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Asia Roundup: Dollar dips on peace deal hopes, Asian stocks hit record high , Gold gains, Oil rises over $1 – May 7th ,2026

May 07, 2026 07:35 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Japan Monetary Base (YoY) (Apr)-11.3%,-10.5% forecast,-11.6% previous Australia Trade Balance (Mar)-1.841B,4.250B forecast,5.026B previous Australia Exports (MoM) (Mar)-2.7%,4.2% previous ...

America’s Roundup: Dollar drops as optimism grows for US-Iran deal,Walll Street ends higher, Gold climbs,Oil slides

May 07, 2026 02:25 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Canada Ivey PMI (Apr): 57.7, 49.9 forecast, 49.7 previous. Canada Ivey PMI n.s.a (Apr): 61.5, 56.5 previous. US Crude Oil Inventories: -2.313M, -3.400M forecast, -6.234M previous. US Cushing...

Europe Roundup: Pound gains on optimism over US-Iran deal , European shares advance , Gold climbs to more than one-week high ,Oil drops around 6% - May 6th,2026

May 06, 2026 14:56 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup French Industrial Production (MoM) (Mar): 1.0%, 0.5% forecast, -0.9% previous. HCOB Spain Services PMI (Apr): 47.9, 51.9 forecast, 53.3 previous. SP Global Manufacturing PMI (Apr): 51.6, 50.8...

Asia Roundup: Australian dollar jumps to 4-year top, Asia shares rise, Gold jumps over 2% , Oil extends slide- May 6th,2026

May 06, 2026 08:10 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Australia AIG Construction Index (Apr)-19.3,-57.1 previous Australia AIG Manufacturing Index (Apr) -27.9 forecast,-28.6 previous Looking Ahead Events And Other Releases (GMT) 08:30 UK SP Global...

Asia Roundup: Australian dollar jumps to 4-year top, Asia shares rise, Gold jumps over 2% , Oil extends slide- May 6th,2026

May 06, 2026 08:10 am UTC| Market Roundups

America’s Roundup: Dollar softens as Middle East ceasefire holds , Wall Street end higher, Gold gains, Oil prices fall 4%

May 06, 2026 00:41 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US Trade Balance (Mar): -60.30B, -61.00B forecast, -57.80B previous US Exports (Mar): 320.90B, 314.70B previous US Imports (Mar): 381.20B, 372.40B previous US Building Permits (Feb): 1.538M,...

Europe Roundup: Sterling steadies against dollar, European shares gain ,Gold climbs, Oil prices slips -May 5th ,2026

May 05, 2026 14:27 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Swiss CPI (MoM) (Apr): 0.3%, 0.3% forecast, 0.2% previous Swiss CPI (YoY) (Apr) 0.6%, 0.3% previous UK New Passenger Car Registrations (Apr): 149,247, 380,627 previous UK Car Registration (Apr...

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Economy

Trump Opens Tax-Exempt Dyed Diesel Access as Fuel Prices Surge

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday expanding access to tax-exempt dyed diesel as soaring fuel prices and global oil supply disruptions put pressure on American consumers and businesses. Under...

Australia Consumer Confidence Plunges as RBA Rate Hike Hits Households

Australian consumer confidence fell sharply in October as households grew increasingly worried about rising living costs, higher interest rates, personal finances and the jobs outlook, according to data released Tuesday by...

Samsung, SK Hynix Shares Fall Ahead of Q3 Earnings

Shares of South Korean chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix declined on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of their third-quarter earnings reports, despite broader strength across the global semiconductor...

Asian Currencies Steady as Dollar Holds Near 18-Month High

Asian currencies traded mostly flat on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar remained close to an 18-month high, supported by elevated Treasury yields and persistent inflation concerns. The euro stayed under pressure near a 17-month...

Asian Stocks Rise as Nasdaq Record Offsets Bond Yield Pressure

Asian stocks traded mostly higher on Tuesday, supported by a record close on the Nasdaq, although surging U.S. Treasury yields and elevated oil prices kept investors cautious. Wall Street provided a positive lead after the...

Politics

Trump Envoy Meets Sudan Army Chief in Egypt

A senior envoy for U.S. President Donald Trump attended an event in Egypt alongside Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan as Washington continues efforts to find a political solution to Sudans devastating civil war....

France Student Protests Intensify Nationwide

France faced widespread high-school blockades and union-backed demonstrations on Tuesday as students stepped up pressure on President Emmanuel Macrons government over teacher shortages, deteriorating school buildings and...

Flavio Bolsonaro Surges as Family Scores Brazil Election Comeback

Brazils election delivered a dramatic political comeback for the Bolsonaro family, even though former President Jair Bolsonaro was not on the ballot. Bolsonaro, 71, is under house arrest while serving a 27-year sentence...

Trump Gaza Peace Plan Stalls as Israel Retains Control

US President Donald Trumps Gaza peace plan remains stalled a year after its launch, with Israel retaining control over roughly two-thirds of the enclave and continuing near-daily strikes despite an October 2025 ceasefire....

Trump Orders Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Gunman

President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting in Texas. Pentagon spokesperson Sean...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

OpenAI, Anthropic Back Mandatory AI Breach Reporting in Australia

OpenAI and Anthropic said they would support Australian laws requiring artificial intelligence companies to report data breaches caused by AI agents, as lawmakers consider tougher AI regulation following several security...

DeepSeek Seeks $12 Billion Funding Round Backed by Tencent, CATL

Chinese artificial intelligence powerhouse DeepSeek is preparing to raise at least 80 billion yuan ($12 billion) in a major funding round backed by Tencent and battery giant CATL, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. DeepSeek...

Nvidia-Backed Reflection AI Launches Beam Open-Weight Model

Nvidia-backed startup Reflection AI has launched Beam, its first open-weight artificial intelligence model, as the U.S. company looks to challenge lower-cost Chinese AI models in coding and agentic tasks. Reflection AI...

Meta and Microsoft Cut Internal Claude AI Use

Meta Platforms and Microsoft are reducing their internal reliance on Anthropics Claude AI models as both technology giants encourage employees to adopt proprietary artificial intelligence tools, according to a report from...

Huawei, Qualcomm Sign Multi-Year AI and 5G Patent Deal

Chinas Huawei Technologies has reached a broad multi-year patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm covering key technologies including artificial intelligence, 5G, computing and networking, strengthening the companies...