U.S. pushing Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose support

The U.S. is now sending “signals” that everything could be off the table if Kyiv does not quickly sign a proposal, which was drawn up by special envoy Witkoff.

Iran’s Underground Cinema in Tallinn Competition with ‘Duality’

TALLINN, Estonia — “Duality,” the new hybrid feature written, directed and produced by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Nezamdoost world-premiered this week in Tallinn’s main competition, marking a bold entry from Iran’s underground cinema scene. Nezamdoost’s sophomore feature charts

Miramax Signs Production Partnership With Qatar Film Committee, Plans Arabic Adaptation of Rom-Com ‘Serendipity’

Miramax has announced a partnership with Qatar’s nascent film entity The Film Committee at Media City Qatar to co-develop film and TV titles for the global market that are meant to raise the profile of Qatar’s entertainment industry. Under the agreement the U.S. film and TV

Revealed: Secret Push for TOTAL Nicotine Prohibition at COP11 - Defying Member States and Risking Over One Million EU Jobs

Internal documents expose how Brussels officials attempted to use a UN health conference to impose continent-wide bans on e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches and all alternative nicotine products, despite EU governments explicitly rejecting the plan. A Prohibition Scheme Conceived

Russia yet to receive anything official from US on peace plan, Kremlin says

The draft provisions come across as heavily slanted towards Moscow, but Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to work with the US.

Greenpeace calls for probe after Malaysia river changes colour

LG UltraGear 27GX790A OLED review

480 Hz's worth of sizzling WOLED speed.

Barber to offer 'pay what you can' haircuts

Marcus Lewis-Roper says people can pay whatever they want on 22 December.

Canadian man loses legal battle to reclaim million-dollar stash

Marcel Breton spent 16 years trying to reclaim C$1.2m police seized from hiding spots in his house.

Food supply improving in Gaza since truce but long way to go, says UN

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -More food supplies are getting into Gaza since the October ceasefire but are still falling short of huge humanitarian needs as winter rains risk spoiling delivered foodstuffs, the U.N. World Food Programme said on Friday. "Things are

DJI Clears Out Mic Mini Bundle, Now Selling for Pennies for Content Creators’ Top Choice Mic

This is creator's most loved microphone. The post DJI Clears Out Mic Mini Bundle, Now Selling for Pennies for Content Creators’ Top Choice Mic appeared first on Kotaku .

Subnautica creators battle Krafton in court, Unity shakes hands with Fortnite, and Clair Obscur throws us in an indie tizzy – Patch Notes #31

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The UN Security Council just backed Trump's plan, but Hamas is making a mockery of it

Gaza’s two million people are left in the worst possible position.

What taxes apply to electric vehicles and how could the Budget change that?

All new cars must be electric or hybrid from 2030, but the government could put new taxes on them.

Ubisoft hasn't exploded or been bought by Tencent: Its finances were delayed because of maths nerds, AC Shadows is 'Overperforming', and it's got one upcoming game you don't know about, thank you

All that sound and fury signified nothing, it turned out.

This 4-Pack of Govee Smart Light Bulbs Is Nearly Free, Amazon Prices Them Like Regular Budget Bulbs

The best Govee deal of the year. The post This 4-Pack of Govee Smart Light Bulbs Is Nearly Free, Amazon Prices Them Like Regular Budget Bulbs appeared first on Kotaku .

TikTok offering ways to reduce AI in feeds, launching $2M literacy fund

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Kremlin says around 5,000 Ukrainian troops are trapped in the Kharkiv region

MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Friday that around 5,000 Ukrainian troops were trapped on the eastern bank of the River Oskil, in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region.

All Genshin Impact 6.2 livestream codes

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The world's new US$125 billion rainforest trust fund revives a 1990s idea—and shows its limits

A US$125 billion rainforest fund is being hailed as a flagship announcement from the 2025 UN climate summit in Belém, Brazil. The goal is noble: this is essentially a trust fund that will pay countries to keep their tropical forests standing. But its core idea was tried 30

Here's what Black Friday sales shopping does to your brain

Every November, Black Friday arrives with big claims of massive savings and "one-day-only" deals. We are bombarded with offers that seem too good to pass up. But beneath all this lies something far more strategic.

Apple Drops AirPods Max to New All-Time Low on Amazon, Rivals Sony and Bose Are Freaking Out

This is the best price ever seen on Apple's premium headphones. The post Apple Drops AirPods Max to New All-Time Low on Amazon, Rivals Sony and Bose Are Freaking Out appeared first on Kotaku .

Victoria will force home sellers to reveal their reserve price: Will other states follow?

If you've ever tried to buy a home at auction, you know how frustrating it can be to show up thinking you can afford a particular property, only for it to sell for far more than the advertised price.

Gaza women, children injured by Israeli military during shaky ceasefire, MSF says

GENEVA (Reuters) -Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday that its medical teams in Gaza had treated Palestinian women and children this week for injuries from Israeli airstrikes and gunfire, almost six weeks into a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Since Wednesday, medical staff

Dungeon Master University offers immersive training with industry pros

Learn from Monte Cook and Keith Baker at the first two-day course running in Atlanta in January

Swiss giant UBS is threatening to move to the US — an old story with a new twist

So what is UBS doing by meeting with the Trump administration, as we first reported in September and the FT is revisiting now? Something our president likes to call “negotiation.”

