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Australia's Future Fund reports six-month investment changes
73%
The value of the Future Fund's holdings in nine semiconductor companies increased by 73 percent.
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The value of the Future Fund's holdings in nine semiconductor companies increased by 73 percent.
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned 10 individuals and entities in Iran, Hong Kong, China, Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia over alleged support for Iran’s military supply chain. The action is part of Operation Economic Outcast, amid uncertain diplomacy and a record-low Iranian currency.
People and entities sanctioned in the latest action
Agence France Trésor plans to borrow €340 billion in 2027.
The United States began enforcing a ban on nearly $1 billion in Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles. The ban followed Canada’s retaliatory tariffs after the US imposed 50% levies on Canadian goods worth $20bn.
The United States imposed 50% tariffs on some Canadian goods, including dairy, alcohol, steel and aluminium products.
Donald Trump launched America.gov to simplify access to federal information and services. The AI chatbot points users to official sources and is powered by Google Gemini and xAI Grok; testing found it answered that Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Presidents listed by America.gov as refusing their salaries before Donald Trump
One person was killed in the school stabbing.
An average of 24 people under age 18 died each year from work-related incidents in the United States between 2013 and 2023.
The United States and China have not endorsed slowing AI development. Trump rejected working with China to govern AI, while the countries launched an AI dialogue and communications channel for incidents.
The publicly floated US-China AI proposals include a bilateral dialogue and a mechanism to report national security threats.