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Nvidia to invest $4 billion in two photonics companies
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Siemens and Nvidia announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to develop industrial…
Sanders, Khanna to propose federal billionaires wealth tax
U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) speaks to the media outside of the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, on the day Bill Clinton appears for a deposition in the House Oversight Committee investigation of late financier and convicted…
Qatar’s state-owned energy company halts LNG production after Iran drone
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker on a digital screen at the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesQatarEnergy said Monday that it had halted liquefied natural…
Defense stocks jump as U.S., Iran exchange attacks
People visit a Lockheed Martin booth displaying a model of a military transport plane during an arms fair, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Dec. 19, 2024.Khanh Vu | ReutersGlobal defense stocks jumped early Monday as investors reacted to a dramatic…
What it means for global shipping
Iranian Navy soldiers at an armed speed boat in Persian Gulf near the strait of Hormuz about 1320km (820 miles) south of Tehran, April 30, 2019.Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesThe escalating war in the Middle East has…
Khamenei’s death raises questions about Trump’s China trip
A monitor plays footage of US President Donald Trump announcing US and Israeli strikes against Iran in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg |…
Iran’s internet down amid reports of U.S.-Israel cyberattacks
Mirsad Sarajlic | Istock | Getty ImagesIran is facing a near-total internet blackout amid U.S.-Israeli airstrikes.The country has now spent over 48 hours in a near-total internet blackout, according to data from independent internet…
How Iran chooses its supreme leader, and who could be next?
FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, November 2, 2024. Office Of The Iranian Supreme Leader | Via ReutersAyatollah Ali Khamenei's death following joint…
Stoxx 600, FTSE, DAX, CAC, Iran strikes reaction
Plumes of smoke rise following reported explosions in Tehran on March 1, 2026, after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed a day earlier in a large U.S. and Israeli attack, prompting a new wave of retaliatory missile…
Where things stand, global responses — and what comes next
People protest against the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, ICE immigration raids, and in support of Palestinians during a demonstration outside the Westwood Federal Building in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 22, 2025.…