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FIFA will reportedly not invite Spanish champions Barcelona to participate in the new-look FIFA Club World Cup in 2025. La Blaugrana are not in the good books of football's governing body and have not been very successful in recent years.
According to SPORT, the new version of the FIFA Club World Cup, which will feature 32 teams from around the world, is set to commence in the summer of 2025. This marks a change in the current format, which involves only six teams.
FIFA have allocated 12 slots in the tournament to teams from Europe, with two of the slots going to clubs from Spain. Real Madrid have secured their participation in the competition by winning the UEFA Champions League in 2022.
The second slot for Spanish football will either go to Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, and the latter are looking likelier to claim it. To beat Diego Simeone's side to the slot, Xavi's side must surpass them by at least seven points this season, or win the UEFA Champions League.
The governing body has the right to invite two teams per country for the tournament, regardless of their performance. Barcelona are not likely to be one of the teams that will be considered for this exemption due to strained relations with FIFA.
Barcelona are in support of the proposed Super League, with club president Joan Laporta in cahoots with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. They remain the only two teams in open support of the tournament after most of Europe's top sides openly renounced it.
Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Manchester City have already booked their tickets for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup by virtue of being the most recent Champions League winners. They will be joined by other European sides, including Bayern Munich, FC Porto, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, and Benfica.
Barcelona need a big season to reach Club World Cup
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will take place in the United States of America in the summer. Barcelona look increasingly likely to miss out on the tournament and its attendant goodies.
Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, and RB Leipzig are ahead of the Spanish giants, according to UEFA's coefficient rankings. All three clubs could potentially make it to the tournament, alongside the winners of this season's Champions League.
La Blaugrana must bank on their own success to find a way into the Club World Cup in 2025, as there would likely be no favors. They need to play in the tournament, as they are one of European football's proudest institutions.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Russia’s “united society” in his prerecorded New Year’s address to the nation, the country’s state news agencies reported Sunday.
Putin addressed Russians in a video that ran under four minutes long, significantly shorter than the New Year’s speech he gave last year, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. Millions of people were expected to watch the new address when it airs on TV as each Russian time zone region counts down the final minutes of 2023 on Sunday.
The first to see it were residents of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Chukotka region in Russia’s Far East, some nine hours ahead of Moscow.
Returning to tradition after speaking flanked by soldiers last year, Putin delivered his address to the nation against the backdrop of a snowy Kremlin. In remarks carried by RIA Novosti, he described 2023 as a year marked by high levels of unity in Russian society.
“What united us and unites us is the fate of the Fatherland, a deep understanding of the highest significance of the historical stage through which Russia is passing,” the president said. He also lauded Russian citizens’ “solidarity, mercy and fortitude.”
The nearly 2-year-old war in Ukraine was front and center in the address, with Putin directly addressing Russia’s armed forces involved in what the Kremlin has termed its “special military operation” in the neighboring country.
“We are proud of you, you are heroes, you feel the support of the entire people,” the president said. According to state media, he emphasized that Russia would never retreat and asserted there was no force that could divide Russians and stop the country’s development.
The address’ broadcast comes a day after shelling in the center of the Russian border city of Belgorod Saturday killed 24 people, including three children. Another 108 people were wounded, Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said Sunday, making the attack one with the most casualties on Russian soil since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine 22 months ago.
As last year, New Year’s celebrations were toned down in Moscow, with the traditional fireworks and concert on Red Square canceled. After the shelling in Belgorod, local authorities in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok and other places across Russia also canceled their usual New Year’s firework displays.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council and former Russian president, also congratulated Russians on the New Year. In video remarks posted to Telegram, he said that “thoughts and hearts are with those at the front” and that the past year had required “a special stability and unity, and true patriotism” from Russia.
Medvedev also called on Russians to “make 2024 the year of the final defeat of neo-fascism,” repeating Putin’s claims of invading Ukraine to fight “neo-Nazis.” The Holocaust, World War II and Nazism have been important rhetorical tools for Putin in his bid to legitimize Russia’s military actions in Ukraine, but historians see their use as disinformation and a cynical ploy to further his aims.
Analysts are describing 2023 as largely a positive year for Putin.
“It’s been a good year; I would even actually call it a great year” for the Russian leader, said Mathieu Boulegue, a consulting fellow for the Russia-Eurasia program at Chatham House think tank in London.
Moscow in May won the fight for the bombed-out Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after the longest and bloodiest battle of the war. In june, Putin defused a revolt against him and reasserted his hold on the Kremlin. A Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia started with high hopes but ended in disappointment.
As he enters 2024, Putin is wagering that the West’s support for Ukraine will gradually crumble due to political divisions, war fatigue and other diplomatic demands, such as China’s menacing of Taiwan and war in the Middle East.
Putin is seeking reelection in a March 17 presidential election that he is all but certain to win. Under constitutional reforms he orchestrated, the 71-year-old leader is eligible to seek two more six-year terms after his current term expires, potentially allowing him to remain in power until 2036.
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(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of sealed court filings pertaining to the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein are set to be made public this week, and several prominent names — including Britain’s Prince Andrew and former President Bill Clinton — are expected to appear in the documents.
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ruled earlier this month there was no legal justification for continuing to conceal the ex-president’s name and more than 150 names other “John and Jane Does” mentioned in the records. Preska ordered the unsealing to begin after Jan. 1.
The documents stem from a 2015 civil lawsuit centered on allegations that Epstein’s one-time paramour, Ghislaine Maxwell, facilitated the sexual abuse of Virginia Giuffre, an alleged trafficking victim. Giuffre also accused Epstein and Maxwell of directing her to have sex with Prince Andrew and several other prominent men. Prince Andrew denied the allegations and claimed he could not recall ever meeting Giuffre. He later settled a lawsuit she filed against him.
Most of the prominent names that appear in the documents are already associated in some way with Epstein; for allegations of wrongdoing, for having worked for Epstein, flown on his planes, or visited his homes. Some were mentioned during Maxwell’s criminal trial in 2021. In some instances, the only appearances of the names are in potential witness lists or in proposed terms for searches of electronic records.
While Giuffre’s allegations against Prince Andrew, and his denials, have been widely reported around the globe, dozens of the sealed records are expected to contain additional details from “Jane Doe 162,” a witness who testified she was with Prince Andrew, Maxwell and Giuffre, then 17, at Epstein’s New York mansion. Giuffre has alleged that gathering, in 2001, was one of the occasions she was directed to have sex with Andrew.
Giuffre made no allegations of wrongdoing by Clinton, and there is no indication the sealed records contain evidence of illegal conduct by Clinton. But Giuffre’s claim that she met the ex-president on Epstein’s private Caribbean island emerged as a contentious issue in the litigation, which was settled in 2017. Maxwell contended Clinton had never been to Little St. James — as Epstein’s island was known — and assailed Giuffre’s claim as a fabrication that shattered her credibility.
Personal flight logs kept by one of Epstein’s pilots — which surfaced in separate lawsuits against Epstein — showed that Clinton and his entourage had flown extensively on Epstein’s jumbo-jet to international destinations such as Paris, Bangkok and Brunei in 2002 and 2003. But none of the available records included the former president on a trip to Epstein’s island.
The court documents to be unsealed this week represent the eighth, and likely final, round of unsealing records from the case since the Miami Herald intervened for access to the records in 2018. Previously unsealed items included multiple deposition transcripts of Maxwell and Giuffre, along with sworn, but unproven, allegations that Epstein and Maxwell directed Giuffre to have sex with several well-known men, including former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, the late model scout Jean Luc Brunel, billionaire hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin, and others.
Maxwell denied the allegations, as did all of the men identified by Giuffre when their names surfaced.
This batch will involve the names of additional Epstein associates, alleged perpetrators, alleged co-conspirators, alleged victims, witnesses and former Epstein employees. Several of the “Does” mentioned in the documents are now deceased.
Former President Clinton, who ABC News has learned is identified as “Doe 36,” is mentioned in more than fifty of the redacted filings, according to court records. Several of those sealed or redacted entries are focused on an effort by Giuffre’s lawyers in mid-2016, first reported by ABC News, to subpoena the two-term Democratic president for deposition testimony about his relationship with Epstein.
According to portions of the court record that were not sealed, Giuffre’s legal team initiated informal discussions with attorneys for the then-unnamed witness on June 9, 2016. That was a few days after the former president’s wife, Hillary Clinton, clinched the Democratic nomination for president.
Representatives for Giuffre did contact the former president’s attorneys in 2016 about a potential deposition, a person familiar with the situation told ABC News. Clinton’s lawyers responded that his testimony would not be helpful to Giuffre because, the person said, the former president had never been on Epstein’s island, as she had claimed.
Maxwell called the move to question Clinton “utter nonsense” and a “transparent ploy by [Giuffre] to increase media exposure for her sensational stories through deposition side-show,” her attorney Laura Menninger wrote, according to an unredacted section of a court filing.
Giuffre’s legal team, in contrast, described the proposed testimony of Clinton as “highly relevant” and “important to the fundamental claims and defenses” in the case. The request was ultimately denied by U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet, in a redacted ruling in late June 2016.
Giuffre’s lawyers pressed the Clinton issue again at a hearing in March 2017, six weeks before a trial was scheduled to begin. According to a publicly available transcript, Giuffre’s team was then seeking to preclude Maxwell’s side from presenting testimony suggesting that Clinton hadn’t been on Epstein’s island. Her attorneys argued it would be “inherently unfair” to Giuffre because they had not been permitted to ask the former president if he had ever been to Little St. James, as Epstein’s private island estate was known.
“You did not allow us to depose him because you said it was irrelevant,” McCawley told Judge Sweet. “So now we’re in a position where at trial they want to put forth that information against my client, and I don’t have an under-oath statement from that individual saying whether or not he actually was,” she added.
Maxwell’s attorneys, according to the transcript, told the court Maxwell was prepared to take the stand and testify that Clinton was never on the island.
But because the trial never occurred, Giuffre’s motion to exclude testimony about Clinton was left unresolved. More information about the debate over the issue could become public in the documents to be unsealed.
Clinton’s name is also expected to be unsealed in filings surrounding separate efforts by Maxwell and Giuffre to compel Epstein to answer questions. The disgraced financier invoked his constitutional rights against self-incrimination to every inquiry during a September 2016 deposition, as he had done many times before in civil lawsuits against him.
According to a procedure established by Preska, attorneys for each of the “Does” were offered a preview of the court files containing their name before determinations were made about unsealing the records. Each person was afforded an opportunity to argue for keeping the records sealed. Clinton’s legal team, after reviewing the excerpts, did not lodge any objections to the publication of the documents, according to Preska’s order last month.
A spokesperson for Clinton declined to comment for this story.
Clinton’s association with Epstein was first noted publicly in 2002, after reporters learned of the former president’s journey that year on the mysterious multi-millionaire’s jet for a humanitarian mission to multiple African nations. Clinton told New York magazine through a spokesman at the time that “Jeffrey is both a highly successful financier and a committed philanthropist with a keen sense of global markets and an in-depth knowledge of twenty-first-century science.”
“I especially appreciated his insights and generosity during the recent trip to Africa to work on democratization, empowering the poor, citizen service, and combating HIV/AIDS,” the statement said.
Clinton’s representatives have said the former president cut off contact with Epstein in 2005, before the financier came under investigation in Palm Beach, Florida, for allegedly luring underage girls to his seaside mansion for illicit, sexualized massages.
When Epstein first faced potential federal prosecution a few years later, one of the disgraced financier’s lawyers wrote to prosecutors to tout Epstein’s pedigree as “part of the original group that conceived of the Clinton Global Initiative,” according to a 2007 letter attached to a court filing several years later.
Following Epstein’s arrest for child sex trafficking in 2019, a spokesperson for Clinton, Angel Ureña, said in a statement that the former president “knows nothing” about Epstein’s crimes. “He’s not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade,” the statement added, “and has never been to Little St. James Island, Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico, or his residence in Florida.”
Subsequent reporting after Epstein’s death has revealed that Epstein and Maxwell attended a 1993 reception for donors to the non-profit White House Historical Association. The smiling pair are seen greeting the president at the White House in photos unearthed from the archives of the Clinton Presidential Library in Arkansas.
Giuffre, now a 40-year-old mother living in Australia, filed the action against Maxwell in September 2015, alleging that the former British socialite defamed her when her publicist issued a statement referring to Giuffre’s allegations as “obvious lies.”
A substantial portion of the filings in the case were originally placed under seal or with heavy redactions under sweeping court orders intended to shield the identities of alleged victims, people not accused of wrongdoing, and “absent third-parties” facing allegations that could “implicate and potentially irreparably intrude on the privacy of individuals not present” before the court.
The morning after the first set of documents was unsealed by a federal appeals court in 2019, Epstein died by hanging in his jail cell in Manhattan, where he was being held pending trial on charges of child sex-trafficking and conspiracy. The New York Medical Examiner ruled the death a suicide and a Justice Department Inspector General report concurred with that determination.
Maxwell was convicted in 2021 on five of six counts related to the abuse and trafficking of underage girls. After the verdict, Maxwell’s attorneys cited her connection to former President Clinton’s charitable work as part of her effort for a reduced sentence, including a claim of “helping develop the Clinton Global Initiative,” according to a sentencing memo filed with the court.
Maxwell was sentenced to a 20-year prison term. She is appealing her conviction.
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Bruins beat Red Wings for third straight win
DETROIT (AP) — Trent Frederic scored twice, Charlie Coyle had the go-ahead goal and the Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 on Sunday.
Boston forward Pavel Zacha scored an empty-net goal in his 500th regular-season game.
Jake DeBrusk also added an empty-netter and Charlie McAvoy had two assists for the Bruins, who have won three straight. Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves.
Boston beat New Jersey at home Saturday night.
“We have a tough travel with a 5 o'clock game, but we had really good energy and it was nice to pull that one off,” Frederic said. “Call it a little bit of a gutsy win.”
Jake Walman scored his third goal in two games for Detroit. Ben Chiarot and J.T. Compher had the Red Wings' other goals, and Alex Lyon stopped 23 shots.
“We did some quality things tonight,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “You look back, we easily could have won that game. Probably our most complete 60 minutes from start to finish in a while. It just came against a team with a very slim margin of error to be successful.”
The Atlantic Division opponents split their four-game season series.
Frederic scored his first goal of the game with 51.8 seconds left in the first period. David Pastrnak flicked the puck out of his own zone as Frederic got behind Detroit's defenders. Frederic backhanded the puck over Lyon's left shoulder.
“Pasta hit a nice little 60-degree wedge shot to me, and I was a little slow, so all I had was the backhand,” Frederic said. “I was lucky to get that over his shoulder.”
Frederic crashed into Lyon, who was checked out by the team's trainer but remained in the game.
Frederic's second goal and ninth of the season came at 4:25 of the second. He skated in along the right boards and wristed a shot that whistled through Lyon's pads.
“I think he’s playing faster," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. ”He’s underrated as to how great a skater he is, and now he’s going north consistently instead of delaying, which he did a lot. He’s opening up space for himself and he’s got great hands."
Walman notched his ninth goal this season at 13:01. He lifted a shot from the left circle over Swayman's shoulder.
Chiarot scored his third goal later in the period from the slot to tie it at 2. Boston's challenge of goalie interference was denied.
Boston regained the lead at 3:52 of the third. McAvoy passed the puck to Coyle, who scored his 13th goal from the slot.
DeBrusk's empty-netter came with 2:01 remaining. Following a Boston penalty, Compher scored on a rebound with 1:22 left.
Detroit had gone 0 for 5 on the power play before Compher's goal.
“I thought we had chances,” Compher said. “It wasn’t perfect tonight. You’re judged on goals and we weren’t able to capitalize early in the game.”
Zacha's empty-netter with 24 seconds to go clinched the Bruins' victory.
UP NEXT
Bruins: At Columbus on Tuesday.
Red Wings: At San Jose on Tuesday.
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Prashanth Neel’s 'Salaar Part 1: Ceasefire' entered theaters on December 22 in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi languages. The movie is still drawing viewers to the theaters on its 9th day of release. According to Sacnilk, the film is expected to surpass ₹325 crore in India by December 30.
In its first week, the movie raked in ₹308 crore in India: Telugu version ₹186.05 crore, Malayalam ₹9.65 crore, Tamil ₹15.2 crore, Kannada ₹4.6 crore, and the Hindi version ₹92.5 crore.
On the eighth day, it earned ₹9.62 crore all over India. As of the ninth day, Salaar has accumulated around ₹10.5 crore net in India, bringing the total to ₹328.12 crore. Impressively, 'Salaar's opening day collection surpassed the first-day earnings of Shah Rukh Khan's 2023 blockbusters, 'Pathaan' and 'Jawan'.
Now all eyes are on the sequel of Salaar, titled 'Salaar: Part 2 - Shauryanga Parvam'. The first part revolves around Prithviraj Sukumaran and Prabhas playing Vardha and Deva, respectively, the two childhood friends and the fight for the Khaansar region. The movie stars Shruti Haasan, Sriya Reddy, Jagapathy Babu, Tinnu Anand, and Bobby Simha in leading roles.
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Al-Nassr forward Cristiano Ronaldo recently took to social media to post a recap of 2023. He also showed gratitude towards the highly successful year.
Ronaldo, who joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr from Manchester United in January 2023, ended the year as the top scorer with 54 goals. He left behind the likes of Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe, who scored 52 goals each.
Before the year was about to end, the legendary player took to Instagram and posted a video recap, which showed glimpses of his achievements in 2023. From scoring his first goal for the Saudi Pro League side to helping Portugal qualify for the 2024 EUROS, everything was there in the video.
Ronaldo captioned the post:
"Thankful for every moment."
His post quickly crossed two million likes and more than 40 thousand comments.
After the mutual termination of his contract with Manchester United in November 2022, Ronaldo joined Al-Nassr on a free transfer. Nevertheless, he will reportedly be receiving an amount of $175 million a year for 2.5 years.
Following the arrival of the 38-year-old in the Saudi Pro League, other big names such as Karim Benzema, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Riyad Mahrez, and more have also joined the Middle Eastern football league.
Cristiano Ronaldo makes strong claim ahead of the new year
Former Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has stated that he is contented with his performance for Al-Nassr as well as the Portuguese national team in 2023. Thus, he's looking forward to repeating his achievements in the new year.
This season (2023-24), the icon has made 25 appearances for Al-Nassr across different competitions so far, where he has bagged 24 goals and 11 assists. The former Real Madrid star has also been regularly captaining the Riyadh-based club. He said (via GOAL):
"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."
Cristiano Ronaldo is also the top scorer of the Saudi Pro League with 20 goals in 18 matches, three goals ahead of Al-Hilal's Aleksandar Mitrovic. However, The Knights of Najd are currently second in the Saudi Arabian league as they are behind Al-Hilal by seven points.
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Eller scores twice to help surging Penguins beat Islanders
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alex Nedeljkovic made 36 saves, Lars Eller scored twice and the Pittsburgh Penguins held off the New York Islanders 3-1 on Sunday night.
Nedeljkovic was spectacular at times to help the Penguins win for the fifth time in six games following a blowout loss to Toronto on Dec. 16. Eller scored early in the first period and added an empty-netter in the final minute as Pittsburgh beat the Islanders for the second time in five days. Noel Acciari added third of the season for Pittsburgh.
Samuel Bolduc drew the Islanders within one with 6:09 left with the third goal of his career but New York could get no closer. Ilya Sorokin made 35 saves.
Pittsburgh has at least a point in each of its last six games and is 7-1-1 over its last nine to climb into wild-card contention as the season's midway point nears following an iffy start.
A power play that's emerged from a month-long funk has helped. So has the steady play in net of Tristan Jarry and Nedeljkovic, who has bounced back from a bumpy year in Detroit to become a very solid 1B to Jarry's 1A.
Nedeljkovic improved to 6-2-2 in 10 games with the Penguins and was sharp from the jump as Pittsburgh won both ends of a back-to-back on the final weekend of 2023. Nedeljkovic turned away an early breakaway by Casey Cizikas and made four stops in a 10-second span during a New York power play, including a diving save on a Brock Nelson slap shot in which Nedeljkovic basically dove to his left and stopped the puck with his outstretched arms.
Eller, part of a bottom six that is beginning to provide some scoring help to Pittsburgh's top-heavy lineup, gave the Penguins the lead 2:18 into the game with a nice finish at the goal mouth off a set-up from Jansen Harkins.
Acciari doubled Pittsburgh's lead 3:30 into the second when Drew O'Connor hit the breaks on the rush, pirouetted at the right circle to create some space then threw the puck toward the net, where Acciari redirected it by Sorokin.
Pittsburgh's bottom two lines have 17 goals over the last 13 games.
The Penguins played a portion of the second period without captain Sidney Crosby, who went to the trainer's room to get stitches under his left eye after inadvertently getting hit with the blade of New York center Mathew Barzal. Crosby returned late in the second period but failed to record a point to remain at 1,538 for his career, one shy of Joe Thornton for 12th on the NHL's scoring list.
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Islanders: Continue four-game trip Tuesday night at Colorado.
Penguins: Finish three-game homestand Tuesday night against Washington.
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(NEW YORK) — A 39-year-old man has died following a shark “encounter” at Maui’s Paia Bay, officials said.
The Maui Police Department said it responded to the beach around 11:19 a.m. local time Saturday.
