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Why 2025 could be the year for ASX small capsQatar PM sees 'momentum' on Gaza talks after US electionArts stalwart Ben Howard has listed another five great events to enjoy in Colchester this week. Anthony Roberts, Director of Colchester Arts Centre, brings his much-loved performance of A Christmas Carol to North Primary School on Saturday. His enchanting retelling of Dickens’ classic story is a must-see; his storytelling draws you in, making it the perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit. Starts at 6.15pm. Tickets are £15. This Sunday, Colchester’s LGBTQ+ inclusive choir, Hic Sumus, will make history by performing the first-ever carol concert inside Jumbo’s iconic water tower. Surrounded by sparkling Christmas lights, the event promises a magical experience. Tickets are £17, with all proceeds supporting North Essex Heritage’s Jumbo Project. Starts at 2pm, with limited availability for just 40 attendees. Take flight at The Mercury Theatre on Monday with The New Adventures of Peter Pan, running until 19th January. This spectacular pantomime adventure bursts with breathtaking sets, costumes, flying effects, and plenty of laughs. Captain Hook is back, wreaking havoc in Neverland, and Tinkerbell must convince Wendy’s granddaughter to save Peter Pan from danger. Starring Antony Stuart-Hicks as Mrs. Smee and Dale Superville as Smee, this show is packed with magic, comedy, and adventure. Performance times vary. Tickets from £10. Experience the radical and unconventional sounds of Goodiepal at Colchester Arts Centre on Thursday. Known for his bold challenges to modern computer music and media art, this Danish/Faroese musician and composer delivers unforgettable performances blending eccentric creativity, sharp intellect, and genre-defying artistry. Support comes via Valhallans. Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets are £8 (£7 concessions). Join the festive fun at the Collidescope Christmas Party on Friday at Popina, Lion Walk Courtyard. Hosted and curated by Tom Stock, the evening features a lineup of local talent, including music, drag, poetry, singers, spoken word, and theatre. Enjoy a great night while supporting Collidescope, a not-for-profit organisation. Starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5.
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund. The donation comes just weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump privately at Mar-a-Lago. A Meta spokesperson confirmed the offering Thursday. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Stephen Miller, who has been appointed deputy chief of staff for Trump's second term, has said that Zuckerberg, like other business leaders, wants to support Trump's economic plans. The tech CEO has been seeking to change his company's perception on the right following a rocky relationship with Trump. Trump was kicked off Facebook following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The company restored his account in early 2023. RELATED STORY | Meta's Mark Zuckerberg is the second richest person in the world. Here's who he just outranked During the 2024 campaign, Zuckerberg did not endorse a candidate for president but has voiced a more positive stance toward Trump. Earlier this year, he praised Trump's response to his first assassination attempt. Still, Trump had continued to attack Zuckerberg publicly during the campaign. In July, he posted a message on his own social network Truth Social threatening to send election fraudsters to prison in part by citing a nickname he used for the Meta CEO. "ZUCKERBUCKS, be careful!" Trump wrote. Corporations have traditionally made up a large share of donors to presidential inaugurals, with an exception in 2009, when then-President-elect Barack Obama refused to accept corporate donations. He reversed course for his second inaugural in 2013. Facebook did not donate to either Biden's 2021 inaugural or Trump's 2017 inaugural. Google donated $285,000 each to Trump first inaugural and Biden's inaugural, according to Federal Election Commission records. Inaugural committees are required to disclose the source of their fundraising, but not how they spend the money. Microsoft gave $1 million to Obama's second inaugural, but only $500,000 to Trump in 2017 and Biden in 2021. RELATED STORY | Celebrity private jet-tracking accounts suspended by Meta without reason, college student claims
