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Fortnite UGC studio Creator Corp announced today that it had received a $2 million investment from new venture fund Lumina. The fund’s creators, Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford, both expressed enthusiasm for Creator Corp’s mission to build out its portfolio of UEFN titles made in collaboration with influencers and popular IP. Creator Corp’s library of existing titles includes Steph Curry’s Run the Ring, US Open Tennis Storm, Dude Perfect Dodgeball and Bugha’s End Game, which have a combined total of over 220 million active users. The studio says it plans to use Lumina’s investment to build its development portfolio with more games to reach new audiences while maximizing community engagement. Anne-Margot Rodde, Creator Corp CEO, said in a statement, “Thomas and his team understand the inherent synergies between entertainment and gaming and our vision for the studio’s future aligns perfectly. The investment from Lumina will unlock new opportunities to build upon our portfolio of fan-driven games in UEFN and lay the groundwork for user-generated games on new platforms in the future.” Benski added in a separate statement, “User-generated games are the next wave of entertainment, and Creators Corp. is leading that movement. Margot has demonstrated a true talent for understanding both the creator economy and the UGG space, identifying key growth opportunities. Over the past year, she has surrounded herself with top talent in the industry, from developers to advisors, and has forged many meaningful partnerships with influencers and brands alike.” Stay in the know! Get the latest news in your inbox daily By subscribing, you agree to VentureBeat's Terms of Service. Thanks for subscribing. Check out more VB newsletters here . An error occured.Soup often comes to mind when summer gives way to sweater weather. It’s delicious, usually pretty easy to make, works well with whatever is lingering in your fridge and/or pantry, and warms both the body and soul as soon as a spoonful touches your lips. Remember how a big bowl of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle helped chase away a head cold when you convinced your mom or dad you were really, really sick and needed to take the day off from school? Such is the magic of soup. There’s another reason soup strikes a chord with so many home cooks. Even though inflation is easing, going to the grocery store can still be a gut punch. So any way we can get a good meal onto the table and not break the budget is a good thing. Soup is economical because it lends itself to cheaper cuts of meat and simple ingredients such as canned beans and dried noodles, no-nonsense veggies like carrots and cabbage and spices that most people already have in their spice rack. This warm and filling wonton soup that headlines our latest installment of “Dinner for Two” is a pretty good example. Honestly, it probably takes longer to shop for all the ingredients than it does to stir a pot together — about 20 minutes — though you can let it simmer longer if you’re not in a rush and want to deepen the flavor. And except for the (optional) white miso paste in the broth, it won’t have you running down any fancy ingredients. This soup requires only boxed broth, some everyday greens, carrots and a bag of Trader Joe’s Chicken Cilantro Mini Wontons, which was my biggest purchase. Total cost: $10.45 for two (and more likely three) generous servings. I used the whole 12-ounce, $3.49 bag in the soup, which is technically four servings instead of two, so it would have cost even less if I hadn’t been such a fool for dumplings and added half the bag. (Sorry, but I really like them, especially when they’re so cute!) Both the appetizer — a spicy cold cucumber salad — and the maple-kissed baked pears I made for dessert were even more economical. The salad cost just $2.21, and the pears $2.30 — just a little more than $1 per person per course. Once again, I was able to cut down on costs by using ingredients I already had on hand such as the honey and chili crisp used to give the cucumbers their sweet and spicy kick and the vanilla and cinnamon that sweetens the dessert. I also just happened to have some shiitake mushrooms in my fridge leftover from another dish that I happily threw into the pot so they wouldn’t go to waste. But that’s the thing with this particular soup recipe. It’s completely adaptable to personal taste and what you have in your kitchen. Total cost for the entire meal, which had leftovers: $14.46, or 54 cents under my $15 budget. Bon appétit! Spicy Cucumber Salad Serves 2 This recipe is so easy, and starts the meal off with a pleasant crunch. I added chili crisp because I always have it on hand and I can’t get enough of its spicy, umami flavor. But you could substitute soy sauce or leave it out altogether. INGREDIENTS: 6 mini