“Upon arrival, Ocean Safety Officers were transporting a male who sustained injuries from a shark encounter via jet ski to shore,” officials said in a statement. “Once onshore, life-saving measures were performed by first responder personnel until medic personnel arrived to transport the male to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for further treatment.”
The man “later succumbed to his injuries and died,” officials said.
His identity is being withheld so his family can notify extended family and friends, according to officials.
No further details were given. An investigation is ongoing.
The Baldwin Beach Park and Lower Pā’ia Park (Baby Beach) were closed Saturday following the shark incident, county officials said.
Shark warning signs were posted for 1 mile to either side of where the incident took place, from Tavares Bay to Baby Beach, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said.
“By noon on Sunday, if no further signs of shark activity are detected, signs will be taken down,” the department wrote on Facebook.
ABC News’ Amanda Morris contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an annual end-of-year exercise in futility for many. But a clean slate awaits at the stroke of midnight for the next round of resolutions.
From the first spray of fireworks to the closing chorus of “Auld Lang Syne” 366 days into the future — 2024 is a leap year — it could be the year for finally achieving long-elusive goals, fulfilling aspirations and being resolute on all those New Year resolutions.
“As humans, we are creatures that aspire,” said Omid Fotuhi, a social psychologist who is a motivation and performance researcher.
“The fact that we have goals, the fact that we want to set goals is just a manifestation of that internal and almost universal desire to want to stretch, to want to reach, to want to expand and grow,” said Fotuhi, the director of learning innovation at Western Governors University Labs and a research associate at the University of Pittsburgh.
“New Year’s resolutions are one of those ways in which we do that,” he said. “There’s something very liberating about a fresh start. Imagine starting on a blank canvas. Anything is possible.”
If so, could this be the year to run a marathon, vanquish (or make peace with) old foes such as the bathroom scale and a thickening waist? Maybe learn Mandarin or register to vote, and actually vote? So many questions, and so much time to delay.
Tim Williams used to issue himself a panoply of resolutions: lose weight, drink less, exercise more and yada yada.
Now, he doesn’t bother.
“In the past, I would make them, and I would fail or give up on them or whatever,” said Williams, a part-time resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Carla Valeria Silva de Santos, a Florida transplant from Brazil, wants to learn to play the guitar. A native Portuguese speaker, she wants to learn Spanish and improve her English.
With any resolution, she said, the ultimate goal is “to improve your life and be in peace with yourself.”
Josh Moore, another Fort Lauderdale resident, sees things in line with the natural philosopher Sir Isaac Newton and physics. For every action there must be an equal reaction.
“If you do something like eat a bunch of candy or a bunch of desserts at a holiday party, go run,” he said while interrupting a jog with his dog. “Maybe you went out drinking too much and you might have a hangover. But then next day when you’re feeling better, go to the gym.”
Too many people are too soft on themselves, he posited. “You’ve got to actually hold yourself accountable.”
Resolutions don’t have to be big, grandiose or overly ambitious, Fotuhi said.
Even it they are, he said value should not exclusively be derived from the achievement but also be measured by what you become by trying to better yourself.
“Goals are only there to serve a function to get you started,” Fotuhi said. “If they don’t do that, then maybe that’s not the appropriate goal for you.”
In other words, it is a time to recalibrate goals and expectations, he said, adding that some people hang on to outdated goals for way too long.
“If you set a goal that’s overly ambitious, that doesn’t have the effect of getting you excited and making you believe that it’s possible, then maybe you should think about a goal that’s a little bit more within your reach — starting with a 5k for instance, then moving up to 10K,” Fotuhi said.
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Kozin contributed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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DENVER (KDVR) — A Colorado woman accused of killing two of her children was arrested in the United Kingdom on Saturday, according to police.
Kimberlee Singler, 35, is suspected of killing her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son and attempting to kill her 11-year-old daughter in Colorado Springs.
On Dec. 19, police said they responded to a 911 call reporting a burglary at an apartment complex at around 12:30 a.m. and found the the bodies of the two deceased children.
Officers also located Singler and her 11-year-old daughter at the scene. They were both injured and taken to hospitals for treatment, according to Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin.
Singler’s injuries were minor. The 11-year-old girl was hospitalized for a few days and then released. She is recovering well physically in Colorado Springs. Cronin said he could not release details about how the children or Singler were injured.
Police said the initial report of a burglary was unfounded.
Singler was initially cooperative with police investigating the homicides and alleged burglary. She went missing after the probe, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.
“In the initial stages of the investigation, we were treating her as a victim of a burglary,” Cronin told the Associated Press.
On Dec. 26, investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Singler on multiple charges, including multiple counts of first degree murder, child abuse and assault.
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. Court hearings had been scheduled for next month.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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DENVER (KDVR) — A Colorado woman accused of killing two of her children was arrested in the United Kingdom on Saturday, according to police.
Kimberlee Singler, 35, is suspected of killing her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son and attempting to kill her 11-year-old daughter in Colorado Springs.
On Dec. 19, police said they responded to a 911 call reporting a burglary at an apartment complex at around 12:30 a.m. and found the the bodies of the two deceased children.
Officers also located Singler and her 11-year-old daughter at the scene. They were both injured and taken to hospitals for treatment, according to Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin.
Singler’s injuries were minor. The 11-year-old girl was hospitalized for a few days and then released. She is recovering well physically in Colorado Springs. Cronin said he could not release details about how the children or Singler were injured.
Police said the initial report of a burglary was unfounded.
Singler was initially cooperative with police investigating the homicides and alleged burglary. She went missing after the probe, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.
“In the initial stages of the investigation, we were treating her as a victim of a burglary,” Cronin told the Associated Press.
On Dec. 26, investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Singler on multiple charges, including multiple counts of first degree murder, child abuse and assault.
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. Court hearings had been scheduled for next month.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Prashanth Neel’s ‘Salaar’ and Rajkumar Hirani’s ‘Dunki’ were creating quite a social media fight before the theatrical release itself.
Shah Rukh Khan and Prabhas fans started standing on each side to address the expected box office clash, as Dunki entered theaters on December 21 and Salaar on December 22. The director, Prashanth Neel, now expressed the real feeling behind such box office clash worries from the fans.
In an interview with Pinkvilla, the director said that both the movies did not cause any internal clashes between the actors or directors. He added that the actors of movie teams are not competing with each other, but fans are. The whole box office clash discussions and issues are going on in the mind of fans, not in the mind of creators.
Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Dunki’ screened at Rashtrapati Bhavan, state reports
Interestingly, Prashanth revealed that the fans cannot expect their loved actors to fail or be affected after the release, so the fans create such worry, and they start dealing with it on their own. But as filmmakers, they all survive together and do not fight like fans. He found that act too nasty and should not have happened. He calls both Prabhas and Shah Rukh Khan the greatest actors in India, and they have accumulated that respect over these years.
Additionally, he believes that this culture of box office clash fights is not good for the movie industry, but none of the filmmakers can control it. All they can do is just let it go, and it too will pass. He found this as an act of possessiveness towards actors, and he added that the actors will not fight each other.
While talking about the miscounted numbers and reports about the collection, Prashanth revealed how everyone creates negative news over positive reviews. Salaar earned Rs 90.7 crore, and Dunki earned Rs 29.2 crore on the opening day at the box office.
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500 Swedish kronor to Sierra Leonean leones
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The release of new redeem codes is one of the few things that really excites the Free Fire community. These codes are handy since they grant access to many free in-game items, including costumes, skins, emotes, characters, pets, and diamonds. New ones are made available occasionally, and you can utilize each one through the Rewards Redemption Site.
However, some codes expire if you aren't quick enough, so you may miss out on their rewards. Additionally, each redeem code also has a server restriction, and you can only utilize codes that Garena releases for your server.
Free Fire redeem codes for January 1, 2024
The Free Fire redeem codes specified below can provide you access to free gloo wall skins and costume bundles in the battle royale title:
Gloo wall skins:
- FFAC2YXE6RF2
- FFCMCPSBN9CU
- FFBBCVQZ4MWA
Costume bundles:
- 3IBBMSL7AK8G
- FF7MUY4ME6SC
- 8F3QZKNTLWBZ
- WEYVGQC3CT8Q
- GCNVA2PDRGRZ
- X99TK56XDJ4X
- B3G7A22TWDR7X
- 4ST1ZTBE2RP9
- J3ZKQ57Z2P2P
Note: The redeem codes stated above have unknown server restrictions and expiration dates, so they may not work for every player. If you face errors during the redemption process, you have no option other than waiting for Garena to provide new redemption codes for your server.
Guide to using Free Fire redeem codes via the Rewards Redemption Site
Redeem codes are a more straightforward and less labor-intensive way to obtain free rewards in the battle royale title. To perform the procedure, follow the steps outlined below:
Step 1: Go to the Rewards Redemption Site to start the redemption process. To access it, click on this link.
Step 2: You will see six login options, and you have to use the platform linked to your in-game account to complete the login process. These six options will be shown to you: Google, VK, Facebook, X, Huawei ID, and Apple ID.
The Rewards Redemption Site clarifies that guest accounts cannot be utilized for redemption. As a result, those with guest accounts should link their account to any of the platforms listed above. You can utilize the codes once the guest account is connected.
Step 3: The next step requires you to copy and paste the FF codes into the text box and click the Confirm button. Make sure there are no typos when inputting a code.
The redemption status will shortly appear in a dialog box.
Step 4: If the process is successful, you should boot up Free Fire and claim the rewards through the in-game mail section.
It can take up to 24 hours for the items to get delivered.
Check out the latest Free Fire MAX redeem codes here.
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QMJHL roundup: Truchon scores OT winner to lift Oceanic over Remparts
QUEBEC — Charle Truchon's power-play goal at 4:42 of overtime lifted the visiting Rimouski Oceanic to a 4-3 win over the Quebec Remparts in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday at Centre Videotron.
Dominic Pilote, Jacob Mathieu and Julien Beland also scored for the Oceanic (18-16-3-0), who trailed 2-1 after the first period. The teams were tied 2-2 heading into the third.
Kassim Gaudet scored twice for the Remparts (14-20-2-0), while Charles-Oliver Villeneuve netted a single.
The Oceanic outshot the Remparts 36-34.
Elsewhere in the QMJHL on Sunday:
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EAGLES 4 MOOSEHEADS 2
HALIFAX, N.S. — The visiting Cape Breton Eagles erased a 2-1 third-period deficit with three unanswered goals to knock off the Halifax Mooseheads 4-2.
Lincoln Waugh, Charles-Antoine Lavallee, Cole Burbidge and Angelo Fullerton scored for the Eagles (19-17-1-0).
Mathieu Cataford and Liam Kilfoil scored for the Maritimes Division-leading Mooseheads (23-10-4-1).
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TITAN 4 SEA DOGS 2
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Joseph Henneberry scored twice and added an assist as the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan edged the Saint John Sea Dogs 4-2.
Milo Roelens and Robert Orr also scored for the Titan (17-17-1-2), who led 1-0 after the first period and 3-1 heading into the third.
Noah Reinhart and Coen Miller scored for the Sea Dogs (13-18-3-2), who were outshot 40-27.
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DRAKKAR 4 SAGUENEENS 1
CHICOUTIMI, Que. — Isaac Dufort scored twice and Felix Gagnon chipped in with two assists as the visiting Baie-Comeau Drakkar defeated the Chicoutimi Sagueneens 4-1.
Raoul Boilard and Justin Poirier also scored for the East Division-leading Drakkar (31-4-2-0).
Nathan Lecompte scored for the Sagueneens (17-17-2-2).
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VOLTIGEURS 4 CATARACTES 3 (SO)
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Vsevolod Komarov of Drummondville scored at 19:52 of the third period to tie the game 3-3, and the Voltigeurs prevailed in the shootout to post a 4-3 victory over the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes.
Sam Oliver and Lukas Landry also scored for the Central Division-leading Voltigeurs (23-9-4-1) in regulation time.
Felix Lacerte, Lou-Felix Denis and Kody Dupuis scored for the Cataractes (15-18-2-1), who were outshot 46-31.
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HUSKIES 11 FOREURS 2
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — Antonin Verreault, Francois-James Buteau and Leighton Carruthers each scored twice as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies whipped the visiting Val-d'Or Foreurs 11-2.
Anthony Turcotte, Thomas Verdon, Danill Bourash, Mathis Perron and Emeric Gaudet also scored for the West Division-leading Huskies (24-8-1-3), who outshot the visitors 49-21.
Nathan Brisson and Thomas Larouche scored for the Foreurs (12-20-1-1).
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PHOENIX 3 ARMADA 1
SHERBROOKE, Que. — Olivier Dubois had a goal and assist as the Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3-1.
Israel Mianscum and Olivier Lampron also scored for the Phoenix (16-16-1-3).
Jonathan Fauchon scored for the Armada (15-17-3-0), who were outshot 36-17.
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TIGRES 4 OLYMPIQUES 1
VICTORIAVILLE, Que. — Maxime Pellerin, Francesco Iasenza, Justin Larose and Justin Gendron each scored a goal as the Victoriaville Tigres defeated the visiting Gatineau Olympiques.
Netminder Nahan Darveau made 23 saves for the Tigres (22-9-3-0).
Jacob Kaine scored for the Olympiques (9-24-2-2).
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ISLANDERS 4 WILDCATS 3 (SO)
MONCTON, N.B. — Simon Hughes had a goal and assist and the visiting Charlottetown Islanders prevailed in the shootout to edge the Moncton Wildcats 4-3.
Simon Duguay and Michael Horth also scored for the Islanders (16-18-1-1), who outshot the Wildcats 38-37.
Alex Mercier, Olivier Boutin and Etinne Morin scored for the Wildcats (22-8-2-3).
* This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 31, 2023.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places will take effect on New Year’s Day, even as a court case continues to challenge the law.
A U.S. district judge issued a ruling Dec. 20 to block the law from taking effect, saying it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and deprives people of their ability to defend themselves and their loved ones.
But on Saturday, a federal appeals court put a temporary hold on the district judge’s ruling. The appeals court decision allows the law to go into effect as the legal fight continues. Attorneys are scheduled to file arguments to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in January and in February.
The law, signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, prohibits people from carrying concealed guns in 26 places including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks and zoos.
The ban applies regardless of whether the person has a permit to carry a concealed weapon. One exception is for privately owned businesses that put up signs saying people are allowed to bring guns on their premises.
“This ruling will allow our common-sense gun laws to remain in place while we appeal the district court’s dangerous ruling,” Newsom posted to X, formerly Twitter, after the appeals court acted Saturday. “Californians overwhelmingly support efforts to ensure that places like hospitals, libraries and children’s playgrounds remain safe and free from guns.”
The California Rifle and Pistol Association sued to block the law. When U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney granted a preliminary injunction blocking the law, he wrote that the law was “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.”
Carney wrote that gun rights groups are likely to succeed in proving it unconstitutional, meaning it would be permanently overturned.
The law overhauls California’s rules for concealed carry permits in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, which set several states scrambling to react with their own laws. That decision said the constitutionality of gun laws must be assessed by whether they are “consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
Newsom has said he will keep pushing for stricter gun measures.
Newsom has positioned himself as a national leader on gun control while he is being increasingly eyed as a potential presidential candidate. He has called for and signed a variety of bills, including measures targeting untraceable “ghost guns,” the marketing of firearms to children and allowing people to bring lawsuits over gun violence. That legislation was patterned on a Texas anti-abortion law.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta appealed Carney’s decision. Bonta, a Democrat, said that if the district judge’s ruling to block the law were allowed to stand, it “would endanger communities by allowing guns in places where families and children gather.”
The California Pistol and Rifle Association’s president, Chuck Michel, said in a statement that under the law, gun permit holders “wouldn’t be able to drive across town without passing through a prohibited area and breaking the law.” Michel said criminals are deterred when law-abiding citizens can defend themselves.
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There are a few hours left for the new year to kick off, and fans are eagerly waiting to know about their favorite stars’ new year resolutions for 2024 and their takeaways from 2023. Samantha Ruth Prabhu gave her fans a treat with a tricky video about the new year.
On the official Instagram account, Samantha Ruth Prabhu shared a video. The actress just captured herself on her bed wearing white relaxed sleepwear and a signature cool black sunglass.
On the screen, the countdown goes like 2023 January to December and then to 2024. As every month passes by, she just changes her sleeping position in a funny time-lapse mode, and at the end, for 2024, she just looks at the camera with her swag sunglass look. She can be seen restless and wrapped in her white blanket.
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The hilarious caption reads, “It was what it was, it will be what it will be, Happy New Year #2024”.
Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell! Samantha Ruth Prabhu busy in Christmas preparations, shares glimpses from home
Samantha has recently shared her last workout video from 2023, and she always inspires her fans with her organised routine and health care. Samantha is on a hiatus to take care of her health and was enjoying a vacation in Bhutan this month.
On the work front, she was last seen in Vijay Deverakonda starrer ‘Kushi’. Her future project is Raj & DK's directorial venture ‘Citadel’ starring
Varun Dhawan.
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An emulsion in skincare refers to a lightweight, water-based moisturizer that typically contains a blend of water and oil components. It is a key step in many skincare routines, especially in Korean beauty regimens. They are designed to provide hydration, nourishment, and moisture to the skin without being overly heavy or greasy. They play a crucial role in maintaining skin balance, particularly for individuals with combination or oily skin.
Emulsions in skincare are celebrated for their versatility and compatibility with various skin types. Their formulation strikes a delicate balance, offering both water and oil elements to cater to the diverse needs of the skin.
This balance is particularly advantageous for individuals with combination skin, as these blends can simultaneously hydrate dry areas and control excess oil in others.
The lightweight nature of these blends makes them an essential component in Korean beauty routines, where layering multiple products is a common practice. This step allows users to customize their skincare regimen, addressing specific concerns without burdening the skin with heavy formulations.
How emulsions can be of benefit
They play a pivotal role in fostering a harmonious relationship between hydration and nourishment, contributing to a radiant and well-maintained complexion.
Here's how they work and how they should be added to a skincare routine:
Composition of emulsions:
- Water and Oil Blend: these blends contain a balance of water and oil components, usually stabilized by emulsifying agents. This composition makes them suitable for a wide range of skin types.
- Lightweight Texture: these blends are lighter than traditional creams and lotions, making them ideal for individuals who want hydration without a heavy feel on the skin.
How to use emulsions in a skincare routine:
- Cleansing: Start with a gentle cleanser to clean your face.
- Toner: Follow up with a toner to balance the skin's pH levels.
- Serum (if applicable): Apply any serums targeting specific skincare concerns.
- Emulsion: Apply the mixture as a lightweight moisturizer. Dispense an appropriate amount and gently spread it over your face and neck.
- Sunscreen (Daytime): In the morning, finish with a broad-spectrum sunscreen.
- Night Cream (Nighttime): In the evening, you may choose to follow the mixture with a slightly heavier night cream if your skin needs extra nourishment.
Skin benefits of emulsions in Korean beauty:
- Hydration: these blends provide a boost of hydration to the skin, helping to maintain moisture levels.
- Nourishment: The oil component in these blends delivers essential nutrients to the skin, promoting a healthy complexion.
- Lightweight Texture: Ideal for those who prefer a lightweight feel on the skin, making them suitable for daytime use.
- Sebum Control: these mixtures can help regulate excess sebum production, making them beneficial for individuals with oily or combination skin.
- Layering: In the multi-step Korean skincare routine, these mixtures serve as a versatile layer between serums and heavier creams.
- Preventing Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL): The emollient properties of these blends help create a barrier on the skin, reducing water loss.
- Enhanced Absorption: Applying these blends before heavier creams or occlusive products can enhance the absorption of active ingredients.
It's important to note that skincare is highly individual, and what works for one person may not work for another. It's advisable to patch-test new products and observe how your skin responds.
Adjust the use of the mixture based on your skin's needs, climate, and personal preferences.
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5000 Swedish kronor to Sierra Leonean leones
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01/6Thaman S for Varisu, Anirudh Ravichander for 'Jawan', 'Leo': South music Directors that shined in 2023!
Music is always an integral part of Indian cinema and will continue to be. More often than not, good music also brings people to the theatres. In 2023, music directors like Anirudh Ravichander, Thaman, and Hesham Abdul Wahab treated their fans with a bunch of hit songs. It ruled social media and music streaming platforms since the release of the movies. As 2024 is almost near, we can have a look at the previous year and the music directors who made it unforgettable for us.
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02/6Thaman S
Music director Thaman made 2023 memorable with his promising composition in the Thalapathy Vijay starrer ‘Varisu’. The song ‘Ranjithame’ from ‘Varisu' ruled social media since its release, almost crossing 200 million views on YouTube. Thaman is once again taking it to the headlines with a ‘Kurchi Madathapetti’ song from the Mahesh Babu starrer ‘Guntur Kaaram’. The song is one of the most exciting special number songs of 2024.
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03/6Anirudh Ravichander
Anirudh Ravichander surprised his fans and listeners in 2023 by giving life-like tracks to three blockbuster hits, ‘Jawan’, ' Leo, 'Jailer'. . The 'Naa ready tha’ song from this Vijay starrer 'Leo' crossed 44 million views on the internet, and the other two tracks ‘Ordinary person’, ‘Badass’ could lead the online music streaming platforms with a trending count of views as well. It was the same effort for Rajinikanth Starrer ‘Jailer’ and Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Jawan’. Kaavaala song from Jailer and 'Chaleya' song from Jawan were nothing but trendsetters in 2023. He is expected to compose music for Jr NTR starrer Devara in 2024.
