TechBloomberg Television’s Asia Trade highlights that OpenAI’s revenue run rate has surpassed $40 billion, alongside market developments including the S&P 500 reaching a record high as inflation cools.
TechBloomberg Television’s Asia Trade highlights that OpenAI’s revenue run rate has surpassed $40 billion, alongside market developments including the S&P 500 reaching a record high as inflation cools.
WorldRecord-breaking rain hit cities east of Tokyo overnight, killing at least four people, flooding roads and dozens of homes, stranding thousands and causing power outages. Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued its highest-level warning for heavy rain and landslides in the prefecture for the first time.
WorldAt least 107 people were rescued after a tourist boat caught fire off Fethiye, Turkey, the Coast Guard said. Passengers jumped into the sea to escape the flames before being rescued by units sent to the area.
PoliticsFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy discusses the messaging challenge facing Republicans ahead of the midterm elections on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
PoliticsAn independent body has begun hearings into killings linked to former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign. The government puts the death toll at about 6,000, while rights groups say extrajudicial killings by police and suspected vigilantes may have killed as many as 30,000 people. Luzviminda Siapo testified about her disabled teenage son Raymart, who was abducted and killed nine years ago while she worked in Kuwait.
PoliticsFox News host Sean Hannity reviews a long list of controversial comments by Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and says Piker appears to be the Democratic Party’s de facto spokesperson.
WorldFor days, Loui Ridi has monitored from Ohio, via a security camera, settlers gathering outside his family’s home in Qusra, an occupied West Bank village. Israeli forces say they dismantled illegal outposts and sent more troops, while US Ambassador Mike Huckabee condemned the settlers. Ridi says the settlers still move freely and that his family needs protection, not statements.
WorldColombia’s desperate search after Monday’s magnitude 7.4 earthquake has ended. Nearly 4,000 people were injured and at least 281 died, with the toll expected to rise as more bodies are recovered. On day four, rescuers abandoned efforts to reach a trapped person at 3am after the final signs of life vanished, well beyond the crucial 72-hour survival window.
SocietyLuigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, is reportedly expected to plead guilty to federal charges, a move that could jeopardize the state case against him. A senior DOJ official told Fox News that no plea deal has been reached.
PoliticsBallot papers for the Clacton by-election are nearly a metre long, with a record 34 candidates and only one representing a mainstream party. That candidate is Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigrant Reform UK, who is facing a predicament of his own making after resigning his seat last month amid questions over multimillion-dollar financial affairs.
WorldVladimir Putin’s first visit as Russian president to the disputed Kuril Islands prompted a formal protest from Tokyo. The move came amid closer military cooperation between Russia and China and North Korean support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, raising questions about whether it reflects a bilateral territorial dispute or a wider test of Japan’s alignment with the West.
PoliticsFox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy reports on the intelligence information that led President Donald Trump to secretly switch planes on “The Story.”
WorldA passenger train derailed in southern England on Thursday, with three carriages overturning. British Transport Police said two people were seriously injured and nine others suffered minor injuries.
PoliticsVotes are being counted in a local by-election in the seaside resort of Clacton to decide whether Reform UK leader Nigel Farage returns to Parliament. His main challenger is comedian Jonathan Harvey, who is running dressed as a trash can under the name Count Binface, making the contest a test of Farage’s populist political brand.
PoliticsMalaysia’s Pakatan Harapan coalition faces a pivotal weekend as Parti Keadilan Rakyat and the Democratic Action Party hold annual meetings following two consecutive state-election defeats. Both are expected to review the results and shape their stance for upcoming polls, while DAP delegates will vote on whether its leaders should leave government posts.
CulturePresident Donald Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board has voted a second time to close the performing arts institution for two years for renovations, according to two people briefed on the decision. The board also approved adding an inscription saying the complex was “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.”
PoliticsZambia is counting votes from presidential and parliamentary elections widely viewed as a test of President Hakainde Hichilema’s economic policies. The campaign was dominated by concerns over rising living costs. Although Hichilema led debt restructuring and recovery after taking office in 2021, voters remain worried about living costs, unemployment and unreliable electricity.
PoliticsKaroline Leavitt, one of the Trump White House’s most prominent defenders, is set to depart. Her exit raises questions over who will present the administration’s message during an increasingly combative media cycle ahead of the November midterms.
EconomyThe S&P 500 finished at a record high, helped by gains in Sandisk and other heavyweight technology shares. Mild producer-price inflation reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates unchanged at its September meeting.
WorldIndira Meneses, a nurse in Pereira, recounts surviving the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on August 10 and damaged her home. Several survivors are seeking aid to rebuild their houses and replace what they lost.
PoliticsFox News co-host Brian Kilmeade weighs socialism’s impact within the Democratic Party, while Michigan U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed gains stature on Jesse Watters Primetime.
PoliticsThe hosts of “The Five” discuss Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s workaround of the MAHA diet promoted by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
World1:55Russia says a Ukrainian drone attack reached a region about 2,000km from the border. Ukraine’s military says it struck an oil refinery and petrochemical complex there. Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, says the strikes triggered a fire in an industrial area containing one of its warehouses, prompting an employee evacuation; no retail goods were stored there.
WorldThree US officials told CNN that a sailor went overboard from the USS Abraham Lincoln earlier this month during its extended deployment for the Iran war. The sailor was rescued within an hour and medically evaluated. One official said the sailor wore a life vest, was uninjured and that the Navy viewed the incident as a mental health episode, amid reports of worsening crew mental health.