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The Estonian authorities expect power outages after the country’s disconnection from the Russian electricity grid The Estonian government has recommended that citizens stockpile food, water, medications, alternative lighting sources, and even board games in anticipation of potential power outages as the country exits the energy system it shares with Russia on February 8.The warning was reported by the Estonian news outlet ERR, citing the country’s Risk Prevention Bureau.Estonia, along with neighbors Latvia and Lithuania, which are all members of NATO and the EU, are preparing to transition to the continental European electricity grid as part of efforts to cut energy…
By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management“DeepSeek-R1 is AI’s Sputnik moment,” posted Marc Andreesen on X, talking his book as all great investors do.Nothing could be better for the venture tech business than an existential race for AI supremacy. But given the whole world’s fascination with AI, will DeepSeek represent a broader Sputnik moment for America?It’s important of course, because competition lifts us all. The higher the stakes, the more determined and creative our efforts. Profits tend to compound alongside our advances, and so it is that the S&P 500 index which launched in 1957, months before the…
Trump’s FCC chief has just opened an investigation of NPR and PBS which could result in the loss of taxpayer funding for these outlets. Conservatives are cheering for this. For years now, people on the right have pointed out that National Public Radio functions like a media arm of the Democrat party. In short, they do not deserve taxpayer funding. George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley agrees. Even though Turley is a liberal-leaning person who has appeared on NPR in the past, he acknowledges that NPR has become little more than a mouthpiece for the left. Turley writes at…
WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA – FEBRUARY 01: Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Jordan Brand Toyota … [+] and Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 Mobil 1 Toyota lead the field during qualifying heat #4 for the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on February 01, 2025 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)Getty Images In the end, it wasn’t about the racing. Then again, it never really is, is it? Ever since the Clash became a traveling circus, NASCAR’s pre-season spectacle has been less about wheel-to-wheel action and more about spectacle itself. A chance for…
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court found a filmmaker guilty of sexual assault on French actor Adèle Haenel when she was between 12 and 15 in the early 2000s, in the country’s first big #MeToo trial. Filmmaker Christophe Ruggia was sentenced Monday to two years under house arrest with an electronic bracelet plus a two-year suspended sentence. Ruggia had denied any wrongdoing. Haenel, now 35, was the first top actor in France to accuse the film industry of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse after the #MeToo movement broke out. In 2019, she accused Ruggia of having repeatedly touched…
Six American citizens, unjustly detained by Venezuela’s socialist Maduro regime between September and October, returned home this weekend after negotiations led by President Donald Trump. While U.S. authorities have not disclosed the identities of the six Americans at press time, CBS News identified one of them as 62-year-old David Estrella, while the Spanish newspaper El País identified three of the other six men as Aaron Barret Logan, Gregory David Werber, and David Guttember Guillaume. Estrella and Logan were arrested by the Maduro regime in September alongside U.S. Navy Seal member Wilmer José Castañeda for their alleged involvement in a dubious…
Pop star Lady Gaga gave a shout out to “trans people” and the “queer community” at the Grammys on Sunday night. Lady Gaga delivered her brief message in support of the community after winning the award for Best Pop Dup/Group Performance alongside Bruno Mars for their song “Die with a Smile.” “Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love, the queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love. Thank you,” she said. Lady Gaga’s statement comes after Elle published an interview of her saying that she “prayed” for President Donald Trump to lose his election against Vice President…
Update(1815ET): And now apparently Dems have essentially been locked out of the USAID headquarters in Washington, amid efforts to get in and investigate what’s going on, and seeking to meet with top administrators now running the show (or rather, overseeing the dismantling of the agency) in the HQ. The Hill details Monday afternoon:A group of Senate and House Democrats were blocked from entering the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday.The Democratic lawmakers, who are opposed to President Trump’s efforts to shut down the agency, left without incident after a brief exchange with security officials. The group,…
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said the FBI is in “utter disarray” because President Trump is cleaning house and firing corrupt officials involved in the January 6 cases and Trump witch hunts. President Trump fired David Sundberg, the top official in the FBI Washington Field Office and nearly 90 other FBI officials last Friday. ‼️Important Clarification: 88 is the number of FBI agents and top managers who ACTUALLY were walked out of their offices today, including those at the Washington Field Office, Palm Beach, and Miami FBI offices. That number also includes special agents in charge of various field……
Topline Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” won the album of the year prize at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday night while Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” won both song and record of the year along with three other prizes. Beyoncé accepts the Album of the Year award for “COWBOY CARTER” onstage during the 67th Annual … [+] GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.Getty Images for The Recording Academy Key Facts Beyonce, who is the awarded artist in Grammys history, had never won the album of the year prize before Sunday night. In her acceptance speech, Beyonce…