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jolibet withdrawal Viral 'Hawk Tuah' girl accused of crypto scamThings to watch this week in the Southeastern Conference. No. 7 Alabama (No. 7 CFP) at Oklahoma, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC) It's the first regular-season meeting since 2003 between traditional college football heavyweights who have combined for 25 national titles and usually face off in January bowl games with championship implications. Another fun fact: They've only played once each on the other's home field in six lifetime matchups, with the Sooners winning that showdown 20-13 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Alabama won the most recent postseason meeting, 45-34, at the Orange Bowl in the 2018 College Football Playoff semifinal before falling to Clemson in the championship. Another berth in the 12-team playoff is at stake for the visiting Crimson Tide (8-2, 4-2 SEC, No. 7 CFP), which trails No. 3 Texas and No. 15 Texas A&M by a game in the standings and is among four two-loss teams trying to stay within reach and possibly get to next month's championship in Atlanta. Alabama has won three in a row overall including last week's 52-7 rout of Mercer, rolling up 508 yards on offense. Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe passed for 186 of his 229 yards from scrimmage and two of his three touchdowns. Milroe's 32 total TDs lead the SEC and he's second with 17 rushing scores. Rather than contending as hoped, SEC newcomer Oklahoma (5-5, 1-5) is instead playing spoiler after four losses in five games, against ranked league foes Texas, No. 19 South Carolina and No. 9 Ole Miss. The Sooners scored two late fourth-quarter touchdown to lead Missouri 23-16 two weeks ago before the host Tigers scored two TDs in the final 1:07 seconds for a 30-23 victory. Alabama is a 14-point favorite according to BetMGM. No. 9 Ole Miss (8-4, 4-2, No. 9 CFP) at Florida (5-5, 3-4), Saturday, Noon ET (ABC) The Rebels have won three in a row since falling at LSU and four of five overall. They're coming off a bye after beating then-No. 3 Georgia 28-10 on Nov. 9 and look to stay within reach of first place and remain in the CFP discussion. Florida upended No. 21 LSU 27-16 on Saturday to earn a signature win for embattled coach Billy Napier and reach the cusp of bowl eligibility after finishing 5-7 last fall. Also worth a look: Vanderbilt (6-4, 3-3) at LSU (6-4, 3-3). Both are bowl eligible, but the Commodores can clinch their first .500 SEC finish since going 4-4 in 2013 and help coach Clark Lea match his win total for the past two seasons combined. The Tigers look to regroup from the Florida loss. No. 15 Texas A&M QB Marcel Reed. Reed is 4-1 as a starter for an Aggies team that visits Auburn hoping to stay in the playoff hunt before the regular season finale against in-state rival Texas. Reed has passed for 1,129 yards and nine touchdowns against two interceptions. He has run for 375 yards and six scores. The Tigers have had some struggles against dual-threat quarterbacks like Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia and Arkansas' Taylen Green. Vanderbilt will play in LSU's Tiger Stadium for the first time since 2009, having played in Nashville three times since. The Commodores' last win over LSU came in 1990 and they haven't won in Baton Rouge since 1951. ... First-year Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer is 34-2 in the month of November, including a 10-0 mark since 2022. ... Kentucky's 107th-ranked offense (340.5 yards per game) faces Texas's No. 1-ranked defense, which is giving up just 249 yards a game. ... Texas A&M has held opponents to 100 or fewer rushing yards in five of the last seven games, including holding LSU to 24 yards on 23 attempts. ... Auburn QB Payton Thorne has only three touchdown passes in his last four SEC games. ... Mississippi State's Isaac Smith leads the SEC and is tied for seventh nationally with 101 total tackles. ... Kentucky is 3-0 in nonconference games after shellacking in-state foe Murray State 48-3, which followed four SEC home losses. AP Sports Writer John Zenor contributed to this report. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Bad Bunny anuncia su nuevo álbum, "Debí Tirar Más Fotos"

