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Lando Norris says he has been proven wrong after having “doubts” about winning the F1 Drivers’ Championship earlier this year.Norris entered the season as a title contender alongside Max Verstappen and outperformed McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in the first half of 2025. After August’s Dutch Grand Prix, he suffered an oil leak and fell to 34 points behind Piastri, but he fought back to beat the Australian over the next six race weekends, regaining the championship lead in October and holding onto that advantage until the end of Sunday’s race in Abu Dhabi, winning his first title two points clear…

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Hearts welcomed new Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy to Scotland and he had a nightmare debut in the dugout. Goals from Claudio Braga and Oisin McEntee secured a 2-1 win at Celtic Park, leaving the Reds at the top of the league and three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership.Nancy’s side dominated possession and ground against the in-form visitors, but Celtic handed control back to Hearts with a near-tolerable performance after caretaker manager Martin O’Neill overcame an eight-point deficit at the top. Alexander Schworrow had a mostly uneventful afternoon in Hearts’ goal, with little else to worry about…

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When shopping for holiday gifts, it can be difficult to guess which ones will actually be useful instead of just leaving them in the box. What people keep on hand is usually something they can quickly retrieve when they need it. Travel bags that make weekend trips easier, kitchen gadgets that make dinner time faster, and home appliances that give you more value every time you use them.One way to find these types of gifts is to ask people what they pledge. With that in mind, the CNBC Make It staff shared items that have proven to be really valuable…

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abuja, nigeria Reuters — Nigeria’s government has secured the release of 100 schoolchildren abducted last month in Niger state in one of the worst mass kidnappings in the country’s history, local broadcaster Channels Television reported on Sunday. On November 21, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) announced that 303 children and 12 school staff were abducted by armed men from St. Mary’s Catholic Boarding School in Papiri, Niger State. Fifty students managed to escape in the hours that followed, but since then there has been no update on the whereabouts or status of the other children, some as young as…

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Chelsea’s 34-game unbeaten run in the WSL came to an abrupt end with a shock 1-0 defeat to Everton. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of the WSL match between Chelsea and Everton. The Toffees are without a win in their last eight league games, their most recent victory coming against Liverpool on the opening day of the season, but Honoka Hayashi’s goal after 12 minutes sealed a historic victory. It was the Blues’ first defeat in the WSL since May 2024 and the first under manager Sonia Bompastre. Due to his failure to score a…

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Containers are unloaded from the Wan Hai 175 cargo ship at the Tan Vu Terminal operated by Vietnam Maritime Corporation at Hai Phong Port in Hai Phong, Vietnam, Wednesday, January 15, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe share of volume from suppliers in China, Hong Kong and South Korea has declined from 90% to 50% over the past decade, reflecting the long-term diversification of supply chains that gained momentum during the first Trump administration and trade wars, according to an analysis by Wells Fargo Supply Chain Finance. “From 2018 to 2020, after the initial tariffs, supplier diversification from China…

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Max Verstappen lost out to Lando Norris for the F1 Drivers’ World Championship by just two points, but was he too ‘well-behaved’ in the final race of the season?Verstappen cruised to victory in Sunday’s final race of the season in Abu Dhabi, beating Oscar Piastri by 12.5 seconds, but was decisively denied a fifth consecutive drivers’ title as Norris took the necessary third place for championship glory. Many expected the Red Bull driver to deliberately drive slowly from the front to force Norris to make a mistake, and afterwards in the cool-down room Piastri directly asked, “Why don’t you want…

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For many people, the holiday season is a time of mixed emotions. What feels like “the most wonderful time of the year” to some can be exhausting and anxiety-inducing for others.According to the American Psychiatric Association’s Healthy Minds Poll, nearly half of U.S. adults (41%) say they expect to experience more stress this holiday season than last year. And an additional 46% worry about finding and affording holiday gifts. 31% of people surveyed said they feel anxious about being alone. As more people report experiencing feelings of loneliness, experts say it’s important to intentionally increase the joy in your life,…

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Cairo AP — A drone attack by a Sudanese paramilitary group hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children, a doctors’ group said. The Sudanese Doctors Network said in a statement late Friday that emergency workers at the scene in the town of Karogi in South Kordofan state were targeted in a “second unexpected attack.” Emergency Lawyers, a rights group that tracks violence against civilians in Sudan, said in a statement on Saturday that it reported a second attack on emergency workers treating survivors in Karogi, and said a “third civilian facility close to the previous…

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