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  • Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Recalls Feces-Loving Cellmate and Suicidal Thoughts In Prison: 'Horrified, Trapped' (Exclusive)

    In her new memoir 'My Time To Stand', Blanchard opens up about her darkest days while serving time for her part in the 2015 murder of her mom

  • From Bestseller To Bust: Tell Me Which Books You Couldn't Put Down And Those You Could Barely Pick Up

    Don't hesitate to share that the "popular" book truly was a bore.

  • Book To Movie Adaptations Coming Out This Year

    As 2024 draws to a close, there are still several film releases based on books coming out in theaters and on streamers. Several other well known books have transformed for the big screen this year, including comics like The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, childhood stories like Harold and the Purple Crayon and more. Read on …

  • Book climbs bestseller list after title was apparently cited on bullet casings at scene of CEO’s death

    Jay Feinman’s book that exposes ways insurance companies avoid paying claims hit No 2 on Amazon’s nonfiction list

  • Bill Gates Predicts AI In The Workforce Will Lead To So Much 'Leisure Time'– But It'll Create A 'What Do We Do With All That Time?' Problem

    Artificial intelligence is everywhere right now. From classrooms to health care, it's making many people excited – and just as nervous. Sure, it can write poems and summarize meetings, but what happens when it starts replacing jobs? That's a question no one seems to want to dig into too deeply. We're all standing on the edge of a pool, wondering if the water's warm or icy but too scared to jump in and find out. Don't Miss: Deloitte's fastest-growing software company partners with Amazon, Walmart

  • Bill Clinton teases third novel with James Patterson: ‘We really take the gloves off’

    Former President Clinton and James Patterson are putting their writing pens together again, teaming up for a third book about a potentially murderous presidential spouse. “The First Gentleman” is poised to hit shelves on June 2, publishers Alfred A. Knopf and Little, Brown and Company announced Wednesday. The thriller is described as a tale about…

  • Jensen Huang is what sets Nvidia apart: 'The Nvidia Way' author

    Nvidia (NVDA) founder and CEO Jensen Huang has emerged as a standout Big Tech leader, with the chipmaker becoming a top artificial intelligence (AI) player. "The Nvidia Way" author and Barron's senior tech writer Tae Kim sits down with Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton on Market Domination to talk about his book, which chronicles the culture at Nvidia under Huang's leadership. "Nvidia is literally the best-performing stock in US history [along] with any company with 20-year returns. If you put in $10,000 at its IPO in 1999, it will be worth $40 million today," Kim says, explaining what sets Nvidia apart from other tech giants is "the culture that Jensen was able to create." Watch the video above for more about Kim's new book, his thoughts on Nvidia's antitrust case, its role in the China market, and more. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination Overtime here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.

  • Exclusive: Elizabeth Day reveals the kindest celebrity she's ever interviewed

    The 46-year-old podcaster and author exclusively joined HELLO! to talk about what kindness means to her this year

  • Grace Wong reveals pregnancy in stunning Santorini announcement

    The former TVB actress shares that she and husband will be welcoming a baby after eight years of marriage

  • Thai masseuse tells her side of story after singer’s death linked to ‘neck-twisting’ massage

    Autopsy confirms Chayada Prao-hom, 20, died due to sepsis, fungal infection, and swollen spinal cord

  • Inside Assad's abandoned home: Damning documents, wedding photos and children's notes

    This was clearly where the dictator's British-born wife Asma loved to be, her inner sanctum where she stored her treasures. The looters had got there first, the place was ransacked, but in Asma's personal storage room and boudoir, the floor was covered with countless boxes for jewellery, antiques and designer goods. Among them bank records in Asma's maiden name, for staggering sums of money.

  • 2 Vietnamese police officials sexually attacked young women on visit to New Zealand, authorities say

    New Zealand authorities have “no doubt” that two Vietnamese officials sexually attacked two young female servers at a restaurant during a visit to the country, but were unable to charge the men before they returned to Vietnam, police said Thursday. Vietnam and New Zealand do not have an extradition treaty so the alleged attackers cannot be forced to face charges. One of the women said they were attacked at a restaurant in Wellington in March days before Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính was due to visit New Zealand.

  • Bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border

    Insurgents seized Myanmar's border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war.

  • Man Asks Girlfriend's Golden Retriever Puppy for Permission to Propose — And The Dog's Reaction Goes Viral! (Exclusive)

    Three years ago, a woman joked that her boyfriend would need to ask their dog for permission if he were ever to propose — so he did!

