December 08, 2024 12:57 Australia wins the match by 122 runs The host takes a 2-0 unassailable lead in the three-match series after winning the first two games in dominating fashion. December 08, 2024 12:53 IND 249/9 in 44.5 overs Sutherland. Minnu Mani gets two runs at the deep mid-wicket area. Now she hits the ball powerfully towards deep square for a boundary! Sutherland strieks and takes Priya’s wicket! Priya Mishra c Mooney b Sutherland 5(14). That will be it for India since Priya Punia is injured and cannot come out to bat. December 08, 2024 12:48 Ind 239/8 in 44 overs Molineux is back. Minnu pushes it to fine leg for a FOUR . Some more runs in a form of LB and Wides. 15 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 12:45 IND 224/8 in 43 overs Sutherland. Minnu tackles the slower delivery and gets 2 runs. 5 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 12:42 IND 220/8 in 42 overs Gardner. Priya plays smartly to third man and gets 2 runs. Just 3 runs. December 08, 2024 12:35 IND 217/8 in 41 overs Sutherland comes and removes Renuka Singh right away! Renuka Singh b Sutherland 1(2). This was third wicket of the day for Sutherland. Priya Mishra is the new batter to walk in. Only 2 runs off the over. December 08, 2024 12:33 IND 215/7 in 40 overs Gardner. Minnu takes 2 runs from the first 2 balls and scores a boundary off the third one. 10 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 12:28 IND 205/7 in 39 overs Sutherland comes back into the attack. Minnu plays it to fine leg for a single after three dot balls. Saima survives a good bouncer from the baller but falls into the trap on the next ball. Gardner takes a stunner! Saima Thakor c Gardner b Sutherland 7(12). December 08, 2024 12:24 IND 204/6 in 38 overs Gardner. Saima sweeps nicely towards fine leg for a single. Minnu plays the ball in the air to get a single. 200 comes up for India! These batters take a rather risky single! 6 runs in this over. December 08, 2024 12:20 IND 198/6 in 37 overs Molineux with the ball. Some wides in this over from her. Saima looks to sweep, big shout from the keeper but the umpire looks uninterested; and it’s a Boundary ! Minnu and Saima building a partnership. 11 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 12:16 IND 187/6 in 36 overs Garth continues. Minnu takes a couple of runs at backward square. Saima plays some dot balls. 3 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 12:11 IND 184/6 in 35 overs Molineux continues after the drinks. Minnu takes Aerial route. Collects 2 runs. India loses Jemimah! Rodrigues c McGrath b Molineux 43(39). Saima walks in. December 08, 2024 12:03 IND 180/5 in 34 overs Garth is here. Minnu opens the face of the bat and takes a single. Garth is hitting the good length continuously. 2 runs from the over. Drinks. December 08, 2024 11:59 IND 178/5 in 33 overs Molineux. Jemimah tries to play the ramp shot, collects a single. 4 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 11:55 IND 174/5 in 32 overs Schutt comes in. Jemimah hits a lovely scoop! Couple of dot balls after that. 8 runs off the over. December 08, 2024 11:48 IND 166/5 in 31 overs Gardner with the ball. Jemimah drives through covers, collects a run. Deepti tries to sweep, doesn’t get much of it. Big shout from the wicketkeeper. Australian captain reviews. Deepti is the 5th batter to depart for India. Deepti Sharma c Mooney b Gardner 10(14). Minnu Mani walks in and is off the mark with a four. 7 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 11:44 IND 159/4 in 30 overs Schutt is back and she’s greeted with a FOUR by Deepti Sharma! Deepti and Jemimah rotating strikes and taking singles. 7 runs off this over. December 08, 2024 11:41 IND 152/4 in 29 overs Gardner. Jemimah tries sweeping, doesn’t get any run. Sweeping is the way for Deepti as well, gets a single. 3 runs off the over. December 08, 2024 11:36 IND 149/4 in 28 overs Schutt with her 5th. Strikes right away! Removes Indian captain. Kaur c Georgia Voll b Schutt 38(42). Deepti Sharma walks in. Schutt begins with a good length against Deepti. Just 1 run from the over. December 08, 2024 11:33 IND 148/3 in 27 overs Gardner. India’s intent has increased ever since Jemimah has come at the crease. Five runs came in this over. December 08, 2024 11:30 4 IND 143/3 in 26 overs King. Jemimah begins the over with a perfectly timed reverse sweep for four. Eight more added to the total from this over. December 08, 2024 11:24 4 IND 135/3 in 25 overs Gardner is back. Jemimah sweeps and gets a four towards square leg. Comes down the track but only gets a single towards long-on. Eight runs from the over. December 08, 2024 11:16 4 IND 127/3 in 24 overs King. Jemimah goes over cover and gets another four. She now plays a late cut and gets a double. An LBW appeal against Jemimah but umpire says not out. Australia has reviewed. Pitching outside leg, the decision stays. December 08, 2024 11:12 4 IND 119/3 in 23 overs Sutherland. Jemimah Rodrigues is in at number four. She drives and gets a boundary towards cover. December 08, 2024 11:07 W IND 111/3 in 22 overs King. Harmanpreet Kaur sweeps and gets a four. Superbly timed. Harmanpreet plays a lofted drive over cover but only gets a single. OUT! Ghosh is bowled. Ghosh tries to paddle, misses the ball, which crashes into the stumps. December 08, 2024 11:05 50 IND 104/2 in 21 overs McGrath. Length ball and Ghosh cuts the ball past point for four. It also brings her fifty as well off 68 balls. December 08, 2024 11:00 IND 99/2 in 20 overs Alana King into the attack. Leg-spin, Ghosh tries to drive but is beaten. Harmanpreet sweeps, the ball goes in the air but falls short of the fielder in the deep. December 08, 2024 10:56 6 IND 97/2 in 19 overs McGrath. Harmanpreet ramps again but only for a single. SIX! Harmanpreet smacks a free-hit delivery over the square leg boundary. Pull flew off the bat. December 08, 2024 10:53 4 IND 88/2 in 18 overs Garth. Ghosh finds another boundary, this time towards fine leg. Just those four runs came in that over. India still requires 284 runs to win. December 08, 2024 10:50 IND 84/2 in 17 overs Tahlia McGrath into the attack. Australia has making sure there are plenty of dot balls in between odd boundaries. The scoreboard pressure is increasing. December 08, 2024 10:44 4 IND 79/2 in 16 overs Kim Garth is back. Length ball and Ghosh pushes the ball past midwicket fielder and finds the boundary. Harmanpreet ramps but only gets a single. December 08, 2024 10:40 4 IND 73/2 in 15 overs Sutherland. Short ball and Ghosh pulls the ball hard towards midwicket for four. Terrific shot. Just five runs from the over though. December 08, 2024 10:36 4 IND 68/2 in 14 overs Molineux continues. Ghosh sweeps towards fine leg and gets a single. Ghosh goes over mid-off and gets a boundary! Sweeps but only gets a single to end the over. December 08, 2024 10:32 IND 61/2 in 13 overs Sutherland continues. Harmanpreet drives towards cover and gets a double. Just three runs from the over. December 08, 2024 10:25 4 IND 58/2 in 12 overs Sophie Molineux into the attack. Harmanpreet plays a fine sweep but only for a single. Harmanpreet once again times her push well and far from the reach of a diving mid-on to get a boundary. December 08, 2024 10:20 W IND 51/2 in 11 overs Sutherland. OUT! Deol is caught at gully. A wide outside off, Deol went fishing and gives an easy catch to the fielder. India loses its second wicket. Harmanpreet Kaur at crease. She’s off the mark with a four off her first ball. Pushes the ball past mid-on. Another drive by Harmanpreet, this towards cover for a double. December 08, 2024 10:15 4 IND 45/1 in 10 overs Ash Gardner into the attack. Deol late cuts and gets a single. Ghosh gets one in her arc and launches the ball over mid-off for four. Five runs off the last over of PowerPlay. December 08, 2024 10:13 IND 40/1 in 9 overs Annabel Sutherland into the attack. Just a single in her first over. December 08, 2024 10:10 IND 39/1 in 8 overs Garth. A bouncer, Ghosh doesn’t time her hook well but the ball falls well short of the deep fine leg fielder. Full, Ghosh drives but the mid-off fielders gets her hands on the ball to keep it down to just a double. December 08, 2024 10:04 4 IND 35/1 in 7 overs Schutt. Ghosh smashes the ball over mid-on for four. Terrific bat swing there, the ball falls just short of the boundary. Ghosh takes a quick single; a direct hit would have been close. Five runs from the over. December 08, 2024 10:01 4 IND 30/1 in 6 overs Garth moving the ball away from right handers and mixing a few slower deliveries as well. Full, shaping away from Harleen, who slashes and directs the ball towards deep third for four. December 08, 2024 09:58 IND 24/1 in 5 overs Schutt. Ghosh punches towards extra cover and gets a double. Four back-to-back dots to end the over. December 08, 2024 09:49 W IND 22/1 in 4 overs Garth. OUT! Smriti Mandhana chops onto the stumps. Ball swings into the left-hander as she leans into play ball on the front foot only to get an inside edge. Harleen Deol at number three. She is off the mark with a cut past backward point for four. December 08, 2024 09:46 4 IND 15/0 in 3 overs Schutt. Mandhana too gets her first boundary. A punch towards extra cover for four. Follows it up with another textbook cover drive for four. Two boundaries in that over. December 08, 2024 09:41 IND 7/0 in 2 overs Kim Garth from the other end. Smriti Mandhana is off the mark with a single. Ghosh cuts behind point, the fielder gives the ball a chase and successfully cuts down a boundary. Just three runs from that over. December 08, 2024 09:38 4 IND 4/0 in 1 over Megan Schutt with the new ball. Richa Ghosh comes down the track and lofts the ball over mid-on for four. Schutt bringing the ball into the right handers. Four runs off the over. December 08, 2024 09:09 372 is the target for India! India needs 372 runs to in 50 overs. We will be back once the second innings starts. Stay tuned! Indian women’s team conceded its highest team total in W-ODIs, 371 for eight, during the second match against Australia at the Allen Border Field in Brisbane on Sunday. December 08, 2024 09:01 AUS 371/8 in 50 overs Renuka Singh Thakur has the ball. Kim Garth hits a four on the very first ball. Indian captain with excellent fielding saves some runs. McGrath goes for a FOUR towards long-on. AND does it AGAIN! Back-to-back boundaries takes Australia’s total to 371 in 50 overs. December 08, 2024 08:55 AUS 355/8 in 49 overs Saima Thakor with her last over. Some wickets from Indian bowlers and they have been able to keep the Aussies quite for a while now. Another wicket! Alana King c Harleen Deol b Saima Thakor. Kim Garth comes to the crease. McGrath finds a boundary on the last ball. 9 runs and a wicket from the over. December 08, 2024 08:54 AUS 346/7 in 48 overs Deepti Sharma. Alana King takes couples of runs from the first delivery. Batters are dealing in singles at the moment. 