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04/6MM Keeravani
The renowned Padmashri award-winning music director who made South India proud with two national awards and one Academy award and one Golden Globe Award. His electrifying as well as traditional musical tracks from ‘RRR’ and 'Baahubali' were nothing but a milestone in South Indian music. In 2024, Keeravani is promised to meet the hype with Nagarjuna starrer ‘Naa Saami ranga’.
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05/6Hesham Abdul Wahab
Music director Hesham Abdul Wahab had a noticeable success in 2023 with Samantha Ruth Prabhu starrer ‘Kushi’ and Nani starrer ‘Hi Nanna’. ‘Na roja nuvve’ and ‘Aradhya’ from ‘Kushi’ were quite a soothing experience and have crossed 134 million and 24 million views on YouTube, respectively. 'Hi Nanna' starring Nani and Mrunal Thakur treated fans with two evergreen tracks ‘Odiyamma’ and ‘Samayam’ crossing around 2 million and 20 million views on YouTube, respectively.
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06/6Devi Sri Prasad
In 2023, Devi Sri Prasad had a promising project in Mega Star Chiranjeevi's 'Waltair Veerayya.' 'Boss Party' and 'Neekemo Andamekkuva' were two successful compositions in this movie. 'Neekemo Andamekkuva' crossed 27 million views on YouTube. Devi Sri Prasad amazed Tollywood with his talented musical skills in ‘Pushpa.’ In 2021, Allu Arjun starrer 'Pushpa' had two amazing tracks, including Rashmika Mandanna’s ‘Saami Saami’ and Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s mesmerizing ‘Oo Antava Oo Antava’ song. 'Srivalli' and 'Saami Saami' songs crossed around 600 million views on YouTube, and 'Oo Antava' crossed 300 million views. Fans are eagerly waiting for the second part of Pushpa to witness Devi Prasad’s musical magic.
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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.
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Bedayn is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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Aadhar-linked pay becomes mandatory for MGNREGS workers
From the New Year, all wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme must be paid through an Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS), which requires workers’ Aadhaar details to be seeded to their job cards. The fifth extension of the deadline to make the ABPS mandatory, giving State governments time to reconcile databases, ended on December 31, 2023.
4G mobile services for 1,117 border outposts in next six years: MHA
The Union government has approved 4G mobile services for more than 1,100 border outposts along India’s international borders, including the border with China border, at a cost of ₹1,545.66 crore, the year-end review of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said. The MHA said that a tripartite agreement has been signed among the Department of Telecommunications, the MHA, and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited to execute the project over the next six-and-a-half years.
Manipur violence: Fresh gunfights in Moreh, curfew reimposed
Curfew was reimposed on December 31 in restive Manipur’s Moreh, a town on the India-Myanmar border, following intermittent gunfights between armed miscreants and State police commandos since Saturday afternoon. Moreh is in Kuki-dominated Tengnoupal, one of the districts affected by the ethnic conflict between Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities that broke out in the State on May 3.
BJP chief Nadda attacks Congress over proposed Bharat Nyay Yatra
BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Sunday targeted the Congress’s proposed Bharat Nyay Yatra and said those who left no stone unturned in doing injustice to the society were now thinking about holding a ‘Nyay Yatra’. He added that the Opposition Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc was aiming to bring the country down while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking it forward.
Supreme Court in 2023: Constitution Benches galore, but judgments belie petitioners’ hopes
The year 2023 saw the Supreme Court form Constitution Benches almost back-to-back to hear long-pending and contentious cases like the abrogation of Article 370, same-sex marriage and demonetisation, but the results have left petitioners disappointed. The petitioners have either simply failed in court or the court’s directions were subverted by the government through amendments of laws or sheer delay in implementation.
Attacks on ships: Indian Navy enhances surveillance in Arabian Sea
Against the backdrop of the increasing attacks on commercial ships transiting the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy on December 31 said it had substantially enhanced maritime surveillance efforts in Central and North Arabian Sea and “augmented force levels”.
Russia launches fresh drone strikes on Ukraine after promising retaliation for Belgorod attack
Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine on Saturday night, after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod earlier in the day “would not go unpunished”. The Ukrainian Air Force said on Sunday that it had shot down 21 of 49 drones launched by Russian forces overnight.
Israel ready to let ships bring aid to Gaza’s shores
Israel is prepared to let ships deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip “immediately” as part of a proposed sea corridor from Cyprus, the Israeli Foreign Minister said on Sunday, naming four European countries as potential participants. Under the arrangement first suggested by Nicosia in November, cargo would undergo security inspection in the Cypriot port of Larnaca before being ferried to the Gaza coast, 370 km away, rather than through neighbouring Egypt or Israel.
Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi is declared winner of election that opposition wants redone
Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi won re-election with more than 70% of the vote, the country’s election commission said Sunday. The preliminary results of the Dec. 20 election were announced in the capital, Kinshasa, amid demands from the opposition and some civil society groups for the vote to be rerun due to massive logistical problems that put the validity of the outcome into question.
Murray reveals 2024 could be his last on Tour
Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray said 2024 could be his final year before retirement after illness and injury hampered his preparation for the new season. Murray’s year will begin at the Brisbane International as he builds up for the Australian Open later in January. The 36-year-old is ranked 42nd in the world after a frustrating end to 2023, when he won just one match in his last four tournaments.
Shubman Gill is playing too aggressively in Test cricket: Gavaskar
Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has asked Shubman Gill to curb his aggressive intentions while batting in Tests after the young batsman failed to produce a substantial outing in the first Test against South Africa at Centurion. Gavaskar advised Gill to take in the different needs of Test cricket as compared to white ball formats.
A landmark year at the movies, as audiences came back to the theatres in droves, and Hollywood (read: Barbenheimer) set the box-office alight, despite reeling from the impact of the strikes. Some favourites such as All of Us Strangers, The Zone of Interestand The Boy and the Heron have been omitted from this list not having found a release in India yet.
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Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on the uses of artificial intelligence in the federal courts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies involving Donald Trump.
Describing artificial intelligence as the “latest technological frontier,” Roberts discussed the pros and cons of computer-generated content in the legal profession. His remarks come just a few days after the latest instance of AI-generated fake legal citations making their way into official court records, in a case involving ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
“Always a bad idea,” Roberts wrote in his year-end report, noting that “any use of AI requires caution and humility.”
At the same time, though, the chief justice acknowledged that AI can make it much easier for people without much money to access the courts. “These tools have the welcome potential to smooth out any mismatch between available resources and urgent needs in our court system,” Roberts wrote.
The report came at the end of a year in which a series of stories questioned the ethical practices of the justices and the court responded to critics by adopting its first code of conduct. Many of those stories focused on Justice Clarence Thomas and his failure to disclose travel, other hospitality and additional financial ties with wealthy conservative donors including Harlan Crow and the Koch brothers. But Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor also have been under scrutiny.
The country also is entering an the beginning of an election year that seems likely to enmesh the court in some way in the ongoing criminal cases against Trump and efforts to keep the Republican former president off the 2024 ballot.
Along with his eight colleagues, Roberts almost never discusses cases that are before the Supreme Court or seem likely to get there. In past reports, he has advocated for enhanced security and salary increases for federal judges, praised judges and their aides for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and highlighted other aspects of technological changes in the courts.
Roberts once famously compared judges to umpires who call balls and strikes, but don’t make the rules. In his latest report, he turned to a different sport, tennis, to make the point that technology won’t soon replace judges.
At many tennis tournaments, optical technology, rather than human line judges, now determines “whether 130 mile per hour serves are in or out. These decisions involve precision to the millimeter. And there is no discretion; the ball either did or did not hit the line. By contrast, legal determinations often involve gray areas that still require application of human judgment,” Roberts wrote.
Looking ahead warily to the growing use of artificial intelligence in the courts, Roberts wrote: “I predict that human judges will be around for a while. But with equal confidence I predict that judicial work — particularly at the trial level — will be significantly affected by AI.”
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Minecraft's deep dark biome is undoubtedly a creepy place by design, but the player and Redditor u/SpectrumSense decided to ratchet up the fear factor even more. In a December 31, 2023, post to the game's subreddit, they shared their reenvisioning of the deep dark with new audio, changing the sound of sculk shriekers and the Warden, and giving the Warden new music.
From the beginning, it's clear that the revamped Minecraft sounds for the deep dark are quite intense. Sculk shriekers offer multiple pitches of a very guttural screech, while the Warden received a bassy and resonant bellow that allegedly came from Escharum in Halo: Infinite. All the while, the Warden's chase music was replaced with the song Librarian's Gift from Halo 2: Anniversary Edition.
Minecraft fans praise u/SpectrumSense's rework of the deep dark biome
Although Minecraft fans praised the debut of the deep dark biome and the Warden in The Wild Update, many admitted it could have been better. While the biome surely has an eerie air to it, fans feel that the sound effects have been underwhelming. However, u/SpectrumSense's rework injected plenty of dread into exploring the deep dark, to say the least.
Fans particularly praised the new sound effects for the sculk shrieker block and the Warden itself, commenting that they suited the Lovecraftian theme that Mojang was aiming for when it first began to piece together the deep dark. There's no doubt that the developer wanted to instill a sense of horror in Minecraft, but for many commenters, u/SpectrumSense's audio hit the mark much better.
According to u/SpectrumSense, they decided to alter the Warden's chase music to Librarian's Gift from Halo 2 Anniversary due to the song capturing the feeling of facing an opponent that can't simply be defeated. u/SpectrumSense drew a correlation between sculk blocks and the parasitic Flood (one of the primary antagonists of the original Halo Trilogy), which is an enemy that infects and multiplies across all it touches.
When Mojang developed the Warden as an enemy, they stated that they had intended for players to avoid it due to its immense combat power and blindness, leaving them to use their sense of touch and smell to find targets. This hasn't stopped Minecraft fans from fighting the Warden, but the fact that the creature drops nothing more than 5 XP and a sculk catalyst likely reinforces Mojang's point.
As with any interesting modification, fans in the comments also asked if these changes were downloadable via some form of pack. Fortunately, u/SpectrumSense stated that they would be adding a few more sound tweaks to the game before posting their changes as a downloadable Minecraft resource pack. Hopefully, they provide the download link in the comments after doing so.
If fans want to try out u/SpectrumSense's resource pack, they may want to keep an eye on the Reddit thread. The user may share a link in a post edit later to allow everyone to download and enjoy this creepy resource pack.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After lithium-ion batteries burned in a large cargo ship’s hold for a number of days, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Saturday that the fire was out and directed the ship to anchor near Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
The 19 crew members of the ship, Genius Star XI, were uninjured and technicians from the Salvage and Marine Firefighting team remain onboard to ensure the fire doesn’t return, according to a Coast Guard press release.
“This protected anchorage … will allow the vessel to remain stable, minimizing risk of any re-flash of the fire as we continue our response,” Capt. Chris Culpepper said in the press release, which said an investigation into the fire’s origins will begin once response efforts wrap up.
Genius Star XI was shipping lithium-ion batteries from Vietnam to San Diego. The crew alerted the Coast Guard early Thursday morning to the fire, after pumping carbon dioxide into hold No. 1 — where the blaze began — and sealing it, fearing an explosion.
The Coast Guard diverted the 410-foot (125-meter) cargo ship to Dutch Harbor, one of the nation’s busiest fishing ports located in Unalaska, an Aleutian Islands community about 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.
Arriving Friday, Genius Star XI was kept 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from shore to mitigate the risks of toxic gases produced by the fire to the community and environment while responders worked to extinguish the flames, Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Mike Salerno said in an email to The Associated Press.
There have been no oil leaks associated with the fire, according to the ship’s owners, Wisdom Marine Group.
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Michigan home explosion heard for miles kills 4 and injures 2, police say
DETROIT (AP) — Four people died and two others were injured Saturday in a Michigan house explosion that could be heard miles away, police said.
The explosion happened before 4 p.m. in Northfield Township, about 45 miles (72.4 kilometers) west of Detroit. The structure was destroyed, leaving only the basement, Northfield Township Police Lt. David Powell told reporters Saturday.
The blast, which could be heard about 9 miles (14.4 kilometers) away, sent debris into the air that landed on both sides of a nearby highway. Neighboring homes were not damaged, Powell said.
Six people were in the home, with four fatalities discovered at the scene and the two surviving victims hospitalized in critical condition. Police did not immediately know if the victims were related, Powell said.
Authorities have not determined the cause of the explosion.
Northfield Township police did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press seeking additional information on Sunday.
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1.5 yo toddler swallows battery
20:21, 14 February 2019
AKTAU. KAZINFORM A one-and-a-half-year-old baby girl of Zhanaozen has swallowed an AA battery, the type used for remote controls.
The battery was not removed surgically but by a special device that let save the girl's life," head of the intense care unit Kazbek Kelemanov said. He also added that the child is stable now.
The doctor has been for three years collecting objects and foreign bodies removed from children's stomachs. He recommends never to give children toys or small parts that pose a choking risk.
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The Y2K fashion trend made a huge comeback in 2023 and everyone, celebrities included, adjusted their wardrobe staples to accommodate the loud and bold aesthetic of the early 2000s fashion. Y2K fashion trend involves low-rise jeans, unbuttoned pants, ribbed tanks, ballet flats, and chunky belts amongst other fashion styles.
The red carpet was not left out of the Y2K fever as several celebrities and fashion influencers could be seen strutting with various forms of the Y2K fashion aesthetic. Elizabeth Olsen, Emily Ratajkowski, Devon Aoki, and countless others did justice to the Y2K trend on the red carpet.
All fashion trends are timeless and remain relevant for years to come, and the Y2K aesthetic in 2023 is proof of that:
Celebrities who served Y2K fashion looks on the red carpet
1. Emily Ratajkowski at the VMAs 2023
The model cum author looked stylish on the red carpet in a Jean Paul Gaultier green halter neck dress accented by vintage floral patterns. Emily channeled the Y2K fashion trend with the sultry outfit inspired by Christina Aguileira's scarf top for the vast in 2002.
She complemented the look with a Fendi baguette bag and heels from Piferi. Emily kept her makeup dewy and glossy with her hair styled into side parts and framing her stunning face.
2. Devon Aoki at the Met Gala 2023
The Supermodel's look for the highbrow fashion event had Y2K fashion written all over it. Her exquisite white and black gown designed by Jeremy Scott paid homage to Karl Lagerfeld's legacy in fashion.
The gown featured a wing-shaped design on the bust in black embroidery. The White bodice draped to the ground elegantly with the skirt area dressed in shimmering black. Her makeup was bold with the red lip look giving the black and white aesthetic a pop of color.
3. Paris Hilton at the Met Gala 2023
The socialite-turned-disc jockey made her first Met Gala appearance in a black ensemble, paying homage to the Y2K fashion trend. The Marc Jacobs gown featured a glittering bust and a long leather skirt.
The monochromatic look was complemented by a black rosette around her neck and sequined platforms. Her smoky eyes and bold makeup complemented her attention-grabbing style while her hair was swept up in an elegant hairdo.
Her gown paid homage to one of Karl Lagerfield's favorite colors—black, in a stylish way.
4. Doechii
The What It Is crooner looked stunning in a daring pink scarf halter top with spiky Burgundy adornments on the neck and bust. Her outfit was a bold choice as she chose to veer from the conventional shimmering and long gowns reserved for the red carpet by female celebrities.
Her outfit embodied the Y2K fashion trend with low-rise flare blue jeans, showing off her toned midriff and exaggerated ballet flats. Her close cropped hair was accentuated by her bold makeup.
5. Elizabeth Olsen at the Academy Awards 2023
Mary Olsen looked resplendent in a black Givenchy gown that looked like it was picked straight out of a Y2K fashion lookbook. Olsen walked the red carpet in a floor-length black gown made of sequin patterned overlays on the upper and a sheer material for the skirt.
The dress also featured minute details that contributed to its overall unique look like the beaded fringe at the back of the halter, the plunging neckline, and the small train that gave a peek into the floral patterned hem on the underskirt.
Her look was complemented by chandelier earrings, a cocktail ring and strappy sandals. Olsen styled her blonde hair into a middle part with a chignon at the back. She opted for a dewy look, accentuated by bold red lips for a chic look.
The Y2K fashion trend has evidently come back with a bang and it seems our beloved celebrities have caught the fever. The above-mentioned looks were stylishly put together and are sources of style inspiration for those who wish to exude the Y2K look.
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Nearly half of all states will raise the minimum wage in 2024
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 7:57 PM CST|Updated: moments ago
(CNN) - Millions of workers will get a pay bump when the clock strikes midnight on Monday, January 1.
Nearly half of all U.S. states and the District of Columbia will increase their minimum wage in 2024.
Washington state will continue to have the highest minimum wage in the country at $16.28 an hour. That’s up from $15.74 an hour.
And over in Hawaii, workers will receive the largest increase, raising its minimum wage to $14 an hour.
And Washington D.C. will have the highest hourly minimum wage in the country at $17.05. The city will raise its minimum wage again this summer.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — An off-duty police officer was shot and killed in North Carolina after witnessing a crime at a gas station and approaching the two suspects, officials said.
The police sergeant, Philip Dale Nix, was a 23-year veteran of the Greensboro Police Department, according to a Sunday news release from the agency.
Three men have been arrested in the case, including Jamere Justice Foster, 18, who is charged with first-degree murder and larceny, according to police.
During a news conference Saturday night, Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson didn’t specify what crime Nix witnessed or provide additional details about the events leading up to the shooting.
Police were searching for two men in their 20s and a black Chevrolet Equinox, according a statewide alert by the the Greensboro Police Department. The Blue Alert was sent about two hours after the shooting and canceled roughly two hours later. A Blue Alert is used when a law enforcement officer has been seriously injured, killed or gone missing.
Thompson said another off-duty Greensboro officer and a paramedic were on the scene when Nix was shot and immediately rendered aid. Nix was pronounced dead at a local medical facility.
“He was a loving husband, father, son and brother,” Thompson said in prepared remarks.
The department didn’t immediately respond to an email Sunday seeking an update on the investigation.
Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan, who also spoke to local media Saturday night, said the department needs time to complete its investigation and bring the suspects to justice.
“Words are inadequate right now,” she said. “There’s really nothing I can say that’s going to give the family or the officers any comfort. What happened today was a senseless act of violence.”
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, pledging “all available state resources to catch those who killed a Greensboro police officer.” ___ This story corrects the number of years Officer Philip Dale Nix served with Greensboro police based on updated information from the department. He served 23 years.
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100 new faces of Kazakhstan project to be continued
19:28, 13 February 2019
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - 100 new faces of Kazakhstan project will be continued, President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced Wednesday, Kazinform reports.
"Every person should have a dream, only those who have dreams achieve their goals. That is why it is wonderful that we organized this project for the second year in a row. Because these people [winners] set the example for youth, they prove one can achieve everything," Nursultan Nazarbayev said at the meeting with the winners of the second stage of the project in Astana.
The Head of State added that it doesn't matter what profession one chooses - driver, janitor or else - the key is to achieve the heights of one's profession. "Person's life is too short and it is important to go the distance," he added.
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Andrade El Idolo is a free agent. The former WWE SmackDown Superstar departed AEW after the Worlds End pay-per-view event. Tony Khan confirmed during the post-show scrum both parties have mutually decided to part ways.
Word on the internet is that the former Andrade “Cien” Almas could be back in WWE after a stint with AEW. The former NXT Champion might return to the blue brand and join forces with a top heel. The superstar in question is none other than Santos Escobar.
It is possible Andrade El Idolo could form an alliance with Santos Escobar’s Legado World Order on WWE SmackDown in the new year. Andrade had a series of fantastic matches against Rey Mysterio during their time together in the Stamford-based promotion.
Plus, he has a history with Los Lotharios on Monday Night RAW. Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo were revealed as Escobar’s lackeys two weeks ago on Friday Night SmackDown. The duo helped Escobar defeat Bobby Lashley in the United States Title contender tournament semi-final.
The Legado leader will take on Kevin Owens in the tournament final on SmackDown: New Year’s Revolution Friday, January 5. Fans can check out the events advertised as part of WWE New Year’s Knockout Week here.
When was Andrade El Idolo’s last match on WWE SmackDown?
Andrade El Idolo last competed on WWE SmackDown in 2019. He lost to The Miz in their singles match on the September 19 episode of the blue brand. Andrade was moved to Monday Night RAW as part of the 2019 draft lottery.
He made a convincing entry with a win over Mustafa Ali. He’d pick up a feud with Humberto Carrillo in November. Andrade would kick off his 2020 by defeating Rey Mysterio for the United States Championship on the January 6 episode of RAW.
He later dropped the title to Apollo Crews on the May 25, 2020 episode of the red brand. Andrade was eventually released in March 2021 after he'd requested for the same. Fans might have to wait to see Andrade's potential return to WWE.
A former WWE star was upset about his release. He shoots from the hip here.
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PGA Tour seeks extension on commercial deal with Saudis, private investors
(AP) - The PGA Tour believes it has made enough progress with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf to extend their negotiations into next year for a new commercial deal that would include a U.S. investment group and the European tour.
Commissioner Jay Monahan sent a memo to players on Sunday afternoon, just seven hours before the deadline to finalize the deal that was set in the June 6 framework agreement.
