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COMMERCE, Texas (AP) — Zach Calzada passed for 333 yards and three touchdowns, and he rushed for a score as Incarnate Word beat East Texas A&M 38-24 on Saturday to claim the Southland Conference title. Incarnate Word (10-2, 7-0) became the first team in program history to finish undefeated in conference play. The No. 6 Cardinals await the FCS selection show on Sunday to learn the playoff matchups. Calzada came in leading the FCS in passing touchdowns with 30 on the season and No. 6 for passing yards (3,018). He finished 26 of 40 with an interception against East Texas A&M. Incarnate Word linebacker Darius Sanders made his third interception in two games then Calzada launched a 43-yard pass to Jalen Walthall to tie it at 14 midway through the second quarter. The Cardinals' Marcus Brown blocked a 45-yard field-goal attempt that would have broken a tie at 24 early in the fourth. Calzada found wide-open Logan Compton in the end zone for a 31-24 lead. Mason Pierce was also left wide open for an 18-yard score with 2:43 left. Ron Peace was 21 of 38 for 165 yards with one touchdown and one interception for East Texas (3-9, 2-4). He also rushed for a score. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballTrump threat to immigrant health care tempered by economic hopes
When COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev stepped to the podium at the closing meeting of the Baku climate summit on Sunday morning, hoping to clinch a hard-fought agreement on global climate finance, he carried with him two speeches. One was crafted around a hoped-for deal being struck, while the other for the possibility of a summit-collapsing impasse, according to two sources familiar with the matter who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity. “Yes, we had prepared different variations of the speech for various scenarios, but as we stepped onto the stage, we were confident in our success,” said one of the sources, an official in the COP29 presidency. In the end, Babayev managed to gavel through the $300 billion finance plan to help developing nations cope with the soaring costs of global warming over the next decadebefore critics had time to object, allowing him to read the more positive speech. He praised the agreement as a breakthrough and shamed the deal’s doubters as “wrong”, even as many of the climate deal’s intended recipients slammed it as woefully inadequate. Babayev’s preparation for different outcomes at the divisive summit in the Caspian Sea nation of Azerbaijan reflected what many in the audience had already known before it began: the Baku climate talks were never going to go smoothly. Expectations for a deal were depressed by worries of a looming U.S. withdrawal from global climate cooperation, geopolitical turmoil, and a rise of isolationist politics that had shunted climate change off much of the world’s top priorities list. Those obstacles loomed large in Baku and will continue to overshadow global climate efforts in the months ahead as Brazil prepares for next year’s much broader conference in the Amazon rainforest city of Belem – where the world will plot a years-long course for steeper emissions cuts and building resilience in the fight against climate change. “Multilateralism as a whole is under threat,” said Eliot Whittington, chief systems change officer at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. “Indeed, the UNFCCC is probably the bright spot – proving that even in the face of incredibly hostile geopolitics and on fundamentally difficult questions, a deal can be made,” he said, referring to the U.N. body sponsoring the annual climate summit. But the slow pace of progress, with global emissions still rising, has raised tensions and calls for reform. “This is something that needs to be looked at, when just a handful of countries, based on their own economic interests, can almost wreck the entire process,” Sierra Leone Environment Minister Jiwoh Abdulai told Reuters. Among the biggest factors clouding the negotiations in Baku was the looming return of climate skeptic Donald Trump as president of the U.S., the world’s biggest economy, largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, and top producer of oil and gas. Trump, who takes office in January, has pledged to withdraw the U.S. from the global Paris Agreement on climate change, as he did during his first 2017-2021 term in the White House, and has called climate change a hoax. Negotiators at the Baku conference said that whilethe U.S. delegation had helpedin coming up with theclimate finance deal, the country was unable to take a high-profile leadership role like it hasin past climate summits, and itcould not provide assurances the next administration would honor its pledges. “With the United States, well, the voters have voted and that’s the way it is. What they’re going to do, we do not know,” South African Environment Minister Dion George said. U.S. officials at the COP29 conference sought to reassure global partners that market forces, existing federal subsidies, and state mandates would ensure continued renewable energy deployment even if Trump disengages from the global process. The war in Ukraine and rising conflict in the Middle East, meanwhile, have diverted global attention to security and energy availability, and led many governments to tighten their purse strings, experts said. That made getting abigger climate finance number hard, observers to the talks said. “Even maintaining climate finance at current levels in the current political environment is a huge fight,” said Joe Thwaites, senior advocate on international climate finance at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group. The agreement to provide $300 billion annually by 2035 would theoretically triple rich countries’ previous commitments to provide $100 billion by 2020. That earlier goal was reached in full only in 2022, and expires in 2025. The unwillingness of wealthy