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FOREX-Euro rebounds ahead of ECB hike, Russian gas restart; yen yawns at BOJ
The euro rebounded on Thursday, rising back toward a two-week high to the dollar, as investors braced for the European Central Bank's first interest-rate increase since 2011 and the scheduled reopening of a key Russian gas pipeline later in the day. Meanwhile, the yen shrugged off the Bank of Japan's as-expected decision to stick with ultra-easy policy settings.
The euro rebounded on Thursday, rising back toward a two-week high to the dollar, as investors braced for the European Central Bank's first interest-rate increase since 2011 and the scheduled reopening of a key Russian gas pipeline later in the day.
Meanwhile, the yen shrugged off the Bank of Japan's as-expected decision to stick with ultra-easy policy settings. The euro gained 0.3% to $1.02095, clawing back part of a 0.39% retreat on Wednesday, when it also hit an intraday peak of $1.0273, the highest since July 6.
The euro had enjoyed three sessions of strong gains this week on expectations the ECB might deliver a big 50 basis-point rate hike and a Reuters report that a key Russian gas pipeline would reopen on time following a 10-day maintenance shutdown. The European Union asked member states on Wednesday to cut gas usage by 15% until March as an emergency step after President Vladimir Putin warned that Russian supplies sent via the biggest pipeline to Europe could be reduced further and might even stop.
Markets are split on whether ECB policymakers will deliver a previously telegraphed 25 basis-point increase or a half-point rise to try to wrestle down runaway inflation. The monetary authority is also likely to provide more details of a new tool aimed at controlling outsized rises in bond yields on Europe's periphery. The outlook for the region has been further complicated by the looming collapse of the Italian government.
National Australia Bank sees the ECB meeting having mixed implications for the euro. "Italy's political uncertainty complicates the ECB plans to deliver details on its new anti-fragmentation tool, especially regarding the conditions for the tool to be triggered," and a lack of clarity is likely to drag on the euro, NAB currency strategist Rodrigo Catril wrote in a client note.
At the same time, NAB expects a half-point hike and guidance for another half-point increase in September "with the Bank aiming to front-load rate hikes ahead of weaker conditions later in 2022 and into 2023, when room to move may be more limited," Catril said. In Japan, the central bank continued to buck the global monetary tightening trend by keeping stimulus settings steady, even as it raised its inflation forecast.
The dollar inched up 0.05% to 138.34 yen, edging back in the direction of the 24-year high at 139.38 seen one week ago. Sterling continued to consolidate below $1.20, last trading little changed at $1.1984, as the field of candidates vying to be Britain's next prime minister shrank to two, but a winner is not expected to be announced until Sept. 5.
The Australian dollar added 0.08% to $0.6895, while the New Zealand dollar slipped 0.1% to $0.6224.
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WRAPUP 2-Russia expands Ukraine war goals as fighting toll mounts
Ukrainian armed forces said on Thursday they had killed 111 Russian soldiers in the south and east over the past day, as comments from Russia's foreign minister showed the Kremlin's goals had grown during the five-month war. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state news agency RIA Novosti on Wednesday that Russia's military "tasks" in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region.
Ukrainian armed forces said on Thursday they had killed 111 Russian soldiers in the south and east over the past day, as comments from Russia's foreign minister showed the Kremlin's goals had grown during the five-month war.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state news agency RIA Novosti on Wednesday that Russia's military "tasks" in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region. Lavrov also said Moscow's objectives will expand further if the West keeps supplying Kyiv with long-range weapons such as the U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).
"That means the geographical tasks will extend still further from the current line," he said. The Russian-installed administration in the partially occupied Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia said Ukraine had conducted a drone strike on a nuclear power station there, but the reactor was not damaged.
Multiple blasts were also heard in the Russian-controlled southern region of Kherson overnight and into Thursday, Russian news agency TASS reported. Reuters could not independently verify the reports. Ukrainian officials had no immediate comment.
The Ukrainian military reported heavy and sometimes fatal Russian shelling amid what they said were largely failed attempts by Russian ground forces to advance. In the previous 24 hours, Ukrainian forces said they had destroyed 17 vehicles, some of them armoured, as well as killing more than 100 Russian soldiers.
In a Facebook post, the forces said they saw no signs the Russians were creating special strike groups to push a new offensive. Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield accounts.
US OPPOSES ANNEXATIONS Russia's invasion has killed thousands, displaced millions and flattened cities, particularly in Russian-speaking areas in the east and southeast of Ukraine. It has also raised global energy and food prices and increased fears of famine in poorer countries as Ukraine and Russia are both major grain producers.
The United States estimates that Russian casualties in Ukraine so far have reached around 15,000 killed and perhaps 45,000 wounded, CIA Director William Burns said on Wednesday. Russia classifies military deaths as state secrets even in times of peace and has not updated its official casualty figures frequently during the war.
The United States, which had said on Tuesday that it saw signs Russia was preparing to formally annex territory it has seized in Ukraine, promised that it would oppose annexation. "Again, we've been clear that annexation by force would be a gross violation of the UN Charter, and we would not allow it to go unchallenged. We would not allow it to go unpunished," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said at a regular daily briefing on Wednesday.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and supports Russian-speaking breakaway entities - the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) - in those provinces, together known as the Donbas. SHELLING
Lavrov is the most senior figure to speak openly of Russia's war goals in territorial terms, nearly five months after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Feb. 24 invasion with a denial that Russia intended to occupy its neighbour. Then, Putin said his aim was to demilitarise and "denazify" Ukraine - a statement dismissed by Kyiv and the West as a pretext for an imperial-style war of expansion.
Lavrov told RIA Novosti geographical realities had changed since Russian and Ukrainian negotiators held peace talks in Turkey in late March that failed to produce any breakthrough. "Now the geography is different, it's far from being just the DPR and LPR, it's also Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and a number of other territories," he said, referring to territories well beyond the Donbas that Russian forces have wholly or partly seized.
ENERGY 'BLACKMAIL' Meanwhile, concern that Russian supplies of gas sent through the biggest pipeline in Europe could be stopped by Moscow prompted the European Union to tell member states to cut gas usage by 15% until March as an emergency step.
"Russia is blackmailing us. Russia is using energy as a weapon," EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, describing a full cut-off of Russian gas flows as "a likely scenario" for which "Europe needs to be ready". Putin had earlier warned that gas supplies sent to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which has been closed for 10 days for maintenance, were at risk of being reduced further. The pipeline is due to restart on Thursday.
Russia, the world's largest gas exporter, has denied Western accusations of using its energy supplies as a tool of coercion, saying it has been a reliable energy supplier. As for its oil, Russia will not send supplies to the world market if a price cap is imposed below the cost of production, Interfax news agency quoted Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak as saying on Wednesday.
EU diplomats meeting in Brussels agreed a new round of sanctions against Moscow, including a ban on importing gold from Russia and freezing the assets of top lender Sberbank. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed the sanctions as inadequate. "Russia must feel a much higher price for the war to force it to seek peace," Zelenskiy said in a late-night video address.
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S.Korea shipyard workers willing to end strike if lawsuits dropped
Contract shipyard workers striking at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) are willing to end their strike and accept a wage increase offered by the company if lawsuits seeking damages from the strikers are dropped, a union official representing the strikers told Reuters on Thursday.
Contract shipyard workers striking at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) are willing to end their strike and accept a wage increase offered by the company if lawsuits seeking damages from the strikers are dropped, a union official representing the strikers told Reuters on Thursday. About 100 workers for subcontracting companies have occupied DSME's main dock in the south coast city of Geoje since last month demanding a 30% pay increase, causing delays to deliveries of new vessels.
In recent negotiations, strikers said they lowered their demands to a gradual increase of 15%, while DSME is holding firm at its offer of a 4.5% rise. Companies contracted to DSME and the strikers continued talks for more than 12 hours on Wednesday but failed to reach an agreement, as damage compensation demanded by the company and its subcontracting firms for losses due to the strike emerged as a key sticking point, according to the Korea Metal Workers' Union (KMWU), which represents the strikers.
"Strikers expressed their intention to accept the 4.5% wage hike offer if the issue regarding damage compensation lawsuits is resolved," said Jang Seok-won, director of public relations at the KMWU. The subcontracting companies had seemed willing to consider dropping the lawsuits seeking damages but subsequently changed their stance, the union official added. DSME, which participated in previous negotiations, did not attend the Wednesday talks between subcontracting companies and the workers.
A DSME spokesperson declined to comment on details of the negotiations. The union is scheduled to hold a press conference on Thursday afternoon.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday morning urged the contract shipyard workers to end the strike, which the government has said violates South Korea's union laws. "Illegal actions should be resolved swiftly and normalised ... for everyone's good," Yoon told reporters in Seoul.
South Korea's third-biggest shipbuilder said the dispute had cost it more than $400 million as of mid-July. The construction of eight vessels at five docks at the shipyard is being hampered, with delivery dates pushed back by two to five weeks as of Wednesday, the DSME spokesperson said.
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2022 Honda CRF300L spotted at dealership in India: Check features
The 2022 CRF300L dual-purpose motorcycle was recently spotted at a Honda dealership in India. The Japanese automaker had previously patented the two-wheeler on our shores as well. If launched, it would be the first on/off-road bike by the brand to arrive here and will go up against the Kawasaki KLX450R. The ADV is backed by a 286cc, single-cylinder engine that churns out 27hp.
- Honda is a force to reckon with when it comes to dual-purpose motorcycles across the globe.
- The Japanese brand has multiple victories in dirt racing, motocross, trails, and cross-country rallies under its belt.
- When the CRF300L will make its way to our shores, the rivalry in the adventure bike segment is bound to be raised to a great extent.
The Honda CRF300L has a typical motocross styling, featuring large fenders, a slim 7.9-liter fuel tank, a wide handlebar, a flat-type seat, a halogen headlamp, upswept exhaust, and a slim tail section. It packs a digital instrument cluster and angular mirrors. The motorcycle rides on 21-inch front and 18-inch rear wire-spoke wheels wrapped in off-road-biased tires and tips the scale at 138kg.
The CRF300L is powered by a 286cc, single-cylinder, DOHC, four-valve, liquid-cooled engine that is mated to a 6-speed gearbox. The mill develops a maximum power of 27hp and a peak torque of 26.6Nm.
For the safety of the rider, the 2022 CRF300L comes equipped with petal-type disc brakes on both the front and rear wheel, along with ABS for better braking performance, both on and off-road. The suspension duties are taken care of by 43mm inverted forks on the front and a Pro-Link mono-shock unit on the rear of the motorcycle. Both have 259mm of suspension travel.
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US demands talks on Mexican energy policies it calls unfair
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The United States is putting pressure on Mexico over energy policies that Washington says unfairly favor Mexico's state-owned electricity and oil companies over American competitors and clean-energy suppliers.
The U.S. is demanding talks to resolve the dispute, starting a process Wednesday that could end in trade sanctions against Mexico.
"We have repeatedly expressed serious concerns about a series of changes in Mexico's energy policies and their consistency with Mexico's commitments,'' U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a statement. She said "U.S. companies continue to face unfair treatment in Mexico.'' Mexico acknowledged Wednesday it had received a similar request for consultations from Canada. Mexico's Economy Department said because the Canadian request "has certain elements in common" with the U.S. request, Mexico "will seek to maintain a coordinated process with both trading partners." Among the specific issues in dispute is an amendment to Mexican law last year that the United States says gives an unfair edge to electricity produced by Mexico's state-owned utility Federal Electricity Commission over energy from private companies and over cleaner sources such as wind and solar.
The United States also protests a 2019 regulation that gives only state oil and gas company Petroleos Mexicanos extra time to comply with tougher environmental standards limiting the sulfur allowed in automotive diesel fuel.
The U.S. also accused Mexico of delaying, rejecting or failing to act on private companies' applications for permits to operate in the energy business and of revoking or suspending existing permits.
"Mexico's policies have largely cut off U.S. and other investment in the country's clean energy infrastructure, including significant steps to roll back reforms Mexico previously made to meet its climate goals under the Paris Agreement,'' Tai's office said in a statement.
The Mexican government tried to downplay the controversy, presenting it as an ordinary process between countries.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday that relations with the U.S. government were good and that the dispute was driven by Mexican companies opposed to his administration and who lobby on the issue. If the two countries cannot reach an agreement after 75 days of talks, the U.S. can request intervention by a dispute resolution panel under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA, which could result in sanctions against Mexico if the United States prevails. The pact, negotiated by President Donald Trump, replaced the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
"The government of Mexico expresses its willingness to reach a mutually satisfactory solution during the consultation phase," the Economy Ministry said in a statement. That ministry, which will lead the negotiations, pointed out that this is the fourth time this mechanism has been used since the free-trade agreement went into effect two years ago. It was first employed by the U.S. against Canada over milk quotas, then by Canada against the U.S. over tariffs on Canadian solar panels. Mexico and Canada used it to challenge the U.S. interpretation of a provision about where auto parts have to originate to qualify for duty-free status under the deal.
López Obrador said there was "no complaint" on the subject during his meeting with U.S. and Mexican businessmen in Washington earlier this month and that he told Biden that Mexico is investing in the update of hydroelectric plants and will create new solar plants in the northern border.
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Meet Balamurali Ambati, the youngest doctor in the world
Dr. Balamurali Ambati became the world's youngest doctor at the ripe age of 17 in 1995. He holds the Guinness World Record for the same. Born in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, in 1977 to a Telugu-speaking family, he finished his graduation from New York University at just 13. While his father was reportedly an industrial engineer, his mother was a mathematician. Here's more on him.
When most kids were just getting comfortable with walking and speaking, little Ambati was doing calculus at the age of four! Nicknamed "Real Life Doogie Howser" after the TV character, he finished his schooling at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and even co-authored an HIV/AIDS research book when he was just 11. He graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine with distinction at 17 in 1995.
Currently, Ambati is serving as the Professor and Director of Ophthalmology at the University of Oregon. He has earlier worked with institutions like the University of Utah School of Medicine. He also worked with many humanitarian organizations like ORBIS, SightLife, Sight for the Sightless, and Help Mercy International, among others. He has been an educator and researcher in ophthalmology for about two decades now.
Throughout his glamorous career, Ambati has won various awards, which include the Raja-Lakshmi Award from the Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, the Gold Humanism Award by the University of Utah, 2010 Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce's Business Professional of the Year, and a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery from Duke University in 2002. He also holds a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
All in all, Dr. Ambati serves as the prime example of success in one's field. He continues to be an inspiration to doctors and child prodigies worldwide. His role in the world of medicine, especially ophthalmology, has also changed countless lives, and we hope to continue to see its positive impact for many decades to come. | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/career/meet-the-youngest-doctor-in-the-world/story | 2022-07-21T05:12:19 | en | 0.980435 |
India's top carmaker hopes govt will support 'green' tech beyond EVs
India's top-selling carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, believes the government will show support for "green" car technology beyond full electric vehicles (EVs), such as hybrid, if it benefited the country, the company's chief executive said. The comments come after Maruti unveiled its first strong hybrid car in India, the Grand Vitara sport-utility vehicle (SUV), seen as key to helping recover ground lost to competitors such as Hyundai Motor and Kia Motor.
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India's top-selling carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, believes the government will show support for "green" car technology beyond full electric vehicles (EVs), such as hybrid if it benefited the country, the company's chief executive said.
The comments come after Maruti unveiled its first strong hybrid car in India, the Grand Vitara sport-utility vehicle (SUV), seen as key to helping recover ground lost to competitors such as Hyundai Motor and Kia Motor. India's taxes on hybrid cars range as high as 43%, compared to the low rate of 5% for EVs, which also stand to benefit from billions of dollars in incentives to companies that build them domestically.
Asked how talks with the government were progressing to secure lower taxes for hybrid cars, Chief Executive Hisashi Takeuchi said he thought government support would be forthcoming. "The government's support to EVs is good ... to support some more green technology is even better," he said on Wednesday. "I believe the government will support all technologies as far as they are good and contribute to a better India."
Maruti has said it will not launch an all-electric model before 2025, and even then, Takeuchi said, decarbonization plans cover other clean technologies, such as compressed natural gas (CNG), biofuels, flex fuel, and hybrids. The first model to be developed by parent company Suzuki Motor Corp in a global alliance with Toyota Motor Corp, the Grand Vitara, unveiled on Wednesday, will be built at the latter's India factory.
Its strong hybrid power train from Toyota will offer a mileage of nearly 28 km (17 miles) a liter of gasoline. It will also have Suzuki's mild hybrid power train with a mileage of about 21 km (13 miles) a liter. Maruti will export the vehicle to countries in Africa, South America, and the Middle East, Takeuchi said.
With the launch of the Grand Vitara set for September, Maruti enters a segment that contributes a fifth of car sales in India. Takeuchi said he hoped to take Maruti's market share back to half as it launches more models in the fast-growing SUV segment. Its share fell to 43% in the fiscal year to March 2022, versus 51% in March 2019.
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Vijay Deverakonda's ripped avatar impresses in 'Liger' trailer
It's here! After much hype, the trailer of Ananya Panday and Vijay Deverakonda starrer Liger is out. The Puri Jagannadh directorial was first announced in August 2019 and will mark Deverakonda's return to celluloid after more than two years. Liger is bankrolled by Charmme Kaur, Jagannadh, Apoorva Mehta, and Karan Johar (Dharma Productions). The film is heading toward a theatrical release on August 25.
- Deverakonda's pan-India popularity catapulted due to his blockbuster film Arjun Reddy, and now, the audience is even more excited to see him headline a commercial Hindi film.
- Liger is also significant since boxing great Mike Tyson has been roped in to play a pivotal role.
- Deverakonda underwent a major physical transformation to get into the skin of the character, making this a landmark project.
The trailer, slightly over two minutes, establishes Deverakonda's character as a "crossbreed" between a tiger and a lion. In this author-backed role, he also receives ample space to flex his abs and highlight his chiseled body and looks particularly promising in scenes inside the boxing ring. It's also noteworthy how Liger hasn't shied from showcasing its protagonist with a stutter—a praiseworthy effort toward inclusion.
While Deverakonda looks terrific in the high-octane actioner, sadly, Ananya Panday seems to be an eye-candy sans any meat. Hopefully, that won't be the case in the film. Ramya Krishnan, the titular hero's mother, goes all out as an actor yet again and impresses despite featuring in only a few scenes. Tyson appears only briefly but his presence elevates the trailer several notches higher.
Liger is eyeing a pan-India audience and will release in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil. While it will mark Deverakonda's Hindi debut, it is also set to be Panday's first time in Telugu cinema. Several other noted actors will be seen in the film, including Makarand Deshpande and Ronit Roy. The film has been written by Jagannadh, AR Sreedhar, and Kiran Thatavarthi. | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/entertainment/vijay-deverakonda-impresses-in-liger-trailer/story | 2022-07-21T05:12:26 | en | 0.963179 |
Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline nominations show rise for July 21 -operator website
Nominations on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for gas flows from Russia into Germany were at 29,284,591 kW/h for 0600-0700 CET, from zero previously, data from the operator's website showed.
Data for actual physical flows for the same time period have not been updated, and are at zero for the 0400-0500 CET period.
