U.S. stock futures were little changed Sunday night after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite posted their third straight winning week, ahead of key inflation data due out this week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell by 15 points, or 0.03%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped 0.05% and 0.12%, respectively. > 24/7 San Diego news stream: Watch NBC 7 free wherever you are The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at fresh records Friday , rising 0.96% and 3.34% for the week, respectively. The Dow was the lone laggard, closing the week down 0.6%. Those moves come after the November jobs report showed stronger-than-expected growth, but not so much strength as to dent investor hopes the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates this month. The CME FedWatch Tool shows markets pricing in an 85% chance the target rate will be lowered by a quarter point at the conclusion of the Dec. 18 meeting. "Everything else is working exactly the way the Fed wants," Wharton School's finance professor Jeremy Siegel told CNBC's "Closing Bell" on Friday. "I think we're going to have one rate cut on that December 18 meeting, but truthfully, I think only two or three rate cuts next year. I think this strength could last." The Fed is now in a blackout period ahead for commentary of its policy-setting meeting, but investors will get one final piece of insight into their decision-making with key inflation data set to be released this week . The November consumer price index, due out Wednesday, is expected to show a slight uptick in pricing pressures. Economists polled by Dow Jones expect a 0.3% and 2.7% monthly and yearly increase, respectively. That would be up from 0.2% and 2.6%, respectively, from the prior month. Money Report Biden says U.S. will support Syria and its neighbors after Assad dynasty collapses President-elect Trump says Ukraine to ‘possibly' receive less military aid On Monday, investors will await October wholesale inventories data, due at 10 a.m. ET. Corporate earnings continue on Monday, with Oracle's results expected after the close. Stock futures open little changed Stock futures opened little changed Sunday night. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell by 15 points, or 0.03%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped 0.05% and 0.12%, respectively. — Sarah Min Also on CNBC How much holiday cheer is too much? Investor enthusiasm running high The Fed is on course to cut rates in December. What happens next is anyone's guess Next week’s inflation data could derail a market that’s priced for perfectionPLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the ranks and see the world. Less than a decade later, the death of his father and namesake, a merchant farmer and local politician who went by “Mr. Earl,” prompted the submariner and his wife, Rosalynn, to return to the rural life of Plains, Georgia, they thought they’d escaped. The lieutenant never would be an admiral. Instead, he became commander in chief. Years after his presidency ended in humbling defeat, he would add a Nobel Peace Prize, awarded not for his White House accomplishments but “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” The life of James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, ended Sunday at the age of 100 where it began: Plains, the town of 600 that fueled his political rise, welcomed him after his fall and sustained him during 40 years of service that redefined what it means to be a former president. With the stubborn confidence of an engineer and an optimism rooted in his Baptist faith, Carter described his motivations in politics and beyond in the same way: an almost missionary zeal to solve problems and improve lives. Carter was raised amid racism, abject poverty and hard rural living — realities that shaped both his deliberate politics and emphasis on human rights. “He always felt a responsibility to help people,” said Jill Stuckey, a longtime friend of Carter's in Plains. “And when he couldn’t make change wherever he was, he decided he had to go higher.” Carter's path, a mix of happenstance and calculation , pitted moral imperatives against political pragmatism; and it defied typical labels of American politics, especially caricatures of one-term presidents as failures. “We shouldn’t judge presidents by how popular they are in their day. That's a very narrow way of assessing them," Carter biographer Jonathan Alter told the Associated Press. “We should judge them by how they changed the country and the world for the better. On that score, Jimmy Carter is not in the first rank of American presidents, but he stands up quite well.” Later in life, Carter conceded that many Americans, even those too young to remember his tenure, judged him ineffective for failing to contain inflation or interest rates, end the energy crisis or quickly bring home American hostages in Iran. He gained admirers instead for his work at The Carter Center — advocating globally for public health, human rights and democracy since 