Asia’s bruised technology stocks staged a tentative rebound early Friday after a sharp selloff opened the door to bargain-hunting, while uncertainty about the impact of Jensen Huang’s Nvidia lingers.

Indian graduates are spending months cramming for long-shot civil-service exams, but their frustration is fueling anger toward Narendra Modi’s ruling party.

The Kremlin’s hopes for a military victory or a Trump-brokered deal have dimmed. Moscow is now betting on Ukraine’s economic collapse and weakening European support.

Tehran intensifies its effort to cause pain in the physical world with attacks on lightly-protected tankers and refrigerators.

Growing American fuel shipments are keeping Cuba afloat after Trump’s oil embargo pushed the island to the brink of a humanitarian crisis.

Oil prices rebounded from initial losses and closed higher after President Trump said the U.S. doesn’t need a deal with Iran, putting some risk premium back into the market.

A State Department report shows Caracas has received most of the revenue, while Trump says the U.S. has profited from the oil sales.

Kang Wei appeared to accept that his wife Alice Huang was in a romantic relationship and spoke openly of her closeness to the Nvidia chief.

Drones that rely on Starshield, a military version of SpaceX’s Starlink service, are losing connectivity if they fly faster than 100 miles an hour.

The attack targeted Hamas militants, according to the Israeli military, and comes as progress on Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan is stalled.

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV spent two decades ministering in Peru, where citizens are welcoming him with a 45-foot statue, murals and T-shirts bearing his likeness.

The Treasury secretary has led the administration’s economic pressure campaign against Tehran.

Plus, Democrats are pointing fingers after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth avoided impeachment, and United Airlines will ban AI bots from booking its flights.

Some countries, particularly in Asia, are seen as heavily exposed to the U.S. data-center build-out.

Becoming the face of Iran diplomacy could be politically risky for the vice president, some U.S. officials say.

The Nvidia CEO’s affair has shaken Taiwan, his birthplace and a cornerstone of the AI chip industry he helped create.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he’s prepared to use whatever legal and policy levers available to protect the roughly 2,000 workers affected.

Plus: Washington probes Waymo over school-bus safety and U.S. balks at China’s demand for tightly scripted Trump-Xi-Putin summit.

Karen Karniol-Tambour’s appointment marks the next step in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s effort to jump start the construction of so-called national projects, and help promising domestic startups expand.

Cartels, crime syndicates and rebel groups run shadow states across 60 nations, sidelining weak governments and moving billions of dollars beyond the reach of law enforcement.