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Caroline Dubois will pursue a showdown with British rival Terry Harper next year.Londoner is the WBC lightweight champion and Harper holds the WBO version of the world title at 135 pounds. Dubois hopes to face the Doncaster fighter in a world championship unification bout in early 2026. sprayer This content is provided by sprayercookies and other technologies may be used. To view this content, you must allow cookies. You can change the settings and enable it using the buttons below. sprayer Use cookies or allow them only once. You can change your settings at any time in Privacy Options. Unfortunately,…
AI agents are being sold as a solution for planning trips, answering business questions, and solving all kinds of problems, but getting them to interact with tools and data outside of a chat interface has been difficult. Developers have to piece together various connectors to keep them running, which is a brittle approach that is difficult to scale and poses governance issues. Google claims it is trying to solve this problem by launching its own fully managed remote MCP server, which will make it easier for agents to connect its Google and cloud services, such as Maps and BigQuery. The…
A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on November 7, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Tim Evans Reutersouthwest airlines As the airline industry continues to compete for premium travelers, CEO Bob Jordan told CNBC on Wednesday that the airline is “aggressively pursuing” the possibility of opening a network of airport lounges.”I think lounges are going to be the next big benefit for customers,” Jordan said in an interview. “And then you have a lounge network where you can offer a premium credit card that gives you lounge access.”Southwest Airlines is discussing potential airport leases and lounges…
US President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with business leaders at the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Fed’s latest decision to cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a point could have “at least doubled.”President Trump, who has long urged the central bank to cut interest rates to spur further economic growth, called Fed Chairman Jerome Powell a “big-head” for approving a “fairly small” rate cut.Trump also said during a roundtable with CEOs at the White House that he planned to meet…
The commander of U.S. Central Command said there were “multiple instances of cooperation” with Syria against ISIL.Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S. military’s Central Command, based in the Middle East, said the U.S. is cooperating with the Syrian military in conducting operations against Islamic State (ISIS), and emphasized the cooperation between the U.S. government and Damascus.Cooper, speaking virtually Wednesday at a Middle East Institute event, said the U.S. military is working to “facilitate cooperation” with Syrian authorities.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”There are multiple instances where we have worked with the Syrian government to counter a very specific…
Ukraine on Wednesday crashed an oil tanker belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, according to a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) official. A Ukrainian security official told CNN that the SeaBaby maritime drone was used in joint operations by the SBU and the navy. This was the third attack on a Russian tanker in two weeks. Russia uses hundreds of tankers flying various flags to secretly transport oil to customers in defiance of Western sanctions. The Dashan tanker, flying the flag of the Comoros Islands, sustained “significant damage” and preliminary information suggested the vessel was “disabled”.…
Joshua Zirkzee wants to remain at Manchester United to compete for a place in the team amid growing interest from Roma.Sky Sports News reported that the Serie A side are hoping to sign him on loan initially, with the right to buy him if certain conditions are met. Although United are aware of the interest, they are not thought to be actively considering selling Zirksee when the transfer window opens – and he has made an impact on Ruben Amorim’s side in recent days. He started against West Ham on 14 December and came on as a substitute in the…
Apple on Wednesday released its annual list of the most downloaded apps and games of the year. In the US market, OpenAI’s ChatGPT topped the ranking of most installed free iPhone apps (excluding games) in 2025. AI apps were followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail, and Google’s Gemini. ChatGPT ranked fourth last year, but lost the top spot to Chinese shopping app Temu. Despite the AI app being released on iPhone in May 2023 and having a strong debut, it did not make it to the top 10 list in 2023. The fact that ChatGPT…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves at noon: Photronics — The maker of flat panel display components rose more than 37% after better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter results. Photronics’ first quarter profit outlook also exceeded expectations. Maplebear — The grocery delivery platform fell 6% after Amazon announced in a blog post that its same-day delivery service for fresh groceries, a direct competitor to Instacart, has expanded to more than 2,300 cities and towns. Amazon said it has increased its selection of fresh produce available for same-day delivery by more than 30% since August and expects to continue expanding to more…
Oracle co-founder and chief technology officer Larry Ellison appears at the F1 British Grand Prix held in Towcester, England on July 6, 2025.Jay Hirano | Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty Imagesoracle is scheduled to announce its second quarter results after the market closes on Wednesday.According to LSEG, analysts expect the following:Earnings per share: Adjusted $1.64 Revenue: $16.21 billionWall Street expects sales for the quarter ending Nov. 30 to rise 15% from $14.1 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by StreetAccount expect cloud revenue to be $7.92 billion and software revenue to be $6.06 billion.The report comes at a…