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Apollo and Blackstone are working to bring additional investors into a roughly $36 billion debt financing deal to help Anthropic build out its AI infrastructure. The debt will be used to purchase Google's custom chips known as tensor processing units, or TPUs, which Anthropic will then lease, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports.

The Saudi wealth fund is looking to combine its ports, rail and shipping holdings into a logistics giant. Bloomberg's Omar El Chmouri reports.

A US missionary has tested positive for the Ebola virus after being exposed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. The Ebola crisis is unfolding after the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development last year and slashed foreign aid spending. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja reports.

President Donald Trump said he called off a strike on Iran after an appeal by the leaders of Persian Gulf allies, who called for more time to pursue a diplomatic resolution.. Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace shares what we know.

China has agreed to buy at least $17 billion of agricultural products annually through 2028, the US said after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping held a major summit in Beijing last week. Bloomberg's Stephen Engle has the details.

Donald Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing's leadership compound on Friday, kickstarting a second day of talks.

Oil shipments from Iran's main export terminal appear to have come to a standstill over the past several days. European satellite imagery compiled by Bloomberg shows there were no ocean-going oil tankers observed at Kharg Island on May 8, 9 or 11. If Kharg Island were to remain idle, it would increase the pressure on the country's remaining storage facilities. Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace reports.

Trump warns of massive strikes if Iran rejects a US deal, even as he claims a shaky ceasefire holds. While equity markets remain bullish, oil markets show "deep distress" and prediction markets signal low confidence in a swift diplomatic resolution.

African ports are struggling to capitalize on a surge in shipping traffic as the Middle East conflict disrupts other key global trade routes. Bloomberg's Chief Africa Correspondent Jennifer Zabasajja explains on Horizons Middle East & Africa.

President Donald Trump said he would pause an effort to help stranded ships exit the Strait of Hormuz to see if the US can reach an agreement with Iran to end the war. Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace has the latest.