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new online game DAMASCUS (AP) — Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, gathering in the capital's historic main mosque, its largest square and around the country to celebrate the end of half a century of authoritarian rule. Read this article for free: Already have an account? As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder than ever to bring you the latest local updates to keep you safe and informed. Now, more than ever, we need your support. Starting at $14.99 plus taxes every four weeks you can access your Brandon Sun online and full access to all content as it appears on our website. or call circulation directly at (204) 727-0527. Your pledge helps to ensure we provide the news that matters most to your community! DAMASCUS (AP) — Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, gathering in the capital's historic main mosque, its largest square and around the country to celebrate the end of half a century of authoritarian rule. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? DAMASCUS (AP) — Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, gathering in the capital’s historic main mosque, its largest square and around the country to celebrate the end of half a century of authoritarian rule. The gatherings illustrated the dramatic changes that have swept over Syria less than a week after insurgents marched into Damascus and toppled Assad. Amid the jubilation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with allies around the region and called for an “inclusive and non-sectarian” interim government. Blinken arrived in Iraq on a previously unannounced stop after talks in Jordan and Turkey, which backs some of the Syrian insurgent factions. So far, U.S. officials have not talked of direct meetings with Syria’s new rulers. The main insurgent force, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, has worked to establish security and start a political transition after seizing Damascus early Sunday. The group has tried to reassure a public both stunned by Assad’s fall and concerned about extremist jihadis among the rebels. Insurgent leaders say the group has broken with its extremist past, though HTS is still labeled a terrorist group by the United States and European countries. HTS’s leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, appeared in a video message Friday congratulating “the great Syrian people for the victory of the blessed revolution.” “I invite them to head to the squares to show their happiness without shooting bullets and scaring people,” he said. “And then after, we will work to build this country, and as I said in the beginning, we will be victorious by the help of God.” Syrians celebrate in the historic heart of Damascus Huge crowds, including some insurgents, packed Damascus’ historic Umayyad Mosque in the capital’s old city, many waving the rebel opposition flag — with its three red stars — which has swiftly replaced the Assad-era flag with with its two green stars. According to Arab television stations, the Friday sermon was delivered by Mohammed al-Bashir, the interim prime minister installed by HTS this week. The scene resonated on multiple levels. The mosque, one of the world’s oldest dating back some 1,200 years, is a beloved symbol of Syria, and sermons there like all mosque sermons across Syria had been tightly controlled under Assad’s rule. Also, in the early days of the anti-government uprising in 2011, protesters would leave Friday prayers to march in rallies against Assad before he launched a brutal crackdown that turned the uprising into a long and bloody civil war. “I didn’t step foot in Umayyad Mosque since 2011,” because of the tight security controls around it, said one worshipper, Ibrahim al-Araby. “Since 11 or 12 years, I haven’t been this happy.” Another worshipper, Khair Taha, said there was “fear and trepidation for what’s to come. But there is also a lot of hope that now we have a say and we can try to build.” Blocks away in Damascus’ biggest roundabout, named Umayyad Square, thousands gathered, including many families with small children — a sign of how, so far at least, the country’s transformation has not seen violent instability. “Unified Syria to build Syria,” the crowd chanted. Some shouted slurs against Assad and his late father, calling them pigs, an insult that would have previously led to offenders being hauled off to one of the feared detention centers of Assad’s security forces. One man in the crowd, 51-year-old Khaled Abu Chahine — originally from the southern province of Daraa, where the 2011 uprising first erupted — said he hoped for “freedom and coexistence between all Syrians, Alawites, Sunnis, Shiites and Druze.” The interim prime minister, al-Bashir, had been the head of a de facto administration created by HTS in Idlib, the opposition’s