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Durant scores 31 points, Beal adds season-high 25 to help Suns beat Magic 112-107
PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 31 points, Bradley Beal added a season-high 25 and the Phoenix Suns won their third straight game, beating the Orlando Magic 112-107 on Sunday night.
Beal was playing in just his eighth game this season because of back and ankle injuries. The three-time All-Star — acquired in an offseason trade with Washington — shot 10 of 13 from the field, including a powerful dunk in the third quarter.
Orlando trailed for a big chunk of the evening but rallied to cut it to 89-87 heading into the fourth. Paolo Banchero led the Magic with 12 points in the third on 5-of-7 shooting.
Gary Harris hit a long 3-pointer early in the fourth to give Orlando a 96-95 lead — its first since early in the first quarter.
The Suns would recovered, using a 17-6 run to build a 10-point lead and regain control. Durant shot 12 of 21 from the field and added five rebounds and five assists. Devin Booker scored 21 points and Jusuf Nurkic had 19 points and 13 rebounds. The Suns' backups scored only six points, all by Chimezie Metu.
Banchero led the Magic with 28 points, while Franz Wagner added 27. Wendell Carter Jr. had 17 points off the bench.
The Suns played a second straight game with their star trio of Durant, Beal and Booker. The three All-Stars combined for 22 points on the way to a 37-24 lead after one quarter. Phoenix settled for a 67-58 lead at halftime.
Phoenix also welcomed back guard Josh Okogie, who missed six out of the past eight games because of an ankle injury.
The Magic were playing without guard Markelle Fultz (knee) and forward Jonathan Isaac (hamstring).
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Magic: At Golden State on Tuesday night.
Suns: Host Portland on Monday night.
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When the 56-19 loss settled, the Miami Dolphins needed more than one glance into their proverbial mirrors.
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa wished he had shifted his glance a little more quickly to see the defender in his receiver’s path on his first interception, and he wished he hadn’t tried to force a ball to Tyreek Hill over the linebacker who snatched the second.
Hill wished he hadn’t bobbled and then dropped a wide-open touchdown pass from Tagovailoa, one of six targets on which the duo failed to connect in the blowout loss.
Dolphins defenders wish they had tackled better in space, limiting or at least complicating the Baltimore Ravens’ display of run-in touchdowns.
And head coach Mike McDaniel wished he had pulled edge rusher Bradley Chubb earlier from an out-of-reach contest. Instead, with the Dolphins trailing by 30 points and less than 4 minutes to play in regulation, Chubb suffered a non-contact knee injury that required carting off.
“I would like a time machine, for sure, in that situation,” McDaniel said. “In hindsight, I would absolutely not have wanted him out there if I would have known he was going to get hurt.
“There’s times in football games where it’s not about winning or losing or ‘Can we come back?’ It's about finishing the football game and having a taste of what our expectations were going into it.”
The Dolphins’ expectations entering their visit to Baltimore and their reality traveling home at 11-5 veered far apart. Their playoff expectations now risk the same trajectory.
“Situations like this where you go into a game with full belief in each other and the eventual outcome … ends up monumentally in another direction, it’s a gut check for a football team,” McDaniel said. “We need to recalibrate, get back together and press forward together.
“Run from nothing. Own it.”
How the Dolphins unraveled vs. stifling Ravens
The Dolphins started off the game strong.
Tagovailoa connected with Hill, running back De’Von Achane and fullback Alec Ingold each for double-digit gains on the first drive alone. Facing third-and-goal from Baltimore’s 8, Tagovailoa pump-faked his first throw before nailing receiver Cedrick Wilson on a high-low concept that forced the Ravens’ defense to wonder whether Hill or Wilson was its intended receiver.
The Dolphins had found the end zone first. But Baltimore answered.
Despite Rashod Bateman failing to survive the ground on a 42-yard pass that was reversed and offensive pass interference nullifying a 26-yard completion to Justice Hill, Jackson distributed the ball a la Tagovailoa with chunk plays to three different targets on the way to the red zone. With 6:39 to play in the first, Jackson dropped back and let a ball rip amid pressure, finding Hill between two defenders on the right sideline for a 20-yard touchdown.
The Dolphins stayed alive with a Tyreek Hill 25-yard catch on fourth-and-5 their next drive but ultimately settled for a field goal.
Against the fourth-ranked scoring offense in the league, that’s not a winning formula.
Nor is turning the ball over.
Miami stayed competitive early, forcing a punt and scoring a pair of field goals. But after a seeming busted coverage allowed a 75-yard touchdown – cornerback Xavien Howard, injured on the first Ravens snap of the day, was missed – the game began veering off course for Miami.
Tagovailoa hurried to fit a play in before halftime and instead threw the first interception.
Miami’s special teams allowed a 78-yard punt return to start the second half, one of several factors in McDaniel’s postgame remark: “I’m confident saying before watching the film: We’re not going to be happy with the way we tackled in open space.”
And even when the Dolphins defense punched a ball loose from Ravens RB Gus Edwards, the optimism was short-lived.
Tagovailoa’s second interception was the next play.
The Dolphins could expect nothing different from the NFL's most takeaway-happy group.
“With circumstances within the game, there was a play or two where maybe we were forcing something,” McDaniel said. “Defensively, they’ve been very opportunistic. We knew that, and ultimately, we played right into their hands.”
A day Tyreek Hill described as “one of the worst games of my career” became the Dolphins’ worst loss of the season, and a day on which Miami was shorthanded due to injuries merited less sympathy when considering the Ravens’ bill of health.
Baltimore was missing its starting right guard, star tight end, two running backs and a cornerback.
Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith, who intercepted and returned a pass 30 yards in addition to seven tackles and another deflection, said Baltimore couldn’t dwell on that or their short week after a Monday night game across the country.
“It’s just adversity,” Smith said. “Look adversity in the face, and like I always tell the guys – chin up, chest out. We don't bow down for anything. Do all you can do. People make excuses with adversity and we just produce.
“Life is not about excuses. It's about what you do and play the cards that you’re dealt.”
The Dolphins best heed that advice.
After Ravens crush Miami, are Dolphins’ playoff hopes at stake?
Tagovailoa, despite taking a hit to his throwing shoulder on a fourth-quarter scramble, was healthy enough to address reporters after the game and seems on schedule to complete his fully available season.
Based on the cart, non-contact nature of injury and shellshock in Dolphins players’ voices, Chubb seems unlikely to play next week or in the postseason.
So sure, in a regular-season finale with the AFC East title on the line, Miami won’t be at full saddle. Neither will Buffalo nor any team the Dolphins face in the postseason.
What the franchise needs to do is better adjust to its personnel shifts and better scheme for its available players. Miami did that well in the run game Sunday, when Achane took the lead role in place of the injured Raheem Mostert, Achane contributing a game-high 137 yards and one touchdown.
But Miami’s passing attack was far too inconsistent, as Tagovailoa completed 57.9% of his passes compared to his league-leading 70.5% mark across the season. (For context, 51 quarterbacks who have attempted at least 50 passes have attempted more than 57.9%.)
Baltimore gashed the Dolphins defense for 491 total yards, a season-worst allowance along with the 56-point output.
Sure, as fairly said after the Ravens dismantled the 49ers, most teams cannot attack and maintain pressure at the rate which Baltimore can.
But the Dolphins have dabbled in Super Bowl-contender conversations, and it’s unlikely they’ll be able to reach that goal without besting Baltimore. It’s unlikely they’ll be able to win any remaining regular or postseason game with the suppressed performance all three phases produced Sunday.
“Everything’s still in front of us,” Tagovailoa said, but achieving it will require much more than Miami showed with the chance to clinch the division on the line.
Tagovailoa preached the importance of consistency after the Dolphins played well enough through one quarter to win but not through four.
Then, he tapped into the glass-half-full perspective as he moved forward.
“If you have the perspective of things could be worse – we could not have clinched the playoff berth, we could not have been playing in a game like this that mattered for positioning with the seeding,” Tagovailoa said. “So if you think of it like that, we’re right where we need to be as a team, regardless of the outcome today.
“We’ll be better for it and hopefully get to see these guys again.” | https://www.wedr.com/news/national/whats-next-dolphins/XC7WHVG4HWAGZHXQNLPWQ3ULU4/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:04Z |
08:24, 26 February 2019 | GMT +6
Brent crude down 3.2%
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - During Monday's trading sessions on the commodity exchanges of London and New York, the crude oil prices receded, Kazinform correspondent reports.
On London-based ICE Futures, the price for Brent crude oil to be delivered in April went down by $2.15 to $64.76 a barrel.
The value of a futures contract for WTI crude for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) receded by $1.78 to $55.48 per barrel. | https://en.inform.kz/news/brent-crude-down-3-2_a3501965/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:06Z |
Opportunities not limited to a year
The opportunities for Bangladesh are not limited to a year, rather are continued and for the long-term, said Yasir Azman, chief executive officer at Grameenphone, the largest mobile phone operator.
"The next couple of years are very crucial for us. We should not miss the train when there are possibilities to have a shift in our export-oriented industries, especially in manufacturing and building more vibrant economic zones in the country," he said in an email interview with The Daily Star.
He said that, despite the challenging macro-economic situation, currency devaluation, and price hike, the country has huge potential.
"We as a nation are very strategically positioned, having an amazing demographic dividend and being resilient in nature. The country has seen robust infrastructural development in the recent past, connecting the unconnected through massive development projects like Padma Bridge and Karnaphuli Tunnel," Azman said.
"On the other hand, we have developed a very strong mobile broadband network across the country. High speed internet infrastructure is there as a result of the initiatives by both government and mobile operators," he added.
He said the nation has significant opportunities in the IT sector in general and through freelancers on a broader scale.
"What we need is stability and good governance to unleash such potential to become an economic power in the foreseeable future," said Azman, who took charge as the first Bangladeshi CEO of Grameenphone in February 2020.
He said 2023 was pivotal for Grameenphone, marked by significant transformational initiatives.
The mobile phone operator, majority owned by Telenor, navigated through supply chain disruptions and equipment import challenges despite less favorable macroeconomic conditions and global conflicts.
"With the support of our regulators and financial institutions, we were able to effectively execute our strategic plans," said Azman, who served in various positions within Telenor since 2010.
"As we stand today, Grameenphone is in a stronger position than ever before, poised to embrace the future and its possibilities."
Going forward, he said he was optimistic that 2024 would bring a brighter world to all.
"We have witnessed how our citizens' lifestyle are evolving and how they rely more on digital services and solutions both for individuals and enterprises. We are prepared to live with the expectations of our customers," he said.
And despite the challenging macro-economic situation, Grameenphone is focused on improving operational efficiency so that it can offer its services at affordable prices to customers and keep introducing innovative solutions to make their lives easier, healthier, safer, and happier.
"We are a resilient nation, and we have the right mindset to face challenges and we have to be the same as an organisation too," he said, adding that Grameenphone's growth is connected to Bangladesh's progress and growth. | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/opportunities-not-limited-year-3507536 | 2024-01-01T03:35:08Z |
Swinney: Clemson RB Shipley has no structural damage in left leg, no surgery necessary
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson running back Will Shipley has no structural damage in his left leg and will not require surgery after a scary injury at the Gator Bowl on Friday. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney confirmed results of Shipley’s MRI through a spokesman on Sunday. Shipley had to be carted off the field after his 60-yard kickoff return when he stumbled out of bounds and somersaulted before hitting the ground in Clemson’s 38-35 win over Kentucky. Shipley is a junior who has not yet announced if he will enter the NFL draft or return to Clemson for his senior season.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Switzerland defeated Norway 6-2 on Saturday to secure a quarterfinal berth at the world junior hockey championship. Simon Meier opened the scoring for Switzerland but Norway took the lead late in the first period after Martin Johnsen and Patrik Dalen scored less than a minute apart. Switzerland scored four times in the second period to pull away. Leo Braillard, Jonas Taibel, Rodwin Dionicio and Thierry Schild found the back of the net. Dionicio tacked on an insurance goal ea | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/every-different-chiefs-chairman-ceo-030901112.html | 2024-01-01T03:35:10Z |
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Hong Kong CEOs plan to tap wealth management, ESG opportunities in Greater Bay Area in 2024, survey finds
- Recruitment and AI will remain important topics in Hong Kong’s business community, the survey by the Post found
- Businesses look to turbocharge plans to capitalise on the city’s drive to be one of the world’s top wealth centres and talent hubs
For New York-based investment bank Citi, Hong Kong and the rest of the bay area will be a key area of focus, according to Aveline San, CEO for Hong Kong and Macau.
“Citi’s global network is increasingly relevant to the fast-growing mid-size companies in the Greater Bay Area, which are … going global at record pace,” San said.
“Our aim is to support these clients and help them achieve their aspirations for international expansion and growth. Equally, we are able to support business owners and entrepreneurs on their wealth needs.”
In Hong Kong, San said Citi sees “opportunities for further growth from local corporates and … several hundred Fortune 500 companies that operate in areas such as green and sustainable financing.”
“We will continue to invest in our wealth management business as Hong Kong solidifies its position as Asia’s premier wealth management hub,” said Luanne Lim, chief executive of HSBC Hong Kong. “HSBC has developed a range of private banking, family office, wealth management and insurance services to capture the growing opportunities.
“The government is also engaged and providing active policy support, including a focus on family offices, tax breaks and an investment migration scheme.”
The city’s largest note-issuing bank is scheduled to hold the first ever HSBC Global Investment Summit in April, bringing investors, companies and thought leaders from across the world to Hong Kong, Lim said.
“We will continue to work with the authorities and industry partners to roll out initiatives such as digital currencies for cross-border payments, tokenisation of financial instruments and further CBDC (central bank digital currencies) pilots in Hong Kong, bringing efficiency, transparency and lower costs to traditional finance,” Lim said.
“The wealth management landscape in Asia is witnessing a significant shift towards discretionary mandates,” he said. “We expect a faster adoption of discretionary investments, driven by insights from past cycles and a generational wealth transfer favouring delegation.”
In 2023, the bank opened its new office at Two Taikoo Place in Quarry Bay. It is now looking to boost its recurring revenues and expand its presence through talent acquisition, Shick added.
For Singapore-based digital wealth adviser Endowus, the wealth management business should be “conflict-free” and have a deep impact on lives, society, and future generations, according to Gregory Van, its CEO. Endowus expanded in Hong Kong last year as it sought to leverage the city’s bid to become a top wealth centre.
“Serving the Hong Kong market is a top priority in 2024,” Van said. “Hong Kong investors – individuals, family offices, and endowments – want to diversify, demand evidence-based advice, institutional-quality solutions and greater fee transparency.”
Meanwhile, a potential rebound in China’s economy and the benefits businesses are likely to gain from it should also come hand in hand with sustainability and broader ESG goals, said Vantage Capital Markets CEO Federico Bazzoni.
“My main priorities will be on being nimble, and diversifying and tailoring product offerings, being positioned to take advantage of a potential Chinese rebound and be concise in sustainability initiatives,” he said.
“In the current changing environment, clients and businesses are increasingly looking for flexible solution that are specifically tailored to the client group.”
Zurich Insurance will be betting on ESG and the bay area in the coming year, said Hong Kong CEO Eric Hui.
Fellow insurer Manulife Hong Kong and Macau is taking another tack by enhancing its services for mainland Chinese visitors, according to CEO Patrick Graham.
“To achieve these goals, we will continue to bolster our agency support with digital tools and advanced data analytics for more effective customer service, while also further expanding our medical partner networks across Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China,” said Graham.
Abrdn is seeing a “growing interest in sustainable investment across Asia-Pacific” and will therefore focus on this area, said Irene Goh, head of Hong Kong at the UK-based investment firm.
Others, including Deutsche Bank, and sustainable tech start-ups Archireef and I2Cool are looking beyond Hong Kong and mainland China to drive growth.
“We will focus on leveraging the strong foundation that we have built globally and in the Asia-Pacific region to drive consistent revenue growth, operational efficiency and efficient capital management,” said Joe Lai, CEO of Deutsche Bank Hong Kong and chairman, origination and advisory, Asia Investment Bank.
Archireef is planning to enhance its data collection to measure the impact on marine ecosystems, said co-founders Vriko Yu and Deniz Tekerek in a joint statement.
“We also want to increase our investment in core R&D, which will mostly be driven by a recruitment push across Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi,” they said.
Intellectual property protection will also be an important focus as I2Cool will “prioritise patent research and development to safeguard our innovative ideas and ensure a competitive edge in the market,” said co-founder and CEO Martin Zhu. | https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3246808/hong-kong-ceos-plan-tap-wealth-management-esg-opportunities-greater-bay-area-2024-survey-finds?utm_source=rss_feed | 2024-01-01T03:35:11Z |
WYOMING, Mich. — Two people were injured after an argument at a Walmart store in Michigan escalated into gunfire on Sunday, authorities said.
The man and woman who were shot suffered injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening, WXMI-TV reported.
The shooting took place at about 6 p.m. in the city of Wyoming, police spokesperson Lt. Andrew Koeller said.
A heavy presence of officers from Wyoming Police were at a Wyoming Walmart on Sunday. https://t.co/7mZDcqVDZ4
— FOX 17 (@FOX17) January 1, 2024
Police said there was an altercation between the two suspects and the male victim, according to WZZM-TV. The shooting took place in the front of the store near the checkout lanes. The male victim was shot; the woman was not a target, the television station reported.
The suspects fled the scene, police said. Both men were wearing masks, WOOD-TV reported.
“This is a brazen public attack. This is not something that we would tolerate, this is not something that should occur,” Koeller told reporters. “And we encourage the public to give any information in help solving this brazen crime and like I mentioned, unfortunately, an innocent bystander was struck. Two people were struck and that’s completely unfortunate.”
It is unclear what led to the altercation between the suspects and the man, WOOD-TV reported. It was also unclear whether the suspects and the male victim knew one another, according to the television station. | https://www.wedr.com/news/trending/2-injured-shooting-walmart-michigan/2APDDUBCZ5DPXFFTF2PICOVLRU/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:11Z |
CTP S1E28 SHOW NOTES ( listen (Sat Dec 30 2023 and thereafter) at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2210487/14222169-christitutionalist-politics-ctp-s1e28-can-one-generalize-about-women-voters )...
ChristiTutionalist Politics (CTP S1E28) "Can One 'Generalize' About Women Voters?"
@FedDrone on GAB said "Millennial and later born Women are the worst threat to Democracy - emotional basket cases who are destroying America with their lack of thinking and dependency on "feeling" and buying the feminist bull fed them." which prompted this episode/discussion/exploration.
Plus Andrea Putting (“Empowering visionary change-makers through Social Mission, Bridging divides, with chocolate and coffee”) joins the Show in Segment 2.
See Buzzsprout podcasts Transcript of/for this Show for "Episode related additional information."
Episode related pieces...
- https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/can-one-generalize-about-women-voters/
- https://www.buzzsprout.com/2210487/13950897-christitutionalist-politics-s1e21-god-and-guns
- corresponding BeforeItsNews piece: https://beforeitsnews.com/republican/2023/12/leftist-indoctrination-making-a-major-impact-on-the-dating-scene-in-these-woke-times-2445165.html
- https://RepublicanSingles.com
- https://changeresearch.com/post/young-women-are-more-liberal-than-young-men/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/25/survey-64percent-of-men-say-this-is-a-dating-red-flag-.html
- https://newrepublic.com/post/175556/poll-men-women-red-flags-dating
- chart via @USA_Polling and @PopulismUpdates on X: https://twitter.com/PopulismUpdates/status/1701654305311449437
- CTP Official Coffee: https://tinyurl.com/BlackOutCoffees (promocode: JOSEL20 for 20% off)
- Hoping you all had a Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and upcoming Happy New Year, HAPPY HOLIDAYS to ALL...
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08:24, 20 February 2019 | GMT +6
Brexit uncertainty sends jitters through UK companies, risks mass exodus
LONDON. KAZINFORM - Honda's announcement that it planned to close its plant in the western English city of Swindon, which has a workforce of 3,500 people, added to fears that Brexit uncertainty could precipitate a flight of businesses from the United Kingdom, EFE reports.
Honda said in a statement that its departure from Swindon was unrelated to Brexit and was based instead on the need to target a wider audience and respond to the growing demand for electric cars; yet, its imminent exit from the city, where it is an important part of the local labor market, adds to a growing list of businesses expressing their anxiety in the UK as Brexit day, Mar. 29, draws rapidly closer. | https://en.inform.kz/news/brexit-uncertainty-sends-jitters-through-uk-companies-risks-mass-exodus_a3499973/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:13Z |
Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram each score 26 points, Pelicans top Lakers 129-109
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram each scored 26 points and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the road-weary Los Angeles Lakers 129-109 on Sunday night.
Los Angeles was coming off a 108-106 loss at Minnesota on Saturday night, while New Orleans was off two days after beating Utah at home Thursday night.
LeBron James scored 34 points and former Pelican Anthony Davis added 20 points and 10 rebounds, but they didn’t get enough help as the Lakers lost for the seventh time in nine games.
CJ McCollum added 22 points for the Pelicans, who led by 19 points and responded to each comeback bid with the help of 50% 3-point shooting (17 of 34) as a team and crafty 6-foot guard Jose “Grand Theft” Alvarado’s four steals and and two blocks.
The meeting was the first since the Lakers dismantled New Orleans 133-89 in the In-Season Tournament semifinal in Las Vegas on Dec. 7. And the Pelicans had the look of a team seeking redemption in front of a packed and festive New Year’s Eve crowd.
It was the fourth time this season that New Orleans’ “Big Three” — Williamson, Ingram and McCollum — each scored 20 or more in one game. The Pelicans are 4-0 in such games.
Larry Nance Jr. had 11 points and 10 rebounds in just his second game back from a rib injury. Herb Jones and Jonas Valanciunas each scored 13 points.
The Lakers went into the game without forward Cam Reddish (adductor) and D’Angelo Russell (back), while the Pelicans were without one of their top 3-point shooters in Trey Murphy III (left knee). All were day-to-day.
Then Lakers forward Rui Hachimura left the game in the first half with a left calf strain.
Despite missing Murphy, New Orleans was on from deep. McCollum made five early 3s and finished with six. Jones made three 3s from the right corner in the second quarter.
Meanwhile, Alvarado delighted the crowd by picking the pockets of both James and Davis during the second quarter, when New Orleans led by as many as 19 points.
James had 21 of his points in the first half, but didn’t get a lot of help from anyone other than Davis, who had 13 in the opening 24 minutes.
The Pelicans hit 10 of 17 3s in the first two periods, and took a 74-57 halftime lead after Ingram’s block of Max Christie’s shot ignited a fast break finished by Nance’s layup.
UP NEXT
Lakers: Host Miami on Wednesday night to begin a five-game homestand.
Pelicans: Host Brooklyn on Tuesday night to conclude a five-game homestand.
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Flanagan's Ale House celebrates Irish New Year's Eve in the Highlands
Flanagan's Ale House celebrates Irish New Year's Eve in the Highlands
Flanagan's Ale House celebrates Irish New Year's Eve in the Highlands
Jacqueline Addo remembers the time two years ago when her husband Joshua confided to her that the stress of adjusting to life in Canada from Ghana was proving too much for him to bear.He had reached a breaking point, and her own mental health wasn't great."I was just a shadow of myself, basically," she said.Joshua was struggling to find a job in his field as a financial adviser, and had instead worked stints at a courier company and at Costco.With Jacqueline looking after their children, they we
For some Jenny Agutter will always be associated with children, more specifically with Roberta Waterbury, or “Bobbie”, the oldest of the three siblings in the classic 1970 film The Railway Children. So, even though she has just turned 71, her connection these past two decades with Go Beyond, one of the Telegraph’s four Christmas charities which gives vulnerable children holidays in the countryside and by the sea, feels entirely of a piece.
LANSING, Mich. — The mutiny took hold on Mackinac Island. The Michigan Republican Party’s revered two-day policy and politics gathering, the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, was an utter mess. Attendance had plummeted. Top-tier presidential candidates skipped the September event, and some speakers didn’t show. Guests were baffled by a scoring system that rated their ideology on a scale, from a true conservative to a so-called RINO, or Republican in name only. Sign up for The Morning ne
Taylor Swift is often seen onstage in sparkling dresses and flowing gowns. But sometimes, she opts for daring bodysuits and see-through outfits.
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Ron DeSantis is curiously talking about "flattening" the Bahamas on the campaign trial, prompting the US Embassy in Nassau to respond.
It is the custom of this column at the turn of each year to make negative predictions. That is, to put forward things that may have been expected to happen but will not. At the end of what has been one of the most depressing twelve month periods that most of us can recall, this lot of anti-predictions is deliberately skewed in the direction of hope and optimism while still, I sincerely believe, remaining credible.
The Toronto Maple Leafs waived underperforming goalie Ilya Samsonov, and the Buffalo Sabres ended their three-goalie rotation by waiving Eric Comrie, a person with direct knowledge of the moves told The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the teams have not announced the moves. Both players would land in the minors if they go unclaimed on Monday. Samsonov’s .862 save percentage and 3.94 goals-against average are each the second-worst among goa
The Prince and Princess of Wales have revealed their garden at their new home, Adelaide Cottage, where they live with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Prague has refused to attend a UN Security Council meeting called by Moscow over an alleged Ukrainian attack on Belgorod on Dec. 30, amid the Russian Defense Ministry claims that Czech-made Vampire RM-70 multiple rocket launchers were involved.
A Russian egg magnate has survived an assassination attempt two days after the authorities started investigating him for alleged price fixing.
'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' alum revealed her 13th diagnosis of the disease back in September
As Donald Trump stood before a crowd earlier in December, he joked about the increasingly frenzied speculation over his plans for a second term in power.
Rep. Lauren Boebert's decision to switch districts could deflate conservative enthusiasm in the 3rd district and help Democrats flip the seat in 2024.
"If there was any validity about keeping Trump off a ballot, you would see 48 other states trying to do the same thing," Sununu told CNN on Sunday.
A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant. Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before taking his own life. The four bodies were discovered by police just after midnight on Friday at the family’s home in New City, a suburb of New York City, after Morgan failed to show up for his evening shift at the Bronxville Police Department.
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Jennifer Lopez continued her trip with Ben Affleck in St. Barts, showing off her beach fashion and toned physique.
This week, the former hostage Mia Schem gave her first television interview. The 21-year-old French-Israeli tattoo artist described how she had been shot, groped and dragged into Gaza by her hair, where she was operated upon by a vet without anaesthetic and kept like an animal in a zoo. “I went through a holocaust,” she said. | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/flanagans-ale-house-celebrates-irish-031809746.html | 2024-01-01T03:35:17Z |
PDB owes private producers Tk 25,000cr in unpaid bills
The government owes private power producers a total of Tk 25,000 crore in unpaid bills with some companies having unsettled payments for more than nine months.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board, the main buyer of electricity from privately owned plants, is hamstrung with a fund crunch and mounting losses.
"The PDB makes small partial payments each month from their revenue collection and support from the finance ministry," Faisal Khan, the president of the Bangladesh Independent Power Producers' Association, said in an interview with The Daily Star.
The dues are building up because of the non-release of the budget approved in the national budget for the power sector, Khan said.
Khan said the government is working on various solutions to pay the huge receivables. "We welcome the government's attempt to find any solution."
A one-off arrangement is required to save the electricity generation sector, he said, suggesting the PDB or the government issue bonds to raise funds.
The government has issued bonds in the past to raise capital for projects and various other investments.
The Power Division sent a letter, dated December 11, to private power producers, asking them to submit bills.
Speaking to The Daily Star yesterday, Mohammad Hossain, director-general of the Power Cell, termed the owners of the IPPs as an extended family of the power ministry.
He said: "IPPs have been getting payments regularly for the last 10 years. They also know that the government is going through a challenging situation. They are getting payments but it takes time. We hope everything will be fine."
He said the country is going through the challenges that were created due to the Ukraine-Russia war and Covid-19.
"The challenges will remain this year too. But we never let our consumers feel it. We will not burden our customers no matter how deep the challenges are."
The government plans to generate about 17,500 megawatts of electricity this year, he said.
As the fund crunch persists, the government plans to cut the imports of high-sulfur fuel oil (HSFO).
Bangladesh's imports of high sulfur fuel oil are likely to decline in 2024, after dropping about 11.5 percent year-on-year in 2023, pressured by a persistent scarcity of funds and substantial payments outstanding from the government to importers, S&P Global said in a report, citing industry sources.
The fund crunch was also the main reason behind lesser HSFO imports by the private sector in 2023, compared with 2022, when the government banked more on HSFO for power generation as it halted spot LNG imports for seven months between July 2022 and January 2023 due to higher prices. | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/pdb-owes-private-producers-tk-25000cr-unpaid-bills-3507556 | 2024-01-01T03:35:16Z |
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A Colorado woman accused of killing two of her children and injuring a third was arrested in the United Kingdom on Saturday, authorities said.
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, Kimberlee Singler, 35, of Colorado Springs, was arrested in the United Kingdom “without incident,” The Denver Post reported. No other details about the arrest were immediately available and the exact location where Singler was arrested was unclear, according to KUSA-TV.
Authorities issued an arrest warrant for Singler on murder and attempted murder charges after her 7-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter were found dead in a home on Dec. 19, while her 11-year-old daughter was hospitalized.
According to KUSA, the children’s father, Kevin Wentz, identified the deceased children as Aden Wentz, 7; and Elianna “Ellie” Wentz, 9.
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— The Denver Post (@denverpost) December 31, 2023
Police had responded to a report of a burglary at the residence, but it turned out to be unfounded, according to The Associated Press.
Singler initially cooperated with authorities but then went missing as the investigation progressed, Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin said. She was last seen on Dec. 23, police said.
On Dec. 26, police issued a warrant for Singler’s arrest on four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of child abuse and one count of first-degree assault, KUSA reported.
The 11-year-old girl was hospitalized for a few days before being released, Cronin said. She is recovering in Colorado Springs, according to the AP.
The children’s deaths came during a legal battle between Singler and her ex-husband over parenting time and other issues, the AP reported, citing court filings. Hearings had been scheduled for next month.
“Detectives with the Colorado Springs Police Department’s homicide unit continue to work closely with multiple law enforcement agencies in pursuing the ongoing investigation,” the Colorado Springs Police Department said in a statement. | https://www.wedr.com/news/trending/colorado-mother-accused-killing-2-children-arrested-united-kingdom/UGMHCLKIBFFZZPDFXSLCJAH22E/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:17Z |
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British author Louise Welsh to unveil her book about Kazakh eagle huntress in Los Angeles
BAYAN-ULGII. KAZINFORM British author Louise Welsh, who is recognized with her works such as ‘The Cutting Room' and ‘Tamburlaine Must Die', is writing a book named ‘The Eagle Huntress' about Mongolian eagle huntress Aisholpan Nurgayip, Montsame Agency reports.
In her interview to Forbes Kazakhstan, Aisholpan said that the book would be unveiled in Los Angeles, U.S., at the end of this year.
Additionally, ‘The Eagle Huntress' film directed by Otto Bell in 2014 was screened in over 30 countries, promoting Kazakh people's art of hunting with eagle to the worldwide. The film was nominated for the Oscars in 2015. Also, the Asia Society awarded Aisholpan with Asia Game Changer Awards in 2017 for breaking gender barriers at a remarkably young age. | https://en.inform.kz/news/british-author-louise-welsh-to-unveil-her-book-about-kazakh-eagle-huntress-in-los-angeles_a3501123/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:20Z |
Happy 2024! This is a time for new beginnings. The Hong Kong government certainly wanted to start things off with a big bang – with the largest and longest
New Year’s Eve fireworks in Victoria Harbour, after an extended blackout because of years of social unrest and Covid-19.
The outsize pyrotechnic show, themed “New Year, New Legend”, was meant to remind the people of Hong Kong of our optimism and diligence, and showcase “boundless vitality and innovation”.
And we certainly do need a little pick-me-up. The Christmas holiday was disappointing in terms of lights that adorn the skyscrapers lining both sides of Victoria Harbour, as well as the drop in
restaurant and catering sector business and the 20-year box-office low for cinemas, thanks to the record number of outbound travellers.
The bad news of 2023 doesn’t end there, though. There was the property market slump, the Hang Seng Index in the doldrums and, of course, the more than
HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion) deficit about which Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po has repeatedly warned.
That is almost twice as much as the original forecast from the previous budget. Chan has already said he cannot rule out again dipping into the reserves for 2024-2025.
Given all this, we will need more than just optimism to get us through the coming year’s challenges. The sluggish economy amid a slow recovery and challenging geopolitical landscape mean we need to brace for more tough times. With dwindling reserves, the government no longer has the
luxury of spending sprees. Resources must be targeted and costly mega projects reprioritised to ensure money is spent wisely.
It won’t be easy, and it will take effort to stop the government’s bad practices of 2023. These include splashing cash the city can’t afford to finance campaigns such as “
Night Vibes Hong Kong” and
district council election fun fairs, where the impact is small and short-lived. These are only statement pieces that serve little purpose. Rather, we need the government to inject real impetus into reviving the economy.
The lights and noise are ineffective, costly and risky, and so is spreading ourselves too thin by throwing money at everything. The 38 infrastructure projects in the coming 10-15 years the government has included in the Hong Kong
Major Transport Infrastructure Development Blueprint will place an enormous burden on our finances. Prudence demands that the government makes tough choices and takes into consideration how the blueprint can be adapted.
The city’s growing reliance on the mainland economy means there is little we can do about
external factors impeding recovery. But, given that we are more interconnected with the mainland, it is right to focus on and invest in the city’s role in Beijing’s plans.
The
Northern Metropolis is perfectly situated to realise the nation’s plans for Hong Kong to be an international centre for innovation and technology. The development of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park in the Lok Ma Chau Loop, next to the Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Zone, will bring enormous synergy.
Making that happen as soon as possible should be our focus. To avoid making the same mistakes as with
the Kai Tak area, infrastructure and railway projects enhancing connectivity to and from the Northern Metropolis need to be prioritised.
Just as blind optimism is the biggest reason New Year’s resolutions are not kept, a healthy dose of realism and a smarter way of achieving smaller and easier goals is the way to go for the government.
Reality requires that we put on hold the ambitious and costly plans to create the
Kau Yi Chau artificial islands. The Northern Metropolis should provide enough land for now.
As we continue the work to attract foreign talent and businesses, we must play to our strengths, one of which is our simple and competitive tax regime. With a perilous economic outlook, now is not the time to
raise taxes. As much as we need to bring in more revenue, such a move would hamper growth.
The clock might have reset at midnight, but our challenges remain. The outlook for 2024 means cautious optimism and a heavy dose of reality are needed. The Basic Law requires the government to manage the city’s finances carefully and prudently. When the people see the government has a clear and achievable plan, confidence will return. Only then can we create new legends.
Alice Wu is a political consultant and a former associate director of the Asia Pacific Media Network at UCLA | https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3246688/hong-kong-must-return-fiscal-prudence-2024?utm_source=rss_feed | 2024-01-01T03:35:21Z |
Judge allows new court in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital, rejecting NAACP request to stop it
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that he will allow Mississippi officials to move forward with creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, over objections from the NAACP.
Attorneys for the civil rights organization had sued on behalf of several Jackson residents, saying the new court undermines democracy because local voters or local elected officials won’t choose its judge or prosecutors.
The new Capitol Complex Improvement District Court will have a judge appointed by the state Supreme Court chief justice and prosecutors appointed by the state attorney general — officials who are white and conservative.
In a ruling filed late Sunday, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate dismissed requests to block the new court, which was created by the majority-white and Republican-controlled Mississippi Legislature. Jackson is governed by Democrats.
“None of the Plaintiffs has alleged that he or she is in actual or imminent danger of experiencing any concrete and particularized injury resulting from the establishment of the CCID Court or the challenged appointment of a judge or prosecutors for that court,” Wingate wrote.
Under a law signed by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves during the spring, the new court will come into existence Jan. 1 and will have jurisdiction in a part of Jackson that includes state government buildings and some residential and shopping areas.
Reeves and legislators who support the new court say it is part of an effort to control crime in Jackson — a city that has had more than 100 homicides for each of the past three years, in a population of about 150,000.
The Capitol Complex Improvement District Court will have the same power as municipal courts, which handle misdemeanor cases, traffic violations and initial appearances for some criminal charges. People convicted in most municipal courts face time in a local jail. Those convicted in the new court will be held in a state prison, near people convicted of more serious felony crimes.
Most municipal judges are appointed by city officials. Jackson has a Black mayor and majority-Black city council. The judge of the new court is not required to live in Jackson.
Legal arguments in the case touched on racial discrimination, public safety and democracy.
The state law creating the new court also expands the patrol territory for Capitol Police. The state-run police department previously patrolled near state government buildings in downtown Jackson, but the new law added other parts of the city, including more affluent residential and shopping areas.
In September, the Mississippi Supreme Court struck down the part of the same law that would have required the state chief justice to appoint four circuit judges to serve alongside the four elected circuit judges in Hinds County. The county includes Jackson and is also majority-Black and governed by Democrats.
Justices wrote that longstanding Mississippi law allows the chief justice to appoint some judges for specific reasons, such as to deal with a backlog of cases. But they wrote that “we see nothing special or unique” about the four appointed Hinds County circuit judges in the 2023 law, “certainly nothing expressly tethering them to a specific judicial need or exigency.”
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Frankie Collins scores 25 with 6 steals; ASU erases 16-point deficit, beats Cal 71-69
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Frankie Collins scored 17 of his career-high 25 points in the second half to help Arizona State rally from a 16-point second-half deficit to beat California 71-69 Sunday night.
Cal (4-9, 0-2) has lost 18 in a row to conference opponents, including a 69-52 loss to Washington State in the first round 2023 Pac-12 Tournament.
Collins, a 6-foot-1 junior, who went into the gave No. 4 nationally in steals per game (2.92), made 10 of 17 from the field, 3 of 5 from 3-point range and finished with six steals. Arizona State (7-5, 1-0 Pac-12)
Grant Newell hit a jumper that gave the Golden Bears a 14-point lead with 8:59 left in the game but they made just 1 of 5 from the field and committed five turnovers over the next five-plus minutes. Kamari Lands scored all his 11 points, including three 3-pointers, in a 22-6 spurt that gave the Sun Devils a 64-62 lead with — its first since 2-0 — with 3:12 to go. Fardaw Aimaq answered with a three-point play before Collins hit a jumper and Jaylon Tyson made two free throws to put Cal in front 67-66 with 1:25 remaining. Jose Perez had a jumper in the lane blocked by Jalen Celestine but Alonzo Gaffney's put-back dunk with 43 seconds left gave Arizona State the lead for good.
After a turnover by Tyson on the other end, Collins made a layup with seven seconds to go that gave the Sun Devils their biggest lead of the game at 70-67. They immediately fouled and Jalen Cone hit two free throws to cut the deficit to a point before Collins — a 59% free-throw shooter this season — made 1 of 2 from the foul line to cap the scoring with 4.5 to play.
Tyson, who missed a contested potential winning 35-footer at the buzzer, had 20 points, nine rebounds, five assists and six steals for the Golden Bears and Aimaq added 17 points and 14 rebounds. Kennedy finished with 11 points and Nelson 10.
Cal heads to Los Angeles to play at Southern California on Thursday and at UCLA on Saturday. Arizona State plays host to Utah on Thursday.
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'Recovery likely after March’
Businesses in Bangladesh will likely start recovering from the ongoing economic downturn after March 2024 if the inflationary pressure and US dollar crisis in the country are resolved.
But the situation will worsen if taka, the local currency, faces further devaluation against the greenback, according to Malik Mohammed Sayeed, chief operating officer of Square Toiletries.
"Production costs rose substantially in 2023 due to the higher import cost of raw materials," Sayeed said in an interview with The Daily Star yesterday.
He informed that the import costs did not rise due to higher prices in the global market, but rather due to the currency devaluation and subsequent increase in duty payments.
For example, the customs authority imposes a duty on referral prices, meaning that products such as noodles imported at $800 per tonne will face duty based on its referral price of $1050 per tonne.
As such, importers unnecessarily pay an additional 25 percent import duty.
Sayeed also said sales of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), particularly cosmetics and toiletries, have decreased by at least one-fourth of previous levels due to a hike in product prices amid inflationary pressure.
The annual turnover of the FMCG market came down to around Tk 15,000 crore in 2023 from Tk 20,000 crore in 2022, he added.
Multinational companies control about 67 percent of the overall market while the remaining 33 percent is shared by local manufacturers such as Square, Kohinoor and ACI.
With this backdrop, Sayeed stressed the need to control inflation while also increasing the country's foreign exchange reserve in order to stabilise the market.
He also said product prices will not come down overnight, but the market situation will improve gradually in 2024 if inflation is controlled.
Consumers were forced to reduce their purchases of FMCG in the outgoing year in order to survive the inflationary pressure, which is very natural, he added.
According to Sayeed, almost all sectors suffered the same fate as FMCG throughout 2023.
"But we are optimistic about improving slightly in 2024 as there is the possibility to stabilise the political situation," he said.
"Besides, the government will try to take measures to revive the economy," he added. | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/recovery-likely-after-march-3507501 | 2024-01-01T03:35:23Z |
FREEPORT, N.Y. — Authorities in New York are looking for the person responsible for stabbing a dog 17 times.
The dog, a 2-year-old Terrier mix who has since been named Cornell, was injured by a sharp object on Nov. 27, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly told WNBC-TV. He survived the attack but had a long road to recovery.
A woman claimed to have found the dog bleeding on a street in the Long Island village of Freeport, according to the television station. The dog did not have a collar or an identification chip, Donnelly said. There was no evidence that Cornell was part of a dogfighting ring, WNBC reported.
The woman who found the dog is not a suspect, Donnelly said.
“Cornell can’t tell us his story. He can’t tell us what happened. He can’t tell us why or when something like this happened to him,” Donnelly told WABC-TV. “We just know he was found bleeding from the 17 wounds.”
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“I’ve seen some pretty horrific things but the extent of the amount of times he was stabbed is unimaginable how someone could ever do that,” Ashley Behrens, acting director of the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter, told WPIX-TV.
The dog is now walking, jogging and thriving, barely a month after he was attacked, according to the television station.
Two-year-old terrier mix Cornell is walking, jogging, and thriving just one month after being found with 17 stab wounds across his body, according to county officials.
“Some of the stab wounds caused his lungs to leak air between his body cavity and his lungs, and they had to be drained a number of times,” Donnelly said, according to WABC. “The other stab wounds were cleaned, were either stapled or sewn.”
Donnelly said there were currently no suspects, but she said her office is seeking the public’s help to find out what happened to Cornell.
“I believe this was somebody’s pet. He’s too healthy and in too good shape to have been a street dog,” Donnelly said, according to WNBC. “We need the public’s health to help us find who did this to Cornell.”
Gary Rogers of the Nassau County SPCA echoed Donnelly’s comments.
“People start out on animals before they move into human beings,” Rogers told WPIX. “Somebody in the community knows what happened. You got to keep your community safe. You need to call the DA’s office and tell them who did this because next time you’re going to look at this it could be somebody else.”
Nassau County SPCA is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction, WABC reported. | https://www.wedr.com/news/trending/dog-survives-after-being-stabbed-17-times/7UTCMVE4B5H7XPWUMMAC6N3X3U/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:25Z |
British employment rate record high in final quarter of 2018 despite sluggish economy
An estimated 32.6 million people were in work, 167,000 more than the third quarter and 444,000 more year on year, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) said on Tuesday, describing the employment rate as the "joint-highest" since comparable estimates began in 1971.
The employment figures came as the British economy grew just 0.2 percent in the same period, a fall of 0.4 percentage points from the third quarter and the whole year GDP growth slipped to 1.4 percent, its lowest since 2012.
The ONS estimated the number of unemployed people was 1.36 million, 100,000 fewer than a year earlier while average weekly earnings increased by 1.3 percent in real terms including bonuses, compared with a year earlier.
But there are worries that Brexit uncertainties might yet unleash its impact on the so-far robust job market. Manufacturing, one of the biggest employers in Britain, might see jobs at stake once the country leaves the EU.
A major survey carried out for Make UK (formerly EEF), the manufacturers' organization, by YouGov, shows that 49 percent of companies believe leaving the EU with "no deal" would make Britain a less attractive location for manufacturing.
Of those who have offshore production, almost two thirds have switched production elsewhere in the EU. By contrast, just one fifth of companies have switched production back to Britain, the survey said.
Weaker international demand, sluggish diesel car sales and Brexit-related uncertainty have bitten into Britain's car industry, with investment falling by 50 percent in 2018. Some major car producers are pondering to move their production base from Britain after Brexit.
On Tuesday, Japanese firm Honda announced plans to close the Swindon car plant in Britain in 2021, with the loss of about 3,500 jobs. Honda has announced it is part of a global restructuring, brushing off Brexit speculations. | https://en.inform.kz/news/british-employment-rate-record-high-in-final-quarter-of-2018-despite-sluggish-economy_a3499911/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:27Z |
Isiah Pacheco battles back after 'tough week' for career day
Isiah Pacheco had a career day, finishing with 18 carries for 130 yards — his fourth career 100-yard game and third of the season.
Isiah Pacheco had a career day, finishing with 18 carries for 130 yards — his fourth career 100-yard game and third of the season.
Brad Allen's crew has been involved in multiple controversies this season.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Macklin Celebrini could see the New Year's Eve fireworks from the bus on the way to Scandinavium arena. Canada's best — and youngest — player exploded hours later in key moments to save his country from an embarrassing result with the calendar flipping to 2024. The 17-year-old scored twice and drew a crucial penalty that led to the game-winning goal from Jordan Dumas in the third period as Canada beat Germany 6-3 to wrap up the preliminary round at the world junior hockey ch
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Detroit coach Dan Campbell said he explained to officials before playing the Dallas Cowboys what would happen on a 2-point conversion play the Lions had planned. Chaos ensued anyway, and left the Lions feeling as if a victory was taken away from the NFC North winners in their pursuit of the top seed in the NFC playoffs. Officials ruled offensive lineman Taylor Decker wasn't an eligible receiver when he caught a 2-point conversion pass that would have given Detroit a one-p
OTTAWA — After 100 days at the helm of the Ottawa Senators owner Michael Andlauer believes he has set the pieces in place for a solid foundation. On Sunday afternoon the Senators announced Steve Staios would take the general manager role on a permanent basis and take over the role of president of hockey operations, appointed Dave Poulin to the role of senior vice-president, hockey operations and promoted Ryan Bowness to associate general manager. “This move is consistent with the vision of havin
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The Bears have an important decision to make at quarterback this offseason, and Justin Fields has made it more difficult. | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/isiah-pacheco-battles-back-tough-031757041.html | 2024-01-01T03:35:30Z |
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DALLAS, Texas — Trailblazing longtime U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area as the region's most powerful Democrat, died Sunday. She was 88.
President Joe Biden, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and many other leaders issued statements about her death after her son posted about it on Facebook. The Dallas Morning News also confirmed her death with an unnamed source close to the family. No cause of death was given.
Biden hailed her "immense courage" and called her "an icon and mentor to generations of public servants, through whom her legacy of resilience and purpose will endure."
"She was the single most effective legislator Dallas has ever had," the mayor said in a statement. "Nobody brought more federal infrastructure money home to our city. Nobody fought harder for our communities and our residents' interests and safety. And nobody knew how to navigate Washington better for the people of Dallas."
Eddie Bernice Johnson served in the House for three decades after becoming the first registered nurse elected to Congress and first Black chief psychiatric nurse at Dallas' Veterans Affairs hospital. She went on to become the first Black woman to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and she also led the Congressional Black Caucus. She left office in January after repeatedly delaying her retirement. Before Congress, she served in the Texas legislature.
"For three decades, Chairwoman Johnson was a powerful force in the United States Congress, always focused on the future," House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said in a statement, praising Johnson as "a tenacious trailblazer, a talented legislator and a devoted public servant."
Johnson used her committee leadership position to fight against Republican efforts to block action on climate change. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford said Johnson was also "a fierce advocate for expanding STEM opportunities to Black and minority students" who also played a key role in helping the Biden administration pass a major package of incentives for computer chip manufacturers.
She was born in Waco and grew up in the segregated South. Dallas' once-segregated Union Station was renamed in her honor in 2019.
Her own experience with racism helped spur her to get involved in politics. She recalled that officials at the VA hospital were shocked that she was Black after they hired her sight-unseen, so they rescinded their offer for her to live in a dorm on campus. She told The Dallas Morning News in 2020 that officials would go into patients' rooms ahead of her to "say that I was qualified."
"That was really the most blatant, overt racism that I ever experienced in my life," she told the newspaper.
Johnson nearly quit but decided to stick with it.
"It was very challenging," she said. "But any job where you're an African American woman entering for the first time would be a challenge. They had not hired one before I got there. Yes, it was a challenge, but it was a successful venture."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wvasfm.org/politics/2023-12-31/former-u-s-rep-eddie-bernice-johnson-dies-at-88 | 2024-01-01T03:35:31Z |
There is no immediate risk of fire aboard the Genius Star XI, according to a statement from the Coast Guard released Sunday evening.
The container ship caught fire in its cargo hold last week when crossing the Pacific, and was directed to Dutch Harbor where it arrived Friday.
The fire has been contained within a cargo hold containing lithium-ion batteries, which makes the fire difficult to extinguish and also carries the risk of explosion.
The hold was sealed and a team of marine firefighters has been monitoring the temperatures to determine if the fire has been extinguished or runs the risk of a re-flash.
“The Salvage and Marine Firefighting Team determined the atmosphere inside the affected cargo hold remains non-flammable, indicating no immediate risk of fire,” the statement said. “The team used a remote sensing tool to gain the readings and the cargo holds remain sealed.”
There is still a one-mile safety zone around the ship. The fire’s cause has not yet been identified. An investigation is expected once the initial response is complete. | https://www.kucb.org/2023-12-31/cargo-ship-in-broad-bay-poses-no-immediate-threat-says-coast-guard | 2024-01-01T03:35:31Z |
Reforms must speed up
Bangladesh's economy might see a boom in the coming years if mega projects such as the Bay Terminal of Chattogram Port, the Matarbari Deep Sea Port and the Dhaka-Chattogram Elevated Expressway are completed on time, said BSRM Chairman Alihussain Akberali.
He underscored the need for taking proper economic reforms and prioritising projects by properly calculating the payback periods to avert debt traps.
He emphasised taking on some measures, including freeing the interest rate and making the currency rate flexible and the banking system strong to navigate 2024.
"Make laws so strict that none can take away any money from banks illegally under no circumstances," Akberali said.
The industrialist lauded the government for taking various mega projects, calling it brave.
"But from now onward, it needs to consider the payback period before initiating any mega project as well as during their implementation. Otherwise, we may fall into the debt trap."
Akberali says Bangladesh would have done better if it could take some steps long ago by gradually freeing up the interest rate as well as making the exchange rate flexible.
Regarding the slowdown faced by the economy in 2023, he said, "I think we were overconfident that our exporters would save us. Now, we are facing too much shortage of foreign exchanges."
"If reforms were put in place three to four years ago by slowly devaluating the currency and increasing the interest rate in phases, we might not face the current situation all of a sudden."
According to the BSRM chief, Bangladesh has huge potential and there is no reason for the country to look back.
"The only thing is that there has been no serious reform in the banking sector in the last three or four years against willful defaulters. The lack of strong steps to rein in willful defaulters led to the serious liquidity crisis."
Akberali thinks the new government can't slow down reforms, infrastructure development and digitalisation.
"Digitalisation in many spheres is urgent. Government organisations are aware of digitalising things and they are trying but the implementation is very slow."
He said the Awami League has been in power for 15 years but the land ownership document is yet to be digitalised.
He also expressed dissatisfaction over the long delays in implementing many important projects.
Ten years have passed but the ground-breaking for the Bay Terminal project has not been done, said Akberali, citing the delay of five to six years to sort out the land issue linked to the expansion project of Chattogram Port.
He thinks that Dhaka-Chattogram Elevated Expressway should have been the most priority project after Padma Bridge.
"The project will pay back within three years."
"Had the project been taken much earlier instead of turning the old two-lane into four-lane, it would have reduced the travel time and saved a huge amount of money."
Akberali applauded the government for taking up projects such as setting up economic zones but expressed displeasure for the delay in readying the sites. | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/reforms-must-speed-3507526 | 2024-01-01T03:35:30Z |
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2. China removes 9 PLA generals from top legislature in sign of wider purge
3. Hong Kong’s Cathay vows to avoid repeat of cancellations, as pilots hit hour limit
4. Cost of fame: South Korean actor’s suicide sparks outrage over privacy invasion
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A South Florida business owner is accused of shooting a landscaper on Friday after the worker allegedly blew leaves onto his property, authorities said.
According to Miami-Dade County online booking records, Claudio Arrendell, 52, was charged with one count of attempted murder.
Police said that Arrendell, the owner of P&P Auto Tire Shop in northwestern Miami-Dade County, got into an argument with the landscaper, WTVJ-TV reported.
A judge gave the business owner no bond on Saturday, after allegedly shooting a landscaper over leaves blown onto his property. Here's the latest: https://t.co/pCUhEtiKi5
— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) December 31, 2023
Police said the landscaper was working at a property across the street from the business, and Arrendell was allegedly upset that the leaves from the workers were blowing onto his property, according to the television station.
According to police, Arrendell allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the landscaper, WSVN-TV reported.
The victim, who has not been identified, was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital and was originally listed in critical condition, according to WFOR-TV. The victim has since been upgraded to stable condition, investigators told the television station.
During Arrendell’s court appearance on Saturday, the judge ruled that Arrendell would be held without bond, according to WPLG-TV. | https://www.wedr.com/news/trending/tire-shop-owner-accused-shooting-landscaper-who-blew-leaves-onto-property/JTNTIP5L75ARBN5YW6AF2T5ZU4/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:32Z |
Budapest to host Kazakh-Hungarian Business Forum
Kazakhstan is Hungary's fourth biggest trade partner among the CIS countries (behind Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus).
"Since 2014, the Hungarian foreign ministry has also been engaged in encouraging investment and promoting exports to foreign markets. A Kazakhstan delegation headed by Chairman of the Management Board of KAZAKH INVEST National Company Saparbek Tuyakbayev made a visit to Budapest on 14th and 15th January 2019 for the purposes of addressing the issues related to the attraction of Hungarian investment into the economy of Kazakhstan and for studying the experience of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary in attracting foreign direct investment and promoting exports," said Nurbakh Rustemov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Hungary (with concurrent accreditations to Serbia and Macedonia).
As a result of the visit, the sides agreed to hold a business forum in Budapest on March 5-6 of this year to discuss the implementation of specific investment projects in Kazakhstan.
"KAZAKH INVEST NC JSC proposed around 100 business projects the Hungarian side. Now the Hungarian side is thoroughly studying these projects," the Ambassador said.
As of today, about 50 joint ventures with Hungarian capital participation are operating in Kazakhstan, the Kazakh-Hungarian Business Council has been established, and the necessary legal contractual framework has been built.
Mr. Rustemov pointed out that all events scheduled for 2019 will be held as part of the 5th Anniversary of the Strategic Partnership between Kazakhstan and Hungary. | https://en.inform.kz/news/budapest-to-host-kazakh-hungarian-business-forum_a3496534/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:33Z |
Judge allows new court in Mississippi's majority-Black capital, rejecting NAACP request to stop it
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that he will allow Mississippi officials to move forward with creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, over objections from the NAACP.
Attorneys for the civil rights organization had sued on behalf of several Jackson residents, saying the new court undermines democracy because local voters or local elected officials won't choose its judge or prosecutors.
The new Capitol Complex Improvement District Court will have a judge appointed by the state Supreme Court chief justice and prosecutors appointed by the state attorney general — officials who are white and conservative.
In a ruling filed late Sunday, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate dismissed requests to block the new court, which was created by the majority-white and Republican-controlled Mississippi Legislature. Jackson is governed by Democrats.
“None of the Plaintiffs has alleged that he or she is in actual or imminent danger of experiencing any concrete and particularized injury resulting from the establishment of the CCID Court or the challenged appointment of a judge or prosecutors for that court,” Wingate wrote.
Under a law signed by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves during the spring, the new court will come into existence Jan. 1 and will have jurisdiction in a part of Jackson that includes state government buildings and some residential and shopping areas.
Reeves and legislators who support the new court say it is part of an effort to control crime in Jackson — a city that has had more than 100 homicides for each of the past three years, in a population of about 150,000.
The Capitol Complex Improvement District Court will have the same power as municipal courts, which handle misdemeanor cases, traffic violations and initial appearances for some criminal charges. People convicted in most municipal courts face time in a local jail. Those convicted in the new court will be held in a state prison, near people convicted of more serious felony crimes.
Most municipal judges are appointed by city officials. Jackson has a Black mayor and majority-Black city council. The judge of the new court is not required to live in Jackson.
Legal arguments in the case touched on racial discrimination, public safety and democracy.
The state law creating the new court also expands the patrol territory for Capitol Police. The state-run police department previously patrolled near state government buildings in downtown Jackson, but the new law added other parts of the city, including more affluent residential and shopping areas.
In September, the Mississippi Supreme Court struck down the part of the same law that would have required the state chief justice to appoint four circuit judges to serve alongside the four elected circuit judges in Hinds County. The county includes Jackson and is also majority-Black and governed by Democrats.
Justices wrote that longstanding Mississippi law allows the chief justice to appoint some judges for specific reasons, such as to deal with a backlog of cases. But they wrote that “we see nothing special or unique” about the four appointed Hinds County circuit judges in the 2023 law, “certainly nothing expressly tethering them to a specific judicial need or exigency.” | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/judge-allows-court-mississippis-majority-030743210.html | 2024-01-01T03:35:36Z |
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Rose growers see strong start to peak sales season
Rose growers across Savar in the central region of Bangladesh are enjoying good yields and sales of the flower amid the peak sales season this year, with prices having reached sky-high on New Year's Eve.
Numerous villages in various upazilas of the district, including Shyampur and Sadullapur, are affectionately known as Golapgram, or rose village, for being major producers of the flower.
In fact, cultivation is so extensive in the region that some even call Savar a "Rose Kingdom".
However, local rose growers had to count huge losses due to the fallouts of Covid-19 while demand has remained low in subsequent years owing to ongoing inflationary pressure and political unrest.
But rose farmers found reason to smile yesterday as prices and demand for the flower shot up on the occasion of New Year's Eve, said Sree Babul Proshad, president of the Bangladesh Flower Society.
"We a target to sell around Tk 50 crore worth of roses centring the new year celebrations," he added.
Proshad also said that this rise in demand presents a good opportunity for farmers to recoup losses.
"Flower farmers incurred at least 50 percent losses due to the recent hartals and blockades as many programmes, such as weddings, have been postponed," he added.
Currently, around 16,000 farmers cultivate flowers on about 7,000 hectares of land across 24 districts.
Proshad informed that he is selling local roses for about Tk 30 per piece while those of the Chinese variety are going for up to Tk 60 per piece.
And according to the Department of Agricultural Extension in Savar, some 1,500 farmers in the district are involved in commercial rose cultivation on about 275 hectares of land.
Shabed Ali, a flower trader in the Mirpur area of Dhaka, said he has been cultivating roses at his village in Shyampur for the last 30 years.
He cultivates local and Chinese varieties of the flower on 120 decimals of leased land each year.
"The peak sales season is from December to February each year, with rose prices being particularly high before 16th December, 1st January and 14th February," Ali said.
At the wholesale level, local roses are being sold at Tk 7 to Tk 10 per piece while those of the Chinese variety cost Tk 14 to Tk 15 per piece, he added.
Ali informed that he yesterday sent 1,800 roses to the Shahabagh wholesale market, where they sold for Tk 8 per piece. He also sent 300 Chinese roses, which sold for Tk 4,200 in total.
"Earlier, I would cultivate only the local variety but now, I grow the Chinese one as well considering the higher price," he said.
Eklas Mia, another farmer of the same village, said he cultivates various flowers, including roses, on about 300 decimals of leased land.
Eklas told The Daily Star that although flower cultivation remains profitable, the margin is gradually decreasing due to the rise in fertiliser, pesticide and land lease costs.
"Still, rose cultivation is more profitable than other crops," he added.
Fazlu Mia, who buys roses at wholesale from various villages in Savar before selling them to traders in the in Shahabagh area of the capital, said the rose prices grew a bit centring the new year celebrations.
"Depending on size, each rose is purchased from gardens for Tk 7 to Tk 10. So, we wholesalers are counting higher profit thanks to increased prices at the retail level," he added.
Naziat Ahmed, the upazila agriculture officer of Savar, said rose farmers are getting good yields this year thanks to fewer fungal attacks on the gardens.
"Apart from this, rose prices are good. So, farmers are passing happy days," he added. | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/rose-growers-see-strong-start-peak-sales-season-3507551 | 2024-01-01T03:35:37Z |
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Candidacies of Healthcare and Culture Ministers approved
ASTANA. KAZINFORM At today's sitting of the Majilis committee for economic reform and regional development the deputies agreed on the candidacies of Arystanbek Mukhamediuly for a post of a Minister and Culture Minister and Yelzhan Birtanov for a post of a Healthcare Minister of Kazakhstan.
At the instruction of the Kazakh PM, head of the PM's Office Nurlan Aldabergenov has introduced the candidacies.
After considerations, the committee made a conclusion on recommending the submitted candidacies of Arystanbek Mukhamediuly for appointing as the Minister and Culture Minister and Yelzhan Birtanov for appointment as the Healthcare Minister of Kazakhstan. | https://en.inform.kz/news/candidacies-of-healthcare-and-culture-ministers-approved_a3501803/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:40Z |
KC Royals made key acquisitions this offseason. Let’s project their lineup for 2024
The Kansas City Royals will look a little different next season. A lot has been made of pitching acquisitions that included two starters and multiple high-leverage relievers for the bullpen.
The Royals also made a few underrated signings. KC added power-hitting slugger Hunter Renfroe and utilityman Garrett Hampson.
Each brings a unique skill-set to the organization.
Renfroe, 31, has produced six seasons with 20 or more home runs. He spent last year with the Los Angeles Angels and Cincinnati Reds.
“There’s a lot that Hunter offers to our organization and to our lineup,” Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. “It’s going to stretch our lineup. The experience is invaluable.
“But also, you know, just looking from what we needed to gain going back to our goals this offseason and our plans, we need more production from the outfield from a (slugging) perspective.”
Hampson can play multiple positions and will see his share of playing time. Both players have veteran experience to help a young lineup.
So how will the Royals’ projected lineup look in 2024? Here is how things stand as the new year begins.
Projected Kansas City Royals lineup
Here’s how the batting order could look for KC, as well as the defensive positions ...
Maikel Garcia (3B)
Bobby Witt Jr. (SS)
Vinnie Pasquantino (1B)
Salvador Perez (Catcher)
Nelson Velázquez (DH)
Hunter Renfroe (RF)
MJ Melendez (LF)
Michael Massey (2B)
Kyle Isbel (CF)
Bench: Garrett Hampson (UTIL), Freddy Fermin (Catcher), Drew Waters (OF), Nick Pratto (INF/OF)
Rotation: Cole Ragans (LHP), Seth Lugo (RHP), Michael Wacha (RHP), Brady Singer (RHP), Jordan Lyles (RHP)
*** The Royals could decide between Ragans or Lugo as their No. 1 starter. We will know more once spring training begins and the rotation is finalized.
What it could mean?
The Royals have some decisions to make.
Competition is expected at a few spots during spring training. Will they add another versatile left-handed bench bat? How will they fill their final bench spots? These questions will be answered before the season begins.
The Royals will get a big boost as Pasquantino returns to the lineup. Pasquantino was poised to build off his promising 2022 campaign this past season, but then he hurt his shoulder — an injury that required surgery.
Pasquantino hit .247 with nine home runs and 26 RBIs in 61 games. He also hit 17 doubles and slugged .437.
“I know the guys are fired up, ready to get out to spring,” Pasquantino said. “I’m probably more fired up than most just because it’s been so long.”
Also worth noting: Royals manager Matt Quatraro likes to shift his lineup. There will be days when Perez is the designated hitter and Fermin plays catcher. Hampson could also draw starts to spell Isbel, Massey, Garcia or Witt.
How Quatraro configures his lineup will be important. Renfroe should generate more run production in the middle of the order. Witt is coming off a historic campaign of 30 home runs, 96 RBIs and 49 steals. Perez also blasted 23 home runs in 140 games.
The Royals lost a franchise-record 106 games during their 2023 campaign. This year, KC wants to be competitive.
And Pasquantino believes the Royals can turn it around in the American League Central.
“Yeah, (I’m) ready to just get out there in the spring and see what we’ve got,” he said. “This division is pretty much wide open. So why can’t we go take it?” | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/kc-royals-made-key-acquisitions-030000571.html | 2024-01-01T03:35:42Z |
New Zealand dairy products can enter China duty-free, last tariffs removed under FTA
- Imports of milk powder were subjected to the longest phase-out under the New Zealand-China free trade agreement signed in 2008
- New Zealand’s Trade Minister Todd McClay says the removal is expected to deliver tariff savings of US$221 million per year
“This is good news for our dairy sector. The removal of these remaining tariffs is expected to deliver additional annual tariff savings of approximately NZ$350 million [US$221 million],” Trade Minister Todd McClay said in a statement.
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“The [free trade agreement] continues to deliver benefit to the New Zealand economy and to underpin the New Zealand-China trade relationship.”
Safeguard duties are emergency tariffs that countries use to shield domestic industries against intense competition from a sudden surge in imports of a particular product.
European milk makers hurting over tariffs look to leave Thailand
The so-called special agricultural safeguards mechanism in the free trade deal was designed as a temporary measure. The tariff preferences are applied up to a designated volume and China’s standard tariff applied to imports above the safeguard trigger.
Safeguards duties on milk and cream, butter, and cheese ended in 2021, while those on milk powders ended on December 31, 2023. | https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3246840/new-zealand-dairy-products-can-enter-china-duty-free-last-tariffs-removed-under-fta?utm_source=rss_feed | 2024-01-01T03:35:42Z |
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SYDNEY - Australian Olympic track cyclist and former world champion Melissa Hoskins has died after a car accident in the country's south, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said on Monday (Jan 1).
Australian media has widely reported that Hoskins' husband and twice world individual time trial champion Rohan Dennis has been arrested and charged over her death.
"The AOC has expressed the utmost sadness at the loss of Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins after the tragic events in Adelaide," it said in a post on social media platform X.
"Our condolences go to Melissa's family, friends and the cycling community at this extremely difficult time."
Hoskins, 32, won gold in the team pursuit at the 2015 world championships and was a member of the Australian team at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.
A statement from the state police of South Australia released on Sunday said a 32-year-old woman died in the hospital after being hit by a car in an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.
Police said a 33-year-old man has been arrested and charged with causing death by dangerous driving, driving without due care and endangering life. The driver was known to the woman and given bail to appear in court on March 13, police said.
A police spokesperson said they do not confirm the names of victims or accused involved in an incident.
ALSO READ: Dangerous driver who hit and killed motorcyclist jailed and banned | https://www.asiaone.com/world/australian-olympic-cyclist-melissa-hoskins-killed-car-crash-local-media-say-husband-rohan | 2024-01-01T03:35:46Z |
Time ripe to own up to weaknesses
The Bangladesh economy faced extended economic distress after recovering partially from the pandemic before facing the cost-of-living increases and external payment imbalances. Economic activity slowed in 2023 with persistently high inflation and erosion of external buffers.
The experiment with unorthodox macroeconomic policy response to global shocks have so far proven counterproductive. We seem to move in ways that we have tried before but haven't worked.
Foreign exchange and energy shortages constrained productivity and employment. Large manufacturing sectors such as garments, textile, pharmaceuticals, steel, tanneries, shipbreaking and chemicals heavily depend on imported raw materials.
The lack of a relationship between the tapering of global shocks and macroeconomic stability in Bangladesh shows there is a lot more to it than just an adverse change in the global economic climate.
The year started with several administered price adjustments and tighter controls on foreign exchange prices and volumes. The Bangladesh Bank backed BAFEDA-ABB model devalued the taka at periodic intervals. A de facto reduction in current account convertibility came into place with tighter export proceed surrender requirements and withholding payments on various invisibles.
Bangladesh Bank monetised government borrowing and stuck to the 9 percent lending rate cap until July, when implementation of a timebound macro-structural reform programme supported by the IMF kicked in.
Policies moved better in the second half of 2023, albeit not in all key fronts. The central bank changed the monetary policy operating model, bringing greater flexibility to the money market and more frequent crawl in bank lending rates. It put a lid on deficit monetisation.
The operating dynamics of the exchange rate regime exhibited several mood swings. The culture of impunity in loan default lived well. Markets adjusted to the higher transaction costs of trading at prices different from the de jure prices set by the regulators in the foreign exchange and financial markets.
The evidence so far on how these policies fared confirms the a priori textbook like predictions.
The economy at the close of 2023 is notably weaker. Inflation could not be tamed, the external bill payments remained problematic, transaction costs in foreign exchange trade increased, remittances through formal channels crashed, private short-term external debt rollovers turned red, forex reserves reached new lows, and non-performing loans sloped up.
Cat and mouse games gained new life with market policing based on superficial market intelligence. Rationing tilted the playing fielding towards the connected.
One hopes the long overdue policy corrections will not procrastinate on the assumption that the global headwinds will fade sooner rather than later. This assumption did not serve us well in 2023. The time is ripe to own up to the weaknesses of our unorthodox policy models and frameworks.
The author is an economist | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/time-ripe-own-weaknesses-3506701 | 2024-01-01T03:35:45Z |
‘Caspian Sea Legal Status’ meeting kicks off in Baku
A number of issues arising from the Convention, including the maritime borders of the five states will be discussed in the two-day meeting.
The participants will also focus on other issues including the results of the Fifth Summit of the Heads of the Caspian littoral States in Aktau.
On August 12, 2018, the "Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea" was signed in Aktau, Kazakhstan and the Communiqué of the Fifth Caspian Summit was adopted.
Based on these documents, in order to effectively implement the Convention and review cooperation issues in the Caspian Sea, the High-Level Working Group for the Caspian Sea has been established as a regular five-sided consultation mechanism consisting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states.
The Caspian Sea contains more than 50 billion barrels worth of oil and huge deposits of natural gas, while last year's agreement divides only the surface and not the seabed that contains those deposits. As such, questions remain over the long-term viability of the agreement. | https://en.inform.kz/news/caspian-sea-legal-status-meeting-kicks-off-in-baku_a3499915/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:47Z |
Lancaster county to install automatic license plate readers
Lancaster county to install automatic license plate readers
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QUEBEC — As Quebec faces a worsening homelessness crisis, some politicians, including Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand, have suggested the solution may be a Finnish model that aims to give everyone a home. But while Finland has managed to massively reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness through its "housing first" approach, one Quebec expert said she's not sure it could be applied here, even if the provincial government was interested. "It's the right way to fight the problem of h
Visit Lauderdale, the official marketing agency of Florida's Broward County, is pushing back against the state government's conservative legislation by championing inclusivity at the 2024 Rose Parade.
MONTREAL — There will be no midnight fireworks to herald the new year in Montreal's Old Port. Montréal en Fêtes, the organization that since 2013 has organized a free holiday festival near the city's waterfront, announced last month that it would no longer stage the event and its New Year's Eve party. The Old Port of Montreal Corporation, the entity that manages the area, confirms there will be no other New Year's Eve fireworks to replace the cancelled festival this year, but the local skating r
Authorities have identified three members of a Massachusetts family who were found shot to death this week inside a palatial, 27-room mansion in a wealthy section of suburban Boston.
A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant. Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before taking his own life. The four bodies were discovered by police just after midnight on Friday at the family’s home in New City, a suburb of New York City, after Morgan failed to show up for his evening shift at the Bronxville Police Department.
A loud bang and accompanying shock-wave that shook homes has residents of a western New Brunswick village wondering what could have caused the Christmas Day incident.Andrew McDougall was sitting in his living room watching television when he heard a loud bang and felt what seemed to be an object hitting his house."It was like a huge gunfire or a very loud thunder clap, but it was short, like it was just a bang, and then the house shook right at the same time," said McDougall, adding it happened
Suspected murder-suicides or familicides occurred in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in December.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years because its funds were embezzled by a former employee, its editor said, in a devastating blow to a publication that serves as an important source of information in a community that, like many others nationwide, is struggling with growing gaps in local news coverage. About a week before Christmas, the Eugene Weekly found inaccuracies in its bookkeeping, editor Camilla Mortensen said.
Russian courts have sentenced more than 200 Ukrainian fighters to prison terms since Moscow started its military operation in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with the state RIA news agency published on Sunday. "The courts of the Russian Federation have already sentenced more than 200 representatives of Ukrainian armed formations to long terms of imprisonment for committing atrocities," Lavrov told RIA. Both sides accuse each other of committing numerous atrocities in the war that Russia started with a full-scale invasion on Ukraine in February 2022.
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Children, aged 7 and 9, found dead after burglary report later discovered to be ‘unfounded’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -One of the senior figures in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition called on Sunday for Palestinian residents of Gaza to leave the besieged enclave, making way for Israelis who could "make the desert bloom". The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has been excluded from the war cabinet and discussions of day-after arrangements in Gaza, appear to underscore fears in much of the Arab world that Israel wants to drive Palestinians out of land where they want to build a future state, repeating the mass dispossession of Palestinians when Israel was created in 1948.
Halifax District RCMP say a homeowner was held at gunpoint and forced to open a safe in a home invasion Friday evening in Gaetz Brook. N.S.It happened on Friday at 6:50 p.m., according to an RCMP news release.A man was operating an excavator on his property when he saw another man pointing a gun at him. Police say the homeowner was forced out of the excavator at gunpoint, directed inside the house to a safe and told to open it.The suspect took several items valued at nearly $200,000 before fleei
Monstrous waves continue to wreak havoc along the California coast, where beachside communities have been facing damaging flooding and life-threatening water conditions as a series of storms makes its way onshore.
Rakesh and Teena Kamal and their daughter Arianna were found dead in a sprawling estate outside Boston in the wealthy enclave of Dover, Massachusetts.
Vinesh Phogat and other top wrestlers have accused a powerful politician of sexual exploitation.
A group of women are searching for a rescue facility to foster a dog that helped lead them to his owner's body. Catherine Defazio says she saw posts online about a German Shepherd running around her neighborhood and spotted him from her front porch. She says she followed the dog and he led her to the body of a homeless man near Bannon Creek. Defazio says she immediately called the police. Defazio along with several others spent the next two weeks working to catch the man's German Shepherd.
Mounties are investigating after an ATM was stolen from a southwestern Saskatchewan town, according to a news release.RCMP responded to a business that had been broken into in Shaunavon, Sask., around 1 a.m. Saturday. The business' alarm was going off and the ATM inside had been stolen, police said.RCMP reviewed the footage and confirmed two suspects entered the store with their faces covered. One suspect wore all black, while the other wore a blue and green plaid jacket with a red hoodie undern
"Mama sad but goats are very glad," the Magnolia mogul wrote on Instagram about having to say goodbye to the tree
A royal chef has revealed the 'simple' lunch menu preferred by the royals | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/lancaster-county-install-automatic-license-031912406.html | 2024-01-01T03:35:49Z |
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MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Police are investigating a shooting that injured an 18-year-old while they were driving their car.
Police say the victim was shot while driving near 51st & Keefe at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday.
The shooting caused the 18-year-old to crash their car into an unoccupied vehicle, and a concrete barrier.
What led up to the shooting, and who is responsible is still under investigation.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-Tips or P3 Tips.
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Available for download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and more. | https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/milwaukee-teen-shot-while-driving-crashes-into-unoccupied-vehicle | 2024-01-01T03:35:52Z |
DALLAS, Texas — Trailblazing longtime U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area as the region's most powerful Democrat, died Sunday. She was 88.
President Joe Biden, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and many other leaders issued statements about her death after her son posted about it on Facebook. The Dallas Morning News also confirmed her death with an unnamed source close to the family. No cause of death was given.
Biden hailed her "immense courage" and called her "an icon and mentor to generations of public servants, through whom her legacy of resilience and purpose will endure."
"She was the single most effective legislator Dallas has ever had," the mayor said in a statement. "Nobody brought more federal infrastructure money home to our city. Nobody fought harder for our communities and our residents' interests and safety. And nobody knew how to navigate Washington better for the people of Dallas."
Eddie Bernice Johnson served in the House for three decades after becoming the first registered nurse elected to Congress and first Black chief psychiatric nurse at Dallas' Veterans Affairs hospital. She went on to become the first Black woman to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and she also led the Congressional Black Caucus. She left office in January after repeatedly delaying her retirement. Before Congress, she served in the Texas legislature.
"For three decades, Chairwoman Johnson was a powerful force in the United States Congress, always focused on the future," House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said in a statement, praising Johnson as "a tenacious trailblazer, a talented legislator and a devoted public servant."
Johnson used her committee leadership position to fight against Republican efforts to block action on climate change. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford said Johnson was also "a fierce advocate for expanding STEM opportunities to Black and minority students" who also played a key role in helping the Biden administration pass a major package of incentives for computer chip manufacturers.
She was born in Waco and grew up in the segregated South. Dallas' once-segregated Union Station was renamed in her honor in 2019.
Her own experience with racism helped spur her to get involved in politics. She recalled that officials at the VA hospital were shocked that she was Black after they hired her sight-unseen, so they rescinded their offer for her to live in a dorm on campus. She told The Dallas Morning News in 2020 that officials would go into patients' rooms ahead of her to "say that I was qualified."
"That was really the most blatant, overt racism that I ever experienced in my life," she told the newspaper.
Johnson nearly quit but decided to stick with it.
"It was very challenging," she said. "But any job where you're an African American woman entering for the first time would be a challenge. They had not hired one before I got there. Yes, it was a challenge, but it was a successful venture."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wkms.org/npr-news/2023-12-31/former-u-s-rep-eddie-bernice-johnson-dies-at-88 | 2024-01-01T03:35:52Z |
A surfer in Hawaii died at the hospital after a shark attack Saturday.
According toMaui County authorities, they received a report at around 11 a.m. local time Saturday about “a miscellaneous type incident.” Upon arrival, they discovered that Ocean Safety Officers had rescued and transported Jason Carter, a 39-year-old man, to shore using a jet ski.
Responders conducted life-saving measures until medical personnel arrived, and Carter was then taken to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for further treatment.
According to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Carter, who is originally from Haiku, faced the shark encounter while surfing at Paia Bay, where shark warning signs are placed on beaches one mile on either side of the bay.
While initial signs of foul play were not evident, the police department reports that the investigation is ongoing and an autopsy has been scheduled.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | https://www.kxxv.com/surfer-dies-following-a-shark-encounter-in-hawaii | 2024-01-01T03:35:52Z |
Before stepping into Brigadier Bulsara’s shoes for Bull in February, Khan to undergo intensive training with paramilitary forces; drama chronicles India’s 1988 Operation Cactus that thwarted the Maldives coup
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In 2024, Salman Khan fans will miss seeing him on the big screen. Behind the scenes, however, it will be a busy year for the superstar who is set to kick off the shoot of Bull—his first collaboration with filmmaker Karan Johar after the cameo in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)—in mid-February. In Vishnu Varadhan’s directorial venture, Khan will play Brigadier Farukh Bulsara, who led Operation Cactus in 1988 in the Maldives. While the team conducted the mahurat shot in Mumbai on December 29 (Spreading positivity, Dec 30), we hear the actor will undergo extensive physical prep, even training with paramilitary forces, before he steps into the shoes of the Armed Forces officer.
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January promises to be gruelling for Khan, who will work towards attaining a lean frame, in keeping with Brigadier Bulsara’s look. A source tells mid-day, “Right at the start, Vishnu Varadhan was sure that the actor would have to create a look distinct from his larger-than-life on-screen persona. He will sport a relatively leaner physique. It was also decided that he will train with the paramilitary forces in Mumbai. That will not only aid his physical transformation, but also help him get in the mindset required to pull off the character.” On the cards is a diverse range of exercises that is adopted by the paramilitary troops to address the multifaceted demands of their roles. The source adds, “His routine will include cardiovascular exercises like running and swimming, strength training as well as high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and circuit training. He will also be familiarised with obstacle course navigation that sharpens coordination and adaptability, and tactical drills.”
Bull will offer a retelling of Operation Cactus wherein the Indian Armed Forces, on November 3, 1988, assisted the Maldives in reclaiming control following a coup attempt led by businessman Abdullah Luthufi and the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE). The Indian forces efficiently neutralised the mercenaries and restored the control to President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s
government within hours.
While the screen adaptation was originally imagined as a Shahid Kapoor offering under a different banner, Johar and the Shershaah (2021) director are now bringing the story to celluloid. The director is expected to begin table-reads with the cast by January-end. “The rest of the cast is currently being finalised. The film is about a leader and his camaraderie with his troops, so bonding between the cast is key to the film’s making. The cast will have multiple table reads and workshops. The actors, who will comprise Salman’s on-screen troop, will also train with paramilitary experts,” adds the source. A chunk of the drama will be shot at Film City in Goregaon and Mehboob Studios in Bandra. Khan has apparently allotted bulk dates till August. | https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/bull-salman-khan-trains-like-a-jawan-to-play-brigadier-farukh-bulsara-23327663 | 2024-01-01T03:35:52Z |
Developing | China, US leaders Xi and Biden exchange greetings on 45th anniversary of ties
- The presidents of the world’s two leading economies have congratulated each other’s countries for 45 years of diplomatic relations
- The exchange marks a welcome start to the new year for Washington and Beijing after years of tensions amid their growing rivalry
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported the exchange on Monday morning.
The new year’s messages between the two leaders come as the two countries bid to restore relations that have reached their most confrontational point in 45 years since ties were established in 1979.
In November, Xi and Biden met in San Francisco ahead of the Apec leaders’ summit and agreed to restore a wide range of communication channels that were heavily curtailed after then-US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August 2022.
Dialogue on climate, the fight against illegal drugs, and military communication channels were all affected in the wake of the Pelosi visit to Taiwan, which Beijing regards as part of its territory.
Biden reaffirms stance on Taiwan in meeting with Xi
Like most countries, the US does not recognise the self-ruled island as an independent state, but opposes any unilateral change to the status quo.
Beijing and Washington officially established ties on January 1, 1979, based on agreements reached after years of negotiations. On the same date, Washington officially switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing.
In his letter to Biden, Xi said the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the US was a “major event” in the history of bilateral and international relations, according to the text released by Beijing.
“Over the past 45 years, China-US relations have gone through ups and downs but have generally moved forward, which has not only enhanced the well-being of the two peoples, but also promoted world peace, stability and prosperity,” he said.
“History has and will continue to fully prove that adhering to mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation is the correct way for China and the United States to get along with each other.”
Xi also referred to his meeting in November with Biden, where he said the “San Francisco Vision” opened up the future and pointed out the direction for the development of China-US relations.
The Chinese leader stressed his willingness to cooperate to continue “to steer China-US relations, benefit both China and the United States and their people, and promote world peace and development”.
According to the Chinese readout, Biden responded that since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1979, the relationship between the US and China had promoted prosperity and opportunities for the United States, China and the world.
“I am committed to responsibly managing this important relationship. I look forward to building on the progress made by our predecessors and our many meetings and discussions as we continue to advance the US-China relationship,” Biden said.
More to follow … | https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3246842/china-us-leaders-xi-and-biden-exchange-greetings-45th-anniversary-ties?utm_source=rss_feed | 2024-01-01T03:35:53Z |
Tribute to a real entrepreneur
The recent passing of Mr Fazlur Rahman, the founder of City Group, has left a profound void in the hearts of many who are mourning the loss of an iconic entrepreneur and industrialist.
His journey from humble beginnings to steering City Group into becoming one of the largest conglomerates of the country, epitomised his honesty, relentless work ethic, nurturing of relationships, and genuine love for the people of Bangladesh. More so, the sixth sense he gained over the last 50 years or so.
As he narrated in my entrepreneurship classes at the Institute of Business Administration, North South University, and BRAC University, Mr. Rahman stepped into the business world at a very young age, when his father was afflicted with paralysis, and he had to take responsibility for his family.
After years of struggles, in 1972, Mr Fazlur Rahman founded City Group by establishing a mustard oil production factory. Although the journey was not always easy, over time he turned City Group into a business empire, comprising 40 enterprises.
In the last fiscal year, the group generated revenue of Tk 33,000 crore. Currently, the house is awaiting the final licence for the establishment of its third economic zone. The hi-tech park it is establishing is also going to be a state-of-the-art one.
The impact of Mr Rahman's efforts was recognised at various levels. He received the Daily Star-DHL Bangladesh Business Awards and I remember one of the jury panel members, Governor Fakhruddin Ahmad, enquired who this Fazlur Rahman was.
My one-line reply was: "Mr Fazlur Rahman was possibly the humblest yet so insightful and no-nonsense businessman in the country."
In a recent encounter where I facilitated a meeting with the principal secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, Mr Rahman's determination remained undeterred even as health challenges prevailed. His commitment to empowering the local youth through employment opportunities was evident, as he succinctly conveyed his vision for generating 5,000 jobs through a special economic zone.
His dedication and the potential of City Group to boost employment impressed the principal secretary, who subsequently approved the case, acknowledging the dire need for more visionary leaders like Mr Rahman.
While I was serving as the head of corporate and institutional banking at Standard Chartered Bank, a senior at commodities giant Kuok Group once said: "If anyone understands edible oil business and its distribution channel in Bangladesh that is Fazlur Rahman."
His philanthropic endeavours mirrored his deep-rooted commitment to societal welfare. From funding educational initiatives to supporting healthcare programmes, Mr Rahman consistently tried to uplift the underprivileged, echoing his belief in the transformative power of education and healthcare for societal progress.
His dedication to social causes resonated profoundly, earning him not just admiration but heartfelt gratitude from communities across Bangladesh. His ethos of giving back to society epitomises the essence of a true leader.
As we honour the life of Mr Fazlur Rahman, let us remember his unwavering dedication, values, and tireless efforts that not only shaped an empire but also transformed countless lives, leaving an enduring imprint.
Reflecting on my own relationship with Mr Rahman, I recall the special connection and many moments we shared. We spent invaluable moments together at his Old Dhaka office and Shantinagar house, and our interactions continued at the Gulshan headquarters of City Group. These times were formative, offering insights into his dedication and leadership firsthand.
We strongly hope and pray his successors and many more will be carrying forward his values and principles.
The author is an economic analyst | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/tribute-real-entrepreneur-3507561 | 2024-01-01T03:35:53Z |
Cellular «barcoding» technique points to better breast cancer treatment
The technique, called cellular barcoding, tags, tracks and pinpoints the cancer cells, at the same time revealing how chemotherapy temporarily shrinks the number of harmful cells, rather than eliminating them, explaining how the cancer could eventually relapse, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research said about its study in a statement late Friday, Xinhua reports.
Most deaths from breast cancer are caused by the metastasis or spread of cancerous cells from the main tumor into other organs, according to the institute.
The cancer consists of thousands of different cell variants with diverse characteristics that may or may not play a role in the metastasis. This makes effective treatment a challenge because it is difficult to know which cells are responsible for driving the spread of the major disease, the institute said.
The ability to pinpoint the "clones" -- subpopulations of cells arising from an original patient tumor -- responsible for the spread of cancer was crucial for improving treatments, said the institute's Dr Delphine Merino.
"Our study revealed that only a select few clones were actually responsible for the metastasis," said Merino.
"The barcoding technique enabled us to identify the clones that were able to get into the blood stream and make their way into other organs where they would 'seed' new tumor growth."
The technique also allowed the researchers to see what was happening to the clones after chemotherapy was introduced, said the institute's Professor Jane Visvader.
"These exciting findings would not have been possible without the ability to meticulously barcode and track thousands of individual clones and watch their behavior over time," she said. The latest findings were published in scientific journal Nature Communications.
The precision of the approach could pave the way for unravelling important mysteries in the field of breast cancer research and equip scientists with the information needed to design highly targeted treatment strategies for the prevalent disease, said Visvader. | https://en.inform.kz/news/cellular-barcoding-technique-points-to-better-breast-cancer-treatment_a3499336/ | 2024-01-01T03:35:54Z |
Lauren Boebert blames Barbra Streisand and Ryan Reynolds for making her switch districts
Lauren Boebert is pointing the finger at Hollywood for making her swap congressional districts.
The Colorado Republican accused Barbra Streisand and Ryan Reynolds of backing her Democrat rival.
Streisand and Reynolds each donated $1,500 to Boebert's rival, Democratic candidate Adam Frisch.
Rep. Lauren Boebert is blaming Hollywood for her decision to switch congressional districts.
"We have to shut down the Hollywood elites who are trying to buy my current district," Boebert told Steve Bannon on his "War Room" podcast on Saturday.
"There has been close to $10 million poured into this district to buy this seat. Colorado's 3rd District is not for sale," she continued.
Boebert then named the stars, who she said were backing her rivals.
"When you have Barbra Streisand coming in and donating to the Democrat, when you have Ryan Reynolds coming in and donating to the Democrat, it shows you that Hollywood is trying to buy their way into Congress," Boebert told Bannon.
This isn't the first time Boebert has slammed Streisand and Reynolds for backing her opponents.
In November, Boebert had mentioned the two stars while soliciting donations from her supporters.
"My opponent has plenty of funding from Soros dark money and even Hollywood liberals like Barbra Streisand and Ryan Reynolds," she wrote in a post on X.
According to the Federal Election Commission, both Streisand and Reynolds have donated $1,500 each to Boebert's rival, Democratic candidate Adam Frisch.
Boebert said on Wednesday that she was moving from Colorado's 3rd Congressional District to the 4th Congressional District, a more conservative part of the state.
Her announcement comes after Frisch vastly outraised her. On Tuesday, Business Insider reported that Frisch had raised over $7.7 million, according to the FEC.
That is more than triple the $2.4 million that Boebert raised, per the FEC.
"I will not allow dark money that is directed at destroying me personally to steal this seat," Boebert said in a Facebook video on Wednesday.
"It's not fair to the 3rd District and the conservatives there who have fought so hard for our victories," she added.
Representatives for Boebert, Streisand, and Reynolds did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.
Read the original article on Business Insider | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/lauren-boebert-blames-barbra-streisand-025910418.html | 2024-01-01T03:35:55Z |
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Here’s looking at the promising new faces of this year
Veer Pahariya
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Unlike his businessman-father Sanjay Pahariya and politician-grandfather Sushil Kumar Shinde, Veer Pahariya opted to pursue a career in performing arts. After launching a Hindi pop music channel on YouTube, showcasing his talents as a lyricist, composer, singer, director and actor, he started auditioning till producer Dinesh Vijan spotted him. After a stint as an assistant director on Bhediya, Veer was signed on as the parallel lead for the Akshay Kumar-fronted Sky Force. Details of his role are being kept under wraps. We will soon know about his part in the action thriller that arrives later this year.
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Aaman Devgan, Rasha Thadani
While Ajay Devgn’s son Yug is too young and focusing on studies right now to think of a career in the movies, his nephew Aaman Devgan has begun his journey in front of the camera. He makes his debut in director Abhishek Kapoor’s yet-untitled thriller. The action-adventure, led by Ajay, also marks the big-screen debut of Raveena Tandon and Anil Thadani’s daughter Rasha Thadani. Incidentally, Ajay and Raveena gave a number of hits in the 1990s. Following in their footsteps, Aaman and Rasha have prepped hard before being chosen to lead Gattu’s next directorial venture. Moreover, the newbies also trained extensively for their respective roles before they began filming. Previously, Gattu successfully launched Sushant Singh Rajput on the big screen with Kai Po Che. This year, all eyes are on him to deliver an encore.
Junaid Khan
Aamir Khan’s son Junaid Khan was gearing up for his movie debut, Maharaja, last year. Reportedly, the shooting for the YRF production, helmed by Siddharth P Malhotra, wrapped up in October. The period drama, which also stars Jaideep Ahlawat and Shalini Pandey, will release directly on Netflix. Junaid plays a journalist in his maiden movie. Besides Maharaja, the young Khan also has two home productions—Pritam Pyaare and a yet-untitled film co-starring Sai Pallavi.
Ibrahim Ali Khan
Several releases planned for 2023 suffered a delay due to the after-effects of the pandemic. Ibrahim Ali Khan’s debut is no exception. Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh’s son is being launched in Karan Johar’s production, Sarzameen, which also stars Kajol and Prithviraj in pivotal roles. Directed by Boman Irani’s son Kayoze, the movie is reportedly set against the terror background in Kashmir. Interestingly, 2024 could mark a year of double debut for the young Khan. He has signed up for another Dharma Productions venture—a romcom, co-starring Sridevi and Boney Kapoor’s daughter Khushi, who made her debut with The Archies last month. The yet-untitled film, to be helmed by first-timer Shauna Gautam, will release directly on OTT.
Pashmina Roshan
Hrithik Roshan’s cousin and veteran composer Rajesh Roshan’s daughter, Pashmina Roshan will be seen on screens this year in Ishq Vishk Rebound. Following her passion, she studied acting at the Jeff Goldberg Studio and subsequently made her stage debut with The Importance of Being Earnest (2019). Pashmina’s maiden movie is director Nipun Dharmadikari’s contemporary take on Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao’s 2003 hit, Ishq Vishk.
Ahaan Pandayy
Chikki (Chunky Panday’s brother) and Deanne Panday’s son Ahaan Pandayy had been quietly preparing for his foray into the movies in the close confines of YRF Studios. Assisting on The Railway Men, he impressed studio boss and filmmaker Aditya Chopra enough to be signed up by the studio’s talent division. While there’s no information on his debut yet, a video from his photo-shoot indicates that an announcement is expected this year. Adi, who is looking to expand the talent pool of his conglomerate, surely knows he is betting on a winning horse.
Shanaya Kapoor
Sanjay and Maheep Kapoor’s daughter finally began filming her big-screen debut last year. Shanaya Kapoor has bagged a pivotal part in Mohanlal’s pan-India period action drama, Vrushabha. Helmed by Nanda Kishore, the movie also stars Meka Shrikanth, Roshan Meka, Neha Saxena and Ragini Dwivedi. Apparently, a film produced by Karan Johar is also in the works. But after director Shashank Khaitan’s Dono Mile Iss Tarah and Bedhadak failed to take off, we hear an announcement will happen only after things begin to roll.
Lakshya
Lakshya got thrice unlucky. While Dono Mile Iss Tarah and Bedhadak didn’t make it to the studios, Dostana 2 was aborted in the wake of Kartik Aaryan’s exit. Now, he is gearing for director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s thriller, Kill, which has already wowed audiences in the international film festival circuit. That’s not all, Lakshya is also playing the lead role in the finite web series, Stardom. Set against the backdrop of the Hindi film industry, what makes the show eagerly anticipated is that it marks the directorial debut of Shah Rukh Khan’s son, Aryan. | https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/class-of-2024-ibrahim-ali-khan-shanaya-kapoor-promising-new-faces-23327667 | 2024-01-01T03:35:59Z |
Work to ensure energy efficiency
Bangladesh is more dependent on imported fuel because of its limited primary energy. Hence, policymakers need to work towards ensuring energy efficiency, said the chief of Bangladesh Independent Power Producers' Association (BIPPA).
"Given the limited quantity of primary energy, only the most efficient utilisation must be ensured. We are more dependent on imported energy rather than using our low-cost indigenous gas," said BIPPA President Faisal Khan as he shared his views regarding opportunities for the year 2024.
Transmission and distribution also require more investment to ensure quality electricity to industries, he said, adding that private sector investment in transmission and distribution would expedite development in the power generation sector.
Khan, also director of Summit Power International, one of the leading private power generators, said 2024 would be about survival of the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) as they are struggling to import fuel amid the dollar shortage and slow payment of overdue bills by the government.
"Local banks are struggling to source US dollars to settle the limited fuel import letters of credit, foreign loan repayments, and spare parts procurement. The power sector requires support from the Bangladesh Bank to ensure uninterrupted power generation," he said.
Apart from this, the government owes over Tk 25,000 crores to IPPs in monthly bills. Some plants have more than nine months of payment overdue, he said.
The BIPPA chief said the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) makes partial payments each month from their revenue collection and support from the finance ministry.
The dues are building up because of non-release of funds allocated to the power sector during the national budget for the current fiscal year, according to Khan.
Consequently, he said, IPPs are suffering massively from forced loans and defaults on loans and other payments.
"IPPs are collapsing due to the huge receivables," he said.
He said IPPs are prepared to support the nation to meet its electricity needs but they alone do not have the capacity to ensure uninterrupted electricity without the US dollar support from the Bangladesh Bank and resolution to the cashflow crisis due to extremely delayed bill payments.
Khan said high interest rate on loans, inflation and disparity in the foreign exchange rate are the key challenges for businesses and the economy.
"We need to overcome these challenges to attract more foreign direct investments and ensure survival of local industries." | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/work-ensure-energy-efficiency-3507516 | 2024-01-01T03:36:00Z |
Logan Street Market hosts first 'Noon Year's Eve' celebration
Logan Street Market hosts first 'Noon Year's Eve' celebration
Logan Street Market hosts first 'Noon Year's Eve' celebration
Jacqueline Addo remembers the time two years ago when her husband Joshua confided to her that the stress of adjusting to life in Canada from Ghana was proving too much for him to bear.He had reached a breaking point, and her own mental health wasn't great."I was just a shadow of myself, basically," she said.Joshua was struggling to find a job in his field as a financial adviser, and had instead worked stints at a courier company and at Costco.With Jacqueline looking after their children, they we
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Taylor Swift is often seen onstage in sparkling dresses and flowing gowns. But sometimes, she opts for daring bodysuits and see-through outfits.
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It is the custom of this column at the turn of each year to make negative predictions. That is, to put forward things that may have been expected to happen but will not. At the end of what has been one of the most depressing twelve month periods that most of us can recall, this lot of anti-predictions is deliberately skewed in the direction of hope and optimism while still, I sincerely believe, remaining credible.
The Prince and Princess of Wales have revealed their garden at their new home, Adelaide Cottage, where they live with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
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Rep. Lauren Boebert's decision to switch districts could deflate conservative enthusiasm in the 3rd district and help Democrats flip the seat in 2024.
The King and Queen did not want their loyal subjects to be left out - so they set up an amazing sounds system outside St Mary Magdalene Church
"If there was any validity about keeping Trump off a ballot, you would see 48 other states trying to do the same thing," Sununu told CNN on Sunday.
A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant. Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before taking his own life. The four bodies were discovered by police just after midnight on Friday at the family’s home in New City, a suburb of New York City, after Morgan failed to show up for his evening shift at the Bronxville Police Department.
BEIJING (Reuters) -A sweeping purge of Chinese generals has weakened the People's Liberation Army, exposing deep-rooted corruption that could take more time to fix and slow Chinese leader Xi Jinping's military modernization drive amid geopolitical tensions, analysts say. China's top lawmakers senior military officers from the national legislative body on Friday, state media reported, a step that typically precedes further punishment for wayward cadres. Many of these were from the Rocket Force - a key arm of the PLA overseeing tactical and nuclear missiles.
A large proportion of Americans is willing to support leaders who would violate democratic principles.
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Chanel's legendary creative director, fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85
Lagerfeld, a ubiquitous name in the world of fashion who took the helm at Chanel - one the world's most renowned fashion houses - in 1983, passed away at a Paris hospital, the sources said.
"Rest in peace, Karl," said English stylist and fashion journalist Katie Grand on Instagram, joining many others in the world of fashion who paid their respects to the legend on social media. "There are too many great stories and fun times to detail, you are incredibly special and talented and I was very lucky to have known you," she added.
Throughout a productive and acclaimed career, Lagerfeld also supervised creative designs for the Italian leather and fur goods brand Fendi, in addition to creating a signature label that bore his own name.
He had been notably absent at Chanel's Haute Couture show during the Paris Fashion Week in January, which sparked concerns over his health.
The German designer, who also dabbled in photography and art, cut a striking figure with his iconic uniform of a monochrome tailored black suit often paired with a flamboyant white shirt with fingerless gloves, dark sunglasses and his long white locks of hair tied back in a ponytail.
Born on Sept. 10, 1933, in the northern port city of Hamburg, he first stepped into the glamorous world of fashion when Pierre Balmain hired him as an assistant after a young Lagerfeld won a coat-designing competition in 1955.
Lagerfeld joined Fendi as a collaborator in 1965 and by the late 1960s, he had become the main designer for French house Chloe.
However, the "Kaiser" - as he was affectionately known - only became a household name once he took up the reins of the Chanel luxury label and started branding fabrics with the now-iconic interlocking Coco Chanel logo. | https://en.inform.kz/news/chanel-s-legendary-creative-director-fashion-icon-karl-lagerfeld-dies-at-85_a3499868/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:01Z |
Kinetic energy weapon can break an American tank apart with a single shot: Chinese study
- Simulations by Chinese scientists have found a high-speed kinetic energy weapon weighing just 20kg could stop a US tank in its tracks
- While traditional anti-tank weapons need precision to be effective, kinetic weapons can cause lethal damage even just with grazing contact
They found that a solid sphere, weighing 20kg (44lb) and hurtling towards its target at about four times the speed of sound, could spell disaster for advanced tanks manufactured to US military standards.
The kinetic energy carried by such a projectile would be around 25 megajoules. This value may seem large, but when converted into electrical energy it is less than 7 kilowatt-hours, scarcely more than the energy it takes to cook two turkeys for Christmas.
But the research team, led by Huang Jie of the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Centre’s Hypervelocity Aerodynamic Institute, discovered during simulations that while the tank might have appeared unscathed on the outside, its inner workings were irreparably damaged.
Published on December 8 in the peer-reviewed journal Equipment Environmental Engineering, the team’s findings were a sober reminder of the fragility of traditional military hardware in the wake of new weapons technology.
“Under high-speed kinetic projectile impact, certain typical locations in the armoured target exhibit impact response spectrum lines with amplitudes at certain frequencies exceeding the safety limits recommended by the US military standard MIL-STD-810,” Huang’s team wrote.
“Components at these locations have a high probability of failure due to overload damage,” they said.
The research institute where Huang works is in Mianyang, Sichuan province, a hub for the development of hypersonic weapons – those that travel at speeds exceeding Mach 5. In the face of such high-speed attacks, enemy defence systems often do not have time to react.
Traditional anti-tank weapons do not have much need for speed. They primarily rely on gunpowder to explode upon hitting a tank, which generates tremendous thrust that propels a hard alloy rod or metal jet to penetrate the armour at a very small point, causing damage to personnel and equipment inside. However, if the armour is thick or the projectile hits the wrong location, the effectiveness can be greatly reduced.
But high-speed kinetic projectiles have the potential to achieve lethal damage even upon grazing contact, and their launching methods can be diverse.
While the mobile coil gun might have appeared primitive, just as the early tanks did, some military experts believed it to be a game-changer. If electricity replaces gunpowder as the driving force behind lethal weapons, the landscape of future warfare will never be the same.
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During their research, Huang’s team discovered that assessing the damage caused by kinetic projectiles was a far cry from evaluating conventional armour-piercing rounds. The latter can be tested using a piece of alloy armour, but kinetic projectile testing required consideration of the entire tank. That is because the shock wave generated by the impact travels through the entire vehicle in a highly complex manner, causing stress to concentrate in areas like bolts and leading to distortion or even fracture.
Tank crews often point the front of the vehicle towards the energy, as this section is designed to be the most rugged and able to withstand the most firepower. But a kinetic projectile hitting this section would send destructive stress into the tank’s interior, potentially causing catastrophic damage to its firepower capabilities.
“The grip of the tank gun stabiliser console can be shaken off, the wiring base of the console pulled out completely, all connections between the fire control computer and the turret severed, resulting in a substantial loss of firepower,” the researchers said.
Huang’s team did not discuss the impact on tank crews in their paper. However, according to a numerical simulation study conducted earlier this year by Dalian University of Technology, if an American M1 tank is hit head-on by a 10 megajoule hypersonic kinetic projectile that travels at seven times the speed of sound, the loader may suffer minor wounds, the gunner moderate wounds and the commander severe wounds, rendering them unable to execute combat operations.
The driver may even succumb to fatal wounds due to a chest impact of over 60 times the Earth’s gravitational force. | https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3246588/kinetic-energy-weapon-can-break-american-tank-apart-just-one-shot-chinese-study?utm_source=rss_feed | 2024-01-01T03:36:03Z |
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In 2023, it rained blockbusters. As we step into the New Year, the Indian film industry hopes to continue the success streak as it doles out visual spectacles, mind-bending thrillers and biopics. There’s something for everyone
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Merry Christmas follows two strangers who meet on Christmas Eve, and their new romance suddenly takes a dramatic turn. After the resounding success of AndhaDhun (2018), this sounds like another twisted thriller from filmmaker Sriram Raghavan. Add Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi to the mix, and you’ve got the perfect start to the year’s Bollywood binge with the January 12 release.
Pushpa 2: The Rule
After the monstrous success of Pushpa: The Rise (2021) and Allu Arjun’s National Award win, the stakes are high for Pushpa 2: The Rule. Director Sukumar has upped the ante, reportedly mounting the sequel on a Rs 500-crore budget. The Telugu action drama, also starring Fahadh Faasil, will delve deeper into the life of the red sandalwood smuggler Pushpa as he faces new enemies.
Kalki 2898 AD
With Savitri (2018), Nag Ashwin took us into the past. Now, he will transport us to the future. Kalki 2898 AD has been one of the most anticipated projects, and for good reason. The bilingual epic—to be released in Hindi and Telugu—brings together heavyweights Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Prabhas and Deepika Padukone. Plus, the sci-fi dystopian epic promises to be a visual spectacle. We’re sold!
Jigra
Can you blame us for being excited about Jigra? Alia Bhatt, who is at an all-time career high after back-to-back hits and a National Award, teams up with director Vasan Bala of Monica O My Darling (2022) fame. The two are dishing out a prison-break thriller, also starring The Archies’ find Vedang Raina, and Sobhita Dhulipala.
Metro...In Dino
Almost 17 years after Life in a Metro (2007), director Anurag Basu gives us a sequel, showcasing bittersweet tales of love, loss and relationships. He has brought together a fine ensemble comprising Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Neena Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkona Sen Sharma, and many more. There’s just one thing missing—Irrfan Khan, who was our favourite from the earlier edition.
Emergency
Will Kangana Ranaut score a hit after 11 consecutive flops? Her best bet is Emergency, which sees her step into the shoes of the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Given the powerful material, the actor has also taken charge as the director, lending her vision to the biographical drama.
Singham Again
Rohit Shetty has called upon his most trusted aide from the cop universe—Bajirao Singham. Ajay Devgn reprises his role in the third instalment of the Singham franchise. And he’s got company. Besides Akshay Kumar and Ranveer Singh, the Independence Day release will see Deepika Padukone and Tiger Shroff join the cop-verse.
Fighter
Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor’s Fighter is touted as India’s answer to Top Gun. Director Siddharth Anand offers a heady mix of action, style and more with this aerial action thriller. Will the January 25 offering repeat the magic of last year’s Republic Day release, Pathaan? Here’s hoping.
Indian 2
Kamal Haasan’s popular character Senapathy showed us that you’re never too old to take on the system. And now, the megastar is showing us that it’s never too late for a sequel. Almost 28 years after his hit vigilante actioner Indian (1996), he reprises his role under S Shankar’s able direction. Popular musician Anirudh Ravichander has composed the Tamil offering’s music.
Chandu Champion
Kartik Aaryan and Kabir Khan come from different schools of cinema. But the uplifting story of Murlikant Petkar, India’s first Paralympic gold medalist, has brought them together. With Chandu Champion, Aaryan attempts his first biopic, and arguably his toughest role to date.
Chhaava
Vicky Kaushal seems to be dominating the sub-genre of historical biopics. After Sardar Udham (2021) and Sam Bahadur (2023), the actor will play Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s son, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj in Chhaava. The film reunites him with director Laxman Utekar after their sleeper hit, Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (2023). Kaushal also has Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam lined up.
The Buckingham Murders
We want to see more of Kareena Kapoor Khan after her mature act in her OTT debut, Jaane Jaan (2023). In the same vein is her next, Hansal Mehta’s The Buckingham Murders, in which Kapoor plays a grieving detective assigned a murder case. The moody thriller, which premièred at The BFI London Film Festival last year, marks the actor’s debut as a producer.
Yodha
Picture this: an airplane, a soldier and a battle for survival in the face of a hijack. Sidharth Malhotra is on a high after enjoying successes in Shershaah (2021) and Mission Majnu. He hopes to continue his hot streak with the action thriller backed by Karan Johar. At the helm are director duo Sagar Ambre and Pushkar Ojha.
Main Atal Hoon
Indira Gandhi isn’t the only Indian Prime Minister whose life we’ll take a deep dive into this year. With Main Atal Hoon, Pankaj Tripathi will play the beloved statesman, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Ravi Jadhav’s directorial offering is layered with untold stories of Vajpayee’s life, giving us a glimpse of the talented poet behind the astute politician.
Devara
Jr NTR returns to the big screen two years after RRR (2022). Much has changed for the Telugu actor in the interim, as he became a pan-India star with SS Rajamouli’s blockbuster.
He hopes to maintain the momentum with director Koratala Siva’s action drama that marks Janhvi Kapoor’s Telugu debut and sees Saif Ali Khan as the antagonist.
Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba
Taapsee Pannu’s Rani isn’t done with her escapades yet. Three years after the success of Haseen Dillruba (2021), Pannu and Vikrant Massey return with another thriller revolving around desire and deceit. Sunny Kaushal joins the sequel, with Jayprad Desai helming the Netflix offering.
Stree 2
Once upon a moonlit night, Stree (2018) spooked us with a tale of a witch who abducts men. Now, Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi and the team have reunited for a much-awaited sequel. This time around, Rao’s Vicky and his bumbling friends are in for a new terror—the headless man who is tormenting their town. Expect chills and laughs from director Amar Kaushik, who introduced Bollywood to horror comedy.
The Crew
It’s not often that we see three female actors headline a mainstream Bollywood movie. That’s what makes The Crew—starring Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon—special. Rajesh Krishnan’s directorial venture, which also stars Diljit Dosanjh, could well usher in more all-women films in Hindi cinema.
Kannappa
Another big Telugu release of the year is the Vishnu Manchu-led Kannappa. Director Mukesh Kumar Singh’s fantasy drama is based on the folk tale of Kannappa, a tribal hunter who became Lord Shiva’s devotee. The ambitious project has star-studded cameos by Mohanlal, Mohan Babu, Prabhas and Shiva Rajkumar.
Kanguva
If Telugu cinema is doling out spectacles, its Tamil counterpart isn’t far behind. Tamil star Suriya will headline the period action drama, Kanguva, which revolves around a valiant warrior. Siva’s directorial venture, to be released in 3D, is reportedly mounted on a staggering budget of over R300 crore. It also marks the Tamil debut of Bobby Deol and Disha Patani.
Amar Singh Chamkila
Four years after the debacle of Love Aaj Kal 2 (2020), filmmaker Imtiaz Ali gives romantic dramas a rest and instead trains his lens on legendary Punjabi musician, late Amar Singh Chamkila. Diljit Dosanjh will play the singer whose career was tragically cut short, while Parineeti Chopra portrays his wife, Amarjot. We’ve got another reason to look forward to the film—music by AR Rahman.
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
Action-film fans gather here. Bade Miyan Chote Miyan brings together the two action heroes of our times, Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff. Locking horns with them in Ali Abbas Zafar’s directorial venture is Prithviraj Sukumaran as the antagonist. The April 10 offering also stars Sonakshi Sinha and Alaya F. | https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/hear-the-box-office-go-boom-movies-to-look-forward-to-in-2024-23327670 | 2024-01-01T03:36:06Z |
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2023: Infrastructure was a glimmer of hope in a perilous year
As 2023 comes to a close, we look at some of the milestones that are expected to take the economy forward. There are also areas where the performance has been disappointing.
Rupee trade with India initiated
Bangladesh and India launched the settlement of bilateral trade in the Indian rupee in July in an effort to cut over-reliance on the US dollar to carry out transactions and give some respite to importers since they will be able to open letters of credit in the currency to source a portion of the products from India.
Inflation surges to record levels
Average inflation surged to 9.94 per cent in May, the highest in the past one decade. In August, food inflation soared to 12.54 percent, the highest since October 2011, when it stood at 12.82 percent.
Minimum wage for garment workers increases
The minimum wage board set Tk 12,500 as the minimum salary for the millions of garment workers in the country. Workers, however, had demanded Tk 23,000 in the minimum wage from Tk 8,000 fixed in 2018.
New bank company law passed
The Bank Company (Amendment) Bill 2023 was approved in June amid a huge outcry over the last-minute increase in the bank directors' tenure from nine years to 12 years, a move that would tighten their grip on the financial institutions. The number of members from a single family who can sit in the board simultaneously has been reduced to three from four.
Bangabandhu tunnel opens
The country's first tunnel, named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, built under the Karnaphuli river opened in October, ushering in a new era in road communication. The 3.32km tunnel connects the Chattogram port city on the north end of the Karnaphuli with Anwara upazila on the south of the river.
Third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport opens
The third terminal at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport was inaugurated partially in October, which is expected to accelerate handling and air shipment of goods as the new facility may improve the capacity of the cargo village.
Dhaka's first elevated expressway launched
The long-awaited Dhaka Elevated Expressway opened to the public in September. The 11.5km section from the Airport to Farmgate is serving as an alternative route to and from the airport road, one of the busiest in the city.
Cox's Bazar gets rail station
Cox's Bazar rail station opened to the public on the first day of December in a development that will attract more tourists to the country's renowned destination, the Cox's Bazar sea beach.
Padma rail link inaugurated
The 82-kilometre rail line from Dhaka to Bhanga via the Padma Bridge was inaugurated in early October, opening a new horizon for rail connectivity in the southwestern region of the country.
Default loans hit an all-time high
Non-performing loans hit a new record in June as withdrawal of a relaxed central bank policy, slowdown in business sales and deliberate non-payments pushed up the volume of bad loans to Tk 1,56,039 crore.
Taka falls to new level
The exchange rate of the taka against the US dollar hit Tk 111 in the formal market on November 2 although some banks offered as much as Tk 124 per greenback to bring in remittance and overcome the ongoing foreign currency shortage.
Forex reserves nosedive
Bangladesh's foreign currency reserves fell to $ 19.17 billion on December 13, way lower than the $46.4 billion reached in 2020-21, the highest on record.
IMF approves $4.7b loan
In January, the International Monetary Fund approved a $4.7 billion loan for Bangladesh to support the country's economic policies. This was Bangladesh's 13th loan from the lender and the first since 2012.
Interest rate ceiling withdrawn
The central bank scrapped the 9 percent interest rate cap in July and put in place the reference lending rate, known as the SMART (six-month moving average rate of Treasury bill) to fix the lending rates.
National Bank board reconstituted
Bangladesh Bank reconstituted the board of National Bank, in a move that is expected to steady the ship at the country's first private sector bank beset by financial irregularities. This was the first board restructure of a bank in a decade.
Onion prices go thru the roof
On November 15, onions were selling at as high as Tk 240 a kilogramme in some markets in the capital after local traders squeezed the supply to cash in on a potential supply shortage following India's ban on the export of the kitchen staple.
Egg price goes beyond reach for most
In mid-August, the price of a dozen farmed brown eggs shot up to Tk 180 from Tk 145, putting many people who rely on the cheapest source of animal protein in trouble.
Universal pension scheme launched
In August, the government of Bangladesh launched a universal pension scheme to bring the common people of the country under the facility. Every Bangladeshi citizen aged under 50 years is eligible to register for the pension scheme. Four different schemes have been introduced as part of the plan.
Bangladesh now top knitwear supplier to EU
Bangladesh became the top knitwear exporter in the European Union for the first time, overtaking China, thanks to the duty facility available under the bloc's generous Everything but Arms scheme. It came as the EU's import from Bangladesh exceeded the share of any other country in the January-September period of 2023, both in US dollar terms and in volume.
Digital banking licences awarded
The Bangladesh Bank issued letters of intent to companies in a development that can substantially enhance people's access to finance. Initially, Nagad Digital Bank and Kori Digital Bank have received licences to launch the services.
Central bank rolls out bancassurance
On December 11, Bangladesh rolled out bancassurance as the central bank allowed banks to sell insurance products. Bancassurance is an arrangement between a bank and an insurer, allowing the former to sell products of the latter through its vast network of branches.
Gold price hits new record
Gold prices hit a new record in the local market on December 24 after the Bangladesh Jewellers' Association decided to sell each bhori (11.664 grammes) of the precious metal at Tk 1.11 lakh. It came following a rise in pure gold prices.
Stock market remains bearish
The stock market of Bangladesh ended in a bearish mood for the second year in a row amid earnings fall, deepening uncertainty and the continuation of the floor price, which kept many investors at bay since most stocks were not traded.
Full-fledged data on banks' stressed assets published for first time
For the first time, the central bank published full-fledged data on stressed assets of banks, laying bare the sector's deep ills that have been a subject in the public discourse for long as irregularities and scams often make headlines. The distressed assets in the sector stood at Tk 3,77,922 crore at the end of last year.
Taka Pay card launched
Bangladesh launched its first domestic card scheme -- Taka Pay -- to reduce reliance on international cards and save foreign currencies while travelling and carrying out foreign transactions. It will provide branded payment processing services for credit cards, debit cards, and prepaid cards that banks or financial institutions can then offer to their customers.
Wage growth keeps falling behind inflation
Average wage growth remained well below the inflation rate in Bangladesh for the 22nd month straight in November, indicating a worsening situation and compelling many to cut consumption amid falling real income. In the month, wages of low and unskilled workers grew 7.72 percent year-on-year, which was 1.77 percentage points below the inflation rate of 9.49 percent that month. | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/2023-infrastructure-was-glimmer-hope-perilous-year-3507106 | 2024-01-01T03:36:07Z |
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Who is Crown Prince Frederik, Denmark’s popular future king?
- Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II will step down from the throne on January 14
- She will be succeeded by her eldest son, 55-year-old Crown Prince Frederik
A rebellious teen turned “woke” family man, Denmark’s future king Crown Prince Frederik is the embodiment of the country’s relaxed, liberal monarchy.
Passionate about the environment, he has discreetly imposed himself in the shadow of his hugely popular mother, Queen Margrethe II, championing Denmark and its drive to find solutions to the climate crisis.
“When the time comes, I will guide the ship,” he said in a speech celebrating his chain-smoking mother’s half century on the throne in 2022.
“I will follow you, as you followed your father” in leading the thousand-year-old institution, Prince Frederik added.
But this measured assurance is a far cry from his younger self.
“He was not strictly speaking a rebel, but as a child and young man, he was very uncomfortable with the media attention and the knowledge that he was going to be king,” said Gitte Redder, an expert on the Danish royal family.
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He only “gained confidence in his mid-20s,” she said.
A lonely and tormented teenager, Frederik resented his parents for neglecting him as they fulfilled their royal obligations.
He sought solace in fast cars and fast living, and was considered a spoiled party prince in the early 1990s.
But that view began to change after he graduated from Aarhus University in 1995, the first Danish royal to complete a university education.
His time at college included a stint at Harvard in the United States, where he was enrolled under the pseudonym Frederik Henriksen.
The fake surname was a nod to his father, French diplomat Henri de Monpezat who became Prince Consort Henrik when he married Margrethe.
But Frederik - who speaks English, French and German - really began to mature into his role during his time training in the three branches of Denmark’s military.
The prince served in the navy’s Frogmen Corps - where he was nicknamed “Pingo” (Penguin) - one of only four of the 300 recruits to pass all of the tests in 1995.
In 2000, he took part in a four-month, 3,500km (2,175-mile) ski expedition across Greenland.
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His daredevil side has landed him in hospital after sledging and scooter accidents, but his popularity has soared, boosted by the Royal Run, annual fun runs across Denmark he began in 2018.
“He is a sportsman, he attends concerts and football matches, which makes him even more accessible than his mother,” royal expert Redder said.
“I don’t want to lock myself in a fortress. I want to be myself, a human being,” he once said, insisting he would stick to that even after taking the throne.
He met his wife Mary Donaldson, an Australian lawyer, in a Sydney bar during the 2000 Olympic Games.
They have tried to give their four children as normal an upbringing as possible, sending them mainly to state schools.
Their eldest, Prince Christian, who recently turned 18, was the first Danish royal to go to daycare.
The couple have gradually taken on many royal duties in recent years as the queen entered her eighties, “but very slowly and depending on the queen’s health”, said historian Sebastian Olden-Jorgensen.
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The couple are “modern, woke, lovers of pop music, modern art and sports,” he added.
They “do not represent a potential revolution compared to the queen”, but a careful transition adapting to the times, he said.
Frederik has said that he sees himself complementing his mother, a polymath who is an accomplished writer and artist.
“You paint, I exercise. You dig for buried objects from the past, I buried my head in order not to be recognised during my time in the armed forces. You are a master of words. I am sometimes at a loss for them,” he joked during the queen’s jubilee celebrations. | https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3246847/who-crown-prince-frederik-denmarks-popular-future-king?utm_source=rss_feed | 2024-01-01T03:36:13Z |
Tagore and Khan appeared together on KBC 15. In the show, the veteran actor walked down memory lane to recollect how her granddaughter showed inclination towards acting from an early age
Sharmila Tagore and Sara Ali Khan
Bollywood’s veteran actor Sharmila Tagore showered love on her granddaughter Sara Ali Khan, and shared how she ‘always had the spark in her’ to become an actor.
Tagore and Khan appeared together on a reality show. In the show, the veteran actor walked down memory lane to recollect how her granddaughter showed inclination towards acting from an early age. She said, “When Sara was a little girl, she used to stand in front of the mirror all the time, doing her own thing. She was always like that and she has always had the spark in her.”
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The senior actor then praised Khan’s performance in her debut film, Kedarnath (2018). “As a newcomer in Kedarnath, she was very good.” In 2024, Khan has an ambitious project in Ae Watan Mere Watan, along with Metro... In Dino, Jagan Shakti’s yet-untitled project, and Murder Mubarak. | https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/sharmila-tagore-sara-ali-khan-had-spark-of-acting-since-childhood-23327665 | 2024-01-01T03:36:13Z |
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A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her children and attempting to kill a third has been arrested in the United Kingdom, according to local police.
An Israeli-French woman who was among scores of people taken hostage by Hamas militants has described how she feared being raped by the gunman who watched over her around the clock in the home where he lived with his wife and children in Gaza. Mia Schem, 21, was released in late November under a now-lapsed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and made headlines while in captivity after the Palestinians released video footage of her undergoing treatment for a bullet wound to the arm. Interviewed on Israeli TV, Schem recalled dancing at a rave near the Gaza border on Oct. 7 when Hamas infiltrators stormed in, killing hundreds of revellers.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police say a 19-year-old woman is dead after an overnight shooting outside a nightclub west of Toronto. Peel Regional Police say officers responded around 1:30 a.m. to reports of a shooting in a plaza near Dixie Road and Eglinton Avenue in Mississauga, Ont. Police spokesperson Const. Mandeep Khatra says the woman was standing on a sidewalk outside the nightclub when she was shot. He says the woman was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. Police had not announced a
Authorities have identified three members of a Massachusetts family who were found shot to death this week inside a palatial, 27-room mansion in a wealthy section of suburban Boston.
A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant. Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before taking his own life. The four bodies were discovered by police just after midnight on Friday at the family’s home in New City, a suburb of New York City, after Morgan failed to show up for his evening shift at the Bronxville Police Department.
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly killing his parents and severely injuring his 11-year-old sister at their home in a rural community in Fresno County, California, on Wednesday, authorities say.
Suspected murder-suicides or familicides occurred in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in December.
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Halifax District RCMP say a homeowner was held at gunpoint and forced to open a safe in a home invasion Friday evening in Gaetz Brook. N.S.It happened on Friday at 6:50 p.m., according to an RCMP news release.A man was operating an excavator on his property when he saw another man pointing a gun at him. Police say the homeowner was forced out of the excavator at gunpoint, directed inside the house to a safe and told to open it.The suspect took several items valued at nearly $200,000 before fleei
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A loud bang and accompanying shock-wave that shook homes has residents of a western New Brunswick village wondering what could have caused the Christmas Day incident.Andrew McDougall was sitting in his living room watching television when he heard a loud bang and felt what seemed to be an object hitting his house."It was like a huge gunfire or a very loud thunder clap, but it was short, like it was just a bang, and then the house shook right at the same time," said McDougall, adding it happened
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years because its funds were embezzled by a former employee, its editor said, in a devastating blow to a publication that serves as an important source of information in a community that, like many others nationwide, is struggling with growing gaps in local news coverage. About a week before Christmas, the Eugene Weekly found inaccuracies in its bookkeeping, editor Camilla Mortensen said.
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An activist involved in the Armistice Day pro-Palestine march has said that the taking of hostages was a “very important part” of any “act of resistance” and that Israel was “mimicking” Nazis.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -One of the senior figures in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition called on Sunday for Palestinian residents of Gaza to leave the besieged enclave, making way for Israelis who could "make the desert bloom". The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has been excluded from the war cabinet and discussions of day-after arrangements in Gaza, appear to underscore fears in much of the Arab world that Israel wants to drive Palestinians out of land where they want to build a future state, repeating the mass dispossession of Palestinians when Israel was created in 1948.
TORONTO — A Toronto homeless shelter was shaken by a deadly stabbing Saturday morning, the shelter operator's chief executive said as she reflected on the latest incident of violence to unsettle a system under pressure. "We are very upset with this horrible incident and this horrible outcome," Homes First CEO Patricia Mueller said in a phone interview. "We care deeply about the health and safety of our clients and we're doing everything we can to cooperate with the police as fully as possible."
U.S. prosecutors on Saturday urged a federal appeals court to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot face criminal charges for seeking to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing the prosecution, argued in a court filing that nothing in the U.S. Constitution or American legal tradition supports giving former presidents “absolute immunity” from criminal charges for action taken while in office. Trump has claimed that the presidency is "cloaked with absolute immunity" from prosecution, Smith said. | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/man-arrested-brief-standoff-lmpd-031409677.html | 2024-01-01T03:36:14Z |
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Chess player Bibisara Assaubayeva returns to Kazakhstan
ALMATY. KAZINFORM The Kazakhstan Chess Federation announced the return of Bibisara Assaubayeva to the motherland.
According to Executive Director of the Federation Irina Grishchenko, the Russian Chess Federation confirmed its consent to Assaubayeva's transition to the Kazakhstan Chess Federation. In turn, the Kazakhstan Chess Federation has already sent an appropriate request and all required documents to the FIDE.
"We hope the decision will be adopted in the nearest time," said Grishchenko.
Bibisara Assaubayeva is a native of Taraz. She won world champion's title four times being a member of the Kazakh team.
Two years ago her mother Liana Tanzharikova took a decision on her daughter's transition to the Moscow Region's Chess Federation. | https://en.inform.kz/news/chess-player-bibisara-assaubayeva-returns-to-kazakhstan_a3498888/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:16Z |
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DALLAS, Texas — Trailblazing longtime U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area as the region's most powerful Democrat, died Sunday. She was 88.
President Joe Biden, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and many other leaders issued statements about her death after her son posted about it on Facebook. The Dallas Morning News also confirmed her death with an unnamed source close to the family. No cause of death was given.
Biden hailed her "immense courage" and called her "an icon and mentor to generations of public servants, through whom her legacy of resilience and purpose will endure."
"She was the single most effective legislator Dallas has ever had," the mayor said in a statement. "Nobody brought more federal infrastructure money home to our city. Nobody fought harder for our communities and our residents' interests and safety. And nobody knew how to navigate Washington better for the people of Dallas."
Eddie Bernice Johnson served in the House for three decades after becoming the first registered nurse elected to Congress and first Black chief psychiatric nurse at Dallas' Veterans Affairs hospital. She went on to become the first Black woman to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and she also led the Congressional Black Caucus. She left office in January after repeatedly delaying her retirement. Before Congress, she served in the Texas legislature.
"For three decades, Chairwoman Johnson was a powerful force in the United States Congress, always focused on the future," House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said in a statement, praising Johnson as "a tenacious trailblazer, a talented legislator and a devoted public servant."
Johnson used her committee leadership position to fight against Republican efforts to block action on climate change. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford said Johnson was also "a fierce advocate for expanding STEM opportunities to Black and minority students" who also played a key role in helping the Biden administration pass a major package of incentives for computer chip manufacturers.
She was born in Waco and grew up in the segregated South. Dallas' once-segregated Union Station was renamed in her honor in 2019.
Her own experience with racism helped spur her to get involved in politics. She recalled that officials at the VA hospital were shocked that she was Black after they hired her sight-unseen, so they rescinded their offer for her to live in a dorm on campus. She told The Dallas Morning News in 2020 that officials would go into patients' rooms ahead of her to "say that I was qualified."
"That was really the most blatant, overt racism that I ever experienced in my life," she told the newspaper.
Johnson nearly quit but decided to stick with it.
"It was very challenging," she said. "But any job where you're an African American woman entering for the first time would be a challenge. They had not hired one before I got there. Yes, it was a challenge, but it was a successful venture."
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North Korea’s Kim orders military to ‘thoroughly annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.
Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. Many experts say he likely believes his expanded nuclear arsenal would allow him to wrest U.S. concessions if former President Donald Trump is reelected.
In a five-day major ruling party meeting last week, Kim said he will launch three more military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and develop attack drones this year in what observers say is an attempt to increase his leverage in future diplomacy with the U.S.
In a meeting on Sunday with commanding army officers, Kim said it is urgent to sharpen “the treasured sword” to safeguard national security, an apparent reference to his country’s nuclear weapons program. He cited “the U.S. and other hostile forces’ military confrontation moves,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
Kim stressed that “our army should deal a deadly blow to thoroughly annihilate them by mobilizing all the toughest means and potentialities without moment’s hesitation” if they opt for military confrontation and provocations against North Korea, KCNA said.
In his New Year’s Day address Monday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he will strengthen his military’s preemptive strike, missile defense and retaliatory capabilities in response to the North Korean nuclear threat.
“The Republic of Korea is building genuine, lasting peace through strength, not a submissive peace that is dependent on the goodwill of the adversary,” Yoon said, using South Korea’s official name.
At the party meeting, Kim called South Korea “a hemiplegic malformation and colonial subordinate state” whose society is “tainted by Yankee culture.” He said his military must use all available means including nuclear weapons to “suppress the whole territory of South Korea” in the event of a conflict.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry warned in response that if North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, South Korean and U.S. forces will punish it overwhelmingly, resulting in the end of the Kim government.
Experts say small-scale military clashes between North and South Korea could happen this year along their heavily armed border. They say North Korea is also expected to test-launch intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the mainland U.S. and other major new weapons.
In 2018-19, Kim met Trump in three rounds of talks on North Korea’s expanding nuclear arsenal. The diplomacy fell apart after the U.S. rejected Kim’s limited offer to dismantle his main nuclear complex in exchange for extensive reductions in U.S.-led sanctions.
Kim has since sought to modernize his weapons arsenal and strengthen North Korea’s relationships with China and Russia. KCNA said Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged New Year’s Day messages on Monday on bolstering bilateral ties.
North Korea faces suspicions that it has supplied conventional arms for Russia’s war in Ukraine in return for sophisticated Russian technologies to enhance the North’s military programs.
Estimates of the size of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal vary, ranging from about 20-30 bombs to more than 100. Many foreign experts say North Korea still has some technological hurdles to overcome to produce functioning nuclear-armed ICBMs, though its shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles can reach South Korea and Japan.
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Ana Ofelia Murguia, most known for her role in the Disney 2017 animated film "Coco," has died. She was 90.
The National Theater Company of Mexico confirmed the news on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Sunday. A portion of the translated post said "her artistic career was vital for the performing arts of Mexico."
The Mexican-born actress voiced the character of "Mama Coco" in the hit film "Coco." Her early well-known roles were in several Spanish-language films including the 1995 movie "Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead."
Details about her cause of death were not immediately released.
The Walt Disney Co. is the parent company of this station. | https://abc7chicago.com/ana-ofelia-murguia-coco-voice-actress-dies/14251577/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:17Z |
Naomi Osaka wins her opening match on return to elite tennis at the Brisbane International
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Naomi Osaka’s first win at the elite level since becoming a mother didn’t come easily. It did come on Day 1 of the year, though. So that was two items Osaka checked off the list Monday for her comeback to professional tennis.
The former No. 1-ranked Osaka was broken while serving for the match at 5-3 in the second set and needed three match points before converting in the tiebreaker for a 6-3, 7-6 (9) victory over Tamara Korpatsch in the first round of the Brisbane International.
“I was super nervous,” Osaka, 26, said of her comeback match against the 28-year-old German player.
A two-time Australian and U.S. Open champion, Osaka pulled out of last year’s Australian Open in Melbourne before later revealing she was pregnant. The U.S.-based Japanese player and her rapper Cordae became parents to daughter Shai in Los Angeles in July.
Osaka had only played one game since the 2021 U.S. Open in New York. She was leading Daria Gavrilova 1-0 at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September 2021, before the Australian retired with a knee injury.
Reigning Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Jelena Ostapenko, Victoria Azarenka, Sofia Kenin and Sloane Stephens are also in the 64-player women's draw at the Brisbane International, one of the key tune-up events for the Australian Open in Melbourne.
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On the last day of the year, actor Zeenat Aman took to her social media handle to share a video of her walking past a mural of herself at the Mumbai airport
Zeenat Aman
On the last day of the year 2023, veteran actor Zeenat Aman shared a video in which she stumbled upon her mural at Mumbai's International Airport. Sharing a video of the mural and her gliding right past it, she wrote, "The past is etched in stone, or in this case, painted on the walls! You can't change it, but you can always shape the future."
She added, "Gliding by a mural of myself, and some of the greatest icons of Indian Cinema, that I stumbled upon at Mumbai's International Airport."
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She concluded, "2023 was a raucous and productive year for me; let's see how 2024 unfolds. I'm grateful to each one of you on this journey with me. Cheers to chapters unwritten, a canvas untouched and a year filled with infinite joy." In the video, the veteran actor can be seen on a travelator, with her mural in the background.
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As soon as the 'Don' actor uploaded the video, fans and industry friends flooded the comment section with heart and fire emojis. Actor Chitrangda Singh commented, "Icon." Actor Sameera Reddy dropped heart emojis. "You are such an inspiration mam to all of us. love you a very happy and healthy new year to you," a fan commented.
Zeenat made her Instagram debut in February. She keeps on sharing reflective thoughts on topics ranging from parenthood, the privacy of celebrities, dyeing hair, and many more things.
Meanwhile, on the work front, she will be next seen in 'Bun Tikki.' Produced by Manish Malhotra, the film also stars Shabana Azmi and Abhay Deol. The film reunites Zeenat and Shabana after 41 years. They last worked together in the 1982 film Ashanti. Talking about working with Aman, Azmi told mid-day, "Azmi says, “Zeenat Aman continues to be one of the most polite people I know. It’s always a pleasure to be in her company. I did my first mainstream film, Ishk Ishk Ishk [1974] with her, then Ashanti. She was a big star during Ishk Ishk Ishk, and some of us were newcomers and completely raw, but she was very approachable and polite. That remains unchanged in her; she continues to not play the star.”
The famous actor has given several hits, such as 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram', 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna', 'Qurbaani', 'Dhund', 'Don', 'Manoranjan' and 'Yaadon Ki Baarat'. She was known for playing unconventional roles in her era, when many actresses were reluctant to take on those roles.
(With inputs from ANI) | https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/zeenat-aman-glides-past-her-mural-at-mumbai-airport-bids-goodbye-to-2023-23327711 | 2024-01-01T03:36:20Z |
Chinese scientists develop smart windows to clean air pollution
The study described a simple solution-based process to fabricate large-area flexible transparent windows with Ag-nylon electrodes for high-efficiency PM2.5 capture.
It takes only 20 minutes to fabricate 7.5 square meters of Ag-nylon flexible transparent windows showing an optical transmittance of over 86 percent, according to the group of scientists led by Yu Shuhong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).
The Ag-nylon mesh can not only change the indoor light intensity, but also purify indoor air as a high-efficiency PM2.5 filter.
The scientists found that the obtained Ag-nylon electrodes could be used as an ideal intelligent thermochromic smart window with excellent mechanical stability.
It remains stable after undergoing a bending test with 10,000 bending cycles with a minimum bending radius of 2.0 millimeters.
Also, the Ag-nylon electrodes can remove PM2.5 by 99.65 percent while remaining stable even after 100 cycles of PM filtration and a cleaning process, according to the study.
The design could lay the foundation for next-generation flexible transparent smart windows that can reduce air pollution. | https://en.inform.kz/news/chinese-scientists-develop-smart-windows-to-clean-air-pollution_a3499299/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:23Z |
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Authorities did not provide further details on the arrest, but said they are working with multiple law enforcement agencies.
A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her young children and injuring a third was arrested Saturday in the United Kingdom, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.
Kimberlee Singler's 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son were found dead on Dec. 19 when police responded to a report of a burglary at their home. Police later said the report turned out to be unfounded.
Singler, 35, initially cooperated with police but disappeared during the investigation, said Ira Cronin, spokesperson for the Colorado Springs Police Department. Authorities were unable to apprehend her after obtaining an arrest warrant Tuesday on charges of murder and attempted murder, among other allegations.
Singler was not under surveillance and was last seen in Colorado Springs on Dec. 23, said Cronin.
Authorities did not provide further details on the overseas arrest, but said they are working with multiple law enforcement agencies.
Attempts to reach Singler for comment through phone numbers listed for her were unsuccessful. Cronin said he didn't know if she has an attorney.
When police first responded to Singler's home, they found her with minor injuries, the two children's bodies and Singler's 11-year-old daughter hurt. At first, Singler was treated as a burglary victim, said Cronin.
The injured girl was hospitalized for a few days before being released and is recovering in Colorado Springs, said Cronin.
The children's deaths came amid an ongoing legal battle between Singler and her ex-husband over parenting time and other issues, according to court filings. | https://abc7chicago.com/kimberlee-singler-colorado-mother-arrested/14252053/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:24Z |
CUSA Football Promo Codes, Predictions, Computer Picks & Best Bets | Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 1:44 PM CST|Updated: 2 hours ago
Based on our projections, the best bet in terms of the total for the four CUSA bowl season games is Liberty vs. Oregon -- for more tips, including parlay possibilities, keep reading.
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Pick: Western Kentucky +4.5 vs. Old Dominion
- Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Old Dominion by 0.5 points
- Time: 2:30 PM ET
- Date: December 18
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Fresno State +3.5 vs. New Mexico State
- Matchup: New Mexico State Aggies at Fresno State Bulldogs
- Projected Favorite & Spread: New Mexico State by 0.0 points
- Time: 5:45 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Louisiana +3.5 vs. Jacksonville State
- Matchup: Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Jacksonville State by 1.5 points
- Time: 2:15 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
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Under 67.5 - Liberty vs. Oregon
- Matchup: Liberty Flames at Oregon Ducks
- Projected Total: 61.4 points
- Time: 1:00 PM ET
- Date: January 1
- TV Channel: ESPN
Over 48.5 - Western Kentucky vs. Old Dominion
- Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
- Projected Total: 54.2 points
- Time: 2:30 PM ET
- Date: December 18
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Under 57.5 - Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana
- Matchup: Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
- Projected Total: 55.6 points
- Time: 2:15 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
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Bring back missing $12b in export proceeds
The government should take steps to bring back the $12 billion in export earnings that went missing from the overall export proceeds of fiscal 2022-23, according to a noted economist.
Bangladesh is currently facing a foreign currency crisis and so, bringing in these export earnings would help alleviate pressure on the country's reserves.
So, policymakers like Bangladesh Bank, the National Board of Revenue and Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) should work on resolving this issue, said Mustafizur Rahman, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
With this backdrop, Rahman suggested the government show zero-tolerance for those who avoid repatriating their export earnings and thereby deprive the state of its share.
EPB data shows that export proceeds in the previous fiscal amounted to $55 billion while Bangladesh Bank reported $43 billion, with exporters attributing the discrepancy to the cancellation of work orders and their discount offers.
In order to boost the country's exports, the economist suggested diversifying the garment industry with non-cotton apparels.
In addition, he urged for diversifying the country's export basket by further infiltrating the $1.50 trillion global market for pharmaceuticals, enhancing productivity and exploring more leather markets.
It is expected that the country's export earnings will reach more than $100 billion if those diversifications take place in next 10 years.
"Still, it might not be possible to earn like Vietnam at $350 billion," Rahman said.
He blamed some wrong polices taken by the country, such as not depreciating the local currency against the US dollar over the last six years, for creating a challenging time at present.
Even two years ago, the country's foreign currency reserve stood at $48 billion while it has now fallen to $19 billion because of these wrong policies.
The exchange rate was hovering around Tk 86 some 18 months ago and now the official rate is Tk 112.
But had the taka been depreciated on time, the rate could have been fixed at about Tk 96 per greenback, Rahman said.
However, higher productivity will require higher payments for workers as the low productivity with low wage model will not work anymore to be more competitive in the global fashion market, he added.
Rahman was speaking at a seminar on "Global Economic Slowdown, Bangladesh's Apparel Industry and Decent Work", organised by the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) at its auditorium in Dhaka yesterday.
Various government high-ups, academicians, exporters, businessmen, trade experts and businesspeople participated in the event.
Major General Md Abu Bakar Siddique Khan, director general of BIISS, delivered the welcome address while Ambassador AFM Gousal Azam Sarker, chairman, presided over the seminar.
Masud Bin Momen, senior secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, touched upon the issue of the newly announced US labour policy.
He also emphasised on collaborative efforts from the government, entrepreneurs and labourers to overcome any future challenges in the garments sector.
Tapan Kanti Ghosh, senior secretary to the commerce ministry, said Bangladesh's apparel industry has successfully secured its hold on new markets in Australia, Japan and South Korea.
Mahfuz Kabir, research director of the BIISS, made the keynote presentation.
Mashiur Rahman, former economic affairs adviser to the prime minister, emphasised on skills development, which he suggested should be associated with a necessary wage raise.
He also drew attention to the changing nature of the global market, where developed countries are increasingly looking inward.
Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Kamran Tanvirur Rahman, president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Md Ehsan-E-Elahi, secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and Akhter Hossein, vice-president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, also spoke. | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/bring-back-missing-12b-export-proceeds-3507566 | 2024-01-01T03:36:23Z |
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A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant. Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before taking his own life. The four bodies were discovered by police just after midnight on Friday at the family’s home in New City, a suburb of New York City, after Morgan failed to show up for his evening shift at the Bronxville Police Department. | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/police-involved-shooting-carrollton-ridge-031556175.html | 2024-01-01T03:36:27Z |
Fans heartbroken amid speculation that Bachchan has exited Kaun Banega Crorepati
Amitabh Bachchan
Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) has almost been synonymous with Amitabh Bachchan since its inception in 2000. In the last minutes of the final episode of KBC 15, the megastar said, “Main Amitabh Bachchan iss daur ke liye, iss manch se aakhri baar kehne jaa raha hoon, shubh ratri [For the last time, I am bidding you all goodbye from this show. Good night].” It remains unclear whether this marks the end of the road for the popular quiz show, or Bachchan’s association with it. It could well just be about bringing the curtain down on the latest season.
Social media was immediately flooded with reactions, with many interpreting it as Bachchan’s exit. While some fans said they were heartbroken, many termed it the end of an era. In 2000, Bachchan’s decision to venture into television was initially met with scepticism, but his charisma and the format of KBC proved to be a winning combination. His entry into the world of television marked a significant shift in the industry. While the host’s support for contestants from diverse backgrounds resonated with the viewers, creating a sense of inclusivity, his famous catchphrase, “Lock kiya jaye?”, became a household phrase. The show’s first top prize winner was Harshvardhan Navathe, who had won Rs 1 crore.
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For the third season, which premièred in 2007, the makers roped in Shah Rukh Khan as the host, but the show’s ratings dropped. Bachchan then returned to the sets of KBC in 2010 and his journey since then stands as a remarkable chapter in the history of Indian television. As technology evolved, the quiz-based game show adapted to the digital age. Online engagement through social media and interactive applications enhanced the viewer experience, expanding the show’s reach and attracting a younger audience. | https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/television-news/article/end-of-an-era-for-amitabh-bachchan-kaun-banega-crorepati-23327664 | 2024-01-01T03:36:27Z |
Local College Football Bowl Season TV Schedule & Streaming Info in Kentucky
Published: Dec. 25, 2023 at 2:59 PM CST|Updated: 26 minutes ago
On the 2023 college football postseason slate, fans of schools in Kentucky should have their eyes on the Louisville Cardinals versus the USC Trojans in the Holiday Bowl.
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College Football Games to Watch in Kentucky on TV This Week
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
- Time: 2:30 PM ET
- Date: Monday, December 18
- Venue: Jerry Richardson Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Old Dominion (-4.5)
No. 16 Louisville Cardinals at USC Trojans
- Time: 8:00 PM ET
- Date: Wednesday, December 27
- Venue: Petco Park
- TV Channel: FOX
- Live Stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Louisville (-4.5)
Clemson Tigers at Kentucky Wildcats
- Time: 12:00 PM ET
- Date: Friday, December 29
- Venue: TIAA Bank Field
- TV Channel: ESPN
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- Favorite: Clemson (-3.5)
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CIS Capital of Culture 2019 logo chosen in Brest
A solemn event to mark the designation of the CIS Capital of Culture status to Brest will take place in April. The logo of the project is to be used in the city's decorations and during all the events of this international cultural project, as well as on printed products and souvenirs.
"Dozens of logo designs were submitted to the jury. The major criteria included relevance, design quality and a creative approach," the Brest city administration said. The jury chose the design developed by a duo of Brest residents Vladimir Grishkut and Vladimir Lyubchuk. According to the designers, the logo contains elements symbolizing a heart, a human being, the sun and a flower. In the center of the logo is the coat of arms of Brest.
The campaign "Brest is the CIS Capital of Culture 2019" encompasses a broad range of events, including cultural projects involving representatives of the CIS nations. The program features a session of the Library Assembly of Eurasia, a friendship festival, music contests, a contest of children's bookmarks, an orchestra parade, a choreography festival and a festival of boys' choirs. | https://en.inform.kz/news/cis-capital-of-culture-2019-logo-chosen-in-brest_a3495491/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:30Z |
A successful resolution to Quebec’s massive public sector strikes could serve as an inspiration to other workers in the province and elsewhere, a labour policy researcher said Friday after two union groups took major steps toward settling agreements with the government.
The recent Quebec strikes, among the largest in Canadian history, are part of a broader North American trend in which workers have become increasingly confident and willing to fight for better pay and working conditions, says McGill associate sociology professor Barry Eidlin.
“The big lesson for unions is that strikes work, and strikes are back,” he said in a phone interview.
He said workers have had to contend with 40 years of declining working standards, rising inequality, forced overtime, job insecurity and gig work, and the erosion of pensions and health care.
“I think it’s time for them to win some of that back,” he said.
Two separate union groups announced Thursday they had made major progress toward ending the labour conflict that has closed hundreds of schools, delayed surgeries and brought some half a million workers to the streets intermittently since November.
Teachers union FAE said it had reached a deal in principle with the government and would end its unlimited strike that has shut 800 schools since the end of November.
Earlier that day, an alliance of four unions representing 420,000 education, health-care and social service workers said it had reached a potential deal on salaries, after reaching one on working conditions earlier in the week. The four unions known as the common front — comprised of the FTQ, CSN, APTS and CSQ — said the latest deal would be presented over the coming days to their member groups, which will decide whether to take the agreement to workers for a vote.
The only major labour group without any sort of agreement is a nurses union with about 80,000 members — Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec — which said Thursday that negotiations were ongoing.
Eidlin said several steps remain before the labour conflict can be declared over, including votes by union membership on whether to ratify the deals. There’s a “non-trivial” possibility that members may reject the terms, he said, especially since expectations had been raised by the size of the strikes.
However, he said he doubts the unions would agree to consider deals that don’t represent significant progress over what the government had initially proposed.
Eidlin said strong public support for the workers played a role in the strikes, in contrast to previous conflicts during which striking government employees had often failed to garner much sympathy.
“There’s been massive public support for the Quebec public sector strikes,” he said. “And what’s interesting is that support is highest among those most affected: the parents of school-age children.”
That support and the size of the strikes, he said, sent a clear message to Premier François Legault’s government that it needs to listen to the unions and take their proposals seriously.
Other employers may want to take notice too, he said, noting that large strikes can sometimes create a “contagion effect.”
He said Quebec’s recent labour conflict “is not something that just is going to be swept under the rug. I think that, certainly in Quebec, it’s going to have some resounding effects on other negotiations, even outside the public sector.” | https://globalnews.ca/news/10197145/quebec-public-sector-strikes-could-inspire-others/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:31Z |
China factory activity decline deepens in December
China's factory activity decline deepened in December, official data showed Sunday, as Beijing rounded off a year marked by its stuttering economic recovery from the pandemic.
The official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) -- a key measure of factory output -- stood at 49.0 in December, below the 50-point mark separating expansion from contraction, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The reading signalled a further slump from November's figure of 49.4 and represented the third straight month of contraction.
"In December... the level of vitality in the manufacturing sector somewhat declined," the NBS said in an official readout.
China began dismantling its tight Covid restrictions in December 2022 after almost three years, allowing the economy to rebound.
But the recovery has stumbled amid weak consumer and business confidence, an entrenched housing crisis and record youth unemployment, while a global slowdown has weighed on demand for Chinese goods.
In recent months, Beijing has announced a slew of targeted measures as well as a sizeable issuance of sovereign bonds to boost infrastructure spending and rev up economic activity.
But the results so far have been mixed, with the PMI only edging into positive territory once in the past nine months.
There have been some signs of life, with the world's second-largest economy growing at a better-than-expected 4.9 percent in the third quarter.
But Beijing still faces a tough task to achieve its stated annual growth target of around five percent, itself the lowest such aim in years. | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/china-factory-activity-decline-deepens-december-3507051 | 2024-01-01T03:36:30Z |
One of the more peculiar delights of working in newspapers is that you develop a particular affection for an old linoleum floor. You don't see them around too much anymore, but do this job for a little while and you learn that there's gold in them thar hills.
I remember the first time it happened; I was working as a very inexperienced and out-of-my-depth reporter in Glen Innes in the Northern Tablelands. Early one morning, a local man trundled through the front door with an armload of yellowing papers in a plastic bag. He had been renovating and came across a stash of old magazines under the floor. They were mostly editions of Australian Women's Weekly, if I remember rightly, from around the 1950s or '60s, filled with these quaint hand-sketched advertisements.
For whatever reason, it was common practice with the lino installers of the early- and mid-20th century to lay down newspapers or old magazines under the vinyl. There have been a handful of suggested reasons, including that it stopped squeaking between the timber floor and the vinyl top layer, helped level out any imperfections or marks on the under-flooring and made for relatively cheap insulation.
I called my carpenter dad on Saturday to see if he could shed some light and, after insulation, he added that it was a great place to stash the local rag after you were done reading it at smoko. Good one, Dad.
In any case, it happened again recently when Adamstown man Roland Millbank wrote in to tell us his neighbour had discovered a pair of editions of the Newcastle Morning Herald, dated June 1944 and 1914 respectively, that had been stashed under some carpet.
The front page of Mr Millbank's June 7, 1944, edition had the Allies storming the beaches of northern France amid an invasion of 4000 ships that had carried them across the English Channel. Winston Churchill had told the House of Commons that the landings were proceeding according to plan at various points.
Wartime news filled several pages in that mid-year edition but with a new year beginning today, I delved into earlier archives to see how Novocastrians spent the holidays throughout history.
Newcastle Morning Herald January 1, 1924: The Cohen Royal Commission was in the middle of its inquiries into calls for a new state of New England, separate from NSW. The New England State Movement had gained some traction on calls for secession from NSW in previous years, arguing a belief that country interests needed to be defended against dominant metropolitan interests. The new state movement was eventually defeated at a referendum in 1967.
A public holiday on New Year's Eve had given local workers an effective three-day long weekend to ring in the new year, and the weather was "ideal for all forms of sport and entertainment".
"The beaches, river resorts, and the favoured waterside, Lake Macquarie, never had a greater number of visitors," the Herald of the day boasted, "The public were catered for on the Newcastle, Stockton and Merewether beaches by a variety of side shows and other forms of entertainment and it was late in the evening when the last few stragglers wended their way home to the accompaniment of music peculiarly their own, and set to no particular metre."
The city's new electric trams were a hit and ran at full capacity with a particular rush between 2pm and 8pm.
"Notwithstanding many disappointments, the year which was ushered out at midnight with much boisterousness had in every way proved to be the best since the war period ended," the local reporter wrote, "It was heralded while the district was in a condition of depression. Trade was bad, and the industries were stagnant. But the clouds lifted, and the people were buoyed up with the promise of brighter conditions."
January 1, 1934: A brief mention on the front page reads: "The new year was ushered in in Newcastle in an orderly manner. Whistles blew, and motor horns greeted the incoming year with a din. Police were out in force, but there was no rowdyism."
January 1, 1944: "A medley of sound as railway engines, some factory whistles and motor horns burst into life; distant ringing of a church bell; intermittent songs from revellers in the streets; a tin can rattling behind a motor-car; midnight tolling slowly, almost mournfully, from a darkened steeple - and 1943 passed into history. It was a dirge for the old year with its sorrows and its joys and a paean of welcome for young 1944 - still in its swaddling clothes, hut fraught with hope for a war-torn world.
"There was a fairly large crowd in the city in the early evening. Amusement houses were well patronised. After the shows, the younger element wandered the streets to see the New Year. Young women were hurrying to dance halls at which dawn dances were held ... it was a humid night, and dancing on crowded floors was not so comfortable. Everyone appeared to be enjoying themselves even as beads of perspiration stood out on brows and half-clad backs shone under the lights."
January 1, 1954: Half an inch of rain had fallen over Newcastle on New Year's Eve, with as many as 30 points in the Upper Hunter, but farmers were warning more would be needed to stave off drought.
The paper reported that the rain had eased shortly before midnight, but the downpour had subdued revellers, and the city's streets were all but deserted as the year was consigned to history.
"A few cars honked their horns. A few cars were decorated. One or two dragged tins behind them," the reporters wrote of the night, "Ships in the harbour and locomotives in the railway yards sounded whistles and sirens. But the effort seemed half-hearted ... no incidents required police attention."
January 1, 2024: So, another year in the cycle draws to a close and I find myself looking back on words written on this day 100 years ago, in a different time, in a different economy, and finding some comfort in them nevertheless:
"In the 12 months that have ensued, when allowance is made for the complexity of the industrial and domestic affairs of so large a district, it will be agreed that a great deal has been accomplished. That this progress will continue is the hope of everyone." | https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8472910/newcastles-history-how-novocastrians-celebrated-new-years-day-throughout-the-years/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:31Z |
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones tip-toed around talk of their acrimonious split almost 30 years ago, when they had just teamed as coach and owner to win consecutive Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys.
Whether that breakup was the reason it took Jones so long to put Johnson in the team’s ring of honor doesn’t matter much at this point to both Pro Football Hall of Famers.
The bottom line is Johnson is joining Tom Landry as the only coaches alongside the 19 players and two executives in the exclusive group of one of the NFL’s storied franchises.
Johnson was greeted by the Hall of Fame “Triplets” who headlined his Super Bowl teams — quarterback Troy Aikman, running back Emmitt Smith and receiver Michael Irvin — for the ceremony at halftime of Saturday night’s regular-season home finale against the Detroit Lions.
“Thank you, Jerry Jones, for bringing me to the Dallas Cowboys,” Johnson told the crowd.
Johnson capped his acceptance speech with a dramatic pause as he walked up to Irvin, turned and offered his famous catchphrase, “How ’bout them Cowboys!” He said it the first time in the locker room after Dallas won at San Francisco in the NFC championship game before the first Super Bowl victory.
“You can say whatever you want to about my human reaction or frailties,” Jones said before the game. “I say this today, he’s there because it’s the right thing. He was always going in the ring of honor, whether I put him in or my kids put him in.”
One of the theories behind the abrupt end of Johnson’s tenure in 1994 was a tussle over who should get credit for the dramatic turnaround in Dallas.
The Cowboys went from 1-15 in 1989 — the year Jones bought the Cowboys and hired Johnson after firing the only coach Dallas ever had in Landry — to the first back-to-back Super Bowl titles in franchise history to cap the 1992 and ’93 seasons.
“I think we’re past who gets credit,” Johnson said. “The two of us, working together, made history. When I say working together, we talked every single day. I don’t ever recall us having a difference of opinion.”
Others would suggest Johnson’s take is revisionist history, because he was incensed 30 years ago over suggestions from Jones, also the team’s general manager, that any one of 500 coaches could have won a title with the Dallas roster.
Barry Switzer did it two years after the split of Jones and Johnson, who were teammates at Arkansas in the early 1960s. But critics never stopped suggesting the 1995 title was with Johnson’s players, and the Cowboys haven’t even reached an NFC championship game since that season.
Aikman was working the game as an analyst for ESPN and hustled down from the broadcast booth to join the ceremony. He stood with Irvin and Smith during the presentation, which started with Johnson walking through a greeting line of dozens of players from his Super Bowl run.
“It means everything to me and my teammates and everybody that was a part of those teams,” Aikman said on ESPN during the first half. “And the circle has been closed tonight at halftime.”
After two years away from football, Johnson returned with the Miami Dolphins in 1996 and led them to the playoffs the last three of his four seasons. But Miami never got past the divisional round.
The 80-year-old Johnson, a Texas native, has been a Fox studio analyst the past two decades and was enshrined in Canton, Ohio, in 2020, three years after Jones.
Now Johnson’s name will be inside AT&T Stadium along with Landry, who led the Cowboys to two Super Bowl titles in the 1970s and is fifth on the career list with 250 regular-season victories.
“I don’t think anybody can ever imagine what this means to me,” said Johnson, who won the 1987 college national championship at Miami. “This was a special time in my life. This was something that paid dividends for me the rest of my life. We took over the worst football team in the NFL. Not only did we win Super Bowls, but we were able to put together the team of the ’90s.”
Because of that, the split left many, including Johnson’s players, wondering what might have been had he stayed. Not only is Johnson past the question of credit, he doesn’t think much about “what ifs” either.
“Sometimes I’m kind of like a gypsy,” Johnson said. “I’ve never been anywhere more than five years. Got the point after winning a couple of Super Bowls, almost to the point of, ‘I’ve accomplished what I want to accomplish.’ Sometimes you lose sight of what you can do because of what you’ve already done.”
Johnson suggested he and Jones weren’t communicating as well at the end of their time together in Dallas as they had at the beginning, when they both faced a firestorm of criticism.
Jones suggested he let the sudden success of the Cowboys go to his head.
“What Jimmy brings is a lot of the best of me, enthusiasm, what have you,” Jones recalled telling his parents just before the split became public in 1994. “When it’s going the other way, I don’t like myself. It’s taking away from it. That mentality probably caused me to be not as tolerant as maybe we could have gone.”
A sense of closure for many of those issues was coming a few hours later.
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl | https://www.wtnh.com/sports/ap-jimmy-johnson-joins-cowboys-ring-of-honor-30-years-after-ugly-split-with-jerry-jones/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:31Z |
NEW DELHI: In a remarkable 2023, the legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo concluded the year as the world’s leading goal-scorer. Following this milestone, the Portuguese superstar expressed his intention to strive for a similar achievement in the coming year.
Throughout 2023, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner netted an impressive 54 goals for both his national team and his current club, Al Nassr.English striker Harry Kane secured the second spot with 52 goals for both his national team and his newly joined club, Bayern Munich.
PSG’s French attacker Kylian Mbappe also notched up 52 goals, while City’s Norwegian striker Erling Haaland found himself with 50 goals.
While speaking to the Saudi media outlet SSC Sports, Ronaldo said that he was very happy to achieve the milestone and help his club and country.
“I’m very happy, it was a good year for me as an individual and as a collective. I scored so many goals, I helped the team a lot at Al-Nassr and for the national team. I feel good, I feel happy and next year I will try to do it again,” Ronaldo was quoted by Goal.com as saying.
Ronaldo, widely regarded as one of the premier footballers globally, has established several records that are deemed difficult to surpass.
The recipient of the Ballon d’Or on five occasions, Ronaldo made a significant move to the Saudi club Al Nassr in January 2023. Since then, he has participated in 50 matches for his new team, achieving an impressive tally of 44 goals.
In the ongoing season of the Saudi Pro League, the Portuguese has appeared in 18 matches for the Riyadh-based club and scored 20 goals. Ronaldo also made nine assists in the 2023-24 season for Al Nassr.
Earlier, the Portuguese superstar returned to his boyhood club Manchester United in 2021 after leaving Juventus, however, his stint in the English club did not last very long after he lambasted the United coach Erik Ten Hag in a controversial interview with Piers Morgan.
After Ronaldo claimed that Ten Hag did not respect the Portuguese player, United terminated the 38-year-old’s contract. In his second run at United, CR7 played 54 matches and scored 27 goals.
(With ANI Inputs)
Throughout 2023, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner netted an impressive 54 goals for both his national team and his current club, Al Nassr.English striker Harry Kane secured the second spot with 52 goals for both his national team and his newly joined club, Bayern Munich.
PSG’s French attacker Kylian Mbappe also notched up 52 goals, while City’s Norwegian striker Erling Haaland found himself with 50 goals.
While speaking to the Saudi media outlet SSC Sports, Ronaldo said that he was very happy to achieve the milestone and help his club and country.
“I’m very happy, it was a good year for me as an individual and as a collective. I scored so many goals, I helped the team a lot at Al-Nassr and for the national team. I feel good, I feel happy and next year I will try to do it again,” Ronaldo was quoted by Goal.com as saying.
Ronaldo, widely regarded as one of the premier footballers globally, has established several records that are deemed difficult to surpass.
The recipient of the Ballon d’Or on five occasions, Ronaldo made a significant move to the Saudi club Al Nassr in January 2023. Since then, he has participated in 50 matches for his new team, achieving an impressive tally of 44 goals.
In the ongoing season of the Saudi Pro League, the Portuguese has appeared in 18 matches for the Riyadh-based club and scored 20 goals. Ronaldo also made nine assists in the 2023-24 season for Al Nassr.
Earlier, the Portuguese superstar returned to his boyhood club Manchester United in 2021 after leaving Juventus, however, his stint in the English club did not last very long after he lambasted the United coach Erik Ten Hag in a controversial interview with Piers Morgan.
After Ronaldo claimed that Ten Hag did not respect the Portuguese player, United terminated the 38-year-old’s contract. In his second run at United, CR7 played 54 matches and scored 27 goals.
(With ANI Inputs) | https://bdnewstimes.com/cristiano-ronaldo-ends-2023-as-worlds-top-goal-scorer-says-will-try-to-do-it-again-football-news/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:30Z |
Spotty showers for the new year: Near average temps
Happy New Year! We will ring in 2024 with some spotty showers, but most of the day stays dry and cloudy. Temperatures will hold near average - in the mid 40s most of this week. We get back to dry and clearing skies Tuesday and Wednesday. READ MORE: https://www.wmar2news.com/weather/plentiful-clouds-today | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/spotty-showers-near-average-temps-031903384.html | 2024-01-01T03:36:33Z |
Here’s the ultimate 2024 streaming list for all your tastes
Ananya Panday
Call Me Bae
On: Amazon Prime Video
Making her web series debut with Call Me Bae, Ananya Panday plays a billionaire fashionista, who is disowned by her rich family, owing to a scandal. Forced to fend for herself, she discovers who she really is on this journey.
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Indian Police Force
On: Amazon Prime Video
Rohit Shetty expands his cop universe—which consists of Singham with Ajay Devgn, Simmba with Ranveer Singh, and Sooryavanshi with Akshay Kumar—to the digital world with this eight-part limited series that follows a Delhi Police SWAT team led by Kabir Malik (Sidharth Malhotra).
Heeramandi
On: Netflix
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, famed for his spectacles, forays into OTT entertainment with Heeramandi. The series, starring Manisha Koirala and Sonakshi Sinha, gives us a story of love, betrayal, and succession as it explores the lives of courtesans in the Lahore district of pre-Independence India.
Crime Beat
On: ZEE5
A crime series that brings together an honest cop, a dangerous criminal and a twisted journalist. The Saqib Saleem-starrer will be a fast-paced thriller focusing on murders.
Showtime
On: Disney+ Hotstar
Taking the subject of nepotism by its horns, Karan Johar brings a slice of Bollywood on the web with this series. Showtime brings forth all the off-screen fights that take place in the movie industry where everyone is hungry for power. There is only one emperor who can sit on the chair, but what is a throne without a fight to get there? The series stars Naseeruddin Shah, Emraan Hashmi and Rajeev Khandelwal, Mouni Roy and Mahima Makhwana.
Maharana
On: Disney+ Hotstar
Gurmeet Choudhary is back in front of the camera as he plays Maharana Pratap, a Shiva devotee and lone warrior, whose resilience and military prowess has elevated him to being a folk hero.
Citadel
On: Amazon Prime Video
The Indian counterpart of the American action thriller of the same name, in which two spies set out on a globe-trotting mission to stop a powerful crime syndicate. The action-drama features Varun Dhawan and Samantha as leads.
Karmma Calling
On: Disney+ Hotstar
In Karmma Calling, Indrani Kothari (played by Raveena Tandon) is the reigning queen of the Alibaug millionaire society. But all that shines is not gold in her glamorous world that has a darker side of betrayal and deceit.
Freedom at Midnight
On: SonyLIV
The show, directed by Nikkhil Advani, is penned by Abhinandan Gupta, Adwitiya Kareng Das and Gundeep Kaur. Based on Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins’s book, Freedom at Midnight, the series is a political thriller that highlights several incidents from the year of India’s independence. It interconnects stories about crucial events and personalities who played a significant role in writing the country’s history as we know it today.
Mehndi Wala Ghar
On: SonyTV
The show puts the spotlight on joint families, reflecting the joy, laughter, and a sense of togetherness that is fostered in this environment. Actors Vibha Chibber, Kanwarjeet Paintal, Ramakant Daayma, Ravi Gossain, Karan Mehra, Rushad Rana, Arpit Kapoor, Gun Kansara, and Ushma Rathod play pivotal roles in thedaily soap.
Mera Balam Thanedaar
On: Colors
The show, starring Shagun Pandey and Shruti Choudhary, traces the love story of a couple whose marriage is based on a lie. It threatens to crumble the foundation of their relationship. Set in picturesque locations of Rajasthan, Mera Balam Thanedaar premières on January 3.
Shrimad Ramayan
ON: SonyTV
Shrimad Ramayan, an epic that holds immense significance and narrates the life and teachings of Lord Ram.
premières on January 1. Sujoy Reu plays Maryada Purushottam Prabhu Shri Ram, Prachi Bansal will be seen as Mata Sita, Nikitin Dheer essays the role of Ravan, and Nirbhay Wadhwa embodies the character of Lord Hanuman. Basant Bhatt plays Lakshman and Arav Chowdharry steps into the role of King Dashrath. | https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/web-series/article/surf-stream-and-repeat-ultimate-ott-list-for-2024-23327666 | 2024-01-01T03:36:34Z |
Top 25 College Football Streams & TV Channel Info | Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 25, 2023 at 2:46 PM CST|Updated: 43 minutes ago
Among the best games on the 2023 bowl game schedule is the No. 3 Texas Longhorns taking on the No. 2 Washington Huskies in the Sugar Bowl.
Looking for how to watch college football? All the best games to watch this weekend are here.
How to Watch AP Top 25 Games
No. 24 James Madison Dukes at Air Force Falcons
- Time: 3:30 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 23
- Venue: Amon G. Carter Stadium
- TV Channel: ABC
- Live stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Air Force (-2)
Virginia Tech Hokies at No. 23 Tulane Green Wave
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: Wednesday, December 27
- Venue: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Virginia Tech (-11.5)
No. 16 Louisville Cardinals at USC Trojans
- Time: 8:00 PM ET
- Date: Wednesday, December 27
- Venue: Petco Park
- TV Channel: FOX
- Live stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Louisville (-4.5)
Texas A&M Aggies at No. 22 Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Time: 9:00 PM ET
- Date: Wednesday, December 27
- Venue: NRG Stadium
- TV Channel: SECN
- Live stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Oklahoma State (-3.5)
No. 17 SMU Mustangs at Boston College Eagles
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Date: Thursday, December 28
- Venue: Fenway Park
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live stream: Fubo
- Favorite: SMU (-13)
No. 19 NC State Wolfpack at Kansas State Wildcats
- Time: 5:45 PM ET
- Date: Thursday, December 28
- Venue: Camping World Stadium
- TV Channel: ACCN
- Live stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Kansas State (-3)
No. 14 Arizona Wildcats at No. 12 Oklahoma Sooners
- Time: 9:15 PM ET
- Date: Thursday, December 28
- Venue: Alamodome
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Arizona (-2.5)
No. 21 Oregon State Beavers at No. 15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: Friday, December 29
- Venue: Sun Bowl Stadium
- TV Channel: CBS
- Live stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Notre Dame (-5.5)
No. 9 Missouri Tigers at No. 7 Ohio State Buckeyes
- Time: 8:00 PM ET
- Date: Friday, December 29
- Venue: AT&T Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Favorite: Ohio State (-4)
No. 11 Ole Miss Rebels at No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions
- Time: 12:00 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 30
- Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Favorite: Penn State (-6)
No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs at No. 4 Florida State Seminoles
- Time: 4:00 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 30
- Venue: Hard Rock Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Favorite: Georgia (-22.5)
Wisconsin Badgers at No. 13 LSU Tigers
- Time: 12:00 PM ET
- Date: Monday, January 1
- Venue: Raymond James Stadium
- TV Channel: SECN
- Live stream: Fubo
- Favorite: LSU (-8.5)
No. 18 Liberty Flames at No. 8 Oregon Ducks
- Time: 1:00 PM ET
- Date: Monday, January 1
- Venue: State Farm Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Favorite: Oregon (-17.5)
No. 20 Iowa Hawkeyes at No. 25 Tennessee Volunteers
- Time: 1:00 PM ET
- Date: Monday, January 1
- Venue: Camping World Stadium
- TV Channel: ABC
- Live stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Tennessee (-5.5)
No. 5 Alabama Crimson Tide at No. 1 Michigan Wolverines
- Time: 5:00 PM ET
- Date: Monday, January 1
- Venue: Rose Bowl
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Favorite: Michigan (-1.5)
No. 3 Texas Longhorns at No. 2 Washington Huskies
- Time: 8:45 PM ET
- Date: Monday, January 1
- Venue: Caesars Superdome
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Favorite: Texas (-3.5)
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A lack of snow is playing havoc with some of Quebec’s traditional winter activities, but there’s hope that Mother Nature will provide a much needed blast in the coming weeks to change that.
Southern Quebec was hit with its first major snowstorm of the season in early December, only to watch rainy, warm weather wash away the more than 30 centimetres that fell. With it went plans to open ice rinks in Montreal and across a large number of Quebec municipalities.
On Friday, there were about half a dozen outdoor rinks open in Montreal, all of them refrigerated. Montreal would normally have about 200 outdoor ice rinks open at this time of year.
“We don’t have the criteria to open ice rinks,” said Philippe Sabourin, a spokesman for the City of Montreal.
Outdoor rinks require at least 10 centimetres of snow on top of grass, and three consecutive days of temperatures not rising above -5 C; ice rinks on a concrete or an asphalt base also need three days of cold weather at least -5 C.
Sabourin said it’s been difficult for the city to open the outdoor rinks for at least three years. What Montreal needs is an assist from Mother Nature, he said. “If she could help us a bit, we have crews specialized with the maintenance of ice rinks ? all the manpower to do the job.”
A lack of snow is also delaying Quebec’s popular snowmobiling season.
Stephane Desroches, general manager of the Federation des clubs de motoneigistes du Quebec, said less than 1,000 kilometres of the province’s 33,000 kilometres of snowmobiling trails are open, mostly in the province’s northeast.
“With a bit of snow, we could see other parts of the network open,” Desroches said. “Right now, we’re on neutral and we’re waiting for Mother Nature to lend a helping hand.”
The snowmobiling season is somewhat unpredictable. Some years it will be short; other years it can last into April in some regions. For the past four years, the season has typically started in mid- to late January, Desroches said.
While the warmer weather over the past two weeks is above average, colder temperatures are coming. Environment Canada meteorologist Simon Legault says the first weeks of January should be more seasonal, with a light dusting as early as Saturday morning in some places.
“Normally at this time of year we should have closer to 10 centimetres of snow on the ground, but you know things are like they are,” Legault said about southwestern Quebec. He said snow that should stay around all winter long is on the way, however.
Snow is the economic motor of winter tourism, says Yves Juneau, president and CEO of the Association des stations de ski du Quebec. While the ski industry can make its own snow, people need to see it out their window to get the urge to visit ski hills, he said.
“We’re confronted with the ‘green grass syndrome in my backyard’: people see green grass and think that there’s no skiing because there’s no snow in their own backyard, even though ski areas are equipped to make snow,” Juneau said in an interview.
Juneau noted that the industry has invested millions in snow-making equipment. Fifty ski areas are open, as are roughly 30 to 40 per cent of runs, but rainy, grey weather hasn’t helped, he lamented.
“Like today we’re just not making any sales, so it is a worry for us because to be able to continue to operate, we will still continue to invest and that’s becoming a challenge when there’s just cost and no revenues,” Juneau added.
The average downhill ski season runs from the end of November until Easter Weekend, he said. | https://globalnews.ca/news/10197147/no-snow-holidays-quebec-winter/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:37Z |
17:53, 19 February 2019 | GMT +6
CIS heads of government to discuss customs policy in Ashgabat
MINSK. KAZINFORM Plans have been made to discuss customs policy matters at a session of the CIS Heads of Government Council in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on 31 May, BelTA learned from Viktor Guminsky, First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, CIS First Deputy Executive Secretary.
The official said: "Today the plenipotentiary representatives are going to discuss proposals to the draft agenda of the session of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which is due in Ashgabat on 31 May. Most of the items on the agenda will be related to economic matters. In particular, matters concerning the customs policy of the CIS states will be discussed. Participants of the session are also expected to discuss a draft CIS interstate program on innovative cooperation in the period till 2030."
The agenda of the CIS Heads of Government Council session is in development. "Most of these matters will be discussed at a session of the CIS Economic Council in Moscow on 15 March," Viktor Guminsky said. | https://en.inform.kz/news/cis-heads-of-government-to-discuss-customs-policy-in-ashgabat_a3499829/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:37Z |
IN a horror start to 2024, a man has been airlifted to hospital and a young woman treated for shock after a blaze in the early hours of New Year's Day razed a home to the ground at Birmingham Gardens.
The house was already fully engulfed in flames when NSW Fire and Rescue firefighters were called to the Rae Street address about 1.35am.
While the three people inside had managed to escape, a man suffered serious burns inside and was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being airlifted to the Royal North Shore Hospital burns unit at Sydney.
NSW Fire and Rescue NSW Superintendent Trent Lawrence said it took firefighters more than an hour to control the inferno.
"It was fully alight by the time crews arrived at the house, and it was contained at about 10 minutes to 3am," he said.
"We had crews there through the night, and because of the injuries sustained by one of the occupants we called fire investigators in to come and do some investigative work for the cause.
"As soon as there's injuries like that we bring them in, there were no initial signs of anything suspicious but they want to do some investigative work as to what the cause of the fire was."
Even with four fire trucks and firefighters doing all they could to control the blaze, the home was unfortunately totally destroyed.
A younger female at the house was treated for shock and no injuries were reported for a third person who was at the home at the time.
Firefighters were able to contain the flames and stop them from spreading to any nearby residences. | https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8473626/fire-engulfs-home-in-birmingham-gardens/ | 2024-01-01T03:36:38Z |
Economic revolution of Bangladesh: With diversified sectors at the heart of it
In the wake of its hard-fought liberation in 1971, Bangladesh's incredible transformation into an economic powerhouse is a testament to its solid spirit. Emerging from the shadows of conflict, the nation embarked on a mission to establish itself as a thriving force.
The initial steps were rooted in tea and jute exports, but the challenges posed by flooding and the ever-shifting global demands soon highlighted the vulnerabilities of such reliance.
However, amid these trials, a game-changing force emerged -- the readymade garment (RMG) industry. Starting to serve the nation in 1978, it rapidly claimed a remarkable 80 percent share of export earnings for almost 30 years.
This transformation underscored the crucial lesson of diversification learned from the struggles of the jute sector. The RMG industry became the foundation of Bangladesh's balance of payments, ensuring sustainability by reducing dependence on a single sector.
Yet, the realisation that leaning solely on traditional industries carried risks led to the rise of many sectors, such as information technology (IT), pharmaceuticals, agriculture, agro-processing, jute, leather goods and tourism.
This strategic diversification was pivotal in safeguarding the economy against external shocks and contributing to steady growth.
History shows that relying heavily only on a particular sector instead of growing more industrial avenues makes our economy vulnerable to fluctuations in global demand and changing commodity prices.
Diversification ensures stability and economic growth, especially in the face of recurring downturns. New industries promise higher value-added products and services, which might increase export earnings and ensure trade balance.
Bangladesh has set a goal of achieving developed country status by 2026. While coming out of the least developed country (LDC) category brings pride, it also brings the challenge of adapting to a changing landscape.
Trade facilities could shrink, foreign grants might decrease and opportunities for concessional loans could reduce.
Notably, sectors like RMG and pharmaceuticals will also feel the strain due to the loss of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits and Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement concessions.
Studies suggest that in the post-LDC period, we could potentially lose 14 percent, or $5.73 billion, in annual export earnings, primarily due to the GSP facility's expiration.
This could impact various aspects of our economy, including employment, exports and forex reserves, creating additional pressure on our growth. The adverse effect will be most felt in the RMG sector, which alone contributes 81 percent of the total exports; unless the industry switches to manmade fibre that could help the country bring diversification within the sector.
Thus, it is important to explore new wings to keep pace with the growing development. Innovating tirelessly, our private sector rose to the occasion by diversifying our export basket, aligning with the government's agenda.
From manufacturing high-tech gadgets to assembling cars for global brands, we're pushing the boundaries of manufacturing excellence.
According to the newly established dream of Smart Bangladesh consisting of four core pillars -- Smart Citizen, Smart Government, Smart Society and Smart Economy -- by 2041, some sectors are coming into play, where digital commerce plays a vital role in stepping into a cashless society.
Diversifying beyond traditional sectors and embracing e-commerce as a growth pillar is a strategic move. It insulates us from the risks of overreliance on specific industries, making us more resilient to global economic fluctuations. This diversification brings increased foreign investments as well as export earnings that push economic development.
E-commerce is not merely a saying; it is a transformative force. According to the CPD, the size of the local e-commerce market is likely to grow by $4 billion in four years and is projected to reach a $10.5 billion value in 2026, which was $6.6 billion at the end of 2022.
Aligning with the broader goals, we need a robust policy framework to develop the e-commerce industry. The government policy support for e-commerce and platforms will stimulate innovation, technology advancement, and entrepreneurship.
In this ecosystem, employment opportunities abound and most importantly address unemployment concerns and societal stability development.
Notably, more than 2,000 e-commerce companies are in operation in Bangladesh. Prominent companies like Daraz, Chaldal, Foodpanda, Pickaboo, Othoba and Rokomari play vital roles in shaping this industry moving forward.
Moreover, a significant legislative decision made in June 2023 to include the definition of online marketplace in the country's VAT regulations further sets the stage for a new era of growth and innovation in Bangladesh's e-commerce sector, which is a key driver for the nation's digital economic growth.
Furthermore, as our e-commerce landscape encompasses both domestic and international markets, it enhances our global competitiveness as well. This, in turn, leads to bigger foreign exchange earnings, positively impacting our balance of payments.
In essence, government patronage of the growing e-commerce sector creates a virtuous cycle of economic diversification, prosperity and long-term flexibility.
As Bangladesh steers towards inclusive and sustained growth, e-commerce is slowly but surely taking centre stage. With a dynamic vision and data-backed strategies, we are not just embracing change, we are shaping it.
The author is a marketing specialist | https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/economic-revolution-bangladesh-diversified-sectors-the-heart-it-3506706 | 2024-01-01T03:36:37Z |
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A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her children and attempting to kill a third has been arrested in the United Kingdom, according to local police.
Visit Lauderdale, the official marketing agency of Florida's Broward County, is pushing back against the state government's conservative legislation by championing inclusivity at the 2024 Rose Parade.
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Authorities have identified three members of a Massachusetts family who were found shot to death this week inside a palatial, 27-room mansion in a wealthy section of suburban Boston.
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A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant. Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before taking his own life. The four bodies were discovered by police just after midnight on Friday at the family’s home in New City, a suburb of New York City, after Morgan failed to show up for his evening shift at the Bronxville Police Department.
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Suspected murder-suicides or familicides occurred in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in December.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years because its funds were embezzled by a former employee, its editor said, in a devastating blow to a publication that serves as an important source of information in a community that, like many others nationwide, is struggling with growing gaps in local news coverage. About a week before Christmas, the Eugene Weekly found inaccuracies in its bookkeeping, editor Camilla Mortensen said.
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Children, aged 7 and 9, found dead after burglary report later discovered to be ‘unfounded’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -One of the senior figures in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition called on Sunday for Palestinian residents of Gaza to leave the besieged enclave, making way for Israelis who could "make the desert bloom". The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has been excluded from the war cabinet and discussions of day-after arrangements in Gaza, appear to underscore fears in much of the Arab world that Israel wants to drive Palestinians out of land where they want to build a future state, repeating the mass dispossession of Palestinians when Israel was created in 1948.
Halifax District RCMP say a homeowner was held at gunpoint and forced to open a safe in a home invasion Friday evening in Gaetz Brook. N.S.It happened on Friday at 6:50 p.m., according to an RCMP news release.A man was operating an excavator on his property when he saw another man pointing a gun at him. Police say the homeowner was forced out of the excavator at gunpoint, directed inside the house to a safe and told to open it.The suspect took several items valued at nearly $200,000 before fleei
Monstrous waves continue to wreak havoc along the California coast, where beachside communities have been facing damaging flooding and life-threatening water conditions as a series of storms makes its way onshore.
Mounties are investigating after an ATM was stolen from a southwestern Saskatchewan town, according to a news release.RCMP responded to a business that had been broken into in Shaunavon, Sask., around 1 a.m. Saturday. The business' alarm was going off and the ATM inside had been stolen, police said.RCMP reviewed the footage and confirmed two suspects entered the store with their faces covered. One suspect wore all black, while the other wore a blue and green plaid jacket with a red hoodie undern
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