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Web and app tip: Messaging on YouTube is back

YouTube users can chat directly with each other or share videos again. What conditions apply and how the reactivated direct messages work.

Car test: VW customers can only dream of this duo

Different countries, different cars, even with a familiar brand. Because what VW is now selling in China as the ID.Era 9X and ID.Unyx 08 has as much to do with Polo & Golf as dumplings have with Wolfsburg Currywurst.

EU carbon tariff sows havoc in China as steel firms grapple with ‘absurd’ rules

As trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels continue to rise, China’s firms in the European Union have been forced to walk a delicate tightrope: expanding their presence in the lucrative market while grappling with heightened regulatory hurdles and rapid geopolitical shifts. In the first part of this three-part series, we look at a new, complex EU carbon tariff system that has business owners scratching their heads. Neil Miao has been exporting metal hardware to Europe for years. But earlier.

New Estimates Challenge Assumptions About Lost Gulf Oil Supply

In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that prompted the latter to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, most reports dealt with numbers—numbers showing the amount of oil supply lost due to the closure. Those numbers varied by source, but were all above 10 million barrels daily. Now, traders are saying the loss in supply may be much smaller. “After an initial disruption at the onset of the conflict, flows strengthened as alternative logistics scaled up,” analytics provider

+++ Iran War +++: According to Vance, the Iran agreement is one and a half pages long and “very general”

USA and Iran have signed a declaration of intent to end the war +++ Netanyahu: Israel remains in the security zone in Lebanon for the time being +++ The news blog.

Ukraine Is Winning

Today, “in the fifth year of Putin’s barbaric invasion, the assumption that time is on Russia’s side seems to be increasingly inaccurate,” Senior Fellow Michael McFaul argues in this viral post at his Substack. “The longer this war drags on, the more likely it is that time may, instead, be on Ukraine’s side.” The distinguished scholar explains that Putin failed to achieve regime change in Ukraine and ended up galvanizing Ukrainian identity with his invasion. Ukrainian defense innovations slowed

Why Western Digital’s stock was the S&P 500’s biggest gainer on Monday

Storage stocks are hot as investor appreciation builds for the companies’ pricing potential.

Company Stock Purchase Plan- worth it ?

I invest 5% of my pay into my company’s stock purchase plan which has a 1 year vesting period before I can sell the shares bought quarterly. I normally sell immediately upon the available sell date. However, the stock is down 27% this past year and more than 50% past five years . Although the past 2 or 3 quarterly purchases have been at a low price and I always think there’s no way it will go lower just for it to rise for a few days then go back down. I’ve sold the last two to three blocks of sh

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UK charges Indian captain of suspected Russian shadow tanker seized in Channel

British prosecutors have charged with sanctions contravention offences the Indian captain of an interdicted alleged Russian shadow fleet vessel seized in the Channel, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Monday. It follows British armed forces on Sunday intercepting the sanctioned oil tanker Smyrtos – said to belong to Russia’s shadow fleet – in a dramatic operation hailed by Kyiv and London as a blow to Moscow’s war machine. British commandos boarded the ship off the southern English coast..

AAPI survey finds fading faith in US as destination for immigrants amid Trump crackdown

Most Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults believe the United States used to be a great place for immigrants but no longer is, according to a survey released on Monday ahead of the 250th anniversary of American independence next month. “Forty-one per cent of AAPI adults say they have started carrying proof of immigration status or citizenship, or know someone who has, and 34 per cent say the same about changing travel plans because of immigration status,” according to the Associated.

Japan’s property sector looks strong. So why are investors going abroad?

When it comes to the performance of real estate markets in the Asia-Pacific, Japan reigns supreme. Asia’s second largest economy is the deepest, most widely traded, and the safest market in the region. Last year, Japan accounted for 28 per cent of direct investment in Asia-Pacific commercial real estate, data from MSCI shows. The average vacancy rate for grade A offices in Tokyo was 0.7 per cent in the first quarter of this year. Rents have risen for nine straight quarters, increasing 13.2 per..

How future proof portfolio?

Made this portfolio today with my limited knowledge and hopes and dreams. Research with google, chatgpt, also tiktok and reddit recommendations. Inside there is: Tech- always a big player Btc- bought at a dip (looking for 1-2yr) Defence; Quantum computers; low marketcap stock with potential. How future proof are we talking? Is there any potential when having this for some years now. Myself being 18yr old so having time. Also this is most of my money and i really don’t have a source of income yet

The Iran deal came just in time as Strategic Petroleum Reserve hits lowest level since 1983

Oil executives have warned that global inventories are rapidly depleting due to the supply disruption triggered by the Iran war.

The biggest risk to your retirement isn’t a market crash — it’s a crisis you probably haven’t planned for

Health-related financial risks are the No. 1 threat to retirement security.

Zelensky proposes meeting Putin in US after Russian leader ‘ignores’ G7 invitation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday he was willing to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the United States, suggesting Putin would find such an offer “harder to refuse”. The Ukrainian leader said he made the proposal in a call with US President Donald Trump, and was waiting to see what came of it. Putin has repeatedly rejected offers for a face-to-face meeting with Zelensky to try to broker an end to more than four years of war. The Ukrainian leader said earlier that...

Energy prices could stay high for months, a year after US-Iran deal

Japan's Terra Drone buys 2 Ukrainian drone makers in global push

Japan to consider EV battery collection mandate as waste volume grows

Russia's embrace of the Taliban

Japan's Eisai to pump $64m into UK plant to package injectable drugs

Foxconn, Schneider Electric team up in AI data center equipment

Japan's Kikkoman plans first India plant as condiment makers rush in

Vietnam's new rich rethink wealth as advisers target a nascent market

U.S. Average Gasoline Prices Slide Below $4 Per Gallon

Patrick De Haan, a petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, wrote on X that the national average price of gasoline has finally slipped below the politically sensitive $4-a-gallon level for the first time in many months. Per De Haan: The nation's average price of gasoline has fallen 9.3 cents over the last week and stands at $3.99 per gallon, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is

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Centene to offer buyouts to some employees as health insurer cuts costs

The health insurer Centene did not indicate to how many employees were offered buyouts or how much it is aiming to reduce its workforce.

Exile: Russian artist shot dead in Poland

Shots fatally hit a Russian exile in a small Polish town. Nothing is known about the motive for the crime. As a cartoonist, the man mocked Kremlin chief Putin and other powerful people.

AMD flirts with a $900 billion valuation after beefing up its memory technology

AMD’s stock is surging, with the company now worth more than JPMorgan Chase.

Accident in the USA: B-52 bomber crashes shortly after take-off in California

A huge US Air Force bomber crashed in California. It is not yet known whether there are any injuries or deaths.