WVU pulls off a stunner against No. 3 GonzagaRuben Amorim's woes at Manchester United continued on Boxing Day as Wolves condemned them to their eighth Premier League defeat of the season. Following a goalless first-half, United played almost the entirety of the second period with 10 men after Bruno Fernandes was sent off for two yellow cards. United-linked Matheus Cunha opened the scoring from a corner before Hee-Chan Hwang made sure of the victory in the ninth minute of added time to leave Amorim's side 14th in the Premier League table. READ MORE: Reaction from Manchester United dugout to Wolves goal highlights who is to blame READ MORE: Manchester United player ratings vs Wolves as one player scores 2/10 in awful defeat The disappointment in the Black Country comes after United crashed out of the EFL Cup and fell to a 3-0 home defeat to AFC Bournemouth before Christmas . United play once more before the January transfer window opens and there will be expectation that the club can improve Amorim's squad for the second half of the season. One player who has been tipped to make the switch to Old Trafford is Cunha. The Brazilian was linked with United in the summer and his stock has only risen with his performances for Wolves. He has scored 10 goals in the Premier League, including his audacious strike from a corner kick against Amorim's men. And after watching his side fail to defend Cunha, Amorim and the former Atletico Madrid man in conversation whilst sharing a hug on the Molineux pitch. The exchange has led to many supporters believing the United boss was doing his best to convince the 25-year-old to join him in January.

Minnesota will try to bounce back from two straight losses when it hosts Bethune-Cookman on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. The Golden Gophers (5-3) are coming off a 57-51 loss against Wake Forest on Friday, which followed a 68-66 overtime loss against Wichita State on Thursday. Both games took place at the ESPN Events Invitational in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Minnesota coach Ben Johnson cited inconsistency on offense as the main reason for his team's recent skid. "We're painfully figuring that out," Johnson said. "I thought our defense, though, (Thursday and Friday) has proven this is a top-40 or top-30 defense. We've got to be able to show up with offense and free throws." Golden Gophers starter Lu'Cye Patterson said he and his teammates remain confident in their potential as the Big Ten conference season approaches. "We just have to keep doing what we're supposed to do and keep our level of defensive play up," Patterson said. "It's going to win us a lot of games. The offense is going to come." Bethune-Cookman (2-5) will try to play spoiler on the road. The Wildcats have split their past two games as they beat North Dakota 79-67 on Tuesday and lost to Gardner-Webb 79-64 on Wednesday, both games played in the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico. Four players for Bethune-Cookman scored in double digits in their most recent game. Reggie Ward Jr. and Daniel Rouzan led the way with 14 points apiece, Trey Thomas scored 13 and Brayon Freeman chipped in 10. Bethune-Cookman is coached by Reggie Theus, who enjoyed a long NBA career and coached the Sacramento Kings for parts of two seasons. Theus said the Wildcats were in better position to compete this season compared with a season ago. "We've got a lot of depth, and we have age and experience," Theus said. "One of the biggest differences in our team is that we have great size now, where last year we were pretty small." Dawson Garcia leads Minnesota with 18.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Patterson is next with 10.1 points per contest. Bethune-Cookman is led by Freeman, who is averaging 15.9 points per game. Thomas (11.7 points per game) and Ward Jr. (11.0) also are scoring in double digits. --Field Level Media

THE Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage (AES) Council and the AES Enforcement Group, alongside relevant government agencies, vowed to implement to the full extent the recently enacted Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage (AES) Act. The groups assured that they are gearing up for an intensified enforcement of the law in a recent forum organized by international think tank Stratbase Institute. The AES Council and the Enforcement Group also pushed for greater inter-agency collaboration and stronger forcement measures to ensure the effectiveness of said law in the same forum. The Department of Agriculture’s Director for Inspectorate and Enforcement Felicisimo Madayag Jr. highlighted the agency’s commitment to action as crucial in boosting the efficiency of the law’s mandate. “Our success will not be measured solely by laws passed or penalties imposed. It will be measured by the trust we rebuild in our agricultural sector, the livelihood we safeguard, and the food security we ensure to every Filipino family,” said Madayag. The AES Act or Republic Act 12022 classifies agricultural smuggling, hoarding, profiteering and engaging in cartel as acts of economic sabotage. Violators risk life imprisonment and fines up to five times the value of the goods involved. The measure was signed into law in September. Justice Assistant Secretary Randolph Pascasio shared how the past decade saw only 5 percent of the 192 