text stringlengths 10 159k | url stringlengths 19 865 | crawl_date timestamp[s]date 2022-02-01 01:02:23 2024-12-02 05:16:38 | lang stringclasses 1 value | lang_conf float64 0.65 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nba/boston-celtics/articles/41678993 | 2022-11-28T23:16:28 | en | 0.738227 |
EXCLUSIVE-South Korea's Yoon says China can change North Korea's behaviour if it wants
China not only has the responsibility but the capability to influence North Korea's behaviour, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said, calling on Beijing to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing banned development of nuclear weapons and missiles. In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters on Monday, Yoon urged China, North Korea's closest ally, to fulfil its responsibilities as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and said not doing do so would lead to an influx of military assets to the region.
China not only has the responsibility but the capability to influence North Korea's behaviour, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said, calling on Beijing to dissuade Pyongyang from pursuing banned development of nuclear weapons and missiles.
In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters on Monday, Yoon urged China, North Korea's closest ally, to fulfil its responsibilities as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and said not doing do so would lead to an influx of military assets to the region. "What is sure is that China has the capability to influence North Korea, and China has the responsibility to engage in the process," Yoon said in his office. It was up to Beijing to decide whether it would exert that influence for peace and stability, he added.
North Korea's actions were leading to increased defence spending in countries around the region, including Japan, and more deployment of American warplanes and ships, Yoon noted. It was in China's interest to make its "best efforts" to induce North Korea to denuclearise, he said.
Amid a record year for missile tests, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said this week his country intends to have the world's most powerful nuclear force. South Korean and U.S. officials say Pyongyang may be preparing to resume testing nuclear bombs for the first time since 2017. North Korea's tests overshadowed multiple gatherings this month of international leaders, including the Group of 20 conference in Bali, where Yoon pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping to do more to rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations. Xi urged Seoul to improve relations with Pyongyang.
Ahead of the G20, U.S. President Joe Biden told Xi that Beijing had an obligation to attempt to talk North Korea out of conducting a seventh nuclear test, although he said it was unclear whether China had the ability to do so. Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said before the meeting that Biden would warn Xi that North Korea's continued pursuit of weapons development would lead to an enhanced U.S. military presence in the region, something Beijing is not keen to see. South Korea and the United States have agreed to deploy more U.S. "strategic assets" such as aircraft carriers and long-range bombers to the area, but Yoon said he did not expect changes to the 28,500 American ground forces stationed in South Korea.
When asked what South Korea and its partners would do in the event that North Korea conducts a new test, Yoon vowed a response "not seen in the past", but did not elaborate. "It would be extremely unwise for North Korea to conduct a seventh nuclear test," he told Reuters.
"We must respond consistently, and in lockstep with each other," Yoon said, blaming a lack of consistency in the international response for the failure of three decades of North Korea policy. China fought beside the North in the 1950-53 Korean War and has backed it economically and diplomatically ever since but analysts say Beijing may have limited power, and perhaps little desire, to curb Pyongyang. China says it enforces the U.S. sanctions, which it voted for, but has since called for them to be eased and, along with Russia, blocked U.S.-led attempts to impose new sanctions.
OPPOSES CHANGE TO TAIWAN 'STATUS QUO' Boosting ties and coordination with Washington is the core of Yoon's foreign policy, a focus highlighted by the main item on his desk: a sign saying "The Buck Stops Here", a gift from Biden.
Like his predecessor, Moon Jae-in, Yoon has treaded cautiously amid the rising U.S.-China rivalry. China is South Korea's largest trading partner, as well as a close partner of North Korea. On rising tensions between China and Taiwan, Yoon said any conflict there should be resolved according to international norms and rules.
Democratic Taiwan, which China claims as its own, has come under increasing military and political pressure from Beijing, which has said it will never renounce the use of force over Taiwan. "I am firmly opposed to any attempt to change the status quo unilaterally," Yoon said.
When asked about any role in a Taiwan conflict for South Korea or the U.S. troops stationed there, Yoon said the country's forces would "consider the overall security situation" but their most imminent concern would be any North Korean military actions to take advantage of the situation. "What is important is responding to the imminent threat surrounding us and controlling the possible threat," he said.
REGIONAL COOPERATION Yoon has also made increasing cooperation with Japan a core goal, despite lingering legal and political disputes dating back to Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of the Korean peninsula.
South Korea, Japan, and the United States have agreed to share real time information for tracking North Korean ballistic missile tests. As part of its biggest military expansion since World War Two, Japan is expected to procure fresh munitions, including longer-range missiles, spend on cyber defences and create a combined air, sea and land command headquarters that will work more closely with U.S. forces in Japan.
Japan's military ambitions have long been a sensitive issue in neighbouring countries, many of which were invaded before or during World War II. Yoon's predecessor stopped many of the trilateral exercises and nearly left an intelligence sharing deal with Tokyo as relations soured.
Now Japan faced more and more threats from North Korea’s missile programme, including tests that overfly Japanese islands, Yoon said. "I believe the Japanese government cannot be asleep at the wheel with the North Korean missile flights over their territory," he said.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
Taiwanese NGOs voice support for Uyghurs' independence
White House: Biden objected to China's 'coercive' actions against Taiwan, raised human rights concerns with Xi, reports AP.
Biden talks Taiwan with Xi in effort to avoid 'conflict'
Biden discusses Taiwan with Xi in effort to avoid 'conflict'
Biden discusses Taiwan with Xi in effort to avoid 'conflict' | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/2268163-exclusive-south-koreas-yoon-says-china-can-change-north-koreas-behaviour-if-it-wants | 2022-11-28T23:16:33 | en | 0.971709 |
U.S. Senate eyes tightened restrictions on Chinese semiconductors
The proposal from Schumer and Cornyn would broaden an existing ban on government use of Chinese chips. The 2023 NDAA authorizes more than $800 billion in spending.
The Democratic leader of the U.S. Senate urged lawmakers on Monday to back his proposal to bar the U.S. government from doing business with companies that use semiconductors made by producers the Pentagon considers Chinese military contractors.
"If American business wants the federal government to buy their products or services, they shouldn't be using the kind of Chinese-made chips that, because of Chinese government involvement, put our national security at risk," Senator Chuck Schumer said in remarks opening the Senate after its Thanksgiving holiday recess. "We need our government and our economy to rely on chips made right here in America." Schumer and Republican Senator John Cornyn introduced their proposal as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, an annual bill setting policy for the Department of Defense expected to pass the Senate and House of Representatives in December.
As one of the only major pieces of legislation Congress passes every year, the NDAA is closely watched by a broad swath of industry and other interests because it determines everything from purchases of ships and aircraft to pay increases for the troops and how to address geopolitical threats. Lawmakers also use the bill as a vehicle for a wide range of policy measures. The proposal from Schumer and Cornyn would broaden an existing ban on government use of Chinese chips.
The 2023 NDAA authorizes more than $800 billion in spending. "We need to stay tough on the Chinese government and its actions," Schumer said.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
Maker of modern India: Congress pays tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on birth anniversary
Congress to launch state-wide padayatra in Bihar from Dec 28
Across the US, a return to democratic order. Will it last?
Congress faces leaders in flux, big to-do list post-election
Congress Task Force for 2024 meet takes place first time under Kharge | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/2268146-us-senate-eyes-tightened-restrictions-on-chinese-semiconductors | 2022-11-28T23:16:42 | en | 0.959162 |
Prime Minister Sunak says UK's 'golden era' with China is over
In his first major foreign policy speech, Sunak said Britain's approach to China needed to evolve and Beijing was "consciously competing for global influence using all the levers of state power". "Let’s be clear, the so-called 'golden era' is over, along with the naive idea that trade would lead to social and political reform," Sunak said in London's financial district, a reference to former finance minister George Osborne's description of Sino-British ties in 2015.
- Country:
- United Kingdom
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday that the so-called "golden era" of relations with China was over, saying Beijing's systemic challenge to Britain's interests and values was growing more acute. In his first major foreign policy speech, Sunak said Britain's approach to China needed to evolve and Beijing was "consciously competing for global influence using all the levers of state power".
"Let's be clear, the so-called 'golden era' is over, along with the naive idea that trade would lead to social and political reform," Sunak said in London's financial district, a reference to former finance minister George Osborne's description of Sino-British ties in 2015. Some in Sunak's Conservative Party have been critical of Sunak, regarding him as less hawkish on China than his predecessor Liz Truss. Last year when he was finance minister, he called for a nuanced strategy on China to balance human rights concerns while expanding economic ties.
However, a planned meeting between Sunak and China's President Xi Jinping at this month's G20 summit in Bali fell through and last week London banned Chinese-made security cameras from sensitive government buildings. "We recognise China poses a systemic challenge to our values and interests, a challenge that grows more acute as it moves towards even greater authoritarianism," he said, referring to the BBC statement that one of its journalists had been assaulted by Chinese police.
"Of course, we cannot simply ignore China's significance in world affairs - to global economic stability or issues like climate change. The U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan and many others understand this too." Sunak said under his leadership Britain would not choose the "status quo" and would confront international competitors "not with grand rhetoric but with robust pragmatism". On Ukraine, he said the government would maintain military aid to Kyiv next year, maintaining the strong support offered by former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Truss.
"So be in no doubt, we will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes. We will maintain or increase our military aid next year. And we will provide new support for air defence," he said. In September, Britain said it was the second-largest military donor to Ukraine after the United States, providing 2.3 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) of aid this year.
Sunak said Britain needed to take the same long-term approach as its adversaries and competitors such as Russia and China. "In the face of these challenges, short-termism or wishful thinking will not suffice. We can't depend on Cold War arguments or approaches, or mere sentimentality about the past," he said. ($1 = 0.8288 pound)
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
Xi tells Biden that China and the United States should take history as a mirror - state media
UK PM Rishi Sunak calls for global action against ‘rogue state’ Russia at G20
UK reputation has taken a knock, admits Rishi Sunak
PM Modi meets UK's Rishi Sunak for first time at G20 Summit
China to adopt consensus reached in talks with United States, ministry says | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/2268148-prime-minister-sunak-says-uks-golden-era-with-china-is-over | 2022-11-28T23:16:50 | en | 0.968666 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks/articles/41679053 | 2022-11-28T23:16:57 | en | 0.738227 |
White House on Trump dinner with white supremacist: No place for these 'vile forces' in U.S.
The Anti-Defamation League said Fuentes once "'jokingly' denied the Holocaust and compared Jews burnt in concentration camps to cookies in an oven.'" The White House had already slammed Trump on Sunday, saying in a statement that "bigotry, hate, and antisemitism have absolutely no place in America - including at Mar-A-Lago." But Jean-Pierre went further, underscoring the responsibility of all to speak out against Holocaust deniers and others espousing such attitudes. "We should all be condemning this, and we should be very clear - very clear - and say it in really absolute clear terms," she said.
The White House on Monday joined some Republicans in criticizing former U.S. President Donald Trump for dining with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, saying there is no place in America for "vile forces" such as racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters she would not comment on every move by Trump, who this month said he would run for president again, but it was critical to condemn such behavior in "really absolute terms."
"There is just no place for these types of vile forces in our society," she told reporters. "When you say things like this, when you do not speak out against these kinds of poisonous and dangerous kind of remarks ... that is also incredibly dangerous within itself." Trump has said the encounter at his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida was inadvertent, but it drew rare criticism from fellow Republicans, including Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson, who accused Trump of empowering extremism.
Trump earlier this month said he plans to seek the Republican nomination to run for the White House again in 2024, though he could face challengers to that bid, including from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Fuentes has been described as a white supremacist by the U.S. Justice Department and he attended the Jan. 6, 2021, rally in Washington that preceded the attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters. The Anti-Defamation League said Fuentes once "'jokingly' denied the Holocaust and compared Jews burnt in concentration camps to cookies in an oven.'"
The White House had already slammed Trump on Sunday, saying in a statement that "bigotry, hate, and antisemitism have absolutely no place in America - including at Mar-A-Lago." But Jean-Pierre went further, underscoring the responsibility of all to speak out against Holocaust deniers and others espousing such attitudes.
"We should all be condemning this, and we should be very clear - very clear - and say it in really absolute clear terms," she said.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
EXCLUSIVE-Russian software disguised as American finds its way into U.S. Army, CDC apps
Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera announces candidacy for Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Lionsgate Play to stream 2022 American Music Awards in India
A Commitment Towards Knowledge Sharing by Manipal's American University of Antigua, College of Medicine
Time to confirm ambassador to India, says top Indian-American Congressman | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/2268155-white-house-on-trump-dinner-with-white-supremacist-no-place-for-these-vile-forces-in-us | 2022-11-28T23:16:58 | en | 0.963817 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/usc-trojans-football/articles/41678218 | 2022-11-28T23:17:03 | en | 0.738227 |
Republicans in one Arizona county refuse to certify election results
But some activists who promote false theories of voter fraud are refusing to back down. In Maricopa County, Arizona’s largest region, residents verbally attacked the board of supervisors during a public meeting on Monday that concluded with the board approving the county's election results.
(Recasts with details from Monday's meetings) By Ned Parker and Linda So
Nov 28 - Republican officials who have embraced voter fraud theories resisted certifying the midterm election results in one Arizona county on Monday, defying a state deadline and setting the stage for a legal battle. In Cochise County, a conservative stronghold in southeastern Arizona, the two Republican members of the three-person board of supervisors voted to postpone certifying the county's election results. They said they wanted to hear more evidence from those who have argued, without evidence, that the county’s voting machines were not properly certified.
Democrat Ann English, who objected to the delay, told Reuters the decision was irresponsible and that the board had been pressured by election deniers not to approve the results. A spokesperson for Arizona's secretary of state said the office would file a lawsuit on Monday against Cochise County requesting an order to force the board to certify the results as required by state law. The office sent a letter to the board last week that included documentation of the voting machines' licenses.
"Facts are not debatable, and we are not going to participate in baseless attacks to Arizona’s democracy," said the spokesperson, Sophia Solis. Arizona has been at the center of battles over election fraud allegations since former President Donald Trump falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen from him. Several recounts of the 2020 votes in Arizona and elsewhere confirmed Joe Biden's victory.
The state's Republican candidate for governor this year, Kari Lake, embraced Trump’s stolen election claims and has refused to concede after losing to her opponent, current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, by just over 17,000 votes in the Nov. 8 election. The defeat of Lake and other election deniers was seen as a powerful rebuke of candidates who echoed Trump’s myths of a stolen election. But some activists who promote false theories of voter fraud are refusing to back down.
In Maricopa County, Arizona’s largest region, residents verbally attacked the board of supervisors during a public meeting on Monday that concluded with the board approving the county's election results. County officials released a report on Sunday explaining the dysfunction that occurred on Election Day, when 71 out of the county’s 223 polling centers had problems with printer ink that was too light for scanning ballots.
Maricopa officials have said that an estimated 17,000 voters were affected by the problem but that it was quickly addressed. At Monday's meeting, one woman called the county supervisors "traitors."
She told board chairman Bill Gates that interfering in an election was “considered treason, punishable by the death penalty" and said those who stole the election “make violent revolution necessary.” In Mohave County, another conservative area in Arizona, the local government had delayed certifying results last week because the board was waiting for Maricopa’s explanations of what happened to the ballots of its affected voters.
On Monday, the Mohave board ultimately certified its election results but also criticized Maricopa's performance. "Arizona - and that is Maricopa County - is the laughing stock of the country and world and they don't even seem to care," supervisor Hildy Angius said.
Arizona law requires counties to certify election results by Nov. 28, ahead of the state's certification on Dec. 5. David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, said the officials delaying certification were breeding an illegitimate distrust in elections and disenfranchising voters.
“In the last year, it’s become an unprecedented dereliction of duty for county officials to violate their oaths of office and refuse to certify election results, citing ‘gut feelings’ or alleged problems in jurisdictions other than their own,” Becker said. (Editing by Colleen Jenkins, Jason Szep and Bill Berkrot)
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
U.S. Supreme Court lets House panel get Arizona Republican's phone records
U.S. Supreme Court lets House panel get Arizona Republican's phone records
Democrat Katie Hobbs wins election for governor in Arizona, reports AP.
Hobbs wins Arizona governor's race, flipping state for Dems
Hobbs wins Arizona governor's race, flipping state for Dems | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/2268157-republicans-in-one-arizona-county-refuse-to-certify-election-results | 2022-11-28T23:17:07 | en | 0.970192 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/usc-trojans-football/articles/41678607 | 2022-11-28T23:17:09 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/usc-trojans-football/articles/41678821 | 2022-11-28T23:17:15 | en | 0.738227 |
White House on Trump dinner with white supremacist: No place for these 'vile forces' in U.S.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters she would not comment on every move by Trump, who this month said he would run for president again, but it was critical to condemn such behavior in "really absolute terms." "There is just no place for these types of vile forces in our society," she told reporters.
The White House on Monday joined some Republicans in criticizing former U.S. President Donald Trump for dining with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, saying there is no place in America for "vile forces" such as racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters she would not comment on every move by Trump, who this month said he would run for president again, but it was critical to condemn such behavior in "really absolute terms."
"There is just no place for these types of vile forces in our society," she told reporters. "When you say things like this, when you do not speak out against these kinds of poisonous and dangerous kind of remarks ... that is also incredibly dangerous within itself." Trump has said the encounter at his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida was inadvertent, but it drew rare criticism from fellow Republicans, including Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson, who accused Trump of empowering extremism.
