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JERUSALEM — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization's director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, with a crew member injured. "The air traffic control tower, the departure lounge — just a few meters from where we were — and the runway were damaged," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media. He added that he and U.N. colleagues were safe. "We will need to wait for the damage to the airport to be repaired before we can leave," he said, without mentioning the source of the bombardment. U.N. spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay later said the injured person was with the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service. Israel's army later told The Associated Press it wasn't aware that the WHO chief or delegation were at the location in Yemen. Smoke rises Thursday from the area around the International Airport after an airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen. The Israeli strikes followed several days of Houthi launches setting off sirens in Israel. The Israeli military said in a statement it attacked infrastructure used by the Iran-backed Houthis at the international airport in Sanaa and ports in Hodeida, Al-Salif and Ras Qantib, along with power stations, claiming they were used to smuggle in Iranian weapons and for the entry of senior Iranian officials. Israel's military added it had "capabilities to strike very far from Israel's territory — precisely, powerfully, and repetitively." The strikes, carried out more than 1,000 miles from Jerusalem, came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "the Houthis, too, will learn what Hamas and Hezbollah and Assad's regime and others learned" as his military has battled those more powerful proxies of Iran. The Houthi-controlled satellite channel al-Masirah reported multiple deaths and showed broken windows, collapsed ceilings and a bloodstained floor and vehicle. Iran's foreign ministry condemned the strikes. The U.S. military also targeted the Houthis in recent days. The U.N. says the targeted ports are important entryways for humanitarian aid for Yemen, the poorest Arab nation that plunged into a civil war in 2014. Over the weekend, 16 people were wounded when a Houthi missile hit a playground in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, while other missiles and drones were shot down. Last week, Israeli jets struck Sanaa and Hodeida, killing nine people, calling it a response to previous Houthi attacks. The Houthis also have been targeting shipping on the Red Sea corridor, calling it solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The U.N. Security Council has an emergency meeting Monday in response to an Israeli request that it condemn the Houthi attacks and Iran for supplying them weapons. Relatives and friends mourn over the bodies of five Palestinian journalists Thursday who were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah. Meanwhile, an Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in Gaza overnight, the territory's Health Ministry said. The strike hit a car outside Al-Awda Hospital in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The journalists worked for local news outlet Al-Quds Today, a television channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group. Islamic Jihad is a smaller and more extreme ally of Hamas and took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel that ignited the war. Israel's military identified four of the men as combat propagandists and said that intelligence, including a list of Islamic Jihad operatives found by soldiers in Gaza, confirmed that all five were affiliated with the group. Associated Press footage showed the incinerated shell of a van, with press markings visible on the back doors. The Committee to Protect Journalists says more than 130 Palestinian reporters have been killed since the start of the war. Israel hasn't allowed foreign reporters to enter Gaza except on military embeds. Israel banned the pan-Arab Al Jazeera network and accuses six of its Gaza reporters of being militants. The Qatar-based broadcaster denies the allegations and accuses Israel of trying to silence its war coverage, which has focused heavily on civilian casualties from Israeli military operations. Mourners cry Thursday while they take the last look at the body of a relative, one of eight Palestinians killed, during their funeral in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. Separately, Israel's military said a 35-year-old reserve soldier was killed during fighting in central Gaza. A total of 389 soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the start of the ground operation. The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed across the border, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting about 250. About 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed to be dead. Israel's air and ground offensive has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry. It says more than half the fatalities are women and children, but doesn't say how many of the dead were fighters. The offensive caused widespread destruction and hunger and drove around 90% of the population of 2.3 million from their homes. Hundreds of thousands are packed into squalid camps along the coast, with little protection from the cold, wet winter. Also Thursday, people mourned eight Palestinians killed by Israeli military operations in and around Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The Israeli military said it opened fire after militants attacked soldiers, and it was aware of uninvolved civilians who were harmed in the raid. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
