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Kobe Sanders, Nevada beat Oklahoma St. for fifth place in CharlestonRep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., responds to criticism over her transgender bathroom ban resolution on 'Fox & Friends Weekend.' The first openly transgender politician elected to the U.S. House , Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, claimed Sunday that the GOP’s focus on transgender issues is an "attempt to distract" voters. "I think we are all united that attempts to attack a vulnerable community are not only mean spirited, but really an attempt to misdirect. Because every single time we hear the incoming administration or Republicans in Congress talk about any vulnerable group in this country, we have to be clear that it is an attempt to distract," McBride, who was elected to represent Delaware earlier this month, said Sunday morning on CBS’ "Face the Nation." "It is an attempt to distract from what they are actually doing. Every single time, every single time we hear them say the word ‘trans,’ look what they're doing with their right hand. Look at what they're doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare. Look what they're doing, undermining workers," McBride added. President-elect Trump, conservative voters and members of Congress have all raised concerns regarding transgender issues, including stretching back years, most notably in the context of barring biological men from competing in women’s and girls' sports, as well as banning men from women’s bathrooms and locker rooms. SPEAKER JOHNSON ANNOUNCES NEW CAPITOL BATHROOM POLICY IN RESPONSE TO CONTROVERSY OVER TRANS HOUSE MEMBER Rep.-elect Sarah McBride attends an orientation for new members at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 21, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) On Capitol Hill, South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a resolution last week that moves to prohibit members, officers and employees of the House from using "single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex." Mace, a rape survivor, also introduced another bill that would "ban biological men from using women’s private, protected facilities – such as bathrooms and locker rooms – on all federal property" across the nation. NANCY MACE FIRES BACK AT AOC, CRITICS OF TRANS BATHROOM BAN: 'HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY' Democrats, including McBride, slammed Mace as a "far-right" extremist for the legislation. "This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing. We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars," McBride posted to X. Rep. Nancy Mace grilled civil rights activist leader and former NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley at a Thursday hearing. (GOP Oversight YouTube channel) House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said later in the week that single-sex facilities on Capitol Hill, including bathrooms, will be used by individuals with the corresponding biological sex. NANCY MACE’S EFFORT TO BAN TRANSGENDER DELAWARE DEMOCRAT FROM CAPITOL WOMEN'S RESTROOMS GAINS SUPPORT "All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings – such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms – are reserved for individuals of that biological sex," Johnson said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. "It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol." MRC Free Speech America feels Speaker Mike Johnson should "direct relevant committees and committee chairmen to investigate Google for abridging people’s constitutional rights." (AP/J. Scott Applewhite) "Women deserve women’s only spaces," he added. "Like all policies, it is enforceable," Johnson later told reporters. "But we have single-sex facilities for a reason, and women deserve women's only spaces. And we're not anti anyone. We're pro-women, and I think it's an important policy for us to continue. It's always been the, I guess , an unwritten policy , but now it's in writing." MACE FACES BACKLASH OVER EFFORT TO BAN NEW TRANSGENDER MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM WOMEN'S BATHROOMS McBride continued during her Sunday interview that the GOP’s focus on trans issues distracts Congress from policy issues such as lowering the cost of living. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride joins other congressional freshmen of the 119th Congress for a group photograph on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 15, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) "Here's also what we have to be clear about, because I think the last week has been a prime example of this. Every bit of time and energy that is used to divert the attention of the federal government to go after trans people is time and energy that is not focused on addressing the cost of living for our constituents. And we have to be clear that there is a real cost for the American worker every time they focus on this," McBride said. Mace joined "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Sunday, where she pushed back on Democrats criticizing her for introducing the legislation, notably New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "It's sad and surprising that in 2024 I have to go on TV and on social media to explain to the radical left that men shouldn't be allowed in women's restrooms, that women shouldn't be forced to undress in front of men." Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Elkind and Charles Creitz contributed to this report.SEATTLE, Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SANA), a company focused on changing the possible for patients through engineered cells, today announced that it will webcast its presentations at two investor conferences in December. The presentations will feature a business overview and update by Steve Harr, Sana’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The webcasts will be accessible on the Investor Relations page of Sana’s website at https://sana.com/ . A replay of each presentation will be available at the same location for 30 days following the conference. About Sana Biotechnology Sana Biotechnology, Inc. is focused on creating and delivering engineered cells as medicines for patients. We share a vision of repairing and controlling genes, replacing missing or damaged cells, and making our therapies broadly available to patients. We are a passionate group of people working together to create an enduring company that changes how the world treats disease. Sana has operations in Seattle, WA, Cambridge, MA, South San Francisco, CA, Bothell, WA and Rochester, NY. For more information about Sana Biotechnology, please visit https://sana.com/ . Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements about Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including those related to the Company’s vision; the Company’s participation at Citi’s 2024 Global Healthcare Conference and the 7th Annual Evercore ISI HealthCONx Conference; and the subject matter of the Company’s presentations at these conferences. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release, including, among others, statements regarding the Company’s strategy, expectations, cash runway and future financial condition, future operations, and prospects, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “design,” “due,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “positioned,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to vary materially, including, among others, the risks inherent in drug development such as those associated with the initiation, cost, timing, progress and results of the Company’s current and future research and development programs, preclinical and clinical trials, as well as economic, market and social disruptions. For a detailed discussion of the risk factors that could affect the Company’s actual results, please refer to the risk factors identified in the Company’s SEC reports, including but not limited to its Annual Report on Form 10-Q dated November 8, 2024. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason. Investor Relations & Media: Nicole Keith investor.relations@sana.com media@sana.com
Donegal manager Jim McGuinness has revealed that players interact and engage in a very different way than when he first took over the Donegal footballers in 2011. McGuinness' first stint as Donegal manager saw his Donegal side win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 2012. This also included the National Football League in 2014 and the Ulster Senior Football Championship in 2011, 2012, and 2014. McGuinness revolutionised Donegal's playing style, putting emphasis on a highly organised defensive system. After his tenure with the Donegal senior football team, Jim McGuinness became involved with Celtic Football Club in Scotland. He joined Celtic in 2015. He has since returned to Donegal for a second term to a very different Donegal side. Team styles and player outlooks change with the years that pass, and Donegal in 2023 and 2024 has been no different. This week, McGuinness sat down with the Irish News to talk about the Donegal footballers and other topics. McGuinness was asked specifically about what was the biggest difference between his first Donegal side and this one. The Donegal boss explained that there was a massive difference, and the likes of social media and mental health played a far more important factor than ever before. "There’s a massive difference in the players. Massive difference. Different generations, different thought processes, different intensity in their lives," s aid McGuinness to Irish News. Sat down with Jim McGuinness last week for a rare in-depth interview that will be published this weekend. Piece below touches on his thoughts on the proposed new rules and the return of Michael Murphy. https://t.co/HjTX8vJjKr — Cahair O'Kane (@CahairOKane1) November 27, 2024 "Reared on technology, the intensity of that, social media, and mental health—all those things are real. You don’t even want to acknowledge them sometimes because you’re coming from that different generation. "The last group was a totally different group. This group wants information; they want data; they want information on themselves. That’s how they engage and interact." Social media doesn't just affect players; managers are also affected by it all. However, McGuinness has admitted he is not someone who uses social media in that way. The Donegal native revealed that people masquerading as experts, when it is essentially opinion at the end of the day, is another reason why he hasn't warmed to it. "Trying to navigate your way through that is not easy; parents and agents have a huge impact. Social media’s there, and you could be ruined by a couple of comments," he added. "That’s why I just don’t go there, don’t like it, and don’t agree with it. It’s way too personal a lot of the time. Everybody’s an expert—well, you’re not, like. "You just aren’t. Experts are experts for a reason. Everybody’s entitled to their opinion, but you’re not an expert." See More: Jim McGuinnessSambhal Mosque Violence: Internet Banned, Schools Closed After 3 Casualties — Key Updates
TO welcome the birth of our Lord this Christmas; some friends of mine have asked me to offer some thoughts on the intimate relationship between our politics and our Christian faith. They wanted to talk about our well-known Catholicism in relation to the political and economic policies of the state. I am at heart a Christian Democrat, and I strongly believe that the objective moral law is the necessary foundation of good government. But on this occasion, I had to quote what an Italian cleric was reported to have said on the subject. Register to read this story and more for free . Signing up for an account helps us improve your browsing experience. OR See our subscription options.By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose trade lawyer Jamieson Greer as his new U.S. trade representative, elevating a key veteran of his first-term trade war against China to execute a sweeping tariff agenda that promises to upend global trade. "Jamieson will focus the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on reining in the Country’s massive Trade Deficit, defending American Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Services, and opening up Export Markets everywhere," Trump said in a statement. Greer, 44, served as chief of staff to Trump's former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the architect of Trump's original tariffs on some $370 billion worth of Chinese imports and the renegotiation of the North American free trade deal with Canada and Mexico. In this role, Greer participated with Lighthizer in all negotiations with Chinese officials through the signing of a "Phase 1" trade deal with Beijing in January 2020. Under that agreement, China pledged to buy some $200 billion worth of U.S goods over two years, a goal never achieved, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Greer, who