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data-pagespeed-url-hash="3093106805" decoding="async" src="https://businessbangladesh.com.bd/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/received_189675207104017-1.jpeg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></p><div class="entry-content clearfix single-post-content" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; padding: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">নারায়ণগঞ্জের রূপগঞ্জে রাকিব হত্যা মামলার ২ আসামিকে গ্রেফতার করেছে (র্যাপিড এ্যাকশন ব্যাটালিয়ন) র্যাব ১১ সদস্যরা । মঙ্গলবার (১৪ মার্চ) দুপুরে এক সংবাদ বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে এ তথ্য জানান র্যাব ১১ এর এএসপি মোঃ রিজওয়ান সাঈদ জিকু।<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />এর আগে রাতে মুন্সিগঞ্জ জেলার সিরাজদীখান থানাধীন মধ্যপাড়া এলাকায় অভিযান পরিচালনা করে মামলার এজাহারনামীয় আসামি রূপগঞ্জের গোলাকান্দাইলের মৃত আছমত আলীর ছেলে 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Heritage Archives in Rajshahi is a living museum of history</p><p>1. On 23 October 2022 at 13.00 hours, under Motihar police station of Rajshahi city, conducting an operation in Talaimari intersection area, they recovered (1) ganja-12.7 kg, (2) mobile-01, (3) SIM card-01 and accused 1. Md. Anand Mridha (20), father-deceased Monwar Mridha, Permanent Sang Chawga, Upazila/Thana-Vedarganj, District-Shariatpur, Present tenant of Sang Bus Mier Bari, Behind Islamia Hospital, Sayedabad, Upazila/Thana- Jatrabari, District-Dhaka. who arrested 2. Disclosure in the details of the incident:- Based on the intelligence information, the joint operation team of RAB-5, CPSC and CPC-1 of Rajshahi came to know that 01 passenger bus of Desh Travels</p><p>whose Reg No.-Dhaka Metro-B-14-6958 (Seat No.-G- 3) 01 person is coming towards Rajshahi along with narcotic ganja in passenger base. As soon as the matter came to know, the Motihar police station of Rajshahi metropolis conducted a check post on the Bhadra-bound highway in front of the under-construction building of Bangabandhu Square at Talaimari intersection. During the check post, the Desh Travels bus from Dhaka to Rajshahi came in front</p><p>of the check post and stopped on the side of the road with a signal. While searching the bus, the person was arrested while sitting in G-3 seat 01 inside the bus. 3. The accused was interrogated that the illegal drug marijuana was hidden in the back luggage box of the bus. He said that he would collect the narcotic ganja from an unknown place in Comilla district and sell it to an unknown person in Rajshahi district and earlier several times he had similarly collected ganja and transported it to drug dealers in different parts of the country including Rajshahi. In this regard, a case is being registered against the accused at the Motihar police station of Rajshahi city.</p><p>For the purpose of collecting and preserving Bangladesh's history and heritage materials, Professor Dr. He told the story of the beginning of the Mahbubur Rahman Archive Museum. This former professor of the history department said, 'I was once disappointed while doing a PhD on local history. The main reason was the lack of information. I went down to collect information and found that information about local history is not available anywhere. Then in the 90s, I went to an archive in the Netherlands and saw that posters, leaflets, banners, festoons and periodicals were collected there. From there I decided to build a heritage archives in Bangladesh as well.</p><p>Mentioning that he established this exceptional collection out of personal interest, he said, "In 1998, I started collecting leaflets, posters and various school-college memorabilia and anniversaries at home as a personal initiative. I used to teach students then. I used to tell them that if they get souvenirs and anniversaries in their schools and colleges, they should bring them to me. I got quite a response. Along with the students, friends also started giving leaflets, banners, posters, souvenirs and books. Every day I used to buy books and magazines at the rate of kg from the old book shop in Rajshahi's Sahib Bazar. In this way, I once bought two Bichitra magazines. I started collecting them at home from 2002.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-23738943032645689402022-10-27T21:41:00.002-07:002022-10-27T21:41:32.460-07:00Dobir Uddin MaMa Ukraine war Russia deploys dozens Horipur Bonpara Natore Rizik More 2023<p> Dobir Uddin MaMa Ukraine war Russia deploys dozens Horipur Bonpara Natore Rizik More 2023</p><div class="ssrcss-vk3nhx-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1" data-component="image-block"><figure class="ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23"><div class="ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21"><span class="ssrcss-11kpz0x-Placeholder e16icw910"><img alt="President Volodymyr Zelensky stands beside a downed drone" class="ssrcss-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0" height="549" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/14F50/production/_127404858_zelesnky.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/14F50/production/_127404858_zelesnky.jpg 240w, 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"<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/asigo-system-reviews-2022-update-2568-bonus-julie-r-lyon">appalling".</a></p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The top US diplomat accused Russian commanders of using the devices to "kill Ukrainian civilians and destroy the infrastructure they rely on for electricity, for water, for heat" during a visit to the Canadian capital Ottawa.</p></div></div><div id="piano-inline1"><p>Putin said Thursday that there was no need for Russia to launch a nuclear strike on Ukraine, and denied his country had ever discussed the use of atomic weapons in the war, now in its ninth month.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Editorial: Ellen Weaver’s master’s degree raises more questions than it <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/asigo-system-reviews-2022-23-update-info-today-julie-r-lyon">answers</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>News that Republican Ellen Weaver completed a quickie master’s degree leaves us relieved that South Carolina voters will be able to cast their ballots without facing the prospect of a court overturning their choice for state education <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/asigo-system-reviews-2022-23-update-info-today-julie-r-lyon">superintendent.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>After the trumped-up claims of voter fraud and stolen elections over the past two years, the last thing we need is a court instead of voters deciding who takes office, even if the court is right on the law.</p></div><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 PhotoGalleryEmbed__AnimatedBox-lqudj4-0 dtbKps VOMas PhotoGalleryEmbed-lqudj4-15 eSWtcX PhotoGalleryEmbed-lqudj4-15 eSWtcX"><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 eLivRJ"><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 SlideshowEmbed__HeadingBox-fkpjfn-1 ZUkgD hxCAWC"><h3 class="Heading-sc-1w5xk2o-0 jxyTsC">Political Cartoons</h3></div><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 SlideshowEmbed__PictureWrap-fkpjfn-2 UgQtc eMSebg"><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 SlideshowEmbed__GalleryWrap-fkpjfn-3 dWWnRo dQzrUM"><div class="button-content">View All 726 Images</div></div><div class="SlideshowEmbed__ArrowWrapper-fkpjfn-6 fYcvrc"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Dobir Uddin MaMa Ukraine war Russia deploys dozens Horipur Bonpara Natore Rizik More 2023A man has been charged in the Monday night burglary of the campaign headquarters for the Democratic candidate for Arizona, and the police didn’t have to go far to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/asigo-system-reviews-2022-update-really-work-julie-r-lyon">find him.</a></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The man, Daniel Mota Dos Reis, 36, was already in jail on Wednesday after his arrest in connection with a separate burglary at a commercial property that had happened earlier that day, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/asigo-system-reviews-2022-update-really-work-julie-r-lyon">according</a> to the Phoenix Police Department.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">On Wednesday night, a police officer saw images of the burglar during the break-in at the campaign office of Katie Hobbs on the news and recognized him as the suspect who had been arrested in the separate burglary, the police said on Thursday.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">That officer contacted the jail, and Mr. Dos Reis was rearrested in connection with the break-in at the campaign headquarters, the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/zapable-reviews-2022-update-mobile-app-builder-julie-r-lyon">police said.</a></p></div></div></div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>How much Ms. Weaver’s degree is worth is up for debate, since the nominee completed a program that typically takes one or two years in less than six months … while holding down a full-time-job… and running a statewide election campaign. Of course, there’s unfortunately nothing uncommon about online degree programs handing out degrees of questionable value, and there’s nothing in state law about the quality of the degree required here. It’s also doubtful that anyone would have questioned the quality of the degree had it been obtained before Ms. Weaver filed <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/zapable-reviews-2022-update-mobile-app-builder-julie-r-lyon">for office.</a></p><p>The District Attorney and her team of investigators and prosecutors will now begin a thorough review of the information and evidence to make a thoughtful, timely decision about whether to bring charges," a spokeswoman for District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said in a statement. "As with all cases that the District Attorney handles, her focus will be on upholding the integrity of the process, enforcing the laws of the state of New Mexico and<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/zapable-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon"> pursuing</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/zapable-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">justice."</a></p><p>Carmack-Altwies recently told state officials she had identified up to four potential defendants in the case, including the film's star, Alec Baldwin, who on Oct. 21, 2021, was holding a prop gun that discharged on the set. A bullet from the weapon killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/zapable-app-builder-review-2022-full-update-julie-r-lyon">Souza.</a></p><p>Baldwin has said he didn't pull the gun's trigger, but FBI records released in August indicated the revolver was fully functional and unlikely to discharge without the trigger being pulled. An Office of the Medical Investigator report classifies Hutchins' death as <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/zapable-app-builder-review-2022-full-update-julie-r-lyon">accidental.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>A search warrant affidavit says Rust cast and crew members were inside a church building at the Bonanza Creek movie ranch south of Santa Fe for a rehearsal when assistant director David Halls grabbed a prop gun from a rolling cart outside, handed the weapon to Baldwin and yelled, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-golden-voucher-reviews-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">"Cold gun</a>" — indicating it didn't contain live rounds.</p><p>Shortly afterward, the affidavit says, Hutchins was struck in the chest, and Souza was wounded in the shoulder by the same <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-golden-voucher-reviews-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">bullet.</a></p><p>"The sheriff's office will continue to work with the district attorney's office in support of their review of the case," a sheriff's office spokesman said in an email <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-trump-card-review-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">Thursday.</a></p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"> </div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>We’re not even convinced that a master’s is necessary to do a good job as education superintendent, and some argue that any attempt to place qualification on an elected official violates voters’ constitutional rights. (The qualification was added in conjunction with a failed constitutional amendment that would have let the governor appoint the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-trump-card-review-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">superintendent.)</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>But the law is the law, and Ms. Weaver has never suggested that the law was unconstitutional. What disturbed us from the start was how she either did not respect the law or else was not attentive enough to details to know about a state law that so directly affects candidates for superintendent of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-golden-ticket-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">education.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Also disturbing, of course, is that Republican primary voters chose Ms. Weaver over Kathy Maness. Unlike Ms. Weaver or Democratic nominee Lisa Ellis, Ms. Maness stood a good chance of following in the footsteps of current Education Superintendent Molly Spearman, who was able to focus on education and oversee our schools in a way that won her the respect of both educators, who tend to be more liberal, and the state’s conservative political <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-golden-ticket-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">establishment.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Neither Ms. Weaver nor Ms. Ellis has a history or a platform that demonstrates the ability to set aside politics and work well across the political aisle — Ms. Weaver because of her culture-war approach to education and Ms. Ellis because of her union-like approach. We would urge whoever wins to learn from the way Ms. Spearman has governed and to seek out her help in emulating that <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-golden-ticket-review-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">approach.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The good news out of all of this — and this is really stretching to call this good news — is that Bob Jones University’s accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, is investigating complaints about Ms. Weaver’s degree. As The Post and Courier’s Sara Gregory and Maura Turcotte report, the accreditor wants to make sure the university followed its own policies and is looking specifically for a policy that explains how the school ensures that students who complete degree work at an accelerated pace actually do all the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-golden-ticket-review-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">work.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>If USC’s accreditors felt the need to investigate when a member of the University of South Carolina’s Board of Trustees suggested to other members that they needed to take a vote on whether to hire Bob Caslen as president, then Bob Jones’ accreditors certainly need to investigate how the favorite political candidate of that university’s president managed to earn a six-month master’s degree without the classroom experience that is typically required.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>For that matter, it would be helpful for Bob Jones or Ms. Weaver to tell us precisely when Ms. Weaver started the program (we know she was still enrolled in a different online program as of March 31), and actually provide the transcript that Ms. Weaver has promised. Although the college can’t do that without her OK, it certainly can once she gives it.</p><p>Dobir Uddin MaMa Ukraine war Russia deploys dozens Horipur Bonpara Natore Rizik More 2023</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>It’s natural that anybody would have questions about a degree that’s awarded under these circumstances, and doubly so given the cozy political circumstances: Ms. Weaver did her undergraduate work at Bob Jones, the university featured her in at least one campaign forum this year that didn’t include any of her political opponents, and her goal of spending tax dollars to send children to private schools is consistent with the political goals of many of the college’s leaders, some of whom have been public supporters of her campaign.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>We hope the accreditor is able to find compelling evidence that Bob Jones didn’t bend the rules for Ms. Weaver. That will be particularly important if she’s elected, but it’s important even in the unlikely event that she loses, because whatever you think of its politics, Bob Jones is a valuable institution in our state.</p></div></div></div><p>Putin claimed Russia has only used “hints” in response to repeated US and European discussion of a possible atomic conflict, telling an audience of foreign-policy experts that the West was trying to influence Moscow’s friends and allies by showing “how terrible Russia is.”</p><p>China is willing to deepen its cooperation with Russia at all levels, according to a Chinese readout of a phone call between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that also said the pair discussed Ukraine. Russia hasn’t commented.</p><p>Ksenia Sobchak, the celebrity-journalist daughter of Putin’s political mentor fled Russia for Europe as police detained a close associate and raided her home as part of a criminal case for alleged extortion.</p><p>(See RSAN on the Bloomberg Terminal for the Russian Sanctions Dashboard.)</p><p>Key Developments</p><ul class="caas-list caas-list-bullet"><li>Biden Questions Putin Claim Russia Won’t Use Nuclear Weapons</li><li>Putin Plays Down Nuclear Threat in Ukraine as He Lambasts US</li><li>Putin-Linked Celebrity Journalist Sobchak Flees Russia</li><li>Is Putin Strangling Russia’s Golden Gas Goose? The IEA Thinks So</li><li>Russia Crisis Heralds Turning Point for Global Energy, IEA Says</li><li>What Is a ‘Dirty Bomb’ and Why Is Ukraine Worried?: QuickTake</li></ul><p>On the Ground</p><p>Russian forces struck the Kyiv region and the southern city of Zaporizhzhia overnight, Ukrinform reported, citing local authorities. Ukraine’s “South” command said air defense downed a Russian Ka-52 helicopter and an Su-25 fighter jet in the Kherson region Thursday morning. Ukrainian troops downed 18 out of 20 Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones launched by Russia over the past 24 hours at the country’s critical infrastructure, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said on Telegram. Russian assaults near seven settlements in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions were repelled over the past day, the General Staff of the Ukrainian military reported on Facebook.</p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"> </div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"Canada and the United States will keep working with our allies and partners to expose, to deter, and to counter Iran's provision of these weapons," Mr Blinken said.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">In recent weeks, Russian attacks have targeted Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, damaging the country's electricity and water supply just as temperatures begin to drop.</p><div class="teads-adCall"> </div></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Western countries say Iran is supplying its domestically developed drones to Moscow and that Iranian military experts are on the ground in Russian-occupied Crimea to provide technical support to pilots.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Kyiv has identified the drones used in some attacks on its infrastructure as Iranian Shahed-136 drones. They are known as "kamikaze" drones because they are destroyed in the attack - named after the Japanese fighter pilots who flew suicide missions in World War Two.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Ukraine says around 400 drones have already been used by Russia, from a total order of roughly 2,000 weapons.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">But Tehran has repeatedly denied that it has struck any arms deal with the Kremlin, and Moscow also denies using Iranian drones.</p></div></div><div id="piano-inline2"><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_64E38517-3CA0-BA99-365E-181305AE969F@published">Star roles for “action men” in China’s new military leadership may hint at an increased threat of war with Taiwan, though analysts suggest Xi Jinping’s stated preference for a peaceful takeover of the island should be taken at face value – at least for now.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_84ECD7CB-8200-6F7B-7A37-17893C23C32A@published">China announced the lineup of its Central Military Commission (CMC) last weekend, just days after Xi opened the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress with a speech vowing to bring Taiwan under Beijing’s control. To thunderous applause, the Chinese leader said this could be done peacefully but – reiterating Beijing’s longstanding stance – he refused to rule out the use of force.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_C11B7DD7-EC0B-20D8-1698-183366ADADFA@published">The new leadership of the military commission – the top authority in charge of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) – includes a number of officers seen as “action men” for their expertise in areas that would be key to any invasion. And that’s fueled concerns that such a move could be imminent.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_5EE14D08-8D92-8AA9-92E7-178A8B15DEC0@published">The past year has seen China significantly ramp up its intimidation of Taiwan, a democratically governed island of 24 million that the Chinese Communist Party claims as its sovereign territory despite never having controlled it.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_D8704C31-E5DD-A11D-F793-178DCAB5632E@published">Beijing has sent dozens of aircraft and ships near Taiwan and even fired a missile over the island.</p><div class="related-content related-content--article" data-analytics-observe="on" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/related-content/instances/related-content-h_65ffbede643991fcd5683a2a65bc660a-h_447280298a18067c46383fea952fb72b@published"><div class="related-content__image image__related-content"><div class="image image--eq-extra-small" data-breakpoints="{"image--eq-extra-small": 115, "image--eq-small": 300}" data-component-name="image" data-editable="settings" data-image-variation="image" data-name="people watch Xi on TV" data-observe-resizes="" data-original-height="1067" data-original-ratio="0.666875" data-original-width="1600" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/image/instances/thumbnail-related-434c335484590a0d54f17314157f67e4@published" data-url="https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/221026121659-people-watch-xi-on-tv.jpg?c=original"><div class="image__metadata"><p>ambassador alleged in a letter to Security Council members this week that Ukraine’s Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv and Vostochniy Mining and Processing Plant “have received direct orders from (President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy’s regime to develop such a dirty bomb.”</p><p>The envoy, Vassily Nebenzia, said that information was from Russia’s Ministry of Defense. He said the ministry reported that work on a dirty bomb, which uses explosives to scatter radioactive waste in an effort to sow terror, is “at their concluding stage.”</p><p>Grossi said: “The purpose of this week’s safeguards visits is to detect any possible undeclared nuclear activities and materials related to the development of `dirty bombs.’”</p><p>The IAEA inspected the nuclear research institute in Kyiv a month ago “and no undeclared nuclear activities or materials were found there,” he said.</p><p>But Grossi said the inspectors are going to revisit the facility with a different aim.</p><p>Normally inspectors look for nuclear material such as enriched uranium, plutonium and thorium, he said, but in this case “there is mention of certain isotopes, cesium and strontium. So, we are going to be performing a different kind of work to determine whether the fuel there has been reprocessed in some way to extract this.”</p><p>Grossi came to U.N. headquarters in New York to brief Security Council members behind closed doors on nuclear issues related to Ukraine. The IAEA earlier issued a statement from him and he spoke to reporters after the council meeting.</p><p>Russia’s Nebenzia said he told Grossi that “he should be vigilant” because the two sites are not the only places where dirty bombs can be produced.</p><p>Grossi said he remains “extremely concerned” about the possibility of a nuclear accident.</p><p>He said that in the coming weeks the IAEA is going to be deploying more experts at other nuclear power plants in Ukraine — Rivni, Khmelnytskyi South Ukraine and Chernobyl. The latter was the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986, and it was occupied by Russian forces soon after their Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, though they left at the beginning of April.</p><p>The nuclear issue was heightened by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s unsubstantiated allegation that Ukraine was preparing to launch a dirty bomb in weekend calls to his British, French, Turkish and U.S. counterparts. Britain, France and the United States rejected the claim out of hand, calling it “transparently false.”</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin repeated the unsubstantiated claim on Wednesday,</p></div></div></div><p class="related-content__headline"><span class="related-content__headline-text">Xi Jinping just became unassailable. Here's why investors are running scared</span></p></div><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_AE8E7C58-7E34-4F20-BAF6-186834CB410A@published">Earlier this month, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said though she was willing to work with China to find “mutually acceptable ways” to maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait, there was “no room for compromise” over the self-ruled island’s sovereignty</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_CA78A04E-DF53-7121-1D02-18682662A364@published">The rhetoric from both sides and Beijing’s recent maneuvers have stoked fears that an attempted Chinese military takeover of Taiwan could be next on the horizon.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_04694123-8C2E-916F-2ECB-176F2E77224D@published">But many experts say that won’t necessarily be the case.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A5D19EAD-D40F-A39D-DAB3-179D3F58A7D0@published">The six-member military commission Xi leads does not look like a “war council,” analysts said, but rather a body set up to continue the methodical modernization of the world’s largest military, which the Chinese leader set as a goal in 2015.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_0D233F52-FD12-783F-C35B-11FE49147332@published">“A hot war in Asia remains unlikely in the foreseeable future,” said James Char, associate research fellow in the China Program at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies in Singapore.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_3AB4060C-D4A8-1D07-C25D-120213985D4B@published">“The PLA will continue to try to achieve China’s national objectives by operating at the level below the threshold of war in the near to medium term,” Char said.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_5E09829D-720D-4CD8-17F5-1225F40EEFB5@published">One of those chief objectives has been to make the PLA a world-class fighting force – essentially the equal of the US military – by 2049. Xi has established waypoints toward that 2049 goal, including by putting an emphasis on joint operations, the ability of all the PLA’s branches to function as one in times of conflict – which would be essential to any invasion of Taiwan.</p><div class="video-resource" data-affiliate-source-link="https://www.cnn.com" data-analytics-aggregate-events="true" data-asset-type="" data-autostart="false" data-chromeless="false" data-component-name="video-resource" data-custom-experience="" data-description="Xi Jinping vowed to steer China through grave challenges toward national rejuvenation during his two-hour speech at the opening ceremony of the Communist Party Congress. CNN's Selina Wang reports on the significance of the speech. <br />" data-details="" data-duration="03:00" data-editable="settings" data-fave-thumbnails="{"big":{"uri":"https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/221016151440-xi-jinping-speach.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill"},"small":{"uri":"https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/221016151440-xi-jinping-speach.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill"}}" data-featured-video="true" data-headline="Hear the grim warning that got Xi Jinping a roaring applause during speech" data-live="" data-medium-env="prod" data-show-ads="true" data-show-name="" data-show-url="" data-source="CNN" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/video-resource/instances/h_8c237014213f2ea4e4bf3eefedc93ea5-h_447280298a18067c46383fea952fb72b@published" data-video-id="world/2022/10/16/china-party-congress-opening-day-xi-jinping-speech-pkg-vpx.cnn" data-vr-video="" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: cnnsans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: unset; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; width: 814px;"><div class="ad-feedback-link-container"><div class="ad-feedback-link" data-ad-identifier="d1f5b81f-4557-4ecf-a3e6-b9afdd9b4cbe" data-ad-type="VIDEO" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/ad-feedback-link/instances/video-ad-feedback-link@published"><div class="ad-feedback-link__label">Video Ad Feedback</div></div></div><div class="video-resource__details"><div class="video-resource__headline" data-editable="headline">Hear the grim warning that got Xi Jinping a roaring applause during speech</div><div class="video-resource__credit"><span class="video-resource__duration">03:00 </span><span class="video-resource__source">- Source: CNN</span></div></div></div><h2 class="subheader" data-component-name="subheader" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/subheader/instances/paragraph_B0063495-74EA-E51C-B2BC-17B6F95F5EA8@published" id="paragraph-b0063495-74ea-e51c-b2bc-17b6f95f5ea8">The ‘action men’</h2><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_80ADDBDC-5FCF-F905-46CC-123D9391FAA9@published">The appointment of Gen. He Weidong, former commander of the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command, as one of two CMC vice chairmen below only Xi in the military leadership shows that commitment to joint operations, analysts said.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_1361102E-C600-7189-0778-12484DF74B55@published">Upon taking over the Eastern Theater Command in 2019, He oversaw the integration of PLA operations across the Taiwan Strait.</p><p>Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government was to approve on Friday a hefty economic package that will include government funding of about 29 trillion yen ($200 billion) to soften the burden of costs from rising utility rates and food prices.</p><p>Formal party and Cabinet approval was expected later in the day after a morning economic policy meeting. Kishida was set to give a news conference in the evening.</p><p>Inflation has been rising in Japan along with globally surging prices. A weakening of the yen against the dollar has amplified costs for imports.</p><p>The stimulus package includes subsidies for households that are largely seen as an attempt by Kishida to lift his plunging popularity. His government has been rocked by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s close ties to the South Korean-based Unification church, which surfaced after the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe in July.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>“We will make sure to deliver the measures to everyone and do our utmost so that people can feel supported in their daily lives," Kishida told the morning meeting.</p><p>The stimulus is another indication that Japan will stick to using fiscal measures, or government spending, to counter current economic challenges. While central banks around the world are raising interest rates aggressively to try to tame decades-high inflation, Japan's inflation rate is a relatively moderate 3% and the greater fear is that the economy will stall, not overheat.</p><p>The Bank of Japan, which has kept its benchmark rate at minus 0.1% since 2016, kept its longstanding lax monetary policy at a policy making meeting that wrapped up on Friday.</p><p>The overall size of the package, including private-sector funding and fiscal measures, is expected to amount to 71.6 trillion yen ($490 trillion), Kishida said. Fiscal spending will be 39 trillion yen ($270 billion).</p><p>The package includes about 45,000 yen ($300) subsidies for household electricity and gas bills and coupons worth 100,000 yen ($680) for women who are pregnant or rearing babies.</p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse">Dobir Uddin MaMa Ukraine war Russia deploys dozens Horipur Bonpara Natore Rizik More 2023</div><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_98CE5C86-391E-20DA-41B1-17B7A1C6BD98@published">Earlier this year, the results of those efforts were evident when, shortly after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, the PLA put on a show of force in a joint operation that included sea, air and missile units while simulating a blockade of the island and sending ballistic missiles over it.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_22C4B8D6-678F-4E59-882B-127231CF2636@published">That experience was a new one for the Chinese military’s central decision-making body.</p><div class="related-content related-content--article" data-analytics-observe="on" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/related-content/instances/related-content-h_e6e877e0c90423fd9542eb0d45ae7f59-h_447280298a18067c46383fea952fb72b@published"><div class="related-content__image image__related-content"><div class="image image--eq-extra-small" data-breakpoints="{"image--eq-extra-small": 115, "image--eq-small": 300}" data-component-name="image" data-editable="settings" data-image-variation="image" data-name="03 National Day Taiwan" data-observe-resizes="" data-original-height="1067" data-original-ratio="0.666875" data-original-width="1600" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/image/instances/thumbnail-related-3f968bde63324319e15ee2c8c618701d@published" data-url="https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/221010114713-03-national-day-taiwan.jpg?c=original"><div class="image__metadata"><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">South Korea -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea on Friday, Seoul officials said, as its rival South Korea was wrapping up an annual military drill that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement the missile flew toward North Korea's eastern waters but gave no further details including how far the weapon flew.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The launch, the latest in a series of weapons tests by North Korea in recent weeks, came on the final day of South Korea’s annual 12-day “Hoguk” field exercises, which also involved an unspecified number of U.S. troops this year.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The South Korean and U.S. air forces plan to conduct a large-scale training next week.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">North Korea sees such regular drills by Seoul and Washington as practice for launching an attack on the North, though the allies say their exercises are defensive in nature.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Friday’s launch came four days after the rival Koreas exchanged warning shots along their disputed western sea boundary, a scene of past bloodshed and naval battles.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The launch also came after U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman during a visit to Tokyo this week issued a warning over North Korea’s escalating provocations and reiterated that the U.S. would fully use its military capabilities, “including nuclear,” to defend its allies Japan and South Korea.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">There are also concerns that the North could up the ante in the coming weeks by conducting its first nuclear test since 2017. Rafael Grossi, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Thursday that a new nuclear test explosion by North Korea “would be yet another confirmation of a program which is moving full steam ahead in a way that is incredibly concerning.”</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">He said the U.N. agency has been observing preparations for a new test, which would be the North’s seventh overall, but gave no indication of whether an atomic blast is imminent.</p></div></div></div><p class="related-content__headline"><span class="related-content__headline-text">'No room for compromise' on Taiwan's sovereignty, President Tsai says in National Day speech</span></p></div><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_CEBB89F0-521C-A0C9-50CC-1C56BBBC981C@published">Rod Lee, director of research at the US Air Force Air University’s China Aerospace Studies Institute, said He was the first PLA officer on the Central Military Commission to run a joint command and his experience would be invaluable in any operation involving Taiwan.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_8A052D30-E2E2-B45A-A8E9-17B919BB5476@published">Besides bringing together the army, navy, air and rocket forces, He will have learned how to implement a national mobilization plan and integrate auxiliary units like the People’s Armed Police, Lee said.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_C15300D9-A008-F8E1-C06B-127DAA5B0062@published">“All these reforms that Xi Jinping has imposed on the PLA, He Weidong is the first one who has actually had to deal with this at some level in an operational sense,” Lee added.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_D3E394FD-9D79-3A0E-78F5-1283780F860C@published">Besides that joint command experience, He possesses another key attribute sought in top PLA leadership – field experience in hostile situations. He led the PLA’s Western Theater Command army forces during the Doklam border standoff with India in 2017.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A92FEFA7-989E-D384-72F2-129709E8D546@published">Carl Schuster, a former director of operations at the US Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, said He was one of Xi’s “action men” on the military commission. Another “action man” was his fellow vice chairman Gen. Zhang Youxia.</p><div class="related-content related-content--article" data-analytics-observe="off" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/related-content/instances/related-content-h_cd2935366dfefaa2beb80a48ab8ab8f7-h_447280298a18067c46383fea952fb72b@published"><p class="related-content__headline"><span class="related-content__headline-text">China's Xi is more powerful than ever. What does it mean for the world?</span></p></div><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_7D037940-B2AA-3F8D-667E-12995D84E504@published">Zhang, whose father served alongside Xi’s father in the Chinese civil war, is seen by many as a loyal ally of the Chinese leader. Zhang served on the previous military commission and has been retained and promoted despite being past the unofficial retirement age of 68.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_0AD65587-788B-DC7E-DEFD-129A34451972@published">Zhang reflects “two important aspects that Xi seems to value: loyalty and war-fighting experience, being a veteran of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War,” said Meia Nouwens, senior fellow for China at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_21BBB53C-3B92-2320-3FBE-12AF95F35DF1@published">Joel Wuthnow, a senior research fellow in the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs at the US National Defense University, said Zhang brings other key experience: he’s a former director of the commission’s equipment department, overseeing the PLA’s acquisition of advanced technology and hardware.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_F99D8F9D-EDB6-28F6-7823-12B3F8B4CFFE@published">“This is a clear priority for Xi. The (Party Congress) work report focuses on the need to increase the proportion of ‘intelligentized’ equipment – a category that includes things like unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, and hypersonic missiles,” Wuthnow said. Zhang’s fellow commission member, Gen. Li Shangfu, has also played the acquisition role, Wuthnow noted.</p></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">On Wednesday, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called the accusations "baseless" and urged Ukraine to "present any evidence supporting the accusations".</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"If... it becomes clear to us that Russia has used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine, we will definitely not be indifferent about this issue," he added.</p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-48374615217516645342022-10-19T16:04:00.003-07:002022-10-19T16:04:36.010-07:00Jamal Uddin Covid Update Ukraine Faces Rolling Blackouts After JamalPur Hellal Khan Natore 2022<p> Jamal Uddin Covid Update Ukraine Faces Rolling Blackouts After JamalPur Hellal Khan Natore 2022</p><p class="speakable">The Justice Department has ramped up <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">prosecutions</a> of pro-life activists in the months following the Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, under a law that was barely used in 2020 and 2021 but has now been used to indict <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">26 people this year.</a></p><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>In the seven months since Russian forces seized Europe’s largest atomic energy station, Ukrainian engineers have managed to keep the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant running safely even as artillery shells repeatedly destroyed the facility’s backup <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">electricity.</a></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>But as temperatures drop heading into winter, the risk of a radiation accident is rising, the head of Ukraine’s state nuclear company told <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">HuffPost on Tuesday.</a></p></div><div class="cli cli-advertisement advertisement-holder"><div class="advertisement"><div class="ad-entry_paragraph_1 ad-spot--gam ad-spot--gam-inline-1" id="ad-inline-1-1"> </div></div></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>As fighting intensified last month, operators <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">powered</a> down the last of the plant’s six reactors lest another electrical outage jeopardize the cooling systems needed to keep the scorching-hot radioactive material from melting down even when the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">reactor is idle.</a></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>“It was the safest nuclear power plant in Ukraine, and now it is the most dangerous nuclear power plant in the whole world,” said Petro Kotin, president of Ukrainian state-owned nuclear plant operator Energoatom. He spent most of his career working at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-trump-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-julie-r-lyon">Zaporizhzhia.</a></p></div><div class="pg-placeholder" id="public-good-placeholder"><div class="pgs-dpg-btn" data-loaded="true" data-pgs-partner-id="verizon-huffpost"><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Bodies of water all over North America are drying up as a result of drought and a decrease in precipitation, experts told ABC News.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Earlier this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that the 22-year megadrought affecting the West would not only intensify but also move <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-trump-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-julie-r-lyon">eastward.</a></p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">That prediction appears to be coming into fruition, with about 82% of the continental U.S. currently showing conditions between abnormally dry and exceptional drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.</p></div></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>But Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear plant operator, wants to restart at least one of the reactors. A Russian bombing blitz over the last week destroyed 30% of Ukraine’s electrical infrastructure, spurring widespread blackouts. And the neighboring towns where Zaporizhzhia’s workers live have no other source of warmth in the winter besides a district heating system hooked up to the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-info-reviewsupdate">power plant.</a></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>Restarting a reactor is also a matter of safety at the plant. There’s a limited amount of diesel to run the generators that provide the last-resort power to keep the plant’s cooling system running — running heaters to keep the storage tanks containing refueling water would only drain the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-info-reviewsupdate">supply sooner.</a></p></div><div class="cli cli-advertisement advertisement-holder"><div class="advertisement"><div class="ad-entry_paragraph_3 ad-spot--gam ad-spot--gam-inline-2" id="ad-inline-2-1">Jamal Uddin Covid Update Ukraine Faces Rolling Blackouts After JamalPur Hellal Khan Natore 2022</div></div></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>“Even before we de-occupy the plant, because of the decrease in temperature, we need just to start this one unit to supply steam for heating purposes of the plant itself,”<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/manifestation-miracle-review-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon"> Kotin said dressed</a> in dark green military fatigues as he spoke to HuffPost for 80 minutes over Microsoft Teams from his office in Kyiv, roughly 400 miles northwest of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/manifestation-miracle-review-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">Zaporizhzhia.</a></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>Then there are the fish. Zaporizhzhia collects water for its cooling system from an outdoor pond, which operators stocked with an imported fish species to eat algae that could otherwise gum up the reactor turbines. A running reactor expels warm water into the pond, keeping temperatures above 60 degrees Fahrenheit at all times — and, by extension, keeping the Egyptian fish alive. With no reactors running, water temperatures would eventually drop below 50 degrees, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-real-info-julie-r-lyon">Kotin said.</a></p></div><section class="page-content__row page-content__row--story mobile-spacing"><div class="container container--story story-layout--fluid-fixed"><div class="container__column container__column--story"><div class="container__row container__row--story story-layout--fixed-fluid"><div class="container__column container__column--story center-horizontally"><div class="story-text"><p class="story-text__paragraph ">Accomplishing that feat comes with lofty expectations from a Democratic Party hungry for a new generation of leaders. Moore would also enter the governorship under intense scrutiny: a political neophyte promising to usher in an era of transformation in his first <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-real-info-julie-r-lyon">elected gig</a></p><p class="">Two Russian nationals were arrested in a scheme to obtain sensitive U.S. military electronics and technology to provide it to the Russian defense sector, prosecutors said Wednesday, noting that some of the items were found on the battlefield in Ukraine.</p><p class="">Yury Orekhov and Artem Uss are accused of using false documents and a front company to purchase electronics like advanced semiconductors and microprocessors used in fighter aircraft, missile systems and smart munitions.</p><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"> </div><p class="">The men sent the items to sanctioned <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-update-2022-scam-exposed-must-julie-r-lyon">Russian</a> companies that serve the defense sector, according to federal <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-update-2022-scam-exposed-must-julie-r-lyon">prosecutors.</a></p><p class="">“Some of the same electronic components obtained through the criminal scheme have been found in Russian weapons platforms seized on the battlefield in Ukraine,” <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chronoboost-pro-reviews-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">prosecutors said.</a></p><p class="">The operation was part of a broader scheme that involved smuggling oil from Venezuela to companies in Russia and China — and millions of dollars in cryptocurrency transfers to launder the proceeds of the criminal enterprise, according to a 12-count indictment that charged a total of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chronoboost-pro-reviews-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">seven people.</a></p><p class="">"This network schemed to procure sophisticated technology in direct support of a floundering Russian Federation military industrial complex," Assistant FBI Director Michael Driscoll said in a statement.</p><p class="">Orekhov, who is 42 and lives in the United Arab Emirates, was arrested in Germany on Monday. Uss, who is 40 and lives in Moscow, was arrested in Italy the same day.</p><p class="">Both men will undergo extradition proceedings, prosecutors said. It was not immediately clear whether they had <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-couple-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">hired lawyers.</a></p><p class="">The Justice Department also charged three other Russians in connection with the scheme: Svetlana Kuzurgasheva, 32, also known as Lana Neumann; Timofey Telegin, 39; and Sergey Tulyakov, 52.</p><p class="">Two other men were charged in connection with the allegedly illicit oil deals: Juan Fernando Serrano Ponce, who is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-couple-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">47 and lives</a> in Dubai, and Juan Carlos Soto, whose age and hometown were not provided by U.S. authorities.</p><p class="">Ponce and Soto are accused of brokering oil deals worth millions of dollars involving a front company operated by Orekhov and Uss and purchasers in Russia and China. The deals were routed through a complex web of shell companies and bank accounts to disguise the transactions, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/president-donald-trump-couple-bucks-reviews-2022-update-">prosecutors said.</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section" data-content-section="2"><div class="container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid"><div class="container__column container__column--story center-horizontally hide-under-medium"><p><b>FORMER T&I CHAIR LOBBYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BANK PROPOSAL:</b> A long-stalled campaign to create a national infrastructure bank that would help fund infrastructure projects with loans from private investors is getting a boost from a big name: longtime House Transportation and Infrastructure Chair<b> Bill Shuster</b>. Shuster, who is now a lobbyist at<b> Squire Patton Boggs</b>, is one of several of the firm’s staffers who were retained in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/president-donald-trump-couple-bucks-reviews-2022-update-">August b</a>y the <b>Alliance for Financing U.S. Infrastructure, Inc.</b>,<b> </b>according to newly filed disclosures.</p><p>— Shuster said in an interview that he is unsure who is funding the effort, which is being spearheaded by <b>Cypress Group</b> founder<b> Pat Cave</b>. The idea is to establish a federally chartered bank in the mold of the Federal Home Loan Bank and Farm Credit System, and it’s hardly a new one in infrastructure circles. Shuster pointed to similar bodies in Canada and Europe.</p><p>— The idea has long had support from Democrats, while “the resistance from Republicans is that … it’s a government entity that requires appropriations, that requires appointments by politicians,” Shuster said, though a bill from Rep. <b>Daniel Webster</b><b> </b>(R-Fla.) and outgoing Rep.<b> </b><b>Rodney Davis</b> (R-Ill.), which the coalition backs, stipulates the bank would be privately owned and <a href="https://beyond.life/forum/d/89491-trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-card">operated.</a></p><p>— He also noted that the proposal that Squire and the coalition are advocating for would use tax breaks to attract investment from banks, equity firms, pension funds and the like rather than a pot of federally appropriated money that needs to be replenished, and is aimed at enhancing existing federal revenue streams while getting money out the door <a href="https://beyond.life/forum/d/89491-trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-card">faster.</a></p><p>Jamal Uddin Covid Update Ukraine Faces Rolling Blackouts After JamalPur Hellal Khan Natore 2022</p><p>— “It’s self-sustaining, because people around this country and around the world will invest in infrastructure,” Shuster argued, projecting the bank could attract over $100 billion in <a href="https://beyond.life/forum/d/89491-trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-card">capital.</a></p><p>— The former congressman has been part of the lobbying effort to create a national infrastructure bank since shortly after leaving office in 2019. Disclosures show Shuster and a team at Squire lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of an LLC called <b>Infra-Bk</b>, and those efforts have continued even after the idea failed to gain traction during negotiations on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. “We were pushing to get it in the infrastructure bill,” he said, adding that senators on both sides of the aisle had shown interest in the idea. “But it just wasn’t the time to do it.”</p></div><div class="container__column container__column--story"><div class="container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed"><div class="container__column container__column--story center-horizontally"><div class="story-text"><p class="story-text__paragraph " data-content-child-index="0-0">If such a high-pressure debut seems like cause for caution, his supporters aren’t tempering their enthusiasm.</p><p class="story-text__paragraph " data-content-child-index="0-1">Moore has racked up a slew of endorsements, including a rare political nod from Oprah Winfrey. Democratic luminaries are drawn to the energy and charisma he displays on the trail running for the state’s open governorship.</p><aside class="story-enhancement standard" data-content-child-index="0-2"><figure class="story-photo"><figcaption class="story-photo__caption">“Wes is the real deal. The real deal, folks. He’s a combat veteran. Only drawback is he’s a Rhodes Scholar,” President Joe Biden joked. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo</figcaption></figure></aside><p class="story-text__paragraph " data-content-child-index="0-3">Even President Joe Biden chose a Democratic Party event in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Rockville as his unofficial midterm campaign kickoff. There Biden heaped praise on Moore, the former head of the Robin Hood Foundation, the anti-poverty nonprofit, as well as a captain who led troops in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan.</p><p data-reactid=".2ac7ovuje80.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635072e592171f0e39be8c15.0.6.0.0:$post_0">To say it's been another tumultuous day in UK politics would be an understatement. If you're just joining us, here's a recap of Wednesday's events at Westminster:</p><ul data-reactid=".2ac7ovuje80.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635072e592171f0e39be8c15.0.6.0.0:$post_1"><li>Suella Braverman has resigned from her role as home secretary after six weeks in the job. Braverman said she was quitting after she had sent an official document from her personal email account, but expressed concerns about "the direction of the government" in a blistering resignation letter</li><li>Former transport secretary Grant Shapps was appointed as the new home secretary</li><li>In Parliament, there was uproar as Tory MPs tried to seek clarity on whether a vote on fracking was a confidence vote in government. A Labour MP claimed Tory MPs were manhandled into the voting lobby</li><li>The Conservatives won the vote, with 326 voting against a ban, and 230 MPs voting for it - though 40 Tory MPs, including several senior figures, did not vote</li><li>Reports began to emerge suggesting chief whip Wendy Morton and deputy chief whip Craig Whittaker had resigned</li><li>After hours of speculation about their depature, No 10 confirmed both were still in their posts</li></ul><ul data-reactid=".2ac7ovuje80.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-635072e592171f0e39be8c15.0.6.0.0:$post_2"><li>Charles Walker, a Tory MP, told BBC News that the evening's events in the voting lobby were a "shambles and disgrace". A number of his colleagues sided with him, including Maria Caulfield MP, who tweeted: "We are all Charles Walker"</li><li>Lord David Frost, Boris Johnson's former Brexit negotiator and Tory peer, added his voice to calls for Truss to resign</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section" data-content-section="9"><div class="container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid"><div class="container__column container__column--story"><div class="container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed"><div class="container__column container__column--story center-horizontally"><div class="story-text"><p class="story-text__paragraph " data-content-child-index="0-0">“Wes is the real deal. The real deal, folks. He’s a combat veteran. Only drawback is he’s a Rhodes Scholar,” Biden joked. “Former CEO of one of the biggest anti-poverty organizations in America,” he continued, “and if we all do our part, the next governor of Maryland.”</p><p class="story-text__paragraph " data-content-child-index="0-1">And while the president made no mention of his former boss, others in the party can’t help but compare Moore, a moderate, to the nation’s first Black president. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer not-so-subtly reached for not one, but two former presidents as comparisons when asked about Moore’s experience.</p><p class="story-text__paragraph " data-content-child-index="0-2">“Ronald Reagan didn’t have much experience before he became the governor of the largest state, except as an actor. Barack Obama had a few years [in the U.S. Senate],” said Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, deflecting criticisms raised about Moore.</p><p class="story-text__paragraph " data-content-child-index="0-3">Moore’s been slammed during the campaign as unequipped to meet Maryland’s challenges, having never worked in government before, and he’s been labeled as a “phony” by his Republican challenger for being untruthful about how long he’s lived in Baltimore, embellishing parts of his biography in his best-selling memoir, “The Other Wes Moore.”</p><p class="story-text__paragraph " data-content-child-index="0-4">These projections being placed on Moore can be heavy for any candidate, particularly for someone new to the political arena.</p><p class="story-text__paragraph " data-content-child-index="0-5">It also speaks to the rarity of Black candidates getting elected to statewide posts, which are typically seen as a springboard for any future run for the Senate or the White House. The Moore candidacy highlights Democrats’ craving to find a class of leaders that is younger and more diverse than its current crop of long-tenured party heads, one that can help excite the base.</p></div></div></div></div></div></section><p class="speakable">In the last four weeks alone, the Justice Department has indicted 14 people under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or the FACE Act. That Clinton-era law makes it a federal crime to use or threaten to use force to "injure, intimidate, or interfere" with anyone seeking either abortion services or pro-life pregnancy counseling services.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0"><strong class="css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10">. Vladimir Putin declares martial law in occupied regions of Ukraine.</strong></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The aggressive move could allow pro-Russian authorities to impose even tighter restrictions on the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow recently annexed but does not fully control. The move could also allow Russian troops and their allies to seize property and forcibly resettle residents.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Russian proxy officials, apparently girding for a battle for control, said they began moving as many as 60,000 civilians out of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson today. Ukrainian officials dismissed the plans as “a propaganda show,” but the move was another sign that Moscow’s hold on the area was slipping.</p><p>Jamal Uddin Covid Update Ukraine Faces Rolling Blackouts After JamalPur Hellal Khan Natore 2022</p><p>Each of those 14 indictments were against pro-life demonstrators, and all of the 26 FACE Act indictments this year have been against pro-lifers. These alleged FACE Act incidents, for which DOJ is now pressing charges, occurred at least one year ago and carry potential jail time of up to 11 years and over $200,000 in fines.</p><p>In contrast, only four FACE Act indictments took place in 2021, according to DOJ.</p><div class="image-ct inline"><div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/343/192/garland.png?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/686/384/garland.png?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/672/378/garland.png?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/1344/756/garland.png?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/931/523/garland.png?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/1862/1046/garland.png?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/720/405/garland.png?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/1440/810/garland.png?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><img alt="Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before Congress. " src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/640/320/garland.png?ve=1&tl=1" /></picture></div><div class="caption"><p>Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before Congress. <span class="copyright">(Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP)</span></p></div></div><p>The sudden uptick in FACE Act charges follows the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case in June that overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion access. In response to the Dobbs opinion, DOJ launched a reproductive rights task force, which the department says was formed to "identify ways to protect access to reproductive health care."</p><p>Obumseli would later die from his wound, and Clenney, who has 2 million followers on Instagram and a once-thriving OnlyFans business, faces a second-degree murder charge. On the call, she did not say whether she stabbed Obumseli, but her legal team claims she acted in self-defense.</p><p>Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle previously said Obumseli was unarmed, while describing the couple's relationship as "extremely tempestuous and combative."</p><p>Larry Handfield, the attorney representing Obumseli's family, said the 911 call speaks for itself.</p><p>"It shows her state of mind," he told the Herald. "She's saying she's sorry because she's realizing what she's done. She's not saying ‘I was defending myself.’"</p><div><div class="caas-attr"><div class="caas-attr-meta"><div class="caas-attr-item-author"><span class="caas-author-byline-collapse" data-id="m-0">Kateryna Choursina and Olesia Safronova</span></div><div class="caas-attr-time-style"><time class="" datetime="2022-10-19T22:07:48.000Z">Thu, October 20, 2022 at 4:07 AM</time><span class="caas-attr-meta-separator">·</span>1 min read</div></div></div><div class="caas-content-contain-share"><div class="caas-attr-separator"><div class="separator"> </div><div class="separator-ext"> </div></div></div></div><div><figure class="caas-figure caas-cover"><div class="caas-figure-with-pb"><div class="caas-img-container"><img alt="" class="caas-img" data-src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/W8zvQfSD66nkJ1M0gOJ7dA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/vcN4rxpgs.3G3fRpmsh9bg--~B/aD0xNDY3O3c9MjIwMDthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/bloomberg_markets_842/153c0e00a342534bd1f0d654508fd680" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/W8zvQfSD66nkJ1M0gOJ7dA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/vcN4rxpgs.3G3fRpmsh9bg--~B/aD0xNDY3O3c9MjIwMDthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/bloomberg_markets_842/153c0e00a342534bd1f0d654508fd680" /></div></div></figure></div><div class="caas-body"><p>(Bloomberg) -- The Ukrainian electrical grid operator Ukrenergo told the nation to be prepared for alternating blackouts on Thursday after Russian missile attacks damaged more power producers on Wednesday.</p><p>Most Read from Bloomberg</p><ul class="caas-list caas-list-bullet"><li>A Tense Pay Dispute Overshadows Nintendo’s Upcoming Bayonetta 3</li><li>Trump Prosecutors See Evidence for Obstruction Charges</li><li>$200 Diesel Puts Biden in an Ugly Corner</li><li>Trump Special Master Has ‘No Patience’ for Records Spats</li><li>Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year</li></ul><p>All regions in Ukraine may face four-hour cutoffs between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., a necessary step because of a shortage of power generation, the company said, urging consumers to conserve as much energy as possible.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Russian missiles struck three electricity producers in Ukraine on Wednesday alone. The damage to facilities in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinnytsya was on top of other attacks on power plants.</p><p>Since Oct. 10, the Ukrainian energy system has suffered more attacks than it did since the Russian invasion began in February, Ukrenergo said. About 30% of Ukrainian power stations have been destroyed since Oct. 10, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday.</p><p>“It is very important energy is consumed with awareness tomorrow,” he said in his nightly address. “We are preparing for all possible scenarios in the light of approaching winter season. We proceed from the fact that Russian terror will be directed at energy facilities, until with the help of our partners, we can shoot down 100 percent of enemy’s missiles and drones”</p><p>Kyiv, Lviv and other big cities have already experienced emergency power cutoffs, though some capacity has been restored.</p><p>--With assistance from Daryna Krasnolutska.</p><p>(Updates with Zelenskiy remarks, in fifth paragraph. An earlier version corrected the length of the war, in fourth paragraph.)</p></div><p>One of Clenney's lawyers, Frank Prieto, said his client was emotional moments after defending herself.</p><p>"The 911 call that Courtney made to get help for Obumseli captures the chaos, confusion, and raw emotion Courtney experienced after she was forced to defend herself," he said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "The audio of Courtney's call to 911 is clearly not an admission of guilt; it is a human and humane reaction to the traumatic events and actions she took to save her life that night. As with many victims of domestic violence, Courtney allowed her abuser back into her apartment despite knowing their relationship was toxic; however, her actions that evening were taken in defense of her own life."</p><p>While DOJ has been prosecuting alleged FACE Act violations by pro-life activists, the Supreme Court decision has also led to dozens of violent incidents at pro-life pregnancy centers staged by pro-choice demonstrators. For example, the radical abortion rights group Jane's Revenge has claimed credit for vandalizing or firebombing at least 18 of these pro-life clinics.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-72862804063461322702022-10-19T09:18:00.002-07:002022-10-19T09:18:42.611-07:00Zeldin Islam And Juwel Kobir Notun Para Built His Profile Defending Trump Blikis 2023<p> Zeldin Islam And Juwel Kobir Notun P<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">ara Built H</a>is Profile Defending Trump Blikis 2023 In another sign New York City is grappling with an increase of migrants entering the shelter system, the city has officially opened a sprawling, 84,000-square-foot emergency shelter on Manhattan's <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">Randall's Island.</a></p><header class="css-8z235g euiyums1"><div class="css-79elbk" data-testid="photoviewer-wrapper"><div class="css-1a48zt4 e11si9ry5" data-testid="photoviewer-children"><figure aria-label="media" class="sizeMedium layoutHorizontal css-1a1lp8y" role="group"><div class="css-bsn42l"><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">ABC News and other outlets were given a first look inside the center, opening Wednesday, which has a total footprint of 6.4 acres encompassing dormitories, dining facilities, recreation centers and isolation centers for migrants that may contract COVID-19 or other communicable <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">diseases.</a></p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The decision to open the center comes amid an effort spearheaded by Texas Gov. Abbott to bus migrants to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">Democrat-led cities.</a></p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div class="InlineImage fnIPT " data-testid="prism-inline-image"><figure class="GKCm dkOCJ oGxfq GkpGd " data-testid="prism-figure"><img alt="PHOTO: Randall's Island Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center, center, a complex of giant tents, is New York City's latest temporary shelter for an influx of migrants bused into the city by southern border states, Oct. 18, 2022, in New York." class="sRQoy DZhB kXXJS " data-testid="prism-image" draggable="false" src="https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/migrant-facility_hpEmbed_20221019-112232_3x2_992.jpg" /><figcaption><div class="SUcsq " data-testid="prism-caption"><div class="Vazkv cFeHI "><span class="Vazkv cFeHI EhGqu kXXJS Vxqj GPHpJ " data-testid="prism-truncate">Randall's Island Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center, center, a complex of giant tents, is New York City's latest temporary shelter for an influx of international migrants being bused into the ci..</span></div><div class="rPTqJ VQiJ xTlfF "><span aria-label="Bebeto Matthews/AP" class="VQiJ xTlfF BYPR XnCit wAxXa tLmN vpbH NLayE Ejtl fVjQS Rtzw pBIKW brmof mjVrX jogbi GMWpL KRsj iFQpk ">Bebeto Matthews/AP</span></div></div></figcaption></figure></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">While Abbott's efforts have been criticized as a political stunt to call attention to a broken immigration system, a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams told ABC News that more than 20,500 asylum-seekers have moved through the shelter system since spring, with a majority of them arriving on buses <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">from Texas.</a></p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">"This situation is caused by political actors, as you know, and New York City is just having to respond and prepare for more people to arrive," said Manuel Castro, commissioner of the NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant A<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">ffairs.</a></p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div data-ad-placeholder="true" data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-outstream"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-outstream ad-slot " data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-outstream-1" data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-outstream"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Wednesday recommended withdrawing the drug Makena from the market, after years of study showed the fast-tracked drug had failed to prevent preterm <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-trump-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-julie-r-lyon">birth.</a></p><p>Zeldin Islam And Juwel Kobir Notun Para Built His Profile Defending Trump Blikis 2023</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Makena has been approved for 11 years, and the panel’s vote was widely viewed as a test of the agency’s “accelerated approval” program, which has expedited nearly 300 promising drugs to the market in 30 years. The program has been criticized for leaving many drugs in use as follow-up studies drag on to determine whether they work. The program drew considerable fire over the approval of the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm last year, a costly drug that many experts viewed as <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-trump-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-julie-r-lyon">unproven.</a></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">This is the first time in more than a decade that the agency, which typically follows the advice of its expert panels, appears poised to force a drugmaker to stop selling a fast-tracked product.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The move to pull Makena from the market — the only drug approved to forestall preterm birth — has been laced with emotional appeals and issues of race and health disparity. The risk of preterm birth is much higher for Black <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/manifestation-miracle-review-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">women,</a> a point that Covis Pharma, the drug’s manufacturer, had pressed in a lengthy effort to make its case to the F.D.A.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The center will house nearly 500 single male adults, but capacity can be increased if necessary. Other migrants, including families with children, are being placed at shelters and other temporary housing arrangements throughout the city. Case workers and other resources will be provided to migrants at the Randall's Island facility so that they can figure out the next steps in their pending immigration cases and how to reach their intended <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/manifestation-miracle-review-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">destinations.</a></p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><section class="tbNLa dIcyK nKxR kdOre RfwBy NpAb qjie nxFNH " data-testid="prism-collection"><section class=" cFeHI " data-testid="prism-card"><div class="rQqmM ldaCc OiOfY RfwBy nKxR wtMA Hlmig dXkOe qhyW " data-testid="prism-meta"><div><div class=" "><h2 class="wMCgm dsUyU stExy Vazkv KrUxN nOQZC WLXON IPnV " id="MOREFloridabegansoliheadline">MORE: Florida began soliciting migrant flight prices in July, documents show</h2></div></div><div class="kisqi " id="MOREFloridabegansoliindicators"><p>West Wisdom Valley C8 project, the first industrial park in Wuhou focusing on digital economy, is currently under construction. Several leading enterprises in the field have expressed their intent to cooperate with the project, including GDC Technology and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-real-info-julie-r-lyon">Xiaomi Corp.</a></p><p>E-commerce giant JD's southwest regional headquarters has been completed and put into use. It can accommodate tens of thousands of people. JD is also enhancing cooperation with an industrial functional zone known as Tazhuang Meigu to build large-scale industrial <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-real-info-julie-r-lyon">clusters.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Relying on the innovation resources from the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-update-2022-scam-exposed-must-julie-r-lyon">West China</a> Center of Medical Sciences of <span class="xn-location">Sichuan</span> University and its affiliated hospitals, the West China Health Valley in Wuhou is striving to step up the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements in order to build health industry<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-update-2022-scam-exposed-must-julie-r-lyon"> clusters.</a></p><p>As of July, it has become home to 58 enterprises, forming four industrial clusters revolving around precision medicine, medical cosmetology, health management, and medical instrument circulation.</p><p>Focusing on key areas such as urban industry and medical health, the district is introducing and cultivating a number of leading enterprises, platforms and projects in 12 industrial chains to improve its modern<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chronoboost-pro-reviews-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon"> industrial system.</a></p><p>Along with its increasing economic strength, the district is continuing to increase investment in people's <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chronoboost-pro-reviews-2022-update-info-julie-r-lyon">livelihoods.</a></p><p>When the autumn semester began in September, a number of new schools were put into use in Wuhou. It is also cooperating with colleges and universities to build affiliated schools, and making efforts to introduce high-quality basic educational <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-couple-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">resources</a> and form clusters of high-quality schools.</p><p>To improve elderly care services, the district began to promote home care beds last year so that more elderly people can enjoy professional home care services without leaving <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-couple-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-julie-r-lyon">their homes.</a></p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"> </div></div></div></section></section></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The mayor's office is looking into obtaining funding from the state government to help migrants purchase transportation to where they have family in the United States or where they are required to show up to immigration court to proceed with their asylum claims.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">New York City <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/president-donald-trump-couple-bucks-reviews-2022-update-">Emergency</a> Management had already started building the facility at Orchard Beach in the Bronx, but severe rains that moved over the region in recent weeks proved the location to be a flood risk, and the facility was moved to Randall's Island, just northeast of<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/president-donald-trump-couple-bucks-reviews-2022-update-"> Manhattan.</a></p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div class="InlineImage fnIPT " data-testid="prism-inline-image"> </div></div><p><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-jevhma e13ogyst0">Representative Lee Zeldin, at the 2022 Columbus Day Parade, was one of the earliest congressmen to encourage Donald J. Trump’s presidential bid. </span><span class="css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span aria-hidden="false">Peter Foley/EPA, via Shutterstock</span></span></p></div></figure></div><div class="css-1bkgupc e11si9ry2" data-testid="placeholder"><div class="css-tux0zj e11si9ry3" data-testid="photoviewer-overlay"><div class="css-ayorww e11si9ry1" data-testid="photoviewer-captionblock"> </div><div class="css-19hkjoo e11si9ry4"><div><div class="css-1pq3dr9" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container"><picture class="css-1j5kxti"><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/10/18/multimedia/00zeldin-trump-1-5a03/00zeldin-trump-1-5a03-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale&width=600"></source><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/10/18/multimedia/00zeldin-trump-1-5a03/00zeldin-trump-1-5a03-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale&width=1200"></source><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/10/18/multimedia/00zeldin-trump-1-5a03/00zeldin-trump-1-5a03-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale&width=1800"></source><img alt="Representative Lee Zeldin, at the 2022 Columbus Day Parade, was one of the earliest congressmen to encourage Donald J. 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Trump, whose monthslong campaign to overturn his election loss helped incite the violence. But Mr. Zeldin sounded all but ready to exonerate him.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The people of Ukraine and their representatives were awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize Wednesday's for their resistance to Russia's invasion and ongoing war.