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Chip giants SK hynix and Samsung were down around 5 per cent each in early trading.The index has seen some wild moves this week – including Tuesday’s 10 per cent drop – amid waxing and waning optimism over the AI boom.Tokyo, which is also heavy with tech firms, shed more than 3 per cent. Tech investment giant SoftBank plunged more than 12 per cent as the New York Times reported that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is considering holding off an initial public offering until 2027.There were also steep losses in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei.The losses came even as investors pared…

The heaviest demand on America’s water supply isn’t data centers or AI. It’s from everyday uses such as growing food, watering lawns and flushing toilets.

Less than a week after the signing of the memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington brought the stuttering, three-month-long US-Israel war on Iran to a close – for now – the verdict of Washington’s principal ally, Israel, was in.According to a recent poll, an overwhelming 92 percent of Israelis felt the US has signed away their victory over a decades-old enemy, with almost half of those polled saying Israel should continue its attacks on Lebanon and the pro-Iran group Hezbollah, irrespective of the urgings of Washington, its principal ally and sponsor.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIsrael has…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Team USA’s final group stage match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup may not have had any implications for either team, but patriotism was in full force for the home country as Second Lady Usha Vance was among the many prominent figures at Los Angeles Stadium on Thursday night.As the U.S. national anthem rang across the stadium, with players and fans singing in unison, the FOX Sports broadcast showed Vance in a suite with a huge smile on her face as “The Star-Spangled Banner” ended.Vance was present at the match just two…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Barry Morphew allegedly used a fake name while living in Arizona before his arrest in his wife’s murder case, even moving in with a woman for a month while concealing his true identity, according to a newly released arrest report.Morphew was indicted by a grand jury on charges of murder in the first degree after deliberation on June 20, 2025, in relation to the death of his wife, 49-year-old Suzanne Morphew, who was also the mother to two daughters. She disappeared on Mother’s Day in 2020 in Colorado, where the couple lived.…

A Vancouver food truck owner says he’s been sidelined from his regular spot on the Granville Strip during the FIFA pedestrian zone. Days before the World Cup, the operator of Mr. Arancino says the city told him he would have to move his truck to Robson Street, east of Granville Street.He opened at that location for one day before he said the city asked him to relocate again, as police were extending the barricade zone.Yannick Cudennec, owner of Mr. Arancino, says they have been operating in Vancouver for the past 10 years, with the last eight years in Vancouver.“It’s just…

A trove of newly released internal emails offers a new look at how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention navigated some of the most controversial public health decisions of President Trump’s second term — and, at times, chafed at pressure from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team.The emails span from the administration’s early days — when HHS sought to shut down a flu vaccine advertising campaign — to the dramatic firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez last August. They were formally released Thursday by Democrats on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor…

Value investors have faced an uphill battle this year as the relentless AI trade continues to suck the oxygen out of Wall Street.Speaking recently with CNBC, Ariel Investments founder and chief investment officer John Rogers warned that the broad market has become excessively expensive, driven by an “AI craze” that he expects will mirror the dot-com collapse.Consequently, Rogers is aggressively uncovering deeply discounted, high-quality small-cap stocks – he believes these overlooked firms will thrive as the market rally broadens away from overhyped tech giants.Here are three names Rogers is particularly bullish on for the remainder of 2026.Covista (CVSA)Covista is a…

North Melbourne have locked away Harry Sheezel until the end of 2032, with the vice-captain adding a further two years onto his previous deal.Sheezel was already contracted until the end of 2030, but the 21-year-old is so convinced about North’s direction he wanted to commit even longer.North enter Sunday’s match against Essendon boasting a 7-7 record, putting the club on track to make the wildcard finals round.The last time North appeared in finals was in 2016, and there are big hopes they can finally break that 10-year drought.Sheezel, the No.3 pick from the 2022 national draft, is already a two-time…

TOKYO: Japanese airlines cancelled on Friday (Jun 26) more than 100 flights as two tropical storms barrelled towards the archipelago, with authorities advising evacuations in some areas because of possible flooding and landslides.Severe Tropical Storm Mekkhala, downgraded from a typhoon, was packing gusts of up to 144kmh, according to forecasters, with heavy rain already pounding parts of southern and western Japan.The weather system was expected to skirt the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku over the weekend and potentially converge with Tropical Storm Higos, which was also swirling further out into the Pacific.This could result in the atmospheric phenomenon known as…