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Before the trading day starts we bring you a digest of the key news and events that are likely to move markets. Today we look at:

President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns that they're too small and slow to be driven safely on American ...

Japan's 30-year bonds gained after an auction of that maturity drew the strongest demand since 2019 as elevated yields lured investors.

Paramount Skydance Corp. more than doubled the proposed breakup fee in its offer to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. to $5 billion, according to people familiar with the company's offer, part of a sweetened proposal designed to outshine rival bids ...

The US is inviting Poland to the next Group of 20 summit -- and plans to shun South Africa -- when President Donald Trump hosts the forum of the largest global economies in 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Japanese assets took the spotlight in Asia on Thursday. The nation's shares led gains in the region after US data boosted odds of a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut next week, while a sale of its 30-year government bonds drew the strongest demand .. ...

Japanese shares outperformed in Asia on Thursday after more evidence of a slowing US job market boosted the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next week.

Oil held a gain as investors weighed the outlook for a ceasefire in Ukraine and the fallout from tensions between the US and Venezuela.

Salesforce Inc. gave an outlook for revenue in the current period that topped analysts' estimates, suggesting the software company is persuading customers to buy its AI tools.

JPMorgan says Strategy Inc.'s stock has already priced in the risk of exclusion from major equity benchmarks, casting the upcoming MSCI decision as a potential upside catalyst, even though a removal would still prompt passive outflows.