Oil jumps as Iran halts backchannel talks with the U.S. amid escalating Israel–Lebanon conflict. Russia’s finance ministry warns Vladimir Putin that war spending is becoming unsustainable. Anthropic confidentially files for an IPO as OpenAI faces a lawsuit from Florida over ChatGPT safety. Nvidia rallies on a new PC chip launch, Barry Diller makes a move on MGM, U.S. manufacturing hits a four‑year high, and Serena Williams announces her return to competition.
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