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Dejan Kulusevski cannot wait to play Man City again after Tottenham run riotThe United States offered a $10 million reward on Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese man and co-conspirators wanted for hacking computer firewalls. Guan Tianfeng, 30, is believed to be living in China's Sichuan Province, according to the State Department. An indictment charging Guan with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud was unsealed on Tuesday. The Treasury Department said it had imposed on the company Guan worked for, Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co Ltd. Guan and co-conspirators at Sichuan Silence allegedly took advantage of a vulnerability in firewalls sold by UK-based cybersecurity company Sophos Ltd, according to the indictment. "The and his co-conspirators exploited a vulnerability in tens of thousands of network security devices, infecting them with malware designed to steal information from victims around the world," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a statement. Some 81,000 devices were simultaneously attacked worldwide in April 2020, the indictment said, with the aim of stealing data, including usernames and passwords, while also attempting to infect the computers with ransomware. More than 23,000 firewalls were in the United States, of which 36 were protecting "critical infrastructure companies' systems," the Treasury said. "The zero-day vulnerability Guan Tianfeng and his co-conspirators found and exploited affected firewalls owned by businesses across the United States," FBI agent Herbert Stapleton said. "If Sophos had not rapidly identified the and deployed a comprehensive response, the damage could have been far more severe." According to the indictment, Sichuan Silence sold its services and the data it obtained through hacking to Chinese businesses and to government entities, including the Ministry of Public Security. © 2024 AFPSpaid, Winner of CES Innovation Awards for Redefining the Future of Geospatial with AI, to Unveil AI Solution and OpenAI Platform at CES 2025
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sam Darnold tossed aside his stoic demeanor for a moment after realizing he was on the videoboard, aggressively twirling a towel to further stoke the crowd's fire after the Minnesota Vikings had pulled away from Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons late in the game. “I just felt the buzz. That was pure passion, pure joy, man,” Darnold said. Darnold added yet another highlight to his brilliant first season with the Vikings, passing for 347 yards and five touchdowns, both career highs, in a 42-21 victory over the foundering Falcons on Sunday to stretch their winning streak to six games. “It just felt like it was one of those days to keep the gas pedal down,” said coach Kevin O'Connell, who enjoyed his team's first 40-point game in three seasons on the job. Darnold passed for 250 yards after halftime to help the Vikings (11-2) break a 21-all tie early in the fourth quarter and stay one game behind NFC North-leading Detroit with a final-week matchup looming with the Lions. Jordan Addison had eight catches for 133 yards and three scores and Justin Jefferson racked up seven receptions for 132 yards and two touchdowns after going the past six games without scoring. “This is something that we want to do and we can do every single week,” Jefferson said. Cousins, whose departure in free agency for Atlanta prompted Minnesota to sign Darnold as a bridge to currently injured rookie J.J. McCarthy, threw two more interceptions without a touchdown in this unhappy homecoming following a mixed six-year run with the Vikings. Booed as he took the field, Cousins and the Falcons (6-7) left with a fourth consecutive loss to tumble out of first place in the NFC South and fall one game behind Tampa Bay. “When you’re playing well you usually aren’t as good as people are telling you when they’re patting you on the back, and if you’re in a rut you’re usually not as bad as people kind of leaving you for dead,” Cousins said. “The reality’s usually somewhere in the middle. You just have to keep playing and see where the dust settles in January.” Cousins went 23 for 37 for 344 yards for the Falcons, who crossed midfield on all nine of their possessions and finished with 496 total yards. He overthrew Ray-Ray McCloud III on fourth down in the first quarter, and the Falcons settled for short field goals just before and right after halftime. Their fate was sealed when McCloud fumbled the kickoff at the 32 after the Vikings went 70 yards in six plays for the go-ahead touchdown pass to Addison, who scored again seven plays later. The Falcons handed the Vikings an earlier touchdown when Kentavious Street was called for defensive holding during a field-goal attempt late in the second quarter, giving Darnold a fresh set of downs before a 12-yard laser to Jefferson on a post route on third-and-6. “You just can’t have the self-inflicted wounds and expect