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U.S. President Donald Trump attends UFC 327: Jiri Prochaska vs. Carlos Wolberg at Caseya Center in Miami on April 11, 2026. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Julia Demarie Nikinson | Julia Demarie Nikinson AFP | Getty Images Hello, my name is Leonie Kidd and I’m from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open.US President Donald Trump certainly crammed a lot into one weekend. On Saturday, he spent more than four hours watching a UFC title fight in Miami, although 21 hours of talks between negotiators in Pakistan failed to reach a deal with Iran. He later…
US President Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch. Julia Demarie Nikinson | Julia Demarie Nikinson Jonathan Ernst | ReutersA federal judge in Florida on Monday dismissed a $10 billion lawsuit against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal for defaming President Donald Trump with an article alleging he sent notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a “vulgar” letter on his 50th birthday.But Judge Darrin Gales said in a ruling in U.S. District Court in Miami that Trump will have the opportunity to file a new amended lawsuit over the July 2024 letter published by the Journal.Gales, who categorically denies that…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – More than 12 hours of face-to-face talks between the United States and Iran ended without a deal in Islamabad on Sunday, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire that was the only barrier between diplomacy and a return to war.Pakistan spent weeks positioning itself as a mediator, successfully getting both sides in the same room, and emerged in that role intact. But officials acknowledged that the more difficult step of getting U.S. and Iranian negotiators back into talks before their differences escalate into another full-blown war has begun.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”Pakistan has and will continue…
Paris — You can’t escape from the tax collector. At least that’s how Benjamin Briere must have felt when he received the message everyone dreads after returning from three and a half years as a hostage in Iran. It turns out he didn’t file his taxes. The return of two French nationals detained from Iran this month highlighted Mr Briere’s clashes with French officials upon his return to France in 2023, prompting French tax authorities to issue a public apology this weekend. He said in an interview with French news outlet Le Nouvelle Obs in late 2025 that he had…
OpenAI has announced the opening of its first permanent London office, which will accommodate more than 500 team members, after the company halted a large-scale AI infrastructure project in the UK. The US-based AI company announced on Monday that it had signed a lease for 88,500 square feet of space. In February, OpenAI announced that London would be its largest research hub outside the United States. The company currently employs around 200 people in the UK capital.”The UK has an incredible talent pool and strong track record in AI,” Phoebe Tucker, OpenAI’s London site lead, said in a statement. “London…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Monday. One of last month’s biggest Academy Awards winners was probably kodakthe film was used in the filming of “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners.” Here’s how the self-proclaimed “turnaround specialist” turned his company around and brought it to the Oscars.Stock futures are lower this morning after all three indexes posted their best weeks in months.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. No agreementU.S. Vice President J.D. Vance speaks to the media before boarding the Second Air Force,…
NEW YORK (AP) – Oil prices are once again above $100 a barrel and stock markets are falling globally after 21 hours of ceasefire talks failed to end the war with Iran. But Monday’s moves were modest compared to many of the extreme swings that have rocked financial markets since the war began in late February. Analysts said this suggests Wall Street remains hopeful that the two countries can eventually avoid the worst-case scenario for the global economy. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 238 points, and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.2%. Oil prices…
Michael Carrick says Koby Mainu is “close” to signing a new contract with Manchester United.In March, Sky Sports News reported that both Mainoo and Harry Maguire were close to agreeing new terms. The defender’s contract was announced last week. The 20-year-old’s contract has not yet been finalized, but it is expected to include a significant pay rise. His current contract was signed in 2023, when he was 17 years old, and runs until the summer of 2027. Man United want a new contract that better reflects Maynou’s progress over recent seasons and his current place within the first team. The…
Spencer Pratt | Getty ImagesUS Treasury yields edged higher on Monday as the breakdown in negotiations between Iran and the US again clouded the inflation outlook.The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury, the benchmark for government borrowing, rose more than 3 basis points to 4.355%.The yield on the two-year Treasury note, which is more sensitive to the Federal Reserve’s short-term interest rate decisions, rose more than 3 basis points to 3.837%. The yield on 30-year government bonds also rose by more than 3 basis points to 4.946%.One basis point equals 0.01%, and yields and prices move in opposite directions.Investors are…
Dennis Dresser, OpenAI’s newly appointed head of revenue, sent a memo to staff on Sunday touting the partnership with the company. Amazon While being a key growth driver for the enterprise business, we are also mindful of the constraints of long-standing partnerships. microsoft. Dresser’s memo comes less than two months after Amazon announced plans to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI as part of a strategic partnership. Microsoft, Amazon’s biggest cloud computing rival, has invested more than $13 billion in OpenAI since 2019 and backed the company long before the generative AI boom began with the launch of ChatGPT.…