A[Overnight global news you need to know on Wednesday: The United States launched a new round of attacks on Iran, and explosions occurred in many places in Iran; Iran used heavy missiles to attack US military camps in Jordan; international oil prices soared]
US-Iran conflict
1. The U.S. Central Command issued a message saying that at 12 noon on September 1st, Eastern Time, the U.S. military began to attack Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran in response to the Revolutionary Guards’ recent attempts to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. troops in the region.
2. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement stating that it launched a heavy ballistic missile at the U.S. Marine Corps camp on the Gulf of Aqaba coast of Jordan, “destroying several important facilities and enemy attack helicopters and causing a large number of U.S. military casualties.”
3. According to reports from Iran's Fars News Agency, explosions were heard in Konark, Chabahar and other places in southeastern Iran; explosions were heard from Asaluye Port, an important energy hub.
4. Iran claimed that a U.S. MQ-9 drone was shot down by Iran’s new defense system over Khomein.
5. U.S. President Trump said that Iran will be hit harder if it retaliates.
6. The U.S. Central Command stated that the U.S. military has rerouted 84 commercial ships to ensure that they comply with the U.S. naval blockade imposed on Iran.
Global News
1. The three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed down, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.79%, the Nasdaq Composite Index falling 1.03%, and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.71%. Cryptocurrency concept stocks and the optical communications sector generally fell; the pharmaceutical sector led the gains, with Moderna rising nearly 10%.
2. International oil prices rose sharply. WTI crude oil futures closed at US$90.22 per barrel, an increase of 5.20%; Brent crude oil futures closed at US$94.65 per barrel, an increase of 4.6%.
3. The major European stock indexes closed collectively lower, with the British FTSE 100 index falling by 0.32%, the French CAC40 index falling by 0.60%, and the German DAX30 index falling by 1.14%.
4. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a temporary federal funding bill to avoid a government "shutdown" on October 1, and sent the bill to U.S. President Trump for signature.
5. Canadian Prime Minister Carney said that as long as U.S. officials continue to insult Canada, negotiations cannot be resumed.
6. API crude oil inventories in the United States decreased by 2.593 million barrels in the week to August 28, which is expected to decrease by 820,000 barrels, and the previous value increased by 4.199 million barrels.
7. The annual salary of Apple's new CEO Ternus will be increased to US$3 million from September 1, 2026, and he has been approved for the annual equity award for fiscal year 2027, with a target value of US$55 million.
8. Apple Maps began to rename "Lake Ontario" to "American Lake".
9. Musk is said to have made personnel adjustments to the team building the company's data center at SpaceX in recent weeks, replacing several leaders with executives from SpaceX's rocket and satellite Internet businesses.
10. Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1; and announced the launch of an enterprise-level cutting-edge security protection solution with zero data retention and abuse detection capabilities.
11. Dell’s chief operating officer said that artificial intelligence is expected to account for 75% of total data center demand by 2030.
12. Nestlé has reached an agreement to divest its mainstream vitamins and minerals business.
13. Meta CEO Zuckerberg said that countries should not restrict open weighted AI models.
14. Google will release the Gemini 3.8 Flash AI model as early as Wednesday; Google Meet will launch Android large-screen devices in 2027.
15. CrowdStrike joins hands with NVIDIA to launch a cutting-edge network security model.
16. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded Blue Origin a contract for the Mars communications network project. A[Horizon Robot-W releases 2026 semi-annual report: revenue and gross profit increase, and the resilience of automotive intelligent bases highlights] On August 31, Horizon Robot (9660.HK) released its financial report for the first half of 2026 on August 31. During the reporting period, the company achieved operating income of 2.055 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 32.9%. Gross profit was 1.356 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 32.9%. Comprehensive gross profit margin remained at a high level of 66%.
Among them, shipments of Journey series chips bucked the market trend and increased by 12.1% to 2.218 million units, driving product and solution revenue to increase by 14.8% to 926 million yuan. The company has obtained approvals for nearly 500 vehicle models; in the field of mid- to high-end smart driving, it has obtained approvals for nearly 130 models.
The accelerated realization of the "ARM+Android" underlying licensing model drove licensing and service revenue to 1.129 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 52.7%. At the same time, its underlying technology has been extended to embodied intelligence, unmanned logistics vehicles, home intelligence, electric two-wheeled vehicles and other scenarios through partners. Currently, Horizon's value as an intelligent base for automobiles is accelerating, and it is accelerating towards a super platform in the era of physical AI.
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