previously worked with Lighthizer at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, on steel trade remedy cases, left USTR in May 2020 to join the King & Spalding law firm in Washington, D.C. There, he has represented clients including domestic manufacturers in trade remedy cases, export and import compliance and investment security matters. Trump got off to an early start on specific tariff plans, vowing on Monday to impose duties of 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada and 10% on Chinese goods unless they halt flows of the deadly opioid fentanyl and illegal migrants into the U.S. The threat has drawn warnings of retaliation. The threat comes on top of Trump's vow to impose tariffs of 60% on Chinese imports and 10% to 20% on all goods from elsewhere. Greer's views on China are firmly aligned with both Trump and Lighthizer and on the need for strong actions against China to counter its state-driven efforts to dominate global industries and protect U.S. jobs and industries. During testimony in May before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Greer argued in favor of "increased tariff usage" to level the trade playing field between the U.S. and China, along with stronger export controls to safeguard sensitive U.S. technologies. He applauded President Joe Biden's steep tariff increases on Chinese imports to shield strategic industries such as electric vehicles, batteries and semiconductors, but said stronger action was needed. "I'm gravely concerned not only with Chinese efforts to dominate global markets and some of the most important technologies and advanced manufactured goods, but also with the Chinese government's use of trade investment to support its state owned enterprises, its military, and then to drive an economy that appears to be gearing up for conflict with the United States and others," Greer said. Greer said during a February trade forum that his clients have been seeking to diversify their supply chains away from China, partly a result of the tariffs imposed on Chinese imports during Trump's first term. (Reporting by David Lawder; Additional reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Stephen Coates)
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid tribute to late statehood activist Indramani Badoni by garlanding his portrait on his birth anniversary at Uttarakhand Niwas in New Delhi on Tuesday. The Chief Minister said Indramani Badoni made a significant contribution to the movement for the formation of a separate Uttarakhand state. Also Read | Two-Child Policy in Telangana: Revanth Reddy Led- Government Likely To Decide on 2-Child Policy for Rural Polls After Caste Census. Referring to Badoni as the "Gandhi of Uttarakhand," Dhami highlighted his pivotal role as the architect of the 1994 statehood movement. He praised Badoni's vision for the development of mountainous regions and his enduring contributions to the struggle for state formation. "The occasion of the birth anniversary of late Badoni ji inspires us to make Uttarakhand a developed and leading state. His active involvement in the Uttarakhand state movement will always be remembered," the Chief Minister said. Also Read | Delhi Horror: 8-Year-Old Girl Strangled to Death for Resisting Rape by Neighbourhood 'Brother' in Vasant Kunj, Body Dumped in Army Cantonment Area. Earlier in the day, Dhami criticised the Congress party for "insulting" Bharat Ratna Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and stated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would never allow their "divisive politics" to succeed. "The Congress party has always sought to insult Dr Ambedkar. They never respected him. When Baba Saheb was made a member of the Constituent Assembly, many Congress leaders opposed him. Prime Minister Modi continues to receive public support, whether in the Haryana or Maharashtra elections, and the Congress is completely frustrated and disappointed by this. The public has taught them a lesson, and they will continue to do so. We will expose them and never allow their divisive politics to succeed," CM Dhami said during a press conference in Delhi. The Uttarakhand Chief Minister also expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for implementing three new criminal laws, stating that these reforms would give the country a new direction. "New laws have been implemented in the country since July, and Uttarakhand is working swiftly to enforce them. Today, these efforts were reviewed under the chairmanship of Home Minister Amit Shah. We assessed the progress in the state, including training, hardware, human resources, and work related to science and technology, as well as the police, FSL, and medico-legal sectors. I thank the Prime Minister and Home Minister for their efforts. These new laws will help give the country a new direction," Dhami said. (ANI) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)NEW YORK: It’s a simple but brutal equation: The number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling around the world is rising, while the amount of money the world’s wealthiest nations are contributing toward helping them is dropping. The result: The United Nations says that, at best, it will be able to raise enough money to help about 60 percent of the 307 million people it predicts will need humanitarian aid next year. That means at least 117 million people won’t get food or other assistance in 2025. The UN also will end 2024 having raised about 46 percent of the $49.6 billion it sought for humanitarian aid across the globe, its own data shows. It’s the second year in a row the world body has raised less than half of what it sought. The shortfall has forced humanitarian agencies to make agonizing decisions, such as slashing rations for the hungry and cutting the number of people eligible for aid. The consequences are being felt in places like Syria, where the World Food Program (WFP), the UN’s main food distributor, used to feed 6 million people. Eyeing its projections for aid donations earlier this year, the WFP cut the number it hoped to help there to about 1 million people, said Rania Dagash-Kamara, the organization’s assistant executive director for partnerships and resource mobilization. Dagash-Kamara visited the WFP’s Syria staff in March. “Their line was, ‘We are at this point taking from the hungry to feed the starving,’” she said in an interview. UN officials see few reasons for optimism at a time of widespread conflict, political unrest and extreme weather, all factors that