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As Trump returns analysts see defence stocks risingWACO, Texas (AP) — Sawyer Robertson threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns as Baylor won its sixth straight to keep alive its slim hopes for a berth in the Big 12 championship game, beating Kansas 45-17 on Saturday. The Bears (8-4, 6-3 Big 12) scored touchdowns on three consecutive possessions in the first half to take a 21-7 lead, then found the end zone on all three of their drives in the third quarter. Bryson Washington ran for 192 yards on 27 carries that included a 10-yard TD run and punching in from the 1 in the second half for Baylor. “I’m proud of that team in the locker room there, just the grit they showed,” Baylor coach Dave Aranda said. “To go through the season we’ve had and not let the outside on the inside, all those things are just really hard.” Kansas (5-7, 4-5) entered on a three-game winning streak — all against ranked teams — to be in position for bowl eligibility with a win. But the Jayhawks had no answers for Baylor’s offense. “It’s extremely disappointing because this team has overcome so much,” Kansas coach Lance Leipold said. “It’s been a roller-coaster year in many ways, and we didn’t fulfill expectations. We battled back. The locker room stayed together. To play a team like this that is playing really well and playing physical, and to do it on the road, is a challenge, and one that we didn’t answer.” Devin Neal ran for 133 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries for Kansas. Jalon Daniels was 12-of-23 passing for 280 yards passing, and had two passes intercepted by Baylor safety Devyn Bobby. Baylor, which started 0-3 in league play, had to wait for the outcomes of games later Saturday. Arizona had to beat Arizona State, Kansas State had to beat Iowa State and Houston had to beat BYU for the Bears to get into next week’s conference title game. “I feel like what is being built here can be sustained because of the quality of people we have," Aranda said. Robertson was 23-for-31 passing, with TDs of 36- and 39-yards to Monaray Baldwin in the first quarter before a 14-yard score to Josh Cameron in the second. Baldwin caught seven passes for 119 yards, and Cameron added eight receptions for 102. “To finish the game and the season the way we did, it’s super special," Robertson said. Kansas: The Jayhawks rarely had issues moving the ball in the first half. Despite trailing 21-10 at intermission, the Jayhawks had outgained Baylor 301-283. Their problems came with holding onto the ball and scoring when they had the chance. Tabor Allen missed a 38-yard field goal to end the Jayhawks’ first possession, and they had promising drives end on a Daniels interception and Tevita Noa fumble after a 39-yard reception. Baylor: The Bears made a remarkable turnaround in the second half of the season. They began the year with coach Dave Aranda’s future considered tenuous at best, and a 2-4 start only made calls for him to be replaced louder. But Aranda and Baylor haven’t lost since Oct. 5 against Iowa State. Baylor’s first two TDs came off the same route from Baldwin, and the second was nearly a replay of the first. Baldwin lined up in the slot to the right side in a one-on-one matchup with Kansas safety Marvin Grant and ran right by him and down the sideline. The only difference in the plays was that Baldwin had to adjust and keep his feet in bounds as he went to the ground in the end zone for the first score. Robertson hit him in stride as he crossed the goal line on the second. “He’s such a good teammate, a good athlete, fun to throw to, because he can run by anybody," Robertson said. "But it was the same route, just different formations.” Kansas’ season is over. Baylor has to wait to see when and where it will play its next game. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

The incident occurred while Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was delivering the 2025 national budget speech. Noting the seriousness of the situation, the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda said, “I request your Excellency, the President, to take leave.” The security immediately escorted the President out of the building using car lights from outside. They were also using phone torches. [WATCH] Zimbabwean President 's security panicked when parliament was plunged into darkness while Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was presenting the budget. — SABC News (@SABCNews) While Mnangagwa was leaving, opposition MPs were shouting, “ZESA (Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority) yazviramba (ZESA has refused).” The power cut is, however, attributed to a lightning strike during a storm in the area. The ZESA spokesperson George Manyaya said: “Parliament is on a dedicated power line that is exempt from load shedding,” Manyaya explained. “The temporary power loss was caused by lightning, not load shedding, as is being claimed on social media. This was an act of nature.” The situation, however, highlighted the country’s ongoing energy crisis. Zimbabwe has been experiencing daily 18-hour blackouts due to a prolonged drought that has crippled energy generation at the Kariba Dam, the country’s main power source. Former opposition legislator Fadzayi Mahere has criticised the President’s swift exit, saying, “I