1982 — and the decades he and Rosalynn wore hardhats and swung hammers with Habitat for Humanity. Yet the common view that he was better after the Oval Office than in it annoyed Carter, and his allies relished him living long enough to see historians reassess his presidency. “He doesn’t quite fit in today’s terms” of a left-right, red-blue scoreboard, said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who visited the former president multiple times during his own White House bid. At various points in his political career, Carter labeled himself “progressive” or “conservative” — sometimes both at once. His most ambitious health care bill failed — perhaps one of his biggest legislative disappointments — because it didn’t go far enough to suit liberals. Republicans, especially after his 1980 defeat, cast him as a left-wing cartoon. It would be easiest to classify Carter as a centrist, Buttigieg said, “but there’s also something radical about the depth of his commitment to looking after those who are left out of society and out of the economy.” Indeed, Carter’s legacy is stitched with complexities, contradictions and evolutions — personal and political. The self-styled peacemaker was a war-trained Naval Academy graduate who promised Democratic challenger Ted Kennedy that he’d “kick his ass.” But he campaigned with a call to treat everyone with “respect and compassion and with love.” Carter vowed to restore America’s virtue after the shame of Vietnam and Watergate, and his technocratic, good-government approach didn't suit Republicans who tagged government itself as the problem. It also sometimes put Carter at odds with fellow Democrats. The result still was a notable legislative record, with wins on the environment, education, and mental health care. He dramatically expanded federally protected lands, began deregulating air travel, railroads and trucking, and he put human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy. As a fiscal hawk, Carter added a relative pittance to the national debt, unlike successors from both parties. Carter nonetheless struggled to make his achievements resonate with the electorate he charmed in 1976. Quoting Bob Dylan and grinning enthusiastically, he had promised voters he would “never tell a lie.” Once in Washington, though, he led like a joyless engineer, insisting his ideas would become reality and he'd be rewarded politically if only he could convince enough people with facts and logic. This served him well at Camp David, where he brokered peace between Israel’s Menachem Begin and Epypt’s Anwar Sadat, an experience that later sparked the idea of The Carter Center in Atlanta. Carter's tenacity helped the center grow to a global force that monitored elections across five continents, enabled his freelance diplomacy and sent public health experts across the developing world. The center’s wins were personal for Carter, who hoped to outlive the last Guinea worm parasite, and nearly did. As president, though, the approach fell short when he urged consumers beleaguered by energy costs to turn down their thermostats. Or when he tried to be the nation’s cheerleader, beseeching Americans to overcome a collective “crisis of confidence.” Republican Ronald Reagan exploited Carter's lecturing tone with a belittling quip in their lone 1980 debate. “There you go again,” the former Hollywood actor said in response to a wonky answer from the sitting president. “The Great Communicator” outpaced Carter in all but six states. Carter later suggested he “tried to do too much, too soon” and mused that he was incompatible with Washington culture: media figures, lobbyists and Georgetown social elites who looked down on the Georgians and their inner circle as “country come to town.” Carter carefully navigated divides on race and class on his way to the Oval Office. Born Oct. 1, 1924 , Carter was raised in the mostly Black community of Archery, just outside Plains, by a progressive mother and white supremacist father. Their home had no running water or electricity but the future president still grew up with the relative advantages of a locally prominent, land-owning family in a system of Jim Crow segregation. He wrote of President Franklin Roosevelt’s towering presence and his family’s Democratic Party roots, but his father soured on FDR, and Jimmy Carter never campaigned or governed as a New Deal liberal. He offered himself as a small-town peanut farmer with an understated style, carrying his own luggage, bunking with supporters during his first presidential campaign and always using his nickname. And he began his political career in a whites-only Democratic Party. As private citizens, he and Rosalynn supported integration as early as the 1950s and believed it inevitable. Carter refused to join the White Citizens Council in Plains and spoke out in his Baptist church against denying Black people access to worship services. “This is not my house; this is not your house,” he said in a churchwide meeting, reminding fellow parishioners their sanctuary belonged to God. Yet as the appointed chairman of