Europe is on edge about the restart of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline from Russia after annual maintenance was set to end on Thursday, with governments bracing for possible further supply cuts.
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Garena Free Fire MAX's July 21 codes: How to redeem?
Garena's Free Fire MAX is a multiplayer battle royale game that has amassed a sizable fan base in India. In order to enhance the gaming experience, it provides players with numerous opportunities to win a variety of exciting prizes using redeemable codes. Players can take advantage of the bonuses to perform better and advance to higher rankings within the game. Here are today's codes.
- Free Fire MAX is a graphically improved version of the standard Free Fire.
- The game's excellent graphics, captivating gameplay, and ongoing updates contribute to its enormous appeal among players.
- Furthermore, the creators frequently offer redemption codes allowing gamers to unlock in-game features such as new characters, skins, weapons, and more. These rewards can help players elevate their gaming experience.
A player can redeem multiple codes but every code is accessible once per player. For today i.e. July 21, the 12-digit codes of Free Fire MAX can help obtain rewards like diamond hacks, royale vouchers, premium bundles, and more. These alphanumeric codes are valid for 12 to 18 hours. They can only be redeemed using the Indian servers.
The codes provided below can be redeemed via the game's rewards redemption website. Take a look at today's list: FF9MJ31CXKRG, FFICJGW9NKYT, U8S47JGJH5MG, ZZATXB24QES8. FF10GCGXRNHY, WLSGJXS5KFYR, ZRJAPH294KV5, FFCO8BS5JW2D. FFIC33NTEUKA, VNY3MQWNKEGU, FFAC2YXE6RF2, FF1164XNJZ2V. W0JJAFV3TU5E, Y6ACLK7KUD1N, FF11HHGCGK3B.
Head over to the Free Fire MAX's rewards page (https://reward.ff.garena.com/en). Now, using your Facebook, Twitter, Apple ID, Google, or VK credentials, log in to your account. Add a 12-digit alphanumeric code in the text box, tap 'Confirm,' and then press 'Ok.' After every successful redemption, you can collect the associated reward from your in-game mail section. | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/redeem-garena-free-fire-max-s-july-21-codes/story | 2022-07-21T05:12:33 | en | 0.865861 |
Philanthropist D Veerendra Heggade to take oath as Rajya Sabha member today
Renowned philanthropist and administrator of the Dharmasthala temple in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district, Dharmasthala Veerendra Heggade, is likely to take oath as Rajya Sabha MP later in the day on Thursday.
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Renowned philanthropist and administrator of the Dharmasthala temple in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district, Dharmasthala Veerendra Heggade, is likely to take oath as Rajya Sabha MP later in the day on Thursday. Heggade was nominated to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month. His nomination came alongside that of three other eminent personalities -- ace music composer Ilayaraja, Olympic athlete PT Usha and screenwriter V Vijayendra Prasad.
His nomination filled the void the coastal region of Karnataka has had in the Upper House. After the demise of senior Congress leader and former Union minister Oscar Fernandes on September 13, 2021, the coastal region did not have any representation in the Rajya Sabha. Heggade was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2015.
73-year-old, Heggade, is the hereditary trustee of the famous Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy temple in Dakshina Kannada district. He is the 21st in his line to hold the position which has been passed on from father to son in his family. Heggade belongs to the Digambara Jain. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Heggade on the former's visit to the temple and said, "Shri Veerendra Heggade Ji is at the forefront of outstanding community service. I have had the opportunity to pray at the Dharmasthala Temple and also witness the great work he is doing in health, education and culture. He will certainly enrich Parliamentary proceedings."
The eldest son of Dharmadhikari Ratnavarma Heggade and Rathnamma Heggade, Veerendra was born on November 23, 1948. He comes from the Pergade dynasty of Tulu lineage. Besides being the administrator of one of the most famous temples in Karnataka, Heggade is also a well-known philanthropist. For over five decades now, he has led various transformative initiatives for rural development and the promotion of self-employment.
He came up with the Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project, which is an initiative for rural development and self-employment in Karnataka. This project now includes more than 49 lakh members. He has also been conducting free mass marriage each year in Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala since 1972. Since April 2004, about 10,000 couples have been married under this scheme. Heggade is also credited with the revival of Yakshagana, maintaining a purely traditional approach. He is a patron of art and literature, and runs the Kannada monthly magazine Manjuvani'. He has also established 'Manjusha' - the museum that displays rare collections of antiques and contemporary rare and valuable artifacts. A collector of old cars, Heggade has attached his vintage car collection to the museum which is accessible to all.
His philanthropic activities were recognized by the State and the Central governments. He was awarded the Karnataka Ratna award - the highest civilian award in the state - in 2009.
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Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline nominations show rise for Thursday -operator website
Nominations on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for gas flows from Russia into Germany were at 29,284,591 kW/h for 0600-0700 CET, from zero previously, data from the operator's website showed.
Data for actual physical flows for the same time period have not been updated, and are at zero for the 0400-0500 CET period. Europe is on edge about the restart of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline from Russia after annual maintenance was set to end on Thursday, with governments bracing for possible further supply cuts.
Gas flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline into the OPAL and NEL connection points in Germany stood at 0-kilowatt hours per hour on July 21 for the hour of 0500-0600 CET, data from the pipeline operator showed on Thursday.
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Cong MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment notice in Lok Sabha to discuss misuse of ED
Congress MP and Whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore on Thursday gave an adjournment motion notice to discuss the misuse of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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- India
Congress MP and Whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore on Thursday gave an adjournment motion notice to discuss the misuse of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). In a notice to the Secretary General of Lok Sabha, Tagore sought that the House should advise ED to abandon the behaviour of calling the public representatives of the opposition party, especially targeting the opposition leaders.
"Sir, I hereby give notice of my intention to ask for leave to move a motion for the adjournment of the business of the house for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent importance, namely:- To discuss about the misuse of ED and list of scams of BP Government pending with the Enforcement Department which functions as the Enemy Destroyer (ED) of the BJP Government and to direct the ED to call for all corruptors as well as Ministers for inquiry. The House shall also advise ED to abandon the behaviour of calling the public representatives of opposition party especially targeting the opposition leaders," he said. He further said to direct the ED to investigate old scams of the BJP Government.
"It is also insisted that the House may direct the ED to remind old scams of the BJP Government, especially scam relating to Birla Sahara papers in which one other than the name of PM is the main part, Rs 20,000 scam of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, Vyapam scam, Great escapade of loan defaulters of kiran Modi, Vijaya Mallaya with more than one lakh crore, allowing the willful loan defaulters like Anil Ambani, Anil Agarwal, Birla Brothers and other 15 companies to run free with loan amount of Rs.9 lakh crores approximately mainly because of the reason that they have donated a significant amount to Bharatiya Janata Party. The list goes on further," the Congress MP said. "Therefore, it is pertinent to direct the ED not to misuse its power and work for the vendetta politics of Home minister Shah and take appropriate actions against the real corrupts belonging to BJP instead of concentrating on the innocent opposition leaders and its main motto cajoling the ruling party happy," he added.
This comes ahead of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi's appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the National Herald case. Official sources said that Sonia Gandhi has been asked to depose before the investigators around 11 am today.
The ED wants to record both Sonia Gandhi's statements under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED last month questioned Rahul Gandhi on several occasions in the case.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders and MPs have decided to protest across the country against the BJP-led government's "vendetta politics". (ANI)
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BERLIN (AP) — Natural gas started flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe on Thursday after a 10-day shutdown for maintenance, the operator said. But the gas flow was expected to fall well short of full capacity.
The Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany had been closed since July 11 for annual maintenance work. Amid growing tensions over Russia’s war in Ukraine, German officials had feared that the pipeline — the country’s main source of Russian gas, which has accounted for around a third of Germany’s gas supplies — might not reopen at all.
Operator Nord Stream AG said that gas started flowing again Thursday morning but the flow would take a while to ramp up, German news agency dpa reported.
Deliveries were expected to fall well below the pipeline's full capacity. Nord Stream said a similar amount of gas was expected to that seen before maintenance. The head of Germany's network regulator, Klaus Mueller, said on Twitter that Russia’s Gazprom had notified deliveries Thursday of only about 30% of the pipeline's capacity.
In mid-June, Russia’s state-owned Gazprom cut the flow to 40% of capacity. It cited alleged technical problems involving equipment that partner Siemens Energy sent to Canada for overhaul and couldn’t be returned because of sanctions imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Canadian government earlier this month gave permission for the turbine that powers a compressor station at the Russian end of the pipeline to be delivered to Germany.
The German government has rejected Gazprom’s technical explanation for the gas reduction, charging repeatedly that it was a pretext for a political decision to sow uncertainty and further push up energy prices. It has said that the turbine was a replacement that was only supposed to be installed in September, but that it’s doing everything to deprive Russia of the pretext to reduce supplies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Gazprom still hadn’t received the relevant documents for the turbine’s return — a claim repeated Wednesday by Gazprom. Putin said that Gazprom was to shut another turbine for repairs in late July, and if the one that was sent to Canada wasn’t returned by then the flow of gas would ebb even more.
The head of the European Union’s executive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Wednesday that the turbine was “in transit” and there was “no pretext not to deliver” gas.
The Commission proposed that member countries cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months as the bloc braces for a possible full Russian cutoff of gas supplies. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/business/article/Key-gas-pipeline-from-Russia-to-Europe-restarts-17318819.php | 2022-07-21T05:12:56 | en | 0.974573 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is headed back to prime time for its eighth hearing — potentially the final time this summer that lawmakers will lay out evidence about the U.S. Capitol insurrection and President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
Thursday’s hearing is expected to focus on what Trump was doing in the White House as the violence unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican who is one of two members leading the hearing, said he expects it will “open people’s eyes in a big way.”
This will be the panel’s second hearing in prime time. The first, on June 9, was watched by more than 20 million people.
What to watch for in Thursday’s hearing:
TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Committee members have said the hearing will be an in-depth look at what Trump was doing in the White House that day as hundreds of his supporters violently pushed past police and broke into the building.
The panel has already revealed some of the Trump evidence in previous hearings, showing clips of multiple White House aides who tried to pressure the president to act, or to publicly call on the rioters to leave, as he watched television in a West Wing dining room.
But there are still questions about what the president was doing, especially because official White House records of Trump’s phone calls included an eight-hour gap, from a little after 11 that morning to about 7 that evening.
The committee has tried to fill in that gap with witness interviews and other sources, such as subpoenaing private phone records. A panel member, Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., said Trump could have called off the rioters at any time, but he did not. More than three hours, or 187 minutes, passed before he finally did.
“The consequences we’re still dealing with today,” Aguilar said.
“You will hear that Donald Trump never picked up the phone that day to order his administration to help,” Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the committee's Republican vice chairwoman, said as she previewed the hearing last week.
NEW WITNESSES
Two former White House aides who resigned immediately after the insurrection will testify at the hearing. Former deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews and former deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger will talk about what they saw and heard in the White House as Trump learned about the insurrection and waited hours to tell the rioters to leave the Capitol.
Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., who will lead the hearing with Kinzinger, said the two witnesses “believed in the work they were doing, but didn’t believe in the stolen election.”
The committee will be “hearing from people who were in the White House, what they observed, what their reactions were,” Luria said.
THE WHOLE STORY
The finale in the committee’s summer series of hearings will seek to wrap up the story the panel has been telling from the start — that Trump was told his claims of widespread fraud were false but pushed them anyway, without regard for democracy or the people who were affected, and that his words and actions incited the riot at the Capitol.
The lawmakers are expected to give a minute-by-minute description of what happened the day of Jan. 6, a capstone to previous hearings that examined the weeks running up to the insurrection.
A Democratic member of the committee, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, said the hearing will be about what happened in three different places on Jan. 6: The White House, inside the Capitol and outside the Capitol, where police officers were beaten and overwhelmed by the rioters.
CLIFFHANGERS
As the committee wraps up this “season” of hearings, like a television show, there are likely to be some cliffhangers.
Among the questions the committee may leave unanswered: Will the committee call Trump to testify? Or his vice president, Mike Pence? Will there be more hearings? Are they holding back any information for their final report?
At least one hearing is expected in the fall, when the nine-member panel is expected to issue a report on its findings, but more hearings are possible. If Republicans take control of the House in November's midterm elections, they are expected to shut down the committee.
The panel's work will also continue to reverberate through other investigations, including at the Justice Department, which has arrested more than 800 suspected rioters and has seized or sought information from some of the politicians and others who were allied with Trump as he tried to overturn the vote. The Justice Department has asked the committee for some of its interview transcripts.
Raskin said before the hearings began that the measure of success would be “whether we are able to preserve American democracy and our institutions — it’s a long-term test.”
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Associated Press writers Kevin Freking, Farnoush Amiri and Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/entertainment/article/What-to-watch-as-Jan-6-panel-returns-to-prime-17318794.php | 2022-07-21T05:13:02 | en | 0.978528 |
TATA Projects appoints Mr. Vinayak Pai as Managing Director
Mr. Pai is backed by over three decades of experience with leading engineering EPC companies where he held key positions across various teams working towards Engineering Design, Technology Licensing, Project Management, Business Development, and Operations.Elaborating on his appointment, Mr. Vinayak Pai said, I am fortunate to take up this role at Tata Projects during this phase when infrastructure is the growth engine of the Indian economy.
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- India
TATA Projects Limited, one of India's fastest growing and most admired infrastructure companies, has appointed Mr. Vinayak Pai as its Managing Director, effective 22nd July 2022.
Mr. Vinayak Pai has taken over the reins from Mr. Vinayak Deshpande who will retire after successfully being at the helm of affairs for over 11 years. Mr. Pai is backed by over three decades of experience with leading engineering & EPC companies where he held key positions across various teams working towards Engineering Design, Technology Licensing, Project Management, Business Development, and Operations.
Elaborating on his appointment, Mr. Vinayak Pai said, ''I am fortunate to take up this role at Tata Projects during this phase when infrastructure is the growth engine of the Indian economy. I envision this to be a great opportunity to transform and continue to strengthen the foundation of this company that has played a vital role in building the nation.'' He further added, ''The three key pillars of success will be driving project excellence for our customers through safe and digitally enabled delivery, providing sustainable and profitable growth to our shareholders, and creating a diverse workforce focusing on skill enhancement and growth opportunities for our employees.'' Mr. Pai has also worked with teams having members of diverse nationalities spread across different businesses. He played pivotal roles over the years across sectors and has a share of experience spanning globally. He has been part of industries such as Energy, Chemicals, Industrial & Infrastructure, and Natural Resources and has hands-on experience in executing complex projects and simultaneously being a part of the company's growth story in a highly competitive environment. In his earlier stints, Mr. Pai was the Group President at Worley, based out of The Hague, Netherlands, and was responsible for their businesses in the EMEA and APAC regions.
A frequent speaker and well-known member of the industry, he has been associated as a plenary speaker/panel on various forums like the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Chemtech, etc. He has been a member of the Executive Leader World 50 and served as a Commissioner at the Energy Transition Commission UK.
Mr. Vinayak Pai holds a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from the College of Engineering, Pune. He further completed his master' in Management Studies from Symbiosis, Pune, and an Executive MBA in Business Administration and Management from IIT Bombay – Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management.
About TATA Projects Limited TATA Projects is one of the fastest growing and most admired infrastructure companies in India. It has expertise in executing large and complex urban and industrial infrastructure projects.
The company provides turnkey end-to-end solutions to set up fully integrated rail & metro lines, commercial buildings and townships, data centers & airports, power generation plants, power transmission & distribution systems, oil & gas refineries, chemical process plants, water, and wastewater management solutions, complete mining and metal purification systems.
It is currently executing some of the most marquee projects across India such as the New Parliament Building, Jewar Airport, and Refinery Units at Barmer, Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link, Multiple Stretches of Dedicated Freight Corridors, and Metro Rail Lines across multiple cities such as Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, and Chennai.
The company is driven to deliver projects on time, using world-class project management techniques, and has uncompromising standards for ethics, safety, and sustainability.
Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1863643/Vinayak_Pai.jpg
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Key gas pipeline from Russia to Europe restarts after break
Natural gas started flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe on Thursday after a 10-day shutdown for maintenance, the operator said. But the gas flow was expected to fall well short of full capacity.The Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany had been closed since July 11 for annual maintenance work.
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- Germany
Natural gas started flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe on Thursday after a 10-day shutdown for maintenance, the operator said. But the gas flow was expected to fall well short of full capacity.
The Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany had been closed since July 11 for annual maintenance work. Amid growing tensions over Russia's war in Ukraine, German officials had feared that the pipeline — the country's main source of Russian gas, which has accounted for around a third of Germany's gas supplies — might not reopen at all.
Operator Nord Stream AG said that gas was flowing again Thursday morning, German news agency dpa reported.
However, Russia's Gazprom notified deliveries Thursday of only about 30% of the pipeline's capacity, the head of Germany's network regulator, Klaus Mueller, said on Twitter.
In mid-June, Russia's state-owned Gazprom had already cut the flow to 40% of capacity. It cited alleged technical problems involving equipment that partner Siemens Energy sent to Canada for overhaul and couldn't be returned because of sanctions imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. German officials have rejected that explanation.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
12-13-29-32-33
(twelve, thirteen, twenty-nine, thirty-two, thirty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
12-13-29-32-33
(twelve, thirteen, twenty-nine, thirty-two, thirty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000 | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17318761.php | 2022-07-21T05:13:14 | en | 0.879033 |
Delfonics lead singer William 'Poogie' Hart dead at 77
William "Poogie" Hart, a founder of the Grammy-winning trio the Delfonics who helped write and sang a soft lead tenor on such classic "Sound of Philadelphia" ballads as "La-La (Means I Love You)" and "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)," has died. He was 77.
His son Hadi told The New York Times Wednesday that Hart died July 14 at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. The cause was complications during surgery.
From the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, the Delfonics had six top 40 pop hits and more than a dozen top 20 R&B hits. With Thom Bell serving as producer and co-writer, their sound was defined by the rich orchestral arrangements and layered harmonies — Hart at times rising to a falsetto — that made Philadelphia soul as essential to the '70s as Detroit's Motown label had been in the previous decade.
The Delfonics, whose other songs included "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)" and "Break Your Promise," were among the first successes in a wave of Philadelphia vocal groups that included the Spinners, the O'Jays and the Stylistics. Their songs remained known well after they stopped having hits. The Delfonics were heard on soundtracks for movies by Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee and were covered by Prince, Aretha Franklin and other artists. Nicki Minaj, the Fugees and many other performers sampled them.
In 1971, "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" brought the Delfonics a Grammy for best R&B performance by a duo or group. They were voted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2014.
Hart was a Washington, D.C. native, born in 1947. He later moved to Philadelphia and began singing in groups as a teenager, and with younger brother Wilbert Hart and Randy Cain (later replaced by Major Harris) formed the precursor to the Delfonics, the Orthonics, in 1965. They soon learned of a local writer-arranger, Bell, who eventually worked not just with the Delfonics but with the Spinners and Stylistics.