cucumbers 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt 21⁄2 tablespoon rice vinegar 1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil 1 tablespoon chili crisp or garlic chili sauce, optional DIRECTIONS: Slice cucumbers into bite-sized disks and place in a large bowl. Toss with salt and set aside while you make dressing. In a small bowl, stir together rice vinegar, honey, sesame oil and chili crisp or chili sauce, if using. Strain the cucumbers (do not rinse) and place in a large bowl Pour dressing over cucumbers and toss to combine. — Gretchen McKay, Post-Gazette Dumpling Soup Serves 2 Soup is often an afterthought, a way to use up any stray veggies in your refrigerator crisper. But it also makes a great main dish, especially if you add a few (or a lot) meat-stuffed dumplings. The star that makes this dish so filling is Trader Joe’s Chicken Cilantro Mini Wontons, which are a budget buy at $3.49 for a 12-ounce package. The fragrant vegetable broth is flavored with fresh ginger and ground turmeric, two spices that don’t just add depth, but are also are great for chasing away colds. You may not want to buy white miso paste, a fermented paste made from rice, barley and soybeans that is on the expensive side (you’ll find it in the Asian section of most larger grocery stores). You can substitute a little soy sauce instead. Even a packet that comes with takeout Chinese is enough to add some umami flavor. Baby bok choy (a type of Chinese cabbage) and broccoli florets provide a healthy serving of greens. INGREDIENTS: — Kosher salt 1 tablespoon sesame oil 4 shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced 1 (2-inch) piece ginger, finely minced 2 garlic cloves, finely minced 1 teaspoon ground turmeric 32 ounces vegetable stock — Salt 2 medium carrots, julienned 2 tablespoon white miso paste or 1 tablespoon soy sauce 12- ounce bag frozen dumplings (not thawed) 1 baby bok choy, trimmed and each cut into 4 pieces through the stem, or a handful of fresh spinach — Handful broccoli florets — Handful of cilantro or chopped scallions, for serving DIRECTIONS: Heat sesame oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 5-6 minutes. Add ginger and garlic. Stir and cook for 30 seconds, until aromatic. Add turmeric and stir for 15 seconds, until fragrant. Pour vegetable stock into the pot and season with 1 teaspoon salt. Add julienned carrots, cover and cook for 8-10 minutes on medium heat to allow flavors to meld. Remove the lid and add miso paste, stirring constantly until it is dissolved. Taste, and season with more salt, if needed. Increase the heat to medium-high, and carefully drop the dumplings into the broth. When they float to the top, add baby bok choy and broccoli, and cook for about 2 minutes, just until the broccoli is crisp-tender. Ladle the broth, dumplings, baby bok choy and broccoli into bowls. To serve, top with cilantro or chopped scallions. — adapted from nyt.com Maple Baked Pears Pears are in season throughout fall, and are as easy to cook with as apples. In this simple recipe, they’re halved, scooped and then drizzled with maple syrup for a quick bake in the oven. My budget didn’t allow for a scoop of vanilla ice cream, but the pears were delicious without. INGREDIENTS: 2 large pears, ripe but still slightly firm — Pinch ground cinnamon 1⁄4 cup pure maple syrup — Dash of pure vanilla extract DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Cut pears in half. (Don’t worry about peeling.) Using a melon baller or spoon, scoop out the core and seeds. Arrange pears, facing up, on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle evenly with a dusting of cinnamon. Whisk together maple syrup and vanilla extract. Drizzle over the tops of the pears. Bake uncovered until the fruit is soft and lightly browned on the edges, around 25-30 minutes. (Firmer pears will take a little longer.) Remove from the oven. Serve warm with granola and yogurt, or a scoop of vanilla ice cream, if desired. — Gretchen McKay
A Michelin-starred chef has appealed to thieves who stole his van with 2,500 pies inside to “do the right thing” and drop them somewhere so people in need can have them. Tommy Banks, who owns two restaurants and a pub in North Yorkshire, posted on Instagram on Monday morning to say his van with £25,000 of stock in the back had been taken from just outside Ripon. Mr Banks said in the video that the stock – including steak and ale, turkey and butternut squash pies, as well as gravy and custard – was for York Christmas Market. A post shared by Tommy Banks (@tommybanks) He urged the thieves to drop the pies somewhere such as a community centre, adding “I know you’re a criminal, but maybe just do something nice because it’s Christmas and maybe we can feed a few thousand people with these pies that you’ve stolen, do the right thing”. Mr Banks also asked anyone who is offered pies from someone who