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igo777 Jimmy Carter, the self-effacing peanut farmer, humanitarian and former navy lieutenant who helped Canada avert a nuclear catastrophe before ascending to the highest political office in the United States, died Sunday at his home in Georgia. He was 100, making him the longest-lived U.S. president in American history. Concern for Carter's health had become a recurring theme in recent years. He was successfully treated for brain cancer in 2015, then suffered a number of falls, including one in 2019 that resulted in a broken hip. Alarm spiked in February 2023, however, when the Carter Center — the philanthropic organization he and his wife Rosalynn founded in 1982 — announced he would enter hospice care at his modest, three-bedroom house in Plains, Ga. Rosalynn Carter, a mental health advocate whose role as presidential spouse helped to define the modern first lady, predeceased her husband in November 2023 — a death at 96 that triggered a remembrance to rival his. "Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished," the former president said in a statement after she died. "As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me." Conventional wisdom saw his single White House term as middling. But Carter's altruistic work ethic, faith-filled benevolence and famous disdain for the financial trappings of high office only endeared him to generations after he left politics in 1981. "The trite phrase has been, 'Jimmy Carter has been the best former president in the history of the United States,'" said Gordon Giffin, a former U.S. ambassador to Canada who sits on the Carter Center's board of trustees. "That grated on him, because it distinguished his service as president from his service — and I literally mean service — as a former president." His relentless advocacy for human rights, a term Carter popularized long before it became part of the political lexicon, included helping to build homes for the poor across the U.S. and in 14 other countries, including Canada, well into his 90s. He devoted the resources of the Carter Center to tackling Guinea worm, a parasite that afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people in the developing world in the early 1980s and is today all but eradicated, with just 13 cases reported in 2022. And he was a tireless champion of ending armed conflict and promoting democratic elections in the wake of the Cold War, with his centre monitoring 113 such votes in 39 different countries — and offering conflict-resolution expertise when democracy receded. Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, nearly a quarter-century after his seminal work on the Camp David Accords helped pave the way for a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in 1979, the first of its kind. "His presidency got sidelined in the historic evaluation too quickly, and now people are revisiting it," Giffin said. "I think his standing in history as president will grow." A lifelong Democrat who never officially visited Canada as president, Carter was nonetheless a pioneer of sorts when it came to Canada-U.S. relations and a close friend to the two Canadian prime ministers he served alongside. One of them, former Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark, once called Carter a "pretty good Canadian" — a testament to the former commander-in-chief's authenticity and centre-left politics, which always resonated north of the Canada-U.S. border. The pair were reunited in 2017 at a panel discussion in Atlanta hosted by the Canadian American Business Council, and seemed to delight in teasing the host when she described Clark as a "conservative" and Carter as a "progressive." "I'm a Progressive Conservative — that's very important," Clark corrected her. Piped up Carter: "I'm a conservative progressive." In 2012, the Carters visited Kingston, Ont., to receive an honorary degree from Queen's University. Instead of a fancy hotel, they stayed with Arthur Milnes, a former speech writer, journalist and political scholar who'd long since become a close friend. "He became my hero, believe it or not, probably when I was about 12," said Milnes, whose parents had come of age during the Cold War and lived in perpetual fear of the ever-present nuclear threat until Carter took over the White House in 1977. "My mother never discussed politics, with one exception — and that was when Jimmy Carter was in the White House. She'd say, 'Art, Jimmy Carter is a good and decent man,'" Milnes recalled. "They always said, both of them, that for the first time since the 1950s, they felt safe, knowing that it was this special man from rural Georgia, Jimmy Carter, who had his finger on the proverbial button." While Richard Nixon and Pierre Trudeau appeared to share a mutual antipathy during their shared time in office, Carter got along famously with the prime minister. Indeed, it was at the express request of the Trudeau family that Carter attended the former prime minister's funeral in 2000, Giffin said. "The message I got back was the family would appreciate it if Jimmy Carter could come," said Giffin, who was the U.S. envoy in Ottawa at the time. "So he did come. He was at the Trudeau funeral. And to me, that said a lot about not only the relationship he had with Trudeau, but the relationship he had in the Canada-U.S. dynamic." It was at that funeral in Montreal that Carter — "much to my frustration," Giffin allowed — spent more than two hours in a holding room with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, a meeting that resulted in Carter visiting Cuba in 2002, the first former president to do so. But it was long before Carter ever entered politics that he established a permanent bond with Canada — one forged in the radioactive aftermath of what might otherwise have become the country's worst nuclear calamity. In 1952, Carter was a 28-year-old U.S. navy lieutenant, a submariner with a budding expertise in nuclear power, when he and his crew were dispatched to help control a partial meltdown at the experimental Chalk River Laboratories northwest of Ottawa. In his 2016 book "A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety," Carter described working in teams of three, first practising on a mock-up of the reactor, then on the real thing, in short 90-second bursts to avoid absorbing more than the maximum allowable dose of radiation. "The limit