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High school football: Breaking down last week's action and a look aheadEducation City High School (ECHS), uniting students from three of Qatar Foundation (QF)’s Pre-University Education schools — Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar Academy Sidra, and Qatar Academy for Science and Technology — is to organise ‘Ru’ya’, a TEDx-style event showcasing the creativity, passion, and growth of students as they share impactful stories. The event, on December 15, from 5pm-7.30pm at QAD Primary Auditorium, will feature nine talks delivered by students and parents. These talks will delve into passionate ideas, visionary perspectives, and transformative personal journeys, reflecting a commitment to excellence and fostering lifelong learning and inspiration within the community. Shantanu Rajadhyaksha, IB Core Co-ordinator and IBDP Business Management teacher at ECHS, part of Qatar Foundation’s Pre-University Education, said: “Ru’ya highlights that education extends beyond classrooms and exams. It reminds the community that learning is a dynamic process that happens through collaboration, creativity, and shared experiences. “In Ru’ya, everyone is a learner, whether they are speakers or part of the audience. The event creates a space where individuals come together to share, inspire, and grow collectively. He added that everyone in the community has unique qualities to offer, and with the appropriate platform, they can inspire others and make a meaningful difference. “Ru’ya provides a powerful motivational drive for students, encouraging them to develop and apply 21st century skills in a real-world setting. Through this experience, participants will build strong bonds, work as a team, and strive to meet high standards, learning and improving with each step. “In addition, Ru’ya is an opportunity to gain essential communication and organisational skills. Whether they are speakers or planners, they develop empathy by listening to others and understanding the needs of their audience, while also learning how to create an impactful event. “The audience benefits by being exposed to diverse perspectives and seeing students speak confidently about their passions. This fosters a culture of curiosity and risk-taking, creating a supportive environment where everyone feels valued and safe.” “I also hope that Ru’ya serves as a model for authentic learning - learning that goes beyond grades and exams - to embrace deeper, more meaningful social and educational processes.” Ru’ya, a student-led initiative, serves as a platform to foster connection and empowerment across generations, promoting meaningful dialogue and shared inspiration. All revenue from the event will contribute to the Education Above All Foundation’s mission to expand access to educational opportunities globally. To register and join this evening of inspiration and community, tickets are now available at (Education City Ru’ya) for QR50, a statement added Sunday. Related Story TNG celebrates Teachers’ Day and outstanding efforts TNG science fair focuses on sustainable futureTrump, Zelensky, Macron Discuss "Crazy" World In Paris
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TENNIS players born male should only compete with men, Judy Murray has said — risking the wrath of trans rights activists. Wimbledon icon Andy’s mum spoke out after recent controversies over transgender competitors in women’s sport . 1 Judy Murray has said she thinks that those born male should only compete with men Credit: Andrew Barr Judy, 65, explained: “I’m all for inclusivity in sport but we’ve always had categories for a reason, to make it fair and to keep it safe. "And the most obvious categories are men and women .” The tennis coach insisted the two sexes are “physically and emotionally different”. The mother of two added: “I’m more than aware that when children reach puberty, the boys begin to pull away from the girls hugely because they obviously become bigger, stronger and faster. READ MORE TENNIS MUZZ BE CAREFUL Murray tells off Djokovic after spotting him with star of different sport 'I WAS TERRIBLE' Andy Murray delivers brutal verdict on his big tennis return “Usually boys are more competitive too and more robust than girls in general. "Those born male should only compete in male categories. "I feel the same way about our spaces in general.” The former Strictly contestant admitted she will undoubtedly be accused of transphobia, adding “which I’m certainly not”. Most read in Sport FIGHTER MOURNED Tommy Fury's ex-opponent Genadij Krajevskij dies at 37 as tributes pour in NEW BALL GAME Postecoglou told he's not playing 'Kilmarnock or St Mirren' by pundit 'YOU'RE CRAZY' Rangers star's DAD parties with fans during Ross County win CRY BHOY CRY Ex-Celtic star suffers cup final heartbreak as teammates left in TEARS She said: "As soon as you speak out about this you get jumped on by some trans activists who will accuse you of being transphobic, which I’m certainly not. “It does feel to me now as though the tide is turning. Jamie Murray breaks down in tears as he reacts to Andy Murray's retirement in emotional video with wife Kim and mum Judy “I think it’s a challenge for any woman in the public eye to speak about this and in sport it’s usually the old guard who are speaking out about it. “This is because they’ve gained maturity and don’t have anything to lose any more. “They have the accumulated wisdom that comes from experience. “Younger female athletes, understandably, are very cautious about this because of the social media onslaught that can come with it, and how it could affect sponsorship and team funding. “And it doesn’t matter what the topic is: if it’s something that’s considered divisive – and you see this in politics with female politicians – you’re left asking whatever happened to common sense and sensible debate? “What happened to the concept of listening to other people’s opinions and trying to devise fair solutions? Read more on the Scottish Sun 'vicious circle' I live in Scotland's benefits hotspot -I've only worked 4 years of my life SPLIT THE PACK I'm one of the best ever snooker stars but I wouldn't be if I was born later “If you’re a woman, you need to be a very strong personality now to withstand the criticism that comes with speaking out for something you believe in. “It’s really sad.”
