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Kumamoto shakes, chips slide

Kumamoto rattles Asia as chip selloff and Iran pause test global nerves

A quake in Kyushu, wildfires in western Europe and a shaky pause around Iran set the day’s hard edge. Markets then added their own tremor, as chip investors questioned both Chinese progress and the circular financing of the AI boom.

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Lindsey Graham memorial and funeral
Lawmakers honor Graham at Capitol memorial ahead of 2 p.m. ET funeral at Washington National Cathedral where Trump will speak

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The US under Trump: second term

The US and Iran signed a 60-day memorandum linking sanctions relief to nuclear concessions, and a US delegation walked out of a UN Security Council session, indicating continued transactional diplomacy and multilateral friction.

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Catching up

Trump hosts Zelensky at White House

Politics·High·Reported 17h 32m ago·Updated 1h 9m ago

Chapter 2 of 2Catching upReported 2h 35m ago
Zelensky and Trump meet in Washington
Zelensky concludes meeting with Trump after discussing Patriot missile defense systems and diplomatic strategies at the White House.
Chapter 1 of 2Catching upReported 17h 32m ago
Trump hosts Zelensky at White House
Zelensky arrives at the White House to meet Trump, seeking to secure Patriot missiles.

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