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Ahead of the fifth Ashes Test, the Australian and English cricket teams commended responders who rushed to the scene of the shooting.Published January 4, 2026January 4, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareThe England and Australian cricket teams and the crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground paid tribute to emergency workers and members of the public who responded to the Bondi Beach shootings in December.Before the fifth Test match of the Ashes series, which began on Sunday, both teams formed a guard of honor on the field, and the audience joined in with loud applause.The loudest cheers from the…
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press conference from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026, watched by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, following the attack on Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersPresident Donald Trump made clear Saturday that U.S. investments in oil-rich Venezuela’s energy sector are a central objective of the regime change operation that ousted President Nicolas Maduro.”We’re going to get a very large American oil company, the largest in the world, to come in and spend billions of dollars to fix up our badly…
Jerusalem — Former Israeli hostage Romi Gonen said she endured repeated sexual assault, harassment and intimidation during her 471 days in Hamas captivity, speaking publicly for the first time about her experience and the fear of becoming a “sex slave” in Gaza. Gonen, now 25, was kidnapped at the age of 23 at the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023, and released as part of a hostage deal in January 2025. In a two-part interview aired this week on Israel’s Channel 12 program Uvda, she detailed several incidents of sexual harassment and assault by three different men. “Only when…
Joshua has returned to action after recovering from minor injuries sustained in the accident that killed two of his friends.Published January 4, 2026January 4, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareFormer world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has reportedly flown back to the UK after losing two close friends in a fatal road crash in Nigeria.Shina Gahmi and Latif “Rats” Ayodele died on Monday when the car they were riding in with Joshua collided with a parked truck on a road near Lagos.Joshua suffered minor injuries, but the two-time heavyweight champion was deemed clinically fit to recover at home and…
Analysts told CNBC on Saturday that President Donald Trump’s overthrow of President Nicolas Maduro in oil-rich Venezuela is unlikely to cause a shock to energy markets in the short term. Arne Roman Rasmussen, principal analyst and head of research at A/S Global Risk Management, said that while the scale of the US attack was unexpected, markets were already pricing in a conflict with Venezuela that would disrupt oil exports.Venezuela is a founding member of OPEC and has the world’s largest proven oil reserves. But the South American country currently produces less than 1 million barrels of oil per day, less…
Passengers wait at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on January 3, 2026, as all flights are canceled due to U.S. military action in Venezuela.Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo | AFP | Getty ImagesAirlines including United Airlines and Delta Air Lines began resuming flights to Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean early Sunday after U.S. aviation officials lifted temporary airspace restrictions imposed in the wake of the U.S. attack on Venezuela.U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X that the temporary restrictions are set to expire at midnight ET, paving the way for…
Amid rising political tensions, Bangladeshi officials have expressed concern about the safety of Indian players during the upcoming tournament.Following the expulsion of Bangladesh’s top players from the Indian Premier League (IPL), Bangladesh has announced that it will request the International Cricket Council (ICC) to change its T20 World Cup fixtures from India to Sri Lanka, citing concerns for player safety.Amid rising political tensions between the South Asian neighbors, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has been asked by the government to write to the ICC, requesting a change of match venue and clarifying fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman’s sudden exclusion from the…
Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, speaks at the New York Economic Club at the Plaza Hotel in New York, November 21, 2024.Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersCitadel’s flagship hedge fund, led by billionaire investor Ken Griffin, posted double-digit gains in 2025, weathering a volatile year marked by wild market swings, trade tensions and a year-end rally in risk assets.Citadel’s flagship multi-strategy Wellington fund, the largest, rose 10.2% in 2025, said a person familiar with the company’s earnings, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The firm’s tactical trading fund, which combines equity and quantitative strategies, rose…
Check out the companies that made the biggest moves midday: Vertiv — Shares jumped 8% after Barclays upgraded the data center infrastructure provider’s rating from equal weight to overweight. The bank said it believes recent volatility has created an attractive entry point and that the potential for upside to earnings estimates could further outperform performance. SABLE OFFSHORE — Oil and gas companies soared nearly 19% after a federal court rejected an injunction by environmental groups that had sought to prevent Sable Offshore from restarting its Las Flores pipeline in California. Litigation regarding this issue continues this year. SanDisk — Shares…
north carolinaSean Pavone | iStock | Getty ImagesLithium and steel outperformed AI in 2025, at least when it comes to CNBC’s own Power City Index.The Power City Indexes (PCI) were created 10 years ago. The “Index” is comprised of the top 11 or 12 companies by market capitalization from 36 different cities and metropolitan areas across the United States. Stocks are equally weighted in each index and tracked throughout the year on FactSet.PCI is an easy and special way to find out which cities or metropolitan areas are “winning” in the stock market. We feature them all year long on…