Qantas’ Project Sunrise plane completes first test flight over France
Qantas’ Project Sunrise plane made its first test flight over France, as the airline stretches out the timeline on the delivery of the landmark service.
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WATCH: Marcos tells senators: Get back to work
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on urges senators to 'get back to work' after the Senate failed to convene for two days due to an impasse between the majority and minority blocs. 'I’m afraid all these events that we have been witnessing has thrown the Senate and its leadership, the whole Senate into disarray. It has …
· The Manila Times
India's unviable battery storage projects threaten energy goals
India allocated 10.4 gigawatts of standalone battery energy storage system capacity in 2025, but analysts estimate that about 75% of this is at risk of not being built due to underbidding. © Getty Images
· Staff Writer
Chinese biotech GenScript surges as it rebuffs US lawmakers’ allegations
The Hong Kong-listed biotech company rose as much as 29 per cent after rejecting suggestions it poses a national security risk
· Zhang Shidong
Chinese biotech GenScript surges as it rebuffs US lawmakers’ allegations
The Hong Kong-listed biotech company rose as much as 29 per cent after rejecting suggestions it poses a national security risk
· Zhang Shidong
Gateway high-grade hits trigger widening WA gold potential
Gateway Mining has strengthened the case for a district-scale gold discovery at its flagship 1780-square-kilometre Yandal gold project in Western Australia after reporting a string of high-grade first-pass intercepts from southern structural corridors, a whopping 20 kilometres south of previous drilling at its Musta…
· Murray Ward
‘You can be made a laughing stock to millions’: can gen Z escape the fear of being cringe?
With the constant risk of being recorded, many young people are afraid of showing enthusiasm – let alone doing something so potentially embarrassing as dancing in public. Is there a way to set themselves free?
· Ellie Violet Bramley
USTR proposing new tariffs of at least 10% for most trading partners
President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands after reaching a trade deal at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, on July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Pudu Robotics eyes Hong Kong listing amid geopolitical risks
Pudu CEO and founder Felix Zhang told Nikkei Asia that the Shenzhen-based robotics company is preparing to list in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
· Staff Writer
Barbarian Mindset: How Leftists And Third-World Invaders Think Alike
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· Tyler Durden
U.S. proposes fresh tariffs on 60 economies over forced labor trade practices
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has proposed additional tariffs of up to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies over their failure to ban goods made with forced labor, in a sweeping action that would hurt most trading partners including China, the European Union and Japan.
· Anniek Bao
China’s AI chip demand pushes South Korea into a rare surplus with top trade partner
Strong demand for memory chips has reshaped South Korea’s exports to China – but analysts warn the gains could be short lived
· Yeon Woo Lee
China’s AI chip demand pushes South Korea into a rare surplus with top trade partner
Strong demand for memory chips has reshaped South Korea’s exports to China – but analysts warn the gains could be short lived
· Yeon Woo Lee
The Iran war is no reason to flee stocks or fear runaway inflation | The National
My March 30 column on why the Iran war wouldn’t hammer stocks or global economies for long triggered scepticism. War fear is understandable. However, this sentiment really shows the “Wall of Worry” bull markets proverbially climb remains high. Let us explore.
· Ken Fisher
How China Is Remaking Its Vast Western Frontier
China is undertaking a vast effort to reshape its western frontier, transforming Xinjiang and Tibet from remote borderlands into strategic hubs for industry, energy, tourism and trade, according to a new lengthy report from Financial Times.
· Tyler Durden
Kioxia briefly overtakes Toyota, rises to No. 2 in Japan by market cap
Kioxia shares have risen from 169th to second in Japan by market capitalization within a year. (Source photos by Shintaro Ino and Kazuhiro Noguchi)
· Staff Writer
Cliffwater Private Credit Fund Gates Investors For Second Straight Quarter After Redemption Requests Soar To 17%
The market may be in full-blown face-ripping bubble mode, and software stocks are now gripped in by a category 5 gamma squeeze hurricane, but not even that is helping the ongoing debacle that is private credit.
· Tyler Durden
Chip, chip ... boom? South Korea tech makers join the trillion-dollar club but some fear a short-circuit looms
South Korea’s Kospi stock market has hit record highs thanks to AI, but experts urge caution over boom-bust cycles and a heavy reliance on two chipmakers
· Mark Saunokonoko
AI revolution and consumer spending give economy a lift
The Australian economy expanded by 0.3 per cent through the first three months, driven by consumer spending and businesses rolling out data centres to harness the AI revolution.
· Shane Wright
Adonai Mitchell ‘excited’ to have full offseason in Jets’ system after midseason trade
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· Brian Costello
Tokyo's Nikkei tops 68,000 as stocks log more records
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
· Elaine Kurtenbach
Trump ‘doesn’t care’ but he is leading the world into a nightmare
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· Stephen Bartholomeusz
Why so few UAE SMEs become major companies | The National
Small and middle-sized companies (SMEs) make up more than 95 per cent of businesses in the UAE and contribute more than 60 per cent of the country’s non-oil GDP. But despite that, the UAE still has relatively few SMEs growing up to become large private companies.
