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EU leaders’ summit descends into 3-hour argument over taxing car emissions

Ben Makuch / POLITICO Europe /

Also: Le Monde France, Germany reach deal on future of car industry, Bloomberg Jeff Yan Plans to Bring the Entire Financial Industry onto Hyperliquid

In other languages: Handelsblatt EU-Gipfel: Unterstützung für Merz und Macron: Europa bereitet „Zweitschlagskapazität“ gegen China vor (de), Der Spiegel Friedrich Merz und Emmanuel Macron einigen sich auf Aufweichung von Verbrenner-Aus (de), Süddeutsche Zeitung EU-Regeln: Merz und Macron wollen das Verbrenner-Aus abschaffen (de), Le Figaro Automobile : la France et l'Allemagne trouvent un accord pour préserver l’avenir de l’industrie européenne (fr), Frankfurter Allgemeine Merz und Macron einig: Durchbruch beim Verbrennerverbot (de) · see all

  1. Anthropic Stands Alone as Rest of US IPO Market Slows to a Crawl

    Anthony Hughes and Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO, Exponential View 🚨 Anthropic: The agony and the ecstasy

  2. Wall Street on Alert for Treasury’s Scott Bessent to Act on Bond Yields Again

    Michael MacKenzie and Alexandra Harris / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Investors dump data centre bonds as AI borrowers face ‘Darwin moment’, MarketWatch Traders pile into bonds and defensive stocks as the ‘tech wreck’ picks up steam

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Inversionistas se refugian en bonos del Tesoro ante dudas sobre la IA (es)

  3. Unicredit cleared by ECB to take control of Commerzbank

    Euronews /

    In other languages: Der Spiegel EZB erlaubt UniCredit offenbar Übernahme von Commerzbank-Anteilen (de), Handelsblatt Banken: EZB gibt Unicredit grünes Licht für volle Commerzbank-Übernahme (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Bankenaufsicht: EZB genehmigt Commerzbank-Übernahme durch Unicredit (de), Jornal de Negócios BCE dá luz verde ao aumento da participação do Unicredit no Commerzbank (pt) · see all

  4. How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point

    Al-Monitor /

    In other languages: Aftenposten Houthiene angrep presidentpalasset i Jemen – statsministeren skal ha vært til stede (no)

  5. EXPLAINED: Ukraine’s Military, Elon Musk’s Starlink Slowdown

    Stefan Korshak / Kyiv Post /

    Also: Ukraine: The Latest Elon Musk denies restricting Starlink in Ukraine

    In other languages: Svenska Dagbladet Därför är Starlink viktigt för Ukraina (sv), NRC Waarom satellietnetwerk Starlink cruciaal is voor de drone-oorlog van Oekraïne (nl), Jornal de Negócios Ucrânia: Ministério da Defesa diz que foi restabelecido funcionamento do Starlink (pt)

  6. Meta and Apple team up on AI model tailored for Mac computers

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Meta Releases Open AI Model While Keeping Its Best Tech Closed

    In other languages: Dagens industri Meta och Apple i AI-samarbete (sv)

  7. The cost of job loss in carbon-intensive sectors: Evidence from Germany

    César Barreto / CEPR /

  8. China’s Plan to Make Yuan a Global Currency Enters Faster Phase

    Iris Ouyang / Bloomberg /

  9. What California’s grid utilization move says about energy affordability

    Catherine Boudreau / Latitude Media /

  10. The mortality costs of climate change

    Adrien Bilal / CEPR /

  11. European Council conclusions on competitiveness, the next multiannual financial framework and enlargement and reforms

    Council of the EU /

  12. Healey signals bank tax raid in UK Budget

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Guardian John Healey poised to raise taxes on banks in budget, Bloomberg Healey Plans to Raise UK Taxes on Banks at Budget This Month

  13. The cost of insuring against AI company defaults spikes

    Ellen DiMauro / Semafor /

  14. White House’s AI task force gets to work

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /

  15. Trump weighs easing restrictions on Russian and Iranian ‘shadow fleet’

    Financial Times /

  16. Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery After Moscow Breaks Trump’s Energy Ceasefire

    Anastasiia Malenko / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg Ukraine to Resume Russia Refinery Strikes, Zelenskyy Tells FT, The Guardian Russia and Ukraine resume energy strikes despite Trump warnings, Kyiv Post Ukraine Renews Oil Blitz on Russia, Strikes Ryazan Refinery as Zelensky Ends Pause · see all

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Rússia acusa Ucrânia de contrariar esforços de paz dos EUA após ataques a refinarias (pt)

  17. Airports are becoming targets in escalating wars

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

  18. Israel says commercial goods no longer entering Gaza after merchants suspend coordination

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Financial Times Commercial goods blocked from entry into Gaza

  19. IMF warns attacks on Saudi Arabia could hurt global economy after strike on Aramco headquarters

    Euronews /

    Also: bne IntelliNews IMF raises sub-Saharan Africa growth forecast to 4.5% but warns of rising inflation, Mint India to overtake Japan as 4th-largest economy in 2027 with $4.52 trillion GDP: IMF, Semafor IMF raises sub-Saharan Africa growth outlook

    In other languages: Le Figaro L’Inde devrait supplanter le Japon comme quatrième économie mondiale en 2027, selon le FMI (fr), Valor Econômico IA sustenta crescimento global de 3,1%, diz FMI (pt)

  20. Trump and Putin’s ‘terrible’ alliance threatens to strain EU’s resolve on Ukraine

    Tim Ross / POLITICO Europe /

  21. EU member states set for budget clash

    Kate Moody / France 24 /

  22. Fifth Plenum approaching; EU signaling car deal just the start; Li Qiang going to Russia; The Great Expedition 伟大远征

    Bill Bishop / Sinocism /

  23. Thames Water asks for £2.4bn more to avoid going bust this year or early 2027

    Jasper Jolly / The Guardian /

    Also: Financial Times Thames Water’s senior creditors near deal with rivals to avoid court challenge

  24. Lavrov Rules Out Ukraine War Ceasefire

    Kyiv Post /

Earlier today

  1. Inside Blackstone’s Massive Bet on the AI Boom

    Bloomberg /

  2. India-US trade pact in last leg of legal drafting, says Piyush Goyal

    The Economic Times /

  3. UK and EU consider coordination on China tariffs

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

  4. Romania Holds Russia Responsible as Attacks on 4 Black Sea Merchant Ships Kill 8

    Kyiv Post /

  5. Panama removed from EU’s tax haven ‘blacklist’ a decade after the Panama Papers

    Isabella Cota / ICIJ /