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Granger Woots | Tetra Images | Getty ImagesThe average tax refund so far this season is up 10.8% compared to about the same time in 2025, according to the latest IRS filing data.As of March 13, the average refund for individual filers was $3,623, up from $3,271 about a year ago, the IRS reported Friday. The IRS data reflects about 69.7 million individual returns, out of about 164 million expected by the April 15 deadline.Read more CNBC’s personal finance coverageThe latest filing data comes as both parties focus on affordability concerns for Americans ahead of the midterm elections. President Donald…
Anton Stach is a reserved person in conversation, but one look at his Instagram profile and you’d think otherwise. Since arriving at Leeds last summer, he has been the face of many social media memes, making fun of not only his team-mates but himself.Balancing the “silly and serious sides” of football, as the midfielder puts it, will be crucial as Leeds look to survive an eight-game stalemate with enough points to stay in the Premier League. Daniel Farke’s side are without a win in their last five league games, their longest winless run of the season, and have won just…
Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world for the ninth consecutive year in the 2026 World Happiness Report. The rankings are based on the Gallup World Poll, which asks at least 1,000 people in each of 147 countries to rate their lives on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). The United States ranked 23rd with a score of 6.81.Jean-Emmanuel de Neve, director of the Center for Wellbeing Research at Oxford University, which publishes the World Happiness Report, said the core of the survey was to ask whether people were satisfied with their lives.The…
People line up to install OpenClaw, an open source AI assistant, on their laptops at Baidu’s headquarters in Beijing on March 11, 2026.Adek Berry | AFP | Getty ImagesThree months ago, the tech industry didn’t know about a lobster-themed AI coding project built by a little-known Austrian software developer.OpenClaw, as it is known for its work, has risen rapidly since then, taking center stage at this week’s GTC. Nvidia’s At the annual conference, leaders of the world’s most valuable companies called it “the most popular open source project in human history.” “This is definitely the next ChatGPT,” Nvidia CEO Jensen…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meet during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Washington, DC.Aaron Schwartz | CNP | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hugged President Donald Trump on Thursday, and not just for policy reasons. Japan’s newly elected leader threw himself into the arms of the US president as he welcomed him at the White House.”Donald, you are the only one who can achieve peace in the world,” Takaichi said when the two met in front of reporters in the Oval…
Paris — Anyone who visited Paris just over a decade ago was undoubtedly captivated by the city’s timeless charm: brasseries serving delicious food, museums filled with famous works of art, and boulevards lined with chic shops. All of this is overlooked by the twinkling lights of the Eiffel Tower. But they would have noticed that Paris is still dominated by La Voiture, despite being home to Europe’s busiest metro. At that time, cars crisscrossed the road network in the heart of the French capital. Pedestrians were squeezed onto narrow sidewalks, and cafe terraces across the city served coffee and croissants…
Millwall have shown great brilliance at both ends of the pitch this season, but it is hard to imagine they would be where they are in the Championship promotion race without the brilliance of Femi Azeez.His second season with Millwall feels like the season in which the 24-year-old winger truly reached this level. “Last season was a bit numb for me,” Azeez, who joined from Reading in 2024, told Sky Sports. “Making the jump from League One to the Championship is a big step forward, especially given the quality of the top players last season. “I feel like I’ve come…
The stock market just came off a rough week, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer says the pain won’t end soon.The inverse relationship between oil and stocks will become even more important as few major corporate earnings or economic data releases are scheduled for next week. It’s almost a given these days that stock prices will fall when oil prices rise. This situation has been going on since the United States and Israel first attacked Iran about three weeks ago.Cramer said the war had taken on an “unbridled nature” as President Donald Trump pivoted from talks to reduce military operations in the…
Coventry City may have lost at home to Southampton last Saturday, but they are still in pole position for promotion with eight matches left in the Championship season.Frank Lampard’s side currently find themselves seven points behind the pack behind them, who are in a very close battle for second place. Middlesbrough are currently in that position but have dropped down the table in their last two home games. They lost to Charlton before being caught out late in a 1-1 draw with Bristol City. Chasing them are Ipswich Town and Millwall, both two points behind Boro, but Ipswich have a…
Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory, on July 2, 2013.USGS NASA | Gallo Images | Getty ImagesThe Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials, reported that Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward Diego Garcia, but they did not hit the U.S. and British military bases in the Indian Ocean.The newspaper reported Friday that one of the missiles failed to fly and that a U.S. warship fired an SM-3 interceptor at the other, but it could not be determined whether the interception was successful. The Journal did not specify when the missile was launched.A…