Trump earlier this month said he plans to seek the Republican nomination to run for the White House again in 2024, though he could face challengers to that bid, including from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his former vice president Mike Pence. "President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an antisemite and a Holocaust denier a seat at the table, and I think he should apologize," Pence told NewsNation on Monday.
Fuentes has been described as a white supremacist by the U.S. Justice Department and he attended the Jan. 6, 2021, rally in Washington that preceded the attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters. The Anti-Defamation League said Fuentes once "'jokingly' denied the Holocaust and compared Jews burnt in concentration camps to cookies in an oven.'" The White House had already slammed Trump on Sunday, saying in a statement that "bigotry, hate, and antisemitism have absolutely no place in America - including at Mar-A-Lago."
But Jean-Pierre went further, underscoring the responsibility of all to speak out against Holocaust deniers and others espousing such attitudes. "We should all be condemning this, and we should be very clear - very clear - and say it in really absolute clear terms," she said.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
EXCLUSIVE-Russian software disguised as American finds its way into U.S. Army, CDC apps
'Cockeyed optimist' Biden pushes unity with Republicans after Democrats retain Senate
U.S. Supreme Court lets House panel get Arizona Republican's phone records
'Cockeyed optimist' Biden pushes unity with Republicans after Democrats retain Senate
BRIEF-White House Preparing To Ask For $10 Bln In Public Health Funds By Year's End - Washington Post | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/2268166-white-house-on-trump-dinner-with-white-supremacist-no-place-for-these-vile-forces-in-us | 2022-11-28T23:17:15 | en | 0.969236 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/usc-trojans-football/articles/41678922 | 2022-11-28T23:17:21 | en | 0.738227 |
U.S. Supreme Court defends Alito over report of second leak
The U.S. Supreme Court's legal counsel on Monday defended Justice Samuel Alito after two Democratic lawmakers demanded answers about a former anti-abortion leader's claim that he was told in advance about the outcome of a major 2014 ruling the conservative jurist wrote in a case concerning contraceptives. "There is nothing to suggest that Justice Alito's actions violated ethical standards," legal counsel Ethan Torrey wrote in a letter to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Hank Johnson.
The U.S. Supreme Court's legal counsel on Monday defended Justice Samuel Alito after two Democratic lawmakers demanded answers about a former anti-abortion leader's claim that he was told in advance about the outcome of a major 2014 ruling the conservative jurist wrote in a case concerning contraceptives.
"There is nothing to suggest that Justice Alito's actions violated ethical standards," legal counsel Ethan Torrey wrote in a letter to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Hank Johnson. At issue was a Nov. 19 report in the New York Times quoting Christian minister Rob Schenck as saying he was informed of the 2014 ruling weeks before its public announcement after two conservative allies of his dined at the home of Alito and his wife. The court has not yet disclosed its findings in an investigation announced by Chief Justice John Roberts into the May leak of a draft of a ruling overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had legalized abortion nationwide.
Torrey, whose role is to support the nine justices on case-related issues and provide legal services for the court as an institution, wrote in his letter that Alito has already stated that neither he nor his wife revealed the decision in that case and that any such allegation is uncorroborated. "Relevant rules balance preventing gifts that might undermine public confidence in the judiciary and allowing judges to maintain normal personal friendships," Torrey wrote.
The 2014 decision in the case called Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, like the June abortion decision, represented a victory for religious conservatives. The Hobby Lobby decision exempted family-owned businesses that objected on religious grounds from a federal requirement that any health insurance they provide to employees must cover birth control for women. Torrey was responding to a Nov. 20 letter sent by Whitehouse and Johnson asking Roberts whether the court is investigating the claims involving Schenck or re-evaluating its practices related to judicial ethics.
"It seems that the underlying issue is the absence of a formal facility for complaint or investigation into possible ethics or reporting violations," the lawmakers wrote in their letter. They added that if the court is not willing to carry out its own inquiries into ethics violations, "that leaves Congress as the only forum."
Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, has said his panel is reviewing the matter. Durbin urged passage of legislation that would create a code of ethics for the Supreme Court. Schenck, who formerly led an evangelical Christian nonprofit group in Washington, was quoted as saying that he used his knowledge of the Hobby Lobby ruling to prepare a public relations campaign and that he also tipped off the president of the craft store chain about the outcome. Schenck, according to the Times, wrote to Roberts about his claim.
Schenck in the Times report described how two of his star donors, Ohio couple Donald and Gayle Wright, dined with the Alitos in early June 2014. Schenck said one of the Wrights then told him that Alito had authored the Hobby Lobby opinion and that it would favor the company, the newspaper reported. The decision was publicly announced three weeks later. In a statement released after the Times report was published, Alito said he and his wife have had a "purely social relationship" with the Wrights and that he would have strongly objected to any effort to obtain confidential information.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/2268169-us-supreme-court-defends-alito-over-report-of-second-leak | 2022-11-28T23:17:25 | en | 0.982415 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/usc-trojans-football/articles/41679021 | 2022-11-28T23:17:28 | en | 0.738227 |
VIRGINIA BEACH — Changes are coming to Rudee Loop, and if you want to share your ideas about its future, now’s the time.
Virginia Beach has launched an online survey to gather input from the public on four proposals that would transform the nearly 11-acre cul-de-sac bordered by the ocean and Rudee Inlet. The city and its development authority have been assembling the land for more than 20 years. It’s currently a hodgepodge of parking lots, but the waterfront has long been a destination for anglers and surfers.
Rudee Loop is “one of the most desirable plots of undeveloped land on the eastern seaboard,” according to the city.
The proposals solicited by the city earlier this year range from a mixed-use development with hotels, apartments and open space to multiple large parks with a fishing pier. The ideas came from developers Bruce Smith and Bruce Thompson, as well as the Virginia Gentlemen Foundation and the city’s Parks and Recreation Department.
Work Program Architects of Norfolk has a $50,000 contract with the city to get feedback from the community and present the results to the City Council. In 2020, the same company helped develop a 10-year plan for the resort area which states that public input is needed before any decisions are made concerning Rudee Loop’s future.
Two public open houses will be held, but they haven’t been scheduled yet.
The survey, dubbed “Reimagining Rudee Loop” is available at https://publicinput.com/RudeeLoop. It will remain open until midnight Jan. 8.
Respondents are asked to prioritize the top three amenities they’d like to see. Options include open space, a hotel, bike racks, surfboard storage and others. Be prepared to pick your favorite proposal and explain why you chose it.
Stacy Parker, 757-222-5125, stacy.parker@pilotonline.com | https://www.pilotonline.com/cities/virginia-beach/vp-nw-rudee-loop-survey-1129-20221128-w2j37xtdcnh2jaz3n7fvzoy5de-story.html | 2022-11-28T23:17:32 | en | 0.943169 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/usc-trojans-football/articles/41679501 | 2022-11-28T23:17:34 | en | 0.738227 |
Soccer-Fernandes double sends Portugal through to World Cup last 16
Fernandes scored with a cross intended for Cristiano Ronaldo that sailed fortuitously into the net on 54 minutes and converted a spot kick in stoppage time to put his side into the knockout stages with a match remaining. Portugal had the lion's share of the possession and dominated for most of the Group H match, but struggled to create clear-cut chances until the second half in a game where Uruguay looked jaded and out of sorts.
A second half brace from Bruno Fernandes sent Portugal through to the last 16 of the World Cup on Monday to join France and Brazil after a 2-0 win over a lacklustre Uruguay. Fernandes scored with a cross intended for Cristiano Ronaldo that sailed fortuitously into the net on 54 minutes and converted a spot kick in stoppage time to put his side into the knockout stages with a match remaining.
Portugal had the lion's share of the possession and dominated for most of the Group H match, but struggled to create clear-cut chances until the second half in a game where Uruguay looked jaded and out of sorts. It was the third time at a World Cup that Portugal had won two successive group stage matches and the previous two times led to streaks into the semi-finals.
Ronaldo set the tone for the match with some early showboating when he used a shoulder to redirect a long throw into the path of William Carvalho, whose powerful volley sailed over the bar. Portugal looked threatening on the approach but struggled to create goalscoring chances, with Bernardo Silva, Fernandes and Joao Felix frustrated in front of goal early on.
But it was Uruguay with the best chance of the half 32 minutes in when Rodrigo Bentancur picked up the ball and ran half the length of the field, skipping around three defenders before firing off a low shot that was blocked by the advancing keeper Diogo Costa. Bentancur was at the centre of the action again a few minutes later when his outstretched leg met a cross from the left from Mathias Olivera, trickling through to Darwin Nunez who failed to convert from close range.
Portugal battled hard for a goal and Felix came close on 52 minutes when he blasted low into the side netting. They finally broke the deadlock two minutes later when Fernandes' cross floated past Uruguayan goalkeeper Sergio Rochet, who was rooted to the spot as Cristiano Ronaldo rose to head the ball and initially celebrated the goal as his.
Uruguay had a brief rally to try to get back into the match after a raft of substitutions, with Facundo Pellistri making an instant impact, Luis Suarez coming close and Maxi Gomez hitting the post. But the match belonged to Portugal and Fernandez, who coolly converted a penalty in stoppage time after a handball in the box that required a VAR review.
Hungry for more, Fernandes almost scored a hat-trick deep into stoppage time, with his effort saved at the near post by Rochet and a strike in the dying moments that cannoned off the post.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
Sports News Roundup: Soccer-Man United's Fernandes voices World Cup concerns after Fulham win; Cricket-Australia's Warner considers test retirement after next year's Ashes and more
Sports News Roundup: Soccer-Man United's Fernandes voices World Cup concerns after Fulham win; Soccer Ronaldo accuses Manchester United of betrayal and more
Soccer-Fernandes and Ronaldo's awkward handshake was just a joke - Joao Mario
Soccer-Nunez says Uruguay will put up a fight at World Cup
Soccer-Oliveira backs Uruguay to advance from tough World Cup group | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/sports-games/2268147-soccer-fernandes-double-sends-portugal-through-to-world-cup-last-16 | 2022-11-28T23:17:34 | en | 0.949339 |
A beachfront laundromat in West Ocean View might be purchased by Norfolk City Council to expand public beach access. But it could come with a hefty price tag.
The City Council will vote Tuesday to buy the former Soaps n’ Suds laundromat on West Ocean View Avenue for $1.8 million — more than $600,000 above its assessed value. The laundromat, now closed, is next to what used to be Greenie’s, an iconic eatery bought and demolished by the city in 2018 as part of the expansion of Ocean View Beach Park.
Councilman Tommy Smigiel said the city’s proposed purchase of Soaps n’ Suds is part of the “overall revisioning” of the area. The property “will be merged” with the Ocean View Beach Park expansion and could be transformed into additional open space, Smigiel said.
An appraisal of the waterfront laundromat determined it is worth $1.8 million, Smigiel added.
The property is valued at $1.16 million, according to the most recent city assessments.
Norfolk city officials did not immediately respond to questions about the appraisal of the property.
Soaps n’ Suds is owned by Dirty Laundry Properties, which recently entered into a purchase agreement with a company called Level Realty. The city will purchase it from Level Realty once the company completes the acquisition of the property, according the council agenda.
It is unclear what price Level Realty is paying for the property. Multiple attempts to reach the company were unsuccessful.
Daniel Berti, daniel.berti@virginiamedia.com | https://www.pilotonline.com/government/local/vp-nw-council-laundromat-purchase-20221128-ayrvvek2mzh2hcu74qrn5un4fq-story.html | 2022-11-28T23:17:38 | en | 0.952823 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nba/houston-rockets/articles/41679068 | 2022-11-28T23:17:40 | en | 0.738227 |
Soccer-Fernandes double fires Portugal through to World Cup last 16
A second half brace from Bruno Fernandes sent Portugal through to the last 16 of the World Cup on Monday, joining France and Brazil after a 2-0 win that outclassed an uninspiring Uruguay side that struggled to get into the match. Fernandes scored first with a cross intended for Cristiano Ronaldo that sailed fortuitously into the net on 54 minutes and converted a spot kick in stoppage time to put his side into the knockout stages with a match remaining.
Ronaldo celebrated the first goal ecstatically as his own and smiled awkwardly when it was announced as belonging to Fernandes, who always looked threatening on the attack and twice came close to completing a hat-trick in the dying moments. Portugal had the lion's share of the possession and dominated for most of the Group H match in Lusail, but struggled to create chances until the second half in a game where Uruguay looked out of sorts and lacking initiative.
It was the third time at a World Cup that Portugal had won two successive group stage matches and the previous two times led to streaks into the semi-finals. The result leaves Uruguay with a difficult final match against Ghana, who kept themselves in contention by beating South Korea 3-2 in the earlier Group H match.
Ronaldo set the tone with some showboating early on when he used a shoulder to redirect a long throw into the path of William Carvalho, whose powerful volley sailed over the bar. Portugal looked threatening on the approach but struggled to create goalscoring chances, with Bernardo Silva, Fernandes and Joao Felix frustrated early on.
But it was Uruguay with the best chance of the half 32 minutes in when Rodrigo Bentancur ran half the length of the field, skipping around three defenders before firing off a low shot that was blocked by the advancing keeper Diogo Costa. Bentancur came close again a few minutes later when his outstretched leg met a cross from the left from Mathias Olivera, trickling through to Darwin Nunez who failed to convert from close range.
HARD BATTLE Portugal battled hard for a goal and finally broke the deadlock nine minutes after the break when Fernandes' cross floated past Uruguayan goalkeeper Sergio Rochet, who was rooted to his line as Ronaldo rose to head home ball but fell short.
Uruguay had a brief and desperate rally to try to get back into the match after a raft of attacking substitutions, with Facundo Pellistri making an instant impact, Luis Suarez coming close and Maxi Gomez blasting his shot into the post. But the match belonged to Portugal and Fernandes, who coolly converted a penalty in stoppage time after a handball in the box that required a VAR review.
Hungry for more, Fernandes almost scored a third with his effort saved at the near post by Rochet and a strike in the last few moments that cannoned off the post. "I've got to give the team credit. It was a brilliant thing. I wanted to keep the team solid. We clearly showed a very strong unit, both in the quality of the game and in the bond between them," Portugal coach Fernando Santos said.
"That's how positive things are achieved. We will always work like this." Asked about the confusion over who scored the first goal, Santos laughed and said: "It was a great match. Our team played very well and the rest does not matter."
Giorgian de Arrascaeta, who among the substitutes brought on to try to give Uruguay a shot at an equaliser, said the team would need to go all out to qualify. "We have one game left and we have to go for it," de Arrascaeta said.
"Without doubt, we have to win come what may."
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/sports-games/2268151-soccer-fernandes-double-fires-portugal-through-to-world-cup-last-16 | 2022-11-28T23:17:42 | en | 0.971222 |
A seasoned Virginia Beach brewer plans to open a combined craft brewery and cidery in the Bridgeport area of North Suffolk in the spring of 2023.
Sojourn Fermentory’s 9,200-square-foot building will include a tasting and dining room, full kitchen and outdoor biergarten, co-owner and head brewer Michael Pawley said. Focused on consumer education, the spot will host special events, beer and cider tastings, food pairings, charity fundraisers, community festivals and private parties, he said.
The cidery would be the first in South Hampton Roads. Sly Clyde Ciderworks opened in the Phoebus area of Hampton in 2018.
Armed with a chemistry degree and a strong love of beer, Pawley relocated to Hampton Roads when he “threw his name into a hat” for a brewery job five years ago. Backed by his experience at two Virginia Beach breweries — Commonwealth Brewing Co. and Back Bay Brew House Farmhouse — Pawley and two business partners, Scott Osborne and Jinson Chan, decided to launch their own venture.
Having spent two months in Austria learning the art of brewing authentic European multistep decoction lagers from a Czech brewmaster, Pawley wants to present customers with a European bar experience.
“It’s a little bit more intimate with personal interaction,” he said. “We’re excited to be part of the Suffolk community and provide something new to the area.”
He said the beer and cider will be made on site. The business will employ about 17 full-time workers.
Inside Business
“Our focus is on creating fresh takes on traditional styles of beer, specifically progressive European lager, spontaneous fermentation and barrel-aged stouts,” Pawley said.
To give customers a taste of what they’ll find at Sojourn Fermentory, the burgeoning business has collaborated with local breweries and restaurants to release some products.
“You’ll see most of our collaborations pop up around Hampton Roads at spots like 1608 Crafthouse, Aloha Snacks, Decent People Taproom and The Birch,” Pawley said.
Sandra J. Pennecke, 757-652-5836, sandra.pennecke@insidebiz.com | https://www.pilotonline.com/inside-business/vp-ib-sojourn-fermentory-1205-20221128-lamye73gyncuzhud7imtuatsoq-story.html | 2022-11-28T23:17:44 | en | 0.94109 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/articles/41678670 | 2022-11-28T23:17:46 | en | 0.738227 |
Republican officials in a rural Arizona county refused on Monday to certify the 2022 election, despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count, amid pressure from prominent Republicans to reject results showing Democrats winning top races.
State election officials have said they will sue Cochise County if the board of supervisors misses Monday’s deadline to approve the official tally of votes, known as the canvass. The two Republican county supervisors delayed the canvass vote until hearing once more about concerns over the certification of ballot tabulators, though election officials have repeatedly said the equipment is properly approved.
