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Russia would keep control of Donbas region in exchange for rental fee under US plan Ukraine could be forced to lease part of its territory to Russia under a US plan to end the war.The Trump administration deal would see Kyiv cede control of the eastern Donbas region, but maintain legal ownership. Russia would pay an undisclosed rental fee for de facto control of the region, officials familiar with the deal told The Telegraph.The 28-point plan was thrashed out between the US and Russia in a recent flurry of secretive talks, renewing fears that Ukraine is being frozen out of...

Nvidia, the world's biggest company, has revealed its sales are soaring — delivering a thunderous boost to the US economy, Wall Street and Americans' retirement savings. The chipmaker, which has been the engine of the AI boom and a key driver of the market's rally, delivered another blockbuster quarter that reassured investors the tech revolution is going nowhere. 'There's been a lot of talk about an AI bubble,' CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday. 'We see something very different.' The company reported $57billion in sales, smashing analyst forecasts of $54.9 billion. Profit hit $31.9billion for the past three months, up...

(Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove this message.) So today, without further ado, I am honored to introduce our First Lady, who shares my deep gratitude for your sacrifices to secure our country's safety and its well-being. The First Lady is committed to bettering our nation by ensuring that every child feels loved, supported, and prepared for the future. Her recent accomplishments include protecting children online through the passage of the Be Better Act, and providing opportunities for children in foster care. Most recently, she championed an executive order fostering the future for American children and families to...

NASA's big reveal of the mysterious interstellar object has been slammed as a joke, with many claiming the space agency is covering up what they really know.The newest images of the visitor, known as 3I/ATLAS, were released by the space agency on Wednesday.However, the pictures, taken on a rather sophisticated camera on Mars, were largely blurry and showed only a distant dot.Moreover, NASA refuted any claims that the object, which had made unexpected maneuvers that dumbfounded experts, is anything other than a large space rock.>>>'What a waste of time! NASA is lying so bad. They are all so scripted. The...

WINSTON SALEM, N.C. – NASCAR today announced the return of the Cook Out Madhouse Classic to historic Bowman Gray Stadium as part of the Cook Out Clash Weekend on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. The day of racing will now include two action-packed Bowman Gray Stadium divisions – the Modified Division and Sportsman Series – delivering an afternoon of high-intensity, hometown action. The event, held prior to NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying, will air live on FloRacing and the NASCAR Channel, which is available on Xumo Play, Tubi, SamsungTV Plus, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime and Amazon Fire TV. “The...

It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath. One thing I’ve been tracking this year is the areas where Wall Street and Silicon Valley are going to war. Tech firms clearly want to become banking apps and receive special charters, private equity and crypto are jostling for position in worker 401(k) plans, and the tech right in general wants to supplant big banks as the go-to director of conservative business policy.That’s all still going on. But in one area, Silicon Valley and Wall Street are in sync: conjuring up sketchy credit...

Google's ultra-private CEO Sundar Pichai is showing me around Googleplex, its California headquarters. A walkway runs along the length of it, passing by a giant dinosaur skeleton, a beach volleyball pitch and dozens of Googlers lunching under the hazy November sun. But it's a laboratory, hidden away at the back of the campus behind some trees, that he is most excited to show me.This is where the invention that Google believes is its secret weapon is being developed.Known as a Tensor Processing Unit (or TPU), it looks like an unassuming little chip but, says Mr Pichai, it will one day...

When Europe goes to war with Russia, they will not require the military to fill out customs declarations as they cross borders within the EU.Tanks, missiles, artillery and most combat weapons could be exempt from EU customs declarations if the plan by Brussels moves forward.Additionally, under the proposal most drivers of military equipment may even be permitted to exceed the limits on driving times and rest periods, should the fight against Russia require extended physical effort.The newly proposed objective is to empower European soldiers to make independent decisions without having to fill out the customary paperwork, requiring prior approval from...

https://babylonbee.com/news/starving-african-children-raise-money-to-feed-ariana-grandeMEKELLE, ETHIOPIA — Starving African children bravely banded together this week to raise money to feed singer and actress Ariana Grande. The Feed Ariana Fund was established by 12-year-old Dawit Kebede, a starving child who lost both parents during the 2023 drought. He first became aware of Grande's predicament after a member of the World Food Programme (WFP) showed him one of her albums. "This woman needs the rice!" Kebede had allegedly exclaimed in his native tongue when he first saw her picture. "How is she still alive?" Kebede was quick to gather local children to take up the cause...