The Delfonics initially broke up in the 1970s, but later toured in various combinations. Hart's outside projects included the 2007 album "Three Tenors of Soul" with two other stars from the '70s: Russell Thompkins Jr. of the Stylistics and Ted Mills from Blue Magic. | https://www.wxii12.com/article/delfonics-lead-singer-william-poogie-hart-dead-77/40672116 | 2022-07-21T05:13:16 | en | 0.98191 |
Libya's NOC says production resumed at several oilfields
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- Egypt
Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Wednesday crude production has resumed at several oilfields, after lifting force majeure on oil exports last week. Production has restarted at fields belonging to Waha Oil Company at a rate of 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) and will be gradually increased until normal rates are achieved, the state-owned NOC said in a statement.
Production has also resumed from the Nafoura, Tibesti, al-Ghani and al-Bayda oilfields belonging to Harouge Oil Operations and Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO).
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
09-10-14-16-40
(nine, ten, fourteen, sixteen, forty)
Estimated jackpot: $372,000
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
09-10-14-16-40
(nine, ten, fourteen, sixteen, forty)
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Australia battles fresh Omicron outbreak as COVID deaths rise
Australia reported one of its highest daily death tolls from the novel coronavirus on Thursday while hospital admissions hovered near record levels, as authorities struggle to get ahead of highly contagious Omicron variants.
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- Australia
Australia reported one of its highest daily death tolls from the novel coronavirus on Thursday while hospital admissions hovered near record levels, as authorities struggle to get ahead of highly contagious Omicron variants. The BA.4/5 variants are good at evading immune protection from vaccination or prior infection and have been driving a surge of new infections globally.
Australia is reporting the highest daily numbers since the first Omicron wave earlier this year, with 89 deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday and 90 on Wednesday. Just over 55,600 new cases were recorded on Thursday, the highest since May 18. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said state leaders and federal health officials have not recommended making masks mandatory in indoor venues, despite calls by some doctors to do so.
Australia avoided the high death tolls seen in other countries during the first waves of the pandemic thanks largely to high levels of public compliance with tough social distancing restrictions. But there is little public appetite for a return to such measures to defeat the latest surge in infections and Albanese has resisted pressure from some health experts to impose mask mandates.
"It's no good having a mandate unless it's enforced," Albanese told ABC Radio. He said health officials also had to take into account the effects of tough restrictions on mental health.
The latest Omicron wave is pushing the number of people with COVID-19 in Australian hospitals close to the peak hit in January. About 5,350 patients are in hospitals, and several states are battling record admissions. Authorities have urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people get booster shots urgently, with only about 71% of the eligible population having received their boosters. About 95% of people above 16 have had two doses.
Since the pandemic began, Australia has reported about 9 million COVID-19 cases and 10,968 deaths.
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Triad siblings who donated thousands of laptops to school children back in USA after being forced to leave
"That’s why I've dedicated my entire life and all my resources, connections, everything to fighting for the youth and people in the United States"
"That’s why I've dedicated my entire life and all my resources, connections, everything to fighting for the youth and people in the United States"
"That’s why I've dedicated my entire life and all my resources, connections, everything to fighting for the youth and people in the United States"
It was June of 2021 we first met the Martinca siblings, Adrian and Miriam. The pair had just finished giving away laptops to students in Idaho and Guilford County through their nonprofit Technology for the Future.
The pair soon realized they were two weeks late on their I-94 form renewal and were told by immigration officials they would have to leave the country.
"Having lived in the United States and calling the U.S. our home for 14 years, having to drop everything and leave was the hardest thing we’ve ever experienced," Adrian said Wednesday. "I genuinely felt like I was losing my own identity.”
We first spoke with Adrian and Miriam Martinca last spring, weeks before they were forced to leave the U.S. and again as they awaited their fate in Canada.
Their nonprofit work donating laptops to school children put on hold.
"Before I had to go, I helped over 20,000 kids with ou efforts.”
Then thousand of those kids were in Guilford County.
Waiting in Toronto, Adrian and his sister were away from the business they loved, just hoping and waiting for good news.
"It was actually really awesome because it was on July 4, so on Independence Day, I got the email saying I was getting my passport back," Adrian said.
He then returned to North Carolina a few days later, laser-focused on helping more and more kids access their dreams.
"It’s just important for youth to not only feel empowered for who they are and what they see for the world, but also have the tools and confidence to utilize those tools to move forward," Martinca said.
He says he’s reinvigorated after his time away, and is returning to work with a whole new appreciation for his American Dream.
"That’s why I've dedicated my entire life and all my resources, connections, everything to fighting for the youth and people in the United States," Martinca said. "Because I don’t want to see that freedom dissipate from the world and America is that freedom.”
In the next couple of weeks, Adrian says Technology for the Future is hoping to unveil a new platform to celebrate the dreams of children in Guilford County.
They are looking for community partners who want to join their mission to uplift students with technology. Anyone interested can contact them here. | https://www.wxii12.com/article/triad-siblings-who-donated-thousands-of-laptops-to-school-children-back-in-usa-after-being-forced-to-leave/40671628 | 2022-07-21T05:13:26 | en | 0.985872 |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
0-7-0-4, FIREBALL: 9
(zero, seven, zero, four; FIREBALL: nine)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
0-7-0-4, FIREBALL: 9
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
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Health News Roundup: Biden administration to rejig HHS to boost pandemic response - The Washington Post; WHO reports 14,000 cases of monkeypox globally, five deaths in Africa and more
Most of the cases reported thus far have been found in Europe, particularly among men who have sex with men, the WHO said, although all the deaths have occurred in Africa, the region where monkeypox outbreaks have historically been found. New Zealand steps up border protections against foot and mouth disease New Zealand said late on Wednesday it had increased measures to prevent foot and mouth disease (FMD) from getting into the country after the disease was recently found in the Indonesian tourist resort of Bali.
Following is a summary of current health news briefs.
Biden administration to rejig HHS to boost pandemic response - The Washington Post
The Biden administration is reorganizing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create an independent division that would lead the country's pandemic response, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The move will make the HHS's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) an agency at par with organizations such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the report said, citing seven people briefed on the plan and a memo obtained by The Washington Post.
WHO reports 14,000 cases of monkeypox globally, five deaths in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 14,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide, with five deaths reported in Africa, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. Most of the cases reported thus far have been found in Europe, particularly among men who have sex with men, the WHO said, although all the deaths have occurred in Africa, the region where monkeypox outbreaks have historically been found.
New Zealand steps up border protections against foot and mouth disease
New Zealand said late on Wednesday it had increased measures to prevent foot and mouth disease (FMD) from getting into the country after the disease was recently found in the Indonesian tourist resort of Bali. "With FMD recently found in the tourist hotspot of Bali, we've taken concrete steps to boost our work at the border in recent weeks including a public awareness campaign," said Biosecurity and Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor.
Australia battles fresh Omicron outbreak as COVID deaths rise
Australia reported one of its highest daily death tolls from the novel coronavirus on Thursday while hospital admissions hovered near record levels, as authorities struggle to get ahead of highly contagious Omicron variants. The BA.4/5 variants are good at evading immune protection from vaccination or prior infection and have been driving a surge of new infections globally.
Court allows Georgia 'heartbeat' abortion ban to take effect
A Georgia law banning abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around six weeks, will take effect after a federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to it by abortion providers. Chief Judge William Pryor of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote for a unanimous three-judge panel that the state had a "rational basis" for the law, given its interest in "providing full legal recognition to an unborn child."
Shionogi sinks in Tokyo trade after panel again delays COVID pill approval
Shares in Shionogi & Co posted their steepest fall in three months on Thursday after a health ministry panel again delayed emergency approval for the Japanese drugmaker's oral treatment against COVID-19. The stock dropped 8.5% to 6,901 yen as of 10:22 JST, the most since April 13, leading decliners on the benchmark Nikkei index, which was down 0.4%.
Denying refugees and migrants healthcare violates rights, WHO says
Millions of migrants and refugees are being denied adequate health care and should be included in the health systems of host countries as a human right, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. In its first attempt at reviewing the implications of migration on global healthcare policy, the WHO called for urgent action to support vulnerable populations who cross frontiers.
Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support
Nine months after the world's first malaria vaccine was recommended for use, the international vaccine alliance Gavi invited countries to apply for financial support to roll out the jab, particularly targeting young children in Africa. The World Health Organization endorsed GSK Plc's four-dose Mosquirix shot in October last year, saying it could save thousands of lives.
China's Shenzhen vows to 'mobilize all resources' to curb the COVID spread
China's southern megacity of Shenzhen vowed to "mobilize all resources" to curb a slowly spreading COVID-19 outbreak, ordering strict implementation of testing and temperature checks, and lockdowns for COVID-affected buildings. Shenzhen, with a population of nearly 18 million, reported 22 new locally transmitted cases for Wednesday, with the daily count creeping up from single digits earlier this month.
The U.S. announces $1.2 billion healthcare crackdown tied to telehealth, cardiovascular tests
The U.S. Justice Department unveiled a $1.2 billion healthcare fraud crackdown on Wednesday, revealing criminal charges against 36 defendants for alleged fraudulent billing schemes tied to telemedicine, genetic and cardiovascular testing, and equipment. The criminal charges, which were unsealed across 13 federal districts between July 11 through July 20, target clinical laboratory owners, marketers, medical professionals and telemedicine executives.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Easy 5" game were:
20-25-27-30-37
(twenty, twenty-five, twenty-seven, thirty, thirty-seven)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Easy 5" game were:
20-25-27-30-37
(twenty, twenty-five, twenty-seven, thirty, thirty-seven) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Easy-5-game-17318787.php | 2022-07-21T05:13:39 | en | 0.864485 |
UNSC meet on Syria: India cautions against possibility of terrorists gaining access to chemical weapons
Addressing the threat of "chemical weapons use" in Syria at UNSC, Pratik Mathur, Counsellor at India's Permanent Mission to United Nations said that India has been cautioning against the possibility of terrorist entities and individuals gaining access to chemical weapons.
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- United States
Addressing the threat of "chemical weapons use" in Syria at UNSC, Pratik Mathur, Counsellor at India's Permanent Mission to United Nations said that India has been cautioning against the possibility of terrorist entities and individuals gaining access to chemical weapons. "India has also been repeatedly cautioning against the possibility of terrorist entities and individuals gaining access to chemical weapons, including in the region," the envoy said,
He said that India encourages continued engagement between Syria and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Technical Secretariat to resolve the outstanding issues. Notably, in 2018, OPCW Technical Secretariat was tasked with new responsibilities including investigating and identifying the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian Arab Republic.
"India is against the use of chemical weapons by anybody, anywhere, at any time, and under any circumstances. India has consistently maintained that any investigation into the use of chemical weapons must be impartial, credible, and objective," he added. Envoy Mathur continued saying,"We attach high importance to the Chemical Convention and stand for its full, effective and non-discriminatory implementation. We support the collective efforts by all the parties to ensure that the credibility and integrity of this Convention is maintained to the fullest."
"The reports of UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh (UNITAD) have also referred to the repeated deployments of chemical weapons by UN proscribed terrorit groups and those affiliated with ISIL against civilian population between 2014 and 2016." He noted that the international community's collective fight against terrorism will be strengthened by ensuring accountability for the grave and inhuman acts of terror committed by these terrorists and their affiliated groups.
Highlighting India's contribution to addressing the issue, the envoy said, "Towards this end, India has made a contribution of USD 200,000 to support UNITAD's investigations." "India continues to believe that progress on other tracks would also help in facilitating overall political peace process by Syria. To realize this, all parties, particularly the external players need to display their commitment, in tangible terms, to a Syrian-led and Syrian-owned UN-facilitated political process in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2254."
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been actively involved in Syria since its accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 2013. (ANI)
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
01-05-38-40-41
(one, five, thirty-eight, forty, forty-one)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
01-05-38-40-41
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Sri Lanka: UN experts sound alarm on economic crisis
Greater support must be given to Sri Lanka as the country faces economic crisis and political turmoil, a group of UN human rights experts stated in an appeal to the international community.
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- Sri Lanka
Greater support must be given to Sri Lanka as the country faces economic crisis and political turmoil, a group of UN human rights experts stated in an appeal to the international community. "Sri Lanka's economic collapse needs immediate global attention, not just from humanitarian agencies, but from international financial institutions, private lenders and other countries who must come to the country's aid," they said in a statement on Wednesday.
The nine experts expressed alarm over record high inflation, rising commodity prices, power shortages, a crippling fuel crisis and economic collapse, as the country grapples with unprecedented political turmoil. On Wednesday, lawmakers elected six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as Sri Lanka's new President. Former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepped down last week after fleeing the country as protestors stormed key government buildings in the capital, Colombo.
Sri Lanka has been rocked by mass protests which erupted in March in response to shortages of food, fuel, medicines, and other essential items. The situation was compounded by economic reforms such as deep tax cuts and servicing debt payments, which ate into the country's foreign exchange reserves.
The crisis has had a serious impact on human rights, the experts said. Prolonged disrupted access to food and healthcare, has severely affected people with illnesses, pregnant women and lactating mothers who are in serious need of life-assistance. "Time and again, we have seen the grave systemic repercussions a debt crisis has had on countries, exposing deep structural gaps of the global financial system, and affecting the implementation of human rights," said Attiya Waris, UN independent expert on foreign debt and human rights.
In April, UN experts urged the government to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and expression during peaceful protests, as thousands gathered in front of the President's office demanding his resignation over corruption and mishandling of the economic crisis. UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet condemned the violence that broke out across the country, resulting in at least seven deaths.
As foreign reserves dried up, Sri Lanka defaulted on its USD 51 billion foreign debt in May. The government took steps to restructure the debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which in June noted that significant progress had been made. "Any response towards mitigating the economic crisis should have human rights at its core, including in the context of negotiation with the IMF," said Waris.
The issue of Sri Lanka's rising institutional debt had been flagged in a report issued following an expert visit in 2019. The report found that debt repayments were the country's largest expenditure, and highlighted the need for complementary alternatives and pursuit of less harmful policies. The experts said the "snowballing economic and debt crisis" was deepened by the government's hasty and botched agricultural transition, adding that the World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency response as nearly 62,000 citizens are in need of urgent assistance. (ANI)
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Hoosier Lotto" game were:
08-11-12-21-29-30
(eight, eleven, twelve, twenty-one, twenty-nine, thirty)
Estimated jackpot: $15,800,000
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Hoosier Lotto" game were:
08-11-12-21-29-30
(eight, eleven, twelve, twenty-one, twenty-nine, thirty)
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Pakistan: JI to hold 'Haq Do Karachi Ko' rally protesting power tariffs
Demanding resolution of power tariff issues in Karachi, Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami political party has announced to hold a historic "Haq Do Karachi" march on Friday, local media reports said.
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Demanding resolution of power tariff issues in Karachi, Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami political party has announced to hold a historic "Haq Do Karachi Ko" march on Friday, local media reports said. The march will be held at Shahra-e-Qaideen in Karachi at 4 PM. The announcement of the march was done by Head of Jamaat-e-Islami (Karachi) Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rahman. Women, children, elderly and young people will participate in the protest.
From July 24, Jamaat-e-Islami's Haq Do Karachi Ko movement will enter a new phase. The JI head said that they strongly condemn 6,000 monthly under sales tax in electricity bills by K-Electric. He added that they are with the business community and will announce the future course of action together with along with them very soon. Earlier in March, Hafiz Naeem said that JI will hold a protest outside Chief Minister's house after Eid.
Jamaat-e-Islami, Karachi, Ameer Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rahman had said that the "Haq Do Karachi Ko" rally is a movement for legitimate and legal rights of the people of Karachi against rural and urban feudal lords. He said that if the protestors had reached the Governor House, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) should not think that there they can not reach Chief Minister's house. We will protest at CM House after Eid, the JI chief had said, as per media reports.
He was addressing the grand "Haq Do Karachi Ko" rally, which began from Karachi's Quaidabad area to put pressure on the government to give the city its due rights. The grand rally had started from Quaidabad and ended at the Governor House after passing through the Sharea Faisal, the key thoroughfare of the city. The people of Karachi and the JI workers had set up camps at various points on the route of the rally to welcome the participants of the event.
The demands of the JI's "Haq Do Karachi" rally from the rulers include giving Karachi its due rights, stopping the treatment of the city like an orphan city, giving employment to the local youth, holding local bodies elections, resolution of electricity issues, empowerment of city government, proper transport system, population census and construction of roads. Meanwhile, the electricity supply in most areas of Karachi has been suspended for several hours following the heavy downpours that disrupted the day-to-day activities of the people. Defence Housing Authority (DHA)'s Khayaban e Badban has been without electricity supply for the last 36 hours, and the Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society (SMCHS) Block B has been without power for the last 24 hours.
Rainwater has accumulated on the main roads and streets and has caused a disruption in the flow of traffic, Geo News reported. The accumulated water has also caused several vehicles and motorcycles to break down on the streets. The report states that the rainwater has entered many houses in areas of Liaquatabad and Bihar Colony of Lyari, and has damaged the furniture along with several other household items.
The accumulation of water in front of Pakistan's National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) hospital has affected the emergency ambulance service making it difficult for them to travel back and forth.The Clifton submarine underpass and the KPT underpass had to be closed due to flooding, the local media reported. Meteorologist Jawad Memon has predicted that a new rain system might bring heavy downpours to Karachi within the next few hours. The analysts have said that the intermittent downpour might continue till tomorrow evening as clouds from the Arabian Sea are moving towards the city.
On Monday, Karachi received a heavy spell of rain in Korangi, Saddar, Nipa Chowrangi, People's Chowrangi, Superhighway, and other parts of the city. Parts of the city submerged after heavy rainfall. The intermittent downpours claimed 62 lives, including 24 children and impacted hundreds of people in Balochistan, officials said.
Around 48 people were injured in various accidents in the province, while more than 670 houses collapsed. Owing to the heavy rainfalls, three people were electrocuted including two in the Garden's Shoe Market area while another man died of electrocution in the Bilal Colony area of Korangi.
The accumulation of water also led to power outages in the South Asian Country as 500 feeders were shut due to the accumulation of water in those places and the metropolis was provided with electricity from 1,400 out of 1,900 power feeders. Frequent load-shedding across the country has left the people suffering in sweltering high temperatures.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted widespread rains in Karachi and other parts of Sindh from July 14. According to the PMD's advisory, a strong rain system will enter Pakistan from July 14, which is likely to gradually spread over central and upper Sindh, ARY News reported.
In a statement, Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfraz said that the strong rain system is currently present in Eastern India and will enter Pakistan on July 14 from Rajasthan. Karachi would receive widespread rain till July 18 or 19, the PMD chief said. (ANI)
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were:
02-05-08-13-18-28-29-31-32-35-36-37-51-52-57-59-60-69-76-78
(two, five, eight, thirteen, eighteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-seven, fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-nine, seventy-six, seventy-eight) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17318779.php | 2022-07-21T05:13:58 | en | 0.829767 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Lotto Plus" game were:
08-15-16-29-36-44
(eight, fifteen, sixteen, twenty-nine, thirty-six, forty-four)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Lotto Plus" game were:
08-15-16-29-36-44
(eight, fifteen, sixteen, twenty-nine, thirty-six, forty-four) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-Plus-game-17318783.php | 2022-07-21T05:14:04 | en | 0.879082 |
Singapore government says former Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa granted short-term visit pass
But they want to send it through a reliable source as that is the main concern.If it goes into the wrong hands, then there is no point, said William.Every single time we meet a Sri Lankan, this is the discussion we have. William, a permanent resident here, is concerned about how his 72-year-old mother is coping.
