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Conservatives call for 'other Randy' to testify as minister's business dealings face ethics probe

Conservatives call for 'other Randy' to testify as minister's business dealings face ethics probe The Conservatives have filed a motion requesting that the "other Randy" allegedly employed by a company co-founded by Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault appear in front of a parliamentary committee. Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault denies being the 'Randy' mentioned in leaked text messages Posted: Jun 07, 2024 4:37 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault speaks during a news conference on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) The Conservatives have filed a motion requesting that the "other Randy" allegedly employed by a company co-founded by Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault appear in front of a parliamentary committee. alls for the individual to testify before the House ethics committee, along with the other co-founder of Global Health Imports. Boissonnault is facing questions about his alleged involvement in the operations of Global Health Imports since becoming a cabinet minister — which could contravene the Conflict of Interest Act. Earlier this week, Global News published September 2022 text messages between Boissonnault's former business partner, Stephen Anderson, and Malvina Ghaoui, the principal of the California-based company The Ghaoui Group. The texts referred to the involvement of someone named "Randy" in a discussion about a wire transfer of roughly $500,000 to secure a large shipment of nitrile gloves. That led to questions about whether Boissonnault was involved in the daily operations of the PPE company Global Health Imports a year after he joined the federal cabinet. 'That person is not me,' minister says A spokesperson for the company told Global News that the reference to "Randy" in the texts does not refer to Boissonnault. The spokesperson said the Randy mentioned in the texts is the company's "head of logistics" but declined to give his last name. Boissonnault told the House of Commons on Thursday that he has "had no role in this company since being elected in 2021." Boissonnault also told the ethics committee that he didn't know the last name of the other Randy. "That person is not me," he said Tuesday. He said he shared his phone records with the ethics committee and commissioner and argued these records prove he is not the person mentioned in the story. Feds announce new money for sustainable jobs training as legislation remains in limbo A spokesperson for his office, Alice Hansen, said that on the date of the texts — September 8, 2022 — Boissonnault was at a cabinet retreat in Vancouver and had no access to electronic devices while in meetings. Boissonnault co-founded Global Health Imports in 2020. His disclosure, listed on the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner webpage, shows he is the sole owner of an Alberta numbered company which "holds a significant interest in Global Health Imports Corporation." On Tuesday, he said it's a 50 per cent stake in Global Health Imports now held in a holding company. By law, any assets held by cabinet ministers which could rise or fall in value due to federal government decisions must be placed in blind trusts. The Conflict of Interest Act bars ministers from having "any power of management or control" over those assets. Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett said it "stretches reason and belief" to suggest there's a person named Randy working at Global Health Imports whose last name is unknown to Boissonnault. Conservative MP Michael Barrett said it's 'preposterous' to suggest there's another person named Randy at the company whose last name is unknown to the minister. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) "It's preposterous," Barrett told CBC News. "So we've made this request. It provides an opportunity for there to be a demonstration by Randy Boissonnault's business partner that he was being forthright." The motion calls for the "other Randy" to appear at the ethics committee by June 18. Despite not having the "other Randy's" last name, Conservatives believe the committee's clerk has enough information to extend an invitation. A spokesperson for the government House leader's office said it's not clear if it's possible to ask someone to testify at a committee without knowing their full name. Conservative members have been needling Boissonnault about "the other Randy" in question period. "It's a little sus, right? I mean, come on," said Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner in question period on Friday. "If there is another Randy, what's his last name?"

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Conservatives call for 'other Randy' to testify as minister's business dealings face ethics probe. Conservatives call for 'other Randy' to testify as minister's business dealings face ethics probe The Conservatives have filed a motion requesting that the "other Randy" allegedly employed by a company co-founded by Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault appear in front of a parliamentary committee. Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault denies being the 'Randy' mentioned in leaked text messages Posted: Jun 07, 2024 4:37 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault speaks during a news conference on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) The Conservatives have filed a motion requesting that the "other Randy" allegedly employed by a company co-founded by Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault appear in front of a parliamentary committee. alls for the individual to testify before the House ethics committee, along with the other co-founder of Global Health Imports. Boissonnault is facing questions about his alleged involvement in the operations of Global Health Imports since becoming a cabinet minister — which could contravene the Conflict of Interest Act. Earlier this week, Global News published September 2022 text messages between Boissonnault's former business partner, Stephen Anderson, and Malvina Ghaoui, the principal of the California-based company The Ghaoui Group. The texts referred to the involvement of someone named "Randy" in a discussion about a wire transfer of roughly $500,000 to secure a large shipment of nitrile gloves. That led to questions about whether Boissonnault was involved in the daily operations of the PPE company Global Health Imports a year after he joined the federal cabinet. 'That person is not me,' minister says A spokesperson for the company told Global News that the reference to "Randy" in the texts does not refer to Boissonnault. The spokesperson said the Randy mentioned in the texts is the company's "head of logistics" but declined to give his last name. Boissonnault told the House of Commons on Thursday that he has "had no role in this company since being elected in 2021." Boissonnault also told the ethics committee that he didn't know the last name of the other Randy. "That person is not me," he said Tuesday. He said he shared his phone records with the ethics committee and commissioner and argued these records prove he is not the person mentioned in the story. Feds announce new money for sustainable jobs training as legislation remains in limbo A spokesperson for his office, Alice Hansen, said that on the date of the texts — September 8, 2022 — Boissonnault was at a cabinet retreat in Vancouver and had no access to electronic devices while in meetings. Boissonnault co-founded Global Health Imports in 2020. His disclosure, listed on the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner webpage, shows he is the sole owner of an Alberta numbered company which "holds a significant interest in Global Health Imports Corporation." On Tuesday, he said it's a 50 per cent stake in Global Health Imports now held in a holding company. By law, any assets held by cabinet ministers which could rise or fall in value due to federal government decisions must be placed in blind trusts. The Conflict of Interest Act bars ministers from having "any power of management or control" over those assets. Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett said it "stretches reason and belief" to suggest there's a person named Randy working at Global Health Imports whose last name is unknown to Boissonnault. Conservative MP Michael Barrett said it's 'preposterous' to suggest there's another person named Randy at the company whose last name is unknown to the minister. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) "It's preposterous," Barrett told CBC News. "So we've made this request. It provides an opportunity for there to be a demonstration by Randy Boissonnault's business partner that he was being forthright." The motion calls for the "other Randy" to appear at the ethics committee by June 18. Despite not having the "other Randy's" last name, Conservatives believe the committee's clerk has enough information to extend an invitation. A spokesperson for the government House leader's office said it's not clear if it's possible to ask someone to testify at a committee without knowing their full name. Conservative members have been needling Boissonnault about "the other Randy" in question period. "It's a little sus, right? I mean, come on," said Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner in question period on Friday. "If there is another Randy, what's his last name?"

New law bans universities from taking advantage of bankruptcy laws

To ensure the Laurentian University insolvency case never happens again, federal legislation has been passed to block public universities from using the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Laurentian declared insolvency in February 2021, leading to massive layoffs and program cuts, using the CCAA legislation. It was the first time in Canada a public university declared the equivalent of bankruptcy. "After years of advocacy, the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) and its allies have successfully secured passage of federal legislation that will exclude public universities from the CCAA and the BIA," OCUFA said in a news release. "OCUFA welcomes news that the House of Commons Bill C-59, which included the amendments to CCAA and BIA, passed the third reading in the federal Senate on June 19 and is awaiting Royal Assent to be passed into law." "Public universities are not businesses and should not be treated as such, and this bill is a crucial piece of legislation that will protect university students, faculty and staff from corporate-style restructuring policies that prioritize creditors over the public interest," Jenny Ahn, executive director of OCUFA, said in the release. OCUFA said LU's bankruptcy "jeopardized the futures of nearly 1000 students. It also resulted in massive job losses for faculty and staff and disastrous ripple effects in Sudbury, Ontario, with an estimated economic cost of over $100 million." "We saw to it that the catastrophe caused by Laurentian's bankruptcy will never happen again. Years of OCUFA campaigning have paid off, and together with our allies, our advocacy has resulted in a more secure future for our vital public universities," said Nigmendra Narain, president of OCUFA. A separate news release from Sudbury MP Viviane Lapointe said that "more than 100 professors and 70 staff members lost their jobs. Legislation cites Sudbury "A total of 24 programs were cut. Students who were mid-program had their education and future prospects put in jeopardy," the release said. "The bill included an important reference to Sudbury. Citing the cuts that happened at Laurentian University when it underwent the CCAA process, the Liberal government took steps to amend the Act so that post-secondary institutions can no longer access the bankruptcy act as a means of dealing with financial hardships." "We needed to ensure that when a situation like the Laurentian University financial mismanagement arises, and in this case, where the province of Ontario failed to intervene, that other communities do not become subject to this failure to act," Lapointe said in the release. "In my ongoing discussions with university officials, faculty, unions, and community members, they all stated there is a need to ensure this never happens again. I brought this message to Ottawa and worked with the government to get this done. I want to thank all those who engaged with me and our government to ensure a successful outcome."

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New law bans universities from taking advantage of bankruptcy laws. To ensure the Laurentian University insolvency case never happens again, federal legislation has been passed to block public universities from using the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Laurentian declared insolvency in February 2021, leading to massive layoffs and program cuts, using the CCAA legislation. It was the first time in Canada a public university declared the equivalent of bankruptcy. "After years of advocacy, the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) and its allies have successfully secured passage of federal legislation that will exclude public universities from the CCAA and the BIA," OCUFA said in a news release. "OCUFA welcomes news that the House of Commons Bill C-59, which included the amendments to CCAA and BIA, passed the third reading in the federal Senate on June 19 and is awaiting Royal Assent to be passed into law." "Public universities are not businesses and should not be treated as such, and this bill is a crucial piece of legislation that will protect university students, faculty and staff from corporate-style restructuring policies that prioritize creditors over the public interest," Jenny Ahn, executive director of OCUFA, said in the release. OCUFA said LU's bankruptcy "jeopardized the futures of nearly 1000 students. It also resulted in massive job losses for faculty and staff and disastrous ripple effects in Sudbury, Ontario, with an estimated economic cost of over $100 million." "We saw to it that the catastrophe caused by Laurentian's bankruptcy will never happen again. Years of OCUFA campaigning have paid off, and together with our allies, our advocacy has resulted in a more secure future for our vital public universities," said Nigmendra Narain, president of OCUFA. A separate news release from Sudbury MP Viviane Lapointe said that "more than 100 professors and 70 staff members lost their jobs. Legislation cites Sudbury "A total of 24 programs were cut. Students who were mid-program had their education and future prospects put in jeopardy," the release said. "The bill included an important reference to Sudbury. Citing the cuts that happened at Laurentian University when it underwent the CCAA process, the Liberal government took steps to amend the Act so that post-secondary institutions can no longer access the bankruptcy act as a means of dealing with financial hardships." "We needed to ensure that when a situation like the Laurentian University financial mismanagement arises, and in this case, where the province of Ontario failed to intervene, that other communities do not become subject to this failure to act," Lapointe said in the release. "In my ongoing discussions with university officials, faculty, unions, and community members, they all stated there is a need to ensure this never happens again. I brought this message to Ottawa and worked with the government to get this done. I want to thank all those who engaged with me and our government to ensure a successful outcome."

Tennessean op-ed likens Caitlin Clark's popularity to Elvis Presley's because of their 'whiteness'

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Caitlin Clark's rise in the WNBA has sparked a fierce debate about her overwhelming popularity in women's basketball, specifically from those who argue that her race has played a major role in that success. Just last month, The Tennessean published an opinion piece by opinion columnist Andrea Williams that likened Clark's "marketability" to that of Elvis Presley's in the 1950s. The op-ed was revived this week when the Indianapolis Star republished the piece on Thursday. Elvis Presley performs on stage on the Ed Sullivan Show on January 6, 1957, in New York City. (Photo by Steve Oroz/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) (Steve Oroz/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Williams recalls American record producer Sam Phillips saying, "If I could find a white man who had a Negro sound and a Negro feel, I could make a million dollars." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Phillips signed popular Black artists, like B.B. King, Little Milton and Howlin Wolf, but Williams said he saw his greatest success when he helped launch Presley's career in 1954. "​​Sam Phillips would go on to record Elvis Presley, a white man who achieved dizzying commercial success by molding his singing and dancing styles to the Black artists, both gospel and secular, who'd shaped the soundtrack of his youth," Williams wrote. "But Elvis's adoption/appropriation of Blackness is less critical to his stardom than his whiteness. If that wasn't the case, the Black artists he emulated would've reached similar heights themselves. Instead, in America — a predominantly white society with a very long record of white supremacist ideologies — whiteness becomes the primary standard by which all is measured and, in business, the primary market to which all products are targeted." Williams compared the situation to the Indiana Fever rookie, and claimed that those that have similar conversations are deemed as "race-baiters." Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, signs autographs for fans after the game against the Chicago Sky on June 1, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images) "To be clear: There are others who have addressed the enduring marketability of whiteness. They've spoken to the media's prior refusal to push the WNBA with the same fervor it's had this year. They've also mentioned the fact that, before A'ja Wilson's recently announced Nike deal, no Black WNBA player has had a signature shoe with a major brand since Candace Parker in 2010-11." CHARLES BARKLEY DOUBLES DOWN ON 'PETTY NONSENSE' REGARDING CAITLIN CLARK: 'REALLY BAD PUBLICITY FOR THE WNBA' She later added, "So instead of learning from this moment and having real-time conversations about the intersection of race, gender, and sports in America, those of who know better end up screaming into an empty, useless void while everyone else holds fast to their unfounded, ahistorical views." Just last month, Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson said during an interview with The Associated Press that race was a factor in Clark's stardom. "I think it's a huge thing. I think a lot of people may say it's not about Black and White, but to me, it is," Wilson said. "It really is because you can be top-notch at what you are as a Black woman, but yet maybe that's something that people don't want to see." "They don't see it as marketable, so it doesn't matter how hard I work. It doesn't matter what we all do as Black women, we're still going to be swept underneath the rug. That's why it boils my blood when people say it's not about race, because it is." A'ja Wilson, #22 of the Las Vegas Aces, celebrates with the MVP trophy after defeating the New York Liberty during Game Four of the 2023 WNBA Finals at Barclays Center on October 18, 2023, in New York City. The Aces defeated the Liberty 70-69. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Other notable sports figures have spoken on issue, like Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, who has called out what he said is "petty nonsense." He doubled down on his stance in a recent appearance on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich." "They act like she didn't earn it. The woman just scored the most points ever by a man or a woman. 'She's only getting this job because she's White." Is race a factor? Yes, race is a factor. But her résumé speaks for itself. They didn't prop her up just because she's White," Barkley said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "The one thing that I love that she's bringing to her sport: more people want to watch. More people want to tune in. I saw, for the first time, they had a chartered plane. For the first time in their league history, they flew private. That should be celebrated in its own right," he said. Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, huddles with teammates prior to a game against the Seattle Storm in the game at Climate Pledge Arena on May 22, 2024, in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images) "That should be celebrated, and it's because of Caitlin Clark. Don't get it twisted. Don't get it f---ed up. Caitlin Clark is the reason why a lot of great things are going to happen for the WNBA." For her part, Clark has said that she believes more attention on the league will bring more opportunities to the women's game. "It doesn't need to be just one or two players, and I think that even goes back to college. The parity in women's basketball is what's making more people want to come watch it. I think the more we can spread the love, show people, show their talent, show their teams — that's just going to continue to elevate it," she said last month.

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Tennessean op-ed likens Caitlin Clark's popularity to Elvis Presley's because of their 'whiteness'. Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Caitlin Clark's rise in the WNBA has sparked a fierce debate about her overwhelming popularity in women's basketball, specifically from those who argue that her race has played a major role in that success. Just last month, The Tennessean published an opinion piece by opinion columnist Andrea Williams that likened Clark's "marketability" to that of Elvis Presley's in the 1950s. The op-ed was revived this week when the Indianapolis Star republished the piece on Thursday. Elvis Presley performs on stage on the Ed Sullivan Show on January 6, 1957, in New York City. (Photo by Steve Oroz/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) (Steve Oroz/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Williams recalls American record producer Sam Phillips saying, "If I could find a white man who had a Negro sound and a Negro feel, I could make a million dollars." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Phillips signed popular Black artists, like B.B. King, Little Milton and Howlin Wolf, but Williams said he saw his greatest success when he helped launch Presley's career in 1954. "​​Sam Phillips would go on to record Elvis Presley, a white man who achieved dizzying commercial success by molding his singing and dancing styles to the Black artists, both gospel and secular, who'd shaped the soundtrack of his youth," Williams wrote. "But Elvis's adoption/appropriation of Blackness is less critical to his stardom than his whiteness. If that wasn't the case, the Black artists he emulated would've reached similar heights themselves. Instead, in America — a predominantly white society with a very long record of white supremacist ideologies — whiteness becomes the primary standard by which all is measured and, in business, the primary market to which all products are targeted." Williams compared the situation to the Indiana Fever rookie, and claimed that those that have similar conversations are deemed as "race-baiters." Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, signs autographs for fans after the game against the Chicago Sky on June 1, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images) "To be clear: There are others who have addressed the enduring marketability of whiteness. They've spoken to the media's prior refusal to push the WNBA with the same fervor it's had this year. They've also mentioned the fact that, before A'ja Wilson's recently announced Nike deal, no Black WNBA player has had a signature shoe with a major brand since Candace Parker in 2010-11." CHARLES BARKLEY DOUBLES DOWN ON 'PETTY NONSENSE' REGARDING CAITLIN CLARK: 'REALLY BAD PUBLICITY FOR THE WNBA' She later added, "So instead of learning from this moment and having real-time conversations about the intersection of race, gender, and sports in America, those of who know better end up screaming into an empty, useless void while everyone else holds fast to their unfounded, ahistorical views." Just last month, Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson said during an interview with The Associated Press that race was a factor in Clark's stardom. "I think it's a huge thing. I think a lot of people may say it's not about Black and White, but to me, it is," Wilson said. "It really is because you can be top-notch at what you are as a Black woman, but yet maybe that's something that people don't want to see." "They don't see it as marketable, so it doesn't matter how hard I work. It doesn't matter what we all do as Black women, we're still going to be swept underneath the rug. That's why it boils my blood when people say it's not about race, because it is." A'ja Wilson, #22 of the Las Vegas Aces, celebrates with the MVP trophy after defeating the New York Liberty during Game Four of the 2023 WNBA Finals at Barclays Center on October 18, 2023, in New York City. The Aces defeated the Liberty 70-69. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Other notable sports figures have spoken on issue, like Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, who has called out what he said is "petty nonsense." He doubled down on his stance in a recent appearance on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich." "They act like she didn't earn it. The woman just scored the most points ever by a man or a woman. 'She's only getting this job because she's White." Is race a factor? Yes, race is a factor. But her résumé speaks for itself. They didn't prop her up just because she's White," Barkley said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "The one thing that I love that she's bringing to her sport: more people want to watch. More people want to tune in. I saw, for the first time, they had a chartered plane. For the first time in their league history, they flew private. That should be celebrated in its own right," he said. Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, huddles with teammates prior to a game against the Seattle Storm in the game at Climate Pledge Arena on May 22, 2024, in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images) "That should be celebrated, and it's because of Caitlin Clark. Don't get it twisted. Don't get it f---ed up. Caitlin Clark is the reason why a lot of great things are going to happen for the WNBA." For her part, Clark has said that she believes more attention on the league will bring more opportunities to the women's game. "It doesn't need to be just one or two players, and I think that even goes back to college. The parity in women's basketball is what's making more people want to come watch it. I think the more we can spread the love, show people, show their talent, show their teams — that's just going to continue to elevate it," she said last month.

Bitcoin taps $62K as 6% BTC price rebound runs into stubborn US dollar

Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price strength staging a tentative recovery after the Wall Street open. Bulls had suffered the day prior, as a trip to seven-week lows of $58,500 sparked a cascade of capitulations. Bitcoin's Relative Strength Index (RSI) reading on 4-hour timeframes hit its lowest levels since August 2023 — also the last time that BTC/USD also gave up bull market support lines such as the short-term holder aggregate cost basis. "Range held where it needed to," popular trader Daan Crypto Trades confirmed in one of his "Massive liquidity zone at $65K and all the way up to that point," Daan Crypto Trades Talk of the psychological — if not physical — impact of the Mt. Gox bankruptcy proceedings continued to circulate.

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Bitcoin taps $62K as 6% BTC price rebound runs into stubborn US dollar. Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price strength staging a tentative recovery after the Wall Street open. Bulls had suffered the day prior, as a trip to seven-week lows of $58,500 sparked a cascade of capitulations. Bitcoin's Relative Strength Index (RSI) reading on 4-hour timeframes hit its lowest levels since August 2023 — also the last time that BTC/USD also gave up bull market support lines such as the short-term holder aggregate cost basis. "Range held where it needed to," popular trader Daan Crypto Trades confirmed in one of his "Massive liquidity zone at $65K and all the way up to that point," Daan Crypto Trades Talk of the psychological — if not physical — impact of the Mt. Gox bankruptcy proceedings continued to circulate.

"...I had the impression I was playing in 3D” - Kylian Mbappé at Euro 2024

The France star was smiling while telling the story Sunday on the eve of facing Belgium in the round of 16. But clearly he does not enjoy playing his role as the masked man of Euro 2024 — "an absolute horror," he said. "I had the impression in the first game that I was playing in 3D," Mbappé told reporters, putting his hands to the sides of his head and mimicking wearing a VR headset. "I saw people but I had the feeling it was not me that was playing," he said of his comeback in a 1-1 draw against Poland on Tuesday. Mbappé's nose was broken in an accidental collision with an Austria defender's shoulder during a 1-0 win for France in its opening game on June 17. Without its captain and key goalscoring threat, France drew 0-0 with the Netherlands and on his masked return he played tentatively though scored with a penalty in a second straight draw. "It's really difficult. It limits the vision, the sweat stays blocked so you have to keep lifting it to flow out," Mbappé said. "As soon as I can take it off, I will. It's annoying, it's annoying, it's annoying." "Now, I don't have a choice, I can't play without. So I have to stay thank you to the mask," he said. Those two draws dropped France to second place in Group D — won by Austria — and sent Les Bleus into the top half of the draw that few expected. Belgium also unexpectedly landed in the top half, by finishing runner-up in a group to Romania after a 0-0 draw with Ukraine as boos rained down from its fans. It set up a rematch of a semifinal at the 2018 World Cup that France won 1-0 six years ago en route to Mbappé's star role in the final. The winner on Monday in Duesseldorf will find a difficult path to the final. Portugal, which plays Slovenia on Monday, is potentially waiting in the quarterfinals, then Germany and Spain are possible semifinal opponents. "The teams that are considered to be the big nations on paper, we're doing everything we can to stay in it," France coach Didier Deschamps said. "But actually it's something that's quite intense, highly, highly intense." Deschamps acknowledged his team has not been scoring, but he at least has his biggest threat back.

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"...I had the impression I was playing in 3D” - Kylian Mbappé at Euro 2024. The France star was smiling while telling the story Sunday on the eve of facing Belgium in the round of 16. But clearly he does not enjoy playing his role as the masked man of Euro 2024 — "an absolute horror," he said. "I had the impression in the first game that I was playing in 3D," Mbappé told reporters, putting his hands to the sides of his head and mimicking wearing a VR headset. "I saw people but I had the feeling it was not me that was playing," he said of his comeback in a 1-1 draw against Poland on Tuesday. Mbappé's nose was broken in an accidental collision with an Austria defender's shoulder during a 1-0 win for France in its opening game on June 17. Without its captain and key goalscoring threat, France drew 0-0 with the Netherlands and on his masked return he played tentatively though scored with a penalty in a second straight draw. "It's really difficult. It limits the vision, the sweat stays blocked so you have to keep lifting it to flow out," Mbappé said. "As soon as I can take it off, I will. It's annoying, it's annoying, it's annoying." "Now, I don't have a choice, I can't play without. So I have to stay thank you to the mask," he said. Those two draws dropped France to second place in Group D — won by Austria — and sent Les Bleus into the top half of the draw that few expected. Belgium also unexpectedly landed in the top half, by finishing runner-up in a group to Romania after a 0-0 draw with Ukraine as boos rained down from its fans. It set up a rematch of a semifinal at the 2018 World Cup that France won 1-0 six years ago en route to Mbappé's star role in the final. The winner on Monday in Duesseldorf will find a difficult path to the final. Portugal, which plays Slovenia on Monday, is potentially waiting in the quarterfinals, then Germany and Spain are possible semifinal opponents. "The teams that are considered to be the big nations on paper, we're doing everything we can to stay in it," France coach Didier Deschamps said. "But actually it's something that's quite intense, highly, highly intense." Deschamps acknowledged his team has not been scoring, but he at least has his biggest threat back.

Three officers investigated over their inquiries into Nottingham triple killer

Valdo Calocane assaulted two colleagues at an industrial estate and then killed three people in a knife rampage the following month. Three officers are under investigation over their inquiries into alleged assaults by Valdo Calocane before he killed three people in Nottingham, the police watchdog has said. The Leicestershire Police officers may face charges of potential misconduct as a result of how they investigated allegations against the triple killer the month before Grace O'Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates died, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. Two constables and a sergeant have been told they are being investigated over how inquiries were progressed, the IOPC said. It is claimed Calocane assaulted two colleagues at an industrial estate in Kegworth, Leicester, in May last year. The following month, he went on to kill students Mr Webber and Ms O'Malley-Kumar, along with caretaker Mr Coates, in a knife rampage in Nottingham. Image: Grace O'Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates were fatally stabbed by Valdo Calocane. Pics: Family handouts Separately, the watchdog is also examining several complaints made by the Nottingham victims' families. Investigators are looking at what information was available to police about Calocane before the killings on 13 June 2023. More on Nottingham Attacks Nottingham attack: Families and friends gather on first anniversary of killings Nottingham attacks: Victims' families 'fuelled by anger' as they fight for 'lasting change' a year on from killings They are also examining: • Nottinghamshire Police's decisions and actions relating to Calocane between September 2021 and 13 June last year; • How the force informed the families of the death of their loved ones and the support they put in place for them; • Whether senior officers followed relevant policies and procedures in their oversight of officers investigating the events of 13 June and subsequent events - including communications with the family and public over the handling of inappropriate WhatsApp messaging and potential sharing of information about the case. The IOPC said all Nottinghamshire Police officers are currently being treated as witnesses, meaning there is no indication of any wrongdoing at this stage. Calocane, 32, was handed an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates, and the attempted murder of three others last June. The attacker's guilty pleas were accepted after medical evidence showed he has paranoid schizophrenia. The judge at his sentencing said he would be detained at a high-security hospital "very probably" for the rest of his life. Attorney General Victoria Prentis referred the sentence to the Court of Appeal in February, arguing it was "unduly lenient". At a hearing in May lawyers said Calocane should instead be given a "hybrid" life sentence, where he would first be treated for his paranoid schizophrenia before serving the remainder of his jail term in prison.

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Three officers investigated over their inquiries into Nottingham triple killer. Valdo Calocane assaulted two colleagues at an industrial estate and then killed three people in a knife rampage the following month. Three officers are under investigation over their inquiries into alleged assaults by Valdo Calocane before he killed three people in Nottingham, the police watchdog has said. The Leicestershire Police officers may face charges of potential misconduct as a result of how they investigated allegations against the triple killer the month before Grace O'Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates died, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. Two constables and a sergeant have been told they are being investigated over how inquiries were progressed, the IOPC said. It is claimed Calocane assaulted two colleagues at an industrial estate in Kegworth, Leicester, in May last year. The following month, he went on to kill students Mr Webber and Ms O'Malley-Kumar, along with caretaker Mr Coates, in a knife rampage in Nottingham. Image: Grace O'Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates were fatally stabbed by Valdo Calocane. Pics: Family handouts Separately, the watchdog is also examining several complaints made by the Nottingham victims' families. Investigators are looking at what information was available to police about Calocane before the killings on 13 June 2023. More on Nottingham Attacks Nottingham attack: Families and friends gather on first anniversary of killings Nottingham attacks: Victims' families 'fuelled by anger' as they fight for 'lasting change' a year on from killings They are also examining: • Nottinghamshire Police's decisions and actions relating to Calocane between September 2021 and 13 June last year; • How the force informed the families of the death of their loved ones and the support they put in place for them; • Whether senior officers followed relevant policies and procedures in their oversight of officers investigating the events of 13 June and subsequent events - including communications with the family and public over the handling of inappropriate WhatsApp messaging and potential sharing of information about the case. The IOPC said all Nottinghamshire Police officers are currently being treated as witnesses, meaning there is no indication of any wrongdoing at this stage. Calocane, 32, was handed an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates, and the attempted murder of three others last June. The attacker's guilty pleas were accepted after medical evidence showed he has paranoid schizophrenia. The judge at his sentencing said he would be detained at a high-security hospital "very probably" for the rest of his life. Attorney General Victoria Prentis referred the sentence to the Court of Appeal in February, arguing it was "unduly lenient". At a hearing in May lawyers said Calocane should instead be given a "hybrid" life sentence, where he would first be treated for his paranoid schizophrenia before serving the remainder of his jail term in prison.

Top White House aide urges staff to tune out ‘noise' and focus on governing during debate fallout

Democrats still 'like Joe Biden,' majority 'don't want him to quit' despite debate, pollster says CNN polling analyst Harry Enten said Wednesday that President Biden still enjoys majority support from the Democratic Party base even after the debate. White House chief of staff Jeff Zients reportedly held an all-staff meeting Wednesday to urge team members to tune out the "noise" and focus on the task of governing, as senior aides scramble to contain the political fallout from President Biden's disastrous debate performance. Even as Zients acknowledged that the days since the Atlanta matchup between Biden and former President Trump have been challenging, the chief of staff stressed to White House aides the accomplishments and the track record of the Democratic administration and said governing will only become more crucial once the campaign season heats up, particularly after the Fourth of July holiday, The Associated Press reported, citing a White House official. Biden himself began making personal outreach on his own, speaking privately with senior Democratic lawmakers such as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Delaware Sen. Chris Coons and South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, a second White House official and others with knowledge of the conversations told the AP. TOP DEMOCRATS RAGE OVER BIDEN'S DEBATE DEFLECTION: 'DON'T KNOW WHO'S MAKING DECISIONS' On Capitol Hill, there is increasing anxiety as Biden has been slow to reach out to top Democrats and rank-and-file members, the AP reported, citing people familiar with ongoing conversations. Top Democratic lawmakers also voiced their outrage to Axios about Biden dragging his feet in reaching out to the party's leadership in recent days, much less the rank-and-file facing competitive races this year. The members, who were not named in the Axios reporting, took particular issue with Biden's deflection, saying that his handling of the debate fallout, rather than the debate performance itself, could cost Democrats chances of flipping the House or maintaining their majority in the Senate in November. Democrats are unsatisfied with the explanations of Biden's debate performance from both White House staff and Biden himself. And there is a deeper frustration among some Democrats who feel Biden should have handled this much sooner and has put them in a difficult position by staying in the race. President Biden departs the White House on July 2, 2024, for a campaign event in McLean, Virginia. (Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Zients tried to rally the staff's confidence in Biden's re-election apparatus, noting that the president has a "strong campaign team" in place and that the White House's job was to focus on continuing to implement Biden's agenda. He also told staff that Biden has always made it through tough times, despite being counted out during his decades in public office. The chief of staff also encouraged aides to "continue being a team" and, while acknowledging the increasing political chatter, to "tune it out" and stay disciplined, according to the official who spoke to the AP. The official was granted anonymity to relay Zients' private remarks. Zients also urged White House staff to ask questions and offer feedback. Staff-wide White House calls aren't unusual, but Wednesday's 15-minute check-in came as Biden and senior White House officials were working to assuage rattled lawmakers, donors and other allies within the party amid sharpening questions about whether the 81-year-old president had the competency to run for a second term in office. BIDEN CAMPAIGN SENDS ALL-STAFF MEMO HOPING TO CALM POST-DEBATE CONCERNS White House chief of staff Jeff Zients attends the congressional picnic hosted by President Biden on the South Lawn of the White House on June 4, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) According to Axios, major Democratic donors are now planning to move large contributions to House and Senate candidates before what they see as a likely second term for Trump. Biden's re-election campaign planned a staff-wide call of its own and says it will "be using emails and all staff calls more frequently to make sure you all have the latest updates and broader campaign priorities for the day," according to a memo sent Wednesday by campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon and campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez. The memo insists the election between Biden and Trump will still be close, seeking to downplay the lasting effects of the debate. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were also scheduled to hold one of their sporadic lunches on Wednesday, and the president was planning on hosting an assortment of Democratic governors at the White House in the evening. President Biden listens during a visit to the D.C. Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Among the Democratic governors who were planning to attend in person were Tim Walz of Minnesota, who leads the Democratic Governors Association, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Maura Healey of Massachusetts, Daniel McKee of Rhode Island, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Andy Beshear of Kentucky and Gavin Newsom of California, according to their aides. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy were planning on attending virtually. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The White House has also been on the defensive against reporting that suggests that Biden was considering dropping out of the race. Andrew Bates, White House senior deputy press secretary and deputy assistant to the president, shot back in a response on X to the New York Times' report Wednesday that Biden told an ally that he was weighing whether to continue his re-election prospects following the disastrous debate performance. "That claim is absolutely false," Bates wrote.

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Top White House aide urges staff to tune out ‘noise' and focus on governing during debate fallout. Democrats still 'like Joe Biden,' majority 'don't want him to quit' despite debate, pollster says CNN polling analyst Harry Enten said Wednesday that President Biden still enjoys majority support from the Democratic Party base even after the debate. White House chief of staff Jeff Zients reportedly held an all-staff meeting Wednesday to urge team members to tune out the "noise" and focus on the task of governing, as senior aides scramble to contain the political fallout from President Biden's disastrous debate performance. Even as Zients acknowledged that the days since the Atlanta matchup between Biden and former President Trump have been challenging, the chief of staff stressed to White House aides the accomplishments and the track record of the Democratic administration and said governing will only become more crucial once the campaign season heats up, particularly after the Fourth of July holiday, The Associated Press reported, citing a White House official. Biden himself began making personal outreach on his own, speaking privately with senior Democratic lawmakers such as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Delaware Sen. Chris Coons and South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, a second White House official and others with knowledge of the conversations told the AP. TOP DEMOCRATS RAGE OVER BIDEN'S DEBATE DEFLECTION: 'DON'T KNOW WHO'S MAKING DECISIONS' On Capitol Hill, there is increasing anxiety as Biden has been slow to reach out to top Democrats and rank-and-file members, the AP reported, citing people familiar with ongoing conversations. Top Democratic lawmakers also voiced their outrage to Axios about Biden dragging his feet in reaching out to the party's leadership in recent days, much less the rank-and-file facing competitive races this year. The members, who were not named in the Axios reporting, took particular issue with Biden's deflection, saying that his handling of the debate fallout, rather than the debate performance itself, could cost Democrats chances of flipping the House or maintaining their majority in the Senate in November. Democrats are unsatisfied with the explanations of Biden's debate performance from both White House staff and Biden himself. And there is a deeper frustration among some Democrats who feel Biden should have handled this much sooner and has put them in a difficult position by staying in the race. President Biden departs the White House on July 2, 2024, for a campaign event in McLean, Virginia. (Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Zients tried to rally the staff's confidence in Biden's re-election apparatus, noting that the president has a "strong campaign team" in place and that the White House's job was to focus on continuing to implement Biden's agenda. He also told staff that Biden has always made it through tough times, despite being counted out during his decades in public office. The chief of staff also encouraged aides to "continue being a team" and, while acknowledging the increasing political chatter, to "tune it out" and stay disciplined, according to the official who spoke to the AP. The official was granted anonymity to relay Zients' private remarks. Zients also urged White House staff to ask questions and offer feedback. Staff-wide White House calls aren't unusual, but Wednesday's 15-minute check-in came as Biden and senior White House officials were working to assuage rattled lawmakers, donors and other allies within the party amid sharpening questions about whether the 81-year-old president had the competency to run for a second term in office. BIDEN CAMPAIGN SENDS ALL-STAFF MEMO HOPING TO CALM POST-DEBATE CONCERNS White House chief of staff Jeff Zients attends the congressional picnic hosted by President Biden on the South Lawn of the White House on June 4, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) According to Axios, major Democratic donors are now planning to move large contributions to House and Senate candidates before what they see as a likely second term for Trump. Biden's re-election campaign planned a staff-wide call of its own and says it will "be using emails and all staff calls more frequently to make sure you all have the latest updates and broader campaign priorities for the day," according to a memo sent Wednesday by campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon and campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez. The memo insists the election between Biden and Trump will still be close, seeking to downplay the lasting effects of the debate. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were also scheduled to hold one of their sporadic lunches on Wednesday, and the president was planning on hosting an assortment of Democratic governors at the White House in the evening. President Biden listens during a visit to the D.C. Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Among the Democratic governors who were planning to attend in person were Tim Walz of Minnesota, who leads the Democratic Governors Association, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Maura Healey of Massachusetts, Daniel McKee of Rhode Island, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Andy Beshear of Kentucky and Gavin Newsom of California, according to their aides. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy were planning on attending virtually. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The White House has also been on the defensive against reporting that suggests that Biden was considering dropping out of the race. Andrew Bates, White House senior deputy press secretary and deputy assistant to the president, shot back in a response on X to the New York Times' report Wednesday that Biden told an ally that he was weighing whether to continue his re-election prospects following the disastrous debate performance. "That claim is absolutely false," Bates wrote.

The Bradford Exchange Mint Honors the New Princess of Wales

July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Beautiful, charming, and caring, Catherine Middleton seemed born to be a princess. She met Prince William at university, and their fairy-tale romance of prince and commoner captured the hearts of millions. Married at Westminster Abbey on The 24-Karat Gold plated coin highlights an image of Catherine - Princess of Wales in her Coronation Day dress. The reverse (on left) features a fully sculpted profile of Princess Catherine wearing the "Lovers Knot" tiara. This non-monetary commemorative coin measures 39mm (1 1/2 inches) in diameter. Minted in the United Kingdom. This new royal swiftly made an impact on British and American fashion and culture. She became a 3X honoree of Time Magazine's Most Influential People. In 2022, when William was named Prince of Wales by King Charles III, Catherine became the new Princess of Wales. She is the first to bear the title since William's mother, Princess Diana. While her title may have changed, Princess Catherine's inspiring words and actions continues to influence millions of people worldwide. Widely popular, Princess Catherine is devoted to her young family and improving children's lives everywhere. In 2024, she revealed her strength and character sharing her health challenges. Still continuing treatment, she was warmly welcomed at the recent Trooping of the Colour ceremonies which was her first public appearance since her illness was made known. Now, The Bradford Exchange Mint, the stewards of commemorating historic events announce the release of The Catherine Princess of Wales Proof Coin. As Bradford Exchange's Chief Numismatist Walter J. Kole remarks: "This 24K Gold plated and non-monetary tribute honors the new Princess of Wales' inspiring spirit and service." She appears in the splendor of her Coronation Day regalia and royal cypher privy mark. Her sculpted portrait appears on the reverse and is graced by the "Lovers Knot" tiara. Minted in the United Kingdom by The Commonwealth Mint of Birmingham, specially-polished coining blanks are struck multiple times to create the Proof finish's raised frosted details and mirror-like background – the highest level of minter's art. In support of Catherine's focus on raising awareness, The Bradford Exchange Mint has made a donation to Cancer Research U.K. ABOUT THE BRADFORD EXCHANGE MINT: a division of The Bradford Exchange, The Bradford Exchange Mint is a trusted resource for coins of enduring value worldwide. In the U.S. to acquire this new and exclusive commemorative celebrating the Princess of

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The Bradford Exchange Mint Honors the New Princess of Wales. July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Beautiful, charming, and caring, Catherine Middleton seemed born to be a princess. She met Prince William at university, and their fairy-tale romance of prince and commoner captured the hearts of millions. Married at Westminster Abbey on The 24-Karat Gold plated coin highlights an image of Catherine - Princess of Wales in her Coronation Day dress. The reverse (on left) features a fully sculpted profile of Princess Catherine wearing the "Lovers Knot" tiara. This non-monetary commemorative coin measures 39mm (1 1/2 inches) in diameter. Minted in the United Kingdom. This new royal swiftly made an impact on British and American fashion and culture. She became a 3X honoree of Time Magazine's Most Influential People. In 2022, when William was named Prince of Wales by King Charles III, Catherine became the new Princess of Wales. She is the first to bear the title since William's mother, Princess Diana. While her title may have changed, Princess Catherine's inspiring words and actions continues to influence millions of people worldwide. Widely popular, Princess Catherine is devoted to her young family and improving children's lives everywhere. In 2024, she revealed her strength and character sharing her health challenges. Still continuing treatment, she was warmly welcomed at the recent Trooping of the Colour ceremonies which was her first public appearance since her illness was made known. Now, The Bradford Exchange Mint, the stewards of commemorating historic events announce the release of The Catherine Princess of Wales Proof Coin. As Bradford Exchange's Chief Numismatist Walter J. Kole remarks: "This 24K Gold plated and non-monetary tribute honors the new Princess of Wales' inspiring spirit and service." She appears in the splendor of her Coronation Day regalia and royal cypher privy mark. Her sculpted portrait appears on the reverse and is graced by the "Lovers Knot" tiara. Minted in the United Kingdom by The Commonwealth Mint of Birmingham, specially-polished coining blanks are struck multiple times to create the Proof finish's raised frosted details and mirror-like background – the highest level of minter's art. In support of Catherine's focus on raising awareness, The Bradford Exchange Mint has made a donation to Cancer Research U.K. ABOUT THE BRADFORD EXCHANGE MINT: a division of The Bradford Exchange, The Bradford Exchange Mint is a trusted resource for coins of enduring value worldwide. In the U.S. to acquire this new and exclusive commemorative celebrating the Princess of

Sununu launches broadsides at 'jacka--' Cuomo, Newsom, says right-wing reps 'functionally don't do anything'

Trump has this 'chaos that surrounds him': Gov. Chris Sununu New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu weighs in on the GOP primary race between Nikki Haley and Donald Trump and the former ambassador's rhetoric toward the former president. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu slammed two of his gubernatorial colleagues Thursday, saying many of the governors he's served alongside get along with each other, save for California's Gavin Newsom and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Sununu was responding to a question from Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute (RISE) moderator Fred Ryan about the difference in dynamics between how governors work and congressional lawmakers do. "I think – look – almost all of the governors get along," Sununu said in part, adding that in his eight years in Concord there have only been two outspoken Democrats who seem to rub him and his colleagues the wrong way. When Ryan asked if they could be identified, Sununu obliged: "Yeah, Andrew Cuomo – complete jacka** – no one likes him," Sununu said of the three-term scion of one of New York's most recognizable political families. NH GOV SUNUNU FLAMES 'THREE TIME LOSER' DONALD TRUMP "And I've got to be honest, no one cares for Gavin. Gavin's just a pr**k – excuse me – he just is," the four-term Republican went on. Reached for comment, Bulldog Strategies' Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Cuomo, responded, "I'm glad they feel the same way about each other." Sununu said it was disappointing to see his working relationship with the California Democrat apparently deteriorate, as he told the forum he used to get along with Newsom, but that over time, even Democrats confided that they could not stand their intraparty colleague: "[T]hey won't tell you out loud. But behind closed doors, they're like, oh, God, look who's coming -- You know, they all roll their eyes." Sununu emphasized that, while he is a Republican, some of his favorite governors do not agree with him on even a single issue. He pointed to Oregon Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek, whom he called his favorite West Coast state executive. "Tina is the governor of Oregon. There is absolutely nothing Tina and I probably agree with politically, but she's a wonderful person. I think she's really great," he said. Another left-wing governor whom most on the right might not consider a working partner is outgoing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, he added. SUNUNU CLASHES WITH PSAKI OVER RUSSIAN COLLUSION CLAIMS "Phil Murphy and I get along great, we really do. He's got this amazing sense of humor. Again, I don't think he does a great job as governor – he probably might say the same [for] me – that's OK, but we have different approaches." "But we get along really, really well – and overall the governors really are a good team because we are [working] 24/7. There's a shooting, there's a flood, there's a 'whatever'; my phone is going to ring." He said there is therefore a stark contrast between gubernatorial cordiality and the "nonsense" in Washington, D.C. "Congress has two jobs: They approve or disapprove of a policy. And they approve or disapprove of funding. And that's it. They don't design the mental health system. They don't design the system for better homeless services or integration of education, or they don't design anything," he said. "I think all governors should be engineers. I think all politicians should be engineers," the governor quipped. Sununu is an engineer by trade. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Sununu lambasted several right-wing lawmakers including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, suggesting she is a "fool." "Is there any bill that she's ever even [passed] – or Matt Gaetz – They do nothing, and they raise a ton of money off it, not just to get themselves reelected, but for the showmanship of that extremism. But they actually don't functionally do anything, you know, for the betterment of good governance and civics." Sununu said that when he's considered federal legislative office, he's often thought it would be unfruitful. "I said 'screw you, I don't want to be part of this at all'," he joked, adding that many in Congress don't care to fix true issues like entitlements: "What's going to happen in eight years? Social security is going bankrupt. That is a fact. And there was already a law in place that the Social Security benefits that some folks in this room might be waiting for are going to get cut," he said. "I think it's 23% – like that's in law, that's happening. Your benefits are being cut. Someone has to fix that, has to stop that." In recent months, Sununu has criticized other Republicans on his right, including former President Trump. He notably endorsed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the 2024 presidential primaries. Reached for comment, Gaetz said of Sununu: "While Governor Sununu has been a failing surrogate for the even more failing Nikki Haley campaign, I've been working to get 1,100 troops out of Niger." Newsom's and Greene's offices did not return requests for comment for purposes of this story.

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Sununu launches broadsides at 'jacka--' Cuomo, Newsom, says right-wing reps 'functionally don't do anything'. Trump has this 'chaos that surrounds him': Gov. Chris Sununu New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu weighs in on the GOP primary race between Nikki Haley and Donald Trump and the former ambassador's rhetoric toward the former president. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu slammed two of his gubernatorial colleagues Thursday, saying many of the governors he's served alongside get along with each other, save for California's Gavin Newsom and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Sununu was responding to a question from Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute (RISE) moderator Fred Ryan about the difference in dynamics between how governors work and congressional lawmakers do. "I think – look – almost all of the governors get along," Sununu said in part, adding that in his eight years in Concord there have only been two outspoken Democrats who seem to rub him and his colleagues the wrong way. When Ryan asked if they could be identified, Sununu obliged: "Yeah, Andrew Cuomo – complete jacka** – no one likes him," Sununu said of the three-term scion of one of New York's most recognizable political families. NH GOV SUNUNU FLAMES 'THREE TIME LOSER' DONALD TRUMP "And I've got to be honest, no one cares for Gavin. Gavin's just a pr**k – excuse me – he just is," the four-term Republican went on. Reached for comment, Bulldog Strategies' Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Cuomo, responded, "I'm glad they feel the same way about each other." Sununu said it was disappointing to see his working relationship with the California Democrat apparently deteriorate, as he told the forum he used to get along with Newsom, but that over time, even Democrats confided that they could not stand their intraparty colleague: "[T]hey won't tell you out loud. But behind closed doors, they're like, oh, God, look who's coming -- You know, they all roll their eyes." Sununu emphasized that, while he is a Republican, some of his favorite governors do not agree with him on even a single issue. He pointed to Oregon Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek, whom he called his favorite West Coast state executive. "Tina is the governor of Oregon. There is absolutely nothing Tina and I probably agree with politically, but she's a wonderful person. I think she's really great," he said. Another left-wing governor whom most on the right might not consider a working partner is outgoing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, he added. SUNUNU CLASHES WITH PSAKI OVER RUSSIAN COLLUSION CLAIMS "Phil Murphy and I get along great, we really do. He's got this amazing sense of humor. Again, I don't think he does a great job as governor – he probably might say the same [for] me – that's OK, but we have different approaches." "But we get along really, really well – and overall the governors really are a good team because we are [working] 24/7. There's a shooting, there's a flood, there's a 'whatever'; my phone is going to ring." He said there is therefore a stark contrast between gubernatorial cordiality and the "nonsense" in Washington, D.C. "Congress has two jobs: They approve or disapprove of a policy. And they approve or disapprove of funding. And that's it. They don't design the mental health system. They don't design the system for better homeless services or integration of education, or they don't design anything," he said. "I think all governors should be engineers. I think all politicians should be engineers," the governor quipped. Sununu is an engineer by trade. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Sununu lambasted several right-wing lawmakers including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, suggesting she is a "fool." "Is there any bill that she's ever even [passed] – or Matt Gaetz – They do nothing, and they raise a ton of money off it, not just to get themselves reelected, but for the showmanship of that extremism. But they actually don't functionally do anything, you know, for the betterment of good governance and civics." Sununu said that when he's considered federal legislative office, he's often thought it would be unfruitful. "I said 'screw you, I don't want to be part of this at all'," he joked, adding that many in Congress don't care to fix true issues like entitlements: "What's going to happen in eight years? Social security is going bankrupt. That is a fact. And there was already a law in place that the Social Security benefits that some folks in this room might be waiting for are going to get cut," he said. "I think it's 23% – like that's in law, that's happening. Your benefits are being cut. Someone has to fix that, has to stop that." In recent months, Sununu has criticized other Republicans on his right, including former President Trump. He notably endorsed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the 2024 presidential primaries. Reached for comment, Gaetz said of Sununu: "While Governor Sununu has been a failing surrogate for the even more failing Nikki Haley campaign, I've been working to get 1,100 troops out of Niger." Newsom's and Greene's offices did not return requests for comment for purposes of this story.

CDC says a Colorado dairy worker has recovered from bird flu, the fourth US human case this year

CDC says a Colorado dairy worker has recovered from bird flu, the fourth US human case this year

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CDC says a Colorado dairy worker has recovered from bird flu, the fourth US human case this year. CDC says a Colorado dairy worker has recovered from bird flu, the fourth US human case this year

CNN finalizes rules for first Biden vs Trump debate, RFK Jr. could still qualify

Kayleigh McEnany warns Biden campaign is 'miscalculating' with Trump debate prep 'Outnumbered' co-host Kayleigh McEnany and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss Biden's plans for debate prep at Camp David and what issues matter most to voters as they head to the ballot box. CNN has finalized the rules for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle, which is less than two weeks. The campaigns of President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to the rules, CNN said on Saturday, noting that it is not "impossible" for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to join the pair on stage. To qualify for the CNN showdown, a candidate must have received 15% support in four separate national polls, and be on the ballot in enough states to reach 270 electoral college votes. Currently, Kennedy is on the ballot in six states, totaling 89 potential electoral college votes. The 90-minute debate, scheduled to take place on June 27 in Atlanta, will be hosted by CNN's Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. It will be the first in-person face off between Biden and Trump since they stood alongside one another on debate stages during the 2020 cycle. TRUMP PREDICTS THERE'S A '10% CHANCE' CNN WILL BE FAIR TO HIM AT FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE Former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden. (Getty Images) Both candidates accepted the network's invitation to debate last month, agreeing to certain rules and formats that were outlined in CNN letters to their respective campaigns. CNN said there will be two commercial breaks during the debate, and candidates are not allowed to consult with other members of their campaign during that time. The network also noted that candidates' podiums and positions will be determined by a coin flip, their mics will be muted outside of speaking time, and that they will only be provided with a pen, a notepad, and a bottle of water. Candidates will not be allowed to bring props or prepared notes. CNN HOSTS KNOCK BIDEN FOR GETTING 'SNIPPY' WITH PRESS: 'FAR BELOW HIS PREDECESSORS' IN TAKING QUESTIONS For the first time in recent history, the debate between presidential contenders won't have a studio audience. The network said debate moderators "will use all tools at their disposal to enforce timing and ensure a civilized discussion." In order to qualify for the debate, candidates must also meet the requirements outlined in Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution to serve as president. Biden and Trump both meet those requirements. Other candidates on non-major-party tickets – Kennedy, Cornel West and Jill Stein – also meet those requirements. All five have also filed a formal statement of candidacy to the Federal Election Commission, another requirement to participate in the debate. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP National polls of registered or likely voters that meet CNN's standards for reporting include those that are sponsored by CNN, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times/Siena College, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist College, Quinnipiac University, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

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CNN finalizes rules for first Biden vs Trump debate, RFK Jr. could still qualify. Kayleigh McEnany warns Biden campaign is 'miscalculating' with Trump debate prep 'Outnumbered' co-host Kayleigh McEnany and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss Biden's plans for debate prep at Camp David and what issues matter most to voters as they head to the ballot box. CNN has finalized the rules for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle, which is less than two weeks. The campaigns of President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to the rules, CNN said on Saturday, noting that it is not "impossible" for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to join the pair on stage. To qualify for the CNN showdown, a candidate must have received 15% support in four separate national polls, and be on the ballot in enough states to reach 270 electoral college votes. Currently, Kennedy is on the ballot in six states, totaling 89 potential electoral college votes. The 90-minute debate, scheduled to take place on June 27 in Atlanta, will be hosted by CNN's Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. It will be the first in-person face off between Biden and Trump since they stood alongside one another on debate stages during the 2020 cycle. TRUMP PREDICTS THERE'S A '10% CHANCE' CNN WILL BE FAIR TO HIM AT FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE Former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden. (Getty Images) Both candidates accepted the network's invitation to debate last month, agreeing to certain rules and formats that were outlined in CNN letters to their respective campaigns. CNN said there will be two commercial breaks during the debate, and candidates are not allowed to consult with other members of their campaign during that time. The network also noted that candidates' podiums and positions will be determined by a coin flip, their mics will be muted outside of speaking time, and that they will only be provided with a pen, a notepad, and a bottle of water. Candidates will not be allowed to bring props or prepared notes. CNN HOSTS KNOCK BIDEN FOR GETTING 'SNIPPY' WITH PRESS: 'FAR BELOW HIS PREDECESSORS' IN TAKING QUESTIONS For the first time in recent history, the debate between presidential contenders won't have a studio audience. The network said debate moderators "will use all tools at their disposal to enforce timing and ensure a civilized discussion." In order to qualify for the debate, candidates must also meet the requirements outlined in Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution to serve as president. Biden and Trump both meet those requirements. Other candidates on non-major-party tickets – Kennedy, Cornel West and Jill Stein – also meet those requirements. All five have also filed a formal statement of candidacy to the Federal Election Commission, another requirement to participate in the debate. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP National polls of registered or likely voters that meet CNN's standards for reporting include those that are sponsored by CNN, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times/Siena College, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist College, Quinnipiac University, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

'Lost for words': Community devastated after 6-year-old boy killed in Vaughan school bus collision

The six-year-old boy who died after being struck by the driver of a school bus in Vaughan on Wednesday was named Matteo, say devastated friends and neighbours. He was a Grade 1 student at St. Stephen's Catholic Elementary School in Woodbridge, according to parents in the community. The fatal collision happened at around 8 a.m. near Pierre Berton Boulevard and Kleinburg Summit Way, which is west of Kipling Avenue and north of Teston Road. A resident in the neighbourhood who said he witnessed the incident told CP24 that the boy was running to catch the bus when he was hit. "The bus driver didn't see him," the man said. He said there were several kids already on the bus at the time of the collision. "They were screaming," he said. One parent told CP24's Beatrice Vaisman that Matteo's school was supposed to hold its kindergarten graduation ceremony today, but that was cancelled due to the tragedy. Another mother, who lives just steps away from the crash, said her kids were on another bus travelling southbound when the collision occurred and witnessed it. Preye Obozuwa said that she heard about the fatal collision less than 15 minutes later on the news. "When I heard the timing of the accident, I knew that their bus would have somehow seen it," she said, adding that Matteo went to school with her children and played soccer with her older son. "It's just heart-gutting. I can only imagine what the family is going through," Obozuwa said moments after they dropped off flowers at a growing makeshift memorial near where the boy was struck and killed. She said her kids and others on the bus are receiving support and added that she hopes the community can come together down the line and think about ways to make it safer for vulnerable road users. "Right now, everyone is just lost for words. My heart goes out to the family," Obozuwa said. "At the end of the school year, everyone is getting ready for summer. This is just a tough one. … It's unexplainable, to be honest. It's really unexplainable." Preye Obozuwa and her children lay flowers at a makeshift memorial for a six-year-old boy who died after being struck by the driver of a school bus in Vaughan on June 19. A fundraising page created by ReMax Premier Inc. to support Matteo's family said he will "always be remembered as a happy little boy who lit up the lives of everyone who was lucky enough to have known him." "He was a cherished son, brother, grandson and nephew. He loved country music and loved playing the drums. He adored his little brother Luca very much," the post read. The Go Fund Me said that Matteo's grandmother, Luisa, works at the Vaughan-based brokerage as a front-desk receptionist. "Thank you for your support, thoughts and prayers. Together we can help this family through this unimaginable loss," it read. "Luisa, we are thinking of you and your family during this heartbreaking time." In a post on social media, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca extended his condolences to the family of the young boy who was killed. "The City of Vaughan is in mourning following the tragic death of a young boy who was struck by a vehicle in Kleinburg," he wrote. "There are no words that can adequately express our sympathy & condolences to the family, friends & classmates of this child as they grieve this unthinkable loss." Police investigation underway The circumstances surrounding this fatal incident are still under investigation, but police told reporters that the bus driver remained at the scene. "They are being very cooperative and are being assessed by EMS for the horrible, horrible scenario that they have been involved in," Const. James Dickson, of York Regional Police (YRP) told reporters on Wednesday morning. "We are still looking into all of the events that led to this terrible outcome." Dickson could not say how many children were on the bus at the time of the collision, but confirmed that the bus was in the area picking up kids to take to school. He said he could not comment on whether speed contributed to the collision, but noted that investigators are looking at all possible factors. "Something like this takes a lot of time to piece together," Dickson added. "We are going to be here for a long time." Dickson said he has not spoken to the family but described the situation as "a tragedy that ruins everything for everyone." "Obviously something like this is absolutely horrible," he said. "I haven't interacted with the family but I can't imagine what they are going through." Dickson said that victim services and peer support are available for officers, parents, teachers, and children affected by the incident. A child was struck and killed by a bus in Vaughan on Wednesday morning, York Regional Police say. (Courtney Heels/ CP24) Area residents are asked to contact YRP or Crime Stoppers anonymously if they have security or dash camera footage of the area at the time of the collision. Oilers take lead from star captain McDavid in clawing way back into Stanley Cup Final Somehow, some way, the Edmonton Oilers are alive in the Stanley Cup Final despite starting the series against the Florida Panthers with three losses. How they did it, you might wonder, is also the reason why you might not have any doubt: their star players, in particular Connor McDavid, ramped up their play to dominate and, importantly, thrived under the pressure of elimination. B.C. man who killed girlfriend while under no-contact order to spend 19 more months in jail

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'Lost for words': Community devastated after 6-year-old boy killed in Vaughan school bus collision. The six-year-old boy who died after being struck by the driver of a school bus in Vaughan on Wednesday was named Matteo, say devastated friends and neighbours. He was a Grade 1 student at St. Stephen's Catholic Elementary School in Woodbridge, according to parents in the community. The fatal collision happened at around 8 a.m. near Pierre Berton Boulevard and Kleinburg Summit Way, which is west of Kipling Avenue and north of Teston Road. A resident in the neighbourhood who said he witnessed the incident told CP24 that the boy was running to catch the bus when he was hit. "The bus driver didn't see him," the man said. He said there were several kids already on the bus at the time of the collision. "They were screaming," he said. One parent told CP24's Beatrice Vaisman that Matteo's school was supposed to hold its kindergarten graduation ceremony today, but that was cancelled due to the tragedy. Another mother, who lives just steps away from the crash, said her kids were on another bus travelling southbound when the collision occurred and witnessed it. Preye Obozuwa said that she heard about the fatal collision less than 15 minutes later on the news. "When I heard the timing of the accident, I knew that their bus would have somehow seen it," she said, adding that Matteo went to school with her children and played soccer with her older son. "It's just heart-gutting. I can only imagine what the family is going through," Obozuwa said moments after they dropped off flowers at a growing makeshift memorial near where the boy was struck and killed. She said her kids and others on the bus are receiving support and added that she hopes the community can come together down the line and think about ways to make it safer for vulnerable road users. "Right now, everyone is just lost for words. My heart goes out to the family," Obozuwa said. "At the end of the school year, everyone is getting ready for summer. This is just a tough one. … It's unexplainable, to be honest. It's really unexplainable." Preye Obozuwa and her children lay flowers at a makeshift memorial for a six-year-old boy who died after being struck by the driver of a school bus in Vaughan on June 19. A fundraising page created by ReMax Premier Inc. to support Matteo's family said he will "always be remembered as a happy little boy who lit up the lives of everyone who was lucky enough to have known him." "He was a cherished son, brother, grandson and nephew. He loved country music and loved playing the drums. He adored his little brother Luca very much," the post read. The Go Fund Me said that Matteo's grandmother, Luisa, works at the Vaughan-based brokerage as a front-desk receptionist. "Thank you for your support, thoughts and prayers. Together we can help this family through this unimaginable loss," it read. "Luisa, we are thinking of you and your family during this heartbreaking time." In a post on social media, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca extended his condolences to the family of the young boy who was killed. "The City of Vaughan is in mourning following the tragic death of a young boy who was struck by a vehicle in Kleinburg," he wrote. "There are no words that can adequately express our sympathy & condolences to the family, friends & classmates of this child as they grieve this unthinkable loss." Police investigation underway The circumstances surrounding this fatal incident are still under investigation, but police told reporters that the bus driver remained at the scene. "They are being very cooperative and are being assessed by EMS for the horrible, horrible scenario that they have been involved in," Const. James Dickson, of York Regional Police (YRP) told reporters on Wednesday morning. "We are still looking into all of the events that led to this terrible outcome." Dickson could not say how many children were on the bus at the time of the collision, but confirmed that the bus was in the area picking up kids to take to school. He said he could not comment on whether speed contributed to the collision, but noted that investigators are looking at all possible factors. "Something like this takes a lot of time to piece together," Dickson added. "We are going to be here for a long time." Dickson said he has not spoken to the family but described the situation as "a tragedy that ruins everything for everyone." "Obviously something like this is absolutely horrible," he said. "I haven't interacted with the family but I can't imagine what they are going through." Dickson said that victim services and peer support are available for officers, parents, teachers, and children affected by the incident. A child was struck and killed by a bus in Vaughan on Wednesday morning, York Regional Police say. (Courtney Heels/ CP24) Area residents are asked to contact YRP or Crime Stoppers anonymously if they have security or dash camera footage of the area at the time of the collision. Oilers take lead from star captain McDavid in clawing way back into Stanley Cup Final Somehow, some way, the Edmonton Oilers are alive in the Stanley Cup Final despite starting the series against the Florida Panthers with three losses. How they did it, you might wonder, is also the reason why you might not have any doubt: their star players, in particular Connor McDavid, ramped up their play to dominate and, importantly, thrived under the pressure of elimination. 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Relying on CRA's Auto-fill can be costly as tax case over missing income shows

Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, Victoria Wells and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Canada Revenue Agency's online portal for individuals called My Account. But keep in mind your TFSA contribution and withdrawal information is not updated in real time and may be out of date. Check the "as of" date posted online alongside your TFSA room. The reason for vigilance is to avoid the overcontribution penalty tax, which is equal to one per cent per month for each month you're over your limit. A one per cent tax doesn't seem like a lot, but the tax is one per cent per month for each month you're over the limit until the overcontribution is withdrawn — that's 12 per cent per year. If you do get hit with a TFSA penalty tax, you can request the CRA to waive or cancel it, which the agency has the power to do if it can be established the tax arose "as a consequence of a reasonable error," and the overcontribution is withdrawn from the TFSA "without delay." If the CRA refuses to cancel the tax, you can take the matter to Federal Court, where a judge will determine whether the CRA's decision not to waive the tax was "reasonable." The most recent decision involving a TFSA overcontribution concerned a taxpayer who was assessed nearly $11,000 in penalty taxes, plus a late-filing penalty and arrears interest. The taxpayer first opened a TFSA account in 2010, but only really started to "use it" in 2020. She testified that due to the onset of COVID-19, she had to take time off work to care for her daughter. Around that time, she decided to do some investing inside her TFSA and used her savings and some money lent to her from family members. As of Jan. 1, 2020, the taxpayer's TFSA contribution limit was $68,113. During 2020, she contributed $396,400 and made withdrawals totalling $299,296. As a result, given her limit of $68,113 at the beginning of 2020, she had overcontributed by $28,990 by the end of the year. The CRA in July 2021 issued the taxpayer a TFSA Notice of Assessment (NOA) for the 2020 taxation year indicating she owed $10,815 in penalty tax based on her excess contributions to her TFSA for 2020, plus a late-filing penalty charge and arrears interest. The taxpayer in January 2022 formally requested the CRA cancel the tax assessed on her excess TFSA contributions, noting that she "did not have sufficient information regarding the rules governing the use of TFSAs, and that she thought that a TFSA operated in the same manner as a regular savings account." She added that she called the CRA to obtain further information once she became aware of her excess contribution. Article content The CRA denied the taxpayer's initial request for relief, noting that a "lack of knowledge of taxation rules cannot be considered beyond a taxpayer's control as information is readily available on (the CRA's) website and through (its) general inquiries telephone line." The CRA officer further noted "it is the responsibility of the taxpayer to be aware of the rules governing the administration of their TFSA," and pointed out the taxpayer had held the TFSA for more than a decade before the overcontribution in 2020 occurred. The CRA in July 2022 sent the taxpayer a second TFSA NOA, this time for the 2021 taxation year, notifying her she now owed $14,748 in connection with her remaining excess TFSA contributions from 2020, some of which remained unwithdrawn in 2021, plus additional interest and penalties. The following month, the taxpayer wrote to the CRA requesting it to review its initial decision to deny her relief, reiterating she was "unaware of the rules, but had sought to correct her error." She said she had contacted the CRA in connection with the NOA, but was advised to withdraw only the excess amount by the end of the year. Article content Meanwhile, interest on the original amount owed was continuing to accrue. She added that she had lost the money invested through her TFSA, was on maternity leave, had not returned to the workplace for child-care and pandemic-related reasons, and did not have the ability to pay. Fast forward to February 2023 when her case was reviewed by a second CRA officer, who again denied the taxpayer's request to cancel the penalty tax, citing several reasons. The first was that the taxpayer had held her TFSA since 2010 and should have been familiarized with the rules. In addition, her lack of knowledge of the rules cannot be considered as something "beyond her control" because such information and resources are widely available. The officer also noted the taxpayer was advised of the overcontribution in July of 2021, but only took steps to withdraw the excess amounts in 2022. This was not, in the view of the CRA, "within a reasonable time frame." After being denied relief for the second time, the taxpayer appealed to the Federal Court seeking a judicial review of the CRA's decision not to forgive the penalty tax. In these cases, the court's role is to determine whether the CRA officer's decision was reasonable. In this case, the judge concluded it was. "A taxpayer's lack of knowledge or misunderstanding does not render a CRA's discretionary decision to not grant tax relief … (to be) unreasonable," she said.

