Saudi ambassador to Yemen said a new batch of aid will boost Yemenis' purchasing power.

USDA quarterly stocks: U.S. wheat stocks on Sept. 1, 2026 totaled 1.846 bln bushels, below the 1.872 bln market estimate and down from 2.12 bln a year earlier (revised to 2.134 bln).

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed AB 1883, prohibiting employers from collecting employees’ brain-activity data or using AI-driven monitoring to infer workers’ emotional states. The law bars employer use of systems — including video and audio surveillance, continuous time trackers, geolocation and electromagnetic tracking — when those systems employ AI to gather neural data or identify emotions. Violations carry civil fines up to $500 per incident; enforcement will be handled by the state labor commissioner and the attorney general.