The PGA Tour board unanimously agreed three weeks ago to negotiate exclusively with Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of American-based professional sports teams owners led by Fenway Sports Group.
Monahan said the tour has made “meaningful progress” with SSG and provided the group with all the information it requested.
“As we move forward in our discussions, we are focused on the finalization of terms and drafts of necessary documents,” Monahan said.
Far more complicated are the negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the financial supporters of the rival LIV Golf League which lured away Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka in 2022, and most recently Masters champion Jon Rahm earlier this month.
Monahan described conversations with PIF and the European tour as “active and productive.”
The framework agreement was to expire Dec. 31, though it included language that the deadline could be extended if all parties agreed. “We are working to extend our negotiations into next year based on the progress we have made to date,” Monahan said in his memo.
Monahan said the goal for 2024 was to reach agreements with SSG, PIF and the European tour to bring them in as minority co-investors in the for-profit PGA Tour Enterprises.
“These partnerships will allow us to unify, innovate and invest in the game for the benefit of players, fans and sponsors,” Monahan said.
Under the framework agreement, PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan would have a seat on the PGA Tour board. The agreement also included PGA Tour Enterprises doing an “objective, empirical-driven evaluation” of LIV and to determine if team golf can be integrated into the PGA Tour and European tour.
It also was to determine a “fair and objective” process for LIV players who might want to return to the PGA Tour or European tour, which is said to be a sticking point because of the players who turned down Saudi riches to remain on the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour season begins Thursday at The Sentry on Maui, the first of eight “signature” events with a $20 million purse and limited field. LIV Golf already has announced the bulk of its 2024 schedule and $20 million purses. It starts the first week of February.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las Vegas lounge headliner and was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest standup acts of his generation, has died. He was 97.
His widow, Marie Musso Green, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that her husband died early Sunday at their home. She said her husband of 41 years died of natural causes.
Those who saw Greene in his decades of comedy dominance on the Vegas Strip in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s said that with a mic in his hand he could roam a room and work a crowd like no other.
He couldn’t wait to abandon written jokes for the shared thrill of improv.
“I’ve never had an act,” Greene told the Las Vegas Sun in 2009. “I make it up as I go along.”
Greene made huge fans of his fellow entertainers including Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, and, most famously, Frank Sinatra, who hand-picked him as his opening act for a stretch. Greene couldn’t resist the gig with the biggest star in America at the time, but the two big personalities butted heads frequently, and the relationship ended with the comic taking a beating from the singer’s cronies at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach.
It led to his most famous joke:
“Frank Sinatra once saved my life,” Greene would say. “A bunch of guys were beating on me and Frank said, ‘OK that’s enough.’”
Sinatra wasn’t actually there, Greene later said, but the beatdown was real. Also true was the oft-repeated story of Greene driving his Oldsmobile into the fountains at Caesars Palace in 1968, a consequence of what he conceded was a serious alcohol problem and a dangerous desire to go for a drive when he was a few drinks in.
He got a famous joke out of that moment too, later saying that when the cops arrived at his submerged car, whose windshield wipers running, he told them, “No spray wax please!”
With a body like a linebacker’s, a wit as quick as lightning and a voice that suggested he could’ve been a lounge singer instead of a lounge comic, Greene in the course of a night would plow through dozens of impressions, do extended riffs at audience members’ tables and turn musical standards into parody songs on the spot.
Tony Zoppi, who for decades was entertainment director of the Riviera Hotel, said Greene was the finest comic mind he ever saw.
“He’ll walk out on a stage and do an hour off the top of his head,” Zoppi told the Los Angeles Times. “A waitress dropped a glass — he did 15 minutes.”
He made appearances in films including 1967’s “Tony Rome” with Sinatra, 1981’s “History of the World Part I” with Mel Brooks, and 1984’s “Splash” with Tom Hanks, showed-up on network sitcoms including “Laverne & Shirley” and “Mad About You,” and was a constant guest on talk and variety shows.
But he never really clicked on the screen. He needed a crowd he could interact with, and a whole night to woo them. That meant never becoming as famous as comic contemporaries like Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett or Carson. But he pulled the same six-figure-a-week paychecks as they did for live shows.
Born Fred Sheldon Greenfield, Greene took to singing, acting, making jokes and doing mock accents while growing up on the North Side of Chicago.
He served in the Navy in World War II in the Pacific.
On returning to Chicago, he went to community college and thought he might become a gym teacher, but started doing comedy nightclub gigs for money.
An offer of a two-week gig at the Prevue Lounge in New Orleans turned into a six-years stint.
He did his first show in Las Vegas in 1953. He found he and the Strip were a perfect match, and within a few years he owned the town. In 1956, he opened for a young Elvis Presley at the New Frontier.
“The kid should never have been in there,” Greene told the L.A. Times in 2005. “He came out in a baseball jacket. Four or five musicians behind him had baseball jackets on. It looked like a picnic. After the first show they switched the billing, and I headlined.”
Greene would remain a Vegas mainstay, his playgrounds places like the Riviera and the Tropicana, for the next 30 years.
From 1972 to 1982 Greene was married to Nalani Kele, a dancer whose show, the Nalani Kele Polynesian Revue, was a long-running nightclub hit. And in 1985, he married Marie Musso, daughter of jazz saxophonist Vido Musso.
Greene gained his share of national fame eventually. He could fill Carnegie Hall, and guest-hosted both Carson’s “Tonight Show” and “The Merv Griffin Show.”
He grappled with addictions to both drinking and gambling, neither ideal for a man who spent most of his time in Las Vegas. He also struggled with what were later diagnosed as severe depression and panic attacks, both of which made it increasingly difficult to perform as he got older.
Greene moved to Palm Springs in an attempt at retirement in his late 70s in 2004, but the stage still had appeal, and he returned for a stint in Las Vegas at the Suncoast Hotel and Casino in 2009.
Returning to a city now dominated by the likes of Celine Dion and Cirque du Soleil, Greene found he could stroll through casinos anonymously.
“I’m a legend,” he told the Sun in 2009, “but nobody knows me in Vegas anymore.”
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Kevin Dunn has reportedly stepped down from his role as the Executive Producer at WWE and will not continue with the company into 2024.
Dunn, a stalwart at the Stamford-based promotion since 1984, played a pivotal role in shaping the company's domestic programming over the years. The veteran has now chosen to retire from his influential position.
As per Dave Meltzer's recent update on F4WONLINE, there's talk of potential replacements. One name mentioned is Mike Mansury, the co-executive producer at AEW, whom Triple H may be interested in. However, his availability might not be feasible as he's likely tied up in a long-term contract with AEW.
"As far as a replacement as Executive Producer of all the shows goes, I was told not to presume anything and multiple people in the company even threw the name Mike Mansury about as someone Paul Levesque would want, but I presume Mansury is under a long-term deal with AEW." [H/T F4WONLINE ]
Meltzer also highlighted Marty Miller and Chris Kaiser as potential candidates for promotion to the Executive Producer position within the company. However, he highlighted that these discussions are speculative, and it remains to be seen what plans WWE has in store moving forward.
"Marty Miller's name was mentioned. At one point, the attempt was to make Chris Kaiser the Executive Producer who would handle the budgets, and Dunn as the guy handling the shows and making the final decisions. It could end up with Miller running the truck and Kaiser handling the budgets, but that's all speculation at this point," Meltzer wrote.
Triple H had talked about Kevin Dunn's WWE future
Triple H assumed the role of WWE's Head of Creative after Vince McMahon stepped down last year.
In an interview with ESPN, Triple H emphasized that he wouldn't be stepping into Vince McMahon's shoes alone and stressed the importance of teamwork in maintaining the company's legacy. He had specifically mentioned Kevin Dunn as one of the key figures expected to play a crucial role in this collaborative effort.
"The intent is to continue the legacy of what has been going on, what made me fall in love with this business that he created, and to take it to new levels. To take it beyond where it is now. The only way we’re going to do that is with a team. That’s with Steph [Stephanie McMahon], that’s with Nick Khan, that’s with myself, that’s with Kevin Dunn [who produces WWE’s TV programs], that’s with everybody that is here, that is with all this talent," Triple H said.
It's going to be intriguing to see whom Triple H and WWE choose to succeed Kevin Dunn as the new Executive Producer of the company.
What was your reaction to the news of Kevin Dunn's WWE departure? Let us know in the comments section below.
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The wife of WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER is celebrating her husband and New Year's Eve with a new social media post.
GUNTHER and Jinny met on the indy scene and began dating while both were working in WWE's NXT brand. They went public with their relationship in November 2021 and then got married this past spring amid The Ring General's historic reign with the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
Jinny and GUNTHER welcomed their first child, a son, on Wednesday, December 27th, as announced by the leader of Imperium. Jinny made her first post-baby comments on Instagram Stories today by re-posting GUNTHER's WrestleMania 39 highlight video.
GUNTHER posted the video to ask who had a better 2023 than him, while his wife captioned it with fire emojis.
"🔥🔥🔥🔥," she wrote.
GUNTHER last retained his title over The Miz on the December 18 RAW. This was a rematch from Survivor Series, where the champion also retained. It remains to be seen who will challenge The Ring General next.
What happened with Jinny's WWE career?
Jinny began training for pro wrestling in 2014 and was the first female graduate of PROGRESS Wrestling's Dojo wrestling school. She won her in-ring debut over Pollyanna at ENDVR:8 in January 2015.
Jinny went on to become a two-time PROGRESS Women's Champion and a one-time RevPro British Women's Champion. WWE signed her in June 2018 and after working the Mae Young Classic, she settled on the NXT UK brand.
The 36-year-old has not wrestled since defeating Amale at the NXT UK TV tapings on November 18, 2021. The absence led to speculation on her status, which she cleared up this past March when she revealed that a concussion led to an early retirement.
"I had to be smart, I had to think about [the] long term. Unfortunately, in the last match I took several big blows to the head. It was by far the worst concussion I had ever been through. I was like, having to think about the long term – healing, looking after your health. I was like, 'I’ve got to make the right decision.' It wasn’t easy. I loved wrestling so much, I’d watched it for years and I always wanted to be part of WWE. And although I wasn’t able to make it to my final destination, I still got to achieve a lot," she said.
The Fashionista actually wrestled a WWE match more than one year before being signed to a contract. The company held several matches during WrestleMania 33 Axxess in March 2017, and she was defeated by Toni Storm on Day 2 and Day 3.
What are your memories of Jinny in NXT? Do you have a bold prediction for GUNTHER in 2024? Sound off in the comments below!
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US Navy helicopters fire at Yemen’s Houthi rebels and kill several in latest Red Sea shipping attack
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday that its forces opened fire on Houthi rebels after they attacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea, killing several of them in an escalation of the maritime conflict linked to the war in Gaza. “We’re going to act in a self-defense going forward,” a White House official said.
In a series of statements, the U.S. Central Command said the crew of the USS Gravely destroyer first shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired at the Singapore-flagged Maersk Hangzhou late Saturday, after the vessel reported getting hit by a missile earlier that evening as it sailed through the Southern Red Sea.
Four small boats then attacked the same cargo ship with small arms fire early Sunday and rebels tried to board the vessel, the U.S. Navy said.
Next, the USS Gravely and helicopters from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier responded to the Maersk Hangzhou’s distress call and issued verbal warnings to the attackers, who responded by firing on the helicopters.
“The U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense,” sinking three of the four boats and killing the people on board while the fourth boat fled the area, the U.S. Central Command said. No harm to U.S. personnel or equipment, or casualties from the cargo ship, were reported.
The Houthis acknowledged that 10 of their fighters were killed in the confrontation and warned of consequences.
In Washington, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council sidestepped a question about the possibility of a preemptive strike against the Houthis to safeguard commercial shipping in the vital waterway.
“I won’t say what’s on or off the table right now,” John Kirby told ABC’s “Good Morning America,” adding, “We’re going to do what we have to do to protect shipping.” He said the United States has “significant national security interests in the region” and “we’re going to put the kind of forces we need in the region to protect those interests and we’re going to act in self-defense going forward.”
He said the U.S. has made it clear to the Houthis that “we take these threats seriously and we’re going to make the right decisions going forward.″
The events surrounding the Maersk Hangzhou represented the 23rd illegal attack by the Houthis on international shipping since Nov. 19, the Central Command said. It was the first time the U.S. Navy said its personnel had killed Houthi fighters since the Red Sea attacks started.
For over a month, Iran-backed Houthis have claimed attacks on ships in the Red Sea that they say are either linked to Israel or heading to Israeli ports. They say their attacks aim to end the Israeli air-and-ground offensive in the Gaza Strip that was triggered by the Palestinian militant group Hamas’ Oct.7 attack in southern Israel.
However, the links to the ships targeted in the rebel assaults have grown more tenuous as the attacks continue.
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee called on President Joe Biden “to look at what actions need to be taken in Yemen to be able to prevent the Houthis to continue to put commercial and military vessels at risk.”
Noting Iran’s support for Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, told ABC’s ``This Week” that the Biden administration should be more aggressive “in responding to escalation by Iran.’’
The Denmark-based shipping giant Maersk, owner of Maersk Hangzhou, said Sunday it would suspend shipping through the Red Sea again after the two attacks on its freighter.
“In light of the (most recent) incident — and to give time to investigate the details of the incident and assess the security situation further — it has been decided that all transits through the area will be postponed for the next 48 hours,” Maersk was quoted as saying by the Danish public broadcaster DR.
On Saturday, the top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East said Houthi rebels have shown no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea even as more nations join the international maritime mission to protect vessels in the vital waterway and trade traffic begins to pick up.
Earlier this month, Washington announced the establishment of a new international coalition to protect vessels traveling through the waterway. The United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain are also part of the new maritime security mission.
Since the Pentagon announced Operation Prosperity Guardian to counter the attacks just over 10 days ago, 1,200 merchant ships have traveled through the Red Sea region, and none had been hit by drone or missile strikes, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper told The Associated Press in an interview on Saturday.
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Associated Press writer Jari Tanner in Helsinki, Finland, contributed to this report.
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01/8The universe is mind boggling
Exploring the depths of the universe unveils incredible mysteries that expand our perception of reality. Taking a deep dive into these seven mind-boggling facts about the universe opens a window to its sheer grandeur, presenting cosmic wonders that spark curiosity and astonishment.
02/8The universe's vastness
The vastness of the universe transcends human comprehension. Within this cosmic expanse reside billions upon billions of galaxies, each adorned with billions of stars. The sheer magnitude of distances is staggering; even light, racing at an astonishing speed, requires billions of years to traverse this unfathomable celestial landscape. Contemplating the expanse of the universe places humanity's existence in perspective, emphasizing our minuscule place within this colossal cosmos.
03/8Dark matter and Dark Energy dominate
A significant portion of the universe comprises enigmatic entities: dark matter and dark energy. Dark matter, constituting around 85% of the universe's mass, remains elusive, escaping detection by conventional telescopes. Yet, its gravitational influence molds the cosmic structures we observe. Dark energy, comprising roughly 68% of the universe's energy density, perplexes scientists further. Its existence propels the accelerated expansion of the universe, an astonishing revelation that challenges our understanding of fundamental cosmic forces.
04/8Black Holes' gravity is unfathomable
Black holes have always been a part of our mythos. These cosmic abysses formed by the collapse of massive stars, wield gravitational forces of unparalleled intensity. Their gravitational pull is so immense that not even light, the fastest-known entity, can escape their grasp. These colossal entities warp the fabric of space-time, serving as celestial enigmas that captivate the imagination.
05/8The age of the universe
Scientific estimations suggest that the universe boasts an age of approximately 13.8 billion years. This immense timescale encompasses the evolutionary journey of stars, galaxies, and cosmic phenomena, marking the passage of eons in the cosmic tapestry.
06/8Cosmic microwave background radiation
The faint cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation serves as an echo from the universe's infancy, a lingering relic from the Big Bang. This residual radiation permeates the universe, providing compelling evidence supporting the theory of the universe's explosive birth.
07/8Expanding universe
The universe's expansion continues unabated, with galaxies hurtling away from each other. This revelation, discovered through the study of redshifts in light from distant galaxies, revolutionized cosmological understanding. The discovery of an expanding universe reshaped scientific theories, offering insights into the cosmic fabric's evolution.
08/8The possibility of parallel universes
The concept of multiverses introduces the notion that our universe might be one of many. The idea of parallel universes suggests the existence of alternate realms, each governed by its unique set of physical laws and conditions. While theoretical, this concept sparks intriguing debates among scientists and philosophers alike, hinting at a reality beyond our immediate perception.
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Revelers counted down to midnight on New Year’s Eve across the globe Sunday as fireworks and festive lights offered a hopeful start to 2024 for some, even as the world’s ongoing conflicts subdued celebrations and raised security concerns.
In Australia, more than 1 million people watched a pyrotechnic display centered around Sydney’s famous Opera House and harbor bridge — a number of spectators equivalent to one in five of the city’s residents.
“It’s total madness,” said German tourist Janna Thomas, who waited in line since 7:30 a.m. to secure a prime waterfront location.
Some 90,000 police and security officers were deployed around France including along Champs-Elysees Avenue, where large crowds took in a multidimensional light show projected onto the Arc de Triomphe showcasing the history of Paris and sports on the menu for next year’s Summer Olympics in the city.
In New York, people lined up early to nab a spot in Times Square for the midnight ball drop. Officials and party organizers said they were prepared to keep tens of thousands of revelers safe in the heart of Manhattan, as the city has seen near-daily protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war.
FIREWORKS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
Stunning fireworks displays bloomed at iconic locations like the Acropolis in Athens, Greece; reflected in the sleek glass walls of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates; and accompanied a collective cheer filling the air in Nairobi, Kenya.
China celebrated relatively quietly, with most major cities banning fireworks over safety and pollution concerns. Still, people gathered and performers danced in colorful costumes in Beijing, while a crowd released wish balloons in Chongqing. During his New Year address, President Xi Jinping said the country would focus on building momentum for economic recovery in 2024 and pledged China would “surely be reunified” with Taiwan.
In Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, the mood was upbeat as revelers gathered for a fireworks show at the bamboo-shaped Taipei 101 skyscraper and at concerts and other events citywide.
In India, thousands of revelers from the financial hub of Mumbai watched the sun set over the Arabian Sea. Fireworks in New Delhi raised concerns that the capital — already infamous for its poor air quality — would be blanketed by a toxic haze on the first morning of the new year.
Across Japan, people gathered at temples such as the Tsukiji Temple in Tokyo, where visitors were given free hot milk and corn soup as they stood in line to strike a massive bell.
POPE HIGHLIGHTS THE HUMAN COST OF WAR
At the Vatican, Pope Francis recalled 2023 as a year marked by wartime suffering. During his traditional Sunday blessing from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, he offered prayers for “the tormented Ukrainian people and the Palestinian and Israeli populations, the Sudanese people and many others.”
“At the end of the year, we will have the courage to ask ourselves how many human lives have been shattered by armed conflict, how many dead and how much destruction, how much suffering, how much poverty,” the pontiff said.
GAZA AND UKRAINE WARS GRIND ON
In Russia, the country’s military actions in Ukraine overshadowed end-of-year celebrations, with the usual fireworks and concert on Moscow’s Red Square canceled, as they were last year. Even without the festivities, people gathered in the square,and some cheered and pointed their phones at a clock counting down the year’s final seconds.
After shelling in the Russian border city of Belgorod Saturday killed 24 people, some local authorities across the country also canceled their firework displays, including in Vladivostok. Millions were expected to tune in to President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s prerecorded address, in which he said no force could divide Russians and stop the country’s development.
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war will continue for “many more months,” resisting international calls for a cease-fire.
Skyscrapers in Tel Aviv were lit up in yellow to call for the release of hostages held by Palestinian militants in Gaza for more than 80 days.
“While you are counting down until the new year, our time and our lives stopped,” said Moran Betzer Tayar, the aunt of Yagev Buchshtab, a 34-year-old hostage.
In the Gaza Strip, displaced Palestinians huddled around fires in a makeshift refugee camp.
“From the intensity of the pain we live, we do not feel that there is a new year,” said Kamal al-Zeinaty, who has lost multiple family members in the conflict. “All the days are the same.”
In Iraq, a Christmas tree was decorated with Palestinian flags and symbolic bodies in funeral shrouds, placed beside a liberty monument in central Baghdad. Many Christians in Iraq have cancelled this year’s festivities in solidarity with Gaza, and have chosen to limit their celebrations to prayers and rituals.
“We hope that the new year, 2024, will be a year of goodness, prosperity and joy,” said Ahmed Ali, a Baghdad resident.
In Muslim-majority Pakistan, the government banned all New Year’s Eve celebrations in solidarity with the Palestinians.
GLOBAL TENSIONS SPUR SECURITY VIGILANCE
New York Mayor Eric Adams said there were “no specific threats” to his city’s annual bash. Nevertheless, police said they would expand the security perimeter around the party, creating a “buffer zone” that would allow them to head off potential demonstrations. On New Year’s Eve 2022, a machete-wielding man attacked three police officers a few blocks from Times Square.
Security was also heightened across European cities on Sunday.
German authorities said they etained three more people in connection with a reported threat of a New Year’s Eve attack by Islamic extremists on the world-famous Cologne Cathedral.
