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CHICAGO (AP) — As Donald Trump’s Cabinet begins to take shape, those on both sides of the abortion debate are watching closely for clues about how his picks might affect reproductive rights policy in the president-elect’s second term . Trump’s cabinet picks offer a preview of how his administration could handle abortion after he repeatedly flip-flopped on the issue on the campaign trail. He attempted to distance himself from anti-abortion allies by deferring to states on abortion policy, even while boasting about nominating three Supreme Court justices who helped strike down the constitutional protections for abortion that had stood for half a century. In an NBC News interview that aired Sunday, Trump said he doesn't plan to restrict medication abortion but also seemed to leave the door open, saying “things change.” “Things do change, but I don't think it's going to change at all,” he said. The early lineup of his new administration , including nominations to lead health agencies, the Justice Department and event the Department of Veterans Affairs, has garnered mixed — but generally positive — reactions from anti-abortion groups. Abortion law experts said Trump's decision to include fewer candidates with deep ties to the anti-abortion movement could indicate that abortion will not be a priority for Trump's administration. “It almost seems to suggest that President Trump might be focusing his administration in other directions," said Greer Donley, an associate law professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Karen Stone, vice president of public policy at Planned Parenthood Action Fund , said while many of the nominees have “extensive records against reproductive health care,” some do not. She cautioned against making assumptions based on Trump's initial cabinet selections. Still, many abortion rights groups are wary, in part because many of the nominees hold strong anti-abortion views even if they do not have direct ties to anti-abortion activists. They're concerned that an administration filled with top-level officials who are personally opposed to abortion could take steps to restrict access to the procedure and funding. After Trump’s ambiguity about abortion during his campaign, "there’s still a lot we don’t know about what policy is going to look like," said Mary Ruth Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law. That approach may be revealed as the staffs within key departments are announced. Trump announced he would nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department, which anti-abortion forces have long targeted as central to curtailing abortion rights nationwide. Yet Kennedy shifted on the issue during his own presidential campaign. In campaign videos, Kennedy said he supports abortion access until viability , which doctors say is sometime after 21 weeks, although there is no defined timeframe. But he also said “every abortion is a tragedy” and argued for a national ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a stance he quickly walked back. The head of Health and Human Services oversees Title X funding for a host of family planning services and has sweeping authority over agencies that directly affect abortion access, including the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The role is especially vital amid legal battles over a federal law known as EMTALA, which President Joe Biden’s administration has argued requires emergency abortion access nationwide, and FDA approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Mini Timmaraju, president of the national abortion rights organization Reproductive Freedom for All, called Kennedy an “unfit, unqualified extremist who cannot be trusted to protect the health, safety and reproductive freedom of American families.” His potential nomination also has caused waves in the anti-abortion movement. Former Vice President Mike Pence , a staunch abortion opponent, urged the Senate to reject Kennedy’s nomination. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the national anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said the group had its own concerns about Kennedy. “There’s no question that we need a pro-life HHS secretary," she said. Fox News correspondent Marty Makary is Trump’s pick to lead the FDA, which plays a critical role in access to medication abortion and contraception. Abortion rights groups have accused him of sharing misinformation about abortion on air. Russell Vought , a staunch anti-abortion conservative, has been nominated for director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought was a key architect of Project 2025 , a right-wing blueprint for running the federal government. Among other actions to limit reproductive rights, it calls for eliminating access to medication abortion nationwide, cutting Medicaid funding for abortion and restricting access to contraceptive care, especially long-acting reversible contraceptives such as IUD’s. Despite distancing himself from the conservative manifesto on the campaign trail, Trump is stocking his administration with people who played central roles in developing Project 2025. Trump acknowledged that drafters of the report would be part of his incoming administration during the Sunday interview with NBC News, saying “Many of those things I happen to agree with.” “These cabinet appointments all confirm that Project 2025 was in fact the blueprint all along, and the alarm we saw about it was warranted,” said Amy Williams Navarro, director of government relations for Reproductive Freedom for All. Dr. Mehmet Oz , Trump’s choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is a former television talk show host who has been accused of hawking dubious medical treatments and products. He voiced contradictory abortion views during his failed Senate run in 2022. Oz has described himself as “strongly pro-life, praised the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade , claimed “life starts at conception” and referred to abortion as “murder.” But he also has echoed Trump’s states-rights approach, arguing the federal government should not be involved in abortion decisions. “I want women, doctors, local political leaders, letting the democracy that’s always allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves,” he said during a Senate debate two years ago. An array of reproductive rights groups opposed his Senate run. As CMS administrator, Oz would be in a key position to determine Medicaid coverage for family planning services and investigate potential EMTALA violations. As Florida’s attorney general, Pam Bondi defended abortion restrictions, including a 24-hour waiting period. Now she’s Trump’s choice for attorney general . Her nomination is being celebrated by abortion opponents but denounced by abortion rights groups concerned she may revive the Comstock Act , an anti-vice law passed by Congress in 1873 that, among other things, bans mailing of medication or instruments used in abortion. An anti-abortion and anti-vaccine former Florida congressman, David Weldon, has been chosen to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which collects and monitors abortion data across the country. Former Republican congressman Doug Collins is Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs amid a political battle over abortion access and funding for troops and veterans. Collins voted consistently to restrict funding and access to abortion and celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “This is a team that the pro-life movement can work with," said Kristin Hawkins, president of the national anti-abortion organization Students for Life. 