on radiation absorption in the early 1950s was approximately 1,000 times higher than it is 60 years later," he wrote. "There were a lot of jokes about the effects of radioactivity, mostly about the prospect of being sterilized, and we had to monitor our urine until all our bodies returned to the normal range." That, Carter would later acknowledge in interviews, took him about six months. Carter and Clark were both in office during the so-called "Canadian Caper," a top-secret operation to spirit a group of U.S. diplomats out of Iran following the fall of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979. The elaborate ploy, which involved passing the group off as a Canadian science-fiction film crew, was documented in the Oscar-winning 2012 Ben Affleck film "Argo." Carter didn't think much of the film. "The movie that was made, 'Argo,' was very distorted. They hardly mentioned the Canadian role in this very heroic, courageous event," he said during the CABC event. He described the true events of that escapade as "one of the greatest examples of a personal application of national friendship I have ever known." To the end, Carter was an innately humble and understated man, said Giffin — a rare commodity in any world leader, much less in one from the United States. "People underestimate who Jimmy Carter is because he leads with his humanity," he said. "I read an account the other day that said the Secret Service vehicles that are parked outside his house are worth more than the house. How many former presidents have done that?" This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec, 29, 2024. James McCarten, The Canadian PressInsurers Urged to Safeguard Data Amid Rising AI Adoption and Privacy Risks, Says Info-Tech Research GroupThe 25-year-old Sweden international took his goal tally for the season to 12 in the 3-0 Boxing Day win over Aston Villa at St James’ Park, 10 of them in his last 10 Premier League games, after a challenging start to the new campaign. Isak managed 25 goals in a black and white shirt last season to further justify the club record £63million the club paid to bring him to Tyneside from Real Sociedad during the summer of 2022, but as delighted as he is with his big-money signing, head coach Howe is confident there is even more to come. Asked where the former AIK Solna frontman currently ranks in world football, he said: “My biggest thing with Alex is I am evaluating his game on a daily and weekly basis and I just want to try to push him for more. “Everyone else can say where he is in the pecking order of world football. His game is in a good place at the moment. “My job is to not sit back and appreciate that, my job is to try and find areas he can improve, push him towards that and never stop pushing him. He has all the ingredients in there. Football never stops evolving and changing and he has to evolve with it. “There is a lot more to come from him. Our job is to help him deliver that. “Of course the main responsibility is for Alex to keep his focus, ignore the plaudits and keep helping the team, not be selfish. It is about Newcastle and he plays his part.” It is no coincidence that Newcastle have prospered as Isak has rediscovered his best form, and they will head for Manchester United – where they have won only once in the top flight since 1972 – on Monday evening looking for a fifth successive win in all competitions. He has scored in each of the last five league games having grown into the mantle of the Magpies’ main man, a role performed with such distinction in the past by the likes of Jackie Milburn, Malcolm Macdonald and Alan Shearer, and he has done so with the minimum of fuss. Asked about his character, Howe said: “He is calm, cool – he is what you see on the pitch. “He doesn’t get overly emotional, which for a striker is a great quality because that coolness you see and calmness in front of goal is part of his personality, part of what he is. He seems to have an extra half a second when other players don’t. “With Alex, the beauty of his attitude is that he wants to improve. We give him information and he is responsive. He is not a closed shop. “He is in no way thinking he has arrived at a certain place. He knows he has to keep adding to his game. The challenge is great for him to keep scoring freely as he is now.”

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Unity Software stock earns the No. 11 rank among its peers in the Computer Software-Design industry group. ( ), ( ) and ( ) are among the top 5 highly rated stocks within the group.The two sailors killed in the have been identified as Nick Smith and Roy Quaden. or signup to continue reading Mr Smith, 65, from South Australia, was sailing on Bowline when he was struck by a sail boom, a pole at the base of the sail, on the first night of the race. Mr Quaden, 55, from Western Australia, was onboard Flying Fish Arctos when he was struck by the yacht's boom. A sailor on Porco Rosso was rescued after they were swept more than a kilometre from their boat in the early hours of the morning. Bowline owner Ian Roberts said Mr Smith was a "great friend and a very fine and experienced yachtsman". "In very difficult sailing conditions, crew member Nick Smith was hit by main sheet in a gybe that threw him against a winch," Mr Roberts said. "Despite immediate CPR administered by the crew, Nick was unable to be resuscitated," he said. "Nick was a very valued crew member and a very experienced sailor. Having completed 4 previous Sydney Hobart's, numerous yacht deliveries and the around the world 'Clipper Race Yacht' race. "He was also a regular competitor in the Hamilton Island Sailing Regatta. Having sailed many thousand miles with Nick, the Skipper and crew of Bowline are devastated with this loss." Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron said Mr Smith was an "experienced crew member with this being his 5th Sydney to Hobart Race. "On behalf of the Commodore, Flag Officer, Management Committee, Members and Staff we extend our condolences to Nick's family, friends and the crew of Bowline at this tragic time." Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) vice commodore David Jacobs said the two-day race would continue despite the "tragic situation". "It's a very close community and on a boat itself, they train together, they live together, they cook together, they do everything together. It would be devastating, absolutely, as we are devastated," he said. Prime minister Anthony Albanese offered his condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of the crew members. The Sydney to Hobart is an Australian tradition, and it is heartbreaking that two lives have been lost at what should be a time of joy. "Our thoughts this morning are with the two sailors that tragically lost their lives in the Sydney to Hobart race overnight," he said. NSW Police was notified at 11.50pm on December 26 that a 55-year-old on Flying Fish Arctos had suffered a serious head injury. The injury was caused by a sail boom and the crew member couldn't be revived after fellow sailors performed CPR. The yacht was rerouted to Jervis Bay, NSW. Police were contacted again two and a half hours later, at 2.15am on December 27, with reports that a 65-year-old Mr Smith from South Australia on Bowline had died after being struck in the head by a sail boom. Bowline stopped at Bateman's Bay on the morning of December 27. "Flying Fish Arctos was sailing approximately 30 nautical miles east/south-east of Ulladulla when the incident occurred," the race organisers said in a statement. NSW-based 50-footer Flying Fish Arctos, built in 2001, had 12 crew members on board. "Bowline was approximately 30 nautical miles east/north-east of Batemans Bay and crew members administered CPR," CYCA said. South Australia's Bowline was competing in her third Sydney to Hobart race. Mr Smith was sailing with Reid Bosward, Melanie Bushby, Paul Greaves, Troy Mohler, Anthony Pennington, Paul Senior, skipper Ian Roberts and navigator Peter Hutchison on Bowline. Porco Rosso sailor Luke Watkins survived the first night of the race after he was swept overboard in the early hours of the morning. The 37-year-old crew member was rescued after being washed about 1.2 kilometres from their boat, the CYCA vice commodore said. "That is one of the most terrifying experiences that you can have, and this was at 3.14 am, so it was at night, which makes it tenfold more scary," he said. The sailor activated his personal location beacon that sent a satellite message to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). "AMSA sent out a plane to start searching, NSW Police were ready to dispatch a boat and a helicopter and a boat in our fleet was diverted to try and help with the search," the vice commodore said. "Fortunately, the boat from which the crew member fell was able to retrieve that crew member and they are healthy and well." NSW Police said Mr Watkins was in the water, 51 nautical miles off the coast of Australia, for an hour before he was rescued. On the morning of the second race day, December 27, the CYCA vice commodore said 17 yachts had retired after two had mainsail damage, three were dismasted and the other yachts suffered "various equipment failures". He said 87 boats out of 104 remained in the race. The vice commodore said the Bureau of Meteorology advised organisers to expect strong to gale-force winds before the race started. "These fleets can handle those winds easily. They're ocean races, they're used to those winds. It was not extreme conditions," he said. "Currently there is about a 25 knot northerly wind. Being a northerly wind, it is behind the boats and pushing them down the coast. "The lead boats were experiencing speeds of between about 25 and 30 knots, so they're travelling extremely fast. "The sea was not unusually large, from the information I have received." The yacht race continues as leading boats are expected to arrive at Hobart's Constitution Dock late on December 27 or early on December 28. 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DAILY Test your skills with interactive crosswords, sudoku & trivia. Fresh daily! Advertisement AdvertisementShare Tweet Share Share Email The idea of crowdsourcing has expanded into several areas of life, from funding creative projects to helping individuals cover unexpected expenses. One of the most significant uses of crowdsourcing today is in healthcare financing. With rising medical costs and the increasing need for specialized care, many people are turning to the community for help. This is where “Crowdsourced Healthcare Financing” comes into play. Community-funded medical support leverages the collective power of individuals to help others pay for medical bills, treatment , and recovery costs. Understanding Crowdsourced Healthcare Financing Crowdsourced healthcare financing refers to a system in which people raise money from the public, typically through online platforms, to cover medical expenses. 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As healthcare costs continue to rise, crowdsourcing may become an essential part of the healthcare landscape, offering a lifeline to those in need. Related Items: Healthcare Financing , Medical Support , Online Platforms in Crowdsourced Share Tweet Share Share Email CommentsSydneysiders are expected to swelter through their hottest day of the summer so far on Friday, with the mercury likely to soar past 40C in some areas. The capital is forecast to reach a maximum temperature of 38C and could see possible severe thunderstorms in the afternoon, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Temperatures are likely to be even higher in the city’s west, reaching a high of 41C in Penrith. Other parts of the state are also looking at a scorcher, with a top of 42C forecast for Singleton, Maitland, and Cessnock and 40C in Newcastle and Tamworth. Residents are being advised to take precautions such as staying indoors and remaining hydrated. Residents in several parts of NSW are expected to swelter through temperatures near 40C on Friday. Source: Supplied. The blistering conditions prompted the NSW Rural Fire Service to enforce a total fire ban for the greater Sydney and Hunter regions for Friday. An extreme fire danger has been declared for those regions due to “forecast hot and windy conditions”, the Rural Fire Service said on Thursday. A fire ban will also be in place for the North Western and Northern Slopes regions of NSW. Sydney can expect a welcome reprieve from the heat by Friday evening, with temperatures to cool with an expected maximum of 26C on Saturday. Residents elsewhere in NSW and the ACT are likely to see cooler maximums, with Wollongong to peak at 35C and Canberra at 29C. Ongoing bushfires in Victoria are yet to be contained, while the risk of fires in NSW has been