Democratic election attorney Marc Elias pledged on Twitter to sue the county. Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’s office has previously said it would sue if the county misses the deadline.
“The Board of Supervisors had all of the information they needed to certify this election and failed to uphold their responsibility for Cochise voters,” Sophia Solis, a spokeswoman for Hobbs, said in an email.
Elsewhere, Republican supervisors in Mohave County postponed a certification vote until later Monday after hearing comments from residents angry about problems with ballot printers in Maricopa County. Officials in Maricopa County, the state’s largest, containing Phoenix, said everyone had a chance to vote and all legal ballots were counted.
Election results have largely been certified without issue in jurisdictions across the country. That’s not been the case in Arizona, which was a focal point for efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election and push false narratives of fraud.
Arizona was long a GOP stronghold, but this month Democrats won most of the highest profile races over Republicans who aggressively promoted Trump’s 2020 election lies. Kari Lake, the GOP candidate for governor who lost to Hobbs, and Mark Finchem, the candidate for secretary of state, have refused to acknowledge their losses. They blame Republican election officials in Maricopa County for a problem with some ballot printers.
Navajo, a rural Republican-leaning county, and Coconino, which is staunchly Democratic, voted to certify on Monday. In conservative Yavapai County, supervisors unanimously voted to canvass the results despite their own misgivings and several dozen speakers urging them not to.
Republican supervisors in Mohave County said last week that they would sign off Monday but wanted to register a protest against voting issues in Maricopa County. In Cochise County, GOP supervisors demanded last week that the secretary of state prove vote-counting machines were legally certified before they would approve the election results.
State Elections Director Kori Lorick has said the machines are properly certified for use in elections. She wrote in a letter last week that the state would sue to force Cochise County supervisors to certify, and if they don’t do so by the deadline for the statewide canvass on Dec. 5, the county’s votes would be excluded. That move threatens to flip the victor in at least two close races — a U.S. House seat and state schools chief — from a Republican to a Democrat.
There are two companies that are accredited by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to conduct testing and certification of voting equipment, such as the electronic tabulators used in Arizona to read and count ballots.
Conspiracy theories surrounding this process surfaced in early 2021, focused on what appeared to be an outdated accreditation certificate for one of the companies that was posted online. Federal officials investigated and reported that an administrative error had resulted in the agency failing to reissue an updated certificate as the company remained in good standing and underwent audits in 2018 and in early 2021.
Officials also noted federal law dictates the only way a testing company can lose certification is for the commission to revoke it, which did not occur.
Lake has pointed to problems on Election Day in Maricopa County, where printers at some vote centers produced ballots with markings that were too light to be read by on-site tabulators. Lines backed up amid the confusion, and Lake says an unknown number of her supporters may have been dissuaded from voting as a result.
Breaking News
She filed a public records lawsuit last week, demanding the county produce documents shedding light on the issue before voting to certify the election on Monday. Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich has also demanded an explanation ahead of the vote.
The county responded on Sunday, saying nobody was prevented from voting, and 85% of vote centers never had lines longer than 45 minutes. Most vote centers with long lines had others nearby with shorter waits, county officials said.
The response blamed prominent Republicans, including party chair Kelli Ward, for sowing confusion by telling supporters on Twitter not to place their ballots in a secure box to be tabulated later by more robust machines at county elections headquarters.
The county said that just under 17,000 Election Day ballots were placed in those secure boxes and all were counted. Only 16% of the 1.56 million votes cast in Maricopa County were made in-person on Election Day. Those votes went overwhelmingly for Republicans.
Maricopa County supervisors heard from dozens of people angry about the printing issue, some demanding the county hold a revote, though there is no provision in state law allowing that. The county was expected to certify later Monday.
The Republican National Committee and the GOP candidate for Arizona attorney general, Abraham Hamadeh, filed an election challenge in his race, which is slated for an automatic recount with Hamadeh trailing by 510 votes.
Ward has urged supporters to push their county supervisors to delay certification votes until after an afternoon scheduling hearing in the Hamadeh case. | https://www.pilotonline.com/nation-world/ct-election-arizona-20221128-uxzsh35ocvawlcdepijvy7ie7a-story.html | 2022-11-28T23:17:50 | en | 0.976233 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/articles/41678892 | 2022-11-28T23:17:52 | en | 0.738227 |
ANALYSIS-Soccer-Fernandes steps out of Ronaldo's Portugal shadow
Portugal's Bruno Fernandes has long played second fiddle to team mate Cristiano Ronaldo but on Monday he stepped out of the superstar's shadow by scoring two goals to steer his team past Uruguay and into the World Cup Round of 16. The 28-year-old's career has been inextricably linked to Ronaldo, having played for Sporting, the club where his Portugal captain started his illustrious career before moving on to bigger things.
Portugal's Bruno Fernandes has long played second fiddle to team mate Cristiano Ronaldo but on Monday he stepped out of the superstar's shadow by scoring two goals to steer his team past Uruguay and into the World Cup Round of 16.
The 28-year-old's career has been inextricably linked to Ronaldo, having played for Sporting, the club where his Portugal captain started his illustrious career before moving on to bigger things. He then moved to Manchester United in 2020, another club where CR7 had left his mark in the past. Having developed into a key player for the English side, the Fernandes then saw Ronaldo return last year to once again hog the spotlight.
Fernandes does not possess the speed, power or goal-scoring prowess of CR7 but he did what was needed to get Portugal through in a game where Ronaldo huffed and puffed but failed to get on the score sheet. Fernandes' whipped cross flew past Ronaldo's head and into the back of the net even though his more celebrated team mate initially claimed the goal for himself.
He then added another with a second half stoppage time penalty before rattling the post seconds later in his attempt for a hat-trick. The biggest cheers throughout the game were reserved almost exclusively for Ronaldo from the fans in the 88,0000 capacity Lusail stadium.
Fernandes, however, left the pitch a happy man, knowing on the biggest of international stages there were now two big names in the Portuguese squad. Whether at Sporting or at United, Fernandes was condemned to playing a supporting role to Ronaldo even though he is among the highest scoring midfielders in Europe.
After Manchester United abruptly ended Ronaldo's second stint at Old Trafford following his scathing criticism of the club, Fernandes refused to take sides. "It was a dream come true to play with Cristiano.. but nothing lasts forever," he said at the time with a video of their icy encounter at the Portugal team base ahead of the World Cup quickly becoming viral.
A playmaker with sublime skills, great touch and eye for goal, Fernandes led them to their second win in their World Cup group, which they had previously achieved only twice before, in 1966 and 2006. Both times they reached the tournament's last four. Playing in his second World Cup, compared to Ronaldo's fifth, Fernandes will be hoping it will also be Portugal's most successful one.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
I don't have respect for him: Cristiano Ronaldo on Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag
"Will consider response after full facts have been established": Manchester United on Cristiano Ronaldo interview
FIFA World Cup: Yuvraj Singh picks Cristiano Ronaldo as his favourite player
Soccer-'I speak when I want', says Cristiano Ronaldo about his interview
Soccer-'I speak when I want', says Cristiano Ronaldo about his interview | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/sports-games/2268152-analysis-soccer-fernandes-steps-out-of-ronaldos-portugal-shadow | 2022-11-28T23:17:50 | en | 0.978573 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/mlb/kansas-city-royals/articles/41678009 | 2022-11-28T23:17:58 | en | 0.738227 |
“We the People” is Jill Biden’s holiday theme with White House decorations designed for “the people” to see themselves in the tree ornaments, mantel displays, mirrors and do-it-yourself creations that have turned the mansion’s public spaces into a winter wonderland.
“The soul of our nation is, and has always been, ‘We the People,’” the first lady said at a White House event honoring the volunteers who decorated over Thanksgiving weekend. “And that is what inspired this year’s White House holiday decoration.”
“The values that unite us can be found all around you, a belief in possibility and optimism and unity,” Jill Biden said. “Room by room, we represent what brings us together during the holidays and throughout the year.”
Public rooms are dedicated to unifying forces: honoring and remembering deceased loved ones, words and stories, kindness and gratitude, food and traditions, nature and recreation, songs and sounds, unity and hope, faith and light, and children.
A burst of pine aroma hits visitors as they step inside the East Wing and come upon trees adorned with mirrored Gold Star ornaments bearing the names of fallen service members.
Winter trees, woodland animals and glowing lanterns placed along the hallway help give the feeling of walking through snow.
Likenesses of Biden family pets — Commander and Willow, the dog and cat — first appear at the end of the hallway before they are seen later in the Vermeil Room, which celebrates kindness and gratitude, and the State Dining Room, which highlights children.
Recipes contributed by the small army of volunteer decorators spruce up the China Room’s mantel. Handwritten ones — for apple crisp and pizzelle, an Italian cookie — are family recipes shared by the first lady.
Aides say she was inspired by people she met while traveling around the country and by the nation’s founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
A copy of the Declaration of Independence is on display in the library, while the always-show-stopping 300-pound (136 kilogram) gingerbread White House this year includes a sugar cookie replica of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, where the documents were signed.
The executive pastry chef used 20 sheets of sugar cookie dough, 30 sheets of gingerbread dough, 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of pastillage, 30 pounds (14 kilograms) of chocolate and 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of royal icing to create the gingerbread and sugar cookie masterpiece.
A new addition to the White House collection this year is a menorah, which is lit nightly during the eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah. White House carpenters built the menorah out of wood that was saved from a Truman-era renovation and sterling silver candle cups.
Some 50,000 visitors are expected to pass through the White House for the holidays, including tourists and guests invited to nearly a month’s worth of receptions. Among them will be French President Emmanuel Macron, who will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday and be honored at a state dinner, the first of the Biden administration.
More than 150 volunteers, including two of the first lady’s sisters, helped decorate the White House during the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
The decorations include more than 83,000 twinkling lights on trees, garlands, wreaths and other displays, 77 Christmas trees and 25 wreaths on the White House exterior. Volunteers also used more than 12,000 ornaments, just under 15,000 feet (4,500 meters) of ribbon and more than 1,600 bells.
Some of the decorations are do-it-yourself projects that the first lady hopes people will be encouraged to recreate for themselves, aides said. They include plastic drinking cups turned into bells and table-top Christmas trees made from foam shapes and dollar store ramekins.
Groupings of snowy trees fill corners of the East Room, which reflects nature and recreation, and scenes from four national parks are depicted on each fireplace mantel: Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah.
Breaking News
In the Blue Room, the official White House Christmas tree — an 18 1/2-foot (5.6-meter) Concolor fir from Auburn, Pennsylvania — is decorated to represent unity and hope with handmade renderings of the official birds from all 57 territories, states and the District of Columbia.
The State Dining Room is dedicated to the next generation — children — and its trees are decorated with self-portrait ornaments made by students of the 2021 Teachers of the Year, “ensuring that children see themselves” in the décor, the White House said.
Hanging from the fireplace in the State Dining Room are the Biden family Christmas stockings.
“We the People” are celebrated again in the Grand Foyer and Cross Hall on the State Floor, where metal ribbons are inscribed with the names of all the states, territories and the District of Columbia.
As part of Joining Forces, her White House initiative to support military families, Jill Biden was joined by National Guard leaders from across the country, as well as National Guard families. Her late son, Beau Biden, was a major in the Delaware Army National Guard.
She met before the event with children from National Guard families, telling them she wanted to hear their stories because “you have served right alongside of your parents and you deserve to have your courage, and your sacrifice, recognized, too.”
The White House noted that the holiday guide book given to visitors was designed by Daria Peoples, an African American children’s book author who lives in Las Vegas. Peoples is a former elementary school teacher who has written and illustrated a series of picture books to support children of color, including those who have experienced race-based trauma. | https://www.pilotonline.com/nation-world/ct-white-house-holiday-20221128-6nmmen5oxvc6jg4texz7342ale-story.html | 2022-11-28T23:17:57 | en | 0.948926 |
Soccer-German pundit Wagner apologises for bathrobe comment
Pundit and former German international striker Sandro Wagner apologised on Monday for his "ill considered" remark when he commented on the World Cup match between Germany and Spain the day before for the German TV channel ZDF.
Pundit and former German international striker Sandro Wagner apologised on Monday for his "ill considered" remark when he commented on the World Cup match between Germany and Spain the day before for the German TV channel ZDF. Wagner said in the 79th minute of the match that he first believed the traditional Qatari long white robes called thawb were bathrobes.
"I thought before that the whole corner was full of German fans. Then I realised it was the Qatari bathrobes," Wagner said. Wagner tweeted an apology on Twitter on Monday.
"It was an ill-considered saying with an inappropriate remark that I would be better off not saying. If anyone felt offended - sorry, that was zero point zero my intention." The 34-year-old played eight games for Germany before retiring in 2020.
ZDF has stated that there will be no further consequences for Wagner, who will again be commentating Wednesday's game between Poland and Argentina.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
Germany's BioNTech says to set up mRNA vaccine facility in Singapore
French, German central bank chiefs urge faster pace on EU capital markets union
Taylor Swift wins big in Germany at the MTV EMAs
Kathryn Beckett appointed as NZ’s next Ambassador to Argentina
Germany aims to expand cooperation with ASEAN via EU - Scholz | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/sports-games/2268153-soccer-german-pundit-wagner-apologises-for-bathrobe-comment | 2022-11-28T23:17:59 | en | 0.968922 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/mlb/kansas-city-royals/articles/41678406 | 2022-11-28T23:18:04 | en | 0.738227 |
Newport News police are still trying to identify and find the person who shot and killed two people — a 7-Eleven store owner and employee — five months ago inside a convenience store.
Police recirculated a surveillance video Monday in an attempt to warm up the case that has grown cold since June.
The video, shared to YouTube, shows a hooded man in all black clothing walking into the convenience store around 11:35 p.m. June 15 with a gun and a bag. The man is then shown running behind the counter. While he turned his face to the camera, police say he was “well covered,” with the hood and mask hiding his features.
The unknown man is accused of killing a store owner and employee in an apparent robbery. A customer walked into the store at the 1400 block of Kiln Creek Parkway shortly before midnight, realized something was amiss and called 911, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said in June.
Police arrived to find 52-year-old Preyas Patel, of York County, and 35-year-old Logan Edward Thomas, of Newport News, fatally shot. Patel owned the store; Thomas was an employee.
Newport News police ask that anyone with information call Det. A. Rogers at 757-928-4219.
A $10,000 reward has also been offered by 7-Eleven for information that leads to an arrest. Tipsters cannot be anonymous to receive the 7-Eleven reward, according to a Friday release from police.
Caitlyn Burchett, caitlyn.burchett@virginiamedia.com | https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/vp-nw-homicide-shooting-20221128-jvp6v6geyvbrvhscb5wvqntv6q-story.html | 2022-11-28T23:18:04 | en | 0.969795 |
Soccer-Goal-shy Uruguay need a repeat of infamous 2010 win over Ghana
"For us, it's a different history," Alonso said, trying to play down the historic resonance of that game. "They are looking for classification, us too.
Uruguay remain goalless at the World Cup and must find their form against next opponents Ghana in a re-run of one of the most infamous games in World Cup history if they are to progress to the next round of this tournament.
"We are looking for victory against Ghana, there is no doubt about it. If we have to make modifications, that is what we will do," coach Diego Alonso said after Monday's 2-0 defeat to Portugal left Uruguay bottom of Group H on one point. Despite possessing the attacking riches of Darwin Nunez, Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez, the South Americans also failed to score in their opening 0-0 draw with South Korea.
Their only chance of reaching the last 16 is with a win on Friday against Ghana, but the Africans will want revenge for being cruelly knocked out by Uruguay at the 2010 South Africa World Cup in a memorable and action-packed quarter-final. In that game, Suarez handballed on the line in the dying minutes and was sent off, only for Ghana to miss the subsequent penalty then lose a shootout. That deprived them of becoming the first African team in history to reach a World Cup semi-final.
Suarez was cast as the villain of the drama - and 12 years later is in the Uruguayan squad and may well line up again against the Africans. "For us, it's a different history," Alonso said, trying to play down the historic resonance of that game.
"They are looking for classification, us too. It has nothing to do with what happened years ago." 'NEED TO GAMBLE MORE'
Though Portugal dominated possession at the Lusail Stadium, Rodrigo Bentancur, Maxi Gomez and Suarez did go agonisingly close to breaking Uruguay's Qatar World Cup duck. "We didn't play well but we had our chances and we were pushing forward. We were trying for it. But sometimes the opponents are good, they play well, they counter your game plan and don't let you be where you would like to be," Alonso said.
The South Americans certainly played with more snap and penetration after substitutes Facundo Pellistri and Giorgian de Arrascaeta came on with just under half an hour left. "Our game improved with the two new players. The game was asking for them," Santos said. "At the start, Portugal owned the ball, they dominated the ball. After, we played well. We need to gamble more and to move more freely."
Arrascaeta looked devastated by the Portugal defeat but was also determined ahead of the Ghana game. "We have one game left and we have to go for it. Without doubt, we have to win come what may," he said.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
Protest song played for Hong Kong rugby team in South Korea
Ghana president sacks junior finance minister over alleged impropriety
Ghana's president sacks minister of state for finance Adu Boahen
Soccer-Ghana name uncapped pair who have impressed in Europe
South Korea's Yoon, China's Xi to hold summit in Bali -Yonhap | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/sports-games/2268160-soccer-goal-shy-uruguay-need-a-repeat-of-infamous-2010-win-over-ghana | 2022-11-28T23:18:07 | en | 0.977161 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/mlb/kansas-city-royals/articles/41679573 | 2022-11-28T23:18:10 | en | 0.738227 |
Dear Millennials and Generation Zers: I’m sorry. I should have believed in you.
