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Eberechi Eze and Bright Osayi-Samuel played significant roles as Queens Park Rangers pommelled Cardiff City 6-1 in their first Championship game of the year.

The Anglo-Nigerians scored and provided assists to help Mark Warburton’s men end their recent unimpressive run of form, having failed to secure victory in their previous four matches.

Eze ignited the flurry of goals nine minutes into the encounter, sending a sublime cross to Nahki Wells, who in turn headed home the effort for QPR’s opener.

Osayi-Samuel doubled the lead in the 27th minute and completed his brace four minutes before half-time, beating two of his markers before firing his effort beyond goalkeeper Neil Etheridge.

Just three minutes into the second half, Eze shone again, setting up Wells for his second goal in the encounter.

The 21-year-old midfielder then grabbed a goal of his own in the 57th minute after benefitting from Ilias Chair’s assist before Wells sealed the victory to render Will Vaulks’ late strike a consolation goal.

With the result, QPR climbed to 15th in the Championship table with 35 points from 26 games and will hope to continue their impressive performances against Swansea City on Sunday.

Nigerian duo Eberechi Eze and Bright Osayi-Samuel were impressive as Queens Park Rangers humiliated Cardiff City 6-1 in a Championship clash at Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, London on New Year’s Day.

Both players were involved in five of the six goals scored by QPR as Eze scored one and assisted two while Osayi-Samuel was on target twice.

Nahki Wells scored the first goal in the ninth minute as he ran on to a lofted through ball from Eze to head home, before Osayi-Samuel doubled the hosts advantage at 27th minute with Wells turning provider this time.

Osayi-Samuel got his second of the night with four minutes before half-time to make 3-0 as he fired past goalkeeper Neil Etheridge after beating two Cardiff City players.

On 48 minutes, Wells got his second goal of the game and QPR’s fourth, heading home off an assist from Eze.

The impressive Eze got on the scoresheet when he finished off a lovely cross from Ilias Chair 12 minutes into the second half.

The two Nigerians have scored a combined 14 goals in the Championship so far this season and have set up 10 goals in total.

Queens Park Rangers are 15th in the English second tier with 35 points from 26 matches, five points off the playoff spots. They face Brentford in their next league game on January 11.

Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan were both among the 25 players called into the United States men’s national team January training camp. The main portion of the camp will run from Jan. 5-25 in Doha, Qatar, and the camp will officially conclude with a friendly against Costa Rica on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles.

As usual, the roster is heavily dominated by MLS players. Traditionally, U.S. Soccer uses this camp as a chance to call in players who are outside the normal group and it is often used as a way to give younger or overlooked players an extended look.

For the most part, this roster fits that profile. All but three of the players are based in the United States and 14 MLS teams are represented. FC Dallas (three) is the only team with more representation than the Sounders. Morris (39 caps) will actually be the second-most capped player in camp, trailing only Gyasi Zardes, while Roldan (19) will be the fourth-most capped.

The downside is that this likely means Morris and Roldan will miss the first two or three weeks of Sounders’ training camp, which is scheduled to open on Jan. 14 at Starfire and moves to Southern California from Jan. 19-29. They would likely rejoin the Sounders when the team returns to the Seattle area from Feb. 1-5.

Although MLS teams have the ability to decline call-ups since this camp falls outside of an official FIFA date — and Atlanta United apparently did just that with Miles Robinson — the Sounders have never made a habit of declining USMNT requests. Both Sounders players have also previously expressed a desire to report to USMNT camp whenever they’re given the chance.

USA ROSTER BY POSITION (Club; Caps/Goals):

GOALKEEPERS (4): Bill Hamid (D.C. United; 6/0), Sean Johnson (New York City FC; 8/0), JT Marcinkowski (San Jose Earthquakes; 0/0), Matt Turner (New England Revolution; 0/0)

DEFENDERS (8): Julian Araujo (LA Galaxy; 0/0), Reggie Cannon (FC Dallas; 10/0), Chase Gasper (Minnesota United FC; 0/0), Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake; 0/0), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls; 16/3), Mark McKenzie (Philadelphia Union; 0/0), Sam Vines (Colorado Rapids; 0/0), Walker Zimmerman (LAFC; 11/2)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Brenden Aaronson (Philadelphia Union; 0/0), Christian Cappis (Hobro; 0/0), Bryang Kayo (Unattached; 0/0), Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy; 13/2), Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas; 1/0), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC; 19/0), Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes; 6/0)

FORWARDS (6): Paul Arriola (D.C. United; 32/5), Jesus Ferreira (FC Dallas; 0/0), Jonathan Lewis (Colorado Rapids; 5/0), Ulysses Llanez (Wolfsburg; 0/0), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC; 39/10), Gyasi Zardes (Columbus Crew SC; 55/12)

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While many party-goers up and down the UK emerged weary-eyed today from celebrating New Year, some took the opportunity to take part in brilliant and bizarre activities including racing bathtubs and taking dips in the freezing cold sea.

Other eccentric rituals included a whole village in Kirkwall, Scotland, lining the streets to play a medieval game of football.

Youths from Orkadian spent the day taking part in the Boys New Years Ba Game which is played with a hand crafted leather ball. The Ba' Game is a mass street football match which starts at the towns Mercat Cross and is played between two teams, the Uppies and the Doonies.

The game has been played in Kirkwall's streets for hundreds of years, with the teams made up of men from the south end of the town and the north end.

This is while in Gosport locals braved the chilly temperatures and celebrated the beginning of a new decade with a swim. Many wore swimming trunks while others opted for fancy dress such as hula skirts and turkey hats.

Jokers in Dorset donned masks of political leaders and took to Poole Quay in order to take part in the wild and wacky bathtub race.

Orkadian youths take part in the Boys New Years Ba Game played with a hand crafted leather ball. The Ba' Game is a mass street football match which starts at the towns Mercat Cross, is played between two teams, the Uppies and the Doonies

Two revellers attend the annual New Year's Day Swim in the sea at Stokes Bay in Gosport, Hampshire to celebrate 2020. Right, a woman takes part in the Scarborough Lions Club charity New Year's Day Dip in Scarborough

Some jokers decide to wear masks of political leaders while taking part in the annual bathtub race in Poole Quay Dorset today

Members of the public wear fancy dress as they join New Year swimmers in front of the Forth Rail Bridge during the annual Loony Dook Swim in the River Forth, in South Queensferry, Scotland

The Loony Dook dip (above) involves getting yourself dressed up in the wackiest outfit you can find, marching through the streets of South Queensferry and then throwing yourself into the Firth of Forth

Over 2000 people kick of 2020 with a New Years Day swim at Barry Beach, Wales. One woman (left) was seen wearing a Hula skirt while another wore stripey leggings

A charity competitor jumps off of Okeover Bridge into the River Dove during the Mapleton raft race and bridge jump, at Mapleton, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, as part of New Year's Day celebrations

Participants pose in the water with their '2020' sign as they take part in the annual New Year's Day 'Loony Dook' swim, in the Firth of Forth, near Edinburgh

Around a hundred people braved the cold Firth of Forth at the Kingshorn RNLI Loony Dook to start 2020 New Year. Two of the women above were seen wearing mermaid swimsuits while the other two wore hula skirts

The Roaring Twenties: Emilia Hoyle, 23, from Chester dresses in the style of a stylish 1920s lady at the Abersoch RNLI New Year's Day Sea Dip. Right, participants at the New Year Bridge Jump at Mappleton, near Ashbourne, which is a tradition that dates back more than 30 years and sees dozens brave the freezing River Dove from Okeover Bridge

Supporters and protesters lined the High Street to watch members of the Essex Farmer and Union Hunt parade in the High Street and Blue Boar public house Maldon Essex for their annual New Year's day meeting

Pictured: Orkadians take part in the New Years Ba Game played with a hand crafted leather ball on January 1, 2020

People take part in the Panama Swimming club New Year's Day dip, in Whitley Bay, as part of New Year's Day celebrations. The sun was seen shining today as many ran into the sea with some even wearing tutus

The 'Ba Game' has been played in Kirkwall's streets for hundreds of years, with the teams made up of men from the south end of the town and the north end

Participants brave the cold waters as they take part in the annual Scarborough Beach New Years Day Dip in Scarborough, North Yorkshire this lunch time

Despite the dark skies, sea mist and rain competitors take part in the annual New Years Day Bath Tub Race, Poole Harbour

In London today people took part in the annual New Year's Day parade. Many were pictured wearing elaborate costumers

People take part in the Panama Swimming club New Year's Day dip, in Whitley Bay, as part of New Year's Day celebrations. This trio turned up dressed at The Incredibles

The waters splashed over this pair of revellers today as they enjoyed the New Year's Day dip in Whitley Bay. It is similar to many Boxing Day traditions which involve a swim

