cnbc.comadded August 2026
International: Top News And Analysisby Evelyn Cheng11h ago
BEIJING — The big challenge for humanoid robots is still getting the technology to work well, according to industry leaders speaking alongside the World Robot Conference in Beijing this week.
International: Top News And Analysisby Joseph Wilkins11h ago
Bitcoin was on track for a weekly gain of around 20% early on Friday, following a spate of positive developments for the world's largest cryptocurrency.
International: Top News And Analysisby Jenny Lee12h ago
Samsung Electronics has announced a shareholder return package, marking a blockbuster week for shareholder returns among South Korea's chip giants following SK Hynix's share buyback.
International: Top News And Analysisby Jenni Reid12h ago
Oil prices eased Friday but remained on track for a second consecutive week of gains, as hopes of a swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz continued to fade. U.S.
International: Top News And Analysisby Lim Hui Jie13h ago
Economic pressure is the United States' "most effective tool" against Iran, according to U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
International: Top News And Analysisby Jenny Lee13h ago
Shares of Pop Mart fell over 4% in Hong Kong on Friday after the Labubu maker reported first-half results that showed declining sales in Asia-Pacific and the Americas.
International: Top News And Analysisby Justina Lee15h ago
Hedge funds struggled to a historic extent as AI momentum unwound in July, according to Goldman Sachs.
International: Top News And Analysisby Jenni Reid16h ago
Russia and Ukraine continue to attack one another's port infrastructure, blocking shipments from the "breadbasket of Europe" and driving up wheat prices, and adding to a grim cocktail of factors...
International: Top News And Analysisby Justina Lee17h ago
The Taiwanese government's double-digit GDP forecast growth in 2026 may reflect optimism in the artificial-intelligence economy, but growth is likely to moderate over time given risks of capex...
International: Top News And Analysisby Lee Ying Shan18h ago
Japan's historic effort to prop up the yen may have had an unintended consequence: giving some investors a better opportunity to double down on carry trade.
International: Top News And Analysisby Lim Hui Jie19h ago
Japan's headline inflation rate hit 1.9% in July, the highest level this year, as energy costs increase amid the Iran war.
International: Top News And Analysisby Ananya Chetia20h ago
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting convened on Thursday to discuss the latest in prediction markets regulation, including growing concerns on...
International: Top News And Analysisby Justina Lee; Joanna Ossinger1d ago
Bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies surged after U.S. President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass a bill expected to boost the sector.
International: Top News And Analysisby Lim Hui Jie1d ago
President Donald Trump's move to sharply curtail U.S.-South Korean military exercises will not only affect they countries' combat readiness, but also undermine the credibility of American...
International: Top News And Analysisby Anniek Bao; Lim Hui Jie1d ago
For decades, allies worldwide rested in the comfort of the U.S. nuclear umbrella, confident they didn't need their own weapons of mass destruction.
International: Top News And Analysisby Priyanka Salve1d ago
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of "Inside India" — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world's...
International: Top News And Analysisby Annika Kim Constantino2d ago
An experimental personalized cancer vaccine from Merck and Moderna showed positive initial results in its first-ever late-stage trial, the companies announced Wednesday, bringing them one step...
International: Top News And Analysisby Kai Nicol-Schwarz2d ago
Nvidia is playing matchmaker, trying to connect companies with its graphics processing units to data-center operators that have the capacity to deploy them in the Nordics, sources have told CNBC.
International: Top News And Analysisby Lisa Kim; Lee Ying Shan3d ago
A wave of South Korean investors is flocking to U.S. markets to avoid a correction at home, even as global investors pile in.
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