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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FIREWEED METALS CORP. (“Fireweed” or the “Company”) (TSXV: FWZ; OTCQX: FWEDF) is pleased to announce it has been awarded US$15.8 M (~C$22.5 M) from the U.S. Department of Defense and up to C$12.9 M from the Government of Canada in support of its critical minerals projects at Macmillan Pass, Yukon Territory. Peter Hemstead, President and CEO, commented: “The coordinated investments by the United States and Canadian governments underscore the critical importance and strategic value of Fireweed’s mineral assets at Macmillan Pass. This joint announcement is a testament to the determination of both governments to unlock this new critical minerals district in Canada. In the coming months and years, our team will work to ensure our projects and the enabling infrastructure move forward in a way that respects rights-holders, provides benefits to communities in the region, and demonstrates how critical minerals can be developed responsibly.” Adam Lundin, Fireweed’s Strategic Advisor, stated: “The emerging critical minerals district at Macmillan Pass is a profound opportunity to address key supply chain vulnerabilities of the North American industrial base. These investments are significant milestones on the path to advancing both Macpass and Mactung projects toward development.” The Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, stated: “Canada is positioning itself as a global supplier of responsibly sourced critical minerals, which are increasingly in demand for the clean and digital economy as well as for defence applications. The Fireweed project will develop the necessary energy infrastructure to power multiple critical minerals mines and communities with clean energy. These investments by Canada and the United States build on our long history of friendship and collaboration, complement the region’s deep expertise in mining, create good jobs in the Yukon and advance economic growth, now and into the future.” Macmillan Pass is an emerging critical minerals district (the “Macpass District”), with two immediately-adjacent, best-in-class critical mineral projects being advanced by Fireweed. The Macpass Project (“Macpass”) is a district-scale collection of high-grade zinc deposits, forming one of the largest undeveloped zinc resources globally, while also containing the world’s largest known accumulation of germanium and gallium . The Mactung Project (“Mactung”) is the world’s largest, high-grade tungsten deposit , with sufficient mineral resources to potentially supply North America’s expected tungsten demand for decades. Macmillan Pass and the North Canol Road (the district’s primary overland access) are located within Kaska Nation Traditional Territory and the Traditional Territory of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyӓk Dun. The Mactung access road passes through the Sahtú Settlement Area (Tulı́tʼa District in the Northwest Territories), which include both First Nations and Métis communities. Fireweed has been awarded US$15.8 M (~C$22.5 M) by the U.S. Department of Defense under DPA Title III to advance its 100%-owned Mactung tungsten project toward a final investment decision. The objective of the DPA Title III funding is to progress Mactung to a final investment decision, a precursor to project construction and subsequent production of domestic tungsten concentrates for the North American industrial base. The award will support an expansive, Fireweed team-led program that includes mine design optimization, geotechnical investigations, and metallurgical test programs, culminating in the development of a new feasibility study. A range of environmental studies will be undertaken, supporting the pursuit of licenses and permits necessary to construct Mactung. The program builds on extensive past drilling at Mactung and an updated 2023 mineral resource estimate that supersedes a historical 2009 Feasibility Study. The project also benefits from a positive environmental assessment decision issued in 2014 by Yukon and Canadian Federal regulators. The DPA Title III award is non-dilutive to Fireweed shareholders and no commercial covenants are included in the award conditions that would impair Fireweed’s current business nor its future sale of tungsten concentrates to the industrial base. Fireweed’s own management team will lead the work and periodically report progress to administrators of the award. Fireweed will also receive up to C$12.9 M, pending final due diligence, from the Government of Canada through the Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (“CMIF”) to lead planning efforts for infrastructure improvements that would serve the critical minerals district at Macmillan Pass. The CMIF funding will support Fireweed’s implementation of the first phase (Phase I) of the “North Canol Infrastructure Improvement Project” (“NCIIP”), which includes developing preliminary designs for approximately 250 kilometers of road improvements, as well as upgrades to an existing transmission line between Faro and Ross River, and the construction of a new transmission line from Ross River to Macmillan Pass. The effort also includes seeking the consent of local Indigenous groups, completing necessary environmental assessment processes and facilitating multi-party project agreements necessary to advance NCIIP toward construction (Phase II). Fireweed anticipates NCIIP Phase II to be advanced through a collaboration of government, Indigenous groups and industry. Funding sources for NCIIP construction have yet to be determined but will likely involve ‘stacking’ a range of new and existing funding sources, potentially including previously announced Yukon Resource Gateway funding. Technical information in this news release has been approved by Fireweed Metals VP Geology, Jack Milton, Ph.D., P.Geo. (BC), a ‘Qualified Person’ as defined under National Instrument 43-101. Dr. Milton is not independent of Fireweed for purposes of NI 43-101. Fireweed Metals Corp. is an exploration company unlocking significant value in a new critical metals district located in the Yukon, Canada. Fireweed is 100% owner of the Macpass District, a large and highly prospective 977 km land package. The Macpass District includes the Macpass zinc-lead-silver (germanium-gallium) project and the Mactung tungsten project, both characterized by meaningful size, grade and opportunity. At Macpass, Fireweed owns one of the largest undeveloped zinc resources worldwide , in a region with enormous exploration upside potential. The Mactung project is a strategic critical metals asset that hosts the world’s largest high-grade tungsten resource – a potential long-term supply of tungsten for North America. A Lundin Group company, Fireweed is strongly positioned to create meaningful value. In Canada, Fireweed (TSXV: FWZ) trades on the TSX Venture Exchange. In the USA, Fireweed (OTCQX: FWEDF) trades on the OTCQX Best Market for early stage and developing U.S. and international companies and is DTC eligible for enhanced electronic clearing and settlement. Investors can find Real-Time quotes and market information for the Company on www.otcmarkets.com. In Europe, Fireweed (FSE: M0G) trades on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Additional information about Fireweed and its projects can be found on the Company’s website at FireweedMetals.com and at . ON BEHALF OF FIREWEED METALS CORP. President & CEO, and Director References to relative size, grade, and metal content of the Mactung resources and Macpass resources in comparison to other tungsten, zinc, gallium, and germanium deposits elsewhere in the world, respectively, are based on review of the Standard & Poor’s Global Market Intelligence Capital IQ database. For Tom, Jason, End Zone, and Boundary Zone Mineral Resources, see the technical report filed on October 18, 2024, entitled “Technical Report for NI 43-101, Macpass Project, Yukon, Canada”. The effective date of the Mineral Resource is September 4, 2024. SLR Managing Principal Resource Geologist, Pierre Landry, P.Geo. (BC) is a ‘Qualified Person’ as defined under NI 43-101. Mr. Landry is considered to be “independent” of the Company for purposes of NI 43-101. Mr. Landry, of SLR, is responsible for the Macpass Mineral Resource Estimate. For Mactung Mineral Resources, see Fireweed news release dated June 13, 2023 “Fireweed Metals Announces Mineral Resources for the Mactung Project: the Largest High-Grade Tungsten Deposit in the World” and the technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report, Mactung Project, Yukon Territory, Canada,” with effective date July 28, 2023 filed on . Garth Kirkham, P.Geo. is considered independent of the Company, and a ‘Qualified Person’ as defined under NI 43-101. Garth Kirkham, of Kirkham Geosystems Limited., is responsible for the Mactung Mineral Resource Estimate. Contact: Peter Hemstead Phone: +1 (604) 689-7842 Email:

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Joseph Paintsil and Dejan Joveljic scored in the first half, and the LA Galaxy won their record sixth MLS Cup championship with a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Joseph Paintsil and Dejan Joveljic scored in the first half, and the LA Galaxy won their record sixth MLS Cup championship with a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Joseph Paintsil and Dejan Joveljic scored in the first half, and the LA Galaxy won their record sixth MLS Cup championship with a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. After striking twice in the first 13 minutes of the final with goals from their star forwards, the Galaxy nursed their lead through a scoreless second half to raise their league’s biggest trophy for the first time since 2014. MLS’ most successful franchise struggled through most of the ensuing decade, even finishing 26th in the 29-team league last year. But the Galaxy turned everything around this season with a high-scoring new lineup that finished second in the Western Conference and then streaked through the playoffs with a whopping 18 goals in five games to win another crown. Sean Nealis scored for the seventh-seeded Red Bulls, whose improbable charge through the playoffs ended one win shy of its first Cup championship. With the league’s youngest roster, New York fell just short of becoming the lowest-seeded team to win MLS’ playoff tournament under first-year German coach Sandro Schwarz. Galaxy goalkeeper John McCarthy made four saves to win his second MLS title in three seasons. He was the MVP of the 2022 MLS Cup Final for the Galaxy’s crosstown rival, Los Angeles FC. The Galaxy won this title without perhaps their most important player. Riqui Puig, the playmaking midfielder from Barcelona who ran their offence impressively all season long, tore a ligament in his knee last week in the Western Conference final. Puig watched the game in a suit, but his teammates hadn’t forgotten him: After his replacement, Gastón Brugman, set up LA’s opening goal with a superb pass, Paintsil held up Puig’s jersey to their fans during the celebration. Paintsil put the Galaxy ahead in the ninth minute when he ran onto that sublime pass from Brugman and pounded home his 14th MLS goal — including four in the playoffs — in the Ghanaian forward’s outstanding first season. Just four minutes later, Joveljic sprinted past four New York defenders and chipped home the 21st goal of his outstanding year as the Galaxy’s striker. Nealis got New York on the scoreboard in the 28th minute when he volleyed home a ball that got loose in LA’s penalty area after a corner. The Galaxy’s usually shaky defence gave up another handful of good chances before reaching halftime with a tenuous lead. The second half was lively, but scoreless. Red Bulls captain Emil Forsberg hit the outside of the post in the 72nd minute, while Gabriel Pec and Galaxy substitute Marco Reus nearly converted chances a few moments later. The ball got loose again in the Galaxy’s penalty area in the third minute of extra time, but two Red Bulls couldn’t finish. The Galaxy bench rushed onto the field and prematurely celebrated a victory in the seventh minute of injury time, only to be herded back off for another 30 seconds of play. The Galaxy finished 17-0-3 this season at their frequently renamed suburban stadium, where the sellout crowd of 26,812 for the final included several robust cheering sections of travelling Red Bulls supporters hoping to see their New Jersey-based club’s breakthrough on MLS’ biggest stage. The Galaxy’s Greg Vanney became the fourth coach to win an MLS title with two clubs. The former Galaxy player coached Toronto FC to the championship in 2017 and to runner-up finishes in both 2016 and 2019. Vanney’s coaching and technical staff in L.A. was full of former Toronto employees. Dan Calichman, Nick Theslof, former Canadian international Jason Bent, Michael Rabasca and Galaxy academy director Mike Munoz all spent time in Toronto. Jim Liston and Tom Williams, in the Galaxy sports performance department, also worked under Vanney in Toronto, as did midfielder Mark Delgado, who started Saturday, and defender Eriq Zavalaeta, who started on the Galaxy bench. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. 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Colby Rogers made 6 of 9 3-pointers and scored 28 points as host Memphis defeated No. 16 Ole Miss 87-70 on Saturday afternoon. Rogers fouled out and finished one 3-pointer and one point short of his career-highs in both categories and Memphis never trailed. PJ Haggerty added 17 points, Dain Dainja had 16 and Moussa Cisse, an Ole Miss transfer who's in his second stint with the Tigers (10-3), had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Sean Pedulla scored 13, Jaylen Murray had 12 and Malik Dia added 11 to lead the Rebels (11-2), who had won their last five games. Memphis scored the first five points of the second half to increase its lead to 43-36. Pedulla made a layup for Ole Miss' first points, but Nicholas Jourdain made consecutive field goals to push the lead to nine. Mikeal Brown-Jones made two free throws for the Rebels before Haggerty made a 3-pointer and Cisse added a tip-in for a 52-40 lead. Pedulla made a jumper before Brown-Jones was ejected for committing a Flagrant 2 foul. Haggerty made both of the technical free throws and Rogers added two 3-pointers to push the lead to 16. Ole Miss got within 11 points four times, but couldn't get any closer until Matthew Murrell's dunk trimmed the lead to 76-67 with five minutes remaining. Rogers answered with a 3-pointer and Dainja added two field goals to increase the lead to 16. Murray made a free throw, but the Rebels didn't make a field goal during the final 5:32. The Tigers scored the first four points of the game and Haggerty had four as they opened a 9-2 lead. The Rebels made consecutive field goals before Memphis scored eight straight points for a 17-6 lead. Eduardo Klafke made a 3-pointer to end the run, but Rogers' 3-pointer helped the Tigers increase the lead to 27-14. Ole Miss scored the next seven points before Cisse's basket ended the run. The Rebels closed within four points four times Brown-Jones made two free throws to trim the lead to 38-36 at halftime. --Field Level MediaNew French government named after previous one collapsed in budget fight

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WASHINGTON -- A task force looking into the assassination attempts against Donald Trump during his presidential campaign is recommending changes to the Secret Service, including protecting fewer foreign leaders during the height of the election season and considering moving the agency out of the Department of Homeland Security. The 180-page report by the bipartisan congressional task force released Tuesday is one of the most detailed looks so far into the July assassination attempt against Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania and a second one in Florida two months later. Like other investigations and reports, the task force railed at the agency tasked with protecting the top echelon of America's democratic leaders. “The events of July 13, 2024, were tragic and preventable, and the litany of related security failures are unacceptable. The Secret Service’s zero fail mission allows no margin for error, let alone for the many errors described in this report," the authors wrote. The task force has been investigating the July shooting, where a gunman opened fire from the roof of a nearby building. Trump was wounded in the ear, one rallygoer was killed and two others were wounded. It also has been investigating another assassination attempt in September. That gunman waited for hours for Trump to appear at his golf course in Florida, but a Secret Service agent thwarted the attack by spotting the firearm poking through some bushes. Here are some of the highlights of the report and its recommendations: The report's authors noted that the number of people that the agency is tasked with protecting has “greatly expanded.” At the same time, the presidential campaign season is getting longer and more intense, the report said. But the agency is also tasked with protecting foreign dignitaries during the U.N. General Assembly, when heads of state and government flood into New York. That event happens every September, which comes at the “height of campaign season,” the report noted, adding to the agency's staffing crunch. "Congress, DHS, and the USSS should jointly consider the protective role the USSS plays for foreign leaders and consider whether such duties can be transferred or abrogated in order to focus on the USSS’s primary duty: to protect the President and other critical U.S. leaders,” the report said. The Secret Service is known for its high-profile work of protecting the president, the vice-president, presidential candidates, their families and others. But the officers also carry out a wide range of investigations not related to their protective mission — investigating fraud and financial crimes, for example. These responsibilities stem from the time the agency was part of the Treasury Department, and agency leaders say the investigations are an important part of training Secret Service officers for skills they'll need on protective details. But the task force recommended reviewing these investigative responsibilities — especially during campaign season — so the agency "can prioritize the protection of U.S. leaders and candidates running for office." “These non-protective, investigative functions require systemic review because of the USSS’s stunning failure to protect President-elect Trump on July 13,” the report said. “The Secret Service’s protective mission is at the core of the agency’s purpose — anything that distracts or diverts resources from the agency’s zero fail mission must be reconsidered.” For decades, the Secret Service was included in the Treasury Department. After the Department of Homeland Security was created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks the Secret Service was moved over to DHS. The task force suggested reevaluating that move. The lawmakers said that during the time Secret Service has been in the Homeland Security Department, “USSS has not benefited from stable leadership.” The task force said the current structure “potentially weakens USSS, a small but critically important agency, in advocating for its budget and other priorities inside a much larger entity.” “A fresh look at whether USSS might benefit from the status of an independent agency, with more freedom to make budget requests and advocate for itself, would be a healthy discussion for former USSS leaders to have with Congress,” the task force said.Christmas is almost here, and it’s the perfect time to spread joy and festive cheer through WhatsApp status updates. If you’re searching for the ideal Christmas video to set as your status, we’ve got you covered! Here’s a simple guide to help you download and share your favourite Christmas videos using two quick methods: dedicated websites and YouTube downloads. 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SAN JOSE, Calif. , Nov. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will host its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Monday, December 9, 2024 , beginning at 8:00 a.m. PST via audio webcast. Participants will include Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins . What: 2024 Cisco Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders When: Monday, December 9, 2024, 8:00 a.m. PST Listen and Watch: A live audio (including closed captioning) webcast of the meeting with synchronized slides will be available online. Cisco stockholders of record as of October 10, 2024 , can vote and ask questions online during the meeting. Visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CSCO2024 to attend. Online Annual Report: View Cisco's 2024 Annual Report and Proxy at www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/annual-reports.html Replay: A replay of the Annual Stockholder Meeting with synchronized slides will be available on the Cisco Investor Relations website at investor.cisco.com within 24 hours of the conclusion. About Cisco Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide technology leader that securely connects everything to make anything possible. Our purpose is to power an inclusive future for all by helping our customers reimagine their applications, power hybrid work, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals. Discover more on The Newsroom and follow us on X at @Cisco . Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. A listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at www.cisco.com/go/trademarks . Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. Investor Relations Contact: Press Contact: Sami Badri Robyn Blum Cisco Cisco 469-420-4834 408-930-8548 sambadri@cisco.com rojenkin@cisco.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cisco-to-host-2024-virtual-annual-meeting-of-stockholders-302316943.html SOURCE Cisco Systems, Inc.

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A pair of reports out from Korean publications suggest that the Samsung Galaxy S25 series is going to see a price hike next year, at least in Korea. The reports spotted by tipster Jukanlosreve come from the publications Yonhap News and The JoongAng. Both reports (machine translated) suggest price hikes are coming but the amount is different between the two. Both articles blame current political turmoil in Korea for the potential price increases. The Yonhap report claims a slight increase mostly due to exchange rates for South Korea's won, which may increase prices on imported parts for Samsung's flagship handsets. In Korea the Galaxy 24 Ultra started at 1,698,400 won or about $1,180 USD. The exchange rate has increased to 1,450 won to $1 USD. YonHap did not speculate on how big the 'slight' increase might be outside of the exchange rate issues. The Exynos 2400 version of the S24 and S24 Plus were the same price as the as the S23 versions while the Snapdragon 8-powered S24 Ultra saw a price increase of 100,00 won ($70), which aligns with the $100 increase the Ultra saw in the United States. During a conference call in July, Daniel Araujo, head of planning at Samsung Electronic said, "there are concerns about decreased profitability due to the continued increase in the unit price of major components, but we are continuing to pursue an 'upselling' strategy to grow sales centered on premium products in order to minimize the burden." The JoongAng reports that Taiwan's TSMC, a foundry giant making chips for many companies including Qualcomm , Apple and Google , commented on the instability in Korea suggesting that it might hurt Samsung. The founder, Dr. Morris Chang, said, "(Korea's) recent political turmoil will not help the company's management at all." That report also cites the poor exchange rate of the won as potential problem for Samsung. Though, it does point out that Samsung is making investments in building semiconductor factories in the U.S. via a partnership with the Biden administration utilizing fixed contracts that may help them avoid some exchange rate fallout . Where the JoongAng differs is in suggesting that the domestic price of the Galaxy S25 will raise by 150,000 won (about $105 USD). "Since the overseas average selling price (ASP) of Samsung smartphones is lower than the domestic market, even if the exchange rate rises, the effect (of Samsung’s overseas sales on profitability) will be limited, so they will have no choice but to adjust the domestic price," an insider told JoongAng. What could this mean for Galaxy S25 prices in U.S.? It's already been suggested that the price of the Galaxy S25 Ultra will be higher next year for a number of reasons, beyond the current political issues in Korea. Inflation in general has lead to price increases across the board and there does not seem to be an end in sight. The bigger issue is the cost of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset which has been reported to be 25 to 30% more expensive than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 currently in the best Android phones. Samsung has reportedly struggled with its own Exynos chipset, which may have defrayed some of the costs, but the new Qualcomm chip is expected to power the entire S25 lineup. As suggested above, apparently, the Galaxy sells for lower prices in other countries, so it's not a guarantee that Samsung raises prices outside of Korea. However, as it currently stands, it's looking more and more likely that picking up next year's flagship Android phone will hit your wallet harder than previous years. More from Tom's Guide

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1 2 Bokaro: Shwettaa Singh , the Congress candidate from Bokaro, finally removed her tagline ‘ Vijay Ya Veergati ' (Victory or Martyrdom) after five years, after she was declared a winner on Saturday. After loosing to BJP's Biranchi Narayan in the 2019 assembly elections, Shwettaa used the slogan on her social media handles symbolising her resilience. Refusing to be disheartened by the failure, this time, she defeated BJP's Biranchi by 7,207 votes and secured 1,33,438 votes. Shwettaa, the daughter-in-law of late veteran politician Samaresh Singh, has successfully carried forward her family's political legacy. IPL 2025 mega auction IPL Auction 2025: Who got whom IPL 2025 Auction: Updated Full Team Squads In 2019, Congress nominated her at the last minute amid disputes over her father-in-law's political legacy. Her sister-in-law, Parinda Singh, who had joined the BJP, also aspired to contest the elections. Despite these challenges, Shwettaa remained committed to honouring her father-in-law's legacy as his political successor.Raiders and Saints meet with prominent players nearing statistical milestones

Representative image AHMEDABAD: Delays, detentions and the constant threat of deportation have turned the American dream into a cruel nightmare for thousands of undocumented Indians in the US . They are facing the predicament mainly due to a system that leaves them waiting for years to get Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) clearance, lack of which can hamper their asylum process . Some face hearings as far off as 2027, while others, detained at the borders, are stuck in detention camps, say sources. Stranded in a legal no-man's land, they face the spectre of deportation if caught for staying illegally in the US. A staggering 41,000 Indians applied for asylum in the US in 2023, but many will have to wait for years for a hearing before ICE, the US federal agency responsible for enforcing immigration laws and investigating if the individual poses a threat to national security or public safety. According to legal document of an American agency, a man from Gujarat granted "alien status" in Atlanta was granted a hearing date in March 2027. He had applied for the hearing in Jan this year. A statement by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about the man reads, "You are not a citizen or national of the United States. You are a native of India and a citizen of India." Official documents state that if he gets apprehended for staying illegally before his hearing is held, he risks deportation to India. In another case, a couple from Gujarat's Mehsana district was detained with their child after crossing the US-Canada border illegally in June. They were put in a detention camp and their case is pending with ICE. When the couple approached the ICE office last week, they were not allowed to enter. They recently got to know from a US agency officer that their hearing has been scheduled for Aug 2026. Meanwhile, human smuggling networks are advising clients, especially from Gujarat, to avoid citing political persecution as a reason for asylum. A source in the human smuggling network said, "US officials will strictly scrutinise people who seek asylum citing political harassment. They are more likely to face deportation, too." Videos obtained by TOI show Gujaratis illegally entering the US and falsely claiming to be workers of opposition parties, when caught. This issue was recently debated in Rajya Sabha and saw government accusing asylum seekers of "maligning the country for personal gain". Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .Much has been written in recent decades about the growing influence of money on politics and elections in the United States, including titles such as ‘The Best Congress Money Can Buy and The Best Democracy Money Can Buy’. But has Donald Trump’s victory over Vice-President Kamala Harris, whose campaign had a huge funding advantage, undermined that narrative? In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville warned of the threat that big money poses to the US system of governance in his book Democracy in America. Wary of the influence of oligarchs and plutocrats, Tocqueville wrote: “The surface of American society is [...] covered with a layer of democracy, from beneath which the old aristocratic colours sometimes peep.” Today, it is the billionaire class leveraging its financial resources to influence elections and policymaking, consolidating more power at the expense of the vast majority of ordinary citizens, further widening America’s wealth inequality, and weakening Americans’ trust in national institutions. The floodgates were opened by Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010), in which the Supreme Court reversed campaign-finance restrictions, enabling corporations and other outside groups to “spend unlimited amounts” on elections. The money being channelled into campaigns has since soared, with super PACs (political action committees) raising nearly $4.3bn this year, up from $89mn in 2010. But the vast amount of money that poured into the 2024 race did not have a decisive effect on the outcome. Trump was re-elected despite being outspent by Harris, and GOP interest groups and donors gained a remarkable return on their investment. In addition to winning the presidency, Republicans also retained their majority in the House of Representatives and won back the Senate, giving the party full control of the legislative and executive branches. Many factors contributed to Trump’s resounding victory, with the GOP nominee sweeping all seven highly-contested battleground states. For starters, as he shuttled between courtrooms and campaign stops, his base of conservative support was seemingly unshakable. Trump set new records for the Republican Party, making inroads into unions, which have historically leaned Democratic and kept him competitive in key swing states, and attracting more Black and Latino voters than any other GOP presidential nominee in recent history. Despite her fundraising prowess, Harris faced strong political headwinds, not least the unpopularity of President Joe Biden. Many voters saw the election as a referendum on “Bidenomics”, which they associated with high inflation, the attendant cost-of-living crisis, and erosion of household purchasing power. Even though the US Federal Reserve brought down inflation without triggering a recession – annual real GDP grew by 2.8% in the third quarter of 2024, above the long-run growth rate, and the unemployment rate remained historically low – the Democrats paid the political price for what Trump called a “Kamala Harris inflation tax”. Voters were nostalgic for the economy under the first Trump administration. Real average hourly earnings rose by 6.4% during Trump’s presidency, compared to only 1.4% during Biden’s. Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta show that the share of household income needed for housing costs fell under Trump and increased by nearly 50% under Biden. Of course, many forgot that Trump inherited from Barack Obama a strong economy with the longest employment expansion on record. Trump also entered the race leading on several issues that American voters say they care about most – inflation, immigration, and crime. After months of campaigning, Trump was still ahead on all three in the weeks before the election. According to a YouGov poll conducted at the end of October, 49% of Americans thought that Trump would do a better job on immigration, whereas 35% thought Harris would. In a Gallup poll conducted in September, the former president had a nine-point lead over the vice president on the question of who would be a better steward of the economy. Voters also had more confidence in Trump’s ability to handle the Russia-Ukraine war and the Gaza war, with 70% believing that he has experience in foreign affairs. But that is not to discount the power of ultra-rich donors. Trump returns to the White House at a time when the US is deeply divided and highly unequal – more so than at any time since the post-Civil War era. The increasing influence of wealthy individuals and groups over the electoral process and policymaking has undoubtedly contributed to this widening gap between rich and poor. The wealth of the top 1% of US households grew from 36 times to 71 times that of those at the 50th percentile over the past 60 years, and now exceeds the wealth of the middle 60% of households. Economic and political inequalities are closely related. The surging power of the extremely wealthy minority has left most Americans poor and voiceless, fuelling class-based discontent. Bridging this divide may require breaking the chains that have kept policymakers beholden to the donor class for decades and undertaking a democratic shift toward broad-based accountability and more inclusive policies that strengthen individual agency, expand economic opportunities, and improve the income distribution. More than increasing the rate of upward mobility, these policies will rekindle the American dream and foster social cohesion. The future of our democracy and shared prosperity depends on steps that upcoming administrations must take to rebuild trust in our institutions and create a fairer distribution of political and economic power. As former US Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis put it: “We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” — Project Syndicate •Hippolyte Fofack, a former chief economist and director of research at the African Export-Import Bank, is a fellow with the Sustainable Development Solutions Network at Columbia University, a research associate at Harvard University’s Center for African Studies, and a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. Related Story Qatar establishes WEF's Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution 61 countries to compete in 8th Katara Award for Reciting Holy Qur’an

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BEIJING , Dec. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At the end of 2024, we take a look back at the Chinese economy's performance this year. China's domestic GDP grew by 5.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, 4.7 percent in the second quarter and 4.6 percent in the third quarter this year, with an average growth rate of 4.8 percent in the first three quarters. Since September, as a package of incremental policies continues to yield its effects, China's economy maintains an upward trend. Overall, we are fully confident in achieving our economic growth goal this year. The country's economic performance has been hard-won. Externally, transformations around the world unseen in a century are unfolding at a greater pace, with global economic growth remaining sluggish, and the complexity, severity and uncertainty of the external environment on the rise. At home, domestic demand is insufficient, social expectations remain weak and there are difficulties associated with structural adjustments. The situation is severe and complex, and the task is difficult and weighty. However, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, Chinese localities and government agencies are more confident and are taking solid steps to deliver outcomes. The results underscore that "fundamentals of the Chinese economy, and favorable conditions such as a vast market, strong economic resilience and great potential remain unchanged." Huge market, vast space Markets are the scarcest resource. The modernization achieved by 1.4 billion Chinese people has resulted in the addition of a new super-large market larger than those of all developed countries combined. The new development paradigm will enable China to fully unlock its market potential and create greater demand for other countries. With a new car rolling off production line on November 14 , China's annual production of new energy vehicles (NEVs) surpassed the 10 million milestone, becoming the first country in the world to do so. Behind the number is China's robust supply and demand. In the first 10 months, China's production and sales of NEVs grew by 33 percent and 33.9 percent year-on-year, respectively. China continues to take the lead in the electrification and intelligence transformation of the automotive industry, which is attributed to the supply, policy support and demand advantage in the ultra-large market. Markets bring valuable business opportunities. Take cars for example. By the end of June, China had 345 million cars, but the country's car ownership level per 1,000 residents is less than half of that in developed countries. Additionally, China's NEV ownership is only 24.72 million, which means continuous demand in the future. Markets breed competition advantages. China's vast market contributes to the formation of "economy of scale" and "economy of scope," which generates greater profits for enterprises and reduces innovations costs, and also helps provide a large number of application scenarios and boost the large-scale application of innovations. China leads the world in batteries, motors and electronic control technologies, while its intelligent cockpits and intelligent driving are internationally advanced. Thanks to the benign interactions between supply and demand, the industrialization of new technologies and new products is speeding up. Strong resilience, solid basis Resilience strengthens self-belief. China has come to where it is today after overcoming all kinds of difficulties and challenges. Foreign trade is an important barometer in this regard. In the first 10 months of the year, China's foreign goods trade rose by 5.2 percent year-on-year to reach a new high compared with the same period historically. The improvement in the quality and efficiency of the country's foreign trade against the backdrop of shrinking external demand reflects China's economic resilience. This resilience originates from China's solid manufacturing basis and industrial chain advantages. "We could not do what we do without them," Apple CEO Tim Cook said of Chinese suppliers during his third visit to the Chinese mainland this year, as over 80 percent of Apple's 200 major suppliers have set up factories in China . China has the world's most comprehensive industrial categories and a well-rounded industrial system, with the scale of manufacturing industry ranking top for 14 consecutive years. The high-end, intelligent and green development of the manufacturing sector continues to strengthen the stability of the country's industrial and supply chain. In the first three quarters, the manufacturing industry contributed 32.2 percent to the country's economic growth, up 11.2 percentage points. China moved up to 11th place in the ranking of the world's most innovative economies. The basis is solid, and risks and challenges are not to be feared. Resilience also comes from excellent policy adjustments. The nation has been strengthening counter-cyclical adjustments, accelerating the implementation of major national strategies and the development of securities capabilities in key areas while supporting large-scale equipment upgrades and trade-in policies for consumer goods with robust measures, boosting the stabilization of the property market and galvanizing the capital market. The government has also put forward a package of measures to dissolve local government debt risks. This year, a series of existing policies continue to produce effects and incremental policies are being effectively implemented, jointly helping the economy stabilize. Vast potential, strong momentum China's economy has vast potential and many advantages and favorable conditions for sustaining long-term development momentum. China has been the world's second-largest economy for many years, but still has vast development potential in terms of per capita and structure. China's per capita GDP remains relatively low, and the country's amount of infrastructure per capita is only 20-30 percent of that of developed countries. In 2023, China's urbanization rate, which measures the ratio of permanent urban residents relative to the total population, reached 66.2 percent by the end of 2023. Estimates show that each percentage point increase in the urbanization rate could drive 1 trillion yuan ( $137.55 billion ) in investment. Currently, both China's fiscal deficit ratio and government debt ratio are low, and the country's policy toolbox remains well-stocked. The potential also lies in elementary resources. China's human resources in science and technology ranked first in the country and the average length of education received by new entrants into the workforce has increased to 14 years, turning the demographic dividend into a talent dividend. In addition, overall sufficient social capitals, vast room for the highly efficient use of land and the vast unleashing of the potential of digital elements provide solid foundational support. This potential also comes from the huge market. The country's population of over 1.4 billion and middle-income population of over 400 million support a large-scale, diverse and huge domestic market. Accelerating the building of a unified national market will improve overall economic operation efficiency and continuously unleash the potential of domestic demand. Overall, China is a country with vast territory, a large population and unbalanced and uncoordinated development. This is a shortcoming, but also represents potential and a driving force for future development. Sparking vitality and building synergy through reform is essential to continuously unleashing development potential. From implementing regulations for fair competition reviews, accelerating the legislative process of the law on the promotion of the private economy and formulating normal communication mechanisms between governments and enterprises, to releasing a new national negative list for foreign investment and removing all market access restrictions for foreign investors in the manufacturing sector, China's reforms in key fields continue to deepen this year and high-level opening-up advances in an in-depth way. The third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China adopted the Resolution of the CPC Central Committee on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization. Driven by reform of the economic system, China is correspondingly boosting reform in other fields, and the internal development momentum and vitality will continue to strengthen. Reviewing allows a clear understanding of the situation and better moving forward. While some major economies experience low growth rates and high inflation this year, China is expected to achieve its economic growth target of around 5 percent, and continue to contribute around 30 percent to world economic growth. This stable performance underlines the fact that China's economy will continue to remain on a positive trajectory over the long run. The story was originally published on the front page of the People's Daily on December 8, 2024 View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-times-peoples-daily-article-says-favorable-conditions-for-chinas-economic-development-remain-unchanged-302325568.html SOURCE Global Times

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Taylor Swift reportedly “feels horrible” for her close friend Blake Lively after the actress filed a legal complaint last week accusing her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear campaign against her. Sources tell The Daily Mail that the “Shake it Off” singer was “startled” by the revelations contained in Lively’s lawsuit. “Taylor is startled by the revelations surrounding the Blake Lively takedown and she is encouraging Blake to get to the bottom of it,” the source said. “She supports Blake and feels horrible that she had to go through all of this.” Lively and Swift have been close friends for years, and the pop star is even the godmother to her three daughters James, Inez, and Betty. Lively’s children, whom she welcomed with husband Ryan Reynolds , are also named in one of Swift’s tracks “Betty” off her 2020 album Folklore . In her complaint, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and his public relations team for engineering a smear campaign against her over the summer. Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, called the claims “outrageous” and told the Associated Press in a statement, “These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.” Universal Pictures put the speculation to rest on Monday, announcing that director Christopher Nolan’s next film will be The Odyssey , based on Homer’s epic poem and a central story of Greek mythology. “Christopher Nolan’s next film ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology,” the studio posted on X. “The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.” No specific casting has been announced, but the film is expected to star real-life couple and former Spider-Man co-stars Tom Holland and Zendaya along with Matt Damon ( Oppenheimer ), Anne Hathaway ( Interstellar ), Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, and Charlize Theron. 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Reports suggest the person, who was arrested upon touchdown, assaulted others onboard. Passengers initially departed Hong Kong International Airport 7:40 p.m. local time on Saturday, but after the incident, the were loaded onto a new plane, which departed at 10:45 a.m. and reached Boston at 12:26 p.m. Eastern Time Sunday. They were compensated with meal vouchers and lounge access, while the airline also apologized. Hong Kong’s Aviation Security Ordinance has strict penalties for unruly behavior, including fines of up to around $6,500 and imprisonment for up to five years. The governor of Nebraska, Jim Pillen , is facing Christmas in hospital after he was bucked off a horse. The Republican state leader, who turns 69 next week, was out riding with family members when the horse, which was described as new, sent him flying. His office said he “is alert and is in continuous touch with his team,” after the incident Sunday. 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Jackson scores 23, Purdue Fort Wayne beats Robert Morris 82-77Losses for big technology stocks pulled major indexes lower on Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.3% from its record high a day earlier, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.6%. Losses for Nvidia, Microsoft and Broadcom were the biggest weights on the market. Dell sank 12.2% after reporting revenue that fell shy of forecasts, and HP dropped 11.4% after giving a weaker-than-expected outlook. Treasury yields fell in the bond market. U.S. financial markets will be closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, and will reopen for a half day on Friday. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. Stocks wavered in afternoon trading on Wednesday, as losses for several Big Tech companies offset gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% in afternoon trading, even though more stocks were rising than falling in the index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 135 points, or 0.3%, as of 3:05 p.m. Eastern time. Both indexes set records on Tuesday. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.5%. Losses for tech heavyweights helped pull the broader market lower. Semiconductor giant Nvidia slipped 1.6%. Its huge value gives it outsized influence on market indexes. Microsoft fell 0.9% Several personal computer makers added to Big Tech's heavy weight on the market following their latest earnings reports. HP sank 11.8% after giving investors a weaker-than-expected earnings forecast for its current quarter. Dell slumped 11.9% after its latest quarterly revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts. Gains for financial and health care companies helped counter Big Tech's downward pull. Visa rose 0.9% and Thermo Fisher Scientific added 2.3%. The U.S. economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September, according to the Commerce Department, leaving its original estimate of third-quarter growth unchanged. The growth was driven by strong consumer spending and a surge in exports. The update follows a report on Tuesday from the Conference Board that said confidence among U.S. consumers improved in November, but not by as much as economists expected. Consumers have been driving economic growth, but the latest round of earnings reports from retailers shows a mixed and more cautious picture. Department store operator Nordstrom fell 8.5% after warning investors about a trend toward weakening sales that started in late October. Clothing retailer Urban Outfitters jumped 19.1% after beating analysts’ third-quarter financial forecasts. Weeks earlier, retail giant Target gave investors a discouraging forecast for the holiday season, while Walmart provided a more encouraging forecast. Consumers, though resilient, are still facing pressure from inflation. The latest update from the U.S. government shows that inflation accelerated last month. The personal consumption expenditures index, or PCE, rose to 2.3% in October from 2.1% in September. Overall, the rate of inflation has been falling broadly since it peaked more than two years ago. The PCE, which is the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation, was just below 7.3% in June of 2022. Another measure of inflation, the consumer price index, peaked at 9.1% at the same time. The latest inflation data, though, is a sign that the rate of inflation seems to be stalling as it falls to within range of the Fed's target of 2%. The central bank started raising its benchmark interest rate from near-zero in early 2022 to a two-decade high by the middle of 2023 and held it there in order to tame inflation. The Fed started cutting its benchmark interest rate in September, followed by a second cut in November. Wall Street expects a similar quarter-point cut at the central bank's upcoming meeting in December. “Today’s data shouldn’t change views of the likely path for disinflation, however bumpy," said David Alcaly, lead macroeconomic strategist at Lazard Asset Management. "But a lot of observers, probably including some at the Fed, are looking for reasons to get more hawkish on the outlook given the potential for inflationary policy change like new tariffs.” President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China when he takes office in January. That could shock the economy by raising prices on a wide range of goods and accelerating the rate of inflation. Such a shift could prompt the Fed to rethink future cuts to interest rates. Treasury yields slipped in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.25% from 4.30% late Tuesday. The yield on the two-year Treasury, which more closely follows expected actions by the Fed, fell to 4.22% from 4.25% late Tuesday. U.S. markets will be closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, and will reopen for a half day on Friday. Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, The Associated Press

Nunavik Police Service Chief Jean-Pierre Larose said Wednesday he is “deeply affected” by a fatal police shooting earlier this month and that changes have already been made in the way officers will respond to future confrontations. It was Larose’s first public statement since an early morning altercation involving officers and two residents in Salluit Nov. 4 left Joshua Papigatuk dead and his twin brother, Garnet Papigatuk, severely injured. Hours after the shooting, angry residents protested outside the Salluit police office, and at another protest the next day in Kuujjuaq some people carried signs with the messages #justiceforJoshua and #justiceforthetwins. Another protest march is planned for Saturday in Montreal’s Westmount neighbourhood. Kativik Regional Government chairperson Hilda Snowball, centre, says KRG intends to create a police review committee. (Photo by Cedric Gallant) “I stand before you today, deeply affected by the recent tragedy that has shaken our community,” Larose said during Wednesday’s Kativik Regional Government council meeting, held in Kuujjuaq. “One premature loss of life is one too many, and today we carry the weight of this loss together.” Before Larose spoke Wednesday, KRG council members met privately for two hours discussing the shooting and its aftermath with the chief and his deputies. When the public meeting resumed, Larose stressed the regional government and Nunavik police are committed to being part of the community, listening, and joining the healing process with Nunavimimut. “Healing takes time, and rebuilding trust takes even longer,” he said. “I am committed to ensuring that the NPS does whatever it takes to support this community with transparency, accountability and care.” Larose said there are two ongoing investigations related to the shooting incident — one by the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, Quebec’s independent police watchdog agency; the other by the Sureté du Québec. He said Nunavik Police Service will implement every recommendation once the reports are presented. “I understand that people have expressed strong opinions on the state of policing in Nunavik. I hear them,” Larose said. “Criticism, when constructive, is an opportunity for growth.” He said steps have already been taken to modernize and improve the service, including cultural competency training, instruction in de-escalating confrontations, and creating partnerships with social workers. “It will take open dialogue, mutual respect and a shared vision to move forward from this tragedy,” Larose said. KRG chairperson Hilda Snowball spoke in Inuktitut, saying that “if we want to have a better, brighter future, I would want to work with the communities.” Salluit council representative Stephen Grasser urges the public to “not prejudge the outcome” before investigations looking into the Nov. 4 incident are complete. (Photo by Cedric Gallant) She said KRG, Makivvik Corp. and Nunavik mayors will create a committee with a mandate to address public safety and review the “entire scope of policing services.” “I do urge you, like me, to keep up the pressure, but not prejudge the outcome,” Salluit council representative Stephen Grasser said during the meeting. “We do not know where this is going to go.” “It is very important that we work on the facts,” Grasser added. “I know we are angry, and I think that anger is a positive thing if it puts us on the road to resolving an issue.” Kangiqsualujjuaq council representative Maggie Emudluk, right, wants more experienced officers and more Inuit members for Nunavik’s police service. (Photo by Cedric Gallant) Kangiqsualujjuaq representative Maggie Emudluk said in Inuktitut that she wishes there were more Inuit police officers, and acknowledged policing is a difficult job. “We will need to take a leap forward, to take the responsibility of policing services,” she said, pointing to First Nations communities in other regions which have their own local Indigenous police service. Emudluk noted many officers hired by NPS are young, “they have absolutely no idea who we are as a people, and they enforce their southern policing interventions and they apply them up here.”Navigating The Risks Of Digital Public InfrastructurePremier League ref David Coote WON’T appeal sacking after videos emerged of anti-Klopp rant and snorting white powder

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NoneNoneSpecial counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against on Monday, acknowledging that Trump’s will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. The decision was inevitable, since longstanding Justice Department policy says sitting presidents cannot face Yet it was still a momentous finale to an unprecedented chapter in political and law enforcement history, as federal officials attempted to hold accountable a former president while he was simultaneously running for another term. Trump emerges indisputably victorious, having successfully delayed the investigations through legal maneuvers and then winning reelection despite indictments that described his actions as a threat to the country’s constitutional foundations. “I persevered, against all odds, and WON,” Trump exulted in a post on Truth Social, his social media website. He also said that “these cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought.” The judge in the election case granted prosecutors’ dismissal request. A decision in the documents case was still pending on Monday evening. The outcome makes it clear that, when it comes to a president and criminal accusations, nothing supersedes the voters’ own verdict. In court filings, Smith’s team emphasized that the move to end their prosecutions was not a reflection of the merit of the cases but a recognition of the legal shield that surrounds any commander in chief. “That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind,” prosecutors said in one of their filings. They wrote that Trump’s return to the White House “sets at odds two fundamental and compelling national interests: on the one hand, the Constitution’s requirement that the President must not be unduly encumbered in fulfilling his weighty responsibilities ... and on the other hand, the Nation’s commitment to the rule of law.” In this situation, “the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated,” they concluded. Smith’s team said it was leaving intact charges against two co-defendants in the classified documents case — Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira — because “no principle of temporary immunity applies to them.” Steven Cheung, Trump’s incoming White House communications director, said Americans “want an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and we look forward to uniting our country.” Trump has long described the investigations as politically motivated, and he has vowed to fire Smith as soon as he takes office in January. Now he will start his second term free from criminal scrutiny by the government that he will lead. The election case brought last year was once seen as one of the most serious legal threats facing Trump as he tried to reclaim the White House. He was to Joe Biden in 2020, an effort that climaxed with his supporters’ violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. But the case quickly stalled amid legal fighting over Trump’s sweeping claims of immunity from prosecution for acts he took while in the White House. The U.S. Supreme Court in July ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, and sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to determine which allegations in the indictment, if any, could proceed to trial. The case was just beginning to pick up steam again in the trial court in the weeks leading up to this year’s election. Smith’s team in October filed a lengthy brief laying out new evidence it planned to use against him at trial, accusing him of “resorting to crimes” in an increasingly desperate effort to overturn the will of voters after he lost to Biden. In dismissing the case, Chutkan acknowledged prosecutors’ request to do so “without prejudice,” raising the possibility that they could try to bring charges against Trump when his term is over. She wrote that is “consistent with the Government’s understanding that the immunity afforded to a sitting President is temporary, expiring when they leave office.” But such a move may be barred by the statute of limitations, and Trump may also try to pardon himself while in office. The separate case involving classified documents had been widely seen as legally clear cut, especially because the conduct in question occurred after Trump left the White House and lost the powers of the presidency. The indictment included dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding classified records from his presidency at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and obstructing federal efforts to get them back. He has pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing. The case quickly became snarled by delays, with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon slow to issue rulings — which favored Trump’s strategy of pushing off deadlines in all his criminal cases — while also entertaining defense motions and arguments that experts said other judges would have dispensed with without hearings. In May, she indefinitely canceled the trial date amid a series of unresolved legal issues before dismissing the case outright two months later. Smith’s team appealed the decision, but now has given up that effort. Trump faced two other state prosecutions while running for president. One of them, a New York case involving hush money payments, on felony charges of falsifying business records. It was the first time a former president had been found guilty of a crime. The sentencing in that case is on hold as Trump’s lawyers try to have the conviction dismissed before he takes office, arguing that letting the verdict stand will interfere with his presidential transition and duties. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is fighting the dismissal but has indicated that it would be until Trump leaves office. Bragg, a Democrat, has said the solution needs to balance the obligations of the presidency with “the sanctity of the jury verdict.” Trump was also indicted in Georgia along with 18 others accused of participating in a sprawling scheme to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election there. Any trial appears unlikely there while Trump holds office. The prosecution already after an appeals court agreed to review whether to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her with the special prosecutor she had hired to lead the case. Four defendants have pleaded guilty after reaching deals with prosecutors. Trump and the others have pleaded not guilty.

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The collapse of France's government has thrown New Caledonia into fresh uncertainty as it tries to recover from its worst civil unrest in decades. Hopes for a quick injection of funding for rebuilding efforts are in limbo while leaders in New Caledonia wait for a successor to Prime Minister Michel Barnier who lost a vote of no confidence in Paris last week. France's political upheaval is also expected to delay a new round of crucial talks over New Caledonia's future, following months of riots and blockades in the French territory. New Caledonian leaders spent months lobbying Paris for more economic support to rebuild the territory, but the abrupt end of the Barnier government means that financial support won't be coming soon. It leaves crucial financial support in limbo — including a loan guarantee for the New Caledonia government, and tax write-offs for people investing in New Caledonia.A collision between a high-speed passenger train and a fire truck on Saturday morning in Florida left three firefighters and multiple train passengers injured, authorities said. Related video above: Derailment happened as Mass. train traveled over speed limit, report says The crash happened at 10:45 a.m. in crowded downtown Delray Beach, multiple news outlets reported. The Brightline train was stopped on the tracks, its front destroyed about a block away from the Delray Beach Fire Rescue truck, its ladder ripped off and strewn in the grass several yards away, The Sun-Sentinel reported. The Delray Beach Fire Rescue said in a social media post that three Delray Beach firefighters were in stable condition at a local hospital. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue transported 12 people from the train to the hospital with minor injuries. Brightline officials didn’t immediately respond to an email inquiry Saturday afternoon. A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board said that agency is still gathering information about Saturday’s Brightline crash and hasn’t decided yet whether it will investigate. The NTSB is already investigating two crashes involving Brightline’s high speed trains that killed three people at the same crossing early this year along the railroad’s route between Miami and Orlando. More than 100 people have died after being hit by trains since Brightline began operations in July 2017 — giving the railroad the worst death rate in the nation. But most of those deaths have been either suicides, pedestrians who tried to run across the tracks ahead of the train or drivers who went around crossing gates instead of waiting for a train to pass. Brightline hasn’t been found to be at fault in those previous deaths. Railroad safety has been a concern since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023, spilling toxic chemicals that caught fire. Regulators urged the industry to improve safety and members of Congress proposed a package of reforms, but railroads haven’t made many major changes to their operations and the bill has stalled. ___ Associated Press writers Josh Funk reported from Omaha, Nebraska, and Chevel Johnson contributed from New Orleans.

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DENVER (AP) — Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in Boulder, Colorado, refuted assertions this week that there is viable evidence and leads about the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old girl that they are not pursuing. JonBenet Ramsey, who competed in beauty pageants, was found dead in the basement of her family’s home in the college town of Boulder the day after Christmas in 1996. Her body was found several hours after her mother called 911 to say her daughter was missing and a ransom note had been left behind. The details of the crime and video footage of JonBenet competing in pageants propelled the case into one of the highest-profile mysteries in the United States. The police comments came as part of their annual update on the investigation, a month before the 28th anniversary of JonBenet’s killing. Police said they released it a little earlier due to the increased attention on the case, apparently referring to the three-part Netflix series “Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey.” In a video statement, Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said the department welcomes news coverage and documentaries about the killing of JonBenet, who would have been 34 this year, as a way to generate possible new leads. He said the department is committed to solving the case but needs to be careful about what it shares about the investigation to protect a possible future prosecution. “What I can tell you though, is we have thoroughly investigated multiple people as suspects throughout the years and we continue to be open-minded about what occurred as we investigate the tips that come into detectives," he said. The Netflix documentary focuses on the mistakes made by police and the “media circus” surrounding the case. JonBenet was bludgeoned and strangled. Her death was ruled a homicide, but nobody was ever prosecuted. Police were widely criticized for mishandling the early investigation into her death amid speculation that her family was responsible. However, a prosecutor cleared her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, and brother Burke in 2008 based on new DNA evidence from JonBenet's clothing that pointed to the involvement of an “unexplained third party” in her slaying. The announcement by former district attorney Mary Lacy came two years after Patsy Ramsey died of cancer. Lacy called the Ramseys “victims of this crime.” John Ramsey has continued to speak out for the case to be solved. In 2022, he supported an online petition asking Colorado’s governor to intervene in the investigation by putting an outside agency in charge of DNA testing in the case. In the Netflix documentary, he said he has been advocating for several items that have not been prepared for DNA testing to be tested and for other items to be retested. He said the results should be put through a genealogy database. In recent years, investigators have identified suspects in unsolved cases by comparing DNA profiles from crime scenes and to DNA testing results shared online by people researching their family trees. In 2021, police said in their annual update that DNA hadn’t been ruled out to help solve the case, and in 2022 noted that some evidence could be “consumed” if DNA testing is done on it. Last year, police said they convened a panel of outside experts to review the investigation to give recommendations and determine if updated technologies or forensic testing might produce new leads. In the latest update, Redfearn said that review had ended but that police continue to work through and evaluate a “lengthy list of recommendations” from the panel. ____ Amy Beth Hanson contributed to this report from Helena, Montana. Colleen Slevin, The Associated PressJoel Embiid scores 31 in return to the 76ers' starting lineup against the Bulls

Biden calls for Assad to be 'held accountable'US President Joe Biden on Sunday said deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad should be "held accountable" but called the nation's political upheaval a "historic opportunity" for Syrians to rebuild their country. In the first full US reaction to Assad's overthrow by an Islamist-led coalition of rebel factions, Biden also warned that Washington will "remain vigilant" against the emergence of terrorist groups, announcing that US forces had just conducted fresh strikes against militants from the Islamic State organization. "The fall of the regime is a fundamental act of justice," Biden said, speaking from the White House. "It's a moment of historic opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria." Asked by reporters what should happen to the deposed president, who reportedly has fled to Moscow, Biden said that "Assad should be held accountable." Biden -- set to step down in January and make way for Republican Donald Trump's return to power -- said Washington will assist Syrians in rebuilding. "We will engage with all Syrian groups, including within the process led by the United Nations, to establish a transition away from the Assad regime toward independent, sovereign" Syria "with a new constitution," he said. However, Biden cautioned that hardline Islamist groups within the victorious rebel alliance will be under scrutiny. "Some of the rebel groups that took down Assad have their own grim record of terrorism and human right abuses," Biden said. The United States had "taken note" of recent statements by rebels suggesting they had since moderated, he said, but cautioned: "We will assess not just their words, but their actions." Biden said Washington is "clear eyed" that the Islamic State extremist group, often known as ISIS, "will try to take advantage of any vacuum to reestablish" itself in Syria. "We will not let that happen," he said, adding that on Sunday alone, US forces had conducted strikes against ISIS inside Syria. The US military said the strikes were conducted by warplanes against Islamic State operatives and camps. Strikes were carried out against "over 75 targets using multiple US Air Force assets, including B-52s, F-15s, and A-10s," the US Central Command said on social media. Earlier, Biden met with his national security team at the White House to discuss the crisis. Assad's reported departure comes less than two weeks after the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group challenged more than five decades of Assad family rule with a lightning rebel offensive that broke long-frozen frontlines in Syria's civil war. They announced Sunday they had taken the capital Damascus and that Assad had fled, prompting celebrations nationwide and a ransacking of Assad's luxurious home. A Kremlin source told Russian news agencies that the deposed leader was now in Moscow, along with his family. The US military has around 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in Iraq as part of the international coalition established in 2014 to help combat the Islamic State jihadist group. It has regularly struck targets in the country including those linked to Iranian-backed militias. Tehran was a major backer of Assad's government. Biden also confirmed US authorities believe the American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria in 2012, still lives. "We believe he's alive," Biden said, but the US has yet "to identify where he is." bur-sms/mlmNYPD top cop Jessica Tisch names chief of staff — loyal aide held same title at Sanitation DepartmentCould more Australians ditch blockbuster films these holidays?

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It is now believed most of the asylum seekers are from Iraq after the council helped 325 people from Afghanistan integrate into the local community. Read More ASYLUM MISERY Seven more migrant hotels open costing £8million a DAY despite Labour vow But Madeley Court is not the only luxury hotel to house asylum seekers. Stoke Rochford Hall Hotel & Golf Resort near Grantham, Lincolnshire, which was once visited by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, has also been used - although this has now stopped. Both the £175-a-night Stoke Rochford hotel and Madeley Court are run by the Talash Group, which has made deals with the Home Office, as reported by the Mail Online. The contracts allow the chain to take over hotels and turn them into migrant accommodation. Most read in The Sun STREET ATTACK Manhunt launched after girl, 15, sexually assaulted at Scots bus stop DIFFERENT LEAGUE Rangers boss Clement told 'don't make excuses' after surprising admission STRICKEN STAR Michail Antonio undergoes surgery on broken leg after horror car crash CITY CENTRE DRAMA Police lock down busy street in major Scots city after person hit by bus Madeley Court Hotel offers a range of standard, executive and historical rooms, all kitted out with flat-screen TVs, with the cheaper ones costing about £150-a-night. The "peaceful and historical surroundings" and complimented by its famously "superb service and cuisine". Inside shocking rise in asylum-seeker hotel 'takeovers' as Labour vowed to end their use - but we're forking £8m a DAY "It offers both the facilities of a modern hotel and the ambiance of a beautiful Manor House in countryside surroundings," reads the website. The 16th century Manor House is also a popular wedding venue, using a separate space called The Mill which can host up to 230 guests. Jasmine Hikami, an Iraqi migrant who is staying at Madeley Court told the Mail Online his family "love" living in the "safe" hotel. He said they "are looked after well" and praised their room and food. 10 Locals say security guards have intimidated them from using a public footpath through the grounds Credit: Alamy 10 Pub landlord Rose said she misses having Christmas meals at the hotel Credit: Madeley Court Hotel 10 The Mill is a separate building on the property that was used for weddings Credit: Madeley Court Hotel 10 Rooms can go for £150-a-night but are now unavailable to the public Credit: Madeley Court Hotel But the 18-year-old did moan about being forced to share a single room with his dad, 42, and younger brother. "We don't know who pays for it but we don't need to," Jasmine added. The teenager explained how their family have been in the UK for four months after fleeing the Iran war. "We would like more space, a bigger room or two rooms but we can't complain," he admitted. Jasmine and his dad are not working but said they were "thankful" for the British Government. He told of his aspirations to study and work, but at the moment he looks after his brother, 11, doing school drop-offs and pick-ups. However, some local residents have hit out at the hotel and expressed their anger over its new use. 'DREADFUL DECISION' Rose, the landlady of nearby The All Nations Inn, said: "It used to be a beautiful hotel but it was left to go to ruin." She said the renovation for asylum seekers has "angered a lot of local people". "Why are the paying public stopped from going there for our lovely Christmas meal and events as we have always done in the past?," asked the landlady. Rose said the hotel is now "swarming with security" and it is "probably us, the taxpayer" funding it. She speculated the owners have made a lucrative deal out of housing migrants and branded "money grabbing", "unfair" and a "dreadful decision". The place has been ruined now Rose Landlady of nearby The All Nations Inn "The refugees living there must have the poshest migrant hotel in the country," added Rose. But the heavy security guard presence has also stopped "intimidated" local residents from using a public footpath through the grounds. The bouncers are also "under strict orders" not to let anyone inside without an appointment, and are "sworn to secrecy" over occupants' identities. She then alleged hotel staff have left over the years because of "very rude" migrants. "The place has been ruined now," continued Rose. A punter in the pub agreed and said people are "devastated" by the decision to "ban" the public from Madeley Court Hotel. He also believed the owners must be "raking in a fortune" from the set-up. Another resident out walking her dog said while it is "a shame", she was not opposed to asylum seekers living there. "When I walk my dog I often see young children playing outside in the grounds, which is nice to see," she added. This comes as the Government revealed it plans to cut back on using hotels to home asylum seekers. INSIDE THE HISTORY OF MADELEY COURT HOTEL By Summer Raemason The 16th century Grade II listed Manor house was passed down to the Brooke family in 1553, nearly a decade after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Then in 1651 the beautiful countryside property was used as a hiding spot by Charles II after he escaped from the Battle of Worcester and before fleeing to exile and France. Nearly a Century later, the manor was passed down to two Brooke sisters, Catherine and Rose. Catherine's portion was eventually passed down to her son John, who sold it in the late 1700s, while Rose's half was split between four daughters. The entire property was bought over time by a Quaker philanthropist called Richard Reynolds in 1781 and inherited by his family after his death. It belonged to descendants of the family until 1889, but by 1880 it had slipped into serious decline. Renovations took place in the early 1900s but it was deemed uninhabitable by the 1970s. In 1973 Telford Development Corporation began restoring the historical building, which was completed over the next decade. The manor house was transformed into a hotel inspired by architect Jim Roberts and became Madeley Court Hotel in 2014. It was closed in 2021 to home asylum seekers and still remains shut off from the public. A Home Office spokesperson told MailOnline: "This government inherited an asylum system under unprecedented strain, with thousands stuck in a backlog without their claims processed. "We have taken immediate action to restart asylum processing and are delivering a major uplift in returns to remove people with no right to be in the UK. Read more on the Scottish Sun 'vicious circle' I live in Scotland's benefits hotspot -I've only worked 4 years of my life SPLIT THE PACK I'm one of the best ever snooker stars but I wouldn't be if I was born later "Over the long term this will reduce our reliance on hotels and costs of accommodation. "We remain absolutely committed to ending the use of hotels for asylum seekers and continue to identify a range of accommodation options to minimise their use." 10 The Government revealed it plans to cut back on using hotels to home asylum seekers Credit: Madeley Court Hotel 10 A local punter said some residents are 'devastated' they can't use the venue Credit: Madeley Court Hotel 10 Jasmine Hikami, an Iraqi migrant who is staying at Madeley Court told the Mail Online his family 'love' living in the 'safe' hotel Credit: Madeley Court Hotel