love how their leader couldn’t even stand the dark for two minutes. May someone kindly advise him that debilitating load shedding is what Zimbabweans go through every day. ” ZESA has been struggling to meet the nation’s growing electricity demand amid worsening energy shortages. Zimbabwean businesses are facing a difficult operating environment due to electricity outages, as reduced power generation at the Kariba Dam, resulting from low water levels, and frequent breakdowns at the Hwange coal thermal power plant, have severely impacted economic productivity. Companies across various sectors, including major mining and manufacturing firms, as well as large-scale agricultural enterprises, are being forced to endure prolonged power outages lasting up to 18 hours daily. Neighboring Zambia, which also relies heavily on the Kariba Dam for its power generation, is experiencing a similar crisis. Despite forecasts indicating a promising 2024/2025 agricultural season, with normal to above-normal rainfall expected, the persistent power outages are likely to hinder productivity. The mining sector, which includes subsidiaries of prominent companies such as Impala Platinum, Anglo American Platinum, and Sibanye-Stillwater, has also been severely impacted, with significant losses in production time and revenue. “Power outages are a major constraint, with a recent survey conducted by the Chamber of Mines revealing that miners lost approximately US$500 million in potential revenue due to power outages in 2024,” stated Lloyd Mlotshwa, lead analyst at IH Securities, a few weeks ago.

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Article content (Bloomberg) — Shares of US automakers tumbled on worries that a new round of tariffs imposed by President-elect Donald Trump will cause sticker prices to soar even further. Trump said that he would impose additional 10% levies on goods from China and 25% on all products from Mexico and Canada – critical trade routes for the auto industry’s global supply chain. It’s unclear how new tariffs would be implemented under an existing trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico, but the threat underscores the incoming president’s intention to shake up global trade ties. Tariffs of that magnitude on the roughly $97 billion worth of auto parts and 4 million finished vehicles that come to the US from Canada and Mexico would be “devastating,” Wolfe Research analysts said in a note on Tuesday. Average new-car prices would rise about $3,000, they said, adding to an almost $50,000 cost that many consumers are struggling to afford. “The entire year, we’ve been talking about affordability,” said Stephanie Valdez Streaty, director of industry insights at market researcher Cox Automotive. “Anything that’s going to increase prices is going to be difficult for consumers who are already facing difficulties in affording vehicles.” General Motors Co.’s shares fell 9% on Tuesday, the biggest drop since 2020. Shares of Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis NV also declined. Stellantis, Volkswagen AG, Ford and GM would be “highly exposed” to an increase in tariffs on Canada and Mexico, according to Bernstein analysts. Stellantis and VW import about 40% of the vehicles they sell in the US, while GM imports roughly 30% and Ford 25%, according to a research note. GM and Stellantis import 55% of trucks sold in the US from Mexico and Canada, according to Bernstein. Stellantis imports the heavy-duty version of its Ram pickup trucks and commercial vans from Mexico. Ford imports the electric Mustang Mach-e from Mexico, as well as the Bronco Sport SUV and Maverick small pickup truck. Trump repeatedly vowed during his campaign to use tariffs to bring more factories and jobs back to the US. It’s an outgrowth of his first term in office, when he employed a combination of real and threatened tariffs in an effort to reorder industry supply chains and trade alliances. Even if Trump follows through with the tariff threat, it would not result in an immediate bump to auto jobs, said Sam Fiorani, vice president of forecasting for AutoForecast Solutions. “It will take years to shift production from one place to another,” he said. “And it’s not going to add jobs in six months. In the short-term, it’s definitely gonna be a hardship.” Retaliation Risk The auto industry’s outsized role in US-Mexico trade was on full display Tuesday, as Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum invoked GM, Ford and Stellantis by name as she suggested the country could raise tariffs of its own in response to new levies by Trump. “One tariff will be followed by another in response, and so on until we put common companies at risk,” she said during her daily press conference in Mexico City. “The main exporters from Mexico to the US are General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford Motor Company, which arrived 80 years ago. Why put in place a tariff that puts them at risk?” GM has one of its four North American plants making large pickup trucks in Silao, Mexico, with much of its production coming to the US. The Detroit-based carmaker also imports the Chevrolet Equinox EV from a plant in Ramos Arizpe, which also builds the Blazer EV. The Equinox starts at $35,000 and played a big role in GM’s surge in plug-in sales in the second half of this year. Additional levies could also pose risk to a push by Jeep and Ram brand owner Stellantis to shift its manufacturing footprint to lower-cost countries, including Mexico. It’s part of an effort by Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares to drive down the cost of EVs and offset higher labor expenses in the US — a strategy squarely at odds with the agenda of Trump’s incoming administration. The automaker has laid off thousands of workers in Michigan and Ohio this year, including 1,100 at a truck plant in Warren, Michigan. At the same time, it’s expanding a truck plant in Saltillo, Mexico to make Ram 1500 pickups in addition to the heavy-duty trucks it already makes there. Contingency Plans Given the magnitude of auto industry fallout from additional tariffs, “we’d expect most investors to assume Trump ultimately does not follow through with these threats,” Wolfe analysts led by Emmanuel Rosner said in their note. “However, we can’t say for sure.” Chris Feuell, the CEO of the Ram brand, said last week that the company would be flexible in navigating any policy changes from the 47th president and could potentially revise its investment plans. At an industry conference in New York last week, Ford Chief Financial Officer John Lawler said the company has been gaming out various scenarios to determine what impact tariffs might have on their business and how the company would adjust pricing and profitability. “We’ll have to see what the level of tariff is and what we can do with that,” Lawler told analysts at a Barclays conference on Nov. 20. “Remember it’s four years and we don’t know how lasting this will be. We need to think about things on the longer cycle and the longer arc.” —With assistance from Keith Naughton, Rafael Gayol and Carolina Millan. (Updates with analyst comment from third paragraph.)Article content (Bloomberg) — Shares of US automakers tumbled on worries that a new round of tariffs imposed by President-elect Donald Trump will cause sticker prices to soar even further. Trump said that he would impose additional 10% levies on goods from China and 25% on all products from Mexico and Canada – critical trade routes for the auto industry’s global supply chain. It’s unclear how new tariffs would be implemented under an existing trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico, but the threat underscores the incoming president’s intention to shake up global trade ties. Tariffs of that magnitude on the roughly $97 billion worth of auto parts and 4 million finished vehicles that come to the US from Canada and Mexico would be “devastating,” Wolfe Research analysts said in a note on Tuesday. Average new-car prices would rise about $3,000, they said, adding to an almost $50,000 cost that many consumers are struggling to afford. “The entire year, we’ve been talking about affordability,” said Stephanie Valdez Streaty, director of industry insights at market researcher Cox Automotive. “Anything that’s going to increase prices is going to be difficult for consumers who are already facing difficulties in affording vehicles.” General Motors Co.’s shares fell 9% on Tuesday, the biggest drop since 2020. Shares of Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis NV also declined. Stellantis, Volkswagen AG, Ford and GM would be “highly exposed” to an increase in tariffs on Canada and Mexico, according to Bernstein analysts. Stellantis and VW import about 40% of the vehicles they sell in the US, while GM imports roughly 30% and Ford 25%, according to a research note. GM and Stellantis import 55% of trucks sold in the US from Mexico and Canada, according to Bernstein. Stellantis imports the heavy-duty version of its Ram pickup trucks and commercial vans from Mexico. Ford imports the electric Mustang Mach-e from Mexico, as well as the Bronco Sport SUV and Maverick small pickup truck. Trump repeatedly vowed during his campaign to use tariffs to bring more factories and jobs back to the US. It’s an outgrowth of his first term in office, when he employed a combination of real and threatened tariffs in an effort to reorder industry supply chains and trade alliances. Even if Trump follows through with the tariff threat, it would not result in an immediate bump to auto jobs, said Sam Fiorani, vice president of forecasting for AutoForecast Solutions. “It will take years to shift production from one place to another,” he said. “And it’s not going to add jobs in six months. In the short-term, it’s definitely gonna be a hardship.” Retaliation Risk The auto industry’s outsized role in US-Mexico trade was on full display Tuesday, as Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum invoked GM, Ford and Stellantis by name as she suggested the country could raise tariffs of its own in response to new levies by Trump. “One tariff will be followed by another in response, and so on until we put common companies at risk,” she said during her daily press conference in Mexico City. “The main exporters from Mexico to the US are General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford Motor Company, which arrived 80 years ago. Why put in place a tariff that puts them at risk?” GM has one of its four North American plants making large pickup trucks in Silao, Mexico, with much of its production coming to the US. The Detroit-based carmaker also imports the Chevrolet Equinox EV from a plant in Ramos