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The financial payoff from a new minerals deal between Ukraine and the U.S. is likely to take a decade or longer as investors face many hurdles to getting new mines into production in the war-ravaged country. Developing mines that produce strategically important minerals in countries with established mining sectors such as Canada and Australia can take 10 to 20 years, mining consultants said on Thursday. Summary Minerals deal between US, Ukraine won't bear fruit for years Threats posed by war with Russia will deter many investors Challenges also include poor data, damaged power infrastructure Russia occupies territory where several deposits...

Workers throughout China are flooding the streets in revolt as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs slam the fragile Chinese export economy. From the cramped streets of Sichuan in the southwest to the cold outskirts of Inner Mongolia in the northeast, furious workers are demanding backpay and protesting mass layoffs as factories shutter under pressure from Trump’s tariffs.

Polygamy isn't legal, exactly, but the courts in Quebec will recognize "throuples" and other multi-parent families.

Nigel Farage's Reform UK is expected to be the major winner in elections tonight as disaffected voters hammer Labour and the Conservatives. The hard right party is expected to get its hands on real political power for the first time with wins in mayoral and council elections at the expense of Kemi Badenoch's war-weary Tories. Former Tory minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns is expected to become mayor of Greater Lincolnshire and former Olympic boxer Luke Campbell is in with a chance of winning in Hull and East Yorkshire. Reform is also expected to win hundreds of council seats, mainly at the...

Eric Trump talks to World Liberty Financial’s Zach Witkoff and Tron creator Justin Sun about how the institutional banks will be left ‘in the dust’ if they fail to embrace crypto. On May 1 during Token2049’s fireside chat session, Eric Trump opened up about how he and his family were “canceled” by the modern financial system, which led him to discover the world of cryptocurrency. “Modern finance is absolutely broken. And so when the banks came after our family, I’ll never forget it, we became the most canceled people in the world all because we’re associated with politics in the...

Former first lady Michelle Obama addressed the current state of U.S. politics during an appearance on The Diary of a CEO podcast, calling for "empathy."(snip) Speaking on the podcast about the current state of political leadership in America, Obama said, "You are not mad at me." "You don't understand a lot about the world," she continued, "You've been told a lot of things about who people of my skin color are. You've been taught to fear me, because of what you're going through." "'Business leaders, and people in power, who want power, and haven't understood their 'why' can lead us...

Former presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has sparked fresh facelift rumors after she was spotted sporting an enviably-taut visage.(snip) Hillary, 77, looked taut faced and wrinkle free in the new pictures of the two, while Bill looked his 78 years. Bystanders cheered as they left the eatery. Her new look comes after speculation that she went under the knife before beginning her campaign for the 2016 presidency. Journalist Edward Klein wrote in his book 'Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary', that husband Bill had 'wanted her to get a face-lift' before her campaign. Klein wrote that Bill told her that 'she couldn't...

It wasn't as graphic as the fake bloody, severed head of Trump that Kathy Griffin infamously held up. But in her own way, CNN's Audie Cornish lumped Trump into the same category as history's most famous victim of the guillotine. Cornish kicked off today's CNN This Morning by slyly slipping in an analogy between President Trump and Marie Antoinette--the French queen who was beheaded by the guillotine. Commenting on Trump's statement that, given the new tariffs, "maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls," here's how Cornish rephrased Trump: "Let them buy fewer dolls!"That was an echo...

It’s easy to laugh at the black American woman who allegedly moved to Ghana to escape racism, only to be confronted with giant spiders, grinding poverty, and the expectation that you pay your energy bills. However, the reality is that, if the video is legit, she made this disastrous move because leftist race hustlers sold her on the lie that America is a racist hellhole and Africa a black utopia. The hustlers haven’t moved, though, preferring vast wealth in America, while she really is living in hell. For decades, leftists, especially black leftists, have been telling the masses that America...

If you watched Donald Trump's cabinet meeting on Wednesday, you may have seen Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins hold up a photo of the Maude family of South Dakota. I'd heard a little bit about the fifth-generation ranching family before that, but I decided to learn more because I couldn't believe the story Rollins told about how the Joe Biden administration treated them. It's unbelievable. Or maybe it's not, given all we're learning about the last four years. ... Trump Admin is reversing Biden-era failures in 100 days! The U.S. Gov has dropped charges against the Maude family, victims of...