stoke famine. “We have been forced to scale back appeals to those in most dire need,” Tom Fletcher, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, told Reuters. Financial pressures and shifting domestic politics are reshaping some wealthy nations’ decisions about where and how much to give. One of the UN’s largest donors – Germany – already shaved $500 million in funding from 2023 to 2024 as part of general belt tightening. The country’s cabinet has recommended another $1 billion reduction in humanitarian aid for 2025. A new parliament will decide next year’s spending plan after the federal election in February. Humanitarian organizations also are watching to see what US President-elect Donald Trump proposes after he begins his second term in January. Trump advisers have not said how he will approach humanitarian aid, but he sought to slash US funding in his first term. And he has hired advisers who say there is room for cuts in foreign aid. The US plays the leading role in preventing and combating starvation across the world. It provided $64.5 billion in humanitarian aid over the last five years. That was at least 38 percent of the total such contributions recorded by the UN. The majority of humanitarian funding comes from just three wealthy donors: the US, Germany and the European Commission. They provided 58 percent of the $170 billion recorded by the UN in response to crises from 2020 to 2024. Three other powers – China, Russia and India – collectively contributed less than 1 percent of UN-tracked humanitarian funding over the same period, according to a Reuters review of UN contributions data. The inability to close the funding gap is one of the major reasons the global system for tackling hunger and preventing famine is under enormous strain. The lack of adequate funding – coupled with the logistical hurdles of assessing need and delivering food aid in conflict zones, where many of the worst hunger crises exist – is taxing efforts to get enough aid to the starving. Almost 282 million people in 59 countries and territories were facing high levels of acute food insecurity in 2023. Reuters is documenting the global hunger-relief crisis in a series of reports, including from hard-hit Sudan, Myanmar and Afghanistan. The failure of major nations to pull their weight in funding for global initiatives has been a persistent Trump complaint. Project 2025, a set of policy proposals drawn up by Trump backers for his second term, calls on humanitarian agencies to work harder to collect more funding from other donors and says this should be a condition for additional US aid. On the campaign trail, Trump tried to distance himself from the controversial Project 2025 blueprint. But after winning the election, he chose one of its key architects, Russell Vought, to run the US Office of Management and Budget, a powerful body that helps decide presidential priorities and how to pay for them. For secretary of state, the top US diplomat, he tapped Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who has a record of supporting foreign aid. Project 2025 makes particular note of conflict – the very factor driving most of today’s worst hunger crises. “Humanitarian aid is sustaining war economies, creating financial incentives for warring parties to continue fighting, discouraging governments from reforming, and propping up malign regimes,” the blueprint says. It calls for deep cuts in international disaster aid by ending programs in places controlled by “malign actors.” Billionaire Elon Musk has been tapped by Trump to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a new body that will examine waste in government spending. Musk said this month on his social media platform, X, that DOGE would look at foreign aid. The aid cuts Trump sought in his first term didn’t pass Congress, which controls such spending. Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and close Trump ally on many issues, will chair the Senate committee that oversees the budget. In 2019, he called “insane” and “short-sighted” a Trump proposal to cut the budget for foreign aid and diplomacy by 23 percent. Asked about the aid conditions, a spokesperson for the US Agency for International Development, which oversees American humanitarian spending, said the agency acts “in accordance with the obligations and standards required by Congress.” Those standards aim to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian aid, the spokesperson said, and aid conditions are meant to maintain “an appropriate measure of oversight to ensure the responsible use of US taxpayer funds.” In Ethiopia, as Reuters has detailed, massive amounts of aid from the UN World Food Program were diverted, in part because of the organization’s lax administrative controls. An internal WFP report on Sudan identified a range of problems in the organization’s response to an extreme hunger crisis there, Reuters reported earlier this month, including an inability to react adequately and what the report described as “anti-fraud challenges.” The UN has a “zero tolerance policy” toward “interferences” that disrupt aid and is working with donors to manage risks, said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. — Reuters
A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames has made an initial court appearance and will remain in custody. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, who federal immigration officials said is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the US illegally, was arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court. He appeared briefly before a judge and wore a white jumpsuit over a weathered black hooded sweatshirt. He did not speak. He will remain jailed ahead of his next court date on Friday. The apparently random attack occurred on Sunday morning on a stationary F train at the Coney Island station in Brooklyn. Police said on Tuesday that identification of the victim was still “pending at this time”. Authorities say Zapeta approached the woman, who was sitting motionless in the train car and may have been sleeping, and used a lighter to set her clothing on fire. The woman quickly became engulfed in flames, while the suspect then sat at a bench on the subway platform and watched, according to police. Video posted to social media appeared to show the woman standing inside the train ablaze as some people look on from the platform, and at least one officer walks by. NYPD chief of transit Joseph Gulotta said that several officers had responded to the fire and