Gold broke through $4,600/ounce for the first time on Monday, while silver also hit a record high, as investors snapped up safe-haven assets amid heightened geopolitical uncertainties and a criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

A Japanese research vessel on Monday began a historic voyage to attempt to dig deep-sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres to curb dependence on China.

TSMC, the world’s largest manufacturer of advanced artificial intelligence chips, is expected to post a 27 percent jump in fourth-quarter net profit to a record due to the seemingly insatiable demand for AI infrastructure.

He dismissed the possible threat of indictment over his testimony or the renovation project as "pretexts"

TSMC is investing $165 billion to build chip factories in the US in the state of Arizona

The investment bank maintained its 2026 average price forecasts of $56/$52 per barrel for Brent/WTI

The program, dubbed Pax Silica, seeks to safeguard the full technology supply chain

G7 members remain heavily dependent on critical minerals from China

Spot gold jumped 1.3 percent to $4,566.80 per ounce

The achievement also reaffirmed Japan’s position as one of Vietnam’s largest and most stable trading partners at a time of continued volatility in the global economy.

The US banking industry is warning that President Donald Trump’s plans to lower credit card costs would make credit less available and hurt consumers and businesses.

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will soon join a US-led initiative to secure AI and semiconductor supply chains, Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg told Reuters in an interview.

The dollar gained on Friday after data showed slower than expected US jobs growth, suggesting the Federal Reserve could leave interest rates unchanged later this month.

China's so-called 'AI tiger' startups MiniMax and Zhipu AI had strong debuts on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this week

Trump also made the pledge during the campaign for the 2024 election

India signed or operationalised four trade agreements last year

The EU and India’s trade chiefs said Friday after talks that they were getting closer to a trade deal between the 27-nation bloc and the world’s most populous nation.

Oil prices rose 2 percent on Friday on growing supply worries linked to intensifying protests in oil-producing Iran and an escalation of attacks in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Gold prices rose on Friday and were on track for a weekly gain, as investors weighed weaker-than-expected US payrolls data along with broader policy and geopolitical uncertainty.

India’s rice exports jumped 19.4 percent last year to the second-highest on record after New Delhi lifted all export curbs, making shipments more competitive, government and industry officials told Reuters on Saturday.