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Oil gains 10% for week as Trump mulls ‘massive’ attack on Iran
An oilfield crew, contracted by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), works a service rig during a state-funded oil well plugging operation in Midland, Texas, US, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Eli Hartman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOil…
How a Chinese AI model stopped OpenAI’s ‘unprecedented’ cyber attack
This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.When OpenAI's rogue models initiated a cyber attack against startup Hugging Face last week, the company fought fire with fire, using…
Russian attack cuts power to around 150,000 in Chernihiv
A large plume of smoke rises over St. Petersburg following a Ukrainian drone strike targeting logistics facilities operated by Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, on July 24, 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia.Anadolu | Anadolu |…
South Korea’s president invokes dramatic Japan realty crash to push
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at BEXCO convention and exhibition centre in Busan on July 19, 2026. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE /…
Trump considering ‘massive attack’ on Iran, Tehran threatens UK
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after landing in Air Force One on July 19, 2026 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump said he will soon make a decision on whether to launch…
Volkswagen profit falls, revises down full-year revenue outlook
A German national flag on a barge near the Volkswagen AG factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesVolkswagen reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter profits on Friday and scrapped…
Pentagon removed four from official Iran war death toll
Soldiers from the US Army in a simulated village during the Combined Resolve "Greywolves" exercise at the US military Hohenfels Training Area in Hohenfels, Germany, on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe…
Japan core inflation rate in June creeps up from 4-year low as higher oil
A customer visits a store at Togoshi Ginza shopping street in Tokyo on January 23, 2025. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty ImagesJapan's core inflation came in at 1.6% in June, government data released Friday showed, as the impact of higher oil…
U.S., other nations back open-source AI with ‘strong security’ at China
Li Lecheng, China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology, spoke at a press conference on July 23, 2026, in Chengdu, China, as part of the APEC Digital Weeks.Evelyn Cheng | CNBCCHENGDU, China — Governments increasingly want to…
Trump’s new global tariff draws rebukes from trade partners
US President Donald Trump speaks at Wheeler High School, in Marietta, Georgia, on July 22, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesU.S. trading partners from Canberra to Brasília have rejected the forced-labor rationale behind President…