The game took part in the local area and the competitors could be seen outside the Judith Glue shop this afternoon during the game

One woman decided to bring her dog with her to the swim in Firth of Forth today. Right, a lady takes part in the annual New Year's Day 'Loony Dook' swim in the Firth of Forth, in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh

All aboard! This group went to great lengths to look the part for the race today and were seen wearing hats with union jack flags

People wearing chicken suits take part in the Loony Dook New Year's Day dip in the Firth of Forth at South Queensferry as part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations

Two women in a 'Maids of the Forth' homemade vessel with a Scottish flag on the stern celebrate the new year in the Firth of Forth at South Queensferry

Orkadians take part in the New Years Ba Game played with a hand crafted leather ball on January 1, 2020 in Kirkwall Scotland

Supporters and protesters lined the High Street to watch members of the Essex Farmer and Union Hunt parade in the High Street and Blue Boar public house Maldon Essex for their annual New Years day meeting

Mr Blobby joins revellers taking part in the Loony Dook New Year's Day dip in the Firth of Forth at South Queensferry today

A participant reacts in the water as she takes part in the annual New Year's Day 'Loony Dook' swim, in the Firth of Forth

Women take part in the Scarborough Lions Club charity New Year's Day Dip in Scarborough, as part of New Year's Day celebrations

A self-professed 'super hunk' takes a dip in the sea wearing a stylish red cape and bright green wig at the New Year's Day Dip in Scarborough

A martial artist displays an impressive degree of flexibility in the Scarborough Lions Club charity New Year's Day Dip

People dressed up as The Incredibles take part in the Panama Swimming club New Year's Day dip, in Whitley Bay

Orkadians take part in the New Years Ba Game played with a hand crafted leather ball on January 1, 2020 in Kirkwall Scotland

People take part in the Loony Dook New Year's Day dip in the Firth of Forth at South Queensferry, as part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations

A charity competitor jumps off of Okeover Bridge into the River Dove during the Mapleton raft race and bridge jump, at Mapleton, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire

A man in an impressive self-made aeroplane takes part in the Loony Dook New Year's Day dip in the Firth of Forth at South Queensferry, as part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations

Members of the public wearing fancy dress react to the water as they join New Year swimmers, many in costume, in front of the Forth Rail Bridge during the annual Loony Dook Swim in the River Forth on January 1

Orkadians gathered for the New Year Ba Game played with a hand crafted leather ball on January 1, 2020 in Kirkwall Scotland

PASADENA, Calif. (KTLA) — The iconic Southern California New Year’s tradition — the Rose Parade — runs along a 5 1/2-mile route in Pasadena and this year includes 39 floral-decorated floats, 20 marching bands, 17 equestrians units, and of course the Royal Court and Rose Queen.

Put on by the Tournament of Roses, the 131st Rose Parade begins at 8 a.m. PT Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. This year marks the 73rd consecutive television broadcast of the Rose Parade on KTLA.

The theme for the 2020 parade is “The Power of Hope,” which the tournament says “celebrates the influence of optimism and hope.”

The three grand marshals are Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, actress Gina Torres and prolific performer Rita Moreno.

The 102nd Rose Queen is Camille Kennedy of Pasadena, a senior at La Salle College Preparatory.

KTLA’s hosts for the broadcast are Leeza Gibbons, Mark Steines and Micah Ohlman.

If you’re a particular fan of one of the marching bands in the parade, you can watch the “Band Cam” — a raw, unedited feed devoted to the bands — on KTLA’s Facebook page. The parade will be available to watch on demand on KTLA’s YouTube page.

Just before midnight on July 10, 2016, Master Cpl. Daniel Boyd of the Canadian military police spotted something suspicious. He was on duty at Canadian Forces Base North Bay, about 350 kilometers north of Toronto.

In the darkness, two men in a van driving near the edge of the base made a U-turn and headed deeper into the military facility.

Boyd followed. The van stopped. Inside, the men were looking at their smartphones. Boyd walked to the driver's window.

It turned out they were playing Pokemon Go, and their pursuit of Pikachu led them onto the air force base.

Documents obtained by CBC News show the curiosity and confusion shared by Canadian military officials after the 2016 launch of Pokemon Go, which was sending civilians onto Department of Defence property searching for "mythical digital creatures."

Pokemon Go was a mobile app that launched in Canada on July 17, 2016, but it was launched July 7 in the United States and was downloadable globally by users who knew how to fool their phone into thinking it was in the U.S.

One page from the package of documents disclosed to CBC News following an access to information request filed in July 2016. (Brett Ruskin / CBC News)

The app encouraged users to explore their communities, viewing the world through their phone's screen. Virtual creatures and items appeared in real-life locations.

Some locations were military bases. Within days of the app's launch, the Canadian Armed Forces had to issue a public warning: Pokemon Go users should keep off military property.

CBC News filed an access to information request after the warning was issued. Now, nearly 3½ years later, the Department of National Defence has disclosed 471 pages of internal files on the subject.

'Taking off like gangbusters'

Most of the emails expressed curiosity and confusion about the new game.

"Plse advise the Commissionaires that apparently Fort Frontenac is both a PokeGym and a PokeStop. I will be completely honest in that I have not idea what that is," wrote Maj. Jeff Monaghan at CFB Kingston.

"The game's premise seems to be going to the 'PokeStops/Gyms' to collect 'Pokemon's' (we should almost hire a 12-year-old to help us out with this) of which we were able to find 5 of these things on the range road itself," wrote security expert David Levenick at CFB Borden, Ont., 100 kilometers northwest of Toronto.

"There's a game out there taking off like gangbusters, and it requires people to move to digitally cached locations to get points, etc.," wrote Lieut. Col. Richard Raymond at CFB Petawawa, west of Ottawa.

Eight days after Pokemon Go launched, the military police in Canada issued a criminal intelligence advisory.

An advisory sent on July 15, 2016, to all military police officers, warned of people trying to get onto to DND property while playing Pokemon Go.

The notice was sent to all military police officers. It said: "It has been discovered that several locations within DND/CAF establishments are host to game landmarks (PokeStops and Gyms) and its mythical digital creatures (Pokemon)."

10 days after launch: kids on tanks

In the weeks after the app's launch, military police across the country suddenly saw a spike in suspicious activity.

"One lady at the Worthington Tank Park was playing the game whilst the 3 children with her were climbing all over the tanks," wrote Levenick at CFB Borden.

This tank outside the CFB Borden Military Museum, near Worthington Tank Park, was the site of a Pokestop, where players could retrieve virtual items. (Wikimedia Commons)

At CFB Greenwood in Nova Scotia, documents show a report of a vehicle "acting suspiciously in the Canex [store] parking lot." When police investigated, they found the occupants were playing the game.

When a man was stopped on CFB Borden, documents show he was playing Pokemon Go and told officers "I have to beat my kids [get more points]."

At least three military police officers (at CFB Comox in British Columbia, CFB Petawawa and CFB Kingston) were assigned an unusual task: wander around their bases, smartphones and notepads in hand, searching for virtual Pokemon infrastructure.

Handwritten notes by a military police officer stationed at CFB Comox. The corporal was ordered to search for Pokestops and Pokemon Gyms on the base.

14 days after launch: military contacts Pokemon

The documents show a wide variety of responses to the discovery of PokeStops and gyms on military bases.

At CFB Petawawa, one location where Pokemon Go players retrieved virtual items was at the Garrison Museum.

"Maybe some extra people will visit the museum!" wrote Maj. Alicia Saucier.

Officials at CFB North Bay were less enthusiastic. On July 21, 2016, they filed a complaint with Niantic, the developer of Pokemon Go.

"With the implementation of this PokeStop, there will be an increase in traffic onto the base, which could have a negative impact on 22 Wing's Mission," the request said.

Niantic responded that it would review the complaint and follow up.

Embracing Pokemon

Meanwhile, at CFB Halifax, officials tried to harness the game for their benefit. An email to Rear Admiral John Newton made a series of recommendations:

Remove the PokeStop from the Dockyard Gym, because "it presents a security risk."

Add a PokeStop at the Stadacona Gym, because "this addition, with the already existing PokeStops at the museum and the admiral's residence, would increase the museum's attendance."

If possible, upgrade the museum PokeStop to a Pokemon gym to increase traffic.

Rear Admiral Newton addressed the Pokemon generally in an email, writing: "Life and work are best accomplished if there is good fun, health and friendship.

"If Pokemon Go enables these values, while we protect our interests, then we all stand to marvel at this intersection of technology, gaming and health."

What took so long?

It took more than three years for the Department of National Defence (DND) to provide the documents requested by CBC News.

According to legislation, the normal response time should be up to 60 days.

