India faces the challenge of bridging deep divisions within the BRICS bloc gathering in New Delhi this week, as members remain split over the Middle East conflict.

Thousands of people cheered Team Melli as Iran's World Cup kit was unveiled before the team's training camp in Turkiye.

American business leaders tell president they attach ‘deep importance’ to Chinese market

The data will provide a ray of comfort for the Labour government, which is under pressure.

The ban extends even to government agencies and emergency services, with only the defense ministry and mayor's office allowed to make posts.

Russia pummeled the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and ​several other regions in a massive aerial attack involving drones and ballistic missiles, killing at least one person and wounding dozens, local officials said Thursday.

Two India-bound vessels laden with cooking fuel from the Persian Gulf appear to have transited the Strait of Hormuz, making them the latest to exit despite continued restrictions from the US and Iran.

A senior White House official revealed President Trump has left detailed instructions for Vice President Vance in a letter at the Resolute Desk for emergencies. These remarks surfaced during Trump's China visit, with the official downplaying assassination fears despite Trump being called an "existential threat" to China. The article also recounts past assassination attempts on the President.

India has asked the US to extend its waiver on Russian oil, according to people familiar with the matter, as the nearly 11-week war in the Persian Gulf disrupts energy supply.

European stocks are expected to open higher Thursday as investors keep an eye on developments in the U.K. and U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to China.

Business Insider journalists witnessed a rare, day-long Russian onslaught that began with daytime drones and turned into nighttime missile fire.

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with drones and missiles, damaging several buildings.

Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump say they’re looking forward to US-China talks.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping struck an optimistic tone at the start of their summit, emphasizing possibilities for collaboration. Bloomberg's Stephen Engle reports from Beijing. (Source: Bloomberg)

Copper retreated from a record-high close as the rally started to deter purchases in China, where investors were monitoring the summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping made their opening remarks at the Great Hall of the People, with Xi saying the common interests between the United States and China outweigh their differences. (Source: Bloomberg)

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the Great Hall of the People, striking a warm and optimistic tone. Both leaders emphasized cooperation over confrontation, despite existing tensions. Trump praised the reception and Xi's leadership, while Xi framed the meeting as a defining moment for global stability and called for partnership.

As the leaders of the world’s two largest economies meet in Beijing, energy markets will be watching closely for any breakthrough in a dispute that has reshaped global fuel flows: China’s tariffs on US oil and gas.

Sarah Beran, Former US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission in Beijing and Partner at Macro Advisory Partners, says both Washington and Beijing have significantly lowered their expectations for the summit. She shares her outlook on the highly anticipated meeting between the world’s two largest economies. She speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud Watts on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)

The foreign ministers meeting is taking place before the 2026 BRICS summit in India in September.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed US President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. (Source: Bloomberg)

Vice President J.D. Vance likened his solitary White House presence to Macaulay Culkin in "Home Alone" due to Secret Service rules preventing him from traveling with President Trump. Vance also cautioned that federal funding for state health insurance programs could be halted if they don't cooperate with the administration's fraud crackdown.

Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are meeting on Thursday in Beijing for a US-China summit where few breakthroughs are expected on divisive issues ranging from the Iran war, trade, technology and Taiwan.

A Japanese supertanker has emerged in the Gulf of Oman after last signaling that it was inside the Persian Gulf, indicating a rare, undercover transit through the Strait of Hormuz by a vessel from the Asian country.

Lebanon and Israel are to hold new peace talks in Washington starting Thursday, as their latest ceasefire - considered to still be in place despite hundreds of deaths in Israeli strikes - nears its end. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

Hunter Hunt, the grandson of famed Texas oil baron H.L. Hunt, is concerned about the impact from damaged Middle Eastern energy infrastructure that could leave oil production lower for years to come.

Foreign-exchange reserves are slumping across Asia as policymakers shell out funds to defend their currencies against the spike in oil prices caused by the Iran war.

President Trump's trip to China gets underway; DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin details what ICE agents will be doing at World Cup games.

For more than two decades, consecutive U.S. administrations have seen India as a counterbalance to China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.

For decades, U.S. presidents have remained steadfast in their defense of the tiny Asian ally from its neighboring giant.

Iranian first vice president said Tehran's 'right' to the Strait of Hormuz is 'established and the matter is closed'.