Ever since I started writing children’s books on civics more than 20 years ago, I’ve talked with you in schools, in libraries and at book fairs. I’ve taken your questions about government and tried to answer them. I’ve known that you want to learn how government works and why. If something doesn’t seem right or fair, you want to know why not and try to fix it.
I watched you grow along with my own kids through high school and college. I’ve seen how you watch out for each other and care about each other. I’ve noticed that you don’t have the same biases and hang-ups that many of us still have about race or gender or sexuality or nationality or religion or political party. I’ve seen that you value people for who they are, not for what they are or what they believe. I’ve watched you travel and explore and learn about other cultures and sometimes even adopt something they do because you like it and it makes sense to you. I’ve seen you show respect for each other and each other’s beliefs.
For years, when people told me they feared for our country’s future, I always said “I don’t,” because I had confidence in the next generation to do better than we did and to learn from and correct our mistakes.
So I’m not sure why I lost my faith going into this past election. I don’t know why I believed the pundits who said young people weren’t going to vote in big numbers because they rarely have in the past. I don’t know why I thought that important matters like personal freedom, education, gun safety, and civility and compromise in governance didn’t matter to you anymore.
Viewpoints
But you showed us. You proved the pollsters wrong. You turned out and voted, giving us the second highest showing for a midterm in your demographic in 30 years, according to estimates by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.
You told us you were tired of extreme partisanship. That you wanted our elected leaders to do something for the people and not just for their parties. You told us you were sick of posturing and polarization and that you wanted action to improve people’s lives. You told us you didn’t care what happened in the past, that you wanted to know what our politicians were going to do to improve the common good in the future.
Because the future is yours.
I think the best thing that could happen in this country is for aging baby boomers and Gen Xers to get out of the way and let the next generations take over. I believe we had good intentions, but somewhere along the way we mucked it up. We saw governance as a competitive sport and not as a public service. It became about winning and not about doing. I’m afraid we’ve kind of made a mess.
But if the Nov. 8 election told us anything, it’s that you get it. You see the mess, and you’re tired of it. You want the noise and contentiousness to stop. You don’t want your personal freedoms to get tossed back and forth like a political football. You want commonsense regulation to reduce gun violence. You want the education that’s needed to fill important jobs to be available and affordable — to everyone. You want us to stop destroying the planet. And you’re tired of waiting for us to do it and are ready to take over and do it yourselves.
Good. Go for it!
Syl Sobel is an author of children’s books on U.S. history and civics, including How the U.S. Government Works, Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts, and The U.S. Constitution and You. His website is sylsobel.com. | https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/columns/vp-ed-column-sobel-1129-20221128-m2fwr5zmcfehjmiwcvyxiuv5fy-story.html | 2022-11-28T23:18:10 | en | 0.97355 |
UK ditches ban on 'legal but harmful' online content in favour of free speech
Platform owners, such as Facebook-owner Meta and Twitter, would be banned from removing or restricting user-generated content, or suspending or banning users, where there is no breach of their terms of service or the law, it said. The government had previously said social media companies could be fined up to 10% of turnover or 18 million pounds ($22 million) if they failed to stamp out harmful content such as abuse even if it fell below the criminal threshold, while senior managers could also face criminal action.
Britain will not force tech giants to remove content that is "legal but harmful" from their platforms after campaigners and lawmakers raised concerns that the move could curtail free speech, the government said on Monday.
Online safety laws would instead focus on the protection of children and on ensuring companies removed content that was illegal or prohibited in their terms of service, it said, adding that it would not specify what legal content should be censored. Platform owners, such as Facebook-owner Meta and Twitter, would be banned from removing or restricting user-generated content, or suspending or banning users, where there is no breach of their terms of service or the law, it said.
The government had previously said social media companies could be fined up to 10% of turnover or 18 million pounds ($22 million) if they failed to stamp out harmful content such as abuse even if it fell below the criminal threshold, while senior managers could also face criminal action. The proposed legislation, which had already been beset by delays and rows before the latest version, would remove state influence on how private companies managed legal speech, the government said.
It would also avoid the risk of platforms taking down legitimate posts to avoid sanctions. Digital Secretary Michelle Donelan said she aimed to stop unregulated social media platforms damaging children.
"I will bring a strengthened Online Safety Bill back to Parliament which will allow parents to see and act on the dangers sites pose to young people," she said. "It is also freed from any threat that tech firms or future governments could use the laws as a licence to censor legitimate views." Britain, like the European Union and other countries, has been grappling with the problem of legislating to protect users, and in particular children, from harmful user-generated content on social media platforms without damaging free speech.
The revised Online Safety Bill, which returns to parliament next month, puts the onus on tech companies to take down material in breach of their own terms of service and to enforce their user age limits to stop children circumventing authentication methods, the government said. If users were likely to encounter controversial content such as the glorification of eating disorders, racism, anti-Semitism or misogyny not meeting the criminal threshold, the platform would have to offer tools to help adult users avoid it, it said.
Only if platforms failed to uphold their own rules or remove criminal content could a fine of up to 10% of annual turnover apply. Britain said late on Saturday that a new criminal offence of assisting or encouraging self-harm online would be included in the bill. ($1 = 0.8317 pounds)
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
- READ MORE ON:
- anti-Semitism
- Britain
- Digital
- Meta
- Michelle Donelan
- European Union
- Parliament
ALSO READ
Musk's latest Twitter cuts: Outsourced content moderators
Musk touches on Twitter criticism, workload at G-20 forum
Elon Musk's spells out 3 conditions for allowing Twitter employees to work remotely
Steel occupies premiere place among themetals fraternity due its highest availability: Faggan Singh Kulaste
Twitter contract workers fired 'without advance notification' | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/2268158-uk-ditches-ban-on-legal-but-harmful-online-content-in-favour-of-free-speech | 2022-11-28T23:18:14 | en | 0.958154 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/mlb/kansas-city-royals/articles/41679670 | 2022-11-28T23:18:16 | en | 0.738227 |
Do something
Re “Sources identify Walmart employee who killed 6 inside Chesapeake store” (Nov. 23): So, we’ve had another mass shooting, this time in Chesapeake. It is not a surprise to me though the horror is still there. It will happen again. We all know it. And sorry, folks, but the almost mythical “good guy with a gun” was once again not around to save us from the very real “bad guy with a gun.”
I am angry, frustrated and sad that, beyond thoughts and prayers sent out to survivors of these shootings, not much else ever gets done. We talk, we talk, blah, blah, yada, yada.
Politicians, I am speaking directly to you. Apparently way too many of you have zero intention of doing anything significant about gun violence. Will you be motivated to do what is right, what is moral, only if someone you love dies violently? Only if you, too, become one of those survivors you so glibly send your “hearts out” to? I can not imagine the horror, anger and sadness they feel. Have you even tried?
And another mass shooting will happen again. Soon. We all know it. So sad because the vast majority of us would, I’m sure, like to go to Walmart and make it out alive.
Barbara Riebe, Williamsburg
Shootings
Re “Sources identify Walmart employee who killed 6 inside Chesapeake store” (Nov. 23): Ordering more people to be defenseless does not make it safer; it just gives people with mental illnesses more opportunity to take more lives. Gun control does not work because if you want a gun, you can buy it off the street. It’s the same as drug control.
So you communists who don’t like our Constitution, leave our country alone. And you prosecutors, do your job — put lawbreakers in jail. Way too often we hear of some sort of mass shooting, and one thing these shootings have in common is there are only unarmed good citizens at the location of the shootings until the police arrive. None of the good citizens have a gun for self-defense. Usually, it is not allowed by law or the rules of the establishment. When the crime was being committed. where were the police? Well of course they are not there; they are not called until a crime has been committed.
People should be armed and not defenseless. Some mass shooters reveal their plans to their family members or peers through their actions and speech. No one believes them or cares to have them investigated. Many times, the cops are not able to do anything because no crime has occurred.
I hate violence against innocent people. The tool does not matter; the act is the problem. You can’t stop a criminal until you catch him or her and imprison him or her. The more criminals in prison, the safer our society becomes. Taking guns away from law-abiding citizens does not stop or deter crime.
Denis A. Crisp, Virginia Beach
Park or hotels?
Re “Rudee Loop” (Your Views, Nov. 22): I’m surprised Rudee Loop continues to be an unresolved issue. The mayor, who presides over City Council meetings, and council members have had enough time and input to make a decision. If they are politically driven, influenced by corporate lobbyists, or members of the “no guts society,” they will support developers. Money rules these days, and developers are all about making money.
If the mayor and the council members care about the people of Virginia Beach, Rudee Loop will become a park for families, and it will be great for the environment and climate change. Mayors and the council members, like robots, have to be oiled to keep them functioning, or they rust while delaying decisions. Apparently, the rust is setting in. People of Virginia Beach need to speak up. You are the oil. Do you need a park or more hotels?
Viewpoints
Dora Johnson, Honolulu
Student loans
In this democratic republic that we are fortunate to live, since when does the minority take a front seat over the majority? In the United States the majority of its citizens have not attended college and run up a huge student loan debt.
Can anyone tell me why the majority of the citizens pay the debt of the minority of college students? The student loans are not being forgiven; they are being paid by individuals who have not accrued them, the majority of the population. Can anyone tell me the justification for this loan forgiveness? I think not.
LeRoy Reynolds, Portsmouth
Nice job
Re “Pence shows quality of character” (Other Views, Nov. 20): I have great respect for Cal Thomas but do not always agree with his comments. However, he is on spot with his op-ed regarding our former vice president, Mike Pence.
Our “great democracy” will always need strong Democratic and Republican parties with candidates and elected officials who have integrity and strong moral principles. Thank you, Cal Thomas.
Robert “Bobby” Clifton, Virginia Beach | https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-lets-1129-20221128-u4iaw3tz25gg5dw43xuh736yri-story.html | 2022-11-28T23:18:16 | en | 0.966725 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/articles/41678606 | 2022-11-28T23:18:22 | en | 0.738227 |
Most of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame’s induction newly announced class of 2023 has ties to Hampton Roads.
Ryan Zimmerman, DeAngelo Hall and Francena McCorory grew up in the area. Jimmye Laycock played football and coached for William & Mary, and Sheila Trice-Myers ran track for Christopher Newport.
Plus, former W&M football player Joe Montgomery will receive a Distinguished Virginian Award.
Also to be inducted in the class are former Virginia Cavaliers quarterback Shawn Moore, Charlottesville-based media personality Jerry Ratcliffe and former Roanoke College lacrosse standout Bob Rotanz.
They will be honored in April in Virginia Beach, where the hall is located. On April 21, a welcome reception is set. On April 22, a “Breakfast With Champions” will be held in the morning, with the induction and reception ceremony at night.
“What excites me most about this class is how it truly represents all of Virginia,” VSHOF executive director Will Driscoll said in a release announcing the selections. They were chosen by the hall’s board of directors and honors court committee.
Zimmerman, a former Kellam High baseball star, is among the top offensive players in UVA history, and he spent a summer playing for the Peninsula Pilots. But he probably is known best as the Washington Nationals’ franchise leader in hits (1,846), home runs (284), RBIs (1,061) and games played (1,799), and he guided them to the 2019 World Series championship. His No. 11 jersey has been retired by the Nationals.
Hall, an All-Tidewater player from Deep Creek High, was an All-American defensive back for Virginia Tech in the early 2000s. Chosen by Atlanta in the 2004 NFL draft’s first round, he played 14 NFL seasons with the Falcons, Raiders and Washington, earning three Pro Bowl selections.
He is a Virginia Tech Hall of Famer and was recognized as one of Washington’s greatest 90 players, and he has spent time as a broadcaster.
McCorory, who set numerous VHSL records while running track for Bethel, won three NCAA 400-meter championships with Hampton University and was a four-time NCAA All-American. She ran in the 2012 and ‘16 Olympics, winning gold medals both times on the 4x400-meter relay.
Breaking News
Laycock, who grew up in Loudoun County, quarterbacked William & Mary in the late 1960s. After a decade as an assistant coach at various stops, he became the Tribe’s head coach in 1980 and amassed 249 wins, seven conference championships and 10 NCAA playoff berths in 39 seasons, as well as guiding future coaches such as Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Sean McDermott of the Buffalo Bills. Laycock already is in the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame.
Trice-Myers, from Louisa County High, rewrote the CNU and NCAA record books. She won 15 Division III national championships and 32 All-American honors from 1987-90. She remains the D-III record-holder in the indoor 55-meter hurdles.
During her time as a Captain, she led CNU to six of a possible eight NCAA team championships (indoor and outdoor).
Montgomery, who grew up near Lynchburg, was an All-America center for W&M in 1973 and was inducted into the Tribe’s hall of fame in 1985. He has been on W&M’s Board of Visitors and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Board of Trustees. He also has won a Gerald R. Ford Legends Award, which goes to former standout football centers who have made significant contributions to communities.
Moore, from Martinsville, was UVA’s starting quarterback for three seasons, setting numerous records — including 83 total touchdowns (55 passing, 28 rushing), which remain the school standard. In 1990, he led the Cavaliers to their first No. 1 national ranking, was the ACC Player of the Year and was fourth in Heisman Trophy balloting.
Ratcliffe spent four decades at the Daily Progress in Charlottesville and was named the Virginia Sportswriter of the Year four times. Since then, he has managed and provided UVA athletics content on JerryRatcliffe.com.
Rotanz was the Division III National Player of the Year in 1978, when he scored the winning goal in a 14-13 victory over Hobart for the NCAA championship. | https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/vp-sp-va-sports-hall-of-fame-1129-20221128-c2ncts6gejavhbje5qcbeykkka-story.html | 2022-11-28T23:18:22 | en | 0.974273 |
White House keeping a 'close eye' on misinformation on Twitter
"This is something that we're certainly keeping an eye on," said White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre, when asked about Twitter becoming a vector for misinformation. Jean-Pierre said it was the responsibility of social media platforms to "make sure that when it comes to misinformation, when it comes to the hate that we're seeing, that...
- Country:
- United States
The White House said on Monday it was monitoring social media platform Twitter, now under the stewardship of new Chief Executive Elon Musk, for misinformation. "This is something that we're certainly keeping an eye on," said White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre, when asked about Twitter becoming a vector for misinformation.
Jean-Pierre said it was the responsibility of social media platforms to "make sure that when it comes to misinformation, when it comes to the hate that we're seeing, that... they take action, that they continue to take action." Musk, who has reinstated a number of Twitter accounts that had been previously suspended, said at the weekend that new user signups were at an "all-time high." But there has been a mass exodus of advertisers over concerns about verification and hate speech that Musk blames on activist groups exerting pressure on companies.
"We're all keeping a close eye on this," Jean-Pierre told reporters at the White House. "Social media companies have a responsibility to prevent their platforms from being used by any user to incite violence, especially violence directed at individual communities."
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
- READ MORE ON:
- The White House
- Elon Musk
- Musk
- Karine Jean-Pierre
- White House
- Jean-Pierre
ALSO READ
Musk's latest Twitter cuts: Outsourced content moderators
WRAPUP 3-Biden and Xi to meet ahead of G20, Musk addresses business forum by candlelight
Musk touches on Twitter criticism, workload at G-20 forum
Elon Musk's spells out 3 conditions for allowing Twitter employees to work remotely
Tesla director tells court Musk's $56 bln pay wasn't for punching a clock | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/2268165-white-house-keeping-a-close-eye-on-misinformation-on-twitter | 2022-11-28T23:18:22 | en | 0.964588 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/articles/41678635 | 2022-11-28T23:18:28 | en | 0.738227 |
Elon Musk: Apple threatened to yank Twitter from App Store
The billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla said Apple was pressuring Twitter over content moderation demands. The action, unconfirmed by Apple, would not be unusual as the company has routinely enforced its rules and previously removed apps such as Gab and Parler.
Elon Musk accused Apple Inc of threatening to block Twitter Inc from its app store without saying why in a series of tweets on Monday that also said the iPhone maker had stopped advertising on the social media platform. The billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla said Apple was pressuring Twitter over content moderation demands.
The action, unconfirmed by Apple, would not be unusual as the company has routinely enforced its rules and previously removed apps such as Gab and Parler. Parler, which is popular with U.S. conservatives, was restored by Apple in 2021 after the app updated its content and moderation practices, the companies said at the time.
"Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?," Musk, who took Twitter private for $44 billion last month, said in a tweet. He later tagged Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook's Twitter account in another tweet, asking "what's going on here?"
Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment. "It wasn't clear to me how far up the Apple food chain that idea went internally and without knowing that, it isn't clear how seriously to take any of this," said Randal Picker, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School.