Manchester United fans have slammed Ruben Amorim 's decision to take captain Bruno Fernandes off while the team were chasing a goal in their 3-2 home loss to Nottingham Forest . Amorim suffered the second defeat of his reign as Nuno Espirito Santo's men claimed their first win at Old Trafford in almost 30 years thanks to goals from Nicola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood. Rasmus Hojlund had initially got United level after Milenkovic's strike in the opening minute before Bruno pulled one back later in the game to make it 3-2 with a fantastic strike into the corner. However, fans were left baffled when Amorim withdrew Fernandes for Mount in the 76th minute despite United seeking an equaliser. One fan wrote: "Taking off Bruno and Ugarte has been a mistake. Mount and Zirkzee have done absolutely nothing," while another said: "You simply cannot take Bruno Fernandes off when you need to create two goals." Other supporters were in agreement as one posted: "We needed a goal and we took off Bruno Fernandes," as another tweet read: "Don't think taking Bruno off was the move." Amorim later clarified he subbed off his captain due to tiredness and thought the introduction of Mount in the same position would give the team more freshness. "Bruno [Fernandes] was too tired and I wanted [Mason] Mount to play that position of second midfielder who opens a bit on the left," he told Sky Sports after the game. BBC 5Live pundit Izzy Christensen hailed Fernandes after his performance and claimed Amorim was trying to protect him by withdrawing him early. "Bruno Fernandes has put in an absolute shift, he's been everywhere," she said. "Ruben Amorim has seen in his first few games how big Bruno Fernandes is to this system and has to protect him. Amorim needs to give other players the chance to be the hero, it can't always be Fernandes." United will have the chance to bounce back from their defeat when they travel to Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League on Thursday before a huge Manchester Derby clash against fellow underperforming rivals Manchester City . Join our new MAN UTD WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Manchester United content from Mirror Football . We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.Sbi Share Price Today Live Updates : On the last trading day, SBI opened at 817.25 and closed at 811.65, experiencing a high of 818.75 and a low of 797.25. The market capitalization stood at 713,657.3 crore. Over the past 52 weeks, the stock reached a high of 912.1 and a low of 600.7. The trading volume on the BSE was 1,061,163 shares, indicating active market participation. Sbi Share Price Live Updates: Sbi volume yesterday was 11 mn as compared to the 20 day avg of 9894 k Sbi Share Price Live Updates: The trading volume yesterday was 18.36% higher than the 20 day average. Yesterday’s NSE volume was 10 mn & BSE volume was 1061 k. Sbi Share Price Live Updates: Sbi closed at ₹811.65 on last trading day & the technical trend suggests Bearish near term outlook Sbi Share Price Live Updates: The stock traded in the range of 818.75 & 797.25 yesterday to end at 799.55. The stock is currently experiencing a strong downtrend
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SOUTH KOREA, — A jetliner skidded off a runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames Sunday in South Korea after its landing gear apparently failed to deploy. All but two of the 181 people aboard were killed in one of the country’s worst aviation disasters, officials said. The 737-800 operated by Jeju Air plane arrived from Bangkok and crashed while attempting to land in the town of Muan, about 290 kilometers (180 miles) south of Seoul. Footage of the crash aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding across the airstrip at high speed, evidently with its landing gear still closed, and slamming into the wall, triggering an explosion and generating plumes of thick, black smoke. The crash killed 179 people, the South Korean fire agency said. Emergency workers pulled two crew members, to safety. They were conscious and did not appear to have any life-threatening injuries, health officials said. Lee Jeong-hyeon, chief of the Muan fire station, told a televised briefing that the plane was completely destroyed, with only the tail assembly still recognizable in the wreckage. Officials were investigating the cause of the crash, including whether the aircraft was struck by birds, Lee said. The control tower issued a warning about birds to the plane shortly before it intended to land and gave the crew permission to land in a different area, ministry officials said. The crew sent out a distress signal shortly before the crash, officials said. Senior Transport Ministry official Joo Jong-wan said workers retrieved the jet's flight data and cockpit voice recorders. He said it may take months for investigators to complete their probe. The runway at the Muan airport will be closed until Jan. 1, the ministry said. Video of the crash indicated that the pilots did not deploy flaps or slats to slow the aircraft, suggesting a possible hydraulic failure, and they did not manually lower the landing gear, suggesting they did not have time, said John Cox, a retired airline pilot and CEO of Safety Operating Systems in St. Petersburg, Florida. Despite that, the jetliner was under control and traveling in a straight line, and damage and injuries likely would have been minimized