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Natixis Advisors LLC Increases Stake in Solventum Co. (NYSE:SOLV)NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Alyssa Ustby and Lexi Donarski scored 14 points apiece, and Ustby added 14 rebounds to lead No. 16 North Carolina to a 53-36 victory over Villanova in a semifinal game at the Women's Battle 4 Atlantis on Sunday. The Tar Heels (5-1) play Indiana in the championship game on Monday. The Hoosiers upset No. 18 Baylor 73-65 in Sunday's first semifinal. Ustby made 6 of 8 shots from the floor with a 3-pointer for North Carolina on the way to her first double-double of the season. Donarski hit 6 of 10 shots with a pair of 3-pointers. Maddie Webber led the Wildcats (4-2) with 12 points on 4-for-7 shooting from beyond the arc. Lara Edmanson pitched in with 11 points and seven rebounds. The Tar Heels held Villonova's leading scorer Jasmine Bascoe to two points after she came in averaging 16.6 per game. Bascoe missed all seven of her shots — three from distance — and made 2 of 4 at the free-throw line. Ustby had seven points and Donarski scored five to guide the Tar Heels to a 17-7 lead after one quarter. Donarski scored five more in the third quarter to help North Carolina turn a 30-18 lead at halftime into a 44-23 advantage heading to the final period. North Carolina shot 40% from the floor, made 5 of 17 from beyond the arc (29.4%) and 4 of 6 at the foul line. Villanova shot 23.5% overall but made 5 of 18 from distance (27.8%) and 7 of 10 free throws. The Tar Heels scored 15 points off of 21 Villanova turnovers. They turned it over 14 times but it led to only three points for the Wildcats. North Carolina outscored Villanova 30-14 in the paint and never trailed. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketballLea Miller-Tooley hopped off a call to welcome the Baylor women’s basketball team to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, where 80-degree temperatures made it easy for the Bears to settle in on Paradise Island a week before Thanksgiving. About 5,000 miles west of the Caribbean nation, similar climes awaited Maui Invitational men's teams in Hawaii. They’ve often been greeted with leis, the traditional Hawaiian welcome of friendship. College basketball teams and fans look forward to this time of the year. The holiday week tournaments feature buzzworthy matchups and all-day TV coverage, sure, but there is a familiarity about them as they help ward off the November chill. For four decades, these sandy-beach getaways filled with basketball have become a beloved mainstay of the sport itself. “When you see (ESPN’s) ‘Feast Week’ of college basketball on TV, when you see the Battle 4 Atlantis on TV, you know college basketball is back,” said Miller-Tooley, the founder and organizer of the Battle 4 Atlantis men's and women's tournaments. “Because it’s a saturated time of the year with the NFL, college football and the NBA. But when you see these gorgeous events in these beautiful places, you realize, ‘Wow, hoops are back, let’s get excited.’” People are also reading... MTE Madness The Great Alaska Shootout was the trend-setting multiple-team event (MTE) nearly five decades ago. The brainchild of late Alaska-Anchorage coach Bob Rachal sought to raise his program’s profile by bringing in national-power programs, which could take advantage of NCAA rules allowing them to exceed the maximum allotment of regular-season games if they played the three-game tournament outside the contiguous 48 states. The first edition, named the Sea Wolf Classic, saw N.C. State beat Louisville 72-66 for the title on Nov. 26, 1978. The Maui Invitational followed in November 1984, borne from the buzz of NAIA program Chaminade’s shocking upset of top-ranked Virginia and 7-foot-4 star Ralph Sampson in Hawaii two years earlier. Events kept coming, with warm-weather locales getting in on the action. The Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Cancun Challenge in Mexico. The Cayman Islands Classic. The Jamaica Classic. The Myrtle Beach Invitational joining the Charleston Classic in South Carolina. Numerous tournaments in Florida. Some events have faded away like the Puerto Rico Tipoff and the Great Alaska Shootout, the latter in 2017 amid event competition and schools opting for warm-weather locales. Notre Dame takes on Chaminade during the first half of a 2017 game in Lahaina, Hawaii. Marco Garcia, AP File Atlantis rising Miller-Tooley’s push to build an MTE for Atlantis began as a December 2010 doubleheader with Georgia Tech beating Richmond and Virginia Tech beating Mississippi State in a prove-it moment for a tournament’s viability. It also required changing NCAA legislation to permit MTEs in the Bahamas. Approval came in March 2011; the first eight-team Atlantis men’s tournament followed in November. That tournament quickly earned marquee status with big-name fields, with Atlantis champions Villanova (2017) and Virginia (2018) later winning that season’s NCAA title. Games run in a ballroom-turned-arena at the resort, where players also check out massive swimming pools, water slides and inner-tube rapids surrounded by palm trees and the Atlantic Ocean. “It’s just the value of getting your passport stamped, that will never get old,” Miller-Tooley said. “Watching some of these kids, this may be their first and last time – and staff and families – that they ever travel outside the United States. ... You can see through these kids’ eyes that it’s really an unbelievable experience.” ACC Network analyst Luke Hancock knows that firsthand. His Louisville team finished second at Atlantis in 2012 and won that year’s later-vacated NCAA title, with Hancock as the Final Four's most outstanding player. “I remember (then-coach Rick Pitino) saying something to the effect of: ‘Some of you guys might never get this opportunity again. We’re staying in this unbelievable place, you’re doing it with people you love,’” Hancock said. “It was a business trip for us there at Thanksgiving, but he definitely had a tone of ‘We’ve got to enjoy this as well.’” Popular demand Maui offers similar vibes, though 2024 could be a little different as Lahaina recovers from deadly 2023 wildfires that forced the event's relocation last year. North Carolina assistant coach Sean May played for the Tar Heels’ Maui winner in 2004 and was part of UNC’s staff for the 2016 champion, with both teams later winning the NCAA title. May said “you just feel the peacefulness” of the area — even while focusing on games — and savors memories of the team taking a boat out on the Pacific Ocean after title runs under now-retired Hall of Famer Roy Williams. “Teams like us, Dukes, UConns – you want to go to places that are very well-run,” May said. “Maui, Lea Miller with her group at the Battle 4 Atlantis, that’s what drives teams to come back because you know you’re going to get standard A-quality of not only the preparation but the tournament with the way it’s run. Everything is top-notch. And I think that brings guys back year after year.” That’s why Colorado coach Tad Boyle is so excited for the Buffaloes’ first Maui appearance since 2009. “We’ve been trying to get in the tournament since I got here,” said Boyle, now in his 15th season. And of course, that warm-weather setting sure doesn’t hurt. “If you talk about the Marquettes of the world, St. John’s, Providence – they don’t want that cold weather,” said NBA and college TV analyst Terrence Oglesby, who played for Clemson in the 2007 San Juan Invitational in Puerto Rico. “They’re going to have to deal with that all January and February. You might as well get a taste of what the sun feels like.” Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo argues a call during the first half of a Nov. 16 game against Bowling Green in East Lansing, Michigan. Mizzo is making his fourth trip to Maui. Carlos Osorio, Associated Press Packed schedule The men’s Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas, got things rolling last week with No. 11 Tennessee routing No. 13 Baylor for the title. The week ahead could boast matchups befitting the Final Four, with teams having two weeks of action since any opening-night hiccups. “It’s a special kickoff to the college basketball season,” Oglesby said. “It’s just without the rust.” On the women’s side, Atlantis began its fourth eight-team women’s tournament Saturday with No. 16 North Carolina and No. 18 Baylor, while the nearby Baha Mar resort follows with two four-team women’s brackets that include No. 2 UConn, No. 7 LSU, No. 17 Mississippi and No. 20 N.C. State. Then come the men’s headliners. The Maui Invitational turns 40 as it opens Monday back in Lahaina. It features second-ranked and two-time reigning national champion UConn, No. 4 Auburn, No. 5 Iowa State and No. 10 North Carolina. The Battle 4 Atlantis opens its 13th men’s tournament Wednesday, topped by No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 16 Indiana and No. 17 Arizona. Michigan State Hall of Famer Tom Izzo is making his fourth trip to Maui, where he debuted as Jud Heathcote’s successor at the 1995 tournament. Izzo's Spartans have twice competed at Atlantis, last in 2021. “They’re important because they give you something in November or December that is exciting,” Izzo said. Any drawbacks? “It’s a 10-hour flight,” he said of Hawaii. Sports Week in Photos: Tyson vs. Paul, Nadal, and more Mike Tyson, left, slaps Jake Paul during a weigh-in ahead of their heavyweight bout, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Julio Cortez In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, Spain's tennis player Rafael Nadal serves during a training session at the Martin Carpena Sports Hall, in Malaga, southern Spain, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. 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Get ready for the Tata IPL 2025 player auction . This year's event will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This will be the second consecutive year that the auction has been hosted outside India. So get ready for the extravaganza where each franchise will bid to get the best players. IPL 2025 player auction date and time The two-day IPL 2025 mega auction will take place on November 24 and November 25 in Jeddah starting 12.30 pm local time (starting at 2.30 pm IST). Assembly Election Results Election Results 2024 Live Updates Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Updates Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 Live Updates IPL 2025 player auction live streaming Cricket enthusiasts can catch all the action live on Star Sports channels in India. Live streaming will also be available on the JioCinema app and website. Don't miss this exciting event as teams build their rosters for the next IPL season. IPL 2025 player auction players and slots The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has shortlisted 574 players from the initial 1,574 registrations. This includes 366 Indian players and 208 overseas players, with representation from associate nations as well. In this year’s auction, a total of 204 slots are up for grabs across the 10 IPL teams, with 70 slots reserved for overseas players. The highest reserve price is Rs 2 crore with 81 players opting to be in the highest bracket. IPL 2025 player auction marquee players Seven Indian stars will be featured in the marquee sets. These players include Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Arshdeep Singh. IPL 2025 teams There are 10 teams: Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kinds, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challenger Bangalore, and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Players retained at IPL 2025 Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni. Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel. Gujarat Titans: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan. Kolkata Knight Riders: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh. Lucknow Super Giants: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni. Mumbai Indians: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Varma. Punjab Kings: Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh. Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer and Sandeep Sharma. Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal. Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen and Travis Head.Rugby Don't miss out on the headlines from Rugby. Followed categories will be added to My News. Try-scoring machine Maddison Levi has capped a stunning season after she was named World Rugby Women’s Sevens player of the year, becoming the third Australian to win the award that will only lead to more interest from rival codes. After being nominated each of the past two years, the Aussie star edged out New Zealand rivals Michaela Blyde and Jorja Miller having scored an absurd 83 tries in the 2023/24 season. Levi crossed 69 times in the sevens world series and added a record-breaking 14 tries in the Paris Olympics, including two in the heartbreaking loss to the USA in the bronze medal match. The 22-year-old has already scored the second-most tries for Australia in women’s sevens history, with Charlotte Caslick the only player ahead of her. Maddison Levi was crowned the world’s best sevens player after dominating at the Olympics. Picture: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images The award comes just weeks after reports that Levi and her sister Teagan requested an early release from their Rugby Australia deals to switch codes to the NRLW where they could have earnt big money in next year’s expanded 12-team competition. Rugby Australia rejected that release, and Maddison then quashed those rumours in October on the night she was named women’s sevens player of the year at the RA awards night. Sevens stars have traditionally excelled in the NRLW, with Caslick, Emma Tonegato and many others successfully switching codes, but Levi says that’s not on her radar at the moment. “NRLW was definitely on the sights in a couple of years’ time or whenever that time is, but right now I’m obviously signed till 2026 and we haven’t won a gold medal with the Olympics yet, so I’m definitely not stepping away from this sport,” she said on October 30. “Whenever that time is, I’m definitely open to other doors, having played AFLW and hopefully NRLW. But I really want to take home that medal and leave a legacy.” Australian winger Nathan Lawson was named in the men’s dream team after he scored 25 tries in 2024, with the pair hoping for success back home in Perth next year when the series starts on January 24. 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NoneBusiness News | Wyndham Research Reveals Shift in Indian Wedding TrendsThe Associated Press Shares of Nvidia fell Monday after China said it is investigating the high-flying U.S. microchip company over suspected violations of Chinese anti-monopoly laws. In a brief news release with few details, Chinese regulators appear to be focusing on Nvidia’s $6.9 billion acquisition of network and data transmission company Mellanox in 2019. Nvidia shares about 3% Monday. They are still up 179% so far this year. Considered a bellwether for artificial intelligence demand, Nvidia has led the AI sector to become one of the stock market’s biggest companies , as tech giants spend heavily on the company’s chips and data centers needed to train and operate their AI systems. Nvidia’s shares have surged this year along with the California company’s revenue and profit due to AI demand. According to data firm FactSet, about 16% of Nvidia’s revenue comes from China, second only to its U.S.