More strong earnings news, demand for AI stocks and positive jobs data drove Wall Street higher. However, the ASX is set to slip today. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
A French appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds, reducing her ban from elected office to 45 months (30 suspended). She received a 3-year jail term, one year with an electronic tag, potentially complicating her 2027 presidential bid.
Prince Harry and six other claimants, including Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley, have lost their privacy case against Associated Newspapers. The Duke of Sussex alleged unlawful behavior like phone tapping, but the publisher called the claims "preposterous".
A French appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds, reducing her ban from elected office to 15 months but imposing a three-year jail term, with two years suspended and one year under electronic monitoring. This ruling casts doubt on her potential 2027 presidential bid.
The main suspect in a bomb attack targeting a Ukrainian-born businessman in Monaco, Anastasiia Berezovska, has been found shot dead in Ukraine. Ukrainian prosecutors also detained a military intelligence employee who confessed to killing her.
A Ukrainian woman, suspected in a bomb attack on a businessman in Monaco, has been found shot dead in Ukraine. Prosecutors also detained a military intelligence employee who confessed to the killing.
A toddler in Phoenix, Arizona, was declared dead after a backyard pool incident but found breathing hours later in the hospital morgue. Police are recommending negligence charges against the parents.