agricultural smuggling cases prosecuted owing to bureaucratic inefficiencies among concerned offices. He noted that the new law’s expanded scope and mandated penalties can better prevent the entry of smuggled agricultural products, ensure payment of correct duties and taxes, and exactliability from direct perpetrators and enablers alike. “Your DOJ, in active collaboration with key agencies and the society-at-large, remains steadfast in its commitment to enforce the rule of law and protect the livelihoods of our farmers and fisherfolk, stabilize the food process, and secure food security for all Filipinos,” said Pascasio. Economic expert and Stratbase Group Chief Operating Officer RPManhit further highlighted the importance of proper enforcement to ensure compliance, building public trust and confidence in the system. “The law is just one component of the solution; enforcement is critical. By working together, we can ensure that this legislation achieves its full potential—empowering the Filipino people and safeguarding the integrity of our agricultural supply chain,” said Manhit. As part of the Enforcement Group, ther Coast Guard Maritime Security Law Enforcement Command chief, Vice Adm. Robert Patrimonio said that since 2022, the agency seized approximately P 1.5 billion-worth of agricultural and meat products. “We will continue to enhance the capacity and capability of our assets and personnel on effectively enforcing this law, maintaining cooperation and collaboration with relevant agencies to enforce those stipulated under the law,” said Patrimonio. The National Police Director for Intelligence, Maj. Gen. Westrimundo Obinque revealed that their anti-smuggling campaign yielded 1,408 successful operations on smuggled cigarettes and agricultural and petroleum products this year alone. He noted that these operations resulted in the arrest of 1,174 individuals and the confiscation of more than P 2.9 billion-worth of smuggled items. In addition, 887 cases were also filed in court. “I see this as an opportunity for broader and improved cooperation and coordination with our partners, to enhance intelligence and information-sharing mechanisms, and to advance the capabilities of law enforcement and prosecution units, as we strengthen our resolve to disrupt the multi-tiered operations of criminals and ensure their prosecution,” said Obinque. Rizal Raoul S. Reyes has covered technology, science, business, property and special reports. He had working stints with the Business Star, Manila Bulletin and Independent Daily News.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller sat for a long interview with the NCAA as it looked into concerns about his lawyer said Friday amid reports a federal probe is now under way. “Hysier Miller fully cooperated with the NCAA’s investigation. He sat for a five-hour interview and answered every question the NCAA asked. He also produced every document the NCAA requested,” lawyer Jason Bologna said in a statement. “Hysier did these things because he wanted to play basketball this season, and he is devastated that he cannot.” Miller, a three-year starter from South Philadelphia, transferred to Virginia Tech this spring. However, the Hokies released him last month due to what the program called “circumstances prior to his enrollment at Virginia Tech.” Bologna declined to confirm that a federal investigation had been opened, as did spokespeople for both the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia. ESPN, citing unnamed sources, reported Thursday that authorities were investigating whether Miller bet on games he played in at Temple, and whether he adjusted his performance accordingly. “Hysier Miller has overcome more adversity in his 22 years than most people face in their lifetime. He will meet and overcome whatever obstacles lay ahead,” Bologna said. Miller scored eight points — about half his season average of 15.9 — in a 100-72 loss to UAB on March 7 that was later flagged for unusual betting activity. Temple said it has been aware of those allegations since they became public in March, and has been cooperative. “We have been fully responsive and cooperative with the NCAA since the moment we learned of the investigation,” Temple President John Fry said in a letter Thursday to the school community. However, Fry said Temple had not received any requests for information from state or federal law enforcement agencies. He vowed to cooperate fully if they did. “Coaches, student-athletes and staff members receive mandatory training on NCAA rules and regulations, including prohibitions on involvement in sports wagering,” Fry said in the letter. The same week the Temple-UAB game raised concerns, Loyola (Maryland) said it had removed a person from its basketball program after it became aware of a gambling violation. Temple