice minister told SVT Iran has long run security-threatening activity.
Tera Portföy money-market fund defaulted on unit redemptions
Tera Portföy told KAP that TP2, its lira money-market fund, and THF, its equity fund, defaulted on unit redemptions. Habertürk said six hedge funds also changed redemption timing. Karar tied the filings to stress after Pusula.
The ECB wage tracker points to 2.7 percent in the first half of 2027
The European Central Bank updated its wage tracker with agreements signed through the end of August: negotiated wage growth is 2.2 percent in 2026 and 2.7 percent in the first half of 2027. Bloomberg said pay increases will likely pick up in 2027 while staying well below past highs as the bank weighs inflation risks from the Iran war.
The geologic hydrogen hunt now spans almost 30 countries
A Nature journal news feature compiled the underground-hydrogen research across almost 30 countries and nearly 500 million US dollars of venture capital. HyTerra's Nemaha well in Kansas fell short of commercial production; H2Au started drilling in Kansas in August. IBTimes UK repeats those figures and a 2024 Science Advances estimate of tens of trillions of tonnes of the molecule in the subsurface, much of it impractical to recover.
The Parthenon's 12 optical corrections fail at ordinary viewing
The Guardian and New Scientist reported that Alain Goriely found the Parthenon's curves do not correct the optical illusions they are said to fix at ordinary viewing distances. The story is traced to Vitruvius and 19th-century surveys. The curves remain; the correction claim is what falls. Both reports centre the tourist's distance.
The Pinglu Canal opened, linking Nanning to the Gulf of Tonkin
Al Jazeera wrote that the Pinglu waterway opened to trade on Wednesday; length 134 kilometres. Guangxi officials said the route shortens the haul by about 560 kilometres and lowers logistics costs in an 18-30 range. It joins the Xijiang to Beibu. No second publisher appeared in this pass.
The US 10-year yield hit 5.0450 percent, the highest since 2007
Yonhap Infomax said the US ten-year Treasury yield climbed to 5.0450 percent in European trading, the highest since July 2007. At 15:00 Eastern Time on 15 September in New York it traded at 4.9960 percent. The Financial Times said the benchmark ten-year yield rose to 5.04 percent, the highest since 2007.
The US announced visa curbs on some South African officials
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions on people he ties to race-based discrimination, uncompensated land seizures or incitement of violence. BBC wrote that South Africa called the step unilateral. CNN noted the US has prioritized White South Africans as refugees.