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Dina Mahmoud (London)
As soon as we bid farewell to 2023, “the year of extraordinary transformations,” given the successive events and rapid changes that occurred in its months, humanity welcomed a year in which it appears to have the upper hand in deciding destinies and paths, and determining choices, in many parts of the globe. During 2024, the world will become closer to a stage on which a record number of parliamentary and presidential elections will take place, some of which will be held in a number of major decision-making capitals, which could lead to a reshaping of the international scene, politically and economically. And security.
Likewise, the year 2024, during which humanity will direct its compass strongly towards space to explore more of its horizons, will begin its days with the formalization of a decisive step taken late last year, on the path to strengthening the bonds of a transcontinental partnership, the parties of which seek nothing but the good of humanity and the well-being and stability of its people. .
Good morning
By the first day of 2024, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will officially join, along with Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia and Argentina, the BRICS group, which includes a number of the fastest growing economies in the world.
The country’s membership in this pivotal economic bloc, which was born in its current form in 2010 by Russia, China, India, Brazil and South Africa, culminates in a long-term partnership that brought together the two sides. This step also opens the door to the creation of huge economic, trade and investment opportunities that would bring about a transformation in the economic landscape, whether among the countries of the group, or on the global scene as a whole.
Steadfast defender
Under this name, NATO countries will conduct military exercises in February and March of this year, with the participation of more than 40,000 soldiers.
These exercises, which will be hosted by Germany, Poland and the Baltic countries in conjunction with the continuation of the Ukrainian crisis, are expected to be the largest of their kind since the end of the Cold War, which has raised the ire of various circles in Moscow, especially in the midst of reports stating that the maneuvers will include dozens of warships and hundreds of fighters. This is with the participation of Sweden, which aspires to join NATO.
“Super Tuesday”
On March 4, 2024, a federal court in Washington will begin the trial of Donald Trump, the former US president and potential candidate for the next presidential race, on charges of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 elections.
The charges brought in this case include conspiracy against the American state and conspiracy to obstruct an official procedure, against the backdrop of hundreds of protesters storming the Congress headquarters on January 6, 2021, to boycott the session to certify Biden’s victory in the recent elections.
The trial will begin on the eve of the vast majority of American states holding their primary elections between Republican and Democratic aspirants to run for the presidential ballot scheduled for the end of this year.
The sun is hiding
On April 8, 2024, the countries of North America, the United States, Canada, and Mexico, will witness a total solar eclipse, which will also include parts of the Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean.
As for October 2, residents of some regions of the South American continent will observe an “annular eclipse,” which is the one in which the apparent diameter of the moon is smaller than the diameter of the sun, blocking most of its light and causing it to appear in the form of a circle called the “ring of fire.”
Chinese probe
In May 2024, China intends to launch the Chang'e-6 lunar probe, with the aim of collecting samples from the dark side of the Moon, which is the part farthest from Earth.
The probe will also carry scientific instruments from countries such as France, Italy, Sweden and the European Space Agency.
In the first half of the new year, the Chinese National Space Authority is scheduled to launch a satellite called “Qiuqiao-2” or “Magpie Bridge-2”, to support communications between the Earth and the dark side of the moon.
“Protecting the future”
Over the course of September 22 and 23, 2024, the United Nations Headquarters in New York will host a high-level international conference, under the name “Future Summit,” which aims to enhance cooperation between the countries of the world, in order to confront the fundamental challenges of our current era, and fill the gaps in the global governance system, as well as Reaffirming existing international commitments, including those related to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The United Nations hopes that the summit will result in the heads of states and governments participating in it ratifying a document called the “Charter for the Future,” which aims to pave the way for the creation of a multilateral system capable of dealing with current challenges and confronting potential future threats.
“BRIX PLUS”
In October 2024, the city of Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, will host the first summit of the BRICS group, after strengthening its ranks with the accession of the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to its membership, along with 4 other countries, including Egypt.
This group began its journey, under the name “BRIC”, when it was founded by Russia, Brazil, India and China in 2009, before becoming “BRICS” the following year with the inclusion of South Africa. Then the name was changed for the third time to “BRICS Plus”, following the accession of the six most recent countries. It officially became a member at the beginning of this year.
Artemis” toward the moon
Fifty-two years after the last manned mission launched by NASA towards the moon, the agency will send the first human team towards it in November 2024, aboard the Orion spacecraft.
The mission is called “Artemis 2,” and will be carried out by four astronauts, including for the first time the first African American, the first woman, and the first foreign astronaut, after these tasks were previously limited to white American astronauts.
The Artemis 2 mission, which lasts 10 days and covers a distance of 2.3 million kilometers, is to fly around the moon and then return without landing on its surface.
It aims to verify that all Orion devices, related to life support and other systems, will work as intended, with astronauts on board in deep space.
Journey to “Venus”
Weeks after the scheduled launch of the American mission to the moon, India is expected to launch a space probe called “Shokrayan” towards the planet Venus, in the first move of its kind since Japan launched another probe towards the same planet, in 2010.
While the mission of the Japanese probe “Akatsuki” was to study the climate of Venus, “Shokrayan” will be concerned with the chemical composition of the atmosphere of “Venus,” which is sometimes described as “Earth’s evil twin,” because they are similar in size and different in many other ways.
The Indian probe will also search for any indications of the presence of “phosphine,” or “phosphan,” a chemical compound that is a colorless, flammable gas that is believed to be present on the planet Venus. Scientists link the existence of this compound to the possibility of the existence of life.
Fighting malaria
Sometime in 2024, doses of the first anti-malaria vaccine will begin to be distributed to residents of 12 African countries, in an attempt to eliminate this disease, which kills nearly half a million people annually from sub-Saharan Africa, including more than 260,000 children. Under the age of five. The number of these doses is expected to reach about 18 million, as part of an experimental program to combat this disease, which many fear is increasing its resistance to pharmaceutical drugs, and is classified as one of the main causes of death on the African continent.
Elections everywhere
Almost a month in 2024 will not be without a voting process here or there, either to determine the image of the majority and the opposition in a legislative council, or to resolve the competition in a presidential race, or to define the features of a parliament, representing a continental bloc the size of the European Union.
The various balloting operations that will be held during the new year gain their importance because two of them will reveal the identity of the occupant of the most prominent and prestigious position in two countries with the weight of the United States and Russia, and among them will be organized in countries with significant influence in their regional surroundings.
Quiet start
The 2024 election express train, which passes through 50 countries according to some estimates, with the participation of about half of the world’s population, begins its journey somewhat calmly, with parliamentary elections taking place in Bangladesh on the seventh day of the year, before that is followed on the 28th day by a competition for the presidency of Finland. It will be repeated on February 4, but this time in Mali and El Salvador.
On the eighth of the same month, Pakistan will be scheduled for legislative elections, in which the “People’s” Party and the “Muslim League – Nawaz Sharif’s wing” are expected to compete, after propaganda campaigns that will last 54 days.
Less than a week later, on February 14, voters in Indonesia will go to the polls to elect a new president of the country and his vice president, in elections in which the current president, Joko Widodo, is not allowed to run.
Indonesian voters will also choose members of the bicameral People's Consultative Assembly, as well as members of local councils in their country, which ranks fourth on the list of the most populous countries in the world.
On February 25, the presidential election train will arrive in Senegal, where voters there will choose, for the 12th time in their history, the fifth president of their country located in West Africa, which was known for its political stability, despite the numerous coups and civil wars in its surroundings.
Voting of debtors
One week after legislative elections scheduled in Portugal on March 10, Russian voters will go to voting centers in turn, to cast their votes in a presidential ballot, which various indicators indicate that current President Vladimir Putin is the most likely to win.
The upcoming Russian presidential elections are the first since the country witnessed a referendum on constitutional reforms, which were approved by a majority in 2020, allowing Putin to continue in power for two more presidential terms until 2036.
But the year of the “electoral marathon” is not devoid of paradoxes as well. Before the curtain falls on the month of March, and specifically on its last day, Ukrainians, whose government has been involved in an escalating crisis with their Russian neighbor since late February 2022, are supposed to head to the voting centers in the elections. Presidential, it seems controversial.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky considered, weeks ago, that “conditions are not appropriate” for holding the electoral process, which was supported by Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who said that the elections “present to the authorities unprecedented challenges.”
However, this vision does not satisfy the Western allies of the Kiev government, who are pushing for the completion of the vote on time.
Women's competition
Sometime during April or May 2024, voting centers will open in India to elect members of the lower chamber of Parliament, known as the Lok Sabha, or the “House of the People.”
After the elections, the party that wins the parliamentary majority or the coalition that wins it will choose the prime minister, amid expectations that the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be able to remain in office for a third term, to continue to hold power in a country with a population of 1.4 billion people. He speaks more than 100 languages.
As for Mexico, it is likely that in the middle of the new year it will witness a confrontation that is the first of its kind in its history, in light of the two female candidates leading the presidential election race, scheduled for June 2, which makes it likely that a woman will reach the presidency in this country.
One of the two contestants represents opposition parties, while the other is running for the ruling party, having previously served as mayor of the federal capital, Mexico City.
Between June 6 and June 9, European Parliament elections will be held, the first since Britain's exit from the Union a few years ago. More than 400 million Europeans are entitled to vote in the elections, making it the second largest voting process in the world, after its counterpart in India.
Voters of the 27 member states of the European Union are scheduled to choose 720 members of its Parliament, for a period lasting between 2024 and 2029.
Attention is focused on the voter turnout rate, after it approached 51% in the last elections in 2019, which at that time constituted the highest rate in a quarter of a century.
Observers also wonder whether the upcoming European elections will give populist parties the opportunity to obtain more seats in the European Parliament or not.
Aside the Atlantic
At a time when Britain is widely expected to witness parliamentary elections during 2024, given that the term of the current House of Commons will end on December 17th, this vote, despite its importance, will not likely steal the spotlight from the fierce race expected for the White House, on the other hand. The other is from the Atlantic Ocean.
On November 5, attention will turn to the United States, to follow its presidential elections, which are expected to become a repeat of the 2020 confrontation between the current Democratic President Joe Biden and his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, despite the legal problems facing the latter.
The upcoming vote is expected to be the most expensive in American history, with estimates that it will see more than $10 billion spent on electoral advertising. In addition to determining the identity of the forty-seventh president of the United States, the November 5 elections will include competition for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, along with a third of the seats in the Senate, and the position of governor in 13 American states.
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A surfer in Hawaii died at the hospital after a shark attack Saturday.
According toMaui County authorities, they received a report at around 11 a.m. local time Saturday about “a miscellaneous type incident.” Upon arrival, they discovered that Ocean Safety Officers had rescued and transported Jason Carter, a 39-year-old man, to shore using a jet ski.
Responders conducted life-saving measures until medical personnel arrived, and Carter was then taken to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for further treatment.
According to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Carter, who is originally from Haiku, faced the shark encounter while surfing at Paia Bay, where shark warning signs are placed on beaches one mile on either side of the bay.
While initial signs of foul play were not evident, the police department reports that the investigation is ongoing and an autopsy has been scheduled.
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KARACHI: Pakistan are expected to field the 21-year-old uncapped opener Saim Ayub in the third and final Test against Australia at
Sydney, beginning on January 3.
After the dismal form of experienced opener Imam ul Haq whose slow batting has come under criticism in the Pakistan cricket circles, the word is that the team management has finally decided to take a chance with Ayub.
The young southpaw has played eight T20Is this year and is widely regarded as a specialist in this format with just 14 First-Class games under his belt.
But with the Pakistan batting struggling in the first two Tests which ended inside four days the team management is ready to take a chance with Ayub.
The youngster from Karachi made his First-Class debut last year but has impressed everyone with his range of strokes and positive attitude.
Pakistan is also anxiously waiting on the fitness of mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed who missed the first two Tests due to a side injury.
Indications are that if Abrar is not fit in time for the Sydney Test, Pakistan will give a chance to off-spinner Sajid Khan who was called up as reinforcement after the injury to Abrar.
Ayub and Abrar/Sajid will replace Imam and pacer Hasan Ali in the playing eleven.
Australia lead the three-match series 2-0, and Pakistan have lost 16 successive Tests in Australia.
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Tenille Dashwood not sure she’ll wrestle again
Tenille Dashwood looked back on her eventful 2023 and ahead to what’s next over the weekend, noting that wrestling may not be in her future. Dashwood was released from WWE, where she worked as Emma, in September alongside her fiance Riddick Moss. In a post to Instagram, she talked about the past year and what’s to come.
“2023 was filled with highs and lows,” Dashwood said (per Wrestling Inc). “The man of my dreams proposed to me, and I lost my dream job at the company where we first met. While I’m not sure if I’ll ever wrestle again… I am sure that I’ll turn this into a positive. No restrictions, no putting things on the back burner. Time to follow my heart.”
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MIAMI (AP) — Goran Dragic, a former All-Star guard with the Miami Heat and the leader of Slovenia’s team that won the EuroBasket championship in 2017, announced his retirement on Sunday.
Dragic spent 15 seasons in the NBA and played for seven teams — Phoenix, Houston, Chicago, Brooklyn, Milwaukee, Toronto and the Heat. He was part of the All-NBA team in 2013-14, the same season in which he was voted the league’s most improved player, and made his lone All-Star appearance in 2018.
“I have lived my greatest dream and I am extremely grateful for the countless people in my life who have enabled me to play this long,” Dragic said. “It starts with my parents, Marinko and Mojca, my brother, Zoran, my kids, Mateo and Vikorita and their mother Maja, and the rest of my family who always allowed this passion of basketball to be a priority for me.”
Dragic intends to have a retirement celebration this summer in Ljubljana, Slovenia, likely after the Paris Olympics conclude. There are tentative plans to announce details of that celebration later this week.
The 37-year-old Dragic spoke often in recent years about what the 2017 EuroBasket win meant to him, especially considering that it is generally considered to be Slovenia’s finest moment in team sports. Dragic averaged 22.6 points and 5.1 assists in the nine games at that tournament and finished off the gold with 35 points in the title game win over rival Serbia, his father’s homeland. Slovenia is his mother’s homeland.
He became a national hero, receiving one of Slovenia’s highest civilian honors after that tournament, and was brought to tears by a gift of a jersey from the mother of one of his idols, the late star Drazen Petrovic.
“It was everything,” Dragic said.
A young guard on that 2017 Slovenia team that Dragic mentored: Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic.
“It was an amazing run for him,” Doncic said Saturday, when word began to leak out of Europe that Dragic’s retirement announcement was imminent. “I’m just glad I know him, I’m glad I played with him and man, I learned a lot about him, especially about leadership in that tournament.”
Dragic was beloved in Miami, where he and his family continue to maintain homes. When he was a free agent in 2020, the Heat surprised Dragic with billboards in his native Slovenia, with slogans such as “Your second family is always with you.” That gesture, Dragic said, was deeply moving and led to him quickly re-signing with the Heat.
The left-handed Dragic was the 45th overall pick in the 2008 draft by San Antonio. He averaged 13.3 points and 4.7 assists in his career, and averaged 20 points in a season twice — in 2013-14 with Phoenix, and 2016-17 with the Heat.
He helped Miami reach the NBA Finals in 2020, the season that ended in the bubble at Walt Disney World because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dragic hurt his foot early in that series and appeared in only two games, an injury that seriously impacted Miami’s chances at a title.
“Can you do something for me?” he asked a reporter when that series against the Los Angeles Lakers ended, the Heat having lost in six games. “Tell the fans we really tried and I’m sorry. I really tried.”
Dragic thanked a long list of people for their involvement in his career, including David Stern and Adam Silver — the NBA’s two commissioners during his tenure — along with coaches, team executives and his agents Rade Filipovich and Bill Duffy.
“All good things come to an end but this dream of basketball will always be with me,” Dragic said.
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Deputy director of Kazakhstan's Foreign Intelligence Service appointed
17:16, 12 February 2019
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Isatay Sartayev has been named as the Deputy Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service "Syrbar" of the Republic of Kazakhstan by the presidential decree, Kazinform has learnt from the Akorda's press service.
Earlier Sartayev served as the Director of the "Syrbar" Service. He is a native of Aktobe region.
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General News of Monday, 1 January 2024
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
Prophet Nigel Gaisie, Leader of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, is delivering his much-awaited 2024 New Year prophecies at a crossover service at the head office of his church in Accra, Ghana
From GhanaWeb tracking, he is delivering a series of 2023 prophecies that came to pass ahead of the new set of prophecies for 2024.
This year being an election year has been instructive as many await Gaisie’s pronouncements on the outcome of the 2024 presidential race especially.
Thousands, if not millions of Ghanaians are expected to attend church services across the country as churches and places of worship hold special prayers to usher in the new year, 2024.
Crossover or Watchnight services have become popular in Ghana over the last few years with believers keenly awaiting what specific prophets will release by way of prophecies.
These prophecies have become a mainstay by particular preachers who have often prophesied publicly about matters that will play out during the year as revealed to them by God.
They have often prophesied from the global, continental, sub-continental and on national affairs, some going on to even personal matters in the case of specific congregants.
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Prize is the highest amount ever accumulated from Caixa Econômica Federal bets
A Mega da Virada your prize will be divided into 5 bets this year. The dozens were drawn on Sunday night (Dec 31, 2023), at 8:30 pm. It included winners from the cities of Bom Despacho (MG), Ipira (SC), Salvador (BA), Redenção (PA), in addition to a bet made through Caixa's electronic channel. The dozens drawn were: 21, 24, 33, 41, 48 and 56. The total prize is R$588.9 million, the highest amount ever accumulated. Each person will receive the amount of R$117.8 million.
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KARACHI: The decision of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to permit national junior chief selector Sohail Tanvir to play in an on-going T20 league in the United States has come under severe criticism, raising questions about conflict of interest.
Tanvir went to play in the American Premier League (APL) soon after announcing Pakistan youth squad for the ICC U19 World Cup.