Sumter County schools he never pushed to desegregate, thinking it impractical after the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board decision. And while presidential candidate Carter would hail the 1965 Voting Rights Act, signed by fellow Democrat Lyndon Johnson when Carter was a state senator, there is no record of Carter publicly supporting it at the time. Carter overcame a ballot-stuffing opponent to win his legislative seat, then lost the 1966 governor's race to an arch-segregationist. He won four years later by avoiding explicit mentions of race and campaigning to the right of his rival, who he mocked as “Cufflinks Carl” — the insult of an ascendant politician who never saw himself as part the establishment. Carter’s rural and small-town coalition in 1970 would match any victorious Republican electoral map in 2024. Once elected, though, Carter shocked his white conservative supporters — and landed on the cover of Time magazine — by declaring that “the time for racial discrimination is over.” Before making the jump to Washington, Carter befriended the family of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., whom he’d never sought out as he eyed the governor’s office. Carter lamented his foot-dragging on school integration as a “mistake.” But he also met, conspicuously, with Alabama's segregationist Gov. George Wallace to accept his primary rival's endorsement ahead of the 1976 Democratic convention. “He very shrewdly took advantage of his own Southerness,” said Amber Roessner, a University of Tennessee professor and expert on Carter’s campaigns. A coalition of Black voters and white moderate Democrats ultimately made Carter the last Democratic presidential nominee to sweep the Deep South. Then, just as he did in Georgia, he used his power in office to appoint more non-whites than all his predecessors had, combined. He once acknowledged “the secret shame” of white Americans who didn’t fight segregation. But he also told Alter that doing more would have sacrificed his political viability – and thus everything he accomplished in office and after. King's daughter, Bernice King, described Carter as wisely “strategic” in winning higher offices to enact change. “He was a leader of conscience,” she said in an interview. Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19 at the age of 96, was identified by both husband and wife as the “more political” of the pair; she sat in on Cabinet meetings and urged him to postpone certain priorities, like pressing the Senate to relinquish control of the Panama Canal. “Let that go until the second term,” she would sometimes say. The president, recalled her former aide Kathy Cade, retorted that he was “going to do what’s right” even if “it might cut short the time I have.” Rosalynn held firm, Cade said: “She’d remind him you have to win to govern.” Carter also was the first president to appoint multiple women as Cabinet officers. Yet by his own telling, his career sprouted from chauvinism in the Carters' early marriage: He did not consult Rosalynn when deciding to move back to Plains in 1953 or before launching his state Senate bid a decade later. Many years later, he called it “inconceivable” that he didn’t confer with the woman he described as his “full partner,” at home, in government and at The Carter Center. “We developed a partnership when we were working in the farm supply business, and it continued when Jimmy got involved in politics,” Rosalynn Carter told AP in 2021. So deep was their trust that when Carter remained tethered to the White House in 1980 as 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, it was Rosalynn who campaigned on her husband’s behalf. “I just loved it,” she said, despite the bitterness of defeat. Fair or not, the label of a disastrous presidency had leading Democrats keep their distance, at least publicly, for many years, but Carter managed to remain relevant, writing books and weighing in on societal challenges. He lamented widening wealth gaps and the influence of money in politics. He voted for democratic socialist Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in 2016, and later declared that America had devolved from fully functioning democracy to “oligarchy.” Yet looking ahead to 2020, with Sanders running again, Carter warned Democrats not to “move to a very liberal program,” lest they help re-elect President Donald Trump. Carter scolded the Republican for his serial lies and threats to democracy, and chided the U.S. establishment for misunderstanding Trump’s populist appeal. He delighted in yearly convocations with Emory University freshmen, often asking them to guess how much he’d raised in his two general election campaigns. “Zero,” he’d gesture with a smile, explaining the public financing system candidates now avoid so they can raise billions. Carter still remained quite practical in partnering with wealthy corporations and foundations to advance Carter Center programs. Carter recognized that economic woes and the Iran crisis doomed his presidency, but offered no apologies for appointing Paul Volcker as the Federal Reserve chairman whose interest rate hikes would not curb inflation until Reagan's presidency. He was proud of getting all the hostages home without starting a shooting war, even though Tehran would not free them until Reagan's Inauguration Day. “Carter didn’t look at it” as a failure, Alter emphasized. “He said, ‘They came home safely.’ And that’s what he wanted.” Well into their 90s, the Carters greeted visitors at Plains’ Maranatha Baptist Church, where he taught Sunday School and where he will have his last funeral before being buried on family property alongside Rosalynn . Carter, who made the congregation’s collection plates in his woodworking shop, still garnered headlines there, calling for women’s rights within religious institutions, many of which, he said, “subjugate” women in church and society. Carter was not one to dwell on regrets. “I am at peace with the accomplishments, regret the unrealized goals and utilize my former political position to enhance everything we do,” he wrote around his 90th birthday. The politician who had supposedly hated Washington politics also enjoyed hosting Democratic presidential contenders as public pilgrimages to Plains became advantageous again. Carter sat with Buttigieg for the final time March 1, 2020, hours before the Indiana mayor ended his campaign and endorsed eventual winner Joe Biden. “He asked me how I thought the campaign was going,” Buttigieg said, recalling that Carter flashed his signature grin and nodded along as the young candidate, born a year after Carter left office, “put the best face” on the walloping he endured the day before in South Carolina. Never breaking his smile, the 95-year-old host fired back, “I think you ought to drop out.” “So matter of fact,” Buttigieg said with a laugh. “It was somehow encouraging.” Carter had lived enough, won plenty and lost enough to take the long view. “He talked a lot about coming from nowhere,” Buttigieg said, not just to attain the presidency but to leverage “all of the instruments you have in life” and “make the world more peaceful.” In his farewell address as president, Carter said as much to the country that had embraced and rejected him. “The struggle for human rights overrides all differences of color, nation or language,” he declared. “Those who hunger for freedom, who thirst for human dignity and who suffer for the sake of justice — they are the patriots of this cause.” Carter pledged to remain engaged with and for them as he returned “home to the South where I was born and raised,” home to Plains, where that young lieutenant had indeed become “a fellow citizen of the world.” —- Bill Barrow, based in Atlanta, has covered national politics including multiple presidential campaigns for the AP since 2012.The data centers powering the AI industry are fueling higher levels of dangerous air pollution, according to new research. In a paper titled The Unpaid Toll: Quantifying the Public Health Impact of AI , scientists say this pollution could lead to up to 1,300 premature deaths each year by 2030. On top of that, the public health costs—ranging from treating cancer and asthma to covering missed work and school days—are estimated to be hitting around $20 billion annually. When we talk about the costs of AI, it’s often discussed in terms of electricity consumed, carbon released into the atmosphere, and water needed to operate massive data centers. “While those costs are really important, they are not what’s going to impact the local communities where data centers are being built,” coauthor Adam Wierman, director of Information Science and Technology at Caltech, said in a statement . As AI becomes more deeply embedded in daily life, the resulting air pollution in the form of lung-penetrating fine particles and other federally regulated pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, is only expected to increase. By 2030 the public health burden is expected to be double that of the U.S. steelmaking industry, and could rival that of all the cars, buses, and trucks in California, the study projects. Recent Department of Energy estimates found that data center energy use is expected to either double or triple by 2028 . Last year alone, data centers produced at least 106 million metric tons of emissions —rivaling those of the domestic commercial airline industry, which produces around 131 million metric tons of CO2 annually, according to MIT Technology Review. | Take, for example, generating the electricity needed to train a large language model at the scale of Meta’s Llama-3.1, released in July this year. The air pollution produced would be equivalent to more than 10,000 round trips by car between Los Angeles and New York City, the report said. While AI isn’t going anywhere, it’s important that the industry is held accountable for both environmental and public health impacts. The authors recommend that standards and methods be adopted that require tech companies to report the air pollution caused by their power consumption and backup generators, so that hidden costs can be counted for.