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The EU award, named for Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, was created in 1988 to honor individuals or groups who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms. Sakharov, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died in 1989.</p><div data-v-3b58743e=""><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-e6531554="">In a crackdown on the syndicate, undercover police officers posing as customers were deployed to a Tsim Sha Tsui hotel to gather evidence before arresting two sex workers on Monday.</p></div><div data-v-3b58743e=""><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-e6531554="">The two suspects, who entered the city with travel visas, included a 27-year-old female tourist from Japan, who was an AV actress. The other woman is from Thailand.</p></div><div data-v-3b58743e=""> </div><div data-v-3b58743e=""><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-e6531554="">A source said the investigation showed the Japanese woman was offered a free air ticket and accommodation to come to the city. She arrived in Hong Kong about a week ago before being taken to the hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui’s entertainment district, where she stayed and worked.</p></div><div data-v-3b58743e=""><div data-v-d71b94a8=""><div class="recirc" data-v-cb414ab6="" data-v-d71b94a8=""><div class="recirc__left left" data-v-cb414ab6=""><div class="left__title" data-v-cb414ab6="">Hong Kong district official among 5 suspects detained in anti-vice operation</div><div class="left__date" data-v-cb414ab6="">5 May 2022</div></div><div class="recirc__right right" data-v-cb414ab6=""><div class="image-wrapper image" data-v-222a9ad4="" data-v-cb414ab6=""><div data-v-222a9ad4=""><img alt="" class="image-wrapper__image loaded" data-v-222a9ad4="" src="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/237x147/public/d8/images/canvas/2022/05/05/0dbce376-0399-4345-a4cf-43aba09b1f1d_daaddd26.jpg?itok=ufywRMrD&v=1651764794" /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div data-v-3b58743e=""><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-e6531554="">“The syndicate posted an advert with her picture on Telegram along with contact details highlighting that she was a Japanese AV girl,” he said.</p></div><div data-v-3b58743e=""><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-e6531554="">Clients were then told to go to the hotel for sex and each customer was charged between HK$6,000 (US$760) and HK$7,000 for sex services. The vice racket took about 60 per cent of the proceeds as commission.</p></div><div data-v-3b58743e=""><div class="generic-article__body article-details-type--newsletter content--newsletter" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-66f420d3="" data-v-e6531554=""><div class="newsletter__container newsletter--white newsletter--vertical newsletter--border-grey subscription" data-v-66f420d3=""><div class="newsletter__inner newsletter__inner--padding-small newsletter__inner--size-medium newsletter__inner--alignment-middle newsletter__inner--background-white newsletter__inner--max-width" data-v-66f420d3=""><div class="newsletter__inner-left newsletter__inner-left--middle" data-v-66f420d3=""><div class="newsletter__summary-wrapper newsletter__summary-wrapper--large" data-v-66f420d3=""><div class="newsletter__summary newsletter__summary--medium" data-v-66f420d3="">EVERY SATURDAY</div></div><div class="newsletter__title-wrapper newsletter__title-wrapper--alignment" data-v-66f420d3=""><div class="newsletter__title newsletter__title--medium newsletter__title--alignment-middle newsletter__title-inline-article" data-v-66f420d3="">Hong Kong Update Newsletter</div></div></div><div class="newsletter__inner-right newsletter__inner-right--middle newsletter--alignment" data-v-66f420d3=""><div class="newsletter--alignment" data-v-66f420d3=""><div class="agreement agreement--white agreement--vertical" data-v-53c05e4f="" data-v-66f420d3=""><div class="agreement__desc-wrapper" data-v-53c05e4f=""><div class="agreement__desc" data-v-53c05e4f="">By submitting, you consent to receiving marketing emails from SCMP. 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They were detained on suspicion of breaching their conditions of stay, overstaying and taking employment illegally.</p></div><div data-v-3b58743e=""><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-e6531554="">Under the Immigration Ordinance, breach of conditions of stay is punishable by up to two years in jail, while taking employment illegally carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison.</p></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">It’s the second straight year EU lawmakers used the Sakharov Prize to send a message to the Kremlin. Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny won it last year.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">When they nominated Ukraine, EU lawmakers praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his “bravery, endurance and devotion to his people” and highlighted the roles of Ukraine’s state emergency services.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Among others, they also cited Yulia Pajevska, the founder of the medical evacuation unit Angels of Taira, human rights activist Oleksandra Matviychuk, the Yellow Ribbon civil resistance movement and Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of the occupied city of Melitopol.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Ukrainians have demonstrated resilience in the nearly 8-month-old war despite an uptick in attacks in recent weeks.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Since launching a counteroffensive in late August, Ukrainian forces have reclaimed broad swaths of the country, dealing a heavy blow to Russia.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">“They are standing up for what they believe in. Fighting for our values. Protecting democracy, freedom and rule of law. Risking their lives for us," European Parliament President Roberta Metsola wrote on Twitter. “No one is more deserving. Congratulations to the brave people of Ukraine!"</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">“This isn’t just about the president of the United States,” he said, referring to what prompted the riot that he condemned. “This is about people on the left and their double standards.”</p><p> </p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The comments — blaming Democrats and “rogue state actors,” not Mr. Trump, for undermining confidence in the election — drew little attention at the time. Soon after, Mr. Zeldin would join 146 other Republicans in seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in key states.</p><p>The majority of Republican candidates running for higher office right now have either expressed doubt about the legitimacy of the 2020 election or said outright that they believe the election was stolen.</p><p><em>New York Times </em>political reporter Robert Draper says the party's embrace of lies and conspiracy theories has opened the door to fringe actors, who have become among the party's most influential leaders. He points to Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as a prime example of the party's extreme new direction.</p><p>Greene has expressed support for QAnon conspiracies and reportedly endorsed the idea of executing Democratic leaders. While campaigning for office in 2020, she posed with a custom AR-15 pistol in her campaign ads and presented herself as a "Trump mini-me," Draper says.</p><p>"This seemed outlandish to sort of run-of-the-mill Republicans, but the base wanted a MAGA warrior to send from their district to Washington, and that's what they got," Draper says.</p><p>In his new book, <em>Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind</em>, Draper writes that in the time since Trump left office, the Republican Party has plunged deeper into conspiracy mongering — and the notion that Democrats are not just wrong, but also evil. He says the GOP's stubborn embrace of the stolen election narrative undermines democracy and plays straight into the hands the nation's enemies.</p><div class="backstage-bottom-spacer "><p>Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's top foreign policy adviser supports the inclusion of Argentina in the BRICS group of developing nations, which could be a forum for negotiating peace in Ukraine, he told Reuters.</p><p>Celso Amorim, foreign minister during Lula's 2003-2010 presidency, had a hand in founding the BRICS group along with Russia, India and China. South Africa joined in 2011 and Argentina has been pushing to become the sixth member.</p><p>"It's good to have balance within the BRICS, to have a larger role for Latin America," Amorim said in an interview on Tuesday afternoon. "I think the eventual inclusion of Argentina would be positive."</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Polls show Lula with a lead of roughly 5 percentage points ahead of an Oct. 30 runoff against President Jair Bolsonaro.</p><p>Amorim said he has not discussed any role in an eventual Lula government, but he continues to discuss policy matters regularly with the leftist former president.</p><p>Regarding the Ukraine war, he said Lula had the disposition and track record to contribute to peace talks.</p><p>"He has the conditions to take part in a negotiating effort, which needs to be led by the European Union and United States, but with the participation of China, obviously. Brazil can also be an important country, whose voice resonates in the developing world," Amorim said. "The BRICS as a group could help."</p><p>Amorim also said Lula would make Brazil a protagonist in global climate talks if elected, calling for a summit of Amazon rainforest nations in the first half of next year to discuss conservation efforts along with more developed nations.</p><p>A third Lula term would open the door for Brazil to re-engage diplomatically with neighboring Venezuela, Amorim said, adding that Bolsonaro and U.S. President Donald Trump achieved little by breaking off relations with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.</p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"> </div></div><p>"When we're having these kinds of troubles at home, every day that there's trouble, this is a good day for Russia," Draper says. "Russia has a compelling interest in the decline of America as a voice worldwide, in its promulgation of democracy."</p><p><strong>On Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy's early obsession with Donald Trump</strong></p><p>Kevin McCarthy, in his 20s, according to a childhood friend who I interviewed back in Bakersfield, Calif., where McCarthy is from, was utterly obsessed with Trump, utterly obsessed with this author of <em>The Art of the Deal</em>. And so he had long felt that Trump had a way of not only capturing what it was that he stood for and developing a brand, but negatively branding the other side. And so McCarthy, to me, is emblematic of the establishment wing of the Republican Party that has enabled not only the rise of Trump, but the sustaining of Trump as a powerful force that far from criticizing him, as Liz Cheney has, for example, that they've largely felt that now we can use Trump. "Trump will be sort of the tip of our spear to get conservative policies done," or at minimum, "We can't stop the guy, so we'll go to ground." ... The care and feeding of Donald Trump is something that McCarthy eagerly signed on to do from the moment that Trump took office.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" id="ad-secondary-wrap"></aside><p><strong>On how Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene won her congressional seat in 2020</strong></p><p>Marjorie Taylor Greene is a native of Georgia. ...<strong> </strong>She had not been any kind of participant on any level in the political process really until around 2017, 2018. She became an adherent to the QAnon conspiracy theory, and after that began to show up on Capitol Hill as a kind of confrontational journalist, as she would put it, basically harassing Democratic staff members, but was unknown by the Georgia political establishment. And indeed, she told me that Republicans in that state viewed her as "a three-headed monster" when she decided to file [to run for office].</p><div class="bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col " id="res1129868497"><div class="bucket img"><p><a data-metrics-ga4="{"category":"recirculation","action":"story_recirculation_click","clickType":"inset box","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/05\/25\/1000129271\/marjorie-taylor-greenes-holocaust-remarks-blasted-by-republicans-leaders"}" data-metrics="{"category":"Story to Story","action":"Click Internal Link","label":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/05\/25\/1000129271\/marjorie-taylor-greenes-holocaust-remarks-blasted-by-republicans-leaders"}" href="https://www.npr.org/2021/05/25/1000129271/marjorie-taylor-greenes-holocaust-remarks-blasted-by-republicans-leaders" id="featuredStackSquareImage1000129271"><picture><source class="img" data-format="webp" srcset="//media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/05/25/resized-gettyimages-13189185851_sq-5fb4baa8484a7aa7a301789a600595bfc304c775-s300-c85.webp" type="image/webp"></source><source class="img" data-format="jpg" srcset="//media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/05/25/resized-gettyimages-13189185851_sq-5fb4baa8484a7aa7a301789a600595bfc304c775-s300-c85.jpg" type="image/jpeg"></source><img alt="Kevin McCarthy Leads House GOP In Blasting Marjorie Taylor Greene's Holocaust Remarks" class="img" data-format="jpg" src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/05/25/resized-gettyimages-13189185851_sq-5fb4baa8484a7aa7a301789a600595bfc304c775-s300-c85.jpg" /></picture></a></p><div class="bucketblock"><h3 class="slug">POLITICS</h3><h3>Kevin McCarthy Leads House GOP In Blasting Marjorie Taylor Greene's Holocaust Remarks</h3></div></div></div><p>But she was a self-funder and then ultimately moved to a more conservative district, the 14th District, in northwest Georgia, when that [seat] became vacated in December of 2019. And it kind of caught the party and the Georgia media unawares, [when she] suddenly won in the primary. Then opposition research files came out indicating that she had posted in the past all these offensive and conspiratorial theories online. That didn't stop her from winning, but she came to Washington in January 2021 with the expectation from most of us, allegedly smart people, that she would soon be ... given essentially that one term, otherwise [be] ignored by the Republican Party and would be out the door. That did not occur. In fact, in many ways the opposite occurred. It's kind of a case study in the Republican Party in the post-Trump era, and thus forms a central foundation of my book.</p><p><strong>On House members fearing for their physical safety after the </strong><strong>Jan. 6 insurrection</strong><strong> at the Capitol</strong></p><p>There was a genuine fear of these gun-toting new members of Congress, like Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, and people who are Democrats genuinely fearing for their safety, to the point where a senior staffer on one of the committees circulated a memo saying that she wished to see occupational safety worker guidelines applied to the U.S. Capitol, suggesting that it was an unsafe work environment, and in no other private business, would this kind of cavalier talk about bringing in weapons to the Capitol and demonizing the people who disagree with you be tolerated. The fear was not just the usual, "We disagree with them. We think they're wrong," or even, "We're revolted by them." It was a real fear. And it was one of the driving factors in Speaker Pelosi insisting on putting magnetometers just outside the floor of the House.</p><p><strong>On Marjorie Taylor Greene being </strong><strong>stripped of her two congressional committee assignments</strong><strong> due to her incendiary comments</strong></p></div></div></section>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-32698061651325106842022-10-15T23:59:00.003-07:002022-10-15T23:59:58.721-07:00Vula Vai CovId Update Charpara Afghan on the run after Taliban executed boyfriend Pabna<p> Vula Vai CovId Update <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trb-system-membership-cards-reviews-2022-update-living-on-usa">Charpara</a> Afghan on the run after Taliban executed boyfriend Pabna Brothers Brent and Clyde Hanson shared a home in Milbank, South Dakota. Brent lived in the basement area while his older brother lived upstairs with wife Jessica and their <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trb-system-membership-cards-reviews-2022-update-living-on-usa">three-year-old son.</a></p><p>The brothers had joint ownership of the two-storey property but while they were all part of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community and active churchgoers, it was not a <a href="https://beyond.life/forum/d/62946-trb-system-membership-cards-reviews-2022-update-info">harmonious household.</a></p><p>Sierra Leone's first professional women's football league launched on Saturday with a match in the northern city of Makeni, kicking off a six-month season in which 12 clubs from across the country will <a href="https://beyond.life/forum/d/62946-trb-system-membership-cards-reviews-2022-update-info">compete</a>.</p><p>"We are so proud to make this history as the first ever national women's premier league," Asmaa James, chairperson of the Sierra Leone Women's Premier League Board, told AFP.</p><div class="paywall"><p>The Mena Queens of Makeni battled the Kahunla Queens from Kenema during the opening match on Saturday with Sierra Leone's first lady, Fatima Bio, in attendance at the crowded Wusum Sports Stadium in Makeni.</p><p>"This is the first time women are participating in our local Premier League, it's an honour that our best footballers are from Bombali District", Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio said on Saturday during the kick-off.</p><div class="barrons-body-ad-placement" id="native"><div class="barrons-body-ad ad-span"><div class="wsj-responsive-ad-wrap barrons-ad-article-body" data-ad-location="ARTICLENATIVE" data-ad-props="{"options":{"adUnitPath":"/2/Barrons_AFP/barrons_AFP","autoRefresh":false,"adTargeting":{"ntvPlacement":"1074050"},"disableRefresh":false,"adSize":[[1,2],"fluid"],"adSizeMap":{"at4units":[[1,2],"fluid"],"at8units":[[1,2],"fluid"],"at12units":[[1,2],"fluid"],"at16units":[[1,2],"fluid"]},"adActivate":true,"adId":"AD_ARTICLENATIVE","triggerPrebid":true,"triggerApstag":true,"isObserve":true,"isTemplate":true,"collapseAdBeforeFetch":true,"isUtagData":true,"isMetaTag":false,"threshold":1,"rootMargin":"0px","shouldUpdate":true,"moatEnabled":true,"adRequestOnRemount":true,"observeFromUAC":true,"isLoggedIn":null,"label":"","labelClasses":"","wrapperStyles":{},"staticHeight":{},"reserveInitialHeight":false,"responsiveContainer":false}}" id="barrons-body-AD_ARTICLENATIVE"> </div></div></div><p>"Football is about peace and<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trb-card-reviews-2022-update-living-on-usa"> cohesion</a>. We want to see beautiful football, all the teams are winners."</p><p>The 12 privately-owned clubs will compete for a cash prize and trophy in April, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trb-card-reviews-2022-update-living-on-usa">James said.</a></p><p>She said women's football has long been neglected in the West African nation of about eight million people, adding that it was now time for women to showcase their <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trb-membership-card-2022-update-living-on-usa">potential.</a></p><div class="barrons-body-ad-placement" id="mid2"><div class="barrons-body-ad ad-span"><div class="wsj-responsive-ad-wrap barrons-ad-article-body" data-ad-location="2MID" 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stakeholders to allow the girls to play football," <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trb-membership-card-2022-update-living-on-usa">she said.</a></p><p>Supporters hope the league will boost the success of the national women's team, which failed to qualify for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.</p><p>But they face several key challenges, including inadequate <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trb-membership-cards-reviews-2022-update-info-living-on-usa">venues.</a></p><p>The national 45,000-seater stadium in Freetown, opened in the 1980s, is currently being renovated with support from the Chinese <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trb-membership-cards-reviews-2022-update-info-living-on-usa">government.</a></p><div class="barrons-body-ad-placement" id="mid3"><div class="barrons-body-ad ad-span"><div class="wsj-responsive-ad-wrap barrons-ad-article-body" data-ad-location="3MID" 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</div></div></div></div></div><p>Then there are the logistical hurdles of criss-crossing the country -- where only about 10 percent of the road network is paved, according to the African Development Bank -- <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/perpetual-income-365-reviews-2022-update-living-on-usa">for matches.</a></p><p>In a meeting with the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) and the Women's Premier League Board Wednesday, president Bio said his government takes women's empowerment very seriously and would work to elevate women's football in the country to international <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/perpetual-income-365-reviews-2022-update-living-on-usa">standards.</a></p><p>SLFA President Thomas Daddy Brima said the new league would boost employment.</p><p>The league will help shine a light on the women's game both locally and internationally, and will put Sierra Leone on the map in the sport, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/perpetual-income-365-reviews-2022-update-money-maker-living-on-usa">Brima added.</a></p><p>Key challenges to gender equality and women's empowerment in Sierra Leone include a lack of economic independence, "high illiteracy and entrenched customs and traditions" and an "absence of progressive laws that protect and promote participation for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/perpetual-income-365-reviews-2022-update-money-maker-living-on-usa">women</a>", according to a September report by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).</p></div><div class="gpt in-article gpt-no-ad-label" data-config="{"includeInHeaderBidding":true,"componentType":"gpt","targeting":{"index":4,"hivis":"n","hbPlacements":"d-vip"},"injectionConditions":[{"condition":"stopONAffiliateContent"},{"condition":"stopONActiveLegalProceedings"},{"condition":"stopONAdvertorialContent"}],"referenceNode":".article-body > p:nth-of-type(2)","sizes":[[8,8]],"hideOnSensitiveArticle":true,"relativePos":"after","additionalClass":"in-article","name":"div-gpt-ad-vip-slot","type":"VIP","bidders":{"ozone":"1420432300"}}" data-gpt-placeholder="" data-response-start="27817.59999999404" data-type="gpt" id="div-gpt-ad-vip-slot" style="background-color: #f6f9f8; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #35334e; font-family: Apercu, sans-serif; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; z-index: 1;"> </div><p>Clyde, 59, and Jessica, 29, were quiet and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/helix-4-reviews-2022-update-report-scam-living-on-usa">modest.</a> They’d met through a matchmaking service and, despite their age gap, were happily building a family. Clyde worked for a retail outlet while Jessica was a devoted mum and was pregnant with their <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/helix-4-reviews-2022-update-report-scam-living-on-usa">second child.</a></p><p>The couple showed kindness to their neighbours, as their religion encouraged, but in July 2021, Jessica called the police and said her brother-in-law Hanson, 57, had pushed and hit her during an argument.</p><p id="amp-readmore-target">She was four months pregnant and, at the time, was being treated for some mental health struggles at a local facility.</p><div class="image-container" data-redesign-embed="true"><figure class="image--embedded" data-orientation="landscape" data-tmdatatrack-articleid="28241441" data-tmdatatrack-exists="true" data-tmdatatrack="inline-widget"><div class="placeholder--full amp-hidden"> </div><div class="logo-placeholder"> </div><p><img alt="" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" data-tmdatatrack-articleid="28241441" data-tmdatatrack-exists="true" data-tmdatatrack="inline-widget" sizes="(max-width: 1366px) 660px, 100vw" src="https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article28241441.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Screen-Shot-2022-09-20-at-125301JPG.jpg" srcset="https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article28241441.ece/ALTERNATES/s458b/0_Screen-Shot-2022-09-20-at-125301JPG.jpg 458w, https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article28241441.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Screen-Shot-2022-09-20-at-125301JPG.jpg 615w" /></p></figure></div><p>Before going away for her treatment, Jessica had asked Hanson to look after her dog. When she returned, after less than two weeks, her pet <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-review-2022-update-best-hearing-inf-living-on-usa">was gone.</a></p><p class="text-block-container speakable-text-block-container">Voters in British Columbia ushered in a wave of political change throughout the province in municipal elections Saturday that saw new mayors elected in Vancouver and Surrey and other major<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-review-2022-update-best-hearing-inf-living-on-usa"> communities.</a></p><p class="text-block-container speakable-text-block-container">Vancouver businessman Ken Sim defeated Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart, posting an overwhelming victory after losing the mayor’s race to Stewart in 2018 by less than <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/metabofix-review-2022-update-consumer-report-living-on-usa">1,000 votes.</a></p><p class="text-block-container">“This is not the result we wanted,” said Stewart, a former federal New Democrat MP. “But we have to respect it.”</p><div class="seo-media-query undefined"><p>The fate of necessary health care for transgender teenagers in Arkansas is being decided in a court case starting next <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/metabofix-review-2022-update-consumer-report-living-on-usa">week.</a></p><p>On Monday, District Court judge James Moody in the Eastern District of Arkansas will begin hearing arguments for the case Brandt et. al. v. Rutledge. The case was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, along with four families with transgender teenagers and two doctors, after Arkansas passed HB 1570.</p><p>HB 1570 was the first law passed in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pure-neuro-reviews-2022-update-report-living-on-usa">country</a> that would ban doctors from prescribing treatment for the purposes of gender transition for minors. This means a whole suite of holistic gender-affirming care would be illegal for children currently <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pure-neuro-reviews-2022-update-report-living-on-usa">receiving it.</a></p><div><section class="Fancylinks" data-nosnippet=""><ul class="Fancylinks__list _1W9oH"><li class="FancylinksItem"><div class="FancylinksItem__container"><div class="FancylinksItem__left"><div class="FancylinksItem__top-left"><h3 class="FancylinksItem__short-headline">These Trans Teens and Parents Will Fight Arkansas in Court</h3><div class="Rubric Rubric--tilted"> </div></div></div><div class="FancylinksItem__right"> </div></div></li></ul></section></div><p>The law upended families across the state, and lawyers quickly secured an injunction stopping it from going into effect before next week’s trial.</p><div><div class="Storylines" id="storylines-target-middle"> </div></div><p>“If the law was struck down? We would celebrate in the streets,” Brandi Evans, the mother of a transgender teenager, told <i>The Daily Beast.</i> “I mean, we’re always on <a href="https://www.emergefellowship.org/profile/exipurereviews2022updateinfo/profile">kind</a> of high alert to what could happen [otherwise].”</p><p>Evans’ son Andrew is currently 17, meaning if he were to suddenly lose access to all his care, the family has begun to make plans to prepare for the next year of his ongoing medical transition before he is legally allowed to make medical decisions on <a href="https://www.emergefellowship.org/profile/exipurereviews2022updateinfo/profile">his own.</a></p><p>For families in Arkansas, the passage of HB 1570 has galvanized a small, tight-knit community pushing families to fight for each other in an effort to keep their kid’s medical care from getting shut down.</p><p>This meant added responsibilities such as advocating for themselves, showing up at the state Capitol and making themselves visible, because you never know who is <a href="https://www.emergefellowship.org/profile/exipurereviews2022updaterealweightloss/profile">watching.</a></p><p>Danielle May and her family’s life was “blown up our world in the best way possible” when her son Phoenix came out as transgender in 2021. Had an injunction not been granted that year stopping the implementation of HB 1570, Phoenix would not have had access to gender <a href="https://www.emergefellowship.org/profile/exipurereviews2022updaterealweightloss/profile">affirming care.</a></p><p>Contrary to many narratives around gender affirming care, he did not start Hormone Replacement Therapy right away. In fact, Phoenix’s first healthcare provider was targeted by lawsuits forcing the family to relocate to another clinic in order to continue his medical <a href="https://www.emergefellowship.org/profile/exipurereviews2022updaterealweightloss/profile">transition.</a></p><p>Now, May told <i>The Daily Beast </i>that “I’m getting to see my child move through the world with confidence and peace and joy,” alongside his brothers and supportive family. She says that without this affirming environment and care she would have been deeply scared for Phoenix’s mental state and his risk for self-harm.</p><p><a class="LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external" href="https://fenwayhealth.org/new-study-shows-transgender-people-who-access-gender-affirming-hormones-during-adolescence-are-significantly-less-likely-to-experience-psychological-distress-or-suicidal-ideation/">Studies have shown</a> that transgender adolescence who have access to gender affirming care reduce suicidality and improved mental health outcomes.</p><p>Evidence like these studies and other experts on pediatric endocrinology were not able to sway legislators during the 2021 legislative session in Arkansas when HB 1570 was debated. The state’s governor at one point even vetoed the bill after it passed, before it was overridden by the legislature.</p><p>Recently, Arkansas’ Attorney General Leslie Rutledge—who will be defending HB 1570 in District Court—was interviewed by John Stewart about the law, and justified the law under the guise of allowing “those young people, who are facing gender confusion and dysphoria allow them to become adults and to make that decision” even if such practices were opposed by major medical organizations such as the American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics.</p><p>Rutledge could not name the expert testimony that was used in support of the bill, telling Stewart to refer to the briefs filed in the upcoming court case. She also spelled out some false claims about transgender youth to justify the bill.</p><p>“We have 98 percent of young people who had gender dysphoria,” said Rutledge. “That they are able to move past that and once they had the help that they need, no longer suffer from gender dysphoria.”</p><p>These claims, along with recent harmful threats to gender affirming care providers are part of a broader reactionary backlash to transgender rights, which this case hopes to provide legal precedent to halt said Chase Strangio, Deputy Director for Transgender Justice, ACLU, said in a conference call before the case goes to trial.</p><p>“Ultimately, it will be this trial in Arkansas beginning on Monday that will be the first to fully hear the evidence on the merits, challenging these types of restrictions that unfortunately, we've seen over and over again across the country,” Strangio said. “We look forward to being able to advocate in court for our clients and for all transgender Arkansans who deserve the right to receive the care that they need, just like everyone else in Arkansas.”</p></div><div class="seo-media-query undefined"> </div><p class="text-block-container">He said the past four years, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid overdose crisis and housing issues were difficult for Vancouver, but “I do think we got the city through pretty hard times.”</p><p class="text-block-container">In Surrey, Mayor Doug McCallum was defeated by challenger Brenda Locke, a member of Surrey council and a former B.C. 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Lions to 40-32 win over Winnipeg Blue Bombers" aria-hidden="true" data-test-id="medicard-image" src="https://images.thestar.com/nXBmW2pGrum6KUTZP7xzm2twYac=/114x76/smart/filters:format(webp)/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/football/cfl/2022/10/16/dynamic-defence-powers-bc-lions-to-40-32-win-over-winnipeg-blue-bombers/2022101600108-634b83bbd5b6804637c87cc9jpeg.jpg" /></picture></div></div><div class="c-mediacard__content"><div class="c-mediacard-labels c-mediacard__labels"><span class="c-mediacard-labels__label c-mediacard-labels__label--section" data-test-id="label-section">FOOTBALL</span></div><h3 class="c-mediacard__heading mediacard-headline__long"><span data-test-id="mediacard-headline">Dynamic defence powers B.C. Lions to 40-32 win over Winnipeg Blue Bombers</span></h3><div class="c-mediacard-footer"><div class="c-mediacard-footer__items-left"><span class="article__published-date">1 hr ago</span></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="text-block-container">Voters casting ballots Saturday in Vancouver said housing was the top campaign issue, with public safety and support for vulnerable people also on their minds.</p><p class="text-block-container">Across B.C. voters said they wanted to see politicians tackle the big issues confronting almost every community.</p><p class="text-block-container">“I think that definitely housing is a priority for everyone in Vancouver,” said artist Taz Soleil. “For me, housing, especially for marginalized people, is a priority.”</p><p class="text-block-container">Soleil said she backed candidates who promised more housing options and supports for low income people.</p><p class="text-block-container">Margaret Haugen, who accompanied a friend to vote at downtown Vancouver’s Roundhouse Community Center, said affordable housing was the issue she was most concerned about this election.</p><p class="text-block-container">“The Downtown Eastside has just gotten progressively worse,” said Haugen, adding too many people there are living on the streets.</p><p class="text-block-container">From Vancouver and Surrey to the smaller Interior communities of Princeton and Clearwater, campaigns focused on issues that typically fall beyond the municipal realm, such as affordable housing, health care, violent crime and mental health and addiction.</p><p class="text-block-container">Stewart promised to triple Vancouver’s housing goal over the next decade to 220,000 homes, while Sim pledged to hire 100 new police officers and 100 mental health nurses.</p><p class="text-block-container">Stewart and Sim were among 15 mayoral candidates in Vancouver.</p><p class="text-block-container">Vancouver released data showing increased numbers of advance voters this year compared to 2018.</p><p class="text-block-container">In the 2022 election 65,026 people voted in advance polls in Vancouver, up from 48,986 in 2018.</p><p class="text-block-container">The advance polling results were different in Victoria, the city said in a statement.</p><div class="article-related-inline"> </div><p class="text-block-container">In 2022 4,613 people voted in advance polls in Victoria, slightly less than the 4,791 people who cast advance ballots in 2018.</p><p class="text-block-container">In Clearwater, incumbent Mayor Merlin Blackwell said health care was the top issue in his North Thompson community, where the local hospital’s emergency department experiences regular closures.</p><p class="text-block-container">He said small-town issues of dog parks and potholes were on the back burner in this campaign with residents wanting local government to improve health care and fight crime.</p><p class="text-block-container">McCallum faced consecutive challenges, first at the ballot box against seven other candidates, then in court on Oct. 31 as he faces trial on a charge of public mischief.</p><p>Vula Vai CovId Update Charpara Afghan on the run after Taliban executed boyfriend Pabna</p><p>Hanson said he’d taken it to a farm because he didn’t want to look after it – but he wouldn’t say where. A row ensued and, according to Jessica, Hanson turned violent, repeatedly hitting her over the head and threatening to throw her out of the house.</p><p>Jessica admitted to officers that it was out of character for Hanson to be violent, but she went on to say she was fearful for her safety and worried about how he was going to react once he discovered she’d reported him</p><div class="taboola taboola-mid-article-size recommended-stories tm-commercial-integrations-taboola populated" data-config="{"componentType":"taboola","injectionConditions":[{"condition":"stopONAdvertorialContent"},{"condition":"stopONAffiliateContent"},{"condition":"stopONActiveLegalProceedings"}],"slotType":"taboola","referenceNode":".article-body > p:nth-of-type(8)","relativePos":"after","targetType":"mix","type":"taboolaDesktopMidArticleThumbnails","mode":"thumbnails-mm","hideOnSensitiveArticle":true,"additionalClass":"taboola-mid-article-size","name":"taboolaMidArticle","selector":"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails","placement":"Dragonfly Mid Article Thumbnails"}" data-response-end="133814.09999999404" data-response-start="27955.89999999106" data-taboola-placeholder="" data-type="taboola" id="taboolaMidArticle" style="background-color: #f6f9f8; border-radius: unset; box-sizing: border-box; color: #35334e; font-family: Apercu, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 7px; padding: 0px 14px;"><div class="taboola trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_thumbnails-mm" data-placement-name="Dragonfly Mid Article Thumbnails" data-taboola-mode="thumbnails-mm" id="taboola-mid-article-thumbnails"><div class="trc_rbox_container"><div class="trc_rbox thumbnails-mm trc-content-organic " id="trc_wrapper_47436"><div class="trc_clearer"> </div></div></div></div></div><p>Of course, Hanson did find out she had gone to the police when he was charged with assault. The incident would undoubtedly have caused further friction in the home.</p><p>By December, Jessica was nine months pregnant and ready to give birth to a little girl they’d already named Annika. Would the new arrival heal the household?</p><section data-ad-dockable="true" data-embed-group="read-more" data-embed-items="2" data-redesign-embed="true"><aside class="read-more-links" data-redesign-embed="true" data-style="news"><figure></figure><div class="read-more-links__text">Leah Croucher murder suspect named as wanted sex offender found dead after disappearance</div></aside></section><p>On 15 December, Hanson was due to meet Milbank Police Chief Boyd VanVooren. The chief had arranged it the night before, via<br />social media, saying he wanted to “exchange a Christmas card from a church”.</p><p>Hanson arrived at the station at around 9.10am to make the festive gesture. During the visit, the chief, who knew about the outstanding assault charges, asked Hanson whether there were any further issues at the house with Clyde and Jessica.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">President Xi Jinping on Sunday kicked-off the 20th congress of China's ruling Communist Party with warnings that he may use force to retake Taiwan as he slammed foreign interference in its reunification efforts.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The comments came at the start of a week-long event where Xi is widely expected to win a third leadership term and cement his place as the country's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The gathering of roughly 2,300 delegates from around the country began in the vast Great Hall of the People on the west side of Tiananmen Square amid tight security and under blue skies after several smoggy days in the Chinese capital.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Xi began a speech that touted the party's safeguarding of national security, maintaining social stability, protecting people's lives and taking control of the situation in Hong Kong, which was rocked by anti-government protests in 2019.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">On Taiwan, Xi said, 'We have resolutely waged a major struggle against separatism and interference, demonstrating our strong determination and ability to safeguard state sovereignty and territorial integrity and oppose Taiwan independence.'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The gathered delegates responded with loud applause as their president emphasized that China will 'never commit to abandoning the use of force' in its unification with Taiwan, which he called inevitable.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Xi added that China will accelerate the building of a world-class military and strengthen its ability to build a strategic deterrent capability.</p><p>He replied, “They no longer live here.”</p><p>Within minutes, at 9.45am, the chief overheard a call to the station requesting a welfare check at the Hansons’ home. A food delivery worker had reported going to the residence and seeing what he feared was blood on the door.</p><div class="image-container" data-redesign-embed="true"><figure class="image--embedded" data-orientation="landscape" data-tmdatatrack-articleid="28241438" data-tmdatatrack-exists="true" data-tmdatatrack="inline-widget"><div class="placeholder--full amp-hidden"> </div><div class="logo-placeholder"> </div><p><img alt="Milbank Police Chief Boyd VanVooren, who was told the chilling confession" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" data-tmdatatrack-articleid="28241438" data-tmdatatrack-exists="true" data-tmdatatrack="inline-widget" sizes="(max-width: 1366px) 660px, 100vw" src="https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article28241438.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Screen-Shot-2022-09-20-at-125133JPG.jpg" srcset="https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article28241438.ece/ALTERNATES/s458b/0_Screen-Shot-2022-09-20-at-125133JPG.jpg 458w, https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article28241438.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Screen-Shot-2022-09-20-at-125133JPG.jpg 615w" /></p></figure><p><span class="caption">Milbank Police Chief Boyd VanVooren, who was told the chilling confession</span> <span class="credit">( </span></p><div class="camera">Image:</div><p><span class="credit">YOUTUBE)</span></p></div><p>Officers were dispatched and the chief asked Hanson where his brother had moved to. His reply was shocking.</p><p>“I snapped,” Hanson said, before making a motion with his thumb across his neck, in a slashing gesture. “I killed them on Sunday.”</p><p>It was a startling confession. Surely the family troubles hadn’t escalated to murder? Did Hanson really have it in him to kill his brother and his heavily pregnant sister-in-law? He was taken into custody as officers went to the house.</p><p>When they arrived at around 10.05am, they found Jessica’s body under a blue tarpaulin in an area of the house that was yet to be<br />made habitable. She had lacerations to her body that were consistent with a machete assault. Her unborn baby had also died<br />as a result of the attack.</p><p class="">Ahmadi desperately tried to call him back, but Sabouri’s mobile had been switched off.</p><p class="">‘The Taliban sent me a video of his death,’ Ahmadi says of the four-second clip seen by seen by Metro.co.uk, adding: ‘Telling me that you will become Hamed.’</p><p class="">‘His memory will never be forgotten,’ Ahmadi says.</p><p class="">Sabouri, from Kabul, was a regular star-gazer. He hoped to be a doctor one day, loved romance novels and listened to Michael Jackson and Justin Bieber.</p><h2 class="">Gay man ‘gang raped by six men with a machine gun’ in prison by Taliban</h2><p class="">A single year of Taliban rule has turned Ahmadi’s life upside down.</p><p class="">‘Before the Taliban came, my life was great, I was free,’ Ahmadi says. ‘I was not insulted anywhere, I had a love life everywhere. I had sex with boys.</p><p class="">‘Now I live like a prisoner. I am insulted and tortured everywhere.’</p><p class="">‘My elder brother was a [Afghan Uniform Police] officer, he was shot in front of my eyes by Taliban terrorists,’ he adds.</p><figure class=" img-container shareable-item wp-caption"><figcaption>Thousands of people fled the country after the Taliban’s bloody recapturing of Kabul. But LGBTQ+ remain (Picture: Getty Images/AFP)</figcaption></figure><p class="">Within days of the Taliban seizing power, Ahmadi was jailed for being gay. He escaped only after bribing a guard before changing his name altogether.</p><p class="">But the Taliban continue to hunt him down.</p><p class="">He has been sent several threatening letters from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, the state’s religious morality police.</p><p class="">One letter seen by Metro.co.uk says ‘residents’ have complained about Ahmadi being a ‘supporter of homosexuals’ who carries out ‘indecent acts’.</p><div class="ad-slot-container"> </div><div class="ad-slot-container"> </div><p class="">Ministry officials called on him to be arrested ‘as soon as possible’.</p><p class="">‘In order to prevent moral corruption in society, there should be legal punishment,’ the letter concludes.</p><p class="">‘Life is very difficult for me, I am under serious threats, and I can’t go anywhere because of fear the Taliban are looking for me,’ Ahmadi says.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-83756016362166802212022-10-15T02:34:00.002-07:002022-10-15T02:34:52.753-07:00Saiful Vai Kothay Tumi evacuation of civilians in southern Ukraine Bogura 7 heath 2023<p> Saiful Vai Kothay Tumi <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-2022update-exclusive-reviewsupdate">evacuation</a> of civilians in southern Ukraine Bogura 7 heath 2023 Russian President <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/king-picks-reviews-2022-update-reviewsupdate">Vladimir</a> Putin has illegally annexed territory, attacked civilian <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/king-picks-reviews-2022-update-reviewsupdate">targets,</a> called up military reservists and threatened nuclear escalation. But the Kremlin still doesn’t seem confident that its military can hold back a Ukrainian counteroffensive ahead of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-2022update-exclusive-reviewsupdate">winter.</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Xi Jinping will upend <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/theyavue-reviews-2022-update-formula-online-update-today">Chinese</a> political traditions cementing his status as one of the world's most powerful <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/theyavue-reviews-2022-update-formula-online-update-today">leaders</a> — and take on the U.S. to become the dominant superpower — when members of the country's ruling Communist Party extend a third term as general secretary at the Party's 20th National <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/slim-crystal-reviews-2022-update-reallynatural-reviewsupdate">Congress.</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The conclave kicks off Oct. 16 and runs for about a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/slim-crystal-reviews-2022-update-reallynatural-reviewsupdate">week. </a></p><p>EU countries on Wednesday agreed to level new sanctions on the Islamic republic over the "crackdown" during a month of demonstrations over Amini's death. The move is due to be endorsed at the bloc's foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucoflush-reviews-2022-update-reviewsupdate">Monday.</a></p><p>"We recommend that Europeans look at the issue with a realistic approach," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in a phone call <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucoflush-reviews-2022-update-reviewsupdate">Friday.</a></p><p>In a separate statement on Friday, Amir-Abdollahian said: "Who would believe that the death of one girl is so important to<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/java-burn-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side--1c"> Westerners?"</a></p><p>"If it is so, what did they do regarding the hundreds of thousands of martyrs and deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon?"<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/java-burn-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side--1c"> he added.</a></p><p>Iran has been rocked by protests since Amini's death on September 16, three days after she was arrested by morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-complete-reviews-2022-update-complaints-">women.</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Xi, 69, ascended to China's top job in 2012. During his decade in power he's had far-reaching influence at home and abroad. He has centralized power and relentlessly cracked down on dissent. He has poured billions into international infrastructure projects and aggressively pursued island construction and militarization in the South China Sea.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><em>What is China's Communist Party Congress, and what <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-complete-reviews-2022-update-complaints-">happens now?</a></em></p><ul class="gnt_ar_b_ul"><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li">Xi is already poised to remain in power for the rest of his life after China's lawmakers abolished the two term limit on the presidency, a largely <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">ceremonial</a> title. Xi will be reconfirmed as president next March.</li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li">About 200 top members of the Party will be backed to join the policy-making Central Committee. The Central Committee, in turn, will select 25 people to join the Party's Politburo, a kind of inner circle of this executive branch. These 25 people will then determine who makes up the Politburo's standing committee, a group of seven elite Party members headed by Xi, in the general secretary role.</li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li">Geremie Barmé, an Australian academic, once called Xi the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">"chairman of everything."</a></li><li><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Two men were sentenced to 40 years in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-scam-legit-online-update-today">prison</a> each on Friday for the 2017 car-bomb murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, a brutal killing that rattled Europe and drew international attention to the tiny Mediterranean country’s criminal <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-scam-legit-online-update-today">underworld.</a></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Brothers George Degiorgio, 59, and Alfred <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tea-burn-reviews-2022update-legit-weight-loss-online-update-today">Degiorgio</a>, 57, who previously claimed innocence, pleaded guilty to the assassination of Caruana Galizia, a muckraker who had investigated drugs, arms traffickers, politicians and judges in a country largely known as a picturesque tourist destination. They had faced life <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tea-burn-reviews-2022update-legit-weight-loss-online-update-today">imprisonment.</a></p><div class="intra-article-module intra-article-ad-half" data-t="{"n":"intraArticle","t":13}"><div class="native-ad-container native-ad-half"> </div></div><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Prosecutors alleged that the brothers had been hired to kill Caruana Galizia by one of Malta’s wealthiest people, Yorgen Fenech, according to the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-update-how-use-online-update-today">Associated Press</a>. Fenech is awaiting trial. There were also questions as to what role, if any, politicians played in her death. Caruana Galizia had linked associates of then-Prime Minister Joseph Muscat with suspicious financial transactions described in the Panama Papers, which detailed the hidden infrastructure of offshore tax havens. (A probe later cleared Muscat and his associates of wrongdoing related to that<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-update-how-use-online-update-today"> scandal.)</a></p><p class="continue-read-break" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">In a blog post published on the day of her murder, Caruana Galizia accused a top Muscat aide of corruption. The aide — who was subsequently sanctioned by the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-formula-reviewsupdate">United States</a> — denies wrongdoing. The premier was pushed out of office in 2020 by protesters who were furious at how the investigation of her murder was handled; an independent probe concluded last year that the Maltese state bears responsibility for her death due to its “culture of impunity” and failure to recognize the risk to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-formula-reviewsupdate">her life.</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">“It’s been half-a-decade of agony for Daphne’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-ingredients-online-update-today">family</a> and for the country,” wrote European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, who is Maltese, in a Facebook post. “Daphne still cannot write her blog, enjoy her children and grandchildren, potter in her garden or be with her loved ones. Today is not justice, it is a small <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-ingredients-online-update-today">step.”</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">“Daphne’s killers should never have been allowed to do what they did in the first place and the systemic failures that enabled her assassination need to be effectively addressed,” said Corinne Vella, a sister of Caruana Galizia, in a Saturday email to The Washington Post.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Caruana Galizia worked as a journalist in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-reviews-2022-update-does-work-fungus-nail-">Malta for more</a> than 30 years, according to a foundation established in her memory. She ran a lifestyle magazine and a corruption-focused blog titled “Running Commentary.” Her aggressive reporting on both government and opposition figures led to some 43 libel suits at the time of her death — many of which her family is still <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-reviews-2022-update-does-work-fungus-nail-">fighting.</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Caruana Galizia also received numerous threats of violence before her assassination. In 1995, her front door was doused in fuel and set on fire, and her dog — one of three that were killed during her lifetime — was left in front of her home with a slit throat. In 2006, she published an article on neo-Nazi groups in Malta, leading someone to arrange a stack of tires behind her home and set them ablaze.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">“She was insulted and pressured on a daily <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prostastream-reviews-2022-update-does-really-reviewsupdate">basis.</a> She was hated,” said Pauline Adès-Mével, a spokesperson for Reporters Without Borders (RSF), who testified at the inquiry into Caruana Galizia’s murder and who had sought to support the reporter. “Unfortunately, she was already targeted, and we didn’t have time to set up any protection or legal <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prostastream-reviews-2022-update-does-really-reviewsupdate">framework for her."</a></p><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><div class="article-image-slot" data-doc-id="cms/api/amp/image/AA12Z1qN" data-image-href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/assassin-brothers-jailed-40-years-for-car-bomb-killing-of-malta-journalist/ar-AA12Z1qR?fullscreen=true#image=2" data-rendered="true"><div class="article-image-container" data-t="{"n":"OpenModal","t":13}"><p><a class="article-image-height-wrapper" data-t="{"n":"destination","t":14,"b":1,"c.t":14}" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/assassin-brothers-jailed-40-years-for-car-bomb-killing-of-malta-journalist/ar-AA12Z1qR?fullscreen=true#image=2" rel="noopener" target="_self"><img alt="Mandy Mallia, a sister of late journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, lights candles in front of a picture of her sister in Valletta, Malta, on Friday." class="article-image" src="https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA12Z1qN.img?w=768&h=512&m=6&x=300&y=114&s=31&d=30" tabindex="0" title="Mandy Mallia, a sister of late journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, lights candles in front of a picture of her sister in Valletta, Malta, on Friday." /></a></p><div class="image-caption-container"><span class="image-caption">Mandy Mallia, a sister of late journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, lights candles in front of a picture of her sister in Valletta, Malta, on Friday.</span><span class="image-attribution">© AP/AP</span></div></div></div><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Caruana Galizia was 53 when she was killed<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/promind-complex-reviews-2022-update-report-reviewsupdate"> near her home</a> in a remote town in northern Malta where she lived with her family for safety purposes. The brutal nature of her murder shocked the European Union, where hits on journalists are rare. It also spurred calls for reform in Malta, where reporters must deal with an increasingly <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/promind-complex-reviews-2022-update-report-reviewsupdate">hostile climate.</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Malta ranks 78th out of 180 countries on RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index, 31 places lower than at the time of Caruana Galizia’s death.</p></li><li><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Jeremy Hunt told the BBC that some taxes will go up, while government spending may need to fall.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">He said two mistakes were made in the mini-budget by Kwasi Kwarteng - cutting the top rate of tax and announcing it without an independent <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neurotonix-reviews-2022update-does-work-reviewsupdate">forecast.</a></p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">But he also praised his predecessor for help offered to people struggling with their energy bills.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Mr Hunt said he agreed with the prime minister's goal of "solving the growth paradox", but added: "The way we went about it clearly wasn't right and that's why I'm<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neurotonix-reviews-2022update-does-work-reviewsupdate"> sitting here now."</a></p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, Mr Hunt said: "Taxes are not going to come down by as much as people hoped, and some taxes will have to go up.</p></div></div><div id="piano-inline1"><p class="_1g_Rg">Britain's new finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday that some taxes will have to go up, signalling another abrupt policy U-turn by Prime Minister Liz Truss who is battling to save her leadership just over a month into her term.</p><div class="_3qLh5 _sBMB _1ilWc"><section aria-label="key points" class="_3xJds _3tgJi" data-component="KeyPoints" data-uri="coremedia://teaser/101540294" role="contentinfo"><h2 class="_1EAJU hMmqO _316gH _1zBDU _1BqKa _2AH39 _3HiTE x9R1x pDrMR hmFfs _390V1" data-component="Heading">Key points:</h2><ul class="qkR3W" data-component="List" role="list"><li class="" data-component="ListItem">Britain's new finance minister Jeremy Hunt says the country needs stability and that Liz Truss needs time</li><li class="" data-component="ListItem">Ms Truss fired Kwasi Kwarteng as her chancellor of the exchequer on Friday and appointed Mr Hunt</li><li class="" data-component="ListItem">Mr Hunt says he will will make further changes to her government's fiscal plans</li></ul></section><div id="article-key-points-after"> </div></div><p class="_1g_Rg">In an attempt to appease financial markets that have been in turmoil for three weeks, Ms Truss fired Kwasi Kwarteng as her chancellor of the exchequer on Friday and scrapped parts of their controversial economic package.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">In a hurried news conference shortly after dismissing Mr Kwarteng, Ms Truss said the corporation tax rate would increase, abandoning her plan to keep it at current levels, and government spending would rise by less than previously planned.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">Big, unfunded tax cuts were a central plank of Ms Truss's original plans, but Mr Hunt said tax increases were on the cards.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">"We will have some very difficult decisions ahead," he told Sky News.</p><div aria-label="Social media embed" class="_3qLh5 _sBMB _3pBTa" data-print="inline-media"><div class="_2D7gx" data-component="Social"> </div></div><div class="_14Wz0 _3qLh5 _sBMB" data-component="EmphasisedText"><p class="_1g_Rg">"The thing that people want, the markets want, the country needs now, is stability," Mr Hunt said.</p></div><p class="_1g_Rg">"No chancellor can control the markets. But what I can do is show that we can pay for our tax and spending plans and that is going to need some very difficult decisions on both spending and tax."</p><p class="_1g_Rg">Mr Hunt said he had been sanctioned by Ms Truss to make further changes to her government's fiscal plans following two major U-turns on her tax-cutting agenda already.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">Asked on BBC radio if he had a clean slate and could change further elements of the tax cuts set out by his predecessor ahead of a medium term fiscal plan on October 31, Mr Hunt said: "Yes."</p><p class="_1g_Rg">Mr Hunt is due to announce the government's medium-term budget plans on October 31, a key test of its ability to show investors that it can restore its economic policy credibility.</p><aside class="_3qLh5 _sBMB _1ilWc cj-aC" data-component="RelatedCard" data-uri="coremedia://article/101540310"><div class="_8ozWK" data-component="CardBox"><h3 class="_1EAJU hMmqO MaLKt NHr4j _316gH _1zBDU _1BqKa _2AH39 _3HiTE x9R1x pDrMR hmFfs _390V1" data-component="CardHeading"><span class="_3agD2" data-component="KeyboardFocus">Britain's chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng resigns</span></h3><div class="_2mnnz _1vrxI _1Gx7i _2gSqv" data-component="CardLayout"><div class="_16eiR"><p class="_1EAJU _3V31R _2L258 _1BqKa _25ANV hmFfs" data-component="Typography">Britain's Treasury minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, resigns after Prime Minister Liz Truss asked him to stand aside ahead of an expected scrapping of parts of his economic package.</p></div><div class="_3nQI7 _1P5AM _2PGTd _2paT0"><div class="_3poXF"><div class="_1Axyg" data-component="AspectRatioContainer"><img alt="liz truss, in red, leans in to speak into kwarteng's ear in the audience of the annual conference" class="jMqWO _1PHKk" data-component="Image" data-lazy="true" src="https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/ba65a18c0d78730edd874a326738ae75?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485" /></div></div></div></div><p><span class="_2-aY_">Read more</span></p></div></aside><p class="_1g_Rg">He said spending would not rise by as much as people would like, and all government departments were going to have to find more efficiencies than they were planning.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">"Some taxes will not be cut as quickly as people want, and some taxes will go up. So it's going to be difficult," he said.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">Mr Kwarteng's September 23 fiscal statement prompted a backlash in financial markets that was so ferocious that the Bank of England (BoE) had to intervene to prevent pension funds being caught up in the chaos as borrowing costs surged.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">Mr Hunt said he agreed with Truss's fundamental approach of seeking to spark economic growth but the way she and Mr Kwarteng went about it had not worked.</p><div class="_14Wz0 _3qLh5 _sBMB" data-component="EmphasisedText"><p class="_1g_Rg">"There were mistakes. It was a mistake when we're going to be asking for difficult decisions across the board on tax and spending to cut the rate of tax paid by the very wealthiest," he said.</p></div><p class="_1g_Rg">"It was a mistake to fly blind and to do these forecasts without giving people the confidence of the Office of Budget Responsibility saying that the sums add up.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">"The Prime Minister has recognised that, that's why I'm here."</p><p class="_1g_Rg">Ms Truss was due to spend the weekend trying to shore up her flagging support within the Conservative Party, with newspapers quoting politicians who questioned her ability to stay in the job.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">On Monday, the British government bond market faces a test when it will function for the first time without the emergency buying support provided by the BoE since September 28.</p></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"I'm going to be asking all government departments to find additional efficiency savings."</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">But Mr Hunt, who was appointed as chancellor on Friday after Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked by the prime minister, refused to outline any details for his tax and spending plans.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">He told BBC Breakfast he was "not going to make any commitments" and reiterated he was just hours into the job.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">His comments come after the government's mini-budget last month, which included £45bn worth of tax cuts, and sparked turbulence in the financial markets.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Addressing mistakes he said were made by the ex-chancellor, Mr Hunt said: "There were two mistakes - it was wrong to cut the top rate of tax for the very highest earners at a time where we're going to have to be asking for sacrifices from everyone to get through a very difficult period.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"And it was wrong to fly blind and to announce those plans without reassuring people with the discipline of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) that we actually can afford to pay for them."</p></div></div><div id="piano-inline2"> </div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">He said both of these were now in the process of "being put right".</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Mr Hunt said he would be meeting Treasury officials later and Liz Truss on Sunday.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">After just 39 days as prime minister, Ms Truss is facing huge pressure from within her party as key elements of the major economic plan she and the former chancellor set out in September have been scrapped.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The prime minister is facing a backlash from Conservative MPs after announcing the government's second U-turn in a month.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Friday's U-turn on plans to cut corporation tax followed an earlier reversal of plans to cut the 45p rate of income tax for the highest earners.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">One Tory MP described the party as being in a "state of despair", but Truss supporter Christopher Chope said "time will tell" if she had done enough to secure her position.</p></div></div><div id="piano-inline3"> </div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Asked whether there should be a general election, Mr Hunt told the BBC: "What the country wants now is stability.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"[Truss] has been prime minister for less than five weeks. When we are judged at a general election, we will be judged by what we deliver over the next 18 months by far more than what's happened over the last 18 weeks."</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The PM has described sacking Mr Kwarteng and scrapping another key economic policy as "difficult" and admitted in a short press conference on Friday that "parts of our mini-budget went further and faster" than the markets were expecting.</p></div></div><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">In September, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights wrote a letter to Malta’s prime minister, Robert Abela, outlining her concerns about press freedom.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">“Freedom of expression, including media freedom and the safety of journalists, is a prerequisite of any democratic society,” the commissioner wrote, adding that it is “necessary to comply with international standards.”</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">“We attach the utmost importance to holding the persons who commissioned and murdered Ms. Caruana Galizia accountable, and to counting our work to ensure that the environment journalists operate within is free," Abela replied.</p></li></ul><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Here are several ways China has evolved since Xi's been in charge.</p><p>Saiful Vai Kothay Tumi evacuation of civilians in southern Ukraine Bogura 7 heath 2023</p><p class="">Civilians in the country’s occupied south should evacuate to Russia, Moscow-installed officials there urged this week, in a sign that the Kremlin is worried about its hold on the strategic region as Kyiv pushes to reclaim more land there after recent breakthroughs.</p><p class="">The head of the Moscow-appointed regional administration, Vladimir Saldo, without using the word “evacuation,” asked Moscow Thursday to welcome families from the Kherson region that want “to protect themselves” from what he described as constant Ukrainian shelling.</p><p class="">The Kremlin promptly agreed to support such efforts, with officials in the southern Russian region of Rostov saying the first arrivals were expected Friday, the state news agency Tass reported.</p><p class="">Western military analysts said the move underlined Russia’s growing concern over its ability to hold Kherson, just weeks after it claimed to annex the region and in light of sudden gains made by Ukraine’s military this month — its biggest advance in the south since Russian forces seized it early in the war.</p><p class="">“You don’t evacuate from a region that you have recently annexed (illegally) if you are confident of holding it,” said Phillips O’Brien, a professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. “I think we can read this as a sign that they are very worried about their ability to hold the west bank of the Dnieper River.”</p><figure class="styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_medium__OMa6x"><br /><figcaption class="caption styles_caption__Pe5JC"><span class="caption__container">Ukrainian soldiers check trenches left behind as Russian forces fled on Wednesday.</span><span class="caption__source">Leo Correa / AP</span></figcaption></figure><p class="">As Ukraine pressed on, Russian forces retreated from the front lines they had established in the area and sought to set up new positions they could hold along the strategic waterway.</p><p>Saiful Vai Kothay Tumi evacuation of civilians in southern Ukraine Bogura 7 heath 2023</p><p class="">Just hours after Saldo’s comments, the deputy head of Kherson’s Russian-installed administration, Kirill Stremousov, rushed to clarify that this was not an evacuation but an offer that has been long in the making.</p><p class="">“No one is making plans to retreat,” he said in a video message, as he urged people not to panic.</p><p class="">The preparation to evacuate some civilians could mean that the Russians are anticipating that combat could extend to the city of Kherson itself, the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its assessment of the situation Thursday.</p><p class="">The city is a strategic gateway to the Black Sea and the neighboring Crimean Peninsula, and has been critical in cementing Moscow’s grasp on the area. It’s the only regional center that the Russians have controlled since the start of the war.</p><p class="">Losing Kherson would deal a major blow to the Kremlin, with Putin himself boasting that it had been “reunited” with Russia forever after the region became one of four occupied provinces that Russia claimed to have annexed last month.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-21992689140445382302022-10-12T20:53:00.002-07:002022-10-12T20:53:43.026-07:00Monirul Islam Chinese protesters came up against Dhaka Online Head Office Banani 1210 Shamim<p> Monirul Islam Chinese protesters came up against Dhaka Online Head Office Banani 1210 Shamim</p><p><picture class="image"><img alt="When Chinese protesters came up against Xi's security machine" class="image" src="https://onecms-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/s--1Uw8tPQ9--/c_crop,h_450,w_800,x_0,y_0/c_fill,g_auto,h_468,w_830/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_one-cms:core:watermark:reuters,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/one-cms/core/2022-10-13t012719z_3_lynxmpei9c00u_rtroptp_3_china-congress-protests.jpg?itok=2BYjWmf6" title="When Chinese protesters came up against Xi's security machine" /></picture>Police officers stand near <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-scam-">demonstrators</a> taking part in a protest over the freezing of deposits by some rural-based banks, in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China May 23, 2022, in this screengrab taken from a video obtained by Reuters. Handout<span class="hidden"> via <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-10000-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-scam-">REUTERS</a></span></p><p>Yet the 43-year-old's life has been <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moon-reading-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">upended</a> since he and thousands of other people abruptly lost access to their savings in a banking fraud scandal that erupted in April, which centred on a string of rural lenders in Henan and Anhui <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moon-reading-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">provinces</a>.</p><p>Monirul Islam Chinese protesters came up against Dhaka Online Head Office Banani 1210 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-update-warning-online-update-today">Shamim</a></p><p>After venting his anger on social media and discussing protests with fellow depositors to lobby authorities to reimburse their funds, he says he found himself in the sights of the government's high-tech social surveillance <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-update-warning-online-update-today">machine.</a></p><article><div class="views-article-body articlePage_body-DS-EntryPoint1-1" data-test-id="test-article"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><span class="dropcap-element-slot">T</span>hailand will toughen its gun possession and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-info-online-update-today">drug laws,</a> the interior ministry said Wednesday, following the nursery massacre of 36 people -- including 24 children -- in the kingdom's worst <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-info-online-update-today">mass killing.</a></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The country was left reeling after an ex-police officer forced his way into a small nursery in northeastern Na Klang last week, murdering 24 children and their teacher before killing his wife, their child and himself</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The attack was carried out with a knife and a<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-2022-update-real-info-online-update-today"> legally</a> acquired gun, and while Thailand has a huge number of firearms in circulation -- one estimate suggesting there are as many as one in seven firearms per person -- mass shootings are <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-2022-update-real-info-online-update-today">rare.</a></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Interior minister Anupong Paojinda said Wednesday the government would require tougher qualifications for new gun owners, as well as ramping up checks on existing firearm holders.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">"Our new qualification will include mental health reports, we will be examining whether we need proof from doctors," he told a press conference, without giving further<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/profit-maximiser-review-2022-update-online-info-online-update-today"> details.</a></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Gun applicants are already required to undergo a background check and must present a valid reason for ownership -- such as hunting or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/profit-maximiser-review-2022-update-online-info-online-update-today">self-defence.</a></p><p class="continue-read-break" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">"For example, if officials want to possess a gun, their supervisors have to ratify that that individual has no record of alcohol abuse or bad temper," <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/manifestation-miracle-review-2022-update-does-work-">Anupong said.</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Village leaders or local officials will play a role in granting the tougher gun licenses, he <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/manifestation-miracle-review-2022-update-does-work-">said. </a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Currently, gun owners do not have to reapply for licenses during the lifetime of a firearm.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">But now approved gun holders will have to undergo a review every three to five years, Anupong said.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">"Because as time changes, people change," he <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/revitaa-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-user-experiences-/">explained.</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Parliament will also discuss an exemption penalty for illegal gun holders, Anupong said, adding that individuals will be able to hand unauthorised firearms to authorities without facing prosecution-- though he did not indicate when they <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/revitaa-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-user-experiences-/">must do so by.</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Those who still possess illegal weapons will face harsh penalties,<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/videly-review-2022-update-seo-software-online-update-today"> he said.</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Anupong added that his ministry would work with police and the health department to increase drug screening and awareness, as well as encouraging addicts into <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/videly-review-2022-update-seo-software-online-update-today">rehabilitation.</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">"If everyone in town knows that drugs exist but local authorities don't, they will be transferred," <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-gut-poop-winner-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">he said.</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The nursery attacker, 34-year-old sacked police sergeant Panya Khamrab, was dismissed from his post earlier this year on a drugs charge, with locals saying they suspected he was a methamphetamine <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-gut-poop-winner-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">addict.</a></p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">However, preliminary tests found he did not have any drugs in his system at the time of the assault.</p></div></article><div class="description g_font-long-format"><p>He deliberately turned off his stability <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucoflush-reviews-2022-update-unique-formula-online-update-today/">control</a> and enabled his car’s sports mode despite cold conditions, but the “remorseful” and “guilt-ridden” driver of a $330,000 luxury vehicle has been spared jail time over the crash that killed a 15-year-old girl and seriously injured her best<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucoflush-reviews-2022-update-unique-formula-online-update-today/"> friend.