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Caretaker manager Martin O’Neill still plans to stay at Celtic short-term, but he is open to negotiating a longer stay after leading Celtic to the Scottish League Cup final.O’Neill and Sean Maloney followed up midweek’s win over Falkirk with a 3-1 extra-time win over 10-man Rangers at Hampden Park after being installed as interim successors to Brendan Rodgers. Extra-time goals from Callum McGregor and Callum Osmund secured Celtic a place in the final against St Mirren on 14 December. image: Callum McGregor puts Celtic ahead in extra time Asked if he would still be in charge then, O’Neill said: “There’s…

Microsoft is doing everything possible to secure more computing power to meet high customer demand for AI services. On Monday, the Redmond-based technology giant signed a $9.7 billion, five-year contract with Australia’s IREN to secure additional AI cloud capacity. The deal gives Microsoft access to computing infrastructure built with Nvidia’s GB300 GPUs. This infrastructure will be phased in at IREN’s facility in Childress, Texas, through 2026 and will support 750 megawatts of capacity. IREN announced that it will separately purchase GPUs and equipment from Dell for approximately $5.8 billion. The deal comes after Microsoft last month launched its first production…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. new york stock exchangeof Nasdaq Composite The stock rose on Monday as investors moved further into the artificial intelligence space following a number of deal announcements.The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.5%, but S&P500 It traded near the flatline. of Dow Jones Industrial Average It got off to a slow start, dropping 247 points (0.5%).Name of “Magnificent Seven” Amazon supported the market, with shares rising 4% after the company reached a $38 billion deal with OpenAI. Specifically, this partnership will support hundreds of thousands of Nvidia’s Graphics processing unit.Shares of chipmakers…

In an attempt to justify a return to nuclear testing, the US president claims that China and Russia secretly conducted nuclear weapons tests.China denies secretly conducting nuclear weapons tests, refuting US President Donald Trump’s claims.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning insisted on Monday that Beijing had not broken an informal moratorium on nuclear tests that had been in place for decades.President Trump claimed on Sunday that not only China but also Russia, North Korea and Pakistan are conducting secret underground tests. He made comments calling on the United States to resume testing.In response to a question about Trump’s claims, Mao…

India are celebrating their maiden Women’s World Cup victory and are comparing it to the memorable 1983 men’s victory.Published November 3, 2025November 3, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2sharePrime Minister Narendra Modi led a memorial service for India’s women cricketers following Sunday’s “historic” victory in the World Cup final, and team captain Harmanpreet Kaur hoped it would be a turning point for women’s cricket in India.India suffered heartbreak in the 2005 and 2017 finals of the 50-over competition, but won their maiden title by defeating South Africa by 52 runs in front of 40,000 enthusiastic home fans at…

london — Britain’s King Charles has taken the extraordinary step of stripping his brother Andrew of his royal titles and starting proceedings to banish him from the royal estate of Windsor, in the most dramatic attempt yet to quell the scandal over the disgraced prince’s relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The move, harshly described by Buckingham Palace as a “necessary rebuke”, cemented the deepest division in Britain’s royal family in decades. The question here is whether King Charles and the British establishment did enough to prevent the relationship between Andrew and Epstein from implicating the monarchy. Andrew, 65,…

Sky Sports F1’s Martin Brundle says Lando Norris proved he can win this year’s F1 Drivers’ Championship by discovering the ‘overdrive gear’ during his dominant victory at the Mexico City Grand Prix.Norris has regained the championship lead from McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri for the first time since April, with the Brit having finished ahead of the Australian for the fifth consecutive race heading into the final four races of the season, starting with this weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Only one point separates him from leader McLaren, and despite finishing outside the top two in Mexico for the first time…

Microsoft announced on Monday at the first annual Abu Dhabi Global AI Summit that it will invest $15.2 billion in the United Arab Emirates over the next four years. This investment includes the first shipment of cutting-edge Nvidia GPUs to the UAE. As part of the deal, the US granted Microsoft a license to export NVIDIA chips to the UAE, a move that positions the country as both a testing ground for US export control diplomacy and a regional hub for US AI influence. The deal allows Microsoft to expand its footprint in the Middle East, a key region in…

A photo of the pool distributed by Russia’s state agency Sputnik shows Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (right) arriving at Hangzhou’s airport on November 3, 2025. Dmitry Astakhov | AFP | Getty ImagesRussian officials appeared keen to reaffirm the Russia-China alliance on Monday following a high-profile meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.Following last week’s meeting with President Xi Jinping, which President Trump described as “excellent,” Russia sent a large delegation to China for consensus-building and consultations.Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrived in Hangzhou on Monday and held two days of talks with Chinese Premier Li…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 30, 2025 in New York. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. November beginsToday’s opening bell marks the start of a new month of trading, and stock futures are rising in pre-market trading. The market is emerging from a triumphant October as momentum in artificial intelligence trading continues to push stock prices higher.Here’s how things are going at the start…