Tuesday, June 9, 2026
OpenAI has submitted a confidential S-1 to go public on US stock markets, following rival Anthropic's filing just one week prior. The ChatGPT maker's debut is expected to rank among the most valuable listings in market history, with estimates putting the valuation north of $850 billion — and some projections topping $1 trillion.
Israel and Iran have agreed to pause their exchange of strikes, with Netanyahu confirming Israel is holding fire "at the moment" while Iran's armed forces declared a halt to military action. The fragile truce leaves Israel still conducting operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, where strikes have killed 3,637 people since March.
Apollo and Blackstone have closed one of the largest private credit deals in history, raising $35 billion to finance Anthropic's AI computing infrastructure. The financing underscores how the race for AI supremacy is now as much a capital markets story as a technology one, with Anthropic filing for its own IPO just days before OpenAI.
The International Criminal Court's governing body has suspended chief prosecutor Karim Khan after its executive committee voted to refer sexual abuse allegations against him to a special session of member states. Khan, a prominent British lawyer who issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and other world leaders, has denied the allegations, which first emerged in 2024.
New tests have revealed that Russian satellites are capable of jamming GPS signals on a continental scale across Europe, raising urgent questions about Western military and civilian vulnerabilities. The findings follow a pattern of GPS interference incidents that have disrupted aviation and navigation across multiple European countries.