</a></p></div><p>Instead, Alexande<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuro-balance-therapy-2022-update-honest-online-update-today">r Campbell,</a> 37, will serve community service hours and adhere to an 18-month good behaviour bond after being handed a suspended jail sentence for driving without due care on the night Adelaide teen Sophia Naismith lost her <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuro-balance-therapy-2022-update-honest-online-update-today">life.</a></p><p>Campbell, who was previously found not guilty of causing Ms Naismith’s death by dangerous driving, pleaded guilty to the charge of aggravated driving without due care in<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/betabeat-reviews-2022-update-negative-side-effects-"> February 2021.</a></p><p>On Thursday during sentencing in Adelaide District Court, judge Paul Muscat said the “tragic outcome” of Campbell’s driving continued to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/betabeat-reviews-2022-update-negative-side-effects-">haunt him.</a></p><div class="media image"><div class="responsive-img" data-desiredimagesize="block_large_image"><img alt="Alexander Campbell has been spared jail over the crash that killed Sophia Naismith. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Naomi Jellicoe" class="responsive-img_img inline-image ls-is-cached lazyloaded" height="720" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, (max-width: 1000px) 50vw, 650px" src="https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/02d7bcf8b5f90aa9741240bbc6a66987" width="1280" /></div><p>Alexander Campbell has been spared jail over the crash that killed Sophia Naismith. Picture: NCA NewsWire / <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/revive-daily-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-">Naomi Jellicoe</a></p></div><p>“Even though the court found you not guilty, people have decided for themselves that you are guilty of those charges,” Judge <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/revive-daily-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-">Muscat said.</a></p><p>“You have been vilified for your driving that night by members of the public, many of whom expressed their views ignorant of the narrow way the prosecution case was presented against you, the evidence or the law related to primary <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dentivive-reviews-2022-update-information-online-update-today">offences.</a></p><p>“All of that public attention has <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dentivive-reviews-2022-update-information-online-update-today">affected you.”</a></p><p>“Despite what some chose to believe, I am satisfied on the material provided to the court, your presentation during your police interview and your apology <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-really-work-online-update-today">given</a> in this court that you have a deep sense of guilt over what happened <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-really-work-online-update-today">that night.”</a></p><p>In June 2019, Sophia Naismith from Seaview Downs and her best friend Jordyn Callea from Richmond were walking along Morphett Rd in Glengowrie when the luxury car mounted a kerb and hit the two girls before crashing into a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hydrossential-reviews-2022-update-report-online-update-today">restaurant.</a></p><p>The pushback by Yao and thousands of his fellow bank depositors from across the country comes during a sensitive time for China, with Xi Jinping set to secure a third leadership term at a party congress starting Sunday (Oct 16) that will ensure his place as its most powerful leader since <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hydrossential-reviews-2022-update-report-online-update-today">Mao Zedong.</a></p><p>The unusually prolonged and public <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prodentim-reviews-2022-latest-update-online-update-today">dissent,</a> part of a broader swell of popular anger, from mortgage strikes to COVID-19 lockdown protests, has persisted despite a security clampdown. It offers a glimpse of the lengths some frustrated citizens will go to in taking on the world's most powerful <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prodentim-reviews-2022-latest-update-online-update-today">security state.</a></p><p>"I could often receive more than a dozen phone calls a day from police, day and night," said Yao, who works at a state-owned company and fears he'll never recover his life savings of over 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million).</p><p class="">Vladimir Putin has suffered a humiliating blow after Ukrainian forces shot down four attack helicopters in just 18 minutes, Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leanbiome-reviews-2022-update-scam-side-effects-online-update-today">claimed.</a></p><p class="">"From 08.40 to 08.58 on October 12, anti-aircraft missile units of the air force destroyed at least four enemy attack helicopters (probably Ka-52s), which were providing fire support to the ground occupation forces in the southern direction," the air force said in its Telegram<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leanbiome-reviews-2022-update-scam-side-effects-online-update-today"> channel.</a></p><p class="">According to preliminary reports, one of the downed choppers crashed in an unspecified part of southern Ukraine that had been recently reclaimed by Kyiv's forces from the Russians, while the other three landed somewhere behind the front line.</p><p class="">The air force also revealed that Ukrainian forces fired on two more Russian helicopters, so it's possible the number of downed aircraft will increase, the New York Post reports.</p><p class="">The Kyiv Independent reported about 30 per cent of Ukraine's energy infrastructure had been damaged by Russia since <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-reviews-2022-update-complaints-online-update-today">October 10.</a></p><p class="">It is the "first time from the beginning of the war" that Russia has "dramatically targeted" energy infrastructure, Energy Minister Herman <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-reviews-2022-update-complaints-online-update-today">Haluschenko told CNN.</a></p><p class="">Ukraine has had some success in defending the blitz. Ukraine's air defence reportedly destroyed 21 cruise missiles and 11 unmanned aerial vehicles in recent days.</p><p class="">But Russian forces continue to attack Ukrainian infrastructure with Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones.</p><h2 class="article__heading">Ukraine to receive new air defences</h2><p class="">International backers of Ukraine vowed this week to deliver new air defences "as fast as we can", as Kyiv pressed them to bolster protection against Russia's missile blitz.</p><p class="">A US-led group of some 50 countries held talks at NATO headquarters in Brussels with a focus on air defences after Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed a barrage across Ukraine following a blast at a bridge to the annexed Crimea p<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dentitox-pro-reviews-2022-update-drops-reviewsupdate/">eninsula.</a></p><div class=""> </div><p class="">Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said just three words when asked what he hoped for from the meeting: "Air defence <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dentitox-pro-reviews-2022-update-drops-reviewsupdate/">systems."</a></p><p class="">Western allies have scrambled to work out how to supply more advanced systems to Ukraine as diplomats admit they have precious few to spare.</p><div class="article__raw-html"><div class="article__raw-html-static"> </div></div><p class="">"The systems will be provided, as fast as we can physically get them there," United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said after the meeting, without giving details on any new pledges.</p><p class="">"We're going to provide systems that we have available... We're also going to try to provide additional munitions to the existing systems that the Ukrainian forces are using." A first Iris-T medium-range system arrived in Ukraine after Germany decided to ship it before even giving it to its own troops.</p><p>Gov. Charlie Baker pardoned four men of convictions ranging from larceny to assault with a dangerous weapon Wednesday. All of the convictions were 30 or more years old.</p><p>India slammed Pakistan for raising the issue of Kashmir during an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on the Ukraine conflict, saying such statements by Islamabad deserve the "collective contempt" of the international community and "sympathy for a mindset which repeatedly utters falsehoods".</p><div id="v-thehindu-0"><div data-google-query-id="CI7wqfGj3PoCFUmVZgIdSXUAWA" id="vdo-banner-ad"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/26001828,22390678/z1_dfp_ron_display_companion_b_pre_0__container__"> </div></div></div><p>"Before I conclude, Mr. President, one final point," India's Permanent Representative to the U.N., Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, said as she delivered the explanation of the vote after the 193-member General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on October 12 to condemn Russia's illegal referendums and annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine.</p><p>"We have witnessed unsurprisingly yet again an attempt by one delegation to misuse this forum and make frivolous and pointless remarks against my country. Such statements deserve our collective contempt and sympathy for a mindset which repeatedly utters falsehoods," Ms. Kamboj said.</p><p>"It is important, however, to set the record straight. The entire territory of Jammu and Kashmir is and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India irrespective of what the representative of Pakistan believes or covets. We call on Pakistan to stop cross-border terrorism so that our citizens can enjoy their right to life and liberty," Ms. Kamboj said.</p><p>In his remarks to the UNGA emergency special session that was convened on the Ukrainian conflict, Pakistan's ambassador to the U.N. Munir Akram raised the issue of Kashmir, saying that under international law, the right of self-determination applies to peoples who are under foreign or colonial domination and those who have not yet exercised the right to self-determination "as in the case of Jammu and Kashmir".</p><div class="dfp-ad" data-google-query-id="CMyMtu-j3PoCFYGOZgId_ncBTw" id="div-gpt-ad-1552914402102-0"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/22390678/Hindu_Desktop_Inarticle_1x1_0__container__"><iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="4" data-load-complete="true" data-mce-fragment="1" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/22390678/Hindu_Desktop_Inarticle_1x1_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/22390678/Hindu_Desktop_Inarticle_1x1_0" role="region" scrolling="no" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></div></div><p class="atd-ad">He said the exercise of the right to self-determination should be conducted in an environment free of military occupation and under impartial auspices species, preferably under the supervision of the United Nations.</p><p>Relations between India and Pakistan have been strained over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan.</p><p>Bilateral ties nosedived after India abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution, revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating the state into two Union Territories on August 5, 2019.</p><p class="atd-ad">Following India’s decision, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian envoy. Trade ties between Pakistan and India have largely been frozen since then.</p><p>India has repeatedly told Pakistan that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and shall forever” remain an integral part of the country. India has said it desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan in an environment free of terror, hostility and violence.</p><p>In 2020, Baker put out criteria people would need to meet to be considered for a pardon. This includes stipulations such as the convict having taken full responsibility for their actions, made full restitution to victims, worked towards self improvement, and contributed to society.</p><p>“All of these individuals have shown a commitment to their communities and rehabilitation since their convictions. However, the charges are related to decades-old convictions that continue to have an impact on their lives.”</p><p>The pardons still have to be reviewed by the Governor’s Council before they are official, but it is rare for the council not to approve a governor’s pardons.</p><h3 id="h-steven-joanis">Steven Joanis</h3><p>Steven Joanis’s crimes were the most serious of the four men who were pardoned. At 17 years old, Joanis was convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and armed assault in a dwelling. He was convicted in September 1990 in Milford District Court.</p><p>According to Joanis, who now lives in Franklin, his girlfriend at the time had previously been held captive and sexually assaulted. When the alleged perpetrator tried to contact her again, Joanis decided to confront him.</p><p>Joanis said in court documents that he borrowed a .22 caliber rifle from a friend and went to the man’s apartment. He was confronted by the man and the man’s friend, and one of them pointed a handgun at him. Joanis then revealed his weapon, which had been covered by a paper bag but was not loaded.</p><p>One of the men pushed Joanis against the wall, he said, and held him at gunpoint until police arrived.</p><p>Joanis pled guilty and was sentenced to six months in prison, a sentence which was later suspended in favor of a year of probation. He completed the probation without issue.</p><p>Since his conviction, Joanis has not been convicted of a crime. The two charges he is seeking a pardon for are his only convictions.</p><p>Joanis has now been married for nearly 30 years and has four children. He earned a high school diploma, bachelor’s degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Babson College.</p><div class="m-block t-amp__list-container m-article-list-container m-article-list-container--frame-border a-border-frame a-list-header__headline--red m-article-list--floated"><header class="t-amp__list-header a-list-header "><h5 class="a-list-header__headline a-list-header__headline--no-border ">LOCAL NEWS</h5></header><ul class="t-amp__list a-list--no-style m-article-list m-article-list--recirculation m-article-list--has-images "><li class="js-article-card m-article-list__item m-article-list__item--featured"><img alt="" class="t-amp__list-image m-article-list__image m-article-list__image--full" height="432" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Healey-Diehl-debate-6347705185b8b-768x432.jpg" srcset="https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Healey-Diehl-debate-6347705185b8b-768x432.jpg?width=200 200w, https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Healey-Diehl-debate-6347705185b8b-768x432.jpg?width=300 300w, https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Healey-Diehl-debate-6347705185b8b-768x432.jpg?width=400 400w, https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Healey-Diehl-debate-6347705185b8b-768x432.jpg?width=500 500w, https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Healey-Diehl-debate-6347705185b8b-768x432.jpg?width=600 600w, https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Healey-Diehl-debate-6347705185b8b-768x432.jpg?width=700 700w, https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Healey-Diehl-debate-6347705185b8b-768x432.jpg?width=800 800w, https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Healey-Diehl-debate-6347705185b8b-768x432.jpg?width=900 900w" width="768" /></li></ul></div><p>Joanis has been employed by ENE Systems in Canton for 26 years and is currently their director of engineering. He also worked as a teacher at the Peterson Trade School in Woburn from 2008 to 2021, and has taught intermittently at Roxbury Community College.</p><p>Joanis has served in the Civil Air Patrol since 2003, and until 2010, he was an active pilot who did search and rescue missions and aided disaster relief efforts. He also volunteers at My Brother’s Keeper, which gives food and furniture to families in need, and is an active member of the Knights of Columbus.</p><p>Joanis said in court documents he wants to be pardoned so that his conviction doesn’t deny him work opportunities when put through background checks. He said he’s also interested in running for political office and being involved in school activities — things he has declined to do for fear of being denied due to his conviction.</p><p>The four men pardoned Wednesday were all unanimously recommended by the state’s Advisory Board of Pardons under these guidelines.</p><p>“The ability to grant pardons is a very serious responsibility, but through careful consideration and review, I believe these individuals are worthy candidates for a pardon,” Baker said in a news release.</p><div class="m-content-advert"><div class="m-content-advert-wrap"><p>MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Indian rupee is tipped to open slightly higher to the dollar on Thursday, ahead of key data that could help investors assess the size of rate hikes that the Federal Reserve is likely to deliver over the remainder of this year.</p><p>The rupee is expected to open at 82.25-82.28 per U.S. dollar, compared with 82.3150 in the previous session. The intraday volatility on the rupee has come off over the last two days, helped by the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) intervention in spot and forwards markets.</p><p>The size of intervention on Wednesday was "very little," compared with the prior two days, but that does not change "the fact that RBI is uncomfortable with more rupee depreciation," a trader at a Mumbai-based bank said.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"><p>One-month non-deliverable rupee forward at 82.56; onshore one-month forward premium at 24 paise ** USD/INR NSE Oct futures settled on Wednesday at 82.4325 ** USD/INR forward premium for current month at 12.5 paise ** Dollar index at 113.30 ** Brent crude futures down 0% at $92.4 per barrel ** Ten-year U.S. note yield at 3.92% ** SGX Nifty nearest-month futures down 0.3% at 17,050 ** As per NSDL data, foreign investors sold a net $456.5mln worth of Indian shares on Oct. 11</p><p>** NSDL data shows foreign investors bought a net $61.2mln worth of Indian bonds on Oct.</p></div></div><p>"The big challenge for the RBI will come tomorrow if U.S. inflation data surprises on the upside."</p><p>U.S. consumer prices are expected to have climbed 8.1% year-on-year last month, while the core inflation rate is projected at 6.5% according to economists polled by Reuters.</p><p>The consumer inflation print comes on the back of a higher-than-expected increase in U.S. wholesale prices. The U.S. producer price index for final demand rose 0.4% last month compared with expectations of 0.2%, suggesting persistent inflationary pressures in the world's largest economy.</p><p>In recent weeks, Fed officials have been consistent in signalling that curtailing inflation is a top priority and more rate hikes were needed. The September meeting minutes released Wednesday showed many officials stressed the cost of not doing enough to bring down inflation.</p><p>Meanwhile, India's retail inflation accelerated in September to 7.41% year-on-year on surging food prices, above the central bank's upper tolerance level for ninth month in a row and raising chances of further rate hikes.</p><p>Asian currencies were trading mixed, while equities were mostly lower ahead of the U.S. inflation data.</p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-35047835697888333762022-10-09T06:56:00.002-07:002022-10-09T06:56:31.504-07:00Amirul Islam Israel pays family of dead Palestinian and America Uk India Covid Info Update Johir 2023<p> Israel says it has reached a settlement to compensate the family of a Palestinian-American man who died earlier this year after he was detained by Israeli troops in the occupied <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prosperity-sketch-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update">West Bank</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prosperity-sketch-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update">Amirul Islam</a> Israel pays family of dead Palestinian and America Uk India Covid Info Update Johir 2023</p><div data-v-3b58743e=""><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-e6531554="">Six years a<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-urgent-update-does-work-online-any-update">fter fleein</a>g Yemen and arriving in Hong Kong, Suleiman* remains separated from his wife and son, uncertain if they can be reunited to start life anew <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-urgent-update-does-work-online-any-update">somewhere else.</a></p></div><div data-v-3b58743e=""><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-e6531554="">His claim for non-refoulement, the city’s de facto asylum status, failed in 2018. He appealed to the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hairfortin-reviews-2022-updatelegit-solution-online-any-update">Torture Claims</a> Appeal Board the same year, but has yet to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hairfortin-reviews-2022-updatelegit-solution-online-any-update">learn his fate.</a></p></div><div data-v-3b58743e=""><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-e6531554="">“Every day in Hong Kong, I die a little,” the 41-year-old told the Post.</p></div><div data-v-3b58743e=""><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-3b58743e="" data-v-e6531554="">Hong Kong passed a raft of<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/folifort-reviews-2022-update-hair-growth-online-any-update"> legislative changes</a> more than a year ago to speed up the screening of asylum seekers and prevent abuse of the process, but Suleiman and others continue to wait for the outcome of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/folifort-reviews-2022-update-hair-growth-online-any-update">their cases.</a></p></div><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-0">German police said it had not excluded political motives in the suspected sabotage of communication cables on Germany's rail network on Saturday but that there was no sign of any involvement by a foreign state or terrorism.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-1">A spokesperson for the Berlin crimin<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/addict-him-you-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update">al police bureau</a> said on Sunday that it was still investigating the sabotage of radio communication cables in Berlin and Herne in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), which halted all rail traffic in northern Germany for around three hours on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/addict-him-you-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update">Saturday.</a></p><div class="InlineImage fnIPT " data-testid="prism-inline-image"><figure class="GKCm dkOCJ oGxfq GkpGd " data-testid="prism-figure"><picture data-testid="prism-picture"><img alt="Omar Asaad" class="sRQoy DZhB kXXJS " data-testid="prism-image" draggable="false" src="https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/WireAP_3399f6ad609b429189f09a46917c833b_16x9_992.jpg" /></picture><figcaption><div class="SUcsq " data-testid="prism-caption"><div class="Vazkv cFeHI "><span class="Vazkv cFeHI EhGqu kXXJS Vxqj GPHpJ " data-testid="prism-truncate">FILE - Mourners take a last look at the body of Omar Asaad, 78, during his funeral at a mosque in the West Bank village of Jiljiliya, north of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/manifest-abundance-pendant-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update">Ramallah,</a> Jan. 13, 2022. Israel said Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, that it </span></div></div></figcaption></figure></div><article class="Dyur WVZpm eWSik DmCrL WdpDx " data-testid="prism-article-body"><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">JERUSALEM -- Israel's Defense Ministry said Sunday that it had reached a settlement to compensate the family of a Palestinian-American man who died earlier this year after he was detained by Israeli troops in the occupied West <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/manifest-abundance-pendant-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update">Bank.</a></p><p>Amirul Islam Israel pays family of dead Palestinian and America Uk India Covid Info Update Johir 2023</p><p>European carmakers expect sales in the European Union (EU) to slip 1% this year after previously expecting a return to growth. They want unspecified government help to help spur economic growth and grease the move towards electric cars with more subsidies for the charging<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-legit-online-any-update"> infrastructure</a></p><p class="speakable">Israeli authorities have arrested at least three Palestinians in connection to a deadly attack on an Israeli military checkpoint Saturday <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-legit-online-any-update">evening.</a></p><p class="speakable">Israeli police are still conducting a manhunt for the suspected gunman in Saturday's attack, which killed an 18-year-old female soldier and left three others wounded. Israeli Defense Forces have identified the deceased soldier as Noa Lazar.</p><p>"Our hearts tonight are with the wounded and their <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/arctic-blast-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-online-any-update">families,</a>" said Prime Minister Yair Lapid. "<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-reviews-2022-update-info-does-really-work-">Terrorism will not</a> defeat us. We are also strong on this difficult evening."</p><p>"We will not be silent, and we will not rest until we bring the abominable killers to justice," he added.</p><p>Germany’s foreign <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/arctic-blast-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-online-any-update">minister</a> is calling for European Union entry bans and asset freezes against those responsible for what she described as brutal repression against anti-government <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-reviews-2022-update-info-does-really-work-">protesters in Iran.</a></p><p>The most sustained protests in years against Iran's theocracy are now in their fourth week. They erupted Sept. 17 after the burial of 22-year-old Mahsa <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/adimin-reviews-2022-update-formula-online-any-update/">Amini, a Kurdish</a> woman who died in the custody of Iran’s feared morality police. Amini had been detained for an alleged violation of strict Islamic dress codes for women.</p><p>Since then, protests spread across the country and have been met by a fierce crackdown, in which dozens are estimated to have been killed and<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/adimin-reviews-2022-update-formula-online-any-update/"> hundreds arrested.</a></p><p>“Those who beat up women and girls on the street, carry off people who want nothing other than to live freely, arrest them arbitrarily and sentence them to death stand on the wrong side of history,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was quoted as telling Sunday’s Bild am <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lean-belly-3x-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-any-update">Sonntag newspaper.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>“We will ensure that the EU imposes entry bans on those responsible for this brutal repression and freezes their assets in the EU," she added. "We say to people in Iran: We stand and re<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lean-belly-3x-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-any-update">main by your side.”</a></p><p>Baerbock didn't name any specific individuals or organizations.</p><p>On Thursday, EU lawmakers approved a resolution calling for sanctions against those responsible for the death of Amini and the subsequent <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prostastream-reviews-2022-updateformula-online-any-update">crackdown.</a></p><p>Germany, along with fellow EU member France, is among the nations that are part of a 2015 agreement with Iran to address concerns over the Islamic<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pt-trim-fat-burn-reviews-2022-update-really-work-online-any-update"> Republic'</a>s nuclear program and have been attempting to revive<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prostastream-reviews-2022-updateformula-online-any-update"> the deal.</a></p><p>Talks on the deal have languished but if it's reinstated, the agreement would provide sanctions relief that would help strengthen the Iranian<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pt-trim-fat-burn-reviews-2022-update-really-work-online-any-update"> government.</a></p><div class="articleBodyText section"><div class="component article-body-text " data-test="article-body-text"><p>Iran’s state TV was hijacked during a speech by the country’s supreme leader late on Saturday, with his address replaced by images of the young women that have been killed in the protests that have rocked the country over the last four weeks.</p><p>For about 15 seconds, images that were sympathetic to the<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dentitox-pro-reviews-2022-update-dental-discomfort-"> nationwide</a> women-led protest movement were aired, including photos of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei surrounded by flames as the phrases “the blood of our youth is on your hands” and “join us and rise up!” flashed<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dentitox-pro-reviews-2022-update-dental-discomfort-"> across the screen.</a></p><p>A popular chant of protesters across the country “Woman. Life. Freedom” was woven into a song that played over the background of the hacking, which was claimed by the Edalat-e Ali (Ali's Justice) hacktivist group.</p><p>The hacking came as the demonstrations presenting the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-review-2022-update-does-work-online-any-update">biggest threat</a> to the Islamic regime in years entered their fourth week amid increasingly heavy crackdowns by security forces.</p><p>The protests were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini after she was detained by Tehran's notorious morality police, allegedly for not covering her <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-review-2022-update-does-work-online-any-update">hair properly.</a></p></div></div><figure class="article-body-image section" data-js="article-body-image" data-test="article-body-image"><div class="article-body-image__container"><div class="lazy-image article-body-image__source is-ready" data-js="LazyImage"> </div></div><figcaption class="e-caption u-meta e-caption--has-separator " data-js="caption"><span data-test="caption">A protester holds up an image of Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked protests across Iran </span><span class="e-caption__credit" data-test="credit"><span class="e-caption__credit-description">CREDIT</span>: AP</span></figcaption></figure><div class="articleBodyText section"><div class="component article-body-text " data-test="article-body-text"><p>Two members of Iran’s security forces were killed in the protests on Saturday, according to Iranian state media, bringing the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022urgent-update-info-online-any-update">total to an estimated 14.</a></p><p>Meanwhile, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights said at least 185 people have been collectively <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022urgent-update-info-online-any-update">killed in the</a> protests.</p><p>With large-scale street protests subsiding in Tehran, the youth-led demonstrations have taken over university campuses.</p><p>School girls have been seen marching down the streets waving their legally mandated hijabs in the air and shouting “death to the dictator”, while Tehran’s prestigious Sharif university remains closed after a violent crackdown on student protesters last weekend.</p><p>Tehran’s bazaars have also seen clashes as many shopkeepers joined a growing nationwide strike.</p><p>According to videos online thousands of protesters descended on Tehran’s Amirkabir University o<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cytoburn-review-2022-update-does-work-online-any-update">f Technology on</a> Saturday.</p></div></div><figure class="article-body-image section" data-js="article-body-image" data-test="article-body-image"><div class="article-body-image__container"><div class="lazy-image article-body-image__source is-ready" data-js="LazyImage"> </div></div><figcaption class="e-caption u-meta e-caption--has-separator " data-js="caption"><span data-test="caption">Iran's universities have emerged as a focal point of the protest movement. </span><span class="e-caption__credit" data-test="credit"><span class="e-caption__credit-description">CREDIT</span>: AP</span></figcaption></figure><div class="articleBodyText section"><div class="component article-body-text " data-test="article-body-text"><p>At the same time, President Ebrahim Raisi visited the all-female Al Zahra university, using it as an opportunity to double down on the government’s rhetoric that the protests were being organised by foreign enemies.</p><p>"The enemy thought that it can pursue its desires in universities while unaware that our students and teachers are aware and they will not allow the enemies' vain plans to be realised," <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cytoburn-review-2022-update-does-work-online-any-update">he said.</a></p><p>Female students chanted "get lost" at the premier in return, videos on social media show.</p><p>In the Kurdish cities of Sanandaj and Saqez, where mass demonstrations had been called for, security forces shot at protestors and fired tear gas according to the Hengaw human rights group.</p><p>One man lay dead in his car while a woman screamed "shameless", they said, after a man in Sanandaj was shot by security forces after honking his horn to show support to the protests.</p><p>Security forces continue to deny using live ammunition on the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/phytocet-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update/">protesters.</a></p></div></div><div class="article_paragraph_2"><p class="speakable">ERUSALEM, Israel — A controversial Israeli politician this week fired back at a report claiming Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said that his potential role in a new <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/phytocet-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update/">Israeli coalition</a> government would damage U.S. relations with the Jewish state.</p><p class="speakable">The news website Axios reported that during a Sept. 5 meeting between Menendez and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the New Jersey lawmaker said he has "serious concerns" about a coalition government with "extremist and polarizing individuals like [Itamar] Ben-Gvir." Israelis go to the polls next month.</p><p>According to the Axios article, a source said, "People who were in the room saw how p---ed off Bibi [Netanyahu] got" in response to Menendez’<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-update-2022-real-consumer-reports-online-any-update">s comments.</a></p><p>The controversial far-right Israeli politician in question is Itamar Ben-Gvir. His party has been gaining in the polls and could finish as high as third or fourth place in the<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-update-2022-real-consumer-reports-online-any-update"> upcoming election.</a></p><p>ISRAEL CALLS FOR NEW ELECTIONS ONE MONTH BEFORE BIDEN VISIT</p><div class="image-ct inline"><div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/343/192/90bdb963-bob-menendez-FNL.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/686/384/90bdb963-bob-menendez-FNL.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/672/378/90bdb963-bob-menendez-FNL.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1344/756/90bdb963-bob-menendez-FNL.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/931/523/90bdb963-bob-menendez-FNL.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1862/1046/90bdb963-bob-menendez-FNL.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/720/405/90bdb963-bob-menendez-FNL.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1440/810/90bdb963-bob-menendez-FNL.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><img alt="Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J." src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/640/320/90bdb963-bob-menendez-FNL.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" /></picture></div><div class="caption"><p>Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. <span class="copyright">(AP)</span></p></div></div><p>In a statement to Fox News Digital, Ben-Gvir, the leader of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Strength) party said, "I am deeply concerned by reports that Senator Menendez has aimed incorrect and mistaken criticisms at the millions of Israelis who will soon vote in favor of a center-right government and me personally."</p><p>He continued, "Everyone knows that the senator is a true friend of Israel and a champion of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and more importantly, he is a man of integrity. Therefore, my sense is that he would not have made the statements reported had he been correctly informed of the positions I hold, as well as those I do not hold."</p><p>Ben-Gvir has faced criticism for tearing the Cadillac emblem off of Yitzhak Rabin the then-Israeli prime minister’s car in 1995 and stating, "We reached Rabin’s car, we will get to Rabin, too." Israeli extremist Yigal Amir, then 25, assassinated Rabin in the same year.</p><p>Critics have painted Ben-Gvir as a right-wing extremist for his connections and support of far right-wing elements in Israel, including the late Rabbi Meir Kahane whose ultra-nationalist party was outlawed from running in subsequent elections for inciting racism against Arabs. Kahane was assassinated by a terrorist in Manhattan in 1990.</p><p>In a recent interview with the Associated Press Shuki Friedman, an expert on Israel’s far right described Ben-Gvir as being "a populist demagogue … he interviews well, he is good on camera, and he has had plenty of screen time that has given him legitimacy," noted Friedman of the Jewish People Policy Institute.</p></div><p>ACEA, the European carmakers association known by its French acronym, joined the echo chamber forecasting sales weakness in Europe in 2022, but didn’t attempt to predict 2023. Prospects for sales of cars and SUVs are looking increasingly weak.</p><div class="halfway_hardwall_2"> </div><p>Professor Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Duisberg, Germany, puts the outlook this way.</p><p>“The risk of Europe falling into recession is high. The Ukraine war and the associated increases in energy prices have hit industry and sent the economy into a downward spiral. Fighting inflation is the big challenge for most central banks and will increase significantly. There are few arguments for investors to encourage buying auto stocks,” Dudenhoeffer said.</p><div class="halfway_hardwall_4"><p class="">Hurricane Ian’s wrath had barely subsided in Florida when advertisements for day laborers started popping up on phones across New York through online platforms like Telegram and WhatsApp.</p><p class="">The Spanish-language messages appeared to target recently arrived immigrants and asylum seekers who were desperate for work and had nowhere else to turn.</p><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"><p class="">South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected two missile launches Sunday between 1:48 a.m. and 1:58 a.m. from the North’s eastern coastal city of Munchon. It added that South Korea’s military has boosted its surveillance posture and maintains a readiness in close coordination with the United States.</p><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"> </div><p class="">Japanese Vice Defense Minister Toshiro Ino also confirmed the launches, saying Pyongyang’s testing activities are “absolutely unacceptable” as they threaten regional and international peace and security.</p></div><p class="">Advocates said they are worried the migrants are becoming targets of fly-by-night businesses eager to exploit people for hard work and low wages.</p><p class="">“This looks and smells like human trafficking,” said Ariadna Phillips, a New York community organizer with South Bronx Mutual Aid.</p><p class="">“They recruit them with these very flashy photographs, saying, 'You're going to make a bunch of money' and 'We're going to give you this great apartment to live in,'" Phillips added.</p><p class="">But when the workers arrive, it's a different story.</p><p class="">Less than two weeks after Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida and devastated dozens of communities, Phillips said she has already heard from several laborers whose wages have been docked to pay for their room and board. They told her that was not part of their agreement with the company.</p><p class="">Some of the people who were recruited had been in the United States for only a week, she said.</p><p class="">"I tell them to stay in New York because that's where they're going to be the safest," Phillips said. "We're a sanctuary city, and Florida was already trying to send people to Martha's Vineyard."</p><p class="">Gov. Ron DeSantis flew two planes of immigrants to the wealthy Massachusetts enclave last month as part of an effort to “transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,” his communications director, Taryn Fenske, said in a statement at the time.</p><p class="">On Tuesday, DeSantis said at a news conference that three of four people arrested last week for "ransacking" communities following Hurricane Ian were illegal immigrants who should be immediately deported.</p><p class="">"They should not be here at all," he said.</p><p class="">His office did not return a request for comment.</p><p class="">On Friday, DeSantis encouraged Florida debris companies to hire locally.</p><p class="">"Many Floridians in Southwest Florida have had their businesses and livelihoods impacted by the storm and are looking for work — the private sector can help them get back on their feet by hiring locally for the length of recovery, which will support the local economy for at least</p></div><p>The same can be said for consumers. Anyone thinking of buying a new car, might well just wait another year before replacing the old one.</p><p>ACEA President and CEO of BMW Oliver Zipse didn’t say what government help he wanted, or how much should be spent on electric charging.</p><div class="recirc-module seo" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-655684_1281="112279" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-655684_1281="1" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-655684_1281="112279" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-655684_1281="100" data-type="standard"><div class="recirc-module-body" id="recirc-unit"><div class="recirc-module-title">MORE FOR YOU</div><div><p>Philippine police killed three detained militants linked to the Islamic State group after they staged a jail rampage Sunday that saw a police officer stabbed and a former opposition senator briefly held hostage in a failed escape attempt from the maximum-security facility in the police headquarters in the capital, police said.</p><p>National police chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said former Sen. Leila de Lima was unhurt and taken to a hospital for a checkup following the brazen escape attempt and hostage-taking at the detention center for high-profile inmates at the main police camp in Metropolitan Manila.</p><p>One of the three inmates stabbed a police officer who was delivering breakfast after dawn in an open area, where inmates can exercise outdoors. A police officer in a sentry tower fired warning shots, and then shot and killed two of the prisoners, including Abu Sayyaf commander Idang Susukan, when they refused to yield, police said.</p><p>The third inmate ran to de Lima’s cell and briefly held her hostage, but he was also gunned down by police commandos, Azurin said.</p><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>According to earlier reports, the exercises were set to involve army personnel from CSTO members Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and focus on securing ceasefires. Observers from five further states, including Serbia, Syria and Uzbekistan, had also been invited.</p><article><div class="views-article-body articlePage_body-DS-EntryPoint1-1" data-test-id="test-article"><div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">In a time of violence, warfare and bloodshed, what is the use of literature? This was a question addressed at the Lviv BookForum, a three-day literary festival in the Ukrainian city, staged despite – and in defiance of – the Russian invasion.</p></div></div><div><div class="post-body"><div class="article-image-slot" data-doc-id="cms/api/amp/image/AA12LjJr" data-image-href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-zelenskiy-condemns-evil-strike-on-civilians-in-zaporizhzhia/ar-AA12KYCg?fullscreen=true#image=3" data-rendered="true"><div class="article-image-container" data-t="{"n":"OpenModal","t":13}"><p><a class="article-image-height-wrapper" data-t="{"n":"destination","t":14,"b":1,"c.t":14}" href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-zelenskiy-condemns-evil-strike-on-civilians-in-zaporizhzhia/ar-AA12KYCg?fullscreen=true#image=3" rel="noopener" target="_self"><img alt="Damaged residential building in Zaporizhzhia. Photograph: Ukrainian State Emergency Servic/AFP/Getty Images" class="article-image" src="https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA12LjJr.img?w=768&h=461&m=6" tabindex="0" title="Damaged residential building in Zaporizhzhia. Photograph: Ukrainian State Emergency Servic/AFP/Getty Images" /></a>Damaged residential building in Zaporizhzhia. Photograph: Ukrainian State Emergency Servic/AFP/Getty</p><div class="image-caption-container"> </div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The time is just past 1pm in Kyiv. Here is what you might have missed:</p><div class="article-list-slot"><ul><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Shelling in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has killed at least 17 people, city official Anatoliy Kurtev has said.</strong> Anton Gerashchenko, a senior presidential adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said preliminary figures suggested 17 dead and 40 wounded after an attack on residential housing. “The Russians are not able to respond on the battlefield and therefore hit the cities in the rear,” he said. The city lies 125km (80 miles) from the Russian-held nuclear power plant that is Europe’s largest.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Zelenskiy</strong><strong> has vowed that those who ordered and issued the “merciless” strikes in Ukraine’s south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia will be held responsible.</strong> In a post on his Facebook page, he said the attack was “evil” and that everyone involved in the incident “will be held accountable”.</p></li><li class="continue-read-break" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>The damage from Saturday’s explosion on the Kerch bridge in Crimea could have a “significant” impact on Russia’s “already strained ability to sustain its forces” in southern Ukraine, the latest UK intelligence update says.</strong> The Ministry of Defence said the blast “will likely touch President Putin closely” for reasons including that it came hours after his 70th birthday, he personally sponsored and opened the bridge, and its construction contractor was a childhood friend. The ministry said the bridge’s rail crossing had played a key role in moving heavy military vehicles to the southern front during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Russian divers will on Sunday examine the extent of damage from the blast on the Kerch bridge linking Crimea to Russia.</strong> Russian news agencies quoted the deputy prime minister, Marat Khusnullin, as saying the divers would start work on Sunday at 6am (0300 GMT), with a more detailed survey above the waterline expected to be complete by the end of the day.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Vladimir Putin signed a decree late on Saturday tightening security for the Kerch bridge</strong> and for energy infrastructure between Crimea and Russia after the explosion that crippled the heavily guarded bridge. Russia’s federal security service, the FSB, is in charge of the effort. By Saturday evening, Russia said the rail link across the bridge was operational again but road traffic would remain constricted.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>An adviser to </strong><strong>Zelenskiy said the explosion on the Kerch bridge was just “the beginning”.</strong> Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter: “Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything that is stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled.” Three people were killed on Saturday after a truck bomb caused a fire and the collapse of a section of the bridge, Russian officials said.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Russian troops fighting in the Mykolaiv, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia regions of southern Ukraine could receive all the supplies they needed</strong> via existing land and sea corridors, said Russia’s defence ministry after the Kerch bridge explosion<strong>.</strong> The road-and-rail bridge has been used to take Russian personnel and military supplies through the peninsula into other parts of Ukraine’s south.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>The parliamentary leader of Zelenskiy’s party has stopped short of claiming Kyiv was responsible for the Kerch bridge blast </strong>but appeared to cast it as a consequence of Moscow’s takeover of Crimea and attempts to integrate the peninsula with the Russian mainland. “Russian illegal construction is starting to fall apart and catch fire,” David Arakhamia wrote on Telegram. “The reason is simple: if you build something explosive, then sooner or later it will explode.”</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Russia has named a new senior commander of Russian forces in Ukraine.</strong> Sergei Surovikin is a notorious general who opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in the 1990s. He led the Russian military expedition in Syria in 2017, where he was accused of using “controversial” tactics including indiscriminate bombing against anti-government fighters.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Zelenskiy said Ukrainian troops were involved in “very tough fighting” near Bakhmut</strong>, a strategically important eastern town Russia is trying to take. Reuters reported that while Ukrainian troops had recaptured thousands of square kilometres of land in recent offensives in the east and south, officials say progress is likely to slow once Kyiv’s forces meet more determined resistance. Zelenskiy said in his nightly address: “We are holding our positions in the Donbas, in particular in the Bakhmut direction, where it is very, very difficult now – very tough fighting.”</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Petro Kotin, the head of Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom, said the diesel generators at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had only a limited supply of fuel.</strong> Overnight shelling cut power to the plant, which needs cooling to avoid a meltdown, forcing it to switch to emergency generators. The United Natoins atomic watchdog has renewed calls for a protection zone at the plant, condemning the shelling as “tremendously irresponsible”.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Ukraine’s GDP has shrunk by 30% in nine months</strong>, the ministry of economy said on Saturday. <strong>“</strong>Among the negative factors that affected the economy, the weather and the actions of the occupiers stand out,” it said.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>France’s prestigious Bayeux War Correspondents’ Awards on Saturday largely honoured reporting on the Ukraine conflict</strong>, with Associated Press and Burkina Faso newspaper Sidwaya among the recipients. The photo prize went to Ukrainian photographer Evgeniy Maloletka for his work with video journalist Mstyslav Chernov on the fall of Mariupol for AP.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>The series of explosions that rocked Kharkiv early on Saturday sparked a fire at one of the city’s medical institutions</strong>, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city said. Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram that the explosions were the result of missile strikes in the city centre, Associated Press reported. They also sparked a fire in a non-residential building.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>The German defence minister has told Nato it must do more to bolster security</strong>, warning: “We cannot know how far Putin’s delusions of grandeur can go.” Christine Lambrecht said Germany had heard of Russian threats to Lithuania for implementing EU sanctions and that they must be taken seriously and be prepared, Reuters reported.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>The UK has rejected Moscow’s call for a secret ballot in the UN general assembly</strong> next week on whether to condemn Russia’s move to annex four regions in Ukraine and requested that the 193-member body vote publicly. The general assembly is set to vote on a draft resolution that would condemn Russia’s “illegal so-called referenda” and the “attempted illegal annexation”.</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>The Russian invasion of Ukraine is being accompanied by the destruction and pillaging of historical sites and treasures on an industrial scale, Ukrainian authorities said.</strong></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">In an interview with the Associated Press (AP), Ukraine’s culture minister, Oleksandr Tkachenko, alleged that Russian soldiers helped themselves to artefacts in almost 40 Ukrainian museums.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The looting and destruction of cultural sites has caused losses estimated in the hundreds of millions of euros, the minister added.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">He said:</p><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><blockquote class="quoted"><p><em>The attitude of Russians toward Ukrainian culture heritage is a war crime.</em></p></blockquote><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Mariupol’s exiled city council said Russian forces pilfered more than 2,000 items from the city’s museums.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Among the most precious items were ancient religious icons, a unique handwritten Torah scroll, a 200-year-old bible and more than 200 medals, the council said.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Also looted were artworks by painters Arkhip Kuindzhi, who was born in Mariupol, and Crimea-born Ivan Aivazovsky, both famed for their seascapes, the exiled councillors said.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The UN’s cultural agency is keeping a tally of sites being struck by missiles, bombs and shelling.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">With the war now in its eighth month, the agency says it has verified damage to 199 sites in 12 regions.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">They include 84 churches and other religious sites, 37 buildings of historic importance, 37 buildings for cultural activities, 18 monuments, 13 museums and 10 libraries, Unesco said.</p><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><div class="article-image-slot" data-doc-id="cms/api/amp/image/AA12LlPa" data-image-href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-zelenskiy-condemns-evil-strike-on-civilians-in-zaporizhzhia/ar-AA12KYCg?fullscreen=true#image=4" data-rendered="true"><div class="article-image-container" data-t="{"n":"OpenModal","t":13}"><p><a class="article-image-height-wrapper" data-t="{"n":"destination","t":14,"b":1,"c.t":14}" href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-zelenskiy-condemns-evil-strike-on-civilians-in-zaporizhzhia/ar-AA12KYCg?fullscreen=true#image=4" rel="noopener" target="_self"><img alt="Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukraine’s culture minister. Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP" class="article-image" src="https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA12LlPa.img?w=768&h=461&m=6&x=445&y=115&s=141&d=141" tabindex="0" title="Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukraine’s culture minister. Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP" /></a></p><div class="image-caption-container"><span class="image-caption">Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukraine’s culture minister. Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP</span><span class="image-attribution">© Provided by The Guardian</span></div></div></div></div></div><div><h2 class="article-sub-heading"> </h2><div class="publish-info"><em>11:56</em> Peter Beaumont</div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><em>Peter Beaumont reports for us from Kyiv:</em></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">At least 17 people have been killed by Russian shelling of a residential area in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, a region that the Kremlin illegally claims to have annexed despite not controlling all of it.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The overnight attack happened in the aftermath of a devastating explosion on the key bridge linking Russian-occupied Crimea to the Russian mainland, a prestige project of the president, Vladimir Putin. The blast seriously damaged the 12-mile-long (19km) structure, which serves as an important military supply route.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The Zaporizhzhia strike came as Ukrainians – jubilant over the damage to the Kerch bridge, a hated symbol of Putin’s ambitions – were bracing for a major retaliation by Moscow, which had warned Kyiv against targeting the structure</p></div></div><div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Russia has appointed a notorious general who opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in the 1990s as its first overall commander for the war in Ukraine, as the Kremlin struggles to halt a Ukrainian counteroffensive that has left its forces in disarray.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The appointment of Gen Sergei Surovikin came on the same day as Vladimir Putin was dealt a humiliating blow after an explosion on the Kerch bridge sank a section of the motorway into the Kerch Strait and caused a major fire on the railway.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Surovikin is a veteran commander who led the Russian military expedition in Syria in 2017, where he was accused o</p></div></div><div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Ukraine’s ministry of defence has posted pictures of the missile strike on the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia.</strong></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The tweet adds that if Ukrainian military forces “had modern anti-missile systems, we could have prevented such tragedies”.</p></div></div><div><h2 class="article-sub-heading">At least 17 die in shelling of housing in Zaporizhzhia</h2><div class="publish-info"><em>09:13</em></div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Shelling in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has killed at least 17 people, city official Anatoliy Kurtev has said.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Anton Gerashchenko, a senior presidential adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said preliminary figures suggested 17 dead and 40 wounded after an attack on residential housing. “The Russians are not able to respond on the battlefield and therefore hit the cities in the rear,” he said.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The city lies 125km (80 miles) from the Russian-held nuclear power plant that is Europe’s largest.</p><div class="article-image-slot" data-doc-id="cms/api/amp/image/AA12KYCe" data-image-href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-zelenskiy-condemns-evil-strike-on-civilians-in-zaporizhzhia/ar-AA12KYCg?fullscreen=true#image=5" data-rendered="true"><div class="article-image-container" data-t="{"n":"OpenModal","t":13}"><p><a class="article-image-height-wrapper" data-t="{"n":"destination","t":14,"b":1,"c.t":14}" href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-zelenskiy-condemns-evil-strike-on-civilians-in-zaporizhzhia/ar-AA12KYCg?fullscreen=true#image=5" rel="noopener" target="_self"><img alt="A rescuer at a damaged residential building in Zaporizhzhia after the Russian airstrike. Photograph: Reuters" class="article-image" src="https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA12KYCe.img?w=768&h=461&m=6" tabindex="0" title="A rescuer at a damaged residential building in Zaporizhzhia after the Russian airstrike. Photograph: Reuters" /></a></p><div class="image-caption-container"><span class="image-caption">A rescuer at a damaged residential building in Zaporizhzhia after the Russian airstrike. Photograph: Reuters</span><span class="image-attribution">© Provided by The Guardian</span></div></div></div></div></div><div><h2 class="article-sub-heading"> </h2><div class="publish-info"><em>09:12</em></div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">At least 12 people were killed and 49 hospitalised, including six children, as a result of the shelling in the city of Zaporizhzhia, the region’s governor says.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">A nine-storey building was partially destroyed overnight, five other residential buildings levelled and many more damaged in 12 Russian missile attacks on the city in south-east Ukraine, Reuters quoted <strong>Oleksandr Starukh</strong> as saying.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The governor said on Telegram:</p><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><blockquote class="quoted"><p><em>There may be more people under the rubble. A rescue operation is under way at the scene. Eight people have already been rescued.</em></p></blockquote><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">City official <strong>Anatoliy Kurtev</strong> had said earlier that at least 17 people were killed when missiles hit a high-rise apartment complex and buildings.</p></div></div><div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><em>Peter Beaumont in Kyiv and Pjotr Sauer report:</em></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">As a chilly autumn dawn broke on Saturday over the Kerch bridge linking Russia-occupied Crimea to the mainland, the road traffic was light.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">With the sky turning pink, a few cars and several lorries were making their way across the bridge, which is about 12 miles (19km) long and before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was used by 15,000 cars a day,</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">A little way distant and above the cars, a long cargo train carrying tankers of fuel among its wagons was also making its way towards the peninsula across the parallel railway bridge.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The blast, when it came at 6.07am (3.07 GMT), was devastating. CCTV footage posted on Russian Telegram channels showed a car and a lorry moving almost together when a vast fireball engulfed them, orange mixed with a storm of white-hot fragments swirling around the span.</p></div></div><div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>CCTV footage appears to show the moment the bridge linking Crimea and Russia was hit by a huge explosion early on Saturday morning.</strong></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The Kerch bridge, a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsula, was built in 2018.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Footage shared on Russian Telegram channels and news agencies appeared to show the moment of the explosion with two vehicles, a truck and a car, at the centre of the blast, although it was unclear whether either was responsible or simply caught up in the detonatio</p></div></div><div><div class="publish-info"><em>07:39</em></div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Russian divers will on Sunday examine the extent of damage from the blast on the Kerch bridge linking Crimea to Russia.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Russian news agencies quoted the deputy prime minister, <strong>Marat Khusnullin</strong>, as saying the divers would start work on Sunday at 6am (0300 GMT), with a more detailed survey above the waterline expected to be complete by the end of the day.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The work came as the Kremlin-installed governor of Crimea, <strong>Sergei Aksyonov</strong>, said:</p><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><blockquote class="quoted"><p><em>Of course, emotions have been triggered and there is a healthy desire to seek revenge.</em></p></blockquote></div></div><div><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><h2 class="article-sub-heading">Cimea bridge blast could have 'significant' impact on Russian forces, says MoD</h2><div class="publish-info"><em>07:31</em></div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The damage from Saturday’s explosion on the Kerch bridge in Crimea could have a “significant” impact on Russia’s “already strained ability to sustain its forces” in southern Ukraine, the latest UK intelligence update says.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The Ministry of Defence said the blast “will likely touch President Putin closely” for reasons including that it came hours after his 70th birthday, he personally sponsored and opened the bridge, and its construction contractor was a childhood friend.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The ministry said the bridge’s rail crossing had played a key role in moving heavy military vehicles to the southern front during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The extent of damage to the rail crossing was uncertain, it said, but any serious disruption to its capacity would be “highly likely” to significantly affect Russian forces in Ukraine’s south.</p></div></div><div><div class="post-body"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">s in Moscow and in Russian-occupied Ukraine have called for retaliation over the explosion that heavily damaged the Kerch bridge linking Crimea and Russia on Saturday.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">“There is an undisguised terrorist war against us,” Russian ruling party deputy <strong>Oleg Morozov</strong> told the RIA Novosti news agency.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Agence France-Presse quoted a Russian-installed official in the occupied Ukrainian Kherson region, <strong>Kirill Stremousov</strong>, as saying:</p><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><blockquote class="quoted"><p><em>Everyone is waiting for a retaliatory strike and it is likely to come.</em></p></blockquote><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Military analysts said the blast could have a major impact if Moscow saw the need to shift already hard-pressed troops to the Crimea from other regions or if it prompted a rush by residents to leave.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Mick Ryan</strong>, a retired Australian major general now with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said that even if Ukrainians were not behind the blast, it constituted “a massive influence operation win for Ukraine”.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">He said on Twitter:</p></div></div><div><div class="post-body"><div class="article-list-slot"><ul><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Vladimir Putin signed a decree late on Saturday tightening security for the Kerch bridge</strong> and for energy infrastructure between Crimea and Russia after the explosion that crippled the heavily guarded bridge. Russia’s federal security service, the FSB, is in charge of the effort. By Saturday evening, Russia said the rail link across the bridge was operational again but road traffic would remain constricted.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>An adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the explosion on the Kerch bridge was just “the beginning”.</strong> Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter: “Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything that is stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled.” Three people were killed on Saturday after a truck bomb caused a fire and the collapse of a section of the bridge, Russian officials said.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Russian troops fighting in the Mykolaiv, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia regions of southern Ukraine could receive all the supplies they needed</strong> via existing land and sea corridors, said Russia’s defence ministry after the Kerch bridge explosion<strong>.</strong> The road-and-rail bridge has been used to take Russian personnel and military supplies through the peninsula into other parts of Ukraine’s south.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>The parliamentary leader of Zelenskiy’s party has stopped short of claiming Kyiv was responsible for the Kerch bridge blast </strong>but appeared to cast it as a consequence of Moscow’s takeover of Crimea and attempts to integrate the peninsula with the Russian mainland. “Russian illegal construction is starting to fall apart and catch fire,” David Arakhamia wrote on Telegram. “The reason is simple: if you build something explosive, then sooner or later it will explode.”</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Russia has named a new senior commander of Russian forces in Ukraine.</strong> Sergei Surovikin is a notorious general who opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in the 1990s. He led the Russian military expedition in Syria in 2017, where he was accused of using “controversial” tactics including indiscriminate bombing against anti-government fighters.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Zelenskiy said Ukrainian troops were involved in “very tough fighting” near Bakhmut</strong>, a strategically important eastern town Russia is trying to take. Reuters reported that while Ukrainian troops had recaptured thousands of square kilometres of land in recent offensives in the east and south, officials say progress is likely to slow once Kyiv’s forces meet more determined resistance. Zelenskiy said in his nightly address: “We are holding our positions in the Donbas, in particular in the Bakhmut direction, where it is very, very difficult now – very tough fighting.”</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Petro Kotin, the head of Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom, said the diesel generators at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had only a limited supply of fuel.</strong> Overnight shelling cut power to the plant, which needs cooling to avoid a meltdown, forcing it to switch to emergency generators. The United Natoins atomic watchdog has renewed calls for a protection zone at the plant, condemning the shelling as “tremendously irresponsible”.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Ukraine’s GDP has shrunk by 30% in nine months</strong>, the ministry of economy said on Saturday. <strong>“</strong>Among the negative factors that affected the economy, the weather and the actions of the occupiers stand out,” it said.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>France’s prestigious Bayeux War Correspondents’ Awards on Saturday largely honoured reporting on the Ukraine conflict</strong>, with Associated Press and Burkina Faso newspaper Sidwaya among the recipients. The photo prize went to Ukrainian photographer Evgeniy Maloletka for his work with video journalist Mstyslav Chernov on the fall of Mariupol for AP.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>The series of explosions that rocked Kharkiv early on Saturday sparked a fire at one of the city’s medical institutions</strong>, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city said. Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram that the explosions were the result of missile strikes in the city centre, Associated Press reported. They also sparked a fire in a non-residential building.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>The German defence minister has told Nato it must do more to bolster security</strong>, warning: “We cannot know how far Putin’s delusions of grandeur can go.” Christine Lambrecht said Germany had heard of Russian threats to Lithuania for implementing EU sanctions and that they must be taken seriously and be prepared, Reuters reported.</p></li><li data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>The UK has rejected Moscow’s call for a secret ballot in the UN general assembly</strong> next week on whether to condemn Russia’s move to annex four regions in Ukraine and requested that the 193-member body vote publicly. The general assembly is set to vote on a draft resolution that would condemn Russia’s “illegal so-called referenda” and the “attempted illegal annexation”.</p></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="subscriptionPaywall"> </div></article></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The move by Bishkek is the latest indication that tensions may be simmering within the alliance, formed in the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Last month, Armenia skipped a two-week drill held by the collective in Kazakhstan, after criticizing the bloc for failing to openly side with it after large-scale fighting erupted on its border with non-member Azerbaijan in September.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Russia and other CSTO countries effectively turned down Yerevan's request for military aid, issued hours after hostilities began, and limited their response to sending fact-finding missions to the border. Armenian authorities had accused the Azerbaijani government in Baku of using heavy artillery and combat drones to strike Armenian army positions.</p></div><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 PhotoGalleryEmbed__AnimatedBox-lqudj4-0 dtbKps VOMas PhotoGalleryEmbed-lqudj4-15 eSWtcX PhotoGalleryEmbed-lqudj4-15 eSWtcX"><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 eLivRJ"><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 SlideshowEmbed__HeadingBox-fkpjfn-1 ZUkgD hxCAWC"><h3 class="Heading-sc-1w5xk2o-0 jxyTsC">Political Cartoons</h3></div></div></div><p>“She’s safe. We were able to quickly resolve the incident inside the custodial center,” Azurin told reporters and justified police action to shoot the inmates. “Sen. De Lima was already being held hostage so should we let that very critical situation drag on?”</p><p>Susukan, who had been blamed for dozens of killings and beheadings of hostages, including foreign tourists, and other terrorist attacks was arrested two years ago in southern Davao city.</p></div><div class="recirc-articles"><div class="recirc-block"><h3 class="recirc-headline" data-ga-track="Most Popular - Automated Recirc - Link 1">Hiring Refugees: How One Big Factory Did It</h3></div><div class="recirc-block"><h3 class="recirc-headline" data-ga-track="Most Popular - Automated Recirc - Link 2">‘The Midnight Club’ Season 2: Everything We Know</h3></div><div class="recirc-block"><h3 class="recirc-headline" data-ga-track="Most Popular - Automated Recirc - Link 3">A Day Out In Brooklyn: Art + Nature</h3></div></div></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The settlement marks a rare case of compensation in a Palestinian claim against alleged wrongdoing by Israeli military forces and comes after U.S. criticism against Israel.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">In January, Israeli troops detained Omar Asaad, 78, at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, binding his hands and blindfolding him. Israeli troops then unbound his hands and left him face-down in an abandoned building.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Asaad, who had lived in the U.S. for four decades, was pronounced dead at a hospital after other Palestinians who had been detained found him unconscious. It was unclear when exactly he died.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">On Sunday, the Defense Ministry said that it had reached a settlement with Asaad’s family, which had filed a claim against the state in an Israeli court.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The ministry said that “in light of the unfortunate event’s unique circumstances," it agreed to pay the family 500,000 shekels, or about $141,000.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">After an outcry from the U.S. government, the Israeli military issued a rare statement earlier this year saying the incident “was a grave and unfortunate event, resulting from moral failure and poor decision-making on the part of the soldiers.” It said one officer was reprimanded, and two other officers reassigned to noncommanding roles, over the incident.</p></article>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-5452042083894329312022-10-06T22:34:00.003-07:002022-10-06T22:34:46.112-07:00Hakim Uddin Gang Kills 20 in Attack on City Hall Bonpara Natore and Bogura Covid 2023<p> Hakim Uddin Gang <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-amazonian-sunrise-">Kills</a> 20 in Attack on City Hall Bonpara Natore and Bogura Covid 2023 Jimmy Kimmel was delighted on Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” by the surprising news that President Joe Biden has initiated some (long overdue) changes in America’s cannabis policies. And he had a pretty good joke to mark the occasion, referencing one of America’s biggest advocates of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-amazonian-sunrise-">cannabis.</a></p><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">Workers at the Academy Foundation, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 501(c)(3) arm dedicated to safeguarding film history and education initiatives, have launched an attempt to form a union.</p><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">The worker group, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-reports-online-update-today">calling</a> itself the Academy Foundation Workers Union, is seeking to be represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 36, the same subsidiary backing the recently certified union at the Academy Museum. The group requested voluntary recognition from management in an email on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-reviews-2022-update-does-work-online-update-today">Thursday</a> and is seeking to include 100 workers — including those who work as archivists, film preservationists, librarians, curators, among other roles — in a bargaining <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-update-does-work-online-update-today">unit.</a></p><div class="injected-related-story // u-margin-tb-250 u-margin-t-4@desktop-xl u-margin-b-3@desktop-xl"><div class="lrv-u-flex lrv-u-padding-tb-1 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-grey-dark"><div class="o-card lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-grow-1 lrv-u-width-100p@mobile-max lrv-u-width-50p"><div class="c-lazy-image u-width-150"><div class="lrv-a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@desktop-and-tablet-only"> </div></div></div></div></div><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">“The Academy <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-reports-online-update-today">Foundation</a>’s collections and programs are only made accessible by way of its dedicated and highly skilled staff. Our union will allow us to better support each other, and our colleagues throughout the field, to set new and greater standards for improved transparency, diversity and inclusion, and equitable pay in the workplace,” Academy <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-reviews-2022-update-does-work-online-update-today">Foundation</a> film traffic specialist Adam Foster said in a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-update-does-work-online-update-today">statement.</a></p><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">With the union, workers are seeking to address wage, benefits and working conditions issues and to have a greater say in the workplace, according to AFSCME. Senior film archivist Sean P. Kilcoyne says in a statement that the group is also looking to implement “greater environmental <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fast-tracks-reviews-2022-update-scam-legitimate-online-update-today">sustainability</a> and a more substantial commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, amongst other concerns.” Kilcoyne adds, “In doing so, we also look beyond our individual circumstances to affirm workers everywhere — to raise standards for workers in the creative<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fast-tracks-reviews-2022-update-scam-legitimate-online-update-today"> industries.”