Arizpe, which also builds the Blazer EV. The Equinox starts at $35,000 and played a big role in GM’s surge in plug-in sales in the second half of this year. Additional levies could also pose risk to a push by Jeep and Ram brand owner Stellantis to shift its manufacturing footprint to lower-cost countries, including Mexico. It’s part of an effort by Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares to drive down the cost of EVs and offset higher labor expenses in the US — a strategy squarely at odds with the agenda of Trump’s incoming administration. The automaker has laid off thousands of workers in Michigan and Ohio this year, including 1,100 at a truck plant in Warren, Michigan. At the same time, it’s expanding a truck plant in Saltillo, Mexico to make Ram 1500 pickups in addition to the heavy-duty trucks it already makes there. Contingency Plans Given the magnitude of auto industry fallout from additional tariffs, “we’d expect most investors to assume Trump ultimately does not follow through with these threats,” Wolfe analysts led by Emmanuel Rosner said in their note. “However, we can’t say for sure.” Chris Feuell, the CEO of the Ram brand, said last week that the company would be flexible in navigating any policy changes from the 47th president and could potentially revise its investment plans. At an industry conference in New York last week, Ford Chief Financial Officer John Lawler said the company has been gaming out various scenarios to determine what impact tariffs might have on their business and how the company would adjust pricing and profitability. “We’ll have to see what the level of tariff is and what we can do with that,” Lawler told analysts at a Barclays conference on Nov. 20. “Remember it’s four years and we don’t know how lasting this will be. We need to think about things on the longer cycle and the longer arc.” —With assistance from Keith Naughton, Rafael Gayol and Carolina Millan. (Updates with analyst comment from third paragraph.)

Sen. Mitch McConnell said Thursday he will lead a subcommittee overseeing defense spending as he carves out new roles once he relinquishes his long-running post as Senate Republican leader. The Kentucky Republican revealed he will assume the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. The role dovetails with his constant message that America needs a bulked-up military to deter threats from adversaries such as Russia, Iran and China. The transition comes as McConnell is ending his role as the longest-serving Senate leader in history, just as Republicans prepare to take majority control of the chamber after big gains in this month's election. Republicans elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune , a top deputy to McConnell, as the next Senate majority leader. McConnell, 82, said Thursday he will assume the subcommittee chairmanship at a critical time. “America’s national security interests face the gravest array of threats since the Second World War," the senator said in a statement. “At this critical moment, a new Senate Republican majority has a responsibility to secure the future of U.S. leadership and primacy.” McConnell frequently evokes Ronald Reagan’s mantra of “peace through strength” when discussing foreign policy risks and how the U.S. should respond. McConnell's stance could clash with President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” doctrine on foreign affairs. McConnell worked with Trump on a tax cuts package and the appointment of conservative judges — including three justices to the nine-member Supreme Court — during Trump's first term as president. Fighting back against isolationism within his own party, McConnell has championed sending weapons and other aid to Ukraine as it fends off Russia’s invasion. McConnell said Thursday he's also set to become chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, which is often a more low-key panel at the center of big issues, both at the Capitol and in the country. The committee oversees the administration of the Senate side of the building, including during inaugurations. But it also puts McConnnell at the center of weighty topics, namely federal elections and voting rights as well as the procedures of the Senate, including the debate around the filibuster. McConnell said the committee will have important work in the coming two years. “Defending the Senate as an institution and protecting the right to political speech in our elections remain among my longest-standing priorities,” he said. There had been considerable speculation about what roles McConnell would take after stepping down as Republican leader. He has two years left in his current Senate term and has not signaled whether he will run for reelection in Kentucky in 2026. McConnell has been a prolific appropriator for the Bluegrass State, a role he’s well positioned to continue.LPGA, USGA to require players to be assigned female at birth or transition before puberty

