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South Korea overtakes India as world's 6th largest stock market on AI rally

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, newly minted members of the $1 trillion valuation club, have powered Korea's equity surge, lifting the Kospi's 2026 gains to more than 100% through AI memory chips

Congo reopens Bunia airport as Ebola outbreak shows early signs of slowing

The airport in Bunia - the capital of Ituri province - resumed operations immediately after health authorities determined that screening and surveillance measures were sufficient to manage travel risk

Covid pandemic left 55,000 cancer cases undiagnosed in 7 nations: Study

An estimated 16% of expected cancer diagnoses across Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and the UK were missing between April and December 2020, compared with pre-pandemic trends

An LNG glut is on its way despite disruption from West Asia conflict

The world's largest LNG plant is idled and Qatar says repairing it will take at least three years. And yet, the contours of a long-term surplus are already starting to emerge

Iran halts talks with US after Israel widens Lebanon offensive: Report

Negotiators will suspend "talks and the exchange of documents through mediators" the semi-official Tasnim new agency reported, citing a statement

SoftBank overtakes Toyota as Japan's most valuable company amid AI boom

The rally has propelled SoftBank shares up more than 90 per cent this year, pushing the company's market value above 48 trillion yen, higher than Toyota's around 46 trillion yen

India's stock trading value surges to record as MSCI changes spur deals

Rise was driven largely by portfolio adjustments linked to changes in MSCI, prompting passive funds that track the benchmarks to buy and sell shares to align their holdings with the revised weightings

Nvidia enters Windows laptop market with new chip, taking on Intel and AMD

Now a dominant player in data centers, Nvidia is taking another run at the personal computer processor market after being part of an effort that fizzled out more than a decade ago

Domestic refiners keep local jet fuel prices unchanged after airlines' plea

The fuel price for domestic flights will remain unchanged at ₹104,927 ($1,104.25) a kiloliter in New Delhi for June

As US leadership wavers, Japan is stepping up as Asia's new powerbroker

While the United States reaffirmed its commitment to the Indo-Pacific, it was Japan that delivered the clearest warning on China's growing military assertiveness at Asia's premier security forum

Fed would lose credibility if President can fire officials, says Powell

Powell exited the top job at the Fed earlier this month with a legacy in part defined by his defense of the central bank against relentless pressure from Trump and his allies

Gen-Z gamer's 3D-model startup raises $200 mn, becomes China's AI unicorn

Vast competes with Tencent Holdings' Hunyuan 3D and Silicon Valley startup Meshy in the development of production-grade 3D models for video games, filmmaking, 3D printing and industrial applications

Dell rivals Apple's MacBook Neo with $699 touch-screen XPS 13 laptop

The new Dell machine, hitting the market in time for back-to-school shopping, offers a premium design that includes a high-resolution touch display and a backlit keyboard

Indian bond yields may rise further on rate hike fears, fiscal concerns

The benchmark 10-year yield is up about 34 basis points to 7 per cent since the outbreak of the Iran war three months ago

US AI companies' fundraise plans spur bets on future Asian winners

Fundraising by OpenAI, SpaceX and Anthropic is fuelling investor bets that the next winners of the AI boom could emerge from Asia's supply chain

European Union mulls temporary freeze on Russian crude oil price cap

The EU is weighing a freeze on its Russian oil price cap as the West Asia conflict drives crude prices sharply higher ahead of a July review

SpaceX, OpenAI windfall fuels fresh bets on next-wave Asian AI winners

The listings of SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic may mean a total of $70 billion in AI spending on top of the more than $750 billion already committed by the biggest hyperscalers

Indian airlines urge oil firms to defer jet fuel price hike amid Iran war

The proposal floated by airlines including Air India Ltd., IndiGo and SpiceJet Ltd. is being considered by the refiners

Danish pension fund blacklists SpaceX over 'catastrophic governance'

SpaceX, which submitted its IPO filing on May 20, is expected to start formal marketing of its offering next month

Trump admin to appeal US court order mandating broad tariff refunds

US Customs and Border Protection launched a new online portal to process refund claims on April 20, signaling that it intended to repay at least some of the approximately $1 billion in refund