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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
Wednesday is the tenth anniversary of the 709 (July 9) or "Black Friday" crackdown, a coordinated detention of more than 300 rights lawyers and activists in 2015 that was a key moment in the authoritarian shift in the early Xi Jinping era. At The Guardian, [...]
Express delivery, by Gauthier Delecroix (CC BY 2.0) [...]
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 in the United States or find local resources in the International Suicide Prevention Wiki. Two recent incidents have reignited public concern about civil aviation safety in China, [...]
This year, Shanghai launched a system of traffic safety codes which “aggregates records of traffic accidents and violations involving couriers throughout the city, [and] allows the authorities to identify non-compliant enterprises, accident-prone service points, and high-risk riders, enabling targeted enforcement.” The deployment follows earlier moves [...]
June 30 marked the fifth anniversary of Beijing’s imposition of a heavy-handed national security law (NSL) on Hong Kong, which has altered the sociopolitical landscape of the city by undermining its democratic institutions, weakening civil society, and severely curtailing a wide range of freedoms. In [...]
Chinese authorities have arrested dozens of writers of Boys’ Love (BL), or danmei, a genre of online homoerotic fiction featuring male protagonists, and typically created by and for women. This latest crackdown appears driven by a variety of factors, such as the patriarchal government’s efforts [...]
What if humans didn’t have to suffer the slow-burning fire of chronic inflammation as we age? A surprising study on two types of lemurs found no evidence of "inflammaging," a phenomenon long assumed to be universal among primates. These findings suggest that age-related inflammation isn’t [...]
A groundbreaking step in AI hardware efficiency comes from Germany, where scientists have engineered a vast spin waveguide network that processes information with far less energy. These spin waves quantum ripples in magnetic materials offer a promising alternative to power-hungry electronics. [...]
MIT engineers have developed a tiny implantable device that could revolutionize emergency treatment for people with Type 1 diabetes. The device contains a powdered form of glucagon and can be remotely triggered—either manually or automatically by a glucose monitor—to release the hormone when blood sugar [...]
Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven are doing—constructing intricate 3D nanostructures by harnessing the predictable folding of DNA strands. Their new design method uses voxel-like building blocks and an algorithm called [...]
Midlife sleep habits may matter more than previously thought. A large study finds that poor sleep, alongside high blood pressure and nicotine use, sharply increases the risk of heart problems in menopausal women yet only 1 in 5 score well on overall heart health. [...]
Scientists at UCSF combined advanced brain-network modeling, genetics, and imaging to reveal how tau protein travels through neural highways and how certain genes either accelerate its toxic journey or shield brain regions from damage. Their extended Network Diffusion Model pinpoints four gene categories that govern [...]
Climate change is silently sapping the nutrients from our food. A pioneering study finds that rising CO2 and higher temperatures are not only reshaping how crops grow but are also degrading their nutritional value especially in vital leafy greens like kale and spinach. This shift [...]
A laser-equipped research platform has, for the first time, photographed airflow just millimeters above ocean waves, revealing two simultaneous wind–wave energy-transfer tricks—slow short waves steal power from the breeze, while long giants sculpt the air in reverse. These crisp observations promise to overhaul climate and [...]
Eight children were among 15 people reportedly killed while queuing outside a clinic in the central town of Deir al-Balah. [...]
At least three of the 25 people on board the Eternity C were killed after it was attacked by the Iran-backed group. [...]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC). [...]
A Palestinian official says key sticking points at the indirect negotiations in Qatar include how aid will be distributed. [...]
Joe Bennett says he has not heard from his parents in six months after their arrest on spying charges. [...]
Israel Katz tells Israeli media the so-called "humanitarian city" in Rafah will eventually house 2.1 million Palestinians. [...]
The Dinah Project, an all-women group, lays out "a legal blueprint for prosecuting these crimes", which Hamas has denied committing. [...]
The Liberian-flagged Eternity C, carrying 22 crew, is reported to be adrift and listing. [...]
The U.S. president is showing fresh signs of exasperation with his Russian counterpart, but will it stick? [...]
The agreements signal a new chapter of post-Brexit Anglo-French cooperation. [...]
The United States imports copper. Making imports pricier won’t magically open new U.S. mines. [...]
The Trump administration’s analysis of the war with Iran is an exercise in pure narrative. [...]
Tom Friedman on the region’s big shifts—and how the rest of the world sees it. [...]
New policy memo stops short of maximum pressure in a blow to hard-liners. [...]
Ties between Brazil and Paraguay are fraying as they renegotiate access to one of the world’s most powerful energy sources. [...]
Pushing too hard for a peace deal could come at the expense of more pragmatic action against shared threats. [...]
[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberians have responded after their president, Joseph Boakai, visited the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump and heads of state from Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, and Senegal. The leaders were invited as part of the new U.S. Africa policy that prioritizes U.S. [...]
[allAfrica] The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) warns that the global AIDS response is in crisis after a major funding collapse at the start of 2025 threatens to reverse decades of progress. [...]
[RFI] Africa's wealth disparity has reached unprecedented levels, with just four billionaires now holding more wealth than 750 million people combined - half the continent's population. [...]
[Premium Times] The presidency has declared that the US claim of reciprocity as the reason for the recent visa policy does not accurately reflect the reality of Nigeria's current visa policy toward US citizens. [...]
[Dabanga] Washington D.C. / Cairo -- US President Donald Trump has said his administration is working to support peace efforts in Sudan, as Washington prepares to host a four-nation meeting aimed at reviving stalled diplomacy to end the country's ongoing war. [...]
[New Times] The Security Council on Wednesday, July 9, welcomed the peace agreement between Rwanda and DR Congo signed on June 27 in Washington, D.C. [...]
[Capital FM] NAIROBI -- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says it has arrested the suspect behind a viral video inciting violence against police officers and their families. [...]
[GroundUp] UNAIDS says US funding cuts put decades of progress against HIV in jeopardy [...]