is not him to report them to the police. North Yorkshire Police said it had been informed of the theft and asked anyone with information to get in touch, the BBC reported. Mr Banks’s video contained the caption: “So @matthewalockwood went into @madeinoldstead this morning to pick up the van and it has been stolen. “These guys had loaded up the van with stock for @tommyspieshop today and left plugged in overnight. “I’m guessing the thieves didn’t realise they were stealing 2,500 pies along with the van! The pies are all in boxes with my name on so not very easy to sell. “If you are the thieves and read this I urge you to drop the pies off somewhere. So we can at least give them to people who need food and they are not wasted.” Mr Banks told the PA news agency: “What was really making me sad this morning, I thought suddenly they’re going to realise what’s in the back and ditch the food. “We talk about zero waste and when you’ve got just short of a tonne of food that’s probably been ditched, it would be good if it could find its way to people who need it.” He added that his team were “much less bothered about the van as they’re bothered about the pies” as it was a week’s worth of stock. The chef said they are planning to create a chicken pie this week and one of his team came up with the name “bandit butter chicken pie”, as he said the situation was “all a bit Home Alone – at Christmas with the pie bandit stealing our pies”.A man walks outside the Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, China on Sept. 2, 2022. David Kirton/Reuters Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. TCEHY led a recent US$80-million ($112-million) equity investment in Neo Financial Technologies Inc., valuing the Calgary online financial upstart at a steep discount to its last financing. Neo did not reveal its lead investor when it announced the deal two weeks ago and has rebuffed queries about its identity. “We’ve disclosed all that we’re prepared to disclose at this time,” co-founder and chief commercial officer Jeff Adamson said Wednesday. But a term sheet for the deal obtained by The Globe and Mail identifies Tencent as the investor, showing it committed to buy US$50-million of the offering, which values Neo at US$430-million before the receipt of funds, and US$510-million after. Neo is one of several digital financial services startups seeking to challenge Canada’s big banks by offering a smooth online experience and low fees. The company, created and led by three cofounders of Canadian food delivery service SkipThe Dishes, has grown rapidly, surpassing US$100-million in annual revenue in April, according to a document sent to prospective investors. It has 1.3 million customers and expects to hit operating profitability in 2025. The new valuation is at a steep discount from Neo’s $185-million financing in spring 2022, which valued it at more than $1-billion. According to a document filed by Neo with the federal government, investors in the new deal paid US$4.26 or US$5.33 apiece for two types of preferred shares, down from the US$16.01 issue price for shares sold in 2022 (A separate table listing investors prior to the recent financing shows the 2022 shares were valued at US$19.15 each). That is consistent with other financial technology firms that have been devalued since 2022. In a Nov. 11 news release about the deal, Neo said only that several Canadian technology entrepreneurs including founders of Shopify, Slack, PointClickCare and Roblox had invested alongside previous backers, which accompanied a $250-million debt financing. The release did not mention a lead investor, which is unusual for a big tech financing, particularly since Neo has attracted backing from Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures alongside other U.S. and Canadian venture capital firms and Thomvest, an investment vehicle founded by Peter J. Thomson. (The Thomson family holding company, Woodbridge Co. Ltd., owns The Globe and Mail). Canadian financial institutions ATB Financial and Concentra Bank and Hudson Bay Co. are also investors. When asked who participated, Mr. Adamson initially told The Globe and Mail: “Obviously we haven’t listed every single investor,” adding the round’s backers included “a mix of global top tier investors” who have backed leading digital bank challengers globally. “They have made their pick in Canada and that pick is Neo.” Online news publication The Logic subsequently reported securities filings showed Neo had raised most of the round from an unidentified Chinese investor. When The Globe pressed Mr. Adamson for its identity, he replied by e-mail: “We respect each investor’s right to privacy and confidentiality.” He told tech news site BetaKit that Neo lacked approval to name the investor, describing it only as “an experienced global investment firm” that had backed fintechs elsewhere. Tencent has backed