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slots go app Une nouvelle controverse secoue la politique camerounaise suite aux accusations de fraude électorale lancées par Maurice Kamto, président du Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun (MRC), à l'encontre de l'ancien député Ali Bachir. Cette affaire met en lumière les tensions croissantes dans le contexte des élections Cameroun prévues en 2025. L'affaire débute le 19 décembre 2024, lorsque le leader de l'opposition camerounaise publie une déclaration concernant une photo devenue virale sur les réseaux sociaux. Cette image montrerait, selon lui, un militant du RDPC Cameroun en possession d'un stock important de cartes nationales d'identité, suggérant une possible préparation de fraude électorale. googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display('div-gpt-async-ad-inread-a');}); Dans sa réponse, Ali Bachir, membre du Comité central du RDPC, dénonce fermement ces accusations qu'il qualifie de non fondées. L'ancien député de la Vina souligne ses 34 années d'expérience politique et ses dix-sept ans de mandat électif, réfutant toute implication dans des activités frauduleuses. La controverse soulève des questions importantes sur la vérification des sources dans le débat politique camerounais. Ali Bachir critique notamment l'empressement de Maurice Kamto à porter des accusations graves sans vérification préalable de l'authenticité du document en question, qui ne présente selon lui aucun élément permettant d'identifier le lieu, la date ou le contexte de sa création. Le membre du RDPC rappelle l'engagement de son parti en faveur de la transparence et de l'équité, sous la direction du Président Paul Biya. Il souligne que les succès électoraux du RDPC dans la région de l'Adamaoua reposent sur un travail de terrain approfondi et des actions de proximité auprès des différentes couches sociales. Cette polémique intervient à un moment crucial, à l'approche de l'élection présidentielle de 2025 et des élections législatives et municipales de 2026. Elle met en évidence les tensions croissantes entre les différentes forces politiques du pays et soulève des questions sur la qualité du débat politique au Cameroun. Ali Bachir appelle à plus de responsabilité dans le débat public, critiquant une approche qu'il qualifie de populiste et qui, selon lui, ne sert qu'à polariser davantage l'espace politique camerounais. Il plaide pour un retour à la sérénité et à la cohésion sociale, essentielles au bon fonctionnement démocratique du pays. COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE Dans une déclaration rendue publique le 19 décembre 2024, le président national du Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun (MRC) tente de m'associer à une vidéo devenue virale, selon sa propre description. Selon Monsieur Maurice Kamto, « cette vidéo scandaleuse montre un individu, vraisemblablement un militant du RDPC si l'on en juge par son accoutrement assis devant un important stock de cartes nationale d'identité ». Le président du MRC s'appuie sur le commentaire accompagnant la photo (en lieu et place d'une vidéo) en question pour m'indexer directement : « les commentaires qui accompagnent la vidéo font ressortir le nom d'un ancien député de la Vina, dans l'Adamaoua, Monsieur Ali Bachir, comme pouvant être celui qui, dans l'ombre, mettrait en place, avec les autorités de la police nationale... ce qu'il considère comme un « dispositif de fraude électorale ». Et de conclure sa déclaration avec légèreté, sans recul que devrait avoir une personnalité politique de sa trempe, à l'ouverture d'une enquête. « monsieur Ali Bachir, membre du Comité central du RDPC et Président de section de ce parti dans la Vina, dont le nom est cité dans la vidéo, doit être interpellé pour enquête », écrit-il. Il est regrettable que Monsieur Maurice Kamto n'ait pas pris la précaution préalable et élémentaire de vérification de l'authenticité d'une voix anonyme associée à une photo mise en circulation sur les réseaux sociaux et qui ne fournit aucun indice de lieu, de date et du contexte de son montage, encore moins de l'identité de la personne qui y apparaît et de la voix qui y est associée. Par ailleurs, on peut s'étonner de la facilité de Monsieur Maurice Kamto à crier à la préparation d'une fraude electorale, sans enquête préliminaire, d'un ancien député de la Nation sur la base d'une accusation lancée dans une photo qui m'est totalement étrangère et partagée sur les réseaux sociaux. Quoi qu'il en soit, je tiens à affirmer sans équivoque que je ne suis ni de près ni de loin concerné par cette photo que j'ai découverte sur internet, et ma pratique honorable de la politique depuis bientôt 34 ans, avec plusieurs mandats du peuple, m'éloigne des opérations scabreuses qui sont décrites dans ce montage grossier et insipide en circulation. Par la même occasion, je réaffirme mon attachement au RDPC, parti dont je partage les valeurs de transparence, d'équité et de justice. Grâce au leadership de son Président National, Son Excellence Paul Biya, et porté par une dynamique