"While our goal is to provide responses to Access to Information (ATI) requests as efficiently as possible, the review process is challenged by the size and complexity of the organization, as well as the number of requests received every year," said a statement from Jessica Lamirande, a senior communications adviser with DND.

"Recognizing that backlog files require more attention, DND recently created a new team in the Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) Directorate as part of a Backlog Reduction Initiative. This team has been assigned the task of working solely on backlog files so that the other processing teams can concentrate on ensuring newer files do not go late," she said.

In other words, the orders given to government staff hired to identify overdue information requests seem to be, as Pokemon says, "you gotta catch 'em all."

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In 2017, the metal fencing segment dominated the global market, in terms of revenue. North America is expected to be the leading contributor to the global market revenue during the forecast period.

Improvement in lifestyle due to rise in income level, especially in the developing countries of Asia-Pacific fuels the demand for Fencings market. Enhancement of public infrastructure such as parks, museums, and other structures by governments, along with growth in the global construction industry would support the market growth in the coming years.

A significant increase in disposable income, and construction and renovation of residential buildings drive the growth of this market. Other driving factors include growth in global construction industry, enhanced safety concerns, and development of public infrastructure. The increasing investments by governments for enhancing public infrastructure such as parks, public places, and government premises further supports market growth. Increasing demand in developing nations is expected provide numerous growth opportunities to the market players during the forecast period.

The different materials used for fencing include wood, metal, concrete, plastic, and others. In 2017, the metal fencing segment accounted for the highest market share. The increasing demand for metal fencing in public places, government organizations, and commercial buildings for enhanced safety and security purposes drives the growth of this segment.

North America generated the highest revenue in the market in 2017, and is expected to lead the global market throughout the forecast period. The growing construction sector and high disposable income drives the market growth. The increasing trend of design and aesthetics supports the market growth in the region. Asia-Pacific is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period owing to increasing disposable incomes in developing countries of this region, and increase in construction of commercial buildings in this region.

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1.1. Research goal & scope

1.2. Research assumptions

1.3. Research Methodology

1.3.1. Primary data sources

1.3.2. Secondary data sources

1.4. Key take-away

1.5. Stakeholders

2. Executive Summary

2.1. Market Definition

2.2. Market Segmentation

3. Fencing Market Insights

3.1. Fencing ? Industry snapshot

3.2. Fencing - Ecosystem analysis

3.3. Fencing Market Dynamics

3.3.1. Fencing ? Market Forces

3.3.1.1. Fencing Market Driver Analysis

4. Fencing Market Size and Forecast, 2017-2026 by Material

4.1. Key Findings

4.2. Wood

4.3. Metal

4.4. Concrete

4.5. Plastic

4.6. Others

5. Fencing Market Size and Forecast, 2017-2026 by Application

5.1. Key Findings

5.2. Boundary Fencing

5.3. Privacy Fencing

5.4. Temporary Fencing

5.5. Others

6. Fencing Market Size and Forecast, 2017-2026 by End-User

6.1. Key Findings

6.2. Residential

6.3. Agriculture

6.4. Government

6.5. Defense

6.6. Transportation

6.7. Energy and Power

6.8. Others

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7.1. Key Findings

7.2. North America

7.2.1. U.S.

7.2.2. Canada

7.2.3. Mexico

7.3. Europe

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7.3.2. UK

7.3.3. France

7.3.4. Italy

7.3.5. Rest of Europe

7.4. Asia-Pacific

7.4.1. China

7.4.2. India

7.4.3. Japan

7.4.4. Rest of Asia-Pacific

7.5. Latin America

7.5.1. Brazil

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Jack Grealish boosted Aston Villa's hopes of survival by inspiring victory at Turf Moor. The Villa midfielder created the opener for Wesley Moraes before adding a second goal, with Chris Wood pulling a goal back which meant Dean Smith's team needed to cling on for victory. Sean Dyche's side have now lost six of their last eight Premier League games and are in danger of getting sucked into a relegation fight themselves.

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Struggling Aston Villa picked up their second away win of the Premier League season, securing three vital points in a 2-1 win at Burnley on New Year’s Day, their first league win at Turf Moor since 1936.

Villa thought they had taken an 11th minute lead through a diving header from Jack Grealish but a VAR review found that Wesley’s heel was marginally offside during the move and the goal was overturned.

It was Wesley who did open the scoring though in the 23rd – the impressive Grealish finding him in the box and the Brazilian swivelled and fired past Nick Pope to give Villa a deserved lead.

Burnley were unusually sloppy in defence and lacking their usual spirit of work-rate and it was no shock when Grealish doubled Villa’s lead four minutes before the break, finishing off a lovely passing move with a confident curling finish.

Sean Dyche made a double substitution at the break with Jay Rodriguez and Johann Gudmundsson introduced and that had the desired effect with the Clarets much more positive.

Rodriguez and Chris Wood both missed good chances before Wood finally found the target with a back post header from an Ashley Westwood cross in the 80th minute but Burnley were unable to force an equaliser.

Villa’s former Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton injured himself attempting to keep out the goal and was carried off the pitch on a stretcher.

A Birmingham man has been taken into custody for the December 23 homicide, officials said. He has been identified as Cameron Rayford, 36.Birmingham police responded to a report of a person shot at 5929 Martin Luther Avenue at about 1:11 p.m. They found Justin Rayshun Johnson, 31, of Birmingham, lying in the driveway unresponsive.Birmingham Fire and Rescue was called and took Johnson to UAB for treatment of his injuries. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.Investigators learned Rayford was located near the scene suffering from a non-life threatening injury to the hand. He was taken to the hospital for treatment, according to police records.Authorities said the shooting was the result of a verbal altercation.

A Birmingham man has been taken into custody for the December 23 homicide, officials said. He has been identified as Cameron Rayford, 36.

Birmingham police responded to a report of a person shot at 5929 Martin Luther Avenue at about 1:11 p.m. They found Justin Rayshun Johnson, 31, of Birmingham, lying in the driveway unresponsive.

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Birmingham Fire and Rescue was called and took Johnson to UAB for treatment of his injuries. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

Investigators learned Rayford was located near the scene suffering from a non-life threatening injury to the hand. He was taken to the hospital for treatment, according to police records.

Authorities said the shooting was the result of a verbal altercation.

China's central bank said Wednesday it was cutting the amount of cash that all banks must hold as reserves, releasing around 800 billion yuan ($114.91 billion) in funds to shore up the slowing economy.

The People's Bank of China(PBOC) said on its website it will cut banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 50 basis points, effective Jan. 6 . The move would bring the level for big banks down to 12.5%.

The PBOC has now cut RRR eight times since early 2018 to free up more funds for banks to lend as economic growth slows to the weakest pace in nearly 30 years.

Of the latest funds released, small and medium banks would receive roughly 120 billion yuan, the central bank said, stressing that it should be used to fund small, local businesses.

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Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said that his country would soon introduce a "new strategic weapon" in the near future, adding that he sees little reason to stick to his country`s suspension of nuclear and long-range missile tests, he had put in place during talks with the US.

Talks between North Korea and the US have stalled with Washington refusing to lift sanctions until Pyongyang fully abandons its nuclear programme. The North conducted several smaller weapons tests late in 2019, in what was seen as an attempt to pressure the US into making concessions, the BBC reported.

Speaking at a party meeting here on Wednesday, Kim said North was no longer bound by the self-declared moratorium, as the US continued joint military drills with South and had stepped up their sanctions.

"Under such condition, there is no ground for us to get unilaterally bound to the commitment any longer, the commitment to which there is no opposite party, and this is chilling our efforts for worldwide nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation," state news agency KCNA quoted Kim as saying.

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He also threatened that "the world will witness a new strategic weapon" by the North "in the near future", while giving no further details.

In response to the North Korean leader`s latest threats, US President Donald Trump told reporters that he and Kim "did sign a contract, talking about denuclearisation".

"I think he`s a man of his word," he said, as he headed into New Year events in Florida.

US Foreign Secretary Mike Pompeo said he hoped the North would choose peace over war.

Kim andTrump held face-to-face talks in Singapore in June 2018, and in Vietnam in February 2019, aimed at denuclearisation.

The two leaders also held an "impromptu" meeting at the demilitarised zone (DMZ) that separates North and South Korea in June.

EL SEGUNDO — To welcome in the next decade, the Lakers shed their purple and gold for a night, opting for black-tie suits instead.

They were all over each other’s social media feeds, dancing and smoking cigars on Monday night as LeBron James celebrated his 35th birthday.

Because the Lakers play the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night, New Year’s Eve celebrations are expected to be significantly toned down. James said he only decided three days before the big night that he would have a party at all, which his wife Savannah helped assemble on the short turnaround. It wasn’t just a birthday, but a turning of the page on the year as well.

