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STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
26 April 2022 at 10.00 AM, Other information disclosed according to the rules of the Exchange
Bonum Bank Plc: Bonum Bank Plc files a listing application in respect of its EUR 50 million bond
Bonum Bank Plc issues EUR 50 million senior and unsecured notes under the Bonum Bank Plc EUR 750,000,000 Programme for the Issuance of Notes. The notes have floating interest rate and are maturing 27 April 2027.
The final terms of the notes are available in English on the company’s website https://www.poppankki.fi/en/investors/information-for-investors/investor-relations. The ISIN code of the notes is FI4000522438.
Bonum Bank Plc has filed today an application for the admission of the notes to trading on the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
Bonum Bank Plc
Additional information:
Pia Ali-Tolppa, CEO, Bonum Bank Plc, tel. +358 50 303 1476, pia.ali-tolppa@poppankki.fi
Timo Hulkko, Director, Bonum Bank Plc, tel. +358 500 894 008, timo.hulkko@poppankki.fi
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Bonum Bank Plc is a subsidiary of POP Bank Centre coop and part of the amalgamation of POP Banks and is responsible for providing central credit institution services, obtaining external funding for the POP Bank Group, handling payments and issuing payment cards to the customers of the POP Banks. In addition, Bonum Bank Plc grants unsecured consumer credits and secured debt securities to retail customers and provides centralized services for the POP Banks.
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The information contained herein is not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Africa or any other countries or otherwise in such circumstances in which the release, publication or distribution would be unlawful. The information contained herein does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, the notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this announcement may come are required to inform themselves of and observe all such restrictions. None of Bonum Bank Plc (the “Company”), Nordea Bank Abp or their respective representatives accept any legal responsibility for any violation by any person, whether or not the persons contemplating investing in or divesting the Company’s securities, including the notes, are aware of such restrictions.
This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or under the applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
This announcement does not constitute an offer of notes to the public in the United Kingdom. No prospectus has been or will be approved in the United Kingdom in respect of the notes. Accordingly, this announcement is not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of this announcement as a financial promotion may only be distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (iii) high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons in (i), (ii) and (iii) above together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”). Any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, Relevant Persons. Any person who is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents.
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Bear walks through a North Carolina neighbourhood in this must-watch video
Animals are suited best in the wild but there are often cases when these creatures wander around residential areas. The Asheville Police Department took to Facebook to alert people of one such recent call they attended to. There is a chance that the video shared by the police department will surprise you.
The video comes with a detailed caption that reads, “APD officers responded to an unusual call Thursday afternoon of a bear milling around downtown and then eventually climbing a tree in the Pritchard Park area. The black bear, wearing a Wildlife enforcement tracking collar, seemed to want a day in the park, where lots of people were enjoying their day downtown. Officers wanted to help get the bear safely out of the area by helping give the bear space to mosey along. At one point the bear even crossed the street by using the crosswalk.”
It continued, “Although officers appreciated the law-abiding bear, it was important to get the bear back to a wooded area for safety. This is the third incident APD officers have assisted in getting bears out of the downtown area in the past three weeks. Always be aware of your surroundings.”
Watch the video right here:
The video has been posted on Facebook on April 22 and since then, has garnered several comments. It has also received more than 1.5 lakh views on it so far.
An Instagram user wrote, “I loved the video I watched where an APD Officer was walking the bear down the street... Thanks Asheville PD.” “So glad the bear got back to the wild. Really we are the ones that need to stop taking their wild for the next fast dollar,” reads another comment. A third comment reads, “It was funny while watching a video of the bear. At one point It looked like if the bus had stopped and the doors had opened he just about would have gotten in.”
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Wall Street analysts expect Masco Co. (NYSE:MAS – Get Rating) to report $2.08 billion in sales for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Five analysts have made estimates for Masco’s earnings. The highest sales estimate is $2.14 billion and the lowest is $2.04 billion. Masco reported sales of $1.97 billion in the same quarter last year, which suggests a positive year over year growth rate of 5.6%. The firm is scheduled to report its next earnings report before the market opens on Monday, January 1st.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that Masco will report full-year sales of $8.81 billion for the current fiscal year, with estimates ranging from $8.74 billion to $8.91 billion. For the next financial year, analysts anticipate that the business will report sales of $9.22 billion, with estimates ranging from $9.07 billion to $9.34 billion. Zacks Investment Research’s sales calculations are a mean average based on a survey of sell-side research analysts that that provide coverage for Masco.
Masco (NYSE:MAS – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 8th. The construction company reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.71 by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $2.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.95 billion. Masco had a return on equity of 856.22% and a net margin of 4.90%. The business’s revenue was up 8.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.75 earnings per share.
Masco stock opened at $52.22 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 52.66, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a current ratio of 1.76. Masco has a one year low of $48.78 and a one year high of $71.06. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $53.72 and its 200 day moving average price is $61.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.35 billion, a PE ratio of 31.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.35.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 25th were given a dividend of $0.28 per share. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 24th. This is a positive change from Masco’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. Masco’s payout ratio is 68.29%.
In other news, CEO Keith J. Allman sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.88, for a total value of $498,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 298,295 shares in the company, valued at $14,878,954.60. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO John G. Sznewajs sold 12,447 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $60.25, for a total value of $749,931.75. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 66,331 shares of company stock valued at $3,911,613 in the last quarter. 1.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Glassman Wealth Services raised its position in shares of Masco by 551.3% during the third quarter. Glassman Wealth Services now owns 508 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 430 shares during the period. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. acquired a new position in Masco during the fourth quarter valued at $31,000. Steph & Co. acquired a new position in Masco during the fourth quarter valued at $38,000. Smithfield Trust Co raised its position in Masco by 28.2% during the third quarter. Smithfield Trust Co now owns 910 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the period. Finally, Tobam raised its position in Masco by 26.9% during the first quarter. Tobam now owns 1,129 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $58,000 after buying an additional 239 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.35% of the company’s stock.
About Masco (Get Rating)
Masco Corporation designs, manufactures, and distributes home improvement and building products in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company's Plumbing Products segment offers faucets, showerheads, handheld showers, valves, bath hardware and accessories, bathing units, shower bases and enclosures, sinks, toilets, acrylic tubs, shower trays, spas, exercise pools, and fitness systems; brass, copper, and composite plumbing system components; connected water products; thermoplastic solutions, extruded plastic profiles, specialized fabrications, and PEX tubing products; and other non-decorative plumbing products.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — For months, Istanbul restaurant Tarihi Balikca tried to absorb the surging cost of the sunflower oil its cooks use to fry fish, squid and mussels.
But in early April, with oil prices nearly four times higher than they were in 2019, the restaurant finally raised its prices. Now, even some longtime customers look at the menu and walk away.
“We resisted. We said, ‘Let’s wait a bit, maybe the market will improve, maybe (prices) will stabilize. But we saw that there is no improvement,” said Mahsun Aktas, a waiter and cook at the restaurant. “The customer cannot afford it.”
Global cooking oil prices have been rising since the COVID-19 pandemic began for multiple reasons, from poor harvests in South America to virus-related labor shortages and steadily increasing demand from the biofuel industry. The war in Ukraine — which supplies nearly half of the world’s sunflower oil, on top of the 25% from Russia — has interrupted shipments and sent cooking oil prices spiraling.
It is the latest fallout to the global food supply from Russia’s war, and another rising cost pinching households and businesses as inflation soars. The conflict has further fueled already high food and energy costs, hitting the poorest people hardest.
The food supply is particularly at risk as the war has disrupted crucial grain shipments from Ukraine and Russia and worsened a global fertilizer crunch that will mean costlier, less abundant food. The loss of affordable supplies of wheat, barley and other grains raises the prospect of food shortages and political instability in Middle Eastern, African and some Asian countries where millions rely on subsidized bread and cheap noodles.
Vegetable oil prices hit a record high in February, then increased another 23% in March, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Soybean oil, which sold for $765 per metric ton in 2019, was averaging $1,957 per metric ton in March, the World Bank said. Palm oil prices were up 200% and are set to go even higher after Indonesia, one of the world’s top producers, bans cooking oil exports starting Thursday to protect domestic supply.
Some supermarkets in Turkey have imposed limits on the amount of vegetable oil households can purchase after concerns about shortages sparked panic-buying. Some stores in Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom also have set limits. German shoppers are posting photos on social media of empty shelves where sunflower and canola oil usually sit. In a recent tweet, Kenya’s main power company warned that thieves are draining toxic fluid from electrical transformers and reselling it as cooking oil.
“We will just have to boil everything now, the days of the frying pan are gone,” said Glaudina Nyoni, scanning prices in a supermarket in Harare, Zimbabwe, where vegetable oil costs have almost doubled since the outbreak of the war. A 2-liter bottle now costs up to $9.
Emiwati, who runs a food stall in Jakarta, Indonesia, said she needs 24 liters of cooking oil each day. She makes nasi kapau, traditional mixed rice that she serves with dishes like deep-fried spiced beef jerky. Since January, she’s had trouble ensuring that supply, and what she does buy is much more expensive. Profits are down, but she fears losing customers if she raises prices.
“I am sad,” said Emiwati, who only uses one name. “We accept the price of cooking oil increasing, but we cannot increase the price of the foods we sell.”
The high cost of cooking oil is partly behind recent protests in Jakarta. Indonesia has imposed price caps on palm oil at home and will ban exports, creating a new squeeze worldwide. Palm oil has been sought as an alternative for sunflower oil and is used in many products, from cookies to cosmetics.
The Associated Press has documented human rights abuses in an industry whose environmental effects have been decried for years.
Across the world in London, Yawar Khan, who owns Akash Tandoori restaurant, said a 20-liter drum of cooking oil cost him 22 pounds ($28) a few months ago; it’s now 38 pounds ($49).
“We cannot pass all the price (rises) to the consumer, that will cause a catastrophe, too,” said Khan, who also struggles with rising costs for meat, spices, energy and labor.
Big companies are feeling the pain, too. London-based Unilever — maker of Dove soap and Hellmann’s mayonnaise — said it has contracts for critical ingredients like palm oil for the first half of the year. But it warned investors that its costs could rise significantly in the second half.
Cargill, a global food giant that makes vegetable oils, said its customers are changing formulas and experimenting with different kinds of oils at a higher rate than usual. That can be tricky because oils have different properties; olive oil burns at a lower temperature than sunflower oil, for example, while palm oil is more viscous.
Prices could moderate by this fall, when farmers in the Northern Hemisphere harvest corn, soybeans and other crops, said Joseph Glauber, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. But there’s always the danger of bad weather. Last year, drought pummeled Canada’s canola crop and Brazil’s soybean crop, while heavy rains affected palm oil production in Malaysia.
Farmers may be hesitant to plant enough crops to make up for shortfalls from Ukraine or Russia because they don’t know when the war might end, said Steve Mathews, co-head of research at Gro Intelligence, an agriculture data and analytics company.
“If there were a cease-fire or something like that, we would see prices decline in the short run for sure,” he said.
Longer term, the crisis may lead countries to reconsider biofuel mandates, which dictate the amount of vegetable oils that must be blended with fuel in a bid to reduce emissions and energy imports. In the U.S., for example, 42% of soybean oil goes toward biofuel production, Glauber said. Indonesia recently delayed a plan to require 40% palm oil-based biodiesel, while the European Commission said it would support member states that choose to reduce their biofuel mandates.
In the meantime, consumers and businesses are struggling.
Harry Niazi, who owns The Famous Olley’s Fish Experience in London, says he used to pay around 22 pounds ($29) for a 20-liter jug of sunflower oil; the cost recently jumped to 42.50 pounds ($55). Niazi goes through as many as eight jugs per week.
But what worries him even more than rising prices is the thought of running out of sunflower oil altogether. He’s thinking of selling his truck and using the cash to stock up on oil.
“It’s very, very scary, and I don’t know how the fish and chips industry is going to cope. I really don’t,” he said.
So far, Niazi has held off on raising prices because he doesn’t want to lose customers.
At Jordan’s Grab n’ Go, a small restaurant in Dyersburg, Tennessee, known for its fried cheeseburgers, owner Christine Coronado also agonized about price increases. But with costs up 20% across the board — and cooking oil prices nearly tripling since she opened in 2018 — she finally hiked prices in April.
“You hate to raise prices on people, but it’s just that costs are so much higher than they were a couple of years ago,” she said.
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Chan reported from London. AP journalists Edna Tarigan and Fadlan Syam in Jakarta, Indonesia; Farai Mutsaka in Harare, Zimbabwe; Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey; Mehmet Guzel in Istanbul; Anne D’Innocenzio in New York; and Sebabatso Mosamo and Mogomotsi Magome in Johannesburg contributed.
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HONG KONG, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Just after an excellent performance of about USD 460 million profit in the first quarter of 2022, GCL-POLY ENERGY (03800.HK), a globally leading PV material company, released an announcement on [Apr 25, 2022] that the company had obtained the approval from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and changed its short name to GCL TECH.
Founded in 2006 and listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Nov. 2007, the renaming of GCL TECH is based on the brand new strategic target of ' Technical GCL, Digital GCL, Green GCL', to display a new corporate image and powerful research strength.
Since the establishment, by virtue of technological innovation and intensive cultivation in the industry, GCL TECH has achieved significant breakthroughs in GCL rods silicon technology, FBR granular silicon technology, CCZ technology, etc., and entitled as a leading enterprise in the global PV industry.
The company, after the successful acquisition of the US company SunEdison with USD 150 million in 2017, is known as the first clean energy manufacturer in the world to own independent intellectual property right of granular silicon and have put it into mass production. The product has obtained the first Carbon Footprint Certification both in China and France, and set a new global record of the Lowest Carbon Footprint Record of Silicon Materials. The company's widespread influence in the PV industry has attracted market players' attention to its further plans.
As Carbon Neutrality has been set as the goal of major countries in the world, the Chinese government proposed the target of Achieving Carbon Peaking in 2030 and Realizing Carbon Neutrality in 2060. The company changed its short name to GCL TECH at this moment, intending to lead a new round of reform in PV industry by focusing on innovation and technology, with the development of silicon materials at the core of its technological innovation.
GCL Technology Holdings Limited:
GCL TECH is a globally leading developer and manufacturer of high-efficiency PV materials. It has a firm hold on the direction of technological development of high-efficiency PV materials, consistently maintaining its position as a trailblazer in the areas of polysilicon products.
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'This project will be important to strengthen our competitiveness and ability to develop and renew the business'
OSLO, Norway, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor, the industry cloud company, today announced that Jernia has decided to work with Infor and its partner Columbus Norway to replace an old enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with Infor Cloudsuite Distribution Enterprise, a standardized industry solution for retail trade.
Learn more about Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise: https://www.infor.com/products/cloudsuite-distribution-enterprise
Jernia was established in Norway in 1951 as a purchasing collaboration to offer home goods. Today, Jernia AS is a holding, marketing and distribution company for household items, kitchen equipment, hardware, tools, paint, grills, and interiors.
"Moving our ERP solution to the multi-tenant cloud is an important part of the digitalisation journey for the entire group and lays the foundation for tomorrow's solutions that will give us the competitiveness we need to give our customers the best help," says Sondre Eftedal, CIO at Jernia. "Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise has a lot of the functionality we need today and, as a cloud solution, it covers our strict requirements for uptime, scalability and security."
Espen Enger, head of Infor solutions at Columbus, emphasizes that Infor's multi-tenant solution, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), is very competitive with its low operating costs. "At the same time, functionality is at the forefront because the solution is developed with customers in the retail trade worldwide by solving ever-new needs and requirements for relevant functionality, reliability and stability. This combination is one of our strongest competitive advantages," Enger says.
Jernia expects that the new ERP platform will contribute to better and more efficient collaboration throughout the group. The platform, which includes a user-friendly interface, is constantly updated with new and relevant functionality as well as more integrated processes across various functions in the company.
"The ERP system is the hub of our business with touch points throughout the organization. A significant factor in this choice has been that we enable further investment in our omnichannel concept, which is already among the best in the country. That is why our ERP platform is an important driver for our competitiveness," Eftedal says.
Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise is updated monthly for customers in the retail trade, with a team dedicated to IT security and a cloud solution that ensures strict requirements for uptime. In addition, Infor has a strong focus on automating and streamlining business processes using AI.
"We have chosen an established partner that has good knowledge of Jernia's organization, business processes, and how we will implement the solution together. Columbus also has the ideal conditions to assist Jernia in both the management and the further development of our business processes. And not least, we have good chemistry that makes us look forward to further collaboration," Eftedal concludes. "This project will be important to strengthen our competitiveness and ability to develop and renew the business."
About Jernia
Jernia strikes a blow for the long-term, the sustainable and the reliable. For generations, Jernia has been an important local team player for people to succeed at home. And we must continue to do so. We want customers to succeed in everything from cooking to fixing the small projects. With professional knowledge, services and product selection, we give customers the best help, the right solutions and goods that last. And with over 130 stores combined with an online store, we meet customers exactly where they are. Jernia is here for the long run. With tomorrow's solutions, we will not only help customers live more sustainable lives, but also ensure that our employees are taken care of and have a good time at work. https://www.jernia.no/
About Columbus
Columbus is a global IT service and consulting organization with more than 2,000 employees, serving 5,000+ customers globally. Columbus creates lasting value for large private companies by developing their core processes and business operations digitally. We specialize in companies within production, food, retail and distribution. Columbus delivers, manages and further develops key business systems that cover the entire value chain. It includes everything from ERP systems, which are the blood vessels in companies, to e-commerce and CRM solutions that provide good customer experiences and increased revenue. With our global organization behind us, we are a proactive advisor and digital partner. Through strategic digital consulting, data-driven insight and innovative use of AI and machine learning, we create new, sustainable business opportunities and are a driving force for digital transformation for our customers. www.columbusglobal.no
About Infor
Infor is a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry. We develop complete solutions for our focus industries, including industrial manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, food & beverage, automotive, aerospace & defense, and high tech. Infor's mission-critical enterprise applications and services are designed to deliver sustainable operational advantages with security and faster time-to-value. We are obsessed with delivering successful business outcomes for customers, and we are continually innovating to quickly solve emerging business and industry challenges. Over 60,000+ organizations in more than 175 countries rely on Infor's 17,000 employees and their deep industry expertise to help overcome market disruptions and achieve their business goals. As a Koch company, our financial strength, ownership structure, and long-term view empower us to foster enduring, mutually beneficial relationships with our customers, employees and partners. Visit www.infor.com.
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- Sondre Eftedal, CIO Jernia AS, email: sondre.eftedal@jernia.no
- Espen Enger, Columbus business line market unit director M3 Norway, email: espen.enger@columbusglobal.com, mobile: 47 99275701
- Erlend Skaar-Olsen, country manager Infor Norway, email: erlend.skaar-olsen@infor.com, mobile: 930 39 800
Copyright ©2022 Infor. All rights reserved. The word and design marks set forth herein are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Infor and/or related affiliates and subsidiaries. All other trademarks listed herein are the property of their respective owners. www.infor.com
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A man accused of stealing more than £60,000 from his employer at The Post Office killed himself.
Martin Griffiths, from Ellesmere Port, ran the post office with his wife Gina for 14 years in Great Sutton. Gina was in charge of the retail side, while Martin took hold of the post.
They ran the Hope Farm Road Post Office together until in 2009 when Martin was accused of stealing over £60,000. They alleged he took the money from the branch over four years but really the computer tills system Horizon had wrongly showed the money to be missing.
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The dad, 58, is just one of the victims of the Horizon scandal, which saw more than 700 branch managers given criminal convictions between 2000 and 2014, Cheshire Live reports. It later emerged Horizon had been faulty in displaying money was missing from branches.
Many of the convictions have been overturned and many more people may receive compensation. However the shame of being accused caused Martin to kill himself in September 2013, his wife says.
Gina Griffiths told BBC Panorama documentary she places the blame for her husband’s death solely on the Post Office. She said: "Martin and I married in '82. We had two children. He liked all sorts of sports. He was a very good sportsman, he loved cricket.
"We decided to look into buying the post office and Hope Farm Road came on the market. And we decided to go for it. It was a very busy post office, and we successfully ran it for many, many years, 13, 14 years, and then all of a sudden, money started going missing.
"We had to pay the money back in order to carry on trading, otherwise, they would have closed us down. They hounded him. They persecuted him. Didn't seem to be any end to it at the time."
Martin was on his way to work when he stepped into oncoming traffic. He was rushed to hospital and placed on a life-support machine but he died the following day.
Gina said: "Then they told him they wanted to terminate his positions [as a] sub postmaster and they gave him three months. Martin hit rock bottom.
"He said goodbye on the Monday morning. I was going to work an hour later. It came on the radio, about an accident that happened on the road that we travelled on the A41. I just knew it was Martin. I think he'd been planning it, I really do.
"He’s a proud man and I think he thought he was letting us all down; his children, his parents, me. To turn the machine off in the morning, and the worst, the worst thing for me was seeing my children.
"They had to see their dad die and it was purely down to the post office. Nobody else. So I blame them."
The BBC Panorama documentary explained that an investigation by independent forensic accountants, called Second Sight, worked to look into the accusations that Horizon was not working properly. They went before the government in February 2015 and confirmed that there were flaws in the IT systems.
It has also been revealed that the Post Office and its CEO Paula Vennells knew about the instability of their theft convictions 18 months prior. Paula left the role in 2019. No one has yet been held accountable for the miscarriage of justice.
The names of 29 postal workers were cleared in 2021 in the Court of Appeals, but not before many were left homeless, suicidal, devastated and ruined by the impact of the accusations between 2000 and 2014.
The Post Office told BBC Panorama: "We are sincerely sorry for the impact that the Horizon scandal has had upon the victims and their families. Past failings can never be repeated and we are making fundamental reforms to our operations and culture. Whilst we cannot change the past, we have taken determined action to ensure that justice is provided for the people affected."
It has stated that initial payments of up to £100,000 have been made to the 73 postmasters whose convictions have been overturned, and compensation pay-outs to others. Paula Vennells has said she is sorry for the suffering caused. | https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/dad-killed-himself-after-being-23783762 | 2022-04-26T07:50:13Z | https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/dad-killed-himself-after-being-23783762 | true | 1 |
Eight young men are to appear before the courts this morning after a teenager was seriously assaulted in Tipperary last year.
Gardai investigating the brutal attack in Thurles on June 27th last have charged the men, all aged between 18 and 20, to appear before the local district court at 10.30am.
The victim was attacked sometime between 11pm and 12.30am on the night in question and was rushed to CUH where he was treated for what they described as "serious injuries".
Five people were later arrested in July before a further three were in August.
A major appeal was launched to try and find witnesses, and today charges were brought.
A garda spokesperson said: "Gardaí investigating the serious assault of a man in Thurles, Sunday 27th June 2021, have charged a number of people.
"Following directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Gardaí have charged eight men all aged 18-20.
"All eight are due to appear before Thurles District Court at 10:30am this morning, Tuesday 26th April 2022.
"Five men were initially arrested on 16th July 2021 and were released without charge with files being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
"A further three men were arrested in July and August 2021. They were released without charge with files being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions." | https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/eight-young-men-charged-after-23783988 | 2022-04-26T07:50:59Z | https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/eight-young-men-charged-after-23783988 | false | 1 |
Miguel Cabrera reached the 3,000-hit mark on a weekend afternoon in front of an adoring crowd at his home ballpark in Detroit. It was a moment worthy of the milestone.
It could also be the last time it happens for a while.
In an era of high strikeout totals and low batting averages, there aren’t any other players who seem likely to reach 3,000 hits any time soon. In fact, the first few weeks of this season are a reminder of how current trends in baseball could affect which milestones remain in reach for the game’s top players.
Among active players, the next man on the career hits list is Robinson Canó with 2,631. Canó had a good season for the New York Mets in the shortened 2020 campaign, but he missed the whole 2021 season serving a drug suspension. Canó turns 40 in October.
Among players closer to their primes, 31-year-old Jose Altuve (1,783 hits) could have a shot, but the Houston Astros star hasn’t even reached 170 in a season since 2017. That was also the last time he played more than 146 games, and Altuve just went on the injured list with a hamstring problem.
Part of what helped Cabrera to the milestone was that he reached the big leagues at age 20. The same was true of Tampa Bay star Wander Franco last year. He has 103 hits in his first 85 games, but even if Franco goes on to have a Hall of Fame career, it’ll obviously be a while before has a chance to threaten a milestone like 3,000 hits.
The outlook is a little better for a power mark like 500 homers. Nelson Cruz has 451, and although he’s off to a slow start this year, don’t write off the 41-year-old Washington Nationals slugger. When the 2008 season ended, Cruz was 28 and had only 22 home runs in his career, so the fact that he’s this close to 500 shows how well he has kept hitting them at an advanced age.
For pitchers, the 300-win plateau feels like a pipe dream these days, and even strikeout milestones are no sure thing, since the top starters don’t throw as many innings as in the past. Max Scherzer of the Mets and Justin Verlander of the Astros, however, have already surpassed 3,000 strikeouts. Scherzer, 37, is the younger of those two. He struck out 236 last year for the Dodgers, and he’s now at 3,043 for his career.
It may be a lot to ask for Scherzer to get to 4,000 — which only four pitchers have ever done — but 3,500 could be realistic, and that would put him in the top 10 all-time.
TRIVIA TIME
Who are the four pitchers who have reached 4,000 strikeouts?
LINE OF THE WEEK
Ty France of the Seattle Mariners had five hits, including a three-run homer, in a 13-7 rout of Kansas City on Saturday night. France, who drove in five runs, had the first five-hit game for a Mariners player since 2018.
COMEBACK OF THE WEEK
The Rays and Red Sox went through some wild swings of emotion Saturday night. Tampa Bay no-hit Boston for nine innings, but the game remained scoreless into the 10th, when Bobby Dalbec led off with an RBI triple for the Red Sox and scored on a sacrifice fly. After two straight strikeouts by the Rays to start the bottom of the inning, Trevor Story’s throwing error gave Tampa Bay a run and kept the game going. Kevin Kiermaier followed with a two-run homer to give the Rays a 3-2 win.
TRIVIA ANSWER
Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Steve Carlton.
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"There's a lot of talk about the importance of a company being 'founder-led'. Ultimately I believe that's severely limiting," Dorsey said in his resignation letter, posted Monday on the social network he helped set up in 2006. He ran Twitter from 2007 to 2008 and returned later as CEO after Dick Costolo resigned in June 2015. Photograph:( AFP )
Tesla chief Musk insisted that 'free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy' as he took control of Twitter.
Just hours after Elon Musk took control of Twitter, the company's founder Jack Dorsey backed the move saying, "Elon’s goal of creating a platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is the right one."
Dorsey added that it is also CEO Parag Agrawal's goal. The Twitter CEO had told employees that the company was in the dark after Musk's takeover.
Also Read: After Musk's Twitter deal, what's next for CEO Parag Agrawal?
"Thank you both for getting the company out of an impossible situation," Dorsey said referring to Musk and Parag Agrawal.
The Twitter founder added that "This is the right path...I believe it with all my heart." Dorsey expressed happiness over Twitter continuing to serve "public conversation, round the world, and into the stars!".
Watch: Musk acquires social media giant, will Twitter get an 'edit' button now?
Tesla chief Elon Musk had taken over Twitter on Monday after buying the social media giant in a mega $44 billion deal. Musk insisted that "free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy" as he took control of Twitter.
Musk won over investors after the board sought to take a "poison pill" to thwart the deal. Reports claim shareholders will receive $54.20 in cash on each Twitter stock.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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Katie Lee Biegel Just Dropped A One-Pan Dinner Recipe
Sometimes, we crave warm home-cooked meals but dread doing all the prep work and cleaning. In times like these, it's a good idea to have some easy one-pot recipes. Or you could go something like this simple recipe for Greek chicken that you can throw on a sheet pan and pop in the oven - it takes less than an hour from start to finish.
If you need even more ideas, then Katie Lee Biegel's recent Instagram post is for you. In this post, the Food Network personality shared a video demonstrating how to make Brown Sugar Spice Pork Chops with Cauliflower and Carrots. The full recipe is included in the caption, but essentially, all you need to do is make a spice mixture to toss on your pork chops before baking the food in the oven. To make the dish feel fancier, she says you can add some cilantro as a garnish. Just be careful not to overcook the pork chops; that's the main reason that pork chops are dried out instead of juicy.