  • Dua Lipa Gives Racer Style a Wild Spin With Leopard-print Miniskirt and Emily Ratajkowski Wears Dress Over Pants for Puma Speedcat Launch Celebration

    Both wore Lyst's "hottest sneaker in the world" at the Milan event.

  • Nasi Lemak Ol’ School: Old-school nasi lemak that brings you back to childhood, full-house till 12pm

    The post Nasi Lemak Ol’ School: Old-school nasi lemak that brings you back to childhood, full-house till 12pm appeared first on SETHLUI.com.

  • China jails former Premier League star Li Tie 20 years for corruption

    China on Friday jailed former Premier League star and men's national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery, snaring one of the country's greatest football figures in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption in sport.The 47-year-old is one of China's biggest football names, serving as national team coach from January 2020 to December 2021, after racking up nearly 100 international caps and playing as a midfielder for English Premier League side Everton.

  • A Syrian soldier's story: Why Assad's army didn't fight for him

    STORY: Just weeks ago, Farhan al-Khouli was manning a military outpost in Idlib, northern Syria, for Bashar al-Assad's army.The story of his desertion - one of many - shows how Assad's army crumbled as the rebels advanced.Khouli's commanding officer called to say a rebel convoy was heading their way.They were just three men, badly paid and demoralized, one deemed unfit by his superiors to bear arms.They were meant to be nine but others had bribed their way out.They should stand and fight, the officer said.Instead Khouli put his phone on airplane mode, changed into civilian clothes, dropped his rifle and fled.Ending up in Damascus, now taken by the rebels, where he got this job at a horse stable.On the road he saw other groups of deserting soldiers.“Those who were with me in the room, I no longer know anything about them. Everyone went in a different way, some went this way, others went that way. I wanted to reach the highway, because if I reached the highway, I would no longer worry. I reach Hama, I reach Homs, I have no problem. I saw all the people gathering. It was over, they fled, the whole area was gone. I said praise be to God, I am here, by God Almighty, when they said that the whole area had fallen, I started to cry with joy.":: November 29, 2024Reuters spoke to a dozen sources, including Syrian military and security sources and allied militia commanders. As Aleppo came under attack in late November, army units were not given a clear plan but were told to work it out for themselves, two Syrian security sources said. Within two weeks, the rebels had toppled Assad's brutal regime. His army lacked leadership and a defense strategy, the sources said, and had lost much of its command structure - the Iranian military advisors and militia allies such as Hezbollah - who'd left as war with Israel escalated.The army also lacked loyalty, as Khouli's story describes.Khouli didn't want to sign up but says he was forced to. He ended up at that remote post in Idlib because he'd tried to desert once and been jailed for it.One former major told Reuters the use of forced conscripts was a "fatal mistake." Khouli says he had to do heavy manual labor in extreme heat and cold.Reuters was not able to verify the details of his experiences.He says he was paid $40 a month and went hungry.“We used to get sugar, and we used to get ghee, and we used to get oil, but it all went away, it used to get stolen, and we wouldn't see any of it. What we received was a pot of bulgar wheat, mostly bulgar, I mean, we used to go 4 or 5 days with only bulgar, and each person had a pinch of tomato and potato. Each person received his portion, I mean, it wasn’t enough to fill you up.”:: North Hama, Syria:: Released December 1, 2024In 2020, the army had 130,000 personnel, according to the IISS think tank, depleted by the long civil war and functioning more like a militia.A U.S. official told Reuters Washington was learning of high-level desertions and military forces changing sides in the days before Assad fell.Corruption went up through the ranks.Colonel Makhlouf Makhlouf served in an engineering brigade stationed in Hama but deserted before the city fell on December 5.He said if anyone complained about corruption they were questioned at a military court, which happened to him more than once. A serving senior military intelligence officer told Reuters anger had been building against Assad personally within the military, especially over the past year......including among core high-ranking supporters from his minority Alawite community.Despite his army past, Khouli says he has no fear for the future. "I'm happy and at ease," he says. "I'm not afraid at all."

  • Joe Biden Calls Himself 'Stupid' For Not Doing 1 Donald Trump Thing

    The president said he "learned something" from the president-elect.

  • Trump Has Invited China’s Xi Jinping to Inauguration: Report

    President-elect Donald Trump invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration in January, multiple sources told CBS News on Wednesday. The president-elect reportedly sent the invite to the leader of China, a nation he has threatened with tariffs for months, shortly after his electoral victory in November, the sources told the network. It is unclear if the Chinese government has accepted the invite, and the Chinese Embassy has not commented on the invitation. A Chinese head of stat