“I was able to kill two birds with one stone, get my teammates there, coaching staff, my family, my friends, people that’s been around for quite a while and we had a heck of a time,” he said. “So it was another opportunity for us to bond, which we did. And if it brings us closer, then fantastic. That’s what it’s all about for me, bringing us closer to family as possible.”

The Lakers ended 2019 pretty tight-knit, with a strong body of work behind them. Leading the Western Conference standings and finishing a challenging December slate at 9-5, some of their hardest work is behind them even though the bulk of the schedule remains.

The year wrapped on an upbeat note with wins over the Portland Trail Blazers and Dallas Mavericks. After that second victory, Coach Frank Vogel had a chance to look at the footage of his team holding the No. 1 offense in the NBA to just 95 points – to his surprise, he saw some opportunities where his defense (104.8 defensive rating, No. 7 in the NBA) could be even better.

That’s the Lakers’ 2019 resolution: They’re still looking for the perfect performance.

“It’s just reason for optimism that we still have a long way to go and a lot of room for improvement,” he said. “It’s exciting what we can be.”

A big part of that has been success against the teams they are supposed to beat: The Lakers are 17-0 against teams under .500 this season. They’ll have an opportunity to extend that perfection with upcoming home games against Phoenix, New Orleans, Detroit and New York.

The Lakers warmed to the challenge of their tough schedule last month, playing a host of teams bound for the playoffs. The concern, Vogel acknowledged, is that over a third of the way in against less-than-stellar competition, complacency can sneak in.

“It’s a different sort of stretch right now,” he said. “I think we begin to enter the dog days of the NBA season, which is like now until All-Star break where it gets a little monotonous and there’s a little bit of a grind and hopefully we can get through that stretch. And then once All-Star break hits, you’re in the home stretch after that.”

One of the factors the Lakers feel is in their favor is chemistry. Multiple players have cited the 1-through-15 chemistry on the roster as a strength, and James’ birthday party was the latest event where the Lakers have largely shown up off the court as a group.

James pointed to his youth league days as a model: When he was a young player, he and his teammates would go to parks or malls and play video games together.

“Not only did it influence the way I play on the court, having an effect on how I play today, it also had an influence of how I grew up with my friends, too, and having that brotherhood,” he said. “If you know anything about my childhood, the guys that I grew up playing ball are still around, they’re still like my best friends.”

The same concept is important to his NBA teams, James said, which is among the reasons everyone was invited. The feeling of the Lakers is that off-court chemistry will help form on-court bonds that can help them in competitive games.

It also leads to some nice post-party texts.

“The best thing about it is that my teammates said how much of a time they had,” he said. “My family and my friends had a heck of a time. Got a lot of messages this morning saying how much fun it was, how much love was in the air. So that’s what makes it cool for me. The people around me had a good time.”

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Music legend Linda Ronstadt compared President Donald Trump to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, and said Mexicans are being targeted today the way Jews were in Germany.

“If you read the history, you won’t be surprised,” the 10-time Grammy winner told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “It’s exactly the same.”

Ronstadt added:

Find a common enemy for everybody to hate. I was sure that Trump was going to get elected the day he announced, and I said ‘It’s gonna be like Hitler, and the Mexicans are the new Jews.’ And sure enough that’s what he delivered.

She said Germany’s “intelligentsia” had a chance to stop Hitler, but didn’t speak out.

“The industrial complex thought that they could control him once they got him in office, and of course he was not controllable,” she said, adding that Hitler then put his own people in place and stacked the country’s courts to consolidate power.

“He destroyed centuries of intellectual history, forward and backward,” she said.

Ronstadt, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, retired from performing in 2011 due to a Parkinson’s-like condition called progressive supranuclear palsy.

She’s the subject of a new CNN documentary, “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice.”

Singer Linda Ronstadt directly compared President Donald Trump to the German dictator Adolf Hitler, and claimed Mexicans are being treated the same as Jews in Nazi Germany, as reported by Fox News.

She made the statement in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, where she also called President Trump “uncontrollable,” and compared his confirmation of many federal judges to Hitler’s efforts to consolidate power in Germany in the 1930s.

When Cooper pushed back on Ronstadt’s comparison between Trump and Hitler, she defended herself by claiming that “if you read the history, you won’t be surprised…it’s exactly the same.” She claimed that President Trump has been trying to “find a common enemy for everybody to hate…it’s gonna be like Hitler, and the Mexicans are the new Jews.”

She also claimed that the Trump Presidency has caused a strain in her own family due to some of her relatives being Republicans. However, she described her conservative relatives as “fairly rational Republicans,” saying that “we don’t have that in our current White House.”

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Enjoy your new year weekend with some street food and exhibitions happening around Doha. We have listed a few of the interesting events happening in Qatar.

Metro Street Food – Food Fest

First ever outdoor metro event hosted by Q sports, with combination of food, beverages and a mini golf course setup at the DECC Metro station.

When: Jan 1 – April 2020

Weekdays: 12:30 pm – 11 pm; Weekends: 2 pm – 12 midnight

Where: DECC Metro Station

For details, click here

"It is our right to dream" exhibition

Katara will host "It is our right to dream" exhibition by the sculptor Sabhi Chtioui

When: Until January 18, 2020; 10 am - 10pm

Where: Building 47, Katara Cultural Village

For details, click here

Qatar, India & the Gulf: History, Culture and Society Exhibition

Qatar National library to exhibit connections between India, Qatar and the Gulf over 4,600 years as a part of the Qatar India 2019 Year of the Culture. The exhibition reveals hows this ancient relationship has influenced their history, culture and society in profound and surprising ways.

When: Until February 29, 2020; 3pm – 8pm

Where: Qatar National Library

For details, click here

"Suspicion" Exhibition

Katara Culutural Village welcomes everyone one to attend the opening of the "Suspicion"exhibition by the Palestinian artist Nameer Qassim.

When: 2 January, 2020; 12:00pm

Where: Building 18, Gallery 2; Katara

For details, click here

Spring Festival at Souq Waqif and Souq Al Wakrah

The festival includes circus show, parades and mind and skills games. Popular groups from different countries entertain visitors with cultural presentation such as folk dances and songs with the accompaniment of native musical instruments. The festival features around 60 games and rides in the two souqs. Visitors can see wild animals like lion and tiger at the circus shows.

When: Until January 4; 4pm until 10pm.

Where: Souq Waqif and Souq Al Wakrah

For details click here

Mahaseel Festival

The biggest edition of Mahaseel Festival is going on at Katara with more than 40 stalls to buy vegetables, flowers, honey, dairy and meat products offered by local companies at discounted prices. There is also a large area where children can enjoy inflatables in addition to a giant tent where they can play various computer games such as VR games making the festival a one-stop-shop for families.

When: Open every day from 9am to 9pm until December 28, after which it will be open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays until March 31.

Where: Building 22, Katara

For details, click here

Different Dimension: An Energetic Place

The exhibition showcases 11 fascinating works by contemporary abstract artist Hala El Attar and marks a number of firsts for the young artist. El Attar visually manifests energy through her unique take on fluid art integrating different mediums and styles to achieve artworks that burst with colour and life.

When: The exhibition is open for public viewing until January 20 from 10am to 10pm

Where: W Doha’s Art 29 gallery

For details click here

Star Wars Activation Booth

Discover your side at the Star Wars Activation booth with the launch of Star Wars: The Rise of Sky-walker! Doha Festival City has set up a total of eight zones with each zone having different activities. The booth is open to all ages and no purchase is required. It requires registration and is on first come first served.

When: December 12 – January 12, 2020; 3pm-10pm

Where: Doha Festival City - Center Court Ground floor

For details, click here

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Guwahati: The Assam government has banned strikes by employees of oil and gas sector in the state for six months from December 31, 2019 under the ESMA, an official release said on Thursday.

Strikes by the officers, workmen, contract labourers, drivers and their helpers of tankers in the sector have been prohibited under the Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act, 1980, the release said.

This has been done in public interest and any service in any oil field or refinery of any establishment or undertaking dealing with the production, supply of petroleum products including natural gas will fall under the purview of this order, it added.

Customers of industrial, commercial and captive power classes connected to 50 PSIG line, on both sides of the Dhaka-Narayanganj highway, will not receive gas from 9am to 7pm, Titas said in a notice.

“Almost all of the customers in the area are connected with the 50 PSIG line. There is one person who is using a 150 PSIG line. He has been personally informed,” Titas Director (Operations) Rana Akbar Haidari told bdnews24.com

Apart from the installation of new lines, some leakage repair work has been done in the area, said Rana.

• Danielle Franzoni, 31, a restaurant server in Alpena, Mich., who was living in a homeless shelter a year ago, said "things like this don't happen to people like me" after she got a $2,020 tip on a $23 food bill, with "Happy New Year. 2020 Tip Challenge," written on the receipt.