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Relying on CRA's Auto-fill can be costly as tax case over missing income shows. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, Victoria Wells and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Canada Revenue Agency's online portal for individuals called My Account. But keep in mind your TFSA contribution and withdrawal information is not updated in real time and may be out of date. Check the "as of" date posted online alongside your TFSA room. The reason for vigilance is to avoid the overcontribution penalty tax, which is equal to one per cent per month for each month you're over your limit. A one per cent tax doesn't seem like a lot, but the tax is one per cent per month for each month you're over the limit until the overcontribution is withdrawn — that's 12 per cent per year. If you do get hit with a TFSA penalty tax, you can request the CRA to waive or cancel it, which the agency has the power to do if it can be established the tax arose "as a consequence of a reasonable error," and the overcontribution is withdrawn from the TFSA "without delay." If the CRA refuses to cancel the tax, you can take the matter to Federal Court, where a judge will determine whether the CRA's decision not to waive the tax was "reasonable." The most recent decision involving a TFSA overcontribution concerned a taxpayer who was assessed nearly $11,000 in penalty taxes, plus a late-filing penalty and arrears interest. The taxpayer first opened a TFSA account in 2010, but only really started to "use it" in 2020. She testified that due to the onset of COVID-19, she had to take time off work to care for her daughter. Around that time, she decided to do some investing inside her TFSA and used her savings and some money lent to her from family members. As of Jan. 1, 2020, the taxpayer's TFSA contribution limit was $68,113. During 2020, she contributed $396,400 and made withdrawals totalling $299,296. As a result, given her limit of $68,113 at the beginning of 2020, she had overcontributed by $28,990 by the end of the year. The CRA in July 2021 issued the taxpayer a TFSA Notice of Assessment (NOA) for the 2020 taxation year indicating she owed $10,815 in penalty tax based on her excess contributions to her TFSA for 2020, plus a late-filing penalty charge and arrears interest. The taxpayer in January 2022 formally requested the CRA cancel the tax assessed on her excess TFSA contributions, noting that she "did not have sufficient information regarding the rules governing the use of TFSAs, and that she thought that a TFSA operated in the same manner as a regular savings account." She added that she called the CRA to obtain further information once she became aware of her excess contribution. Article content The CRA denied the taxpayer's initial request for relief, noting that a "lack of knowledge of taxation rules cannot be considered beyond a taxpayer's control as information is readily available on (the CRA's) website and through (its) general inquiries telephone line." The CRA officer further noted "it is the responsibility of the taxpayer to be aware of the rules governing the administration of their TFSA," and pointed out the taxpayer had held the TFSA for more than a decade before the overcontribution in 2020 occurred. The CRA in July 2022 sent the taxpayer a second TFSA NOA, this time for the 2021 taxation year, notifying her she now owed $14,748 in connection with her remaining excess TFSA contributions from 2020, some of which remained unwithdrawn in 2021, plus additional interest and penalties. The following month, the taxpayer wrote to the CRA requesting it to review its initial decision to deny her relief, reiterating she was "unaware of the rules, but had sought to correct her error." She said she had contacted the CRA in connection with the NOA, but was advised to withdraw only the excess amount by the end of the year. Article content Meanwhile, interest on the original amount owed was continuing to accrue. She added that she had lost the money invested through her TFSA, was on maternity leave, had not returned to the workplace for child-care and pandemic-related reasons, and did not have the ability to pay. Fast forward to February 2023 when her case was reviewed by a second CRA officer, who again denied the taxpayer's request to cancel the penalty tax, citing several reasons. The first was that the taxpayer had held her TFSA since 2010 and should have been familiarized with the rules. In addition, her lack of knowledge of the rules cannot be considered as something "beyond her control" because such information and resources are widely available. The officer also noted the taxpayer was advised of the overcontribution in July of 2021, but only took steps to withdraw the excess amounts in 2022. This was not, in the view of the CRA, "within a reasonable time frame." After being denied relief for the second time, the taxpayer appealed to the Federal Court seeking a judicial review of the CRA's decision not to forgive the penalty tax. In these cases, the court's role is to determine whether the CRA officer's decision was reasonable. In this case, the judge concluded it was. "A taxpayer's lack of knowledge or misunderstanding does not render a CRA's discretionary decision to not grant tax relief … (to be) unreasonable," she said.

Unveiling Trailblazers: Call of Taiko - A New Era in Neo Nakuza

As the neon lights flicker in the dense fog of Neo Nakuza, the distant sound of Taiko Radio cuts through the night, a beacon for the city's awake and aware. Taiko has announced the launch of Trailblazers: Call of Taiko, a campaign designed to immerse participants in a rhythmic journey culminating in the highly anticipated mainnet launch, according to taiko.mirror.xyz. A City Alive with Sound and Challenge Neo Nakuza is a city of contrasts and conflicts. As the Based movement gains momentum, tension rises with the conservative forces of the old order, embodied by the robotic Bouncers who seek to silence the vibrant new beats. The city's factions — Ravers, Drummers, Monks, and more — are not just spectators but active participants, each playing a vital part in this dance of innovation. Each faction tells a part of Neo Nakuza's story that will unfold over the next few weeks. Exclusive Rewards: Forge Your Legacy with Taiko Factions Participants in the pre-mainnet challenge can earn an exclusive action badge from the Taiko Factions. This badge is more than just a collectible; it grants exclusive rewards in the Trailblazers points program, enhancing a participant's status within the community. Trailblazers Explained: The Competitive Edge Trailblazers is a leaderboard challenge where participants compete in various tasks to earn points. These points determine a participant's rank and influence within the Taiko ecosystem, offering additional rewards and recognition. As the mainnet launch approaches, Trailblazers: Call of Taiko initiates a new chapter. Post-mainnet, the adventure continues with weekly campaigns, each crafted to challenge skills, explore diverse themes, and reward dedication to the Call of Taiko. Join the Movement: How to Pinkify Your PFP Ready to dive into the vibrant world of Neo Nakuza and make your mark? Here's how to join the revolution, pinkify your PFP, and reap exclusive rewards: Connect on X: Start by connecting your X account on the Each step completed brings participants closer to earning unique faction badges, enhancing their influence in the Taiko ecosystem, and preparing them for the thrilling mainnet launch. Taiko's journey has been marked by a commitment to transparency and collaboration. The project has remained fully open-source from day one, with community feedback and active participation being instrumental in the success of the mainnet launch.

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Unveiling Trailblazers: Call of Taiko - A New Era in Neo Nakuza. As the neon lights flicker in the dense fog of Neo Nakuza, the distant sound of Taiko Radio cuts through the night, a beacon for the city's awake and aware. Taiko has announced the launch of Trailblazers: Call of Taiko, a campaign designed to immerse participants in a rhythmic journey culminating in the highly anticipated mainnet launch, according to taiko.mirror.xyz. A City Alive with Sound and Challenge Neo Nakuza is a city of contrasts and conflicts. As the Based movement gains momentum, tension rises with the conservative forces of the old order, embodied by the robotic Bouncers who seek to silence the vibrant new beats. The city's factions — Ravers, Drummers, Monks, and more — are not just spectators but active participants, each playing a vital part in this dance of innovation. Each faction tells a part of Neo Nakuza's story that will unfold over the next few weeks. Exclusive Rewards: Forge Your Legacy with Taiko Factions Participants in the pre-mainnet challenge can earn an exclusive action badge from the Taiko Factions. This badge is more than just a collectible; it grants exclusive rewards in the Trailblazers points program, enhancing a participant's status within the community. Trailblazers Explained: The Competitive Edge Trailblazers is a leaderboard challenge where participants compete in various tasks to earn points. These points determine a participant's rank and influence within the Taiko ecosystem, offering additional rewards and recognition. As the mainnet launch approaches, Trailblazers: Call of Taiko initiates a new chapter. Post-mainnet, the adventure continues with weekly campaigns, each crafted to challenge skills, explore diverse themes, and reward dedication to the Call of Taiko. Join the Movement: How to Pinkify Your PFP Ready to dive into the vibrant world of Neo Nakuza and make your mark? Here's how to join the revolution, pinkify your PFP, and reap exclusive rewards: Connect on X: Start by connecting your X account on the Each step completed brings participants closer to earning unique faction badges, enhancing their influence in the Taiko ecosystem, and preparing them for the thrilling mainnet launch. Taiko's journey has been marked by a commitment to transparency and collaboration. The project has remained fully open-source from day one, with community feedback and active participation being instrumental in the success of the mainnet launch.

Gaming Innovation Group completes SEK 100 million directed share issue

June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaming Innovation Group Inc. ("GiG" or the "Company") today announces that the Company successfully has completed a directed share issue of approximately SEK 100 million from several well-renowned, long-term institutional investors (the "Share Issue"). Participants in the Share Issue also includes Jonas Warrer (CEO of GiG Media) and Richard Carter (CEO of GiG's Platform & Sportsbook). The Company sees the Share Issue as an opportunity to broaden the shareholder base with high-quality investors, increase alignment among key executives and shareholders, as well as obtaining additional capital. The Board of Directors of GiG has today resolved on an issue of 3,226,418 shares directed to certain new investors and existing shareholders. Participants in the Share Issue were i.e. Jonas Warrer (CEO of GiG Media), Richard Carter (CEO of GiG's Platform & Sportsbook), Agerskov Kapital (investment vehicle for the founder of Traffic Lab), Knutsson Holding, Prioritet Finans, the Juroszek family and certain other well-renowned, long-term institutional investors investors. The Share Issue is based on the general authorization to the Board of Directors under the 150,000,000 authorized shares, approved by the Special Meeting of Shareholders on 20 January 2022. The rationale for the Share Issue is to (i) broaden the shareholder base with new well-renowned investors (ii) increase alignment among key executives and shareholders, and (iii) obtain additional funding to secure working capital for the Platform & Sportsbook business prior to the planned split of the Company as well as general corporate purposes in a time- and cost-efficient manner. The Company will receive approximately SEK 100 million ( EUR 8.8 million ) in gross proceeds from the Share Issue, before deduction of transaction costs. The subscription price has been set to SEK 31 per share as a result of negotiations on an arm's length, which corresponds to a 1.3 percent discount compared to the closing price of the Company's share on Nasdaq Stockholm today and equal to the average volume-weighted price of the Company's share on the Nasdaq Stockholm over the past 10 trading days. GiG's Board of Directors' assessment is that the Share Issue was carried out on market terms. "We have seen a lot of interest to increase the shareholding in GiG from existing investors and key executives, but also from new external parties. We are of course delighted that so many well-renowned investors share our view of growth opportunities going forward, and we are now better equipped to accelerate our growth both organically and through strategic acquisitions. Also, I am very pleased to see that our key executives are further aligning their interest with the shareholders' by doing considerable investments themselves," says the Chairman, Mikael Riese Harstad. After the registration of the Share Issue, the total number of shares in the Company will amount to 134,406,520 shares. The Company's share capital will increase with USD 134,406,520. The Share Issue will result in a dilution of approximately 2.4 percent of the number of shares in GiG. ABG Sundal Collier acted as sole financial advisor and bookrunner in connection with the Share Issue. White & Case acted as legal counsel. This information is information that Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the contact person set out above, at About Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) Gaming Innovation Group is a leading iGaming technology company, providing solutions, products and services to iGaming Operators. Founded in 2012, Gaming Innovation Group's vision is 'To be the industry leading platform, sportsbook and media provider delivering world class solutions to our iGaming partners and their customers. GiG's mission is to drive sustainable growth and profitability of our partners through product innovation, scalable technology and quality of service. Gaming Innovation Group operates out of Malta and is dual-listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GIG and on Nasdaq Stockholm under the ticker symbol GIGSEK.

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Gaming Innovation Group completes SEK 100 million directed share issue. June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaming Innovation Group Inc. ("GiG" or the "Company") today announces that the Company successfully has completed a directed share issue of approximately SEK 100 million from several well-renowned, long-term institutional investors (the "Share Issue"). Participants in the Share Issue also includes Jonas Warrer (CEO of GiG Media) and Richard Carter (CEO of GiG's Platform & Sportsbook). The Company sees the Share Issue as an opportunity to broaden the shareholder base with high-quality investors, increase alignment among key executives and shareholders, as well as obtaining additional capital. The Board of Directors of GiG has today resolved on an issue of 3,226,418 shares directed to certain new investors and existing shareholders. Participants in the Share Issue were i.e. Jonas Warrer (CEO of GiG Media), Richard Carter (CEO of GiG's Platform & Sportsbook), Agerskov Kapital (investment vehicle for the founder of Traffic Lab), Knutsson Holding, Prioritet Finans, the Juroszek family and certain other well-renowned, long-term institutional investors investors. The Share Issue is based on the general authorization to the Board of Directors under the 150,000,000 authorized shares, approved by the Special Meeting of Shareholders on 20 January 2022. The rationale for the Share Issue is to (i) broaden the shareholder base with new well-renowned investors (ii) increase alignment among key executives and shareholders, and (iii) obtain additional funding to secure working capital for the Platform & Sportsbook business prior to the planned split of the Company as well as general corporate purposes in a time- and cost-efficient manner. The Company will receive approximately SEK 100 million ( EUR 8.8 million ) in gross proceeds from the Share Issue, before deduction of transaction costs. The subscription price has been set to SEK 31 per share as a result of negotiations on an arm's length, which corresponds to a 1.3 percent discount compared to the closing price of the Company's share on Nasdaq Stockholm today and equal to the average volume-weighted price of the Company's share on the Nasdaq Stockholm over the past 10 trading days. GiG's Board of Directors' assessment is that the Share Issue was carried out on market terms. "We have seen a lot of interest to increase the shareholding in GiG from existing investors and key executives, but also from new external parties. We are of course delighted that so many well-renowned investors share our view of growth opportunities going forward, and we are now better equipped to accelerate our growth both organically and through strategic acquisitions. Also, I am very pleased to see that our key executives are further aligning their interest with the shareholders' by doing considerable investments themselves," says the Chairman, Mikael Riese Harstad. After the registration of the Share Issue, the total number of shares in the Company will amount to 134,406,520 shares. The Company's share capital will increase with USD 134,406,520. The Share Issue will result in a dilution of approximately 2.4 percent of the number of shares in GiG. ABG Sundal Collier acted as sole financial advisor and bookrunner in connection with the Share Issue. White & Case acted as legal counsel. This information is information that Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the contact person set out above, at About Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) Gaming Innovation Group is a leading iGaming technology company, providing solutions, products and services to iGaming Operators. Founded in 2012, Gaming Innovation Group's vision is 'To be the industry leading platform, sportsbook and media provider delivering world class solutions to our iGaming partners and their customers. GiG's mission is to drive sustainable growth and profitability of our partners through product innovation, scalable technology and quality of service. Gaming Innovation Group operates out of Malta and is dual-listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GIG and on Nasdaq Stockholm under the ticker symbol GIGSEK.

Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh share 25th wedding anniversary portrait

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have released a new portrait to mark their 25th wedding anniversary. The royal couple are dressed down in the relaxed shot taken in the gardens of their Surrey home, Bagshot Park, by photographer Chris Jelf. Prince Edward, 60, is the youngest of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip's four children - and the only one who has not been divorced. He married Sophie Rhys-Jones on 19 June 1999 in St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle - where other royals including Edward and Sophie on their wedding day in 1999. Pic: John Stillwell/PA They now have two children, 20-year-old Lady Louise Windsor and James, who at 16 is the Earl of Wessex. Edward and Sophie became the Earl and Countess of Wessex when they married. They were named the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh last year when the King redistributed key titles. The Queen, the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh in 2021. Pic: Aaron Chown/PA

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Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh share 25th wedding anniversary portrait. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have released a new portrait to mark their 25th wedding anniversary. The royal couple are dressed down in the relaxed shot taken in the gardens of their Surrey home, Bagshot Park, by photographer Chris Jelf. Prince Edward, 60, is the youngest of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip's four children - and the only one who has not been divorced. He married Sophie Rhys-Jones on 19 June 1999 in St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle - where other royals including Edward and Sophie on their wedding day in 1999. Pic: John Stillwell/PA They now have two children, 20-year-old Lady Louise Windsor and James, who at 16 is the Earl of Wessex. Edward and Sophie became the Earl and Countess of Wessex when they married. They were named the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh last year when the King redistributed key titles. The Queen, the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh in 2021. Pic: Aaron Chown/PA

Crypto Bettors Lay 17% Odds on Donald Trump in Jail Before Election Day

The market for the bet has seen $900,000 in wagers from crypto users since its creation in January. Crypto punters are giving Donald Trump a 17% chance of going to jail before the U.S. presidential election in November, odds on predictions application Polymarket show. Trump was found guilty on Thursday by a New York jury on all 34 counts. He was accused of falsifying business records, becoming the first former president to be convicted in U.S. courts. Trump pleaded not guilty and said he will "keep fighting until the end," according to the BBC. Data shows that a market for "Trump in jail before election day?" The market will resolve to "Yes" if Trump spends at least 48 consecutive hours in custody in a jail or prison between Jan. 5 and 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 5. Otherwise, it resolves to "No." As of European morning hours, the odds of "Yes" are selling at 17 cents and "No" are at 85 cents. When it ends, the correct outcome will be worth $1. (The total may not add up to 100 at Polymarket due to market uncertainty and other price factors.) The chances of Trump actually going to jail before the election remain slim, interests in a variety of blockchain and digital asset businesses and significant holdings of digital assets, including bitcoin. CoinDesk operates as an independent subsidiary with an editorial committee to protect journalistic independence. CoinDesk employees, including journalists, may receive options in the Bullish group as part of their compensation.

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Crypto Bettors Lay 17% Odds on Donald Trump in Jail Before Election Day. The market for the bet has seen $900,000 in wagers from crypto users since its creation in January. Crypto punters are giving Donald Trump a 17% chance of going to jail before the U.S. presidential election in November, odds on predictions application Polymarket show. Trump was found guilty on Thursday by a New York jury on all 34 counts. He was accused of falsifying business records, becoming the first former president to be convicted in U.S. courts. Trump pleaded not guilty and said he will "keep fighting until the end," according to the BBC. Data shows that a market for "Trump in jail before election day?" The market will resolve to "Yes" if Trump spends at least 48 consecutive hours in custody in a jail or prison between Jan. 5 and 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 5. Otherwise, it resolves to "No." As of European morning hours, the odds of "Yes" are selling at 17 cents and "No" are at 85 cents. When it ends, the correct outcome will be worth $1. (The total may not add up to 100 at Polymarket due to market uncertainty and other price factors.) The chances of Trump actually going to jail before the election remain slim, interests in a variety of blockchain and digital asset businesses and significant holdings of digital assets, including bitcoin. CoinDesk operates as an independent subsidiary with an editorial committee to protect journalistic independence. CoinDesk employees, including journalists, may receive options in the Bullish group as part of their compensation.

Robert Szustkowski has published the Open Letter for extension of EU's "Right to be Forgotten" law to news media outlets

July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a landmark move to strengthen individual rights within the European Union, Mr. Robert Szustkowski has issued the Open Letter to the European Commission, advocating for the expansion of the EU's "Right to be Forgotten" law. This proposal seeks to classify news media outlets as data controllers responsible for managing personal information, a change that could transform digital privacy and reputation management. Addressing Executive Vice-President Jourova and Commissioner Reynders, Mr. Szustkowski highlights the need for updated regulations to protect individuals' personal rights in the digital age. The original "Right to be Forgotten" law, introduced by former European Commissioner Viviane Reding in 2012, was a pioneering step in data protection. However, with the rapid growth of digital information sharing, Mr. Szustkowski calls for extension of the law to news media outlets. The primary goal of Mr. Szustkowski's initiative is to introduce procedures for safeguarding the European Union Community against disinformation by giving individuals additional tools to protect their image. Mr. Szustkowski draws on his own experiences as a victim of continuous media "lynching" in Poland that tarnish his reputation, despite multiple court rulings in his favor. These relentless attacks highlight a significant gap in current regulations, where media outlets often hide behind claims of editorial independence and press freedom to justify publishing defamatory articles. Mr. Szustkowski advocates respect for both the protection of personal rights and freedom of speech, arguing that individuals should have the right to remove false, undocumented or irrelevant information from the media that harms their reputation. This could be achieved by categorizing media entities as data controllers, making them responsible for the accuracy and rectification of information connected to personal data they publish. Furthermore, the initiative calls on the European Commission to establish clear guidelines for media publishers, including legal liability for breaches of the Directive. In this regard, media outlets should establish documented rules for approving sensitive articles to ensure accuracy and prevent damage to individuals' reputations. Finally, information about personal data breaches should be widely available, raising public awareness and ensuring media accountability. Extending the "Right to be Forgotten" law to news media outlets is essential to create tools to protect the reputation of EU citizens and help prevent disinformation across the European Union, says Szustkowski.

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Robert Szustkowski has published the Open Letter for extension of EU's "Right to be Forgotten" law to news media outlets. July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a landmark move to strengthen individual rights within the European Union, Mr. Robert Szustkowski has issued the Open Letter to the European Commission, advocating for the expansion of the EU's "Right to be Forgotten" law. This proposal seeks to classify news media outlets as data controllers responsible for managing personal information, a change that could transform digital privacy and reputation management. Addressing Executive Vice-President Jourova and Commissioner Reynders, Mr. Szustkowski highlights the need for updated regulations to protect individuals' personal rights in the digital age. The original "Right to be Forgotten" law, introduced by former European Commissioner Viviane Reding in 2012, was a pioneering step in data protection. However, with the rapid growth of digital information sharing, Mr. Szustkowski calls for extension of the law to news media outlets. The primary goal of Mr. Szustkowski's initiative is to introduce procedures for safeguarding the European Union Community against disinformation by giving individuals additional tools to protect their image. Mr. Szustkowski draws on his own experiences as a victim of continuous media "lynching" in Poland that tarnish his reputation, despite multiple court rulings in his favor. These relentless attacks highlight a significant gap in current regulations, where media outlets often hide behind claims of editorial independence and press freedom to justify publishing defamatory articles. Mr. Szustkowski advocates respect for both the protection of personal rights and freedom of speech, arguing that individuals should have the right to remove false, undocumented or irrelevant information from the media that harms their reputation. This could be achieved by categorizing media entities as data controllers, making them responsible for the accuracy and rectification of information connected to personal data they publish. Furthermore, the initiative calls on the European Commission to establish clear guidelines for media publishers, including legal liability for breaches of the Directive. In this regard, media outlets should establish documented rules for approving sensitive articles to ensure accuracy and prevent damage to individuals' reputations. Finally, information about personal data breaches should be widely available, raising public awareness and ensuring media accountability. Extending the "Right to be Forgotten" law to news media outlets is essential to create tools to protect the reputation of EU citizens and help prevent disinformation across the European Union, says Szustkowski.

Over 50,000 supporters march in Walk With Israel rally in Toronto

The march, organized by the United Jewish Appeal (UJA), also featured survivors from Kibbutz Be'eri, an Israeli community on the border with Gaza that suffered heavy casualties following the Oct. 7 invasion by Hamas. "It makes us remember again, as always, that the Jewish people have been here for thousands of years, and we're here to stay, and we have a very big mission to do in Israel, and there's a mission to do here in the face of hatred," one female member of the devastated community told the Post. The survivor said that it was encouraging to hear about Saturday's rescue of four Israelis abducted by Hamas but that it remained "difficult at the same time." "We still have 120 of them being held hostage and having their freedom taken away from them," she said. "But each and every one of them that we get to release, that's a huge comfort for every one of us." Noah Shack, the vice president countering antisemitism and hate with the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, was blown away by the attendance, which Toronto Police initially estimated to be well over 40,000, though the figures climbed as the day progressed. In a press release published Sunday afternoon, UJA projected that the number eclipsed 50,000. "It is record-breaking attendance," Shack told the Post. "We've been doing this event for the last 55 years and it's just an unprecedented show of support from the Jewish community and beyond the Jewish community. It's really inspiring to see." Incredible! Tens of thousands of people in Toronto are walking for Israel 💙🇮🇱 On Saturday, local law enforcement arrested J onathan Szeftel, a 33-year-old man, for throwing a rock at a synagogue in Toronto, destroying a window. The skyrocketing levels of antisemitism in Canada were at the forefront of Shack's mind. "I never thought that we would see anything like this here in Canada. It's absolutely shameful that this kind of a situation is facing anyone here, but in this case, particularly the Jewish community. We're very grateful for the Toronto Police Service." A large police presence was scattered along the marching route on sections of Bathurst Street, a historically Jewish neighbourhood in Toronto, as interactions with counter-protesters were relatively tame. On at least one occasion, law enforcement used buses to block the two contingents from directly engaging with one another. A couple of dozen anti-Israel demonstrators lined the path at various points carrying Palestinian flags and loudspeakers. On several occasions, counter-protesters chanted at the mostly Canadian Jewish crowd to, "Go back to Europe! Leave Palestine alone!"

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Over 50,000 supporters march in Walk With Israel rally in Toronto. The march, organized by the United Jewish Appeal (UJA), also featured survivors from Kibbutz Be'eri, an Israeli community on the border with Gaza that suffered heavy casualties following the Oct. 7 invasion by Hamas. "It makes us remember again, as always, that the Jewish people have been here for thousands of years, and we're here to stay, and we have a very big mission to do in Israel, and there's a mission to do here in the face of hatred," one female member of the devastated community told the Post. The survivor said that it was encouraging to hear about Saturday's rescue of four Israelis abducted by Hamas but that it remained "difficult at the same time." "We still have 120 of them being held hostage and having their freedom taken away from them," she said. "But each and every one of them that we get to release, that's a huge comfort for every one of us." Noah Shack, the vice president countering antisemitism and hate with the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, was blown away by the attendance, which Toronto Police initially estimated to be well over 40,000, though the figures climbed as the day progressed. In a press release published Sunday afternoon, UJA projected that the number eclipsed 50,000. "It is record-breaking attendance," Shack told the Post. "We've been doing this event for the last 55 years and it's just an unprecedented show of support from the Jewish community and beyond the Jewish community. It's really inspiring to see." Incredible! Tens of thousands of people in Toronto are walking for Israel 💙🇮🇱 On Saturday, local law enforcement arrested J onathan Szeftel, a 33-year-old man, for throwing a rock at a synagogue in Toronto, destroying a window. The skyrocketing levels of antisemitism in Canada were at the forefront of Shack's mind. "I never thought that we would see anything like this here in Canada. It's absolutely shameful that this kind of a situation is facing anyone here, but in this case, particularly the Jewish community. We're very grateful for the Toronto Police Service." A large police presence was scattered along the marching route on sections of Bathurst Street, a historically Jewish neighbourhood in Toronto, as interactions with counter-protesters were relatively tame. On at least one occasion, law enforcement used buses to block the two contingents from directly engaging with one another. A couple of dozen anti-Israel demonstrators lined the path at various points carrying Palestinian flags and loudspeakers. On several occasions, counter-protesters chanted at the mostly Canadian Jewish crowd to, "Go back to Europe! Leave Palestine alone!"

Nanoparticles: Risk for babies in the womb

Impact of pollution on embryonic development Date: June 6, 2024 Source: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) Summary: Little is yet known about the health effects of nanoparticles on pregnancy. An interdisciplinary team is currently analyzing the risks for babies in the womb. Using a lab model, the researchers were able to determine that certain nanoparticles impair the release of chemical messengers in the placenta and thus the formation of blood vessels. Share: Human life begins with a single egg cell that grows into a human being with trillions of cells. To ensure that the highly complex development of tissues and organs is as protected as possible, the placental barrier keeps pathogens and foreign substances out. Tina Bürki and her team from Empa's Particles-Biology Interactions laboratory in St. Gallen are investigating how this protective mechanism copes with nanoparticles. Nanoparticles are contained in a large number of products, but they are also produced during wear and tear as well as through combustion processes (see box). "We absorb these substances from the environment via our food, cosmetics or the air we breathe," explains Bürki. Some of these nanoparticles are suspected of harming babies in the womb. Low birth weight, autism and respiratory diseases are among the possible consequences for the child. Mysterious remote effect It is still unclear how the nanoparticles affect the unborn child. "We already know that the placental barrier retains many nanoparticles or at least delays their transport to the embryo," says Bürki. However, damage to the fetal tissue occurs, even if no particles have been detected in the fetus. The Empa team is now getting to the bottom of this long-range effect of nanoparticles. Together with clinical partners from the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen and research partners from the University of Geneva, the Amsterdam University Medical Center and the Leibniz Institute for Environmental Medical Research in Düsseldorf, the team is investigating the consequences of common nanoparticles such as titanium dioxide or diesel soot on the function of the placenta and their indirect damage to embryonic development. For this purpose, the team used fully functional human placentas that were made available after planned caesarean sections. "Human placental tissue is the only way to obtain meaningful results on the transport and effect of nanoparticles," says the Empa researcher. "The structure, metabolism and interaction of maternal and fetal tissue are unique and species-specific." The experiments showed that nanoparticles in placental tissue disrupt the production of a large number of messenger substances. And it is these messengers that can trigger serious changes in embryonic development, such as disturbed blood vessel formation. These effects can be visualized in laboratory models using chicken eggs. The blood vessels in the egg actually grow at an enormous speed and density to enable embryonic development. A dense network of fine blood vessels covers the inside of the eggshell. The situation is strikingly different in eggs treated with the altered messenger substances from the nanoparticle-treated placenta: In the experiments, the blood vessel system was not as dense but rather coarse-meshed. "Nanoparticles apparently have an indirect effect on the child in the womb by inhibiting the formation of blood vessels via messenger substances," says Tina Bürki. Health consequences The researchers are currently investigating the entirety of the messenger substances released by a nanoparticle-treated placenta, the so-called secretome. Uncontaminated, the interplay of hormones, inflammatory mediators and signaling substances for the formation of organ systems resembles a perfectly tuned orchestra. It is already clear that the communication between the placenta and the unborn child is disrupted by the presence of nanoparticles and damages the formation of blood vessels. However, initial results show that the development of the nervous system does not appear to be affected. Future analyses will show what other disorders the nanoparticles can trigger indirectly. "As the effects can have an impact on the health of the pregnant woman and the development of her child, these findings should be taken into account in the risk assessment of nanomaterials," says the researcher. The clinical partner, the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen, is also interested. As Thomas Rduch from the Women's Clinic and also a Clinical Research Fellow at Empa puts it: "A healthy placenta is of utmost importance for the development of the child. Correct risk assessments of environmental pollution are therefore crucial for pregnant women." The placenta The placenta is an organ that forms exclusively during pregnancy. It supplies the child in the womb with nutrients and also serves as a filter for environmental influences. This so-called placental barrier offers the unborn child a certain degree of protection against pathogens or harmful substances. However, some substances, such as environmental estrogens can pass through the placental barrier and are suspected of being associated with various diseases. Copyright 1995-2024 ScienceDaily or by other parties, where indicated. All rights controlled by their respective owners. Content on this website is for information only. It is not intended to provide medical or other professional advice. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily, contributors or partners. Financial support for ScienceDaily comes from advertisements and referral programs.

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Nanoparticles: Risk for babies in the womb. Impact of pollution on embryonic development Date: June 6, 2024 Source: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) Summary: Little is yet known about the health effects of nanoparticles on pregnancy. An interdisciplinary team is currently analyzing the risks for babies in the womb. Using a lab model, the researchers were able to determine that certain nanoparticles impair the release of chemical messengers in the placenta and thus the formation of blood vessels. Share: Human life begins with a single egg cell that grows into a human being with trillions of cells. To ensure that the highly complex development of tissues and organs is as protected as possible, the placental barrier keeps pathogens and foreign substances out. Tina Bürki and her team from Empa's Particles-Biology Interactions laboratory in St. Gallen are investigating how this protective mechanism copes with nanoparticles. Nanoparticles are contained in a large number of products, but they are also produced during wear and tear as well as through combustion processes (see box). "We absorb these substances from the environment via our food, cosmetics or the air we breathe," explains Bürki. Some of these nanoparticles are suspected of harming babies in the womb. Low birth weight, autism and respiratory diseases are among the possible consequences for the child. Mysterious remote effect It is still unclear how the nanoparticles affect the unborn child. "We already know that the placental barrier retains many nanoparticles or at least delays their transport to the embryo," says Bürki. However, damage to the fetal tissue occurs, even if no particles have been detected in the fetus. The Empa team is now getting to the bottom of this long-range effect of nanoparticles. Together with clinical partners from the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen and research partners from the University of Geneva, the Amsterdam University Medical Center and the Leibniz Institute for Environmental Medical Research in Düsseldorf, the team is investigating the consequences of common nanoparticles such as titanium dioxide or diesel soot on the function of the placenta and their indirect damage to embryonic development. For this purpose, the team used fully functional human placentas that were made available after planned caesarean sections. "Human placental tissue is the only way to obtain meaningful results on the transport and effect of nanoparticles," says the Empa researcher. "The structure, metabolism and interaction of maternal and fetal tissue are unique and species-specific." The experiments showed that nanoparticles in placental tissue disrupt the production of a large number of messenger substances. And it is these messengers that can trigger serious changes in embryonic development, such as disturbed blood vessel formation. These effects can be visualized in laboratory models using chicken eggs. The blood vessels in the egg actually grow at an enormous speed and density to enable embryonic development. A dense network of fine blood vessels covers the inside of the eggshell. The situation is strikingly different in eggs treated with the altered messenger substances from the nanoparticle-treated placenta: In the experiments, the blood vessel system was not as dense but rather coarse-meshed. "Nanoparticles apparently have an indirect effect on the child in the womb by inhibiting the formation of blood vessels via messenger substances," says Tina Bürki. Health consequences The researchers are currently investigating the entirety of the messenger substances released by a nanoparticle-treated placenta, the so-called secretome. Uncontaminated, the interplay of hormones, inflammatory mediators and signaling substances for the formation of organ systems resembles a perfectly tuned orchestra. It is already clear that the communication between the placenta and the unborn child is disrupted by the presence of nanoparticles and damages the formation of blood vessels. However, initial results show that the development of the nervous system does not appear to be affected. Future analyses will show what other disorders the nanoparticles can trigger indirectly. "As the effects can have an impact on the health of the pregnant woman and the development of her child, these findings should be taken into account in the risk assessment of nanomaterials," says the researcher. The clinical partner, the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen, is also interested. As Thomas Rduch from the Women's Clinic and also a Clinical Research Fellow at Empa puts it: "A healthy placenta is of utmost importance for the development of the child. Correct risk assessments of environmental pollution are therefore crucial for pregnant women." The placenta The placenta is an organ that forms exclusively during pregnancy. It supplies the child in the womb with nutrients and also serves as a filter for environmental influences. This so-called placental barrier offers the unborn child a certain degree of protection against pathogens or harmful substances. However, some substances, such as environmental estrogens can pass through the placental barrier and are suspected of being associated with various diseases. Copyright 1995-2024 ScienceDaily or by other parties, where indicated. All rights controlled by their respective owners. Content on this website is for information only. It is not intended to provide medical or other professional advice. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily, contributors or partners. Financial support for ScienceDaily comes from advertisements and referral programs.

NOT Price Drops 50% While AI Coin Becomes New Social Media Trend

The global cryptocurrency market cap stands at $2.23 trillion, down 2.57% in the last 24 hours. The bearish market sentiment provides the backdrop for NOTCOIN’s performance and has influenced the asset’s recent price actions and investor perceptions. According to CoinMarketCap , NOTCOIN currently trades at $0.01292 with a 24-hour trading volume of $226.32M. The asset has experienced a 24-hour change of -5%, a decline that shows a strong market downturn from its all-time high (ATH) of $0.02836145, reached on June 2. NOT Price Experiences 55.64% Decline From All-time-high – is NOT Crashing? The current price action represents a major decrease of approximately 55.64% from its ATH, indicating substantial volatility. #Notcoin was listed 7 days ago, so what we have now: $NOT Market Cap is $508M $NOT 24H Volume is $110M $NOT price lost -57% in 7 days pic.twitter.com/DMvpwhwk58 — Web3_Vibes (@W3Vibes) May 23, 2024 The 4-hour NOT/USDT chart indicated an oversold condition on July 1, based on the Money Flow Index (MFI). MFI suggests a potential for price rebound in the short term, although broader market challenges may impact this potential recovery. NOT/USDT 4-hr Money Flow Index (MFI) Indicates an oversold Launched in 2023 by Open Builders, NOTCOIN is integrated with Telegram and features Tap-to-Earn mechanics. Learn more about the asset from our NOTCOIN price prediction. The game has attracted millions of users with its simple gameplay, including features like quests, leaderboards, and boosts. Low-Cap AI Memecoin Becomes New Social Media Trend Wiener AI Coin is a newly launched meme coin that also doubles as an AI token leveraging the power of media attention and artificial intelligence technology. The AI coin launched 17 days ago is currently trading at $0.0007027. Although the token has dropped by 3.57% in the last 24 hours, it has seen a strong increase of 17.2% in the past week, contrary to the overall market trend. The Wiener AI Coin project has managed to secure nearly $7 million in what industry experts are calling one of the most promising presale events in recent memory. The strong financial backing suggests a decisive vote of confidence from early investors and could provide the project with ample resources for future development and marketing initiatives. Another key factor contributing to WAI’s appeal is its unique approach to token distribution and holder incentives. WienerAI merges AI and memes, launching $WAI with a promising future in crypto humor and finance. #MemeCoin #CryptoInnovation pic.twitter.com/FoKH6oE7TU — Cryptoupdates (@Crypto_Upd) July 3, 2024 The project has set aside 20% of its total tokens for staking, offering investors a chance to earn passive income. To stay informed about the latest advancements and updates on the Wiener AI Coin project, consider joining the community on X (formerly Twitter ) and Telegram . These platforms offer a wealth of valuable insights, real-time updates, and direct engagement with the dev team and like-minded investors. To buy WienerAI, investors can simply connect their crypto wallet to the presale site to purchase using crypto or bank cards. Visit WienerAI Here The post NOT Price Drops 50% While AI Coin Becomes New Social Media Trend appeared first on Cryptonews .

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NOT Price Drops 50% While AI Coin Becomes New Social Media Trend. The global cryptocurrency market cap stands at $2.23 trillion, down 2.57% in the last 24 hours. The bearish market sentiment provides the backdrop for NOTCOIN’s performance and has influenced the asset’s recent price actions and investor perceptions. According to CoinMarketCap , NOTCOIN currently trades at $0.01292 with a 24-hour trading volume of $226.32M. The asset has experienced a 24-hour change of -5%, a decline that shows a strong market downturn from its all-time high (ATH) of $0.02836145, reached on June 2. NOT Price Experiences 55.64% Decline From All-time-high – is NOT Crashing? The current price action represents a major decrease of approximately 55.64% from its ATH, indicating substantial volatility. #Notcoin was listed 7 days ago, so what we have now: $NOT Market Cap is $508M $NOT 24H Volume is $110M $NOT price lost -57% in 7 days pic.twitter.com/DMvpwhwk58 — Web3_Vibes (@W3Vibes) May 23, 2024 The 4-hour NOT/USDT chart indicated an oversold condition on July 1, based on the Money Flow Index (MFI). MFI suggests a potential for price rebound in the short term, although broader market challenges may impact this potential recovery. NOT/USDT 4-hr Money Flow Index (MFI) Indicates an oversold Launched in 2023 by Open Builders, NOTCOIN is integrated with Telegram and features Tap-to-Earn mechanics. Learn more about the asset from our NOTCOIN price prediction. The game has attracted millions of users with its simple gameplay, including features like quests, leaderboards, and boosts. Low-Cap AI Memecoin Becomes New Social Media Trend Wiener AI Coin is a newly launched meme coin that also doubles as an AI token leveraging the power of media attention and artificial intelligence technology. The AI coin launched 17 days ago is currently trading at $0.0007027. Although the token has dropped by 3.57% in the last 24 hours, it has seen a strong increase of 17.2% in the past week, contrary to the overall market trend. The Wiener AI Coin project has managed to secure nearly $7 million in what industry experts are calling one of the most promising presale events in recent memory. The strong financial backing suggests a decisive vote of confidence from early investors and could provide the project with ample resources for future development and marketing initiatives. Another key factor contributing to WAI’s appeal is its unique approach to token distribution and holder incentives. WienerAI merges AI and memes, launching $WAI with a promising future in crypto humor and finance. #MemeCoin #CryptoInnovation pic.twitter.com/FoKH6oE7TU — Cryptoupdates (@Crypto_Upd) July 3, 2024 The project has set aside 20% of its total tokens for staking, offering investors a chance to earn passive income. To stay informed about the latest advancements and updates on the Wiener AI Coin project, consider joining the community on X (formerly Twitter ) and Telegram . These platforms offer a wealth of valuable insights, real-time updates, and direct engagement with the dev team and like-minded investors. To buy WienerAI, investors can simply connect their crypto wallet to the presale site to purchase using crypto or bank cards. Visit WienerAI Here The post NOT Price Drops 50% While AI Coin Becomes New Social Media Trend appeared first on Cryptonews .

Kenya's urban population is growing. The need for affordable housing is, too

A house built by 14Trees company using 3D printing technology stands in Mlolongo, Machakos county, Kenya, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Kenya's urban population makes up a third of the country's total population of more than 50 million. Of those living in urban areas, 70% live in informal settlements marked by lack of basic infrastructure, according to UN-Habitat. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku) The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya -- In the heart of the crowded Kibera neighborhood in Kenya's capital, Jacinter Awino shares a small tin house with her husband and four children. She envies those who have escaped such makeshift homes to more permanent dwellings under the government's affordable housing plan. The 33-year-old housewife and her mason husband are unable to raise the $3,800 purchase price for a one-room government house. Their tin one was constructed for $380 and lacks a toilet and running water. "Those government houses are like a dream for us, but our incomes simply don't allow it," Awino said. The government plans to build 250,000 houses each year, aimed at eventually closing a housing deficit that World Bank data puts at 2 million units. The plan was launched in 2022, but no data is available on the number of houses already completed. Kenya's urban areas are home to a third of the country's total population of more than 50 million. Of those in urban areas, 70% live in informal settlements marked by a lack of basic infrastructure, according to UN-Habitat. Some urban Kenyans have moved into a government housing project on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, where one-bedroom units sold for $7,600 last year. Felister Muema, a 55-year-old former caterer, paid a deposit of about 10% through a savings plan and is expected to pay off the balance in 25 years. "This is where I have started living my life," she said. "If I do something here, it is permanent. If I plant a flower, no one is going to tell me: 'Uproot it, I don't want it there.' This gives me life." But experts say construction and financing need to change and speed up for Kenya's housing deficit to be met. "We cannot rely on the traditional mortgage route," said UN-Habitat's head of East Africa, Ishaku Maitumbi, who recommended a cooperative savings system that is popular with Kenyan businesses. For home construction, some are exploring the emerging technology of 3-D printing. A machine layers special mortar to form concrete walls and cuts the building time by several days compared to traditional brick and mortar work. A company, 14Trees, has used the technology to build a showcase house in Nairobi and 10 houses in coastal Kilifi County. Company CEO Francois Perrot said the technology can help address the huge housing need on the African continent, but it will take time. "If we want to clear that backlog, we need to build differently, we need to build at scale, with speed, and with low-carbon materials, and this is what construction 3-D printing makes possible," Perrot said. The company's homes, like many traditionally built ones, remain beyond the reach of most Kenyans. A two-bedroom house costs $22,000 and a three-bedroom one costs $29,000. But Perrot asserted that acquiring a printer locally and making mortar locally would help bring down costs. "People don't really worry or care about technology. What they care about is the design, the price, the way it is set up, the layout of the building," he said. Nickson Otieno, an architect and founder of Niko Green, a sustainability consulting firm, said such new technology has great potential but remains limited. "It will still take a long time for it to compete with brick and mortar," he said. "Brick and mortar, everybody can build their house anywhere they are. They are able to access the materials, they are able to access the tradesmen who build the house and they can plan the cost." Financing remains a challenge. In June 2023, Kenya's parliament passed a finance law with a new housing tax of 1.5% on gross income, to be used to build affordable housing. The law is being challenged in court. Critics argue the tax is discriminatory as it applies only to those with formal employment. If the tax is rejected, Kenya's government would need to look elsewhere for funding to build affordable housing. The housing tax is one of the issues causing discontent among young people who have organized a series of protests that included the extraordinary storming of parliament on Tuesday. More than 20 people were killed as police opened fire. President William Ruto has defended the need for the tax. "We have said that affordable housing, social housing is a right," he said earlier this year in response to the legal challenge. The Associated Press receives financial support for global health and development coverage in Africa from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust. The AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP's standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at

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Kenya's urban population is growing. The need for affordable housing is, too. A house built by 14Trees company using 3D printing technology stands in Mlolongo, Machakos county, Kenya, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Kenya's urban population makes up a third of the country's total population of more than 50 million. Of those living in urban areas, 70% live in informal settlements marked by lack of basic infrastructure, according to UN-Habitat. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku) The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya -- In the heart of the crowded Kibera neighborhood in Kenya's capital, Jacinter Awino shares a small tin house with her husband and four children. She envies those who have escaped such makeshift homes to more permanent dwellings under the government's affordable housing plan. The 33-year-old housewife and her mason husband are unable to raise the $3,800 purchase price for a one-room government house. Their tin one was constructed for $380 and lacks a toilet and running water. "Those government houses are like a dream for us, but our incomes simply don't allow it," Awino said. The government plans to build 250,000 houses each year, aimed at eventually closing a housing deficit that World Bank data puts at 2 million units. The plan was launched in 2022, but no data is available on the number of houses already completed. Kenya's urban areas are home to a third of the country's total population of more than 50 million. Of those in urban areas, 70% live in informal settlements marked by a lack of basic infrastructure, according to UN-Habitat. Some urban Kenyans have moved into a government housing project on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, where one-bedroom units sold for $7,600 last year. Felister Muema, a 55-year-old former caterer, paid a deposit of about 10% through a savings plan and is expected to pay off the balance in 25 years. "This is where I have started living my life," she said. "If I do something here, it is permanent. If I plant a flower, no one is going to tell me: 'Uproot it, I don't want it there.' This gives me life." But experts say construction and financing need to change and speed up for Kenya's housing deficit to be met. "We cannot rely on the traditional mortgage route," said UN-Habitat's head of East Africa, Ishaku Maitumbi, who recommended a cooperative savings system that is popular with Kenyan businesses. For home construction, some are exploring the emerging technology of 3-D printing. A machine layers special mortar to form concrete walls and cuts the building time by several days compared to traditional brick and mortar work. A company, 14Trees, has used the technology to build a showcase house in Nairobi and 10 houses in coastal Kilifi County. Company CEO Francois Perrot said the technology can help address the huge housing need on the African continent, but it will take time. "If we want to clear that backlog, we need to build differently, we need to build at scale, with speed, and with low-carbon materials, and this is what construction 3-D printing makes possible," Perrot said. The company's homes, like many traditionally built ones, remain beyond the reach of most Kenyans. A two-bedroom house costs $22,000 and a three-bedroom one costs $29,000. But Perrot asserted that acquiring a printer locally and making mortar locally would help bring down costs. "People don't really worry or care about technology. What they care about is the design, the price, the way it is set up, the layout of the building," he said. Nickson Otieno, an architect and founder of Niko Green, a sustainability consulting firm, said such new technology has great potential but remains limited. "It will still take a long time for it to compete with brick and mortar," he said. "Brick and mortar, everybody can build their house anywhere they are. They are able to access the materials, they are able to access the tradesmen who build the house and they can plan the cost." Financing remains a challenge. In June 2023, Kenya's parliament passed a finance law with a new housing tax of 1.5% on gross income, to be used to build affordable housing. The law is being challenged in court. Critics argue the tax is discriminatory as it applies only to those with formal employment. If the tax is rejected, Kenya's government would need to look elsewhere for funding to build affordable housing. The housing tax is one of the issues causing discontent among young people who have organized a series of protests that included the extraordinary storming of parliament on Tuesday. More than 20 people were killed as police opened fire. President William Ruto has defended the need for the tax. "We have said that affordable housing, social housing is a right," he said earlier this year in response to the legal challenge. The Associated Press receives financial support for global health and development coverage in Africa from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust. The AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP's standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at

Trump raises concerns about US ban on TikTok

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Super Tuesday election night party Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Presidential candidate Donald Trump raised concerns about banning TikTok ahead of a vote next week by the U.S. House of Representatives that would give TikTok owner ByteDance about six months to divest the popular short video app. The former Republican president said: "If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook. will double their business," and added he does not want Facebook "doing better." Trump, who is seeking a return to the White House, made the comments in a social media post on Truth Social late on Thursday. Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top stories Top technology headlines, all in one place The Trump campaign did not immediately comment on whether he has a position on the legislation. Facebook parent Meta Platforms declined to comment. The Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday approved legislation on a 50-0 vote to crack down on TikTok, which has about 170 million U.S. users. Mike Pence, who served as vice president under Trump, endorsed the proposed House legislation on TikTok. "China is poisoning the minds of American children. Enough is enough," he wrote on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. The era of appeasing the Chinese Communist Party is over. Politicians claiming to be "tough on China" while simultaneously supporting TikTok spewing CCP-sanctioned propaganda across the world are wrong. China is poisoning the minds of American children. Enough is enough. — Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) March 8, 2024 The bill would give ByteDance 165 days to divest TikTok; if it did not, app stores operated by Apple, Alphabet's Google and others could not legally offer TikTok or provide Web hosting services to ByteDance-controlled applications. In 2020, Trump sought to ban TikTok and Chinese-owned WeChat but was blocked by the courts. Republican Senator Rand Paul, who previously blocked attempts to fast-track a TikTok ban, responded to Trump's statement that said the former president helped address concerns about U.S. users of TikTok through a $1.5 billion company project. "So why is the House GOP siding with (President Joe) Biden and still trying to ban Tik Tok?" Paul wrote on X, using an acronym for Republicans. "If Congress bans TikTok, they will be acting just like the Chinese communists who have also banned TikTok. Why not just defend the first amendment?" Trump said in an August 2020 executive order that TikTok data collection "threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information — potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage." TikTok, which says it has not and would not share U.S. user data with the Chinese government, argues the House bill amounts to a ban. It is unclear if China would approve any sale or if TikTok it could be divested in six months. "This legislation has a predetermined outcome: a total ban of TikTok in the United States," the company said after the Energy and Commerce Committee vote. "The government is attempting to strip 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression." The app is popular and getting legislation approved by both the House and Senate in an election year may be difficult. Last month, Biden's re-election campaign joined TikTok. How sleep can affect diabetes risk, according to a new study Single dose of LSD provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety, study says Russian state-backed hackers gained access to some of Microsoft's core software systems in a hack first disclosed in January, the company said Friday, revealing a more extensive and serious intrusion into Microsoft's systems than previously known. U.S. military developing portable UFO detection kits as Pentagon says no evidence of alien tech found Winning ticket for Lotto 6/49's Gold Ball Jackpot worth $58 million

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Trump raises concerns about US ban on TikTok. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Super Tuesday election night party Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Presidential candidate Donald Trump raised concerns about banning TikTok ahead of a vote next week by the U.S. House of Representatives that would give TikTok owner ByteDance about six months to divest the popular short video app. The former Republican president said: "If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook. will double their business," and added he does not want Facebook "doing better." Trump, who is seeking a return to the White House, made the comments in a social media post on Truth Social late on Thursday. Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top stories Top technology headlines, all in one place The Trump campaign did not immediately comment on whether he has a position on the legislation. Facebook parent Meta Platforms declined to comment. The Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday approved legislation on a 50-0 vote to crack down on TikTok, which has about 170 million U.S. users. Mike Pence, who served as vice president under Trump, endorsed the proposed House legislation on TikTok. "China is poisoning the minds of American children. Enough is enough," he wrote on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. The era of appeasing the Chinese Communist Party is over. Politicians claiming to be "tough on China" while simultaneously supporting TikTok spewing CCP-sanctioned propaganda across the world are wrong. China is poisoning the minds of American children. Enough is enough. — Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) March 8, 2024 The bill would give ByteDance 165 days to divest TikTok; if it did not, app stores operated by Apple, Alphabet's Google and others could not legally offer TikTok or provide Web hosting services to ByteDance-controlled applications. In 2020, Trump sought to ban TikTok and Chinese-owned WeChat but was blocked by the courts. Republican Senator Rand Paul, who previously blocked attempts to fast-track a TikTok ban, responded to Trump's statement that said the former president helped address concerns about U.S. users of TikTok through a $1.5 billion company project. "So why is the House GOP siding with (President Joe) Biden and still trying to ban Tik Tok?" Paul wrote on X, using an acronym for Republicans. "If Congress bans TikTok, they will be acting just like the Chinese communists who have also banned TikTok. Why not just defend the first amendment?" Trump said in an August 2020 executive order that TikTok data collection "threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information — potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage." TikTok, which says it has not and would not share U.S. user data with the Chinese government, argues the House bill amounts to a ban. It is unclear if China would approve any sale or if TikTok it could be divested in six months. "This legislation has a predetermined outcome: a total ban of TikTok in the United States," the company said after the Energy and Commerce Committee vote. "The government is attempting to strip 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression." The app is popular and getting legislation approved by both the House and Senate in an election year may be difficult. Last month, Biden's re-election campaign joined TikTok. How sleep can affect diabetes risk, according to a new study Single dose of LSD provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety, study says Russian state-backed hackers gained access to some of Microsoft's core software systems in a hack first disclosed in January, the company said Friday, revealing a more extensive and serious intrusion into Microsoft's systems than previously known. U.S. military developing portable UFO detection kits as Pentagon says no evidence of alien tech found Winning ticket for Lotto 6/49's Gold Ball Jackpot worth $58 million

CAE opens a brand-new Gulfstream business jet training center in Georgia

Canadian simulator and training giant CAE has inaugurated a new facility in Savannah, Georgia, which will be dedicated to the training of Gulfstream executive jet pilots and technicians. The new training center is located close to Gulfstream’s HQ and production facility, and it has the capacity for as many as four full-flight simulators (FFS). The Savannah facility is the first executive aviation training center to be built exclusively for Gulfstream and CAE’s fifth in the United States, adding to those it already operates in New Jersey, Nevada, Texas and Florida. CAE also operates a sixth North American executive jet training center in its home city of Montreal. The new center officially opened on June 20, 2024, but one simulator, that for Gulfstream G550 aircraft, has actually been in operation since January 2024. A second simulator, for Gulfstream G280, is expected to become operational in July 2024. CAE will also offer a maintenance training program for Gulfstream G280, G650, and G500/G600 jets. In this regard, CAE has been pioneering the use of virtual reality tools, which reduces the need for real aircraft to be available during the training. Operators worldwide are currently stepping up efforts to train more pilots and technicians, as the industry is facing labor shortages. CAE expects that the executive jet industry will need 32,000 new pilots and 74,000 MRO technicians by the year 2032. The post CAE opens a brand-new Gulfstream business jet training center in Georgia appeared first on AeroTime .

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CAE opens a brand-new Gulfstream business jet training center in Georgia. Canadian simulator and training giant CAE has inaugurated a new facility in Savannah, Georgia, which will be dedicated to the training of Gulfstream executive jet pilots and technicians. The new training center is located close to Gulfstream’s HQ and production facility, and it has the capacity for as many as four full-flight simulators (FFS). The Savannah facility is the first executive aviation training center to be built exclusively for Gulfstream and CAE’s fifth in the United States, adding to those it already operates in New Jersey, Nevada, Texas and Florida. CAE also operates a sixth North American executive jet training center in its home city of Montreal. The new center officially opened on June 20, 2024, but one simulator, that for Gulfstream G550 aircraft, has actually been in operation since January 2024. A second simulator, for Gulfstream G280, is expected to become operational in July 2024. CAE will also offer a maintenance training program for Gulfstream G280, G650, and G500/G600 jets. In this regard, CAE has been pioneering the use of virtual reality tools, which reduces the need for real aircraft to be available during the training. Operators worldwide are currently stepping up efforts to train more pilots and technicians, as the industry is facing labor shortages. CAE expects that the executive jet industry will need 32,000 new pilots and 74,000 MRO technicians by the year 2032. The post CAE opens a brand-new Gulfstream business jet training center in Georgia appeared first on AeroTime .

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released from prison, how much crypto does he own?

