



Liz Hoffman

Tim McDonnell

China’s factory output contracted unexpectedly for the first time since February, as the country struggles to revive a slowing economy.
2Amid Houthi threats to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Saudi Arabia announced plans for a maritime coalition to protect shipping routes
3Asian stocks rebounded on US tech earnings results, reviving enthusiasm for AI spending.
4Anthropic said its Claude AI model hacked into three organizations, in the latest worrying security breach.
5The US economy grew more slowly than expected in the second quarter, as AI-related imports weighed on otherwise robust economic data.
6US long-term borrowing costs hit their highest levels since 2007 as investors balked at the Fed chair’s new stripped-down communications strategy.




