• Shawn Hyde and his wife, Leah, face burglary charges after rangers at the Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park near Millington, Tenn., went to prepare a cabin for a coming rental and found the Hydes and their two young children illegally staying there.

• Shakeel Ryan Massey, 20, was arrested, accused of damaging a Picasso painting, identified as a 1944 semi-abstract style portrait of a woman wearing a hat and green clothes titled Bust of a Woman, at the Tate Modern gallery in London.

• Regis Wilson and Grayson Chamberlain, two St. Louis University students, founded the Queer Closet, which they describe as a clothing library that helps transgender and gender-nonconforming students find outfits that match their gender identities.

• Jordan Olsen and his wife, Jennifer, who met in 1997 at a Subway sandwich shop in Kaysville, Utah, where they both worked, decided to celebrate their nearly 18 years of marriage by buying the shop where they were first smitten.

• Lawrence Battiste, police chief of Mobile, Ala., called it an "insensitive gesture" and apologized for an officer's social media post showing two unidentified officers holding what was described as a "homeless quilt" made of cardboard signs confiscated from panhandlers.

• Derrick Forest, 40, of Minneapolis, was charged with murder after authorities said he got into an SUV in the city's downtown and ran down a man who stabbed him in the back, killing him, after an argument between the two became physical.

• Jeff Beckman, a Hershey Co. spokesman, said the Pennsylvania chocolate company is retiring its 26-foot-long Kissmobiles -- custom vehicles that resemble three Kisses candies and have traveled across the country since 1997 -- citing safety concerns and difficulty finding replacement parts for the aging vehicles.

• Nate Takacs, 8, who said he was excited when he ran to see a Nativity scene on display in a park in Tallahassee, Fla., called it "a big sin" when he found the crib empty because someone had taken the doll depicting Baby Jesus in the manger six days after Christmas.

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Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has reportedly patented a smartphone with a display that almost completely covers the smartphone body. As with all patents, it is uncertain whether the concept will make its way to a commercial product - we'll have to wait and see.

The newer device could follow the same philosophy as the Mi Mix Alpha which is the first smartphone to have a surround display that covered most of the handset's body, news portal GizmoChina reported on Monday, citing Chinese publication CNMO.

Looking at the design patents, the handset looks quite different from the Mi Mix Alpha but also has the display cover the front panel and most of the rear panel.

Patent images of a Xiaomi smartphone with a surround display

Photo Credit: CNMO

Mi Mix Alpha was launched for the first time in September last year and recently top company executives have claimed that the company is currently at the capacity where it can start the mass production of the same.

According to Cui Baoqiu, chairman of Xiaomi's technical committee and Han Haicai, head R&D team that developed the display of Mi Mix Alpha, the smartphone has not been mass produced yet.

In terms of specifications, the device features a massive 7.92-inch flexible OLED screen that offers a screen resolution of 2088x2250 pixels.

The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus paired with 12GB of RAM. On the software front, the Mi MIX Alpha runs MIUI Alpha operating system.

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Question: HYDERABAD: A 37-year-old woman from Chennai, who set herself ablaze outside Panjagutta police station on Tuesday, succumbed to burns on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at Osmania General Hospital. She had suffered 78% burnsFollowing the death of Lokeshwari, police altered the case from Section 309 (attempt to commit suicide ) to sections 417 and 420 (cheating) and 306 (abetting the commission of suicide) of the IPC. A case was booked against Praveen Kumar, the city-based businessman, and her partner. Police teams went to his house in Warasiguda but it was locked.On Tuesday night, Lokeshwari’s dying declaration was recorded by a magistrate at the hospital. Before setting herself on fire, Lokeshwari wrote a petition addressing Panjagutta police. “She stated that Praveen had duped her. Lokeshwari alleged that Praveen exploited her by promising to marry her,” Panjagutta ACP Tirupatanna said.Lokeshwari married Srinivas in 2000. He deserted her a few years later. In 2012, she met Praveen, a mining businessman. In 2013, Praveen set up a jewellery store in Somajiguda and appointed Lokeshwari as its manager. In 2014, Praveen lodged a complaint against Lokeshwari alleging that she stole 23.5 tola gold from the shop. Lokeshwari was arrested and later they made a compromise at the Lok Adalat.“In the petition, Lokeshwari claimed that Praveen had promised to give Rs 7.5 lakh to her as he had lodged a false theft case against her and got her personal jewellery worth Rs 7.5 lakh. As Praveen was avoiding her, Lokeshwari got vexed and ended her life,” the ACP said.

The 37-year-old woman who allegedly set herself on fire at Panjagutta Police Station died on Tuesday midnight. The woman S. Lokeshwari suffered over 80% burns. Police said that she disclosed to them that mental and physical harassment by a person S Praveen Kumar led her to take the extreme step.

In 2000, the woman got married to Srinivas of Chennai. Srinivas deserted her after they had a daughter, and died in 2015. Meanwhile, in 2012, she got acquainted with Praveen Kumar in Tirupati, which led to love. They moved to Hyderabad in 2013 and stayed at a rented home in BS Maqta. He promised to marry Lokeshwari even though he knew she has a daughter.

Lokeshwari used to work as a manager in Praveen Kumar’s jewellery store in Somajiguda and looked after it when he went to other countries for work, said Panjagutta Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Thirupathanna.

In June of 2014, Praveen lodged a complaint against Lokeshwari and others regarding gold ornaments and cash which were missing from his store. She, along with her associates, were arrested by police who recovered the missing ornaments and cash. The case was charged and they settled the matter in December 2014.

There on, Praveen started to avoid Lokeshwari. She stayed in Hyderabad for some time and went to Chennai in 2017.

The ACP said that Lokeshwari visited Hyderabad along with her house owner P Arasakannan on December 27, 2019. On the same evening, she lodged a complaint against Praveen alleging that he cheated her and requested to recover ₹ 7.5 lakh from him.

Based on her complaint , Panjagutta police sub-inspector B Vijay Bhaskar Reddy asked Praveen to come to the police station for inquiry. Denying allegations levelled by Lokeshwari, Praveen sought time as he was on business tour to Bengaluru.

“She purchased two litres of petrol on December 31 from a petrol pump by showing her Aadhaar card, concealed it in her bag and started to search for Praveen in Panjagutta. But she did not find him,” the ACP said, adding that she attempted to end her life as she was mentally disturbed because of the alleged harassment and cheating by Praveen.

She doused herself in petrol, set herself on fire at Punjagutta bus stop and ran into the Police Station premises. Constables put off the fire and rushed her to Osmania General Hospital. The Police said that a constable M Mounika recorded Lokeshwari’s statement at the hospital on Tuesday night. Police registered cases under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 420 (cheating) and 417 (Punishment for cheating) and took up investigation.

After post-mortem examination, her body was preserved at the hospital’s mortuary as her relatives could not afford to take her body to their native place for final rites.

Northern Ireland welcomes first babies of 2020 with little Shane Tierney born...

Northern Ireland didn’t have to wait long for it’s first new arrival of 2020 and the race to be the first baby born in the new decade was won by little Shane Tierney in Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry.

Born to Derry mum Tamara Tierney, Shane weighed in at 8lb 2oz and arrived just seconds after the final chime of Big Ben at 12.01am.

A staff nurse at Altnagelvin, Tamara (26) hadn’t expected to be back at the hospital until Shane’s due date of January 8.

A few complications brought her in early to the maternity ward and having started the process on Monday, Tamara said she’d lost track of the days and was amazed when Shane was born to the cheering of midwives as the clocked turned past midnight.

“That’s the first I knew the New Year had arrived, right at the same time as Shane,” she said.

“To be honest, I was just so glad he was here. You get to the stage where you just want to see him arrive safely.

“Thankfully he did and he’s doing so well today.

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March 10, 2020 – Hamilton, ON – Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)

Each year, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) sponsors the Focus on Safety Youth Video Contest, inviting youth across Canada to submit an original video that can be used in social media and beyond to illustrate the importance of being safe on the job.

The 2020 Focus on Safety Youth Video Contest offers three ways to win to allow full participation across Canada:

Provincial Contest

Each participating province and territory will hold its own contest, co-sponsored by CCOHS, with specific eligibility criteria, deadlines, and requirements. Links to each of these contests can be found on the CCOHS Young Workers Zone website. The first-place winners of these contests will be entered into the national contest.

Regional Qualifier Contest

This new contest is open to youth ages 13-19 who reside in provinces that are not running youth video contests (a complete listing can be found on the Young Workers Zone website). The winning individual or team will receive $1,000 and the winning video will be entered into the national Focus on Safety Youth Video Contest. Video submissions for this category must be received by 4:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Full contest details are available on the CCOHS website.