to win football games like we had today,” coach Raheem Morris said. Bijan Robinson had 22 carries for 92 yards and a touchdown and Tyler Allgeier rushed nine times for 63 yards and a score for the Falcons against the NFL’s leading run defense. Cousins, who was picked off four times last week, hesitated as he wound up to throw on first down from the Minnesota 47 in a tie game early in the second quarter and then inexplicably fired a pass straight to Josh Metellus as he sat in a zone in front of Drake London. Cousins has a NFL -most 15 interceptions. Byron Murphy snagged an overthrow for the second one near the goal line with a 35-21 lead and 6:26 left. Darnold, who went 22 for 28 without a turnover-worthy play despite heavy first-half pressure, then directed a seven-play, 98-yard drive to seal it. “I think we grew up a lot today offensively,” O'Connell said. Addison and Jefferson became the first duo in Vikings history to each have 100-plus receiving yards and two-plus touchdown catches in the same game. Addison also became the first Vikings player with three receiving touchdowns in a game since Stefon Diggs caught three from Cousins in 2019. Murphy has six interceptions this season, the most for the Vikings since Jimmy Hitchcock had seven in 1998. Falcons: CB Mike Hughes (knee) was back in the lineup after missing two games. Minnesota's 2018 first-round draft pick returned an interception for a touchdown against Atlanta in his NFL debut here. Vikings: CB Stephon Gilmore (hamstring) and backup OLB Patrick Jones (knee) were out. TE Josh Oliver (wrist/ankle) returned from a two-game absence, and LS Andrew DePaola (hand) and PK Will Reichard (quadriceps) were back from four-game injured reserve stints. Both teams play next Monday night, Dec. 16: Atlanta visits Las Vegas, and Minnesota hosts Chicago. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
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The Indianapolis Colts (7-9) are officially eliminated from the playoffs after an embarrassing 45-33 loss to the New York Giants (3-13). This was a poor display by all three phases of the game. The offense moved the ball well and had four touchdown drives but falling flat on their faces after getting in scoring position multiple times led to the Giants jumping out a 21-6 lead in the middle of the second quarter. The Indy defense looked uninspired in the first half. Sloppy tackling and breakdown in coverages set up New York's first three touchdowns of the game. They played much better in the third quarter to help their team get back within reach of winning this game but in typical fashion from Gus Bradley's unit this season, they had a letdown fourth quarter. After the offense made it a 28-26 game, Malik Nabers broke a pair of tackle attempts and took it for a 59-yard touchdown. Once again the offense made it a two-point game but the Giants offense was able to march down and put this out of reach after a pair of key third-down conversions. On third-and-eight, Drew Lock hit Wan'Dale Robinson for a 35-yard gain to get to the Colts nine-yard line. Then on third-and-goal, Lock was able to run around and stumble his way into the endzone to put New York up 42-33. What was baffling about this play was that E.J. Speed and Nick Cross hesitated to go up and tackle Lock short of the endzone. This wasn't just on the offense and defense but the special teams had some letdown moments. Matt Gay had a missed 54-yard field goal attempt that would have made it a 7-6 game and would have eliminated the need for a two-point conversion later in the contest. The biggest killer from this unit was allowing a kickoff return touchdown to start the second half to put Indianapolis down 28-13. Overall this was an inexcusable performance by a team that had a shot at the postseason against the team that had the worst record in the league entering Sunday. Here's everything we know from the Colts' Week 17 loss to the Giants: Colts vs. Giants final score, game recap Week 17 Final Score: Giants 45, Colts 33 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final IND 3 10 7 13 33 NYG 7 14 7 17 45 Keys to the Game Joe Flacco's first interception on the opening drive of the game. The Colts were in field goal range so they would had at least three points. Looking back, this turnover set the tone for how the day was going to go for Indianapolis. The kickoff return touchdown for the Giants to begin the third quarter. This wiped away the momentum from the Colts' first touchdown to end the first half and put more pressure on the offense and defense. Not taking advantage of the turnover on downs forced by the Indy defense. Gave the offense the ball at New York's 41-yard line but they lost a yard, went three-and-out, and punted for the first time. The score was 28-20 in the third quarter at this moment. Two straight touchdown drives were given up in the fourth quarter by the Colts' defense. Those 14 points were a backbreaker for Indianapolis. Stars of the Game Biggest Takeaway This is a type of loss that will cost people jobs. From the front office to the coaching staff to the players. At this moment, it feels like Shane Steichen will get at least one more season with Anthony Richardson but could Jim Irsay consider moving on if a coach like Mike Vrabel expresses interest? If Steichen is safe, I do believe that means Chris Ballard will stick around to avoid tying a new general manager to a coach in a potential lame-duck situation. But there needs to be a demand that Ballard spends money in free agency, otherwise, it is time to let him go. The scapegoat will be Gus Bradley. His defense didn't show any progress and letdown the team in crucial moments throughout the season. If they move on then that means the entire defense needs to be torn down and get rid of players in favor of ones that will fit the new defensive coordinator's scheme. Whatever is to come after Week 18, there has to be some level of change coming for the Colts. Quick Hits Per James Boyd of The Athletic , the Giants' 45 points are the most they've ever scored against the Colts in their decades-long history of matchups that dates back to 1954. Per Mike Chappell of Fox59 News , this is the longest drought of not making the playoffs for the Colts since 1988-1994. Per Next Gen Stats , over half of Joe Flacco's passing yards (166) and both touchdowns came on passes over 10 air yards. Per Next Gen Stats, Flacco was at his best when not blitzed, completing 21-of-27 passes for 246 yards, both touchdowns and an interception. However, Flacco was also sacked twice when not blitzed, including the game-sealing strip sack late in the fourth quarter. Per Next Gen Stats , Alec Pierce was dominant against zone coverage, recording all 6 of his receptions on 7 targets for 122 yards. His +39.9% catch rate over expected and +2.8 receptions over expected against zone are both the third-most generated by a WR in a single game this season (min. five targets against zone). Injuries Anthony Richardson (back/foot) was inactive. What's next? The Colts will wrap up the season at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars (4-12)It looked like a recipe for disaster. So, when his country's swimmers were being accused of doping earlier this year, one Chinese official cooked up something fast. He blamed it on contaminated noodles. In fact, he argued, it could have been a culinary conspiracy concocted by criminals, whose actions led to the cooking wine used to prepare the noodles being laced with a banned heart drug that found its way into an athlete's system. This theory was spelled out to international anti-doping officials during a meeting and, after weeks of wrangling, finally made it into the thousands of pages of data handed over to the lawyer who investigated the case involving 23 Chinese swimmers who had tested positive for that same drug. The attorney, appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, refused to consider that scenario as he sifted through the evidence. In spelling out his reasoning, lawyer Eric Cottier paid heed to the half-baked nature of the theory. "The Investigator considers this scenario, which he has described in the conditional tense, to be possible, no less, no more," Cottier wrote. Even without the contaminated-noodles theory, Cottier found problems with the way WADA and the Chinese handled the case but ultimately determined WADA had acted reasonably in not appealing China's conclusion that its athletes had been inadvertently contaminated. Critics of the way the China case was handled can't help but wonder if a wider exploration of the noodle theory, details of which were discovered by The Associated Press via notes and emails from after the meeting where it was delivered, might have lent a different flavor to Cottier's conclusions. "There are more story twists to the ways the Chinese explain the TMZ case than a James Bond movie," said Rob Koehler, the director general of the advocacy group Global Athlete. "And all of it is complete fiction." In April, reporting from the New York Times and the German broadcaster ARD revealed that the 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine, also known as TMZ. China's anti-doping agency determined the athletes had been contaminated, and so, did not sanction them. WADA accepted that explanation, did not press the case further, and China was never made to deliver a public notice about the "no-fault findings," as is often seen in similar cases. The stock explanation for the contamination was that traces of TMZ were found in the kitchen of a hotel where the swimmers were staying. In his 58-page report, Cottier relayed some suspicions about the feasibility of that chain of events — noting that WADA's chief scientist "saw no other solution than to accept it, even if he continued to have doubts about the reality of contamination as described by the Chinese authorities." But without evidence to support pursuing the case, and with the chance of winning an appeal at almost nil, Cottier determined WADA's "decision not to appeal appears indisputably reasonable." A mystery remained: How did those traces of TMZ get into the kitchen? Shortly after the doping positives were revealed, the Institute of National Anti-Doping Organizations held a meeting on April 30 where it heard from the leader of China's agency, Li Zhiquan. Li's presentation was mostly filled with the same talking points that have been delivered throughout the saga — that the positive tests resulted from contamination from the kitchen. But he expanded on one way the kitchen might have become contaminated, harkening to another case in China involving a low-level TMZ positive. A pharmaceutical factory, he explained, had used industrial alcohol in the distillation process for producing TMZ. The industrial alcohol laced with the drug "then entered the market through illegal channels," he said. The alcohol "was re-used by the perpetrators to process and produce cooking wine, which is an important seasoning used locally to make beef noodles," Li said. "The contaminated beef noodles were consumed by that athlete, resulting in an extremely low concentration of TMZ in the positive sample. "The wrongdoers involved have been brought to justice." This new information raised eyebrows among the anti-doping leaders listening to Li's report. So much so that over the next month, several emails ensued to make sure the details about the noodles and wine made their way to WADA lawyers, who could then pass it onto Cottier. Eventually, Li did pass on the information to WADA general counsel Ross Wenzel and, just to be sure, one of the anti-doping leaders forwarded it, as well, according to the emails seen by the AP. All this came with Li's request that the noodles story be kept confidential. Turns out, it made it into Cottier's report, though he took the information with a grain of salt. "Indeed, giving it more attention would have required it to be documented, then scientifically verified and validated," he wrote. Neither Wenzel nor officials at the Chinese anti-doping agency returned messages from AP asking about the noodles conspiracy and the other athlete who Li suggested had been contaminated by them. Meanwhile, 11 of the swimmers who originally tested positive competed at the Paris Games earlier this year in a meet held under the cloud of the Chinese doping case. Though WADA considers the case closed, Koehler and others point to situations like this as one of many reasons that an investigation by someone other than Cottier, who was hired by WADA, is still needed. "It gives the appearance that people are just making things up as they go along on this, and hoping the story just goes away," Koehler said. "Which clearly it has not." Get local news delivered to your inbox!https://www.socialdad.ca/2024/12/10/the-dads-guide-to-social-media-in-2025-whats-coming-and-how-to-not-lose-your-mind/ VANCOUVER, BC , Dec. 10, 2024 /CNW/ - In a comprehensive new report released today on SocialDad.ca, social media strategist and father James Smith reveals ground-breaking predictions for social media trends in 2025, with a special focus on how these changes will impact families and parenting in the digital age. "As both a social media professional and a dad, I'm seeing a perfect storm brewing for 2025," says Smith. "We're looking at AI-powered everything, augmented reality becoming the norm, and teenagers spending more time in the metaverse than their actual bedrooms. Parents need a game plan, and they need it now." Key Findings from the Report: Daily social media usage is expected to reach 170 minutes per user Generation Alpha (ages 8-13) averaging 4+ hours daily on social platforms Instagram maintains market dominance, with 44% of the marketing focus LinkedIn emerging as a surprising second-place contender with 20% market share New AI-powered parental controls that "actually work this time" (we hope) The full report, available at SocialDad.ca , includes: Detailed platform-by-platform analysis Parent's survival guide for 2025 Professional insights on emerging technologies Practical strategies for family digital wellness Dad-joke-approved tips for staying relevant The blue light problem "This isn't just another tech prediction piece," Smith adds. "This is a real conversation about how families can thrive in an increasingly digital world. And yes, I included enough dad jokes to make my kids roll their eyes." The report comes at a crucial time when parents are struggling to navigate the rapidly evolving digital landscape while maintaining meaningful connections with their children. Smith's unique perspective as both an industry professional and father offers practical insights wrapped in relatable humor. Key themes in the article: "The Oh Boy, Here We Go" guide to new features Reality check section for parents Platform-specific survival strategies Family communication templates Digital wellness action plans The complete article, "The Dad's Guide to Social Media in 2025: What's Coming and How to Not Lose Your Mind," is now available at www.SocialDad.ca . About James Smith : James Smith is a Vancouver -based social media strategist and the voice behind SocialDad.ca. Known for combining professional expertise with real-world parenting experience, Smith provides practical digital guidance for modern families. 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The Detroit Lions (13-2) will visit the San Francisco 49ers (6-9) in an NFC showdown on Monday Night Football to conclude the Week 17 NFL schedule. The Lions are fighting to lock down the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff bracket. In Week 16, the Lions blew out the Chicago Bears, 34-17. The Niners are looking to play spoiler since they have been eliminated from playoff contention. Last week, the 49ers fell to the Miami Dolphins, 29-17. Kickoff from Levi's Stadium in San Francisco is set for 8:15 p.m. ET. Detroit is a 3.5-point favorite in the latest Lions vs. 49ers odds from SportsLine Consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 50.5. Before locking in any Lions vs. 49ers picks, make sure to check out the NFL predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model . The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up well over $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters Week 17 of the 2024 NFL season on a 28-12 betting hot streak on top-rated NFL picks this year, a stunning 70% success rate. Longer term, it is on a 208-140 roll on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season and a 62-33 roll on top-rated NFL picks since Week 7 of 2022. The model also ranked in the top 10 on NFLPickWatch four of the past six years on straight-up NFL picks and beat more than 94% of CBS Sports Football Pick'em players four times during that span. Anyone following at sportsbooks and on betting apps has seen strong returns. Now, the model has simulated Lions vs. 49ers 10,000 times and just revealed its coveted NFL picks and NFL betting predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model's picks . Here are several NFL odds and NFL betting lines for Lions vs. 49ers: Lions vs. 49ers spread: Detroit -3.5 Lions vs. 49ers over/under: 50.5 points Lions vs. 49ers money line: Detroit -201, San Francisco +167 DET: Lions are 10-5 against the spread this season SF: 49ers are 5-10 against the spread this season Lions vs. 49ers picks: See picks at SportsLine Lions vs. 49ers streaming: FuboTV (Try for free) Why the Lions can cover Detroit's offense is ranked second in total yardage (408.6) and passing yardage (264.7). Quarterback Jared Goff is the engineer of this potent unit. Goff is second in passing yards (4,095), fourth in passing touchdowns (33) and eighth in QBR (66.3). The Cal product has thrown for multiple passing touchdowns in four straight games. Last week versus the Bears, Goff went 23-of-32 for 336 yards and three passing touchdowns. Running back Jahmyr Gibbs is a dynamic playmaker who can handle the load with David Montgomery (knee) out. The Alabama product is seventh in rushing yards (1,156) and rushing touchdowns (12). In addition, he has added 440 receiving yards. See who to back at SportsLine . Why the 49ers can cover Quarterback Brock Purdy has completed 65% of his throws for 3,487 yards and 17 passing touchdowns this season. Purdy has four games with 300-plus yards, including two in the last three games. In the loss to the Dolphins, the 24-year-old had 313 passing yards and two passing scores. Tight end George Kittle is a physical blocker and reliable pass-catcher. He leads the team in receptions (68), receiving yards (967), and touchdowns (8). The Iowa product has 18 receptions of 20-plus yards in 2024. The 31-year-old has gone over 100 receiving yards in two of his last three games. In Week 14 over the Bears, Kittle had six catches for a season-high 151 receiving yards. See who to back at SportsLine . How to make Lions vs. 49ers picks The model is leaning Under the total, projecting 50 combined points. It also says one side of the spread cashes in over 50% of simulations. You can head to SportsLine to see the model's picks . So who wins 49ers vs. Lions on Monday Night Football, and which side of the spread hits over 50% of the time? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the 49ers vs. Lions spread to back, all from the model that has returned well over $7,000 on top-rated NFL picks .
EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) — Jedy Cordilia's 21 points helped Mount St. Mary's defeat Fairfield 101-94 on Sunday. Cordilia also had seven rebounds for the Mountaineers (6-3, 1-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Dola Adebayo scored 15 points while shooting 5 of 7 from the field and 4 for 4 from the free-throw line and added nine rebounds, five assists, and four blocks. Dallas Hobbs shot 4 of 9 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 4 from the foul line to finish with 14 points. Prophet Johnson led the Stags (5-5, 1-1) in scoring, finishing with 22 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and two steals. Braden Sparks added 16 points and four assists for Fairfield. Jamie Bergens had 15 points and four assists. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .VANCOUVER, BC , Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- (TSX: LUN) (Nasdaq Stockholm: LUMI) Lundin Mining Corporation ("Lundin Mining" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Lundin Mining's Swedish short-form document prepared in accordance with Article 1.4 da) and Annex IX of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the "Short Form Document") for the proposed offer of new common shares of Lundin Mining (the "Lundin Mining Shares") to holders of Euroclear Sweden AB registered common shares of Filo Corp. ("Filo") in connection with the previously announced arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act whereby the Company and BHP Investments Canada Inc. ("BHP" and together with Lundin Mining, the "Purchaser Parties"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BHP Group Limited will, among other things, acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Filo not already owned by the Purchaser Parties and their respective affiliates (the "Arrangement"), has been filed with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen). View PDF The Short Form Document is available on Lundin Mining's website ( www.lundinmining.com ). The completion of the Arrangement and the issuance of the new Lundin Mining Shares to shareholders of Filo remain subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions for a transaction of this nature, including, among other things, regulatory approvals and relevant stock exchange approvals. The Arrangement is anticipated to be completed in the first quarter of 2025 (the "Effective Date") subject to the satisfaction or waiver of closing conditions. Trading of the new Lundin Mining Shares on Nasdaq Stockholm is expected to commence as soon as possible following the Arrangement becoming effective on the Effective Date, subject to Nasdaq Stockholm approving the admission to trading of such shares and completion of the Arrangement. About Lundin Mining Lundin Mining is a diversified Canadian base metals mining company with operations or projects in Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Portugal , Sweden and the United States of America , primarily producing copper, zinc, gold and nickel. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out below on December 10, 2024 at 1:00 PM PST . Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information Certain of the statements made and information contained herein are "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this document constitute forward-looking information, including but not limited to statements regarding the completion of the Arrangement and the expected timing thereof; the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the Arrangement; the listing of the new Lundin Mining Shares on Nasdaq Stockholm and the timing thereof; and expectations for other economic, business, and/or competitive factors. Words such as "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "contemplate", "target", "plan", "goal", "aim", "intend", "continue", "budget", "estimate", "may", "will", "can", "could", "should", "schedule" and similar expressions identify forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is necessarily based upon various estimates and assumptions including, without limitation, the expectations and beliefs of management, including the Company's ability to achieve goals; the prompt and effective integration of acquisitions, including the completion of the Arrangement; the establishment of the 50/50 joint arrangement with BHP and the realization of synergies and economies of scale in connection therewith; and assumptions related to the factors set forth below. While these factors and assumptions are considered reasonable by Lundin Mining as at the date of this document in light of management's experience and perception of current conditions and expected developments, these statements are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Known and unknown factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information and undue reliance should not be placed on such information. Such factors include, but are not limited to, global financial conditions, market volatility and inflation; the ability to consummate the Arrangement; the ability to obtain requisite regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other remaining conditions to the consummation of the Arrangement on the proposed terms and schedule; the establishment of the 50/50 joint arrangement with BHP and the realization of synergies and economies of scale in connection therewith; the inability to currently control Filo and the ability to satisfy the relevant conditions and complete the Arrangement and establish the 50/50 joint arrangement with BHP on the proposed terms and schedule; risks relating to joint ventures, joint arrangements and operations; the potential impact of the consummation of the Arrangement on relationships, including with regulatory bodies, employees, suppliers, customers and competitors; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; changes in applicable laws; compliance with extensive government regulation; and the diversion of management time on the Arrangement. This forward-looking information may be affected by risks and uncertainties in the business of Lundin Mining and Filo and market conditions; and other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those described in the "Risks and Uncertainties" section of the Company's MD&A for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the "Risks and Uncertainties" section of the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2023 , which are available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com under the Company's profile. All of the forward-looking information in this document is qualified by these cautionary statements. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, forecasted or intended and readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors and assumptions which may have been used. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking information. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate and forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance. Readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained herein speaks only as of the date of this document. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise forward ‐ looking information or to explain any material difference between such and subsequent actual events, except as required by applicable law. For further information, please contact: Stephen Williams , Vice President, Investor Relations: +1 604 806 3074; Robert Eriksson , Investor Relations Sweden: +46 8 440 54 50
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