A board game based on the mafia wars that raged in Sicily in the 1980s has caused controversy in Italy, with the sister of the murdered anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone describing it as an offence to all those who had fought to free Italy of organised crime. La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War, produced by…
Majid Jahangir BBC Hindi Reporting fromBadhal, Jammu ANI Initial investigation suggests that contaminated food and water may have caused the deaths Officials are investigating the “mysterious deaths” of over a dozen people – most of them children – in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. At least 17 people, including 12 children, have died in Badhal village…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Britain’s competition regulator on Thursday launched an investigation into Apple and Google’s huge mobile ecosystems to determine whether the tech titans are in breach of the U.K.’s strict new digital competition rules. The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said it was opening dual probes into both U.S. tech…
Italian lender UniCredit‘s “very aggressive, very opaque” bid for Commerzbank has been criticized by Germany’s Finance Minister Jörg Kukies, who stressed that hostile takeovers don’t usually work. “In the government, we need to protect the safety and stability of a systemic banking sector,” Kukies told CNBC Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “Hostile takeovers…
Matisyahu on Elon Musk More Awkward Nerd Than Nazi Published January 23, 2025 1:00 AM PST Play video content TMZ.com Matisyahu says Elon Musk most definitely did not make a Nazi salute at Donald Trump‘s inauguration … he says it’s just an example of Elon being a fish out of water. The Jewish singer-songwriter, who…
The EU’s new trade chief has said the bloc could consider including the UK in a pan-European trade agreement, but emphasised that “the ball is in the UK’s court”. While the UK’s Labour government has ruled out returning to the single market and customs union after Brexit, the possibility of joining a continent-wide deal could…
Thurman Thomas I’ll Jump Through Table If Bills Win SB … Jim Kelly Will Too!!! Published January 23, 2025 12:30 AM PST Play video content TMZSports.com If Josh Allen and Co. are able to lock up a Super Bowl win in the next few weeks, Thurman Thomas tells TMZ Sports he’ll jump through some tables…
It’s “paramount” that Europe returns to Cold War-era defense spending policies as the war in Ukraine continues, Polish President Andrzej Duda told CNBC on Wednesday. The president warned the security situation in Europe has “drastically changed” since 2014, when NATO’s defense expenditure rules were first introduced. “There’s hardly any difference between Soviet imperialism and Putin’s…
The floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Jan. 22, 2025. Michael M. Santiago | 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 they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you…
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday reinstated complaints about how ABC News moderated the pre-election TV debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and appearances of Kamala Harris on CBS’s 60 Minutes and NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Last week, then FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel said the commission was rejecting complaints that “seek to weaponize the…