5 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 08:45 AUS 341/7 in 47 overs Minnu with the ball and gets hit for a four on her first ball by Mooney. Back-to-back boundaries and Mooney! Not the third time! Mooney has to go. Mooney st Richa Ghosh b Minnu Mani 56(44). Sophie Molineux comes and she goes! Nice catch by Arundhati Reddy. Alana King walks in. 2 wickets and 7 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 08:40 AUS 332/5 in 46 overs Priya Mishra with her final over. Ashleigh Gardner is the new batter, and she has to go for a duck!! Gardner c Kaur b Priya Mishra 0(2). Tahlia McGrath comes to bat and scores a boundary off the last ball. 5 runs and a wicket from the over. December 08, 2024 08:36 AUS 327/4 in 45 overs Renuka Singh. Sutherland takes couple of runs from the first delivery. Renuka strikes and Sutherland has to depart. Sutherland c Kaur b Renuka Singh 6(5). 6 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 08:31 AUS 321/3 in 44 overs Deepti Sharma. Perry continues scoring boundaries, but after a ball, Deepti catches up and takes her wicket. Perry b Deepti Sharma 105(75). Annabel Sutherland comes to bat. 7 runs in the over. December 08, 2024 08:22 AUS 313/2 IN 43 overs Renuka is back into the attack, gives width to Mooney and it’s a FOUR! Perry gets to her CENTURY with a single. 7 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 08:19 AUS 306/2 in 42 overs Minnu with her 8th over. Mooney hits a boundary to deep extra cover. 300 up for Australia. It’s raining fours and this time it’s Perry. She is now at 99. 11 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 08:15 AUS 295/2 in 41 overs Priya with the ball. Mooney hits it in the air, gets two runs. Perry hits her 5th SIX of the day! 12 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 08:10 AUS 283/2 in 40 overs India brings Deepti Sharma. The aussie duo takes 3 runs in scorching heat. Couple of dot balls in the over, only 6 runs. December 08, 2024 08:06 AUS 277/2 in 39 overs India tries something new; Smriti Mandhana comes to bowl! Mooney hits a four towards mid-off. 50 runs partnership comes up. Another boundary for Mooney. 12 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 08:02 AUS 265/2 in 38 overs Priya comes and Perry hits a boundary straight down the ground, lovely shot! Perry goes ariel and the catch is dropped by Harleen Deol. Another 13 runs off an over. December 08, 2024 07:58 AUS 252/2 in 37 overs Minnu comes and Perry hits a massive SIX. Monney joins the party, hits a FOUR to long-on. 250 up. Big over. 1 3 runs. December 08, 2024 07:54 AUS 239/2 in 36 overs Priya. Perry and Mooney deal in singles. Good over for India, just 3 runs. December 08, 2024 07:50 AUS 236/2 IN 35 overs Minnu is back with the ball after drinks. Perry and Mooney take singles. Misfield on last ball adds 1 more run. 4 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 07:43 AUS 232/2 in 34 over Priya with the ball. Perry pushes towards square leg for a single. Mooney hits a FOUR to long-off. Deepti with some good fielding at the boundary rope. 8 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 07:39 AUS 224/2 in 33 overs Saima takes the ball. She removes Voll! Georgia Voll c Richa Ghosh b Saima Thakor 101(87). Mooney comes to the crease. 2 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 07:34 AUS 222/1 in 32 overs Minnu. Voll gets to her CENTURY in front of her parents. Perry from the other end is also firing, hits a four at deep square leg! SIX! Perry brings up another half-century! 14 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 07:30 AUS 208/1 in 31 overs Saima Thakore with the ball. Runs coming easy for these two. Perry hits a stunning FOUR off the last ball. 8 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 07:26 AUS 200/1 in 30 overs Minnu comes. Perry starts the over by taking 2 runs at the third man. Voll at 96 is being mindful. 200 for Aussies! 5 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 07:23 Aus 195/1 in 29 overs Deepti again. It’s a SIX from Perry over deep mid-wicket. Voll finding easy singles and quietly nearing a century. 10 from the over. December 08, 2024 07:20 Aus 185/1 in 28 overs Renuka continues. Voll sweeps for a single, looks comfortable. Just 3 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 07:17 Aus 182/1 in 27 overs Deepti from the other end. Voll steals two runs. 50 runs partnership between Perry and Voll and the latter is in her 90s now. 5 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 07:10 AUS 177/1 in 26 overs Renuka comes into the attack, Perry hits the first ball for a six! Direct hit ! Umpire checking for a run-out. Batter survives. 8 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 07:08 AUS 169/1 in 25 overs Deepti is back. Outside edge off Perry’s bat and she gets a double. Indian bowlers unable to control the scoring rate. Another seven-run over. December 08, 2024 07:03 4 AUS 162/1 in 24 overs Thakor bowling her seventh over. Half-tracker and Voll pushes the ball past the cover for four. Six runs from that over. December 08, 2024 06:55 4 AUS 156/1 in 23 overs Voll begins Priya’s over with a slog over long-on for four. That boundary also brought up 150 for Australia. Perry too joins the party and smacks a boundary straight back past the bowler. 10 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 06:53 AUS 146/1 in 22 overs Thakor. A quiet over, just a single off it. December 08, 2024 06:48 4 AUS 145/1 in 21 overs Priya. Voll lofts the ball over mid-off and gets a boundary to start the over. Another four, this time off Perry’s bat. A lofted cover drive to end the over. December 08, 2024 06:42 W AUS 134/1 in 20 overs Saima Thakor is back. Litchfield welcomes her with a lofted drive over her head for four. OUT! Litchfield is caught at cover. Drives the half-volley but ends up hitting in the air. Ellyse Perry is off the mark with a single. December 08, 2024 06:35 4 AUS 123/0 in 19 overs Priya is back. Litchfield plays an inside out over cover for four off the first ball. Follows it up with a reverse sweep but only for a single. Voll slashes, gets thick outside edge for four. Voll is given LBW! Beaten by the googly. Voll has reviewed. Wickets missing and Voll survives. December 08, 2024 06:33 50 AUS 112/0 in 18 overs Minnu Mani. Both the batters are using their feet and getting singles. Nothing to trouble the duo. Fifty for Litchfield as well. December 08, 2024 06:28 4 AUS 107/0 in 17 overs Renuka. Century-run opening stand between the two. Voll slog sweeps and gets a four. Finishes the over with a double towards deep midwicket. December 08, 2024 06:23 50 AUS 98/0 in 16 overs Mani. Voll takes a single and that’s fifty for her in just 43 balls. Plenty of singles on offer for both batters. Four runs from the over. December 08, 2024 06:18 6 AUS 94/0 in 15 overs Renuka Thakur is back. Litchfield comes down the track and lofts the ball over long-off for a six! Terrific shot. Runs are coming very easily for these two. Nine runs from the over. December 08, 2024 06:14 AUS 85/0 in 14 overs Debutant Minnu Mani into the attack. Three singles off the first three balls. Litchfield reverse sweeps again and gets a double to end the over. December 08, 2024 06:10 4 AUS 79/0 in 13 overs Deepti again. Litchfield plays a ramp, but only for a single. This time Litchfield perfectly times her reverse sweep and gets a four. Eight runs from that over. December 08, 2024 06:03 AUS 71/0 in 12 overs Priya continues. Plenty of googlies. A full toss but Litchfield misses to put enough power on it and only gets a single. This time Litchfield times it right. A reverse sweep for four to end the over. December 08, 2024 05:59 4 AUS 65/0 in 11 overs Deepti continues. Fielding restrictions are now over but Voll doesn’t mind. She comes down the track and goes over mid-on and mid-wicket gap to get a four. December 08, 2024 05:55 4 AUS 59/0 in 10 overs Priya Mishra, leg-spinner, into the attack now. Two googlies to begin with. Voll comes down the track and drives the ball past cover for four. Short ball and Litchfield cuts the ball and ends the PowerPlay with a four. December 08, 2024 05:51 AUS 50/0 in 9 overs Deepti. Volls takes a single and that’s fifty partnership between the two. A terrific over by Deepti, only one run from it. December 08, 2024 05:46 4 AUS 49/0 in 8 overs Thakor continues. Litchfield lofts the ball over mid-off and finds a boundary. Another half-volley. Thakor drags her length back and Litchfield pulls the ball towards square leg for another four. 12 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 05:42 AUS 37/0 in 7 overs Change in bowling, Deepti Sharma into the attack. Litchfield pulls towards square leg and gets a single. Voll tucks the ball towards fine leg and ends the over with a double. December 08, 2024 05:40 4 AUS 34/0 in 6 overs Thakor. Chance and dropped! Litchfield chips the ball towards mid-on, and Priya Punia dives in front but the ball pops out at the end moment. Voll drives again and finds the fence, this time past mid-off. December 08, 2024 05:34 4 AUS 29/0 in 5 overs Thakur. Voll hits another boundary, this time a cover drive off the first ball of the over. Follows it up with an exquisite straight drive for four. Indians are bowling too full. Three fielders on the leg side inside the circle, Renuka drags her length back and forces Voll to play in that direction. A quick single by Voll. Litchfield takes a single as well to make it 10 runs from the over. December 08, 2024 05:29 4 AUS 19/0 in 4 overs Thakor. Voll drives the first ball for four! Another on drive off a half-volley. Litchfield charges down the track but Thakor bowls a yorker and beats her. The ball also moved away from the left-hander to miss the off stump. A bouncer to end the over. December 08, 2024 05:26 4 AUS 14/0 in 3 overs Thakur again with the keeper up at the stumps. Voll cuts and gets a double past point. Inswinger, half-volley and Voll drives it straight for four! Seven runs from the over. December 08, 2024 05:20 AUS 7/0 in 2 overs Saima Thakor from the other end. Swinging away from the right hander Voll and squares her up on the second ball. Voll is off the mark with a flick towards backward square leg, a good fielding in the deep cuts it down to three. December 08, 2024 05:15 4 AUS 4/0 in 1 over Renuka Thakur with the new ball. Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll open. Litchfield is off the mark with an off drive for four! Full and too straight, Litchfield drives past the diving mid-off. The keeper is up at the stumps. Just the boundary from the first over. December 08, 2024 05:04 Schutt gets the right mix of ingredients to blow India away An ‘ugly action’, yoga with puppies, oodles of experience and a dash of spunk- it’s an odd concoction coming together for a bowler to take a match-winning fifer in a big win. Ask Megan Schutt. Under a cloudy sky with a golden sun peeping out in patches, Schutt’s pace pack made life hard for India, bowling the visitor out for just 100 in under 34 overs which set the tone for a massive six-wicket win with 202 balls to spare at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane. Here’s a quick read before the game begins. Megan Schutt's unique bowling style leads Australia to a big win against India in the first ODI match. December 08, 2024 04:52 Playing XIs Australia: Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney(w), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath(c), Sophie Molineux, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt India: Priya Punia, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Saima Thakor, Renuka Thakur Singh December 08, 2024 04:49 Toss - Australia Australia wins the toss and opts to bat. Minnu Mani makes her ODI debut for India. December 08, 2024 04:48 Sun shining over Brisbane December 08, 2024 04:42 What happened in the last match? Australia won by five wickets, chasing a mere 101-run target. Here’s the report: Australia recorded a comfortable five-wicket win against India in the first Women’s ODI between the two sides in Brisbane on Thursday. December 08, 2024 04:35 Squads India: Priya Punia, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Saima Thakor, Titas Sadhu, Priya Mishra, Renuka Thakur Singh, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Tejal Hasabnis, Uma Chetry Australia: Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney(w), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath(c), Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt, Sophie Molineux, Darcie Brown December 08, 2024 04:32 Live streaming info The match can be streamed on Star Sportstar network and Disney+Hotstar. It is schedule to start at 5:15 AM IST. December 08, 2024 04:23 Welcome Welcome to the live coverage of the second ODI between India and Australia at Allan Border Field, Brisbane. Stay tuned for the live updates.By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday voiced his support for the dockworkers union before their contract expires next month at Eastern and Gulf Coast ports, saying that any further “automation” of the ports would harm workers. Related Articles National Politics | Will Kamala Harris run for California governor in 2026? The question is already swirling National Politics | Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people National Politics | Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America National Politics | Trump invites China’s Xi to his inauguration even as he threatens massive tariffs on Beijing National Politics | Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump The incoming president posted on social media that he met Harold Daggett, the president of the International Longshoreman’s Association, and Dennis Daggett, the union’s executive vice president. “I’ve studied automation, and know just about everything there is to know about it,” Trump posted. “The amount of money saved is nowhere near the distress, hurt, and harm it causes for American Workers, in this case, our Longshoremen. Foreign companies have made a fortune in the U.S. by giving them access to our markets. They shouldn’t be looking for every last penny knowing how many families are hurt.” The International Longshoremen’s Association has until Jan. 15 to negotiate a new contract with the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shipping companies. At the heart of the dispute is whether ports can install automated gates, cranes and container-moving trucks that could make it faster to unload and load ships. The union argues that automation would lead to fewer jobs, even though higher levels of productivity could do more to boost the salaries of remaining workers. The Maritime Alliance said in a statement that the contract goes beyond ports to “supporting American consumers and giving American businesses access to the global marketplace – from farmers, to manufacturers, to small businesses, and innovative start-ups looking for new markets to sell their products.” “To achieve this, we need modern technology that is proven to improve worker safety, boost port efficiency, increase port capacity, and strengthen our supply chains,” said the alliance, adding that it looks forward to working with Trump. In October, the union representing 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for three days, raising the risk that a prolonged shutdown could push up inflation by making it difficult to unload container ships and export American products overseas. The issue pits an incoming president who won November’s election on the promise of bringing down prices against commitments to support blue-collar workers along with the kinds of advanced technology that drew him support from Silicon Valley elite such as billionaire Elon Musk. Trump sought to portray the dispute as being between U.S. workers and foreign companies, but advanced ports are also key for staying globally competitive. China is opening a $1.3 billion port in Peru that could accommodate ships too large for the Panama Canal. There is a risk that shippers could move to other ports, which could also lead to job losses. Mexico is constructing a port that is highly automated, while Dubai, Singapore and Rotterdam already have more advanced ports. Instead, Trump said that ports and shipping companies should eschew “machinery, which is expensive, and which will constantly have to be replaced.” “For the great privilege of accessing our markets, these foreign companies should hire our incredible American Workers, instead of laying them off, and sending those profits back to foreign countries,” Trump posted. “It is time to put AMERICA FIRST!”Trump offers support for dockworkers union by saying ports shouldn’t install more automated systems
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By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday voiced his support for the dockworkers union before their contract expires next month at Eastern and Gulf Coast ports, saying that any further “automation” of the ports would harm workers. 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Foreign companies have made a fortune in the U.S. by giving them access to our markets. They shouldn’t be looking for every last penny knowing how many families are hurt.” The International Longshoremen’s Association has until Jan. 15 to negotiate a new contract with the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shipping companies. At the heart of the dispute is whether ports can install automated gates, cranes and container-moving trucks that could make it faster to unload and load ships. The union argues that automation would lead to fewer jobs, even though higher levels of productivity could do more to boost the salaries of remaining workers. The Maritime Alliance said in a statement that the contract goes beyond ports to “supporting American consumers and giving American businesses access to the global marketplace – from farmers, to manufacturers, to small businesses, and innovative start-ups looking for new markets to sell their products.” “To achieve this, we need modern technology that is proven to improve worker safety, boost port efficiency, increase port capacity, and strengthen our supply chains,” said the alliance, adding that it looks forward to working with Trump. In October, the union representing 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for three days, raising the risk that a prolonged shutdown could push up inflation by making it difficult to unload container ships and export American products overseas. The issue pits an incoming president who won November’s election on the promise of bringing down prices against commitments to support blue-collar workers along with the kinds of advanced technology that drew him support from Silicon Valley elite such as billionaire Elon Musk. Trump sought to portray the dispute as being between U.S. workers and foreign companies, but advanced ports are also key for staying globally competitive. China is opening a $1.3 billion port in Peru that could accommodate ships too large for the Panama Canal. There is a risk that shippers could move to other ports, which could also lead to job losses. Mexico is constructing a port that is highly automated, while Dubai, Singapore and Rotterdam already have more advanced ports. Instead, Trump said that ports and shipping companies should eschew “machinery, which is expensive, and which will constantly have to be replaced.” “For the great privilege of accessing our markets, these foreign companies should hire our incredible American Workers, instead of laying them off, and sending those profits back to foreign countries,” Trump posted. “It is time to put AMERICA FIRST!”Appointments of bureaucrats as Sindh varsities' VCs anger faculty, partiesSoftware-Defined Data Center Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report Forecast Period (2024-2031). 