Oil Plunges as Bessent Signals Imminent Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz; Equities Rally
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 5 — International oil prices tumbled on Tuesday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that an…
Japan Executes Record $53 Billion Yen Intervention as Iran War Exacerbates Energy Import Squeeze
TOKYO, Aug 4 — Japan stepped into foreign-exchange markets last week to buy yen and sell dollars in what analysts…
Trump Claims “Last Chance” Talks with Iran Underway; Tehran Flatly Denies Negotiations
WASHINGTON/DUBAI, Aug 4 — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that negotiations with Iran were already under way and…
Takaichi Cabinet Approval Plummets to Record Low Amid Economic Woes and Succession Row
TOKYO, August 3 — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet approval rating has plunged to its lowest level since she…
US Resumes Iran Strikes After Ceasefire Collapses; Netanyahu Arrives in Washington as 40-Day War Takes Heavy Toll
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN, July 28 — The United States resumed airstrikes on Iran overnight, ending a brief ceasefire and reigniting a conflict…
South Korea and US Forge Unprecedented $950 Billion Semiconductor Alliance at SF AI Summit
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 — South Korean and American technology giants unveiled a sweeping $950 billion semiconductor partnership on Thursday,…
France Battles Historic Wildfires as Nearly 100,000 Hectares Burn, 217,000 Evacuated
BORDEAUX, France, July 26 — France is grappling with the most destructive wildfire season in its recorded history, with nearly…
US-Iran War Enters 13th Night as Tehran Expands Strikes to Kuwait and Jordan; Brent Settles at $96.78
WASHINGTON, July 25 — American air and naval strikes against Iranian military facilities stretched into a 13th consecutive night on…
Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 5, Narrowing Gap With Frontier Rivals at Half the Price
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25 — Artificial-intelligence lab Anthropic on Thursday released Claude Opus 5, its most capable reasoning model to…
Chinese Mathematicians Claim Fields Medal in Historic First at ICM 2026
PHILADELPHIA, July 23 — Two mathematicians from China have become the first Chinese-born recipients of the Fields Medal, the discipline’s…