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Vietnam is calling for greater Canadian investment in green finance and infrastructure projects, according to Vietnam Investment Review. The push reflects Hanoi's broader effort to attract foreign capital for sustainable development as it works toward its climate and growth goals.

Amazon is looking to sell around $8 billion worth of Nvidia chips to outside investors, according to the Financial Times. The arrangement would let customers and partners take on the cost of Nvidia hardware used in Amazon Web Services data centers, easing Amazon's capital expenditure burden. The report has been picked up widely by business and technology media, drawing attention to the enormous expense of the AI infrastructure buildout and how major cloud providers are seeking to share those costs.

Following the Berlin election, initial three-party talks on forming a new city government have started. Thorsten Frei, a senior CDU politician, is among the figures drawing attention as parties negotiate a coalition. Discussions are expected to determine whether the CDU can govern with partners in the capital and what the next Berlin Senate will look like.

Venture firm NFX has announced it will stop raising outside capital and move to a self-funded model. The shift means the firm will invest its own money rather than depend on limited partners. The move is drawing attention in startup and venture circles, where observers see it as a notable change of strategy for an established early-stage investor.

Amazon plans to move about US$8 billion of semiconductor chips off its own balance sheet, according to a Financial Times report cited by the Taipei Times. The arrangement would shift ownership of the chips, likely used in its cloud and AI data centers, to suppliers or partners, reducing Amazon's capital costs. The move highlights how intensely tech firms are managing spending on the hardware powering the AI boom.

Regions Bank and Tenet Partners have made investments in the first companies launched by HVL, a venture studio. The move links a major regional US bank and an innovation firm to a portfolio of early-stage ventures, offering them capital and corporate backing as they build out their businesses.

Partners Capital has acquired a three-property retail portfolio in northwest Houston. The deal adds shopping center assets to the firm's holdings in one of the Houston metro's active retail submarkets, according to trade coverage of the transaction. Further details on pricing, tenants, and the seller were not disclosed in initial reports.

Law firm Greenberg Traurig has hired Ben Patton as a construction partner in London, strengthening its real estate practice in the UK capital. The move adds construction law expertise to the firm's London real estate platform as demand for development and infrastructure work continues among its client base.

A new double partnership has been announced, linking adult education initiatives with a Brussels-based radio station. The announcement pairs a learning-focused collaboration with a media collaboration in the Belgian capital. Details about the partners involved, the scope of the programmes, and the timeline have not yet been made widely available, so it is not clear what each partnership will deliver or who will benefit.

The United Kingdom has pledged to extend nuclear protection to Finland and other European allies, according to a report by TVP World. The announcement signals a strengthened British security commitment to European partners. Details about the scope of the pledge and reactions from Helsinki or other capitals were not immediately available, and it remains unclear how the guarantee would work in practice.

France is expanding its initiative to offer a nuclear deterrent umbrella to European allies, a policy championed by President Emmanuel Macron in response to doubts about the reliability of American security guarantees. The move revives debate over 'European deterrence' and whether French arsenals could help shield EU partners, drawing attention from capitals across Europe.

Pacific Retail Capital Partners and Conversant Capital have formed a joint venture to acquire a mall in Ventura, California. The deal signals continued investor interest in repositioning regional shopping centres, with Pacific Retail known for taking over struggling malls and redeveloping them. Details on the purchase price and the partners' plans for the property were not disclosed in the initial reports.

Jaguar Uranium announced it will take part in Roth Capital Partners' Emerging Nuclear Technology Conference in New York. The event brings together companies and investors focused on nuclear energy and advanced reactor technology. Interest in uranium and nuclear-related firms has been growing as governments and markets look for low-carbon baseload power and as nuclear power regains policy support in several countries.

Phaos Technology Holdings has entered into a securities purchase agreement worth up to US$10 million with High West Partners. The financing arrangement, announced via market wire services, gives the technology company access to potential capital from the investment firm. Further details on the terms and intended use of funds were not immediately disclosed.

Ukraine and South Korea both oppose North Korea's involvement in the war against Ukraine, including Pyongyang's reported troop deployments and weapons supplies to Russia. Despite this shared position, a diplomatic rift has opened between Kyiv and Seoul. The tension is drawing attention as both capitals weigh how closely to align while the war and Korean Peninsula security concerns intersect.

Hedge fund ExodusPoint Capital Management has joined a growing group of hedge funds partnering with Anthropic to use its artificial intelligence technology. The move, reported by Bloomberg, signals that major quantitative and multi-strategy funds continue to invest in AI tools for trading, research and operations, adding ExodusPoint to a list of prominent asset managers working directly with the AI company.