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The US government asked a federal judge last month to force Google to sell Chrome, the world's most popular web browser. It was the most extreme proposal by the Justice Department to address Google's monopoly in internet search after the judge's landmark decision in August, which found the Silicon Valley company had violated antitrust laws. To fix the issue, Google will offer its own remedies this month. The judge, Amit P. Mehta of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, is expected to decide how to address Google's search monopoly by August. His ruling could cause enormous ripple effects, potentially reshaping the internet. Here's what to expect. Why does Google face a breakup? 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Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories Google for years had paid companies including Apple, Samsung and Mozilla billions of dollars to be the automatic search engine on smartphones and web browsers. The government said these contracts were designed to entrench Google's dominance and make it harder for rivals to compete. Google's ironclad hold over online search allowed it to gather more data from users, which then made its product better and harder for rivals to dislodge, Justice Department lawyers argued during a 10-week trial last year. Google countered, among other defenses, that it had simply created the best search product. Mehta ultimately ruled in favor of the government. Now he must decide how to solve the problem with "remedies" to restore competition to the market. What did the Justice Department propose as fixes? Beyond forcing Google to sell Chrome, the Justice Department said in a filing last month that the company should be barred from entering into the exclusive search engine agreements. The judge should also force Google to share its search results and data with rivals for a decade, the government said. Google should be forced to choose between selling Android, its smartphone operating system, or being barred from taking steps that force companies to bundle its services with Android phones, the government said. And the company should shed any stakes in artificial intelligence companies that it has invested in, since AI can bolster search, the government added. What is Google's next step? The Silicon Valley company has until Dec. 20 to submit its solutions to fix its search monopoly. Kent Walker, Google's president of global affairs, recently said the government was pushing a "radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and America's global technology leadership" and "break a range of Google products." Paul Gallant, a tech policy analyst at TD Cowen, said he expected Google to not go beyond what the company wanted to do. That could include an offer to stop paying to be the automatic search engine on phones and browsers, he said. "It wants to propose something that shows the judge it's taking this all seriously, but not so much that the judge says, 'Sounds good -- you got it,' and then the company regrets the offer," Gallant said. And then? Mehta has scheduled a hearing starting in April to ask both sides to present arguments for their proposals. Witnesses are also expected to testify. Throughout the case, Mehta has been careful not to tip his hand. He could take remedies from one side wholesale, or find his own middle ground. In court in November, he said it was clear that the remedies debate would include discussion of the impact of artificial intelligence. Which companies were broken up previously? In 1911, a Supreme Court decision broke up Standard Oil, the source of the Rockefeller family fortune. Standard Oil was split into 34 companies, including Standard Oil of New Jersey, which became Exxon, and Standard Oil of California, one of the roots of modern-day Chevron. Facing pressure from the federal government, AT&T agreed in 1982 to split itself up into regional phone providers. In 2000, the Justice Department persuaded a judge to order a breakup of Microsoft, which was accused of abusing the dominance of its Windows operating system. But an appeals court overturned that decision the next year. What would a breakup mean for Google? A breakup would damage Google, which has built an integrated web of online systems and services to aid its lucrative search business. 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OTTAWA - Canada’s financial intelligence agency says it is modernizing with the aim of providing valuable information to police and security officials in real time — or as close to that goal as it can get. In its newly released annual report, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada says it is working with businesses and federal partners to move more quickly in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. The agency, known as Fintrac, identifies money linked to illicit activities by electronically sifting millions of pieces of information each year from banks, insurance companies, money services businesses, real-estate brokers, casinos and others. In turn, it discloses intelligence to police and security agencies about the suspected cases. In 2023-24, Fintrac produced more than 4,600 financial intelligence disclosure packages for recipients including the RCMP, municipal and provincial police, the Canada Border Services Agency and the Canada Revenue Agency. In a message in the report, Fintrac director Sarah Paquet says the agency aims to harness modern skills, tools and technologies to analyze data and produce intelligence in real time. Paquet said such swiftness could be a game-changer, for example, in the agency’s efforts to track financial transactions related to human trafficking for sexual exploitation. “It will