The claim: Image shows Trump, Putin facing off on 'Apocalypse' cover of The Economist A Nov. 18 Facebook post ( direct link , archive link ) shows a purported magazine cover from The Economist featuring an illustration of President-elect Donald Trump staring down Russian President Vladimir Putin in front of several missiles. "APOCALYPSE" is emblazoned across the bottom of the image. The post's caption reads in part, "APOCALYPSE: Allowing missile strikes deep into Russia is the start of World War III,' warns the iconic prophetic magazine The Economist." It was shared more than 100 times in two weeks. A similar post was shared in Spani sh on X . More from the Fact-Check Team: How we pick and research claims | Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: Altered The image is a fabrication. The cover does not appear in The Economist's archive, nor was it shared by the publication's social media accounts. It includes altered elements from the publication's March 16 edition. Fabricated cover includes misspelled headlines, missing punctuation The Facebook post references President Joe Biden's decision in November to lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of U.S.-provided long-range missiles to hit targets farther inside Russia's borders. Putin subsequently lowered the threshold for Russia's use of nuclear weapons. Trump's pick to be the next U.S. national security adviser, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, told Fox News the president-elect was "very concerned" about an escalation in hostilities between Ukraine and Russia. However, The Economist did not publish the magazine cover seen in the post. The image is a fabrication that uses the magazine's branding to mislead and includes elements inconsistent with genuine front pages created by the publication. The supposed cover does not appear in The Economist's issue archive , nor was it ever shared on the magazine's social media accounts . Trump was featured on two of the magazine's five November covers, neither of which showed him facing off with Putin. Trump and Putin were last depicted on the cover together in the Feb. 24 issue . The Economist did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Most of the headlines in the altered image come from the March 16 edition of the magazine but include misspellings and missing punctuation not present in the genuine versions of the cover. For instance, the authentic headline, "America's pumped-up economy," is misspelled in the altered image as "America pumbed-up economy." The word "industry" is misspelled in the image as "industy," and the apostrophe in "Time's up for TikTok" is omitted in the manipulated cover. Fact check : Trump quote about Ukraine using US missiles is fabricated The fabricated Economist cover in the post also doesn't include an issue date, typically placed beneath a column of headlines on the right side of the cover. Instead, the altered image has an erroneous headline – "Biden left the White House" – in its place. Biden's term ends on Jan. 20 , the same day as Trump's inauguration . The Economist reported on Biden's decision to let Ukraine use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles against Russia. But contrary to the claim in the post's caption, the article did not characterize the move as the start of World War III. USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Logically Facts and AAP also debunked the claim. Our fact-check sources Thank you for supporting our journalism. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or e-newspaper here . USA TODAY is a verified signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network, which requires a demonstrated commitment to nonpartisanship, fairness and transparency. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta .SYDNEY, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Wallabies centre Joseph Suaalii could face Ireland in the final match of Australia's tour in Dublin this weekend despite leaving the pitch with an injury against Scotland on Sunday. Fears that the high-profile rugby league convert had broken his wrist in a tackle on Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu during the 27-13 loss at Murrayfield proved unfounded, the team said in a medical update released on Tuesday. "Joseph Suaalii lost function and had severe pain in his right arm and was substituted," it said. "After travelling with the team to Ireland, his function is returning, and pain is subsiding. He was medically reviewed post-game and there is no evidence of a fracture and will be monitored throughout the week." Lock Jeremy Williams, who was forced to pull out of the team for the Scotland game because of illness, is "recovering positively", the team said. Will Skelton, who started in the second row against Scotland, is unavailable for Saturday's match against the Irish because of club commitments as the fixture falls outside the international window. Sign up here. Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Pritha Sarkar Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab
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Donald Trump may not be able to run for president again, but he thinks his children could have a future in politics. Trump told Time magazine, in an interview released Thursday in conjunction with him being named Person of the Year , that he thinks there could be a Trump dynasty. "I have some very competent members of my family," he said when asked about their political futures. More: Donald Trump named Time magazine's Person of the Year Trump also talked about the difficulty he'll face in bringing down grocery prices , questioned the safety of vaccines and vented his frustration with the conservative Heritage Foundation for releasing its controversial Project 2025 blueprint for a second Trump administration during the election. Trump celebrated the Person of the Year recognition by ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday. It's his second time receiving the honor. Here are some takeaways from his wide-ranging interview with the magazine. Trump Dynasty? Trump's second term as president will end in 2029 and the constitution bars him from running again, but he believes someone in his family could continue his political