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U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (right) hold up the signed document of the Critical Minerals and Rare Earths Agreement with Japan during a meeting at Akasaka Imperial Villa in Tokyo on October 28, 2025. President Trump is currently on a trip to Asia for the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia, and has since visited Japan and South Korea ahead of the APEC meeting. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAs Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi travels to Washington for the country’s first summit meeting with US President Donald Trump, the Iran conflict will loom…
A U.S. Navy warship believed to be carrying Marines and sailors to the Middle East is approaching the Straits of Malacca off the coast of Singapore on its way to the region, maritime tracking data showed on Tuesday. The amphibious assault ship Tripoli was approaching Singapore on the southwestern tip of the South China Sea on Tuesday morning, according to AIS tracking data seen by CNN. U.S. Navy ships often travel with their AIS transponders turned off. By revealing your location when passing through areas with heavy maritime traffic, such as the waters around Singapore, you can operate more safely.…
Ferrari team principal Frédéric Vasseur believes we have reached the point where “enough is enough” regarding changes to F1’s race start procedure.The Italian team’s lightning starts to the race have been a hallmark of the first two weeks of the sport’s new rules era, with Charles Leclerc leading the way in Australia and Lewis Hamilton doing the same in China from the second row of the grid. A five-second “pre-start” procedure was introduced ahead of the season opener this year after changes to F1’s power unit regulations made exiting the line more complicated. However, after wildly inconsistent starts for cars…
A Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) container ship docks at a marine terminal in Tokyo on October 31, 2016.Akio Kon – Bloomberg – Getty ImagesShares in Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines soared more than 11% to a record high on Wednesday after activist investor Elliott Investment Management said it had acquired a “substantial” stake in the company. Mr Elliott said he was confident in the Japanese shipping company’s long track record and position as one of the world’s largest diversified ocean-going vessel owners. “Despite this strong market position and high-quality assets, the market significantly undervalues the business,” the investment firm…
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang gestures at the NVIDIA GTC Global AI Conference on March 17, 2026 in San Jose, California, USA. Carlos Barria | ReutersChinese artificial intelligence stocks soared Wednesday on upbeat comments from China. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks about the promise of AI agents and OpenClaw.Huang said Tuesday that OpenClaw is “definitely the next ChatGPT,” calling it a transformative step to expand what users can accomplish with AI. OpenClaw is an open source AI agent that is seeing increasing adoption in China, with many local technology companies integrating it into their products and releasing their own versions. mini…
Havana, Cuba — President Donald Trump has frequently reiterated a central promise as he ramps up pressure on Cuba’s communist-run government and threatens a U.S. “takeover” of the island. It would allow Cuban exiles to return to their homeland immediately, decades after leaving the country. “An incredible number of people will go back to Cuba, but I hope they don’t stay,” President Trump said at a recent White House event attended by prominent members of the Cuban-American community. “We don’t want them to stay too good, but there are probably some who will want to stay.“They love Cuba so much,”…
Displays stock market information from the New York Stock Exchange on April 4, 2025 on the monitor.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHedge funds have been hit by the fallout from the escalating conflict with Iran, as a surge in oil prices and a broader market selloff unwinds a crowded trade.”Since the conflict began, hedge funds have experienced their worst drawdown since Liberation Day,” JPMorgan’s global market strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou wrote in a recent note. “Liberation Day” was the phrase used by US President Donald Trump last April when he imposed a series of tariffs on countries.This comes…
Israel’s killing of Ali Larijani, the powerful secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council for National Security, does not deal a fatal blow to Iran’s leadership, the country’s foreign minister said.In an interview with Al Jazeera that aired after Tehran confirmed Larijani’s killing early Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragushi said the United States and Israel had not yet realized that the Iranian government was not dependent on a single individual.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”I don’t know why Americans and Israelis still don’t understand this point. The Islamic Republic of Iran has a strong political structure with established political,…
Top articles in Wednesday’s newspapers and transfer rumors…premier league Manchester United have told Bruno Fernandes that the club will do everything in its power to keep him at the club this summer, reports the Daily Mail. Four goalkeepers could leave Manchester United this summer. United are planning to sell Andre Onana and Altai Baindir, but the futures of Dermot Mee and Tom Heaton remain uncertain, the report said. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Thierry Henry has reflected on Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes’ impressive performance against Aston Villa and given him a new nickname that alludes…
A commercial ship photographed off the coast of Dubai on March 11, 2026.- | AFP | Getty ImagesAs the Middle East conflict enters its third week, Iran’s de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is raising fears it could cause the biggest disruption to global oil supplies in history. The blockade has sharply reduced shipping traffic, with just 21 tankers passing through the route since the war began on February 28, compared with more than 100 daily before the conflict, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.Most ships appear to have taken up positions outside Hormuz, leaving thousands of sailors…