-generated revenue. A spokesperson for the company based in Santa Clara, California, said in an emailed statement that Nvidia is “happy to answer any questions regulators may have about our business.” In its most recent earnings release, Nvidia posted revenue of $35.08 billion, up 94% from $18.12 billion a year ago. Nvidia earned $19.31 billion in the quarter, more than double the $9.24 billion it posted in last year’s third quarter. The earnings release did not break out revenue from China. The company’s market value rocketed to $3.5 trillion recently, passing Microsoft and briefly overtaking Apple as the world’s most valuable company. China’s antitrust investigation follows a report this summer by technology news site The Information that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating complaints from rivals that Nvidia was abusing its market dominance in the chip sector. The allegations reported include Nvidia threatening to punish those who buy products from both itself and its competitors at the same time. David Bieri, an international finance expert at Virginia Tech, said that China’s investigation is “not about what Nvidia is doing in China, per se” but rather a signal to the incoming Trump administration. China, Bieri said, is looking to set the tone of future relations. The Chinese government, he said, is telling the U.S. “don’t mess with us, because all of your darling corporations that your version of capitalism needs to prosper have entanglements” with China. Nvidia will have to revise its strategy in China or come up with provisions in their budgets for the type of uncertainty business with China will bring, Bieri said. “I don’t think this is something that they can shake off,” he said. “I also have a tremendous amount of faith in the brilliance of the management strategy of a corporation like Nvidia to not only pay attention to credit risk, market risk and operational risk, but also to political risk.” Nvidia’s invention of graphics processor chips, or GPUs, in 1999 helped spark the growth of the PC gaming market and redefined computer graphics. Last month, it replaced Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending the pioneering semiconductor company’s 25-year run on the index. Unlike Intel, Nvidia designs but doesn’t manufacture its own chips, relying heavily on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., an Intel rival. Associated Press Technology Writer Sarah Parvini in Los Angeles contributed to this report.The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a Hamas military leader, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The announcement came as health officials in the Gaza Strip said the death toll from the 13-month-old war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000. The warrant marked the first time that a sitting leader of a major Western ally has been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity by a global court of justice. The ICC panel said there were reasonable grounds to believe that both Netanyahu and his ex-defense minister bear responsibility for the war crime of starvation and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution and other inhumane acts. Israel’s war has caused heavy destruction across Gaza, decimated parts of the territory and driven almost the entire population of 2.3 million people from their homes, leaving most dependent on aid to survive. Israel launched its war in Gaza after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting another 250 . Around 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed to be dead. Here’s the Latest: UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. humanitarian chief for Gaza is warning that the delivery of critical food, water, fuel and medical supplies is grinding to a halt throughout the territory and “the survival of two million people hangs in the balance.” Muhannad Hadi said in a statement Thursday that Israeli authorities have been banning commercial imports for more than six weeks and at the same time thefts from humanitarian convoys by armed individuals have surged. “In 2024, U.N. trucks have been looted 75 times –- including 15 such attacks since Nov. 4 alone –- and armed people have broken into U.N. facilities on 34 occasions,” he said. Last week, one driver was shot in the head and hospitalized along with another truck driver, Hadi said. And on Saturday 98 trucks were looted in a single attack which saw the vehicles damaged or stolen. The Gaza humanitarian coordinator said bakeries are closing because of lack of flour or fuel to operate generators. “Palestinian civilians are struggling to survive under unlivable conditions, amid relentless hostilities,” Hadi said. He demanded the immediate improvement of security and conditions throughout Gaza to allow the safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid “through lawful means.” Israel says it puts no limit on the supplies permitted into Gaza, and it blames the U.N. distribution system. But Israel’s official figures show the amount of aid it has let in has plunged since the beginning of October. The U.N has blamed Israeli military restrictions, along with widespread lawlessness that has led to theft of aid shipments. WASHINGTON — The White House fundamentally rejects the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday. She said the Biden administration was “deeply concerned by the prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision.” The Biden administration has increased its warnings and appeals to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to spare civilians in airstrikes and other attacks, and to allow more aid to reach Gaza. However, a 30-day Biden administration deadline came and went earlier this month for Israel to meet specific U.S. targets to improve its treatment of Palestinian civilians in Gaza trapped in the war. U.S. demands included that Israel lift a near-total ban on delivery of aid to hard-hit north Gaza for starving civilians there. KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — The three children were playing outside a cluster of tents housing displaced people in the Gaza Strip when an Israeli airstrike killed them, along with six other people. It’s become a grim, near-daily ritual more than 13 months into the Israel-Hamas war, which local health authorities said Thursday has killed over 44,000 Palestinians. Israel carries out frequent strikes against what it says are militants hiding in civilian areas, and women and children are nearly always among the dead. Wednesday’s strike killed Hamza al-Qadi, 7, his brother Abdulaziz, 5, and their sister Laila, 4, in a tent camp in the southern city of Khan Younis. Areej al-Qadi, their mother, says they were playing outside when they were killed. “All that’s left of them are their notebooks, their books and a blood-stained jacket,” she said as she broke into tears. “They were children who did nothing.” The Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment on the strike. Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday that 44,056 Palestinians have been killed and 104,268 wounded since the start of the war, which was ignited by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack into Israel. Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 people that day, mostly civilians, and abducted around 250 people. The Health Ministry does not say how many of those killed in Gaza were fighters but says women and children make up more than half the fatalities. Israel, which rarely comments on individual strikes, says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. Hours after the ministry announced the latest toll, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a Hamas military leader. Mahmoud bin Hassan, the children’s father, said he buried them on Thursday. He asked when the international community would take action to stop the war. “When the entire Palestinian population has been killed?” he said. NEW YORK — Human Rights Watch applauded the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants issued Thursday against both Israeli and Hamas officials. The warrants “break through the perception that certain individuals are beyond the reach of the law,” the associate international justice director at Human Rights Watch, Balkees Jarrah, said in a statement. The New York-based rights group earlier this month released a report saying Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, including massive forced displacements that amount to ethnic cleansing. JERUSALEM — Israeli prosecutors have charged a former aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with leaking classified documents to international media, apparently to protect the Israeli leader from criticism as a hostage deal was collapsing. Eli Feldstein, a former media adviser to Netanyahu, was charged Thursday with leaking classified information with the intent of harming state security and obstruction of justice. The leaked documents are said to have formed the basis of a widely discredited article in the London-based Jewish Chronicle — which was later withdrawn — suggesting Hamas planned to spirit hostages out of Gaza through Egypt, and an article in Germany’s Bild newspaper that said Hamas was drawing out the hostage talks as a form of psychological warfare on Israel. Critics say the leaks were aimed at giving Netanyahu political cover as the case-fire talks ground to a halt. Some have accused Netanyahu of resisting a deal in to preserve his governing coalition, which includes hard-line members who have threatened to bring down the government if he makes concessions to Hamas. The leaks came at a time of public uproar over the deaths of six hostages who were killed by their Hamas captors as Israeli soldiers were closing in. The indictment said the leaks were meant “to create media influence on the public discourse in Israel in regards to the handling of the hostage situation, after the news of the murder of six hostages.” The indictment identified two other Netanyahu aides as being connected to the scheme, but only Feldstein and an unidentified reservist in Israeli military intelligence were charged. Netanyahu, who denies the accusations, has not been identified as a suspect in the burgeoning investigation. Israeli media say if convicted, Feldstein could potentially face life in prison. JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military has launched an investigation into the death of a 70-year-old Israeli man who entered Lebanon with Israeli forces and was killed in a Hezbollah ambush. Investigators are trying to determine, among other things, who allowed Zeev Erlich into the combat zone with the forces and why he was permitted to enter. According to Israeli media reports, Erlich was not on active duty when he was shot, but was wearing a military uniform and had a weapon. The army said he was a reservist with the rank of major and identified him as a “fallen soldier” when it announced his death. Erlich was a well-known West Bank settler and researcher of Jewish history. Media reports said Erlich was permitted to enter Lebanon to explore a local archaeological site. The army said a 20-year-old soldier was killed in the same incident, while an officer was badly wounded. The army announced Thursday that the chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, has appointed a team of experts “to examine and strengthen operational discipline and military culture” following the incident. It said its commander for northern Israel, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, would launch a separate “command inquiry,” while Israeli military police conduct a separate probe. Such investigations can lead to criminal charges. BEIRUT — At least 29 people were killed Thursday in Israeli strikes on different towns and villages across Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state-run media. In eastern Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes killed 26 people in six different towns in Baalbek province, the health ministry and the National News Agency said. In Tyre province, southern Lebanon, three people were killed in an Israeli strike, the health ministry said. The health ministry Wednesday said that over 3,550 people have been killed in the 13-month war between Hezbollah and Israel, the majority following Israel’s escalation in late September. The European Union's foreign policy chief has underlined that the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas officials are a legal and not political matter, and that they are binding on all 27 EU member countries and other signatories to the ICC to implement. “The tragedy in Gaza has to stop," Josep Borrell told reporters during a visit to Jordan. “It is not a political decision. It is the decision of an international court of justice, and the decision of the court has to be respected, and implemented.” “This decision is a binding decision on all state parties of the court, which include all members of the European Union," he added. ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling partyhas welcomed the decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamn Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, calling it a judgement made for the sake of “humanity.” Omer Celik, spokesman for the Erdogan’s party, said on the social media platform X that Netanyahu and Gallant would “eventually be held accountable for genocide.” Celik also criticised Israeli officials who described the ICC decision as antisemitic. Turkey is among the most vocal critics of Israel’s military actions in Gaza and has submitted a formal request to join a genocide case that South Africa has filed against Israel at the U.N.’s International Court of Justice. Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp, whose country hosts the International Criminal Court, has confirmed The Netherlands would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he arrived on Dutch soil. “The line from the government is clear. We are obliged to cooperate with the ICC ... we abide 100% by the Rome Statute,” he said in response to a question in parliament Thursday. Other European officials were more cautious. In France, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said he supported the International Criminal Court's prosecutor but declined to comment when asked more specifically if France would arrest Netanyahu if he were to step on French soil. “Today, combating impunity is our priority. We ratified the ICC Statute in 2000 and have consistently supported the court’s actions. Our response will align with these principles,” Christophe Lemoine told reporters at a press conference. Lemoine added that the warrants were “a complex legal issue ... It’s a situation that requires a lot of legal precautions.” In Italy, the foreign and justice ministries didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment about whether Italy, an ICC member which hosted the Rome conference that gave birth to the court, would honor the arrest warrant. Premier Giorgia Meloni hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in March 2023 and has strongly supported Israel since Oct. 7, while providing humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. JERUSALEM — Israel’s mostly ceremonial president, Isaac Herzog, has called the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “a dark day for justice. A dark day for humanity.” In a post on X, he said the international court “has chosen the side of terror and evil over democracy and freedom, and turned the very system of justice into a human shield for Hamas’ crimes against humanity." Israel Katz, Israel’s new defense minister, said the decision was “a moral disgrace, entirely tainted by antisemitism, and drags the international judicial system to an unprecedented low.” He said it “serves Iran, the head of the snake, and its proxies.” Benny Gantz, a retired general and political rival to Netanyahu, also condemned the decision, saying it showed “moral blindness” and was a “shameful stain of historic proportion that will never be forgotten.” Hamas has welcomed the decision by the International Criminal Court to issue warrants against Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant, calling