sans cesse renouvelée, le RDPC a remporté haut la main et sans bavures de nombreuses compétitions électorales dans la Vina et la Région de l'Adamaoua. La fraude électorale par quelque moyen que ce soit n'est ni une méthode de mon Parti, ni un recours pour ses militants. A l'aube de l'élection présidentielle de 2025 et des Législatives et Municipales de 2026, le RDPC poursuit son travail de terrain dans ma circonscription électorale par des actions de proximité auprès des différentes classes sociales et de mobilisation de son électorat. C'est en oeuvrant ainsi que j'ai à mon actif dix sept ans de mandat électif en tant que élu du peuple et non par la tricherie ou la fraude électorale. Enfin, qu'il me soit permis de dire que les Camerounais attendent de nos acteurs politiques de la hauteur, de la classe et une certaine élégance dans leurs agissements et prises de position fussent-elles partisanes. La logique politicienne voire populiste ne sert qu'à polariser et à polluer un espace public qui a davantage besoin de sérénité, de bonne foi et de cohésion sociale. Lire l'article original sur Camer.be .

DENVER — Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in Boulder, Colorado, refuted assertions this week that there is viable evidence and leads about the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old girl that they are not pursuing. JonBenet Ramsey, who competed in beauty pageants, was found dead in the basement of her family's home in the college town of Boulder the day after Christmas in 1996. Her body was found several hours after her mother called 911 to say her daughter was missing and a ransom note was left behind. The gravesite of JonBenet Ramsey is covered with flowers Jan. 8, 1997, at St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Marietta, Ga. JonBenet was bludgeoned and strangled. Her death was ruled a homicide, but nobody was ever prosecuted. The details of the crime and video footage of JonBenet competing in pageants propelled the case into one of the highest-profile mysteries in the United States. The police comments came as part of their annual update on the investigation, a month before the 28th anniversary of JonBenet's killing. Police said they released it a little earlier due to the increased attention on the case, apparently referring to the three-part Netflix series "Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey." In a video statement, Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said the department welcomes news coverage and documentaries about the killing of JonBenet, who would have been 34 this year, as a way to generate possible new leads. He said the department is committed to solving the case but needs to be careful about what it shares about the investigation to protect a possible future prosecution. "What I can tell you though, is we have thoroughly investigated multiple people as suspects throughout the years and we continue to be open-minded about what occurred as we investigate the tips that come in to detectives," he said. The Netflix documentary focuses on the mistakes made by police and the "media circus" surrounding the case. A police officer sits in her cruiser Jan. 3, 1997, outside the home in which 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered Dec. 26, 1996, in Boulder, Colo. Police were widely criticized for mishandling the early investigation into her death amid speculation that her family was responsible. However, a prosecutor cleared her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, and brother Burke in 2008 based on new DNA evidence from JonBenet's clothing that pointed to the involvement of an "unexplained third party" in her slaying. The announcement by former district attorney Mary Lacy came two years after Patsy Ramsey died of cancer. Lacy called the Ramseys "victims of this crime." John Ramsey continued to speak out for the case to be solved. In 2022, he supported an online petition asking Colorado's governor to intervene in the investigation by putting an outside agency in charge of DNA testing in the case. In the Netflix documentary, he said he advocated for several items that were not prepared for DNA testing to be tested and for other items to be retested. He said the results should be put through a genealogy database. In recent years, investigators identified suspects in unsolved cases by comparing DNA profiles from crime scenes and to DNA testing results shared online by people researching their family trees. In 2021, police said in their annual update that DNA hadn't been ruled out to help solve the case, and in 2022 noted that some evidence could be "consumed" if DNA testing is done on it. Last year, police said they convened a panel of outside experts to review the investigation to give recommendations and determine if updated technologies or forensic testing might produce new leads. In the latest update, Redfearn said that review ended but police continue to work through and evaluate a "lengthy list of recommendations" from the panel. Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly!

