The war in the Middle East has accelerated lifted demand for alternatives to volatile fossil fuels, setting 2026 up to be the year of the battery. https://t.co/VVY0zmeaPN ...

North Korea tested a variant of its flagship Hwasong-11 ballistic missile in a launch hailed by leader Kim Jong Un, its state media reported. https://t.co/59wAxpcqGc ...

Japan’s reliance on the Middle East for aluminum is forcing companies to cut back on production and scramble for alternative supply sources after key shipping routes were severed due to the Iran conflict. https://t.co/ACP1LLDUi1 ...

Keir Starmer is preparing for a showdown with the senior official he sacked over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, as calls for the prime minister to resign grow. https://t.co/BWgRmO0urI ...

Going all in on OpenAI puts SoftBank way out on a limb, says @shuli_ren. What is Masayoshi Son thinking? (via @opinion) https://t.co/UPBbmg82pU ...

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Everyone’s looking for the next financial crisis. Private credit and AI probably aren’t it. https://t.co/MjOtllVsTp ...

A competition backed by BlackRock Inc. and Point72 Asset Management tested whether Japanese college students have what it takes to work in finance. https://t.co/sUhMPrOB6C ...

In the early 2010s, a small Australian company tried to build a fleet of satellites before lenders, concerned about its CEO’s flamboyant behavior, pulled hundreds of millions of dollars of financing. The firm collapsed in 2015. https://t.co/jUemwXrKcV ...

The United Arab Emirates has begun talks with the US about a financial backstop in case the Iran war plunges the country into further crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials it didn’t identify. https://t.co/ycML8eGc1F ...