The world's most valuable firm spent an estimated $131,600 on Twitter ads between Nov. 10 and Nov. 16, down from $220,800 between Oct. 16 and Oct. 22, the week before Musk closed the Twitter deal, according to ad measurement firm Pathmatics. In the first quarter of 2022, Apple was the top advertiser on Twitter, spending $48 million and accounting for more than 4% of total revenue for the period, the Washington Post reported, citing an internal Twitter document.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the report. 'GO TO WAR'
Among the list of grievances tweeted by Musk was the up to 30% fee Apple charges software developers for in-app purchases, with Musk posting a meme suggesting he was willing to "go to war" with Apple rather than paying the commission. The fee has drawn criticism and lawsuits from companies such as Epic Games, the maker of 'Fortnite', while attracting the scrutiny of regulators globally.
The commission could weigh on Musk's attempts to boost subscription revenue at Twitter, in part to make up for the exodus of advertisers over content moderation concerns. Companies from General Mills Inc to luxury automaker Audi of America have stopped or paused advertising on Twitter since the acquisition, and Musk said earlier this month that the company had seen a "massive" drop in revenue.
Ad sales account for about 90% of Twitter's revenue. The self-described free speech absolutist, whose company has in the past few days reinstated several Twitter accounts including that of former U.S. President Donald Trump, has blamed activist groups for pressuring advertisers.
Ben Bajarin, the head of consumer technologies at research firm Creative Strategies, said that Musk may be reading too much into a regular process Apple goes through in app review. "App review from Apple is not perfect by any means and a consistently frustrating process for developers but from what I hear it is a two-way conversation," he said.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
- READ MORE ON:
- Elon Musk
- Musk
- Apple
- Apple Inc
- America
- U.S.
- Donald Trump
- Audi
- Parler
- Washington Post
- Twitter Inc
ALSO READ
Musk's latest Twitter cuts: Outsourced content moderators
Saudi Arabia pulls player from World Cup over doping case
Musk touches on Twitter criticism, workload at G-20 forum
Elon Musk's spells out 3 conditions for allowing Twitter employees to work remotely
Twitter contract workers fired 'without advance notification' | https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/2268167-elon-musk-apple-threatened-to-yank-twitter-from-app-store | 2022-11-28T23:18:31 | en | 0.967515 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/articles/41679133 | 2022-11-28T23:18:34 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/articles/41679774 | 2022-11-28T23:18:40 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/articles/41679781 | 2022-11-28T23:18:46 | en | 0.738227 |
You don’t get where Cristiano Ronaldo has got in football without a serious hunger for goals – but did he try to claim one he didn’t touch in Portugal’s win over Uruguay?
Numerous watching of replays suggest so.
Ad
Having scored from the penalty spot in Portugal’s 3-2 victory over Ghana, Ronaldo looked like he had netted again when he rose to flick in Bruno Fernandes’ left-wing cross against Uruguay.
World Cup
'Horrendous' - Cole says 'no way' Portugal should have got penalty for handball
It certainly appeared Ronaldo’s goal as he ran off in celebration and leapt into the arms of Fernandes.
However, all was not what it seemed.
After initial replays of the goal hinted at the faintest contact from Ronaldo’s head, further watching showed that there was no touch at all from the former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward.
The goal was awarded to Fernandes, who added a second from the penalty spot late on following a refereeing decision described as “horrendous”.
Ronaldo appeared to be smiling when he saw on the big screens at the stadium that the first goal had been given to Fernandes.
“His reaction suggested he touched it, but I’m yet to see a camera angle that shows it,” said former England Joe Cole on ITV.
“He’s definitely destined for Hollywood if he didn’t touch it!”
Former Scotland midfielder Graeme Souness added: "Only he really knows... If he hasn't touched it then it's pretty good acting."
Ronaldo, 37, is playing at his fifth and almost certainly last World Cup.
Portugal’s second win in the group means they are through to the last 16.
World Cup
'My World Cup starts now' - Maddison declares himself ready for Wales
World Cup
Ghana coach snaps selfie with crying Son at World Cup
Share this article
Advertisement
Ad
Advertisement
Ad | https://www.eurosport.com/football/world-cup/2022/cristiano-ronaldo-did-portugal-star-wrongly-claim-goal-at-2022-world-cup-or-did-he-touch-bruno-ferna_sto9249374/story.shtml | 2022-11-28T23:18:55 | en | 0.971764 |
Former England star Joe Cole said the referee made a “horrendous decision” giving Portugal a penalty for handball in their 2-0 World Cup win over Uruguay.
The referee pointed to the spot after consulting the Video Assistant Referee when the ball hit the hand of Uruguay defender Jose Gimenez.
Ad
There was widespread surprise that the penalty was given as Gimenez was falling to the floor at the time and was using his arm to break his fall.
World Cup
Did Ronaldo wrongly claim Portugal goal or did he touch it?
The International Football Association Board (IFAB), which determines the laws of football, say handball should be given for deliberate movements towards the ball or when “a player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation”.
“The ref has had an absolute nightmare there,” said former winger Cole on ITV.
“You can’t give a penalty for that. Any football person will know. There’s a grey area because if you run up to someone and strike the ball and it hits their hand it’s a not penalty, there’s no way Gimenez in that incident knows where the ball is going to end up, he’s just breaking his fall.
“It’s a horrendous decision from the referee. If that was England you would be fuming.
“Uruguay were in the ascendancy, that second goal takes the steam out.”
Bruno Fernandes stepped up to score the penalty and make it 2-0 to Portugal.
The win takes them through to the last 16 while Uruguay remain on one point, but still in with a chance of qualifying if they beat South Korea in their last group match.
“It shows the inconsistencies of VAR because he is using his hand to break his fall,” said former Wales forward Hal Robson-Kanu.
“If he’s not putting his hand down there he’s landing awkwardly and could potentially injure himself.
“From Bruno Fernandes’ perspective he’s thinking that’s taking the ball out of my line of path and I’m in on goal. But we should have a clear definition of whether or not that’s a penalty and we don’t.”
Former Scotland midfielder Graeme Souness said the referee “got it wrong”.
There was also slight confusion over Portugal’s first goal as it appeared Cristiano Ronaldo had flicked in Fernandes’ cross to score his second goal of the tournament.
However, replays suggested there was no contact and Ronaldo was not given the goal.
World Cup
'My World Cup starts now' - Maddison declares himself ready for Wales
World Cup
Ghana coach snaps selfie with crying Son at World Cup
Share this article
Advertisement
Ad
Advertisement
Ad | https://www.eurosport.com/football/world-cup/2022/joe-cole-says-no-way-portugal-should-have-been-awarded-handball-penalty-against-uruguay-at-2022-worl_sto9249361/story.shtml | 2022-11-28T23:19:01 | en | 0.969874 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/stanford-cardinal-football/articles/41675533 | 2022-11-28T23:19:05 | en | 0.738227 |
A protester carrying a rainbow flag and wearing a t-shirt with the words ‘Save Ukraine’ and ‘Respect for Iranian Women’ on invaded the pitch during Portugal’s World Cup win over Uruguay.
The pitch invader wore a blue top with a Superman logo and ‘Save Ukraine’ on the front.
Ad
On the back it said ‘Respect for Iranian Women’.
World Cup
Did Ronaldo wrongly claim Portugal goal or did he touch it?
He was chased by security officials and dropped the rainbow flag on the pitch. It was picked up by the referee and taken to the sideline where it was collected.
The 2022 World Cup has featured plenty of discussion and debate over Qatar's treatment of the LGBTQ+ community.
Seven nations were intending to wear a ‘One Love’ rainbow armband at the tournament but they decided against the idea after being threatened with sporting punishments by FIFA.
Anti-government demonstrations in Iran following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini have also been brought to the world’s attention.
There have been protests from supporters at games and the Iran team refused to sing the national anthem against England.
- Fernandes double sends Portugal through to last 16
- Did Ronaldo wrongly claim Portugal's opening goal?
Portugal’s Ruben Neves said after the 2-0 victory: “We know what has happened around this World Cup. It’s a normal thing to happen. Of course, we are all with them as well. Iran as well, because I saw his shirt.
“I hope nothing happens to the boy because we understand his message and I think all the world understood it as well.”
Portugal’s victory ensured they qualify for the last 16 of the World Cup.
A man (R) invades the pitch holding a LGBT flag as he wears a t-shirt reading "Respect for Iranian woman" during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group H football match between Portugal and Uruguay at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on November 28, 20
Image credit: Getty Images
A man wearing a t-shirt reading "Respect For Iranian Woman" runs on the pitch waving a rainbow LGBT flag during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group H football match between Portugal and Uruguay
Image credit: Getty Images
UK sports minister Stuart Andrew says he will wear the ‘One Love’ armband at the World Cup game between Wales and England on Tuesday evening.
"I absolutely will be doing so,” Andrew, who is a member of the LGBTQ+ community, told the Evening Standard.
"I'm not going to shy away from who I am. Our message very much is that no one should have to hide who they are."
World Cup
'Horrendous' - Cole says 'no way' Portugal should have got penalty for handball
World Cup
'My World Cup starts now' - Maddison declares himself ready for Wales
Share this article
Advertisement
Ad
Advertisement
Ad | https://www.eurosport.com/football/world-cup/2022/world-cup-pitch-invader-flies-rainbow-flag-and-wears-save-ukraine-and-respect-for-iranian-women-shir_sto9249411/story.shtml | 2022-11-28T23:19:08 | en | 0.965435 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/stanford-cardinal-football/articles/41677823 | 2022-11-28T23:19:11 | en | 0.738227 |
Neil Robertson turned on the style to secure his place in the second round of the Scottish Open with a 4-1 victory over Mark Davis.
The 2017 Scottish Open champion made breaks of 104, 61, 52 and 92 to see off his opponent.
Ad
The world No. 63 raced into a 1-0 lead courtesy of some impressive cue ball control and a break of 80, prompted by a long plant on reds.
Scottish Open
'It's an absolutely tragedy' - Robertson jokes about England's tactics at World Cup
And Davis thought he was back in business in the second frame before he missed a red along the top cushion to give his opponent a reprieve.
Robertson responded with a majestic century – finishing on 104 – to make Davis duly pay and level the scores.
Robertson made another delightful break of 61 to take the lead in the match, and he claimed a third consecutive frame despite missing a black while leading 52-0 just moments after telling off a spectator.
Davis failed to take advantage, though, missing a fine cut on a red to centre pocket, as Robertson saw out the frame.
'The Thunder from Down Under', who lived up to his nickname by shouting at a fan for moving while he was taking a shot, wrapped up the match with a break of 92 following a brilliant recovery pot on a blue to the centre pocket.
Robertson was pleased with his performance but admitted that he was relieved his opponent could not build on a promising start.
Speaking in the Eurosport studio afterwards, he said: "Yes, it's good. Mark had a great start. In the first frame, he made a really good break. And then the second frame he is in there when he missed a tough red along the cushion.
"If that goes in, he goes 2-0 up and then I'm in big trouble. I don’t think I'd scored a point up until that stage.
"He lost a bit of the cue ball and then I was able to kind of get back the momentum."
- Ronnie O'Sullivan: Plot twist as 'fastest ever century' downgraded after timing review
- Judd Trump seals strange whitewash over Sanderson Lam with big win
- Mark Allen and Shaun Murphy continues war of wards at Scottish Open - 'When you getting beat?'
Robertson also revealed that he is currently feeling under the weather – but his illness doesn’t compare to how he was feeling when he lost to Joe Perry in the first round of the UK Championship earlier this month.
“After that I slept for like 12 hours a day the next three days,” he said.
“This one is nowhere near as bad. I’m able to practice properly and it’s just a bit of a blocked nose and stuff like that. But I’m totally fine to play this week."
Meanwhile, Mark Selby is also into the second round following a 4-2 win over Aaron Hill.
- - -
Stream the 2022 Scottish Open and more top snooker action live and on-demand on discovery+
Snooker
'Quite off-putting' - Robertson reveals how Roy Keane caused distraction
UK Championship
'He doesn’t look well at all' – White concerned by Robertson after shock exit
Share this article
Advertisement
Ad
Advertisement
Ad | https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/scottish-open/2022-2023/neil-robertson-powers-past-mark-davis-and-into-second-round-of-scottish-open-with-stylish-display_sto9249369/story.shtml | 2022-11-28T23:19:14 | en | 0.965236 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/stanford-cardinal-football/articles/41678074 | 2022-11-28T23:19:17 | en | 0.738227 |
Neil Robertson shouted at a fan during his first-round win over Mark Davis at the Scottish Open for moving while he played a shot.
In the fourth frame, Robertson was on a break of 43 and knocked in a pink into the middle before he called out a fan at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh.
Ad
"Hey, what are you doing?!" the Australian yelled.
Scottish Open
Robertson discusses recovery from illness, O’Sullivan’s rapid century and England World Cup chances
Referee John Pellew also had a word with the spectator: “Take a seat please and stay there, thank you.”
Worse still, Robertson missed a black off its spot a few shots later and was visibly annoyed as he walked back to his seat.
However, he managed to win the frame to take a 3-1 lead, before wrapping up the match a frame later.
- Plot twist as O’Sullivan’s ‘fastest ever century’ downgraded
- Higgins reveals cue tweak has made 'massive difference' to his season
Former world champion and Eurosport commentator Joe Johnson empathised with Robertson.
“It’s very off-putting when you see somebody just stand up and start walking about,” Johnson said. “He very nearly missed the pink."
David Hendon added: “He wasn’t happy that someone was walking either in or out of his eyeline, he let them know.
“I think the problem is it’s open-plan [the arena] so that person may have been watching another match and got up innocently and not thought, 'hang on, there’s someone else, I’ll be in there eyeline'.
“I suspect they won’t be doing it again after what he [Robertson] said!”
O’Sullivan seconds away from record-breaking century in mesmerising break
- - -
Stream the 2022 Scottish Open and more top snooker action live and on-demand on discovery+.
Scottish Open
Robertson powers past Davis and into second round of Scottish Open
Scottish Open
'Hey what you doing!' - Robertson shouts at someone in the crowd
Share this article
Advertisement
Ad
Advertisement
Ad | https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/scottish-open/2022-2023/neil-robertson-shouts-at-a-fan-for-moving-at-scottish-open-hey-what-are-you-doing_sto9249368/story.shtml | 2022-11-28T23:19:20 | en | 0.962273 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/stanford-cardinal-football/articles/41678289 | 2022-11-28T23:19:23 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/stanford-cardinal-football/articles/41679027 | 2022-11-28T23:19:29 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/stanford-cardinal-football/articles/41679265 | 2022-11-28T23:19:35 | en | 0.738227 |
Last call: Cyber Monday deals are still live for the excellent Galaxy Watch 5 Golf Edition
We may earn a commission if you make a purchase from the links on this page.
Samsung's latest-and-greatest smartwatches are definitely the among the best timepieces you can pair to you Android device. And their niche special edition takes things up a notch with an exclusive band and unique software features that can take your golfing to the next level!
Even if you are not into the sport, it's hard to deny that the two-tone look of the strap is strikingly stylish and fits well with the Watch 5's flat and minimalistic look. There's also a green accent around the home button and a set of exclusive themes for this watch specifically. If you have an older device to trade in, you can just pick up a Galaxy Watch 5 Golf Edition for $95 and just rock it for the coolness factor.
But golf fans will get additional value from the purchase. Right now the Watch 5 Golf Edition comes with lifetime access to Samsung's Smart Caddie app — a $100 value in its own right. The app makes it extremely easy to find a playfield and get accurate course information during the game thanks to the fact that it is synced with 40,000 courses worldwide. It also gives you a scorecard right on your wrist, so you can track the game effortlessly.
Golf Editions are available for the 40 mm and 44 mm versions of the Galaxy Watch 5 as well as the large Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. We've only got hours left until Cyber Monday is gone and through and we can't imagine the deals will hang around for much longer!
Loading Comments... | https://www.phonearena.com/news/galaxy-watch-5-golf-cyber-monday-deals-samsung_id143955 | 2022-11-28T23:19:36 | en | 0.950955 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nba/chicago-bulls/articles/41678368 | 2022-11-28T23:19:41 | en | 0.738227 |
Last chance on Samsung tablet deals: Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra prices take a final bow before exiting!
We may earn a commission if you make a purchase from the links on this page.
Samsung only released the Galaxy Tab S8 series in 2022, but it was a highly anticipated launch, met with cheers and praise. See, Samsung took a couple of years to update its flagship Tab S series, after the Tab S7 in 2020. But when it came back, it did so with fury!
Right now, the company has a healthy lineup of tablets for all budgets, needs, and use cases, and thanks to the Cyber Monday discounts that are still live (but the window is slowly closing!), we can grab a Galaxy Tab for a good chunk of money less!
The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is, hands down, the biggest, meanest, most powerful and feature-packed Android tablet you can get right now. The Tab S8 and Tab S8+ are knocked down a peg, but are also excellent choices if you want to buy a flagship tablet. And they all come with the S Pen stylus ready in the box!
Buy at Samsung
Buy at Samsung
Buy at Amazon
Buy at Walmart
Buy at Samsung
Buy at Amazon
Buy at Walmart
The Galaxy Tab S7 series is sticking around for a reason. It’s a couple of years old by now, but that mostly means that you can get a tablet with a 120 Hz screen, S Pen, and quad speakers at a fraction of the cost!
Buy at Samsung
Buy at Amazon
Buy at Walmart
Buy at Samsung
Buy at Walmart
Buy at Samsung
Buy at Amazon
Buy at Amazon
Buy at Amazon
Right now, the company has a healthy lineup of tablets for all budgets, needs, and use cases, and thanks to the Cyber Monday discounts that are still live (but the window is slowly closing!), we can grab a Galaxy Tab for a good chunk of money less!