elevated for Friday. Picture: NewsWire / Diego Fedele Temperatures in Victoria have dropped significantly after the blistering heat of the past several days, with Melbourne likely to hit a top of 22C. The cooler change has done little to quell the bushfires still raging in the state’s southwest, with the blaze near Grampians National Park having now torn through 74,000 hectares of land. Maximum temperatures in Brisbane are forecast to reach 33C and a cooler 22C in Adelaide. Originally published as Sydney to swelter through hottest day this summer Environment Don't miss out on the headlines from Environment. Followed categories will be added to My News. More related stories Environment ‘Size of Singapore’: Massive bushfire warning More residents have been told it is too late for them to flee as raging bushfires grow to “the size of Singapore”. Read more Breaking News ‘Extreme’: Total fire ban for Sydney A total fire ban will be enforced in Sydney and other parts of NSW on Friday with temperatures expected to top 40C during the hottest day of summer yet. Read more

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That's according to a U.S. official, who says Travis Timmerman was flown out on a U.S. military helicopter. Timmerman, 29, told The Associated Press he had gone to Syria on a Christian pilgrimage and was not ill-treated while in Palestine Branch, a notorious detention facility operated by Syrian intelligence. He said he was freed by “the liberators who came into the prison and knocked the door down (of his cell) with a hammer.” Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after she 'sustained an injury' from fall on official trip to Luxembourg WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she “sustained an injury” during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according to a spokesman. Pelosi is 84. She was in Europe to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Her spokesman, Ian Krager, did not describe the nature of her injury or give any additional details, but a person familiar with the incident said that Pelosi tripped and fell while at an event with the other members of Congress. The person requested anonymity to discuss the fall because they were not authorized to speak about it publicly. Some in seafood industry see Trump as fishermen's friend, but tariffs could make for pricier fish PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes to seafood, one of the oldest sectors of the U.S. economy. Some in the industry believe the returning president will be more responsive to its needs. Economic analysts paint a more complicated picture, as they fear Trump’s pending trade hostilities with major trading partners Canada and China could make an already pricy kind of protein more expensive. Conservationists also fear Trump’s emphasis on deregulation could jeopardize fish stocks already in peril. But many in the commercial fishing and seafood processing industries said they expect Trump to allow fishing in protected areas and crack down on offshore wind expansion. Russia targets Ukrainian infrastructure with a massive attack by cruise missiles and drones KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia fired 93 cruise and ballistic missiles and almost 200 drones in Friday's bombardments. He says it is one of the heaviest bombardments of the country’s energy sector since Russia’s full-scale invasion almost three years ago. He says Ukrainian defenses shot down 81 missiles, including 11 cruise missiles that were intercepted by F-16 warplanes provided by Western allies earlier this year. Zelenskyy renewed his plea for international unity against Russian President Vladimir Putin. But uncertainty surrounds how the war might unfold next year. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end the war and has thrown into doubt whether vital U.S. military support for Kyiv will continue. Veteran Daniel Penny, acquitted in NYC subway chokehold, will join Trump's suite at football game FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A military veteran who choked an agitated New York subway rider and was acquitted of homicide this week has been invited by Vice President-elect JD Vance to join Donald Trump’s suite at the Army-Navy football game on Saturday. Daniel Penny was cleared of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s 2023 death. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed last week. Vance served in the Marine Corps and had commented on the acquittal earlier this week. He said that “justice was done in this case” and Penny should never have been prosecuted. New Jersey governor wants more federal resources for probe into drone sightings TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has asked the Biden administration to put more resources into the ongoing investigation of mysterious drone sightings being reported in the state and other parts of the region. Murphy, a Democrat, made the request in a letter Thursday, noting that state and local law enforcement remain “hamstrung” by existing laws and policies in their efforts to successfully counteract any nefarious drone activity. Murphy and other officials say there is no evidence that the drones pose a national security or a public safety threat. A state lawmaker says up to 180 aircraft have been reported to authorities since Nov. 18. About 3 in 10 are highly confident in Trump on Cabinet, spending or military oversight: AP-NORC poll WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans may have elected Donald Trump to a second term in November, but that doesn’t mean they have high confidence in his ability to choose well-qualified people for his Cabinet or effectively manage government spending, the military and the White House. That's according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half of U.S. adults are “not at all confident” in Trump’s ability to appoint well-qualified people for high-level government positions. Only about 3 in 10 are “extremely” or “very” confident that Trump will pick qualified people to serve in his administration. President Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France's next prime minister PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister, after a historic parliamentary vote ousted the previous government last week. The 73-year-old is a crucial partner in Macron’s centrist alliance and has been a well-known figure in French politics for decades. His political experience is seen as key in efforts to restore stability as no single party holds a majority in the National Assembly. Bayrou was recently cleared in a case relating to embezzlement of European Parliament funds. His predecessor resigned last week following a no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes in the parliament, leaving France without a functioning government. Macron vowed last week to remain in office until his term ends in 2027. Yankees to get closer Devin Williams from Brewers for Nestor Cortes, Caleb Durbin, AP source says NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the trade tells The Associated Press that the New York Yankees have agreed to acquire All-Star closer Devin Williams from the Milwaukee Brewers for left-hander Nestor Cortes, infield prospect Caleb Durbin and cash. 