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The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, undercutting his signature economic policy and delivering his biggest legal defeat since he returned to the White House.

Chinese refiners are snapping up Russian oil that India is shunning, helping Moscow to overcome a dip in purchases by the country that’s normally its biggest buyer of seaborne barrels.

Private-sector activity in the euro area surpassed expectations as manufacturers recorded their best performance since 2022 thanks to surprise growth in Germany.

The US military is stationing a vast array of forces in the Middle East, including two aircraft carriers, fighter jets and refueling tankers, with President Donald Trump saying that Iran had 10 to 15 days at most to strike a deal over its nuclear program.

The US trade deficit widened in December, capping a turbulent year of erratic tariff policy.

The US military build-up in the Middle East means Iran’s window to reach a diplomatic agreement over its atomic activities is at risk of closing, according to the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog.

OpenAI is close to finalizing the first phase of a new funding round that is likely to bring in more than $100 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, a record-breaking financing deal that would give the startup additional capital to build out its artificial intelligence tools.

Japan plans to invest $36 billion in US oil, gas and critical mineral projects, the first tranche of its $550 billion commitment under the trade agreement it struck with President Donald Trump.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is expected to step down from her role before her eight-year term ends in October 2027, the Financial Times reported.

President Donald Trump said Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are both “fantastic,” but fell short of saying if he would support either one of them to lead the Republican presidential ticket in the 2028 election.

Gold was little changed in early trade, with much of Asia closed for the Lunar New Year and after a US holiday on Monday.

European coal futures climbed for a fourth day, after a drone attack on a Russian Black Sea port that handles sizable exports of the fuel and as major shipper Indonesia tightens supply.

US President Donald Trump would provide assistance if Hungary ever ran into financial trouble under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, giving an extraordinary endorsement to the long-time leader ahead of an election in April.

Euro-area finance chiefs are pushing to expand the single currency’s global role, as US President Donald Trump roils markets and the US dollar weakens.

Swarovski Optik mit Sitz in Absam (Bezirk Innsbruck-Land) hat 40 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter beim Arbeitsmarktservice (AMS) zur Kündigung angemeldet, so das Unternehmen am Montag. Trotz leicht gestiegenen Umsatzes habe man mit stark gestiegenen Kosten sowie Exportzöllen in den USA zu kämpfen.

A growing procession of tech industry leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook are warning about a global crisis in the making: A shortage of memory chips is beginning to hammer profits, derail corporate plans and inflate price tags on everything from laptops and smartphones to automobiles and data centers — and the crunch is only going to get worse.

Traders priced in higher odds that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates more than twice this year, unleashing gains in the Treasury market, after a gauge of US inflation eased.

The consumer price index was expected to increase 2.5% from a year ago in January, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

After Beijing slammed them shut about a decade ago, the gates have flung open again for Chinese firms to go on overseas acquisition sprees.

The European Central Bank will raise interest rates at least once this year, significantly boosting the euro against the dollar, according to Capital Group, the $3.3 trillion asset manager.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a reordering of the transatlantic relationship as European leaders struggle with the turmoil of Donald Trump’s second term.

Four years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion, the economic, political and security fallout is reverberating far beyond Ukraine’s borders.

Wall Street’s fears of business disruption caused by artificial intelligence are turning into a blessing for Asian stocks, fueling demand for the region’s leading chipmakers that dominate the industry’s supply chain.

Bereits seit zehn Jahren plant die Stadt um die U1-Endstation Oberlaa das neue „Wohnquartier Kurbadstraße“. Nun stehen die Bauarbeiten unmittelbar bevor. Neben 600 Wohnungen sind auch ein Nahversorger und ein Kindergarten vorgesehen. Doch es gibt auch Kritik.

OpenAI has warned US lawmakers that its Chinese rival DeepSeek is using unfair and increasingly sophisticated methods to extract results from leading US AI models to train the next generation of its breakthrough R1 chatbot, according to a memo reviewed by Bloomberg News.

January's employment report will arrive alongside critical revisions to monthly jobs data from last year, and some final figures that stretch back to 2024.

Delinquency rates on loans ranging from mortgages to credit cards rose to 4.8% of all outstanding US household debt in the fourth quarter, the highest level since 2017, driven by higher defaults among low-income and young borrowers.

Die beiden chinesischen Autobauer BYD und MG wollen ihre Vertriebs- und Verkaufsnetzwerke in Deutschland deutlich ausweiten, um neue Kunden zu gewinnen und ihre Marktposition zu stärken.