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Deontay Wilder may not be the destructive force he once was, but there’s no doubting his continued penchant for chaos and entertainment. On Saturday night, the American sent Derek Chisora into retirement with a frenetic but thrilling split decision victory at London’s O2, keeping the embers of his fading career alive. Wilder’s jubilation suggested a personal epiphany that he could still squeeze a little more out of the tank, although there are certainly question marks over how the 42-year-old’s win over the high-mileage Chisora should be taken. Lost, that might have been the case with the Bronze Bomber. But he…
Google is rolling out a new feature that will make it easier for users to contribute local knowledge to Maps, the company announced Tuesday. Most notably, Gemini can now create captions when users are about to share photos and videos about locations. Users select the photo they want to share, and Gemini analyzes the image and creates a caption. Users can choose to edit or delete the caption. The company says the new tool is designed to give users a head start on captions when sharing content. Google says caption suggestions are currently available in English on iOS in the…
President Donald Trump has suggested that the United States will destroy Iran’s “civilization” if it does not open the Strait of Hormuz and abide by its terms.President Trump shared a social media post threatening to irreversibly wipe out Iran, about 12 hours before a Tuesday night deadline he set for Iranian authorities.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”An entire civilization will perish tonight and never return. I don’t want it to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote on his platform Truth Social.Iran is the heir to the millennia-old Persian civilization, one of the most influential civilizations in human…
Courtney Rhodes was supposed to end her 20-year playing career here.We are sitting in the April sunshine on the balcony of the house he and his family have grown to love, admiring the stunning Colese landscape. Instead, Rose, not one to follow a script, decided to trade everything and return to England with Sale Sharks. “Once more into the fire,” he says – and with the same steely look his adversaries have feared for 20 years, he follows up with “Let’s go!” For one of the most destructive forwards in world rugby, stepping away from the intensity and staying away…
President Donald Trump sharply increased his threats against Iran on Tuesday, warning that “an entire civilization will perish tonight” unless the country’s leaders strike a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz.The threat came after U.S. forces attacked military targets on Iran’s main island, Kharg, overnight. oil export A White House official confirmed this to CNBC.”An entire civilization will perish tonight and never return. I don’t want it to happen, but it probably will,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday morning.“But now that there is a complete and total regime change, and a different, wiser, less radicalized…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.good morning. Congratulations to the Michigan Wolverines on winning the March Madness slot.Stock futures are down this morning as all three major stock averages ended Monday’s trading higher.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Strictly meet deadlinesU.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran conflict in the James S. Brady Press Conference Room at the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesWith less than 12 hours left until President Donald Trump’s…
The crew of Artemis II captured what NASA chief called an “absolutely amazing” photo of the moon eclipsing the sun, and the spacecraft broke Apollo 13’s 56-year record for longest human journey from Earth.”This is not AI,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Tuesday in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.””This is why we do what we do,” Isaacman said as Artemis II continued its return to Earth.The White House released photos taken by Artemis II on Monday, and NASA released other photos from the Orion capsule, which carried four astronauts on a six-hour lunar flight.A view of the moon covering…
The ongoing conflict in Iran has far-reaching implications for the global economy, from food to fertilizer. Many of these impacts are having ripple effects on nearly every aspect of daily life, including rising oil prices, export bottlenecks and delays due to the impending closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and widespread security concerns across the Middle East. CNN is tracking some of these influences and how they compound on each other. Learn how the Iran war affected countries around the world. The impending closure of the Strait has caused oil and gasoline prices to soar. This has led to a…
Liverpool travel to Paris on Wednesday and head coach Arne Slott will need to find answers to a number of questions if they are to survive a disappointing season.Lott’s team will face Paris Saint-Germain in a tough Champions League quarter-final. They were crowned European champions for the first time about 12 months after losing to the Parisians on penalties in the last 16 stage. A lot has changed for the Reds during that time. This time last year, Slott was on the verge of being crowned Premier League champions in his debut season in charge at Anfield. I missed the…
For decades, buying stock in hot startups meant being able to invest in funds run by top VCs. But as the AI boom sparks an investment frenzy, more family offices and private assets are bypassing VC intermediaries and entering directly into the cap table. Mitch Stein, founder of high-net-worth investment advisory firm Arena Private Wealth, told TechCrunch on a recent episode of Equity: “Companies are going private for a long time, and the number of IPOs is historically low.” “A lot of money is being made long before companies go public, and the private market is now dominated by many…