if not for a barrier being placed so close to the runway, Cox said. Another aviation expert said videos showed the aircraft had used up much of the runway before touching down. With little braking ability, the aircraft skidded atop its engine cowlings, said Ross “Rusty” Aimer, CEO of Aero Consulting Experts. “It's basically like skidding on ice,” he said. The Boeing 737-800 is a "proven airplane" that belongs to a different class of aircraft than the Boeing 737 Max jetliner that was linked to fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, added Alan Price, a former chief pilot at Delta Air Lines and now a consultant. More than 4,500 of the planes are in service around the world, according to the aviation analytics company Cirium. One of the survivors was being treated for fractures to his ribs, shoulder blade and upper spine, said Ju Woong, director of the Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital. Ju said the man, whose name was not released, told doctors he “woke up to find (himself) rescued.” Details on the other survivor were not immediately available. The passengers were predominantly South Korean and included two people from Thailand. Officials identified 88 of them in the hours after the crash, the fire agency said. Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, expressed condolences to the families of those aboard the plane in a post on X. Paetongtarn said she ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide assistance. Boonchuay Duangmanee, the father of a Thai passenger, told The Associated Press that his daughter, Jongluk, had been working in a factory in South Korea for several years and returned to Thailand to visit her family. "I never thought that this would be the last time we would see each other forever,” he said. Kerati Kijmanawat, the director of Thailand's airports, confirmed in a statement that Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 departed from Suvarnabhumi Airport with no reports of anything abnormal aboard the aircraft or on the runway. Jeju Air in a statement expressed its “deep apology” over the crash and said it will do its “utmost to manage the aftermath of the accident.” In a televised news conference, the company's president, Kim E-bae, bowed deeply with other senior company officials as he apologized to bereaved families and said he feels “full responsibility” for the crash. He said the company had not identified any mechanical problems with the aircraft following regular checkups and that he would wait for the results of government investigations. Family members wailed as officials announced the names of some victims at a lounge in the Muan airport. Boeing said in a statement on X that it was in contact with Jeju Air and was ready to support the company in dealing with the crash. The crash happened as South Korea is embroiled in a political crisis triggered by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment . South Korean lawmakers on Friday impeached acting President Han Duck-soo and suspended his duties, leading Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok to take over. Choi, who traveled to the site in Muan, called for officials to use all available resources to identify the dead as soon as possible. The government declared Muan a special disaster zone and designated a weeklong national mourning period. Yoon’s office said his chief secretary, Chung Jin-suk, presided over an emergency meeting between senior presidential staff to discuss the crash and reported the details to Choi. Yoon expressed condolences to the victims in a Facebook post. In Rome’s St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis said he joined in “prayer for the survivors and the dead.” The Muan crash is one of the deadliest disasters in South Korea’s aviation history. The last time South Korea suffered a large-scale air disaster was in 1997, when a Korean Airline plane crashed in Guam, killing 228 people on board. In 2013, an Asiana Airlines plane crash-landed in San Francisco, killing three and injuring about 200. Sunday’s accident was also one of the worst landing disasters since a July 2007 crash that killed all 187 people on board and 12 others on the ground when an Airbus A320 slid off a slick airstrip in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and hit a nearby building, according to data compiled by the Flight Safety Foundation, a nonprofit group aimed at improving air safety. In 2010, 158 people died when an Air India Express aircraft overshot a runway in Mangalore, India, and plummeted into a gorge before erupting into flames, according to the safety foundation. ___ Associated Press journalists David Sharp in Portland, Maine; Paul Wiseman in Washington; Bobby Caina Calvan in New York; Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul and Jintamas Saksornchai in Bangkok; Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo; and Giada Zampano in Rome contributed to this report.
