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A Power of Siberia natural gas pipelines facility in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Bloomberg | Getty ImagesRussian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with the long-stalled Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline on the agenda, as the Iran war disrupts energy supplies.Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Tuesday that the project “will be discussed in great detail between the leaders.” The planned 2,600-kilometer pipeline would carry 50 billion cubic meters of gas annually from Russia’s Yamal fields to China via Mongolia. Moscow and Beijing signed…

Facade of Target store in San Ramon, California, April 18, 2026. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesTarget is set to report its fiscal first-quarter earnings and offer a read on the consumer Wednesday, as CEO Michael Fiddelke leads a turnaround plan for the retailer. The company has struggled to prove to investors that it can end its sales slump and win back brand loyalty from consumers. The earnings will come as Wall Street keeps a keen eye on a more selective consumer, hit by soaring gas prices and macroeconomic uncertainty. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting for the…

China says it will buy 200 Boeing jets, seek extension of US tariff truce Source link

Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesGlobal artificial-intelligence chip leader Nvidia will launch a new research center in Singapore, one of a slew of new AI-related measures announced by the city-state on Wednesday. Nvidia’s new lab represents its first Singapore research hub, and its second such presence in the Asia Pacific. The company has increasingly focused on embodied AI deployment in recent years, launching models, systems and chips for robotics. The new lab will focus on advancing embodied AI and increasing the efficiency of AI infrastructure, working alongside university researchers, industry partners, and government agencies. U.S.-based Nvidia’s move comes as Singapore pitches…

Reform UK has named plumber Robert Kenyon as its candidate in the Makerfield by-election. Source link

TOPSHOT – Members of the Samsung Electronics labour union hold signs reading “Change it to be transparent!” as they stage a mass rally demanding the removal of a cap on performance bonuses, outside the company’s foundry and semiconductor factory in Pyeongtaek on April 23, 2026. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images)Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty ImagesA strike involving more than 47,000 Samsung Electronics workers will begin on Thursday after wage negotiations between the company and its union broke down, sending shares of the South Korean chip giant down 3%.The union had agreed to the mediation proposal…

Samsung Elec fails to clinch deal with union, major strike to begin on Thursday Source link

But what about spacecraft flying on more well-trodden paths to the Moon, Mars, Venus, or the asteroid belt? “What can we do with these commercial off-the-shelf buses? I would love to walk in and say, ‘I’ll buy 10 of those,’” Fox said. NASA is looking at “block buys” for the next series of commercial missions to the Moon. These privately owned landers and orbiters, part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, carry NASA-owned payloads. They are precursors for future human exploration. After the Moon, Mars is the next destination that could use the CLPS model. “Mars is sort…

The Plaid leader set out a number of “core missions”, including “cutting waiting lists, raising standards in our schools, creating jobs, supporting businesses, tackling child poverty, helping households with the cost-of-living crisis and standing up for Wales”. Source link

Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, AI has been a dominant theme in global markets. Investors have piled into AI stocks, sending companies such as Nvidia , Intel , Samsung , TSMC and SK Hynix to dizzying levels. However, that has also led to concentration risk, particularly in Asia, with HSBC saying more than half of index returns on the FTSE Asia ex-Japan index were driven by TSMC, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. “There are risks to such a concentrated rally. Everybody owns the same stocks,” the bank said in a note on Tuesday, adding this focus on…