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The launch of O-Train service will be delayed for more than four hours on Sunday, Dec. 1, as OC Transpo continues preparation for the launch of O-Train service in Ottawa's east end. OC Transpo general manager Renee Amilcar says the O-Train will be closed from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 1, to allow for testing of the Stage 2 software integration. "This temporary closure is required to perform testing of the Train Control System along with high-speed data radio, camera, and passenger information systems," Amilcar said. "Testing the integration of Stage 2 software with the existing O-Train system is a key step in preparing for the extension of O-Train Line 1 to Trim Station in 2025." The Line 1 extension will see the O-Train run between Blair Station and Trim Station. The Confederation Line normally opens at 8 a.m. on Sundays. Amilcar says R1 bus service will operate between Tunney's Pasture and Blair stations from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and an R1 shuttle bus will run between St. Laurent and Cyrville stations and Lees Station and Mackenzie King Bridge. The O-Train was closed the first weekend of October to allow for Stage 2 East integration work, giving officials a chance to test and validate the train control software to integrate the east extension with the existing O-Train Line 1. 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Stay ConnectedLONDON , NEW YORK , and SYDNEY , Dec. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DAZN , a world-leading sports entertainment platform, has today announced an agreement to acquire Foxtel Group (' Foxtel ') from its majority shareholder News Corp and minority shareholder Telstra at an enterprise value of US$2.2 billion , subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition establishes DAZN as a leader in sports entertainment in Australia – a highly attractive sports market – while also expanding DAZN's global footprint and enhancing the group's standing as the global home of sport. The addition of Foxtel to DAZN brings the Group's pro-forma revenues towards US$6 billion and provides the additional content, expertise, and expansion opportunities to accelerate DAZN's growth trajectory. Foxtel is one of Australia's leading media companies, with 4.7 million subscribers, who will benefit from DAZN's extensive portfolio of sports content, platform technology, and global reach. From its beginnings as Australia's original pay-TV innovator, Foxtel has evolved to become a digital and streaming leader in sports and entertainment and the proposed transaction positions Foxtel for continued expansion as a digital-first, streaming-focused business. Foxtel will maintain its local character, led by the CEO, Patrick Delany , and his world-class management team. DAZN, a sports streaming platform with a truly global reach, is committed to growing the global audience for domestic Australian sports across the 200 territories in which it is available. Under the terms of the transaction, News Corp and Telstra will become minority shareholders in DAZN, enabling them to retain an interest in Foxtel. Shay Segev , Chief Executive Officer of DAZN, said: "Australians watch more sport than any other country in the world, which makes this deal an incredibly exciting opportunity for DAZN to enter a key market, marking another step in our long-term strategy to become the global home of sport. Foxtel is a successful business that has undergone a remarkable digital transformation in recent years, and we are confident that our global reach and relentless pursuit of innovation will continue to drive the business forward and ensure long-term success. "We are committed to supporting and investing in Foxtel's television and streaming services, across both sports and entertainment, using our world-leading technology to further enhance the viewing experience for customers. We are also committed to using our global reach to export Australia's most popular sports to new markets around the world, and we will continue to promote women's and under-represented sports. "We're looking forward to working closely with Patrick Delany and his team, as well as News Corp and Telstra as shareholders in DAZN, to realise our ambitious vision for the future of sport entertainment." Siobhan McKenna , the Chairman of Foxtel , said the agreement with DAZN was international recognition of the transformation of Foxtel from an incumbent pay TV operator to a sports and entertainment digital and streaming leader. "Over the last seven years the Foxtel team, with the strong support of News, have achieved an extraordinary turnaround in an intensely competitive environment." Foxtel Group CEO, Patrick Delany , said: "Today's announcement is a natural evolution for the Foxtel Group, having reinvented the company over the past five years as Australia's most dynamic technology-led streaming