The WikiLeaks founder is set to travel back home to Australia after pleading guilty to one count of conspiring and disclosing classified information. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is set to return to Australia and plead guilty to a single charge of conspiring and disclosing classified information. The plea deal, which has yet to receive judicial approval, marks a significant development in the protracted legal battle between the Australian activist and the U.S. government. As per JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a… — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) Founded in 2010, WikiLeaks hit the headlines for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. military documents related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2017, the organization published documents exposing how Russia uses state surveillance to spy on the Internet and cellphone users. You might also like: WikiLeaks Bitcoin donations skyrocket: Assange thanks U.S. government The plea deal follows the February conviction of former CIA software engineer Joshua Adam Schulte, who was sentenced to 480 months for espionage, computer hacking, contempt of court, making false statements to the FBI, and child pornography. Schulte's crimes included leaking the largest cache of classified data to WikiLeaks. "The swarm is headed towards us" The WikiLeaks' journey intersects with the world of cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin. At one point, Assange sought to raise funds in BTC after VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, Amazon, and other financial companies started denying payments to WikiLeaks. In a 2014 Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, Assange recalled Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto 's opposition to WikiLeaks using the nascent crypto in 2010. At the time, Nakamoto expressed concern that association with WikiLeaks could overwhelm Bitcoin in its infancy. "I make this appeal to WikiLeaks not to try to use Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a small beta community in its infancy. You would not stand to get more than pocket change, and the heat you would bring would likely destroy us at this stage." Satoshi Nakamoto A few days later, before mysteriously vanishing, Nakamoto emphasized his stance on the potential fallout from the WikiLeaks-cryptocurrency association, stating, "WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us." Despite this, Assange still invested in Bitcoin, reportedly making a 50,000% return. The current extent of his Bitcoin holdings remains unclear. One way or the other, The crypto community found a way to connect cryptocurrency to Assange's story. Following a 2021 U.K. High Court ruling allowing Assange's extradition, his supporters formed a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) called AssangeDAO to advocate for his release. The campaign raised over 17,400 ETH, with contributions from notable crypto figures like Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. However, later on, AssangeDAO later faced scrutiny over transparency issues, as blockchain analytics firm SlowMist

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released from prison, how much crypto does he own?. The WikiLeaks founder is set to travel back home to Australia after pleading guilty to one count of conspiring and disclosing classified information. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is set to return to Australia and plead guilty to a single charge of conspiring and disclosing classified information. The plea deal, which has yet to receive judicial approval, marks a significant development in the protracted legal battle between the Australian activist and the U.S. government. As per JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a… — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) Founded in 2010, WikiLeaks hit the headlines for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. military documents related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2017, the organization published documents exposing how Russia uses state surveillance to spy on the Internet and cellphone users. You might also like: WikiLeaks Bitcoin donations skyrocket: Assange thanks U.S. government The plea deal follows the February conviction of former CIA software engineer Joshua Adam Schulte, who was sentenced to 480 months for espionage, computer hacking, contempt of court, making false statements to the FBI, and child pornography. Schulte's crimes included leaking the largest cache of classified data to WikiLeaks. "The swarm is headed towards us" The WikiLeaks' journey intersects with the world of cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin. At one point, Assange sought to raise funds in BTC after VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, Amazon, and other financial companies started denying payments to WikiLeaks. In a 2014 Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, Assange recalled Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto 's opposition to WikiLeaks using the nascent crypto in 2010. At the time, Nakamoto expressed concern that association with WikiLeaks could overwhelm Bitcoin in its infancy. "I make this appeal to WikiLeaks not to try to use Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a small beta community in its infancy. You would not stand to get more than pocket change, and the heat you would bring would likely destroy us at this stage." Satoshi Nakamoto A few days later, before mysteriously vanishing, Nakamoto emphasized his stance on the potential fallout from the WikiLeaks-cryptocurrency association, stating, "WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us." Despite this, Assange still invested in Bitcoin, reportedly making a 50,000% return. The current extent of his Bitcoin holdings remains unclear. One way or the other, The crypto community found a way to connect cryptocurrency to Assange's story. Following a 2021 U.K. High Court ruling allowing Assange's extradition, his supporters formed a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) called AssangeDAO to advocate for his release. The campaign raised over 17,400 ETH, with contributions from notable crypto figures like Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. However, later on, AssangeDAO later faced scrutiny over transparency issues, as blockchain analytics firm SlowMist

Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/UNC and the End of Race-Based Affirmative Action

UNC, a pivotal event in the history of American education. This ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has brought an end to race-based affirmative action policies in college admissions, heralding a new, long-overdue era of equal opportunity and merit-based selection at all American colleges and universities. The decision was an essential victory for Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit organization of over 19,000 members who are committed to ensuring that all students are judged by their individual merits and achievements rather than their immutable racial or ethnic backgrounds. The ruling has been widely celebrated by substantial majorities of all Americans who believe that it restores the fundamental principles of the colorblind legal covenant that binds together our multi-racial nation. Over the past year, it has been broadly reported that educational institutions across the country have been adapting to this new legal landscape. Many have implemented novel policies and procedures they claim will ensure that their admissions processes are both fair and transparent. These changes purport to provide equal opportunities for all students, regardless of their racial or ethnic backgrounds. Edward Blum, president of SFFA, stated, "This ruling is a long-overdue monumental step forward in our nation's pursuit of a truly fair and unbiased educational system. It affirms the principle that every student should have an equal opportunity to succeed based on their hard work and talents. We are proud to have played a role in this historic moment and look forward to the positive changes it will bring to college admissions nationwide." Blum added, "SFFA is closely monitoring the new admissions policies that are being implemented by undergraduate, law, and medical colleges and universities. This organization is prepared to challenge any school that illegally uses applicant essays or racial proxies as a substitute for racial classifications and preferences." Blum said, "Dozens of polls have revealed that nearly 70% of Americans agree with the Supreme Court's decision to end racial preferences in college admissions. The message these polls make clear is that Americans of all races do not believe individuals should be treated differently because of their race." Blum added, "As a legal and ethical principle, if race as a factor in college admissions is unconstitutional and unfair, then it must follow that race as a factor in internships, fellowships, scholarships, hiring and promotion, and contracting is unconstitutional and unfair as well." Blum concluded, "SFFA has been fortunate to be represented by some of the most talented and dedicated lawyers in the country—specifically the Consovoy McCarthy law firm. We are also indebted to the dozens of courageous students who, beginning in 2014 and continuing through 2023, joined our organization to keep these lawsuits ongoing."

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Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/UNC and the End of Race-Based Affirmative Action. UNC, a pivotal event in the history of American education. This ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has brought an end to race-based affirmative action policies in college admissions, heralding a new, long-overdue era of equal opportunity and merit-based selection at all American colleges and universities. The decision was an essential victory for Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit organization of over 19,000 members who are committed to ensuring that all students are judged by their individual merits and achievements rather than their immutable racial or ethnic backgrounds. The ruling has been widely celebrated by substantial majorities of all Americans who believe that it restores the fundamental principles of the colorblind legal covenant that binds together our multi-racial nation. Over the past year, it has been broadly reported that educational institutions across the country have been adapting to this new legal landscape. Many have implemented novel policies and procedures they claim will ensure that their admissions processes are both fair and transparent. These changes purport to provide equal opportunities for all students, regardless of their racial or ethnic backgrounds. Edward Blum, president of SFFA, stated, "This ruling is a long-overdue monumental step forward in our nation's pursuit of a truly fair and unbiased educational system. It affirms the principle that every student should have an equal opportunity to succeed based on their hard work and talents. We are proud to have played a role in this historic moment and look forward to the positive changes it will bring to college admissions nationwide." Blum added, "SFFA is closely monitoring the new admissions policies that are being implemented by undergraduate, law, and medical colleges and universities. This organization is prepared to challenge any school that illegally uses applicant essays or racial proxies as a substitute for racial classifications and preferences." Blum said, "Dozens of polls have revealed that nearly 70% of Americans agree with the Supreme Court's decision to end racial preferences in college admissions. The message these polls make clear is that Americans of all races do not believe individuals should be treated differently because of their race." Blum added, "As a legal and ethical principle, if race as a factor in college admissions is unconstitutional and unfair, then it must follow that race as a factor in internships, fellowships, scholarships, hiring and promotion, and contracting is unconstitutional and unfair as well." Blum concluded, "SFFA has been fortunate to be represented by some of the most talented and dedicated lawyers in the country—specifically the Consovoy McCarthy law firm. We are also indebted to the dozens of courageous students who, beginning in 2014 and continuing through 2023, joined our organization to keep these lawsuits ongoing."

Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café to Debut in Arizona with Brand New Location at Scottsdale Quarter

Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café, the ultra-popular restaurant brand specializing in sweet and savory crêpes, hot drinks and more, announced its first Arizona location will open in Scottsdale Quarter in the Fall of 2024. With construction beginning in the coming weeks, the new location at 15147 N Scottsdale Rd, Suite 133, spearheaded by strategic partners Sweet Paris will be opening in Scottsdale Quarter come fall of 2024. Husband-wife duo, the Gilberts, first started franchising with Nothing Bundt Cakes in North Carolina almost 10 years ago. After finding a winning stride for success, they chose to diversify and grow their ownership portfolio. Upon visiting the Sweet Paris College Station location, the Gilberts fell in love with the concept, the quality of the menu offerings, the service and the one-of-a-kind atmosphere. Now they are excited to bring Sweet Paris' unique and elevated product offerings to the Phoenix community at the center of Scottsdale's premier shopping, dining, and entertainment venue. "We are thrilled to open the doors at Scottsdale Quarter this fall and bring a taste of Paris to Phoenix. In bringing a unique concept like Sweet Paris to the area, we knew we needed to find a space that could showcase it properly, and we've found it," said the Gilberts. "We fell in love with the potential and promise of the city and the space. We know this will be a great success and look forward to opening our first location to residents and visitors alike." Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café boasts 16 stores in operation located in Austin, Mexico. While this store marks the launch of Sweet Paris in Arizona, the Gilberts will continue to develop the area over the next three years further growing the brand's footprint. As part of their multi-unit deal with Sweet Paris, they are already working towards securing their second location to open in 2025. "The Gilberts have chosen a remarkable location for the first Sweet Paris in Arizona, as Scottsdale boasts some of the best performance in the country for fast casual restaurant concepts," said Allison Chavez, co-founder of Sweet Paris. "Sweet Paris' unique concept and cuisine will certainly occupy an untapped segment of the market in the Phoenix area and will contribute to the brand's growth in the Southwestern US."

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Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café to Debut in Arizona with Brand New Location at Scottsdale Quarter. Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café, the ultra-popular restaurant brand specializing in sweet and savory crêpes, hot drinks and more, announced its first Arizona location will open in Scottsdale Quarter in the Fall of 2024. With construction beginning in the coming weeks, the new location at 15147 N Scottsdale Rd, Suite 133, spearheaded by strategic partners Sweet Paris will be opening in Scottsdale Quarter come fall of 2024. Husband-wife duo, the Gilberts, first started franchising with Nothing Bundt Cakes in North Carolina almost 10 years ago. After finding a winning stride for success, they chose to diversify and grow their ownership portfolio. Upon visiting the Sweet Paris College Station location, the Gilberts fell in love with the concept, the quality of the menu offerings, the service and the one-of-a-kind atmosphere. Now they are excited to bring Sweet Paris' unique and elevated product offerings to the Phoenix community at the center of Scottsdale's premier shopping, dining, and entertainment venue. "We are thrilled to open the doors at Scottsdale Quarter this fall and bring a taste of Paris to Phoenix. In bringing a unique concept like Sweet Paris to the area, we knew we needed to find a space that could showcase it properly, and we've found it," said the Gilberts. "We fell in love with the potential and promise of the city and the space. We know this will be a great success and look forward to opening our first location to residents and visitors alike." Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café boasts 16 stores in operation located in Austin, Mexico. While this store marks the launch of Sweet Paris in Arizona, the Gilberts will continue to develop the area over the next three years further growing the brand's footprint. As part of their multi-unit deal with Sweet Paris, they are already working towards securing their second location to open in 2025. "The Gilberts have chosen a remarkable location for the first Sweet Paris in Arizona, as Scottsdale boasts some of the best performance in the country for fast casual restaurant concepts," said Allison Chavez, co-founder of Sweet Paris. "Sweet Paris' unique concept and cuisine will certainly occupy an untapped segment of the market in the Phoenix area and will contribute to the brand's growth in the Southwestern US."

Tamal Ray’s recipe for grilled mackerel with summer butter bean salad

W hen we moved into our new home last year, I had grand plans to transform the sprawl of brambles and ivy into a productive cottage garden. Although the weeds have proved more powerful than either my ambitions or my secateurs, I have managed to grow a precious handful of tomatoes for this punchy summer salad. I am hoping to produce more ingredients each year, although I'm not sure a Walthamstow pond will ever manage fresh mackerel! Grilled mackerel with summer butter bean salad For the green dressing 50g brown onion, peeled and sliced 50g fresh coriander, tougher parts of stem removed, roughly chopped 30g dill, tougher parts of stem removed, roughly chopped 25g apple 3 tbsp olive oil 1 lime, juice and zest 1 pinch of fine salt To make the green dressing, put all the ingredients into a blender and blitz until finely minced, adding a little water to loosen if the mix is too dry. Set aside until you're ready to serve. For the corn, heat an oiled griddle or cast iron pan over a medium heat. Put the corn cobs in the pan and cook for eight minutes, turning regularly with tongs until lightly charred all over. Set aside to cool. Salt the mackerel fillets, add a little more oil to the pan and put the fish in the pan skin side up. Cook for three minutes on each side, until the skin is crispy and the flesh firm. While the fish cooks, mix the beans with the chillies in a large bowl. Use a sharp knife to slice the kernels from the corn and stir these into the beans along with the tomatoes and a generous sprinkling of ancho chilli flakes. To serve, portion the salad on to two plates, drizzle the green dressing over and then top with a slice of grilled mackerel.

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Tamal Ray’s recipe for grilled mackerel with summer butter bean salad. W hen we moved into our new home last year, I had grand plans to transform the sprawl of brambles and ivy into a productive cottage garden. Although the weeds have proved more powerful than either my ambitions or my secateurs, I have managed to grow a precious handful of tomatoes for this punchy summer salad. I am hoping to produce more ingredients each year, although I'm not sure a Walthamstow pond will ever manage fresh mackerel! Grilled mackerel with summer butter bean salad For the green dressing 50g brown onion, peeled and sliced 50g fresh coriander, tougher parts of stem removed, roughly chopped 30g dill, tougher parts of stem removed, roughly chopped 25g apple 3 tbsp olive oil 1 lime, juice and zest 1 pinch of fine salt To make the green dressing, put all the ingredients into a blender and blitz until finely minced, adding a little water to loosen if the mix is too dry. Set aside until you're ready to serve. For the corn, heat an oiled griddle or cast iron pan over a medium heat. Put the corn cobs in the pan and cook for eight minutes, turning regularly with tongs until lightly charred all over. Set aside to cool. Salt the mackerel fillets, add a little more oil to the pan and put the fish in the pan skin side up. Cook for three minutes on each side, until the skin is crispy and the flesh firm. While the fish cooks, mix the beans with the chillies in a large bowl. Use a sharp knife to slice the kernels from the corn and stir these into the beans along with the tomatoes and a generous sprinkling of ancho chilli flakes. To serve, portion the salad on to two plates, drizzle the green dressing over and then top with a slice of grilled mackerel.

Labour's landslide election in maps and charts

Sir Keir Starmer will be our next prime minister after an election which broke records in almost every conceivable way. But how did we get here? The Sky News data team looks at where Labour did well, where they didn't, and what factors led to such a catastrophic Conservative downfall. By Professor Will Jennings, Daniel Dunford, Conor O'Neill and Joely Santa Cruz The Conservative vote has fallen by around 20 points, having lost out to Labour almost everywhere across the nation. That was enough for Labour to gain more than 200 seats. But it wasn't all positives. They lost in big cities to the Greens and independents and only increased their vote share overall by 1.6 points. That translated to four Green seats, their highest ever total. The Lib Dems made more than 60 gains, taking the party past recent high-points of the mid-2000s under the stewardship of Charles Kennedy and later Nick Clegg. Bashing incumbents This was an election where voters seem to have delivered a damning verdict on the performance of incumbents. In Scotland, the SNP vote was down 15 points, with Labour up 17. In Wales, while Labour picked up nine seats, its vote was down - 41 points to 37. Sinn Fein also became the largest party in Northern Ireland after the DUP lost three seats and eight percentage points. Fighting on two fronts The Conservatives have collapsed in the face of a challenge on their right, from the Reform Party, while Labour and the Liberal Democrats have taken advantage of the willingness of voters to their left - seeing the government caught in a pincer movement. Conservatives losing most in their strongest areas The fall in the Conservative vote was greatest where it started highest. In seats where the party started above 60%, it lost around 30%, in seats where it started on less than 20% it lost less than 8%. In contrast, Labour saw the largest rises in its vote in places where it won between 20% and 30% of the vote in 2019 - leaving it well-positioned to take advantage of the collapse in the Conservative vote. The importance of Brexit It was the Reform Party that hammered the nail into the coffin of the Conservative Party. It secured an increase of 12.5 points in its national vote. This was over six points higher in seats that the Brexit Party had not stood in in 2019. After a number of years in which Brexit shaped the fortunes of the Conservatives (and Labour), the Leave vote in 2016 is now far more strongly correlated with support for Reform rather than the Conservatives. Tactical voting Amidst this surge of disillusionment with the incumbent, there is evidence that voters responded to the options on offer to them. The Lib Dems were up nearly nine points in seats where they started in second place behind the Conservatives, while Labour's vote was flat. In contrast, in seats where Labour started behind the government in second place, their vote was up nearly six points. Another important story of the night was the large falls in the Labour vote in areas with large Muslim communities. The party's vote fell by nearly 20 points in areas with a population of more than 30% Muslims. While Sir Keir Starmer will start his premiership with the strongest majority since Tony Blair, and against an even more wounded opposition, the election result was not neccesarily a ringing endorsement of his popularity.

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Labour's landslide election in maps and charts. Sir Keir Starmer will be our next prime minister after an election which broke records in almost every conceivable way. But how did we get here? The Sky News data team looks at where Labour did well, where they didn't, and what factors led to such a catastrophic Conservative downfall. By Professor Will Jennings, Daniel Dunford, Conor O'Neill and Joely Santa Cruz The Conservative vote has fallen by around 20 points, having lost out to Labour almost everywhere across the nation. That was enough for Labour to gain more than 200 seats. But it wasn't all positives. They lost in big cities to the Greens and independents and only increased their vote share overall by 1.6 points. That translated to four Green seats, their highest ever total. The Lib Dems made more than 60 gains, taking the party past recent high-points of the mid-2000s under the stewardship of Charles Kennedy and later Nick Clegg. Bashing incumbents This was an election where voters seem to have delivered a damning verdict on the performance of incumbents. In Scotland, the SNP vote was down 15 points, with Labour up 17. In Wales, while Labour picked up nine seats, its vote was down - 41 points to 37. Sinn Fein also became the largest party in Northern Ireland after the DUP lost three seats and eight percentage points. Fighting on two fronts The Conservatives have collapsed in the face of a challenge on their right, from the Reform Party, while Labour and the Liberal Democrats have taken advantage of the willingness of voters to their left - seeing the government caught in a pincer movement. Conservatives losing most in their strongest areas The fall in the Conservative vote was greatest where it started highest. In seats where the party started above 60%, it lost around 30%, in seats where it started on less than 20% it lost less than 8%. In contrast, Labour saw the largest rises in its vote in places where it won between 20% and 30% of the vote in 2019 - leaving it well-positioned to take advantage of the collapse in the Conservative vote. The importance of Brexit It was the Reform Party that hammered the nail into the coffin of the Conservative Party. It secured an increase of 12.5 points in its national vote. This was over six points higher in seats that the Brexit Party had not stood in in 2019. After a number of years in which Brexit shaped the fortunes of the Conservatives (and Labour), the Leave vote in 2016 is now far more strongly correlated with support for Reform rather than the Conservatives. Tactical voting Amidst this surge of disillusionment with the incumbent, there is evidence that voters responded to the options on offer to them. The Lib Dems were up nearly nine points in seats where they started in second place behind the Conservatives, while Labour's vote was flat. In contrast, in seats where Labour started behind the government in second place, their vote was up nearly six points. Another important story of the night was the large falls in the Labour vote in areas with large Muslim communities. The party's vote fell by nearly 20 points in areas with a population of more than 30% Muslims. While Sir Keir Starmer will start his premiership with the strongest majority since Tony Blair, and against an even more wounded opposition, the election result was not neccesarily a ringing endorsement of his popularity.

Di Stasio, Dhesi lead Canadian wrestling team into Paris 2024

Di Stasio, Dhesi lead Canadian wrestling team into Paris 2024 World champion Justina Di Stasio and veteran Amar Dhesi will lead Canada's wrestling team into the Olympic Games in Paris. Posted: May 28, 2024 6:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago Canada's Justina Di Stasio, left, seen competing at the Commonwealth Games in 2022, will help lead Canada's wrestling team into Paris 2024. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press) Social Sharing World champion Justina Di Stasio and veteran Amar Dhesi will lead Canada's wrestling team into the Olympic Games in Paris. Ana Godinez Gonzalez of Burnaby, B.C., Montreal's Alex Moore, Linda Morais of Tecumseh, Ont., and Hannah Taylor of Summerside, P.E.I. join Dhesi of Surrey, B.C., and Di Stasio of Coquitlam, B.C., on the team announced Tuesday by the Canadian Olympic Committee. Di Stasio captured a world title in the women's 72-kilogram division in 2018, as well as Pan American Games gold in 2019 and Commonwealth Games gold in 2022. The 31-year-old took a break from wrestling during the COVID-19 pandemic to start her career as a teacher, but returned to the sport to make her Olympic debut in Paris. WATCH | Di Stasio discusses Olympic journey, representing Indigenous people at Games: Canadian wrestler Justina Di Stasio on qualifying for her 1st Olympics The 31-year-old from Coquitlam, B.C., discusses her journey to Paris 2024, and representing Indigenous people at the Games. Dhesi, 28, is the only Canadian wrestler with previous Olympic experience after placing 13th in Tokyo. P.E.I.'s Hannah Taylor heading to Olympics after wrestling win in Mexico "Trying to find the words to express the feeling of representing my country, my community and my family at my second Olympic Games has been tough, but I keep coming back to the word grateful," Dhesi said in a statement. "I am grateful for the opportunity to be in a position once again to have a chance to bring back an Olympic medal. I fell short in Tokyo but am prepared to be courageous and ready to bring the fight." WATCH | Dhesi qualifies for Paris 2024 after performance in Mexico in March: B.C. wrestler qualifies for 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris Duration 2:03 A wrestler from Surrey, B.C. has booked his ticket to the Paris Olympic Games this summer after a dominating performance at the qualifiers in Mexico earlier this week. CBC's Sohrab Sandhu caught up with medal hopeful Amar Dhesi as he prepares for the world stage. Godinez Gonzalez won the women's 62-kilogram class at the 2021 world under-23 championship and Commonwealth Games silver the following year. Moore competes in the men's 62-kg division, Morais in the women's 68-kg class and Taylor in women's 57 kg. Morais, 30, won a world title in the women's 59 kg in 2019. The athletes won their respective weight classes at December's national trials in Edmonton. Taylor, Godinez Gonzalez, Di Stasio, Moore and Dhesi then punched their tickets to Paris in a Pan American qualifier in Mexico in March. Morais claimed her Paris berth in a qualification tournament earlier this month in Turkey. Tecumseh, Ont., wrestler qualifies for her 1st Olympics — says it could be her 'last hurrah' Team Canada has won 17 Olympic wrestling medals dating back to London 1908. Three were gold: Erica Wiebe (2016), Carol Huynh (2008) and Daniel Igali (2000). "All four of our women wrestlers have each won medals on the world stage, including three of them who have all held world titles," said Wrestling Canada high-performance director Chris Woodcroft. "We look forward to our athletes showing their mettle in an effort to gain some medals."

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Di Stasio, Dhesi lead Canadian wrestling team into Paris 2024. Di Stasio, Dhesi lead Canadian wrestling team into Paris 2024 World champion Justina Di Stasio and veteran Amar Dhesi will lead Canada's wrestling team into the Olympic Games in Paris. Posted: May 28, 2024 6:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago Canada's Justina Di Stasio, left, seen competing at the Commonwealth Games in 2022, will help lead Canada's wrestling team into Paris 2024. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press) Social Sharing World champion Justina Di Stasio and veteran Amar Dhesi will lead Canada's wrestling team into the Olympic Games in Paris. Ana Godinez Gonzalez of Burnaby, B.C., Montreal's Alex Moore, Linda Morais of Tecumseh, Ont., and Hannah Taylor of Summerside, P.E.I. join Dhesi of Surrey, B.C., and Di Stasio of Coquitlam, B.C., on the team announced Tuesday by the Canadian Olympic Committee. Di Stasio captured a world title in the women's 72-kilogram division in 2018, as well as Pan American Games gold in 2019 and Commonwealth Games gold in 2022. The 31-year-old took a break from wrestling during the COVID-19 pandemic to start her career as a teacher, but returned to the sport to make her Olympic debut in Paris. WATCH | Di Stasio discusses Olympic journey, representing Indigenous people at Games: Canadian wrestler Justina Di Stasio on qualifying for her 1st Olympics The 31-year-old from Coquitlam, B.C., discusses her journey to Paris 2024, and representing Indigenous people at the Games. Dhesi, 28, is the only Canadian wrestler with previous Olympic experience after placing 13th in Tokyo. P.E.I.'s Hannah Taylor heading to Olympics after wrestling win in Mexico "Trying to find the words to express the feeling of representing my country, my community and my family at my second Olympic Games has been tough, but I keep coming back to the word grateful," Dhesi said in a statement. "I am grateful for the opportunity to be in a position once again to have a chance to bring back an Olympic medal. I fell short in Tokyo but am prepared to be courageous and ready to bring the fight." WATCH | Dhesi qualifies for Paris 2024 after performance in Mexico in March: B.C. wrestler qualifies for 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris Duration 2:03 A wrestler from Surrey, B.C. has booked his ticket to the Paris Olympic Games this summer after a dominating performance at the qualifiers in Mexico earlier this week. CBC's Sohrab Sandhu caught up with medal hopeful Amar Dhesi as he prepares for the world stage. Godinez Gonzalez won the women's 62-kilogram class at the 2021 world under-23 championship and Commonwealth Games silver the following year. Moore competes in the men's 62-kg division, Morais in the women's 68-kg class and Taylor in women's 57 kg. Morais, 30, won a world title in the women's 59 kg in 2019. The athletes won their respective weight classes at December's national trials in Edmonton. Taylor, Godinez Gonzalez, Di Stasio, Moore and Dhesi then punched their tickets to Paris in a Pan American qualifier in Mexico in March. Morais claimed her Paris berth in a qualification tournament earlier this month in Turkey. Tecumseh, Ont., wrestler qualifies for her 1st Olympics — says it could be her 'last hurrah' Team Canada has won 17 Olympic wrestling medals dating back to London 1908. Three were gold: Erica Wiebe (2016), Carol Huynh (2008) and Daniel Igali (2000). "All four of our women wrestlers have each won medals on the world stage, including three of them who have all held world titles," said Wrestling Canada high-performance director Chris Woodcroft. "We look forward to our athletes showing their mettle in an effort to gain some medals."

The Supreme Court's ruling on mifepristone isn't the last word on the abortion pill

FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on, Oct. 12, 2022. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 13, 2024, unanimously preserved access to the medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court's first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) The Associated Press Supreme Court 's ruling on technical grounds Thursday keeps the abortion pill mifepristone available in the U.S. for now, but it won't be the last word on the issue, and the unanimous opinion offers some clues for how abortion opponents can keep trying to deny it to women nationwide. Some state attorneys general have indicated that they'll press ahead, though they haven't laid out exactly how. And while the ruling said the anti-abortion doctors who brought the lawsuit failed to show they've been harmed when others use the drug, that might not stop some other plaintiff from a successful challenge. "The decision is good that the doctors don't have standing," said Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, director of Aid Access, an abortion pill supplier working with U.S. providers. "The problem is, the decision should have said that nobody has standing in this case – that only the women have standing." Justice Brett Kavanaugh's opinion even provides a road map for people with "sincere concerns about and objections to others using mifepristone and obtaining abortions." "Citizens and doctors who object to what the law allows others to do may always take their concerns to the Executive and Legislative Branches and seek greater regulatory or legislative restrictions on certain activities," he wrote. That route would be more likely to work for them if Republican Donald Trump is elected president in November than if Joe Biden remains in office. The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine sued the Food and Drug Administration in 2022, a few months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the nationwide right to abortion. Most GOP-controlled states had implemented new bans or limits on abortion by then. The anti-abortion doctors sought a ruling that would apply nationwide, asking judges to find that the FDA wrongly approved and eased access to mifepristone. A federal judge in Texas and the New Orleans-based U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals validated many of the group's arguments, making some Democratic-controlled states nervous enough to stockpile abortion pills. Most medication abortions use a combination of mifepristone, which is also used in miscarriage care, and another, misoprostol. The latter drug can also be used alone — but women are more likely to experience side effects that way. About half the abortions across the nation involved such pills before Roe was overturned. By last year, the medication was used in nearly two-thirds, one survey found. Providers in some states are using telehealth appointments to prescribe and mail them to women in states with bans or restrictions. Underground networks distribute them, too. After the doctors group filed suit, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian law firm, Republican attorneys general for Idaho, Kansas and Missouri tried to get involved. They were allowed into the case by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, then denied an intervening role by the Supreme Court. David S. Cohen, a law professor at Drexel University who studies abortion-related law, said that normally, intervenors like the states would not be allowed to continue if the main parties have their claims dismissed because they lack standing, but that's not yet clear in this case, and the attorneys general aren't giving up. "We are moving forward undeterred with our litigation to protect both women and their unborn children," Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said on X. When they were trying to intervene, the attorneys general contended that allowing mifepristone interferes with their ability to enforce their states' abortion bans, and that state taxpayers could have to pay emergency room bills when women who use it have complications. It's no sure thing that the Supreme Court would accept such arguments as a reason to give the states standing, said Mary Ziegler, a historian at the University of California, Davis School of Law who studies abortion. "The court is leery of things that are speculative," she said. However, Ziegler said in a post on X Thursday that "One could read parts of this opinion as creating a roadmap to future plaintiffs." And she noted that the ruling made no mention of the Comstock Act, a 19th-century federal vice law that conservatives have argued can be invoked to prevent abortion pills from being shipped across state lines. The Biden administration does not interpret it that way — but another might. And if an abortion opponent takes charge as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary, they could revoke or alter the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone. Still another approach could be for Republican states to challenge the shield laws that seek to protect healthcare providers in some Democratic-controlled states when they prescribe pills to patients in states with abortion bans. Jillian Phillips, a mother in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, who took mifepristone to help pass the remains of a pregnancy when she miscarried eight years ago, said it's hard for her to think of Thursday's ruling as a win for abortion rights, because of all it could lead to. "My fear is always that when we make a step forward," she said, abortion opponents "get even more desperate to put even more barriers in place and restrict things even further."

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The Supreme Court's ruling on mifepristone isn't the last word on the abortion pill. FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on, Oct. 12, 2022. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 13, 2024, unanimously preserved access to the medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court's first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) The Associated Press Supreme Court 's ruling on technical grounds Thursday keeps the abortion pill mifepristone available in the U.S. for now, but it won't be the last word on the issue, and the unanimous opinion offers some clues for how abortion opponents can keep trying to deny it to women nationwide. Some state attorneys general have indicated that they'll press ahead, though they haven't laid out exactly how. And while the ruling said the anti-abortion doctors who brought the lawsuit failed to show they've been harmed when others use the drug, that might not stop some other plaintiff from a successful challenge. "The decision is good that the doctors don't have standing," said Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, director of Aid Access, an abortion pill supplier working with U.S. providers. "The problem is, the decision should have said that nobody has standing in this case – that only the women have standing." Justice Brett Kavanaugh's opinion even provides a road map for people with "sincere concerns about and objections to others using mifepristone and obtaining abortions." "Citizens and doctors who object to what the law allows others to do may always take their concerns to the Executive and Legislative Branches and seek greater regulatory or legislative restrictions on certain activities," he wrote. That route would be more likely to work for them if Republican Donald Trump is elected president in November than if Joe Biden remains in office. The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine sued the Food and Drug Administration in 2022, a few months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the nationwide right to abortion. Most GOP-controlled states had implemented new bans or limits on abortion by then. The anti-abortion doctors sought a ruling that would apply nationwide, asking judges to find that the FDA wrongly approved and eased access to mifepristone. A federal judge in Texas and the New Orleans-based U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals validated many of the group's arguments, making some Democratic-controlled states nervous enough to stockpile abortion pills. Most medication abortions use a combination of mifepristone, which is also used in miscarriage care, and another, misoprostol. The latter drug can also be used alone — but women are more likely to experience side effects that way. About half the abortions across the nation involved such pills before Roe was overturned. By last year, the medication was used in nearly two-thirds, one survey found. Providers in some states are using telehealth appointments to prescribe and mail them to women in states with bans or restrictions. Underground networks distribute them, too. After the doctors group filed suit, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian law firm, Republican attorneys general for Idaho, Kansas and Missouri tried to get involved. They were allowed into the case by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, then denied an intervening role by the Supreme Court. David S. Cohen, a law professor at Drexel University who studies abortion-related law, said that normally, intervenors like the states would not be allowed to continue if the main parties have their claims dismissed because they lack standing, but that's not yet clear in this case, and the attorneys general aren't giving up. "We are moving forward undeterred with our litigation to protect both women and their unborn children," Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said on X. When they were trying to intervene, the attorneys general contended that allowing mifepristone interferes with their ability to enforce their states' abortion bans, and that state taxpayers could have to pay emergency room bills when women who use it have complications. It's no sure thing that the Supreme Court would accept such arguments as a reason to give the states standing, said Mary Ziegler, a historian at the University of California, Davis School of Law who studies abortion. "The court is leery of things that are speculative," she said. However, Ziegler said in a post on X Thursday that "One could read parts of this opinion as creating a roadmap to future plaintiffs." And she noted that the ruling made no mention of the Comstock Act, a 19th-century federal vice law that conservatives have argued can be invoked to prevent abortion pills from being shipped across state lines. The Biden administration does not interpret it that way — but another might. And if an abortion opponent takes charge as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary, they could revoke or alter the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone. Still another approach could be for Republican states to challenge the shield laws that seek to protect healthcare providers in some Democratic-controlled states when they prescribe pills to patients in states with abortion bans. Jillian Phillips, a mother in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, who took mifepristone to help pass the remains of a pregnancy when she miscarried eight years ago, said it's hard for her to think of Thursday's ruling as a win for abortion rights, because of all it could lead to. "My fear is always that when we make a step forward," she said, abortion opponents "get even more desperate to put even more barriers in place and restrict things even further."

Molten cheese, please: Why Mexican ‘fondue’ is far superior

In the Mexican restaurants of my native small town Kentucky, the Tex-Mex version of melted cheese reigns supreme among dips. Deeply flavorful and rich, it’s also quite thin, like a cheesy soup for your unlimited free tortilla chips. After moving to Mexico, I realized this dip still had its training wheels on. There was a much better recipe for this satisfying appetizer right where I was: queso fundido. The origins of queso fundido go back to the northern regions of Mexico, particularly the states of Chihuahua and Coahuila, where dairy farming and cheese production have long been prevalent. The introduction of cattle and cheese making techniques by Spanish settlers in the 16th century played a significant role in shaping the dish. Over time, Mexican cooks adapted these techniques, incorporating local ingredients to create what we now know as queso fundido. Cheese and Mexican food are by now almost impossible to imagine without the other, especially in the recipe I want to share today, where dairy takes a front row seat. A ball of delicious, fresh Oaxaca cheese is the secret to an outstanding queso fundido. (Ingredienta) Queso fundido gained popularity in Mexican households and restaurants, eventually becoming a staple at celebrations and gatherings. Today, queso fundido continues to be a beloved part of Mexican cuisine, symbolizing the fusion of cultural influences and the enduring appeal of simple comfort food. I’d like to share a recipe that packs a punch in terms of flavor, using caramelized onions and chorizo to scale up the savory meter even further on this already delicious dish. Here’s a delicious recipe for queso fundido with caramelized onions: Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil 2 large onions, thinly sliced 1 tbsp butter 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp sugar 1/2 pound Mexican chorizo, casing removed 2 cups shredded Oaxaca or mozzarella cheese 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional) Warm tortillas or tortilla chips for serving Instructions: Heat the olive oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the sliced onions, salt, and sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are golden brown and caramelized, about 25-30 minutes. If the onions start to stick, add a splash of water. In a separate skillet, cook the chorizo over medium heat, breaking it up with a spatula, until fully cooked and browned, about 7-10 minutes. Drain any excess fat. Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C). In a large cast iron skillet, spread an even layer of the cooked chorizo. Top with the caramelized onions and sprinkle the shredded cheeses evenly over the top. Pro tip: Shred your own cheese to make sure it melts properly! Place the skillet or baking dish in the preheated oven and bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly, about 10-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with chopped cilantro if desired. Serve immediately with warm tortillas or tortilla chips for dipping. Enjoy this queso fundido recipe with caramelized onions as an appetizer at your next dinner party or eat it all by yourself shamefully with all the lights turned off, binge watching “Baby Reindeer”! Stephen Randall has lived in Mexico since 2018 by way of Kentucky, and before that, Germany. He’s an enthusiastic amateur chef who takes inspiration from many different cuisines, with favorites including Mexican and Mediterranean. The post Molten cheese, please: Why Mexican ‘fondue’ is far superior appeared first on Mexico News Daily

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Molten cheese, please: Why Mexican ‘fondue’ is far superior. In the Mexican restaurants of my native small town Kentucky, the Tex-Mex version of melted cheese reigns supreme among dips. Deeply flavorful and rich, it’s also quite thin, like a cheesy soup for your unlimited free tortilla chips. After moving to Mexico, I realized this dip still had its training wheels on. There was a much better recipe for this satisfying appetizer right where I was: queso fundido. The origins of queso fundido go back to the northern regions of Mexico, particularly the states of Chihuahua and Coahuila, where dairy farming and cheese production have long been prevalent. The introduction of cattle and cheese making techniques by Spanish settlers in the 16th century played a significant role in shaping the dish. Over time, Mexican cooks adapted these techniques, incorporating local ingredients to create what we now know as queso fundido. Cheese and Mexican food are by now almost impossible to imagine without the other, especially in the recipe I want to share today, where dairy takes a front row seat. A ball of delicious, fresh Oaxaca cheese is the secret to an outstanding queso fundido. (Ingredienta) Queso fundido gained popularity in Mexican households and restaurants, eventually becoming a staple at celebrations and gatherings. Today, queso fundido continues to be a beloved part of Mexican cuisine, symbolizing the fusion of cultural influences and the enduring appeal of simple comfort food. I’d like to share a recipe that packs a punch in terms of flavor, using caramelized onions and chorizo to scale up the savory meter even further on this already delicious dish. Here’s a delicious recipe for queso fundido with caramelized onions: Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil 2 large onions, thinly sliced 1 tbsp butter 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp sugar 1/2 pound Mexican chorizo, casing removed 2 cups shredded Oaxaca or mozzarella cheese 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional) Warm tortillas or tortilla chips for serving Instructions: Heat the olive oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the sliced onions, salt, and sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are golden brown and caramelized, about 25-30 minutes. If the onions start to stick, add a splash of water. In a separate skillet, cook the chorizo over medium heat, breaking it up with a spatula, until fully cooked and browned, about 7-10 minutes. Drain any excess fat. Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C). In a large cast iron skillet, spread an even layer of the cooked chorizo. Top with the caramelized onions and sprinkle the shredded cheeses evenly over the top. Pro tip: Shred your own cheese to make sure it melts properly! Place the skillet or baking dish in the preheated oven and bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly, about 10-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with chopped cilantro if desired. Serve immediately with warm tortillas or tortilla chips for dipping. Enjoy this queso fundido recipe with caramelized onions as an appetizer at your next dinner party or eat it all by yourself shamefully with all the lights turned off, binge watching “Baby Reindeer”! Stephen Randall has lived in Mexico since 2018 by way of Kentucky, and before that, Germany. He’s an enthusiastic amateur chef who takes inspiration from many different cuisines, with favorites including Mexican and Mediterranean. The post Molten cheese, please: Why Mexican ‘fondue’ is far superior appeared first on Mexico News Daily

Keeping astronauts healthy in space isn’t easy − new training programs will prepare students to perform medicine while thousands of miles away from Earth

Space medicine professionals in training consult with each other during a simulation exercise. Katya Arquilla In the coming decade, more people will go to space than ever before as human spaceflight enters a new era. NASA, the European Space Agency and other governmental agencies are partnering to develop crewed missions beyond the Moon. At the same time, these agencies are collaborating with private companies using new technologies to drive down the price of space exploration. Companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin and Sierra Space have developed vehicles with reusable boosters, automated flight systems and lightweight materials to support these deep space missions . Some even have ambitions of their own to build private space stations, Moon bases or mining operations in the coming decades. But as these technologies and partnerships rapidly make spaceflight more accessible, new challenges emerge. For one, maintaining the health and performance of an astronaut crew. My team of researchers and educators at the University of Colorado and others around the world are looking to address this issue. With spaceflight set to expand, astronauts will need access to medical care over longer voyages and on commercial flights. Katya Arquilla Emerging medical challenges in space NASA astronauts are some of the most accomplished people on the planet, and they’re some of the healthiest. Astronauts undergo extensive medical and psychological testing that in one study disqualified 26% of final-round applicants . This rigorous screening and testing process effectively limits the chance of a medical event occurring during a mission. But as spaceflight becomes more accessible, astronaut crews on commercial missions will likely make up the majority of space travelers in the coming years. Private missions will be short and stay in a close orbit around Earth in the near term, but private crews will likely have less training and more chronic medical conditions than the professional astronauts currently living and working in space. While experiments aboard the International Space Station have extensively studied the normal physiological changes occurring to the human system in weightlessness, there is limited to no data about how common chronic diseases such as diabetes or high blood pressure behave in the space environment. During Mars missions, astronauts will be away from Earth for long periods of time, with limited access to medical resources. CU/LASP EMM/EXI ITF/Kevin M. Gill , CC BY This industry boom is also creating opportunities for long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars. Because of the length of missions and the distance from Earth, professional astronauts on these missions will experience prolonged weightlessness, leading to bone and muscle loss, communication delays of a few seconds up to 40 minutes, and extreme isolation for months to years at a time. Crews must function autonomously, while being exposed to new hazards such as lunar or Martian dust. Because of the fuel required for these missions, resources will be limited to the lowest mass and volume possible. As a result, mission planners will need to make difficult decisions to determine what supplies are truly necessary in advance, with limited or unavailable resupply opportunities for food, water and medicine. In space, for example, radiation and humidity inside a spacecraft can cause medications to deteriorate more quickly and become unavailable or even toxic to crew members. Crews on the space station have access to a flight surgeon at Mission Control to help manage medical care in the same way telehealth is used on Earth. Crews on distant planets, however, will need to perform medical care or procedures autonomously. In the event of a medical emergency, crews may not be able to evacuate to Earth. Unlike the space station, where medical evacuations to Earth can occur in less than 24 hours, lunar evacuations may take weeks . Evacuations from Mars may not be possible for months or even years. Put simply, the current approaches to medical care in spaceflight will not meet the needs of future commercial and professional astronauts. Researchers will need to develop new technologies and novel training approaches to prepare future providers to treat medical conditions in space. The current leaders in space medicine are either experts in aerospace engineering or in medicine, but rarely do experts have formal training or a complete understanding of both fields. And these disciplines often can’t speak each other’s language both literally and figuratively. Training the next generation To meet the evolving demands of human spaceflight, educators and universities are looking to develop a way to train specialists who understand both the limitations of the human body and the constraints of engineering design. Some schools and hospitals, such as the University of Texas Medical Branch , have residency training programs for medical school graduates in aerospace medicine. Others, such as UCLA and Massachusetts General Hospital , have specialty training programs in space medicine, but these currently target fully trained emergency medicine physicians. My team at the University of Colorado has created a program that integrates human physiology and engineering principles to train medical students to think like engineers. The University of Colorado brings students to the desert to simulate a lunar base. Students work together to solve simulated medical issues that might occur during a space mission. Katya Arquilla This program aims to help students understand human health and performance in the spaceflight environment. It approaches these topics from an engineering design and constraints perspective to find solutions to the challenges astronauts will face. One of our most popular classes is called Mars in Simulated Surface Environments . This class puts students through engineering and medical scenarios in a simulated Mars environment in the Utah desert. Students deal with the challenges of working and providing care while wearing a spacesuit and on a desolate Mars-like landscape. The stress of the simulations can feel real to the students, and they learn to apply their combined skill sets to care for their fellow crew members. Educational programs like these and others aim to create cross-trained specialists who understand both patient care and the procedural nature of engineering design and can merge the two, whether for space tourists in orbit or as a pioneer to the surface of another planet. A new period of spaceflight is here, and these programs are already training experts to make space accessible and safe. Arian Anderson works for the University of Colorado School of Medicine

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Keeping astronauts healthy in space isn’t easy − new training programs will prepare students to perform medicine while thousands of miles away from Earth. Space medicine professionals in training consult with each other during a simulation exercise. Katya Arquilla In the coming decade, more people will go to space than ever before as human spaceflight enters a new era. NASA, the European Space Agency and other governmental agencies are partnering to develop crewed missions beyond the Moon. At the same time, these agencies are collaborating with private companies using new technologies to drive down the price of space exploration. Companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin and Sierra Space have developed vehicles with reusable boosters, automated flight systems and lightweight materials to support these deep space missions . Some even have ambitions of their own to build private space stations, Moon bases or mining operations in the coming decades. But as these technologies and partnerships rapidly make spaceflight more accessible, new challenges emerge. For one, maintaining the health and performance of an astronaut crew. My team of researchers and educators at the University of Colorado and others around the world are looking to address this issue. With spaceflight set to expand, astronauts will need access to medical care over longer voyages and on commercial flights. Katya Arquilla Emerging medical challenges in space NASA astronauts are some of the most accomplished people on the planet, and they’re some of the healthiest. Astronauts undergo extensive medical and psychological testing that in one study disqualified 26% of final-round applicants . This rigorous screening and testing process effectively limits the chance of a medical event occurring during a mission. But as spaceflight becomes more accessible, astronaut crews on commercial missions will likely make up the majority of space travelers in the coming years. Private missions will be short and stay in a close orbit around Earth in the near term, but private crews will likely have less training and more chronic medical conditions than the professional astronauts currently living and working in space. While experiments aboard the International Space Station have extensively studied the normal physiological changes occurring to the human system in weightlessness, there is limited to no data about how common chronic diseases such as diabetes or high blood pressure behave in the space environment. During Mars missions, astronauts will be away from Earth for long periods of time, with limited access to medical resources. CU/LASP EMM/EXI ITF/Kevin M. Gill , CC BY This industry boom is also creating opportunities for long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars. Because of the length of missions and the distance from Earth, professional astronauts on these missions will experience prolonged weightlessness, leading to bone and muscle loss, communication delays of a few seconds up to 40 minutes, and extreme isolation for months to years at a time. Crews must function autonomously, while being exposed to new hazards such as lunar or Martian dust. Because of the fuel required for these missions, resources will be limited to the lowest mass and volume possible. As a result, mission planners will need to make difficult decisions to determine what supplies are truly necessary in advance, with limited or unavailable resupply opportunities for food, water and medicine. In space, for example, radiation and humidity inside a spacecraft can cause medications to deteriorate more quickly and become unavailable or even toxic to crew members. Crews on the space station have access to a flight surgeon at Mission Control to help manage medical care in the same way telehealth is used on Earth. Crews on distant planets, however, will need to perform medical care or procedures autonomously. In the event of a medical emergency, crews may not be able to evacuate to Earth. Unlike the space station, where medical evacuations to Earth can occur in less than 24 hours, lunar evacuations may take weeks . Evacuations from Mars may not be possible for months or even years. Put simply, the current approaches to medical care in spaceflight will not meet the needs of future commercial and professional astronauts. Researchers will need to develop new technologies and novel training approaches to prepare future providers to treat medical conditions in space. The current leaders in space medicine are either experts in aerospace engineering or in medicine, but rarely do experts have formal training or a complete understanding of both fields. And these disciplines often can’t speak each other’s language both literally and figuratively. Training the next generation To meet the evolving demands of human spaceflight, educators and universities are looking to develop a way to train specialists who understand both the limitations of the human body and the constraints of engineering design. Some schools and hospitals, such as the University of Texas Medical Branch , have residency training programs for medical school graduates in aerospace medicine. Others, such as UCLA and Massachusetts General Hospital , have specialty training programs in space medicine, but these currently target fully trained emergency medicine physicians. My team at the University of Colorado has created a program that integrates human physiology and engineering principles to train medical students to think like engineers. The University of Colorado brings students to the desert to simulate a lunar base. Students work together to solve simulated medical issues that might occur during a space mission. Katya Arquilla This program aims to help students understand human health and performance in the spaceflight environment. It approaches these topics from an engineering design and constraints perspective to find solutions to the challenges astronauts will face. One of our most popular classes is called Mars in Simulated Surface Environments . This class puts students through engineering and medical scenarios in a simulated Mars environment in the Utah desert. Students deal with the challenges of working and providing care while wearing a spacesuit and on a desolate Mars-like landscape. The stress of the simulations can feel real to the students, and they learn to apply their combined skill sets to care for their fellow crew members. Educational programs like these and others aim to create cross-trained specialists who understand both patient care and the procedural nature of engineering design and can merge the two, whether for space tourists in orbit or as a pioneer to the surface of another planet. A new period of spaceflight is here, and these programs are already training experts to make space accessible and safe. Arian Anderson works for the University of Colorado School of Medicine

Trudeau accuses Liberal premier opposing carbon tax of bowing to political pressure

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing of Liberal Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey of bowing to "political pressure" in coming out against the looming carbon tax price increase. Speaking in Montreal, CTV News asked Trudeau about his comment earlier in the week that political leaders in Canada who are against the federal government's price on pollution are "short-term thinker politicians" and whether he thought that moniker also applied to Furey. Furey sent the prime minister a letter this week calling on Trudeau to pause next month's carbon tax hike until inflation and interest rates stabilize and cost of living concerns "sufficiently cool." Capital Dispatch: Sign up for in-depth political coverage of Parliament Hill April's tax increase to $80 from $65 per tonne of carbon emissions is part of a series of hikes, with a coinciding increase to the national rebate plan. "I think Mr. Furey is continuing to bow to political pressure," Trudeau said. "I think Canadians in Newfoundland and Labrador, and right across the country, expect their governments to do the right thing, and the right thing right now is not just fighting climate change," the prime minister continued. "It's about being there to support Canadians during this affordability crisis and the Canada Carbon Rebate helps out 80 per cent of Canadians with more money than they pay in terms of a price on pollution." The prime minister—continuing to defend his government's central climate change policy amid cross-Canada pressure from premiers and the Official Opposition to pause or altogether eradiate the program—called the Liberal carbon price and refund system "basic math." Lamenting that "nobody is talking about" the quarterly rebate component of the federal fuel charge, Trudeau said those who are heeding to the pressure from folks worried about the cost of living are not considering that cancelling the carbon tax or scrapping the scheduled hike "would actually mean less money" in Canadians' pockets. Crab meat, fish cakes in luggage that was delayed for several days, traveller gets $780 from Flair Airlines Victims of 'suspicious' house fire last week identified as family of 3 from Brampton, Ont. A multi-faith funeral service for the victims of Ottawa's mass killing is set to take place Sunday at 1 p.m. Sask. teachers announce more job action after province rejects request for third party arbitrator Pope Francis reflects on life and mortality in memoir Pope Francis, at 87 and increasingly weak and wobbly, takes a trip down memory lane and speaks of his hopes for the Roman Catholic Church's future in a new book reflecting on his life and its intersection with major world events. Fulton County DA Fani Willis must step aside or remove special prosecutor in Trump case, judge says 'Prophet' charged in Zimbabwe court after police say his sect used 251 children as workers The first ship to use a new sea route approaches Gaza with 200 tons of aid Canada reduces diplomatic footprint in Haiti citing 'volatile' environment Migrants lacking passports must now submit to facial recognition to board flights in U.S. SpaceX's successful Starship launch 'great news for space travel,' expert says Crab meat, fish cakes in luggage that was delayed for several days, traveller gets $780 from Flair Airlines Alcaraz survives bee swarm to buzz Zverev. Sinner goes to 16-0 to reach Indian Wells semifinals

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Trudeau accuses Liberal premier opposing carbon tax of bowing to political pressure. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing of Liberal Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey of bowing to "political pressure" in coming out against the looming carbon tax price increase. Speaking in Montreal, CTV News asked Trudeau about his comment earlier in the week that political leaders in Canada who are against the federal government's price on pollution are "short-term thinker politicians" and whether he thought that moniker also applied to Furey. Furey sent the prime minister a letter this week calling on Trudeau to pause next month's carbon tax hike until inflation and interest rates stabilize and cost of living concerns "sufficiently cool." Capital Dispatch: Sign up for in-depth political coverage of Parliament Hill April's tax increase to $80 from $65 per tonne of carbon emissions is part of a series of hikes, with a coinciding increase to the national rebate plan. "I think Mr. Furey is continuing to bow to political pressure," Trudeau said. "I think Canadians in Newfoundland and Labrador, and right across the country, expect their governments to do the right thing, and the right thing right now is not just fighting climate change," the prime minister continued. "It's about being there to support Canadians during this affordability crisis and the Canada Carbon Rebate helps out 80 per cent of Canadians with more money than they pay in terms of a price on pollution." The prime minister—continuing to defend his government's central climate change policy amid cross-Canada pressure from premiers and the Official Opposition to pause or altogether eradiate the program—called the Liberal carbon price and refund system "basic math." Lamenting that "nobody is talking about" the quarterly rebate component of the federal fuel charge, Trudeau said those who are heeding to the pressure from folks worried about the cost of living are not considering that cancelling the carbon tax or scrapping the scheduled hike "would actually mean less money" in Canadians' pockets. Crab meat, fish cakes in luggage that was delayed for several days, traveller gets $780 from Flair Airlines Victims of 'suspicious' house fire last week identified as family of 3 from Brampton, Ont. A multi-faith funeral service for the victims of Ottawa's mass killing is set to take place Sunday at 1 p.m. Sask. teachers announce more job action after province rejects request for third party arbitrator Pope Francis reflects on life and mortality in memoir Pope Francis, at 87 and increasingly weak and wobbly, takes a trip down memory lane and speaks of his hopes for the Roman Catholic Church's future in a new book reflecting on his life and its intersection with major world events. Fulton County DA Fani Willis must step aside or remove special prosecutor in Trump case, judge says 'Prophet' charged in Zimbabwe court after police say his sect used 251 children as workers The first ship to use a new sea route approaches Gaza with 200 tons of aid Canada reduces diplomatic footprint in Haiti citing 'volatile' environment Migrants lacking passports must now submit to facial recognition to board flights in U.S. SpaceX's successful Starship launch 'great news for space travel,' expert says Crab meat, fish cakes in luggage that was delayed for several days, traveller gets $780 from Flair Airlines Alcaraz survives bee swarm to buzz Zverev. Sinner goes to 16-0 to reach Indian Wells semifinals

Who are the leaders taking part in BBC Scotland's election debate?

He took over the role after an uncontested leadership election in April to replace Humza Yousaf, who stood down after he ended the party's cooperation agreement with the Scottish Greens. Long regarded as one of the party's heavyweights, Mr Swinney is a lifelong Nationalist who joined the party as a teenager and has been an MSP since the Scottish parliament was formed in 1999. The 60-year-old served in a number of key government positions under both Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon, including a nine-year tenure as finance secretary and five years as education secretary. He also spent nearly a decade as deputy first minister, before moving to the backbenches when Nicola Sturgeon stood down as SNP leader last year. At the time Mr Swinney declined to run in the leadership election to replace her, but returned to frontline politics when Mr Yousaf resigned, saying he felt re-energised. His previous stint as party leader came with the SNP in opposition from 2000 until 2004, and he stood down from the post after disappointing results at European elections. Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross made a surprise announcement on Monday. He plans to leave the role after the UK General Election on 4 July. Mr Ross has been in post for four years, and been the leader of the opposition at Holyrood since his election as an MSP in 2021. He previously spent time as an MSP in 2016 after being elected via the list system, and then switched to Westminster when he won the Moray seat in the 2017 general election, unseating the SNP's Angus Robertson. He retained his House of Commons seat in the 2019 election, and spent several months as a Scotland Office minister in Boris Johnson's government - a role he quit in protest over Mr Johnson's chief of staff Dominic Cummings breaching covid guidelines on his infamous trip to Barnard Castle. However, Mr Ross soon won the Tory leadership in Scotland after Jackson Carlaw resigned, and he returned to Holyrood in 2021, once again via the list system. He had originally promised that he would stand down as an MP to focus on Holyrood but reneged on that choice in controversial circumstances, and will be standing for the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat. Aside from his political career, Mr Ross is also well known for serving as a linesman at Scottish and international fixtures - a role that has brought criticism politically and regular opprobrium from the stands. Anas Sarwar took over as Scottish Labour leader in 2021, when he defeated Monica Lennon in a leadership contest caused by the resignation of Richard Leonard. Mr Sarwar has family ties to the party, as his father Chaudhry was an MP for more than a decade, winning the Glasgow Govan seat in 1997 and then taking the newly formed Glasgow Central constituency four years later. When he stepped down in 2010, Anas Sarwar then won the seat and represented the area until 2014. He became an MSP in 2016. His first tilt at the party leadership was unsuccessful, as Mr Sarwar, considered a centrist in the party, lost to Richard Leonard - a left-wing Corbynite and the man he would later replace in 2021. At that year's Scottish election Labour suffered their worst result since devolution began, but Mr Sarwar was returned to Holyrood on the list. Since then he has overseen an upswing in Labour's fortunes at the polls, including the party winning the Following several prior unsuccessful attempts he entered Holyrood in 2016 when he won the Edinburgh Western seat, which he went on to retain in the 2021 election. Later that year he was unopposed in the party's leadership election, which came after the party was reduced to four seats in the Holyrood election, despite Mr Rennie's regular and often ridiculous photo opportunities. Earlier this year Mr Cole-Hamilton told BBC Scotland News he had been Unlike every other party taking part in the debate, the Scottish Greens have two leaders - Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater. Mr Harvie has been involved at the higher levels of Green politics for the longer of the duo, serving as an MSP since 2003 and as the party's co-convenor for more than a decade, from 2008 onwards. When the party legislation was changed in 2019 the co-convenors roles were replaced by co-leaders, with Mr Harvie taking one of the newly created posts. However, his previous co-convenor, Maggie Chapman was replaced by Ms Slater, who at the time was not an MSP.

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Who are the leaders taking part in BBC Scotland's election debate?. He took over the role after an uncontested leadership election in April to replace Humza Yousaf, who stood down after he ended the party's cooperation agreement with the Scottish Greens. Long regarded as one of the party's heavyweights, Mr Swinney is a lifelong Nationalist who joined the party as a teenager and has been an MSP since the Scottish parliament was formed in 1999. The 60-year-old served in a number of key government positions under both Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon, including a nine-year tenure as finance secretary and five years as education secretary. He also spent nearly a decade as deputy first minister, before moving to the backbenches when Nicola Sturgeon stood down as SNP leader last year. At the time Mr Swinney declined to run in the leadership election to replace her, but returned to frontline politics when Mr Yousaf resigned, saying he felt re-energised. His previous stint as party leader came with the SNP in opposition from 2000 until 2004, and he stood down from the post after disappointing results at European elections. Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross made a surprise announcement on Monday. He plans to leave the role after the UK General Election on 4 July. Mr Ross has been in post for four years, and been the leader of the opposition at Holyrood since his election as an MSP in 2021. He previously spent time as an MSP in 2016 after being elected via the list system, and then switched to Westminster when he won the Moray seat in the 2017 general election, unseating the SNP's Angus Robertson. He retained his House of Commons seat in the 2019 election, and spent several months as a Scotland Office minister in Boris Johnson's government - a role he quit in protest over Mr Johnson's chief of staff Dominic Cummings breaching covid guidelines on his infamous trip to Barnard Castle. However, Mr Ross soon won the Tory leadership in Scotland after Jackson Carlaw resigned, and he returned to Holyrood in 2021, once again via the list system. He had originally promised that he would stand down as an MP to focus on Holyrood but reneged on that choice in controversial circumstances, and will be standing for the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat. Aside from his political career, Mr Ross is also well known for serving as a linesman at Scottish and international fixtures - a role that has brought criticism politically and regular opprobrium from the stands. Anas Sarwar took over as Scottish Labour leader in 2021, when he defeated Monica Lennon in a leadership contest caused by the resignation of Richard Leonard. Mr Sarwar has family ties to the party, as his father Chaudhry was an MP for more than a decade, winning the Glasgow Govan seat in 1997 and then taking the newly formed Glasgow Central constituency four years later. When he stepped down in 2010, Anas Sarwar then won the seat and represented the area until 2014. He became an MSP in 2016. His first tilt at the party leadership was unsuccessful, as Mr Sarwar, considered a centrist in the party, lost to Richard Leonard - a left-wing Corbynite and the man he would later replace in 2021. At that year's Scottish election Labour suffered their worst result since devolution began, but Mr Sarwar was returned to Holyrood on the list. Since then he has overseen an upswing in Labour's fortunes at the polls, including the party winning the Following several prior unsuccessful attempts he entered Holyrood in 2016 when he won the Edinburgh Western seat, which he went on to retain in the 2021 election. Later that year he was unopposed in the party's leadership election, which came after the party was reduced to four seats in the Holyrood election, despite Mr Rennie's regular and often ridiculous photo opportunities. Earlier this year Mr Cole-Hamilton told BBC Scotland News he had been Unlike every other party taking part in the debate, the Scottish Greens have two leaders - Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater. Mr Harvie has been involved at the higher levels of Green politics for the longer of the duo, serving as an MSP since 2003 and as the party's co-convenor for more than a decade, from 2008 onwards. When the party legislation was changed in 2019 the co-convenors roles were replaced by co-leaders, with Mr Harvie taking one of the newly created posts. However, his previous co-convenor, Maggie Chapman was replaced by Ms Slater, who at the time was not an MSP.

