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US President Donald Trump has urged NATO allies to devise a plan within days to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, crucial for global energy supplies. Following talks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Washington, expectations for military deployment and action remain amidst European reluctance.

New Zealand authorities have announced a tightening of work visa regulations in response to what they describe as “unsustainable” levels of migration. Applicants for low-skilled positions are now required to meet English-language proficiency standards and their permitted stay has been reduced from five years to three.

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has opened an inquiry into US billionaire Elon Musk after he said he would reactive X (formerly Twitter) accounts, that the judge had ordered to be blocked. Musk took to his social media platform saying that the restrictions on the X accounts had been lifted because the court order was unconstitutional.

Profits for Samsung Electronics are expected to jump by more than 10-fold compared to a year earlier. The news comes as prices of chips have recovered from a post-pandemic slump and demand for artificial intelligence (AI) related products booms.

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