A PCB official said Tanvir had got permission to play in the league at the time of his appointment as the national junior selector.
In Pakistan, the powerful positions of senior and junior chief selector and national selectors are paid jobs.
Tanvir is playing for the Premium Paks in the APL at the Moosa Stadium in Pearland, Texas, and the league is yet to get approval from the USA Cricket Council.
In a recent match against Premium Canadians, Tanvir scored 31 runs and took two wickets while conceding only 15 runs.
The whole episode has also brought senior chief selector Wahab Riaz into focus as he is set to play in next year's Pakistan Super League (PSL) in February and March.
This is in direct contrast to the case of Muhammad Hafeez.
Hafeez was playing in various T20 leagues even after retiring from international cricket and soon after becoming Director of the Pakistan team he had announced that he would only be focussing on his job.
The interesting part is that some time back the PCB had forced Inzamam ul Haq to resign as the chief selector over a conflict of interest issue.
Inzamam tendered his resignation after it emerged that he was a partner in a sports management company with Muhammad Rizwan and a well-known player agent, Talha Rehman.
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•Odebowale, part of cabal that benefitted from Akeredolu’s illness, Obe
By Dayo Johnson
A former Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategies to late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Dr. Doyin Odebowale, has explained what led to the feud between the new Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and Akeredolu.
Odebowale said in a viral video that the late Akeredolu would not listened to anybody who spoke against Aiyedatiwa, before they fell apart. “Aketi will always shut you down,” he said.
According to him “The mistrust between Aiyedatiwa and Akeredolu started when it was found that a female aide to Akeredolu’s wife had been sharing confidential information about Akeredolu’s health with Aiyedatiwa.
The former Special Assistant alleged that “the woman was scheming to become deputy governor after the death of Akeredolu.
“Where is the woman now, She is with Lucky. What infuriated the First lady at that time that she decided to misbehave was the fact that while this woman was pretending to be with Aketi, she was getting information about the state of health of Aketi and was ingratiating herself towards Lucky.
“She was seeing Lucky. She will not talk to Lucky but they were seeing in Abuja.
“She was scheming to be deputy governor in case Aketi dies. That was the genesis of the mistrust between Aketi and Lucky. Aketi never listened to anybody who spoke against Lucky.
“He will shut you down. Aketi will sit from morning till night signing useless files from these people who are now talking about forgery.
“Aketi mismanaged his health. The perfidy of many of his aides was unrivalled. They won’t allow him rest, they won’t allow him sleep.
“He took ill and the next thing is when will he die? People started holding meetings against the man who never offended them. I will talk about Babajide once Aketi is buried.
“Aketi rejected many Chieftaincy titles. He stuck to Arakunrin. Those that made allegations of forgery should bring out the documents and show who collected the money.
“I was making money for the state and they were spending it. I made doctors to resign because they were collecting double salary. People were retiring but wage bill was still going up.
“In the Health Management board, doctors were travelling abroad but the state was unable to employ because they were collecting double salary.
Reacting to the allegations, the state commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Rasaq Obe, denied allegations that he paid momey to be nominated as Commissioner under late governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
Obe, in a phone interview, equally denied allegations that he had quarrel with Babjide over supply of diesel in the state.
He said he led the effort for Akeredolu to emerge victorious in Ilara Mokin ward in Ifedore local government area in the 2020 governorship election.
According to him, “I supported Akeredolu and gave him all assistance in 2020. I followed him through the campaigns so it is not true to say I was a nobody politically. There was no need to pay the First Lady or her son for me to be made Commissioner.
“It is unfortunate that Odebowale is making this vituperations days after the passing of Akeredolu. He was part of the persons that benefitted from the illness of Akeredolu.
“There was nothing to quarrel about between Babajide and I. I never supplied diesel to any part of the state.”
On the issue of forgery of Akeredolu’s signature, Engr. Obe said petitions have been sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission adding that the concerned persons would soon be invited.
Engr. Obe stated that the country would be seen as a banana Republic of nobody was prosecuted and punished for forging late Akeredolu’s signature.
“Let us bury Akeredolu. The gate of justice will be opened. The political solution and the advice to unify the party as advised by Tinubu do not include forgery. Forgery of a Governor’s signature and authorisation of millions of naira are too criminal to be ignored.
“The individual doing all the forgery must be produced. Some of us were harassed. They hated me because I punctuated their activities. It is when the new Governor open the books, you will know the extent of damage.”
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The year 2024 will introduce many new laws for Californians, including a minimum wage increase, expanded health care coverage and even changes to routine traffic stops by law enforcement.
Keep on reading to learn more about some of the new laws:
More on 2024 California laws:
California police can no longer ask this question at a traffic stop
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Starting Jan. 1, police officers across California will no longer be able to ask, "Do you know why I pulled you over?" It's all part of California Assembly Bill 2773, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September.
This means that law enforcement will now have to explain why they pulled someone over, and it also applies to pedestrians.
But there's a noteworthy exception contained in the language of the law: if officers believe there is a threat to life or property, law enforcement is not required to disclose the reason for stopping you.
California expands health care coverage for low-income immigrants
On the health care front, a new proposal put in place by the Governor in 2022 paves the way for all low-income adults to get health care — regardless of immigration status through Medi-cal.
More than 700,000 undocumented migrants living in California are now eligible to receive health care.
San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond has criticized the new law, calling it a "disaster" for a state that's nearly at a $70 billion deficit. Right now, state finance officials project a $68 billion deficit in 2024.
State leaders expect the expanded health care coverage will cost over $1 billion through the first six months of the new year, and eventually $3.1 billion per year.
New protections for Californians who work from home
There are also new protections for people who work remotely.
Senate Bill 731 now requires employers to provide a 30-day written notice before requiring employees working from home to return to the office. The legislation also provides the right for an employee to remain remote as an accommodation, if they have a disability.
According to a statewide survey by PPIC, roughly 14% of Californians currently work from home, while 21% have a hybrid schedule.
Minimum wage increases in California
Wages are also going up across California. The minimum wage is going up to $16 an hour, up from $15.50.
For those working in the City of San Diego, wages are going up to $16.85.
Health care workers that work under covered health care facilities in California can expect their minimum wage to rise to $23 an hour.
Taking a closer look at California oil companies
The pain at the pump might not be as painful in the new year.
Newsom has established an independent watchdog to monitor market or price manipulation when it comes to oil prices. The goal is to hold big oil companies accountable.
Senate Bill X1-2 also gives the California Energy Commission the authority to penalize oil refineries if they exceed the maximum gross gasoline refining margin.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Najee Harris rushed for a season-high 122 yards and bullied his way into the end zone for a pair of touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers kept their playoff hopes alive into Week 18 with a 30-23 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
Using a punishing running attack that faced little resistance from Seattle, the Steelers (9-7) pushed their way into the final week of the regular season with a chance at the postseason and ensured that Mike Tomlin’s team would yet again avoid a losing record.
Harris had not hit the century mark rushing this season, his closest coming when he ran for 99 yards against Cincinnati. But he combined with Jaylen Warren for a running punch that Seattle struggled to stop.
Harris averaged 4.5 yards per carry and reached the 100-yard mark for the first time since Week 17 of last season against Baltimore. Warren added another 75 yards rushing and scored on a 18-yard run in the first quarter.
Harris scored on a 9-yard touchdown run in the second quarter breaking several tackles on his way to the goal line before a final lunge to break the plane. In the third quarter, Harris scored on a 4-yard run with a big assist from his linemen pushing the pile into the end zone to give the Steelers a 24-17 lead.
Pittsburgh thrived against Seattle’s run defense that has been awful for more than half the season and finished with 202 yards rushing and a season-high 468 total yards. Pittsburgh was the sixth straight opponent to rush for at least 135 yards against the Seahawks.
Quarterback Mason Rudolph was 18 of 24 for 274 yards and hit the big throws when needed, none more important than a 34-yard completion to George Pickens on third-and-6 early in the fourth quarter. Pickens made a terrific diving finger-tip catch and led to Chris Boswell’s 26-yard field goal that gave the Steelers a 27-20 lead with 7:07 left.
Rudolph also hit Pickens for 24 yards with two minutes left and Seattle desperately needing a stop. Pickens had seven catches for 131 yards.
Seattle (8-8) had its two-game win streak snapped and while the Seahawks weren’t eliminated from the postseason, they will need a victory and a lot of help in Week 18.
Geno Smith threw for 290 yards and a 12-yard TD to Jaxon Smith-Njigba in the first half. Kenneth Walker III added 53 yards rushing and a 13-yard TD in the first half, but the Seahawks settled for three field goals in the second half and Smith committed one big turnover.
Nick Herbig forced and recovered a fumble sacking Smith with seven minutes left, giving the Steelers possession at the Seattle 16 and Boswell’s 21-yard field goal with 4:31 left pushed the Pittsburgh lead to 30-20.
INJURIES
Seattle took two major hits to its offensive line. Starting right tackle Abe Lucas played the entire first half, but went to the locker room early before the second quarter ended and was ruled out with a knee injury when the second half started.
Three plays into the third quarter, center Evan Brown had to be helped off the field and was ruled out with a concussion.
UP NEXT
Steelers: Pittsburgh will be at Baltimore in Week 18.
Seahawks: Seattle closes out the regular season at Arizona next week.
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New York City police officers on high alert ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations
New York City police officers were on high alert Sunday ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations. Police said they were on the lookout for protests and using drones for the first time ever to monitor for potential dangers. Astrid Martinez has the latest.
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Deputy Head of Presidential Affairs Dept named
"By order of the Head of State, Sergey Mikhailovich Khoroshun has been appointed as Deputy Head of the Department of Presidential Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan," the press service tweeted.
Sergey Khoroshun was born on March 26, 1966. In 1990, he graduated from the Tselinograd Civil Engineering Institute.
In 1990-1995, he worked at Tselinogradzhilstroy. Between 1995 and 1998, Khoroshun served at Tselinnaya Railway Administration. In 1998-2000, he held the position of Head of Department, Deputy Head of Gorkommunkhoz. In 2000, he started heading the Astana Department of Utilities. In February 2005, Sergey Khoroshun became the Director of the Department of Energy and Utilities of Astana.
Since September 2006, he has been the First Deputy Mayor of Astana.
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Business News of Monday, 1 January 2024
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has spoken about the economy in his first message of the year 2024.
In a message posted in the early hours of the New Year, Akufo-Addo related to the economic struggles that the country has faced in the last two years.
According to him, Ghana’s recovery was on course and he believed that the country will emerge victorious.
“I wish all Ghanaians a Happy and Prosperous 2024. Even though we are not completely out of the woods, I am confident that, with hard work and determination, Ghana will make it, and collectively, we will secure our futures,” the message posted on his social media handles read.
The president and his appointees have serially insisted that despite the challenges, the economy is rebounding citing dropping inflation, stable exchange rate and stabilized cedi depreciation among other indicators.
The Ghanaian economy has been a topical issue in recent years following a downturn occasioned by galloping inflation, a depreciating currency, and a general decline in the quality of life coupled with high cost of living.
The government has serially blamed the aftermath of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war before submitting to a US$3 billion IMF loan last year, of which US$600 million as tranche one has been credited to the government account.
SARA
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A love under the tree: plot, cast and streaming of the film on Rete 4
A Love Under the Tree is the film broadcast on Rete 4 this evening, 31 December 2023, at 9.20pm for New Year's Eve. It is a 2004 film directed by Chazz Palminteri. Let's see the plot and cast together.
Plot
The film tells the stories of five people who, despite not knowing each other, are destined to cross paths due to a series of episodes that happen on Christmas Eve. Rose (Susan Sarandon) is a publisher who has divorced her husband and now finds herself having to take care of her mother who has fallen ill with Alzheimer's. Then there is Artie (Alan Arkin), an old waiter still deeply in love with his beloved Angelina, his deceased wife and, like every Christmas, he believes that she has been reincarnated in Mike (Paul Walker), Nina's (Penélope) jealous partner Cruz). The young couple is about to break up precisely because of his crazy jealousy. And finally Jules (Marcus Thomas), a boy who prefers to spend the Christmas holidays in the emergency room, to the point of injuring himself, because he keeps his most beautiful childhood memories in the hospital. A tangle of lives in which Charlie (Robin Williams) insinuates himself, a mysterious character who will approach Rose to make her understand that she must learn to take care of herself first and then of others… Will Christmas be able to fix their lives with its unmistakable magic?
A love under the tree: the cast of the film
We've seen the plot, but who is the cast? The protagonists are Alan Arkin, Penélope Cruz, Kim Bubbs, David Julian Hirsh, Chantal S. Lonergan, Chazz Palminteri, Erika Rosenbaum, Susan Sarandon, Maurizio Terrazzano, Marcus Thomas, Robin Williams, Paul Walker, Victoria Sanchez, Gianpaolo Venuta, Marcia Bennett, Ruth Chiang, Sonny Marinelli, Daniel Sunjata. Let's see the performers and characters:
- Susan Sarandon: Rose Harrison
- Penélope Cruz: Nina Vazquez
- Paul WalkerMike Riley
- Alan Arkin: Artie Venezuela
- Marcus Thomas: Jules Calvert
- Chazz Palminteri: Arizona
- Robin Williams: Charlie Boyd
- Erika Rosenbaum: Merry
Streaming and TV
Where to see Love Under the Tree live on TV and live streaming? The film, as mentioned, will be broadcast tonight – 31 December 2023 – at 9.20 pm on Rete 4. It will also be possible to follow it in live streaming via the free platform Mediaset Infinity which allows you to see and review the various Mediaset programs from PCs, tablets and smartphones.
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MUMBAI: In a match in which both the teams dropped as many as 11 matches, India paid for their downright shoddy fielding, which saw them grass seven opportunities, slightly more than Australia's four as they lost the second women's ODI by three runs in thrilling fashion at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday night.
Post the defeat, which led to India losing yet another ODI series to Australia with a game left to play on January 2, the team's new head coach Amol Muzumdar confessed that his team was poor in the field, and called the side 'a work in progress.'
"There's no doubt that our fielding was below par today.
We dropped about six catches. We are still a work in progress. If we get some time post this series, we will spend some time on fielding and fitness," Muzumdar said.
Australian opener Phoebe Litchfield got reprieves twice, and went on to make India pay with a knock of 63 off 98 balls with six fours, scoring her second half-century on the trot.
Unusually, Australia, normally brilliant in the field, too dropped four catches.
Australian skipper Alyssa Healy admitted the whole game had a 'case of the dropsies.'
"We let ourselves down a bit with our catching, but we took the ones that mattered the most, so I'll take that," Healy said after leading the Aussies to her first series win as the full-time captain.
'No 3 best spot for Richa'In a much-talked about move, India promoted talented young keeper-Richa Ghosh, who has been used mostly as a finisher in the past, to the pivotal No 3 spot. Ghosh responded by scoring a fighting 96 in the match. The coach made it clear that the team management was looking to groom Richa at one down.
"We believe Richa can be a good top-order player. We believe in her talent and you've seen the kind of shots she can play. If she can use the first 10 overs and then play to the situation, I think that's the best spot for her," he said.
Healy said that they knew the game was within Australia's grasp once Richa was caught by Phoebe Litchfield at cover off Annabel Sutherland, who took 3-47 in none overs and was named as the 'Player of the Match.'
"Richa, when we got her on 96, that's when we knew we were on here. India was hovering around a run-ball for a long time. We knew if we created dot balls and pressure, the chances would come and that's what this team has been good at doing for a long period of time and we did it again," Healy said.
On a Wankhede Stadium pitch aiding generous turn, India's off-spinning all-rounder Deepti Sharma took five for 38, but Australia managed to make 258 for 8 in 50 overs. Healy said Australia will have to consider more "different scoring areas" if the wicket for the third and final ODI at the same venue will help the spinners big time again.
"We probably weren't as prepared for how much turn there was. Early (before the game), we spoke about it, that maybe there was going to be a little bit, but probably (now) just need to chat a little bit about that if they're going to prepare something really similar for game three," Healy said.
"We just probably need to work out a few more different scoring areas for ourselves and obviously probably our attack as well (in regards to) what we can do to cash in on."
It was Australia's ninth ODI series win in India, but Healy said it was a statistic that did not concern her team much. "Not really. I mean, that statistic doesn't bother us too much. (It) feels like people only write about us when we lose anyway. So there might have been a good thing, but that's not on the mind at all," Healy said.
"We're fully aware of just how good this opposition is that we're playing against and we know we've got to be able to be on the mark to maintain that."
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Imperial Beach in San Diego County is one of the most polluted beaches in the United States. The water is polluted. The air is polluted. And local leaders think no one with the power to help cares.
“Our local beach here behind me has been closed every single day this year,” said Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre. “It's devastating. We have an entire generation of kids that are now college age that don't know what it is to have clean water at their hometown.”
The problem begins just south of Imperial Beach, on the other side of the international border. There, Tijuana, Mexico is growing faster than its infrastructure.
“In Tijuana, they always seem to be fixing the same broken pipe,” said environmentalist -- and former mayor of Imperial Beach -- Serge Dedina, Ph.D. “There is always a pipe broken, there's always some problem. And the problem now is 365 days a year, seven days a week, 24 hours a day.”
Dedina accused Tijuana and Baja California government leaders of not taking care of the city’s sewer system to the point that the system has collapsed, allowing raw sewage to enter the United States through the Tijuana River and the Pacific Ocean.
“And no one’s going to say a word about it,” he said.
Aguirre said Imperial Beach is hit by roughly 40 million gallons of sewage from Tijuana every day.
“You have anything from heavy metals in the water to chemicals to chlorinated pesticides,” she said. “There's traces of feces in the water.”
“It's the worst stuff you can possibly imagine,” Dedina said. “Raw human waste.”
