Jeremy Siegel, professor at the Wharton School and chief economist at investment firm WisdomTree, told CNBC that Bitcoin could become a serious competitor to the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency.

President Emmanuel Macron of France took his time after last year’s snap parliamentary election, waiting nearly two months to appoint a prime minister.

The recent record run in the U.S. stock market appears to be in jeopardy as investors pull back from their earlier bullish positioning.

President Donald Trump told European officials he is willing to impose sweeping new tariffs on India and China to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into negotiating with Ukraine.

Nebius Group shares surged 41% to $90.30 on Tuesday as investors cheered its $17.4-billion agreement to supply AI infrastructure to Microsoft over five years.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC)’s facility in Nanjing faces “operational risk within months” after the U.S. government revoked its authorization to freely ship essential equipment to China.

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani condemned Israel’s strike in Doha that targeted Hamas leaders.

Pacific Island leaders agreed Friday on a new framework allowing countries to join the region’s key summit as “strategic partners,” after accusations that China was influencing decision-making.

President Donald Trump has struck a highly unusual trade deal with Japan that grants him sweeping control over Japanese investments in the United States.

Klarna made its New York Stock Exchange debut this week, sending its market cap soaring to $17 billion and propelling around 40 staffers into millionaire status overnight.

The suspect arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been identified as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from Utah.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after being found guilty of plotting a military coup.

The number of jobless Filipinos grew to 2.59 million in July 2025, registering a 5.3 percent national unemployment rate.

Every ghost project is a monument to betrayal — built not in stone, but in the fractured soul of this nation.

Negative sentiment arising from corruption scandals dominating the headlines and the rule change at Konektadong Pinoy weighing on FDI inflows, dragged the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index to just below its support level at 6,109.21 points — down by 17.68 points, or 0.29 percent — amid an upcoming rally expected to again disrupt markets next week.

The latest video of Tesla’s “Optimus” robot—touted as a pillar of the company’s future—shows the humanoid struggling to function for nearly a full minute.

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, maker of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, said it will cut 9,000 jobs — 5,000 of them in Denmark — to sharpen its focus on growth opportunities in obesity and diabetes medications.

Asian shares rose on Friday, September 12, 2025, tracking Wall Street’s record-setting run the day before, after a mixed set of US data bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates to support the economy.

President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board, is likely illegal and she must be immediately reinstated, a federal judge ruled.

Oracle founder Larry Ellison briefly became the world’s richest person after shares of his company surged more than 30% at the open.

The Trump administration hailed last week’s raid at a Hyundai-LG car battery plant under construction in Georgia as a labor victory.

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has vowed to retaliate against Israel for its strike targeting Hamas’s political leadership in Doha.

As widely expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged as the eurozone economy shows resilience and inflation remains close to the ECB’s 2% target.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos has assigned the newly created Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI) the powers and functions necessary to investigate anomalous flood control and related projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) over the past 10 years.