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The Senate is voting on final passage of a sweeping defense bill that will authorize significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members and boost overall military spending to $895 billion. It also strips coverage of transgender medical treatments for children of military members. The annual defense authorization bill usually gains strong bipartisan support and hasn't failed to pass Congress in nearly six decades. But Pentagon policy in recent years has become a battleground for cultural issues. Читать дальше...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments around the TikTok divest-or-ban bill, as the company faces a looming January 19 deadline.

Jim Carrey, who recently said he came out of retirement for the money, is speaking about what he learned in his time away from Hollywood.

Indian airlines, including IndiGo and Air India, are resisting new pilot work and rest rules proposed by the DGCA. They argue that full implementation before 2026 is impossible and that the redefined night duty hours will severely impact operations. Airlines claim the changes necessitate increased crew, potentially leading to flight disruptions.

Areas resistant to automation - like legal services and healthcare - are attracting novel applications that could even displace human workers, according to a Bank of America report.

Let's get this party going.

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Conservative Judaism leaders tell Herzog the US movement thrives despite challenges and synagogue closures.

The Dublin-based company, which provided uPVC windows and doors and aluclad windows in new builds and home renovations, closed earlier this month saying it was unable to pay its debts

Syria’s nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the production of the highly addictive drug Captagon. Militias, warlords and the government of Bashar Assad transformed the production of Captagon from a small-scale operation run by criminal groups into a billion-dollar industrial revenue stream. The recent ousting of Assad has disrupted these networks and has given a closer look at its operations — revealing the workings of a war economy that sustained Assad’s power over Syria. Читать дальше...

Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President-elect Trump, poked fun at one legendary golfer when asking Scottie Scheffler about his May 2024 arrest.

We are proud to announce that the 2024 Paddlers Award winner in the Non-Profit Category goes to American Whitewater. For over 30 years, American Whitewater (AW) has been a cornerstone of the whitewater community in North America. In 2024, their relentless advocacy included securing a national low-head dam inventory, partnering on major river conservation initiatives, [&hellip

A consortium of Dutch tech companies, including ASML and VDL Groep, will invest approximately $230 million in infrastructure development around Eindhoven. This investment supports the Dutch government's "Operation Beethoven," a $2.7 billion initiative to boost the region's housing, transportation, education, and energy infrastructure, fostering growth in this key European tech hub.

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Liam Lawson is expected to take the Mexican's place alongside Max Verstappen.

After weeks of bullying Canada with tariff threats and mocking "Governor" Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump again pushed his ridiculous fantasy of turning Canada into a "51st state" this morning.

(Telecompaper) Wessex Internet, UK rural fibre altnet, has connected the first customer in South Wiltshire under a GBP 18.8 million Project Gigabit contract with the UK government...

1. What Assad’s fall has revealed about Syria’s trade in the stimulant drug Captagon  The Associated Press
2. Assad’s Fall Upends the Middle East’s Largest Drug Empire  The Wall Street Journal
3. Videos appear to show captagon factory discovered in Syria  CNN
4. What will happen to al-Assad’s Captagon empire now?  Al Jazeera English
5. New details of notorious Captagon drug trade exposed with collapse of Syria's Assad regime  CBS News

Liam Lawson is expected to take the Mexican's place alongside Max Verstappen.

The House Ethics Committee has voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz. The move by the bipartisan panel raises the possibility that the allegations against the Florida Republican who was President-elect Donald Trump’s first choice for attorney general could be made public in the coming days. The decision by the bipartisan committee was made earlier this month, according to a person familiar with the vote who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity. Читать дальше...

HOW does an early Christmas present of £250 sound?

That’s exactly how much dosh we’ll give away to the winner of Score Predictor Matchweek 16.

Simply submit your predictions for the five selected Premier League games and earn points for the accuracy of your forecast as the action unfolds.

If you amass the most points then you’ll claim the cash prize!

Allow us to present some key stats and facts... Читать дальше...