Agents of Mystery review – a gameshow that is pure escapist joy

T hree people are about to become human sacrifices! Who can possibly save them? How about a comedian, a singer and an actor? If they can work together to crack a code and open a locked door, disaster might just be averted. Agents of Mystery is, like last year's Zombieverse, an immersive Korean game show with celebrity contestants where enjoyably silly dramas unspool and the famous people, who don't know what's coming, must improvise to keep up. This one, though, has a more obvious influence in real-life leisure trends. The six stars – comedians Lee Yong-jin and Lee Eun-ji, singers Karina and John Park, and actors Lee Hye-ri and Kim Do-hoon – enter enclosed spaces that contain a mystery or a puzzle, the solution to which allows access to another place with another enigma to crack. It's basically a series of televised escape rooms, with famous people as participants. You're a celebrity, get yourself out of there. Production values are a mix of high and low. Every individual moment is pretty basic: there's a switch hidden in a hole in the wall, or a padlock needs to be opened and there's a big bunch of keys to work through to find the one that works. The scale of the operation is impressive: the celebs spend three 50-minute episodes on each of two adventures, so the stories they're dropped into are complex. For the first, the producers have got hold of an abandoned warehouse or factory and decked it out as a collection of rooms encircling a grand hall, inhabited by scores of extras in white hoods and cloaks. Having supposedly signed up to work for the X Investigation Network, the stars are tasked with infiltrating a human-sacrifice cult to rescue three women who share the same birthday. When the players get to the spooky premises, there are instruments of torture lying around and mysterious hieroglyphs written on walls in dripping blood. Religious symbols abound and creepy-crawlies are a recurring theme. Before long there's a man on a leash pretending to be a dog who has a clue written on his face. They're vividly realised, but you're not meant to take these horror motifs at all seriously. Agents of Mystery is pure, lighthearted fun. Perhaps it's the language barrier, perhaps it's the distance, but Korean celebrities in shows like this always seem so much more cheerful and wholesome than their British equivalents would be. The gang never seems to include an arms-folded, take-me-as-you-find-me antagonist whose plain speaking is really just rudeness, or an ageing contrarian whose most succinct and truthful bio would simply read "bigot". There's nothing but supportive bonhomie, good-natured ribbing and confidence-building compliments, exchanged by nice high-achievers with bright eyes and wide smiles. It's cleansing. They also come across as smarter than their UK counterparts. It is hard to imagine, say, Nick Knowles, Josh Widdicombe and Dani Dyer working together to deduce that the random symbols they are looking at not only form a cipher, but one that conceals words in a foreign language – but that's the turning point of episode one of Agents of Mystery, when the assorted comedians, actors and singers correctly identify the hieroglyphs as representing English letters. This allows them to spell out a phrase, which gives them the password to a laptop, which plays them a video containing instructions on how to access a hidden room. You must, of course, dispel the suspicion that lingers over any show like this, which is that filming is regularly stopped so that the producers can give the cast hints. These contestants are game enough to sell the fiction, and the show helps them by neatly undercutting our expectations early on. Having received their initial briefing, the six investigators are invited into the Teleport Chamber, a lift-sized room with rickety sliding doors. They and we expect a few flashing lights, another set of sliding doors and a different set on the other side, but instead the whole edifice blares and judders, to the cast's surprise, before depositing them back through the same doors on to a set that's magically changed. "I thought they'd just edit it and have us go, 'Wow, teleportation!'" says John Park, reflecting on this revelatory experience. They obviously did just edit it, but it's nice when the artifice has had a bit of extra effort put into it. skip past newsletter promotion

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Agents of Mystery review – a gameshow that is pure escapist joy. T hree people are about to become human sacrifices! Who can possibly save them? How about a comedian, a singer and an actor? If they can work together to crack a code and open a locked door, disaster might just be averted. Agents of Mystery is, like last year's Zombieverse, an immersive Korean game show with celebrity contestants where enjoyably silly dramas unspool and the famous people, who don't know what's coming, must improvise to keep up. This one, though, has a more obvious influence in real-life leisure trends. The six stars – comedians Lee Yong-jin and Lee Eun-ji, singers Karina and John Park, and actors Lee Hye-ri and Kim Do-hoon – enter enclosed spaces that contain a mystery or a puzzle, the solution to which allows access to another place with another enigma to crack. It's basically a series of televised escape rooms, with famous people as participants. You're a celebrity, get yourself out of there. Production values are a mix of high and low. Every individual moment is pretty basic: there's a switch hidden in a hole in the wall, or a padlock needs to be opened and there's a big bunch of keys to work through to find the one that works. The scale of the operation is impressive: the celebs spend three 50-minute episodes on each of two adventures, so the stories they're dropped into are complex. For the first, the producers have got hold of an abandoned warehouse or factory and decked it out as a collection of rooms encircling a grand hall, inhabited by scores of extras in white hoods and cloaks. Having supposedly signed up to work for the X Investigation Network, the stars are tasked with infiltrating a human-sacrifice cult to rescue three women who share the same birthday. When the players get to the spooky premises, there are instruments of torture lying around and mysterious hieroglyphs written on walls in dripping blood. Religious symbols abound and creepy-crawlies are a recurring theme. Before long there's a man on a leash pretending to be a dog who has a clue written on his face. They're vividly realised, but you're not meant to take these horror motifs at all seriously. Agents of Mystery is pure, lighthearted fun. Perhaps it's the language barrier, perhaps it's the distance, but Korean celebrities in shows like this always seem so much more cheerful and wholesome than their British equivalents would be. The gang never seems to include an arms-folded, take-me-as-you-find-me antagonist whose plain speaking is really just rudeness, or an ageing contrarian whose most succinct and truthful bio would simply read "bigot". There's nothing but supportive bonhomie, good-natured ribbing and confidence-building compliments, exchanged by nice high-achievers with bright eyes and wide smiles. It's cleansing. They also come across as smarter than their UK counterparts. It is hard to imagine, say, Nick Knowles, Josh Widdicombe and Dani Dyer working together to deduce that the random symbols they are looking at not only form a cipher, but one that conceals words in a foreign language – but that's the turning point of episode one of Agents of Mystery, when the assorted comedians, actors and singers correctly identify the hieroglyphs as representing English letters. This allows them to spell out a phrase, which gives them the password to a laptop, which plays them a video containing instructions on how to access a hidden room. You must, of course, dispel the suspicion that lingers over any show like this, which is that filming is regularly stopped so that the producers can give the cast hints. These contestants are game enough to sell the fiction, and the show helps them by neatly undercutting our expectations early on. Having received their initial briefing, the six investigators are invited into the Teleport Chamber, a lift-sized room with rickety sliding doors. They and we expect a few flashing lights, another set of sliding doors and a different set on the other side, but instead the whole edifice blares and judders, to the cast's surprise, before depositing them back through the same doors on to a set that's magically changed. "I thought they'd just edit it and have us go, 'Wow, teleportation!'" says John Park, reflecting on this revelatory experience. They obviously did just edit it, but it's nice when the artifice has had a bit of extra effort put into it. skip past newsletter promotion

PC government ignoring First Nations’ support for mining moratoriums, says chief

A button — featuring Premier Doug Ford on a bulldozer — was unveiled by the Cat Lake First Nation at the Chiefs of Ontario conference in November. It represents the First Nation’s “unwavering commitment to defending their land and culture.” The conflict between the PC government’s mining ambitions and Indigenous communities seems set to escalate after multiple resolutions supporting restrictions on mining-related activity on First Nations territories were endorsed at the Chiefs of Ontario’s (COO) general assembly in November. One resolution called on the province to implement a one-year moratorium on registering new mining claims within First Nation traditional territories via Ontario’s Mining Lands Administration System (MLAS) and directs the COO to conduct a “technical review” of the impacts of the MLAS system on First Nations and their rights, as well as the use of mining claims for “purposes other than mining.” The COO also passed a motion endorsing Cat Lake First Nation’s own moratorium on mining exploration and winter road construction. The moratorium is aimed at blocking First Mining Gold’s proposed Springpole Project gold mine — which would involve draining part of a lake in their territory and turning it into an open-pit mine — until the First Nation and its neighbours complete internal discussions on whether to consent to the project. Meanwhile, the province indicated last month that it is considering granting the company a permit to build and maintain a winter road to the project for the next five years. The company has already been granted a shorter permit for a winter road to the Springpole site, which is normally accessible only by float plane, for this year. Cat Lake First Nation Chief Russell Wesley argues the PC government’s signalled support for the permit ignores the will of his community and the collective desires of First Nations demonstrated by the endorsement of the moratorium motion at the November assembly. “I don’t take any offence to the company wanting a permit, this is a normal thing, but what I do take offence to is that there is a moratorium and now a resolution that has gone to the relevant ministers and the premier’s office,” he told Queen’s Park Today . Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford and Mines Minister George Pirie ’s offices did not respond to a request for comment. An unwelcome Christmas present On December 22, the Ministry of Natural Resources sent a letter updating Cat Lake on an application from First Mining Gold for a five-year permit to build and maintain a winter access road to the Springpole site. “This is not a Christmas present anyone would want,” said Wesley. Wesley, who has said he is willing to risk arrest to block the Springpole Project if it proceeds without his community’s consent, said that after receiving the letter he directed his administration to develop an “action plan on occupation,” but his staff talked him down, arguing such action would be premature. Instead, the community sent out a press release accusing the PCs of making a “decision [that] sends a clear message to Cat Lake First Nation that our consent and concerns hold no weight with Ontario in matters concerning our own territory.” The natural resources ministry said its letter does not mean a final decision on the permit has been made, but was “intended to provide updated information regarding the permit applications that First Mining Gold has submitted.” Consultations are still ongoing, the ministry added, and a meeting with Cat Lake is scheduled for January 17. A foregone conclusion For Wesley, past experience shows the issuance of the permit is inevitable and that the government’s consultation with First Nations involves little more than completing a checklist on a foregone decision. “Checkmark, thank you very much. On to the next phase. It’s so typical, the letter is just a procedure,” he scoffed, adding that the Ring of Fire consultations are being carried out in much the same way. “I get emails all the time for Ring of Fire permits. They just send out blanket permit emails.” Wesley’s perception has been reinforced by indications that First Mining Gold has already begun hiring contractors to build the road. One Sioux Lookout contractor interested in the project even called the First Nation about it, the chief said. “He was verifying what First Mining Gold was telling them — that they were on the verge of getting the necessary permit to build this winter road,” said Wesley. First Mining Gold did not respond to a request for comment. The post PC government ignoring First Nations’ support for mining moratoriums, says chief appeared first on Politics Today .

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PC government ignoring First Nations’ support for mining moratoriums, says chief. A button — featuring Premier Doug Ford on a bulldozer — was unveiled by the Cat Lake First Nation at the Chiefs of Ontario conference in November. It represents the First Nation’s “unwavering commitment to defending their land and culture.” The conflict between the PC government’s mining ambitions and Indigenous communities seems set to escalate after multiple resolutions supporting restrictions on mining-related activity on First Nations territories were endorsed at the Chiefs of Ontario’s (COO) general assembly in November. One resolution called on the province to implement a one-year moratorium on registering new mining claims within First Nation traditional territories via Ontario’s Mining Lands Administration System (MLAS) and directs the COO to conduct a “technical review” of the impacts of the MLAS system on First Nations and their rights, as well as the use of mining claims for “purposes other than mining.” The COO also passed a motion endorsing Cat Lake First Nation’s own moratorium on mining exploration and winter road construction. The moratorium is aimed at blocking First Mining Gold’s proposed Springpole Project gold mine — which would involve draining part of a lake in their territory and turning it into an open-pit mine — until the First Nation and its neighbours complete internal discussions on whether to consent to the project. Meanwhile, the province indicated last month that it is considering granting the company a permit to build and maintain a winter road to the project for the next five years. The company has already been granted a shorter permit for a winter road to the Springpole site, which is normally accessible only by float plane, for this year. Cat Lake First Nation Chief Russell Wesley argues the PC government’s signalled support for the permit ignores the will of his community and the collective desires of First Nations demonstrated by the endorsement of the moratorium motion at the November assembly. “I don’t take any offence to the company wanting a permit, this is a normal thing, but what I do take offence to is that there is a moratorium and now a resolution that has gone to the relevant ministers and the premier’s office,” he told Queen’s Park Today . Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford and Mines Minister George Pirie ’s offices did not respond to a request for comment. An unwelcome Christmas present On December 22, the Ministry of Natural Resources sent a letter updating Cat Lake on an application from First Mining Gold for a five-year permit to build and maintain a winter access road to the Springpole site. “This is not a Christmas present anyone would want,” said Wesley. Wesley, who has said he is willing to risk arrest to block the Springpole Project if it proceeds without his community’s consent, said that after receiving the letter he directed his administration to develop an “action plan on occupation,” but his staff talked him down, arguing such action would be premature. Instead, the community sent out a press release accusing the PCs of making a “decision [that] sends a clear message to Cat Lake First Nation that our consent and concerns hold no weight with Ontario in matters concerning our own territory.” The natural resources ministry said its letter does not mean a final decision on the permit has been made, but was “intended to provide updated information regarding the permit applications that First Mining Gold has submitted.” Consultations are still ongoing, the ministry added, and a meeting with Cat Lake is scheduled for January 17. A foregone conclusion For Wesley, past experience shows the issuance of the permit is inevitable and that the government’s consultation with First Nations involves little more than completing a checklist on a foregone decision. “Checkmark, thank you very much. On to the next phase. It’s so typical, the letter is just a procedure,” he scoffed, adding that the Ring of Fire consultations are being carried out in much the same way. “I get emails all the time for Ring of Fire permits. They just send out blanket permit emails.” Wesley’s perception has been reinforced by indications that First Mining Gold has already begun hiring contractors to build the road. One Sioux Lookout contractor interested in the project even called the First Nation about it, the chief said. “He was verifying what First Mining Gold was telling them — that they were on the verge of getting the necessary permit to build this winter road,” said Wesley. First Mining Gold did not respond to a request for comment. The post PC government ignoring First Nations’ support for mining moratoriums, says chief appeared first on Politics Today .

Guelph, Ont. high school choir sings at Foreigner concert

High school students from Guelph, Ont. had the chance to perform with a legendary rock band on Friday night. Members of the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (GCVI) chamber choir joined Foreigner to sing "I Want to Know What Love Is" on the Budweiser Stage in Toronto. This was actually the third time the choir has sung with Foreigner, but the last concert was in 2019. So, like the band's 1977 song "Feels Like the First Time," for these students it was a novel experience. Lane Osborne, the choir's director, credits the entire band for giving students a night they'll never forget. But she gives a special shout out to Jeff Pilson, the bass player, whom she calls a calls a "champion in the band for music education." The GCVI choir is now shifting its attention to their next big performances with another big rock band. On July 2 and 3, they'll sing "California Stars" and "Cruel Country" with Wilco at Massey Hall in Toronto. Those shows are part of a growing list of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities organized by the school's music program. Last year, the choir also took the stage at Carnegie Hall. Canadian acting legend Donald Sutherland dies at 88, son Kiefer says Donald Sutherland, the New Brunswick-born acting legend with the distinct baritone voice and prolific stage and screen career that inspired sons Kiefer and Rossif to pursue the craft, has died. Northern Ont. neighbourhood evacuated after live explosive devices from the Second World War found There were some tense moments in northern Ontario on Wednesday after several Second World War-era explosive devices were found earlier this week. Rebel News claims ownership of van that displayed billboard that police have called 'Islamophobic' Rebel News has claimed ownership of the cube van currently under investigation by the Toronto police hate crimes unit. American Airlines CEO says the removal of several Black passengers from a flight was 'unacceptable' 'I expect more': NATO head on Canada's need to increase defence spending NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he expects more from Canada when it comes to defence spending. Calls for change to B.C.'s child protection system after disturbing case of neglect Calgary woman looking for 'her angel Natalie' who saved her life Ont. mother loses $6K during Facebook marketplace transaction Rapper Travis Scott arrested for disorderly intoxication, trespassing early Thursday

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Guelph, Ont. high school choir sings at Foreigner concert. High school students from Guelph, Ont. had the chance to perform with a legendary rock band on Friday night. Members of the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (GCVI) chamber choir joined Foreigner to sing "I Want to Know What Love Is" on the Budweiser Stage in Toronto. This was actually the third time the choir has sung with Foreigner, but the last concert was in 2019. So, like the band's 1977 song "Feels Like the First Time," for these students it was a novel experience. Lane Osborne, the choir's director, credits the entire band for giving students a night they'll never forget. But she gives a special shout out to Jeff Pilson, the bass player, whom she calls a calls a "champion in the band for music education." The GCVI choir is now shifting its attention to their next big performances with another big rock band. On July 2 and 3, they'll sing "California Stars" and "Cruel Country" with Wilco at Massey Hall in Toronto. Those shows are part of a growing list of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities organized by the school's music program. Last year, the choir also took the stage at Carnegie Hall. Canadian acting legend Donald Sutherland dies at 88, son Kiefer says Donald Sutherland, the New Brunswick-born acting legend with the distinct baritone voice and prolific stage and screen career that inspired sons Kiefer and Rossif to pursue the craft, has died. Northern Ont. neighbourhood evacuated after live explosive devices from the Second World War found There were some tense moments in northern Ontario on Wednesday after several Second World War-era explosive devices were found earlier this week. Rebel News claims ownership of van that displayed billboard that police have called 'Islamophobic' Rebel News has claimed ownership of the cube van currently under investigation by the Toronto police hate crimes unit. American Airlines CEO says the removal of several Black passengers from a flight was 'unacceptable' 'I expect more': NATO head on Canada's need to increase defence spending NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he expects more from Canada when it comes to defence spending. Calls for change to B.C.'s child protection system after disturbing case of neglect Calgary woman looking for 'her angel Natalie' who saved her life Ont. mother loses $6K during Facebook marketplace transaction Rapper Travis Scott arrested for disorderly intoxication, trespassing early Thursday

What to Know About the Supreme Court Immunity Ruling in Trump's 2020 Election Interference Case

Supreme Court's ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. The Supreme Court did not dismiss — as Trump had wanted — the indictment alleging he illegally schemed to cling to power after he lost to President Joe Biden. But the ruling still amounts to a major victory for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, whose legal strategy has focused on delaying the proceedings until after the election. The timing of the trial matters because if Trump defeats Biden, he could appoint an attorney general who would seek the dismissal of this case and the other federal prosecutions he faces. Or Trump could potentially order a pardon for himself. Trump posted in all capital letters on his social media network shortly after the decision was released: "BIG WIN FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY. PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!" In remarks Monday evening, Biden said the court had done a "terrible disservice" to the American people, who he says deserved to know the outcome of the case before they head to the polls. "The American people will have to render a judgment about Donald Trump's behavior," Biden said. "The American people must decide whether Trump's assault on our democracy on Jan. 6 makes him unfit for public office." Here's a look at the ruling and what comes next: The Opinion The court's conservative majority said former presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts that fall within their "exclusive sphere of constitutional authority" and are presumptively entitled to immunity for all official acts. They do not enjoy immunity for unofficial, or private, actions. The ruling means that special counsel Jack Smith cannot proceed with significant allegations in the indictment — or must at least defend their use in future proceedings before the trial judge. The justices, for instance, wiped out Smith's use of allegations that Trump tried to use the investigative power of the Justice Department to undo the election results, holding that his communications with agency officials is plainly protected from prosecution. The justices sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who must now "carefully analyze" whether other allegations involve official conduct for which the president would be immune from prosecution. Among the issues for further analysis is Trump's relentless badgering of then-Vice President Mike Pence to not certify the electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021. The justices said it was "ultimately the Government's burden to rebut the presumption of immunity" in Trump's interactions with Pence. The order also directed additional analysis on the various posts on X, then known as Twitter, that Trump made — as well as a speech he delivered to supporters — in the run-up to the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Determining whether that communication represents official versus unofficial acts, the justices said, "may depend on the content and context of each" and thus needs more scrutiny. The Fake Electors Scheme The justices required fresh fact-finding on one of the more stunning allegations in the indictment — that Trump had participated in a scheme orchestrated by allies to enlist slates of fraudulent electors in battleground states won by Biden who would falsely attest that Trump had won in those states. The Trump team had argued that the selection of alternate electors was in keeping with Trump's presidential interest in the integrity and proper administration of the federal elections and cited as precedent an episode he said took place in the disputed election in 1876. The Smith team, by contrast, portrayed the scheme as a purely private action that implicated no presidential responsibility. The conservative justices in their majority opinion didn't answer the question as to which side was right, instead saying that "determining whose characterization may be correct, and with respect to which conduct, requires a close analysis of the indictment's extensive and interrelated allegations." Unlike Trump's interactions with the Justice Department, the justices said, "this alleged conduct cannot be neatly categorized as falling within a particular Presidential function. The necessary analysis is instead fact specific, requiring assessment of numerous alleged interactions with a wide variety of state officials and private persons." The Dissenters The three liberal justices — Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson — sharply criticized the majority's opinion in scathing dissents. Sotomayor gave a dramatic speech as she read her dissent from the bench, at times shaking her head and gritting her teeth as she said the conservative majority wrongly insulated the U.S. president as "a king above the law." "Ironic isn't it? The man in charge of enforcing laws can now just break them," Sotomayor said. The dissenting justices said the majority decision makes presidents immune from prosecution for acts such as ordering Navy seals to assassinate a political rival, organizing a military coup to hold onto power or accepting a bribe in exchange for a pardon. "Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law," Sotomayor wrote. In a separate dissenting opinion, Jackson said the majority's ruling "breaks new and dangerous ground." "Stated simply: The Court has now declared for the first time in history that the most powerful official in the United States can (under circumstances yet to be fully determined) become a law unto himself," Jackson wrote. The majority opinion accused the liberal justices of "fear mongering" and striking a "tone of chilling doom that is wholly disproportionate to what the court actually does today." What Comes Next The case will now go back to Chutkan. The trial was supposed to have begun in March, but the case has been on hold since December to allow Trump to pursue his appeal. Chutkan had indicated at that time she would likely give the two sides at least three months to get ready for trial once the case returns to her court. That had left the door open to the case potentially going to trial before the election if the Supreme Court — like the lower courts — had ruled that Trump was not immune from prosecution. But the Supreme Court's ruling that Chutkan must conduct further analysis is expected tie the case up for months with legal wrangling over whether the actions in the indictment were official or unofficial. Trump's Other Cases convicted in May of 34 felony counts in his hush money trial in New York and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11. The falsifying business records charges are punishable by up to four years behind bars, but there's no guarantee Trump will get prison time. Other possibilities include fines or probation. It seems almost certain that Trump's two other criminal cases will not go to trial before the election. An appeals court recently halted Trump's Georgia 2020 election interference case while it reviews the lower court judge's ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. No trial date had been set in that case. Trump's lawyers have asserted presidential immunity in that case, though there's been no ruling. Trump was supposed to stand trial starting in May in the other case brought by Smith, over classified documents found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate after he left the White House. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon canceled the trial date as the case got bogged down with legal issues. She has yet to schedule a new one. That case, too, involves a claim by the Trump team of immunity that prosecutors have disputed. Last week, Cannon set the stage further delays by agreeing to revisit a ruling by another judge that permitted crucial evidence related to allegations of obstruction of justice by Trump to be introduced into the case. One of the arguments Cannon has entertained — that Smith was illegally appointed and that the case should be dismissed — got little traction with the Supreme Court. A separate concurrence from Justice Clarence Thomas concluded that Smith's appointment was improper, but no other justice signed onto that.

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What to Know About the Supreme Court Immunity Ruling in Trump's 2020 Election Interference Case. Supreme Court's ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. The Supreme Court did not dismiss — as Trump had wanted — the indictment alleging he illegally schemed to cling to power after he lost to President Joe Biden. But the ruling still amounts to a major victory for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, whose legal strategy has focused on delaying the proceedings until after the election. The timing of the trial matters because if Trump defeats Biden, he could appoint an attorney general who would seek the dismissal of this case and the other federal prosecutions he faces. Or Trump could potentially order a pardon for himself. Trump posted in all capital letters on his social media network shortly after the decision was released: "BIG WIN FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY. PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!" In remarks Monday evening, Biden said the court had done a "terrible disservice" to the American people, who he says deserved to know the outcome of the case before they head to the polls. "The American people will have to render a judgment about Donald Trump's behavior," Biden said. "The American people must decide whether Trump's assault on our democracy on Jan. 6 makes him unfit for public office." Here's a look at the ruling and what comes next: The Opinion The court's conservative majority said former presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts that fall within their "exclusive sphere of constitutional authority" and are presumptively entitled to immunity for all official acts. They do not enjoy immunity for unofficial, or private, actions. The ruling means that special counsel Jack Smith cannot proceed with significant allegations in the indictment — or must at least defend their use in future proceedings before the trial judge. The justices, for instance, wiped out Smith's use of allegations that Trump tried to use the investigative power of the Justice Department to undo the election results, holding that his communications with agency officials is plainly protected from prosecution. The justices sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who must now "carefully analyze" whether other allegations involve official conduct for which the president would be immune from prosecution. Among the issues for further analysis is Trump's relentless badgering of then-Vice President Mike Pence to not certify the electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021. The justices said it was "ultimately the Government's burden to rebut the presumption of immunity" in Trump's interactions with Pence. The order also directed additional analysis on the various posts on X, then known as Twitter, that Trump made — as well as a speech he delivered to supporters — in the run-up to the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Determining whether that communication represents official versus unofficial acts, the justices said, "may depend on the content and context of each" and thus needs more scrutiny. The Fake Electors Scheme The justices required fresh fact-finding on one of the more stunning allegations in the indictment — that Trump had participated in a scheme orchestrated by allies to enlist slates of fraudulent electors in battleground states won by Biden who would falsely attest that Trump had won in those states. The Trump team had argued that the selection of alternate electors was in keeping with Trump's presidential interest in the integrity and proper administration of the federal elections and cited as precedent an episode he said took place in the disputed election in 1876. The Smith team, by contrast, portrayed the scheme as a purely private action that implicated no presidential responsibility. The conservative justices in their majority opinion didn't answer the question as to which side was right, instead saying that "determining whose characterization may be correct, and with respect to which conduct, requires a close analysis of the indictment's extensive and interrelated allegations." Unlike Trump's interactions with the Justice Department, the justices said, "this alleged conduct cannot be neatly categorized as falling within a particular Presidential function. The necessary analysis is instead fact specific, requiring assessment of numerous alleged interactions with a wide variety of state officials and private persons." The Dissenters The three liberal justices — Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson — sharply criticized the majority's opinion in scathing dissents. Sotomayor gave a dramatic speech as she read her dissent from the bench, at times shaking her head and gritting her teeth as she said the conservative majority wrongly insulated the U.S. president as "a king above the law." "Ironic isn't it? The man in charge of enforcing laws can now just break them," Sotomayor said. The dissenting justices said the majority decision makes presidents immune from prosecution for acts such as ordering Navy seals to assassinate a political rival, organizing a military coup to hold onto power or accepting a bribe in exchange for a pardon. "Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law," Sotomayor wrote. In a separate dissenting opinion, Jackson said the majority's ruling "breaks new and dangerous ground." "Stated simply: The Court has now declared for the first time in history that the most powerful official in the United States can (under circumstances yet to be fully determined) become a law unto himself," Jackson wrote. The majority opinion accused the liberal justices of "fear mongering" and striking a "tone of chilling doom that is wholly disproportionate to what the court actually does today." What Comes Next The case will now go back to Chutkan. The trial was supposed to have begun in March, but the case has been on hold since December to allow Trump to pursue his appeal. Chutkan had indicated at that time she would likely give the two sides at least three months to get ready for trial once the case returns to her court. That had left the door open to the case potentially going to trial before the election if the Supreme Court — like the lower courts — had ruled that Trump was not immune from prosecution. But the Supreme Court's ruling that Chutkan must conduct further analysis is expected tie the case up for months with legal wrangling over whether the actions in the indictment were official or unofficial. Trump's Other Cases convicted in May of 34 felony counts in his hush money trial in New York and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11. The falsifying business records charges are punishable by up to four years behind bars, but there's no guarantee Trump will get prison time. Other possibilities include fines or probation. It seems almost certain that Trump's two other criminal cases will not go to trial before the election. An appeals court recently halted Trump's Georgia 2020 election interference case while it reviews the lower court judge's ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. No trial date had been set in that case. Trump's lawyers have asserted presidential immunity in that case, though there's been no ruling. Trump was supposed to stand trial starting in May in the other case brought by Smith, over classified documents found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate after he left the White House. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon canceled the trial date as the case got bogged down with legal issues. She has yet to schedule a new one. That case, too, involves a claim by the Trump team of immunity that prosecutors have disputed. Last week, Cannon set the stage further delays by agreeing to revisit a ruling by another judge that permitted crucial evidence related to allegations of obstruction of justice by Trump to be introduced into the case. One of the arguments Cannon has entertained — that Smith was illegally appointed and that the case should be dismissed — got little traction with the Supreme Court. A separate concurrence from Justice Clarence Thomas concluded that Smith's appointment was improper, but no other justice signed onto that.

Support in Oklahoma for reducing cockfighting penalties rises 20 years after the bloodsport was outlawed

An Oklahoma dog owner watched his excited pet enjoy the snowflakes, run circles in the backyard and get a mad case of the "zoomies." Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002, it wasn't uncommon to see hundreds of spectators packed into small arenas in rural parts of the state to watch roosters, often outfitted with razor-sharp steel blades, fight until a bloody death. More than 20 years after the ban took effect, some worry Oklahoma is starting to waver. A proposal to weaken cockfighting penalties cleared the Oklahoma House. A political action committee is raising money to support farmers who raise game fowl. And in a video since pulled from YouTube, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt recorded a message supporting the group known as the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, saying he would "cheer you on from the sidelines." GOOSE FOUND INSIDE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL HELICOPTER FOLLOWING CRASH THAT KILLED 3 CREW MEMBERS "They've tried to make an official sounding name," said Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action, which two decades ago worked to turn out Oklahoma voters and outlaw the activity. "But they're just a bunch of cockfighters." He said before the ban, rural Oklahoma counties were peppered with cockfighting arenas set up in large barns with stadium-style seating, overhead lights and even concession stands. Events attracted hundreds of spectators, even children and families. After a major event, it wasn't uncommon to see the property littered with dead bird carcasses after fights to the death. "We went from 42 arenas, to. maybe there are 10 or 15 pits in the state," he said. Roosters stand on top of their teepees at Troy Farms on Jan. 23, 2024, in Wilson, Okla. Oklahoma outlawed cockfighting in 2002, but some in the state are now pushing for reduced penalties for the crime. The reemergence of cockfighting as an issue in the Oklahoma Capitol is frustrating opponents who, until recently, considered the matter long settled. Rooster fighting is illegal at the federal level, punishable by up to five years in prison for some offenses. But a spate of recent cockfighting-related arrests in both Oklahoma and elsewhere is also a reminder that the practice has not been eliminated so much as driven underground. Police in Hawaii have vowed to step up enforcement after one of the most serious mass shootings in that state's history happened last year at a cockfight where five people were shot, including two who died. For his part, Stitt said he records dozens of videos each week and didn't give his participation much thought. "Of course, I'm not for gamecock fighting in the state of Oklahoma," he told The Associated Press. But he also suggested he is open to reducing penalties if the state's GOP-controlled Legislature sends him a bill. The video unleashed bipartisan blowback across Oklahoma, including from former Gov. Frank Keating, a fellow Republican. Oklahoma football legend Barry Switzer — whose nickname in the state is simply "The King" after winning three national championships and a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys — also came after Stitt. But the backlash doesn't faze Anthony Devore, head of the Gamefowl Commission, who says his organization has 15,000 members and described them as mostly hard-working rural Oklahomans. His group has raised more than $70,000 to lobby lawmakers and is seeking to replicate the same model in several other conservative Southern states, including in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky and Mississippi. Devore said he and others raise the birds to participate in poultry shows and sell them as breeding stock overseas. While cockfighting is illegal in many countries, it remains legal and popular in some Mexican states, the Philippines and some countries in southeast Asia. "We represent game fowl farmers who breed and raise game fowl, but not for fighting purposes," said Devore, himself a game fowl breeder. But Devore acknowledged a former district director for his organization who has since resigned was arrested and charged with facilitating a cockfight after authorities in Carter County raided a cockfighting pit with more than 100 people in attendance. That criminal case is pending. Devore and other members acknowledge they're operating in a gray area of the law and say reducing the penalties would remove the fear of felony criminal charges hanging over their heads. The effort is welcome news to Troy Thompson, a former high school teacher and coach who now works full-time raising thousands of birds every year on his 55-acre ranch dotted with white, tent-like structures near the town of Wilson in far southern Oklahoma, just 30 miles north of the Red River border with Texas. Thompson, 50, said the chickens on his farm, who are kept on foot tethers so they don't fight with one another, are given vitamins, green grass year round and the highest quality feed he can buy. He said his chickens have a much better life than they would on a typical poultry farm, where they're raised in a tiny cage and slaughtered at about six weeks old. "I had a rooster pass away last week that was 10 years old," he said. "They have a lot better life living here than they're going to have on a Tyson poultry farm." Thompson said he grew during a time when rooster fighting was legal and dozens of farms dotted the rolling hills of southern Oklahoma. The name of his boyhood T-ball team was the Dillard Fighting Cocks. "Would that go over today?" he asked. "It's mind blowing that you went from perfectly legal to facing a 10-year prison sentence." And while some law enforcement officers and prosecutors have been cracking down recently on those who raise and fight birds, with busts recently in both urban and rural communities, prosecutors say it's unlikely anyone has been sentenced to prison for cockfighting. "I would say there's probably almost none (in prison)," said Greg Mashburn, the top prosecutor for three central Oklahoma counties. "In the 18 years I've been DA, we've only had two cases." Still, Mashburn said it's important to enforce anti-cockfighting laws because there is often a criminal element engaged in the activity that often involves illegal drugs and gambling. "It's also cruel to the animals," Mashburn said. "And where do you draw the line? If we allow that with chickens, why not dogs or other animals fighting to the death?" Still, some animal rights supporters say other local sheriffs and prosecutors often turn a blind eye to the practice. Although the cockfighting ban passed in 2002 with 56% of the vote, 57 of the state's 77 counties were in favor of keeping cockfighting legal. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Drew Edmondson, a former county prosecutor and attorney general for Oklahoma, now serves as a law enforcement co-chair for Animal Wellness Action. He said it's easy to understand why some elected officials in Oklahoma, even sheriffs, might look the other way when it comes to cockfighting. He called it a combination of money and politics.

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Support in Oklahoma for reducing cockfighting penalties rises 20 years after the bloodsport was outlawed. An Oklahoma dog owner watched his excited pet enjoy the snowflakes, run circles in the backyard and get a mad case of the "zoomies." Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002, it wasn't uncommon to see hundreds of spectators packed into small arenas in rural parts of the state to watch roosters, often outfitted with razor-sharp steel blades, fight until a bloody death. More than 20 years after the ban took effect, some worry Oklahoma is starting to waver. A proposal to weaken cockfighting penalties cleared the Oklahoma House. A political action committee is raising money to support farmers who raise game fowl. And in a video since pulled from YouTube, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt recorded a message supporting the group known as the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, saying he would "cheer you on from the sidelines." GOOSE FOUND INSIDE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL HELICOPTER FOLLOWING CRASH THAT KILLED 3 CREW MEMBERS "They've tried to make an official sounding name," said Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action, which two decades ago worked to turn out Oklahoma voters and outlaw the activity. "But they're just a bunch of cockfighters." He said before the ban, rural Oklahoma counties were peppered with cockfighting arenas set up in large barns with stadium-style seating, overhead lights and even concession stands. Events attracted hundreds of spectators, even children and families. After a major event, it wasn't uncommon to see the property littered with dead bird carcasses after fights to the death. "We went from 42 arenas, to. maybe there are 10 or 15 pits in the state," he said. Roosters stand on top of their teepees at Troy Farms on Jan. 23, 2024, in Wilson, Okla. Oklahoma outlawed cockfighting in 2002, but some in the state are now pushing for reduced penalties for the crime. The reemergence of cockfighting as an issue in the Oklahoma Capitol is frustrating opponents who, until recently, considered the matter long settled. Rooster fighting is illegal at the federal level, punishable by up to five years in prison for some offenses. But a spate of recent cockfighting-related arrests in both Oklahoma and elsewhere is also a reminder that the practice has not been eliminated so much as driven underground. Police in Hawaii have vowed to step up enforcement after one of the most serious mass shootings in that state's history happened last year at a cockfight where five people were shot, including two who died. For his part, Stitt said he records dozens of videos each week and didn't give his participation much thought. "Of course, I'm not for gamecock fighting in the state of Oklahoma," he told The Associated Press. But he also suggested he is open to reducing penalties if the state's GOP-controlled Legislature sends him a bill. The video unleashed bipartisan blowback across Oklahoma, including from former Gov. Frank Keating, a fellow Republican. Oklahoma football legend Barry Switzer — whose nickname in the state is simply "The King" after winning three national championships and a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys — also came after Stitt. But the backlash doesn't faze Anthony Devore, head of the Gamefowl Commission, who says his organization has 15,000 members and described them as mostly hard-working rural Oklahomans. His group has raised more than $70,000 to lobby lawmakers and is seeking to replicate the same model in several other conservative Southern states, including in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky and Mississippi. Devore said he and others raise the birds to participate in poultry shows and sell them as breeding stock overseas. While cockfighting is illegal in many countries, it remains legal and popular in some Mexican states, the Philippines and some countries in southeast Asia. "We represent game fowl farmers who breed and raise game fowl, but not for fighting purposes," said Devore, himself a game fowl breeder. But Devore acknowledged a former district director for his organization who has since resigned was arrested and charged with facilitating a cockfight after authorities in Carter County raided a cockfighting pit with more than 100 people in attendance. That criminal case is pending. Devore and other members acknowledge they're operating in a gray area of the law and say reducing the penalties would remove the fear of felony criminal charges hanging over their heads. The effort is welcome news to Troy Thompson, a former high school teacher and coach who now works full-time raising thousands of birds every year on his 55-acre ranch dotted with white, tent-like structures near the town of Wilson in far southern Oklahoma, just 30 miles north of the Red River border with Texas. Thompson, 50, said the chickens on his farm, who are kept on foot tethers so they don't fight with one another, are given vitamins, green grass year round and the highest quality feed he can buy. He said his chickens have a much better life than they would on a typical poultry farm, where they're raised in a tiny cage and slaughtered at about six weeks old. "I had a rooster pass away last week that was 10 years old," he said. "They have a lot better life living here than they're going to have on a Tyson poultry farm." Thompson said he grew during a time when rooster fighting was legal and dozens of farms dotted the rolling hills of southern Oklahoma. The name of his boyhood T-ball team was the Dillard Fighting Cocks. "Would that go over today?" he asked. "It's mind blowing that you went from perfectly legal to facing a 10-year prison sentence." And while some law enforcement officers and prosecutors have been cracking down recently on those who raise and fight birds, with busts recently in both urban and rural communities, prosecutors say it's unlikely anyone has been sentenced to prison for cockfighting. "I would say there's probably almost none (in prison)," said Greg Mashburn, the top prosecutor for three central Oklahoma counties. "In the 18 years I've been DA, we've only had two cases." Still, Mashburn said it's important to enforce anti-cockfighting laws because there is often a criminal element engaged in the activity that often involves illegal drugs and gambling. "It's also cruel to the animals," Mashburn said. "And where do you draw the line? If we allow that with chickens, why not dogs or other animals fighting to the death?" Still, some animal rights supporters say other local sheriffs and prosecutors often turn a blind eye to the practice. Although the cockfighting ban passed in 2002 with 56% of the vote, 57 of the state's 77 counties were in favor of keeping cockfighting legal. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Drew Edmondson, a former county prosecutor and attorney general for Oklahoma, now serves as a law enforcement co-chair for Animal Wellness Action. He said it's easy to understand why some elected officials in Oklahoma, even sheriffs, might look the other way when it comes to cockfighting. He called it a combination of money and politics.

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s gift to Donald Trump, he may be barred from Canada as a convicted felon

In the increasingly contested politics of immigration, an intention to “keep criminals out” seems like a rare point of consensus. It’s been a cornerstone of migration regulation around the world for almost as long as such regulation has existed. Examples abound. When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government sought to dismantle many of the previous Conservative government’s changes to Canadian immigration law, it left in place the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act . Even people whose lives are endangered and would otherwise be refugees are excluded from the refugee category for serious criminal acts. So how does Canadian law respond to a potential American president who’s a convicted felon? Read more: Trump found guilty in hush money trial, but will it hurt him in the polls? Here's why voters often overlook the ethical failings of politicians Complex case At first blush, Canadian immigration law provides an easy answer: anyone convicted of a criminal offence is inadmissible. But there are several reasons why this simple rule may not prevail for Donald Trump. In the case of convictions outside of Canada, the first step to consider is whether the offence in question is also an offence in Canada. Trump has now been convicted of 34 counts , though he’s pushing for the convictions to be overturned in the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s ruling that granted him immunity from prosecution for acts he committed while president . Read more: Loss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violence It’s almost certain that the elements of at least one of those 34 offences matches charges under Canada’s Criminal Code (including fraud or falsifying books or documents) or Canada’s Elections Act , which has dozens of offences in the finance category. Some of the charges against him would qualify as serious criminality and others as ordinary criminality under Canadian immigration laws. The distinction between these categories is not germane to the question of whether someone could pop up to Ottawa for a state dinner. The large number of Trump convictions — and a variety of options in Canadian statutes — means that legal arguments about the intricacies surrounding Trump’s situation could be long and complex. But it’s unlikely lengthy legal debates will be required. In terms of a state visit scenario, Canadian immigration law allows for exceptions to criminal inadmissibility on humanitarian and compassionate grounds or for public policy reasons . The provision that would allow for a state visit despite a criminal record is set out in a routine mechanism theoretically available to anyone: exceptions. Humanitarian and compassionate exceptions might be a stretch for Trump, and they’re notoriously vague anyway. Public policy, however, is a more straightforward possibility. The minister responsible can easily grant this exemption . A foreign leader would not even need to know when such an exemption is applied in their own case. Security inadmissibility The more interesting hypothetical, however, is not about Trump’s convictions. Charges that are still outstanding are more important in considering admissibility to Canada. Some of the allegations against Trump, which are yet to be tested in a court of law, relate to a less common category of inadmissibility — security grounds. Security inadmissibility is related to, but distinct from, serious and ordinary criminality . It includes “engaging in or instigating the subversion by force of any government,” and “engaging in an act of subversion against a democratic government, institution, or process as they are understood in Canada.” These provisions sound quite a lot like what Trump has been accused of in relation to the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Read more: By inciting Capitol mob, Trump pushes U.S. closer to a banana republic The fate of those charges has been thrown into doubt with the Supreme Court decision, but that has no bearing on how Canada responds . That’s because the key to inadmissibility grounds is “engaging in” the act in question. There is no need for proof beyond a reasonable doubt, no need for a trial in any form or even for formal charges. The many provisions of criminal law aimed at protecting the rights of an accused are scarcely present in matters of immigration inadmissibility. The “keeping criminals out” principle is a broadly enabling one. Other security inadmissibility provisions include terrorism and endangering lives — but both of these come below subverting democratic processes on the list of security inadmissiblity categories. Making exceptions There’s no shortage of intricacy in these rules. Even with serious or ordinary criminality, an actual conviction outside of Canada is not required — evidence of the criminal act will suffice. And while the Canadian equivalent of a pardon will matter, a foreign pardon is simply a consideration. The Canadian rules also provide for a form of rehabilitation , which means that after a certain amount of time, some criminality barriers will lapse. Another reason why the Jan. 6 events are the more interesting hypothetical, however, is because security inadmissibility is forever. Rehabilitation by passage of time is not available. In fact, security inadmissibility is treated so seriously that it cannot be overridden on the basis of humanitarian and compassionate considerations. A public policy exemption would still be possible, but it would likely attract intense political scrutiny to grant it, especially in the case of an American president. Read more: Supreme Court makes prosecution of Trump on obstruction charge more difficult, with ruling to narrowly define law used against him and Jan. 6 rioters All of this means that while there is an argument to be made that Trump might no longer be admissible to Canada, he can travel to Canada if the Canadian government chooses to admit him. The Trump example is a clear illustration that the “keep criminals out” principle will yield to the “do what the government of the day wants” principle more often than not when it comes to immigration. Catherine Dauvergne does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s gift to Donald Trump, he may be barred from Canada as a convicted felon. In the increasingly contested politics of immigration, an intention to “keep criminals out” seems like a rare point of consensus. It’s been a cornerstone of migration regulation around the world for almost as long as such regulation has existed. Examples abound. When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government sought to dismantle many of the previous Conservative government’s changes to Canadian immigration law, it left in place the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act . Even people whose lives are endangered and would otherwise be refugees are excluded from the refugee category for serious criminal acts. So how does Canadian law respond to a potential American president who’s a convicted felon? Read more: Trump found guilty in hush money trial, but will it hurt him in the polls? Here's why voters often overlook the ethical failings of politicians Complex case At first blush, Canadian immigration law provides an easy answer: anyone convicted of a criminal offence is inadmissible. But there are several reasons why this simple rule may not prevail for Donald Trump. In the case of convictions outside of Canada, the first step to consider is whether the offence in question is also an offence in Canada. Trump has now been convicted of 34 counts , though he’s pushing for the convictions to be overturned in the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s ruling that granted him immunity from prosecution for acts he committed while president . Read more: Loss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violence It’s almost certain that the elements of at least one of those 34 offences matches charges under Canada’s Criminal Code (including fraud or falsifying books or documents) or Canada’s Elections Act , which has dozens of offences in the finance category. Some of the charges against him would qualify as serious criminality and others as ordinary criminality under Canadian immigration laws. The distinction between these categories is not germane to the question of whether someone could pop up to Ottawa for a state dinner. The large number of Trump convictions — and a variety of options in Canadian statutes — means that legal arguments about the intricacies surrounding Trump’s situation could be long and complex. But it’s unlikely lengthy legal debates will be required. In terms of a state visit scenario, Canadian immigration law allows for exceptions to criminal inadmissibility on humanitarian and compassionate grounds or for public policy reasons . The provision that would allow for a state visit despite a criminal record is set out in a routine mechanism theoretically available to anyone: exceptions. Humanitarian and compassionate exceptions might be a stretch for Trump, and they’re notoriously vague anyway. Public policy, however, is a more straightforward possibility. The minister responsible can easily grant this exemption . A foreign leader would not even need to know when such an exemption is applied in their own case. Security inadmissibility The more interesting hypothetical, however, is not about Trump’s convictions. Charges that are still outstanding are more important in considering admissibility to Canada. Some of the allegations against Trump, which are yet to be tested in a court of law, relate to a less common category of inadmissibility — security grounds. Security inadmissibility is related to, but distinct from, serious and ordinary criminality . It includes “engaging in or instigating the subversion by force of any government,” and “engaging in an act of subversion against a democratic government, institution, or process as they are understood in Canada.” These provisions sound quite a lot like what Trump has been accused of in relation to the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Read more: By inciting Capitol mob, Trump pushes U.S. closer to a banana republic The fate of those charges has been thrown into doubt with the Supreme Court decision, but that has no bearing on how Canada responds . That’s because the key to inadmissibility grounds is “engaging in” the act in question. There is no need for proof beyond a reasonable doubt, no need for a trial in any form or even for formal charges. The many provisions of criminal law aimed at protecting the rights of an accused are scarcely present in matters of immigration inadmissibility. The “keeping criminals out” principle is a broadly enabling one. Other security inadmissibility provisions include terrorism and endangering lives — but both of these come below subverting democratic processes on the list of security inadmissiblity categories. Making exceptions There’s no shortage of intricacy in these rules. Even with serious or ordinary criminality, an actual conviction outside of Canada is not required — evidence of the criminal act will suffice. And while the Canadian equivalent of a pardon will matter, a foreign pardon is simply a consideration. The Canadian rules also provide for a form of rehabilitation , which means that after a certain amount of time, some criminality barriers will lapse. Another reason why the Jan. 6 events are the more interesting hypothetical, however, is because security inadmissibility is forever. Rehabilitation by passage of time is not available. In fact, security inadmissibility is treated so seriously that it cannot be overridden on the basis of humanitarian and compassionate considerations. A public policy exemption would still be possible, but it would likely attract intense political scrutiny to grant it, especially in the case of an American president. Read more: Supreme Court makes prosecution of Trump on obstruction charge more difficult, with ruling to narrowly define law used against him and Jan. 6 rioters All of this means that while there is an argument to be made that Trump might no longer be admissible to Canada, he can travel to Canada if the Canadian government chooses to admit him. The Trump example is a clear illustration that the “keep criminals out” principle will yield to the “do what the government of the day wants” principle more often than not when it comes to immigration. Catherine Dauvergne does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Tourist fatally struck by suspects' vehicle during robbery at outdoor mall: Police

A New Zealand tourist was killed during a robbery at a California mall after the suspects struck her with their vehicle as they fled the scene, police said. The incident unfolded Tuesday afternoon at Fashion Island, an outdoor shopping mall in Newport Beach, police said. The woman and her husband were walking in the area when two suspects, one armed with a handgun, approached and robbed them, according to the Newport Beach Police Department. MORE: Husband of missing Arizona woman arrested for assault as search continues "There was a struggle, and at this point we believe the suspects dragged her into the street," Newport Beach Police spokesperson Sgt. Steve Oberon said during a presser Tuesday. The two suspects then attempted to get into a white Toyota Camry sedan driven by a third suspect to flee the scene, police said. "One of the suspects ran, while the vehicle fled and actually struck the female victim," Oberon said. Police respond to the scene after a woman was fatally struck by a fleeing vehicle following a robbery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California, July 2, 2024. The woman -- identified by police Wednesday as 68-year-old Patricia McKay -- was pronounced dead at the scene. Her husband is believed to have been uninjured, Oberon said. The suspect who fled on foot fired three rounds before also getting in the vehicle, police said. No one was struck by the gunfire, police said. Officers responded to reports of a robbery and a pursuit of the suspect vehicle ensued. One of the suspects was arrested after fleeing on foot after the vehicle stopped in Cypress, police said. MORE: Person of interest taken into custody for attempted rape of Central Park sunbather: Sources The two other suspects were also arrested in Los Angeles County after abandoning the vehicle and fleeing on foot, police said. The suspects were transported to the Newport Beach Police Department's jail and booked for homicide, robbery with a firearm and conspiracy, police said. They were identified by police Wednesday as Leroyernest Joseph McCrary, 26, of Compton; Jaden Cunningham, 18, of Lancaster; and Malachi Eddward Darnell, 18, of Los Angeles. It is unclear if they have an attorney who can speak on their behalf. Police respond to the scene after a woman was fatally struck by a fleeing vehicle following a robbery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California, July 2, 2024. There are no outstanding suspects, police said. The incident remains under investigation. Newport Beach Mayor Will O'Neill decried the "stunning, staggering act." "Newport Beach is a safe community and we're mourning the loss of someone today, a loss that never should have happened,'' he said during Tuesday's press briefing. "Frankly, to hell with these guys. They came into our city, knowing that they were going to commit a crime, and a woman is dead today because of it. It's heartbreaking, it's a tragedy."

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Tourist fatally struck by suspects' vehicle during robbery at outdoor mall: Police. A New Zealand tourist was killed during a robbery at a California mall after the suspects struck her with their vehicle as they fled the scene, police said. The incident unfolded Tuesday afternoon at Fashion Island, an outdoor shopping mall in Newport Beach, police said. The woman and her husband were walking in the area when two suspects, one armed with a handgun, approached and robbed them, according to the Newport Beach Police Department. MORE: Husband of missing Arizona woman arrested for assault as search continues "There was a struggle, and at this point we believe the suspects dragged her into the street," Newport Beach Police spokesperson Sgt. Steve Oberon said during a presser Tuesday. The two suspects then attempted to get into a white Toyota Camry sedan driven by a third suspect to flee the scene, police said. "One of the suspects ran, while the vehicle fled and actually struck the female victim," Oberon said. Police respond to the scene after a woman was fatally struck by a fleeing vehicle following a robbery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California, July 2, 2024. The woman -- identified by police Wednesday as 68-year-old Patricia McKay -- was pronounced dead at the scene. Her husband is believed to have been uninjured, Oberon said. The suspect who fled on foot fired three rounds before also getting in the vehicle, police said. No one was struck by the gunfire, police said. Officers responded to reports of a robbery and a pursuit of the suspect vehicle ensued. One of the suspects was arrested after fleeing on foot after the vehicle stopped in Cypress, police said. MORE: Person of interest taken into custody for attempted rape of Central Park sunbather: Sources The two other suspects were also arrested in Los Angeles County after abandoning the vehicle and fleeing on foot, police said. The suspects were transported to the Newport Beach Police Department's jail and booked for homicide, robbery with a firearm and conspiracy, police said. They were identified by police Wednesday as Leroyernest Joseph McCrary, 26, of Compton; Jaden Cunningham, 18, of Lancaster; and Malachi Eddward Darnell, 18, of Los Angeles. It is unclear if they have an attorney who can speak on their behalf. Police respond to the scene after a woman was fatally struck by a fleeing vehicle following a robbery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California, July 2, 2024. There are no outstanding suspects, police said. The incident remains under investigation. Newport Beach Mayor Will O'Neill decried the "stunning, staggering act." "Newport Beach is a safe community and we're mourning the loss of someone today, a loss that never should have happened,'' he said during Tuesday's press briefing. "Frankly, to hell with these guys. They came into our city, knowing that they were going to commit a crime, and a woman is dead today because of it. It's heartbreaking, it's a tragedy."

Coup attempt in Bolivia fails as president urges people to mobilize against democracy threat

Radoslaw Czajkowski | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday as President Luis Arce said the country faced an attempted coup, insisted he stands firm and urged people to mobilize. In a video of Arce surrounded by ministers in the palace, he said: "The country is facing an attempted coup d'état. Here we are, firm in Casa Grande, to confront any coup attempt. We need the Bolivian people to organize." Arce confronted the general commander of the Army — Juan José Zúñiga, who appeared to be leading the rebellion — in the palace hallway, as shown on video on Bolivian television. "I am your captain, and I order you to withdraw your soldiers, and I will not allow this insubordination," Arce said. Military troops fire tear gas at people outside the Quemado Palace at the Plaza Murillo in La Paz on June 26, 2024. Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday denounced the unauthorized gathering of soldiers and tanks outside government buildings in the capital La Paz, saying "democracy must be respected." Aizar Raldes | AFP | Getty Images Before entering the government building, Zúñiga told journalists in the plaza: "Surely soon there will be a new Cabinet of ministers; our country, our state cannot go on like this." Zúñiga said that "for now" he recognizes Arce as commander in chief. Zúñiga did not explicitly say he's leading a coup, but in the palace, with bangs echoing behind him, he said the army was trying to "restore democracy and free our political prisoners." In a message on his X account, Arce called for "democracy to be respected." It came as Bolivian television showed two tanks and a number of men in military uniform in front of the government palace. "We cannot allow, once again, coup attempts to take the lives of Bolivians," he said from inside the palace, surrounded by government officials, in a video message sent to news outlets. Former President Evo Morales, also in a message on X, denounced the movement of the military in the Murillo square outside the palace, calling it a coup "in the making." Military troops are deployed at the Plaza de Armas in La Paz on June 26, 2024. Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday denounced the unauthorized gathering of soldiers and tanks outside government buildings in the capital La Paz, saying "democracy must be respected." Aizar Raldes | AFP | Getty Images María Nela Prada, minister of the presidency and a top Bolivian official, called it an "attempted coup d'etat." "The people are on alert to defend democracy," she said to local television station Red Uno. The incident was met with a wave of outrage by other regional leaders, including the Organization of American States; Gabriel Boric, the president of neighboring Chile; the leader of Honduras, and former Bolivian leaders. Bolivia, a country of 12 million people, has seen intensifying protests in recent months over the economy's precipitous decline from one of the continent's fastest-growing two decades ago to one of its most crisis-stricken.

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Coup attempt in Bolivia fails as president urges people to mobilize against democracy threat. Radoslaw Czajkowski | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday as President Luis Arce said the country faced an attempted coup, insisted he stands firm and urged people to mobilize. In a video of Arce surrounded by ministers in the palace, he said: "The country is facing an attempted coup d'état. Here we are, firm in Casa Grande, to confront any coup attempt. We need the Bolivian people to organize." Arce confronted the general commander of the Army — Juan José Zúñiga, who appeared to be leading the rebellion — in the palace hallway, as shown on video on Bolivian television. "I am your captain, and I order you to withdraw your soldiers, and I will not allow this insubordination," Arce said. Military troops fire tear gas at people outside the Quemado Palace at the Plaza Murillo in La Paz on June 26, 2024. Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday denounced the unauthorized gathering of soldiers and tanks outside government buildings in the capital La Paz, saying "democracy must be respected." Aizar Raldes | AFP | Getty Images Before entering the government building, Zúñiga told journalists in the plaza: "Surely soon there will be a new Cabinet of ministers; our country, our state cannot go on like this." Zúñiga said that "for now" he recognizes Arce as commander in chief. Zúñiga did not explicitly say he's leading a coup, but in the palace, with bangs echoing behind him, he said the army was trying to "restore democracy and free our political prisoners." In a message on his X account, Arce called for "democracy to be respected." It came as Bolivian television showed two tanks and a number of men in military uniform in front of the government palace. "We cannot allow, once again, coup attempts to take the lives of Bolivians," he said from inside the palace, surrounded by government officials, in a video message sent to news outlets. Former President Evo Morales, also in a message on X, denounced the movement of the military in the Murillo square outside the palace, calling it a coup "in the making." Military troops are deployed at the Plaza de Armas in La Paz on June 26, 2024. Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday denounced the unauthorized gathering of soldiers and tanks outside government buildings in the capital La Paz, saying "democracy must be respected." Aizar Raldes | AFP | Getty Images María Nela Prada, minister of the presidency and a top Bolivian official, called it an "attempted coup d'etat." "The people are on alert to defend democracy," she said to local television station Red Uno. The incident was met with a wave of outrage by other regional leaders, including the Organization of American States; Gabriel Boric, the president of neighboring Chile; the leader of Honduras, and former Bolivian leaders. Bolivia, a country of 12 million people, has seen intensifying protests in recent months over the economy's precipitous decline from one of the continent's fastest-growing two decades ago to one of its most crisis-stricken.

Estonian-made combat robots in Ukraine now come with Starlink

This picture taken on March 21, 2022, shows a view of Milrem Robotics' Estonian-built THeMIS (Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) on display at the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition (DIMDEX), in Qatar's capital Doha. (Photo by Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images) MILAN — Estonian-made THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles operating in Ukraine will feature Starlink satellite connectivity, enabling their operation from thousands of kilometers away, the robot manufacturer announced on Wednesday. A vehicle equipped to that effect, made by United Arab Emirates-owned and Estonia-based Milrem Robotics, will be unveiled at the company's during Eurosatory 2024 trade show that begins next week, according to a company statement, Specifically, a THeMIS variant devoted to cargo transportation will feature the Starlink hookup, a constellation of internet satellites operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX. Milrem has given more than dozen THeMIS vehicles to Ukrainian forces. The Estonian company sought out the expertise of the Dutch datalinks firm AEC Skyline for the integration of the vehicles' latest add-on feature, Milrem said. "By leveraging satellite connectivity, the THeMIS robotic vehicle, which is currently assisting Ukrainian soldiers in the war with Russia, can seamlessly transmit data, receive commands, and relay vital information in real-time, regardless of its location on the battlefield," the Milrem statement reads. Using the Starlink satellite system requires a ground terminal, which SpaceX started shipping to Kyiv only hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, according to the BBC. As of June 2023, the British broadcaster reported that there were tens of thousands of terminals in Ukraine, including 500 bought by the U.S. Department of Defense. Starlink satellites operate in low-Earth orbit at less than 600 kilometers (370 miles) above the earth, according to the company. Being closer to Earth translates into better performance for the system's intended applications. Last month, Russian Telegram channels published photos of what they alleged showed a badly damaged, captured model of the combat robot. A Milrem spokesman declined at the time to comment, stating only that the company was aware of the images. Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo is a Europe correspondent for Defense News. She covers a wide range of topics related to military procurement and international security, and specializes in reporting on the aviation sector. She is based in Milan, Italy. More In Europe Air Force, Space Force unveil tool for AI experimentation The services want to use the tool to better understand how AI could improve access to information and to gauge whether there's demand within the force. House bill funds new tranche of Philippines, Taiwan military aid The House's FY25 State Department funding bill shows that the U.S. has a continued interest in keeping China at bay in the Indo-Pacific. Firefly inks deal with Lockheed to launch up to 25 missions The agreement, announced June 5, commits Lockheed to 15 launch reservations and up to 10 optional missions. House lawmakers propose $1.3 billion for Pentagon innovation The bill would add more than $500 million for DIU initiatives to quickly deliver capabilities to combatant commands and the military services. Space Force eyes advanced tech, new orbits for narrowband SATCOM

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Estonian-made combat robots in Ukraine now come with Starlink. This picture taken on March 21, 2022, shows a view of Milrem Robotics' Estonian-built THeMIS (Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) on display at the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition (DIMDEX), in Qatar's capital Doha. (Photo by Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images) MILAN — Estonian-made THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles operating in Ukraine will feature Starlink satellite connectivity, enabling their operation from thousands of kilometers away, the robot manufacturer announced on Wednesday. A vehicle equipped to that effect, made by United Arab Emirates-owned and Estonia-based Milrem Robotics, will be unveiled at the company's during Eurosatory 2024 trade show that begins next week, according to a company statement, Specifically, a THeMIS variant devoted to cargo transportation will feature the Starlink hookup, a constellation of internet satellites operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX. Milrem has given more than dozen THeMIS vehicles to Ukrainian forces. The Estonian company sought out the expertise of the Dutch datalinks firm AEC Skyline for the integration of the vehicles' latest add-on feature, Milrem said. "By leveraging satellite connectivity, the THeMIS robotic vehicle, which is currently assisting Ukrainian soldiers in the war with Russia, can seamlessly transmit data, receive commands, and relay vital information in real-time, regardless of its location on the battlefield," the Milrem statement reads. Using the Starlink satellite system requires a ground terminal, which SpaceX started shipping to Kyiv only hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, according to the BBC. As of June 2023, the British broadcaster reported that there were tens of thousands of terminals in Ukraine, including 500 bought by the U.S. Department of Defense. Starlink satellites operate in low-Earth orbit at less than 600 kilometers (370 miles) above the earth, according to the company. Being closer to Earth translates into better performance for the system's intended applications. Last month, Russian Telegram channels published photos of what they alleged showed a badly damaged, captured model of the combat robot. A Milrem spokesman declined at the time to comment, stating only that the company was aware of the images. Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo is a Europe correspondent for Defense News. She covers a wide range of topics related to military procurement and international security, and specializes in reporting on the aviation sector. She is based in Milan, Italy. More In Europe Air Force, Space Force unveil tool for AI experimentation The services want to use the tool to better understand how AI could improve access to information and to gauge whether there's demand within the force. House bill funds new tranche of Philippines, Taiwan military aid The House's FY25 State Department funding bill shows that the U.S. has a continued interest in keeping China at bay in the Indo-Pacific. Firefly inks deal with Lockheed to launch up to 25 missions The agreement, announced June 5, commits Lockheed to 15 launch reservations and up to 10 optional missions. House lawmakers propose $1.3 billion for Pentagon innovation The bill would add more than $500 million for DIU initiatives to quickly deliver capabilities to combatant commands and the military services. Space Force eyes advanced tech, new orbits for narrowband SATCOM

SANS Institute Becomes the First Platinum WaterISAC Champion

Platinum Status Pledges to Enhance Sector Security with Expanded Educational Resources BETHESDA, Md., June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SANS Institute is pleased to announce its designation as the first Platinum WaterISAC Champion, reinforcing its commitment to strengthening the...

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SANS Institute Becomes the First Platinum WaterISAC Champion. Platinum Status Pledges to Enhance Sector Security with Expanded Educational Resources BETHESDA, Md., June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SANS Institute is pleased to announce its designation as the first Platinum WaterISAC Champion, reinforcing its commitment to strengthening the...

OpenAI Introduces Consistency Model to Improve Generation Speed

OpenAI has announced a groundbreaking development with the introduction of the Consistency Model, aimed at enhancing the speed of generative tasks across various media types, including image, audio, and video. This new model addresses the limitations posed by traditional diffusion models, which rely on an iterative sampling process that often results in slower generation times. Advancements Over Diffusion Models Diffusion models have been instrumental in advancing generative AI, particularly in the creation of high-quality images, sounds, and videos. However, their dependency on iterative sampling has been a notable drawback, leading to slower output generation. According to OpenAI, the Consistency Model mitigates this issue by offering a more efficient approach to sampling, thereby significantly accelerating the generation process. Implications for AI Technology The introduction of the Consistency Model could have far-reaching implications for various industries that rely on fast and efficient content generation. From entertainment and media production to real-time applications in gaming and virtual reality, the ability to generate high-quality outputs quickly is crucial. OpenAI's innovation promises to streamline these processes, potentially leading to more dynamic and responsive AI-driven applications. Expert Opinions and Future Prospects Industry experts have lauded the Consistency Model as a significant step forward in the evolution of generative AI. The model's ability to produce high-quality outputs at a faster rate could set a new standard in AI technology, encouraging further research and development in this field. As OpenAI continues to refine and expand the capabilities of the Consistency Model, it is expected that the technology will be integrated into a wide array of applications, enhancing user experiences and operational efficiencies. The official announcement and detailed information about the Consistency Model can be found on the

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OpenAI Introduces Consistency Model to Improve Generation Speed. OpenAI has announced a groundbreaking development with the introduction of the Consistency Model, aimed at enhancing the speed of generative tasks across various media types, including image, audio, and video. This new model addresses the limitations posed by traditional diffusion models, which rely on an iterative sampling process that often results in slower generation times. Advancements Over Diffusion Models Diffusion models have been instrumental in advancing generative AI, particularly in the creation of high-quality images, sounds, and videos. However, their dependency on iterative sampling has been a notable drawback, leading to slower output generation. According to OpenAI, the Consistency Model mitigates this issue by offering a more efficient approach to sampling, thereby significantly accelerating the generation process. Implications for AI Technology The introduction of the Consistency Model could have far-reaching implications for various industries that rely on fast and efficient content generation. From entertainment and media production to real-time applications in gaming and virtual reality, the ability to generate high-quality outputs quickly is crucial. OpenAI's innovation promises to streamline these processes, potentially leading to more dynamic and responsive AI-driven applications. Expert Opinions and Future Prospects Industry experts have lauded the Consistency Model as a significant step forward in the evolution of generative AI. The model's ability to produce high-quality outputs at a faster rate could set a new standard in AI technology, encouraging further research and development in this field. As OpenAI continues to refine and expand the capabilities of the Consistency Model, it is expected that the technology will be integrated into a wide array of applications, enhancing user experiences and operational efficiencies. The official announcement and detailed information about the Consistency Model can be found on the

NASCAR driver belly-flops into massive flood on pit road as rain postpones race

After a NASCAR truck series race was postponed, a driver made the most of it by belly-flopping into the flooded pit road at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina. A monstrous rainstorm postponed Saturday's NASCAR truck race, but those on the track still made the most of it. The storm moved through North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, site of Sunday's All-Star Open and Saturday's Craftsman Truck Series Wright Brand 250. Pole qualifying was canceled Saturday morning, but the race started on time, as positioning was set per the rule book. However, lightning in the area brought the red flag out on Lap 81 at roughly 2:30 p.m. ET. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Signage old and new at North Wilkesboro Speedway. VIEW ON X NASCAR then announced at 5:05 p.m. ET the remainder of the race would be postponed until 11:30 a.m. ET Sunday, and heat races for the All-Star Open slated for Saturday were canceled. Positioning for the race will be set based on the rule book. Rain flooded pit road so badly, it was roughly thigh-high for some on the track. Air driers at work before qualifying at North Wilkesboro Speedway. (Jim Dedmon/USA Today Sports) NASCAR STAR'S DAUGHTER BRINGS RACE-WINNING AMERICAN FLAG TO SCHOOL: I'M SO 'PROUD' One person in a video taken by FOX Business senior producer Justin Freiman could be seen swimming and diving in the water. A few seconds later, a driver did a belly flop. The weather affected racing Friday night, as well. All-Star Race qualifying and a pit crew challenge at North Wilkesboro Speedway scheduled for Friday night has been postponed NASCAR announced Saturday and Sunday tickets would be honored Sunday with some stipulations. Saturday ticketholders will receiver "priority seating" for the finish of the truck race, while those who have tickets for Sunday will then get seating for the All-Star Race, in the event of same-seat purchases. Cars covered and parked on the grid during a weather delay in qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Open at North Wilkesboro Speedway May 17, 2024, in North Wilkesboro, N.C.

