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A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Global stocks were at record highs on Wednesday as some of Asia’s biggest markets returned from a holiday in euphoric mood and resumed ramping up AI-related trades. A rally in semiconductor shares sent South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index above 7,000 points in a historic first as the Seoul market reopened, with Samsung Electronics up 13% […]

HONG KONG (AP) — On a recent weekday, around 50 people gathered outside the headquarters of a Chinese mobile internet company, waiting to get help with installing an artificial intelligence assistant. The scene in Beijing, China’s capital, was repeated for days at several events and was also seen in the southern technology hub Shenzhen in March, as engineers helped crowds trying to set up the popular AI “agent” OpenClaw on […]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An Australian man accused of killing 15 people in a massacre at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach will face 19 more charges related to the attack, officials said Wednesday. Naveed Akram was already charged with 59 counts including murder, attempted murder and committing a terrorist act after two gunmen opened fire on the Jewish holiday event in December 2025. He hasn’t yet been […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials are pressing China to use its influence with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz just days before President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping’shighly anticipated summit in Beijing. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Chinese officials to use Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to China to urge Tehran to release its chokehold on the critical waterway. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang […]

SEOUL, May 6 (Reuters) – South Korean shipper HMM said on Wednesday it had secured a vessel to tow a bulk carrier it operates to a port in Dubai after an explosion and fire damaged the ship, which had been stranded in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. President Donald Trump blamed the incident on an Iranian attack, while South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the cause of the fire would only […]

May 5 (Reuters) – Data center company Stack Infrastructure, owned by Blue Owl Capital, is considering options, including a sale of its Asia operations in a deal valued at over $30 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Denver-based firm provides digital infrastructure solutions to companies and has a network of data centres across key locations in the Asia pacific including Tokyo, according to […]

GUATEMALA CITY, May 5 (Reuters) – Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arevalo has named Gabriel Estuardo Garcia Luna, a former judge and university professor, as the Central American nation’s new attorney general, Arevalo said in an address to the nation on Tuesday. Last month, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court froze the process and ordered a review of the finalists after a shortlist drew attention when it left off current Attorney General Consuelo Porras. A […]

The NFL and its officials are moving closer toward a new agreement that avoids a work stoppage. After a lengthy stalemate, negotiations have reached a point where the NFL Referees Association is planning to have a ratification vote this week, a person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversations are private. ESPN first reported the development. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men. The attack came a day after U.S. forces struck an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and killed at least 191 people […]