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Singapore has granted a 14-day short-term visit pass to former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa as he entered the country on a ''private visit'' on July 14, according to immigration authorities here.
Rajapaksa, 73, on July 13 fled Sri Lanka to the Maldives and then Singapore and resigned after a popular uprising against his government for mismanaging the economy.
In a statement released in response to media queries about Rajapaksa's visit to Singapore, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said that he was granted a short-term visit pass (STVP) on arrival.
Rajapaksa was issued a 14-day visit pass when he arrived here on July 14, according to a report by The Straits Times newspaper.
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said last week that Rajapaksa has not asked for asylum and neither has he been granted any asylum.
The ICA said visitors from Sri Lanka who enter Singapore for social visits will generally be issued with an STVP with a duration of up to 30 days.
Those who need to extend their stay here may apply online for an extension of their STVP.
Applications will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, said the ICA.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankans in Singapore remain optimistic about the situation back home.
But they say a real change has to go beyond the changing of guards with more decisive policies and more engaged voters, Channel News Asia reported as it interviewed several Sri Lankans in the country.
Some Sri Lankans in Singapore are skipping meals to save money and sending items such as medicine and other essential goods back to their home country amid the economic crisis there.
Some are shipping bicycles as it is very difficult to travel in the country, one Sri Lankan told the Channel.
“People are using bikes as a mode of transport and we have a shortage of bikes (back home) because we have only two manufacturers (in the country),'' said Samira Peiris, an engineer, who had recently moved to Singapore to work.
Peiris says a meal in Singapore is equivalent to three back home and as such he skips meals and cuts down on spending.
“This is not purely out of desperation but I don’t feel it is right for me to enjoy life here when people back home are suffering.” He said many others like him in Singapore are coming up with ways to contribute.
Paul William, an auditor, said that Sri Lankans in Singapore would definitely send money when they can. But they want to send it through a reliable source as that is the main concern.
“If it goes into the wrong hands, then there is no point,” said William.
''Every single time we meet a Sri Lankan, this is the discussion we have.'' William, a permanent resident here, is concerned about how his 72-year-old mother is coping. He is sending her money through the United Kingdom where his sister is based.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
12-20-29-33-37-48
(twelve, twenty, twenty-nine, thirty-three, thirty-seven, forty-eight)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
12-20-29-33-37-48
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Niue cautious on assistance from China, other nations, premier says
Niue's Premier Dalton Tagelagi said on Thursday his tiny Pacific island nation needed to be cautious in dealing with any countries, including China, that offered assistance.
Speaking at a news conference after meeting New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Tagelagi said that while Niue has had a relationship with China, it had not signed up to any agreements after meeting Beijing's foreign minister in May. He met virtually with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi while Wang was in Fiji seeking a deal with almost a dozen Pacific island countries covering policing, security and data communication.
Pacific island nations are being wooed by China, which is promoting trade and security arrangements that worry the United States and its allies, while Washington is also seeking greater financial and diplomatic engagement with the region. Niue's discussions with China were "all about technical support," Tagelagi said, adding that Beijing had offered to help with projects such as developing the country's roads.
The offer for road assistance "is there but as always, we have got to be very cautious in any of the dealings that we have. And it's not only China but also other diplomatic partners that we have similar arrangements with," he said. Niue, an island some 2,800 km (1,800 miles) north of New Zealand with just 1,620 people, is a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand.
Tagelagi and Ardern reaffirmed their countries' friendship and highlighted areas of cooperation, such as climate change and the preservation of Niue's culture and language. Ardern said in a statement the two had discussed their shared commitment to the Blue Pacific Continent, the region that includes both the Pacific Islands and their oceans, and to Niue’s efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
11-19-28-30-39-40
(eleven, nineteen, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-nine, forty)
Estimated jackpot: $550,000
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
11-19-28-30-39-40
(eleven, nineteen, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-nine, forty)
Estimated jackpot: $550,000 | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17318765.php | 2022-07-21T05:14:16 | en | 0.826184 |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
04-06-13-19-35-49
(four, six, thirteen, nineteen, thirty-five, forty-nine)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
04-06-13-19-35-49
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All houses in Kerala to get tap water connections by 2026
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All households in Kerala, cutting across the rural and urban divide, will get drinking water connections by 2026, if everything goes as planned by the Left government in the state.
The state government has allotted 10 lakh tap water connections across the southern state in the last year, state Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine said.
The department is working on providing 40 lakh new tap connections in the next three years, he said while speaking at a function at nearby Nedumangadu on Wednesday.
''Drinking water connections will be provided to all households in Kerala by 2026 under the Jal Jeevan program,'' the minister said.
Augustine was speaking after inaugurating the expansion works of a drinking water project under the Kerala Water Authority at nearby Nedumangadu. He said the Nedumangadu drinking water project was being implemented at a cost of Rs 9.50 crore after including it in the state budget for the year 2021-22.
The objective of the project was to ensure safe drinking water in the areas within the municipality limit where there is an acute scarcity of drinking water.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Match 4" game were:
09-11-15-22
(nine, eleven, fifteen, twenty-two)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Match 4" game were:
09-11-15-22
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Highly-radicalized man involved in propagating 'jihad' against India arrested from Bihar: NIA
- Country:
- India
A ''highly radicalized'' individual involved in propagating ''jihad'' against India has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Bihar, according to an official.
Ali Asgar alias Abdullah Bihari, a resident of Siswaniya village, was the seventh accused arrested in connection with a probe into the activities of the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) outfit, the official said on Wednesday.
Asgar was arrested during searches conducted in Bihar's East Champaran area on Tuesday, an NIA spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the case is related to the arrest of six active JMB members, including three illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, from Aishbagh, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, who were found involved in propagating the JMB's plans or ideology and motivating youngsters to carry out ''jihad'' against India.
The case was initially registered at a Bhopal police station on March 14 and re-registered by the NIA on April 5, the anti-terror probe agency said.
''Asgar is a highly-radicalized individual involved in propagating jihad by posting hate and incriminating materials online in various groups on social media platforms.
''He was a close associate of the accused arrested earlier and was found using encrypted applications to communicate secretly with other associates in India and Bangladesh,'' the NIA spokesperson said.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
6-7-8
(six, seven, eight)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
6-7-8
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A new Louisville baseball team made it to the playoffs in their first year.
The Louisville Jockeys was created for college players in the Ohio Valley League. They have players from multiple different colleges, including Spalding, which is where they played their home games.
In the regular season, they had a 10-26 record. The owner and co-founder of the team said it's been a great start.
"It's been a lot of fun, a lot of traveling over in western Kentucky," Matt Milligan said. "Had a lot of great times traveling on the bus and different games, we're playing some great baseball. This is our first year and we're really excited about being in the playoffs our first year."
The Jockeys were up against the Owensboro RiverDawgs Wednesday night.
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Ensure Covid norms are followed during TMC Martyrs' Day rally: Cal HC directs authorities
- Country:
- India
The Calcutta High Court has directed the authorities concerned in West Bengal to ensure that guidelines issued by the state's Health and Family Welfare Department are followed while holding the Martyrs' Day rally by the ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday.
Claiming that around 15 to 20 lakh people are going to attend the rally at Esplanade in Kolkata, amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the state, a prayer was made before the court in a PIL to direct the state to take adequate measures and enforce rules to conduct the program virtually or follow strict guidelines for holding the event. Advocate General S N Mookherjee, appearing for the state, informed the division bench presided by Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava that the Health and Family Welfare Department has come out with guidelines for conducting the rally and those wanting to attend it.
The advisory said that only asymptomatic and fully vaccinated people should preferably attend public gatherings, adhering to Covid-appropriate behavior.
The bench, also comprising Justice R Bharadwaj, directed the authorities concerned to ensure that the guidelines are followed while holding the public meeting on Thursday on the occasion of Martyrs' Day.
Disposing of the PIL, the court also directed the state authorities to take all possible steps to ensure that such a gathering may not lead to the spread of COVID-19 in the state and that the rally is held in a peaceful atmosphere.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
9-2-3
(nine, two, three)
¶ Top Prize $500
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
9-2-3
(nine, two, three)
¶ Top Prize $500 | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17318786.php | 2022-07-21T05:14:42 | en | 0.925747 |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Former UofL Basketball and NBA star Darrell Griffith brought a message of faith and focus to the Schooler Prep Academy in Louisville on Wednesday.
Griffith told kids about the importance of faith and staying focused on positive goals.
The academy in the city's Portland neighborhood guides kids in faith, sports and business.
"Well, this is a time especially in the summertime when kids are vulnerable, in my opinion, they've got a lot of free time on their hands and not a lot of structure," Griffith said. "For them to have this organization, to have a gym to participate in and have them do some positive activities, that's what it's all about and I'm all for it."
Griffith said mentors like Wade Houston made a big difference in his life and that he's happy to pay it forward.
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Narrow escape for biker who came face to face with tusker in Thrissur forest area of Kerala
So I switched off the bike completely and sat there motionless, he said.Seeing him, the tusker came towards him and on reaching his bike hit it slightly twice with its tusks, ran its trunk over him and the bike and as he showed his right palm to the elephant, to show he is not a threat, the pachyderm turned back, he said.Had I tried to ditch my bike and run away, it would have surely chased me down with ease and trampled me to death.
- Country:
- India
What would one do on seeing a wild elephant approach from the front out of nowhere? Run for life! That is what most would do, but not Thrissur native Datsun who calmly stood his ground when he suddenly came face to face with a tusker while riding through the Athirappally-Valparai forest route in this central Kerala district.
According to a recent viral video of the close shave with death that Datsun had, the wild elephant strolled up to him as he sat atop his bike, trumpeted, hit the front of the two-wheeler with its tusks and then turned back to where it came from.
The video, recorded by bikers who were some distance behind him, became viral and was aired on some TV channels.
The bikers who were recording it could be heard telling him to speed away on his bike, but Datsun switched off his two-wheeler and remained where he was.
Luckily for him, his decision paid off and he escaped with his life.
Speaking to a TV channel, Datsun -- a tile worker -- said that coming round a bend on the Athirappally-Valparai forest route, he suddenly saw the elephant a few metres in front of him and immediately brought the vehicle to a halt and also switched off his bike -- a Royal Enfield Bullet.
''I could not go forward. I could not go back also as the road was downhill in front. I could not do anything. So I switched off the bike completely and sat there motionless,'' he said.
Seeing him, the tusker came towards him and on reaching his bike hit it slightly twice with its tusks, ran its trunk over him and the bike and as he showed his right palm to the elephant, to show he is not a threat, the pachyderm turned back, he said.
''Had I tried to ditch my bike and run away, it would have surely chased me down with ease and trampled me to death. I escaped with my life as I kept quiet and calm and did not make any sudden moves,'' he said, recounting his near death experience.
After the tusker turned back, I switched on my bike and as I rode away, the elephant raised its trunk in salute and also trumpeted, he said.
The bikers behind me shared the video they had recorded and when my family -- comprising his wife and two children -- saw it, they said I escaped because of God's grace, Datsun told the TV channel.
In such situations if we remain calm and show the elephant the respect it deserves, it won't harm us, is the advice he offered to anyone finding themselves in such a predicament in future.
However, if we start taking photos, loudly honking the horn or flashing the lights, then the elephant too would get agitated, he cautioned.
Datsun was returning to his house in Mala area of Thrissur from Valparai in Tamil Nadu, where he is a tile worker at an under-construction hotel, around 5 PM when the incident occurred.
''I have never been this close to even a domesticated elephant and there I was face to face with a huge wild tusker,'' he added.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
1-8-4, FIREBALL:
(one, eight, four; FIREBALL: zero)
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1-8-4, FIREBALL:
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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- The extreme heat has made it difficult for a Louisville homeless outreach group to provide the most basic necessity.
The Forgotten Louisville spends every Wednesday handing out necessities, like water, to those without a place to call home. On days with extreme temperatures, they're handing out water, no matter the day. This summer, those days are a lot more frequent.
"We're out here every day when the temperatures are this hot," said Christen "Tiny" Herron, founder of The Forgotten Louisville.
In the summer, Herron's group hands out water and Gatorade to the homeless.
"Making sure they're hydrated is life-saving efforts," Herron said.
But Herron said battling the heat this summer is making it harder for her group to keep up with the need. Her volunteers are on the streets almost daily.
"When we have the back-to-back-to-back days of extreme heat, that just keeps us pouring through our donations," she said.
Herron said the group's bank account and its supplies are drained as the number of people without homes in Louisville continues to climb.
"As we see numbers increase on the streets, that makes the mission we do all that more important," she said.
Herron hopes people can help with monetary donations and supplies so her volunteers can keep passing out water, instead of making trips to a hospital this summer.
"We have had several people we have had to take to the hospital for, for heat exhaustion."
For more information on how to volunteer or donate to the organization, click here.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
7-4-9
(seven, four, nine)
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Ulvalde, Buffalo, Highland Park, those are all communities shattered by mass shootings this year.
But is Louisville's police force ready to respond if the worst happens?
Gun violence is no stranger to Louisville. The record number of homicides in one year was set in 2021, which broke the previous record set in 2020.
LMPD is used to gunshot responses but Chief Erika Shields spoke on Wednesday in front of Metro Council on how prepared they are if a mass shooting occurred.
After what took place in Ulvade, Shields reassured that she is leading her department through intense training and has an expectation of excellence.
"It was an absolute epic failure on so many fronts from law enforcement," Shields said. "For any agency who thinks that it wouldn't happen to them, that's arrogant. And you'd be doing your community a disservice."
LMPD's Homeland Security unit investigates threats of potential mass violence while working with agencies and companies across the city.
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— Conroy Delouche (@ConroyDelouche) July 20, 2022
If a threat becomes reality, there's a policy in place.
"What we try to do is see if there's any triggers or anything that's going on in their lives, that maybe makes them act out in that way," Det. Dustin Clem said.
Lieutenant Jeff Lauder is with the SWAT team. He explained the hours of training officers receive at the academy, range from weapons training, active aggressor responses and tactical medicine.
"The officers on-scene are to initiate and manage an immediate tactical response to neutralize an imminent threat of death or bodily harm," he said.
Each officer has a service-issued ballistic vest and a handgun but until the New Year's budget kicks in, they still have to buy their own rifle, which Lauder says is needed for mass shooting responses.
Right now, LMPD's policy recommends four officers to respond. Chief Shields says they're looking to update certain policies such as the recommendation that four officers respond as a team.
"That shouldn't even still be in our policy," she said. "And it is. People need to know that you have a gun and a badge and a vest for a reason. Get in there."
During the meeting, Council member James Peden (R-23), a teacher, questioned procedures during a lockdown at Jeffersontown High School from 2021.
He says the police response was swift, but after the threat was deemed over, there seemed to be confusion over when to end the lockdown.
Peden wanted to know who is in charge in a situation between JCPS and LMPD. In response, Chief Shields told Council, that bottom line, police will act.
"My frustrations with the school system are well-documented. And I would not attempt to mislead any of you as to say that has been resolved. I think that we have to, we have to do what we have to do to protect the students and the teachers," Shields said. "But I will commit to our people and will not sit idly by."
We reached out to JCPS for a response. In a statement, they wrote:
"At JCPS we have a committed security team that promotes a safe educational environment for our students and staff. We believe we have a strong relationship with all of our local law enforcement agencies and work together with the same top priority of making sure our students and staff are safe."
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Soccer-FIFA warns it could suspend El Salvador federation over govt interference
- Country:
- Argentina
FIFA warned on Wednesday it could suspend El Salvador if its state-led sports institute removes the heads of the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT) in favor of hand-picked officials, according to a letter shared by the federation online. Last week, seven directors of the FESFUT executive committee were temporarily suspended from their duties by a disciplinary court tied to the INDES national sports institute.
INDES suspended them saying they refused to "adapt" their statutes to those of a new law requiring the country's sports organizations to comply with governmental orders. The court also ruled it would initiate a process to evaluate the legal situation of the federation and that the INDES Steering Committee would appoint its own leaders to begin adapting the FESFUT's statutes.
FIFA, in the letter shared by FESFUT, argued the decision was "outside any statutory and regulatory structure applicable to the federation" and that it recognizes the suspended leaders. "FIFA and CONCACAF also consider that the facts described above constitute an undue interference in the affairs of the federation and therefore violate the obligations imposed on FESFUT in... FIFA statutes," reads the letter.
CONCACAF is one of FIFA's continental confederations, governing the sport in North and Central America as well as the Caribbean. The world's soccer regulatory body said if the committee appointed by the INDES was not withdrawn by July 25, the case would be immediately submitted to the FIFA Council for a decision that could include the suspension of FESFUT, which would then lose its rights as a member organization.
The decision could mean El Salvador would become ineligible to participate in the League of Nations, the CONCACAF Gold Cup and the World Cup. The president of the INDES, Yamil Bukele, half-brother of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, denied the government had intervened in the decision last week and said the institute would "defend" its position in the face of a possible FIFA sanction.
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Teignmouth Lido is having to remain closed for the summer, Teignbridge District Council has confirmed. It was due to re-open in time for the summer holidays after closing for construction work as part of its £800,000 decarbonisation scheme.
The Lido has been closed since last year to carry out works to reduce its carbon footprint, including the installation of a solar pergola. Teignbridge District Council said that there have been 'instability issues with the foundations of the solar pergola foundation and problems with material supply' resulting in an extension of construction time.
Most of the work is expected to be completed in the next few weeks but further tests will need to be carried out, in addition to cleaning and maintenance work. With the summer holidays soon to be in full swing, this would leave little time for families to make use of the Lido and cause difficulties in recruiting leisure and pool staff. The Council consequently said it will 'not be financially or operationally viable for the Lido to open until next year.'
Teignbridge District Council’s Executive Member for Leisure Services, Cllr John Nutley, said: “We have spent upwards of £800k of government funding on this major project to help reduce the Lido’s carbon footprint, cut running costs and make it financially and environmentally sustainable.
“Despite our best endeavours we've faced critical delays, long lead times and problems getting hold of materials and the combination of these issues has extended the project timescale.
“We know this will come as a huge disappointment to local people and visitors. We are sorry that the challenging construction and supply issues have delayed the project.
“Rather than spending money on reopening The Lido for just a few days, we’re going to provide Teignbridge community lidos with a one-off contribution towards their additional running costs to help them continue to support outdoor swimming opportunities.”
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
9-3-2-6
(nine, three, two, six)
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9-3-2-6
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Monsoon session: Opposition leaders to meet at office of Rajya Sabha LoP today
Floor leaders of all Opposition parties in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet in the office of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament on Thursday to discuss an important political issue, said sources.