US President Joe Biden on Sunday said deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad should be "held accountable" but called the nation's political upheaval a "historic opportunity" for Syrians to rebuild their country. In the first full US reaction to Assad's overthrow by an Islamist-led coalition of rebel factions, Biden also warned that Washington will "remain vigilant" against the emergence of terrorist groups, announcing that US forces had just conducted fresh strikes against militants from the Islamic State organization. "The fall of the regime is a fundamental act of justice," Biden said, speaking from the White House. "It's a moment of historic opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria." Asked by reporters what should happen to the deposed president, who reportedly has fled to Moscow, Biden said that "Assad should be held accountable." Biden -- set to step down in January and make way for Republican Donald Trump's return to power -- said Washington will assist Syrians in rebuilding. "We will engage with all Syrian groups, including within the process led by the United Nations, to establish a transition away from the Assad regime toward independent, sovereign" Syria "with a new constitution," he said. However, Biden cautioned that hardline Islamist groups within the victorious rebel alliance will be under scrutiny. "Some of the rebel groups that took down Assad have their own grim record of terrorism and human right abuses," Biden said. The United States had "taken note" of recent statements by rebels suggesting they had since moderated, he said, but cautioned: "We will assess not just their words, but their actions." Biden said Washington is "clear eyed" that the Islamic State extremist group, often known as ISIS, "will try to take advantage of any vacuum to reestablish" itself in Syria. "We will not let that happen," he said, adding that on Sunday alone, US forces had conducted strikes against ISIS inside Syria. The US military said the strikes were conducted by warplanes against Islamic State operatives and camps. Strikes were carried out against "over 75 targets using multiple US Air Force assets, including B-52s, F-15s, and A-10s," the US Central Command said on social media. Earlier, Biden met with his national security team at the White House to discuss the crisis. Assad's reported departure comes less than two weeks after the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group challenged more than five decades of Assad family rule with a lightning rebel offensive that broke long-frozen frontlines in Syria's civil war. They announced Sunday they had taken the capital Damascus and that Assad had fled, prompting celebrations nationwide and a ransacking of Assad's luxurious home. A Kremlin source told Russian news agencies that the deposed leader was now in Moscow, along with his family. The US military has around 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in Iraq as part of the international coalition established in 2014 to help combat the Islamic State jihadist group. It has regularly struck targets in the country including those linked to Iranian-backed militias. Tehran was a major backer of Assad's government. Biden also confirmed US authorities believe the American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria in 2012, still lives. "We believe he's alive," Biden said, but the US has yet "to identify where he is." bur-sms/mlm
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Daily Post Nigeria Syrian Prime Minister Ghazi Al-Jalali escorted by rebels to hand over power Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News Syrian Prime Minister Ghazi Al-Jalali escorted by rebels to hand over power Published on December 8, 2024 By Chris Johnson A dramatic video has surfaced showing Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi Al-Jalali being escorted by armed rebel forces in Damascus on Sunday. He was reportedly taken to the Four Seasons Hotel to formally transfer government authority. In the footage, Al-Jalali is seen surrounded by armed men as he walks down steps and enters a black SUV accompanied by another individual. “The former Prime Minister is with the 5th Corps from the people of Hauran heading to the Four Seasons Hotel for a meeting and to hand over the country’s institutions to the heroes of the Free Army,” the voice in the video said. Al-Jalali, who had earlier called for free elections and vowed to preserve public institutions and the safety of citizens, is reportedly working with rebel commanders to manage a transitional period following the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The events in Damascus unfolded as thousands of Syrians gathered in the city’s main square, chanting “Freedom” to celebrate the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s 13-year reign. Assad has reportedly fled to an undisclosed location with his family. The downfall of the Assad regime came after significant shifts in regional dynamics, including the deaths of key Hezbollah leaders and Russia diverting its focus to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Syria’s military command has acknowledged Assad’s fall but indicated that military operations against “terrorist groups” continue in Hama, Homs, and the Deraa countryside. The Islamist rebel coalition’s capture of Damascus has marked the conclusion of decades of Assad family rule. Prime Minister Al-Jalali is reportedly in discussions with rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Golani to establish a framework for managing the transitional government. Meanwhile, Turkey-backed Syrian forces are continuing their campaign against Kurdish factions in northern Syria, further complicating the post-Assad political landscape. Related Topics: Ghazi Al-Jalali Don't Miss ‘Avoid night travels’ — NYSC DG warns corps members You may like Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media LtdGon Erez Starts New Personal Blog to Share Stories from His Nonprofit Management Experiences 11-22-2024 09:40 PM CET | Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance Press release from: Getnews / PR Agency: Erase Technologies, LLC Image: https://www.getnews.