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Paris Reuters — A Paris court on Monday found 10 people guilty of cyber-harassment of France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, for spreading false claims that she was a transgender woman who was born male. Brigitte and her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron, have long faced such lies, including allegations that she was born under her brother’s real name, Jean-Michel Trogneux. The couple’s 24-year age difference has also drawn criticism and vitriol, which they largely ignored over the years but recently began challenging in court. Monday’s ruling marks a victory for the Macrons, who are pursuing another high-profile defamation case in…

Manchester United hope to have a new coaching team in place in time to prepare for the Manchester derby on January 17, which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.The game against Burnley, Darren Fletcher’s first game in charge, means that active negotiations with candidates are temporarily suspended as the club’s entire focus is on that game, but I expect things to pick up speed later this week. Jason Wilcox, the club’s director of football, was key to the decision to sack Ruben Amorim and is leading the search for a short- and long-term replacement. So far, he has held…

On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, during the US-Saudi Investment Forum held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk left and Nvidia Inc. CEO Jensen Huang attended. Stephanie Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Imagestesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that it will be several years before Nvidia’s new self-driving car models become serious competitors to the company’s fully self-driving (FSD) technology.during the CES conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced Alpamayo, a family of open artificial intelligence models for autonomous development.Musk responded to the revelation with an X post from a user…

US President Donald Trump considers Greenland a US national security priority to deter Washington’s “Arctic adversaries,” according to a White House statement released Tuesday.The statement came days after President Trump told reporters that Greenland is necessary for the United States from a national security perspective because it is “covered by Russian and Chinese vessels.”Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listHere’s what you need to know about what President Trump said, whether Russia and China are present in Greenland, and whether they pose a threat to American security.What has President Trump said about Greenland lately?President Trump told reporters aboard Air…

Prediction market traders are increasingly betting that more international chaos is ahead in the wake of President Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela.Traders on the fast-growing platform have recently been placing money based on where the White House will focus next. The bets have intensified as Wall Street and Main Street focus on the Trump administration’s move toward swift and powerful international attacks.”The big takeaway for investors is that President Trump has become increasingly comfortable and confident in the use of military force,” Piper Sandler analyst Andy Laperriere said in a letter to clients on Monday. “The first years of his…

When tourists head to the Pankisi Valley, the warnings often begin before they arrive, usually from the mouths of taxi drivers who are unsure whether they can take tourists to this remote destination. Khatuna Margoshvili, owner of a guesthouse in the rugged and picturesque valley, said drivers say, “‘Why are you going there? What are you doing? I don’t know, it’s not safe there.'” Pankisi in Georgia, a former Soviet state on the eastern edge of Europe, has long had a reputation shaped more by headlines than by tourists. In the early 2000s, Chechens fleeing Moscow’s war against their homeland…

For Brighton, Pascal Gross is old but new. He was on loan from Borussia Dortmund but is now back in blue.No player in Brighton’s Premier League history has been more important than the 34-year-old. He is the first player signed for a transfer fee of £3 million after being promoted to the top league. He stood as a symbol of the entire Brighton project, a match made in heaven. But for Gross, nothing was more important than the Christmas call from Brighton that sealed his return to the club from Dortmund after 18 months. “There were a few other options,…

A demonstrator holds a large Venezuelan flag outside Congress on January 5, 2026, in Caracas, Venezuela, on the day ousted U.S. President Nicolas Maduro appeared in a New York courtroom and Vice President Delcy Rodriguez was formally sworn in as the country’s interim president after being ousted from power by the Trump administration.Maxwell Briseno | ReutersVenezuela’s long-term defaulted bonds have suddenly become one of the hottest deals in emerging markets.The price of the country’s standard bonds due in October 2026 soared to about 43 cents to the dollar, more than doubling since August. The rally came as traders reassessed prospects…

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Wednesday. People who come to my house will be happy to know that even though I am personally interested, they live outside the delivery range of this shower water beer.Stock futures were little changed this morning. The market is winning again.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Hard powerPainted houses and apartment complexes overlooking a fjord in Nuuk, Greenland, Monday, November 3, 2025. Juliette Pavie | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesYesterday, the White House announced that President Donald Trump…

The United States on Wednesday sought to seize a Russian-flagged Venezuela-linked tanker as part of President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to control the flow of oil in America’s backyard and force the socialist government in Caracas onto the ally.After ousting Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, Washington has blocked sanctioned ships entering and leaving waters near the South American OPEC member state. The U.S. Coast Guard and military were attempting to seize a tanker flying Russian flags after refusing to board the vessel last month, two officials said.The move, which came after a two-week pursuit in the Atlantic Ocean with Russian submarines…