- Country:
- India
Floor leaders of all Opposition parties in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet in the office of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament on Thursday to discuss an important political issue, said sources. Floor leaders meeting of both the Houses will be followed by Congress MPs meeting at Congress Parliamentary office in Parliament.
Notably, Opposition parties continued to force adjournment in the two Houses of Parliament on Wednesday over their demands related to price rise and imposition of GST by the government on some items of daily use. Lok Sabha saw two adjournments before it was adjourned for the day on the third day of the monsoon session of Parliament. The Rajya Sabha was also adjourned for the day after lunch following an earlier adjournment.
Opposition parties also held a protest near Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament to press their demands. During the protest near Mahatma Gandhi's statue, opposition leaders accused the government of disrupting the common man's budget due to revised GST rates on several items of daily use.
Leaders of opposition parties including the Congress, NCP, DMK and Left raised slogans against the government demanding a rollback of the hike in GST rates on commodities like curd, bread and paneer. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury were among those present.
In the Lok Sabha, the opposition parties staged protests during the question hour. The Monsoon Session of Parliament commenced on July 18 and will continue till August 12. There will be 18 sittings during the Session. (ANI)
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
5-7-5-7
(five, seven, five, seven)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
5-7-5-7
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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lankan president
- Country:
- Sri Lanka
Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the new president of Sri Lanka by the chief justice of the country on Thursday, the president's media office said.
Wickremesinghe won 134 votes in the 225-member parliament in a vote count on Wednesday, after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country and resigned from his post last week.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 4" game were:
5-3-1-4
(five, three, one, four)
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Car racing at night leads to death of one person
- Country:
- India
A race between a Mahindra Thar and a BMW in Kottekkad area of the central Kerala district of Thrissur led to the death of one person after the SUV rammed into the taxi the victim was travelling in, police said.
The incident occurred between 8.30 and 9 PM on Wednesday night when the victim and his family were returning from Guruvayur, police said.
An officer of Viyyur police station said the victim's wife, daughter and grand-daughter as well as the taxi driver also suffered injuries and are presently undergoing treatment.
The officer also said that the drivers of the Thar and the BMW have been taken into custody and alcohol was detected in the blood alcohol test of the former.
Police said two separate FIRs -- one for causing death and another for causing injuries -- would be registered after inquest proceedings are completed.
Meanwhile, the victim's wife told a TV channel that the accident happened suddenly.
She said that as she was pulled out from the taxi, her husband -- who was sitting in the front seat -- was not moving and locals were saying that the jeep was travelling at a very high speed.
The taxi driver told the TV channel that after the BMW went past them at high speed, he heard another vehicle approaching fast and therefore, he stopped the car and moved it to a side of the road.
Despite that, the speeding Thar rammed into the taxi, he claimed.
Visuals aired on TV channels showed locals detaining the Thar driver after the accident.
Police said that the BMW had sped away from the area, but was later identified based on CCTV footage of the area.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
6-7-2-2-6
(six, seven, two, two, six)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
6-7-2-2-6
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Evening" game were:
10-11-20-25-37-38-49-51-53-56-57-58-59-63-64-65-67-69-76-77, BE: 11
(ten, eleven, twenty, twenty-five, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, forty-nine, fifty-one, fifty-three, fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty-three, sixty-four, sixty-five, sixty-seven, sixty-nine, seventy-six, seventy-seven; BE: eleven) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Evening-game-17318771.php | 2022-07-21T05:15:25 | en | 0.795592 |
Biden plans talks with China's Xi soon, casts doubt on Pelosi Taiwan trip
"I think I'll be talking to President Xi within the next 10 days," Biden told reporters as he returned from a climate-related trip to Massachusetts. The long-discussed call between the two leaders, their first in four months, would come at a crucial moment given tensions over the status of Taiwan, and as the Biden administration weighs cutting import duties on goods from China to help reduce inflation pressures on American consumers.
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, by the end of the month at a moment of simmering tensions between the countries over Taiwan and trade. "I think I'll be talking to President Xi within the next 10 days," Biden told reporters as he returned from a climate-related trip to Massachusetts.
The long-discussed call between the two leaders, they're first in four months, would come at a crucial moment given tensions over the status of Taiwan, and as the Biden administration weighs cutting import duties on goods from China to help reduce inflation pressures on American consumers. The United States calls China its main strategic rival and says high-level engagement is important to keeping the difficult relationship stable and preventing it from veering inadvertently into conflict. Last month, Washington pushed NATO to adopt a strategic document calling China a security challenge.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Biden appeared to cast doubt on a trip reportedly planned by House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan next month. "I think that the military thinks it's not a good idea right now, but I don't know what the status of it is," Biden said.
Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said they noted Biden's remarks, and that Taiwan and the United States have good mutual trust and smooth communication channels. However, the ministry added that it has not received "exact information" about a visit by Pelosi to Taiwan, and has no further comment.
Beijing said on Tuesday that it would respond with "forceful measures" should Pelosi visit the Chinese-claimed island, and that such a visit would "seriously undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity." Pelosi's office declined to comment on whether the visit is moving forward, citing security concerns. The State Department has called the trip "hypothetical." Plans for the trip were reported https://on.ft.com/3B0jKgc by the Financial Times, which also said the White House had expressed concerns.
China considers the democratically-governed island its own territory, and the issue is a constant irritant in ties between Beijing and Washington. Biden's administration has repeatedly spoken of its "rock-solid" commitment to the island's security.
U.S. military vessels were conducting transits through the Taiwan Strait as recently as Tuesday, angering Beijing, which sent fighters across the strait's median line this month following a visit to Taipei by U.S. Senator Rick Scott. On trade, the Biden administration has been at odds with China over fulfilling its commitments to existing agreements.
But rising inflation has prompted a look at possible tariff relief, including the 'Section 301' tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump, covering some $370 billion in Chinese imports. People familiar with the tariff deliberations have told Reuters that Biden also is weighing whether to pair a removal of some tariffs with a new investigation into China's industrial subsidies and efforts to dominate key sectors, such as semiconductors. Such a probe could lead to more tariffs.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
16-28-32-36-37
(sixteen, twenty-eight, thirty-two, thirty-six, thirty-seven)
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Drugs, arms smuggling from Sri Lanka: NIA carries out raids at 22 places in Tamil Nadu
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Searches were carried out by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) at 22 locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with the Sri Lankan narco mafia operating in collusion with a Pakistan-based drug and gun runner for the revival of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), officials said.
The NIA registered a case on July 8 on the basis of the intelligence gathered by it.
The searches were conducted on Wednesday at the premises of the accused in Tiruppur, Chengalpattu, and Thiruchirappally districts of Tamil Nadu, they added.
It is alleged that drugs and arms traffickers have been operating in India and Sri Lanka in collusion with Pakistan-based drug and gun runner Haji Salim and working for the revival of the LTTE, the NIA said in a statement.
''The searches have led to the recovery and seizure of digital devices and various incriminating documents,'' the agency said.
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Ukraine war: why Moscow could go nuclear over Kyiv’s ‘threats’ to Crimea
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By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tatyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy Birmingham/Odesa, Jul 21 (The Conversation) As the war in Ukraine is about to head into its sixth month, the ferocity with which it is fought shows no signs of abating – neither on the battlefield, nor in the rhetoric emerging from Moscow and Kyiv.
Russian attacks continue to target Ukrainian cities such as Vinnytsia in western Ukraine that are far away from the front lines and those like Mykolaiv and Odesa that are of high strategic value in the battle over control of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast.
Meanwhile, the battle over Donbas has further intensified. Russia is currently regrouping its forces to capture the remainder of Ukrainian-held territory in the Donetsk region. While Russia has steadily gained ground in the east, Ukraine launched a counter-offensive in May to regain control of the southern region of Kherson which is critical to Russia securing a land corridor to Crimea. Having re-captured more than 40 villages since the start of the campaign, Ukraine appears to now have some momentum on this frontline. ‘Judgement day’ Buoyed by advanced western weapons systems, especially the US-supplied Himars, Kyiv has been able to target Russian command posts, storage depots, and supply lines at greater distance and with higher precision.
The prospect of deploying Himars to support the counteroffensive in Kherson prompted former Russia president Dmitry Medvedev to threaten “judgement day” should Ukraine strike targets in Crimea. The peninsula, home to Russia’s black Sea fleet, was annexed by Moscow back in 2014 and has been extremely important in Russia’s war effort since February, especially as a launchpad for ground operations in the east, including the siege of Mariupol. More recently, the Kremlin has also used Crimea as a hub for the export of stolen Ukrainian grain.
Russia has repeatedly threatened doomsday scenarios of this kind. These were usually aimed at Nato, initially at weapons and ammunitions supplies, then at troop deployments. Now Moscow seems to have accepted that they can do little about arms deliveries and are repositioning on how these arms are used by Ukraine.
While one could argue that the west has crossed several Russian red lines before without any consequences, Medvedev’s most recent temper tantrum should not be dismissed so quickly. His use of the phrase “systemic threat” in relation to any attacks on Crimea points to one of the triggers for the use of nuclear weapons in Russia’s military doctrine. According to Russian media, Medvedev, now deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, used a speech to military veterans in the southern Russian city of Volgograd to promise “a doomsday, very quick and tough, immediately” if Ukrainian forces were to attack Crimea. While no other state has recognised Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Medvedev framed such a response as legitimate reaction to an attack on Russian territory. This narrative of defending “mother Russia” disguises how strategically important Crimea is for Russia and how dependent Moscow remains on secure staging areas and supply lines there if they want to ever advance further west on the Black Sea coast towards Odesa.
Increased attacks on Mykolaiv would suggest that this is still a possibility contemplated by the Kremlin in line with “stage-two” goals of the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, which include the complete “liberation” of Donbas and a land corridor from there along the Black Sea coast all the way to Ukraine’s border with Moldova. With reference to Crimea, Moscow is now setting up another red line —- not for the west, but for Ukraine. And this creates a different, and potentially more dangerous, situation.
Autumn showdown Part of this bigger picture is an expectation, on both sides, of a showdown in the autumn. Ukraine and Russia are both hoping to “freeze” the front lines in a favourable position before the resumption of any peace talks – likely to occur in the autumn – and before winter will make fighting more difficult. For that to happen, both sides need to mobilise more forces and replenish their equipment.
While Ukraine is closer to a general mobilisation, Russia has so far avoided this and used volunteers and contractors, like the Wagner group group to compensate for its manpower shortages.
Russia may have a much larger population – around 140 million compared to Ukraine’s 40 million – but lacks the kind of sophisticated military equipment that Ukraine has access to. Instead Russia is increasingly relying on Soviet-era tanks and artillery. These may not have the same effectiveness as what Nato can supply, but their sheer number and ruthless use – including against civilian targets – could still overwhelm Ukrainian defenders.
The long-term prospects are not encouraging for either side. A protracted stalemate in Donbas is all but inevitable once Russia has conquered the remainder of Donetsk region. When this happens it will have been at a very high cost to both sides and the civilians caught in the middle.
In the north, Russia may make a new push to re-capture Kharkiv, while Ukraine may make further advances in its counter-offensive in Kherson. None of this will constitute the significant boost to morale that both sides need ahead of any major battle in the autumn.
This may increase the temptation for Ukraine to strike Russia’s bridge across the Kerch Stait to Crimea and for Russia to retaliate with tactical nuclear weapons. Because it would not constitute a direct attack on a Nato member but keep the war in Ukraine, Putin may have fewer qualms carrying out this threat.
Anyone relying on the Russian president’s “rationality” not to be capable of such a move only needs to look back at Russia actions in Ukraine over the past eight years to realise that this is not a safe bet. (The Conversation) NSA
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Presidential election results: Counting of votes today
Counting of votes for the recently-held 15th Presidential election will begin at 11 am on Thursday with the results of the contest between BJP-led NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu and joint Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha to be declared today.
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New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI):Counting of votes for the recently-held 15th Presidential election will begin at 11 am on Thursday with the results of the contest between BJP-led NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu and joint Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha to be declared today. The results will declare on who will succeed incumbent Ram Nath Kovind to become the country's 15th President.
The counting will take place in Room No 63 in Parliament House and the result will be declared immediately after the counting. The immediate precincts of Room Number 63 have been declared as sanitised and "silent zone". Only counting officers, officials deployed to assist the Rajya Sabha Secretary General, candidates and one authorised representative of each candidate, observers appointed by the Election Commission and media persons with valid passes will be allowed entry into the counting hall. Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Mody is the returning officer for the Presidential election.
Out of 736 electors comprising 727 MPs and nine MLAs permitted by the Election Commission to vote at the Parliament house, 728 (719 MPs and nine MLAs) cast their votes. The total turnout at Parliament House was 98.91 per cent. The voting took place on July 18 and was completed in a peaceful manner.
Droupadi Murmu is seen to have a clear edge in the contest with several political parties extending support to the NDA candidate. The voting ended at 5 pm at the Parliament House and at designated places in the capitals of all states besides the UTs of Puducherry and Delhi on Monday.
Arrangements were made to bring back the polled ballot boxes from states to Parliament House by July 19. Meanwhile, people belonging to the native place of NDA candidate Murmu, Rairangpur in Odisha, have made sweets anticipating her victory in the contest against Yashwant Sinha, the Opposition candidate.
The people of her native place have also planned a victory procession and tribal dance on Thursday. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also planned to begin celebrating in more than one lakh tribal villages as soon as the results are announced, sources said on July 14.
The BJP workers have been instructed to begin the celebration after the announcement of the victory of Murmu all over the country, especially among the tribal community in more than one lakh villages across the country. According to sources, the BJP high command has instructed the office bearers and workers that the BJP will celebrate the victory of Droupadi Murmu in every part of the country. BJP is preparing to celebrate in about 15,000 Mandals.
As soon as Murmu's victory is announced, instructions have been given to put up hoardings and posters of Droupadi Murmu in these tribal villages.(ANI)
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HONG KONG (AP) — Baidu, a Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence firm, unveiled its latest electric autonomous driving vehicle on Thursday.
The Apollo RT6 will be soon be part of Baidu's robotaxi fleet, as China pushes forward with its autonomous driving ambitions. It is a fully electric vehicle with a steering wheel that can be removed or installed when required, and will cost 250,000 yuan ($37,000) per unit.
“This massive cost reduction will enable us to deploy tens of thousands of autonomous vehicles across China,” Robin Li, co-founder and CEO of Baidu, said at the firm’s Baidu World conference Thursday.
“We are moving towards a future where taking a robotaxi will be half the cost of taking a taxi today.”
Baidu already runs Apollo Go, an autonomous ride-hailing service using self-driving robotaxis with safety staff seated in the driver or passenger seat. It has launched Apollo Go in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, although the service is limited to specific areas.
The RT6 also attained the industry’s Level 4 out of five possible levels of technology. That means its systems can operate without a driver but must be pre-loaded with a detailed map, thus limiting the areas where the vehicles can operate.
Lower levels of technology range from cruise control, a feature that has been available for decades, up to Level 3, which allows hands-free highway driving. Self-driving robot carts already are widely used in factories, warehouses and other tightly controlled settings.
The Apollo RT6 was designed specifically with autonomous driving in mind, compared to previous generations where the technology was retrofitted on conventional vehicles, the company said.
The steering wheel-free design allows more space for the installation of extra seating or other additions, even a gaming console or vending machine.
Baidu is best known for its search engine and online advertising services, but in recent years has invested heavily in autonomous driving and artificial intelligence technology, including automated personal assistants and AI chips.
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RS polls: Maken was 'pawn' in deeper conspiracy, says Haryana MLA Kiran Choudhry on his defeat
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Haryana Congress MLA Kiran Choudhry has termed a remark made by party general secretary Ajay Maken on his Rajya Sabha election defeat ''childish'', saying he is a ''pawn'' in a deeper conspiracy.
The script for Maken's defeat was written the day Kartikeya Sharma became an independent candidate backed by the BJP-JJP combine for the Rajya Sabha seat from the state, Chaudhry said in an interview with PTI on Wednesday.
She also questioned why the BJP did not field a candidate when Deependra Hooda contested the Rajya Sabha elections and why there was no ''ink scandal'' then.
Maken has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against Sharma's victory in last month's Rajya Sabha polls.
Speaking to reporters outside the court complex on Monday, Maken said, ''When Kiran Choudhry came out after casting her vote, she herself said she had put a 'tick mark' against the candidate's name. We had seen the ballot number on which the tick mark was put and also checked its serial number, and hence, there is no doubt that the rejected vote belonged to Kiran Choudhry.'' In a dig at All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Haryana Vivek Bansal, Maken had said that the party's authorised polling agent for the Rajya Sabha polls, who was shown every single vote, maintained until last that ''we got 30 single preference votes, whereas only 29 single preference votes were cast''.
''Kiran Chaudhry's mistake and our party's authorised agent's mistake at the same time seem statistically impossible. So, they have to admit who made a mistake and who did it intentionally, because both cannot make a mistake at the same time,'' Maken had added.
Reacting to the remark, Choudhry said, ''What Maken has said is very stupid and childish. It is clear that he is being coached. He does not understand that he is becoming the mouthpiece of the very people who conspired against him. He is a senior leader, it would have been better if he had raised this issue on the party's platform.'' ''This is not the first but the third time that such a conspiracy has taken shape in Haryana. Everyone knows who is doing this conspiracy. This has been going on since 2004,'' the Tosham legislator said.
''I was made to lose the 2004 Rajya Sabha election under a conspiracy in which one vote was cancelled. My petition is still pending in the Supreme Court. Till today, I do not know whose vote was cancelled. Similarly, in 2016, the 'ink scandal' happened. The pen itself was replaced. Congress candidate R K Anand went everywhere, but still it is not known who did it.'' Choudhry, former leader of opposition in the Haryana Assembly, said, ''It is all part of a conspiracy, and he (Maken) is a pawn in it. The script to defeat him was written the same day Kartikeya Sharma was made the BJP-backed independent candidate.'' Without naming former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Choudhry questioned, ''When Deepender Hooda ji contests elections, why doesn't the BJP field a candidate? Why is there no 'ink scandal'? Why does all this happen when someone else comes?'' Rejecting the charge levelled against her, the legislator said, ''I am with the party. I have shed blood and sweat for the party for 37 years. Will I do all this now at this age?'' ''Sonia Gandhi ji is my leader, everyone knows. I am so outspoken because I am bound up with my leader and party,'' she added.
''All this happened with Selja ji, Randeep Surjewala, Kuldeep Bishnoi, and now it is happening with me,'' Choudhry claimed.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of cattle are covered in blisters from highly infectious foot-and-mouth disease in Indonesia, sounding the alarm for the country, its Southeast Asian neighbors and Australia. The virus found in two provinces in May has now infected several hundred-thousand animals across multiple provinces, including the popular tourist destination of Bali.
Indonesia is now taking measures to curb the spread of the disease. Australia has offered assistance in hopes of preventing the disease and its economic and environmental consequences from crossing its borders.
Here's a look at the disease and what's happening in Indonesia.
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WHAT IS FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE?
Foot-and-mouth disease is caused by a virus that infects cattle, sheep, goats, swine and other cloven-hoofed animals. While death rates are typically low, the disease can make animals ill with fever, decreased appetite, excessive drooling, blisters and other symptoms.
