Five things to watch in Asia as Trump prepares to meet China’s Xi this week
The U.S. and Chinese presidents are scheduled to gather in Beijing on Thursday and Friday amid a packed week of diplomatic meetings.
CNBC Daily Open: Iran ceasefire on life support, but market volatility is alive and kicking
Despite claiming that Iran’s military is defeated and that Washington “has all the cards” in the conflict, Trump has yet to force Tehran to come to a deal.
Trump puts Taiwan arms sales, Hong Kong jailed activist Lai on agenda ahead of meeting with Xi
Trump said Monday that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai would be among the issues at the summit in Beijing.
U.S. crude oil tops $100 again as hope fades for a U.S.-Iran peace deal
Oil prices rose Tuesday amid concerns over a prolonged Middle East conflict after President Trump’s comments that the ceasefire with Iran is on “life support”
Asia markets trade mixed as investors weigh Trump’s ceasefire warning
Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as investors weighed fresh doubts over the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire.
CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: Trump and Xi face a test over AI control
The stakes for AI security have risen sharply in the runup to the first trip to China by a sitting U.S. president in nearly a decade.
S&P 500 slips from record Tuesday as chips rally takes a breather and inflation comes in hot: Live updates
Economists polled by Dow Jones were calling for headline CPI to have gained 3.7% from a year earlier.
Google says it likely thwarted effort by hacker group to use AI for ‘mass exploitation event’
Hackers are rapidly adopting AI to find previously unknown software flaws even without the help of Anthropic’s powerful Mythos model.
Trump says Iran ceasefire is ‘on life support’ after rejecting Tehran’s counter proposal
The testy U.S.-Iran ceasefire began in mid-April after Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization” if no deal was struck.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella takes stand in Musk v. Altman trial
Elon Musk named Microsoft as a defendant in his lawsuit against OpenAI
