Investing.com-- Asian stock markets saw sharp gains on Tuesday, led by South Korea and Hong Kong, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Iran, lifting investor risk appetite. Regional markets also tracked gains from Wall Street, with major U.S. stock index futures trading higher in Asian trading hours on Tuesday following a positive overnight clos ...
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday he promised to allow U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy to pick a candidate for a key panel of vaccine advisers. Kennedy, who has a long history of questioning the safety of vaccines contrary to scientific evidence, named eight members on Wednesday to serve on the U.S. Centers for Disea ...
(Removes duplicate dateline.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House earlier this month directed the Defense Department and NASA to gather details on billions of dollars in SpaceX contracts following the public blowout between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, four people familiar with the order told Reuters. Sparking an ongoing review, the administration ordered the agencies to scr ...
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta’s $14.8 billion investment in Scale AI and hiring of the data-labeling startup’s CEO will test how the Trump administration views so-called acquihire deals, which some have criticized as an attempt to evade regulatory scrutiny. The deal, announced on Thursday, was Meta’s second-largest investment to date. It gives the owner of Facebook (NASDA ...