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Senior U.S. and Chinese economic envoys met in Paris in talks described by participants as stable and constructive. Discussions covered expanded agricultural purchases, proposed managed-trade mechanisms, and concerns over critical minerals access, with potential proposals to be reviewed by the two presidents during a forthcoming summit in Beijing.
Perpetual Limited has agreed to sell its wealth management business to Bain Capital in a transaction that carries an immediate cash payment of A$500 million (about $350 million). The arrangement features additional contingent upfront consideration linked to the advice arm's performance before close and an earn-out of up to A$50 million based on the…
Honda will take a 2.5 trillion yen ($15.7 billion) writedown tied to its electric vehicle operations, chiefly in the U.S., and report its first annual loss as a listed company in nearly 70 years. The company has cancelled three U.S.-planned battery models, faces up to 1.7 trillion yen of cash outflows to settle supplier contracts, and warned that i…
Russian equities finished the Moscow session largely unchanged on the MOEX Russia Index, with energy names among the top risers and a handful of banks, industrials and an airline posting modest declines. Trading breadth favored advancers, implied volatility reached a 52-week low, and commodity and currency moves included higher crude prices and a f…
Miles Hurrell has resigned as chief executive of New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra Co-operative Group after an eight-year tenure as CEO and a 25-year career with the company. He will continue in the role during a six-month notice period while the board conducts a search for his replacement, which it expects to complete in the coming months. Hu…
Israeli and Lebanese officials say talks intended to secure a lasting ceasefire and the disarmament of Hezbollah are expected to begin in the near future, but key details including timing and terms have not been finalized. Beirut is assembling a delegation, while Israel names Ron Dermer to lead its side and indicates France is involved. Lebanon see…
An Afghan man who worked alongside U.S. forces and later sought asylum in the United States has died less than 24 hours after being taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Texas, an advocacy group led by U.S. veterans said. The group called for an immediate investigation while federal agencies have yet to provide a substantive res…
Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia says the ongoing U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran require a thorough reassessment of relations among Arab Gulf states, arguing the region must limit outside influence and strengthen intra-regional ties. The ambassador denied Iran’s involvement in recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities and said Tehran is focused on str…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a short video from a café on the outskirts of Jerusalem after Iranian state media and online posts in Iran circulated rumours that he had been killed or wounded. In the clip, Netanyahu answers his aide with a pun using a Hebrew slang expression for being 'crazy about' something while reaching for a cup of co…
Goldman Sachs analysts say a spike in oil tied to the Iran conflict and interruptions in tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz could subtract about 0.3% from global growth over the next year and raise headline inflation by roughly 0.5-0.6 percentage points, with a smaller impact on core inflation of 0.1-0.2 percentage points. The bank views t…
Reports that networks have recruited Africans, including hundreds of Kenyans, into Russian forces have generated pressure on African governments to act. Ministers from Kenya and Ghana have raised concerns and are pursuing diplomatic engagement with Moscow, while many African states are adopting cautious approaches to avoid a direct confrontation. I…
Sunday’s Academy Awards arrive with an unusually fluid best-picture contest and heightened security measures after a federal warning of a possible Iranian threat to California. The ceremony, hosted again by Conan O’Brien, will showcase heavy nominees such as Sinners and One Battle After Another while unfolding amid industry consolidation, productio…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine has sent three expert teams to the Middle East to advise nations facing attacks from Iranian kamikaze drones, and that Kyiv expects financial support and technology transfers in exchange for that assistance. He warned the conflict in the Middle East could strain supplies of air-defence missiles needed by U…
Israel's foreign minister has dismissed reports that the country is running critically low on ballistic missile interceptors. The denial follows media accounts citing an unnamed U.S. official and comes amid repeated missile and drone strikes from Iran and launches by Hezbollah from Lebanon. Israeli officials also addressed reports of prospective di…
Heavy rain struck displaced Lebanese families sheltering in Sidon and Beirut on Sunday, forcing some to rig plastic sheets over trucks and trees after collective shelters reached capacity. More than 800,000 people have fled their homes since fighting resumed on March 2; only a fraction are in organized shelters as humanitarian needs grow and casual…
Iranian authorities, citing state and semi-official media, say they have detained dozens of people in several provinces on accusations of relaying sensitive location data on military and economic targets to Israel. The arrests come as Israeli and U.S. fighter jets continue strikes inside Iran and as Tehran accuses foreign powers of stirring unrest …
UBS cautions that recent market turbulence driven by geopolitical tensions and higher commodity prices is not, by itself, a sound reason for investors to abandon equities. The bank highlights historical patterns showing routine intra-year drawdowns, a high incidence of positive calendar years, and instances where volatility spikes preceded above-av…
An iFixit teardown finds Apple’s recently announced MacBook Neo - the education-focused laptop starting at $499 for students - is the company’s most repairable model since 2012, thanks to design changes such as screwed batteries and keyboards and modular camera and fingerprint components. Despite the improvements, iFixit gave the MacBook Neo a 6 ou…
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Asia-Pacific allies reached $57 billion in agreements with American energy companies at the Indo-Pacific Energy Security Forum in Tokyo, covering 22 separate deals. The total was revised up from $56 billion after a post-conference agreement. Burgum emphasized efforts to expand U.S. energy exports to reduce r…
Analysts at Bank of America estimate that European insurers hold roughly 11% of their general account assets in private credit and private equity combined, with private lending at about 7% and private equity near 4%. When mortgages and real estate are counted, private asset allocations rise to about 27%, though much of that comprises higher-quality…
The International Energy Agency reported that governments have committed 271.7 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves to alleviate pressure on global crude markets. The move follows supply disruptions tied to the Iran conflict that have disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a route that typically carries about 20% of the wo…
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Asia-Pacific allies concluded 22 agreements worth $57 billion with American companies during the Indo-Pacific Energy Security Forum in Tokyo. Burgum told Fox News that Japan is showing interest in purchasing additional U.S. oil and is helping lead efforts to increase oil supplies.
More than two thousand fatalities have been reported across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks against Iran on February 28. Governments and health authorities in affected countries have released death tolls that reflect a wide geographic spread of violence, from Iran and Lebanon to Gulf states and foreign military contingent…
Morgan Stanley economists say that while a short-lived rise in oil and gasoline prices may have only a limited effect on overall U.S. spending today, a sustained disruption that keeps energy costs elevated would shave consumer purchasing power and likely reduce spending on durables and discretionary services. The burden would fall unevenly across h…
U.S. investor Peter Thiel has begun a closed, invitation-only sequence of talks in Rome examining the figure of the Antichrist, prompting responses from Catholic commentators and Italian church media. The undisclosed-venue event brings together participants from academic, technological and religious backgrounds. Thiel, a co-founder of Palantir Tech…