countries to offer more money and the pressure to conclude even a weak deal ahead of more political turbulencebecame a major source of frustration for the Least Developed Countries and small island states, who told the Baku conference they felt sidelined in the negotiations. At one point in the summit’s final stretch, negotiating blocs representing both groups walked out of talks in protest, delaying a deal by hours. “We came in good faith, with the safety of our communities and the well-being of the world at heart,” Tina Stege, the climate envoy for the Marshall Islands, said at the closing plenary. “Yet, we have seen the very worst of political opportunism here at this COP, playing games with the lives of the world’s most vulnerable people.” India’s envoy, Chandni Raina, used her time to roundly reject the climate finance deal gaveled through by Babayev. “We are disappointed in the outcome which clearly brings out the unwillingness of the developed country parties to fulfil their responsibilities,” she told the summit. Climate advocates said that, while the deal is better than an outright impasse, the rifts exposed by the conference as well as the loss of trust in the process among poorer countrieswill pose a problem for Brazil as it prepares for COP30. “I think this is a toxic chalice for Belem, and it’s going to be up to Brazil how they’re going to restore the trust,” said Oscar Sorria, director of the Common Initiative, a think tank focused on global financial reform. Source: Reuters (Reporting by Valerie Volcovici, Richard Valdmanis and Karin Strohecker; Additional reporting by Naila Bagirova; Editing by Katy Daigle and Paul Simao)
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Alberta plans to build drilling site to act as testing ground for new technologiesWhile the Canadiens are carrying three goalies following Friday’s recall of Jakub Dobes , that won’t be the case long. Following practice Friday, head coach Martin St. Louis told reporters, including Sportsnet’s Eric Engels, that Montreal will place goaltender Cayden Primeau on waivers on Saturday. The roster freeze doesn’t end until Saturday, so this move isn’t being made Friday. Things were looking up for Primeau heading into the season. After playing in a three-goalie rotation for most of last season, Primeau secured the full-time second spot after Jake Allen was moved to New Jersey at the trade deadline. He finished up the season strong, putting up a .919 SV% in March and April, providing some optimism that he’d be ready for a full season of being a second-string option. However, that hasn’t been the case, as Primeau has struggled mightily thus far in 2024-25. The 25-year-old has been limited to 11 appearances (four of which have come in relief), and he has posted a 4.70 GAA with a .836 SV%, ranking him last league-wide in both categories among netminders with more than one appearance this season. That resulted in the team being hesitant to play him as his last start came back on Dec. 1. With Samuel Montembeault only 13 games away from matching his career-high in appearances in a single season, carrying a backup they’re not comfortable using was unsustainable. While Montreal was hesitant to waive him last season for fear he’d be claimed, they’re more confident he’ll pass through now, given his struggles so far. The timing for those struggles is far from ideal for Primeau. He’s in the final season of a three-year deal with a $890K cap charge while also receiving a $1.1M one-way salary. As things stand, it’s hard to see the Canadiens (or another team if he’s claimed) offer him a seven-figure qualifying offer with arbitration rights this summer unless he can vastly turn things around in the second half of the season. Since Primeau will not officially become available until Saturday, teams will have until 1 p.m. CT on Sunday to submit a claim for his services. This article first appeared on Pro Hockey Rumors and was syndicated with permission.
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has issued a strong condemnation of the recent attacks by the Israeli regime on Yemen, denouncing these assaults as a severe breach of international norms and principles. In a statement on Thursday, spokesperson Esmail Baqaei elaborated that these attacks, orchestrated with the support and complicity of the United States and Britain, violate international laws and the United Nations Charter. He criticized the UN’s inaction, asserting that the organization’s lack of response to the increasing violations and crimes of the Israeli regime “contradicts the responsibilities and duties of the organization as per the UN Charter.” Highlighting the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Baqaei emphasized that the repeated attacks on Yemen’s civilian infrastructure are part of a malicious Israeli policy aimed at weakening Islamic nations. “The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and other regional and international bodies must act immediately to address these aggressions,” the diplomat added. The spokesperson also underscored that these violations constitute a clear breach of international peace and security, categorizing them as “undeniable crimes against Yemen’s resilient people, who have steadfastly supported the oppressed Palestinians against occupation and genocide.” The condemnation arose in reaction to airstrikes carried out by the Israeli regime on Thursday, which hit several locations in Yemen, notably Sana’a International Airport and three critical ports. Reports indicate that the airport was struck by more than six attacks, with further strikes affecting the nearby al-Dailami air base. Additional airstrikes were reported on a power station in Hudaydah, as well as military infrastructure at the Salif and Ras Kanatib ports. Casualty reports note that two individuals were killed in the airport strikes, one in the port attacks, and 11 others were injured.Plan to add resources to border will come before Trump inauguration: LeBlanc