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NASCAR driver belly-flops into massive flood on pit road as rain postpones race. After a NASCAR truck series race was postponed, a driver made the most of it by belly-flopping into the flooded pit road at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina. A monstrous rainstorm postponed Saturday's NASCAR truck race, but those on the track still made the most of it. The storm moved through North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, site of Sunday's All-Star Open and Saturday's Craftsman Truck Series Wright Brand 250. Pole qualifying was canceled Saturday morning, but the race started on time, as positioning was set per the rule book. However, lightning in the area brought the red flag out on Lap 81 at roughly 2:30 p.m. ET. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Signage old and new at North Wilkesboro Speedway. VIEW ON X NASCAR then announced at 5:05 p.m. ET the remainder of the race would be postponed until 11:30 a.m. ET Sunday, and heat races for the All-Star Open slated for Saturday were canceled. Positioning for the race will be set based on the rule book. Rain flooded pit road so badly, it was roughly thigh-high for some on the track. Air driers at work before qualifying at North Wilkesboro Speedway. (Jim Dedmon/USA Today Sports) NASCAR STAR'S DAUGHTER BRINGS RACE-WINNING AMERICAN FLAG TO SCHOOL: I'M SO 'PROUD' One person in a video taken by FOX Business senior producer Justin Freiman could be seen swimming and diving in the water. A few seconds later, a driver did a belly flop. The weather affected racing Friday night, as well. All-Star Race qualifying and a pit crew challenge at North Wilkesboro Speedway scheduled for Friday night has been postponed NASCAR announced Saturday and Sunday tickets would be honored Sunday with some stipulations. Saturday ticketholders will receiver "priority seating" for the finish of the truck race, while those who have tickets for Sunday will then get seating for the All-Star Race, in the event of same-seat purchases. Cars covered and parked on the grid during a weather delay in qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Open at North Wilkesboro Speedway May 17, 2024, in North Wilkesboro, N.C.

The AI-Fueled Future of Work Needs Humans More Than Ever

Photo-illustration: Lauren Joseph Much like the internet did in the 1990s, AI is going to change the very definition of work. While change can be scary, if the last three years taught us anything, it can also be an opportunity to reinvent how we do things. I believe the best way to manage the changes ahead for employees and employers alike is to adopt a skills-first mindset. For employees, this means thinking about your job as a collection of tasks instead of a job title, with the understanding that those tasks will change regularly as AI advances. By breaking down your job into tasks that AI can fully take on, tasks for which AI can improve your efficiency, and tasks that require your unique skills, you can identify the skills you should actually be investing in to stay competitive in the job you have. READ MORE This story is from the WIRED World in 2024, our annual trends briefing. Read more stories from the series download a copy of the magazine. After all, the skills required for many jobs have changed by a staggering 25 percent since 2015, and that number is expected to reach at least 65 percent by 2030 due to the rapid development of new technologies such as AI. And it's not just skills related to AI literacy—people skills are rising in importance. Our data shows the top skills that professionals think will become more important as AI tools become more widely used at work are problem solving, strategic thinking, and time management. As for employers, the rise of AI only increases the importance of a skills-based approach to hiring and developing talent. People are learning AI skills at a rapid clip, with the number of AI-skilled members now nine times larger than it was in 2016. And there is a hunger to put these newly developed skills into practice: LinkedIn job posts that mention artificial intelligence or generative AI have seen 17 percent greater application growth over the past two years than job posts with no mentions of the technology. The leaders that focus on these skills when hiring (rather than just the degree someone has earned or jobs they've had) will unlock more potential and be more agile as the way we do work continues to change. The same is true for developing talent. We will increasingly see employers become educators, "training to hire" into ever-changing jobs through onboardings, apprenticeships, and academies, as well as "training to promote" into ever-changing roles through upskilling and tours of duty that take employees into new functions and perhaps even new careers. This will be for hard skills related to AI, but perhaps more importantly, for people skills, too: Our data shows 92 percent of US executives believe people skills are more important than ever. 2024 will start to usher in a new world of work where people skills—problem solving, empathy, and active listening to name just three—are more core to career success, and people-to-people collaboration is more core to company success. Leaders and employees need to think of AI as just one tool in the toolbox. It doesn't replace people, it allows them to do their job more effectively, leaving them time to focus on the more valuable—and more human—parts of their jobs. For instance, a software engineer can have AI help with the more routine or repetitive coding that's regularly required, giving them more time to innovate on new ideas. Or a recruiter can save time and focus on the more strategic parts of the hiring process—like speaking to and building relationships with candidates—by letting AI handle the creation of job postings. In 2024, leaders will lean into this ever-evolving technology while simultaneously empowering their employees, and people will align their skill-building and continuing education with AI skills and practical people skills. The result will be a new world of work that's more human and more fulfilling than ever before.

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The AI-Fueled Future of Work Needs Humans More Than Ever. Photo-illustration: Lauren Joseph Much like the internet did in the 1990s, AI is going to change the very definition of work. While change can be scary, if the last three years taught us anything, it can also be an opportunity to reinvent how we do things. I believe the best way to manage the changes ahead for employees and employers alike is to adopt a skills-first mindset. For employees, this means thinking about your job as a collection of tasks instead of a job title, with the understanding that those tasks will change regularly as AI advances. By breaking down your job into tasks that AI can fully take on, tasks for which AI can improve your efficiency, and tasks that require your unique skills, you can identify the skills you should actually be investing in to stay competitive in the job you have. READ MORE This story is from the WIRED World in 2024, our annual trends briefing. Read more stories from the series download a copy of the magazine. After all, the skills required for many jobs have changed by a staggering 25 percent since 2015, and that number is expected to reach at least 65 percent by 2030 due to the rapid development of new technologies such as AI. And it's not just skills related to AI literacy—people skills are rising in importance. Our data shows the top skills that professionals think will become more important as AI tools become more widely used at work are problem solving, strategic thinking, and time management. As for employers, the rise of AI only increases the importance of a skills-based approach to hiring and developing talent. People are learning AI skills at a rapid clip, with the number of AI-skilled members now nine times larger than it was in 2016. And there is a hunger to put these newly developed skills into practice: LinkedIn job posts that mention artificial intelligence or generative AI have seen 17 percent greater application growth over the past two years than job posts with no mentions of the technology. The leaders that focus on these skills when hiring (rather than just the degree someone has earned or jobs they've had) will unlock more potential and be more agile as the way we do work continues to change. The same is true for developing talent. We will increasingly see employers become educators, "training to hire" into ever-changing jobs through onboardings, apprenticeships, and academies, as well as "training to promote" into ever-changing roles through upskilling and tours of duty that take employees into new functions and perhaps even new careers. This will be for hard skills related to AI, but perhaps more importantly, for people skills, too: Our data shows 92 percent of US executives believe people skills are more important than ever. 2024 will start to usher in a new world of work where people skills—problem solving, empathy, and active listening to name just three—are more core to career success, and people-to-people collaboration is more core to company success. Leaders and employees need to think of AI as just one tool in the toolbox. It doesn't replace people, it allows them to do their job more effectively, leaving them time to focus on the more valuable—and more human—parts of their jobs. For instance, a software engineer can have AI help with the more routine or repetitive coding that's regularly required, giving them more time to innovate on new ideas. Or a recruiter can save time and focus on the more strategic parts of the hiring process—like speaking to and building relationships with candidates—by letting AI handle the creation of job postings. In 2024, leaders will lean into this ever-evolving technology while simultaneously empowering their employees, and people will align their skill-building and continuing education with AI skills and practical people skills. The result will be a new world of work that's more human and more fulfilling than ever before.

Homelessness skyrockets in sanctuary city as migrants surge into shelter

Tio Hardiman, executive director of Violence Interrupters, joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the reality of Chicago's crime crisis and argues the situation is not getting any better. Join Fox News for access to this content You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Chicago saw a massive increase in the number of homeless people in the city over the past year, fueled by the ongoing migrant surge into shelters in the sanctuary city, according to new data. The city, which will host the Democratic National Convention in August, released a snapshot of homeless numbers in the Windy City, which showed there were 18,836 homeless people one night in January, up from 6,139 the same day a year before. The point-in-time count estimates the number of people in shelters, transitional housing, encampments and other "unsheltered" locations. The estimate noted the pressures the migrant crisis poses to the city. 'FERVENT OPPOSITION': BLUE CITY MAYOR SCRAPS PLAN TO OPEN NEW MIGRANT SHELTER AFTER BACKLASH Migrants receive food outside a migrant landing zone during a winter storm Jan. 12, 2024, in Chicago. (Kamil Krzacznski/AFP via Getty Images) "Since August 2022, Chicago has welcomed over 40,000 New Arrivals arriving from the southern border, many of whom have needed shelter and services," it said. "The largest increase in this year's Shelter Count was due to the continued influx of New Arrivals to Chicago in 2023." Of the 18,838 considered homeless, 13,679 were classified as "sheltered new arrivals" and 1,422 were "unsheltered new arrivals." The number of "non-new arrivals" who did not have shelter increased from 970 to 1,422, and those in shelter increased from 2,973 to 3,523. SANCTUARY CITY POLICY ARREST OVER 1K MIGRANTS FROM THIS COUNTRY AS RESIDENTS RAGE AGAINST DEM LEADERS City officials said the pressures, which also include the end of pandemic-era support from the federal and state governments, would have been worse if it hadn't been for an increase in shelter capacity. "We were anticipating this increase, but we also, at the same time, increased our shelter capacity more than five times," Maura McCauley, managing deputy commissioner for the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, told the Chicago Sun-Times. "And if we hadn't done that, we really think that we would have seen a really unprecedented and tragic increase in our unsheltered population." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS The numbers are an indicator of the considerable pressures on the city from the surge in migrants, which has been fueled by the crisis at the southern border and the decision by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to bus migrants to sanctuary cities to relieve pressure on the overwhelmed state. Fox previously reported that Chicago Police have made more than 1,000 arrests of Venezuelan nationals in the first three months of 2024. The city's council, meanwhile, recently voted 30-18 to approve a request made by Mayor Brandon Johnson for an additional $70 million to help deal with the crisis. Brandon Johnson, mayor of Chicago, during an inauguration ceremony at the Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago May 15, 2023. (Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg via Getty Images) That money is on top of a $150 million assigned to migrant care in the budget already. The extra funding move sparked considerable backlash from residents, who said the money should be spent on Americans rather than those in the country illegally. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Johnson, along with mayors from other blue cities, have called for more action from the federal government. They have requested $5 billion in funding and expedited work permits for asylum seekers. The Biden administration has called on Congress to act to fix a "broken" immigration system, but Republicans have said that the crisis has emerged from Biden-era policies and a pull factor from those "sanctuary" cities like Chicago, which offer services and shelter to illegal immigrants.

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Homelessness skyrockets in sanctuary city as migrants surge into shelter. Tio Hardiman, executive director of Violence Interrupters, joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the reality of Chicago's crime crisis and argues the situation is not getting any better. Join Fox News for access to this content You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Chicago saw a massive increase in the number of homeless people in the city over the past year, fueled by the ongoing migrant surge into shelters in the sanctuary city, according to new data. The city, which will host the Democratic National Convention in August, released a snapshot of homeless numbers in the Windy City, which showed there were 18,836 homeless people one night in January, up from 6,139 the same day a year before. The point-in-time count estimates the number of people in shelters, transitional housing, encampments and other "unsheltered" locations. The estimate noted the pressures the migrant crisis poses to the city. 'FERVENT OPPOSITION': BLUE CITY MAYOR SCRAPS PLAN TO OPEN NEW MIGRANT SHELTER AFTER BACKLASH Migrants receive food outside a migrant landing zone during a winter storm Jan. 12, 2024, in Chicago. (Kamil Krzacznski/AFP via Getty Images) "Since August 2022, Chicago has welcomed over 40,000 New Arrivals arriving from the southern border, many of whom have needed shelter and services," it said. "The largest increase in this year's Shelter Count was due to the continued influx of New Arrivals to Chicago in 2023." Of the 18,838 considered homeless, 13,679 were classified as "sheltered new arrivals" and 1,422 were "unsheltered new arrivals." The number of "non-new arrivals" who did not have shelter increased from 970 to 1,422, and those in shelter increased from 2,973 to 3,523. SANCTUARY CITY POLICY ARREST OVER 1K MIGRANTS FROM THIS COUNTRY AS RESIDENTS RAGE AGAINST DEM LEADERS City officials said the pressures, which also include the end of pandemic-era support from the federal and state governments, would have been worse if it hadn't been for an increase in shelter capacity. "We were anticipating this increase, but we also, at the same time, increased our shelter capacity more than five times," Maura McCauley, managing deputy commissioner for the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, told the Chicago Sun-Times. "And if we hadn't done that, we really think that we would have seen a really unprecedented and tragic increase in our unsheltered population." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS The numbers are an indicator of the considerable pressures on the city from the surge in migrants, which has been fueled by the crisis at the southern border and the decision by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to bus migrants to sanctuary cities to relieve pressure on the overwhelmed state. Fox previously reported that Chicago Police have made more than 1,000 arrests of Venezuelan nationals in the first three months of 2024. The city's council, meanwhile, recently voted 30-18 to approve a request made by Mayor Brandon Johnson for an additional $70 million to help deal with the crisis. Brandon Johnson, mayor of Chicago, during an inauguration ceremony at the Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago May 15, 2023. (Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg via Getty Images) That money is on top of a $150 million assigned to migrant care in the budget already. The extra funding move sparked considerable backlash from residents, who said the money should be spent on Americans rather than those in the country illegally. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Johnson, along with mayors from other blue cities, have called for more action from the federal government. They have requested $5 billion in funding and expedited work permits for asylum seekers. The Biden administration has called on Congress to act to fix a "broken" immigration system, but Republicans have said that the crisis has emerged from Biden-era policies and a pull factor from those "sanctuary" cities like Chicago, which offer services and shelter to illegal immigrants.

It's summer solstice time. What does that mean?

FILE - Revelers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, June 21, 2023. Summer kicks off in the Northern Hemisphere once again with the summer solstice on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) DALLAS -- It's time for the start of summer — with a full moon to boot. Here's what to know about the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere on Thursday. The Earth spins on a tilt as it revolves around the sun. The summer solstice occurs for Earth's upper half when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted most closely toward the sun. This also marks the longest day and shortest night of the year. Around the same time, the Southern Hemisphere is at its most extreme tilt away from the sun, entering winter solstice and its shortest day of the year. Six months later, the halves will switch it up: The Northern Hemisphere will experience a winter solstice, and the Southern Hemisphere will have a summer solstice. Equinoxes mark the start of spring and autumn, and happen when Earth's axis and orbit line up such that both hemispheres get an equal amount of sunlight. The vernal equinox on March 19 kicked off spring, and the autumnal equinox on Sept. 22 will usher in fall. This year's summer solstice comes with a treat: the first full moon of the summer, coined the strawberry moon. The moon won't be pink or red in color: Its name comes from several Indigenous tribes who noticed that its timing coincided with the strawberry harvest. On Friday evening, cast your eyes to the southeast to glimpse the full moon peeking above the horizon.

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It's summer solstice time. What does that mean?. FILE - Revelers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, June 21, 2023. Summer kicks off in the Northern Hemisphere once again with the summer solstice on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) DALLAS -- It's time for the start of summer — with a full moon to boot. Here's what to know about the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere on Thursday. The Earth spins on a tilt as it revolves around the sun. The summer solstice occurs for Earth's upper half when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted most closely toward the sun. This also marks the longest day and shortest night of the year. Around the same time, the Southern Hemisphere is at its most extreme tilt away from the sun, entering winter solstice and its shortest day of the year. Six months later, the halves will switch it up: The Northern Hemisphere will experience a winter solstice, and the Southern Hemisphere will have a summer solstice. Equinoxes mark the start of spring and autumn, and happen when Earth's axis and orbit line up such that both hemispheres get an equal amount of sunlight. The vernal equinox on March 19 kicked off spring, and the autumnal equinox on Sept. 22 will usher in fall. This year's summer solstice comes with a treat: the first full moon of the summer, coined the strawberry moon. The moon won't be pink or red in color: Its name comes from several Indigenous tribes who noticed that its timing coincided with the strawberry harvest. On Friday evening, cast your eyes to the southeast to glimpse the full moon peeking above the horizon.

Honda to build $15 billion EV assembly plant and battery complex in Ontario

Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, Victoria Wells and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, Victoria Wells and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. "The world is changing rapidly," Toshihiro Mibe, chief executive of Honda, said during the announcement, alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Chyrstia Freeland, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Ontario Trade Minister Vic Fedeli. "And we must work towards achieving carbon neutrality." He described the Honda plant as "a vertically integrated and comprehensive EV battery chain in Canada." Mibe said the company will also build midstream battery facilities in Ontario, including a cathode active material plant through a joint venture with Korea's Posco Holdings Inc., and a separator plant with Japan's Asahi Kasei Corp. 'Whole ecosystem' Government incentives for Honda's plant are expected to total $5 billion, split evenly between the federal government and the province, according to Canadian Press, with the federal government expected to offer 10 per cent tax credits on the cost of constructing buildings, and 30 per cent on the cost of new machinery, while the province will provide direct and indirect support. "A whole ecosystem will be built with four new plants in Ontario," said Trudeau, adding that the economic benefits would spread across the country. Honda's planned plant is one of several planned EV battery projects in the country, and the third in Ontario, each of which is creating thousands of construction jobs in the short term and thousands of permanent jobs once completed and production begins. Provincial and federal governments have lured automakers to invest here with financial incentives, such as tax credits worth billions of dollars, which compete with incentives the United States is offering through its Inflation Reduction Act. The federal government announced the 10 per cent tax credit in its budget last week. It is structured so that companies that invest across segments of the supply chain, including battery production, EV assembly and cathode production, are eligible. That may entice companies such as Ford Motor Co., which have already invested in one of those segments, to expand their operations in Canada. Premier Ford called the Honda investment a "game changer" and noted the province has attracted more than $43 billion in EV and battery supply chain investments in the past few years. "Massive investments like this don't happen by accident," he said. Although the federal government's financial incentives have drawn criticism, with the Parliamentary Budget Office describing the economic benefits of such largesse as marginal, they have also been supported by politicians across the spectrum, including the federal Liberals, Ontario's Progressive Conservatives and Coalition Avenir Québec, as a way to save and even grow Canada's auto industry. The country has set ambitious goals that all new vehicle sales must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035; there are also interim targets that ZEV sales reach 20 per cent of all new vehicle sales by 2026 and 60 per cent by 2030. Last year, total EV sales in Canada increased by 49 per cent, though sales of passenger EVs declined by 12.6 per cent according to Fitch Solutions Inc., a market research company. Overall, EVs, including plug-in electric hybrids, Five major automakers — Honda, Toyota Motor Corp., Ford, GM and Stellantis NV — have manufacturing plants in Canada and Volkswagen AG is building one. Only Toyota has yet to announce how it plans to adapt its operations to the EV mandates. 'Good for auto sector' Canada's auto industry is a key pillar of the economy, accounting for eight per cent of all exports in 2022, and 29 per cent of all exports in Ontario, according to Statistics Canada. Earlier this week, Doug Ford commented on the sheer size of the new battery facilities, noting Stellantis is building a 4.2 million battery cell manufacturing facility in Windsor. "VW is building a 16-million-square-foot facility — large enough to accommodate more than 200 football fields," he said. "It's like a city in itself." Dan Guatto, director of energy transition at EY's business consulting team in Toronto, said that more companies are transitioning their vehicle fleets to EVs because they save money on maintenance and fuel costs. He said it's a good idea for politicians to use financial incentives to lure auto industry investments. Article content "It's certainly good for the auto sector. The automotive sector here has been in decline for a couple of decades," he said. "The investments demonstrate Canada is a good place to do business." Honda was the first Japanese automaker to build manufacturing operations in Canada, starting in the late 1980s, and it currently operates two assembly plants in Alliston, about 85 kilometres north of Toronto, where it produces the CRV and Civic models. It also builds engines there for some of the vehicles it assembles elsewhere. So far, the company has yet to produce fully electric vehicles in North America, though it is building an EV manufacturing hub in Ohio. Honda's announcement means it's the third year in a row that Canada has attracted a new battery cell manufacturing plant. In 2023, VW announced plans to build a battery factory in St. Thomas, Ont., that would eventually be capable of producing 90 gigawatt hours' worth of battery cells per year while Northvolt AB announced it would build a 30-GWh battery plant about 30 kilometres east of Montreal.

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Honda to build $15 billion EV assembly plant and battery complex in Ontario. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, Victoria Wells and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, Victoria Wells and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. "The world is changing rapidly," Toshihiro Mibe, chief executive of Honda, said during the announcement, alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Chyrstia Freeland, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Ontario Trade Minister Vic Fedeli. "And we must work towards achieving carbon neutrality." He described the Honda plant as "a vertically integrated and comprehensive EV battery chain in Canada." Mibe said the company will also build midstream battery facilities in Ontario, including a cathode active material plant through a joint venture with Korea's Posco Holdings Inc., and a separator plant with Japan's Asahi Kasei Corp. 'Whole ecosystem' Government incentives for Honda's plant are expected to total $5 billion, split evenly between the federal government and the province, according to Canadian Press, with the federal government expected to offer 10 per cent tax credits on the cost of constructing buildings, and 30 per cent on the cost of new machinery, while the province will provide direct and indirect support. "A whole ecosystem will be built with four new plants in Ontario," said Trudeau, adding that the economic benefits would spread across the country. Honda's planned plant is one of several planned EV battery projects in the country, and the third in Ontario, each of which is creating thousands of construction jobs in the short term and thousands of permanent jobs once completed and production begins. Provincial and federal governments have lured automakers to invest here with financial incentives, such as tax credits worth billions of dollars, which compete with incentives the United States is offering through its Inflation Reduction Act. The federal government announced the 10 per cent tax credit in its budget last week. It is structured so that companies that invest across segments of the supply chain, including battery production, EV assembly and cathode production, are eligible. That may entice companies such as Ford Motor Co., which have already invested in one of those segments, to expand their operations in Canada. Premier Ford called the Honda investment a "game changer" and noted the province has attracted more than $43 billion in EV and battery supply chain investments in the past few years. "Massive investments like this don't happen by accident," he said. Although the federal government's financial incentives have drawn criticism, with the Parliamentary Budget Office describing the economic benefits of such largesse as marginal, they have also been supported by politicians across the spectrum, including the federal Liberals, Ontario's Progressive Conservatives and Coalition Avenir Québec, as a way to save and even grow Canada's auto industry. The country has set ambitious goals that all new vehicle sales must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035; there are also interim targets that ZEV sales reach 20 per cent of all new vehicle sales by 2026 and 60 per cent by 2030. Last year, total EV sales in Canada increased by 49 per cent, though sales of passenger EVs declined by 12.6 per cent according to Fitch Solutions Inc., a market research company. Overall, EVs, including plug-in electric hybrids, Five major automakers — Honda, Toyota Motor Corp., Ford, GM and Stellantis NV — have manufacturing plants in Canada and Volkswagen AG is building one. Only Toyota has yet to announce how it plans to adapt its operations to the EV mandates. 'Good for auto sector' Canada's auto industry is a key pillar of the economy, accounting for eight per cent of all exports in 2022, and 29 per cent of all exports in Ontario, according to Statistics Canada. Earlier this week, Doug Ford commented on the sheer size of the new battery facilities, noting Stellantis is building a 4.2 million battery cell manufacturing facility in Windsor. "VW is building a 16-million-square-foot facility — large enough to accommodate more than 200 football fields," he said. "It's like a city in itself." Dan Guatto, director of energy transition at EY's business consulting team in Toronto, said that more companies are transitioning their vehicle fleets to EVs because they save money on maintenance and fuel costs. He said it's a good idea for politicians to use financial incentives to lure auto industry investments. Article content "It's certainly good for the auto sector. The automotive sector here has been in decline for a couple of decades," he said. "The investments demonstrate Canada is a good place to do business." Honda was the first Japanese automaker to build manufacturing operations in Canada, starting in the late 1980s, and it currently operates two assembly plants in Alliston, about 85 kilometres north of Toronto, where it produces the CRV and Civic models. It also builds engines there for some of the vehicles it assembles elsewhere. So far, the company has yet to produce fully electric vehicles in North America, though it is building an EV manufacturing hub in Ohio. Honda's announcement means it's the third year in a row that Canada has attracted a new battery cell manufacturing plant. In 2023, VW announced plans to build a battery factory in St. Thomas, Ont., that would eventually be capable of producing 90 gigawatt hours' worth of battery cells per year while Northvolt AB announced it would build a 30-GWh battery plant about 30 kilometres east of Montreal.

Bob's Stores Announces Going-Out-of-Business Sale Across All Locations!

NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bob's Stores ("Bob's"), a subsidiary of GoDigital Media Group, announced that the company will close all of it's Bob's locations and liquidate all inventory, as part of the Chapter 11 restructuring petition filed on June 18, 2024. Despite making swift and aggressive changes to the company's structure and operations, Bob's Stores was unable to secure the finances needed to maintain operations. Bob's stores began Going Out of Business sales in stores on Friday June 28, with discounts of 30-70% off. Hilco Merchant Resources in a joint venture with Gordon Brothers will manage the liquidation event, that will include all Bob's stores throughout New York and Rhode Island, offering unprecedented discounts on a wide range of workwear, footwear, team wear and everyday clothing for the whole family. Shoppers will find significantly reduced prices on leading national brands across the stores. Select store fixtures, furniture, and equipment will also be available for sale. Dave Barton, President of Bob's Stores said, "We regret that our financial position necessitated the liquidation of Bob's Stores. Bob's has been a stalwart of our local communities for nearly 70 years, and we know our customers remember us as having been there for major moments in their lives. We remain grateful to our vendors, suppliers, customers and employees for all of their support over the years." This event marks a final opportunity for loyal customers to take advantage of massive savings on everything in store. Top-selling items from the most popular brands will be discounted and will sell out very quickly. Customers are encouraged to visit their nearest Bob's location early to take full advantage of the best selection of discounted merchandise before it sells out. Gift cards and merchandise credits will be honored through close of business on July 14, 2024, local time. All sales are final during this store closing event. No returns will be accepted. Exchanges will be accepted in accordance with the Company's existing policies through the close of business on July 14, 2024, local time. No exchanges for purchases made after About Bob's Stores: Bob's Stores boasts a nearly 70-year history of providing families with a broad selection of leading national brands. The retail brand has a strong reputation for affordable prices and comprehensive merchandise offerings. Bob's Stores is a subsidiary of GoDigital Media Group, a multinational conglomerate dedicated to inspiring happiness by connecting community, content, and commerce across consumer passion points. About Hilco Merchant Resources: Hilco Merchant Resources ( www.hilcomerchantresources.com ) provides a wide range of analytical, advisory, asset monetization, and capital investment services to help define and execute a retailer's strategic initiatives. Hilco Merchant Resources' activities fall into several principal categories including acquisitions; disposition of underperforming stores; retail company or division wind downs; event sales to convert unwanted assets into working capital; facilitation of mergers and acquisitions; interim company, division or store management teams; and, the monetization of furniture, fixtures and equipment. Hilco Merchant Resources is part of Northbrook, Illinois based Hilco Consumer-Retail. ( ) Gordon Brothers ( www.gordonbrothers.com ) has helped lenders, management teams, advisors and investors move forward through change. The firm brings a powerful combination of expertise and capital to clients, developing customized solutions on an integrated or standalone basis across four services areas: valuations, dispositions, financing, and investment. Whether to fuel growth or facilitate strategic consolidation, Gordon Brothers partners with companies in the retail, commercial and industrial sectors to provide maximum liquidity, put assets to their highest and best use and mitigate liabilities. The firm conducts more than $100 billion worth of dispositions and appraisals annually and provides both short- and long-term capital to clients undergoing transformation.

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Bob's Stores Announces Going-Out-of-Business Sale Across All Locations!. NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bob's Stores ("Bob's"), a subsidiary of GoDigital Media Group, announced that the company will close all of it's Bob's locations and liquidate all inventory, as part of the Chapter 11 restructuring petition filed on June 18, 2024. Despite making swift and aggressive changes to the company's structure and operations, Bob's Stores was unable to secure the finances needed to maintain operations. Bob's stores began Going Out of Business sales in stores on Friday June 28, with discounts of 30-70% off. Hilco Merchant Resources in a joint venture with Gordon Brothers will manage the liquidation event, that will include all Bob's stores throughout New York and Rhode Island, offering unprecedented discounts on a wide range of workwear, footwear, team wear and everyday clothing for the whole family. Shoppers will find significantly reduced prices on leading national brands across the stores. Select store fixtures, furniture, and equipment will also be available for sale. Dave Barton, President of Bob's Stores said, "We regret that our financial position necessitated the liquidation of Bob's Stores. Bob's has been a stalwart of our local communities for nearly 70 years, and we know our customers remember us as having been there for major moments in their lives. We remain grateful to our vendors, suppliers, customers and employees for all of their support over the years." This event marks a final opportunity for loyal customers to take advantage of massive savings on everything in store. Top-selling items from the most popular brands will be discounted and will sell out very quickly. Customers are encouraged to visit their nearest Bob's location early to take full advantage of the best selection of discounted merchandise before it sells out. Gift cards and merchandise credits will be honored through close of business on July 14, 2024, local time. All sales are final during this store closing event. No returns will be accepted. Exchanges will be accepted in accordance with the Company's existing policies through the close of business on July 14, 2024, local time. No exchanges for purchases made after About Bob's Stores: Bob's Stores boasts a nearly 70-year history of providing families with a broad selection of leading national brands. The retail brand has a strong reputation for affordable prices and comprehensive merchandise offerings. Bob's Stores is a subsidiary of GoDigital Media Group, a multinational conglomerate dedicated to inspiring happiness by connecting community, content, and commerce across consumer passion points. About Hilco Merchant Resources: Hilco Merchant Resources ( www.hilcomerchantresources.com ) provides a wide range of analytical, advisory, asset monetization, and capital investment services to help define and execute a retailer's strategic initiatives. Hilco Merchant Resources' activities fall into several principal categories including acquisitions; disposition of underperforming stores; retail company or division wind downs; event sales to convert unwanted assets into working capital; facilitation of mergers and acquisitions; interim company, division or store management teams; and, the monetization of furniture, fixtures and equipment. Hilco Merchant Resources is part of Northbrook, Illinois based Hilco Consumer-Retail. ( ) Gordon Brothers ( www.gordonbrothers.com ) has helped lenders, management teams, advisors and investors move forward through change. The firm brings a powerful combination of expertise and capital to clients, developing customized solutions on an integrated or standalone basis across four services areas: valuations, dispositions, financing, and investment. Whether to fuel growth or facilitate strategic consolidation, Gordon Brothers partners with companies in the retail, commercial and industrial sectors to provide maximum liquidity, put assets to their highest and best use and mitigate liabilities. The firm conducts more than $100 billion worth of dispositions and appraisals annually and provides both short- and long-term capital to clients undergoing transformation.

Russian tennis star Andrey Rublev smashes racquet against knee several times during Wimbledon loss

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev entered Wimbledon as the No. 6 seed and among the favorites to potentially win the first Grand Slam title of his career. However, Rublev was met with a tough challenge from Argentina's Francisco Comesana, and, unfortunately, the Russian star was upset in four sets. Comesana won the match 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (5). He had 21 aces in the win compared to Rublev's two. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Andrey Rublev reacts as he plays against Francisco Comesana of Argentina in his Gentlemen's Singles first round match during day two of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 2, 2024 in London. (Francois Nel/Getty Images) To say Rublev was rough on himself was an understatement. Rublev was seen smashing his racquet multiple times on his knee after one mistake in the second set. His frustrations appeared to carry over throughout the rest of the match. He later explained that he hit his racquet on his knee because of a rule the All-England Club has about damaging the grass on the Wimbledon courts. "I wouldn't do it if I was able to hit the racket on the floor," he told reporters after the match, via The Tennis Letter. "Because we're not allowed to hit it on the grass. so I don't know. at that moment I couldn't take it anymore. I needed to let emotions out. But thanks. Everything is fine." Andrey Rublev reacts as he plays against Francisco Comesana of Argentina in his Gentlemen's Singles first round match during day two of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 2, 2024 in London. (Francois Nel/Getty Images)

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Russian tennis star Andrey Rublev smashes racquet against knee several times during Wimbledon loss. Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev entered Wimbledon as the No. 6 seed and among the favorites to potentially win the first Grand Slam title of his career. However, Rublev was met with a tough challenge from Argentina's Francisco Comesana, and, unfortunately, the Russian star was upset in four sets. Comesana won the match 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (5). He had 21 aces in the win compared to Rublev's two. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Andrey Rublev reacts as he plays against Francisco Comesana of Argentina in his Gentlemen's Singles first round match during day two of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 2, 2024 in London. (Francois Nel/Getty Images) To say Rublev was rough on himself was an understatement. Rublev was seen smashing his racquet multiple times on his knee after one mistake in the second set. His frustrations appeared to carry over throughout the rest of the match. He later explained that he hit his racquet on his knee because of a rule the All-England Club has about damaging the grass on the Wimbledon courts. "I wouldn't do it if I was able to hit the racket on the floor," he told reporters after the match, via The Tennis Letter. "Because we're not allowed to hit it on the grass. so I don't know. at that moment I couldn't take it anymore. I needed to let emotions out. But thanks. Everything is fine." Andrey Rublev reacts as he plays against Francisco Comesana of Argentina in his Gentlemen's Singles first round match during day two of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 2, 2024 in London. (Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Australia politics live: Julian Assange lands in Saipan; Coalition to attack Albanese over Payman crossing the floor

Wikileaks (and flight tracking sites) have confirmed that Julian Assange's plane is on the ground on the Pacific island of Saipan, where he is due to face a US judge in a couple of hours to enter his guilty plea and receive a sentence. Good morning and welcome to our rolling politics coverage. I'm Martin Farrer with some of the best overnight stories making news – but very soon Amy Remeikis will be along to helm proceedings from Canberra. Peter Dutton 's refusal to commit the Coalition to a 2030 emissions reduction target came after ambiguous comments in a newspaper interview were reported as a shift. Guardian Australia understands Dutton never intended to declare a new position, but misspoke during an interview with The Australian newspaper just over two weeks ago. He decided to go quiet for three days and then come out swinging, rather than reveal it was inadvertent. Also in politics, the Coalition is likely to attack Labor today over Senator Fatima Payman 's decision yesterday to cross the floor to back a Greens motion on recognising Palestinian statehood. More on that soon. Julian Assange arrived in Bangkok overnight (pictured) and in a few hours is due to appear in a court on the US-controlled island of Saipan, where he is expected to be sentenced on one espionage charge before making his way back to Australia. His plane landed on the remote island just minutes ago. In the meantime there's more reaction as human rights advocates in the UK said the country's next government must push the US for reassurance it will not pursue journalists again for publishing classified information. The headteacher of the top Sydney school embroiled in a row over becoming co-educational has written to parents and alumni expressing disappointment with a group of people within the school's community "whose behaviour is inconsistent with our school culture and our values". The head of Newington College, Michael Parker, said in his email that a "campaign of deliberate negativity" had "undeniably impacted the broader community's understanding of who we are and what we stand for" although he did not specifically mention the opposition to the coed plan. More coming up.

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Australia politics live: Julian Assange lands in Saipan; Coalition to attack Albanese over Payman crossing the floor. Wikileaks (and flight tracking sites) have confirmed that Julian Assange's plane is on the ground on the Pacific island of Saipan, where he is due to face a US judge in a couple of hours to enter his guilty plea and receive a sentence. Good morning and welcome to our rolling politics coverage. I'm Martin Farrer with some of the best overnight stories making news – but very soon Amy Remeikis will be along to helm proceedings from Canberra. Peter Dutton 's refusal to commit the Coalition to a 2030 emissions reduction target came after ambiguous comments in a newspaper interview were reported as a shift. Guardian Australia understands Dutton never intended to declare a new position, but misspoke during an interview with The Australian newspaper just over two weeks ago. He decided to go quiet for three days and then come out swinging, rather than reveal it was inadvertent. Also in politics, the Coalition is likely to attack Labor today over Senator Fatima Payman 's decision yesterday to cross the floor to back a Greens motion on recognising Palestinian statehood. More on that soon. Julian Assange arrived in Bangkok overnight (pictured) and in a few hours is due to appear in a court on the US-controlled island of Saipan, where he is expected to be sentenced on one espionage charge before making his way back to Australia. His plane landed on the remote island just minutes ago. In the meantime there's more reaction as human rights advocates in the UK said the country's next government must push the US for reassurance it will not pursue journalists again for publishing classified information. The headteacher of the top Sydney school embroiled in a row over becoming co-educational has written to parents and alumni expressing disappointment with a group of people within the school's community "whose behaviour is inconsistent with our school culture and our values". The head of Newington College, Michael Parker, said in his email that a "campaign of deliberate negativity" had "undeniably impacted the broader community's understanding of who we are and what we stand for" although he did not specifically mention the opposition to the coed plan. More coming up.

With new Gemini model, Google tries to set a new standard in AI race vs. OpenAI and Microsoft

Google CEO Sundar Pichai previews Gemini at Google I/O earlier this year. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Google started to roll out its long-awaited Gemini multimodal artificial intelligence model Wednesday morning, touting its ability to natively process and reason across different inputs like text, images, video, and code. With the new AI model, the search giant is looking to jump ahead in the AI competition against OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, and other industry rivals. Google described Gemini as its largest and most capable model to date, and the first AI model to surpass human experts on the Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU) benchmark. Sundar Pichai, the Google and Alphabet CEO, said in a blog post that Gemini represents “one of the biggest science and engineering efforts we’ve undertaken as a company,” under the umbrella of the company’s DeepMind AI initiatives. Google said Gemini has undergone extensive AI safety testing, using tools including a set of “Real Toxicity Prompts” developed by the Seattle-based Allen Institute for AI to evaluate its ability to identify, label, and filter out toxic content. Gemini will roll out in phases in different products: Many Google users will experience Gemini first in the company’s Bard AI chatbot. A version called Gemini Pro will power Bard starting today, Google execs said in a media briefing. A more powerful model called Gemini Ultra will be available early next year in a new version called Bard Advanced. Google Cloud will make Gemini Ultra available in an early access program for developers, rolling out more broadly in early 2024. Gemini Pro will be available starting Dec. 13 in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and AI Studio. A version called Gemini Nano for on-device applications will be available on Google Pixel phones, starting with Pixel 8 Pro. Google says it will power a new Summarize feature in the Recorder app and Smart Reply in Gboard. The Information reported Dec. 2 that Google cancelled a series of in-person launch events that were planned for Gemini “after the company found the AI didn’t reliably handle some non-English queries.”

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With new Gemini model, Google tries to set a new standard in AI race vs. OpenAI and Microsoft. Google CEO Sundar Pichai previews Gemini at Google I/O earlier this year. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Google started to roll out its long-awaited Gemini multimodal artificial intelligence model Wednesday morning, touting its ability to natively process and reason across different inputs like text, images, video, and code. With the new AI model, the search giant is looking to jump ahead in the AI competition against OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, and other industry rivals. Google described Gemini as its largest and most capable model to date, and the first AI model to surpass human experts on the Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU) benchmark. Sundar Pichai, the Google and Alphabet CEO, said in a blog post that Gemini represents “one of the biggest science and engineering efforts we’ve undertaken as a company,” under the umbrella of the company’s DeepMind AI initiatives. Google said Gemini has undergone extensive AI safety testing, using tools including a set of “Real Toxicity Prompts” developed by the Seattle-based Allen Institute for AI to evaluate its ability to identify, label, and filter out toxic content. Gemini will roll out in phases in different products: Many Google users will experience Gemini first in the company’s Bard AI chatbot. A version called Gemini Pro will power Bard starting today, Google execs said in a media briefing. A more powerful model called Gemini Ultra will be available early next year in a new version called Bard Advanced. Google Cloud will make Gemini Ultra available in an early access program for developers, rolling out more broadly in early 2024. Gemini Pro will be available starting Dec. 13 in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and AI Studio. A version called Gemini Nano for on-device applications will be available on Google Pixel phones, starting with Pixel 8 Pro. Google says it will power a new Summarize feature in the Recorder app and Smart Reply in Gboard. The Information reported Dec. 2 that Google cancelled a series of in-person launch events that were planned for Gemini “after the company found the AI didn’t reliably handle some non-English queries.”

Young Welsh keen on national service, says Tory

The Conservatives said the scheme would involve 30,000 selective military placements where "the brightest and best" volunteers would get involved in cyber security, logistics or civil response operations full-time for a year. The plans would be partly funded with £1.5bn from scrapping the Shared Prosperity Fund by 2028 – the scheme brought in by the UK government to redistribute cash after Brexit. Speaking on Radio Wales Breakfast, Ms Jones said: "I have got no issue whatsoever with ensuring that young people across Wales have the life chances that they need. "I think investing in them, providing them with opportunities, ways to volunteer or serve their military, as so many people want to do, I think that's something that everyone across Wales will welcome. "I know loads of young people who like to play their part." Labour's Nick Thomas criticised the plan as an "ill thought-out, back of the envelop policy" which "raids the Shared Prosperity plan". "Once again the Conservatives are saying they are going to invest in communities and then on the other saying they are going to take it all away," he said. "That is not the way we should be moving forward." Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville Roberts added that money from the Shared Prosperity Fund should spent strategically, with the Welsh government and Senedd deciding where it went. She also called for a debate on Brexit: "This election is about one thing: The economy. And we need to face a hard truth - Brexit is wrecking it. "Plaid Cymru isn't scared of telling it as it is. The evidence is clear: Brexit isn't working.

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Young Welsh keen on national service, says Tory. The Conservatives said the scheme would involve 30,000 selective military placements where "the brightest and best" volunteers would get involved in cyber security, logistics or civil response operations full-time for a year. The plans would be partly funded with £1.5bn from scrapping the Shared Prosperity Fund by 2028 – the scheme brought in by the UK government to redistribute cash after Brexit. Speaking on Radio Wales Breakfast, Ms Jones said: "I have got no issue whatsoever with ensuring that young people across Wales have the life chances that they need. "I think investing in them, providing them with opportunities, ways to volunteer or serve their military, as so many people want to do, I think that's something that everyone across Wales will welcome. "I know loads of young people who like to play their part." Labour's Nick Thomas criticised the plan as an "ill thought-out, back of the envelop policy" which "raids the Shared Prosperity plan". "Once again the Conservatives are saying they are going to invest in communities and then on the other saying they are going to take it all away," he said. "That is not the way we should be moving forward." Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville Roberts added that money from the Shared Prosperity Fund should spent strategically, with the Welsh government and Senedd deciding where it went. She also called for a debate on Brexit: "This election is about one thing: The economy. And we need to face a hard truth - Brexit is wrecking it. "Plaid Cymru isn't scared of telling it as it is. The evidence is clear: Brexit isn't working.

Ontario mom pulls Jewish daughter out of high school after antisemitic 'culture' event

'I live in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and my child is not in school because she’s Jewish. That’s insane,' says mother of Grade 11 student

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Ontario mom pulls Jewish daughter out of high school after antisemitic 'culture' event. 'I live in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and my child is not in school because she’s Jewish. That’s insane,' says mother of Grade 11 student

District Illegally Refused to Rehire Music Teacher After Military Deployment, Feds Say

An Oklahoma school district is accused of illegally refusing to rehire a teacher after he returned from military deployment. Now the Department of Justice is suing. On July 16, 2019, Michael J. McCullough began working for Oklahoma City Public Schools as a band teacher. He then became a member of the United States Air Force Reserve in June 2020, according to the lawsuit filed May 29. McCullough was employed as a music teacher with the school district for the 2021-2022 school year. However, in February 2022, he received a non-continuance notice from the school. So he reached out to Cindy Lang, the principal of Fillmore Elementary School, where he taught at the time, according to the lawsuit. She responded in an email, saying she "didn't know they were sending out the non continuing [sic] letters today," according to court documents. "That's just protocol. All teachers under two years get that. I'd like you to stay if you are happy.'" After receiving this email, McCullough believed he would continue his employment through the 2022-2023 school year. A day later, he received orders for military service beginning Feb. 14, the lawsuit said. McCullough notified school officials that he would have to take a leave of absence to fulfill his military duties. Then, he received an email from Lang. "I'm trying to wrap my mind around this and I'm very concerned. So I'm paying you all year and have to have a sub? It would make it so much easier to fill this with a music teacher if you resign. But this is your choice," the email said, according to the lawsuit. Then, on March 10, McCullough received a letter from the school, saying his contract would not be renewed. Oklahoma City Public Schools told McClatchy News in a statement that it was "made aware of the lawsuit" and is reviewing it. "The district will work through the legal process accordingly," the statement read. "We cannot provide any further comment at this time." Still, on April 25, McCullough notified school officials that he intended to return to his employment for the 2022-2023 school year, the court document said. On July 29, he informed school officials that his military duties were extended until Dec. 30, and that he would be able to return to his employment after Christmas break. School officials responded to him, saying, "Thank you for sending this information, however, your employment with OKCPS ended on July 15, 2022, at the end of your 2021-2022 contract," the lawsuit said. In December, McCullough reached out again after seeing a job posting for a band teacher position at a middle school. McCullough was interviewed for the position, according to the lawsuit, but the school hired someone else. McCullough once again requested to be reinstated to his former teaching position, to which school officials responded, saying, "Since you are not currently employed with OKCPS, you must apply for open positions and follow the normal recruitment process," the lawsuit said. The lawsuit said the school's refusal to reinstate McCullough was a direct violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, which "protects the rights of uniformed service members to reemployment in their civilian employment following absences due to military service obligations," according to a May 29 news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Oklahoma. "Service members are called to leave their home and work to serve and protect us," U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester for the Western District of Oklahoma said in the release. "It is our job to make sure their employment rights are protected once they return home. My office will continue to vigorously defend the rights justly earned by those who serve our country." The lawsuit is asking for an amount equal to McCullough's lost wages, as well as further relief.

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District Illegally Refused to Rehire Music Teacher After Military Deployment, Feds Say. An Oklahoma school district is accused of illegally refusing to rehire a teacher after he returned from military deployment. Now the Department of Justice is suing. On July 16, 2019, Michael J. McCullough began working for Oklahoma City Public Schools as a band teacher. He then became a member of the United States Air Force Reserve in June 2020, according to the lawsuit filed May 29. McCullough was employed as a music teacher with the school district for the 2021-2022 school year. However, in February 2022, he received a non-continuance notice from the school. So he reached out to Cindy Lang, the principal of Fillmore Elementary School, where he taught at the time, according to the lawsuit. She responded in an email, saying she "didn't know they were sending out the non continuing [sic] letters today," according to court documents. "That's just protocol. All teachers under two years get that. I'd like you to stay if you are happy.'" After receiving this email, McCullough believed he would continue his employment through the 2022-2023 school year. A day later, he received orders for military service beginning Feb. 14, the lawsuit said. McCullough notified school officials that he would have to take a leave of absence to fulfill his military duties. Then, he received an email from Lang. "I'm trying to wrap my mind around this and I'm very concerned. So I'm paying you all year and have to have a sub? It would make it so much easier to fill this with a music teacher if you resign. But this is your choice," the email said, according to the lawsuit. Then, on March 10, McCullough received a letter from the school, saying his contract would not be renewed. Oklahoma City Public Schools told McClatchy News in a statement that it was "made aware of the lawsuit" and is reviewing it. "The district will work through the legal process accordingly," the statement read. "We cannot provide any further comment at this time." Still, on April 25, McCullough notified school officials that he intended to return to his employment for the 2022-2023 school year, the court document said. On July 29, he informed school officials that his military duties were extended until Dec. 30, and that he would be able to return to his employment after Christmas break. School officials responded to him, saying, "Thank you for sending this information, however, your employment with OKCPS ended on July 15, 2022, at the end of your 2021-2022 contract," the lawsuit said. In December, McCullough reached out again after seeing a job posting for a band teacher position at a middle school. McCullough was interviewed for the position, according to the lawsuit, but the school hired someone else. McCullough once again requested to be reinstated to his former teaching position, to which school officials responded, saying, "Since you are not currently employed with OKCPS, you must apply for open positions and follow the normal recruitment process," the lawsuit said. The lawsuit said the school's refusal to reinstate McCullough was a direct violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, which "protects the rights of uniformed service members to reemployment in their civilian employment following absences due to military service obligations," according to a May 29 news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Oklahoma. "Service members are called to leave their home and work to serve and protect us," U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester for the Western District of Oklahoma said in the release. "It is our job to make sure their employment rights are protected once they return home. My office will continue to vigorously defend the rights justly earned by those who serve our country." The lawsuit is asking for an amount equal to McCullough's lost wages, as well as further relief.

Woman arrested after nails repeatedly put on road

Lincolnshire Police say there had been multiple reports of incidents over the past nine months.

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Woman arrested after nails repeatedly put on road. Lincolnshire Police say there had been multiple reports of incidents over the past nine months.

Murdered teen's mum wants changes to parole system

Tyrone Clarke, 16, was attacked by a gang and stabbed to death in Beeston, Leeds, in April 2004. Four men were later given life sentences for murder, but, since being released on parole at the end of their minimum terms, two have been recalled to prison for breaching their licence conditions. Tyrone's mother, Lorraine Fraser, said each recall prompted a fresh round of parole hearings, which she described as "horrendous" and forced her to "relive everything again". The Ministry of Justice has confirmed two of the men, Anjum Amin and Islamur Rahman, had been recalled to prison for breaching licence conditions since their release. Ms Fraser said Amin has had his licence revoked three times. She said: "It's with me every day. Some days when I think it's a good day I get hit with something again, parole hearings, impact statements, it's horrendous. "What I'm saying now is these parole boards, they're outdated. You can't keep revoking your life licence and getting away with it. "After the second revoking of a licence, I think they should be locked up and do the full sentence again, because clearly they haven't learned anything." The Probation Service said offenders who are given a life sentence are subject to strict conditions for the rest of their life and face recall to prison if these are breached. A spokesperson said: "We know this process can be distressing for victims, which is why the victim contact scheme provides support including important updates. "Victims can also opt out of the scheme at any point during a sentence." Tyrone was chased by a 20-strong gang in Brett Gardens, in Beeston, and was attacked with weapons including metal poles, planks of wood and CS spray. While four people were convicted of murder following a trial at Leeds Crown Court a fifth suspect, Qasim Majid, fled to Pakistan and remains wanted by police. Earlier this year the daughter of Wendy Speakes, who was raped and murdered in Wakefield in 1994 launched a campaign to change the parole process. Like Ms Fraser, she said the impact of repeated parole hearings forced her to relive the trauma. Tracey Millington-Jones said she had face four parole hearings in six years as her mother's killer, Christopher Farrow, made repeated attempts to be released. Speaking in March she said: "I spend months preparing a victim impact statement, then have to face the ordeal of going into the prison, where the man who murdered my mum is being kept, to read it out." Backing her campaign, Joanne Early, the CEO of the charity Support After Murder and Manslaughter, said parole hearings "retraumatise" victim's families and called for the time between requests for parole to be extended.

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Murdered teen's mum wants changes to parole system. Tyrone Clarke, 16, was attacked by a gang and stabbed to death in Beeston, Leeds, in April 2004. Four men were later given life sentences for murder, but, since being released on parole at the end of their minimum terms, two have been recalled to prison for breaching their licence conditions. Tyrone's mother, Lorraine Fraser, said each recall prompted a fresh round of parole hearings, which she described as "horrendous" and forced her to "relive everything again". The Ministry of Justice has confirmed two of the men, Anjum Amin and Islamur Rahman, had been recalled to prison for breaching licence conditions since their release. Ms Fraser said Amin has had his licence revoked three times. She said: "It's with me every day. Some days when I think it's a good day I get hit with something again, parole hearings, impact statements, it's horrendous. "What I'm saying now is these parole boards, they're outdated. You can't keep revoking your life licence and getting away with it. "After the second revoking of a licence, I think they should be locked up and do the full sentence again, because clearly they haven't learned anything." The Probation Service said offenders who are given a life sentence are subject to strict conditions for the rest of their life and face recall to prison if these are breached. A spokesperson said: "We know this process can be distressing for victims, which is why the victim contact scheme provides support including important updates. "Victims can also opt out of the scheme at any point during a sentence." Tyrone was chased by a 20-strong gang in Brett Gardens, in Beeston, and was attacked with weapons including metal poles, planks of wood and CS spray. While four people were convicted of murder following a trial at Leeds Crown Court a fifth suspect, Qasim Majid, fled to Pakistan and remains wanted by police. Earlier this year the daughter of Wendy Speakes, who was raped and murdered in Wakefield in 1994 launched a campaign to change the parole process. Like Ms Fraser, she said the impact of repeated parole hearings forced her to relive the trauma. Tracey Millington-Jones said she had face four parole hearings in six years as her mother's killer, Christopher Farrow, made repeated attempts to be released. Speaking in March she said: "I spend months preparing a victim impact statement, then have to face the ordeal of going into the prison, where the man who murdered my mum is being kept, to read it out." Backing her campaign, Joanne Early, the CEO of the charity Support After Murder and Manslaughter, said parole hearings "retraumatise" victim's families and called for the time between requests for parole to be extended.

Orange Business launches its SD-WAN Essentials solution based on Ekinops' technology

Ekinops (Euronext Paris: EKI) (ISIN: FR0011466069), a leading supplier of optical transport and enterprise connectivity solutions for telecom operators and enterprises, today announced that Orange Business has chosen Ekinops technology to launch its new SD-WAN offer named SD-WAN Essentials, transforming Enterprise connectivity into a stepping stone to the Cloud. Orange Business SD-WAN Essentials is a co-managed solution giving all businesses access to the essentials of SD-WAN services, providing control, reliability, performance, application-level routing and security. This solution, based on Ekinops SD-WAN Xpress technology, enables businesses to switch to intelligent routing in a secure way, limiting the number of devices and energy consumption. "We are proud to support the Orange Business new SD-WAN Essentials offering, which enables enterprise digital transition while minimizing its carbon footprint," commented Didier Brédy, Chief Executive Officer of Ekinops. For more information, please read the Orange Business full press release (French version only) About Ekinops Ekinops is a leading provider of open, trusted and innovative network connectivity solutions to service providers around the world. Our programmable and highly scalable solutions enable the fast, flexible, and cost-effective deployment of new services for both high-speed, high-capacity optical transport as well as virtualization-enabled managed enterprise services. Our product portfolio consists of three highly complementary product and service sets: EKINOPS360, OneAccess and Compose. EKINOPS360 provides optical transport solutions for metro, regional and long-distance networks with WDM for high-capacity point-to-point, ring, and optical mesh architectures, and OTN for improved bandwidth utilization and efficient multi-service aggregation. OneAccess offers a wide choice of physical and virtualized deployment options for Layer 2 and Layer 3 access network functions. Compose supports service providers in making their networks software-defined with a variety of software management tools and services, including the scalable SD-WAN Xpress and SixSq Edge-to-Cloud solutions. As service providers embrace SDN and NFV deployment models, Ekinops enables future-proofed deployment today, enabling operators to seamlessly migrate to an open, virtualized delivery model at a time of their choosing. A global organization, Ekinops (EKI) – a public company traded on the Euronext Paris exchange operates on four continents. Name: Ekinops ISIN Code: FR0011466069 Mnemonic code: EKI Number of shares: 26 994 049

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Orange Business launches its SD-WAN Essentials solution based on Ekinops' technology. Ekinops (Euronext Paris: EKI) (ISIN: FR0011466069), a leading supplier of optical transport and enterprise connectivity solutions for telecom operators and enterprises, today announced that Orange Business has chosen Ekinops technology to launch its new SD-WAN offer named SD-WAN Essentials, transforming Enterprise connectivity into a stepping stone to the Cloud. Orange Business SD-WAN Essentials is a co-managed solution giving all businesses access to the essentials of SD-WAN services, providing control, reliability, performance, application-level routing and security. This solution, based on Ekinops SD-WAN Xpress technology, enables businesses to switch to intelligent routing in a secure way, limiting the number of devices and energy consumption. "We are proud to support the Orange Business new SD-WAN Essentials offering, which enables enterprise digital transition while minimizing its carbon footprint," commented Didier Brédy, Chief Executive Officer of Ekinops. For more information, please read the Orange Business full press release (French version only) About Ekinops Ekinops is a leading provider of open, trusted and innovative network connectivity solutions to service providers around the world. Our programmable and highly scalable solutions enable the fast, flexible, and cost-effective deployment of new services for both high-speed, high-capacity optical transport as well as virtualization-enabled managed enterprise services. Our product portfolio consists of three highly complementary product and service sets: EKINOPS360, OneAccess and Compose. EKINOPS360 provides optical transport solutions for metro, regional and long-distance networks with WDM for high-capacity point-to-point, ring, and optical mesh architectures, and OTN for improved bandwidth utilization and efficient multi-service aggregation. OneAccess offers a wide choice of physical and virtualized deployment options for Layer 2 and Layer 3 access network functions. Compose supports service providers in making their networks software-defined with a variety of software management tools and services, including the scalable SD-WAN Xpress and SixSq Edge-to-Cloud solutions. As service providers embrace SDN and NFV deployment models, Ekinops enables future-proofed deployment today, enabling operators to seamlessly migrate to an open, virtualized delivery model at a time of their choosing. A global organization, Ekinops (EKI) – a public company traded on the Euronext Paris exchange operates on four continents. Name: Ekinops ISIN Code: FR0011466069 Mnemonic code: EKI Number of shares: 26 994 049

H&M Celebrates Pride Across the Americas

June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, H&M reaffirms its year-round dedication to the LGBTQIA+ community with the relaunch of its "My Chosen Family" campaign, which focuses on the concept of non-biological families that play an essential role for many people in the LGBTQIA+ community. Additionally, as Pride celebrations unfold across the Americas this June, H&M stands at the forefront with a series of initiatives and support spanning the "For H&M, Pride is something we celebrate and endorse 365 days a year, but in June we raise our voices even louder," says Carlos Duarte, President of H&M Region Americas. "We support our colleagues and customers who are members or allies of the LGBTQIA+ community as well as our various partner organizations who have a crucial impact on people's lives across the Americas." In the U.S., H&M has long been an advocate of the LGBTQIA+ community and is proud of its ongoing support of groups such as the June 11th, H&M will sponsor the ACLU's Pride Reception NYC to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ work of the NYCLU & ACLU. H&M also marks its fifth year of partnership with TTP and will be matching donations made between $150,000 to further their mission to end LGBTQ youth suicide. Last year, H&M's support during Pride 2023 helped TTP's trained counselors serve over 500,000 LGBTQ+ youths. Since the partnership's inception, H&M has donated over Canada, H&M continues its steadfast support for the Rainbow Railroad, a global nonprofit aiding at-risk LGBTQIA+ individuals in finding safety worldwide. For the second year in a row, H&M is proudly sponsoring the Freedom Party Toronto, an iconic fundraising event organized by the group, showcasing its commitment to championing LGBTQI+ rights and community initiatives. H&M will this year expand their support of The Trevor Project to Mexico with a donation. This new arm of partnership also includes a brand-new volunteering program between H&M employees in Mexico and TTP which will provide life-saving services for LGBTQIA+ youth struggling with mental health. Internally, H&M will engage its partnership with the ACLU through a speaker series aimed at educating and empowering the brands Colleague Resource Groups, the first installment beginning this June. Led by PrisHM (LGBTQIA+ colleagues and allies) and Vibe (Colleagues of Black, African and Caribbean descent and their allies), the focus of this workshop will be on discussing anti LGBTQIA+ and discriminatory laws that disproportionately affect both communities, with a special emphasis on the challenges faced by Black Trans women. The aim of this series is to empower colleagues with information to make educated voting decisions and provide support on how to navigate the voter registration process.

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H&M Celebrates Pride Across the Americas. June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, H&M reaffirms its year-round dedication to the LGBTQIA+ community with the relaunch of its "My Chosen Family" campaign, which focuses on the concept of non-biological families that play an essential role for many people in the LGBTQIA+ community. Additionally, as Pride celebrations unfold across the Americas this June, H&M stands at the forefront with a series of initiatives and support spanning the "For H&M, Pride is something we celebrate and endorse 365 days a year, but in June we raise our voices even louder," says Carlos Duarte, President of H&M Region Americas. "We support our colleagues and customers who are members or allies of the LGBTQIA+ community as well as our various partner organizations who have a crucial impact on people's lives across the Americas." In the U.S., H&M has long been an advocate of the LGBTQIA+ community and is proud of its ongoing support of groups such as the June 11th, H&M will sponsor the ACLU's Pride Reception NYC to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ work of the NYCLU & ACLU. H&M also marks its fifth year of partnership with TTP and will be matching donations made between $150,000 to further their mission to end LGBTQ youth suicide. Last year, H&M's support during Pride 2023 helped TTP's trained counselors serve over 500,000 LGBTQ+ youths. Since the partnership's inception, H&M has donated over Canada, H&M continues its steadfast support for the Rainbow Railroad, a global nonprofit aiding at-risk LGBTQIA+ individuals in finding safety worldwide. For the second year in a row, H&M is proudly sponsoring the Freedom Party Toronto, an iconic fundraising event organized by the group, showcasing its commitment to championing LGBTQI+ rights and community initiatives. H&M will this year expand their support of The Trevor Project to Mexico with a donation. This new arm of partnership also includes a brand-new volunteering program between H&M employees in Mexico and TTP which will provide life-saving services for LGBTQIA+ youth struggling with mental health. Internally, H&M will engage its partnership with the ACLU through a speaker series aimed at educating and empowering the brands Colleague Resource Groups, the first installment beginning this June. Led by PrisHM (LGBTQIA+ colleagues and allies) and Vibe (Colleagues of Black, African and Caribbean descent and their allies), the focus of this workshop will be on discussing anti LGBTQIA+ and discriminatory laws that disproportionately affect both communities, with a special emphasis on the challenges faced by Black Trans women. The aim of this series is to empower colleagues with information to make educated voting decisions and provide support on how to navigate the voter registration process.

FMC Corporation announces dates for second quarter 2024 earnings release and webcast conference call

PHILADELPHIA, June 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced today it will release its second quarter 2024 earnings on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, after the stock market close via PR Newswire and the company's website https://investors.fmc.com. The company will host a...

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FMC Corporation announces dates for second quarter 2024 earnings release and webcast conference call. PHILADELPHIA, June 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced today it will release its second quarter 2024 earnings on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, after the stock market close via PR Newswire and the company's website https://investors.fmc.com. The company will host a...

Jonathan India collects 2 more hits as the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4

Cincinnati Reds' Stuart Fairchild hits a two-run single in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz) The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Jonathan India doubled twice in his eighth consecutive multihit game, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 on Saturday. India scored a run and drove in two more. He has at least one double in each of his last seven games. He is batting.512 (21 for 41) with one homer and six RBIs during an 11-game hit streak. "He just looks so good out there in every part of the game," Reds manager David Bell said. "He's moving well. Physically, he looks great, and we've always known he can hit. It seems like he's been here for so long, and he's still young and getting better." Austin Wynns hit three doubles for Cincinnati in his first major league game since Oct. 1 for Colorado against Minnesota. Elly De La Cruz doubled and tripled, and Will Benson and Stuart Fairchild each had two RBIs. Paul Goldschmidt hit his 11th homer for St. Louis, which beat Cincinnati 1-0 on Friday. Sonny Gray (9-5) was charged with six runs, three earned, and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. Cincinnati (39-44) broke it open when it sent 10 batters to the plate in a six-run fifth. With one out and the bases loaded, De La Cruz scampered home when third baseman Nolan Arenado mishandled a potential double-play grounder. "It just didn't go our way," Gray said. "Once that fifth inning kind of went the way it does, it kind of felt like after Marte's at-bat the momentum was completely on their side. We were kind of flirting with it at the time. It kind of went to their side and then that inning kind of escalated on us." Fairchild and Benson hit consecutive two-run singles off John King with two down, and Wynns doubled home Benson for an 8-1 lead. "The approach off Sonny was so good," Bell said. "Staying through the middle of the field, hitting line drives. When we're not hitting home runs, it's nice to get rewarded by hitting doubles." Reds starter Carson Spiers (2-1) allowed two runs, one earned, and three hits in six innings. "Utilizing both sides of the plate, that's kind of what I did today," Spiers said. "Very efficient, very effective early, especially setting the tone. I think that's when I kind of get into a groove and things kind of start rolling. Changeups were working really good early and then spotted some cutters up and fastballs up so it worked out." Goldschmidt went deep in the sixth, stopping Spiers' streak of 43 consecutive innings without allowing a home run. Gray struck out and walked one in his shortest start of the season. It was his second career start against the Reds, who traded him to Minnesota in March 2022. "I thought Sonny actually did a good job," Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. "Overall man, he made his pitch there at the end, and it didn't go our way." TRAINER'S ROOM Reds: OF Jake Fraley (bruised right calf) returned to the lineup and started at designated hitter for the first time since being scratched before Wednesday's game at Philadelphia. Cardinals: OF Lars Nootbaar (oblique strain) started in right field and went 0 for 3 while playing five innings for Double-A Springfield in the first game of a rehabilitation assignment on Friday night. Nootbaar is scheduled to play seven innings for Springfield on Saturday night. UP NEXT

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Jonathan India collects 2 more hits as the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4. Cincinnati Reds' Stuart Fairchild hits a two-run single in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz) The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Jonathan India doubled twice in his eighth consecutive multihit game, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 on Saturday. India scored a run and drove in two more. He has at least one double in each of his last seven games. He is batting.512 (21 for 41) with one homer and six RBIs during an 11-game hit streak. "He just looks so good out there in every part of the game," Reds manager David Bell said. "He's moving well. Physically, he looks great, and we've always known he can hit. It seems like he's been here for so long, and he's still young and getting better." Austin Wynns hit three doubles for Cincinnati in his first major league game since Oct. 1 for Colorado against Minnesota. Elly De La Cruz doubled and tripled, and Will Benson and Stuart Fairchild each had two RBIs. Paul Goldschmidt hit his 11th homer for St. Louis, which beat Cincinnati 1-0 on Friday. Sonny Gray (9-5) was charged with six runs, three earned, and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. Cincinnati (39-44) broke it open when it sent 10 batters to the plate in a six-run fifth. With one out and the bases loaded, De La Cruz scampered home when third baseman Nolan Arenado mishandled a potential double-play grounder. "It just didn't go our way," Gray said. "Once that fifth inning kind of went the way it does, it kind of felt like after Marte's at-bat the momentum was completely on their side. We were kind of flirting with it at the time. It kind of went to their side and then that inning kind of escalated on us." Fairchild and Benson hit consecutive two-run singles off John King with two down, and Wynns doubled home Benson for an 8-1 lead. "The approach off Sonny was so good," Bell said. "Staying through the middle of the field, hitting line drives. When we're not hitting home runs, it's nice to get rewarded by hitting doubles." Reds starter Carson Spiers (2-1) allowed two runs, one earned, and three hits in six innings. "Utilizing both sides of the plate, that's kind of what I did today," Spiers said. "Very efficient, very effective early, especially setting the tone. I think that's when I kind of get into a groove and things kind of start rolling. Changeups were working really good early and then spotted some cutters up and fastballs up so it worked out." Goldschmidt went deep in the sixth, stopping Spiers' streak of 43 consecutive innings without allowing a home run. Gray struck out and walked one in his shortest start of the season. It was his second career start against the Reds, who traded him to Minnesota in March 2022. "I thought Sonny actually did a good job," Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. "Overall man, he made his pitch there at the end, and it didn't go our way." TRAINER'S ROOM Reds: OF Jake Fraley (bruised right calf) returned to the lineup and started at designated hitter for the first time since being scratched before Wednesday's game at Philadelphia. Cardinals: OF Lars Nootbaar (oblique strain) started in right field and went 0 for 3 while playing five innings for Double-A Springfield in the first game of a rehabilitation assignment on Friday night. Nootbaar is scheduled to play seven innings for Springfield on Saturday night. UP NEXT

Feedback on the Critical Design Review (CDR)

We are delighted to announce that our LCA60T programme has just passed an important milestone: the Critical Design Review (CDR), a decisive step in our development. The aim? To assess the design of the LCA60T, its performance, its various operations, its operating safety, its assembly processes, its maintainability and its compliance with certification requirements. Over 3 days, the teams presented a comprehensive review of the programme's maturity to a panel of external experts, mainly from major aeronautical companies, covering the main skills required to design an aircraft (experts in various fields, pilots, architects, etc.). The feedback was positive: the panel praised the quality of the work presented and the spirit of the teams. The sessions generated recommendations, which our teams are already working on to demonstrate the necessary maturity. Engineering activities are continuing with the launch of integration tests on the 3 main test benches already operational or under development (Iron Whale, Power Whale and Dyno Whale*). This CDR validates our transition from the design phase to the integration and verification phase, confirming that our project is ready for the challenges ahead. Congratulations to all the FLYING WHALES teams and to the more than 50 partners who are working with us and who have contributed to achieving this milestone. * Iron Whale: test bench for avionics and electrical systems (excluding propulsion) Power Whale: High-power electrical generation and distribution integration test bench

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Feedback on the Critical Design Review (CDR). We are delighted to announce that our LCA60T programme has just passed an important milestone: the Critical Design Review (CDR), a decisive step in our development. The aim? To assess the design of the LCA60T, its performance, its various operations, its operating safety, its assembly processes, its maintainability and its compliance with certification requirements. Over 3 days, the teams presented a comprehensive review of the programme's maturity to a panel of external experts, mainly from major aeronautical companies, covering the main skills required to design an aircraft (experts in various fields, pilots, architects, etc.). The feedback was positive: the panel praised the quality of the work presented and the spirit of the teams. The sessions generated recommendations, which our teams are already working on to demonstrate the necessary maturity. Engineering activities are continuing with the launch of integration tests on the 3 main test benches already operational or under development (Iron Whale, Power Whale and Dyno Whale*). This CDR validates our transition from the design phase to the integration and verification phase, confirming that our project is ready for the challenges ahead. Congratulations to all the FLYING WHALES teams and to the more than 50 partners who are working with us and who have contributed to achieving this milestone. * Iron Whale: test bench for avionics and electrical systems (excluding propulsion) Power Whale: High-power electrical generation and distribution integration test bench

Consumer Healthcare Market size is set to grow by USD 170.2 billion from 2024-2028, Awareness about lifestyle diseases boost the market, Technavio

July 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The global consumer healthcare market size is estimated to grow by USD 170.2 billion from 2024-2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.78% during the forecast period. Awareness about lifestyle diseases is driving market growth, with a trend towards accelerated use of online resources in global consumer healthcare market. However, lack of corroborative studies on dietary supplements poses a challenge. Key market players include Abbott Laboratories, Amway Corp., BASF SE, Bayer AG, BioGaia AB, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Chr Hansen Holding AS, Danone SA, Eisai Co. Ltd., Glanbia plc, GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Herbalife International of America Inc., Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd., Johnson and Johnson Services Inc., Kellogg Co., Koninklijke DSM NV, Nestle SA, Pfizer Inc., Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc, and Sanofi SA. Continue Reading Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Global consumer healthcare market 2024-2028 Key companies profiled Abbott Laboratories, Amway Corp., BASF SE, Bayer AG, BioGaia AB, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Chr Hansen Holding AS, Danone SA, Eisai Co. Ltd., Glanbia plc, GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Herbalife International of America Inc., Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd., Johnson and Johnson Services Inc., Kellogg Co., Koninklijke DSM NV, Nestle SA, Pfizer Inc., Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc, and Sanofi SA Market Driver The consumer healthcare market is experiencing significant growth due to the easy access to health information online and the increasing popularity of self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. E-commerce websites, such as healthkart.com, vitacost.com, and vivavitamins.com, offer convenience to consumers by providing a wide range of vitamin health drinks, protein shakes, and supplements. These sites offer live chat support for customer assistance. The COVID-19 pandemic has further boosted the demand for consumer healthcare products, with many people opting for OTC medications for symptom relief instead of visiting doctors. This trend is expected to continue, leading to positive growth in the consumer healthcare market. The Consumer Healthcare Market is experiencing significant growth, with a focus on digital and telemedicine solutions. These technologies, such as online consultations and mobile apps, are making healthcare more accessible and convenient for individuals. Additionally, there is a rising trend towards preventative care and self-care products. This includes dietary supplements, over-the-counter medications, and wellness products. Another key area is the use of data and analytics to personalize treatment plans and improve patient outcomes. Furthermore, there is a growing demand for cost-effective solutions, particularly in developing countries. Overall, the Consumer Healthcare Market is evolving to meet the changing needs of consumers and provide more efficient and affordable healthcare solutions. Research report provides comprehensive data on impact of trend. For more details- Download a Sample Report Market Challenges The nutraceutical sector in consumer healthcare faces challenges due to conflicting research and disagreements between companies and health agencies. Exaggerated claims and invalidated literature add to consumer confusion. Established organizations like the US FDA and WHO help clarify matters in developed markets. However, in developing countries, local experts' opinions hold more weight. These factors limit the growth of the global consumer healthcare market during the forecast period. The Consumer Healthcare Market faces several challenges in the current landscape. One major challenge is the increasing cost of components and production, especially for complex medicines and technologies. Another challenge is the growing demand for personalized and customized healthcare solutions, requiring significant investment in research and development. Additionally, regulatory compliance and the need for drug safety and efficacy are ongoing concerns. Furthermore, the digital transformation of healthcare brings new challenges, such as data security and privacy, as well as the need for user-friendly digital interfaces. Lastly, competition from various players, including big pharma, generic drug manufacturers, and digital health startups, adds to the market's complexity. For more insights on driver and challenges - This consumer healthcare market report extensively covers market segmentation by Product 1.1 OTC pharmaceuticals 1.2 Dietary supplements Distribution Channel 2.1 Offline 2.2 Online Geography 3.1 1.1 OTC pharmaceuticals- The consumer healthcare market is significantly shaped by over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals, which cater to various health concerns without prescriptions. These products include pain relievers, cough and cold remedies, gastrointestinal medications, allergy relief medications, and topical treatments. Pain relievers, such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen, are popular for relieving headaches and minor pains. Cough and cold remedies help manage respiratory infection and allergy symptoms. Gastrointestinal medications offer relief from digestive issues, while allergy relief medications manage allergy symptoms. The demand for OTC pharmaceuticals is fueled by consumer awareness, accessibility, and self-care preferences. The aging population and chronic conditions further boost market growth, making OTC pharmaceuticals a key market driver in the consumer healthcare industry. For more information on market segmentation with geographical analysis including forecast (2024-2028) and historic data (2017-2021) - Download a Sample Report The Consumer Healthcare Market encompasses a wide range of products and services designed to meet the healthcare needs of individuals. This market includes sectors such as Wellness, Oral health, Nutrition, Skin health, Medicines, and Prescription items. Consumers have access to various Personal healthcare products like Health supplements, Cosmetics, Disinfectants, and Consumer medical devices. The market also caters to the distribution of Over-the-counter (OTC) goods, including Analgesics, Weight loss products, and Gastrointestinal products. Preventative medicine plays a significant role in this market, with Digital health solutions and Nutraceuticals becoming increasingly popular. However, challenges persist, such as the distribution of Counterfeit drugs and ensuring the authenticity of Over-the-counter medicines. The Consumer Healthcare Market encompasses a wide range of products and services designed to maintain or improve an individual's health and wellbeing. These offerings include over-the-counter medications, dietary supplements, medical devices, and personal care products. The market is driven by various factors such as increasing consumer awareness, rising healthcare costs, and the growing preference for self-care. The market is segmented based on product types and geographical regions. The global Consumer Healthcare Market is projected to grow significantly due to the increasing aging population, the rising prevalence of chronic diseases, and the increasing adoption of digital health technologies. The market is competitive, with numerous players offering innovative solutions to cater to the evolving consumer needs. The market also faces challenges such as regulatory requirements and counterfeit products. Overall, the Consumer Healthcare Market presents significant opportunities for growth and innovation. Table of Contents: 1 Executive Summary 2 Market Landscape 3 Market Sizing 4 Historic Market Size 5 Five Forces Analysis 6 Market Segmentation Product OTC Pharmaceuticals Dietary Supplements Distribution Channel Offline Online Geography Technavio is a leading global technology research and advisory company. Their research and analysis focuses on emerging market trends and provides actionable insights to help businesses identify market opportunities and develop effective strategies to optimize their market positions. With over 500 specialized analysts, Technavio's report library consists of more than 17,000 reports and counting, covering 800 technologies, spanning across 50 countries. Their client base consists of enterprises of all sizes, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. This growing client base relies on Technavio's comprehensive coverage, extensive research, and actionable market insights to identify opportunities in existing and potential markets and assess their competitive positions within changing market scenarios.

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Consumer Healthcare Market size is set to grow by USD 170.2 billion from 2024-2028, Awareness about lifestyle diseases boost the market, Technavio. July 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The global consumer healthcare market size is estimated to grow by USD 170.2 billion from 2024-2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.78% during the forecast period. Awareness about lifestyle diseases is driving market growth, with a trend towards accelerated use of online resources in global consumer healthcare market. However, lack of corroborative studies on dietary supplements poses a challenge. Key market players include Abbott Laboratories, Amway Corp., BASF SE, Bayer AG, BioGaia AB, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Chr Hansen Holding AS, Danone SA, Eisai Co. Ltd., Glanbia plc, GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Herbalife International of America Inc., Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd., Johnson and Johnson Services Inc., Kellogg Co., Koninklijke DSM NV, Nestle SA, Pfizer Inc., Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc, and Sanofi SA. Continue Reading Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Global consumer healthcare market 2024-2028 Key companies profiled Abbott Laboratories, Amway Corp., BASF SE, Bayer AG, BioGaia AB, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Chr Hansen Holding AS, Danone SA, Eisai Co. Ltd., Glanbia plc, GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Herbalife International of America Inc., Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd., Johnson and Johnson Services Inc., Kellogg Co., Koninklijke DSM NV, Nestle SA, Pfizer Inc., Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc, and Sanofi SA Market Driver The consumer healthcare market is experiencing significant growth due to the easy access to health information online and the increasing popularity of self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. E-commerce websites, such as healthkart.com, vitacost.com, and vivavitamins.com, offer convenience to consumers by providing a wide range of vitamin health drinks, protein shakes, and supplements. These sites offer live chat support for customer assistance. The COVID-19 pandemic has further boosted the demand for consumer healthcare products, with many people opting for OTC medications for symptom relief instead of visiting doctors. This trend is expected to continue, leading to positive growth in the consumer healthcare market. The Consumer Healthcare Market is experiencing significant growth, with a focus on digital and telemedicine solutions. These technologies, such as online consultations and mobile apps, are making healthcare more accessible and convenient for individuals. Additionally, there is a rising trend towards preventative care and self-care products. This includes dietary supplements, over-the-counter medications, and wellness products. Another key area is the use of data and analytics to personalize treatment plans and improve patient outcomes. Furthermore, there is a growing demand for cost-effective solutions, particularly in developing countries. Overall, the Consumer Healthcare Market is evolving to meet the changing needs of consumers and provide more efficient and affordable healthcare solutions. Research report provides comprehensive data on impact of trend. For more details- Download a Sample Report Market Challenges The nutraceutical sector in consumer healthcare faces challenges due to conflicting research and disagreements between companies and health agencies. Exaggerated claims and invalidated literature add to consumer confusion. Established organizations like the US FDA and WHO help clarify matters in developed markets. However, in developing countries, local experts' opinions hold more weight. These factors limit the growth of the global consumer healthcare market during the forecast period. The Consumer Healthcare Market faces several challenges in the current landscape. One major challenge is the increasing cost of components and production, especially for complex medicines and technologies. Another challenge is the growing demand for personalized and customized healthcare solutions, requiring significant investment in research and development. Additionally, regulatory compliance and the need for drug safety and efficacy are ongoing concerns. Furthermore, the digital transformation of healthcare brings new challenges, such as data security and privacy, as well as the need for user-friendly digital interfaces. Lastly, competition from various players, including big pharma, generic drug manufacturers, and digital health startups, adds to the market's complexity. For more insights on driver and challenges - This consumer healthcare market report extensively covers market segmentation by Product 1.1 OTC pharmaceuticals 1.2 Dietary supplements Distribution Channel 2.1 Offline 2.2 Online Geography 3.1 1.1 OTC pharmaceuticals- The consumer healthcare market is significantly shaped by over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals, which cater to various health concerns without prescriptions. These products include pain relievers, cough and cold remedies, gastrointestinal medications, allergy relief medications, and topical treatments. Pain relievers, such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen, are popular for relieving headaches and minor pains. Cough and cold remedies help manage respiratory infection and allergy symptoms. Gastrointestinal medications offer relief from digestive issues, while allergy relief medications manage allergy symptoms. The demand for OTC pharmaceuticals is fueled by consumer awareness, accessibility, and self-care preferences. The aging population and chronic conditions further boost market growth, making OTC pharmaceuticals a key market driver in the consumer healthcare industry. For more information on market segmentation with geographical analysis including forecast (2024-2028) and historic data (2017-2021) - Download a Sample Report The Consumer Healthcare Market encompasses a wide range of products and services designed to meet the healthcare needs of individuals. This market includes sectors such as Wellness, Oral health, Nutrition, Skin health, Medicines, and Prescription items. Consumers have access to various Personal healthcare products like Health supplements, Cosmetics, Disinfectants, and Consumer medical devices. The market also caters to the distribution of Over-the-counter (OTC) goods, including Analgesics, Weight loss products, and Gastrointestinal products. Preventative medicine plays a significant role in this market, with Digital health solutions and Nutraceuticals becoming increasingly popular. However, challenges persist, such as the distribution of Counterfeit drugs and ensuring the authenticity of Over-the-counter medicines. The Consumer Healthcare Market encompasses a wide range of products and services designed to maintain or improve an individual's health and wellbeing. These offerings include over-the-counter medications, dietary supplements, medical devices, and personal care products. The market is driven by various factors such as increasing consumer awareness, rising healthcare costs, and the growing preference for self-care. The market is segmented based on product types and geographical regions. The global Consumer Healthcare Market is projected to grow significantly due to the increasing aging population, the rising prevalence of chronic diseases, and the increasing adoption of digital health technologies. The market is competitive, with numerous players offering innovative solutions to cater to the evolving consumer needs. The market also faces challenges such as regulatory requirements and counterfeit products. Overall, the Consumer Healthcare Market presents significant opportunities for growth and innovation. Table of Contents: 1 Executive Summary 2 Market Landscape 3 Market Sizing 4 Historic Market Size 5 Five Forces Analysis 6 Market Segmentation Product OTC Pharmaceuticals Dietary Supplements Distribution Channel Offline Online Geography Technavio is a leading global technology research and advisory company. 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Student sues OCAD for $1M over alleged failure to protect Jewish students

A student at Toronto's Ontario College of Art & Design University is seeking $1 million in damages after alleging she was subjected to ongoing anti-Jewish discrimination at the school. Samantha Kline is suing Toronto's OCAD University for $1 million in damages after alleging it failed to protect her from anti-Jewish discrimination and harassment at the school. (Martin Trainor/CBC) A student at Toronto's Ontario College of Art & Design University (OCADU) is seeking $1 million in damages after alleging she was subjected to ongoing anti-Jewish discrimination at the school. The statement of claim, filed by the New York based Lawfare Project on behalf of Samantha Kline in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, claims there is a pattern of antisemitic harassment at the school as a result of OCADU's alleged failure to protect Jewish students since war broke out between Israel and Hamas. "Antisemitism has always been a problem at OCADU, and after Oct. 7 it exploded and the school did nothing about it," Kline said at a news conference outside the school on Tuesday. "The harassment, intimidation and discrimination targeting Jewish students became unbearable and were made worse by threats of violence directed at me." University presidents defend efforts to combat antisemitism on campus U of T files for injunction to evict pro-Palestinian encampment Gerard Filitti, senior counsel at the Lawfare Project, said the firm is speaking with Jewish students on a daily basis who are reporting discrimination at their school, adding that the problem is "systemic" and is being reported across Canadian schools. In response to a CBC Toronto inquiry about the lawsuit, OCADU said it takes its students' safety and security seriously. Student claims she faced death threats Kline, who identifies as a Zionist, has been targeted for her beliefs, religion and ethnicity, according to the statement of claim. "The university not being able to guarantee my safety was my main concern. I don't want any other Jewish student to have to experience this," she told CBC Toronto in an interview. Kline claims she was unable to finish studying for her degree in-person due to the harassment she faced, including death threats, according to the statement of claim. "OCAD has failed to enforce its own rules of conduct and has failed to sufficiently protect Jewish students from hatred, intimidation and harassment," the statement of claim alleges. "(The school) has knowingly failed to curb rabid antisemitism, intimidation and harassment in its community (both on its physical campus and in its online community)," it further alleges. Ontario College of Art and Design University said Tuesday that unlawful threats and harassment are not tolerated at the school, adding that it takes students' safety and security seriously. (CBC) In the court documents, Kline claims that OCADU breached the Ontario Human Rights Code. The suit requests the court to order injunctive relief requiring the school to create and enforce "its own rules, policies and codes of conduct" regarding anti-Jewish discrimination, in addition to paying $1 million in punitive damages. The statement of claim also adds that Kline among other Jewish students were "consistently met with catcalls and written expressions," such as "F–k you Jew," "F–k you Zionist" and "Jews deserve everything that is happening to them." Unlawful threats, harassment not tolerated: OCADU In its statement, OCADU said unlawful threats and harassment are not tolerated. "Discrimination in all forms, including antisemitism, is completely against the values of OCAD University," said Adam Wiendels, a spokesperson for the school, in the statement. "We are committed to maintaining an environment that is free from hate, discrimination, and violence, and discouraging any celebrations of violence." Karen Pe'er, a student at OCADU and a friend of Kline's who showed up to support her, said she has experienced similar anti-Jewish discrimination at the school. "We are all kind of feeling the same hatred," Pe'er told CBC Toronto in an interview, adding that she would see posters around campus that would make her feel unwelcome. Filitti said the Lawfare Project is considering filing a potential class action lawsuit against multiple post-secondary institutions across Canada. TMU facing similar lawsuit A similar lawsuit was launched against Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) on April 23. The statement of claim filed on behalf of Nicole Szweras, a student at the school, claims TMU's failure to apply its own policies has led to a "poisoned antisemitic learning and working environment," since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Szweras is also seeking $1 million in punitive damages from the school as a result of the school's alleged failure to address antisemitism on campus. In a statement sent to CBC Toronto, TMU said it cannot comment on the case as it is before the courts. "TMU is proudly diverse and intentionally inclusive and the university works hard to promote an equitable and inclusive university community, free from discrimination and harassment," its statement reads. "All TMU community members have a shared responsibility for ensuring a culture of respect and inclusion." The school said it encourages community members who have faced discrimination and harassment to reach out to school administration so that it can investigate.

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Student sues OCAD for $1M over alleged failure to protect Jewish students. A student at Toronto's Ontario College of Art & Design University is seeking $1 million in damages after alleging she was subjected to ongoing anti-Jewish discrimination at the school. Samantha Kline is suing Toronto's OCAD University for $1 million in damages after alleging it failed to protect her from anti-Jewish discrimination and harassment at the school. (Martin Trainor/CBC) A student at Toronto's Ontario College of Art & Design University (OCADU) is seeking $1 million in damages after alleging she was subjected to ongoing anti-Jewish discrimination at the school. The statement of claim, filed by the New York based Lawfare Project on behalf of Samantha Kline in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, claims there is a pattern of antisemitic harassment at the school as a result of OCADU's alleged failure to protect Jewish students since war broke out between Israel and Hamas. "Antisemitism has always been a problem at OCADU, and after Oct. 7 it exploded and the school did nothing about it," Kline said at a news conference outside the school on Tuesday. "The harassment, intimidation and discrimination targeting Jewish students became unbearable and were made worse by threats of violence directed at me." University presidents defend efforts to combat antisemitism on campus U of T files for injunction to evict pro-Palestinian encampment Gerard Filitti, senior counsel at the Lawfare Project, said the firm is speaking with Jewish students on a daily basis who are reporting discrimination at their school, adding that the problem is "systemic" and is being reported across Canadian schools. In response to a CBC Toronto inquiry about the lawsuit, OCADU said it takes its students' safety and security seriously. Student claims she faced death threats Kline, who identifies as a Zionist, has been targeted for her beliefs, religion and ethnicity, according to the statement of claim. "The university not being able to guarantee my safety was my main concern. I don't want any other Jewish student to have to experience this," she told CBC Toronto in an interview. Kline claims she was unable to finish studying for her degree in-person due to the harassment she faced, including death threats, according to the statement of claim. "OCAD has failed to enforce its own rules of conduct and has failed to sufficiently protect Jewish students from hatred, intimidation and harassment," the statement of claim alleges. "(The school) has knowingly failed to curb rabid antisemitism, intimidation and harassment in its community (both on its physical campus and in its online community)," it further alleges. Ontario College of Art and Design University said Tuesday that unlawful threats and harassment are not tolerated at the school, adding that it takes students' safety and security seriously. (CBC) In the court documents, Kline claims that OCADU breached the Ontario Human Rights Code. The suit requests the court to order injunctive relief requiring the school to create and enforce "its own rules, policies and codes of conduct" regarding anti-Jewish discrimination, in addition to paying $1 million in punitive damages. The statement of claim also adds that Kline among other Jewish students were "consistently met with catcalls and written expressions," such as "F–k you Jew," "F–k you Zionist" and "Jews deserve everything that is happening to them." Unlawful threats, harassment not tolerated: OCADU In its statement, OCADU said unlawful threats and harassment are not tolerated. "Discrimination in all forms, including antisemitism, is completely against the values of OCAD University," said Adam Wiendels, a spokesperson for the school, in the statement. "We are committed to maintaining an environment that is free from hate, discrimination, and violence, and discouraging any celebrations of violence." Karen Pe'er, a student at OCADU and a friend of Kline's who showed up to support her, said she has experienced similar anti-Jewish discrimination at the school. "We are all kind of feeling the same hatred," Pe'er told CBC Toronto in an interview, adding that she would see posters around campus that would make her feel unwelcome. Filitti said the Lawfare Project is considering filing a potential class action lawsuit against multiple post-secondary institutions across Canada. TMU facing similar lawsuit A similar lawsuit was launched against Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) on April 23. The statement of claim filed on behalf of Nicole Szweras, a student at the school, claims TMU's failure to apply its own policies has led to a "poisoned antisemitic learning and working environment," since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Szweras is also seeking $1 million in punitive damages from the school as a result of the school's alleged failure to address antisemitism on campus. In a statement sent to CBC Toronto, TMU said it cannot comment on the case as it is before the courts. "TMU is proudly diverse and intentionally inclusive and the university works hard to promote an equitable and inclusive university community, free from discrimination and harassment," its statement reads. "All TMU community members have a shared responsibility for ensuring a culture of respect and inclusion." The school said it encourages community members who have faced discrimination and harassment to reach out to school administration so that it can investigate.

ZINZINO AB (PUBL): PRELIMINARY SALES REPORT Q2 2024

SEK 148.5 (131.4) million. Faun Pharma's external sales decreased and amounted to SEK 5.8 (8.5) million. Overall, the Group increased revenues by 10% to SEK 154.3 (139.9) million compared with the previous year. Revenue in Zinzino's sales markets increased by 24% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period last year and amounted to SEK 481.9 (387.3) million. Total revenues in the Group increased by 24% in the second quarter and amounted to Accumulated revenue for January –

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ZINZINO AB (PUBL): PRELIMINARY SALES REPORT Q2 2024. SEK 148.5 (131.4) million. Faun Pharma's external sales decreased and amounted to SEK 5.8 (8.5) million. Overall, the Group increased revenues by 10% to SEK 154.3 (139.9) million compared with the previous year. Revenue in Zinzino's sales markets increased by 24% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period last year and amounted to SEK 481.9 (387.3) million. Total revenues in the Group increased by 24% in the second quarter and amounted to Accumulated revenue for January –

The Hartlepool headteacher trying to find beds for 10,000 sleep-deprived pupils

At Rift House primary school in Hartlepool classrooms now have spaces in which children can sleep. "We see little ones coming in worn out," said Dave Turner, the school's headteacher. "Sometimes they are sharing a bed with siblings. Sometimes they share with different families." The cash-strapped school gives all its children free breakfasts, PE kits and stationery, but beds were a stretch too far. However, that is about to change thanks to a charitable project led by another local head, which launched last week and aims to deliver 10,000 new beds to children in the Tees Valley in the next three years. Turner's school already has a list of families they want the project to help. While food banks and kids arriving at school too hungry to learn have dominated the headlines, bed poverty has been quietly growing. Barnardo's estimated last year that almost 900,000 children in England had to share a bed or sleep on the floor. Mark Tilling, head of High Tunstall College of Science, a secondary school in Hartlepool, has worked with local businesses and run fundraising events to raise £70,000 to get the Tees Valley project off the ground. He has partnered with Zarach, a charity set up by a deputy head in Leeds, that has given thousands of beds to impoverished children. The fact that this is needed at all makes Tilling angry. "In the 21st century, we shouldn't be talking about kids without food or beds," he said. "How the hell do we get good results for children in school if they don't have beds to sleep in?" Teachers say that just as kids cannot learn on empty stomachs, if they haven't slept properly they can't concentrate, might not make it to school on time, or at all, and are less likely to be resilient and happy. Headteacher Mark Tilling: 'In the 21st century, we shouldn't be talking about kids without food or beds.' Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer Ellie McGrath, Zarach's funding and communications manager, said: "I went into a house the other day where there was a dad and three children sharing two airbeds between them." The charity often helps mothers who have fled domestic abuse and arrived in a new place, to an empty flat, with nothing. "We've got people moving into unfurnished houses and they have to pay for food and fuel, so a bed has become a luxury item rather than a priority," McGrath said. On their home visits they also see families unable to replace children's mattresses that are soiled or infested with bugs. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google after newsletter promotion In Hartlepool, the first new beds went out to "delighted" children from the warehouse last week, and Tilling said referrals were already building. Eddie Huntington, assistant director for education and inclusion at Stockton-on-Tees borough council, who has been involved in setting up the project, is thrilled that some children at the primary he used to run in Stockton have already been given a bed. "We might take beds for granted," he said. "These families don't."

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The Hartlepool headteacher trying to find beds for 10,000 sleep-deprived pupils. At Rift House primary school in Hartlepool classrooms now have spaces in which children can sleep. "We see little ones coming in worn out," said Dave Turner, the school's headteacher. "Sometimes they are sharing a bed with siblings. Sometimes they share with different families." The cash-strapped school gives all its children free breakfasts, PE kits and stationery, but beds were a stretch too far. However, that is about to change thanks to a charitable project led by another local head, which launched last week and aims to deliver 10,000 new beds to children in the Tees Valley in the next three years. Turner's school already has a list of families they want the project to help. While food banks and kids arriving at school too hungry to learn have dominated the headlines, bed poverty has been quietly growing. Barnardo's estimated last year that almost 900,000 children in England had to share a bed or sleep on the floor. Mark Tilling, head of High Tunstall College of Science, a secondary school in Hartlepool, has worked with local businesses and run fundraising events to raise £70,000 to get the Tees Valley project off the ground. He has partnered with Zarach, a charity set up by a deputy head in Leeds, that has given thousands of beds to impoverished children. The fact that this is needed at all makes Tilling angry. "In the 21st century, we shouldn't be talking about kids without food or beds," he said. "How the hell do we get good results for children in school if they don't have beds to sleep in?" Teachers say that just as kids cannot learn on empty stomachs, if they haven't slept properly they can't concentrate, might not make it to school on time, or at all, and are less likely to be resilient and happy. Headteacher Mark Tilling: 'In the 21st century, we shouldn't be talking about kids without food or beds.' Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer Ellie McGrath, Zarach's funding and communications manager, said: "I went into a house the other day where there was a dad and three children sharing two airbeds between them." The charity often helps mothers who have fled domestic abuse and arrived in a new place, to an empty flat, with nothing. "We've got people moving into unfurnished houses and they have to pay for food and fuel, so a bed has become a luxury item rather than a priority," McGrath said. On their home visits they also see families unable to replace children's mattresses that are soiled or infested with bugs. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google after newsletter promotion In Hartlepool, the first new beds went out to "delighted" children from the warehouse last week, and Tilling said referrals were already building. Eddie Huntington, assistant director for education and inclusion at Stockton-on-Tees borough council, who has been involved in setting up the project, is thrilled that some children at the primary he used to run in Stockton have already been given a bed. "We might take beds for granted," he said. "These families don't."

Daytona Beach Area Ready for Summer Fun

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Daytona Beach area. No matter the age or interest, the destination will offer endless adventures for all ages beginning with its 23 miles of pristine white sand beaches. No matter the speed, guests will find plenty of family friendly activities such as swimming, biking, fishing, surfing, parasailing, paddle boarding, kayaking, jet skis, boats and more. Following a beach day, between the attractions, events and entertainment, arts and culture, trails and green spaces, restaurants and microbreweries and shopping, there's plenty more to explore with a summer visit to this diverse destination. Attractions Daytona Lagoon: If the beach didn't offer enough fun in the water, visitors to Daytona Lagoon Waterpark can soak up even more fun. Little ones can discover the Treasure Lagoon Wave Pool or Castaway Children's Play area while those looking for a rush can ride multiple thrill slides such as Poseidon's Pass, Adventure Mountain, Kraken's Revenge, Shaka Halfpipe or Blackbeard's Revenge. The Family Entertainment Center is also open daily and offers laser tag, arcade, go-karts, Sky Maze, rock wall, and more. Newly opened – Daytona Aquarium and Rainforest Adventure: Daytona Beach's first aquarium offering opened earlier this year and this 55,000-square foot facility provides interactive educational experience featuring animals from both land and sea. Visitors can explore close to 40 separate exhibits including a 100,000-gallon shark exhibit and two touch pools including a 12,000-gallon stingray touch pool. There are also habitats for alligators, frogs, and lizards. A new experience just added, the attraction is now offering a virtual reality experience with five options to choose from: A Mermaid's Quest - Save Our Oceans, Swimming With Humpbacks - Dive With Giants, Thrill Coaster - Soar Above The City and Shark Dive – Get Closer Than Ever. Events and Entertainment Bert Kreischer's Third Annual Fully Loaded Comedy Festival: There will be plenty of laughter coming from the Ocean Center on Sunday, June 16 with Bert "The Machine" Kreischer's third annual Fully Loaded Comedy Festival. One of the top comedy events of the year will feature a comedy line-up that includes Kreischer, Big Jay Oakerson, Dan Soder, Bobby Lee, Chad Daniels, Cipha Sounds, Kelsey Cook, and Kyle Kinane. CEO 2024 Fighting Championships: The CEO Fighting Championships, one of the largest fighting game convention and tournament experiences in the world, returns to the Ocean Center June 28-30. Over three days, the event will feature fight game tournaments, a free play arcade called the Jebaileyland Arcade open all day and night, Artist Alley, vendors, and the best professional fighting game players from around the world along with much more. Comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias: Comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias will be performing at Peabody Auditorium on Thursday, July 11 as part of his Gabriel Iglesias: Don't Worry Be Fluffy Tour. Iglesias is one of the world's most successful stand-up comedians. He recently became the second highest-grossing touring comedian and is one of the most-watched comedians on YouTube, with over 1.1 billion views and over 25 million fans on social media. Coke Zero 400 Weekend Powered by Coca-Cola: Daytona International Speedway will host a NASCAR summer doubleheader under the lights on Aug. 23-24. The Coke Zero Sugar 400 will showcase the talented drivers from the NASCAR Cup Series as they battle to secure their playoff spots in the final 10-race battle for the championship on Saturday night, August 24. On Friday night, August 23, the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola will feature the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Summer concerts, fireworks at the Bandshell: Beginning in May and running through September, the Daytona Beach Bandshell will be hosting live summer concerts every Friday and Saturday night. The concerts at the historic coquina amphitheater that is located adjacent to the beach are free to the public and reserved VIP tickets are also available. Fireworks will be launched from the Pier every Saturday night following the concert. Head out to the ballpark: Historic Jackie Robinson Ballpark will host minor league baseball games all summer long with the Daytona Tortugas, a Class A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Jackie Robinson Ballpark is the site where ground-breaking African American baseball player Jackie Robinson played in the first integrated Major League Baseball spring training game in 1946. Arts, culture, and green spaces Megalodon at the Museum of Arts and Sciences (MOAS): A Smithsonian-affiliated museum, MOAS will transport guests into the world of the Megalodon, the gigantic prehistoric shark that once commanded the world's oceans. Open through July 21, visitors will be in awe as they walk through a full-scale sculptural replica of the 60-foot-long apex predator and explore the life of this fantastic ancient creature. Guests at MOAS can also experience the renovated state-of-the-art Lohman Planetarium, where they can enjoy one of many full-dome science films, a live, night sky tour, a fascinating talk from a renowned scientist, or even a live rocket launch, projected right onto the dome. At night, the planetarium becomes even more than a science theater. Enjoy stunning laser rock spectacles, featuring all your favorite music, unique live concert events under a canopy of stars, movie nights in 4K with our cinema tier projector, and exclusive one-off events. Also located on the MOAS campus, see the largest private collection of Florida oil and watercolor paintings in the world at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, a 26,000 square-foot museum. Florida and third tallest in the United States, the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse. Built in 1887, this structure is a national historic landmark and sits at 175 feet. The 203-step climb to the stop, up its spiral staircase, will deliver an unparalleled view of the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal waterway. Adjacent to the Lighthouse is the Marine Science Center where visitors can view seabirds and sea turtles in rehabilitation and learn more about the area's rich marine life and ecosystems. Recently opened at the Marine Science Center is a Raptor Education and Conservation Exhibit, which is dedicated to the permanent raptor residents of the center, who, due to injuries, cannot be returned to the wild. Daytona Beach, Florida, continues to delight and surprise visitors with its diverse and growing array of attractions. The Daytona Beach area includes several cities and towns including South Daytona. The destination has long been known for its iconic beaches and rich auto racing history but today a slate of exciting new attractions, upscale lodging, a vibrant arts scene and an amazing collection of parks, preserves and outdoor activities are all part of Daytona Beach's year-round appeal. To receive a complimentary Daytona Beach Destination Guide, find a place to stay, or book your next adventure, visit

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Daytona Beach Area Ready for Summer Fun. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Daytona Beach area. No matter the age or interest, the destination will offer endless adventures for all ages beginning with its 23 miles of pristine white sand beaches. No matter the speed, guests will find plenty of family friendly activities such as swimming, biking, fishing, surfing, parasailing, paddle boarding, kayaking, jet skis, boats and more. Following a beach day, between the attractions, events and entertainment, arts and culture, trails and green spaces, restaurants and microbreweries and shopping, there's plenty more to explore with a summer visit to this diverse destination. Attractions Daytona Lagoon: If the beach didn't offer enough fun in the water, visitors to Daytona Lagoon Waterpark can soak up even more fun. Little ones can discover the Treasure Lagoon Wave Pool or Castaway Children's Play area while those looking for a rush can ride multiple thrill slides such as Poseidon's Pass, Adventure Mountain, Kraken's Revenge, Shaka Halfpipe or Blackbeard's Revenge. The Family Entertainment Center is also open daily and offers laser tag, arcade, go-karts, Sky Maze, rock wall, and more. Newly opened – Daytona Aquarium and Rainforest Adventure: Daytona Beach's first aquarium offering opened earlier this year and this 55,000-square foot facility provides interactive educational experience featuring animals from both land and sea. Visitors can explore close to 40 separate exhibits including a 100,000-gallon shark exhibit and two touch pools including a 12,000-gallon stingray touch pool. There are also habitats for alligators, frogs, and lizards. A new experience just added, the attraction is now offering a virtual reality experience with five options to choose from: A Mermaid's Quest - Save Our Oceans, Swimming With Humpbacks - Dive With Giants, Thrill Coaster - Soar Above The City and Shark Dive – Get Closer Than Ever. Events and Entertainment Bert Kreischer's Third Annual Fully Loaded Comedy Festival: There will be plenty of laughter coming from the Ocean Center on Sunday, June 16 with Bert "The Machine" Kreischer's third annual Fully Loaded Comedy Festival. One of the top comedy events of the year will feature a comedy line-up that includes Kreischer, Big Jay Oakerson, Dan Soder, Bobby Lee, Chad Daniels, Cipha Sounds, Kelsey Cook, and Kyle Kinane. CEO 2024 Fighting Championships: The CEO Fighting Championships, one of the largest fighting game convention and tournament experiences in the world, returns to the Ocean Center June 28-30. Over three days, the event will feature fight game tournaments, a free play arcade called the Jebaileyland Arcade open all day and night, Artist Alley, vendors, and the best professional fighting game players from around the world along with much more. Comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias: Comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias will be performing at Peabody Auditorium on Thursday, July 11 as part of his Gabriel Iglesias: Don't Worry Be Fluffy Tour. Iglesias is one of the world's most successful stand-up comedians. He recently became the second highest-grossing touring comedian and is one of the most-watched comedians on YouTube, with over 1.1 billion views and over 25 million fans on social media. Coke Zero 400 Weekend Powered by Coca-Cola: Daytona International Speedway will host a NASCAR summer doubleheader under the lights on Aug. 23-24. The Coke Zero Sugar 400 will showcase the talented drivers from the NASCAR Cup Series as they battle to secure their playoff spots in the final 10-race battle for the championship on Saturday night, August 24. On Friday night, August 23, the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola will feature the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Summer concerts, fireworks at the Bandshell: Beginning in May and running through September, the Daytona Beach Bandshell will be hosting live summer concerts every Friday and Saturday night. The concerts at the historic coquina amphitheater that is located adjacent to the beach are free to the public and reserved VIP tickets are also available. Fireworks will be launched from the Pier every Saturday night following the concert. Head out to the ballpark: Historic Jackie Robinson Ballpark will host minor league baseball games all summer long with the Daytona Tortugas, a Class A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Jackie Robinson Ballpark is the site where ground-breaking African American baseball player Jackie Robinson played in the first integrated Major League Baseball spring training game in 1946. Arts, culture, and green spaces Megalodon at the Museum of Arts and Sciences (MOAS): A Smithsonian-affiliated museum, MOAS will transport guests into the world of the Megalodon, the gigantic prehistoric shark that once commanded the world's oceans. Open through July 21, visitors will be in awe as they walk through a full-scale sculptural replica of the 60-foot-long apex predator and explore the life of this fantastic ancient creature. Guests at MOAS can also experience the renovated state-of-the-art Lohman Planetarium, where they can enjoy one of many full-dome science films, a live, night sky tour, a fascinating talk from a renowned scientist, or even a live rocket launch, projected right onto the dome. At night, the planetarium becomes even more than a science theater. Enjoy stunning laser rock spectacles, featuring all your favorite music, unique live concert events under a canopy of stars, movie nights in 4K with our cinema tier projector, and exclusive one-off events. Also located on the MOAS campus, see the largest private collection of Florida oil and watercolor paintings in the world at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, a 26,000 square-foot museum. Florida and third tallest in the United States, the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse. Built in 1887, this structure is a national historic landmark and sits at 175 feet. The 203-step climb to the stop, up its spiral staircase, will deliver an unparalleled view of the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal waterway. Adjacent to the Lighthouse is the Marine Science Center where visitors can view seabirds and sea turtles in rehabilitation and learn more about the area's rich marine life and ecosystems. Recently opened at the Marine Science Center is a Raptor Education and Conservation Exhibit, which is dedicated to the permanent raptor residents of the center, who, due to injuries, cannot be returned to the wild. Daytona Beach, Florida, continues to delight and surprise visitors with its diverse and growing array of attractions. The Daytona Beach area includes several cities and towns including South Daytona. The destination has long been known for its iconic beaches and rich auto racing history but today a slate of exciting new attractions, upscale lodging, a vibrant arts scene and an amazing collection of parks, preserves and outdoor activities are all part of Daytona Beach's year-round appeal. To receive a complimentary Daytona Beach Destination Guide, find a place to stay, or book your next adventure, visit

PARAMOUNT GLOBAL, NICKELODEON AND DCMP FORM MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE BRANDS' GLOBALLY BELOVED KIDS' PROGRAMMING ACCESSIBLE

DCMP ) today announced an unprecedented partnership that ensures hundreds of hours of Nickelodeon's hit animated and live-action series will be accessible to families with young viewers and students with disabilities. The multi-year agreement commences with several Nickelodeon series, including Bossy Bear, Tiny Chef Show, Blues Clues & You! and Santiago of the Seas and will include distribution via DCMP's free streaming services for families and schools. Additional Nickelodeon series will be made available on DCMP's services on a rolling basis through 2029. The Nickelodeon series will air and stream with captions and audio description. Audio description is a secondary audio track with additional narration that provides access to key visual elements of a video for persons who are blind, without interfering with the audio or dialogue. "This opportunity enables Paramount Global to expand the reach and accessibility of our content to the DCMP audience, which includes young viewers and their families, through added audio description on Nickelodeon. The impact and nature of this partnership is something that the DCMP and our Paramount team are proud of," said Mark Turits, Vice-President of Captioning and Audio Description, Paramount Global Access Services. "We are proud to be partnering with Paramount Global to make important programming accessible for children who are blind and visually impaired," said DCMP CTO Kyle Sisk. "Not only will more high-quality television content be accessible to the public, but teachers and families will benefit from DCMP's targeted distribution to schools." DCMP is providing audio description through a Television Access grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of the grant is to improve results for children with disabilities through support for the addition of audio description to widely available programs with educational value. ABOUT NICKELODEON Nickelodeon, now in its 45 th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit Nickelodeon is a part of Paramount's (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment brands. ABOUT PARAMOUNT GLOBAL Paramount Global is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, Paramount's portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, Pluto TV, among others. Paramount delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, the company provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution, and advertising solutions. ABOUT DCMP The Described and Captioned Media Program (

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PARAMOUNT GLOBAL, NICKELODEON AND DCMP FORM MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE BRANDS' GLOBALLY BELOVED KIDS' PROGRAMMING ACCESSIBLE. DCMP ) today announced an unprecedented partnership that ensures hundreds of hours of Nickelodeon's hit animated and live-action series will be accessible to families with young viewers and students with disabilities. The multi-year agreement commences with several Nickelodeon series, including Bossy Bear, Tiny Chef Show, Blues Clues & You! and Santiago of the Seas and will include distribution via DCMP's free streaming services for families and schools. Additional Nickelodeon series will be made available on DCMP's services on a rolling basis through 2029. The Nickelodeon series will air and stream with captions and audio description. Audio description is a secondary audio track with additional narration that provides access to key visual elements of a video for persons who are blind, without interfering with the audio or dialogue. "This opportunity enables Paramount Global to expand the reach and accessibility of our content to the DCMP audience, which includes young viewers and their families, through added audio description on Nickelodeon. The impact and nature of this partnership is something that the DCMP and our Paramount team are proud of," said Mark Turits, Vice-President of Captioning and Audio Description, Paramount Global Access Services. "We are proud to be partnering with Paramount Global to make important programming accessible for children who are blind and visually impaired," said DCMP CTO Kyle Sisk. "Not only will more high-quality television content be accessible to the public, but teachers and families will benefit from DCMP's targeted distribution to schools." DCMP is providing audio description through a Television Access grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of the grant is to improve results for children with disabilities through support for the addition of audio description to widely available programs with educational value. ABOUT NICKELODEON Nickelodeon, now in its 45 th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit Nickelodeon is a part of Paramount's (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment brands. ABOUT PARAMOUNT GLOBAL Paramount Global is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, Paramount's portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, Pluto TV, among others. Paramount delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, the company provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution, and advertising solutions. ABOUT DCMP The Described and Captioned Media Program (

Keir Starmer: Labour leader hoping for keys to No 10

He did not enter Parliament until he was in his 50s, after a successful career as a lawyer, and unlike most MPs he arrived in the House of Commons with a knighthood. He was knighted in 2014, in recognition for his role as Director of Public Prosecutions, the most senior criminal prosecutor in England and Wales. The Labour leader's background as a high-flying human rights lawyer might suggest a privileged upbringing. But in fact the 61-year-old - whose dad was a toolmaker and mum was a nurse - comes from a relatively modest background. He rarely misses an opportunity to describe himself as being from a "working class background". Now, with his party riding high in the opinion polls, he is hoping to return Labour to power after 14 years in opposition. One of four children, Sir Keir grew up in Oxted, Surrey. His parents were staunch Labour supporters and named their son after the party's first MP, Keir Hardie. After passing the 11-plus exam, he got a place at Reigate Grammar School, which became a private school two years later, although existing pupils, like Starmer, had their fees paid by the local council until they were 16. In the sixth form, his fees were covered by a grant, according to the Telegraph He was politically active from an early age, joining the East Surrey Young Socialists, the youth branch of the local Labour Party, at the age of 16. He also excelled at music, playing the flute, piano, violin and recorder and even sharing lessons with Norman Cook, who would become known as chart-topping DJ Fatboy Slim. However, there were also challenges - his mum suffered from Still's disease, a rare autoimmune condition which eventually left her unable to speak or walk. In interviews, Sir Keir has recalled how she spent much of his childhood in and out of hospital as her health deteriorated. He wasn't as close to his father, who he has described as "a difficult man" who could be remote, although he said he was "devoted" to his wife and "incredibly hard-working". The first in his family to go to university, the young activist had considered studying politics but was encouraged by his parents to go for law. As a politician, Sir Keir likes to portray himself as a stickler for the rules - indeed he was once dubbed "Mr Rules" by a shadow cabinet colleague. He has sometimes been accused by opponents of being a bit dull. He unwinds by playing five-a-side football and supporting Arsenal. But he has not led a blemish-free life, and there is at least one brush with the law in his past. Trying to raise money during a lads' holiday to the French Riviera as a student in the early 1980s, he was caught by police illegally selling ice creams. A university friend of Sir Keir told Politico's Westminster Insider podcast, external he escaped the incident without punishment, beyond the contraband ice creams being confiscated. He graduated with a first from the University of Leeds in 1985, before getting his post-graduate qualification at Oxford the following year and going on to become a barrister, focusing on human rights law. In his early years in London he recalled living in "a really grotty flat" above a brothel. One of his flatmates at the time, journalist Paul Vickers, described him as a "great party animal", who loved Northern Soul music. He told the BBC's Profile programme in 2009 that the young Starmer's politics were "hard left" and he used to edit the radical magazine, Socialist Alternatives. He tends not to give much away about his personality in interviews, but is happy to own up to having a competitive streak. Sir Keir's commitment to tackling injustice extended to his legal career, which included working to get rid of the death penalty in the Caribbean and Africa. He was also part of the legal team in the so-called McLibel case, offering his services for free to help defend activists who were pursued by McDonald's for distributing leaflets questioning the fast food giant's environmental claims. His work on high-profile human rights cases even sparked rumours he was the inspiration behind Mark Darcy, the buttoned-up but dashing lawyer in Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary novels, although the author later quashed this suggestion. Sir Keir married his wife, Victoria Alexander, who works for the NHS, in 2007 and the couple have two children. In 2008 he was named the new head of the Crown Prosecution Service and Director of Public Prosecutions, despite spending most of his career as a defence barrister. He dealt with a number of major cases including helping to bring two men accused of murdering 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence to justice during his time in the role. He stood down in 2013 and was knighted the following year. Sir Keir's wife Victoria has been seen at his side at party conferences Sir Keir was elected for MP for Holborn and St Pancras in 2015, a safe seat in Labour's North London stronghold, soon becoming a shadow Home Office minister. He quit the role in 2016, joining a number of frontbenchers who resigned in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership following the Brexit referendum. However, unlike many of his colleagues, Sir Keir agreed to rejoin Mr Corbyn's top team just over three months later, as shadow Brexit secretary - and stayed on even when the leadership faced criticism over how it dealt with allegations of antisemitism. In that job he had the tricky task of navigating Labour's position on the European Union during the withdrawal negotiations with the bloc. The Remain-supporting MP said publicly that another referendum should remain an option, and that if it happened, he would campaign to stay in the EU. Some believe he was the driving force behind Labour's change in position ahead of the 2019 election, promising a second vote. Critics argued this policy was partly responsible for the party's disastrous electoral performance, after which Mr Corbyn announced he would stand down as leader. Sir Keir was a frontrunner in the race to replace him, promising to unite the party but retain the "radicalism" of the Corbyn years. Becoming leader in April 2020 - at the start of the first Covid lockdown - Sir Keir pledged to bring "a constructive opposition", working alongside the government to get the country through the pandemic. However, unable to tour the country and meet voters - he first speech as leader was a video message - and with the news agenda dominated by Covid, he struggled to make an impression. In May 2021, Labour lost Hartlepool to the Tories in a humiliating by-election defeat. The result was so bad that - according to a, external of the Labour leader - Sir Keir told his staff he was going to resign. A former Starmer aide told author Tom Baldwin: "Keir kept saying that he felt he would have to go, that the result showed the party was going backwards and he saw it as a personal rejection. "I told him it was far too soon for that kind of thing, but it was a rocky few hours." In the end, Sir Keir didn't quit but the result did prompt a policy rethink and a reshuffle of his top team. The focus was now firmly on winning back Labour voters lost to Boris Johnson's Conservatives in former Labour heartlands - the so-called Red Wall. Talk of Brexit was discouraged and Sir Keir began dropping left-wing pledges he had made during the leadership campaign, including abolishing university tuition fees and nationalising energy and water companies. Other left-wingers also claim they have been blocked from standing for the party,

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Keir Starmer: Labour leader hoping for keys to No 10. He did not enter Parliament until he was in his 50s, after a successful career as a lawyer, and unlike most MPs he arrived in the House of Commons with a knighthood. He was knighted in 2014, in recognition for his role as Director of Public Prosecutions, the most senior criminal prosecutor in England and Wales. The Labour leader's background as a high-flying human rights lawyer might suggest a privileged upbringing. But in fact the 61-year-old - whose dad was a toolmaker and mum was a nurse - comes from a relatively modest background. He rarely misses an opportunity to describe himself as being from a "working class background". Now, with his party riding high in the opinion polls, he is hoping to return Labour to power after 14 years in opposition. One of four children, Sir Keir grew up in Oxted, Surrey. His parents were staunch Labour supporters and named their son after the party's first MP, Keir Hardie. After passing the 11-plus exam, he got a place at Reigate Grammar School, which became a private school two years later, although existing pupils, like Starmer, had their fees paid by the local council until they were 16. In the sixth form, his fees were covered by a grant, according to the Telegraph He was politically active from an early age, joining the East Surrey Young Socialists, the youth branch of the local Labour Party, at the age of 16. He also excelled at music, playing the flute, piano, violin and recorder and even sharing lessons with Norman Cook, who would become known as chart-topping DJ Fatboy Slim. However, there were also challenges - his mum suffered from Still's disease, a rare autoimmune condition which eventually left her unable to speak or walk. In interviews, Sir Keir has recalled how she spent much of his childhood in and out of hospital as her health deteriorated. He wasn't as close to his father, who he has described as "a difficult man" who could be remote, although he said he was "devoted" to his wife and "incredibly hard-working". The first in his family to go to university, the young activist had considered studying politics but was encouraged by his parents to go for law. As a politician, Sir Keir likes to portray himself as a stickler for the rules - indeed he was once dubbed "Mr Rules" by a shadow cabinet colleague. He has sometimes been accused by opponents of being a bit dull. He unwinds by playing five-a-side football and supporting Arsenal. But he has not led a blemish-free life, and there is at least one brush with the law in his past. Trying to raise money during a lads' holiday to the French Riviera as a student in the early 1980s, he was caught by police illegally selling ice creams. A university friend of Sir Keir told Politico's Westminster Insider podcast, external he escaped the incident without punishment, beyond the contraband ice creams being confiscated. He graduated with a first from the University of Leeds in 1985, before getting his post-graduate qualification at Oxford the following year and going on to become a barrister, focusing on human rights law. In his early years in London he recalled living in "a really grotty flat" above a brothel. One of his flatmates at the time, journalist Paul Vickers, described him as a "great party animal", who loved Northern Soul music. He told the BBC's Profile programme in 2009 that the young Starmer's politics were "hard left" and he used to edit the radical magazine, Socialist Alternatives. He tends not to give much away about his personality in interviews, but is happy to own up to having a competitive streak. Sir Keir's commitment to tackling injustice extended to his legal career, which included working to get rid of the death penalty in the Caribbean and Africa. He was also part of the legal team in the so-called McLibel case, offering his services for free to help defend activists who were pursued by McDonald's for distributing leaflets questioning the fast food giant's environmental claims. His work on high-profile human rights cases even sparked rumours he was the inspiration behind Mark Darcy, the buttoned-up but dashing lawyer in Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary novels, although the author later quashed this suggestion. Sir Keir married his wife, Victoria Alexander, who works for the NHS, in 2007 and the couple have two children. In 2008 he was named the new head of the Crown Prosecution Service and Director of Public Prosecutions, despite spending most of his career as a defence barrister. He dealt with a number of major cases including helping to bring two men accused of murdering 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence to justice during his time in the role. He stood down in 2013 and was knighted the following year. Sir Keir's wife Victoria has been seen at his side at party conferences Sir Keir was elected for MP for Holborn and St Pancras in 2015, a safe seat in Labour's North London stronghold, soon becoming a shadow Home Office minister. He quit the role in 2016, joining a number of frontbenchers who resigned in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership following the Brexit referendum. However, unlike many of his colleagues, Sir Keir agreed to rejoin Mr Corbyn's top team just over three months later, as shadow Brexit secretary - and stayed on even when the leadership faced criticism over how it dealt with allegations of antisemitism. In that job he had the tricky task of navigating Labour's position on the European Union during the withdrawal negotiations with the bloc. The Remain-supporting MP said publicly that another referendum should remain an option, and that if it happened, he would campaign to stay in the EU. Some believe he was the driving force behind Labour's change in position ahead of the 2019 election, promising a second vote. Critics argued this policy was partly responsible for the party's disastrous electoral performance, after which Mr Corbyn announced he would stand down as leader. Sir Keir was a frontrunner in the race to replace him, promising to unite the party but retain the "radicalism" of the Corbyn years. Becoming leader in April 2020 - at the start of the first Covid lockdown - Sir Keir pledged to bring "a constructive opposition", working alongside the government to get the country through the pandemic. However, unable to tour the country and meet voters - he first speech as leader was a video message - and with the news agenda dominated by Covid, he struggled to make an impression. In May 2021, Labour lost Hartlepool to the Tories in a humiliating by-election defeat. The result was so bad that - according to a, external of the Labour leader - Sir Keir told his staff he was going to resign. A former Starmer aide told author Tom Baldwin: "Keir kept saying that he felt he would have to go, that the result showed the party was going backwards and he saw it as a personal rejection. "I told him it was far too soon for that kind of thing, but it was a rocky few hours." In the end, Sir Keir didn't quit but the result did prompt a policy rethink and a reshuffle of his top team. The focus was now firmly on winning back Labour voters lost to Boris Johnson's Conservatives in former Labour heartlands - the so-called Red Wall. Talk of Brexit was discouraged and Sir Keir began dropping left-wing pledges he had made during the leadership campaign, including abolishing university tuition fees and nationalising energy and water companies. Other left-wingers also claim they have been blocked from standing for the party,

Howard Levitt: Double-dipping employees aren't doing themselves, or their employers, any favours

remote work. Unhappily, despite the lobbies of the WFH crowd, it usually does not work out as well as working on site, for either the employer or the employee. From the employee's perspective, there may be a sense of isolation and a fear of losing out on promotions to on-site employees, the latter a reality supported by recent studies. From the employer's perspective, there are issues of employee productivity and lack of supervision. If the remote employee is situated in another country, that brings a host of other issues, including choice of law and taxation problems. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, Victoria Wells and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. But today we are going to discuss another issue that is arising much more frequently than you might think in both the U.S. and Canada. The problem is that some employees are working multiple full-time jobs simultaneously. The issue is not entirely a new one. In three cases that Howard has argued in which employees who were ordered to return to the office instead resigned and claimed constructive dismissal, it was found during the litigation process that the employees did not want to go back to the office in part because they had taken on multiple other jobs and did not want to lose that income. The problem is particularly prevalent in jobs which involve data management or writing code or other IT functions. Obviously, if the employee is a plumber or a factory worker or somebody else whose attendance is required at work then such double dipping is much less likely, if not impossible. However, if an employee never sets foot in the office because their entire work function can be performed remotely, then it is possible that they can work multiple full-time jobs. As it turns out, many of them do. We note that this fact reinforces how little knowledge many employers have of what their remote employees are doing and how little many are, in fact, doing. dismissal for cause from both jobs. Once again, faithful readers will know that this means that there will be no notice provided or severance paid. We are not talking about some side hustle such as working the occasional evening shift at McDonalds or building bird houses in your garage workshop. That would probably be permissible, providing of course that you are not competing with your employer. As a full-time employee, you are being paid to provide forty hours a week, minimum in some cases, to your employer. If you are working two full-time jobs you are not working eighty hours a week (take it from us, we have both occasionally put in eighty hours a week and it is not sustainable, at least not past the age of 30). In other words, you are not giving each employer the hours for which you are being paid. Furthermore, most such employees have employment contracts requiring them to devote all of their efforts to that employer. So, not only is the double-dipping employee stealing from their employer, they are also in breach of their employment contracts. Finally, and importantly, if either job is even remotely competitive with the other, then the employee is competing with their employer. Such arrangements are verboten. Under no circumstances can an employee compete with their employer. That in itself is grounds for dismissal for cause. What causes employees to engage in such activity? Well, let's face it, as the notorious bank robber Alonzo Boyd once said, "I did it for the money!" However, it can't be pleasant. For the employee, it usually means working long hours trying to satisfy the requirements of both jobs and being very careful with communications so that they don't tip off either employer of the others' existence. Anyone who has dated two people at the same time will empathize with this predicament. The employee will typically be terrible at one, if not all, of the jobs at which they are employed. They aren't building a career and are most likely going to be the first person to be terminated at either job. For employers, if you have an underperforming, remote-working employee, start checking their LinkedIn page and monitor their email communications because there is a chance that you are being short-changed. If you find that one of your employees is working full time at another job, you will be able to terminate them for cause.