· Salim A. Essaid
Hundreds of thousands of EU jobs at risk, Commission to warn
BRUSSELS — EU countries risk mass job losses in the coming years as high energy costs, industrial restructuring and the green transition weigh on the economy, the European Commission is set to warn.
· Zoya Sheftalovich
US and Iran trade missile strikes
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CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia stars at Computex as markets hit records
Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the new edition of the Daily Open newsletter.
· Dylan Butts
Canada formally requests 16-year renewal of North American free trade pact
Canada has formally requested a renewal of the North American free trade agreement with the US and Mexico, called the USMCA, as the July deadline to renegotiate the pact looms.
· Nadine Yousif
Australia's first-quarter economic growth misses estimates on severe weather, weak demand
Australia's economy expanded less than expected in the first quarter, as subdued household spending, a pullback in government consumption and severe weather disruptions to mining and exports weighed on growth.
· Anniek Bao
Business group asks Senate to resume sessions
MANILA, Philippines — A business group called on the Senate to resume its duties, saying, "The nation cannot move forward if one of its most important democratic institutions remains at a standstill."
· Chynna Grace Ong
Samsung leveraged ETFs outtrade underlying shares; Tesla's never have
Korea's first single-stock leveraged products reach trading levels rarely seen in global markets, prompting concerns over market distortions
· Choi Yeon-jae
US govt appeals judge's order for tariff refunds
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration on Tuesday formally appealed a judge's order for refunds of the US president's global tariffs after they were struck down by the Supreme Court earlier this year.
· Agence France-Presse
AP source says George Santos reported to prosecutors over suspicious Kalshi trades
NEW YORK (AP) — A prediction market reported U.S. Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors after he boasted he’d be going to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, then bet against his own attendance, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
· Jake Offenhartz
Sidecar activations on main bourse hit highest since 2008 financial crisis
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The total number of buy- and sell-side sidecars triggered on the main bourse this year has reached its highest level since the 2008 global financial crisis, reflecting growing market volatility, the bourse operator said Wednesday.
· Kang Yoon-seung
Korea’s stock market has doubled in 2026, and Goldman still sees another 35% upside
South Korea's stock market has already doubled this year, but some strategists say the rally may still have room to run as the country's artificial intelligence-linked chip giants continue to power earnings growth.
· Lee Ying Shan
4 robot-related firms' stocks jump 155 pct this year amid physical AI boom
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- Four robot-related companies listed on South Korea's main bourse have seen their shares jump 155 percent on average this year amid a global boom in the physical artificial intelligence industry, data showed Wednesday.
· Kang Yoon-seung
Oil climbs as U.S.-Iran trade strikes while Trump says negotiations with Tehran underway
Oil prices rose Wednesday as investors weighed uncertainty over U.S.-Iran talks with the two countries launching fresh strikes Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said negotiations with Tehran were ongoing.
· Lee Ying Shan
Why Myles Garrett waived no-trade clause to join Rams: ‘Bit of urgency’
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· Michael Duarte
Gov't greenlights NIS 13b. for shelters, infrastructure in Israel's North
The government approved a plan put forth by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday, which included three proposals to the government calling for 13 billion shekels to strengthen towns along the Lebanon border.
· MAYA ZANGER-NADIS, BATYA GILADI
US Treasury Sanctions Iran's Largest Crypto Exchange
Peace talks appear stalled, or even halted completely - despite President Trump's denials - and the US Department of Treasury is still swinging hard, as part of the ongoing effort to bring about economic collapse in Iran and 'solve' the Hormuz Strait shipping crisis.
· Tyler Durden
Rangers’ considerable Vincent Trocheck trade market includes Maple Leafs
By holding off on accepting a deal for Vincent Trocheck at this year’s trade deadline, the Rangers are now in prime position to maximize the veteran center’s value if they so choose.
· Mollie Walker
Yen touches 160 against dollar, erasing intervention gains
High crude prices tend to encourage yen-selling as they hurt energy-scarce Japan. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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Eagles’ Jordan Mailata can finally breathe sigh of relief after A.J. Brown trade: ‘Thank God it’s over’
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· Christian Arnold
Fed Chair Warsh makes first hires at central bank, including ‘Project 2025’ author
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has hired two conservative economic policy researchers to work with him at the central bank, a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named to discuss sensitive personnel matters.
· Matt Peterson
NGCP issues yellow alert for Visayas grid on Wednesday
MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) issued a yellow alert for the Visayas grid on Wednesday as major coal plants in the region remained unavailable, making it unable to meet the high demand for power supply.
· Ed Paolo Salting
US petrol prices jump 42.2% from year ago amid oil market turmoil
The average price of petrol in the United States was 42.2 percent higher in May than a year earlier, according to figures released by the US Transportation Department.
· Middleeasteye
Why Shanghai’s property market is rebounding faster than most other cities in China
Shanghai is the only Chinese city with a year-on-year increase in primary home prices in the first four months, says S&P Global Ratings
· Zhu Wenqian
Why Shanghai’s property market is rebounding faster than most other cities in China
Shanghai is the only Chinese city with a year-on-year increase in primary home prices in the first four months, says S&P Global Ratings
· Zhu Wenqian
The business case of the Lopez-Razon gas and hydro deals
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