at least nine digital banks in Europe, South America, Japan and India, including two alongside Valar: France’s Olinda SAS (known as Qonto) and Germany-based N26 AG. Tencent has made several investments in Canada, backing Wattpad, Element AI, Kindred Systems, Real Ventures and financial technology company NorthOne. The Tencent-led deal appears to be structured in a way to allay geopolitical concerns, should they arise, about a Chinese company owning just under 10 per cent of a consumer-focused Canadian financial services company. All Chinese-based companies are required under Chinese law to share information with its government, if requested. Similar concerns have led to bans on the use of telecom equipment made by China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in Canada and its intelligence-sharing allies. The deal establishes Tencent as a passive investor: It does not get a board seat and has limited information rights about the company’s performance compared to other investors. It gets no access to data or personally identifiable information about Neo customers. Mr. Adamson said Neo still qualifies as a Canadian-controlled business. By contrast, TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance Ltd. collects user data including location, contacts, likes and shares. ByteDance this month was ordered by the Canadian government to shut its subsidiary here, although Canadians were not banned from using the social media app. TikTok has faced concerns related to safety and privacy stemming from the possible involvement of its home government and whether it has been used as a tool for propaganda or spying. Questions about Neo’s mystery backer have overshadowed its fast growth. Investor documents show Neo’s growth is outpacing other global “neobanks” and the company forecasts it will surpass US$1-billion in revenue by 2028. By comparison, Equitable Bank (known as EQ Bank), one of the most prominent digital-only competitors to Canada’s big banks since starting online banking in 2016, reported revenue of $944-million in the first 10 months of 2023. Neo offers core banking products including bank accounts, term deposits, credit and debit cards, as well as a loyalty program in partnership with 14,000 merchants including Shell, Subway and Harry Rosen. Like other bank challengers, Neo is at a disadvantage to regulated banks, as it cannot hold or use deposits for lending and must partner with licensed institutions to manage savings accounts, meaning it has a higher cost of capital than the incumbents. One of the keys to its growth has been its 2021 partnership with Hudson’s Bay Co. to offer its branded Bay credit cards, securing a chance to build its client base by tapping into one of Canada’s largest loyalty programs. Neo also landed deals to provide the platform underpinning credit cards offered by Tim Hortons and airline Cathay Pacific. The company says it consistently adds about 100,000 customers per quarter, as its average cost to acquire customers has fallen to the low US$20-range from above US$60 in early 2022. Its next big play is to go after small and medium businesses, targeting a market it sees as underserved by banks.
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DAN MCLAUGHLIN: Kamala Harris's problem is an open secret. So why DO suicidal Democrat elites refuse to admit it? By DAN MCLAUGHLIN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 22:31, 27 November 2024 | Updated: 22:39, 27 November 2024 e-mail View comments Democrats aren’t ready to admit that they have a problem. Until they do, they won’t find the solution. And it won’t come from California , or any place that looks like it. Joe Biden , mercifully, won’t be back in politics after January. He’s barely there even now. But Kamala Harris hasn’t gotten the hint. Her election concession speech, in which she vowed to ‘never give up’, used the word ‘fight’ twenty times. According to recent reports, Harris is repeating that theme ad nauseam in calls with allies and donors – you know, the guys who just gave her $1 billion to blow. ‘I am staying in the fight,’ she says. Harris reportedly plans to spend the holidays huddled with family, discussing her next steps: whether to run again in 2028, run for governor of California in 2026, or both. And she certainly kicked off the Thanksgiving celebrations in true form, releasing a bizarre, ranting video – leaning into camera and slurring her words on Tuesday evening. In the clip, she reassured Democrats that ‘you have the same power that you did before November 5’. But that’s not how elections work. Nor is ‘don’t ever let anybody or any circumstance take your power from you’ really on-message for an outgoing administration that has spent four years emphasizing the so-called threat to democracy of people who can’t accept a loss. The video – presumably staged from a San Francisco living room – had