</a></p><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m "><em>The Hollywood Reporter</em> has reached out to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbofix-reviews-2022-update-formula-online-update-today">comment.</a></p><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">AFSCME Council 36 claims the unionizing Academy Foundation workers have a “strong majority” among their cohort in favor of the union and are prepared to show proof of it. In July, leadership at the Academy Museum voluntarily recognized a union including about 160 staffers at the institution after 69 percent of the group pledged <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbofix-reviews-2022-update-formula-online-update-today">support</a> for the union and the group filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board.</p><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">The union’s Council 36, which represents a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bulletproof-home-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">broad</a> spectrum of workers in public service and nonprofit organizations, is backing the unionization effort as part of its Cultural Workers United movement, which seeks to organize workers at museums, libraries and zoos. In the L.A. area, AFSCME has helped unionize workers at downtown’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and the Los Angeles Public <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bulletproof-home-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">Library.</a></p><p>In case you missed it, earlier Thursday, President Biden announced that he has pardoned all U.S. citizens and legal residents who have <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vision-20-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-online-update-today">federal</a> convictions for simple possession of marijuana. (Meaning, people who were not charged with intent to distribute.) This could potentially affect at least 6,000 people. He also urged state governors to do the same for people convicted at the state <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vision-20-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-online-update-today">level.</a></p><p>But Biden also announced something even more important: That he has directed Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra and Attorney General Merrick Garland “to initiate the process of reviewing how marijuana is scheduled under federal law.” Currently, cannabis is a schedule I drug, which means the federal government considers it both dangerously addictive and of no medical value. This puts cannabis in the same category as heroin — but not fentanyl, which is<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nervogen-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-nerve-info-"> schedule II.</a></p><p>In other words, by official decree the U.S. government considers cannabis to be more dangerous than fentanyl. Likely we don’t have to explain how idiotic this is. Even Biden says “It makes no sense.” More to come on this, obviously, but a good start toward reversing decades of terrible policy — and catching up to where Americans are on the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nervogen-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-nerve-info-">issue.</a> (They’re overwhelmingly in favor and it’s not even close: 91% support at least some form of legalization.)</p><p><strong>Also Read:</strong><br />‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Boss Krista Vernoff Felt the Best Way Forward for Season 19 Was to ‘Start Again’</p><p>“Hey, here’s some good news,” Kimmel said as he brought the topic up in his monologue. “Grampotus Joe-tus made a big announcement today. Biden fulfilled a campaign promise and pardoned all prior federal offenses for marijuana <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cacao-bliss-reviews-2022-update-legit-scam-online-update-today">possession.”</a></p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"> </div><p>Hakim Uddin Gang Kills 20 in Attack on City Hall Bonpara Natore and Bogura Covid 2023</p><p class="_1g_Rg">We're looking at 5 to 20 millimetres into the west and the north and central parts of the state but 20 to 40 millimetres about the north-east ranges," <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cacao-bliss-reviews-2022-update-legit-scam-online-update-today">he said.</a></p><p class="_1g_Rg">"But that's really a build up to some tropical moisture that will then feed ahead of a cold front across next Thursday and it's looking quite wet about central and eastern parts of Victoria."</p><p class="_1g_Rg">He said some areas could receive up to 70 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lanta-flat-belly-shake-reviews-2022-update-report-">millimetres.</a></p><p class="_1g_Rg">Rod McErvale is a farmer at Lexton in central Victora.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">He said heavy rain fell from the early evening and within an hour the area around the local creek was in flood, with waters reaching his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lanta-flat-belly-shake-reviews-2022-update-report-">home.</a></p><p class="_1g_Rg">"At midnight, I've never seen it that high," he said.</p><p>resident Joe Biden's federal pardon for those convicted of simple marijuana possession will most likely be met with obstacles as the federal government works to identify those who are eligible to have their records expunged.</p><p>Paul Armentano, deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), told <em>Newsweek</em> on Thursday that he predicts a "long slog" ahead while the federal government clarifies the eligibility for relief under Biden's new <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuropure-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-online-update-today">directive.</a></p><p>"I have never in all my years doing this seen a government or law enforcement agency that... archives how many individuals every year are prosecuted federally for marijuana related crimes," Armentano said, adding that he has worked in marijuana law reform advocacy for 27<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuropure-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-online-update-today"> years.</a></p><p>Officials announced ahead of Biden's announcement on Thursday that the full data of those eligible for pardon was not available, but that around 6,500 people had been convicted of simple possession between 1992 and 2021, according to <em>The New York Times</em>. Under the new directive, the pardon covers anyone convicted for marijuana possession since 1970, when the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act placed marijuana in the most restrictive category for drugs.</p><p>Hakim Uddin Gang Kills 20 in Attack on City Hall Bonpara Natore and Bogura Covid 2023</p><p class="_1g_Rg">He said he did not expect the rain to be so heavy and he had lost a lot of fencing.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">"Six to 7 inches higher than the 2011 flood and a lot stronger so it's done a lot more damage," he said.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">He said communities affected by the 2011 floods would also be inundated today.</p><h2 class="_1EAJU hMmqO SYcM3 zwVFG _1BqKa _3AExf _3HiTE x9R1x pDrMR hmFfs _390V1" data-component="Heading">Fears of repeat of 2016 thunderstorm asthma</h2><p class="_1g_Rg">It comes as Melbourne residents are being warned to prepare for a thunderstorm asthma event similar to the 2016 tragedy.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">High grass pollen counts are expected this spring due to the wet winter and the flooding rain this week.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">Thunderstorm asthma happens when gusty storms from the north-west coincide with high pollen counts, and can particularly affect people who suffer from hayfever.</p><p>Responding officers found a male naked and bleeding in the parking lot of the apartment complex who needed help.</p><p>The victim was seen backing away from Dooley "who appeared to have blood smeared on her arms and hands," according to an arrest affidavit. The victim accused her of tying him up and cutting him.</p><p>The victim told officers the two had met on Tinder. They agreed to go to her apartment where she took her clothes off and performed oral sex on him before using duct to bind the victim’s wrists and ankles together. The victim said he "found it odd, but consented to it," according to the affidavit.</p><p>At some point, Dooley got out a kitchen knife and demanded the victim go to the bedroom – at which point he no longer consented to stay at her apartment.</p><p>The victim obeyed Dooley for fear of his life and got into her bed. Dooley then got on top of him and cut his left shoulder before choking him with her hands and then with a belt, the affidavit said.</p><p>Dooley became upset that the victim was "bleeding all over her bed" so she told him to get in the bathtub, the affidavit said. He complied and Dooley ordered food from DoorDash. She allegedly told him: "if you scream or say anything, I’ll kill you."</p><p>Potomac Edison plans to power the first phase of Quantum Loophole's Frederick campus with a new high-voltage substation.</p><p>Texas-based Quantum Loophole bought more than 2,000 acres near Adamstown in 2021 to develop a data center campus at the former aluminum smelting plant Alcoa Eastalco Works, the News-Post has reported.</p><p>Quantum Loophole broke ground on critical infrastructure in June, a news release from Potomac Edison said.</p><p>Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/yoga-burn-reviews-2022-update-real-results-online-update-today"> Corp.</a>, has started planning a 230-kilovolt substation that is expected to support the 240 megawatts of power anticipated for the first phase of the campus, the release said. The substation will be near the campus center and will be designed to accommodate up to 1,000 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/yoga-burn-reviews-2022-update-real-results-online-update-today">megawatts.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>The campus will connect to the Ashburn, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/promind-complex-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">Virginia,</a> data center community via QLoop, a 40-mile hyperscale fiber <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/promind-complex-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">ring.</a></p><p>To support the Frederick campus, Potomac Edison plans to "reenergize an existing 230-kilovolt transmission line that previously served the property," the release said, and "install two transformers to convert the high-voltage power from the substation to a lower voltage that can be distributed to Quantum Frederick buildings."</p><p>The substation will be subject to review by regional <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nano-ease-reviews-2022-update-does-work-online-update-today">transmission</a> organization PJM and its stakeholders, the release said. Various components of the plan are also subject to review and approval by Frederick County and the Maryland Public Service <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nano-ease-reviews-2022-update-does-work-online-update-today">Commission.</a></p><p>After eating, Dooley got into bed with the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vital-flow-reviews-2022-update-really-work-online-update-today">victim</a> and pulled a blanket over him. The victim noticed that the knife she’d used earlier was at her feet. After she fell asleep, the victim managed to obtain the knife and free himself. While attempting to get his keys and phone, he bumped into a table, waking her up, and ran into the parking lot for help.</p><p>Responding officers conducted of a sweep of Dooley’s apartment and found a kitchen knife near the bed, several soaked rags, and blood all over the<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vital-flow-reviews-2022-update-really-work-online-update-today"> bathtub. </a></p><p><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></p><p>Dooley was arrested and charged with several felonies including second-degree kidnapping, assault in the second-degree, menacing, and false <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mend-marriage-review-2022-update-system-really-online-update-today">imprisonment. </a></p><p class="_1g_Rg">Melbourne experienced the worst thunderstorm asthma event in 2016, when 10 people died and thousands suffered breathing difficulties after a severe storm swept into the city <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mend-marriage-review-2022-update-system-really-online-update-today">from the west.</a></p><figure aria-labelledby="101512364" class="_247xw _3qLh5 _sBMB _3pBTa" data-component="Figure" data-print="inline-media" data-uri="coremedia://imageproxy/101512364" role="group"><div class="_3poXF"><div class="_1Axyg" data-component="AspectRatioContainer"><img alt="Storm clouds and lighting over inner-city Melbourne" class="jMqWO _1PHKk" data-component="Image" data-lazy="true" sizes="100vw" src="https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/688bce49834f5a2ead9ea50fc24f5039?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=383&cropW=575&xPos=0&yPos=24&width=862&height=575" /></div></div></figure><div class="ImageCaptioned-sc-1yr50o7-4 gUcyXc mb5"><div class="ImageCaptioned__ImageBox-sc-1yr50o7-1 jnjpQj mb4"><div class="ImageCaptioned__AspectRatioInner-sc-1yr50o7-2 ccxYFZ"><picture class="Image__Picture-sc-412cjc-0 hRvayO"><img alt="The Associated Press" class="Image__PictureImage-sc-412cjc-1 eTUsMX Image-sc-412cjc-2 ImageCaptioned__FWImage-sc-1yr50o7-0 kQDDcT dWGFAr" height="100%" src="https://www.usnews.com/object/image/00000183-b029-de15-a397-fb39f3ad0000/media%3A82b05548eb244e6d91cbe2c1a4862e37APTOPIX_Mexico_Violence_76183.jpg?update-time=1665107625000&size=responsive640" width="100%" /></picture></div></div><p class="Paragraph-sc-1iyax29-0 Caption__Wrapper-bee4ah-0 lbGMQc koepFU"><span class="Raw-slyvem-0 Caption__DescSpan-bee4ah-1 eFsMWr dLbCpb">Residents bury Wilmer Rojas the day after he was killed in a mass shooting in San Miguel Totolapan, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Gunmen burst into a town hall meeting and shot to death 20 people, including a mayor and his father, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) </span><span class="Credit__Container-lfa4w-6-span Credit__SpanContainer-lfa4w-7 dsEOlb Caption__CreditExposed-bee4ah-2 hBaTP Caption__CreditExposed-bee4ah-2 hBaTP">THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</span></p></div><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 article-body__ArticleBox-sc-138p7q2-2 dWWnRo eYFKbH" id="ad-in-text-target"><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-2">Biden said the United States was "<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biopls-slim-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-info-online-update-today">trying</a> to figure out" Putin's off-ramp from the war, warning that the Russian leader was "not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons, because his military is, you might say, is significantly <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biopls-slim-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-info-online-update-today">underperforming".</a></p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-3">"For the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we have a direct threat to the use of nuclear weapons, if in fact things continue down the path they'd been going," Biden told Democratic donors in New York on Thursday.</p><div class="spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__max-width__zScFd" data-testid="Latest Updates"><div class="desktop-latest-updates__container__3z03m"><h3 class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_5__2krbj heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_5__2A2g- desktop-latest-updates__heading__2pJOJ" data-testid="Heading">Latest Updates</h3><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>But what business managers, policymakers, investors and economists want to know is this: How cool would be cool enough for the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve to begin to ease their aggressive interest rate hikes?</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The government’s jobs report for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-real-info-online-update-today">September,</a> coming Friday morning, is expected to show that employers added 250,000 jobs last month, according to a survey of economists by the data firm FactSet. That would be the lowest monthly gain since December 2020 and would mark a drop from an average of 438,000 from January through August. Yet by any historical standard, it would still amount to a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-real-info-online-update-today">healthy total.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Forecasters also expect the unemployment rate to stay at an extraordinarily low 3.7</p></div><div class="group"><p>The U.N. rights council on Thursday voted down a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang in a victory for Beijing as it seeks to avoid further <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/foliprime-review-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">scrutiny.</a></p><p>The defeat — 19 against, 17 for, 11 abstentions — is only the second time in the council’s 16-year history that a motion has been rejected and is seen by observers as a setback to both accountability efforts, the West’s moral authority on human rights and the credibility of the United <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/foliprime-review-reviews-2022-update-online-update-today">Nations itself.</a></p><p>The United States, Canada and Britain were among the countries that brought the motion.</p><p>“This is a disaster. This is really disappointing,” said Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress, whose mother died in a camp and whose two brothers are missing.</p><p>“We will never give up but we are really disappointed by the reaction of Muslim countries,” he added.<br />Qatar, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan rejected the motion, with the latter citing the risk of alienating China. Phil Lynch, director of the International Service for Human Rights, called the voting record “shameful” on Twitter.</p><p>“Xinjiang-related issues are not human rights issues at all, but issues of counter-terrorism, de-radicalization and anti-separatism,” said China’s foreign ministry late on Thursday.</p><p>The motion was an attempt by the United States and some Western countries to “use the UN human rights body to interfere in China’s internal affairs,” said the foreign ministry in a post on its official website.</p></div><h2 class="ArticleBody-subtitle"><a id="headline0"></a>New targets ‘tomorrow’</h2><p>U.S. job growth likely slowed in September as rapidly rising interest rates leave businesses more cautious about the economic outlook, but overall labor market conditions remain tight, providing the Federal Reserve with cover to maintain its aggressive monetary policy tightening campaign for a while.</p><p>The Labor Department's closely watched employment report on Friday is also expected to show the jobless rate unchanged at 3.7% last month, with strong annual wage gains.</p><p>The labor market has largely been resilient to the higher borrowing costs and tighter financial conditions, with economists saying businesses are reluctant to layoff workers following difficulties hiring in the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic forced some people out of the workforce, partly due to prolonged illness caused by the virus.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>"There is obviously no inclination for firms to fire people, but they're starting to get a little bit more nervous about the economic outlook," said James Knightley, chief international economist at ING in New York.</p><p>Nonfarm payrolls likely increased by 250,000 jobs last month after rising 315,000 in August. While that would be the weakest reading since December 2020, it would be way above the monthly average of 167,000 in the 2010s. Estimates for payrolls growth ranged from as low as 127,000 to as high as 375,000.</p><p>"That's a performance that we feel would not change the Fed's assessment of a labor market that is still too tight," said Sam Bullard, a senior economist at Wells Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina. "And that is not conducive to getting inflation back down to the Fed's 2% target."</p><p>The U.S. central bank has hiked its policy rate from near-zero at the beginning of this year to the current range of 3.00% to 3.25%, and last month signaled more large increases were on the way this year.</p><p>September's consumer price report next Thursday will also help policymakers to assess their progress in the battle against inflation ahead of their Nov. 1-2 policy meeting. Financial markets have almost priced-in a fourth 75-basis points rate increase at that meeting, according to CME's FedWatch Tool.</p><p>While government data this week showed job openings dropped by 1.1 million, the largest decline since April 2020, to 10.1 million on the last day of August, there are still 4 million more vacancies than there are unemployed Americans. An Institute for Supply Management survey on Wednesday also showed several services industries reporting labor shortages in September.</p><p>There is a risk that the unemployment rate fell last month after being boosted in August by 786,000 people who entered the labor force, the most since January.</p><p>That together with seasonal adjustment issues around summer employment patterns lifted the labor force participation rate, or the proportion of working-age Americans who have a job or are looking for one to 62.4% in August from 62.1% in July.</p><p>But most of the entrants were prime-age workers, which raised the labor force participation rate for this cohort above the average rate for 2019. A repeat was not expected.</p><p>NOT IN RECESSION</p><p>"This suggests still positive monthly job gains, in excess of 100,000, will continue to put downward pressure on the unemployment rate," said Veronica Clark, an economist at Citigroup in New York. "Evidence of a still very tight labor market will likely keep the Fed hawkish."</p><p>The Fed is projecting that the unemployment rate will rise to 3.8% this year and to 4.4% in 2023. That would be above the half-percentage-point rise in unemployment that has been associated with past recessions.</p><p>With the labor market still tight, wage gains remain solid. Average hourly earnings are forecast increasing 0.3% after a similar rise in August. That would lower the annual increase in wages to 5.1% from 5.2% in August. The Atlanta Fed's wage tracker, which controls for compositional effects like skill level, occupation and geography, is running above 6%.</p><p>The average workweek is forecast unchanged at 34.5 hours, indicating firms are opting to hang on to their workers instead of cutting jobs for now. Indeed, first-time applications for unemployment benefits remain at very low levels.</p><p>"It tells you that the economy is not exactly booming but not contracting either," said Sung Won Sohn, a finance and economics professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.</p><p>But with the headwinds from higher borrowing costs and slowing demand rising, economists expect companies will significantly pull back on hiring, with negative payrolls likely next year. Economists say businesses have been backfilling open positions as they struggled to expand headcount to match increased demand for their products, driving up job gains.</p><p>The economy has created 3.5 million jobs so far this year, even as gross domestic product contracted in the first half.</p><p>"The boost to job growth from backfilling may end sooner rather than later," said Ellen Zentner, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley in New York.</p><p>"Given the slowing in labor demand we foresee coming from higher interest rates should continue, removing the pillar of support that labor backfilling has provided so far this year could lead to a faster collapse in jobs growth than normal."</p><div class="group"><p>China’s envoy had warned before the vote that the motion would create a precedent for examining other countries’ human rights records.</p><p>“Today China is targeted. Tomorrow any other developing country will be targeted,” said Chen Xu, adding that a debate would lead to “new confrontations.”</p><p>The U.N. rights office on Aug. 31 released a long-delayed report that found serious human rights violations in Xinjiang that may constitute crimes against humanity, ramping up pressure on China.</p><p>Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses against Uyghurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority that numbers around 10 million in the western region of Xinjiang, including the mass use of forced labor in internment camps. The United States has accused China of genocide. Beijing vigorously denies any abuses.</p></div><h2 class="ArticleBody-subtitle"><a id="headline1"></a>‘Enormous pressure’</h2><div class="group"><p>The motion is the first time that the rights record of China, a powerful permanent Security Council member, has been on the council’s agenda. The item has stoked divisions and a diplomat said states were under “enormous pressure” from Beijing to back China.</p><p>Countries like Britain, the United States and Germany, vowed to continue to work towards accountability despite Thursday’s outcome.</p><p>But activists said the defeat of such a limited motion, which stopped short of seeking an investigation, would make it difficult to put it back on the agenda.</p><p>Universal Rights Group’s Marc Limon said it was a “serious miscalculation,” citing the timing which coincides with a Western-led motion for action on Russia.</p><p>“It’s a serious blow for the credibility of the council and a clear victory for China,” he said. “Many developing countries will see it as an adjustment away from Western predominance in the U.N. human rights system.”</p><p>The event raised political dilemmas for many poor countries in the 47-member council who are loath to publicly defy China for fear of jeopardizing investment.</p></div></div></div><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-4">"We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis," he said.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-5">In the 1962 crisis, the United States under President John Kennedy and Soviet Union under its leader, Nikita Khrushchev, came close to the use of nuclear weapons over the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-6">"I don't think there's any such thing as the ability to easily (use) a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon," Biden said.</p><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The walls of the town hall, which were surrounded by children’s fair rides at the time, were left riddled with bullets. However, residents said the attack that killed the mayor occurred a few blocks away.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Totolapan is geographically large but sparsely populated mountainous township in a region known as Tierra Caliente, one of Mexico’s most conflict-ridden areas.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>There were so many victims that a backhoe was brought into the town's cemetery to scoop out graves as residents began burying their dead Thursday. By midday, two bodies had already been buried and 10 more empty pits stood waiting.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>A procession of about 100 residents singing hymns walked solemnly behind a truck carrying the coffin of one man killed in the shooting. Once they neared the cemetery, several men hoisted the coffin out of the truck and walked with it the waiting grave. Dozens of soldiers were posted at the entrance to the town.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Ricardo Mejia, Mexico’s assistant secretary of public safety, said the Tequileros are fighting the Familia Michoacana gang in the region and that the authenticity of the video was being verified.</p></div><div class="InartAd__FirstInartAdWrapper-sc-8wv8ky-0 giMJga sm-hide md-hide"><div class="Ad__Container-sc-1ah7c5n-0 iKUNVf"> </div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>“This act occurred in the context of a dispute between criminal gangs,” Mejia said. “A group known as the Tequileros dominated the region for some time; it was a group that mainly smuggled and distributed opium, but also engaged in kidnapping, extortion and several killings in the region.”</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Totolapan was controlled for years by drug gang boss Raybel Jacobo de Almonte, known by his nickname as “El Tequilero” (“The Tequila Drinker”).</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54"> Soldiers fix roofs and raise power poles under a blazing sun, while teachers salvage wet school books and residents cook over wood fires in La Coloma, a fishing and industrial town on Cuba’s coast that took the brunt of Hurricane Ian.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The recent arrival of Ian caused three deaths and in Pinar del Rio province damaged 63,000 homes, thousands of which were destroyed. Cuba had a deficit of about 800,000 houses even before the hurricane struck.</p><p> </p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">La Coloma is home to the state Industrial Fishing Combine, which processes 40% of the lobster caught on the island, most of which is exported. It also processes bonito and snapper fish, and residents say it was high season when Ian struck. Twelve fishing boats were damaged, some sunk.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Maribel Rodríguez is staying in an emergency shelter in a primary school along with her pregnant daughter-in-law, who is about to give birth. She said they will name the baby Ian.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“This hurricane took everything from me,” Rodríguez said. “My house was not good, but it had many things of value — a refrigerator, a television, living room furniture, beds and kitchenware — and I had earned those with my sacrifice. This is very painful.”</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Both Rodríguez and her son work in the fishing plant complex and they worry about it shutting down in the middle of lobster season.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“Here, the only place to work is the combine and I have been there for many years. You have to make a living,” she said.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Ian hit Cuba with winds of more than 125 mph (200 kph) on Sept. 27. It not only affected Pinar de Rio, but also the provinces of Artemisa, Mayabeque and Havana More than 30,000 people were evacuated ahead of the hurricane’s arrival.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Ten days after the storm left still unquantified devastation across western Cuba, and knocked out the power grid nationwide, many Cubans are still without electricity, water or basic goods. The destruction from Ian has piled onto the hardship of people who had already been suffering through scarcity and shortages in recent years.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“The ceiling was damaged, the mattress got wet,” said homemaker Yaneysi Polier, who looked scared as she stirred a pot with pressed ham and lard cooking over coals on the floor of the patio of her house. Her still-wet mattress was in the sun drying.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“The refrigerator was found in the mud by our neighbor’s house. We set up something to sleep on. The water was up to our chests,” she said.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>In his only known public appearance, de Almonte was captured on video drinking with the elder Mendoza, who was then the town’s mayor-elect, in 2015. It was not clear if the elder Mendoza was there of his own free will, or had been forced to attend the meeting.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>In that video, de Almonte appeared so drunk he mumbled inaudibly and had to be held up in a sitting position by one of his henchmen.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>In 2016, Totolapan locals got so fed up with abductions by the Tequileros that they kidnapped the gang leader’s mother to leverage the release of others.</p></div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>SAN MIGUEL TOTOLAPAN, Mexico (AP) — A drug gang shot to death 20 people, including a mayor and his father, in the mountains of the southern Mexico state of Guerrero, officials said Thursday.</p><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Residents began burying the victims even as a video posted on social media showed men who identified themselves as the Tequileros gang claiming responsibility for the mass shooting.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The Guerrero state security council said gunmen burst into the town hall in the village of San Miguel Totolapan Wednesday and opened fire on a meeting the mayor was holding with other officials.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Among the dead were Mayor Conrado Mendoza and his father, Juan Mendoza Acosta, a former mayor of the town. Most of the other victims were believed to be local officials.</p></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-73981670117392743552022-10-06T01:09:00.002-07:002022-10-06T01:09:50.993-07:00Happy Today Enjoy Diversity, equity, inclusion dominate Horiful Shabuz Done Work Free 2023<p> The Treasury Department's launch of a new advisory committee on racial equity is just one of dozens of ways in which the federal government is working to advance President <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-urgent-update-real-results-">Biden</a>'s sweeping diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-urgent-update-real-results-">agenda.</a></p><p class="speakable">"We know that we need to do all we can to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update">build</a> a fairer economy, and that’s why we have put racial equity at the forefront of our agenda at Treasury and across the Biden administration," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday as she announced the equity <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update">committee.</a></p><p>Happy Today Enjoy Diversity, equity, inclusion dominate Horiful <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/organifi-gold-pumpkin-spice-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update">Shabuz</a> Done Work Free 2023</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-0">OSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Norway's centre-left government said on Thursday it planned to raise taxes on the country's oil and gas industry by 2 billion Norwegian crowns ($191 million) in 2023 by partly reversing an incentive package introduced during the coronavirus <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/organifi-gold-pumpkin-spice-reviews-2022-update-online-any-update">pandemic.</a></p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-1">The adjustment to the temporary rules follows a surge in oil and gas prices, the<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/custom-keto-diet-reviews-2022-update-really-work-online-any-update/"> government said.</a></p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-2">"When aggregated over the years in which the temporary rules will apply, central government revenues are estimated to increase by 11 billion crowns," Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum said in a statement.</p><div class="spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__max-width__zScFd"><div class="ad-slot__container__FEnoz ad-slot__fixed-height__6m70D"><p><span class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__extra_small__1Mw6v label__label__f9Hew label__small__274ei ad-slot__scroll-notice__GCgrV" data-testid="Label">Advertisement · Scroll to<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/custom-keto-diet-reviews-2022-update-really-work-online-any-update/"> continue</a></span></p><div class="ad-slot__inner__2u45U"> </div></div></div><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-3">Norway, Europe's number one gas supplier and a major global crude producer, pumps around 4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, ensuring big financial gains from the spike in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/septifix-reviews-2022-update-treatment-usa-online-any-update">energy prices.</a></p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-4">The proposal reduces the so-called uplift rate, a special tax deduction, to 12.4% from 17.69%, the finance ministry <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/septifix-reviews-2022-update-treatment-usa-online-any-update">said.</a></p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-5">"With the government's proposal, all profitable investments before special tax will also remain profitable after tax," said Vedum, who leads the rural-oriented <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/septifix-reviews-2022-update-treatment-usa-online-any-update">Centre Party.</a></p><div class="spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__max-width__zScFd" data-testid="Latest Updates"><div class="desktop-latest-updates__container__3z03m"><h3 class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_5__2krbj heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_5__2A2g- desktop-latest-updates__heading__2pJOJ" data-testid="Heading">Latest Updates</h3></div></div><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-6">The left-leaning minority government of Labour and Centre said it plans to cut spending in 2023 by the $1.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, while raising taxes to help combat rampant <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-formula-online-any-update/">inflation.</a></p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-7">The government proposed withdrawing 316.8 billion crowns from the wealth fund next year, down from a revised 335.1 billion crowns in 2022, and must now negotiate with the Socialist Left Party to pass the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-formula-online-any-update/">budget.</a></p><p>The Treasury committee is a natural <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leanbiome-reviews-2022-update-does-actually-work-info-">extension</a> of the administration’s broad effort to promote "equity" that started with an executive order on advancing racial equity that Biden issued on his first day in office. Yellen said the administration has pursued that goal in bills like the American Rescue Plan, which aspires to build a foundation for an "equitable economic recovery," and the infrastructure bill, which she said will boost investment in communities "that have often been ignored or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leanbiome-reviews-2022-update-does-actually-work-info-">overlooked."</a></p><div class="ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300"><div class="ad gam" data-ad-init="1" data-ad-lz="1" data-ad-size="728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,1x1,fluid" data-ad-slot-rendered="1" data-google-query-id="CNjDtY-Gy_oCFQClZgIdP0sGjA" data-hot-unit="" data-iu="lb2" data-rendered-size="300x250" id="desktop_desk-art-pol-lb2"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4145/fnc/desk/art/pol/lb2_0__container__"><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-a-font-body-l "><span class="lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-012">HERSCHEL WALKER, WHO</span> has vehemently <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/slimcrystal-review-2022-update-does-really-work-inf-">opposed</a> reproductive rights throughout his senatorial campaign in Georgia, denied he had paid for a woman’s abortion in 2009 and also denied he knew who she was. Thing is, she apparently shares a child with him, according to <em>The Daily Beast </em>who first broke the story on Monday about the abortion <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/slimcrystal-review-2022-update-does-really-work-inf-">payment claim.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A741C757-DCFA-99B4-BB07-A8CA4095DE73@published">The White House is unveiling a series of<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biopls-slim-pro-reviews-2022-up-real-benefits-online-any-update"> reports</a> on Thursday detailing agencies’ progress in steeling federal government facilities, programs and operations in the face of climate<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biopls-slim-pro-reviews-2022-up-real-benefits-online-any-update"> change.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_58A8357E-E445-FD6B-76E9-AB37B2ECBAA7@published">The progress reports come a year after more than 20 agencies released plans to ensure federal facilities and programs are resilient against the climate<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-scam-legit-online-any-update"> crisis,</a> including initiatives bumping pay to federal firefighters, electrifying vehicle fleets and pinpointing which military bases are most at risk to climate hazards. The reports were requested by President Joe Biden on his first day in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-scam-legit-online-any-update">office.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_46EE4A95-E0D1-24CD-BB39-AB37B2F15DC5@published">Now, the White House is highlighting examples of progress made across the federal <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-reviews-2022-updateeffects-online-any-update">government</a> to ensure climate readiness, CNN has learned. This includes t<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-reviews-2022-updateeffects-online-any-update">he fortific</a>ation of federal facilities, the expansion of climate education and training within agency staff, the hiring of climate-focused personnel, the expansion of climate data <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-any-update">access, the</a> bolstering of supply chains in preparation for climate disasters and the incorporation of environmental justice into federal adaption<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-any-update"> efforts.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_27B1001B-728C-78E9-7738-AB37B2F509FA@published">The Department of Defense, for example, “expanded the number of major installations and sites using the DOD Climate Assessment Tool from 157 to over 1,900,” a White House fact sheet provided to CNN said. The tool “rigorously identifies climate <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/java-burn-reviews-2022-urgent-update-online-any-update">hazards,</a> allows officials to prioritize where best to invest resources and how to mitigate potential harm and security impacts through adaptive <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/java-burn-reviews-2022-urgent-update-online-any-update">solutions.”</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_29CDF952-BA7F-C8E5-6D6C-AB37B2FA84AD@published">Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base, which suffered billions of dollars in damages when Hurricane Michael struck in 2018, is using the assessment tool to build what the Defense Department calls the “Installation of the Future” that is “resilient to climate change impacts.” The White House says the General Services <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-complete-reviews-2022-update-does-really-">Administration</a> has also incorporated climate risk requirements into several major federal government contract opportunities “with an approximate combined spending of more than $<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-complete-reviews-2022-update-does-really-">400 million.”</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_39A000B4-783F-63A2-229F-AB6541F4BA14@published">A large concern, the White House’s federal chief sustainability officer Andrew Mayock told CNN, is understanding how supply chains will still deliver for the US government’s needs amid “hurricanes like Ian and other impacts across the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-update-hearing-inf-online-any-update">United States.”</a></p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-a-font-body-l ">On Wednesday, the outlet said they had agreed to not share certain details about the woman’s identity to protect her privacy and over safety concerns. Then, Walker told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade he had “no clue about” her identity and denied the accusation and said it was an attack by “desperate” Democrats looking to keep the senate seat. Some in the GOP have continued to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-update-hearing-inf-online-any-update">defend him.</a></p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-a-font-body-l ">“They see me as a big threat, and I know that and I knew it when I got into this race. But they don’t realize that I think they came for the wrong one. They energized me,” Walker said. “They energized me, because I know how they really want to try to keep <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-2022-update-real-info-online-any-update">this seat.</a></p></div></div></div><p>Treasury is one of several federal agencies taking its cue from the White House. In the run-up to the midterm elections, the White House has put up a series of posts about equity as it relates to federal grant funding, federally funded research, stopping the spread of monkeypox and access to infrastructure <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-2022-update-real-info-online-any-update">contracts.</a></p><p><strong>BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANTS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE DIVERSITY, EQUITY MODEL FOR THE NATION</strong></p><div class="image-ct inline"><div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/343/192/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/686/384/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/672/378/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1344/756/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/931/523/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1862/1046/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/720/405/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1440/810/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><img alt="Between Biden's executive order and the drumbeat of attention to diversity and equity created by the White House, other major federal departments have taken their own steps to advance DEIA." src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/640/320/Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" /></picture></div><div class="caption"><p>Between Biden's executive order and the drumbeat of attention to diversity and equity created by the White House, other major federal departments have taken their own steps to advance DEIA. <span class="copyright">(Getty Images)</span></p></div></div><p>DEIA has also attached itself to other <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dentitox-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-inf-online-any-update/">Biden</a> administration priorities, such as climate change. Just last week, Vice President Harris caused a stir when she said assistance to climate-ravaged areas of the country must be distributed with "equity" in mind, which many Republicans interpreted as a sign that relief for Hurricane Ian in Florida might be doled out according to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dentitox-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-inf-online-any-update/">race.</a></p><p>The White House later clarified that Harris was not talking about relief specific to Hurricane Ian when she said low-income communities and communities of color are most vulnerable to climate change, and that the government needs to "address this in a way that is about giving resources based on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pure-neuro-reviews-2022-update-scam-does-really-online-any-update">equity."</a></p><p><strong>VICE CHAIR OF TREASURY DEPT'S NEW RACIAL EQUITY COMMITTEE WANTS TO DEFUND THE POLICE, ‘CENTER RACE’ IN ALL POLICY</strong></p><p>Between Biden's executive order and the drumbeat of attention to diversity and equity created by the White House, other major federal departments have taken their own steps to<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pure-neuro-reviews-2022-update-scam-does-really-online-any-update"> advance DEIA:</a></p><h2>Agriculture</h2><p>The U.S. Department of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-review-2022-updatebest-hearing-supplement-">Agriculture</a> launched an Equity Commission at the start of 2022 to advise the secretary on how programs and practices within the department "contribute to barriers to inclusion or access, systemic discrimination, or exacerbate or perpetuate racial, economic, health and social disparities." USDA says the commission will confront the "hard reality of past discrimination and its lingering harm." The group last met in late September, and it hopes to submit a final report on its findings <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-review-2022-updatebest-hearing-supplement-">next year.</a></p><h2>Commerce</h2><p class="_1g_Rg">Assistant Commissioner Gough said the man was not suspected of being the individual responsible for the Optus breach but allegedly tried to financially benefit from the 10,200 stolen records that were<strong> </strong>dumped on an online forum.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">She has warned people impacted by the breach to be suspicious of text messages, and not to click on links claiming to be from Optus, banks, police or other organisations offering to help with the data leak.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">Assistant Commissioner Gough said the man was the first person who had been arrested under Operation Guardian and suspected it would not be the last.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">"We are doing whatever we can working around the clock to protect Australians whose details have been released," she said.Optus given temporary power to share data with banks following hack</p><aside class="_3qLh5 _sBMB _1ilWc cj-aC" data-component="RelatedCard" data-uri="coremedia://article/101508478"><div class="_8ozWK" data-component="CardBox"><div class="_2mnnz _1vrxI _1Gx7i _2gSqv" data-component="CardLayout"><div class="_16eiR"><p class="_1EAJU _3V31R _2L258 _1BqKa _25ANV hmFfs" data-component="Typography">Optus will be able to share drivers licences, Medicare and passport numbers with banks and government agencies to assist in fraud detection following the massive data breach.</p><p>MILWAUKEE — Republicans have unleashed a barrage of negative ads in the final weeks of the midterms that hammer Democrats on crime.</p><p class="">Four members of a central California family who were kidnapped two days ago have been found dead, the Merced County sheriff said Wednesday night.</p><p class="">“Tonight, our worst fears have been confirmed,” Sheriff Vernon Warnke said at a news conference. “We found the four people from the kidnapping, and they are in fact deceased.”</p><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"> </div><p class="">Authorities had been searching for 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri; her parents, Jasleen Kaur, 27, and Jasdeep Singh, 36; and her uncle Amandeep Singh, 39, since Monday.</p><p class="">The sheriff’s office has said they were taken against their will Monday from a business on South Highway 59. Video <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sole-lead-search-kidnapped-california-family-unconscious-suicide-attem-rcna50817" rel="noopener" target="_blank">released Wednesday</a> appears to shows them being abducted from the family trucking business by a man armed with a gun.</p><p class="">A person taken into custody in connection with the case was unconscious after a suicide attempt, the sheriff’s office said earlier Wednesday.</p><p class="">The sheriff's office was called around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday after a farmworker discovered the bodies, Warnke said.</p><p class="">"There was a farmworker in area and during course of his job duties came across them," he said.</p><p>In at least two states, the strategy appears to be taking hold.</p><p>Recent polling suggests that after GOP Senate candidates zeroed in on crime in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the trajectory of the races shifted. In Wisconsin in particular, the negative ads have relentlessly targeted Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who is challenging Sen. Ron Johnson.</p><p>“They’ve all got the same crib notes: Attack Democrats on crime,” said political science professor Charles Franklin, the director of the Marquette University Law School poll.</p><p>“It’s an effective issue here and elsewhere because, simply put, homicide rates are up in most urban centers,” he added, a trend that includes Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.</p><p>Although Republicans have long turned to a playbook of attacking Democrats for not being tough enough on crime, pollsters like Franklin and strategists interviewed by NBC News said the strategy seems particularly effective this year amid rising crime rates across the U.S. and elevated voter concerns about the issue. Some Democrats have argued that Republicans are deploying scare tactics and racist dog whistles on purpose to mislead voters about their rivals.</p><p>But some Democrats have also grown alarmed that the attacks are resonating. Several Wisconsin Democrats said in interviews that Barnes knew the attacks were coming and are concerned the campaign hasn’t done more to keep the issue from becoming a defining aspect of the race.</p><p>“It’s been frustrating,” said one of Barnes’ primary opponents, Tom Nelson.</p><p>Nelson, along with two other Democrats, dropped out of the race early to clear a path for Barnes, who consistently polled ahead of him and other Democrats. “It’s probably frustrating for the other candidates, as well, because we invested so much time, so much money in beating Ron Johnson. If we didn’t have that set of values, if we didn’t have that shared goal of beating Ron Johnson, we wouldn’t have bailed out.”</p><p>Another Wisconsin Democrat who asked not to be named for fear of political retribution shared Nelson’s concerns.</p><p>“Why has it taken so long to figure out an answer to this crime messaging?” the Democrat said. “Why does it feel like Ron Johnson had like a month to hammer away at Mandela unanswered?”</p><p>Many of the pro-Johnson ads have hammered Barnes on the issue of cash bail, calling him a “dangerous Democrat” who supports ending it and making frequent mention of the person who plowed his car through a Christmas parade in Waukesha last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more. The suspect, Darrell Brooks, had been arrested days before the attack on domestic assault charges, but he was free after having posted $1,000 bail, a sum that has drawn criticism for being too low.</p><p>Brooks’ trial began this week, putting the issue back in the local news for the foreseeable future.</p><p>“These messages work because it’s not just a commercial. [Voters] see the problem every time they turn on the TV,” said a Wisconsin Republican operative with knowledge of Johnson’s campaign strategy.</p><p>During the Democratic primary, Barnes said he supported ending cash bail, and Johnson’s ads have noted that Barnes, as a state Assembly member, sponsored legislation they claim would have let criminals like Brooks post “dangerously low” bail. Barnes has said his bill would have required judges to hold defendants in custody if “clear and convincing evidence” existed that they were dangers to the community. Independent fact-checkers have said it’s “mostly true” that Barnes’ bill would have prevented Brooks from being released on bail. Advocates for bail reform have said cash bail discriminates against poor people and people of color, and many plans to reform it, including Barnes’ years-old proposal, target eliminating the practice for nonviolent crimes.</p><p>Another Republican ad claims Barnes “stands with ‘defund the police,’” while still others have tied him to “the squad,” a group of progressive lawmakers in Congress, many of whom support the “defund the police” movement, while showcasing an old photo of him holding up an “Abolish ICE” T-shirt. (The Barnes campaign made it clear early in the primary that Barnes didn’t support either movement.)</p><p>Yet another ad features an old clip of Barnes saying that “reducing prison populations is now sexy” before he claims that “his administration” paroled hundreds of violent offenders — a misleading accusation that Tim Michels, the Republican nominee for governor, is also wielding against his opponent, Gov. Tony Evers, one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the country.</p><p>Some of Barnes' allies, however, said Johnson's that allies have used racist dog whistles to describe Barnes, who is Black, in ads and that they sent campaign mailers that appeared to have darkened his skin. That's an accusation that Republicans rejected.</p><p>Calena Roberts, a Milwaukee-based organizer with the Service Employees International Union, said the nonstop ads about crime exploit Black neighborhoods for political gain.</p><p>"We live in a very racist state. There are people out here who thrive on that kind of nonsense that he’s spewing," Roberts, who is Black, said of Johnson. "We have to be mindful and diligent and be able to push back."</p><p>She also lamented that Republicans have gotten away with lobbing attacks without outlining their own plans to combat crime.</p><p>“I want to know what he did for the last two terms and what his plan is now," she said of Johnson. "If he were to win, what would he do to curb crime?”</p><p>Barnes has put out a series of statements and ads that hit back against the attacks. In one, Barnes slams them as "lies about me meant to scare you." Like other Democrats, Barnes has also hit Johnson and other Republicans for being apologists for those involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In recent days, however, Barnes has pivoted to attack Johnson on the issue of abortion rights — a move strategists say is designed to appeal to the Democratic base. This week, Barnes launched a “Ron against Roe” tour of the state and began running his first negative attack ad of the race, targeting Johnson’s stance on abortion access.</p><p>Barnes campaign spokesperson Maddy McDaniel said the race “remains neck and neck" even though Johnson and outside groups have spent millions of dollars on a "smear campaign." She said the campaign, freshly "armed" with a $20 million fundraising haul in the third quarter, was "taking the fight to Ron Johnson," particularly over his "dangerous" record on abortion.</p><p>In Pennsylvania, Republican Senate nominee Meh</p></div><div class="_3nQI7 _1P5AM _2PGTd _2paT0"><div class="_3poXF"> </div></div></div></div></aside><p class="_1g_Rg">She took the opportunity to warn scammers against using the data leaked in the breach.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">"Do not test the capability or dedication of law enforcement. The AFP, our state partners and industry are relentlessly scouring forums and other online sites for criminal activity linked to this breach.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">"Just because there has been one arrest does not mean there won’t be more.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">"Be really, really conscious about suspicious and unexpected messages and activities across online platforms."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">woman who said Herschel Walker paid for her 2009 abortion is the mother of one of his children, according to a new report Wednesday, undercutting the Georgia Republican Senate candidate’s claims that he didn’t know who she was.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Daily Beast, which first reported Monday on the abortion, said it had agreed not to reveal details of the woman’s identity to protect her privacy. But Walker, who has expressed support for a national abortion ban without exceptions, vehemently denied the story, calling the abortion allegation a “flat-out lie,” threatening a lawsuit against the outlet he has yet to file and saying he had no idea who the woman might be.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">So on Wednesday night, The Daily Beast revealed that the woman — who was not named — was so well known to Walker that, according to her, they conceived another child years after the abortion. She decided to continue on with the later pregnancy, though she noted that Walker, as he had during the earlier pregnancy, expressed that it wasn’t a convenient time for him, the outlet reported.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Daily Beast said the Walker campaign declined to comment on Wednesday’s story. Walker is scheduled to make a public appearance Thursday morning in Wadley, Georgia, as part of his Unite Georgia Bus Stop tour across the state.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The latest reporting ensures that abortion will continue to be a central issue in the Georgia race, one of the most competitive Senate contests in the country. Walker and Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock are locked in a tight contest that is key to the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">'LET HERSCHEL BE HERSCHEL':</strong>Walker's icon status brings him out of Trump's shadow in US Senate race</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">ABORTION, VOTING, AND COVID-19:</strong>Why we're eyeing these 10 governor's races in 2022 midterms</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img alt="Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat, takes questions from the media after a campaign event in Athens, Georgia." class="gnt_em_img_i" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/10/06/USAT/6deab482-7e5b-4f69-8a2e-47f6a8da2665-AP_Election_2022_Georgia_Walker.JPG?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/10/06/USAT/6deab482-7e5b-4f69-8a2e-47f6a8da2665-AP_Election_2022_Georgia_Walker.JPG?width=1320&height=882&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" /><div class="gnt_em_img_ccw gnt_em_img_ccw__cap gnt_em_img_ccw__crd" data-c-caption="Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat, takes questions from the media after a campaign event in Athens, Georgia." data-c-credit="Miguel Martinez, AP Images"> </div></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">It adds to a series of stories about the football legend’s past that have shaken Walker’s campaign. Walker has been accused of repeatedly threatening his ex-wife’s life, exaggerating claims of financial success and overstating his role in a for-profit program that is alleged to have preyed upon veterans and service members while defrauding the government.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Earlier this year, after a story by The Daily Beast, Walker acknowledged the existence of three children he had not previously talked about publicly.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The woman told The Daily Beast for Wednesday’s story that Walker’s denial of the abortion was somewhat surprising to her.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“Sure, I was stunned, but I guess it also doesn’t shock me, that maybe there are just so many of us that he truly doesn’t remember,” the woman said. “But then again, if he really forgot about it, that says something, too.”</p><aside aria-label="Newsletter signup form" class="gnt_em gnt_em_anc" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadAnc" id="gnt_atomsnc"><div class="label" hidden=""> </div><div class="container"><div class="message"><div class="title">Get the <span class="highlight">Everyone's Talking</span> newsletter in your inbox.</div><p class="description">Get caught up with the trending news you need to know</p><div class="container"><div id="bar"><div class="progress-secondary"> </div></div></div></div></div></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In The Daily Beast report published late Monday, the news outlet said it reviewed a receipt showing her payment for the procedure, along with a get-well card from Walker and her bank deposit records showing the image of a $700 personal check from Walker dated five days after the abortion receipt.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">During the Republican Senate primary, Walker openly backed a national ban on abortions with no exceptions for cases involving rape, incest or a woman’s health being at risk — particularly notable at a time when the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court precedent had been overturned and Democrats in Congress had been discussing codifying abortion rights into federal law.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“I’m for life,” Walker has said repeatedly as he campaigns. When asked about whether he’d allow for any exceptions, he has said there are “no excuses” for the procedure.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">As the Republican nominee, Walker has sometimes sidestepped questions about his earlier support for a national abortion ban, a tacit nod to the fact that most voters, including many Republicans, want at least some legal access to abortion</p><p>The Commerce Department released a 20-page "Equity Action Plan" in April that says officials will work to build "innovation ecosystems in historically underserved communities," expand assistance to minority businesses and make DOC resources more available to underserved communities.</p><h2>Defense</h2><p>In late September, the Pentagon announced a new defense advisory committee on diversity and inclusion, which will provide advice and recommendations on "matters and policies relating to the improvement of racial/ethnic diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity within the department." A week later, DOD released a 37-page plan to promote DEIA.</p><div class="articleBodyText section"><div class="component article-body-text " data-test="article-body-text"><p>Parts of the Ukrainian government authorised a car bomb which killed the daughter of a key ally of Vladimir Putin in Moscow, the US believes.</p><p>Kyiv has always denied responsibility for the attack of Darya Dugina, the daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, in August.</p><p>But US intelligence agencies have now concluded that the explosion was sanctioned by parts of the Ukrainian government in a closely held assessment shared within the US government last week, according to the New York Times.</p><p>US officials insisted Washington had no advance knowledge of the attack, nor did it provide intelligence or other assistance that led to it, according to the paper.</p><p>In fact, American officials admonished their Ukrainian counterparts in the wake of the assassination.</p><p>It is unclear if Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky had signed off on the attack or who in the Ukrainian government America rebuked over the incident.</p><h2 class="u-heading-size-medium u-heading-style-normal">Ukraine: ‘Someone like Dugina is not a target for us’</h2><p>A spokesman repeated the Ukrainian government's denial to The New York Times on Tuesday.</p></div></div><div class="articleBodyText section"><div class="component article-body-text " data-test="article-body-text"><p>Asked about the US intelligence assessment, Mykhailo Podolyak said: “Someone like Dugina is not a tactical or a strategic target for Ukraine."</p><p>US officials have speculated that the real target of the assassination was Dugina's father, Aleksandr Dugin, a leading cheerleader of Russia's war in Ukraine known to wield significant influence with Mr Putin.</p><p>Mr Dugin was supposed to drive into Moscow with his daughter, but decided at the last minute to travel back in another car.</p><p>Ukraine’s security services have proved adept at conducting sabotage operations within Russian territory from the start of the seven-month conflict.</p><p>But the assassination of Dugina still represents one of the boldest operations of the war to date, and appears to demonstrate Ukraine's ability to reach prominent Russians.</p><h2 class="u-heading-size-medium u-heading-style-normal">US fears attack could escalate Russian invasion</h2><p>The attack is one element of a covert campaign by Ukraine that US officials fear could escalate Russia's invasion.</p><p>American officials have reportedly been frustrated with Kyiv's lack of transparency over both its battlefield and covert plans, in particular those actioned on Russian territory.</p></div></div><div class="image-ct inline"><div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/09/343/192/GettyImages-1242164284.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/09/686/384/GettyImages-1242164284.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/09/672/378/GettyImages-1242164284.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/09/1344/756/GettyImages-1242164284.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/09/931/523/GettyImages-1242164284.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/09/1862/1046/GettyImages-1242164284.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/09/720/405/GettyImages-1242164284.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/09/1440/810/GettyImages-1242164284.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source></picture></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-62983492237498586472022-10-04T00:06:00.003-07:002022-10-04T00:06:32.390-07:00Munjurul Islam Kustiya Police Chief Among Officers Fired as Indonesia 2022 Midiul<p> Russian forces in Ukraine were on the run <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/java-burn-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-weight-loss-">yesterday</a> across a broad swath of the front line, as the Ukrainian military pressed on toward the city of Lysychansk and made gains in the south after its weekend capture of Lyman, a strategic rail hub. Any loss of territory in the Donbas region undermines Russia’s objectives, which focus on seizing and incorporating the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/java-burn-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-weight-loss-">region.</a></p><p>Munjurul Islam <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/java-burn-reviews-2022-update-supplement-reviewsupdate">Kustiya</a> Police Chief Among Officers Fired as Indonesia 2022 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/java-burn-reviews-2022-update-supplement-reviewsupdate">Midiul</a></p><div class="article-top"><div class="article-header text-align-center padding-24-bottom "><div class="intro article-info"><h1 class="headline heading-content margin-8-top">Investigates Deadly Stadium Disaster</h1></div></div></div><div class="article-column-container"><div class="article-content"><div class="partial lead-image"><div class="image-and-burst"><div class="component hero"><div class="partial figure"><figure class="layout-shift-fix-base"><a aria-hidden="true" href="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AP22276566749030.jpg" tabindex="-1"><picture><source media="(max-width: 479px)" srcset="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AP22276566749030.jpg?quality=85&w=479, https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AP22276566749030.jpg?quality=85&w=958 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AP22276566749030.jpg?quality=85&w=767, https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AP22276566749030.jpg?quality=85&w=1534 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcset="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AP22276566749030.jpg?quality=85&w=800, https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AP22276566749030.jpg?quality=85&w=1600 2x"></source><img alt="Soccer fans light candles during a vigil for supporters of Arema FC who died in Saturday's stampede, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Indonesian police said they were investigating over a dozen officers responsible for firing tear gas that set off a crush that killed a number of people at a match between Arema FC of Malang and Persebaya of neighboring Surabaya city, as families and friends grieved Monday for the victims that included children. (Binsar Bakkara—AP)" class="fix-layout-shift" src="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AP22276566749030.jpg?quality=85&w=4800" title="Indonesia Soccer Deaths" /></picture></a></figure><div class="image-wrap-container clearfix"><div class="credit body-caption padding-8-top">Soccer fans light candles during a vigil for supporters of Arema FC who died in Saturday's stampede, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Indonesian police said they were investigating over a dozen officers responsible for firing tear gas that set off a crush that killed a number of people at a match between Arema FC of Malang and Persebaya of neighboring Surabaya city, as families and friends grieved Monday for the victims that included children</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="article content body clearfix" data-tracking-zone="body" id="article-body"><div class="padded"><p>MALANG, Indonesia — An <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prodentim-reviews-2022-update-real-info-reviewsupdate">Indonesian</a> police chief and nine elite officers were removed from their posts Monday and 18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the firing of tear gas inside a soccer stadium that set off a stampede, killing at least 125 people, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prodentim-reviews-2022-update-real-info-reviewsupdate">officials said.</a></p><p>Distraught family members were struggling to comprehend the loss of their loved ones, including 17 children, at the match in East Java’s Malang city that was attended only by hometown Arema FC fans. The organizer had banned supporters of the visiting team, Persebaya Surabaya, because of Indonesia’s history of violent soccer<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prodentim-reviews-2022-update-usuk-au-nz-reviewsupdate"> rivalries.</a></p><div class="pbs" data-pbs-content-type="mcd" data-pbs-content="playing" data-pbs-device="desktop" data-pbs-hover="false" data-pbs-pagination="true" data-pbs-player="content" data-pbs-position="static" data-pbs-root="true" data-pbs-size="medium-large" id="88d047ba-8954-4830-a439-6aa7b7c72fb9"><div class="pbs__player" id="exp_44690b69-8df7-428e-a34e-262421659f2b"><div class="pb-stream" data-cedato-used="used" id="video8456224761e4f8c64-01e0-4e23-afe2-97c01ebba1d5"><div class="__exco_root_container __exco_desktop" id="__exco_root_container"><div class=" __exco_content_container"><p>U.S. fund Blackstone Inc. and Italy's Benetton family have officially launched their takeover offer for Atlantia SpA after receiving the go-ahead from the Italian market watchdog, they said late <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prodentim-reviews-2022-update-usuk-au-nz-reviewsupdate">Monday.</a></p><div class="paywall"><p>The offer for the operator of toll roads and airports is for a maximum 552.4 million shares, or 66.9% of the company's share capital, at 23 euros a share, according to Schema SpA, Blackstone and the Benettons' investment vehicle. This implies a maximum offer value of up to around EUR12.7 billion ($12.5 billion) giving Atlantia an equity value of around EUR19 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side-effects--1c">billion.</a></p><p>The offer period will begin next Monday, Oct. 10, and run through Nov. 11, Schema said, after Italian regulator Consob approved the bid. In recent weeks, Schema received approvals from the central banks of Italy and Spain, necessary because of Atlantia's stakes in regulated toll-payment companies in the two countries.</p><p>The remaining 33.1% stake in Atlantia is already held by the Benettons, via their investment company Sintonia SpA. The bidders plan to take the company private after the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side-effects--1c">buy-out.</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p>The disaster Saturday night was among the deadliest ever at a sporting event.</p><header class="caas-header"><div class="caas-logo"><a class="link caas-attr-provider-logo" data-rapid_p="6" data-v9y="0" data-ylk="sec:logo-provider;elm:logo;slk:Storyful;g:" href="https://www.storyful.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="Storyful" class="caas-img" data-src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/yqN4qEwpv6XEzZ46KmraNg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEzNDtoPTQ4O2NmPXdlYnA-/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2020-11/b720f0d0-2e9b-11eb-bfd9-6f9a1229c13c" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/yqN4qEwpv6XEzZ46KmraNg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEzNDtoPTQ4O2NmPXdlYnA-/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2020-11/b720f0d0-2e9b-11eb-bfd9-6f9a1229c13c" /></a></div><header class="caas-title-wrapper"><h1 data-test-locator="headline">North Korea Missile Launch Triggers Sirens in Central Tokyo</h1><p>Ukrainian forces have broken through Russian defences in the south of the country while expanding their rapid offensive in the east, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-does-work-reviewsupdate">seizing</a> back more territory in areas annexed by Russia and threatening its troops' supply<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-does-work-reviewsupdate"> lines.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Making their biggest breakthrough in the south since the war began, Ukrainian forces recaptured several villages in an advance along the strategic Dnipro River on Monday, Ukrainian officials and a Russian-installed<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-reviewsupdate"> leader in the</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-reviewsupdate">area said.</a></p><p>Swiss lender Credit Suisse Group AG, battered by scandals and losses, is racing through a restructuring plan. Wild market swings and a social media storm are making that task increasingly difficult.</p><p>Some of the bank's wealth<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-complete-reviews-2022-update-scam-legit-reviewsupdate"> management</a> clients have recently become concerned about Credit Suisse's turnaround, two people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, and some have been moving funds, according to one of the people. The division is expected to be the centerpiece of the bank's<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-does-really-work-reviewsupdate"> turnaround plan.</a></p><p>A Credit Suisse spokesperson<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-complete-reviews-2022-update-scam-legit-reviewsupdate"> said:</a> "We remain close to our clients as we conduct our <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-does-really-work-reviewsupdate">strategic review."</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Meanwhile, the firm's ability to extract good terms from potential buyers of businesses it wants to exit has been weakened by the market rout, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-complete-reviews-2022-update-does-really-work-">analysts say.</a></p><p>Concerns in recent weeks that Credit Suisse will not be able to fund the reorganization without tapping investors for funds pushed the stock to new <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-complete-reviews-2022-update-does-really-work-">record lows.</a></p><p>Unsubstantiated social media speculation about the bank’s solidity over the weekend triggered a slump in its bonds while the cost of insuring against a Credit Suisse default jumped on Monday to a level not seen in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side-effects-">decades.</a></p><p>"It’s always going to be a challenging restructuring,” said Johann Scholtz, equity analyst at Morningstar. "But what makes it even harder now is that you increased funding costs dramatically and profitability, which was already under pressure, is now even further under<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side-effects-"> pressure."</a></p><p>Graphic: Credit Suisse valuation Credit Suisse valuation https://graphics.reuters.com/CREDITSUISSEGP-SHARES/xmvjoznynpr/chart.png</p><p>Under CEO Ulrich Koerner, in the job since July, Credit Suisse is attempting to restore the bank’s profitability and reputation. It lost $5 billion when Archegos collapsed in 2021, was rebuked by regulators for spying on executives and was tarnished by its involvement with defunct financier Greensill <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-update-best-weight-loss-reviewsupdate">Capital.</a></p><p>To underpin sustainable profit, Credit Suisse is aiming to streamline the investment bank and expand its wealth management business, which soaks up less capital. Amid the options the bank has said it is considering is finding a buyer for its securitized products<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-update-best-weight-loss-reviewsupdate"> business.</a></p><p>The more it can fetch for its assets, the less it will have to raise from investors.</p><p>A source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday that the bank was exploring all options to get additional capital and that it did not necessarily have to sell more shares. There was a way for it to do so with just asset sales, the source <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-amazonian-sunrise-drops-reviews-2022-update-reviewsupdate">said.</a></p><p>Credit Suisse will still have an investment bank but it is likely the division would be trimmed, the source added.