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AP Sports SummaryBrief at 3:09 p.m. ESTThe common murre, a large black-and-white seabird native to northern waters, has become far less common in Alaska over the past decade due to the impacts of climate change. A study published Thursday in Science reveals that a record-breaking marine heat wave in the northeast Pacific from 2014 to 2016 triggered a catastrophic population collapse, wiping out four million birds -- about half the species in the region. Strikingly, they have shown little signs of rebounding, suggesting long-term shifts in the food web that have locked the ecosystem into a troubling new equilibrium. "There's a lot of talk about declines of species that are tied to changes in temperature, but in this case, it was not a long term result," lead author Heather Renner of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge told AFP. "To our knowledge, this is the largest mortality event of any wildlife species reported during the modern era," she and her colleagues emphasized in their paper. The finding triggers "alarm bells," Renner said in an interview, as human-caused climate change makes heat waves more frequent, intense, and longer-lasting. With their dapper, tuxedoed look, common murres are sometimes called the "penguins of the north." Their slender wings power them across vast distances in search of food and make them expert divers. But even these hardy seabirds were no match for an unprecedented environmental catastrophe. The largest marine heat wave ever recorded began in the late fall of 2014, spanning a massive swath of the northeast Pacific Ocean from California to Alaska. It persisted for over two years, leaving devastation in its wake. During this time, some 62,000 emaciated murres washed ashore along the North American Pacific coastline -- dead or dying from starvation. Experts point to two key reasons for the bird deaths: elevated ocean temperatures reduced both the quality and quantity of phytoplankton, impacting fish like herring, sardines, and anchovies -- the mainstay of the murre diet. At the same time, warmer waters increased the energy demands of larger fish, such as salmon and Pacific cod, which compete with murres for the same prey. "We knew then it was a big deal, but unfortunately, we couldn't really quantify the effects," explained Renner. For years after the event, breeding colonies failed to produce chicks, complicating efforts to assess the full impact. Earlier estimates pegged the number of deaths at around a million, but a more robust analysis -- drawing on data from 13 murre colonies -- revealed the toll was four times higher. "It is just so much worse than we thought it was," Renner said of the new findings. The marine heat wave didn't just impact common murres. Pacific cod stocks collapsed, king salmon populations dwindled, and as many as 7,000 humpback whales perished. Yet the crisis created an uneven playing field: some species emerged unscathed, while others even thrived. Thick-billed murres, which often share nesting cliffs with common murres, were largely unaffected, possibly due to their more adaptable diet, Renner noted. For common murres, however, the fallout lingers. Despite nearly a decade since the heat wave, their numbers show no sign of bouncing back -- and the losses may well be permanent. Part of the reason lies in the long-term decline of some of their prey. Another factor is murres' survival strategy relies on numbers: they aggregate in massive colonies to protect their eggs from opportunistic predators like eagles and gulls. With their populations slashed, these birds have lost their critical safety buffer. Still, Renner offered a glimmer of hope. While addressing global warming is essential for curbing long-term climate change, conservation efforts can make a difference in the short term, she said. Removing invasive species like foxes and rats from murre nesting islands could also provide the beleaguered birds with a fighting chance.
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NEW ORLEANS — Just when it appeared the New Orleans Pelicans were beginning to regroup after a wave of injuries, leading scorer Brandon Ingram went down Saturday. Ingram landed awkwardly on the foot of Oklahoma City's Lu Dort early in the third quarter of Saturday night's 119-109 loss to the Thunder and severely twisted his left ankle. Ingram had missed six of the Pelicans’ 24 games this season with an assortment of injuries, and had just returned from tendonitis in his right foot. He battled back on Thursday night with 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting in a 126-124 victory over Phoenix. He left Saturday’s game with just five points on 1-of-5 shooting. Pelicans coach Willie Green said he could not shed any light on the severity of Ingram’s most recent injury. “No update right now,” Green said. “It’s extremely tough to see B.I. go down — adversity, once again. He had a really good game coming back (against Phoenix) and had a few really good practices. To see a tough play like that was a really tough break for us.” By a wide margin, the Pelicans have been the most injured team in the NBA this season, especially with their five players. Pelican players have lost 117 games due to injury in the first six weeks of the season. Zion Williamson has missed 18 of 24 games – the bulk coming after he pulled a hamstring on Nov. 11. Jose Alvarado has missed 13 games (hamstring) and Jordan Hawkins 13 (back). New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram (14) attempts a shot as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort (5) defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Credit: AP/Tyler Kaufman Herb Jones returned to the lineup after missing 18 games with a right shoulder strain. Dejounte Murray came back after missing 17 with a left hand fracture, and CJ McCollum is back after sitting out 13 games with an adductor strain. Now, the Pelicans will have to wait on Ingram, who led the team by averaging 23.2 points before the loss to the Thunder.No peace on earth or goodwill