enclave in northwest Syria. The rebels were bottled up in Idlib for years before fighters broke out in a shock offensive and marched across Syria in 10 days. Similar scenes of joy unfolded in other major cities, including in Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Latakia and Raqqa. US and its allies try to shape a rapidly changing Syria Al-Sharaa, HTS’ leader, has promised to bring a pluralistic government to Syria, seeking to dispel fears among many Syrians — especially its many minority communities — that the insurgents will impose a hard-line, extremist rule. Another key factor will be winning international recognition for a new government in a country where multiple foreign powers have their hands in the mix. The Sunni Arab insurgents who overthrew Assad did so with vital help from Turkey, a longtime foe of the U.S.-backed Kurds. Turkey controls a strip of Syrian territory along the shared border and backs an insurgent faction uneasily allied to HTS — and is deeply opposed to any gains by Syria’s Kurds. In other developments, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Turkey’s Embassy in Damascus would reopen Saturday for the first time since 2012, when it closed due to the Syrian civil war. The U.S. has troops in eastern Syria to combat remnants of the Islamic State group and supports Kurdish-led fighters who rule most of the east. Since Assad’s fall, Israel has bombed sites all over Syria, saying it is trying to prevent weapons from falling into extremist hands, and has seized a swath of southern Syria along the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, calling it a buffer zone. After talks with Fidan, Blinken said there was “broad agreement” between Turkey and the U.S. on what they would like to see in Syria. That starts with an “interim government in Syria, one that is inclusive and non-sectarian and one that protects the rights of minorities and women” and does not “pose any kind of threat to any of Syria’s neighbors,” Blinken said. Fidan said the priority was “establishing stability in Syria as soon as possible, preventing terrorism from gaining ground, and ensuring that IS and the PKK aren’t dominant” — referring to the Islamic State group and the Kurdistan Workers Party. Ankara considers the PKK within Turkey’s borders a terrorist group, as it does the Kurdish-backed forces in Syria backed by the U.S. A U.S. official said that in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Fidan both told Blinken that Kurdish attacks on Turkish positions would have to be responded to. The official spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity to discuss private diplomatic talks. The U.S. has been trying to limit such incidents in recent days and had helped organize an agreement to prevent confrontations around the northern Syrian town of Manbij, which was taken by Turkey-backed opposition fighters from the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces earlier this week. In Baghdad, Blinken met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani, saying both countries wanted to ensure the Islamic State group — also known by its Arabic acronym Daesh — doesn’t exploit Syria’s transition to re-emerge. “Having put Daesh back in its box, we can’t let it out, and we’re determined to make sure that that doesn’t happen,” Blinken said. The U.S. official who briefed reporters said that Blinken had impressed upon al-Sudani the importance of Iraq exercising its full sovereignty over its territory and airspace to stop Iran from transporting weapons and equipment to Syria, either for Assad supporters or onward to the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon. ___ Lee reported from Ankara, Turkey. Associated Press Writer Suzan Fraser in Ankara contributed to this report. Advertisement AdvertisementScottish international Adams scores long-range stunner in Serie A win for TorinoNone

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Kings look to turn up intensity in matinee vs. RangersNew York, Dec 14 (AP) President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office. Also Read | Indian Students Killed in Canada: India Describes Recent Murder of Students As 'Terrible Tragedies', Demands Thorough Investigation. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” he wrote. Setting clocks forward one hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall is intended to maximise daylight during summer months, but has long been subject to scrutiny. Daylight saving time was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. Also Read | MFN Clause Suspension by Switzerland: India Needs Strategic Approach for International Taxation Treaties, Says GTRI. Lawmakers have occasionally proposed getting rid of the time change altogether. The most prominent recent attempt, a now-stalled bipartisan bill named the Sunshine Protection Act, had proposed making daylight saving time permanent. The measure was sponsored by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, whom Trump has tapped to helm the State Department. “Changing the clock twice a year is outdated and unnecessary,” Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said as the Senate voted in favour of the measure. Health experts have said that lawmakers have it backward and that standard time should be made permanent. Some health groups, including the American Medical Association and American Academy of Sleep Medicine, have said that it's time to do away with time switches and that sticking with standard time aligns better with the sun — and human biology. Most countries do not observe daylight saving time. For those that do, the date that clocks are changed varies, creating a complicated tapestry of changing time differences. Arizona and Hawaii don't change their clocks at all. (AP) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--dec 12, 2024-- Shurick Agapitov, oprichter van Xsolla en visionair in de game-industrie, kondigt met trots de release van Once Upon Tomorrow Fortnite Island aan. Deze meeslepende Fortnite Creative-kaart neemt spelers mee naar de rijke verhalende wereld van zijn roman. De innovatieve ervaring, ontwikkeld in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), combineert op meesterlijke wijze razendsnelle parkour-uitdagingen met diepgaande thematische elementen uit Once Upon Tomorrow . Spelers worden uitgenodigd om hun vaardigheden te testen terwijl ze door een visueel boeiend landschap reizen dat de veerkracht en het avontuur van de personages uit het boek belichaamt. Dit persbericht bevat multimedia. Bekijk hier het volledige persbericht: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241212642158/nl/ (Graphic: Xsolla) “Once Upon Tomorrow in Fortnite Creative is onze manier om het bereik en de diepgang van de roman te vergroten en spelers een interactieve reis te bieden die zowel hun vaardigheden als hun begrip van de thema's van het verhaal uitdaagt," aldus Shurick Agapitov, oprichter van Xsolla. “We hebben deze map ontworpen om spelers te boeien die naar een flinke uitdaging verlangen. We willen hen meenemen in een wereld die visueel rijk is en diep geïnspireerd op het boek. Het is een avontuur dat gebruik maakt van de technische sterke punten van UEFN om het vertellen van verhalen in Fortnite te verbeteren op een manier die de game''ervaring echt transformeert.” Once Upon Tomorrow is gemaakt om de grenzen van Fortnite Creative te verleggen. Het spel biedt spelers een dynamisch, verhalend parkouravontuur in een zorgvuldig gemaakte omgeving geïnspireerd op Agapitovs boek en visie. Elk parkour bestaat uit een reeks behendigheidsuitdagingen waarbij spelers met precisie en snelheid moeten sprinten, springen en klimmen, terwijl ze worden ondergedompeld in een wereld vol visuele aanwijzingen die de thema's uithoudingsvermogen en ontdekking uit het boek weerspiegelen. Agapitov heeft een ervaring gecreëerd die verder gaat dan traditionele parkourkaarten door gameplay te verweven met verhalen, waardoor zowel opwindende gameplay als een betekenisvolle band met de wereld van het boek ontstaat. Once Upon Tomorrow is een project binnen Fortnite Creative, waarin parkour op het scherpst van de snede naadloos wordt gecombineerd met verhalende diepgang. De kaart laat zien wat er mogelijk is met UEFN en biedt een boeiende en gelaagde ervaring die aantrekkelijk is voor de grote spelersgroep van Fortnite en fans van nieuwe en verhalende spelervaringen. Elk aspect van de kaart, van de intense gameplay-mechanieken tot het meeslepende, sfeervolle ontwerp, is gemaakt om een nieuwe standaard te zetten in Fortnite Creative. Ga voor meer informatie over Once Upon Tomorrow en de meeslepende Fortnite Creative-ervaring naar xsolla.blog/outf Over Shurick Agapitov Agapitov is de visionaire oprichter van Xsolla, een wereldwijd erkende leider op het gebied van handel in videogames. Bekend om zijn bijdragen aan gaming, Web3 en de metaverse, heeft Agapitov Xsolla ontwikkeld tot een essentiële bron voor gameontwikkelaars en -uitgevers wereldwijd. Zijn toewijding aan het verbeteren van digitale en interactieve ervaringen wordt weerspiegeld in de lancering van Once Upon Tomorrow , waarmee hij zijn visie uitbreidt van de pagina naar de dynamische wereld van Fortnite Creative. Over Xsolla Xsolla is een wereldwijd videogamehandelsbedrijf met een robuuste en krachtige set tools en services die speciaal zijn ontworpen voor de industrie. Sinds de oprichting in 2005 heeft Xsolla duizenden gameontwikkelaars en uitgevers van alle omvang geholpen hun games wereldwijd en op meerdere platforms te financieren, op de markt te brengen, te lanceren en te gelde te maken. Als innovatieve leider in gamehandel is het de missie van Xsolla om de inherente complexiteit van wereldwijde