French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with the media after a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 18, 2025. Yves Herman | Reuters France was thrown into further political chaos this…
Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng speaks to reporters at the electric carmaker’s stand at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany on September 8, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Xpeng plans to launch its mass-market Mona series in overseas markets next year in a move that will boost competition with its Chinese rivals and established automakers…
Mistral AI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen. Anadolu | Getty Images Nvidia-backed Mistral AI clinched a 11.7 billion-euro ($13.8 billion) valuation in a in a Series C funding round that saw Dutch chip equipment maker ASML secure a major stake in the French firm. ASML pumped 1.3 billion euros in Mistral AI’s…
The logo of German car maker Mercedes-Benz is seen as a person stands in front of the company’s booth before the opening of the International Motor Show IAA on September 7, 2025, in Munich, southern Germany. Tobias Schwarz | Afp | Getty Images Europe’s embattled auto giants are embarking on a product blitz, seeking to…
Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, speaks during a joint press statement with Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s prime minister, not pictured, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Sep. 4, 2025. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday urged members of the BRICS bloc to address their…
(L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump and Rolex CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour arrive in the Rolex suite prior to the Men’s Singles Final match between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain on Day Fifteen of the 2025 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 07, 2025 in New York…
U.S. President Donald Trump has upended the traditional global trading environment, in some cases even undermining free trade agreements with partners in favor of bilateral deals that appear to be light on details but heavy on symbolism. One recurring symbol: Boeing aircraft. Since April, a pattern has emerged. Countries that strike trade deals with the…
A smartphone with the logo of U.S. artificial intelligence company Cognition AI Inc. Timon Schneider | SOPA Images | Sipa USA | AP Cognition, the artificial intelligence startup that acquired Windsurf in July, said on Monday that it closed a $400 million funding round at valuation of $10.2 billion, which includes the fresh capital. The…
Owngarden | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 0.9% to a record high, notching a second straight day of gains after the country’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday. The Topix rose 0.52%. “Investors are betting that the next leader from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) could unleash a…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer reviewed a number of pessimistic sentiments on Wall Street over the past several months that have largely blown over, saying on Monday that sometimes market negativity is overhyped. “You can always find something wrong if you really want to. It’s so easy that you can gin up mistakes on a daily basis,”…