National Contest

The winners of the regional, provincial and territorial contests move onto the national stage. The first-place video at the Canadian finals will win $2,000, second place will receive $1,500, and third place will receive $1,000. Each winning school or institution will also receive a matching prize. Winners of the national contest will be announced during Safety and Health Week in May 2020.

More information about the Focus on Safety Youth Video Contest can be found on the Young Workers Zone website.

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Daily Stormer

January 1, 2020

People should look at this as a kind of homework for the schools’ sexual education curricula.

Breitbart:

The scourge of sexual exploitation of children has reached “epidemic” levels in the United Kingdom, as nearly 19,000 children were sexually groomed over the past year. Local authorities have reported over 18,700 suspected victims of child sexual exploitation at the hands of grooming gangs between 2018-19, more than five times higher than the 3,300 reported cases just five years ago. Sammy Woodhouse, a victim of the Rotherham rapist Arshid Hussain, said that the authorities have not implemented meaningful changes in combatting the crisis.

It’s almost as if the authorities wanted this to happen.

“You hear this bullshit line, ‘lessons have been learned’, but they haven’t learned anything”, she told The Independent. “I still hear a lot about the authorities aren’t doing things as they should. It’s not very often I hear something good and for all different reasons – if the police won’t act on reports, people feel they’re not being listened to or supported properly, or information not being shared”, she added. “I’ve said for years that this country’s in epidemic when it comes to abuse and exploitation. Authorities claim it’s under control but it’s not”, Woodhouse concluded.

Considering that the number of victims continues to increase and that the authorities themselves are reporting the increase… yeah, it’s obviously not under control.

Lancashire was the locality hit the hardest last year, with a total of 624 suspected victims, followed by Birmingham with 490, 447 in Surrey, 414 in Bradford and 409 in Gloucestershire. Thousands of more cases of abuse have been discovered across the country over the past decade, especially as the scandals of predominantly Pakistani male child rape gangs have been exposed. The Labour MP for Rotherham, Sarah Champion, said that the figures demonstrate that grooming “remains one of the largest forms of child abuse in the country”. “The government has singularly failed to tackle this issue head-on. Its approach has been piecemeal and underfunded”, she said.

In order to tackle this issue head-on, another issue has to be tackled head-on: immigration.

That would be racist though, so the government won’t do it.

In 2018, then Home Secretary, Sajid Javid launched an inquiry into the ethnic origins of members of grooming gangs in the UK. Speaking to the BBC in December, Javid determined that the majority of perpetrators were of Pakistani origin. “When it comes to gang-based child exploitation it is self-evident to anyone who cares to look that if you look at all the recent high-profile cases there is a high proportion of men that have Pakistani heritage”, Javid said. “There could be – I’m not saying that there are – there could be some cultural reasons from the communities that these men came from that could lead to this kind of behaviour”, he added.

What does he mean “self-evident”?

These men look like average Londoners with English heritage.

See?

Besides, we have to look at the bright side here and consider that if British teenagers weren’t being groomed, then the men there would leave the country and search for sex elsewhere, and there would be no one left to pay the pensions and stuff.

The Economy would suffer and it would be a total disaster.

Silent Guardian of The Economy

There’s just no other way.

If we want The Economy to prosper, we have to allow these hard-working men to groom our daughters.

Dunbrody Archers turned out in force on Hook Head in Co Wexford on Wednesday to participate in a ceremony going back more than 300 years.

Chair of New Ross District Municipal Council, Cllr John Fleming explained the origin of the tradition of firing an arrow into the sea from the rocks beneath the world’s oldest operational lighthouse.

“The tradition dates from 1687 when the Mayor and the corporation of New Ross Town Council claimed their authority over the waters by travelling to Hook and shooting an arrow into the sea from Hook Head Lighthouse.”

Cllr Fleming explained that the Mayor of New Ross, casting the arrow into the sea symbolises the port of New Ross’s authority over the estuary of the Barrow and the Suir all the way down to Hook Head.

The members of Dunbrody Archers, founded in 2004 and now one of the largest archery clubs nationally, assisted Cllr Fleming in “the arrow ceremony” by unleashing a volley of arrows into the air at the historic lighthouse.

Cllr Fleming explained that Hook Head is renowned as the oldest intact working lighthouse in the world, dating from the fifth century when local monks lit fires on the headland to keep the ships at sea safe.

“Hook Lighthouse was built by the knight, Sir William Marshal and he also built the port town of New Ross along with Kilkenny Castle, Ferns Castle, Tintern Abbey and many other historical gems in the area,” he said.

“He married Isabel De Clare the daughter of Strongbow and Aoife and they became quite the medieval ‘power couple’ and it is thought that he built Hook Lighthouse to guide ships safely to his port town of New Ross.”

“The Hook Lighthouse tour incorporates 115 steps to the top of the lighthouse tower and features holograms illustrating the ancient history of the tower and the Hook area and spectacular views of the southern coast.”

Iraqi security forces have regained control of the area around the US Embassy in Baghdad after the compound was rocked by a second day of mass protests.

Earlier Wednesday security personnel fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters -- some of whom were seen trying to climb the building's walls -- eyewitnesses told CNN.

Other witnesses said the protesters were hurling rocks, and trying to set fire to walls and security booths at the embassy's main entrance.

It was the second day of mass demonstrations outside the building in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, in response to US airstrikes on an Iranian-backed militia group on Sunday.

But by Wednesday evening, the protesters had cleared away from the embassy compound's entrance.

"We have issued the order for everyone to withdraw, because America should have received our message," said a spokesman for the main protest group, Kataib Hezbollah, which had been targeted by the US airstrikes.

The protests broke out after the US carried out airstrikes on five facilities in Iraq and Syria, which it said were linked to the Iranian-backed group, killing dozens of people.

US officials hold Kataib Hezbollah responsible for a growing number of rocket attacks against American facilities in Iraq.

The death of a US contractor in one such attack last week was the last straw for the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump blamed Iran for both the US contractor's death and Tuesday's attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad, and warned Iran's leaders they would be held responsible for any deaths or destruction at the embassy.

"Iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost, or damage incurred, at any of our facilities," Trump tweeted. "They will pay a very BIG PRICE! This is not a Warning, it is a Threat."

But Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by tweeting that the US "can't do anything."

"If you were logical -- which you're not -- you'd see that your crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan... have made nations hate you," Khamenei added.

Eyewitnesses also told CNN that local law enforcement forces around the embassy had not been seen doing anything significant to stop the protestors demonstrating in front of the compound, or from throwing stones at it.

The airstrikes and ensuing protests come at a time of high tension between the US and Iran, and have stoked fears of a new proxy war in the Middle East .

US sends extra forces to protect embassy

In the wake of Tuesday's attack on the US Embassy, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the US would send approximately 750 soldiers to the Middle East.

"This deployment is an appropriate and precautionary action taken in response to increased threat levels against US personnel and facilities, such as we witnessed in Baghdad today," he said in a statement.

"The United States will protect our people and interests anywhere they are found around the world," Esper added.

Trump insisted in a tweet Tuesday that the embassy was safe. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also told Fox News that there are currently no plans to evacuate the embassy or pull US troops out.

The weekend's airstrikes have strained relations between Washington and Baghdad. Iraqi officials accuse the US of attacking without sufficient evidence, of violating Iraqi sovereignty and of threatening the country's security.

The embassy posted on its website that it would remain closed until further notice. It also advised that U.S. citizens not travel to Iraq, and advised anyone in the area to stay away from the embassy.

The militia targeted by US airstrikes

The Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah is militantly anti-American. In 2017 and 2018, its fighters in Syria tried to attack the US-supported garrison at al-Tanf on the Iraqi border.

It has provided hundreds of fighters for the Assad regime in Syria -- part of a broader Iranian effort to help stamp out the insurgency there -- and is an important element in Iranian efforts to extend its influence through northern Iraq and into Syria. The US strikes, notably, were against targets along the main route between Iran and Syria.

A spokesman for Kataib Hezbollah told CNN that the embassy protests were only a "first step."

"The American administration should understand the following: the first step was to protest near the American embassy, we are waiting their reactions to determine the second step," Mohamad Mouhiye said, calling for the US to shut down the embassy and withdraw from Iraq.

"First, close the doors of the evil embassy, which we consider a spy building and an operations room to administer and sabotage Iraq's well-being," Mouhiye said. "We also call on the US to withdraw their military forces which are in Iraq illegally."

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Matt Lauer is dating glamorous marketing guru Shamin Abas after finalizing his divorce from longtime wife Annette Roque, Page Six has confirmed.

The former “Today” host has been spending time with Abas, who runs a luxury brand marketing firm, in the Hamptons after he and wife of more than 20 years Roque finalized their divorce this fall.

Lauer and brunette Abas, who bears a strong resemblance to his former wife, have known each other for more than 10 years, we are told, but their relationship only recently became romantic. The new couple was just pictured jetting off to spend the holidays together in New Zealand, where he owns a $9.2 million lakefront ranch.

