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On Thursday night, the Seattle Seahawks rallied from a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Los Angeles Rams 38-37 and take a one-game lead in the NFC West. In overtime, Sam Darnold connected with Jackson Smith-Njiba for a touchdown, then a wide-open Eric Saubert converted the game-winning two-point conversion.The Seahawks went 3-for-3 on two-point conversions, but nothing could have been more improbable than the conversion that tied the game at 30-all in the fourth quarter. Darnold’s deflected pass to Zach Charbonnet was initially ruled incomplete, but a replay review determined it was a backwards pass. Charbonnet, who casually picked up…
A signboard at a branch of ICICI Prudential Asset Management in Delhi, India, on Thursday, December 18, 2025. ICICI Prudential AMC’s initial public offering, which aims to raise up to 106 billion rupees ($1.2 billion), received bids for more than 1.37 billion shares as of the end of the last day of offering on Tuesday, out of 35.02 million shares on offer, according to exchange data. Photographer: Anindit Mukherjee/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares in ICICI Prudential, one of India’s largest asset management companies, rose 19% in their trading debut on Friday following a 106 billion rupee…
The Justice Department on Friday marks the legally mandated deadline to begin releasing criminal investigative files on notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The order to release the files comes after months of controversy over the Trump administration’s decision to violate past promises by top law enforcement officials to release documents and other evidence.In November, Congress overwhelmingly voted to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files, and President Donald Trump signed the bill.Trump, who was friends with Epstein for years until they had a falling out in the early 2000s, had called the request to release the files a “hoax”…
After Peter Wright claimed that the Dutchman’s “sight is probably improving”, Michael van Gerwen said: “There’s nothing wrong with my eyes.”Van Gerwen avoided a major upset when he faced Japan’s Mitsuhiko Tasunami in the first round of the World Darts Championship on Thursday, continuing his 14-year streak of not losing his first match at Alexandra Palace. However, Peter Wright, who could face Van Gerwen in the third round, revealed earlier this week that he believed the three-time world champion’s eyesight may be worsening. “I think their (young players’) vision is better than ours. I think that’s it,” Wright said.”Obviously, is…
European stocks opened mixed on Friday as investors digested a series of interest rate decisions and looked ahead to tense budget talks in France. pan-european Stocks 600 There was little change in London by 8:25 a.m., with most major regional stock exchanges trading flat. Looking at individual stocks, major sportswear companies puma and adidas They fell 1.9% and 0.7%, respectively, on concerns about U.S. rivals. nike’s achievements spread to companies across the Atlantic. Nike’s second-quarter results beat Wall Street expectations, but investors were spooked by a weak Chinese market and the continuing impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs. Nike stock…
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the United States has received trillions of dollars in investment commitments since taking office in January, and that the amounts he cites vary.On January 21, his second day in office, President Trump said the United States had “already secured nearly $3 trillion in new investment.”By May 8, that amount had grown to “nearly $10 trillion.” The amount finally reached its peak on October 29, during a meeting with South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok. “I think by the end of my first term, we should have $21 trillion or $22 trillion invested in…
Washington DC — The guilty verdict handed down this week for Hong Kong media mogul and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was expected but still shocking, his daughter Claire Lai told CNN’s Jim Schutt, condemning what she described as “gross violations” of Hong Kong’s legal system under Chinese rule. Her father, 78, now faces the possibility of life in prison after a two-year trial under a sweeping national security law that Beijing imposed on the city after months of massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests. Lai, a self-made billionaire, founded a fiercely pro-democracy tabloid known for its harsh coverage of the…
In the third Test at Adelaide, another devastating Travis Head hundred put Australia in an advantageous position, putting them ahead for 356 with two innings and six wickets still in hand as they look to preserve the Ashes with two games to spare.Another heartbreaking defeat followed in the day-night Test in Brisbane, with England limping to 213-8 on the second night due to a recent breakdown in their batting line against Australia’s 371 runs in the first innings, but they were already facing Adelaide on the third day. Ben Stokes, 83, led from the front, as he often did during…
Shoppers browse through groceries ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Albertsons Supermarket on November 24, 2025 in Redmond, Washington, USA.david rider reuter US inflation data for November looked very encouraging, with headline interest rates for the year coming in 0.4 percentage points lower than expected. But there’s no need to rejoice just yet. This is the first consumer price report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics since the end of the U.S. government shutdown. The October statistics disappeared into thin air because the department was “unable to collect these data retrospectively.” The BLS added that the November CPI “does…
Global data center transactions have soared this year, once again hitting an all-time high, driven by a rush to build out the infrastructure needed for energy-intensive AI workloads.The surge came even as investors became increasingly wary of soaring valuations in artificial intelligence and financing to support the rapid expansion of data centers. Global stocks were sold off in November due to deep-rooted concerns about AI-powered bubbles.But S&P Global reported that more than $61 billion has flowed into the data center market this year, up slightly from last year’s $60.8 billion amid a “global construction frenzy.”A surge in debt financing contributed…