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra down to $399!
The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is, hands down, the biggest, meanest, most powerful and feature-packed Android tablet you can get right now. The Tab S8 and Tab S8+ are knocked down a peg, but are also excellent choices if you want to buy a flagship tablet. And they all come with the S Pen stylus ready in the box!
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, incredible price!
Trade-in an old tablet with Samsung and you can have the Tab S8 Ultra for just shy of $400! Instant rebate without trade-in is still $200 off. This is a beast of a tablet that is sure to serve you for years to come. With an included S Pen, beautiful screen, and excellent speakers, it can do it all.
$700 off (64%)
Trade-in
$399
99
$1099
99
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ starting at JUST $99 now (with trade-in)!
If you have an eligible trade-in device, Samsung will give you its plus-sized flagship tablet at a 89% discount. This offer may get you a Galaxy Tab S8+ for as low as $99.99! This is for the version with 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM. Basically, without trade-in you get $300 off in instant credit, and with trade-in, you can get up to $500 more off. Don't hesitate, get it while it lasts!
$800 off (89%)
Trade-in
$99
99
$899
99
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ with a $220 Cyber Monday discount!
The Tab S8+ has a stunning 12.4" OLED display and is just as powerful as you'd expect. It also has outstanding multitasking capabilities with Samsung DeX and a built-in S Pen. And, thanks to the Black Friday/Cyber Monday shopping season, you can get one for $220 less.
$220 off (24%)
$679
99
$899
99
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ NOW $200 OFF with this Cyber Monday deal!
The S Pen-equipped Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ is available at Walmart for $699. That's a discount of $200 and one of the greatest prices on Samsung's large and sketch-friendly tablet available. This discount is on the 128GB version. The 256GB version is now available for $799.00 instead of $979.99. Awesome! Don't miss out!
$200 off (22%)
$699
$899
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8: Get $150 credit or up to $450 when you trade in
Samsung's Cyber Monday instantly shaves $150 off of the Galaxy Tab S8's price. If you have an old device to trade in, you can get up to $450 enhanced trade-in credit (or up to $120 on cracked devices) on top of that to really sweeten the deal.
$600 off (86%)
Trade-in
$99
99
$699
99
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8: price knocked off by $165
The 128GB version of the regular Galaxy Tab S8 is now 23% cheaper than usual at Amazon. You can get this amazing tablet with a $165 discount. This one is the Wi-Fi only version and comes with an 11" LCD display, and an S Pen in the box. This is a great purchase if you are looking for something that is a bit more future-proof in the Android tablet market.
$165 off (24%)
$534
99
$699
99
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8: get it now with a Cyber Monday $151 discount!
Walmart slashes the price of the 128GB version of the regular Galaxy Tab S8 by a cool $131. This one is the Wi-Fi only version and comes with an 11" LCD display, and an S Pen in the box.
$101 off (16%)
$549
$649
99
Galaxy Tab S7 - get a 5G tablet for $379!
The Galaxy Tab S7 series is sticking around for a reason. It’s a couple of years old by now, but that mostly means that you can get a tablet with a 120 Hz screen, S Pen, and quad speakers at a fraction of the cost!
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE: at least $280 off with trade-in!
Samsung has a $180 off instant discount on the Galaxy Tab S7 FE and guarantees you at least $115 off more if you have a device to swap during your purchase of the Galaxy Tab S7 FE 5G!
$305 off (51%)
Trade-in
$295
$599
99
Cyber Monday deal drops the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE 5G by $150
This Galaxy Tab S7 FE is going with a nice $150 straight up discount on Amazon. It's a 5G-compatible tablet with a huge, 12.4-inch display, an S Pen in the box, 64GB of internal storage, and microSD slot for some additional space.
$150 off (28%)
$379
99
$529
99
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE: 26% markdown at Walmart
Walmart's offer on the Galaxy Tab S7 FE almost matches the competition. It's still a 5G tablet with an S Pen for under $400, so if you are doing your shopping at Walmart — you can jump on this one!
$136 off (26%)
$392
52
$529
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ (128GB): Get a guaranteed minimum of $200 in trade-in credit!
Samsung still sells the Galaxy Tab S7+ since it is still an excellent tablet. Now with an instant rebate of $150 off, no questions asked. Trade-ins are open if you wish to shave more off, guaranteed minimum of $100 off.
$150 off (18%)
$699
99
$849
99
SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab S7 Plus - BEST PRICE AT WALMART
Walmart goes all out with an instant $200 off, no trades required. This means you get a large tablet with a 120 Hz AMOLED screen, S Pen, and quad speakers for $499!
$200 off (29%)
$499
$699
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 - MORE than HALF OFF with trade-in
Samsung has an instant $200 rebate on the Galaxy Tab S7, but if you trade in an old device, you are guaranteed an extra $100 off! This tablet still has a 120 Hz screen, quad speakers, and S Pen, and can be had for the low price of $300!
$350 off (54%)
Trade-in
$300
$649
99
Other Samsung Galaxy tablet deals
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite: $120 deduction at Amazon
The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is now pretty long in the tooth but still available for good reason. It’s your cheapest entry into a tablet with an S Pen and still functions great as a drawing canvas for anyone who wishes to get their feet wet. Now, extremely affordable thanks to these Cyber Monday deals!
$120 off (34%)
$229
99
$349
99
Samsung Galaxy Tab A8: price cut by $90 thanks to this Cyber Monday offer!
Amazon is currently selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 with a $90 discount. This tablet is a multimedia machine with a 16:10 aspect ratio that is perfect for streaming all your favorite movies, and its quad speakers with Dolby Atmos support deliver stereo sound for a more immersive experience.
$90 off (39%)
$139
99
$229
99
Galaxy Tab A7 Lite - cheapest way to enjoy a tablet life!
The Galaxy Tab A7 Lite is an even more affordable version of the Tab A8 — it has a smaller screen for a more compact size, and it reduces the stereo speaker setup to only two, but they still come with Dolby Atmos support.
$59 off (37%)
$99
99
$159
Loading Comments...
COMMENT
All comments need to comply with our
Community Guidelines
Phonearena comments rules
A discussion is a place, where people can voice their opinion, no matter if it
is positive, neutral or negative. However, when posting, one must stay true to the topic, and not just share some
random thoughts, which are not directly related to the matter.
Things that are NOT allowed:
- Off-topic talk - you must stick to the subject of discussion
- Trolling - see a description
- Flame wars
- Offensive, hate speech - if you want to say something, say it politely
- Spam/Advertisements - these posts are deleted
- Multiple accounts - one person can have only one account
- Impersonations and offensive nicknames - these accounts get banned
Moderation is done by humans. We try to be as objective as possible and moderate with zero bias. If you think a
post should be moderated - please, report it.
Have a question about the rules or why you have been moderated/limited/banned? Please,
contact us.
Join the discussion... | https://www.phonearena.com/news/samsung-tablets-last-chance-cyber-monday-deals_id143954 | 2022-11-28T23:19:42 | en | 0.929929 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nba/chicago-bulls/articles/41678509 | 2022-11-28T23:19:47 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nba/chicago-bulls/articles/41679406 | 2022-11-28T23:19:53 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nba/chicago-bulls/articles/41679457 | 2022-11-28T23:19:59 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nba/chicago-bulls/articles/41679907 | 2022-11-28T23:20:05 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/kentucky-wildcats-football/articles/41678348 | 2022-11-28T23:20:45 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/kentucky-wildcats-football/articles/41678704 | 2022-11-28T23:20:51 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/kentucky-wildcats-football/articles/41678754 | 2022-11-28T23:20:57 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/kentucky-wildcats-football/articles/41678801 | 2022-11-28T23:21:03 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/kentucky-wildcats-football/articles/41679167 | 2022-11-28T23:21:09 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/kentucky-wildcats-football/articles/41679177 | 2022-11-28T23:21:15 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/kentucky-wildcats-football/articles/41679506 | 2022-11-28T23:21:21 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/kentucky-wildcats-football/articles/41679507 | 2022-11-28T23:21:27 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/cf/kentucky-wildcats-football/articles/41679891 | 2022-11-28T23:21:33 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41678231 | 2022-11-28T23:21:39 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41678334 | 2022-11-28T23:21:45 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41678579 | 2022-11-28T23:21:51 | en | 0.738227 |
Audi on Monday announced U.S. pricing for the R8 V10 GT, marking the swan song for the German automaker’s V-10 engine.
The base price is $249,900 plus a $1,495 destination charge, $595 for paint, and a $1,300 gas guzzler tax. That brings the total cost to $253,290 for each of the 150 units planned for the U.S., out of 333 globally. The R8 V10 GT will be sold here as a 2023 model, and is scheduled to start arriving at dealerships early in the 2023 calendar year.
The familiar 5.2-liter has been tuned to deliver 602 hp and 413 lb-ft of torque for the U.S. version of the R8 V10 GT. That’s the same output as all-wheel drive R8 models, and makes the GT the most powerful rear-wheel-drive production car to wear the Audi badge. Audi expects 0-60 mph in 3.3 seconds and a top speed of 199 mph.
The R8’s 7-speed dual-clutch automatic also has recalibrated gear ratios to deliver faster shifts, while a new Torque Rear mode allows the driver to adjust the intervention of the electronic stability control. There are seven stages of Torque Rear to choose from, with each level making the car want to oversteer more.
In U.S. spec, the R8 V10 GT loses 55 pounds compared to the standard R8 V10 RWD coupe, bringing the curb weight down to 3,516 pounds. This was achieved with 20-inch lightweight alloy wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, carbon-ceramic brake rotors, a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic anti-roll bar, and lightweight bucket seats.
The GT is visually distinguished from other R8 models by all-black lettering and badging, a new front splitter, flics, code skirt covers, attachments on the sides of the rear fascia, a rear diffuser, and a rear wing with swan-neck struts. The intake manifold is also painted black. Cars coming to the U.S. also get standard carbon fiber side blades, door-sill inlays, and exterior mirror housings.
Three colors are available—Tango Red Metallic, Daytona Gray Metallic, and Mythos Black Metallic—totaling 50 cars in each color for the U.S. The black-and-red interior includes red seatbelts in homage to the original R8 GT from the 2012 model year. Other standard equipment includes a sport exhaust system, Audi Laser Lights, Dynamic Steering, a Bang & Olufsen audio system, and a diamond-stitched headliner with the stitching in red.
Audi hasn’t said if the R8 will die alongside the V-10, though rumors point to it being discontinued next year. We wouldn’t be surprised if Audi launched an additional run of open-top Spyder versions of the GT before that, though, as was the case with the previous-generation R8 GT. Audi is reportedly planning a successor, but with an electric powertrain and likely a new name.
Related Articles
- Legendary BMW 3.0 CSL reborn with 553-hp inline-6
- Zenvo TSR-GT represents a faster, rarer version of Denmark’s supercar
- Bertone name revived for supercar project
- Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo concept is a V-6 single-seater
- Review: 2023 Porsche 911 Carrera T makes performance simple | https://www.krqe.com/automotive/internet-brands/audi-r8-v10-gt-costs-253290-limited-to-150-units/ | 2022-11-28T23:21:53 | en | 0.903851 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41678738 | 2022-11-28T23:21:58 | en | 0.738227 |
One of Italy’s oldest automotive design houses, Stile Bertone, might be revived with a new supercar, nearly a decade after it succumbed to bankruptcy.
With bankruptcy filed in 2014 and the last of the company’s assets put up for sale in 2018, it seemed like the end for the century-old car manufacturer.
Included among the assets were the rights to the use of the Bertone name, which made its way into the hands of brothers Jean-Franck and Mauro Ricci in 2020.
Teasers of the proposed supercar show clean aesthetics and the proportions of a mid-engine car. Elements also appear to be derived from classic Bertone concept designs such as the 1970’s Stratos HF Zero and 2012’s Nuccio.
It isn’t clear what the power source is but the Ricci brothers have previously hinted at electric technology. In 2019, an engineering firm they’re tied with, Akka, teamed up with an Italian mobility company to preview a pair of Bertone-branded electric supercars. Both featured an electric motor at each axle and a 100-kwh battery.
It also isn’t clear when we’ll see the new Bertone supercar revealed, though an update is expected shortly.
Related Articles
- Factory matte black Ferrari Enzo heads to auction
- Audi R8 V10 GT costs $253,290, limited to 150 units
- Zenvo TSR-GT represents a faster, rarer version of Denmark’s supercar
- Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo concept is a V-6 single-seater
- Praga Bohema track-focused hypercar revealed | https://www.krqe.com/automotive/internet-brands/bertone-name-revived-for-supercar-project/ | 2022-11-28T23:22:00 | en | 0.929465 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41679001 | 2022-11-28T23:22:04 | en | 0.738227 |
Most electric pickups currently in the works are big, full-size trucks. But a new electric truck survey from Autolist indicates there could be significant demand—particularly among millennials—for something smaller.
The Ford F-150 Lightning topped the rankings as most popular electric truck for the second year in a row in this annual survey, with 24% of respondents naming it their top EV pickup. But the Toyota Tacoma EV—a model that doesn’t even exist—ranked second, with 20% of respondents naming it their top pick.
The Tacoma EV option was particularly popular among millennial respondents, who as an age group ranked it highest. In comparison, the Lightning was the most popular truck among baby boomers and Generation X, while the Tesla Cybertruck was ranked highest by Generation Z respondents. The Tacoma EV also had the most interest from non-truck owners, among any electric trucks.
This would be great news for Toyota if it was actually making an electric version of the Tacoma, a mid-size pickup smaller than full-size models such as the F-150. Toyota has confirmed a fully electric pickup in “the near future,” and in 2021 it showed a concept with a strong resemblance to the current Tacoma, but it hasn’t specifically confirmed a production Tacoma EV.
In addition to the somewhat amusing revelation that millennials are very interested in an electric truck that doesn’t exist, the survey had some other interesting findings regarding the current electric truck trend.
Because internal-combustion pickups are the most popular vehicles in the United States, it’s generally assumed that electric trucks will help drive EV adoption. While 66% of respondents who have owned an EV already said they would consider an electric truck as their next vehicle, just 34% of people who have never owned an EV said they would consider an electric truck as their next vehicle.
The survey found that price and charging infrastructure were major issues. Just over half (51%) of respondents said they wouldn’t buy an electric truck because they are too expensive, while 50% cited lack of access to charging as the main reason for not considering an electric truck.
Availability of charging infrastructure is an issue that affects all EVs, but the relatively limited selection of electric pickups makes price a bigger factor for them right now. Rivian raised prices of its R1T earlier this year and then dropped the most affordable versions that remained. Ford also recently hiked the price of the F-150 Lightning by about $12,000.
Other electric trucks advertised with lower prices haven’t arrived yet. General Motors has claimed the Chevrolet Silverado EV will be a high-volume entry aimed at fleets and affordability, but it hasn’t gone on sale yet, and when it does there’s nothing stopping GM from raising prices, as Ford did with fleet-oriented versions of the Lightning. At the concept/prototype stage in 2019, the Tesla Cybertruck was supposed to have a $39,900 starting price, but it hasn’t yet been detailed in its production form, a year after it was originally due for first deliveries.
In the meantime, Toyota’s best pickup efficiency play has been the full-size Tundra hybrid—although high mpg clearly isn’t the top priority.
Related Articles
- Report: Return of VW e-Golf possible after EV flagship delay
- See the most formative Tesla vehicles together in LA exhibit
- This tool reveals future EV fast-charging road-trip routes
- A Prius plus this could power your home through a blackout
- Mazda boosts EV target to 40% by 2030, plans new hybrid system | https://www.krqe.com/automotive/internet-brands/electric-truck-survey-millennials-cant-wait-for-toyota-tacoma-ev/ | 2022-11-28T23:22:08 | en | 0.964545 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41679003 | 2022-11-28T23:22:10 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41679004 | 2022-11-28T23:22:16 | en | 0.738227 |
Ferrari is the latest in a long line of automakers to reveal a concept for the “Gran Turismo” video game series.
The concept is part of the Vision Gran Turismo series, which was a challenge put forward to car design teams around the world last decade by Kazunori Yamauchi, the creator of Gran Turismo. His challenge was for design teams to come up with the ultimate grand tourer. While most of the resulting concepts have been too wild for production, some have influenced the designs of production-bound models.
The Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo concept is unlikely to make it into production, at least in its current single-seater format. The car does share some features, particularly at the rear, with Ferrari’s new 499P LMH race car. There’s also no missing the connection to the Pininfarina-styled Ferrari Modulo concept unveiled at the 1970 Geneva auto show.
While the design might be too wild for production, the mechanical package is something we could potentially see in a future top-end Ferrari, like a road-going version of Ferrari’s 499P. Power in the Vision GT comes from a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6 related to the engine in the 499P and 296 GTB.
However, with no regulations to worry about, the engine’s performance has been dialed up to 1,016 hp—achieved at a lofty 9,000 rpm. A trio of electric motors add a further 322 hp. The motors are split, with two at the front axle and one at the rear working in combination with the mid-mounted V-6. The engine and rear motor deliver 811 lb-ft, which the car puts to the ground with help from a sophisticated suspension setup, Ferrari said.