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Howard Levitt: Double-dipping employees aren't doing themselves, or their employers, any favours. remote work. Unhappily, despite the lobbies of the WFH crowd, it usually does not work out as well as working on site, for either the employer or the employee. From the employee's perspective, there may be a sense of isolation and a fear of losing out on promotions to on-site employees, the latter a reality supported by recent studies. From the employer's perspective, there are issues of employee productivity and lack of supervision. If the remote employee is situated in another country, that brings a host of other issues, including choice of law and taxation problems. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, Victoria Wells and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. But today we are going to discuss another issue that is arising much more frequently than you might think in both the U.S. and Canada. The problem is that some employees are working multiple full-time jobs simultaneously. The issue is not entirely a new one. In three cases that Howard has argued in which employees who were ordered to return to the office instead resigned and claimed constructive dismissal, it was found during the litigation process that the employees did not want to go back to the office in part because they had taken on multiple other jobs and did not want to lose that income. The problem is particularly prevalent in jobs which involve data management or writing code or other IT functions. Obviously, if the employee is a plumber or a factory worker or somebody else whose attendance is required at work then such double dipping is much less likely, if not impossible. However, if an employee never sets foot in the office because their entire work function can be performed remotely, then it is possible that they can work multiple full-time jobs. As it turns out, many of them do. We note that this fact reinforces how little knowledge many employers have of what their remote employees are doing and how little many are, in fact, doing. dismissal for cause from both jobs. Once again, faithful readers will know that this means that there will be no notice provided or severance paid. We are not talking about some side hustle such as working the occasional evening shift at McDonalds or building bird houses in your garage workshop. That would probably be permissible, providing of course that you are not competing with your employer. As a full-time employee, you are being paid to provide forty hours a week, minimum in some cases, to your employer. If you are working two full-time jobs you are not working eighty hours a week (take it from us, we have both occasionally put in eighty hours a week and it is not sustainable, at least not past the age of 30). In other words, you are not giving each employer the hours for which you are being paid. Furthermore, most such employees have employment contracts requiring them to devote all of their efforts to that employer. So, not only is the double-dipping employee stealing from their employer, they are also in breach of their employment contracts. Finally, and importantly, if either job is even remotely competitive with the other, then the employee is competing with their employer. Such arrangements are verboten. Under no circumstances can an employee compete with their employer. That in itself is grounds for dismissal for cause. What causes employees to engage in such activity? Well, let's face it, as the notorious bank robber Alonzo Boyd once said, "I did it for the money!" However, it can't be pleasant. For the employee, it usually means working long hours trying to satisfy the requirements of both jobs and being very careful with communications so that they don't tip off either employer of the others' existence. Anyone who has dated two people at the same time will empathize with this predicament. The employee will typically be terrible at one, if not all, of the jobs at which they are employed. They aren't building a career and are most likely going to be the first person to be terminated at either job. For employers, if you have an underperforming, remote-working employee, start checking their LinkedIn page and monitor their email communications because there is a chance that you are being short-changed. If you find that one of your employees is working full time at another job, you will be able to terminate them for cause.

Mapping malaria in Africa: climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future

Water bodies such as the Nile River, pictured here running through Juba in South Sudan, are included in the new model. Frontpage The relationship between climate and malaria transmission is complex and has been the subject of intense study for some three decades. Mosquito vector populations sufficient to maintain malaria transmission occur within a particular range of temperatures and humidity that are suitable for their survival and breeding. The parasite also needs suitable temperatures to complete its mosquito life stages. And mosquitoes need surface water to breed in. These conditions have to last long enough for mosquito and parasite populations to grow. Much of sub-Saharan Africa provides exactly these conditions. Factors like public health interventions, land use, urbanisation and quality of housing also determine transmission and local disease burden. But a suitable climate is a big factor in explaining the latest available data (from 2022). This shows that 94% of the 249 million global malaria cases are recorded in Africa and that nearly all of the 608,000 global malaria deaths annually are on the continent. Climate change is likely to cause a shift in the suitability for transmission in some areas. It’s fairly straightforward to model the effect of changing temperatures on malaria by using climate data and the thermal ranges of vector and parasite. Rainfall data is less useful, because mosquitoes breed in shallow, slow-moving or standing water, often in very small water bodies such as puddles. And rain doesn’t normally stay where it lands. This is where hydrology – the study of water’s movement and how it’s distributed – becomes useful in modelling. We are part of an interdisciplinary team that has just published a new set of estimates for future malaria suitability across the African continent in the journal Science. Our work incorporates the dynamics of water flows and stores that can influence breeding locations. The results give a more accurate picture than before of where the malaria transmission season might get longer or shorter as the climate changes. We found that overall malaria suitability will decrease, especially in west Africa. But other areas, particularly river corridors and floodplains, will become more suitable for malaria transmission. Massive population growth is expected across Africa over the next 25 years, often located close to rivers. This means the number of people living in potentially malaria endemic areas (suitable for transmission more than nine months a year) will increase by 2100 to over a billion. Along with knowledge of the breeding habitat preferences of specific mosquitoes and their human biting preferences (indoor or outdoor, dusk or night time), this information could help to target and tailor malaria control plans. Follow the water Building on our earlier pilot study , published in 2020, in this new study we used seven global hydrological models. Each was run using four climate models. We looked at different possible futures by including a low-, medium- and high-emissions scenario for greenhouse gases. Read more: Malaria: new map shows which areas will be at risk because of global warming Thanks to this approach we can now include many hydrological processes such as the soaking of water into the earth, evaporation of water back into the atmosphere and the flow of water through the landscape in large rivers. This offers the most sophisticated representation yet of potential malaria vector breeding sites across Africa and how these might change in future. A new picture emerges Our models paint a complex and realistic pattern of malaria transmission suitability today and in future. Unlike previous work, our model highlights waterways and floodplains as potentially suitable mosquito breeding sites, often on their margins or isolated water bodies nearby. For instance, the Nile corridor in Egypt is omitted in previous thermal and rainfall models. But when hydrology is included, as in our study, the area is predicted to be highly suitable for malaria transmission. Egypt is currently malaria-free due to extensive control efforts . It nonetheless remains climatically suitable and malaria mosquitoes can still be found there. We know that malaria was present there until the 1990s and traces of the malaria parasite have even been found in ancient Egyptian mummies . Read more: From malaria, to smallpox, to polio – here's how we know life in ancient Egypt was ravaged by disease Changing suitability Overall, we found that by 2100, a general decrease in malaria suitability is projected across the majority of Africa. Future climates are increasingly either too warm or too dry for year-round malaria transmission. The main location of this decrease is centred on west Africa around The Gambia. It extends right across the continent at that latitude as far as South Sudan. We also see smaller decreases in suitability in southern Africa around Botswana and Zimbabwe. This reduction in transmission season length is also seen in previous studies using rainfall to represent surface water. But using hydrological models reveals more concentrated and bigger reductions in season length. The reduced suitability was most pronounced in the high-emissions scenario for greenhouse gases. Crucially, though, the outcome in our hydrology-driven model was particularly sensitive to future greenhouse gas emissions. Some areas, particularly around the highlands of Ethiopia, are seen to increase in suitability by 2100, driven by increases in temperature in the cooler mountains. We can also see an increase in malaria suitability following the course of the Orange River in South Africa, where local malaria plans are focused on avoiding re-introduction of transmission along the river. Is this good news? Reducing malaria suitability in Africa is a good thing. But when the climate is either too warm or too dry for the malaria parasite or mosquito to survive, there will be other adverse outcomes, particularly for water supply and agriculture. By including water flows in malaria suitability estimates, we can start to examine interactions with these other sectors more directly. Mark Smith receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council. Chris Thomas receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council.

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Mapping malaria in Africa: climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future. Water bodies such as the Nile River, pictured here running through Juba in South Sudan, are included in the new model. Frontpage The relationship between climate and malaria transmission is complex and has been the subject of intense study for some three decades. Mosquito vector populations sufficient to maintain malaria transmission occur within a particular range of temperatures and humidity that are suitable for their survival and breeding. The parasite also needs suitable temperatures to complete its mosquito life stages. And mosquitoes need surface water to breed in. These conditions have to last long enough for mosquito and parasite populations to grow. Much of sub-Saharan Africa provides exactly these conditions. Factors like public health interventions, land use, urbanisation and quality of housing also determine transmission and local disease burden. But a suitable climate is a big factor in explaining the latest available data (from 2022). This shows that 94% of the 249 million global malaria cases are recorded in Africa and that nearly all of the 608,000 global malaria deaths annually are on the continent. Climate change is likely to cause a shift in the suitability for transmission in some areas. It’s fairly straightforward to model the effect of changing temperatures on malaria by using climate data and the thermal ranges of vector and parasite. Rainfall data is less useful, because mosquitoes breed in shallow, slow-moving or standing water, often in very small water bodies such as puddles. And rain doesn’t normally stay where it lands. This is where hydrology – the study of water’s movement and how it’s distributed – becomes useful in modelling. We are part of an interdisciplinary team that has just published a new set of estimates for future malaria suitability across the African continent in the journal Science. Our work incorporates the dynamics of water flows and stores that can influence breeding locations. The results give a more accurate picture than before of where the malaria transmission season might get longer or shorter as the climate changes. We found that overall malaria suitability will decrease, especially in west Africa. But other areas, particularly river corridors and floodplains, will become more suitable for malaria transmission. Massive population growth is expected across Africa over the next 25 years, often located close to rivers. This means the number of people living in potentially malaria endemic areas (suitable for transmission more than nine months a year) will increase by 2100 to over a billion. Along with knowledge of the breeding habitat preferences of specific mosquitoes and their human biting preferences (indoor or outdoor, dusk or night time), this information could help to target and tailor malaria control plans. Follow the water Building on our earlier pilot study , published in 2020, in this new study we used seven global hydrological models. Each was run using four climate models. We looked at different possible futures by including a low-, medium- and high-emissions scenario for greenhouse gases. Read more: Malaria: new map shows which areas will be at risk because of global warming Thanks to this approach we can now include many hydrological processes such as the soaking of water into the earth, evaporation of water back into the atmosphere and the flow of water through the landscape in large rivers. This offers the most sophisticated representation yet of potential malaria vector breeding sites across Africa and how these might change in future. A new picture emerges Our models paint a complex and realistic pattern of malaria transmission suitability today and in future. Unlike previous work, our model highlights waterways and floodplains as potentially suitable mosquito breeding sites, often on their margins or isolated water bodies nearby. For instance, the Nile corridor in Egypt is omitted in previous thermal and rainfall models. But when hydrology is included, as in our study, the area is predicted to be highly suitable for malaria transmission. Egypt is currently malaria-free due to extensive control efforts . It nonetheless remains climatically suitable and malaria mosquitoes can still be found there. We know that malaria was present there until the 1990s and traces of the malaria parasite have even been found in ancient Egyptian mummies . Read more: From malaria, to smallpox, to polio – here's how we know life in ancient Egypt was ravaged by disease Changing suitability Overall, we found that by 2100, a general decrease in malaria suitability is projected across the majority of Africa. Future climates are increasingly either too warm or too dry for year-round malaria transmission. The main location of this decrease is centred on west Africa around The Gambia. It extends right across the continent at that latitude as far as South Sudan. We also see smaller decreases in suitability in southern Africa around Botswana and Zimbabwe. This reduction in transmission season length is also seen in previous studies using rainfall to represent surface water. But using hydrological models reveals more concentrated and bigger reductions in season length. The reduced suitability was most pronounced in the high-emissions scenario for greenhouse gases. Crucially, though, the outcome in our hydrology-driven model was particularly sensitive to future greenhouse gas emissions. Some areas, particularly around the highlands of Ethiopia, are seen to increase in suitability by 2100, driven by increases in temperature in the cooler mountains. We can also see an increase in malaria suitability following the course of the Orange River in South Africa, where local malaria plans are focused on avoiding re-introduction of transmission along the river. Is this good news? Reducing malaria suitability in Africa is a good thing. But when the climate is either too warm or too dry for the malaria parasite or mosquito to survive, there will be other adverse outcomes, particularly for water supply and agriculture. By including water flows in malaria suitability estimates, we can start to examine interactions with these other sectors more directly. Mark Smith receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council. Chris Thomas receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council.

Ethereum Meme Coins PEPE, MOG Hit Lifetime Highs on Ether ETF Filing Approvals

Open interest in futures for the tokens increased, suggesting new money entering the market, though the long-to-short ratio for PEPE indicates traders are betting against further price rises. Two Ethereum ecosystem tokens surged to record highs on Monday, fueled by last week's approval of key ether (PEPE) and cat-themed mog (MOG) jumped 11% and 45%, respectively, in the past 24 hours as a beta bet narrative showed no signs of slowing. A beta bet is a way of gaining exposure to a main asset by investing in related networks or protocols. Trading volumes for PEPE across spot and futures hit over $1.8 billion, compared with a more usual range of $400 million-$600 million. The gains came as ether rose nearly 5% over the same period, leading the advance among major tokens as bitcoin (BTC) shed 1%. The broad-based CoinDesk 20 {{CD20}}, an index of the biggest tokens, minus stablecoins, lost 0.3%. MOG jumped 45% in the past 24 hours. (DEXTools) Futures data shows open interest on pepe and mog-tracked instruments spiked up in the past 24 hours. PEPE open interest rose to $720 million from last week's $550 million, while for MOG the figure rose to $8.3 million from $5 million. Rising open interest is considered a sign of new money entering the market, which may foreshadow further price volatility. However, a long-to-short ratio for PEPE is skewed in favor of bears at 54%, data from Coinalyze shows, showing traders are going short, or betting against, further price rises. As CoinDesk reported last week, traders have been considering PEPE and MOG as a levered way to gain exposure to ether. A rally in the two tokens started when analysts raised the odds of ether ETFs being approved for trading in the U.S. PEPE even zoomed into the 20 largest tokens by a market capitalization of over $6 billion, netting some early investors millions of dollars on an initial purchase of just $460. Since 2023, meme tokens – usually considered to have no intrinsic value, but which nevertheless enjoy tremendous followings – have recently risen in prominence as a beta bet on whichever ecosystem they are based on. Several Solana-based meme coin tokens interests in a variety of blockchain and digital asset businesses and significant holdings of digital assets, including bitcoin. CoinDesk operates as an independent subsidiary with an editorial committee to protect journalistic independence. CoinDesk employees, including journalists, may receive options in the Bullish group as part of their compensation.

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Ethereum Meme Coins PEPE, MOG Hit Lifetime Highs on Ether ETF Filing Approvals. Open interest in futures for the tokens increased, suggesting new money entering the market, though the long-to-short ratio for PEPE indicates traders are betting against further price rises. Two Ethereum ecosystem tokens surged to record highs on Monday, fueled by last week's approval of key ether (PEPE) and cat-themed mog (MOG) jumped 11% and 45%, respectively, in the past 24 hours as a beta bet narrative showed no signs of slowing. A beta bet is a way of gaining exposure to a main asset by investing in related networks or protocols. Trading volumes for PEPE across spot and futures hit over $1.8 billion, compared with a more usual range of $400 million-$600 million. The gains came as ether rose nearly 5% over the same period, leading the advance among major tokens as bitcoin (BTC) shed 1%. The broad-based CoinDesk 20 {{CD20}}, an index of the biggest tokens, minus stablecoins, lost 0.3%. MOG jumped 45% in the past 24 hours. (DEXTools) Futures data shows open interest on pepe and mog-tracked instruments spiked up in the past 24 hours. PEPE open interest rose to $720 million from last week's $550 million, while for MOG the figure rose to $8.3 million from $5 million. Rising open interest is considered a sign of new money entering the market, which may foreshadow further price volatility. However, a long-to-short ratio for PEPE is skewed in favor of bears at 54%, data from Coinalyze shows, showing traders are going short, or betting against, further price rises. As CoinDesk reported last week, traders have been considering PEPE and MOG as a levered way to gain exposure to ether. A rally in the two tokens started when analysts raised the odds of ether ETFs being approved for trading in the U.S. PEPE even zoomed into the 20 largest tokens by a market capitalization of over $6 billion, netting some early investors millions of dollars on an initial purchase of just $460. Since 2023, meme tokens – usually considered to have no intrinsic value, but which nevertheless enjoy tremendous followings – have recently risen in prominence as a beta bet on whichever ecosystem they are based on. Several Solana-based meme coin tokens interests in a variety of blockchain and digital asset businesses and significant holdings of digital assets, including bitcoin. CoinDesk operates as an independent subsidiary with an editorial committee to protect journalistic independence. CoinDesk employees, including journalists, may receive options in the Bullish group as part of their compensation.

Google's Gemini AI Assists Brits in Stress-Free Holiday Packing

As school holidays approach, many Brits are feeling the stress of packing for their trips. According to a recent Censuswide study, packing is a significant pain point, with nearly a third (32%) of Brits taking time off work to pack and over a quarter (28%) describing the task as severely anxiety-inducing. AI Assistance for Packing To alleviate this stress, Google has introduced Gemini, an AI assistant designed to help with packing. Available on both Android and iOS, Gemini can create a personalized packing list based on the details provided by the user. The same survey highlighted that nearly a quarter (23%) of Brits tend to overpack, a problem Gemini aims to solve by streamlining the packing process to include only the essentials. How Gemini Works Users can input their destination, airline, and travel dates into Gemini. The AI will then generate a packing list tailored to the weather, baggage allowance, and planned activities. For example, a user might ask, "What should I pack for a two-week trip to Bodrum, flying economy on a budget airline? I need to fit my clothes, including swimwear, going-out tops, plus my liquids into my cabin bag to avoid extra charges." Gemini can provide tips for packing light and itemize a list of necessary clothing and other items. Additionally, Google has launched the "Gemini Packing Squad" in the UK, a team of packing experts who will tour the country to assist people in using Gemini for their holiday preparations. Streamlining Holiday Preparation With the help of Gemini, holidaymakers can focus more on the enjoyable aspects of their travel plans rather than the stress of packing. The AI tool is accessible via the Gemini app on Android or through the Google app on iOS. More information can be found on the official

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Google's Gemini AI Assists Brits in Stress-Free Holiday Packing. As school holidays approach, many Brits are feeling the stress of packing for their trips. According to a recent Censuswide study, packing is a significant pain point, with nearly a third (32%) of Brits taking time off work to pack and over a quarter (28%) describing the task as severely anxiety-inducing. AI Assistance for Packing To alleviate this stress, Google has introduced Gemini, an AI assistant designed to help with packing. Available on both Android and iOS, Gemini can create a personalized packing list based on the details provided by the user. The same survey highlighted that nearly a quarter (23%) of Brits tend to overpack, a problem Gemini aims to solve by streamlining the packing process to include only the essentials. How Gemini Works Users can input their destination, airline, and travel dates into Gemini. The AI will then generate a packing list tailored to the weather, baggage allowance, and planned activities. For example, a user might ask, "What should I pack for a two-week trip to Bodrum, flying economy on a budget airline? I need to fit my clothes, including swimwear, going-out tops, plus my liquids into my cabin bag to avoid extra charges." Gemini can provide tips for packing light and itemize a list of necessary clothing and other items. Additionally, Google has launched the "Gemini Packing Squad" in the UK, a team of packing experts who will tour the country to assist people in using Gemini for their holiday preparations. Streamlining Holiday Preparation With the help of Gemini, holidaymakers can focus more on the enjoyable aspects of their travel plans rather than the stress of packing. The AI tool is accessible via the Gemini app on Android or through the Google app on iOS. More information can be found on the official

China, Philippines trade blame over South China Sea collision

FILE - Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre is seen at the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, April 23, 2023. A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on June 17, 2024, China's coast guard said. China and the Philippines are blaming each other for a maritime collision that occurred Monday in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands. Manila says the incident occurred in its exclusive economic zone when Chinese vessels engaged in dangerous maneuvers, but China's coast guard blames a Philippine supply ship. The incident is the latest in a string of confrontations in the disputed waters between the Philippines and China. Separately, just hours after the incident occurred, the United States said in a statement that it completed joint naval exercises in the Philippines' EEZ with the Philippines, Japan and Canada. According to China's coast guard, a Philippine supply ship "deliberately and dangerously" made its way to one of China's ships. The Chinese coast guard said the result was a minor collision after the supply ship "illegally intruded" by the submerged reef of Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, a territory claimed by several nations. In a statement on the social media app WeChat, the Chinese coast guard said the supply ship "ignored China's repeated solemn warnings … and dangerously approached a Chinese vessel in normal navigation in an unprofessional manner, resulting in a collision." The Philippine government did not comment directly on the incident itself but has pushed back against the accusation from China. "We will not dignify the deceptive and misleading claims of the China Coast Guard," said Xerxes Trinidad, chief of the Philippine armed forces' public affairs office. "The continued aggressive actions of the CCG are escalating tensions in the region." Trinidad said the government would not talk about operational details regarding supply missions. In a separate statement, Manila's national task force on the West Philippine Sea — the name the Philippines uses for parts of the South China Sea in its EEZ — said China damaged Philippine boats after ramming them in a confrontation. "The People's Liberation Army Navy, China Coast Guard and the Chinese Maritime Militia vessels engaged in dangerous maneuvers, including ramming and towing," the task force said. "Their actions put at risk the lives of our personnel and damaged our boats." In a post on X, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson condemned China's "aggressive, dangerous" maneuvers, adding that the collision had "caused bodily injury." China's Foreign Ministry has described the coast guard's recent activity as "professional, restrained, reasonable and lawful." China claims almost all of the South China Sea, which generates over $3 trillion maritime commerce annually. This includes parts claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei. Monday's incident comes as China has taken steps to enhance enforcement in waters it claims as its own. Beijing recently announced new rules, effective June 15, that it says allow its coast guard to employ lethal force against foreign ships in its territorial waters and hold suspected trespassers without trial for 60 days. In a response Monday, the Philippine Coast Guard said it has also deployed vessels to patrol Scarborough Shoal — located 641 kilometers (398 miles) north of Second Thomas Shoal — for the safety of Filipino fishermen.

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China, Philippines trade blame over South China Sea collision. FILE - Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre is seen at the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, April 23, 2023. A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on June 17, 2024, China's coast guard said. China and the Philippines are blaming each other for a maritime collision that occurred Monday in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands. Manila says the incident occurred in its exclusive economic zone when Chinese vessels engaged in dangerous maneuvers, but China's coast guard blames a Philippine supply ship. The incident is the latest in a string of confrontations in the disputed waters between the Philippines and China. Separately, just hours after the incident occurred, the United States said in a statement that it completed joint naval exercises in the Philippines' EEZ with the Philippines, Japan and Canada. According to China's coast guard, a Philippine supply ship "deliberately and dangerously" made its way to one of China's ships. The Chinese coast guard said the result was a minor collision after the supply ship "illegally intruded" by the submerged reef of Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, a territory claimed by several nations. In a statement on the social media app WeChat, the Chinese coast guard said the supply ship "ignored China's repeated solemn warnings … and dangerously approached a Chinese vessel in normal navigation in an unprofessional manner, resulting in a collision." The Philippine government did not comment directly on the incident itself but has pushed back against the accusation from China. "We will not dignify the deceptive and misleading claims of the China Coast Guard," said Xerxes Trinidad, chief of the Philippine armed forces' public affairs office. "The continued aggressive actions of the CCG are escalating tensions in the region." Trinidad said the government would not talk about operational details regarding supply missions. In a separate statement, Manila's national task force on the West Philippine Sea — the name the Philippines uses for parts of the South China Sea in its EEZ — said China damaged Philippine boats after ramming them in a confrontation. "The People's Liberation Army Navy, China Coast Guard and the Chinese Maritime Militia vessels engaged in dangerous maneuvers, including ramming and towing," the task force said. "Their actions put at risk the lives of our personnel and damaged our boats." In a post on X, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson condemned China's "aggressive, dangerous" maneuvers, adding that the collision had "caused bodily injury." China's Foreign Ministry has described the coast guard's recent activity as "professional, restrained, reasonable and lawful." China claims almost all of the South China Sea, which generates over $3 trillion maritime commerce annually. This includes parts claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei. Monday's incident comes as China has taken steps to enhance enforcement in waters it claims as its own. Beijing recently announced new rules, effective June 15, that it says allow its coast guard to employ lethal force against foreign ships in its territorial waters and hold suspected trespassers without trial for 60 days. In a response Monday, the Philippine Coast Guard said it has also deployed vessels to patrol Scarborough Shoal — located 641 kilometers (398 miles) north of Second Thomas Shoal — for the safety of Filipino fishermen.

Tim Ryan: Crypto is gaining popularity among Democrats, ‘Gensler will be gone’ soon

Former Democratic Representative Tim Ryan believes crypto is gaining popularity in the Democratic party. With crypto gaining popularity as a political issue in the United States, it's no surprise that Democrats are starting to embrace the crypto industry. This not-so-subtle embrace was evident when The U.S. House of Representatives approved bill FIT21 by a majority of 279 to 136, pushing it to the Senate. 71 Democrats voted in favor of the bill. Tim Ryan, a former Democratic Representative from Ohio, told MarketWatch that the increasing backing for cryptocurrency regulation suggests that his Democratic colleagues are now taking a more active interest in crypto rather than relying on the Biden administration and financial regulators. Biden-appointed Gary Gensler, the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has vocally expressed skepticism towards crypto regulation. He even came out forcefully against the FIT21 bill after it was passed in the House. Industry lobbyists claim that Gensler influences Democratic lawmakers, as they often rely on regulators appointed by their own party for expertise on complex topics such as financial regulation. Ryan alluded to this and Gensler's stance towards crypto, emphasizing Congress' crucial responsibility in shaping the nation's direction towards crypto. "Gensler will be gone in a year or two and these members of Congress charged with the Constitutional obligation to set the direction of the country for the next decade or two," Ryan said. Gensler is expected to conclude his tenure as head of the SEC in June 2026. Is crypto apolitical? This sentiment signals a shift in the Democratic party, as crypto enthusiasts recognize President Biden's reversed stance towards crypto, specifically after the President announced plans to receive campaign donations in crypto. Dan Gambardello, founder of Crypto Capital Venture said on X, "So, the Biden administration and the SEC spend years trying to crush crypto and even sue Coinbase…But now, they're scrambling to set up crypto donations through Coinbase?" Former President and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is once again being vocal about his support for crypto. He has deemed himself the "crypto president" while calling for better

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Tim Ryan: Crypto is gaining popularity among Democrats, ‘Gensler will be gone’ soon. Former Democratic Representative Tim Ryan believes crypto is gaining popularity in the Democratic party. With crypto gaining popularity as a political issue in the United States, it's no surprise that Democrats are starting to embrace the crypto industry. This not-so-subtle embrace was evident when The U.S. House of Representatives approved bill FIT21 by a majority of 279 to 136, pushing it to the Senate. 71 Democrats voted in favor of the bill. Tim Ryan, a former Democratic Representative from Ohio, told MarketWatch that the increasing backing for cryptocurrency regulation suggests that his Democratic colleagues are now taking a more active interest in crypto rather than relying on the Biden administration and financial regulators. Biden-appointed Gary Gensler, the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has vocally expressed skepticism towards crypto regulation. He even came out forcefully against the FIT21 bill after it was passed in the House. Industry lobbyists claim that Gensler influences Democratic lawmakers, as they often rely on regulators appointed by their own party for expertise on complex topics such as financial regulation. Ryan alluded to this and Gensler's stance towards crypto, emphasizing Congress' crucial responsibility in shaping the nation's direction towards crypto. "Gensler will be gone in a year or two and these members of Congress charged with the Constitutional obligation to set the direction of the country for the next decade or two," Ryan said. Gensler is expected to conclude his tenure as head of the SEC in June 2026. Is crypto apolitical? This sentiment signals a shift in the Democratic party, as crypto enthusiasts recognize President Biden's reversed stance towards crypto, specifically after the President announced plans to receive campaign donations in crypto. Dan Gambardello, founder of Crypto Capital Venture said on X, "So, the Biden administration and the SEC spend years trying to crush crypto and even sue Coinbase…But now, they're scrambling to set up crypto donations through Coinbase?" Former President and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is once again being vocal about his support for crypto. He has deemed himself the "crypto president" while calling for better

AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy. Dems stick by him -- for now WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden worked forcefully Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket. Biden's halting delivery and meandering comments, particularly early in the debate, fueled concerns from even members of his own party that at age 81 he's not up for the task of leading the country for another four years. It created a crisis moment for Biden’s campaign and his presidency, as members of his party flirted with potential replacements, and donors and supporters couldn’t contain their concern about his showing against Trump. Biden appeared to acknowledge the criticism during a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, saying ”I don’t debate as well as I used to.” But he added, “I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done.” Speaking for 18 minutes, Biden appeared far more animated than he had the night before as he excoriated Trump for his “lies” and for waging a campaign aimed at “revenge and retribution.” “The choice in this election is simple,” Biden said. “Donald Trump will destroy our democracy. I will defend it.” He added, alluding to his candidacy, “When you get knocked down, you get back up.” Here's why it would be tough for Democrats to replace Joe Biden on the presidential ticket WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's halting debate performance has led some in his own party to begin questioning whether he should be replaced on the ballot before November. There is no evidence Biden is willing to end his campaign. And it would be nearly impossible for Democrats to replace him unless he chooses to step aside. Here's why: Every state has already held its presidential primary. Democratic rules say that the delegates Biden won should support him at the party's upcoming national convention unless he tells them he’s leaving the race. The president indicated that he had no plans to do that, telling supporters in Atlanta shortly after he left the debate stage, “Let's keep going.” Biden campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt was even clearer, saying Friday: “Of course he's not dropping out.” Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday limited a federal obstruction law that has been used to charge hundreds of Capitol riot defendants as well as former President Donald Trump. The justices ruled 6-3 that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding, enacted in 2002 in response to the financial scandal that brought down Enron Corp., must include proof that defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents. Only some of the people who violently attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, fall into that category. The overwhelming majority of the approximately 1,000 people who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to Capitol riot-related federal crimes were not charged with obstruction and will not be affected by the outcome. Still, the decision is likely to be used as fodder for claims by Trump and his Republican allies that the Justice Department has treated the Capitol riot defendants unfairly. It's unclear how the court's decision will affect the case against Trump in Washington, which includes charges other than obstruction. Special counsel Jack Smith has said the charges faced by the former president would not be affected. Divided Supreme Court rules in major homelessness case that outdoor sleeping bans are OK WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places on Friday, overturning a ruling from a California-based appeals court that found such laws amount to cruel and unusual punishment when shelter space is lacking. The case is the high court's most significant ruling on the issue in decades and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live. In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the high court found that outdoor sleeping bans don't violate the Eighth Amendment. Western cities had argued that the ruling made it harder to manage outdoor encampments in public spaces, but homeless advocates said punishing people who need a place to sleep would criminalize homelessness. In California, which is home to one-third of the country’s homeless population, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said the decision gives state and local officials the authority to clear “unsafe encampments” from the streets while acting with compassion. “This decision removes the legal ambiguities that have tied the hands of local officials for years," he said. Chevron takeaways: Supreme Court ruling removes frequently used tool from federal regulators WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal rules that impact virtually every aspect of everyday life, from the food we eat and the cars we drive to the air we breathe, could be at risk after a wide-ranging Supreme Court ruling Friday. The court rejected a 40-year-old legal doctrine colloquially known as Chevron, effectively reducing the power of executive branch agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and shifting it to the courts. The doctrine, named after a 1984 case involving the energy giant, has been the basis for upholding thousands of federal regulations but has long been a target of conservatives and business groups, who argue it grants too much power to the executive branch, or what some critics call the administrative state. Here are some takeaways from the court ruling and its implications. The Chevron decision essentially gave federal agencies the authority to issue rules to implement laws that weren't clear. And that deference to the executive branch has enabled presidential administrations from both parties to use rulemaking to create policy, especially in times of deep partisan division in Washington. This is how the US-built pier to bring aid to Gaza has worked — or not WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military-built pier has been pulled again from the Gaza shore due to rough seas, and its future role in the distribution of aid to Palestinians is uncertain. Humanitarian aid groups stopped distributing supplies that arrived by sea on June 9 due to security concerns and have not started again. U.S. officials say the pier may not be reinstalled unless aid agencies reach an agreement to begin distributing the aid again. Meanwhile, food and other provisions shipped from Cyprus are piling up on shore, and soon the the secure area on the beach in Gaza will reach capacity. It's been a long and difficult road for the pier, which has been battered by weather and troubled by security problems. Here's a look at how it started and where it is now. MARCH 7: President Joe Biden announces his plan for the U.S. military to build a pier during his State of the Union address. “Tonight, I’m directing the U.S. military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the coast of Gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters,” he said. Alec Baldwin’s case on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sided with prosecutors in rejecting a motion to dismiss the case. Defense attorneys had argued that the gun in the fatal shooting was heavily damaged during FBI forensic testing before it could be examined for possible modifications or problems that might exonerate the actor-producer. The ruling removes one of the last hurdles before prosecutors can bring the case to trial with jury selection scheduled for July 9 in Santa Fe. At trial, attorneys plan to call on witnesses from a court-approved list of more than 60 people. They include film director Joel Souza, who was wounded in the shooting as well as assistant director Dave Halls, who earlier pleaded no contest to negligent use of a deadly weapon, and an array of first responders, investigators, firearms experts and close-range witnesses to the shooting. Families say those detained in Bolivia failed coup were tricked. President says it's not his problem LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The death threats came rolling in shortly after Gimena Silva’s husband was detained on accusations that he took part in a failed coup in Bolivia. “They call us, they say that if we do anything, say anything, they’re going to disappear us. They threaten not just us, but our children too,” Silva said. “They’re anonymous calls and they say they will kill our kids.” Now, Silva, a mother of three children, sits with her mother and brother crying at the doors of a jail, clinging to any news of her husband, Luis Domingo Balanza. Balanza, a military major of more than 15 years, was among 21 people arrested after a group of military and armored vehicles attempted what the government has called a “ failed coup d’état.” On Friday night, a Bolivian judge sent former Gen. Juan José Zuñiga, who led the failed coup, to a maximum security prison on preventative detention alongside two others accused of terrorism and armed uprising against the state. Families of those detained were visibly confused and anxious in the jail where their loved ones were kept on Friday, saying they knew nothing of a plot in the lead-up to Wednesday's spectacle. Many families of those detained say their loved ones were simply “following orders” or told they were carrying out a “military exercise.” Polls close in Iran presidential election held after hard-liner's death and as Mideast tensions rise DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians voted on Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race's sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. Voters faced a choice between hard-line candidates and the little-known reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon. As has been the case since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women and those calling for radical change have been barred from running, while the vote itself will have no oversight from internationally recognized monitors. The voting came as wider tensions have gripped the Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. In April, Iran launched its first-ever direct attack on Israel over the war in Gaza, while militia groups that Tehran arms in the region — such as the Lebanese Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels — are engaged in the fighting and have escalated their attacks. Meanwhile, Iran continues to enrich uranium at near weapons-grade levels and maintains a stockpile large enough to build — should it choose to do so — several nuclear weapons. Pezeshkian's remarks followed a veiled warning directed at him and his allies from the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, over their outreach to the United States. Martin Mull, hip comic and actor from 'Fernwood Tonight' and 'Roseanne,' dies at 80 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Martin Mull, whose droll, esoteric comedy and acting made him a hip sensation in the 1970s and later a beloved guest star on sitcoms including “Roseanne” and “Arrested Development,” has died, his daughter said Friday. Mull's Daughter, TV writer and comic artist Maggie Mull, said her father died at home on Thursday after “a valiant fight against a long illness.” Mull, who was also a guitarist and painter, came to national fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical soap opera “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” and the starring role in its spinoff, “Fernwood Tonight." “He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials,” Maggie Mull said in an Instagram post. “He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny. My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and—the sign of a truly exceptional person—by many, many dogs.” Known for his blonde hair and well-trimmed mustache, Mull was born in Chicago, raised in Ohio and Connecticut and studied art in Rhode Island and Rome.

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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT. Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy. Dems stick by him -- for now WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden worked forcefully Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket. Biden's halting delivery and meandering comments, particularly early in the debate, fueled concerns from even members of his own party that at age 81 he's not up for the task of leading the country for another four years. It created a crisis moment for Biden’s campaign and his presidency, as members of his party flirted with potential replacements, and donors and supporters couldn’t contain their concern about his showing against Trump. Biden appeared to acknowledge the criticism during a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, saying ”I don’t debate as well as I used to.” But he added, “I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done.” Speaking for 18 minutes, Biden appeared far more animated than he had the night before as he excoriated Trump for his “lies” and for waging a campaign aimed at “revenge and retribution.” “The choice in this election is simple,” Biden said. “Donald Trump will destroy our democracy. I will defend it.” He added, alluding to his candidacy, “When you get knocked down, you get back up.” Here's why it would be tough for Democrats to replace Joe Biden on the presidential ticket WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's halting debate performance has led some in his own party to begin questioning whether he should be replaced on the ballot before November. There is no evidence Biden is willing to end his campaign. And it would be nearly impossible for Democrats to replace him unless he chooses to step aside. Here's why: Every state has already held its presidential primary. Democratic rules say that the delegates Biden won should support him at the party's upcoming national convention unless he tells them he’s leaving the race. The president indicated that he had no plans to do that, telling supporters in Atlanta shortly after he left the debate stage, “Let's keep going.” Biden campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt was even clearer, saying Friday: “Of course he's not dropping out.” Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday limited a federal obstruction law that has been used to charge hundreds of Capitol riot defendants as well as former President Donald Trump. The justices ruled 6-3 that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding, enacted in 2002 in response to the financial scandal that brought down Enron Corp., must include proof that defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents. Only some of the people who violently attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, fall into that category. The overwhelming majority of the approximately 1,000 people who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to Capitol riot-related federal crimes were not charged with obstruction and will not be affected by the outcome. Still, the decision is likely to be used as fodder for claims by Trump and his Republican allies that the Justice Department has treated the Capitol riot defendants unfairly. It's unclear how the court's decision will affect the case against Trump in Washington, which includes charges other than obstruction. Special counsel Jack Smith has said the charges faced by the former president would not be affected. Divided Supreme Court rules in major homelessness case that outdoor sleeping bans are OK WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places on Friday, overturning a ruling from a California-based appeals court that found such laws amount to cruel and unusual punishment when shelter space is lacking. The case is the high court's most significant ruling on the issue in decades and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live. In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the high court found that outdoor sleeping bans don't violate the Eighth Amendment. Western cities had argued that the ruling made it harder to manage outdoor encampments in public spaces, but homeless advocates said punishing people who need a place to sleep would criminalize homelessness. In California, which is home to one-third of the country’s homeless population, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said the decision gives state and local officials the authority to clear “unsafe encampments” from the streets while acting with compassion. “This decision removes the legal ambiguities that have tied the hands of local officials for years," he said. Chevron takeaways: Supreme Court ruling removes frequently used tool from federal regulators WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal rules that impact virtually every aspect of everyday life, from the food we eat and the cars we drive to the air we breathe, could be at risk after a wide-ranging Supreme Court ruling Friday. The court rejected a 40-year-old legal doctrine colloquially known as Chevron, effectively reducing the power of executive branch agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and shifting it to the courts. The doctrine, named after a 1984 case involving the energy giant, has been the basis for upholding thousands of federal regulations but has long been a target of conservatives and business groups, who argue it grants too much power to the executive branch, or what some critics call the administrative state. Here are some takeaways from the court ruling and its implications. The Chevron decision essentially gave federal agencies the authority to issue rules to implement laws that weren't clear. And that deference to the executive branch has enabled presidential administrations from both parties to use rulemaking to create policy, especially in times of deep partisan division in Washington. This is how the US-built pier to bring aid to Gaza has worked — or not WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military-built pier has been pulled again from the Gaza shore due to rough seas, and its future role in the distribution of aid to Palestinians is uncertain. Humanitarian aid groups stopped distributing supplies that arrived by sea on June 9 due to security concerns and have not started again. U.S. officials say the pier may not be reinstalled unless aid agencies reach an agreement to begin distributing the aid again. Meanwhile, food and other provisions shipped from Cyprus are piling up on shore, and soon the the secure area on the beach in Gaza will reach capacity. It's been a long and difficult road for the pier, which has been battered by weather and troubled by security problems. Here's a look at how it started and where it is now. MARCH 7: President Joe Biden announces his plan for the U.S. military to build a pier during his State of the Union address. “Tonight, I’m directing the U.S. military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the coast of Gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters,” he said. Alec Baldwin’s case on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sided with prosecutors in rejecting a motion to dismiss the case. Defense attorneys had argued that the gun in the fatal shooting was heavily damaged during FBI forensic testing before it could be examined for possible modifications or problems that might exonerate the actor-producer. The ruling removes one of the last hurdles before prosecutors can bring the case to trial with jury selection scheduled for July 9 in Santa Fe. At trial, attorneys plan to call on witnesses from a court-approved list of more than 60 people. They include film director Joel Souza, who was wounded in the shooting as well as assistant director Dave Halls, who earlier pleaded no contest to negligent use of a deadly weapon, and an array of first responders, investigators, firearms experts and close-range witnesses to the shooting. Families say those detained in Bolivia failed coup were tricked. President says it's not his problem LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The death threats came rolling in shortly after Gimena Silva’s husband was detained on accusations that he took part in a failed coup in Bolivia. “They call us, they say that if we do anything, say anything, they’re going to disappear us. They threaten not just us, but our children too,” Silva said. “They’re anonymous calls and they say they will kill our kids.” Now, Silva, a mother of three children, sits with her mother and brother crying at the doors of a jail, clinging to any news of her husband, Luis Domingo Balanza. Balanza, a military major of more than 15 years, was among 21 people arrested after a group of military and armored vehicles attempted what the government has called a “ failed coup d’état.” On Friday night, a Bolivian judge sent former Gen. Juan José Zuñiga, who led the failed coup, to a maximum security prison on preventative detention alongside two others accused of terrorism and armed uprising against the state. Families of those detained were visibly confused and anxious in the jail where their loved ones were kept on Friday, saying they knew nothing of a plot in the lead-up to Wednesday's spectacle. Many families of those detained say their loved ones were simply “following orders” or told they were carrying out a “military exercise.” Polls close in Iran presidential election held after hard-liner's death and as Mideast tensions rise DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians voted on Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race's sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. Voters faced a choice between hard-line candidates and the little-known reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon. As has been the case since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women and those calling for radical change have been barred from running, while the vote itself will have no oversight from internationally recognized monitors. The voting came as wider tensions have gripped the Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. In April, Iran launched its first-ever direct attack on Israel over the war in Gaza, while militia groups that Tehran arms in the region — such as the Lebanese Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels — are engaged in the fighting and have escalated their attacks. Meanwhile, Iran continues to enrich uranium at near weapons-grade levels and maintains a stockpile large enough to build — should it choose to do so — several nuclear weapons. Pezeshkian's remarks followed a veiled warning directed at him and his allies from the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, over their outreach to the United States. Martin Mull, hip comic and actor from 'Fernwood Tonight' and 'Roseanne,' dies at 80 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Martin Mull, whose droll, esoteric comedy and acting made him a hip sensation in the 1970s and later a beloved guest star on sitcoms including “Roseanne” and “Arrested Development,” has died, his daughter said Friday. Mull's Daughter, TV writer and comic artist Maggie Mull, said her father died at home on Thursday after “a valiant fight against a long illness.” Mull, who was also a guitarist and painter, came to national fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical soap opera “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” and the starring role in its spinoff, “Fernwood Tonight." “He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials,” Maggie Mull said in an Instagram post. “He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny. My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and—the sign of a truly exceptional person—by many, many dogs.” Known for his blonde hair and well-trimmed mustache, Mull was born in Chicago, raised in Ohio and Connecticut and studied art in Rhode Island and Rome.

Class Action Filed Against Equinix, Inc. (EQIX) Seeking Recovery for Investors - Contact The Gross Law Firm

Shareholders who purchased shares of EQIX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery. CONTACT US HERE: ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Equinix manipulated its financials to reduce operational expenses and boost Adjusted Funds From Operations ("AFFO"); (2) Equinix oversold power capacity and did not warn of the risks associated with this practice; (3) Equinix lacked adequate internal controls; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times. DEADLINE: July 1, 2024 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of EQIX during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is July 1, 2024. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case. WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is a nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

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Class Action Filed Against Equinix, Inc. (EQIX) Seeking Recovery for Investors - Contact The Gross Law Firm. Shareholders who purchased shares of EQIX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery. CONTACT US HERE: ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Equinix manipulated its financials to reduce operational expenses and boost Adjusted Funds From Operations ("AFFO"); (2) Equinix oversold power capacity and did not warn of the risks associated with this practice; (3) Equinix lacked adequate internal controls; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times. DEADLINE: July 1, 2024 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of EQIX during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is July 1, 2024. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case. WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is a nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

DOJ opens probe into Alaska Airlines plane blowout: report

Mark Lindquist, an attorney representing 21 passengers from the Alaska Airlines flight, on the need to hold Boeing and the airline accountable after a door plug blew out mid-flight Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided. Having trouble? Click here. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly opening a probe into the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines blowout, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Investigators have reportedly contacted several passengers and crew members on the Jan. 5 flight, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing "documents and people familiar with the matter." "In an event like this, it's normal for the DOJ to be conducting an investigation. We are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation," Alaska Airlines told Fox News Digital in an email statement. The article stated the probe would "inform the Justice Department's review of whether Boeing complied with an earlier settlement that resolved a federal investigation" as a result of two fatal incidents involving Boeing 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019. ALASKA AIRLINES INFLIGHT BLOWOUT COULD HAVE BEEN 'MUCH DIFFERENT' SCENARIO, NTSB WARNS A plastic sheet covers an area of the fuselage of the Alaska Airlines N704AL Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft outside a hangar at Portland International Airport Jan. 8, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images) The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rescinded its grounding order for Boeing's 737 Max jet in November 2020 after a 20-month review after crashes in 2018 and 2019 killed 346 passengers. Investigators have reportedly begun notifying passengers on the Jan. 5 flight that they are potential crime victims in the case, according to a document viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Pilots and flight attendants on the plane have already been interviewed, according to the outlet. ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE WAS A 'TIME BOMB,' SAYS ATTORNEY OF PASSENGERS SUING BOEING, AIRLINE Fox News Digital has also reached out to the DOJ for an additional statement. A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report released last month found that four key bolts were missing from the door plug. Investigators have reportedly begun notifying passengers on the Jan. 5 flight that they are potential crime victims in the case, according to a document viewed by the Wall Street Journal. Pilots and flight attendants on the plane have already been interviewed, according to the outlet. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) "Overall, the observed damage patterns and absence of contact damage or deformation around holes associated with the vertical movement arrestor bolts and upper guide track bolts in the upper guide fittings, hinge fittings, and recovered aft lower hinge guide fitting indicate that the four bolts that prevent upward movement of the MED plug were missing before the MED plug moved upward off the stop pads," the report states. FAMILY WHO LOST DAUGHTER IN BOEING CRASH URGES OTHERS TO AVOID AIRCRAFT: 'FRAUD AND PROFITS OVER SAFETY' Alaska Airlines flight 1282 made an emergency landing Jan. 5, shortly after taking off from Oregon's Portland International Airport when a door plug blew off the jetliner as it was ascending for a trip to California.

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DOJ opens probe into Alaska Airlines plane blowout: report. Mark Lindquist, an attorney representing 21 passengers from the Alaska Airlines flight, on the need to hold Boeing and the airline accountable after a door plug blew out mid-flight Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided. Having trouble? Click here. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly opening a probe into the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines blowout, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Investigators have reportedly contacted several passengers and crew members on the Jan. 5 flight, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing "documents and people familiar with the matter." "In an event like this, it's normal for the DOJ to be conducting an investigation. We are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation," Alaska Airlines told Fox News Digital in an email statement. The article stated the probe would "inform the Justice Department's review of whether Boeing complied with an earlier settlement that resolved a federal investigation" as a result of two fatal incidents involving Boeing 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019. ALASKA AIRLINES INFLIGHT BLOWOUT COULD HAVE BEEN 'MUCH DIFFERENT' SCENARIO, NTSB WARNS A plastic sheet covers an area of the fuselage of the Alaska Airlines N704AL Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft outside a hangar at Portland International Airport Jan. 8, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images) The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rescinded its grounding order for Boeing's 737 Max jet in November 2020 after a 20-month review after crashes in 2018 and 2019 killed 346 passengers. Investigators have reportedly begun notifying passengers on the Jan. 5 flight that they are potential crime victims in the case, according to a document viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Pilots and flight attendants on the plane have already been interviewed, according to the outlet. ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE WAS A 'TIME BOMB,' SAYS ATTORNEY OF PASSENGERS SUING BOEING, AIRLINE Fox News Digital has also reached out to the DOJ for an additional statement. A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report released last month found that four key bolts were missing from the door plug. Investigators have reportedly begun notifying passengers on the Jan. 5 flight that they are potential crime victims in the case, according to a document viewed by the Wall Street Journal. Pilots and flight attendants on the plane have already been interviewed, according to the outlet. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) "Overall, the observed damage patterns and absence of contact damage or deformation around holes associated with the vertical movement arrestor bolts and upper guide track bolts in the upper guide fittings, hinge fittings, and recovered aft lower hinge guide fitting indicate that the four bolts that prevent upward movement of the MED plug were missing before the MED plug moved upward off the stop pads," the report states. FAMILY WHO LOST DAUGHTER IN BOEING CRASH URGES OTHERS TO AVOID AIRCRAFT: 'FRAUD AND PROFITS OVER SAFETY' Alaska Airlines flight 1282 made an emergency landing Jan. 5, shortly after taking off from Oregon's Portland International Airport when a door plug blew off the jetliner as it was ascending for a trip to California.

‘More than my weekly wages’: London’s Paddington attraction and the growing cost of kids’ days out

As half-term drew to a close in England, families short on inspiration might have been grateful to learn of a new day out: on Friday, the Paddington Bear Experience opened its doors in London, promising a "unique and fun-filled interactive experience" spanning more than 2,400 sq metres (26,000 sq ft) and including themed rooms, character interactions – and marmalade sandwiches. But the experience comes at a cost: with weekend ticket prices of £49 for adults and £39 for children, a family of four can expect to pay £176 for the 70-minute event – and a lot more should they wish to peruse the books, games and toys available to buy in Mr Gruber's antiques shop afterwards. Visitors at the new Paddington Bear Experience on London's South Bank. Photograph: Alex Brenner Also on offer in the same venue is Shrek's Adventure! London, an immersive tour lasting 70 minutes and costing from £21 a child for a standard ticket this weekend. Elsewhere, on Tottenham Court Road in central London, families can book to play a life-sized version of Monopoly, with tickets starting at almost £50 a player. The phenomenon is not limited to London, however, with the likes of Bristol's Wake the Tiger Amazement Park offering a "self-guided, multisensory art experience for all ages''. And in February this year, Glasgow's now infamous Willy's Chocolate Experience charged up to £35 a ticket for an immersive attraction but ultimately delivered little more than a couple of jellybeans, a quarter of a cup of lemonade and some plastic props. Last week, families compared Brick Fest Live, an event billed as "the UK's biggest Lego festival", held at the NEC in Birmingham, with the Willy Wonka event in Glasgow after they arrived to find it "basically empty". The growth of large-scale immersive activities is driven by "the demand for captivating, story-led experiences", said Juliana Delaney, chief executive of Continuum Attractions, whose portfolio includes the Real Mary King's Close in Edinburgh and Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower. Bristol's Wake the Tiger Amazement Park is a 'self-guided' immersive experience. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA These attractions come with increased operating costs, but strategies such as tiered pricing, VIP packages and "early bird" discounts can still ensure accessibility, she said. "Many are willing to spend on the right experiences that they feel offer them quality, value and memories that last." But as the cost of living crisis continues and child poverty increases, some believe rising attraction prices risk locking many families out of ­recreational opportunities across the country. A 2023 poll of more than 1,000 parents and carers by the charity Family Action found that 76% of families worried about the expense of days out because of the cost of living crisis and that more than a quarter planned to forgo them completely during the summer holidays. skip past newsletter promotion Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google after newsletter promotion "Even 'old-fashioned' museums, galleries and bowling are so costly when you think about snacks, travel and gift shops – especially as a single parent when I'm not usually eligible for family discounts," Abbott said. Bill for family days out at some UK attractions 'almost doubles' Read more Charities supporting the country's most vulnerable children and families said they were also feeling the effects of the rising cost of entertainment. "For families caring for children with additional needs, having a simple day out can often be an extra cost that is just unaffordable," said Ryan Sinclair, chief executive of Happy Days Children's Charity, which provides days out and experiences for children with a range of conditions, disabilities and challenges. "The cost of living crisis has clearly exacerbated the pressures on parents already struggling to cope, and we work hard to help as many families as we can. However, the increase in requests for support in recent years inevitably means that our resources are becoming more and more stretched." Liat Hughes Joshi, an author of parenting books, said families should try to resist the "enormous pressure to arrange a packed calendar of expensive days out". "There are no prizes for being the parent who took their children on the most days out over the school holidays. so ignore what anyone else is doing," she said.

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‘More than my weekly wages’: London’s Paddington attraction and the growing cost of kids’ days out. As half-term drew to a close in England, families short on inspiration might have been grateful to learn of a new day out: on Friday, the Paddington Bear Experience opened its doors in London, promising a "unique and fun-filled interactive experience" spanning more than 2,400 sq metres (26,000 sq ft) and including themed rooms, character interactions – and marmalade sandwiches. But the experience comes at a cost: with weekend ticket prices of £49 for adults and £39 for children, a family of four can expect to pay £176 for the 70-minute event – and a lot more should they wish to peruse the books, games and toys available to buy in Mr Gruber's antiques shop afterwards. Visitors at the new Paddington Bear Experience on London's South Bank. Photograph: Alex Brenner Also on offer in the same venue is Shrek's Adventure! London, an immersive tour lasting 70 minutes and costing from £21 a child for a standard ticket this weekend. Elsewhere, on Tottenham Court Road in central London, families can book to play a life-sized version of Monopoly, with tickets starting at almost £50 a player. The phenomenon is not limited to London, however, with the likes of Bristol's Wake the Tiger Amazement Park offering a "self-guided, multisensory art experience for all ages''. And in February this year, Glasgow's now infamous Willy's Chocolate Experience charged up to £35 a ticket for an immersive attraction but ultimately delivered little more than a couple of jellybeans, a quarter of a cup of lemonade and some plastic props. Last week, families compared Brick Fest Live, an event billed as "the UK's biggest Lego festival", held at the NEC in Birmingham, with the Willy Wonka event in Glasgow after they arrived to find it "basically empty". The growth of large-scale immersive activities is driven by "the demand for captivating, story-led experiences", said Juliana Delaney, chief executive of Continuum Attractions, whose portfolio includes the Real Mary King's Close in Edinburgh and Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower. Bristol's Wake the Tiger Amazement Park is a 'self-guided' immersive experience. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA These attractions come with increased operating costs, but strategies such as tiered pricing, VIP packages and "early bird" discounts can still ensure accessibility, she said. "Many are willing to spend on the right experiences that they feel offer them quality, value and memories that last." But as the cost of living crisis continues and child poverty increases, some believe rising attraction prices risk locking many families out of ­recreational opportunities across the country. A 2023 poll of more than 1,000 parents and carers by the charity Family Action found that 76% of families worried about the expense of days out because of the cost of living crisis and that more than a quarter planned to forgo them completely during the summer holidays. skip past newsletter promotion Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google after newsletter promotion "Even 'old-fashioned' museums, galleries and bowling are so costly when you think about snacks, travel and gift shops – especially as a single parent when I'm not usually eligible for family discounts," Abbott said. Bill for family days out at some UK attractions 'almost doubles' Read more Charities supporting the country's most vulnerable children and families said they were also feeling the effects of the rising cost of entertainment. "For families caring for children with additional needs, having a simple day out can often be an extra cost that is just unaffordable," said Ryan Sinclair, chief executive of Happy Days Children's Charity, which provides days out and experiences for children with a range of conditions, disabilities and challenges. "The cost of living crisis has clearly exacerbated the pressures on parents already struggling to cope, and we work hard to help as many families as we can. However, the increase in requests for support in recent years inevitably means that our resources are becoming more and more stretched." Liat Hughes Joshi, an author of parenting books, said families should try to resist the "enormous pressure to arrange a packed calendar of expensive days out". "There are no prizes for being the parent who took their children on the most days out over the school holidays. so ignore what anyone else is doing," she said.

What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? by Raja Shehadeh review – in pursuit of peace

Edward Said and David Grossman, Ghada Karmi and Amos Oz. This is how we have been taught to approach the unimaginable – by turning to great minds operating closer to the heart of the catastrophe. Eight months on and it's hard not to feel that all the words written about this endless war mean nothing when weighed against the unspeakable horror, the cruelty, the intransigence of the politicians who claim to represent their people. Raja Shehadeh, the 72-year-old lawyer, peace activist and author of 12 elegant and nuanced meditations of life in Palestine, has written his first book since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war and it feels like even he, whose writing is usually so generous, so optimistic, so even-handed, might be losing hope. I discovered Shehadeh's work when an Israeli friend pressed his 2017 book, Where the Line Is Drawn, on me, saying that it had shaped his thinking about the future of Palestinian/Israeli relations. It tells of his 40-year correspondence with an Israeli, Henry Abramovitch, and is characteristic of Shehadeh's work: calm, poised, analytical (he is also a co-founder of the human rights organisation Al-Haq ) and fuelled by the hope that books such as his may eventually change the narrative. It showed how the particularities of this specific friendship – not always smooth, occasionally confrontational, but always returning to a common sense of decency – might serve as a model for a rapprochement between the two populations and their political representatives. Now he has published the provocatively titled What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?. This short, agonised book is split into two sections: the first, How Did We Get Here?, is an edited version of a talk he gave at a peace conference in Kyoto in 2016; the second, The Gaza War 2023-24, records in awful, anatomical detail the horrors of life in Gaza, the author's tone cycling between anger and despair. He lists the hospitals destroyed, the universities turned into rubble, the dreadful numbers of dead and wounded There's a marked divide between the first and second parts. The first section is recognisably a work by Shehadeh. He begins by asking a question: why was it that, in the wake of the Oslo accords of 1993 and 1995, the world didn't put its weight behind peace in the region the way it had sought to bring an end to apartheid in South Africa? In his measured, lawyerly but always very readable way, he goes about identifying what he claims led many Israelis to forge a vision of themselves that enabled them to largely ignore the suffering of Palestinians. He goes back to 1948, the year that the state of Israel was established. For Palestinians, this is the Nakba, or "catastrophe", when around 750,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes and whole swaths of Palestine, including Shehadeh's ancestral hometown of Jaffa, were taken by Israel. Now, he writes, Israel has taken on the role of coloniser, and Gaza has become "an open-air prison where there is nowhere to run to or hide". The second part of the book feels like the work of a different author, one finally worn down by the brutality of the Israeli response over the past eight months. He meets an unnamed Israeli friend and asks him about "the inexcusable behaviour of his country's citizen army". He is met by an unbreachable wall of certainty. "Every time I mentioned an atrocity committed against Palestinian civilians by the Israeli army in Gaza, he brought up a criminal act committed by Hamas on 7 October. Then with a sad voice he assured me that the Israelis are suffering from trauma and are grieving… " skip past newsletter promotion Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our

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What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? by Raja Shehadeh review – in pursuit of peace. Edward Said and David Grossman, Ghada Karmi and Amos Oz. This is how we have been taught to approach the unimaginable – by turning to great minds operating closer to the heart of the catastrophe. Eight months on and it's hard not to feel that all the words written about this endless war mean nothing when weighed against the unspeakable horror, the cruelty, the intransigence of the politicians who claim to represent their people. Raja Shehadeh, the 72-year-old lawyer, peace activist and author of 12 elegant and nuanced meditations of life in Palestine, has written his first book since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war and it feels like even he, whose writing is usually so generous, so optimistic, so even-handed, might be losing hope. I discovered Shehadeh's work when an Israeli friend pressed his 2017 book, Where the Line Is Drawn, on me, saying that it had shaped his thinking about the future of Palestinian/Israeli relations. It tells of his 40-year correspondence with an Israeli, Henry Abramovitch, and is characteristic of Shehadeh's work: calm, poised, analytical (he is also a co-founder of the human rights organisation Al-Haq ) and fuelled by the hope that books such as his may eventually change the narrative. It showed how the particularities of this specific friendship – not always smooth, occasionally confrontational, but always returning to a common sense of decency – might serve as a model for a rapprochement between the two populations and their political representatives. Now he has published the provocatively titled What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?. This short, agonised book is split into two sections: the first, How Did We Get Here?, is an edited version of a talk he gave at a peace conference in Kyoto in 2016; the second, The Gaza War 2023-24, records in awful, anatomical detail the horrors of life in Gaza, the author's tone cycling between anger and despair. He lists the hospitals destroyed, the universities turned into rubble, the dreadful numbers of dead and wounded There's a marked divide between the first and second parts. The first section is recognisably a work by Shehadeh. He begins by asking a question: why was it that, in the wake of the Oslo accords of 1993 and 1995, the world didn't put its weight behind peace in the region the way it had sought to bring an end to apartheid in South Africa? In his measured, lawyerly but always very readable way, he goes about identifying what he claims led many Israelis to forge a vision of themselves that enabled them to largely ignore the suffering of Palestinians. He goes back to 1948, the year that the state of Israel was established. For Palestinians, this is the Nakba, or "catastrophe", when around 750,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes and whole swaths of Palestine, including Shehadeh's ancestral hometown of Jaffa, were taken by Israel. Now, he writes, Israel has taken on the role of coloniser, and Gaza has become "an open-air prison where there is nowhere to run to or hide". The second part of the book feels like the work of a different author, one finally worn down by the brutality of the Israeli response over the past eight months. He meets an unnamed Israeli friend and asks him about "the inexcusable behaviour of his country's citizen army". He is met by an unbreachable wall of certainty. "Every time I mentioned an atrocity committed against Palestinian civilians by the Israeli army in Gaza, he brought up a criminal act committed by Hamas on 7 October. Then with a sad voice he assured me that the Israelis are suffering from trauma and are grieving… " skip past newsletter promotion Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our

Indonesia says will deport 103 Taiwanese suspected of cybercrimes in Bali

Suspects accused of misusing their visas and residence permits as well as possible cybercrimes, are lined up at a detention centre in Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia, on June 28, 2024 [Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo] Indonesian immigration officials say they have arrested 103 Taiwan passport holders suspected of running a cybercrime operation out of Bali. Immigration officials on the popular holiday island raided a villa in Tabanan district on Wednesday, arresting 12 women and 91 men found with hundreds of mobile phones and other electronic devices. Keep reading end of list They were suspected of conducting "activities related to cybercrime activities" and of "misusing their visas", and will be deported, Bali Immigration Director Saffar Muhammad Godam said at a news conference on Friday, as he displayed laptops and routers. The suspects were detained on cybercrime and visa violation allegations after a raid on a villa in Bali [Handout/Ditjen Imigrasi via AP] Authorities distributed photos showing dozens of detainees lying on their stomachs next to a swimming pool and the three-storey villa. All are being held at a detention centre in Denpasar, Bali, subject to "administrative immigration actions", said Godam. Indonesia is investigating whether the group might have ties to international syndicates. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said its de facto embassy in the country had been told that of the 103 arrested, only 14 were suspected of being Taiwanese. The proliferation of cyber-fraud groups across Southeast Asia has become a growing concern, with authorities in countries like China, Indonesia and Malaysia stepping up efforts to stop them. Indonesia, with tip-offs from Chinese authorities, has previously confronted international cybercrime networks targeting victims in China. In 2018, Bali police arrested 103 Chinese nationals, along with 11 Indonesians allegedly working for them, for running a multimillion-dollar cyber-fraud syndicate that targeted wealthy businessmen and politicians in China. This came a year after the authorities deported 153 Chinese nationals involved in a network accused of fraudulently impersonating Chinese police or law officials, making about 6 trillion rupiah ($367m) from late 2016.

