Protesters hold a sign with a photo of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra crossed out at Victory Monument on June 28, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of protesters gathered at Bangkok’s Victory Monument to demand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resign over a leaked phone call linked to a border dispute with Cambodia. It was the largest…
CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up to receive future editions. Overview: One Big Beautiful Windfall And one of the big windfall winners of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax and spending megabill could end up being… unexpectedly, the U.S. Space Force….
A hiring sign on a Taco Bell window on June 25, 2025 in Austin, Texas, U.S. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images There’s a scene in the cinematic masterpiece Mean Girls in which a character writes in big bloody script: “DO NOT TRUST HER.” Apologies in advance to the good folks at…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Axel Springer building in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023. He received the annual Axel Springer Award. Ben Kriemann | Getty Images Among the thousands of Microsoft employees who lost their jobs in the cutbacks announced this week were 830 staffers in the company’s home state of Washington. Nearly…
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, speaks at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 5, 2023. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said he will assume the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, the artificial intelligence startup he launched last year. Sutskever’s announcement on Thursday comes after Meta…
The Grok logo is being displayed on a smartphone with Xai visible in the background in this photo illustration on April 1, 2024. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI attained an official permit to power its supercomputer facility in Memphis, Tennessee, using natural gas-burning turbines, according to public records shared by the…
Passengers look at the departures information board at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport, outside Paris, on July 3, 2025, as French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike to demand better working conditions, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of people at the start of a summer holiday season. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) (Photo by…
Mitch Graham (C) inquires about jobs at Triton Recovery during the Mega JobNewsUSA South Florida Job Fair held in the Amerant Bank Arena on April 30, 2025 in Sunrise, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Job growth proved better than expected in June, as the labor market showed surprising resilience in the wake of President…
Workers at a Thai Son S.P. Co. garment factory endeavor to produce products for global clients, in Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, on June 21, 2025. Daniel Ceng | Anadolu | Getty Images Global attention turned to Vietnam on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Hanoi just days before…
Hello, this is Amala Balakrishner, writing from Singapore. This week, I examine the outlook for Indian equities for the second half of the year and how it compares to its other Asian market peers. Daily activity in Old Delhi shows congestion, overpopulation and lifestyle Danny Lehman | The Image Bank | Getty Images This report is from…