legacy. Asked what will happen to the MAGA movement when he leaves, Trump said there are "some great warriors" who want to keep it going, and added that includes his progeny. More: Trump Organization plans a Trump Tower in Saudi Arabia, Eric Trump says Pressed on whether there could be a Trump dynasty, the president-elect said "I think there could be, yeah." "My kids are very competent," he said. More: Which Trump family members could have influence in a second administration? While Trump added he's not sure his kids want to "go through this" because "they've been treated very badly," he said his oldest son Donald Trump Jr. would "do very well" in politics and also mentioned his son Eric, daughter Ivanka and daughter-in-law Lara , who was co-chair of the Republican National Committee. Lara Trump has expressed interest in being appointed to the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio, who Trump nominated for secretary of state. Donald Trump Jr. is extremely politically active and influential with his father, helping to select running mate JD Vance . A Morning Consult poll released this week had Trump Jr. and Vance tied for the lead in the 2028 GOP presidential primary, with each receiving the support of 30% of primary voters. More: Tariffs looming, Trump invites Chinese President Xi Jinping to inauguration He can't promise grocery prices will come down In his first big interview Sunday since winning re-election, Trump told NBC's "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker that “I won on groceries. Very simple word, groceries.... I won an election based on that." Yet in his interview with Time, Trump said his presidency doesn't hinge on lowering the cost of everyday food items. Asked if his second term would be a failure if grocery prices don't come down, Trump said: "I don't think so." More: Meta donates $1 million to Trump inauguration as Zuckerberg mends fences "Look, they got them up," he added. "I'd like to bring them down. It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard." Trump isn't eager to tie his presidency to the price of eggs, milk, bread and other grocery items. That may be because such costs are difficult for a president to control without interfering in the free market, even as Trump hammered President Joe Biden on the issue. Border bigger factor than economy While Trump has tied his victory to grocery prices, he told Time that "a bigger factor" was the border. "I won it in 2016 on the border, and I fixed the border , and it was really fixed, and they came in and they just dislodged everything that I did, and it became far worse than it was in 2016," Trump said. Unlike the price of milk, the border is an issue that Trump can exert a lot of influence over, both through legislation and executive action. He is expected to issue a flurry of executive orders on immigration shortly after taking office, and has promised a huge mass deportation effort . More: Justin Trudeau renews a complicated relationship with Donald Trump Trump has talked about using the military to help with his deportation effort. Questioned about the legality of that, he said: "I'll only do what the law allows, but I will go up to the maximum level of what the law allows." "And I think in many cases, the sheriffs and law enforcement is going to need help," Trump added. "We’ll also get National Guard. We'll get National Guard, and we'll go as far as I'm allowed to go, according to the laws of our country." Linked vaccines to autism In appointing Robert F Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Trump drew criticism from those concerned about Kennedy's vaccine skepticism. Asked about Kennedy's vaccine views, Trump sounded skeptical of the shots himself, despite health officials attesting to their safety. Responding to a question about whether he would support Kennedy if he seeks to end child vaccination efforts, Trump said: "We're going to have a big discussion. The autism rate is at a level that nobody ever believed possible. If you look at things that are happening, there's something causing it ." More: 'Somebody has to find out': Trump says RFK Jr. will look at why autism is on the rise Pressed on whether he believes there is a connection between vaccines and autism, Trump said: "I want to see the numbers. It's going to be the numbers." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says may studies have looked at whether there is a connection between vaccines and autism and "To date, the studies continue to show that vaccines are not associated with" autism. Trump said he might get rid of some vaccinations "if I think it’s dangerous, if I think they are not beneficial, but I don’t think it’s going to be very controversial in the end." Project 2025 Trump continued to blast the Heritage Foundation over Project 2025, a more than 800 page document that laid out priorities for a second Trump administration. Democrats repeatedly hammered Trump during the campaign on the more controversial aspects of Project 2025. Trump disavowed the document, but has since appointed some of its authors to positions in his administration. Trump appeared to be dumbfounded that the Heritage Foundation, which he noted are people who "would like to see me win," released the document, calling it "totally inappropriate" and "a very foolish thing for them to do." "Why would they do that?" he told Time. "They complicated my election by doing it because people tried to tie me and I didn't agree with everything in there, and some things I vehemently disagreed with, and I thought it was inappropriate that they would come out with a document like that prior to my election."NEWARK — After a recount, the results of a Newark City Council race have held, with Jactina Arteaga headed toward victory with a four vote advantage. By Friday afternoon, Arteaga had a 0.1% lead, with 6,446 votes to Julie Del Catancio’s 6,442 votes. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters manually recounted all of the race’s ballots by Friday afternoon and the results appeared to hold the same, an official said Friday. Tim DuPuis, the Alameda County registrar, said Friday that he personally made the decision to review the race’s results because it was within 10 votes of separation – the closest race in the county. The results of the recount appeared to hold, Dupuis said Friday. The only other tight race in the county, he added, was the Fremont District 6 council race where Raymond Liu had a 36-vote lead over incumbent Teresa Cox. At one point, the contest had been as close as 12 votes before more ballots were counted.Dupuis said he did not elect to recount that race. Arteaga received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Cal State University, Hayward. She has previous experience as a child support officer for San Mateo County, in finance and public safety administration in San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe’s office and as an assistant agency director with the Social Services Agency. “Although it has been a roller coaster with the results these past few weeks, it is important that every vote gets counted. I’m glad the ROV is doing a manual count and I hope that I remain in the lead,” Arteaga said in a statement Friday before the recount was completed. “Either way the voters have spoken and we will have new leadership on the council beginning in December.” The latest campaign finance records show Arteaga raised $14,902 through October, mostly through small donations, including a $2,500 personal loan. She spent $5,820, largely on print ads and other campaign advertising materials. “It seems like what people really want to see is that they’re safe, that their families are safe, and that we’re responsible,” Del Catancio said in an interview Friday. “I feel like I’d fit in wholeheartedly because I really love Newark, I’m a long term resident here and I also work in the area.” Del Catancio received a law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law and a master’s degree in administration from the University of Kansas. She is currently a Newark planning commissioner and educator in the Newark Unified School District. “Win or lose, I feel like we put our heart and soul into it and we tried the best that we could. And so I think that it’s really up to the people,” Del Catancio added. “The fact is that in any race, you set out, you try your hardest, you meet the people and they make a decision. We’ll see how it goes, fingers crossed.” The registrar’s office expects to certify the Nov. 5 election results in December.
Parcion Private Wealth LLC reduced its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. ( NASDAQ:AMZN ) by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 63,528 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 331 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up 1.0% of Parcion Private Wealth LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 21st biggest holding. Parcion Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $11,837,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Amazon.com by 1.9% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 785,811,114 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $141,744,609,000 after buying an additional 14,724,687 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 8.5% in the 1st quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 86,982,857 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $15,689,968,000 after purchasing an additional 6,810,145 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 69,686,374 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $13,466,933,000 after purchasing an additional 1,042,177 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 67,745,972 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $13,091,909,000 after purchasing an additional 289,532 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital International Investors increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 7.4% in the 1st quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 42,370,172 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $7,642,732,000 after purchasing an additional 2,932,192 shares in the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Analysts Set New Price Targets A number of brokerages have issued reports on AMZN. Scotiabank upped their target price on Amazon.com from $245.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $230.00 price target on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Monday, October 7th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $236.00 price target (up previously from $230.00) on shares of Amazon.com in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Amazon.com from $213.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Susquehanna increased their price target on Amazon.com from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-one have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $236.20. Insiders Place Their Bets In other Amazon.com news, Director Daniel P. Huttenlocher sold 1,237 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.06, for a total value of $246,237.22. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 24,912 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,958,982.72. This trade represents a 4.73 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link . Also, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 15,260 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.19, for a total value of $3,054,899.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 349,261 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $69,918,559.59. This trade represents a 4.19 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Insiders sold 6,026,683 shares of company stock valued at $1,252,148,795 over the last ninety days. 10.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders. Amazon.com Stock Performance Shares of Amazon.com stock opened at $207.89 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $194.78 and its 200 day simple moving average is $186.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.19 trillion, a P/E ratio of 44.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 1.14. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12 month low of $142.81 and a 12 month high of $215.90. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. Amazon.com ( NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report ) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.43 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.29. The business had revenue of $158.