played UAB again on March 17, in the finals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament. League spokesman Tom Fenstermaker also declined comment on Friday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up . AP college basketball: and Maryclaire Dale, The Associated PressPresident-elect Donald Trump said he is looking to pardon his supporters involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as soon as his first day in office, saying those incarcerated are “living in hell.” Trump made the comments, his most sweeping since he won the election, in an exclusive interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker. He also said he won’t seek to turn the Justice Department on his political foes and warned that some members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack “should go to jail.” > Watch NBC Bay Area News 📺 Streaming free 24/7 On his first day in office, Trump said, he will bring legal relief to the Jan. 6 rioters who he said have been put through a “very nasty system.” “I’m going to be acting very quickly. First day,” Trump said, saying later about their imprisonment, “They’ve been in there for years, and they’re in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn’t even be allowed to be open.” Trump said there “may be some exceptions” to his pardons “if somebody was radical, crazy,” and pointed to some debunked claims that anti-Trump elements and law enforcement operatives infiltrated the crowd. At least 1,572 defendants have been charged and more than 1,251 have been convicted or pleaded guilty in the attack. Of those, at least 645 defendants have been sentenced to incarceration ranging from a few days to 22 years in federal lockup. About 250 people are in custody, most of them serving sentences after having been convicted. A handful are being held in pretrial custody at the order of a federal judge. Trump didn’t rule out pardoning people who had pleaded guilty, even when Welker asked him about those who had admitted assaulting police officers. “Because they had no choice,” Trump said. Asked about the more than 900 other people who had pleaded guilty in connection to the attack but weren’t accused of assaulting officers, Trump suggested that they had been pressured unfairly into taking guilty pleas. “I know the system. The system’s a very corrupt system,” Trump said. “They say to a guy, ‘You’re going to go to jail for two years or for 30 years.’ And these guys are looking, their whole lives have been destroyed. For two years, they’ve been destroyed. But the system is a very nasty system.” Charges have ranged from unlawful parading to seditious conspiracy in the sprawling Jan. 6 investigation, which included rioters captured on video committing assaults on officers and those who admitted under oath that they’d done so. Jan. 6 defendants in custody include Proud Boys and Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy, a Jan. 6 defendant recently convicted of plotting to kill the FBI special agents who investigated him , another charged with firing gunshots into the air during the attack and another arrested outside former President Barack Obama’s home after Trump posted a screenshot that included the address. Trump said he wouldn’t direct Pam Bondi, whom he has said he will nominate for attorney general, to investigate special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two separate federal cases against Trump that were ultimately dropped after the election. Trump called Smith “deranged” and said he thinks he is “very corrupt.” Ultimately, he said, he’d leave those decisions to Bondi, and he said he wouldn’t direct her to prosecute Smith. “I want her to do what she wants to do,” Trump said. “I’m not going to instruct her to do it.” Trump claimed that members of the House Jan. 6 committee had “lied” and “destroyed a whole year and a half worth of testimony.” He singled out Republican Liz Cheney, of Wyoming, a vocal Trump critic who left Congress, and Democrat Bennie Thompson, of Mississippi, who chaired the committee, saying that they had destroyed the evidence collected in their investigation and that “those people committed a major crime.” Cheney said in a statement released Sunday that Trump "lied about the January 6th Select Committee" when he said committee members "should go to jail." "There is no conceivably appropriate factual or constitutional basis for what Donald Trump is suggesting — a Justice Department investigation of the work of a congressional committee — and any lawyer who attempts to pursue that course would quickly find themselves engaged in sanctionable conduct," Cheney added. Cheney called for the release of materials gathered by Smith during his investigation, adding, "Ultimately, Congress should require that all that material be publicly released so all