a makeshift backdrop, complete with an obligatory American flag and what appeared to be drawn curtain fabric. Kamala certainly kicked off the Thanksgiving celebrations in true form, releasing a bizarre, ranting video, leaning into camera and slurring her words on Tuesday evening. In the clip, she reassured Democrats that ‘you have the same power that you did before November 5’. If Harris had staffers who actually liked her, they’d never have released this. Instead, she’s spending her time on Hawaiian beaches and sounding out her family – which is code for listening to her sister Maya, who worked for Hillary Clinton’s losing 2016 campaign before taking prominent roles in both of Kamala’s botched bids. Is that advice you should want? At least Hillary hasn’t tried to run again. Not that her humiliating loss has stopped her from popping up repeatedly to charge that Trump didn’t really win. It also hasn’t stopped her from writing her fourth memoir, loftily entitled ‘Something Lost, Something Gained’. Note to Mrs Clinton: 77 is old enough to stop clinging to the world stage when you have nothing new to say. Unlike Republicans, who gave second chances to Trump and Richard Nixon, Democrats haven’t re-nominated one of their losers since Adlai Stevenson in 1956. Al Gore never held another office, and neither has Hillary. The best bet for Harris would be to follow the John Kerry playbook and hope for a White House appointment the next time a Democrat wins. Instead, she’s still dreaming of being Madam President. And her best chance of that coming to pass is if something tragic happens to Biden before January 20. Read More EXCLUSIVE 'It's a blood bath': Inside the Democrat blame game after Harris's staggering loss If Harris isn’t a laughingstock yet, she is apt to become one if she tries to run again – and that bleary-eyed video proved why. The easiest way for Democrats to explain their defeat is to shoot the messenger and blame Biden and Harris. The least they can do is find new faces if they’re unwilling to change the message. Democratic voters haven’t woken from the dream yet, either. A recent poll found that 41 percent of them would back another Harris campaign, far outdistancing every other Democrat. That will fade. I’d bet that people are telling pollsters they’d back Harris again because they don’t know any other names – and when you think about it like that, 41 percent isn’t a great place to be at all. The only other names to generate any significant interest in the poll were California Governor Gavin Newsom and Minnesota’s Tim Walz (Harris’s VP pick). That suggests that Dem voters, like Harris, haven’t accepted the lessons of their November 5 drubbing. The liberal cognoscenti weren’t as shocked this time at Trump’s win. But they weren’t exactly prepared for him to bag the popular vote by 2.5 million or eat into Democratic strongholds such as New Jersey or even New York City. Only a party-wide delusion would explain looking to the likes of Harris, Newsom or Walz again. Everywhere the Democrats run things, we see the same mess: policies that are soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on immigration, soft on anti-Semitic radicals, profligate spending, teaching woke politics in schools instead of reading and writing, with nothing getting built and nothing working. She reportedly plans to spend the holidays huddled with family, discussing her next steps: whether to run again in 2028, run for governor of California in 2026, or both. Which is code for listening to her sister Maya (pictured), who worked for Hillary Clinton’s losing 2016 campaign before taking prominent roles in both of Kamala’s botched bids. Is that advice you should want? Only a party-wide delusion would explain looking to the likes of Harris, Gavin Newsom (pictured) or Tim Walz again. Newsom’s California has all that in truckloads. If Harris wants to now run the state, it will go downhill even faster than it has the past six years. Before the presidential election, Harris wouldn’t even comment on a California ballot initiative to repeal a preposterous ban on larceny charges for thefts of less than $950. It passed easily. California voters have also sacked the mayors of San Francisco and Oakland, as well as the district attorneys in those two cities plus Los Angeles. Harris doesn’t even understand the voters of her own state anymore. But the elites who run Democratic Party, its policies and campaigns can’t even see it because they have completely lost touch with their working-class base. Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said he was for ‘The Forgotten Man’. That now wouldn’t sound out of place at a MAGA rally. Don’t ask me, ask ultra-liberal Senator Bernie Sanders, who is single-handedly sounding the alarm, saying that ‘the working people of this country are extremely angry. They have a right to be angry.’ The last straw for Harris will be all that donor money she wasted. Anyone can waste taxpayer cash – Joe Biden’s made a career out of it – but wasting donor money is unforgivable. Her campaign paid off celebrities to appear at her rallies. Worse, she gave Al Sharpton’s nonprofit half-a-million dollars before being interviewed on his MSNBC show. Sharpton was as responsible as anyone for talking Biden into putting Harris on the ticket in 2020; if even he has to be paid to pitch softball questions to Harris, what big Democratic donor will want to trust her again? If Democrats care about surviving as a legitimate opposition, they need to go back to the drawing board. This is not about sticking plasters or re-trying failed candidates. Kamala Harris should be left alone to enjoy a large glass of wine. Share or comment on this article: DAN MCLAUGHLIN: Kamala Harris's problem is an open secret. So why DO suicidal Democrat elites refuse to admit it? e-mail Add commentWall Street stocks surged to fresh records Wednesday on hopes about easing US monetary policy, shrugging off political upheaval in South Korea and France. All three major US indices scored records, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing above 45,000 for the first time. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid mixed trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Monday after closing November at an all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Super Micro Computer, a stock that’s been on an AI-driven roller coaster, soared after saying an investigation found no evidence of misconduct by its management or the company’s board. Retailers were mixed coming off Black Friday and heading into what’s expected to be the best Cyber Monday on record. Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market. On Monday: The S&P 500 rose 14.77 points, or 0.2%, to 6,047.15. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128.65 points, or 0.3%, to 44,782. The Nasdaq composite rose 185.78 points, or 1%, to 19,403.95. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 0.59 points, or less than 0.1%, to 2,434.14. For the year: The S&P 500 is up 1,277.32 points, or 26.8%. The Dow is up 7,092.46 points, or 18.8%. The Nasdaq is up 4,392.60 points, or 29.3%. The Russell 2000 is up 407.06 points, or 20.1%.
Police say searchers don’t expect to find woman in Pennsylvania sinkhole alive UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — The search for a woman who is believed to have fallen into a sinkhole in western Pennsylvania has become a recovery effort after two treacherous days of digging through mud and rock produced no signs of life. Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Trooper Steve Limani said during a news conference Wednesday that authorities no longer believe they will find 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard alive, but that the search for her remains continues. Limani says crews have seen "no signs of any form of life or anything.” Pollard was last seen alive Monday evening when she went out looking for her cat in the village of Marguerite, about 40 miles east of Pittsburgh. WWE is seeking a bigger stage and Netflix, pushing for more live events, is providing it WWE will perform on a stage next month that could be vastly larger than its current home on cable television when it makes its “Raw” debut on Netflix. The sports entertainment company is moving to a platform with about 283 million subscribers worldwide as it departs its current home on the USA Network, which averaged 688,000 viewers in prime-time last year, according to the Nielsen company. For Netflix, onboarding the WWE is part of strategic move to air more live events on the heels of a hugely successful fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul that was viewed by more than 60 million people. Michigan court upholds light sentence for woman who killed dad in dispute over ride DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has declined to overturn a light jail sentence for a young woman who killed her father by burning him with a dangerous powder. Prosecutors said Megan Imirowicz was upset when her father couldn’t drive her to a hair appointment before her 18th birthday party. Imirowicz was sentenced to only a year in jail in 2023. She actually spent more than a year in custody because she was locked up before trial and while awaiting her punishment in suburban Detroit. Sumo wrestlers bring 1,500 years of tradition to London as the sport has an international moment LONDON (AP) — London’s Royal Albert Hall is preparing to host a different kind of spectacle: Sumo wrestling. Wrestlers put on an exhibition of heavyweight grappling to promote a tournament scheduled for next October. It marks only the second time an elite five-day tournament will be held outside Japan. The first was held in 1991 at the same venue. Organizers are hoping