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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told US President Donald Trump that Israel is attacking Palestinians in Gaza, when the second phase of the peace plan was supposed to take effect.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told US President Donald Trump that it is important to continue dialogue with Iran to make full use of diplomatic channels, and that Türkiye is ready to contribute to this effort.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Donald Trump discussed bilateral relations, the wars in Iran and Gaza, and defense agreements with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Donald Trump spoke by phone. They discussed bilateral relations between Türkiye and the United States, as well as regional and global situations.

A U.S. judge blocked the Trump administration's plan to move the new FBI headquarters from Maryland to Washington, D.C.

An executive at Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company, stated that the oil discovered in the Amazon region appears to be of high quality, but further analysis is needed. The company has identified the locations of the next three wells in the Amazon region.

An executive at Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company, said that the cost of drilling in the Amazon estuary to date is approximately $300 million.

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to deploy 1,000 oversight officers to monitor the midterm elections.

NASA has selected four companies to provide processing facilities services for mission payloads. The selected companies include Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, and L3Harris. The total value of the contracts could reach up to $100 million.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 272.39 points, or 0.51%, at 53,460.02 on Monday, August 17; the S&P 500 closed down 40.39 points, or 0.52%, at 7,745.37 on Monday, August 17; and the Nasdaq Composite closed down 84.25 points, or 0.32%, at 26,644.91 on Monday, August 17.

The U.S. saw a net inflow of long-term capital of $172.7 billion in June, with the previous figure revised from $232.7 billion to $231.2 billion.

The U.S. saw a net inflow of international capital of $133.5 billion in June, revised from $132.2 billion to $131.5 billion in the previous month.

Nasdaq: Starting December 6, 2026, Nasdaq will add a trading session from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Eastern Time.

Sources familiar with the matter revealed that some North American auto industry officials believe that either option would be an improvement over the current 25% tariff imposed by the United States on Canadian cars, since the tariff rates on cars from Japan, South Korea, and the European Union are only 15%.

Sources familiar with the matter revealed that, after deducting a portion of the value, the United States and Canada are in talks to reduce U.S. auto tariffs from the current 25% to 15%.

According to The Times: (When asked whether the UK would face a deadline for abolishing the digital services tax) US Trade Representative Greer said there would be no artificial timetable.

According to The Information: Tesla (TSLA.O) is preparing to launch its steering wheel-less taxi, Cybercab, in August.

The U.S. Airports Authority will vote on a $19.9 billion redevelopment plan for Washington Dulles International Airport.

Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law: Dialogue between the U.S. and Iranian governments in various fields is more active than ever before.

According to The Times, U.S. Trade Representative Greer said Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on the UK was “not a bluff.”