</p><p>The bank has said it will present its plan on Oct. 27, but upheaval in the bank's stocks and bonds could complicate that task <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-amazonian-sunrise-drops-reviews-2022-update-reviewsupdate">considerably.</a></p><p>"The executives really need to jump on this to inform investors and the general public very specifically about what they’re going to do about a restructuring," said Mayra Rodríguez Valladares, a financial risk consultant who trains bankers and regulators.</p><p>Graphic: Soaring cost of insuring Credit Suisse debt https://graphics.reuters.com/CREDITSUISSEGP-BONDS/<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-does-work-real-complaints-">jnvweqarovw/chart.png</a></p><p>Credit Suisse's shares have fallen some 60% this year. The cost to insure its bonds also soared again on Monday, adding 105 basis points from Friday's close to trade at 355 bps, their highest level in at least more than two<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-does-work-real-complaints-"> decades.</a></p><p>Adding to its woes is broader market malaise, with rapidly rising interest rates and recession fears as well as the fallout of the war in Ukraine rattling investors and tightening financial conditions.</p><p>“The issue Credit Suisse runs into is that it almost becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, not so much from a liquidity perspective, but their star talents start to leave or the rich people start pulling their money out of the private bank and then the business fundamentals begin to decline,” said James Finch, clinical associate professor of finance at New York University Stern School of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fifa-22-futmillionaire-trading-center-reviews-2022-update-">Business.</a></p><p>'FORCED SELLER'</p><p>Jefferies analysts wrote in a note that Credit Suisse would be a "forced seller," which could hurt the price it fetches <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fifa-22-futmillionaire-trading-center-reviews-2022-update-">for assets.</a></p><p>"Selling assets will generate capital but reduce future earnings generation capacity," the analysts wrote. "Overall, we think asset sales alone are unlikely to be the solution to the potential capital shortfall problem."</p><p>There are also concerns of possible further outflows from the private banking business, analysts at Citigroup wrote in a note to clients on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side-effects-">Monday.</a></p><p>Regulators have been watching. A source familiar with the matter said Swiss regulator FINMA and the Bank of England in London, where the lender has a major hub, were monitoring the situation and working closely <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side-effects-">together.</a></p><p>Executives have reassured staff that the bank has solid capital and liquidity.</p><p>Three sources at rival Wall Street firms affirmed that view and pushed back against any comparisons with the industry during the 2008 financial crisis, when banks such as Lehman Brothers failed.</p><p>In his note, Beaumont pointed to various measures of Credit Suisse's capital levels, saying it seemed to be "sufficient to absorb upcoming losses from divestments<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-urgent-update-reviewsupdate">/asset sales."</a></p><p>It would behoove the bank to explain that it has sufficient capital to handle any unexpected losses, as well as adequate liquidity and cash to pay its obligations, said Rodriguez <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-urgent-update-reviewsupdate">Valladares.</a></p><p>"What makes me a bit nervous is that some investors are jumping too quickly," said Rodriguez Valladares. "Look, the capital levels and the liquidity levels of credit Suisse are still healthy."</p><p>(Reporting by Oliver Hirt in Zurich and Carolina Mandl in New York; Additional reporting by Lananh Nguyen, Davide Barbuscia, Megan Davies and Greg Roumeliotis in New York; Writing by Elisa Martinuzzi and Paritosh Bansal; Editing by Matthew Lewis)</p><p>Ukrainian forces in the south destroyed 31 Russian tanks and one multiple rocket launcher, the military's southern operational command said in a nightly update, without providing details of where the fighting occurred.</p><p>Reuters could not immediately verify the battlefield <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-nails-reviewsupdate">accounts.</a></p><p>The southern breakthrough mirrors recent Ukrainian advances in the east even as Russia has tried to raise the stakes by annexing land, ordering mobilisation, and threatening nuclear<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-nails-reviewsupdate"> retaliation.</a></p><p>Ukraine has made significant advances in two of the four Russian-occupied regions Moscow last week annexed after what it called referendums - votes that were denounced by Kyiv and Western governments as illegal and coercive.</p><p>In a sign Ukraine is building momentum on the eastern front, Reuters saw columns of Ukrainian military vehicles heading on Monday to reinforce the rail hub of Lyman, retaken at the weekend, and a staging post to press into the Donbas region.</p><p>President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine's army had seized back towns in a number of areas, without giving details.</p><p>"New population centres have been liberated in several regions. Heavy fighting is going on in several sectors of the front," Zelenskiy said in a video address.</p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"><p>new primetime show, simply named <em>Cuomo</em>, kicked off on NewsNation Monday. Cuomo began his new venture by alluding to his firing from <a class="link " data-rapid_p="17" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:CNN" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tagged/cnn?fr=sycsrp_catchall"><ins>CNN</ins></a> late last year amid multiple scandals, including his involvement in his brother, former New York governor <a class="link " data-rapid_p="18" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:Andrew Cuomo" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tagged/andrew-cuomo/?fr=sycsrp_catchall"><ins>Andrew Cuomo</ins></a>’s response to sexual misconduct allegations, and misconduct allegations of his own.</p><p>“I’ve been humbled by what happened, and I’m also hungry to do better in a way that I’ve never been before,” Cuomo said. “So this show is going to be different than what I’ve done in the past because I’m different, and I’ve spent a lot of time looking and listening on the sidelines.”</p><p>In his opening monologue, Cuomo made multiple references to “the game” that American politics has become, and the role that media plays in today’s political discourse and in the game itself.</p><p>“It’s obvious to me that we need people in my position to do more,” Cuomo said, “to not just play or even referee the game that is plaguing our politics and society. That means exposing the game. Show when it’s played. Show how it’s being played.”</p><p>Cuomo pointed to the fact that the majority of Americans are closer to the center, not the fringe, but that the messaging from both the right and left is used to demonize the other side. Messaging on <ins>immigration</ins> was just one example Cuomo used to make his point.</p><p>“Why is all the focus on the migrants? The game,” Cuomo said. “It allows the left to show that the right has no heart, and for the right to show that the left has no head for law and order. Again, the problem works better for them than finding a solution. That is the game, and we have to change the game.”</p><p><strong><em>Cuomo</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><strong>airs weeknights at 8 p.m. on </strong><strong>NewsNation</strong><strong>.</strong></p><p><em>Watch Mehdi Hasan claim that Republicans have been rushing to congratulate 'neo-fascist' future leader of Italy:</em></p></div></header></header><div class="caas-body"><p>Japan issued a warning to residents in Tokyo and two northern prefectures to seek shelter on Tuesday morning, October 4, after it said North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the country.</p><p>Sirens could be heard blaring in central Tokyo on Tuesday morning, footage shows.</p><p>The government issued a J-Alert (National Instant Warning System) for Hokkaido and Aomori prefectures, as well as Tokyo.</p><p>Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said North Korea launched a ballistic missile from its interior in an easterly direction at around 7:22 am on Tuesday.</p><p>“Details are still being analyzed, but it is estimated that the ballistic missile passed over Japan’s north-eastern region and fell outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone in the Pacific Ocean at around 7:44 am,” Matsuno said.</p><p>“North Korea’s series of actions, including its repeated launches of ballistic missiles, threaten the peace and security of the region and the international community, and are a serious challenge to the international community as a whole, including Japan.” Credit: @naru76nya via Storyful</p></div><p>Arema players and officials laid wreaths Monday in front of the stadium.</p><p>“We came here as a team asking forgiveness from the families impacted by this tragedy, those who lost their loves ones or the ones still being treated in the hospital,” head coach Javier Roca said.</p><p>On Monday night, about a thousand soccer fans dressed in black shirts held a candlelight vigil at a soccer stadium in Jakarta’s satellite city of Bekasi to pray for the victims of the disaster.</p><div class="component inline image margin-32-tb"><div class="image-wrapper"><div class="partial figure"><figure class="layout-shift-fix-base"><picture><source media="(max-width: 479px)" srcset="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1243699253.jpg?quality=85&w=479, https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1243699253.jpg?quality=85&w=958 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1243699253.jpg?quality=85&w=767, https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1243699253.jpg?quality=85&w=1024 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcset="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1243699253.jpg?quality=85&w=800, https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1243699253.jpg?quality=85&w=1024 2x"></source><img alt="Indonesians hold a candlelight vigil for victims of a stampede, in Medan on Oct. 3, 2022. (ARIANDI—AFP/Getty Images)" class="fix-layout-shift" src="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1243699253.jpg?quality=85&w=1024" title="" /></picture></figure><div class="image-wrap-container clearfix"><div class="credit body-caption padding-8-top">Indonesians hold a candlelight vigil for victims of a stampede, in Medan on Oct. 3, 2022.</div><div class="credit body-credit padding-8-top padding-8-bottom">ARIANDI—AFP/Getty Images</div></div></div></div></div><p>Witnesses said some of the 42,000 Arema fans ran onto the pitch in anger on Saturday after the team was defeated 3-2, its first loss at home against Persebaya in 23 years. Some threw bottles and other objects at players and soccer officials. At least five police vehicles were toppled and set ablaze outside the stadium.</p><p>But most of the deaths occurred when riot police, trying to stop the violence, fired tear gas, including in the stands, triggering a disastrous stampede of fans making a panicked, chaotic run for the exits. Most of the 125 people who died were trampled or suffocated. The victims included two police officers.</p><div aria-hidden="true" class="ad ad-container ad-wrapper " data-google-query-id="CJTU3uT-xfoCFReEcAodx_4NaQ" id="inline-ad-2" role="complementary"> </div></div></div></div></div><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The Kremlin reflected the disarray of its forces on the ground, where territory was rapidly changing hands, acknowledging that it did not yet know what new borders Russia would claim in southern Ukraine. In Russia, nationwide turmoil and protests have erupted in response to the military conscription that has brought the war home to many Russians.</p><p>Munjurul Islam Kustiya Police Chief Among Officers Fired as Indonesia 2022 Midiul</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Events on the battlefield have threatened to make a mockery of Russia’s proclaimed annexations of four Ukrainian regions, as Ukrainians continued to recapture blasted, largely depopulated cities and towns from the retreating Russians. In the south, Ukrainian forces have pushed deeper into the Kherson region, in what a senior Ukrainian military official described as the beginning of the active phase of a monthslong offensive operation.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0"><strong class="css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10">Pentagon response: </strong>Ukraine’s rapid retaking of territory in the northeast and the progress that its forces are making against Russian forces in the south represent a “stunning success,” a senior official said.</p><p class="dcr-1vtk2mf">Dating apps need to better protect their users, after a study revealed high rates of sexual violence, stalking, assault and unwanted sharing of explicit images, <strong>AAP</strong> has reported.</p><p class="dcr-1vtk2mf">The <strong>Australian Institute of Criminology</strong> survey of 9,987 app users found three quarters were victims of some form of online sexual violence in the past five years.</p><p class="dcr-1vtk2mf">One-third experienced in-person abuse from someone they met on an app, with 27% of those reporting incidents of sexual assault or coercion, such as drink spiking.</p><p class="dcr-1vtk2mf">Among those physically assaulted, nearly 20% said they had been the victim of sexual health abuse such as “stealthing”, when a condom is removed without consent.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">He said he was 'humbled by what happened, and hungry to do better than before,' promising to 'do more - to not just play, or even referee, the game.'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Cuomo's CNN show was the top-rated program in both 2019 and 2020, averaging two million nightly viewers in 2020.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">NewsNation averaged only 46,000 viewers in prime time last year, The Washington Post reported.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Cuomo last week told podcast host Kara Swisher that he knew his new show was a step down - but on Monday he said he still had a lot to give.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">He insisted he had unparalleled insight into politics, owing to his father and brother being former governors of New York.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'I've seen the inner workings of campaigns,' he said.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'I know the deal, inside and out.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'I want to bring all of that to the table to help you.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'I want you to count on me to going where it matters.'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">And he said he was aiming to provide 'depth of discussion,'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'As loud and as angry as our world can sound: regular people like you, not the fringe, are the overwhelming majority,' he said.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'We are still nowhere near our potential. We are manipulated by manufactured division.'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">He said his show would be 'old school,' promoting a phone line for people to call in.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">He said he wanted discussion, not social media diatribes - 'not raging radicals or someone with keyboard muscles.'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Among those to call in was his 91-year-old mother Matilda, who said he was doing a wonderful job, and said his show was very important.</p><p class="dcr-1vtk2mf">The researchers said the figures showed a “significant proportion” of people on apps were exposed to online and physical sexual violence.</p><p class="dcr-1vtk2mf">“This is highly concerning given the significant and potentially long-term impacts associated with these victimisation experiences,” the study said.</p><p class="dcr-1vtk2mf">“These impacts include poorer health and wellbeing, including overall life satisfaction, social isolation and lower self-esteem, as well as increased risk of re-victimisation.”</p><p class="dcr-1vtk2mf">Among heterosexual respondents, 79% of women reported some form of online violence, compared with 61% of men.</p><p class="dcr-1vtk2mf">Rates of sexual violence through dating apps were higher among LGBTQ+ people, with 87% of women reporting abuse and 79% of men. The vast majority of the 71 non-binary respondents were also victims.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-43481952904580784042022-10-01T23:31:00.002-07:002022-10-01T23:31:24.133-07:00Bulgarians vote in 4th election Dhaka Bangladesh Nazrul Islam Mirpur 1012 Covid News 2023<p> Bulgarians vote in 4th election Dhaka Bangladesh Nazrul Islam Mirpur 1012 Covid News 2023</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-amazonian-sunrise-reviewsupdate">Thousands</a> came out to downtown Montreal streets this Saturday to again protest the Iran regime's harsh crackdown on protests happening across the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-amazonian-sunrise-reviewsupdate">country.</a></p><p>Dozens have been killed in the protests, sparked after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died last month after being detained by morality police who stopped her for not properly wearing her <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-honest-reviewsupdate">hijab.</a></p><p>Taichung Commercial Bank of Taiwan said on Friday it had agreed to buy California-based American Continental Bank for approximately $82 million as part of an effort to expand into the U.S.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-honest-reviewsupdate"> market.</a></p><p>American Continental Bank mainly serves Chinese-American communities in the City of Industry and surrounding communities in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. It has branches in City of Industry, Alhambra, Chino Hills and Arcadia in California, as well as in Bellevue, Washington. The bank also has loan production offices Fremont, California, and Carrollton, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renew-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-supplement-reviewsupdate">Texas.</a></p><div class="halfway_hardwall_2"><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A65CDAEE-98C6-9B99-24B4-8C8FDEBE669D@published">Residents on the small resort island of Polillo are accustomed to severe weather – their island sits in the northeastern Philippines, on the edge of the Pacific Ocean where storms typically gather strength and turn into <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renew-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-supplement-reviewsupdate">typhoons.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_3F16EBAC-0D01-E884-35E9-8C9F392B1B6D@published">But even they were stunned by the intensity of Typhoon Noru, known locally as Typhoon Karding, that turned from a typhoon into a super typhoon in just six hours before hitting the region earlier <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renew-reviews-2022update-supplement-reviewsupdate">this week.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_032EB725-D5AD-5725-5713-8CA5E7045889@published">“We’re used to typhoons because we’re located where storms usually land,” said Armiel Azas Azul, 36, who owns the Sugod Beach and Food Park on the island, a bistro under palm trees where guests drink coconut juice in tiny thatched <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renew-reviews-2022update-supplement-reviewsupdate">huts.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_08C5A967-BB72-9356-1CF2-8D45DFA66068@published">“But everything is very unpredictable,” he said. “And (Noru) came<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/betabeat-reviews-2022-update-sugar-formula-reviewsupdate"> very fast.”</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_8808E464-E860-246E-2396-8CA6ECD009AA@published">The Philippines sees an average of 20 tropical storms each year, and while Noru didn’t inflict as much damage or loss of life as other typhoons in recent years, it stood out because it gained strength so quickly.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_BACB73FD-830D-E942-4560-8CA444F75BF0@published">Experts say rapidly developing typhoons are set to become much more common as the climate crisis fuels extreme weather events, and at the same time it will become harder to predict which storms will intensify and where they will <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/betabeat-reviews-2022-update-sugar-formula-reviewsupdate">track.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_C0CD4773-3329-98FC-0CCC-8CB27C4FDC31@published">“The challenge is accurately forecasting the intensity and how fast the categories may change, for example from just a low-pressure area intensifying into a tropical cyclone,” said Lourdes Tibig, a meteorologist and climatologist with the Institute for Climate and Sustainable <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/betabeat-reviews-2022-update-effective-formula-reviewsupdate">Cities.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_6CFADE93-12AD-85D1-42F9-8CCF96F9D7BB@published">The same happened in the United States last week when Hurricane Ian turned from a Category 1 storm into a powerful Category 4 hurricane before making landfall along the southwestern coast of Florida on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/betabeat-reviews-2022-update-effective-formula-reviewsupdate">Wednesday.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A1CE32BC-36D3-34BB-1BD5-8CD0CA0CD0F3@published">Such rapid intensification, as it’s known in meteorological terms, creates challenges for residents, authorities and local emergency workers, including those in the Philippines, who increasingly have no choice but to prepare for the worst.</p></div><p>"We are excited to be entering the Los Angeles, Washington, and Texas markets and intend to open new branches in the United States,” President David Jia said in a<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/revival-tonic-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-reviewsupdate"> statement.</a></p><p>Taichung Commercial Bank’s move comes amid heightened military tension between mainland China and Taiwan this year. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/revival-tonic-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-drops-reviewsupdate">Taiwan</a> is home to many of the world’s largest technology <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/revival-tonic-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-drops-reviewsupdate">companies</a>, and Washington has encouraged Taiwan’s chip industry to invest in the U.S.; among them, GlobalWafers, a maker of semiconductor wafers, this year announced plans to build a $5 billion facility in Texas, and MediaTek, which competes with Qualcomm, will open a design center at Purdue University. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world’s largest chip makers, is already building a facility in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/revival-tonic-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-reviewsupdate">Arizona.</a></p><p>"We are here for them," said Banafsheh Cheraghi, one of the Iranians who organized the protest.</p><p>"They are there not only resisting the Iran regime, but also fighting back. I would feel useless if I were not here today supporting them and echoing their voices."</p><p>Large crowds carrying Iranian flags chanted for the liberation of women in the country, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dermaprime-plus-2022-update-natural-skincare-reviewsupdate">marching</a> from the gates of McGill University all the way to Jeanne <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dermaprime-plus-2022-update-natural-skincare-reviewsupdate">Mance Park.</a></p><div class="caas-body-wrapper"><div class="caas-body-content"><div class="caas-body-inner-wrapper"><div class="caas-body-section"><div><figure class="caas-figure caas-cover"><div class="caas-figure-with-pb"><div class="caas-img-container"><img alt="" class="caas-img" data-src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/LEkahc1QNamZf26WUbzV5Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQ3MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/TAUfal3dQzbCRKBt6iInmw--~B/aD01MzM7dz04MDA7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/reuters.com/a6089a2d7e10aeb73a67d207430549c0" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/LEkahc1QNamZf26WUbzV5Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQ3MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/TAUfal3dQzbCRKBt6iInmw--~B/aD01MzM7dz04MDA7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/reuters.com/a6089a2d7e10aeb73a67d207430549c0" /></div></div><div class="caption-wrapper caption-aligned-with-image"><div class="caption-wrapper caption-aligned-with-image"> </div></div><figcaption class="caption-collapse" data-id="m-0">Bulgarian GERB party holds election rally in Plovdiv</figcaption></figure></div><div class="caas-content wafer-sticky wafer-loader-success" data-wf-sticky-boundary="caas-body-section" data-wf-sticky-offset="165px 10px" data-wf-sticky-target=".caas-share-buttons"><div class="caas-content-wrapper"><div class="caas-body"><p>SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarians vote in their fourth <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/derma-prime-plus-reviews-2022-update-really-work-reviewsupdate">national</a> election in less than two years on Sunday, with little hope for a stable government emerging because of deep division within the political elite over how to tackle entrenched <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/derma-prime-plus-reviews-2022-update-really-work-reviewsupdate">corruption.</a></p><p>Prolonged political turmoil threatens to undermine the country's ambitions to join the euro zone in 2024 amid double-digit inflation and steep energy prices, and could lead to a softening of Sofia's stance on the Russian war in Ukraine.</p><p>Voting starts at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) and ends at 8 p.m. (1700 GMT). Exit polls will be released after the ballots close, with first partial official results expected in the early hours of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ikaria-lean-belly-juice-reviews-2022-update-benefits-reviewsupdate">Monday.</a></p><p>Opinion polls suggest that up to eight political parties may enter the next parliament, with the centre-right GERB party of former long-serving premier Boyko Borissov, 63, leading with about 25%-26% <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ikaria-lean-belly-juice-reviews-2022-update-benefits-reviewsupdate">of the vote.</a></p><p>Just as last year, Borissov, who has pledged to bring stability and be "stronger than the chaos", is widely expected to struggle to find coalition partners among his major rivals who accuse him of allowing graft to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ikaria-lean-belly-juice-reviews-2022-update-premium-reviewsupdate">fester during</a> his decade-long rule that ended in 2021.</p><p>The We Continue the Change (PP) party of reformist premier Kiril Petkov, whose coalition cabinet collapsed in June, is running second on 16-17% in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ikaria-lean-belly-juice-reviews-2022-update-premium-reviewsupdate">opinion polls.</a></p><p>Failure to forge a functioning cabinet would leave the rule of the European Union and NATO-member state to a caretaker administration appointed by Russia-friendly President Rumen Radev.</p><p>NEW SNAP POLLS OR TECHNOCRAT CABINET</p><p>However, analysts say political parties, aware of economic <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-reviewsupdate">risks from</a> the war in Ukraine, a difficult winter ahead and voters' frustration of political instability, might put their differences behind them and opt for a technocrat <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-reviewsupdate">government.</a></p><p>"Producing a government will be difficult and will require serious compromises," said Daniel Smilov, political analyst with Centre for Liberal Strategies.</p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The idea sounded simple enough: The countries would pay only cut-rate prices for Russian oil. That would deprive Putin of money to keep prosecuting his war in Ukraine, but also ensure that oil continued to flow out of Russia and helped to keep global p<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-upda-health-benefits-reviewsupdate">rices low.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>A month later, the Group of Seven, representing some of the world’s leading economies, is still figuring out how to execute the plan — a far more complex task than it might seem at first blush — and the Dec. 5 deadline to marshal participants is fast <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-upda-health-benefits-reviewsupdate">approaching.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>In the meantime, the war grinds on. The Kremlin is mobilizing 300,000 more troops to join the invasion of Ukraine and Putin has annexed four Ukrainian regions after Kremlin-orchestrated referendums that the West denounced as shams.</p></div><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 PhotoGalleryEmbed__AnimatedBox-lqudj4-0 dtbKps VOMas PhotoGalleryEmbed-lqudj4-15 eSWtcX PhotoGalleryEmbed-lqudj4-15 eSWtcX"><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 eLivRJ"><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 SlideshowEmbed__HeadingBox-fkpjfn-1 ZUkgD hxCAWC"><h3 class="Heading-sc-1w5xk2o-0 jxyTsC">Political Cartoons</h3></div><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 SlideshowEmbed__PictureWrap-fkpjfn-2 UgQtc eMSebg"><p><picture class="Image__Picture-sc-412cjc-0"><img class="Image__PictureImage-sc-412cjc-1 gBOJbW Image-sc-412cjc-2 SlideshowEmbed__Picture-fkpjfn-0 kQDDcT bUlaJL" src="https://www.usnews.com/object/image/00000183-8f48-dfce-a3eb-ef786beb0000/gma093022dapc.jpg?update-time=1664556374030&size=responsive640" /></picture></p><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 SlideshowEmbed__GalleryWrap-fkpjfn-3 dWWnRo dQzrUM"><div class="button-content">View All 683 Images</div></div><div class="SlideshowEmbed__ArrowWrapper-fkpjfn-6 fYcvrc"> </div></div></div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>And while the U.S. and European countries have levied thousands of financial and diplomatic sanctions on Russia, including recently announced penalties, Treasury leaders say a price cap on oil could deliver the most effective blow to Russia’s economy, undermining its greatest revenue source.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Pushed by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the price cap plan is testing the bounds of statecraft and capitalism. Yellen made her reputation as a Federal Reserve <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tea-burn-reviews-2022-update-does-really-work-reviewsupdate">chair</a> who helped steer the U.S. into the longest expansion in its history. Now she’s trying to use global energy markets as a vise to stop a war and keep oil prices from rushing upward this w<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tea-burn-reviews-2022-update-does-really-work-reviewsupdate">inter.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Yellen and her team at Treasury have been lobbying their international counterparts on the price cap since at least May. The U.S. has already blocked Russian oil imports, which were small to begin with.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>“This is an entirely new way to use financial measures against a global bully,” Elizabeth Rosenberg, Treasury’s head of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, said at a recent congressional hearing.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>“A price cap coalition requires unprecedented coordination with international partners, as well as close partnership with global maritime industries, and exceptional resolve in the face of hostile Russian bluster and threats, including the risk that Russia may seek to retaliate," <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tea-burn-reviews-2022-urgent-update-customers-saying-reviewsupdate">Rosenberg said.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The risks of this new form of economic warfare are immense to the global oil supply. If it fails or Russia retaliates by stopping the export of oil, then energy prices worldwide could skyrocket. U.S. consumers could feel the ramifications in another spike in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tea-burn-reviews-2022-urgent-update-customers-saying-reviewsupdate">gasoline prices.</a></p></div><div class="InartAd__FirstInartAdWrapper-sc-8wv8ky-0 giMJga sm-hide md-hide"><div class="Ad__Container-sc-1ah7c5n-0 iKUNVf"><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>If no candidate wins more than half of the votes, excluding blank and spoiled ballots, the top two finishers go to an Oct. 30 run-off, prolonging the tense <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-supplement-">campaign season.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Bolsonaro has threatened to contest the result of the vote, after making baseless allegations of fraud, accusing electoral authorities of plotting against him and suggesting the military should conduct a parallel tally, which they <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-supplement-">declined to do.</a></p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">So Till’s violent murder is heard, but not seen. “Where the camera focuses is its own act of resistance. So I was very intentional about who we see and when,” she said. “As a black person, I didn’t want to recreate it, I didn’t want to shoot it, I didn’t want to watch it, and I wanted to take care of audiences who were watching it, particularly black audiences.”</p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">“And I really wanted to begin and end this this film with joy and love. Because in addition to this film being about Mamie’s story and her journey, this was also a love story between Mamie and her child,” played by Danielle Deadwyler and Jalyn Hall. They were happily living in Chicago and Mamie tried, but wasn’t able, to prepare Emmett for toxic Southern racism as he happily prepared for a trip down to visit cousins. “You have to be small,” she warns her high-spirited teenager, who crouches down and laughs, “Like this?”</p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">Mamie held Emmett’s funeral with an open casket, his brutalized body shocking the country into a reckoning. Awash in grief and resistant at first, she gradually accepts the role thrust upon her by her son’s death — a crusader for social justice.</p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">Deadwyler, who has a son almost 13, understood that conflict and captured it. “It’s a resistance to wanting to do this thing, because you don’t want to do this thing, because you want what was before… Wanting to fight, and wanting to have what you can no longer have.”</p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">Whoopi Goldberg plays Emmett’s grandmother Alma, “This is the story I’ve heard all my life. This is the year I was born. You listen to people talk and they throw the name [Emmett Till] around,” she said. “Nobody knowns his story. We know pictures. We’ve seen pictures in magazines. But suddenly there is life and breath in this family, and they are moving and alive.”</p><p>Investing in shares is a tough task at the best of times. The stock market’s continual ebb and flow between joy and despair means that investors can frequently find themselves on the wrong side of consensus views for extended periods.</p><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>The deal amounts to an unusual gesture of goodwill by Maduro as the socialist leader looks to rebuild relations with the U.S. after vanquishing most of his domestic opponents.</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>“I can’t believe it,” Cristina Vadell, the daughter of Tomeu Vadell, one of the freed Americans, said when contacted by The Associated Press on Saturday. Holding back tears of joy on her 31st birthday, she said: “This is the best birthday present ever. I’m just so happy.”</p></div><div class="pg-placeholder" id="public-good-placeholder"><div class="pgs-dpg-btn" data-loaded="true" data-pgs-partner-id="verizon-huffpost"> </div></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>A senior Biden administration official said the U.S. and Venezuela had explored a range of options, but that it became clear that “one particular step” — the release of the two Maduro family members — was essential in getting a deal done. The official said the deal required a “painful decision” but the administration’s willingness to make it showed its commitment to bringing home American citizens held abroad.</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>The administration in the last six months has struck similar deals with Russia and more recently the Taliban. But the official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the administration, said it “remains extraordinarily rare that a choice like this is made.”</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>The transfer took place Saturday in an unspecified country between the U.S. and Venezuela after the men in the deal arrived from their respective locations in separate planes, the Biden administration said.</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>“These individuals will soon be reunited with their families and back in the arms of their loved ones where they belong,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. “Today, after years of being wrongfully detained in Venezuela, we are bringing home” the seven men, whom the president cited by name. “We celebrate that seven families will be whole once more.”</p></div><p>However, today’s investment climate is particularly challenging. Risks such as the war in Ukraine, a cost of living crisis, Covid lockdowns in China, high inflation and rising interest rates make it exceptionally difficult to determine how stock markets will perform over the coming months.</p><p>Some investors may decide to hold defensive stocks that are insulated from an increasingly downbeat economic outlook. Others may feel that the economic tide will turn and that growth stocks are therefore appealing.</p><p>In Questor’s view, investors do not necessarily face a binary choice between safety and growth. Indeed, some companies, such as the FTSE 100 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, offer the best of both.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">WASHINGTON — President Biden and the first lady, Jill Biden, will travel to Puerto Rico on Monday to survey damage to the island from Hurricane Fiona and will go on Wednesday to Florida, where Hurricane Ian left parts of the state in ruins, the White House announced on Saturday night.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">White House officials did not provide details of the president’s visits to the sites of the two natural disasters. But Mr. Biden had said in the past several days that he expected to travel to both places to reassure residents that the federal government will help in their recoveries.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">“In addition to what we’re doing for Florida and South Carolina, we remain focused on recovery efforts in Puerto Rico as well,” Mr. Biden said Friday at the White House. “We’re going to stay with and stay at it as long it takes.”</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The president’s visit to Florida will be the first since he and Ron DeSantis, the state’s governor, have spent months clashing over transgender rights, abortion, immigration and other issues that are at the center of congressional elections next month. Mr. DeSantis has said that the storm, which made landfall on the state’s Gulf Coast as a powerful Category 4, will go down in history as one of the strongest to hit Florida because of the catastrophic flooding that wiped away whole towns and killed dozens.</p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">“This is what the culmination of systemic racism looks like. It goes out in ripples, and it touches everybody. And the whole point of all of this is we’ve seen it, we know. We saw George Floyd. We saw Trayvon Martin. Children and young men. Middle aged men. Men. People.”</p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">Mamie Till-Mobley passed away in 2003. Some of the Till’s extended family were in attendance at the Lincoln Center premiere, so were other grieving mothers: Lezley McSpadden-Head, mother of Michael Brown, the 18-year- old shot and killed in Ferguson, Mo. in 2014 by a white police office; Kadiatou Diallo, mother of Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old Guinean student shot and killed by New York City police officers in 1999; and Marian Tolan, mother of Robert Tolan, shot by police in Bellaire, Texas in 2008.</p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">Chukwu’s film <em>Clemency</em> won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. She wrote <em>Till</em> with Michael Reilly and Keith Beauchamp, who accumulated a bulk of research for his award winning 2005 documentary <em>The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till</em>.</p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m "><em>Till</em> was produced by Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas Levine, Michael Reilly and Frederick Zollo. Broccoli told Deadline this week that “the film will open people’s eyes.”</p><p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">The film, from MGM’s Orion pictures, will be released theatrically by UAR on October 14</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>A decisive victory by Lula on Sunday could reduce the odds of a tumultuous transition. Critics of Bolsonaro say another month of his attacks on the democratic process could spur social unrest like the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Bolsonaro says he will respect the election result if voting is "clean and transparent," without defining any criteria.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Brazilians are also voting on Sunday for all 513 members of the lower chamber of Congress, a third of the 81 members of the Senate and state governors and legislatures.</p></div></div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>“I don’t have a crystal ball. I don’t know exactly what Russia will do here. There are a lot of different options,” Ben Harris, Treasury’s assistant secretary for economic policy, said during a recent Brookings Institution presentation. He added: "The price cap provides an opportunity for a bit of a release valve and the hope that these Russian barrels will find the market, but at a reduced price.”</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The Dec. 5 deadline for setting the price for discounted oil comes just before a year-end wider European embargo on seaborne Russian crude oil and a complete ban on shipping insurance designed to prevent Russian oil from reaching non-European buyers. The embargo and insurance ban could eliminate up to 4 million barrels a day from the world’s daily supply of petroleum, a loss of roughly 4%.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Treasury’s hope is that the price cap kicks in first and allows some of that oil to keep flowing via exceptions to the embargo and the insurance ban, albeit at prices lower than market rates.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>While Treasury officials and leading economists express confidence that the plan will work — and already is working — some oil analysts are wary of trying to implement it before winter, in a global economy already scarred by supply shocks, and a Europe facing fast-rising inflation.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The unknowns are too many, they say.</p><p>anic at an Indonesian soccer match after police fired tear gas to stop brawls left 129 dead, mostly trampled to death, police said Sunday.</p><p>Several fights between supporters of the two rival soccer teams were reported inside the Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java province's Malang city after the Indonesian Premier League game ended with Persebaya Surabaya beating Arema Malang 3-2.</p><p>The brawls that broke out just after the game ended late night Saturday prompted riot police to fire tear gas, which caused panic among supporters, said East Java Police Chief Nico Afinta.</p><p>Hundreds of people ran to an exit gate in an effort to avoid the tear gas. Some suffocated in the chaos and others were trampled, killing 34 almost instantly.</p><p>More than 300 were rushed to nearby hospitals to treat injuries but many died on the way and during treatment, Afinta said.</p><p>He said the death toll is likely still increasing, since many of about 180 injured victims' conditions were deteriorating.</p><p>The Indonesian top league, BRI Liga 1, has suspended games for a week following the match, and an investigation had been launched, the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) said.</p><p>There have been previous outbreaks of trouble at matches in Indonesia, with a strong rivalry between clubs sometimes leading to violence among supporters.</p><p>Among global stadium disasters, 97 Liverpool supporters were crushed to death in Britain in April 1989, when an overcrowded and fenced-in enclosure collapsed at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.</p><p>Indonesia is to host the FIFA under-20 World Cup in May and June next year. They are also one of three countries bidding to stage next year's Asian Cup, the continent's equivalent of the Euros, after China pulled out as hosts.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>“The wildcard factor to me is what the Russians do, because the Russians have made abundantly clear that they do not want to play along with price caps,” said Helima Croft, global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>“We should prepare ourselves at least,” she said, “that they may withhold oil.”</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Ed Morse, head of commodities research at Citi Group, said at the Brookings Institution recently: “It’s an experiment that’s never been done in world history. I think it is a poor judgment call to do this at this time.”</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Oil is the Kremlin’s main pillar of financial revenue and has kept the Russian economy afloat so far in the war despite export bans, sanctions and the freezing of central bank assets that began with the February invasion.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Before the war, Russia exported roughly 5 million barrels of oil per day as one of the world’s biggest oil exporters. That figure — accounting for roughly 9% of the world’s crude exports — has largely been unchanged despite all the sanctions.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Russia has vowed to take retaliatory measures to offset the impact of the price cap. Last week, Kommersant, a Russian business newspaper, reported that the Kremlin is considering raising $50 billion in additional revenue from taxes on exported energy, in response to the plan.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Analysts are hopeful the Russians are bluffing. Deutsche Bank recently assigned a “low probability” to Russia stopping its exports and cut its forecast for the price of crude by 10%. The German bank cited the U.S. Treasury’s announcement that India could have flexibility to buy from non-EU providers if it doesn’t join the price cap coalition, among other factors.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-68118949977987095692022-09-30T01:14:00.002-07:002022-09-30T01:14:28.930-07:00Apon Mon Valobash Kovir Via appear in Havana over islandwide blackout Mongla Bazar Covid Info 2023<p> Apon Mon Valobash Kovir Via appear in Havana over islandwide blackout Mongla Bazar Covid Info 2023</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the "unprecedented sabotage" to the Nord Stream natural-gas pipelines "an act of international terrorism," according to a Thursday Kremlin <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/custom-keto-diet-reviews-2022-update-reviews-update-online">statement.</a></p><p>A US citizen was among 13 people killed in Iraq in a rocket attack carried out by Iran on Wednesday, the Department of State confirmed<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/custom-keto-diet-reviews-2022-update-reviews-update-online"> Thursday.</a></p><p>Russia is expected to annex four occupied regions of Ukraine at a lavish Kremlin ceremony on Friday that follows a threat by President Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in their <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/custom-keto-diet-reviews-2022-update-really-work-">defence.</a></p><p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the annexations would be formalised at the ceremony and Putin would deliver a "major" <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/custom-keto-diet-reviews-2022-update-really-work-">speech.</a></p><div class="paywall"><p>It comes after foreign leaders critical of Russia voiced their opposition to the plan, with US President Joe Biden saying the United States would "never, never, never" recognise Russian sovereignty over the territories.</p><p>The Kremlin's atomic threats have not deterred a sweeping Ukrainian counter-offensive, which has been pushing back Russian troops in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-urgent-update-reviews-update-online">east.</a></p><div class="barrons-body-ad-placement" id="native"><div class="barrons-body-ad ad-span"><div class="wsj-responsive-ad-wrap barrons-ad-article-body" data-ad-location="ARTICLENATIVE" data-ad-props="{"options":{"adUnitPath":"/2/Barrons_AFP/barrons_AFP","autoRefresh":false,"adTargeting":{"ntvPlacement":"1074050"},"disableRefresh":false,"adSize":[[1,2],"fluid"],"adSizeMap":{"at4units":[[1,2],"fluid"],"at8units":[[1,2],"fluid"],"at12units":[[1,2],"fluid"],"at16units":[[1,2],"fluid"]},"adActivate":true,"adId":"AD_ARTICLENATIVE","triggerPrebid":true,"triggerApstag":true,"isObserve":true,"isTemplate":true,"collapseAdBeforeFetch":true,"isUtagData":true,"isMetaTag":false,"threshold":1,"rootMargin":"0px","shouldUpdate":true,"moatEnabled":true,"adRequestOnRemount":true,"observeFromUAC":true,"isLoggedIn":null,"label":"","labelClasses":"","wrapperStyles":{},"staticHeight":{},"reserveInitialHeight":false,"responsiveContainer":false}}" id="barrons-body-AD_ARTICLENATIVE"><p>The bill, which passed the Senate by unanimous consent last week and has bipartisan sponsorship, now heads to President Biden’s desk for his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-urgent-update-reviews-update-online">signature.</a></p><p>Asked why he voted against the legislation, Gaetz pointed to funding that the Small Business Association has received in the past two years.</p><p>“As the <span class="person-popover" data-nid="13658">Biden </span>administration cripples every facet of our economy, authorizing millions more for SBA is not an essential funding priority,” he added in a statement to The <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-">Hill.</a></p><p>The nine Republicans who opposed the measure did not speak during debate on the bill on the House floor Wednesday. The Hill reached out to the lawmakers for comment on their <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-">votes</a>.</p><p>The measure directs federal agencies <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nervolink-reviews-2022-updated-reviews-update-online">with</a> Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to create a “due diligence program” that would evaluate potential security risks presented by small businesses seeking federal f<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nervolink-reviews-2022-updated-reviews-update-online">unds.</a></p><p>The due diligence programs would then be mandated to review the financial ties and obligations between the small business requesting federal funds and foreign countries, people or entities. Additionally, the measure calls for the evaluation of the small businesses’ cybersecurity practices, patent analysis, employee analysis and foreign ownerships.</p></div></div></div><p>Kyiv's forces are on the doorstep of the Donetsk region town of Lyman, which Moscow's forces pummelled for weeks before capturing it this <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nervolink-reviews-2022-update-scam-reviews-update-online">summer.</a></p><p>Putin has blamed the war in Ukraine on the West and said simmering conflicts in the former Soviet Union were the result of its <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nervolink-reviews-2022-update-scam-reviews-update-online">collapse.</a></p><p>The rhetoric built on his now famous phrase that the fall of the USSR was a tragedy, and he has recently suggested Moscow should again extend its influence over the former Soviet <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-update-natural-formula-reviews-update-online">region.</a></p></div><p>Another 58 people were wounded after Iran fired missiles and drones at militant targets in the Kurdistan region of the neighboring Middle-Eastern country Wednesday, Iraq’s state news agency said, citing its counter-terrorism <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-update-natural-formula-reviews-update-online">service.</a></p><p>More information about the American victim was not provided due to “privacy considerations,” <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-full-update-safe-use-reviews-update-online">said State</a> Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel during a press <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-full-update-safe-use-reviews-update-online">briefing.</a></p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-0">LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Britain's City minister Andrew Griffith said on Friday that Prime Minister Liz Truss and finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng would meet the independent fiscal watchdog regarding economic forecasts.</p><p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body-v2__element__23wZV" data-testid="paragraph-1">"We all want the forecasts to be as quickly as they (OBR) can but also .. you also want them to have the right level of detail," Griffith told Sky News. The government's mini-budget last week sent the market into a tailspin as investors worried about how it would be <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/puradrop-reviews-2022-update-scam-legit-reviews-update-online">funded.</a></p><p>Iraqi Kurdish sources said the drone strikes went after at least 10 bases of Iranian Kurds in Iraqi <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/puradrop-reviews-2022-update-scam-legit-reviews-update-online">Kurdistan.</a></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/us-citizen-killed-iraq-697.jpg"><img alt="No US forces casualties were reported, but one Iranian drone had been shot down." class="wp-image-24069238" height="682" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/us-citizen-killed-iraq-697.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/us-citizen-killed-iraq-697.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1535 1536w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/us-citizen-killed-iraq-697.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/us-citizen-killed-iraq-697.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=512 512w" width="1024" /></a><figcaption>No US forces casualties were reported, but one Iranian drone had been shot down.</figcaption><figcaption><span class="credit">AFP via Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure><p>The US Army Central Command said it shot down one Iranian drone while they were traveling in the area because it posed a threat to American officials in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/puradrop-reviews-2022-update-consumer-reports-reviews-update-online">region.</a></p><p>“No US forces were wounded or killed as a result of the strikes and there is no damage to U.S. equipment,” it said in a statement <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/puradrop-reviews-2022-update-consumer-reports-reviews-update-online">Wednesday.</a></p><p>Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it would continue to zero in on what they <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renew-reviews-2022-update-reviewsupdate">described</a> as terrorist sites in the region.</p><p>“This operation will continue with our full determination until the threat is effectively repelled, terrorist group bases are dismantled, and the authorities of the Kurdish region assume their obligations and responsibilities,” the Guards said in a statement read on state <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renew-reviews-2022-update-reviewsupdate">television.</a></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/us-citizen-killed-iraq-696.jpg"><img alt="The missile strikes are the latest in a series of attacks from Iran on Iraq." class="wp-image-24069237" height="682" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/us-citizen-killed-iraq-696.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/us-citizen-killed-iraq-696.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1535 1536w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/us-citizen-killed-iraq-696.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/us-citizen-killed-iraq-696.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=512 512w" width="1024" /></a><figcaption>The missile strikes are the latest in a series of attacks from Iran on Iraq, which has been condemned by the US and Iraq.</figcaption><figcaption><span class="credit">AFP via Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure><p>US Secretary of State Antony <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coffee-slimmer-pro-reviews-2022-update-really-work-">Blinken</a> condemned Iran’s actions as an “unjustified violation of Iraqi sovereignty and territorial <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coffee-slimmer-pro-reviews-2022-update-really-work-">integrity.”</a></p><p>“Moreover, we further condemn comments from the government of Iran threatening additional attacks against Iraq,” Blinken added. “We stand with the people and government of Iraq in the face of these brazen attacks on their sovereignty.”</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens, an official said Friday, just hours before Moscow planned to annex more of Ukraine in an escalation of the seven-month war.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Zaporizhzhia Regional Governor <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coffee-slimmer-pro-reviews-2022-update-reviews-update-online">Oleksandr</a> Starukh made the announcement in an online statement Friday. He said there were at least 28 wounded when Russian forces targeted a humanitarian convoy heading to Russian-occupied <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coffee-slimmer-pro-reviews-2022-update-reviews-update-online">territory.</a></p><div class="e1j2237y7 bbc-q4ibpr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><time class="bbc-j3wi5n e1mklfmt0" datetime="2022-09-30">New Informate 44 minutes wey don pass</time></div><div class="bbc-1ka88fa ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><figure class="bbc-1qdcvv9 e1aczekt0"><div class="bbc-172p16q ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><div class="bbc-189y18v ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><div class="bbc-997y1y eihqrxw0" data-e2e="image-placeholder"><picture class="bbc-yfiktt e1mo64ex1"><source sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 645px, 100vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png.webp 800w" type="image/webp"></source><source sizes="(min-width: 1008px) 645px, 100vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png 800w" type="image/png"></source><img alt="Breaking tori foto" class="e3vrtyk0 bbc-rb7xa0 e1mo64ex0" height="549" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/D288/production/_99569835_breaking_news_centered_976_pidgin.png" width="976" /></picture></div></div></div></figure></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr"><b>Police for Kabul say suicide blast for one education centre for di Afghan capital don kill at least 19 pipo and injure many odas.</b></p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">Di blast take place for di Kaaj education centre for di Dashte Barchi area for di west of di city.</p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">Students bin dey do one practice university exam, officials from di centre tok.</p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">Many of those wey dey live for di area na from di Hazara minority, wey don dey targeted in di past attacks.</p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">Footage on local TV wey dem share on social media appear to show scenes from one nearby hospital, wia dem cover plenti bodies wey dem lay on di floor. Oda media wey tori be say dem dey di site of di private college show di destruction how tables scata for di damaged <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/outback-belly-burner-reviews-2022-update-reviews-update-online">classrooms.</a></p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">Di Kaaj tuition centre na private college wey dey teach both male and female students. Most girls' schools for di kontri don dey closed since di Taliban return to power for August last year, but some private schools dey open.</p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">No group don say dem dey behind di blast. But Shiite Hazaras don for decades now don face persecution from both di Taliban and di rival Islamic State <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/outback-belly-burner-reviews-2022-update-reviews-update-online">group.</a></p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">Several blasts don happun for di Dashte Barchi region - wey be mainly a Shiite Muslim area - for recent years, with di attacks wey dey often target areas like schools and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/outback-belly-burner-reviews-2022-update-consumer-">hospitals.</a></p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">On Friday, di Taliban interior ministry spokesman say security teams dey di site and condemn di attack.</p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">Abdul Nafy Takor say attacking civilian targets "prove say di enemy dey inhuman cruelty and lack of moral <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/outback-belly-burner-reviews-2022-update-consumer-">standards."</a></p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">Di Taliban return to power for Afghanistan last August and di group say dem dey attempting to restore stability.</p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">However attacks by rival Islamists di Islamic State group don continue. Afghanistan Hazara community dey often dey targeted by Sunni militant groups,<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/home-doctor-book-reviews-2022-update-does-really-"> including IS.</a></p></div><div class="bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0" dir="ltr"><p class="bbc-1y32vyc e17g058b0" dir="ltr">Prior to di Taliban return last year, bomb attack on a girls school for di Dashte Barchi region kill at least 85 pipo - mainly students- and injure hundreds <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/home-doctor-book-reviews-2022-update-does-really-">more.</a></p></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">He posted images of burned out vehicles and bodies lying in the road. Russia did not immediately acknowledge the strike.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The attack comes as Moscow prepares to annex four regions into Russia after an internationally criticized, gunpoint referendum vote as part of its invasion of Ukraine. Those regions include areas near Zaporizhzhia, but not the city itself, which remains in Ukrainian <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/home-doctor-reviews-2022-updateusa-reviews-update-online">hands.</a></p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Starukh said those in the convoy planned to travel into Russian-occupied territory to pick up their relatives and then take them to safety. He said rescuers were at the site of the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/home-doctor-reviews-2022-updateusa-reviews-update-online">attack.</a></p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div data-ad-placeholder="true" data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-outstream"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-outstream ad-slot " data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-outstream-1" data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-outstream" id="ad-slot-fitt-article-inline-outstream-768867"> </div></div></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The annexation — and planned celebratory concerts and rallies in Moscow and the occupied territories — would come just days after voters supposedly approved Moscow-managed “referendums” that Ukrainian and Western officials have denounced as illegal, forced and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hairfortin-reviews-2022-update-solution-hair-reviews-update-online">rigged.</a></p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday that four regions of Ukraine — Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — would be folded into Russia during a Kremlin ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin, who is expected to give a major speech. Peskov said the regions’ pro-Moscow administrators would sign treaties to join Russia in the Kremlin’s ornate St.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hairfortin-reviews-2022-update-solution-hair-reviews-update-online"> George’s Hall.</a></p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">In an apparent response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an emergency meeting Friday of his National Security and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hairfortin-reviews-2022-update-scam-reviews-update-online">Defense Council.</a></p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Zelenskyy also sought to capitalize on anti-war sentiment in Russia by issuing a special video directed at Russia’s ethnic minorities, especially those in Dagestan, one of the country’s poorer regions in the North <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hairfortin-reviews-2022-update-scam-reviews-update-online">Caucasus.</a></p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">“You do not have to die in Ukraine,” he said, wearing a<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renew-reviews-2022-update-natural-reviewsupdate/"> black</a> hoodie that read in English “I’m Ukrainian,” and standing in front of a plaque in Kyiv memorializing what he called a Dagestani hero. He called on the ethnic minorities to resist <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renew-reviews-2022-update-natural-reviewsupdate/">mobilization.</a></p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div data-ad-placeholder="true" data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-box"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-box ad-slot " data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-box" data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-box" id="ad-slot-fitt-article-inline-box-561674"> </div></div></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The U.S. and its allies have promised to adopt even more <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/restolin-reviews-2022-update-customer-results-reviews-update-online">sanctions</a> than they’ve already levied against Russia and to offer millions of dollars in extra support for Ukraine as the Kremlin duplicates the annexation playbook it followed when it incorporated Ukraine’s Crimean <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/restolin-reviews-2022-update-customer-results-reviews-update-online">Peninsula in 2014.</a></p><p>Japan is providing a major U.S. chipmaker a subsidy of up to 46.6 billion yen ($322 million) to support its plan to produce advanced memory chips at a Hiroshima factory, the Japanese trade minister said <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/restolin-reviews-2022-updated-reviews-update-online">Friday.</a></p><p>The announcement to subsidize Micron Technology comes on the heels of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' visit in Japan as the two countries step up cooperation on expanding manufacturing and supply chains for critical materials.</p><p>“I hope the deal will contribute to further expansion of cooperation between Japan and the United States in the area of semiconductors,” Japan’s Economy and Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said.</p><p>He said the government approved the deal Friday under a law related to economic <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/restolin-reviews-2022-updated-reviews-update-online">security.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>During her trip to Asia this week, Harris met with Japanese officials and semiconductor company executives to seek greater cooperation in strengthening semiconductor development and production amid China’s growing influence.</p><p>Micron was among the companies that participated in the meeting with Harris, along with Tokyo Electron, Nikon, Hitachi High-Tech Group, Fujitsu Ltd.</p><p>Nearly 30 more were wounded in the attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, acording to the regional governor.</p><p>Over in Russia, Mr Putin is set to make his first public appearance today since so-called referendums were held in four occupied Ukrainian territories, in which he will declare the regions are now joining the Russian Federation.</p><p>Preparations have been made at Moscow’s Red Square for a grand ceremony proclaiming the inclusion of these regions into Russian territory.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>The Russian president is also expected to give a speech today after meeting the Moscow-backed leaders of the four regions.</p><p>The move by the Kremlin comes despite several warnings from world leaders who say they will never recognise the voting exercise and dismissed it as illegal and a “sham”.</p><h2>Key Points</h2><ul class="caas-list caas-list-bullet"><li>Over 20 killed in Russian strike on civilian convoy in Ukraine</li><li>Putin recognises independence of two Ukrainian regions</li><li>43 Russian soldiers killed, two fighter jets downed - Ukraine</li><li>Putin to deliver major speech today after claiming four Ukrainian regions</li></ul><h2>ICYMI: Russian war dead have their sins forgiven, Russian Orthodox Church says</h2><p><em>08:25</em> , <em>Zoe Tidman</em></p><p>Russian soldiers who die in the line of duty in Ukraine have all of their sins forgiven, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church proclaimed in a sermon, comparing their sacrificial death to that of Jesus.</p><p>Here is a reminder of what happened earlier this week:</p><figure class="caas-figure"><div class="caas-figure-with-pb"><div class="caas-img-container"><img alt="" class="caas-img caas-lazy has-preview caas-loaded" data-caas-lazy-loading-init="1" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ALpAFwEncEMQheuZrzeljQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQ3MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/hnC8od9qqsuQNjyL5l8Xsg--~B/aD04MDA7dz0xMjAwO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_independent_635/2e85284a54cad6d9688e372f9a166f04" /></div></div></figure><p>A death toll has been announced for a Russian missile strike that hit a humanitarian convoy on Friday.</p><p>At least 23 people were killed and 28 more wounded in the attack on civilian vehicles near the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, according to the regional governor.</p><p>The United States is working to solidify its technology cooperation with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, while trying to increase its domestic semiconductor manufacturing, amid China's own investment in computer chips.</p><p>Nishimura has stressed the U.S.-Japan alliance on semiconductors, as well as energy and other areas.</p><p>Japan was once a world leader in computer chip manufacturing, but its status has eroded over the last two decades, and the country is increasingly worried about falling behind.</p><p>Japan has set up its own fund to support semiconductor production. Out of $4.3 billion, $3.3 billion is being provided in subsidies for a new factory in Japan's southern prefecture of Kumamoto.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Putin early Friday issued decrees recognizing the independence of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, steps he had taken in February regarding Luhansk and Donetsk and earlier for Crimea.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Ukraine has repeated its vows to recapture the four regions, as well as Crimea. For its part, Russia pledges to defend all its territory — including newly annexed regions — by all available means, including nuclear weapons.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Heightening the tensions are Russia’s partial military mobilization and allegations of sabotage of two Russian pipelines on the Baltic Sea floor that were designed to feed natural gas to Europe. Adding to the Kremlin’s woes are Ukraine’s success in recapturing some of the very land Russia is annexing and problems with the mobilization that President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Thursday.</p><p>Putin made the comment over a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, according to the readout.</p><p>Leaks to the key Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines transporting natural-gas from Russia to Europe were first detected on Monday in the Danish region of the Baltic Sea. More leaks have since been discovered, with Sweden on Wednesday announcing it detected a fourth leak.</p><p>The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said in a Thursday statement, that the damage is the "result of deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage." It has threatened to retaliate, stating: "Any deliberate attack against Allies' critical infrastructure would be met with a united and determined response."</p><div class="in-post-sticky only-desktop"><div class="ad ad-wrapper fluid in-post only-desktop" data-adunit="news/politics/post" data-amazontamsizes="[[728,90],[300,250]]" data-authors="huileng-tan" data-bi-ad="" data-force="" data-google-query-id="CIaxmb-EvPoCFcTzcwEd1fUDgQ" data-pagetype="post" data-region="Desktop In Post Ad" data-responsive="[{"browserLimit":[728,0],"slotSize":[[300,250],"fluid"]},{"browserLimit":[1260,0],"slotSize":[[728,90],[300,250],[800,480],[600,480],"fluid"]}]" data-secvert="economy,energy,news" data-subvertical="politics" data-tag="crime" data-tile-order="tile-2" data-type="ad" data-url="/nord-stream-natural-gas-pipeline-leak-sabotage-international-terrorism-putin-2022-9" id="gpt-post-politics-desktop_in_post_ad-desktop-2"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4442842/news/politics/post_4__container__"><p>A few hundred Cubans took to the streets Thursday night in Havana demanding the restoration of electricity, protesting more than two days after a blackout hit the entire island following the passage of Hurricane Ian.</p><p>An Associated Press journalist saw a total of about 400 people gathered in at least two spots in the Cerro neighborhood shouting, “We want light, we want light,” and banging pots and pans.</p><p>Apon Mon Valobash Kovir Via appear in Havana over islandwide blackout Mongla Bazar Covid Info 2023</p><div class="content-wrapper" id="paywall"><p>It was the first public outpouring of anger after electricity problems spread from western Cuba, where Ian hit, and knocked out all of the island's power grid Tuesday night, leaving its 11 million people in the dark. The storm also left three people dead and caused still unquantified damage.</p><p class="sc-gZMcBi render-stellar-contentstyles__Paragraph-sc-9v7nwy-2 dCwndB">Hurricane Ian's destructive crawl across Florida brought extraordinary flooding and storm surges, prompting the largest emergency response in the state’s history, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis told CNN Thursday.</p><p class="sc-gZMcBi render-stellar-contentstyles__Paragraph-sc-9v7nwy-2 dCwndB">Multiple communities have been wiped out by the storm. In Fort Myers Beach along the state's southwestern coast, some homes have been reduced to nothing but concrete slabs, Gov. Ron DeSantis said, calling the damage in parts of the state “indescribable.”</p><p>Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found</p><p>house prices were flat this month for the first time since July 2021, Nationwide figures show, revealing the impact of rising interest rates and high inflation. The average house price was unchanged between August and September, ending more than a year of uninterrupted growth. The annual pace of growth slowed to 9.5 per cent from 10 per cent in the previous month. Further signs of a slowdown in the market have emerged over the past month, said Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief economist, as the number of mortgages approved for house purchase remained below pre-pandemic levels and surveyors reported a decline in new buyer inquiries. “The slowdown to date has been modest and, combined with a shortage of stock on the market, this has meant that price growth has remained firm.” He noted that the reduction in stamp duty could provide some support to activity and prices, as would the strength of the labour market. However, “headwinds are growing stronger, suggesting the market will slow further in the months ahead”, Gardner added. These include high inflation, which is exerting significant pressure on household budgets, and stretched affordability. A 10 per cent deposit on a typical first-time buyer property is now equivalent to almost 60 per cent of annual gross earnings — an all-time high, according to Nationwide.</p><p class="sc-gZMcBi render-stellar-contentstyles__Paragraph-sc-9v7nwy-2 dCwndB">Patronis, who also serves as the state's fire marshal, compared the devastation in the Fort Myers area to the damage left behind by Hurricane Michael, which slammed the Florida Panhandle in 2018 as a Category 5 storm.</p><div class="sc-bdVaJa sc-RefOD bkVmOx"><blockquote class="sc-dnqmqq hJIoKL"><p>“Fort Myers Beach … very similar to Mexico Beach with Hurricane Michael. A much older community, older infrastructure built with older building codes. So, the devastation there is very similar to what we're seeing with Hurricane Michael and Bay County,” he said.</p></blockquote></div><p class="sc-gZMcBi render-stellar-contentstyles__Paragraph-sc-9v7nwy-2 dCwndB">When all is said and done, Ian’s storm system will likely have left behind lasting changes in its wake.</p></div></div></div></div><p>The finger-pointing continues, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saying the damage to Nord Stream appeared to be due to state-sponsored terrorism, Reuters reported on Thursday.</p><p>"This looks like an act of terrorism, possibly on a state level," said Peskov, according to Reuters. "It is very difficult to imagine that such an act of a terrorism could have happened without the involvement of a state of some kind."</p><p>Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a pro-Kremlin online broadcast Thursday, the US would benefit from the leaks because it would be able to export more liquefied natural gas if the pipelines couldn't work, per Reuters.</p><p>The leaks had happened in areas "fully under the control of US intelligence," Zakharova told Soloviev Live, according to the news agency. "It happened in the trade and economic zones of Denmark and Sweden. There are NATO-centric countries," said Zakharova. She did not provide evidence of this claim, according to Reuters.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-65800698839547212032022-09-29T04:06:00.003-07:002022-09-29T04:06:46.746-07:00Kotha Lekha Horipur negotiate with the United States amin Pur Rel Sultan UK USA 2023<p> Cuba’s top diplomat said Tuesday <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-reviews-2022-update-hearing-reviews-update-online">his</a> country’s officials have no choice but to engage the United States in negotiations to normalize relations, despite a decade of diplomatic whiplash and mixed messages from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-reviews-2022-update-hearing-reviews-update-online">Washington. </a></p><header class="css-8z235g euiyums1"><div class="css-79elbk" data-testid="photoviewer-wrapper"><div class="css-1a48zt4 e11si9ry5" data-testid="photoviewer-children"><figure aria-label="media" class="sizeMedium layoutHorizontal css-1a1lp8y" role="group"><div class="css-bsn42l"><picture><img alt="Individuals killed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, from a display at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. At least 800,000 died." class="css-rq4mmj" height="383" sizes="((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/09/29/world/29hague-genocide3/merlin_188326425_3eb92034-284e-48ca-83f9-c2934d240af0-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/09/29/world/29hague-genocide3/merlin_188326425_3eb92034-284e-48ca-83f9-c2934d240af0-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp 600w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/09/29/world/29hague-genocide3/merlin_188326425_3eb92034-284e-48ca-83f9-c2934d240af0-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp 1024w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/09/29/world/29hague-genocide3/merlin_188326425_3eb92034-284e-48ca-83f9-c2934d240af0-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp 2048w" width="600" /></picture></div><figcaption class="css-y5g5d7 e1maroi60"><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-jevhma e13ogyst0">Individuals killed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, from a display at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. At least 800,000 died.