allow us to proactively identify and assist law enforcement in disrupting networks much quicker,” she said. “This will mean rescuing victims sooner, saving them from prolonged abuse. It will mean supporting survivors sooner, getting them the assistance they need in a more timely fashion. And it will help law enforcement target, arrest and charge the traffickers sooner, preventing the abuse of new victims.” Fintrac’s digital strategy includes advancing automation, analytics and the use of artificial intelligence, Paquet said. In a bid to “stay ahead of the bad actors,” Fintrac has created a digital acceleration and modernization team “to experiment with, and exploit, the latest technologies.” Transnational organized crime groups and professional money launderers are the most prominent threats to Canada when it comes to illicit cash transactions, the report said. “At the same time, while the threat of terrorist financing is not as pronounced in Canada as it is in other regions of the world, there are networks operating in our country that are suspected of raising, collecting and transmitting funds abroad to various terrorist groups.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 26, 2024.The common murre, a large black-and-white seabird native to northern waters, has become far less common in Alaska over the past decade due to the impacts of climate change. A study published Thursday in Science reveals that a record-breaking marine heat wave in the northeast Pacific from 2014 to 2016 triggered a catastrophic population collapse, wiping out four million birds — about half the species in the region. Strikingly, they have shown little signs of rebounding, suggesting long-term shifts in the food web that have locked the ecosystem into a troubling new equilibrium. “There’s a lot of talk about declines of species that are tied to changes in temperature, but in this case, it was not a long term result,” lead author Heather Renner of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge told AFP. “To our knowledge, this is the largest mortality event of any wildlife species reported during the modern era,” she and her colleagues emphasized in their paper. The finding triggers “alarm bells,” Renner said in an interview, as human-caused climate change makes heat waves more frequent, intense, and longer-lasting. – Emaciated Carcasses – With their dapper, tuxedoed look, common murres are sometimes called the “penguins of the north.” Their slender wings power them across vast distances in search of food and make them expert divers. But even these hardy seabirds were no match for an unprecedented environmental catastrophe. The largest marine heat wave ever recorded began in the late fall of 2014, spanning a massive swath of the northeast Pacific Ocean from California to Alaska. It persisted for over two years, leaving devastation in its wake. During this time, some 62,000 emaciated murres washed ashore along the North American Pacific coastline — dead or dying from starvation. Experts point to two key reasons for the bird deaths: elevated ocean temperatures reduced both the quality and quantity of phytoplankton, impacting fish like herring, sardines, and anchovies — the mainstay of the murre diet. At the same time, warmer waters increased the energy demands of larger fish, such as salmon and Pacific cod, which compete with murres for the same prey. “We knew then it was a big deal, but unfortunately, we couldn’t really quantify the effects,” explained Renner. For years after the event, breeding colonies failed to produce chicks, complicating efforts to assess the full impact. Earlier estimates pegged the number of deaths at around a million, but a more robust analysis — drawing on data from 13 murre colonies — revealed the toll was four times higher. “It is just so much worse than we thought it was,” Renner said of the new findings. – Climate winners and losers – The marine heat wave didn’t just impact common murres. Pacific cod stocks collapsed, king salmon populations dwindled, and as many as 7,000 humpback whales perished. Yet the crisis created an uneven playing field: some species emerged unscathed, while others even thrived. Thick-billed murres, which often share nesting cliffs with common murres, were largely unaffected, possibly due to their more adaptable diet, Renner noted. For common murres, however, the fallout lingers. Despite nearly a decade since the heat wave, their numbers show no sign of bouncing back — and the losses may well be permanent. Part of the reason lies in the long-term decline of some of their prey. Another factor is murres’ survival strategy relies on numbers: they aggregate in massive colonies to protect their eggs from opportunistic predators like eagles and gulls. With their populations slashed, these birds have lost their critical safety buffer. Still, Renner offered a glimmer of hope. While addressing global warming is essential for curbing long-term climate change, conservation efforts can make a difference in the short term, she said. Removing invasive species like foxes and rats from murre nesting islands could also provide the beleaguered birds with a fighting chance. With 2,400 staff representing 100 different nationalities, AFP covers the world as a leading global news agency. AFP provides fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of the issues affecting our daily lives.Prison will not silence me, Iran's Mohammadi says