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Indonesia says will deport 103 Taiwanese suspected of cybercrimes in Bali. Suspects accused of misusing their visas and residence permits as well as possible cybercrimes, are lined up at a detention centre in Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia, on June 28, 2024 [Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo] Indonesian immigration officials say they have arrested 103 Taiwan passport holders suspected of running a cybercrime operation out of Bali. Immigration officials on the popular holiday island raided a villa in Tabanan district on Wednesday, arresting 12 women and 91 men found with hundreds of mobile phones and other electronic devices. Keep reading end of list They were suspected of conducting "activities related to cybercrime activities" and of "misusing their visas", and will be deported, Bali Immigration Director Saffar Muhammad Godam said at a news conference on Friday, as he displayed laptops and routers. The suspects were detained on cybercrime and visa violation allegations after a raid on a villa in Bali [Handout/Ditjen Imigrasi via AP] Authorities distributed photos showing dozens of detainees lying on their stomachs next to a swimming pool and the three-storey villa. All are being held at a detention centre in Denpasar, Bali, subject to "administrative immigration actions", said Godam. Indonesia is investigating whether the group might have ties to international syndicates. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said its de facto embassy in the country had been told that of the 103 arrested, only 14 were suspected of being Taiwanese. The proliferation of cyber-fraud groups across Southeast Asia has become a growing concern, with authorities in countries like China, Indonesia and Malaysia stepping up efforts to stop them. Indonesia, with tip-offs from Chinese authorities, has previously confronted international cybercrime networks targeting victims in China. In 2018, Bali police arrested 103 Chinese nationals, along with 11 Indonesians allegedly working for them, for running a multimillion-dollar cyber-fraud syndicate that targeted wealthy businessmen and politicians in China. This came a year after the authorities deported 153 Chinese nationals involved in a network accused of fraudulently impersonating Chinese police or law officials, making about 6 trillion rupiah ($367m) from late 2016.

California dad who drove family off cliff will get mental health treatment instead of trial

A California radiologist accused of trying to kill his wife and two children when he drove his Tesla off a cliff along the Northern California coast will receive mental health treatment instead of standing trial FILE - In this photo provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, emergency personnel respond to a vehicle over the side of Highway 1 on Jan. 1, 2023, in San Mateo County, Calif. A California radiologist accused of trying to kill his family when he drove his Tesla off a cliff along the Northern California coast will receive mental health treatment instead of standing trial, a judge ruled. (Sgt. Brian Moore/San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) The Associated Press REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- A California radiologist accused of trying to kill his family by driving off a cliff along the Northern California coast will receive mental health treatment instead of standing trial, a judge ruled. Prosecutors charged Dharmesh A. Patel, 43, with attempted murder after the Tesla he was driving plunged off a 250-foot (76 meters) cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway in San Mateo County, injuring his wife and two young children. All four survived the Jan. 2, 2023, crash in what one official called an "absolute miracle." San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Wednesday he was disappointed with the judge's decision. "I am disappointed with the court's decision, but Judge Jakubowski carefully weighed the evidence and the facts and went the other way," he said. Patel, who was on a family road trip from Pasadena to the Bay Area, will have to complete a two-year mental health outpatient treatment program at a Bay Area hospital for the charges to be dropped, Superior Court Judge Susan Jakubowski ruled last week, KRON-TV reported. Patel's defense attorney, Joshua Bentley, argued in May that the radiologist qualifies for mental health diversion under California law, the television station reported. "It's important to understand why we are here. Not everyone who commits a crime is a criminal. There is no question this is a very serious case. But the law encompasses this very situation," Bentley told the judge. Patel does not pose a danger to the community because he will be under an intensive psychiatric treatment program, as well as monitored with a GPS bracelet equipped with a siren, Bentley said. Deputy District Attorney Dominique Davis argued that Patel should not qualify for a mental health diversion program because he poses "an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety," KRON-TV reported. Patel's wife testified that she does not want her husband prosecuted. She said her children miss their father and they want him to return home, the television station reported. Davis said the evidence showed that in the weeks leading up to the attempted triple murder, Patel experienced paranoia and delusions, which are symptoms of schizoaffective disorder. The judge agreed with Patel's defense and said in her ruling that Patel doesn't have a history of violence and that his diagnosis of major depressive disorder played a significant role in his actions. Patel, who has been in jail without bail since his arrest, will be held for several more weeks before being released to his parents' home in Belmont, Calif. He will be monitored by GPS, will have to surrender his driver's license and passport, and will need to check with the court weekly, the judge ruled.

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California dad who drove family off cliff will get mental health treatment instead of trial. A California radiologist accused of trying to kill his wife and two children when he drove his Tesla off a cliff along the Northern California coast will receive mental health treatment instead of standing trial FILE - In this photo provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, emergency personnel respond to a vehicle over the side of Highway 1 on Jan. 1, 2023, in San Mateo County, Calif. A California radiologist accused of trying to kill his family when he drove his Tesla off a cliff along the Northern California coast will receive mental health treatment instead of standing trial, a judge ruled. (Sgt. Brian Moore/San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) The Associated Press REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- A California radiologist accused of trying to kill his family by driving off a cliff along the Northern California coast will receive mental health treatment instead of standing trial, a judge ruled. Prosecutors charged Dharmesh A. Patel, 43, with attempted murder after the Tesla he was driving plunged off a 250-foot (76 meters) cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway in San Mateo County, injuring his wife and two young children. All four survived the Jan. 2, 2023, crash in what one official called an "absolute miracle." San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Wednesday he was disappointed with the judge's decision. "I am disappointed with the court's decision, but Judge Jakubowski carefully weighed the evidence and the facts and went the other way," he said. Patel, who was on a family road trip from Pasadena to the Bay Area, will have to complete a two-year mental health outpatient treatment program at a Bay Area hospital for the charges to be dropped, Superior Court Judge Susan Jakubowski ruled last week, KRON-TV reported. Patel's defense attorney, Joshua Bentley, argued in May that the radiologist qualifies for mental health diversion under California law, the television station reported. "It's important to understand why we are here. Not everyone who commits a crime is a criminal. There is no question this is a very serious case. But the law encompasses this very situation," Bentley told the judge. Patel does not pose a danger to the community because he will be under an intensive psychiatric treatment program, as well as monitored with a GPS bracelet equipped with a siren, Bentley said. Deputy District Attorney Dominique Davis argued that Patel should not qualify for a mental health diversion program because he poses "an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety," KRON-TV reported. Patel's wife testified that she does not want her husband prosecuted. She said her children miss their father and they want him to return home, the television station reported. Davis said the evidence showed that in the weeks leading up to the attempted triple murder, Patel experienced paranoia and delusions, which are symptoms of schizoaffective disorder. The judge agreed with Patel's defense and said in her ruling that Patel doesn't have a history of violence and that his diagnosis of major depressive disorder played a significant role in his actions. Patel, who has been in jail without bail since his arrest, will be held for several more weeks before being released to his parents' home in Belmont, Calif. He will be monitored by GPS, will have to surrender his driver's license and passport, and will need to check with the court weekly, the judge ruled.

Brats, dragons and supermodels – what to see and listen to this week

In 2022, it was estimated that more than 4,200 cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women remained unsolved in the US. To make a film that explores this injustice with dignity and authenticity is no mean feat. To make a film that does so, and still has the joy of Native American culture shine through is a marvel. That’s what the team behind Apple TV’s Fancy Dance (which was written, directed and acted by a Native American cast) has achieved. The film stars Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone as Jax, a Seneca Cayuga woman who finds herself the primary caregiver to her niece, Roki, after her sister goes missing. While battling the child protection agent who is threatening to hand Roki over to her semi-estranged white grandparents, Jax makes a promise that her mum will return by the next powwow – an event at the core of Indigenous life in the US. As our reviewer, professor of American studies Jacqueline Fear-Segal explains, Fancy Dance is a powerful, disquieting film that allows culture, resilience, humour and love to take centre stage. Read more: Fancy Dance film review: heartbreaking but beautiful tale draws attention to the struggles of reservation life The name Naomi Campbell is now synonymous with “supermodel”. One of the five models who defined the fashion scene of the 1990s (along with Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz and Cindy Crawford), she is a household name around the world. Naomi In Fashion, now at the V&A, is the first exhibition of its kind, exploring Campbell’s career in a show produced in collaboration with the model herself. Our reviewer, fashion culture expert Tania Phipps-Rufus, was dazzled by the show, calling it “a testament to just how important the Black British model has been to wider culture and representation, in the fashion world and beyond”. Read more: Naomi in Fashion: groundbreaking V&A show highlights the career of a trailblazing model and activist Elsewhere, it’s a big summer for female pop stars. Of the top ten records in the UK album chart this week, six are by women. One of the standouts is The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan. If you haven’t heard Roan’s music yet, you’re in for a treat. Think Kate Bush meets Cyndi Lauper meets drag queen icon Divine. Her songs are cheeky, poppy and, at times, utterly gut-wrenching. She’s one of a new generation of queer women artists dominating the playlists at Pride celebrations and the stages at festivals this summer. L. Holland, who is undertaking a PhD in queerness in popular music, describes Roan’s sound as “heady and atmospheric”, applauding her sexy lyricism and impressive vocal range. Read more: How Chappell Roan and Reneé Rapp's star power is making 2024 the year of lesbian pop Peaking at number two in the chart is Charli XCX’s new album, Brat. It’s the singer’s sixth album, and while she’s had a hardcore fan following for years, it feels like her first record to truly make the jump to the mainstream. And what an album it is. Danceable, with ultra-fun melodies, but marked by lyrics with a raw, depressive honesty. A year ago, Charli joked on Twitter that she was the voice of her generation – with this album she proves it. For our reviewer, a long-time fan, this album is a work of imagist poetry that unapologetically reclaims “bratty” women’s art. Read more: Brat by Charli XCX is a work of contemporary imagist poetry – and a reclamation of 'bratty' women's art Elsewhere on streaming, House of the Dragon has returned to Sky and Now TV for its second season. It was always going to be hard to carve out a distinct voice for this series, which is a spin-off of one of the most successful TV franchises of all time – Game of Thrones. But with the second season it seems the writers have finally done it. The second series is subtle, suspenseful and extremely bingeable, with cliffhangers sprinkled across the season and some breathtaking special effects. The dragons of the title in particular (which were one of the most popular elements of the Game of Thrones franchise) are used to great effect. For Mark Lorch, professor of chemistry, they’re also the cause of serious curiosity. “If dragons existed,” he wonders in this article, “what real-world biological mechanisms and chemical reactions might they use?” The answer involves oils, exothermic reactions and … um … electric eels. Read more: House of the Dragon: if dragons were real, how might fire-breathing work?

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Brats, dragons and supermodels – what to see and listen to this week. In 2022, it was estimated that more than 4,200 cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women remained unsolved in the US. To make a film that explores this injustice with dignity and authenticity is no mean feat. To make a film that does so, and still has the joy of Native American culture shine through is a marvel. That’s what the team behind Apple TV’s Fancy Dance (which was written, directed and acted by a Native American cast) has achieved. The film stars Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone as Jax, a Seneca Cayuga woman who finds herself the primary caregiver to her niece, Roki, after her sister goes missing. While battling the child protection agent who is threatening to hand Roki over to her semi-estranged white grandparents, Jax makes a promise that her mum will return by the next powwow – an event at the core of Indigenous life in the US. As our reviewer, professor of American studies Jacqueline Fear-Segal explains, Fancy Dance is a powerful, disquieting film that allows culture, resilience, humour and love to take centre stage. Read more: Fancy Dance film review: heartbreaking but beautiful tale draws attention to the struggles of reservation life The name Naomi Campbell is now synonymous with “supermodel”. One of the five models who defined the fashion scene of the 1990s (along with Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz and Cindy Crawford), she is a household name around the world. Naomi In Fashion, now at the V&A, is the first exhibition of its kind, exploring Campbell’s career in a show produced in collaboration with the model herself. Our reviewer, fashion culture expert Tania Phipps-Rufus, was dazzled by the show, calling it “a testament to just how important the Black British model has been to wider culture and representation, in the fashion world and beyond”. Read more: Naomi in Fashion: groundbreaking V&A show highlights the career of a trailblazing model and activist Elsewhere, it’s a big summer for female pop stars. Of the top ten records in the UK album chart this week, six are by women. One of the standouts is The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan. If you haven’t heard Roan’s music yet, you’re in for a treat. Think Kate Bush meets Cyndi Lauper meets drag queen icon Divine. Her songs are cheeky, poppy and, at times, utterly gut-wrenching. She’s one of a new generation of queer women artists dominating the playlists at Pride celebrations and the stages at festivals this summer. L. Holland, who is undertaking a PhD in queerness in popular music, describes Roan’s sound as “heady and atmospheric”, applauding her sexy lyricism and impressive vocal range. Read more: How Chappell Roan and Reneé Rapp's star power is making 2024 the year of lesbian pop Peaking at number two in the chart is Charli XCX’s new album, Brat. It’s the singer’s sixth album, and while she’s had a hardcore fan following for years, it feels like her first record to truly make the jump to the mainstream. And what an album it is. Danceable, with ultra-fun melodies, but marked by lyrics with a raw, depressive honesty. A year ago, Charli joked on Twitter that she was the voice of her generation – with this album she proves it. For our reviewer, a long-time fan, this album is a work of imagist poetry that unapologetically reclaims “bratty” women’s art. Read more: Brat by Charli XCX is a work of contemporary imagist poetry – and a reclamation of 'bratty' women's art Elsewhere on streaming, House of the Dragon has returned to Sky and Now TV for its second season. It was always going to be hard to carve out a distinct voice for this series, which is a spin-off of one of the most successful TV franchises of all time – Game of Thrones. But with the second season it seems the writers have finally done it. The second series is subtle, suspenseful and extremely bingeable, with cliffhangers sprinkled across the season and some breathtaking special effects. The dragons of the title in particular (which were one of the most popular elements of the Game of Thrones franchise) are used to great effect. For Mark Lorch, professor of chemistry, they’re also the cause of serious curiosity. “If dragons existed,” he wonders in this article, “what real-world biological mechanisms and chemical reactions might they use?” The answer involves oils, exothermic reactions and … um … electric eels. Read more: House of the Dragon: if dragons were real, how might fire-breathing work?

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D-Day: 'You did what you had to do'

Bill Johnston was 21 and among the first ashore at Gold Beach on D-Day. "There were splashes in the water round about us," he recalled from the comfort of his Plymouth home. "We took one or two casualties, one of our lads… it was shrapnel where a shell burst near him. Mr Johnston, now 100 years old, added ruefully: "War is frightening, especially when you are being shot at." His unit pushed on into France after the landings, but his war came to a sudden end a few weeks into the invasion when he was blown into the air by a mortar shell. The explosion damaged his spine and he was unconscious for several days but went on to make a full recovery. Looking back on his service Mr Johnston said: "It was something that had to be done and I was part of it. I was well trained for it. Richard Aldred was 20 years old and a tank driver when he crossed the channel to play his part in the liberation of Europe. "It came as a shock, I had never seen a dead body before," he said. Now 100 years old and living in Callington some memories remain painful: "I had to bury two of my mates."

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D-Day: 'You did what you had to do'. Bill Johnston was 21 and among the first ashore at Gold Beach on D-Day. "There were splashes in the water round about us," he recalled from the comfort of his Plymouth home. "We took one or two casualties, one of our lads… it was shrapnel where a shell burst near him. Mr Johnston, now 100 years old, added ruefully: "War is frightening, especially when you are being shot at." His unit pushed on into France after the landings, but his war came to a sudden end a few weeks into the invasion when he was blown into the air by a mortar shell. The explosion damaged his spine and he was unconscious for several days but went on to make a full recovery. Looking back on his service Mr Johnston said: "It was something that had to be done and I was part of it. I was well trained for it. Richard Aldred was 20 years old and a tank driver when he crossed the channel to play his part in the liberation of Europe. "It came as a shock, I had never seen a dead body before," he said. Now 100 years old and living in Callington some memories remain painful: "I had to bury two of my mates."

Blood sausages and yak milk: Bronze Age cuisine of Mongolian nomads unveiled

Bronze cauldrons were used by the inhabitants of the Mongolian steppe around 2,700 years ago to process animal blood and milk. This is shown by a protein analysis of archaeological finds from this period. Scattered across the Eurasian steppe, archaeologists repeatedly come across metal cauldrons from the Bronze Age during excavations. However, it was previously unclear exactly what they were used for. Now, an international study led by researchers at the University of Basel and published in the journal Scientific Reports reveals their secret: Mongolian nomads collected blood from slaughtered animals, presumably for sausage production, in these cauldrons and may have also fermented milk in them, mainly from yaks. The research team led by Dr. Shevan Wilkin from the University of Basel carried out extensive protein analyses on two metal cauldrons that were discovered in 2019 by herders in northern Mongolia, along with other artifacts. According to radiocarbon dating, the cauldrons date back to the late Bronze Age, i.e. they were in use around 2,700 years ago. Animal blood in the diet has a long tradition In the cauldrons, the researchers identified blood remains from ruminants, mainly sheep and goats. "Various historical accounts of the steppe dwellers claim that they regularly drank blood," explains Dr. Bryan Miller from the University of Michigan, USA, co-author of the study. The new findings now provide a clearer idea of how blood may have been incorporated into the diet of the steppe dwellers. The researchers suspect that blood was collected in the cauldrons during slaughtering to make blood sausages -- a practice similar to contemporary culinary customs in Mongolia. "These parallels with modern times, together with well-founded historical accounts of diet and slaughtering practices in the region, suggest that the processing of blood was a traditional part of Mongolia's food culture," says study leader Shevan Wilkin. Sausage production was also an important preservation method for other steppe peoples. Yaks domesticated earlier than thought In addition to blood proteins, the cauldrons also contained traces of milk, particularly from domestic cattle and yaks. "This shows that yaks were domesticated and milked in Mongolia much earlier than previously assumed," notes Wilkin. The milk might have been fermented in the cauldrons in order to preserve it in the form of yogurt, or it might have been an ingredient in the production of sausages. "Our discoveries offer insights into the traditions and diet of Bronze Age nomads and shed light on the diverse culinary methods of ancient civilizations," explains Wilkin. In addition to the Universities of Basel and Michigan, experts from the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology in Jena and the National Museum of Mongolia were also involved in the research project. Copyright 1995-2024 ScienceDaily or by other parties, where indicated. All rights controlled by their respective owners. Content on this website is for information only. It is not intended to provide medical or other professional advice. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily, contributors or partners. Financial support for ScienceDaily comes from advertisements and referral programs.

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Blood sausages and yak milk: Bronze Age cuisine of Mongolian nomads unveiled. Bronze cauldrons were used by the inhabitants of the Mongolian steppe around 2,700 years ago to process animal blood and milk. This is shown by a protein analysis of archaeological finds from this period. Scattered across the Eurasian steppe, archaeologists repeatedly come across metal cauldrons from the Bronze Age during excavations. However, it was previously unclear exactly what they were used for. Now, an international study led by researchers at the University of Basel and published in the journal Scientific Reports reveals their secret: Mongolian nomads collected blood from slaughtered animals, presumably for sausage production, in these cauldrons and may have also fermented milk in them, mainly from yaks. The research team led by Dr. Shevan Wilkin from the University of Basel carried out extensive protein analyses on two metal cauldrons that were discovered in 2019 by herders in northern Mongolia, along with other artifacts. According to radiocarbon dating, the cauldrons date back to the late Bronze Age, i.e. they were in use around 2,700 years ago. Animal blood in the diet has a long tradition In the cauldrons, the researchers identified blood remains from ruminants, mainly sheep and goats. "Various historical accounts of the steppe dwellers claim that they regularly drank blood," explains Dr. Bryan Miller from the University of Michigan, USA, co-author of the study. The new findings now provide a clearer idea of how blood may have been incorporated into the diet of the steppe dwellers. The researchers suspect that blood was collected in the cauldrons during slaughtering to make blood sausages -- a practice similar to contemporary culinary customs in Mongolia. "These parallels with modern times, together with well-founded historical accounts of diet and slaughtering practices in the region, suggest that the processing of blood was a traditional part of Mongolia's food culture," says study leader Shevan Wilkin. Sausage production was also an important preservation method for other steppe peoples. Yaks domesticated earlier than thought In addition to blood proteins, the cauldrons also contained traces of milk, particularly from domestic cattle and yaks. "This shows that yaks were domesticated and milked in Mongolia much earlier than previously assumed," notes Wilkin. The milk might have been fermented in the cauldrons in order to preserve it in the form of yogurt, or it might have been an ingredient in the production of sausages. "Our discoveries offer insights into the traditions and diet of Bronze Age nomads and shed light on the diverse culinary methods of ancient civilizations," explains Wilkin. In addition to the Universities of Basel and Michigan, experts from the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology in Jena and the National Museum of Mongolia were also involved in the research project. Copyright 1995-2024 ScienceDaily or by other parties, where indicated. All rights controlled by their respective owners. Content on this website is for information only. It is not intended to provide medical or other professional advice. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily, contributors or partners. Financial support for ScienceDaily comes from advertisements and referral programs.

Fireblocks Partners with TRES Finance to Enhance Web3 Financial Reporting

Fireblocks collaborates with TRES Finance to streamline Web3 accounting and financial reporting, offering automated solutions to meet regulatory demands. In response to the increasing regulatory and reporting demands in the Web3 space, Fireblocks has announced a strategic partnership with TRES Finance. This collaboration aims to provide comprehensive automation for Web3 accounting, taxes, and auditing, according to Automated Web3 Financial Solutions The partnership leverages TRES Finance's proprietary Financial Data Lake (FDL), which consolidates and contextualizes financial data from thousands of Web3 endpoints. This enriched data is integrated into TRES Finance's FinOS platform, enabling businesses to generate audit-ready reports with ease. With the growing complexity of Web3 financial operations, the automation provided by TRES Finance simplifies the data-gathering process. This allows businesses to produce actionable insights and reports at the click of a button, significantly reducing the administrative burden associated with compliance and reporting. Generating Reports via Fireblocks Fireblocks users can now directly generate audit-ready reports from TRES Finance through the Fireblocks console. To access this feature, users can navigate to the "Transaction History" section on the control panel. By clicking the "Generate Report" button located at the top-right corner, users will be presented with a TRES Finance pop-up offering the first generated report for free. Upon clicking the button, users are directed to a TRES request form. Once completed, this form sends a report request directly to the TRES team, who will then generate the audit-ready report. Additionally, the TRES FDL can be accessed via API for more customized reporting needs. This partnership underscores the growing need for robust financial management tools in the Web3 ecosystem. By automating critical accounting and auditing functions, Fireblocks and TRES Finance are empowering businesses to stay ahead of regulatory requirements while streamlining their financial operations. As the Web3 landscape continues to evolve, collaborations like this one between Fireblocks and TRES Finance are crucial for providing the infrastructure necessary to support the next generation of financial technologies.

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Fireblocks Partners with TRES Finance to Enhance Web3 Financial Reporting. Fireblocks collaborates with TRES Finance to streamline Web3 accounting and financial reporting, offering automated solutions to meet regulatory demands. In response to the increasing regulatory and reporting demands in the Web3 space, Fireblocks has announced a strategic partnership with TRES Finance. This collaboration aims to provide comprehensive automation for Web3 accounting, taxes, and auditing, according to Automated Web3 Financial Solutions The partnership leverages TRES Finance's proprietary Financial Data Lake (FDL), which consolidates and contextualizes financial data from thousands of Web3 endpoints. This enriched data is integrated into TRES Finance's FinOS platform, enabling businesses to generate audit-ready reports with ease. With the growing complexity of Web3 financial operations, the automation provided by TRES Finance simplifies the data-gathering process. This allows businesses to produce actionable insights and reports at the click of a button, significantly reducing the administrative burden associated with compliance and reporting. Generating Reports via Fireblocks Fireblocks users can now directly generate audit-ready reports from TRES Finance through the Fireblocks console. To access this feature, users can navigate to the "Transaction History" section on the control panel. By clicking the "Generate Report" button located at the top-right corner, users will be presented with a TRES Finance pop-up offering the first generated report for free. Upon clicking the button, users are directed to a TRES request form. Once completed, this form sends a report request directly to the TRES team, who will then generate the audit-ready report. Additionally, the TRES FDL can be accessed via API for more customized reporting needs. This partnership underscores the growing need for robust financial management tools in the Web3 ecosystem. By automating critical accounting and auditing functions, Fireblocks and TRES Finance are empowering businesses to stay ahead of regulatory requirements while streamlining their financial operations. As the Web3 landscape continues to evolve, collaborations like this one between Fireblocks and TRES Finance are crucial for providing the infrastructure necessary to support the next generation of financial technologies.

German gov’t transfers $172M in Bitcoin to multiple locations

A crypto wallet linked to the German government transferred more than 3,000 Bitcoin worth over $172 million in parts to three crypto exchanges and a wallet. Multiple BTC transfers from German government wallet Further investigation from Cointelegraph revealed that the German government wallet concurrently transferred another 1,700 BTC to a separate wallet address. Speaking to Cointelegraph, the PeckShield team later confirmed that the wallet transferred 3,000 BTC: "Total 3K out (from German gov't labeled wallet), including 1.3K -> CEXs and 1.7K -> (to a wallet address) 139PoPE1bKQam8QJjhVjYDP47f3VH7ybVu." While the initial 1,300 BTC were moved to centralized crypto exchanges, the remaining 1,700 were German government sent 1,700 BTC to an unlabeled crypto wallet address. Source: Arkham Impact on Bitcoin selling pressure The German government has transferred more than 3,000 BTC to multiple exchanges over the last two weeks as well. confiscated Bitcoin and other digital assets linked to criminal activities, and they hold occasional auctions to sell their confiscated crypto holdings.

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German gov’t transfers $172M in Bitcoin to multiple locations. A crypto wallet linked to the German government transferred more than 3,000 Bitcoin worth over $172 million in parts to three crypto exchanges and a wallet. Multiple BTC transfers from German government wallet Further investigation from Cointelegraph revealed that the German government wallet concurrently transferred another 1,700 BTC to a separate wallet address. Speaking to Cointelegraph, the PeckShield team later confirmed that the wallet transferred 3,000 BTC: "Total 3K out (from German gov't labeled wallet), including 1.3K -> CEXs and 1.7K -> (to a wallet address) 139PoPE1bKQam8QJjhVjYDP47f3VH7ybVu." While the initial 1,300 BTC were moved to centralized crypto exchanges, the remaining 1,700 were German government sent 1,700 BTC to an unlabeled crypto wallet address. Source: Arkham Impact on Bitcoin selling pressure The German government has transferred more than 3,000 BTC to multiple exchanges over the last two weeks as well. confiscated Bitcoin and other digital assets linked to criminal activities, and they hold occasional auctions to sell their confiscated crypto holdings.

'Gun licence easier to get than fishing permit'

A woman whose twin sister and nieces were shot dead - with a legally-held weapon - says it is easier to get a gun licence than a fishing permit or a mortgage. Emma Ambler, from Birmingham, has campaigned for stricter laws around gun-licensing since her sister, Kelly Fitzgibbons, and her two nieces, Ava and Lexi Needham, were murdered in March 2020. Robert Needham, Ms Fitzgibbons' partner and father of Ava and Lexi, shot dead the three of them along with the family dog, at their home in Woodmancote, West Sussex, before turning the gun on himself. A domestic homicide review has revealed Needham Ms Ambler has welcomed the review, which made a number of recommendations regarding the gun-licensing process. These recommendations include more frequent licence reviews, a closer working relationship between GPs and the police, and an end to warning letters if applicants are found to have lied during the process. "If you're found to be lying, the process should be terminated, you shouldn't be able to continue that process in any shape or form," Ms Ambler said. Gun licences are currently reviewed every five years, which the domestic homicide review found to be "too long". "Five years is far too long. Things can change so much in somebody's life in five years," Ms Ambler said. "At my sister's inquest, three separate police officers all said [checks] should be annually, but we don't have the resources to do that. But that doesn't make it a safe system." "It still feels very difficult to process and to comprehend even four years on," Ms Ambler said "People seem to be given a gun licence easier probably than a fishing licence or a mortgage, yet you can go out and wipe your whole family out in seconds," she told the BBC. "And nobody seems to care, or I think a lot of people don't know how easy it is to get one of these deadly weapons. "I don't like guns, but I've never tried to stop anybody getting guns.

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'Gun licence easier to get than fishing permit'. A woman whose twin sister and nieces were shot dead - with a legally-held weapon - says it is easier to get a gun licence than a fishing permit or a mortgage. Emma Ambler, from Birmingham, has campaigned for stricter laws around gun-licensing since her sister, Kelly Fitzgibbons, and her two nieces, Ava and Lexi Needham, were murdered in March 2020. Robert Needham, Ms Fitzgibbons' partner and father of Ava and Lexi, shot dead the three of them along with the family dog, at their home in Woodmancote, West Sussex, before turning the gun on himself. A domestic homicide review has revealed Needham Ms Ambler has welcomed the review, which made a number of recommendations regarding the gun-licensing process. These recommendations include more frequent licence reviews, a closer working relationship between GPs and the police, and an end to warning letters if applicants are found to have lied during the process. "If you're found to be lying, the process should be terminated, you shouldn't be able to continue that process in any shape or form," Ms Ambler said. Gun licences are currently reviewed every five years, which the domestic homicide review found to be "too long". "Five years is far too long. Things can change so much in somebody's life in five years," Ms Ambler said. "At my sister's inquest, three separate police officers all said [checks] should be annually, but we don't have the resources to do that. But that doesn't make it a safe system." "It still feels very difficult to process and to comprehend even four years on," Ms Ambler said "People seem to be given a gun licence easier probably than a fishing licence or a mortgage, yet you can go out and wipe your whole family out in seconds," she told the BBC. "And nobody seems to care, or I think a lot of people don't know how easy it is to get one of these deadly weapons. "I don't like guns, but I've never tried to stop anybody getting guns.

Gallery: First Kazak A400M Completes Maiden Flight.

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Trainees urged to help hospitals after cyber-attack

An urgent call has gone out to medical students to help London hospitals recover from a major cyber-attack. A critical incident was declared on Tuesday after the ransomware attack targeted the services provided by pathology firm Synnovis. Services including blood transfusions and test results have been severely disrupted. In a leaked message to staff at Guy's and St Thomas' Trust, trainee medics have been asked to volunteer for 10 or 12-hour shifts. A spokesperson for NHS London said staff were "working around the clock" to minimise "the significant disruption to patient care". The cyber-attack, believed to have been carried out by a Russian group calling themselves Qilin, affected services provided by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as well as Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Surgery and transplant operations at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals are believed to have been impacted, as is the Evelina London Children's Hospital and primary care services. It is understood staff on wards are now using paper-based methods and signing blood transfusion bags. In the message to trainees, which has been seen by the BBC and The Sunday Times, medical students were told they would act as "floorwalkers" and hand deliver blood tests. It said: "In this critical situation, we urgently need volunteers to step forward and support our pathology services. "The ripple effect of this extremely serious incident is felt across various hospital, community and mental health services in our region." Students were told that their assistance was "crucial" and that it was an opportunity to "demonstrate your commitment to patient care". In a separate leaked email to staff, the chief executive at Guy's and Thomas' Trust, Prof Ian Abbs, said difficult conversations were being had with patients who have had appointments cancelled. He confirmed the disruption would last for a number of weeks and that a response was being coordinated by the regional NHS England team. At Guy's and St Thomas', trust staff raised concerns that clinical decisions were being made without the support of pathology. In another letter they were told staff had the full support of management "to make decisions based on your best professional judgment".

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Trainees urged to help hospitals after cyber-attack. An urgent call has gone out to medical students to help London hospitals recover from a major cyber-attack. A critical incident was declared on Tuesday after the ransomware attack targeted the services provided by pathology firm Synnovis. Services including blood transfusions and test results have been severely disrupted. In a leaked message to staff at Guy's and St Thomas' Trust, trainee medics have been asked to volunteer for 10 or 12-hour shifts. A spokesperson for NHS London said staff were "working around the clock" to minimise "the significant disruption to patient care". The cyber-attack, believed to have been carried out by a Russian group calling themselves Qilin, affected services provided by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as well as Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Surgery and transplant operations at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals are believed to have been impacted, as is the Evelina London Children's Hospital and primary care services. It is understood staff on wards are now using paper-based methods and signing blood transfusion bags. In the message to trainees, which has been seen by the BBC and The Sunday Times, medical students were told they would act as "floorwalkers" and hand deliver blood tests. It said: "In this critical situation, we urgently need volunteers to step forward and support our pathology services. "The ripple effect of this extremely serious incident is felt across various hospital, community and mental health services in our region." Students were told that their assistance was "crucial" and that it was an opportunity to "demonstrate your commitment to patient care". In a separate leaked email to staff, the chief executive at Guy's and Thomas' Trust, Prof Ian Abbs, said difficult conversations were being had with patients who have had appointments cancelled. He confirmed the disruption would last for a number of weeks and that a response was being coordinated by the regional NHS England team. At Guy's and St Thomas', trust staff raised concerns that clinical decisions were being made without the support of pathology. In another letter they were told staff had the full support of management "to make decisions based on your best professional judgment".

Groom shot in head by masked gunman during wedding

ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis man remained hospitalized in critical condition Monday after being shot in the head by a masked gunman during his Friday night wedding reception. Police said two masked gunmen entered the St. Louis backyard of the bride, Dulce Gonzalez, early Saturday as guests continued celebrating the couple's small home wedding, KSDK-TV reported Monday. Her sister, Yaribeth Peña, told the station that two men wearing ski masks ordered guests not to move. Police told the station that one gunman stood behind the groom, 32-year-old Manuel Gonzalez, as the other rifled through guests' pockets. Then one of the gunmen shot the groom in the head before they both fled. Peña said her sister is "distraught," "depressed" and "heartbroken" as her new husband struggles to recover. "He's fighting for his life," Peña said. "We are hoping he pulls through."

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Groom shot in head by masked gunman during wedding. ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis man remained hospitalized in critical condition Monday after being shot in the head by a masked gunman during his Friday night wedding reception. Police said two masked gunmen entered the St. Louis backyard of the bride, Dulce Gonzalez, early Saturday as guests continued celebrating the couple's small home wedding, KSDK-TV reported Monday. Her sister, Yaribeth Peña, told the station that two men wearing ski masks ordered guests not to move. Police told the station that one gunman stood behind the groom, 32-year-old Manuel Gonzalez, as the other rifled through guests' pockets. Then one of the gunmen shot the groom in the head before they both fled. Peña said her sister is "distraught," "depressed" and "heartbroken" as her new husband struggles to recover. "He's fighting for his life," Peña said. "We are hoping he pulls through."

Chicago Fire FC Announces Pop/R&B Superstar Jason Derulo to Headline Post-Match Show on August 31, 2024

Following the Fire's historic October 2023 match vs. Inter Miami CF – a Club record-breaking 62,124 in attendance at a sold-out Soldier Field and the highest-grossing MLS match in history – the Club has taken significant steps to improve the matchday experience for the 2024 season, by incorporating new entertainment elements, which will only continue to be enhanced in 2025. "We're thrilled to welcome Jason Derulo for a post-match show following our most anticipated match this season," said Chicago Fire FC President of Business Operations Dave Baldwin. "Jason has been a hitmaker throughout his career and his music appeals to so many. One of our goals is to grow the game of soccer in Chicago and introduce new fans to the Fire, and by hosting a post-match show, we're able to create an all-encompassing experience that welcomes new fans and gives them a night they'll never forget." Derulo, an American singer-songwriter, began his solo career in 2009 and has sold over 250 million singles worldwide, achieving RIAA Platinum award recognition for eleven singles, including "Whatcha Say," "Want to Want Me," and "Trumpets." Originally hailing from Miramar, Fla., Derulo has also had a successful career as a songwriter, penning hits for top artists such as Sean Kingston, and has won numerous awards for his craft, including the 2011 BMI Pop Music Awards "Songwriter of the Year" honor for songs "In My Head," "Ridin' Solo," "Whatcha Say," and "Replay." August 31 match vs. Inter Miami CF will kick-off at HERE via Ticketmaster or by calling 888-MLS-FIRE. The match will also be broadcast globally on Apple TV and transmitted locally in English on WLS 890 AM and in Spanish on WRTO 1200 AM. For additional information on Chicago Fire FC, including information on the 2024 MLS Season, please visit: chicagofirefc.com. For regular Club updates, follow Chicago Fire FC on Twitter ( @vamosfire using hashtags #CF97 and #VamosFire), Instagram ( Chicago Fire FC is an American professional soccer club that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS). The Club was founded on October 8, 1997, on the 126th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. The Fire have won six major domestic championship titles, including the 1998 MLS Cup, the 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups, as well as the 2003 MLS Supporters' Shield. The Club's charitable arm, the Chicago Fire Foundation, was recognized as ESPN's 2019 Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year. The Fire play their home matches at historic Soldier Field. For more information, visit

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Chicago Fire FC Announces Pop/R&B Superstar Jason Derulo to Headline Post-Match Show on August 31, 2024. Following the Fire's historic October 2023 match vs. Inter Miami CF – a Club record-breaking 62,124 in attendance at a sold-out Soldier Field and the highest-grossing MLS match in history – the Club has taken significant steps to improve the matchday experience for the 2024 season, by incorporating new entertainment elements, which will only continue to be enhanced in 2025. "We're thrilled to welcome Jason Derulo for a post-match show following our most anticipated match this season," said Chicago Fire FC President of Business Operations Dave Baldwin. "Jason has been a hitmaker throughout his career and his music appeals to so many. One of our goals is to grow the game of soccer in Chicago and introduce new fans to the Fire, and by hosting a post-match show, we're able to create an all-encompassing experience that welcomes new fans and gives them a night they'll never forget." Derulo, an American singer-songwriter, began his solo career in 2009 and has sold over 250 million singles worldwide, achieving RIAA Platinum award recognition for eleven singles, including "Whatcha Say," "Want to Want Me," and "Trumpets." Originally hailing from Miramar, Fla., Derulo has also had a successful career as a songwriter, penning hits for top artists such as Sean Kingston, and has won numerous awards for his craft, including the 2011 BMI Pop Music Awards "Songwriter of the Year" honor for songs "In My Head," "Ridin' Solo," "Whatcha Say," and "Replay." August 31 match vs. Inter Miami CF will kick-off at HERE via Ticketmaster or by calling 888-MLS-FIRE. The match will also be broadcast globally on Apple TV and transmitted locally in English on WLS 890 AM and in Spanish on WRTO 1200 AM. For additional information on Chicago Fire FC, including information on the 2024 MLS Season, please visit: chicagofirefc.com. For regular Club updates, follow Chicago Fire FC on Twitter ( @vamosfire using hashtags #CF97 and #VamosFire), Instagram ( Chicago Fire FC is an American professional soccer club that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS). The Club was founded on October 8, 1997, on the 126th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. The Fire have won six major domestic championship titles, including the 1998 MLS Cup, the 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups, as well as the 2003 MLS Supporters' Shield. The Club's charitable arm, the Chicago Fire Foundation, was recognized as ESPN's 2019 Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year. The Fire play their home matches at historic Soldier Field. For more information, visit

Nigerian Government Denies Mistreatment Of Detained Binance Executive Tigran Gambaryan

Responding to concerns over the health of detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, the Nigerian government, via a June 21st X post by Minister of Information Mohammed Idris, denied claims of inadequate detention conditions. Nigeria Denies “Baseless” Claims Of Binance Executive’s Mistreatment Idris refuted allegations of Gambaryan’s mistreatment as “false,” asserting that the Binance executive was being treated with “utmost fairness” at Kuje Correctional Center near Abuja. “Gambaryan is being held in lawful detention and has access to quality medical care whenever required,” Idris stated. “He also has full access to consular services from his home government. “ Binance Executive on Lawful Trial Has Access to Quality Medical Care — FG It has become necessary for the Federal Government of Nigeria to address claims that Binance Executive, Tigran Gambaryan is being held in unsavory prison conditions in Nigeria, or that his health is… pic.twitter.com/bwZf5IHFi0 — Mohammed Idris, FNIPR (@HMMohammedIdris) June 21, 2024 In a June 5 letter to U.S. President Joe Biden , House Republicans alleged that the Binance employee was “not permitted to meet with his legal team without the presence of government officials and armed guards” and urged action to ensure his immediate release. The letter strongly contended that the charges against Gambaryan were unfounded, representing a coercive tactic by the Nigerian government to pressure Binance. However, Idris has since denied these claims, calling the goal of bringing Binance to justice a “legitimate quest.” “The Federal Government will not do anything to jeopardize his fundamental rights to a lawful trial and to quality care, including healthcare, even as he undergoes trial by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Idris claimed. U.S. Lawmakers Urge For Tigran Gambaryan’s Release Amid Dire Conditions Detained in Nigeria since late February on money laundering charges, Gambaryan collapsed in an Abuja courtroom in May due to malaria. While a judge ordered him to be admitted to a hospital for evaluation, his family claimed in a June 14 statement that it “took prison authorities 11 days to take him for a brief check-up.” Yesterday, @RepHoulahan and I visited with US citizen Tigran Gambaryan in Kuje Prison in Nigeria. We found him suffering from the conditions there, as he has malaria and double pneumonia, and he reports that he has lost significant weight. Even worse, he's being denied access to… pic.twitter.com/OKEHMXxuF4 — French Hill (@RepFrenchHill) June 20, 2024 On Thursday, Congressman French Hill (R-LA) and Cynthia Houlahan (D-PA) visited the prison , where they now allege his condition has dramatically worsened. “We found him suffering from the conditions there, as he has malaria and double pneumonia, and he reports that he has lost significant weight,” the U.S. lawmakers said. “Even worse, he’s being denied access to adequate medical attention.” Nadeem Anjarwalla, a second Binance employee who was originally arrested alongside Gambaryan, was able to evade Nigerian authorities in late March and has reportedly fled to Kenya . As of this report, Anjarwalla remains at large. The post Nigerian Government Denies Mistreatment Of Detained Binance Executive Tigran Gambaryan appeared first on Cryptonews .

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Nigerian Government Denies Mistreatment Of Detained Binance Executive Tigran Gambaryan. Responding to concerns over the health of detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, the Nigerian government, via a June 21st X post by Minister of Information Mohammed Idris, denied claims of inadequate detention conditions. Nigeria Denies “Baseless” Claims Of Binance Executive’s Mistreatment Idris refuted allegations of Gambaryan’s mistreatment as “false,” asserting that the Binance executive was being treated with “utmost fairness” at Kuje Correctional Center near Abuja. “Gambaryan is being held in lawful detention and has access to quality medical care whenever required,” Idris stated. “He also has full access to consular services from his home government. “ Binance Executive on Lawful Trial Has Access to Quality Medical Care — FG It has become necessary for the Federal Government of Nigeria to address claims that Binance Executive, Tigran Gambaryan is being held in unsavory prison conditions in Nigeria, or that his health is… pic.twitter.com/bwZf5IHFi0 — Mohammed Idris, FNIPR (@HMMohammedIdris) June 21, 2024 In a June 5 letter to U.S. President Joe Biden , House Republicans alleged that the Binance employee was “not permitted to meet with his legal team without the presence of government officials and armed guards” and urged action to ensure his immediate release. The letter strongly contended that the charges against Gambaryan were unfounded, representing a coercive tactic by the Nigerian government to pressure Binance. However, Idris has since denied these claims, calling the goal of bringing Binance to justice a “legitimate quest.” “The Federal Government will not do anything to jeopardize his fundamental rights to a lawful trial and to quality care, including healthcare, even as he undergoes trial by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Idris claimed. U.S. Lawmakers Urge For Tigran Gambaryan’s Release Amid Dire Conditions Detained in Nigeria since late February on money laundering charges, Gambaryan collapsed in an Abuja courtroom in May due to malaria. While a judge ordered him to be admitted to a hospital for evaluation, his family claimed in a June 14 statement that it “took prison authorities 11 days to take him for a brief check-up.” Yesterday, @RepHoulahan and I visited with US citizen Tigran Gambaryan in Kuje Prison in Nigeria. We found him suffering from the conditions there, as he has malaria and double pneumonia, and he reports that he has lost significant weight. Even worse, he's being denied access to… pic.twitter.com/OKEHMXxuF4 — French Hill (@RepFrenchHill) June 20, 2024 On Thursday, Congressman French Hill (R-LA) and Cynthia Houlahan (D-PA) visited the prison , where they now allege his condition has dramatically worsened. “We found him suffering from the conditions there, as he has malaria and double pneumonia, and he reports that he has lost significant weight,” the U.S. lawmakers said. “Even worse, he’s being denied access to adequate medical attention.” Nadeem Anjarwalla, a second Binance employee who was originally arrested alongside Gambaryan, was able to evade Nigerian authorities in late March and has reportedly fled to Kenya . As of this report, Anjarwalla remains at large. The post Nigerian Government Denies Mistreatment Of Detained Binance Executive Tigran Gambaryan appeared first on Cryptonews .

Germany detains Iraqi couple suspected of genocide against Yazidis

WASHINGTON — German officials are interrogating an Iraqi couple who are suspected of committing crimes that may amount to genocide while they were associated with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria between October 2015 and December 2017. The German federal public prosecutor general released a statement Wednesday saying "Twana H.S. and Asia R.A. are strongly suspected of genocide according to the German Code of Crime" against Yazidis, a religious minority that was targeted by the Islamic State militant group in 2014. The two, who were not further identified, were arrested this week in Regensburg and Roth County, Germany. In March, the investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice issued arrest warrants for them and ordered that "they be placed in pretrial detention." It has been reported that the couple are originally from the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Prosecutors said the couple "held a then-5-year-old Yazidi girl; they enslaved a then-12-year-old Yazidi girl as well. Twana repeatedly raped both children. To this end, Asia prepared the room and put makeup on one of the girls." Islamic State attacked Yazidis in the Sinjar region in Iraq on August 3, 2014, with a systematic plan to commit genocide against the Yazidis because it considered them to be religious infidels. According to Yazidi sources, the extremist group killed thousands of people and enslaved approximately 6,500 people, mainly women and children. Mirza Dinnayi, a founder of the nongovernmental organization House of Coexistence in Sinjar, told VOA there are still about 2,650 women and children missing. 8 Years Later, Yazidi Mothers Still Waiting for Missing Children No media source currently available IS attacks in Sinjar displaced more than 375,000 people from their homes. After more than nine years, most of them still live in a dozen camps in Iraqi Kurdistan and northeastern Syria. More than 80 mass graves of Yazidis from Sinjar were found in the region. Half of them have not been exhumed. So far, the remains of 200 of the victims have been identified using DNA technology. The parliaments of several countries and international institutions, including the U.S., U.K., Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Armenia and Germany, have labeled the atrocities as genocide. It is not the first time a court in Germany will try IS members for genocide crimes against Yazidis. On November 30, 2021, a court in Frankfurt found 29-year-old Taha al-Jumailly, an Iraqi national, guilty "of involvement in the slaughter of more than 3,000 Yazidis and enslavement of 7,000 women and girls by IS jihadists in 2014-2015." The court ruling included the murder of a 5-year-old girl the defendant had enslaved and chained to a window, leaving her to die in scorching heat. SEE ALSO: German Court Convicts Ex-IS Member of Murder, Role in Yazidi Genocide Irfan Ortach, chairman of the Central Council of the Yazidis in Germany, said after the German parliament recognized the "massacre of Yazidis by jihadists from the Islamic State in Iraq as genocide" in January 2023, the perspective of courts in Germany changed on the role of women in the atrocities committed in Iraq and Syria. Ortach told VOA that "prior to that there was an understanding in German courts that women had no role in the radical organization and its acts. But now they are equally subject of investigations and trials." The Regensburg case will likely be similar to the Frankfurt case in terms of the nature of crimes and the ages of the victims. According to the German federal prosecutor's office, before leaving Syria in November 2017, Twana H.S. and Asia R.A. handed the girls over to other IS members. Yazidi activists say both girls are now under German authorities' protection.

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Germany detains Iraqi couple suspected of genocide against Yazidis. WASHINGTON — German officials are interrogating an Iraqi couple who are suspected of committing crimes that may amount to genocide while they were associated with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria between October 2015 and December 2017. The German federal public prosecutor general released a statement Wednesday saying "Twana H.S. and Asia R.A. are strongly suspected of genocide according to the German Code of Crime" against Yazidis, a religious minority that was targeted by the Islamic State militant group in 2014. The two, who were not further identified, were arrested this week in Regensburg and Roth County, Germany. In March, the investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice issued arrest warrants for them and ordered that "they be placed in pretrial detention." It has been reported that the couple are originally from the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Prosecutors said the couple "held a then-5-year-old Yazidi girl; they enslaved a then-12-year-old Yazidi girl as well. Twana repeatedly raped both children. To this end, Asia prepared the room and put makeup on one of the girls." Islamic State attacked Yazidis in the Sinjar region in Iraq on August 3, 2014, with a systematic plan to commit genocide against the Yazidis because it considered them to be religious infidels. According to Yazidi sources, the extremist group killed thousands of people and enslaved approximately 6,500 people, mainly women and children. Mirza Dinnayi, a founder of the nongovernmental organization House of Coexistence in Sinjar, told VOA there are still about 2,650 women and children missing. 8 Years Later, Yazidi Mothers Still Waiting for Missing Children No media source currently available IS attacks in Sinjar displaced more than 375,000 people from their homes. After more than nine years, most of them still live in a dozen camps in Iraqi Kurdistan and northeastern Syria. More than 80 mass graves of Yazidis from Sinjar were found in the region. Half of them have not been exhumed. So far, the remains of 200 of the victims have been identified using DNA technology. The parliaments of several countries and international institutions, including the U.S., U.K., Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Armenia and Germany, have labeled the atrocities as genocide. It is not the first time a court in Germany will try IS members for genocide crimes against Yazidis. On November 30, 2021, a court in Frankfurt found 29-year-old Taha al-Jumailly, an Iraqi national, guilty "of involvement in the slaughter of more than 3,000 Yazidis and enslavement of 7,000 women and girls by IS jihadists in 2014-2015." The court ruling included the murder of a 5-year-old girl the defendant had enslaved and chained to a window, leaving her to die in scorching heat. SEE ALSO: German Court Convicts Ex-IS Member of Murder, Role in Yazidi Genocide Irfan Ortach, chairman of the Central Council of the Yazidis in Germany, said after the German parliament recognized the "massacre of Yazidis by jihadists from the Islamic State in Iraq as genocide" in January 2023, the perspective of courts in Germany changed on the role of women in the atrocities committed in Iraq and Syria. Ortach told VOA that "prior to that there was an understanding in German courts that women had no role in the radical organization and its acts. But now they are equally subject of investigations and trials." The Regensburg case will likely be similar to the Frankfurt case in terms of the nature of crimes and the ages of the victims. According to the German federal prosecutor's office, before leaving Syria in November 2017, Twana H.S. and Asia R.A. handed the girls over to other IS members. Yazidi activists say both girls are now under German authorities' protection.

Deurloo At ISTAT: Pratt & Whitney Focused On Getting House In Order.

AUSTIN—Pratt & Whitney President for commercial engines Rick Deurloo said the company is committed to growing engine output to manufacturers and airline in-service fleets, but balancing the two requirements will remain a challenge. "We have grown our operational output 20%; MRO output was up 30% for the GTF in 2023," Deurloo told the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Americas conference in Austin. "It is coming up the curve. We have to continue that process." In a rare public presentation, Deurloo opened the first day of the ISTAT event with an almost hour-long on-stage interview, showing how pressing an issue the delays coming from the powder metal contamination inspection and repair program is for lessors and airlines. The powder metal program will mean an average of 350 GTF-powered Airbus A320neo family aircraft will be grounded from 2024 to 2026. The number is "still consistent with our expectations," Deurloo said. The number is lower than an initially expected peak of up to 650 aircraft in the second quarter of 2024. But the fact that an FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD) has not come at the same time as Pratt's service bulletins has had a positive effect. Also, airlines have been creative in pairing engines that are still good to fly and are therefore able to keep more aircraft in the air than expected in the initial assumptions. Deurloo expects the AD to be published as soon as this week. Compounding the situation is work on improving GTF durability. Deurloo pledged that Pratt will add three more MRO facilities by the end of 2025 in addition to the 16 currently in place globally to be able to reduce the backlog of work quicker. But the strong demand for air travel is putting more strain on the system, Deurloo argued. "Airframers are doing incredibly well right now. They are in the business of selling and delivering airplanes, the demand is absolutely there," he said. "The thing we are struggling with is how do we balance the OE need with the flying fleet. It is a daily balance we have to do." He pointed out that, in his view, Pratt has done "a good job to overcommunicate. Transparency is incredibly important for us." Particularly as the powder metal crisis unfolded, many customers had complained that Pratt and its parent RTX were not communicating enough nor putting enough resources into fixing the issue. Deurloo also stressed that Pratt is very much focused on "meeting our commitments." But it is still facing constraints in its supply chain. "RTX has 14,000 suppliers; our challenges come from just a fraction of those suppliers," Deurloo said. Pratt is sending its own people to the affected suppliers to "work through the challenges with them." Developing new repairs for engine parts in Pratt shops is also reducing strain on the supply chain, Deurloo argued. The constraints in the supply chain are "absolutely a materials issue," he said. "We have the workforce in place. The learning curve is different, there is a little bit of that challenge, but ultimately it is material constraints." Deurloo emphasized that Pratt is "focused on getting our house in order" rather than spending too much energy on future programs. A new narrowbody program, of which Pratt wants to be a part, will not come before 2035, Deurloo estimated, and "later is better than sooner. Airframers are going to drive that decision."

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Deurloo At ISTAT: Pratt & Whitney Focused On Getting House In Order.. AUSTIN—Pratt & Whitney President for commercial engines Rick Deurloo said the company is committed to growing engine output to manufacturers and airline in-service fleets, but balancing the two requirements will remain a challenge. "We have grown our operational output 20%; MRO output was up 30% for the GTF in 2023," Deurloo told the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Americas conference in Austin. "It is coming up the curve. We have to continue that process." In a rare public presentation, Deurloo opened the first day of the ISTAT event with an almost hour-long on-stage interview, showing how pressing an issue the delays coming from the powder metal contamination inspection and repair program is for lessors and airlines. The powder metal program will mean an average of 350 GTF-powered Airbus A320neo family aircraft will be grounded from 2024 to 2026. The number is "still consistent with our expectations," Deurloo said. The number is lower than an initially expected peak of up to 650 aircraft in the second quarter of 2024. But the fact that an FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD) has not come at the same time as Pratt's service bulletins has had a positive effect. Also, airlines have been creative in pairing engines that are still good to fly and are therefore able to keep more aircraft in the air than expected in the initial assumptions. Deurloo expects the AD to be published as soon as this week. Compounding the situation is work on improving GTF durability. Deurloo pledged that Pratt will add three more MRO facilities by the end of 2025 in addition to the 16 currently in place globally to be able to reduce the backlog of work quicker. But the strong demand for air travel is putting more strain on the system, Deurloo argued. "Airframers are doing incredibly well right now. They are in the business of selling and delivering airplanes, the demand is absolutely there," he said. "The thing we are struggling with is how do we balance the OE need with the flying fleet. It is a daily balance we have to do." He pointed out that, in his view, Pratt has done "a good job to overcommunicate. Transparency is incredibly important for us." Particularly as the powder metal crisis unfolded, many customers had complained that Pratt and its parent RTX were not communicating enough nor putting enough resources into fixing the issue. Deurloo also stressed that Pratt is very much focused on "meeting our commitments." But it is still facing constraints in its supply chain. "RTX has 14,000 suppliers; our challenges come from just a fraction of those suppliers," Deurloo said. Pratt is sending its own people to the affected suppliers to "work through the challenges with them." Developing new repairs for engine parts in Pratt shops is also reducing strain on the supply chain, Deurloo argued. The constraints in the supply chain are "absolutely a materials issue," he said. "We have the workforce in place. The learning curve is different, there is a little bit of that challenge, but ultimately it is material constraints." Deurloo emphasized that Pratt is "focused on getting our house in order" rather than spending too much energy on future programs. A new narrowbody program, of which Pratt wants to be a part, will not come before 2035, Deurloo estimated, and "later is better than sooner. Airframers are going to drive that decision."

Zimbis Announces Successful Integration with Open Dental to Enhance Dental Practice Efficiency

June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimbis, a trailblazer in smart inventory management solutions, together with Open Dental, a leader in open-source dental practice management software, are excited to announce the successful completion of their software integration. This milestone achievement marks a significant advancement in dental practice management by seamlessly combining inventory control with patient care operations. Continue Reading The integration between Zimbis Smart Inventory Cabinets and Open Dental's robust software platform is designed to optimize the day-to-day operations of dental clinics by automating inventory tasks, improving workflow, and reducing operational costs. Zimbis Announces Successful Integration with Open Dental to Enhance Dental Practice Efficiency Key Features of the Integration: Real-time Inventory Management: Open Dental practices can now manage their inventory in real-time directly through Zimbis' interface, enhancing efficiency and accuracy. Advanced Controlled Substance Management: Dentists using controlled drugs in house will see significant time savings and security improvements thanks to Zimbis' unique double-locked containers and automated, DEA-compliant transaction logging. Automated Supply Replenishment: The system is equipped to automatically reorder depleted stocks, ensuring that dental practices never run low on essential supplies. Enhanced Analytics: With integrated software, practices can access detailed analytics on inventory usage, helping to make informed decisions about stock levels and control expenses. Improved Regulatory Compliance: Zimbis together with Open Dental will help practices stay compliant with industry regulations by providing accurate and timely documentation of FDA-mandated implant lot numbers and narcotics logs. Louis Visser, DDS, the President of Zimbis, stated, "We are proud to announce the successful integration with Open Dental, which is a major leap forward in our mission to innovate and streamline inventory management for healthcare providers. This integration is designed to empower dental practices to achieve higher operational efficiency and cost savings." Mark Johnson, VP of Development for Open Dental, echoed Dr. Visser's comments. "We were happy to work with Zimbis on the integration to bring their inventory management solution to the Open Dental ecosystem. This collaboration aligns perfectly with our vision of community-driven innovation built around the Open Dental platform." About Zimbis: Zimbis is at the forefront of delivering advanced smart inventory management solutions, providing highly sophisticated and automated inventory systems that are designed to improve efficiency and reduce waste in healthcare settings.

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Zimbis Announces Successful Integration with Open Dental to Enhance Dental Practice Efficiency. June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimbis, a trailblazer in smart inventory management solutions, together with Open Dental, a leader in open-source dental practice management software, are excited to announce the successful completion of their software integration. This milestone achievement marks a significant advancement in dental practice management by seamlessly combining inventory control with patient care operations. Continue Reading The integration between Zimbis Smart Inventory Cabinets and Open Dental's robust software platform is designed to optimize the day-to-day operations of dental clinics by automating inventory tasks, improving workflow, and reducing operational costs. Zimbis Announces Successful Integration with Open Dental to Enhance Dental Practice Efficiency Key Features of the Integration: Real-time Inventory Management: Open Dental practices can now manage their inventory in real-time directly through Zimbis' interface, enhancing efficiency and accuracy. Advanced Controlled Substance Management: Dentists using controlled drugs in house will see significant time savings and security improvements thanks to Zimbis' unique double-locked containers and automated, DEA-compliant transaction logging. Automated Supply Replenishment: The system is equipped to automatically reorder depleted stocks, ensuring that dental practices never run low on essential supplies. Enhanced Analytics: With integrated software, practices can access detailed analytics on inventory usage, helping to make informed decisions about stock levels and control expenses. Improved Regulatory Compliance: Zimbis together with Open Dental will help practices stay compliant with industry regulations by providing accurate and timely documentation of FDA-mandated implant lot numbers and narcotics logs. Louis Visser, DDS, the President of Zimbis, stated, "We are proud to announce the successful integration with Open Dental, which is a major leap forward in our mission to innovate and streamline inventory management for healthcare providers. This integration is designed to empower dental practices to achieve higher operational efficiency and cost savings." Mark Johnson, VP of Development for Open Dental, echoed Dr. Visser's comments. "We were happy to work with Zimbis on the integration to bring their inventory management solution to the Open Dental ecosystem. This collaboration aligns perfectly with our vision of community-driven innovation built around the Open Dental platform." About Zimbis: Zimbis is at the forefront of delivering advanced smart inventory management solutions, providing highly sophisticated and automated inventory systems that are designed to improve efficiency and reduce waste in healthcare settings.