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Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Tuesday as investors shrugged off fresh doubts over the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire after President Donald Trump warned the truce was on “massive life support.”
Trump on Monday cast doubt on the survival of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, saying the fragile truce was effectively “on life support” after Tehran delivered what he described as an unacceptable response to Washington’s proposal for ending the conflict.
“I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support, where the doctor walks in and says, ‘Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living,’” he said.
Japan’s Nikkei 225