company. "Kayo and Foxtel provide Australian sports fans with access to the best Australian and international sport and shows, including AFL, NRL and Cricket with 4.7 million subscribers. "We are excited by DAZN's commitment to the Australian market. They are experts in the sports media business and can play a significant role in supporting Foxtel as the business grows its streaming capabilities, bringing a bigger and better service to customers across entertainment, news and sport. They are a perfect match for us as we look toward this next era of growth. "We have been grateful for the support of News Corp while we reimagined the future of Foxtel. In 2019, when we merged Foxtel and Fox Sports we had many people questioning our future. "After launching Kayo later in 2019 and BINGE in 2020, today we are the largest Australian-based streamer of sport and entertainment, we have stabilised our Foxtel base and launched Hubbl to help consumers find all the streamed content they love all in one place. This wouldn't have been possible without the support and encouragement of News Corp." NOTES TO EDITORS About DAZN As a world-leading sports entertainment platform, DAZN streams over 90,000 live events annually and is available in more than 200 markets worldwide. DAZN is the home of European football, women's football, boxing and MMA, and the NFL internationally. The platform features the biggest sports and leagues from around the world – Bundesliga, Serie A, LALIGA, Ligue 1, Formula 1, NBA, Moto GP, and many more including the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. DAZN is transforming the way people enjoy sport. With a single, frictionless platform, sports fans can watch, play, buy, and connect. Live and on-demand sports content, anywhere, in any language, on any device – only on DAZN. DAZN partners with leading pay-TV operators, ISPs and Telcos worldwide to maximise sports exposure to a broad audience. Its partners include Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Sky, Movistar, Telenet, Vodafone, and many more. DAZN is a global, privately-owned company, founded in 2016, with more than 3,000 employees. The Group generated $3.2bn in revenue in 2023, having grown its annual revenues by over 50% on average from 2020 to 2023, through diverse revenue streams comprising subscriptions, advertising, sponsorship, and transactional. For more information on DAZN, our products, people, and performance, visit www.dazngroup.com . About Foxtel The Foxtel Group is one of Australia's leading media companies with 4.7 million subscribers. Its businesses include subscription television, streaming, sports production and advertising. The Foxtel Group is owned 65% by News Corp and 35% by Telstra. The Foxtel Group's diversified business includes Fox Sports, Australia's leading sports production company, famous for live sports and shows with the best commentators and personalities. It is also the home of local and global entertainment content and continues to be the partner of choice for the widest range of sports and international content providers based on established, long-term relationships, growing streaming audiences, and position as the largest Australian-based subscription television company. View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dazn-advances-global-expansion-with-acquisition-of-foxtel-a-leading-australian-sports-and-entertainment-media-group-302337994.html SOURCE DAZN

Shop our top ten beauty buys from Anastasia Beverly Hills – the brand created by Victoria Beckham’s brow guruThe Score: Target, Super Micro Computer, Alphabet and More Stocks That Defined the WeekMilestone deal for DAZN's position as the global home of sport. This acquisition establishes DAZN's sports platform in Australia , one of the world's most attractive sports markets. Foxtel Group will leverage DAZN's global reach, industry-leading technology and extensive content portfolio to further enhance the viewing experience for Australian sports fans. LONDON , NEW YORK , and SYDNEY , Dec. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DAZN , a world-leading sports entertainment platform, has today announced an agreement to acquire Foxtel Group (' Foxtel ') from its majority shareholder News Corp and minority shareholder Telstra at an enterprise value of US$2.2 billion , subject to regulatory approval. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

