File photo: Cargo ship Touska, which was fired upon and disabled by the U.S. Navy, before being sized by Marines. Trump said Sunday that the USS Spruance intercepted the Iranian ship, the Touska, and “gave them fair warning to stop.” South China Morning Post | South China Morning Post | Getty Images Fifty days into…
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Kuomintang party chair Cheng Li-wun in Beijing on Friday, the first encounter between Xi and a sitting Taiwanese opposition leader in nearly a decade. In a readout released by Chinese state media, Xi said Beijing “welcomes any proposals conducive to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.” That’s according to…
Polymarket removed a forum related to the rescue mission of U.S. military servicemembers amid political pressure, the latest sign of mounting scrutiny around prediction markets. U.S. and Iranian military forces are searching for a missing American airman after its F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran on Friday. One crew member has been rescued,…
Smoke emanates from smokestacks from an oil refinery in Linden, New Jersey, on March 18, 2026. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Crude prices seesawed in volatile trading on Wednesday, at one point dropping more than 4%, as investors weighed U.S. President Donald Trump’s willingness to exit the Iran conflict within weeks, even as…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Hello, this is Holly Ellyatt writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. Global markets will be on tenterhooks today after…
A modified Tesla Model X drives in the tunnel entrance before an unveiling event for the Boring Co. Hawthorne test tunnel in Hawthorne, California, December 18, 2018. Robyn Beck | Pool | Reuters When Elon Musk’s Boring Company announced plans in July to build 20 miles of tunnels in Nashville to carry passengers to and from downtown…