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A California man confessed to helping the North Korean regime prepare for an attack in a “sophisticated scheme” to illegally obtain restricted weapons and military grade technology, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Shenghua Wen, a Chinese national residing unlawfully in Ontario, California, conspired with North Korean officials to obtain prohibited items before traveling to the US as a student in 2012, the Justice Department alleged in a criminal complaint. Wen, who allegedly overstayed his visa and remained in the U.S. illegally, was arrested Tuesday by the FBI. Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top stories During interviews with the FBI, Wen said “he believed the North Korean government wanted the weapons, ammunition, and other military-related equipment to prepare for an attack against South Korea,” according to the complaint, which adds the North Korean government paid Wen US$2 million to obtain the items. In addition to weapons and equipment, Wen told investigators the North Korean regime also tasked him with obtaining military uniforms in the US, which “would subsequently be used by the North Korean military to disguise their soldiers to conduct a surprise attack on South Korea,” the complaint states. Thousands of U.S. military personnel are stationed in South Korea to help bolster security and stability in the region. Justice Department officials said the arrest was unrelated to Tuesday’s internal political turmoil amid a declaration of martial law and clashes outside South Korean parliament. Prosecutors allege Wen established an export company in Texas, where firearms and ammunition were procured and transported to the Los Angeles area, then ultimately packed in cargo containers bearing fake inventory manifests for shipment to North Korea as recently as 2023. While executing a search warrant at Wen’s home, authorities seized 50,000 rounds of ammunition, sophisticated chemical detection equipment, and a tool used for detecting listening devices, which Wen allegedly said he intended to also ship to North Korea. During a search of his cell phone, the FBI discovered numerous messages “between Wen and several (North Korean) co-conspirators with images of firearms and electronic devices,” the complaint states. “There is no telling what additional damage Mr. Wen could have committed if not for the intervention of law enforcement,” said US Attorney Martin Estrada during a news conference Tuesday. Follow the CTV News channel on WhatsApp CNN is attempting to locate attorney information for Wen. If convicted of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, he faces up to 20 years in prison, Estrada said. “The consequences of these actions cannot be overstated when technology and sensitive items fall into the wrong hands, especially those of hostile nations,” said Shawn Gibson, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations. Akil Davis, head of the FBI’s Los Angeles division, said: “Not only did the investigative team prevent additional restricted items going to the North Korean regime, but they gathered valuable intelligence for the United States and our allies.”