Americans can see Donald Trump for who he genuinely is and fully understand his role in this terrible period in our nation’s history." The committee has preserved transcripts and videos of some of the more than 1,000 witness interviews and posted them online. Some interviews that included private and sensitive information were sent to the White House and the Department of Homeland Security for review to ensure that certain information wasn’t released improperly. Those transcripts remain with the agency, and the White House and a separate House committee continue to have access. “Honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump said about the committee members, insisting he wouldn’t direct his appointees to arrest them. Trump’s view of DOJ, FBI The interview offers an in-depth look at Trump’s thoughts about the Justice Department and FBI. Trump — who faced four separate criminal cases and was the first former president to be convicted of a crime after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts in the Stormy Daniels hush money case — expressed deep grievances toward the justice system but insisted he was looking forward. “I’m not looking to go back into the past,” he said when he was asked whether he would go after outgoing President Joe Biden. “I’m looking to make our country successful. Retribution will be through success.” While Trump had previously said he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Biden, he said that he didn’t plan to do so “unless I find something that I think is reasonable” and that any such move would “be Pam Bondi’s decision and, to a different extent, Kash Patel,” his pick for FBI director. FBI Director Christopher Wray — the Republican whom Trump appointed during his first term after he fired James Comey — would need to resign or be fired for Patel to take his place. Under a post-Watergate reform, FBI directors have 10-year terms, though only one FBI director — Robert Mueller, who ultimately served 12 years and went on to become the special counsel investigating Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian interference in that election — made it that long. Trump said he wasn’t “thrilled” with Wray because he “invaded my home,” referring to the search of his Mar-a-Lago compound in Florida during the investigation of Trump’s handling of classified documents, which found boxes of records in the resort, including some stored in a bathroom. “I’m suing the country over it. He invaded Mar-a-Lago,” Trump said. “I’m very unhappy with the things he — he’s done, and crime is at an all-time high.” (Law enforcement data shows a “ historic” drop in crime .) Trump indicated Wray would be fired if he didn’t resign. Asked about a list of 60 members whom Patel proclaimed to be members of the so-called deep state in his book, Trump said Patel would “do what he thinks is right” if he were confirmed, adding that he thought Patel would have an “obligation” to investigate if “somebody was dishonest or crooked or a corrupt politician.” There are still more than 40 days until Trump takes office, and Justice Department prosecutors continue to press cases against individual rioters, but the coming administration change hasn’t gone unnoticed. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, stressed the importance of “ truth and justice, law and order ,” before he sentenced a Jan. 6 defendant to a year in prison. After he imposed the sentence, Lamberth ordered Philip Grillo to be taken into custody. “Trump’s gonna pardon me,” Grillo said as he removed his belt and surrendered. Kelly O'Donnell contributed. This article first appeared on NBCNews.com . 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The National Committee on the Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons and the Closure of Temporary Shelters held its second coordination meeting yesterday at the Ayeyawady Hall of the Ministry of Border Affairs. The meeting was attended by Chairman Union Minister Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, Vice-Chairman Union Minister Dr Soe Win, committee members, deputy ministers, permanent secretaries, directors-general, officials, and relevant regional and state government members. The state and regional ministers for Security and Border Affairs and the state and regional minister of Social Affairs participated online. Chairman Union Minister Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung highlighted the committee’s successes over the past three years and discussed ongoing work, plans, and the budget for 2025-2026. Since the last meeting in May 2024, 35,245 households (141,788 people) have been repatriated, and 380 temporary shelters have been closed. Over K6,477 million were spent on humanitarian aid, roads and house building, relief aid and distribution of construction