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1. Tech leads first half stock gains — but the biggest winners weren't in the U.S.

2. Oil prices wobble as breakdown in U.S.-Iran talks casts doubt over peace process

3. Demand for riskier mortgages drops, as their advantages shrink

4. Lamborghini reveals new Urus performance hybrid SUV after ditching EVs

5. Trump's annual financial disclosure shows more than $580M in crypto-related income

6. Gold prices fall further after worst quarter in 13 years as interest rate fears hit bullion

7. Europe’s defense boom faces a new test: Can it actually deliver weapons?

8. Anthropic says Trump admin has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5

9. North Sea oil and renewables: The UK’s next PM faces a defining energy policy decision

10. Iran says it is selling oil at 20% premium as end of U.S. blockade sees 40 million barrels exported

11. U.S. Treasury yields edge higher as investors await Fed Chair Warsh’s comments

12. OpenAI, Anthropic backer MGX raises one of the biggest AI funds ever as it closes at $49 billion

13. Employers who laid off workers citing AI are already starting to regret it

14. Japan is raising visa fees by up to 400% for the first time in nearly 50 years. Here's why

15. Japan spent $74 billion propping up the yen. Investors say the real battle is with the Fed

16. Xi touts China Communist Party's global influence in speech marking 105th anniversary

17. Corruption cases, investibility warnings, fiscal woes: Indonesia continues to test investors

18. KKR to control South Korea's $1.3 billion renewables platform with SK as AI power demand rises

19. Andy Burnham's first big fight could be with Wall Street investors

20. China-linked actors target more than technology as AI competition with U.S. intensifies