one stayed to keep the crime scene “the way it’s supposed to be” while the others went to get fire extinguishers and transit workers. They were eventually able to douse the fire, but “unfortunately, it was too late”, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said — the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. During Zapeta’s court hearing on Tuesday, Assistant District Attorney Ari Rottenberg said Zapeta at one point fanned the flames on the woman using his shirt. He said a 911 call from a subway rider helped identify Zapeta. Mr Rottenberg added that under interrogation Zapeta claimed he did not know what happened, noting that he consumes alcohol. But he alleged that Zapeta identified himself to interrogators in images related to the attack. Zapeta was taken into custody on Sunday afternoon while riding a train on the same subway line after police got a tip from some teenagers who recognised him from images circulated by the police. A Brooklyn address for Zapeta released by police matches a shelter that provides housing and substance abuse support. The shelter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Federal immigration officials said Zapeta had been previously deported in 2018 but at some point reentered the US illegally. The crime — and the graphic video of it that ricocheted across social media — deepened a growing sense of unease among some New Yorkers about the safety of the subway system in a city where many residents take the subway multiple times each day.Miami Heat player tears Achilles after recovering from torn ACL
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On November 23, Saturday, renowned filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma made an appearance on the sets of L2: Empuraan, the much-anticipated sequel to the hit Mohanlal starrer Lucifer. The visit reunited the Satya director with actor Mohanlal, who had starred in the director’s 2002 Bollywood crime drama Company, the film that had also marked the veteran actor’s Hindi debut. Ram Gopal Varma posted a selfie with Mohanlal with a caption that read, “Memories of COMPANY..Met the one and only Mohanlal after a long long time.” The director also took to X handle to share his thoughts on actor-director Prithviraj Sukumaran, where he wrote, “Me the DIRECTOR watching an ACTOR direct. Prithviraj sir, if you take away our job also, what will we do? (sic)” Thiruvananthapuram Schedule Wrapped Up Recently The director recently took to his social media to announce that the film's team had wrapped up their Thiruvananthapuram schedule of shoot. Earlier, the makers had to stall the Gujarat schedule abruptly due to torrential rains in the state. The team had shifted to Hyderabad for the next leg of the shoot, which the director had announced through his social media. The team has completed the schedule on a war footing and moved on to Thiruvananthapuram. Billed as one of the most expensive films ever in Malayalam, Empuraan has also been extensively shot across Kerala, Chennai, Ladakh, the UK, and the US. It is backed by Aashirvad Cinemas and Lyca Productions. A Highly-Anticipated Sequel Empuraan, the sequel to Lucifer (2019), sees the return of Mohanlal as Khureshi-Ab'raam aka Stephen Nedumpally. Along with him, the likes of Prithviraj, Tovino Thomas, Manju Warrier, and Indrajith Sukumaran are also reprising their roles from Lucifer. It is scripted by Murali Gopy, who penned the first part as well. The core team from Lucifer, including cinematographer Sujith Vaassudev and music director Deepak Dev, have also been retained. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Malayalam, Entertainment News and around the world.Man City stumble again while Arsenal and Bayern Munich earn dominant winsMan City stumble again while Arsenal and Bayern Munich earn dominant wins
A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames has made an initial court appearance and will remain in custody. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, who federal immigration officials said is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the US illegally, was arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court. He appeared briefly before a judge and wore a white jumpsuit over a weathered black hooded sweatshirt. He did not speak. He will remain jailed ahead of his next court date on Friday. Police said on Tuesday that identification of the victim was still “pending at this time”. Authorities say Zapeta approached the woman, who was sitting motionless in the train car and may have been sleeping, and used a lighter to set her clothing on fire. The woman quickly became engulfed in flames, while the suspect then sat at a bench on the subway platform and watched, according to police. Video posted to social media appeared to show the woman standing inside the train ablaze as some people look on from the platform, and at least one officer walks by. NYPD chief of transit Joseph Gulotta said that several officers had responded to the fire and one stayed to keep the crime scene “the way it’s supposed to be” while the others went to get fire extinguishers and transit workers. They were eventually able to douse the fire, but “unfortunately, it was too late”, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said — the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. During Zapeta’s court hearing on Tuesday, Assistant District Attorney Ari Rottenberg said Zapeta at one point fanned the flames on the woman using his shirt. He said a 911 call from a subway rider helped identify Zapeta. Mr Rottenberg added that under interrogation Zapeta claimed he did not know what happened, noting that he consumes alcohol. But he alleged that Zapeta identified himself to interrogators in images related to the attack. Zapeta was taken into custody on Sunday afternoon while riding a train on the same subway line after police got a tip from some teenagers who recognised him from images circulated by the police. A Brooklyn address for Zapeta released by police matches a shelter that provides housing and substance abuse support. The shelter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Federal immigration officials said Zapeta had been previously deported in 2018 but at some point reentered the US illegally. The crime — and the graphic video of it that ricocheted across social media — deepened a growing sense of unease among some New Yorkers about the safety of the subway system in a city where many residents take the subway multiple times each day.