President-elect Donald Trump told Qatar that he wants a deal to release all 100 remaining Israeli hostages by the time he is inaugurated on January 20, 2025, according to Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. Qatar has, in the past, funded Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, and is considered a mediator for the terrorist group. The Times of Israel reported Wednesday: Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani says that Donald Trump’s advisers have told him that the US president-elect wants a hostage deal reached before he enters office on January 20. Al Thani makes the revelation during an interview with Sky News when asked about Trump’s Monday warning that there will be “all hell to pay” if the hostages aren’t returned by his inauguration. “Such a statement is expected, and we hope that it will work and will be delivered to both parties,” the Qatari premier says. Trump warned earlier in the week that there would be “ALL HELL TO PAY” (in all caps) if the hostages were not released by the 20th of January. He did not mention a ceasefire. On Wednesday, Trump also named former Abraham Accords negotiator Adam Boehler as Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, with the rank of Ambassador, suggesting the President-elect is serious about reaching a deal. Egypt has put together a new ceasefire proposal — one that would not see all of the hostages released at once, and one that would offer fewer hostages in the first stage than the 33 that were offered in a previous proposal. Israel has not ruled out the proposal, and will be sending a delegation to Cairo next week to discuss it. Hamas has tried to pressure Trump to pressure Israel to give up the war. Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days , available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of The Trumpian Virtues: The Lessons and Legacy of Donald Trump’s Presidency , now available on Audible. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. 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It’s been a long time since we’ve had much to celebrate about South Carolina’s battle against the growing national teaching shortage. We’ve had indications of progress — the total number of teachers in our schools has been increasing, just not enough to keep up with the much faster growth in positions, for instance. And this year the Charleston County School District was able to start the fall semester with all its teaching positions filled — a huge triumph for Charleston County's kids but of no use to those in the 45 other counties. SC teacher vacancies are down 35%, but is it a mirage of larger classes and fewer positions? But this year's supply and demand report from Winthrop's Center for Educator Recruitment , Retention and Advancement shows actual progress on the central goal: The number of teacher vacancies dropped for the first time since 2019, and it wasn’t a piddling little drop: S.C. public schools started the 2023 year without a permanent teacher in 1,613 classrooms; this year the number plummeted to 1,043. That’s still 1,043 classrooms with a substitute or else split up and doubled up between other classes, and that's 1,043 classrooms too many. But it’s a significant improvement that we need to celebrate. Editorial: A too-rare moment to celebrate Charleston County Schools' success Now, there are caveats. As The Post and Courier’s Anna Mitchell reports, the total number of teachers actually dropped, but the number of teaching positions dropped significantly more — leading some to question whether the improvement was real. Under different circumstances, we’d be concerned about that. But teaching positions have grown at more than twice the rate of the student population since 2017, with most of the teacher growth coming in 2020 and 2021, when the number of teachers shot up by 6.8 percentage points while student enrollment fell by 1.8 points. That was the COVID blip, when districts had to hire extra teachers to handle the sudden demand for online classes and smaller, socially distanced in-person classes — and got a boatload of federal cash to pay for it. Post-COVID, we’re still trying to find equilibrium, as enrollment grows but at a slowing pace. Even with this year’s decline, we still have fewer students per teacher than before the pandemic. Scoppe: SC law punishes teachers for caring how much they make. It's overdue for a repeal. A lot of teachers considered those ratios too high before the pandemic, but context is key: Teachers who feel like they’re respected and valued aren’t going to leave the profession because there’s one more student in class each period. Give them five more students, and you might have trouble, but if their only complaint is one or even two more students, they’ll stick around, because they’re doing what they feel called to do. The key to keeping teachers in the classroom is making them feel respected — which comes from paying them well, providing them safe and welcoming workplaces, valuing their opinions and just treating them like the professionals they are. Editorial: SC raises are great, but teachers can't unhear lawmakers' competing message After years of bellyaching over not having enough money, our Legislature has finally stepped up on