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A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 7 km south of Chupaca, in Peru's Junín region, at 21:24 local time on 18 July 2026, at a depth of 24 km.

Apple inked a multiyear supply agreement with Broadcom on 8 July 2026 valued at more than US$30 billion and covering the production of over 15 billion US-made chips. Apple called it the largest single commitment made under its American Manufacturing Program.

Anthropic's annualised revenue run-rate surpassed US$30 billion on 6 April 2026, jumping from roughly US$9 billion at the close of 2025. That figure places Anthropic ahead of OpenAI, whose 2026 annualised run-rate was reported at approximately US$25 billion.

OpenAI released the GPT-5.6 family for general availability on 9 July 2026 across ChatGPT, Codex and the OpenAI API. The rollout delivered three distinct variants in a single announcement, the most granular product segmentation OpenAI has made to date.

US Vice-President JD Vance told The Joe Rogan Experience on 15 July 2026 that the Trump administration botched one of its most politically charged disclosure exercises. "We absolutely screwed up the comms of the Epstein files, like we just did.

Eli Lilly and Company, founded in Indianapolis in 1876 and now operating across more than 125 countries, crossed the US$1 trillion market capitalisation threshold on the momentum of two injectable drugs that have reshaped the global conversation about obesity and metabolic disease.

Argentina defeated England 2-1 in the FIFA World Cup 2026 semi-final at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, on 15 July, completing a stunning late comeback to book a place in the tournament's last match.

Anthropic launched Ode on 4 May 2026 alongside three of Wall Street's heaviest hitters: Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs.