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  • What Cruise's self-driving end means for Tesla and Waymo: Morning Brief

    Cruise's demise pokes another hole in the commercial fantasy of a robotaxi fleet.

  • Today's best sales: $70 off a new Apple Watch, a $26 Kate Spade wallet and more

    Also worthy of a spot under the tree: An AncestryDNA kit (70% off), an Echo Show (50% off) and an Oral-B toothbrush (40% off).

  • Palantir could be the next Oracle, Salesforce: Analyst

    Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi loves big calls on Opening Bid, and Wedbush Securities senior equity research analyst Dan Ives delivered. Ives believes Palantir (PLTR) "could be the next Oracle (ORCL); the next Salesforce (CRM)," he says. "That's where I see this going over the next 5, 10 years." Ives based this speculation on his belief that the stock is undervalued. However, it's all about the AI revolution he says: "Where is it over the next 3, 4, 5 years as they build out AI IP no the enterprise." For full episodes of Opening Bid, listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on our website. This post was written by Rachael Lewis-Krisky, producer for Opening Bid.

  • Sweden closes rape investigation due to insufficient evidence, Mbappe denies media allegations

    COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Swedish prosecutors closed a rape and sexual assault investigation on Thursday, saying there was insufficient evidence in a case that local media said involved French soccer star Kylian Mbappe. The prosecution has declined to name the suspect in the case over the alleged incidents at a hotel in central Stockholm on October 10. Swedish Senior Prosecutor Marina Chirakova said in a statement: "During the course of the investigation, there has been a designated person suspected on reasonable grounds of rape and two cases of sexual assault."

  • Ontario Threatens to Cut Off U.S. Energy Exports If Trump Makes Good on Tariff Plan

    Canada’s most populous province has no plans to go gentle into that good night if Donald Trump follows through on his threat to impose massive tariffs on Canadian goods. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said his province was putting together a list of retaliatory measures and would go so far as to cut off energy exports to the U.S. if President-elect Trump slaps Canadian products with a 25 percent tax as promised, the AP reported. “We will use every tool in our tool box to fight back,” Ford said Wednes

  • Analysis-Ireland's Sinn Fein faces tough choices to rebuild a path to power

    After a bruising year in which Sinn Fein saw a huge opinion poll lead melt away and its centre-right rivals win a general election, the left-wing Irish nationalists face tough choices to rebuild a realistic path to power. At stake is momentum towards a united Ireland, which no major party apart from Sinn Fein is prioritising in a significant way. Polls a year ago showed Sinn Fein on course to be by far the largest party at 35%, a result that might have allowed it to either bypass its centre-right rivals, or leave one with little choice but to act as a junior partner.

  • Central Europe ratings could be tested by new US policies, S&P says

    BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Central European credit ratings, most of which carry a stable or positive outlook, are quite resilient, but the way the new U.S. administration delivers on its pre-electoral promises could pose a challenge, S&P Global said on Thursday. Under some scenarios, higher U.S. trade tariffs on the European Union and higher uncertainty over the Russia-Ukraine war might deter central Europe's growth via weaker external demand in western Europe, it said in a report titled the Central and Eastern Europe Sovereign Rating Outlook for 2025.

  • Nicola Peltz Beckham's pyjamas and diamanté sunglasses combo is a major mood

    Victoria Beckham's daughter-in-law just styled her £80 crop top with a set of Chanel sunglasses and we're obsessed. See photos

  • Israel and Palestinians explore Gaza truce with US envoy on shuttle mission

    JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israelis and Palestinians are signalling new efforts to forge a ceasefire deal, their first in a year, to pause the fighting in Gaza and return to Israel at least some of the 100 hostages still held in the Palestinian enclave. The guarded optimism emerges as U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan holds talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Thursday before heading to Egypt and Qatar, co-mediators with the U.S. on a deal. A Western diplomat in the region said an Israeli deal with the Palestinian militant Hamas group was taking shape but was likely to be limited in scope, involving the release of only a handful of hostages and a short pause in hostilities.

  • FTSE 100 LIVE: Stocks cautiously higher as markets expect ECB interest rate cut

    A deep dive into what's moving markets across the global economy.

  • As flu cases rise in the UK - what is the 'quad-demic' and how can you protect yourself?

    NHS leaders have issued a warning that cases of flu, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are increasing, with a rise in COVID-19 also expected. Data released by the health body showed an average of 1,861 patients with flu were in hospital every day in the first week of December - a 70% increase from the previous week when there were 1,099 patients. Cases of norovirus were up 10% on the previous week and 64% on last year, while 152 children were in hospital with RSV each day - up from 107 this time in 2023.

  • First Thing: FBI director Christopher Wray will resign before Trump takes office

    Wray’s resignation came after Trump said he would fire the official. Plus, scientists fear climate crisis is accelerating

  • Romania and Bulgaria to join Schengen free-travel area from Jan. 1

    Checks at land borders with Bulgaria and Romania will stop from Jan. 1 after Austria dropped a veto it had maintained on grounds they needed to do more to stop illegal immigration. While air and maritime checks for Romania and Bulgaria with other nations in the travel zone were lifted, negotiations with Austria over land entry continued through 2024.

  • Meet Karol G, Colombia's Taylor Swift

    The Colombian singer is the world's most-watched artist when it comes to streamed videos.

  • Versailles at the Science Museum review: a beautiful show harking back to a time when science wasn't considered bleakly functional

    4/5 This collection of artefacts from the French court marries cutting-edge (for the time) technology with beauty

  • Law to cut emissions in NI approved by assembly

    The legislation sets a target of a 77% cut in emissions by 2040 in Northern Ireland.

  • Former NI fire chief jailed for indecent assaults

    Gary Thompson has been jailed for eight months after admitting two counts of indecent assault.

  • South Korean President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end', defying impeachment threat

    SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday he would "fight to the end" as his own political party shifted closer to voting with the opposition to impeach him over his short-lived martial law order that threw the U.S. ally into turmoil. In a lengthy televised address, he alleged that North Korea had hacked South Korea's election commission, casting doubt on his party's landslide election defeat in April. Yoon, whose country has Asia's fourth-largest economy, hopes political allies will rally to support him but this appeared less likely after his address.

  • Coca-Cola and PepsiCo shares upgraded at Deutsche Bank

    Investing.com -- Deutsche Bank (ETR:DBKGn) is turning more bullish on the non-alcoholic beverage sector, upgrading Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) and PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) stocks to Buy.

  • Katie Holmes' 90s grunge wardrobe is having a serious moment

    The Broadway veteran served up Kurt Cobain-chic for her latest appearance - see more