World Business
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Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements
As artificial intelligence casts a shadow over career prospects, it is becoming an unwelcome subject at this season’s college commencements. At several campuses, graduates have interrupted speakers with stadium-wide boos when the topic turned to AI.
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Putin visits China to reaffirm Russia ties as Xi also seeks stable US relations after Trump summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin is traveling to China to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his own trip to Beijing.
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G7 finance ministers look to contain Iran economic fallout
Top finance officials from the world’s wealthiest economies convened in Paris on Monday in hopes of devising a plan to contain the economic fallout from the war in Iran, which has sent global energy prices soaring and dragged down growth.
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Oil prices keep swinging, and so do stocks worldwide
Oil prices and stock markets worldwide swung through a shaky Monday with uncertainty about what will happen with the Iran war.
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China agrees to boost trade for US beef and poultry following Trump-Xi summit
China has agreed to ramp up trade for U.S. agricultural products such as beef and poultry, buying at an annualized rate of $17 billion per year for 2026 and at that level for 2027 and 2028, the White House announced Sunday, two days after President Donald Trump returned from a high-stakes summit in Beijing where he sought to ease the impact on American farmers from the trade war he launched last year.
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OpenAI avoided a costly court loss to Elon Musk, but neither side is unscathed
After prevailing in its court fight with Elon Musk, OpenAI — the ChatGPT maker valued at $852 billion — remains on track for what could be one of the largest initial public offerings in history.
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Stock markets worldwide drop from records as worries about oil prices rattle the bond market
The U.S. stock market fell from its records Friday and joined a worldwide drop for stocks after higher oil prices sent a shiver through the bond market. Stocks that had been caught up in the euphoria around artificial-intelligence technology led the way lower.
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Trump, Xi wrap up summit claiming progress stabilizing US-China relations but differences persist
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping wrapped up critical talks on Friday, claiming important progress in stabilizing U.S.-China relations even as deep differences persist between the world’s two biggest powers on Iran, Taiwan and more.
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Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk
A ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another — a cargo ship near Oman — sank after being attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the Strait of Hormuz.
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Cisco leads Wall Street to more records and the Dow back to 50,000
The U.S. stock market rose to more records Thursday after Cisco Systems joined the parade of U.S. companies reporting fatter profits for the start of 2026 than analysts expected.