The disease was once found worldwide but has since been erased from some regions, including western Europe and North America. Parts of Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia and Thailand, have had regular outbreaks, but Indonesia until now had been free from the disease since 1986.
The ongoing outbreak is concentrated in dairy and beef cattle, but the spread to other susceptible animals can't be ruled out.
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HOW DOES IT SPREAD?
The virus spreads easily through contact and airborne transmission and can quickly infect entire herds. People can spread the disease though things like farming equipment, shoes, clothing, vehicle tires and more that have come in contact with the virus. Though it's considered rare, humans can also carry the virus in their nose for short periods of time, infecting animals, said Michael Ward, chair of the Veterinary Public Health & Food Safety at the University of Sydney.
Livestock feed and animal products such as meat and hides can also carry and spread the virus.
More than 300,000 livestock in Indonesia had foot-and-mouth disease by the first week of July. In the same month, the Eid al-Adha festival — a Muslim holiday marked with ritual animal sacrifice — resulted in large movement of animals around the country, which is considered to have accelerated the spread of the disease.
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WHY ARE OFFICIALS WORRIED?
Because it is so easily spread, the virus can be incredibly difficult to get rid of once there is an outbreak. In poorer countries, sick animals affect people's access to food. In middle-income and richer countries, the disease affects the livestock trade and related industries. One paper estimated that foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks can cost billions of dollars, highlighting the damage to governments and farmers.
Australia, which is currently free of foot-and-mouth disease, has expressed particular worry about the spread from Indonesia. The resort island of Bali is a popular tourist destination for Australians and has confirmed cases of the disease.
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WHAT IS BEING DONE TO COMBAT THE OUTBREAK?
Indonesia is using animal testing, vaccination, treatment, and conditional slaughter to try to curb the outbreak. The Ministry of Agriculture launched a vaccination program for livestock in mid-June, prioritizing doses for healthy animals at high risk of infection, such as those at crowded places such as livestock breeding centers, community-owned dairy farms, dairy cooperatives, and beef cattle farms.
The Australian government has offered financial and vaccine assistance for Indonesia’s response to the recent outbreak. The vaccination program is likely to focus on support for the small-holder farm sector, which accounts for 90% of Indonesia’s cattle industry.
In Australia, the government announced it would install disinfectant mats at airports that are intended to capture potentially contaminated dirt from the shoes of those returning from overseas. Government officials also promised more stringent biosecurity checks, such as sniffing detector dogs, for those returning from overseas.
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CAN PEOPLE GET FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE?
No. Foot-and-mouth disease is often confused with hand, foot and mouth disease, which is caused by a different virus and mostly infects young children. People do not get the animal disease, and animals do not get the human disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane is hoping for a sentence Thursday that could let him go free after as little as two years in prison for his role in the killing of George Floyd.
His attorney, Earl Gray, has argued that the rookie was the least culpable of the four officers involved in Floyd’s death under Officer Derek Chauvin's knee in May 2020, a killing that sparked protests in Minneapolis and around the world, and launched a national reckoning on race.
Lane is one of three former Minneapolis officers who were convicted by a federal jury in February of violating Floyd's civil rights by depriving him of medical care. He faces a separate sentencing Sept. 21 in state court after changing his plea there to guilty to a reduced charge of aiding and abetting manslaughter.
Lane and fellow rookie J. Alexander Kueng helped restrain Floyd while Chauvin, who is white and was the most senior officer on the scene, killed Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 1/2 minutes despite the handcuffed and unarmed Black man’s fading pleas that he couldn’t breathe. Chauvin’s partner, Tou Thao, helped hold back an increasingly concerned group of onlookers outside a Minneapolis convenience store where Floyd tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill in August 2020.
Federal prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson to follow nonbinding federal sentencing guidelines and sentence Lane to 5 1/4 to 6 1/2 years.
But Gray has asked for 2 1/4 years. Under federal probation rules, and assuming good behavior, that would result in two years in prison. That happens to be what Lane is facing under his plea agreement on the state charge, which calls for a sentence of three years but likely would amount to two under the state's parole system.
Gray argued during the trial that Lane "did everything he could possibly do to help George Floyd.” He pointed out that Lane suggested rolling Floyd on his side so he could breathe, but was rebuffed twice by Chauvin. He also noted that Lane performed CPR to try to revive Floyd after the ambulance arrived.
"Any reasonable person should just be disgusted, should be infuriated” that Lane was ever charged, Gray told jurors in his closing argument.
Lane testified he didn’t realize how dire Floyd’s condition was until paramedics turned him over. Prosecutor Manda Sertich countered that his expressions of concern showed he knew Floyd was in distress but “did nothing to give Mr. Floyd the medical aid he knew Mr. Floyd so desperately needed.”
When Lane pleaded guilty in state court in May, Gray said Lane hoped to avoid a long sentence. “He has a newborn baby and did not want to risk not being part of the child’s life,” he said.
Chauvin pleaded guilty to separate federal civil rights charges in December in Floyd's killing and in an unrelated case involving a Black teenager. That netted a 21-year sentence when he appeared before Magnuson two weeks ago, toward the low end of the range of 20 to 25 years both sides agreed to under his plea deal.
Magnuson had harsh words for Chauvin at the hearing, saying, “You absolutely destroyed the lives of three young officers by taking command of the scene.”
Chauvin was already serving a 22 1/2-year state court sentence for second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. His federal and state sentences are running concurrently. While his plea agreement meant accepting nearly three more years behind bars than his state sentence alone, he's expected to be safer and have more freedom in the long run. Minnesota corrections officials have kept Chauvin in solitary confinement in the state's maximum security prison for his own safety, given his notoriety. He has not yet been transferred to the federal prison system.
Magnuson has not set sentencing dates for Thao and Kueng. But he has scheduled a hearing for Friday on objections by their attorneys to how their sentences should be calculated under the complicated federal guidelines. Prosecutors are seeking unspecified sentences for them that would be lower than Chauvin's but "substantially higher” than Lane's.
Thao and Kueng, who have turned down plea deals, are scheduled to go on trial Oct. 24 on state charges of aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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Find AP’s full coverage of the killing of George Floyd at: https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Ex-cop-Thomas-Lane-faces-sentencing-in-George-17318775.php | 2022-07-21T05:16:02 | en | 0.978739 |
Ahead of Sonia's questioning by ED, Cong says police not allowing media to enter AICC headquarters
A large number of Congress leaders were detained, taken to far-away locations and released only at midnight.Congress MPs had raised strong objections and complained to the president, vice president and Lok Sabha speaker against the polices high-handedness.
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Ahead of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the party alleged on Thursday that the Delhi Police is preventing the media from entering the AICC headquarters here and said this ''high-handedness'' reflects the mindset of the Narendra Modi government.
The opposition party is set to stage protests across the country against the questioning of its chief and has slammed the agency's action against its top leadership as ''political vendetta''.
''From the early hours of this morning the Delhi Police -- obviously taking orders from the Union Home Minister -- is preventing the media from entering the Congress party headquarters,'' Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet. ''This high-handedness was only to be expected and reflects the mindset of the Modi Sarkar,'' he added.
The Congress president is set to appear before the ED on Thursday for questioning in a money-laundering probe related to the National Herald-Associated Journals Limited case and top party leaders will converge at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters for the protests.
Similar protests were held when Sonia Gandhi's son and former party president Rahul Gandhi was quizzed by the ED in connection with the case last month.
Ramesh had said on Wednesday that the Congress will stage demonstrations across the country in ''a most telling manner'' against what he described as political vendetta. When Rahul Gandhi was questioned by the ED, the police had made elaborate arrangements. A large number of Congress leaders were detained, taken to far-away locations and released only at midnight.
Congress MPs had raised strong objections and complained to the president, vice president and Lok Sabha speaker against the police's ''high-handedness''.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The right to use contraceptives would be inscribed into law under a measure Democrats are pushing through the House, their latest campaign-season response to worries that a conservative Supreme Court that’s erased federal abortion rights could go further.
The House planned to vote Thursday on the legislation and send it to the Senate, where its fate seemed uncertain. The push underscored that Democrats are latching onto their own version of culture-war battles to appeal to female, progressive and minority voters by casting the court and Republicans as extremists intent on obliterating rights taken for granted for years.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said now that the “radical, Republican-stacked Supreme Court" overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, GOP lawmakers want to do more than ban abortion.
“Those of us who’ve been in Congress a while can tell you that they have been against contraception, family planning, birth control the entire time,” said Pelosi, D-Calif. “This is their moment. Clarence Thomas has made that clear. They’re right down to the fundamentals of privacy that they want to erase.”
In his opinion overturning Roe v. Wade last month, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court should now review other precedents. He mentioned rulings that affirmed the rights of same-sex marriage in 2015, same-sex intimate relationships in 2003 and married couples' use of contraceptives in 1965.
Thomas did not specify a 1972 decision that legalized the use of contraceptives by unmarried people as well, but Democrats say they consider that at risk as well.
Thomas and congressional Republicans “are about one thing, control," said Rep. Kathy Manning, D-N.C., chief sponsor of the contraception bill, which has around 150 co-sponsors, all Democrats.
“These extremists are working to take away the rights of women, to take away our right to decide when to have children, to take away our right to control our own lives and our own bodies. And we will not let this happen," she said.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who is close to GOP leaders, said he doubted the legislation could win the Republican support it will need to survive in the Senate. Democrats there have introduced a contraception bill similar to the House version.
“I think it’s pure hysteria” by Democrats, Cornyn said of the contraception rights bill. “It’s not in jeopardy” of being repealed, he said.
House Democrats have begun forcing votes on these and other issues related to privacy rights, hoping for long-shot victories or to at least energize sympathetic voters and donors and force Republicans from competitive districts in difficult spots. The House voted last week to revive a nationwide right to abortion, with every Republican voting no, and voted largely along party lines to bar prosecuting women traveling to states where abortion remains legal.
The House voted Tuesday to keep same-sex marriage legal, with 47 Republicans joining all Democrats in backing the measure. Though 157 Republicans voted no, that tally raised expectations that the bill could win support from at least 10 GOP senators and get the 60 votes needed to clear the 50-50 Senate, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
The contraception bill explicitly allows the use of contraceptives and gives the medical community the right to provide them, covering “any device or medication used to prevent pregnancy.” Listed examples include oral contraceptives, injections, implants like intrauterine devices and emergency contraceptives, which prevent pregnancy several days after unprotected sex.
The bill lets the federal and state government, patients and health care providers bring civil suits against states or state officials that violate its provisions.
Same-sex marriage may have such broad public acceptance that growing numbers of Republicans are willing to vote for it. But anti-abortion groups oppose the contraception legislation, and it remains to be seen if significant numbers of GOP lawmakers are willing to make that break.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America said the legislation “seeks to bail out the abortion industry, trample conscience rights, and require uninhibited access to dangerous chemical abortion drugs.” The National Right to Life Committee said it “goes far beyond the scope of contraception” and would cover abortion pills like RU486, which supporters said was incorrect.
Spokespeople for House GOP leaders did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the legislation.
The measure drew a mixed reaction from two of the Senate's more moderate Republicans.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was “most likely" to support the measure. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, demurred, saying she was working on bipartisan legislation that she said would codify the rights to abortion and perhaps for contraception.
There are few state restrictions on contraceptive use, said Elizabeth Nash, who studies state reproductive health policies for the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.
Nash said she was concerned that there will be efforts to curb emergency contraceptives and intrauterine devices and to help providers and institutions refuse to provide contraceptive services. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/House-Dems-move-to-protect-contraception-from-17318791.php | 2022-07-21T05:16:08 | en | 0.958761 |
Rairangpur gears up to celebrate Presidential poll results
Various local organisations such as traders bodies, bar associations, and religious and educational institutions, and even government officials are waiting with palpable enthusiasm to congratulate the daughter of the soil.Folk artistes and tribal dancers rehearsed their performances and are ready to hit the streets as soon as the results are declared.
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Hoardings have already come up in this sleepy town congratulating ''Odisha's daughter'' Droupadi Murmu on a victory that the locals believe is within the grasp of the NDA nominee even as counting is to start for the Presidential polls. Various local organisations such as traders' bodies, bar associations, and religious and educational institutions, and even government officials are waiting with palpable enthusiasm to congratulate the ''daughter of the soil''.
Folk artistes and tribal dancers rehearsed their performances and are ready to hit the streets as soon as the results are declared. They are waiting with bated breath to witness the first tribal woman president of the country.
''We are preparing 20,000 laddus and have put up 100 banners congratulating Murmu, who has her house in our town,'' local BJP leader Tapan Mahanta said.
Several organisations have planned mass feats as people from rural areas are likely to throng Rairangpur town in Mayurbhanj district from noon.
There is enthusiasm among the people as for the first time, someone from the state is tipped to occupy the country's topmost constitutional post.
Lawmakers across the country exercised their franchise on Monday to elect the 15th president of the country, with the contest between Murmu and Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha.
The NDA candidate has also been supported by BJD, BSP, Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena and JMM.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its final hearing of the summer the way the series began — vividly making the case that Donald Trump's lies about a stolen election fueled the grisly U.S. Capitol attack, which he did nothing to stop but instead “gleefully” watched on television at the White House.
Thursday's prime-time hearing will dive into the 187 minutes that Trump failed to act on Jan. 6, 2021, despite pleas for help from aides, allies and even his family. The panel intends to show how the defeated president's attempt to overturn Joe Biden's election victory has left the United States facing enduring questions about the resiliency of its democracy.
“A profound moment of reckoning for America,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a member of the committee.
With live testimony from two former White House aides, and excerpts from its trove of more than 1,000 interviews, the nearly two-hour session will add a closing chapter to the past six weeks of hearings that at times have captivated the nation.
Returning to prime time for the first time since the series of hearings began, the panel aims to show just how close the United States came to what one retired federal judge testifying this summer called a constitutional crisis.
The events of Jan. 6 will be outlined “minute by minute,” said the panel's vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
“You will hear that Donald Trump never picked up the phone that day to order his administration to help," Cheney said.
“He did not call the military. His Secretary of Defense received no order. He did not call his Attorney General. He did not talk to the Department of Homeland Security," Cheney said. “Mike Pence did all of those things; Donald Trump did not.”
Testifying Thursday will be former White House aides who had close proximity to power.
Matt Pottinger, who was deputy national security adviser, and Sarah Matthews, then press aide, both submitted their resignations on Jan. 6, 2021, after what they saw that day. Trump has dismissed the hearings on social media and regarded much of the testimony as fake.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chairman of the committee, is isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 and will attend by video. Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., a former Naval officer who will lead the session with Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who flew combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, said she expects the testimony from the White House aides will “just be really compelling.”
"These are people who believed in the work they were doing, but didn’t believe in the stolen election,” Luria said.
The White House aides were not alone in calling it quits that day. The panel is expected to provide a tally of the Trump administration aides and even Cabinet members who resigned after Trump failed to call off the attack.
As the panel continues to collect evidence and prepares to issue a preliminary report of findings, it has amassed the most substantial public record to date of what led up to Americans attacking the seat of democracy.
While the committee cannot make criminal charges, the Justice Department is monitoring its work.
So far, more than 840 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot. Over 330 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors. Of the more than 200 defendants to be sentenced, approximately 100 received terms of imprisonment.
What remains uncertain is whether Trump or the former president's top allies will face serious charges. No former president has ever been federally prosecuted by the Justice Department.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday that Jan. 6 is “the most wide-ranging investigation and the most important investigation that the Justice Department has ever entered into.”
“We have to get this right,” Garland said. “For people who are concerned, as I think every American should be, we have to do two things: We have to hold accountable every person who is criminally responsible for trying to overturn a legitimate election, and we must do it in a way filled with integrity and professionalism.”
In delving into the timeline, the panel aims to show what happened between the time Trump left the stage at his “Stop the Steal” rally shortly after 1:10 p.m., after telling supporters to march to the Capitol, and some three hours later, when he issued a video address from the Rose Garden in which he told the rioters to “go home” but also praised them as “very special.”
It also expects to produce additional evidence about Trump's confrontation with Secret Service agents who refused to drive him to the Capitol — a witness account that the security detail has disputed.
Five people died that day as Trump supporters battled the police in gory hand-to-hand combat to storm the Capitol. One officer has testified about how she was “slipping in other people's blood” as they tried to hold back the mob. One Trump supporter was shot and killed by police.
“The president didn’t do very much but gleefully watch television during this time frame,” Kinzinger said.
Not only did Trump refuse to tell the mob to leave the Capitol, he did not call other parts of the government for backup and gave no order to deploy the National Guard, Cheney said.
This despite countless pleas from Trump's aides and allies, including his daughter Ivanka Trump and Fox News host Sean Hannity, according to previous testimony and text messages the committee has obtained.
“You will hear that leaders on Capitol Hill begged the president for help,” Cheney has said, including House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, who she said indicated he was “'scared' and called multiple members of President Trump’s family after he could not persuade the President himself.”
The panel has said its investigation is ongoing and other hearings are possible. It expects to compile a preliminary report this fall, and a final report by the end of this session of Congress.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearings at https://apnews.com/hub/capitol-siege. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Jan-6-panel-probes-Trump-s-187-minutes-as-17318793.php | 2022-07-21T05:16:14 | en | 0.979218 |
Ranil Wickremesinghe to be sworn-in new Sri Lankan president
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Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday will be sworn in as Sri Lanka's eighth president.
Wickremesinghe, 73, will be sworn in at the parliament premises before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya.
Wickremesinghe, who took over as the Acting President after ex-President Gotabaya Rajapksa fled the country and resigned, is the first Sri Lankan president to be elected by Parliament as per the Constitution.
Late D B Wijetunga was elected uncontested in May 1993 after the demise of R Premadasa who was the then President.
Wickremesinghe was elected as Sri Lanka's President by lawmakers on Wednesday, in a rare move that could provide continuity for crucial discussions with the IMF for a bailout deal for the cash-strapped nation.
Wickremesinghe secured 134 votes in the 225-member House while his nearest rival and dissident ruling party leader Dullas Alahapperuma got 82. Leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured just three votes during the voting held in Parliament amidst tight security.
He faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring order after months of mass protests.
A Cabinet of 20-25 members will be appointed within the next few days to serve under President Wickremesinghe, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported.
Wickremesinghe's comfortable victory with the backing of the Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party showed that the Rajapaksa family's firm grip on political power despite the resignations of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa in recent weeks in the face of massive anti-government protests.
Wickremesinghe's victory could inflame the situation once again as many anti-government protesters see him as inextricably tied to the erstwhile Rajapaksa regime, blamed for the country's worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.
Wickremesinghe, who has been leading the crucial talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), last week said that negotiations were nearing conclusion.
Sri Lanka needs about USD 5 billion in the next six months to cover basic necessities for its 22 million people, who have been struggling with long queues, worsening shortages and power cuts.
Wickremesinghe will have a mandate to serve out the rest of Rajapaksa's term, which ends in November 2024.