12-25-2024 07:27 PM CET | Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance Press release from: Orion Market Research Software-defined data center market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 21.9% during the forecast period (2024-2031). Software-defined data centers are virtualized data center infrastructures comprising networking, storage, and computing, which are collectively offered as a service. The global market growth is driven by the rapid adoption of cloud computing, the modernization of data centers, a growing demand for automation and orchestration, and advancements in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and containerization. Furthermore, the market is expected to be influenced by the integration of edge computing, AI-driven business operations, and the growing efforts for security enhancement and regulatory compliance. Get Sample Copy of this Report at https://www.omrglobal.com/request-sample/software-defined-data-center-market-size Segmental Outlook Based on type, the market is segmented into software-defined network, software-defined storage, and software-defined compute. Based on industry, the market is segmented into BFSI, telecom & IT, healthcare, retail, and others (media & entertainment, logistics). Software Defined Networking is the Most Sorted Type Software-defined networking (SDN) is the most popular type in the SDDC market owing to its ability to centralize and automate network management, optimize resource allocation, and improve scalability and operational efficiency. Further, the market growth drivers for the segment include AI advancements in network automation, rising needs for adaptable network architectures to aid digital transformation, and the expanding requirements of edge computing for resilient network infrastructures. For instance, in June 2022, Tech Mahindra, a prominent supplier of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, unveiled the introduction of Synergy Lounges, created in partnership with IBM and Red Hat, the foremost provider of open-source solutions worldwide. The inaugural Synergy Lounge was inaugurated in Bengaluru, with a concentration on edge, 5G, and software-defined networking solutions, to expedite the hybrid cloud progression of enterprises on a global scale. full report of available https://www.omrglobal.com/industry-reports/software-defined-data-center-market-size IT & Telecom is the Prominent Software-Defined Data Center Industry IT and telecom are the leading industries for software-defined data centers (SDDCs) owing to their ability to provide scalable and agile infrastructure for IT and telecom operations. Further, the segmental growth is driven by increasing digitalization efforts, demand for efficient cloud integration, advancements in automation technologies, and the need to support expanding IoT and edge computing applications. For instance, in February 2024, VMware Inc., now under Broadcom's ownership, launched new enhancements within its Software-Defined Edge (SDE) portfolio. This includes advancements in 5G, software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), secure access service edge (SASE), and edge computing. These developments are designed to support telecom operators in monetizing their networks and introducing new revenue-generating services. Regional Outlook The global software-defined data center market is further segmented based on geography including North America (the US, and Canada), Europe (the UK, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and the Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (India, China, Japan, South Korea, and Rest of Asia-Pacific), and the Rest of the World (the Middle East & Africa, and Latin America). North America is Estimated to Dominate the Global Software-Defined Data Center Market North America is projected to dominate the software-defined data center market in the future, attributed to the strong IT infrastructure of the region, rapid adoption and integration of cloud-based solutions across sectors, regulatory requirements to modernize current data center capabilities, and the presence of major solution providers such as Oracle, Cisco, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services. For instance, in March 2023, a bipartisan group of senators reintroduced a bill aimed at enhancing the security of federal data centers, both physically and digitally. The Federal Data Center Enhancement Act, introduced by Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Gary Peters, D-Mich., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, would mandate the Office of Management and Budget to collaborate with federal agencies in establishing minimum cybersecurity, resiliency, availability, and sustainability standards for new federal data centers. These standards would cover cyber intrusions, data center availability, mission-critical uptime, and resilience against physical attacks, wildfires, and other natural disasters. Global Software-Defined Data Center Market Growth by Region 2024-2031 The Asia-Pacific region is experiencing an increase in the adoption of digital technologies and initiatives across industries, which is expected to drive demand for agile and scalable data center solutions such as SDDCs. The countries in the Asia-Pacific, such as India, China, and Southeast Asian nations, are witnessing rapid economic growth, leading to increased investments in IT infrastructure, including SDDCs. by Type (Software-Defined Network, Software-Defined Storage, and Software-Defined Compute), and by Industry (BFSI, Telecom & IT, Healthcare, Retail, and Others (Media & Entertainment, Logistics) Market Players Outlook The major companies serving the global software-defined data center market include Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., and Oracle Corp. among others. The market players are focusing on capitalizing on growth by adopting strategies such as collaboration, partnerships, and market expansion among others. For instance, in October 2023, NetApp, a global software company focused on cloud and data, officially declared the extension of its partnership contract with Ducati Corse for the seasons spanning from 2023 to 2025. In addition, NetApp has been appointed as the Official Data Infrastructure Partner of the team. A notable outcome of this collaboration is the introduction of a cutting-edge virtual data management and insights solution designed for race analytics and research and development, which leverages NetApp ONTAP, NetApp SnapMirror, and NetApp FlexCache. The Report Covers Market value data analysis of 2023 and forecast to 2031. Annualized market revenues ($ million) for each market segment. Country-wise analysis of major geographical regions. Key companies operating in the global software-defined data center market. Based on the availability of data, information related to new product launches, and relevant news is also available in the report. Analysis of business strategies by identifying the key market segments positioned for strong growth in the future. Analysis of market-entry and market expansion strategies. Competitive strategies by identifying 'who-stands-where' in the market. For More Customized Data, Request for Report Customization https://www.omrglobal.com/report-customization/software-defined-data-center-market-size Media Contact: Company Name: Orion Market Research Contact Person: Mr. Anurag Tiwari Email: info@omrglobal.com Contact no: +91 780-304-0404 About Orion Market Research Orion Market Research (OMR) is a market research and consulting company known for its crisp and concise reports. The company is equipped with an experienced team of analysts and consultants. OMR offers quality syndicated research reports, customized research reports, consulting and other research-based services. The company also offers Digital Marketing services through its subsidiary OMR Digital and Software development and Consulting Services through another subsidiary Encanto Technologies. This release was published on openPR.This time last year we got our . Fast forward 12 months, and here was a man with a season behind him, beaming his way confidently through a story that was a mishmash of Christmas movie viewing genres, if somewhat light on plot. In this Steven Moffat-penned tale, we got an action sequence on a train, treasure hidden in a stone chamber, a lengthy romcom interlude, and even a . There was also a strong emotional heartbeat running through it, and there will have been tears before bedtime in many a household watching it. Joel Fry was enjoyable as Trev, though the character gave strong vibes that it had been written with Richard Ayoade’s in mind, rather than directly for Fry. Still, he managed to make the most of his screen time. Nichola Coughlan (Joy), despite sharing top-billing as this year’s guest star, was sidelined for much of the story. She got an opportunity to show her acting chops as a potential villain for a while, and then the more lovable side of Coughlan we know from Derry Girls and her real-world social media interventions arrived. Doctor Who Christmas specials have previously walked a fine line between using lots of festive imagery – think evil Santas, killer Christmas trees, robot angels – but not directly bringing religion into it. Putting a fantasy supernova as the source of a bright evening star above Bethlehem at the dawn of the first millennia was certainly a bold choice to link the show’s lore directly into the nativity itself. The centrepiece was the Doctor being stranded with Steph de Whalley’s Anita Benn in a hotel for a year as her slow-burn unrequited love for him developed – a vignette that could easily be slipped into or . It isn’t the first time in the modern