YouTuber Tyler Oliveira was denied entry into Israel after landing in Tel Aviv on May 12, 2026. He claimed authorities deported him over alleged “anti-Semitic” content linked to his controversial documentary about Jewish communities in New Jersey. Videos from the airport showed Oliveira questioning whether he would clear security while critics confronted him publicly. Streamer Sneako later reacted online, comparing Oliveira’s situation to his own travel bans and controversies.

As President Trump and China's Xi Jinping prepare to meet, Americans will hear a lot about American decline and the rise of a powerful new China. The Chinese certainly believe it - but is it true? Tony Dokoupil has more.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called Taiwan "the most important issue" between his country and the U.S. About 10% of the population in Taiwan wants to reunify with mainland China, and there are real fears that it will fall under communist control. Tony Dokoupil and Anna Coren break down its importance to China and the U.S.

Despite continuing Israeli attacks and occupation, many people in the south still believe the armed group is the only force capable of defending them.

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet face-to-face for the first time on this trip at an elaborate welcome ceremony. The two-day visit is meant to signal stability to the world, showing that the competition between the U.S. and China is not escalating into confrontation. Weijia Jiang has more from Beijing.

Flying by air will get more expensive as oil prices remain high after the US and Israel's conflict with Iran.

The United States has renewed a $100 million aid offer to Cuba as the island faces worsening blackouts and a deepening economic crisis, intensifying pressure on Havana amid growing tensions over sanctions, fuel shortages and political reform.

Laura Bicker breaks down what could be on the agenda for the US president and China’s leader as they meet in Beijing.

Soaring costs for fuel due to the Iran war are leading consumers in hard-hit Asia toward rooftop solar power, a likely windfall for China as the world's largest provider of solar technology. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Maria-Eugenia Sanin, Economics Professor at Université Paris-Est Créteil, about reliance on China for renewables. She says that countries "don't need to be independent in the whole value chain".

Lipi Sternheim, CEO of rare earth mining company REAlloys, said that his company is racing to build infrastructure to mine rare earth minerals in North America to compete with already established supply chains from China. Sternheim said that because US rare earths production won't happen overnight, it is important that president trump secures short term supply during his meeting with President Xi in China. (Source: Bloomberg)

More than a dozen executives from the world's largest companies have joined US President Donald Trump on a high-stakes visit to China. The business delegation points to an agenda dominated by trade, technology, and rare earths. The minerals are the building block of many modern industries, and a source of economic leverage for Beijing. Also in the show - the US Senate approves Kevin Warsh to be the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Trade between the two countries has suffered since Trump came into office even as China's exports have hit new highs.

Air New Zealand expects a substantial full-year loss as the Middle East conflict stokes jet-fuel costs, forcing it to cut costs and reduce services.

In a late-night social media blitz before his high-stakes China visit, Donald Trump unleashed a string of debunked conspiracy theories, AI-generated images and attacks on his political rivals. Posting 55 times in a span of 3 hours, Trump tore into former President Barack Obama, accusing him - without evidence - of treason and espionage during Trump’s 2016 election campaign. He also revived falsehoods that the election was “stolen” from him in 2020, and attacked the New York Times.

Al Jazeera’s @avawarrinerr explains five things you may not know about the ties connecting China and the US.

According to data obtained by the New York Times, in some countries, just a few hundred voters would have been enough to secure a popular vote victory in the Eurovision song contest. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Mara Hvistendahl, investigative reporter at the New York Times, about how Israel has been using the contest as a soft power tool, with attempts to influence Eurovision beginning years earlier than previously thought.

The committee tanked one bill, which would have allowed any country to use Foreign Military Financing to purchase weapons through the commercial sales process.

The bill falls short, but vote shows cracks are growing in the Republican support for the US-Israel war on Iran.

Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. expects to formally green-light plans this week to build one of North America’s few graphite projects, as countries seek to weaken China’s dominance over the critical mineral.

Russia has launched a massive daytime drone barrage across Ukraine, killing at least six people.

The decision by five nations to boycott the song contest comes amid Israel's genocide in Gaza.

President Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping comes as members of Congress are calling for a crackdown on China's ability to acquire U.S. farmland, citing national security concerns.

'We are not asking Hamas to disappear as a political movement’, says diplomat overseeing the US-brokered truce in Gaza.