What do Lee's fans think about this one-pan dinner?
Overall, Instagram responded positively to Katie Lee Biegel's post, but the thing people found relatable wasn't necessarily about the food itself. Several people pointed out the state of the star's sheet pan in the comments section. One person said, "Your sheet pan looks like mine – often used and loved!" while another commenter wrote, "Never trust a cook with a clean sheet tray! Glad yours looks like ours! Celebrities they're just like us." It's clear that some fans are also putting their sheet pans to use often, but if you're a stickler for keeping things in their best condition, you can learn from Ina Garten's spotless sheet pans.
As for the food itself, one person had high praise for the flavor combination, saying, "Brown sugar and pork chops go sooo well together." This dish also has given people inspiration for new ways to prepare their meat. One fan said, "I'm making this the next time I make chops!" Based on the comments section, it looks like a few people will be trying out Lee's recipe. Need more recipes to add to your sheet pan recipe collection? Try out these sheet pan dinners when you don't feel like cooking. From surf and turf to a simple chicken and vegetable dish, there's a buffet of tasty options that don't require too much effort. | https://www.mashed.com/843403/katie-lee-biegel-just-dropped-a-one-pan-dinner-recipe/ | 2022-04-26T07:52:07Z | https://www.mashed.com/843403/katie-lee-biegel-just-dropped-a-one-pan-dinner-recipe/ | true | 1 |
There's never been a house call quite like this. In a first for telepresence communication, a NASA flight surgeon was 'holoported' to the International Space Station (ISS), appearing and conversing as a virtual presence in real time, hundreds of miles above the surface of Earth.
If it sounds like Star Trek, you're not too far off. (After all, Star Trek: Voyager did feature an artificial physician who was a holographic projection.)
But this isn't science fiction. When NASA flight surgeon Josef Schmid was beamed up to the ISS in October of last year, the illusion was made possible thanks to Microsoft's 'holoportation' technology,... | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2581066847198/spacex-boca-chica-production-updates-master-thread-5 | 2022-04-26T07:55:04Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2581066847198/spacex-boca-chica-production-updates-master-thread-5 | true | null |
Supreme Court tackles case about praying football coach
WASHINGTON (AP) — A coach who crosses himself before a game. A teacher who reads the Bible aloud before the bell rings. A coach who hosts an after-school Christian youth group in his home.
Supreme Court justices discussed all those hypothetical scenarios Monday while hearing arguments about a former public high school football coach from Washington state who wanted to kneel and pray on the field after games. The justices were wrestling with how to balance the religious and free speech rights of teachers and coaches with the rights of students not to feel pressured into participating in religious practices.
The court’s conservative majority seemed sympathetic to the coach while its three liberals seemed more skeptical. The outcome could strengthen the acceptability of some religious practices in the public school setting.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who played basketball in high school himself and has coached his daughters’ teams, suggested that there’s a difference between a coach praying in a huddle with students or in the locker room and “when players are disbursing after the game.” “This wasn’t, you know, ‘Huddle up, team,’” Kavauagh said at one point, suggesting the coach’s practice was acceptable.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked what if the coach had instead run an after-school religious youth group at his home, with students free to join or not. Would the school have been able to object to that, she asked.
Arguments at the high court lasted nearly two hours, despite being scheduled for just one. The justices and the lawyers arguing the case at various points discussed teachers and coaches who might wear ashes on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday, oppose racism by kneeling during the national anthem or express a political opinion by putting signs in their home’s yard. Former NFL player Tim Tebow, who was known for kneeling in prayer on the field, and Egyptian soccer star Mohamed Salah, a Muslim who kneels and touches his forehead to the ground after a goal, also came up.
Justice Samuel Alito, borrowing from the news, asked about protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine and what if the coach had, instead of praying, gone out to the center of the field and “all he did was to wave a Ukranian flag.” Would he have been disciplined? Yes, a lawyer for the school district said, because the district “doesn’t want its event taken over for political speech.”
The Supreme Court previously declined to get involved in the case at an earlier stage in 2019. At that time Alito wrote for himself and three other conservatives — Kavanaugh and Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas — that a lower court decision in favor of the school district was “troubling” for its “understanding of the free speech rights of public school teachers.” But they agreed with the decision not to take the case up at the time.
The case has returned to the court at a time when the court’s conservative majority has been sympathetic to the concerns of religious individuals and groups, such as groups that brought challenges to coronavirus restrictions that applied to houses of worship. But cases involving religion can also unite the court. Already this term in an 8-1 decision the justices ruled for a Texas death row inmate who sought to have his pastor pray aloud and touch him while his execution was carried out.
The case before the justices on Monday involves Joseph Kennedy, a Christian and former football coach at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Washington. Kennedy started coaching at the school in 2008 and initially prayed alone on the 50-yard line at the end of games. But students started joining him, and over time he began to deliver a short, inspirational talk with religious references. Kennedy did that for years and also led students in locker room prayers. The school district learned what he was doing in 2015 and asked him to stop.
Kennedy stopped leading students in prayer in the locker room and on the field but wanted to continue praying on the field himself, with students free to join if they wished. Concerned about being sued for violating students’ religious freedom rights, the school asked him to stop his practice of kneeling and praying while still “on duty” as a coach after the game. The school tried to work out a solution so Kennedy could pray privately before or after the game. When he continued to kneel and pray on the field, the school put him on paid leave.
Kennedy’s lawyer, Paul Clement, told the justices that the Constitution’s freedom of speech and freedom of religion guarantees protect his “private religious expression.”
Richard Katskee, a lawyer for the school district, said public school employees can have quiet prayers by themselves at work even if students can see. But, he said, Kennedy’s actions pressured students to pray and also caused a safety issue.
After Kennedy publicized his dispute with the school district in the media, spectators stormed the field to pray with him, knocking down students in the process. He noted that coaches have a power that is “awesome.” “The coach determines who makes varsity, who gets playing time” and who gets recommended for college scholarships, he said. “The students know you have to stay in the good graces of the coach if ... you have those aspirations.”
Justice Elena Kagan said the court has in past cases cared about “coercion on students and having students feel that they have to join religious activities that they do not wish to join, that their parents do not wish them to join.”
Kagan is one of three justices on the court to have attended a public high school while the rest attended Catholic schools.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned why Kennedy had to pray on the 50-yard-line immediately after the game rather than other options the school offered: “Why there?” she asked at one point.
Clement said “his religious beliefs” compelled Kennedy to express his thanks there. “I don’t think there’s anything unusual about that,” he said.
A decision is expected before the court begins its summer recess.
The case is Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 21-418.
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Advertising revenue: €252.2 m, up 5.3%
Profit from recurring operations: €67.2 m, up 4.5%
Operating margin (excluding non-recurring income): 21.5%
Regulatory News:
M6 METROPOLE TELEVISION (Paris:MMT):
For the first quarter of the 2022 financial year, M6 Group posted consolidated revenue of €322.5 million, an increase of 8.7%
Multi-media advertising revenue grew by 5.3%, driven by Television (linear and non-linear) whose own advertising revenue increased by 7.5%.
Non-advertising revenue was up 23.0% and benefited from the recovery in the cinema business and the consolidation of Stéphane Plaza Immobilier from 1 January 2022.
Consolidated profit from recurring operations (EBITA)2 was €67.2 million, an increase of 4.5% in relation to the firstquarter of 2021.
TELEVISION
Within a TV market that continued to grow but nevertheless remained below its pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter, M6 Group's TV Division saw its advertising revenue increase by 7.5% in relation to the first three months of 2021. Thanks to its strength and positioning, its appeal to advertisers was confirmed during this period of ongoing economic recovery.
RADIO
Within a market that remained adversely affected by a fall in advertising investment by the car industry and faced with a challenging comparison base (8.8% growth in radio revenue in Q1 2021), M6 Group's Radio division revenue decreased 5.9% to €32.2 million
PRODUCTION AUDIOVISUAL RIGHTS
Revenue from the Production Audiovisual Rights activity totalled €15.3 million, a year-on-year increase of 59.1%, thanks to the improvement in the cinema business, which was due not only to cinemas being open throughout 2022 in contrast to their closure during the first quarter of 2021 but also to the screening of four films distributed by SND, totalling 2.2 million admissions3, and including 1.3 million for the animated film Fireheart
DIVERSIFICATION
Diversification revenue was €18.5 million, compared with €20.3 million for the first quarter of 2021. The first quarter of 2022 was marked by the consolidation of Stéphane Plaza Immobilier (€5.1 million), with effect from 1 January, which partially offset the reclassification of M6 Créations under the Television division (€6.2 million in Q1 2021).
FINANCIAL POSITION
Consolidated profit from recurring operations (EBITA) stood at €67.2 million, compared with €64.3 million in the first quarter of 2021. The growth in revenue was partially offset by the increase in programming costs, which nevertheless remained below their pre-pandemic levels (Q1 2019). As such, the Group resumed its investments in linear and non-linear TV content while simultaneously maintaining a high level of profitability. Excluding exceptional items (€2.0 million primarily related to expenses associated with the planned M6/TF1 merger), the Group's operating margin was stable overall, reaching 21.5%inthe first quarter of 2022.
At 31 March 2022, Group equity totalled €1,199.4 million, compared with €1,156.4 million at 31 December 2021, with a net cash position of €323.0 million4 (vs. €248.4 million at 31 December 2021).
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Combined General Meeting convened today will be asked to approve the payment of a dividend of €1.00 per share in respect of the 2021 financial year, providing a pay-out ratio of 5.8% calculated based on the 2021 closing price. The ex-dividend date will be 4 May and dividends will be paid on 6 May 2022.
Neuilly-sur-Seine, 26 April 2022
Next publication: Half-year financial information on 26 July 2022 after close of trading
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They Won't Be Able to Hide What They've Been Doing: Twitter Source Code Locked Down After Musk Takeover
Twitter has taken the unusual step of locking down its source code after its board of directors accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, according to a new report.
According to Bloomberg, the code lockdown will make it harder for employees — disgruntled or otherwise — to make changes. Bloomberg cited as its source “people familiar with the matter” who were not named.
Any changes to Twitter’s code will require approval from a vice president, Bloomberg reported.
Twitter acted “to keep employees who may be miffed about the deal from ‘going rogue,’” the Bloomberg report said, citing one of its sources.
The action produced a buzz on Twitter.
MORE – For non-techies: It seems that some developers at Twitter wanted to send a message to Elon Musk by uploading this empty software repository.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 25, 2022
NEW: Twitter’s source code is locked down to make it harder for employees to make unauthorized changes to the platform, US Media reports. Development after Twitter was bought by Elon Musk. Likely part of the transition process. pic.twitter.com/lWxrvuXggQ
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) April 25, 2022
So many people have no idea why an entire political ideology has an issue with @elonmusk taking over @Twitter. Just wait until Musk releases the source code – you have no idea how much you’ve been manipulated by sources you’ve believed had your best interests at heart.
— Chris Gachko 🇺🇸 (@CGachko) April 25, 2022
Twitter has frozen its code before, usually before major events or to ensure mistakes do not take place.
As noted by Fortune, Musk has publicly kicked around the concept that Twitter should open-source its algorithm.
That would mean that the code Twitter uses to determine how it handles tweets would be open for everyone to see.
🚀💫♥️ Yesss!!! ♥️💫🚀 pic.twitter.com/0T9HzUHuh6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022
The change would allow everyone to see how computer programs supervise Twitter’s content.
In theory, this would make Twitter’s decisions more transparent.
During a meeting with employees on Monday, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tried to quell the panic among Twitter’s staff, according to The New York Times.
“He wants Twitter to be a powerful, positive force in the world, just like all of us,” Agrawal said. “He believes Twitter matters.”
Employees were told that there would be no layoffs or other major changes in the next six months until the deal closes, according to the Daily Mail.
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GARNER — The Soaring Eagles Track Club is seeking volunteers to help with running a track meet this summer honoring the memory of Lee Vernon McNeill, a St. Pauls native and U.S. Olympian who died last year.
The Lee Vernon McNeill SETC Invitational Meet will be held on July 16 at Garner Magnet High School.
Volunteer roles include event set up, cleanup and break down, tickets/gate entry, security, medical trainer, concessions, floaters, volunteer coordinator, packet pick up, award, clerking, starting line coordinator, event sheet runner, COVID compliance, hurdles crew, long jump, high jump, shot put, discus and javelin.
To volunteer visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4cadae22a0fec61-leevernon or contact the meet director, Benjamin Bondurant, at 919-585-3392 or coordinators Tasha Simpson at 919-818-8546 or Mikel Simpson a 919-818-8577.
“Each slot has multiple shifts and we encourage you to sign up for as many slots as you have the capacity to help in efforts to make this event a success,” the event’s website says. “This will be an all-day event, with several opportunities to volunteer and a great way to get your entire family involved.”
Proceeds from the event will go to establishing a scholarship for one male and one female track athlete in McNeill’s honor.
Teams can register to compete at coacho.com or at soaringeaglestrackclub.com. Individual and high school athletes can register, but must be a registered member of USA Track and Field and/or AAU. Registration is $8 per event, or $25 per relay.
Admission is $10; tickets are available at gofan.com.
SETC is also seeking volunteers for the event; those interested can register at https://bit.ly/Volunteer-LVM-SETCInvitational.
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New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday met former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott where the leaders held discussions on trade and strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries.
"It was a pleasure meeting Mr @HonTonyAbbott, former PM & current Australian PM's Special Representative. Had a fruitful discussion on issues of trade & strategic importance to further strengthen the bilateral relations, following the success of #IndAusECTA," tweeted Scindia.
Notably, earlier this month, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met Tony Abbott, the Australian Prime Minister's Special Trade Envoy, in Melbourne during his three-day Australia visit.
Goyal had said that Abbott has played a key role in realizing the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA).
Also Read | First US Private Astronaut Mission To International Space Station Returns To Earth.
ECTA is the first trade agreement of India with a developed country after more than a decade and provides for an institutional mechanism to improve trade between the two countries.
Australia is the 17th largest trading partner of India and India is Australia's 9th largest trading partner. The ECTA is expected to almost double the bilateral trade from USD 27.5 bn (2021) to about USD 45 to USD 50 Billion in the next five years.
ECTA is expected to create new employment opportunities, raise living standards and enhance the overall welfare of the people of both countries. Additional employment generation is expected to be 10 lakhs within the next five years. (ANI)
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Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC – Get Rating) had its price target lifted by Barclays from $99.00 to $104.00 in a research report sent to investors on Friday, The Fly reports. They currently have an overweight rating on the stock.
THC has been the subject of several other reports. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on Tenet Healthcare from $120.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research note on Monday, March 7th. StockNews.com assumed coverage on Tenet Healthcare in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They set a hold rating for the company. UBS Group raised Tenet Healthcare from a neutral rating to a buy rating and raised their price target for the stock from $83.00 to $111.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 10th. Raymond James raised Tenet Healthcare from an outperform rating to a strong-buy rating and raised their price target for the stock from $105.00 to $120.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 20th. Finally, Mizuho raised their target price on Tenet Healthcare from $90.00 to $103.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a report on Thursday, March 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fifteen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Tenet Healthcare currently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus price target of $102.80.
Shares of Tenet Healthcare stock opened at $76.66 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $85.74. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.71, a PEG ratio of 3.06 and a beta of 2.42. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.16. Tenet Healthcare has a 12-month low of $54.62 and a 12-month high of $92.65.
In related news, Chairman Ronald A. Rittenmeyer sold 59,851 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.12, for a total transaction of $5,393,772.12. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Richard J. Mark sold 6,000 shares of Tenet Healthcare stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.47, for a total value of $542,820.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of THC. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in Tenet Healthcare by 78.1% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,624,002 shares of the company’s stock valued at $307,219,000 after purchasing an additional 2,027,131 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in Tenet Healthcare in the 4th quarter valued at $109,836,000. Viking Global Investors LP raised its position in Tenet Healthcare by 47.2% in the 3rd quarter. Viking Global Investors LP now owns 3,353,856 shares of the company’s stock valued at $222,830,000 after purchasing an additional 1,074,674 shares during the last quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Tenet Healthcare in the 4th quarter valued at $9,466,000. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Tenet Healthcare by 103.8% in the 4th quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,016,446 shares of the company’s stock valued at $83,034,000 after buying an additional 517,737 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.38% of the company’s stock.
Tenet Healthcare Company Profile (Get Rating)
Tenet Healthcare Corporation operates as a diversified healthcare services company. The company operates in three segments: Hospital Operations and Other, Ambulatory Care, and Conifer. Its general hospitals offer acute care services, operating and recovery rooms, radiology and respiratory therapy services, clinical laboratories, and pharmacies.
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Party leader applauds progress in Việt Nam - US relations
VIETNAM, April 26 -
Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng (R) receives US Ambassador Marc E. Knapper on April 25. VNA/VNS Photo
HÀ NỘI — Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng said he highly valued the recent progress in Việt Nam - US relations while receiving new US Ambassador Marc E. Knapper in Hà Nội on Monday.
Expressing his honour to return to work in Việt Nam as US Ambassador, Knapper said he was impressed with the country’s development achievements and growing stature in the world and recent strides in bilateral links in multiple spheres.
He noted that the two countries held much potential for further developing their ties, including in new areas such as climate change and epidemic response.
The US supports a strong, independent, and prosperous Việt Nam and will promote bilateral relations based on respect for each other’s political governance, according to the ambassador, who pledged efforts to contribute to cooperation.
General Secretary Trọng congratulated Knapper on assuming his duty in Việt Nam, saying that the fortune, strength, and international stature and prestige Việt Nam has today were due to its clear-sighted foreign policy.
He underlined the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation and development, and diversification and multilateralism of foreign relations based on mutual respect for the two countries and regional and global peace, friendship and cooperation.
The Party leader asked Ambassador Knapper to continue contributing to the development of the two countries’ ties. He wished his guest many successes during his term in Việt Nam. — VNS | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/569979666/party-leader-applauds-progress-in-vi-t-nam-us-relations | 2022-04-26T08:22:14Z | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/569979666/party-leader-applauds-progress-in-vi-t-nam-us-relations | true | 1 |
Jurors reject array of defenses at Capitol riot trials
(AP) - Jurors have heard — and rejected — an array of excuses and arguments from the first rioters to be tried for storming the U.S. Capitol. The next jury to get a Capitol riot case could hear another novel defense this week at the trial of a retired New York City police officer.
Thomas Webster, a 20-year veteran of the NYPD, has claimed he was acting in self-defense when he tackled a police officer who was trying to protect the Capitol from a mob on Jan. 6, 2021. Webster’s lawyer also has argued that he was exercising his First Amendment free speech rights when he shouted profanities at police that day. Jurors were selected Monday and are expected to hear attorneys’ opening statements Tuesday.
Webster, 56, is the fourth Capitol riot defendant to get a jury trial. Each has presented a distinct line of defense.
An Ohio man who stole a coat rack from a Capitol office testified he was “following presidential orders” from Donald Trump. An off-duty police officer from Virginia claimed he only entered the Capitol to retrieve a fellow officer. A lawyer for a Texas man who confronted Capitol police accused prosecutors of rushing to judgment against somebody prone to exaggerating.
Those defenses didn’t sway the juries at their respective trials. Collectively, a total of 36 jurors unanimously convicted the three rioters of all 17 counts in their indictments.
Webster faces the same fate if a federal judge’s blistering words are any guide. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who will preside over Webster’s trial, has described his videotaped conduct as “among the most indefensible and reprehensible” that the judge has seen among Jan. 6 cases, with “no real defense for it.”
“You were a police officer and you should have known better,” Mehta told Webster during a bond hearing last June, according to a transcript.
But a dozen jurors, not the judge, will decide the case against Webster, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who retired from the NYPD in 2011.
A wealth of video evidence and self-incriminating behavior by riot defendants has given prosecutors the upper hand in many cases. Mary McCord, a Georgetown University Law Center professor and former Justice Department official, said jurors often won’t have to rely on witness testimony or circumstantial evidence because videos captured much of the violence and destruction on Jan. 6.
“When I was a prosecutor trying cases, I would have loved to have had cases where the entire crime was on video. That just doesn’t happen that often. But for jurors, it can be very powerful,” she said.
Webster’s trial is the sixth overall. In a pair of bench trials, a different federal judge heard testimony without a jury before acquitting one defendant and partially acquitting another.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump nominee who acquitted Matthew Martin of all charges, said it was reasonable for the New Mexico man to believe that police allowed him to enter the Capitol. In the first bench trial, McFadden convicted New Mexico elected official Couy Griffin of illegally entering restricted Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct.
Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington Law School professor and former Justice Department official, said it may be difficult for prosecutors to secure convictions against defendants who merely entered the Capitol and didn’t exhibit any violent or destructive behavior.
“I think the people with the best chances are those who say, ‘I was just there and I got swept up with everybody else.’ The government is going to have to have some way to show there’s more than that or the government will lose,” Saltzburg said.
Webster brought a gun and a Marine Corps flag attached to a metal pole when he traveled alone to Washington from his home in Florida, New York, a village approximately 70 miles northwest of New York City. He wore his NYPD-issued bulletproof vest but says he left the pistol in his hotel room when he headed to the Jan. 6 rally where Trump spoke.
Police body camera video captured Webster’s confrontation outside the Capitol with a line of officers, including one identified only as “Officer N.R.” in court papers.
The unnamed Metropolitan Police Department officer described the encounter in a written statement. The officer said Webster swung the flagpole at him in a downward chopping motion, hitting a metal barricade, then charged at him with clenched fists.
“He pushed me to the ground and attempted to violently tear away my gas mask and ballistic helmet. This caused me to choke and gasp for air before another participant at the riot helped me to my feet,” the officer wrote.
The officer said he retreated behind a police line after Webster pinned him to the ground.
“His actions, attack and targeted assault caused me to fear for my life and could have easily left my wife and two small children without a husband and father,” the officer wrote.
Defense attorney James Monroe has claimed the unnamed officer gestured toward Webster, “inviting him to engage in a fight,” before reaching over a police barrier and punching Webster in his face. Webster “used that amount of force he reasonably believed necessary to protect himself” by tackling the officer to the ground, Monroe said in a court filing.
Mehta, however, said the video doesn’t show Webster getting punched in the face. The judge described Webster as an instigator.
“It was his conduct that sort of broke the dam, at least in that area,” Mehta added.
Webster, now a self-employed landscaper, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985, was honorably discharged in 1989 and joined the NYPD in 1991. His department service included a stint on then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s private security detail.
Monroe claimed “Officer N.R.” had reached over a metal barrier and pushed a “peaceful” man who was blinded by pepper spray.
“As a former U.S. Marine and a member of law enforcement, Mr. Webster’s moral instinct was to protect the innocent,” Monroe wrote.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Hava Mirell has argued that Webster should be held to a higher standard given his professional experience.
“If he were there to protect the innocent, then he should have been fending other rioters off from the barricade, not the other way around,” Mirell said at the bond hearing.
Webster faces six counts, including assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer using a dangerous weapon. He’s the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an assault charge. He isn’t accused of entering the Capitol.
More than 780 people have been charged with riot-related federal crimes. The Justice Department says over 245 of them have been charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. More than 250 riot defendants have pleaded guilty, mostly to nonviolent misdemeanors.
Jurors convicted two rioters of interfering with officers. One of them, Thomas Robertson, was an off-duty police officer from Rocky Mount, Virginia. The other, Texas resident Guy Wesley Reffitt, also was convicted of storming the Capitol with a holstered handgun.
The third Capitol rioter to be convicted by a jury was Dustin Byron Thompson, an Ohio man who said he was following Trump’s orders.
“Even if jurors accepted that (Thompson) felt like he was doing what the former president wanted, that still wouldn’t be a legal excuse,” said McCord, the Georgetown professor. “When juries are able to witness what happened, they can make that assessment relatively easily.”
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UPM Jumps Nearly 5% on Surprise Earnings Beat Despite Strike
(PLX AI) – UPM shares rose almost 5% after the company reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings even when faced with strikes in Finland and the effects of Russia's attack on Ukraine. UPM Q1 revenue was EUR 2,507 million vs. estimate …
- (PLX AI) – UPM shares rose almost 5% after the company reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings even when faced with strikes in Finland and the effects of Russia's attack on Ukraine.
- UPM Q1 revenue was EUR 2,507 million vs. estimate EUR 2,260 million, while adjusted EBITDA was EUR 377 million vs. estimate EUR 330 million
- Q1 clearly beat expectations, and while the stock has underperformed the sector year-to-date, it has some of the most attractive earnings profiles ahead, analysts at SEB said
- The performance gap should continue to close gradually: SEB | https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/15360695-upm-jumps-nearly-5-on-surprise-earnings-beat-despite-strike | 2022-04-26T08:43:51Z | https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/15360695-upm-jumps-nearly-5-on-surprise-earnings-beat-despite-strike | false | null |
Penn State adds three-star safety out of Florida to Class of 2023
Penn State’s spring football practices just came to a close, but the momentum on the recruiting trail is picking back up for James Franklin and the Nittany Lions. On Monday, just days after the Blue-White Game, Penn State received a verbal commitment from safety Conrad Hussey, a recruiting target from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Hussey gave his commitment to Penn State with a message on his Twitter account confirming his decision. The commitment comes a couple of weeks after the Florida recruit made an unofficial visit to Happy Valley.
“Many times in our lives, we come upon a crossroad and there is immense pressure to make the right decision for yourself, your leaders and last but not least, your family,” Hussey said in a statement posted to his Twitter account. “I am blessed to be faced with such an opportunity at this time ad would like to use this platform to thank my [St. Aquinas High School] family, my coaches and all the persons who have played a significant role in my development.
“With God’s guidance and the love and support of my family, I have decided to commit to Penn State,” Russey continued. “I’m coming home Happy Valley!”
Hussey is the newest defensive commit on a Class of 2023 that has started to add some defensive depth after focusing so heavily on the offensive line early on in the recruiting cycle. With Hussy currently on board, Penn State’s Class of 2023 is up to 11 verbal commits, with eyes on a few more expected to join them at some point.
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Brenda Hanna Brenda Hanna, 58 of Harpers Ferry passed away on April 22, 2022.
She was born on July 9, 1963 in Martinsburg and was the daughter of Catherine Hite and the late George W. Gesford
Brenda had a very outgoing personality the lit any room up. She was a giving person that cared deeply about her family and was a hard worker throughout all her life.
Brenda will be sadly missed by her children: Tiffany, Stephanie, and Danielle; Grandchildren: Brianna, Sarah, Alyssa, Aryanna, Elias and Brayden; Great Grandson, Cameron; her mother Catherine and best friend, Paula.
In addition to her father she is preceded in death by Maternal Grandparents: Wesley and Irene Hite; Paternal Grandparents: Otho and Cecelia Gesford, and best friend Myrtle.
A visitation will be held at Rosedale Funeral Home from 5-7 p.m. April 27, 2022.
Funeral Services will be Private.
Condolences may be sent to
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Passamaquoddy tribal leaders, Maine's top lawman discuss slaying
Apr. 26—Passamaquoddy Tribal leaders met with the commissioner for the Maine Department of Public Safety Monday to discuss and coordinate their investigation into the death of a 43-year-old tribal citizen.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy Friday and ruled Kim Neptune's death a homicide. Neptune's body was found Thursday evening inside her apartment at 27 Thunder Road.
The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit North is investigating her killing. State police said a neighbor's surveillance camera captured the image of a person walking by the building. Pleasant Point police are offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case.
"This tragedy has hit our community so hard, there really aren't any words for the loss felt by Kim's family, all who loved her, and our whole community," Passamaquoddy Tribal Chief Elizabeth Dana said in a statement. "That's why we were so thankful to meet and be on the same page with all the departments investigating this terrible crime, who have all affirmed their determination to bring justice to the suspect, and for Kim's family."
Monday's meeting involved representatives from Passamaquoddy Tribal leadership at Pleasant Point, or Sipayik, and Michael Sauschuck, commissioner for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Also present at the meeting were Col. John Cote, chief of the Maine State Police; Lisa Marchese, an assistant attorney general who heads the Office of the Attorney General's Criminal Division; and Christopher Taub, also of the Office of the Attorney General.
