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Lando Norris was officially named 2025 World Champion at the FIA Awards in Uzbekistan, taking home the F1 Drivers’ Championship trophy.On Friday, five days after winning his first title with a third-place finish in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Norris was presented with the award as F1’s 35th world champion at the governing body’s year-end event, which recognizes achievements in motorsport around the world. “It was unbelievable,” Norris said of winning the championship. “Obviously this is a dream of a lot of people, a dream of a lot of racing drivers and I finally…
Stock chart iconStock chart iconTilray brand, 1 dayPresident Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order allowing the reclassification of marijuana as soon as Monday, sources told CNBC. The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss White House plans.Such a move would allow cannabis companies to qualify for different tax regimes, which would encourage investment.Marijuana stocks rose in midday trading Friday following the CNBC report.The Washington Post first reported Thursday that President Trump plans to use an executive order to direct federal agencies to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a less regulated Schedule III…
A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer checks a traveler’s documents at Hollywood Burbank Airport on October 1, 2025 in Burbank, California, USA.Daniel Cole | ReutersThe New York Times reported Friday that the Transportation Security Administration is providing U.S. immigration officials with the names of all air travelers as part of the Trump administration’s broader deportation program.Several times a week, TSA provides Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a list of travelers it expects to pass through the airport, the Times reported.”ICE can check that list against its own database of people eligible for deportation and send officers to airports to detain…
Iranian authorities arrested Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Friday, her foundation announced, citing her brother. The Paris-based foundation said Mohammadi was “violently detained” by security and police forces during a memorial service for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, who was recently found dead in his office. The newspaper cited her brother Mehdi as a “verified report.” She was arrested in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city. Mohammadi, one of Iran’s most prominent human rights activists, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023. In a statement Friday, Norway’s Nobel Committee condemned the “brutal arrest” of Mohammadi and other activists and called for…
West Brom eased the pressure on head coach Ryan Mason with a 2-0 win over Sheffield United at the Hawthorns.The Baggies had fallen to the bottom half of the Championship with six defeats in their last 10 games, but thanks to in-form striker Ohne Hegebo’s seventh goal in seven games and a thunderous strike from Karlan Grant, they have moved up to 14th place, just outside the top half on goal difference. Sheffield United failed to get a shot on target in the second half, ending their six-game unbeaten run. Chris Wilder’s side remain in 17th place after losing their…
Important pointsAsked if the company had ever considered opening a production site in the United States to avoid export duties, Chief Executive Officer Johannes Lederach declared: “Absolutely not.” Swiss chocolatiers faced a shock over the summer when U.S. tariffs on Swiss imports jumped to 39%, but have since settled to 15%. The tariffs faced further headwinds, including a stronger Swiss franc and higher cocoa prices. Family-owned Swiss company Lederach is committed to producing premium chocolate exclusively in its home country after being hit by US tariffs that at one point soared to nearly 40%. “Never,” CEO Johannes Läderach said when…
Featured China | Future Publishing | Getty Imagescoinbase The company is preparing to launch an internal prediction market with Kalsi’s support, people familiar with the matter told CNBC, in a strategic move to expand the number of asset classes available on crypto exchanges as some investors shy away from digital assets.Coinbase and Kalsi will officially announce their prediction market soon, with news potentially coming as early as next week, the person said. The partnership is not exclusive, but Kalsi will be the only prediction market operator to work with Coinbase at product launch, according to people familiar with the matter.…
Monterrey, Mexico – In April, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that the country’s aerospace industry could continue to grow by up to 15 percent annually over the next four years, attributing the sector’s expansion to a robust local manufacturing workforce, rising exports and a strong presence of foreign companies.However, with the impending review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the trilateral free trade agreement that has supported the growth and prosperity of Mexico’s aerospace industry, the industry’s future is now uncertain.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listStakeholders have warned that ensuring investment stability and strengthening labor standards are essential…
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsby explained on Friday why he voted against cutting interest rates this week, telling CNBC that policymakers should have waited to further ease until more information was available.”I’m quite optimistic that interest rates will be much lower in 2026 than they are now,” the central bank governor said in an interview with Squawk Box. “But I am uncomfortable with bringing forward too many rate cuts and assuming that the inflation we have seen so far is temporary.”Mr. Goolsby was one of three members of the Federal Open Market Committee who voted against the quarterly percentage point…
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk appears on a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, on September 23, 2025.Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesoracle On Friday, the company pushed back against reports that the data center for OpenAI, one of its major customers, would be completed in 2028 rather than 2027.A Friday report in Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, said the delay was due to a lack of labor and materials. Oracle stock closed down more than 4% on Friday. “The site selection and delivery schedule were established in close collaboration with OpenAI and agreed upon jointly…