OpenAI launched its GPT-5.6 model family on June 26 in a restricted preview, gated to approved partners at the Trump administration’s direct request.
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OpenAI weighs 2027 IPO delay as Altman holds firm on $1 trillion floor
OpenAI is considering a 2027 IPO delay after Sam Altman rejected any valuation below $1 trillion, sending SoftBank’s market cap down $38 billion on the news.
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BOJ board members back further rate hikes toward a neutral rate of 2%
Bank of Japan board members backed continued rate rises and estimated a neutral rate near 2%, in the June 24 summary of opinions released after the bank’s historic 1% decision.
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Ukraine strikes Volgograd plant that builds Iskander and Yars launchers
Ukraine’s FP-5 Flamingo missiles hit the Titan-Barrikady plant in Volgograd, which produces launchers for Russia’s Iskander-M, Yars, and Oreshnik missile systems.
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Vucic to resign within weeks after 18 months of Serbian protests
Serbia’s Vucic says he will resign within weeks and call early elections, bowing to 18 months of student-led protests over the Novi Sad station disaster.
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Anthropic says Alibaba used 25,000 fake accounts to run 28.8 million Mythos queries for Qwen training
Anthropic disclosed that operators linked to Alibaba’s Qwen lab ran 28.8 million interactions through 25,000 fraudulent accounts over 45 days, harvesting its Mythos model’s outputs to train rival AI systems.
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Eli Lilly climbs 7% as EU regulators back Jaypirca across all CLL treatment lines
Shares in Eli Lilly rose 7.13% to $1,208.12 on June 26 after the EMA’s committee recommended approving pirtobrutinib for chronic lymphocytic leukemia across all treatment lines.
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US economy expanded 2.1% in Q1 2026 but corporate confidence warns of a rougher second half
The Bureau of Economic Analysis confirmed 2.1% annualised GDP growth in the first quarter of 2026 on June 25, a rebound from Q4’s 0.5%, even as CEO surveys signal gathering headwinds ahead.
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Royal Marines seize Russian oil tanker as West tightens shadow fleet sanctions
Royal Marine Commandos seized the SMYRTOS tanker carrying $30 million in Russian crude on June 14, part of a coordinated UK-EU push that has now sanctioned more than 600 shadow fleet vessels.
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Bolivia’s Paz invokes state of emergency as road blockades cut La Paz off from oxygen
President Rodrigo Paz declared a 90-day state of emergency on June 20, deploying the military to remove roadblocks that had killed at least 17 people and left La Paz hospitals without oxygen.