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According to Korea Exchange, U.S. and China-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in South Korea occupied the entire top 10 performers during the week of September 14-21. Hana Asset Management's "1Q U.S. Medical AI" ETF led with a 20.06% surge, followed by Samsung Asset Management's "KoAct China Bio Healthcare Active" at 13.44% and KODEX's "U.S. CPU Semiconductor TOP 10" at 13.28%. China-tracking products, including "TIGER China Star 50" at 10.91%, also ranked among the top performers. The

According to Adrian Zuercher, head of global asset allocation at UBS's chief investment office, the bank is shifting its asset allocation focus toward Asian emerging market bonds on September 22. Speaking on CNBC, Zuercher noted that strong macroeconomic conditions are supporting emerging market debt performance, with Asian tech-focused high-yield bonds outperforming in recent months. UBS maintains a favorable view on gold's diversification value, citing structural weakness in the U.S. dollar as

According to OpenAI, on Monday (September 21), the company released new safety standards for advanced AI development, with emphasis on alignment research and recursive self-improvement (RSI), a technique enabling AI systems to self-upgrade without human intervention. OpenAI stated that robust alignment mechanisms are critical to ensure AI systems remain aligned with human values and under human control as capabilities advance. The company stressed that fully autonomous RSI has not yet been achie

According to Jin10, the European Central Bank officially launched its Digital Euro on September 22, enabling banks to conduct tokenized transactions and payments between institutions.

According to Barclays, on September 22, Saudi Arabia's east-west oil pipeline halted earlier this month, highlighting risks to the Middle East's gradual oil production recovery. The bank warned that if the situation persists, international oil prices could rise approximately 50% from current levels before the market reaches supply-demand equilibrium. Barclays forecasts Brent crude at $95 per barrel in Q4 2026, followed by $90, $85, $85, and $80 per barrel in subsequent quarters.

According to investment banks on September 22, South Korean robotics company Brilles' IPO public subscription (held September 17-18) received 4.9 trillion won in applications, with a competition rate of 1,676:1 and 113,800 subscription orders. The company's industrial robotics and physical AI strategy, leveraging manufacturing data from existing automation projects, attracted strong investor demand. Institutional investors' mandatory holding commitment reached 21.75%, reducing first-day tradable

According to AFP on September 21, Poland's Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Brzezinski announced that Poland is in discussions with the United States to increase U.S. troops stationed in Poland to 15,000 by 2039, more than doubling the current force of 6,500-7,000 personnel. Of the planned 15,000, approximately 10,000 would be on rotational deployment while 3,500-5,000 would be permanently stationed. Poland expects to invest over $4 billion to construct new U.S. military bases to accommodate th

According to Financial Times on September 21, British Columbia's government filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in a U.S. federal court, alleging the company failed to report a mass shooting suspect's ChatGPT account to police, preventing intervention in a February school attack that killed 9 people. OpenAI's automated system detected the account in June 2025, and the review team deemed it posed a specific and credible risk of harm to others, recommending police notification. Howev

According to Yugin Investment's report on September 22, Nebius will increase GPU on-demand rental prices by up to 21% effective October 1. The analyst noted that Nebius' B300 on-demand rental price has risen 56% in approximately five months, following a 30% price hike on June 1. Oracle similarly renewed expired GPU contracts at 20% higher rates, signaling sustained demand across cloud service providers. The pricing increases reflect intensifying AI model competition, as Anthropic explores launch

According to TS Trillion on September 22, the company has officially launched its youth-focused GD Shampoo line (available in female and male variants) across 200 MINISO stores in the United States. This represents approximately 50 percent of MINISO's total US footprint of 400 locations. GD Shampoo is currently the top-selling TS brand product on Amazon US, specializing in addressing adolescent scalp concerns including excess oil, odor, and itching. TS Trillion plans to expand GD Shampoo's retai

Recently, Netease Youdao's Ziyue Live series achieved top rankings on Hugging Face: its R2T2 streaming speech-to-text model ranked first on the ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Trending chart, while its T3PO translation model topped the Translation Trending chart.

According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Norway's preliminary natural gas production in August reached 10.6 billion cubic meters, while oil production totaled 1.881 million barrels per day.

At its Apsara Conference, Alibaba outlined a comprehensive AI roadmap covering chips, cloud infrastructure, models, and software agents. Qwen 4 is currently in training alongside updates to multimodal models and the Zhenwu V900 chip. Alibaba also announced plans for a future model capable of reaching 10 trillion parameters and a Yitian central processing unit roadmap. CEO Eddie Wu said Alibaba Cloud aims for global data center capacity to surpass 20 gigawatts by 2032. The company maintains its p

According to TechCrunch, Samsung C&T announced an investment of up to $100 million in U.S. nuclear startup Kairos Power yesterday (September 21). The investment includes $70 million in equity and in-kind engineering services. Samsung C&T has been selected to help build a 50-megawatt reactor in Tennessee for Google, with completion targeted by 2030. Kairos Power is developing molten salt-cooled reactors; its output from the commercial-scale Hermes 2 reactor will count toward the first 50 megawatt

According to market data, Meta's personal AI agent Muse, launched this month on September 8, surpassed ChatGPT in downloads and drove META shares up 11.43% to $741.24 on September 21, marking the first tangible market validation of the company's up to $145 billion annual AI capital spending. Muse functions as a personal AI agent capable of executing multi-step tasks including account queries, form completion, travel bookings, email, messaging, and partial online shopping, accessible via standalo

According to Bloomberg, Asian refineries have been informed by Saudi Aramco that crude oil loading can resume soon from the Red Sea port of Yanbu following the closure of the East-West Pipeline after Iraqi drone strikes on September 10. Crude loading at Yanbu had nearly halted since the pipeline shutdown. European customers have been hit hardest, with at least two European refineries informed they will not receive their full allocation under long-term contracts in October.

According to Turkish sources, an attack occurred at a high school in western Turkey on September 22, leaving 4 students injured. The incident was reported by CCTV.

Chinese National People's Congress Standing Committee Vice Chair Ding Zhongli visited South Korea on September 21-22, meeting with National Assembly Speaker Cho Chung-suk and attending the 14th session of the China-South Korea Parliamentary Exchange Mechanism with Deputy Speaker Nam In-soon.

According to Coinglass data, over the past 4 hours on September 22, $57.44 million in crypto futures positions were liquidated globally, with long positions accounting for $40.99 million of the total. Over the past 24 hours, 137,347 traders were liquidated across exchanges, with cumulative losses reaching $1.059 billion. The largest single liquidation occurred on Hyperliquid's BTC-USD market, totaling $20.86 million.

According to Gene Munster, Managing Partner at Deepwater Asset Management, Meta Platforms' Muse AI agent surged to 2.5 million downloads by Sept. 18, with 448,000 daily active users during its first five days. Munster told investors that Tesla, SpaceX, and Apple could experience similar product-driven rallies as consumers test their next-generation technologies. Tesla's catalyst pipeline begins with Full Self-Driving v15, followed by Cybercab and Optimus; Apple is targeting demand through its iP