materials. Vice-Chair Union Minister Dr Soe Win explained the status of relief efforts, social support, vocational training, and immediate assistance for returnees. The meeting concluded with discussions on plans. The deputy ministers, chairpersons of the Working Committee on the Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons and the Closure of Temporary Shelters, the state and regional ministers for Security and Border Affairs, and the state and regional minister for Social Affairs presented sector-by-sector explanations on the work completed and the plans to be implemented going forward. Members of the national-level committee and officials from the state-level committees discussed and explained the recommendations, and the chair and vice-chair of the national-level committee coordinated the explanations. — MNA/TSJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and witnesses in the Israeli leader’s corruption trial. The Israeli Justice Ministry made the announcement in a terse message late Thursday., saying the investigation would focus on the findings of a recent report by the “Uvda” investigative program into Sara Netanyahu. The program uncovered a trove of WhatsApp messages in which Mrs. Netanyahu appears to instruct a former aid to organize protests against political opponents and to intimidate Hadas Klein, a key witness in the trial. The announcement did not mention Mrs. Netanyahu by name, and the Justice Ministry declined further comment. But earlier Thursday, Netanyahu blasted the Uvda report as “lies.”

Ian Garry has earned plenty of plaudits in defeat following his narrow 48-47 decision loss to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 on Saturday night. Dubliner Garry stepped in on just three week's notice to take on undefeated Rakhmonov, who was due to fight for the UFC welterweight title at the event before champion Belal Muhammad was forced to withdraw through injury. Garry, whose record now stands at 15-1 following the first defeat of his career, pushed the division's 'bogeyman' all the way and gave Rakhmonov the toughest fight of his career by a considerable margin. READ MORE: Conor McGregor breaks social media silence after being slammed by court for online comments The 27-year-old is the first person to take Rakhmonov the distance, and despite losing, many fans and pundits believe the Portmarnock native's stock has risen even in defeat. "I actually think Ian Garry's stock went up in this fight," said MMA journalist Ariel Helwani on his post-fight show, "I actually feel like more people respect Ian Garry for A) Taking the fight, B) Going the distance with Shavkat and C) Being the only guy to do so." Fellow journalist Sean Sheehan took to social media to praise Garry, posting: "Some balls on Ian Garry to take on the bogeyman of the division on short notice and push him all the way. Hard not to see welterweight gold in Ian's future at some point. " For Garry's part, despite losing, he feels that emerges from the fight as a winner having turned in an excellent performance against the top contender for the 170 pound crown. "In victory and in defeat, I'm still the same person," said Garry, speaking at the post-fight press conference. "I am humble in victory and defeat, I always have been. "And I do not feel like I lost today. My hand might not have got raised, but I came out and I fought a giant, I came out and I fought the bogeyman. And I showed that he’s f****** human. "I went out there on three weeks’ notice and I saved this event, I saved this card against the scariest man in the division, and I went out there and I stopped almost everything. "There was at no point that he looked like he would finish the fight; I put him in two submissions, I took his back, I had fun. "I showed that I can hang with the single best in the division, and I proved tonight, on short notice, that I can absolutely be a champion, and I can do it for five rounds and there is no holes in my game, there was nothing that man brought from me tonight... "He won by opinion, and that is ok, I can live with that, and I am very happy with my performance tonight." Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email alerts . Join the Irish Mirror’s breaking news service on WhatsApp. Click this link to receive breaking news and the latest headlines direct to your phone. 