Sauschuck thanked tribal leaders for their cooperation into the investigation of Neptune's death. Sauschuck said everyone is committed to bringing the suspect to justice and providing closure to Neptune's family and community.
Anyone with information about the slaying can call the Maine State Police at 207-973-3700 and leave a message for Detective Larry Anderson. | https://news.yahoo.com/passamaquoddy-tribal-leaders-maines-top-080200478.html | 2022-04-26T08:51:00Z | https://news.yahoo.com/passamaquoddy-tribal-leaders-maines-top-080200478.html | false | 1 |
Growth & Jobs | Assess your finances before you invest long-term – JN Fund Managers
AINSLEY WHYTE, head of sales and financial advice at JN Fund Managers, recommends that before one invests for the long haul, one does an assessment of one’s finances to know how much money is available to invest.
“It wouldn’t be prudent to put money in an investment portfolio until you have gone through a comprehensive financial planning process,” he advised.
Whyte made the recommendation within the context of Financial Literacy Month being observed in April.
He suggests that one should commence by looking at their assets and debts and setting up a reasonable debt-management plan and understanding how much they will need to put in place for an emergency fund.
“By undertaking these financial tasks first, this will ensure that you’ll be able to put funds into long-term investments and not need to pull money out again for a while,” he said.
Whyte cautioned that withdrawing funds early from long-term investments jeopardises one’s goals and poses other financial challenges such as tax implications.
He recommends the following strategies:
KNOW YOUR TIMELINE
Everyone has different investment goals such as retirement, paying for your children’s university education, and purchasing a home.
“No matter what the goal, the key to all long-term investing is understanding your timeline or how many years before you need the money. Typically, long-term investing means five years or more, but there’s no firm definition. By understanding when you need the funds you’re investing, you will have a better sense of appropriate investments to choose and how much risk you should take on,” he said.
PICK A STRATEGY AND STICK WITH IT
He noted that once you’ve established your investment goals and timelines, one should choose an investment strategy and stick with it. It may even be helpful to break the overall timeline into segments to guide the choice of asset allocation.
Whyte stated that based on the target date of goals, one can categorise them based on the target dates. For example, one could have a five to 15-year goal;, a 15 to 30-year plan, or one that is more than 30 years, especially in the case of younger investors.
FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH INVESTMENT RISKS
He warned that to avoid knee-jerk reactions to market volatility, one must be sure to know the risks inherent in investing in different assets before buying them.
“Consulting with your financial adviser can assist you in this process,” he said.
Stocks, he said, are riskier investments than bonds, for instance, and he recommends trimming stock allocations as one approaches one’s goal. This way, he said, you can lock in some of your gains as you reach your deadline.
DIVERSIFY FOR SUCCESSFUL INVESTMENT
The JN Fund manager adviser says that spreading one’s portfolio across a variety of assets allows one to hedge one’s bets and boost the odds that one is holding a “winner” at any given time over a longer investment timeframe.
“Your asset allocation can start with a mix of stocks and bonds, but diversifying drills deeper than that, within the stock portion of your portfolio,” said Whyte.
DIVERSIFICATION VIA MUTUAL FUNDS
He explained that to improve diversification, one may choose to invest in funds instead of individual stocks and bonds. He said that mutual funds provide the advantage to easily build a well-diversified portfolio with exposure to hundreds or thousands of individual stocks and bonds.
“We encourage you to speak with your financial adviser, who can give further information on this,” said Whyte. | https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220426/growth-jobs-assess-your-finances-you-invest-long-term-jn-fund-managers | 2022-04-26T09:00:10Z | https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220426/growth-jobs-assess-your-finances-you-invest-long-term-jn-fund-managers | true | 1 |
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Watch live as Johnny Depp testimony continues in defamation case against Amber Heard
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Report into shooting on Rust set reveals ‘plain indifference to safety’
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Piers Morgan shares teaser clip of interview with Donald Trump
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Johnson arrives in India on day of Commons vote on whether he misled Parliament
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Nadhim Zahawi: vote on Partygate is ‘Labour shenanigans’
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Johnny Depp apologises for vulgar language used in texts shown in court
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Cooking oil chaos: Spillage causes huge queue on M25
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Woman ‘lucky to be alive’ after fainting and falling under train in Argentina
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Johnny Depp compares relationship with Amber Heard to abuse from his mother
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Theresa May clashes with Priti Patel over Rwanda asylum seeker policy
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Amir Khan: Moment boxer and wife robbed at gunpoint revealed in CCTV footage
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Fans line the streets of south London as Tom Parker’s funeral takes place
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PMQs full exchange: Keir Starmer grills Boris Johnson over Partygate fines
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PMQs: Tory MP asks for ‘minister for men’
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Boris Johnson refuses to apologise for ‘slandering’ archbishop in Rwanda row
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Johnson calls Starmer ‘out of his tiny mind’ as he denies criticising BBC coverage
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Wayne Rooney personally addresses Derby fans after relegation
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Johnny Depp’s sound technician explains why actor uses earpiece on every film set
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Partygate: Angela Rayner calls Boris Johnson’s behaviour ‘reckless and dangerous’
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Jacob Rees-Mogg says ‘get perspective’ to Andrew Marr over Partygate anger
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Johnny Depp says Amber Heard ‘grossly embellished’ his substance abuse
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Johnny Depp tells court Amber Heard’s abuse allegations turned him from ‘Cinderella to Quasimodo’
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Watch live as Johnny Depp takes stand in defamation case against Amber Heard
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Boris Johnson 'no longer worthy' of being Prime Minister, says senior Tory MP
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'Criminal': Boris Johnson hecked by MPs in Commons
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‘What a joke’: Keir Starmer slams Boris Johnson’s partygate apology
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MPs due to vote on whether Boris Johnson lied about Partygate
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Watch live as Boris Johnson addresses parliament over Partygate fines
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Delta passengers celebrate as crew allows them to ditch masks after Biden mandate axed
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Smoke rises from airstrike on Mariupol steel plant where 1,000 civilians reportedly sheltering
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Israel launches airstrike in Gaza Strip ‘in response to Palestinian rocket’
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Fox News host brags about deflating colleague’s tyres so he could drive her home
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Boris Johnson ‘consistently gets decisions right’, cabinet minister claims
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Boris Johnson’s Partygate fine no worse than parking ticket, cabinet minister says
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Easter bunny appears to direct Biden away from Afghanistan question on White House lawn
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Johnny Depp laughs in court as nurse questioned over explicit text about his penis
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Grant Shapps stars in bizarre ‘Great British Rail Sale’ video as train fares cut
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Greenpeace activists write ‘peace, not oil’ on side of Russian ship
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Battle for Donbas has begun, Zelensky announces, as Russia begins fresh Ukraine offensive
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Elon Musk: World’s richest man says he’s homeless and ‘rotates’ through friends’ houses
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Zelensky says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia in the battle for Donbas
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Vladimir Putin ‘believes he is winning’ Ukraine war, says Austrian chancellor
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Archbishop of Canterbury criticises Rwanda refugee policy during Easter message
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Pope Francis pleads for peace in ‘war-battered Ukraine’ as he leads Easter mass
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Russia releases video claiming to show sunken Moskva crew meeting with naval chief
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Extinction Rebellion activists scale Marble Arch as fossil fuel protests continue
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South Carolina: Suspect arrested after 14 injured in Columbiana Centre mall shooting
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Ukraine: Zelensky says situation in besieged city of Mariupol is ‘just inhuman’
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Ukraine: Massive fire breaks out in Kyiv after Russia attacks tank repair plant
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Crowds flock to Bournemouth beach to bathe in Easter weekend sunshine
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Boris Johnson banned from entering Russia over ‘hostile’ stance on Ukraine war
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Ukraine: Car driving through Mariupol captures scale of destruction in war-torn city
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Watch live as people in Paris protest against the far-right ahead of elections
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Ian Hislop says ‘entire Tory party’ should resign over Partygate scandal
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Kim Jong Un enjoys North Korea parade celebrating 110th anniversary of grandfather’s birth
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Joe Biden tries to shake hands with thin air after finishing speech
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Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘terrorising’ and ‘hunting’ civilians in southern Ukraine
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Russian state TV claims Ukraine invasion ‘has already escalated into World War 3’
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Easter: Traffic queues around Stonehenge as thousands in UK rush away for long weekend
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Ukraine: Puppy pulled from rubble and reunited with owner by rescuers in Mykhailivka
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Jerusalem: Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Temple Mount holy site
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Nato forces ‘100% ready’ to defend Europe’s borders if Russia invades
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Joe Biden jokes ‘I am the professor’ during North Carolina university visit
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Johnny Depp trial: Witness ejected from court after admitting to watching case clips online
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Zelensky accuses European countries buying Russian oil of dealing in bloody money
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Volodymyr Zelensky brushes off text from Emmanuel Macron to continue BBC interview
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Just Stop Oil activists climb on top of fuel tanker to block busy London roundabout
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Home Office minister denied UK would send asylum seekers to Rwanda just eight days ago
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NYC mayor announces arrest of Brooklyn shooting suspect Frank James: ‘We got him’
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Watch live as Boris Johnson outlines plan on illegal immigration
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British activists confront oil tanker carrying a 42,000-tonne shipment of Russian fuel oil
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Priti Patel arrives in Rwanda ahead of UK plans to process asylum seekers in Africa
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Johnny Depp’s tearful friend pleads for couple to ‘heal’ in Amber Heard defamation trial
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Zelensky claims Russia used phosphorus bombs during Ukraine invasion
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CCTV footage shows toddler Kemarni Watson Darby hours before his murder
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Colombian officials rescue 1,000 endangered animals from million-dollar smuggling ring
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Protester plays I Fought the Law outside Downing Street after Boris Johnson Partygate fine
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UK heading for worst cost-of-living crisis since 1950s, says economist
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Jacob-Rees Mogg defends Boris Johnson after Partygate fine
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Boris Johnson must resign after ‘breaking law he put in place’, Tory MP says
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Watch live as witnesses testify in Johnny Depp defamation case against Amber Heard
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Sir David Amess killer given whole-life prison sentence
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Johnny Depp reacts to allegation he sexually assaulted Amber Heard with a liquor bottle
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Yale student asks Ted Cruz if he would ‘fellate another man’ to end world hunger
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Ian Blackford and Rachel Reeves call for Boris Johnson to resign following Partygate fine
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Vladimir Putin trying to ‘wipe out’ Ukraine with acts of ‘genocide’, Joe Biden says
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Fox host complains about Biden’s ‘ghost gun’ plan amid live stream of Brooklyn subway shooting
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Pro-Russian flags and ‘Z’ symbols spotted on cars driving in Ireland
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Boris Johnson ‘incredibly embarrassed’ by Partygate fine, says Tory minister
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Russian military vehicles spotted near Finland border
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New York police reveal 33 rounds were fired by Brooklyn subway shooter
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Johnny Depp reacts to allegation he sexually assaulted Amber Heard with a liquor bottle
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Partygate: Boris Johnson claims ‘it did not occur’ to him that he was breaking rules
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Partygate: Boris Johnson’s repeated denials and excuses
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Sir Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak should resign over partygate fines
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Rishi Sunak denies he attended Downing Street lockdown parties in resurfaced clip
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Brooklyn subway shooting: At least five shot as explosion rocks morning rush hour
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Watch live as Brooklyn subway shooting rocks Sunset Park neighbourhood
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak fined over Downing Street lockdown parties
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Russian soldiers flee from Ukrainian missile bombardment in Vinnytsia Oblast
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Crispin Blunt apologises for defending MP convicted of sexual assault
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Biden demonstrates how easily ghost guns can be built as he cracks down on firearms
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‘All options on table’ if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine, UK defence minister says
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Australia: Two people pulled from burning car seconds before it explodes
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Imran Ahmad Khan: Conservative party expel MP after sexual assault conviction
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Emmanuel Macron meets locals in Marine Le Pen stronghold after first round of voting in election
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Over half of Ukraine's children now refugees, says US UN ambassador
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Ukrainian soldier takes apart Russian drone and discovers unsophisticated features
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Environment secretary says Rishi Sunak’s wife’s tax status ‘may’ challenge Sunak’s credibility
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Drone footage shows residential areas in Borodyanka in ruins
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Sir David Amess: Ali Harbi Ali convicted of murder and plotting terror attacks on MPs
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Donald Trump says he is 'perhaps the most honest human being' ever created
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Ukrainian troops shoot down Russian drone with British missile launcher
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Shanghai: Looting and unrest in Chinese city amid strict Covid lockdown
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Boris Johnson tells Volodymyr Zelensky he’s a ‘hero’ during Ukraine visit
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Queen reveals Covid left her ‘very tired and exhausted’ during virtual hospital visit
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Hundreds protest government’s ‘disgusting' U-turn on banning trans conversion therapy
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Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to face each other in French presidential run-off
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Polls open in first round of French presidential election
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Rishi Sunak is a ‘remarkable force for good’ in British politics, says minister
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Extinction Rebellion protestors ‘occupy’ London for the second day of action
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Briton drives ambulances and two tonnes of medical supplies to Ukraine
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Boris Johnson thanks Ukrainian railway staff after taking secret train trip into Kyiv
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Marine Le Pen votes in first round of French presidential elections in Henin Beaumont
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Ukrainian woman gifts Boris Johnson a cockerel drink jug during Kyiv visit with Zelensky
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Boris Johnson meets Zelensky in Kyiv and pledges 120 armoured vehicles to support Ukraine
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Satellite footage shows immediate aftermath of Ukrainian train station attack
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Russia shares footage of civilian evacuation in Mariupol
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Royal family release elegy for Duke of Edinburgh on anniversary of death
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XR protesters gather in London opposing new fossil fuel investments
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'Ukrainian courage should be shared by everyone': Zelensky urges more action against Russia
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Ursula von der Leyen meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: ‘It has taken 232 years for a Black female appointment’
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White House refuses to be drawn into Sunak row after chancellor admits US green card
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Academy bans Will Smith from Oscars for 10 years
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Dizzee Rascal handed restraining order and curfew for assaulting ex-fiancee
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Rishi Sunak’s family ‘should not be dragged into things’, says Johnson
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Sabina Nessa: CCTV shows killer Koci Selamaj’s movements on day of murder
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Biden congratulates Ketanji Brown Jackson on confirmation to Supreme Court
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Zelensky releases video accusing Europe of paying for Russian gas with Ukrainian lives
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Smoke rises from Ukrainian train station after Russian airstrike kills at least 39
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Sabina Nessa’s killer jailed for at least 36 years for her murder
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Barack Obama visits Joe Biden’s White House: ‘I like what you’ve done with the place’
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Watch live as President Zelensky addresses Finnish parliament on Ukraine crisis
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Destroyed Russian military vehicles left strewn across motorway near Kyiv
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Labour smear campaign against Rishi Sunak is ‘nonsense’, Emily Thornberry says
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Ukraine: Zelensky warns situation in Borodyanka ‘much worse’ than in Bucha
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Russia suspended from UN Human Rights Council over war in Ukraine
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Boris Johnson says biological males shouldn’t compete in female sports
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Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black woman Supreme Court justice
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Ukrainian refugees gather in temporary shelter at US-Mexico border
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Kwasi Kwarteng clashes with Kay Burley over Rishi Sunak’s wife’s non-domicile status
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Lauren Boebert repeatedly asks US health chief if men can get pregnant
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UK ambulances prepare to leave for Ukraine frontline
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Ukraine: Drone footage shows village of Andriivka destroyed by Russian bombardment
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Watch live as Nato Secretary General Stoltenberg holds briefing on Ukraine
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Rishi Sunak’s wife avoids tax through non-dom status
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Boris Johnson dodges question on Sunak’s wife tax affairs: ‘Keep families out of it’
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Boris Johnson says biological males shouldn’t compete in female sports
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Pope kisses Ukrainian flag from Bucha as he welcomes refugees to Vatican
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Russian tank opens fire on civilian cyclist in Bucha where bodies later discovered
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Ukraine: Actions of Russian troops in Bucha ‘not far short of genocide’, says Boris Johnson
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Drone footage appears to show abandoned Russian trenches near Chernobyl nuclear plant
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Watch live as Nato foreign ministers arrive for Ukraine meeting in Brussels
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Russian military spokesperson claims civilian casualties in Kyiv are ‘staged’
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Boris Johnson defends National Insurance rise despite households facing ‘unquestionably tough times’
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Zelensky calls for Nuremberg-style trials after Russian ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine
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Zelensky tells the UN Security Council to punish Russia or ‘dissolve’ itself altogether
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Ukraine: Moment ambulance hit by Russian strike outside children’s hospital in Mykolaiv
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Boris Johnson speaks Russian as he urges citizens to find out truth about Ukraine ‘atrocities’
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Ukrainian medics get married amid destruction in Kharkiv
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Ukraine: Drone footage shows devastation of Russia’s attack on besieged city of Mariupol
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Vladimir Putin must face war crimes trial for Ukraine atrocities, Joe Biden says
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Zelensky calls Russian troops ‘murderers and rapists’ as he denounces Bucha ‘war crimes’
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Zelensky vows justice for 'every crime' committed by Russian troops against Ukrainian civilians
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White House condemns ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill as ‘misinformed and hateful’
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Russian atrocities against Ukrainians part of Putin’s ‘plan’, says US national security advisor
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Ukraine foreign minister invites countries still supporting Russia’s ‘war machine’ to visit Bucha
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Ukraine foreign minister says Bucha atrocities are ‘the tip of the iceberg’ of Russia war crimes
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Wladimir Klitschko calls Bucha killings ‘genocide of Ukrainian population’
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For months, Istanbul restaurant Tarihi Balikca tried to absorb the surging cost of the sunflower oil its cooks use to fry fish, squid and mussels.
But in early April, with oil prices nearly four times higher than they were in 2019, the restaurant finally raised its prices. Now, even some longtime customers look at the menu and walk away.
“We resisted. We said, Let's wait a bit, maybe the market will improve, maybe (prices) will stabilise. But we saw that there is no improvement,” said Mahsun Aktas, a waiter and cook at the restaurant.
“The customer cannot afford it.”
Global cooking oil prices have been rising since the COVID-19 pandemic began for multiple reasons, from poor harvests in South America to virus-related labour shortages and steadily increasing demand from the biofuel industry.
The war in Ukraine — which supplies nearly half of the world's sunflower oil, on top of the 25 per cent from Russia — has interrupted shipments and sent cooking oil prices spiralling.
It is the latest fallout to the global food supply from Russia's war, and another rising cost pinching households and businesses as inflation soars. The conflict has further fuelled already high food and energy costs, hitting the poorest people hardest.
The food supply is particularly at risk as the war has disrupted crucial grain shipments from Ukraine and Russia and worsened a global fertiliser crunch that will mean costlier, less abundant food.
The loss of affordable supplies of wheat, barley and other grains raises the prospect of food shortages and political instability in Middle Eastern, African and some Asian countries where millions rely on subsidised bread and cheap noodles.
Vegetable oil prices hit a record high in February, then increased another 23 per cent in March, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Soybean oil, which sold for $765 per metric ton in 2019, was averaging $1,957 per metric ton in March, the World Bank said.
Palm oil prices were up 200% and are set to go even higher after Indonesia, one of the world's top producers, bans cooking oil exports starting Thursday to protect domestic supply.
Some supermarkets in Turkey have imposed limits on the amount of vegetable oil households can purchase after concerns about shortages sparked panic-buying.
Some stores in Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom also have set limits. German shoppers are posting photos on social media of empty shelves where sunflower and canola oil usually sit.
In a recent tweet, Kenya's main power company warned that thieves are draining toxic fluid from electrical transformers and reselling it as cooking oil.
“We will just have to boil everything now, the days of the frying pan are gone,” said Glaudina Nyoni, scanning prices in a supermarket in Harare, Zimbabwe, where vegetable oil costs have almost doubled since the outbreak of the war.
A 2-litre bottle now costs up to $9.
Emiwati, who runs a food stall in Jakarta, Indonesia, said she needs 24 litres of cooking oil each day.
She makes nasi kapau, traditional mixed rice that she serves with dishes like deep-fried spiced beef jerky.
Since January, she's had trouble ensuring that supply, and what she does buy is much more expensive. Profits are down, but she fears losing customers if she raises prices.
“I am sad,” said Emiwati, who only uses one name. “We accept the price of cooking oil increasing, but we cannot increase the price of the foods we sell.”
The high cost of cooking oil is partly behind recent protests in Jakarta. Indonesia has imposed price caps on palm oil at home and will ban exports, creating a new squeeze worldwide.
Palm oil has been sought as an alternative to sunflower oil and is used in many products, from cookies to cosmetics.
The Associated Press has documented human rights abuses in an industry whose environmental effects have been decried for years.
Across the world in London, Yawar Khan, who owns Akash Tandoori restaurant, said a 20-litre drum of cooking oil cost him 22 pounds ($28) a few months ago; it's now 38 pounds ($49).
“We cannot pass all the price (rises) to the consumer, that will cause a catastrophe, too,” said Khan, who also struggles with rising costs for meat, spices, energy and labour.
Big companies are feeling the pain, too. London-based Unilever — maker of Dove soap and Hellmann's mayonnaise — said it has contracts for critical ingredients like palm oil for the first half of the year.
But it warned investors that its costs could rise significantly in the second half.
Cargill, a global food giant that makes vegetable oils, said its customers are changing formulas and experimenting with different kinds of oils at a higher rate than usual.
That can be tricky because oils have different properties; olive oil burns at a lower temperature than sunflower oil, for example, while palm oil is more viscous.
Prices could moderate by this fall, when farmers in the Northern Hemisphere harvest corn, soybeans and other crops, said Joseph Glauber, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. But there's always the danger of bad weather.
Last year, drought pummelled Canada's canola crop and Brazil's soybean crop, while heavy rains affected palm oil production in Malaysia.
Farmers may be hesitant to plant enough crops to make up for shortfalls from Ukraine or Russia because they don't know when the war might end, said Steve Mathews, co-head of research at Gro Intelligence, an agriculture data and analytics company.
“If there were a cease-fire or something like that, we would see prices decline in the short run for sure,” he said.
Longer-term, the crisis may lead countries to reconsider biofuel mandates, which dictate the amount of vegetable oils that must be blended with fuel in a bid to reduce emissions and energy imports.
In the U.S., for example, 42 per cent of soybean oil goes toward biofuel production, Glauber said.
Indonesia recently delayed a plan to require 40 per cent palm oil-based biodiesel, while the European Commission said it would support member states that choose to reduce their biofuel mandates.
In the meantime, consumers and businesses are struggling.
Harry Niazi, who owns The Famous Olley's Fish Experience in London, says he used to pay around 22 pounds ($29) for a 20-litre jug of sunflower oil; the cost recently jumped to 42.50 pounds ($55). Niazi goes through as many as eight jugs per week.
But what worries him even more than rising prices is the thought of running out of sunflower oil altogether. He's thinking of selling his truck and using the cash to stock up on oil.
“It's very, very scary, and I don't know how the fish and chips industry is going to cope. I really don't,” he said.
So far, Niazi has held off on raising prices because he doesn't want to lose customers.
At Jordan's Grab n' Go, a small restaurant in Dyersburg, Tennessee, known for its fried cheeseburgers, owner Christine Coronado also agonised about price increases.
But with costs up 20 per cent across the board — and cooking oil prices nearly tripling since she opened in 2018 — she finally hiked prices in April.
“You hate to raise prices on people, but it's just that costs are so much higher than they were a couple of years ago,” she said. (
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CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newegg (NASDAQ: NEGG), a leading global technology e-commerce retailer, today announced the launch of a Top Tech for Mom gift guide. Newegg knows Mom wants tech gifts for Mother’s Day and is offering suggestions for gift givers.
Newegg’s gift-giving ideas include hundreds of the latest and most desired tech and tech-related products in entertaining, gaming, electronics, PC building, home office, outdoors, and health and wellness to enrich mothers’ lives throughout the year.
See the Top Tech for Mom gift guide here: https://newegg.io/TopTechForMom
Below is the Newegg gift guide breakdown by gift recipient interest type and product categories:
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For the Mom Who Loves to Entertain Guests
home appliances, TVs, home audio, projectors, portable devices and robotic vacuums
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For the Mom Who Wants a Gaming Set-up
gaming laptops, gaming keyboards, gaming mice, headsets, gaming chairs and desks, video game consoles and accessories
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For the Mom Who Loves Electronics
tablets, headphones and portable devices, gadgets and wearables, cell phone accessories, surveillance systems, smart home devices and car electronics
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For the Mom Who is a PC Builder
motherboards, VGA, CPU, PSU, hard drives, memory and ODD
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For the Mom Who Needs a Home Office
notebooks, 2-in-1, keyboards, mice, webcams, headsets, chairs and desks
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For the Mom Who Likes Spending Time Outdoors
drones, outdoor speakers, small home appliances, TVs and home audio
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For the Mom Who Strives for Health and Wellness
activity trackers/wearables, smart watches, massage guns, massage chairs, fitness accessories and personal care
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For the Mom Who Deserves It All
a variety of products from categories and gift cards
“Just about every mother will be glad to get a tech-inspired Mother’s Day gift, like a new desktop PC, laptop, TV, smartwatch or home appliance to enjoy year-round,” said Benny Tam, Vice President of Category Marketing and Merchandising. “Matching a mother to a tech gift can be challenging so we’re helping remove some of the stress from browsing and buying for mothers who have different interests.”
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Newegg Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEGG), founded in 2001 and based in the City of Industry, Calif., near Los Angeles, is a leading global online retailer for PC hardware, consumer electronics, gaming peripherals, home appliances, automotive and lifestyle technology. Newegg serves businesses’ e-commerce needs with marketing, supply chain, and technical solutions in a single platform. For more information: Newegg.com.
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Why Apple’s CSAM Dilemma Risks Impacting iPhone 14 – Forbes
Apple has suddenly trapped itself in a security and privacy nightmare, just as iPhone 13 hits the streets. This now threatens to damage the next 12-months leading to iPhone 14 and is starting to look like an impossible problem for Apple to solve.
The run-up to this week’s Apple iPhone and iOS launches has been a disaster by their standards. Repeated security warnings as Israel’s NSO reportedly exploited multiple vulnerabilities have added to its ill-timed and ill-conceived idea to run on-device screening for known child abuse imagery and explicit iMessage photos.
Apple remains committed to catching up its peers and adding some form of CSAM screening to its cloud platform, but considering the backlash has “decided to take additional time over the coming months to collect input and make improvements before releasing these critically important child safety features.”
The most stinging criticism of Apple’s plans was the risk that it would kowtow to U.S. and foreign government demands to expand the scope of on-device screening, that adherence to “local laws” would force its hand. Apple’s defense was to assure that it would never bend to such demands, that it had protections in place. Unfortunately, just as iPhone 13 launched, those assurances have been very publicly dashed.
It isn’t China this time—where Apple has continually struggled to fend off government pressure, it’s Russia instead. Apple has a history of removing apps that displease the authorities in China, and now it has done the same with voting apps that threaten to undermine the status quo in Russia.
As reported by the New York Times, “Apple and Google removed an app meant to coordinate protest voting in this weekend’s Russian elections from the country on Friday… The decisions came after Russian authorities, who claim the app is illegal, threatened to prosecute local employees of Apple and Google.”
For Apple, this could not have come at a worse time. As the Times pointed out, what happened in Russia was “a display of Silicon Valley’s limits when it comes to resisting crackdowns on dissent around the world.” Completely undermining the CSAM scope creep assurances that Apple pushed so hard in response to the recent backlash.
It turns out that Apple could not ignore the self-built mantra of what happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone. But Apple also clumsily boxed itself in. The company argued that cloud photo screening as done by Google and Microsoft and others is privacy-invasive: “Existing techniques as implemented by other companies,” Apple said, “scan all user photos stored in the cloud. This creates privacy risk for all users.”
CSAM FAQ
Apple used this risk to push its on-device alternative, “providing significant privacy benefits by preventing Apple from learning about photos unless they both match to known CSAM images and are included in an iCloud Photos account that includes a collection of known CSAM.” In retrospect, it should have left itself some room.
As I’ve said before, re-introducing on-device screening will be impossible without a repeat backlash. Apple has already explained in detail the security and privacy measures guarding its approach, which didn’t help last time. It’s unclear what else it could do, save watering down the measures to render them impotent.
