Taiwan Dollar Hits Two-Year High Amid U.S. Trade Talks, Tech Stock Surge

The Taiwan dollar surged to its strongest level in over two years on Monday, driven by optimism over U.S.-Taiwan trade negotiations and robust foreign inflows into local equities. The TWDUSD pair dropped 3.2% to 29.752,...

Indonesia's Q1 GDP Growth Slows to 4.87%, Lowest in Over Three Years

Indonesias economy expanded by 4.87% year-on-year in Q1 2025, marking its slowest pace since Q3 2021 and falling short of the 4.91% growth forecast by analysts in a Reuters poll. The figure also dipped from 5.02% in the...

Gold Edges Higher as Weaker Dollar Offsets Trade Optimism, Fed Caution

Gold prices climbed in early Asian trading Monday, supported by a softer U.S. dollar, though gains were limited amid optimism over renewed U.S.-China trade dialogue and investor caution ahead of the Federal Reserves...

Australian Stocks Dip as Albanese Secures Second Term

Australian shares slipped on Monday while the local dollar edged higher, after Prime Minister Anthony Albaneses Labor Party secured a stronger parliamentary majority in the 2025 federal election. The ASX 200 fell nearly 1%...

Elon Musk Backs AI to Replace Inefficient Government Functions

Elon Musk has called for using artificial intelligence to take over certain government functions, criticizing inefficiencies in the U.S. public sector, according to Bloomberg. Speaking at a closed-door session during the...

Australia, New Zealand Push Back Against Trump’s 100% Movie Tariff

Australia and New Zealand pledged support for their film industries after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff on all foreign-produced movies. The protectionist move, aimed at bolstering the American film...

Zelenskiy Urges Allies to Press Russia for 30-Day Ceasefire

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called for immediate international pressure on Russia to implement a 30-day ceasefire, stating that peace is possible at any moment. Speaking in Prague alongside Czech President...

Albanese Wins Second Term, Discusses AUKUS and Tariffs with Trump

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has secured a second term after his center-left Labor Party defeated the conservative Liberal-National coalition in a surprising comeback victory. Despite trailing in polls...

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi Gets US Approval for Bladder Cancer Treatment

AstraZenecas drug Imfinzi (NASDAQ: AZN) has received U.S. approval to treat adult patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, a significant advancement in cancer therapy. The approval allows Imfinzi to be used in...

Sanofi’s New Hemophilia Drug Qfitlia Gains FDA Approval with Breakthrough Bimonthly Dosing

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Qfitlia, a groundbreaking hemophilia treatment by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY). Designed for patients aged 12 and older with hemophilia A or B,...

FDA Vaccine Chief Peter Marks Resigns Amid Controversy Over Transparency

Peter Marks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) top vaccine official, has resigned after reportedly being forced out by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to The Wall Street Journal....

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Spotify Updates App After Apple Antitrust Ruling, Targets Subscription Link Access

Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) has submitted an updated version of its iOS app to Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) featuring an external link for subscription purchases, following a U.S. court ruling that found Apple violated a previous antitrust...

Apple Faces $900M Tariff Hit, Shifts iPhone Production to India

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) expects U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump to add $900 million in costs this quarter, CEO Tim Cook revealed during the companys earnings call on Thursday. The announcement led to a...

Microsoft Stock Soars on Strong Azure Growth and AI Momentum

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) surged 7% in after-hours trading after reporting stronger-than-expected Q3 results, driven by robust growth in its Azure cloud business and rising demand for AI services. Azure revenue grew 33% in...

Amazon Launches Nova Premier AI to Compete with GPT-4o and Gemini

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has unveiled Nova Premier, its most advanced artificial intelligence model to date, at the AWS re:Invent conference, signaling a bold push into the competitive generative AI market. Delivered through...