The Gateway Pundit reported that Tish Hyman says she was kicked out of a Gold’s Gym after confronting a biological male who entered the women’s locker room while she was naked. Surprisingly, far-left Joy Reid confessed that if she saw a naked man in a woman’s locker room, she would ‘freak out.” Hyman, who identifies as a lesbian and outspoken advocate for women’s spaces, detailed the horrifying encounter on Facebook, where she described being naked and vulnerable when she turned around to find a man, dressed in “boy clothes” and lip gloss, staring at her. “This person told me he...

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Kroger (KR.N) will close three automated delivery fulfillment facilities and record an impairment charge of about $2.6 billion in its third quarter, as the U.S. grocer expands its third-party delivery partnerships. The company said on Tuesday it would shutter the centers it operates with British online supermarket and technology group Ocado (OCDO.L) in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Florida in January, while monitoring the rest. Kroger, which had partnered with Ocado in 2018 to deploy the company's Smart Platform for automated fulfillment centers, expects the closures to have no impact on its core sales. Ocado said it would...

China has hit the jackpot, once again, after discovering one of the largest deposits of gold ever recorded in the country’s history. Off the back of surging gold prices, the discovery could be worth upwards of $192 billion. China’s Ministry of Natural Resources reported that the Dadonggou deposit in the northeastern province of Liaoning contains about 2.586 million tonnes of gold ore, according to Chinese state media. With an average grade of 0.56 grams per tonne, this totals around 1,444 tonnes of gold. Some media reports have claimed the load could be worth over $192 billion at current prices. To...

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---SNIP--- “Cuckoo’s Nest” was first released in the U.S. on Nov. 19, 1975, and won all five major Academy Awards the following year. Based on the 1962 novel by Oregon writer Ken Kesey, it tells the story of a struggle against authoritarian control, embodied in the clash between free-spirited patient Randle McMurphy and Nurse Ratched, the tyrannical head nurse of an Oregon psychiatric hospital.

A guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do! "Lucy" Lauser is a dude who dresses like a woman and is somehow a city councilor in Stevenson, Washington. Lauser was cited for appearing topless at a local protest. From The Post Millennial: Lauser's legal troubles stem from a July 4, 2025, protest outside the Skamania County Courthouse in downtown Stevenson, a small community of about 1,500 residents. During the demonstration, Lauser exposed his breasts by removing his shirt. He had painted one arm red, taped his mouth and nipples in black, and inscribed 'woman, life, freedom' across his chest. The...

@RepTimBurchett I’m ticked off. Let’s see if we have the guts to ban Members of Congress from trading stocks. Thank you to @RepBryanSteil and @HouseAdmin for holding a hearing on this issue. It’s time to prove to America that we are working for them, not just for ourselves.

Target sinks to new low as customers flee in droves - forcing bosses into drastic move Inflation-weary shoppers are steering clear of Target's messy, understaffed stores. On Wednesday morning, the Minneapolis chain with 1,980 stores said third-quarter profit took yet another hit, deepening a slide that has now stretched across three straight years. Target's slump comes from a four-headed monster: shabby stores, sinking staff morale, jittery investors, and a leadership shake-up waiting in the wings. And the pain isn't ending anytime soon. Executives warned the sales slump will drag straight through the critical holiday shopping season. To stop the bleeding,...

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The USDA is “crunching numbers” as it considers potential relief for farmers from tariff-related losses, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen A. Vaden said Monday. President Donald Trump’s administration previously hinted that it might devote up to $12 billion to aid payments for farmers who were hurt by tariff policies this year, Politico reported in late October. “This department only woke back up on Thursday of last week,” Vaden said, referencing the Nov. 12 conclusion of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. “Lots of things changed during (the government shutdown),” including trade agreements with China, Southeast Asia, Pakistan, and...

A Chicago mother of two has spoken out after shocking video of her family being violently attacked by a group of children outside a school shocked the nation. Corshawnda Hatter, 33, says she has been left traumatized by the ordeal, in which she and her son, nine, were also followed and threatened as she tried to protect him from bullies. 'I can still hear the cries of my kids saying: "Mommy, help me. I'm hurt, I'm scared",' Hatter wrote in a post to social media after the incident near Orville T Bright Elementary School. 'I feel like I failed my...