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WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for June 1. Nvidia unveils a next generation lineup of laptops and desktops designed to run AI agents. Plus, SoftBank leapfrogs Toyota to become Japan's most valuable company on news it will invest more than $50 billion in data centers in France. And Colombia lurches right, as voters back a presidential candidate pledging a major drugs crackdown. WSJ South America bureau chief Juan Forero says a potential win by firebrand Abelardo de la Espriella in a runoff later this month could hand President Trump another close ally in Latin America. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Attention all passengers.

0:04.0

The Uber ride for Mark and Jamal's romantic weekend will depart in four minutes from Platform 6.

0:10.0

Your ride comes with a rolling countryside sunset view and a table seat, ideal for playing footsie beneath.

0:17.0

Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.

0:23.1

Trains on Uber.

0:32.3

Columbia lurches right as voters back a candidate pledging a major drugs crackdown.

0:36.8

This puts the U.S. in a good position to fight drugs here more openly. And it would also provide

0:38.5

an ally for the U.S. in whatever actions it takes in Venezuela. Plus, soft bank leapfrogs Toyota

0:46.4

to become Japan's most valuable company, and NVIDIA unveils a next generation of personal

0:52.7

computers designed to run AI agents.

0:56.4

It's Monday, June 1st. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition

1:01.2

of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:09.9

The U.S. and Iran have once again exchanged blows, with the U.S. hitting air defense

1:15.6

radars and drone sites after Iran shot down an American drone.

1:20.2

The weekend flare-up came as the two sides continued discussions to extend a ceasefire

1:24.7

and lift blockages in the Strait of Hormuz.

1:29.1

President Trump posted on social media this morning that Iran wants to make a deal, but that lawmakers were complicating

1:34.4

negotiations. American hardliners and Israel are wary of a deal that fails to secure concrete

1:40.6

concessions on Iran's nuclear program or control of the strait. In Colombia, far-right

1:47.1

lawyer Abelardo de la Espreya has won the first round of a presidential election held Sunday

1:52.8

in a major blow to both the ruling leftist party and establishment conservatives. The surprise result

1:59.0

sets up a high-stakes runoff in a few weeks between the government's

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