it an “important and historic precedent” after what it said was decades of injustice at the hands of a “fascist occupation.” The statement did not refer to the warrants issued for the militant group’s own leaders. Hamas called on all nations to “cooperate with the court in bringing the Zionist war criminals, Netanyahu and Gallant, to justice, and to work immediately to stop the crimes of genocide against innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip.” DEIR AL-BALAH, The Gaza Strip — Bakeries have reopened in the central Gaza Strip after being closed for several days because of flour shortages. The shortages appear to have been linked to the looting of nearly 100 truckloads of aid by armed men in southern Gaza last weekend. Associated Press footage showed a crowd of hundreds pushing and shouting outside a bakery in the central city of Deir al-Balah on Thursday. The day before the reopening, the price of a bag of 15 loaves of pita bread had climbed above $13. “In my house, there is not a morsel of bread, and the children are hungry,” said Sultan Abu Sultan, who was displaced from northern Gaza during the war. The amount of aid entering Gaza plunged in October as Israel launched a major offensive in the isolated north, where experts say famine may be underway . Hunger is widespread across the territory, even in central Gaza where aid groups have more access. Humanitarian organizations say Israeli restrictions, ongoing fighting and the breakdown of law and order make it difficult to deliver assistance. Israel’s offensive, launched after Hamas’ October 2023 attack, has displaced around 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people. Hundreds of thousands are crammed into tent camps with little in the way of public services and are reliant on international food aid. NICOSIA — The president of Cyprus says the European Union must play a bigger role in the Middle East as it can no longer stand by as an observer. President Nikos Christodoulides said the 27-member bloc needs to establish closer ties with countries that bolster regional stability like Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf states. “The conflict in the Middle East is taking place on the EU’s doorstep, in an area of vital interest to the bloc’s interests, where any escalation or regional spillover will have significant consequences on its security and stability,” Christodoulides told an Economist conference in the Cypriot capital. Christodoulides said EU member Cyprus for years has tried to get this message across to Brussels. The island nation earlier this year was the staging ground for a maritime corridor delivering some 20,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza. The EU is wracked by members’ divisions over how peace should come about in the Middle East THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the October 2023 attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory. The decision turns Netanyahu and the others into internationally wanted suspects and is likely to further isolate them and complicate efforts to negotiate a cease-fire to end the 13-month conflict. But its practical implications could be limited since Israel and its major ally, the United States, are not members of the court and several of the Hamas officials have been subsequently killed in the conflict. Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have previously condemned ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan’s request for the warrants as disgraceful and antisemitic. U.S. President Joe Biden also blasted the prosecutor and expressed support for Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas. Hamas also slammed the request. The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the 13-month-old war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000, local health officials said Thursday. The Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count, but it has said that more than half of the fatalities are women and children. The Israeli military says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. The Health Ministry said 44,056 people have been killed and 104,268 wounded since the start of the war. It has said the real toll is higher because thousands of bodies are buried under rubble or in areas that medics cannot access. The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting another 250 . Around 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed to be dead. Most of the rest were released during a cease-fire last year. Around 90% of Gaza's population of 2.3 million people have been displaced, often multiple times, and hundreds of thousands are living in squalid tent camps with little food, water or basic services. Israel says it tries to avoid harming civilians and blames their deaths on Hamas because the militants operate in residential areas, where they have built tunnels, rocket launchers and other military infrastructure. JERUSALEM — A rocket fired from Lebanon killed a man and wounded two others in northern Israel on Thursday, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service. The service said paramedics found the body of the man in his 30s near a playground in the town of Nahariya, near the border with Lebanon, after a rocket attack on Thursday. Israel meanwhile struck targets in southern Lebanon and several buildings south of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, after warning people to evacuate.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 9, 2024-- Richard C. Shadyac Jr. will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer of ALSAC , the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, on March 1, 2025, the organization announced today. ALSAC Chief Operating Officer Ike Anand will assume the administrative leadership of the organization as Shadyac shifts his focus to donor, partner, and external relations during the transition. Anand will become interim CEO on March 1, upon Shadyac’s transition to an advisory role, as the ALSAC Board of Directors conducts a global search for a permanent CEO. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241209287925/en/ Richard C. Shadyac Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. (Photo: Business Wire) Under Shadyac’s leadership, American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) has become one of the most respected healthcare-focused nonprofits in the world, dedicated to supporting the St. Jude mission of advancing cures and treatments for pediatric catastrophic diseases. Shadyac has exercised a lifelong commitment to ALSAC and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He started collecting coins for St. Jude as a young boy, advancing to Board Chair, and eventually becoming ALSAC President and CEO in September 2009. “We are grateful to Rick Shadyac for his selfless and tireless service to ALSAC and St. Jude. His direction has made it possible for St. Jude to deliver care and conduct vital research at a scale that was unimaginable 15 years ago and positions us well for the future,” said Frederick M. Azar, M.D., Chairman of the ALSAC Board of Directors. “ALSAC’s work ensures that we continue to seek advancements in medicine to find new ways to support children and families through some of the most challenging times of their lives.” Anand, along with the executive leadership team, will guide ALSAC until a permanent successor is named. A global executive search firm is working with the Board to identify and evaluate candidates to be the seventh CEO in ALSAC’s 67-year history. Anand joined ALSAC in 2020 as chief operating officer, and successfully led its digital transformation, including overseeing technology and digital platforms, donor services, and the overall operational foundation that enables ALSAC to achieve its short- and long-term strategic goals. He joined ALSAC after 15 years at Expedia Group where he served in a variety of global leadership roles. “An important part of leadership is knowing when to pass the torch, and I believe this is the moment for ALSAC,” Shadyac said. “We have a dedicated Board and an exceptionally strong leadership team that will sustain the momentum of everything we have accomplished over the last 15 years. It has been the joy of my professional life to serve our patients and families, St. Jude, and my colleagues at ALSAC. I am deeply proud of all that ALSAC has achieved – and what it will achieve in the years to come. I have confidence in ALSAC’s ability to continue delivering on the St. Jude mission, thanks to the employees, volunteers, donors, and partners who are the lifeblood of this organization.” Under Shadyac’s leadership, ALSAC has been recognized for innovation and strong financial stewardship. In 2023 and 2024, ALSAC’s work helped result in St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital becoming the most trusted brand among both for-profit and non-profit organizations, according to consumer surveys conducted by Morning Consult. ALSAC’s fundraising helped make possible St. Jude breakthroughs in pediatric critical research and care, treating children from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. Shadyac’s accomplishments earned him the King Legacy Award for Philanthropy and Global Health in 2022. Additional achievements include: “ ‘Those who work for the good are as those who do the good.’ That quote from our beloved founder Danny Thomas exemplifies the importance of the ALSAC organization to our mission of finding cures and saving children,” said Judy Habib, Chair of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Board of Governors. “Rick’s leadership over the last 15 years has fueled unprecedented progress at St. Jude and we will be eternally grateful.” St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ® St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children. ® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and it won't stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes to help doctors and researchers at local hospitals and cancer centers around the world improve the quality of treatment and care for even more children. Because of generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live. Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love and kindness. Support the St. Jude mission by donating at stjude.org , liking St. Jude on Facebook , following St. Jude on X , Instagram , LinkedIn and TikTok , and subscribing to its YouTube channel. 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Belagavi: The newly inaugurated 100-bed Mother-and-Child Hospital in Chikodi town is reeling under a severe shortage of doctors, staff, and equipment. Despite 45 deliveries in the past month, one mother lost her life post-delivery, sparking public outrage. Locals attribute the tragic death to the hospital's resource crunch. According to officials of the department of health and family welfare, 14 health staff were assigned at the time of the opening of the hospital in Chikodi. Assembly Election Results 'Ek hain, toh safe hain' is new 'Maha' mantra of India, says PM Modi in victory speech 'Let us take a pledge to build Golden Jharkhand': Hemant Soren after victory 'Cannot believe Maharashtra results': Uddhav vows to keep fighting Out of these, five were on long-term leave. One gynaecologist and one anaesthetist are working now. It is a month since the hospital opened, during which more than 45 deliveries were done in the hospital. Out of these deliveries, more than 15 were caesarean. Despite the shortage of doctors and staff, all measures have been taken to ensure timely treatment for the patients. About 60 to 70 outpatients were examined and treated daily in the hospital. However, due to the shortage of doctors and staff, allegations are being heard that new births are not being registered properly here. There is a need for more personnel in the hospital. Fourteen staff working under the National Health Campaign should be assigned to the Mother and Child Hospital, it is said. Subhash from Manjari village said that Chikodi Mother and Child Hospital aims to help many poor families with maternity health treatment . However, the department of health and family welfare has assigned the doctors and staff of this hospital to other work, so they are not getting adequate treatment in the hospital. Maharashtra Jharkhand Maharashtra Alliance View i Party View Seats: 288 L + W Majority: 145 BJP+ 227 MVA 49 OTH 12 Leads + Wins : 288 / 288 BJP+ WON Jharkhand Alliance View i Party View Seats: 81 L + W Majority: 41 INDIA 56 NDA 24 OTH 1 Leads + Wins : 81 / 81 INDIA WON Source: PValue Chandrashekhar, a resident of Chikodi, said that the hospital lacks a clean drinking water facility. There is no connecting road to the hospital from the main road. There is no proper bus facility for the people coming to the hospital. There is no good road to aid ambulance traffic. Chandrakant Hukkeri, a social worker, and Sanju Badiger, president of the Chikodi Zilla Horata Samiti, said that the hospital in Chikodi is a result of the efforts of former MP Prakash Hukkeri. "Efforts need to be made to overcome the problems in this hospital and make it a model health centre. For that, we will organise a protest in front of the hospital on Friday. We hope that the hospital built after spending crores of rupees should not fall prey to the interests of a few doctors," he said. Dr Sukumar Bhagai, the taluk health officer Chikodi, stated that all the necessary facilities will be provided to the hospital under his authority. He said that the attention of superiors will be drawn to provide more facilities.
limate change is one of the most important and urgent challenges facing humanity. Climate change is causing drastic changes in Earth’s climate system. The United Nations (UN) says that climate change is happening faster than ever and is primarily caused by human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial activities. These changes are becoming more pronounced every year, including more intense heat, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and extreme weather events. This article examines the nature of climate change, its causes and implications, and uses recent examples to highlight immediate impacts and underline the need for urgent action. Climate change means long-term changes in temperature, rainfall, wind patterns, and other elements of Earth’s climate. While natural factors such as volcanic eruptions and solar cycles have always influenced the climate, scientists agree that the current rate of change is largely due to human activities. Excessive burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas releases significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. These gases trap heat, causing global temperatures to rise—commonly known as global warming. : : In the summer of 2023, Europe faced one of its hottest summers on record. Countries such as Spain, Italy, and Greece experienced prolonged heatwaves, with temperatures exceeding 40 °C (104 °F). These extreme temperatures led to massive forest fires, especially in the Mediterranean region. Greece, in particular, struggled with hundreds of forest fires that devastated large swaths of land, forced mass evacuations, and depleted firefighting resources. In Italy, major cities such as Rome and Milan faced record-breaking temperatures, posing health risks, disrupting daily life, and impacting the tourism-dependent local economy. Such extreme weather events are projected to become more frequent due to climate change. According to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), more than 47,000 people died in Europe as a result of high temperatures in 2023, which was the hottest year on record globally and the second hottest in Europe. : Pakistan experienced historic flooding in 2022, with