September 17 Global Operator Radar

1. Mastercard and Trip.com showcase an AI-agent travel flow that can search, book and pay, with a phased commercial rollout planned for early 2027. 2. Anthropic launches Claude Docs, combining collaborative writing, comments, revisions and export inside one AI workspace. 3. The US Small Business Administration will have five finalists chosen from 1,182 applicants compete for $1 million in growth capital. 4. The Federal Reserve raises rates for the first time in three years as persistent inflation lifts financing costs for firms and households. 5. The US House passes a war-powers resolution to end the Iran war for a third time, though veto resistance still lies ahead. 6. Congolese police use tear gas to disperse protests against constitutional changes amid third-term concerns and Ebola restrictions. 7. Satellite records show Greenland and Antarctica lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice in 47 years, raising sea levels by about 3.1 centimeters. 8. NASA's lunar orbiter finds a once-in-a-century new Moon crater whose impact disturbed terrain far beyond the crater itself.