Two big problems contribute to the toxic tide of sewage into San Diego County
Aguirre said the sewage hits San Diego County from two directions: The Pacific Ocean and the Tijuana River.
The first big problem is wastewater from thousands of Tijuana homes that enters Tijuana’s faulty sewer system. Millions of gallons of that raw sewage are pumped to a Mexican wastewater treatment plant, which does not work. That untreated wastewater is then pumped directly out to the Pacific Ocean a few miles south of the border.
The water eventually flows north to Imperial Beach, the Silver Strand State Beach, and Coronado Beach. The water at those beaches has been off-limits for days and weeks at a time because of polluted water conditions.
Imperial Beach’s beach has been closed most of the past two years.
“The problem just kept getting worse," Dedina said. Mexico "kept dumping more sewage, the sewer system got worse. And instead of saying, ‘We've got an emergency, we need to get this fixed,’ they just said, ‘Whoa, slow down. We can't do anything at all any time soon,’ which actually is driving a lot of us completely insane.”
The second big problem comes through the Tijuana River. Thousands of Tijuana homes aren’t even connected to a sewer system.
Their wastewater directly enters the watershed and Tijuana River, which flows north across the international border into the Tijuana River Estuary, which neighbors Imperial Beach. That river water also eventually weaves its way to the Pacific Ocean.
A U.S.-owned wastewater treatment plant built in San Ysidro just north of the border to clean the Tijuana River water is also in desperate need of repair.
All of these problems have created an unmitigated environmental nightmare that led to hazardous pollution that threatens the health of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides of the border.
“It's unconscionable,” said Aguirre. “It's unfathomable that here we are having to live these conditions, every single day and not getting any assistance. All I hear, frankly, are excuses.”
Surfers, lifeguards, and locals will tell you the problem has existed for decades. However, it got worse in the last few years when Tijuana’s population exploded and its infrastructure imploded.
“It's like you're sounding the alarms left and right with people who are responsible to ensure your well-being, to ensure public safety, to ensure high quality of life and we’re treated as second class citizens,” Aguirre said.
“Governor of Baja, authorities in Baja California have made a decision, a conscious decision to ignore this,” Dedina said. “They have no interest in fixing the sewer system. They've shown no interest, no vision, no commitment to doing so. It's frankly an embarrassment.”
Monica Vega, Baja’s Secretary of the Environment, disagreed. She said the current state leadership is committed to find solutions.
“It's a problem that we share, but also, it's a problem that we can solve together,” Vega said.
Examining 'Problem One' of the sewage crisis at the border
Evidence of Tijuana’s broken infrastructure can be seen at Punta Bandera, a few miles south of the international border.
Fay Crevoshay called it the “caca river."
“It is a permanent river, 24/7 that comes from the plant into the ocean,” Crevoshay said while standing on a hill above a brown, flowing river that ended in the Pacific Ocean.
Crevoshay is the Policy Director for the environmental group Wildcoast. She said the sewage came from the nearby neglected wastewater treatment plant, which she said isn’t operational.
The plant pumps in sewage from Tijuana and simply pumps it out to the ocean without treatment, she said.
“This plant was built in 1990,” Crevoshay said. “Two, three years ago, four years, they started saying, ‘Yeah, well, it really doesn't work.’"
When NBC 7 visited, Punta Bandera, no one was on the beach or in the water.
“This is the most contaminated beach in North America,” Crevoshay declared. “It contaminates people, flora, fauna, everything.”
The smell is also overpowering.
“Sometimes the smell is so terrible that your stomach churns,” said Crevoshay. “Makes me feel like the government does not care.”
The brown river merges with the blue Pacific on the beach. The current pushes that water right along the west coast up to Imperial Beach and the southern coast of San Diego County.
“Poor United States has to deal with this because their neighbor Baja California's government has not dealt with this for 20 years,” Crevoshay sighed.
Examining 'Problem Two' of the sewage crisis at the border
Fewer people know about the second problem in Tijuana. However, it’s equally devastating to people on both side of the border.
Los Laureles is a Tijuana neighborhood sitting only a few hundred yards from the international border. It’s a mishmash of homes built into the valley.
Crevoshay said there’s no code enforcement, many of the homes don’t have running water, and just as many aren’t attached to a sewer system. When NBC 7 toured it, wastewater dripped out of PVC pipes into channels running down hill between homes and businesses. Those channels work their way into San Diego County through streams and other waterways.
Crevoshay and Dedina said Wildcoast and some volunteers built a trash boom in the middle of one of the larger channels to capture trash from flowing across the border.
“We didn't spend a lot of time doing a lot of studies,” Dedina explained. “We just built something. That's the kind of can-do attitude we need on the part of the state and federal government and frankly, Mexican authorities.”
“Some Tijuanans don’t realize, or they know, but they don't want to know,” shrugged Crevoshay. “They never come here.”
Lupita Camacho owns a health juice bar in Los Laureles. The entrance to her business faces the channel with a green flow running down the middle.
“When it's very hot, we have to close our windows because we cannot eat because of how it smells,” said Camacho.
“Everybody has to close windows, doors because you cannot eat with the smell,” Camacho added. “There are people. There are preschoolers. Everybody leaves here with this stink and those flying diseases.”
“All the beaches in northern Baja are polluted all the time. There's sewage in the streets all over Tijuana and much of Tijuana smells like raw sewage,” Dedina said.
“We as a government of Baja California are working on the money for our responsibilities,” said Vega, the Baja secretary for the environment. “Unfortunately, for the last governors, instead of facing the problem or recognizing the problem, they just were in a war of public declarations with our counterparts on the other side of the border.”
Dedina was one of those counterparts on the other side of the border.
“They're saving millions of dollars a year by dumping their sewage on us. They know exactly what they're doing,” he said. “Let’s be clear, there isn't another major coastal city in Mexico, and I've been to all of them on the Pacific, where they dump anything like the sewage that they do in Tijuana into the Pacific Ocean.”
The sewage flowing through the Tijuana River can be seen in piles of trash that collect along the river throughout southern San Diego County. Piles of plastic bottles, buckets, cans, and trash pile up at different spots throughout the Tijuana River Estuary. And that’s just what’s visible to the naked eye.
“It's human waste, it's poop. It's really awful. Mixed, probably with chemicals and toxic waste. It's as bad as it gets,” said Dedina. “You don't see that issue in Mexico City. You don't see that problem in Acapulco or Los Cabos. But Tijuana has got a real problem.”
Dedina was quick to blame U.S. state and federal leaders as well.
“The City of Imperial Beach, along with the City of Chula Vista, San Diego, the Port of San Diego, State of California, Surfrider; we won a lawsuit against the United States government, ordered them to clean up the problem. We won. We got money allocated thanks to our congressional delegation to fix the problem,” he said.
“Then the agencies, US, EPA, the International Boundary and Water Commission said, ‘Whoa, let's do a study, let's have some meetings, and you'll be lucky in five years if we actually fix the problem.’”
The International Boundary and Water Commission's underfunded plant
Just north of the border in San Ysidro sits the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant operated by the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission. It was built more than 20 years ago to help clean Tijuana’s wastewater.
But the United States has failed to spend the money needed to maintain the plant, according to its operators. And now, it’s broken.
NBC 7 was given a tour of the and saw sediment tanks out of service because excess flows had overpowered the plant. Wastewater still passes through the plant, but the solids aren’t removed from the broken tanks.
It’s been so long since the facility was at 100% that tomato plants are growing in the thick sediment resting on the water’s surface.
“Problem is, they've been treating more and more of the sewage that has more stuff in it that's really damaging the plant,” Dedina said.
The plant is supposed to clean 25 million gallons of wastewater a day coming out of Tijuana. However, the U.S. government didn’t do enough maintenance on the plant during the last decade.
“This facility has a history of being underfunded,” acknowledged Frank Fisher, chief of public affairs for the International Boundary and Water Commission.
Fisher said the plant received roughly $4 million for maintenance during a ten-year span ending in 2020. He said the plant needed $4 million a year to keep up.
“If you run your car and don't put oil in it, engine is going to blow up," Dedina said. "And that's what we've had here. Our sewer systems are essentially blowing up or imploding because we're not taking care of them and we're not making them better.
“The United States government didn't allocate enough money to fix the plant and keep it in good shape," he said. "So now it's falling apart.”
“That's part of the challenge that we have. We're working through this constantly to identify those funding sources,” Fisher said.
In the meantime, even more water is bypassing the plant in the Tijuana River, according to the IBWC’s area operations manager, Morgan Rogers.
That's leading to unprocessed water flowing in the river when the river shouldn’t be flowing at all.
“Right now, we have continuous flow,” said Rogers while looking at a map of the Tijuana River area. “We've had flow down the river almost every day this whole year. And it should be dry. We shouldn’t have had any flows after like April or so when the rain stopped.”
“The downside of that is now we have transboundary flows,” said Rogers.
Those transboundary flows run right into San Diego County.
Fisher said the IBWC is working to fix and expand the plant to increase treatment from 25 million gallons a day to 50 million gallons a day with the ability to treat 75 million gallons a day in peak conditions.
"We have enough money now to start the process,” he said. “We’ve ordered parts to rehab all these (problems). So, we have a contract. It’s already awarded. It’s in place."
The IBWC just needs to find the rest of the money.
“Obviously, wastewater treatment is not a free proposition. It does take money. And that's what one of our plans we're working through, identifying those funding sources,” Fisher said.
Imperial Beach Mayor Aguirre is frustrated. Former IB Mayor Dedina is frustrated. Crevoshay is frustrated. They all want to know why the money isn’t already available.
“I'm tired of the promises. I'm tired of, you know, you need to praise, give a for effort. Like that's nothing to us. It doesn't help us,” said Aguirre.
Dedina added, “And the response in the United States government is they're actually falling asleep. They're not doing anything at all.”
Imperial Beach residents worry about their health
Imperial Beach residents Tom Csanadi and Marvel Harrison wish the United States and Mexican governments would wake up.
“It's hard to describe how enraged I can be about this human-made problem,” Harrison said. “We live in a polluted, environmental, economic, public health crisis. We’re right here in the middle of it.”
Csanadi and Harrison invested their retirement into a beach house right along the ocean in 2020. The view of the beach and ocean from their back patio is stunning. They just can’t go in the water, and the stench sometimes is overwhelming.
“There are so many days where we just can't open this door,” said Csanadi. “This has been such a huge investment on my wife and my part, putting everything into this house and where we live and we're actually considering moving.”
“Who's going to want to come to a polluted beach?” Mayor Aguirre asked. “Young working families telling me, ‘You know what? We put everything we could to to buy this house and Imperial Beach because we love it. But we're done. We're leaving.’ I mean, how is that not devastating?”
Aguirre said businesses from Imperial beach to Coronado suffer from fewer tourists. She said property owners suffer from fewer vacation rentals.
It’s hard to sell a trip to the beach when you can’t go in the water.
“People in government, in power know that it's a huge health risk for for you and for me and for the children we see playing on the beach, but, yet they let it go,” shrugged Csanadi.
“And now we have studies that show that the pollution isn't just in the water, but it's also in our air,” said Aguirre.
Organisms floating from the sewage, to the air, to residents' brains
Research from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has shown the breakers from the waves off Imperial Beach’s coast create a spray from the polluted water that people can breathe in several miles from the beach.
“People tell me, ‘My my little girl is sick again. She's vomiting all night. She didn't go to the beach.’ I would always wonder, ‘Is this in our air?’ And this study has shown us that it is,” said Aguirre.
Csanadi and Harrison participated in the study.
“It was through UCSD, and it was looking at the micro-aerosolized particles that get churned up from the surf,” said Csanadi. “We had a couple of sensors detecting on the ground level and on our rooftop deck.”
Aguirre said, “One of the leading researchers during COVID that was looking at how COVID was transmitted through aerosolized forms started to look at the pathogens and viruses here in our environment, in Imperial Beach, and they found that those pathogens can travel some distance when they are in aerosolized form. Basically, every time a wave breaks, the sea spray comes out into the air, the mist, if you will, and that could be carried inland with the wind.”
“It'll go several miles inland, too,” said Csanadi, who is also a pediatrician. “So, that's going to affect not just the 20 or so thousand people right along the strip of beach, but it's it's going to affect tens of thousands of people in this area.”
Researchers have not identified the direct health impacts yet. Dr. Csanadi said it can’t be good.
His description is unsettling.
“We sort of know what we're breathing in,” he explained. “Some live organism that was in someone's colon not too long ago is being turned up in the water, aerosolized. And we breathe it in. It goes up through the cribriform plate and into our olfactory bulb and into our midbrain, in our brain.
"And so, what was a short while ago, a live organism in someone's colon is now in our brains.”
“Everything that goes through one's body and comes out the back end,” Harrison said.
“As we're speaking, you and I are breathing the sewage in the air. It's having a significant impact on people's health,” Dedina said. “It's exhausting. It frankly broke me as mayor. It broke me because I got sick, physically sick, two sinus surgeries, ear surgery, countless times in urgent care, ear infections.”
Dedina said he wasn’t in the water during that time. He said he was in his Wildcoast office one block from the beach.
“It is stressful. It's stressful to be scared to not know what we're breathing,” said Harrison.
“Devastating to the growth and development of normal growth and development of children. They’re devastating,” said Dr. Csanadi. “And that's what you get for spending a day at the beach in Imperial Beach.”
How to end the sewage crisis at San Diego's border with Mexico? Money and will
Aguirre said this problem will only get fixed when it becomes a priority for the U.S. and Mexican governments.
She wants the State of California and U.S. federal governments to declare a state of emergency to streamline funding and cut the red tape.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said the problem is the White House’s job to fix. President Joe Biden has partially responded but hasn’t come close to declaring a state of emergency.
“This is a test of how we deal with national emergencies and frankly, we’re failing,” Dedina said.
“When 300,000 gallons of sewage are discharged in the ocean and in L.A., it's a national emergency. It's crazy to see the response: ‘Oh, my God, it's outrageous.’ When we get 700 million gallons that we did in September last month in the ocean in San Diego, it's like, ‘Oh, yeah, so what?’”
“If this were happening in La Jolla, if this were happening in Solana Beach, if this were happening anywhere up north in the Bay Area, it would have been taken care of,” said Marvel Harrison.
“It would have been a national emergency day one and would've been fixed in two weeks,” Dedina said. “The problem is the United States EPA and the United States government decided that they need to spend five years doing studies and spending a lot of time doing reports and having meetings.”
Meetings aren’t very popular with people dealing with the pollution.
“Meetings galore. Action? Nothing,” said Fay Crevoshay.
“No, I don't want another meeting,” said Harrison. “We know it's messed up. It's broken. You don't have to spend more time telling us it's broken.”
There is progress finally after years of pollution, billions of gallons of sewage, and cries from people on both sides of the border.
The IBWC said it needs roughly $900 million to upgrade the plant completely. In 2022, the U.S. Congress finally ponied up roughly $300 million to repair and upgrade the IBWC’s plant in San Ysidro. Mexico pledged an additional $144 million for its own repairs.
The Biden Administration earmarked an additional $310 million in the fall of 2023, but that’s still waiting Congressional approval.
If approved, it still won’t be enough. It also won’t fix Tijuana’s broken sewage plant or the neighborhoods without a sewer system at all.
“I really think maybe we need to put more pressure on this government, but real pressure,” said Crevoshay.
“The problem is the problem. Whether it's in Mexico or here in San Diego. There still is wastewater to be treated, and that's our responsibility, no matter where it comes from,” said the IBWC’s Frank Fisher.
Fisher said they regularly meet with their Mexican counterparts. Fixing the infrastructure, creating a sewer system in the Tijuana neighborhoods, and cleaning up the pollution already invading the environment will take years and hundreds of millions of dollars from both governments.
“This is a violation of citizens on both sides of the border that can be managed, and it just is not being managed. There are excuses after excuses,” said Harrison.
Some repairs are underway at the IBWC’s plant.
“Within 9 to 12 months, they are going to start seeing improvements,” said Fisher.
Even Mexican leaders offered hope. Baja Environmental Secretary Monica Vega said they’re working towards a new treatment plant near Punta Bandera.
“Probably in the next couple of years, we're going to have better news for Baja, California and also California on this matter,” Vega said. “So, we can end with this historic problem that we have in Tijuana and on the other side of the border.”
She may have to forgive the people living on both sides of the border. They’re tired of holding their breath.
“When there's a will, there's a way. And there hasn't been the will to help us here. And that's the bottom line,” concluded Aguirre.
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DENVER (AP) — Jarrett Stidham threw for 224 yards and a touchdown in an uneven performance in his first start in place of a benched Russell Wilson as the Denver Broncos beat the Los Angeles Chargers 16-9 on Sunday.
Stidham earned his first career NFL win as a starter thanks to some timely plays such as a nifty 54-yard catch-and-run for a score by Lil’Jordan Humphrey and a stellar defensive performance. The Broncos (8-8) forced one turnover and allowed two third-down conversions on 11 attempts.
Despite the win, the Broncos saw their playoff chances end with Kansas City beating Cincinnati. The Broncos haven’t been to the playoffs since winning the Super Bowl following the 2015 season.
It was a matchup of backup against backup, with Stidham supplanting Wilson in an effort to try to spark a sporadic offense. The Chargers (5-11) went with Easton Stick for a third straight start after the injury to Justin Herbert.
Stidham was shaky in stepping in for Wilson, who saw the team average 21.7 points a game under his watch.
Los Angeles made it 16-9 with 1:17 left on a 52-yard field goal from Cameron Dicker and tried an onside kick. It was recovered by Alex Singleton. Stidham took two knees to end the game.
The game changed complexion in the fourth quarter when D.J. Jones knocked the ball out of the hands of Austin Ekeler, with Josey Jewell recovering the fumble in Chargers territory.