The Jones Act was initially adopted to ensure a ready US merchant marine that could support the country during wartime. However, as the Iran war–driven energy shock has shown, the Jones Act actually undermines America’s resilience, especially during conflicts and emergencies. The post The Jones Act Waiver Two Months In: What It Tells Us About the Costs of Unnecessary Regulation appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

The Israeli prime minister's office describes trip as a 'historic breakthrough' in relations with Gulf state.

Gaza’s battered tech sector is being reshaped by young developers building practical apps to navigate life.

Kevin Warsh has been confirmed as the 17th leader of the Federal Reserve, becoming America's economist-in-chief at a moment of resurgent inflation, public discontent with the economy and unprecedented attacks on the Fed's independence. Driving the news: Warsh was confirmed to a four-year term as Fed chair Wednesday by a 54-to-45 Senate vote. He received unanimous support from Republicans but only one "aye" vote from a Democrat, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. • Warsh takes the helm of the central bank after Jerome Powell's term ends Friday. The big picture: Warsh has promised sweeping change at an institution that he argues has grown too unwieldy and inclined to intervene in the economy. • He inherits buoyant financial markets and an AI-driven growth surge — as well as the legacy of five straight years of elevated inflation that has spiked again due to the Iran war.• High prices and affordability concerns have driven consumer sentiment indicators to recessionary levels, despite a low unemployment rate and solid GDP growth. Friction point: President Trump has demanded that the Fed cut interest rates, and Warsh has previously laid out an intellectual case for doing so premised on a 1990s-style boom in America's supply potential. • But in recent weeks — including April inflation data the last two days — evidence has pointed toward price pressures being resurgent and the labor market holding up, which undermines the case for rate cuts.• Indeed, if he seeks rate cuts anytime soon, Warsh will face an uphill battle with his fellow members of the Fed policy committee, who jointly make those decisions. Zoom out: The debate over interest rates will occur against a backdrop of historically unique threats to the Fed's ability to act without regard to political influence. • A Supreme Court case over whether Trump can fire Biden-appointed governor Lisa Cook is pending.• Powell is remaining on the Fed Board of Governors, contrary to modern precedent, due to what he sees as an ongoing threat by the Trump administration to re-open a criminal investigation over the Fed's building renovations.• Warsh also takes the helm with less bipartisan support than any previous leader of the central bank, as Democrats expressed doubt he will be sufficiently independent from the White House. Catch up quick: Warsh was a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011 — then the youngest on record — and was a close ally of chair Ben Bernanke in fighting the financial crisis. • Warsh stepped down in 2011 amid misgivings about the Fed's post-crisis efforts to stimulate the economy through quantitative easing.• In the years since, he has become an increasingly sharp critic of the institution he once helped lead, accusing it of mission creep and of massive policy failure in allowing inflation to surge in 2021-2022. The intrigue: An open question is how quickly he will seek to act in remaking the institution. • He is largely stuck with the top leadership — the other governors, who serve staggered terms, and the 12 reserve bank presidents around the country. But he has broad authority to make changes to the staff at the Board of Governors.• He has also flagged possible changes to the Fed's communications approach, including skepticism of its "forward guidance" for signaling future actions, and frequent press conferences. Between the lines: Warsh got the job in part by attacking the way the Fed has operated over the last dozen years. • Now the question is whether he can deliver economic outcomes — particularly a return to price stability — that prove more satisfying to the American people than the status quo.• And as Powell learned the hard way, he may have to do it with an impatient president second-guessing him along the way. The bottom line: It's Warsh's economy now.

The US military wants cheaper missiles it can buy by the thousands, aiming to avoid running short in a major conflict.

Israel’s Eurovision performance was disrupted by loud pro-Palestine protests during the Vienna semi-final

Flows of crude oil and fuels through the Strait of Hormuz fell by nearly 6 million barrels per day in the first quarter of 2026, the start of a seismic energy shock that has upended global supplies and sent prices surging.

Analysts say China is likely to ask for change in US policy towards Taiwan if it were to pressure Iran reopen Hormuz.

