1. Who is Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick as secretary of defence?  Sydney Morning Herald
2. Pete Hegseth’s Path from Campus Provocateur to “Fox & Friends” to the Pentagon  The New Yorker
3. 'Frightening': Van Jones reacts to Hegseth's military ideology  CNN

1. Donald Trump and Joe Biden meet at White House to discuss transition of presidential power  ABC News
2. ‘WELCOME BACK’: White House history as Biden congratulates Trump  news.com.au
3. Donald Trump makes a victor's return to Washington and pledges a smooth transition of power  9News
4. Joe Biden welcomes back Donald Trump to the White House: 9News Latest Stories Season 2024, Short Video  9Now

1. Nurses took to the streets after ‘insulting’ pay offer. Next stop, court  Sydney Morning Herald
2. Hundreds of elective surgeries cancelled as 10,000 nurses and midwives walk off job in NSW  ABC News
3. Who cares? Voters will if NSW nurses start quitting state of origin  Sydney Morning Herald
4. Almost 700 surgeries cancelled as 12,000 NSW nurses strike for better pay  9News
5. As it happened: Donald Trump ally taunts Kevin Rudd; WiseTech shareholders launch class action  The Age

1. Bridget Grocke, Perth 110-year-old, reveals her secret to a long life is a can of Emu Export everyday  PerthNow
2. WA centenarian's surprising secret to a long and happy life  9News

1. Perth mother accused of starving daughter denies orange marks on skin were signs of malnutrition  ABC News
2. Floreat mother denies she was concerned about emaciated daughter: court  WAtoday
3. Starving ballerina’s mum sobs alleging cruel scales mocking  The West Australian
4. Perth mother accused of starving daughter tells trial her child had 'always been skinny'  ABC News
5. How the trial of WA parents accused of starving their daughter has played out over the past two weeks  ABC News

1. Former US ambassador accuses Sky News of creating a ‘self-licking ice cream’ to attack Kevin Rudd  The Conversation
2. Ditching Rudd over Trump insults would be ‘worst possible signal’: Turnbull  Sydney Morning Herald
3. Senior Liberal calls for Rudd to be sacked after Trump advisor suggests US ambassador is on thin ice  9News

1. 'Keep egos in check': Shahid Afridi hopes to see every team in Champions Trophy after India's refusal  The Times of India
2. Champions Trophy Row Escalates, Report Says Pakistan Government Asked PCB To...  NDTV Sports
3. ICC cancels key event for Champions Trophy amid scheduling dispute over India matches  The Times of India
4. Mohammad Rizwan's request for KL Rahul, Suryakumar amid Champions Trophy chaos wins hearts: 'Whatever PCB decides...'  Hindustan Times
5. Shahid Afridi asks India, Pak to put differences aside for CT 2025, cites Olympic's example | 'I hope to see every team in Pakistan for CT25' | Inshorts  Inshorts

1. Police warns: Wedding invites on WhatsApp are taking control of smartphones; stealing money, photos and m  The Times of India
2. All about the 'wedding invitation' scam on WhatsApp that can get your phone hacked  Moneycontrol
3. WhatsApp wedding invitations are the new cyber trap — here's how scammers are stealing your data  CNBCTV18
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5. All about the new wedding invite scam on WhatsApp. Here's how to avoid being hacked  Hindustan Times

1. Rs 6.8 lakh crore wiped out: Sensex tanks 984 points. 6 key factors behind Wednesday's panic sell-off  The Economic Times
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3. Trading Plan: Can Nifty 50 decisively break 200 DEMA, Bank Nifty hit August low?  Moneycontrol
4. Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock action on Thursday  The Economic Times
5. 'Everything is being cut,' says Basant Maheshwari as market goes into correction phase; key reasons behind today's fall  Business Today

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2. Swiggy Share Price & IPO Listing Highlights: Swiggy shares surge 10% after listing at premium on NSE, BSE  BusinessLine
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4. Swiggy's dollar millionaires: 70 employees to pocket over $1 million each as company delivers IPO  Moneycontrol
5. Swiggy delivers best major listing in 10 years  The Economic Times

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2. China’s 6th-Gen Fighter? Beijing Unveils “Supersonic Aircraft” Capable Of Dropping “Munitions From Space”  EurAsian Times
3. China Unveils Its Second 5th-Gen Fighter, Looks Exactly Like This US Jet  NDTV
4. China's groundbreaking innovations: Key Highlights from the Zhuhai Airshow | IN PICS  India TV News
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3. Autobiography still in works, says CPI(M) leader Jayarajan after book’s ‘fake’ excerpts go viral  Hindustan Times
4. ‘Won’t allow EP to be sent away like TP’  The Times of India
5. CPI(M) Kerala secretary M.V. Govindan backs E.P. Jayarajan amid autobiography controversy  The Hindu

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5. Wie wil Groen nog leiden? Na 'nee' van De Sutter circuleert naam van Watteeuw  De Tijd

The knives have come out. CNN is hosting many of these right wing Democrats who make millions off the party and its members and then use right wing rhetoric to take it down after their own failures.

