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The Iran war has pushed up gasoline, groceries and other prices for consumers.

The consumer price index was expected to increase by 3.7% annually in April, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang isn't going on Trump’s China trip, though more than a dozen other U.S. executives are.

Many analysts questioned the deal, citing questions about how GameStop would finance the transaction and the strategic rationale.

Hims & Hers reached a deal with Novo Nordisk in March to sell its GLP-1 weight loss drug Wegovy on its platform.

U.K.-based Graphcore is developing AI chips and systems and was acquired by the Japanese giant in 2024.

Disruptions from the Middle East conflict pose a risk to India's economic growth and inflation.

"We are investigating platforms that allow children to go down "rabbit holes" of harmful content," EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday.

More than 70 Labour MPs have called on Keir Starmer to resign.

Analysts have slashed the odds of Starmer facing a leadership challenge by September.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a crunch cabinet meeting this morning, after failing to quell a growing party rebellion.

European stocks are expected to open in negative territory as prospects for a speedy resolution to the U.S.-Iran war appear increasingly remote.

Europe's oil supermajors highlighted trading contributions as they reported stronger-than-expected profits through the first three months of the year.

Taiwan's Taiex and South Korea's Kospi stock markets have been seeing record breaking rallies. The stunning surge leaves experts wondering if this growth hinges largely on a few AI-linked semiconductor giants.

The U.S. and Chinese presidents are scheduled to gather in Beijing on Thursday and Friday amid a packed week of diplomatic meetings.

Despite claiming that Iran's military is defeated and that Washington "has all the cards" in the conflict, Trump has yet to force Tehran to come to a deal.

Trump said Monday that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai would be among the issues at the summit in Beijing.

Oil prices rose Tuesday amid concerns over a prolonged Middle East conflict after President Trump's comments that the ceasefire with Iran is on "life support"

Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher as investors shrugged off fresh doubts over the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire.

The stakes for AI security have risen sharply in the runup to the first trip to China by a sitting U.S. president in nearly a decade.

Hackers are rapidly adopting AI to find previously unknown software flaws even without the help of Anthropic's powerful Mythos model.

Voters are souring on Trump's economy ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, and high gas prices are only adding to consumer discontent.

Trump invited Tesla's Elon Musk, Apple's Tim Cook and Blackrock's Larry Fink to join his China trip for talks with Xi Jinping on trade, AI and geopolitics.

The testy U.S.-Iran ceasefire began in mid-April after Trump threatened to destroy Iran's "whole civilization" if no deal was struck.

Elon Musk named Microsoft as a defendant in his lawsuit against OpenAI

Before joining Redwood Materials, Ahuja served as chief financial and business officer at the drone delivery startup Zipline for about three years.