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Manmohan Singh: Architect of Economic Reforms and Humble StatesmanAlthough being married or in a long-term relationship is often seen as the norm, more people are staying single for life. But singlehood can bring economic and medical disadvantages, especially as people get older and may become more reliant on others. New research in Psychological Science reveals that lifelong singles have lower scores on life satisfaction measures and different personality traits compared to partnered people, findings that point to the need for both helpful networks and ways to create such networks that are better catered to single people. “When there are differences, they might be especially important in elderly people who face more health issues and financial issues,” said Julia Stern, one of the lead authors and a senior researcher at the University of Bremen in Germany, in an interview with APS. “They need more help, and the help is usually the partner.” Stern and colleagues compared single people and partnered individuals on life satisfaction ratings and the Big Five personality traits (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism). The study used a survey of more than 77,000 Europeans over the age of 50 and was the first of its kind to look across cultures and at people who had been single their entire lives. The findings revealed that, in addition to lower life satisfaction scores, lifelong singles are less extraverted, less conscientious, and less open to experience, compared to partnered people. Previous studies used different definitions of being single, sometimes considering only current status and other times drawing the line at having never married or, alternatively, at never living with a partner. But people who have been in a serious relationship in the past—even if it has ended—might have different personality traits than those who have never been that committed. To investigate this, Stern and colleagues grouped respondents by the different definitions: currently partnered, never living with a partner, never married, or never being in any long-term relationship. People who had never been in a serious long-term relationship scored lower on extraversion, openness, and life satisfaction than those who were currently single but had lived with a partner or been married in the past. All singles scored lower on these measures than people in current relationships. Although this study cannot definitively decipher if personality differences are due to selection—people with certain personality types may be more likely to start relationships—or socialization—long-term relationships could change personalities—the evidence points to the former. Stern said that changes to personality from being in a relationship are small and temporary. For instance, although an extraverted person beginning a new relationship may be keen to stay in with their partner, eventually their extraversion comes back. “It’s more likely you have these selection effects: For example, people who are more extraverted are more likely to enter a relationship,” Stern said. But she warned that the results are average effects and not necessarily descriptive of everyone; of course, there are single extraverts and introverts in committed relationships. For singles, living in a society where marriage is the expectation may affect their life satisfaction. Because the large sample included people from 27 European countries, the researchers were able to ask whether there were any cultural differences. In countries with higher marriage rates (such as southern European countries), singlehood resulted in even lower life satisfaction scores, but the effects were small. The religiosity of the country did not seem to matter, however. When comparing across gender and age, single women scored higher on life satisfaction than single men, and older people tended to be happier with their singlehood status than middle-aged singles. Stern speculated that, with the era of their peers getting married and starting families behind them, older singles may accept their circumstances and be happier. Singles may grow happier with age, but their lower scores compared to partnered people are still worrying. Previous research has shown life satisfaction and particular personality traits (including extraversion and conscientiousness) can predict health and mortality, emphasizing the need to find ways to promote the well-being of older singles. “There are differences between people who stay single their entire lives and people who get partnered, and for me this means that we have to take extra care of these people,” Stern said. She suggested developing new kinds of programs to prevent loneliness that take these personality traits into consideration and help older singles meet like-minded people. “If they have people who care for them or look out for them regularly, this might help.” Reference Stern, J., Krämer, M. D., Schumacher, A., MacDonald, G., & Richter, D. (2024). Differences between lifelong singles and ever-partnered individuals in Big Five personality traits and life satisfaction. Psychological Science , 35 (12), 1364–1381. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976241286865INVESCO Ltd. stock remains steady Monday, underperforms marketVictor Wembanyama plays 1-on-1 chess with fans in New York