#NoSpyPhone protest in San Francisco
If Apple was under any doubt as to the strength of feeling, then the well-reported protests outside Apple stores will have quickly changed that. “Organized by Fight for the Future, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a network of volunteers, the protests are demanding that Apple permanently shelve their dangerous proposal to install photo and message scanning malware on millions of people’s devices.”
What Apple should have done is quietly add some form of CSAM photo screening on iCloud, explaining that this has become the industry norm, but with some Apple-esque privacy innovations to make its system optically better than the others.
The only issue here would be any plans to end-to-end encrypt iCloud Photos, and some argued that its approach was prep for that. But if that’s the case, then any client-side screening of end-to-end encrypted data would undermine that encryption anyway, just as we saw with iMessage explicit imagery; and so, that wouldn’t work either.
Apple went to such lengths to explain why cloud screening is a bad idea from a privacy perspective, that it’s now hard for it to backtrack and opt for that solution without either appearing hypocritical or adding enough cleverness to escape its own trap. Any way you look at it, cloud screening users’ photos represents a privacy risk, albeit users have implicitly accepted this on CSAM grounds with no backlash.
But here Apple has also created a new issue for itself and others. The online debate that its CSAM moves fueled led to more detail on such screening measures than has been that openly in the public domain before. Putting aside the risk that bad actors without the tech savvy to explore the darker recesses of the web now know more than they did, the wider issue is that the public can no longer dismiss this as robotic AI.
Apple’s confirmation that human reviewers would rule out false positives highlighted the very concept of such false positives. “Any time an account is identified by the system, Apple conducts human review before making a report… as a result, system errors or attacks will not result in innocent people being reported.” So now, we have questions for other platforms as to how many false positives are triggered and ruled out by human reviews? Just how private are cloud photo platforms after all?
Apple is clearly under pressure to step up its efforts to fight CSAM, having fallen behind its peers with the measures it has in place. And notwithstanding the issues it has aired around false positives and human reviews, it needs to do something.
The reality is that on-device screening will be an impossible sell. Apple can of course ignore the protests and hope they ultimately melt away, but the integrity of iPhone privacy will have been breached, and that’s a one-way street. The company needs to find words to sell cloud screening that are not tripped up by its prior messaging.
And this needs to happen fairly quickly. Apple certainly needs this resolved before next fall, because if it takes the view that this is a cornerstone of an OS update, and thus now falls to iOS 16, then it will not want its next launch damaged. If the alternative is an iOS 15 mid-life update, then this would be the most controversial such update in memory, and runs the risk of users just holding back.
Alternatively, if Apple opts for an iCloud update, one that doesn’t require a device update and which operates in the same way as its peers, then Apple needs to set our minds at rest as to the details behind that, and how it can reverse its earlier warnings. Right now, Apple isn’t saying anything more than was in its delaying statement.
This is a nightmare for Apple. Its backlash followed by backtrack on CSAM followed WhatsApp’s on Facebook terms and then Google’s on FLoC—terrible optics for privacy-centric Apple. Whatever else happens, as soon as Apple comes back with its revised proposals, the Russian political retreat will loom large in any response. How Apple resolves this seemingly impossible problem is critical. | https://www.inferse.com/62023/why-apples-csam-dilemma-risks-impacting-iphone-14-forbes/ | 2022-04-26T09:09:04Z | https://www.inferse.com/62023/why-apples-csam-dilemma-risks-impacting-iphone-14-forbes/ | false | 1 |
SC agrees to list pleas against hijab ban in educational institutions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list appeals against the Karnataka High Court order upholding the "hijab ban" in educational institutions soon.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list appeals against the Karnataka High Court order upholding the "hijab ban" in educational institutions soon. Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora on Tuesday mentioned in the Supreme Court appeals against Karnataka High Court order upholding hijab ban in educational institutions.
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana asked her to wait for two days and said that he will list it soon. Various petitioners have approached the apex court challenging the Karnataka High Court order upholding the Karnataka government's order which directs strict enforcement of schools and colleges' uniform rules.
One of the appeals in the top court has alleged "step-motherly behaviour of government authorities which has prevented students from practising their faith and resulted in an unwanted law and order situation". The appeal said the High Court in its impugned order "had vehemently failed to apply its mind and was unable to understand the gravity of the situation as well as the core aspect of the Essential Religious Practices enshrined under Article 25 of the Constitution of India".
"Wearing of hijab or headscarf is a practice that is essential to the practice of Islam," it added. A bench of Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit, and Justice JM Khazi had held that the prescription of uniforms is a reasonable restriction that students could not object to and dismissed various petitions challenging a ban on hijab in education institutions saying they are without merit.
The hijab row had erupted in January this year when the Government PU College in Udupi allegedly barred six girls wearing the hijab from entering. Following this, the girls sat in protest outside college over being denied entry. After this, boys of several colleges in Udupi started attending classes wearing saffron scarves. This protest spread to other parts of the state as well leading to protests and agitations in several places in Karnataka.
As a result, the Karnataka government said that all students must adhere to the uniform and banned both hijab and saffron scarves till an expert committee decided on the issue. On February 5, the pre-University education board released a circular stating that the students could only wear the uniform approved by the school administration and no other religious attire would be allowed in colleges.
The order stated that in case a uniform is not prescribed by management committees, then students should wear dresses that go well with the idea of equality and unity, and do not disturb the social order. A batch of petitions was filed against the government's rule in the Karnataka High Court by some girls seeking permission to wear the hijab in educational institutions.
On February 10, the High Court issued an interim order stating that students should not wear any religious attire to classes till the court issued the final order. (ANI)
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Families are urged to ditch on-screen entertainment for one week from May 2 to 8, in a bid to re-discover delights that are anything but digital.
Screen-Free Week is an annual event and ideal opportunity to explore fun activities the family can enjoy away from the wi-fi.
This year it’s hoped that thousands of families, schools, and communities around the world will put down their entertainment screens for seven days of connection and discovery.
So an hour once glued to YouTube becomes an hour spent outside; ten minutes whiled away on social media turns into ten minutes spent drawing; a movie on a rainy afternoon is replaced by time spent reading, chatting, or playing games.
Former primary school teacher Laura Steele, now of PlanBee, suggests creating art using different materials set aside for recycling.
Or on a rainy day, why not turn your front room into a fort? Use sofa cushions to create a structure then add in cushions and sheets to make it feel cosy and find a good book to share or game to play.
Grab a container and go hunting in the garden or an outside space for mini-beasts! Where do little insects live? Go exploring.
Or try creating your own family dance routine - each member of the family could suggest one or two signature moves, put them all together and you may have a result you can be proud of!
Have a rummage in the garage or look in the garden for objects which would make tricky obstacles, then build your own obstacle course in the garden and challenge each other to a race. See who can complete the course in the fastest time.
If you're missing a family member or friend, why not write them a letter or a postcard, rather than an email or a text. Let them know what you have been up to and check in to see how they are.
Get creative and challenge each member of the family to come up with a menu, including starter, main course and dessert. Take it in turns to ‘host’ a dinner party.
Another option is to choose a book to read together as a family. Take turns in reading pages or chapters out loud. Talk about what has happened so far and discuss opinions of characters and events. Predict what you each think will happen next, and see who is closest.
Have a board-game night with nibbles and drinks, and if you’re feeling competitive, a score board.
Or organise a treasure hunt inside or out - the ‘treasure’ could be a new book or board game to enjoy together.
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Make the most of the time you spend away from the screen. And after this week, why not challenge yourselves to have one day a week screen-free.. | https://www.northernirelandworld.com/lifestyle/why-families-should-take-up-this-seven-day-screen-free-challenge-3668929 | 2022-04-26T09:13:55Z | https://www.northernirelandworld.com/lifestyle/why-families-should-take-up-this-seven-day-screen-free-challenge-3668929 | false | 12 |
Kentucky Health News
Every county in Kentucky has a low level of coronavirus transmission, according to the latest weekly analysis of risk based on cases and hospital capacity by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC ratings are based on new coronavirus cases, Covid-19 hospitalizations and the percentage of staffed inpatient beds occupied by Covid-19 patients. Its color-coded map uses green for counties with low risk of transmission, yellow for counties with medium risk and red for counties with high risk.
The latest map shows that the whole state is in the green, a level that comes with recommendations to stay up to date with your Covid-19 vaccines and to get tested if you have symptoms.
The CDC reports that 91.7% of counties and county equivalents in the U.S. have a low level of Covid-19.
The latest ratings came as Kentucky’s Covid-19 cases and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus in the previous week ticked up a bit, while hospital numbers continued to decline.
“So we’re gonna keep taking a look at at where the numbers of cases and positivity are, but [we’re] not concerned because of where these [hospital] graphs are, which is in such a good place,” Gov. Andy Beshear said at his weekly news conference on Thursday, before the new CDC map was released.
The slight uptick also comes as Kentucky gears up for what Beshear said would be record crowds at this year’s Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 7, which he said he plans on attending.
“We are in the best shape that we have been since the start of the pandemic, with all factors considered to host the Kentucky Derby,” he said. “And how exciting is that?” | https://adairvoice.com/green-looks-good-on-kentucky/ | 2022-04-26T09:15:39Z | https://adairvoice.com/green-looks-good-on-kentucky/ | false | 1 |
Donald Trump again tried to boast about his intelligence, but at least one member of his family wasn’t buying it.
Mary Trump, a niece who has been highly critical of the former president, told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Monday that her uncle is a “black hole of need.” He needs compliments to fill the void and yet he knows people are only telling him what he wants to hear.
“And also because he knows it isn’t true,” said Mary Trump, who is a psychologist. “He knows he’s a deeply unintelligent person. He knows that he’s severely damaged and has severe limitations so he’s always trying to fill a need that is unfillable.”
Over the weekend, Trump bragged about his intelligence as he explained how he once passed a test designed to detect cognitive decline. He also claimed genius runs in his family.
His niece didn’t buy that line of logic, either.
“I do find it fascinating that he thinks just because my uncle was a physicist and my grandfather was really good at using federal money to screw working people over that that somehow redounds to Donald’s intelligence,” she said.
Mary Trump is the second Trump insider to take issue with his intelligence claims. On Sunday, one-time personal attorney Michael Cohen wondered why the former president once made him warn his alma maters not to release his grades or test scores.
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2: (3) Amherst 10-4 3: (2) North Ridgeville 12-1 Crop comments: Keystone dropped back-to-back games after defeating Wellington, 7-4. Those losses were to 2021 Division I state semifinalist Anthony Wayne (13-2) and Aurora (14-1). … Amherst had a big week, defeating Southwestern Conference rival North Ridgeville on a 4-3 walk-off to split the season series. Both teams stand at the top of the conference standings. The Comets defeated Midview, 12-3, and split a doubleheader against Mentor, winning, 9-5, and losing, 10-8, on April 23. … The Rangers edged Avon, 2-1, to hand the Eagles their second conference loss of the season. North Ridgeville also defeated Olmsted Falls (15-0), Lakewood (13-0) and Mount Vernon (8-3). … Elyria Catholic stays at fifth and is scheduled to face North Olmsted on April 26. The Eagles have won five games in a row, with their most recent being a 10-7 win over Holy Name. … Brookside played its first game in 17 days against Columbia, which they won, 3-0, on April 22. … Firelands switches spots with Rocky River. The Pirates dropped back-to-back games against tough Lakewood and Buckeye teams, but bounced back with a 17-0 win over Cleveland Central Catholic. Since a loss to Columbia, the Falcons have won three straight games against Oberlin (13-3), Black River (8-3) and on Vermilion (12-0) on the road to take the Stillman Cup. … Games to watch on April 26 will be Elyria Catholic at North Olmsted, Black River at Keystone and Wellington as they host Columbia. The Raiders will host Wellington on April 27 before playing Brookside on the 28. The Dukes will take on Firelands on the same day. April 29 and 30 will be the Prebis Tournament in LaGrange and in Wellington, with some of the top teams in the area in action. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2578892417301/salem-s-wilms-tosses-no-hitter | 2022-04-26T09:20:09Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2578892417301/salem-s-wilms-tosses-no-hitter | true | 10 |
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Monday urged countries to step up efforts to tackle malaria in the region, calling for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment interventions that are data-led and tailored to local contexts.
In a message marking World Malaria Day, PAHO said in 2020, the 18 endemic countries of the Americas reported over 600,000 malaria cases, a 26 percent reduction from the previous year. Between 2015 and 2019 however, cases had increased by 79 percent, highlighting the need for more sustained efforts towards elimination.
World Malaria Day 2022 is being observed under the theme “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives” which PAHO said aims to highlight the importance of investment in new tools, as well as in the more effective use of available methods to prevent, diagnose and treat malaria, particularly in those countries that are the hardest hit.
It said in the Americas, Belize is also on track to receive certification this year, while Paraguay was certified malaria-free in 2018, followed by Argentina in 2019 and El Salvador in 2021, reducing the number of malaria-endemic countries in the region from 21 in 2015 to 18.
But it said despite this progress, however, spikes in cases associated with economic migration, particularly within the agriculture, fishing and mining sectors, combined with insufficient health care facilities in areas with hard to reach and mobile populations, have threatened progress, placing elimination efforts at risk in some countries.
“Malaria is a disease that knows no national borders,” said Dr. Marcos Espinal, Director of Communicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of Health at PAHO.
“It is crucial that countries work together to tackle transmission and implement more effective preventive measures where they are needed the most – at the local, community level,” he added.
Malaria is an acute febrile disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium, which is transmitted by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Symptoms, including fever, headache and chills usually appear 10-15 days after a bite and maybe mild and difficult to recognize as malaria. Left untreated, malaria can progress to severe illness and death.
Effective vector control, including the use of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying, are crucial to preventing the transmission of the disease.
While an increase in access to antimalarial medicines and improvements in the clinical management of severe cases have led to a reduction in malaria-related deaths in the region to 108 deaths in 2020; more must be done to halt transmission, through increased investment in local-level interventions.
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Accused killer pleads guilty to actions in jail
LISBON — Gary E. Joiner, the Homeworth man accused in the murder of Ryan Virden, pleaded guilty to other charges stemming from his actions while incarcerated at the county jail. Before Judge Megan Bickerton on Tuesday afternoon, Joiner, 43, Homeworth Road, pleaded guilty to charges of felonious assault,...
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The Department of Justice and the Texas Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against the City of Baytown in Houston Federal Court alleging violations of federal and state clean water laws by multiple releases of untreated sewage into waterways surrounding the city.
The violations are from releases during rain when stormwater entering the sewer system overloads the system causing a mix of stormwater and wastewater to overflow into surrounding storm drains, ditches and waterways.
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The City of Mont Belvieu took another step in the city’s continued growth with a double-shot event on Thursday afternoon: Officials cut the ribbon marking the end of construction on the extension of Langston Boulevard while also conducting a groundbreaking to open construction on Phase 1 of Hackberry Park.
While the projects are separate, they are physically connected with Langston Boulevard running through the expansive Hackberry Park.
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Open Society Condemns Travesty of Justice in Kavala Verdict
New York, April 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Open Society Foundations are appalled by today’s Turkish court decision to sentence Osman Kavala—the business leader and philanthropist—to life in prison, even though no credible evidence was ever presented to substantiate the baseless charges against him.
“Today a Turkish judge ruled against Osman Kavala even though there is not a shred of legitimate evidence against him,” said Mark Malloch-Brown, the president of the Open Society Foundations. “This bogus trial has utterly failed to meet the most basic standards for fairness and procedural justice.”
The court in Istanbul also sentenced seven other defendants to 18 years in prison each. The cases against these defendants were also without any merit.
Osman Kavala was first arrested and detained in October 2017. The government has held him, without conviction prior to today, for more than four years.
During that time, Turkish prosecutors have bent over backwards to try to keep Kavala in prison, even having him re-arrested in February 2020, after a previous trial ended with him being briefly released.
“This is not about justice,” added Malloch-Brown. “It is about trying to intimidate and silence anyone who might speak up in defense of human rights in Turkey, including all independent civil society groups.”
In December 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Kavala’s detention was unjustified, and that the case against him was designed to silence him and to dissuade other human rights defenders from speaking out.
Turkey has so far defied the ECHR ruling.
Kavala is an established businessman and philanthropist, known for his support of human rights, the arts, and culture in Turkey. He also served as a board member with Open Society’s foundation in Turkey. (Open Society Turkey shut its doors in 2018 due to harassment from the Turkish government.)
Kavala is expected to appeal the court ruling.
“It is long past time to end this legal farce,” added Malloch-Brown. “Osman Kavala should be released and his name cleared immediately.”
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what you need to know to book your holidays
Summer is approaching and many Italians are booking their holidays after another year affected by the Covid pandemic. Let’s see what rules you must respect to go to the beach or to the city, in Italy or abroad.
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May 1st will see the end of the restrictions against Covid in Italy, or at least this foresees the government roadmap outlined with the latest Covid decree in March. While waiting for it to be understood if and when the executive decides to extend some rules, officially in less than a week the Italians will be able to basically say goodbye to masks and green passes. This will obviously lead to differences in the organization of the next summer holidays, which at this point millions of Italians hope to be able to pass into a situation of substantial normality (and of coexistence, now definitive, with Covid).
In Italy from May 1st it will no longer be mandatory to show the green pass, except in hospitals and RSAs to visit patients. Therefore, even for traveling between the various Regions there will be no more restrictions of any kind, regardless of vaccination or Covid tampons. This applies to everything: from means of transport, such as trains and airplanes, to bars and restaurants, passing through hotels (where green certification is no longer required as of April 1st). In short, there will be no differences. After two years of restrictions, the spacing rules on the beach will also be canceled: the 10 square meters reserved for an umbrella will no longer be needed.
To go abroad the situation is different and above all it changes from country to country. For example, in the United Kingdom there are no longer any restrictions on either the population or on entry into the country for those arriving from outside the country. In most European countries, however, the green pass or a negative, antigenic or molecular swab is still required. The best solution, in case you want to organize a trip, is to check on the Viaggiare Sicuri site of the Farnesina what you need to do according to the country you are going to. More than anything else because, between now and the summer, it is highly probable that the rules will change again. At the European level, the green pass could be abandoned precisely in view of the summer season and with a view to promoting greater circulation of people.
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Cross-country peace run was no ‘walk in the park:’ Three men reunite 40 years later in Spokane Valley
UPDATED: Mon., April 25, 2022
Forty years ago, three activists ran from New York City to Seattle for peace and nuclear disarmament as hostility increased between the Soviet Union and Western allies.
Last week, the trio reunited in Spokane Valley for the first time since 1982.
Jeff Tracy, 66, and Bill Starkey, 65, met with their 94-year-old friend and mentor, Paul Carpino, Saturday at Revel Spokane, an independent living community in Spokane Valley where Carpino and his wife of 72 years, Lorrie, live.
The two presented Carpino, donned in a purple “A RUN FOR PEACE” T-shirt, with a University of Montana School of Social Work Lifetime Achievement Award plaque. Starkey told The Spokesman-Review that Carpino was one of the first four graduates of the School of Social Work in 1954.
Carpino was also nominated for the university’s Alumnus of the Year. He will learn next month whether he will take home that honor.
In 1982, Tracy and Starkey were young teachers at an elementary school in Browning, Montana, on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. They were also avid runners and active in the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign that called for a halt to the testing and production of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and Soviet Union.
The two were inspired by a Canadian, Terry Fox, who lost his leg to cancer at 18 years old. Fox ran 3,339 miles across part of Canada in 143 days before cancer returned and he was forced to stop. He died the next year at 22.
Starkey, who is now a retired school counselor and psychologist who lives in Polson, Montana, said if Fox could perform such a feat, surely he and Tracy could run across the U.S. by day and promote peace at night.
“I said, ‘I don’t think these guys are as crazy as they seemed,’” Carpino said at the reunion Saturday.
Starkey said Carpino empowered the school teachers in fundraising and presenting their message during the trip.
“He was our father’s age at the time, and he really was sort of a father figure on this event,” Starkey said.
The three set out on the “Run for Peace” on June 21, 1982, and finished three months and 3,200 miles later on Sept. 18 in Seattle. They garnered local and national media attention throughout the cross-country run, speaking or showing videos to reporters to spread their peace beliefs.
The three took turns running and were joined almost every day by other runners inspired by the men. A 1960s van that Starkey purchased for $400 motored behind the runners. The vehicle was also used by the exhausted men to take naps.
They stayed in homes, often owned by people in church, peace or running groups, or camped during the entire trip, they said.
“We didn’t know exactly where we were going to sleep,” Carpino said.
Tracy said Starkey ran about 1,200 miles, Carpino ran roughly 900 and he ran around 500. Other runners who joined made up the remaining mileage.
Besides the humid weather, especially in the East and Midwest, the long trek was not without adversity.
Tracy, who was director of a community health center in Gering, Nebraska, before recently retiring in nearby Scottsbluff where he’s lived for years, said he had an injured knee so Carpino and Starkey were the “workhorses” in the first two-thirds of the trip. Starkey then developed foot problems in Wyoming so the other runners picked up the slack.
“Paul was the consistent thread all the way through,” Tracy said.
Starkey said one early morning a bridge closure forced him to swim across a river in Ohio. He said another time Tracy tore a vehicle’s bumper off while trying to squeeze into a parking spot and later that same day ran over a guitar case while parking. The trip got off to a rocky start when one of the van’s tires got a flat in the first 40 miles.
“Every day was a bit of an ordeal, but I think there was some adventure in the challenge every day that we both embraced, and we were young guns and happy to feel alive by doing that,” Starkey said. “It wasn’t a walk in the park or a piece of cake by any means.”
Still, Tracy said it was a great way to see the country from start to finish.
“You really got an appreciation of each part of the country and its uniqueness,” he said.
They raised about $13,000 during the trip through donations, sponsors and by selling “RUN FOR PEACE” shirts. The three men used the money to send five U.S. ranchers and a University of Utah professor to the Soviet Union to meet with Soviet Union residents in a “citizens’ detente” effort.
Tracy said it was their way to try to break down barriers and bring long-lasting peace – something the two governments failed to do, he said.
“We knew that we weren’t going to change the world even though we wanted to change the world,” Tracy said.
Tracy said he sees similarities between the Cold War and the current Russia-Ukraine conflict.
He said many in the Soviet Union in the 1980s were opposed to their government’s Cold War actions just like many Russian residents today stand against their government’s military efforts.
“The whole Cold War was a battle of ideology and the Ukrainian war and the potential larger implications of that, again, is a battle of ideology,” Tracy said.
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Body found on Lake Winnebago shoreline is 57-year-old Fond du Lac man
Larry Gallup
Fond du Lac Reporter
FOND DU LAC - The body found partially submerged along the Lake Winnebago shoreline Sunday has been identified as a 57-year-old Fond du Lac man, Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt said Monday.
Waldschmidt said the man's name will be released after his family has been notified. Waldschmidt said an autopsy showed no sign of injury or trauma and that foul play isn't suspected. He added that the investigation remains open.
The man's body was found about 4 p.m. Sunday along the shoreline on Lakeshore Drive in Friendship.
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Buhari mourns Alabo Graham-Douglas
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of former Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas.
Graham-Douglas died on April 25.
In a condolence message by his media aide Femi Adesina, Buhari sympathised with the government and people of Rivers over the loss of the political stalwart, democrat and administrator.
Graham-Douglas served differently as aviation, labour, and tourism minister, leaving a legacy of distinguished service to the nation.
The president noted Graham-Douglas’s historic roles in entrenching democratic rule and liberal culture, joining well-meaning Nigerians and global leaders to stand and speak for justice and fairness.
He lauded him for promoting grassroots development among his people.
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Lawmakers looking to make birth control more accessible in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolinians may soon be able to skip a trip to the doctor’s office to get a prescription for birth control.
A bill moving through the State House would let pharmacists directly dispense birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives without needing a doctor’s prescription, as they currently do after an in-person or virtual visit.
More than a dozen states already allow this, including North Carolina, which approved the measure earlier this year.
Supporters argue it would save women time and money by saving them additional trips to the physician.
“Hormonal contraceptives can be used safely by almost all women, and increased access to contraceptives would be beneficial,” said Dr. Dawn Bingham, a Columbia OB-GYN and member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Pharmacies would be able to opt out if they do not want to offer this option, and pharmacists would also need additional certification and continuing education to dispense birth control without a doctor’s prescription.
In response to concerns that women would miss their recommended annual trip to the gynecologist if they did not need to visit to obtain birth control, the bill would also require doctors provide information to women receiving contraceptives about the importance of these visits.
Democratic Rep. Russell Ott of Calhoun County said this legislation should take the politics out of the conversation on preventing abortions.
“If we’re going to decrease the number of unwanted and unplanned pregnancies, then we’ve got to get real and start doing things like this,” Ott said.
Ott also told a group of his colleagues that this change in requirement would especially be beneficial in the more rural areas of South Carolina, including his own district, where doctors may not be as accessible but pharmacists likely are.
Groups including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the South Carolina Pharmacy Association back these changes, which received unanimous approval in the state Senate last year, the first year of the current two-year legislative session.
“Considering South Carolina has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country and one of the primary ways to decrease unintended pregnancies is to increase access to hormonal contraception, we feel this bill will go a long way to addressing this important and critical public health issue,” Dr. Patti Fabel of the South Carolina Pharmacy Association said.
The bill needs two more key votes of approval — first to advance out of the House 3-M Committee and then to pass the full House of Representatives — to head to the governor’s desk.
There are nine days left on the legislative calendar to get those approvals, but the first, at the committee level, could come as early as Tuesday.
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LONDON, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fastmarkets, the industry-leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA), has successfully completed another external assurance review of its key forest products prices.
Professional services company BDO carried out the independent assurance review of the 15 audited prices and found that, as of March 31, 2022, Fastmarkets' responses were in line with the Principles for Oil PRAs set out by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in 2012. The review process includes a comprehensive review of all relevant methodologies, processes and policies to verify their adherence to these Principles.
As stated by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), this external assurance review is sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the audit requirements of the EU Benchmark Regulation (BMR) for commodity benchmarks (paragraph 18 of Annex II).
The prices reviewed include some of those administered by Fastmarkets Benchmark Administration Oy (FBA Oy), which was incorporated in Finland in December 2020 to administer all benchmarks that are in scope of the BMR.
"The quality of our methodologies, effectiveness of our pricing processes, and integrity of our assessors guide our purpose: to publish reliable and trusted prices that the forest products industry can rely on to trade today and plan for tomorrow," Fastmarkets CEO Raju Daswani said. "This assurance review supports our commitment to be transparent and accountable."
This is the first year that Fastmarkets audited all main forest products pricing businesses (FOEX, RISI and Random Lengths) under a single assurance review, which covered 15 prices of both type 1 and type 2 IOSCO accreditations. It includes our key European and Chinese PIX pulp indices, European and North American recovered paper prices and North American price assessments for Southern Yellow Pine, Containerboard and Boxboard markets.
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Russian attack on Ukraine is going on for more than two months. None expected this war to continue for this long and seemingly, it will continue for many more months. Lives are being lost from both sides. Ukraine as a country is being vandalized as their cities, residential and commercial areas are getting destroyed. Though the Western world is very vocal against this Russian invasion, none actually stepped up to restore peace in Ukraine. Hence, the true intent remains under grave concern.
Ukraine's intention to join NATO, a military alliance came out as the root cause of Russian invasion. Ukraine is geographically located closest to Russia and once it was part of the Soviet Union. Most of its critical infrastructures are built during the Soviet era. Ukraine acted as a progressive country, with the democratic ideology at its core, after its independence. But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's excitement to join NATO was very much unclear and appeared as a stunt to disturb Russia, the flagbearer of the Eastern world and socialism. If it was a development alliance, Russia might not have retaliated, but a military alliance so close to its territory was enough for Russia to invade Ukraine.
On multiple occasions, Russia had expressed its discontent about Ukraine's willingness to join NATO. Politely they also served threats. But Ukraine's comedian turned President Zelenskyy did not have proper political understanding to realize the consequences of his decisions. Now, the Ukrainian people are paying the price of his mistakes. Even if Russia loses this war, Ukraine will require at least 50 years to stand strong. The loss will remain totally on the Ukrainian people though Russia never intended to take power of Ukraine.