era the Doctor has been forced to think about how lonely his life is without a companion, although the fact he was collecting miniature police box figurines was a clue to who he was missing the most. The structure was effectively three consecutive two-handers where Trev, Anita and Joy auditioned to be potential companions, then fate intervened. At least Anita eventually got a better job out of it, even if she had her heart crushed along the way. This was an unusual episode in not really having a monster-of-the-week, but the underlying fears here were of loneliness, regrets and dying alone. It touched on the real world by showing the kinds of difficult isolated goodbyes to loved ones experienced during Covid lockdown rules by people like Joy, in scenes that were likely to remind some families of the empty seats around their Christmas dinner tables this year. Expect Doctor Who fans to argue long and hard about whether Gatwa explaining he knew the suitcase code because he was “bootstrapping” was a clever meta-nod to previous criticisms of Steven Moffat’s timey-wimey plotlines, or just too much of a hand-wavey plot convenience to be taken seriously. When Joy asked the Doctor if people usually actually feel any better after the Time Lord has explained things, it could have been the fans speaking directly to the former showrunner about exactly this kind of habit of his. There were lots of callbacks to previous things the Doctor has said, like having to go “the long way round”, and the idea that living their life one day after an another was an adventure they could never have, echoing famous speeches from Gatwa’s predecessors in (2013), (1987) and (2006). The 15th Doctor – without his trusty time machine – visited New York in 2025 in order to return to the Time Hotel. In (2012) he said he could never take the Tardis there again, as the “timelines are too scrambled” and visiting “would rip New York apart”. Joy’s mum was in the Royal Hope hospital in central London, which was transported to the moon and back during the events of (2007). The 15th Doctor said he was “good with rope”, a callback to learning the rope technology on the goblin vessel in (2023). Villengard and its weapons factories have featured in several Moffat-penned episodes, including his first story for the revived 2005 series, , and his last three for the show – (2017), (2024) and this Christmas special. Joy’s full name in the credits was given as Joy Almondo, not the first time Moffat has used a literal translation – see (2016). Thanks to the bi-generation in (2023), presumably the whole time the 15th Doctor was stuck in that hotel with Anita, David Tennant’s 14th Doctor was sitting around with his trotters up retired at Donna’s house – with a spare Tardis on-hand. Doctor Who will be back in the New Year! Ncuti Gatwa! Varada Sethu as new companion Belinda Chandra! Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday for at least some of it! Mrs Flood returns! Showrunner it is coming “sooner than you think” and includes “a lot of scares”, “a planet in the far future that’s absolutely terrifying” and a Tardis trip to Miami. See you then. Have a great new year! Episodes 1 & 2: Episode 3: Episode 4: Episode 5: Episode 6: Episode 7: Episode 8: Empire of Death Christmas special: Joy to the World Special 1: Special 2: Special 3: Christmas special:
Members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal on Saturday lodged a complaint against an associate of endowment minister Konda Surekha, alleging that the Sri Raja Rajeshswara Swamy temple had handed over around 60 Rajanna Kodes (oxen donated by devotees) to him in violation of norms. In the complaint with the Geesukonda at Hanamkonda, they alleged that temple officials handed over 60 cows to Ram Babu, the minister’s associate, on August 12. They alleged Ram Babu dealt in cows and ran a goshala in the name of Sri Raja Rajeshwar Swamy in Geesukonda mandal. Devotees who visit Vemulawada temple offer Kode Mokku (donating cows and oxen) to the presiding deity. The donated cattle are kept in the temple’s goshala. Since it does not have enough space, the government decided to distribute extra cows to poor farmers under certain guidelines. All donated cows and oxen are tagged. Farmers have to apply to temple for cows with identity documents and land papers; their applications need to be endorsed by the local agriculture officer. Farmers who get the cows must not sell them. Geesukonda circle inspector K. Mahendar told Deccan Chronicle that on the complaint of the VHP, a case was registered against Ram Babu. An investigation is in progress to find out whether the cows Ram Babu got were from Vemulawada temple. A letter was also sent to the Vemulawada temple authorities seeking clarification, he added. Vemulawada temple executive officer K. Vinod Reddy, speaking to Deccan Chronicle, condemned the allegations and said that the temple officials had not distributed any cows to Ram Babu’s goshala. The temple has nothing to do with the minister’s purported recommendation letter which was circulated on social media, he said. A complaint will also be lodged with the local police regarding the issue and requesting an investigation. Meanwhile, the BJP staged a dharna in front of the temple office demanding suspension of EO Vinod Reddy. Reacting to the allegations, Surekha said it was an attempt to malign the Congress government. She said the temple had about 1,500 cows and oxen donated by devotees. The government had decided to distribute them to poor and eligible farmers who can look after them. Explaining the process of allotting cattle to farmers, she said applications received by a minister were sent to authorities concerned. The Vemulawada temple authorities distributed the cows following the norms. Cows and oxen distributed by the temple will have tags which are impossible to remove, she said. Stringent action would be taken against miscreants for spreading lies, she added.
By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday voiced his support for the dockworkers union before their contract expires next month at Eastern and Gulf Coast ports, saying that any further “automation” of the ports would harm workers. Related Articles National Politics | Will Kamala Harris run for California governor in 2026? The question is already swirling National Politics | Biden says healthy women help US prosperity as he highlights White House initiative on their health National Politics | Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America National Politics | Trump extends unprecedented invites to China’s Xi and other world leaders for his inauguration National Politics | Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump The incoming president posted on social media that he met Harold Daggett, the president of the International Longshoreman’s Association, and Dennis Daggett, the union’s executive vice president. “I’ve studied automation, and know just about everything there is to know about it,” Trump posted. “The amount of money saved is nowhere near the distress, hurt, and harm it causes for American Workers, in this case, our Longshoremen. Foreign companies have made a fortune in the U.S. by giving them access to our markets. They shouldn’t be looking for every last penny knowing how many families are hurt.” The International Longshoremen’s Association has until Jan. 15 to negotiate a new contract with the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shipping companies. At the heart of the dispute is whether ports can install automated gates, cranes and container-moving trucks that could make it faster to unload and load ships. The union argues that automation would lead to fewer jobs, even though higher levels of productivity could do more to boost the salaries of remaining workers. The Maritime Alliance said in a statement that the contract goes beyond ports to “supporting American consumers and giving American businesses access to the global marketplace – from farmers, to manufacturers, to small businesses, and innovative start-ups looking for new markets to sell their products.” “To achieve this, we need modern technology that is proven to improve worker safety, boost port efficiency, increase port capacity, and strengthen our supply chains,” said the alliance, adding that it looks forward to working with Trump. In October, the union representing 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for three days, raising the risk that a prolonged shutdown could push up inflation by making it difficult to unload container ships and export American products overseas. The issue pits an incoming president who won November’s election on the promise of bringing down prices against commitments to support blue-collar workers along with the kinds of advanced technology that drew him support from Silicon Valley elite such as billionaire Elon Musk. Trump sought to portray the dispute as being between U.S. workers and foreign companies, but advanced ports are also key for staying globally competitive. China is opening a $1.3 billion port in Peru that could accommodate ships too large for the Panama Canal. There is a risk that shippers could move to other ports, which could also lead to job losses. Mexico is constructing a port that is highly automated, while Dubai, Singapore and Rotterdam already have more advanced ports. Instead, Trump said that ports and shipping companies should eschew “machinery, which is expensive, and which will constantly have to be replaced.” “For the great privilege of accessing our markets, these foreign companies should hire our incredible American Workers, instead of laying them off, and sending those profits back to foreign countries,” Trump posted. “It is time to put AMERICA FIRST!”The city of New Orleans, known for its dynamic culture and vibrant festivals, is yet again a hub of celebration as the concurrent observances of Kwanzaa and Hanukkah bring communities together to honor their heritage and shared values of resilience and unity. The New Orleans Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority hosted a Kwanzaa event filled with drums, dance