UCF and Tulsa will test their mettle against each other on Saturday afternoon in the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic in Sunrise, Fla. The Knights will make their first appearance in the event since recording a two-point loss to Missouri in 2022, while Tulsa's last trip to the Orange Bowl Classic was a loss to Florida State in 2012. UCF (7-2) may have something to prove being away from Addition Financial Arena. The Knights are 7-0 at home, whereas a November trip to the Greenbrier Tip-Off in West Virginia produced an 86-70 loss to Wisconsin and a triple-overtime setback against LSU. The Knights relied heavily on their defense in Sunday's 66-51 win over Tarleton State. After a sluggish start offensively, UCF found its rhythm during a 37-point second half. Jordan Ivy-Curry finished with a game-high 16 points and freshman center Moustapha Thiam collected 10 points, nine rebounds and six blocks. UCF's Big 12 opener draws closer (at Texas Tech, Dec. 31), but head coach Johnny Dawkins remains focused on daily improvement. "I feel a sense of urgency to get better, not with regards to Big 12 play to be quite frank, but every game," Dawkins said. "I don't look too far in the future. Pretty much I've always been in the moment as a player and as a person, and so for me it's about just getting better because it's our standards." Tulsa (4-6) looks to stop a three-game slide following a 70-66 home loss to Southern University last Saturday. Keaston Willis scored in double figures for the sixth time this season, netting a season-high 23 points off the bench. But Isaiah Barnes, one of three Golden Hurricane players to start all 10 games, was injured in the first half and played only eight minutes. To complicate matters, head coach Eric Konkol's team is 0-6 when trailing at halftime. "We got to get some guys healthy that can be healthy for next Saturday (against UCF)," Konkol said. "We got a couple other guys dealing with some different things, but then (also) having some planning to figure out what's the best way going forward for this group." --Field Level MediaAustralia’s biggest shopping centre chain is deploying more security guards and introduced vests for staff amid “heightened levels of security” across the country after the October 7 Hamas attack and Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing. Cheng Yixuan, 27, Pikria Darchia, 55, Dawn Singleton, 25, Jade Young, 47, Faraz Ahmed Tahir, 30, and Ashlee Good, 38, were killed during Joel Cauchi’s shocking two-minute frenzied attack at Westfield Bondi Junction on the afternoon of April 13. A coronial inquest into the attack will next year examine the tragic events and whether it could have been avoided after the 40-year-old pulled a hunting knife from his backpack and indiscriminately stabbed 16 people. Westfield is assisting the NSW coroner with the inquiry and a spokesperson said it would explore “potential learnings to improve security arrangements in places of mass gathering” as it grappled with a changing security landscape. In a statement, a spokesperson for the Scentre Group, which operates Westfield Australia, said the company took its duty of care to staff and customers seriously and “continuously aim to improve our security practices”. “This includes our capability, processes, and people to prepare for and respond to critical incidents. This is done in partnership with law enforcement, including police and government agencies,” the spokesperson said. “Following the horrific attack at Westfield Bondi, we further heightened our security presence across all our Westfield destinations. We have introduced additional personal protective equipment including vests for all security team members, which has enhanced the prominence and visibility of our security team.” Westfield’s security team is led by a former head of the London Metropolitan Police, or Scotland Yard, and the country’s counter-terrorism police and also includes former members of government security agencies. Westfield deployed more guards on shift following the October 7 attacks in Israel and subsequent protests, with a dedicated security team in place at each of the centres which regularly conduct safety and security drills. “Our security relies upon the engagement, collaboration, and co-operation of government law-enforcement agencies to provide safety to our customers, particularly in incidents that necessitate the use of physical force,” the spokesperson said. “We constantly assess risk ... We also continue to examine, globally, potential enhancements, including the use of emerging technologies, to further enhance and improve our security and safety procedures. “Recent examples of armed offender drills at our Westfield destinations include with NSW Police, Queensland Police, the Australian Defence Force, South Australia Police and the Australian Federal Police.” While security teams at Westfield and shopping centres across the state are often the first to respond to armed offender incidents, they are not law enforcement and report alleged offenders to police. Over the past few months, NSW Police responded to multiple alleged offences at shopping centres, including a teen charged with stealing a knife and threatening staff at an Armidale shopping centre on November 6. In September, a man was charged after allegedly pulling out a hammer during a fight at a shopping centre on the NSW Central Coast; in July, a man was arrested after allegedly wielding a sword at a Parramatta shopping centre. More than 1150 knife-related incidents were reported in public places across NSW, including retail premises and outdoor spaces, between July 2023 and June 2024, according to data from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. That figure includes 577 knife-related non-domestic violence-related assaults and 581 robberies – which includes knives, scissors, swords, and screwdrivers – with police reporting a further 140 firearm-related incidents during the same time period. The data reveals a gradual decline in knife and firearm-related incidents in public spaces over the decade. Between July 2014 and June 2015, NSW Police reported a staggering 1511 knife-related robberies and non-DV assaults in public spaces and 389 firearm-related incidents. Between July 2018 and June 2019, those figures were 1352 and 235 respectively. In the year until June 2024, the worst-affected spaces for knife-related incidents were “all other premise type” with 582, according to the BOSCAR data. Outdoor and public spaces reported 426 and retail spaces reported 150 . NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley has been contacted for comment but did not respond before publication. A preliminary hearing into the horrific Westfield Bondi Junction incident was told last week that Cauchi had stopped taking antipsychotic medication just less than five years before the attack, having been diagnosed with schizophrenia in his teenage years. Cauchi previously lived in Toowoomba in South East Queensland where he was being managed in the public health system up until 2012; then, until 2020, he was being seen by a private psychiatrist while still in Queensland. The hearing was told Cauchi was medicated from late-2011, but his medication was gradually reduced over time until it was stopped entirely in 2019. From 2020 until the Westfield Bondi Junction attack, “there was no particular treatment”. A ”be on the lookout” flag was entered into the Queensland Police system in 2023 after Cauchi twice complained that his knives had been taken away by his father, who told officers his son was a schizophrenic who was no longer medicated. In the time leading up to the attack, Cauchi was homeless in Sydney, including living under the Maroubra Beach pavilion, with the inquest to examine his exact movements on the day of his rampage, including access to a Waterloo storage locker. The incident made a hero out of NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott, who ran towards Cauchi before ordering him to lay down the knife. When he failed to do so and advanced towards her, Inspector Scott shot Cauchi in the chest. In the wake of the attack, Inspector Scott was awarded the Commissioner’s Valour Award by NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb and was named in November as a nominee for Australian of the Year NSW in 2025. The forthcoming inquest also provides the families of victims and survivors an opportunity to share their trauma at an incident that shattered the lives of many and sent shockwaves through a country not used to mass killings. Before she died, Ms Good fought off Cauchi as he began to attack her nine-month-old daughter who was sitting in her pram. Miraculously, the infant was stabbed but survived the horrific attack. Another victim, Mr Tahir, was a security guard. His brother, Sheraz Tahir, told media outside the Lidcombe Coroners Court last week that his brother was a “brave man” who was “on duty at the time and he was just trying to stop the attacker and gave his life.” He added he “just wanted to know what happened that day” and hoped the inquest would lead to change, including “better protections for security guards”. The inquest will examine Cauchi’s contact with police in Queensland and NSW and whether there could have been early intervention. The court was told an alarm was not sounded inside the centre until a minute after Cauchi had been shot. The matter will return to court for a five-week hearing in April.

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Presidential nominees who will require Senate confirmation for diplomatic positions that have historically flown under the radar may soon find themselves thrust into the spotlight. With President-elect Donald Trump floating aggressive desires to acquire foreign territories like the Panama Canal, Greenland, and Canada, ambassador confirmations could emerge as unexpected points of tension with senators. HIGH INTEREST RATES COULD BEDEVIL TRUMP AS DEBT RISES The new Congress convenes Jan. 3, and with it the new 53-47 Republican Senate majority. Committees in the upper chamber could begin holding confirmation hearings for the dozens of Cabinet and lower-level nominees that senators are tasked with considering as soon as the following week. In Truth Social posts on Christmas Day , Trump again spoke of his territorial wish list that included purchasing Greenland from Denmark, annexing Canada as the 51st state, and retaking control of the Panama Canal. Trump will need a simple majority to confirm the loyalists he's tapped for ambassadorships that would play a crucial role in carrying out his foreign policy agenda. While it's not entirely clear the level of sincerity in Trump's push to expand America's territorial control, the incoming president is seeking to flex U.S. dominance in the weeks before retaking office. He extended a lengthy Merry Christmas to “the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal,” to “Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada,” and to “the people of Greenland, which is needed by the United States for National Security purposes.” TRUMP CABINET PICKS: WHO'S BEEN TAPPED TO SERVE IN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S ADMINISTRATION U.S. ambassador to Panama Trump named Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera on Christmas Day to be his ambassador to Panama. Cabrera was the Trump 2020 campaign’s state director for Florida , a member of the Miami-Dade International Trade Consortium, and helped lead the effort to rename a South Florida street “President Donald J. Trump Avenue.” Trump said Cabrera would “do a FANTASTIC job representing our Nation’s interests in Panama!” “I am pleased to announce that Kevin Marino Cabrera will serve as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, a Country that is ripping us off on the Panama Canal, far beyond their wildest dreams,” Trump posted. “Few understand Latin American politics as well as Kevin.” Trump has accused China and the Panama Canal of price-gouging U.S. vessels that use the 50-mile-long manmade waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America. China, Trump said, is “always making certain that the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in ‘repair’ money, but will have absolutely nothing to say about ‘anything.’” At a political event over the weekend, Trump foreshadowed he might “demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America.” ANTI-VAX PHILANTHROPY AND LEGAL FEES: HOW RFK JR. MAKES HIS MILLIONS But the canal is controlled by Panama — not China. It was under full American control from the early 1900s after the U.S. helped build the global trade route until partial control in 1977. Now, Trump is threatening to upend a Jimmy Carter-era agreement that handed remaining U.S. control to Panama in 1999 unless U.S. ships see reduced fees. While China does not control the canal — a point made by Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino — the Asian adversary