Canada signed a $6.5 billion deal to acquire Australia’s advanced Jindalee Over-the-Horizon Radar (JORN) technology to enhance Arctic surveillance. The JORN system will help Canada detect air and maritime threats more efficiently. This move follows pressure from the US to increase defense spending.
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President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Mike Johnson for Speaker, praising him as a hard-working and religious man ahead of the Speaker election on December 3. Johnson had a rough time because of the spending bill as several Republicans gave a call for Johnson's ouster from the post. Some Republicans even wanted either Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy as the Speaker.
Conservative influencer Ashley St Clair has sued Elon Musk for sole custody of her five-month-old son, demanding a genetic test to confirm paternity. St Clair alleged that Musk has met the child only three times and has not acknowledged him. ​In the paternity petition, Clair shared a photo of herself and her newborn -- which is her second child -- in a hospital bed. “All well?,†the person whose name is saved on her phone as 'EM' wrote.
Elon Musk accused New York Magazine of misrepresenting a pro-Trump party by cropping out Black attendees to support a narrative of a nearly all-White event. Black conservatives at the event, including CJ Pearson, criticized the publication for pushing a misleading story.
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Kat Timpf revealed she was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer just hours before giving birth to her first child. Timpf expressed gratitude for detecting the cancer early and the support from colleagues, as she navigates new motherhood and treatment concurrently.
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Samsung Electronics' co-CEO Han Jong-Hee has passed away at 63 due to cardiac arrest. Having joined Samsung in 1988, he was instrumental in leading the consumer electronics and mobile devices businesses. Han played a significant role in Samsung’s TV leadership since 2006. His demise occurs amid challenges as Samsung aims for growth through mergers and acquisitions.