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $157.28 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 22.41% and a net margin of 8.04%. Amazon.com’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.85 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 5.29 EPS for the current year. About Amazon.com ( Free Report ) Amazon.com, Inc engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content. Featured Articles Want to see what other hedge funds are holding AMZN? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Amazon.com, Inc. ( NASDAQ:AMZN – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Amazon.com Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Amazon.com and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here . On Wednesday night, Canada will announce its full roster for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, the new "best on best" hockey tournament that will serve as an appetizer for the NHL's return to the Olympics a year later. For those who need a refresher, the 4 Nations Face-Off was created earlier this year by the NHL and the NHL Players' Association. It's scheduled for Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston, replacing this season's All-Star Game. Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland will play each other once, and the teams with the two best records after the round robin will square off in a one-game final. Ideally, the 4 Nations Face-Off would probably be a 6 Nations Face-Off including Russia and the Czech Republic — the only other countries with enough NHLers to form a team. (Unlike the Olympics, players from other leagues aren't allowed in this event because the NHL and NHLPA are running it without the cooperation of the IIHF, hockey's world governing body.) But Russia remains suspended from international play because of its war with Ukraine, and the NHL and NHLPA had no interest in undermining the IIHF-issued ban — even though, technically, they can do whatever they want with their own event. The Czechs became collateral damage because a five-team tournament doesn't make sense. The rosters Canada, the U.S., Sweden and Finland each named the first six players on their team back in June. Canada chose forwards Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid, Brad Marchand and Brayden Point and defenceman Cale Makar; the Americans picked forwards Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews and Matthew Tkachuk and defencemen Adam Fox, Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy; Sweden selected forwards Filip Forsberg, William Nylander and Mika Zibanejad and defencemen Gustav Forsling, Victor Hedman and Erik Karlsson; Finland went with forwards Sebastian Aho, Aleksander Barkov and Mikko Rantanen, defencemen Miro Heiskanen and Esa Lindell and goalie Juuse Saros. The remainder of each team's 23-man roster was due on Monday, and they'll all be unveiled Wednesday. Sweden and Finland announce theirs at 2 p.m. ET, followed by Canada and the U.S. at 6:30 p.m. ET. Tough calls The guy calling the shots for Canada is Don Sweeney, the general manager of the Boston Bruins. Sweeney is Canada's GM for the 4 Nations Face-Off and will be an assistant GM for the 2026 Olympics under Doug Armstrong of the St. Louis Blues. The Tampa Bay Lightning's Jon Cooper is Canada's head coach for both events. Sweeney and his staff are blessed with a bounty of Canadian talent to choose from, but that also makes for some tough decisions. At forward, it's probably safe to assume they picked NHL goals leader Sam Reinhart of Florida, top-five assist man Mitch Marner of Toronto and Winnipeg's Mark Scheifele, who's averaging better than a point per game for one of the league's top teams. The pundits also seem pretty convinced that Philly winger Travis Konecny, coming off back-to-back 30-goal seasons, will make it along with Vegas' Mark Stone, who's currently injured (again) but is among the best two-way players in the sport when healthy. It would also be tough to pass up Chicago's Connor Bedard. He's scored only five times in 25 games this season, but the 19-year-old is as talented as they come and could be a full-fledged superstar by the time the Olympics roll around. So it might be wise to get him some top international experience here. HOCKEY NORTH | Reacting to the biggest moments of PWHL's opening weekend: Are Alex Carpenter and Sarah Fillier the best duo in the PWHL? 5 hours ago Duration 5:10 Host Anastasia Bucsis is joined by PWHL insider Karissa Donkin as they react to the biggest moments from the opening weekend of the 2nd season. After that, it gets murkier. For instance, what do you do with 34-year-old Steven Stamkos, who reached 40 goals for the seventh time last season with Tampa Bay but has just seven in his first 25 games with Nashville? And what about Edmonton's Zach Hyman, who potted 54 goals last season on McDavid's wing but has cratered to just three in 20 games this season? On defence, it makes sense to pair Makar with his Colorado blue-line mate Devon Toews. Ditto for Alex Pietrangelo and Shea Theodore, who play together in Vegas. Winnipeg's Josh Morrissey and New Jersey's Dougie Hamilton are the two highest-scoring Canadian defencemen other than Makar this season, while Edmonton's Evan Bouchard had that distinction last year. Los Angeles veteran Drew Doughty is out with a broken ankle but could be back in time for the 4 Nations. That brings us to the goalies — the soft underbelly of this team and a big source of anxiety for Canadian fans who pine for the days of Martin Brodeur, Carey Price and even Roberto Luongo. You can argue this team is so stacked that it doesn't need a top-notch tender to win the tournament. But that doesn't mean it'll be fun to white-knuckle it with whoever emerges from the less-than-stellar options including Washington's Logan Thompson, St. Louis' Jordan Binnington, Vegas' Adin Hill and Detroit's Cam Talbot. Binnington and Hill have backstopped their teams to Stanley Cups, but they both have a save percentage below .900 this season. Thompson (.911) could be the front-runner for the No. 1 job as he's a sparkling 10-1-1 for the surprising Capitals, but a hot-hand approach seems like the best bet here.