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This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Friday. Looking for a book for the long weekend? JP Morgan I have some ideas.Stock futures rose before the bell. All three major indexes recorded wins yesterday and are on a positive trajectory this week.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Transactions, Demand, and DelaysGoogle Gemini, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude by Anthropic, Perplexity, and Bing app logos appear on a smartphone screen on November 21, 2024 in Reno, USA.Jack Silva | Null Photo | Getty ImagesCNBC confirmed yesterday.…

summary An Australian police officer has died after falling while hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru. Matthew Payton fell 400 to 500 meters on a difficult section of the popular trek. This 42-mile trail passes through steep terrain and reaches an elevation of approximately 13,800 feet. AI-generated summaries were reviewed by CNN editors. An Australian tourist has died after falling into a ravine while hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru. Matthew Payton’s body was discovered Thursday night local time, his employer, Victoria Police, told CNN in a statement. CNN affiliate Australia’s 9News reported that…

A new sports competition featuring Olympic medalists will be held in Las Vegas on Sunday. The twist? Athletes may take performance-enhancing drugs.The Enhanced Games, dubbed the “Steroid Olympics,” will feature 42 athletes competing in swimming, track and field, and weightlifting.Although the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee have been highly critical of the announced 2023 Games, some see an opportunity. Donald Trump Jr.’s investment firm 1789 Capital will join Peter Thiel on the tournament management company’s cap table and lead the 2025 Series B.trading as enhanced groupwhose stock price rose about 35% in the last week ahead…

On January 21, 2026, US President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersHours after US President Donald Trump promised to send thousands of new troops to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) eastern flank, Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday that NATO would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on defense over the next few years. “The money is really coming in,” Rutte told reporters Friday ahead of a NATO meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, as the allies were “committing more and more.”Last…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft will launch from Cape Canaveral Space on February 13, 2026, on NASA’s SpaceX Crew 12 mission to the International Space Station, carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fezyaev. Force Station, Florida.Aubrey Gemignani | NASA | Getty ImagesStrategists said a flurry of initial public offerings (IPOs) by mega-corporations could top the market this year, drawing parallels to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.SpaceX’s long-awaited IPO, confirmed in a regulatory filing Thursday and expected on June 12, could be the largest initial…

A view of the Syncrude refinery at the Mildred Lake facility in Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada, on May 5, 2026. The facility has the capacity to convert bitumen to synthetic crude oil and has a processing capacity of 350,000 barrels per day.Daphne Lemelin | AFP | Getty ImagesAlberta Premier Daniel Smith announced plans for the oil-rich province to hold a non-binding vote in the fall on whether residents want to remain part of Canada or move forward with a second binding vote on secession. The move marks the first time in Canadian history that a province other than Quebec has…

President Donald Trump reiterated Thursday that the United States will not allow Iran to continue stockpiling highly enriched uranium.However, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a directive that Iran’s enriched uranium should not be sent outside the country, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing two unnamed Iranian officials.The future of the estimated 440 kilograms (970 pounds) of 60% enriched uranium Iran is believed to have remains a key issue in peace talks between the United States and Iran.Nuclear experts say 60% uranium enrichment is still a long way from the 90% needed for weapons-grade material, but it is a point…

AP — A Turkish court on Thursday invalidated the 2023 parliament that elected the country’s main opposition leader, effectively removing him from office. The move is a severe blow to the Republican People’s Party (CHP), which is struggling with a wave of lawsuits targeting its members and elected officials. An appeals court in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, declared the CHP parliament that elected Ozgur Ozer as speaker invalid and ordered him to be replaced by his predecessor, Kemal Kilikdaroglu. Last year, a lower court ruled against Ozer’s claims of election fraud and misconduct, but Thursday’s ruling overturns that earlier ruling. The…

DNC Chairman Ken Martin speaks during the DNC site visit press conference at Ball Arena on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Chang Hyun | Denver Post | Getty ImagesThe Democratic National Committee released its long-awaited autopsy on the 2024 election wipeout on Thursday, but party chairman Ken Martin only watered down the incomplete report as an inadequate work product. The report is published in full with notes highlighting perceived shortcomings, but some sections, such as the executive summary and conclusions, are completely blank. At the top of each page is a disclaimer that says, “This document reflects the…

Nvidia’s Wednesday’s results capped another big earnings season for the tech sector. The semiconductor giant reported another blockbuster quarter, with sales up 85% to $82 billion. It also announced an $80 billion share buyback program and raised its dividend. As is customary after Nvidia’s strong results, investors were unimpressed, and the stock fell for four straight sessions after the results.I spoke to CNBC’s Arjun Karpal to get his take on the highlights. Kai: What does this revenue say about Nvidia’s relationship with China?Arjun: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sounded pretty defeated about China in an interview with CNBC. He said Nvidia…