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1732285773.jpeg Gon Erez, Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland-based nonprofit management consultant, Gon Erez, is excited to announce the launch of his new personal blog, which will serve as a platform to explore industry topics, share professional insights, and recount transformative stories from his extensive career in nonprofit management. The blog aims to foster a community of learning and inspiration for nonprofit professionals and enthusiasts alike. With a rich background in psychology, economics, and organizational leadership, Gon brings a unique perspective to the challenges and opportunities within the nonprofit sector. His experience spans roles from a Human-Rights Officer in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit in Israel to significant leadership positions at notable community centers in the U.S., such as the Youngstown JCC and the JCC of Greater Buffalo. Gon's blog will cover a range of topics including strategic planning, the integration of business efficiencies in nonprofit organizations, leadership, and the importance of data-driven decision-making. Readers can expect first-hand accounts of successful projects, tips for enhancing operational effectiveness, and Gon's personal insights on maintaining balance between mission-driven goals and the necessity of robust management strategies. "I am thrilled to launch my blog and share my journey and the lessons I've learned along the way," said Gon Erez. "I hope to create a space where we can all learn from each other and strengthen our capacity to effect positive change in our communities." The blog will also feature guest posts from other leaders in the field, book recommendations, and discussions on emerging trends in nonprofit management. To read Gon's latest posts. Visit the website here [ https://www.gonerez.com/ ]. Media Contact Contact Person: Gon Erez Email: Send Email [ http://www.universalpressrelease.com/?pr=gon-erez-starts-new-personal-blog-to-share-stories-from-his-nonprofit-management-experiences ] City: Cleveland State: Ohio Country: United States Website: https://www.gonerezohio.com/ This release was published on openPR.
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PEP GUARDIOLA believes Kevin De Bruyne will choose to leave Manchester City when he is no longer a key player. The Belgian sees his contract up this summer and boss Guardiola said: “I’m pretty sure Kevin will be honest. 1 Kevin De Bruyne will aim to go out at his best, says boss Pep Guardiola Credit: EPA "He will want to finish here after this season or the next one, at his best. “I don’t think he will be here when he doesn’t feel he can be the Kevin that can produce and help the team like he has done in the last decade. “In these kind of situations — like with David Silva — he will decide the best for him and the team. “It’s maybe not playing every three days for 11 months but I’m pretty sure he has to play as the best Kevin as possible. Unfortunately with injuries he could not deliver that.” READ MORE MAN CITY NEWS GUG WOE Spurs keeper Vicario has op after playing HOUR with broken ankle in win at Man City De Bruyne negotiated his last four-year deal — worth £66million — in 2021. With the help of two lawyers, but no agent, he used data analytics to highlight his value to City. He will be 34 in the summer and his last two seasons have been hit by serious injuries. De Bruyne became City’s talisman and a Prem star over the last decade since making a £54m move from Wolfsburg in 2015. But injuries have restricted him to just 25 starts since the start of the 2023-24 campaign. He will be targeted by clubs in the MLS and Saudi Arabia if he does decide to bring the curtain down on his Etihad stay. Most read in Football WRONG MOVE Joining Rangers was biggest mistake of my life - I could've played for Man Utd TICKED OFF McGinn's brief ultimatum for Villa v Celtic & prediction for Hoops v Club Brugge KEANE OBSERVER Sky Sports launch Roy Keane probe and ask Redknapp and co for statements VINDA-BLUES Gers greats from 9IAR era spotted at private meal with Helicopter Sunday heroes FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS He revealed he spoke with the club in the summer but then put talks on hold after a fresh groin injury. Asked what the future holds, he said: “Honestly, I don’t know. I unfortunately had that thing against Brentford . So I’ve put basically everything to the side. I was not in the right frame of mind. Pep Guardiola agrees new two-year contract with Man City “I was hoping to be out for a couple of days and it ended up being eight or nine weeks. So for the moment I’d rather get better first and see how I am and the rest will come. “There’s no rush. Talks will come and if they don’t it’s my last year.” If he does stay, KDB now knows he can carry on working with Guardiola who last week signed a new two-year deal at the Etihad. Asked if that would be a factor, he said: “It could help. But maybe he’ll say ‘Kevin, thank you. Time to leave’.”