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 .Akon , the multi-platinum artist turned entrepreneur, opened up about the progress of his ambitious Akon City project. During a candid interview with Chuck Creekmur of AllHipHop , he reiterated that the city is in development. Akon first announced Akon City in 2018, meant to be a futuristic, eco-friendly city in Senegal powered by cryptocurrency. Fans immediately likened it to Wakanda, the fictional African city that Marvel's Black Panther series takes place in. That was in part because the first Black Panther film released just a few months before his initial announcement. Now, Akon's admitting that he may have gotten ahead of himself when first explaining the massive undertaking. “My biggest thing was I promoted it way, way, way too early,” Akon said during the interview with Creekmur. He said that excitement motivated the early announcement. "Of course, anything that exciting that would change a culture, people will naturally want to know what’s happening right now, assuming that it’s already happening. But it was in a process of creating." The vision for the city began as a technological and economic hub for Africa, including luxury apartments, a cryptocurrency-based economy and progressive energy solutions. Read More: Kendrick Lamar Shocks The World With New "GNX" Snippet Akon stressed the magnitude and complexity of the effort: “It’s a city. Nowhere near done.” Early plans included 2,000 acres and a $6 billion price tag to complete. Akon and his team broke ground in 2020 . Akon City's goal is to be a source of innovation for Africa. It is located in Mbodiene, Senegal, with a goal of attracting tourists, entrepreneurs and investors. However, Akon has repeatedly said that the project is also about creating opportunities for Africans to thrive. “Senegal is home to my family and heritage,” Akon shared when detailing the project on the Assets Over Liabilities show last August. "I want to make a lasting impact that bridges the gap between the people of Senegal and the rest of the world. It’s a process," he said. Akon is committed to making the city a reality, and of course, time will tell on if it will thrive or not. Elsewhere in the interview, he confirmed that Not Guilty , his sixth studio album, is set for a 2025 release.

Trump threatens BRICS from trying to move away from the dollarThe weather was at the forefront of the minds of both managers after Burnley missed the chance to go top of the Championship with a 1-1 draw at home to Middlesbrough. The Clarets needed a fine 37th-minute equaliser from Connor Roberts to cancel out Anfernee Dijksteel’s early strike for Boro as rain and wind, the precursor of Storm Darragh to come, battered Turf Moor and played its part in a match which could have gone either way between two promotion hopefuls. Boro boss Michael Carrick, having started his press conference by asking if anyone had a towel handy, said the conditions had been key to Roberts’ 25-yard strike, which seemed to catch out goalkeeper Seny Dieng as it looped over him. Burnley had been behind on the scoreboard but on top in the game without finding a way past Dieng, but Roberts’ decision to shoot from range did the trick. “Maybe it caught us by surprise,” Carrick said. “I think all the defending was in the box or around the box, and we closed the spaces over a period of time, so was a bit of a surprise. I suppose we put it down to the weather.” Burnley could have gone above Sheffield United if they had made it five straight wins with victory here, but after conceding for the first time in 501 minutes they had to settle for a point. Again, Scott Parker could point to the weather in analysing the game. “I thought we were well worth three points tonight,” he said. “The conditions definitely played a large factory in tonight’s game for both teams really. You could see that in the flight of the ball and the winds and the rain. They were tough conditions.” Boro’s 13th-minute opener was a poor one from Burnley’s perspective. Dijksteel had charged forward from his right-back position, and after laying the ball up managed to slip away from Bashir Humphreys to have a clear run at goal when played in by Dan Barlaser. It was a surprising lapse from a side who had kept five clean sheets in a row, and 12 in the league this season. “They scored a goal against the run of play and that was probably down to us a little bit,” Parker said. “Certainly it’s something we need to look at in that we gifted that a little bit in terms of the way we positioned ourselves. “As a coach you’re always looking at certain moments and seeing the learning from it. This is the first time the team has conceded in a long time so it’s what sort of reaction we got. I got a reaction from a group of men that was nothing short of superb.” Roberts was at the centre of that. Whether wind-assisted or not, his goal lifted Burnley and the Wales right-back was at the heart of so many good Burnley moves as he got forward regularly. “Connor Roberts is an international player who has been around this for some time, he brings large parts of his experience and also his quality,” Parker said. “As he has been for the majority of this season, he was very good tonight.” This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.