A source close to Lauer told Page Six, “Matt and Shamin have known each other for many years, as she spends a lot of time in the Hamptons, as does he. They very recently began dating, she is a lovely woman.” Abas did not immediately respond to emails.

Lauer, 62, and Abas were photographed boarding a flight to New Zealand together on December 19, In Touch first reported.

While there have been numerous reports of Lauer spending time with new girlfriends in the Hamptons since his split with Roque, 53, Abas is the first woman he has been confirmed to have been seeing on a serious basis.

Abas’ eponymous New York City-based firm has worked with clients including Ferrari North America and Jet Aviation.

She also works with fancy Hamptons golf club The Bridge on an invite-only classic car exhibition. Golf-loving Lauer is believed to be a member of the swanky club in Noyack, which is very close to his former marital home with Roque

Lauer and Roque, who together have three children aged between 13 and 18, separated after Lauer was fired by NBC in November 2017 following allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied.

This past October, Lauer’s former NBC News colleague Brooke Nevils alleged that he raped her in his hotel room when they were covering the 2014 Sochi Olympics. He has strongly denied her claim, stating that the sex was consensual.

In 2017 Lauer bought the lease on the 16,000-acre New Zealand sheep and cattle farm Hunter Valley Station. It reportedly includes more than eight miles of lakefront land bordering Lake Hawea and Lake Wanaka, eight miles of riverfront along the Hunter River, a five-bedroom farmhouse and an assortment of other farm buildings and fishing huts.

It looks like Matt Lauer is having no problem getting a successful and seemingly intelligent woman to think he could be a good man to date and to even trust her heart to.

Page Six is reporting that the disgraced former “Today” host, 62, has been “spending time” with Shamin Abas, 53, described as a “powerhouse publicist” and luxury-brand “marketing guru” who, incidentally, bears a strong resemblance to his ex-wife, Annette Roque.

Matt Lauer dating marketing guru Shamin Abas after finalizing divorce https://t.co/zYBebuKJVb pic.twitter.com/TW0on1lSDN — Page Six (@PageSix) December 31, 2019

The way Lauer and Abas are “spending time” together is “serious” and consequential, according to Page Six. They recently enjoyed the holidays together in New Zealand, where Lauer owns a $9.2 million lakefront ranch, Page Six said.

A source close to Lauer told Page Six, “Matt and Shamin have known each other for many years, as she spends a lot of time in the Hamptons, as does he. They very recently began dating, she is a lovely woman.”

The couple’s friendship only recently became romantic, according to Page Six. The turn came a few months after Lauer and Roque finalized their divorce in September, after more than 20 years of marriage.

But one has to wonder how Abas thinks Lauer could be a good prospect for a healthy, happy relationship. Sure, many people found him charming and affable on TV, and many find him attractive, in that graying, distinguished way of prosperous, older men. And, yes, Lauer still seems to have plenty of money — despite being unemployed and paying out at least $20 million in a divorce settlement to Roque.

But Lauer also has been accused of rape, and he admitted himself that he engaged in extramarital affairs during his marriage.

Booke Nevils, a former NBC News co-worker, alleged in Ronan Farrow’s new book “Catch and Kill” that Lauer raped her in his hotel room at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Nevils’ allegations prompted NBC to fire Lauer in 2017. Nevils also asserted that she continued to have sexual encounters with Lauer after the Olympics but that they were completely “transactional,” because she felt he could hurt her career if she didn’t comply.

Nevils’ allegations were only the tip of the iceberg in a #MeToo-era scandal involving the downfall of one of America’s most popular and powerful TV news personalities. Several more women came forward to allege that Lauer was sexually inappropriate with them during his 20 years at NBC, and network executives have faced charges — which they denied — that they knew something of Lauer’s allegedly harassing behavior but did nothing to stop it.

Tabloid reports of Lauer being a “womanizer” went back years. Roque first filed for divorce in 2006, alleging “mental abuse, extreme mental and emotional distress, humiliation, torment, and anxiety.” After Lauer and Roque reconciled, she continued to deal with reports that Lauer kept his Manhattan apartment so that he could enjoy a bachelor lifestyle during the workweek while she lived apart in the Hamptons and raised their three children, ages 13 to 18.

Following the publication of Farrow’s book in October, Lauer issued a lengthy statement in which he vehemently denied forcing Nevils to have sex with him, Variety reported. He said their encounter in Sochi was consensual, and he said their subsequent sexual encounters also were consensual.

“I have never assaulted anyone or forced anyone to have sex. Period,” he wrote in his open letter.

But in his letter, Lauer also admitted to having other “extramarital relationships,” which would probably give some women pause in getting involved with him.

“Because of my infidelity, I have brought more pain and embarrassment to my family than most people can ever begin to understand. They’ve been through hell,” Lauer wrote.

But Lauer also claimed in his letter that he had “taken responsibility” for what he did “wrong” and accepted “the consequences.”

Maybe Lauer has indeed reformed, and Abas is perhaps catching him at a point in his life when he would no longer put another woman through the “hell” Roque endured.

Then again, according to Page Six, Lauer’s allure is such that there have been other women vying for his attention in the wake of his downfall.

“There have been numerous reports of Lauer spending time with new girlfriends in the Hamptons since his split with Roque,” Page Six reported. But it looks like Abas is the first woman he has decided to keep company with on a serious basis, Page Six added.

More than 900 homes have been confirmed destroyed since July in NSW

WHERE ARE THE NSW BUSHFIRES?

More than 110 blazes continue to burn across NSW on Wednesday.

A fire burning south of the Snowy Mountains Highway in the Ellerslie Range near Kunama and Laurel Hill was at "emergency" level at 4.30pm.

The blaze has ripped through more than 100,000 hectares.

Six fires were burning at a "watch and act" level including the 229,000ha Currowan blaze on the south coast, the 68,000ha Clyde Mountain fire near Batemans Bay, the 178,000ha Countegany blaze east of Cooma and the 104,000ha Green Valley fire east of Albury.

An out-of-control blaze is also burning in Werri Berri, north of Bemboka near Bega.

More than 2500 firefighters are battling the blazes.

WHAT IS THE DEATH TOLL?

Seven people have died since Monday evening, taking the number of deaths this season in NSW to at least 15.

A 70-year-old man was found dead on Tuesday outside a home at Yatte Yattah, west of Lake Conjola, a man's body has been discovered in a burnt-out car near the Princes Highway at Yatte Yattah, another man in a vehicle in Sussex Inlet and a body outside a home at Coolagolite, east of Cobargo.

Young father Patrick Salway, 29, his dad Robert Salway, 63, and volunteer firefighter Sam McPaul, 28, were confirmed dead earlier this week in separate blazes that ravaged the state's south.

A 72-year-old man remains missing at Belowra, west of Narooma, while a 70-year-old woman is missing after her home in Conjola Park was destroyed by fire on Tuesday.

HOW MANY HOMES HAVE BEEN LOST?

More than 175 homes have been confirmed destroyed on the south coast since Monday including 89 in Conjola Park, 40 in Malua Bay and 15 in Rosedale.

At last count, 1087 homes have been confirmed destroyed across NSW since July.

THE WARNINGS

Wednesday's fire danger rating is severe in the central ranges and a total fire ban has been declared in that area.

Total fire bans are also in place in the southern slopes and southern ranges where the fire danger rating is very high.

Fire danger is also rated as very high in the greater Sydney region, the Monaro alpine region, north western NSW, the ACT, the Hunter, and the northern slopes.

FORECAST

Hot, dry and windy conditions were expected to bring elevated fire danger to the southern and central ranges and southern slopes on Wednesday.

Parts of the state got some reprieve from the soaring temperatures on Wednesday with forecasts of 27C in Nowra, 34C in Penrith in western Sydney, while the mercury was expected to climb to 36C in Tumut in the Riverina and 42C in the Hunter.

Sydney was under a smoke haze on Wednesday morning with a fair-air quality, and cloudy and windy conditions forecast.

Dangerous fire conditions are expected to return to the south coast on Saturday where the temperature is forecast to reach 43C.

THE ROADS

Motorists are advised to avoid travel to the south coast and Snowy Mountains Riverina area where fires caused widespread power outages and major road closures.

The Snowy Mountains Highway is closed between Tumut Plains Road and Adaminaby.

The Princes Highway remains closed between Falls Creek and Milton, Batemans Bay and Moruya, Brogo and Tilba Tilba, and Narrabarba and Cann River (Victoria).

SoftBank emerged as a big winner from the T-Mobile and Sprint merger. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

Topline: Despite SoftBank Group reporting a 99% drop in third-quarter profits on Wednesday, its stock has continued to gain momentum recently, in large part thanks to the approval of a merger between SoftBank-owned Sprint and T-Mobile.

