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According to Fox News: Artificial intelligence has been the leading cause of layoffs in the United States for the third month in a row.

Market news: Japan calls on the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) to increase alternative asset allocation in its investment strategy.

According to Israel Hayom: Oman has informed the United States that Iran refuses to accept the proposed terms regarding the Strait of Hormuz. The diplomatic standoff prompted the United States to immediately reinstate sanctions and reimpose a naval blockade.

According to Al Jazeera: Iranian officials said that the US strike (against Iran) "will not go without a response."

According to AXIOS: A U.S. official said that the cargo ship attacked by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards was traveling in Oman’s proposed southern waterway that should have unrestricted access.

According to Al Jazeera: The US War Secretary says Iran is paying the price for its "wrong choices."

UK Maritime Trade Organization: Received a report of an incident 9 nautical miles east of Oman.

U.S. Central Command: One civilian crew member is missing and the ship is unable to continue sailing due to a fire on board and severe damage to the engine room.

According to Iran's Press TV, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that it will close the Strait of Hormuz until the United States stops intervening in the region. The statement pointed out that a ship shut down its system and tried to cross the strait along an unapproved route, and the Iranian army had to attack it to prevent its passage.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio: Cuban leaders need to implement broad reforms before it's too late.

US President Trump: Even though all the media tried their best to smear me and filled me with false news, I still won the presidential election with a landslide victory. This shows that the mainstream media has no credibility at all!

According to Elabe's BFM poll, if the first round of voting is held this Sunday, France's far-right National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen will receive 34% to 35.5% of the vote.

The National Press Club calls on the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately withdraw its subpoena against New York Times journalists.

The latest data shows that in the Nasdaq 100 Index, the proportion of constituent stocks whose stock prices have retraced at least 20% from their historical highs has risen to 48%, a new high since the market sell-off from February to March this year. Although down from around 60% before the market bottomed in late March, the share has doubled in the past 12 months. During the 2022 bear market, this proportion was as high as 80%. At the same time, 64% of Nasdaq 100 stocks are still operating above their 200-day moving average, close to their highest level this year. In contrast, before the market bottomed on March 30, Only 38% of the components are above their 200-day moving average. This means that the current U.S. stock market rally is increasingly dependent on a few large technology stocks, and the breadth within the market is narrowing. (The Kobeissi Letter, an independent market research agency)

US Ambassador to Israel: Lebanese Hezbollah is the common enemy of Lebanon and Israel.

US Ambassador to Israel: Israel has informed us about Iran's plot to assassinate the US president. Iran's threats are not new, and its behavior has not changed. We see no real evidence of moderates in Iran.

The latest data shows that the asset management scale of the memory stock ETF-Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) has exceeded US$25 billion, officially surpassing the 26-year-old iShares MSCI Korea ETF (EWY). It is worth noting that the Roundhill Memory ETF was only established on April 2 this year. Since its listing, the Roundhill Memory ETF has attracted a record $22 billion in net inflows. During the same period, EWY experienced a capital outflow of US$2 billion. Before the launch of DRAM, EWY had attracted US$6 billion in capital inflows since 2026. Before the emergence of DRAM, it was difficult for American investors to get involved in the memory field. The two giants in this field, SK Hynix and Samsung, have not previously been listed on U.S. exchanges. Therefore, investors who want to invest in the memory field can only buy Korean funds, such as EWY, but these funds not only include memory giants, Also included are many other unrelated stocks. DRAM provides investors with a pure investment option focused on the memory field. Among the current DRAM positions, Samsung Electronics, Micron Technology, SK Hynix, SanDisk, Seagate Technology, Western Digital, and Kioxia account for more than 90% of the total positions. In addition, the underlying holdings of the two ETFs DRAM and EWY still overlap by 46%.

President Trump: I just had a perfect physical at Walter Reed Hospital. I had a physical every six months, and in addition, I requested another cognitive test, which I'm the only president to do, and I passed all three times -- answering every question correctly.

According to Iran Press TV: A senior Iranian intelligence source said that the United States is launching a coordinated campaign of pressure, threats and media disinformation against Iran.

According to AFP: A Lebanese military official revealed that a US military delegation has met with the Lebanese military in Beirut to discuss the implementation of Israel's withdrawal from a "pilot zone" in its occupied areas.