Macro Calendar: Feb 8, 2026 6:29 AM EST

Highlights:

• Japan's Takaichi set for decisive parliamentary election victory with her party on track for standalone majority in lower house according to NHK polling. Source

• Saudi firms strike infrastructure deals with Syria to rebuild telecommunications and aviation industries as country recovers from years of war. Source

• Thailand's next prime minister to emerge from wide-open election between pro-democracy reformers and conservatives that risks deepening political paralysis. Source

• Russia launched large-scale drone attack on Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz facilities in Poltava region overnight. Source

• Iran's President Pezeshkian calls Friday nuclear talks with US "a step forward" while pushing back against intimidation attempts. Source