•Russian President Vladimir Putin described the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei as a 'cynical murder' and a blatant violation of international law.
•The assassination occurred as part of a US-Israeli military operation named 'Operation Epic Fury'.
•The Kremlin confirmed it is in constant contact with Iranian leadership following massive bombing raids on Tehran.
•China's Foreign Ministry urged all parties to cease military operations and ensure safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
•China imports about 80% of Iran's oil exports, equivalent to approximately 1.6 million barrels per day.
•Reports indicate shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is paralyzed amid threats from Iran's Revolutionary Guards and drone strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure.
•President Trump expressed disappointment with UK PM Keir Starmer for his initial refusal to allow the use of the Diego Garcia base for strikes against Iran.
•Starmer later agreed to allow the base's use for specific and limited defensive purposes to destroy missiles at their source.
•The Diego Garcia base is considered a vital strategic hub for long-range operations in the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific.
•The U.S. government spends approximately $900 billion annually on defense, with $10 trillion expected to flow through defense production lines over the next five years.
•Advanced military systems including fighter jets, missiles, and naval vessels depend entirely on magnet-grade metals derived from rare earths.
•China dominates the critical industrial step of converting rare-earth oxide into magnet-grade metal, a process North America largely abandoned decades ago.
•The Phase 3 CYPRESS study evaluating ampreloxetine failed to meet its primary endpoint in patients with symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH).
•The board is accelerating a strategic review and announced an organizational restructuring to reduce the cost base by approximately 60% (around $70 million).
•The company expects a cash balance of approximately $400 million by the end of Q1 2026, shifting focus to its growing COPD product, YUPELRI.
•United States Antimony Corporation (USAC) completed an initial resource engineering study on its 100% owned Fostung Tungsten Property in Ontario, Canada.
•The inferred resource value of the deposit exceeds $4.6 billion.
•The company is the only fully integrated antimony company outside China and Russia and will file the final SK 1300 Technical Report with the SEC.
•The Trump administration is pivoting toward executive workarounds to reshape the financial system due to the legislative stalemate of the CLARITY Act.
•Paul Atkins is identified as a central figure in defining Trump's cryptocurrency legacy.
•There is a focus on family-backed stablecoins as a method to bypass the need for a Congressional vote.
