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Protesters who seized the Abkhazian parliament are preparing to defend the building amid rumors of a possible security forces operation, and are building barricades in front of it, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

Demonstrators, who have demanded the resignation of President Aslan Bzhania, have also brought supplies including water, bread and drinks to the parliament.

Opposition leaders and public organizations in Abkhazia have formed a Coordination Council to negotiate with authorities. Parliamentary speaker Lasha Ashuba conveyed their demand for Bzhaniaโ€™s resignation. He has asked for time to consider it.

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Women want to do what now?

Abortions, head-shaving and no men! Harris voters are absolutely losing it over Trumpโ€™s win. Check out some of the wildest reactions online!

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Protesters who seized the Abkhazian parliament are preparing to defend the building amid rumors of a possible security forces operation, and are building barricades in front of it, a Sputnik correspondent reports. Demonstrators, who have demanded the resignationโ€ฆ
Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania called on citizens not to succumb to provocations.

He reassured the public that both he and the vice-president remain in their positions and will continue their work.

Bzhania stressed that the immediate priority for authorities was addressing the aftermath of Friday's riots at the parliament and government buildings.

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US federal debt tops $36 trillion

The US national debt has surpassed the $36 trillion mark, with figures from usdebtclock. org indicating that every man, woman and child in America now owe more than $106,600, while taxpayers owe the equivalent of over $272,800.

The data shows that the federal debt to GDP ratio now stands at 122.85% - up from 55.36% in the year 2000, and 34.71% in 1980.

Accounting for state, local, student loan, credit card and personal debt, US debt is estimated to total over $102.63 trillion โ€“ nearly matching the $105.4 trillion value of the entire global economy in 2023.

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โšก Trump picks Doug Burgum for Interior secretary

In his new statement, the president-elect also named North Dakota governor and billionaire Doug Burgum to chair the newly formed National Energy Council.

"Doug Burgum will protect our Nation's Natural Resources, restore our fabulous Oil and Gas advantage, and Make America, and its Energy, Dominant and Great Again," Donald Trump wrote.


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Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania called on citizens not to succumb to provocations. He reassured the public that both he and the vice-president remain in their positions and will continue their work. Bzhania stressed that the immediate priority for authoritiesโ€ฆ
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Abkhazian opposition ends talks with the authorities due to the โ€œimpossibility to locate the presidentโ€

The presidential press service denied opposition reports that Bzhania had redeployed to a Russian military base after the speech. It said he was in his home village of Tamysh.

Protesters continue to occupy the republic's parliament and presidential administration buildings. They have set up barricades and stocked up on food and water. A video posted on social media shows protesters sitting inside the parliament building.

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Trump names Karoline Leavitt as his press secretary

The President-elect announced it in a new statement today. Leavitt, 27, was the national spokeswoman for the Trump campaign and previously served in the White House as assistant press secretary.

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Democratic senators call for investigation into Musk's Russia calls - Reuters

Elon's contacts with Russia pose risks to US national security, Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Jack Reed wrote in a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, agency reports.

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๐Ÿป๐Ÿ“น Several luxury cars damaged in California by people wearing a costume of a bear

Four Los Angeles residents are arrested by the California Insurance Department after they defrauded $142,000 by claiming a bear had attacked their cars. It did not take long for companies to suspect that there was no bear inside.

The most hilarious part is that they provided this amazing security video themselves.

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Ukrainian POW: Half of the people I know deserted

Asked if the issue of desertion haunts the Ukrainian military, he said people would rather sit in prison than fight.

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Foreign mercs serve in Ukrainian recon platoon - Ukrainian POW

About 20 foreigners were performing reconnaissance tasks in Chasov Yar, he told Spuntik.

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๐Ÿช–Russian air defense systems shot down 34 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
 
This includes 20 drones destroyed over the territory of the Kursk region, 11 over the territory of the Bryansk region, and one each over the territories of the Crimea, Belgorod and Kaluga regions.

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๐Ÿ“‘US Congress has appropriated $182 billion in aid to Ukraine since February 2022 - DoD Inspector General 
 
The total amount of all funds appropriated by the US Congress to assist the Kiev regime since the start of Russia's special military operation has exceeded $182 billion, according to a report by the Pentagon's inspector general.
 
"Congress has appropriated or otherwise made available at least $182.99 billion for OAR [Operation Atlantic Resolve] and the broader Ukraine response," the report said.

 
The funds included $131.36 billion for security-related activities and assistance, and $43.84 billion for governance and development. The money was allocated through a number of federal agencies, including the Pentagon, the State Department, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). 
 
Russia has said that arms deliveries to Ukraine impede a settlement process, draw NATO countries into the conflict, and lead to unintended consequences. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has emphasized that any shipment of weapons to Ukraine is a legitimate target for Russia.

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๐ŸŸDieting not a piece of cake: America struggles with obesity

The proportion of the US adult population that is overweight or obese has risen in recent decades from about 50% in 1990 to nearly 75% in 2021, according to a new study published in the Lancet.
 
If US public health and nutrition policies are not improved, the proportion of overweight and obese adults will exceed 80% by 2050, the study says.

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๐Ÿ”น US federal debt tops a whopping $36 trillion
 
๐Ÿ”น Ukrainian POW: Half of the people I know deserted
 
๐Ÿ”น Democratic senators call for investigation into alleged Musk's Russia calls โ€“ Reuters
 
๐Ÿ”น Trump names Karoline Leavitt as press secretary

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๐Ÿ’ฌ Trump team to write off โ€˜Project Ukraineโ€™ as sunk cost - analyst

There is a general consensus within President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s team that the failed โ€œProject Ukraineโ€ needs to be shut down, British political analyst Alexander Mercouris speculated on his YouTube channel.

โ€œOverall, despite different opinions and nuances among them, they have reached a general consensus that โ€˜Project Ukraineโ€™ has absorbed a huge amount of energy and resources on the part of the United States, but it has not delivered what it promised. Ukraine has not been successful on the battlefield, there has been no economic collapse in Russia, and President Putin is still very firmly in control of things in Moscow,โ€ the expert said.


In his opinion, these people, who come from the business world in many cases, have taken a simple โ€œcost-benefit viewโ€, and have agreed that โ€œthe time has come to close the whole thing down.โ€

They donโ€™t feel โ€œinvestedโ€ in propping up Zelenskyโ€™s corrupt regime in the same way that the current Biden administration does, according to the analyst.

โ€œThey are resisting falling for the sunk costs fallacy, the one that says that you have already invested so much in terms of funding, weapons and resources that you canโ€™t stop now,โ€ Mercouris noted.


Trump repeatedly said on the campaign trail that he could end the fighting "in 24 hours" if reelected; he slammed US aid to Kiev, and vowed not to put US troops on the ground in Ukraine.

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โ—๏ธRussian troops liberated the settlement of Makarovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry announced.

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