Denver turned the turnover into a 20-yard field goal by Wil Lutz to make it 16-6. The Broncos benefited by a pass interference call on Jerry Jeudy near the goal line on fourth down. Two false start penalties, though, moved them back and faced with another fourth-down call, coach Sean Payton elected to kick.
The Broncos also made a big play on special teams with Zach Allen blocking a 50-yard field goal by Cameron Dicker midway through the fourth quarter.
The Broncos were short-handed at receiver for Stidham, with receiver Courtland Sutton (concussion) and Marvin Mims Jr. (hamstring) sidelined. Humphrey had two catches for 69 yards, while Jeudy made three receptions for 54 yards after being under the weather earlier in the week.
As a team captain, Wilson briefly got on the field for the opening coin flip. He spent the afternoon on the sideline in what could be the first of his last two games with the Broncos. The nine-time Pro Bowler was benched last Wednesday by Payton. Wilson later said he was approached after a win over Kansas City on Oct. 29 about altering his contract or risk being benched.
Wilson has a $37 million injury guarantee for 2025 that’s triggered in March if he fails a physical. The Broncos wanted him to push back the date to give them flexibility but Wilson rejected it.
Not much went right in the first half went right for the Chargers. That included a fake punt attempt, when Nick Niemann fumbled the snap and couldn’t convert. The Broncos turned that into a 43-yard field goal from Lutz with 1:53 remaining in the first half to make it 13-3. It could’ve been more, but Lutz pushed a 48-yard field goal attempt wide right as the clock ran out.
Stick finished with 220 yards. He stepped in when Herbert broke his right index finger in the second quarter against the Broncos on Dec. 10. The Chargers were already eliminated from the AFC playoff race.
Humphrey had a nice catch-and-run in the second quarter that gave the Broncos a 10-3 lead. He broke free from a tackle after hauling in a pass from Stidham, juked through traffic, plowed through two defenders near the goal line and reached the ball into the end zone for a 54-yard score.
Humphrey wasn’t about to give up the football, either. He carried it securely in his left arm along the sideline as teammates congratulated him.
MACK’S SACKS
Chargers linebacker Khalil Mack eclipsed the 100-sack mark when he brought down Stidham in the second quarter. It was also Mack’s 16th sack of the season, which is a new career best.
INJURY REPORT
Broncos: RT Mike McGlinchey (ribs) and special teams player Delarrin Turner-Yell (knee) left in the first quarter.
UP NEXT
Chargers: Host Kansas City on Jan. 6 or 7.
Broncos: At Las Vegas on Jan. 6 or 7.
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"Some momentum" on legislation regulating AI in 2023, but "no concrete progress" from Congress
Jo Ling Kent, CBS News senior business and technology reporter, tells "Face the Nation" that while there has been "some momentum" from Congress to legislate artificial intelligence, there has been "no concrete progress." "Artificial intelligence appears to be yet another difficult challenge for them," she says.
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Deputy Prime Minister tours N Kazakhstan rgn
14:25, 21 February 2019
PETROPAVLOVSK. KAZINFORM Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Zhumagaliyev has arrived in North Kazakhstan region, Kazinform reports.
In the afternoon Askar Zhumagaliyev is expected to take part in the reporting meeting of Governor Kumar Aksakalov, the internal policy department reports.
In the morning Zhumagaliyev paid a visit to two plants in Petropavlovsk, namely, the Kirov plant and Petropavlovsk heavy machine plant, to survey modernization progress.
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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."
SEE MORE: These were the top tech stories of 2023
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com
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There is a reason humanity has chosen “Happy New Year” as the best wish for one another during this season. The reason is that happiness is the greatest good; the ultimate aspiration of mankind.
In their book, “The Art of Happiness”, the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dalai Lama, who is also the spiritual leader of Tibetan people, and Dr. Howard Cutler, the American psychiatrist, submit that the purpose of our existence is to seek happiness. “It seems like common sense,” they wrote, “and Western thinkers from Aristotle to William James have agreed with this idea.”
It is for this reason that all of us are struggling to be rich, or at least to have enough money and other material things. We believe that money automatically brings happiness. Unfortunately, that is not exactly true. If money automatically brings happiness, why are some rich men and women still unhappy in life?
At this juncture, it is important to point out that there is a whole world of difference between happiness and pleasure. Many of us hardly give thought to the difference between pleasure and happiness, and therefore tend to confuse the two, or conceive of them interchangeably.
But happiness is deep-seated. It resides at the deepest level of our being or consciousness, and it is characteristically eternal. Pleasure, on the other hand, exists at the surface of our being and is almost by nature, entirely sensual and subject to the vicissitudes of life.
According to Dala Lama, what we are seeking is ultimate happiness, a kind of happiness that is stable and persistent, “a state of happiness that remains, despite life’s ups and downs and normal fluctuations of mood, as part of the very matrix of our being.”
The authors of “The Art of Happiness” also aver that happiness is determined more by one’s state of mind than external events. “Success,” they write, “may result in a temporary feeling of elation, or tragedy may send us into a period of depression, but sooner or later our overall level of happiness tends to migrate back to a certain baseline.”
Contentment is also a great pathway to happiness. Dalai Lama and Dr. Cutler put it this way: “Our moment-to-moment happiness is largely determined by our outlook. “In fact, whether we are feeling happy or unhappy at any given moment often has very little to do with our absolute conditions, but rather, it is a function of how we perceive our situation, how satisfied we are with what we have.”
To avoid encouraging people to be lazy and accept conditions that are less than what their abilities are capable of achieving for them, it is important to emphasise that being satisfied or contented with what we have should be after we have done our best.
But in all, the greatest source of ultimate happiness is genuinely loving people and being loved in return. It is a universal law that when we love people, people will love us. To be happy, therefore, in this new year, and at all times, we must eschew cruelty and wickedness. We cannot dish out unhappiness and expect happiness in return. If we produce unhappiness, we will also receive unhappiness. Similarly, if we dish out love, happiness, kindness and compassion, we get happiness in return.
Happy New Year.
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North Korea’s Kim orders military to ‘thoroughly annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defenses to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.
Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. Many experts say he likely believes his expanded nuclear arsenal would allow him to wrest U.S. concessions if former President Donald Trump is reelected.
In a five-day major ruling party meeting last week, Kim said he will launch three more military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and develop attack drones this year in what observers say is an attempt to increase his leverage in future diplomacy with the U.S.
In a meeting on Sunday with commanding army officers, Kim said it is urgent to sharpen “the treasured sword” to safeguard national security, an apparent reference to his country’s nuclear weapons program. He cited “the U.S. and other hostile forces’ military confrontation moves,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
Kim stressed that “our army should deal a deadly blow to thoroughly annihilate them by mobilizing all the toughest means and potentialities without moment’s hesitation” if they opt for military confrontation and provocations against North Korea, KCNA said.
Experts say small-scale military clashes between North and South Korea could happen this year along their heavily armed border. They say North Korea is also expected to test-launch intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the mainland U.S. and other major new weapons.
In 2018-19, Kim met Trump in three rounds of talks on North Korea’s expanding nuclear arsenal. The diplomacy fell apart after the U.S. rejected Kim’s limited offer to dismantle his main nuclear complex in exchange for extensive reductions in U.S.-led sanctions.
Estimates of the size of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal vary, ranging from about 20-30 bombs to more than 100. Many foreign experts say North Korea still has some technological hurdles to overcome to produce functioning nuclear-armed ICBMs, though its shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles can reach South Korea and Japan.
By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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Then director Todd Field (who had success with the film last year Tar) cast him in 2011 in indie drama In The Bedroom, as a village doctor whose son is murdered by a cuckolded husband, he said: “With someone like Robert Redford, you don't immediately assume that he could be your neighbor in a fishing village in Maine. With Tom Wilkinson you believe that.” Field's consciously undramatic debut film has just like Tar a psychological twist in which the real drama is not the events, but the unpredictable and sometimes unimaginable reactions of the characters. Wilkinson was as whimsical and refined in it as Cate Blanchett Tar. It would earn him his first Oscar nomination.
British actor Tom Wilkinson, who died on Friday at the age of 75, may have been a credible neighbor, but not exactly the 'reliable neighbor' type. He wasn't an actor you could typecast in movie after movie. His fifty-year career and the more than 130 roles he played in film and television were too diverse for that. He once described himself as a 'utility actor', an actor who is useful for all kinds of roles. It was probably his working class background that led him to this modest imagery. His toolbox included precision instruments that allowed him to fillet, filter, countercolor, shade and highlight. And – not only in this film – the seriousness plays beneath the dullness, the sadness beneath the seriousness and beneath the sadness the threat of unpredictability. These are the actors you keep watching, whose supporting roles you look forward to.
Farmer's son
If the headmaster of his secondary school in Knaresborough had not cared about him, Wilkinson would probably never have become an actor. In an interview, the son of Yorkshire farmers who briefly emigrated to Canada to escape poverty, born shortly after World War II, said that as a teenager he wandered aimlessly through the school hallways until the teacher “taught him how to eat with a knife and fork.” and took to the theater.” But it wasn't until his studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London that he came to believe it was possible for working-class children to pursue careers in the arts.
His real breakout role was that of the tough ex-frontman Gerald Cooper The Full Monty in 1997, in which a group of unemployed steelworkers from Northern England practice a comic act to make money. Last year, a follow-up miniseries was made, in which the men show up 25 years later. It was one of Wilkinson's last performances.
Also the film that brought him his second Oscar nomination, Michael Clayton (2007) shows another sample of his abilities. Opposite George Clooney, he plays a manic lawyer entangled in a class action regarding a pesticide scandal in this corporate thriller. Many of his scenes are telephone conversations, which makes the secret of his acting all the more striking: he does not play the melody but the countertone. That is incredibly clever with texts that have to convey a lot of information at the same time.
Hollywood
Other productions that made Wilkinson popular include Antonia Birds Priest (1994), playing a liberal priest who has given up celibacy, the Jane Austen film adaptation Sense and Sensibility (1995) and costume drama Shakespeare in Love (1998). He also appeared in Hollywood blockbuster Batman Begins (2005) as mob boss Carmine Falcone. Directors such as Michel Gondry and Wes Anderson, known for their refined ensemble castings, also enjoyed working with Wilkinson in respectively Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, as a timid-sinister scientist) and as a narrator in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
Wilkinson was married to fellow actor Diana Hardcastle who he joined in the 1986 mini-series First Among Equals had gotten to know. The couple had two daughters.
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Run-machine Virat Kohli (50) broke legendary Sachin Tendulkar's (49) record for most hundreds ever in ODIs. Kohli broke the record during the ODI World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at the Wankhede in front of the Master Blaster himself.
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Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee shattered the record books during Asian Games, breaking Yuvraj Singh's 16-year-old record as he smashed a once-in-a-lifetime nine-ball fifty against Mongolia.
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In one of the greatest ODI chases ever, Australia's swashbuckling Glenn Maxwell smashed an unbeaten 201 -- scoring the first-ever double century in a chase -- to single-handedly down Afghanistan
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In the Asian Games clash against Mongolia, Nepal hit 314 for 3 to become the first team in men’s T20 history to post a 300+ team total. Nepal broke Afghanistan's (278/3) and Czech Republic (278/4) record totals with their stupendous effort.
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Jake Fraser-McGurk blasted a world-record 29-ball century in the Marsh One-Day Cup -- the fastest white-ball ton ever scored -- against Tasmania. Jake broke AB de Villiers’ record of a 31-ball 100 to rewrite record books.
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Railways Ashutosh Sharma also broke Yuvraj Singh's record for fastest T20 fifty by an Indian, hitting an 11-ball 50 against Arunachal Pradesh.
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Argentina women's team shattered record books by scoring a jaw-dropping 427 for one in a T20I against Chile women to register the first-ever 400-plus score.
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India lost the World Cup final against Australia but phenomenal Virat Kohli ended the tournament with most runs ever scored in a single edition of the tournament. Kohli (765 runs) surpassed Sachin Tendulkar (673 runs in 2003) to clinch the record.
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India opener Rohit Sharma broke the record for the most international sixes across formats, going past Chris Gayle’s tally (553) during the ODI World Cup. Rohit ended the year with 582 maximums and is on course to become first batter to breach the 600-mark.
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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.
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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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KOKOMO — Three people were injured in Kokomo during an early morning shooting Sunday.
Kokomo Police Department officers responded to reports of a shooting near Locke and Madison Streets at 4:30 a.m.
Upon arrival, officers located a 42-year-old man who had been shot. He was transported to a local hospital.
According to police, two additional victims, a 32-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man, arrived at different hospitals with gunshot injuries from the same incident. Their injuries were non-life threatening.
Kokomo Police Department detectives obtained a search warrant for a house in the 700 block of North Locke Street. They say they found three people with several rifles and handguns concealed.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Det. Eric Fogg at 765-456-7369 or by email at efogg@cityofkokomo.org.
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Digital Army Day held in Astana
Digital technologies are being adopted in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan on a scheduled basis in the furtherance of the instruction of the President - the Supreme Commander in line with Digital Kazakhstan nation-wide program. The event took place with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of the Defense and Aerospace Industry Askar Zhumagaliyev and Minister of Defense Nurlan Yermekbayev. The day was held to organize the interaction of national manufacturers and developers of IT technologies with the Ministry of Defense and other security agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the provision of state-of-the-art technical facilities and software.
Around 40 national IT companies made a presentation on creating a domestic operating system and database system, unmanned systems and simulators, smart self-learning software and hardware complexes capable of collecting, analyzing large amounts of data from various sources and simulating situations based on the information received, as well as the subsequent implementation of the decisions taken.
As a result of the event, a five-party memorandum was signed between the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Defense and Aerospace Industry, Zerde National Infocommunication Holding, Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs, and the Kazakhstan Association of IT Companies.
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Colorado mother suspected of killing her 2 children and wounding a third arrested in United Kingdom
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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Alejandra Baigorria He decided to spend the New Year outside of Peru and traveled with his partner, Said Palao, his brother and Facundo González to Singapore. After that, she also took the opportunity to visit India, specifically the Taj Mahal, where several photographs were taken. Although some praised her, others criticized her, such as the case of a user who posted a strong comment against the typical clothing that the businesswoman used, who did not hesitate to respond. In this note, she knows what happened.
YOU CAN SEE: Alejandra Baigorria and Said Palao are going on vacation to an exotic place: “It's wonderful”
What was the user's comment that bothered Alejandra Baigorria?
The businesswoman Alejandra Baigorria He was encouraged to share with his followers his visit to one of the seven wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal, where he did not hesitate to take a photograph. In those images, the 'Rubia de Gamarra' is seen wearing a sari, a typical dress worn by women in India.
After this publication, the businesswoman received praise, but there was also a follower who questioned her for wearing the traditional dress of that country. “Everything is very nice, but why the ridiculousness of wearing those clothes?” wrote the user.
Given this, Baigorria She was upset and had a blunt response: “Because I feel like it, any problem?”
YOU CAN SEE: Alejandra Baigorria breaks down when presenting her sister on TV for the first time: “Next Miss Peru”
Did Alejandra Baigorria cry when presenting her younger sister in front of cameras?
Alejandra Baigorriawas on the set of the show 'Which is the real one?', last Saturday, December 23. The reality girl participated in a sequence in which she had to guess which of the three young women present was her sister.
In that sense, the businesswoman dedicated a few words to the young woman and broke down when she hugged her. It should be noted that the sister of 'Rubia de Gamarra', Thamara Medina Alcaláalso spoke through tears.
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Dec 31, 2023
Ravindra Jadeja finished 2023 as the leading wicket-taker, securing 66 dismissals across all formats. He has taken 33 wickets in Tests, 31 in ODIs and 2 in T20Is.
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The second spot is owned by another Indian bowler Kuldeep Yadav with 63 wickets to his name in 2023. The left-arm wrist spinner was the leading wicket-taker in ODIs with 49 wickets while 14 wickets came in T20Is.
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Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc ended the year 2023 with 63 wickets under his belt. Starc has claimed 38 wickets in Tests and 25 in ODIs.
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Next on the list is Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi who ended the year with 62 wickets in his kitty. The lanky pacer has 14 wickets in Tests, 42 in ODIs and 6 in T20Is.
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Mohammed Siraj grabbed the fifth place having taken 60 wickets in 2023. The right-arm pacer took 15 wickets in Tests, 44 in ODIs and one in T20Is.
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Ireland bowler Mark Adair is the surprise inclusion in the list with 59 wickets to his name. His 4 wickets came in Tests, 29 in ODIs and 26 in T20Is.
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The Australian World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins also boasts 59 wickets to his name in 2023. He has taken 42 wickets in Tests and 17 in ODIs.
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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.
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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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Professor Chidi Odinkalu
In the last week of August 2002, Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State in south-west Nigeria, hosted the annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). At the conference, the Association inaugurated Chief Wole Olanipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as its 20th president.
One of the participants in that conference was Barnabas Igwe, then Chair of the Branch of the NBA in Onitsha, a popular commercial city in Anambra State. Mr. Igwe attended the conference with his wife, Abigail. At the time, Onitsha and much of Anambra State was in thrall at the exploits of the “Bakassi Boys”, a murderous militia which, according to Human Rights Watch, “legitimized murder and terror.”
Following the end of military rule and the onset of elected civilian government, much of south-east Nigeria was overrun by crime and insecurity. The trading communities of Aba and Onitsha initially welcomed the intervention of what was touted as a crime-busting militia.
Quickly, in Anambra, the state government adopted a law to legalize the militia, provided it with money and then turned it into a violent machine “to intimidate and kill opponents”, whether real or imagined. Ironically, the governor of Anambra State at the time was Chinwoke Mbadinuju, himself a senior lawyer.
One of these perceived opponents of the governor was Barnabas Igwe. His crime was that as chairman of the leading branch of the NBA in the state, he had, shortly before traveling for the conference in Ibadan, criticized the resort of the state government to lawlessness in the form of the Bakassi Boys and also called for “the governor’s resignation due to the failure to pay government workers for several months.” For these crimes, known agents of the state government called to threaten Barnabas Igwe that he was a marked man.