With an estimated 14.2 trillion cubic metres (Tcm) of gas reserves in place plus 18 billion barrels of gas condensate, Iran’s 3,700-square kilometre (sq.km) South Pars gas field is one part of the world’s largest gas field. The other is Qatar’s 6,000-square km North Dome, with around 36.8 Tcm of gas reserves in place and about 32 billion barrels of gas condensate. Split into 24 Phases for development, with production targets ranging from 28 million cubic metres per day (mcm/d) to 57 mcm/d, it is the fortunes of Iran’s South Pars Phase 11 that have become emblematic of the Islamic Republic’s attempts to navigate around the sanctions imposed on it at various points since the 1979 Revolution. According to the chief executive officer of the Islamic Republic’s Pars Oil and Gas Company, Touraj Dehghani, gas production from Phase 11 is now rising, and its output will reach a capacity of 28 mcm/d in the next few weeks. Production increases are also expected by Iran’s Petroleum Ministry in other Phases of the South Pars field, a senior energy sector source who works closely with the Ministry exclusively told OilPrice.com last week. According to the source, two key factors conspire in this optimism in Iranian quarters. The first is Qatar’s more constructive approach to gas extraction across the entire reservoir’s maritime border area in the Persian Gulf. “In early 2017 before Qatar lifted the moratorium on production from the North Dome [in place since 2005], the two sides [Iran and Qatar] has discussed the optimal ways of proceeding with developing the joint reservoir, in light of claims that Iran had been excavating gas in a way that might damage the longevity of both fields [South Pars and North Dome],” said the Iran source. “It was agreed that they would more closely coordinate activities once Qatar lifted its production moratorium [in April 2005], but even from then Qatar has claimed that Iran has continued to use damaging production practices, and with some justification,” he added. “A big part of the problem was that when sanctions were reinforced again in 2018 [after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA or ‘nuclear deal’] the local firms did not have the skill, experience, technology, or machinery to take up where the foreign firms had left off, and they were also under pressure to drill more to monetise the gas,” he told OilPrice.com last week. “This meant they often rushed the excavations without much thought to maintaining the structural integrity of the wells, and this has significantly affected future output from several of them,” he continued. That said, senior oil and gas industry figures from both sides met again last month to reinstitute better excavation practices on both sides. This followed recent assessments from Iran’s own National Development Fund that its gas production will fall by at least 25 percent within the next 10 years due to falling pressure in the fields, with South Pars seeing a 30 percent decline. if(window.innerWidthADVERTISEMENTfreestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "oilprice_medrec_atf", slotId: "oilprice_medrec_atf" });';document.write(write_html);} Related: OPEC Cuts Oil Demand Projections A 5th Straight Month These developments tie into the second factor for Iran’s renewed optimism over Phase 11 of South Pars and for the huge field as a whole. In March, the Petroleum Ministry finalised a US$20 billion programme to build 28 massive platforms to boost pressure on the South Pars site, initially being spearheaded by several local firms. However, following the recent meeting with Qatari officials, some technical support is anticipated to come from the Emirate, which in turn has encouraged further help from Chinese and Russian firms still working across the South Pars development. Originally, Beijing had been a keen participant in the newly-reopened commercial possibilities available in Iran after Implementation Day of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, or colloquially ‘the nuclear deal’) on 16 January 2016, especially in its huge oil and gas sector. However, at that point the bulk of the best contracts went to Western firms, with France’s then-Total being the 50.1 percent stake holder in Phase 11, with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) having a 30 percent stake, and the remaining 19.9 percent being held by Iran’s Petropars. Despite having invested around US$1 billion and moved the Phase 11 project on significantly from essentially a standing start, Total was pressured to exit the project after the U.S. withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018. CNPC at that stage added Total’s stake in Phase 11 to its own, under the terms of the contract, but was itself forced to pull out as tension between the U.S. and China escalated in the Trade War under then-President Donald Trump. From that point, Beijing’s involvement in several major Iranian oil and gas projects has focused on multiple ‘contract-only’ projects, such as drilling-only, field maintenance-only, parts replacement-only, storage-only, technology-only, and so on, as analysed in depth in my latest book on the new global oil market order . As it stood just after CNPC’s official withdrawal from Phase 11 in October 2019, according to comments at the time from Reza Dehghan, the National Iranian Oil Company’s deputy chief executive officer for engineering, 40 such ‘contract-only’ work projects had been defined for the implementation of Phase 11’s drilling operations. Phase 11’s original target production capacity was 57 mcm/d and this is still seen as the ultimate output goal to many in the Petroleum Ministry, according to the Iran source. Output from the site is also still intended to be one of several key supply sources for the roll-out of an eventually world-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) business for Iran. Given that LNG has become the world’s swing energy supply since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, these plans are still in play. At the end of January, the Petroleum Ministry stated that it intends to begin 1.5 million metric tonnes per year (mtpy) of LNG production at a medium-sized plant at Asaluyeh in 2026. However, it