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Japan business survey shows slight improvement in outlook for manufacturersSocial media users are misrepresenting a report released Thursday by the Justice Department inspector general's office, falsely claiming that it's proof the FBI orchestrated the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The watchdog report examined a number of areas, including whether major intelligence failures preceded the riot and whether the FBI in some way provoked the violence. Claims spreading online focus on the report's finding that 26 FBI informants were in Washington for election-related protests on Jan. 6, including three who had been tasked with traveling to the city to report on others who were potentially planning to attend the events. Although 17 of those informants either entered the Capitol or a restricted area around the building during the riot, none of the 26 total informants were authorized to do so by the bureau, according to the report. Nor were they authorized to otherwise break the law or encourage others to do so. Here's a closer look at the facts. CLAIM: A December 2024 report released by the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General is proof that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a setup by the FBI. THE FACTS: That's false. The report found that no undercover FBI employees were at the riot on Jan. 6 and that none of the bureau's informants were authorized to participate. Informants, also known as confidential human sources, work with the FBI to provide information, but are not on the bureau’s payroll. Undercover agents are employed by the FBI. According to the report, 26 informants were in Washington on Jan. 6 in connection with the day's events. FBI field offices only informed the Washington Field Office or FBI headquarters of five informants that were to be in the field on Jan. 6. Of the total 26 informants, four entered the Capitol during the riot and an additional 13 entered a restricted area around the Capitol. But none were authorized to do so by the FBI, nor were they given permission to break other laws or encourage others to do the same. The remaining nine informants did not engage in any illegal activities. None of the 17 informants who entered the Capitol or surrounding restricted area have been prosecuted, the report says. A footnote states that after reviewing a draft of the report, the U.S. attorney's office in Washington said that it “generally has not charged those individuals whose only crime on January 6, 2021 was to enter restricted grounds surrounding the Capitol, which has resulted in the Office declining to charge hundreds of individuals; and we have treated the CHSs consistent with this approach.” The assistant special agent in charge of the Washington Field Office's counterterrorism division told the inspector general's office that he “denied a request from an FBI office to have an undercover employee engage in investigative activity on January 6.” He, along with then-Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Steven D'Antuono, said that FBI policy prohibits undercover employees at First Amendment-protected events without investigative authority. Many social media users drew false conclusions from the report's findings. “JANUARY 6th WAS A SETUP!" reads one X post that had received more than 11,400 likes and shares as of Friday. “New inspector general report shows that 26 FBI/DOJ confidential sources were in the crowd on January 6th, and some of them went into the Capitol and restricted areas. Is it a coincidence that Wray put in his resignation notice yesterday? TREASON!” The mention of Wray's resignation refers to FBI Director Christopher Wray's announcement Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden's term in January. Other users highlighted the fact that there were 26 FBI informants in Washington on Jan. 6, but omitted key information about the findings of the report. These claims echo a fringe conspiracy theory advanced by some Republicans in Congress that the FBI played a role in instigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters determined to overturn Republican Donald Trump's 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden stormed the Capitol in a violent clash with police. The report knocks that theory down. Wray called such theories “ludicrous” at a congressional hearing last year. Asked for comment on the false claims spreading online, Stephanie Logan, a spokesperson for the inspector general’s office, pointed The Associated Press to a press release about the report. In addition to its findings about the the FBI's involvement on Jan. 6, the report said that the FBI, in an action its now-deputy director described as a “basic step that was missed,” failed to canvass informants across all 56 of its field offices for any relevant intelligence ahead of time. That was a step, the report concluded, “that could have helped the FBI and its law enforcement partners with their preparations in advance of January 6.” However, it did credit the bureau for preparing for the possibility of violence and for trying to identify known “domestic terrorism subjects” who planned to come to Washington that day. The FBI said in a letter responding to the report that it accepts the inspection general’s recommendation “regarding potential process improvements for future events.” — Find AP Fact Checks here: https://apnews.com/APFactCheck . By Melissa Goldin, The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — After acquiring Juan Soto for a one-year rental and failing to keep him as a free agent, the New York Yankees are taking the same chance with Devin Williams. New York acquired the All-Star closer from the Milwaukee Brewers for left-hander Nestor Cortes and infield prospect Caleb Durbin on Friday. The Yankees will send $2 million to the Brewers as part of the trade. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get updates and player profiles ahead of Friday's high school games, plus a recap Saturday with stories, photos, video Frequency: Seasonal Twice a weekMovie Review: Nicole Kidman commands the erotic office drama 'Babygirl'Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus' historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, while giant crowds celebrated in the capital's largest square and across the country. The gatherings were a major symbolic moment for the dramatic change of power in Syria, nearly a week after insurgents swept into Damascus, ousting the Assad-led state that had ruled the country for a half century with an iron grip. It came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with allies around the region looking to shape the transition, calling for an “inclusive and non-sectarian” interim government. Blinken arrived in Iraq on a previously unannounced stop after talks in Jordan and Turkey — which backs some of the Syrian insurgent factions. So far, U.S. officials have not talked of direct meetings with Syria's new rulers. The main insurgent force, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, has been working to establish security and start a political transition after seizing Damascus early Sunday. The group has tried to reassure a public both stunned by Assad's fall and concerned over extremist jihadis among the rebels. The insurgents' leadership says it has broken with its extremist past, though HTS is still labeled a terrorist group by the United States and European countries. HTS's leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, appeared in a video message Friday congratulating “the great Syrian people for the victory of the blessed revolution.” “I invite them to head to the squares to show their happiness without shooting bullets and scaring people,” he said. “And then after we will work to build this country and as I said in the beginning, we will be victorious by the help of God.” Huge crowds, including some insurgents, packed Damascus' historic Umayyad Mosque in the capital's old city, many waving the rebel opposition flag — with its three red stars — which has swiftly replaced the Assad-era flag with with its two green stars. According to Arab TV stations, the Friday sermon was delivered by Mohammed al-Bashir, the interim prime minister installed by HTS this week. The scene resonated on multiple levels. The mosque, one of the world's oldest dating back some 1,200 years, is a beloved symbol of Syria, and sermons there like all mosque sermons across Syria had been tightly controlled under Assad's rule. Also, in the early days of the anti-government uprising in 2011, protesters would leave Friday prayers to march in rallies against Assad — before he launched a brutal crackdown that turned the uprising into a long and bloody civil war. “I didn’t step foot in Umayyad Mosque since 2011," because of the tight security controls around it, said one worshipper, Ibrahim al-Araby. “Since 11 or 12 years, I haven’t been this happy.” Another worshipper, Khair Taha, said there was “fear and trepidation for what’s to come — but there is also a lot of hope that now we have a say and we can try to build.” Blocks away in Damascus' biggest roundabout, named Umayyad Square, thousands gathered, including many families with small children — a sign of how, so far at least, the country's transformation has not seen violent instability. “Unified Syria to build Syria,” the crowd chanted. Some shouted slurs against Assad and his late father, calling them pigs, an insult that would have previously led to offenders being hauled off to one of the feared detention centers of Assad’s security forces. One man in the crowd, 51-year-old Khaled Abu Chahine — originally from the southern province of Daraa, where the 2011 uprising first erupted — said he hoped for “freedom and coexistence between all Syrians, Alawites, Sunnis, Shiites and Druze.” The interim prime minister, al-Bashir, had been the head of a de facto administration created by HTS in Idlib, the opposition's enclave in northwest Syria. The rebels had been bottled up in Idlib for years before fighters broke out in a shock offensive and marched across Syria in 10 days. Similar scenes of jubilation took place in major cities across Syria, including in Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Latakia and Raqqa. Al-Sharaa, HTS' leader, has promised to bring a pluralistic government to Syria, seeking to dispel fears among many Syrians — especially its many minority communities — that the insurgents will bring a hard-line, extremist rule. Another key factor will be winning international recognition for a new government in Syria, a country where multiple foreign powers have their hands in the mix. The Sunni Arab insurgents who overthrew Assad did so with vital help from Turkey, a longtime foe of the U.S.-backed Kurds. Turkey controls a strip of Syrian territory along the shared border and backs an insurgent faction uneasily allied to HTS — and is deeply opposed to any gains by Syria's Kurds. The U.S. has troops in eastern Syria to combat remnants of the Islamic State group and supports Kurdish-led fighters who rule most of the east. Since Assad's fall, Israel has bombed sites all over Syria, saying it is trying to prevent weapons from falling into extremist hands, and has seized a swath of southern Syria along the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, calling it a buffer zone. After talks with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Blinken said there was “broad agreement” between Turkey and the U.S. on what they would like to see in Syria. That starts with an "interim government in Syria, one that is inclusive and non-sectarian and one that protects the rights of minorities and women” and does not “pose any kind of threat to any of Syria’s neighbors,” Blinken said. Fidan said the priority was “establishing stability in Syria as soon as possible, preventing terrorism from gaining ground, and ensuring that IS and the PKK aren’t dominant” — referring to the Islamic State group and the Kurdistan Workers Party. Ankara considers the PKK within Turkey's borders a terrorist group — as it does the Kurdish-backed forces in Syria backed by the U.S. A U.S. official said that in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Fidan both told Blinken that Kurdish attacks on Turkish positions would have to be responded to. The official spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity to discuss private diplomatic talks. The U.S. has been trying to limit such incidents in recent days and had helped organize an agreement to prevent confrontations around the northern Syrian town of Manbij, which was taken by Turkey-backed opposition fighters from the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces earlier this week. In Baghdad, Blinken met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani, saying both countries wanted to ensure the Islamic State group — also known by its Arabic acronym Daesh — doesn't exploit Syria's transition to re-emerge. “Having put Daesh back in its box, we can’t let it out, and we’re determined to make sure that that doesn’t happen," Blinken said. The U.S. official who briefed reporters said that Blinken had impressed upon al-Sudani the importance of Iraq exercising its full sovereignty over its territory and airspace to stop Iran from transporting weapons and equipment to Syria, either for Assad supporters or onward to the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon. Associated Press writer Suzan Fraser in Ankara contributed to this report.

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Tens of millions of devices are thrown away each year — and the rise of generative AI will only make this worseThe Aurora City Council has approved using money from a federal grant to replace police and fire department laptop computers and some closed-circuit TV cameras. Aldermen Tuesday night unanimously agreed to use money from the federal Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, Technology and Equipment Program received earlier this year for the items. The city already accepted the $2.28 million grant, which is given to provide funding for projects which improve police effectiveness and the flow of information among law enforcement agencies, local government service providers and the communities they serve, according to a city memo. Earlier this year, the City Council approved about $1.23 million of the money for forensic lab equipment, as well as closed-circuit TV equipment. Aldermen approved using the remaining about $1.05 million to lease laptops for both police and fire personnel, and additional CCTV equipment. The city memo said that police officers, paramedics and fire crews need rugged laptops they can rely on in all situations and weather conditions. The laptops the city purchased have exceeded their warranty life, and the city wants to replace them with better models. The grant would cover the first-year lease costs of $872,634. The city would look at using Emergency Telephone Service Board money to cover the second and third years, which has been done previously for both the police and fire departments. Jeff Anderson, the city’s deputy chief information officer, said by leasing the laptops instead of buying them, the city could afford a laptop for each police officer. Buying them outright would have meant the city could only outfit about 42% of the officers, he said. Also, by leasing, the city can give the laptops back after the three-year period, when they would be outdated and would need new software anyway. After the laptop costs, and some other associated costs, the city would have $107,924 remaining of the original $2.28 million grant. Aurora public safety officials want to use that for any other costs related to closed-circuit TV needs. The entire grant has to be spent by the end of 2024. slord@tribpub.comNone