The day after returning from the conference in Ibadan, on 1 September 2002, members of the militia dragged Barnabas and Abigail Igwe out of their car on Oraifite Street in Onitsha, “attacked them with machetes and shot them several times, then ran them over with their vehicle.” The assailants took nothing from their victims, all but ruling out the possibility that this was an armed robbery incident gone awry. Abigail reportedly died at the location from her injuries.
Passers-by rushed Barnabas to the hospital where doctors battled unsuccessfully for over six hours to save his life. Before he died, however, Barnabas did speak with his elder and only surviving brother about what transpired.
This kind of murder was a state crime but the real culprits in this case were themselves in charge of the machinery of the State which should have ensured accountability. Instead, they turned that machinery into one for granting themselves impunity. The case stood no chance.
Abigail and Barnabas Igwe were young parents. At the time of their tragic assassination, they had three young children. The youngest, Somadina, was barely six years old, born in 1996. His elder brother, Chijindu, and elder sister, Nnenna, were not yet through primary school.
This assassination was naturally the first major crisis of the tenure of Wole Olanipekun as president of the NBA but this was not the first high profile assassination of a figure in the legal profession that the NBA had to deal with. The previous December, his predecessor confronted the assassination of the then Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Bola Ige, himself also a SAN.
Following the assassination of Abigail and Barnabas Igwe, the Association issued the obligatory and practised statement denouncing the killings and calling for the perpetrators to be brought to book. As president of the NBA, Chief Olanipekun went further to announce the establishment of a N25 million trust fund to support the education of the three children that Abigail and Barnabas Igwe left behind. So credulous were the family that when the then governor of neighbouring Imo State, Achike Udenwa, gave them the sum of four hundred thousand Naira, they transferred the money to the NBA in the belief that it would be administered as part of the announced trust fund for the children.
Although he had established his practice and then made good in Onitsha, Barnabas Igwe actually came from Atta, a community in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. He was one of only two brothers from their father. His elder brother, Vincent, was a trader in Onitsha whose values easily proved to be more cultured and more durable than those of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Vincent Igwe was a first son brought up with an ingrained sense of duty and service. When his father feared that the burdens of educating his two sons were too much for his limited finances, Vincent gave up on his own educational aspirations in favour of his younger brother, Barnabas, opting instead for the famous Igbo venture apprenticeship system of Igba Boy.
As the administration of Shehu Shagari was about to declare austerity in 1980, Vincent ventured into trading as his own principal in Onitsha. His first duty as his own boss was to put his younger brother, Barnabas, through university. By 1984, Barnabas had graduated from university and in 1985, Vincent saw him through the Nigerian Law School, taking pride in the enrolment of his brother as a lawyer.
In those days, long before the All Progressives Congress (APC) came to power and chose to retrench it, the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) was compulsory for university graduates. Barnabas did his NYSC in Jos, Plateau State and desired to start his professional life there but his elder brother invited him down to Onitsha where he eventually established his practice and prospered.
When Barnabas was assassinated, an inconsolable Vincent Igwe and his wife, Juliana, inherited the care of his two young nephews and niece without complaint, doubling the size of their children instantly from three to six. Besides raising these children, they also had to take responsibility for funding the investigation into and prosecution of the suspects in the killing of Barnabas and Abigail, fielding lots of death threats of their own in the process. The NBA had vanished from the scene without courtesy or notice and the state government outsourced the prosecution in order not to finance it.
Where was the N25 million NBA Trust Fund, the reader would ask? Well, the answer is it mostly existed in the imagination of the Association. In the end, the family even had to recover as a debt the N400,000 from the Imo State Government which it had handed over to the Association. More than a decade after the killing, an embarrassed Okey Wali, SAN, as the 26th president of the NBA at the beginning of 2013 refunded the money to the family.
This couple, Juliana and Vincent Igwe, the former a trader and the latter a teacher, raised Chijindu, Nnenna, and Somadina as their own. Providence rewarded their steadfastness and the memory of Barnabas and Abigail.
In 2023, Somadina was called to the Nigerian Bar. He is presently undertaking his NYSC somewhere in north-central Nigeria. A young man of extraordinary poise, he proposes to resume the family vocation of legal practice in the city where the assassination of his parents tragically punctuated it 21 years ago. His elder brother, Chijindu, already preceded him to the legal profession and is making a quiet name for himself around south-east Nigeria. Nnenna has also graduated with a first degree and is building her career and family too.
Orphaned in circumstances that would have destroyed most and abandoned by the professional association in the service of which of their parents were killed, the trajectory of these three children of Abigail and Barnabas Igwe was made possible by the selflessness of Juliana and Vincent Igwe. Justifiably, the children look upon the couple as Mum and Dad.
The story of what Juliana and Vincent have accomplished with these children with neither noise nor ceremony and despite their modest circumstances is a reminder of the most positive aspects of being African. They represent the best example of what it means to make a real difference in the lives of others. And for their unyielding examples of duty, service, and sacrifice, Juliana and Vincent Igwe are my Persons of the Year (POTY) for 2023.
A lawyer and a teacher, Odinkalu can be reached at [email protected]
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INDIANAPOLIS — One person has died in a crash on the north side of Indianapolis Sunday night.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the area of Spring Mill Road and Kessler Boulevard on reports of a serious car crash at 7:30 p.m.
Originally, IMPD reported this as a crash with serious bodily injury but was upgraded to fatal.
IMPD says rainy and icy road conditions have caused several crashes across the city. As of 7:54 p.m., the department had responded to 14 crashes within the last hour.
IMPD is asking drivers to use extra caution on the roads tonight!
— IMPD (@IMPDnews) January 1, 2024
IMPD has responded to 14 crashes in the last hour as some of the roads (particularly bridges) are icing. #TrafficAlert pic.twitter.com/aQsUYnmpkD
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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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Dimash and Daneliya once again wow The World's Вest jury
11:12, 21 February 2019
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Dimash Kudaibergen performed All By Myself song in the battle vs Sister Cristina at the The World's Вest competition show.
Besides, in the second round the young Kazakh singer, Daneliya Tuleshova, outpaced Japan's Manami Ito on points by the decision of the jury. Daneliya sang the Stone Cold she once performed at Ukraine's Voice. Children. Contest, the The World's Вest Instagram account reads.
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Although the market is not being easy for América, yesterday those from Coapa closed their first signing heading to 2024, and it is a reinforcement that no one expected not only in the environment of the champion team, but in general in the League MX. Cristián Calderón, who has left through the back door of Chivas, now has an opportunity to rebuild his career within the team's eternal rival, a fleeting negotiation that will be signed on Monday.
In this way, the eagles fulfill their first goal, to reinforce the side on the left, being so, the board will now focus on the other sector of the field, where they have a name that has become complicated, it is Ricardo Chávez, being so , those from Coapa are considering activating an alternative plan given the complex position of Atlético de San Luis.
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The capital's alternative is Erick Aguirre and there would already be an initial survey for the possible transfer of the Mexican, because after a brief talk between directors the people of Monterrey confirmed to América that the royal team's idea is to release the Mexican side since this It is not to Fernando Ortíz's taste.
Thus, it is expected that as of Monday, January 1st, those from Coapa will make a formal offer for the purchase of Aguirre, although, and despite the wishes of the people of Rayados to release Erick, it is expected that the movement will not Let it be simple, because the relationship between Monterrey and America has been tense on and off the field for some time.
#América #reactivates #option #Erick #Aguirre #complications #Ricardo #Chávez
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Hayes scores 21 as San Diego defeats NAIA Westcliff 78-65
SAN DIEGO (AP) — PJ Hayes scored 21 points as San Diego beat NAIA Westcliff 78-65 on Sunday night.
Hayes shot 7 for 12, including 5 for 10 from beyond the arc for the Toreros (10-5). Dragos Lungu added 13 points while shooting 5 for 12, including 1 for 5 from beyond the arc, and grabbed seven rebounds. Wayne McKinney III was 3-of-12 shooting and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 10 points, while adding seven rebounds and five assists.
The Warriors were led by Jamal Briscoe, who posted 19 points, eight rebounds and four assists. John Duff added 12 points, eight rebounds and three blocks for Westcliff. In addition, Justin Boateng finished with 11 points and two steals.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur brought resurgent Bournemouth down to earth with a flattering 3-1 Premier League victory thanks to goals by Pape Matar Sarr, Son Heung-min and Richarlison on Sunday.
Bournemouth were unbeaten in seven league games with six wins in that sequence and they will wonder how that run was not extended as they dominated at times in rain-hit north London.
Sarr gave Tottenham an early lead before he went off injured while captain Son and Richarlison scored late on after the home side had ridden their luck against a slick visiting side.
Alex Scott replied for Bournemouth in the 84th minute but it was scant consolation for Andoni Iraola's side.
Unconvincing as it was, Tottenham's win sent them into the New Year in the thick of the battle for a top-four finish.
They have 39 points from 20 games, one behind fourth-placed Arsenal and only three adrift of leaders Liverpool.
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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.
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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.
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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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(NEXSTAR) — Now that 2023’s almost over, no doubt you’re seeing lots of “best” and “worst” lists. And while some celebrities, like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, had undoubtedly great years (as far as we know), not everyone got so lucky.
Below are eight celebrities who might be glad this year is finally over.
Elon Musk
Even though he’s the richest man in the world, there are some things even a net worth of $257.8 billion can’t buy.
This year, the Tesla CEO fully moved into his role as owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter after purchasing it for $44 billion last October. Results have been… likely not what Musk hoped for. In October of this year, the company valued itself at $19 billion — a 55% year-over-year loss.
Money aside, users fled the platform under Musk’s watch. As Axios reports, “user churn” increased 30% from September 2022 to September 2023. This means there was a 30% increase in users who stopped using the app altogether. Meanwhile, downloads of the app dropped 38% globally, per Sensor Tower estimates.
Decreases in web traffic (and concerns over the rise of hateful content on Twitter, as it was then called) led to more than half of the company’s biggest advertisers to pause or pull out from dealings with the company starting early this year. Then in November, Musk inadvertently renewed advertiser hesitation after he appeared to endorse an antisemitic post — prompting companies like Apple, IBM and Sony to pull their ad spending.
In response to this, Musk lashed out during a New York Times event, when he accused advertisers of trying to blackmail him by pulling their ads, telling them: “Go f— yourself. Is that clear? Hope it is.”
Unfortunately for Musk, the meant-to-be-serious rant was widely ridiculed and only resulted in even more major advertisers removing their ads.
And that’s not even to mention:
- a string of Tesla vehicles catching fire and/or exploding
- reportedly refusing to follow through on a cage fight he initiated with Mark Zuckerberg
- getting “roasted” by rapper Ice Cube
- getting roasted by John Oliver
- getting roasted by Twitter users (a lot)
- getting roasted by Taylor Swift fans
- getting roasted by Grok, X’s AI chatbot
Sean “Diddy” Combs
Things seemed to be going great for Sean “Diddy” Combs just months ago.
In September, he returned to music with his first album in 17 years, the same day he received the keys to the city by New York Mayor Eric Adams. The 54 year-old father of seven had a new family reality series in the works with Hulu.
Diddy’s major troubles began in November, when his former girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie, filed a lawsuit claiming Combs physically and sexually abused her for over a decade. Though Combs’ denied the allegations through his attorney, the two parties reached a settlement agreement just one day later for an undisclosed sum. Though the settlement helped Combs avoid a public trial, three more women filed lawsuits claiming he had raped them at different points, including one woman who said the incident happened when she was just 17.
Combs released a statement denying all allegations against him, saying in part: “Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.”
In light of the allegations, Hulu ended development of Combs’ series and fellow rapper 50 Cent announced his production company was producing a “Surviving R. Kelly”-style documentary about Combs’ alleged victims, with profits benefiting them. Meanwhile, the Recording Academy said in a statement, that despite being nominated for one Grammy Award this year, the organization is “evaluating” the artist’s invitation to the ceremony.
Lizzo
Rapper Lizzo built her persona and music career around positivity and bodily autonomy — which is why a lawsuit filed against the “Truth Hurts” artist, alleging the star helped create a “hostile, abusive work environment” shocked many.
A trio of Lizzo’s tour dancers accused her of contributing to a “sexually charged” atmosphere, with the women alleging they were pressured to engage in both a nude photo shoot and an incident with nude dancers in a night club. Additional details of the lawsuit included claims Lizzo — whose work champions body size diversity — made “thinly veiled” comments about the women’s weight gain.
Lizzo denied the claims, saying in part: “Usually I choose not to respond to false allegations but these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed.”
Within 24 hours of the lawsuit news, the four-time Grammy Award winner lost over 150,000 Instagram followers and just one week later, the Philadelphia-set Made in America Festival — which the singer was meant to co-headline — was cancelled, with organizers citing “severe circumstances.”
The nature of the claims, which harshly clash with the rapper’s brand, disappointed many fans but it’s still too early to tell the extent to which her career will be damaged in the long run.
Justin Timberlake
In the annals of pop culture history, up until 2023, it would have appeared Justin Timberlake came out on top when it comes to his very public breakup with Britney Spears back in 2002. While Timberlake enjoyed a decade of film and music success after the split, Spears’ life was marred by trouble after trouble, culminating in a 13 year-long conservatorship that she didn’t escape from until November 2021.
But in 2023, Spears reclaimed much of the narrative about her life and herself — and recalibrated some of the public’s perceptions of the people who have come into and out of her life. And that includes her former boyfriend, who makes several appearances in Spears’ bestselling memoir “The Woman in Me.”
Though some of long been known to many who followed the Spears-Timberlake history, for some of the public it was brand new news to hear that Spears felt betrayed by Timberlake, who Spears said had cheated on her often yet promoted the idea that their breakup was due to her cheating. While Spears explained that she did once make out with choreographer Wade Robson, she wrote she did so out of anger over Timberlake’s affairs.
According to Spears, Timberlake forwarded the misrepresentation with his song “Cry Me A River,” and its music video, both of which took very thinly veiled jabs at Spears and portrayed her as a cheater and him as a victim.
Among other of Timberlake’s behavior asserted by Spears are that he:
- Broke up with her via two-word text (Per Spears: “It’s over!!!”)
- Gave her a breakup letter that he had framed
- Publicly revealed details of the couple’s sex life
- And most notably, Spears revealed for the first time that during their relationship, she’d become pregnant by Timberlake. Though she was in her early 20s at the time, Spears said she was happy about it — but says Timberlake “definitely wasn’t happy” and pressured her to have an at-home medical abortion that Spears calls “agonizing.” In the story, Spears claims Timberlake and her assistant refused to take her to the hospital, even after she was in pain, out of worry that the press would find out
All of this added context led to a re-evaluation of Timberlake, who has also previously faced criticism for his treatment of singer Janet Jackson, who faced the vast majority of backlash for an incident involving them both.
Adding insult to injury, Spears’ book also contained one particularly embarrassing anecdote. While explaining how, in her opinion, Timberlake and his then-pop group *NSYNC tried hard to be cool around Black artists, she recounting a time when she and Timberlake encountered R&B singer Ginuwine.
According to Spears, Timberlake attempted to greet the star by saying, “Oh yeah, fo’ shiz! Fo’ shiz. Ginuwine! What’s up, homie?”
The story — and the snippet of Oscar nominee Michelle Williams reading it from the audiobook — went viral. Though Ginuwine said he doesn’t remember the incident, he told People, “If Justin would’ve did something like that, I probably would’ve looked at him like, ‘Why are you acting like that?'”
In the wake of the book’s release, Timberlake turned off comments on his Instagram posts and canceled a series of promotional tour dates for an upcoming album.
Colleen Ballinger
Mega-star YouTuber Colleen Ballinger rose to fame in the late 00s through her video blogs and skits as the character Miranda Sings, which were widely popular with tweens and teens. At its height, Ballinger’s Miranda Sings-specific YouTube channel boasted over 10 million subscribers and more than 2 billion views. The success of her comedy helped Ballinger make the transition from YouTube to more traditional media, with the star landing her own two-season Netflix show, “Haters Back Off” and appearances in films and other TV shows.
In 2017, Ballinger was even named no. 5 among Forbes’ Top Entertainment Influencers.
But things took an unexpected turn this year, however, when old and new allegations of inappropriate conduct with underage fans came to a head this summer. In addition to claims Ballinger, who is 37, shared “private details” of her love life with a fellow YouTuber beginning when he was 13, the now-17-year-old said Ballinger had also sent him underwear in the mail.
Meanwhile, a 16 year-old fan said she felt pressured by Ballinger to participate in a section of the comedian’s live show which involved Ballinger spreading the girl’s legs. The fan, only identified by the name “Becky,” told Huffington Post she was also not dressed for such a display. “I looked up to her so much and I just trusted her so much that I did it. I laid down and she just spread my legs wide open for everybody to see,” the girl told HuffPost.
Ballinger had previously addressed the underwear incident in a video, saying the “joke” was taken out of context. But in June, Ballinger finally addressed all the situations, delivering a bizarre 10-minute “apology video” from her personal YouTube channel in which she played the ukelele and sang an original song defending herself, now known as “The Toxic Gossip Train.”
Unfortunately for Ballinger, the video went viral for the wrong reasons. The video became an immediate meme, with many (including “America’s Got Talent” host Howie Mandel) creating their own parodies. Ballinger stayed away from the internet for several months following the video and emerged only in late November with another, more sincere-seeming video. “Obviously, the last video that I posted on here is really embarrassing. … I was being accused of some pretty awful things, and I just was mad,” Ballinger explains.
In the video, titled “fall vlog,” Ballinger says she regrets how she handled the situation and extended further apologies for her actions. She said she hopes to continue making content and that she appreciates anyone who wants to support her.