effects continuing into 2023. Torrential rains caused the Indus River to swell, submerging a third of the country. The floods killed more than 1,700 people, displaced millions, and destroyed vital infrastructure, homes, and agricultural land. The country faced a humanitarian crisis as displaced communities struggled with food and water shortages, and waterborne diseases such as malaria and dengue spread rapidly. Scientists link the intensity and frequency of such flooding events to climate change, as warmer temperatures lead to increased evaporation and, as a result, more intense rainfall events. : The Great Barrier Reef in Australia, one of the world’s most iconic and biodiverse ecosystems, is suffering from coral bleaching—a phenomenon caused primarily by rising ocean temperatures. Bleaching occurs when corals, stressed by warming water, expel algae living in their tissues, causing them to turn white. In 2022 and 2023, researchers observed significant bleaching events, which are now becoming annual occurrences. Without substantial action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, scientists predict the reef could suffer irreversible damage, resulting in the loss of a vital marine habitat. : Another major consequence of climate change is the melting of polar ice and glaciers, which contribute to rising sea levels. Greenland and Antarctica, home to the world’s largest ice sheets, are losing ice at unprecedented rates. According to NASA, Greenland is losing an average of 279 billion tons of ice per year, while Antarctica is losing about 148 billion tonnes of ice. This loss of ice is causing sea levels to rise, posing a serious threat to coastal cities and island nations. Cities such as Miami, New York, and Mumbai are already implementing measures to address the risk of flooding and coastal erosion, while low-lying islands such as the Maldives are at risk of becoming uninhabitable. : Climate change is also contributing to severe droughts, which threaten water supplies in many parts of the world. For example, the western United States has been experiencing prolonged droughts that have affected agriculture, lowered reservoir levels, and increased the risk of wildfires. California has implemented water restrictions, and other states are also grappling with water management challenges. Meanwhile, in Africa, countries such as Kenya and Somalia are experiencing severe droughts, threatening food security and livelihoods, leaving millions of people at risk of hunger and malnutrition. : The recent flooding in Dubai can be considered an example of how climate change can affect weather patterns on a global scale, including in areas with typically arid climates. Dubai experienced an unusual amount of rain in January 2023, causing flooding of streets, homes, and businesses. Flooding is rare in such arid and desert-like environments, and scientists are investigating whether climate change is contributing to changes in rainfall patterns and the intensity of rainfall events in these regions. While no single weather event can conclusively prove climate change, such unusual rainfall coincides with the larger trend of more intense and unpredictable weather patterns associated with climate warming. Warmer atmospheric temperatures increase evaporation, which, as a result, can lead to more moisture in the air. This moisture can cause heavy rainfall in unexpected places, such as Dubai, where infrastructure is not typically designed to handle such events. : A couple of decades ago, winter in India typically began in September or October. However, in recent years, the cold season has started much later. This shift is primarily due to climate change, as the rise in global temperatures disrupts seasonal patterns, including the Indian monsoon and the onset of winter. Factors such as urban heat islands, changing wind patterns, and events like La Niña (La Niña is typically associated with enhanced rainfall during India’s southwest monsoon) also contribute to warming during the early months of winter. This delay reflects a global climate change trend that impacts agriculture, wildlife, and daily life. Addressing these changes requires global efforts to reduce carbon emissions and adopt sustainable practices. The World Economic Forum estimates that by 2050, climate change will cause 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses, both directly and indirectly. Another study published in Current Issues in Tourism estimates that in the 2050s, the US ski season will be shortened by between 14–33 days (low emissions scenario) and 27 to 62 days (high emissions scenario), leading to direct economic losses of $657 million to $1.352 billion annually. The examples above show why it is important to tackle climate change around the world. Governments, businesses, and individuals all have important roles to play. Countries have agreed on the Paris Agreement, which aims to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, with a target of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. To achieve this, we must significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions, switch to renewable energy sources, and protect and restore natural ecosystems. People can help by making sustainable choices, using less energy, and supporting policies and businesses that focus on climate action. However, the biggest changes must come from governments and large companies, as they have the most power to make a massive impact. Climate change is no longer a future threat but a present reality with serious consequences. Recent examples of extreme weather, environmental damage, and humanitarian crises show how deeply a warming world affects us. Tackling climate change requires global teamwork, bold policy action, and a shared commitment to a sustainable future. On a global level, agreements such as the Paris Agreement and efforts to reach net-zero emissions are important steps. Countries are planting forests, taxing carbon pollution, and investing in clean technologies. Youth movements and green city projects are raising awareness and promoting action. Governments and businesses play a big role, but even small actions like using solar panels or reducing waste matter. Urgent action is vital to protect the planet for future generations. Together, we can create a cleaner, safer world. The choices we make today will shape the world for generations to come.C.Williams 3-5 0-0 6, Fields 2-6 0-0 5, Ja.Lane 5-14 1-2 14, Ortiz 1-9 2-2 5, Soucie 6-12 0-0 13, Jefferson 3-7 1-2 9, Bacchus 2-5 2-3 6, de Kovachich 0-1 0-2 0, Jenrette 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-59 6-11 58. Colonel 6-6 0-2 12, Patterson 1-3 0-0 2, W.Williams 2-6 0-0 4, Jumawan 4-7 2-2 12, Sanders 3-15 2-2 9, Mubiru 5-6 2-2 13, Bettis 3-8 2-2 10, J.Warren 3-3 0-0 7, Thomas 1-3 0-0 2, Laku 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-57 8-10 71. Halftime_North Alabama 29-28. 3-Point Goals_North Alabama 8-26 (Ja.Lane 3-6, Jefferson 2-4, Fields 1-2, Soucie 1-4, Ortiz 1-9, Bacchus 0-1), Northwestern St. 7-23 (Jumawan 2-4, Bettis 2-5, J.Warren 1-1, Mubiru 1-2, Sanders 1-8, Patterson 0-1, Thomas 0-2). Rebounds_North Alabama 28 (C.Williams 9), Northwestern St. 33 (W.Williams 7). Assists_North Alabama 8 (Fields 3), Northwestern St. 21 (Patterson, W.Williams 6). Total Fouls_North Alabama 13, Northwestern St. 10. A_228 (3,900).
Artificial Intelligence Platforms Market to grow by USD 64.9 Billion (2024-2028), driven by rising AI solution demand, Report on AI's market transformation - TechnavioWith technical prowess and considerable style, Marta danced around two sliding defenders, outwitted a goalkeeper and calmly scored as another player rushed forward in desperation to stop her. It was more Marta Magic. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.Laolu Akande Knocks Obasanjo Over Remarks On Nigerian Leaders
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