Russian forces managed to capture around 68 square miles of Ukraine in April. But it cost them 4,800 vehicles and more than 36,600 dead and wounded troops, according to one statistician who collects data mostly from official Ukrainian sources including the general staff in Kyiv. In the same month, Ukrainian losses were “minimal,” concluded analyst Konrad Muzyka of Rochan Consulting in Poland. Ukraine sprawls across 233,000 square miles, 19% of which is under Russian occupation. At the current rates of advance and loss, the Russians would capture the rest of Ukraine in the year 2256 at the cost of 101...

Set amid the tumult of the Second World War, Powell and Pressburger’s beloved classic follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer’s pilgrims waylaid in the English countryside en route to the mythical town and forced to solve a bizarre village crime."A Canterbury Tale" (1944 Powell and Pressburger, full movie)

Virginia Giuffre, the most prominent victim to speak out against Jeffrey Epstein, reportedly died by suicide last month at her farm in Western Australia. She was 41. Her family called her a “fierce warrior” in the fight against sex trafficking and said her death followed a lifetime of abuse. First responders found her unresponsive at home, and while local authorities say there’s no indication of foul play, speculation exploded online almost immediately. Many pointed to a 2019 post where Giuffre insisted she was not suicidal, using it to question the official narrative. Some accused authorities of covering up a targeted...

Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was photographed checking his Signal chat the day before President Donald Trump announced he was stepping down from the role. Reuters published photos of Waltz during a Wednesday cabinet meeting checking his Signal account. Chats with newly-appointed National Security Advisor Marco Rubio and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard could be seen on his phone. U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is seen checking his mobile phone while attending a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein pic.twitter.com/gQAvgypVFf — Idrees...

Nicholas Reeve, his wife Amanda Reeve and their transgender son Sam Reeve, who all requested to go by pseudonyms for fear of retaliation, devised an “escape plan” for their family in anticipation of the 2024 presidential election. Nicholas, a Northwestern University employee, and Amanda worried what another four years under President Donald Trump’s leadership could mean for their preteen transgender son’s access to gender-affirming care. The Reeves said the risk of trauma from potential treatment interruptions was intolerable. For the Reeves, Election Day concluded with one certainty among a sea of questions: They would move to Canada

Last fall, Egor Redin was in hiding at a Baptist church in Tajikistan, two thousand miles from home. The pastor advised him not to leave the building because the secret police might be watching. Redin had hoped to apply for asylum in Tajikistan but was warned not to. If Tajik authorities found out he was Baptist, he would likely be deported back to Russia, where he would face criminal prosecution for protesting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a father of two little girls aged two and four who was also a pacifist (historically Russian Baptists have refused to serve in...

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said the multi-billion-dollar RFK stadium deal that would bring the Washington Commanders back to D.C. would not pass if the Council vote was held today. What they're saying: In an interview with FOX 5 on Tuesday, Mendelson said council members are concerned about the cost of the plan. "If it was today, given the information we know, I would say no. I don't think the votes are there," Mendelson told FOX 5. "The research shows, over and over again, that sports stadiums are net losers for the jurisdiction. That is not to say that we...

A federal judge has allowed Venezuelans targeted for deportation under the Alien Enemies Act in the Southern District of Texas to proceed with a class-action lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration.

HENDERSON, Texas — Timothy Michael Randall was on the phone with his mother when a police car pulled up behind his Nissan Altima with its lights flashing. It was just after 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2022, and Randall was heading to his cousin’s house after a night out. “He had called to let me know that he was going to be home a few minutes later,” Randall’s mother, Wendy Tippitt, recalled. “So I wouldn’t worry.” Randall, 29, pulled over and hung up with his mom. Sgt. Shane Iversen of the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office walked up to the Altima...

Tiger Woods allegedly used four fierce words to shut down skeptics of his relationship with Vanessa Trump. The golf legend’s friends warned him about dating the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., because of her ties to President Trump’s politics, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.