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Deals and pricing updated as of 5:11 p.m on December 1, 2025.The turkey has been served, Black Friday has come and gone, and Cyber Monday sales are officially doing their swan song. There are so many incredible promotions across the internet right now, and one of the best Cyber Week sales is happening at Nordstrom, where the mega-retailer is slashing prices as much as 60% on top brands like Skims, L.L.Bean, Rothy’s, Ugg, Solawave, and more through December 3.That means now’s the time to save big on holiday gifts and travel gear for yourself and your family. Lucky for you,…

US President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former investment manager David Gentile, who was just days into a seven-year prison sentence for fraud. Bureau of Prisons records show that Gentile was released on Wednesday, less than two weeks after he reported to prison. Gentile, the former chief executive and founder of GPB Capital, was convicted last year in what federal prosecutors described as a multi-year scheme to defraud more than 10,000 investors by misrepresenting the performance of private equity funds.He’s the latest in a string of white-collar criminals whose sentences Trump has commuted.Gentile was convicted in August last…

Osmond ChiaBusiness reporterGetty ImagesCandy Kittens co-founders Jamie Laing and Edward WilliamsBritish TV personality Jamie Laing’s vegan sweets brand Candy Kittens is set to acquire snack company Graze in a deal between the former’s parent company and packaged goods giant Unilever.The upcoming deal with German firm Katjes International is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026 for an undisclosed sum.The sale of Graze, a popular nuts and snack bar brand in the UK, marks Unilever’s latest effort to offload under-performing brands in its line-up and prioritise its personal care and beauty products.Unilever said on Monday that it will…

Cyber Monday is almost over. We’ve seen some of the best deals of the year make their appearance over this weekend, and it’s not too late. For Cyber Monday, Best Buy has had (or kept around) some really solid tech deals on some of our favorite products we’ve tested and reviewed, ranging from laptops and gaming mice to cordless vacuums. So, whether you’re shopping for the perfect gift for that tech lover in your life or if you’ve been waiting all year for prices to drop on something for yourself, there are a few great options below.For more great discounts,…

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The Guardian has won a double of podcast awards at the Football Supporters’ Association Awards, with Football Weekly and Women’s Football Weekly both taking honours at a ceremony in London.The FSA Awards, in their 15th year, are decided by supporters, with hundreds of thousands of votes coming in each year. Women’s Football Weekly – hosted by Faye Carruthers alongside football writer Suzanne Wrack – won the first award of the night: women’s football media of the year, from a list described as “six of the best outlets providing fans in the women’s game with outstanding work”.Later, Football Weekly, whose streak…

The hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic this year was the smallest and shortest-lived since 2019, according to European space scientists, who described the finding as a “reassuring sign” of the layer’s recovery.The yearly gap in what scientists have called “planetary sunscreen” reached a maximum area of 21m sq km (8.1m sq miles) over the southern hemisphere in September – well below the maximum of 26m sq km reached in 2023 – and shrank in size until coming to an early close on Monday, data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (Cams) shows.It marks the second year in…

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Spanish police on Monday said they had broken up a cell of “The Base”, a transnational neo-Nazi white supremacist group designated a terrorist organisation by the European Union, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The US-founded movement operates through a decentralised, international network of paramilitary cells with the aim of perpetrating attacks and preparing for a “race war”, the police said in a statement. FRANCE 24’s Emerald Maxwell reports.

Black Friday has come and gone, but the big sales for online shopping are just heating up. We’ve rounded up all the best laptop deals from Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple, and Acer on sale at Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Best Buy.Also: Our favorite Cyber Monday deals live nowIf you’re looking for a new laptop, now’s your last chance to snag a significant discount before the holidays. Everything on this list was hand-selected by our team of experts after applying a rigorous testing methodology to evaluate hardware including RAM, storage, battery, and, most importantly, performance. We only recommend laptops we’ve personally tested or are closely…