</span><span class="css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span aria-hidden="false">Ben Curtis/Associated Press</span></span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="css-1ec9lhb e11si9ry2" data-testid="placeholder"><div class="css-tux0zj e11si9ry3" data-testid="photoviewer-overlay"><div class="css-1rd994f e11si9ry4"><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">In a rare admission of sexual harassment in Japan’s military, its army chief apologized Thursday to a former soldier for suffering caused by a group of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-review-2022-updatehearing-supplement-">servicemembers.</a></p><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_B7E571F0-BF9C-1F83-D4DF-887EE68D70AD">Former Everton and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prostastream-reviews-2022-update-supplement-reviews-update-online">Russian</a> national team soccer player Diniyar Bilyaletdinov received a summons from Russia's military registration and enlistment office, his father, Rinat <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prostastream-reviews-2022-update-supplement-reviews-update-online">Bilyaletdinov,</a> told Russian state news agency RIA <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-review-2022-updatehearing-supplement-">Novosti.</a></p></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_3D949706-F6ED-D235-B24F-887EE696BB57">"Diniyar really received a summons. It's hard to talk about emotions, because he didn't serve, although he did military service, but it was specific, with a sports <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/promind-complex-reviews-2022-update-scam-legit-">bias.</a> That was 19 years ago," the player's father <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/promind-complex-reviews-2022-update-scam-legit-">said.</a></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_C6C81DA5-52C7-2194-E64C-887EE6987DF2">Rinat Bilyaletdinov argued that Diniyar was incorrectly summoned as he is older than the cutoff age of 35 years old.</div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--tablet" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_nat_btf_01" data-ad-position="tablet" data-ad-refresh="default"> </div></div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--desktop" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_nat_btf_01" data-ad-position="desktop" data-ad-refresh="default"><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_396BE304-B533-1105-82F8-8860E0AAE6F3@published">China’s famous ‘Panda diplomacy’ faces a test – after a bear in Taiwan came down with a life-threatening <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prostastream-reviews-2022-update-effective-formula-">brain</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prostastream-reviews-2022-update-effective-formula-">lesion.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_6E9B56A9-3667-692B-8031-8854E5393019@published">Taipei Zoo told CNN on Thursday they had requested help from experts in China to treat their Giant Panda, Tuan Tuan, after an MRI scan revealed the damage.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_D2D341CE-1360-DDD0-FAE6-88713739B1E5@published">They are hoping for support in treating Tuan Tuan after he began behaving abnormally, lost his appetite and suffered a three-minute seizure in late <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/promind-complex-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-">August.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_51535EEA-752C-A149-03BB-8867F0AB7D8E@published">But the request raises the possibility of a delicate diplomatic balancing act, given relations between China and Taiwan have taken a nosedive since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the self-governing island in August.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A77D6C20-30CF-475A-1AB9-886E38CA74F0@published">China considers Taiwan part of its territory, despite never having governed it, and has vowed to “reunify” it with the Chinese mainland, by force if necessary. Since Pelosi’s visit, it has ramped up pressure on the island by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biofit-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-reviews-update-online">holding</a> a series of military exercises on its <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/promind-complex-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-">doorstep.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_C4BA6DF3-B3BF-2458-B24C-887622DD7207@published">Now animal lovers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will be <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biofit-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-reviews-update-online">watching</a> to see how it responds the zoo’s</p></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_253BD817-4438-280E-1311-888B55B795CC">"The law still says -- to call people up to 35 years old, and he is 37, so there is some kind of inconsistency. Now it will be found out whether this agenda is correct or it was sent early," said Rinat Bilyaletdinov per RIA Novosti.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_875788D5-4594-8DE7-F388-888B7AA5771F">"Anything can happen. If there was a general mobilization, then ask questions. In the meantime, the president has established a partial one, everything should be in accordance with the law."</div><div class="zn-body__read-all"><div class="el__embedded el__embedded--standard"><div class="el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed"><div class="el__article--teaseimage"><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/25/football/ukraine-air-raid-rukh-lviv-metalist-kharkiv-spt-intl/index.html"><img alt="Ukrainian Premier League match halted four times by air raid sirens and takes over four hours to complete" class="media__image media__image--responsive" data-demand-load="loaded" data-eq-pts="mini: 0, xsmall: 221, small: 308, medium: 461, large: 781" data-eq-state="mini xsmall" data-src-full16x9="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220825124223-ukraine-football-rukh-lviv-metalist-kharkiv-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220825124223-ukraine-football-rukh-lviv-metalist-kharkiv-super-169.jpg" 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class="el__storyelement__header">Ukrainian Premier League match halted four times by air raid sirens and takes over four hours to complete</span></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_0360F601-409E-DE69-233F-887EE69F09CF">Last week, President Vladimir Putin announced the immediate "partial mobilization" of Russian citizens, in an effort to bolster the Kremlin's faltering invasion, following Ukraine's gains in its ongoing counteroffensive.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_C2D689A4-CB77-3F27-5362-887EE6A0340E">As part of the mobilization efforts, Russia will call up 300,000 reservists, according to Defense Minister <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biofit-reviews-2022-update-really-work-reviews-update-online">Sergei</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biofit-reviews-2022-update-really-work-reviews-update-online">Shoigu.</a></div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--tablet" data-ad-text="show"><div 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allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-presentation" scrolling="no" tabindex="0" title="advertisement" width="1"></iframe></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Over in Greece the Ukrainian president has been speaking about the importance of democracy in tyrannical times, Helena Smith reports from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lean-belly-3x-reviews-2022-update-does-really-reviews-update-online">Athens.</a></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Addressing the 10th Athens Democracy Forum, <strong>Volodymyr Zelenskiy</strong> underlined it was unity that reinforced democracy and unity that would ultimately ensure its <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lean-belly-3x-reviews-2022-update-does-really-reviews-update-online">success.</a></p><blockquote class="quoted"><p>Megacap growth names such as Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Meta Platforms Inc and Tesla Inc lost between 0.8% and 1.6% in premarket<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lean-belly-3x-reviews-2022-update-supplement-reviews-update-online"> trading.</a></p><p>U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Wednesday, as markets globally took heart from the Bank of England seeking to stabilize UK markets after a turmoil caused by the government's new economic plan.</p><p>But calm from the BoE's bond purchases promise proved short-lived with a rout in gilts spilling over into even safe-haven U.S. Treasuries and top-rated German<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lean-belly-3x-reviews-2022-update-supplement-reviews-update-online"> bonds.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Wall Street's main<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biotox-gold-20-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-"> indexes</a> have been battered this year, with surging U.S. bond yields <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biotox-gold-20-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-">further</a> diminishing the appeal for stocks as investors found more attractive alternatives in U.S. Treasuries.</p><p>The yields on many Treasuries - which are considered virtually risk-free if held to maturity - now dwarf the S&P 500's dividend yield, which recently stood at about 1.8%, according to Refinitiv Datastream.</p><p>At 5:15 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 225 points, or 0.76%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 31.25 points, or 0.84%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 117.75 points, or 1.02%.</p><p>American Airlines fell about 2.4% as carriers canceled almost 2,000 U.S. flights for Thursday after Hurricane Ian hit Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic force in one of most powerful U.S. storms in recent <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biotox-gold-20-supplement-review-2022-update-reviews-update-online">years.</a></p><p>U.S. cruise companies Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd and Carnival Corp fell about 2.5% each after they delayed or canceled trips in anticipation of the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biotox-gold-20-supplement-review-2022-update-reviews-update-online">hurricane.</a></p><p>Investors will be watching for weekly jobless claims, which is expected to rise by 2,000 to 215,000 last week. Final economic growth figures for the second quarter are also due. A second estimate of the government last month had shown the economy contracted at 0.6%, a more moderate pace than initially thought.</p><p><em>People feel that right now something is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbofix-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-reviews-update-online">happening</a> that could become decisive in the centuries-old confrontation between democracy and tyranny,” he said as the Forum opened in the Greek capital on Wednesday e<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbofix-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-reviews-update-online">vening.</a></em></p><p><em>And it is precisely in this address, precisely to the Athens Democracy Forum, that I want to say that I am sure: we will be able to guarantee the future of democracy, we will be able to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbofix-reviews-2022-update-does-really-work-reviews-update-online">protect it.</a></em></p><p><em>We will, because we know what gives democracy strength, what serves as its heart, ensuring the supply of freedom, like blood, to every part of a democratic society – to every person. This is unity. Unity is the most important <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbofix-reviews-2022-update-does-really-work-reviews-update-online">thing.</a></em></p></blockquote><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Zelenskiy, who was awarded the 2022 City of Athens Democracy prize in the name of the people of Ukraine by the mayor, Kostas Bakoyannis, insisted that the unity the west had shown in the face of Russian brute force was reflected in the setbacks the Russian military had suffered on the battlefield. Continuing his address he <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-restore-gummies-reviews-2022-update-scam-warning-">said:</a></p><blockquote class="quoted"><p> </p><p><em>We see this now in the war that Russia has waged against our people and against our common democratic system. The greater unity we have, the more tangible Russian defeats <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-restore-gummies-reviews-2022-update-scam-warning-">are.</a></em></p><p><em>Democracy does not live in the government offices or even in the parliament hall. Democracy lives between people. And that is why it is so important that there are no isolated groups in societies – be it the ruling group, or any other privileged groups, or any unintegrated <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/jointrestore-gummies-reviews-2022-update-formula-">minorities.</a></em></p><p><em>After the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, we managed to achieve the greatest unity of Europe and the democratic community of the whole world in decades. But the greatest does not mean the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/jointrestore-gummies-reviews-2022-update-formula-">maximum.</a></em></p><p><em>We have a lot to do to further <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/phytocet-reviews-2022-update-does-oil-formula-reviews-update-online">strengthen</a> our unity. And every such step to strengthen is a step to protect democracy. Not just somewhere, not just in some country, but in general – for all of us and for our <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/phytocet-reviews-2022-update-does-oil-formula-reviews-update-online">children.</a></em></p><p><em>For all free <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/phytocet-review-2022-update-really-work-reviews-update-online">nations.</a> Forever free.</em></p></blockquote><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Greece has stalwartly stood by its Nato and EU allies in opposing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine despite what were once strong ties with fellow Orthodox Russia. Athens’s stance has infuriated Russia with the two sides exchanging sharp words and anti-Putin graffiti appearing in the Greek <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/phytocet-review-2022-update-really-work-reviews-update-online">capital.</a></p><div class="article-image-slot" data-doc-id="cms/api/amp/image/AA12nCst" data-image-href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-live-new-leak-found-on-nord-stream-pipelines-as-pressure-grows-to-declare-russia-terrorist-state/ar-AA12njEv?fullscreen=true#image=1" data-rendered="true"><div class="article-image-container" data-t="{"n":"OpenModal","t":13}"><p><a class="article-image-height-wrapper" data-t="{"n":"destination","t":14,"b":1,"c.t":14}" href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-live-new-leak-found-on-nord-stream-pipelines-as-pressure-grows-to-declare-russia-terrorist-state/ar-AA12njEv?fullscreen=true#image=1" rel="noopener" target="_self"><img alt="Anti-Putin graffiti seen in Athens Photograph: Helena Smith/The Guardian" class="article-image" src="https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA12nCst.img?w=768&h=461&m=6" tabindex="0" title="Anti-Putin graffiti seen in Athens Photograph: Helena Smith/The Guardian" /></a></p><div class="image-caption-container"><span class="image-caption">Anti-Putin graffiti seen in Athens Photograph: Helena Smith/The Guardian</span><span class="image-attribution">© Provided by The Guardian</span></div></div></div><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Zelenskiy ended his speech thanking the country for its “significant support.”</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">“It is with great honour that I accept the award of the city of Athens for the Ukrainian people, for our people, for their contribution to the protection of democratic values.,” <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hormonal-harmony-hb-5-reviews-2022-update-does-work-">he said.</a></p></div><div class="teads-adCall"> </div></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_A206F9B5-2A1B-979A-2210-887EE6A7E50E">Putin moved to amend the country's Criminal Code over the weekend and strengthen punishments relating to military service during times of mobilization, martial law or wartime, with Russians who fail to report for duty now facing up to 10-years in prison under the new <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hormonal-harmony-hb-5-reviews-2022-update-does-work-">regulations.</a></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_7AD44ED3-1588-8EB2-7C58-887EE6A92367">Bilyaletdinov joined Everton in 2009 and played with the English Premier League side for three seasons</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_C989F25A-12F3-24A8-FC5C-889994DFB3AE">The 37-year-old played in 46 matches for the Russian national team, scoring six goals and helping his country reach the semifinals at the European Championships in 2008.</div></div><p><b>Thanks for reading the Ottawa Playbook. I'm your host, Nick Taylor-Vaisey.</b> Today, a peek into what happens when federal and municipal politics collide on the Hill. Also, the more you know about ministerial car allowances. Plus, it's not gerrymandering — but <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hb-5-hormonal-harmony-reviews-2022-update-reviews-update-online">federal</a> riding redistribution is here, and it's messy.<a name="driving-the-day"></a></p><header class="block-header"><h2>DRIVING THE DAY</h2></header><p><b>LIBERALS TAKE SIDES — </b>The race for Ottawa's next mayor is heating up, and it's stirring up a partisan divide on the Hill. Nothing mean-spirited. So far, it's not awkward. But there's no incumbent in the running, and the Liberal flock is pulled in different directions by two rival candidates with serious <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hb-5-hormonal-harmony-reviews-2022-update-reviews-update-online">backing.</a></p><p><b>— The state of play:</b> The race's standout progressive candidate is <b>CATHERINE MCKENNEY</b>, a two-term city councilor and longtime city hall denizen. They're the choice of virtually every New Democrat in town, and likely to scoop up most votes in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/theyavue-reviews-2022-update-effective-reviewsupdate">city's core.</a></p><p>Then there's the stridently centrist <b>MARK SUTCLIFFE</b>, a broadcaster and columnist whose <u>lengthy list of honorary campaign co-chairs</u> includes Conservatives like <b>MARJORY LEBRETON</b>, a Tory operative for 50 years, and <b>MICHELLE COATES-MATHER</b>, the director of communications for the recent <b>JEAN CHAREST</b> leadership <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/theyavue-reviews-2022-update-effective-reviewsupdate">campaign.</a></p><p><b>— And then there's the Red team:</b> Sutcliffe's campaign manager is <b>SABRINA GROVER</b>, a consultant who carried the Liberal banner in Calgary Centre in last year's election. Sutcliffe recruited a pair of suburban Liberal MPs, <b>JENNA SUDDS </b>in Kanata and <b>MARIE-FRANCE LALONDE</b> in Orleans, to his list of honorary co-chairs. <b>LIAM ROCHE</b>, a KPMG consultant who has toiled plenty for federal and provincial Liberals, is campaign <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/theyavue-reviews-2022-update-supplement-reviewsupdate">spokesperson.</a></p><p><b>— Lo, a big get:</b> McKenney <u>announced a pair of co-chairs</u> late Tuesday. One of them is <b>VICKY SMALLMAN</b>, director of human rights at the Canadian Labor Congress and veteran local New Democrat.</p><p>But the <i>other</i> is <b>TYLER MEREDITH</b>, an architect of <b>JUSTIN TRUDEAU</b>'s platforms and budgets since 2016 who happens to be an old friend of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/theyavue-reviews-2022-update-supplement-reviewsupdate">McKenney's.</a></p><p>Meredith's name is synonymous with the Trudeau era's signature social and economic policy. And it's not like he's hiding it.</p><p>"Better is always possible," <u>he tweeted</u>, cheekily appropriating a Trudeau campaign slogan circa 2015. "And right now we have a chance to mark our ballots for real change, for the Ottawa we want." (The irony? Back in 2015, "real change" was Trudeau's rhetorical attempt to outflank the NDP as a progressive alternative to <b>STEPHEN HARPER</b>.)</p><p><b>Fun fact:</b> Meredith is leaving Finance Minister <b>CHRYSTIA FREELAND</b>'s office at the end of the month. His going-away party went down last night at the Rabbit Hole on Sparks, where the crowd eye-rolled at <u>a certain local professor's incredulity</u>. (Scroll down for <b>SPOTTEDS</b>.)</p><p>Meredith coming aboard isn't a "3D chess play or a signal" to fellow partisans, said one Liberal who's also in McKenney's orbit. "The main objective is probably to produce bullet-proof policy." Another Liberal-watcher said Meredith beefs up McKenney's "economic bonafides" for a voter pool that needed some reassurance before heading to the ballot box.</p><p><b>— It all boils down to this:</b> Younger Liberals are openly flocking to McKenney. Centrists who identify as Blue Liberals are likely to bet on Sutcliffe.</p><p>If formal political parties duked it out at city hall, all these Grits would have a much easier time coalescing around a single candidate. But McKenney vs. Sutcliffe blurs those lines, and everybody on the Hill gets a free vote in the battle of center versus left.</p><p><b>— Reminder: </b>Voting day is Oct. 24.</p><p><b>BOUNDARY BICKERING —</b> Tap an MP's shoulder and ask for their opinion about the painstaking process of federal riding redistribution currently underway in every province. Odds are they'll have one.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Yoshihide Yoshida, head of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, said an internal investigation found evidence that several servicemen were involved in the case brought by former soldier Rina Gonoi last month.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“Representing the Ground-Self Defense Force, I deeply apologize to Ms. Gonoi for the pain she had to suffer for a long time,” Yoshida told a news conference. “We offer a sincere apology.”</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The investigation was ongoing and further details, including the assailants and their punishment, were not yet released Thursday.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Japan’s Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada earlier this month ordered a ministry-wide investigation into growing reports of sexual assault after Gonoi brought allegations of harassment of her and others.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">In a country where gender inequality remains high, sexual harassment is often disregarded and the #MeToo movement has been slow to catch on. But Japanese women have started to speak up, including in the film industry.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Earlier this year, two film directors apologized after media reports emerged about sexual abuse allegations brought by several women, prompting a group of filmmakers and others in the industry to call for improvement.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Gonoi submitted a petition earlier this month to the Defense Ministry signed by more than 100,000 people seeking a reinvestigation of her case by a third party.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">She said three senior male colleagues in August 2021 in a dorm at a training ground pressed the lower part of their bodies against her, forcing her to spread her legs, as more than 10 other male colleagues watched and laughed, but none tried to stop them.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Gonoi said in a statement that she filed a case with the ministry, but the investigation was not properly conducted and local prosecutors dropped the case in May.</p><div class="Component-dfp-0-2-58 apnews_article_midarticle_2"><div class="Component-adTitle-0-2-65">ADVERTISEMENT</div></div></div></div></div></div></header><section class="meteredContent css-1r7ky0e"><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Prosecutors in The Hague thought it would never happen.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The tribunal’s most wanted man, once among Rwanda’s wealthiest and most influential people, had managed to escape for 23 years, living under ever-changing false names, switching countries and homes in Africa and Europe until he was finally arrested two years ago in a suburban apartment not far from Paris.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Now 86 and frail, Félicien Kabuga went on trial on Thursday on multiple charges of genocide. He refused to appear in court, saying in a note that this was in protest against a refusal to let him change lawyers, but judges ordered that the proceedings should go ahead and asked the prosecution to read its opening statement.</p><p>The proposals come after Director General Tim Davie said the World Service’s budget would be reduced by £30M ($32.7M) by 2023/24 as part of a digital-first BBC blueprint and, speaking earlier this week at RTS London, he hinted that foreign-language news services could be cut if the government doesn’t help with increased financing.</p><p>Deadline understands the proposals center on a decentralization of the World Service teams, meaning that the majority of the Asian language services including the Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Korean, Chinese and some South Asian services targeted at India will be relocated from London’s New Broadcasting House to the respective countries they report on.</p><p>Landor will use the Zoom to “share the results of our strategic review and talk through our proposals for change and the strategic reasons behind these proposals,” according to an email seen by Deadline.</p><p>Team members raised concerns with Deadline that the move will mean many will lose their jobs as they are unable to relocate for various reasons. One pointed to press freedom difficulties in certain nations, such as Thailand, where press freedom is constrained, or Vietnam, where journalists have to report from neighboring countries due to the ruling Communist Party.</p><p>According to the BBC Annual Report, which described the World Service as “one of the jewels in the UK’s crown,” the part-government-funded division received £251M ($271M) last year, and there were 1,433 staff in the World Service Group.</p><p>The proposals will now be submitted to unions and come at a tricky time for the whole of the BBC News division, which has recently seen former NBC News International President Deborah Turness become CEO.</p><p>Journalists are reportedly considering strike action over the planned merger of the domestic and international news channels, which will see 70 jobs axed.</p><p>News has been one of the hardest hit BBC divisions since the government imposed savings on the corporation several years ago, and hundreds have lost jobs already.</p><p>The BBC declined to comment on the proposals but information is expected on record shortly.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">He is accused of being a financier and logistical backer of the groups that led the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi minority and moderate Hutus.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">During that three-month blood bath in the spring of 1994, at least 800,000 people, maybe as many as a million, were killed in the small central African nation of six million. Tutsi women were raped</p></div></div></section><p>In an interview with The Hill, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla responded to a question posed by former Obama administration adviser Ben Rhodes on whether Cuban officials would “ever, ever negotiate anything with America ever again after this?”</p><p>“We will have to,” said Rodríguez Parrilla, who was in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.</p><p>“We will have to, first, because there is a historical trend that will, at some point, force us to reestablish dialogue and lift the blockade.”</p><p>After a historic and controversial push to normalize relations between Washington and Havana under former President Obama, the Trump administration did an about-face, most famously adding Cuba to a list of state sponsors of terrorism.</p><p>The Biden administration, though less hawkish than the Trump administration, has not taken major steps to normalize relations, including keeping Cuba on the terrorism watchlist.</p><p>“We shouldn’t expect President Biden to return to the policies of President Obama. One would have expected President Biden to implement his own policy, adjusted to his electoral platform, to his commitments with his voters, to the current reality of the international situation,” said Rodríguez Parrilla.</p><p>“What has been a regrettable surprise is that President Biden continues to apply, precisely, the adverse, abusive, failed policies that do not bring the United States closer to any result [inherited from] President Trump, who is [Biden’s] political antipode,” he added.</p><p>Still, the Biden administration has softened some of its predecessor’s Cuba policies, often despite domestic political pressure.</p><p>“President Biden’s policy toward Cuba is rooted in supporting the Cuban people and protecting human rights. Our approach to Cuba, just like any other country, takes into account various current political, economic, and security factors. Over the past few years, conditions in Cuba and in the region have changed, and we have adapted our Cuba policy accordingly,” a National Security Council spokesperson told The Hill.</p><p>In May, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) panned a Biden administration announcement that some travel restrictions to the island were being lifted, while celebrating the resumption of the Cuban Family Reunification Parole program, which streamlines legal immigration for Cubans with family in the United States.</p><p>“I am dismayed to learn the Biden administration will begin authorizing group travel to Cuba through visits akin to tourism. To be clear, those who still believe that increasing travel will breed democracy in Cuba are simply in a state of denial. For decades, the world has been traveling to Cuba and nothing has changed,” said Menendez, the highest-ranking Cuban American in the history of the United States Congress.</p><p>The Biden administration has also announced that the U.S. consulate in Havana will resume processing migrant visas in 2023, and in May, it announced eased restrictions on remittances — money sent by U.S. residents to friends and relatives on the island.</p><p>“I think it was positive, that announcement in May by the current U.S. government to reestablish the regular flow of remittances,” said Rodríguez Parrilla.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-33489026021609927332022-09-28T23:21:00.001-07:002022-09-28T23:21:48.762-07:00Halim Mama Kustiya Covid UK market rout People trapped and 2.25 million Miraj 2023<p> Halim Mama Kustiya Covid UK market rout People trapped and 2.25 million Miraj 2023</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_4524FE9E-AEFC-568C-864A-870395157DCC@published"> US and Europe are closing ranks, signaling to Moscow their unity over the war in Ukraine won’t be <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-updated-2022-online-update-health">shattered</a> by what they say is the “sabotage” of dual undersea gas pipelines that could represent a possible new front in energy <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-updated-2022-online-update-health">warfare.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_5DFFDC8B-DB96-4E78-B74A-8705A40B14EF@published">The transatlantic allies have yet to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-2022-update-dont-tell-you-online-update-health">directly</a> blame Russia for what they say are leaks in the pipelines from Russia to Germany that followed underwater explosions. European security officials on Monday and Tuesday observed Russian Navy support ships in the vicinity of the leaks, CNN reported Wednesday, citing two Western intelligence officials and one other source familiar with the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-you-get-slim-online-update-health">matter</a>. But it remains unclear, according to these sources, whether the ships were connected to the explosions, and three US officials said that the US has no thorough explanation yet for what happened, CNN’s Katie Bo <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-you-get-slim-online-update-health">Lillis,</a> Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-2022-update-dont-tell-you-online-update-health">reported.</a></p><div class="related-content related-content--article" data-analytics-observe="on" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/related-content/instances/related-content-h_6864b429138f045e4f0199a230f7be7b-h_b095742bbfeff10c03fbbc3d2a4ce1a6@published"><p class="related-content__headline"><span class="related-content__headline-text">Gas is pouring out of the Nord Stream pipelines. Here's what you need to know</span></p><p>What the 47-year-old unleashed was a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health-1c">vicious</a> cycle of falling market confidence, flight from British assets and such damage to the British bond markets that the Bank of England was forced to start buying <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health-1c">bonds.</a></p><p>A source at the Treasury said Kwarteng had no plans to resign or reverse any policies. Another person familiar with the situation said Truss was standing by her finance minister, whose official title is Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p><p>"The PM and the Chancellor are working on the supply side reforms needed to grow the economy which will be announced in the coming weeks," a spokesman for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">Truss said.</a></p><p>Investors, traders, government officials and even some lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party are increasingly of the view that to fix the situation, there will have to be policy reversals or even Kwarteng's <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">resignation.</a></p><p>One government source, who worked closely with Kwarteng in the past, told Reuters it was hard to see how he could survive. "He and Truss are close, and you have to wonder whether she is ruthless enough to axe one of her longest-standing allies this soon in her <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-results-online-update-health">tenure.</a>"</p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"> </div></div><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_509A4059-993E-0BE2-1E4C-8705A40CE34B@published">Still, the leaks have raised suspicions that Russian President Vladimir Putin is moving up to the next notch on his escalatory scale to hike pain on his foes for their support of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. If confirmed, Russian attacks on external pipelines would deepen fears that Putin is ready to widen operations outside Ukraine at a time when he is also seeking to scare Western publics with his nuclear <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-results-online-update-health">rhetoric.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_CEA80565-715A-A66C-3552-870AFABF1F6A@published">And while Russia has denied involvement in the pipeline leaks, the leaks could emphasize Moscow’s leverage over natural gas markets and raise new fears of shortages and fast rising prices in Europe over the winter as it seeks to fracture Western resolve and support for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pt-r-i-m-weight-loss-online-update-health/">Ukraine.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_26998524-64C9-1E63-043A-8705A40DCBCB@published">The leaks did not immediately cause a crisis since neither pipeline was actually in use. One pipeline, Nord Stream 2, never went online because of sanctions over the war in Ukraine and Nord Stream 1 had been shut down for weeks. Given the conditions at sea, it may take time to assess the damage as gas bubbles to the surface and it could be complicated to ascribe <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pt-r-i-m-weight-loss-online-update-health/">blame.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_52663CA1-6718-6EA5-8D1A-870D66BD3530@published">But if nothing else, the pipeline leaks are a metaphorical severing of an era of post-Cold War US and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pt-trim-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">European</a> energy relations, which left the continent overly reliant on Russian gas exports and prone to geopolitical blackmail. A long estrangement now appears certain at least as long as Putin is in power, which will bring reminders of the Warsaw Pact’s decades-long standoff with the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pt-trim-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">West.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_E0384B92-CBA2-EC8F-0142-8705A413707A@published">But perhaps to Putin’s disappointment, there was no immediate sign of weakening European resolve. In a fresh sign of solidarity that has surprised some observers, the US and Europe quickly issued similar statements over the pipeline breaches, vowing to investigate and to lessen reliance on Russian <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidragenix-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-info-">energy.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_17A12C7B-DB73-CD1D-2955-8705A414399A@published">The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the leaks appeared to be a “deliberate act,” comments that were echoed by the Danish and Swedish prime ministers. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen referred to “sabotage action” in a tweet. US national security adviser Jake Sullivan called the leaks “apparent sabotage” in a tweet on Tuesday night, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was no sign the leaks would weaken Europe’s energy resistance and that sabotage would be “clearly in no one’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidragenix-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-info-">interest.”</a></p><div class="related-content related-content--article" data-analytics-observe="on" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/related-content/instances/related-content-h_97e1c0f3f64517eb1a2278fd627caaf0-h_b095742bbfeff10c03fbbc3d2a4ce1a6@published"><p class="related-content__headline"><span class="related-content__headline-text">Leaks in Nord Stream gas pipelines likely 'sabotage,' European leaders say</span></p></div><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_091D6FF8-DBBF-DD7E-3878-8705A4157C0E@published">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the idea that the Russia might have deliberately sabotaged the pipelines as “predictably stupid,” and Moscow promised its own investigation.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A84D403A-0640-2F56-E350-8705A41B11D9@published">European officials earlier said the leaks were discovered on Monday and that initial investigations showed that powerful underwater explosions occurred before the pipelines burst. CNN reported on Wednesday that the US warned several allies over the summer, including Germany, that the pipelines could be <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidragenix-review-2022-update-healthy-weight-online-update-health">attacked.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_DDF556FD-E768-B5DB-D336-8705A41CE29D@published">The warnings were based on US intelligence assessments, but were vague and did not say who might carry out such <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidragenix-review-2022-update-healthy-weight-online-update-health">action.</a></p><h2 class="subheader" data-component-name="subheader" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/subheader/instances/paragraph_EF8B1913-2700-2F7F-A51B-8705B87A2CC2@published" id="paragraph-ef8b1913-2700-2f7f-a51b-8705b87a2cc2">Deepening East-West hostility</h2><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_486CA043-20B4-2BF5-93BD-8705A424689E@published">The drama over the pipelines came as the war of words between the West and Moscow took another hostile lurch, with Western leaders <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/okinawa-flat-belly-tonic-reviews-2022-update-does-">slamming</a> what they regard as sham referendums in captured Ukrainian territory that Moscow reported resulted in majorities voting to join Russia. It also follows strong warnings from Washington over the weekend that any use by Putin of nuclear weapons in Ukraine would be “catastrophic” for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/okinawa-flat-belly-tonic-reviews-2022-update-does-">Russia.</a></p><figure class="caas-figure"><div class="caas-figure-with-pb"><div class="caas-img-container"><img alt="" class="caas-img has-preview" data-src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8bfYm9gZL8XyCJkErAu4vg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQ2ODtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/oE5KPFwqIR_suPgbfolxTA--~B/aD01MTA7dz03Njg7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/afp.com/7dfef9bd887fd73644e686a47bc32f08" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8bfYm9gZL8XyCJkErAu4vg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQ2ODtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/oE5KPFwqIR_suPgbfolxTA--~B/aD01MTA7dz03Njg7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/afp.com/7dfef9bd887fd73644e686a47bc32f08" /></div></div></figure><p>Once a symbol of the jihadist war in northeast Nigeria, the town of Bama today betrays the grinding nature of a 13-year conflict, caught between reconstruction and fighting that still rages beyond its <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/okinawa-flat-belly-tonic-reviews-2022-update-supplement-">borders.</a></p><p>one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the US, roared ashore in southwest <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/okinawa-flat-belly-tonic-reviews-2022-update-supplement-">Florida</a> on Wednesday, turning streets into rivers as it knocked out power to 2.25 million people.</p><p>Destructive waves slammed into the southwest coast from Englewood to Bonita Beach including Charlotte Harbor, near the town of Punta Gorda, north of Fort Myers. As Ian plods across Florida in the next 24 hours, it is expected to drop 12 -18 inches of rain on top of coastal <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alive-weight-loss-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">surges.</a></p><p>A coastal sheriff’s office reported receiving calls from people trapped in flooded homes. Several took to social media, sharing videos of debris-covered water sloshing towards their homes as they pleaded for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alive-weight-loss-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">rescue.</a></p><p>The storm surge flooded a lower-level emergency room in Port Charlotte, while part of the roof on a fourth-floor intensive care unit was torn down by fierce winds, according to a doctor working there.</p><p>Florida governor Ron DeSantis urged Floridians to hunker down, noting that it would be a “nasty” couple of days.</p><p>In September 2014, Boko Haram fighters succeeded in seizing the commercial town of 300,000 inhabitants, before being driven out seven months later by the army following a heavy <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/try-alive-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">offensive.</a></p><p>Mostly destroyed, Bama became a ghost town deserted by its inhabitants.</p><p>But four years ago, life slowly resumed. Some 120,000 residents who had taken refuge in the Borno state capital of Maiduguri gradually resettled in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/try-alive-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">Bama.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Today on one side, houses with new roofs welcome back former <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bio-melt-pro-reviews-2022-update-benefits-online-update-health">inhabitants,</a> encouraged by official promises of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bio-melt-pro-reviews-2022-update-benefits-online-update-health">peace.</a></p><p>On the other side, endless rows of tin shacks serve as a refuge for newcomers. Tens of thousands of displaced Nigerians have come out of the "bush", the countryside where jihadists still battle soldiers beyond Bama's <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bio-melt-pro-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-online-update-health">trenches.</a></p><p>Inside the garrison enclave, dozens of destroyed houses, gutted roofs and charred walls are a painful reminder of Bama's recent <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bio-melt-pro-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-online-update-health">history.</a></p><h2>- Camp closures -</h2><p>Halima Tarmi Abba returned to Bama in 2018, four years after <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/venus-factor-20-review-2022-update-online-update-health">fleeing.</a></p><p>"The authorities gave us a new house because ours had been completely destroyed," says the 36-year-old mother of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/venus-factor-20-review-2022-update-online-update-health">three.</a></p><p>In all, the government has built and rehabilitated more than 10,000 houses, around 50 water pumps and 154 school classes, according to the UN.</p><p>But for a year, Bama has been unable to absorb the flood of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/venus-factor-20-review-2022-update-help-extra-online-update-health">returnees.</a></p><p>"The city is overcrowded, because the authorities have closed the camps in Maiduguri, and a large number are returning to Bama," Abba <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/venus-factor-20-review-2022-update-help-extra-online-update-health">says.</a></p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamped southwest Florida on Wednesday, turning streets into rivers, knocking out power to 2 million people and threatening catastrophic damage further <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-">inland.</a></p><p class="">Liz Turnipseed is among the Highland Park survivors alleging that the gun manufacturer, the accused shooter, his father and two gun sellers bear some responsibility for the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-">attack.</a></p><p>British finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng hoped to take down finance ministry groupthink that he and new Prime Minister Liz Truss saw as holding Britain back.</p><p>Instead he's seen his first fiscal statement take down the pound, the bond market, his party's reputation for financial credibility and quite possibly his own political <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">career.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Truss was selected by Conservative members earlier this month to run the country on a low-tax agenda which vowed to challenge "Treasury orthodoxy" to get the country moving <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">again.</a></p><p>Charged with delivering this vision, Kwarteng fired the finance ministry's most senior official and unveiled a swathe of unfunded tax cuts with a view of turning "the vicious cycle of stagnation into a virtuous cycle of growth".</p><p>What the 47-year-old unleashed was a vicious cycle of falling market confidence, flight from British assets and such damage to the British bond markets that the Bank of England was forced to start buying bonds.</p><p>A source at the Treasury said Kwarteng had no plans to resign or reverse any policies. Another person familiar with the situation said Truss was standing by her finance minister, whose official title is Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p><p>"The PM and the Chancellor are working on the supply side reforms needed to grow the economy which will be announced in the coming weeks," a spokesman for Truss <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-reviews-2022-update-does-really-online-update-info">said.</a></p><p>Halim Mama Kustiya Covid UK market rout People trapped and 2.25 million Miraj 2023</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-reviews-2022-update-does-really-online-update-info">Investors,</a> traders, government officials and even some lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party are increasingly of the view that to fix the situation, there will have to be policy reversals or even Kwarteng's resignation.</p><p>One government source, who worked closely with Kwarteng in the past, told Reuters it was hard to see how he could survive. "He and Truss are close, and you have to wonder whether she is ruthless enough to axe one of her longest-standing allies this soon in her tenure."</p><p>The source noted that Truss had backed the plan <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-review-2022-update-consumer-report-online-update-info">throughout.</a></p><p>Support for the governing Conservative Party has sunk, a YouGov poll showed this week, with key planks of the economic plan unpopular with voters.</p><p>Keiran Pedley, a research director at pollster Ipsos, said early data showed the opposition Labour Party was increasingly more trusted to manage the economy, spelling danger for the government heading into the next election, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-review-2022-update-consumer-report-online-update-info">expected</a> in 2024.</p><p>"If that continues, that's a real problem for the Conservatives because that has typically been one of their key brand assets," he told Reuters.</p><p>DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY</p><p>Britain's first Black Chancellor, Kwarteng is the son of Ghanaian immigrants. He attended Eton, one of Britain's most prestigious private schools, which has been the alma mater of numerous politicians. Kwarteng scored a "double-first" at Cambridge University in Classics and History, as well as attending Harvard University in the United States.</p><p>He was appointed on Sept. 6, and has to last another week in the job if he is to avoid being the shortest tenured Chancellor in British political <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-review-2022-update-consumer-report-online-update-info">history.</a></p><p>In Kwarteng, Truss picked a key ideological ally with whom she co-wrote a book that spells out a low tax, small state, deregulated vision of Britain.</p><p>A lawmaker since 2010 and economic historian known for his intellect, some said Kwarteng didn't have the experience to run the huge finance ministry. A veteran Conservative source said before his appointment that the Treasury would "approve of his brain (but) disapprove of his independence."</p><p>That desire to do things differently was exemplified when he immediately fired Tom Scholar as Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, with Scholar saying "the Chancellor decided it was time for new leadership."</p><p>Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said the fall-out from Friday's mini-budget showed why economic "orthodoxy" should be welcomed as evidence-based knowledge.</p><p>"It needs testing and challenging, but experience tells us that simply dismissing it is dangerous indeed," he said on Twitter.</p><p class="">In an interview with The Associated Press this week, Turnipseed said before the shots rang out she was enjoying the parade with her husband and 3-year-old daughter, pointing out instruments in the high school band. Turnipseed fell to the ground after being shot in the pelvis and remembers seeing her daughter’s stroller on its side and asking her husband to get their daughter to safety.</p><p class="">Turnipseed said she required weeks of intense wound care, expects to need a cane for some time and is in therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. She also was forced to delay an embryo transfer scheduled for July 12; her doctors now fear it’s dangerous for her to become pregnant.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">A coastal sheriff’s office reported that it was getting many calls from people trapped in flooded homes. Desperate people posted to Facebook and other social sites, pleading for rescue for themselves or loved ones. Some video showed debris-covered water sloshing toward homes’ eaves.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The storm surge flooded a hospital’s lower level emergency room in Port Charlotte, while fierce winds tore part of its fourth floor roof from its intensive care unit, according to a doctor who works there.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Water gushed down from above onto the ICU, forcing staff to evacuate the hospital’s sickest patients — some of whom were on ventilators — to other floors, said Dr. Birgit Bodine of HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital. Staff members used towels and plastic bins to try to mop up the sodden mess.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The medium-sized hospital spans four floors, but patients were forced into just two because of the damage. Bodine planned to spend the night at the hospital in case people injured from the storm arrive there needing help.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“The ambulances may be coming soon and we don’t know where to put them in the hospital at this point because we’re doubled and tripled up,” she said. “As long as our patients do OK and nobody ends up dying or having a bad outcome, that’s what matters.”</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The hurricane’s center made landfall near Cayo Costa, a barrier island just west of heavily populated Fort Myers. As it approached, water drained from Tampa Bay.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Mark Pritchett stepped outside his home in Venice around the time the hurricane churned ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) to the south. He called it “terrifying.”</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“I literally couldn’t stand against the wind,” Pritchett wrote in a text message. “Rain shooting like needles. My street is a river. Limbs and trees down. And the worst is yet to come.”</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The storm previously tore into Cuba, killing two people and bringing down the country’s electrical grid.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">About 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate southwest Florida before Ian hit, but by law no one could be forced to flee.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">News anchors at Fort Myers television station WINK had to abandon their usual desk and continue storm coverage from another location in their newsroom because water was pushing into their building near the Caloosahatchee River.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Though expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it marches inland at about 9 mph (14 kph), Ian’s hurricane force winds were likely to be felt well into central Florida. In the hours since landfall, top sustained winds had gradually dropped to 90 mph (150 kph), making it a Category 1 hurricane crossing the peninsula. Still, storm surges as high as 6 feet (2 meters) were expected on the opposite side of the state, in northeast Florida.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Sheriff Bull Prummell of Charlotte County, just north of Fort Myers, announced a curfew between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. “for life-saving purposes,” saying violators may face second-degree misdemeanor charges.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“I am enacting this curfew as a means of protecting the people and property of Charlotte County Prummell said.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Jackson Boone left his home near the Gulf coast and hunkered down at his law office in Venice with employees and their pets. Boone at one point opened a door to howling wind and rain flying sideways.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“We’re seeing tree damage, horizontal rain, very high wind,” Boone said by phone. “We have a 50-plus-year-old oak tree that has toppled over.”</p><p class=""> Survivors of the mass shooting at a suburban Chicago Independence Day parade and family members of those killed filed 11 lawsuits Wednesday against the manufacturer of the rifle used in the attack, accusing gun-maker Smith & Wesson of illegally targeting its ads at young men at risk of committing mass violence.</p><p class="">The sweeping effort by dozens of victims of the Highland Park shooting, anti-gun violence advocates and private attorneys announced Wednesday is the latest bid to hold gun manufacturers accountable for a mass killing despite broad protections for the industry in federal law.</p><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"> </div><p class="">The group’s strategy mirrors the approach used by relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school killings, who in February reached a $73 million settlement with the firearm company that produced the rifle used in that attack. That was believed to be the largest payment by a gun-maker related to a mass killing and hinged on the families’ accusation that Remington violated Connecticut consumer protection law by marketing its AR-15-style weapons to young men already at risk of committing violence.</p><p class="">“The shooter did not act on his own,” said Alla Lefkowitz, senior director of affirmative litigation for the gun safety organization Everytown. “What happened in Highland Park on July 4 was the result of deliberate choices made by certain members of the industry.”</p>live online watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209968010100719875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-89730717885867509202022-09-28T23:17:00.001-07:002022-09-28T23:17:03.764-07:00Halim Mama Kustiya Covid UK market rout People trapped and 2.25 million Miraj 2023<p> Halim Mama Kustiya Covid UK market rout People trapped and 2.25 million Miraj 2023</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_4524FE9E-AEFC-568C-864A-870395157DCC@published"> US and Europe are closing ranks, signaling to Moscow their unity over the war in Ukraine won’t be <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-updated-2022-online-update-health">shattered</a> by what they say is the “sabotage” of dual undersea gas pipelines that could represent a possible new front in energy <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-updated-2022-online-update-health">warfare.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_5DFFDC8B-DB96-4E78-B74A-8705A40B14EF@published">The transatlantic allies have yet to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-2022-update-dont-tell-you-online-update-health">directly</a> blame Russia for what they say are leaks in the pipelines from Russia to Germany that followed underwater explosions. European security officials on Monday and Tuesday observed Russian Navy support ships in the vicinity of the leaks, CNN reported Wednesday, citing two Western intelligence officials and one other source familiar with the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-you-get-slim-online-update-health">matter</a>. But it remains unclear, according to these sources, whether the ships were connected to the explosions, and three US officials said that the US has no thorough explanation yet for what happened, CNN’s Katie Bo <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-you-get-slim-online-update-health">Lillis,</a> Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocuprime-reviews-2022-update-dont-tell-you-online-update-health">reported.</a></p><div class="related-content related-content--article" data-analytics-observe="on" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/related-content/instances/related-content-h_6864b429138f045e4f0199a230f7be7b-h_b095742bbfeff10c03fbbc3d2a4ce1a6@published"><p class="related-content__headline"><span class="related-content__headline-text">Gas is pouring out of the Nord Stream pipelines. Here's what you need to know</span></p><p>What the 47-year-old unleashed was a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health-1c">vicious</a> cycle of falling market confidence, flight from British assets and such damage to the British bond markets that the Bank of England was forced to start buying <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amyl-guard-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health-1c">bonds.</a></p><p>A source at the Treasury said Kwarteng had no plans to resign or reverse any policies. Another person familiar with the situation said Truss was standing by her finance minister, whose official title is Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p><p>"The PM and the Chancellor are working on the supply side reforms needed to grow the economy which will be announced in the coming weeks," a spokesman for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">Truss said.</a></p><p>Investors, traders, government officials and even some lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party are increasingly of the view that to fix the situation, there will have to be policy reversals or even Kwarteng's <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">resignation.</a></p><p>One government source, who worked closely with Kwarteng in the past, told Reuters it was hard to see how he could survive. "He and Truss are close, and you have to wonder whether she is ruthless enough to axe one of her longest-standing allies this soon in her <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-results-online-update-health">tenure.</a>"</p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"> </div></div><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_509A4059-993E-0BE2-1E4C-8705A40CE34B@published">Still, the leaks have raised suspicions that Russian President Vladimir Putin is moving up to the next notch on his escalatory scale to hike pain on his foes for their support of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. If confirmed, Russian attacks on external pipelines would deepen fears that Putin is ready to widen operations outside Ukraine at a time when he is also seeking to scare Western publics with his nuclear <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/claritox-pro-reviews-2022-update-real-results-online-update-health">rhetoric.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_CEA80565-715A-A66C-3552-870AFABF1F6A@published">And while Russia has denied involvement in the pipeline leaks, the leaks could emphasize Moscow’s leverage over natural gas markets and raise new fears of shortages and fast rising prices in Europe over the winter as it seeks to fracture Western resolve and support for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pt-r-i-m-weight-loss-online-update-health/">Ukraine.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_26998524-64C9-1E63-043A-8705A40DCBCB@published">The leaks did not immediately cause a crisis since neither pipeline was actually in use. One pipeline, Nord Stream 2, never went online because of sanctions over the war in Ukraine and Nord Stream 1 had been shut down for weeks. Given the conditions at sea, it may take time to assess the damage as gas bubbles to the surface and it could be complicated to ascribe <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pt-r-i-m-weight-loss-online-update-health/">blame.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_52663CA1-6718-6EA5-8D1A-870D66BD3530@published">But if nothing else, the pipeline leaks are a metaphorical severing of an era of post-Cold War US and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pt-trim-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">European</a> energy relations, which left the continent overly reliant on Russian gas exports and prone to geopolitical blackmail. A long estrangement now appears certain at least as long as Putin is in power, which will bring reminders of the Warsaw Pact’s decades-long standoff with the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pt-trim-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">West.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_E0384B92-CBA2-EC8F-0142-8705A413707A@published">But perhaps to Putin’s disappointment, there was no immediate sign of weakening European resolve. In a fresh sign of solidarity that has surprised some observers, the US and Europe quickly issued similar statements over the pipeline breaches, vowing to investigate and to lessen reliance on Russian <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidragenix-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-info-">energy.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_17A12C7B-DB73-CD1D-2955-8705A414399A@published">The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the leaks appeared to be a “deliberate act,” comments that were echoed by the Danish and Swedish prime ministers. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen referred to “sabotage action” in a tweet. US national security adviser Jake Sullivan called the leaks “apparent sabotage” in a tweet on Tuesday night, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was no sign the leaks would weaken Europe’s energy resistance and that sabotage would be “clearly in no one’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidragenix-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-info-">interest.”</a></p><div class="related-content related-content--article" data-analytics-observe="on" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/related-content/instances/related-content-h_97e1c0f3f64517eb1a2278fd627caaf0-h_b095742bbfeff10c03fbbc3d2a4ce1a6@published"><p class="related-content__headline"><span class="related-content__headline-text">Leaks in Nord Stream gas pipelines likely 'sabotage,' European leaders say</span></p></div><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="on" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_091D6FF8-DBBF-DD7E-3878-8705A4157C0E@published">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the idea that the Russia might have deliberately sabotaged the pipelines as “predictably stupid,” and Moscow promised its own investigation.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A84D403A-0640-2F56-E350-8705A41B11D9@published">European officials earlier said the leaks were discovered on Monday and that initial investigations showed that powerful underwater explosions occurred before the pipelines burst. CNN reported on Wednesday that the US warned several allies over the summer, including Germany, that the pipelines could be <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidragenix-review-2022-update-healthy-weight-online-update-health">attacked.</a></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_DDF556FD-E768-B5DB-D336-8705A41CE29D@published">The warnings were based on US intelligence assessments, but were vague and did not say who might carry out such <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidragenix-review-2022-update-healthy-weight-online-update-health">action.</a></p><h2 class="subheader" data-component-name="subheader" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/subheader/instances/paragraph_EF8B1913-2700-2F7F-A51B-8705B87A2CC2@published" id="paragraph-ef8b1913-2700-2f7f-a51b-8705b87a2cc2">Deepening East-West hostility</h2><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_486CA043-20B4-2BF5-93BD-8705A424689E@published">The drama over the pipelines came as the war of words between the West and Moscow took another hostile lurch, with Western leaders <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/okinawa-flat-belly-tonic-reviews-2022-update-does-">slamming</a> what they regard as sham referendums in captured Ukrainian territory that Moscow reported resulted in majorities voting to join Russia. It also follows strong warnings from Washington over the weekend that any use by Putin of nuclear weapons in Ukraine would be “catastrophic” for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/okinawa-flat-belly-tonic-reviews-2022-update-does-">Russia.</a></p><figure class="caas-figure"><div class="caas-figure-with-pb"><div class="caas-img-container"><img alt="" class="caas-img has-preview" data-src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8bfYm9gZL8XyCJkErAu4vg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQ2ODtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/oE5KPFwqIR_suPgbfolxTA--~B/aD01MTA7dz03Njg7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/afp.com/7dfef9bd887fd73644e686a47bc32f08" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8bfYm9gZL8XyCJkErAu4vg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQ2ODtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/oE5KPFwqIR_suPgbfolxTA--~B/aD01MTA7dz03Njg7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/afp.com/7dfef9bd887fd73644e686a47bc32f08" /></div></div></figure><p>Once a symbol of the jihadist war in northeast Nigeria, the town of Bama today betrays the grinding nature of a 13-year conflict, caught between reconstruction and fighting that still rages beyond its <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/okinawa-flat-belly-tonic-reviews-2022-update-supplement-">borders.</a></p><p>one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the US, roared ashore in southwest <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/okinawa-flat-belly-tonic-reviews-2022-update-supplement-">Florida</a> on Wednesday, turning streets into rivers as it knocked out power to 2.25 million people.</p><p>Destructive waves slammed into the southwest coast from Englewood to Bonita Beach including Charlotte Harbor, near the town of Punta Gorda, north of Fort Myers. As Ian plods across Florida in the next 24 hours, it is expected to drop 12 -18 inches of rain on top of coastal <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alive-weight-loss-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">surges.</a></p><p>A coastal sheriff’s office reported receiving calls from people trapped in flooded homes. Several took to social media, sharing videos of debris-covered water sloshing towards their homes as they pleaded for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alive-weight-loss-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">rescue.</a></p><p>The storm surge flooded a lower-level emergency room in Port Charlotte, while part of the roof on a fourth-floor intensive care unit was torn down by fierce winds, according to a doctor working there.</p><p>Florida governor Ron DeSantis urged Floridians to hunker down, noting that it would be a “nasty” couple of days.</p><p>In September 2014, Boko Haram fighters succeeded in seizing the commercial town of 300,000 inhabitants, before being driven out seven months later by the army following a heavy <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/try-alive-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">offensive.</a></p><p>Mostly destroyed, Bama became a ghost town deserted by its inhabitants.</p><p>But four years ago, life slowly resumed. Some 120,000 residents who had taken refuge in the Borno state capital of Maiduguri gradually resettled in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/try-alive-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">Bama.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Today on one side, houses with new roofs welcome back former <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bio-melt-pro-reviews-2022-update-benefits-online-update-health">inhabitants,</a> encouraged by official promises of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bio-melt-pro-reviews-2022-update-benefits-online-update-health">peace.</a></p><p>On the other side, endless rows of tin shacks serve as a refuge for newcomers. Tens of thousands of displaced Nigerians have come out of the "bush", the countryside where jihadists still battle soldiers beyond Bama's <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bio-melt-pro-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-online-update-health">trenches.</a></p><p>Inside the garrison enclave, dozens of destroyed houses, gutted roofs and charred walls are a painful reminder of Bama's recent <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bio-melt-pro-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-online-update-health">history.</a></p><h2>- Camp closures -</h2><p>Halima Tarmi Abba returned to Bama in 2018, four years after <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/venus-factor-20-review-2022-update-online-update-health">fleeing.</a></p><p>"The authorities gave us a new house because ours had been completely destroyed," says the 36-year-old mother of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/venus-factor-20-review-2022-update-online-update-health">three.</a></p><p>In all, the government has built and rehabilitated more than 10,000 houses, around 50 water pumps and 154 school classes, according to the UN.</p><p>But for a year, Bama has been unable to absorb the flood of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/venus-factor-20-review-2022-update-help-extra-online-update-health">returnees.</a></p><p>"The city is overcrowded, because the authorities have closed the camps in Maiduguri, and a large number are returning to Bama," Abba <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/venus-factor-20-review-2022-update-help-extra-online-update-health">says.</a></p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamped southwest Florida on Wednesday, turning streets into rivers, knocking out power to 2 million people and threatening catastrophic damage further <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-">inland.</a></p><p class="">Liz Turnipseed is among the Highland Park survivors alleging that the gun manufacturer, the accused shooter, his father and two gun sellers bear some responsibility for the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-">attack.</a></p><p>British finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng hoped to take down finance ministry groupthink that he and new Prime Minister Liz Truss saw as holding Britain back.</p><p>Instead he's seen his first fiscal statement take down the pound, the bond market, his party's reputation for financial credibility and quite possibly his own political <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">career.</a></p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Truss was selected by Conservative members earlier this month to run the country on a low-tax agenda which vowed to challenge "Treasury orthodoxy" to get the country moving <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altai-balance-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">again.</a></p><p>Charged with delivering this vision, Kwarteng fired the finance ministry's most senior official and unveiled a swathe of unfunded tax cuts with a view of turning "the vicious cycle of stagnation into a virtuous cycle of growth".</p><p>What the 47-year-old unleashed was a vicious cycle of falling market confidence, flight from British assets and such damage to the British bond markets that the Bank of England was forced to start buying bonds.</p><p>A source at the Treasury said Kwarteng had no plans to resign or reverse any policies. Another person familiar with the situation said Truss was standing by her finance minister, whose official title is Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p><p>"The PM and the Chancellor are working on the supply side reforms needed to grow the economy which will be announced in the coming weeks," a spokesman for Truss <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-reviews-2022-update-does-really-online-update-info">said.</a></p><p>Halim Mama Kustiya Covid UK market rout People trapped and 2.25 million Miraj 2023</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-reviews-2022-update-does-really-online-update-info">Investors,</a> traders, government officials and even some lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party are increasingly of the view that to fix the situation, there will have to be policy reversals or even Kwarteng's resignation.</p><p>One government source, who worked closely with Kwarteng in the past, told Reuters it was hard to see how he could survive. "He and Truss are close, and you have to wonder whether she is ruthless enough to axe one of her longest-standing allies this soon in her tenure."</p><p>The source noted that Truss had backed the plan <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-review-2022-update-consumer-report-online-update-info">throughout.</a></p><p>Support for the governing Conservative Party has sunk, a YouGov poll showed this week, with key planks of the economic plan unpopular with voters.</p><p>Keiran Pedley, a research director at pollster Ipsos, said early data showed the opposition Labour Party was increasingly more trusted to manage the economy, spelling danger for the government heading into the next election, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-review-2022-update-consumer-report-online-update-info">expected</a> in 2024.</p><p>"If that continues, that's a real problem for the Conservatives because that has typically been one of their key brand assets," he told Reuters.</p><p>DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY</p><p>Britain's first Black Chancellor, Kwarteng is the son of Ghanaian immigrants. He attended Eton, one of Britain's most prestigious private schools, which has been the alma mater of numerous politicians. Kwarteng scored a "double-first" at Cambridge University in Classics and History, as well as attending Harvard University in the United States.</p><p>He was appointed on Sept. 6, and has to last another week in the job if he is to avoid being the shortest tenured Chancellor in British political <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/keravita-pro-review-2022-update-consumer-report-online-update-info">history.</a></p><p>In Kwarteng, Truss picked a key ideological ally with whom she co-wrote a book that spells out a low tax, small state, deregulated vision of Britain.</p><p>A lawmaker since 2010 and economic historian known for his intellect, some said Kwarteng didn't have the experience to run the huge finance ministry. A veteran Conservative source said before his appointment that the Treasury would "approve of his brain (but) disapprove of his independence."</p><p>That desire to do things differently was exemplified when he immediately fired Tom Scholar as Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, with Scholar saying "the Chancellor decided it was time for new leadership."</p><p>Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said the fall-out from Friday's mini-budget showed why economic "orthodoxy" should be welcomed as evidence-based knowledge.</p><p>"It needs testing and challenging, but experience tells us that simply dismissing it is dangerous indeed," he said on Twitter.</p><p class="">In an interview with The Associated Press this week, Turnipseed said before the shots rang out she was enjoying the parade with her husband and 3-year-old daughter, pointing out instruments in the high school band. Turnipseed fell to the ground after being shot in the pelvis and remembers seeing her daughter’s stroller on its side and asking her husband to get their daughter to safety.</p><p class="">Turnipseed said she required weeks of intense wound care, expects to need a cane for some time and is in therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. She also was forced to delay an embryo transfer scheduled for July 12; her doctors now fear it’s dangerous for her to become pregnant.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">A coastal sheriff’s office reported that it was getting many calls from people trapped in flooded homes. Desperate people posted to Facebook and other social sites, pleading for rescue for themselves or loved ones. Some video showed debris-covered water sloshing toward homes’ eaves.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The storm surge flooded a hospital’s lower level emergency room in Port Charlotte, while fierce winds tore part of its fourth floor roof from its intensive care unit, according to a doctor who works there.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Water gushed down from above onto the ICU, forcing staff to evacuate the hospital’s sickest patients — some of whom were on ventilators — to other floors, said Dr. Birgit Bodine of HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital. Staff members used towels and plastic bins to try to mop up the sodden mess.