PlayStation 5 Slim and Pro on sale for Black Friday

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Sony’s PlayStation 5 family is already discounted ahead of Black Friday: as of the current promotion retailers list the PS5 Digital Edition (Slim) at $399, the standard PS5 Slim at $449, and the PS5 Pro at $649 — each showing $100 off. The markdowns are live at major U.S. retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart … Read more

TikTok Star Ben Bader’s Cause of Death Released

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Lead: Medical examiner records released on November 21, 2025, show that 25-year-old TikTok creator Ben Bader died of complications from cardiovascular disease. Bader collapsed after exercising at his private community gym on October 23, 2025, and was later pronounced dead at a hospital. The Palm County Medical Examiner ruled the death natural and cited untreated … Read more

Trump and Zohran Mamdani to meet at the White House

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President Donald Trump and New York City mayor‑elect Zohran Mamdani are scheduled to meet at the White House on 21 November 2025 in the first in‑person discussion between two sharply opposed figures. The meeting follows weeks of public sparring, including Trump calling Mamdani a “communist lunatic” and threats to withhold federal support. Mamdani won last … Read more

Eli Lilly hits $1 trillion market value, a first for a health-care company

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On Friday, November 21, 2025, Eli Lilly briefly reached a $1 trillion market capitalization in morning trading before retreating, marking the first time a health‑care company entered the trillion‑dollar club. The Indianapolis‑based drugmaker was trading around $1,048 a share at the time, driven by surging revenues from its weight‑loss and diabetes medicines. Investors credited the … Read more

Zelensky warns Ukraine may lose ‘key partner’ as US sets Thanksgiving peace deadline

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In a national address on 13 November 2024 from outside the presidential palace in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukraine faces a stark choice between preserving national dignity and risking the loss of a crucial ally. The warning came as the US administration floated a 28-point plan to end the war with Russia and … Read more

Jimmy Kimmel accuses Trump of trying to get him fired and tells him: ‘Quiet, piggy’

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Lead Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said on Thursday that former president Donald Trump again urged ABC to remove his show, posting that Kimmel has ‘NO TALENT’ and ‘VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS’ on Truth Social that morning. Kimmel responded on his program the same night, noting an earlier attempt in September to have him pulled and … Read more

Mamdani at the White House, and the Coast Guard’s New Policy on Swastikas and Nooses

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Lead: Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, is scheduled to visit the White House on Friday, November 21, 2025, for a first meeting with federal leaders amid heightened local and national attention. At the same time, the U.S. Coast Guard has announced a policy change clarifying that displays of swastikas and nooses will … Read more

Spencer Lofranco, star of ‘Jamesy Boy’ and ‘Gotti,’ dies at 33 – WCNC

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Canadian actor Spencer Lofranco, known for leading roles in Jamesy Boy and a supporting role in Gotti, died on Tuesday at age 33, his brother announced on Thursday. Santino Lofranco posted a social media tribute that included Spencer’s birth and death dates and then set the account to private. Officials are investigating the death and … Read more

Stoke Space bets everything on full‑flow engines to enable rapid reuse

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Lead In 2025 Stoke Space is racing to make rapid, full reuse practical by building a Nova launcher powered by a full‑flow staged‑combustion first stage and a novel multi‑thruster upper stage. Founders Andy Lapsa and Tom Feldman began the company around 2020 and have since secured a lease at Cape Canaveral’s historic Launch Complex 14, … Read more

Michael Gove apologises after Covid inquiry finds ‘toxic’ No 10 culture

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Lead Former cabinet minister Lord Michael Gove has issued an apology on behalf of the government and the Conservative Party after Baroness Hallett’s long-awaited 800-page Covid inquiry described a “toxic and chaotic” culture inside No 10 during the pandemic. The inquiry, published on the date of the report release, argues that delayed action — including … Read more

What’s in the Trump administration’s 28‑point Russia–Ukraine plan

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Lead: On Nov. 21, 2025, the Trump administration circulated a 28-point framework aimed at ending the Russia–Ukraine war by freezing front lines, recognizing Russian control over Crimea and large parts of Donbas, and barring Ukraine from NATO membership. The draft, shared publicly by a Ukrainian opposition politician and confirmed by a White House official, reflects … Read more

Brain scientists seek weight‑loss drugs that avoid nausea

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Lead At the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego on November 2025, neuroscientists from several U.S. universities described new laboratory work aimed at reducing the nausea and vomiting that many patients experience on GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs. Researchers reported progress in rodents showing ways to steer drug action to appetite‑suppressing circuits and away from brainstem … Read more

CDC Turmoil, Moss Survives Space, and New 3I/ATLAS Images

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Lead: Between Nov. 19–21, 2025, three major science stories converged: former CDC leaders publicly described organizational upheaval after leadership changes at HHS and the agency, a moss species (Physcomitrium patens) endured nine months in an exposure capsule on the International Space Station, and NASA released higher-resolution observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS — including HiRISE images … Read more

Former Reform Wales leader Nathan Gill to be sentenced over pro‑Russian bribery

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Lead Former Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill will be sentenced at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery linked to pro‑Russian influence operations while he served as an MEP. The offences, dated between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019, were revealed through WhatsApp exchanges recovered from a phone seized … Read more