Bessent “China’s Trading Disorder, a Speculative Peak” From Chinese “Auntie” Investors to the State, Broad-Based Gold Buying China-Origin Capital Distorting Market Mechanisms As sharp surges and abrupt sell-offs repeatedly unfold in the

Ambition to build space-based data centers Solar power and laser communications A solution to power shortages and land constraints Elon Musk has put forward the construction of space-based data centers as the strategic rationale behind the

Soaring Approval Ratings Ahead of Snap Election Expansionary Fiscal Push Without Clear Funding Plan Markets Amplify Distrust Over “Fiscal Discipline Erosion” Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan/Photo=Liberal

U.S. Shipbuilding Loses Competitiveness, With Sixfold Cost and Sevenfold Time Gaps Severe Shortage of Skilled Workers at U.S.

Stalemate in Negotiations Over $200 Million AI Contract With Anthropic Prolonged Dispute Over Application of Claude Safeguards China’s Advanced Unmanned Capabilities Emerge as a Key Security Variable The U.S.

From Surreal Vision to Reality Check A Choice Forged by AI Competition and Fiscal Pressure NEOM’s Geography Optimized for Cooling and Renewable Energy Supply An aerial rendering of The Line at Saudi

OpenAI, Retirement of Legacy Models Within ChatGPT GPT-4o Included Despite Previous Reinstatement After User Backlash Financial Discipline Sought Through Concentration on GPT-5 OpenAI is set to discontinue support for a large number of

The spread of early resignations among entry-level employees and quiet quitting Changes in work patterns extending toward the FIRE movement A transition from long-tenure models to self-directed work An i

Trump policy uncertainty and rate-cut expectations accelerate dollar weakness U.S.–Japan intervention speculation rattles the “policy trust premium” Trump openly embraces a weaker dollar to boost U.S. exports The U.S.

Reduced Reliance on the U.S.

Plan for long-term control of Greenland under the banner of the Golden Dome missile defense system Cold War–era military legacy highlights need to manage classified information buried beneath the ice Intensifying competition with China and Russia over Arctic routes and resources reaffirms Greenland’s strategic value

Low technological barriers fuel chronic oversupply Rising silver prices intensify cost pressures Global protectionism tightens, making restructuring inevitable China’s solar panel industry has plunged into its worst financial crisis on record,

Power bottlenecks emerging as AI-driven electricity demand from data centers surges Infrastructure investment gains prominence as a prerequisite for operating the AI ecosystem “Innovation in AI infrastructure will become the next engine of value creation”

U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick Reiterates “100% Tariff” Warning Washington Seen Pressuring South Korea via U.S.–Taiwan Trade Talks U.S.

Google’s ‘Gemini’ Puts the Brakes on OpenAI’s ‘ChatGPT’ Dominance Rated as “the company with the most complete portfolio” Control of the global AI ecosystem seen as only a matter of time Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) model ‘Gem

Bessent “Excessive Exchange-Rate Volatility a Concern” U.S. Equity Investment Frenzy Persists, FDI Negative for Three Consecutive Quarters Corporate Relocation Accelerates, Undermining Economic Foundations U.S.

Dimon, BNY CEO issue joint warnings: “Federal Reserve independence is the bedrock of markets” Trump renews public attacks, branding Powell “incompetent and corrupt,” signals intent to press ahead with successor nomination Financial sector alarm grows as erosion of Fed independence threatens the dollar’s global standing

Extending beyond property investment into development and operations No detailed rules for converting PFVs into project REITs Deemed acquisition tax imposed upon title transfer during conversion Although the government is promoting “p

Losses deepen as core businesses stagnate All-in push to secure competitiveness at next-generation battleground ‘14A’ Sub-1.4-nanometer race ignites, reshaping the global foundry order Naga Chandrasekaran, Chief Operati

Ripple CEO Monica Long’s denial of IPO plans and large-scale whale sell-offs trigger a sharp drop in XRP prices Tron-based stablecoin settlement volume reaches $24.2 billion, surpassing Ripple’s remittance scale by more than tenfold Ripple pivots with RLUSD launch and Rail acquisition, raising concerns over XRP’s shrinking role amid a dual-track strategy