Wickremesinghe, who has been in Parliament for nearly five decades, was appointed as prime minister in May, nearly two years after his United National Party (UNP) was routed and failed to win a single seat in the general election held in 2020.
Widely accepted in political circles as a man who could manage the economy with far-sighted policies, Wickremesinghe is struggling to fix the economy which, he said, had collapsed at the time of his appointment in May.
Wickremesinghe, who is believed to be close to India and its leaders, has held many important posts during his career.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Soccer player Megan Rapinoe admonished her fellow athletes for not doing enough to speak out and encouraged them to support detained WNBA star Brittney Griner at The ESPYs on Wednesday night.
Griner was arrested in Russia in February after customs officials said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage. She faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of transporting drugs.
“For me, the most striking thing is that BG's not here. BG deserves to be free, she’s being held as a political prisoner, obviously,” Rapinoe said while accepting a trophy for best play at the show honoring the past year's top athletes and moments in sports.
“Like what are we doing here dressed up like we are when our sister is detained abroad? We haven’t done enough, none of us. We can do more, we can support her more, and just let her know that we love her so much."
“First, bring BG home. Gotta do that,” tennis great Billie Jean King said.
Griner has pleaded guilty in court and acknowledged possessing the canisters but said she had no criminal intent.
Rapinoe urged her fellow competitors to keep Griner's face and name on social media.
“Every time we say it in interviews, it puts pressure on everybody,” she said. “It puts pressure on the administration, it puts pressure on Russia, it puts pressure on Putin, it puts pressure on everyone, and it lets BG know also above everything that we love her and that we miss her and that we’re thinking about her all the time.”
NBA Finals MVP Stephen Curry hosted the show and joined WNBA players Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins-Smith in calling attention to Griner's plight.
“It's been 153 nights now that BG has been wrongfully detained thousands of miles away from home, away from her family, away from her friends, away from her team,” Diggins-Smith said. “All throughout that time, we've kept her in our thoughts and in our hearts even though we know that ain't nearly enough to bring her home, y'all.”
Wearing her Phoenix Mercury jersey under his track suit, Curry noted the effort being made to free Griner.
“But as we hope for the best, we urge the entire global sports community to continue to stay energized on her behalf,” he said. “She's one of us, the team of athletes in this room tonight and all over the world. A team that has nothing to do with politics or global conflict."
They were applauded by Griner's wife, Cherelle Griner, who was in the audience at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Curry picked up a trophy, too, for best record-breaking performance, having set the mark for most 3-pointers made in league history. He also shared the best team award with the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani won best athlete in men's sports.
“It's an honor to be in the same category as all of you. You are the best at what you do,” the Japanese player said, speaking in English via videotape. “Have a wonderful everything and enjoy your afterparties.”
Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky won best athlete in women’s sports.
Ledecky earned two golds and two silvers at the Tokyo Games last year, giving her 10 career Olympic medals. She received her trophy from Maybelle Blair, the 95-year-old who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
“I represent one of the few sports that is also a really important life skill, so I want to encourage all the parents here, anyone watching, to make sure your kids learn how to swim,” Ledecky said. “Our planet is 70% water, so it's very important.”
Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko was honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, having impacted the world beyond sports. Klitschko, mayor of embattled Kyiv, Ukraine, since 2014, wasn't present. He appeared in a pre-taped video.
King led off a tribute to the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the federal legislation that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools that receive government funding.
She was joined by Lisa Leslie, Brandi Chastain, Chloe Kim, Allyson Felix, Aly Raisman and Rapinoe, among others. They spoke against a background of black-and-white photos showing women athletes in action, on the field or in the streets advocating for gender equality. Their comments were interspersed with country singer Mickey Guyton performing her songs “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?” and “Remember Her Name.”
The ESPYS were criticized by South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley for not inviting consensus player of the year Aliyah Boston to the show. Boston had hoped to attend and was disappointed not to be asked. She was issued a last-minute invitation but declined it.
ESPN said COVID-19 concerns and a smaller venue forced organizers to prioritize invitees to the show. Boston was nominated in a non-televised category that was handed out a night earlier. She lost to Oklahoma softball star Jocelyn Alo, who took part in the Title IX tribute.
ESPN college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale received the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance. The 83-year-old has undergone multiple melanoma surgeries and six months of chemotherapy for lymphoma over the last year. In March, he said he was cancer free.
Vitale dismissed messages on the teleprompter urging him to conclude his remarks, which stretched to 20 minutes.
“I'm gonna wrap up in about three minutes,” he said in a raspy voice. “Jimmy's dream was to beat cancer. We must do it because it doesn't discriminate. It comes after all.”
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Today in History
Today is Thursday, July 21, the 202nd day of 2022. There are 163 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 21, 1925, the so-called “Monkey Trial” ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T. Scopes found guilty of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned on a technicality.)
On this date:
In 1861, during the Civil War, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Virginia, resulting in a Confederate victory.
In 1944, American forces landed on Guam during World War II, capturing it from the Japanese some three weeks later.
In 1954, the Geneva Conference concluded with accords dividing Vietnam into northern and southern entities.
In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin blasted off from the moon aboard the ascent stage of the lunar module for docking with the command module.
In 1972, the Irish Republican Army carried out 22 bombings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing nine people and injuring 130 in what became known as “Bloody Friday.”
In 1998, astronaut Alan Shepard died in Monterey, California, at age 74; actor Robert Young died in Westlake Village, California, at age 91.
In 1999, Navy divers found and recovered the bodies of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette (bih-SEHT’), in the wreckage of Kennedy’s plane in the Atlantic Ocean off Martha’s Vineyard.
In 2002, Ernie Els won the British Open in the first sudden-death finish in the 142-year history of the tournament.
In 2008, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (RA’-doh-van KA’-ra-jich), one of the world’s top war crimes fugitives, was arrested in a Belgrade suburb by Serbian security forces. (He was sentenced by a U.N. court in 2019 to life imprisonment after being convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.)
In 2009, prosecutors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, dropped a disorderly conduct charge against prominent Black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was arrested by a white officer at his home near Harvard University after a report of a break-in.
In 2011, the 30-year-old space shuttle program ended as Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, Florida, after the 135th shuttle flight.
In 2016, Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination with a speech in which he pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters that as president, he would restore the safety they feared they were losing, strictly curb immigration and save the nation from what he said was Hillary Clinton’s record of “death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.” The NBA moved the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte because of its objections to a North Carolina law that limited anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people.
Ten years ago: The president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge (zhahk ROH’-geh), rejected the latest calls for a minute of silence for the Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich massacre at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. Staff Sgt. Luis Walker, an Air Force training instructor at Lackland Air Force base in San Antonio, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes that included rape and sexual assault. (Walker died in August 2014.)
Five years ago: White House press secretary Sean Spicer abruptly quit over President Donald Trump’s decision to name financier Anthony Scaramucci as the new White House communications director. Scaramucci announced from the White House briefing room that Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who had been Spicer’s deputy, would take over for Spicer. (Scaramucci would be fired on July 31 after 11 days on the job; he had used vulgar language to insult White House aides during a phone call to a reporter.) Escalating Israeli-Palestinian tensions over the Holy Land’s most contested shrine boiled over into violence that killed six people — three Palestinians in street clashes in Jerusalem and three Israelis in a stabbing attack at a West Bank settlement.
One year ago: Public health officials said U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II; the drop was due mainly to the COVID-19 pandemic. A day after he was extradited from New York, convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts. Organizers of the Kennedy Center Honors announced that the 2021 honorees would be Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, “Saturday Night Live” mastermind Lorne Michaels, opera singer Justino Diaz, folk music legend Joni Mitchell, and actor-singer Bette Midler.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Matthew Pottinger was a journalist in China, concerned about the country's drift toward authoritarianism, when he decided — at age 31 — to enlist in the U.S. Marines after the invasion of Iraq.
“Our form of government is not inevitable," Pottinger recalled thinking during an interview two years ago with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. "And it shouldn’t be taken for granted. But it’s a form of government very much worth fighting for.”
Pottinger had no way of knowing when he put on his military uniform for the first time how close to home that battle for democracy would get. He became deputy national security adviser to President Donald Trump, and he resigned after the Jan. 6 attack that tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power to President Joe Biden.
On Thursday, he'll be one of the key witnesses at a prime-time hearing of the select House committee investigating the attack. The other is Sarah Matthews, who resigned from her position as a deputy press secretary the same day.
Pottinger and Matthews will join Cassidy Hutchinson, a former assistant to Mark Meadows, Trump's final chief of staff, in the exclusive club of Trump White House insiders who have appeared publicly. Their appearances stand in blunt contrast to the cadre of Trump loyalists who have tried to defy the committee’s subpoenas, remained silent or continued to dismiss the investigation’s findings.
Any details on what Pottinger and Matthews will share on Thursday have been kept under wraps, but the hearing is expected to focus on what Trump did — and didn't do — as his supporters swarmed the U.S. Capitol and interrupted the ceremonial certification of the election.
Roughly three hours elapsed between Trump's speech at a rally near the White House and his release of a video calling the rioters “very special” but asking them to “go home now.”
Pottinger, 49, and Matthews, 27, may be able to illuminate what was happening behind the scenes as Trump resisted pleas from family, aides and Republicans to condemn the riot and urge people to leave the building.
As a member of the press office, Matthews was privy to debates over what the White House and Trump should say publicly during the riot and what other aides advised. And although Pottinger was focused on foreign policy, his position placed him at the crossroads of national security matters.
Whatever they saw that day, they decided to quit, helping to begin an exodus that included other White House staff and various Cabinet officials.
“These are people who believed in the work they were doing, but didn’t believe in the stolen election," said Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., a member of the select committee.
Luria added, “It’s just a key piece of telling the story about that day, because we’ll be hearing from people who were in the White House, what they observed, what their reactions were."
Alyssa Farah Griffin, the former White House director of strategic communications, said Pottinger and Matthews could make potent witnesses, particularly because of their very different backgrounds.
Pottinger, Griffin said, is someone with “enormous credibility,” who is “highly respected in the national security space” and not seen as overtly political. Matthews, in contrast, is “a tried and true Republican” who worked for Trump’s reelection campaign and was hand-picked to join the White House.
“I think their testimony will be incredibly compelling and carry a lot of weight,” said Griffin, who has been supportive of the committee's work and has discussed Matthews' testimony with her.
Matthews began working for Republicans on Capitol Hill as an intern while she was still a student at Kent State University in Ohio. She was so eager to begin a career in Washington that she moved to the city for her first job a month before her graduation, missing her last weeks of college and finishing her final classes online, she told her alma mater in an interview two years ago.
Matthews was hired as a deputy press secretary for Trump's reelection campaign and was brought over to the White House by press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. She worked in the area of the West Wing known as “upper press,” placing her in closer proximity to the Oval Office than others in her office.
Sometimes she joined Trump for media interviews, but mostly she fielded questions from reporters and helped prepare for White House briefings.
When Matthews resigned on Jan. 6, she issued a statement saying she was “deeply disturbed by what I saw today." On the anniversary of the attack, she called it “one of the darkest days in American history.”
“Make no mistake, the events on the 6th were a coup attempt, a term we’d use had they happened in any other country, and former President Trump failed to meet the moment,” she tweeted.
Pottinger did not issue a statement when he resigned on Jan. 6, but he discussed the decision during previous, closed-door testimony to the committee.
While the riot was underway, Pottinger said, a staff member brought him a printout of a Trump tweet accusing Vice President Mike Pence of not having “the courage to do what should have been done” to overturn the election.
“I read that tweet and made a decision at that moment to resign," Pottinger said. "That’s where I knew that I was leaving that day once I read that tweet.”
Pottinger took a much more roundabout path to the White House than Matthews.
His father, John Stanley Pottinger, served as an assistant attorney general under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He studied China in college, then moved to the country to work as a reporter for Reuters and The Wall Street Journal.
But in 2005, he joined the Marines. Explaining his unusual decision, Pottinger wrote an essay saying that “living in China also shows you what a nondemocratic country can do to its citizens.”
Qualifying at age 31 wasn't easy. He wrote that he got winded after running for five minutes, and he could only do half a pullup. But by the time he took his physical fitness test, he could do 13 pullups and run 3 miles in less than 21 minutes.
Pottinger deployed to Iraq as an intelligence officer, and he later worked in Afghanistan with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. At the time, Flynn was a respected military leader, not the promoter of conspiracy theories that he's become today.
They ended up writing a report criticizing military intelligence efforts in Afghanistan. Years later, after Trump was elected, Flynn invited Pottinger to join him in the National Security Council. Flynn didn't last long — he was forced out after a little more than three weeks because of his obfuscations about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. — but Pottinger stuck around.
He was promoted to deputy national security adviser in 2019. Pottinger was focused on Asia during his time in the Trump administration, and helped outline a more aggressive stance toward China, one that was rooted in his own experiences as a reporter in the country.
He is now a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and the chair of the China program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/White-House-insiders-to-talk-about-Trump-s-17318796.php | 2022-07-21T05:16:33 | en | 0.985104 |
Cong MP gives adjournment motion notice in LS to discuss 'misuse' of ED
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Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday gave a notice of adjournment in the Lok Sabha seeking a discussion on the alleged misuse of the Enforcement Directorate and ''targeting'' of ''innocent'' opposition leaders.
The notice by Tagore comes on a day Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is set to be questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering investigation the agency is carrying out into the affairs of the National Herald newspaper.
In his notice to the Lok Sabha Secretary General, Tagore sought a discussion on the alleged misuse of the ED and ''list of scams'' of the BJP government pending with the Enforcement Department.
He alleged that the ED functions as the ''Enemy Destroyer (ED)'' of the BJP government.
''The House shall also advise the ED to abandon the behaviour of calling the public representatives of opposition party, especially targeting the opposition leaders,'' he said.
''It is pertinent to direct the ED not to misuse its power and work for the vendetta politics of Home Minister (Amit) Shah and take appropriate actions against the real corrupts belonging to BJP instead of concentrating on the innocent opposition leaders,'' the Congress MP said.
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HONG KONG (AP) — The oldest-ever male giant panda in captivity has died at age 35 at a Hong Kong theme park after his health deteriorated.
An An lived most of his life at Ocean Park after he and a female panda were gifted to Hong Kong by China in 1999. The female panda, Jia Jia, died in 2016 at age 38, making her the oldest-ever female panda in captivity.
Ocean Park mourned An An as a family member who grew with the park and built bonds with locals and tourists.
“An An has brought us fond memories with numerous heart-warming moments. His cleverness and playfulness will be dearly missed,” Paulo Pong, chairman of Ocean Park Corporation, said in a statement.
An An had high blood pressure, a common condition among geriatric pandas. Over the past three weeks, An An had been kept out of sight from visitors at the park as his health worsened. He stopped eating solid food and was significantly less active in recent days.
Last week, hundreds left comments on an Ocean Park post about An An's condition, wishing him a speedy recovery.
He was euthanized to prevent further suffering Thursday morning after veterinarians from Ocean Park and government authorities consulted the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Ocean Park said.
“An An lived a full life that ended at the respectable age of 35 – the equivalent of 105 years in human age,” the statement read.
Hong Kong was given another panda pair — Ying Ying, a female, and a male, Le Le — in 2007 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the city’s return to China.
China commonly engages in “panda diplomacy” where the mammals exclusively found in China are leased to other countries as a sign of goodwill. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/World-s-oldest-male-giant-panda-dies-at-age-35-in-17318809.php | 2022-07-21T05:16:39 | en | 0.97392 |
Sharad Pawar dissolves all National level departments, cells of NCP
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar has dissolved all the National level departments and cells of his political party with immediate effect, said the party's General Secretary Praful Patel on Wednesday.
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar has dissolved all the National level departments and cells of his political party with immediate effect, said the party's General Secretary Praful Patel on Wednesday. Confirming the NCP's decision, Patel took to a micro-blogging site and said that the development comes with the NCP chief's approval.
"With the approval of our National President Hon'ble Shri Sharad Pawar Saheb, all the National level Departments and Cells of @NCPspeaks excluding Nationalist Women's Congress, Nationalist Youth Congress and Nationalist Students Congress stand dissolved with immediate effect." The exceptions included Nationalist Women's Congress, Nationalist Youth Congress and Nationalist Students Congress.
"This decision does not apply to Maharashtra or any other state unit," Patel added. As per sources, the move comes with an aim to reorganise the structure of NCP following the recent collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra which is comprised of Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP.
The NCP was a key constituent of the Shiv Sena-led coalition government which fell apart in late June following a rebellion against Uddhav Thackeray by a section of Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde. The new Maharashtra government came to power after Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde's 10-day rebellion brought down the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, on Monday said that he has the support of 18 Shiv Sena MPs and not just 12. . Shinde, who reached Delhi to hold a discussion regarding OBCs in the state, also expressed confidence that the Supreme court will rule in favour of his government on July 20. "Shiv Sena MPs will meet us. We have 18 MPs, not just 12," Shinde told news agency ANI ahead of a virtual meeting with Shiv Sena MPs. "We have unwavering faith & trust in our judiciary. In a democracy, the majority (in Assembly) holds significance. We've followed all the rules," he further added.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted for hearing on August 1 the petitions filed by both factions of the Shiv Sena relating to the control of the Shiv Sena party and the recent political crisis in Maharashtra, which brought down the Maha Vikas Aghadi (Congress-Shiv Sena-NCP) government in the state. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the plea by Uddhav Thackeray camp challenging the disqualification of MLAs by Maharashtra Assembly Speaker. The top court will also hear plea by the Eknath Shinde camp challenging the disqualification notices sent to them by the Maharashtra Deputy Speaker. (ANI)
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 22, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service SAN DIEGO CA
908 PM PDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY
TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 116
expected.
* WHERE...Coachella Valley and San Diego County Deserts.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Thursday to 8 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Little relief expected at night with low
temperatures in the 80s and lower 90s.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 112
* WHERE...San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...High temperatures will be highest and
nights warmest in the northern Coachella Valley.
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White House insiders to talk about Trump's actions on Jan. 6
Matthew Pottinger was a journalist in China, concerned about the countrys drift toward authoritarianism, when he decided at age 31 to enlist in the U.S. Marines after the invasion of Iraq.Our form of government is not inevitable, Pottinger recalled thinking during an interview two years ago with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. Years later, after Trump was elected, Flynn invited Pottinger to join him in the National Security Council.
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Matthew Pottinger was a journalist in China, concerned about the country's drift toward authoritarianism when he decided — at age 31 — to enlist in the U.S. Marines after the invasion of Iraq.
