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Tom Brady shared an Instagram Story on Thursday, December 26, in which he gushed over his son during a father-son golf outing. "Love this boy," the legendary quarterback wrote before hinting that he struggles with golf. "Not sure about this game." Though Brady, 47, did not specify which son he was posing with — as the teen had his back to the camera — People Magazine reported it was the retired NFL 's star's eldest son, 17-year-old Jack, whom he shares with ex Bridget Moynahan. (After splitting from Moynahan in 2006, Brady went on to wed supermodel Gisele Bündchen in 2009 and welcomed two more children — son Benjamin, 15, and daughter Vivian, 12. The former Patriots star and Bündchen, 44, divorced in October 2022 after 13 years of marriage.) In August, Brady made a special social media tribute to Jack in honor of his 17th birthday. The athlete included a selfie of them together on the golf course, along with some pictures of Jack with his siblings. He also praised his son with some heartfelt words. "Happy 17th birthday to the kindest, sweetest, most thoughtful 17-year-old, I know," Brady wrote. "You are truly a blessing in my life and I am so grateful to watch you mature into a young man." A post shared by Tom Brady (@tombrady) "Your love of family, friends, school, athletics, hard work and dedication to everything you put your energy into are just some of your amazing qualities," he added. Despite Brady's close relationship with Jack, he has also opened up about his struggles with parenting . In November 2024, Brady spoke at the Fortune Global Forum in New York City, where he was honest about his approach. "We screw up a lot and I've screwed up a lot as a parent," he said. "I don't want to seem like I'm some expert in parenting, because I'm certainly not that." Brady also pointed out on an Aprilepisode of DeepCut with VicBlends , "You get better as a parent, I think, because you know when you're a young parent, you don't really know what you're doing. You're winging it. You're trying to wing it."
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Zelensky meets with Trump in Paris as he tries to build support for UkraineA hydrogen-powered bus exploded at a charging station in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, Monday. Courtesy of the Chungju city government Operations of all Chungju hydrogen buses halted after first such incident in Korea The explosion of a hydrogen bus in Chungju, a city located in the center of Korea, has raised safety concerns about the fuel type, which is often viewed as a safe and sustainable energy source for the future of transportation. An official at the city's charging station and two other individuals were injured in an explosion on Monday, as the vehicle was starting its engine after charging, causing the rear of the vehicle to be blown off. Investigators from relevant organizations, including the Korea Gas Safety Corporation (KGS), began to look into the case immediately, prompting the city's authorities to suspend operations of all 18 hydrogen-powered buses. According to the KGS and industry experts, this is the first such incident in Korea since the introduction of commercial hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) more than 10 years ago. “Data shows that was the first explosion involving an HFCV. Hydrogen is a safe energy source, but there is no 100 percent,” a KGS official told The Korea Times, Tuesday. “The incident will be carefully and thoroughly investigated to find out what exactly caused it.” In an HFCV, hydrogen is stored in a high-pressure tank and mixed with oxygen from the air in a fuel cell to generate electricity, which powers the vehicle's electric motor. Based on the location where the explosion occurred, experts said the tank, which is installed in the upper or lower part of a hydrogen bus, was probably not the problem. “The part is where the fuel cell stack is located. But for now, it is too early to state anything conclusively, given that too little is known about the case,” one said. The bus, manufactured by Hyundai Motor, began operations in August 2022. Officials stated that the driver was en route to an auto repair shop that day after the "F" (fault) icon had appeared on the dashboard on Dec. 21. “We will faithfully cooperate with the investigation to find the exact cause of the accident,” the company said in a statement sent to The Korea Times. This incident underscores the challenges and safety considerations that come with adopting new energy technologies in transportation, as seen with the adoption of electric cars whose lithium-ion batteries raised safety worries after in recent months. As of October, 36,989 HFCVs were registered for operation in Korea, up from 29,623 in 2022 and 893 in 2018, according to data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The government aims to increase the number of HFCVs operating on the nation’s roads to 300,000 by 2030 as part of its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Industry experts also expressed concerns over the possible ramifications of the incident at a time when Hyundai, one of the market leaders, is expanding its hydrogen business overseas. This all adds to the concerns regarding U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s return to power. During his election campaign, Trump repeatedly about HFCVs’ safety. According to by the Wall Street Journal, there are 18,300 passenger hydrogen vehicles on U.S. roads, with no reports of explosions or fatalities from these vehicles in the past 10 years. To remove this article -None
NEW ORLEANS — Just when it appeared the New Orleans Pelicans were beginning to regroup after a wave of injuries, leading scorer Brandon Ingram went down Saturday. Ingram landed awkwardly on the foot of Oklahoma City's Lu Dort early in the third quarter of Saturday night's 119-109 loss to the Thunder and severely twisted his left ankle. Ingram had missed six of the Pelicans’ 24 games this season with an assortment of injuries, and had just returned from tendonitis in his right foot. He battled back on Thursday night with 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting in a 126-124 victory over Phoenix. He left Saturday’s game with just five points on 1-of-5 shooting. Pelicans coach Willie Green said he could not shed any light on the severity of Ingram’s most recent injury. “No update right now,” Green said. “It’s extremely tough to see B.I. go down — adversity, once again. He had a really good game coming back (against Phoenix) and had a few really good practices. To see a tough play like that was a really tough break for us.” By a wide margin, the Pelicans have been the most injured team in the NBA this season, especially with their five players. Pelican players have lost 117 games due to injury in the first six weeks of the season. Zion Williamson has missed 18 of 24 games – the bulk coming after he pulled a hamstring on Nov. 11. Jose Alvarado has missed 13 games (hamstring) and Jordan Hawkins 13 (back). New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram (14) attempts a shot as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort (5) defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Credit: AP/Tyler Kaufman Herb Jones returned to the lineup after missing 18 games with a right shoulder strain. Dejounte Murray came back after missing 17 with a left hand fracture, and CJ McCollum is back after sitting out 13 games with an adductor strain. Now, the Pelicans will have to wait on Ingram, who led the team by averaging 23.2 points before the loss to the Thunder.NoneGoogle: The DoJ Gave Me An Early Christmas Present
OTTAWA, Ontario — Claude Giroux, Jacob Bernard-Docker and Nick Cousins scored, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Saturday night. Tim Stutzle had two assists for Ottawa in its second straight win. Linus Ullmark made 37 saves. Nashville dropped to 0-4-3 during a seven-game slide. The Senators went ahead to stay with two goals in the second. Bernard-Docker got a pass from Stutzle and wristed a shot from the faceoff circle that beat Juuse Saros for his first of the season. Giroux made it 2-0 when his shot deflected off the skate of Nashville’s Steven Stamkos at 16:52. Saros stopped 27 shots. The Predators pushed hard late in the second. Roman Josi rang a shot off the crossbar and then Ullmark made a couple big saves. Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark makes a save against the Nashville Predators during third period NHL action, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Ottawa. Credit: AP/Adrian Wyld Cousins made it 3-1 with his third of the season midway through the third. Ullmark lost his shutout bid when Fedor Svechkov scored with 1:57 left. It was Svechkov's second goal of the season. Takeaways Senators: The Senators pushed to the final buzzer, something that had been lacking earlier on. Predators: Nashville’s penalty killers continue to be a bright spot through this challenging stretch as they were a perfect 3 for 3 on the night. Ottawa Senators centre Nick Cousins scores on Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros during third period NHL action, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Ottawa. Credit: AP/Adrian Wyld Key moment The Senators killed a Nashville power play early in the third to maintain momentum. Key stat Coming into the game the Predators had scored at least three goals (including shootout winners) in 16 consecutive games against the Senators. Up next The Predators host the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. The Senators host the New York Islanders on Sunday night.Almost the first feeling that I have as an Indian towards our late prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh is one of profound guilt: We as people were extremely unfair to the sensitive, suave leader who was all things except one — a politician. And our betrayal of him came when he most needed his people to know how the people of tomorrow’s India matter more than today’s politics and politicians. It should always haunt the conscience of our nation that we allowed the worthiest incumbent to be called an “accidental prime minister”. Or perhaps it was a reflection of our own priorities that virtues such as integrity and humility appeared as “accidents” to us. In a country where corruption, political rowdyism and megalomania pass for “political strength and stature of a leader”, Dr Singh’s self-effacing refusal to demand and hog the limelight were sure to puzzle his country, especially the press and politicians, and the people. To those for whom their own ugly disdain for decency, culture and unpretentious honesty is the new “normal”, Dr Singh’s unassuming insistence on modesty, quiet efficiency and professional integrity were bound to appear as “accidental”. Dr Singh never claimed credit for achievements My memories of Dr Singh are of a person for whom doing the right thing the right way was the only normal way to do anything. No surprises then that he never claimed credit either for his path-breaking economic reforms or for his absolute insistence on administrative efficiency, transparency and accountability. For him, this was the only “normal” way a government could and should function. I am not surprised then that his media adviser felt uncomfortable working for a prime minister who believed that the news needed no “doctoring” and that the media could not be dishonest and therefore required no goading or “management”. I was fortunate that I worked with a leader who shared Dr Singh’s approach to and respect for the media and allowed his adviser to function as an adviser rather than a manipulator of public opinion. So, I was never made to think of him as an “accidental” leader. But I think Dr Singh must have been a media adviser’s worst nightmare. He always preferred me to address him as “Doctor Saab” rather than “PM Saab”. I once asked him how he felt being described as an accidental PM by his own adviser. His response was typically respectful of his former aide: “Perhaps, he was trying to be helpful. He probably thought accidents make better news than prime ministers.” Bond between Dr Singh and Badal Saab One of the great memories of my own professional career centres around being a close witness to an incident of amazing sensitivity involving the relationship between two truly great leaders – Dr Manmohan Singh and Parkash Singh Badal. Both shared much more than the background of a common religious faith and a common ancestral state. Both were humble and modest about their own achievements. Both had a distaste for the high-profile and spotlight – and both were passionate about rural development, health and education, especially the education of the girl child. And both were gentlemen in politics, born democrats and extremely respectful of the Opposition. For both, consensus rather than confrontation was the essence of politics, especially in a country where federal approach is the only way to address issues of diversity. Both were at once devotees as well as champions of dignified decorum in public life. And even while being devoutly religious, both believed in the power of religion to function as a binding glue rather than a divisive potion injected with fanatical poison. For both, peace and communal harmony remained cardinal principles of politics and religious faith. Sympathetic to Punjab, Sikh community Whenever the issues of Punjab and the Sikh community came up for discussion, Badal Saab found a most sympathetic heart and ears waiting for him on the other side of the table. Two instances come immediately to my mind. One: The then chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh was on a personal rampage to decisively finish the political career of Parkash Singh Badal. He and Akali stalwart Gurcharan Singh Tohra had personal grouses to settle with Badal and he was not averse to taking the Congress government’s help to achieve his goals. As election to the 2002 Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) executive poll drew closer, the holy city of Amritsar turned khaki and the police entered Harmandar Sahib to block the Badal supporters from voting. Dr Singh saw this as a dangerous development in Sikh politics, fraught with dangers for Punjab and the country. It was an unsolicited but firm prime ministerial intervention by Dr Singh which stopped Captain Amarinder dead in his tracks, and normalcy was restored. I recall Badal Saab personally thanking Dr Singh much later for his intervention. Dr Singh’s response was typically modest and understated: “Oh, I am glad it was resolved. These things must never happen.” Badal Saab was touched to tears by the then prime minister’s modesty. Foiled bid to weaken SGPC The second instance was when the Congress government in Haryana launched a dangerous course to split and weaken the apex Sikh religious body, the SGPC, by bifurcating it with a separate body in that state. It was and it is a step that can come back to haunt the country. And all this just for petty political gains. A divided Sikh community is not the best recipe for stability in Punjab nor is it in the larger and long-term interests of the country as a whole. No one understood this better than Dr Singh. When Badal Saab broached the subject with Dr Singh in his office, I watched the late PM go silent, profound pain and anxiety writ large on his face. Soon, he would emerge as if from the depths of anguished soul to speak in his trademark gentle voice: “Badal Saab, please relax. This won’t happen, not as long as I am in this office.” And then, almost as an afterthought, he added: “My father took part in ‘Jaitu da morcha’ and other movements to set up the SGPC.” Each in his own right, Dr Singh and Badal Saab were unquestionably the tallest leaders of the era and the undefined and unspoken bond between the two kept Punjab free of needless turmoil for over two decades. Nothing would sum up this silent emotional fibre of their relationship better than an incident that happened at the peak of the Lok Sabha polls in 2009. Both leaders were slated to campaign against each other in Punjab. We were in Amritsar when the news of Dr Singh’s impending surgery was flashed on my laptop. When I passed the news to Badal Saab, he was immediately on line with the PMO to inquire about the PM’s health. Minutes afterwards, he told me he would start “akhand path” at Harmandar Sahib for Dr Singh’s successful surgery and speedy recovery. Badal Saab remained in Amritsar all three days of the “akhand path”. Will this remain a mere nostalgia or will our country ever return to this era of dignified democracy wherein political opposition is merely an expression of alternative paths to the promotion of the national interest and the people’s welfare? Dr Manmohan Singh leaves us at a time when we were just beginning to realise how unfair we had been to him – and exactly when we needed him the most. (The author is a freelance writer and was adviser to former CM Parkash Singh Badal)WARNING: This story contains details that may distress readers. A stampede at a football match dedicated to Guinea’s junta chief killed at least 56 people, the government said on Tuesday morning (AEDT). In a shocking development following the tragedy, the opposition has accused the military-led authorities of being “directly responsible”. Spectators at Monday’s game in the country’s second-largest city of N’Zerekore invaded the pitch after one or two players were sent off and a penalty was awarded to the opposing side Labe at the end of the game, witnesses said. The events had initially been reported as clashes between fans. Officials watching the match, including two ministers, were prevented from leaving, prompting stone throwing and the firing of tear gas by security forces, a witness said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Panic quickly set in, leading to an uncontrollable stampede,” he said. “People were trampled underfoot or injured as they tried to flee,” he added. One AFP journalist described the scenes as “mass carnage”. The match in the southeastern city was the final of a tournament organised in honour of Guinea’s junta leader, General Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 coup and has installed himself as president. The opposition has accused the junta of using sport for political ends. Videos circulating on social media, which AFP was unable to immediately verify, show a huge crowd packed in the dilapidated stadium. “The thousands of people at the stadium were gripped by panic and fear. It was every man for himself,” said a local official, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Protests of dissatisfaction with refereeing decisions led to stone-throwing by supporters, resulting in fatal stampedes,” the government said in a statement which was read out on national television. “Hospital services have put the provisional death toll at 56, with several others injured,” it added, describing the incident as a “tragic event”. On Monday, a doctor earlier described horrific scenes at medical facilities. “There are bodies lined up as far as the eye can see in the hospital. Others are lying on the floor in the hallways. The morgue is full,” one doctor said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media. He said “there are around 100 dead”, with bodies filling the local hospital and morgue. Videos posted on social media showed chaotic scenes, with people climbing what appear to be the stadium’s perimeter walls to escape. Others showed numerous bodies lying on the ground. Doctors told AFP on Sunday that dozens had died. Access to verified information in the remote part of the West African country is limited. Local media reported that hospital wards and a morgue were overwhelmed by the injured and dead. “The government is doing everything possible to respond to this tragic event,” Doumbouya said in a statement on social media. “An emergency mission led by the prime minister has been dispatched,” he added. Doumbouya said a commission of enquiry would be set up “to rule on the causes of this tragedy and to determine who is responsible”. The junta chief called for calm in the West African nation, which has a turbulent political history and remains poor despite considerable natural resources. The crackdown on an opposition rally at a stadium in the capital Conakry left at least 156 people dead in 2009, according to a UN-mandated international commission of enquiry. Such football tournaments and other public gatherings have become common in Guinea in recent weeks, in what is widely seen as a campaign to promote Doumbouya’s candidacy in any future presidential election. The military seized power by force in September 2021 by overthrowing civilian President Alpha Conde. Under international pressure, the junta pledged to hand power back to a civilian government by the end of 2024 but has since made clear it will not. Several of Doumbouya’s aides have recently expressed their support for his possible presidential bid. One of the last remaining dissident voices in Guinea, the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), published a statement expressing its “outrage” at the tragedy in N’Zerekore. It said it held the junta chief and his government “directly responsible for this disaster, which cost the lives of innocent citizens, including many children”. “This demonstrates the cynical use of sport by the junta, exploiting these images of mobilisation for political ends,” the statement added. Former president Conde expressed “profound sadness and boundless outrage” in a social media post. “In a context where the country is already marked by tensions and restrictions, this tragedy highlights the dangers of irresponsible organisation and a lack of adequate preparation,” he said.