Thanks to carbon-fiber construction and a lack of creature comforts, the Vision GT, if built, would tip the scales at just 2,756 pounds. Combine this with the estimated 1,337-hp output, and Ferrari estimates you’ll have a car capable of hitting 60 mph in under two seconds, 100 mph in under five seconds, and reaching a top speed in excess of 217 mph. A lap time of Ferrari’s Fiorano test track is estimated at less than 1:10, which means it would be nearing times set by Ferrari’s Formula 1 race cars.
Ferrari unveiled its Vision GT concept on Sunday during the Gran Turismo World Finals in Monte Carlo. The reveal marked 75 years since Ferrari launched its first race car, the 125 S.
While Ferrari has no plans to put the concept into production, a full-scale model will be present at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello from Dec. 15 to Mar. 23.
Related Articles
- Zenvo TSR-GT represents a faster, rarer version of Denmark’s supercar
- Bertone name revived for supercar project
- Factory matte black Ferrari Enzo heads to auction
- Audi R8 V10 GT costs $253,290, limited to 150 units
- Praga Bohema track-focused hypercar revealed | https://www.krqe.com/automotive/internet-brands/ferrari-vision-gran-turismo-concept-is-a-v-6-single-seater/ | 2022-11-28T23:22:15 | en | 0.928299 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41679047 | 2022-11-28T23:22:22 | en | 0.738227 |
Ford has expanded a recall on newer editions of its most popular compact crossovers equipped with 1.5-liter engines. A cracked fuel injector in the Ford Escape and related Ford Bronco Sport can leak fuel or vapors inside the engine near ignition sources. This could result in a fire under the hood, the NHTSA disclosed Monday.
The recall encompasses 521,778, and expands on a previous recall (22V-191) issued on March 25, 2022. The new number includes the original recall of 345,451 Escape and Bronco Sport vehicles for a cracked engine oil separator housing that carried the same risk and showed the same symptoms of the expanded recall.
The new, wider recall covers the 2020-2023 Ford Escape and 2021-2023 Ford Bronco Sport equipped with the base 1.5-liter turbo-3 engine. The recall includes those vehicles previously recalled and extends to all Escape and Bronco Sport models with the 1.5-liter produced through Oct. 17, 2022.
Ten engine fires occurred after the initial fix for the oil separator issue, and that number increased to 36 as of August of this year. Ford conducted further investigation and has now acknowledged 54 reports of underhood fires from the affected vehicle population. There have been four injuries resulting from the two recalls and 43 legal claims.
The root cause of the engine fires is still under investigation. As of the latest recall, Ford found that the “cracked fuel injector in the engine allows for fuel to leak at a high rate into the cylinder head, which can travel out via a drain hole and down onto hot surfaces on the exhaust/turbo system where it may combust.”
Owners might smell gas both inside or outside of the vehicle and, if a fire combusts, visible smoke and/or flames could follow.
Until Ford figures out the root cause, a software update to the engine control module will detect a pressure drop in the fuel system and alert the customer to seek service, and it will disable the high pressure fuel pump which will then limit engine power. Additionally, Ford and Lincoln service centers will install a drain tube from the cylinder head drain hole away from engine surfaces down to the ground.
Owners can expect notification by mail as early as Dec. 19, 2022, and the services will be completed free of charge. For owners seeking reimbursement for work completed on the engine fire issue, the deadline is Dec. 30, 2022. For more info, call Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332 or visit Ford’s dedicated recall hub.
Related Articles
- 2023 Jeep Compass arrives with new turbo-4, standard AWD
- 2023 Honda Pilot price increased $1,070 to start at $40,445
- Tesla fixes 321,000 Model Y, Model 3 EVs over the air
- Study: Driver-assist systems cut rear-end crashes by 49%
- GM recalls 338,000 Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon, Escalade SUVs | https://www.krqe.com/automotive/internet-brands/ford-expands-recall-of-escape-and-bronco-sport-for-fire-risk/ | 2022-11-28T23:22:23 | en | 0.923031 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41679066 | 2022-11-28T23:22:28 | en | 0.738227 |
BMW M turned 50 this year and celebrated by reviving one of its most legendary models: the 3.0 CSL.
Revealed last week, the new 3.0 CSL is a modern take on the homologation E9 special launched by BMW M in 1972, and considered to be the BMW motorsports and tuning division’s first car. The original, nicknamed the Batmobile because of its wild aerodynamic styling, went on to win on the track and essentially laid the foundation for decades of BMW performance cars to come.
BMW previously honored the original 3.0 CSL with the 3.0 CSL Hommage concept cars unveiled in the last decade, and some of the styling elements of those concepts have made it onto the new 3.0 CSL. In particular, the treatment of the grille and flared wheel arches helps set the car apart from the 2023 M4 CSL with which it is closely related.
Also setting the car apart from the rest of the BMW fold is limited production of just 50 units. BMW hasn’t named a price but rumors point to a starting figure of 750,000 euros (approximately $778,770).
According to BMW, the new 3.0 CSL is the result of five decades of motorsports experience. The car’s powertrain is a twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-6 similar to what’s found in other BMW products but with output dialed up to 553 hp and 405 lb-ft of torque. The automaker says that’s the highest output for a production inline-6 from the automaker. The engine, which features a rigid crankcase, forged crankshaft, and specially designed oil supply and cooling systems, is mated to a 6-speed manual and drives the rear wheels only.
An Active M Differential can vary the torque between the rear wheels by up to 100% if necessary, using information supplied by the car’s stability control system. The wheels are center-lock units measuring 20 inches up front and 21 inches at the rear, and are wrapped in Michelin rubber. They attach to a double-joint spring strut suspension up front and a five-link setup at the rear. The car is also fitted with an Adaptive M suspension with electronically controlled dampers, as well as carbon-ceramic brake rotors.
Low weight was also a focus of the design. After all, the initials CSL stands for “Coupe, Sport, Lightweight.” Nearly all of the body panels are made from carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, while the same lightweight material can be found in the cabin for the door panels and bucket seats. The curb weight is approximately 3,580 pounds.
The 50 units of the car are for worldwide sale. BMW is yet to say how many of those 50 will reach the U.S.
BMW M also celebrated its 50th anniversary with the aforementioned M4 CSL, as well as an M3 Touring wagon, a standalone XM super SUV, a redesigned M2, and a special M3 sedan.
Related Articles
- Zenvo TSR-GT represents a faster, rarer version of Denmark’s supercar
- Review: 2023 Porsche 911 Carrera T makes performance simple
- 2025 Porsche 718 Boxster EV spy shots
- Review: 2023 BMW M4 CSL teases on the street, longs for a track
- 2023 Porsche 911 Dakar makes the off-road sports car mashup a reality | https://www.krqe.com/automotive/internet-brands/legendary-bmw-3-0-csl-reborn-with-553-hp-inline-6/ | 2022-11-28T23:22:30 | en | 0.937651 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41679296 | 2022-11-28T23:22:34 | en | 0.738227 |
A delay for Volkswagen’s Project Trinity EV flagship could mean a return of the VW e-Golf, according to a report from German newspaper Handelsblatt cited by Automotive News Europe.
Production of the e-Golf, which shared a platform with gasoline and diesel versions of the compact hatchback, ended in December 2020 to make room for the ID family of electric models based on VW’s MEB dedicated EV platform. But VW is now considering a new Golf EV, as well as an electric version of the Tiguan crossover, while expecting Project Trinity to be delayed until 2030, according to the report.
The new electric Golf or Tiguan would use the MEB platform, and could go on sale before 2026, the report said. Production would be handled by VW’s Wolfsburg, Germany, factory. VW had originally planned a $2.06 billion addition to the site for the Project Trinity EV, but the timeline for that model’s launch is now being reassessed by VW CEO Oliver Blume, the report noted.
VW first started teasing its Project Trinity flagship earlier in 2021, and it said it was due in 2026. It said that technology and platform were at the center of the new project, and it was being developed from the inside out. Previous CEO Herbert Diess also said that the project would rival (and outdo) Tesla, although Diess had made versions of such claims since 2017, declaring “anything Tesla can do, we can surpass.”
Blume, who replaced Diess as CEO in September, seems to be taking a more cautious approach. He wants to push the launch of Project Trinity back toward the end of the decade because certain software won’t be ready in time for the original 2026 target date, according to the report.
If that happens, the gap in product launches could be filled by an EV more in line with the affordability angle VW has emphasized with its ID models.
In the U.S., the e-Golf was a well-regarded model when it launched in late 2014 and served as a stage-setter for the ID.4 crossover. VW just marked the global delivery of 500,000 of its ID EVs, despite supply issues.
In reconstituted form, an e-Golf would almost certainly offer more range—just as the Fiat 500e is expected to when it returns to the U.S. in 2024. Increased range would certainly be possible with the MEB platform, which enables a range of up to 275 miles for the ID.4, compared to 125 miles for the old e-Golf.
Related Articles
- See the most formative Tesla vehicles together in LA exhibit
- This tool reveals future EV fast-charging road-trip routes
- Electric truck survey: Millennials can’t wait for Toyota Tacoma EV
- Mazda boosts EV target to 40% by 2030, plans new hybrid system
- LG Chem plans $3B EV battery material plant in Tennessee | https://www.krqe.com/automotive/internet-brands/report-return-of-vw-e-golf-possible-after-ev-flagship-delay/ | 2022-11-28T23:22:38 | en | 0.965972 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41679372 | 2022-11-28T23:22:40 | en | 0.738227 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41679687 | 2022-11-28T23:22:46 | en | 0.738227 |
The Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to all Tesla customers in North America, CEO Elon Musk announced via Twitter over the Thanksgiving holiday.
“Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone in North America who requests it from the car screen, assuming you have bought this option,” Musk tweeted.
Despite its name, Full Self-Driving does not enable autonomous driving, although Musk has repeatedly claimed that it will at some point with gradual software updates. The current version is still a driver-assist system that requires full attention at all times. Musk himself still considers the current version to be incomplete, hence the “Beta” designation.
Tesla’s own software has also introduced at least one flaw. In February, the automaker had to recall almost 54,000 vehicles running a recent version of Full Self-Driving that allowed the vehicles to disobey stop signs. A software update disabled that function.
Tesla began installing what it claimed at the time was all the necessary hardware for self-driving in 2016, though it’s made some changes to the hardware package since then. Tesla requires customers to pay for the software to enable Full Self-Driving.
The price of that software has steadily increased over the years. It cost $5,000 when launched in 2016, but Tesla raised the price to $10,000 in 2020, and again to $12,000 earlier this year, and finally to $15,000 in September.
Musk has argued that a fully autonomous Tesla will be able to generate revenue for its owner through use in a “robotaxi” service, where cars are rented out to shuttle-paying passengers when owners aren’t using them. But that’s unlikely to happen anytime soon. Musk said in October that Tesla was still waiting on regulatory approval for autonomous driving, adding that Tesla would release a software update sometime in 2023 aimed at showing regulators that the tech is safe.
Meanwhile, Tesla is getting more scrutiny from those regulators. In 2021, Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), called the Full Self-Driving name “misleading and irresponsible,” and expressed concerns over Tesla handing what it considers “beta” software to customers for use on public roads. That same year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also opened a safety probe into Tesla’s more basic Autopilot system after dozens of crashes involving Teslas and emergency vehicles.
Related Articles
- Here’s how the 2023 Fisker Ocean gets made
- 2025 Mini Aceman spy shots
- 2024 Audi A6 E-Tron spy shots
- US-bound Fiat 500e spawns feisty Abarth version with 153 hp
- 2023 Buick Electra E5 spy shots | https://www.krqe.com/automotive/internet-brands/teslas-full-self-driving-beta-made-available-to-owners/ | 2022-11-28T23:22:45 | en | 0.943476 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41679745 | 2022-11-28T23:22:52 | en | 0.738227 |
Danish automaker Zenvo has revealed an ultra-exclusive version of its TSR-S hypercar. Dubbed TSR-GT, it’s limited to just three examples—which have already sold out.
The last planned model built on Zenvo’s TS platform, which dates back to the TS1 that launched at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, the TSR-GT was designed for a higher top speed than the current TSR-S. Zenvo claims the TSR-GT will reach 263 mph, compared to 202 mph for the TSR-S. For reference, that should make the TSR-GT faster than the 256-mph Rimac Nevera, touted as the world’s fastest production EV, although the Zenvo’s top speed hasn’t been officially confirmed.
To achieve that, Zenvo altered the bodywork to reduce drag, fitted a longer final-drive ratio, and increased power. The flat-plane crank 5.8-liter twin-supercharged V-8 now makes 1,360 bhp (or about 1,379 hp), up from 1,177 bhp before (or 1,193 hp). The upgraded engine is also designed to run on standard pump gasoline or E85 fuel, which is a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline.
Modifications to the bodywork include a new elongated rear spoiler that, unlike the crazy rear wing on the TSR-S, is fixed in place, along with aero wheels covers. Zenvo also gave the TSR-GT a more luxurious interior, with leather upholstery replacing the bare carbon fiber on the TSR-S, and leather-edged velour floor mats designed to reduce cabin noise.
Production will take place at Zenvo’s Danish plant. While the three-unit production run will make the TSR-GT one of the rarest supercars in existence, it’s worth noting that Zenvo has only been building five examples of the TSR-S per year. The company hasn’t disclosed pricing for the TSR-GT, but it will likely cost more than the TSR-S, which was priced at the equivalent of $1.6 million in 2020.
Zenvo plans to launch its next model, based on a new platform, in the third quarter of 2023. In addition to the new underpinnings, it’s expected to feature a V-12 hybrid powertrain with electric motors used to spool turbochargers. Output is expected to be in the neighborhood of 1,800 hp, and the in-house-developed V-12 will reportedly be capable of revving to 10,000 rpm.
Related Articles
- Bertone name revived for supercar project
- Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo concept is a V-6 single-seater
- Legendary BMW 3.0 CSL is reborn
- Review: 2023 Porsche 911 Carrera T makes performance simple
- Factory matte black Ferrari Enzo heads to auction | https://www.krqe.com/automotive/internet-brands/zenvo-tsr-gt-represents-a-faster-rarer-version-of-denmarks-supercar/ | 2022-11-28T23:22:53 | en | 0.931465 |
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. | https://sportspyder.com/nfl/detroit-lions/articles/41679798 | 2022-11-28T23:22:58 | en | 0.738227 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two deliberating jurors at the rape trial of former “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson were dismissed Monday because they have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo replaced the jurors with two alternates and told the panel to start over with deliberations.
The jurors were returning Monday from a week off after telling Olmedo on Nov. 18 that they were deadlocked and could not reach a verdict on any of the three rape counts against Masterson after nearly three days of deliberations.
The judge told them it was too soon to declare a mistrial and to keep deliberating when they returned from the holiday break.
Masterson, 46, is charged with the rape of three women, including a former girlfriend, in his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003.
He has pleaded not guilty, and the defense said the acts were consensual. | https://www.krqe.com/entertainment-news/ap-2-sick-jurors-lost-from-deliberations-at-masterson-trial/ | 2022-11-28T23:23:01 | en | 0.985904 |
HONG KONG (AP) — Students in Hong Kong chanted “oppose dictatorship” in a protest of China’s COVID-19 rules Monday after demonstrators on the mainland issued an unprecedented call for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades.
Rallies against China’s unusually strict anti-virus measures spread to several cities over the weekend, and authorities eased some regulations, apparently to try to quell that public anger. But the government showed no sign of backing down on its larger coronavirus strategy, and analysts expect authorities to quickly silence the dissent.
With police out in force Monday, there was no word of protests in Beijing or Shanghai. But about 50 students sang at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and some lit candles in a show of support for those in mainland cities who demonstrated against restrictions that have confined millions to their homes. Hiding their faces to avoid official retaliation, the students chanted, “No PCR tests but freedom!” and “Oppose dictatorship, don’t be slaves!”
The gathering and a similar one elsewhere in Hong Kong were the biggest protests there in more than a year under rules imposed to crush a pro-democracy movement in the territory, which is Chinese but has a separate legal system from the mainland.
“I’ve wanted to speak up for a long time, but I did not get the chance to,” said James Cai, a 29-year-old from Shanghai who attended a Hong Kong protest and held up a piece of white paper, a symbol of defiance against the ruling party’s pervasive censorship. ”If people in the mainland can’t tolerate it anymore, then I cannot as well.”
It wasn’t clear how many people have been detained since the protests began Friday, sparked by anger over the deaths of 10 people in a fire in the northwestern city of Urumqi. Some have questioned whether firefighters or victims trying to escape were blocked by locked doors or other anti-virus controls.
Without mentioning the protests, the criticism of Xi or the fire, some local authorities eased restrictions Monday.
The city government of Beijing announced it would no longer set up gates to block access to apartment compounds where infections are found.
“Passages must remain clear for medical transportation, emergency escapes and rescues,” said Wang Daguang, a city official in charge of epidemic control, according to the official China News Service.
Guangzhou, a manufacturing and trade center that is the biggest hot spot in China’s latest wave of infections, announced some residents will no longer be required to undergo mass testing.
Urumqi, where the fire occurred, and another city in the Xinjiang region in the northwest announced markets and other businesses in areas deemed at low risk of infection would reopen this week and public bus service would resume.
“Zero COVID,” which aims to isolate every infected person, has helped to keep China’s case numbers lower than those of the United States and other major countries. But tolerance for the measures has flagged as people in some areas have been confined at home for up to four months and say they lack reliable access to food and medical supplies.
