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- The Rockefeller Foundation has partnered with popular YouTube creator MrBeast to create a "next-gen storytelling" initiative targeting youth, aiming to influence their perspectives on key issues.
- Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions, Israel faces increased scrutiny for alleged human rights violations in the West Bank, with accusations of executing unarmed Palestinians after surrendering.
- A significant expansion of the Starbucks workers' strike has occurred, involving over 2,500 union baristas across 120 locations in 83 cities, coinciding with the busy Black Friday shopping period.
- In the tech and entertainment sectors, the AI-generated gospel artist Solomon Ray has topped charts, sparking controversy and debate about authenticity in music creation amid rising concerns over artificial intelligence's influence.
- Holiday consumer spending is projected to reach a record high in the United States, with forecasts suggesting an average per capita budget exceeding $1,000 for the winter holiday season, despite lingering economic uncertainties.
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'Beneath Sheep's Clothing': Communism's Capture Of America
3 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
'Beneath Sheep's Clothing': Communism's Capture Of America Authored by Rudolph Lambert Fernandez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Anti-Communism Week has been marked for November 2025. Writer-producer Julie Behling’s documentary “Beneath Sheep’s Clothing” warns of communism’s devastation: “Globally, communism claimed the lives of approximately 150 million people in the 20th century.” People listen during an event by the Victims of Communism Memorial monument in Washington on June 12, 2015. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The narrator continues, “This history is now suspiciously missing from America’s public school systems.” Therein lies a tale. This documentary shows how socialism-communism that’s failed somewhere keeps trying to reinvent itself
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Rockefeller Foundation Partners With MrBeast To Target Youth With "Next-Gen" Propaganda
4 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Rockefeller Foundation Partners With MrBeast To Target Youth With "Next-Gen" Propaganda Dr. Rajiv J. Shah - former USAID administrator and onetime head of agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, now president of the Rockefeller Foundation - announced a "next-gen storytelling" partnership with the world's top YouTube creator, MrBeast. "Proud to announce our partnership with @BeastPhilanthr, bringing together a storied history of improving billions of lives with next-gen storytelling that inspires action. With @MrBeast, we'll show that when kindness goes viral, big change is possible," Shah wrote on X, accompanied by a video featuring him and MrBeast founder Jimmy Donaldson. >
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How Tucker Carlson Put Arab Christians On America's Map
5 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
How Tucker Carlson Put Arab Christians On America's Map Authored by Kamal Alam via Al Majalla US President Donald Trump’s inner circle and his wider MAGA (‘Make America Great Again’) movement can at times appear to be tearing themselves apart over the thorny issue of US support for Israel, which some of his supporters think has committed genocide in Gaza since October 2023. Trump's unquestioning support for Israel is increasingly causing him political problems, yet those problems are not coming from the progressive or liberal left, as might be expected, but from the heart of the United States' deep south, home to millions
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Katy Perry Gets $2 Million After Suing Dying 85-Year-Old Veteran Over Real Estate Dispute
5 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Katy Perry Gets $2 Million After Suing Dying 85-Year-Old Veteran Over Real Estate Dispute Pop superstar Katy Perry has won $2 million in a protracted property battle by filing a lawsuit against 85-year-old Army veteran Carl Westcott, who is now bedridden with Huntington's disease and receiving hospice care. Perry's legal action, detailed in court filings reviewed by the New York Post, sought more than $8 million in damages from Westcott, including $3.25 million for lost rental income during the litigation, $2.2 million for property renovations and $3 million in attorney fees. The dispute centers on an eight-bedroom estate in the celebrity enclave
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"I Have A Bridge To Sell You" - Pirro Unleashes On Left's "Nonsense" Vetting
6 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
"I Have A Bridge To Sell You" - Pirro Unleashes On Left's "Nonsense" Vetting Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Former U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro exploded on Fox News Wednesday, eviscerating the left for mass-importing unvetted Third Worlders under Biden—labeling claims that vetting was robust as “nonsense.” Pirro blasted, “If you think there was a vetting, I have a BRIDGE to sell you!” Referring to the untold numbers of Afghans that entered the U.S., she further raged “90K people…what do we do? Call the FBI in Afghanistan and say, ‘Gee, do you have anything on this guy?’” > 🚨 HOLY CRAP! US Attorney Jeanine Pirro
The Guardian
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Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns amid claims South Africans tricked to fight for Russia
16 hours ago
by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
South Africa, Jacob Zuma, Russia, Ukraine, Africa, Europe, World newsDuduzile Zuma-Sambudla quits as MP after being accused of recruiting 17 men who are trapped in war-torn Ukraine A daughter of the former South African president Jacob Zuma has resigned as an MP, after being accused of tricking 17 South African men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine by telling them they were travelling to Russia to train as bodyguards for the Zumas’ uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, 43, the most visible and active in politics of her siblings, volunteered to resign and step back from public roles while cooperating with a police investigation and working to bring the men home,
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Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
a day ago
by Jonathan Watts
Climate crisis, Africa, Deforestation, Greenhouse gas emissions, Amazon rainforest, Trees and forests, Mining, Conservation, Environment, World news, Endangered habitatsAlarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown Africa’s forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research that underscores the need for urgent action to save the world’s great natural climate stabilisers. The alarming shift, which has happened since 2010, means all of the planet’s three main rainforest regions – the South American Amazon, south-east Asia and Africa – have gone from being allies in the fight against climate breakdown to being part of the problem. Continue reading...
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Guinea-Bissau military takes ‘total control’ amid election chaos
3 days ago
by Rachel Savage and agencies
Guinea-Bissau, Africa, World newsOfficers say they are closing borders and suspending poll as president and main rival both claim victory Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have announced they are taking “total control” of the west African country, three days after elections that both the two main presidential contenders claim to have won. Military officers said they were suspending Guinea-Bissau’s electoral process and closing its borders, in a statement read out at the army’s headquarters in the capital Bissau and broadcast on state TV. They said they had formed “the high military command for the restoration of order”, which would rule the country until further notice. Continue reading...