is to be built on the site of the original much-larger ‘Iran LNG Project’ around Tombak Port, around 30 miles north of Asaluyeh itself. This will ultimately draw on gas from South Pars and from North Pars, which has a conservatively estimated recoverable volume of gas of approximately 47 trillion cubic feet. Again, an early entrant to the original Iran LNG Project was the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), which signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in September 2006 with the National Iranian Oil Corporation (NIOC) to develop the North Pars gas field with a view to building out an LNG capability there. This deal was extended in December 2006 to incorporate the development of a four-train (LNG liquefaction and purification facility) complex with a 20 mtpy capacity, before slow progress on CNOOC’s part prompted the NIOC to suspend the deal. At that point, just before the U.S. and European Union (E.U.) ramped up sanctions against Iran in 2011/12, German chemicals giant Linde Group took over the main development of the Iran LNG Project. Within a relatively short time, Linde Group had 60 percent-completed the US$3.3 billion flagship LNG export facility that was set to produce at least 10.5 mtpy of LNG, with expectations that it would take less than a year to finish. Again, though, due to further later sanctions, progress on the Project stalled again. With U.S. sanctions firmly back in place in 2018, Russia’s Gazprom signed two MoUs with the NIOC concerning the rollout of a two-fold joint strategy regarding Iran’s gas, as also analysed in depth in my latest book on the new global oil market order . The first part was a gas cooperation roadmap between the two companies, and the second part detailed the construction of Iranian LNG facilities in partnership with Iran’s Oil Industry Pension Fund. Initially, this would allow Gazprom to, in effect, take over from Linde on the existing 60 percent-complete LNG complex and later to be integral in the construction of the mini-LNG complexes. Iran and Russia reasoned that mini-LNG complexes – with production capacities ranging from 2,000 to 500,000 tons of LNG per year, compared to a typical large scale plant capacity of between 2.5 and 7.5 million tons per year – would be less vulnerable to U.S. or Israeli attacks. Gazprom would take payment for its work from the sale of gas both from this complex and from part of the output from fields feeding gas into it. As it stands, according to the Iran source, the North Pars field development will be the focus of LNG development efforts at this point, with investment at Phase 11 from China and Russia focused on stabilising the 28 mcm/d production level and then gradually increasing it to the original target of 57 mcm/d. If successful, the method of cooperation between Iran, China, Russia, and Qatar will be used on other Phases of the South Pars site, the Iran source concluded. if(window.innerWidth ADVERTISEMENTfreestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "oilprice_medrec_btf", slotId: "oilprice_medrec_btf" });`;document.write(write_html);} By Simon Watkins for Oilprice.com More Top Reads From Oilprice.comTension is already brewing in the I'm A Celebrity camp, and eagle-eyed viewers have taken notice. On Thursday night, Dean McCullough, a BBC Radio One presenter, embarked on his third trial of the series, seeking redemption after his previous attempts yielded disappointing results. In his first trial, he cried out "I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! " and failed to secure any stars in his second challenge alongside social media personality GK Barry. Dean's goal for Thursday's trial was to secure a satisfying meal for the camp, but things didn't quite go as planned. He participated in the Lethal Lab trial, where he had to use his mouth to release stars while his head was enclosed in boxes filled with creepy crawlies. Ultimately, Dean managed to collect four stars before deciding to quit the trial when confronted with a box filled with fish guts. Upon returning to camp, Dean seemed elated with his four-star achievement and was met with praise from his fellow campmates. However, viewers observed that McFly's Danny Jones appeared unimpressed, failing to crack a smile or offer any words of encouragement, reports the Mirror . Fans of the show sympathized with Danny's apparent frustration, with one commenting: "Danny is absolutely not impressed." Another viewer noted: "Oop Danny does not look pleased." A third observer stated: "I think Danny is p***ed off which is completely understandable." A fourth fan wrote: "Danny McFly looks like he wants to kill him. Not buying his 4-star bulls**t at all." Another fan echoed the sentiment, saying: "Danny didn't look too impressed at failing at fishguts." I'm A Celebrity viewers have rallied around I'm A Celebrity contestant Dean Gaffney, urging others to stop voting for him to participate in the gruelling Bushtucker Trials. Following his dramatic exit from Tuesday night's Sinister Sarcophagus challenge, just minutes into it, viewers have taken to social media to plead with fellow fans to give Dean a break. One fan implored: "I'm begging you all please leave dean and grace alone let someone else do the trials they have been through ENOUGH." Another echoed this sentiment, saying: "Can we agree as a collective to leave dean out of trials." A third fan chimed in: "Guys PLEASE stop voting dean in i feel so bad for him, don't make my fav leave before he even gets the chance to win." A fourth viewer simply stated: "Idk who keeps voting for dean but it's getting boring lads, leave him alone." The show's hosts, Ant and Dec, also expressed their disappointment that viewers were denied the opportunity to see the full trial due to Dean's early exit. Speaking on I'm A Celebrity Unpacked, Dec shared: "We are genuinely disappointed because you are prepared to do the whole trial and you want to see the whole thing. There's a lot of time gone into the trials so when it's called early your like, 'oh'." I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! airs at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX
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