Russia is much more superior from Ukraine in terms of its military capacity.Zelenskyy's role throughout this crisis remained like a showmanship or pawn compromising the future of his countrymen. It was always an unequal war. Though the Western media is constantly portraying military failure of Russia in Ukraine, truly Russia has not gone for full forced attack yet. They have intentionally delayed their forward march, kept capital Kyiv surrounded for days while attacking other important cities like Mariupol and Donbas. Russia could have won this war easily with brutal force but they remained calm and slow in their operations and that is the reality.
President Zelenskyy expected a lot from his Western allies. But the Westerners including the US is only supporting them with military aid, which is apparently delaying a Russian victory as well as creating more havoc for the Ukrainians. The military aid is not going to help the Ukrainians as they will have only dead cities after this war. The Western world should have come forward to mediate between Russia and Ukraine for a peaceful solution but no such concrete step was visible till now.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday there may be no swift end to the conflict in Ukraine because of the stiff resistance to Russia's invasion. He also agreed to the fact that, this war may continue till end of 2023. Johnson also mentioned that, Putin has a very large army and he is still in a position to win - a rare citing by a Western world leader. If the war continues for two years, Ukraine will be completely destroyed. They will have to depend on the support and loan from its allies to revive. It will be the worst outcome for a country like Ukraine.Zelenskyy will realize his mistakes at one point as he already expressed his discontent over the actions of NATO and his so-called allies.
From the very beginning of this war, Zelenskyy's approach was very wrong. He went underground and refused to leave Ukraine though he claimed that Russian force was on to him and his family. He wore dresses like a war-time commander. His wife OlenaZelenska was also seen with assault rifle in pictures depicting herparticipation in the war to Ukraine though it is sure that neither Zelenskyy nor Olena participated in direct combat. Zelenskyyalso ordered males from 18 to 60 to remain in country and participate in this war even against their will. It was a serious humanitarian offense. Many families had to depart Ukraine without the man of their house.
The Western world has put so many sanctions to destroy the economic strength of the country. They are also trying to block gas sales of Russia. But Russia is quickly modifying their economic system as they are now focusing on domestic economic system. For example; many multinational companies have left Russia forcing many to become unemployed and Russian government is now deploying them in different government works while allocating a special fund for them. Hence, it will be hard to economically destroy Russia as Putin had that in his calculations. Moreover, huge demand of gas throughout the world and a little bit of price cut will push different countries to buy gas from Russia like India did despite their good relations with the US.
Russia and Ukraine both are top grain producers of the world. They combinedly supply 30 per cent wheat of the world. A great part of the world is now going through food crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This Russia-Ukraine war will intensify the crisis. This will also instigate food politics - the most dangerous type of politics. As the Western countries will need to come forward to address the food crisis in Africa and some parts of Asia, they will have greater influence over different regions. This war and actions of everyone is making us believe that, some force is trying to destroy the food supply capacity of both Russia and Ukraine to take advantage of the upcoming food crisis and that must not happen for the sake of humanity.
The USA is the leader of the democratic world. They are contributing in different areas of development of many countries including Bangladesh. But their role in this Russia-Ukraine war is not supportive to the concept of peace or human rights. They could have taken the lead in establishing truce between Russia and Ukraine to instill peace and humanity. Rather they continued to supply military aid to Ukraine to prolong the war which definitely brought devastation towards Ukraine and its people. Moreover, they should also lead in closing all sorts of military alliance and dismantle NATO. If you try to expand the reach of any military alliance on the neighborhood of any country, which is historically your enemy or economically your competition, then that country will retaliate for sure, especially when that country is very strong.
Zelenskyy in recent appearance is trying to spread fear of Russian invasion of other countries after Ukraine and trying to get the support of different countries. But none is actually responding. He also expressed his intentions to sit with Russian authority for discussion and again he threatenedthat any further Russian attack will foil any peace process. He is actually active weak and indecisive. But to achieve a true result, he has to come out of all influence, which seems very difficult.
From the actions of world leaders, especially the Western world, we may doubt if they really want to stop the war in Ukraine for the sake of peace and humanity. As we have not seen any significant attempt from them to stop this war peacefully, many hence question the true intention of the US and its Western allies. But that should not be a great example from the leaders of the democratic world.
We hope, the Western world including the US along with the UN will come forward to mediate between Russia and Ukraine to stop this war. They must bring both these countries back on economic activities for the sake of the welfare of this whole world. Zelenskyy must start to understand the fierce future of his country if this war continues for long. Putin also must stop this war for the sake of humanity and follow the roads of political discussions. Humanity has come far from utilizing violence for political advantage and the global leaders should realize that soon.
We believe, peace and humanity will prevail.
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BOSTON (CBS) — The Celtics didn’t try to dodge the Brooklyn Nets in the first-round of the NBA Playoffs. They could have manipulated the standings on the final day of the regular season, like the Milwaukee Bucks did, in order to avoid a massive test early in the postseason.
But where is the fun in that? The Celtics have been the NBA’s best team since early January, and as head coach Ime Udoka has said time and time again, they are not running from anyone.
Udoka was echoing that sentiment once again Monday night after Boston completed its first-round sweep of Brooklyn.
“We said it quite openly that we weren’t running from anybody. We wanted to play our best basketball going into [the playoffs],” the first-year head coach said Monday night. “Some teams did what they did on the last day, but we had to win. We aren’t scared of anybody and we aren’t going to run from anybody. If you want to win you have to go through everybody, so I think it was good to get a good test in the first round.”
Jaylen Brown said that Udoka included Boston players in the decision-making to close the season. Nobody wanted to back down from earning the two-seed, and the likely first-round matchup with the Nets that went with it.
“We all came to the conclusion that if we wanted to do something special, there would be no shortcuts or ducking,” said Brown, who scored 22 in the sweep-sealing win on Monday night. “Sometimes you have to take the hard way, or what perceives to be that. Ime led us in that direction and we all agreed to follow suite.”
While the Celtics never blew the Nets out in any of the four games, with their average margin of victory just 4.5 points, Boston thoroughly dominated the four-game set. That is the third-smallest margin of victory in a four-game sweep in NBA playoff history, behind only the 1975 Warriors and 2017 Cavaliers, both of whom had an average margin of victory of just four points in their respective sweeps.
“The closest sweep you’ll ever see,” Udoka said after Game 4.
It goes to show just how ridiculous the Boston defense was throughout the series, keeping Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving from ever getting into a groove at the same time. They both enjoyed big games at one point, but a much deeper Celtics team got the best of them.
The Boston defense absolutely hounded Durant all four games, with Jayson Tatum wrapping up the all-time great. He had help from Al Horford and Grant Williams, and after Tatum fouled out in Game 4, the Celtics didn’t really miss a beat defensively.
Durant, a career 50 percent shooter, hit just 32 of his 83 shots in the series. He had 21 turnovers to 25 assists. Durant looked defeated over the first three games before breaking out for 39 points in Game 4 — but he needed 31 shots to reach that mark.
Kyrie Irving was likewise rendered mostly useless for Brooklyn, scoring just 36 points in Games 2-4 after his 39-point explosion in Game 1. You can thank Brown and Marcus Smart for that defensive wizardry.
The Nets were looking for answers throughout the series, and now have a whole summer to ponder what just happened. They were the favorite by many entering the series, with some sports books putting them as the favorites to make the NBA Finals. The Celtics, however, never buckled in the biggest moments of the series.
The sweep was not an easy one for Boston by any stretch. They needed a Tatum buzzer-beater to steal back Game 1 and then had to come back from down 17 in Game 2. Both Games 3 and 4 in Brooklyn remained close into the final minutes, with the Celtics coming through with clutch play after clutch play on both ends of the floor.
Taking all four games by such a slim margin highlights the incredible growth by this Celtics team since the start of the season. They were known for folding when a game was tight, going 11-18 during the regular season in games decided by seven or fewer points. So far in the postseason, Boston is 4-0 in the face of such adversity.
Doing it all against the Nets, the team that sent them home in the first round last postseason, makes it all the more sweeter. Boston’s commitment to earning the two-seed paid off, as they’ll now have homecourt against either the Bucks or the Bulls in the second round.
“So many people thought that we should have tried to play somebody else in the first round, but our mindset was to accomplish what we wanted to accomplish, we were probably going to have to play them eventually. I’m assuming the road to a championship is not easy,” said Tatum, who averaged 29.5 points per game for the series. “So we took on that challenge. We knew it was going to be tough but I think that was good for us. Knowing who they have on their team and what they’re capable of had us locked in from that first day.”
“It’s important just to maintain who you are,” said Brown. “We aren’t worried about anyone else; it’s all about us trying to be the best team we can possibly be. If we come out ready to play and compete, we’re the best team in basketball. We feel confident and strong against anybody and we’re going to come to play against anybody.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration is taking steps to expand availability of the life-saving COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, as it seeks to reassure doctors that there is ample supply for people at high risk of severe illness or death from the virus.
Paxlovid, produced by Pfizer, was first approved in December. Supply of the regimen was initially very limited, but as COVID-19 cases across the country have fallen and manufacturing has increased it is now far more abundant. The White House is now moving to raise awareness of the pill and taking steps to make it easier to access.
The White House said Tuesday it is stepping up outreach to doctors, letting them know that they shouldn't think twice about prescribing the pill to eligible patients. It is also announcing that the drug will now be distributed directly to pharmacies, in addition to existing distribution channels run by states. That is expected to boost the number of sites from 20,000 to more than 30,000 next week and eventually to 40,000 locations.
The administration believes the pharmacy channel, which it used to boost availability of COVID-19 vaccines more than a year ago, will similarly make the antiviral pills more available to people.
Paxlovid, when administered within five days of symptoms appearing, has been proven to bring about a 90% reduction in hospitalizations and deaths among patients most likely to get severe disease. About 350 Americans are now dying each day from the coronavirus, down from more than 2,600 during the height of the omicron wave earlier this year.
The U.S. has ordered enough supply of the pills for 20 million people, which is estimated to last for several more months. The administration has warned that subsequent deliveries are dependent on Congress approving additional COVID-19 response funding.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s drug for adults and children age 12 or older with a positive COVID-19 test and early symptoms who face the highest risk of severe outcomes. That includes older people and those with conditions like obesity and heart disease, though the drug is not recommended for patients with severe kidney or liver problems.
The administration is also working to expand the number of test-to-treat sites that provide a one-stop shop for those with COVID-19 to get tested for the virus, consult with a medical professional if they're positive and fill a prescription for Paxlovid on site. Currently there are 2,200 locations nationwide, and the administration hopes support from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and pharmacy companies will enable more sites to come online in the coming weeks. | https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Administration-expands-availability-of-COVID-17126759.php | 2022-04-26T10:19:56Z | https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Administration-expands-availability-of-COVID-17126759.php | true | 110 |
KUNGÄLV, Sweden, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PERIOD 1 JANUARY - 31 MARCH 2022
- Net sales amounted to SEK 1,774.9 million, which was 41% (36% in local currencies) higher than last year (SEK 1,261.6 million).
- Operating result amounted to SEK 209.1 (100.1) million.
- Result for the period amounted to SEK 153.5 (67.7) million.
- Earnings per share amounted to SEK 2.31 (1.04).
- Cash flow from operating activities amounted to SEK 5.2 (367.2) million.
- Equity ratio amounted to 61.9 (56.9) %.
- Net debt to equity ratio amounted to 22.9 (37.3) %.
CEO COMMENTS
Net sales
We are once again delivering a record quarter. Net sales increased by as much as 41% (excluding currency 36%) and amounted to SEK 1,774.9 million, which is a new all-time high for a first quarter. Just as we previously predicted, the recovery in the market will take place quickly after easing or removing restrictions in Europe and the USA. Both of our sales channels had good growth with 49% for promo and 29% for retail. All three segments had growth, Corporate with 49%, Sports & Leisure with 40% and Gifts & Home Furnishings with 13%. All geographical regions also showed growth. A quarter that we can feel great pride in our accomplishments in sales growth.
Operating result
We more than doubled our operating profit from SEK 100.1 million to SEK 209.1 million. The operating margin for the quarter was 11.8%. The highest operating margin we have previously reached is 7.9%.
Net profit increased from SEK 67.7 million to SEK 153.5 million, an improvement of SEK 85.8 million or as much as 127%.
Rolling 12 months
For the first time, we passed SEK 7 billion in net sales on a rolling full year and achieved SEK 7,231.9 million and an operating result of SEK 1,114.9 million. This gives an operating margin of 15.4%.
Cash flow & balance sheet
Operating cash flow was SEK 5.2 million, compared with SEK 367.2 million the previous year. The difference consists of a certain inventory build-up, payment of previous purchases of goods and an increase in accounts receivable with the sharp increase in sales. Given the growth, we would have preferred to increase inventory further, but there are still supply disruptions in the logistics chain.
The balance sheet remains very strong with an equity ratio of 61.9%, which leaves plenty of room for both organic growth and possible acquisitions.
The future
We are well equipped for the future and I remain optimistic. However, there is no shortage of challenges in the short term due to the situation prevailing in the world. The war in Ukraine is terrible and worrying, as is the development of the pandemic in China with large and long lockdowns. Both of these risks are exacerbating the strained situation that has existed for a year and continues in product supply and logistics.
We have so far managed to deal with these problems effectively, however it remains a challenging situation. Above all, there may be quarters that are affected, for example, Craft's basic orders are delayed and delivered later than normal. The short-term development is therefore still difficult to assess, but in the long term I am more positive than ever. We continue to gain market share in most areas. Promo with Clique in the lead develops very well. We see a strong recovery in the US for all companies. Last but not least, Craft continues its growth and in May we will take over the Norwegian national teams in cross-country skiing and biathlon.
We recently extended the agreement with Hammarby Football for another 5 years and it now extends until 2028. We are strong and well equipped against our competitors in virtually all areas. So even with the situation in the world, we face various challenges and sometimes feel anxious in the short term, I am more confident than ever with the long-term development.
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Deebo Samuel wants out of San Francisco. The 49ers don’t seem intent on trading him, and it might take an Earth-shattering deal to get them off that stance.
General manager John Lynch on Monday spoke to reporters in a pre-draft press conference and addressed at least partially the ongoing schism between the club and their star wide receiver. While he didn’t get into particulars, Lynch made it clear they’re not actively shopping Samuel.
“I can’t ever imagine wanting to move on from Deebo. You put yourself through the exercises of, even though we don’t have a first-round pick, you have to be thorough in this process and prepare for everything,” Lynch said. “And so, you go through and do that and he’s just too good of a player. You think of 2019, the 36th pick, to come up with someone like Deebo who, to me, has just been a game-changing player for our franchise. I’ve told Deebo this, I think he’s the perfect illustration. Herm Edwards used to talk about when will meets skill, you’ve got the opportunity to be special. And I think Deebo probably embodies that as much as anyone, he’s got tremendous will, he’s a very talented player. I think by virtue of the way he plays, it’s inspiring and so, to me, that entails leadership.
“Do you make people around you better? He checks that box. He’s a great teammate. And I think of things like prior to games, I get out there and he’s always throwing the ball with the fans. I think he’s been a great member of our community, so we’ve got nothing but love for him and nothing but appreciation for what he’s brought, but you just don’t let guys like that walk. I can’t envision a scenario where we would.”
This doesn’t sound like a general manager who’s itching to get Samuel off the roster. It does sound like the 49ers are going to do everything they can to either ensure he stays or that they’re going to get a major haul in any trade for him.
For example, the Jets aren’t going to pry him away with the No. 10 pick. It might take something like Nos. 4 and 10 with a future Day 2 pick attached.
Not that the Jets would do that or that it’s specifically what San Francisco would require, but that’s the type of trade it would likely take to get the 49ers to honor Samuel’s request.
The glowing praise from Lynch also makes it sound as though the team is willing to overpay to keep Samuel in the Bay Area. Not just because of his on-field production, but for his contributions off the field as well. While they did trade defensive lineman DeForest Buckner before the 2020 campaign, Lynch pointed to the club’s overall strong history of retaining its stars.
“I think our track record’s actually excellent,” Lynch said. “When you look at players, every player that’s come here, the fact that we’ve never had a significant holdout since we’ve been here, I think speaks to that. We don’t plan on doing that moving forward. So, I’m real proud of our track record there, and our players know that. I think there’s really good lines of communication. When you play well here, you’re rewarded, for the most part. And we’re proud of that. And I think that it’s not about words, it’s about our actions. And I think our actions have reflected that over time.”
Whether Samuel’s gripe is about money or role or something else, it’s hard to imagine the 49ers won’t try to come over the top with a sizable offer closer to training camp. That’s when their long-term extensions have typically gotten done as was the case with George Kittle and Fred Warner. Nick Bosa is also tracking to earn a big-time raise this offseason.
All signs point to the 49ers turning over every conceivable rock to make sure they keep Samuel in red and gold. There may be a deal out there that gets them to change their mind, but there’s no report of any such trade bubbling. And when Lynch asked if he envisioned Samuel being on the 49ers’ roster in Week 1, he was succinct.
“Of course.” | https://ninerswire.usatoday.com/2022/04/25/49ers-deebo-samuel-trade-john-lynch/ | 2022-04-26T10:23:20Z | https://ninerswire.usatoday.com/2022/04/25/49ers-deebo-samuel-trade-john-lynch/ | true | 3 |
MADRID (AP) _ Banco Santander SA (SAN) on Tuesday reported net income of $2.85 billion in its first quarter.
The bank, based in Madrid, said it had earnings of 16 cents per share.
The financial holding company posted revenue of $13.81 billion in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $13.81 billion, beating Street forecasts.
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Families are urged to ditch on-screen entertainment for one week from May 2 to 8, in a bid to re-discover delights that are anything but digital.
Screen-Free Week is an annual event and ideal opportunity to explore fun activities the family can enjoy away from the wi-fi.
This year it’s hoped that thousands of families, schools, and communities around the world will put down their entertainment screens for seven days of connection and discovery.
So an hour once glued to YouTube becomes an hour spent outside; ten minutes whiled away on social media turns into ten minutes spent drawing; a movie on a rainy afternoon is replaced by time spent reading, chatting, or playing games.
Former primary school teacher Laura Steele, now of PlanBee, suggests creating art using different materials set aside for recycling.
Or on a rainy day, why not turn your front room into a fort? Use sofa cushions to create a structure then add in cushions and sheets to make it feel cosy and find a good book to share or game to play.
Grab a container and go hunting in the garden or an outside space for mini-beasts! Where do little insects live? Go exploring.
Or try creating your own family dance routine - each member of the family could suggest one or two signature moves, put them all together and you may have a result you can be proud of!
Have a rummage in the garage or look in the garden for objects which would make tricky obstacles, then build your own obstacle course in the garden and challenge each other to a race. See who can complete the course in the fastest time.
If you're missing a family member or friend, why not write them a letter or a postcard, rather than an email or a text. Let them know what you have been up to and check in to see how they are.
Get creative and challenge each member of the family to come up with a menu, including starter, main course and dessert. Take it in turns to ‘host’ a dinner party.
Another option is to choose a book to read together as a family. Take turns in reading pages or chapters out loud. Talk about what has happened so far and discuss opinions of characters and events. Predict what you each think will happen next, and see who is closest.
Have a board-game night with nibbles and drinks, and if you’re feeling competitive, a score board.
Or organise a treasure hunt inside or out - the ‘treasure’ could be a new book or board game to enjoy together.
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Make the most of the time you spend away from the screen. And after this week, why not challenge yourselves to have one day a week screen-free.. | https://www.newsletter.co.uk/lifestyle/why-families-should-take-up-this-seven-day-screen-free-challenge-3668929 | 2022-04-26T10:28:41Z | https://www.newsletter.co.uk/lifestyle/why-families-should-take-up-this-seven-day-screen-free-challenge-3668929 | false | 12 |
Four Pillars has unveiled it new home in Healesville, Yarra Valley, which includes an expanded distillery, gin garden and hospitality experience.
The design of the new additional 1000sqm space, by Melbourne’s award-winning and sustainability-led Breathe Architecture, has nearly tripled the capacity for visitors at Four Pillars and includes an indoor/outdoor gin garden (Jude’s Gin Garden), multiple event and function areas, a copper bar, plus a dedicated Four Pillars Gin Shop featuring rare, limited release and Healesville-only gins and merchandise.
With support from the Victorian Government, the expanded distillery sees new blending and bottling line facilities, additional storage space, additional car parking and room for a new 2000L Carl still due to arrive later in 2022, taking the Four Pillars still inventory to six hand-made, German copper Carl stills.
The additional production and hospitality capacity means Four Pillars will be capable of producing more than one million bottles of gin a year and hosting somewhere between 150-200,000 visitors annually. To accommodate these increases, up to 30 more full-time local jobs will be created, taking the team to upwards of 150 employees.
The new Four Pillars Healesville 2.0 has an increased capacity of around 300 guests at a time with a range of table, bench, booth and bar-stool seating in Beth’s Bar and Jude’s Gin Garden.
Jude’s Gin Garden (above) has huge sliding, floor to ceiling windows allowing an al fresco vibe, overlooking beautiful mature trees when the fickle Healesville weather allows.
In addition to an ever-changing drinks menu of tasting paddles, classic gin drinks and original cocktails, there’s also a new substantial snack menu designed by Made From Gin Creative king, Matt Wilkinson and his Yarra Valley sidekick, Caro Gray.
The food is focused on local producers as well as the incorporation of Four Pillars’ spent gin botanicals. Expect Duck Liver Pate with Bloody Shiraz Gin Jelly, Bagels with Olive Leaf Gin-Cured Salmon and Gin-Laced Potato, Zucchini and Dill Croquettes. Fries with aioli and house-made tomato sauce will keep the kids happy in Jude’s Gin Garden.
Later in 2022, Healesville 2.0 will be also be opening up the Four Pillars Tuck Shop on weekends and public holidays, offering regularly changing, more substantial food specials and a few guest appearances from food friends.
And if you want to learn a bit more about gin, Healesville 2.0 will offer an expanded range of bookable experiences including signature gin masterclasses, maker sessions, and the famous G&T&T sessions in both Coral’s Loft and the new premises.
And all this will be done more sustainably with increased use of solar, less glass usage, more recycling and significantly lower carbon and environmental impact. Just this month, Four Pillars announced it was Australia’s first carbon neutral gin business.
The construction of the new distillery has used materials including recycled and upcycled concrete and bricks, pineapple ‘leather’ upholstery and even building ‘waste’ has been carefully used and given a second life. Furniture is all locally sourced, solar power panels clad the roof, and internal and external landscaping include plantings of local natives and
botanicals (many of which will be used in future gin distillations).
Gin will also be ‘piped’ directly into the main bar through featured copper pipes to reduce glass waste plus bottled tonic usage will be massively reduced, replaced in the most part by tonic in kegs. These two initiatives alone will see the site save 29 tonnes of glass per year.
The whole site, incorporating the old and new buildings is enclosed by a stunning copper ‘veil’ made from 1650m of raw copper tubing, giving Healesville a stunning new landmark as well as working as a natural heat exchange to reduce energy consumption.
Co-founder and distiller Cameron Mackenzie (above) said: “This has been a true labour of love for so many people and we should especially thank our architects Breathe, builders Neverstop, the local, state and federal governments who have all made a contribution not just to our building but to the whole road and surrounds, and most importantly to my wife Leah, Four Pillars’ Experience lead, who oversaw the whole two year project.
“This building will hopefully be one that the local community loves, that Victorians come visit regularly and that gin lovers from around the world feel drawn to when they visit one of the greatest cities in the world, Melbourne.”
Four Pillars becomes Australia’s first carbon neutral gin distillery
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Japan Adopts 13.2-T.-Yen Package to Tackle Soaring Prices
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Tokyo, April 26 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Tuesday adopted a comprehensive emergency package of measures totaling 13.2 trillion yen to address soaring prices.
Of the amount, which includes contributions from the private sector, 6.2 trillion yen will be paid from state coffers.
The package features an expanded subsidy for oil wholesalers to curb gasoline price surges amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The subsidy program will be extended beyond the end of April, when it was to expire.
The government aims to get a 2.7-trillion-yen supplementary budget for fiscal 2022 enacted during the current ordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, ending in June in order to help finance the package.
The government will spend 1.5 trillion from reserve funds it can tap at its own discretion without parliamentary debates. Of the 1.5 trillion yen, 1.1 trillion yen will come from reserves for measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar are finally opening up about their relationship. The couple had been dating for a few years but continued to keep their relationship away from the spotlight. They tied the knot earlier this year in a small ceremony in Khandala. In their first joint interview since they began dating and wedding, Farhan and Shibani revealed numerous details about their relationship, including Farhan’s proposal.
Speaking with Elle India, Farhan and Shibani revealed that the Maldives is a special destination for the couple for the actor-director popped the question at the exotic island. Speaking about the memorable moment, Shibani confessed she wasn’t prepared for it.
“It was a very unexpected proposal. I had no idea it was going to happen. We had not even discussed it. But this is again Farhan, when he decides something, he does it. I was never the kind who wanted to get married and have all that jazz. But when Farhan asked, it just felt right in the moment and after the initial shock, I said yes!" she said.
Farhan had previously told News18 that the couple had an awkward first date. “It was very awkward. Shibani tells people how she could hear the sound of the cutlery cutting on the plate. It was so quiet. I wasn’t talking at all and she had run out of all topics in her head. I didn’t say anything," he said.
For the unversed, Farhan and Shibani tied the knot on February 19 in a private ceremony at Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi’s farmhouse in Khandala. The couple shared pictures from their fairytale wedding. As reported by Bombay Times, Farhan made an entry to the tunes of Sooraj Ki Baahon Mein from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Not just this, but his father and renowned lyricist Javed Akhtar also recited a sweet poem that he wrote for the couple.
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A group of brewers and distillers in the state are behind reforming an alcohol law. As Arizona Public Radio’s Justin Regan Reports, it’s part of a large bill that loosens regulations on the production of beer and spirits.
The current cap for brewers is 40,000 barrels of beer annually per location. Raising that limit would allow bigger breweries to expand their distribution to other states. Nathan Friedman is the owner and head brewer at Wanderlust Brewing Company in Flagstaff.
“I think this is a really great piece of legislation that would allow these breweries to really grow to a regional brewery instead of a statewide brewery,” Friedman says.
While his production is about 300 barrels a year, well below the state’s limit, he says the bill will affect how he expands in the future.
The new law would put the production limits in line with other states, like California and Colorado. Larger microbreweries there distribute across state lines and in Arizona. Changes to the bill would also raise production caps for micro distilleries, opening up the potential for more profit and the ability to self-distribute.
Rodney Hu, a managing partner with the Arizona Distilling Co. in Tempe, is hopeful the bill will help boost the micro distilling industry in the state.
“I think it is interesting that it is going this route. Kind of allows the smaller guys to participate and get going and we’re all for it as long as it promotes small business industry,” Hu says.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to vote on whether to strip 194 countries, including the US, of their sovereignty on May 22nd.
The WHO is attempting to push through changes to a treaty that would give them global control over the health of humans worldwide as part of the WEF’s Great Reset agenda.
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A decision will be made by vote on May 22-28 at WHO World Health Assembly.
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Independentsentinel.com reports: In a new video, The Pulse’s Joe Martino interviews Shabnam Palesa Mohamed, a member of the steering committee of the World Council for Health, who points out that the treaty gives the WHO:
“… an inordinate amount of power to make decisions in sovereign countries as to how people live and how they deal with pandemics, from lockdowns to mandates over treatment.”
In an open letter on the WHO’s pandemic treaty, the World Council for Health writes, in part:
“The proposed WHO agreement is unnecessary, and is a threat to sovereignty and inalienable rights. It increases the WHO’s suffocating power to declare unjustified pandemics, impose dehumanizing lockdowns, and enforce expensive, unsafe, and ineffective treatments against the will of the people.
It’s the usual Marxist one-size-fits-all approach. Everyone will be on the same page and science will cater to GLOBAL political whims.
It will cost millions of dollars or more and money will be laundered by them and their pickpockets.
The WHO appears to want to push the treaty through quickly without public participation and input.
“It is undemocratic, it is unconstitutional and therefore it makes the treaty invalid and unlawful,” Mohamed says. She also made note of the many WHO health policy failures due to their “conflicts of interest.”
