Andrej Karpathy Director of AI Tesla a keynote speaker at the Train AI conference at Pier 27 in San Francisco, Ca. on Thurs. May 10, 2018. Michael Macor | San Francisco Chronicle | Getty Images Andrej Karpathy, an artificial intelligence researcher who co-founded OpenAI before getting poached by Tesla, announced on Tuesday that he’s joining…
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press near the construction site of his proposed ballroom at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2026. Kent Nishimura | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said he was “an hour away” from deciding whether to attack Iran on Tuesday before he was convinced…
Pedestrians walk past a digital broadcast on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai. Indranil Mukherjee | Afp | Getty Images Domestic investors played a crucial role in helping the Indian equity market avoid a “freefall” after foreign investors sold billions worth of equities last year, the chief executive of the country’s oldest stock market…
US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent arrives at meeting of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in preparation for the summit of heads of State and government to be held in June 2026 in Evian, in Paris on May 18, 2026. Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent…
SpaceX’s imminent initial public offering is set to be the biggest stock debut in history — but the sheer scale of the launch could squeeze investor demand for other new listings, market watchers suggest. Samuel Kerr, global head of equity capital markets at Mergermarket, said SpaceX’s long-awaited listing, expected June 12, comes as Europe’s IPO…
CNBC | Igor Gnedo, Antonina Lepore & Adrianne Paerels There’s a big change at the top of the CNBC Disruptor 50 with Anthropic rising to No. 1 in 2026. Companies across the economy raced to embrace AI over the past year rather than risk being left behind by it, and that’s put the generative AI…
Sweden will order four navy warships from France in a $4 billion deal that will see its air defense capacity triple, the Nordic country announced on Tuesday morning. The investment would be Sweden’s biggest defense investment since the 1980’s, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a press conference in Stockholm. The purchase of the French…
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and U.S. President Donald Trump. Sergey Bobylev | Nathan Howard | Reuters Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Tuesday condemned U.S. sanctions on the country as “immoral, illegal, and criminal,” lashing out at prolonged economic pressure on the communist-run island as tensions escalate. In a social media post on X, Díaz-Canel said…
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony following their talks in Beijing on May 16, 2024. Sergei Bobylyov | Afp | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to today’s…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory on Tuesday as traders assess the geopolitical landscape and developments in…
