Z.ai’s open-weight GLM-5.2, trained on Huawei silicon by a US-blacklisted Chinese startup, has outscored OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 on two leading coding benchmarks and costs roughly one-sixth as much to run.
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Gemini launches commission-free stock trading in push toward financial super app
Crypto exchange Gemini expanded into US-listed equities on 7 July 2026, adding thousands of commission-free stocks and ETFs to a platform already spanning crypto spot, derivatives, and prediction markets.
Posted inEconomy
US trade deficit widens to $77.6 billion in May as imports surge
The US goods and services trade deficit expanded by $23 billion to $77.6 billion in May 2026, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on 7 July, driven by a sharp rise in imports and a fall in exports.
Posted inGeopolitics
NATO Ankara summit pledges €70bn for Ukraine and locks in 5% GDP defence target
Leaders of all 32 NATO members gathered in Ankara on 7–8 July 2026, pledging €70 billion in military aid to Ukraine in 2026 and formalising the alliance’s five-percent-of-GDP defence investment target.
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Farage quits his Commons seat to force Clacton by-election amid funding probe
Nigel Farage resigned as MP for Clacton-on-Sea on 7 July 2026 to trigger a by-election he will contest himself, while a parliamentary investigation into his undisclosed funding is put on hold.
Posted inTech
Europe’s top court upholds 4.1 billion euro Android antitrust fine against Google
The ECJ upheld a 4.1 billion euro fine against Alphabet on 5 July in a final ruling on Google’s anticompetitive Android app-bundling and search-default practices in Europe.
Posted inMarkets
SpaceX enters the Nasdaq-100 today, triggering .3 billion in forced index buying
SpaceX joins the Nasdaq-100 on 7 July under a rule change that shortens the eligibility window to 15 trading days, creating an estimated 4.3 billion dollars of forced buying from ETFs tracking the index.
Posted inEconomy
UK-India free trade deal enters force July 15 with Scotch whisky tariffs halved
The UK-India FTA takes effect on 15 July, halving Indian tariffs on Scotch whisky from 150% to 75% and opening markets across pharmaceuticals, cars and financial services.
Posted inGeopolitics
Ukraine rejects Russia’s Kostiantynivka ceasefire bid as Trump calls both leaders
Russia claimed on Friday it had captured Kostiantynivka in Donetsk; Ukraine rejected both the claim and a subsequent six-hour ceasefire proposal as Trump spoke separately with Putin and Zelenskyy.
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Trump arrives in Ankara to enforce NATO’s 5% defence pledge
NATO heads of state convene in Ankara on 7–8 July as Trump presses allies to prove their 5% of GDP defence spending commitment made at The Hague summit a year ago.