distributie, marketing en monetisatie op te lossen om onze partners te helpen meer geografische gebieden te bereiken, meer inkomsten te genereren en relaties met gamers wereldwijd op te bouwen. Xsolla heeft haar hoofdkantoor en is gevestigd in Los Angeles, Californië, met kantoren in Londen, Berlijn, Seoul, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Raleigh, Tokyo, Montreal en steden over de hele wereld. Xsolla ondersteunt toonaangevende gamingpartners zoals Valve, Twitch, Epic Games, Take-Two, KRAFTON, Nexters, NetEase, Playstudios, Playrix, miHoYo, en anderen. Ga voor meer informatie of leer meer op xsolla.com Deze bekendmaking is officieel geldend in de originele brontaal. Vertalingen zijn slechts als leeshulp bedoeld en moeten worden vergeleken met de tekst in de brontaal, die als enige rechtsgeldig is. Bekijk het oorspronkelijke bericht op businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241212642158/nl/ CONTACT: Mediacontact Derrick Stembridge Global Director of Public Relations, Xsolla d.stembridge@xsolla.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SOFTWARE METAVERSE ENTERTAINMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FINTECH DATA MANAGEMENT CONSUMER ELECTRONICS PAYMENTS TECHNOLOGY WEB3 FINANCE ELECTRONIC GAMES SOURCE: Xsolla Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/12/2024 05:46 PM/DISC: 12/12/2024 05:47 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241212642158/nl

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NEW YORK — After missing last weekend’s loss to the Dolphins, Jets running back Breece Hall could return in Week 15. Hall (knee) is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Jaguars. “He looks good right now,” Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich said on Friday afternoon. “So, it looks promising.” Hall injured his knee during the Jets’ Week 11 loss to the Colts. However, Hall played in the team’s next game against the Seahawks following the Jets’ bye week. While Hall could play on Sunday, the Jets will be without returner and running back Kene Nwangwu. After breaking his hand, Nwangwu will be placed on injured reserve and miss the rest of the season. Nwangwu was named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week after the Jets’ Week 13 loss to the Seahawks. In that game, after being elevated from the practice squad, Nwangwu registered a 99-yard kick-return touchdown and forced a fumble on a separate kickoff return. “He brought such value as a returner,” Ulbrich said about Nwangwu. “To put him out there with a broken hand, that would be counterproductive for him and us as a team. “Unfortunately, it cuts the season short and what a bright light he was and what an amazing future I think he has in this league.” The Jets’ secondary could be limited against the Jaguars. Brandin Echols (shoulder) is doubtful, and D.J. Reed (groin) is questionable. Ulbrich is “hopeful” Reed can play against Jacksonville. “It’s something that’s lingered here and there,” Ulbrich said about Reed’s groin injury. “It got aggravated and it went away and it got aggravated again. “We are hopeful, but we will see how it goes. He has been a guy that, it has been sore on a Friday and been able to play on a Sunday multiple times this year. We will see how that goes.” Sauce Gardner, who missed last week’s game due to a hamstring injury, will play against the Jaguars. If Echols and Reed do not play, rookie Qwan’tez Stiggers will likely receive more playing time opposite Gardner. “I’m excited for him,” Ulbrich said about Stiggers. “If he gets an opportunity to play, I’m excited about what he can do. He has demonstrated great growth this season and he has elite ball skills. “If we gotta roll with Qwan’tez Stiggers, we are excited about that opportunity for him and for us.” ©2024 New York Daily News. Visit nydailynews.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

The 17-year-old forward was introduced in the 78th minute of the Blues’ 3-1 victory over Astana, replacing Guiu. Mheuka joined Chelsea’s development squad in 2022 from Brighton and Hove Albion. Chelsea announced his arrival on their website and social media platforms. “As @TheSecretScout_ first reported last month, England youth international forward Shumaira Mheuka has completed his move from Brighton to Chelsea. “Mheuka is an Under-15 for the coming season but, having already played up at Under-18 level for Brighton, will continue on that accelerated trajectory at Chelsea. “He is not eligible for this season’s FA Youth Cup though,” Chelsea wrote. Following his impressive performances at Youth level, Mheuka has quickly risen through the ranks finding himself being named in the senior team’s match day squad. Mheuka, who is nicknamed Shim, was born in England to Zimbabwean parents. His father is the former Zimbabwe Saints attacking midfielder, Malcolm Mheuka.

