U.S. Strikes Iranian Targets in Renewed Fighting
WSJ Minute Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:29.6 | Here is your morning brief for Tuesday, May 26th. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:38.1 | Oil prices are rising this morning and global stocks are mixed after the U.S. conducted a fresh round of strikes in Iran. The U.S. described the action as defensive. After tit-for-tat attacks |
| 0:43.6 | yesterday, saw the U.S. sink a pair of mine-laying boats and Iran fire surface-to-air missiles |
| 0:49.1 | at American warplanes. Despite the flare-up, American officials say the U.S. continues to observe a ceasefire |
| 0:55.3 | in place since early April, and that talks to end the war are ongoing. |
| 1:00.3 | China's Huawei says it's developed a workaround that will allow it to produce advanced |
| 1:05.1 | chips on par with those made by leading manufacturers by 2031. despite being barred from accessing specialized machines |
| 1:13.0 | made by Dutch company ASML used by rivals, including Intel, TSM, and Samsung. |
| 1:18.9 | Huawei, a central company in Beijing's national push for tech self-sufficiency, |
| 1:24.2 | says its process for making high-end chips focuses on improving computing efficiency |
| 1:28.5 | by stacking multiple layers of circuits within a single chip and reducing the time that it takes to move data among them. |
| 1:35.5 | And we are exclusively reporting that Eli Lilly is expanding a push into infectious disease prevention |
| 1:41.6 | by acquiring three vaccine developers in deals set to be announced later today. |
| 1:47.0 | The deals to acquire Curivo, Limitech biologics, and Vaccine Co. Add up to nearly $4 billion |
| 1:53.6 | and could turn vaccines into a core focus for Lilly alongside obesity and cancer treatments. |
| 2:00.7 | Asian stocks have end of the day mainly lower. |
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