It is much worse than we thought. The rule change includes very dangerous amendments – 13 of them. Investigative reporter Leo Hohmann reports that these amendments will NOT require approval by 2/3 of the United States Senate. It’s not called a treaty. It’s amending a treaty we are a part of.
If they are approved (as submitted by the United States) by a simple majority of the 194 member countries of the World Health Assembly countries), these amendments would enter into force as international law just six months later (November 2022). The details of this are not crystal clear.
Our administration is actively destroying the Constitution by making us part of a global new world order.
“It essentially wipes out 194 nation’s sovereignty,” says investigative reporter James Roguski.
Mr. Roguski has a website with information at Don’tYouDare.info.
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Antonio Conte 'would want to DOUBLE his £13m Tottenham salary to quit and take the PSG job'... and would crack the whip with a social media director to control Neymar and Co over fears of too many 'Instagram players'!
- Antonio Conte reportedly has a series of demands if he is to quit Spurs for PSG
- Conte has emerged as a contender to replace Mauricio Pochettino if he is sacked
- Pochettino's future at PSG is uncertain despite the club winning the Ligue 1 title
- Reports claim Conte is interested in taking over at the French giants
Antonio Conte has reportedly outlined his demands if he is to quit Tottenham for Paris Saint-Germain - including doubling his £13million Spurs salary and installing a social media director to control 'Instagram players'.
Reports in France this week have claimed PSG are set to sack Mauricio Pochettino, the former Spurs boss who has been linked with a return to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Pochettino, who was in the running to become the next permanent manager of Manchester United, has endured a mixed campaign with PSG this season.
Antonio Conte has reportedly outlined his demands if he is to quit Tottenham for PSG
Reports in France have claimed PSG are set to sack manager Mauricio Pochettino
PSG were crowned champions following their 1-1 draw with Lens on Saturday, but despite running away with the league title, Pochettino and his players have come under intense scrutiny since their exit from the Champions League in the last 16.
Conte is among those touted as possible replacements for Pochettino, despite the Italian having only joined Spurs in November.
According to RMC Sport, Conte wants a salary of around £25million - nearly double his Tottenham wage - if he is to be persuaded to take the PSG Job.
The French network also reported the Italian would demand a social media director to help control the dressing room amid fears there are too many 'Instagram players' - such as Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi - at the club.
Conte is said to be concerned there are too many 'Instagram players' at PSG at the moment
PSG winning the Ligue 1 title has not eased speculation over Pochettino's future in France
Conte, who is hoping to guide Spurs to Champions League football, is likely to insist on having the authority over transfers and will want to bring his own staff to Paris, RMC Sport reported.
Ten Hag taking over the reins at Old Trafford has left Pochettino in an uncertain position as he is set to become a free agent this summer and PSG are now negotiating the terms of his departure, according to Le Parisien.
The report suggests that Pochettino no longer wants to continue with the French giants, while the club also do not want the Argentine to be their manager going forward.
It is claimed that PSG will need to pay a fee of £12.6m in order to sack Pochettino and his coaching staff, who have one year left on their contracts.
Conte has made an impact since joining Tottenham in November as they push for the top four
Conte has managed to turn Tottenham's fortunes around and put them back in contention for a top-four finish in the Premier League.
Spurs currently sit fifth, just two points behind rivals Arsenal with five games left to be played this season.
Despite Conte's reported interest in the PSG job, former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is said to be the preferred target. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10754415/Antonio-Conte-want-DOUBLE-13m-Tottenham-salary-quit-PSG-job.html | 2022-04-26T10:36:01Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10754415/Antonio-Conte-want-DOUBLE-13m-Tottenham-salary-quit-PSG-job.html | true | 2 |
The White House is unveiling a new push to make more people aware of COVID-19 treatments like Paxlovid — because stockpiles of the life-saving antiviral have been sitting on shelves, unused.
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Prashant Kishor declines Congress party invite to join party
Prashant Kishor has declined the Congress party invitation to join party
Election strategist Prashant Kishor has declined the Congress' invitation to join party amid speculations over his meetings with the Congress top brass over the past few days.
Giving a confirmation of the same, Congress party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala posted on Twitter, "Following a presentation & discussions with Sh. Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted an Empowered Action Group 2024 & invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility. He declined. We appreciate his efforts & suggestion given to the party."
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had on Monday announced the formation of the empowered action group to guide the party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. She had also announced the formation of several committees to prepare for the three-day chintan shivir to be held in Udaipur in Rajasthan from May 13 to May 15.
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Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM – Get Rating) is scheduled to release its earnings data before the market opens on Tuesday, May 3rd. Analysts expect Howmet Aerospace to post earnings of $0.29 per share for the quarter. Howmet Aerospace has set its Q1 guidance at $0.28-0.30 EPS and its FY22 guidance at $1.31-1.43 EPS.Persons that wish to register for the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.
Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 2nd. The company reported $0.30 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.01. Howmet Aerospace had a return on equity of 12.52% and a net margin of 5.19%. The firm had revenue of $1.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.31 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.21 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect Howmet Aerospace to post $1 EPS for the current fiscal year and $2 EPS for the next fiscal year.
Howmet Aerospace stock opened at $34.82 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $35.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $32.84. Howmet Aerospace has a one year low of $27.41 and a one year high of $37.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.22, a current ratio of 2.18 and a quick ratio of 1.07. The firm has a market cap of $14.54 billion, a PE ratio of 59.02 and a beta of 1.66.
A number of equities analysts have commented on HWM shares. TheStreet upgraded Howmet Aerospace from a “c+” rating to a “b” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 2nd. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Howmet Aerospace from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $34.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 7th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Howmet Aerospace from $40.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 3rd. Finally, KeyCorp raised their target price on Howmet Aerospace from $36.00 to $41.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, April 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Howmet Aerospace presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $39.00.
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Allstate Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Howmet Aerospace by 6.6% during the 4th quarter. Allstate Corp now owns 12,440 shares of the company’s stock valued at $396,000 after acquiring an additional 766 shares in the last quarter. First Community Trust NA acquired a new position in Howmet Aerospace during the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. KB Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in Howmet Aerospace during the 4th quarter worth about $35,000. Horizon Investments LLC lifted its holdings in Howmet Aerospace by 6.3% during the 4th quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 47,792 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,520,000 after buying an additional 2,836 shares during the period. Finally, Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its holdings in Howmet Aerospace by 45.0% during the 4th quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 10,921 shares of the company’s stock worth $348,000 after buying an additional 3,391 shares during the period. 89.97% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
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Howmet Aerospace Inc provides advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries in the United States, Japan, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, Canada, Poland, China, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Engine Products, Fastening Systems, Engineered Structures, and Forged Wheels.
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People shout slogans against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa In Colombo Photograph:( AFP )
The Sri Lankan government said it has also approved five-year visas for foreigners who spend $75,000 to buy an apartment in the country.
As Sri Lanka battles its worst economic crisis, the government said it will allow foreigners who deposit $100,000 to live and work in the country for ten years.
The new work policy comes under the "Golden Paradise Visa Programme". Lankan minister Nalaka Godahewa said the money will help Sri Lanka combat its worst financial crisis since independence.
The government said it has also approved five-year visas for foreigners who spend $75,000 to buy an apartment in the country.
Also Read: China ‘unhappy’ with Sri Lanka for seeking bailout from IMF
Sri Lanka has been hit by fuel and food shortages amid high inflation as the country recently announced it would be defaulting on foreign debts.
The Rajapaksa government had earlier imposed a state of emergency after people tried to storm the president's house protesting against price rise.
Watch: Inflation hits record levels in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's economy began falling amid the coronavirus pandemic two years ago as revenues fell due to fall in tourism and foreign remittances.
The government has asked the International Monetary Fund(IMF) for a bailout with pressure on the government to restructure its debt.
On Monday, the Sri Lankan stock exchange crashed nearly 13 per cent as the country experiences economic downturn.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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The White House is unveiling a new push to make more people aware of COVID-19 treatments like Paxlovid — because stockpiles of the life-saving antiviral have been sitting on shelves, unused.
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Another day, another hot-button issue at the U.S. Supreme Court. This time the question is whether the Biden administration must continue to enforce the Trump-era program known as Remain in Mexico. The policy requires asylum-seekers, mainly from Central and South America, to remain in Mexico while they wait for a hearing in a U.S. immigration court.
The Trump administration devised the Remain in Mexico policy in hopes of deterring migrants from streaming into the U.S. with asylum claims. The Biden administration suspended the program immediately upon taking office, but the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, acting on a challenge brought by Texas and Missouri, ordered the new administration to continue the Trump policy. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court hears the argument in an expedited appeal.
The case centers on the meaning of numerous immigration provisions, how they have been interpreted for decades and, bluntly put, whether the Supreme Court will be as deferential to the Biden administration as it was to the Trump administration when it comes to immigration enforcement policies.
How the law works
Immigration law operates like a Russian nesting doll: You open it up, and another doll is inside and then another and another.
According to the states of Texas and Missouri, backed by 21 other red states, the law says that all asylum-seekers "shall be detained," and "shall" means that they must be detained for however long it takes until their cases are decided in court.
"The administration basically has two choices," says Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher. "You either detain people seeking asylum at the border," or "if you don't have the detention space, you're sort of left with returning them to Mexico." Fisher wrote an amicus brief on behalf of 19 states supporting Texas and Missouri.
But that is not the way the law has ever been enforced by any administration, Democratic or Republican, including the Trump administration. In fact, while the "shall" language has been in the immigration law since 1903, so has other arguably contrary language, using qualifiers and words such as "may."
For example, another provision says the government "may" release asylum-seekers into the U.S. "on a case-by-case basis for 'urgent humanitarian reasons.' " The Biden administration argues that this provision serves as an alternative release valve, allowing the government to release asylum-seekers who "present neither a security risk nor a risk of absconding."
A complicated issue
Former immigration officials, Republican and Democratic, say there's a good reason for the fudgy language: Everything about borders is complicated. To begin with, there has been no major rewrite of the nation's immigration laws in more than 25 years. The last time the law was updated, in 1996, legislative disagreements were resolved with compromise language to deal with the fact that, on the one hand, Congress wanted to make it more difficult to release asylum-seekers pending their hearings and, on the other, detaining everyone would be prohibitively expensive.
At no time since the 1996 law was passed has everyone — or even most of the people — seeking asylum been detained, including in the Trump years.
The problem is that "Congress has only appropriated money for Homeland Security to detain around 30- to 40-thousand individuals at any given moment," says Stewart Verdery, who served as assistant secretary of homeland security during George W. Bush's administration. These days, Verdery observes, over a million people cross the border a year, so "by definition, you can't detain everybody."
Did Remain in Mexico work?
Immigration specialists disagree as to how effective the Remain in Mexico policy has been as a deterrent.
Indiana's solicitor general, Fisher, argues that the Trump program was working. "The volume of applicants showing up at the border decreased precipitously," he says, citing a 2019 report by the Trump administration.
"That's false," says Jeh Johnson, who served as the Obama-era secretary of homeland security from 2013 to 2017. On the Trump administration's watch in 2019, "we had almost 1 million apprehensions on our southern border ... the highest number we've seen in years," Johnson observes.
Under the Trump administration, only 68,000 people were put into the Remain in Mexico program by Customs and Border Protection — a tiny fraction of those seeking asylum in the United States.
Implications for foreign policy
At the heart of all this is a separate legal question: whether the courts should second-guess the foreign policy judgments that undergird this and other immigration policies. At this point, neither Mexico nor the Biden administration wants Remain in Mexico to continue. Both see it as a flawed program in which migrants in squalid camps at the border have little ability to find lawyers or information for their hearings and are subject to violent attacks, kidnapping, extortion and rape by criminal cartels.
What's more, the Biden administration sees the lower court's order as invading its ability to deal effectively with Mexico. A group of former immigration officials from both parties echoes that point in friend-of-the-court briefs filed in this case.
For instance, Verdery points to the port of San Ysidro, south of San Diego, the busiest port of entry in the U.S., with 32 lanes of traffic, trucks, cargo, tourists and an unknown number of migrants trying to cross the border illegally. It's a place where billions and billions of dollars in trade and people transit across the border every day, according to Verdery, and managing priorities with Mexico is a complicated and fluid task.
To cite just one example, he notes that after the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. and Mexico went to a maximum level of protection and then over time relaxed restrictions because the economies in both countries were suffering. Such continually changing circumstances are part of why the courts have largely deferred to the executive branch in managing the border with Mexico.
"This is something that has to be worked out between governments, and it really is not a place for a court to get involved," Verdery says.
Johnson, the former DHS secretary, echoes that sentiment, contending that the lower court was outside its constitutional lane when it told the executive branch of the U.S. government to tell the government of Mexico to restore Remain in Mexico. "Rarely, if ever, has a court decision intruded into the foreign policy of the United States in this way," Johnson says.
But countering that argument, Texas and other Republican-dominated states argue that in 1996 Congress intended to narrow the executive branch's discretion and that now is the time to hold true to that mandate.
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This article contains spoilers for Season 5 of Better Things.
It's extremely difficult for me to land on a favorite episode of FX's Better Things, co-creator and star Pamela Adlon's semi-autobiographical dramedy about Sam Fox, a single mom and working actress living in L.A. Over five seasons, it never failed to make me feel something, anything, during the course of an episode: mirth, empathy, embarrassment, sadness, introspection, catharsis, hope, a glass cage of emotion.
It was the kind of show you put on not knowing exactly what you were going to get – more mood-forward than plot-driven – but understanding by the end you were going to come away feeling a little bit closer to Sam and her world, as though they were a part of your own. Sam is a hub, the kind of person who serves as the central link for a wide and diverse network of family and friends, a woman who values and nurtures her connections by showing up for them and creating a home where they can all comfortably converge. I believe most of us crave a Sam in our lives, if we don't have one already.
The final episode of Better Things aired Monday, and I'm going to miss this series so, so much.
But one of the wonderful things about Better Things is that it's always been keenly interested in showing how life unfolds in cycles, and in confronting the ends of things even when they're scary or sad. And the episode I've kept coming back to while reveling in the excellent final season (and mourning its departure) is "Eulogy," from Season 2. The first half focuses on watching Sam at work in two different settings, as an acting coach, and then as a performer in a car commercial. In these environments, we understand how seriously she treats her craft, pushing her students with a blunt but encouraging sensibility, and gamely trying out various ways she can say her one line in that ad, in take after take.
One of the wonderful things about Better Things is that it's always been keenly interested in showing how life unfolds in cycles, and in confronting the ends of things even when they're scary or sad.
These vignettes are setup for the meat of the episode, which takes place one evening when she's lounging in front of the TV with her three children, Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Riley), and Duke (Olivia Edward), and family friends Rich (Diedrich Bader) and Tressa (Rebecca Metz). While flipping channels, they catch a glimpse of one of the fruits of Sam's acting gigs, but Max and Frankie are completely disinterested in going back to watch it, much to the others' disappointment. "What, do you want me to go back so we can watch your thing?" Max, who's holding the remote, says dismissively. Frankie joins in on the sass, and Sam becomes upset.
"I don't wanna have to wait 'til I'm dead for my kids to appreciate me!" she says, before storming out of the house to get away from it all.
When Sam returns sometime later, the living room has been turned into a memorial of sorts, with candles everywhere and a bed of pillows in the center of the room. They've surprised her with a "funeral," and she and Duke lay on the bed as everyone else takes turns eulogizing her. (The scenario they've concocted for their demise: a car accident, while en route to pick up Frankie.)
For a show awash with moving and heartfelt moments, this one is way up there. Max and Frankie's remembrances are loving yet honest and true to their personalities. "I was always proud of her and never told her," Frankie admits; "I never cared about what she did because she was mom ... I don't like that she's famous ... she's my mother!" Max indignantly pronounces. The whole thing is morbid yet warm, just one example of how the various identities and generations within the Fox family butt up against one another, but always manage to come together on their own terms, eventually.
By the end of the eulogies, it's clear that that's all Sam wanted – a little respect for the things she does from the people she loves most.
"Eulogy" and other episodes from throughout the show's run reverberate intensely as transition and death become even more pronounced themes throughout Season 5: Sam and her brother Marion (Kevin Pollak) clash over finances and what to do about their aging mother Phil (Celia Imrie); Sam and Frankie tour the Hollywood Forever cemetery and discuss Frankie's nonbinary identity; the Foxes attend a Zoom funeral for a family member; Duke, now fully in that horrible phase of life known as tweendom, wrestles with not "feel[ing] connected to anything."
One scene in particular feels like a direct callback to "Eulogy." In "Family Meeting," Sam is bombarded by Max, who comes home extremely inebriated after a night hanging out with her friends. Max crawls onto Sam's bed rattling off nonsensical ramblings, and embraces her puzzled mom, rubbing her hands all over Sam's head. Suddenly, Max grabs Sam's face intensely, and blurts, "Mom! I love you SO MUCH! ... Listen to me, I would DIE if you died, mom, I would KILL MYSELF!"
This goes on for several seconds – in between Max giving the side of Sam's face a big, long lick because, well, she's very wasted – until the drunken daughter finally blubbers: "DO. NOT. DIE!" embraces her mom one last time, and then promptly passes out. Sam removes Max's shoes from her feet, tucks her into bed, and lays down next to her, cradling her.
This exchange says so much about the evolution of their relationship, which has at times been challenging and hostile; Max displays a knack for spewing cutting words at her mom when she's angry, especially with regards to her absentee, deadbeat dad. But the energy has shifted now. This season Max has had an abortion, and can't bring herself to tell Sam; she's asked Rich, who accompanied her to the procedure, to tell her instead, and it's in this episode that Sam finally learns the truth. When Max barges in on Sam, she doesn't know her mom knows yet, but it's clear the abortion has marked a change in her, and a newfound appreciation for everything she does. Max may be drunk, but she's speaking from her most unfiltered state.
In a lesser show, the pronouncements would be gooey and corny, but these bonds have been forged since day one.
Season 5 is lush with testimonials like this, of the people in Sam's orbit taking the time to tell her how much she's meant to them. In a lesser show, the pronouncements would be gooey and corny, but these bonds have been forged since day one. And the proximity to mortality and finality undercuts the sweetness beautifully.
In the very last episode, there's a montage that cross-cuts between Sam, putting up a for sale sign outside her mother's home, and Max, taking an art class. A woman's voice explains how in Japanese Buddhism, "life is described like water": "something that's poured in and out of our bodies, like moving from one container to the other." You start pouring into the world gradually at conception, and are fully poured in by 7 years old. By the time a person reaches 60, "you've already started the slow process of pouring back out. So: there's no single moment, where you start or stop being alive."
For Sam, it's absolutely crucial to tell, and show, the important ones in your life how much they mean to you, whenever you can. Such things cannot wait until after it's too late and they've gone.
That feels like the mission statement of Better Things: this idea of pouring one's self into the world, of being fully present, of feeling all the feels. It's been palpable from the very first episode and through to "Eulogy" and these last episodes. As much as the show invokes death, it's always in the service of promoting the small joys of just existing and living. For Sam, it's absolutely crucial to tell, and show, the important ones in your life how much they mean to you, whenever you can. Such things cannot wait until after it's too late and they've gone.
And so, though saying goodbye to this celebration of life and all its messiness makes me a little sad, there is a bright side. There have been five great seasons of this show filled with characters who laughed, danced, cursed, fought, gave each other advice, delivered harsh truths, and most of all, loved each other fiercely, in deeply relatable ways. During its run, there was no single moment when Better Things started or stopped being alive.
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‘He had wrong mindset’ – Eddie Hearn claims Dillian Whyte no longer a ‘bad motherf****r’ after brutal loss to Tyson Fury
EDDIE HEARN believes Dillian Whyte is no longer a “bad motherf****r” and questioned the star’s mindset after his brutal defeat to Tyson Fury.
The Body Snatcher was knocked out by the Gypsy King with a ferocious uppercut in the sixth round at Wembley on Saturday.
The 34-year-old has since accused Fury of using an "illegal" push and slammed referee Mark Lyson after his knockout loss.
Whyte, who earned £5.8million compared to the WBC champion’s £26.2m for Saturday’s fight, was previously promoted by Hearn.
And the Matchroom chief, who was not involved in this showdown, admits he feared for the Brixton boxer after he was being friendly with Fury in last week’s pre-fight media outings.
Speaking to The DAZN Boxing Show, Anthony Joshua’s promoter said: “It was well documented that it was a fantastic payday.
“He’s made a lot of money. He could still be involved in some great fights.
“Can he go on and win a world championship? Maybe when the dust settles and all these belts fragment, he’s a very good heavyweight.
“But I just feel that mindset is everything and he had the wrong mindset in that fight, and so did [Joshua] when he boxed [Oleksandr] Usyk.
“You need someone in the ear who can flick the switch at the right time.”
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Hearn then compared Whyte now to the angry man that lost to Joshua back in December 2015.
He added: “The Dillian Whyte that boxed AJ... that guy was a bad motherf****r. Ready to go.
“Back then if Tyson Fury had tickled him in the press conference in the head-to-head, Dillian would have cleaned him out on sight.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term, providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret Service agent convicted of federal bribery charges that he tried to sell a copy of an agency file and to two people who were convicted on drug-related charges but went on to become pillars in their communities.
The Democratic president also commuted the sentences of 75 others for nonviolent, drug-related convictions. The White House announced the clemencies Tuesday as it launched a series of job training and reentry programs for those in prison or recently released.
Many of those who received commutations have been serving their sentences on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several were serving lengthy sentences and would have received lesser terms had they been convicted today for the same offenses as a result of the 2018 bipartisan sentencing reform ushered into law by the Trump administration.
“America is a nation of laws and second chances, redemption, and rehabilitation,” Biden said in a statement announcing the clemencies. “Elected officials on both sides of the aisle, faith leaders, civil rights advocates, and law enforcement leaders agree that our criminal justice system can and should reflect these core values that enable safer and stronger communities.”
Those granted pardons are:
— Abraham Bolden Sr., 86, the first Black Secret Service agent to serve on a presidential detail. In 1964, Bolden, who served on President John F. Kennedy's detail, faced federal bribery charges that he attempted to sell a copy of a Secret Service file. His first trial ended in a hung jury.
Following his conviction in a second trial, key witnesses admitted lying at the prosecutor's request. Bolden, of Chicago, was denied a retrial and served several years in federal prison. Bolden has maintained his innocence and wrote a book in which he argued he was targeted for speaking out against racist and unprofessional behavior in the Secret Service.
— Betty Jo Bogans, 51, was convicted in 1998 of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine in Texas after attempting to transport drugs for her boyfriend and his accomplice. Bogans, a single mother with no prior record, received a seven-year sentence. In the years since her release from prison, Bogans has held consistent employment, even while undergoing cancer treatment, and has raised a son.
— Dexter Jackson , 52, of Athens, Georgia, was convicted in 2002 for using his pool hall to facilitate the trafficking of marijuana. Jackson pleaded guilty and acknowledged he allowed his business to be used by marijuana dealers.
After Jackson was released from prison, he converted his business into a cellphone repair service that employs local high school students through a program that provides young adults with work experience. Jackson has built and renovated homes in his community, which has a shortage of affordable housing.
Civil rights and criminal justice reform groups have pushed the White House to commute sentences and work harder to reduce disparities in the criminal justice system. Biden’s grants of clemency also come as the administration has faced congressional scrutiny over misconduct and the treatment of inmates in the beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons, which is responsible for inmates serving sentences of home confinement.
Biden, as head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, helped shepherd through the 1994 crime bill that many criminal justice experts say contributed to harsh sentences and mass incarceration of Black people.
During his 2020 White House run, Biden vowed to reduce the number of people incarcerated in the U.S. and called for nonviolent drug offenders to be diverted to drug courts and treatment.
He also has pushed for better training for law enforcement and called for criminal justice system changes to address disparities that have led to minorities and the poor making up a disproportionate share of the nation's incarcerated population.
Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, granted 143 pardons and clemency to 237 during his four years in office.
Trump sought the advice of prison reform advocate Alice Johnson, a Black woman whose life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense he commuted in 2018. He was also lobbied by celebrity Kim Kardashian as well as advisers inside the White House, including daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, as he weighed applications for clemency.
The Republican used his pardon authority to help several political friends and allies, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Republican operative Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump.
Among Trump's final acts as president was pardoning his former chief strategist Steve Bannon and Al Pirro, the husband of Fox News host and Trump ally Jeanine Pirro.
Prosecutors alleged that Bannon, who had yet to stand trial when he was pardoned, had duped thousands of donors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump’s chief campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border. Instead, Bannon allegedly diverted more than $1 million, paying a salary to one campaign official and personal expenses for himself. Pirro was convicted in 2000 on tax charges.
With the slate of pardons and commutations announced Tuesday, Biden has issued more grants of clemency than any of the previous five presidents at this point in their terms, according to the White House.
In addition to the grants of clemency, Biden announced several new initiatives that are meant to help formerly incarcerated people gain employment — an issue that his administration is driving home as key to lowering crime rates and preventing recidivism.
The Labor Department is directing $140 million toward programs that offer job training, pre-apprenticeship programs, digital literacy training and pre-release and post-release career counseling and more for youth and incarcerated adults.
The $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by Congress last year includes a trio of grant programs that the administration says promote hiring of formerly incarcerated individuals. And the Labor and Justice Departments announced on Tuesday a collaborative plan to provide $145 million over the next year on job skills training as well as individualized employment and reentry plans for people serving time in the Bureau of Prisons.
Biden said the new initiatives are vital to helping the more than 600,000 people released from prison each year get on stable ground.
"Helping those who served their time return to their families and become contributing members of their communities is one of the most effective ways to reduce recidivism and decrease crime," Biden said.
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Simulation Software Market to be Worth $39.74 Billion by 2030: Grand View Research, Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The global simulation software market size is estimated to reach USD 39.74 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 13.5% over the forecast period, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Simulation software is being used for training personnel. It is replacing the traditional real-time training techniques, which incurred huge investments annually for companies. The use of simulation for training purposes helps reduce training costs as companies need to make a one-time investment for software implementation. The software also helps enterprises minimize production costs by enhancing the product development process.
Key Insights & Findings from the report:
The market is being driven by reduced training costs for personnel in various industries and sectors, such as automotive, defense, healthcare, and electrical.
The service segment is expected to register a CAGR of 14.9% from 2022 to 2030 owing to the growing demand for customized simulation solutions, such as design and consulting.
The cloud-based segment is expected to register the fastest CAGR over the forecast period owing to benefits, such as easy and low-cost implementation.
The automotive segment dominated the market in 2021 and is expected to maintain its dominance over the forecast period owing to the early adoption of virtual testing tools in the automotive industry.
North America is expected to account for the highest market share followed by Asia Pacific, by 2030 owing to the growing investments in R&D and defense in countries, such as the U.S.
Leading players are focusing on developing new simulation software solutions, to capture maximum share.
Read 115-page market research report, "Simulation Software Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Component (Software, Service), By Deployment (On-premise, Cloud), By End Use (Healthcare, Industrial), By Application, And Segment Forecasts, 2022 - 2030", published by Grand View Research.
Simulation Software Market Growth & Trends
The need for developing prototypes and the chances of product failure are considerably reduced through the use of simulators, as the product is virtually tested for all possible glitches before the commencement of production. Furthermore, simulation-based tools help product developers reduce the time spent on R&D processes as it enables them to obtain a realistic view of a product or process under study or review. Organizations across the globe are increasingly implementing the program and analyzing tools to enhance the entire product development cycle, reduce time to production, ensure delivery of high-quality products in minimal time, and reduce the overall cost to the company with respect to R&D.
It requires a skilled workforce or personnel with the required knowledge and understanding. This is leading to several manufacturers being reluctant to adopt this technology as the need for a skilled workforce incurs additional costs. The COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse impact on the global market. The closure of national and international borders in major countries, such as China, Japan, and India, has caused severe supply chain disruptions. In addition, the temporary shutdown of manufacturing operations has led manufacturing companies to face severe budgetary issues, resulting in delayed subscription renewal payments during the pandemic's initial phase. However, recovering economies and opening businesses are expected to help the market grow at a rapid pace over the forecast period.