I put up the entire transcript of his sleepwalking nonsense of what the Democratic party is. Reiness' version of what what he perceives the party is comes right out of the the dead hands of Roger Ailes.

It's ludicrous. Every "woke" complaint he has comes right out of the mouth of Christopher Rufo. Anus Reiness has taken Kellyanne Conway's alternative facts nonsense to the extreme. How CNN believes this man speaks for the party is beyond me.

REINESS: Either way, here's the problem, I'm not concerned right now what the right thinks about the Democratic Party.

I'm concerned about what I think about the Democratic Party. I don't like to echo the congressmen, all three of them, I don't like the fact that a small portion of our party is pretty much dictating where we are. That they are pretty much, we are being branded as the most extreme of us. It is not only politically problematic, as we just saw, because none of this stuff helped the other day.

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Between threats from Anonymous and a new crackdown from Twitter, ISIS is having a tough time reaching out and recruiting new psychopaths online.

To circumvent the censorship, the Islamic militant group has reportedly created its own social network called “Khelafabook.”

The Facebook clone claims it is independent and not actually sponsored by ISIS (even though it has ISIS logos all over its homepage). It says its goal is to show the world that they don’t only “live in caves” and “carry guns,” and they vow to “will rule the world by Allah’s permission.”

Khelafabook was set up by a man in Mosul, Iraq, according to The Independent, and is hosted in Egypt. There’s also an associated Twitter account which is linked to from the site.

The site first popped up last week, but has already been taken offline “to protect the info and details of its members,” according to a message on the page.

After it was taken down, Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous appeared to claim responsibility, as Vocativ points out.

For the the time being they’ll have to look elsewhere to share their terrorist pancake recipes.

THE DEFINITION OF PERVERSION playing with yourself in public

This photo was taken by passing photographer, Saber Miresmailli, who then took to the internet to find the lovely couple.  Responses have been tremendous and a Twitter user came forward claiming to know the couple.  The photographer then made a statement on his Facebook page saying that, until they come home from their honeymoon and claim the picture, their identities are unconfirmed. 

Finally, they have returned from their honeymoon and even did an interview with ITV News London.  They say they were shocked at the attention they got and basically agree that it's a very nice picture. 

Well that’s certainly one way to do it.

Professional wrestler Rob Venomous came up with an interesting, albeit slightly dangerous, method of pulling out his 8-year-old son’s loose tooth.

He tied one end of a string to his tooth and connected the other end to the back of his Chevrolet Camaro.

It’s basically like using a doorknob but with a lot more power and risk of serious injury.

Fortunately for the kid, everything went according to plan, and he was’t dragged down the street screaming in pain.

Real Madrid player and underwear model Cristiano Ronaldo became slightly less ridiculously good looking last week and kicked a soccer ball around with a clueless kid in the streets of Madrid.

He wore a shaggy wig with fake mustache/beard, sunglasses and a baggy sweatsuit, and he carried a blue backpack. Look… he’s just like us!

The two played juggled the ball around a bit without drawing any attention.

He eventually removed his disguise, revealing his true identity to the boy and everyone else in the street who immediately pull out their phones to take pictures.

Before walking away, he gave the boy a hug and signed a ball for him.

You’ve seen a one man band, but how about a complete symphony orchestra?

Ben Morfitt, a composer from England, recently created in a music video of one of his new, original songs, in which he plays every instrument while also acting as conductor.

The piece was written for a new cartoon he created called “Pegul,” which he describes in the video’s caption.

You could say he is a man of many talents.

Watch the video above, and you can check out more of his music on SoundCloud.

CES is one of the biggest tech events of the year. It’s when everyone convinces you that you need to buy a terrifying robot Einstein for some reason.

But Nick Offerman aka Ron Swanson and American Greetings — yeah, the greeting card company — trolled all of them.

Promising “a device like none other,” Offerman and America Greetings delivered just that. Offerman took to the stage to present… a regular greeting card that looks like:



via Mashable

Offerman, who was there to present the product had this to say:

"When I started dating my wife — her name is Megan Mullally, she's a very beautiful actress and singer and goddess — she and I loved giving each other cards," he told a crowd at the press event. "It's a very important part of our relationship, and so we've continued that practice.

"Even though there are times when it's more appropriate, of course, to send a text or an email ... when you really want to get a sentiment across, there's nothing like the artifact of the handwritten card." 

D'awwww... now go buy one for you mother or something.

H/T Mashable

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