‼️ 🇰🇷 🇰🇵 President Donald Trump is pressuring South Korea on trade and security by publicly reaching out to Kim Jong Un, scaling back US–South Korea military drills, and criticizing Seoul for insufficient support on Iran. President Lee Jae Myung responded by highlighting stalled US–South Korea talks on Seoul’s bid to acquire its first nuclear-powered submarine.
‼️ 🇩🇪 Germany sold €4 billion of 30-year bonds maturing in August 2056 at a 3.783% yield—its highest borrowing cost in 15 years—as investors priced in rising debt and persistent inflation.
‼️ 🧠 Alibaba launched a beta version of an artificial intelligence music-generation model. HappyShrimp 1.0 can turn a single text prompt into a fully produced song.
‼️ BREAKING: Home Depot stock rose ahead of the open Tuesday after the retailer’s fiscal second-quarter earnings and sales beat analysts’ low expectations.
‼️ 🧠 BREAKING: – Baidu shares slid in U.S. premarket trading Tuesday after the Chinese search and AI giant reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that missed analyst expectations.
‼️ 🧠 BREAKING: Alibaba shares rose 5% to a two-week high after Alipay launched a new AI-powered e-commerce platform, lifting optimism ahead of this week’s June-quarter earnings.