pay, increasing starting teachers’ minimum salaries to $47,000 — up $4,500 this year and nearly $20,000 from a decade ago — on the way to promised $50,000 starting salaries by 2026. But continuing to improve isn’t as simple as continuing to raise pay, although that’s part of the equation. Teachers still have to spend too much time on non-teaching duties, which the Legislature can and should reduce. Teachers still face being barred from teaching if they quit to care for a sick parent or child or move to another city; that must change. They also have to live in a state where our leaders do far too little to push back against claims from activist groups that teachers are trying to indoctrinate children and undermine parents’ values and even abuse children. Editorial: SC teacher shortage has changed. We have to change how we address it. The Legislature can do something about this as well, although it’s not as easy: Legislators can speak up loudly and forcefully in defense of the profession and the professionals, they can denounce unfounded attacks, and they can stop supporting legislation that buys into these claims and makes it more difficult for teachers to do their jobs. If they don’t, this year’s good news likely will turn into a one-year anomaly. Click here for more opinion content from The Post and Courier.Trump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief

Emboldened by the view from the top of the NFC North, the Detroit Lions are out to eliminate nightmare holiday gatherings when the Chicago Bears come to town Thursday for a lunchtime division duel. The Lions (10-1) are streaking one direction, the Bears (4-7) the other in the first matchup of the season between teams on opposite ends of the division. Riding a nine-game winning streak, their longest since a 10-game streak during their first season in Detroit in 1934, the Lions are burdened by losses in their traditional Thanksgiving Day game the past seven seasons. Three of the defeats are courtesy of Chicago. The Bears and Lions get together for the 20th time on Thanksgiving -- the Bears have 11 wins -- this week in the first of two meetings between the teams in a 25-day span. Detroit goes to Soldier Field on Dec. 22. "I think there's two things," Campbell said of the Thanksgiving losing streak. "Number one -- Get a W. And it's a division win that's why this huge. Number two is because the players are going to get a couple of days off. So, they have family, friends in, it'd be nice to feel good about it when you're with everybody because it's just not real fun. It's not real fun to be around." Detroit (10-1) owns the best record in the NFC but the Lions aren't even assured of a division title. Minnesota sits one game behind them and Green Bay is two games back. The Bears (4-7) sit in last place and would likely need to run the table to have any chance of making the playoffs. The Lions have been dominant in all phases and haven't allowed a touchdown in the past 10 consecutive quarters. Detroit's offense ranks first in points per game (32.7) and second in total yardage (394.3) The Lions defense has not given up a touchdown in the last 10 quarters. Rookie placekicker Jake Bates has made all 16 of his field goal attempts, including four from 50-plus yards over the past three games. Chicago shows up in a foul mood. The Bears are saddled with a five-game losing streak and Chicago's defense has been destroyed for nearly 2,000 total yards in the last four games. The Bears failed to reach the 20-point mark four times in five outings since they last won a game. In their latest defeat, rookie quarterback Caleb Williams and the offense perked up but they lost to Minnesota in overtime, 30-27. "We have to play complementary football for us to be able to win these games," coach Matt Eberflus said. "The games we have won, we have done that. The games we have been close we've missed the mark a little bit. Over the course of the year, it's been one side or the other, this side or that side. In this league you have to be good on all sides to win. That's what we are searching for." Williams threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. The wide receiver trio of DJ Moore, Keenan Allen and Romeo Odunze combined for 21 receptions and two touchdowns while tight end Cole Kmet caught seven passes. "What I've been impressed with is just how he has grown," Campbell said. "He has grown every game but these last two I really feel like he's taken off and what they're doing with him has been really good for him and he just looks very composed. He doesn't get frazzled, plays pretty fast, and he's an accurate passer, big arm, and he's got some guys that can get open for him." Detroit's banged-up secondary could be susceptible against the Bears' veteran receivers in their bid to pull off an upset on Thursday. The Lions put two defensive backs on injured reserve in the past week and top cornerback Carlton Davis isn't expected to play due to knee and thumb injuries. Detroit offensive tackle Taylor Decker (knee) and top returner Kalif Raymond (foot) are also expected to miss the game, though Campbell expressed optimism that running back David Montgomery (shoulder), formerly of the Bears, would play. Bears safety Elijah Hicks was listed as a DNP for Tuesday's walkthrough. --Field Level MediaMichigan Posts Strong 7-Word Message After Upsetting Ohio State