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The medium-sized hospital spans four floors, but patients were forced into just two because of the damage. Bodine planned to spend the night at the hospital in case people injured from the storm arrive there needing help.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“The ambulances may be coming soon and we don’t know where to put them in the hospital at this point because we’re doubled and tripled up,” she said. “As long as our patients do OK and nobody ends up dying or having a bad outcome, that’s what matters.”</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The hurricane’s center made landfall near Cayo Costa, a barrier island just west of heavily populated Fort Myers. As it approached, water drained from Tampa Bay.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Mark Pritchett stepped outside his home in Venice around the time the hurricane churned ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) to the south. He called it “terrifying.”</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“I literally couldn’t stand against the wind,” Pritchett wrote in a text message. “Rain shooting like needles. My street is a river. Limbs and trees down. And the worst is yet to come.”</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The storm previously tore into Cuba, killing two people and bringing down the country’s electrical grid.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">About 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate southwest Florida before Ian hit, but by law no one could be forced to flee.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">News anchors at Fort Myers television station WINK had to abandon their usual desk and continue storm coverage from another location in their newsroom because water was pushing into their building near the Caloosahatchee River.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Though expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it marches inland at about 9 mph (14 kph), Ian’s hurricane force winds were likely to be felt well into central Florida. In the hours since landfall, top sustained winds had gradually dropped to 90 mph (150 kph), making it a Category 1 hurricane crossing the peninsula. Still, storm surges as high as 6 feet (2 meters) were expected on the opposite side of the state, in northeast Florida.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Sheriff Bull Prummell of Charlotte County, just north of Fort Myers, announced a curfew between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. “for life-saving purposes,” saying violators may face second-degree misdemeanor charges.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“I am enacting this curfew as a means of protecting the people and property of Charlotte County Prummell said.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Jackson Boone left his home near the Gulf coast and hunkered down at his law office in Venice with employees and their pets. Boone at one point opened a door to howling wind and rain flying sideways.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">“We’re seeing tree damage, horizontal rain, very high wind,” Boone said by phone. “We have a 50-plus-year-old oak tree that has toppled over.”</p><p class=""> Survivors of the mass shooting at a suburban Chicago Independence Day parade and family members of those killed filed 11 lawsuits Wednesday against the manufacturer of the rifle used in the attack, accusing gun-maker Smith & Wesson of illegally targeting its ads at young men at risk of committing mass violence.</p><p class="">The sweeping effort by dozens of victims of the Highland Park shooting, anti-gun violence advocates and private attorneys announced Wednesday is the latest bid to hold gun manufacturers accountable for a mass killing despite broad protections for the industry in federal law.</p><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"> </div><p class="">The group’s strategy mirrors the approach used by relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school killings, who in February reached a $73 million settlement with the firearm company that produced the rifle used in that attack. That was believed to be the largest payment by a gun-maker related to a mass killing and hinged on the families’ accusation that Remington violated Connecticut consumer protection law by marketing its AR-15-style weapons to young men already at risk of committing violence.</p><p class="">“The shooter did not act on his own,” said Alla Lefkowitz, senior director of affirmative litigation for the gun safety organization Everytown. “What happened in Highland Park on July 4 was the result of deliberate choices made by certain members of the industry.”</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-80889401959556100862022-09-27T23:43:00.002-07:002022-09-27T23:43:48.818-07:00Japan Bangladesh Dollar sweeps to 20-year high, sterling on the ropes High Ret Today Hira Vai Dhaka<p> Metagenomics Market gives a top to bottom and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-online-update-health">investigation</a>-based organization. The report offers data about the overall business perspectives that impact the market improvement over the examination time span from 2022 to 2027. It offers reveals insight into the critical business designs in this market. The report covers market improvement potential, b<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-online-update-health">enefit,</a> market interest, and development possibilities. The report introduced completely guaranteed and dependable data identified with the global Metagenomics market. future forecast, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-does-work-online-update-health">growth</a> opportunity, key market, and key<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-does-work-online-update-health"> players.</a></p><p>Officials didn't realize until Tuesday morning Porfirio Duarte-<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-online-update-health-1c/">Herrera</a> was missing during a head count at Southern Desert Correctional Center near Las Vegas. A state Department of Corrections statement said search teams were looking for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-online-update-health-1c/">him.</a></p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium"><span class="img embed__content"><img alt="Inmate Escape-Vegas Bombing " class=" lazyloaded" data-srcset="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/09/28/cf64b0c6-7026-49c6-952b-401845059803/thumbnail/620x471/03999bc446d2d4285537b09705b4ab47/ap22270827659162.jpg 1x, https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/09/28/cf64b0c6-7026-49c6-952b-401845059803/thumbnail/1240x942/5ae4c519637c2c61e688464ffb08cc31/ap22270827659162.jpg 2x" height="471" src="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/09/28/cf64b0c6-7026-49c6-952b-401845059803/thumbnail/620x471/03999bc446d2d4285537b09705b4ab47/ap22270827659162.jpg#" srcset="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/09/28/cf64b0c6-7026-49c6-952b-401845059803/thumbnail/620x471/03999bc446d2d4285537b09705b4ab47/ap22270827659162.jpg 1x, https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/09/28/cf64b0c6-7026-49c6-952b-401845059803/thumbnail/1240x942/5ae4c519637c2c61e688464ffb08cc31/ap22270827659162.jpg 2x" width="620" /></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">This undated photo provided by the Nevada <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-weight-loss-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">Department</a> of Corrections shows Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, a convicted bombmaker who was discovered missing Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, from Southern Desert Correctional Center outside Las <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-weight-loss-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">Vegas.</a></span><span class="embed__credit">AP<br /></span><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">Musk’s lawyer contends in a court brief.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The document, filed late Tuesday with the federal appeals court in Manhattan, was written to support Musk’s appeal of a lower court’s April decision to uphold the settlement with Securities and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prodentim-reviews-2022-update-dental-care-online-update-health">Exchange</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prodentim-reviews-2022-update-dental-care-online-update-health">Commission.</a></p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The brief says that a provision in the settlement requiring Musk to get prior approval before tweeting about the electric car company is an illegal “government-imposed muzzle on Mr. Musk’s speech before it is made.”</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-63 p Component-p-0-2-54">The settlement required that his tweets be approved by a Tesla attorney before being published. The SEC is investigating whether Musk violated the settlement with tweets last November asking Twitter followers if he should sell 10% of his Tesla <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prodentim-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">stock.</a></p></figcaption></figure><p>Duarte-Herrera, from Nicaragua, was convicted in 2010 of killing a hot dog stand vendor using a motion-activated bomb in a coffee cup atop a car parked at the Luxor hotel-<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prodentim-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">casino.</a></p><p>Records show his co-defendant, Omar Rueda-Denvers, remained in custody Tuesday. The 47-year-old from Guatemala is serving a life sentence at a different Nevada prison for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-online-update-health">murder,</a> attempted murder, explosives and other <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-online-update-health">charges.</a></p><p><strong>MIAMI</strong> - Hurricane Ian remained a Category 3 storm on Tuesday night and was poised to come ashore somewhere along the coast of southwest Florida with Fort Myers in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-how-does-work-online-update-health">crosshairs. </a></p><p>At 11 p.m., Hurricane Ian was moving toward the north-northeast near 10 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-how-does-work-online-update-health">mph.</a></p><p>On the forecast track, the center of Ian is expected to pass west of the Florida Keys within the next few hours, and approach the west coast of Florida within the hurricane warning area on Wednesday.</p><p>The center of Ian is forecast to move over central Florida <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nail-fungus-kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">Wednesday</a> night and Thursday morning and emerge over the western Atlantic by late <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nail-fungus-kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">Thursday.</a></p><p>Maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph with higher gusts.</p><p>A Clark County District Court jury spared both men from the death penalty in the slaying of Willebaldo Dorantes Antonio, whom prosecutors identified as the boyfriend of Rueda-Denvers' <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-legit-scam-online-update-health">ex-girlfriend.</a></p><p>Prosecutors said jealousy was the motive for the attack on the top deck of a two-story parking structure. The blast initially raised fears of a terrorist attack on the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-legit-scam-online-update-health">Strip.</a></p><p>Officials described Duarte-Herrera as 5 feet, 4 inches tall and 135 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.</p><p>Sisolak said his office ordered corrections officials to "conduct and complete a thorough investigation into this event as quickly as possible."</p><p>"This kind of security lapse cannot be permitted and those responsible will be held responsible," <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leanbiome-reviews-update-2022-legit-scam-weight-loss-">he said.</a></p><p>alled “partial mobilization” ordered last week by the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, shows “this war that was started by the Kremlin is<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leanbiome-reviews-update-2022-legit-scam-weight-loss-"> unpopular.”</a></p><p>“Regardless of their nationality, [people] may apply for asylum in the United States and have their claims adjudicated on a case by case basis,” Jean-Pierre added. “We welcome any folks who are seeking asylum and they should do that.</p><p>“What we’re seeing in Russia are the people of Russia who are saying they do not want this war, they do not support Putin’s war,” she <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leanbiome-reviews-2022-update-benefits-online-update-health">went on.</a></p><p class="">Hurricane Ian could strengthen to a Category 4 storm as it targets Florida, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leanbiome-reviews-2022-update-benefits-online-update-health">forecasters say.</a></p><p class="">The hurricane made landfall in Cuba about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday just southwest of La Coloma in the western province of Pinar del Río with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.</p><p class="">Forecasters expect the storm to continue to intensify as it makes its way north toward the west coast of Florida, where a hurricane warning has been issued from Chokoloskee to Anclote River, including <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">Tampa Bay,</a> and Dry <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-2022-update-supplement-online-update-health">Tortugas.</a></p><p class="">A number of counties along Florida’s west coast issued evacuation orders. It is not yet clear where exactly Ian will make landfall, but Gov. Ron DeSantis said late Tuesday the forecast track appeared to show the storm making landfall at Charlotte and Lee counties, south of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-online-update-health">Tampa.</a></p><p class="endmark">Ian is expected to bring 12 to 18 inches of rain to central and northeast Florida, and 6 to 8 inches to the Keys and south Florida through <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beliv-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-online-update-health">Thursday.</a></p><div class="LiveBlog relative liveBlogCards" id="liveBlogCards"><div class="cardsContainer"><div class="live-blog-card article-body__content w-100 mh0 mb8 fn" id="rcrd5364"><h2 class="styles_cardHeadline__pyPuZ">Hurricane Ian moving steadily toward Florida's west coast</h2><div class="styles_cardByline__iFouW"><div class="styles_inner__Bqhn1"><p class="styles_authors__pctbg"><span class="byline-name">Claire Cardona</span></p></div></div><p class="">Hurricane Ian was moving closer to Florida's west coast early Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-update-does-work-urgent-online-update-health">Center.</a></p><p class="">In its latest update at 2 a.m., the center said Ian was moving northeast at about 10 mph, and is expected to slow Wednesday before turning to the north on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-update-does-work-urgent-online-update-health">Thursday.</a></p><p class="">The Category 3 storm was about 95 miles southwest of Naples early <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-update-100-safe-ingredients-">Wednesday.</a></p><p class="">The hurricane is expected to move onshore later Wednesday, the hurricane center said.</p><p class="">The center of the storm is expected to pass over central Florida on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and emerge over the western Atlantic by late Thursday, the hurricane <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-update-100-safe-ingredients-">center said.</a></p></div></div></div><p>The military call-up, in which the Kremlin seeks to draft some 300,000 men for the fighting in Ukraine — has sparked protests, violence, and a run on Russia’s borders. Airline tickets to the few countries still accepting direct flights from Russia have been sold out for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/red-boost-reviews-2022-update-100-safe-ingredients-">days.</a></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/karine-jean-pierre.jpg"><img alt="Karine Jean-Pierre" class="wp-image-24030747" height="682" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/karine-jean-pierre.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/karine-jean-pierre.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1535 1536w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/karine-jean-pierre.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/karine-jean-pierre.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=512 512w" width="1024" /></a><figcaption>“Regardless of their nationality, [people] may apply for asylum in the United States.” Karine Jean-Pierre added.</figcaption><figcaption><span class="credit">Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla</span></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/russians-fleeing-2.jpg"><img alt="russian men fleeing" class="wp-image-24030739" height="682" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/russians-fleeing-2.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/russians-fleeing-2.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1535 1536w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/russians-fleeing-2.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/russians-fleeing-2.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=512 512w" width="1024" /></a><figcaption>The White House is encouraging Russian men fleeing the country to seek asylum in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nervogen-pro-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">the US.</a></figcaption><figcaption><span class="credit">AP</span></figcaption></figure><p>In the southern Russian province of Dagestan over the weekend, a group of women protesting the war chanted “no to war” while chasing police officers and demanding the release of other anti-war protestors. Protests continued in Dagestan Monday and included frequent clashes with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nervogen-pro-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">police.</a></p><h2 class="u-heading-size-large u-heading-style-colour article-sub-heading">How much will interest rates rise by and when will they come down?</h2><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">Sports entertainment company WWE has expanded its long-running relationship with Australian pay TV giant Foxtel Group with a new TV and WWE Network rights deal unveiled on Tuesday that makes Foxtel the exclusive destination for WWE in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nervogen-pro-reviews-2022-update-does-really-work--1c">country.</a></p><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp owns a 65 percent stake in Foxtel, with Australian telecom powerhouse Telstra holding 35 percent. Foxtel has been WWE’s TV partner in the country for more than two decades. Streaming service WWE Network has, however, so far been a standalone service in Australia, operated by the sports entertainment firm. Now, WWE Network content will become available exclusively through Foxtel’s streaming service Binge, similar to how NBCUniversal streamer Peacock is the home of WWE Network <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nervogen-pro-reviews-2022-update-does-really-work--1c">content in the U.S.</a></p><div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1"><div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300"><div class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text" data-priority="10"><div class="adw-300 adh-250" data-google-query-id="CISZiZzttvoCFcmkZgIdMOEBng" data-is-adhesion-ad="" id="gpt-article-mid-article-uid0"> </div></div></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">China's central bank has been trying to slow the yuan's slide by making it more expensive to bet against the currency. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) also cut how much foreign currency banks have to hold.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Many investors see the dollar as a safe place to put their money in times of trouble.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">That has helped to drive up its value against other currencies, including the British pound - which hit an all-time low against the dollar on Monday.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Also on Wednesday, the dollar reached a fresh 20-year high <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/slim-crystal-reviews-2022-update-do-natural-crystals-">against</a> a closely-watched group of leading global currencies.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The yuan's slide is yet another example of a currency weakening as a result of the strong <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/slim-crystal-reviews-2022-update-do-natural-crystals-">dollar.</a></p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">It is also about the very different paths China and the United States are taking in response to economic issues at home.</p></div></div><div id="piano-inline2"> </div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The PBOC has been easing interest rates to revive growth in an economy ravaged by Covid lockdowns, while the US Federal Reserve is moving aggressively in the opposite direction as it tries to control inflation.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Such a divergence is not wholly problematic, Joseph Capurso, head of international and sustainable economics at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/slimcrystal-review-2022-update-does-really-work-">told the BBC.</a></p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The fall in the currency's value can actually be helpful for exporters within China, he said, because it would make their goods cheaper and so could increase <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/slimcrystal-review-2022-update-does-really-work-">demand.</a></p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">That said, exports only make up 20% of the Chinese economy these days, so a weak yuan will not turn around fundamental weakness domestically largely caused by Beijing's zero-Covid strategy and a property crisis, said Mr Capurso.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">A weaker currency can also lead to investors pulling their money out of the country and uncertainty in financial markets - something Chinese officials will want to avoid with the Communist Party Congress coming up next month, when its president Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term in office.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The yuan's fall has caused weakness in other currencies of developed economies in the region, including the Australian and Singapore dollar as well as the South Korean won.</p></div></div><div id="piano-inline3"> </div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Last week, the Bank of Japan intervened to support the yen for the first time since 1998, after the currency weakened against the dollar.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Asia's emerging markets are vulnerable too - as they sell raw materials and components to China's factories and so have increasingly become dependent on the yuan.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Washington has in the past accused China of intentionally devaluing its currency to keep exports cheap and imports from the US expensive.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">While the strong dollar has rattled world markets, it is unlikely to deter the Fed from continuing to raise rates.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"The strong dollar is working for the US market," Dimitri Zabelin at the London School of Economics' foreign policy think-tank said.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"It will be a consideration but it will not weigh as heavy as domestic concern about inflation."</p></div></div><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Markets have priced in a peak in the Bank Rate of 5.8pc in July 2023, up from 2.25pc today.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">But Andrew Wishart, of Capital Economics, an analyst, cautioned that this expectation should not be taken too literally. However, big rate rises are undoubtedly in the pipeline.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Previously, Capital Economics had forecast a Bank Rate peak at 4pc. “We now think there is a good chance that the Bank rate will rise from 2.25pc to a peak of 5pc next year, rather than 4pc,” Mr Wishart said.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Pantheon Macroeconomics, another analyst, has forecast a lower peak in the Bank Rate at 4pc, and expects this will fall to 3.5pc in 2024.</p><h2 class="u-heading-size-large u-heading-style-colour article-sub-heading">Can I still get a mortgage and what are my best options?</h2><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The number of available mortgage deals has plunged. Altogether, lenders yesterday pulled 284 deals from the market, according to Moneyfacts, an analyst.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">As of this morning, there were 3,596 residential mortgage deals on the market – a loss of nearly 10pc in just four days.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Overall, the number was down 32pc compared to the start of December, before interest rate rises began.</p><div class="intra-article-module intra-article-ad-half" data-t="{"n":"intraArticle","t":13}"><div class="native-ad-container native-ad-half"><div class="article no-content-indicator image-pos-end"><div class="image" id="image"> </div></div></div></div><p class="continue-read-break" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">And the numbers will keep falling because more lenders are pulling deals. This morning, specialist lenders LiveMore Capital temporarily suspended its fixed-rate deals, while Hodge, another later-life lender, withdrew its residential and holiday let deals in the short term. Buy-to-let lender CHL also withdrew its mortgage range.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Lenders are expected to relaunch deals soon, but these will be at higher rates than before.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Borrowers still have options, but there is no guarantee how long these deals will be available. They are likely to become more expensive soon.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Right now, the best two-year fixed-rate deal on the market for a buyer with a 10pc deposit is with Penrith Building Society at 3.49pc with a £999 fee, according to Moneyfacts. Buyers with a 25pc deposit can get a two-year fix at 4.06pc with a £490 fee with First Direct.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Aaron Strutt, of Trinity Financial mortgage brokers, said: “There is a frenzy of people wanting to get a cheap enough mortgage while they still can, because the rates will go up.” With deals being withdrawn with a few hours’ notice, borrowers and brokers have rushed to lock in a fixed rate while they can. But the turmoil has caused banks’ phone lines and applications systems to jam.</p><h2 class="u-heading-size-large u-heading-style-colour article-sub-heading">What will interest rate rises mean for my mortgage payments?</h2><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Borrowers can expect big rate rises at each of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee meetings, which are held every six weeks. There was speculation yesterday that the Bank of England would make an emergency rate rise, but Governor Andrew Bailey said that the Bank would make its decision at its next meeting on November 3.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The MPC’s decisions will affect mortgage payments in three different ways. First, the 1.6 million borrowers who are on variable rate deals – one in five mortgaged homeowners – will see their bills rise almost immediately.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">If it raises the Bank Rate by 0.75 percentage points in November, an average homeowner on a variable rate would see their monthly payments jump by £95, according to Hamptons estate agents. This would be followed by further rises following each Bank Rate decision.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The second way buyers and homemovers would be hit is when the Bank Rate change filters into rate rises for new mortgages. The average rate for a two-year fixed-rate mortgage with a 25pc deposit has already tripled so far this year, rising from 1.34pc in January to 3.64pc, according to Pantheon. “It will rise to at least 6pc by the end of the year, if markets are right about the path for the Bank rate, and possibly further,” Pantheon said.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">If the rate on a two-year fix hits 6.14pc, monthly payments for a buyer purchasing an average UK property will be £1,488, according to Hamptons. This would be £321 per month more than in August.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">If the Bank Rate rose to 6pc next year, and mortgage rates rose to 7.89pc, the monthly payment on an average home would hit £1,696. That is £569 per month more than in August.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">This means the buyer would pay an extra £13,656 in interest over the course of a two-year fix.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">There is a bigger, looming problem for homeowners who are coming to the end of their fixed-rate deals. Pantheon expects the average homeowner remortgaging this winter will see a four percentage point jump in their mortgage rate.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Next year, the blow will be even greater. According to UK Finance, the lender body, 1.8 million homeowners will need to refinance in 2023. Half a million will be coming to the end of two-year fixes, meaning they took out loans when it was possible to get sub-1pc mortgage deals. They will have to refinance at rates that are possibly eight times higher.</p><p>In Ryazan, 100 miles southeast of Moscow, a man lit himself on fire Monday while shouting that he did not want to go to war.</p><p>The government of Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic that shares a large southern border with Russia, said Tuesday that roughly 98,000 Russians had come to the country in the week since the mobilization was announced.</p><p>Who are some of the key players operating in the Metagenomics market and how high is the competition 2022?</p><p><strong>Company Information</strong>: List by Country Top Manufacturers/ Key Players In Metagenomics Market Insights Report Are:</p><div class="j-ad" data-google-query-id="CMvsvv3stvoCFTagZgIdS1gEww" id="ad-inline-video"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/2/marketwatch.com/story_4__container__"><div id="cnx_1436f839-009b-4130-89c5-b39ec980b103"> </div></div></div><p>According to this latest study, the 2022 development of Third-Party Replacement Strap for Metagenomics will have huge change from earlier year.</p><p>This report contains market size and forecasts of Metagenomics in China, including the following market information:</p><p>China Metagenomics Market Revenue, 2016-2021, 2022-2027, (USD millions)</p><p>China top five Metagenomics companies in 2020 (%)</p><p>The global Metagenomics market size is expected to growth from USD 204.2 million in 2020 to USD 397.8 million by 2027; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.5% during 2021-2027.</p><p>The China Metagenomics market was valued at USD million in 2020 and is projected to reach USD million by 2027, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period.</p><p>QYResearch has surveyed the Metagenomics Companies and industry experts on this industry, involving the revenue, demand, product type, recent developments and plans, industry trends, drivers, challenges, obstacles, and potential risks.</p><p>Metagenomics market identifies the increase in RandD of therapeutic vaccines as one of the prime reasons driving the Metagenomics Market growth during the next few years. Also, increased disease diagnostic modalities, and increasing research on combination therapies will lead to sizable demand in the market.</p><p>COVID-19 / Great lockdown has compressed the global economy and with it the manufacturing sector, production, disruption, financial.</p><p> </p><p>It also discussions about the market size of different segments and their growth aspects along with Competitive benchmarking, Historical data and forecasts, Company revenue shares, Regional opportunities, Latest trends and dynamics, growth trends, various stakeholders like investors, CEOs, traders, suppliers, Research and media, Global Manager, Director, President, SWOT analysis i.e. Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threat to the organization and others. Revenue forecast, company share, competitive landscape, growth factors and trends</p><p><strong>What are the major applications and type, of Metagenomics?</strong></p><p><strong>Major Product Types of Metagenomics covered are:</strong></p><p> </p><p>This report focuses on the Metagenomics in Global market, especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, regions, type and application. The Metagenomics-market report gives the clear picture of current market scenario which includes historical and projected market size in terms of value and volume, technological advancement, macro economical and governing factors in the market.</p><p><strong>What are the major regional markets of Metagenomics in Global, according to the Market Growth Reports report?</strong></p><p>Metagenomics Market analysis, by Geography: Major regions covered within the report: Consumption by Region 2022: -</p><p>● North America (U.S. and Canada) Market size, Metagenomics growth, Market Players Analysis and Opportunity Outlook</p><p> </p><p>● Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Rest of Latin America) Market size, Metagenomics growth and Market Players Analysis and Opportunity Outlook</p><p> </p><p>● Europe (U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, NORDIC (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark), Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Turkey, Russia, Rest of Europe), Poland, Turkey, Russia, Rest of Europe) Market size, Metagenomics growth Market Players Analyst and Opportunity Outlook</p><p> </p><p>● Asia-Pacific (China, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Rest of Asia-Pacific) Market size, Metagenomics growth and Market Players Analysis and Opportunity Outlook</p><p> </p><p>● Middle East and Africa (Israel, GCC (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman), North Africa, South Africa, Rest of Middle East and Africa) Market size, Metagenomics growth Market Players Analysis and Opportunity Outlook</p><p>Nervous financial markets propelled the safe-haven dollar to a fresh two-decade peak on Wednesday as rising global interest rates fed recession worries, while sterling languished near all-time lows on fears over Britain's radical tax cut plans.</p><p>The U.S. dollar index against a basket of major currencies rose about 0.5% to hit a new high of 114.70 in Asia trade.</p><p>The relentless upward march of the dollar came as benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yields rose to 4% for the first time since 2010, topping at 4.004%. The two-year yields stood at 4.2891%.</p><p>"It's a combination of the spillover from the UK... where the gilt yields have gone ballistic. And that has spilled over into other DM bond markets, so there's a bit of a ricochet effect," said Moh Siong Sim, a currency strategist at Bank of Singapore.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>"And of course ... this is against the backdrop of a very determined message by the Fed to do whatever it takes to bring inflation down."</p><p>The Federal Reserve has led the global fight against surging inflation, turning even more aggressive recently by signalling further big rate increases on top of super-sized moves in the past few months.</p><p>That message was reinforced overnight by Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard and Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari, with Evans saying that the central bank will need to raise interest rates to a range between 4.50% and 4.75%.</p><p>The rising borrowing costs have intensified fears of a global recession, adding to the surge in bond yields worldwide.</p><p>Sterling was under fire again, slumping 0.95% to $1.06345, reversing a marginal 0.4% gain in the previous session. It is still nursing deep losses after collapsing to an all-time low of $1.0327 at the start of the week, having held near the $1.1300 level before last week's UK budget.</p><p>Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said overnight that the central bank is likely to deliver a "significant policy response" in response to finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng's huge tax cut plans.</p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"> </div><p>The report can help to know the market and strategize for business expansion accordingly. Within the strategy analysis, it gives insights from market positioning and marketing channel to potential growth strategies, providing in-depth analysis for brand fresh entrants or exists competitors within the Metagenomics industry. Global Metagenomics Market Report 2022 provides exclusive statistics, data, information, trends and competitive landscape details during this niche sector.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-65051273614687638492022-09-26T03:12:00.003-07:002022-09-26T03:12:48.275-07:00 Raza Babu Hoja KakaUkraine war latest: Russia strikes more than 40 Ukrainian Horipur 2023 Mokul<div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>At downtown Khartoum's al-Souq al-Arabi, travel agencies helping young Sudanese seek a brighter economic future in Egypt are replacing once-packed hardware stores in a corner of the capital's main <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">commercial hub.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The exodus reflects growing despondence over prospects at home, where the economy has been in free fall and the U.N. says food shortages affect a third of the population. Power and water cuts are common. Anti-army protests have rocked the streets since a coup a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trump-diamond-bucks-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">year ago.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Following the military takeover, which toppled a civilian-led government that had promised a new economic dawn, the number of those leaving has accelerated, travel agents and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">migrants say.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Egypt, already home to a Sudanese community estimated at 4 million, offers few of the lucrative jobs that Sudanese migrants have traditionally sought in the Gulf, but it is an easier and often more familiar <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/diamond-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">destination.</a></p></div><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 PhotoGalleryEmbed__AnimatedBox-lqudj4-0 dtbKps VOMas PhotoGalleryEmbed-lqudj4-15 eSWtcX PhotoGalleryEmbed-lqudj4-15 eSWtcX"><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 eLivRJ"><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 SlideshowEmbed__HeadingBox-fkpjfn-1 ZUkgD hxCAWC"><h3 class="Heading-sc-1w5xk2o-0 jxyTsC">Political Cartoons on World Leaders</h3></div><div class="Box-w0dun1-0 SlideshowEmbed__PictureWrap-fkpjfn-2 UgQtc eMSebg"><picture class="Image__Picture-sc-412cjc-0"><img class="Image__PictureImage-sc-412cjc-1 gBOJbW Image-sc-412cjc-2 SlideshowEmbed__Picture-fkpjfn-0 kQDDcT bUlaJL" src="https://www.usnews.com/object/image/00000183-6b24-d788-afaf-6b771e010000/20220922edshe-b.jpg?update-time=1663963046228&size=responsive640" /></picture></div></div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>And while some do travel onward on treacherous Mediterranean trips to Europe, Egypt has notable <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/helix-4-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">advantages.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Young Sudanese can travel there cheaply and hunt for work, while families seek healthcare, education for their children and a s<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/helix-4-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">table life.</a></p><p>Typhoon Noru left swathes of farmland in the northern <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/helix-4-reviews-2022-update-blood-sugar-support-formula-">Philippines</a> flooded, and at least five dead, as it moved west off the Philippines on Monday, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/helix-4-reviews-2022-update-blood-sugar-support-formula-">September 26.</a></p><p>The country’s largest and most populous island, Luzon, was worst hit, with gusts of up to 149 mph and waist-high floodwaters leaving families stranded on rooftops. Five rescue workers were reported killed in Bulacan.</p><p>With 76,000 people being evacuated from their homes in advance, Noru, known locally as Karding, did less damage and caused less loss of life than had been expected. President Ferdinand Marcos was quoted as saying “I think we may have gotten lucky, at least <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neurotonix-reviews-2022-update-work-you-online-update-health">this time.”</a></p><p>Video footage posted by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a crew from Station Bataan lifting a baby to safety in Castellano, in the municipality of San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija province. The post states a total of 12 people were rescued in the operation. Credit: Philippine Coast Guard <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neurotonix-reviews-2022-update-work-you-online-update-health">via Storyful</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>"All us young people want to build a future, but you can't do that here," said Munzir Mohamed, a 21-year-old trying to book a bus trip to Egypt at one of the travel <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neurotonix-reviews-2022-update-supplements-online-update-health">agencies.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The owner of a Khartoum bus company said as many as 30 buses were taking around 1,500 passengers to Egypt from Sudan daily, which he said was up 50% from last year, despite sharp ticket price increases. Two travel agents estimated the number of young men seeking to make the journey had doubled in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neurotonix-reviews-2022-update-supplements-online-update-health">last year.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>There are no publicly available figures to show recent migration trends from Sudan to Egypt. But an Egyptian diplomat said numbers travelling had been on the rise since 2019, when an uprising led to the overthrow of former Sudanese leader Omar <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-blood-sugar-supplement-">al-Bashir.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>"Movement of Sudanese people into Egypt has been increasing ... gradually and proportional to the deterioration of the situation in Sudan," <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-blood-sugar-supplement-">he said.</a></p></div><div class="InartAd__FirstInartAdWrapper-sc-8wv8ky-0 giMJga sm-hide md-hide"><div class="Ad__Container-sc-1ah7c5n-0 iKUNVf"><p><span class="m_first-letter">T</span>he pound has slumped to an all-time low against the dollar after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng hinted at more tax cuts to come after after last week’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-sugar-supplement-">Budget.</a></p><p>Sterling tumbled almost 5pc to as low as $1.0327 in overnight trading, taking it below its 1985 low to the weakest since decimalisation in 1971.</p><p>It clawed back some ground to about $1.05, but the sharp decline has fuelled fears it could slump to parity by the end <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-sugar-supplement-">of the year.</a></p><p>Highlighting the dire outlook, the pound fell against every single other currency in the world, from the Albanian lek to the Zambian <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-reviews-2022-update-scam-alert-online-update-health">kwacha.</a></p><p>The latest fall makes sterling the worst-performing G10 currency in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-reviews-2022-update-scam-alert-online-update-health">year so far.</a></p><p>The euro also hit a fresh 20-year low amid recession and energy security fears and on signs Italy's far-right alliance is on track to take power.</p><p>The Chancellor has brushed off questions about the markets' reaction to his mini-Budget – which outlined the biggest programme of tax cuts for 50 years – after it was announced on Friday.</p><p>The measures, which include scrapping the additional rate of income tax and cutting stamp duty, are aimed at fuelling economic <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-complete-reviews-2022-update-customer-">growth.</a></p><p>But markets have been spooked amid fears Prime Minister Liz Truss is pushing up public borrowing to unsustainable <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fluxactive-complete-reviews-2022-update-customer-">levels.</a></p><p>Mr Kwarteng rattled traders further yesterday by saying there was “more to come” on tax cuts.</p><p>The sharp decline in the pound has fuelled speculation that the Bank of England could be forced to step in with an emergency interest rate rise ahead of its next meeting in<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucofort-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side-"> November.</a></p></div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>TAXES AND FEES</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>In al-Souq al-Arabi, labourers, electricians, and others who would typically be at building sites idle away the time drinking tea and playing board games while they <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucofort-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side-">wait for work.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>"We used to hope for five minutes to take a seat. Now I'm sat here all day," said the owner of one hardware store still operating in the<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucofort-reviews-update-2022-does-work-online-update-health"> market.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Much of the paltry income that shopkeepers and stall-holders can still make goes to higher taxes, dues, and license fees introduced by a government that lost billions in external economic support after the coup, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucofort-reviews-update-2022-does-work-online-update-health">they say.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The finance minister, Jibril Ibrahim, said on Sunday the country would rely on its own internal resources for a second year to fund the budget, despite the government struggling to provide basic services.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Taxes and fees have risen by 400% or more in some instances, business owners say.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>"It's impacted us hugely," said the hardware store <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/burn-boost-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">owner.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Traders shut down main markets in the cities of Sennar and Gedaref this month in protest at the charges. Further closures are due in the city of El Obeid this week. The government, with no new prime minister appointed since the coup, is juggling strikes by electricity and sewage workers as well as trainee doctors over <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/burn-boost-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health">low wages.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The finance ministry did not respond to a request for comment.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Official inflation has eased from a high of 423% last year to 117% in August, which businessmen and analysts say reflects economic stagnation. It is still one of the highest rates globally.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The Sudanese pound depreciated by 950% over the past four years, while fuel, once subsidized, has become more expensive than in many wealthier <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/burn-boost-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health-1c">countries.</a></p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Business owners say most people can no longer afford much beyond basic goods, causing traders and factories to slow down or close up shop.</p></div><div class="InartAd__SubsequentInartAdWrapper-sc-8wv8ky-1 eA-DVts sm-hide md-hide" data-ad-collide="true"><div class="Ad__Container-sc-1ah7c5n-0 ksDihD"><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Russian shelling hit more than 40 towns in Ukraine in the space of 24 hours, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, as fierce fighting continues to rage in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/burn-boost-reviews-2022-update-online-update-health-1c">country’s south.</a></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Russian forces launched five missile and 12 air strikes, as well as more than 83 attacks from multiple rocket-propelled grenades, the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">In response to the attacks, Ukraine's air force launched 33 strikes, hitting 25 "enemy" areas, the general staff added.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's president, warned earlier that Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats "could be a reality".</p><p> both friendly and abusive — to keep up with you. (Photo: Carol Yepes via Getty Images)</p><p>Ask anyone. If you have an ex-partner, you probably have checked out their social media accounts at least once, right? Social media “stalking” is often a relatively harmless rite of passage into singlehood. Some people keep the peeping to a minimum, while others check up on their exes a bit more often.</p><p>Elena checks in on her ex-partner’s social media whenever she’s feeling “extremely single,” or even just bored. “It can be fun, but there’s definitely a morbid curiosity aspect to it — almost like every time you go to check their socials, it’s a gamble to see if they’ve moved on or not, or whether or not you’re still on their radar,” she said. (She and others are being referenced by first names or pseudonyms to protect their or their ex-partner’s privacy.)</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>Elena described her relationship with her ex as great, with no signs of toxicity, but they did have a hard time letting each other go. “Seemed like there was always a door left slightly open, so I guess that fueled some of the ‘stalking,’” she explained. She has checked up on her ex on “basically any platform that I know he’s active on,” including Instagram, Venmo, Spotify and LinkedIn.</p><p>She said Venmo and Spotify usually reveal the most information.</p><p>“I like to check up on Venmo because it can tell you who they’ve been hanging out with and give you a little insight on what they’ve been up to. If there’s a transaction between him and some girl with the memo ‘drinks 🍹’ or something of that nature, it’s a fun little game to go down the ‘stalking’ rabbit hole and see what his relationship might be to said girl,” Elena said. “One time I found out an ex was getting a new tattoo through Venmo, so sometimes it’s just funny little updates like that.”</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">"He wants to scare the whole world," he said. "I don't think he's bluffing. I think the world is deterring it and containing this threat. We need to keep putting pressure on him and not allow him to continue."</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The US has warned the Kremlin that Russia will face “catastrophic consequences” if it uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Follow the latest updates below.</strong></p><p class="continue-read-break" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}"><strong>Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the day's agenda from The Telegraph - direct to your inbox seven days a week.</strong></p><h3 class="article-sub-heading">10:46 AM</h3><h3 class="article-sub-heading">IAEA chief ready for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant talks this week</h3><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi has said he is ready to hold talks in Ukraine and Russia this week on setting up a protection zone at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine that he says is needed urgently.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">"There is a plan on the table to do it. Last week I had an opportunity to start consultations with Ukraine and with the Russian Federation ... and I am ready to continue these consultations in both countries this week," Mr Grossi told a meeting of IAEA member states.</p><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><div class="article-image-slot" data-doc-id="cms/api/amp/image/AA12fvJP" data-image-href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-latest-russia-strikes-more-than-40-ukrainian-towns-as-heavy-fighting-rages/ar-AA12e9KU?fullscreen=true#image=2" data-rendered="true"><div class="article-image-container" data-t="{"n":"OpenModal","t":13}"><p><a class="article-image-height-wrapper" data-t="{"n":"destination","t":14,"b":1,"c.t":14}" href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-latest-russia-strikes-more-than-40-ukrainian-towns-as-heavy-fighting-rages/ar-AA12e9KU?fullscreen=true#image=2" rel="noopener" target="_self"><img alt="IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi visited the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant earlier this month. - Reuters" class="article-image" src="https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA12fvJP.img?w=768&h=480&m=6&x=412&y=49&s=253&d=253" tabindex="0" title="IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi visited the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant earlier this month. - Reuters" /></a></p><div class="image-caption-container"><span class="image-caption">IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi visited the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant earlier this month. - Reuters</span><span class="image-attribution">© Reuters</span></div></div></div><h3 class="article-sub-heading">10:19 AM</h3><h3 class="article-sub-heading">School shooting death toll rises to nine</h3><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">At least nine people were killed, including five children, in a shooting at a school in the city of Izhevsk in central Russia, investigators have said.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">"Nine people were killed because of this crime, including two security guards of the educational institution and two teachers, as well as five minors," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement on Telegram, adding that the attacker "committed suicide".</p><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><h3 class="article-sub-heading">09:57 AM</h3><h3 class="article-sub-heading">OECD cuts world GDP growth forecast over Ukraine war</h3><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The world economy will take a bigger hit next year than previously forecast due to the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine, the OECD said Monday.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The organisation slashed its 2023 global growth forecast to 2.2 per cent, down from 2.8 per cent in its previous estimate in June, with Europe's economic powerhouse Germany falling into recession.</p><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><h3 class="article-sub-heading">09:32 AM</h3><h3 class="article-sub-heading">At least six dead in Russia school shooting</h3><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">A gunman killed six people a school in the Russian city of Izhevsk, Russia's interior ministry said in a statement on Telegram.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The Udmurtia branch of the interior ministry said the gunman had killed himself and that 20 people were wounded.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">News agency RIA cited Governor Alexander Brechalov of the Udmurtia region, of which Izhevsk is the capital, as saying that an unidentified man had entered the school and killed a security guard. He said that there were dead and wounded among the school students.</p><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><h3 class="article-sub-heading">09:20 AM</h3><h3 class="article-sub-heading">Thousands of Russians have fled to Finland to escape mobilisation</h3><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Almost 17,000 Russians crossed the border into Finland during the weekend, an 80 per cent rise from a week earlier, Finnish authorities have said.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Captain Taneli Repo at Finland's southeastern border authority said: "The queues continue to be a bit longer than they've usually been since the pandemic."</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Young Russian men who spoke to Reuters after crossing into Finland via the Vaalimaa border station last week, some three hours by car from Russia's second-largest city St Petersburg, said they left out of fear of being drafted for the war.</p><p class="" data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The Finnish government, wary of becoming a major transit nation, on Friday said it will stop all Russians from entering on tourist visas within the coming days, although exceptions may still apply on humanitarian grounds.</p></div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>That may push more people to leave. The International Organization for Migration (IOM), "anticipates that more people will consider migration as an option," a spokesman for the U.N. agency said in reference to Sudan.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>MENIAL JOBS</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Circumstances in Egypt are also difficult with inflation running at its highest in almost four years, and almost a quarter of youths unemployed, according to the International Labour Organisation.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Sudanese youth often end up working menial jobs in factories, gold mines, or as domestic help, travel agents and migrants say. But they have a community to lean on, and can earn more than at home.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>"My whole family in Sudan worked and we still weren't making much, and it would all go towards food," said 23-year-old Malaz Abbakar, who moved to Egypt two years ago.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Now, she says, she's able to send her family up to 120,000 Sudanese pounds ($208) per month working as a babysitter.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Stores selling Sudanese foods have cropped up in Cairo, private schools advertise Egyptian branches on billboards in Khartoum, and many travel to Egypt for healthcare that's become expensive or unavailable back home.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>For some, like 23-year-old Adam from war-stricken Darfur, Egypt is a stopover before the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>"It's dangerous but it's better to risk it and have a good life than to suffer in poverty and hopelessness," he said as he queued for a visa at the Egyptian consulate in Khartoum, along with dozens of other would-be migrants.</p><div class="teaser-content grid-center"><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" data-qa="drop-cap-letter">Among the dead was a school security guard and two schoolteachers. Earlier, Russia’s Interior Ministry reported at least 20 were wounded.</p></div></div><div> </div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" data-qa="drop-cap-letter">The gunmen, clad in black and wearing a black balaclava, shot the school security guard before walking into the school, opening fire on children, many of them as young as seven years old, according local media accounts.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" data-qa="drop-cap-letter">Panic-stricken children fled the school during the attack, as police with pistols raised rushed up stairwells and along school corridors, according to video aired by independent local media.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body"><p class="font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" data-qa="drop-cap-letter">The school shooting, in the capital of the Russian republic of Udmurtia, occurred on the same day that a young Russian man shot the head of a local military enlistment office in the Irkutsk region of Siberia.</p><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">If the Supreme Court adopts the theory, it will radically reshape how federal elections are conducted by giving state lawmakers independent authority, not subject to review by state courts, to set election rules in conflict with state constitutions.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The conference’s brief, which was nominally filed in support of neither party, urged the Supreme Court to reject that approach, sometimes called the independent state legislature theory. The Constitution, the brief said, “does not oust state courts from their traditional role in reviewing election laws under state constitutions.”</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The case, Moore v. Harper, No. 21-1271, will be argued in the coming months. It concerns a congressional voting map drawn by the North Carolina Legislature favoring Republicans that was rejected as a partisan gerrymander by the state’s Supreme Court. Republican lawmakers seeking to restore the legislative map argued that the state court had been powerless to act.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"><div class="css-j64t31" id="c-col-editors-picks"> </div></aside></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0"> </p></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-68472993651963076882022-09-21T23:22:00.002-07:002022-09-21T23:22:13.059-07:00Kalu Team Lidar Putin can call up all the troops Natore Abu Hena Roni Sick So Verry Bad 2022 VabI<p> Vladimir Putin can call up all the troops he <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">wants,</a> but Russia has no way of getting those new troops the training and weapons they need to fight in Ukraine any time <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">soon.</a></p><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p>Former US Ambassador to the UN and White House hopeful Nikki Haley endorsed Republican Michael Henry for New York state attorney general amid a feud with Democratic incumbent AG Letitia James.</p><p>Haley last month accused James’ office of breaking tax laws by leaking the list of donors to her conservative not-for-profit advocacy group, Stand for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-health-news-update">America.</a></p><p>It was confirmation of the credo Biden has preached since the day he took office: that America is back, and that means back on top.</p><div class="barrons-body-ad-placement" id="native"><div class="barrons-body-ad ad-span"><div class="wsj-responsive-ad-wrap barrons-ad-article-body" data-ad-location="ARTICLENATIVE" data-ad-props="{"options":{"adUnitPath":"/2/Barrons_AFP/barrons_AFP","autoRefresh":false,"adTargeting":{"ntvPlacement":"1074050"},"disableRefresh":false,"adSize":[[1,2],"fluid"],"adSizeMap":{"at4units":[[1,2],"fluid"],"at8units":[[1,2],"fluid"],"at12units":[[1,2],"fluid"],"at16units":[[1,2],"fluid"]},"adActivate":true,"adId":"AD_ARTICLENATIVE","triggerPrebid":true,"triggerApstag":true,"isObserve":true,"isTemplate":true,"collapseAdBeforeFetch":true,"isUtagData":true,"isMetaTag":false,"threshold":1,"rootMargin":"0px","shouldUpdate":true,"moatEnabled":true,"adRequestOnRemount":true,"observeFromUAC":true,"isLoggedIn":null,"label":"","labelClasses":"","wrapperStyles":{},"staticHeight":{},"reserveInitialHeight":false,"responsiveContainer":false}}" id="barrons-body-AD_ARTICLENATIVE"><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">Jane Rosenthal wasn’t mincing words about the slow growth of women’s representation behind the camera in Hollywood: “The statistics are bleak,” she said Sept. 20 at the Through Her Lens luncheon, presented by Chanel at New York’s Locanda Verde restaurant in the Greenwich Hotel. “The numbers have hardly budged over the years, despite assumed <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ignite-drops-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-health-news-update">progress.”</a></p><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">Indeed, even as conversations about w<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-reviews-2022-weight-loss-health-news-update">omen-</a>helmed projects have heightened in recent <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-reviews-2022-weight-loss-health-news-update">years,</a> Rosenthal pointed to industry figures gathered since 1998, noting that the percentage of women directors, writers, producers and cinematographers since then had only increased by four percent. “More than two decades and an increase of only 4 percent? You’ve gotta be kidding me,” added Rosenthal, the CEO and co-founder of Tribeca Enterprises, host of the annual Tribeca Film Festival, set for June <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side-effects-">7-18 in 2023.</a></p></div></div></div><p>"Both through age and experience, he's someone very attached to the idea of American leadership," said Garret Martin, who teaches international relations at American <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exipure-reviews-2022-update-real-complaints-side-effects-">University.</a></p><p>Unlike isolationist Donald Trump, who ditched international agreements, entered erratic relationships with US foes and treated US allies as a nuisance, Biden's worldview, laid out from the podium of the UN's huge hall, was more <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ikaria-lean-belly-juice-reviews-2022-update-losing-">straightforward.</a></p><p>The United States will get involved everywhere, he said. The only question is whether that will be with a carrot -- or, as with Russia, a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ikaria-lean-belly-juice-reviews-2022-update-losing-">stick.</a></p><div class="barrons-body-ad-placement" id="mid2"><div class="barrons-body-ad ad-span"><div class="wsj-responsive-ad-wrap barrons-ad-article-body" data-ad-location="2MID" data-ad-props="{"options":{"adUnitPath":"/2/Barrons_AFP/barrons_AFP","autoRefresh":false,"adTargeting":{},"disableRefresh":false,"adSize":[[300,250]],"adSizeMap":{"at4units":[[300,250]],"at8units":[[300,250]],"at12units":[[300,250]],"at16units":[[300,250]]},"adActivate":true,"adId":"AD_2MID","triggerPrebid":true,"triggerApstag":true,"isObserve":true,"isTemplate":true,"collapseAdBeforeFetch":true,"isUtagData":true,"isMetaTag":false,"threshold":1,"rootMargin":"0px","shouldUpdate":true,"moatEnabled":true,"adRequestOnRemount":true,"observeFromUAC":true,"isLoggedIn":null,"label":"","labelClasses":"","wrapperStyles":{},"staticHeight":{},"reserveInitialHeight":false,"responsiveContainer":false}}" id="barrons-body-AD_2MID"> </div></div></div><p>Biden's blistering denunciation of Russia began in the opening paragraph of his speech, when he said the Ukraine war was "chosen by one man."</p><p>President Vladimir Putin had "shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations Charter," he said.</p><p>"This war is about extinguishing Ukraine's right to exist as a state, plain and simple, and Ukraine's right to exist as a people. Whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe, that should not -- that should make your blood <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ikaria-juice-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-supplements-">run cold."</a></p><p>So it went on.</p><div class="barrons-body-ad-placement" id="mid3"><div class="barrons-body-ad ad-span"><div class="wsj-responsive-ad-wrap barrons-ad-article-body" data-ad-location="3MID" data-ad-props="{"options":{"adUnitPath":"/2/Barrons_AFP/barrons_AFP","autoRefresh":false,"adTargeting":{},"disableRefresh":false,"adSize":[[300,250],[1,7],[1,6],[728,90],[970,250]],"adSizeMap":{"at4units":[[300,250],[1,7],[1,6]],"at8units":[[300,250],[1,6],[1,7]],"at12units":[[728,90],[300,250],[1,6],[1,7]],"at16units":[[728,90],[970,250],[1,6],[1,7],[300,250]]},"adActivate":true,"adId":"AD_3MID","triggerPrebid":true,"triggerApstag":true,"isObserve":true,"isTemplate":true,"collapseAdBeforeFetch":true,"isUtagData":true,"isMetaTag":false,"threshold":1,"rootMargin":"0px","shouldUpdate":true,"moatEnabled":true,"adRequestOnRemount":true,"observeFromUAC":true,"isLoggedIn":null,"label":"","labelClasses":"","wrapperStyles":{},"staticHeight":{},"reserveInitialHeight":false,"responsiveContainer":false}}" id="barrons-body-AD_3MID"> </div></div></div><p>But then came <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ikaria-juice-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-supplements-">the carrot.</a></p><p>"If you're still committed to a strong foundation for the good of every nation around the world, then the United States wants to work with you," Biden said.</p><p>"The United States is opening an era of relentless diplomacy to address the challenges that matter most to people's lives -- all people's l<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-safe-weight-loss-health-news-update">ives."</a></p><p>He announced another $2.9 billion to help ease food supply problems endangering parts of Africa in particular.</p><p>And he strongly supported diluting the privileged position held by the five old powers on the permanent UN Security Council -- Britain, China, France, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-updateweight-loss-formula-health-news-update">Russia</a> and the United States -- by bringing in new members from the global <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-update-safe-weight-loss-health-news-update">south.</a></p><div class="barrons-body-ad-placement" id="mid4"><div class="barrons-body-ad ad-span"><div class="wsj-responsive-ad-wrap barrons-ad-article-body" data-ad-location="4MID" data-ad-props="{"options":{"adUnitPath":"/2/Barrons_AFP/barrons_AFP","autoRefresh":false,"adTargeting":{},"disableRefresh":false,"adSize":[[300,250]],"adSizeMap":{"at4units":[[300,250]],"at8units":[[300,250]],"at12units":[[300,250]],"at16units":[[300,250]]},"adActivate":true,"adId":"AD_4MID","triggerPrebid":true,"triggerApstag":true,"isObserve":true,"isTemplate":true,"collapseAdBeforeFetch":true,"isUtagData":true,"isMetaTag":false,"threshold":1,"rootMargin":"0px","shouldUpdate":true,"moatEnabled":true,"adRequestOnRemount":true,"observeFromUAC":true,"isLoggedIn":null,"label":"","labelClasses":"","wrapperStyles":{},"staticHeight":{},"reserveInitialHeight":false,"responsiveContainer":false}}" id="barrons-body-AD_4MID"> </div></div></div><p>"The time has come for this institution to become more inclusive," he said, urging permanent seats to represent Africa and Latin America, in addition to previous calls for including Japan and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/protetox-reviews-2022-updateweight-loss-formula-health-news-update">India.</a></p><p>Biden reminded the world of the US role in creating and distributing vaccines during the Covid pandemic, and he renewed his promise of US leadership in the existential struggle with climate <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-health-benefits-health-news-update">change.</a></p><p>Even if most of the focus was on criticizing Russia, Biden also brought out the stick for China -- just not as <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-health-benefits-health-news-update">aggressively.</a></p><p>He only touched briefly on some of the worst accusations made in the West about China, including genocide against the Uyghurs.</p><p>Instead, he used mostly code <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-sugar-supplement-health-news-update">words.</a></p><p>He said: "The United States is determined to defend and strengthen democracy at home and around the world."</p><p>He urged "basic principles like freedom of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glucotrust-reviews-2022-update-sugar-supplement-health-news-update">navigation."</a></p><p>And he called for "transparent" international infrastructure projects, rather than ones that "generate huge and large debt without delivering."</p><p>Code words, but easily understood as criticism of Beijing's expanding military and commercial grip on the Asia-Pacific region and even <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/betabeat-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">further afield.</a></p><p>On one topic, Biden was more blunt, accusing China of "conducting an unprecedented, concerning nuclear buildup without any <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/betabeat-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">transparency."</a></p><p>But just as important was the "direct" promise that Washington does "not seek conflict" with Beijing.</p><p>“Michael Henry is the outsider New Yorkers need to fight back against the corruption that’s plagued the Empire State,” Haley said in a statement provided to The Post Wednesday.</p><p>“I’m proud to endorse him because he’s pro-law and order, pro-government transparency, and will restore integrity to the NY Attorney General’s office,” <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/betabeat-reviews-2022-update-blood-sugar-health-news-update">Haley said.</a></p><p>Henry was thrilled to get endorsed by a major national Republican figure to fire up his underdog <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/betabeat-reviews-2022-update-blood-sugar-health-news-update">campaign.</a></p><p>“I’m proud to receive the endorsement of Ambassador Nikki Haley. She is a leader who is not afraid to fight back against corrupt and illegal behavior from my opponent’s office. She knows that I will root out this corruption and brazen political attacks that have no place in such an esteemed office,” Henry said.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/nikki-haley-endorses-henry-feud-letita-006.jpg"><img alt="NYS Attorney Genreral Letitia James" class="wp-image-23958914" height="682" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/nikki-haley-endorses-henry-feud-letita-006.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/nikki-haley-endorses-henry-feud-letita-006.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1535 1536w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/nikki-haley-endorses-henry-feud-letita-006.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/nikki-haley-endorses-henry-feud-letita-006.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=512 512w" width="1024" /></a><figcaption>James is filing a $250 million lawsuit against former President Trump, his family and the Trump Organization for fraud.</figcaption><figcaption><span class="credit">William Farrington</span></figcaption></figure><p>James, a Democrat who is seeking re-election to a second term, made big waves Wednesday, filing a $250 million lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, his kids Eric, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., and the Trump Organization — alleging “staggering” fraud in the family real estate business.</p><p>Haley, who is considering a run for president in 2024, also has been in the headlines.</p><p>The former US ambassador to the United Nations under former President Donald Trump, Haley on Wednesday faulted President Biden for not calling out countries that allegedly are helping Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during his speech to the UN General Assembly — citing China, North Korea and Iran.</p><p>The former South Carina governor also called “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin a “racist” for accusing her of acting like a “chameleon” and shielding her Indian heritage behind a fake name.</p><p>Haley has gone by her middle name, Nikki, which is roughly translated from Hindu as “little one”, since childhood.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><figcaption>During their ongoing feud, Haley has publicly endorsed James’ counterpart Michael Henry.</figcaption><figcaption><span class="credit">Dennis A. Clark</span></figcaption></figure><p>“Thanks for your concern @Sunny,” the ex-ambassador tweeted. “It’s racist of you to judge my name. Nikki is an Indian name and is on my birth certificate—and I’m proud of that.</p><p>“What’s sad is the left’s hypocrisy towards conservative minorities. By the way, last I checked Sunny isn’t your birth name…”</p><p>The James campaign had no immediate comment regarding Haley’s endorsement of Henry.</p><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>he Shanghai Composite Index sank 0.2% to 3,111.37 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo slid 1% to 27,053.10. Hong Kong's Hang Seng tumbled 1.8% to 18,107.09.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>South Korea's Kospi sank 1.2% to 2,320.22 and India's Sensex opened down 0.4% at 59,456.78.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>New Zealand edged up less than 0.1% while Southeast Asian markets declined.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The Fed and central banks in Europe and Asia raising rates to slow economic growth and cool inflation that is at multi-decade highs.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Traders worry they might derail global economic growth. Fed officials acknowledge the possibility such aggressive rate hikes might bring on a recession but say inflation must be brought under control. They point to a relatively strong U.S. job market as evidence the economy can tolerate higher borrowing costs.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>“The Fed’s new economic projections highlight it will tolerate a recession to bring inflation down,” said Gregory Daco of EY Parthenon in a report.</p></div><div class="InartAd__FirstInartAdWrapper-sc-8wv8ky-0 giMJga sm-hide md-hide"><div class="Ad__Container-sc-1ah7c5n-0 iKUNVf"> </div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The yield on the 2-year Treasury, or the difference between the market price and the payout if held to maturity, rose to 4.02% from 3.97% late Tuesday. It was trading at its highest level since 2007.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, fell to 3.52% from 3.56% late Tuesday.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The S&P 500 fell to 3,789.93. The Dow fell 1.7% to 30,183.78, and the Nasdaq composite lost 1.8% to 11,220.19.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The major Wall Street indexes are on pace for their fifth weekly loss in six weeks.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Fed chair Jerome Powell stressed his resolve to lift rates high enough to drive inflation back toward the central bank’s 2% goal. Powell said the Fed has just started to get to that level with this most recent increase.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The central bank's latest rate hike lifted its benchmark rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, to a range of 3% to 3.25%, the highest level in 14 years, and up from zero at the start of the year.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The Fed released a forecast known as a “dot plot” that showed it expects its benchmark rate to be 4.4% by year’s end, a full point higher than envisioned in June.</p><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">As in the rest of the UK, there will be a cap placed on the unit price of electricity and gas for two years.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The cap will not come into place in Northern Ireland until November, one month later than in the rest of the UK.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The government said households in NI would see the same benefits with the support being backdated.</p></div></div><div id="piano-inline1"> </div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Households using home heating oil will receive a one-off payment of £100 to help with rising energy costs, the UK government announced on Wednesday.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">This will be delivered as a top-up to the £400 Energy Bills Support payment which is going to all UK households.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Some politicians have criticised the £100 heating oil payment, with SDLP leader Colum Eastwood describing it as an "insult".</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">After weeks of discussion about how the £400 rebate would be delivered in Northern Ireland, which has a separate energy market to Great Britain, former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi announced in August that the money would be paid directly to electricity companies, with the money then delivered through discounts on customers' bills.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Households in Great Britain will start receiving their discounts in October but it remains unclear when Northern Ireland residents will receive it.