Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the economy during the plenary session of the 28th Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025) in Saint Petersburg.

U.S. stocks surged, closing in on record highs as oil prices dropped further amid optimism that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran will help preserve global crude supplies.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index rose in thin trade Wednesday, closing at 6,325.64 points—up by 32.89 points or 0.52 percent—as...

Investors are mulling a host of different market scenarios should the U.S. deepen its involvement in the Middle East conflict, with the potential for ripple effects if energy prices skyrocket.

Nissan has unveiled the all-new 2026 LEAF EV, marking a major update to one of America’s original mainstream electric vehicles.

FedEx Corp. founder and former CEO Frederick Smith, who built a global logistics empire starting with just over a dozen planes in the 1970s, has died.

Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said that there’s no rush to cut interest rates, given the still-unresolved risk that new import taxes might raise inflation, and with the U.S. job market and consumer spending holding up.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI Corp. lured enough investors to its $5 billion debt deal by offering sweeter pricing.

Several weeks after Anthropic released research claiming that its Claude Opus 4 AI model resorted to blackmailing engineers who tried to turn the model off in controlled test scenarios, the company is out with new research suggesting the problem is more widespread among leading AI models.

President Trump said that his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong” when she testified in March that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon.

Researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews report that billions of login credentials have been leaked and compiled into online datasets, giving criminals “unprecedented access” to accounts used daily by consumers.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has revealed that the more than 100 children he’s fathered will inherit his fortune—including the six he’s officially acknowledged and at least 100 others born through his sperm bank donations.

The Internet Transactions Act of 2023 (ITA), officially known as Republic Act No. 11967 (RA 11967), is now in full effect across the country, covering all digital platforms, online merchants, and consumers.

Diplomacy with Iran can “easily” be restarted if US President Donald Trump orders Israel’s leadership to halt its strikes on Iran, Majid Farahani, an official with the Iranian presidency.

Apple executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity.

Hundreds of journalists for Voice of America (VOA)—most of its remaining staff—have been fired by President Donald Trump’s administration, effectively shutting down the U.S.-funded news outlet.

Pope Leo XIV said the international community must strive to avoid a war that risks opening an “irreparable abyss,” and that diplomacy should take the place of conflict.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index recovered Tuesday, closing 74.47 points, or 1.20 percent higher, on hopes for peace following a ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Trump and Qatar in the Iran-Israel war.

The Trump family has reportedly reduced its stake in its flagship cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial.

Markets have remained calm following the weekend’s U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, carried out in support of Israel.

Texas Instruments, known to many for the TI-83 graphing calculator, has announced that it plans to invest over $60 billion in semiconductor manufacturing facilities across the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested court approval to seize $225 million tied to a so-called “pig butchering” cryptocurrency scam.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to cut “thousands of jobs” next month as the AI revolution continues to reshape the business world—including Microsoft itself.

In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, a “palantir” is a seeing stone that can be used to distort truth and present selective visions of reality.