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Luke Littler hit back at jeers from the Ally Pally crowd in a rare on-stage interview after reaching the quarter-finals of the World Darts Championship, thanking fans for “paying in”.The world number one, aiming to become the first player since Gary Anderson 10 years ago to win back-to-back Sid Waddell Trophy, defeated former world champion Rob Cross 4-2 to advance to the last eight for the third consecutive year. Littler averaged 106.58 points and had 17 high points (the most in an individual match at this year’s event) during an engaging match in which “The Nuke” dropped the first set…
It’s not just difficult family relationships and potentially stretched budgets to buy expensive gifts that make the holiday season stressful. Workplace concerns can also surface at the end of the year, such as not achieving all of your goals, looming deadlines, and burnout. Patricia Dixon, a licensed clinical psychologist and adjunct professor at National Louis University in Tampa, says it’s normal to feel a little overwhelmed by work stress around the holidays.Looking back on the past year, we may have tended to “focus too much on what we weren’t doing,” Dixon told CNBC Make It. “And it makes us lose…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 29, 2025 in New York.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStock futures were relatively unchanged overnight after the S&P 500 posted consecutive losses amid pressure across the tech sector.S&P500 futures Futures were essentially flat. Dow Jones Industrial Average It rose just 6 points, or 0.01%. Nasdaq 100 futures It was rising slightly.In normal transactions, S&P500 It fell 0.35% on Monday, but was dominated by tech stocks. Nasdaq Composite 0.5% reduction. 30 shares Dow It fell by 249 points (0.51%) during the same period. Investors sold off some…
Could Gordon’s inconsistency hit his England World Cup hopes?Burnley vs Newcastle – 7.30pm, Tuesday – live on Sky Sports Tennis Thomas Tuchel is not afraid to make big decisions as England boss and Anthony Gordon’s current form might force his latest one. Six days after shining against Chelsea, Gordon was handed an opportunity to kick on at Old Trafford but his performance against Manchester United in the 1-0 defeat only exemplified his season so far. Watch every PL midweek game on Sky The festive Premier League football continues with a full midweek round of fixtures – and you can watch…
Mark Zuckerberg has struck again. Meta Platforms acquires Singapore-based AI startup Manus. Manus has been the talk of Silicon Valley since it was brought to life in the spring with a highly slick demo video that went viral. The clip showed an AI agent that can screen job applicants, plan vacations, analyze stock portfolios, and more. Manas claimed at the time that it had surpassed OpenAI’s Deep Research. By April, just weeks after launching, early-stage company Benchmark had led a $75 million funding round, giving Manas a post-money valuation of $500 million. General Partner Chetan Puttagunta has joined the Board…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer advised investors on how to build a balanced portfolio, recommending both individual growth stocks and index funds.”Putting your money in an index fund is not bad advice; it’s a good safety net,” Cramer said. “But most people, unless they’re already wealthy, can’t afford to play it purely on the safe side, so the other half of their holdings should be invested in a combination of individual stocks of their own choosing and non-equity hedges.”Picking your own stocks can be profitable, Kramer argued. However, he noted that this practice also comes with risks, and investors need index funds…
An engineer debugs a robot at the factory of AgiBot, a major robot company specializing in embodied intelligence, in Shanghai, China, on December 8, 2025. (Photo credit: Tang Yanjun/China News Service/VCG, Getty Images)Tan Yanjun | China News Service | China News Service | Getty ImagesBillionaire Elon Musk has put the spotlight on humanoid robots this year, putting them at the center of society. teslaHe believes the valuation could reach tens of trillions of dollars. However, Tesla has not yet sold its main humanoid robot, Optimus.Rather, with the Chinese government putting this technology at the center of its strategic plans, many…
HONG KONG (AP) — From some perspectives, China’s economy appears resilient. strong exports Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies. But that’s not how it feels for many ordinary Chinese people who have endured the burden of being vulnerable. real estate prices and uncertainty about their jobs and incomes.Some industries are thriving thanks to government support for technologies such as: A.I. Small business owners report that they are having a tough time as customers. reduce Regarding expenses.Some economists believe the world’s second-largest economy is growing slower than official statistics, even though China could reach its official 2025 annual growth…
AP — An investigation into the Philippines into two men suspected of gunning down 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence that they were part of a “widespread terrorist organization,” police said Tuesday. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Chrissy Barrett said Sydney resident Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, spent much of November in Davao City in the southern Philippines. They returned home on a flight from Manila on November 29. Two weeks later, he was charged with killing 15 people and injuring 40 more in a mass shooting at a Hanukkah festival at…
Our football betting expert Jones Knows provides his insight across the next batch of Premier League fixtures and tips Aston Villa to get a result at Arsenal…Burnley vs Newcastle, Tuesday 7.30pm, live on Sky Sports Despite being odds-on favourites at Burnley, Newcastle’s recent road form suggests this won’t be pretty. Under Eddie Howe, in a season when they are juggling Champions League football, their record away from home in games played when they’ve only had three days or less to prepare for a game is horrendous. From 18 fixtures they’ve won just three of those, drawing seven and losing eight.…