David Swanson/Reuters At least five different wildfires are still raging around Los Angeles, with the latest one engulfing the iconic Hollywood Hills. Five people are confirmed dead, with more than 130,000 evacuated in what have become the most destructive wildfires in LA’s history. California fire chief David Acuna said there was “zero progress” in containing…
Used Honda Pilots are displayed on the sales lot at Honda Marin on February 06, 2024 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Used vehicle prices are expected to continue to stabilize in 2025 after swinging wildly for several years before starting to calm down in 2024. Auto data and logistics firm Cox…
Jimmy Carter’s six-day farewell to the nation culminates on Thursday as the 39th president receives a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral before returning to his home town of Plains, Georgia, for burial beside his wife, Rosalynn. The service marks the end of Carter’s lying in state at the US Capitol, where yesterday Vice-President Kamala…
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Earlier this week Donald Trump Jr amplified his father’s claims with a private visit to Greenland Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland from Denmark. Peskov said the Arctic was in Russia’s “sphere of national…
Wildlife charities have called on the government to ban the sale and use of lead in ammunition used for outdoor shooting. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), RSPB, Wildlife and Countryside Link, Chem Trust and Wild Justice have sent an open letter to the environment secretary, Steve Reed, asking for a 18-month transition period for…
Takeshi Ebisawa, a leader of the Japanese organized crime syndicate yakuza, in an undated photo. Ebisawa pleaded guilty on Jan. 8, 2025, in New York federal court to charges of trafficking nuclear materials and conspiracy to traffic narcotics and heavy weapons. NBC News A leader of the Japanese organized crime syndicate yakuza pleaded guilty in…
David Lammy says ‘intensity’ and ‘unpredictability’ of Trump’s rhetoric can be destabilising but he does not always do what he threatens Good morning. For the first time in six months, David Lammy, the foreign secretary, was put up by No 10 to do the morning broadcast interview round – ahead of a speech he is…
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, at a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 18, 2024. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything…
Play video content TMZSports.com Hulk Hogan didn’t exactly receive a warm welcome from the L.A. crowd during his surprise appearance at the Netflix premiere of ‘Monday Night Raw’ … something Mark Henry says didn’t shock him at all. “With the social climate and the things [Hulk’s] said and done and his lack of effort to…
A view of Damac logo in Dubai city center. February 10, 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Artur Widak | NurPhoto via Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The sky’s the limit when it comes to Dubai property giant Damac’s investment in the United States, the company’s chairman told CNBC on Thursday. Two days prior,…