Suffolk County Assault Lawyer Jason Bassett Releases Article on Assault Charges in New York 12-02-2024 11:08 PM CET | Politics, Law & Society Press release from: ABNewswire Suffolk County assault lawyer [ https://jbassettlaw.com/practice-items/long-island-assault-defense-attorney/ ] Jason Bassett of the Law Offices of Jason Bassett, P.C. has published an insightful article exploring the nuances of assault charges in New York. The article aims to provide a clear understanding of what constitutes assault under New York law and the importance of securing effective legal representation when facing such charges. "Assault is a serious charge that can have lasting effects on a person's life, both personally and professionally," said Suffolk County assault lawyer Jason Bassett. "Understanding the nature of the charges and having a strong legal defense is critical for anyone accused of assault in New York." According to the Suffolk County assault lawyer, assault cases in New York are categorized based on factors such as the severity of the physical injury, the intent behind the act, and whether a weapon was involved. These distinctions are crucial as they determine the level of charges, which can range from misdemeanors to felonies, along with the corresponding penalties. The article defines assault as causing physical injury to another person without justification. For an individual to be convicted of assault, the prosecution must prove that the defendant inflicted harm intentionally, recklessly, or with criminal negligence. Depending on the circumstances of the incident, the charges can escalate from minor offenses to severe felonies. Jason Bassett breaks down the three main degrees of assault in New York. First-degree assault involves causing serious injury with a deadly weapon. Second-degree assault occurs when someone intentionally causes serious injury, and third-degree assault covers injuries caused intentionally, recklessly, or with negligence. The Suffolk County assault lawyer emphasizes the serious consequences of an assault conviction, which can extend beyond jail time and fines. A conviction can lead to a permanent criminal record, affecting future employment opportunities, housing applications, and personal relationships. "An assault conviction can follow someone for the rest of their life," said Bassett. "It's not just about the immediate penalties. The long-term repercussions can be just as damaging, if not more so." While the penalties for assault are severe, Bassett underscores that a conviction is not inevitable. With the right legal representation, individuals accused of assault can challenge the charges and present a strong defense. Bassett points out that every assault case is unique, and the circumstances surrounding the incident play a significant role in determining the best course of action. "Whether it's self-defense, lack of intent, or questionable evidence, there are often multiple angles to challenge an assault charge," he said. The article stresses that anyone charged with assault should seek legal counsel immediately to avoid inadvertently harming their case. A skilled defense attorney can analyze the evidence, negotiate with prosecutors, and advocate for reduced charges or even dismissal in certain situations. "Having an experienced attorney on one's side can make all the difference when facing an assault charge," said Bassett. "The criminal justice system can be overwhelming, and managing it without proper guidance can lead to unfavorable outcomes." Individuals accused of assault in New York should not delay seeking legal advice. The sooner they consult with a knowledgeable attorney, the better their chances of building a solid defense and mitigating the impact of the charges. Taking proactive steps to understand their legal options is crucial to protecting both their rights and their future. About the Law Offices of Jason Bassett, P.C.: The Law Offices of Jason Bassett, P.C. is dedicated to providing high-quality legal representation in criminal defense cases. Led by former prosecutor Jason Bassett, the firm is committed to advocating for clients' rights and achieving the best possible outcomes in their cases. With a focus on personalized service and a deep understanding of New York's legal system, the firm helps clients approach challenging situations with confidence and clarity. 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The Idaho Supreme Court unanimously rejected Creech’s arguments that a second execution attempt would represent cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In February, the execution team was unable after nearly an hour to find a vein in Creech’s body suitable for an IV to lethally inject him, and prison leaders called off the execution. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get the latest news, sports, weather and more delivered right to your inbox.MUPPETS’ Christmas Carol fans are only just realising one Inbetweeners star appeared in the classic movie. Robin Weaver, 43, best known for her role as Simon’s mum, Pamela Cooper, in the Channel 4 comedy , played Clara, Fred’s wife, in the 1992 festive film . For years, the playful retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless tale has been a staple of the holiday season. Featuring the Muppets cast and Michael Caine ’s performance as Scrooge, the new discovery has given fans a whole new reason to rewatch the movie this Christmas . The revelation gained traction after a Reddit user posted in a forum titled, "Approaching my 35th Christmas, and I've only just realised that Clara (Fred's wife) in Muppet Christmas Carol is Simon's mum in the Inbetweeners ." The post quickly drew reactions from fans thrilled to connect the dots between the two roles. more on the Inbetweeners One user exclaimed, “I live for these facts,” while another added, “Thank you! I watched it this week and was desperately trying to work out what I knew her from!” A third joked, “Bloody hell, Simon’s older than he looks,” adding some Inbetweeners humor into the conversation. But Robin isn’t the only cast member in The Muppets’ Christmas Carol with ties to other iconic works. Steven Mackintosh, who plays Fred (Scrooge’s jovial nephew and Clara’s husband), is known for his role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Most read in Film Someone pointed this out on the site, writing: "And Fred is that bloke from Lock Stock!" When it was first released in 1992, many thought the Disney film was going to be a huge flop. Pairing a much-loved Charles Dickens novel with a load of puppets and actor Sir Michael didn’t seem like a recipe for success. On top of that, The Muppets had lost two of its most prominent figureheads - Muppets creator Jim Henson, who died suddenly in May 1990, followed by puppeteer Richard Hunt in January 1992. But 32 years later, it’s become a festive classic, watched by kids over and over every year.For many of the women attending My Sister’s Place (MSP) in London, Ont. the holidays are a difficult time. “I'm here alone in London. I have no family here,” says Serena Millward, whose family is in B.C. “It's a bit of a hard time because it’s a time to be with family, so it can be a little emotional.” Most of these women living on the street, or in shelters don’t receive anything for Christmas. That’s where the Shoebox Project comes in. For the past 15 years, they’ve supported women with a personally crafted gift, essentials and/or everyday items wrapped in a shoebox. Emily Brewer, left, of the Shoebox Project watches Serena Millward open a gift at My Sister’s Place in London, Ont. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) “We’ve already reached our target right in time for Christmas,” says Emily Brewer, the London chapter coordinator of the Shoebox Project. “We have made about 1,200 shoe boxes, supporting around 25 agencies in London and surrounding area.” Brewer was at MSP to hand deliver the boxes to women, after the organization held it’s Christmas dinner. “Being able to be here and see them open this gift, it's really a full circle moment,” says Brewer. “It just shows us that all of the work that the community put in is going to a great cause, and it's making a huge impact.” That impact is felt by women like Terry O’Loughlin. “I can use the shampoo, I can use a hand cream and I can use nail polish,” says O’Loughlin who is currently living in a shelter. “You can tell the girls like it because you're not expecting it. They don't tell you when it's coming, and you're not expecting it at all.” The boxes the women opened contained items like bodywash, a hairbrush, soaps, games, as well as winter items like hats, gloves and scarves. The contents of a shoebox gift from the Shoebox Project in London, Ont. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) “These women have a lot of struggles, and we just want to make their holiday season,” says Brewer. “It can be very isolating, but we want to make a small part of it better for them, and just let them know that there's people out there that that care about them and are thinking of them during this time.” Going through a difficult time after losing her ex this year, O’Loughlin was appreciative of the gift for her, and her “sisters.” “it's just like a surprise for us all,” says O’Loughlin. This year’s Shoebox drive has come to an end, but the need continues to grow each year. These are some of the agencies the project supported in 2024. 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Ottawa Traffic dispute threatens to dampen holiday spirit on Taffy Lane A visit to Ottawa's Taffy Lane in Orléans is a staple this time of year, but a dispute amongst neighbours over traffic congestion is threatening to dim the magic of the holidays for one neighbour. PART 1 | Ottawa mayor speaks on transit funding, federal turmoil in year-end interview Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe spoke with CTV News on a variety of issues, including transit, the city budget and political turmoil on Parliament Hill in a year-end interview. House to Home organization in Ottawa helps newcomers set up their lives Refugees and some immigrants who arrive in Ottawa can come with nothing, and a local organization is working to help them build new lives by providing everything they need. Toronto Trudeau could stay or go. Either way, Canadians should brace for a spring election Canada appears to be barrelling toward a spring election now that the NDP is vowing to vote down the government early next year -- whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stays on or not. Woman seriously injured after stabbing in Moss Park: paramedics A stabbing in Toronto’s Moss Park neighbourhood Tuesday morning has left a woman with serious injuries as police search for a suspect. Police in York Region thwart alleged car theft in Stouffville, Ont. A suspect from Quebec who was allegedly trying to steal a luxury car in Stouffville, Ont. last Friday was caught with a key fob programmer, police say. Montreal Snowfall in Quebec leads to multiple road accidents Quebecers travelling on Christmas Eve should do so with caution as snow continues to flurry in the early morning. Quebec doing better job at retaining immigrants, Atlantic Canada still struggling Immigrants are increasingly choosing to stay in Quebec, according to a new report from Statistics Canada, but the same isn't true in the Atlantic region, which continues to lose newcomers to the rest of the country. What's open and closed in Montreal during the holidays Here's a list of what's open and closed for the holidays in Montreal. Atlantic RCMP investigating break, enter and theft at business in Janeville, N.B. RCMP in New Brunswick are investigating after a business in Janeville was broken into and a number of items were stolen. CTV's Katie Kelly solves decades old mystery involving 'anchor' tattoo It’s been almost two decades since a 21-year-old man from New Glasgow, N.S., got a tattoo of CTV’s Bruce Frisko, but it’s a piece of Maritime history that hasn’t been forgotten. 'Can I taste it?': Rare $55,000 bottle of spirits on sale in Moncton A rare bottle of Scottish whisky is for sale in downtown Moncton, with a price tag reading $55,000. Winnipeg Manitoba to receive more equalization money, but the increase is smaller than in 2024 The Manitoba government is set to receive $337 million more in equalization payments from the federal government in the next fiscal year. ‘Choosing your own adventure’: Winnipeg’s Select Start readies Exchange District for brand new ‘barcade’ experience A new ‘barcade’ in the heart of the Exchange District is hoping to be a successful launch title for a new generation of players. 'Stop postponing our bucket list': Churchill continuing to grow as Manitoba's hotspot The province of Manitoba prides itself on being the heart of Canada, and as the heart, it has many arteries just waiting to be explored. Calgary Glenmore Trail closed for several hours due to serious crash involving crane truck Calgary police shut down Glenmore Trail Monday night and into Tuesday morning for a crash between a car and a crane truck. Fundraiser aims to help family of Calgary's latest homicide victim A fundraising effort has been established to help the family of Jalisa Maschki, a woman who was found on a Calgary pathway and later died in hospital. Skier seriously injured in avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C. A skier was seriously injured after an avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., over the weekend. Edmonton 'Serious safety issues': Edmonton building where security guard was killed evacuated An apartment building where a security guard was killed earlier this month has been evacuated. A look back at the most-read stories for Edmonton and northern Alberta in 2024 From the wildfire in Jasper to Danielle Smith and the United Conservative government and its policies to alleged and confirmed professional misconduct of police officers, teachers and doctors, these are the top 10 news stories for 2024. WEATHER | Josh Classen's forecast: Warm and melty again, but cloudy and breezy We should get back to some sunshine in the Edmonton area and across much of central and eastern Alberta for Christmas day. Regina 'A nice way to connect': Christmas card exchange between Sask. friends spans 60 years What started out as a little holiday fun between two Regina friends has turned into a tradition that now spans six decades. Dog lost in Saskatchewan during cross-country trip reunited with family A family moving from Ontario to Alberta in November had a scare when their family dog got loose during a stop in Dafoe, Sask. and ran away. More drivers opt for personalized plates in Sask. — and behind every one there's a story You may have noticed a few more vanity plates on Saskatchewan roads in recent years, and every one of them comes with a personal story. Saskatoon More drivers opt for personalized plates in Sask. — and behind every one there's a story You may have noticed a few more vanity plates on Saskatchewan roads in recent years, and every one of them comes with a personal story. 'People prop the doors open': Saskatoon resident concerned as people shelter in her stairwell With the number of homeless people in Saskatoon at an unprecedented high, it’s no surprise people are looking for places to warm up. Saskatoon-born comedian Brendan Flaherty returns for to ask, 'what'd I miss?' As a Saskatoon-born comedian pursuing a career in the Six, Brendan Flaherty says he often hears the same question from friends back home. Vancouver B.C. friends nab ‘unbelievable’ $1M lotto win just before Christmas Two friends from B.C’s lower mainland are feeling particularly merry this December, after a single lottery ticket purchased from a small kiosk landed them instant millionaire status. Storms to continue rolling through B.C.’s South Coast over Christmas Day The tempestuous weather that descended on southern B.C. Monday afternoon will linger for the next few days, with a storm forecast for Christmas Day. Year-end interview: B.C. Premier David Eby reflects on nail-biting 2024 election It was a year that saw David Eby elected B.C. premier for the first time, and lead his party to government for a third consecutive term. 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Baxter Intl's BAX short percent of float has fallen 3.35% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 12.37 million shares sold short , which is 3.17% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.59 days to cover their short positions on average. Why Short Interest Matters Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises. Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish. See Also: List of the most shorted stocks Baxter Intl Short Interest Graph (3 Months) As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Baxter Intl has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted. Comparing Baxter Intl's Short Interest Against Its Peers Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis. According to Benzinga Pro , Baxter Intl's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 3.52%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers. Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it. This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor. © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.Los Angeles Chargers (7-4) at Atlanta (6-5) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM NFL Odds: Chargers by 1 1/2 Series record: Falcons lead 8-4. Against the spread: Chargers 7-3-1, Falcons 5-6. Last meeting: Chargers beat Falcons 20-17 on Nov. 6, 2022, in Atlanta. Last week: Ravens beat Chargers, 30-23; Falcons had bye week following 38-6 loss at Denver on Nov. 17. Chargers offense: overall (21), rush (13), pass (20), scoring (18). Chargers defense: overall (13), rush (10), pass (10), scoring (13). Falcons offense: overall (8), rush (14), pass (5), scoring (16). Falcons defense: overall (25), rush (19), pass (26), scoring (26). Turnover differential: Chargers plus-8, Falcons minus-3. RB Gus Edwards could move up as the lead back for Los Angeles as J.K Dobbins (knee) is expected to miss the game . Edwards was activated from injured reserve earlier this month following an ankle injury and had nine carries for 11 yards with a touchdown in Monday night's 30-23 loss to Baltimore. WR Drake London has 61 catches, leaving him four away from becoming the first player in team history to have at least 65 receptions in each of his first three seasons. London has 710 receiving yards, leaving him 140 away from becoming the first player in team history with at least 850 in each of his first three seasons. Falcons RB Bijan Robinson vs. Chargers run defense. Robinson was shut down by Denver, gaining only 35 yards on 12 carries, and the Atlanta offense couldn't recover. The Chargers rank 10th in the league against the run, so it will be a challenge for the Falcons to find a way to establish a ground game with Robinson and Tyler Allgeier. A solid running attack would create an opportunity for offensive coordinator Zac Robinson to establish the play-action passes for quarterback Kirk Cousins. Dobbins appeared to injure his right knee in the first half of the loss to the Ravens, though coach Jim Harbaugh did not provide details. ... The Falcons needed the bye to give a long list of injured players an opportunity to heal. WR WR KhaDarel Hodge (neck) did not practice on Wednesday. WR Darnell Mooney (Achilles), CB Kevin King (concussion), DL Zach Harrison (knee, Achilles) and WR Casey Washington (concussion) were hurt in the 38-6 loss at Denver on Nov. 17 and were limited on Wednesday. CB Mike Hughes (neck), nickel back Dee Alford (hamstring), ILB Troy Andersen (knee), TE Charlie Woerner (concussion) and ILB JD Bertrand (concussion) also were limited on Wednesday after not playing against Denver. C Drew Dalman (ankle) could return. The Chargers have won the past three games in the series following six consecutive wins by the Falcons from 1991-2012. Los Angeles took a 33-30 overtime win in Atlanta in 2016 before the Chargers added 20-17 wins at home in 2020 and in Atlanta in 2022. The Falcons won the first meeting between the teams, 41-0 in San Diego in 1973. Each team has built its record on success against the soft NFC South. Atlanta is 4-1 against division rivals. Los Angeles is 2-0 against the NFC South this season. The Chargers have a four-game winning streak against the division. ... Atlanta is 0-2 against AFC West teams, following a 22-17 loss to Kansas City and the lopsided loss at Denver. They will complete their tour of the AFC West with a game at the Las Vegas Raiders on Dec. 16. ... The Falcons are the league's only first-place team with a negative points differential. Atlanta has been outscored 274-244. The loss of Dobbins, who has rushed for eight touchdowns, could put more pressure on QB Justin Hebert and the passing game. Herbert's favorite option has been WR Ladd McConkey, who has four TD receptions among his 49 catches for 698 yards. McConkey, the former University of Georgia standout who was drafted in the second round, could enjoy a productive return to the state against a Falcons defense that ranks only 26th against the pass. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflRahul Gandhi visits Delhi vegetable market; women complain of surging prices | WATCH VIDEORussia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 1.18%

Whether you’re getting call center software for the first time or you’re looking to compare prices for alternative options, there are a lot of factors that go into call center software pricing. This guide covers everything to keep in mind so you know what to expect. How much does call center software cost? Call center software ranges from $60 to $200+ per agent per month. This is quite a big range and doesn’t necessarily tell the full story. It’s like asking how much a car costs or how much it costs to build a house. You can get an idea of what you’ll pay, but that won’t be enough information to know how much you’ll end up paying when it’s all said and done. Factors that influence call center software pricing There are a lot of elements that will impact call center software pricing. You can use the sections below to help you find a more exact cost, or at least a closer estimate. Software provider Providers can charge whatever they’d like. It can vary significantly from one to the next. Here’s how much a few of the best call center software providers charge to show you want I mean: RingCentral — Starts at $65 per agent per month. Dialpad — Starts at $80 per agent per month. Nextiva — Starts at $129 per agent per month. Five9 — Starts at $175 per agent per month. These are the starting rates for each provider’s cheapest plan. Everything goes up from there and depends on a wide range of other factors. Call volume Most providers charge usage-based fees on their call center plans. These are typically billed per minute. How much you pay per minute often depends on call volume and the type of call. For example, RingCentral’s base monthly price per agent includes unlimited domestic inbound minutes but you have to pay for outbound calls. Nextiva offers both agent-based pricing and usage-based pricing, with rates starting at $0.018 per minute. Some also charge different rates for inbound and outbound calls. Others offer unlimited inbound minutes, but you’ll pay a fee if the caller dials your 800 toll-free number. SEE: Check out our RingCentral review and Nextiva review to learn more about our favorite call center solutions. VoIP vs. on-premise deployment On-premise deployments require significant up front investments, easily crossing the $10,000 to $20,000 mark if you have no infrastructure in place. You’ll need on-site servers, networking components, other hardware, and space to put it all. While your ongoing usage costs may be lower per month, you’ll need to consider ongoing maintenance and hiring staff to manage your system. Cloud-based VoIP systems are much easier to set up and use. Plus, they usually have no up front costs. Call center vs. contact center The terms “call center” and “contact center” are often used interchangeably, but they aren’t the same thing. A true call center just refers to voice-based calling capabilities. Modern call center software comes with loads of other features, but calling is the primary function. Contact centers usually include voice, but they often include other communication options — like live chat, SMS messaging, social media, ticket support, and more. Omnichannel contact center software costs more than voice-only call center solutions. The only instance where a contact center could cost less is if the voice component is removed altogether and you’re just using a basic helpdesk software to manage ticket support. Tools like LiveAgent offer this for just $15 per agent per month. SEE: Learn more about call centers vs contact centers . Phone numbers Instead of paying per number, you usually will pay per agent instead. A main call center line will likely be included, and callers will be routed to the right agent based on your call routing rules. That said, you’ll need to pay extra if you want to purchase additional lines, 800 toll-free numbers, or vanity numbers. RingCentral, for example, charges a one-time $30 setup fee to purchase toll-free and vanity numbers and then $4.99 per month to maintain the number. This is a solid deal, as most other providers tend to charge $10 to $15 per month for toll-free numbers. Features and add-ons Call center software comes with a lot of features. In most cases, many of them are only available on higher tiers or as add-ons. You’ll likely need to upgrade or pay extra for things like: Power dialers. Auto dialers. Progressive dialers. Gamification features. IVR with speech recognition. Workforce management features. Live call monitoring. Call recording. Additional cloud storage. AI-powered customer satisfaction scores. AI call transcriptions. Built-in payments. Real-time AI agent assist. Most of these are more useful for larger teams who can afford the higher costs associated with unlocking them. However, every provider has different plan structures that include different features. You may be able to save a bit of money on a lower plan with one provider while another requires you to be on a higher tier. International rates International calls are typically charged based on usage. The per-minute rate varies depending on the country you’re calling. Some call center software providers have specialized international plans that can help you save some money if you’re planning on making a high volume of calls to a particular country or region. Zoom and 8×8, for example, both offer international options to help keep costs low. SEE: Read our Zoom Phone review and 8×8 review to learn more. Integrations Many call center software providers limit integrations to higher tiers. Some may also require you to pay extra to use them. For example, integrating with your CRM is an important part of getting the most out of both pieces of software. In some cases, the two tools may have a pre-built integration you can take advantage of. In other cases, you may need to use their APIs. Either way, it’s important to understand that doing so may cost extra, especially if you’re on a more affordable call center plan. Other “hidden costs” of call center software Aside from integrations, there are other things you’ll need to leverage your call center solution to its full potential. This includes things like: Internet. VoIP routers. VoIP headsets . Computers and monitors. VoIP desk phones. Conference phones . Technical support. Cloud storage for recorded calls. Agent training. Call center training software . Although these aren’t technically part of the software, the software isn’t much use if you don’t have fast and stable internet, devices to access the internet, and tools to ensure your call center keeps running in the event of a failure. Best practices for cheaper call center software If you’re optimizing for cost, there are a lot of levers you can pull to keep the price as low as possible. As you shop around, keep the following in mind. Start with a basic business phone system (if possible) If you’re a smaller business or you don’t have a ton of agents, you may not actually need full-blown call center software. See if you can get away with just a regular VoIP phone system. These are much cheaper, starting at just $15 to $30 per month, and most providers offer unlimited calling at this price point. Many of them also include IVR, call routing, and other useful capabilities. If it works for you, you can use a solution like this for as long as possible and upgrade to a complete call center system when you outgrow it. Lock in an annual contract Most providers will give you a discount if you pay for a full year up front. This is the quickest way to instantly save 10% to 15% if you can afford it. Just be sure to read the fine print before you sign. Some providers won’t let you remove seats until it’s time to renew your contract, so you could be stuck paying for more than you need if your usage fluctuates throughout the year. Only pay for what you actually need It’s easy to be impressed with the list of features and capabilities of modern-day call center software. But just because you can do something, it doesn’t mean you should. Rather than looking at a feature list and thinking, “this is cool, let’s buy it,” focus on the essentials that you actually need to operate. If you run into an issue that requires an additional feature, you can purchase the add-on or upgrade your plan at that point. As I mentioned, it’s usually much harder to downgrade than it is to upgrade, especially if you’re locked into a long term contract. Negotiate with your provider Many businesses don’t realize they can negotiate call center software pricing. Instead of signing for a plan online, it may pay to take the time to talk to their sales team. This not only gives you an opportunity to get the price down, but you’ll also get a better understanding of how they treat their customers. You’ll also be able to ask questions, potentially see the software in action, and make sure it’s truly the right choice for you before making any decisions. If you’re worried, just remember that the worst they can say is no.A unidade de Friendly Hackers da Thales inventa um metamodelo para detectar imagens deepfake geradas por IATechnology stocks helped pull stocks lower on Wall Street Wednesday, handing the market its first loss in more than a week. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%, even though more stocks in the index notched gains than ended lower. The loss snapped a seven-day winning streak for the benchmark index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, its first loss after five gains. The Dow and S&P 500 remain near the all-time highs they set on Tuesday. The Nasdaq composite, which is heavily weighted with technology stocks, fell 0.6%. Losses for tech heavyweights like Nvidia, Microsoft and Broadcom were the drag on the market. Semiconductor giant Nvidia fell 1.2%. Its huge value gives it outsized influence on market indexes. Microsoft fell 1.2% and Broadcom finished 3.1% lower. Several personal computer makers also helped pull the market lower following their latest earnings reports. HP sank 11.4% after giving investors a weaker-than-expected earnings forecast for its current quarter. Dell slid 12.2% after its latest quarterly revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts. Gains for financial and health care companies helped temper the market's losses. Berkshire Hathaway rose 0.9% and Merck & Co. added 1.5%. All told, the S&P 500 fell 22.89 points to 5,998.74, while the Dow dropped 138.25 points to 44,722.06. The Nasdaq fell 115.10 points to 19,060.48. Traders also had their eye on new reports on the economy and inflation Wednesday. The U.S. economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September, according to the Commerce Department, leaving its original estimate of third-quarter growth unchanged. The growth was driven by strong consumer spending and a surge in exports. The update followed a report on Tuesday from the Conference Board that said confidence among U.S. consumers improved in November, but not by as much as economists expected. Consumers have been driving economic growth, but the latest round of earnings reports from retailers shows a mixed and more cautious picture. Department store operator Nordstrom fell 8.1% after warning investors about a trend toward weakening sales that started in late October. Clothing retailer Urban Outfitters jumped 18.3% after beating analysts’ third-quarter financial forecasts. Weeks earlier, retail giant Target gave investors a discouraging forecast for the holiday season, while Walmart provided a more encouraging forecast. Consumers, though resilient, are still facing pressure from inflation. The latest update from the U.S. government shows that inflation accelerated last month. The personal consumption expenditures index, or PCE, rose to 2.3% in October from 2.1% in September. Overall, the rate of inflation has been falling broadly since it peaked more than two years ago. The PCE, which is the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation, was just below 7.3% in June of 2022. Another measure of inflation, the consumer price index, peaked at 9.1% at the same time. The latest inflation data, though, is a sign that the rate of inflation seems to be stalling as it falls to within range of the Fed's target of 2%. The central bank started raising its benchmark interest rate from near-zero in early 2022 to a two-decade high by the middle of 2023 and held it there in order to tame inflation. The Fed started cutting its benchmark interest rate in September, followed by a second cut in November. Wall Street expects a similar quarter-point cut at the central bank's upcoming meeting in December. “Today’s data shouldn’t change views of the likely path for disinflation, however bumpy," said David Alcaly, lead macroeconomic strategist at Lazard Asset Management. "But a lot of observers, probably including some at the Fed, are looking for reasons to get more hawkish on the outlook given the potential for inflationary policy change like new tariffs.” President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China when he takes office in January. That could shock the economy by raising prices on a wide range of goods and accelerating the rate of inflation. Such a shift could prompt the Fed to rethink future cuts to interest rates. Treasury yields slipped in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.25% from 4.30% late Tuesday. The yield on the two-year Treasury, which more closely follows expected actions by the Fed, fell to 4.22% from 4.25% late Tuesday. U.S. markets will be closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, and will reopen for a half day on Friday.

