Ensure you take good care of yourself. If anything happens to you the world will move on.

Life doesn't wait for you to be okay, get up every day and keep pushing through.

*Donald Trump has announced that the world's richest man, Elon Musk*, will lead a new US *government efficiency group tasked with cutting federal waste*, as the Republican president-elect added a series of seasoned figures and hardliners to his incoming administration. 🇺🇸 *Musk became a key ally to Trump during his campaign,* reportedly spending over $100 million to help the Republican win and *repeatedly boosting Trump's candidacy on X,* the platform he owns. Trump said Musk and another stalwart ally, *businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, would lead a "Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE')"* a tongue-in-cheek reference to an internet meme and cryptocurrency. In a post on X, *Musk said the department's actions will be published online _"for maximum transparency"_* and will include a _"leaderboard for most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars."_ *Trump, 78, is set to make a triumphant return to Washington on Wednesday,* meeting President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

2️⃣ Global leaders offered *competing views on how to tackle climate change at the UN-led COP29 talks* as a new report warned the world *must reach carbon neutrality much sooner than planned.* 🌍 *Carbon dioxide emissions from oil, gas and coal rose to a new record high this year,* according to preliminary research from an international *network of scientists at the Global Carbon Project.* 🇦🇿 The report came as *leaders gathered in Azerbaijan for talks* aimed at reaching a deal on *boosting funding to help poorer nations adapt to climate shocks* and transition to cleaner energy. *Italy PM Giorgia Meloni called for a "realistic global outlook"*, saying that world population growth will boost energy consumption demand, while *Tuvalu's PM Feleti Penitala Teo* said his Pacific island country _*"sincerely hopes that this COP's concluding decisions will deliver a clear signal* that the world is promptly phasing out fossil fuel."_

Life is a teacher indeed the more we live the more we learn...what a mystery!