In Hong Kong, protesters at Chinese University put up posters that said, “Do Not Fear. Do Not Forget. Do Not Forgive,” and sang including “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from the musical “Les Miserables.” Most hid their faces behind blank white sheets of paper.
“I want to show my support,” said a 24-year-old mainland student who would identify herself only as G for fear of retaliation. “I care about things that I couldn’t get to know in the past.”
University security guards videotaped the event but there was no sign of police.
At an event in Central, a business district, about four dozen protesters held up blank sheets of paper and flowers in what they said was mourning for the fire victims in Urumqi and others who have died as a result of “zero COVID” policies.
Police cordoned off an area around protesters who stood in small, separate groups to avoid violating pandemic rules that bar gatherings of more than 12 people. Police took identity details of participants but there were no arrests.
Hong Kong has tightened security controls and rolled back Western-style civil liberties since China launched a campaign in 2019 to crush a pro-democracy movement. The territory has its own anti-virus strategy that is separate from the mainland.
On the mainland, the ruling party promised last month to reduce disruption by changing quarantine and other rules. But a spike in infections has prompted cities to tighten controls.
On Monday, the number of new daily cases rose to more than 40,000, including more than 36,000 with no symptoms.
The ruling party newspaper People’s Daily called for its anti-virus strategy to be carried out effectively, indicating Xi’s government has no plans to change course.
“Facts have fully proved that each version of the prevention and control plan has withstood the test of practice,” a People’s Daily commentator wrote.
Protests also have occurred in Guangzhou near Hong Kong, Chengdu and Chongqing in the southwest, and Nanjing in the east, according to witnesses and video on social media.
Most protesters have complained about excessive restrictions, but some turned their anger at Xi, China’s most powerful leader since at least the 1980s. In a video that was verified by The Associated Press, a crowd in Shanghai on Saturday chanted, “Xi Jinping! Step down! CCP! Step down!”
The British Broadcasting Corp. said one of its reporters was beaten, kicked, handcuffed and detained for several hours by Shanghai police but later released.
The BBC criticized what it said was Chinese authorities’ explanation that its reporter was detained to prevent him from contracting the coronavirus from the crowd. “We do not consider this a credible explanation,” the broadcaster said in a statement.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian said the BBC reporter failed to identify himself and “didn’t voluntarily present” his press credential.
“Foreign journalists need to consciously follow Chinese laws and regulations,” Zhao said.
Swiss broadcaster RTS said its correspondent and a cameraman were detained while doing a live broadcast but released a few minutes later. An AP journalist was detained but later released.
___
Associated Press writer Joe McDonald in Beijing contributed. | https://www.krqe.com/health/ap-china-affirms-zero-covid-stance-eases-rules-after-protests/ | 2022-11-28T23:23:08 | en | 0.971606 |
Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street in afternoon trading Monday as protests spread in China calling for President Xi Jinping to step down amid growing anger over severe COVID-19 restrictions.
The world's second largest economy has been stifled by a "zero COVID" policy which includes lockdowns that continually threaten the global supply chain at a time when recession fears hang over economies worldwide. The recent upheaval in China is the greatest show of public dissent against the ruling Communist Party in decades.
The S&P 500 fell 1.5% as of 2:53 p.m. Eastern, with about 90% of the stocks in the benchmark index in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 466 points, or 1.4%, to 33,882 and the Nasdaq fell 1.5%.
Markets in Asia and Europe fell. Bond yields were mostly higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 3.71% from 3.69% on Friday.
Technology companies were the biggest weights on the broader market. Apple, which has seen iPhone production hit hard by lockdowns in China, fell 2.8%.
Banks and industrial stocks also helped pull the market lower. JPMorgan fell 1.6% and Boeing slid 3.3%.
Several casino operators gained ground as the Chinese gambling haven of Macao tentatively renewed the their licenses. Las Vegas Sands rose 1.7% and Wynn Resorts gained 4.5%.
The fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX continued. Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global fell 4.1% and the price of Bitcoin slipped 2%.
Smaller company stocks also lost ground. The Russell 2000 was down 1.8%.
Wall Street is coming off of a holiday-shortened week that was relatively light on corporate news and economic data. Investors have a busier week ahead as they continue monitoring the hottest inflation in decades and its impact on consumers, business and monetary policy.
Anxiety remains high over the ability of the Federal Reserve to tame inflation by raising interest rates without going too far and causing a recession. The central bank's benchmark rate currently stands at 3.75% to 4%, up from close to zero in March. It has warned it may have to ultimately raise rates to previously unanticipated levels to rein in high prices on everything from food to clothing.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will speak at the Brookings Institution about the outlook for the U.S. economy and the labor market on Wednesday.
The Conference Board will release its consumer confidence index for November on Tuesday. That could shed more light on how consumers have been holding up amid high prices and how they plan on spending through the holiday shopping season and into 2023.
The government will release several reports about the labor market this week that could give Wall Street more insight into one of the strongest sectors of the economy. A report about job openings and labor turnover for October will be released on Wednesday, followed by a weekly unemployment claims report on Thursday. The closely-watched monthly report on the job market will be released on Friday.
____
Elaine Kurtenbach and Matt Ott contributed to this report. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/protests-spread-in-china-causing-us-stock-indexes-to-drop | 2022-11-28T23:23:10 | en | 0.962022 |
NEW YORK (AP) — The mass shooting Wednesday at a Walmart in Virginia was only the latest example of a workplace shooting perpetrated by an employee.
But, while many companies provide active shooter training, experts say there is much less focus on how to prevent workplace violence, particularly how to identify and address worrisome behavior among employees.
Workers far too often don't know how to recognize warning signs, and even more crucially don't know how to report suspicious behavior or feel empowered to do so, according to workplace safety and human resources experts.
"We have built an industry around how to lock bad guys out. We have heavily invested in physical security measure like metal detectors, cameras and armed security guards," said James Densley, professor of criminal justice at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and co-founder of the nonprofit and nonpartisan research group The Violence Project. But too often in workplace shootings, he said, "this is someone who already has access to the building."
The Walmart shooting in particular raised questions of whether employees feel empowered to speak up because it was a team leader who carried out the shooting.
Identified by Walmart as 31-year-old Andre Bing, he opened fire on fellow employees in the break room of the Chesapeake store, killing six people and leaving six others wounded. Police said he then apparently killed himself.
Employee Briana Tyler, who survived the shooting, said Bing appeared not to be aiming at anyone in particular. Tyler, who started at Walmart two months ago, said she never had a negative encounter with Bing, but others told her that he was "the manager to look out for." She said Bing had a history of writing people up for no reason.
Walmart launched a computer-based active shooter training in 2015, which focused on three pillars: avoid the danger, keep your distance and lastly, defend. Then, in 2019 after a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, store in which an outside gunman killed 22 people, Walmart addressed the threat to the public by discontinuing sales of certain kinds of ammunition and asked that customers no longer openly carry firearms in its stores. It now sells only hunting rifles and related ammunition.
Walmart didn't specifically respond on Wednesday to questions seeking more detail about its training and protocols to protect its own employees. The company only said that it routinely reviews its training policies and will continue to do so.
Densley said that employers need to create open channels for workers to voice concerns about employees' behavior, including confidential hotlines. He noted that too often attention is focused on the "red flags" and workers should be looking for the "yellow flags" — subtle changes in behavior, like increased anger or not showing up for work. Densley said managers need to work with those individuals to get them counseling and do regular check-ins.
In fact, the Department of Homeland Security's active shooting manual states that human resources officials have a responsibility to "create a system for reporting signs of potential violence behavior." It also encourages employees to report concerning behavior such as increased absenteeism and repeated violation of company policies.
But many employers may not have such prevention policies in place, said Liz Petersen, Quality Manager at the Society for Human Resource Management, an organization of more than 300,000 human resources professionals.
She noted that in a 2019 SHRM survey of its members, 55% of HR professionals said they didn't know if their organizations had policies to prevent workplace violence, and another 9% said they lacked such programs. That was in contrast to the 57% of HR managers who said they did have training on how to respond to violence.
A recent federal government report examining workplace violence over three decades found that workplace homicides have risen in recent years, although they remain sharply down from a peak in the mid-1990s.
Between 2014 and 2019, workplace homicides nationwide increased by 11% from 409 to 454. That was still down 58% from a peak of 1,080 in 1994, according to the report, which was released in July by the Departments of Labor, Justice and Health and Human Services. The report found that workplace homicide trends largely mirrored homicide trends nationwide.
But the country's spike in mass public shootings is raising awareness among employers of the need to address mental health in the workplace and prevent violence — and of the liabilities employers can face if they ignore warning signs, Petersen said.
In one high-profile example, the family of a victim filed a wrongful death lawsuit earlier this year against the Northern California Transportation agency, alleging it failed to address the history of threatening behavior of an employee who shot and killed nine co-workers at a light railyard in San Jose in 2021.
The transportation agency released more than 200 pages of emails and other documents showing the shooter, Samuel James Cassidy, had been the subject of four investigations into workplace conduct, and one worker had worried that Cassidy could "go postal." That expression stems from one of the deadliest workplace shooting in U.S. history, when a postal worker shot and killed 14 workers in Edmond, Oklahoma, in 1986.
"Workplace violence is a situation that you never think is going to happen to your organization until it does, and unfortunately, it's important to prepare for them because they are becoming more commonplace," Petersen said.
___
This story has been updated to correct the location of Metropolitan State University. It's in St. Paul, not DePaul, Minnesota.
___
This story was first published on November 24, 2022. It was updated on November 28, 2022 to correct the spelling of Liz Petersen, quality manager at the Society for Human Resource Management. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/walmart-shooting-raises-need-for-violence-prevention-at-work | 2022-11-28T23:23:11 | en | 0.976564 |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge will soon determine if Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority when he removed a Florida prosecutor in August. Ousted Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren's trial challenging his suspension begins in Tallahassee on Tuesday.
The gavel drops in Florida Northern District Court at 9 a.m.
Judge Robert Hinkle — an appointee of former President Bill Clinton — is set to hear arguments for an estimated three to five days. His decision will then determine if the governor's ouster crossed the line, potentially putting Warren back in his elected post.
"We would have liked to be back in the office, yeah, three months ago," Warren said Monday morning. "But the reality is that the trial gives an opportunity for people to see the truth and the whole truth about what happened."
Warren told us during a brief interview Monday he was ready and remained confident the law was on his side.
"There's so much more at stake than my job," Warren said. "This is about protecting elections in our state. It's about making sure that elected officials have the right to speak out on issues of public importance."
DeSantis suspended the Democrat after he signed pledges not to prosecute violations of Florida's new 15-week abortion ban as well as to "not promote the criminalization of gender-affirming healthcare."
Warren has called it free speech protected by the First Amendment and notes he hadn't rejected any cases before his removal.
DeSantis announced the suspension on Aug. 4 during a press conference, flanked by other elected officials, which included Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister. The governor alleged Warren, whose term ends in 2025, had neglected his duties. In his executive order, DeSantis cited Warren's pledges.
"When you make yourself above the law, you have violated your duty," DeSantis said during the press conference. "You have neglected your duty, and you are displaying a lack of competence."
DeSantis repeatedly mentioned the ouster during his reelection campaign, touting it while stumping across the state. In a new statement, Monday, the governor's office doubled down on his position ahead of the trial:
"Governor DeSantis has a duty to hold Florida's elected officials to the standards of their oath of office," Bryan Griffin, press secretary of the executive office of the governor, said. "Accordingly, Governor DeSantis suspended State Attorney Andrew Warren of the 13th Judicial Circuit due to his neglect of duty and incompetence. We maintain that the governor has the authority to suspend a state officer under Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Florida."
The trial was expected to focus on whether Warren's pledges were the motivation for the suspension and if they were protected speech.
Hinkle will also have a pile of evidence to sift through. Attorneys have gathered records leading up to the removal — plus taken at least 14 depositions. They include high-ranking officials in both the governor's and Warren's offices.
A pretrial hearing last week determined DeSantis will not have to testify in the upcoming trial. Warren's legal team didn't seem too bothered by it, suggesting they're confident in making their case without the governor.
Hinkle will have the final say, but it's unclear when he'll rule. He has been known to issue orders from the bench but may wish to review the evidence and offer a written decision, which could come days or weeks later. | https://www.wtxl.com/trial-challenging-gov-ron-desantiss-ouster-of-hillsborough-county-state-attorney-starts-tuesday | 2022-11-28T23:23:12 | en | 0.98271 |
PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — Children in school uniforms and toddlers with their parents lined up Monday for polio vaccinations in the Sigli town square on the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, after four children were found infected with the highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated in the country less than a decade ago.
The virus was first detected in October in a 7-year-old boy suffering from partial paralysis in the province of Aceh near Sigli, and since then three other cases have been detected, prompting the mass immunization and information drive.
Official say that polio immunization rates in the conservative province are well behind the rest of the country, with efforts hampered by widespread disinformation the vaccine is incompatible with religious beliefs, among other things. The government has also been prioritizing COVID-19 vaccinations since they became available.
The campaign that started Monday aims to vaccinate some 1.2 million children in the province, said Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, the Health Ministry’s director general for disease control and prevention.
“There is no cure for polio, the only treatment is prevention and the tool for prevention is vaccination,” Rondonuwu said, adding that the child is still able to walk, albeit with a limp.
With some 275 million people, Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous, and the largest Muslim-majority nation.
Aceh is particularly conservative, and is Indonesia’s only province allowed to practice Shariah, which was a concession made by the national government in 2006 to end a war with separatists.
False rumors that the polio vaccine contains pork or alcohol, prohibited according to Muslim beliefs, have proliferated, especially in rural areas, complicating vaccination efforts, said the head of the Aceh Health Office, Hanif, who only goes by one name like many Indonesians.
“We cannot work alone, we need support from all parties, including religious leaders, to that people understand the importance of immunization,” said Hanif.
Azhar, the father of the 7-year-old who contracted polio, said he had opted not to immunize his son after other villagers where he lived told him the vaccines may cause harmful chemicals or non-halal substances.
“My neighbors said that my son don’t need to be immunized and I didn’t want my son get sick because of harmful chemicals that are against Islam,” the 45-year-old said.
For Dewi Safitri, a mother of three who was getting them vaccinated on Monday, it was simply a matter of not knowing it was necessary.
She said she was convinced after health workers spelled out the risks of paralysis or death if her children were to go unvaccinated.
“I didn’t even know about immunization,” she said.
The World Health Assembly adopted a resolution for the global eradication of polio in 1988 and since then, wild poliovirus cases have decreased by more than 99%, according to the World Health Organization.
It was eliminated in Indonesia in 2014, and is today only still endemic in two countries — Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Polio primarily affects children under the age of 5, according to the WHO. Unvaccinated people of any ages can contract the disease, however, and sporadic cases continue to crop up.
In September in New York, for example, the state stepped up its polio-fighting efforts after the disease was detected in the wastewater in the New York City area.
Officials began checking for signs of the virus there after the first case of polio in the United States was identified in July in Rockland County, which is north of the city. It was confirmed in a young adult who was unvaccinated.
The statewide polio vaccination rate is 79% but Rockland’s rate was lower, and New York health officials urged all unvaccinated residents, including children by 2 months of age, to get vaccinated immediately.
Last week, new poliovirus cases were found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria, according to the WHO’s Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
Of the three other children in Indonesia from the same village as the initially confirmed case none had their basic vaccinations, Rondonuwu said.
“It has to be reported as an outbreak, because it had been declared eradicated in Indonesia, but it turns out that there is still wild polio virus,” he said.
Rondonuwu said his ministry is keeping a close watch on the cases by doing door-to-door screening to ensure that there are no additional infections that have not been reported.
The polio virus is transmitted person-to-person, generally through the “fecal-oral” route, according to the WHO. In Indonesia, authorities have also pointed to unsanitary conditions as a probable cause of the new infections after finding out that some local residents still defecate directly into a river where children are often found playing.
Across Indonesia, polio vaccination coverage has been slipping since the outbreak of COVID-19. Despite the challenges of reaching people in the archipelago nation of five main islands and thousands of smaller ones, 73.4% of Indonesians are now fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and 87.5% have at least one shot.
For polio, 86.8% of babies were vaccinated in their first year in 2020 nationwide, which fell to 80.7% in 2021 as the country was forced to focus most of its health facilities and workers on addressing the pandemic.
By comparison, only 50.9% of the infants born in Aceh in 2021 received a polio vaccination. It was the second lowest on a national scale after West Papua, where only 43.4% of babies were vaccinated.
The nationwide decline was part of a broader drop in basic immunizations, such as for measles and rubella, according to UNICEF.
Dicky Budiman, an Indonesian epidemiologist from Australia’s Griffith University, said the discovery of polio in Aceh must be responded to seriously because “the threat is real for Indonesia,” noting that basic immunization coverage is still low, putting the country in a high-risk category.
“This is what the government really has to pursue, because it’s dangerous if we don’t,” Budiman said.
“We must move immediately by strengthening basic immunization or there will be a potential additional health disaster for Indonesia.”
___
Karmini reported from Jakarta, Indonesia. | https://www.krqe.com/health/ap-polio-is-back-in-indonesia-sparking-vaccination-campaign/ | 2022-11-28T23:23:14 | en | 0.978267 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.