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The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, representing 250,000 UK doctors, issued guidance telling clinicians to routinely ask children about social media use and treat excessive usage as a major health risk factor.
Japanese day traders have pushed Tokyo Stock Exchange volumes to ¥4-4.5 trillion daily, nearly doubling last year's ¥2-2.5 trillion as AI mania grips retail investors.
Mark Zuckerberg handed his longtime lieutenant Andrew Bosworth direct control of Meta's "AI For Work" initiative, signaling a shift from metaverse dreams to AI-first operations.
Gold rose above $4,700/oz as signs of U.S.-Iran progress shift trader focus from geopolitical risk to the inflation outlook.
Britain's brewery count is falling after growing from 500 in the early 2000s to over 3,000 by the late 2010s, with in the year to March 2023 versus 15 the prior year.
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Page 5Indonesia is finalizing a centralized export framework for crude palm oil, coal, and ferroalloys through its Danantara sovereign wealth fund vehicle, potentially affecting $65 billion in annual commodity shipments.
Brent crude fell 3% to $111/bbl after at least one vessel successfully passed through the Strait of Hormuz, signaling partial reopening of the chokepoint that carries 20% of global oil supplies.
Chinese companies proposed a record 161 GW of new coal power in 2025, even as Beijing committed to peak emissions before 2030 and phase down coal after 2025.
Dutch TTF futures dropped over 8% to €46-48/MWh as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. Is "nearing the end of the war in Iran" and expects gas prices "with a three in front of it." The move reflects Europe's heavy…
Chinese President Xi Jinping sharply criticized Japan's defense buildup during November's Beijing summit with Trump, accusing Tokyo of "remilitarisation" as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pushes defense spending toward 2% of GDP by…
A gas explosion at Shanxi province's Liushenyu mine killed 82 workers and triggered daily limit moves in Chinese coking coal futures as traders priced in supply disruptions and safety crackdowns.
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will cut foreign assets from 30% to 18% of its $925 billion portfolio as megaproject costs force a strategic retreat from global buying sprees.
American multiple jobholders have stayed above 5% of total employment for 11 straight months, hitting a 5.19% moving average not seen since December 2009.
Western automakers are abandoning the dream of outbuilding Chinese EV leaders alone, instead partnering with local upstarts for technology and platforms.
Samsung's largest union suspended an 18-day strike threat after reaching a tentative pay deal that gives workers a bigger slice of the company's AI windfall.
Anthropic told investors it expects quarterly profitability ahead of OpenAI and xAI, driven by in Q2 while keeping training costs at $30 billion peak versus OpenAI's projected $121 billion.
New York's union workforce has systematically engineered six-figure compensation across hotels, transit, and hospitals. Hotel housekeepers now earn base rates in the low-to-mid $30s per hour, pushing annual pay into the…
Brussels fast-tracked ratification of its new trade deal with the US after Trump threatened sharply higher tariffs beyond his 15% baseline. The agreement locks in a and $600 billion in EU investment over Trump's term.
Goldman Sachs is anchoring SpaceX's planned $50-75 billion IPO at a $2 trillion valuation, making it the largest listing in history.
Oil at $115+ per barrel is hammering India's currency and equity markets as foreign investors pull billions from Indian assets.
Russia and China signed a binding construction agreement for the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline during Putin's Beijing visit, but the fine print tells a different story.
Google is negotiating omnibus licensing agreements with Blackstone, KKR, and EQT to give their portfolio companies access to Gemini AI models, treating private equity as a distribution channel for enterprise AI.
A deal to end the first LIRR strike since 1994 emerged after federal mediators intervened and Governor Hochul drew a red line against fare increases 'as much as eight percent.' The three-day shutdown stranded 200,000-300,000 daily…
Beijing is quietly distancing itself from Moscow's war. During Trump's recent summit in Beijing, Xi privately told him that Putin might 'regret' his 2022 invasion decision, marking a sharp shift from China's earlier 'no limits'…
British Airways is demanding up to £10 million from Heathrow after a Terminal 5 baggage system failure left 20,000 bags stranded over the weekend of 17-18 May.
NextEra is acquiring Dominion Energy for about $67 billion in the biggest power deal ever, explicitly targeting AI's electricity crunch.
Gina Rinehart is putting almost US$100 million into American weapons-makers, marking a sharp pivot from her traditional iron ore empire into the military-industrial complex.
Anthropic agreed terms on a $30 billion round at a $900 billion valuation, . This tops OpenAI's $852 billion March valuation and represents a 2.4x jump from Anthropic's February $380 billion round in just three months.
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer expects China to commit billions in US agricultural purchases, with Beijing already one-third through its soybean commitments for this growing season.
The yen has weakened 1% over the past week to near 158 per dollar, putting traders back on intervention alert after Japanese authorities spent tens of billions defending the currency above 160 last year.
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