"Our form of government is not inevitable,'' Pottinger recalled thinking during an interview two years ago with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. ''And it shouldn't be taken for granted. But it's a form of government very much worth fighting for." Pottinger had no way of knowing when he put on his military uniform for the first time how close to home that battle for democracy would get. He became deputy national security adviser to President Donald Trump, and he resigned after the Jan. 6 attack that tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power to President Joe Biden. On Thursday, he'll be one of the key witnesses at a prime-time hearing of the select House committee investigating the attack. The other is Sarah Matthews, who resigned from her position as a deputy press secretary the same day. Pottinger and Matthews will join Cassidy Hutchinson, a former assistant to Mark Meadows, Trump's final chief of staff, in the exclusive club of Trump White House insiders who have appeared publicly. Their appearances stand in blunt contrast to the cadre of Trump loyalists who have tried to defy the committee's subpoenas, remained silent or continued to dismiss the investigation's findings. Any details on what Pottinger and Matthews will share on Thursday have been kept under wraps, but the hearing is expected to focus on what Trump did — and didn't do — as his supporters swarmed the U.S. Capitol and interrupted the ceremonial certification of the election. Roughly three hours elapsed between Trump's speech at a rally near the White House and his release of a video calling the rioters "very special" but asking them to "go home now." Pottinger, 49, and Matthews, 27, may be able to illuminate what was happening behind the scenes as Trump resisted pleas from family, aides, and Republicans to condemn the riot and urge people to leave the building. As a member of the press office, Matthews was privy to debates over what the White House and Trump should say publicly during the riot and what other aides advised. And although Pottinger was focused on foreign policy, his position placed him at the crossroads of national security matters. Whatever they saw that day, they decided to quit, helping to begin an exodus that included other White House staff and various Cabinet officials. "These are people who believed in the work they were doing but didn't believe in the stolen election,'' said Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., a member of the select committee.
Luria added, "It's just a key piece of telling the story about that day, because we'll be hearing from people who were in the White House, what they observed, what their reactions were.'' Alyssa Farah Griffin, the former White House director of strategic communications, said Pottinger and Matthews could make potent witnesses, particularly because of their very different backgrounds.
Pottinger, Griffin said, is someone with "enormous credibility," who is "highly respected in the national security space" and not seen as overtly political. Matthews, in contrast, is "a tried and true Republican" who worked for Trump's reelection campaign and was hand-picked to join the White House.
"I think their testimony will be incredibly compelling and carry a lot of weight," said Griffin, who has been supportive of the committee's work and has discussed Matthews' testimony with her.
Matthews began working for Republicans on Capitol Hill as an intern while she was still a student at Kent State University in Ohio. She was so eager to begin a career in Washington that she moved to the city for her first job a month before her graduation, missing her last weeks of college and finishing her final classes online, she told her alma mater in an interview two years ago.
Matthews was hired as a deputy press secretary for Trump's reelection campaign and was brought over to the White House by press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. She worked in the area of the West Wing known as the "upper press," placing her in closer proximity to the Oval Office than others in her office. Sometimes she joined Trump for media interviews, but mostly she fielded questions from reporters and helped prepare for White House briefings. When Matthews resigned on Jan. 6, she issued a statement saying she was "deeply disturbed by what I saw today.'' On the anniversary of the attack, she called it "one of the darkest days in American history." "Make no mistake, the events on the 6th were a coup attempt, a term we'd use had they happened in any other country, and former President Trump failed to meet the moment," she tweeted.
Pottinger did not issue a statement when he resigned on Jan. 6, but he discussed the decision during previous, closed-door testimony to the committee.
While the riot was underway, Pottinger said, a staff member brought him a printout of a Trump tweet accusing Vice President Mike Pence of not having "the courage to do what should have been done" to overturn the election. "I read that tweet and made a decision at that moment to resign,'' Pottinger said. ''That's where I knew that I was leaving that day once I read that tweet." Pottinger took a much more roundabout path to the White House than Matthews. His father, John Stanley Pottinger, served as an assistant attorney general under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He studied China in college, then moved to the country to work as a reporter for Reuters and The Wall Street Journal. But in 2005, he joined the Marines. Explaining his unusual decision, Pottinger wrote an essay saying that "living in China also shows you what a nondemocratic country can do to its citizens." Qualifying at age 31 wasn't easy. He wrote that he got winded after running for five minutes, and he could only do half a pullup. But by the time he took his physical fitness test, he could do 13 pullups and run 3 miles in less than 21 minutes. Pottinger deployed to Iraq as an intelligence officer, and he later worked in Afghanistan with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. At the time, Flynn was a respected military leader, not the promoter of conspiracy theories that he's become today. They ended up writing a report criticizing military intelligence efforts in Afghanistan. Years later, after Trump was elected, Flynn invited Pottinger to join him in the National Security Council. Flynn didn't last long — he was forced out after a little more than three weeks because of his obfuscations about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. — but Pottinger stuck around.
He was promoted to deputy national security adviser in 2019. Pottinger was focused on Asia during his time in the Trump administration and helped outline a more aggressive stance toward China, one that was rooted in his own experiences as a reporter in the country. He is now a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and the chair of the China program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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WFO BUFFALO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1116 PM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTY...
At 1116 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lockport,
moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Lockport, Newfane, Barker, Gasport, Cambria Center, Appleton and
Olcott.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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Kerala-Centre face-off on GST: Balagopal says no tax should be levied on common man's items
We are still upholding our position, which we took in the GoM meet, that tax should not be levied on items of common man, he said.The latest face-off between Kerala and the Centre also comes amid rising political tempers over price rise, including levying of GST on certain daily use items, and the issue has also resulted in disruption of Parliamentary proceedings for the past three days.On Tuesday, Sitharaman had said that non-BJP ruled states-Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala- had agreed to impose the 5 per cent levy.
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Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal on Thursday said the state had repeatedly expressed its reservations over imposing GST on certain packaged food items, contradicting Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's claims that even non-BJP ruled states were onboard on the taxation decision. Days after Sitharaman mentioned that Opposition-ruled states had given their nod for imposing 5 per cent GST on certain unbranded packaged food items, Balagopal, a senior leader of Kerala's ruling Left front, said it was only a ''technical claim''.
Reiterating his opposition to levying GST on certain daily use items, he made it clear that ''tax should not be levied on items of common man'' Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, decisions are taken through consensus by the GST Council that comprise the Union Finance Minister and state finance ministers.
''Our understanding was that only those big companies which are evading tax on the packaged essential commodities by misusing their brand names and registration will be taxed,'' Balagopal told PTI.
Balagopal said he had raised the issues involved in imposing GST uniformly on all packaged essential commodities during the meetings of the Group of Ministers (GoM) held in November last year and June this year.
The Kerala minister, a member of the GoM, said he had even sent a letter to the group's Chairman Kranataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai requesting to place a more detailed study before finalising the recommendations so that the GoM can take right decisions to improve the life of the common man in the country.
''In the letter I had said the attempt to bring in various small sectors without a proper impact study could create a situation where poor and common people are levied tax,'' Balagopal said.
The minister also said that he had again sent the same letter to Bommai when the last GoM meet was held online in June this year and requested him to make it part of the final report.
Balagopal asserted that GST on certain packaged food items was not a question of confusion or the Centre-state fight and hoped that a detailed discussion on the issue will be held in the next meeting of the GST Council next month.
''There is a lot of confusion among the people over the issue...Our stand is very clear. We are still upholding our position, which we took in the GoM meet, that tax should not be levied on items of common man,'' he said.
The latest face-off between Kerala and the Centre also comes amid rising political tempers over price rise, including levying of GST on certain daily use items, and the issue has also resulted in disruption of Parliamentary proceedings for the past three days.
On Tuesday, Sitharaman had said that non-BJP ruled states-Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala- had agreed to impose the 5 per cent levy. Amid rising protests over the levy, Balagopal on Tuesday had informed the Kerala Assembly that the state government does not intend to tax items sold by entities like Kudumbashree or small stores in 1 or 2 kg packets.
''At any rate, in Kerala we don't intend to tax items which are sold by organisations like Kudumbashree or in small stores in 1 or 2 kg packets or in loose quantities. Even if this will lead to issues with the Centre,'' Balagopal had told the Assembly.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has sought an urgent intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of the imposition of GST on essential commodities, arguing that the move will severely affect common people.
Vijayan has pointed out that many small shopkeepers and millers pre-pack and keep the items ready for sale so that the customers can readily purchase them off the shelf rather than spend time getting the items weighed and packed.
In a letter to Modi on Tuesday, Vijayan had said such pre-packing is a common practice in most of the retail shops in Kerala and the present change will have an adverse impact on the large number of ordinary customers who frequent these shops for their essential purchases.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
958 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Oldham, Deaf Smith
and southern Hartley Counties through 1030 PM CDT...
At 958 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 11 miles east of Romero to 4 miles southeast of
Glenrio. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Hereford, Vega, Channing, Adrian, Glenrio, Dawn, Boys Ranch, Bootleg,
Wildorado, Simms and Romero.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3581 10303 3584 10216 3475 10217 3475 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 294DEG 28KT 3572 10272 3515 10295
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1032 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Oldham
and north central Deaf Smith Counties through 1100 PM CDT...
At 1031 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Adrian, or 16 miles west of Vega, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Vega, Adrian and Simms.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3525 10293 3543 10265 3525 10233 3497 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 305DEG 13KT 3527 10271
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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Sonia Gandhi to appear for questioning today; Priyanka, Rahul likely to accompany her to ED office
Ahead of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi appearance Thursday before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the National Herald case, her daughter party's General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived at her residence and is likely to accompany the veteran leader to the probe agency's office here.
- Country:
- India
Ahead of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi appearance Thursday before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the National Herald case, her daughter party's General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived at her residence and is likely to accompany the veteran leader to the probe agency's office here. Sonia Gandhi's son MP Rahul Gandhi is also likely to accompany her to the ED office, sources said. Meanwhile, Congress workers raised slogans at the party office, extending their support to party chief.
The Congress interim leader has been asked to depose before the investigators at the ED office around 11 am today in an alleged money laundering case. Congress leaders and MPs had met here on Wednesday evening and decided to hold protests across the country against the BJP-led government's "vendetta politics". The party has also planned to gherao ED offices across the country.
Police in the national capital have made elaborate arrangements and have barricaded Akbar Road, where the Congress headquarters are located. Delhi Police today issued a traffic advisory as major routes in the city are being diverted and barricades have been set up. The ED had on June 1 summoned Sonia Gandhi to appear before its investigators on June 8 in the case for the first time in connection with a money laundering case involving the National Herald.
The agency had issued similar summons to Sonia Gandhi investigators on June 8 and then on June 21. Sonia Gandhi could not appear for questioning after testing positive and being hospitalised for Covid-19. The Congress leader had developed a mild fever on June 1 evening and was found COVID-19 positive upon testing the next morning. After her discharge from hospital, she had asked for more time to appear before the agency.
The ED wants to record both Sonia Gandhi's statements under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Last month the ED had questioned Rahul Gandhi on several occasions in the case.
The case to investigate alleged financial irregularities under the PMLA was registered about nine months ago after a trial court took cognisance of an Income Tax Department probe carried out on the basis of a private criminal complaint filed by former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP in 2013. The petitioner had approached the court alleging that the assets of Associated Journals Limited (AJL), which published the National Herald newspaper, were fraudulently acquired and transferred to Young Indian Pvt Limited (YIL), in which Sonia Gandhi and her son owned 38 per cent shares each.
The YIL promoters include Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Swamy had alleged that the Gandhis cheated and misappropriated funds, with YIL paying only Rs 50 lakh to obtain the right to recover Rs 90.25 crore that AJL owed to Congress. Congress argued that YIL was a not-for-profit company under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 that can neither accumulate profits nor pay dividends to its shareholders.
Calling it a case of political vendetta, senior Supreme Court advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi had said, "This is truly a very weird case -- an alleged money laundering case on which summons are issued with no money involved." The federal agency's move followed the questioning of senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Treasurer Pawan Bansal in April this year in New Delhi in connection with its money laundering probe into the National Herald case.
The agency then recorded the statements of both the Congress leaders then under the PMLA. The National Herald is published by AJL and owned by YIL. While Kharge is the CEO of YIL, Bansal is the Managing Director of AJL.
The ED is currently investigating the shareholding pattern and financial transactions as well as the role of party functionaries in the functioning of AJL and YIL. (ANI)
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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn-in as Sri Lanka's new president
- Country:
- Sri Lanka
Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn-in as Sri Lanka's eighth president and will face the tough task of leading the country out of its economic crisis and restoring order after months of mass protests.
Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka at the Parliament complex before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya.
Wickremesinghe, who took over as the Acting President after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapksa fled the country and resigned last week, is the first Sri Lankan president to be elected by Parliament following a vote. Late D B Wijetunga was elected uncontested in May 1993 after the demise of R Premadasa who was the then President.
Wickremesinghe, a six-time former prime minister, was elected as Sri Lanka's President by lawmakers on Wednesday, in a rare move that could provide continuity for crucial discussions with the IMF for a bailout deal for the cash-strapped nation.
He secured 134 votes in the 225-member House while his nearest rival and dissident ruling party leader Dullas Alahapperuma got 82. Leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured just three votes during the voting held in Parliament amidst tight security.
He faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring order after months of mass protests.
A Cabinet of 20-25 members will be appointed within the next few days to serve under President Wickremesinghe, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported.
Wickremesinghe's comfortable victory with the backing of the Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party showed the Rajapaksa family's firm grip on Sri Lankan politics despite the resignations of President Rajapaksa, former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa in recent weeks in the face of massive anti-government protests.
Wickremesinghe's victory could inflame the situation once again as many anti-government protesters see him as inextricably tied to the erstwhile Rajapaksa regime, blamed for the country's worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.
A few hundred protesters quickly gathered after Wickremesinghe was elected as president to express their outrage as they see him as part of the problematic political establishment.
Wickremesinghe will have a mandate to serve out the rest of Rajapaksa's term, which ends in November 2024.
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World's oldest known male giant panda, An An, dies at 35
An An, the world's oldest male giant panda under human care, was euthanised on Thursday at age 35, the equivalent of 105 years for humans, said the Hong Kong theme park where he lived.
- Country:
- Hong Kong
An An, the world's oldest male giant panda under human care, was euthanised on Thursday at age 35, the equivalent of 105 years for humans, said the Hong Kong theme park where he lived. An An's health had showed steady signs of deterioration over the past few weeks, with his food intake declining, until he finally stopped eating, said Ocean Park, the marine and animal facility where he had lived since 1999.
An An and Jia Jia, the world’s oldest female giant panda, who died in 2016 at 38 years, were gifts from the Chinese government. "Ocean Park is deeply saddened to announce the loss of An An," it said in a statement.
The park said it was thankful for the opportunity to take care of Jia Jia and An An as it helped Ocean Park become an important base for panda conservation. “An An is an indispensable member of our family and has grown together with the Park. He has also built a strong bond of friendship with locals and tourists alike."
Ocean Park, which displays animals including walruses, penguins and dolphins, now has two giant pandas, Ying Ying and Le Le. China gave the female Ying Ying and male Le Le to Hong Kong in 2007. The park has been hoping that the pair could have babies but they have not so far.
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Kerala govt plans 'studio apartments' for working women in all districts
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- India
At a time when the safety and security of women is a major concern, the Kerala government is planning to set up 'studio apartments' across the state for working women with an objective to ensure their safe stay while arriving for a job in a different place.
The Department for Labour and Skills has already launched the construction work for the pilot project at the Kinfra International Apparel Park campus in nearby Menamkulam last year, Labour Minister V Sivankutty said.
The project would be expanded to other districts based on the availability of suitable land and adequate funds, he said in a written reply submitted to the Assembly.
The 'studio apartment' project is envisaged to provide a decent and secure lodging facility on a rental basis for women labourers employed in unorganised sectors in cities, he said.
The 'Bhavanam Foundation Kerala', which was entrusted to implement the project, had leased 0.733 acres of land within the Kinfra campus for the initiative.
''A six-storey studio apartment complex, with 130 units, is being built in Phase-1,'' the minister added.
The studio apartment complex is one of the major housing schemes being implemented under the Labour Department.
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World's oldest male giant panda dies at age 35 in Hong Kong
The oldest-ever male giant panda in captivity has died at age 35 at a Hong Kong theme park after his health deteriorated.An An lived most of his life at Ocean Park after he and a female panda were gifted to Hong Kong by China in 1999.
The oldest-ever male giant panda in captivity died at age 35 at a Hong Kong theme park after his health deteriorated.
An lived most of his life at Ocean Park after he and a female panda were gifted to Hong Kong by China in 1999. The female panda, Jia Jia, died in 2016 at age 38, making her the oldest-ever female panda in captivity. Ocean Park mourned An An as a family member who grew with the park and built bonds with locals and tourists.
"An An has brought us fond memories with numerous heart-warming moments. His cleverness and playfulness will be dearly missed," Paulo Pong, chairman of Ocean Park Corporation, said in a statement.
An had high blood pressure, a common condition among geriatric pandas. Over the past three weeks, An An had been kept out of sight from visitors at the park as his health worsened. He stopped eating solid food and was significantly less active in recent days. Last week, hundreds left comments on an Ocean Park post about An An's condition, wishing him a speedy recovery. He was euthanized to prevent further suffering Thursday morning after veterinarians from Ocean Park and government authorities consulted the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Ocean Park said. "An An lived a full life that ended at the respectable age of 35 – the equivalent of 105 years in human age," the statement read.
Hong Kong was given another panda pair — Ying Ying, a female, and a male, Le Le — in 2007 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the city's return to China.
China commonly engages in "panda diplomacy" where the mammals exclusively found in China are leased to other countries as a sign of goodwill.
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Biggest polluters need to do more to help meet climate targets
- Country:
- New Zealand
The biggest polluters will have to do more to help meet climate targets because of changes the Government is making to decade-old settings that have allocated far too many free climate pollution credits to New Zealand's largest emitters, Climate Change Minister James Shaw announced today.
"Tackling climate change is a priority for the Government. Our emissions reduction plan relies on everyone playing their part, including our biggest emitters, who until now have been given enough free pollution permits to avoid having to make meaningful emission reductions," said James Shaw.
"When the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) began it was decided that some companies would receive up to 90 percent of their pollution credits for free. The purpose of this was to protect these companies from more lightly regulated competitors outside of New Zealand. However, the baseline used to decide how many credits each company would receive is exactly the same today as it was 12 years ago.
"Over the last decade, major polluters have changed how they do business and are now receiving many more credits than they need. The government at the time said it would begin phasing down the free allocation of credits from 2013, slowly driving up the cost of pollution. However, this did not happen, meaning we've been stuck with an out-of-date system that has directed large amounts of taxpayers' money towards big polluters, while keeping emissions higher than they should be. Allowing this to continue would be incompatible with the climate targets we have set – so we're stepping in to fix it.
"From 2024, our biggest polluters will receive only the pollution credits they need – making sure they play a major role in meeting the Government's second emissions budget. The changes will remove a major obstacle to innovation, industrial decarbonisation, and the proper functioning of our carbon market. Together with our plan to phase out free allocation over time, this will push the big polluters to make a larger contribution towards meeting our goal of building a net-zero future.
"Today's announcement builds on the work we have already done to make the ETS fit-for-purpose, including reforms that have put a proper price on pollution and raised about $4.5 billion for climate action.
"A well-functioning ETS that put a proper price on pollution is a critical tool in our climate action toolbox. But it cannot do the job alone. The actions and initiatives in the Emissions Reduction Plan will ensure we meet the first emissions budget and lay the foundation for future climate action," said James Shaw.
(With Inputs from New Zealand Government Press Release)
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