House Democrats on Wednesday secured the necessary signatures to bypass Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and force a vote on a package of Russia sanctions and billions of dollars in Ukraine aid. Why it matters: This is the eighth time in the last three years that a discharge petition has been used by some combination of Democrats and Republicans to do an end-run around GOP leadership. • Just in the 119th Congress, lawmakers have succeeded in garnering the necessary 218 signatures to force votes on a half dozen bills covering everything from proxy voting in the House to releasing the Epstein files to extending Affordable Care Act tax credits.• Now they will get a vote on supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia — though likely not until after Memorial Day. Driving the news: The Ukraine discharge petition, introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Greg Meeks (D-N.Y.), reached 218 signatures on Wednesday after Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-Calif.) signed on. • The petition was signed by all 215 Democrats in the House along with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.), both staunch supporters of Ukraine.• "Recent Ukrainian gains have created an opportunity for peace, but the collapse of the recent ceasefire shows that leverage is needed for diplomacy to succeed," Kiley said in a statement. The details: The bill would authorize $1.3 billion in military aid and other assistance to Ukraine and as much as $8 billion in loans while imposing new sanctions on Russia. • While it may pass the House, however, the bill faces significant headwinds from both the GOP-controlled Senate and the White House, making it unlikely to become law.

The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is expected to face increased maintenance due to its extended deployment.

Wallace last year recommended helping Ukraine carry out a strike on the bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea.

Pro-Russian accounts are claiming that Sergeant Bin Chen and Corporal Axel Delplanque "vanished" in Odesa, Ukraine, during an underwater mission. While it is true that these two French service members recently lost their lives, the circumstances of their deaths have no connection to any Russian attack.

Company with ties to US president’s son has MOU with chipmaker that Congress warned is connected to Communist Party

Meta made eye-popping offers during the AI talent war, but Alexandr Wang says that's not why the company was able to poach key talent.

The Senate rejected another attempt by Democrats to limit President Trump's ability to use military force against Iran, but one new Republican senator voted in favor of advancing the measure.

Rep. Chuck Edwards told a 20-something female staffer it was "disappointing to feel something that used to be easy has gotten complicated" after she did not want to have dinner with him in May of 2025, according to a text exchange reviewed by Axios. Why it matters: The female staffer complained about Edwards' behavior and was worried about retaliation from the congressman. In addition to text messages, Axios reviewed photographs and interviewed four sources familiar with the interactions. The sources requested anonymity to protect against retaliation. • The messages add to a pattern of alleged behavior by Edwards (R-N.C.) toward young female aides that prompted the House Ethics Committee to investigate the congressman. Edwards has denied wrongdoing. • The new accounts — including drinking outings, casino visits and unwanted attention toward the female staffer — build on Axios' previous reporting about Edwards' conduct toward young female staffers. In the May 2025 text exchange between Edwards and the staffer that Axios reviewed, the staffer told the congressman that she did not think dinner was a good idea, given rumors surrounding their interactions. • Edwards responded: "It's disappointing to feel something that used to be easy has gotten complicated…I didn't expect outside chatter to change that." The staffer involved, whom Axios will not name due to the sensitive nature of the allegations, declined to discuss her interactions with Edwards when contacted by Axios. • But she told another person that she felt uncomfortable and objectified after Edwards complimented her appearance — and that she was worried Edwards would retaliate against her if she complained. Axios previously reported that Edwards frequently complimented the staffer's outfits and appearance. • Three sources told Axios that the staffer later brought her concerns about Edwards' behavior to his chief of staff. The sources said the chief spoke with the congressman about the matter shortly before the staffer departed his office. Edwards did not respond to multiple attempts to seek comment for this story. • He told CNN on Tuesday that he did not have an inappropriate relationship with staff: "I think you're gonna find that when Ethics completes their investigation, that the facts will have caught up with all the gossip and the rumor."• In an interview with The Assembly last week, Edwards called claims that he'd behaved improperly toward female staffers "horseshit." He did not directly address the specific allegations reported by Axios.• Edwards, 65, has been married since 1980. Edwards also wrote a flattering poem for the female staffer that he read aloud at her office-wide going-away party, four sources told Axios. • The sources said Edwards choked up and became teary-eyed while reading the rhyming poem. A slideshow featuring photos of him and the staffer played in the background.• The four sources described members of the office staff as deeply uncomfortable during the reading of the poem.• They also described the gesture as highly unusual, noting Edwards did not write poems or personally organize celebrations of that magnitude for other departing aides. Axios previously reported that Edwards also wrote the staffer a goodbye note, telling her she'd "written a complex chapter in my heart." On Dec. 18, 2024, Edwards asked the staffer to leave the office early with him to retrieve the congressman's credit card, which he had left it at a Georgetown bar where the office Christmas party was held the night of Dec. 17, according to two sources familiar with the matter. • Edwards then encouraged the staffer to go out drinking with him on the evening of Dec. 18, according to two sources and text messages reviewed by Axios. Three sources said the staffer told them Edwards would often pressure her to take shots of liquor when they went out together. • Edwards later annotated a printout of text messages he and the staffer exchanged early on the morning of Dec. 19 that he gave to the staffer with a hand-drawn red heart and a note, according to a photo of the printout reviewed by Axios.• "Perhaps my proudest personal moment!" Edwards wrote on the printout. Edwards and the staffer gambled together at the MGM Casino in National Harbor on several occasions, according to two sources and text messages reviewed by Axios. Edwards would give the staffer money, and they would split the winnings, the sources said. • "Whether we were talking about cat poop, crime plots or thoughts more meaningful—I've always valued the time we shared and the money we won :) and thought you might too," Edwards texted the staffer in the May 2025 text exchange reviewed by Axios. • Edwards and the woman also spent time vacationing together in Las Vegas in November of 2025, months after she left the office, Axios previously reported. Two sources told Axios that the staffer was concerned that Edwards still held sway over her career even after she was no longer employed by him. • When the staffer arrived at the Bellagio hotel, Edwards had arranged for flowers to be waiting for her in her room, three sources told Axios.• The female staffer told Edwards the flowers made her uncomfortable, two sources told Axios. The gestures and outings were part of what sources described as a pattern of Edwards singling the staffer out for unusually personal attention that eventually prompted the staffer to leave the office. • When the staffer was hospitalized with appendicitis, Edwards left Capitol Hill during the workday to be with her at the hospital, according to two sources. • Edwards also referenced hospital visits in the goodbye letter to the staffer that Axios previously reported.• "From hospital visits to helping with your chores to sharing personal stories, I was always deeply moved that you trusted me with this openness," Edwards wrote in the handwritten note, which was reviewed by Axios.

