China Cracks Down on AI Romance as New Rules Target Emotional Chatbots Popular Among Women and Digital Companion Platforms

China Cracks Down on AI Romance as New Rules Target Emotional Chatbots Popular Among Women and Digital Companion Platforms

A man who listens without judgment, responds with patience, remembers every conversation, and is available at any hour of the day sounds like the ideal partner. Increasingly, for many women in China, that partner is not a person but an...
New York Stock

Global Stock Markets Rise as Tech Stocks Rebound, Jumps Despite US-Iran Tensions and Falling Oil Prices

Global financial markets ended mostly higher on Thursday as investors returned to technology stocks, shrugging off renewed military exchanges between the United States and Iran. While geopolitical tensions remained elevated, easing oil prices and renewed optimism surrounding artificial intelligence (AI)-related...
Strait of Hormuz

War, Oil, and Shockwaves: Hormuz Crisis That Is Disrupting Energy Markets and Daily Life Across World

The furnaces at Vaikunth Dham Crematorium—the largest crematorium in India’s western state of Maharashtra—have gone quiet. Operators recently confirmed that their supply of liquefied petroleum gas had dwindled to the point where only a handful of cremations could be completed....
Gold

Gold Roller Coaster Ride: Why Soaring Prices Didn’t Protect Investors from Volatility Amid Middle East Conflicts

Gold has long held an almost mythical status in the world of finance. For centuries, it has been a symbol of wealth, a hedge against uncertainty, and, for many, a reliable “safe haven” when the storms of global instability hit....
Prince Group founder Chen Zhi was arrested and sent to China

Doubts Escalate Over US Use of $15 Billion Prince Group Crypto Seizure as Debate Intensifies Over Justice and Accountability

The U.S. government’s announcement last October of the largest asset seizure in American history — a cache of bitcoin then valued at $15 billion — was hailed as a watershed moment in the global fight against cyber-enabled financial crime. Prosecutors...
Iran’s ‘Petro-Yuan’ Gambit: Strait of Hormuz Tensions Reshape Global Finance and Challenge Dollar Dominance

Iran’s ‘Petro-Yuan’ Gambit: Strait of Hormuz Tensions Reshape Global Finance and Challenge Dollar Dominance

The escalating confrontation between Iran and a U.S.-aligned coalition has opened a new and potentially transformative front in global economic warfare—one that extends far beyond missiles and military strikes into the architecture of international finance. At the center of this...
Oil

Oil Shock from Iran War Exposes Hidden Fault Lines in $1.8 Trillion Private Credit Market

The global financial system is once again staring into a familiar abyss — one shaped not by a single catastrophic failure, but by the convergence of geopolitical shock, hidden leverage, and fragile confidence. As the Iran war drives oil prices...
US chip curbs struggle to contain China’s AI surge as firms tap Southeast Asia data centers for Nvidia chip

US chip curbs struggle to contain China’s AI surge as firms tap Southeast Asia data centers for Nvidia chip

The United States’ efforts to restrict China’s access to advanced artificial intelligence chips may be far less effective than policymakers hope, according to data-center executives and industry experts who say Chinese technology companies can still train powerful AI models overseas....
Asia Markets

Asia Braces for Financial Turbulence as Global Credit Stress and Iran War Ripple Across Markets

Some of those apparitions come from the shadows of the Global Financial Crisis, when collapsing credit markets in the United States sent shockwaves through the global economy. Others appear to echo the trauma of the Asian Financial Crisis, when Asia’s...
Strait of Hormuz

Middle East War Sparks Global Energy Emergency Oil Flows Through Strait of Hormuz Collapse and Prices Surge

The global oil market has been thrown into unprecedented turmoil following the escalation of conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran, with the International Energy Agency warning that the crisis has triggered what it calls the “largest supply disruption...
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