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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,833.06 points, or 3.44%, to 51,523.06 on Thursday. The S&P 500 fell 4.36% and the Nasdaq 5.52%, while the PHLX Semiconductor Index lost 12.25%. Investors sold AI chip and data center stocks for a second day; reports…
✔ Sources: Yahoo Finance, The Canadian Press via BNN Bloomberg, StockTitan (citing CNBC, Reuters)
Paraguay's President Santiago Peña announced his resignation Thursday in a video on X, days after the central bank seized Ueno Bank, a major digital lender with close ties to his government, and as lawmakers debated his impeachment. He apologized but did…
✔ Sources: AP via NBC Los Angeles, Infobae, BioBioChile
President Trump told ABC News on Thursday, "I have every intention to keep him," about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, while acknowledging calls from people unhappy with him. Republican Rep. Thomas Massie says he plans to call for a House vote on…
✔ Sources: ABC News, Forbes, The Hill via Yahoo News
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Thursday that oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, including a tanker it said hit a mine while using what it called an "illegal passageway" and a supertanker halted by a fire. The claims have not…
✔ Sources: Al Jazeera, CBS News live updates, The National
A Hong Kong court sentenced democracy activist Joshua Wong, 30, to 10 more years in prison under the national security law after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces. Authorities accused him of asking other countries to impose…
✔ Sources: AP via The Irish Times, ABC News (Australia)
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