North Korean soldiers in Russia resort to suicide amid capture of first POWs by Ukraine

North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region against Ukrainian forces have begun resorting to drastic measures to evade capture, including suicide, a report by Reuters on Tuesday said.  Following a battle this week, Ukrainian special forces reportedly scoured the snowy terrain where more than a dozen North Korean soldiers lay slain before they came…

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Canada PM Justin Trudeau blames ‘political right’ and social media for global ‘anti-incumbency movement’

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau argued Sunday that social media and the political right exacerbated “culture wars and division” to promote an “anti-incumbency movement” worldwide. MSNBC host Jen Psaki asked Trudeau about his decision to resign, announced on Jan. 6, and whether it had to do with a global trend of turning against incumbent leaders…

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Sleep could help erase bad memories, study finds: ‘Therapy for our emotions’

Sleep has been shown to have a long list of physical and mental health benefits, and now a new study suggests it could also help to “erase” bad memories. That’s according to researchers from the University of Hong Kong, who implemented a procedure called “targeted memory reactivation” (TMR) to reactivate positive memories and weaken painful…

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World’s largest religious gathering begins in India (Maha Kumbh festival), hundreds of millions of Hindus expected to attend

Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival, which is being touted as the world’s largest religious gathering. Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred…

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Trudeau says 51st state is distraction from Trump tariff threat, acknowledges facing ‘successful negotiator’

Canada’s outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested that President-elect Trump’s suggestion that Canada become America’s “51st state” was a distraction from the tariff threat.  “I know that as a successful negotiator, he likes to keep people a little off balance. The 51st state, that’s not going to happen,” Trudeau told MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki”…

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Elon Musk, AI and tech titans, venture capitalists invited to pre-inauguration dinner at dawn of Trump era

A select group of tech industry titans and venture capitalists will gather in Washington, D.C., this week to welcome the incoming Trump administration and celebrate new opportunities for global innovation in artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship.  Presidents and CEOs from companies on the cutting edge of AI tech and their big financial backers, along with personnel…

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