Formerly bankrupt auto parts company reopening after rescueNovember 22 - The surging Orlando Magic seek their eighth win in the last nine games on Saturday when they host the visiting Detroit Pistons. Orlando is returning home from a three-game Western swing in which it went 2-1, rebounding from a 104-93 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday with a 119-118 defeat of the Lakers on Thursday. The Magic weathered a combined 70 points from Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, thanks to Franz Wagner's 37 points and 11 assists. Orlando also got 23 points from Jalen Suggs and 19 off the bench courtesy of Moritz Wagner. Franz Wagner notched 15 of his team-high in the fourth quarter, the final three of which came on a step-back jumper from beyond the arc with 3.3 seconds remaining. The game-winner put an emphatic cap on his fourth 30-plus-point performance in the last six outings. He is averaging a career-best 23.2 points per game through the initial stretch of this season and shooting 35 percent on a career-high 6.1 3-point attempts per game. The outside shooting consistency is a significant improvement from 2023-24 when Franz Wagner shot just 28.1 percent from beyond the arc. "A lot of this stuff is mental for us players," Franz Wagner said. "So for me to get over that hump a little bit over the summer and carry that over into the season means a lot." After the two games in Los Angeles and a 109-99 win in Phoenix on Monday, Orlando returns home where it is undefeated this season. The Magic held opponents to 94 points or fewer in all five games of a homestand from Nov. 8-15, buoying the NBA's lowest scoring yield of 103.2 points per game. Detroit comes in on a run scoring 120 points or more in four of its last six games, though three of those went to overtime. The most recent of the Pistons' trio of extra-frame contests came on Thursday in a 123-121 loss at the Charlotte Hornets. Cade Cunningham scored 27 points and dished 10 assists for his ninth double-double of the season and fifth in a row. Over the ongoing stretch, Cunningham also produced a 21-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist triple-double in a 124-104 win over Washington on Sunday. Cunningham is averaging 23.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game heading into Saturday's matchup, and his 8.9 assists per game are fourth-most in the NBA. Against Charlotte, however, the Pistons could not withstand a barrage of 38 points from Brandon Miller and 35 from LaMelo Ball -- or a 20-point deficit in the third quarter. "We can't have those type of starts, especially on the road, giving teams confidence," Tobias Harris said of Detroit digging a deep hole early. "Games like this are important, though. There's so many teachable moments of how every possession matters and counts coming down into the fourth quarter and overtime." In terms of team growth, the Pistons have made huge strides from a season ago when they endured the longest single-season losing streak in NBA history at 28 games. With seven wins through the initial stretch of 2024-25, this season's Pistons are halfway to matching the team's win total of a season ago. Harris, an offseason acquisition, has contributed to the turnaround with 14.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. --Field Level Media Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab
Converting a layup plus a foul and putting away the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals, there went LeBron James , basking in the glow of clinching an unprecedented eighth consecutive NBA Finals appearance, something no player has done in the history of the game. It was a feat so striking that former head coach and then announcer Jeff Van Gundy said live on the ESPN telecast that lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to the 2018 NBA Finals was James' "greatest achievement," a screaming claim that didn't sit well with everyone. Not so fast There's no question that LeBron's 2018 postseason run to the Finals was a tour de force. From 30 and 40-point triple-doubles to stunning game-winners, there was no shortage of storybook highlights for the King. And while virtually every performance in that tournament assembled a stronger case for No. 23 being the undisputed best player in the game, when talking legacy, things come in a completely different context, at least according to Stephen A. Smith . "I love how y'all just ignore eras," SAS cracked , showing his intense pushback for Gundy's claim. "Doesn't competition matter? I just broke down for you a bunch of novices in Indiana, petrified puppies in Toronto, a Boston squad without Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving, and y'all are talking about this is the greatest achievement in LeBron James' career? Oh, my lord. Did Jeff Van Gundy go and buy him a dozen roses, too? Is that next?" Related: When "Big O" took a swipe at modern basketball and Steph: "If you can dunk or make a three-point shot, you're the greatest thing since sliced bread" Overrated achievement? "2018 LeBron" is synonymous with one of the greatest times in his career. Suddenly dumped by Irving—who demanded a trade from the Cavaliers in July 2017—a year earlier, this was supposed to be the season James finally fell off the tracks. Without another NBA All-Star by his side and former All-Star Kevin Love battling with injuries throughout the regular season, Cleveland was engulfed with internal and external issues strong enough to completely derail a team's chances. LeBron was on a mission during his last playoff run in 2018 👑 34 PPG 👑 9 RPG 👑 9 APG 👑 54% FG 👑 2 buzzer-beaters 👑 8th straight Finals appearance pic.twitter.com/iDgxfM6h0H By midseason, many had written the Cavs off as a contender to win the East crown. Months later, James and