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On Saturday, December 7, heads of state and policymakers as well as business leaders convene in Qatar for the 22nd edition of the Doha Forum, bannered under “The Innovation Imperative” and coupled with the thematic of diplomacy, dialogue and diversity. As a professor of international politics, I do recognise that the progress of our human race in this 21st century faces unprecedented challenges that threaten the stability of societies and the integrity of the global system. Climate change, intensifying security threats, and the fragility of international order are no longer isolated issues; they are deeply interconnected, compounding one another in ways that demand innovative solutions. To address these challenges effectively, I underline that world leaders would need to foster environments conducive to bold experimentation, embrace inclusive co-operation, and create policies that strike a balance between adaptability and governance stability. The need for innovation in problem-solving Traditional mechanisms of international co-operation, rooted in post-World War II institutions, often falter in the face of contemporary challenges. The complexity of modern problems — ranging from transboundary climate impacts to cybersecurity threats — requires more agile, creative, and cross-sectoral approaches. Innovation, therefore, is not merely an option but a necessity. The desired state of innovation must transcend technological solutions. While advancements in renewable energy technologies, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology are crucial, they alone cannot address nor attempt to solve the structural and systemic challenges underpinning global issues. I believe that innovation lies in rethinking governance models, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and integrating diverse for voices and talents, especially from marginalised communities, into decision-making processes. Key innovation concepts for leaders To rise to the occasion, policymakers and business leaders should prioritise the following innovation concepts: Systemic thinking and foresight Policymakers and business leaders must embrace systems thinking to understand how challenges interconnect across sectors. For instance, climate change exacerbates migration patterns, which in turn strain geopolitical relations. By employing foresight tools including scenario planning and predictive modelling, decision-making process can anticipate cascading effects and design preemptive solutions. Inclusive and collaborative governance Solving global challenges requires input from diverse stakeholders, including governments, private sectors, civil society, and academia. Public-private partnerships can accelerate the implementation of sustainable infrastructure, while local communities must be empowered to contribute to decisions affecting their futures. Experimental policy labs Creating spaces for policy experimentation — where new ideas can be tested at smaller scales — can reduce the risk of large-scale failures. For example, urban areas could serve as testing grounds for smart-city innovations or low-carbon transportation systems, allowing successes to scale globally. Resilience through redundancy In a world of uncertainty, policies must account for multiple contingencies. Redundancy in critical systems — such as energy grids or supply chains — enhances resilience against unforeseen disruptions, whether from natural disasters or geopolitical crises. Digital diplomacy and technology for peacebuilding As technology reshapes geopolitics, digital diplomacy tools can foster dialogue and mediate conflicts. Blockchain, for instance, could enhance transparency in aid distribution, while artificial intelligence might predict flashpoints in security and enable preemptive interventions. Building an innovation-conducive policy environment Innovative problem-solving does not emerge in a vacuum; it requires deliberate policy frameworks to thrive. Policymakers and business leaders must focus on creating environments that nurture experimentation while safeguarding governance and societal stability. The following policy streams should be prioritised: Investing in education and lifelong learning As an academic and an educator, myself, I fundamentally believe that education systems must pivot from rote learning to nurturing critical thinking, creativity, and interdisciplinary knowledge. Skills in areas such as climate science, technology ethics, and conflict resolution are essential for equipping future leaders to address global challenges innovatively. Strengthening multilateral institutions for flexibility Existing multilateral frameworks, such as the United Nations, must evolve to become more flexible and responsive. The latter involves creating specialised task forces or regional coalitions that can address emergent crises more effectively. Establishing risk-tolerant funding mechanisms Governments and international organisations should allocate funds for high-risk, high-reward projects. Lessons from the private sector, such as venture capital models, could inspire public funding mechanisms that support bold experimentation without penalising failure. Encouraging regulatory sandboxes To balance innovation and regulation, policymakers can establish “regulatory sandboxes” in which new technologies or policy ideas are tested under relaxed regulations. For instance, renewable energy startups could operate under tailored frameworks to refine their models before scaling up. Safeguarding equity and inclusion Innovation cannot come at the expense of equity. Policymakers must prioritise distributive justice, ensuring that vulnerable populations are not disproportionately burdened by experimental policies. Climate adaptation strategies, for example, must consider the needs of low-income communities on the frontlines of climate impacts. Enhancing data sharing and transparency A cornerstone of effective innovation is access to reliable data. International agreements on data-sharing protocols — particularly for climate science and public health — can accelerate collective learning and solution development. Balancing innovation and governanceA central tension in fostering innovation is the balance between encouraging experimentation and maintaining governance stability. While bold ideas are needed, they must not come at the cost of societal safety or trust in institutions. The latter requires: Ethical guidelines for innovation Establishing ethical standards ensures that innovations, particularly in emerging technologies including AI or gene editing, align with societal values and prioritise safety. Responsive governance models: Adaptive governance, where policies evolve based on real-time feedback, allows for flexibility without undermining stability. Examples include updating climate agreements to reflect advancements in carbon capture technologies. Engaging citizens: Public trust is foundational to governance stability. Governments should engage citizens in policymaking processes through participatory platforms, enhancing transparency and accountability. Related Story Amir participates in Riyadh Gulf-China Summit for Co-operation and Development Forging the path forward Global challenges will only intensify in the coming decades, but they also present opportunities for transformative progress. By prioritising systemic thinking, inclusivity, and bold experimentation, policymakers and business leaders can lay the groundwork for solutions that transcend immediate crises and address root causes. Policies that enable an innovation-conducive environment — while ensuring equity, stability, and safety — are not just desirable but essential for a sustainable future. Innovation must be reimagined not as a singular breakthrough but as a continuous, collaborative process. Through sustained investment in education, institutional reform, and inclusive policy design, the world can transition from reactive crisis management to proactive problem-solving. The stakes are high, but with urgency and co-operation, humanity has the capacity to navigate these challenges and emerge stronger. The author is an Associate Professor of International Relations and Diplomacy, the co-founder and chairman, American Center for Strategic and International Affairs, and an Abshire-Inamori International Fellow. Social media platforms @khalid.aljufairi (instagram) and @khalidaljufairi (X platform)

AN awkward blunder was spotted by I'm A Celebrity viewers after Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly entered camp. The hosts made their daily visit to deliver the public result to stars who were eagerly awaiting at the end of Wednesday night's show. 3 Tulisa was mistaken for her campmate Maura Credit: ITV 3 Maura celebrated not being chosen for the Bushtucker Trial Credit: ITV However, a jungle cameraman accidentally got two stars 'mixed up' while millions watched at home. When Ant and Dec were revealing the news that Maura Higgins would not face the latest Bushtucker Trial, the camera focused on Tulisa Contostavlos sitting in camp. It then abruptly panned to Maura when the error had been realised by production. One viewer said: "Anyone else catch that mistake when they showed us Tulisa when they said 'Maura'." READ MORE ON I'M A CELEBRITY live & learn Coleen Rooney shocks I'm A Celeb stars with savage swipe at husband Wayne tough times Terrified Tulisa screams 'just get it over with' in I'm A Celeb trial Another added: "Not the camera op getting Maura and Tulisa mixed up." "Why did they just show Tulisa when they were talking about Maura?", another asked. Someone else said: "I love when they make an error on I'm a Celeb, it just makes me laugh "'Maura it's not you', while showing Tulisa." Most read in I’m A Celebrity 2024 DADDY'S GIRL I’m A Celeb fans just realising Tulisa is a nepo-baby with famous pop star dad letting loose Ruth Langsford flies to I'm A Celebrity in Australia as bosses sign her up MISSING? Moment Barry McGuigan 'goes missing' after TEN days in the I'm A Celebrity jungle clap back I'm A Celebrity star Dean McCullough's mum slams Ant for being 'too hard' on him Elsewhere on the episode, Tulisa was left disappointed when she returned from a Bushtucker Trial with five out of 12 stars. The singer insisted her campmates would be "devastated" and "crying inside". Terrified Tulisa screams 'just get it over with' in gruelling Bushtucker Trial - as I'm A Celeb fans accuse her of fake screaming Tulisa struggled during Shock Around The Clock to answer general knowledge questions - and was heavily helped by Ant and Dec. She told the hosts: “When I was in there my brain just wouldn’t function, it just went blank, I was just trying to survive.” 3 Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly delivered the results to camp Credit: ITV I'm A Celebrity 2024 i'm A Celebrity is back for its 24th series, with a batch of famous faces living in the Aussie jungle. The Sun's Jake Penkethman takes a look at the stars on the show this year.. Coleen Rooney - Arguably the most famous name in the camp, the leading WAG, known for her marriage to Wayne Rooney , has made a grand return to TV as she looks to put the Wagatha Christie scandal behind her. The Sun revealed the mum-of-four had bagged an eye-watering deal worth over £1.5million to be on the show this year making her the highest-paid contestant ever. Tulisa - The popstar and former X Factor judge has made her triumphant TV comeback by signing up to this year's I'm A Celeb after shunning TV shows for many years. Known for being a member of the trio, N-Dubz, Tulisa became a household name back in 2011 when she signed on to replace Cheryl on ITV show The X Factor in a multi-million pound deal. Alan Halsall - The actor, known for playing the long-running role of Tyrone Dobbs on ITV soap opera Coronation Street, was originally signed up to head Down Under last year but an operation threw his scheduled appearance off-course. Now he has become the latest Corrie star to win over both the viewers and his fellow celebrities. Melvin Odoom - The Radio DJ has become a regular face on TV screens after rising to fame with presenting roles on Kiss FM, BBC Radio 1 and 4Music. Melvin has already been for a spin on the Strictly dancefloor and co-hosted The Xtra Factor with Rochelle Humes in 2015 but now he is facing up to his biggest challenge yet - the Aussie jungle . GK Barry - The UK's biggest social media personality, GK, whose real name is Grace Keeling, has transformed her TikTok stardom into a lucrative career. Aside from her popular social media channels, she hosts the weekly podcast, Saving Grace, and regularly appears on ITV talk show, Loose Women. She has even gone on to endorse popular brands such as PrettyLittleThing, KFC and Ann Summers. Dean McCullough - A rising star amongst this year's bunch of celebs , Dean first achieved notability through his radio appearances on Gaydio and BBC Radio 1. He was chosen to join the BBC station permanently in 2021 and has featured prominently ever since. He has enjoyed a crossover to ITV over the past year thanks to his guest slots on Big Brother spin-off show, Late & Live. Oti Mabuse - The pro dancer has signed up to her latest TV show after making her way through the biggest programmes on the box. She originally found fame on Strictly Come Dancing but has since branched out into the world of TV judging with appearances on former BBC show The Greatest Dancer as well as her current role on ITV's Dancing On Ice . Danny Jones - The McFly star was drafted into the programme last minute as a replacement for Tommy Fury. Danny is the second member of McFly to enter the jungle , after Dougie Poynter won the show in 2011. He is also considered a rising star on ITV as he's now one of the mentors on their Saturday night talent show, The Voice , along with bandmate Tom Fletcher. Jane Moore - The Loose Women star and The Sun columnist is braving the creepy crawlies this year. The star is ready for a new challenge - having recently split from her husband . It will be Jane's first foray into reality TV with the telly favourite having always said no to reality shows in the past. Barry McGuigan - Former pro boxer Barry is the latest fighting champ to head Down Under following in the footsteps of Tony Bellew and Amir Khan. It comes after a tough few years for Irish star Barry, who lost his daughter Danika to bowel cancer . He told The Late Late Show in 2021: "She was such an intrinsic part of the family that every day we ache." Maura Higgins - The Irish TV beauty first found fame on Love Island where she found a brief connection with dancer Curtis Pritchard . Since then, she has competed on Dancing On Ice as well as hosting the Irish version of the beauty contest, Glow Up. Since last year, she has been working on building up her career in the US by being the social media correspondent and host of Aftersun to accompany Love Island USA. She even guest hosted an episode of the spin-off, Love Island Games, in place of Maya Jama last year. Rev. Richard Coles - Former BBC radio host the Rev Richard Coles is a late arrival on I’m A Celebrity , and he's ready to spill the beans on his former employer. The former Communards and Strictly star , said the BBC did not know its a**e from its elbow last year. An insider said: "Rev Coles will have a variety of tales to tell from his wild days as a pop star in the Eighties, through to performing on Strictly and his later life as a man of the cloth."