Matthew Gaudreau's Wife Welcomes Their First Baby After His DeathSir Keir Starmer has led a host of tributes to former US president Jimmy Carter, saying he “redefined the post-presidency with a remarkable commitment to social justice and human rights at home and abroad”. The Prime Minister said Mr Carter, who died aged 100, will be remembered for the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt, as well as his “decades of selfless public service”. He added that it was the Democrat’s “lifelong dedication to peace” that led to him receiving the Nobel Peace prize in 2002. Very sorry to hear of President Carter’s passing. I pay tribute to his decades of selfless public service. My thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. pic.twitter.com/IaKmZcteb1 — Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) December 29, 2024 Sir Keir was joined in paying tribute to the 39th president by other leaders including the King, current President Joe Biden, Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey and former PM Tony Blair. The King remembered former US president Jimmy Carter’s 1977 visit to the UK with “great fondness” and praised his “dedication and humility”. In a message to Mr Biden and the American people, Charles said: “It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of President Carter. “He was a committed public servant, and devoted his life to promoting peace and human rights. “His dedication and humility served as an inspiration to many, and I remember with great fondness his visit to the United Kingdom in 1977. “My thoughts and prayers are with President Carter’s family and the American people at this time.” Mr Biden said that Mr Carter was an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian”. He said his fellow Democrat was a “dear friend”, as he announced that he will order a state funeral to be held for him in Washington DC. “Today, America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian,” he said. “Over six decades, we had the honour of calling Jimmy Carter a dear friend. But, what’s extraordinary about Jimmy Carter though is that millions of people throughout America and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well. “With his compassion and moral clarity, he worked to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil rights and human rights, promote free and fair elections, house the homeless, and always advocate for the least among us. He saved, lifted and changed the lives of people all across the globe. “He was a man of great character and courage, hope and optimism.” Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said Mr Carter “will be remembered for generations”. “Jimmy Carter was an inspiration,” Mr Davey wrote on X. “He led a truly remarkable life dedicated to public service with a genuine care for people. “My thoughts are with his family, friends and all those who loved him. He will be remembered for generations.” Mr Blair said: “Jimmy Carter’s life was a testament to public service; from his time in office, and the Camp David Accords, to his remarkable commitment to the cause of people and peace round the world over the past 40 years,” he said. “I always had the greatest respect for him, his spirit and his dedication. He fundamentally cared and consistently toiled to help those in need.”
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Foxy Brown reportedly messaged DJ Akademiks on social media while he was discussing the recent allegation against Jay-Z for a live stream. She apparently asked Akademiks to, "Miss me with the f*ckery." Jay has already denied the allegation, which stems from an amendment to a lawsuit previously filed against Diddy , earlier this year. In it, an anonymous woman accuses the Roc Nation founder of allegedly raping her at an afterparty for the 2000 MTV VMAs when she was just 13 years old. "She DM'd me like 20 minutes ago. She says, 'Miss me with the f*ckery, Ak.' with the little heart, heart, hearts. I'm like, 'Oh my God. Foxy f*cks with me.' But I don't know what that means," Ak began. From there he advised her: "Now is the time to just be quiet. If you're speaking at all, it kind of says that maybe you got some sh*t. We all know and believe Foxy's just a real chick. She just not finna... But if you're not coming out to say, 'Yo, I love Jay. He's a great guy. He ain't do nothing.' It's gonna be taken as either you're being silenced or you're itching to tell us something." Read More: Drake Trolls Kendrick: Disses & Drama In Hip-Hop’s Top Feud Jay Z and Foxy Brown during Jay-Z Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of "Reasonable Doubt" - Inside at Rainbow Room in New York, United States. (Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic) As the clip of Akademiks circulated on social media, fans complained about the way he's covered the recent allegation against Jay-Z. "I wish everyone will cancel AK he has literally tried to destroy every black celebrity like come on with the bs. If foxy said it’s nothing then that should be it," one user on X (formerly Twitter) wrote. Another added: "I mean damn. She has said the same thing for years and people still run with narrative. Just like they run with 'Jay met Beyonce at 16.' Met? Yeah. Dating? Nah. But since they met at that age, they had to be dating according to 'people.'" Jay-Z and his attorney, Alex Spiro, have already taken legal action against the lawyer representing the accuser. They allege he's tried to extort Jay with the unfounded allegations. Check out DJ Akademiks' full breakdown of Foxy Brown's DM below. Read More: Best Comments On HotNewHipHop From The Drake & Kendrick Lamar SagaAP Sports SummaryBrief at 3:36 p.m. EST
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