U.S. export approval allowing Alibaba to buy Nvidia H200 AI chips could ease a major compute bottleneck for its AI models and cloud services—but shipments still depend on Chinese regulatory review, meaning t...
Alibaba’s Form 13F for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 reports 2 U.S. equity holdings worth about $652.6 million and no other included managers , highlighting a small disclosed portfolio while the bigger in...
Alibaba’s FY2026 results show a clear tradeoff: revenue and AI‑driven cloud growth are accelerating, but heavy investment in AI infrastructure and commerce initiatives has sharply reduced profits, with Q4 ad...
Director Chuck Russell announced two AI‑driven sci‑fi features, “Hyperia” and “b,” at the Cannes Film Market, created with Higgsfield’s generative AI tools across the production pipeline—an approach that hig...
Overnight Russian drone attacks in late April hit Ukraine’s cities of Odesa and Dnipro, damaging homes, a kindergarten, hotels, and industrial or residential buildings while injuring dozens of civilians—20 i...
Ukraine’s May 16–17 drone strike on a Russian Project 10410 Svetlyak patrol ship near Kaspiysk in Dagestan—about 986 km from the front—demonstrated that Kyiv can hit naval assets deep inside Russia while sim...
Gold fell to its lowest level since March 2026 mainly because Middle East tensions pushed oil prices, inflation fears, Treasury yields, and the U.S.
Ukraine’s anti‑corruption court ordered former presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak held for 60 days in a money‑laundering case involving about UAH 460 million ($10.5M), with bail set at UAH 140 million...
Chinese EV brands are rapidly expanding overseas in 2026, capturing around 15% of the UK car market, with BYD overtaking Tesla in UK EV sales while countries like Canada cautiously reopen imports through a c...
G10 currency carry trades are experiencing their strongest run in years in 2026 because wide interest‑rate differentials and unusually low FX volatility make borrowing low‑yield currencies (especially the ye...
A surge in the U.S. dollar, crude oil above about $120 per barrel, and geopolitical tensions around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz have pushed several Asian currencies—including the Indian rupee, Philippine p...
Germany is positioning the G7 finance ministers’ meeting in Paris as the main forum for coordinating economic responses to the Iran conflict, focusing on stabilizing energy markets, protecting shipping throu...