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Global stock markets tumbled as investors worried
that American interest rates might rise and that investment in AI will not generate the profits they expected.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index closed 2.2% lower, dragged down by a chip-making sell-off.
Nvidia's share price sank by more than 4%.
Europe's stocks 600 and South Korea's KOSPI index closed around 0.7% and 10% lower, respectively.
America's Senate voted 50 to 48 to pass a war powers resolution that seeks to limit Donald Trump from taking
further military action against Iran without congressional approval, after multiple attempts by Democrats.
The House of Representatives passed the resolution earlier this month.
While it is a powerful rebuke of Mr Trump's war in Iran, it does not carry the force of law.
Israel and Lebanon began a fifth round of American brokered peace talks in Washington.
Marco Rubio, America's Secretary of State, said the process was separate from negotiations on an Iran peace deal.