Microsoft (MSFT.O) unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, powered by an NVIDIA chip, saying it is set to begin shipping with a $2,599 entry price. At a San Francisco event on Wednesday, Microsoft said the device, when running local models, returns prompt results about twice as fast as Apple’s MacBook Pro M5 and generates video roughly six times faster. The laptop supports both general-purpose and AI compute. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joined Microsoft CEO Nadella on stage to discuss the chip’s developm

Thailand's joint business association maintained its 2026 GDP growth forecast at 2.1-2.5%.

Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesman said in Kyiv Ukraine is willing to join trilateral peace talks with Russia and the United States and hopes the talks can be held in October. He said Ukraine is prepared for leader-level and other-level trilateral meetings and is studying five different ceasefire mechanisms, including a comprehensive, unconditional ceasefire, a Turkey- and Egypt-proposed Black Sea ceasefire plan, an India-proposed energy-sector proposal, and a US-discussed energy-related ceasefire option.