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Swiss business leaders and unions are mobilising ahead of a vote Sunday on capping immigration, which has triggered fears of dire impacts on employment and trade relations with the European Union.

Chinese exports surged by almost a fifth last month, official data showed Tuesday, as shipments of tech components and machinery helped the world's second-largest economy weather pressure from the Middle East war.

Asian stocks enjoyed a partial rebound from the previous day's rout as investors returned to the AI trade, while easing Middle East tensions also provided support and pushed oil prices down.

A new pill developed by the British pharma firm AstraZeneca appears to help people lose a similar amount of weight to other GLP-1 oral drugs, trial results showed Monday.

Authorities evacuated hundreds of people from their seaside homes in New Zealand's capital on Tuesday as 11-metre (36-foot) waves lashed the coast.

Former rugby league hardman Kane Evans said he was finally at peace after coming out as gay -- the second man from the sport in Australia to do so and the first since 1994.

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Monday took the first step toward going public, one week after arch-rival Anthropic announced its own filing, as both companies look to raise the massive sums needed to expand.

Tech stocks drove global equity markets on Monday, with steep selling last week having a knock-on effect in Asia but attracting US investors to buy the dip, while oil prices rose moderately after Iran and Israel exchanged strikes against one another despite a purported ceasefire.

As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new US studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit -- the smartphone.

Apple unveiled an artificial intelligence overhaul for the iPhone on Monday, turning to Google for help two years after the company stumbled on a first attempt.

Oceans are in a "deepening crisis" that demands urgent global action, a major UN report warned Monday, with seas warming and rising faster, ice cover shrinking and marine ecosystems under mounting strain.

The incoming COP31 negotiations president told AFP on Monday the Middle East war underscored the need to "get off fossil fuels" and rejected criticism the UN climate summit was losing relevance.

Wayve, a British startup specialised in artificial intelligence for self-driving vehicles, said Monday it was ready to launch its robotaxi service with Uber in London as early as this summer.

Former France international Lassana Diarra has reached agreement with FIFA and the Belgian football association in his long-running 65 million euro ($76 million) legal battle, a source close to the case told AFP on Monday.

Oil prices surged Monday after Iran and Israel resumed strikes against one another despite a purported ceasefire, while tech stocks again drove equities markets after heavy US selling last week.

Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo launched Monday a 31 billion euro ($35 billion) bid for Monte dei Paschi (MPS), elbowing in on a merger overture for the bank from Banco BPM announced just a day earlier.

斯堪迪金融集團（SFG）的SNC SCANDIC COIN，一種實體資產代幣（RWA，是連接實體經濟和加密行業的橋樑），自2026年5月26日以來的第一週漲幅已超過500%（五百）。 在首個引入階段之後，該代幣通過在包括BitMart、BingX、LBank和Biconomy在內的中心化數字資產交易所正式掛牌，為初級市場提供流動性。這些平台立即為該代幣在二級市場設立交易對，其總供應量由智能合約限定為10億單位。為了支持該資產的持續市場整合，美國數字資產平台Coinbase也開始跟蹤該代幣，並在其介面上設置了顯示SNC最新公共價格信息和市場數據的頁面。 SNC代幣具有受監管的支付、訪問和忠誠度功能，旨在直接與斯堪迪金融集團的經營業務單位互動。這些單位包括私人航空包機、汽車租賃、不動產持有、海事資產、商品交易、算法交易基礎設施以及人工智慧領域的專門解決方案。通過將這些傳統行業與單一區塊鏈帳本相連接，該協議旨在在一個合規框架內優化跨境交易和服務的使用。 為了確保其技術和運營架構，斯堪迪金融集團實施了經審核的合規和安全協議。SNC智能合約已通過區塊鏈安全公司 CertiK（https://skynet.certik.com/projects/scandic-coin）進行的獨立機構審核。為用戶註冊、身份驗證和遵守反洗錢（AML）規定，該平台整合了國際風險管理解決方案提供商CRIF的數據基礎設施，該公司在40個國家開展業務。斯堪迪金融集團的管理層確認，其技術基礎設施包括標準化的質押機制，允許網絡參與者通過官方界面直接存入代幣，以支持生態系統的實用性。 這一技術實施是在世界人工智慧與區塊鏈（WAIB）峰會之前進行的，該峰會將於2026年6月9日至10日在摩納哥舉行，屆時預計將討論該資產在歐洲企業的整合。 斯堪迪金融集團的烏韋·塞爾默表示：“將SNC代幣在BingX和BitMart等首批交易平台上推出，代表了我們傳統企業基礎設施向數字資產框架的功能性轉變。我們將代幣的效用與物流、房地產和航空等既有業務領域相連接，同時繼續構建SNC ECO-System，使其能夠進入美國市場，並在Coinbase和Bitcoin等平台上獲得國際曝光。”

Afghan residents in the western city of Herat have told AFP of witnessing multiple women detained by the Taliban government's morality police, in a crackdown over clothing which has drawn criticism from the United Nations.

Oil prices surged Monday after Iran and Israel resumed strikes against one another despite a purported ceasefire, while technology stocks slumped following heavy pre-weekend losses on Wall Street.

US President Donald Trump on Monday told Iran and Israel to stop fighting after the two foes attacked each other's territory for the first time since a shaky ceasefire put five weeks of war on hold.

Seoul's Kospi stock index dived more than eight percent to lead a rout across Asia on Monday as tech firms were hammered and strong US jobs data fuelled bets on a Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

In a remote South African village, Paulina Mhlongo sits in the yard as health workers in green protective gear move briskly through her home, soaking the walls with anti-mosquito insecticide.

Israel and Iran traded fire on Monday, seriously testing a fragile truce and threating hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war.

US chip titan Nvidia on Monday announced a large-scale data centre construction project in South Korea with SK Telecom, among a raft of other business deals in the country.

Seoul's Kospi stock index dived more than eight percent to lead a rout across Asia on Monday as tech firms were hammered and strong US jobs data fuelled bets on a Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

New Slate of Business Partnerships Established Following the Last Blue Magic Netherlands Event

SNC SCANDIC COIN is experiencing an extraordinary rally, while the crypto markets appear to be heading into one of the most volatile weeks of the year and the Bitcoin price has plunged to just above 50,000 US dollars following geopolitical tensions and broad risk aversion. Despite a difficult week for the wider market, SNC SCANDIC COIN, an RWA token of the Scandic Finance Group (SFG) that connects real-world services with digital assets, rose by more than 600 percent in its first trading week, according to observations by SAN FRANCISCO FRONTIERS (https://www.SanFranciscoFrontiers.com/Economy/684458-scandic-coin-and-coinbase-listing-as-a-bridge-to-real-assets.html).

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received the backing of the leaders of the UK, France and Germany in calling for direct ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine, according to a joint statement issued following defence talks in London on Sunday.

Self-driving taxis, already booming in the United States and China, are emerging in Europe, with major companies launching trials this year in several capitals and the European Union set to step on the accelerator Monday.

Airlines expect to carry more passengers this year but earn only half as much profit as in 2025, as high fuel prices don't appear to be fully deterring travel, according to projections published Sunday.

Three of France's mobile operators have agreed a joint bid worth 20.4 billion euros ($23.5 billion) for rival SFR, owned by indebted French-Luxembourg telco group Altice.

The United States said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, as the Middle East war reached its 100th day on Sunday with no end in sight.