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An Iranian-made missile is displayed in front of the War Museum Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on April 2, 2026, during a military operation in Iran by the United States and Israel. (Photo credit: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Null Photo | Null Photo | Getty ImagesHello, my name is Hui Jie from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open.Geopolitics is back in the spotlight. Tensions in the Middle East soared after Iran launched an attack on the United Arab Emirates, and the United States announced it had sunk an Iranian ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The developments spooked…
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One after arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Florida, from Miami on May 3, 2026. robert schmidt getty imagesThe AI Standards Innovation Center announced the following agreements on Tuesday: google deep mind, microsoft And Elon Musk’s xAI will allow the U.S. government to evaluate artificial intelligence models before they are released to the public. CAISI, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, “conducts pre-deployment assessments and targeted research to better assess cutting-edge AI capabilities and advance the state of AI security,” according to a release. The center said the announcement builds on CAISI’s…
Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, gives an opening statement during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee’s confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve Chairman, at the Dirksen Senate Building in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2026. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesSenate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was making a “grave mistake” by remaining on the Fed’s board of governors after his term as the central bank’s head ended.”He’s breaking 75 years of precedent. Every time a new…
A new map featuring two red lines stretching across the Strait of Hormuz is the latest symbol of the escalating war of attrition between Iran and the United States.The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) released a map on Monday showing the expansion of its maritime control, including long stretches of the United Arab Emirates’ coastline. In the west, a line runs from the western tip of Qeshm Island in Iran to the emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the UAE, and in the east, a second line connects Mount Mobarak in Iran to Fujairah in the UAE.Recommended stories list of…
This year, the Summer Youth Olympic Games, the first Olympic Games to be held in Africa, will be held in Dakar, Senegal from October 31st to November 13th. Nearly 3,000 athletes are scheduled to compete in 153 sports. With just six months to go, CNN’s Victoria Roubadiri spoke to Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi about the plans and legacy of this landmark event. The following interview has been edited for clarity and length. CNN: How important is movement and connectivity to the success of the game? Christophe Dubi: Travel and connections are always very important when organizing global events.…
Paul Merson says Chelsea’s project is not going well and doubts a top manager would want to come to Stamford Bridge with a club in such “turmoil”.Chelsea lost 3-1 at home to Nottingham Forest, their first six consecutive Premier League defeats since 1993, and the result meant they were unable to finish in the top five and automatically qualify for the Champions League. It also looks increasingly likely that they will struggle to finish high enough to qualify for one of the remaining two European competitions. They lost to a Forest team that made eight changes, dropping them to 9th…
Meta will begin using AI to scan photos and videos for visual clues to see if a user is under 13 and should be removed from Facebook or Instagram, the company announced Tuesday. These visual cues include a person’s height and bone structure. “To be clear, this is not facial recognition,” Meta explained in a blog post. “Our AI looks at common themes and visual clues, such as height and bone structure, to estimate someone’s general age. It does not identify a specific person in an image. By combining these visual insights with text and interaction analysis, we can significantly…
Nanjing, China – April 30, 2026 – Tourists visit the BYD exhibition area at Auto Expo in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China on April 30, 2026. (Photo credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)Photo | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBYDThe company’s passenger car sales in April declined for the eighth consecutive month, but domestic rivals Leap Motor and G-Car posted record monthly deliveries as market competition intensified.BYD reported on Sunday that it delivered 314,100 new energy passenger vehicles, including battery electric and plug-in hybrid models, last month, down 15.7% year-on-year but up 6.2% from March, according to CNBC records.According to a filing…
Despite the explosion of military action around the Strait of Hormuz, the ceasefire between the United States and Iran remains in place, Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters.Hegseth said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will decide when the armistice ends, suggesting Washington may condone some Iranian attacks in the process of reopening the port of Hormuz before resuming hostilities.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe defense secretary stressed that Washington’s campaign to pry open strategic waterways, dubbed “Project Freedom,” is not part of a broader U.S.-Israel offensive against Iran, codenamed “Epic Fury.””The ceasefire is not over. At the…
A long-range missile and drone attack on Russia’s Chuvash region on Tuesday killed two people, marking a rare attack by Ukraine deep in Russia, more than 900 miles from the border. According to Russian state media RIA Novosti, another 34 people were injured in the attack, including one child. Chuvash Oblast declared a state of emergency after missile and drone attacks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the attack targeted multiple targets “including military-industrial complexes” in Chuvash Oblast. In a statement on social media, he added that Ukraine’s “longstanding sanctions continue to provide a completely legitimate response to Russia’s attacks.” Russia’s…