In Berlin, some 4,500 police officers were expected to keep order and avoid riots like those seen a year ago. Authorities also banned the traditional use of firecrackers for several streets across the city. They also banned a pro-Palestinian protest in the Neukoelln neighborhood of the German capital, which has seen several pro-Palestinian riots.
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1st international Eurasia book fair opens in Istanbul
The festival, of which Anadolu Agency is the global communication partner, is supported by Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry, Ministry of National Education, Turkish broadcaster TRT and the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Anadolu Agency reports.
Speaking at the fair, Emrah Kisakurek, chairman of an Istanbul-based press association, said over 200 foreign publishing houses from 70 countries will participate in the event. It consists of poetry recitations, autograph sessions and conferences.
The nine-day fair will host more than 100 writers, Kisakurek noted.
Also, Ridvan Duran, head of the technical affairs department of Istanbul Municipality, said each book is a product of knowledge and experience.
The fair being held under the theme A Long Story will end on March 3.
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Triple H and other WWE officials reportedly expect Mercedes Mone to show up elsewhere imminently after their talks fell apart. The former Sasha Banks was in talks with WWE over a potential return to the Stamford-based promotion.
It is possible The Game could bring back a three-time WWE champion to counter Mone’s potential AEW debut. The person in question is none other than AJ Lee. The former Divas Champion recently teased her in-ring return on social media.
AJ Lee also posted a clip of her running the ropes with CM Punk for the TV series, Heels. While she insisted she was retired, she did take a few bumps for the Stephen Amell-starrer series.
The Straight Edge Superstar returned to WWE at Survivor Series: WarGames 2023. He wrestled his comeback match against Dominik Mysterio at Madison Square Garden at a live event on December 26.
AJ Lee might join her husband CM Punk on Monday Night RAW. It is possible she could be the former WWE champion reportedly set to appear at the upcoming episode of the red brand.
Did Mercedes Mone tease WWE return with Triple H-themed photo?
Mercedes Mone posted several cryptic messages on social media ahead of the new year. First, she wished her fans “Happy Happy Holidays” on December 24. Fans thought the three H’s stood for Triple H. Then, she dropped a picture of her sitting in front of a Triple H post.
That being said, fans are convinced the former Sasha Banks is headed to AEW after her negotiations with WWE reportedly fell apart over pay. The 31-year-old reportedly asked for more than what Charlotte Flair would be getting after she successfully negotiated a new deal with WWE.
The Queen is currently out of action with a knee injury. She is expected to remain out of action for eight to nine months. Her husband and former AEW star Andrade El Idolo is rumored to return to WWE after his contract expired with Tony Khan’s promotion at the end of 2023.
A former WWE star was upset about his release. He shoots from the hip here.
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CUSA Games Today: How to Watch CUSA Games, TV Schedule, Live Streaming Options - Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 1:10 PM CST|Updated: 53 minutes ago
Looking for info on how to watch all of the college football postseason action now that bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here? Below, we highlight how you can watch all four games involving teams from the CUSA.
Watch college football all season long on Fubo and ESPN+!
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01/92023 was amazing for fans of astronomy
The year 2023 was a spectacular one for skywatchers, as they witnessed some amazing celestial events that dazzled the eyes and the mind. From eclipses to meteor showers, from comets to supermoons, the night sky offered a variety of wonders that inspired awe and curiosity. Here are some of the most memorable celestial events that bedazzled us in 2023.
02/9Quadrantids meteor shower
This meteor shower peaked on January 4, producing up to 120 meteors per hour. The meteors originated from an asteroid called 2003 EH1, which may be a piece of a comet that broke apart centuries ago. The Quadrantids are named after the obsolete constellation of Quadrans Muralis, which was located between the constellations of Bootes and Draco. The shower was best seen from the Northern Hemisphere, where the radiant point was high in the sky. Some lucky observers reported seeing bright fireballs and long trails of dust left by the meteors.
03/9April's pink moon
This was the first of three supermoons in 2023, meaning it appeared larger and brighter than usual. It was also the first full moon of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and was named after the pink flowers that bloom at this time of year, such as phlox, wild geranium, and moss pink. The Pink Moon was also known as the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and the Fish Moon by different cultures. The moon rose in the east just after sunset, creating a beautiful contrast with the twilight sky.
04/9Ring of Fire solar eclipse
This was a hybrid solar eclipse, meaning it was a total eclipse in some places and an annular eclipse in others. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon is too far from the Earth to cover the sun completely, leaving a ring of fire around the moon's silhouette. The eclipse was visible from parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia on April 20. The path of totality, where the sun was completely blocked by the moon, was only 18 kilometers wide and lasted for less than a minute. The path of annularity, where the ring of fire was visible, was much wider and lasted for up to six minutes. The eclipse was a spectacular sight for those who witnessed it, as the sun's corona and chromosphere were revealed in stunning detail.
05/9Geminid meteor shower
This was one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year, as it coincided with a nearly new moon, creating dark skies that enhanced the visibility of the shooting stars. The shower peaked on the night of December 13 and the morning of December 14, producing up to 150 meteors per hour. The meteors came from an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon, which has a dusty trail that the Earth passes through every year. The Geminids are named after the constellation of Gemini, where the meteors appear to radiate from. The shower was visible from both hemispheres, but the best views were from the Northern Hemisphere, where Gemini was high in the sky. The meteors were bright and fast, and some of them had green, yellow, or blue colors.
06/9August's blue moon
This was the second of two full moons in August, making it a blue moon by the modern definition. It was also a supermoon, as it was closer to the Earth than usual. The moon did not appear blue in color, but the term blue moon may have originated from an old English phrase meaning "betrayer moon", as it disrupted the usual lunar cycle. The Blue Moon was also known as the Sturgeon Moon, the Green Corn Moon, and the Grain Moon by different cultures. The moon rose in the east just before sunset, creating a striking image with the twilight sky.
07/9Earthshine
This was a phenomenon that occurred when the Earth reflected sunlight onto the dark side of the moon, making it glow faintly most prominent during the waxing and waning phases of April and May. Earthshine was most noticeable during the crescent phases of the moon, when only a sliver of the moon was illuminated by the sun. Earthshine was also called "the old moon in the new moon's arms" or "the da Vinci glow", as Leonardo da Vinci was the first to explain it scientifically. It was a beautiful reminder of the connection between the Earth and the moon, and the interplay of light and shadow.
08/9Perseid meteor shower
This was one of the most popular meteor showers of the year, as it occurred in the warm summer nights of August. The shower peaked on the night of August 12 and the morning of August 13, producing up to 100 meteors per hour. The meteors were fragments of ice and rock ejected by Comet Swift-Tuttle, which swings into the inner solar system every 133 years. The Perseids are named after the constellation of Perseus, where the meteors appear to come from. The shower was visible from both hemispheres, but the best views were from the Northern Hemisphere, where Perseus was high in the sky. The meteors were fast and bright, and some of them left persistent trains of glowing dust behind them.
09/9Jupiter at opposition
This was a great opportunity to observe the largest planet in the solar system, as it was at its closest and brightest of the year. Jupiter’s opposition on December 7 was in the constellation of Aries, near the star cluster Pleiades. It was at a distance of about 667 million km from Earth, and it shone with a magnitude of -2.6, making it the fourth-brightest object in the sky, after the sun, the moon, and Venus. Jupiter was also close to the nearly full moon on that night, creating a striking pair in the southeast as darkness fell. Through a telescope, Jupiter revealed its cloud bands, its four Galilean moons, and sometimes its Great Red Spot.
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BERLIN (AP) — Three more people were detained Sunday in connection with a reported threat of an attack on the Cologne Cathedral over the holidays, German authorities said.
The detentions came only days after a 30-year-old Tajik man was detained in relation to an alleged plot to attack the world-famous cathedral by Islamic extremists in the western German city.
The suspects were detained in the western cities of Duisburg, Herne and Dueren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and their apartments were also searched there. No details about their identities were released.
All of the detained suspects — including the Tajik who was arrested last week — allegedly belong to a larger network that included people across Germany and in other European countries, according to Cologne police chief Johannes Hermanns, German news agency dpa reported.
The attack was supposed to have been carried out with a car loaded with explosives, local media reported.
Cologne police said in a Sunday news conference that the cathedral’s underground parking garage had been searched and that explosives detection dogs had been deployed — but nothing was found. Since the early morning, the entrance and exit of the underground garage had also been checked for suspicious activity.
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Interior Minister Herbert Reul called the latest detentions a “success, for which I would like to thank the investigators.”
Islamic extremists have always been active, but they are currently more active than usual and the Catholic cathedral was a prime target for them, Reul said, according to dpa. “The police always try to be a few steps ahead,” he added.
Police had received information about a planned militant attack on Cologne Cathedral shortly before Christmas. The attack was to be carried out on New Year’s Eve.
The city’s world-famous cathedral has been under high protection for a week and the threat led to the closure of the house of worship for tourists since Christmas Eve.
Usually, more than 100,000 tourists visit the cathedral in the last week of the year. In recent days, only worshippers were allowed to enter the building for Mass, but they had to go through thorough security checks involving sniffer dogs.
On Sunday evening, around 1,000 police officers were on duty around the cathedral as revelers began celebrating the end of 2023.
Reul, the state interior minister, encouraged people to celebrate and not stay at home despite the attack threat.
“Islamist terror is still a threat on German streets,” he said. “We have often suppressed that. And whenever there is a one-off event like this, we are all very electrified again.”
However, it would be wrong to panic, said Reul. “I say: Celebrate! Behave yourselves! Take care — and enjoy the transition into the new year.”
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1st Kazakhstan's Robotechnics Championship kicks off in Almaty
15:44, 15 February 2019
ALMATY. KAZINFORM The IITU Robocon 2019, the 1st Kazakhstan's Robotechnics Championship, has started in Almaty as part of the Year of Youth.
The best 15 university teams are taking part in the championship aimed at boosting Digital Kazakhstan and Rukhani Janghyru programs with support of the Fund of the First President of Kazakhstan, Almaty administration, Kazakh Education and Science Ministry.
As the organizers said, the competition is expected to give young scientists an opportunity to gain wider experience and develop IT technologies. Its goal is to gain advanced technical knowledge for further realization of startup projects and active participation in the country's innovation activities.
More than 170 universities of Kazakhstan were invited for the championship at large. Only 15 of them applied. The winners will be awarded 3D printers, quadrotors and notebooks.
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Highly anticiapted (at least around here) surival shooter Road to Vostok has a brand new demo out. It's a lot like the old public demo, indeed the developer calls it Public Demo 1 Version 3, with one huge caveat: Road to Vostok now runs on the Godot game engine rather than Unity.
The in-development post-apocalyptic shooter is set in an abandoned border zone between Finland and Russia, with you as the protagonist trying to cross from one side to another. The game vision requires advanced, fast 3D rendering and a strong physics engine—concerns that mean the underlying game engine is very important.
"About three months ago I ... decided to switch to another game engine," said solo developer Antti in a video update. Now the Road to Vostok "project is now 100% ported which took a total of 615 hours of development time. You might ask if these 615 hours were worth it, I believe they were. With this amount of work I got myself a platform that minimizes the risks that I was worried about, which has a lot of potential for the future, and above all is fun to work with."
Antti, the solo developer of Road to Vostok, is just one of many devs switching away from Unity toward the open-source Godot game engine. He posted a long piece about how complex the decision was, and how he chose Godot, a few months back. An exodus from Unity triggered earlier this year, when Unity attempted changes to its fee structures resulted in just about every single game developer I've ever met or spoken to getting real angry. One indie dev called it an "astonishing scumbag move."
Road to Vostok got a lot of attention after a big debut earlier this year, with over 400,000 players jumping into its first public test. It's a game about run-down post-apocalyptic environments, and about the kinds of concerns doomsday preppers have. It's not just about whether you've got a nice, customized gun, but about whether you can actually carry and use the ammo and supplies you and it require.
"The survival genre has been missing innovation, and there have been so many vaporware projects and false promises over the years, so it's time to bring passion and innovation back to the genre," Antti told PC Gamer earlier this year. You can read more about Antti's vision for the game—and why he doesn't intend to abandon the project—in that article.
You can find Road to Vostok on its website, and the now-in-Godot public demo on Steam.
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WYSO Music On Demand provides your favorite locally-produced radio shows to stream for two weeks after they air! Listen to this episode of A Country Ramble, hosted by Tom Duffee:
A Country Ramble - 12/31/23
For a detailed playlist, visit the show's program page or our playlist search page.
Listen to Tom every Sunday evening from 6-8 PM on A Country Ramble.
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Address by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of the World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day and New Year
AZERBAIJAN, January 1 - - My fellow Azerbaijanis.
The year 2023 is coming to an end. A number of significant events took place in the life of our country in 2023. Of all these events, however, the restoration of our state sovereignty will forever remain in the memory of the Azerbaijani people. Following a one-day anti-terrorist operation carried out in 2023, Azerbaijan fully restored its state sovereignty, the occupying forces were expelled from the territory of Azerbaijan, the enemy army was crushed, and its military hardware was either destroyed or taken over as trophy. I would like to once again sincerely congratulate all the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of this historic event.
When the Second Karabakh War ended in 2020, and our flag was raised in Shusha and other liberated territories, we all knew perfectly well that our work was not completed. Azerbaijan had to restore its state sovereignty in full, and so it did.
We wanted to resolve the issue peacefully for three years. We believed that the Armenian leadership would properly analyze the results of the Second Karabakh War and draw the right conclusions. Unfortunately, this did not happen. For three years, not only did Armenia fail to fulfill its obligations, but it actually staged new military provocations against us and carried them out. The 15,000-strong Armenian army illegally stationed on our lands was not withdrawn from Karabakh. On the contrary, new weapons, ammunition, military equipment and mines were delivered into Karabakh, and mine terror against us continued.
Of course, we could not put up with this situation. We repeatedly warned the leadership of Armenia and the western countries behind it that this situation could not continue like that. Either the separatist regime is dissolved, and the Armenian army is withdrawn from our territory, or we would restore our state sovereignty by force. Regrettably, our words fell on deaf ears. The anti-terrorist operation, which started on September 19 and lasted only one day, even less than that, ended with complete victory of the Azerbaijan army. The separatist regime collapsed, fell to its knees before us, waved the white flag, surrendered, was forever expelled from our lands, and thrown into the trashcan of history. With this, the very roots of separatism in Azerbaijan were eradicated, and separatism – that scourge will never raise its head in our lands again.
The Azerbaijan army demonstrated its professionalism and heroism again. Our soldiers and officers showed an example of self-sacrifice. May Allah rest the souls of all our martyrs in peace! Their dear memory will live in our hearts forever. I must state that the blood of our martyrs did not remain unavenged. We took revenge on the battlefield, for our soldiers, officers, civilians, victims of Khojaly, the martyrs of the First and Second Karabakh wars, as well as the anti-terrorist operation.
In April 2023, we fully restored our territorial integrity. A border checkpoint was established on the Azerbaijan-Armenia border in the direction of Lachin, and the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan has been fully restored since that day. The people of Azerbaijan remember very well the anxiety that it caused around the world, especially in western countries standing behind Armenia and constantly supporting it, as well as the baseless accusations made against us. But no accusations and pressure could affect our resolve. I said back then that no-one could influence our determination. We are on the right path, we have regained control over our border, and we will not allow anyone to call the shots on our land. This is our land, we are the owners of this land, we will do whatever we think is necessary within the framework of international law, including international humanitarian law. But that did not serve as a lesson for the occupiers. It did not serve as a lesson for the anti-Azerbaijani forces standing behind them either. This is why the anti-terrorist operation carried out in September was inevitable, we carried it out and are proud of it. Every citizen of Azerbaijan and every Azerbaijani across the world rightly feels proud of that.
Karabakh and East Zangezur have turned into a huge construction site now. We are rebuilding our cities and villages, and about 5,000 formerly displaced persons returned to their native lands this year. In March of this year, on the eve of Novruz holiday, there was a festive mood in the village of Talish, as displaced persons returned to their native homes. In August, celebrations were held in the city of Fuzuli and the village of Zabukh. This year, displaced persons returned to Lachin as the Independence Day was celebrated – May 28 was a great holiday in Lachin. Prior to that, as you may know, displaced persons had settled down in the village of Aghali. So, life has now returned to five residential settlements.
I must also note that formerly displaced persons and refugees will return to several more residential settlements in 2024. I want to share the joyful news with them today and inform that the villages of Karkijahan, Malibayli and Turshsu will be completely restored and made available to the formerly displaced persons during upcoming year. Residents of Khojaly and Khankendi will also return to their homes.
In addition, several residential settlements will be ready to accommodate formerly displaced persons. We, the owners of these lands, are building and creating there. We are a nation of creators. For 30 years, the Armenians had been destroying our lands, razing our houses, historical buildings and mosques to the ground, committing acts of genocide against us, perpetrating the crimes of urbicide and ecocide. Our rivers have been poisoned and our forests have been destroyed. All this was done by the Armenian state. Unfortunately, they have yet to become an object of condemnation for these crimes in the West.
Double standards are pervasive in the West today. The people of Azerbaijan are well aware of this and, at the same time, know perfectly well that we will do what we think is right despite all the pressures, threats and unfounded accusations. Just as we have done to this day, we will continue to do so. The Armenian leadership should also draw the right conclusions from these historical lessons and behave in such a way as not to provoke our anger.
We have also successfully conducted an economic policy this year. An independent economy allows us the opportunity not to depend on anyone, not to depend on any international financial institution, and we are not.
We have significantly strengthened our army, elevating the level of professionalism and creating new armed units. These units, working together with other units of armed forces, demonstrated exceptional professionalism in the anti-terrorist operation. New weapons and military equipment have been purchased and delivered to the country with a number of new contracts signed. Let me also state that domestic military production will be significantly increased next year. The public and private sectors will invest at least one billion manats in military production next year. Thus, we will not just provide ourselves with critical assets, Azerbaijan will also become a country to be reckoned with on a global scale. The volume and range of our military products will increase to a large extent.
Our international prestige is growing by the day. In December, all countries of the world unanimously voted to hold the world's largest international conference in Azerbaijan – COP29 will be held in Azerbaijan next year. This is a sign of tremendous respect and reverence from the international community, but also a high assessment of our transition to green energy. The green energy transition is our priority, and the region's largest renewable energy plant was put into operation in Azerbaijan this year – a 230-megawatt solar power plant has already been fully integrated into our energy system. Based on the agreements and memorandums of understanding signed, 10,000 megawatts of renewable energy will be created in Azerbaijan in the next few years and Azerbaijan will become one of the world leaders in this field. Of course, the fact that COP29, an international conference on climate change will be held in Azerbaijan is further evidence of our successes in this field.
This year was declared a Year of Heydar Aliyev in Azerbaijan. The 100th anniversary of the National Leader was widely celebrated across the country. I spent this dear day for me, my father's birthday, in Shusha. Addressing the people of Azerbaijan from the central square of Shusha, I expressed my heartfelt words and said that our actions were the greatest sign of respect for the memory of the National Leader. I believe that our National Flag that I raised in Aghdara, Asgaran, Khojavand, Khojaly and Khankendi on October 15 was a sign of profound respect for the memory of the National Leader. Our Victory Parade in the central square of Khankendi on November 8 was also a sign of our immense reverence for the memory of the Great Leader.
Today, Azerbaijanis all over the world are truly proud of independent Azerbaijan. Today, Azerbaijanis of the world are celebrating the World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day with a completely new mood. For three years now, Azerbaijanis of the world and all the people of Azerbaijan have been very excited and are holding their head up high with dignity.
Our historic victory, our victory in the Second Karabakh War, the anti-terrorist operation, liberation from the occupiers and the collapse of the separatist regime have rightly brought all Azerbaijanis together into one fist. The Iron Fist has been the symbol of our victorious chronicle. Today, the Iron Fist is also a symbol of our unity, and I would like to assure the people of Azerbaijan and all Azerbaijanis of the world that the Iron Fist will always be in place.
Dear brothers and sisters, I wish you robust health and every success. I do hope that 2024 will be a successful year for our country and people. Happy holidays!
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The Carolina Panthers have had a terrible, terrible season from hell, and it only hit a new low on Sunday.
Scoring zero points in a 26-0 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars — who were starting backup quarterback C.J. Beathard — as Bryce Young’s brutal rookie season comes to a near-close wasn’t even the worst part of the day.
Averaging 2.3 yards per play and not crossing 100 total yards until the fourth quarter wasn’t the lowest point of the day for the Panthers.
No, in a moment of what can (at best) be described as a brief loss of control, Panthers team owner David Tepper appeared to throw a drink at an unruly Jaguars fan who was in front of him toward the end of the game. Tepper's Panthers have been unequivocally the worst team in the league this year, but there is simply no excuse for this behavior in the middle of tough times — particularly from his perch as the owner of a NFL team.
"We are aware of the video and have no further comment at this time," the NFL said in a statement, according to Joe Person of The Athletic. The Panthers themselves, meanwhile, still haven't commented.
This is just flat-out a rotten way to behave. Fights have been ignited over throwing drinks on people. It’s one of the most disrespectful, non-physical things a human can do to another human. Alcohol with backwash all over a t-shirt or an expensive jersey ain’t cool, man. Especially amid the power dynamics of Tepper not just being a team owner, but one of the singularly richest people in the entire world.
Tepper might as well be an anonymous person on the internet in that scenario. He’s completely untouchable as a person of his financial and social stature. He would never suffer a real punishment for behaving in this fashion because there is nothing that the person who got the drink poured on him can do. It’s an abuse of power as much as it is just a lame thing to do.
