UK, France and Canada ban goods from Israeli settlements

Britain, France and Canada on Tuesday announced coordinated trade bans on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied…

Anthropic pushes IPO to mid-October, locks in $15B credit line

Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI assistant, is pushing toward what could become the largest initial public…

Energy executives warn diesel crunch will last through winter

The world's diesel fuel market faces a prolonged supply squeeze that will stretch into next year, top energy…

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on $20B in US goods take effect

Canada's retaliatory tariffs on roughly C$27.6 billion ($20 billion) worth of American goods took effect at 12:01 a.m.…

iOS 27 expected to launch Sept. 14 with rebuilt Siri AI

Apple is widely expected to release iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, continuing its tradition of mid-September software…

Tesla’s China retail sales fall for third straight month

Tesla sold 50,047 vehicles at retail in China in August, down 12.4% from a year earlier and marking…

Brent crude stays below $100 as alternative routes offset Hormuz disruptions

Brent crude has rallied to a six-week high near $97 a barrel but remains below the psychologically important…

Yen hits seven-month high as carry trade unwinds on BOJ rate hike bets

The Japanese yen climbed to its strongest level since February on Tuesday, touching 152.89 per dollar as investors…

Senegal debt restructuring threatens 60% losses for bondholders

Senegal's proposed debt overhaul is threatening to inflict steep losses on international bondholders, with some investors estimating recovery…

Hormuz crisis cuts LNG flows 92% as oil finds alternate routes

The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has dealt a far heavier blow to global liquefied natural gas…

Amazon prepares first-ever sterling bond sale as 2026 borrowing tops $80B

Amazon.com is preparing to sell bonds denominated in British pounds for the first time, adding yet another currency…

Yen hits seven-month high as oil nears $100, copper sets record

The Japanese yen climbed to a fresh seven-month high against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, strengthening to as…

Huawei overtakes Apple in smartwatch market share

Global smartwatch shipments declined 4% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2026, marking the market's first annual drop…

Argentina files criminal charges against Israeli oil firm over Falklands drilling

Argentina announced on Monday that it will file criminal charges against several subsidiaries of Israeli energy company Navitas…

Margin debt surge across Asia raises fears of another leverage-driven crash

Surging margin debt across China, India, and Japan is raising fresh warnings of a leverage-driven market crisis in…

Samsung, SK Hynix inventories fall below 10 days amid historic memory chip shortage

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix now hold less than 10 days of memory chip inventory, according to a…

Japan, US remain aligned on FX policy as yen hits 7-month high

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Tuesday that Tokyo and Washington remain aligned in their approach to…

EU crops maturing up to 20 days earlier as climate warms

Maize, rapeseed, and winter wheat matured and were harvested across Europe far earlier in 2026 than at the…

Nvidia CEO calls AI chips ‘highly rentable’ assets

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is framing the company's AI chips not as depreciating hardware but as durable, income-producing…

Brent crude nears $100 as Middle East tensions rattle emerging markets

Brent crude surged toward $100 a barrel on Tuesday as escalating hostilities between the United States and Iran…

ASEAN’s Chinese clean-tech spending tops $20B, up 50% from 2025

Southeast Asian nations have collectively spent more than $20 billion on Chinese-made clean technology products so far in…

Japan GDP, wage data lock in expected BOJ rate hike

A double dose of positive economic data on Tuesday reinforced expectations that the Bank of Japan will raise…

AI leaders quietly abandon shared definition of AGI

The two most prominent figures in the race to build advanced artificial intelligence are pulling in opposite directions…

China’s cleantech exports hit $140B in first half, Ember report finds

China's clean energy technology exports reached $140 billion in the first half of 2026, accounting for 6.6% of…

China’s car exports hit record in August as domestic sales fall for 11th straight month

China's passenger vehicle exports surged 77.5% year-on-year to 894,000 units in August, setting a new record, even as…

Fujitsu unveils diamond-spin quantum computer prototype

Fujitsu on Tuesday announced it has built what it describes as the world's first working prototype of a…

BYD targets 2.5M overseas sales in 2027, raises 2026 goal

BYD has raised its 2026 overseas sales target to between 1.9 million and 2 million vehicles, up from…

Thieves steal three paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera

Two thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera early Tuesday morning, escaping with…

Suez Canal revenue jumps 42% as Hormuz closure reroutes ships

Suez Canal revenue rose 42% in July compared with a year earlier, reaching $505 million, as the Iran…

Houthi strikes wound 73 and halt Saudi energy operations

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched a wave of missile and drone strikes against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding…