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A poster of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hung at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday, February 8, 2026. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapanese Nikkei Stock Average It continued its post-election rally, hitting a new high on Tuesday as Asian markets overall rose.Following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s overwhelming victory in the House of Representatives, the Japanese market continues to ride the “high market trade.”The Nikkei Stock Average rose 2.28% to a record high of 57,650.54 yen, and the TOPIX rose 1.9% to a record high of 3,855.28 yen.shares of SoftBank Group Corp.…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Republican) speaks with then-U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2025.Karl Cote | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLast week’s release of more Epstein files set off a chain of events that left British Prime Minister Keir Starmer fighting for his political life, even though he had never known the deceased financier and sex offender.Mr Starmer is under pressure over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, despite knowing of Mr Mandelson’s relationship with Mr Epstein. The latest documents released by the…
A bitterly cold and snowy winter has already begun in the Northeastern United States, but the region’s typically snowiest months are just beginning. According to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, influential northeast snowstorms, many of them strong, occur most frequently in February. That’s because historically, unlike earlier in the season, this month tends to have the ingredients needed to produce major winter storms. As a result, following the Interstate 95 corridor from Virginia to Maine, nearly every city along the busy road and to the east typically sees more snow in February than any other month. Many…
Chelsea should not have been awarded a penalty in last month’s 3-1 win over Crystal Palace when Joao Pedro’s goal-bound shot was blocked by Jaydee Cambot’s arm.The independent Key Match Incident Panel reviews every match and is made up of five people: three former players and coaches, and one each from the PGMO and Premier League. In this case, they unanimously decided that the penalty award was incorrect. Just before the hour mark at Selhurst Park, referee Darren England ruled that Pedro’s shot hit a Palace defender and was not a handball, allowing Chelsea to continue play. But then VAR…
Modern enterprises generate vast amounts of security data, but traditional tools like Splunk require businesses to store all the data in one place before they can detect threats. This process is time-consuming, costly, and increasingly dysfunctional in cloud environments where volumes are exploding and data is everywhere. AI cybersecurity startup Vega Security wants to flip this approach by running security where the data already exists, implementing it in cloud services, data lakes, and existing storage systems. And the two-year-old company just raised $120 million in a Series B round to expand its vision, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The new round,…
Images of a combat unmanned surface vessel (USV) are displayed on a large screen on the Hanwha exhibition stand during the International Security Equipment International (DSEI) event held at the London Excel on September 10, 2025 in London, England. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesShares in Hanwha Aerospace, South Korea’s largest defense company, fell more than 6% on Tuesday after the company reported worse-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue and pretax profit. Sales for the fourth quarter rose 72.56% year-on-year to 8.33 trillion Korean won, but fell short of LSEG’s forecast of 8.64 trillion won. Pre-tax profit fell 72% to…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.good morning. I just finished a feature on him. sales force Super Bowl ad MrBeast is entering the banking industry. The YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, announced Monday that his company Beast Industries has acquired financial services app Step.Stock futures were little changed this morning after all three major stock averages rose earlier in the week.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Tectonic movementTraders work on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) floor of the New York Stock…
The sun sets behind a blazing gas flare at the Dora (Daura) refinery complex in Baghdad, December 22, 2024.Ahmad Al Rubai | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Environmental Protection Agency has moved to finalize the reversal of key scientific discoveries that underpin the U.S. government’s ability to regulate climate and greenhouse gases, the agency told CNBC. The EPA took a significant step over the weekend to rescind the 2009 “crisis finding” by submitting a proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget, the EPA’s Office of Media told CNBC. The agency originally proposed canceling the agreement in July last year.…
More details are emerging daily from the January 30 release of more than three million pages of documents by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), exposing the extraordinary breadth of Jeffrey Epstein’s social and financial circle, which included some of the world’s most powerful people.Epstein was an American financier and convicted sex offender who used his vast wealth and high-profile social connections to orchestrate a decade-long sex trafficking ring involving dozens of underage girls.As news organisations and citizen journalists work their way through the vast amount of material, Al Jazeera gives you the background you need to know about Epstein,…
Arne Slott has admitted he is enduring the most difficult season of his managerial career to win Champions League football with Liverpool.An eventful 2-1 loss to Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday left the reigning Premier League champions in sixth place, five points behind fourth-placed Manchester United. Speculation has been mounting over Slott’s position less than two years after he moved from Feyenoord to replace manager Jurgen Klopp. Asked if this was the most difficult maneuver, the Dutchman replied: “By a mile.” “I don’t think we’ve ever lost two games in a row (before) because all the other seasons I’ve…