To take it a step further, if this is how Tepper is acting in public, it's easy to see why the Panthers have had so many head coaches in the brief time that Tepper has owned the team. It was an illogical, rushed, emotional response that puts him and his decision making under further scrutiny and gives partial context as to why the Panthers have been so dysfunctional over the past few years. A rotating door of head coaches and their interim replacements, musical chairs at quarterback, trading up for Young when the roster clearly wasn't ready to support a rookie quarterback — and now, this unruly moment that has been caught on camera.
Panthers fans are already (kind of) joking about whether or not this moment can be used to strip Tepper of his ownership. That isn’t going to happen. It takes a lot more than that for someone to lose their team, but it does paint the picture of where this team is.
The Panthers are just 31-67 since Tepper took over in 2018 and he’s about to hire his third full-time head coach in that timespan with a roster that doesn’t appear anywhere close to competing, even in the dismal NFC South.
At some point Tepper is going to have to stumble into success by mistake, even with his rash and hasty decision-making.
The part here that resonates beyond football is that everyone knows Tepper won’t or can’t face real discipline through this due to the power he holds. When you’re this wealthy in America, this is sadly one of the perks afforded to you.
The only hope here is that Tepper can see this as a moment of weakness and hopefully make changes for himself that will make the Panthers a respected franchise again. It simply doesn’t have to be like this.
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Bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here, with eight games involving teams from the Pac-12 on the docket. For info on how to watch all of the hard-hitting action, keep scrolling.
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01/9Hilarious memes of 2023
In the dynamic landscape of 2023, notable changes unfolded globally, from Elon Musk's Twitter antics to a YouTuber's unconventional aeroplane encounter with a hill. Amidst these significant events, memes played a crucial role in shaping internet culture. Let's take a look at the memes that captured the essence of 2023
02/9Barbie vs. Oppenheimer Meme
While everyone was concerned about soaring ticket prices due to the top three Hollywood movies – "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One," Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer', and Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' – these blockbusters provided some meme-worthy content this year.
03/9Prince Harry memes
One meme featuring Prince Harry humorously narrates an incident where an important person says something in the first photo, while the next shows Prince Harry standing as if being arrested. UK's Prince Harry was much in the news in the early part of 2023 after his explosive memoir 'Spare' was released, wherein he opened up about his strained equation with his family-- the British Royals.
04/9Coronation of King Charles meme
As the coronation unfolded with all its prestige and celebration, netizens flooded the internet with memes featuring a mystified Charles and jokes about Penny Mordaunt's peculiar outfit. Mentions of celebrities and famous personalities attending the event added an extra layer of hilarity to these memes.
05/9Kevin James' shrug meme
If you've witnessed a friend being asked to go on an adventure, and you smirked while posting this meme, then you're on an endless journey of sharing a meme that conveys sheepishness and a willingness to repeat the action.
06/9Chinese Spy balloon memes
The Chinese spy balloon memes have been trending since it was reported that US spy agencies had found one in 2023. The memes are hilarious; one of them showed a map of the United States and how a so-called spy balloon would have flown over it.
07/9Boris Johnson memes
Boris Johnson's alleged misleading of the House of Commons has led to eyebrow-raising moments and lively memes in 2023. However, it's not just his House of Commons appearances that have made us laugh; it's his public appearances as well.
08/9Red boot meme
MSCHF's Astro Boy-inspired big red boots became a viral sensation due to their extremely large proportions and vivid red colour. The absurdly large size of the boots quickly garnered attention among internet memers.
09/9Angela Bassett's did the thing meme
If you're aware of Arianna DeBose's medley at the Baftas Awards ceremony, then you probably also know the viral line "Angela Bassett did the thing." This moment turned both personalities into a celebratory meme.
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as the military targeted areas in several parts of the territory a day after the country’s prime minister said the war will continue for “many more months,” resisting international calls for a cease-fire.
The military said Israeli forces were operating in Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, and residents reported strikes in the central part of the tiny enclave, after Israel this week made that region the new focus of its war.
The war has raised fears of a broader regional conflagration. The U.S. military on Sunday said it shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired toward a container ship by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. Hours later, four boats tried to attack the same ship, but U.S. forces opened fire, killing several of the armed crews, the U.S. Central Command said.
Israel says it wants to destroy Hamas’ governing and military capabilities in Gaza, from where it launched its Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that killed 1,200 people and took 240 people hostage, according to Israeli authorities.
Israel’s unprecedented air and ground offensive has killed more than 21,600 Palestinians and wounded more than 55,000 others, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza. The war has sparked a humanitarian crisis, with a quarter of Gaza residents facing starvation, according to the United Nations. Israel’s bombardments have levelled vast swaths of the territory, making parts uninhabitable and displacing some 85% of Gaza’s inhabitants.
ISRAEL PRESSES ON
Israel expanded its offensive to central Gaza this week, targeting a belt of dense urban neighborhoods that house refugees from the war surrounding Israel’s creation in 1948 and their descendants. The fighting has left Palestinians in Gaza with the feeling that nowhere is safe.
In the area of Zweida in central Gaza, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens of others, according to witnesses. The bodies were draped in white plastic and laid out in front of a hospital, where prayers were held before burial.
“They were innocent people,” said Hussein Siam, whose relatives were among the dead. “Israeli warplanes bombarded the whole family.”
Officials from Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Deir al-Balah said the 13 were among 35 bodies received on Sunday.
The Israeli military said it was battling militants in Khan Younis, where Israel believes Hamas leaders are hiding. It also said its forces operating in Shati, in northern Gaza, found a bomb in a kindergarten and defused it. Hamas continued to launch rockets toward southern Israel.
Israel has faced stiff resistance from Hamas since it began its ground offensive in late October, and the military says 172 soldiers have been killed during that time.
THE DAY AFTER FOR GAZA
The magnitude of the destruction in Gaza coupled with the war’s length has raised questions about the achievability of Israel’s goal to quash Hamas as well as about its plans for post-war Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel must maintain open-ended security control over the Gaza Strip, without saying what would come next. At a news conference Saturday, where he said the war would continue for “many more months,” he reiterated his intention to preserve an Israeli military foothold in a narrow strip of land in southern Gaza near the border with Egypt.
“(It) must be in our hands, it must be sealed. It’s clear that any other agreement will not guarantee the demilitarization that we need and require,” Netanyahu said. Israel says Hamas has smuggled weapons in through the Egyptian border, but Egypt is likely to oppose any Israeli military presence there.
In his public remarks about Israel’s plans for the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu has also said he won’t allow the internationally-backed Palestinian Authority, which administers some parts of the West Bank, to participate in any future rule over Gaza.
That position has put Netanyahu at odds with the Biden administration over who should run Gaza after the war. The U.S. backs the idea that a unified Palestinian government should run both Gaza and parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank as a precursor to eventual statehood.
Israeli media have reported that Netanyahu has repeatedly dodged holding meetings with his War Cabinet about the post-war possibilities.
ISRAELIS PROTEST
Israelis, who still largely stand behind the war’s goals, are showing signs they are losing patience.
On Saturday night, thousands protested against Netanyahu, one of the largest demonstrations against the long-serving Israeli leader since the war began. The country, which is sharply divided over Netanyahu and a legal overhaul plan he has set in motion, has remained mostly united over the war.
“It is true that the state of Israel has many enemies and threats, but unfortunately today Prime Minister Netanyahu and his continued rule is the most significant existential threat to our country and our society,” said protester Gal Tzur.
A separate protest Saturday called for the release of the 129 remaining hostages held by Hamas. Families of hostages and their supporters have demanded that the government prioritize hostage releases over other war objectives, and have staged large protests every weekend.
Egypt, one of the mediators between Israel and Hamas, has proposed a multistage plan that would kick off with a swap of hostages for prisoners, accompanied by a temporary cease-fire — along the lines of an exchange during a weeklong truce in November.
But the sides still appear far from striking a new deal. The leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group holding Israeli hostages said Sunday there will be no exchange with Israel before the war ends and Israel withdraws its troops from the Gaza Strip, echoing Hamas’ position.
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Mroue reported from Beirut and Goldenberg from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman in Jerusalem contributed to this report.
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Conor McGregor is not a fan of Belal Muhammad on UFC broadcasts.
Over two years since the conclusion of UFC Vegas 42, fans still share a laugh at McGregor's reaction to the Fight Night broadcast. On the night of the event, McGregor posted a video on social media reacting to the analyst desk in between fights as he could not contain his laughter.
Amused by Belal Muhammad's presence on the screen as an analyst, Conor McGregor laughed hysterically while saying:
"What the f*** is this? Get this off my tele now!"
The Fight Night event took place on November 13, 2021, at the UFC APEX headlined by McGregor's former opponent, Max Holloway, and Yair Rodriguez. McGregor's video came as Anthony Smith broke down the preliminary fight between lightweights Joel Alvarez and Thiago Moises.
Though it is not known exactly why McGregor took such offense to Muhammad's position on screen, fans speculated that the former two-division champion had an issue with 'Remember the Name' calling Holloway the featherweight GOAT.
While Muhammad appeared several times on UFC broadcasts in 2021, the welterweight has not taken the analyst role as often in recent years as he prepares for a potential title fight with Leon Edwards.
Conor McGregor announces return against Michael Chandler in 2024
After two and a half years away from the octagon, Conor McGregor announced his planned return to fighting on New Year's Eve.
To no surprise, McGregor announced his next fight will be against Michael Chandler on June 29, 2024. However, the eye-opener came when 'The Notorious' claimed the fight would take place at middleweight.
McGregor also claimed that the fight would headline a pay-per-view card at the end of International Fight Week in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Chandler has responded to the announcement to confirm the date and claim that McGregor's proposed 185-pound fight weight would benefit him more.
Should McGregor make the walk, it would be nearly three years since his last fight with Dustin Poirier in 2021. The former champion is currently on a two-fight losing streak — both losses coming against Poirier — including suffering a brutal leg break in his last outing.
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1st Qazaq Kuresi Championship of Russia held in Moscow
15:46, 18 February 2019
MOSCOW. The 1st Open Qazaq Kuresi Championship of Russia took place in Moscow, Kazinform reports referring to the Kazakh Embassy in Russia.
It was organized by Qazaq Kuresi Federation of Moscow with support of the International Qazaq Kuresi Federation and national and cultural associations of Moscow.
It brought together 35 wrestlers from 25 regions of Russia under 18 years old.
"Our goal is to develop qazaq kuresi in Russia and to add it to the Olympic programme just as judo or unarmed self-defense," director general of the Moscow Qazaq Kuresi Federation Nail Yakubaliyev said. "It is the first Russian championship that is to be held annually," he added.
"We promote not just wrestling but also the Kazakh culture," president of the Moscow Qazaq Kuresi Federation Vladimir Rezanov said. "The number of qazaq kuresi fans keeps on growing year after year," he stressed.
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Valve has released their annual Best of Steam 2023, a showcase of what was played most and made the most money broken down into roughly grouped tiers: Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. In a year of absolutely great games, some of these chart-toppers aren't surprises, but dang I'd never have guessed that Half-Life, the 1998 classic, would make the top tier of the most-played Steam Deck games by daily active players.
The list of top sellers by revenue is the usual mélange of the biggest free-to-play games on Steam alongside the largest releases, led by releases like Baldur's Gate 3 and Starfield. Perhaps the biggest surprise there is Sons of the Forest cracking into the same tier as big AAA releases. Nice to see for what was once a tiny studio! The most-played games are nearly the same list, except for one.
Goose Goose Duck, the free-to-play game that copied Among Us so hard it became popular in almost exactly the same way. That one is in the list of most played overall, which is grouped by peak concurrent players, presumably because of its peak player count last January of over 700,000 people at once.
The section on New Releases by gross revenue is interesting, showing that more traditionally console-forward games like Jedi Survivor and Street Fighter 6 are finding real legs on Steam, charting alongside stuff like Baldur's Gate 3 and Remnant 2. There's also a real notice that people are definitely still buying games received badly: Payday 3 and Cities Skylines 2 are both in the top, Platinum, tier. Otherwise, to my surprise, Far Cry 6 only charted at Silver.
The top Early Access graduates this year, by revenue, include obvious ones like Baldur's Gate 3, Ready or Not, and Against the Storm—but also less-talked-about games. You might be surprised to learn that farm life sim Sun Haven and battle royale Farlight 84 make the top tier of earners. For my part, seeing small-team indies like World of Horror and Your Only Move is Hustle chart at all is heartwarming.
Finally that Steam Deck category, which is probably a better most played because it's by daily active players, not peak players. It's all pretty predictable, and makes sense: The Witcher 3, Dave the Diver, Vampire Survivors, alongside some of the most popular new releases and great, deck-friendly games of the last few years. Really predictable... except apparently a lot of someones, not including me, are playing a boatload of Half-Life. Like, straight-up Gordon Freeman in Black Mesa released in 1998 Half-Life. I am sure there's an explanation but I don't know it.
Valve also lists out two more categories, one for the games most played with controllers and another for VR. You see the rest of the Steam Best of 2023 right on web browser Steam.
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Conor McGregor announced his return fight with Michael Chandler on New Year's Eve and fans are already anticipating the big fight.
Per McGregor's announcement, the fight will take place as the main event of International Fight Week 2024 on June 29. Despite the date still being six months away, opening odds have already been released.
The majority of sportsbooks have reached a consensus, designating the upcoming fight as a 'pick 'em' due to considerable uncertainty surrounding the event.
Currently, DraftKings Sportsbook has McGregor as a slight -120 favorite with Michael Chandler as a +100 underdog.
If both fighters do make it to the octagon on fight day, it will be nearly three years for Conor McGregor since his last bout. McGregor last competed on July 10, 2021, when he would unfortunately break his leg against Dustin Poirier.
While the time off is enough cause for concern, the fight is surprisingly taking place at middleweight with McGregor proposing a 185-pound bout. Though both have previously competed at welterweight, neither man has ever competed above 170 pounds.
Though neither man has ever shown signs of a significant downfall, age has also played a factor. By the time of the fight, Chandler will have turned 38 with McGregor approaching 36 soon.
Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler preview
Despite Conor McGregor pushing for a return against Michael Chandler at UFC 300, the two lightweights will meet at 2024 International Fight Week.
McGregor announced the fight on his social media in a video release on New Year's Eve.
Though he is still the biggest star in MMA, McGregor is 1-3 since returning to the sport after a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Chandler has also had his recent struggles, being just 2-3 since joining the UFC.
Prior to his UFC debut in 2020 against Dan Hooker, Chandler was arguably one of the best fighters in the history of Bellator MMA as the promotion's former three-time lightweight champion. McGregor and Chandler will finally meet in 2024 after years of 'what ifs' from fans and coaching the 31st season of The Ultimate Fighter against each other in 2023.
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As the year 2023 comes to an end, Google has unveiled its last doodle of the year, celebrating the arrival of 2024 with a colourful and sparkling display. The doodle, which is visible on Google's homepage across the world, features the letters of the word Google in different shapes and sizes, adorned with festive lights and confetti. The letter O in the middle is replaced by a sparkling disco ball with a cute little smile, symbolizing the celebrations being ushered in the different parts of the world.
Google has captioned it, "3… 2… 1… Happy New Year!" and hovering over the doodle displays a New Year's Eve 2023 message.
They added, "This Doodle brings some sparkle and shine to start off New Year right! As the clock nears closer and closer to midnight, people around the world are planning their new year’s resolutions and wishing for success, love, joy, and everything in between."
The doodle also has an interactive element, as clicking on it leads to a page where users can learn and explore various New Year traditions and customs from different countries around the world. The fun little confetti feature is also a sweet treat as it fills your screen with bursts of colour just like a real party popper would, when clicked on and the shining disco ball spins happily in the centre.
Google has been creating doodles since 1998, when its founders
Larry Page and
Sergey Brin modified the logo to indicate their attendance at the Burning Man festival. Since then, Google has created over 4,000 doodles, celebrating various events, holidays, anniversaries, and personalities. Some of the most popular doodles of 2023 include the ones commemorating the 100th birthday of legendary singer Ella Fitzgerald, the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, and the 150th anniversary of the periodic table of elements.
Google's last doodle of 2023 is a fitting tribute to the year that was, as well as a hopeful gesture for the year that will be. As the world prepares to welcome 2024, Google invites its users to join in the celebration and share their wishes and resolutions for the new year. Happy New Year from Google!
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Top 25 College Football Streams & TV Channel Info | Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 25, 2023 at 2:46 PM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago
Among the best games on the 2023 bowl game schedule is the No. 3 Texas Longhorns squaring off against the No. 2 Washington Huskies in the Sugar Bowl.
Find what you need regarding how to watch this weekend of college football right here. Check out the links below.
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. 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. 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. 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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We'll have at least one more year of hearing about Mike Tomlin's streak.
For the 17th straight season, Tomlin will not have a losing record. The Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks 30-23 to move to 9-7, and more importantly than clinching another non-losing season for Tomlin, it kept Pittsburgh alive in the AFC wild-card race. Pittsburgh will need to win and get some help next week to get a wild-card spot, but they'll still be in the race going into the season finale. For the Seahawks, it drops them back to .500 and is a blow in their playoff hunt.
A two-game winning streak for the Steelers coincided with finally turning to Mason Rudolph at quarterback. The Steelers stuck with Rudolph despite Kenny Pickett being healthy enough to be listed as questionable on the injury report, which usually means a player will suit up. Pickett was inactive, Rudolph started and the Steelers continued to keep their season alive with a big win.
The Steelers were in a lot of trouble when they had a three-game losing streak in December. But a Tomlin-coached team wasn't going to fade away that easily.
Steelers pound Seattle in run game
The Steelers, who looked like they were ready to call it a season a couple weeks ago in a listless loss to the Indianapolis Colts, looked like a much different team in the first half Sunday. They rushed for 145 yards in the first half. The Fox broadcast said that was the most for Pittsburgh since a 2006 game against Kansas City. Their leading rushers that day were Willie Parker and Najeh Davenport.
Jaylen Warren got the scoring started for the Steelers with an 18-yard touchdown run. The Steelers led for most of the game after that. Najee Harris scored a couple of touchdowns, and the Steelers led 24-17 into the third quarter.
The game was still in the balance when the defense made a huge play. With seven minutes left and the Steelers leading 27-20, Geno Smith was strip-sacked by Nick Herbig. Pittsburgh recovered at the 16-yard line. The Steelers only got a field goal out of the ensuing drive, but a 10-point lead was significant at that point in the game.
Seahawks take a step back
For the Seahawks, a loss didn't eliminate them from the playoff race but it didn't help their chances. They moved back to 8-8 with the loss, which is fitting in what has been a mediocre season.
The defense let down in a big spot, against an offense that has struggled most of the season. The offense wasn't bad but there weren't a lot of game-changing explosive plays. The Steelers also crushed Seattle in time of possession.
The Seahawks tried to rally late. A drive deep into Steelers territory didn't result in a touchdown, and Seattle settled for a field goal just before the two-minute warning. They tried an onside kick trailing 27-20 but Pittsburgh recovered. A reception to Pickens for a first down and a Harris run for another first down ended the game.
The Steelers still need a lot to go right to make the playoffs. But they're alive, and it looked like there was no chance of that happening a couple weeks ago.
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It's not often that a team can win twice on the same day, but the Bears pulled it off Sunday. As Chicago polished off the Atlanta Falcons, the Carolina Panthers lost yet again, and the Cardinals upset the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Panthers' loss and Cardinals' win mean that Carolina clinches the worst record in the NFL ... but because the Panthers' 2024 No. 1 draft pick belongs to Chicago, thanks to last offseason's deal to put Bryce Young in Carolina, the Bears are once again at the top of the draft.
Here is the top 10 of the NFL Draft:
1. Chicago Bears (via Carolina Panthers) 2. Washington Commanders 3. New England Patriots 4. Arizona Cardinals 5. New York Giants 6. Los Angeles Chargers 7. Tennessee Titans 8. New York Jets 9. Atlanta Falcons 10. Chicago Bears
Further down the draft, Washington's seventh straight loss puts them, at the moment, in a statistical dead heat with the New England Patriots, according to Tankathon. Both teams, along with the Cardinals, are 4-12, but the Commanders and Patriots have equal strength-of-schedule ratings. Next week's games will break that tie, as Washington plays the Cowboys and New England plays the Jets. Arizona's win has, at the moment, dropped the Cardinals from the No. 2 spot to fourth.
Down the line, the Giants and Titans are both at 5-11, with the Giants holding a slight edge because of strength of schedule. The Chargers are also at five wins, pending the outcome of their game against Denver. The Jets (6-11) are currently in the No. 8 spot, while the Falcons, Bears and Raiders are all in a statistical and strength-of-schedule dead heat at 7-9.
Yahoo Sports' Nate Tice projects that the Bears will select North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye with the No. 1 pick, moving on from Justin Fields. "Maye is the complete package at quarterback," Tice writes. "His ability to throw or run for explosive plays, within and outside the confines of the position, all while avoiding an overwhelming amount of negative plays, are the prerequisites for elite modern QB play."
The Bears can officially start to plan — and Bears fans can start to dream — about what to do with that No. 1 pick.
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DETROIT (AP) — Four people died and two others were injured Saturday in a Michigan house explosion that could be heard miles away, police said.