The Iran war is throwing a niche corner of the oil market into disarray as fallout from scrambled supply chains for the commodity reaches all the way to the automotive maintenance and industrial sectors.

“China is more interested in displacing the US, rather than replacing it.” Philippe Le Corre tells #F24Debate China aims to make itself more central to the world order by diminishing US relevance ➡️https://f24.my/BuzY

Producer price index rises at fastest rate since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Neil Irwin/Axios America's inflation problem is getting worse, not better, as 2026 progresses. New wholesale price data — on the heels of Tuesday's consumer price report — confirm it. Why it matters: The evidence of continued price pressures stretches far beyond the energy price spike that occurred following the Iran war, and suggests ongoing pressures across a range of goods and services. • It is getting harder and harder to chalk up the inflationary impulse evident in a wide range of data solely to the one-time effects of tariffs and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.• That makes the chance of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut at any point this year increasingly remote, barring a stark turnabout in the inflation trend or labor market conditions. By the numbers: The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 1.4% in April alone, and is up 6% over the last 12 months. • Even excluding volatile food, energy and trade services, the index was up a whopping 4.4% over the last year, the highest 12-month increase since 2023.• Prices for services were up significantly, thanks to a 5% rise in transportation and warehousing prices — a sign that higher fuel prices are already having second-order effects on what it costs for other goods. What they're saying: "[Wednesday's] report suggests that while the move higher in prices received by producers is primarily being driven by energy, we are also seeing a broader increase across other core components of the inflation basket," analyst Richard de Chazal of William Blair wrote in a note. State of play: As Kevin Warsh prepares to take charge of the Fed, the economic environment is simply not cooperating with President Trump's desire for further interest rate cuts. • Many of Warsh's soon-to-be colleagues are warning that the next policy move could be a rate increase.• "I believe it will likely be important to maintain the current slightly restrictive monetary policy stance for some time," Boston Fed president Susan Collins said Wednesday morning at the Economic Club of Boston.• "More than five years of above-target inflation has reduced my patience for 'looking through' another supply shock," she added. "And while it is not my most likely outlook, I could envision a scenario in which some policy tightening is needed to ensure that inflation returns durably to 2% in a timely manner." Of note: The CME FedWatch tool, based on futures prices, now implies 34% odds that the Fed's target rate will end this year higher than it is now, versus 16% odds a week ago. The bottom line: "For a new Fed chair who is keen to lower rates, this data represents a growing obstacle to that goal," de Chazal wrote.

