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Most people try to avoid the cold, but not Wim Hof. Known as “The Iceman” to his 3 million subscribers on YouTube, Hof cold plunges often and steps inside of the freezer he keeps in his backyard every day.”The first time I went into the cold, I felt [like], ‘This is it.’ Just being, just clarity, and that led me [to] a great, euphoric feeling of not thinking, but feeling,” Hof tells CNBC Make It. “Then I went back in, and I felt the same. And ever since I have been doing it, I know who I am, what I…

The United States revoked the visa of South Africa’s former international relations minister Naledi Pandor earlier this week, in what is being seen as the latest effort by Washington to punish Pretoria for taking Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the charge of genocide. The development, which Pandor announced on Thursday, comes just days before Johannesburg hosts the G20 Leaders’ Summit – an event already marred by the US’s decision to send a low-level delegation, instead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Pandor, who headed South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation between 2019 and 2024, and is widely…

Nov 21, 2025, 10:23 AM ETArsenal have been dealt an injury blow ahead of the north London derby with key defender Gabriel Magalhães ruled out “for weeks.”The 27-year-old, an ever-present this season in a Gunners side who have conceded just five Premier League goals, suffered a thigh injury on international duty with Brazil.He sustained the problem on familiar territory, limping off during a friendly against Senegal at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium over the weekend.Arsenal’s Gabriel has been ruled out for several weeks. GettyBoss Mikel Arteta has now confirmed Gabriel will not be available when Tottenham visit their fierce rivals later this weekend,…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday rejected as “ridiculous” an accusation that Democrats want to let pivotal Obamacare subsidies lapse in order to deal a political blow to Republicans.”Shame on you,” Jeffries, D-N.Y., said at one point as he pushed back on that notion in a fiery exchange with CNBC’s Becky Quick on “Squawk Box.”The clash came less than six weeks before those subsidies — enhanced tax credits that reduce health-insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act for millions of enrollees — are set to expire.Quick had questioned why House Democrats are seeking a three-year extension of those subsidies,…

A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesEli Lilly reached a $1 trillion market capitalization on Friday, the first health-care company in the world to join the exclusive club dominated by tech firms.Eli Lilly briefly hit the $1 trillion mark in morning trading before retreating. It was last trading around $1,048 a share. Eli Lilly is the second nontechnology company to reach the coveted $1 trillion mark in the U.S. after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.The drugmaker’s stock has climbed more than 36% this year…

Danny Röhl was left counting the cost of the international break as he revealed three first-team regulars at Rangers could be out for the rest of the year. John Souttar was injured in the warm-up of Scotland’s World Cup qualifier against Denmark at Hampden Park on Tuesday night and missed the 4-2 win which qualified Steve Clarke’s side for next summer’s tournament in North America. Fellow centre-back Derek Cornelius, on loan from Marseille, had to come off in the first half of Canada’s game against Venezuela after missing the previous game against Ecuador due to a muscle injury, while Tottenham…

Michael Prescott, a former independent adviser to the BBC’s editorial guidelines and standards committee, recently stood down and sent an internal memo setting out his concerns about the corporation’s reporting. After the Prescott memo was leaked this month, its revelations prompted the resignations of two senior BBC executives. US President Donald Trump called them “very dishonest people” and threatened a massive lawsuit.  A long section of the dossier concerns the BBC’s reporting of the Gaza war, with Prescott setting out extensive evidence of what he regards as the corporation’s bias against Israel. He concludes: “It seems very hard for any…

Bitcoin fell sharply after a sell-off of major U.S. stock indices. Bitcoin has been correlated closely to the price movement of the Nasdaq index.Luke MacGregor  | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBitcoin tumbled as much as 6% early Friday, hovering just above its critical $80,000 support level at one point, as investors continued their flight from risk-on assets to more defensive plays. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization hit $80,548 at around 7:30 a.m. ET. The token’s plunge to that price — its lowest since April 11— marks a steepening of bitcoin’s decline following widespread cascading liquidations of highly leveraged crypto positions…

Sebastian Marquez’s daughter is just seven months old. She can’t walk or talk quite yet, but her net worth could be six figures by the time she turns 18.Finding out his wife was expecting “was one of the best things in life,” says Marquez, who is based in Strathroy, Ontario. Soon after, the 28-year-old — who has been diligently tracking his expenses since 2020 — pulled out his spreadsheets.In his budget, he added categories for future daycare costs and lifestyle expenses like baby clothes, diapers, infant formula and toys.Another budget line: $150 a month toward a Canadian government-sponsored Registered Education…

MANCHESTER, England — Ruben Amorim has said Manchester United are hoping to negotiate with the federations of Cameroon, Morocco and Ivory Coast in an attempt to delay the departures of Bryan Mbeumo, Noussair Mazraoui and Amad Diallo ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations.United are set to lose the trio for the duration of the tournament, which runs from Dec. 21 to Jan. 18 in Morocco.Amorim is expecting Mbeumo, Mazraoui and Amad to be called up two weeks before it kicks off, but he’s hopeful deals can be agreed with their respective associations.United would ideally like to have the strongest…