performances, and community engagement at McDonogh 35 High School on the third day of the holiday, as reported by WGNO . Also in the spirit of the season, the Jewish Community Center in New Orleans was alive on the second night of Hanukkah, where tradition spun into the night with music, dreidels, and latkes. In a time where the Israel-Hamas conflict looms in the background, Rabbi Rivkin pointed out the importance of continuing to celebrate, and the Kwanzaa Coalition mirrored this sentiment with their gathering to inspire communities. A panel discussion and dance performances highlighted the shared message of spreading light amidst darkness, an essence captured by WDSU . Influenced by African harvest celebrations and American Civil Rights endeavors, Kwanzaa was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga. Each year the festival reaffirms the seven principles, or Nguzo Saba, which includes Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), and others as pillars for personal and community development. Armed with such principles, the holiday serves as a time for reflection, and above all, action toward improving communities—a sentiment conveyed by both WGNO and A Book Geek . As traditions adapt and technology evolves, Kwanzaa too has found new ways to honor its roots while branching out into the digital world. From virtual candle-lighting ceremonies to online marketplaces for artisans, the holiday has embraced modernity without losing the essence of its core values. These digital adaptations expand the reach of the holiday, allowing more people to both celebrate and learn about the African American cultural heritage from afar, an observation reflected by A Book Geek . The digital transition marks a recognition of both the necessity and potency of connectivity in contemporary times—strengthening bonds over distances that once may have silenced communal voices. As the week-long celebrations continue, community members, leaders, and attendees alike note the positive experiences provided by these festive gatherings. "A lot of our youth, you know, you hear a lot of different things with what's going on in the community, which was gone and on the news. But we want them to be able to come and have a positive experience with African American culture," said Kwanzaa Committee Co-Chair Stephanie B. Jackson, in a statement obtained by WGNO .
Tweet Facebook Mail A South Korean legislative push to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law fell through on Saturday after most lawmakers from his conservative governing party boycotted the vote. The defeat of the motion is expected to intensify public protests calling for Yoon's ouster and deepen political chaos in South Korea, with a survey suggesting a majority of South Koreans support the president's impeachment. Yoon's martial law declaration drew criticism from his own ruling conservative party, but it is also determined to oppose Yoon's impeachment apparently because it fears losing the presidency to liberals. READ MORE: Australia's world-first plan to stop identity theft A view of the hall where the plenary session for the impeachment vote of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to take place at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP) Impeaching Yoon required support from two-thirds of the National Assembly, or 200 of its 300 members. The opposition parties who brought the impeachment motion had 192 seats, but only three lawmakers from PPP participated in the vote. The motion was scrapped without ballot counting because the number of votes didn't reach 200. National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik called the result "very regrettable" and an embarrassing moment for the country's democracy that has been closely watched by the world. "The failure to hold a qualified vote on this matter means we were not even able to exercise the democratic procedure of deciding on a critical national issue," he said. Opposition parties could submit a new impeachment motion after a new parliamentary session opens next Wednesday. READ MORE: Remains of woman missing for four days found in sinkhole in US Protesters stage a rally demanding South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, following the president's short-lived martial law declaration. The signs read, "Impeach Yoon Suk Yeol." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) There are worries that Yoon won't be able to serve out his remaining two and a half years in office because his leadership took a huge hit. Many experts say some ruling party lawmakers could eventually join opposition parties' efforts to impeach Yoon if public demands for it grow further. If Yoon is impeached, his powers will be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office. If he is removed, an election to replace him must take place within 60 days. Woo repeatedly urged ruling party members to return to the chamber to participate in the vote, waiting several hours for them to come. At one point, Democratic Party leaders visited a hall on the floor below the main chamber where PPP lawmakers were gathered, attempting to persuade them to vote. After being blocked from entering, they angrily accused the conservatives' leadership of preventing its lawmakers from voting freely. Earlier Saturday, Yoon issued a public apology over the martial law decree, saying he won't shirk legal or political responsibility for the declaration and promising not to make another attempt to impose martial law. He said would leave it to his party to chart a course through the country's political turmoil, "including matters related to my term in office." "The declaration of this martial law was made out of my desperation. But in the course of its implementation, it caused anxiety and inconveniences to the public. I feel very sorry over that and truly apologise to the people who must have been shocked a lot," Yoon said. A man watches TV screens showing the broadcast of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's announcement at a Yongsan Electronic store in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Since taking office in 2022, Yoon has struggled to push his agenda through an opposition-controlled parliament and grappled with low approval ratings amid scandals involving himself and his wife. In his martial law announcement on Tuesday night, Yoon called parliament a "den of criminals" bogging down state affairs and vowed to eliminate "shameless North Korea followers and anti-state forces." The turmoil resulting from Yoon's bizarre and poorly-thought-out stunt has paralysed South Korean politics and sparked alarm among key diplomatic partners like the US and Japan. Tuesday night saw special forces troops encircling the parliament building and army helicopters hovering over it, but the military withdrew after the National Assembly unanimously voted to overturn the decree, forcing Yoon to lift it before daybreak Wednesday. The declaration of martial law was the first of its kind in more than 40 years in South Korea. Eighteen lawmakers from the ruling party voted to reject Yoon's martial law decree along with opposition lawmakers. Yoon's speech fuelled speculation that he and his party may push for a constitutional amendment to shorten his term, instead of accepting impeachment, as a way to ease public anger over the marital law and facilitate Yoon's early exit from office. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 07: (EDITORS NOTE: This Handout imagewas provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images editorial policy.) In this handout photo provided by the South Korean Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks to the nation at the Presidential Office on December 07, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea is facing significant political turmoil after President Yoon Suk-yeol declared emergency martial law, accusing opposition p (Getty) Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the main liberal opposition Democratic Party, told reporters that Yoon's speech was "greatly disappointing" and that the only way forward is his immediate resignation or impeachment. His party called Yoon's martial law "unconstitutional, illegal rebellion or coup." The passage of Yoon's impeachment motion appeared more likely when the chair of Yoon's party called for his removal on Friday, but the party remained formally opposed to impeachment. On Saturday, tens of thousands of people densely packed several blocks of roads leading up to the National Assembly, waving banners, shouting slogans and dancing and singing along to K-pop songs with lyrics changed to call for Yoon's ouster. Protesters also gathered in front of PPP's headquarters near the Assembly, angrily shouting for its lawmakers to vote to impeach Yoon. A smaller crowd of Yoon's supporters, which still seemed to be in the thousands, rallied in separate streets in Seoul, decrying the impeachment attempt they saw as unconstitutional. Lawmakers on Saturday first voted on a bill appointing a special prosecutor to investigate stock price manipulation allegations surrounding Yoon's wife. Some lawmakers from Yoon's party were seen leaving the hall after that vote, triggering angry shouts from opposition lawmakers. Protesters march to the presidential office after a candlelight vigil against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, December 5, 2024. (AP) On Friday, PPP chair Han Dong-hun, who criticised Yoon's martial law declaration, said he had received intelligence that during the brief period of martial law Yoon ordered the country's defence counterintelligence commander to arrest and detain unspecified key politicians based on accusations of "anti-state activities." Hong Jang-won, first deputy director of South Korea's National Intelligence Service, told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing on Friday that Yoon had ordered him to help the defence counter-intelligence unit to detain key politicians. The targeted politicians included Han, Lee and Woo, according to Kim Byung-kee, one of the lawmakers who attended the meeting. The Defence