Donald Trump is eager to land more trade deals, but talks with China and Europe continue to languish amid communications breakdowns and fresh tariff threats. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4kqFO7z

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Breaking: South Korea’s Kim Moon-soo has conceded defeat to Lee Jae-myung in the presidential election. Follow our coverage: https://bloom.bg/4klO9ct

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🚨 LIVE NOW: Chinese startups are developing AI-powered robots that can be put to work in factories, nursing homes and even military combat.

Join our reporters for a Live Q&A on how and what’s next: https://bloom.bg/4n30zrN

One of Australia’s largest pension funds is ramping up its cash holdings to near Covid 19-era levels as President Donald Trump’s trade war roils global markets. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4dPXAP2

“He has proved to be a political survivor, after legal scandals, questionable opposition tactics, and even threats to his life.”

Lee Jae-myung, the tenacious left-leaning maverick who became South Korea’s new president, has spent a lifetime picking himself off the canvas to fight again. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3HkFOYd

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that bans individuals from 12 countries from entering the US, reinstating one of the most controversial and defining measures from his first term. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/45Gh8TT

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President Donald Trump directed aides to investigate whether former President Joe Biden’s staff conspired to hide information about his health from the public and enacted any executive actions without his predecessor’s knowledge. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4kNVgdx

President Donald Trump signed an executive action that prevents foreign nationals from entering the US to study at Harvard University, accusing the school of failing to implement discipline on campus and fostering a dramatic rise in crime. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4kWYUSJ

BREAKING: Elon Musk takes X user's advice to “cool off” and says he won’t decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, reversing earlier decision. https://bloom.bg/4jCpyim

BREAKING: Judge blocks Donald Trump from banning Harvard University's international students from entering the US for now. https://bloom.bg/4dPWouQ

From the tuition boom and student burnout to a minister's dismay over a S$52,000 clinic bid, soaring costs are a hot topic in Singapore.

This week's free Singapore Edition newsletter dives into the price of education & healthcare in the city-state: https://bloom.bg/43Qn6Pu

Demonstrations over US immigration raids escalated for a third day in the Los Angeles area, as thousands of protesters clashed with security forces and tear gas filled the air outside a downtown federal detention center. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/447dEsn

China's EV industry is experiencing a price war, with share prices tumbling and the government intervening to prevent price cuts. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3SD4xcy

Scale AI, the startup that Meta is in talks to invest billions of dollars in, has rapidly gained influence in both tech and policy circles. Here's what the company does and where it came from: https://bloom.bg/3ZiFsHB

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Israel intercepted a humanitarian aid ship trying to reach Gaza that was carrying activists including Swedish climate advocate Greta Thunberg, the group operating the vessel says. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4ku5vE7

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Shares of Chinese defense companies rallied, after Pakistan said it intends to buy one of the Asian power’s most-advanced fighter jets as a part of major arms purchase. See the list of everything Pakistan said it would acquire from China: https://bloom.bg/4ky1aA1

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Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated with Meta’s shortfalls in AI, is assembling a team of experts to achieve artificial general intelligence, recruiting from a brain trust of AI researchers and engineers who’ve met with him in recent weeks at his homes in Lake Tahoe and Palo Alto. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4451obT

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The US and China deescalated trade tensions, agreeing to a preliminary deal on how to implement the consensus the two sides reached in Geneva, negotiators for both sides said. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4kU29do

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BREAKING: Donald Trump's global tariffs can continue for now, a US federal appeals court says. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4mNocEm