Todays 100+ #billionaires according to #Bloomberg:
#1: Elon Musk - $632B - USA/Tech
#2: Larry Page - $256B - USA/Tech
#3: Jeff Bezos - $244B - USA/Tech
#4: Sergey Brin - $238B - USA/Tech
#5: Larry Ellison - $231B - USA/Tech
#6: Mark Zuckerberg - $229B - USA/Tech
#7: Bernard Arnault - $204B - France/Consumer
#8: Steve Ballmer - $166B - USA/Tech
#9: Warren Buffett - $152B - USA/Diversified
#10: Jensen Huang - $149B - USA/Tech
#11: Jim Walton - $140B - USA/Retail
#12: Rob Walton - $137B - USA/Retail
#13: Michael Dell - $137B - USA/Tech
#14: Alice Walton - $136B - USA/Retail
#15: Amancio Ortega - $132B - Spain/Retail
#16: Bill Gates - $117B - USA/Tech
#17: Carlos Slim - $110B - Mexico/Diversified
#18: Mukesh Ambani - $105B - India/Energy
Top 10: $2.5 Trillion
Total: $3.52 Trillion
Full Top 500: bloomberg.com/billionaires
Democrats to introduce stock trading discharge petition next year (Sudiksha Kochi/The Hill)
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Democrats to introduce stock trading discharge petition next year
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Parents told to lead by example and turn off phones this Christmas
The children's commissioner says children are "crying out" for family time over the festive break.Laura Cress (BBC News)
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The Ashes 2025 third Test - day two: England's Joe Root given not out after Australia review shows ball hits ground
Joe Root avoids being given out for one after review shows an edge behind drops just short of Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey, with England 42-3, still 329 runs behind Australia's first innings score of 371 on day two of the third Ashes Test in Adβ¦BBC Sport
King's Speech set for week after May's crunch elections
Sir Keir Starmer is set to unveil the agenda for the next phase of his government in the aftermath of May's elections.Henry Zeffman (BBC News)
Bondi Beach shooting: 'Maybe she's an angel now', says aunt of 10-year-old victim
Lina Chernykh tells the BBC her niece Matilda was a joyous child who spread love everywhere she went.Tiffanie Turnbull (BBC News)
House Republicans pass health care plan without re-upping insurance subsidies (Benjamin Guggenheim/Politico)
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House Republicans pass health care plan without re-upping insurance subsidies
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Health Department Cancels Grants to Group That Criticized Kennedy's Vaccine Policies (Minho Kim/New York Times)
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Health Department Cancels Grants to Group That Criticized Kennedy's Vaccine Policies
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GOP Senator Grills Trump Nominee on Statement that Marriage Is Not Intended for Disabled People (Kate Riga/Talking Points Memo)
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GOP Senator Grills Trump Nominee on Statement that Marriage Is Not Intended for Disabled People
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), a generally reliable Republican foot soldier, grilled a Trump judicial nominee Wednesday about his bigoted preachings.Kate Riga (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
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At tonightβs Kneecap concert in Dublin, the band stood in powerful solidarity with Palestine, chanting βFree Palestineβ and projecting βGet the US military out of Ireland, Free Palestineβ on a large screen, with a huge Palestinian flag.
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Palestinian
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Fromont nuorempi ja Risler vanhempi: Parisin tapoja
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Fromont nuorempi ja Risler vanhempi: Parisin tapoja by Alphonse Daudet
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Is Bondi Beach 'hero' Ahmed al-Ahmed Muslim? Evidence points to yes
"Praise be to Allah for everything and may Allah reward you for everything,β he said. Detractors tried to paint a different picture.
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Is photo of Trump and Bill Clinton cuddling in bed real?
A member of the Snopes Tips Facebook group asked, "This picture is making the rounds. Can you look into it?"
House passes GOP health care bill without ObamaCare subsidy extension (The Hill)
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House passes GOP health care bill without ObamaCare subsidy extension
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House Rejects Measure to Bar Strikes Inside Venezuela (Robert Jimison/New York Times)
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House Rejects Measure to Bar Strikes Inside Venezuela
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House Republicans Press Jack Smith Over Investigations Into Trump (New York Times)
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House Republicans Press Jack Smith Over Investigations Into Trump
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