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Google is interested in building more AI infrastructure in the UK but needs the “right conditions”, the company’s UK boss has said. Debbie Weinstein, the technology company’s UK and Ireland managing director, said Google was “engaged actively” with the Government regarding future infrastructure and investments during a visit to the new AI Campus in north London. The Prime Minister also attended the centre on Wednesday where he said he wanted the UK and London to be the “best place in the world to start and scale” an AI business. The education facility in Somers Town was launched through a partnership between Google, Camden Council and Camden Learning and aims to inspire a new generation of AI talent through educating young people and teachers. Speaking to reporters at the campus, Ms Weinstein said: “We hope to build more here and continue to invest here, we obviously have a huge new facility opening next year or so. “We’d like to build more here, it is true. “We need to have the right conditions for that, which is around sort of energy costs, access to clean energy, and some of the other infrastructure topics we’ve been pretty public about needing to happen here, but we’re engaged actively with the Government, and hope to be able to make more investments in the future.” Ms Weinstein said it was important that AI was “regulated well” because of its power and that the Government had the “right approach” to issues related to the technology and safety in particular. She added that the “challenge and opportunity” of the rapidly evolving technology is to “be bold about taking advantage of the opportunities”, including potential improvements to healthcare. “So right now, I feel that I support regulation of AI in the areas around safety, and I think it’s important that we also get guardrails so that the opportunity can come forward as well,” she said.

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Jane was sent packing by the public in Friday’s first eviction from ITV1’s I’m A Celebrity. But she revealed how she and Coleen unexpectedly bonded over the 15 days they were together in the jungle. Our columnist also spoke of her medical drama after finding a blood-sucking leech attached to one of her boobs. In an exclusive interview in Oz, hours after she left the jungle, Jane, 62, said of Coleen , 38: “We ended up being quite close and having a lot of good chats. “She loves cleaning. She is the Queen of Clean. We were saying she needs her own TV show — Clean With Coleen . . . whatever play on words you can come up with. She’s a real grafter. "She really got on with the jobs in hand around the camp, without fanfare.” Jane said Coleen confided in her that she had wanted to become a journalist — and that she’d then urged Coleen to join her on ITV1’s Loose Women panel. She said: “I have suggested to her that she would make a very good Loose Woman. I said, ‘No pressure, but you could come on with me and GK (Barry) and Christine Lampard and I think you’d have a fantastic time, and I think you’d be very good.’ “I said, ‘So I’m just going to leave that with you.’ She just sort of nodded and smiled, so we’ll see.” Before Jane was axed, campmates spoke emotionally about their jungle experience and their fellow celebs. Coleen, wife of football legend Wayne Rooney, said Jane “scared” her when they met at the start of the series — because she is a journalist. But in a heartwarming moment, she added: “I feel like we’ve bonded more and more as time’s gone on.” Jane said she “totally gets” why Coleen was “nervous to be in the jungle for 15 days, 24/7 with a journalist”. She said she was “very mindful” of it — so much so that she opted not to choose Coleen as her partner for the race into camp on the launch show. But their friendship eventually began to develop in camp and they formed a connection. Ironically, despite trepidation towards journalists, Coleen told Jane she actually fancied it as a career at one point. Jane said: “I said to her, ‘What would you have done if you hadn’t ended up marrying Wayne?’ “And she said, ‘I think I would’ve liked to have been a journalist.’ “I said to her, ‘You would have made a very, very good journalist’ — because she has great observational skills. I liked her enormously, and I think, as she said at the very end, she bonded with me “She sits back, she watches everybody, and every so often she’ll chip in with something and it’s a really good point. “So I liked her enormously, and I think, as she said at the very end, she bonded with me. “There’s something that we had, weirdly, as probably the two people in camp that had the most to play for.” Asked if they will remain pals when the celebs go their separate ways, Jane added: “I hope so, but I think I’m going to leave that ball in her court.” Jane had been left angry last week after being put on washing up duty, the task she hates most. She jokingly accused boxer Barry McGuigan and McFly singer Danny Jones of being “sexist” for giving her the chore — despite her pleading for them not to. Jane had already spent nine days cleaning out the dunny and was annoyed with the new camp leaders. She also revealed she’d been battered with bruises she doesn’t know the cause of. But the culprit of one injury she ­sustained was clear — two marks on her breast after being latched on to by a leech in the night. She’d noticed her bra was blood-soaked after a freezing cold camp shower. Jane said: “It honestly looked like it had been shot in the chest. “I had two puncture marks and then it started to bruise. But I just went, ‘Oh, look, everyone, I’ve been breastfeeding a leech all night’. “And they all went, ‘How are you so calm?’ So I said, ‘Well, it’s dead now and it’s done, so there’s no point fretting about it. Anyway, it’s on the fire now. Little bugger.” After being evicted, she had an emotional reunion with daughters Grace, 20, and Ellie, 32, before heading off to enjoy her first hot shower in weeks. She then cracked a bottle of champagne and her blonde hair had its bounce back after a blow-dry from Danny’s mum, Kathy. She heaped praise on Danny — who she described as “absolutely delightful” - and the rest of her campmates. Barry, she said, is a “fighter from the top of his head to the tip of his toes”. And she insisted screaming Dean McCullough definitely acts “himself” and is an “absolute powerhouse of positivity”. Asked about a winner, she said she hopes radio DJ Melvin Odoom, 44, or Coleen can power on to victory. MELVIN SOMETIMES you don’t notice that Melvin is there because he’s not begging for your attention. He’s an absolute grafter. He is the loveliest guy, very respectful, kind and considerate. TULISA TULISA, the Female Boss. That is a title well-earned. Tulisa is a tough cookie. We’re alike in that we don’t let people in very easily. But when we do, you’re in for life. I’m hoping I’m in. RICHARD HE was in The Communards and he joined a monastery — you couldn’t get two more extreme things in life. He travels a lot, he loves being around people, but he also likes his own space. COLEEN I’VE got a new title for her — Col-Umbo. She’s quiet, quite reserved, but underestimate her at your peril. She’s the absolute hub of the Rooney household. She runs it like a machine. BARRY IF you are a friend of Barry’s you’re sorted because Barry will always be on your side. He’s a grafter. And he really struggled with being a leader because he wasn’t allowed to do anything. OTI SHE is a fabulous woman. The first week she was switched on the whole time. But week two was different. She wants more children and said: “If I don’t do it [the show] now, I probably won’t." DANNY I THINK he’s going to take a lot out of being in the jungle. He said: “I need to be in the moment more with my family and just in life.” He added: ‘I’m always working and fretting about work.’” G.K. BARRY SHE has absolutely no filter. She’s hilarious. But again, the first few days she was very GK Barry. Then there was this segue where she became Grace and had hilarious moments. ALAN HE is just so resourceful and practical. He’s a great guy and he’s a hard worker. He helped me a lot. When allowed he was there helping me lug the washing-up up and down steps. MAURA SHE’S hilarious and swears like a trooper. Maura is 100 per cent ­herself, which I really, really like. The guys doing the filming were laughing because she’s so funny. DEAN DEAN is an absolute powerhouse of positivity. He’s funny, he’s entertaining, he’s caring. But most of all, he is himself. In a quiet moment he said he got badly bullied at school. i'm A Celebrity is back for its 24th series, with a batch of famous faces living in the Aussie jungle. The Sun's Jake Penkethman takes a look at the stars on the show this year.. Coleen Rooney - Arguably the most famous name in the camp, the leading WAG, known for her marriage to Wayne Rooney , has made a grand return to TV as she looks to put the Wagatha Christie scandal behind her. The Sun revealed the mum-of-four had bagged an eye-watering deal worth over £1.5million to be on the show this year making her the highest-paid contestant ever. Tulisa - The popstar and former X Factor judge has made her triumphant TV comeback by signing up to this year's I'm A Celeb after shunning TV shows for many years. Known for being a member of the trio, N-Dubz, Tulisa became a household name back in 2011 when she signed on to replace Cheryl on ITV show The X Factor in a multi-million pound deal. Alan Halsall - The actor, known for playing the long-running role of Tyrone Dobbs on ITV soap opera Coronation Street, was originally signed up to head Down Under last year but an operation threw his scheduled appearance off-course. Now he has become the latest Corrie star to win over both the viewers and his fellow celebrities. Melvin Odoom - The Radio DJ has become a regular face on TV screens after rising to fame with presenting roles on Kiss FM, BBC Radio 1 and 4Music. Melvin has already been for a spin on the Strictly dancefloor and co-hosted The Xtra Factor with Rochelle Humes in 2015 but now he is facing up to his biggest challenge yet - the Aussie jungle . GK Barry - The UK's biggest social media personality, GK, whose real name is Grace Keeling, has transformed her TikTok stardom into a lucrative career. Aside from her popular social media channels, she hosts the weekly podcast, Saving Grace, and regularly appears on ITV talk show, Loose Women. She has even gone on to endorse popular brands such as PrettyLittleThing, KFC and Ann Summers. Dean McCullough - A rising star amongst this year's bunch of celebs , Dean first achieved notability through his radio appearances on Gaydio and BBC Radio 1. He was chosen to join the BBC station permanently in 2021 and has featured prominently ever since. He has enjoyed a crossover to ITV over the past year thanks to his guest slots on Big Brother spin-off show, Late & Live. Oti Mabuse - The pro dancer has signed up to her latest TV show after making her way through the biggest programmes on the box. She originally found fame on Strictly Come Dancing but has since branched out into the world of TV judging with appearances on former BBC show The Greatest Dancer as well as her current role on ITV's Dancing On Ice . Danny Jones - The McFly star was drafted into the programme last minute as a replacement for Tommy Fury. Danny is the second member of McFly to enter the jungle , after Dougie Poynter won the show in 2011. He is also considered a rising star on ITV as he's now one of the mentors on their Saturday night talent show, The Voice , along with bandmate Tom Fletcher. Jane Moore - The Loose Women star and The Sun columnist is braving the creepy crawlies this year. The star is ready for a new challenge - having recently split from her husband . It will be Jane's first foray into reality TV with the telly favourite having always said no to reality shows in the past. Barry McGuigan - Former pro boxer Barry is the latest fighting champ to head Down Under following in the footsteps of Tony Bellew and Amir Khan. It comes after a tough few years for Irish star Barry, who lost his daughter Danika to bowel cancer . He told The Late Late Show in 2021: "She was such an intrinsic part of the family that every day we ache." Maura Higgins - The Irish TV beauty first found fame on Love Island where she found a brief connection with dancer Curtis Pritchard . Since then, she has competed on Dancing On Ice as well as hosting the Irish version of the beauty contest, Glow Up. Since last year, she has been working on building up her career in the US by being the social media correspondent and host of Aftersun to accompany Love Island USA. She even guest hosted an episode of the spin-off, Love Island Games, in place of Maya Jama last year. Rev. Richard Coles - Former BBC radio host the Rev Richard Coles is a late arrival on I’m A Celebrity , and he's ready to spill the beans on his former employer. The former Communards and Strictly star , said the BBC did not know its a**e from its elbow last year. An insider said: "Rev Coles will have a variety of tales to tell from his wild days as a pop star in the Eighties, through to performing on Strictly and his later life as a man of the cloth."

The 13th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY) and the 9th ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY+3) were held yesterday at the MGallery Hotel in Dekkhinathiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs U Min Thein Zan, who chaired the ASEAN Youth Ministers’ Meeting, along with Deputy Ministers and Myanmar delegates, ASEAN Youth Ministers from member states, the ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General for the Social and Cultural Community, and officials from the ASEAN Secretariat, attended the meeting either in person or virtually. At the meeting, the Union Minister emphasized the importance of continued collaboration among member states to provide opportunities for the younger generation to succeed. The meeting continued with the reading of the report of the 13th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Youth (SOMY), followed by country statements from the ASEAN Youth Ministers and discussions on joint statements. The time and venue for the 14th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Youth were also discussed, after which the first part of the meeting was adjourned. In the second part of the meeting, the 9th ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY+3) was convened. The Union Minister, as Chair, encouraged the sharing of suggestions for creating stronger ASEAN Plus Three youth cooperation through the use of digital technology, in line with new visions and plans for 2025 and beyond. The minister also expressed hope for positive outcomes that would lead to better opportunities and development for the youth. Following the presentation of the 12th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Youth reports, Youth Ministers discussed Myanmar’s chairmanship theme and approved joint ministerial statements. The date and venue for the next meeting were also determined. Afterward, the chairmanship of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth was passed to the Philippines, while the co-chairmanship of the ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meeting on Youth was transferred to the Philippines and Japan. The meeting was then concluded. The related meetings — the 13th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Youth and the 12th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Youth — were also held on 28 and 29 November at the MGallery Hotel under the chairmanship of the Director-General of the Department of Youth Affairs. — MNA/TRKM

PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) Shares Gap Down After Analyst DowngradeOpenAI partners with weapons start-up Anduril on military AI - The Washington PostDOVER, Del. , Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) ("Chesapeake Utilities" or the "Company") today announced that it has established an at-the-market equity offering program (the "ATM Program") under which it may, from time to time, sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate sales price of up to $100,000,000 (the "Shares"). Chesapeake Utilities has entered into an equity distribution agreement with each of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, M&T Securities, Inc., Maxim Group LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC (collectively, the "Sales Agents"), as sales agents. Pursuant to the equity distribution agreement, sales of the Shares may be made in transactions deemed to be "at-the-market offerings," as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including by sales made directly on or through the New York Stock Exchange. Chesapeake Utilities intends to use the proceeds from the sales, if any, of the Shares for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, financing of capital expenditures, repayment of short-term debt, financing acquisitions, investing in subsidiaries, and general working capital purposes. The Shares will be offered under the Company's existing shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No.: 333-274284) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The offering is being made by means of a prospectus supplement to the prospectus contained in the registration statement. Before making an investment in the Shares, potential investors should read the prospectus and the prospectus supplement for more complete information about Chesapeake Utilities and the offering. Potential investors may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov . Alternatively, the Company or the Sales Agents will arrange, upon request, to send the prospectus. Please direct requests to: RBC Capital Markets, LLC by mail at 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10281-8098, attention: Equity Syndicate, by email at equityprospectus@rbccm.com or by telephone at 877-822-4089. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. Forward-Looking Statements Matters included in this release may include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Please refer to the Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements in the Company's 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2024 for further information on the risks and uncertainties related to the Company's forward-looking statements. About Chesapeake Utilities Corporation Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is a diversified energy delivery company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation offers sustainable energy solutions through its natural gas transmission and distribution, electricity generation and distribution, propane gas distribution, mobile compressed natural gas utility services and solutions, and other businesses. Contacts: Investors Beth W. Cooper Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Corporate Secretary 302.734.6022 Michael D. Galtman Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer 302.217.7036 Noah T. Russell Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer 302.387.9147 Media Alexander Nye Director, Strategic Communications 727.754.0136 ANye@chpk.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chesapeake-utilities-corporation-announces-100-million-at-the-market-equity-offering-program-302314606.html SOURCE Chesapeake Utilities CorporationFrom a legal perspective, the use of the Gatling gun in a fictionalized portrayal of Cao Cao could potentially be interpreted as a transformative work, where the original invention is reimagined and modified in a creative context. However, the addition of AI technology to the weapon raises questions about the extent of modification and whether it crosses the line into derivative work that may infringe upon the original inventor's rights. Furthermore, the commercialization or exploitation of such a depiction could also lead to issues of misrepresentation or misleading consumers about the historical accuracy of the narrative.