World
Iran mourns Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. France 24 reports genuine admiration and emotion in Tehran’s streets as Iran mourns its Supreme Leader, with a huge crowd joining the funeral procession. france24.com
Impeachment trial of Philippine VP Sara Duterte begins. The impeachment trial of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has opened. aljazeera.com
Trump and Mamdani deliver contrasting July 4th speeches. As the US marks America’s 250th, Trump and Mamdani gave contrasting Independence Day speeches — and the US faces Belgium in the World Cup. npr.org
Venezuelans mobilise after earthquakes. France 24 reports on Venezuelans organising to deal with the consequences of recent earthquakes. france24.com
Buckingham Palace and Prince Harry. Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry can no longer stay at a royal residence during his UK visit. theguardian.com
Beijing preparing submarine action near Taiwan? After a mainland Chinese research vessel spent three days conducting an oceanographic survey in the Philippine Sea east of Taiwan, experts highlighted the dual-use nature of the data, noting it could have military applications for underwater operations. scmp.com
Markets & Finance
Beijing opens lithium futures to foreign traders. Effective July 3, the Guangzhou Futures Exchange began allowing offshore industrial players to trade lithium carbonate onshore, part of new measures to cement China’s pricing power over the US in the material vital for EVs and energy storage. scmp.com
OPEC+ faces threat of an oil surplus. Bloomberg reports key OPEC+ members have agreed on another production hike, yet there may be little need for the extra barrels as the group emerges from war. bloomberg.com
S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures rise, led by chips. Futures climbed after a strong week on Wall Street. The Dow gained nearly 2% last week, putting it within striking distance of 53,000 — a level it has never reached. cnbc.com
Chip pullback ushering in a bumpy market. MarketWatch reports the once-hot semiconductor trade has cooled over the past couple of weeks, a trend Morgan Stanley expects to continue and to make for a bumpier overall market. marketwatch.com
Premarket movers. CNBC flags the biggest premarket moves in stocks including Lam Research, Intel and DataDog. cnbc.com
Stocks rally when Congress goes on recess. MarketWatch examines the hidden reason stocks tend to rally during the summer break: prices face greater volatility when lawmakers are active, driven by the regulatory uncertainty they create. marketwatch.com
Russia’s largest bank plans a crypto wallet. CoinDesk reports Russia’s largest bank plans to launch a crypto wallet as Moscow clears a market path. coindesk.com
SK Hynix US listing draws cornerstone investor. A highflying hedge fund run by a former OpenAI researcher will be a cornerstone investor in SK Hynix’s US listing, one of three major tech-sector investors backing the offering of American depositary receipts expected this week. marketwatch.com
AI infrastructure stock in focus. The Motley Fool looks at an AI infrastructure company it argues may be a hidden bottleneck behind the AI boom — expensive, but with a debated long-term bull case. fool.com
Two space stocks to buy in July. The Motley Fool highlights two mature space companies — not SpaceX — that completed their IPOs in 2021. fool.com
Visa’s fundamentals. Seeking Alpha argues Visa is fundamentally robust but says it would wait for better entry points. seekingalpha.com
Catena AB Q2 earnings. Seeking Alpha published the Q2 2026 earnings call transcript for Catena AB (publ). seekingalpha.com
MPV private-credit read. Seeking Alpha rates MPV a hold, citing strong private credit but an undercovered dividend and a premium. seekingalpha.com
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