Morning Edition · Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Crypto
Bitcoin Falls Below $70,000 as Strategy Sells, Splitting the Hard-Money Trade
The largest corporate holder sold bitcoin for the first time in four years, pushing prices lower even as gold and silver stayed near elevated levels. The day exposed a divide among the assets investors treat as sound money.
Tech
Alphabet Launches $80 Billion Equity Raise to Fund AI Buildout
The Google parent will sell stock and convertible securities, with Berkshire Hathaway committing $10 billion, in an unusually large corporate equity offering.
Geopolitics
Trump Brokers Pause in Israel's Lebanon Campaign, but Both Sides Hedge
The American president said Israel and Hezbollah agreed to stop fighting and that no troops would enter Beirut, yet Israeli leaders insisted operations in southern Lebanon would continue.
Geopolitics
Russia Kills at Least 14 in Overnight Strikes on Kyiv and Dnipro
Moscow launched dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones after a week of public warnings, while the Kremlin said the war could end immediately if Ukraine withdrew its forces.
Markets
EU Lawmakers Advance Tariff Cuts on American Goods Ahead of July Deadline
A European Parliament committee approved legislation to remove duties on many United States products, moving to implement a trade deal that Washington has backed with a tariff threat.
Markets
China's 55 Percent Tariff on Australian Beef Nears Activation
Shipments are about to exceed an annual quota, after which a steep over-quota duty takes effect, testing a recently repaired trade relationship.
Geopolitics
Iran Weighs a Deal With Washington as Talks Resume Under Pressure
Tehran has not yet delivered its formal response, and its factions differ on terms, even as President Trump says negotiations are moving at a rapid pace.
Tech
Taiwan's Lai Ties Chip Supply Security to Preserving the Status Quo
The president opened a technology summit in Taipei arguing that stability across the strait is essential to the supply chains the world depends on.
Tech
China Classifies Undisclosed AI Data as Protected Trade Secrets
New rules treat any algorithm, dataset or program that is not publicly disclosed as a trade secret, tightening control over the country's artificial-intelligence sector.
World
Bolivia's Capital Endures a Month of Blockades as Shortages Deepen
Roads into La Paz have been cut for four weeks, leaving the administrative capital short of food, fuel and medicine and prompting calls for the president to resign.
Markets
Tel Aviv Stocks Extend Losses as Traders Weigh the Lebanon Truce
The benchmark index fell further a day after a steep decline, while the shekel held steady against the dollar.
Geopolitics
Russia Courts the Global South While Pressing a Neighbor on Trade
Tanzania's president travels to Moscow as the Kremlin warns Armenia against leaving a Russian-led economic bloc, two parts of a campaign to protect commerce from Western sanctions.
World
Congo Reopens Outbreak Airport as Ebola Response Strains the Region
The Democratic Republic of the Congo restored air access to the center of its Ebola outbreak as protests over a proposed United States quarantine site in Kenya killed two people.