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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists before boarding Marine One as it departs from the South Lawn of the White House to his Mar-a-Lago residence on March 20, 2026 in Washington, DC.Brendan Smialowski AFP | Getty ImagesHello, my name is Leonie Kidd and I’m from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open.Markets on Wednesday appeared to be taking President Trump’s report on a 15-point peace plan as a sign that the escalation in the ongoing war with Iran and across the Middle East is easing. Details are unclear, but the New York Times reports that the program…
In this photo illustration, a 13-year-old teenage boy looks at an iPhone screen displaying various social media apps on January 12, 2026 in Bath, England. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe UK government is trialling a ban on social media for hundreds of teenagers after the country’s parliamentarians rejected a total ban on social media use for under-16s. The UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announced on Wednesday that it would run a six-week pilot with 300 young people across the country, with bans ranging from curfews to time limits on certain apps. The pilot is…
A photo of an Iberian lynx playing with its prey has won the prestigious 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. Standing on its hind legs with one leg out, the lynx appears both playful and predatory, attacking its surroundings as a prelude to killing and eating unlucky rodents. More than 85,000 people voted in the annual competition run by London’s Natural History Museum, and the photos were chosen from a shortlist of 24. This shortlist was selected from a total of 60,636 entries and is separate from the overall competition, with winners announced in October. 2026 Wildlife…
Lewis Hall, Yann Diomande and Iliman Ndiayi are among the names Manchester United are considering strengthening ahead of their return to European competition next season. An ideal summer window would include signing at least two midfielders, but Brighton’s Carlos Baleva remains a target after a move to Old Trafford failed to materialize last summer, while Nottingham Forest’s Elliott Anderson is also high on United’s list of targets. Brighton were always adamant that they would demand a huge transfer fee for Baleva. However, his poor performances this season may have affected his value, which could work in United’s favor. Clubs will…
Meta aims to leverage AI’s ability to inform and potentially influence shoppers to increase sales on its social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. At this week’s Shoptalk 2026 conference, the tech giant announced it would begin testing a new experience that would allow consumers to see more product information and an overview of user reviews after clicking an ad or visiting a website from Facebook or Instagram. This feature is similar to Amazon’s use of generative AI to power product reviews, introduced in 2023. Rather than having to wade through hundreds of reviews to figure out what users…
Mette Frederiksen, leader of the Danish Social Democratic Party, is pictured on the streets of Nytorf in Aalborg during the Danish parliamentary elections on March 24, 2026.Henning Bagger | Henning Bagger AFP | Getty ImagesDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen suffered a setback in the election after her left-wing party appeared unable to win enough votes to form a government after the campaign was clouded by US President Donald Trump’s threat to annex Greenland.Results released early Wednesday showed that Frederiksen’s Social Democratic Party is expected to have won the most votes, winning 38 seats in Denmark’s 179-member parliament, compared with 50…
Despite Carsi and Polymarket announcing new insider trading regulations for their platforms, two bipartisan senators said Wednesday they will not stop their efforts to ban sports prediction market contracts.”This has to be more than an ambitious statement by these companies,” Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when asked about the new rules these platforms have self-imposed.Kalsi announced on Monday that he would preemptively block politicians, athletes and other “officials” from betting on their campaigns and sporting events.On the same day, Polymarket announced it would set up its own guardrails to combat insider trading and market manipulation.The new…
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A California judge has set the stage for a possible victory for Anthropic, which promotes regulation of artificial intelligence-based weapons, but it is a drawback for President Donald Trump’s administration and moves the company one step closer to not losing billions of dollars in government contracts.The Trump administration has designated Anthropic a “supply chain risk” because of the company’s stance on increased regulation, which would block the company from certain military contracts.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe U.S. Department of Defense may be illegally trying to punish Anthropic Inc. for trying to limit the use…
Editor’s note: The grant period for the CNN As Equals project has ended. The final work in the series to be released in March 2026. Note: This page was last updated in June 2024. As Equals is a CNN project that aims to expose systemic gender inequality. All of our major global challenges have a gender dimension, including but not limited to climate change, economic and health inequalities, rising authoritarianism, mass immigration, and algorithmic bias. It takes critical and tenacious journalism to expose everything. Offering stories told by underrepresented voices about underreported issues in underreported parts of the world, As…
Elite central midfielders will be top of the agenda for the Premier League’s biggest clubs this summer.There is set to be a group of Premier League stars on the market and looking to move to bigger clubs ahead of next season. Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea are all expected to be looking in this top bracket to improve themselves for 2026-27. They will not come cheap either – with the going rate for a top central midfielder being around £100m, following the transfers of Declan Rice to Arsenal, and Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo to Chelsea in previous…