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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a judge again Friday to throw out his hush money conviction, balking at the prosecution’s suggestion of preserving the verdict by treating the case the way some courts do when a defendant dies. They called the idea “absurd.” Related Articles National Politics | Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time National Politics | Ruling by a conservative Supreme Court could help blue states resist Trump policies National Politics | A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden’s clemency list National Politics | Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after she ‘sustained an injury’ on official trip to Luxembourg National Politics | Veteran Daniel Penny, acquitted in NYC subway chokehold, will join Trump’s suite at football game The Manhattan district attorney’s office is asking Judge Juan M. Merchan to “pretend as if one of the assassination attempts against President Trump had been successful,” Trump’s lawyers wrote in a blistering 23-page response. In court papers made public Tuesday, District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office proposed an array of options for keeping the historic conviction on the books after Trump’s lawyers filed paperwork earlier this month asking for the case to be dismissed. They include freezing the case until Trump leaves office in 2029, agreeing that any future sentence won’t include jail time, or closing the case by noting he was convicted but that he wasn’t sentenced and his appeal wasn’t resolved because of presidential immunity. Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove reiterated Friday their position that the only acceptable option is overturning his conviction and dismissing his indictment, writing that anything less will interfere with the transition process and his ability to lead the country. The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined comment. It’s unclear how soon Merchan will decide. He could grant Trump’s request for dismissal, go with one of the prosecution’s suggestions, wait until a federal appeals court rules on Trump’s parallel effort to get the case moved out of state court, or choose some other option. In their response Friday, Blanche and Bove ripped each of the prosecution’s suggestions. Halting the case until Trump leaves office would force the incoming president to govern while facing the “ongoing threat” that he’ll be sentenced to imprisonment, fines or other punishment as soon as his term ends, Blanche and Bove wrote. Trump, a Republican, takes office Jan. 20. “To be clear, President Trump will never deviate from the public interest in response to these thuggish tactics,” the defense lawyers wrote. “However, the threat itself is unconstitutional.” The prosecution’s suggestion that Merchan could mitigate those concerns by promising not to sentence Trump to jail time on presidential immunity grounds is also a non-starter, Blanche and Bove wrote. The immunity statute requires dropping the case, not merely limiting sentencing options, they argued. Blanche and Bove, both of whom Trump has tabbed for high-ranking Justice Department positions, expressed outrage at the prosecution’s novel suggestion that Merchan borrow from Alabama and other states and treat the case as if Trump had died. Blanche and Bove accused prosecutors of ignoring New York precedent and attempting to “fabricate” a solution “based on an extremely troubling and irresponsible analogy between President Trump” who survived assassination attempts in Pennsylvania in July and Florida in September “and a hypothetical dead defendant.” Such an option normally comes into play when a defendant dies after being convicted but before appeals are exhausted. It is unclear whether it is viable under New York law, but prosecutors suggested that Merchan could innovate in what’s already a unique case. “This remedy would prevent defendant from being burdened during his presidency by an ongoing criminal proceeding,” prosecutors wrote in their filing this week. But at the same time, it wouldn’t “precipitously discard” the “meaningful fact that defendant was indicted and found guilty by a jury of his peers.” Prosecutors acknowledged that “presidential immunity requires accommodation” during Trump’s impending return to the White House but argued that his election to a second term should not upend the jury’s verdict, which came when he was out of office. Longstanding Justice Department policy says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution . Other world leaders don’t enjoy the same protection. For example, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial on corruption charges even as he leads that nation’s wars in Lebanon and Gaza . Trump has been fighting for months to reverse his May 30 conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records . Prosecutors said he fudged the documents to conceal a $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels to suppress her claim that they had sex a decade earlier, which Trump denies. In their filing Friday, Trump’s lawyers citing a social media post in which Sen. John Fetterman used profane language to criticize Trump’s hush money prosecution. The Pennsylvania Democrat suggested that Trump deserved a pardon, comparing his case to that of President Joe Biden’s pardoned son Hunter Biden, who had been convicted of tax and gun charges . “Weaponizing the judiciary for blatant, partisan gain diminishes the collective faith in our institutions and sows further division,” Fetterman wrote Wednesday on Truth Social. Trump’s hush money conviction was in state court, meaning a presidential pardon — issued by Biden or himself when he takes office — would not apply to the case. Presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes. Since the election, special counsel Jack Smith has ended his two federal cases , which pertained to Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and allegations that he hoarded classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. A separate state election interference case in Fulton County, Georgia, is largely on hold. Trump denies wrongdoing in all. Trump had been scheduled for sentencing in the hush money case in late November. But following Trump’s Nov. 5 election victory, Merchan halted proceedings and indefinitely postponed the former and future president’s sentencing so the defense and prosecution could weigh in on the future of the case. Merchan also delayed a decision on Trump’s prior bid to dismiss the case on immunity grounds. A dismissal would erase Trump’s conviction, sparing him the cloud of a criminal record and possible prison sentence. Trump is the first former president to be convicted of a crime and the first convicted criminal to be elected to the office.Electromed Stock Soars to All-Time High of $30.17 Amidst Robust Growth