Ministry said on Friday it has suspended three military commanders including the head of the defence counter-intelligence unit over their involvement in enforcing martial law. Vice Defense Minister Kim Seon Ho has told parliament that Defence Minister Kim Yong Hyun ordered the deployment of troops to the National Assembly after Yoon imposed martial law. Opposition parties accused Kim of recommending to Yoon to enforce martial law. Kim resigned on Thursday, and prosecutors imposed an overseas travel ban on him. DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP : Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play .PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the ranks and see the world. Less than a decade later, the death of his father and namesake, a merchant farmer and local politician who went by “Mr. Earl,” prompted the submariner and his wife, Rosalynn, to return to the rural life of Plains, Georgia, they thought they’d escaped. The lieutenant never would be an admiral. Instead, he became commander in chief. Years after his presidency ended in humbling defeat, he would add a Nobel Peace Prize, awarded not for his White House accomplishments but “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” The life of James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, ended Sunday at the age of 100 where it began: Plains, the town of 600 that fueled his political rise, welcomed him after his fall and sustained him during 40 years of service that redefined what it means to be a former president. With the stubborn confidence of an engineer and an optimism rooted in his Baptist faith, Carter described his motivations in politics and beyond in the same way: an almost missionary zeal to solve problems and improve lives. Carter was raised amid racism, abject poverty and hard rural living — realities that shaped both his deliberate politics and emphasis on human rights. “He always felt a responsibility to help people,” said Jill Stuckey, a longtime friend of Carter's in Plains. “And when he couldn’t make change wherever he was, he decided he had to go higher.” Carter's path, a mix of happenstance and calculation , pitted moral imperatives against political pragmatism; and it defied typical labels of American politics, especially caricatures of one-term presidents as failures. “We shouldn’t judge presidents by how popular they are in their day. That's a very narrow way of assessing them," Carter biographer Jonathan Alter told the Associated Press. “We should judge them by how they changed the country and the world for the better. On that score, Jimmy Carter is not in the first rank of American presidents, but he stands up quite well.” Later in life, Carter conceded that many Americans, even those too young to remember his tenure, judged him ineffective for failing to contain inflation or interest rates, end the energy crisis or quickly bring home American hostages in Iran. He gained admirers instead for his work at The Carter Center — advocating globally for public health, human rights and democracy since 1982 — and the decades he and Rosalynn wore hardhats and swung hammers with Habitat for Humanity. Yet the common view that he was better after the Oval Office than in it annoyed Carter, and his allies relished him living long enough to see historians reassess his presidency. “He doesn’t quite fit in today’s terms” of a left-right, red-blue scoreboard, said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who visited the former president multiple times during his own White House bid. At various points in his political career, Carter labeled himself “progressive” or “conservative” — sometimes both at once. His most ambitious health care bill failed — perhaps one of his biggest legislative disappointments — because it didn’t go far enough to suit liberals. Republicans, especially after his 1980 defeat, cast him as a left-wing cartoon. It would be easiest to classify Carter as a centrist, Buttigieg said, “but there’s also something radical about the depth of his commitment to looking after those who are left out of society and out of the economy.” Indeed, Carter’s legacy is stitched with complexities, contradictions and evolutions — personal and political. The self-styled peacemaker was a war-trained Naval Academy graduate who promised Democratic challenger Ted Kennedy that he’d “kick his ass.” But he campaigned with a call to treat everyone with “respect and compassion and with love.” Carter vowed to restore America’s virtue after the shame of Vietnam and Watergate, and his technocratic, good-government approach didn't suit Republicans who tagged government itself as the problem. It also sometimes put Carter at odds with fellow Democrats. The result still was a notable legislative record, with wins on the environment, education, and mental health care. He dramatically expanded federally protected lands, began deregulating air travel, railroads and trucking, and he put human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy. As a fiscal hawk, Carter added a relative pittance to the national debt, unlike successors from both parties. Carter nonetheless struggled to make his achievements resonate with the electorate he charmed in 1976. Quoting Bob Dylan and grinning enthusiastically, he had promised voters he would “never tell a lie.” Once in Washington, though, he led like a joyless engineer, insisting his ideas would become reality and he'd be rewarded politically if only he could convince enough people with facts and logic. This served him well at Camp David, where he brokered peace between Israel’s Menachem Begin and Epypt’s Anwar Sadat, an experience that later sparked the idea of The Carter Center in Atlanta. Carter's tenacity helped the center grow to a global force that monitored elections across five continents, enabled his freelance diplomacy and sent public health experts across the developing world. The center’s wins were personal for Carter, who hoped to outlive the last Guinea worm parasite, and nearly did. As president, though, the approach fell short when he urged consumers beleaguered by energy costs to turn down their thermostats. Or when he tried to be the nation’s cheerleader, beseeching Americans to overcome a collective “crisis of confidence.” Republican Ronald Reagan exploited Carter's lecturing tone with a belittling quip in their lone 1980 debate. “There you go again,” the former Hollywood actor said in response to a wonky answer from the sitting president. “The Great Communicator” outpaced Carter in all but six states. Carter later suggested he “tried to do too much, too soon” and mused that he was incompatible with Washington culture: media figures, lobbyists and Georgetown social elites who looked down on the Georgians and their inner circle as “country come to town.” Carter carefully navigated divides on race and class on his way to the Oval Office. Born Oct. 1, 1924 , Carter was raised in the mostly Black community of Archery, just outside Plains, by a progressive mother and white supremacist father. Their home had no running water or electricity but the future president still grew up with the relative advantages of a locally prominent, land-owning family in a system of Jim Crow segregation. He wrote of President Franklin Roosevelt’s towering presence and his family’s Democratic Party roots, but his father soured on FDR, and Jimmy Carter never campaigned or governed as a New Deal liberal. He offered himself as a small-town peanut farmer with an understated style, carrying his own luggage, bunking with supporters during his first presidential campaign and always using his nickname. And he began his political career in a whites-only Democratic Party. As private citizens, he and Rosalynn supported integration as early as the 1950s and believed it inevitable. Carter refused to join the White Citizens Council in Plains and spoke out in his Baptist church against denying Black people access to worship services. “This is not my house; this is not your house,” he said in a churchwide meeting, reminding fellow parishioners their sanctuary belonged to God. Yet as the appointed chairman of Sumter County schools he never pushed to desegregate, thinking it impractical after the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board decision. And while presidential candidate Carter would hail the 1965 Voting Rights Act, signed by fellow Democrat Lyndon Johnson when Carter was a state senator, there is no record of Carter publicly supporting it at the time. Carter overcame a ballot-stuffing opponent to win his legislative seat, then lost the 1966 governor's race to an arch-segregationist. He won four years later by avoiding explicit mentions of race and campaigning to the right of his rival, who he mocked as “Cufflinks Carl” — the insult of an ascendant politician who never saw himself as part the establishment. Carter’s rural and small-town coalition in 1970 would match any victorious Republican electoral map in 2024. Once elected, though, Carter shocked his white conservative supporters — and landed on the cover of Time magazine — by declaring that “the time for racial discrimination is over.” Before making the jump to Washington, Carter befriended the family of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., whom he’d never sought out as he eyed the governor’s office. Carter lamented his foot-dragging on school integration as a “mistake.” But he also met, conspicuously, with Alabama's segregationist Gov. George Wallace to accept his primary rival's endorsement ahead of the 1976 Democratic convention. “He very shrewdly took advantage of his own Southerness,” said Amber Roessner, a University of Tennessee professor and expert on Carter’s campaigns. A coalition of Black voters and white moderate Democrats ultimately made Carter the last Democratic presidential nominee to sweep the Deep South. Then, just as he did in Georgia, he used his power in office to appoint more non-whites than all his predecessors had, combined. He once acknowledged “the secret shame” of white Americans who didn’t fight segregation. But he also told Alter that doing more would have sacrificed his political viability – and thus everything he accomplished in office and after. King's daughter, Bernice King, described Carter as wisely “strategic” in winning higher offices to enact change. “He was a leader of conscience,” she said in an interview. Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19 at the age of 96, was identified by both husband and wife as the “more political” of the pair; she sat in on Cabinet meetings and urged him to postpone certain priorities, like pressing the Senate to relinquish control of the Panama Canal. “Let that go until the second term,” she would sometimes say. The president, recalled her former aide Kathy Cade, retorted that he was “going to do what’s right” even if “it might cut short the time I have.” Rosalynn held firm, Cade said: “She’d remind him you have to win to govern.” Carter also was the first president to appoint multiple women as Cabinet officers. Yet by his own telling, his career sprouted from chauvinism in the Carters' early marriage: He did not consult Rosalynn when deciding to move back to Plains in 1953 or before launching his state Senate bid a decade later. Many years later, he called it “inconceivable” that he didn’t confer with the woman he described as his “full partner,” at home, in government and at The Carter Center. “We developed a partnership when we were working in the farm supply business, and it continued when Jimmy got involved in politics,” Rosalynn Carter told AP in 2021. So deep was their trust that when Carter remained tethered to the White House in 1980 as 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, it was Rosalynn who campaigned on her husband’s behalf. “I just loved it,” she said, despite the bitterness of defeat. Fair or not, the label of a disastrous presidency had leading Democrats keep their distance, at least publicly, for many years, but Carter managed to remain relevant, writing books and weighing in on societal challenges. He lamented widening wealth gaps and the influence of money in politics. He voted for democratic socialist Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in 2016, and later declared that America had devolved from fully functioning democracy to “oligarchy.” Yet looking ahead to 2020, with Sanders running again, Carter warned Democrats not to “move to a very liberal program,” lest they help re-elect President Donald Trump. Carter scolded the Republican for his serial lies and threats to democracy, and chided the U.S. establishment for misunderstanding Trump’s populist appeal. He delighted in yearly convocations with Emory University freshmen, often asking them to guess how much he’d raised in his two general election campaigns. “Zero,” he’d gesture with a smile, explaining the public financing system candidates now avoid so they can raise billions. Carter still remained quite practical in partnering with wealthy corporations and foundations to advance Carter Center programs. Carter recognized that economic woes and the Iran crisis doomed his presidency, but offered no apologies for appointing Paul Volcker as the Federal Reserve chairman whose interest rate hikes would not curb inflation until Reagan's presidency. He was proud of getting all the hostages home without starting a shooting war, even though Tehran would not free them until Reagan's Inauguration Day. “Carter didn’t look at it” as a failure, Alter emphasized. “He said, ‘They came home safely.’ And that’s what he wanted.” Well into their 90s, the Carters greeted visitors at Plains’ Maranatha Baptist Church, where he taught Sunday School and where he will have his last funeral before being buried on family property alongside Rosalynn . Carter, who made the congregation’s collection plates in his woodworking shop, still garnered headlines there, calling for women’s rights within religious institutions, many of which, he said, “subjugate” women in church and society. Carter was not one to dwell on regrets. “I am at peace with the accomplishments, regret the unrealized goals and utilize my former political position to enhance everything we do,” he wrote around his 90th birthday. The politician who had supposedly hated Washington politics also enjoyed hosting Democratic presidential contenders as public pilgrimages to Plains became advantageous again. Carter sat with Buttigieg for the final time March 1, 2020, hours before the Indiana mayor ended his campaign and endorsed eventual winner Joe Biden. “He asked me how I thought the campaign was going,” Buttigieg said, recalling that Carter flashed his signature grin and nodded along as the young candidate, born a year after Carter left office, “put the best face” on the walloping he endured the day before in South Carolina. Never breaking his smile, the 95-year-old host fired back, “I think you ought to drop out.” “So matter of fact,” Buttigieg said with a laugh. “It was somehow encouraging.” Carter had lived enough, won plenty and lost enough to take the long view. “He talked a lot about coming from nowhere,” Buttigieg said, not just to attain the presidency but to leverage “all of the instruments you have in life” and “make the world more peaceful.” In his farewell address as president, Carter said as much to the country that had embraced and rejected him. “The struggle for human rights overrides all differences of color, nation or language,” he declared. “Those who hunger for freedom, who thirst for human dignity and who suffer for the sake of justice — they are the patriots of this cause.” Carter pledged to remain engaged with and for them as he returned “home to the South where I was born and raised,” home to Plains, where that young lieutenant had indeed become “a fellow citizen of the world.” —- Bill Barrow, based in Atlanta, has covered national politics including multiple presidential campaigns for the AP since 2012.
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Growing up watching TV shows like MythBusters and Top Gear was the match that sparked the engineering careers of Perth twins Morgan and Ashley Ure. With matching double degrees in mechatronics and engineering, the 25-year-olds turn heads as they help design and build the Scitech Discovery Centre displays that engage minds young and old in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Ashley and Morgan will speak to the design, mechanics and history of the race car, and will offer personal insights into the life of an ECU student engineer and a woman in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine fields. Credit: Scitech Earlier in 2024 they were part of a student racing team that took first place against 55 countries at Europe’s most established educational engineering competition – Formula Student. Back on home soil, the pair dived right back into promoting WA science. Morgan, a software engineer, and Ashley, an electrical engineer, are now inspiring the next generation of thinkers with talks on their winning design now running weekly during the school holidays at Scitech. “Our parents really encouraged us both in not just maths and science, but also other pursuits like arts, gymnastics, dancing and music,” Ashley said. “That definitely led to a well-rounded understanding that STEM is a part of so many different things.” Weighing in at a feather-light 164 kilograms, the custom-built Wilson Resolute race car can reach 100km/h in under four seconds. Its innovative rear suspension system, coupled with an efficient aerodynamics package and lightweight composite construction means the vehicle is especially nimble. Morgan designed and built the car’s steering wheel from scratch. More than purely building the car, the team has to incorporate design, marketing and budgeting skills into the project. “It’s a massive undertaking, it’s a holistic view of what it would be like to work in an engineering job,” Morgan said. “It’s not just necessarily getting to design cool things, it’s also about how can I work this all together to finish this project on time and on budget?” The budget for the build was $30,000, but the girls estimate the true cost if it included labour time would have amounted to more than $1 million. After three years of studying, working part-time and taking on Formula Student as extracurricular, they’re both now eager to dedicate time-sharing their knowledge and passion for women in science, following in the footsteps of their role model, distinguished neuroscientist and 2015 West Australian of the Year, Lyn Beazley. Ashley (left) and Morgan Ure are paving the way for young engineers. Credit: Scitech “There’s definitely been growth in the amount of women getting into engineering, but it’s not as fast as some industries would have hoped, but you do get to meet a few people that are very much like you and have that same sort of drive as you,” Morgan said. “Even though you may not see quite as many women in engineering, there’s absolutely no barriers and everyone that we’ve met through university and Scitech has been really supportive,” Ashley followed. Currently, Morgan is designing and building a radio astronomy exhibit that will feature in Scitech’s new gallery titled Here, There and Everywhere . Ashley is also working on a display in the exhibition called virus box, a visual and physical representation of how a virus spreads within a community. “What I love about the exhibits that we get to make is seeing them put out on the floor and somebody interacting with them,” Morgan said. “It’s just really incredible, it’s not only satisfying to see the thing that you’ve been making working, it’s seeing somebody else visit and enjoying it and learning something from it.” “It’s just a really good feeling.” The month-long collaboration between ECU and Scitech to display the race car will include interactive talks from Ashley and Morgan. They will speak to the design, mechanics and history of the race car, and will offer personal insights into the life of an ECU student engineer and a woman in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine fields. Get the day’s breaking news, entertainment ideas and a long read to enjoy. Sign up to receive our Evening Edition newsletter.