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Anti-government protests have broken out in all 31 provinces of Iran, in a wave of unrest that poses the biggest challenge to the regime in years. An ongoing communications blackout, unprecedented in its scale, was imposed by authorities on Thursday, experts say, largely isolating the country from the outside world amid deadly unrest. US President Donald Trump has threatened to attack Iran if its security forces respond with force against demonstrators, who have reportedly left hundreds dead. Thousands more were arrested. As public anger continues to rise, here’s what you need to know. The protests began about two weeks ago…
This is the most incredible Scottish Premiership title race in recent memory, with big moments and big decisions to ensure none of the challengers fail over the weekend.Martin O’Neill’s recent return to Celtic saw a major turnaround in fortunes with a 4-0 win against Dundee United. League leaders Hearts responded by beating Dundee 1-0 at Dens Park despite playing more than half the game with 10 men. Rangers then beat Aberdeen for the second time in five days, keeping them at the top of the table.The Jambos are at the top of the table with 47 points, three points ahead…
French defense technology company Harmattan AI is climbing almost as fast as its new backer, supersonic planes. The company, founded in 2024, raised $200 million in a Series B round led by Dassault Aviation, best known for building the Rafale fighter jet, and is now valued at $1.4 billion. Less than two years after it was founded, Harmattan AI, which builds autonomy and mission systems software for defense aircraft, had already received strong validation signals from the French and British ministries of defense. But the funding and accompanying partnership give new wings to the company that once called itself “Europe’s…
As Wall Street’s top bankers gathered in New York last month to prepare to persuade Elon Musk’s SpaceX to choose them to head its upcoming IPO, one company couldn’t afford to let its star advisors miss out on the bakeoff.Among the troops of JP Morgan Chase The investment bankers who flew 4,500 miles west to California to pitch SpaceX were the lender’s boss, billionaire CEO Jamie Dimon, a person familiar with the trip told CNBC.The morning after that pitch meeting, Dec. 19, Mr. Dimon was already back in his usual early Friday morning position. I sat in the lobby of…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Monday. I’m not sure what to write for this intro. As someone who is passionate about skin care, I thought I would write this story about the latest men’s beauty trends. But as a Michigan native, it would be remiss of me not to mention it. GMnew headquarters in Detroit.Stock futures are falling this morning. The stock market is coming off a strong week.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1.F.R.B.U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Federal Reserve System…
The Philadelphia Eagles gave up their right to be known as the defending Super Bowl champions on Sunday night. In so many ways, it would sum up the story of their season. A season that was largely unsatisfying for AJ Brown, with the offense consistently underperforming as one of the league’s worst units under coach Kevin Pattullo, but it was a season that might have ended earlier if Vic Fangio’s defense hadn’t been able to hang on in games. Fangio’s resistance gained momentum again Sunday night, but a lack of vitality on the other side of the ball ultimately proved…
The criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is once again testing the independence of the U.S. central bank, reinforcing the view among global investors that they need to diversify away from U.S. assets.”That seems to be happening this morning,” Julien Lafargue, chief market strategist at Barclays Private Bank, told CNBC’s “Europe Early Edition” on Monday.futures of S&P500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Everything fell on Monday after the Justice Department launched an investigation into the $2.5 billion renovation of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters.Stock chart iconStock chart iconUS 10 year government bond.In a video statement tweeted by the…
In December, Australia banned young people from using social media with new regulations.George Chan | Getty Images News | Getty Imagesmeta The tech giant has launched a new petition asking the Australian government to reconsider its recently imposed social media ban on under-16s after the tech giant blocked more than 500,000 accounts on its platform in a single month. Australia’s Online Safety Amendment Act 2024 comes into effect on December 11, and will be used by Meta’s Instagram, Alphabet’s YouTube, Bytedance’s TikTok, redditSnapchat, Elon Musk’s X. Meta then said in a blog post on Sunday that it removed about 550,000…
Reuters — As the clashes entered their third day, the Syrian army launched new attacks on parts of Aleppo on Thursday after ordering residents to evacuate and accusing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of using Kurdish-majority areas for attacks. The military released at least seven maps identifying areas targeted for attack and urged residents to leave immediately for their own safety. The operational command announced a curfew in the Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafieh neighborhoods from 3pm local time. The fighting that broke out on Tuesday forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes and left several dead and injured.…
Exxon Mobil Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods meets with oil executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Friday, January 9, 2026.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump hints at withdrawal exxon mobil Others from Venezuela’s energy market said they did not like their response to his call for oil companies to quickly re-enter the South American country.”I didn’t like what Exxon was doing. You know there’s a lot of us that would like that. I would probably want to shut Exxon out,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on…