SoftBank’s Vision Fund took a $2 billion loss last quarter after writing down investments in WeWork and Uber, slashing the company’s operating income by 99%—from nearly $4 billion to less than $25 million, compared to a year earlier.

SoftBank stock was down slightly on the news Wednesday, falling by 0.6% as founder Masayoshi Son said that the fund’s recent poor performance was spooking investors and causing big losses.

Son has reportedly scaled back his ambitions for a second Vision Fund, following SoftBank’s disastrous bet on WeWork and pressure from activist investor Paul Singer’s hedge fund, Elliott Management.

Despite such dismal earnings figures, SoftBank stock is largely holding steady—with no substantial decline on Wednesday, especially after it surged 12% Tuesday when a federal judge approved the $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint.

Sprint stock skyrocketed 77% on the news and SoftBank, which owns almost 85% of Sprint, subsequently netted more than $12 billion on paper.

The company’s latest earnings release comes amid ongoing discussions with activist fund Elliott Management, which amassed a $2.5 billion stake in the Japanese conglomerate and is pushing for stock buybacks, improved corporate governance and more transparency on the Vision Fund’s investments.

Crucial statistics: SoftBank stock is still up nearly 20% so far this year. The Japanese conglomerate currently has a market cap of $110 billion, up from $90 billion at the start of 2020. SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son is Japan’s second richest person, with a net worth of $24.2 billion, according to Forbes’ estimates. His fortune rose by $2.3 billion alone on Tuesday, when T-Mobile and Sprint won approval for their $26 billion merger.

Crucial quotes: “The tide has turned,” Son said in a press conference, while trying to highlight the Vision Fund’s improving performance. “There is no change to my basic vision or strategy.” In terms of addressing the activist demands from Elliott, Son said that his own interests were “basically aligned” with other shareholders, especially given the fact that he has a 25% stake in SoftBank.

Key background: SoftBank stock fell 12% in the second half of 2019, amid mounting losses from missed bets on unproven tech startups. SoftBank spent around $10 billion bailing out WeWork in October, after the embattled office startup cancelled its IPO and almost ran out of cash to fund its business. Uber stock, on the other hand, lost almost 25% of its value in 2019 after going public in May, though shares have since recovered.

What to watch for: SoftBank’s ongoing discussions with Elliott Management. Both sides have said they want to keep the engagement friendly, and dialogue between the two sides has so far gone well, according to the Wall Street Journal. Founded in 1977 by billionaire Paul Singer—a famed activist investor and veteran of numerous proxy battles, Elliott is pushing for stock buybacks and improved corporate governance in an effort to boost SoftBank’s lagging share price. SoftBank is one of the hedge fund’s largest positions.

Further reading: Sprint Stock Soars 77% On T-Mobile Merger, Here’s Why One Expert Thinks It Could Keep Surging

Billionaire Paul Singer’s Elliott Management Invests Over $2.5 Billion In SoftBank: Report

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cyclists will participate in "Pablo's Memorial Ride" Wednesday honoring Pablo Sanders.

Sanders was hit by a car on Christmas Eve while he was biking. He later died from his injuries.

Cyclists will meet at the Scout at 4 p.m. and ride from there to Westport.

Cyclists will then return back to the Scout for a candlelight vigil honoring Sanders.

Those who do not want to ride may just attend the vigil starting at 5 p.m.

Law Minister on Wednesday said state governments have a Constitutional duty to implement laws passed by Parliament and those vowing not to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act should seek appropriate legal opinion.

He said it was surprising that those who have come to power by taking oath under the Constitution are making "unconstitutional" statements.

His statement came a day after the Kerala assembly passed a resolution urging the Centre to withdraw the amended citizenship law.

Prasad said the government's which claim they would not allow the CAA or are getting resolutions passed against implementing it may seek appropriate legal opinion on constitutional provisions.

"It is the constitutional duty of the states to implement laws passed by Parliament," Prasad told reporters here.

He said Parliament can make laws on subjects under the Union List which includes citizenship.

To drive home his point that states cannot oppose laws passed by Parliament, he referred to Clause 2 of Article 245 of the Constitution.

"Article 245 (clause 2) states that no law made by Parliament shall be deemed to be invalid on the ground that it would have extra-territorial operation," he said.

Other states including West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have said they will not implement the amended Citizenship Act.

Australia’s wildfire crisis intensified on Tuesday as coastal towns across the southeast caught ablaze, forcing thousands of stranded tourists and locals to seek refuge on beaches.

Thick black smoke billowing from infernos in Victoria and New South Wales states turned the morning sky pitch black or choked the coastline in a haunting red haze. Two people were killed as a fire ripped through the small community of Cobargo, taking the death toll since the devastating fire season began several weeks ago to 12. Five others are missing.

There’s no end in sight to the emergency as strong winds fan flames, wreaking havoc in popular tourist spots such as Batemans Bay during the peak summer holiday season.

“It’s been a truly awful day,” New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told reporters, adding that the fire season was the worst in the state’s history. “We’ve got literally hundreds, thousands of people up and down the coast, taking refuge on the beaches, in clubhouses, surf clubs.”

The crisis gripping the world’s driest-inhabited continent has impacted all six states amid a prolonged drought. Almost 4 million hectares of forest and bushland have been destroyed in New South Wales alone. Fires are so intense they are generating their own weather systems, with dry thunderstorms sparking new blazes. A firefighter was killed on Monday when what authorities described as a “fire tornado” flipped the 10-ton truck he was in.

The emergency has placed scrutiny on Australia’s capacity to combat blazes that have spread over massive areas, pushing fire services largely manned by volunteers to their limits. It’s also put international focus on the conservative government’s climate change policies, with environmentalists saying Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s support of the nation’s massive coal-export industry has worsened conditions.

Energy Minister Angus Taylor defended the government’s record of tackling climate change in an op-ed published in The Australian on Tuesday, saying emissions had fallen in the past year and Australia was meeting its carbon-reduction targets.

“Shrill cries that we should be ‘ashamed to be Australian’ do not ring true with the quiet Australians,” Taylor said. “That won’t stop some commentators telling us that we should feel guilty about our performance on emissions reduction. They are wrong.”

While fires have been burning for weeks, conditions worsened at the weekend as a heatwave pushed temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in the southeast. Authorities on Sunday urged some 30,000 holiday-makers in Victoria’s East Gippsland region to evacuate. Thousands did, but those who remained found themselves trapped as the blazes intermittently shut the main highway.

Australia’s government will deploy helicopters, aircraft and navy ships to assist efforts in the East Gippsland region, Linda Reynolds, the nation’s defense minister, tweeted Tuesday.

About 4,000 people were forced to gather on the foreshore or take to boats in the town of Mallacoota overnight and through much of the day as an out-of-control inferno bore down on the remote community.

“A mother took this photo. Her two primary school aged sons are in the boat with her.

They’re out on the #Mallacoota lake trying to stay safe from fire, it doesn’t look like it – but it’s daytime.” ~ABC Gippsland.#bushfirecrisis #vicfires #NSWfires #Bushfires #bushfiresVIC pic.twitter.com/CqA1FgMM02

— Fiona Bateman (@feebateman) Dec. 31, 2019

Country Fire Authority chief officer Steve Warrington said a cheer went up from the jetty where many were sheltering as authorities battling spotfires in the town announced the wind had changed and the main threat had passed.

Across the state border in New South Wales, buildings in Batemans Bay caught fire as thousands sheltered on the beach and ash rained down on the picturesque beachside town of Merimbula.

“It’s going to be an a very long, difficult and dangerous night still ahead,’ Fitzsimmons said. “It’s going to be another difficult day again tomorrow.”

Batemans Bay CBD has lost power and is pitch black at 12.20pm. pic.twitter.com/cPry7nsBHL

— Andrea Cantle (@AndreaCantle) Dec. 31, 2019

While cities such as Canberra and Parramatta canceled fireworks celebrations to bring in the new year, Sydney’s harborside festivities that draw in tens of thousands of tourists will go ahead.

The city council rejected a petition calling for the display to be scrapped and the money to be donated to bushfire and drought relief projects, saying the event is watched by millions of people worldwide and generates A$130 million ($91 million) for the local economy.

As thousands of people gathered along the foreshore of Sydney harbor to get a prime viewing spot of the midnight fireworks, smoke drifting in from bushfires caused a polluting haze.

Protesters who claim the Morrison government’s pro-coal mining policies are exacerbating the crisis aren’t about to give the prime minister a rest on New Year’s Eve and are planning to block roads around his official Sydney residence.

Photograph: A New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service vehicle moves along the closed Princes Highway in Batemans Bay. Photographer: Mark Graham/Bloomberg.

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