Over $40B in AI investments from Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and Salesforce position the UK as Europe’s leading AI hub.

The European Chamber of Commerce in China (ECCC) has warned that Beijing is still restricting foreign companies’ access to rare earths — a group of critical minerals essential for high-tech manufacturing.

The United Kingdom is under mounting pressure from global pharmaceutical firms as stalled drug pricing negotiations and pulled investments coincide with U.S. President Donald Trump’s “most favored nation” (MFN) drug pricing order. The looming deadline has fueled concerns that Britain may lose its competitive edge in attracting life sciences investment.

Tesla shares climbed more than 3% on Monday after CEO Elon Musk disclosed his largest-ever open-market purchase of the company’s stock, a move valued at around $1 billion.

Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, Israel has launched a wave of airstrikes on Gaza City, destroying dozens of residential buildings and forcing thousands to flee. The escalation coincides with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s three-day visit to Israel on September 14 to discuss the future of the conflict.

U.S. and Chinese officials launched a new round of negotiations in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, focusing on sensitive issues in their strained trade relations. Key agenda items include the looming TikTok divestiture deadline and Washington’s pressure on allies to impose tariffs on Beijing over its purchases of Russian oil.

As the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) prepares to deliver its first interest rate cut in more than a year, global investors are closely watching a record sum sitting in money market funds. According to Crane Data, assets in these funds have reached $7.6 trillion, raising the question: will this “wall of cash” remain parked in safe havens, or will it shift toward riskier assets such as equities and bonds once rates decline?

AstraZeneca, the largest company on the FTSE 100 by market capitalization, has announced it will pause a planned £200 million ($271 million) expansion at its Cambridge research hub. The move not only delays the creation of 1,000 new jobs but also raises concerns over the UK’s ability to attract global life sciences investment in the post-Brexit era.

(Global Economic News) – Two U.S. tech giants, Nvidia and OpenAI, are in talks to participate in a large-scale investment aimed at strengthening the United Kingdom’s artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

(Global Economic News) – Shares of Pfizer and Moderna tumbled on Friday following a report that officials in the Trump administration plan to link Covid-19 vaccines to the deaths of 25 children.

Washington, D.C. – Economic ties between the United States and Japan have entered a new phase after Tokyo pledged $550 billion to fund U.S.-based infrastructure and manufacturing projects. Under the deal, both nations will equally share profits from these projects until Japan fully recoups its initial investment. Once that threshold is reached, the profit split shifts to 90% for the U.S. and 10% for Japan.

On September 9, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed that Berlin has delivered the first launchers of the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine — a long-awaited move aimed at strengthening Kyiv’s defensive capabilities.