has expanded its footprint in the region with nearby ports. Still, more than half of the 13,000 to 14,000 ships that traverse the canal annually are coming from or going to U.S. ports. In an ensuing tit-for-tat, Mulino said the canal wasn’t for sale . He stated, in part, that “every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent area belong to PANAMA, and will continue to be. The sovereignty and independence of our country are not negotiable.” Trump shot back in another post: “We’ll see about that!” U.S. ambassador to Canada Trump has tapped Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra to serve as the ambassador to Canada. Hoekstra is a former congressman, a Netherlands native, and was ambassador to the Netherlands under Trump’s first term. WHICH JAN. 6 DEFENDERS COULD SEE PARDONS Trump credited Hoekstra as a “great help to our Campaign” for winning battleground Michigan . Trump had a rocky relationship his first go-around with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and strained U.S.-Canada relations when he scrapped the North American Free Trade Agreement and imposed tariffs. Trump has countered his “America First” decisions were better for U.S. taxpayers and the economy. As he prepares to retake the White House, Trump has increasingly mocked Trudeau as “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” The incoming president posted Christmas Day that if “Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%, their businesses would immediately double in size, and they would be militarily protected like no other Country anywhere in the World.” While his annexation suggestions appear to be an extension of his love for trolling the embattled Canadian leader , Trump has vowed to slap America’s neighbor to the north with 25% tariffs on imported Canadian goods upon taking office unless border security and illegal drugs are better addressed at the U.S.-Canada border. U.S. ambassador to Denmark Trump has nominated Ken Howery, a co-founder of PayPal and San Francisco -based venture capital firm Founders Fund, to be ambassador to Denmark. Howery was ambassador to Sweden during Trump’s first term. As a self-ruling territory of Denmark, Greenland has found itself back in the crosshairs of Trump’s desire to purchase the Arctic island home to little more than 50,000 residents. Commercial and national security interests have fueled Trump’s endeavor as another way for the U.S. to counter Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic. PETE HEGSETH PENTAGON PICK IS CONTROVERSIAL, BUT HIS RESUME IS MORE THAN JUST FOX NEWS HOST “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump said in Howery’s nomination announcement. Trump’s longtime — but perhaps half-hearted — bid to purchase Greenland was rebuffed in his first term. Greenland reiterated this week that the island nation was not on the market. “Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said. “We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.” The office of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen echoed Greenland’s sentiment but with softened rhetoric. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Denmark is "looking forward to welcoming the new American Ambassador [and] looking forward to working with the new administration,” Frederiksen said , adding that Greenland is "not for sale" but that they are "open for cooperation” in the region. "In a complex security political situation as the one we currently experience, transatlantic cooperation is crucial," Frederiksen said.Seb Hines swears ‘no secret recipe’ to how he rescued Pride from despair, but there is: Seb Hines | CommentaryENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Cornerback Riley Moss is “good to go” for the Denver Broncos' crucial game at Cincinnati on Saturday. “He's doing good,” coach Sean Payton said Thursday. “He'll be ready to go.” The Broncos (9-6), who would end their eight-year playoff drought with a win or a tie against the Bengals (7-8), have sorely missed the second-year pro from Iowa since he sprained an MCL against Las Vegas in Week 12. The Broncos allowed 26.3 points per game during his absence. With Moss in the lineup opposite superstar Patrick Surtain II, Denver gave up just 16.8 points per game. Aside from allowing defensive coordinator Vance Joseph to go back to employing more man coverage, Riley's return is expected to give the Broncos defense back its bite. “I think he's got an awfully competitive juice, yeah, I would say you definitely felt his absence, not just physically as a player but also his presence," Payton said. Earlier this week, Surtain said, “it’s great to have him back” at practice. “I mean, you talk about a guy who was playing lights-out before the injury, but to see him back out there with confidence, out there practicing, getting his mojo back, it brings a lot of confidence to the team.” Moss has enjoyed a breakout season in Denver with 71 tackles, eight pass breakups and an interception. He played in 14 games as a rotation player his rookie season after recovering from core muscle surgery that relegated him to special teams and spot duty in 2023. Moss wasn't available for comment Thursday as he was receiving treatment during the locker room access period. Moss has been the perfect complement to Surtain because of the physical play, bravado and the production he provides as opposing offenses shy away from Surtain. “It's going to be really good” having him back on the field, outside linebacker Nik Bonitto said. “I mean, I know the work that he's been putting in to get back and just knowing the type of season that he's had I'm just happy that he's going to be able to come back against an opponent like this.” Denver's defense hasn't been the same without Moss. The Broncos allowed 32 points to the Cleveland Browns when former teammate Jerry Jeudy caught nine passes for a career-best 235 yards. Jonathan Taylor’s unforced fumble at the goal line as he was about to score a 41-yard touchdown and give Indianapolis a 20-3 lead saved the Broncos in Week 15 and allowed Denver to seize momentum and get the victory. And Denver couldn’t stop Justin Herbert , who led the Los Angeles Chargers back from a double-digit third-quarter deficit for a 34-27 win last week. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl Arnie Stapleton, The Associated Press

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