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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is donating $80 million to boost Democratic candidates, marking a last-minute entry in a US midterm cycle dominated by big spenders.

Europe’s airfares will see their “biggest increase in history” next year, Ryanair’s boss warned Tuesday, as a global fuel squeeze puts pressure on a commercial aviation industry that’s so far proven resilient to supply shocks.

Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent have together ordered more than $35 billion worth of Nvidia chips, Reuters reported Tuesday, as China’s compute-hungry tech giants turn to the US.

The UK said Tuesday it will send fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia’s cities and critical infrastructure from escalating aerial attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed India as a “refining superpower” during his visit to the country, as Washington seeks ways to ease the turmoil in global energy markets ahead of midterm elections.

President Emmanuel Macron announced France would receive an additional 200,000 tonnes in monthly diesel deliveries from the Gulf during his tour of the region Tuesday, as the Élysée attempts to quell spiraling cost-of-living protests.

Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that hindered Kyiv’s defense last week, US officials told The Wall Street Journal, an episode that punctuated a stunning breakdown in US-Ukraine ties.

The Trump administration isn’t loosening the federal government’s grip on mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac any time soon.

New York City could be the first place in the country where consumers are protected from a “doom loop” of AI-powered customer service chatbots, per a rule proposed today by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Two more Republicans are calling on President Donald Trump to use a bipartisan law to impose penalties on Russia, joining a growing chorus who disagree with his decision to waive sanctions meant to force Moscow to end its war in Ukraine.

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The death of software has been greatly exaggerated, said Orlando Bravo, who has more riding on its comeback than perhaps anybody in the world.

Liz’s view One rule of investing is “don’t fight the Fed.”

Abu Dhabi is in advanced talks to sell the technology behind TAMM, its digital government services app, to US city governments.

There are more signs that Qatar is ramping up liquefied natural gas exports as prices surge and inventories dwindle ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.

Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport officially reopened on Sunday, but most scheduled flights have been canceled so far this week.

South Africa’s president said the country must prepare for a future where it loses preferential trade access to the US because of the growing rift between the nations.

The US banned Chinese AI firm DeepSeek from most government systems and asked agencies to remove all technology built with it, as competition for AI supremacy between the superpowers heats up.

French government bonds again sold off on growing concern that cascading political and fiscal crises would hammer the EU’s second-biggest economy and potentially ripple across the bloc.

SpaceX’s Elon Musk pledged to give a share in the company to every US child, the latest effort by AI titans to win over an increasingly skeptical public.

A South Korean tech firm’s disastrous IPO offered the latest signal of investor skittishness about the AI trade, even as stock markets appeared to have recovered from a bearish run.

US President Donald Trump said he was open to meeting with his Russian and Chinese counterparts and renewed his criticism of Ukraine’s leader, prompting an angry rebuke from Kyiv.

Nearly eight months of war in Iran have produced one of the most severe energy shocks in decades, exposing a sharp divide between the countries that absorbed it with surprising ease and those forced into painful tradeoffs.

Andy’s view The new Tesla Roadster is science fiction: It can zoom into the air, perform barrel rolls, and then plop down softly using cold-gas rocket thrusters.

The Scene Pascal Lamy negotiated China’s accession to the WTO in 2001 on behalf of the EU.

The News YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — John Boccieri’s tour through northeast Ohio politics is a microcosm of the Democratic Party’s decline, especially in state legislatures.

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The US isn’t the only country struggling with a slice of the electorate that lacks confidence in its domestic elections.

The News The debate around the contours of an acceptable federal AI safety bill shifted again after a draft of a proposal Anthropic has been pitching to lawmakers on Capitol Hill leaked late last week.

If Sherrod Brown wins his Senate race, Ohio’s delegation will be the most awkward in the chamber next Congress.

The News MARQUETTE, Mich. — Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on Thursday night accused President Donald Trump and Republican rival Mike Rogers of using his Muslim faith as a political cudgel.

The News SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Monday that he would distribute to every American child a share in the AI-and-space-exploration company, a gift that, if realized, would dwarf a similar $6.25 billion gift from Michael Dell.

The EU may finally be meeting the moment on China, analysts argued.

The Scoop As Waymo expands into new cities with its self-driving cars, the company plans to use the $5 billion it recently borrowed to massively increase its fleet.

Anthropic could be the AI trade’s last tentpole IPO in 2026, as postponements of public offerings mount ahead of a looming capital crunch.

The Nasdaq rose Monday as investors rotated back into chip stocks, after fears over the sustainability of the AI boom fueled last week’s selloff.

Russia’s Vladimir Putin floated the possibility of a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump to negotiate a deal to end the Ukraine war, The Wall Street Journal reported.

French authorities instituted overnight curfews in several cities Monday in a bid to control violent cost-of-living protests that have fueled the country’s far right.

The Trump administration is delivering a string of victories — for the Russian economy.

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The Scoop Saudi Arabia has canceled in-person attendance at its flagship investment conference in Riyadh after Wall Street executives privately relayed safety concerns to organizers, including the boss of the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, people famili…

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Zambia’s state miner and Abu Dhabi-based International Resources Holding (IRH) say they have patched up their financing dispute over Mopani Copper Mines, the development of which is a cornerstone of the southern African country’s economic growth plan.

GSMA, the global telecoms industry body, has urged African governments to cut the cost of radio frequency spectrum, arguing the expense is holding back investment in faster mobile networks.

The continent’s inventors are in the spotlight as Johannesburg prepares to host the final of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa prize.

Burundi signed a $1.4 billion electricity deal with US-backed Anzana Electric Group, which Washington says will strengthen American supply chains and support mining in the East African country.

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The News The leading contenders in Nigeria’s presidential election face a defining question: should the fuel subsidy be restored to ease the burden of rising energy costs?

The Scene A capital crunch is coming to the AI buildout that’s already plagued by shortages of chips, power and materials.

Medicine is moving toward a future in which a person’s DNA can help to predict disease risk, guide personalized treatment and inform therapies for genetic disorders.