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Kenan believes Israel's struggles with global opinion stem from a lack of groundwork in public diplomacy. "A brand is built not during war or emergency; it's built during peacetime. There's nothing different when it comes to a country. I think Israel didn't invest in infrastructure to build its own brand around the world, so now during war, we see the results of that," she explained, highlighting how adversaries exploit this vulnerability in public opinion battles. Exposing Qatar’s role Kenan recently launched a viral campaign aimed at exposing Qatar’s dual role as a cultural and financial influencer in the West and as a sponsor of groups like Hamas. Get the Ynetnews app on your smartphone: Google Play : https://bit.ly/4eJ37pE | Apple App Store : https://bit.ly/3ZL7iNv 1 View gallery Emir of Qatar Tamim Al Thani ( Photo: Reuters ) "They are invested in billions in education in the West from the age of 6 until the end of university when people are 22. They're the biggest donors to elite Ivy League universities in the U.S., and they demand to control what is being taught and who is the staff that teaches that. Apart from that, they're purchasing cultural assets of the West," she said. She accused Qatar of using its wealth to silence criticism of its support for organizations such as Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and even ISIS. "In the Israeli case, when we look at their efforts to mediate between Hamas and Israel regarding the hostage deal. This is not a mediator that says, 'there are two sides and I'm here to mitigate between them.' This is a country that puts on its buildings the flags of Palestine, Hamas, Sinwar and Haniyeh on a weekly basis and portrays them as heroes. They're also the owners of Al Jazeera, whose Arabic, English and its version to Gen Z on social media, AJ+, are inciting against Israel," she added, citing Qatar’s funding of international institutions like the International Court of Justice. Kenan urged families of hostages to protest at Qatari embassies to pressure the country, which she described as fearing public opinion most. "What Qatar fears the most is public opinion because it bought the West so as not to get criticized for sponsoring Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, al Qaeda, and it does whatever it wants." >Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick to be attorney general, is a staunch ally of the former president, defending him against impeachment during his first term and pushing his false claims of election fraud as he sought to cling on to the White House. The 59-year-old former Florida attorney general, if confirmed by the Senate, will now serve as the top law enforcement official in a second Trump administration. "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans -- Not anymore," Trump wrote on his Truth Social network. 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LeBron James is going to have to make room for the NFL. Wednesday's doubleheader on Netflix set records as the most-streamed NFL games in U.S. history, with numbers nearly five times more than the NBA. The averaged 24.3 million while averaged 24.1 according to early viewer figures released by Nielsen on Thursday. Nielsen also said there were 65 million U.S. viewers who tuned in for at least one minute of one of the two games. The NBA's five-game slate averaged about 5.25 million viewers per game across ABC, ESPN and its platforms, according to the league and Nielsen. “I love the NFL,” James said in his televised postgame interview Wednesday night. “But Christmas is our day.” While the NBA's Christmas lineup has its best viewer numbers in five years, the NFL has made Christmas one of its tentpole events during the regular season, joining Kickoff Weekend and Thanksgiving. “The numbers speak for themselves and LeBron can have his own view, and I’m sure more people will look at that because of this," said Hans Schroeder, the executive vice president of NFL Media. "But, you know, we’re focused on the NFL and we’re thrilled with the results this year with the Christmas on Netflix and we’re excited to continue to build that over the next couple of years.” Both NFL games surpassed the previous mark of 23 million for last season’s AFC wild-card game between the Miami Dolphins and Chiefs on Peacock. Viewership for Ravens-Texans peaked with the Beyoncé Bowl. The 20-minute halftime performance averaged over 27 million viewers. The viewer figures include the audience on Netflix, mobile viewership on NFL+ and those who tuned in on CBS stations in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Baltimore and Houston. Global ratings and final U.S. numbers are expected to be available on Tuesday. The NFL's Christmas numbers decreased from last season, but not at the rate that usually happens when something goes from broadcast to streaming. Last year’s three games averaged 28.68 million viewers. The early afternoon contest between the Las Vegas Raiders and Chiefs led the way, averaging 29.48 million on CBS. Once global and Netflix's first-party data is released, both Christmas games should surpass 30 million. The NBA's lineup saw an 84% rise over 2023. One reason for the increase is that all five games were on ABC, compared to two last year. The Los Angeles Lakers’ 115-113 victory over the Golden State Warriors — a game pitting Olympic teammates LeBron James and Stephen Curry — averaged 7.76 million viewers and peaked with about 8.32 million viewers toward the end of the contest, the league said. Those numbers represent the most-watched NBA regular season game in five years. The NBA said all five Christmas games on its schedule — San Antonio at New York in Victor Wembanyama's holiday debut, Minnesota at Dallas, Philadelphia at Boston, Denver at Phoenix and Lakers-Warriors — saw year-over-year viewership increases. Wednesday's numbers pushed NBA viewership for the season across ESPN platforms to up 4% over last season. The league also saw more than 500 million video views on its social media platforms Wednesday, a new record. For the NBA, those are all good signs amid cries that NBA viewership is hurting. “Ratings are down a bit at beginning of the season. But cable television viewership is down double digits so far this year versus last year," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said earlier this month. “You know, we’re almost at the inflection point where people are watching more programing on streaming than they are on traditional television. And it’s a reason why for our new television deals, which we enter into next year, every game is going to be available on a streaming service.” Part of that new package of television deals that the NBA is entering into next season also increases the number of regular season games broadcast on television from 15 to 75. ___ AP NBA:

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PALO ALTO, Calif. , Dec. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abstract Security announced today that it has partnered with Analytica42 to help organizations easily integrate their data sources with Google SecOps platform for analytics and storage. With the new integration, Abstract Security makes it easier for customers to migrate to Google SecOps through its pipeline management features which eases the burden of data management and routes quality data to the platform. "Analytica42 has built a reputation for delivering exceptional SIEM expertise and data migration services. Partnering with Abstract Security and their advanced pipeline technology is a natural fit. Together, we combine our services with their technology to accelerate and enhance data management and migration solutions for our clients," said Gabriel Martinez , Founder and CEO of Analytica42. 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‘No doubt’: PMI sees PH to make progress in smoke-free technologyPublished 2:39 pm Monday, December 16, 2024 By Leesa Jones One of the wonders of Christmas is the ability to stir up memories of the Christmas past in people’s lives. Most of you reading this column will have some memories about Christmas you can or have passed on to your children, the children in your family, and their generations. And it seems no matter how much technology has changed the way we live, those shared memories still provide a treasure trove of Christmas delight for the listeners. I loved listening to how my parents and my ancestors celebrated Christmas. My grandparents shared stories of how they made simple gifts of freshly picked pecans, walnuts and peanuts, wrapped in burlap bundles to give to neighbors and friends. My grandmother gave me her molasses taffy recipe and told me how she would make taffy to give as gifts. A cake, or a specially made apron, mittens, or garment became cherished gifts too. And she talked about how even though the gifts were very simple, they were given with great care and love to the recipient. Mama talked about how she went to Washington’s first really big official Christmas tree lighting in 1946. This was special to Mama as she had spent a few years living in Philadelphia and had seen the beautiful Christmas tree that was placed in the City Hall location with all the festivity and carolers around it. Now she was so excited to see the festivity around Washington’s big Christmas tree. The tree was placed in the middle of Main Street at the corner of Market Street. The tree was so big it took three nights to get it just right and decorate it. There was a loudspeaker at the base of the tree so Christmas music could be heard for a block or more. Mama said you could hear it all up and down Main Street and even in some of the stores near the corner. On Christmas Eve, Mr. Edmund Harding led a group of people in the singing of Christmas carols. Mama was moved to tears because for that moment in time, (which was during segregation,) people of all skin colors and ages sang together and celebrated the reason for the Christmas season, Jesus Christ the Lord, and the reason He was born. I wish my parents and grandparents could have witnessed the lightening of Washington’s Christmas tree this year at the corner of Main and Gladden Streets. A huge crowd for that moment in time listened to the children sing, embraced one another and enjoyed the goodwill and joy that being together that night brought about. I can only imagine the stories the young people will tell future generations about that night and the festivities that followed. I pray that for all of us, the gift and the joy of the true meaning of Christmas will shine bright in our hearts and lives as we remember Jesus is the reason for the season. He is the greatest gift ever given (John 3:16) and His love through us can be the best gift we can give one another. Merry Christmas.

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The S&P 500 fell less than 0.1% after spending the day wavering between small gains and losses. The tiny loss ended the benchmark index’s three-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1% and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%. Trading volume was lighter than usual as US markets reopened following the Christmas holiday. Semiconductor giant Nvidia, whose enormous valuation gives it an outsize influence on indexes, slipped 0.2%. Meta Platforms fell 0.7%, and Amazon and Netflix each fell 0.9%. Tesla was among the biggest decliners in the S&P 500, finishing 1.8% lower. Some tech companies fared better. Chip company Broadcom rose 2.4%, Micron Technology added 0.6% and Adobe gained 0.5%. Health care stocks were a bright spot. CVS Health rose 1.5% and Walgreens Boots Alliance added 5.3% for the biggest gain among S&P 500 stocks. Several retailers also gained ground. Target rose 3%, Ross Stores added 2.3%, Best Buy rose 2.9% and Dollar Tree gained 3.8%. Traders are watching to see whether retailers have a strong holiday season. The day after Christmas traditionally ranks among the top 10 biggest shopping days of the year, as consumers go online or rush to stores to cash in gift cards and raid bargain bins. US-listed shares in Honda and Nissan rose 4.1% and 16.4% respectively. The Japanese car makers announced earlier this week that the two companies are in talks to combine. All told, the S&P 500 fell 2.45 points to 6,037.59. The Dow added 28.77 points to 43,325.80. The Nasdaq fell 10.77 points to close at 20,020.36. Wall Street also got a labour market update. US applications for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years, the Labour Department reported. Treasury yields mostly fell in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped to 4.58% from 4.59% late on Tuesday. 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One snapped: "Who believes these soul destroyers?" Another said: "The coastal walks are epic, it's fairly diverse class-wise and even in the summer when it's packed, it's still a pleasant place to be (unlike Looe and St Ives which while they are both beautiful places to visit, parking is a total nightmare)." Responding to the wave of confusion, the ILIVEHERE judges said although they'd never visited the town, they suspected its beauty might be surface-level. They said: "We have to admit, we know absolutely nothing about Falmouth. "We googled it, it looks picturesque but we’re sure it’s a façade it trades on, and who are we to question the wisdom of the crowd?" Continuing to rile up their Cornish readers, the judges added that the town had fallen victim to gentrification. They said: "Hell we might even take a trip to this Cornish port and stay in an AirBnB that is now owned by a London landlord that a local family once lived in, to take in what we imagine is a sterile socially cleansed fishing theme park for DFLs." Despite being described as the most depressing town in the UK, the average house price in Falmouth is around £395,00. Meanwhile, detached houses can cost as much as £620,000.LeBron James is going to have to make room for the NFL. Wednesday’s doubleheader on Netflix set records as the most-streamed NFL games in U.S. history, with numbers nearly five times more than the NBA. The Baltimore Ravens’ 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans averaged 24.3 million while Kansas City’s 29-10 win at Pittsburgh averaged 24.1 according to early viewer figures released by Nielsen on Thursday. Nielsen also said there were 65 million U.S. viewers who tuned in for at least one minute of one of the two games. The NBA’s five-game slate averaged about 5.25 million viewers per game across ABC, ESPN and its platforms, according to the league and Nielsen. “I love the NFL,” James said in his televised postgame interview Wednesday night. “But Christmas is our day.” While the NBA’s Christmas lineup has its best viewer numbers in five years, the NFL has made Christmas one of its tentpole events during the regular season, joining Kickoff Weekend and Thanksgiving. “The numbers speak for themselves and LeBron can have his own view, and I’m sure more people will look at that because of this,” said Hans Schroeder, the executive vice president of NFL Media. “But, you know, we’re focused on the NFL and we’re thrilled with the results this year with the Christmas on Netflix and we’re excited to continue to build that over the next couple of years.” RELATED COVERAGE Pat Riley says the Miami Heat will not trade Jimmy Butler Durant and Beal score 27 points each, Suns beat Nuggets 110-100 to close out Christmas slate LeBron James scores 31 in record 19th Christmas Day game as Lakers hold off Curry, Warriors 115-113 Both NFL games surpassed the previous mark of 23 million for last season’s AFC wild-card game between the Miami Dolphins and Chiefs on Peacock. Viewership for Ravens-Texans peaked with the Beyoncé Bowl. The 20-minute halftime performance averaged over 27 million viewers. The viewer figures include the audience on Netflix, mobile viewership on NFL+ and those who tuned in on CBS stations in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Baltimore and Houston. Global ratings and final U.S. numbers are expected to be available on Tuesday. The NFL’s Christmas numbers decreased from last season, but not at the rate that usually happens when something goes from broadcast to streaming. Last year’s three games averaged 28.68 million viewers. The early afternoon contest between the Las Vegas Raiders and Chiefs led the way, averaging 29.48 million on CBS. Once global and Netflix’s first-party data is released, both Christmas games should surpass 30 million. The NBA’s lineup saw an 84% rise over 2023. One reason for the increase is that all five games were on ABC, compared to two last year. The Los Angeles Lakers’ 115-113 victory over the Golden State Warriors — a game pitting Olympic teammates LeBron James and Stephen Curry — averaged 7.76 million viewers and peaked with about 8.32 million viewers toward the end of the contest, the league said. Those numbers represent the most-watched NBA regular season game in five years. The NBA said all five Christmas games on its schedule — San Antonio at New York in Victor Wembanyama’s holiday debut, Minnesota at Dallas, Philadelphia at Boston, Denver at Phoenix and Lakers-Warriors — saw year-over-year viewership increases. Wednesday’s numbers pushed NBA viewership for the season across ESPN platforms to up 4% over last season. The league also saw more than 500 million video views on its social media platforms Wednesday, a new record. For the NBA, those are all good signs amid cries that NBA viewership is hurting. “Ratings are down a bit at beginning of the season. But cable television viewership is down double digits so far this year versus last year,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said earlier this month. “You know, we’re almost at the inflection point where people are watching more programing on streaming than they are on traditional television. And it’s a reason why for our new television deals, which we enter into next year, every game is going to be available on a streaming service.” Part of that new package of television deals that the NBA is entering into next season also increases the number of regular season games broadcast on television from 15 to 75. ___ AP NBA: https://www.apnews.com/hub/NBA(TNS) — One version of how artificial intelligence safety might play out at the highest levels of government was on display on a rainy Wednesday at the Golden Gate Club in San Francisco's Presidio, where officials from the newly established U.S. AI Safety Institute and experts from around the world convened to hammer out common rules and testing regimes for AI programs. The meeting of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes, a 10-nation consortium working on international norms and safety procedures for emerging AI software, was meant to support what could become a trillion-dollar market while at the same time ensuring AI doesn't hurt people. "One of the most important actions we can take to advance AI safety and innovation is close collaboration with our global partners," said the U.S. institute's director, Elizabeth Kelly, flanked by American flags and backdropped by a rain-shrouded Golden Gate Bridge. The event included representatives from Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Japan, Kenya, Singapore, South Korea and the U.K. Weighing over the collaborative approach and the hundreds of assembled participants from government, industry and academia was uncertainty prompted by the arrival of a second Trump administration. As experts talked cooperation, they considered the risk that new U.S. leadership could see America go it alone and follow whatever rules it sees fit for AI. President-elect Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of international accords during his first term, including agreements on climate action and nuclear weapons, and he made it clear during the 2024 campaign that he intends to undo President Joe Biden's executive order on building safe and secure AI. He has also said repeatedly that his priority is to stay ahead of China in AI development. That perspective currently enjoys support on both sides of the aisle. A bipartisan Congressional committee has called for funding advanced AI research to ensure that the U.S. continues to outstrip China's progress. And in prerecorded remarks delivered at the conference, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the U.S. and its allies must work to "ensure the Chinese Communist Party does not write the rules of the road on this critical technology." The unanswered question is whether the new administration might hamper international cooperation, including a planned AI summit in Paris in February. Indiana Republican Sen. Todd Young suggested in prerecorded remarks at the summit that — for now — the U.S. won't take an isolationist approach. "Global collaboration is essential," he said. "The challenges and opportunities (AI) presents can't be tackled by one country alone." Trump adviser Elon Musk, who owns his own AI company, also could persuade the president-to-be to remain engaged with global stakeholders. Musk has repeatedly warned of the potential risk that unchecked AI poses to human life. The keynote address at Wednesday's event was delivered by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, whose department oversees the U.S. AI institute. "We are home to the greatest AI companies in the world," she said. "That means we have an obligation to lead in the work of AI safety." Raimondo warned of the risks of the technology, but also its myriad benefits in medicine and education. "AI in the hands of non-state actors applied to bioterrorism ... gets pretty scary pretty fast," she said. But, "we have a choice; we're the ones developing this technology. Let's not let our ambition blind us and allow us to sleepwalk into our own undoing." The meeting included talks with AI luminaries like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, European Commission AI office director Lucilla Sioli, and former California Supreme Court Justice and Gov. Gavin Newsom AI adviser Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, among others. Amodei raised an alarm about the potential for autocratic governments to use AI to build massive misinformation campaigns, and the threat posed by increasingly autonomous AI programs that companies like his are building. The U.S. institute recently announced it had worked with Amodei's company, as well as OpenAI, to test its latest AI models before release for risks such as the willingness of the software to help supercharge a cyber attack. "We absolutely have to make testing mandatory," Amodei conceded. "But we have to be really careful about how we do it." During her own remarks, Raimondo said that "if you can't certify that an AI system is safe, it shouldn't be released." Raimondo also stressed that the U.S. AI Safety Institute, is "not a regulator," but more akin to a government science lab. "We also don't want to be in the business of stifling innovation," she said. Newsom vetoed a California bill earlier this year aimed at requiring some testing for the largest AI programs. To guard against potential harms such as AI-powered cyber attacks, the U.S. AI agency said ahead of the event that it plans to convene the departments of defense, energy, and others to study how AI programs can be safety tested in areas such as cybersecurity and for military uses. The international consortium also issued a joint statement of purpose on Wednesday promising to "facilitate a common technical understanding of AI safety risks and mitigations," and unveiled testing results from big AI programs like Meta's Llama 3 on its general academic knowledge, certain types of hallucinations and linguistic capabilities. Governments from the U.S., South Korea, Australia and a host of nonprofits announced $11 million in funding aimed at curbing AI being used to commit fraud, impersonate people and contribute to child sexual abuse material. France's first-ever AI minister, Clara Chappaz, in San Francisco for the conference, furthered the theme of global cooperation in a briefing on Thursday. The scheduled February meeting in Paris, she said, will include heads of state and will "not only focus on safety, but see safety as a tool to build confidence in this technology so that people can adopt" AI more readily. Asked about the possibility of the U.S. pulling out of the Paris summit, Chappaz said, "we truly believe that everyone needs to be around the table, and so everyone will be invited." ©

BUFFALO — The year started with a bang. In January, Gov. Kathy Hochul named UB the home of Empire AI, a new $400 million supercomputing center that will provide UB and partners with breathtakingly powerful resources to harness artificial intelligence for the betterment of society. An avalanche of advancements – all pointing towards UB’s leadership in AI, in New York State and nationwide – followed the governor’s announcement. With interest in AI surging globally, these advancements showcase and build upon UB’s impressive half-century of expertise in AI research and education. They also hint at a brighter future, where AI’s uncanny abilities merge with human ingenuity to tackle society’s greatest challenges. “Traditionally, colleges and universities are at the epicenter of life-changing research and ideas,” said Venu Govindaraju, vice president for research and economic development. “The University at Buffalo is pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence and data science in fields that are critical to the state’s and nation’s future.” As 2024 comes to a close, here’s a look back at what has been a year of AI at UB. January UB researchers have been laying the groundwork for today’s boom in artificial intelligence for decades. This includes pioneering work creating the world’s first autonomous handwriting recognition system, which the U.S. Postal Service and Royal Mail adopted to save billions of dollars. Those innovations explain, in part, why Gov. Kathy Hochul chose UB to be the home of Empire AI, a consortium of public and private universities, and foundations, that will harness AI for the public good while driving economic development. “We want to make sure New York State is the capital of AI development ... but I need a home for this supercomputer that’ll power the innovation all over our state. And I’m proud to announce that the home will be right here at [UB],” Hochul said Jan. 26 at the Center for the Arts. Earlier in the month, during her State of the State address in Albany, the governor spotlighted UB student Holliday Sims for her work using AI to improve the child welfare system. February UB was chosen to join the federal government’s first-ever consortium dedicated to ensuring that AI systems are safe and trustworthy. Announced Feb. 8, the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) includes government agencies and top research universities, as well as Microsoft, Apple, Google, OpenAI and other tech companies. AISIC will create standards for AI usage that protect Americans’ privacy; advance equity and civil rights; and promote innovation and competition. Weeks later, UB was among 28 new members to join AI Alliance, an international coalition led by IBM and Meta that is dedicated to promoting open, safe and responsible AI. March On a beautiful spring day, engineering professor Chase Murray and students took to the skies at UB’s Structure for Outdoor Autonomy Research, one of the largest outdoor drone-testing labs among the nation’s colleges and universities. Murray uses AI and other technologies to optimize how autonomous vehicles work together – research that has implications in logistics, search-and-rescue, surveillance and more. Elsewhere, researchers in UB’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science kept tabs on their AI system that aims to improve indoor farming and address food insecurity. And another research group began using AI to make algae fuel production more cost-effective. The projects illustrate UB’s commitment to sustainability and social justice. April April brought Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation, to campus. The occasion? “Today, we’re here to celebrate something truly amazing: the opening of the new, $20 million, federally funded National AI Institute for Exceptional Education, and it’s going to be housed right here at UB,” said Schumer. Funded by the NSF and Department of Education, the institute will create AI systems that ensure children with speech and language disorders receive timely, effective assistance. The work, which addresses the nationwide shortage of speech-language pathologists, will help ensure that millions of children do not fall behind in their academic and socio-emotional development. May On May 31, UB hosted thought leaders from IBM, M&T Bank, Moog and other institutions for its ongoing chat series on AI and society. “Don’t be an AI user, be an AI value creator,” Dario Gil, IBM senior vice president and director of research, told attendees at the Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. The event included presentations from UB researchers using AI to make advancements in medicine, medical devices, climate change, materials science, pharmaceutical science and other fields. June An electricity grid that uses AI to identify and fix problems before they cause widespread power outages? It could become reality sooner than you think due to research published June 4 and co-led by Souma Chowdhury, who studies how to apply AI to complex systems. He is among more than 200 researchers at UB using AI to address societal challenges. Also in June, more than 300 scholars from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, one of the world’s most recognized scientific organizations dedicated to advancing AI research, gathered at UB for a multiday conference. The scholars represented more than a dozen fields – including machine learning, psychology, political science, the humanities and more. July On July 17, SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. and state lawmakers visited UB for a roundtable discussion on AI. The attendees learned about UB researchers using AI to identify “forever chemicals,” as well as spinoff companies working on technology to improve treatment for strokes and aneurysms. “We are pioneering AI discoveries that will drive progress in research and economic development, demonstrating UB’s commitment to leveraging technology for societal benefit,” Govindaraju said. August The start of the new semester brought record enrollment to UB’s Master of Science program focusing on AI. Launched in 2020 with five students, the number swelled to 73 students this fall, with an additional 50 expected next semester. The program’s growth “shows that we’re providing students with in-demand skills that they can use for the betterment of society,” said Kemper E. Lewis, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Graduates have taken jobs at Amazon Web Services, NVIDIA, Visa and other companies. September UB was awarded $10 million from the U.S. Department of Education to establish the Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI. The center will create AI tools to ensure culturally and linguistically diverse learners in grades K-2, including those in Western New York, receive transformative early literacy instruction. “We believe that, with the right support, all students — regardless of their backgrounds — can succeed in literacy,” says project leader X. Christine Wang, a professor of learning and instruction in the Graduate School of Education. Later in the month, Rep. Tim Kennedy announced UB would receive $475,000 to equip its wind tunnel with equipment that allows it to leverage the power of AI, among other technologies. UB uses the facility to study and improve the nation’s response to hurricanes, wildfires and other extreme weather. October On Oct. 11, roughly nine months after it was announced, Empire AI went live. Gov. Kathy Hochul flipped the switch on a stack of powerful new computer servers at Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. The servers represent a fraction of the eventual power of Empire AI, which will be located at a new building on North Campus. On the same day, UB President Satish K. Tripathi delivered his annual State of the University address. “While today, only the private sector has the computing power needed to seriously advance AI research, Empire AI will put New York State at the epicenter of artificial intelligence innovation. This game-changing initiative will enable us to tap the full power of AI to solve complex issues facing our state, nation and world.” November From fake celebrity endorsements to manipulated videos of politicians, the 2024 election was rife with misleading information. Debunking much of this content was the DeepFake-o-Meter, a publicly available tool used by journalists, law enforcement and others. The tool was created by UB computer scientist Siwei Lyu and students. With AI being added to medical devices, the Food and Drug Administration wants to ensure these products meet public health standards. The agency called upon experts, including UB’s Peter Elkin, for insight at a public meeting. Elkin, professor and chair of the Department of Bioinformatics, said the FDA should allow these devices to learn and therefore improve. “AI-enabled devices are no longer just tools; now they are partners in care,” he said. Back on campus, UB hosted the latest in a series of “AI at UB” forums on Nov. 21. Organizers updated faculty and staff on how UB is implementing AI in its classrooms and labs. Presenters also discussed how AI can be a tool to foster collaboration and enhance learning outcomes. December In early December, UB officials detailed plans to create a new academic department focused on AI and its impact on society. The department aligns with the mission of UB and SUNY, both of which are committed to responsibly harnessing the power of AI for social good. Around the same time, UB computer scientist Nalini Ratha published a series of research papers focused on machine learning and encrypted data. One of the papers suggests a new technique for safeguarding personal medical data as it travels from third-party cloud service providers back to patients and their doctors. 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Ghana’s Political Victories: The Unseen Cost of Partisan RetributionPatrick Fishburn leads at Sea Island as Joel Dahmen keeps alive hopes of keeping his jobFuturology A new study has unveiled a discovery beneath the Earth's surface: a vast reservoir of hydrogen that could potentially reshape the global energy landscape. Scientists estimate that approximately 6.2 trillion tons of hydrogen lie hidden in rocks and underground reservoirs, a quantity that dwarfs known oil reserves by a factor of 261. The research, led by Geoffrey Ellis, a petroleum geochemist at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), has been published in the journal Science Advances. It suggests that tapping into just a fraction of this hydrogen could have far-reaching implications for the world's energy future. "Just 2% of the hydrogen stocks found in the study, equivalent to 124 billion tons of gas, would supply all the hydrogen we need to get to net-zero [carbon] for a couple hundred years," Ellis told LiveScience. This amount of hydrogen contains roughly twice the energy stored in all known natural gas reserves on Earth. Hydrogen, a clean energy carrier, has diverse applications, ranging from fueling vehicles to powering industrial processes and generating electricity. As global efforts to combat climate change intensify, hydrogen is projected to play an increasingly significant role, potentially accounting for up to 30% of future energy supply in some sectors. The study's findings challenge long-held beliefs about hydrogen's behavior underground. "The paradigm throughout my entire career was that hydrogen's out there, it occurs, but it's a very small molecule, so it easily escapes through small pores and cracks and rocks," Ellis said. However, recent discoveries of substantial hydrogen caches in West Africa and an Albanian chromium mine have shifted this perspective. To estimate the global hydrogen reserves, Ellis and his colleague Sarah Gelman developed a model accounting for various factors, including hydrogen production rates underground, the amount likely trapped in reservoirs, and losses through processes such as atmospheric leakage. The model revealed a wide range of possible hydrogen quantities, from 1 billion to 10 trillion tons, with 6.2 trillion tons being the most probable estimate. While these figures are promising, Ellis cautions that much of this hydrogen may be inaccessible due to depth or offshore locations. Additionally, some reserves might be too small for economically viable extraction. Nevertheless, the sheer scale of the estimated reserves suggests that even with these limitations, there could be ample hydrogen available for exploitation. One of the key advantages of natural hydrogen over synthetically produced "green" or "blue" hydrogen is its ready availability. "We don't have to worry about storage, which is something that with the blue hydrogen or green hydrogen you do," Ellis said. "You want to make it when electricity is cheap and then you have to store it somewhere. With natural hydrogen, you could just open a valve and close it whenever you needed it." However, the exact locations of these hydrogen reserves remain unknown, presenting the next challenge for researchers. Ellis and his team are working on narrowing down the geological criteria necessary for underground hydrogen accumulation, with results for the U.S. expected early next year. While the potential of this discovery is enormous, some experts urge caution. Professor Bill McGuire from University College London told the BBC that extracting hydrogen on a scale large enough to impact emissions significantly would require "an enormous global initiative for which we simply don't have time." He also emphasized the need for extensive supporting infrastructure. McGuire questioned whether exploiting another finite resource is necessary, given the availability of renewable energy sources like wind and solar.

BEIJING , Dec. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WiMi) ("WiMi" or the "Company"), a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider, today announced the development of a Quantum Technology-Based Random Access Memory Architecture, known as QRAM. This architecture successfully implements fundamental logical operations such as AND, OR, NOT, and NOR gates in quantum logic gates by combining key basic operations in quantum computing, such as the CNOT gate, V gate, and V+ gate. Quantum Random Access Memory (QRAM) is a memory architecture specifically designed for quantum computing environments, with the core goal of enabling efficient reading and writing of information while maintaining the state of the quantum system. The design of QRAM is not only intended to leverage the parallel processing capabilities of quantum computing but also to utilize quantum properties such as superposition and entanglement to significantly enhance computational efficiency. In WiMi's QRAM architecture, the quantum CNOT gate, V gate, and V+ gate serve as the fundamental operation units. Each quantum operation is equivalent to certain logical operations in classical computing, but simultaneously leverages the properties of quantum states to achieve efficient computation. CNOT Gate (Controlled-NOT Gate): The CNOT gate is a crucial operation in quantum computing, used to control the relationship between two quantum bits (qubits). In classical computing, this is similar to the function of an XOR gate, but in the quantum environment, it allows qubits to exist in a superposition of states, enabling the simultaneous processing of multiple states. V Gate and V+ Gate: The V gate and V+ gate are quantum gates used to implement more complex logic. The operations of these two gates are similar to the AND and OR gates in classical computing. However, their advantage lies in the ability to process multiple potential outcomes in the quantum system simultaneously, without the need to evaluate each possibility separately. By combining these fundamental quantum gates, basic operations in quantum logic such as AND, OR, NOT, and NOR can be successfully implemented. This provides the necessary support for designing complex quantum circuits, while being more flexible and efficient compared to classical logic gates. One of the major advantages of the QRAM architecture is its full utilization of the properties of quantum superposition and quantum entanglement. In classical computing, memory read and write operations are linear and must be performed sequentially. However, in quantum computing, because qubits can exist in multiple states (superposition), parallel read and write operations can be performed simultaneously. This ability significantly enhances computational efficiency, especially when handling large-scale datasets or complex computational tasks. Additionally, quantum entanglement enables the correlation between multiple qubits without the need for direct communication, further improving the speed of data transfer and computation. Memory operations with entangled qubits are much faster and more efficient than traditional memory operations, opening up new possibilities for parallel computing. In WiMi's QRAM architecture, the entire design logic includes several key steps and technical nodes, such as quantum state-based random access, the introduction of quantum error correction mechanisms, and seamless integration with quantum computers. The core feature of QRAM is its ability to perform random access within a quantum system. Traditional computer RAM achieves reading and writing to memory units through address buses, data buses, and other components, whereas QRAM accomplishes this process through the states of quantum bits (qubits). By utilizing quantum superposition, multiple addresses can be accessed simultaneously in a single operation. This means that in a QRAM system, data can be accessed in parallel across multiple addresses, greatly improving the efficiency of data operations. To achieve this, WiMi has designed a system based on CNOT gates, V gates, and V+ gates. These quantum gates allow flexible control over memory access processes while maintaining the quantum state of the system and ensuring the efficient transmission of qubits in an entangled state. Through this system, QRAM not only enables high-speed data reading and writing, but also ensures the reliability and accuracy of information processing. Furthermore, error correction is crucial in any quantum computing system. Due to the fragile nature of qubit states, even small external disturbances can cause computational errors. Therefore, WiMi's QRAM architecture incorporates a quantum error correction mechanism to ensure that the qubit states are accurately preserved and transmitted during data reading and writing. This includes an error correction method based on quantum entanglement, where redundant entangled qubits are introduced to detect and correct potential errors. This method not only effectively reduces the impact of external noise on the system but also ensures the stability of data during multiple read operations. WiMi's QRAM design is intended to seamlessly integrate with quantum computers. Since quantum computing operations depend on the superposition and entanglement states of qubits, the QRAM system demonstrates high compatibility when interfacing with a quantum processing unit (QPU). The design ensures smooth transmission of qubits between memory and processor during data access, thereby significantly improving computational efficiency. By utilizing the V gate, V+ gate, and CNOT gate, WiMi's QRAM system can quickly execute quantum logic operations and, when handling complex computational tasks, can read and write data at near-real-time speeds. This makes QRAM a key component in large-scale quantum computing applications. The successful development of QRAM technology has had a revolutionary impact across multiple fields. As a critical component of quantum computers, QRAM will significantly enhance the overall performance of quantum computing systems. Its efficient parallel data access capabilities make it especially well-suited for handling large-scale computational tasks such as molecular simulations, climate modeling, and complex optimization problems. By significantly reducing computation time, QRAM will play an indispensable role in the future of high-performance quantum computing. Another important application of QRAM is in quantum communication and quantum encryption. By leveraging quantum entanglement, QRAM can enable high-speed data transmission while ensuring data security. The non-locality of quantum entanglement guarantees that data cannot be intercepted during transmission, providing a solid foundation for future quantum encryption technologies. With the development of quantum computing, the field of quantum machine learning has also gradually emerged. QRAM's efficient data access capabilities make it highly suitable for handling large-scale datasets, enabling model training to be completed in a shorter time. This will significantly advance the development of quantum artificial intelligence, allowing complex machine learning tasks to be solved quickly on quantum computers. As quantum technology continues to evolve, QRAM, as a core technology, will provide crucial support for the future of quantum computing. WiMi is committed to continuing the development of QRAM technology, continually optimizing its performance, reducing implementation costs, and expanding its applications across various industries. The successful development of QRAM technology marks an important step in the advancement of quantum computing. As quantum computers progress and quantum technologies mature, QRAM will become an indispensable core component of quantum computing systems. With the ongoing optimization and promotion of this technology, QRAM is expected to bring disruptive innovations across multiple fields and lay a solid foundation for the arrival of the quantum era. About WiMi Hologram Cloud WiMi Hologram Cloud, Inc. (NASDAQ:WiMi) is a holographic cloud comprehensive technical solution provider that focuses on professional areas including holographic AR automotive HUD software, 3D holographic pulse LiDAR, head-mounted light field holographic equipment, holographic semiconductor, holographic cloud software, holographic car navigation and others. Its services and holographic AR technologies include holographic AR automotive application, 3D holographic pulse LiDAR technology, holographic vision semiconductor technology, holographic software development, holographic AR advertising technology, holographic AR entertainment technology, holographic ARSDK payment, interactive holographic communication and other holographic AR technologies. Safe Harbor Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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Several factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward−looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company's goals and strategies; the Company's future business development, financial condition, and results of operations; the expected growth of the AR holographic industry; and the Company's expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of its products and services. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F and the current report on Form 6-K and other documents filed with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement except as required under applicable laws. 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Mumbai: Former Indian Prime Minister and veteran Congress leader Dr. Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92 in Delhi's AIIMS on Thursday. Manmohan Singh was admitted to AIIMS today at around 8 PM after he fell unconscious at his home due to age-related related medical conditions. The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi expressed grief over the demise of the veteran Congress leader. Rahul Gandhi took to his official social media account and said, "Manmohan Singh Ji led India with immense wisdom and integrity. His humility and deep understanding of economics inspired the nation." He further said, "My heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Kaur and the family. I have lost a mentor and guide. Millions of us who admired him will remember him with the utmost pride." Let us know! 👂 What type of content would you like to see from us this year? AIIMS issued a press release on the death of Dr. Manmohan Singh and said, "With profound grief, we inform the demise of the former Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, aged 92. He was being treated for age-related medical conditions and had a sudden loss of consciousness at home on 26 December 2024. Resuscitative measures were started immediately at home. He was brought to the Medical Emergency at AIIMS, New Delhi at 8:06 PM. Despite all efforts, he could not be revived and was declared dead at 9:51 PM. Kimalade: AIIMS, New Delhi." Let us know! 👂 What type of content would you like to see from us this year? As per reports from ANI, a seven-day mourning has been announced in Karnataka after the demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. A government holiday has been declared tomorrow December 27, said Karnataka CMO. Let us know! 👂 What type of content would you like to see from us this year? Let us know! 👂 What type of content would you like to see from us this year? ANI also reported that all Government programs scheduled tomorrow are to be cancelled and National mourning of 7 days to be declared. Cabinet is to meet tomorrow at 11 am. Dr Manmohan Singh’s last rites to be conducted with full state honours, said GoI sources.Fox News correspondent Brooke Taylor joins 'Special Report with Bret Baier' to discuss authorities continuing to find abandoned migrant children and incoming border czar Tom Homan's plans to stop the border crisis. Tom Homan, President-elect Trump's "border czar," floated the idea of putting the children of illegal immigrants in halfway homes as part of the incoming administration's mass deportation plan. "As far as U.S. children — children, that’s going to be a difficult situation, because we’re not going to detain your U.S. citizen children, which means, you know, they’re going to be put in a halfway house," Homan told NewsNation on Thursday, The Hill reported . CALIFORNIA GOV. NEWSOM'S TEAM CONSIDERING WAYS TO HELP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AHEAD OF SECOND TRUMP ADMIN: REPORT Incoming Trump 'border czar' Tom Homan speaks with Fox News. (Fox News) "They can — or they can stay at home and wait for the officers to get the travel arrangements and come back to get the family," he added. As part of his plan to address the border crisis, Trump has said he plans to deport large numbers of illegal immigrants. One of the administration's priorities will be to find the hundreds of thousands of migrant children unaccounted for in the United States. MIGRANT CRIME WAVE DURING BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN UNDER SCRUTINY AMID SERIES OF ASSAULTS, MURDERS: A TIMELINE "We're going to ask the American people to take notice: see something, say something and contact us," Holman told Kellyanne Conway on "Hannity." "If one phone call out of a thousand saves a child from sex trafficking or forced labor, then that's one life saved." Homan acknowledged it would be a "daunting task," but "we're going to give it everything we've got." During his interview with NewsNation, Homan said giving birth to children born in the U.S. won't spare illegal immigrants from being deported. "Having a U.S. citizen child does not make you immune to our laws, and that’s not the message we want to send to the whole world, that you can have a child and you’re immune to the laws of this country," Homan said. Migrants line up outside a migrant re-ticketing center at St. Brigid School on E. 7th St. Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Manhattan, New York City. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In addition to mass deportations, Trump has threatened to go after birthright citizenship, which automatically grants American citizenship to those born in the country.

The illegal alien charged with burning a woman alive on a New York City subway says he “doesn’t know what happened” while suggesting he may have been drunk at the time of the fatal attack, according to prosecutors. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a 33-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested last week and charged with first- and second-degree murder after having been captured on subway surveillance footage allegedly setting a woman on fire on the F train’s Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island stop. The woman, who died as a result of the fire, has yet to be identified by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) because her burns were so severe. According to prosecutors, Zapeta-Calil told police he “drinks a lot of liquor” and “doesn’t know what happened” at the time of the fatal attack. Zapeta-Calil had reportedly been living in a Brooklyn homeless shelter frequented by men with substance abuse issues. Prosecutors said that while the woman was on fire, seemingly standing in a state of paralysis, Zapeta-Calil watched her burn alive and even, at one point, got up to fan the flames. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have confirmed that Zapeta-Calil is an illegal alien who is among millions of so-called “got-aways” living in the United States after having successfully crossed the southern border without being detected. According to ICE officials, Zapeta-Calil first crossed the border on June 1, 2018, near Sonoita, Arizona. He was given an order of expedited removal and deported to his native Guatemala six days after crossing. Subsequently, on an unknown date at an unknown location, Zapeta-Calil crossed the border without being detected by Border Patrol agents and ultimately made his way to New York City, which has a strict sanctuary jurisdiction policy that vows not to cooperate with ICE agents. Zapeta-Calil is being held without bail. His next court appearance is Friday. John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here .

If you want to sit around griping about the state of the world, don’t do it at a meeting of the St. Paul Optimist Club. They don’t call themselves “optimists” for nothing. The club members are “people who want to share the attitude of optimism,” said Margie Bodas, a member and one of the club’s many past presidents. “You need optimism or nothing will get done. If you don’t have optimism, you kind of just stagnate.” The Optimist Club of St. Paul , one of nearly two dozen chapters in Minnesota of Optimist International , definitely has not stagnated. One of the state’s oldest local groups, it celebrates its 100th anniversary this month. At a gala the club held a few weeks ago, a couple of dozen past presidents attended. The club has had a different president every year throughout that century, Bodas said, with the exception of a year during COVID-19. Also attending were young people who’ve received scholarships from the club, one of its most important projects. But underlying their array of community volunteering projects, the Optimists emphasize the importance of maintaining a positive outlook. It’s even written into the club’s official creed, which asks members to commit to a list of upbeat promises, such as “Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true,” and “Wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.” The strong emphasis on optimism subtly distinguishes the Optimists from other community service organizations, said Diane Koch, another member. Not that members of other groups are pessimistic, but if the Lions are known for recycling eyeglasses and Rotary places more focus on local economic growth, the Optimists are all about being hopeful for the future. “Optimism isn’t necessarily that you’re walking around giddy and smiling,” said Koch, who sometimes plucks a tenet from the creed to put at the end of an email. “It’s an attitude that ‘This too will pass. We’ll get through it.’” And the Optimist Club should know, having made it through the Great Depression and Dust Bowl era in the 1930s, World War II the following decade, the arms race in the decades after that, and assorted assassinations, protests and economic ups and downs over the years. Most current members don’t remember the early decades. But they may find it comforting to remember that the nation has faced challenges at least as potentially worrisome as conflicts going on today. In fact, it’s the club’s ability to rise above such conflicts that Bodas likes most about being a member. Unlike in many social situations, she gets an opportunity to meet people whose politics may differ, and engage in a shared passion for helping youth. For instance, club members get together monthly to cook a meal for members of the Jeremiah Program, an organization that supports single mothers and their children. “If you start with your differences you’re not going to get far,” Bodas said. Club members don’t spend much time debating differences of opinion, “but they’re there and we all know who thinks what,” she said. “And we still find things that we share together that are important to us. Neither of us is going to be able to change the other person. We are able to talk about it and still get together and do stuff. I just think that’s something pretty special these days.” Optimist Club members tend to skew middle-aged or older, most ranging from 40 to 80 but with a few members in their 20s and 30s (daytime meetings can be a hurdle for people with jobs and kids at home). There’s some ethnic diversity, Bodas said. Socioeconomically, most members are in the middle-class-and-up brackets. Beyond that, though, they include “real-estate people, morticians, construction people,” said Karl Olson of Minneapolis, who has been in the club for 48 years. (There was a Minneapolis group previously, but it’s no longer operating.) “My insurance agent was in the original chartered club and said ‘Karl, you’d be a real good person to be in Optimist Club,” said the 81-year-old Olson, who retired from 3M in 2004 and became a wine representative. “So I went to a meeting. ... It was the best decision I ever made,” Olson said. “I wanted to work with children.” Through the club, Olson volunteered in a program at a St. Paul high school for students who’d been missing class, and a different project involving kids in recovery. “We’d go there once a month and have pizza with these kids. We were role models, we’d play board games, play cards, once in a while go cross-country skiing or take them on hay ride,” he said. For 30 years the St. Paul Optimists have operated a Youth Appreciation program that this year provided $3,000 post-high-school scholarships for 15 students who’d overcome some substantial challenge and have plans for continuing their education. “A lot of these kids are immigrants, the first in their family” to pursue education past high school. “It could be culinary school, it could be a trade school, it could be Macalester College, could be anything,” Olson said. Many volunteer projects struggle to find participants who can make a long-term commitment; people’s schedules are busy and many would prefer a one off. One advantage of the Optimist Club is that it lets members pitch in on volunteer opportunities as their schedules permit, without requiring long-term commitments by individuals. “Let’s say you want to do bell-ringing for Salvation Army; that’s a four-hour commitment,” Olson said. “We meet with the Jeremiah Program every month. You can go whenever your schedule’s free. ‘You always have enough people that you don’t have to say, ‘Yeah I’m going to do that for the next year.’” And members do sincerely want to find ways to help their communities. That’s what has kept the club going for its first 100 years, Bodas said. “There’s just such a similarity in belief that you can do something,” she said. “There are just so many shared values that keep us together.”

No. 2 Auburn arrives for prove-it game at No. 9 DukeFRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys are shutting down CeeDee Lamb with two games remaining after their 2023 All-Pro receiver spent the second half of the season dealing with a sprained right shoulder. The team said Thursday that additional exams revealed enough damage to keep Lamb off the field Sunday at Philadelphia and in the final game at home against Washington. The team said surgery was not expected to be required. Dallas was eliminated from playoff contention a few hours before last weekend’s 26-24 victory over Tampa Bay. The decision on Lamb means the Cowboys will finish the regular season with at least five former Pro Bowlers on injured reserve. Among the others are quarterback Dak Prescott, who was limited to eight games before a season-ending hamstring tear, and right guard Zack Martin. The seven-time All-Pro made it through 10 games before deciding on season-ending ankle surgery. Lamb initially injured his right shoulder when it hit the turf hard twice in a 27-21 loss at Atlanta on Nov. 3. He kept playing and had at least 100 yards in each of his last two games — both victories — before getting shut down. The 25-year-old Lamb sat out the entire offseason and preseason in a contract dispute. The holdout finally ended with a $136 million, four-year extension in late August, but neither the Cowboys nor their star receiver could get that production going again this season. Dallas (7-8) is missing the playoffs for the first time since 2020, Lamb’s rookie year. Lamb finishes the season with 101 catches for 1,194 yards and six TDs. Wednesday’s doubleheader on Netflix set records as the most-streamed NFL games in U.S. history, with numbers nearly five times more than the NBA. The Baltimore Ravens’ 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans averaged 24.3 million while Kansas City’s 29-10 win at Pittsburgh averaged 24.1 according to early viewer figures released by Nielsen on Thursday. Nielsen also said there were 65 million U.S. viewers who tuned in for at least one minute of one of the two games. Both NFL games surpassed the previous mark of 23 million for last season’s AFC wild-card game between the Miami Dolphins and Chiefs on Peacock. The viewer figures include the audience on Netflix, mobile viewership on NFL+ and those who tuned in on CBS stations in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Baltimore and Houston. The Seattle Seahawks placed running back Kenneth Walker III on injured reserve before their game against the Chicago Bears on Thursday because of an ankle injury. Walker hurt his ankle in last week’s loss to Minnesota and left that game after sitting out the previous two because of a calf problem. He also missed two weeks in September with an oblique issue. Walker ran for 573 yards and seven touchdowns on 153 carries. The Detroit Lions are bringing back Teddy Bridgewater to give the team a veteran backup quarterback for their playoff run. Coach Dan Campbell said Thursday that the team signed Bridgewater as another backup with second-year player Hendon Hooker behind starter Jared Goff. The Lions have clinched a playoff spot and can earn the top seed in the NFC with two more wins. Bridgewater, who was the backup in Detroit for the 2023 season, spent the fall coaching at his high school alma mater, leading Miami Northwestern High to the Florida Class 3A state title. Hooker has played in three games this season, completing 6 of 9 passes for 62 yards. San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan expressed confidence in second-year kicker Jake Moody on Thursday, attributing some of the struggles to a high ankle sprain he suffered in his kicking leg earlier in the season. Moody, a third-round draft pick in 2023, missed his sixth field goal in the past seven games last week, leading to questions about whether the 49ers will need to replace him or at least bring in competition for next season. “I still feel the same about him, that I believe he is going to be our guy,” Shanahan said. Cornerback Riley Moss is “good to go” for the Denver Broncos’ crucial game at Cincinnati on Saturday. “He’s doing good,” coach Sean Payton said Thursday. “He’ll be ready to go.” The Broncos (9-6), who would end their eight-year playoff drought with a win or a tie against the Bengals (7-8), have sorely missed the second-year pro from Iowa since he sprained an MCL against Las Vegas in Week 12. The Broncos allowed 26.3 points per game during his absence. With Moss in the lineup opposite superstar Patrick Surtain II, Denver gave up just 16.8 points per game. The Chargers could get their leading rusher back Saturday against New England as running back J.K. Dobbins was a full participant in practice Thursday. The running back missed four games while on injured reserve because of a knee injury and is listed as questionable. He would give the Chargers a much-needed boost just as fellow running back Gus Edwards (ankle) was ruled out for the game. BRIEFLY JETS: Receiver Davante Adams sat out practice Thursday with a hip ailment that makes his status for the game Sunday at Buffalo uncertain. EAGLES: Dealing with injuries to both quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Kenny Pickett, Philadelphia signed Ian Book to its practice squad. It’s unclear if he’ll be elevated to the active roster for Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. VIKINGS: Minnesota’s defense appears set to return three players — safety Harrison Smith (foot), linebacker Ivan Pace Jr.(hamstring), and defensive tackle Jalen Redmond (concussion) — for Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers after all three practiced fully Thursday. Pace, who has missed the past four games, appears in line to be activated from injured reserve. Get local news delivered to your inbox!

By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Reporter MORE SHORT-TERM foreign investments flowed into the Philippines in November, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Transactions on foreign investments registered with the central bank through authorized banks posted a net inflow of $96.59 million, a turnaround from the $529.68-million outflow in October. However, the net inflows fell by 85.6% from the $671.77-million inflow posted a year ago. These foreign portfolio investments are also called “hot money” due to the ease by which these funds enter and leave the economy. BSP data showed gross inflows jumped by 18.2% to $1.86 billion in November from $1.57 billion in the same month a year ago. During the month, investment inflows came mostly from the United Kingdom, Singapore, the United States, Luxembourg and Norway. These economies accounted for 90% of foreign portfolio investment inflows. The bulk (71.4%) of these investments went into peso government securities while the rest (28.6%) went to Philippine Stock Exchange-listed securities of banks; holding firms; property; transportation services; and food, beverage and tobacco. Meanwhile, gross outflows of hot money nearly doubled to $1.76 billion in November from $903.1 million a year earlier. “The US remains to be the top destination of outflows, receiving $914.2 million (or 51.8%) of total outward remittances,” the central bank said. In the January-to-November period, BSP-registered foreign investments yielded a net inflow of $2.59 billion, a turnaround from the $43.66-million net outflow in the same period a year prior. Gross net inflows stood at $16.88 billion, while net outflows amounted to $14.29 billion in the 11-month period. “The data improved month on month after tensions eased between Iran and Israel after Iran’s second missile attack on Israel this year on Oct. 1, but there was no retaliation from Israel so far,” Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. Chief Economist Michael L. Ricafort said. However, he noted that various political events weighed on markets during the month. “The Trump factor was still the major catalyst for the local and global markets in November, after Trump won the US presidential elections on Nov. 5,” Mr. Ricafort said. “Possible higher US import tariffs and trade war could slow down global trade and global economic growth, similar to the first Trump administration.” Markets have been pricing in the impact of Mr. Trump’s proposed policies on the Philippines, which heavily relies on the United States for business and economic activity. His proposals include a hike in import tariffs on Asian economies, as well as stricter immigration measures. The US President-elect is set to take of f ice on Jan. 20. “Political noises locally since late October 2024 also partly weighed on market sentiment.” Mr. Ricafort added. For the coming months, this could be offset by possible rate cuts from the BSP and the US Federal Reserve. The BSP has delivered a total of 75 basis points (bps) worth of rate cuts this year, bringing the benchmark to 5.75%. BSP Governor Eli M. Remolona, Jr. has signaled further easing but noted that delivering 100 bps worth of rate cuts in 2025 might be “too much.” The central bank will likely keep reducing rates in “baby steps” as it is still carefully monitoring upside risks to inflation, the BSP chief added. Mr. Ricafort also noted the recent upgrade in the country’s credit rating outlook. In late November, S&P Global Ratings af f irmed the Philippines’ investment grade rating on Tuesday and raised its outlook to “positive” from “stable,” reflecting the economy’s strong growth potential. The BSP expects foreign portfolio investments to yield a net inflow of $4.2 billion this year.BEIJING , Dec. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WiMi) ("WiMi" or the "Company"), a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider, today announced the development of a Quantum Technology-Based Random Access Memory Architecture, known as QRAM. This architecture successfully implements fundamental logical operations such as AND, OR, NOT, and NOR gates in quantum logic gates by combining key basic operations in quantum computing, such as the CNOT gate, V gate, and V+ gate. Quantum Random Access Memory (QRAM) is a memory architecture specifically designed for quantum computing environments, with the core goal of enabling efficient reading and writing of information while maintaining the state of the quantum system. The design of QRAM is not only intended to leverage the parallel processing capabilities of quantum computing but also to utilize quantum properties such as superposition and entanglement to significantly enhance computational efficiency. In WiMi's QRAM architecture, the quantum CNOT gate, V gate, and V+ gate serve as the fundamental operation units. Each quantum operation is equivalent to certain logical operations in classical computing, but simultaneously leverages the properties of quantum states to achieve efficient computation. CNOT Gate (Controlled-NOT Gate): The CNOT gate is a crucial operation in quantum computing, used to control the relationship between two quantum bits (qubits). In classical computing, this is similar to the function of an XOR gate, but in the quantum environment, it allows qubits to exist in a superposition of states, enabling the simultaneous processing of multiple states. V Gate and V+ Gate: The V gate and V+ gate are quantum gates used to implement more complex logic. The operations of these two gates are similar to the AND and OR gates in classical computing. However, their advantage lies in the ability to process multiple potential outcomes in the quantum system simultaneously, without the need to evaluate each possibility separately. By combining these fundamental quantum gates, basic operations in quantum logic such as AND, OR, NOT, and NOR can be successfully implemented. This provides the necessary support for designing complex quantum circuits, while being more flexible and efficient compared to classical logic gates. One of the major advantages of the QRAM architecture is its full utilization of the properties of quantum superposition and quantum entanglement. In classical computing, memory read and write operations are linear and must be performed sequentially. However, in quantum computing, because qubits can exist in multiple states (superposition), parallel read and write operations can be performed simultaneously. This ability significantly enhances computational efficiency, especially when handling large-scale datasets or complex computational tasks. Additionally, quantum entanglement enables the correlation between multiple qubits without the need for direct communication, further improving the speed of data transfer and computation. Memory operations with entangled qubits are much faster and more efficient than traditional memory operations, opening up new possibilities for parallel computing. In WiMi's QRAM architecture, the entire design logic includes several key steps and technical nodes, such as quantum state-based random access, the introduction of quantum error correction mechanisms, and seamless integration with quantum computers. The core feature of QRAM is its ability to perform random access within a quantum system. Traditional computer RAM achieves reading and writing to memory units through address buses, data buses, and other components, whereas QRAM accomplishes this process through the states of quantum bits (qubits). By utilizing quantum superposition, multiple addresses can be accessed simultaneously in a single operation. This means that in a QRAM system, data can be accessed in parallel across multiple addresses, greatly improving the efficiency of data operations. To achieve this, WiMi has designed a system based on CNOT gates, V gates, and V+ gates. These quantum gates allow flexible control over memory access processes while maintaining the quantum state of the system and ensuring the efficient transmission of qubits in an entangled state. Through this system, QRAM not only enables high-speed data reading and writing, but also ensures the reliability and accuracy of information processing. Furthermore, error correction is crucial in any quantum computing system. Due to the fragile nature of qubit states, even small external disturbances can cause computational errors. Therefore, WiMi's QRAM architecture incorporates a quantum error correction mechanism to ensure that the qubit states are accurately preserved and transmitted during data reading and writing. This includes an error correction method based on quantum entanglement, where redundant entangled qubits are introduced to detect and correct potential errors. This method not only effectively reduces the impact of external noise on the system but also ensures the stability of data during multiple read operations. WiMi's QRAM design is intended to seamlessly integrate with quantum computers. Since quantum computing operations depend on the superposition and entanglement states of qubits, the QRAM system demonstrates high compatibility when interfacing with a quantum processing unit (QPU). The design ensures smooth transmission of qubits between memory and processor during data access, thereby significantly improving computational efficiency. By utilizing the V gate, V+ gate, and CNOT gate, WiMi's QRAM system can quickly execute quantum logic operations and, when handling complex computational tasks, can read and write data at near-real-time speeds. This makes QRAM a key component in large-scale quantum computing applications. The successful development of QRAM technology has had a revolutionary impact across multiple fields. As a critical component of quantum computers, QRAM will significantly enhance the overall performance of quantum computing systems. Its efficient parallel data access capabilities make it especially well-suited for handling large-scale computational tasks such as molecular simulations, climate modeling, and complex optimization problems. By significantly reducing computation time, QRAM will play an indispensable role in the future of high-performance quantum computing. Another important application of QRAM is in quantum communication and quantum encryption. By leveraging quantum entanglement, QRAM can enable high-speed data transmission while ensuring data security. The non-locality of quantum entanglement guarantees that data cannot be intercepted during transmission, providing a solid foundation for future quantum encryption technologies. With the development of quantum computing, the field of quantum machine learning has also gradually emerged. QRAM's efficient data access capabilities make it highly suitable for handling large-scale datasets, enabling model training to be completed in a shorter time. This will significantly advance the development of quantum artificial intelligence, allowing complex machine learning tasks to be solved quickly on quantum computers. As quantum technology continues to evolve, QRAM, as a core technology, will provide crucial support for the future of quantum computing. WiMi is committed to continuing the development of QRAM technology, continually optimizing its performance, reducing implementation costs, and expanding its applications across various industries. The successful development of QRAM technology marks an important step in the advancement of quantum computing. As quantum computers progress and quantum technologies mature, QRAM will become an indispensable core component of quantum computing systems. With the ongoing optimization and promotion of this technology, QRAM is expected to bring disruptive innovations across multiple fields and lay a solid foundation for the arrival of the quantum era. About WiMi Hologram Cloud WiMi Hologram Cloud, Inc. (NASDAQ:WiMi) is a holographic cloud comprehensive technical solution provider that focuses on professional areas including holographic AR automotive HUD software, 3D holographic pulse LiDAR, head-mounted light field holographic equipment, holographic semiconductor, holographic cloud software, holographic car navigation and others. Its services and holographic AR technologies include holographic AR automotive application, 3D holographic pulse LiDAR technology, holographic vision semiconductor technology, holographic software development, holographic AR advertising technology, holographic AR entertainment technology, holographic ARSDK payment, interactive holographic communication and other holographic AR technologies. 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Hyundai’s electric SUV has just earned its place in history books. The set a new Guinness World Record after braving the highest driveable road. In a reflection of Hyundai’s “technological prowess,” the company announced on Thursday, December 26, that the IONIQ 5 officially set a new Guinness World Record. The electric SUV achieved the “Greatest altitude change by an electric car” with an altitude change of over 19,000 ft (5,802 m) in “harsh terrain” and “extreme weather conditions.” Hyundai Motor India and Evo India, a leading auto magazine firm, organized the event. The IONIQ 5 began its journey at Umling La in Leh Ladakh, which is known as the world’s highest driveable road, at 19,025 ft (5,799 m) above sea level. After driving 3,080 miles (4,956 km) in just 14 days, the electric SUV achieved an altitude difference of 19,035 ft (5,802 m), Guinness World Record. “The performance of the IONIQ 5, proven under such extreme conditions, reflects Hyundai Motor Company’s technological prowess,” Mr Unsoo Kim, Hyundai Motor India’s managing director, boasted after the accomplishment. Hyundai’s best-selling EV “seamlessly” adapted to “freezing temperatures and steep mountain passes in the Himalayas to humid coastal regions in Kerala.” The electric SUV, powered by a 72.6 kWh battery, has an EPA-estimated driving range of over 300 miles (481 km WLTP). Hyundai’s electric SUV is getting even more powerful. The accomplishment comes as the is rolling out in the US. The refreshed model gets even more driving range and a stylish new design. It even comes with an NACS charging port to access Tesla Superchargers. Thanks to a bigger (84 kWh) battery, the 2025 IONIQ 5 has a driving range of 318 miles, up from 303 with the outgoing model. The upgraded model starts at $42,500, while the long-range version costs just under $50,000. It will be built at Hyundai’s new manufacturing plant in Georgia. The Korean auto giant is also launching its first three-row electric SUV, the IONIQ 9. Hyundai at the LA Auto Show last month as it expands into new segments. At 5,060 mm (199.2′′) long, 1,980 mm (78′′) wide, and 1,790 mm (70.5′′) tall, the IONIQ 9 is a bit smaller than the at 200.8′′ long, 82′′ wide, and 77.3′′ tall. The IONIQ 9 is powered by a massive 110.2 kWh battery, good for an EPA-est range of 335 miles, or 620 km on the WLTP cycle. Hyundai will build the three-row EV in Georgia alongside the 2025 IONIQ 5. It will be available in the US and Korea in the first half of 2025, followed shortly after by Europe and other global markets. Check back soon, as pricing and more information will be released closer to launch. and subscribe to the . Peter Johnson is covering the auto industry’s step-by-step transformation to electric vehicles. He is an experienced investor, financial writer, and EV enthusiast. His enthusiasm for electric vehicles, primarily Tesla, is a significant reason he pursued a career in investments. If he isn’t telling you about his latest 10K findings, you can find him enjoying the outdoors or exercisingCroatia's President Zoran Milanovic will face conservative rival Dragan Primorac in an election run-off in two weeks' time after the incumbent narrowly missed out an outright victory on Sunday, official results showed. The results came after an exit poll, released immediately after the polling stations closed, showed that Milanovic, backed by the opposition left-wing Social Democrats, had scooped more than 50 percent of the first round vote and would thus avoid the January 12 run-off. Milanovic won 49.11 percent of the first round vote and Primorac, backed by the ruling conservative HDZ party, took 19.37 percent, according to results released by the state electoral commission from nearly all of the polling stations. Such a strong lead for Milanovic, whom surveys labelled a favourite ahead of the vote, raises serious concerns for Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic's HDZ. The election comes as the European Union and NATO member country of 3.8 million people struggles with biting inflation, widespread corruption and a labour shortage. Among the eight contenders, centre-right MP Marija Selak Raspudic and green-left MP Ivana Kekin followed the two main rivals, the exit poll showed. They each won around nine percent of the vote. Croatia's president commands the country's armed forces and has a say in foreign policy. But despite limited powers, many believe the office is key for the political balance of power in a country mainly governed by the HDZ since independence in 1991. "All the eggs should not be in one basket," Nenad Horvat, a salesman in his 40s, told AFP. He sees Milanovic, a former leftist prime minister, as the "last barrier to all levers of power falling into the hands of HDZ", echoing the view of many that was reflected in Sunday's vote results. The 58-year-old Milanovic has been one of Croatia's leading and most colourful political figures for nearly two decades. Sharp and eloquent, he won the presidency for the Social Democrats (SDP) in 2020 with pledges to advocate tolerance and liberalism. But he used the office to attack political opponents and EU officials, often with offensive and populist rhetoric. Milanovic, who condemned Russia's aggression against Ukraine, has nonetheless criticised the West's military aid to Kyiv. That prompted the prime minister to label him a pro-Russian who is "destroying Croatia's credibility in NATO and the EU". Milanovic countered that he wanted to protect Croatia from being "dragged into war". "As long as I'm president no Croatian soldier will wage somebody else's wars," he said this month. Milanovic regularly pans Plenkovic and his HDZ party over systemic corruption, calling the premier a "serious threat to Croatia's democracy". "I'm a guarantee of the control of the octopus of corruption... headed by Andrej Plenkovic," he said during the campaign. For many, the election is a continuation of the longstanding feud between two powerful politicians. "This is still about the conflict between the prime minister and president," political analyst Zarko Puhovski told AFP. "All the rest are just incidental topics." Primorac, a 59-year-old physician and scientist returning to politics after 15 years, campaigned as a "unifier" promoting family values and patriotism. "Croatia needs unity, global positioning and a peaceful life," he told reporters after casting his ballot in Zagreb, adding that he would later attend a mass. Primorac repeatedly accused Milanovic of "disgracing Croatia", a claim that resonated with his supporters. ljv/bc

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Agilent Technologies Inc. stock falls Tuesday, underperforms marketThe Sri Lanka Customs is gearing to launch several new digital applications in order to streamline its processes to be more transparent and efficient. These new digital applications will include a cargo tracking application, a motor vehicle import verification system and an electronic bidding (e-bidding) platform, Customs Spokesman Seevali Arukgoda speaking to the media said on Thursday (5). He said that these new digital applications are being introduced to make the Customs related processes more accessible and transparent that will facilitate the public with more services. Arukgoda elaborated on the importance of the upcoming motor vehicle import verification system while addressing the issues in the import and registration of vehicles and said that people might be doubtful about the legal status of a vehicle when purchasing one which makes them compelled to get the vehicle verified and that there are no easy methods to get it done presently. He said that through this new digital motor vehicle verification system a person can provide the chassis number of the vehicle and get it verified on its importation legality. The Customs spokesman also said that the Customs will be introducing an electronic bidding (e-bidding) system to improve the present bidding process which will be in operation from January 2025 and said that this new improved system will make bidding more efficient, safe, transparent and free from any political influence where anybody from anywhere in the world can bid.The upcoming ‘CusDec Tracking System’ which is a cargo tracking digital application will allow traders and other stakeholders to track cargo clearance process from anywhere in the world, Arukgoda added.

Emma Okonji Pashione, a fashion-tech and African fashion social commerce platform, is revolutionising the African fashion industry by connecting global consumers with talented designers across the continent. Pashione is available in All African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, and Senegal. It boasts a network of over 960 registered vendors. The platform was founded on a passion for African fashion and a desire to empower local designers. Speaking about the initiative, Founder of Pashione, Michael Fasere, said: “We saw a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between talented African designers and a global audience by providing a platform to showcase their creativity and reach a wider market. Pashione aims to foster economic growth and cultural exchange.” Speaking on the unique value proposition and what differentiates Pashione from other platforms in its class, Fasere highlighted three key pillars: Authenticity, Sustainability and Community. For authenticity, he said: “We celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Africa by curating a collection of authentic, handcrafted pieces.” For sustainability, he said: “We are committed to sustainable practices, partnering with eco-conscious designers, and promoting responsible consumption.” In the area of community, he said: “We foster a vibrant community of designers, influencers, and fashion enthusiasts, creating a space for connection and inspiration.” Meanwhile, to expand its reach across Africa, Pashione has implemented several strategies, such as collaborating with local organizations and industry leaders to build trust and credibility, leveraging digital marketing and social media to reach specific target audiences, and simplifying the process for designers to join the platform and showcase their work

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Dashing through the snow, Travis Boyd beats the traffic to make Wild debutFormer President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government when he assumed the presidency in 1977 and then built a reputation for tireless work as a humanitarian. He earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Carter died Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in Plains, Georgia. At age 52, Carter was sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 1977, after defeating President Gerald R. Ford in the 1976 general election. Carter left office on Jan. 20, 1981, following his 1980 general election loss to Ronald Reagan. Here's the latest: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter had one of the great love stories and political partnerships in U.S. presidential history. The former president sometimes called his wife, who died Nov. 19. 2023, “Rosie,” which is a good way to remember how her name actually is pronounced. It is “ROSE-uh-lyn,” not, repeat NOT, “RAHZ-uh-lyn.” They were married more than 77 years but their relationship went back even further. Jimmy’s mother, “Miss Lillian,” delivered Eleanor Rosalynn Smith at the Smith home in Plains on Aug. 18, 1927. The nurse brought her eldest child back a few days later to visit, meaning the longest-married presidential couple met as preschooler and newborn. She became his trusted campaign aide and White House adviser, surprising Washington by sitting in on Cabinet meetings. Then they traveled the world together as co-founders of The Carter Center. Most of the nation saw the former president for the last time at Rosalynn Carter’s funeral. Jason Carter is now the chairman of The Carter Center’s board of governors. He said his grandparents “never changed who they were” even after reaching the White House and becoming global humanitarians. He says their four years in Washington were just one period of putting their values into action and that the center his grandparents founded in Atlanta is a lasting “extension of their belief in human rights as a fundamental global force.” Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter traveled the world advocating for democracy and fighting disease, but Jason Carter said they weren’t motivated by pity, or arrogance that a former American president had all the answers — they ventured to remote places because they could “recognize these people.” They too were from “a 600-person village” and understood that even the poorest people “have the power ... the ability ... the knowledge and the expertise to change their own community.” As reaction poured in from around the world, President Joe Biden mourned Carter’s death, saying the world lost an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian” and he lost a dear friend. Biden cited Carter’s compassion and moral clarity, his work to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil and human rights, promote free and fair elections, house the homeless and advocacy for the disadvantaged as an example for others. Biden said he is ordering a state funeral for Carter in Washington. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is remembering Carter as a man steeped “in devotion to public service and peace.” The California Democrat said in a statement Sunday that Carter was committed to “honoring the spark of divinity within every person,” something she said manifested in “teaching Sunday school in his beloved Marantha Baptist Church, brokering the landmark Camp David Accords to pave the way to peace or building homes with Habitat for Humanity.” Pelosi also said Carter led “perhaps the most impactful post-presidency in history.” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer noted in a post on X the special contribution Carter made by brokering the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt and through his work with the Carter Center. “Motivated by his strong faith and values, President Carter redefined the post-presidency with a remarkable commitment to social justice and human rights at home and abroad,” Starmer said. To commemorate Carter’s death, officials with the Empire State Building said in a post on social media that the iconic New York City landmark would be lit in red, white and blue on Sunday night, “to honor the life and legacy” of the late former president. In a statement issued Sunday, former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama said Carter’s beloved Maranatha Baptist Church “will be a little quieter on Sunday,s” but added that the late former president “will never be far away -- buried alongside Rosalynn next to a willow tree down the road, his memory calling all of us to heed our better angels.” Noting the “hundreds of tourists from around the world crammed into the pews” to see the former president teach Sunday school, as he did “for most of his adult life,” the Obamas listed Carter’s accomplishments as president. But they made special note of the Sunday school lessons, saying they were catalysts for people making a pilgrimage to the church. “Many people in that church on Sunday morning were there, at least in part, because of something more fundamental: President Carter’s decency.” The longest-lived American president died Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care , at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023 , spent most of their lives. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” The Carter Center said in posting about his death on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. In his 1975 book “Why Not The Best,” Carter said of himself: “I am a Southerner and an American, I am a farmer, an engineer, a father and husband, a Christian, a politician and former governor, a planner, a businessman, a nuclear physicist, a naval officer, a canoeist, and among other things a lover of Bob Dylan’s songs and Dylan Thomas’s poetry.” A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. After he left office and returned home to his tiny hometown of Plains in southwest Georgia, Carter regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world. Former Vice President Al Gore praised Jimmy Carter for living “a life full of purpose, commitment and kindness” and for being a “lifelong role model for the entire environmental movement.” Carter, who left the White House in 1981 after a landslide defeat to Ronald Reagan. concentrated on conflict resolution, defending democracy and fighting disease in the developing world. Gore, who lost the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, remains a leading advocate for action to fight climate change. Both won Nobel Peace Prizes. Gore said that “it is a testament to his unyielding determination to help build a more just and peaceful world” that Carter is often “remembered equally for the work he did as President as he is for his leadership over the 42 years after he left office.” During Gore’s time in the White House, President Bill Clinton had an uneasy relationship with Carter. But Gore said he is “grateful” for “many years of friendship and collaboration” with Carter. Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, remember Carter as a man who lived to serve others. “Hillary and I mourn the passing of President Jimmy Carter and give thanks for his long, good life. Guided by his faith, President Carter lived to serve others — until the very end." The statement recalled Carter's many achievements and priorities, including efforts “to protect our natural resources in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, make energy conservation a national priority, return the Panama Canal to Panama, and secure peace between Egypt and Israel at Camp David." After he left office, the Clinton statement said, Carter continued efforts in "supporting honest elections, advancing peace, combating disease, and promoting democracy; to his and Rosalynn’s devotion and hard work at Habitat for Humanity — he worked tirelessly for a better, fairer world,” the statement said.2 UK shares I've been buying this week

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Summary Airbus is integral to the economy and tech development in Wales through key facilities in Broughton & Newport. Broughton excels in wing manufacturing with emphasis on expanding production capabilities. Newport focuses on cybersecurity ops vital to aviation and defense, displaying advancements in digital innovation. Airbus has large establishments in Broughton and Newport and plays a major role in the economic and technological development of Wales. The company's operations in Wales are centered around two key sites: the Broughton manufacturing facility and the Newport Cyber Innovation Hub. The Broughton facility is famous for manufacturing aircraft wings, while at Newport, R&D in cybersecurity for aerospace and defense are conducted. With aircraft production rates rising to meet demand, Wales's contribution to timely and efficient wing production is critical. The role of Airbus in Wales Airbus has been an essential cog in Wales' economy for more than three decades. Its operation has a significant effect on the economy at both the regional and national level . The aircraft manufacturer is now one of the largest and most significant industrial entities in Wales, providing direct employment, supply chain, and boosting regional GDP. Innovation is central to Airbus operations in Wales. From the manufacturing line to the protection of data, the company's research and development innovations redefine what is possible in aerospace and in cyberspace. Airbus's Broughton site is one of the most technologically advanced aircraft manufacturing plants in the world, which focuses on wings production. New wings will play a key role in helping aviation achieve its net-zero goal, but there are difficulties to consider. Broughton: the heart of wing production The Broughton facility was originally created in 1939 as a shadow factory (a concealed WWII facility to protect and continue war production despite enemy bombings) to manufacture aircraft during the Second World War. It has since become one of Airbus's most important production centers. This plant is involved in the production of wings for the whole family of Airbus commercial aircraft, such as the A320, A330, A350, and A380. Situated over 700 acres and with a workforce of about 6,000, the Broughton plant is one of the largest in Wales. Wings manufactured here are shipped by Airbus Beluga aircraft to final assembly plants in Toulouse, Hamburg, and Seville. This process shows the strategic but intricate supply chain system that exists at Airbus. Over the last couple of years, Airbus has invested heavily in increasing production capacity at Broughton. In 2022, the company stated that it wants to boost the A320 family production rate to 75 per month by 2025 . This expansion is expected to generate up to 450 new positions in the facility, thus an indication of the single-aisle aircraft market growth. In addition, there has been a vast improvement in the technology in production lines. So, the production of wings has been enhanced by automation and digital manufacturing processes over the years. Consequently, the economic impact of Broughton on the economy of Wales is large. According to UK parliament , Airbus has invested over £2 billion in Broughton in the last decade. The company also has a very close relationship with local educational establishments to develop skills development and training schemes. This partnership ensures that there will be an adequate supply of human resources for the production line as well as the growth of the economy. Also, in 2020, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Airbus transformed the Broughton research site into a production line of ventilators for the health sector, according to Forces News . Fun fact: the Broughton FC, formed in 1946, is a Welsh football club known as 'The Wingmakers' . They use the Hollingsworth Group Stadium which is near Hawarden Airport and their floodlights are retractable because of the airport’s proximity. Newport: cybersecurity and digital innovation Whereas Broughton is heavily involved in actual production, Newport is critical to Airbus’s digital operations. Focusing on cybersecurity, the Newport site covers some of the biggest risks for the aviation and defense industries. As the number of cyber threats increases with the aim of disrupting aerospace infrastructure, Airbus has taken measures to safeguard data, aircraft and communication channels. Airbus set up a Cyber Innovation Hub in Newport in 2019. At the hub level, the organization collaborates with the Welsh Government and other UK defense establishments to build solutions for secure communication and encryption. The 'Ectocryp' is one of the facility’s leading inventions. It is used in government and defense communication and is believed to be the 21st-century equivalent of the Enigma machine. Ectocryp is a range of Airbus cryptographic products designed to ensure secure voice, data, and video communications up to the UK 'Top Secret' level. Newport is not simply a company asset for use exclusively by Airbus but also a valuable component of the United Kingdom’s defense system. Preserving significant aviation facilities and military indicators, the site serves the security of the country and demonstrates Wales as a cybersecurity sector leader. Airbus is very sensitive to security matters in the cyber world, especially after what happened last year. In September 2023, it suffered a data breach that exposed the information of over 3,200 vendors, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, according to The Cyber Express . The cyberattack began when a computer belonging to Turkish Airlines was infected with RedLine malware, possibly as a result of downloading a pirated Microsoft .NET framework; subsequently, the attackers were able to infiltrate Airbus systems using stolen login credentials. Challenges and opportunities for Airbus in Wales In November, the UK Government revealed plans to increase funding for the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme by £975 million over the next five years to help drive innovation and produce jobs in the aerospace industry, which currently provides work for many people in North Wales, according to North Wales Live . Moreover, £49 million has been earmarked for aerospace in Wales – the development of aircraft engines and helicopters and the strengthening of the UK’s position as a world leader in wings and engines on the way to net-zero aviation. According to UK Aviation News , Airbus also intended to establish a helicopter manufacturing plant in Broughton to assemble H175M helicopters, which the UK Ministry of Defence would use to replace aging Puma aircraft. Nonetheless, in August 2024, Airbus pulled out of the race, arguing that it could not meet the Ministry’s demands and achieve sustainable profitability of the proposed plant in the long run. Still, there are many opportunities available. Airbus aims to maintain its delivery target of 770 aircraft despite supply chain hurdles and its efforts to develop the next generation of environmentally friendly aircraft. These challenges could provide Wales with an opportunity to continue to be the center of aircraft production for the next several decades. Since governments and airlines are searching for solutions that are more environmentally friendly than the current aircraft, Airbus cannot avoid making changes in the production line. Wales could be involved in this transition, especially if new wing designs or sustainable aviation technology are incorporated into the Broughton site. The majority of these orders came from Riyadh Air. However, to counter the problem of production halts during the COVID-19 outbreak, Airbus has come up with several mitigation strategies such as a more diverse supply chain, thus eliminating the risk of supply chain disruption. Recently, the BBC reported that Airbus will cut 477 UK jobs as part of a plan to eliminate more than 2,000 positions worldwide by mid-2026 to improve efficiency and bring down costs in its space business. The firm recorded a 22% profit drop to £1.8bn, with a 7% sales rise to £44.5bn due to supply chain issues in order fulfillment.Penn State 'point god' Ace Baldwin Jr. named to national player of the year watch listWolfspeed's stock price surged 10% on Monday after the company filed for a mixed securities shelf, allowing it to issue new stock over the next three years without additional registrations. The move is seen as a positive indicator for the company's turnaround efforts, which focus on profitable silicon-carbide products. Additionally, recent insider stock acquisitions suggest that company officials are betting on the turnaround, as they continue to receive compensation in the form of stock and are not selling their shares. Despite the surge, Wolfspeed's stock is still down 76% year-to-date. Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF) stock is surging in Monday's trading. The company's share price was up 10% as of 2:30 p.m. ET and had been up as much as 18.5% earlier in the daily session. Wolfspeed stock is gaining today following a filing showing that it had filed for a mixed securities shelf. The company's share price is likely also getting a boost from recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) showing that insiders have continued to acquire stock. Despite today's pop, Wolfpseed stock is still down roughly 76% year to date. Start Your Mornings Smarter! Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day. Sign Up For Free » Wolfspeed leaves the door open for new fundraising moves A filing submitted to the SEC today showed that Wolfspeed had moved forward with an automatic shelf registration statement of securities. The move will give the company the flexibility to issue new stock at any point over a three-year period without the need to file additional registrations. With the company trying to orchestrate a turnaround and refocus its business on profitable silicon-carbide products, the push to raise new funds is a favorable indicator even though issuing new stock will have dilutive impact for existing shareholders. Insiders appear to be betting on Wolfspeed's turnaround Wolfspeed's recent mixed securities shelf filing looks better in the context of recent insider stock acquisitions. If company insiders were moving to dump their shares ahead of potential new stock offerings, that could suggest that they were looking to cash in prior to the impact of stock dilution. Instead, board members and company officials have continued to receive compensation in the form of stock. And thus far, they aren't moving to sell their shares. The mixed securities shelf offering and insider stock moves don't necessarily mean that the company's turnaround push will be successful, but it's still encouraging to see that those leading Wolfspeed have increasing amounts of skin in the game. Don’t miss this second chance at a potentially lucrative opportunity Ever feel like you missed the boat in buying the most successful stocks? Then you’ll want to hear this. On rare occasions, our expert team of analysts issues a “Double Down” stock recommendation for companies that they think are about to pop. If you’re worried you’ve already missed your chance to invest, now is the best time to buy before it’s too late. 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The first game for the Baha Mar Hoops Championship takes place on Thursday, Nov. 21 and it involves the No. 13 Baylor Bears going against the No. 22 St. John’s Red Storm at Baha Mar Convention Center in Nassau, Bahamas. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on CBSSN . Fans looking to watch this men’s college basketball game can do so for free by using FuboTV , which offers a free trial and $20 off your first month, or DirecTV Stream , which also offers a free trial. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but does have other promotional offers available. The Bears have rebounded nicely from their season-opening blowout loss to Gonzaga and have rattled off three straight wins, including one over a ranked Arkansas squad. This is the first test for St. John’s against a ranked opponent. The Johnies are 4-0 to start the season and ranked for the first time since January 2019. Who : No. 13 Baylor Bears vs. No. 22 St. John’s Red Storm When : Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. EST Where : aha Mar Convention Center in Nassau, Bahamas Stream : FuboTV (free trial) ; Sling ; DirecTV Stream What is FuboTV? FuboTV is an internet television service that offers more than 200 channels across sports and entertainment including Paramount+ with SHOWTIME . From the UEFA Champions League to the WNBA to international tournaments ranging across sports, there’s plenty of options available on FuboTV, which offers a free trial, and $20 off the first month for new costumers. What is DirecTV Stream? DirecTV Stream offers practically everything DirecTV provides, except for a remote and a streaming device to connect to your television. Sign up now and get three free months of premium channels including MAX , Paramount+ with SHOWTIME and Starz. What is SlingTV? SlingTV offers a variety of live programing ranging from news and sports and starting as low as $20 a month for your first month. Subscribers also get a month of DVR Plus free if they sign up now. Choose from a variety of sports packages without long-term contracts and with easy cancelation. More College Football RELATED CONTENT: Hansel Enmanuel making an impact for Austin Peay on court with his 1 arm By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — No hesitation. No second thoughts. Swish. The basketball rotated around the perimeter. Hansel Enmanuel caught it and in a fluid motion drained the 3-pointer. Perfect execution for any college basketball player. Quite remarkable for a guy with one arm. Two minutes later, a steal and a layup just as effortless. Then Enmanuel blocked a shot at the basket. The slender 6-foot-6 junior at Austin Peay made an impact Sunday for the Governors in their 103-68 loss to No. 11 Tennessee. Five points, a rebound, an assist and two blocks. Every time Enmanuel steps on the floor, people notice for a variety of reasons. “He’s the biggest inspiration in college sports,” Austin Peay coach Corey Gipson said. “He has developed me. I don’t know how any person on earth can watch him play and not cry. “The only way you wouldn’t get emotional is that you don’t have a relative or friend (with a handicap). You wouldn’t believe the requests I got from people in Knoxville who wanted to meet him.” Enmanuel lost his left arm after an accident when he was 6 growing up in the Dominican Republic. However, it did nothing to his competitive spirit. After going to high school in Florida, Enmanuel was recruited by Gipson to join him at Northwestern State two years ago. When Gipson took the coaching job at Austin Peay last year, he brought Enmanuel with him. Enmanuel was not available after the game. Last week he told NCAA.com: “God chose me to do this job to send a message to everybody, and that’s what I’m going to do, I can’t complain about it.” The Associated Press contributed to this article

SINGAPORE: Intelligence-sharing networks need reliable and trustworthy partners. Japan is an obvious choice for the Western-dominated “Five Eyes” spy alliance, made up of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Tokyo’s inclusion in the club is long overdue, especially as the region combats China’s growing assertiveness and the unpredictability of North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. The group shouldn’t waste any more time to take advantage of Tokyo’s expertise. It has one of the world’s biggest intelligence-gathering establishments and has long had eyes on China and North Korea, both considered among the nation’s biggest security threats. That knowledge would prove invaluable for the Washington-led coalition, under pressure from an increasingly hostile environment. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s trip to Tokyo this week to strengthen security cooperation is another reminder of that reality. Beijing’s influence is growing, both economically and militarily. China this week launched the largest number of its naval vessels around Taiwan since 2022, in yet another attempt to intimidate the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own. Meanwhile, Washington’s other Asian allies, South Korea and the Philippines, are increasingly unstable. Seoul is contending with mass protests, the result of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s disastrous decision to temporarily impose martial law last week. He is facing an impending impeachment vote, and said on Thursday (Dec 12) he won’t step down . In Manila, a war is brewing between the archipelago’s two ruling families, the Marcoses and the Dutertes, which could spell more uncertainty ahead. AMERICA’S MOST RELIABLE ASIAN PARTNER Japan, even with its own recent political upheaval that saw Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lose his parliamentary majority, is currently America’s most reliable Asian partner. Still, for any intelligence sharing to work well, Tokyo will need to address its own security weaknesses, in particular the robustness of its cybersecurity and data systems. In 2023, the US warned Japan that Chinese state hackers had infiltrated its defense networks before Tokyo took sufficient action to secure them. It’s clear that Tokyo’s move in 2013 to pass the country’s first-ever law addressing top-secret material across defence and diplomacy just wasn’t enough to protect national secrets. More work needs to be done. Japan is already ramping up defence spending in recognition of the threats, a move welcomed by its allies. It should also properly invest in strengthening cybersecurity capabilities. Part of the issue is historical. After World War II, the government hesitated to create an intelligence community because public opinion was opposed. Tokyo still doesn’t have the equivalent of the CIA or UK’s MI6, making it difficult for Japan to contribute any human intelligence services - like spying, reconnaissance and espionage activities - to Five Eyes. In order for Tokyo to join the grouping, it should understand the standards that all partners meet, and develop a separate department in charge of vetting government personnel with access to information that is classified using common standards and procedures, the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies notes. This would give staff different levels of clearance, which in turn would limit access to classified information. BOOSTING ASIA’S SECURITY OUTLOOK Tokyo does manage seven high-performance reconnaissance information-gathering satellites that are extremely advanced and able to identify a human head from outer space. These have the advantage of being trained on East Asian areas, like China, North Korea and Russia. This would be a huge advantage for the Five Eyes, and makes Japan an attractive sixth member. There is precedence for this. An intelligence leak from 2013 revealed that the alliance had additional intelligence-sharing levels: Nine Eyes and 14 Eyes. Israel, Singapore, Japan and South Korea have all been informal partners within these frameworks. Tokyo’s elevation to the Five Eyes level could boost Asia’s security outlook even further. The signs are pointing toward an eventual inclusion. In mid-November, the alliance reportedly held its first meeting in Japan with senior enlisted personnel of all members. These efforts should continue, to help pave the way for a complete integration in the future. Beijing will see including Tokyo in the global spy club as yet another way for the West to try to contain China. But in a world increasingly lacking in leadership, the intelligence-sharing network could help prevent crises before they begin.Nebraska governor’s priorities shift focus from spending and tax changesToronto Blue Jays officially sign reliever Garcia to two-year, US$15M deal

Jimmy Carter had the longest post-presidency of anyone to hold the office, and one of the most active. Here is a look back at his life. 1924 — Jimmy Carter was born on Oct. 1 to Earl and Lillian Carter in the small town of Plains, Georgia. 1928 — Earl Carter bought a 350-acre farm 3 miles from Plains in the tiny community of Archery. The Carter family lived in a house on the farm without running water or electricity. 1941 — He graduated from Plains High School and enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. 1942 — He transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. 1943 — Carter’s boyhood dream of being in the Navy becomes a reality as he is appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. 1946 — He received his naval commission and on July 7 married Rosalynn Smith of Plains. They moved to Norfolk, Virginia. 1946-1952 — Carter’s three sons are born, Jack in 1947, Chip in 1950 and Jeff in 1952. 1962-66 — Carter is elected to the Georgia State Senate and serves two terms. 1953 — Carter’s father died and he cut his naval career short to save the family farm. Due to a limited income, Jimmy, Rosalynn and their three sons moved into Public Housing Apartment 9A in Plains. 1966 — He ran for governor, but lost. 1967 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s fourth child, Amy, is born. 1971 — He ran for governor again and won the election, becoming Georgia’s 76th governor on Jan. 12. 1974 — Carter announced his candidacy for president. 1976 — Carter was elected 39th president on Nov. 2, narrowly defeating incumbent Gerald Ford. 1978 — U.S. and the Peoples’ Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. President Carter negotiates and mediates an accord between Egypt and Israel at Camp David. 1979 — The Department of Education is formed. Iranian radicals overrun the U.S. Embassy and seize American hostages. The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty is signed. 1980 — On March 21, Carter announces that the U.S. will boycott the Olympic Games scheduled in Moscow. A rescue attempt to get American hostages out of Iran is unsuccessful. Carter was defeated in his bid for a second term as president by Ronald Reagan in November. 1981 — President Carter continues to negotiate the release of the American hostages in Iran. Minutes before his term as president is over, the hostages are released. 1982 — Carter became a distinguished professor at Emory University in Atlanta, and founded The Carter Center. The nonpartisan and nonprofit center addresses national and international issues of public policy. 1984 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer one week a year for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps needy people in the United States and in other countries renovate and build homes, until 2020. He also taught Sunday school in the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains from the mid-’80s until 2020. 2002 — Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 2015 — Carter announced in August he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain. 2016 — He said in March that he no longer needed cancer treatment. 2024 — Carter dies at 100 years old. Sources: Cartercenter.org, Plains Historical Preservation Trust, The Associated Press; The Brookings Institution; U.S. Navy; WhiteHouse.gov, GallupHOUSEHOLDS face paying higher energy bills before they drop in price in the drive for clean energy, Ed Miliband has hinted. The Energy Secretary says consumers will see costs eventually fall but didn’t rule out costs rising in the short-term in the push to decarbonise the grid by 2030. But the Tories say the “rush” to wean the electricity system off fossil fuels by the end of the decade will cause more hardship for Brits. Proposals show the government and private firms will spend £40 billion each year as part of the eco move with a pledge to bring down bills by up to £300 in five years. He said: “I can’t guarantee what’s going to happen to bills next month, because we’re in the grip of the international fossil fuel markets .” The Cabinet Minister also said he will be able to bypass any local opposition to build onshore wind farms - with decisions previously left to councils . READ MORE ON POLITICS A predicted rise in 2025 is set to mark the third consecutive hike for energy costs after Ofgem raised its price cap in October. The energy regulator also confirmed last month the cost of yearly energy bills will rise by around £21 to £1,738 come January. And now experts at Cornwall Insights forecast the average dual fuel bill for those not on a fixed deal will rise from £1,738 to £1,762 in April. Analysts at the firm said "continued uncertainty" regarding the future of the Russia-Ukraine conflict could impact wholesale prices. Most read in Money

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Telix Files TLX250-CDx (Zircaix®) BLA for Kidney Cancer ImagingDeclassified files show the note to former MP John Spellar also said the republican party had ignored the “visceral component of sectarianism” in responding to a new government good relations strategy. Mr Spellar, then a Northern Ireland Office minister, had launched a consultation on the “A Shared Future” document, an attempt to address community divisions, segregation and sectarianism in the region at a time when the devolved powersharing institutions were suspended. A file at the Public Record Office in Belfast shows that OFMDFM official Chris Stewart wrote to the minister in July about a response to the document from Sinn Fein representative Bairbre de Brun. Mr Stewart told Mr Spellar that Ms de Brun’s letter had been critical of the document and was clearly intended to “mark your card”. He said among a number of points raised by de Brun was that “the promotion of equality is the key to improving community relations”. His memo adds: “Sinn Fein is clearly seeking to position or align the issue of community relations within its equality and human rights agenda. “This general Sinn Fein position has resulted in a simplistic analysis of community relations, which is flawed in its description of the causes and necessary policy response. “There is of course, no doubt that a lack of equality has been a contributing factor to poor community relations. “However, Sinn Fein ignores the many other factors, not least the violent conflict that resulted in over 3,000 deaths. “Sinn Fein also portrays poor community relations (for nationalists) as being a purely rational response to the political situation. “This ignores the more visceral component of sectarianism, which is all too prevalent in both communities.” Mr Stewart continues: “To suggest, as Sinn Fein does, that the promotion of equality should be the key component of good relations policy is to ignore the key message in A Shared Future, that indirect approaches alone are insufficient to deal with sectarianism and the abnormal relationship between sections of the Northern Ireland community.” The official recommended the minister invite representatives of Sinn Fein to a meeting to discuss the policy. The file also contains a note about Mr Spellar’s meeting with DUP representatives Maurice Morrow and Peter Weir the following month to discuss the document. The note says: “Morrow said he had no problem with sharing the future and suggested that the first step to that would be an election to decide who spoke for whom – though he was quick to say he didn’t want politics to dominate the meeting.” It adds: “Weir said that the biggest step towards improving community relations would be the creation of a political environment that had the broad support of both unionism and nationalism, and the GFA (Good Friday Agreement) could not create that environment.”lucky 999 。

Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday promised that he would pursue the demand for establishing an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) either in Mandya or Mysuru region, with the Centre. “Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda fought for bringing the IIT to Hassan. Finally, the IIT was granted to the State and was set up in Dharwad. The demand for another IIT in the State will be taken up with the Centre,” the Union Minister said, while responding to a memorandum he received from Dinesh Gooli Gowda, MLC, for setting up an IIT near Krishnaraja Sagar in the district or in Mysuru region, at the valedictory function of the 87th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana here. “After fighting for over 15 years, the State was granted the IIT. I am with the people on the demand for another IIT,” he said. Mr. Kumaraswamy pointed out that he was also making serious efforts to bring industries to Mandya, Tumakuru, and the North Karnataka districts to generate employment for the local youth. If the State government cooperated with his Ministry, efforts would be made to establish industries in the region and provide jobs to the youth, who are facing unemployment, he said. Sammelana in Delhi He said the Kannada Sahitya Parishat can consider holding a Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in New Delhi. “Before KSP president Mahesh Joshi demits office, the sammelana can be organised in Delhi,” Mr. Kumaraswamy felt. The Union Minister said he was making sincere efforts to revive Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Ltd. (VISL) and the watch manufacturing company Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) after he took over the Ministry in the Narendra Modi Cabinet. A sum of ₹15,000 crore was essential for reviving VISL and HMT. The process of their revival was under way, he added. Published - December 22, 2024 08:39 pm IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp RedditIn conclusion, Son Heung-min's value to both Tottenham Hotspur and the South Korean national team cannot be understated. His skill, determination, and leadership set him apart as a special player who has the ability to change the course of a game with a single touch of the ball. As long as Son continues to believe in himself and work hard, he will remain a vital player for his club and country for years to come.

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MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS , Dec. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX; Nasdaq: TLX, Telix, the Company) today announces that it has submitted its Biologics License Application (BLA) to the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for TLX250-CDx (Zircaix®[1], 89 Zr- girentuximab) kidney cancer imaging[2]. TLX250-CDx is an investigational PET[3] drug product for the non-invasive diagnosis and characterisation of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common and aggressive form of kidney cancer. If approved, TLX250-CDx will be the first and only targeted PET agent specifically for kidney cancer to be commercially available in the U.S., further building on Telix’s successful urology imaging franchise. The FDA is expected to advise the PDUFA[4] goal date following the 60-day administrative review of the application. Kevin Richardson , Chief Executive Officer, Precision Medicine at Telix, stated, “We are pleased to be progressing the BLA for TLX250-CDx, which has been granted Breakthrough designation, and may therefore be eligible for priority review. Telix continues to target a full U.S. commercial launch in 2025 addressing a major unmet medical need for patients with suspected ccRCC.” About TLX250-CDx TLX250-CDx (Zircaix® 1 ) is an investigational PET agent that is under development for the diagnosis and characterisation of ccRCC. Telix’s pivotal Phase III ZIRCON trial (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03849118 ) evaluating TLX250-CDx in 300 patients, of whom 284 were evaluable, met all primary and secondary endpoints, including showing 86% sensitivity and 87% specificity and a 93% positive-predictive value for ccRCC across three independent radiology readers[5]. Telix believes this demonstrated the ability of TLX250-CDx to reliably detect the clear cell phenotype and provide an accurate, non-invasive method for diagnosing and characterising ccRCC. Confidence intervals exceeded expectations amongst all three readers, showing evidence of high accuracy and consistency of interpretation. About Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited Telix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals and associated medical technologies. Telix is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia , with international operations in the United States , Europe ( Belgium and Switzerland ), and Japan . Telix is developing a portfolio of clinical and commercial stage products that aims to address significant unmet medical needs in oncology and rare diseases. Telix is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: TLX) and the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq: TLX). Telix’s lead imaging product, gallium-68 ( 68 Ga) gozetotide injection (also known as 68 Ga PSMA-11 and marketed under the brand name Illuccix®), has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)[6], by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) [7], and by Health Canada [8] . No other Telix product has received a marketing authorisation in any jurisdiction. Visit www.telixpharma.com for further information about Telix, including details of the latest share price, announcements made to the ASX, investor and analyst presentations, news releases, event details and other publications that may be of interest. You can also follow Telix on X and LinkedIn . Telix Investor Relations Ms. Kyahn Williamson Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited SVP Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Email: kyahn.williamson@telixpharma.com This announcement has been authorised for release by the Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited Disclosure Committee on behalf of the Board. 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In the context of Telix’s business, forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about: the initiation, timing, progress and results of Telix’s preclinical and clinical trials, and Telix’s research and development programs; Telix’s ability to advance product candidates into, enrol and successfully complete, clinical studies, including multi-national clinical trials; the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals for Telix’s product candidates, manufacturing activities and product marketing activities; Telix’s sales, marketing and distribution and manufacturing capabilities and strategies; the commercialisation of Telix’s product candidates, if or when they have been approved; Telix’s ability to obtain an adequate supply of raw materials at reasonable costs for its products and product candidates; estimates of Telix’s expenses, future revenues and capital requirements; Telix’s financial performance; developments relating to Telix’s competitors and industry; and the pricing and reimbursement of Telix’s product candidates, if and after they have been approved. 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The German government pledged Sunday to fully investigate whether there were security lapses before the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five people and injured over 200. Political pressure has built on the question of potential missed warnings about Saudi suspect Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old psychiatrist who had made online deaths threats and previously had trouble with the law. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and the heads of Germany's domestic and foreign intelligence services are due to answer questions at parliamentary committee hearings on December 30, a senior lawmaker told AFP. Faeser vowed Sunday that "no stone will be left unturned" in shedding light on what information had been available to security services ahead of last Friday's bloody attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg. She stressed that the attacker did "not fit any previous pattern" because "he acted like an Islamist terrorist although ideologically he was clearly an enemy of Islam". Abdulmohsen has in the past called himself a "Saudi atheist" who helped women flee Gulf countries and charged Germany was doing too little to help them. In online posts, he also strongly criticised Germany for allowing in too many Muslim refugees and backed far-right conspiracy theories about the "Islamisation" of Europe. In one post, he wrote: "Is there a path to justice in Germany without blowing up a German embassy or randomly slaughtering German citizens?... If anyone knows it, please let me know." News magazine Der Spiegel, citing security sources, said the Saudi secret service had warned Germany's spy agency BND a year ago about a tweet in which Abdulmohsen threatened Germany would pay a "price" for how it treated Saudi refugees. Die Welt daily reported, also citing security sources, that German state and federal police had carried out a "risk assessment" on Abdulmohsen last year but concluded that he posed "no specific danger". The city of Magdeburg has been in deep mourning over the mass carnage on Friday evening, when an SUV smashed through a crowd at its Christmas market, killing four women and a nine-year-old child and injuring 205 people. Surgeons at overwhelmed hospitals have worked around the clock, and one health worker told local media of "blood on the floor everywhere, people screaming, lots of painkillers being administered". Scholz on Saturday condemned the "terrible, insane" attack and made a call for national unity, at a time Germany is headed for early elections on February 23. But as German media dug into Abdulmohsen's past, and investigators gave away little, criticism rained down from opposition parties. Conservative CDU lawmaker Alexander Throm charged that "many citizens feel... that the Scholz government has completely failed in terms of internal security". He demanded greater police powers to monitor and analyse data from social media platforms, telecommunications and surveillance cameras with facial recognition technology. The far-right AfD called for a special session of parliament, and the head of the far-left BSW party, Sahra Wagenknecht, demanded that Faeser explain "why so many tips and warnings were ignored beforehand". Mass-circulation daily Bild asked: "Why did our police and intelligence services do nothing, even though they had the Saudi on their radar?... And why were the tips from Saudi Arabia apparently ignored?" It charged that "German authorities usually only find out about attack plans in time when foreign services warn them" and called for sweeping reforms after the election for a complete "turnaround in internal security". Senior MP Dirk Wiese of Scholz's Social Democrats said the December 30 hearings will summon the heads of the BND, the domestic intelligence service BfV and the Office for Migration and Refugees. Media meanwhile reported more details on Abdulmohsen, who had worked at a clinic that treats offenders with substance addiction problems, but had been on sick leave since late October. Der Spiegel reported that in 2013 a court fined him for "disturbing the public peace by threatening to commit crimes" after he had darkly referenced the deadly attack on the Boston marathon. The chairwoman of the group Central Council of Ex-Muslims, Mina Ahadi, said Abdulmohsen "is no stranger to us, because he has been terrorising us for years". She labelled him "a psychopath who adheres to ultra-right conspiracy ideologies" and said he "doesn't just hate Muslims, but everyone who doesn't share his hatred." bur/fz/gvNate Johnson scores 25 as Akron defeats Alabama State 97-78

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(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Dec. 23 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 p.m. ESPNU — Diamond Head Classic: TBD, Consolation Semifinal, Honolulu 7 p.m. SECN — MTSU at Tennessee 8 p.m. ESPNU — Diamond Head Classic: TBD, Semifinal, Honolulu 10 p.m. BTN — Seattle at Washington 10:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Diamond Head Classic: TBD, Semifinal, Honolulu 12:30 a.m. (Tuesday) ESPN2 — Diamond Head Classic: TBD, Consolation Semifinal Honolulu COLLEGE FOOTBALL 11 a.m. ESPN — The Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA, Conway, S.C. 2:30 p.m. ESPN — The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: N. Illinois vs. Fresno St., Boise, Idaho NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. NBATV — San Antonio at Philadelphia 10 p.m. NBATV — Indiana at Golden State NFL FOOTBALL 8:15 p.m. ABC — New Orleans at Green Bay ESPN — New Orleans at Green Bay The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV .In his statement, Liu Yang explained that the decision to resign was not one that he made lightly. He cited a disagreement over a new exclusive agreement that the school had proposed, which he felt was not in line with his values and principles as an educator. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but it was clear that they had a significant impact on Liu Yang's decision to leave.Construction trade group leaders look forward to new leadership under Trump: 'Relief on the horizon'

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Whether you're a dancer, athlete, or CrossFit die-hard, you've probably implemented jumping rope into your training. It's a warmup you can pick up almost anywhere and is easy to learn yet has an abundance of hard-to-ignore health benefits, from burning calories to increasing agility to improving coordination. Some studies even show that it may build bone density. But as working out gets more gadget-oriented , you can have a more productive workout by switching to a smart jump rope . A smart jump rope connects to an app on your phone, making it easier to track workouts and reach goals you've set for yourself. They also have a lot of extra features that a traditional jump rope doesn't, making them more fun and impactful to use while you're warming up. We've compiled a list of some of the most useful smart jump ropes that will elevate your training and keep you motivated so you can pick one that's right for your specific goals and workout style. RENPHO smart jump ropes are exactly what you need to set goals and reach them. The highly functional jump rope connects to the easy-to-follow RENPHO Health app that tracks and analyzes each workout, including trapping skip numbers, calories burned, and even your performance. You can set your personal jump targets as well as how long you hope to jump rope and how many times per week. Or you can simply just let the app count the jumps for you so you are free to focus on your breathing or favorite TV show. The app allows you to connect other Renpho devices as well, like their treadmill, so you can get cumulated data from all your fitness activities. Another reason the $19.99 Renpho smart jump rope is one of our favorites is its versatility. You can easily adjust the length of the jump rope as well as select from three jumping modes: Free jump, timed countdown, and numbered countdown. It's also lightweight, comfortable to hold, and has an LCD display that shows critical data, so it's a great jump rope for anybody looking to easily track their progress and feel accomplished regardless of their skill level. The $79.95 price tag of this sleek and sophisticated smart jump rope may definitely scare some people away. Regular jump ropes can be found for less than $10 so what's with the massive price jump? The Tangram Factory SmartRope has a focus on quality and aesthetics. The smooth, modern handles rotate and prevent you from slipping when you get sweaty. The plastic rope is durable and feels like it can take years of daily jump roping without issue, making it great for tougher workouts or taking it with you for easy workouts on the go. On the smart side, the Tangram Factory rope pairs with an app called Smart Gym, which tracks your jumping, burnt calories, and workout times. Smart Gym also syncs to a variety of other apps and their devices , including Google Fit and Apple HealthKit, making it even easier to track all types of workouts and reach fitness goals. Another cool component of the Smart Gym mobile app is that you can unlock awards for your progress or compare progress to friends using the app. It's an extra boost of motivation — if the high price tag isn't enough to make you want to use it more. If you want a smart jump rope at a smart price, the Handio smart jump rope is currently $14.99 on Amazon — without the guilt of a big purchase you'll feel much lighter while you're exercising, like you're floating on air. In all seriousness, the Handio has a focus on comfort and durability. The non-slip handle has soft foam padding that helps you keep a consistent and comfortable grip as you jump for long durations. The steel rope is protected by a PVC sheathing, has an adjustable length, and has built-in ball bearings to make the rope's movement "fast and stable" while avoiding twisting. The price point does come with a few setbacks, of course. The Handio smart jump rope doesn't have an app so you can't track progress throughout time. But it does have a built-in HD LED display so you can fill out your weight and select a few workout options. This smart jump rope is pretty straightforward, tracking the amount of skips and the calories burned during each session. If you just don't want to count your jumps but don't need a bunch of fancy extras, the Handio smart jump rope definitely gets the job done. The simple yet high-quality Te-Rich jump rope is another low-cost smart rope that doesn't have an app to connect to but has everything you need for a quick, effective workout within the rope itself. At $16.99, don't expect a lot of high-tech features, rewards, or multiple settings like some of the other smart ropes in this list. But we chose the Te-Rich jump rope because of all the features packed into the product itself. First, the LCD screen on the handles keeps track of your jumps as well as calories burned. That's sadly it for the "smart" portion of the rope but when combined with everything else, this is definitely a great pick for hardcore fitness gurus who just want results. The Te-Rich jump rope has weighted handles to burn calories faster, an adjustable rope length, ball bearings for a smooth jump, and a heavy rope made of PVC material to eliminate bending. Even cooler, there is a ropeless option that makes jumping rope easier and lower-impact, as well as optimal for tighter spaces. Looking for something a bit different to add to your jump rope routine? This smart jump rope machine by WMM will definitely shake up your cardio while making it feel a bit more like a game. Remember Skip It — and the bruises it left on your ankles? Here's a less violent alternative that will evoke some nostalgia. This smart jump rope machine has a motorized skip ball that makes a rubber rope gently swing around at various speeds. There are 10 levels to choose from, which can be selected and changed with a remote control. Just like Skip It, this workout toy will keep track of your jumps with a displayed counter so you can try to beat your record or even compete with friends. One review on Amazon reads as such: "This jump rope machine is pretty popular with my family. It is pretty easy to use and a nice way to get exercise in. My sister especially loves [how] it has helped her [improve] her jump rope skills."

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has revised trading resumption criteria for listed companies on both the SET and the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI), requiring those firms to have a higher amount of shareholders' equity and net profit over the past year. The trading resumption criteria for listed companies under a delisting review takes effect from the beginning of 2025, aligning with new listing standards, the bourse said in a statement yesterday. To qualify for trading resumption, SET-listed companies under a delisting review must have shareholders' equity of 800 million baht, up from 300 million baht now, and for companies listed on MAI the amount is doubled to 100 million baht from 50 million. In terms of net profit, delisted companies on the main bourse would be required to have a profit of 75 million baht over the past four quarters, up from 30 million now. For MAI-listed firms, they must report a net profit of 25 million baht over the period, compared with 10 million now. Listed companies under delisting review must satisfy the enhanced requirements to validate their financial soundness and performance. These amendments were approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission following market consultations, and are effective from Jan 1, 2025, the statement noted. The SET also announced the expansion of its caution sign framework to cover trusts, property funds and infrastructure funds. Under the revised framework, also taking effect on Jan 1, the funds are subject to the caution signs CB (business), CS (financial statement), CC (non-compliance), and CF (free float) when they experience risks or incidents that could impact their financial positions, business operations or liquidity status, or demonstrate non-compliance. The framework only applies to listed companies now. According to the SET, trading of funds flagged with caution signs must be made through cash balance accounts only. The funds must conduct an initial public presentation within 15 days from the sign posting date and subsequently provide quarterly progress updates to facilitate prudent and informed investment decisions among unitholders and investors. In related news, the SET released the operating results of listed companies for the first nine months of this year, with combined net profit dipping 5.4% year-on-year, while sales grew 7.8% to 13.2 trillion baht. The decrease in net profit was attributed to the performance of oil and petrochemical businesses, which suffered a decline in prices. Excluding these businesses, net profit increased by about 8%, said SET president Asadej Kongsiri. Of the 810 listed companies that submitted financial statements, 617 or 76.2% reported a profit. Listed companies had a core profit of 1.2 trillion baht and a net profit of 687 billion baht, decreases of 2.1% and 5.4% respectively. Oil and petrochemical businesses posted a net profit decline of 32.3% for the first nine months year-on-year. Excluding the energy and utilities and petrochemicals and chemicals categories, companies reported increases in sales, core profit and net profit of 11%, 13.2% and 8.4%, respectively. "The tourism industry showed marked improvement from the previous year, driving growth across tourism-related and service industries, including food and beverage, consumer products, hospitality, aviation, property rental, retail, healthcare and telecom," said Mr Asadej. The financial sector maintained growth momentum amid high interest rates, but declining oil prices and refining margins in the third quarter adversely impacted oil and petrochemical businesses, leading to lower overall net profits despite revenue growth, he said. Companies on the MAI posted total sales of 156 billion baht, up 5.9% year-on-year. With effective containment of production costs and expenses, they achieved an operating profit of 11.4 billion baht and a net profit of 6.3 billion baht, up 31% and 27% respectively.N ew Delhi: India and Kuwait on Sunday elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Kuwaiti leadership focused on a roadmap to expand cooperation in areas such as defence, energy, trade, investment and technology. The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on defence that will lead to an increase in cooperation in training, joint exercises, defence industry and supply of defence equipment during Modi’s visit, the first by an Indian premier to Kuwait in 43 years. The two countries have close energy and business ties and India is among Kuwait’s top trading partners, with two-way trade worth $10.47 billion during 2023-24. Kuwait is India’s sixth largest crude supplier and fourth largest LPG supplier, meeting 3% of the country’s energy needs. Modi held talks with the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Crown Prince, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, and the Prime Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, to review the existing relations and to identify new areas of cooperation. At the meeting between Modi and the Amir of Kuwait, the two sides reaffirmed their commitment to expanding bilateral cooperation and agreed to elevate the relationship to a strategic partnership, the external affairs ministry said. During delegation-level talks between Modi and his Kuwaiti counterpart, the two sides discussed a roadmap to strengthen the strategic partnership in areas such as politics, trade, investment, energy, defence, security, health, education, technology, culture and people-to-people ties, according to the ministry. Modi and Sheikh Ahmad witnessed the signing of bilateral agreements, including the MoU on defence cooperation, a cultural exchange programme, a programme for cooperation in sports, and the framework agreement for Kuwait to join the International Solar Alliance. Arun Kumar Chatterjee, secretary (Overseas Indian Affairs) in the external affairs ministry, told a media briefing that the MoU on defence will institutionalise bilateral cooperation in this field. The main areas of cooperation are training, joint exercises, cooperation in defence industry, supply of defence equipment, collaboration in research and development, and exchange of personnel and experts, he said. Modi and Sheikh Ahmad also focused on deepening economic cooperation. Modi invited a delegation comprising the Kuwaiti Investment Authority and other stakeholders to visit India to explore new opportunities in energy, defence, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and food parks. Chatterjee said the cooperation in health and pharmaceuticals could include Kuwaiti investments in India and enhanced exports of Indian pharmaceutical products. The leaders also discussed cooperation in agricultural research and welcomed the recent decision to set up a Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) under which new joint working groups (JWGs) were created in trade, investment, education, technology, agriculture, security and culture. These groups are in addition to existing JWGs on health, manpower and hydrocarbons. A joint statement said both sides discussed avenues for investments in India, and Kuwait expressed interest in exploring opportunities in technology, tourism, healthcare, food security and logistics. They acknowledged the need for closer engagement between Kuwait’s investment authorities and Indian institutions, companies and funds. The leaders directed authorities in both countries to fast-track negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty. In the field of energy, the two sides discussed ways to move from a buyer-seller relationship to a comprehensive partnership, with greater collaboration in upstream and downstream sectors, the joint statement said. Both sides will support companies to increase cooperation in exploration and production of oil and gas, refining, engineering services, petrochemical industries and renewable energy. They also agreed to discuss Kuwait’s participation in India’s strategic petroleum reserve programme. The two sides condemned all forms of terrorism, including cross-border terrorism, and called for disrupting terror financing networks and safe havens and dismantling terror infrastructure. They agreed to enhance cooperation in counter-terror operations, intelligence sharing, exchanging experiences and technologies, law enforcement and anti-money laundering. They also discussed ways to promote cooperation to prevent the use of cyberspace for terror and radicalisation. Modi thanked the Amir of Kuwait for ensuring the well-being of the one-million-strong Indian community. The Amir expressed his appreciation for the contributions of Indian expatriates to Kuwait’s development. Modi appreciated Kuwait’s new initiatives to fulfil its “Vision 2035”, while the Amir expressed appreciation for India’s role as a “valued partner in Kuwait and the Gulf region”, the external affairs ministry said. The Amir said he looked forward to India’s greater contribution towards realising Kuwait’s Vision 2035. During his meeting with the Crown Prince, Modi said India attaches “utmost importance” to its relations with Kuwait. The two leaders emphasised on the need for close coordination at the UN and other multilateral forums. Modi expressed confidence that ties between India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will be strengthened under Kuwait’s presidency of the bloc. Modi invited all three Kuwaiti leaders to visit India.

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CLEMSON — Cade Klubnik threw for three touchdowns, backup running back Jay Haynes scored twice on the ground and defensive tackle Payton Page had a 57-yard pick-6 score as No. 17 Clemson routed The Citadel 51-14 Saturday to move to 39-0 all-time against FCS opponents. The Tigers (9-2) won their third straight and still held on to feint hopes of reaching the Atlantic Coast Conference title game and the College Football Playoff. Clemson, which finished ACC play at 7-1 with last week's 24-20 win at Pittsburgh, needs No. 11 Miami to lose at Syracuse next week to play for a league crown for the eighth time in 10 seasons. Clemson cranked it up early in this one, looking a lot like the offense that averaged better than 48 points during a six-game win streak earlier this season instead of the one that had not surpassed 24 points in any of its past three contests. Klubnik connected with Antonio Williams for a 30-yard TD to start the scoring and then the 315-pound Page stretched out for an interception and rumbled along the left sidelines — losing momentum with each step — for Clemson's first score from a defensive lineman in four years and a 14-0 lead. And Page wasn't the only defender to score. Clemson's All-American linebacker Barrett Carter playing his next-to-last home game, had a 4-yard TD run on Senior Day to end the Tigers' scoring. The Citadel (5-7), of the FCS Southern Conference, went on to its 19th straight loss to Clemson since 1932. Klubnik completed 12 of 16 passes for 198 yards. He headed to the sidelines after his second TD pass to Williams that gave the Tigers a 42-0 lead in the third quarter. Haynes got the bulk of the work after starter Phil Mafah achieved his 1,000-yard rushing season with three first-quarter runs. Haynes had scoring runs of 70 and 9 yards. The takeaway The Citadel: The Bulldogs are the leaders among FCS teams in victories over FBS opponents with nine since the college football split into Division I and Division I-AA in 1978. They couldn't stay competitive, but did roll up a season-high 288 yards rushing and scored a touchdown against Clemson for the first time in the past four games in the series. Clemson: The Tigers reached nine wins in a season for the 14th-straight time. Only Alabama, which entered the season with 16 straight nine-win seasons, had a longer current streak. Up next The Citadel's season is complete. Clemson closes the regular season with its rivalry game with South Carolina on Saturday.

Principal Financial Group Inc. decreased its stake in Genpact Limited ( NYSE:G – Free Report ) by 31.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 380,210 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 171,926 shares during the quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Genpact were worth $14,908,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of G. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in Genpact by 34.2% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,326,054 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $107,065,000 after buying an additional 847,249 shares in the last quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Genpact by 130.3% in the 2nd quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 1,163,870 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $37,465,000 after purchasing an additional 658,560 shares during the period. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Genpact during the third quarter worth approximately $19,779,000. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Genpact in the third quarter valued at approximately $17,025,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Genpact by 12.6% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,691,406 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $148,142,000 after buying an additional 413,646 shares in the last quarter. 96.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Genpact Stock Performance Genpact stock opened at $42.91 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $43.05 and a 200-day simple moving average of $38.36. The stock has a market cap of $7.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.85 and a quick ratio of 1.85. Genpact Limited has a 1-year low of $30.23 and a 1-year high of $47.98. Genpact Announces Dividend Insider Activity at Genpact In related news, CEO Balkrishan Kalra sold 9,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.40, for a total transaction of $417,600.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 267,404 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,407,545.60. This represents a 3.26 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink . In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 23,058 shares of company stock worth $1,044,715. Company insiders own 2.80% of the company’s stock. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on Genpact from $44.00 to $48.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on shares of Genpact from $42.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Genpact from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on Genpact from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 9th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Genpact from $35.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, September 6th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $42.33. Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on G About Genpact ( Free Report ) Genpact Limited provides business process outsourcing and information technology services in India, rest of Asia, North and Latin America, and Europe. It operates through three segments: Financial services; Consumer and Healthcare; and High Tech and Manufacturing. 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Indiana State finished out its season Saturday afternoon with a 41-34 Missouri Valley Football Conference loss to Northern Iowa inside the UNI-Dome at Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Sycamores got off to a fast start as quarterback Elijah Owens rushed 4 yards for an early touchdown with Ryan O'Grady converting the extra point to make it 7-0. But the Panthers' Jaden Palmer converted a 39-yard field goal midway through the first quarter to pull within 7-3. Before the first period ended, the Panthers grabbed the lead at 10-7 on a 63-yard punt return by Sergio Morancy. ISU responded with Owens running for another TD, this time covering 2 yards. UNI regained the lead, however, when Morancy received a 24-yard TD pass from Aidan Dunne to make it 17-14. The gap was widened after the home team stripped the ball from ISU. Morancy then hauled in another pass and took it to the end zone for a 69-yard score with 7:47 left in the first half to make it 24-14. ISU cut its deficit to 24-17 on a 26-yard field goal by O'Grady on the last play of the first half. Northern Iowa's Tye Edwards rushed 75 yards to the end zone to make it 31-17 at the 14:07 mark of the third frame. Edwards exploded again for another huge gain before he was brought down. Palmer soon converted a 19-yard field goal to extend the advantage to 34-17 midway through the third quarter. The visitors chipped into their deficit when Kevin Barnett received a pass from Owens for a 73-yard touchdown to pull within 34-24. ISU got off to another fast start in the fourth quarter when Shen Butler-Lawson hauled it 68 yards to the end zone to slice its deficit to 34-31 at the 14:06 mark. But the Panthers were able to widen the gap again when Morancy received a 13-yard touchdown pass with 7:44 left to make it 41-31. The Sycamores found themselves close to the end zone but botched the snap and had to go chasing after the ball, which left them further back on the field. With that, they had to settle for an O'Grady field goal from 27 yards out with 3:37 showing on the scorebook and that ended the scoring. Statistical highlights for Indiana State included 135 and 125 yards rushing for Owens and Butler-Lawson respectively. For UNI, Edwards gained 235 yards on the ground. The Sycamores finished 5-7 overall and 3-5 in the MVFC. Afterward, ISU coach Curt Mallory talked highly of the seniors on this season's team and the leadership they brought. "I'm awfully proud of these seniors," Mallory said via email. "They've led this team to the very end, the end of the season, end of each game. ... It's a special group and we have to build off of that. "Great leadership from them. It was a tough loss today, but awfully proud of this team and how they fought together all year." He offered high praise for the offensive players, but noted they needed to capitalize on some plays and acknowledged how the team gave up big plays on special teams and defense. "The one thing we have done is we've fought all year long," Mallory emphasized. Going into the offseason, Mallory said they want to build off this season. Improvement was significant for the Sycamores, who went from one win last season to four this season. He said they got a taste of victory and that the guys know how close they are with how close they were in a lot of games. Mallory said they have to work even harder over the offseason so they can get the close ones at the end. Indiana State 7 10 7 10 — 34 Northern Iowa 10 14 10 7 — 41 ISU — Owens 4 run (O'Grady kick), 10:49 1Q UNI — FG Palmer 39, 7:16 1Q UNI — Morancy 63 run (Palmer kick), 5:55 1Q ISU — Owens 2 run (O'Grady kick), 14:22 2Q UNI — Morancy 24 pass from Dunne (Palmer kick), 11:06 2Q UNI — Morancy 69 pass from Dunne (Palmer kick), 7:47 2Q ISU — FG O'Grady 26, 0:00 2Q UNI — Edwards 75 run (Palmer kick), 14:07 3Q UNI — FG Palmer 19, 6:26 3Q ISU — Barnett 73 pass from Owens (O'Grady kick), 4:58 3Q ISU — Butler-Lawson 68 run (O'Grady kick), 14:06 4Q UNI — Morancy 13 pass from Dunne (Palmer kick), 7:44 4Q ISU — FG O'Grady 27, 3:37 4Q ISU UNI First downs 20 18 Rushes-yards 273 225 Passing-yards 206 204 Comp-Att-Int 16-22-0 13-15-0 Return yards 78 120 Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0 Punts-avg 3-43.7 0-0 Penalties-yards 10-110 7-55 Individual statistics Rushing — Indiana State, Owens 20-135, Butler-Lawson 17-125, Allen 4-39, Lawrence 1-3. Northern Iowa, Edwards 22-235, Dunne 4-12, Pesek-Hickson 5-6, Morancy 1-0. Passing — Indiana State, Owens 14-20-0 168, Rochelle 1-1-0 24, Traum 1-1-0 14. Northern Iowa, Dunne 13-15-0 204. Receiving — Indiana State, Taylor 4-32, Chambers 3-45, Rochelle 3-10, Butler-Lawson 2-20, Barnett 1-73, Shew 1-14, Allen 1-8, Ciocca 1-4. Northern Iowa, Morancy 5-119, Hutson 3-20, Pryor 2-24, Kershaw 1-19, Edwards 1-14, McCullough 1-8.

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This is most expensive thing made by humankind ever, costs more than Mukesh Ambani's Antilia, it is...Defending champions India delivered a commanding performance to storm into the semi-finals of the men's Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament with a resounding 16-0 win over Chinese Taipei here on Saturday. Dilraj Singh led the charge with four goals, while Rosan Kujur and Sourabh Anand Kushwaha scored hat-tricks, as India completely outclassed their opponents. With three consecutive victories, the PR Sreejesh-coached side sits atop Pool A with nine points, ahead of Japan (6) and has qualified for the last-four with a round to spare. India will face Korea in their final group match on December 1, with the semifinals scheduled for December 3. India began cautiously, with Yogember Rawat opening the scoring in the 7th minute. However, the floodgates opened in the second quarter as Sourabh Kushwaha (20th, 28th), Dilraj Singh (17th), and Rosan Kujur (23rd) combined to give India a 5-0 lead at halftime. The third quarter saw India at their ruthless best, netting eight goals. Kujur completed his hat-trick with strikes in the 32nd and 42nd minutes, while Dilraj added two more in the 40th and 45th minutes. Arshdeep Singh (37th, 44th), Priyobarta Talem (31st), and Sharda Nand Tiwari (39th) joined the scoring spree. In the final quarter, Araijeet Singh Hundal (54th) opened the scoring before Dilraj completed his four-goal blitz in the 57th minute. Kushwaha wrapped up the match with his third goal in the 58th minute, sealing India’s dominant display. Chinese Taipei’s defense was overwhelmed throughout the match, unable to cope with India’s relentless pressure. Goalkeeper Ting-Shuo made a valiant save in the 35th minute, but his efforts were not enough to stem the tide as India’s attacking prowess left the Taipei defense inundated and struggling to contain wave after wave of Indian attacks. This tournament doubles as a qualifier for next year’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, which will be hosted by India. The top six teams will qualify, but as hosts, India have already secured their spot. Having finished already among top six, the seventh-placed team will also earn a berth. India have been the most successful team in Junior Asia Cup history with four titles (2004, 2008, 2015, 2023). Published - December 01, 2024 05:16 am IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Hockey / sportTEHRAN – Alireza Bigdeli will be replacing Hassan Kazemi Qomi as the new Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, according to reports published on Sunday. Qomi was appointed as the Iranian president’s special envoy two months before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. Sometime later, he also assumed the role of Iranian ambassador to Kabul. The title of special envoy will be eliminated with the appointment of Bigdeli as the new ambassador. Given the sensitive and crucial nature of Iran's relationship with Afghanistan, Iran is working to cultivate close ties with the ruling Taliban government while simultaneously advocating for the inclusion of all Afghan political groups. Immigration and trade are another key aspect of the bilateral relationship. Bigdeli has a PhD in Political Philosophy and has spent several decades in different ranks of the Iranian foreign ministry. After serving as an analyst on East Europe, the diplomat began his first major role at the foreign ministry as deputy ambassador to Moscow from 1988 to 1992, subsequently serving as chargé d'affaires in Kazakhstan. Throughout his career, Bigdeli has held several ambassadorial positions, including serving as Iran's ambassador to Azerbaijan, Cyprus, and Turkey. He has also played a crucial role in Afghanistan's economic reconstruction efforts from 2002 to 2007. In addition to his diplomatic missions, Bigdeli has contributed to various departments within the Iranian foreign ministry, including planning and research roles. In December 2021, he was appointed as the foreign ministry’s acting deputy for consular and parliamentary affairs. Furthermore, on Saturday, the new Iranian ambassador to Finland left for the European country after sharing his plans and visions in a meeting with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Javad Aghazadeh Khoei emphasized the importance of building on the existing positive trajectory of Iran-Finland relations. Araghchi welcomed Khoei's proposals and highlighted the necessity of pursuing a comprehensive agenda that aligns with Iran’s broader foreign policy goals. He expressed optimism about the potential for increased engagement and cooperation between the two countries.

Aaron Rodgers on his Jets future: ‘You should ask Woody’The Ducks will ring in December by hosting the Ottawa Senators on Sunday in a matchup of teams that are an eyelash under .500 with designs on gaining some upward momentum. They’ll enter the clash with identical .477 points percentages that situate them near the bottom of their respective divisions but not far behind a crowded pack of middling clubs. The Ducks have had more of a defensive inclination while the Senators have shown more scoring pop to date. Ducks coach Greg Cronin said his team hadn’t “had too many stinkers” of late, and that’s been reflected by their 5-3-1 record across their past nine games, with four of their five-plus-goal games this season arriving in that span. “Since we got back from that New York trip, I think we’ve been on a pretty good path in terms of playing with an identity and competing,” Cronin said. They had to grind hard on Black Friday, when they played what Cronin described as something of a postseason-style game against the Kings at Honda Center. Though they fell 2-1 to what veteran forward Ryan Strome described as a “mature, veteran team” that they couldn’t quite edge past despite playing a “disciplined, structured and north-south” game, the Ducks still felt they carried forward some positive indicators from their recent play. “It was a good hockey game. We competed hard. I thought we dictated a lot of the game. We played similar to the way we’ve been playing,” Strome said. Kings coach Jim Hiller concurred. With teams frequently playing the Southern California franchises back to back, he and Cronin get constant looks at one another’s teams during pre-scouts, and Hiller assessed the Ducks’ performance quite favorably. “I thought – we’ve played them this year, I’ve scouted them this year – I thought that’s the best game they’ve played this year. I thought they played very well,” Hiller said. Time will tell if Sunday’s match elicits similar plaudits from Ottawa coach Travis Green, who spent parts of two seasons with the Ducks as a player and is in his first year as the Sens’ head coach after previously guiding the Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils briefly. Though Brock McGinn has made some progress in his return, he and Robby Fabbri remained unavailable. So, too, did Leo Carlsson, whose upper-body injury has kept him out of the Ducks’ past two matches. Cam Fowler will be a game-time decision. Troy Terry has four points across his three-game scoring streak, while Trevor Zegras just snapped a four-gamer that saw him compile six points. For Ottawa, forwards Tim Stützle and Drake Batherson each have seven points in the Sens’ past five outings. Captain Brady Tkachuk, whom Cronin suggested could be a model for his own power forward Mason McTavish, has racked up five points during a three-game surge. Those are the three Senators scoring above a point per game this season, with Stützle’s 28 points in 22 games leading the way. Ottawa at Ducks When: 5 p.m. Sunday Where: Honda Center How to watch: Victory+I'm A Celeb's worst-ever Bushtucker trials - from live spider meal to 'drowning' in a tube

The Atlanta Falcons re-signed linebacker Rashaan Evans to the practice squad on Tuesday. Evans played in two games for the Falcons earlier this season and received one defensive snap and five on special teams. He was on the roster Weeks 9-15 before being released Dec. 21. Evans, 29, was a first-round pick (22nd overall) in 2018 by the Tennessee Titans. He spent four seasons with the Titans before signing with the Falcons prior to the 2022 season. Evans stood out for Atlanta in 2022 with a career-high 159 tackles and two sacks. He played in nine games for the Dallas Cowboys in 2023. Overall, Evans has 485 tackles and five sacks in 87 career games (68 starts) over seven NFL seasons. Atlanta also signed defensive lineman Kyler Baugh to the practice squad. He was on the practice squads of the New Orleans Saints and New York Giants earlier this season. Baugh, 23, has not played in an NFL game. He originally was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New Orleans Saints following the 2024 NFL Draft. --Field Level MediaNone"In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathing space to address these issues," Trump's legal team wrote, to give him "the opportunity to pursue a political resolution." Trump was fiercely opposed to TikTok during his 2017-21 first term, and tried in vain to ban the video app on national security grounds. The Republican voiced concerns -- echoed by political rivals -- that the Chinese government might tap into US TikTok users' data or manipulate what they see on the platform. US officials had also voiced alarm over the popularity of the video-sharing app with young people, alleging that its parent company is subservient to Beijing and that the app is used to spread propaganda, claims denied by the company and the Chinese government. Trump called for a US company to buy TikTok, with the government sharing in the sale price, and his successor Joe Biden went one stage further -- signing a law to ban the app for the same reasons. Trump has now, however, reversed course. "Now (that) I'm thinking about it, I'm for TikTok, because you need competition," he recently told Bloomberg. "If you don't have TikTok, you have Facebook and Instagram -- and that's, you know, that's Zuckerberg." Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg and part of his Meta tech empire, was among the social media networks that banned Trump after attacks by his supporters on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The ban was driven by concerns that he would use the platform to promote more violence. Those bans on major social media platforms were later lifted. In the brief filed on Friday, Trump's lawyer made it clear the president-elect did not take a position on the legal merits of the current case. "President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute," John Sauer wrote in the amicus curiae -- or "friend of the court" -- brief. "Instead, he respectfully requests that the court consider staying the act's deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case, thus permitting President Trump's incoming Administration the opportunity to pursue a political resolution of the questions at issue in the case." ft/aha

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants real estate developer Charles Kushner , father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post, calling Charles Kushner “a tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker." Kushner is the founder of Kushner Companies, a real estate firm. Jared Kushner is a former White House senior adviser to Trump who is married to Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka. The elder Kushner was pardoned by Trump in December 2020 after pleading guilty years earlier to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations. People are also reading... Charles Kushner arrives July 20, 2022, for the funeral of Ivana Trump in New York. John Minchillo, Associated Press Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts Prosecutors alleged that after Charles Kushner discovered his brother-in-law was cooperating with federal authorities in an investigation, he hatched a scheme for revenge and intimidation. Kushner hired a prostitute to lure his brother-in-law, then arranged to have the encounter in a New Jersey motel room recorded with a hidden camera and the recording sent to Kushner's own sister, the man’s wife, prosecutors said. Kushner eventually pleaded guilty to 18 counts including tax evasion and witness tampering. He was sentenced in 2005 to two years in prison — the most he could receive under a plea deal, but less than what Chris Christie, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey at the time and later governor and Republican presidential candidate, sought. Christie blamed Jared Kushner for his firing from Trump’s transition team in 2016, and called Charles Kushner’s offenses “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted when I was U.S. attorney.” Trump and the elder Kushner knew each other from real estate circles and their children were married in 2009. Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far President-elect Donald Trump Among President-elect Donald Trump's picks are Susie Wiles for chief of staff, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state, former Democratic House member Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Evan Vucci, Associated Press Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, 67, was a senior adviser to Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and its de facto manager. Evan Vucci, Associated Press Marco Rubio, Secretary of State Trump named Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to be secretary of state, making a former sharp critic his choice to be the new administration's top diplomat. Rubio, 53, is a noted hawk on China, Cuba and Iran, and was a finalist to be Trump's running mate on the Republican ticket last summer. Rubio is the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “He will be a strong Advocate for our Nation, a true friend to our Allies, and a fearless Warrior who will never back down to our adversaries,” Trump said of Rubio in a statement. The announcement punctuates the hard pivot Rubio has made with Trump, whom the senator called a “con man" during his unsuccessful campaign for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. Their relationship improved dramatically while Trump was in the White House. And as Trump campaigned for the presidency a third time, Rubio cheered his proposals. For instance, Rubio, who more than a decade ago helped craft immigration legislation that included a path to citizenship for people in the U.S. illegally, now supports Trump's plan to use the U.S. military for mass deportations. Wilfredo Lee, Associated Press Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, 44, is a co-host of Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends Weekend” and has been a contributor with the network since 2014, where he developed a friendship with Trump, who made regular appearances on the show. Hegseth lacks senior military or national security experience. If confirmed by the Senate, he would inherit the top job during a series of global crises — ranging from Russia’s war in Ukraine and the ongoing attacks in the Middle East by Iranian proxies to the push for a cease-fire between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah and escalating worries about the growing alliance between Russia and North Korea. Hegseth is also the author of “The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free,” published earlier this year. George Walker IV, Associated Press Pam Bondi, Attorney General Trump tapped Pam Bondi, 59, to be attorney general after U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration. She was Florida's first female attorney general, serving between 2011 and 2019. She also was on Trump’s legal team during his first impeachment trial in 2020. Considered a loyalist, she served as part of a Trump-allied outside group that helped lay the groundwork for his future administration called the America First Policy Institute. Bondi was among a group of Republicans who showed up to support Trump at his hush money criminal trial in New York that ended in May with a conviction on 34 felony counts. A fierce defender of Trump, she also frequently appears on Fox News and has been a critic of the criminal cases against him. Derik Hamilton Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security Trump picked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a well-known conservative who faced sharp criticism for telling a story in her memoir about shooting a rambunctious dog, to lead an agency crucial to the president-elect’s hardline immigration agenda. Noem used her two terms leading a tiny state to vault to a prominent position in Republican politics. South Dakota is usually a political afterthought. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, Noem did not order restrictions that other states had issued and instead declared her state “open for business.” Trump held a fireworks rally at Mount Rushmore in July 2020 in one of the first large gatherings of the pandemic. She takes over a department with a sprawling mission. In addition to key immigration agencies, the Department of Homeland Security oversees natural disaster response, the U.S. Secret Service, and Transportation Security Administration agents who work at airports. Matt Rourke, Associated Press Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior The governor of North Dakota, who was once little-known outside his state, Burgum is a former Republican presidential primary contender who endorsed Trump, and spent months traveling to drum up support for him, after dropping out of the race. Burgum was a serious contender to be Trump’s vice presidential choice this summer. The two-term governor was seen as a possible pick because of his executive experience and business savvy. Burgum also has close ties to deep-pocketed energy industry CEOs. Trump made the announcement about Burgum joining his incoming administration while addressing a gala at his Mar-a-Lago club, and said a formal statement would be coming the following day. In comments to reporters before Trump took the stage, Burgum said that, in recent years, the power grid is deteriorating in many parts of the country, which he said could raise national security concerns but also drive up prices enough to increase inflation. “There's just a sense of urgency, and a sense of understanding in the Trump administration,” Burgum said. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ran for president as a Democrat, than as an independent, and then endorsed Trump . He's the son of Democratic icon Robert Kennedy, who was assassinated during his own presidential campaign. The nomination of Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services alarmed people who are concerned about his record of spreading unfounded fears about vaccines . For example, he has long advanced the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism. Evan Vucci, Associated Press Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, 62, is a former George Soros money manager and an advocate for deficit reduction. He's the founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management, after having worked on-and-off for Soros Fund Management since 1991. If confirmed by the Senate, he would be the nation’s first openly gay treasury secretary. He told Bloomberg in August that he decided to join Trump’s campaign in part to attack the mounting U.S. national debt. That would include slashing government programs and other spending. “This election cycle is the last chance for the U.S. to grow our way out of this mountain of debt without becoming a sort of European-style socialist democracy,” he said then. Matt Kelley, Associated Press Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Labor Secretary Oregon Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer narrowly lost her reelection bid this month, but received strong backing from union members in her district. As a potential labor secretary, she would oversee the Labor Department’s workforce, its budget and put forth priorities that impact workers’ wages, health and safety, ability to unionize, and employer’s rights to fire employers, among other responsibilities. Chavez-DeRemer is one of few House Republicans to endorse the “Protecting the Right to Organize” or PRO Act would allow more workers to conduct organizing campaigns and would add penalties for companies that violate workers’ rights. The act would also weaken “right-to-work” laws that allow employees in more than half the states to avoid participating in or paying dues to unions that represent workers at their places of employment. Andrew Harnik, Associated Press Scott Turner, Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner is a former NFL player and White House aide. He ran the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Trump’s first term in office. 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Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy A campaign donor and CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Write is a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, including fracking — a key pillar of Trump’s quest to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market. Wright also has been one of the industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change. He said the climate movement around the world is “collapsing under its own weight.” The Energy Department is responsible for advancing energy, environmental and nuclear security of the United States. Wright also won support from influential conservatives, including oil and gas tycoon Harold Hamm. Hamm, executive chairman of Oklahoma-based Continental Resources, a major shale oil company, is a longtime Trump supporter and adviser who played a key role on energy issues in Trump’s first term. 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Manuel Balce Ceneta, Associated Press Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, who graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in agricultural development, is a longtime Trump associate who served as White House domestic policy chief during his first presidency. The 52-year-old is president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a group helping to lay the groundwork for a second Trump administration. She previously served as an aide to former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and ran a think tank, the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Evan Vucci Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce Trump chose Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary, a position in which he'd have a key role in carrying out Trump's plans to raise and enforce tariffs. Trump made the announcement Tuesday on his social media platform, Truth Social. Lutnick is a co-chair of Trump’s transition team, along with Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive who previously led Trump’s Small Business Administration. Both are tasked with putting forward candidates for key roles in the next administration. The nomination would put Lutnick in charge of a sprawling Cabinet agency that is involved in funding new computer chip factories, imposing trade restrictions, releasing economic data and monitoring the weather. It is also a position in which connections to CEOs and the wider business community are crucial. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Doug Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins is a former Republican congressman from Georgia who gained recognition for defending Trump during his first impeachment trial, which centered on U.S. assistance for Ukraine. Trump was impeached for urging Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden in 2019 during the Democratic presidential nomination, but he was acquitted by the Senate. Collins has also served in the armed forces himself and is currently a chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserve Command. "We must take care of our brave men and women in uniform, and Doug will be a great advocate for our Active Duty Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Families to ensure they have the support they need," Trump said in a statement about nominating Collins to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. John Bazemore, Associated Press Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 27, was Trump's campaign press secretary and currently a spokesperson for his transition. She would be the youngest White House press secretary in history. The White House press secretary typically serves as the public face of the administration and historically has held daily briefings for the press corps. Leavitt, a New Hampshire native, was a spokesperson for MAGA Inc., a super PAC supporting Trump, before joining his 2024 campaign. In 2022, she ran for Congress in New Hampshire, winning a 10-way Republican primary before losing to Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas. Leavitt worked in the White House press office during Trump's first term before she became communications director for New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump's choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Ted Shaffrey, Associated Press Tulsi Gabbard, National Intelligence Director Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has been tapped by Trump to be director of national intelligence, keeping with the trend to stock his Cabinet with loyal personalities rather than veteran professionals in their requisite fields. Gabbard, 43, was a Democratic House member who unsuccessfully sought the party's 2020 presidential nomination before leaving the party in 2022. She endorsed Trump in August and campaigned often with him this fall. “I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community,” Trump said in a statement. Gabbard, who has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades, deploying to Iraq and Kuwait, would come to the role as somewhat of an outsider compared to her predecessor. The current director, Avril Haines, was confirmed by the Senate in 2021 following several years in a number of top national security and intelligence positions. Evan Vucci, Associated Press John Ratcliffe, Central Intelligence Agency Director Trump has picked John Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman who served as director of national intelligence during his first administration, to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency in his next. Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during the final year and a half of Trump's first term, leading the U.S. government's spy agencies during the coronavirus pandemic. “I look forward to John being the first person ever to serve in both of our Nation's highest Intelligence positions,” Trump said in a statement, calling him a “fearless fighter for the Constitutional Rights of all Americans” who would ensure “the Highest Levels of National Security, and PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.” Manuel Balce Ceneta, Associated Press Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Trump has chosen former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin to serve as his pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency . Zeldin does not appear to have any experience in environmental issues, but is a longtime supporter of the former president. The 44-year-old former U.S. House member from New York wrote on X , “We will restore US energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, and make the US the global leader of AI.” “We will do so while protecting access to clean air and water,” he added. During his campaign, Trump often attacked the Biden administration's promotion of electric vehicles, and incorrectly referring to a tax credit for EV purchases as a government mandate. Trump also often told his audiences during the campaign his administration would “Drill, baby, drill,” referring to his support for expanded petroleum exploration. In a statement, Trump said Zeldin “will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet.” Matt Rourke, Associated Press Brendan Carr, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Trump has named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband. Carr is a longtime member of the commission and served previously as the FCC’s general counsel. He has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate three times and was nominated by both Trump and President Joe Biden to the commission. Carr made past appearances on “Fox News Channel," including when he decried Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris' pre-Election Day appearance on “Saturday Night Live.” He wrote an op-ed last month defending a satellite company owned by Trump supporter Elon Musk. Jonathan Newton - pool, ASSOCIATED PRESS Elise Stefanik, Ambassador to the United Nations Rep. Elise Stefanik is a representative from New York and one of Trump's staunchest defenders going back to his first impeachment. Elected to the House in 2014, Stefanik was selected by her GOP House colleagues as House Republican Conference chair in 2021, when former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney was removed from the post after publicly criticizing Trump for falsely claiming he won the 2020 election. Stefanik, 40, has served in that role ever since as the third-ranking member of House leadership. Stefanik’s questioning of university presidents over antisemitism on their campuses helped lead to two of those presidents resigning, further raising her national profile. If confirmed, she would represent American interests at the U.N. as Trump vows to end the war waged by Russia against Ukraine begun in 2022. He has also called for peace as Israel continues its offensive against Hamas in Gaza and its invasion of Lebanon to target Hezbollah. Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press Matt Whitaker, Ambassador to NATO President-elect Donald Trump says he's chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO. Trump has expressed skepticism about the Western military alliance for years. Trump said in a statement Wednesday that Whitaker is “a strong warrior and loyal Patriot” who “will ensure the United States’ interests are advanced and defended” and “strengthen relationships with our NATO Allies, and stand firm in the face of threats to Peace and Stability.” The choice of Whitaker as the nation’s representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an unusual one, given his background is as a lawyer and not in foreign policy. Andrew Harnik, Associated Press Mike Huckabee, Ambassador to Israel Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be ambassador to Israel. Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and his intended nomination comes as Trump has promised to align U.S. foreign policy more closely with Israel's interests as it wages wars against the Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah. “He loves Israel, and likewise the people of Israel love him,” Trump said in a statement. “Mike will work tirelessly to bring about peace in the Middle East.” Huckabee, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016, has been a popular figure among evangelical Christian conservatives, many of whom support Israel due to Old Testament writings that Jews are God’s chosen people and that Israel is their rightful homeland. Trump has been praised by some in this important Republican voting bloc for moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Oded Balilty, Associated Press Steven Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East Trump on Tuesday named real estate investor Steven Witkoff to be special envoy to the Middle East. The 67-year-old Witkoff is the president-elect's golf partner and was golfing with him at Trump's club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15, when the former president was the target of a second attempted assassination. Witkoff “is a Highly Respected Leader in Business and Philanthropy,” Trump said of Witkoff in a statement. “Steve will be an unrelenting Voice for PEACE, and make us all proud." Trump also named Witkoff co-chair, with former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, of his inaugural committee. Evan Vucci, Associated Press Keith Kellogg, Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Gen. Keith Kellogg to serve as assistant to the president and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg, a retired Army lieutenant general who has long been Trump’s top adviser on defense issues, served as National Security Advisor to Trump's former Vice President Mike Pence. For the America First Policy Institute, one of several groups formed after Trump left office to help lay the groundwork for the next Republican administration, Kellogg in April wrote that “bringing the Russia-Ukraine war to a close will require strong, America First leadership to deliver a peace deal and immediately end the hostilities between the two warring parties.” (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib Mike Waltz, National Security Adviser Trump asked Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., a retired Army National Guard officer and war veteran, to be his national security adviser, Trump announced in a statement Tuesday. The move puts Waltz in the middle of national security crises, ranging from efforts to provide weapons to Ukraine and worries about the growing alliance between Russia and North Korea to the persistent attacks in the Middle East by Iran proxies and the push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and Hezbollah. “Mike has been a strong champion of my America First Foreign Policy agenda,” Trump's statement said, "and will be a tremendous champion of our pursuit of Peace through Strength!” Waltz is a three-term GOP congressman from east-central Florida. He served multiple tours in Afghanistan and also worked in the Pentagon as a policy adviser when Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates were defense chiefs. He is considered hawkish on China, and called for a U.S. boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to its involvement in the origin of COVID-19 and its mistreatment of the minority Muslim Uighur population. Ted Shaffrey, Associated Press Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner , was a vocal spokesperson during the presidential campaign for Trump's priority of mass deportations. The 39-year-old was a senior adviser during Trump's first administration. Miller has been a central figure in some of Trump's policy decisions, notably his move to separate thousands of immigrant families. Trump argued throughout the campaign that the nation's economic, national security and social priorities could be met by deporting people who are in the United States illegally. Since Trump left office in 2021, Miller has served as the president of America First Legal, an organization made up of former Trump advisers aimed at challenging the Biden administration, media companies, universities and others over issues such as free speech and national security. Evan Vucci, Associated Press Tom Homan, ‘Border Czar’ Thomas Homan, 62, has been tasked with Trump’s top priority of carrying out the largest deportation operation in the nation’s history. Homan, who served under Trump in his first administration leading U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was widely expected to be offered a position related to the border, an issue Trump made central to his campaign. Though Homan has insisted such a massive undertaking would be humane, he has long been a loyal supporter of Trump's policy proposals, suggesting at a July conference in Washington that he would be willing to "run the biggest deportation operation this country’s ever seen.” Democrats have criticized Homan for his defending Trump's “zero tolerance” policy on border crossings during his first administration, which led to the separation of thousands of parents and children seeking asylum at the border. John Bazemore, Associated Press Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, 64, is a former heart surgeon who hosted “The Dr. Oz Show,” a long-running daytime television talk show. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as the Republican nominee in 2022 and is an outspoken supporter of Trump, who endorsed Oz's bid for elected office. Matt Rourke, Associated Press Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to advise White House on government efficiency Elon Musk, left, and Vivek Ramaswamy speak before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at an Oct. 27 campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York. Trump on Tuesday said Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency" — which is not, despite the name, a government agency. The acronym “DOGE” is a nod to Musk's favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin. Trump said Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside the government to offer the White House “advice and guidance” and will partner with the Office of Management and Budget to “drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.” He added the move would shock government systems. It's not clear how the organization will operate. Musk, owner of X and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been a constant presence at Mar-a-Lago since Trump won the presidential election. Ramaswamy suspended his campaign in January and threw his support behind Trump. Trump said the two will “pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” Evan Vucci, Associated Press photos Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought held the position during Trump’s first presidency. After Trump’s initial term ended, Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, a think tank that describes its mission as “renew a consensus of America as a nation under God.” Vought was closely involved with Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for Trump’s second term that he tried to distance himself from during the campaign. Vought has also previously worked as the executive and budget director for the Republican Study Committee, a caucus for conservative House Republicans. He also worked at Heritage Action, the political group tied to The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. Evan Vucci, Associated Press Additional selections to the incoming White House Dan Scavino, deputy chief of staff Scavino, whom Trump's transition referred to in a statement as one of “Trump's longest serving and most trusted aides,” was a senior adviser to Trump's 2024 campaign, as well as his 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He will be deputy chief of staff and assistant to the president. Scavino had run Trump's social media profile in the White House during his first administration. He was also held in contempt of Congress in 2022 after a month-long refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. James Blair, deputy chief of staff Blair was political director for Trump's 2024 campaign and for the Republican National Committee. He will be deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs and assistant to the president. Blair was key to Trump's economic messaging during his winning White House comeback campaign this year, a driving force behind the candidate's “Trump can fix it” slogan and his query to audiences this fall if they were better off than four years ago. Taylor Budowich, deputy chief of staff Budowich is a veteran Trump campaign aide who launched and directed Make America Great Again, Inc., a super PAC that supported Trump's 2024 campaign. He will be deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel and assistant to the president. Budowich also had served as a spokesman for Trump after his presidency. William McGinley, White House counsel McGinley was White House Cabinet secretary during Trump's first administration, and was outside legal counsel for the Republican National Committee's election integrity effort during the 2024 campaign. In a statement, Trump called McGinley “a smart and tenacious lawyer who will help me advance our America First agenda, while fighting for election integrity and against the weaponization of law enforcement.” Jay Bhattacharya, National Institutes of Health Trump has chosen Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health. Bhattacharya is a physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates. He promoted the idea of herd immunity during the pandemic, arguing that people at low risk should live normally while building up immunity to COVID-19 through infection. The National Institutes of Health funds medical research through competitive grants to researchers at institutions throughout the nation. NIH also conducts its own research with thousands of scientists working at its labs in Bethesda, Maryland. Jamieson Greer, U.S. trade representative Kevin Hassett, Director of the White House National Economic Council Trump is turning to two officials with experience navigating not only Washington but the key issues of income taxes and tariffs as he fills out his economic team. He announced he has chosen international trade attorney Jamieson Greer to be his U.S. trade representative and Kevin Hassett as director of the White House National Economic Council. While Trump has in several cases nominated outsiders to key posts, these picks reflect a recognition that his reputation will likely hinge on restoring the public’s confidence in the economy. Trump said in a statement that Greer was instrumental in his first term in imposing tariffs on China and others and replacing the trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, “therefore making it much better for American Workers.” Hassett, 62, served in the first Trump term as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. He has a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and worked at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute before joining the Trump White House in 2017. Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press Get Government & Politics updates in your inbox!

No matter how much a financial system is fortified against scams, there is always a fraudster, a conman, or a swindler aiming to game that system. Financial crimes, a la white-collar crimes, are committed, interestingly, by those working closely with the system or those having the innate skill to justify the art through the framework of ‘fraud triangle’, that is in the terms of opportunity, incentive and rationalization. Scams, mainly the pecuniary ones, involve conduct of dishonest practices leading to perversion, depravity and debasement of the entire morals of the social fabric. Financial scandals, like any other scandal, have a story of their own and, of course, the denouement. The truth of the scandals appears to be a drama at times, and at times an enthralling thriller. Vijay Narayan Govind, in his book Fraudster Tales, promises to tell select 10 true stories of financial scams, spread across centuries and continents, and in his own words, “these frauds were significant enough at the time to send major ripples through the systems they challenged, with many of them serving as the catalyst for key legal and regulatory reforms.” The book introduces 10 swindlers, each with their own story of fraud in a separate chapter with a suitable story-title to it. In Govind’s fraudster tales, Hegestratos’s tale emerges as the ‘First Fraudster’, circa 300 BCE, in Athens. He, along with his crime partner Zenosthemis, working as ship merchants, planned to steal the cargos, sink the vessel, and con the vessel’s insurers of shipload of valuable goods through enforcement of the clauses of bottomry and respondentia contracts. However, the plans went awry due to the alert captain and crew members and Hegestratos jumped and drowned himself in the sea. Zenosthemis was arrested, tried and imprisoned in Athens for a long time. The author picks stories, random perhaps, from Athens and other countries, including India. Haridas Mundhra in the tale of ‘The Great Investor’ and Natwarlal in ‘The Master Manipulator’ are the two Indians figuring in the book. The Mundhra scandal, first of its kind in independent India, not only was embroiled with the stock markets and financial institutions but was an expose of the wicked nexus between political party, bureaucracy, ministers and business class, perhaps a prototype of ‘crony capitalism’. The conman Mudhra duped Life Insurance Company (LIC) by forging share certificates, using them as collateral for loans, and amassing huge loans to the tune of Rs 15.60 crore by the mid of 1957. It was Feroz Gandhi, the law maker, who brought this scam to public attention that led to nationalization of LIC, resignation of TT Krishnamachari – then finance minister, indictment of finance secretary and some senior LIC officials, and, of course, sentencing of Haridas Mundhra to 22 years in prison. In the Mithilesh Kumar alias Natwarlal’s case, the story, though intriguing, is simple. From forging signatures and withdrawing money from banks, he graduated to nefarious crimes such as decamping cash from merchants and siphoning off goods from the cargo areas while using more than 50 aliases. Natwarlal even sold, impersonating himself as government official, the Taj Mahal thrice, the Red Fort twice, and the Rashtrapati Bhawan and Parliament once. He had developed this shrewd art of escaping prison, and one heard him saying quite often that ‘no jail is enough to hold me for too long’. Then, there is a story of how an expert William Chaloner counterfeited coins, notes, and lottery tickets, in the 1600s, but finally got caught by Sir Issac Newton, and sent to gallows for he was guilty of multiple currency frauds. Hugh Cameron’s story is about his conspiracy to cheat Royal British Banks and its customers, eventually which led to the Bank’s collapse. However, in due course, it triggered major legislative reforms in the corporate governance systems in Britain. Oscar Hartzell, a brazen rook, in another story, swindled millions of dollars from investors in a popularly known Sir Francis Drake estate scam. Another story, rather smutty and historical, called the ‘necklace scandal’, involves one French noble woman Jeanne de valois as the key conspirator. It became one of the scandals that led to French Revolution. US major Enron bankruptcy, led by Kenneth Lay, and the Ponzi scheme by Charles Ponzi, the two white-collar financial crimes, rocked the financial systems in the US. The 10 tales are fun, and a riveting read and, in the tales, the readers would find themselves in the murky world of scandals. The criminals of the stories have two things in common, one they dreamt of becoming filthy rich in a trice, and when caught they tried to justify that all is done in good faith, and second, all of them are caught and punished, which the author seems to lay down as the moral of the book.Louisiana-Lafayette 34, Troy 14

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TORONTO — With Jan. 27 marking 500 days out from the 2026 World Cup kickoff, some 50-plus staff are fleshing out the Canadian end of the tournament at FIFA's Toronto office. The office has been around for a year, although it took six months to get it to where it is now — a fully functioning space with more than a little character. The entrance features a display of 14 official match balls dating back to the 1970 World Cup. A giant 2026 cut-out in the shape of the FIFA World Cup trophy provides a unique photo op. Maple Leaf motifs decorate the converted factory, which is getting busier by the day. Peter Montopoli, chief tournament officer for the Canadian end, says the staff numbers will soon reach 80, with another 600 to 700 involved during the event itself. A lot has happened since Montopoli, then Canada Soccer's general secretary, and Victor Montagliani, then Canada Soccer's incoming president, hashed out the idea of bidding for the men's World Cup at a 2011 dinner at a Vancouver restaurant with Walter Sieber, director-general of sports at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and a man plugged into the world governing body of soccer. "When we announced in May 2012 ... it wasn't actually accepted very well by a few journalists in this city, who kind of laughed at it and scoffed at it," said Montagliani, who still keeps one of those negative articles in his desk. Montagliani, now president of CONCACAF and a FIFA vice-president, looks forward to the 2026 tournament — an expanded 48-team, 104-game colossus co-hosted by Canada, the United States and Mexico — and its legacy. He calls it a "seminal moment ... that I think is going to push the game to the next level." "What I see is (that) '26, quite frankly, is really the beginning of the next era for the game in our country. It's not the culmination of it," Montagliani told a media roundtable Monday. "Hosting a World Cup is like nothing any of us (know). I don't even think I know what it's going to be like. And I've put on a few of these things. And I still don't know. I think I'm underestimate the impact this (tournament) is going to be. And if I'm underestimating, the person on the street is underestimating it too." Staff at the Toronto office are working on everything from stadium and venue operations, and safety and security to commercial, legal, finance and government relations. They work in conjunction with FIFA offices in Miami and Mexico as well as the FIFA head office in Zurich. Canada and Mexico, which has three host cities to Canada’s two, will each host 13 matches with the U.S. staging the remaining 78 across its 11 host cities. Toronto and Vancouver will each host five opening-round matches plus a round-of-32 knockout match. Vancouver will also stage a round-of-16 game. FIFA plans to open a tournament office in Vancouver in the second quarter of 2025. Both Canadian offices will be walking distance to their local venues: Toronto's BMO Field and B.C. Place Stadium. Montopoli and his staff have a detailed timeline, covering everything from the tournament draw to unveiling of mascots, official songs and posters. FIFA is encouraging fans interested in tournament tickets to register via FIFA.com. Hospitality packages are already open and other packages are expected next September, with single-game tickets to follow after the draw in early December 2025. There is much to be done, starting with the two Canadian host stadiums. A ring of permanent suites is under construction at B.C. Place. BMO Field will get an additional 17,750 seats, bringing total capacity to around 45,735 seats, with the north and south ends expanded. Not all the new seats will be permanent, but some of the new suites at BMO Field will be. Montopoli says his staff are working with the City of Toronto, which owns the stadium, and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which manages the facility, to decide what upgrades will permanent. "They're still in discussion with that, because they still have to work through the economics of it" he said. Improvements include new video boards. And while some of the expanded BMO stands will be temporary, the additions will be proper seats not benches. Montagliani says every stadium among the 16 host cities is getting upgrades, even AT&T Stadium in Arlington, the US$1.2-billion-dollar home of the Dallas Cowboys. Vancouver has already announced its tournament training facilities will be at Killarney Park and Memorial South Park once upgrades are complete. While Toronto has yet to confirm its training venues, with fields at Etobicoke’s Centennial Park one option, Montopoli says they will be finalized in the first quarter of 2025. FIFA's Miami-based tournament traffic lead is currently visiting the city, a "world-class expert" who has done World Cups, Olympic Games and the 2015 Pan-American Games in Toronto, said Montopoli. "She's fully aware of everything, Toronto's transport issues," he added. Fans can expect a much different landscape around the stadiums than normal, with an expanded secure zone. "This is not the Grey Cup. This is the World Cup and it's going to be completely different from an operational logistical standpoint, logistical standpoint, than anything we've ever experienced," Montagliani said. And while holding a tournament in 16 host cities and three countries is vastly different from the 2022 tournament in Qatar, which had all eight stadiums in and around the capital of Doha, Montagliani says a lot of FIFA's World Cup blueprint can be transferred. "A venue is a venue is a venue," he said. Teams will have their own base camps during the group stage with nearby cities grouped in clusters. Toronto, for example, is linked to Philadelphia, Boston and New York, while Vancouver is grouped with Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. --- Follow @NeilMDavidson on X platform This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 8, 2024. Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press

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NoneReal Betis manager Manuel Pellegrini was quick to back Vitor Roque after the team’s draw with Rayo Vallecano last time out. The Brazilian did not score in the match, and has only managed four goals all season, but has still reportedly attracted interest from Palmeiras . Yet Pellegrini seems happy with Vitor Roque who is currently on loan from Barcelona . “He is a young player who is starting his career. He is 19 years old, so we cannot demand from him the experience that a footballer with more games under his belt has,” he told reporters. “He spent the 90 minutes running, trying to create opportunities. He caused the penalty, had a cross-field chance that he failed to convert and a one-on-one with the goalkeeper and as he gains confidence, he will also improve his precision in finishing inside the area. He is a player in full growth who brings us a lot.” Palmeiras are said to be prepared to spend 20 million euros on Vitor Roque but it’s not known if the youngster would be interested in returning to Brazil. Relevo are now reporting that Tottenham also scouted Vitor Roque during the match, suggesting he is also a target for the north London side.If I'd invested $5,000 in this ASX S&P 500 Index Fund 5 years ago, here's how much I'd have now

Pope Francis kicks off a yearlong Jubilee that will test his stamina and Rome's patience VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has opened the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. The ceremony kicks off the 2025 Holy Year. It's a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome. And it will test the pope’s stamina and the ability of the Eternal City to welcome them. This begins the Christmas Eve Mass. The ceremony inaugurates the once-every-25-year tradition of a Jubilee. Francis has dedicated the 2025 Jubilee to the theme of hope. Bethlehem marks a second subdued Christmas Eve during the war in Gaza BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem is marking another somber Christmas Eve under the shadow of war in Gaza. Manger Square lacked its usual festive lights and crowds of tourists on Tuesday. Instead, the area outside the Nativity Church was quiet. The church was built atop the spot where Jesus is believed to have been born. The war, the violence in the occupied West Bank it has spurred and the lack of festivities has deeply hurt Bethlehem's economy. The town relies heavily on Christmas tourism. The economy in the West Bank was already reeling because of restrictions placed on laborers preventing them from entering Israel during the war. Heavy travel day starts with brief grounding of all American Airlines flights WASHINGTON (AP) — American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical problem just as the Christmas travel season kicked into overdrive and winter weather threatened more potential problems for those planning to fly or drive. Government regulators cleared American flights to get airborne Tuesday about one hour after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a national ground stop, which prevented planes from taking off. American said in an email that the problem was caused by an issue with a vendor technology that maintains its flight operating system. Aviation analytics company Cirium said flights were delayed across American’s major hubs, with only 37% leaving on time. Nineteen flights were cancelled. Middle East latest: Israeli raid and airstrikes in West Bank kill at least 8 Palestinians The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least eight people were killed by Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank. The ministry said three of the dead were killed by Israeli airstrikes. The attacks took place around the city of Tulkarem and nearby refugee camps. The Israeli military said it opened fire after militants attacked soldiers, and it was aware of some uninvolved civilians who were harmed in the raid. Elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian city of Bethlehem was marking a somber Christmas Eve under the shadow of the war in Gaza. Most festivities were cancelled and crowds of tourists were absent. Caitlin Clark honored as AP Female Athlete of the Year following her impact on women's sports Caitlin Clark has been named the AP Female Athlete of the Year after raising the profile of women’s basketball to unprecedented levels in both college and the WNBA. She led Iowa to the national championship game, was the top pick in the WNBA draft and captured rookie of the year honors in the league. Fans packed sold-out arenas and millions of television viewers followed her journey on and off the court. Clark's exploits also put other women's sports leagues in the spotlight. A group of 74 sports journalists from AP and its members voted on the award. Other athletes who received votes included Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and boxer Imane Khelif. Clark’s only the fourth women’s basketball player to win the award since it was first given in 1931. NFL players who use platform to share their faith say it's their duty to spread their love of Jesus ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Jake Bates was standing on the turf in his hometown of Houston when asked to reflect on an unlikely journey from learning how to sell bricks to making game-winning kicks for the Detroit Lions. Bates used his platform as an NFL player to spread his love of Jesus. A month later, Bates told The Associated Press it is a duty to share his faith. The NFL is filled with players and coaches who feel the same way, such as Houston's C.J. Stroud, Atlanta's Kirk Cousins, and Lamar Jackson and John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens. Major storm pounds California's central coast, blamed for man's death and partially collapsing pier SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A major storm has pounded California’s central coast bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean. The storm was expected to bring hurricane-force winds and waves up to 60 feet Monday as it gained strength from California to the Pacific Northwest. Some California cities have ordered beachfront homes and hotels to evacuate early Monday afternoon. Forecasters have warned that storm swells would continue to increase throughout the day. Medellin Cartel victims demand truth and justice as cartel boss Fabio Ochoa walks free in Colombia BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — The return of the notorious drug trafficker Fabio Ochoa to Colombia, following his deportation from the United States, has reopened old wounds among the victims of the Medellin cartel, with some expressing their dismay at the decision of Colombian authorities to let the former mafia boss walk free.Some of the cartel victims said on Tuesday that they are hoping the former drug lord will at least cooperate with ongoing efforts by human rights groups to investigate one of the most violent periods of Colombia’s history, and demanded that Colombian prosecutors also take Ochoa in for questioning. Man arraigned on murder charges in NYC subway death fanned flames with a shirt, prosecutors say NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say a man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train used a shirt to fan the flames, causing her to become engulfed. The suspect, identified by police as Sebastian Zapeta, was arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court on Tuesday. He faces murder charges that could put him in prison for life. Federal immigration officials say 33-year-old Zapeta is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally after being deported in 2018. The apparently random attack occurred Sunday morning on a stationary F train at the Coney Island station in Brooklyn. Amsterdam court sentences 5 men over violence linked to Ajax-Maccabi soccer game THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Amsterdam District Court has issued sentences of up to six months in jail against 5 men who were involved in violent disorder after a soccer match between the Dutch club Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv in November. The riots caused an international outcry and accusations of deliberate anti-Semitic attacks. The violence following a UEFA Europa League match left 5 people in hospital. More than 60 suspects were detained. The court on Tuesday sentenced one man to 6 months in prison, another to 2 1/2 months, two to 1 month and one to 100 hours of community service.Vought picked for repeat performance at Trump’s budget office

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Nick Johnson had 22 points in Winthrop's 102-97 win over Mercer on Saturday. Johnson had five rebounds for the Eagles (10-4). Kasen Harrison shot 7 of 11 from the field, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 5 for 8 from the line to add 20 points. Kelton Talford shot 4 of 9 from the field and 10 of 14 from the free-throw line to finish with 18 points. The Bears (6-6) were led in scoring by Ahmad Robinson, who finished with 27 points and seven assists. Tyler Johnson added 19 points for Mercer. Angel Montas finished with 17 points. Winthrop plays Sunday against Indiana on the road, and Mercer visits Georgia State on Saturday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

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As 2024 comes to an end and we reflect on the past year, a trendy quote comes to my mind. “Two things can be true.” I have heard this often in reference to politics and pop culture. As it applies to our work here at United Way, it is true that we are incredibly thankful for those who support the work of our community partners. We are grateful for monetary donations, volunteers who give their precious time, and those who are vocal and proud advocates of United Way. We are also looking to 2025 with a desire for continued and greater impact and the hope for continued support. The need in southern West Virginia is great and our theme for the 2024/2025 campaign is “United for IMPACT!” This theme represents the outstanding impact United Way creates, identifying the needs of our neighbors, and addressing those needs with our community partners. With the advent of a new year, our community partners are a reminder that hope for the future is what our work is about. Parents on tight budgets who receive car seats, formula, or diapers from baby pantries have great hope for the health and future of their children. Home-delivered meals provide nutrition, interaction, and hope to isolated seniors in our communities. Children who have been abused and the loved ones who suffer with them are given hope for healing by child advocacy centers. Recovery programs offer lifelines to those who struggle with substance use disorders. Hope is the common denominator among the agencies who provide services to our friends, neighbors, colleagues, and family members. Our direct services, the 2-1-1 Information and Referral Hotline and the Equal Footing Shoe Fund provide hope to thousands of southern West Virginia residents. Over 1,000 requests are made annually by school personnel for new, athletic shoes for children without proper footwear. Providing shoes offers local children hope for similar learning experiences as their classmates. In southern West Virginia, over 8,000 connections are made yearly by our 2-1-1 resource specialist, providing hope to those who don’t know where to turn when they have unmet needs. Your donation is critical. With your help we can bring significant change to our communities. If you have made your 2025 gift or pledge, thank you. If not, please consider giving today. Every dollar is vital to helping our community reach its $850,000 campaign goal. You can donate safely online at unitedwayswv.org , pledge conveniently and securely by calling 304-253-2111, ext. 105, to speak with a United Way representative, or mail your contribution today to United Way of Southern West Virginia, PO Box 5456, Beckley, WV 25801. Contributions made to United Way of Southern West Virginia stay in southern West Virginia to fund the programs that support our friends, neighbors, family, and colleagues. We are United for IMPACT!

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December 5, 2024 This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlightedthe following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: fact-checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread by Boyce Thompson Institute As climate change accelerates, scientists are sounding the alarm about its potentially devastating impact on the world's food supply. In a paper published by Trends in Plant Science , an international team of researchers warns that without rapid changes to how we develop climate-resilient crops, we could face widespread food shortages leading to famine, mass migration, and global instability. "We're in a race against time," explained Silvia Restrepo, president of the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and one of the paper's co-authors. "The crops we depend on for food are increasingly struggling to survive extreme weather, from heat waves to droughts and floods. Meanwhile, our current approaches to developing tougher, more resilient crops simply aren't moving fast enough." The problem is complex: Not only are crops battling higher temperatures, but they're also facing more frequent pest outbreaks and diseases. Even when plants survive these challenges, climate change can reduce their nutritional value. Adding to the urgency, agriculture itself contributes to about 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions , creating a vicious cycle. The researchers outline five key recommendations to address this crisis: Create global research initiatives that bring together scientists from developed and developing nations to share resources and expertise Study plants in real-world conditions rather than just in controlled laboratory settings Establish stronger partnerships between laboratory scientists and farmers Build public trust and acceptance of new crop development technologies Streamline regulations to speed up the implementation of innovative solutions One of the paper's most striking observations is that despite agriculture's crucial role in human survival, only about 4% of global climate funding (roughly $35 billion annually) goes toward developing climate-resilient food systems. Even more concerning, most of this research focuses on large-scale farming in developed nations, leaving smaller farms and developing countries behind. "We need to completely rethink how we approach this challenge," said co-author Andrew Nelson, an associate professor at BTI. "Instead of starting in the lab and hoping solutions work in the field, we should begin by understanding farmers' real-world challenges and then work backward to develop practical solutions." The researchers emphasize that success will require unprecedented collaboration between scientists, farmers, policymakers, and the public. They also stress the importance of making new technologies accessible to all regions, particularly in the Global South, where climate impacts are often felt most severely. As climate change continues to accelerate, the paper's authors argue that the time for incremental changes has passed. By decisively implementing the five recommendations outlined above, we can create agricultural systems that are resilient to the impacts of climate change while also improving food security and nutrition. The group of 21 co-authors from nine countries was formed as a result of the First International Summit on Plant Resilience, organized by the Plant Resilience Institute earlier this year. The keynote speaker was co-author Michelle Heck, adjunct professor at BTI and Cornell University and Research Molecular Biologist at USDA-ARS, who spoke about her innovative research to prevent citrus greening disease. The summit promoted global collaboration, bringing together leading plant scientists from diverse disciplines. Together, they developed a roadmap to establish plant resilience research as a cornerstone of global climate change solutions. A follow-up summit is planned for 2026. More information: Seung Y. Rhee et al, Resilient plants, sustainable future, Trends in Plant Science (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.001 Journal information: Trends in Plant Science Provided by Boyce Thompson InstituteBarclays PLC lifted its holdings in shares of CVR Energy, Inc. ( NYSE:CVI – Free Report ) by 214.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 78,030 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after purchasing an additional 53,203 shares during the period. Barclays PLC owned about 0.08% of CVR Energy worth $1,797,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Headlands Technologies LLC grew its stake in CVR Energy by 820.5% in the 2nd quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 1,482 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 1,321 shares during the period. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC acquired a new position in shares of CVR Energy in the 3rd quarter valued at $46,000. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of CVR Energy by 640.9% in the 3rd quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 3,119 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $72,000 after purchasing an additional 2,698 shares during the last quarter. Quest Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of CVR Energy by 47.3% in the 2nd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 3,485 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $93,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119 shares during the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CVR Energy by 103.4% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,031 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $93,000 after acquiring an additional 2,049 shares in the last quarter. 98.88% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. CVR Energy Price Performance Shares of NYSE:CVI opened at $18.47 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.84. CVR Energy, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $15.60 and a fifty-two week high of $38.07. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $19.07 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.95. The company has a market cap of $1.86 billion, a PE ratio of 26.77 and a beta of 1.57. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on shares of CVR Energy from $24.00 to $21.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, December 6th. Tudor Pickering upgraded shares of CVR Energy to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, September 9th. StockNews.com lowered shares of CVR Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, December 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of CVR Energy from $26.00 to $23.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. lowered shares of CVR Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, September 9th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and two have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, CVR Energy currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $23.00. View Our Latest Stock Report on CVI CVR Energy Profile ( Free Report ) CVR Energy, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the petroleum refining and marketing, and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing activities in the United States. It operates in two segments, Petroleum and Nitrogen Fertilizer. The Petroleum segment refines and supplies gasoline, crude oil, distillate, diesel fuel, and other refined products. Further Reading Five stocks we like better than CVR Energy What Makes a Stock a Good Dividend Stock? 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By JILL COLVIN and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks to confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years. Vance arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday with former Rep. Matt Gaetz and spent the morning sitting in on meetings between Trump’s choice for attorney general and key Republicans, including members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The effort was for naught: Gaetz announced a day later that he was withdrawing his name amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations and the reality that he was unlikely to be confirmed. Thursday morning Vance was back, this time accompanying Pete Hegseth, the “Fox & Friends Weekend” host whom Trump has tapped to be the next secretary of defense. Hegseth also has faced allegations of sexual assault that he denies. Vance is expected to accompany other nominees for meetings in coming weeks as he tries to leverage the two years he has spent in the Senate to help push through Trump’s picks. Vice President-elect JD Vance, still a Republican senator from Ohio, walks from a private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., center, and Vice President-elect JD Vance, left, walk out of a meeting with Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, departs the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, center speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, right, speaks with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, before testifying at a hearing, March 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives for a classified briefing on China, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives for a vote on Capitol Hill, Sept. 12, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance R-Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) Vice President-elect JD Vance, still a Republican senator from Ohio, walks from a private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The role of introducing nominees around Capitol Hill is an unusual one for a vice president-elect. Usually the job goes to a former senator who has close relationships on the Hill, or a more junior aide. But this time the role fits Vance, said Marc Short, who served as Trump’s first director of legislative affairs as well as chief of staff to Trump’s first vice president, Mike Pence, who spent more than a decade in Congress and led the former president’s transition ahead of his first term. ”JD probably has a lot of current allies in the Senate and so it makes sense to have him utilized in that capacity,” Short said. Unlike the first Trump transition, which played out before cameras at Trump Tower in New York and at the president-elect’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, this one has largely happened behind closed doors in Palm Beach, Florida. There, a small group of officials and aides meet daily at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort to run through possible contenders and interview job candidates. The group includes Elon Musk, the billionaire who has spent so much time at the club that Trump has joked he can’t get rid of him. Vance has been a constant presence, even as he’s kept a lower profile. The Ohio senator has spent much of the last two weeks in Palm Beach, according to people familiar with his plans, playing an active role in the transition, on which he serves as honorary chair. Vance has been staying at a cottage on the property of the gilded club, where rooms are adorned with cherubs, oriental rugs and intricate golden inlays. It’s a world away from the famously hardscrabble upbringing that Vance documented in the memoir that made him famous, “Hillbilly Elegy.” His young children have also joined him at Mar-a-Lago, at times. Vance was photographed in shorts and a polo shirt playing with his kids on the seawall of the property with a large palm frond, a U.S. Secret Service robotic security dog in the distance. On the rare days when he is not in Palm Beach, Vance has been joining the sessions remotely via Zoom. Though he has taken a break from TV interviews after months of constant appearances, Vance has been active in the meetings, which began immediately after the election and include interviews and as well as presentations on candidates’ pluses and minuses. Among those interviewed: Contenders to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray , as Vance wrote in a since-deleted social media post. Defending himself from criticism that he’d missed a Senate vote in which one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees was confirmed, Vance wrote that he was meeting at the time “with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including for FBI Director.” “I tend to think it’s more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45,” Vance added on X. “But that’s just me.” While Vance did not come in to the transition with a list of people he wanted to see in specific roles, he and his friend, Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is also a member of the transition team, were eager to see former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. find roles in the administration. Trump ended up selecting Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence , a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser. And he chose Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services , a massive agency that oversees everything from drug and food safety to Medicare and Medicaid. Vance was also a big booster of Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who will serve as Trump’s “border czar.” In another sign of Vance’s influence, James Braid, a top aide to the senator, is expected to serve as Trump’s legislative affairs director. Allies say it’s too early to discuss what portfolio Vance might take on in the White House. While he gravitates to issues like trade, immigration and tech policy, Vance sees his role as doing whatever Trump needs. Vance was spotted days after the election giving his son’s Boy Scout troop a tour of the Capitol and was there the day of leadership elections. He returned in earnest this week, first with Gaetz — arguably Trump’s most divisive pick — and then Hegseth, who has was been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017, according to an investigative report made public this week. Hegseth told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing. Vance hosted Hegseth in his Senate office as GOP senators, including those who sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee, filtered in to meet with the nominee for defense secretary. While a president’s nominees usually visit individual senators’ offices, meeting them on their own turf, the freshman senator — who is accompanied everywhere by a large Secret Service detail that makes moving around more unwieldy — instead brought Gaetz to a room in the Capitol on Wednesday and Hegseth to his office on Thursday. Senators came to them. Vance made it to votes Wednesday and Thursday, but missed others on Thursday afternoon. Vance is expected to continue to leverage his relationships in the Senate after Trump takes office. But many Republicans there have longer relationships with Trump himself. Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, said that Trump was often the first person to call him back when he was trying to reach high-level White House officials during Trump’s first term. “He has the most active Rolodex of just about anybody I’ve ever known,” Cramer said, adding that Vance would make a good addition. “They’ll divide names up by who has the most persuasion here,” Cramer said, but added, “Whoever his liaison is will not work as hard at it as he will.” Cramer was complimentary of the Ohio senator, saying he was “pleasant” and ” interesting” to be around. ′′He doesn’t have the long relationships,” he said. “But we all like people that have done what we’ve done. I mean, that’s sort of a natural kinship, just probably not as personally tied.” Under the Constitution, Vance will also have a role presiding over the Senate and breaking tie votes. But he’s not likely to be needed for that as often as was Kamala Harris, who broke a record number of ties for Democrats as vice president, since Republicans will have a bigger cushion in the chamber next year. Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

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‘Worry less and love the market’: Why sky-high stock valuations are justified, according to UBSWhether or not Minnesota Wild fans believe in Santa Claus is irrelevant as families all across the State of Hockey gather near their Christmas trees, real or artificial. Whether or not they believe, truly, in the second round of the NHL playoffs is the real factor determining their level of holiday spirit. Save for a recent blip of four straight losses, this has been a hockey season filled with unexpected fun from a team for whom preseason expectations were low. The Wild entered the three-day holiday break in solid contention for the top of not only the Central Division but also the Western Conference with a 21-10-4 record after a 4-3 victory over the Blackhawks on Monday. As the NHL enjoys a holiday break that comes just a few games shy of the 2024-25 season’s midway mark, we offer a quintet of wishes that would help bring a Merry Christmas and, even more importantly, a Happy New Year to the State of Hockey. 1) Get healthy The Wild have not seen top-line center Joel Eriksson Ek or veteran defenseman Jake Middleton play a game in weeks. They lost top-line winger Mats Zuccarello for a month. They lost mainstay goalie Filip Gustavsson for a week. They have had live through games without Marat Khusnutdinov, Yakob Trenin, Jakub Lauko, Jonas Brodin, Ryan Hartman and Jared Spurgeon. Even superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov missed a game after a nasty knee-on-knee check during a November win in Edmonton. The injury bug pays a visit to every team at some point, and we hear lots of brave talk about the “next man up” and other cool clichés. But a healthy roster in 2025 could mean the difference between sneaking into the playoffs and contending for a new banner for the Xcel Energy Center rafters. 2) Make friends with the schedule-makers On Dec. 6, the Wild won convincingly in Anaheim by a 5-1 count. Roughly 19 hours after that game concluded, they had to face the powerful Kings in downtown Los Angeles and lost 4-1. Last weekend, a home loss to Utah was followed, less than 24 hours later, by a visit to Central-leading Winnipeg, which won handily. On Jan. 11, they will play in San Jose, then have roughly 19 hours to get to Las Vegas for a night with the Knights. Like injuries, everyone deals with schedule quirks, especially in a season like this when things are condensed due to the two-week break for the 4 Nations Cup in February. But the spate of back-to-backs in different rinks has certainly done Minnesota no favors in the realm of getting healthy and staying healthy. 3) Beat the good teams Of the Wild’s 21 wins, two have been notably impressive. In October, they went on the road to Florida and blasted past the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers 5-1. A month later, in Edmonton, they rallied from an early deficit and beat the Oilers — who were within one win of the Cup last season — by a 5-3 count. Beyond those two games, the Wild have generally beaten the teams they should beat (San Jose, Anaheim, Chicago, Nashville, Columbus, etc.) and have had trouble with the NHL’s elite. Heading into Friday’s visit to Dallas, the Wild are a collective 1-6-1 versus the others among the top five in the West — Winnipeg, Vegas, Edmonton and Los Angeles. And it’s worth noting that after those signature wins in Florida and Edmonton, both of those foes won handily during visits to Minnesota in December. More wins, and more signature wins, are going to be needed if this team is to contend for anything notable. 4) Keep Kirill In the smiling Russian kid that wears number 97, the Wild have their first true contender for NHL most valuable player honors in the quarter-century history of the franchise. His seemingly nightly habit of getting pucks past the opposing goalie — honed by hours and hours of “we need to drag him off the ice” work post-practice — is like nothing Minnesota fans have seen, maybe ever. On July 1, Kaprizov will be a free agent, and Wild owner Craig Liepold vowed in a preseason meeting with reporters that no other team will offer Kaprizov more money or more years on his next contract. That might mean an eight-year pact worth $15 million a season. Having given fans a taste of the good life with a superstar wearing green and Iron Range red, keeping Kaprizov in Minnesota is their most important New Years’ resolution. 5) Get their groove back The entertainment complex that Marcus Foligno dubbed the “Kirill and Zuccy” show is a sight to behold, with numbers 97 and 36 showing off some amazing chemistry as they torment opposing goalies and defenses. But the Wild need more than an amazing top line if they are to play games in May. The holiday break perhaps comes at the best time for a few players mired in some mid-winter doldrums, such as Marcus Johansson (six straight games without a point), Matt Boldy (one assist in the past five games) and Ryan Hartman, who has not appeared on the offensive score sheet in more than a month, going an unexpected 16 consecutive games without a goal or assist. “I’ve had opportunities to score. I think I’ve made plays where some guys have had opportunities, the puck just hasn’t gone in,” Hartman said as he headed into the Christmas break. “Obviously, if they do, it’s going to make you feel much better.” And as the Wild’s unexpectedly great season moves into 2025, that is something all Wild fans can agree on.

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