Co. were up 2-o on the East-leading Toronto Raptors before a walk-off buzzer-beater off the backboard authored by No. 23 in Game 3 effectively punched his team's ticket to the conference finals. Falling 0-2 to the Celtics, a team without Irving and Hayward for months, it appeared over for the Wine and Gold. Then, a pair of masterpieces by James on his home floor in Games 3 and 4 tied up the series. In Game 6, when tagged with a 3-2 deficit, the four-time MVP went herculean, punctuating a sparkling performance with a pair of dagger 3-pointers in the face of rookie Jayson Tatum. In Game 7, with his 35 points and 15 rebounds, grit, and enthralling basketball IQ, sometimes single-handedly outmatching the five Boston starters with just his mind, LeBron added to his list of greatest hits. Related: “Compared to LA, it's hell” - Shannon Sharpe suggests LeBron James will never move to Dallas due to his familyCorcept therapeutics executive sells $146,625 in stock
Physics Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton and chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis yesterday insisted on a need for strong regulation of artificial intelligence, which played a key role in their awards. "AI is a very important technology to regulate but I think it's very important that we get the regulations right and I think that's the hard thing at the moment is it's such a fast-moving technology," Hassabis told a news conference in Stockholm. Hassabis, who jointly won with Americans David Baker and John Jumper for revealing the secrets of proteins through AI, said such evolutionary speed posed a giant challenge. But the underlying issue, he said, is "about what do we want to use these systems for, how do we want to deploy them and making sure that all of humanity benefits from what these systems can do." British-Canadian Hinton, considered the "Godfather of AI," conceded that "I wish I'd thought about safety earlier," in allusion to his fears about the potential for AI to ramp up the arms race. Hinton, who made headlines when he quit Google last year and warned of the dangers machines could one day outsmart people, was awarded his Nobel along with American John Hopfield for work on artificial neural networks. "Governments are unwilling to regulate themselves when it comes to lethal autonomous weapons and there is an arms race going on between all the major arms suppliers like the United States, China, Russia, Britain, Israel.
Martial law to miracle survival: South Korea's president YoonCelebrities who had the worst year in 2024ISTANBUL Australia introduced a draft law Thursday that would ban children under 16 from accessing social media, aiming to tackle online harm among minors. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland emphasized the need for the law, citing statistics that two-thirds of teens aged 14 - 17 have encountered harmful content online. “Keeping Australians safe online is a top priority for the (Prime Minister Anthony) Albanese government,” said Rowland, highlighting dangers like content promoting drug abuse and self-harm. The legislation will apply to major social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. The draft would give social media companies a year to implement age-verification systems. X owner Elon Musk joined the debate, saying: "Seems like a backdoor way to control access to the Internet by all Australians," quoting Albanese’s support for the law. The legislation also proposes hefty fines of up to AU$50 million ($32 million) for platforms that do not comply.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has staggered from scandal to crisis but he surprised everyone this week by declaring martial law -- only then to survive an impeachment vote. The plunge back to South Korea's dark days of military rule only lasted a few hours, and after a night of protests and high drama Yoon was forced into a U-turn in the early hours of Wednesday. But polls show a huge majority of citizens want him out and lawmakers voted Saturday on an impeachment motion brought by the opposition, who control parliament. But even though only eight of them needed to support the motion for it to pass, all but three MPs from Yoon's People Power Party (PPP) boycotted the vote and it failed. This is despite the PPP's leader Han Dong-hoon -- allegedly on an arrest list the night of the martial law declaration -- saying Yoon's resignation was "inevitable". On Saturday before the vote, Yoon spoke publicly for the first time in days, apologising for the "anxiety and inconvenience" he caused, but stopping short of throwing in the towel. Instead the 63-year-old said he would "entrust the party with measures to stabilise the political situation, including my term in office". Born in Seoul in 1960 months before a military coup, Yoon studied law and went on to become a star public prosecutor and anti-corruption crusader. He played an instrumental role in Park Geun-hye, South Korea's first female president, being convicted of abuse of power, imprisoned and impeached in 2016. As the country's top prosecutor in 2019, he also indicted a top aide of Park's successor, Moon Jae-in, in a fraud and bribery case. The conservative PPP, in opposition at the time, liked what they saw and convinced Yoon to become their presidential candidate. He duly won in March 2022, beating Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party, but by the narrowest margin in South Korean history. Yoon was never much loved by the public, especially by women -- he vowed on the campaign trail to abolish the ministry of gender equality -- and scandals have come thick and fast. This included his administration's handling of a 2022 crowd crush during Halloween festivities that killed more than 150 people. Voters have also blamed Yoon's administration for