Ten countries, including favourite Finland and controversial competitor Israel, secured places on Tuesday in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest’s 70th anniversary edition has been overshadowed by divisions, with five countries — Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland — boycotting in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza, which has killed at least 75,000 Palestinians since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. For more, FRANCE 24’s Nadia Massih is joined by renowned Israeli singer Noa, who previously represented Israel at Eurovision in 2009 alongside Mira Awad, a Palestinian citizen of Israel. Noa has frequently used her platform to speak out against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in both the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

Gunshots broke out at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday and people ran for cover after a top politician wanted by the International Criminal Court said his arrest was imminent and security forces entered the building. Senator Ronald ​dela Rosa, a former ‌police chief who was the main enforcer of ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody "war on drugs", had earlier urged people to mobilise to prevent his ⁠arrest and handover to the ICC. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.

The New York Times is reporting that classified US intelligence assessments say Iran still has substantial missile capabilities – with about 70 percent of its mobile launchers and pre-war missile stockpile still in action – and has restored access to 30 of 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz. This, as the United States has depleted its stocks of many critical munitions.

The four years of war in Ukraine have re-written the needs of modern warfare – and at its forefront are aerial drones. Amid concerns that China is aiding Russia with military goods, Kyiv has sought to edge China out of its drone supply chain. Ukraine, as well as Europe and the United States, have increasingly turned to Taiwan as an alternative supplier.

US President Donald Trump has landed in Beijing to meet China’s President Xi Jinping.

A Chinese-owned supertanker hauling Iraqi crude through the Persian Gulf is set to test the US blockade over the next 24 hours as it attempts to exit the largely shuttered Strait of Hormuz. The transit would coincide with President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing.

On this episode of Stock Movers with John Tucker: - Nvidia (NVDA) shares are higher on news CEO Jensen Huang joined US President Donald Trump on his visit to China as a last-minute addition, thrusting AI and technology into the spotlight before a high-stakes Beijing summit. - Nebius Group (NBIS) is moving this morning as it reported revenue for the first quarter that beat the average analyst estimate. - SoftBank (SFTBY) is up after it reported a surge in quarterly profit due to valuation gains on its OpenAI investment. The gains on OpenAI outweighed lackluster investment gains elsewhere in the Tokyo-based technology group’s portfolio while war in the Middle East roiled markets. (Source: Bloomberg)

The Trump Organization says its former Australian construction partner is just distracting from "his own defaults and failures" as he bails on plans for a Trump Tower.

President Vladimir Putin claims the RS-28 Sarmat's range is far beyond Western estimates.

From the necessity of air defense to the perils of dwindling stockpiles, here are a few key considerations after more than 10 weeks of long-range strikes from Tehran.

As the Africa Forward summit concluded in Nairobi, FRANCE 24 sat down with Kenya's President William Ruto. For him, the summit was "significant" after French President Emmanuel Macron announced investments in Africa in areas such as the energy transition, digital and AI. Ruto also discussed the war in Sudan, refuting claims that he is siding with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). "Both SAF (the Sudanese Armed Forces) and RSF are cut from the same cloth," he said. "And they have taken the country to the dogs, so to speak".

Sports facility and football fans in the city of Tucson want Iran's players to feel 'safe and welcome'.

President Donald Trump invited Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang to join him on his trip to China at the last minute. This brings AI and chips into the spotlight. Tim Cook and Elon Musk also went along. Bloomberg's Annmarie Hordern is traveling with the president and reports from Beijing. (Source: Bloomberg)

France's iconic teething toy is caught up in a manufacturing scandal. The investigative journalism website Mediapart has found that Sophie the Giraffe, or Sophie la Giraffe in French, is actually made in China and has been for decades. We dive into how the toy has been seen as a French-made success story for nearly 65 years and how Vulli, the company that makes it, is now under a fraud investigation.