Simulation Software Market Segmentation
Grand View Research has segmented the global simulation software market on the basis of component, deployment, application, end-use, and region:
Simulation Software Component Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 - 2030)
Software
Services
Simulation Development Services
Training and Support & Maintenance
Simulation Software Deployment Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 - 2030)
On-Premise
Cloud
Simulation Software Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 - 2030))
Engineering, Research, Modeling & Simulated Testing
High Fidelity Experiential 3D Training
Gaming & Immersive Experiences
Manufacturing Process Optimization
AI Training & Autonomous Systems
Planning And Logistics Management & Transportation
Cyber Simulation
Simulation Software End-use Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 - 2030)
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Flooring Adhesives End-use Outlook (Volume, Kilotons; Revenue, USD Million, 2017 - 2028)
Automotive
Aerospace & Defense
Industrial
Electronics & Semiconductor
Transportation & Logistics
Healthcare
Others
Simulation Software Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 - 2030)
North America
Europe
Asia Pacific
Latin America
Middle East & Africa (MEA)
List of Key Players in the Simulation Software Market
Altair Engineering, Inc.
Autodesk Inc.
Ansys, Inc.
Bentley Systems, Inc.
Dassault Systèmes
MathWorks, Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Simulations Plus
ESI Group
GSE Systems
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Quality Management Software Market - The global quality management software market size is estimated to reach USD 16.67 billion by 2028, registering a CAGR of 9.7% from 2021 to 2028, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc.
Computer Aided Engineering Market - The global computer aided engineering market size is anticipated to reach USD 16.19 billion by 2028, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. It is expected to expand at a CAGR of 9.1% from 2021 to 2028.
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Cause under investigation for Constantine fire in which two children died
Two young children died in a house fire early Monday in Constantine.
Michigan State Police report the fire, in the 14000 block of Timm Road in Constantine Township, was reported at 12:24 a.m. Monday. Police told WWMT a 4-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl died in the fire. A reported third child also was in the structure and survived.
By the time troopers arrived on the scene, the home was fully engulfed in flames. Reports show the structure was more of a shed than a home.
The cause of the fire has not been determined and investigators have worked through the night, along with local fire departments, at the scene.
St. Joseph County United Way has set up a donation fund to assist the family. Executive Director Kelly Hostetler said 100 percent of money raised will go to funeral expenses and gift cards for food and clothing. For more information on how to donate, call the United Way at (269) 467-9099 or donate through a link on the United Way’s Facebook Page, www.paypal/donate
Several area residents shared their thoughts and prayers for the family Monday.
One Constantine resident said it's always a tragedy to lose a child.
“I feel for the parents,” he said. “I don’t know them. It’s not something I’ve had to deal with, but I feel for them.”
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WA Portland OR Zone Forecast for Monday, April 25, 2022
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Zone Forecasts for Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington
National Weather Service Portland OR
320 AM PDT Tue Apr 26 2022
Spot Temperatures are for Today, Tonight, Wednesday, Wednesday
Night, and Thursday.
WAZ021-262345-
South Washington Coast-
Including the cities of Raymond, Long Beach, Ocean Park, Naselle,
Cathlamet, and Cape Disappointment
320 AM PDT Tue Apr 26 2022
.TODAY...Showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may produce small hail in the afternoon. Highs
around 50. South wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an
inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy.
Slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of showers
in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight.
Some thunderstorms may produce small hail in the evening. Lows
around 40. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Rainfall amounts less than a
tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in
thunderstorms.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs 50 to
55. Light wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers
after midnight. Lows around 40. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph
becoming light after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then
showers likely in the afternoon. Highs 50 to 55. Light wind
becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers
in the evening. Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs around 55.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening, then rain
likely after midnight. Lows around 45. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain in the morning, then
showers likely in the afternoon. Highs 50 to 55. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows 40 to 45.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows around 45. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
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WAZ020-262345-
Willapa Hills-
Including the cities of Willapa, Frances, Elk Mountain,
and Ryderwood
320 AM PDT Tue Apr 26 2022
.TODAY...Showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce small hail in the
afternoon. Highs 45 to 50. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing
to 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a
quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in
thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy.
Slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of showers
in the evening then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog late.
Some thunderstorms may produce small hail in the evening. Snow
level 2500 feet after midnight. Lows 35 to 40. West wind 5 to 10
mph becoming light after midnight. Chance of precipitation 50
percent. Rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch, except
higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy morning fog. Slight chance of
showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Snow level 2500 feet in the morning. Highs 45 to 55.
Light wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 35 to 40. Northwest wind
5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then
showers likely in the afternoon. Snow level 2500 feet in the
morning. Highs 45 to 50. Light wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers
in the evening. Lows 35 to 40.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs 45 to 55.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening, then rain
likely after midnight. Lows 40 to 45. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then showers likely in
the afternoon. Highs 45 to 55. Chance of precipitation 60
percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows 35 to 40.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning,
then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s
to mid 50s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows 40 to 45. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
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WAZ040-262345-
South Washington Cascade Foothills-
Including the cities of Toutle, Ariel, Lake Merwin, Yale Lake,
and Cougar
320 AM PDT Tue Apr 26 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then
showers in the afternoon. Chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce small hail in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind 5 to
10 mph increasing to 5 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90 percent. Rainfall amounts a
tenth to a quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in
thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers until
midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce small hail in the
evening. Lows 35 to 40. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light
after midnight. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Rainfall
amounts less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts
possible in thunderstorms.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A 50 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Light wind becoming
west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 35 to 40. Northwest wind
5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then
showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
Light wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the
evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in
the mid 30s to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the upper 40s to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Lows 40 to 45.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then showers likely in
the afternoon. Highs 45 to 55. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the
evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows
35 to 45. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning,
then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs 50 to 60. Chance
of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Showers likely. Highs 45 to 55. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
$$
WAZ019-262345-
South Washington Cascades-
Including the cities of Coldwater Ridge Visitors Center,
Mount St. Helens, and Wind River Valley
320 AM PDT Tue Apr 26 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then
showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce small hail in the afternoon. Snow level
increasing to 3500 feet in the afternoon. Snow accumulation of 1
to 4 inches. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90
percent. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch, except
higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms
in the evening, then showers likely until midnight. Some
thunderstorms may produce small hail in the evening. Snow level
3500 feet in the evening. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. West
wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent. Rainfall amounts around a tenth of an
inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A 50 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Snow level 3500 feet in the afternoon. Little or no
snow accumulation. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy. Free air freezing level 5000 feet lowering to 4000 feet
after midnight. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then
showers likely in the afternoon. Snow level increasing to 3500
feet in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Light
wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the evening,
then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Snow level
decreasing to 3500 feet after midnight. Snow accumulation up to 1
inch. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
morning. Snow level 3000 feet in the morning. Free air freezing
level 4500 feet in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain or snow after midnight. Snow level
increasing to 5000 feet after midnight. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain or snow likely in the morning, then showers
likely in the afternoon. Snow level 4500 feet. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the evening,
then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Snow level
decreasing to 4000 feet after midnight. Chance of precipitation 50
percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Slight chance of showers in the morning,
then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level increasing
to 5000 feet in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Snow level 4500 feet. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Showers likely. Snow level 4500 feet. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
$$
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KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia's top diplomat warned Ukraine against provoking World War III and said the threat of a nuclear conflict "should not be underestimated" as his country unleashed attacks against rail and fuel installations far from the front lines of Moscow's new eastern offensive.
Meanwhile, the British Defense Ministry said Tuesday that Russian forces had taken the Ukrainian city of Kreminna in the Luhansk region after days of street-to-street fighting.
"The city of Kreminna has reportedly fallen and heavy fighting is reported south of Izium as Russian forces attempt to advance towards the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk from the north and east," the British military said in a tweet. It did not say how it knew the city, 575 kilometers (355 miles) southeast of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, had fallen. The Ukrainian government did not immediately comment.
Ukraine's General Staff said Russian forces were shelling Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city, as they fought to take full control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which comprise the Donbas in Ukraine's industrial heartland, and establish a land corridor to Crimea.
In the area of Velyka Oleksandrivka, a village in the Kherson region largely controlled by Russians, Ukrainian forces destroyed an ammunition depot and "eliminated" more than 70 Russian troops, the General Staff said.
The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said on the messaging app Telegram that the Russians had shelled civilians 17 times over the previous 24 hours, with the cities of Popasna, Lysychansk and Girske suffering the most.
Four people died and nine more were wounded on Monday in the Russian shelling of the Donetsk region, its governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Telegram. He said a 9-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were among those killed.
The U.S. has been rushing more weaponry to Ukraine and said the assistance from Western allies is making a difference in the 2-month-old war.
"Russia is failing. Ukraine is succeeding," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared Monday after he and the U.S. secretary of defense made a bold visit to Kyiv to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Blinken said Washington approved a $165 million sale of ammunition - non-U.S. ammo, mainly if not entirely for Ukraine's Soviet-era weapons - and will also provide more than $300 million in financing to buy more supplies.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin went further, saying the U.S. wants to see Ukraine remain a sovereign, democratic country, but also wants "to see Russia weakened to the point where it can't do things like invade Ukraine."
Austin's remarks appeared to represent a shift in U.S. strategic goals since earlier Washington said the goal of American military aid was to help Ukraine win and to defend Ukraine's NATO neighbors against Russian threats.
In an apparent response to Austin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia has "a feeling that the West wants Ukraine to continue to fight and, as it seems to them, wear out, exhaust the Russian army and the Russian military industrial war complex. This is an illusion."
Weapons supplied by Western countries "will be a legitimate target," said Lavrov, who accused Ukrainian leaders of provoking Russia by asking NATO to become involved in the conflict. NATO forces are "pouring oil on the fire," Lavrov said, according to a transcript on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website.
"Everyone is reciting incantations that in no case can we allow World War III," he said in a Russian television interview.
Lavrov said he would not want to see risks of a nuclear confrontation "artificially inflated now, when the risks are rather significant."
"The danger is serious," he said. "It is real. It should not be underestimated."
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter that Lavrov's comments underscore Ukraine's need for Western help: "Russia loses last hope to scare the world off supporting Ukraine. Thus the talk of a 'real' danger of WWIII. This only means Moscow senses defeat in Ukraine."
When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, its apparent goal was to seize Kyiv, the capital. But the Ukrainians, helped by Western weapons, forced President Vladimir Putin's troops to retreat.
Moscow now says its goal is to take the Donbas, the mostly Russian-speaking industrial region in eastern Ukraine, where residents are struggling to survive without many of the basics, collecting rainwater for cleaning and washing up and fervently hoping for an end to the fighting.
"When you open a plastic bottle and it makes a crackling sound, you are worried at once (thinking that it's an explosion) because of all those blasts. Anything that is happening, any noise, if our neighbours bang the door, a metal door, you are startled," said Andriy Cheromushkin, a resident of Toretsk, a small city south of Kramatorsk.
"It's bad. Very bad. Hopeless," he said. "You feel so helpless that you don't know what you should do or shouldn't do. Because if you want to do something, you need some money; and there is no money now."
On Monday, Russia was focusing its firepower beyond the Donbas, with missiles and warplanes striking far behind the front lines to try to thwart Ukrainian supply efforts.
Five railroad stations in central and western Ukraine were hit, and one worker was killed, said Oleksandr Kamyshin, head of Ukraine's state railway. Missiles struck Lviv, the western city near the Polish border jammed by Ukrainians fleeing their home.
Ukrainian authorities said at least five people were killed by Russian strikes in the central Vynnytsia region.
Russia also destroyed an oil refinery and fuel depots in Kremenchuk, in central Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said. In all, Russian warplanes destroyed 56 Ukrainian targets, he said.
The strikes on fuel depots are meant to deplete vital Ukrainian war resources. Strikes against rail targets, both disrupt supply lines and intimidate people trying to use the railways to flee the fighting, said Philip Breedlove, a retired U.S. general who was NATO's top commander from 2013- 2016.
An estimated 2,000 Ukrainian troops holed up in a steel plant in the strategic southern port city of Mariupol are tying down Russian forces, apparently preventing them from joining the offensive elsewhere in the Donbas. Over the weekend, Russian forces launched new airstrikes on the Azovstal plant to try to dislodge the holdouts.
Some 1,000 civilians were also said to be taking shelter at the steelworks.
The city council and mayor of Mariupol said a new mass grave was identified about 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of the city. Mayor Vadym Boychenko said authorities were trying to estimate the number of victims. It was at least the third new mass grave discovered in Russian-controlled areas near Mariupol in the last week.
Mariupol has been gutted by bombardment and fierce street fighting over the past two months. Russia's capture of the city would deprive Ukraine of a vital port and give Moscow a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014.
In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was maintaining its resistance to "make the occupiers' stay in our land even more intolerable," while Russia drains its resources.
Britain said it believes 15,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since Russia's invasion began. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said 25% of the Russian combat units sent to Ukraine "have been rendered not combat effective."
Ukrainian officials have said about 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed as of mid-April.
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Gambrell reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Associated Press journalist Yuras Karmanau in Lviv and AP staff around the world contributed to this report.
Top Russian diplomat warns Ukraine against provoking WWIII
The British Defense Ministry says Russian forces have taken the Ukrainian city of Kreminna after days of street-to-street fighting
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Taiwan’s relative success in handling Covid-19 has brought renewed attention to the island’s absence from the WHA since Tsai Ing-wen was elected president. Photo: AFP
Taiwan banks on growing global support to regain WHO observer seat in May
- Wave of anti-Beijing sentiment and Taipei’s efficient handling of Covid-19 pandemic behind louder calls to reinstate WHA observer status
- The WHO governing panel next meets May 22-28
Topic |
Coronavirus pandemic
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Facundo Gigena: London Irish prop available for semi-final after red card rescinded
Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
London Irish prop Facundo Gigena is available for tonight's Premiership Rugby Cup semi-final against Leicester Tigers after having his red card overturned.
Gigena and Gary Graham were sent off for fighting in the Exiles' 42-14 Premiership win at Newcastle Falcons on Friday.
Falcons back row Graham has also had his red card rescinded.
The Scot is available for his side's next match at Sale on Friday.
Irish and Leicester meet tonight at Brentford Community Stadium before Gloucester host Worcester to decide the cup finalists.
League leaders Leicester did the double over Irish this season, who are currently seventh in the table, and have completed their Premiership season.
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BUCHAREST, Romania — Police in the Moldovan separatist region of Trans-Dniester say two explosions on Tuesday morning in a radio facility close to the Ukrainian border knocked two powerful antennas out of service.
No one was hurt in Tuesday’s explosions, officials said. The two antennas were used for broadcasting Russian radio shows.
Trans-Dniester, a strip of land with about 470,000 people between Moldova and Ukraine, has been under the control of separatist authorities since a 1992 war with Moldova.
Russia bases about 1,500 troops there, nominally as peacekeepers, but concerns are high that the forces could be used to invade Ukraine.
A senior Russian military official, Rustam Minnekayev, said last week that Russian forces aim to take full control of southern Ukraine, saying such a move would open the way to Trans-Dniester.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu convened the Supreme Security Council on Tuesday to discuss the incidents.
The Security Council of Trans-Dniester on Tuesday reported there had been a total of three incidents in the region — explosions in Tiraspol on Monday, the ones in Maiac on Tuesday and damage to a military unit in the village of Parcani, also on Tuesday.
Officials did not offer any details on the military unit incident, but declared “a red level of terrorist threat” and promised to impose additional security measures in the region.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday that the situation in Trans-Dniester “elicits concern” in the Kremlin. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/more-explosions-in-separatist-trans-dniester-near-ukraine/2022/04/26/52b81de2-c546-11ec-8cff-33b059f4c1b7_story.html | 2022-04-26T11:10:30Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/more-explosions-in-separatist-trans-dniester-near-ukraine/2022/04/26/52b81de2-c546-11ec-8cff-33b059f4c1b7_story.html | false | 1 |
In celebration of the 2022 International Women’s Day and in line with its commitment to empower women in Nigeria, Keystone Bank Limited through the Keystone Bank Women Economic Empowerment Committee (KWEEC) partnered with Momas Electricity Meters Manufacturing Company Ltd. (MEMMCOL), to train and provide financial independence for young women.
Chairperson, KWEEC, Mrs. Helen Maiyegun, said the committee was set up in line with the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for commercial banks to support the empowerment of women in Nigeria.
According to her: “We have been training women on skills acquisition such as catering, bead making, fashion design among others, but this time we decided to think outside the box and this brought about the partnership with MEMMCOL.
“When you empower a woman, you are empowering the nation and that is why the Keystone Bank Women Economic Empowerment Committee monitoring and evaluation team will continue to monitor the progress of these women to ensure that they put into practice what they have learned.”
Mrs. Maiyegun further charged the trainees to be good ambassadors of Keystone Bank and Momas Metering School by utilizing the training to better their lives and encourage other women within their communities.
On his part, Mr. Kola Balogun, chairman, Momas Electrical Meters Manufacturing Company Ltd commended the bank for supporting these young women in their quest for financial independence and appealed to other corporate organizations as well as state and local governments to also key into this initiative to positively engage women.
Chairman of the Academic Board, Momas Metering School, Engr. Ademola Olorunfemi also lauded the bank for providing a unique opportunity for young women, stressing that the initiative will not only add value to their lives but to their families, community, and Nigeria at large.
Keystone Bank is committed to championing women empowerment initiatives with focus on information sharing, capacity building, and networking programmes, amongst others. The bank has continued to work with like-minded organizations to ensure women have access to the opportunities and resources they need to succeed. | https://www.blueprint.ng/keystone-bank-empowers-trains-young-women-on-meter-installation/ | 2022-04-26T11:13:24Z | https://www.blueprint.ng/keystone-bank-empowers-trains-young-women-on-meter-installation/ | true | 2 |
Impeccably Designed Estate in Southampton Now Available for $22.5M
If you are looking for turnkey, inviting elegance with proximity to the Atlantic Ocean there lies this new stucco and shingle manse in Southampton Village.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y., April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One of the Hamptons' most celebrated estate agents reveals a superlative, turn-key, elegant estate in Southampton Village, located just moments from the Atlantic Ocean, available for your immediate enjoyment.
When it comes to luxury properties in the Hamptons, few listings can compare to that of preeminent broker Tim Davis of Corcoran, and his latest is the 146 Foster Crossing. The impressive new-build 6,020-square-foot, 6-bedroom, 6-1/2-bathroom home on over an acre located in the Village of Southampton just four houses from the Atlantic Ocean creates a new standard for luxurious seaside living.
The turn-key property immediately sets the scene for the idyllic lifestyle it facilitates, with a zen-like gravel and slate courtyard concealed behind tall privet hedges and a security gate. The front facade of the European-style, three-story stucco and shingle home is defined by an enormous Dutch door surrounded by glazed panels that allow natural light to flood the entrance foyer.
Inside, the home has been designed for practical family living and entertaining. The ground floor features a variety of entertaining areas - including a sitting room, bright sunroom, dining room, and expansive living room with an open fireplace - with the south-facing rooms spilling out to deep terraces through sliding glass-paneled doors. These outdoor spaces have been designed for "four-season" living and can be covered and heated to allow for year- round enjoyment.
However, the heart of the home is the kitchen—a spectacular double-height space with ample windows and soaring 22-foot-high ceilings that house a strikingly modern chandelier. The slate tile floors dramatically offset the white marble worktops, while black-framed white cabinetry completes the monochrome palette. Enhancing the indoor-outdoor lifestyle that the Hamptons is so celebrated for, there is also a fully-equipped outdoor kitchen, a vegetable garden, and a large outdoor shower for rinsing off after ocean swims.
Upstairs, there are three bedrooms—the primary suite and two expansive guest suites. The primary suite boasts a private balcony terrace with views over the landscaped garden. These windows can be left open at night, inviting in a gentle ocean breeze and the sound of the nearby waves. Custom joinery in the bedrooms echoes the timber paneled walls downstairs and allows the bedrooms to double as a study or work-from-home space. The bathrooms have a similar sense of crafted materiality, with finely detailed mosaic walls and bespoke timber cabinetry.
The lower ground floor elevates the home's entertaining potential, with an expansive gym, cinema room, bunk room, and a wine cellar; outside spaces include a 60-foot swimming pool set amidst the terraces and al-fresco dining areas. Other essential amenities for guests' visits include a private two-bedroom, two- bathroom guest wing on the ground floor, a mud- room, and a laundry room.
The six-bedroom residence features exceptional build quality and materials throughout, including contemporary leaded glass doors, Venetian plaster and timber paneled walls, and wide white oak floors throughout. The effect is one of casual, coastal elegance that invites relaxed living.
146 Foster Crossing offers a new owner the opportunity to reside in a home defined by its architectural excellence in one of the world's most iconic summer resort towns.
For more information, please contact:
Tim Davis, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
Corcoran Group Real Estate24 Main Street Southampton, NY 11968T: +1 631.702.9211 or +1 516.356.5736E: [email protected]: www.timdavishamptons.com
To view the listing, click here.
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Hitchin's Mostly Comedy club closes with forthcoming shows cancelled
- Credit: Doggett & Ephgrave.
Hitchin's Mostly Comedy club has closed with immediate effect.
A combination of the cost of living crisis, increased running costs, and the pandemic has forced organisers to pull the plug on their "14-year labour of love".
Doggett & Ephgrave announced the decision today (Tuesday, April 26), with this week's planned show at Hitchin Town Hall on Thursday and the gig scheduled for May 26 both cancelled.
A statement posted on the Mostly Comedy website by David Ephgrave, on behalf of Doggett & Ephgrave, said: "We're sad to announce that Hitchin Mostly Comedy is closing its doors immediately as the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and the cost-of-living crisis has made the club unviable.
"Consequently, our advertised shows on 28th April and 26th May have also been cancelled.
"It’s no secret that we’ve been struggling to stay open since the pandemic hit.
"Whenever we postponed a show, most of our running costs continued with less income spread thinly across fewer dates. Add to this the fact that our tech costs have tripled since 2020, and you wind up with a perfect storm for closure.
"While we hoped this Thursday’s advertised show and 26th May could still go ahead, neither date was close to breaking even, and a business as small as ours couldn’t afford to swallow the loss."
Ticket holders will have their tickets refunded.
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"We’re so sorry for any disappointment," the statement continued.
"And we haven’t taken this decision lightly. We can’t thank our audience enough for the ongoing support and so many generous donations via JustGiving (and the kind words that accompanied them) that have provided a lifeline to the club since 2020; if it weren’t for you, we would have folded long ago.
"What a ride these fourteen years have been. Glyn and I never expected it. The hundreds of shows and interviews come with a host of happy memories. We’ll miss it and you." | https://www.thecomet.net/things-to-do/hitchin-mostly-comedy-club-closes-8921946 | 2022-04-26T11:23:05Z | https://www.thecomet.net/things-to-do/hitchin-mostly-comedy-club-closes-8921946 | true | 1 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — For much of the past two years, America has been first in line for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Now, as drugmakers develop the next generation of therapies, the White House is warning that if Congress doesn’t act urgently the U.S. will have to take a number.
Already the congressional stalemate over virus funding has forced the federal government to curtail free treatment for the uninsured and to ration monoclonal antibody supplies. And Biden administration officials are expressing increasing alarm that the U.S. is also losing out on critical opportunities to secure booster doses and new antiviral pills that could help the country maintain its reemerging sense of normalcy, even in the face of potential new variants and case spikes.
Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Hong Kong have all placed orders for treatments and vaccine doses that the U.S. can’t yet commit to, according to the White House.
Months ago, the White House began warning that the country had spent through the money in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that was dedicated directly to COVID-19 response. It requested an additional $22.5 billion for what it called “urgent” needs in both the U.S. and abroad.
The Senate last month closed in on smaller $10 billion package focused on domestic needs. But even that deal fell apart as lawmakers objected to an announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that it would end Trump-era border restrictions related to the pandemic.
The White House this week is mounting a push for doctors to get less stingy about prescribing the antiviral pill Paxlovid, which was initially rationed for those at the highest risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 but is now more widely available. A 20 million-dose order placed last year by the government helped boost manufacturing capacity.
Paxlovid, when administered within five days of symptoms appearing, has been proven to bring about a 90% reduction in hospitalizations and deaths among patients most likely to get severe disease. Some 314 Americans are now dying each day from the coronavirus, down from more than 2,600 during the height of the omicron wave earlier this year.
The U.S. used similar advance-purchase agreements to boost the domestic supply and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, through what was known in the Trump administration as “Operation Warp Speed.”
Now, with a new generation of treatments on the horizon, the U.S. is falling behind.
Japan has already placed an initial order for drugmaker Shionogi’s upcoming COVID-19 antiviral pill, which studies have shown to be at least as effective as Pfizer’s treatment and has fewer drug-to-drug interactions and is easier to administer.
Because of the funding delays, officials say, the U.S. has yet to place an advance order, which would help the company scale manufacturing to widely produce the pill.
“We know companies are working on additional, promising life-saving treatments that could protect the American people, and without additional funding from Congress, we risk losing out on accessing these treatments, as well as tests and vaccines, while other countries get in front of us in line,” said White House spokesman Kevin Munoz. “Congress must act urgently upon return from recess to provide the funding needed to secure new treatments for the American people and to avoid this dangerous outcome.”
Complicating matters further are the long lead times to manufacture the antiviral and antibody treatments. Paxlovid takes about six months to produce, and monoclonal antibody treatments used to treat COVID-19 and prevent serious disease in the immunocompromised take similarly long, meaning the U.S. is running out of time to replenish its stockpile before the end of the year.
Last month the White House began cutting back shipments of monoclonal antibody treatments to states to make supplies last longer.
Administration officials declined to discuss specific treatments they are stymied from ordering because of contracting requirements.
The funding debate is also holding up U.S. purchases of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses, including an upcoming new generation of vaccines that may better protect against the omicron variant.
Moderna and Pfizer both are testing what scientists call “bivalent” shots — a mix of each company’s original vaccine and an omicron-targeted version — with Moderna announcing last week it hopes to have its version ready this fall.
The Biden administration has said that while the U.S. has enough vaccine doses for children under 5, once they are approved by regulators, and for fourth shots for high-risk people over 50, it doesn’t have the money to order the new generation of doses.
Earlier this month, former White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Hong Kong had already secured future booster doses.
Republicans have shown no signs of backing down from their insistence that before supplying the 10 GOP votes needed for the COVID-19 funding package to pass the Senate, the chamber must vote on their effort to extend the Trump-era Title 42 order. That COVID-linked order, which requires authorities to immediately expel nearly all migrants at the border, is set to be lifted on May 23.
An election-year vote to extend that order would be perilous for Democrats, and many hope no such vote occurs. Many say privately they hope Biden will keep the immigration curbs in place or that a court will postpone the rules’ termination, but Republicans could well force a vote anyway.
“Congress would have to take action in order for the day not to be May 23,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said early this month that he expected legislation this spring that would wrap together funds for COVID-19 and Ukraine. Aid for Ukraine has wide bipartisan support and could help propel such a package through Congress, but Republican opposition has already forced legislators to strip out pandemic response funding once.
There are at least six Democrats, and potentially 10 or more, who would be expected to back the Republican amendment to extend the immigration order, enough to secure its passage.
Such a vote would be dangerous for Democrats from swing districts, who must appeal to pro-immigration core Democratic voters without alienating moderates leery of the increase in migrants that lifting the curbs is expected to prompt.
Republicans haven’t said what language they would embrace, but they could turn to a bipartisan bill by Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.
It would delay any suspension of the immigration limits until at least 60 days after the U.S. surgeon general declares the pandemic emergency to be over. The administration would also have to propose a plan for handling the anticipated increase in migrants crossing the border. Democrats expressing support for keeping the immigration restrictions in place have cited a lack of planning by the administration as their chief concern although the Biden administration has insisted it is preparing for an increase in border crossings.
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Featured below are companies that have experienced recent insider trading activity in the public market through their direct and indirect ownerships, including accounts they have control or direction over.
The list features insider transaction activity; it does not convey total ownership information as an insider may hold numerous accounts.