food inflation, a lagging economy and increasing constraints on freedom of speech. He was accused of abusing presidential vetoes, notably to strike down a bill paving the way for a special investigation into alleged stock manipulation by his wife Kim Keon Hee. Yoon suffered further reputational damage last year when his wife was secretly filmed accepting a designer handbag worth $2,000 as a gift. Yoon insisted it would have been rude to refuse. His mother-in-law, Choi Eun-soon, was sentenced to one year in prison for forging financial documents in a real estate deal. She was released in May 2024. Yoon himself was the subject of a petition calling for his impeachment earlier this year, which proved so popular the parliamentary website hosting it experienced delays and crashes. As president, Yoon has maintained a tough stance against nuclear-armed North Korea and bolstered ties with Seoul's traditional ally, the United States. Last year, he sang Don McLean's "American Pie" at the White House, prompting US President Joe Biden to respond: "I had no damn idea you could sing." But his efforts to restore ties with South Korea's former colonial ruler, Japan, did not sit well with many at home. Yoon has been a lame duck president since the opposition Democratic Party won a majority in parliamentary elections this year. They recently slashed Yoon's budget. In his Tuesday night televised address to the nation, Yoon railed against "anti-state elements plundering people's freedom and happiness" and his office has subsequently cast his imposition of martial law as a bid to break through legislative gridlock. But to use his political difficulties as justification for imposing martial law for the first time in South Korea since the 1980s is absurd, an analyst said. "Yoon invoked Article 77 of the South Korean constitution, which allows for proclaiming martial law but is reserved for 'time of war, armed conflict or similar national emergency', none of which appears evident," Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told AFP. "Yoon's action is a damning reversal to decades of South Korean efforts to put its authoritarian past behind it," he said. burs-stu/ceb/mtp
DAVIS, California: A scientist guides a long tube into the mouth and down to the stomach of Thing 1, a two-month-old calf that is part of a research project aiming to prevent cows from burping methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Paulo de Meo Filho, a postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Davis, is part of an ambitious experiment aiming to develop a pill to transform cow gut bacteria so it emits less or no methane. While the fossil fuel industry and some natural sources emit methane, cattle farming has become a major climate concern due to the sheer volume of the cows’ emissions. “Almost half of the increase in (global) temperature that we’ve had so far, it’s been because of methane,” said Ermias Kebreab, an animal science professor at UC Davis. Methane, the second largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide, breaks down faster than CO2 but is more potent. “Methane lives in the atmosphere for about 12 years” unlike carbon dioxide which persists for centuries, Kebreab said. “If you start reducing methane now, we can actually see the effect on the temperature very quickly.” Filho uses the tube to extract liquid from Thing 1’s rumen — the first stomach compartment containing partially digested food. Using the rumen liquid samples, the scientists are studying the microbes that convert hydrogen into methane, which is not digested by the cow but instead burped out. A single cow will burp roughly 100 kg of the gas annually. Thing 1 and other calves receive a seaweed-supplemented diet to reduce methane production. Scientists hope to achieve similar results by introducing genetically modified microbes that soak up hydrogen, starving methane-producing bacteria at the source. However, the team proceeds cautiously. “We can’t just simply cut down methane production by removing” methane-making bacteria, as hydrogen could accumulate to the point of harming the animal, warned Matthias Hess, who runs the UC Davis lab. “Microbes are kind of social critters. They really like to live together,” he said. “The way they interact and affect each other impacts the overall function of the ecosystem.” Hess’ students test different formulas in bioreactors, vessels that reproduce microorganisms’ living conditions in a stomach from movements to temperature. The project is being carried out at UC Davis as well as UC Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI). IGI scientists are trying to identify the right microbe — the one they hope to genetically alter to supplant methane-producing microbes. The modified microorganisms will then be tested at UC Davis in the lab and in the animals. “Not only are we trying to reduce methane emissions, but you also increase the feed efficiency,” said Kebreab. “Hydrogen and methane, they are both energy, and so if you reduce that energy and redirect it to something else... we have a better productivity and lower emissions at the same time.” The ultimate goal is a single-dose treatment administered early in life, since most cattle graze freely and can’t receive daily supplements. The three research teams have been given $70 million and seven years to achieve a breakthrough. Kebreab has long studied sustainable livestock practices and pushes back against calls to reduce meat consumption to save the planet. While acknowledging this might work for healthy adults in developed nations, he pointed to countries like Indonesia, where the government is seeking to increase meat and dairy production because 20 percent of children under five suffer from stunted growth. “We can’t tell them to not eat meat,” he said. – AFP