to whip up the kind of excitement that was generated three decades ago, when the deeply ritualistic sport attracted sell-out crowds and a national television audience. The end of an Eras tour approaches, marking a bittersweet moment for Taylor Swift fans NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The global phenomenon that is Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is coming to an end after the popstar performed more than 150 shows across five continents over nearly two years. Since launching the tour in 2023, Swift has shattered sales and attendance records. It's even created such an economic boom that the Federal Reserve took note. But for many who attended the concerts, and the millions more who eagerly watched on their screens, the tour also became a beacon of joy. It's become a chance not only to appreciate Swift’s expansive music career, but also celebrate the yearslong journey fans have taken with her. Jury revisits key videos in NYC subway chokehold death trial NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors have asked to review police and bystander video at the heart of the New York City chokehold manslaughter case against Daniel Penny. The request came during a second day of deliberations Wednesday. The anonymous jury also asked to rehear part of a city medical examiner’s testimony. The request included testimony about her decision to issue a death certificate without getting toxicology test results for Jordan Neely. He was the agitated subway rider whom Penny held him around the neck for roughly six minutes. Penny has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. Prosecutors say he recklessly killed Neely. Penny's defense maintains he was justified in acting to protect fellow subway riders from Neely. Relatives hunt for the missing after Guinea stadium crush amid fears official death toll is too low CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Kambaly Kouroumah was searching a local morgue for his teenage brother, Adama, who died after chaos erupted at a soccer game in southern Guinea’s Nzerekore city. Adama, 15, was among 56 people that officials said were killed in Sunday's crush, although rights groups reported a death toll nearly three times higher. Local media, rights groups and witnesses say security forces used tear gas to respond after fans began to throw stones to protest a referee's decision during the soccer game that was organized in honor of Guinea's junta leader, Col. Mamadi Doumbouya. Many of the dead were crushed as they tried to escape through the stadium gates, videos showed. Power shortages in Ecuador are melting away the future of a small town’s ice-cream industry SALCEDO, Ecuador (AP) — Ice-cream production in this quiet Ecuadorian town began in the mid-20th century in a convent for Franciscan nuns. The nuns sold their creamy popsicles in town to gather funds for the poor. But the people of Salcedo saw a business opportunity and began experimenting with new flavors and techniques, establishing a thriving popsicle industry that has made their small town famous among ice-cream lovers. But now, the South American nation is struggling with a relentless wave of power cuts that threaten the future of Salcedo’s ice-cream industry, melting away its dreams of a more prosperous future. Senegalese artisans in the spotlight as they exhibit for the first time at a prestigious art event DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For the artistic and cultural elites of the West African nation of Senegal, the monthlong Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Arts is a celebratory moment. But it wasn’t until this year that the local artisans in the Soumbedioune crafts market, just off the Corniche and at the doorstep on the Medina working-class neighborhood, realized what the Biennale was. Craftsmanship is deeply rooted in the country’s culture, but its role has declined in recent years. As living costs rise, many Senegalese opt for cheaper, Chinese-imported products. And those that can afford it buy Western clothes and furniture to mark their social status. Eminem's mother Debbie Nelson, whose rocky relationship fueled the rapper's lyrics, dies at age 69 Debbie Nelson, the mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his song lyrics, has died. She was 69. Eminem’s longtime representative Dennis Dennehy confirmed Nelson’s death in an email on Tuesday. He did not provide a cause of death, although Nelson had battled lung cancer. Nelson’s fraught relationship with her son, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, has been no secret since the Detroit rapper became a star. Nelson brought and settled two defamation lawsuits over Eminem’s statements about her in magazines and on radio talk shows. In her 2008 book, “My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem,” she attempted to set the record straight.