Jonathan Majors
Jonathan Majors was on the verge of mega-stardom.
After a role in the high-profile, “Creed III” and the acclaimed-but-short-lived HBO series “Lovecraft Country,” Majors, 34, was set to be given the keys to the Marvel Cinematic Universe kingdom. This year, Majors made his official debut as Kang the Conquerer in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and was being positioned by Marvel as the main antagonist of the MCU’s entire next phase of films.
Then March 2024 happened.
Majors’ then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari accused him of assaulting her in the back of a cab in New York City. Majors was arrested the following day and charged with assault and harassment.
News of the arrest put Marvel’s plans for him in jeopardy and Marvel and Disney officially dropped Majors until he was found guilty of the charges earlier this month. The verdict came after several days of disturbing details about Majors’ behavior were revealed in court.
His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 6.
Drew Barrymore
This year, Drew Barrymore went from America’s Sweetheart to pariah overnight over her decision to resume filming of her talk show despite the ongoing Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
The 48 year-old host of “The Drew Barrymore Show” faced immediate backlash after the announcement in a now-deleted Instagram post. There, the star explained, in part: “I am making the choice to come back for the first time in this strike for our show, that may have my name on it but this is bigger than just me… I own this choice.”
Barrymore acknowledged the importance of the strikes and reaching satisfying resolutions for writers but the words rang hollow for many since she was re-starting her show without writers.
The WGA East called out the decision on X, formerly Twitter, saying: “‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ is a WGA-covered, struck show that is planning to return without its writers. The Guild has and will continue to, picket-struck shows that are in production during the strike. Any writing on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ is in violation of WGA strike rules.”
Swift backlash led Barrymore to post an also now-deleted tearful video to Instagram where she apologized for the situation and said she accepted responsibility. But to many people’s surprise, Barrymore continued by saying the show would still be returning. This only made the situation worse for her and more backlash followed.
Days later, Barrymore announced she would cease taping new episodes until strike negotiations were over. In another now-deleted Instagram video, Barrymore explained she had “listened to everyone” and come to the decision to stop.
“I have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone I have hurt and, of course, to our incredible team who works on the show and has made it what it is today,” Barrymore said.
Taping of “The Drew Barrymore Show” resumed Oct. 16, once the strike ended, though all three show writers declined to return. In October, the show hit a 22-week ratings high, with an average of 1.1 million viewers, as reported by The Wrap. It’s unclear whether any long-term damage will be done to Barrymore’s career.
Rudy Giuliani
The former New York City mayor and former attorney to former Pres. Donald Trump faced a series of embarrassments and losses this year.
Back in May, Giuliani, 79, was sued by a former off-the-books employee, Noelle Dunphy, who claims Giuliani sexually harassed her and coerced her into having sex. Though Giuliani and his legal team deny the allegations, Dunphy also claimed to have audio of Giuliani making lewd comments to her. Though the audio has not been released, transcripts of some of the alleged audio appear in court filings and include claims Giuliani called Dunphy, “big t-ts,” in reference to her breasts and claimed “These breasts belong to me.”
Elsewhere on the alleged tape, Giuliani is said to call actor Matt Damon a homophobic slur and made comments on the size of Jewish men’s genitalia. Dunphy is seeking $2 million in damages.
But that’s not the end of Giuliani’s troubles.
Earlier this month, Giuliani was ordered to pay $148 million in damages to former Georgia election workers, whom Giuliani previously falsely accused of sneaking in ballots and tampering with voting machines during the 2020 election. Shortly after the judgement, Giuliani filed for bankruptcy, which led to the exposure of his financial records — and several hundred millions in liabilities, per the filing.
Giuliani still faces a criminal case in Georgia related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. As explained by The Hill, while the bankruptcy filing will likely stall any civil cases he’s currently fighting, bankruptcy won’t stop money he’ll be forced to pay due to “willful and malicious” conduct,” if he’s found guilty.
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A surfer in Hawaii died at the hospital after a shark attack Saturday.
According toMaui County authorities, they received a report at around 11 a.m. local time Saturday about “a miscellaneous type incident.” Upon arrival, they discovered that Ocean Safety Officers had rescued and transported Jason Carter, a 39-year-old man, to shore using a jet ski.
Responders conducted life-saving measures until medical personnel arrived, and Carter was then taken to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for further treatment.
According to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Carter, who is originally from Haiku, faced the shark encounter while surfing at Paia Bay, where shark warning signs are placed on beaches one mile on either side of the bay.
While initial signs of foul play were not evident, the police department reports that the investigation is ongoing and an autopsy has been scheduled.
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The tension before New Year's Eve was high after the firecracker attacks from the previous year. The police were on duty with a large contingent. As the night progressed, the attacks increased again.
Berlin – Peaceful celebrations in small circles, violent fireworks in squares and streets and also aggressive throwing of firecrackers and firing at other people – New Year's Eve in Berlin once again revealed all aspects of the big city. At around 1 a.m., the police reported 219 preliminary arrests, often involving dangerous shooting with illegal fireworks.
A spokeswoman said that firecrackers and rockets were fired at the police and fire brigade and also by people among themselves from time to time throughout the city. However, there were no particular local focuses. “Various attacks with pyrotechnics, blank shots and bottles on emergency and rescue workers” were reported, it said. Many very loud explosions also indicated illegal firecrackers. Shots from blank pistols were heard again and again.
Police: 99.9 percent of people celebrate peacefully
Berlin's Interior Senator Iris Spranger (SPD) and Police President Barbara Slowik emphasized early in the evening that the majority of Berliners were celebrating peacefully, and that this applied to “99.9 percent of the people” in the city. Before New Year's Eve, the police repeatedly stated that unfortunately not every riot could be prevented with fireworks in such a large city.
Near Alexanderplatz, large groups totaling around 500 people fired New Year's Eve rockets at each other hours before midnight. Police officers dispersed the group and controlled it, it was said on the Internet portal X (formerly Twitter). The police were shot at with rockets or other pyrotechnics from a group of 200 people nearby.
Attacks on police
In Neukölln, suspects were caught who had made Molotov cocktails. The police reported that cars were also shot at several times, including police and emergency vehicles. “In Hermannstrasse, people are shooting rockets at our emergency services.” In the Gropiusstadt district, a parked police vehicle was badly damaged by the explosion of a bullet bomb.
A total of almost 5,000 police officers were on duty that night to prevent similar riots and riots as last year: 3,500 police officers from several federal states were on duty on the streets. Especially in New Year's Eve hot spots in previous years in Neukölln, Mitte and Schöneberg, the police were visibly positioned on the streets. There were also 1,000 police officers in patrol cars and stations as well as 500 federal police officers in and at the train stations. That was the largest police presence on New Year's Eve in Berlin.
On New Year's Eve 2022/2023 there were riots and attacks on police officers and rescue workers across the country; Berlin was particularly affected. This year, the police were additionally concerned about the Gaza war following the terrorist attack on Israel by the Islamist Hamas and the heated mood among parts of the Arab population in some parts of the city.
A pro-Palestinian demonstration late in the evening was therefore banned. Around 2,000 people took part in a demonstration in the afternoon. In the evening, the announced firecracker ban zone was set up in Sonnenallee. Despite a ban on a demonstration by Palestinian groups about the war in Gaza, people gathered before midnight and police intervened and prevented a larger gathering.
Wegner: Night of repression, if necessary
Berlin's Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) announced earlier in the evening that the police would take tough action against riots and riots. A lot has been done in the area of prevention in the last few months, said Wegner during a visit to a police station in Neukölln. “And today is the night, if necessary, the night of repression where the rule of law will try to assert itself. And I’m also sure that he will prevail.”
Thousands of people celebrated at the traditional New Year's Eve party at the Brandenburg Gate, accompanied by high security precautions. According to the organizers, 45,000 tickets had been sold by early evening and the party was designed for up to 65,000 people. The stage show was broadcast live on ZDF. For the first time since the corona pandemic there were fireworks.
Eleven Molotov cocktails, nine arrests
Nine suspects were arrested in Neukölln because of the homemade Molotov cocktails. “They filled gasoline into glass bottles and were inserting scraps of fabric as fuses when they were discovered by our emergency services in Neukölln,” the police wrote. They also had grill lighters with them. Eleven Molotov cocktails were seized. The police were initially unable to say whether they were politically motivated extremists.
In Sonnenallee – previously one of the New Year's Eve hotspots for dangerous illegal firecrackers – things initially remained quiet because of the firecracker ban zone imposed by the police. Walkways were cordoned off with bars for several hundred meters and traffic was stopped. The police illuminated intersections with searchlight towers. All people who wanted to enter the prohibited zone had to show their bags at entrances. Long lines formed and some people protested.
Man loses hand due to exploding rocket
During the course of the day, people injured themselves with fireworks and had to be treated, the police said. A 40-year-old man lost a hand due to an illegal signal rocket in the Kaulsdorf district. Immediately after ignition, the rocket exploded in his hand.
As on every New Year's Eve, the fire department reported numerous fires that were extinguished. There was a fire on a 15th floor and then also on the balconies on the 16th and 17th floors in a high-rise building in Prenzlauer Berg. In another house fire in the same district, an unconscious person was rescued and a cat died. New Year's Eve is the busiest night of the year for the fire department with hundreds of rescue and firefighting missions. More than 1,500 paramedics and firefighters were on duty with 421 vehicles. dpa
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Dimash Qudaibergen hits highest score at The World's Best
19:49, 07 February 2019
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakh singer Dimash Qudaibergen scored 98 of 100 points possible at the second episode of the American talent show "The World's Best", Kazinform correspondent has the singer's official fan page on Instagram.
Singer Faith Hill, actress Drew Barrymore and actor RuPaul awarded 50 points each to Dimash.
In addition, his performance was evaluated by the Wall of the World consisting of 50 outstanding experts from around the world. Judges from Denmark and the United Kingdom did not give their votes. Thus, Dimash scored 98 of 100 points possible.
"USA.THE WORLDS BEST. Today we had the highest score of the episode. All My small victories are for my country, for my audience. Thousands of Big Thanks to Dears, who supported me. See you at next episode on CBS," Dimash wrote.
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NEW DELHI: Arsenal fell to a second straight loss with a 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Sunday, missing out on a chance to end the year atop the Premier League table.
Bukayo Saka gave Arsenal the lead after just five minutes, but the visitors were toothless after that as Raul Jimenez equalized in the first half and Bobby De Cordova-Reid poked in the winner in the 59th.
Fulham equalised around the half-hour mark with a swift counter when Tom Cairney's cross from the left flank was fired into the net by Jimenez.
The hosts took the lead at the hour-mark with Willian's corner causing a scramble in the Arsenal box leading to De Cordova-Reid's finish.
The win ended Fulham's three-game losing streak, as they rose to 13th in the table with 24 points.
Arsenal, who were top of the table on Christmas day, have ended the year fourth after going winless in their last three matches.
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A fake emergency call to police resulted in officers responding Friday night to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows just a day after she removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause.
She becomes the latest elected politician to become a target of swatting, which involves making a phone call to emergency services with the intent that a large first responder presence, including SWAT teams, will show up at a residence.
Bellows was not home when the swatting call was made, and responding officers found nothing suspicious.
Suspects in swatting cases are being arrested and charged as states contemplate stronger penalties.
Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was the target of a swatting attempt at her Georgia residence on Christmas morning, the congresswoman and local police said.
A man in New York called the Georgia suicide hotline claiming he had shot his girlfriend at Greene’s home and was going to kill himself. Police said investigators were working to identify the caller and build a criminal case.
Another New York man was sentenced in August to three months in prison for making threatening phone calls to Greene’s office in Washington, D.C.
While the Maine Department of Public Safety did not share a suspected motive for the swatting attempt against Bellows, she had no doubts it stemmed from her decision to remove Trump from the ballot. The swatting attempt came after a conservative activist posted her home address on social media.
“And it was posted in anger and with violent intent by those who have been extending threatening communications toward me, my family and my office,” Bellows told The Associated Press in a phone call Saturday.
A call was made to emergency services from an unknown man saying he had broken into a house in Manchester, according to the Maine public safety department.
The address the man gave was Bellows’ home. Bellows and her husband were away for the holiday weekend. Maine State Police responded to what the public safety department said ultimately turned out to be a swatting call.
Police conducted an exterior sweep of the house and then checked inside at Bellows’ request. Nothing suspicious was found, and police continue to investigate.
“The Maine State Police is working with our law enforcement partners to provide special attention to any and all appropriate locations,” the public safety statement said.
Bellows said the intimidation factors won’t work. “Here’s what I’m not doing differently. I’m doing my job to uphold the Constitution, the rule of law.”
Beyond Bellows and Greene, other high-profile politicians who have been swatting call targets include U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
Bellows said she, her family and her office workers have been threatened since her decision to remove Trump from the ballot. At least one Republican lawmaker in Maine wants to pursue impeachment against her.
“Not only have there been threatening communications, but there have been dehumanizing fake images posted online and even fake text threads attributed to me,” said Bellows, who has worked in civil rights prior to becoming secretary of state.
“And my previous work taught me that dehumanizing people is the first step in creating an environment that leads to attacks and violence against that person,” she said. “It is extraordinarily dangerous for the rhetoric to have escalated to the point of dehumanizing me and threatening me, my loved ones and the people who work for me.”
She said the people of Maine have a strong tradition of being able to disagree on important issues without violence.
“I think it is extraordinarily important that everyone deescalate the rhetoric and remember the values that make our democratic republic and here in Maine, our state, so great,” she said.
The Trump campaign said it would appeal Bellows’ decision to Maine’s state courts, and Bellows suspended her ruling until that court system rules on the case.
The Colorado Supreme Court earlier this month removed Trump from that state’s ballot, a decision that also was stayed until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether he would be barred under the insurrection clause, a Civil War-era provision which prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office.
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Thiessen reported from Anchorage, Alaska.
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Frederic scores 2 goals as Bruins win 3rd straight by downing Red Wings, 5-3
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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Zack Orji
By Benjamin Njoku
Anxious fans and celebrities have been praying for one of Nollywood finest actors, Zack Orji, following a viral video, yesterday of the veteran actor in a critical condition in a hospital.
The bearded actor is said to be in critical condition after he slumped in the toilet weeks back.
He is being attended to at the Intensive Care Unit, ICU, of the National Hospital in Abuja.
According to reports, Orji can’t walk or talk, and all kinds of tests are being carried out on him to ascertain the cause of his illness.
Meanwhile, Vanguard’s attempts to contact the National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Dr Emeka Rollas, for confirmation of the sad news proved abortive as he did not answer his calls at press time.
Orji is an actor, director and producer. He is known for his role in movies such as Glamour Girls, Blood Money, among others.
Confirming the sad news, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe wrote in his Facebook page: “Please pray for Jack, while actress Step Nora Okereke wrote: “Please let us hold him in our prayers. May the good Lord grant him speedy recovery in Jesus name.’
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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.
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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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SUDBURY, Mass. (NEXSTAR/WWLP) – The discovery of credit card skimmers at multiple New England-area retail outlets has prompted local authorities to urge customers to be wary of similar scams.
On Christmas Eve, an employee at a Sudbury Farms supermarket in Sudbury, Massachusetts, was attending to the self-checkout area when they discovered a skimming device, which is designed to mimic the appearance of a legitimate credit-card reader, Nexstar’s WWLP reported. A second skimmer was later found in another self-checkout lane.
The supermarket chain’s parent company soon launched an investigation, finding skimmers at four other locations in Massachusetts.
News of the discoveries also followed a November report from police in Concord, New Hampshire, who warned of skimmers that had been found in the city’s Walmart and Market Basket supermarket.
“Similar incidents are being investigated by law enforcement agencies throughout New England,” the Concord Police wrote at the time.
What is a skimming scam?
Skimming scams are targeted at people using ATMs, gas pumps, or credit card readers at retail outlets, the FBI says. The scammers carefully craft devices that look like legitimate card readers, which they then attempt to “blend right in” to the actual machine, according to the FBI.
The specific device used is often a realistic-looking card reader placed over the factory-installed card reader,” the FBI writes.
Once a victim swipes their credit card, the skimming device either stores or sends the victim’s information, for the criminals to retrieve.
Scammers have also been known to use hidden cameras to record victims entering their PIN numbers into ATM machines, the FBI said. Some also create fake numerical keypads that record the keystrokes of users, to steal such passwords.
How can you spot a skimming device?
Before putting your card into a reader, the FBI says there are some easy and effective ways to protect your information. Be sure to inspect the reader and look for any loose parts or damage. Scratches or damage to adhesive tape can also be indicators that it has been tampered with. If you give the skimmer a light shake and it feels loose, tell an employee.
To prevent cameras from capturing your passwords, the FBI recommends users cover the keypad with one hand, while punching in the PIN with the other.
Police in Concord added that some scammers will try to force victims to swipe their card at the phony reader (rather than allow them to the card’s chip, which is harder to steal information from) by blocking the chip slot, making that part of the reader appear “jammed.”
The FBI says ATM machines at tourist spots are also popular targets among scammers.
At gas pumps, the Federal Trade Commission offers tips for spotting signs of skimming, including broken security seals over the cabinet panel, or card readers that appear loose or different from ones at adjacent pumps. Customers who want to be extra cautious can also pay in cash rather than use a card, or at least refrain from using the debit option to avoid having to enter a PIN, the FTC suggests.
If you feel you’ve been scammed, it’s best to contact the credit card company or bank that issued the card, The FBI says. Local law enforcement agencies should also be made aware of possible scams.
As for the skimming devices found in Massachusetts, a supermarket spokesperson said customers that shopped and used self-checkout lanes at those grocery stores on or before Christmas Eve may have been impacted. Still, there had been no reports of compromised customer data several days after the devices were found.