In ‘My First Love,’ a Disabled Filmmaker Tells a Coming-of-Age Story About a “Complete Human Being” in a Wheelchair

Mari Storstein's fiction feature directorial debut, which world premiered at Tallinn, stars newcomer Marie Flaatten and Niels Skåber: "As a disabled person, freedom and self-determination are not guaranteed."

In the name of all things Trump...

Donald Trump's family has been pursuing wealth, fame and power in their name for decades, and now that he is a lame-duck second-term president, there is increased urgency for his "Trumpification of America" through renaming, including airports, stadiums and other locations.

Kremlin says US has yet to discuss its Ukraine peace plan in detail with Moscow

MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia had not yet received anything official from the United States about a 28-point U.S. peace plan for Ukraine, but it was ready to negotiate.

Gearbox finally fixes Borderlands 4's infuriating class mod drops and snore-inducing Wildcards—oh, and its first DLC is now free

"The team realized that there was more mayhem than time when it came to getting as much into Bounty Pack 1 as originally planned."

Grok AI temporarily so sycophantic it claims Elon Musk is the best at drinking pee, and other things I'm not going to put in a headline, you can't make me

Musk blamed the snafu on "adversarial prompting".

Blueair Drops Black Friday Deal on Air Purifier, Now Selling for Pocket Change for Healthier Sleep

HEPASilent filters 99.97% of particles down to 0.1 microns at whisper volumes. The post Blueair Drops Black Friday Deal on Air Purifier, Now Selling for Pocket Change for Healthier Sleep appeared first on Kotaku .

Documentary Filmmaker Susana de Sousa Dias on Revealing the Terror of Portugal’s Fascist Regime

Portuguese documentary filmmaker Susana de Sousa Dias, who is the guest of honor at IDFA, spoke to the festival’s artistic director Isabel Arrate Fernandez this week about how she set out to interrogate the repressive methods of her country’s fascist regime through an

Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for nearly €50 million, breaking auction record for female artists

In its catalogue note, Sotheby’s said the painting “offers a spectral meditation on the porous boundary between sleep and death.”

Doha Film Festival debuts with a bold vision for global cinema

97 films from 62 countries are being spotlighting at the inaugural Doha Film Festival, which is bringing star power and bold new voices.

Mirror symmetry prompts ultralow magnetic damping in 2D van der Waals ferromagnets

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnets are thin and magnetic materials in which molecules or layers are held together by weak attractive forces known as vdW forces. These materials have proved to be promising for the development of spintronic devices, systems

Residents in rural Greece struggle as bears and wolves make a remarkable comeback

There has been a rapid increase in the number of one-on-one encounters between humans and wild animals even in residential areas

Trump plays host to vocal foe Mamdani

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Mamdani heads to Washington ▪ Trump infuriates Dems with ‘sedition’ branding ▪ D.C. National Guard deployment blocked ▪ ACA subsidies unlikely to be extended 3 Things to Know Today 1. Rep. Eric

Transcript: Trump’s Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Backfires Badly

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With two launches in the books, Blue Origin announces even more powerful New Glenn is coming

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is powerful, but Jeff Bezos' rocket company wants more.

Indian fighter jet pilot killed in crash at Dubai airshow

A court of inquiry is being established to assess the cause of the crash, officials say.

Japan edges closer to restarting world's biggest nuclear power plant

If approved, it would be the first time Japanese utility company Tepco recommences nuclear reactor operations since its Fukushima plant went into meltdown.

Cop30 live: standoff over inclusion of fossil fuel phaseout in final text escalates

Following a dramatic fire yesterday, the climate summit is due to finish this evening, but disagreements over the final text look difficult to resolve The draft text is a detailed and lengthy document but experts are already homing in on what they consider to be the most

Malaysia PM Anwar vows no cover-up in probe into football forgery scandal

Anwar vowed transparency in the probe, but stressed that the Football Association of Malaysia should be allowed to defend itself and the government would not act based on FIFA's findings alone.

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Why CEOs still have Trump’s ear ten months into his term

“Technology is no longer a vertical; it’s the backbone of national security and economic strength," Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, told NYNext.

Trump keeps Maduro guessing on next Venezuela moves

President Trump is keeping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro guessing as the U.S. military beefs up its presence in the region, with the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford in the Caribbean, and the commander in chief authorizing the CIA to conduct covert operations inside the

Parenthood Has Made Me Detest Robots

You can’t throw a pacifier in American discourse without hitting someone talking about how having kids changed them. From Pete Buttigieg to Sarah Palin to the legions of guys who had daughters and realized sexual harassment is bad, many people apparently receive wisdom from

GOP leaders Mike Johnson, John Thune fall out of sync on Epstein, Arctic Frost

Friction is emerging in the once unified GOP relationship between Speaker Mike Johnson (La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.). The two congressional leaders have been visibly out of sync in recent days on a bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files and on an

5 things to watch as Mamdani, Trump meet at the White House

President Trump will host New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday for what will be a closely watched meeting between two political rivals who have drawn comparisons in their populist appeals. Mamdani will meet with Trump less than a month after