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Nigerian schoolgirls rescued after mass abduction in Kebbi
3 days ago
by Associated Press
Nigeria, Africa, World newsThe president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, said all 24 of the girls kidnapped last week had been rescued All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants after a mass abduction last week from a school in north-western Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced on Tuesday. A total of 25 girls were abducted on 17 November from the Government Girls Comprehensive secondary school in Kebbi state’s Maga town, but one of them was able to escape the same day, the school’s principal said. The remaining 24 were all saved, according to a statement from the Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, though no details were
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Jacob Zuma’s daughter accused of tricking men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine
4 days ago
by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
South Africa, Russia, Ukraine, Jacob Zuma, Africa, World newsSouth African police investigate allegations made against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla by another of ex-president’s daughters * Europe live – latest updates South African police are investigating allegations that a daughter of the former president Jacob Zuma tricked men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine by telling them they were travelling to Russia for a paramilitary training course. Another of Zuma’s daughters, Nkosazana Zuma-Mncube, filed a police report on Saturday alleging that her sister Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and two others, Siphokazi Xuma and Blessing Khoza, had recruited 17 men who are now trapped on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. Continue reading...
South China Morning Post
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Peru declares state of emergency as fears of migrant influx from Chile mount
2 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
Peru’s government declared a state of emergency at its southern border with Chile on Friday, expecting an influx of people trying to flee far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast’s potential presidency. Under the decree, Peru’s military will reinforce border control in the southern Tacna region for 60 days, past Chile’s December 14 run-off election, in which immigration hardliner Kast is facing off against left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara. The state of emergency will also serve “to address crime...
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Congo and Rwanda presidents to meet in US to sign peace deal
4 hours ago
by Associated Press
Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi will travel to the US next week to sign a final agreement with his Rwandan counterpart aimed at securing peace in eastern Congo, the Congolese government said on Friday, capping months-long diplomatic efforts spearheaded by US President Donald Trump. Congo’s government has often said its signing of the deal will be conditioned on Rwanda’s withdrawal of support for the M23 rebels in the conflict-battered east. Tshisekedi’s confirmation of the December 4 signing...
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Airbus issues major A320 recall, threatening global flight disruption
7 hours ago
by Reuters
Europe’s Airbus said on Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet, threatening upheaval during the busiest travel weekend of the year in the United States and disruption worldwide. The setback appears to be among the largest recalls affecting Airbus in its 55-year history and comes weeks after the A320 overtook the Boeing 737 as the most delivered model. At the time Airbus issued its...
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Trump says he’ll pardon ex-Honduras president serving US prison sentence
9 hours ago
by Associated Press
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that “according to many people that I greatly respect”, Hernandez was “treated very harshly and unfairly”. In March of last year, Hernandez was convicted in an American court of conspiring to import cocaine into the...
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Trump spoke with Venezuela’s Maduro, discussed meeting in US, report says
10 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
US President Donald Trump spoke by phone last week with leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, with the two rivals discussing a possible meeting in the United States, The New York Times reported on Friday. The reported call comes as Trump’s administration piles pressure on Venezuela with a major military deployment in the Caribbean that includes the world’s largest aircraft carrier. Washington says the aim is curbing drug trafficking but Caracas insists regime change is the ultimate goal. The...
New York Times
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Trump to Pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduran Ex-Leader Convicted in Drug Case
2 hours ago
by Annie Correal, Jeff Ernst, Shawn McCreesh and David C. Adams
United States Politics and Government, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons, United States International Relations, Hernandez, Juan Orlando, Trump, Donald J, Honduras, United StatesJuan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and partnering with cocaine traffickers. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
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Northwestern Agrees to Deal With Trump Administration
5 hours ago
by Michael C. Bender
United States Politics and Government, Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University, Justice Department, Anti-Semitism, Education Department (US), Health and Human Services Department, Bondi, Pamela J, Bienen, Henry S, Dhillon, Harmeet, Schill, Michael H, Republican PartyThe university will pay $75 million to regain its research funding and end investigations, the second highest payment by a school facing pressure from the administration.
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Trump Spoke by Phone Last Week With Maduro, Venezuela’s Leader
10 hours ago
by Maggie Haberman and Anatoly Kurmanaev
United States International Relations, United States Politics and Government, United States Defense and Military Forces, Maduro, Nicolas, Trump, Donald J, Rubio, Marco, Venezuela, Caribbean AreaThey discussed a possible meeting between the two of them, but nothing has been scheduled, and the administration continues to increase the military pressure on Venezuela.
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State Department Boosts Resources to Process Business Visas for South Koreans
2 hours ago
by John Yoon
United States International Relations, Visas, Foreign Workers, LG Energy Solution, Hyundai Motor Co, State Department, Trump, Donald J, Seoul (South Korea), Georgia, United States Politics and Government, Factories and Manufacturing, Diplomatic Service, Embassies and Consulates, International Relations, Foreign Investments, South Korea, United StatesThe Trump administration has been trying to repair the damage from the detention of hundreds of South Koreans in an immigration raid in Georgia.
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Two West Virginia Communities Bound Together by Grief
5 hours ago
by Bernard Mokam, Kevin Williams and Jack Healy
Washington DC National Guard Shooting (Nov 2025), National Guard, Beckstrom, Sarah (2005-25), Wolfe, Andrew (2001- ), Martinsburg (W Va), West VirginiaRed ribbons adorned one city, while blue ribbons hung in another town — all to honor the National Guard members who were attacked in Washington this week.