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After the Spanish EU Council Presidency, Belgium takes over the presidency. First, questions about the budget and aid to Ukraine must be clarified. It will be a challenging time for Brussels.
Brussels – At the turn of the year, Belgium took over the EU Council Presidency, which rotates every six months. The country's government representatives will take over the leadership of numerous ministerial meetings until the end of June and mediate in the event of disagreements between the other EU states.
In the coming weeks, for example, questions about the long-term EU budget and the financing of further aid for Ukraine will have to be clarified. Under the Spanish EU Council Presidency, which ended on Sunday, there was no agreement on this as originally planned.
Belgium wants to provide its own impetus, among other things, in the discussion about EU reforms. Reforms are necessary to maintain a functioning EU, strengthen its unity and increase its ability to act, the government announced when it took over the EU Council Presidency.
The presidency is considered particularly challenging for Belgium because of the European elections in June. This is likely to mean that the months leading up to it will be dominated by election campaigns. In addition, Belgium is electing a new parliament at the same time as the European elections. dpa
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KOLKATA: Khalid Jamil on Sunday was appointed the coach of Jamshedpur FC for the remainder of the season after the club decided to mutually part ways with coach Scot Cooper after their 1-4 loss against Odisha FC in Bhubaneswar on December 29.
Jamil rose to fame when he won the I-League, the then top-tier league in the country, with Aizawl FC in 2016-17 - the first time that a team from the northeast had won a national title.
The fairytale victory saw Jamil become one of the most sought-after coaches at that time and he went onto coach both East Bengal and Mohun Bagan.
Khalid's first tryst with Indian Super League was with NorthEast United FC where he was the head of academy during the 2019-20 season. He was handed the reins of NEUFC on an interim basis in 2020-21 and once again his coaching acumen was there for everyone to witness as he led the Highlanders to the playoffs that included a 10-game unbeaten streak.
The team lost to ATK Mohun Bagan in the last-four stage that was played over two legs but the good showing saw Jamil being made the head coach of the team in the next season. It was the first time that an Indian was given the honours in the tournament, but the love affair didn't carry on for long as the team finished 10th in the 11-team table in the 2021-22 season.
While the team failed to click as a whole, Jamil reportedly lost the backing of the dressing room midway into the season as his training methods became unpopular with the players. He even gave a fiery interview where he accused the technical director Ohad Efrat of treating him like 'dirt.'
Jamil now has the arduous task of taking Jamshedpur out of the abyss. Although JFC won the Shield in 2021-22, they had a disastrous outing last season and are currently placed 10th on the table with just 9 points from 12 matches.
It will obviously be a huge challenge but Jamil is quite up for it. "I want to thank the club management for giving me this opportunity and I feel very excited to join Jamshedpur. Our target is to bring Jamshedpur to a better position and for that we all must work hard," said Jamil in a statement.
Since ISL is on a break at the moment, Jamil's first assignment will be the Super Cup where Jamshedpur's first challenge will be coincidentally against NorthEast United FC in Bhubaneswar on January 10.
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/top-stories/khalid-jamil-named-jamshedpur-fc-coach/articleshow/106425555.cms
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Dimash Qudaibergen invited to give concerts in Canada, South Korea and Turkey
"He is a part of the TV reality show [World's Best on CBS] in the U.S., where he represents Kazakh art, our songs and culture," Dimash's mother Svetlana Aitbayeva said. "We hope he's going to win. He has a lot of proposals. But it is difficult to arrange concerts or to do a world tour. Dimash is not alone, he has a band, a dance troupe. Everything should be prepared and organized perfectly for the shows."
She added, "First, he's going to have a solo show in Moscow, then in Astana. He also got proposals to arrange concerts in Canada, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and many CIS states. It is impossible to do it all in one year."
In fact, Dimash is expected to have two solo shows in Moscow on March 22 and 23. Initially the organizers planned only one concert, but the demand from the fans was so high that it was decided to do another show.
"The concert in Russia is organized jointly by Kazakhstan and the Russian side. Tickets to his first solo show in Moscow scheduled for March 22 have sold out. Later, it was decided to hold another concert the next day [March 23]. The majority of tickets to the second show have been almost sold out as well," Svetlana said in conclusion.
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Nedeljkovic stops 36 shots, Eller scores twice to help surging Penguins edge Islanders 3-1
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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AP Sports Writer
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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.
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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."
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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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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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NEW YORK (PIX11) — If you are feeling a little lucky this New Year’s Eve buy yourself a Powerball ticket.
After no one won the jackpot in Saturday evening’s drawing, the big prize is now sitting at a whopping $810 Million.
PIX11’s Karen Dillon has the full story in the video player.
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The Police in Lagos State have arrested a man, who allegedly paraded himself as a Police officer before commercial motorcyclists, whom he allegedly defrauded the sum of N670,000.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), yesterday.
Hundeyin said the suspect was arrested after information about his activities was received for allegedly printing fake Police ID cards and issuing the same to some motorcyclists, who paid him between N50,000 and N70,000.
He said the purpose of issuing them the card was to serve as ‘Police errand boys’, should they be stopped at any security checkpoint, particularly at Police checkpoints.
He said: “It is a case of conspiracy, impersonation, obtaining money under pretence and stealing. We got information on December 12 against one Michael Utsu and others now at large.
“The suspect, on October 25, presented himself to be a police officer attached to Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan Lagos and was collecting passport photographs from commercial motorcyclists.
“He promised to print them a police plastic identity card meant for errand boys to police, using different police formations for the ID card issued to the motorcyclists, collecting between N50,000 and N70,000 on each ID card issued.”
The image maker further said the suspect confessed to the crimes, stressing that the cards printed were given to motorcyclists at Ojo, Okokomaiko and Ajangbadi axes of Lagos and collected the amount from the victims.
Hundeyin said the suspect would be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/01/police-arrest-man-for-allegedly-printing-distributing-fake-police-id-cards/
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NEW DELHI: In a remarkable 2023, the legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo concluded the year as the world's leading goal-scorer. Following this milestone, the Portuguese superstar expressed his intention to strive for a similar achievement in the coming year.
Throughout 2023, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner netted an impressive 54 goals for both his national team and his current club, Al Nassr.
English striker Harry Kane secured the second spot with 52 goals for both his national team and his newly joined club, Bayern Munich.
PSG's French attacker Kylian Mbappe also notched up 52 goals, while City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland found himself with 50 goals.
While speaking to the Saudi media outlet SSC Sports, Ronaldo said that he was very happy to achieve the milestone and help his club and country.
"I'm very happy, it was a good year for me as an individual and as a collective. I scored so many goals, I helped the team a lot at Al-Nassr and for the national team. I feel good, I feel happy and next year I will try to do it again," Ronaldo was quoted by Goal.com as saying.
Ronaldo, widely regarded as one of the premier footballers globally, has established several records that are deemed difficult to surpass.
The recipient of the Ballon d'Or on five occasions, Ronaldo made a significant move to the Saudi club Al Nassr in January 2023. Since then, he has participated in 50 matches for his new team, achieving an impressive tally of 44 goals.
In the ongoing season of the Saudi Pro League, the Portuguese has appeared in 18 matches for the Riyadh-based club and scored 20 goals. Ronaldo also made nine assists in the 2023-24 season for Al Nassr.
Earlier, the Portuguese superstar returned to his boyhood club Manchester United in 2021 after leaving Juventus, however, his stint in the English club did not last very long after he lambasted the United coach Erik Ten Hag in a controversial interview with Piers Morgan.
After Ronaldo claimed that Ten Hag did not respect the Portuguese player, United terminated the 38-year-old's contract. In his second run at United, CR7 played 54 matches and scored 27 goals.
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Dimash Qudaibergen shares photos from new music video set
10:25, 14 February 2019
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstani singer Dimash Qudaibergen shared the photos from the set of his upcoming music video Lyubov ustavshikh lebedei (The Love of Tired Swans), Kazinform reports.
The music video directed by Ukrainian Alan Badoev is shot in Spain.
"Dear Friends. I decided to share some photos from the shooting of the music video to "The Love of Tired Swans" with you. Incredible Alan Badoev is the director of the video. As you may have understood the video is done in the style of fantasy. Happy Saint Valentine's Day, my Dears. Love you," Dimash captioned the photos from the set on his Instagram account.
The Love of Tired Swans is Dimash's collaboration with Russian composer Igor Krutoi.
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Steelers keep playoff hopes alive into Week 18 with 30-23 win over Seahawks
SEATTLE (AP) — The punishing runs from Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren and a handful of clutch throws from Mason Rudolph have lifted the Pittsburgh Steelers into the final week of the regular season with their playoff hopes still alive.
Harris rushed for a season-high 122 yards and bullied his way into the end zone for a pair of touchdowns, and the Steelers took their playoff hopes into Week 18 with a 30-23 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
Using a physical running attack that faced little resistance from Seattle, the Steelers (9-7) pushed their way into the final week of the regular season with a chance at the postseason after two straight wins and ensured that Mike Tomlin’s team would yet again avoid a losing record.
“We got to win out. This is kind of playoffs for us, so us executing right now is kind of the biggest thing,” Harris said.
Harris had not hit the century mark rushing this season, his closest coming when he ran for 99 yards against Cincinnati. But he combined with Warren for a running punch that Seattle struggled to stop.
Harris averaged 4.5 yards per carry and reached the 100-yard mark for the first time since Week 17 of last season against Baltimore. Warren added another 75 yards rushing and scored on a 18-yard run in the first quarter.
“I thought he was determined, as was Jaylen,” Tomlin said of Harris. “I thought we got appropriate efforts from all parties involved and not to minimize it, it was just a critical time, and so if you’re a competitor you’re going to be at your best.”
Harris scored on a 9-yard touchdown run in the second quarter breaking several tackles on his way to the goal line before a final lunge to break the plane. In the third quarter, Harris scored on a 4-yard run with a big assist from his linemen pushing the pile into the end zone to give the Steelers a 24-17 lead.
Pittsburgh thrived against Seattle’s run defense that has been awful for more than half the season and finished with 202 yards rushing and a season-high 468 total yards. Pittsburgh was the sixth straight opponent to rush for at least 135 yards against the Seahawks.
“I was really disappointed missing this opportunity, right here at home,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. “Everybody was ready. This was a great one and we missed it. We weren’t right on defense in the run game again. It’s been repetitive. You can see it.”
Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph made his second straight start and finished 18 of 24 for 274 yards and hit the big throws when needed. None was more important than a 34-yard completion to George Pickens on third-and-6 early in the fourth quarter. Pickens made a terrific diving finger-tip catch and led to Chris Boswell’s 26-yard field goal that gave the Steelers a 27-20 lead with 7:07 left.
Rudolph also hit Pickens for 24 yards with two minutes left and Seattle desperately needing a stop. Pickens had seven catches for 131 yards.
“That’s simple football right there. When the run game opens up like that and keep pounding it, and then toward the end of the game we catch them all in the box and I hit them on the slant,” Pickens said.
Seattle (8-8) had its two-game win streak snapped and while the Seahawks weren’t eliminated from the postseason, they will need a victory and a lot of help in Week 18.
“It was frustrating to be in the locker room. Of course everybody has a one off here or there and you see the result that happens,” Seattle safety Julian Love said.
Geno Smith threw for 290 yards and a 12-yard TD to Jaxon Smith-Njigba in the first half. Kenneth Walker III added 53 yards rushing and a 13-yard TD in the first half, but the Seahawks settled for three field goals in the second half and Smith committed one big turnover.
Nick Herbig forced and recovered a fumble, sacking Smith with seven minutes left, giving the Steelers possession at the Seattle 16 and Boswell’s 21-yard field goal with 4:31 left pushed the Pittsburgh lead to 30-20.
“We wanted to control our own destiny. Obviously, we can’t do that anymore. But there’s no time for us to kind of feel sorry for ourselves,” Smith said.
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Seattle took two major hits to its offensive line. Starting right tackle Abe Lucas played the entire first half, but went to the locker room early before the second quarter ended and was ruled out with a knee injury when the second half started. Carroll said Lucas “wrenched” his knee and didn’t necessarily reinjure himself as much as didn’t have the strength in the knee to continue.
Three plays into the third quarter, center Evan Brown had to be helped off the field and was ruled out with a concussion.
Tomlin said pass rusher T.J. Watt came off late in the fourth quarter but thinks he’ll be OK.
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Steelers: Pittsburgh will be at Baltimore in Week 18.
Seahawks: Seattle closes out the regular season at Arizona next week.
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By TIM BOOTH
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Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in The Full Monty, Michael Clayton and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, you have died, his family said. He was 75.
A statement shared by his agent on behalf of the family said Wilkinson died suddenly at home on Saturday. It didn't provide further details.
Wilkinson was nominated for a best actor Academy Award for his work in 2001's family drama In The Bedroom in 2001 and in the best supporting actor category for his role in Michael Claytona 2007 film that starred George Clooney.
He is remembered by many in Britain and beyond for playing former steel mill foreman Gerald Cooper in the 1997 comedy The Full Montyabout a group of unemployed steel workers who formed an unlikely male stripping act.
Wilkinson appeared in dozens of other movies, including Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Valkyrie.
The actor was recognized for his services to drama in 2005 when he was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire.
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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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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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NEW DELHI: Sandeep Chattoo, a prominent businessman and the owner of Real Kashmir Football Club (RKFC), died in Gurugram after suffering a severe heart attack, his family said on Sunday.
Chattoo was 57.
He is survived by his mother, wife, and two children.
According to the family, he experienced chest pain in the afternoon, following which he was swiftly taken to a hospital in Gurugram, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
His last rites are scheduled to take place in Jammu.
Primarily a hotelier, Chattoo is widely acknowledged for his pivotal role in reinvigorating football in the insurgency-affected Kashmir valley. The inception of RKFC, affectionately known as the 'Snow Leopards', dates back to 2016 and is credited to him.
The idea to establish the football club stemmed from the aftermath of the catastrophic floods in 2014, during which Chattoo observed a significant amount of untapped talent, much of which was at risk of getting lost to delinquent activities.
Recognising football as a potential avenue to redirect the energies of the region's youth, Chattoo, the proprietor of a 4-star boutique hotel, initiated the club.
RKFC achieved significant success, notably winning the second division I-League in 2018. In December 2020, the club further solidified its accomplishments by securing victory in the 123rd edition of the IFA Shield.
As the lone representative from Jammu and Kashmir, the club has garnered international acclaim, with a documentary about their journey winning in the prestigious 'Single Documentary' category at the British Academy Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards Scotland, in addition to receiving accolades at the UK 'Broadcast Awards'.
The untimely demise of Chattoo marks a significant loss for the football community, particularly in the context of his pioneering contributions to the sport in the region.
In the ongoing 2023-24 I-League season, RKFC are occupying the second place with six wins, three defeats and two draws after 11 matches. They have so far collected 20 points.
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Camorra boss Rullo, who has been on the run for 3 months, arrested in Spain
Bitter celebrations for the boss Nicola Rullo, arrested as a fugitive by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Naples after a three-month escape. Rullo escaped a detention order in September this year. The right-hand man of the clan's founder, Edoardo Contini, He was tracked down in Spain, on the basis of the information acquired and the investigative activity conducted by the Carabinieri who managed to track him down by following the movements of his family members.
It was precisely that network of acquaintances and affections that betrayed him. Thanks to the continuous exchange of information with the Spanish police, the Carabinieri and Udyco found Rullo in a well-known resort in Alicante, El Plantio Golf Resort, where the 53-year-old had taken refuge for at least 20 days. He is sentenced to 4 years, two months and 8 days in prison for mafia-type association. Rullo is now in prison awaiting the extradition order.
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Harrison Butker hits 6 field goals, kicks Chiefs to AFC West title with 25-17 win over Bengals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have grown accustomed to wrapping up the AFC West by the middle of December.
Turns out they’re perfectly fine with clinching it on New Year’s Eve.
Amid an up-and-down season in which the Chiefs have been forced to rely on their defense while their high-profile offense sputtered, Patrick Mahomes and Co. still managed to clinch their eighth consecutive division championship Sunday with a come-from-behind 25-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals — their opponent in each of the past two AFC title games.
Harrison Butker was a career-best 6 for 6 on field-goal attempts, Mahomes had 245 yards passing and a touchdown, and Isiah Pacheco ran for a career-best 130 yards to help Kansas City (10-6) secure the No. 3 seed for the playoffs.
“Obviously, we’re not winning this in Week 12 or Week 13 like before. We had to battle through adversity and find a way to win,” said Mahomes, who went over 4,000 yards passing for his sixth consecutive year as the starter. “Now you’re in the playoffs, it’s one game, single elimination, and I think we can play with anybody.”
The Bengals (8-8), fighting to avoid postseason elimination, led by 10 early but found themselves trailing 25-17 when Butker hit the last of his field goals — a 46-yarder through blustery wind — with 2:59 remaining in the game.
Four of Butker’s six field goals were from at least 43 yards, including his 54-yarder in the first half.
With one last chance, Bengals quarterback Jake Browning hit Tyler Boyd over the middle to convert a long fourth down and get them into Kansas City territory. But back-to-back sacks by George Karlaftis and Chris Jones ultimately dashed their hopes.
Browning finished with 197 yards passing and a touchdown. Joe Mixon ran for 65 yards and had the TD reception.
“Every guy left it all on the field,” Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor said. “It was an emotional game. Physical game. All the things we knew would happen, happened. You have to give Kansas City credit. They got it done down the stretch.”
The Bengals and Chiefs are accustomed to playing high-stakes games when the weather turns frigid, meeting for down-to-the-wire nail-biters in each of the past two AFC championship games. And they are usually accompanied by plenty of trash talk, be it from fans, elected officials or — in the case this past week — players such as Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase.
The animosity usually spills onto the field, too. Midway through the second quarter, Chase and Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed got into a heated argument, and eventually a team-wide scrum resulted in offsetting personal foul penalties.