Washington: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI laid out plans Friday for a new corporate structure shifting away from control by a non-profit -- an issue of contention for the artificial intelligence trailblazer. OpenAI was founded as a non-profit in 2015 and has since switched to a "capped" for-profit enterprise allowing for a limited level of money making. But it has been seeking to become a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC), which could attract more investment. In a blog post, the company said it plans to restructure as a PBC, which "requires the company to balance shareholder interests, stakeholder interests, and a public benefit interest in its decision making." "It will enable us to raise the necessary capital with conventional terms like others in this space," OpenAI added. It said that it needs to raise more capital than imagined, citing the hundreds and billions of dollars that major firms are now putting into artificial intelligence development. "Investors want to back us but, at this scale of capital, need conventional equity and less structural bespokeness," OpenAI said. Currently, its structure does not allow the board to directly consider the interests of those who would finance its mission. The structure also "does not enable the non-profit to easily do more than control the for-profit," the company said. With the restructuring, the PBC will control OpenAI's operations and business. Its non-profit arm will build up a team to pursue charitable initiatives in areas like health care. OpenAI is under high scrutiny as an artificial intelligence powerhouse, reaching a staggering $157 billion valuation in recent times. The company, led by Sam Altman, has become one of the most successful startups in Silicon Valley history -- propelled to headlines in 2022 when it released ChatGPT, its generative AI chatbot. But its corporate set-up imploded in late 2023 when the board fired Altman out-of-the-blue. Staff rebelled and Altman was eventually reinstated, while those involved in his ouster left the company. Alarmed by the situation, new investors have demanded that OpenAI become a more classic for-profit outfit within two years. Its restructuring efforts will likely face obstacles, with Elon Musk reportedly asking a US court to stop OpenAI from converting into a for-profit enterprise.

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NoneThe FTSE 100 rose slightly on Wednesday, led higher by retail and property stocks, as a gauge of US inflation favoured by the Federal Reserve showed prices rising faster. London’s blue-chip index rose 16.14 points, or 0.20%, to end the day at 8,274.75. The gains followed a report that indicated US inflation sped up in October versus a year ago, supporting a more cautious approach taken by Federal Reserve policymakers. The measure showed consumer prices rose 2.3% in October from a year earlier, the US Commerce Department said. Kathleen Brooks, of trading firm XTB, said: “US traders can pack up for the Thanksgiving holiday with little to fear at this stage.” She added that the data “suggests that the Fed is right to tread a careful path when it comes to rate cuts, but it continues to support a gradual easing in Fed policy”. The data seemed to help the UK index, which rose after the US markets opened, with property stocks including Vistry and LondonMetric in the lead. It comes after markets reacted poorly to President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China the day before. At the end of the day in Europe Frankfurt’s Dax index fell 0.18%, while the Cac 40 in Paris fell 0.72%. In New York, a little while after markets had closed in Europe, the S&P 500 had fallen 0.35%, while the Dow Jones was 0.05% higher. On currency markets the pound was trading 0.87% higher against the dollar at 1.2682 and was 0.08 up against the euro at 1.1994. In company news, Just Eat Takeaway said it will abandon its listing on the London Stock Exchange in a bid to cut costs and complexity, in the latest blow to the UK’s markets. The delivery giant wants its shares to keep trading on the Amsterdam stock market, the city where it is based. The company said it had considered the impact of having a main market listing in Amsterdam and a secondary listing in London. It cited the “administrative burden, complexity and costs” associated with keeping its shares in London for its decision to quit, as well as low liquidity and trading volumes of its shares. Just Eat shares fell 2.89% on the news. Meanwhile, luxury car maker Aston Martin alerted over profits for the second time in as many months and tapped investors for more cash. The group revealed plans for the fundraise after the market close on Tuesday as it also warned that underlying earnings would be lower than forecast this year, at between £270 million and £280 million. Aston had already cut its outlook in September. Shares in the firm fell as much as 9% at one stage on Wednesday before finishing 5.47% down. Brent Crude Futures were down 0.14% to 72.22 US dollars at the close of trading. The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were Airtel Africa, up 5.15p to 105p, Vistry, up 17.5p to 675p, LondonMetric Property, up 4.3p to 194.3p, Marks & Spencer, up 8.4p to 384.3p, and Tesco, up 7.5p to 357.9p. The biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 were Entain, down 21p to 783.2p, DS Smith, down 12p to 582p, Kingfisher, down 3.1p to 248.8p, Croda, down 43p to 3483p, and Whitbread, down 35p to 2843p.