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People walk past an Evergrande Group residential complex called Evergrande Palace in Beijing on January 30, 2024.
An Evergrande residential complex in Beijing.
  • A Hong Kong court ordered the liquidation of China Evergrande, the world's most indebted property developer.
  • Evergrande has assets of about $245 billion, but owes about $300 billion.
  • Its demise is a "controlled collapse," but still raises systemic risk and will hurt investors, says an analyst.

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A Challenger 2 tank of the British army is seen during the NATO Spring Storm exercises in Sakussaare, Estonia on May 20, 2023.
  • Tank crew members of Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade praised the British Challenger 2 tank.
  • The tanks destroy Russia's concrete positions with ease, they said.
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The wife of an Amazon corporate worker said she was sad to watch her husband go through the company's performance-improvement program known as Pivot.
  • A woman watched her husband go through Amazon's Pivot performance-improvement process
  • She told Business Insider it was crushing to watch her husband cry over the ordeal.
  • An Amazon spokesperson said the experiences of a



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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea on Oct. 19.
  • The US Navy in recent weeks has been shooting down Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles.
  • These weapons could emerge as a major threat to the US in a potential war with China in the



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Mark Zuckerberg's hair
The telltale tail of the mullet.
  • Mark Zuckerberg showed up to a Senate hearing this week with a noticeably longer haircut. 
  • While the Meta CEO seemed to keep business in the front, it appeared there was a party in the back.
  • Could it be... a mullet?

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Former President Donald Trump has complained about how former UN ambassador Nikki Haley is trying to win New Hampshire, even though she's playing by the rules.
  • Haley said Trump was "confused again" after he appeared to get the Indiana ballot deadline wrong.
  • Haley, Trump's final remaining GOP challenger, has been ramping up attacks against him.
  • She has homed

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Samantha Salem, 37, and Jess Rodenburg, 38, have formed a Kansas City 'mommume' with their six kids.
  • Samantha Salem, 37, bought a big house for $275,000, planning to rent the basement on Airbnb. 
  • After her HOA forbade Airbnb, Salem's friend moved in with her kids, paying $1,000 monthly rent.
  • Now the two single moms are raising and homeschooling their six kids under age 16.

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Royal Caribbean's giant Icon of the Seas cruise ship lived up to its equally giant hype — maybe in the worst way possible.
  • I spent three nights on Royal Caribbean's new world's largest cruise ship, the 9,950-person Icon of the Seas.
  • The 1,198-foot-long beast was overflowing with flashy amenities I never imagined possible on a ship.
  • Kids might love the $1,775-per-person

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Genesis said she quit gig driving to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
  • Genesis is a single mom who only took home a fifth of what she made from gig driving in 2022.
  • She moved from Florida to Georgia in 2019 for more work opportunities and a lower cost of living.
  • Still, she's struggling to afford her rent and quit Uber and Lyft driving for a new job.

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President Joe Biden speaks in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania on January 5, 2024.
President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania on January 5, 2024.
  • Trump's former White House economic advisor said that his predictions of a recession under Biden had been wrong.
  • Larry Kudlow said the "entire forecasting fraternity" had been incorrect.
  • "If I were he, I would be bragging about it too," Kudlow said about new GDP data.

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The video appears to show a Russian soldier being struck by a Ukrainian drone in Avdiivka.
The video appears to show a Russian soldier being struck by a Ukrainian drone in Avdiivka.
  • Russian troops are trying to enter the town of Avdiivka through tunnels.
  • Some troops emerged from a sewer and were struck by a Ukrainian drone, Ukraine claims.
  • A video appears to show a soldier fleeing into a ruined house before being struck.

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Court documents from the 2022 indictment of Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali.
  • In 2022, two DC men were arrested in an elaborate plot to impersonate federal officers.
  • The imposters bamboozled, and lavished gifts on, four Secret Services agents.
  • Here is an update on those four agents, two of whom are still in the Secret Service.

It was a crazy story: a pair of imposters spent two years