The explosion happened before 4 p.m. in Northfield Township, about 45 miles (72.4 kilometers) west of Detroit. The structure was destroyed, leaving only the basement, Northfield Township Police Lt. David Powell told reporters Saturday.
The blast, which could be heard about 9 miles (14.4 kilometers) away, sent debris into the air that landed on both sides of a nearby highway. Neighboring homes were not damaged, Powell said.
Six people were in the home, with four fatalities discovered at the scene and the two surviving victims hospitalized in critical condition. Police did not immediately know if the victims were related, Powell said.
Authorities have not determined the cause of the explosion.
Northfield Township police did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press seeking additional information on Sunday.
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2+1 - First triplets of 2019 born in Astana
11:30, 26 February 2019
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Astana Maternity Hospital No3 welcomes birth of the first triplets of year 2019, Kazinform reports citing the Mayor's Office.
The tots - two boys and a girl - were born via C-section on February 19. The boys' weight is 2,149 and 2,290 and the girl's weight is 2,020g.
The mother and her babies feel well and will be released home today.
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The Philadelphia Eagles fell victim to one of the biggest upsets of the 2023 NFL season. The reigning NFC champions lost 35-31 to the 3-12 Arizona Cardinals and lost control of the NFC East division title race to the Dallas Cowboys.
Dak Prescott and the Cowboys can win the division with a win in Week 18 over the Washington Commanders. However, the win over the Detroit Lions that enabled them to control their destiny following the Eagles' loss came in controversial circumstances.
In the game between the Lions and Cowboys on Saturday, Detroit scored a touchdown to cut the deficit to one point with 34 seconds left. However, head coach Dan Campbell attempted a two-point conversion instead of a PAT kick.
The Lions had a trick play up their sleeve. They lined up offensive tackle Taylor Decker as an eligible receiver, and quarterback Jared Goff found his wide open in the endzone for the touchdown. However, the offensive lineman was flagged for illegal touching.
Per referee Brad Allen's officiating crew, the Lions had told them that lineman Dan Skipper was lining up as an eligible receiver, not Decker. However, all evidence pointed to the contrary. Detroit had no choice but to accept the penalty and try the two-point conversion from the seven-yard line, which they couldn't convert. They lost 20-19 but should have had a 21-20 lead with 34 seconds left.
JJ Watt points to the massive implication of Brad Allen's mistake
After the Eagles' shocking loss that saw them drop to second in the NFC East standings, retired NFL superstar JJ Watt posted on X, formerly known as Twitter:
"Last night’s referee situation has even larger implications now with that Eagles loss. Wow. Completely changed the NFC playoff landscape."
If the Cowboys win in Week 18, they'll be the second seed in the NFC playoffs, while the Eagles will start as the fifth seed. Dallas will host the seventh seed at home during Wildcard weekend. If they win, they'll host another game in the divisional round.
Jalen Hurts and the team will face the NFC South champions on the road during Wildcard Weekend and will have to face the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara if the Lions or Cowboys do not lose their home playoff game.
Due to referee Brad Allen's gaffe and the Eagles' loss, the Cowboys can play at home until the NFC Championship Game and will only have to travel if the 49ers also make it.
The Cowboys are 7-0 at home and 3-5 on the road. Playing at AT&T Stadium is a massive advantage for the team. As JJ Watt pointed out, one call swayed the entire NFC playoff picture.
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2023 saw WhatsApp — the popular messaging app — unleash a wave of new features, aiming to make chats more efficient, expressive, and even private. Here are the top 5 features which came to WhatsApp in 2023
Edit messages finally on WhatsAppAlmost everyone of us has sent a typo-riddled message or something that you wished to change. WhatsApp's "Edit Messages" feature grants you a 15-minute window to tweak your sent texts, fixing typos or adding missing information.
No more awkward follow-up messages or frantic explanations as this was perhaps the biggest feature to come to WhatsApp in 2023
Chat Lock: Keep your chats privateChat Lock lets you password-protect specific conversations, adding an extra layer of security for sensitive messages. Say goodbye to leaving your phone unattended with chills down your spine – now, only authorised fingerprints or face IDs unlock those secret conversations.
Multiple devices, one WhatsAppJuggling work and personal phones used to mean sacrificing WhatsApp convenience. Multi-device support finally arrived, allowing you to seamlessly use your WhatsApp account on up to four devices simultaneously. Whether it's your laptop at work or your tablet at home, the feature allows you to stay connected to all your chats without constantly switching phones.
HD photos and Voice Status For years, WhatsApp struggled to get the picture quality of shared content correct. However, in 2023, the option to share images in HD resolution finally arrived. There was also voice status updates let you share your thoughts or express yourself in a more personal way.
Community ChatsWhatsApp expanded its reach beyond one-on-one and group chats with the introduction of Communities. These larger, centralised platforms allow for discussions on broader topics, bringing together like-minded individuals or fostering collaboration within organisations.
These are just some of the features that arrived on WhatsApp in 2023. With its focus on privacy, convenience, and richer communication, the platform continues to be the go-to messaging tool for millions.
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With the regular season behind us, it's time for bowl season and the College Football Playoff. The postseason slate includes eight games that feature teams from the Big Ten. To ensure you catch all of the action, see the column below for details on how to watch.
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Aaron Gordon believes he'll be able to return to the court on Monday to play against the Charlotte Hornets, he told The Denver Post on Sunday.
After missing the Denver Nuggets' last two games, the forward returned to practice for the first time since being attacked by a family dog on Christmas. The lacerations to his face and shooting hand required 21 stitches, and at the time of the incident, the Nuggets gave no timetable for Gordon's return.
Their statement only said that Gordon was "in good condition" after the attack. Gordon spoke to reporters for the first time following the situation.
"I love dogs," Gordon told The Post. "I grew up with dogs my whole life. But because we're on the road so much, my dad's taking care of him, so I can't really train him how I need him to be. ... But I feel good. Everything is fine."
In 28 games, Gordon is averaging 13.6 points and 6.9 rebounds. He missed four games due to a right heel injury earlier in the season. He recorded a double-double — 16 points and 10 rebounds in Denver's win over the Golden State Warriors on Monday.
The Nuggets are 23-11, and second in the West behind the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have reached a beach in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after weeks at sea, officials said Sunday.
The group of 53 men, 39 women and 55 children arrived on Karang Gadih beach in Langkat district late Saturday, said the village head, Muhammad Amiruddin. A rickety, leaky wooden boat that brought them from Bangladesh was moored on a lighthouse island not far from the village, he said.
Five among the refugees were sick after the long journey and residents gave them food and water while they waited for instructions from immigration and local officials to decide where to take them. Residents do not want the refugees in their communities, however, and last week many protested the recent Rohingya arrivals.
“We helped them as they look very weak from hunger and dehydration,” Amiruddin said. “But many residents cannot accept them to live in our village because they will only bring problems later.”
He said that one of the refugees told authorities that they sailed from the Cox Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh to Indonesia and became stranded on a lighthouse island.
About 740,000 Rohingya were resettled in Bangladesh after fleeing their homes in Myanmar to escape a brutal counterinsurgency campaign by security forces. But the camps in Bangladesh are squalid, with surging gang violence and rampant hunger, leading many to flee again.
A mob of Indonesian students on Wednesday attacked the basement of a local community hall in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province, where 137 Rohingya were taking shelter. The incident drew an outcry from human rights group and the U.N. refugee agency, which said the attack left the refugees shocked and traumatized.
Indonesia’s navy said Thursday that it forcibly pushed a boat packed with refugees back to international waters after it approached the shores of Aceh province.
It’s unclear whether the refugees who arrived late Saturday in neighboring North Sumatra province were from the same boat that was pushed away by the navy.
Indonesia has appealed to the international community for help and intensified patrols of its waters due to a sharp rise in Rohingya refugees leaving overcrowded camps in Bangladesh since November. Over 1,500 Rohingya have arrived in Aceh and faced some hostility from fellow Muslims.
Indonesia, like Thailand and Malaysia, is not a signatory to the United Nations’ 1951 Refugee Convention so is not obligated to accept the Rohingya. So far, refugees in distress have received at least temporary accommodation.
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Associated Press writer Niniek Karmini in Jakarta, Indonesia, contributed to this report.
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Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have clinched a playoff berth after defeating the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 17. The victory also gave the Chiefs their eighth consecutive AFC West division title, guaranteeing them a home game during the Wild Card Round.
However, their victory came with drama after wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling blamed the reigning NFL Most Valuable Player for a dropped pass. He felt like the pass was behind him, resulting in an incompletion.
Patrick Mahomes and Marquez Valdes-Scantling had a heated moment
The two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback finished the game with 21 completions out of 29 attempts for 245 yards, a passing touchdown, and zero interceptions. Some of his incomplete passes were intended for Marquez Valdes-Scantling.
The Cincinnati Bengals had a 17-10 lead with less than a minute left in the first half. On third-and-3, Patrick Mahomes attempted a pass to an open Valdes-Scantling. However, the fifth-year player from South Florida gestured where the ball should have been placed, telling Mahomes he was off-target.
That act from the veteran wideout had one football fan commenting:
“Mahomes might shoot MVS with a shotgun after this game”
Meanwhile, FOX Sports Analyst Nick Wright shared his take on this sequence:
Here are other reactions to the message Valdes-Scantling relayed to Patrick Mahomes.
Valdes-Scantling finished the game with one reception for three yards. He could have had more if he caught those dropped passes.
It’s not the first time Valdes-Scantling took the spotlight due to a dropped pass. He also failed to hold onto a Patrick Mahomes throw that could have been a game-winning touchdown during their Week 11 Monday Night Football game versus the Philadelphia Eagles.
However, fellow wideout Tyreek Hill defended Valdes-Scantling, saying it’s one of the hardest catches to complete.
Chiefs’ issues with dropped passes remain
The failed catches have affected Valdes-Scantling’s numbers. Last season, he had 42 receptions for 687 yards and two touchdowns for the Chiefs. This year, he has 21 catches for 315 yards and a touchdown in 16 games.
As Wright mentioned, Valdes-Scantling has ten dropped passes this season. That’s an unfortunate part of a league-leading 39 dropped passes. They can put the issue to rest for now after clinching a playoff berth and the division title.
However, the Chiefs have one regular season game left (road game versus Los Angeles Chargers) before they start their Super Bowl title defense. If the issue with dropped passes persists, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are in trouble, regardless of which team they will host in the postseason.
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2 killed, more than 50 injured in Daegu sauna fire
09:31, 19 February 2019
DAEGU. KAZINFORM - Two people were killed and more than 50 others injured after a fire broke out Tuesday at a public sauna in Daegu, firefighters said, Yonhap reports.
The fire started at 7:11 a.m. in the men's sauna on the fourth floor of a 7-story building in the city, about 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul. Firefighters put out the fire in about 20 minutes.
Most of the victims were found to have inhaled smoke and were sent to the hospital, including the two deceased and another who suffered severe burns.
The sauna occupies third to fifth floors of the building, while the upper stories are residential units. Restaurants are located on the first and second floors.
A witness told police the fire started at the entrance to the men's sauna.
Police are investigating the scene to find out the exact cause.
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In 2023, we saw premium smartphones capturing more and more of the market, with iPhone 15, Google Pixel 8, and Samsung Galaxy S23 models, among other devices. 2024 is about to begin, and here are the premium smartphones we expect to launch this year, including the Apple iPhone 16 series, Samsung Galaxy S24 series, and Google Pixel 9 series, among others.
Apple iPhone 16 seriesThe new iPhones are expected to arrive sometime in September this year, having four models, as usual – iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro. This year’s iPhones are expected to have the same look as the current ones, with some minute changes, like the Action button coming to the non-Pro models and another button on the Pro models. The iPhone 16 models would come with new chips – A18 for the vanilla models and A18 Pro for the Pro models.
Samsung Galaxy S24 seriesSamsung is expected to release the Galaxy S24 trio on January 17. The Galaxy S24 series is said to have three models – Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra. The upcoming smartphones are expected to look similar to their predecessors, but with improved AI capabilities and image processing. The upcoming series would come in two chipset options – Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Exynos 2400.
Google Pixel 9 seriesGoogle's Pixel 9s is expected to debut in the latter half of the year, probably in October. The lineup should include two models -- Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro. There is not much known about Google’s next Pixels, but we could expect some hardware and software upgrades, including new AI tricks.
OnePlus 12The OnePlus 12 is all set to make its India debut on January 23, and as it has already been launched in China there is not much secret to it. The OnePlus 12 has the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, up to 24GB RAM, 1TB storage, 5400mAh battery, 100W wired fast charging, and 50W wireless fast charging. It features a 6.82-inch X1 "Oriental" LTPO OLED display, 50 MP main camera, 48 MP ultra-wide shooter, 64 MP periscope lens with 3x telephoto zoom, and 13-channel multi-spectral sensor.
Xiaomi 14Xiaomi 14 series has already made its China debut earlier this year, and if rumours are to be believed, the Xiaomi 14 out of the series could arrive in the global markets later this year. Xiaomi 14 has a 6.36-inch 1.5K OLED panel, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, up to 16GB RAM. The smartphone has triple rear cameras, a 4610mAh battery, and 90W wired charging.
Oppo Find X7 seriesOppo Find X7 is set to make its debut in China on January 8. The series will have two models – Find X7 and Find X7 Ultra. The Oppo Find X7 will have three rear cameras, while the Find X7 Ultra will feature a quad-camera setup with two periscope zoom cameras, making it the first smartphone in the world with such an arrangement. The Ultra model may have Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, and the two smartphones will have a 5,000mAh battery with 100W wired charging support. There is no word yet on whether the Oppo Find X7 series will launch outside of China.
Vivo X100 seriesVivo X100 series is scheduled to launch in India on January 4. The series has two models – X100 and X100 Pro. The vanilla variant has the Dimensity 9300 chipset, while the Pro one comes with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The two phones feature Zeiss-tuned optics with Vivo’s new in-house V3 imaging chip.
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Michigan vs. Alabama Rose Bowl Semifinal Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - Monday, January 1
Based on our computer projection model, the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines will take down the No. 5 Alabama Crimson Tide when the two teams come together at Rose Bowl on Monday, January 1, which starts at 5:00 PM. For our projections on the spead, point total, and final score, check out the rest of the article below.
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- Based on this game's moneyline, the Wolverines' implied win probability is 55.6%.
- The Wolverines have seven wins in 12 games against the spread this season.
- In games this season when favored by 1.5 points or more, Michigan are 7-5 against the spread.
- The Wolverines have seen seven of its 12 games go over the point total.
- The average total for Michigan games this season has been 47.7, 2.2 points higher than the total for this game.
Alabama Betting Info (2023)
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Crimson Tide have a 48.8% chance to win.
- The Crimson Tide are 8-4-0 ATS this season.
- Alabama is 1-0 against the spread so far this season when playing as at least 1.5-point underdogs.
- Crimson Tide games have hit the over in eight out of 12 opportunities (66.7%).
- The average point total for Alabama this season is 5.9 points higher than this game's over/under.
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The One Word That Can Never Be Spoken In The Star Trek Universe (Sort Of)
In William Shatner's film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," the U.S.S. Enterprise is hijacked by a hippie Vulcan cult leader named Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) and flown to the very center of the Milky Way. In reality, the galaxy's center is the site of a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. In "Frontier," Sybok believes it's where God lives. Not a spiritual conduit to God, mind you, but the actual physical body of God Himself. Kirk (Shatner) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) think Sybok is mad, but are dragged along in his mad scheme.
When the Enterprise arrives at its destination, however, it seems for a few moments that Sybok is right. He and the Enterprise crew encounter and land on a mysterious planet, and God Himself (George Murdock) appears. Everyone is awestruck ... except for Kirk. When God asks the mortal characters for a starship to spread His Word, Kirk raises his hand and, displaying the largest possible amount of chutzpah, merely asks "What does God need with a starship?"
It seems that God was not God, but a powerful alien a-hole who was merely posing as God for his visitors. The alien was imprisoned by an ancient unknown force millennia ago and needed a starship to escape its prison. It seemed for a moment that "Star Trek" would scrape against the Divine, but instead revealed itself, as always, to be a profoundly humanist show that eschews faith and religion for logic and the sciences. Spock, a being of logic, kills God.
"Star Trek" has always been, since the start, a post-religious utopia, taking place in a world where faith no longer has an operational function among humanity. Indeed, according to a 2017 article in EW, the word "God" was not allowed on the set of "Star Trek: Discovery."
The post-religious world of 'Star Trek'
"Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry was always wary of religion. He sometimes described himself as something of a deist but looked on organized faith with suspicion. In Yvonne Fern's 1994 book "Gene Roddenberry: The Last Conversation," Roddenberry was quoted as saying "It's not true that I don't believe in God. I believe in a kind of God. It's just not other people's God. I reject religion." Most Trekkies will likely be able to tell you that Roddenberry also famously rejected a studio note back in 1966 demanding that he include a chaplain on the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Throughout "Star Trek," religion has usually rested in the hands of aliens. Species like Bajorans, Klingons, the Ferengi, and even Vulcans are seen engaging in spiritual rituals and sometimes discuss gods or the afterlife, but one will have to look hard to find explicit references to known Earth religions (Data once noted the celebration of Diwali, characters on "Lower Decks" wear hijabs). One will certainly never find, however, a human Starfleet officer wearing a crucifix.
According to the EW article, actor Jason Isaacs, who played Captain Garcia Lorca on "Discovery," played a scene with a small amount of improv that needed to be corrected to match the godlessness of "Star Trek." Evidently, Isaacs yelled the line "Lock on the Bird of Prey! Basic pattern Beta 9. Hard to port! Fire at something, for God's sakes!"
That, it seems, was a big no-no. Isaacs was pulled aside by Kirsten Beyer — the episode's writer and author of multiple "Star Trek: Voyager" novels — and she had to explain to him that a human in the 22nd century of "Star Trek" wouldn't say that.
'For f***'s sake'
EW noted an exchange between Beyer and Isaacs that revealed something of a misunderstanding. The actor thought at first that saying "for God's sakes" was merely a matter of what words count as acceptable cussing, and didn't think that it has anything to do with faith or religion. Beyer explained that his ad-lib was counter to Roddenberry's post-religious ideas. Isaacs said:
"Wait, I can't say 'God'? [...] I thought I could say 'God' or 'damn' but not 'goddamn.'"
Isaacs tested his theory, asking "How about 'for f***'s sake?' [...] Can I say that?" Beyer replied by saying "You can say that before you can say 'God.'"
This may be a recent pedantic flourish, however. Deep-cut Trekkies may be able to think of many instances when "Star Trek" characters refer to God in a colloquial fashion. The holographic Doctor on "Voyager" once exclaimed "My God!" in the episode "Flashback." In "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock," Kirk himself, says "My God, Bones, what have I done?" McCoy (DeForest Kelley) said "My God, what is this? The Dark Ages?" in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home." Etc., etc. God is clearly allowed as a figure of speech.
Indeed, the banning of "God" from the "Discovery" set was later proved to be an exaggeration. According to a Nerdist interview with producer Gretchen Berg, "God" was allowed. Berg said:
"In our room, it's something we discuss a lot. [...] On a show about diversity and with different points of view, I feel like you have to accept that some people believe in God, some people want to worship a potato, and some people don't want to believe in anything. I think there is room for that on 'Star Trek.'"
In true Trek fashion, it was a diplomatic response.
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https://www.slashfilm.com/1479526/star-trek-word-god-forbidden/
| 2024-01-01T02:16:34Z
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Panthers owner David Tepper appeared to throw a drink toward a group of Jaguars fans from his luxury box during Jacksonville's 26-0 win over Carolina on Sunday.
Video of the incident from an adjacent box was posted on social media. Tepper is seen tossing the contents of his cup out the window of his box, then slamming the cup down on a bar before walking out of view of the camera. A fan in Jaguars gear then stands up from his seat and climbs up to look into the window of the box. The video cuts off from there.
Not great: #Panthers owner David Tepper appears to have spilled his drink on a #Jaguars fan during today's frustrating 26-0 loss.
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The video did not include audio. WCNC's Nick Carboni reports that Jaguars security inquired about the video. Sunday's game took placed at Jacksonville's EverBank Stadium.
The Panthers didn't provide an immediate response to media requests for a statement after the game. The NFL acknowledged the existence of the video in a statement from spokesperson Tim Schlittner, but didn't initially provide any other response in a statement Sunday afternoon.
"We are aware of the video and have no further comment at this time," the statement reads.
Tepper, 66, has owned the Panthers since 2018. He purchased the team from founding owner Jerry Richardson, who sold the Panthers after a report revealed allegations of sexual and racial harassment during Richardson's tenure as team owner.
The Panthers have failed to make the postseason or produce a winning record during Tepper's five-plus tenure as owner. Sunday's loss dropped the Panthers to an NFL-worst 2-14. But they won't have the No. 1 pick in the draft. They traded their first-round pick last season to the Chicago Bears to acquire the pick to select quarterback Bryce Young, who has struggled during his rookie season.
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Tired of losing those crucial links, reminders, or hilarious memes amidst the endless scroll of Telegram chats? Worry no more! Telegram's pin feature has got you covered. It's like having a virtual bulletin board right within your conversations, where you can highlight those important messages that deserve a permanent spot at the top.
