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london — Britain’s political class has been reeling from a scandal on a scale that typically occurs only once in a generation, and its central figure was once seen as the savior of the party currently in power. Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the US who is credited with helping found the modern Labor Party that brought Tony Blair to power in 1997, is currently facing a criminal investigation stemming from the US Department of Justice’s latest release of documents relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, 72, is accused of passing market-sensitive information to Epstein in the…
England reached the U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup final with a 27-point victory over defending champions Australia in Harare. Thomas Lew hit a stunning century, top-scoring 110 off 107 deliveries, to help England fight back from being reduced to 60-3, sharing 135 runs with Caleb Falconer (40) in the fourth wicket stand. Farhan Ahmed added an unbeaten 28 late in the innings and Australian bowlers Hayden Schiller (2-31) and Naden Cooley (2-49) helped England to 277-7 from 50 overs. image: England reach U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup final for the first time since 2022 Manny Lumsden’s second wicket (2-55) reduced…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Novo Nordisk — U.S. shares in obesity drug maker Wegoby fell about 13% after the company unexpectedly warned that lower drug prices in the U.S. will hurt its 2026 sales, even as the company expects more patients to use its popular GLP-1 drug. Novo Nordisk said fourth-quarter sales will be down 2% and expects adjusted sales for fiscal 2026 to be down 5% to 13% due to the cancellation of sales rebate provisions. Sales in fiscal 2025 are expected to increase by approximately 10%. The company is scheduled to report full…
A 13-year-old boy poses while looking at social media on his mobile phone at his home in Sydney on December 8, 2025 (Photo: Saeed KHAN/AFP, Getty Images)Saeed Khan | AFP | Getty ImagesSpain on Tuesday announced plans to introduce an Australian-style social media ban for under-16s as part of a broader crackdown on tech giants over flaws in their systems to protect users from harm. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, accused social media platforms of wrongdoing. Mr Sánchez said young people under the age of 16 will no longer be able to…
Cristiano Ronaldo is considering his future in Saudi Arabia due to concerns over the financial support Al Nasr receive compared to other clubs.Ronaldo missed the team’s Saudi Pro League win against Al Riyadh on Monday, and Sky Sports News reported that Ronaldo was unhappy with the club’s management. The 40-year-old believes Al Nasr do not receive the same financial support as the other three clubs owned by Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF, Al Hilal, Al Ahly and Al Ittihad. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of the match between Al Riyadh and Al Nasr in the…
More and more people are asking OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other LLMs questions about their health, and are often finding that chatbots can provide very useful medical insights. KJ Dhaliwal (pictured left), who sold South Asian dating app Dilmil for $50 million in 2019, said he had been thinking about the inefficiency of the U.S. healthcare system since he was a child, working as a medical interpreter for his parents, and saw the advent of the LLM as an opportunity to do something about it. In May 2024, he launched Lotus Health AI, a free primary care provider available 24/7 in…
If you purchased Cisco Systems on March 27, 2000, you are finally complete. After nearly 26 years in the wilderness, Cisco’s stock price has soared above the intraday highs of the dot-com bubble, ending a long chapter in what was once the ultimate symbol of the age of internet excess. The stock price surpassed the record closing price achieved last year. Recovery took a long time. After peaking in March 2000, Cisco’s stock price plummeted nearly 90% with the bursting of the dot-com bubble, ultimately closing at a split-adjusted $8.60 on October 8, 2002. Cisco today bears little resemblance to…
Elon Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX will acquire his artificial intelligence startup xAI, valuing it at $1.25 trillion, CNBC’s David Faber confirmed Tuesday.The record deal is the largest merger in history, valuing SpaceX at $1 trillion and xAI at $250 billion, according to documents seen by CNBC. Mr. Musk, who is also the CEO, teslaannounced the deal in a blog post on Monday, saying it is building “the most ambitious vertically integrated innovation engine on Earth (and beyond) using AI, rockets, and the space-based Internet” and the X social media platform. He said the main reason for the merger was to…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, in Washington, DC, USA. Yuri Gripas Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, on Tuesday called on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to testify in person before the Senate Intelligence Committee about her appearance in last week’s FBI raid on a Georgia election office.Intelligence Committee Chairman Warner said he was particularly concerned that Gabbard mediated a phone call between FBI agents and President Donald Trump after the search warrant was executed.”Let me be clear: It is inappropriate for a sitting…
Latest information on Spanish After a year of insults, threats, tariffs and sanctions, the leaders of the United States and Colombia will meet in Washington on Tuesday, apparently to resolve a bitter feud between the two countries. Colombian President Gustavo Petro accepted an invitation from President Donald Trump last month after a cordial phone conversation that dramatically reversed the war of words. The meeting comes at a critical time for Petro. An unprecedented US military operation in neighboring Venezuela aims to prove to Washington that it has effective control over drug trafficking after the US detained the country’s President Nicolás…