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The Northern Ireland Economy Minister Gordon Lyons says he expects the money will be paid out before Christmas.</p></div></div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>U.S. consumer prices rose 8.3% in August. That was down from July's 9.1% peak, but core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices to give a clearer picture of the trend, rose to 0.6% over the previous month, up from July’s 0.3% increase.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Central bankers in Japan, Britain, Switzerland and Norway are due to report on whether they also will raise rates again. Sweden surprised economists this week with a full-point hike.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The global economy also has been roiled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which pushed up prices of oil, wheat and other commodities.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude gained 19 cents to $83.13 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1 to $82.94 on Wednesday. Brent crude, the price basis for international oil trading, advanced 20 cents to $90.03 per barrel in London. It lost 79 cents the previous session to $89.83.</p><p>The U.S. dollar surged to a new 24-year high against the yen after the Bank of Japan stuck to ultra-easing stimulus on Thursday, just hours after the Federal Reserve surprised markets with hawkish interest-rate projections.</p><p>The greenback had already pushed to a new 37-year peak to sterling ahead of the Bank of England's policy announcement later in the day, and to a two-decade top versus the euro.</p><p>It also notched new highs against regional currencies from the Australian and New Zealand dollars to the offshore Chinese yuan and the Korean won, as well as the Singapore dollar and Thai baht.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>The yen went for a wild ride in the immediate aftermath of the BOJ's decision to keep short-term rates negative and continue to pin the 10-year government bond yield near zero, reinforcing market expectations that Japan's central bank will continue to swim against a global tide of monetary tightening, despite a weaker currency.</p><p>The dollar leapt as high as 145.405 yen for the first time since August 1998, but then swung sharply back to as low as 143.50, before last trading 0.45% higher than Wednesday at 144.75.</p><p>"There could be concern about intervention, or even a rate check by the BOJ," said Tohru Sasaki, head of Japan market research at J.P. Morgan in Tokyo. "It could also just be the result of market illiquidity."</p><p>"The market will be nervous, there will be some volatility for a while, but eventually, over the medium term, the weak yen trend will continue," Sasaki said. "The 1998 peak was at 147.60, so the market will be looking at that level."</p><p>Japan's top currency diplomat said later that officials had not intervened in the market.</p><p>The dollar index - which measures the greenback against a basket of six counterparts including the yen, euro and sterling - had earlier risen as high as 111.79 for the first time since mid-2002.</p><p>On Wednesday, the Fed issued new projections showing rates peaking at 4.6% next year with no cuts until 2024. It raised its target interest rate range by another 75 basis points (bps) overnight to 3.00%-3.25%, as was widely expected.</p><div class="caas-readmore caas-readmore-collapse"> </div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The dollar gained to 144.48 yen from Wednesday's 143.46 yen. The euro fell to 98.18 cents from 99.09 cents.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</p></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_735A359A-0B35-77DF-4F08-62425925BCA9">With his invasion of Ukraine faltering badly, the Russian President on Wednesday announced the immediate "partial mobilization" of Russian citizens. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Russian television that the country will call up 300,000 reservists.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_92295210-5CE4-CD8B-C885-6243CA209192">If they end up facing Ukrainian guns on the front lines, they are likely to become the newest casualties in the invasion Putin started more than seven months ago and that has seen the Russian military fail at almost every aspect of modern war.</div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--tablet" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_nat_btf_01" data-ad-position="tablet" data-ad-refresh="default"> </div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_7DC0AB48-0364-D814-8269-623AD0E6489B">"The Russian military is not currently equipped to rapidly and effectively deploy 300,000 reservists," said Alex Lord, Europe and Eurasia specialist at the Sibylline strategic analysis firm in London.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_540B9784-2A6C-B1A7-CD6D-623EFBE4532C">"Russia is already struggling to effectively equip its professional forces in Ukraine, following significant equipment losses during the war," Lord said.</div><div class="zn-body__read-all"><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_A1CF045B-B686-8C5F-2F0D-6249317180C0">The recent Ukrainian offensive, which has seen Kyiv recapture thousands of square meters of territory, has taken a significant toll.</div><div aria-hidden="false" aria-labelledby="bx-campaign-ally-title-1563870" class="bxc bx-base bx-custom bx-active-step-1 bx-campaign-1563870 bx-brand-17034 bx-width-default bx-type-agilityzone bx-has-close-x-1 bx-has-close-inside bx-fx-fade bx-impress" id="bx-campaign-1563870"><div class="bx-slab"><div class="bx-align"><div class="bx-creative bx-creative-1563870" id="bx-creative-1563870"><div class="bx-wrap"><div class="bx-ally-title" id="bx-campaign-ally-title-1563870">Enter your email to sign up for CNN's "Meanwhile in China" Newsletter.</div><div class="bx-ally-label">close dialog</div><div class="bx-step bx-step-1 bx-active-step bx-step-ODeI1Qv bx-step-1563870-1 bx-tail-placement-hidden" data-close-placement="inside" id="bx-step-1563870-1"> </div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_409FAE3A-0D98-8FBE-6332-6249A6FA9325">The Institute for the Study of War earlier this week said analysis from Western experts and Ukrainian intelligence found Russia had lost 50% to 90% of its strength in some units due to that offensive, and vast amounts of armor.</div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--tablet" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_out_vid_01" data-ad-position="tablet" data-ad-refresh="default"> </div></div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--desktop" data-ad-text="show"><div class="inStream_ad_out_vid_01_teads" data-ad-id="ad_out_vid_01" data-ad-position="desktop" data-ad-refresh="default"><div class="ad-ad_out_vid_01 ad-refresh-default adfuel-rendered" data-google-query-id="CKDS5_bep_oCFTCqSwUdN48DpA" id="ad_out_vid_01"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/8663477/CNNi/europe/leaf/vls_2__container__"><iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="3" data-load-complete="true" data-mce-fragment="1" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/8663477/CNNi/europe/leaf/vls_2" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/8663477/CNNi/europe/leaf/vls_2" role="region" sandbox="allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-presentation" scrolling="no" tabindex="0" title="advertisement" width="1"></iframe></div></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_5F87B660-D517-8216-79C0-624F12535358">And that comes on top of staggering equipment losses over the course of the war.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_3D858B23-924F-7884-7A19-6252475EAB8F">The open source intelligence website Oryx, using only losses confirmed by photographic or video evidence, has found Russian forces have lost more than 6,300 vehicles, including 1,168 tanks, since the fighting began.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_F9FFA8BB-D954-4E12-5C17-62596E087CBF">"In practice, they don't have enough modern equipment ... for that many new troops," said Jakub Janovsky, a military analyst who contributes to the Oryx blog.</div><div class="el__embedded el__embedded--standard"><div class="el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed"><div class="el__article--teaseimage"><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/21/europe/ukraine-russian-referendums-intl-hnk/index.html"><img alt="Russia announces immediate &#39;partial mobilization&#39; of citizens, escalating its invasion of Ukraine" class="media__image media__image--responsive" data-demand-load="loaded" data-eq-pts="mini: 0, xsmall: 221, small: 308, medium: 461, large: 781" data-eq-state="mini xsmall" data-src-full16x9="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921125335-02-russia-mobilization-lss-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921125335-02-russia-mobilization-lss-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921125335-02-russia-mobilization-lss-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921125335-02-russia-mobilization-lss-small-11.jpg" data-src-mini="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921125335-02-russia-mobilization-lss-small-169.jpg" data-src-small="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921125335-02-russia-mobilization-lss-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921125335-02-russia-mobilization-lss-medium-plus-169.jpg" data-src="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921125335-02-russia-mobilization-lss-medium-plus-169.jpg" src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921125335-02-russia-mobilization-lss-medium-plus-169.jpg" /></a></p><div class="img__preloader"> </div></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_BA4CC88C-B4B7-6176-FF55-634B658FB61F"> </div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_D692AB02-8B6C-D50C-2EB4-6283F63BC838">JT Crump, CEO of Sibylline and a veteran of 20 years in the British military, said Russia is beginning to suffer ammunition shortages in some calibers and is looking for sources of key components so it can repair or build replacements for weapons lost on the battlefield.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_34854A0F-984F-7DF8-F980-6273682F39CA">It's not just tanks and armored personnel carriers that have been lost.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_E2736949-41DB-AC9D-C84A-627785B91D42">In many cases, Russian troops haven't had the basics in Ukraine, including a clear definition of what they are risking their lives for.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_4C4750F9-0CF5-BA90-B8C9-627E8F154E52">Despite Wednesday's mobilization order, Putin is still calling Ukraine a "special military operation," not a war.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_7913B1BA-A5F5-2691-72C7-629620212A80">Ukrainian soldiers know they are fighting for their homeland. Many Russian soldiers have no idea why they are in Ukraine.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_5E92A660-8764-EC85-BA99-62784FB3C7AD">Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis noted this on Wednesday, calling Putin's partial mobilization announcement "a sign of desperation."</div><div class="el__embedded el__embedded--fullwidth"><div class="el__image--fullwidth js__image--fullwidth"><p><img alt="A billboard promoting army service in Saint Petersburg on September 20 contains the slogan, &quot;Serving Russia is a real job.&quot; " class="media__image media__image--responsive" data-demand-load="loaded" data-eq-pts="mini: 0, xsmall: 221, small: 308, medium: 461, large: 781" data-eq-state="mini xsmall small medium" data-src-full16x9="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921235443-01-russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921235443-01-russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921235443-01-russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921235443-01-russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml-small-11.jpg" data-src-mini="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921235443-01-russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml-small-169.jpg" data-src-small="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921235443-01-russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921235443-01-russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml-medium-plus-169.jpg" data-src="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921235443-01-russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml-exlarge-169.jpg" src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220921235443-01-russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml-exlarge-169.jpg" /></p><div class="img__preloader"> </div><div class="media__caption el__gallery_image-title"><div class="element-raw appearance-fullwidth">A billboard promoting army service in Saint Petersburg on September 20 contains the slogan, "Serving Russia is a real job."</div></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_8690FFE4-F59D-5397-C28D-6374A60210BD"> </div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_DD010160-324F-F74F-D000-627BE8396C15">"I think that people definitely do not want to go to a war that they do not understand. ... People would be taken to jail if they were to call Russia's war in Ukraine a war, and now suddenly they have to go in and fight it unprepared, without weapons, without body armor, without helmets," he said.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_DC468266-BA55-E20D-0B26-627BEA388CCE">But even if they did have all the equipment, weapons and motivation they need, getting 300,000 troops quickly trained for battle would be impossible, experts said.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_3074FB84-0E2A-6861-B61B-628C9163BD5B">"Neither the extra officers nor facilities necessary for a mass mobilization exist now in Russia," said Trent Telenko, a former quality control auditor for the US' Defense Contract Management Agency who has studied Russian logistics.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_B96E9C2F-F6B4-D70A-3CE5-6333ADA39530">Reforms in 2008, aimed at modernizing and professionalizing the Russian military, removed many of the logistical and command and control structures that had once enabled the forces of the old Soviet Union to rapidly train and equip vast numbers of mobilized conscripts.</div><div data-paragraph-id="paragraph_B96E9C2F-F6B4-D70A-3CE5-6333ADA39530"><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney declined. Oil prices edged higher.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index fell 1.7% on Wednesday to a two-month low after the Fed raised its benchmark lending rate by 0.75 percentage points, three times its usual margin. The Fed said it expects that rate to be a full percentage point higher by year's end than it did three months ago.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">A former Chinese justice minister was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on charges of taking bribes and helping criminals including his brother hide illegal activity, state TV reported Thursday.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Fu Zhenghua’s conviction adds to a string of senior officials who have been punished for corruption in a long-running crackdown launched after President Xi Jinping took power in late 2012.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Fu, 67, pleaded guilty to abusing his powers in roles including minister and chief of police for the Chinese capital, Beijing, in 2005-21 to hide crimes by his brother and others, China Central Television said on its website.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">In return, Fu received money and property amounting to 117 million yuan ($16.5 million), the official China Daily newspaper reported in July. Thursday's report and earlier news accounts gave no details of what Fu’s brother, Fu Weihua, was accused of doing.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Death sentences with a reprieve usually are commuted to long prison terms if the convict is deemed to have reformed.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Fu will be sentenced to life in prison without parole if his sentence is commuted, CCTV said.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>“The Fed still managed to out-hawk the markets,” Anna Stupnytska of Fidelity International said in a report. “Economic strength and a hot labor market point to a limited trade-off — at least for the time being — between growth and inflation.”</p></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-62285613949397981002022-09-19T23:53:00.002-07:002022-09-19T23:53:22.113-07:00Humaion Kobir barisal magnitude quake strikes on chilling anniversary Bonpara 2022<p> At least one person has been killed by a major earthquake off the coast of Michoacán state in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-reviews-2022-update-hearing-supplement-">Mexico.</a></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-reviews-2022-update-hearing-supplement-">earthquake,</a> measured at a magnitude of 7.6, stuck on exactly the same day that two previous earthquakes caused enormous damage and killed hundreds or thousands of people in 1985 and 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong>The Federal Reserve is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-reviews-2022-update-hearing-loss-health-news-update">unlikely</a> to pivot and cut its benchmark interest rate until 2024 at the soonest as it tries to crush the hottest inflation in four decades, according to Goldman Sachs <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quietum-plus-reviews-2022-update-hearing-loss-health-news-update">strategists.</a></p><p>The bank's economists — led by Jan Hatzius — predicted in an analyst note on Monday that the U.S. central bank will raise interest rates four more times between now and the end of 2023, eventually holding them at a range between 4.25% to 4.50% <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biopls-slim-pro-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">until 2024.</a></p><p>The analyst note comes ahead of the Fed's two-day meeting this week, during which Hatzius now sees policymakers approving a third consecutive 75-basis-point interest rate increase — triple the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biopls-slim-pro-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">usual size.</a></p><div class="inline image-ct"><div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2022/08/343/192/powell-8.9.22.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2022/08/686/384/powell-8.9.22.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2022/08/672/378/powell-8.9.22.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2022/08/1344/756/powell-8.9.22.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2022/08/931/523/powell-8.9.22.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2022/08/1862/1046/powell-8.9.22.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2022/08/720/405/powell-8.9.22.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2022/08/1440/810/powell-8.9.22.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1 2x"></source><img alt="Fed Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaking at a FOMC meeting" src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2022/08/931/523/powell-8.9.22.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1" /></picture></div><div class="caption"><p>Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)</p><p class="_1g_Rg">Ms McKinnon said the council would like an alternate route considered that did not go through the centre of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biopls-slim-pro-reviews-2022-update-fast-weight-loss-">the city.</a></p><p class="_1g_Rg">"We do know in other areas where the EIS has been done for other sections,"<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biopls-slim-pro-reviews-2022-update-fast-weight-loss-"> she said.</a></p><p class="_1g_Rg">"Other parts have been able to get a bypass or a different route to what was originally put forward."</p><h2 class="_1EAJU hMmqO SYcM3 zwVFG _1BqKa _3AExf _3HiTE x9R1x pDrMR hmFfs _390V1" data-component="Heading">Data discrepancies</h2><p>Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, died on September 8 at Balmoral, her Scottish retreat in rural Aberdeenshire, at the age of 96.</p><p>Hundreds of foreign royals and leaders attended the queen's funeral in London on September 19, making it one of the biggest diplomatic gatherings in decades, AFP <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ron-williams-racing-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update/">reported.</a></p><p>Russia and Belarus were among a small group of nations to be excluded from the funeral following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, a British government source told <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ron-williams-racing-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update/">AFP.</a></p><p>Military-run Myanmar, a former British colony, and long-time pariah North Korea were also snubbed, the British source said on condition of anonymity.</p><p>The claim that China was also not invited to the ceremony in London was shared hundreds of times in other posts on Twitter <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ron-williams-racing-review-health-news-update">and Gettr.</a></p><p>Some social media users appeared to believe the claim.</p><p>"It seems like they can't even be bothered to mention that name... because it could easily lead to humiliating China," one commented.</p><p>Another wrote: "Haha so my China doesn't even deserve a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ron-williams-racing-review-health-news-update">name?"</a></p><p>However, the claim is false.</p><p>Beijing's foreign ministry confirmed that Vice President Wang Qishan would attend the funeral on behalf of President Xi Jinping, as <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-restore-gummies-reviews-2022-update-supplement-">reported by AFP. </a></p><p>"At the invitation of the UK government, President Xi Jinping's Special Representative Vice President Wang Qishan will attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II to be held in London on September 19," the statement on September 17 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-restore-gummies-reviews-2022-update-supplement-">read. </a></p><p>A photo of Wang attending the ceremony at Westminster Abbey was published here and here by AFP on September 19. He can be seen walking in front of Liu Xiaoming, the former Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">The council's submission says within the EIS Traffic and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-restore-gummies-reviews-2022-update-supplement--1e">Transport</a> Technical Paper it is stated that a 1,800-metre-long train, travelling at 80 kilometres an hour, would result in local level crossings — including one near Wagga Wagga Base Hospital — being closed for two minutes.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">But the council found closure times of up to four minutes at the crossing at Bourke/Docker streets in the city, for a train under <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-restore-gummies-reviews-2022-update-supplement--1e">1,000m long. </a></p><p class="_1g_Rg">"Our staff actually went and did train counts, also speed counts of the freight trains to pass through those level crossings and we found our data was <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5000-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">very,</a> very different," Ms McKinnon <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5000-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">said. </a></p><figure aria-labelledby="101456956" class="_247xw _3qLh5 _sBMB _3pBTa" data-component="Figure" data-print="inline-media" data-uri="coremedia://imageproxy/101456956" role="group"><div class="_3poXF"><div class="_1Axyg" data-component="AspectRatioContainer"><img alt="Double-stacked train" class="jMqWO _1PHKk" data-component="Image" data-lazy="true" sizes="100vw" src="https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/b3d81fb9e7b036bc6609e2ddcd2bd7ca?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=644&cropW=966&xPos=0&yPos=3&width=862&height=575" /></div></div><figcaption class="_1EAJU _2_dbS _2L258 _14LIk _3pVeq hmFfs _2F43D" data-component="Figure__figcaption" id="101456956">Double-stacked freight trains, up to 1,800m long, are predicted to utilise the route through Wagga Wagga. <cite class="_1EAJU _1ftZy _2L258 _14LIk _3pVeq hmFfs _2F43D" data-component="Figure__cite">(<span class="_1EAJU _1s6pr _2L258 _1BqKa _3pVeq hmFfs _2F43D" data-component="Byline"><span class="_1EAJU _2L258 _14LIk _3pVeq hmFfs _2F43D" data-component="Text">Supplied: ARTC Inland Rail</span></span>)</cite></figcaption></figure><p class="_1g_Rg">The council also raised concerns about the ARTC's data when it came to noise and vibrations.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">"The numbers used for [the] level-crossing impact assessment are lower than the noise and vibration study," it said.</p><div class="_14Wz0 _3qLh5 _sBMB" data-component="EmphasisedText"><p class="_1g_Rg">"This brings into question the effectiveness of the EIS as a holistic <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5000-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update-1e">document."</a></p></div><p class="_1g_Rg">The ARTC said the group had been consulting stakeholders since 2017.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">It said the EIS study had been undertaken <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5000-trump-bucks-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update-1e">professionally.</a></p><p class="_1g_Rg">"We believe the data and impact assessments in the EIS are both accurate and justifiable based on the document evidence," a spokesperson said.</p><h2 class="_1EAJU hMmqO SYcM3 zwVFG _1BqKa _3AExf _3HiTE x9R1x pDrMR hmFfs _390V1" data-component="Heading">Neighbouring council praises consultation</h2><p class="_1g_Rg">Junee Shire Council, which shares a border with WWCC, is more positive about the consultation process relating to the project so <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/spellbound-storytelling-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">far.</a></p><p class="_1g_Rg">"From the level of consultation that we've been receiving from the ARTC, it's been very good," said general manager James Davis.</p><p class="_1g_Rg">"It's been open and come back to council many times and most issues have been resolved. [But] there are still some outstanding <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/spellbound-storytelling-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">items."</a></p></div></div><p>Goldman Sachs then predicted that the Fed will deliver back-to-back half-percentage point increases in November and December, followed by one quarter-percentage point hike in 2023 and one rate cut in 2024.</p><p>"We see several reasons for the change in<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/spellbound-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update"> plan</a>," Hatzius wrote. "The equity market threatened to undo some of the tightening in financial conditions that the Fed had engineered, labor market strength reduced fears of overtightening at this stage, Fed officials now appear to want somewhat quicker and more consistent progress toward reversing overheating, and some might have reevaluated the short-term neutral <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/spellbound-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">rate."</a></p><p>Although Goldman economists, like many other experts, initially thought the Fed would reduce the size of rate increases after July, that changed after the August inflation data released last week came in hotter than expected. The consumer price index unexpectedly rose 0.1% in August from the previous <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nitrilean-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">month,</a> dashing hopes for a slowdown. On an annual basis, prices are up 8.3% — near the highest level since 1981.</p><p>Stocks fell sharply after the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nitrilean-reviews-2022-update-health-news-update">surprisingly</a> hot report on fears of an even more aggressive Fed, with the Dow sliding 1,276 points — the worst day since June 2020.</p><p class="speakable">Law enforcement experts are raising their eyebrows over New York City’s "gun free zone" law, which established a perimeter lined with laminated signs prohibiting the public from carrying firearms within, as one longtime police executive said the new legislation doesn’t "make sense" and is "extremely confusing."</p><p class="speakable">"I didn’t like the idea of setting up special zones where permitted gun carrier holders could not go," said Terence Monahan, formerly the highest-ranking uniformed member of the New York Police <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nitrilean-reviews-2022-update-supplement-health-news-update">Department. </a></p><blockquote class="pull-quote"><p class="quote-text">"The people who are doing the crime in the city, the people who are killing each other, are not the guys with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nitrilean-reviews-2022-update-supplement-health-news-update">licenses."</a></p><p>Liz Truss is going from the solemnity of a royal funeral to the maelstrom of international politics, and a crucial meeting with President <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/puradrop-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-health-news-update-2e">Joe Biden.</a></p><p>Britain’s prime minister flew to New York on Monday for the United Nations General Assembly, coming straight from the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, whose death and commemoration have dominated the start of the new<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/puradrop-reviews-2022-update-weight-loss-health-news-update-2e"> leader’s term.</a></p><div class="content-wrapper" id="paywall"><p>Truss won a Conservative Party leadership contest early this month and was appointed prime minister by the queen on Sept. 6, just two days before the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/puradrop-reviews-2022-updatedoes-work-health-news-update">monarch died.</a></p></div><p><span class="quote-author">— Brooklyn City Council Member Kalman Yeger, via NY1</span></p></blockquote><p>Monahan spent just months shy of 40 years with the NYPD before he retired as Chief of Department in 2021. He said when he first heard the news of the "gun-free zones," it "didn’t <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/puradrop-reviews-2022-updatedoes-work-health-news-update">make sense."</a></p><p>"It’s going to make things very confusing for police officers on the street dealing with it," he told Fox News Digital. "If someone is law enforcement, retired law enforcement, they’re allowed to have firearms in these zones. But other permit holders have to stop at a certain street and turn around if they have their firearms, can’t go into certain stores or locations."</p><p><strong>HOUSING REPORT: </strong>Investors are eagerly awaiting a Tuesday morning housing report to gauge <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuropure-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-health-news-update">another factor</a> how inflation is affecting the economy.</p><p>At 8:30 a.m. ET, the Commerce Department is expected to say the number of new homes under construction in August dipped 0.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.445 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuropure-reviews-2022-update-consumer-report-health-news-update">million. </a></p><p>That would mark the second straight monthly decline to the lowest in a year-and-a half (since February 2021).</p><p>Housing starts have tumbled 20% in the three months since hitting a near 16-year high of 1.810 million in April (the highest since June 2006) as increased borrowing costs and rising prices slammed affordability.</p><div class="article-clear-div">Warning that the world is in “great peril,” the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and inequality — and address divisions among major powers that have gotten worse since Russia invaded <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuropure-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-health-news-update">Ukraine.</a></div><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Yet as of Monday evening, the tremor appeared to have passed without that level of tragedy, despite heightened nerves from a nationwide annual earthquake drill that occurred less than an hour <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuropure-reviews-2022-update-real-benefits-health-news-update">beforehand.</a></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that one person died in the western state of Colima due to a falling fence at a shopping centre.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">US and Mexican authorities issued a tsunami alert, while videos showed rattling rooms, wildly swinging light fixtures, and wobbling pickup trucks throughout western Mexico</p><div><div><div class="article-clear-div"><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>In speeches and remarks leading up to the start of the leaders' meeting Tuesday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cited the “immense” task not only of saving the planet, “which is literally on fire,” but of dealing with the persisting COVID-19 pandemic. He also pointed to “a lack of access to finance for developing countries to recover -- a crisis not seen in a generation” that has seen ground lost for education, health and women’s rights.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Guterres will deliver his “state of the world” speech at Tuesday’s opening of the annual high-level global gathering. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said it would be "a sober, substantive and solutions-focused report card” for a world “where geopolitical divides are putting all of us at risk.”</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>“There will be no sugar-coating in his remarks, but he will outline reasons for hope,” Dujarric told reporters Monday.</p></div></div><h2 class="article-sub-heading">Twenty hospitals damaged in Michoacán</h2><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The 77th General Assembly meeting of world leaders convenes under the shadow of Europe’s first major war since World War II — the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has unleashed a global food crisis and opened fissures among major powers in a way not seen since the Cold War.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Yet nearly 150 heads of state and government are on the latest speakers' list. That's a sign that despite the fragmented state of the planet, the United Nations remains the key gathering place for presidents, prime ministers, monarchs and ministers to not only deliver their views but to meet privately to discuss the challenges on the global agenda -- and hopefully make some progress.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>At the top of that agenda for many: Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, which not only threatens the sovereignty of its smaller neighbor but has raised fears of a nuclear catastrophe at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in the country’s now Russia-occupied southeast.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Leaders in many countries are trying to prevent a wider war and restore peace in Europe. Diplomats, though, aren't expecting any breakthroughs this week.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The loss of important grain and fertilizer exports from Ukraine and Russia has triggered a food crisis, especially in developing countries, and inflation and a rising cost of living in many others. Those issues are high on the agenda.</p></div><div class="InartAd__FirstInartAdWrapper-sc-8wv8ky-0 giMJga sm-hide md-hide"><div class="Ad__Container-sc-1ah7c5n-0 iKUNVf"> </div></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>At a meeting Monday to promote U.N. goals for 2030 — including ending extreme poverty, ensuring quality education for all children and achieving gender equality — Guterres said the world's many pressing perils make it "tempting to put our long-term development priorities to one side.”</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>But the U.N. chief said some things can't wait — among them education, dignified jobs, full equality for women and girls, comprehensive health care and action to tackle the climate crisis. He called for public and private finance and investment, and above all for peace.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her funeral in London on Monday, which many world leaders attended, have created last-minute headaches for the high-level meeting. Diplomats and U.N. staff have scrambled to deal with changes in travel plans, the timing of events and the logistically intricate speaking schedule for world leaders.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The global gathering, known as the General Debate, was entirely virtual in 2020 because of the pandemic, and hybrid in 2021. This year, the 193-member General Assembly returns to only in-person speeches, with a single exception — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Over objections from Russia and a few allies, the assembly voted last Friday to allow the Ukrainian leader to prerecord his speech because of reasons beyond his control — the “ongoing foreign invasion” and military hostilities that require him to carry out his “national defense and security duties.”</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>By tradition, Brazil has spoken first for over seven decades because, at the early General Assembly sessions, it volunteered to start when no other country did.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>The U.S. president, representing the host country for the United Nations, is traditionally the second speaker. But Joe Biden is attending the queen’s funeral, and his speech has been pushed to Wednesday morning. Senegalese President Macky Sall is expected to take Biden’s slot.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>___</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Edith M. Lederer is chief U.N. correspondent for The Associated Press and has been covering international affairs for more than half a century. For more AP coverage of the U.N. General Assembly, visit https://apnews.com/hub/united-nations-general-assembly.</p></div><div class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn"><p>Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</p></div><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">At least 20 hospitals in the state of Michoacán have suffered structural damage from the earthquake, local authorities say.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">According to <em>Mexico AS</em>, the state health ministry reported that medical facilities in Uruapan, Apatzingán, Pátzcuaro, and many other towns had been hit by the tremor, along with churches and a technical college in Coalcomán.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">A video posted on Twitter showed products strewn across the floor in aisle after aisle of a Michoacán supermarket. Neighbouring Jalisco state also reported damage to religious buildings.</p></div><div><h2 class="article-sub-heading">Death toll rises to two</h2><p><em>07:02</em> , <em>Alisha Rahaman Sarkar</em></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Two people were killed in the Pacific port of Manzanillo in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that jolted Mexico yesterday, authorities said.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">One of the victims died after being crushed by the facade of a department store while another was found dead at a mall.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Videos on social media showed the roof of the mall collapsed into the top floor, a gym, as people yelled for help.</p></div><div><div class="article-clear-div"><p class="mol-para-with-font">'I don't care what no one says,' he said, 'What [Merdy] did was monstrous, but she herself is not a monster.'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Small also said he wanted his daughter to be remembered for how she lived, and not how she died.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'I don't want her to be remembered or known as how she passed,' he said, 'I don't even want to hear about it anymore.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'Don't want to see it, read it, or nothing. I just want everyone to remember that Lily, for four years, was loved by all her family members.'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Lily was dressed in a pink dress before being laid out in a white casket, which was buried in Cypress, Queens. A Barbie doll was placed inside her coffin with her.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Merdy faces charges of three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of depraved indifference to human life, and three counts of murder with the victims under 11 years old, an NYPD spokesperson said. She has not yet appeared in court because she hasn't been medically cleared to do so.</p></div><h2 class="article-sub-heading">Church in Michoacán damaged in powerful quake</h2><p><em>06:40</em> , <em>Alisha Rahaman Sarkar</em></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The church of San Miguel Arcángel in Michoacán was damaged after a powerful earthquake struck Mexico on Monday.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">A video captured by locals showed debris falling out of a hole from the church building that was caused by the jolt. Cracks were also spotted on one of the bell towers of the church.</p></div><div><h2 class="article-sub-heading">Another eerie coincidence</h2><p><em>06:00</em> , <em>Io Dodds</em></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">This earthquake happened less than an hour after Mexico's annual nationwide earthquake drill, which was introduced in 1985 after the devastating quake in Mexico City.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Across the country, about 14,000 loudspeakers issued a fake warning in order to test people's responses, with millions of civilians evacuating their homes, schools, and workplaces.</p></div><div><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><h2 class="article-sub-heading">Earthquake affects power supply to 1.2 million users</h2><p><em>05:43</em> , <em>Alisha Rahaman Sarkar</em></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Nearly 1.2 million users were left without electricity after the powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Monday.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">According to the federal electricity commission, until 3.30pm local time the reinstallation of power supply was achieved for 68 per cent of the affected users.</p></div><div><div class="article-clear-div"><p class="Component-root-0-2-74 Component-p-0-2-65">Democrats are pumping an unprecedented amount of money into advertising related to abortion rights, underscoring how central the message is to the party in the final weeks before the November midterm elections.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-74 Component-p-0-2-65">With the most intense period of campaigning only just beginning, Democrats have already invested more than an estimated $124 million this year in television advertising referencing abortion. That’s more than twice as much money as the Democrats’ next top issue this year, “character,” and almost 20 times more than Democrats spent on abortion-related ads in the 2018 midterms.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-74 Component-p-0-2-65">The estimated spending figures, based on an Associated Press analysis of data provided by the nonpartisan research firm AdImpact, reveal the extent to which Democrats are betting their majorities in Congress and key governorships on one issue. That’s even as large majorities of Americans think the country is heading in the wrong direction and the economy is in poor condition.</p><div class="Component-dfp-0-2-69 apnews_article_midarticle_1"><div class="Component-adTitle-0-2-76">ADVERTISEMENT</div><div class="Component-placeholderWrapper-0-2-79"><div class="Component-visualPlaceholder-0-2-77"> </div></div></div><p class="Component-root-0-2-74 Component-p-0-2-65">The advertising numbers also reveal just how sharply Republicans have shied away from abortion in their paid advertising in the weeks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a decades-long goal of the GOP. (The AdImpact data captures every single time a campaign ad is aired on TV, and estimates a cost associated with those airings.)</p><div class="Component-hubPeekEmbed-0-2-73 HubPeek noBorderBottom-0-2-107 compressedEmbed-0-2-108" data-tb-region="false"><div class="hubPeekContainerWide-0-2-110" data-key="feed-card-hub-peak"><div class="title-0-2-111"><h3 class="title-0-2-111">ABORTION</h3></div><div class="columnLayout-0-2-116"><div class="titleContainer-0-2-124"><div class="title-0-2-125 overrideArticle"><h4 class="headline-0-2-128 newStandardStyle">EXPLAINER: Online privacy in a post-Roe world</h4></div></div><div class="titleContainer-0-2-124"><div class="title-0-2-125 overrideArticle"><h4 class="headline-0-2-128 newStandardStyle">Man pleads guilty to breaking windows at Planned Parenthood</h4></div></div><div class="titleContainer-0-2-124"><div class="title-0-2-125 overrideArticle"><h4 class="headline-0-2-128 newStandardStyle">Indiana judge weighing bid to block state's new abortion ban</h4></div></div><div class="titleContainer-0-2-124"><div class="title-0-2-125 overrideArticle"><h4 class="headline-0-2-128 newStandardStyle">They ended wanted pregnancies. Post-Roe, they face new pain.</h4></div></div></div></div></div><p class="Component-root-0-2-74 Component-p-0-2-65">Since the high court’s decision in June to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion, roughly 1 in 3 television advertising dollars spent by Democrats and their allies have focused on abortion. Much of the spending is designed to attack Republicans on the ballot this fall who have long opposed abortion rights and are currently engaged in a state-by-state push to restrict abortion rights or outlaw the practice altogether.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-74 Component-p-0-2-65">The Democrats’ unprecedented investment in abortion messaging on TV this year through Sept. 18 is larger than the Republican Party’s combined national investment in ads relating to the economy, crime and immigration.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-74 Component-p-0-2-65">“With less than 60 days until the election, we refuse to stand by while out-of-step, anti-choice Republicans try to control our bodies and our futures and simultaneously lie about it to voters,” said Melissa Williams, executive director of Women Vote!, an outside group that has invested more than $4 million in abortion-related ads this year. “We are ensuring that each voter knows the candidates that stand with them and against them in protecting this right.”</p><div class="Component-dfp-0-2-69 apnews_article_midarticle_2"><div class="Component-placeholderWrapper-0-2-79"><div class="Component-visualPlaceholder-0-2-77"> </div></div></div><p class="Component-root-0-2-74 Component-p-0-2-65">The Democrats’ overwhelming focus on abortion may not be surprising given the reversal of Roe v. Wade and the wave of Republican-backed abortion bans in more than a dozen states that followed. But the strategy still marks a sharp departure from the party’s focus in recent years on former President Donald Trump and other issues like the economy, education and health care.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-74 Component-p-0-2-65">In the 2018 midterm elections, for example, Democrats spent less than $6 million on abortion-related television advertising. That’s compared to the $51 million that Democrats invested in Trump-related ads, $49 million on health care and $46 million on education, according to AdImpact.</p><div class="Component-dfp-0-2-69 apnews_article_midarticle_3"><div class="Component-adTitle-0-2-76">ADVERTISEMENT</div><div class="Component-placeholderWrapper-0-2-79"><div class="Component-visualPlaceholder-0-2-77"> </div></div></div><p class="Component-root-0-2-74 Component-p-0-2-65">Jessica Floyd, president of American Bridge, a Democrat-allied super PAC running abortion-related advertising in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania, described abortion as “the ultimate health care issue” for women and families. The Supreme Court decision and the subsequent Republican push to ban abortion in some states, she said, represent “an actual rolling back of rights, which is unprecedented.”</p></div><h2 class="article-sub-heading">Video shows hotel room ceiling fan shaking during earthquake</h2><p><em>05:14</em> , <em>Alisha Rahaman Sarkar</em></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">A video shared on Twitter showed a ceiling fan violently shaking in a hotel room in Puerto Vallarta when the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Michoacán state in Mexico.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">According to local reports, several hotels in the resort town suffered damage, with cracks emerging on ceilings and windows.</p></div><div><h2 class="article-sub-heading">Tsunami threat has 'passed', say authorities</h2><p><em>04:51</em> , <em>Alisha Rahaman Sarkar</em></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The tsunami warning which was issued immediately after the earthquake off the coast of Michoacán state has been revised.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, the tsunami threat has “largely passed”.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">Earlier, waves reaching up to 3 metres were earlier predicted to hit Mexico and along the coast of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala among other countries, but recent readings have shown a relative decrease in wave heights.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">“Minor sea level fluctuations of up to 0.3 metres above and below the normal tide may continue over the next few hours,” it said.</p></div><div><div class="article-clear-div"> </div><h2 class="article-sub-heading">Nothing special about 19 September, say experts</h2><p><em>04:49</em> , <em>Alisha Rahaman Sarkar</em></p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">The fact that three different earthquakes have all hit Mexico on 19 September is nothing more than random chance, according seismologists.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">"This is a coincidence," Paul Earle of the US Geological Survey (USGS) told <em>The Associated Press</em>. "There's no physical reason or statistical bias toward earthquakes in any given month in Mexico...</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">"We knew we'd get this question as soon as it happened. Sometimes there are just coincidences."</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">José Luis Mateos, a physicist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), told <em>AS Mexico </em>that the probability of three quakes happening on the same day in the same nation is 1 in 133,225.</p><p data-t="{"n":"blueLinks"}">On a global scale, the USGS says there is no particular season for earthquakes and no such thing as "earthquake weather", although one study did find an association between earthquakes and monsoon season in Taiwan specifically.</p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529958029279055051.post-22984308694671504482022-09-18T22:47:00.003-07:002022-09-18T22:47:56.090-07:00Soriful panda kalu island of Puerto Rico loses power mojibur rahaman covid 2022 update<p> Chinese shares were mixed on Monday as the central bank injected liquidity and cut its 14-day reverse repo rate, while U.S. President Joe <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-update-hearing-loss-health-news-update">Biden's</a> latest comments on Taiwan spooked <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-update-hearing-loss-health-news-update">investors.</a></p><p>Hong Kong stocks <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-update-hearing-impairment-health-news-update">declined,</a> with the tech sector falling the most, following a big sell-off in U.S. markets on Friday as investors weighed the risk of another big interest rate increase from the Federal <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sonovive-reviews-2022-update-hearing-impairment-health-news-update">Reserve.</a></p><p>** China's blue-chip CSI 300 Index rose 0.14%, while the Shanghai <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-nail-fungus-health-news-update">Composite</a> Index was down 0.16%.</p><p>** Hong Kong's Hang Seng <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-nail-fungus-health-news-update">Index fell 0.96%</a> and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index dropped 1.35%.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"><h2 class="paywall-full-content"><strong>A Landmark Going-Private Transaction Has Occurred For This Premier Net-Lease Trust</strong></h2><p class="paywall-full-content">STORE Capital announced in a press release on Thursday that it has entered into a definitive agreement with institutional investor GIC, which will acquire the real estate investment trust in a transaction valued at $14 billion in collaboration with Oak Street. The transaction will be all-cash, which means that investors will receive the full deal value of $32.25 per share in <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-fungal-infection-">cash.</a></p><p class="paywall-full-content">The transaction price is a 20% premium to the stock price of STORE Capital on September 14, 2022, and an 18% premium to the 90-day volume weighted average stock <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kerassentials-reviews-2022-update-fungal-infection-">price.</a></p><p class="paywall-full-content">GIC and Oak Street will take STORE Capital private, which means the trust will no longer be available for trading on a public exchange. Because of the transaction's going-private nature, I advise investors to sell the deal and reinvest the proceeds in another equally impressive real estate investment trust.</p></div></div><p>** Other Asian markets were subdued on Monday as investors braced for a busy week with 13 central bank meetings that are certain to see borrowing costs rise across the globe and some risk of a 100-basis-point hike in the United <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091385#.Yyfx7HbMLIU">States.</a></p><p>** Joe Biden said on Sunday in CBS News's 60 Minutes that U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.</p><p>** China's central bank lowered the borrowing cost of 14-day reverse repos by 10 basis points on Monday and injected 2 billion yuan ($286.54 million) through 7-day reverse repos and another 10 billion yuan through the 14-day <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091385#.Yyfx7HbMLIU">tenor.</a></p><div class="articleBodyText section"><div class="component article-body-text " data-test="article-body-text"><p>Choosing the right time to retire is a daunting task, especially as it often depends on <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091411#.Yyf0YnbMLIU">factors outside</a> our control, such as our health, <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091397#.Yyfyw3bMLIU">inflation</a> or even the direction of stock <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091397#.Yyfyw3bMLIU">markets.</a> For Matthew Jones, who spoke using a pseudonym, moving his company pension into a Sipp just weeks before the Covid market crash in March 2020 was a painful experience.</p><p>“Everything went through the floor,” he said. “It was a massive dent to my<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091411#.Yyf0YnbMLIU"> confidence.”</a></p><p>Mr Jones, who is 61 and lives in <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091449#.Yyf33HbMLIU">Somerset</a> with his wife and two adult children, decided that he would wait for some signs of a recovery before he retired. “I ended up retiring quite soon after that, in<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091449#.Yyf33HbMLIU"> March</a> 2021. One of the main drivers was that my father has dementia and I wanted to spend some quality time with him while he is still fit to do so, like playing golf <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091417#.Yyf1FHbMLIU">together.”</a></p><p>The value of Mr Jones’s pensions, which are spread across two Sipp accounts, one managed by Scottish Widows and one with M&G, currently stands at £1.2m. Almost £200,000 of it is in cash. He also has around £40,000 spread across a cash savings account and Premium <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091417#.Yyf1FHbMLIU">Bonds.</a></p><div class="advert-container dynamicMpu" data-ad-slot-hidden="false" data-ad-slot-id="advert_tmg_dyn_0_container" data-adtype="dyn_0" data-js="dynamicMpu-ad" data-perf="commerical-perf-0" id="advert_tmg_dyn_0_container"><div class="advert js-advert is-loaded" data-adtype="dyn" data-google-query-id="CPCor9-RoPoCFfyDrAId0VsF8g" data-test="advert" id="advert_tmg_dyn_0"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/6582/tmg.telegraph.money/money.moneymakeover_4__container__"> </div></div></div><p>“I have been relying on this cash as our income,” he <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091453#.Yyf41nbMLIU">said.</a> “I’m conscious that I have exceeded the lifetime allowance on my <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091453#.Yyf41nbMLIU">pension,</a> so I am leaving it alone in the probably vain hope that the Government will increase the limit.”</p><p>Mr Jones is currently withdrawing between £4,000 and £5,000 from his cash savings each month. “I'd like to maintain this level of income,” he said. “We do not live a lavish lifestyle. We’d like a few holidays here and there, but nothing <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091485#.Yyf7fXbMLIU">extravagant.</a></p><p>“My main question is whether my pension is enough to support myself and my wife for the rest of our lives. If not I would be open to going back to work.” Mr Jones owns his home, which he estimates to be worth £625,000, and he has no debts. He and his wife also have more than £140,000 invested in various <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091485#.Yyf7fXbMLIU">accounts.</a></p></div></div><figure class="article-body-image section" data-js="article-body-image" data-test="article-body-image"><div class="article-body-image__container"><div class="lazy-image article-body-image__source " data-alt="Matthew Jones and his wife Carole" data-class="lazy-image__img " data-height="1563" data-js="LazyImage" data-sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 960px, (min-width: 768px) 680px, (min-width: 480px) 480px, 100vw" data-src="/content/dam/money/2022/09/16/TELEMMGLPICT000309292907_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqek9vKm18v_rkIPH9w2GMNpPHkRvugymKLtqq96r_VP8.jpeg?imwidth=480" data-srcset=" /content/dam/money/2022/09/16/TELEMMGLPICT000309292907_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqek9vKm18v_rkIPH9w2GMNpPHkRvugymKLtqq96r_VP8.jpeg?imwidth=350 350w, /content/dam/money/2022/09/16/TELEMMGLPICT000309292907_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqek9vKm18v_rkIPH9w2GMNpPHkRvugymKLtqq96r_VP8.jpeg?imwidth=480 480w, /content/dam/money/2022/09/16/TELEMMGLPICT000309292907_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqek9vKm18v_rkIPH9w2GMNpPHkRvugymKLtqq96r_VP8.jpeg?imwidth=680 680w, /content/dam/money/2022/09/16/TELEMMGLPICT000309292907_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqek9vKm18v_rkIPH9w2GMNpPHkRvugymKLtqq96r_VP8.jpeg?imwidth=960 960w, /content/dam/money/2022/09/16/TELEMMGLPICT000309292907_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqek9vKm18v_rkIPH9w2GMNpPHkRvugymKLtqq96r_VP8.jpeg?imwidth=1280 1280w" data-width="2500"> </div></div><figcaption class="e-caption u-meta e-caption--has-separator " data-js="caption"><span data-test="caption">Mr Jones lives in Somerset with his wife Carole </span><span class="e-caption__credit" data-test="credit"><span class="e-caption__credit-description">CREDIT</span>: Jay Williams</span></figcaption></figure><div class="articleBodyText section"><div class="component article-body-text " data-test="article-body-text"><h2 class="u-heading-size-medium u-heading-style-colour">Daniel Hough, Financial planner at Brewin Dolphin</h2><p>We think Mr Jones has sufficient funds for retirement. He already has a large pension and, instead of returning to work, he should focus on streamlining and making the best use of his existing assets.</p><p>On paper he has breached the lifetime <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091494#.Yyf8JnbMLIU">allowance.</a> But because he has not taken any money from his pension, it hasn’t yet been “<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091494#.Yyf8JnbMLIU">crystallised”</a>. The lifetime allowance of £1,073,100 is frozen until at least April 2026.</p><p>Mr Jones would like a retirement income of around £4,000 a month – or £48,000 a year after tax. I would suggest taking £12,570 a year as income from the pension, which would fall under the tax-free personal allowance. This can be supplemented by using the 25pc tax-free cash from his pension, to the tune of £35,430 a year, which he could do for at least the first eigh<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091508#.Yyf8sXbMLIU">t years.</a></p><p>When Mr Jones begins to receive his state pension, in around five years’ time, we can reduce the pressure on his investments. A full state pension from 35 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions will be around £10,000 a year. We can then swap out around £10,000 of cash annually being taken from the tax-free lump sum and, once this cash is used up, he can take money out as taxable income from his <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091508#.Yyf8sXbMLIU">pension.</a></p><p>Mr Jones has two Sipps: the M&G one has around £900,000 of assets, more than a third of which is in a bond fund, which is lower risk but has still dropped in value, while the majority of the money in the Scottish Widows Sipp is in cash. Having two Sipps involves <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091525#.Yyf9dHbMLIU">unnecessary</a> duplication, so it would make sense to consolidate them with one provider.</p></div></div><p>** China's August economic data overall is slightly better than expected, although the real estate market is weak, CICC said in a note, adding that the valuation of A-shares is relatively low and the market liquidity is abundant, so the medium-term outlook should not be too <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091525#.Yyf9dHbMLIU">pessimistic.</a></p><p>** The country's tourism stocks, up 2%, and Food & Beverage stocks, up 1.4%, led gains ahead of a 7-day national holiday starting from Oct. 1.</p><p>** In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng tech index dipped 2.04%.</p><p>** Alibaba Group tumbled 3.4% and Meituan declined 1.1%. (Reporting by Summer Zhen; Editing by Devika Syamnath)</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The entire island of Puerto Rico lost power just before Hurricane Fiona made landfall on Sunday afternoon, according to <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091531#.Yyf-SHbMLIU">officials.</a></p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">More than 1.5 million customers are without electricity as the Category 1 storm, with sustained winds at 85 mph and torrential rain, bear down on the island, Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi announced on Facebook Sunday afternoon.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Fiona strengthened to a hurricane from a tropical storm Sunday morning. Emergency response teams for the utility companies will deploy once the conditions allow, Pierluisi said. It will likely day takes to restore the power, utility company LUMA Energy said in a <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7091531#.Yyf-SHbMLIU">statement.</a></p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div class="InlineImage fnIPT " data-testid="prism-inline-image"><figure class="GKCm dkOCJ oGxfq GkpGd " data-testid="prism-figure"><img alt="PHOTO: Tide churns and trees sway in the wind as residents hunker down during Tropical Storm Fiona in Recio, Patillas, Puerto Rico, Sept. 18, 2022. " class="sRQoy DZhB kXXJS " data-testid="prism-image" draggable="false" src="https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/tropical-storm-fiona-puerto-rico-02-ht-llr-220918_1663511043196_hpEmbed_16x9_992.jpg" /><figcaption><div class="SUcsq " data-testid="prism-caption"><div class="Vazkv cFeHI "><span class="Vazkv cFeHI EhGqu kXXJS Vxqj GPHpJ " data-testid="prism-truncate">Tide churns and trees sway in the wind as residents hunker down during Tropical Storm Fiona in Recio, Patillas, Puerto Rico, Sept. 18, 2022.</span></div><div class="rPTqJ VQiJ xTlfF "><span aria-label="Thaiss Edam Millan" class="VQiJ xTlfF BYPR XnCit wAxXa tLmN vpbH NLayE Ejtl fVjQS Rtzw pBIKW brmof mjVrX jogbi GMWpL KRsj iFQpk ">Thaiss Edam Millan</span></div></div></figcaption></figure></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The National Hurricane Center said Fiona made landfall in southwestern Puerto Rico at 3:20 p.m. ET. Widespread torrential rain has been hitting much of the island and is expected to continue for several hours. Flash flood effects are in place across the eastern half of the island, and the worst of the wind continues to slam the western half of the island.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">In its 11 p.m. ET update, the NHC said heavy rainfall and "catastrophic" flooding continue across much of the country.</p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div data-ad-placeholder="true" data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-outstream"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-outstream ad-slot " data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-outstream-1" data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-outstream"> </div></div></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">A bridge near Utuado, a town in the central mountainous region of the island, has collapsed, cutting off the communities of Salto Arriba and Guaonico, local newspaper El Vocero de Puerto Rico reported.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The portion of the bridge that collapsed is on Highway 123, a branch of Highway 10, which serves as a link between both roads and is one of the accesses to the University of Puerto Rico at Utuado campus, according to El Vocero.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The bridge, installed by the National Guard following Hurricane Maria, cost about $3 million to construct, the newspaper reported.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Pierluisi believes Puerto Rico is prepared as it can be, with enough resources and manpower in place to respond, he told ABC News earlier in the day -- adding that the island learned its lessons from the devastating effects of Hurricane Maria in September 2017.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">"We're much in a much better position than we were five years ago," he said.</p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div class="InlineImage fnIPT " data-testid="prism-inline-image"><figure class="GKCm dkOCJ oGxfq GkpGd " data-testid="prism-figure"><img alt="PHOTO: Nelson Cirino inspects his bedroom after the winds of hurricane Fiona tore the roof off his house in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sept. 18, 2022. " class="sRQoy DZhB kXXJS " data-testid="prism-image" draggable="false" src="https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/hurricane-fiona-puerto-rico-02x-ap-llr-220918_1663532890239_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg" /><figcaption><div class="SUcsq " data-testid="prism-caption"><div class="Vazkv cFeHI "><span class="Vazkv cFeHI EhGqu kXXJS Vxqj GPHpJ " data-testid="prism-truncate">Nelson Cirino inspects his bedroom after the winds of hurricane Fiona tore the roof off his house in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sept. 18, 2022.</span></div><div class="rPTqJ VQiJ xTlfF "><span aria-label="Alejandro Granadillo/AP" class="VQiJ xTlfF BYPR XnCit wAxXa tLmN vpbH NLayE Ejtl fVjQS Rtzw pBIKW brmof mjVrX jogbi GMWpL KRsj iFQpk ">Alejandro Granadillo/AP</span></div></div></figcaption></figure></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Hurricane warnings remain in place for Puerto Rico and the easternmost points of the Dominican Republic, as well as Turks and Caicos, throughout Sunday. Tremendous rainfall is forecast, with much of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic expected to receive up to 10 inches. Some localized regions in Puerto Rico could get up to 20 inches.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">While still a tropical storm, the system battered the Caribbean islands. One person died in the French territory of Guadeloupe, according to The Associated Press. More than 20 others were rescued amid heavy wind and rain according to the AP.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The island's emergency management office in Puerto Rico even had a blackout during its Saturday morning press conference. Pierluisi reiterated during that press briefing Saturday evening that the fear is that heavy rains will produce mudslides.</p><p>Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that the country will get a bank holiday to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II.</p><p>Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday (8 September) at the age of 96 in Balmoral Castle, after 70 years on the throne.</p><p>The late monarch will be laid to rest on Monday 19 September, in Westminster Abbey, London.</p><p>Her coffin was flown to London from Edinburgh on Tuesday (13 September) and will be carried in a ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday (14 September) to begin her lying in state.</p><p>Here’s everything you need to know about Australia’s bank holiday to mourn the Queen.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"><p>A bus carrying infected people to a Covid-19 quarantine facility in China has crashed, killing 27 of those on board.</p><p>The coach overturned on a motorway in the south-western province of Guizhou. Another 20 people were injured.</p><p>Only two people have died from Covid in Guizhou province since the pandemic struck almost three years ago.</p><p>The accident sparked anger online from those critical of Beijing's "zero-Covid" policy.</p><p>The strict policy involves mass testing and tracking. Those who test positive and their close contacts have to isolate at home or in a quarantine facility.</p><p>Just a handful of cases can spark a city-wide lockdown.</p><div class="caas-da"><div id="sda-INARTICLE"> </div></div><p>There is no word on the cause of the crash which occurred early on Sunday morning.</p><p>According to Chinese regulations, passenger buses are not allowed to drive on the highway between the hours of 02:00 and 05:00. However, the accident occurred at 02:40 local time Monday (18:40 GMT Sunday) after the bus departed shortly after midnight, indicating the bus had violated regulation.</p><p>A woman who claimed she was the daughter of one of the victims took to social media, where she wrote a note saying she could "not accept" her mother's death.</p><p>"My mom stayed at home for half a month. She didn't go anywhere apart from going out for PCR tests... but she suddenly got taken to quarantine and died."</p><p>Online, some described their own unpleasant experiences of being bussed to quarantine facilities.</p><p>One said that dozens of passengers were squeezed into one bus for 12 hours at a stretch without being allowed to eat, go to the bathroom, open the windows or turn on the air-conditioning until their arrival at the quarantine hotel.</p><p>Another comment asked, "When will all of this stop?"</p><p>While the rest of the world is trying to live with Covid, China is the only major economy still prioritising the fight against the virus above almost everything else.</p><p>Guizhou is currently experiencing a spike in infections. The province recorded 712 new cases on Saturday - about 70% of the total for China.</p><p>The incident comes in the run-up to the Communist Party's five-yearly congress in October, with discussion around the country's Covid policy expected to be on the agenda.</p><p>In the capital Beijing, more than 21 million residents are required to queue for PCR tests every three days to access public buildings and even corner shops.</p></div></div><h2>When is Australia’s bank holiday to mourn the Queen?</h2><p>Australians will be given a bank holiday on Thursday 22 September, after the Queen’s funeral.</p><p>It will officially be called the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty the Queen.</p><h2>Why is Australia getting a bank holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth II?</h2><p>Until her death, the Queen was Australia’s head of state. The new head of state is King Charles III.</p><p>The surprise public holiday was first announced by Albanese on Sunday (11 September).</p><p>He said at the time: “Over the coming weeks, Australia will continue to commemorate our late Queen.</p><p>“I encourage all Australians, wherever you may be, to take time to pause and reflect on Her Majesty’s extraordinary life of service.”</p><h2>Why is Australia’s bank holiday taking place after the Queen’s funeral?</h2><p>According to Australian broadcaster <em>Nine News</em>, the bank holiday is timed for when Albanese and governor-general David Hurley return to Australia from the UK, after attending the Queen’s funeral.</p><p>Albanese and Hurley will travel to London on Thursday 15 September and return on Wednesday 21 September.</p><h2>How have Australians reacted to the news?</h2><p>Albanese has faced a backlash from retail and business groups for announcing the bank holiday at such short notice, with many worried about staffing costs and losing trade on the day.</p><p>But the prime minister defended the decision as “appropriate” and said: “This is the first time we have had a change of a head of state.</p><p>“Australia needs to, it wants to mourn the contribution of Queen Elizabeth II. A one-off public holiday is an appropriate response.”</p><h2>Will Australia have the bank holiday again next year?</h2><p>No, the bank holiday to mourn the Queen is a one-off event and will not reoccur after this year.</p><h2>What other countries have declared a bank holiday to mourn the Queen?</h2><p>A handful of other countries where the Queen was head of state have also announced public holidays to mourn her death.</p><p>On Tuesday (13 September), New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the country will get a one-off public holiday on Monday (26 September), called “Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Day”.</p><p>She said a state memorial service for the late monarch will be held in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, in the city of Wellington, on the same day.</p><p>Canada has also announced a national day of mourning that will take place on Monday (19 September), which will be a bank holiday.</p><p>Prime minister Justin Trudeau said that while the Canadian government is still working out “a few details” with provinces and territories, “declaring an opportunity for Canadians to mourn on Monday is going to be important”.</p><p>Some Caribbean nations, such as Jamaica, announced a period of mourning to mark the death of the Queen. However, only the Cayman Islands has declared that Monday (19 September), the day of Her Majesty’s funeral, will be a public holiday.</p><p>According to local reports, the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands will decide whether a bank holiday will be given to residents in the coming days. Antigua is also said to be considering a public holiday to mark the Queen’s passing.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Biden, who rarely does interviews, spoke to CBS’ “60 Minutes” in a segment that aired Sunday. He said that when he heard about classified documents taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be that irresponsible.”</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Biden added: “And I thought, what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?”</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The president said he did not get a heads-up before the Trump estate was searched, and he has not asked for any specifics “because I don’t want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take.”</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The FBI says it took about 11,000 documents, including roughly 100 with classification markings found in a storage room and an office, while serving a court-authorized search warrant at the home on Aug. 8. Weeks after the search, Trump lawyers asked a judge to appoint a special master to conduct an independent review of the records.</p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div data-ad-placeholder="true" data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-outstream"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-outstream ad-slot " data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-outstream-1" data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-outstream"> </div></div></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The warrant says federal agents were investigating potential violations of three different federal laws, including one that governs gathering, transmitting or losing defense information under the Espionage Act.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Biden told “60 Minutes” that when he heard about classified documents being taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be that irresponsible."</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">"And I thought what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?”</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">In the wide-ranging interview, the president wouldn’t commit to running for reelection in 2024, though he’s said in the past that he planned to.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">“My intention, as I said to begin with, is that I would run again," he said. "But it’s just an intention. But is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen.”</p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div data-ad-placeholder="true" data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-box"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-box ad-slot " data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-box" data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-box"> </div></div></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Biden was asked about growing concerns that Russia's efforts to seize Ukraine could inspire China's leader Xi Jinping to attack Taiwan. The island has been recognized by the U.S. as part of China but has its own democratic government. Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met last week.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Biden again said the U.S. forces would respond “if in fact there was an unprecedented attack.”</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">White House officials later said the official U.S. policy had not changed, and would not say whether American forces would be called to defend Taiwan. Biden has made the claim before, but the statements come at an increasingly tense time for U.S.-China relations, particularly after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip there last month.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make the island’s decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step Biden and other U.S. leaders say they don’t support.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">The president said the U.S. commitment to Ukraine was “ironclad” and would remain so “as long as it takes.” Ukrainian troops are engaged in a counteroffensive that has reclaimed towns and cities from Russian troops. But the toll the war has taken is vast, and fresh atrocities are being revealed, including torture chambers and mass graves. Since January 2021, the U.S. has given more than $13.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.</p><div class="snXP FYsKf rNiFf vABDa LKeu uJbEF " data-testid="prism-grid-column"><div data-ad-placeholder="true" data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-outstream"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-outstream ad-slot " data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-outstream-2" data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-outstream"> </div></div></div></div><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">In the same hour, “60 Minutes” also aired an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly in New York this coming week. Raisi echoed standard Iranian lines about the status of currently stalled nuclear talks with world powers. He said the United States is not trustworthy and demanded guarantees that the U.S. would not withdraw from a deal as President Donald Trump did in 2018.</p><p class="fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ">Raisi said he had no plans to meet with Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. event as it would serve no purpose, although he reiterated that Iran is willing to discuss prisoner exchanges with the United States. He also defended his country’s anti-Israel stance and said Tehran was committed to pursuing “justice” for the Trump administration’s assassination of a top Iranian military commander.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0