Novo Nordisk shares climb as oral Wegovy success offsets ransomware crisis

Novo Nordisk shares climbed more than 5% on Friday as investors looked past a ransomware incident and focused…

SK Hynix hits record after shipping next-gen HBM4E samples

SK Hynix surged 6.51% on Thursday to a record high after the South Korean chipmaker announced it had…

Lloyd’s, Chubb launch $400M war risk facility for Hormuz shipping

Lloyd's of London and Chubb have launched a new marine war risk insurance consortium aimed at providing up…

ADNOC tells buyers to resume crude loading inside Gulf

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has instructed its term buyers to resume loading crude oil from ports inside…

US-Iran follow-up talks called off, clouding outlook for European stocks

The preliminary peace agreement between the United States and Iran has reshaped the outlook for European equities, prompting…

Trump open to phased approach on North Korea, Lee says

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump expressed eagerness to rekindle diplomacy with…

WEF warns energy transition is fragmenting despite record $3.3T in investment

The energy price shock triggered by the US-Iran conflict and the near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz…

Iran war funneled $374B to fossil fuel industry, 350.org says

The U.S.-Iran war has delivered a windfall to oil and gas companies even as consumers worldwide struggle with…

ECB’s Wunsch says July rate hike possible if inflation persists

European Central Bank policymaker Pierre Wunsch said the ECB could raise interest rates again as early as July…

Philippine, Thai earnings hit hardest in Southeast Asia by Iran war

Philippine and Thai companies face the steepest earnings downgrades in Southeast Asia as the Iran conflict continues to…

Global equity funds hit 19-month inflow high on Iran deal, tech rally

Investors poured money into US equity funds at a historic pace in the week ending June 17, as…

BOJ Gov. Ueda discharged after missing historic rate hike

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda was discharged from the hospital on Friday, the central bank announced, ending…

ECB’s Lane calls rate hike a ‘delta response’ to inflation

European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane defended the institution's recent interest rate increase on Friday at the…

Mexico beats South Korea 1-0 to reach World Cup round of 32

Co-hosts Mexico defeated South Korea 1-0 on Thursday night at Estadio Guadalajara, becoming the first team to clinch…

Yen slides to brink of 40-year low despite BOJ rate hike

The Japanese yen traded near its weakest level in nearly four decades on Friday, June 19, putting markets…

US warns ASML a top EUV chip tool may have reached China

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has raised concerns directly with senior leaders at ASML that one of the…

Small desktop AI models can rival cloud systems, Stanford study finds

A Stanford University study is drawing fresh attention for its finding that small language models running on desktop…

EU draft plan would free banks to move capital across borders

The European Commission is preparing to dismantle longstanding barriers that prevent banks from moving capital freely across EU…

BOJ deputy governor vows more rate hikes as inflation risks mount

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino told parliament on Friday that the central bank will continue raising…

Canada routs Qatar 3-0 as World Cup matchday 2 begins

The 2026 FIFA World Cup shifted into its second round of group stage fixtures on Thursday, June 18,…

Israel calls Trump’s Iran deal a ‘catastrophic capitulation’

Israel absorbed with alarm the terms of President Trump's memorandum of understanding with Iran on Thursday, with analysts…

Study finds 2011 Tohoku quake’s core-reflected waves shifted all of Japan eastward

The devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake was so powerful that it sent seismic waves plunging nearly 6,000 kilometers to…

Bessent pressed Japan to raise rates to 31-year high, Nikkei reports

The Bank of Japan's decision to raise interest rates to their highest level since 1995 was driven in…

Gold pulls back after Iran deal rally as Fed holds firm

Gold prices surged above $4,300 per ounce earlier this week as the US-Iran peace agreement reduced the dollar's…

Banks warn Hormuz oil flows will take months to normalize after deal

The Strait of Hormuz may be on the verge of formally reopening, but shipping analysts and major Wall…

NASA’s Lucy mission finds ancient water on asteroid Donaldjohanson

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has revealed that asteroid Donaldjohanson once harbored liquid water, according to findings published in the…

OpenAI says GPT-5.5 Instant now matches its top models on health questions

OpenAI announced on Wednesday that GPT-5.5 Instant, the default model powering free ChatGPT accounts, has reached a level…

Nikkei hits record above 71,000 after BOJ rate hike

The Bank of Japan on Tuesday raised its benchmark overnight call rate by 25 basis points to 1.0%,…

General Intuition raising $300M to train AI on gaming data

General Intuition, the AI lab that emerged from gaming clip platform Medal after rejecting a reported $500 million…

Switzerland tops Group B after 4-1 rout of Bosnia

Switzerland broke open a stubborn World Cup stalemate on Thursday, scoring four times in the final 16 minutes…