Keep in mind, when looking at transaction activities by insiders, purchasing activity may reflect perceived value in a security. Selling activity may or may not be related to a stock’s valuation; perhaps an insider needs to raise money for personal reasons. An insider’s total holdings should be considered because a sale may, in context, be insignificant if this person has a large remaining position in the company. I tend to put great weight on insider transaction activity when I see multiple insiders trading a company’s shares or units.
Listed is a stock that has had buying activity in the public market reported by an insider.
Crown Capital Partners Inc. (CRWN-T)
On April 14, John Brussa, who sits on the board of directors, invested $320,000 in shares of Crown. He acquired 40,000 shares at a cost per share of $8, increasing this particular account’s position (RRSP) to 60,000 shares.
The share price has finally returned to pre-COVID levels, rallying 55 per cent over the past year.
According to Refinitiv, the company is covered by one analyst, Trevor Reynolds from Acumen Capital, who has a target price of $8, implying the stock is nearly fully valued.
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Listed below are three stocks that have had recent selling activity in the public market reported by insiders.
First Majestic Silver Corp. (FR-T)
Between April 14-18, Karen Liu, vice-president – treasury, exercised her options, receiving 10,000 shares at a cost per share of $8.18, and sold 10,000 shares at a price per share of $18, eliminating her position from this specific account. Net proceeds totaled over $98,000, not including any associated transaction charges.
SilverCrest Metals Inc. (SIL-T)
On April 18, chairman of the board of directors Graham Thody divested 60,000 shares at a price per share of $12.23, reducing this specific account’s holdings to 158,571 shares. Proceeds from the sale totaled over $733,000, not including commission charges.
Westshore Terminals Investment Corp. (WTE-T)
On April 13, vice-president and general manager Glenn Dudar sold 4,500 shares at an average price per share of roughly $35.57, leaving 13,500 shares in this particular account. Proceeds from the sale exceeded $160,000, excluding trading fees.
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Brown is out of contract this summer and leaves without making a senior appearance having ruptured his Achilles tendon during pre-season.
The one time he pulled on a PNE shirt was in last July’s pre-season friendly against Celtic – a game played in front of a limited number of home fans at Celtic Park.
Murphy has been on loan from Cardiff City but North End have chosen not to use him since the Good Friday game against Millwall.
The 27-year-old wasn’t in the squad for the Fulham or Blackburn matches.
He made 12 appearances for PNE, all from the bench, with his longest run being the 45 minutes he got in the 4-0 defeat at Luton in March.
Murphy is out of contract at Cardiff this summer.
Brown joined on a Bosman in June having been freed by Chelsea. He signed a one-year contract with the option of a further 12 months.
Having made his PNE bow as a substitute at Celtic, Brown suffered the Achilles tendon rupture in a training session just two days later.
It was a serious injury and soon it became clear that he was unlikely to play this season.
Murphy joined on transfer deadline day in August, signing for the remainder of the campaign on loan with North End paying a contribution to his wages.
He tore an ankle ligament in training in October and then suffered a calf injury as he closed in on a return from the damaged ankle.
It was early March when the former Norwich winger returned to the first-team fold.
North End boss Ryan Lowe used him five times as a substitute, mainly at wing-back.
It was hard for Murphy to fit into the system, with Lowe and predecessor Frankie McAvoy both preferring a 3-5-2.
A winger by trade, Murphy either had to slot in at wing-back or play as a striker.
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SINGAPORE - For a video for a friend's YouTube channel, a teenager donned a wrestling mask and pretended to wrestle his friend in the middle of a crowd gathered at Clarke Quay on New Year's Eve.
Glaxy Low Xuan Ming, 19, and Kotra Venkata Sai Rohankrishna, in a Spider-Man costume, succeeded in being the "focal points of attention in the crowd", and also earned themselves charges for flouting Covid-19 rules.
Low was fined $2,000 for the offence on Tuesday (April 26).
The court heard that sometime before 11pm on Dec 31 last year, Low met with Kotra, and two other friends, Lee Hern Sing and Putchakayala Akash, at Prinsep Street.
Kotra wanted to do video interviews with intoxicated members of the public for his channel, and the others agreed to help him.
Low was wearing a wrestling mask with a face mask beneath it when the group moved to Clarke Quay where large crowds had gathered.
He and Kotra looked for people to interview while Lee and Akash handled the lighting and camera equipment.
From around 11.30pm on Dec 31 to around 12.15am on Jan 1, the four gathered with others at various places in Clarke Quay including outside Clarke Quay Central, on and near the Read Bridge and outside Riverside Point to shoot the video and pose for pictures.
Low failed to keep a distance of 1m from at least 20 other people.
He and Kotra play-acted wrestling for the video, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Wu Yu Jie, who added: "By virtue of their costumes, they were also focal points of attention in the crowd."
Low's lawyer, Mr Soon Wei Song, told the court that Low misunderstood the five per group rule at the time and thought he was allowed to mingle with different groups as long as he stayed in a group of five.
He added that his client did not set out to break Covid-19 rules but gathered primarily for "content creation".
However DPP Wu countered that ignorance is not an excuse for breaking the law. "His actions were deliberate and he acted in this way over a significant period of time," he said.
Kotra and Lee's cases are still pending. Their ages, and Akash's, were not mentioned in court documents.
Lee faces charges over failing to keep a safe distance and attending a gathering comprising more than five people, while Kotra faces three charges including one for attending a gathering with three others and interacting with about 20 people.
Five other men have been fined $1,500 for breaching Covid-19 regulations in relation to the New Year's eve gathering at Clarke Quay. Two students who faced more than one charge were fined $2,000 and $3,000 respectively on March 8.
In a statement on March 21, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said 14 people have been hauled to court for the incident, while 19 people have been issued composition fines.
Videos posted online show a rowdy crowd cheering, singing and celebrating, in what the authorities called a blatant flouting of Covid-19 safe management rules and a potential superspreader event.
Those found guilty of breaching Covid-19 regulations can be fined up to $10,000, jailed for up to six months, or both. | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/clarke-quay-new-years-eve-gathering-teenager-who-wore-wrestling-mask-fined-2k | 2022-04-26T11:29:44Z | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/clarke-quay-new-years-eve-gathering-teenager-who-wore-wrestling-mask-fined-2k | true | 2 |
Deion Sanders did his part to make sure NFL teams don’t overlook players from historically Black colleges in this week’s draft.
The Jackson State coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer released his “Prime Prospects” on Monday, featuring 16 players from 12 HBCUs. Last year, not one HBCU player was drafted.
“My prediction is five to seven, maybe 10 guys that should be drafted,” Sanders told The Associated Press. “We have at least 15, 16 truly draftable guys, more that I feel like probably are going to get drafted. Exposure helps. What’s going on and what’s translating today in HBCU football is helping tremendously. We’re getting a lot of shine.”
Neon Deion has helped provide a spotlight on HBCU players since leaving his analyst duties at NFL Network and taking over at Jackson State in 2020. Sanders was the Southwestern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2021 after leading the Tigers to an 11-2 record.
“I’m not thinking about legacy. I don’t care about that. I care about winning games and changing lives and provoking change in whatever I touch,” Sanders said. “Eddie George has done a wonderful job at Tennessee State. Hue Jackson coming into Grambling, raising the bar there is going to be tremendous. Willie Simmons at (Florida A&M) and some of the other notable persons, Coach (Fred) McNair at Alcorn, are some guys that can really coach the game and they’re able to take this thing to another level. I’m thankful and pleased that I have Aflac partnering with me to bring shine, so to speak, and shed light on what we’re doing, especially with this Prime Prospects. It’s unbelievable.”
Aflac’s new advertisement, named “Believe,” features Sanders and will air during the draft. The campaign reflects Aflac’s “Close the Gap” initiative, which centers on educating, supporting and advocating for those underserved and overlooked.
“We’re doing a better job of the exposure,” Sanders said. “We’re often overlooked and under exposed, which is something that we’re trying to tackle right now. … We’re trying our best to bring light to all those. It’s just absurd to me. I know pro football. I worked at the NFL Network for almost two decades and played for 14 years. I know what a professional looks like, and there are a multitude of these young men that can play the game at the next level, if given the opportunity. When you don’t see a player visually, it’s hard to understand that he’s equipped and he could participate. If you didn’t see the players from Alabama on television every darn week, I’m pretty sure the number that they’re circulating into the NFL would cease a bit. You never see these kids and you don’t understand what they’re capable of, and I’m telling you they can play this game.”
In 2021, Aflac donated $75,000 to the Jackson State University athletic department for professional development, as well as $25,000 as a supporting partner of Sanders’ football camp. Aflac will donate an additional $100,000 in 2022 to help Sanders continue his mission of mentoring young athletes.
His “Prime Prospects” are: Florida A&M safety Antwan Collier and offensive lineman Keenan Forbes; Alabama A&M quarterback Aqeel Glass and wide receivers Dee Anderson and Zabrian Moore; Jackson State defensive end/linebacker James Houston and wide receiver Keith Corbin; Norfolk State defensive lineman De’Shaan Dixon; Alabama State running back Ezra Gray; NC A&T running back Jah-Maine Martin; Mississippi Valley State linebacker Jerry Garner; Fayetteville State defensive back Joshua Williams; Southern University wide receiver Marquis McClain; Fort Valley State wide receiver Shemar Bridges; Bowie State defensive back Tevin Singleton; Virginia State safety Will Adams.
“I’m happy in the role that God has chosen for me,” Sanders said. “I’m happy to be where I am, and I tell people all the time I know I’m employed at Jackson State, but I’m working for the whole HBCU.”
The inaugural Legacy Bowl held in February in New Orleans gave top football players from HBCU schools a new level of exposure to pro scouts and executives. But Sanders has anther idea for a Bowl game.
“I would love to namesake an All-Star Game that HBCUs play against all the other schools,” Sanders said. “I don’t like when you just have an HBCU game we play against each other. Let’s play against all the other talent. I would like for us to put together our All-Star team and we play one of the Bowl games that they play after the season.”
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More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://apnews.com/hub/pro-32 and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | https://www.wkrg.com/sports/deion-sanders-highlights-hbcu-prospects-ahead-of-nfl-draft/ | 2022-04-26T11:30:02Z | https://www.wkrg.com/sports/deion-sanders-highlights-hbcu-prospects-ahead-of-nfl-draft/ | false | 35 |
What is an emissions-based tax on vehicles?
In a world where vehicular carbon emissions have been drawing a lot of flak, several governments have been imposing a carbon tax or emission-based tax on vehicle owners. The UK along with some other countries have already imposed a carbon tax on vehicles, while India too has been mulling the idea since 2018. recently Lexus India has supported the concept of emission-based tax for vehicles.
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While it is a matter of debate if the carbon tax can offset the impact of vehicular emission or not, here are a quick look at the emission-based tax.
What is emission-based tax?
Under the carbon tax or emission-based tax regime, the government sets a price for vehicle buyers. While purchasing a vehicle, the buyer has to pay the amount of tax decided for each ton of greenhouse gas his or her vehicle emits. The tax is imposed on petrol and diesel vehicles. Vehicles with electric powertrains are exempted from paying the tax, while hybrid vehicles pay comparatively lower tax as their carbon emissions are lower due to the electric hybrid assist systems.
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In India currently, there is no explicit carbon tax. However, the Indian government has been mulling the idea of imposing a carbon emission based taxation system that would impact the vehicle owners considering the fact the majority of Indian vehicle owners and buyers are inclined towards petrol and diesel vehicles. On the other hand, it would boost electric mobility in the country.
Centre for Legal Policy, a think tank has said that the cess should be linked to the quantum of carbon emissions and not the procurement of fuel itself. For automobiles, this would make the cess vary on the basis of the capacity of the greenhouse gas emission. Such a carbon tax could further boost India's EV industry. | https://auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/cars/what-is-an-emissions-based-tax-on-vehicles-41650953021354.html | 2022-04-26T11:30:30Z | https://auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/cars/what-is-an-emissions-based-tax-on-vehicles-41650953021354.html | false | 1 |
Financial Education Summit held in Parliament to advocate for greater early financial education
Today, MPs and Peers came together with the financial education community to highlight the severe and tragic consequences of the refusal of successive Governments to tackle the issue of financial education and literacy head on. The result is that children, especially those from lower socio-economic backgrounds are having their life chances restricted before they have even left primary school.
Shockingly, 96% of teenagers are worried about money daily, and over half of teenagers are set to be in debt by the time they are 17. A June 2021 survey, conducted on behalf of the Centre, also found that 25% of children as young as 6 are more anxious about money because of the pandemic. These statistics are truly worrying, and it is crucial, now more than ever, that children’s concerns about money are addressed and the mechanics of money demystified.
The Financial Education Summit, sponsored by John Penrose MP and supported by the Centre for Financial Capability called attention to the importance of implementing financial education in primary schools, to meet the larger goal of increasing financial resilience throughout adulthood and combatting poverty. Chaired by Carol Knight, Chief Executive of TISA and Trustee of the Centre for Financial Capability, the event was hosted in collaboration with John Penrose MP for Weston-super-Mare and the Cabinet Office’s Anti-Corruption Champion. The panel featured speakers John Penrose MP, Stewart Perry from Quilter, a wealth management company, and John Craven, from a social mobility charity.
The event focused on highlighting the necessity of early financial education and presented to both parliamentarians and financial education stakeholders the UK-specific challenges school children face regarding financial literacy. According to a study from the Money and Pensions service, only 48% of children receive a meaningful financial education in the UK. Children in less privileged areas are more disadvantaged when it comes to financial education and developing good money habits early. This can create barriers to social mobility and levelling up as these children progress through university, higher education opportunities, and the workforce.
This event also saw the formal launch of John Penrose’s policy paper, Poverty Trapped: Why is Poverty Still With Us, After 70 Years of the Welfare State? This paper offers a detailed examination into the reasons behind socioeconomic disadvantages in the UK today, and argues for a greater focus on equal opportunities, skills and education. One of the ways he believes we can do this is by focusing on financial resilience and education.
John Craven, chief executive of upReach—an award-winning social mobility charity— has long been an advocate for better access to financial resources for students. His address at the Summit emphasised the link between financial education and social mobility, and how the best way to build stable financial futures is early education.
Money habits begin forming at the age of 7, so it is essential that the UK institutes a national curriculum at the primary level that prioritises financial literacy and capability. The Summit in Parliament is just one example of how the Centre for Financial Capability brings awareness to their initiative; they intend to achieve their goal of giving every primary aged child “an effective and high-quality” financial education by 2030.
The event was followed by a petition hand-in to Number 11 to ask the Chancellor to direct some of the unclaimed money from the Dormant Assets Act to fund financial education.
John Penrose MP said of today’s event:
“Done well, financial education to teach students about things like savings, pensions, mortgages, credit cards and weekly budgeting is hugely effective at equipping tomorrow’s adults with the skills and attitudes they will need to live successful and resilient lives. Even when students aren’t taught the basics of financial management at home, schools can fill the gap, and the effects last a lifetime. But there’s a postcode lottery, with some schools treating the topic as a Cinderella subject. So the answer is to make it impossible for any school to get an OFSTED rating of ‘good’ or better if this area isn’t up to scratch, so every school takes it as seriously as pupil safety, and everyone leaves school ready for the adult financial world ahead.
Chair of the Financial Education Summit and trustee of the Centre, Carol Knight said:
“The Centre for Financial Capability is proud to host the Financial Education Summit and bring the pertinent issue of unequal and sometimes nonexistent access to early financial education for primary school children to Parliamentarians’ attention. The Centre firmly believes that every child in the UK should be supported to develop the skills and behaviours necessary to navigate critical financial decisions in later life.”
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The City-County Health Department confirmed 18 additional COVID-19 deaths in Cascade County, including an unvaccinated man in his 30s with underlying health conditions, according to CCHD spokesperson Ben Spencer on Monday.
Of the 18 deaths, one was from early December and the rest occurred during the omicron surge earlier this year, Spencer said in an email to the Tribune. Almost all of the deaths had confirmed underlying health conditions.
CCHD is working on another state-requested data reconciliation that resulted in the deaths being added.
“As with earlier reconciliations, these are deaths that were not reported to CCHD as COVID deaths but were later identified on death certificates as being caused by COVID,” Spencer said. “We then review medical records to either confirm COVID as the primary cause or request a modification of the death certificate.”
This brings the total lost in the county to 341 residents.
Benefis Health System reported two hospitalized patients with COVID-19 on Monday, marking no change in patient population since the hospital’s last report two weeks ago.
One patient is vaccinated and the other is unvaccinated, and neither is in the Intensive Care Unit, according to the post on social media.
The City-County Health Department reported on Wednesday that the community is still considered to have low transmission of the virus, according to standards from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CCHD hands out rapid home tests, with each box containing two tests, every weekday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 115 4th St. S. in Great Falls.
Anyone wanting a vaccine may call CCHD at 406-454-6950 to schedule an appointment. CCHD has appointments available Tuesday-Friday between 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
CCHD requests test results be reported at DPHHS' reporting site at montanagovernment-aijle.formstack.com/forms/montana_covid_home_test_reporting. If you do not have internet access, CCHD asks you call the department to report a positive result. The number is (406) 454-6950. It is recommended that positive results be confirmed through a PCR test.
To order free at-home COVID-19 tests through the federal government, go to covidtests.gov.
Alluvion Health announced that it will be officially closing its drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Montana Expo Park on April 30.
The drive-thru testing site at Montana Expo Park will maintain the same hours through April 30:
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Tuesday and Thursday from 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
Starting May 1, Alluvion will continue to provide PCR testing at the 601 1st Ave. N clinic location. Appointments are encouraged for individuals wishing to avoid long wait times. Appointments can be made in advance by calling (406) 454-6973.
The state posted 72 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing Montana’s total active confirmed reports to 512.
Montana reported 3,300 total deaths and 14 active hospitalizations from the virus, according to the state website covid19.mt.gov.
Cascade County reported three new cases and now has 22 active cases.
Of the state’s eligible population, 55% are fully vaccinated. Of the county’s eligible population, 51% are fully immunized against the virus.
The first case of COVID-19 in Montana was reported on March 11, 2020.
Missoula County reported 16 new COVID-19 cases for a total of 97 active cases. Gallatin County reported 10 new cases for a total of 84 active cases. Yellowstone County reported eight new cases for a total of 106 active cases. Lewis and Clark County added seven new cases for a total of 19 cases.
An earlier version of this story had the total number of Cascade County COVID-19 deaths at 338, when with the updated number from CCHD it is 341. | https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/health/2022/04/25/omicron-fuels-covid-surge-in-coronavirus-cases-deaths-in-montana-cascade-county-covid-tests-near-me/65351945007/ | 2022-04-26T11:31:24Z | https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/health/2022/04/25/omicron-fuels-covid-surge-in-coronavirus-cases-deaths-in-montana-cascade-county-covid-tests-near-me/65351945007/ | true | 1 |
David Longstaff rubbed the inside legs of the young girls, one of whom was under 13, as they slept on the couch of his Duns home while they were on a sleepover on June 19.
The court heard that Longstaff touched one of the girls who was pretending to be asleep and then made out she was waking up so that he would stop.
Longstaff then moved his attentions towards her friend rubbing his hands up and down her upper leg.
The girls then told Longstaff's partner at the time and said it had happened on other occasions when they were staying over.
The partner attended at Duns Police Station to report the assaults.
Longstaff's lawyer said that the first offender had described himself in background reports as a "monster" for committing the offences.
Sheriff Peter Paterson said it had been difficult reading the Victim Impact Statements and the effects that the sexual assaults had on the two young girls who had "lost interest in most aspects of life" as a direct consequence of his actions.
He added: "I accept you have pled guilty at the earliest opportunity and you have taken responsibility for your actions but the court has no alternative but to impose a custodial sentence.”
Longstaff was jailed for 16 months and was made subject to the notification requuirements of the Sexual Offences Act for the next 10 years. | https://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/crime/duns-man-jailed-for-sexually-assaulting-young-girls-3669237 | 2022-04-26T11:35:26Z | https://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/crime/duns-man-jailed-for-sexually-assaulting-young-girls-3669237 | true | 1 |
Islamabad (Global Times Exclusive): On April 11, Pakistan’s parliament elected Shahbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister. As the new leader took office, relations between China and Pakistan are set to enter a heyday leveraging a long track record of deep harmony.
Back in 2015, when Sharif served as the Chief Minister of Punjab, the two countries jointly launched the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a signature project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Sharif was then widely recognized for his performance in pushing China-Pakistan ties into a higher gear, especially when it came to CPEC.
Close economic ties are manifested in bilateral trade flow. In the first two months of 2022, Pakistan’s exports to China crossed the $67 million mark, a 23 per cent increase year-on-year. The prospects of economic cooperation between China and Pakistan are unlimited, underpinned by an existing multi-dimensional and enduring strategic, economic partnership based on mutual trust, respect and harmony.
The two neighbouring countries have eyed numerous development goals. Among others, the main thrust in future will be on modern industrialization and tech-enabled science and technology joint-ventures. Petrochemical, hydro-energy projects, oil refineries, biodiversity and electrical vehicles and infrastructure are all considered priority areas.
Over recent months, economic turmoil has swept through several South Asian countries including Sri Lanka and Nepal. With blatant opposition to BRI due to its characteristics as a lone challenger to imperial powers, India and Western countries try to undermine Chinese loans as a “debt trap.” And prompted by their cold war mentality, Western politicians and media outlets keep rolling out misinformation targeting BRI.
For instance, their venom includes that Pakistan – being a BRI country in South Asia that is facing economic challenges and political instability – is struggling to meet its financial debts because Chinese loans include a high markup, which has exacerbated Pakistan’s financial crunch.
However, Western propaganda has been exposed when former planning and development minister of Pakistan Asad Umar said that Pakistan did not have a “China debt” problem pertaining to loan financing from the CPEC project. In reality, the majority of loans are taken at a concessional rate of two per cent interest, and China has bestowed many grants as well for different CPEC projects.
Chinese debt comprises only 10 per cent of Pakistan’s general debt (domestic and foreign) and 26 per cent of its external debt, according to Asad Umar. So the 74 per cent of the loan Pakistan took from the rest of the world — mostly from the West and multilateral agencies — somewhat doesn’t endanger Pakistan but it faces a threat from this 26 per cent? This is a completely upside-down argument. The same is true in Sri Lanka and Nepal, which have also become victims of the insidiousness of Western negativity.
Dismissing China’s practical vision of shared prosperity through the BRI, India – being a strong ally of the US – has been duped into believing that China is a threat to its integrity and a stumbling block on its way to economic ascendency. And New Delhi has always looked to expand its influence in South Asia by dismissing China’s normal economic cooperation with neighbouring countries.
Regarding CPEC projects, India’s hostility has been on the show for a while. It has refused to join the BRI citing sovereignty concerns. Flying in the face of RCEP, India is promoting its Act East Policy aiming to further enhance and strengthen India’s ties with the ASEAN nations and the neighbouring countries through culture, commerce, connectivity and capacity building.
Further, in a bid to disregard the scope of BRI, India has supported the US-led new global infrastructure initiative “Build Back Better World.”
On the other hand, China always heralds a vision of shared destiny, win-win cooperation, a rules-based international law, a co-existence philosophy and a non-interference policy. Since the emergence of game-changer BRI, South Asia has unleashed its effort to be part of shared destiny.
Propelled by the CPEC, Pakistan manages to ease its energy crisis that had been afflicting industries, businesses and most importantly, the daily lives of ordinary people. Under the CPEC, a total of nine energy projects including the Sahiwal coal-fired power plant added 5,320 megawatts to the national grid. As part of the CPEC, a nearly 1,100-kilometre-long road network has been constructed while a further 850 kilometres is under construction. Gwadar Port, a jewel of the CPEC, once was a small fishing town, is now fully functional and emerging as an economic and logistics hub. On a whole, the CPEC has generated direct 75,000 jobs and half a million indirect jobs to date.
Under the BRI, Chinese companies have also completed more than $15 billion worth of infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka, having positively contributed to its maritime sector.
Chinese efforts are also afoot to assist South Asian countries to manage economic challenges. According to a statement on the website of the Pakistan government, two facilities worth $4.3 billion matured in March, of which China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange deposits worth $2 billion, have been rolled over.
The China International Development Cooperation Agency vowed on Tuesday to offer emergency humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka, and China is willing to help the country confront current difficulties as a long-standing friendly neighbour, according to Xu Wei, a spokesperson for the agency.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The fight for control of the U.S. House moves to New York’s highest court on Tuesday, where judges will determine whether Democrats illegally gerrymandered the boundaries of the state’s newly redrawn congressional districts.
New York’s Court of Appeals is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by a group of Republican voters challenging the legality of the new district maps.
The suit says the Democrat-controlled Legislature violated provisions in the state constitution that barred the redrawing of districts for partisan gain.
New York’s governor and legislative leaders deny that they bent the rules, but two two lower courts have already ruled that the district maps were drafted specifically to give Democrats an advantage.
A midlevel appeals court last week gave the Legislature a deadline of April 30 to come up with revised maps, or else leave the redrafting in the hands of a court-appointed expert.
A third ruling against the maps could potentially upend the state’s planned congressional primary, now scheduled for late June.
The Court of Appeals is expected to make a decision as soon as this week.
The legal fight in New York could play an important role in the battle for control of the U.S. House, where Democrats now enjoy a thin majority.
Political district maps across the nation have been redrawn in recent months as a result of population shifts documented in the 2020 Census.
Democrats had been counting on New York lawmakers producing a map heavily favorable to their party to help offset expected Republican gains in other states.
New York’s new maps would give Democrats a strong majority of registered voters in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional districts. Republicans, who represent about 22% of registered New York voters, currently hold eight of the state’s 27 seats in Congress. New York will lose one seat in 2021.
Partisan gerrymandering of political district maps is an age-old tradition in the U.S., but New York voters attempted to limit the practice through a constitutional amendment in 2014.
The new maps were initially supposed to have been drawn by an independent commission, but that body, made up of equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans, couldn’t reach consensus, allowing the Legislature to step in.
So far this election cycle, courts have intervened to block maps they found to be Republican gerrymanders in North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and a Democratic gerrymander in Maryland. Such decisions have led to delayed primaries in North Carolina, Ohio and Maryland. | https://www.rochesterfirst.com/new-york-state/fight-over-gerrymandering-moves-to-new-yorks-highest-court/ | 2022-04-26T11:37:26Z | https://www.rochesterfirst.com/new-york-state/fight-over-gerrymandering-moves-to-new-yorks-highest-court/ | false | 19 |
Biden grants 1st pardons of his term to former Secret Service agent and 2 others, commutes 75 sentences
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden grants 1st pardons of his term to former Secret Service agent and 2 others, commutes 75 sentences.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden grants 1st pardons of his term to former Secret Service agent and 2 others, commutes 75 sentences. | https://kvia.com/news/texas/ap-texas/2022/04/26/biden-grants-1st-pardons-of-his-term-to-former-secret-service-agent-and-2-others-commutes-75-sentences/ | 2022-04-26T11:38:32Z | https://kvia.com/news/texas/ap-texas/2022/04/26/biden-grants-1st-pardons-of-his-term-to-former-secret-service-agent-and-2-others-commutes-75-sentences/ | false | null |
MEDINA, Minn. (AP) _ Polaris Inc. (PII) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $69.9 million.
On a per-share basis, the Medina, Minnesota-based company said it had profit of $1.14. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and restructuring costs, were $1.29 per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.76 per share.
The snowmobile and ATV maker posted revenue of $1.96 billion in the period, also falling short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.1 billion.
Polaris Inc expects full-year earnings in the range of $10.10 to $10.40 per share, with revenue in the range of $9.22 billion to $9.46 billion.
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Published: Apr. 26, 2022 at 6:21 AM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
MOSCOW (AP) — A lawmaker says a gunman has killed two children and a staff member at a kindergarten in Russia.
Citing “preliminary information,” federal lawmaker and former governor Sergei Morozov wrote on the VK social network that a man had entered the kindergarten in the town of Veshkayma in central Russia and shot a female staff member and children, before shooting himself.
Local health officials say one other staff member was wounded.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
526 AM CDT Tue Apr 26 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
The Flood Advisory is cancelled for a portion of Deep South Texas,
including the following county, Cameron.
The threat for widespread flooding has increased over the area.
Therefore the Flood Advisory has been replaced by a Flood Warning.
Please refer to that bulletin for more information.
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