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Just a little bit after having gotten a company to post his bond for the bit over 90 million to be able to appeal, it's possible that Trump managed to open himself up for a new lawsuit by Carroll for defamation. Not sure if it'll affect his appeal, but perhaps someone more knowledgeable about...

A few days late for this, but Finland's new president Alexander Stubb has now officially become the 13th president of Finland. In a ceremony held on 1st of March, power was handed over to him from outgoing President Niinistö, after having served full 12 years in office. In his first speech as...

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/jailed-russian-opposition-leader-navalny-dead-prison-service-2024-02-16/ Not a surprising news, but saddening.

Today was the official election day for Finland's next president, so boring news for most of you. Polls closed at 20:00 local time and the counting has began and as of me posting this, 84,8% of the votes have been counter and we are going into the second round in a few weeks. The two...

No, the title seems to be correct based on what we currently know. The article is in Finnish (I'll translate a bit and try to find an English source), but according to Ukrainian sources (unofficial), an A-50 and IL-22 aircraft were recently shot down. But the kicker is, that according to...

https://www.newsweek.com/winter-freeze-russia-power-outages-no-heat-moscow-1858946 There's been a cold snap here as well, with temps going below -20 C even in the more southern parts with freezing records being recorded in the north. I believe temps hit around -43 C somewhere north. The snap...

The article is in Finnish, so I'll do my best to give out a bullet points version here and answer to the best I can. Also, those who dare to approach, can try to use Google Translate. Article link "Finland is preparing to apply for NATO membership through an append by the Ministerial...

Paralysed man communicates first words in months using brain implant: ‘I want a beer’ The whole process of setting things up so he could communicate has taken a few years now (he was paralyzed in 2019). It's good to see and hear of these things, helping patients in states like him communicate...

A Tennessee school district has voted to ban the Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus' The cited reasons for the ban seem to be nudity (a nude mouse. From what I've understood, the character is the representation of the authors mother, who is found naked in a bathtub after committing suicide) and...

Pro-Trump Activists Face $5 Million Robocall Fine, FCC Says FCC Proposes $5 Million Fine For Unlawful Robocalls In a rare unanimous decision, the FCC has suggested a 5,134,500 fine against John M. Burkman, Jacob Alexander Wohl, and J.M. Burkman & Associates LLC for making unlawful robocalls to...

Just wanted to put this out, will link when I can find an article. Donald Trump has just been impeached a second time. 232 votes for, if I heard correctly.

FT: Stubb calls for triple A ‘power core’ | News | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi Well my personal want is for a greater economic unity within the Eurozone (you really do need it when you share a common currency), so not really surprised to hear Stubb call for this. From what I gather from what he...

Finland Marks 70th. Anniversary of the Winter war | News | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi Almost hard to believe it's been so long. My parents were born during the latter years of the Continuation War that followed the Winter War, so while they don't remember the war itself, they do remember quite well...

Anyone else here heard of The Baseballs? A band from Germany that I heard about a few weeks ago and who seem to be getting a lot of attention here in Finland at the moment. They do 50's style rock n' roll covers of modern songs. Below are their covers of Rihannas Umbrella and Katy Perrys Hot 'n...

Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement | Circuit Breaker - CNET News Ouch. I can see this dragging in the courts for a while, but if 40 other companies have agreements with Nokia already over these patents, it doesn't look too good for Apple. Unless ofcourse, they can prove that their...

Suicide bomber hid explosives up his backside | The Sun |News Man, talk about a sh**ty ending to such a carefully laid plan. He truly did turn his back[side] to terror. But considering all the trouble we've had to go through at airports with liquids in bottles and taking off your shoes, I'm...

While the song wasn't actually made for him, they did dedicate it to Bolt during one of their recent concerts so... :) YouTube - Don Johnson Big Band - Running Man (with lyrics)

Ex-student held in San Mateo school blast No guns involved this time... but a CHAINSAW!? Good thing that it seems that he was unable to rev it up before the teachers took him down. All in all, good thing that no one was hurt and thanks to the teachers for their bravery in handling the...

BBC NEWS | Health | Structure of HIV genome 'decoded' :clap: Certainly great news to see research into HIV move ahead and hopefully, tangible results will soon start to appear thanks to us having access to this information now.

Teacher Gives Sex Tape To 5th Graders On DVD - cbs13.com :D For Full story: Teacher Gives Sex Tape To 5th Graders On DVD - cbs13.com Alright people, we are taking bets now. How many of the dads who saw this, now have this video stashed away in their secret porn stash? Anyone? Anyone? "...