“I just be under people’s skin sometimes, I guess,” Chase said afterward. “Just trash talking. (He) can’t handle it.”
The Bengals jumped ahead 10-7 when an 8 1/2-minute drive resulted in a field goal and a 6 1/2-minute march ended in Mixon’s touchdown catch. Cincinnati then got the ball back when Trey Hendrickson ran right around rookie right tackle Wanya Morris, stripped Mahomes from behind and Sam Hubbard was there to pounce on the loose ball.
Pass interference on Sneed in the end zone set up Browning’s 1-yard TD run.
“It wasn’t the smoothest early,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.
Butker’s first field goal got the Chiefs within 17-10, though, and they had a chance to take the lead when Mahomes saw Marquez Valdes-Scantling wide open on their next possession. But yet another dropped pass — the NFL-leading 40th by Kansas City this season — forced the Chiefs to settle for another field goal to trail 17-13 at the break.
But as the Chiefs’ defense stiffened in the second half, their offense began showing signs of life.
They stuffed the Bengals on fourth-and-1 at the Kansas City 6, then drove 82 yards for Butker’s third field goal. And when the Bengals had to punt again, Mahomes hit Rashee Rice for 67 yards to set up Butker’s chip shot and give the Chiefs the lead. Two more field goals gave them some breathing room in the closing minutes.
“Everybody contributed in this, which I think was great. Nobody gave up hope,” said Reid, whose ninth consecutive 10-win season moved him past the 49ers’ George Seifert for the second-longest such streak in NFL history. “The guys executed well, and that is the most important thing right now, at this time of year.”
INJURIES
Cincinnati WR Tee Higgins left in the second quarter with a hamstring injury. He returned to the game but didn’t have another catch, finishing with one for 19 yards.
Kansas City WR Justin Watson hurt his chest in the third quarter but returned to the game. The Chiefs are thin at wide receiver with Skyy Moore on injured reserve and Kadarius Toney inactive due to a hip injury.
UP NEXT
Bengals: Host Cleveland next weekend.
Chiefs: At the Los Angeles Chargers next weekend.
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By Kingsley Omonobi
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Evidence Amobi, and one other, Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi with consignments of psychoactive substances at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.
“The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, yesterday said: “While Amobi was arrested on Saturday, December 30 at the departure point of Terminal 2 of the MMIA on his way to Doha, Qatar on a Qatar Airways flight, Obi was taken into custody same day following the seizure of a consignment of 72,000 pills of tramadol 225mg, which he attempted shipping to Kano on a local flight.
“Amobi, who claimed he’s been living and working in Doha, Qatar for over 10 years, was caught with 1.30kg cannabis sativa concealed in a bag of foodstuff.
“He claimed he bought the substance in Enugu to deliver in Doha to enable him to raise enough funds to pay his rent in Doha and Nigeria and the school fees of his three children.“
“In the same vein, NDLEA operatives at the domestic wing of the airport intercepted a carton containing a total of 72,000 pills of tramadol 250mg with a gross weight of 38.50kg.
“This was closely followed with the arrest of Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi who brought the consignment to the airport for shipment to Kano.
“On Christmas day in Yobe State, NDLEA officers on patrol along Nguru-Gashua road intercepted the trio of Musa Sani, Mohammed Ibrahim and Adamu Usman in truck conveying 39 blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 15.7kg and 128,500 pills of opioids.
‘Follow-up operations the following day 26th December led to the arrest of the actual owner of the cannabis consignment, Ali Ibrahim (a.k.a Ramos) in Geidam where an additional 208 blocks of the same substance were recovered from his house, bringing the total to 247 blocks weighing 94.74kg, while the owner of the seized opioids, Mustapha Goni (a.k.a Lolo) was equally arrested.
“In Imo State, NDLEA operatives on Christmas eve, while on patrol along Owerri-Onitsha expressway intercepted a commercial bus driven by Peter Orji, 42, with 400 bottles of codeine syrup; 7,590 pills of opioids including tramadol 225mg heading to Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
“While David Michael, 52, was arrested at Unguwa Ukku area of Kano on December 24 with 49 blocks of cannabis weighing 42.6kg, Umar Abdullahi, 27, was nabbed with 27,350 pills of opioids at Gadar Tamburawa area of the city same day.
“This is even as 45-year-old Yusuf Yahaya was arrested the same Christmas eve along Lagos-Ilorin expressway with 31.00kg of compressed cannabis in a commercial bus coming from Ibadan, Oyo state to Kebbi State. “Preliminary investigation revealed that he supplies illicit drugs to bandits in Kebbi and Zamfara axis.”
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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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When he took up the sport nearly 50 years ago, Whangārei golfer Neil Davidson probably never thought he’d one day be competing in an international tournament at one of the most famous courses in the world - Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland.
But Davidson, who plays off a 16-handicap at Sherwood Park Golf Club could end up playing at The R&A (Royal and Ancient) 9-Hole Challenge on the eve of the 152nd Open Championship being played at the Royal Troon Golf Club in July. The world final of the event will feature 42 nine-hole players from 22 countries, including two from New Zealand.
But first the eagle-eyed Whangārei golfer has to get past a number of other Kiwi golfers at the Make Time Play 9 final, being held in Queenstown, in March.
It was a casual nine-hole game of midweek golf with friends that earned Davidson a “once in a lifetime” shot at flying to Scotland to play in a world invitational golf tournament leading into the famed Open Championship. But it was sheer luck, rather than his golfing prowess, that saw him in the mix.
Davidson was randomly selected as a monthly winner in a promotion being run by Golf New Zealand. The highly popular Make Time Play 9 contest, runs throughout summer, and encourages golfers of all ages and skill levels across the country to participate in a shorter nine-hole format of the game.
Golfers go in the prize draw by simply submitting their nine-hole score card. As a starter for winning the most recent monthly draw, Davidson won return airfares and accommodation to Queenstown to compete in the Make Time Play 9 final being held conjunction with the New Zealand Open golf championship.
Straight-putting Davidson will join eight other winners from around New Zealand to tee up for nine holes at Millbrook Golf Club – with the two best players going on to represent New Zealand at The R&A 9-Hole Challenge.
He admits that winning a trip to Queenstown wasn’t on his mind when playing in the qualifying lucky draw nine-hole round.
“Just winning a trip to Queenstown is an amazing prize, let alone being in with a chance to go and play the lead-in event for one of the world’s most special golfing majors,” Davidson, who has been playing golf for 50 years after he gave up playing rugby, said.
“I feel a bit like [Kiwi number 1] Ryan Fox. I’ll certainly be hitting the driving range and putting greens over the coming months to get in a bit of extra practice, as there’s a lot on the line for winning.”
Golf New Zealand golf development general manager Thiem Nguyen said the Make Time Play 9 initiative truly was a “money can’t buy experience” for every Kiwi golfer enjoying nine-holes over the coming months.
“For two lucky amateur Kiwi golfers who play the sport for the pure love of it, they will have the opportunity to play on the same golf course as Rory McIlroy, Ryan Fox, and the best professional golfers in the world in conjunction with The Open Championship,” Nguyen said.
“I know that Neil, along with the other qualifying finalists, will be excited about the Queenstown experience, and will practising incredibly hard over the coming weeks and months to sharpen up their games – with an eye to securing that elusive spot to play in the world finals.’’
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NEW DELHI: Heading into the upcoming Asian Cup, the Indian football team is considered "rank outsiders," with their primary objective being to advance to the third round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, according to head coach Igor Stimac on Sunday.
Stimac based his assessment on the formidable competition anticipated in a challenging Group B, which includes powerhouses Australia and the physically imposing Uzbekistan.
India is set to contend with World Cup regulars Australia, a formidable central Asian team in Uzbekistan, and the unpredictable Syria - all positioned higher than Stimac's team in the FIFA rankings - during the group stage of the Asian Cup.
"Obviously, we are rank outsiders in our group. Uzbekistan is one of the dark horses and a fantastic team, their players' physicality could cause problems.
"Australia are playing at the highest level of football and we all know what they are capable of... they are regular at World Cups and will mostly clear the group stage there," Stimac said.
India arrived in Qatar's capital on Saturday for the tournament.
As for his strategy for the matches, how does he intend to approach them?
"This group is much stronger than the last Asian Cup. The most important thing for us is to have a good performance and ensure that we remain stable and in shape while playing. I am not putting any pressure on players about results.
"We need to find stability, we will try to play fearless football notwithstanding the teams we play against. I don't mind the final results. Our final goal is to qualify for the third round of World Cup qualifiers."
While this will be India's fifth appearance in the AFC Asian Cup, the Blue Tigers have never made it past the group stage after finishing runners-up in 1964, which was played in a round-robin format.
India will begin their campaign against Australia on January 13 followed by matches against Uzbekistan on January 18 and Syria on January 23.
The team will play a warm-up game on January 7 to see where it stands in terms of preparation before the big test.
"Keeping in mind that all the other teams are in Dubai for three weeks already, we are trying to settle down to the climatic conditions and adjust in a proper way in the short time given to us."
Injuries to some key players, such as Jeakson Singh, Glan Martins and Anwar Ali, have disturbed Stimac's plans just before he was to pick his final squad of 26.
"Things changed dramatically for us with injuries in recent times. Anwar Ali, Ashique Kuruniyan, Glan Martins and Jeakson Singh...we are going to miss them a lot.
"It is not easy to replace Anwar as he is one of the best defenders in Asia. Jeakson was providing us stability in the build-up phase.
"But we don't have time to think about those who are not with us. We will try to maximise the performance of those players who are with us here," Stimac said.
Strong and well-built players like Anwar would have proven handy against teams such as Uzbekistan.
"It is not just about physicality, we also lost passing quality and passing ability with these three players," said Stimac.
The 1998 World Cup semifinalist with Croatia added, "I was very happy to see Sahal (Abdul Samad) settle down at Mohun Bagan and Sandesh Jhingan is doing well at Goa. Now we all know how much Bengaluru FC have lost with the departure of Jhingan and how much Goa has benefitted."
But international football is a different ball game altogether, admitted Stimac.
"Pace of ISL is far below the pace of international football. So, when players arrive in national team camps we focus on sharpness, compactness and keeping stability and shape."
Stimac also spoke about the importance of doing well from set pieces, for which the team has hired the services of former West Ham and Manchester City player Trevor Sinclair.
"We have to work on how to defend our goal and then look to find gap. I am not really thinking about ball possession against the big teams.
"Trevor Sinclair has been brought in to help the team in set pieces. First, we have to work on how to stop conceding goals from set pieces, and then look to score from set pieces.
"Trevor is a guy who has got great experience. He has worked in development programmes and we needed a guy like him to help us prepare in such a short time."
Stimac said "no extra motivation" is needed for players to perform to the best of their abilities in a tournament of this magnitude.
"No extra motivation is needed here as this is a very big tournament.
"We are upgrading our fitness level and analysing our opponents in a proper way... how to stop them and what their patterns are.. how to approach these games."
Stimac also said his goalkeepers must remain confident of coming out if the need arises.
"We are going to need our goalkeepers to be at their best and also work on their self confidence. They need to be brave."
The Indian football team is entering the upcoming Asian Cup as " rank outsiders" and its main goal is to go through to the third round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, head coach Igor Stimac said on Sunday.
(With PTI Inputs)
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/we-are-rank-outsiders-in-our-group-goal-is-to-enter-third-round-of-world-cup-qualifiers-igor-stimac/articleshow/106420848.cms
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Stidham uneven in 1st start in place of Wilson as Broncos rely on defense to beat Chargers 16-9
DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos got that spark they were looking for with a quarterback switch — from their defense, anyway.
The red-zone woes are still there for the offense. Same with the struggles to find a consistent ground game. At least, though, the Broncos are headed into a new year on a feel-good note even if they were officially eliminated from the playoff race.
Jarrett Stidham threw for 224 yards and a touchdown in an uneven performance during his first start in place of a benched Russell Wilson as the Broncos beat the Los Angeles Chargers 16-9 on Sunday.
Stidham earned his first career NFL win as a starter thanks to some timely plays, such as a nifty 54-yard catch-and-run for a score by Lil’Jordan Humphrey and a stellar defensive performance. The Broncos (8-8) forced one turnover and held the Chargers to 2-of-11 on third down.
“Once I got back to my locker, texted my wife just what a cool feeling it is to get my first NFL win,” said Stidham, who earned his first ‘W’ as a starter since leading Auburn to a 63-14 win over Purdue in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 28, 2018. “But with that, it’s not about me. … It’s about the team getting the eighth win of the year.”
Despite the victory, the Broncos saw their playoff chances end when Kansas City beat Cincinnati. The Broncos haven’t been to the playoffs since winning the Super Bowl following the 2015 season.
It was a matchup of backup against backup, with Stidham supplanting Wilson in an effort to try to spark a sporadic offense. The Chargers (5-11) went with Easton Stick for a third straight start after the injury to Justin Herbert.
Stidham was both solid and shaky in stepping in for Wilson, who saw the team average 21.7 points a game under his watch.
“(Stidham) was collected, calm,” Broncos coach Sean Payton said. “He was efficient in and out of the huddle.”
Los Angeles made it 16-9 with 1:17 left on a 52-yard field goal from Cameron Dicker and tried an onside kick. It was recovered by Alex Singleton. Stidham took two knees to end the game.
The game changed complexion at the start of the fourth quarter when D.J. Jones knocked the ball out of the hands of Austin Ekeler, with Josey Jewell recovering the fumble in Chargers territory.
Denver turned the turnover into a 20-yard field goal by Wil Lutz to make it 16-6. The Broncos benefited from a pass interference call on Jerry Jeudy near the goal line on fourth down. Two false start penalties, though, moved them back and faced with another fourth-down call, Payton elected to kick.
The Broncos also made a big play on special teams with Zach Allen blocking a 50-yard field goal by Dicker midway through the fourth quarter. They also thwarted a fake punt attempt in the first half.
The Broncos were short-handed at receiver for Stidham, with receiver Courtland Sutton (concussion) and Marvin Mims Jr. (hamstring) sidelined. Humphrey had two catches for 69 yards, while Jeudy made three receptions for 54 yards after being under the weather earlier in the week.
As a team captain, Wilson briefly got on the field for the opening coin flip. He spent the afternoon on the sideline in what could be the first of his last two games with the Broncos. The nine-time Pro Bowler was benched last Wednesday by Payton, who said he was looking for an offensive boost. Wilson later said he was approached after a win over Kansas City on Oct. 29 about altering his contract or risk being benched.
Wilson has a $37 million injury guarantee for 2025 that’s triggered in March if he fails a physical. The Broncos wanted him to push back the date to give them flexibility, but Wilson rejected it. Payton dodged the topic after the game.
“When the season ends, and you have questions specific to all of that — I wasn’t privy to the dialogue — but you’ll be able to ask the appropriate people,” Payton said. “Russ has been fantastic this week.”
Stidham vouched for that.
“We were communicating on the sideline,” said Stidham, who made two starts last season with the Raiders. “I can’t speak highly enough about him.”
Stick finished with 220 yards passing. He stepped in when Herbert broke his right index finger in the second quarter against the Broncos on Dec. 10.
“I’m just really frustrated and I think we all are, because we don’t have the results,” Stick said. “Right now, we’re not winning football games and that hurts.”
MACK’S SACKS
Chargers linebacker Khalil Mack eclipsed the 100-sack mark when he brought down Stidham in the second quarter.
“It’s a landmark number,” Chargers interim coach Giff Smith said. “It’s a crazy number.”
In addition, it was also Mack’s 16th sack of the season, which is a new career best.
INJURY REPORT
Broncos: RT Mike McGlinchey (ribs) and special teams player Delarrin Turner-Yell (knee) left in the first quarter.
UP NEXT
Chargers: Host Kansas City on Jan. 6 or 7.
Broncos: At Las Vegas on Jan. 6 or 7.
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer
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Dimash Qudaibergen stuns World's Best talent show
Dimash sang his rendition of S.O.S d'un terrien en détresse.
After the performance one of the judges Faith Hill said: "It was incredible. I had tears in my eyes the entire time. I don't know what you were saying, but I felt what you were saying."
The second judge Drew Barrymore noted that during Dimash's performance she had a feeling that there were at least 8 to10 people signing. "It's like one minute you're the Queen and the next minute you're Pavarotti. How is this all happening out of one person?" she asked.
The third and final judge RuPaul said that Dimash is the combination of skill and natural talent combined with showmanship and passion. "You're the reason the World's Best was created," he concluded.
After the performance the judges and an international panel of 50 experts in various fields of entertainment gave Dimash a score of 98 points. In the audition round, contestants need at least 75 points to advance to the Battle Round.
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Jyri Nieminen was too short to be a top goalkeeper, but partly because of that he made Finnish football history this year.
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Outlook are great. Far below, the Nieuwe Maas river flows through Rotterdam, and the lights of the apartment buildings on the opposite bank illuminate the darkening November evening. A glass-walled narrow balcony surrounds the apartment on the 21st floor. There are 11 more floors above.
#Career #Jyri #Nieminen #differently #confuses #eventually #accepts #brainwashing #program
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PAIA, Hawaii (AP) — A surfer in Hawaii has died after being injured in a shark encounter off Maui’s northern shore, according to the Maui Police Department. Authorities stopped short of calling the event an attack and didn’t describe the man’s injuries.
Ocean Safety Officers grabbed and transported the man by jet ski to shore, where responders performed life-saving measures until medical personnel arrived and took the victim to a hospital for further treatment, police said in a news release.
The man’s identity was not immediately released pending the notification of extended family and friends. Authorities did say the man was from Haiku, a small community on Maui’s north side.
There were no initial signs of foul play. The investigation is ongoing and an autopsy is scheduled, according to the police department.
The man was injured on Paia Bay, near Haiku, and shark warning signs were placed on beaches one mile on either side of the bay, according to Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources.
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