Here's a guide on how to pin important messages in Telegram, ensuring those crucial reminders, links, or hilarious inside jokes stay right at the top of your chats:
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Locate the Message:
- Open the chat where you want to pin a message.
- Scroll up or use the search function to find the specific message you want to keep handy.
2. Tap and Hold:
- Press and hold on the message until a menu of options appears.
3. Pin It Up:
- Select the "Pin" option from the menu.
- A notification will appear confirming that the message has been pinned to the top of the chat.
4. Easy Access:
- Now, the pinned message will always be visible at the top of the chat, even if new messages come in.
- You can pin multiple messages in a chat for easy reference.
5. Unpinning:
- To unpin a message, simply tap and hold on it again and select "Unpin."
Additional Tips:- Pinning in Groups and Channels: You can pin messages in both private and group chats, as well as channels.
- Multiple Pins: Prioritize multiple messages by pinning them in the order you want them to appear.
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- Unlimited Pins: There's no limit to the number of messages you can pin in a chat.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod that killed 24 people Saturday “would not go unpunished.”
The Ukrainian Air Force said Sunday that it had shot down 21 of 49 drones launched by Russian forces overnight.
The retaliatory Russian attack wounded 28 people in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. A hotel, kindergarten, apartment buildings, shops and administrative buildings sustained damage, according to the regional prosecutor’s office.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had targeted “decision-making centers and military facilities” in Kharkiv. The ministry said the hit on the Kharkiv Palace Hotel had “destroyed representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate and Ukrainian Armed Forces” involved in the “terrorist attack” in Belgorod.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said a British journalist was among the wounded, while public German broadcaster ZDF said Sunday that one of its television crews had been in the hotel. A Ukrainian translator was hit by debris and seriously wounded, and one of the team’s security guards also was injured, ZDF said in a statement.
“This is another attack by Russia on the free press,” ZDF Editor-in-Chief Bettina Schausten said.
In the Kyiv region that surrounds Ukraine’s capital, a Russian drone attack caused a fire at a critical infrastructure facility, local officials said. They did not identify the nature of the facility.
Russian troops additionally shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Sunday, killing a 14-year-old boy and leaving a 9-year-old boy hospitalized in critical condition with a brain injury, according to regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin.
On Saturday, shelling in the center of Belgorod killed two dozen people, including three children. Another 108 people were wounded in the strike, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Sunday, making the attack one with the most casualties on Russian soil since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine 22 months ago.
Russian authorities accused Ukraine of carrying out the attack, which took place the day after an 18-hour Russian aerial bombardment across Ukraine killed at least 41 civilians.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it identified the ammunition used in the strike as Czech-made Vampire rockets and Olkha missiles fitted with cluster-munition warheads. It provided no additional information, and The Associated Press was unable to verify its claims.
“This crime will not go unpunished,” the ministry said in a statement on social media.
In an emergency Saturday night meeting of the U.N. Security Council demanded by Russia, envoy Vasily Nebenzya accused Kyiv of a “terrorist attack.” In comments carried by Russian state media, Nebenzya claimed Ukraine had launched “a deliberate act of terrorism directed against civilians.”
Ukrainians are bracing for further attacks. A blistering New Year’s Eve assault by Russia last year killed at least three civilians.
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Kirsten Grieshaber contributed from Berlin and Elise Morton from London.
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20,000 people register to volunteer at Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019
The World Games' volunteer programme is the largest volunteer programme in the UAE, to date, and will see thousands of people from across the UAE and around the world, work alongside People of Determination to host the most unified Games in the 50-year history of the Special Olympics movement, WAM reports.
Emiratis are fully behind the movement, with over 40 percent of registered volunteers being UAE nationals. Indian and Egyptian nationals are the second and third most popular nationalities, respectively, to register.
Additionally, more than half (54 percent) of those who have registered to volunteer are female, a significant figure considering that the World Games will also feature a record breaking number of female athletes (more than 3,200).
Over 3,000 volunteers will help run the region's biggest cultural exchange programme ahead of the Games. The Host Town Programme is the first milestone for the delegations and athletes upon arrival in the UAE for the World Games. The Host Two volunteers will work closely with the organising committees of each emirate to deliver the Programme from 8th to 11th March. The Host Town Programme aims to engage local communities with the Special Olympics movement across the UAE and create a legacy of long-term positive change for People of Determination.
Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019 will see over 7,500 athletes from more than 190 nations compete from 14th to 21st March.
The volunteers will play an integral role during Games-time and in the run up to the Games, undertaking various roles across nine different operational areas including operations, event management, translation, communications, transportation, guest services, sports and technology.
Among the volunteers will be 3,000 people who assisted during Special Olympics IX MENA Games 2018 in Abu Dhabi. Serving as ‘Pioneers', they will form the core of the volunteering team and serve as ambassadors and advocates for Special World Games Abu Dhabi 2019. Their roles will include engaging with the athletes and promoting the Special Olympics values of inclusion and unity throughout the UAE.
Ameera Al Muharrami, Director of Volunteers at Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, said, "We are thrilled to hit our ambitious target of 20,000 people to volunteer at Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019. There has been a great response from people of different nationalities and ages, and this shows how much the spirit of volunteerism has spread across the nation.
"The support of each and every volunteer is invaluable in ensuring the success of the Games. Their participation will help change perceptions of People of Determination, as well as set the standard for inclusivity, not just in the UAE, but globally. It promises to be an unforgettable experience for everyone involved."
Ahmed Al Bulooshi, who volunteered at Special Olympics IX MENA Games 2018, is looking forward to working at the World Games, he said, "Volunteering at IX MENA Games last year was a life-changing experience and one which I will never forget.
"I am thoroughly looking forward to showing my support once again and helping to create and more unified society for all People of Determination."
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| 2024-01-01T02:16:36Z
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Taylor Swift is being blamed for the downturn of Travis Kelce's form, despite the Kansas City Chiefs beating the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday evening. The tight end had a poor showing despite the victory and the pop star is copping heat from the fans.
In the first half, the Kanas City star had one target, zero catches and zero yards. By the end of the game, he ended up with three receptions for 16 yards. He did not have a single touchdown.
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Chiefs win the AFC West in their "bad" season wtih win over Bengals
The Kansas City Chiefs' win sent them to the playoffs as the AFC West champions and relegated to the Cincinnati Bengals to the couch while watching other teams play in the postseason. in what has supposedly been a "bad" season for the likes of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, they are still the divisional winners.
However, what will remain a concern going into the postseason is still their offense. They won 25-17, but 18 of those points came through field goals. They had a strong run-game with Isiah Pacheco and the defense stepped up big time towards the end of the match with multiple sacks. The Chiefs are doing very well in terms of every facet of their play, expect the passing game.
Therefore, it is not Taylor Swift's fault that her boyfriend has fewer touchdowns and pass yards than previous seasons. Rather, it is up to head coach Andy Reid and the general maanger to figure out how to get their offense going. The loss of Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins has never really been figured out. JuJu Smith-Schuster filed in ably for the last season, but even he is not there any more.
Former offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy's departure to the Washington Commanders has also not helped. Matt Nagy has not lived up to the expectations of the Arrowhead faithful. Travis Kelce might not be as great as before but that comes down to wider problems with the Chiefs; something that needs to be solved but is far beyond the capablities of Taylor Swift.
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Death toll rises in Gaza amid grim New Year's Eve
Few people in Gaza are celebrating New Year as Israel has intensified its operations in recent days and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war could last many more months. More than 21,800 people have died in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Ian Lee reports.
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Here's When You Can Watch Hirokazu Kore-Eda's Monster At Home
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"Monster" ("怪物", or "Kaibutsu"), directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, is one of the most acclaimed movies of 2023 that you probably haven't heard of yet.
Set in Japan, the film follows three people: the single mother Saori Mugino (Sakura Andō), her young son Minato (Sōya Kurokawa), and Minato's teacher Michitoshi Hori (Eita Nagayama). Saori begins to suspect that Hori is abusing her son, while Hori suspects that there's something sinister in the boy's head. The truth, which I'll leave unspoiled, is a lot sadder. The film is told from their three perspectives (first Saori's, then Hori's, and finally Minato's). Seeing the same sequence of events three times highlights how hard it is to truly understand someone by looking at them from the outside.
"Monster" enjoyed a film festival run, taking home the Queer Palm (bestowed to Kore-eda) and Best Screenplay (to Yuji Sakamoto) awards at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in May 2023. The film premiered in Japan in June 2023 but enjoyed only a limited theatrical run in the United States at the end of the year (I barely managed to squeeze it in by venturing to an AMC theater 40 minutes out of the way).
If your interest is piqued and you missed "Monster" in theaters, fear not. According to WhenToStream.com, "Monster" will be available as Premium Video On-Demand (PVOD) come February 27, 2024. Presumably, the film will be available for both digital rental and purchase (prices are not confirmed yet). It will be available on the usual suspects of PVOD: Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.
According to Amazon listings, "Monster" will also be getting a physical Blu-ray release. The "Monster" Blu-ray is currently scheduled for release on April 9, 2024. It is available for pre-order on Amazon, priced at $29.99.
What to watch before Monster?
"Monster" is a standalone story, but it would be a mistake to not watch any more Hirokazu Kore-eda films. He's been making movies since 1995 and has over a dozen on his resume. Some of his more recent films include "Shoplifters," about a found family of vagrants in modern Japan, and "Broker," a South Korean film (featuring Song Kang-ho of "Parasite") about black market adoption. In both of these, like "Monster," Kore-eda focuses on people with sad but ordinary lives, weaving in moments of well-earned and bittersweet emotion you'll never forget.
As for his influences, the structure of "Monster" is indebted to Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon" — a 1950 Jidaigeki (Japanese period drama) about the trial of an accused murderer. Three witnesses, including the accused, give vastly different testimonies about the event that contradict each other. Similar framing devices have been employed in "Hero" (starring Jet Li) and Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel." The difference is that, in "Monster," the three sections don't contradict each other — they simply show the three leads' perspectives with the limited information they each have, while only the audience puts the whole puzzle together. The triptych structure and queer themes of "Monster" owe just as much to Barry Jenkins' "Moonlight" as well.
"Monster" shares its title with another acclaimed piece of Japanese media: Naoki Urasawa's manga/anime, about a neurosurgeon hunting a former patient turned serial killer. This one is admittedly a bit of a reach, but both "Monster" stories are slowly unraveled mysteries about how a harsh world can shape children for the worse. Both Kore-eda and Urasawa end their stories with a similar message — that calling other people "monsters" serves only to justify evil done to them.
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STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
CASE#: 23A3007346
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Skylar Velasquez
STATION: Berlin Barracks
CONTACT#: 802-229-9191
DATE/TIME: 12/29/2023 2145 hours
STREET: VT RT 214
TOWN: Plainfield
LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: US RT 2
INTERSTATE MILE MARKER: N/A
WEATHER: Cloudy
ROAD CONDITIONS: Wet
VEHICLE #1
OPERATOR: Eric Russell
AGE: 46
SEAT BELT? Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Plainfield, VT
VEHICLE YEAR: 2020
VEHICLE MAKE: Jeep
VEHICLE MODEL: Cherokee
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Minor passenger side
INJURIES: None
HOSPITAL: N/A
SUMMARY OF CRASH:
On the above date and time, the Vermont State Police responded for a single vehicle crash on VT Route 214 in Plainfield near the intersection of US Route 2. On arrival, Troopers located the operator, Eric Russell, 46 of Plainfield, VT, a few hundred feet away from the vehicle in a wooded area. Russell was showing signs of impairment and was taken into custody for suspicion of DUI. Russell was also required to operate a vehicle with an interlock ignition device. His vehicle was not equipped with the device as required. Russell was processed at the Berlin Barracks and later released with a citation for DUI.
LODGED – LOCATION: N/A
BAIL: N/A
MUG SHOT: N
COURT ACTION: Y
COURT: Washington County Superior Court- Criminal Division
COURT DATE/TIME: 1/18/23 @ 0830 hours
*Please note: court date and time are subject to change at the discretion of
the court. Please call the criminal court clerk to confirm arraignment time.
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Happy New Year!
Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who and what to play — when it comes to music or other things in my rotation — for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball.
Each week, you'll see a compilation of the pickups you need to make, lineup notes (who's in and out of rotations), followed by key takeaways on the schedule.
So press play and shuffle through the latest fantasy basketball info.
ICYMI:A significant trade went down on Saturday in the Eastern Conference between the New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors.
O.G. Anunoby, Precious Achiuwa and Malachi Flynn were traded to the New York Knicks
RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley and a 2024 second-round pick were traded to the Toronto Raptors
Fantasy impact:
Quickley will be the biggest winner of this trade, as he'll see more minutes for a Raptors franchise that likely isn't finished making moves on its journey to a rebuild. With Dennis Schröder moving to the bench, there's a good chance IQ starts from the jump, but remember, the Raptors will still showcase Gary Trent Jr. in addition to Schröder in the hopes of increasing their trade value. Keep your eyes on the prize and ensure Quickley's not available on waivers because he could be the point guard Toronto's been looking for.
Anunoby has disappointed this season, ranking outside the top 100 in 9-category and points leagues. Still, now that he's landed in New York, we'll see a rejuvenated version with more minutes and an expanded role as the third option on offense.
Barrett should become a fan-favorite returning to Ontario, and the change of scenery is probably a good thing. Still, he's outside the top 200 in 9-category leagues and top 100 in points leagues, so he'll have to show more than scoring 18 points per night if he's going to be worth holding onto.
Achiuwa will likely see minutes behind Isaiah Hartenstein with Jericho Sims (groin) out of the lineup. He'll be much-needed depth for the Knicks, who are currently trotting out old af Taj Gibson. He's someone to add to your watchlist in 12+ team leagues.
Who's in my rotation: players to pick up on waivers that are less than 50% rostered in Yahoo leagues
Must adds in Week 11:
Dante Exum - PG/SG, Dallas Mavericks (38% rostered)
Y'all are dropping the ball if Exum is sitting on waivers. Mavs HC Jason Kidd announced that Exum would remain in the starting lineup after Kyrie Irving (heel) is healthy, which means you can confidently hold Exum for the foreseeable future. He's been outstanding for the Mavs and fantasy managers, charting as a top 70 player in per-game value over the last month in 9-category leagues and top 100 in points formats. He's doing everything but blocking shots for fantasy managers, and he is a must-roster, no matter the format.
Nick Richards - C. Charlotte Hornets (34%)
The Hornets' injury reporting is becoming more suspect than Puffy's track record. Mark Williams has been listed as day-to-day since early December, missing 10 straight games with a lower back contusion and no substantive update on when he'll return. Alas, Nick Richards is filling the void, averaging very close to a double-double as a starter this year. He's had a few duds here and there, but he's also provided fantasy managers with four double-doubles over his last six outings. With no clarity on Mark Williams, Richards must be rostered in all leagues.
Duncan Robinson - SG/SF, Miami Heat (50%)
The injury bug is back in Miami, leaving more opportunity for Duncan Robinson to continue his career year. Robinson has been a top 90 player in 9-category leagues for much of the season and will be a consistent scoring threat with efficiency and sneaky assists. He's getting close to 30 minutes per night, which won't change anytime soon.
Players to hold in Week 11:
Derrick Jones Jr. - SF, Dallas Mavericks (20%)
Like Exum, Kidd included DJJ in his starting lineup once Irving returns, which is great for fantasy managers. He's still under-rostered, given his ability to knock down threes and generate stocks. He's averaging 2.4 stocks per game over his last five games, with 13.6 points and 5.2 rebounds. Dallas will play four games in Week 11 with plus matchups against the Jazz and Trail Blazers twice — keep rolling with DJJ.
Alex Caruso - PG/SG, Chicago Bulls (41%)
Over the past week, he's been a top 100 player, posting 13.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.3 threes, and 1.3 steals in just under 30 minutes per game. As long as he's healthy, Caruso should be rostered. He's a stat stuffer who can raise the floor of your fantasy team defensively.
Malik Beasley - SG/SF, Milwaukee Bucks (41%)
Beasley's been trending down over the past week, falling under 50% and quickly approaching only 40%. However, he's heating back up, so grab him if you can. The Bucks have a favorable schedule in Week 11, and the three-point specialist has been cashing threes at a high rate (10 over his past two games). With games on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday, you'll likely get multiple days of production from just one transaction.
Day'Ron Sharpe - C, Brooklyn Nets (22%)
A per-minute beast, Sharpe has been a massive boost for fantasy managers lately. He ranked 65th in 9-category leagues in Week 10 and has produced in under 20 minutes per game. Over the past six games, Sharpe has averaged 11.0 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 3.0 assists. 0.8 steals and 1.2 blocks while shooting 68% from the field. He's not a good free-throw shooter but the counting stats make him worth holding at the moment.
Players to stream in Week 11:
Tre Jones - PG, San Antonio Spurs (47%)
Jones' minutes have been steady over the last three games, with at least 27 minutes each. He's filled up the stat sheet, posting 9.6 points, 6.0 assists and 5.7 rebounds while shooting an efficient 55% from the field. The Spurs play on two of their three games on Tuesday and Thursday, making him a viable stream in Week 11, assuming his minutes hold.
Patrick Williams - PF, Chicago Bulls (45%)
He's not a must add, considering two of his three matchups are against the Sixers and Knicks, but he's been useful and a top 100 player in 9-category leagues over the past two weeks. He's scored at least 13 points with a three-pointer in seven of his last eight games. He could sneak in a couple of stocks, too.
Malaki Branham - PG/SG/SF, San Antonio Spurs (9%)
Pop's rotations have been interesting, to say the least. He's tried Jeremy Sochan and now Branham at point guard before giving Tre Jones a shot. Branham's started the past 11 games for San Antonio and is averaging close to 11 points with three rebounds and three assists across 19 starts this year. It's nothing huge, but similar to Jones, playing on Tuesday and Thursday can get a couple of days' worth of production out of one transaction. His three positional eligibility helps, too.
Jonathan Kuminga - PF, Golden State Warriors (32%)
Draymond Green is rumored to return sometime between January 4-7th, which means Kuminga's days are likely numbered as a starter. But before we officially begin the countdown, JK's scoring and rebounding could be valuable this week. The Warriors play on Tuesday and Thursday as part of their four-game week, so he'll get run on the lighter slates.
Watchlist for Week 11:
Goga Bitadze - C, Orlando Magic (22%)
Wendell Carter Jr. missed Friday and Sunday's games with knee soreness, which offered up two starts for Bitadze, where he didn't disappoint. He's blocked at least one shot in 11 of his last 12 games and is averaging 2.6 stocks in 21 starts this year. If you need blocks and Wendell sits, he's worth streaming with the Magic playing four games in Week 11.
Jabari Walker - SF/ PF, Portland Trail Blazers (4%)
Deandre Ayton (knee) and Duop Reath (back) missed the past two games, and Walker broke out in a significant way in Saturday's win over the Spurs, delivering a career-high 25 points (7-11 FG, 11-13 FT) with nine boards, one assists, one steal and one block in 30 minutes off the bench.
Other streaming options:
Shallow leagues:
Immanuel Quickley - PG/SG, Toronto Raptors (62%)
Brandin Podziemski - SG, Golden State Warriors (57%)
Jaden McDaniels - SF/PF, Minnesota Timberwolves (51%)
Kelly Oubre Jr. - SF, Philadelphia 76ers (47%)
Deep leagues:
Dario Šarić - PF/C, Golden State Warriors (25%)
Gary Trent Jr. - PG/SG, Toronto Raptors (36%)
Keyonte George - PG/SG, Utah Jazz (32%)
Paul Reed - PF/C, Philadelphia 76ers (32%)
Donte DiVincenzo - SG/SF, New York Knicks (23%)
Aaron Nesmith - SF/PF, Indiana Pacers (27%)
Jalen Smith - PF/C, Indiana Pacers (17%)
Cody Martin - SG/SF, Charlotte Hornets (2%)
Rotation notes:
X-rays negative on Heat F Jimmy Butler's foot
The play: Butler's missed eight games this season, but the foot injury is new. Heat HC Erik Spoelstra didn't provide an update on Butler's status, so he's already been ruled out for Monday. Fantasy managers can assume he'll be limited in Week 11, so keep riding with Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Duncan Robinson.
Nuggets F Aaron Gordon (dog bite) expects to return on Monday
The play: Peyton Watson can be dropped now that Gordon is trending towards playing on Monday. This is a welcomed news update, as it seemed like Gordon would miss an extended period dealing with lacerations on his face and shooting hand.
Daily Games Played:
Monday: 8
Tuesday: 6
Wednesday: 12
Thursday: 2
Friday: 14
Saturday: 4
Sunday: 9
20 teams play four games: Bucks, Cavaliers, Clippers, Grizzlies, Jazz, Kings, Knicks, Mavericks, Magic, Nets, Nuggets, Pacers, Pelicans, Pistons, Raptors, Rockets, Suns, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers and Warriors
10 teams play three games: 76ers, Bulls, Celtics, Hawks, Heat, Hornets, Lakers, Spurs, Thunder and Wizards
Teams with back-to-backs:
Monday/Tuesday: Hornets
Tuesday/Wednesday: Bulls, Grizzlies, Kings, Magic, Nets, Pelicans and Thunder
Wednesday/Thursday: Bucks
Thursday/Friday: Nuggets and Warriors
Friday/Saturday: 76ers, Celtics, Jazz, Knicks, Pacers, Rockets, Wizards
Saturday/Sunday: none
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