NEW YORK (AP) — Giannis Antetkounmpo had 34 points, 11 rebounds and four assists and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a two-game skid with a 118-113 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. Damien Lillard had 15 points and 11 assists and Bobby Portis added 23 points and five rebounds off the bench. The Bucks won for the 10th time in 13 games. Dennis Schroder had 34 points and 10 assists, Cam Johnson scored 26 points and Nic Claxton added 21 points and nine rebounds as the Nets lost for the fourth time in five games, falling to 4-13 against Eastern Conference foes. Takeaways Milwaukee: Lillard’s streak of six straight 25-point games ended. Antetokounmpo had his NBA-best 14th game with at least 30 points. Brooklyn: Schroder led Brooklyn in scoring for the fourth time this season, surpassing 30 points for the third time. He is averaging 31.5 points in two games against Milwaukee this season and has 493 points in 31 career games against the Bucks. Key moment Brooklyn led 108-104 after Schroder’s jumper with 3:08 left, but Milwaukee countered by scoring 15 of the game’s final 20 points. Bucks forward Khris Middleton, playing in just his third game this season while recovering from bilateral ankle surgery, scored seven points in the fourth quarter. Portis put Milwaukee ahead for good, 109-108, with a 3-pointer with 2:08 left. Key stat Brooklyn snapped Milwaukee’s 15-game streak of holding opponents to below 50% shooting. The Nets were just the fourth team to make more than 50% of its field goals against the Bucks. Milwaukee improved to 1-3 in games in which it allows a team to shoot better than 50%. After making just 8 of 22 field goals (36.4%) in the first quarter, the Nets shot 56% over the final 36 minutes. Up next Milwaukee hosts Orlando in an NBA Cup quarterfinal Tuesday. Brooklyn is at Memphis on Friday. ___ AP NBA:As a seasoned editor in the finance and investment industry, I believe that the current surge in the after-hours market presents a compelling opportunity for investors to capitalize on the growth potential of technology stocks. By staying informed, maintaining a strategic outlook, and investing in companies at the forefront of innovation, investors can navigate the market dynamics effectively and achieve their long-term financial goals. Let us remain steadfast in our conviction and bullish outlook on technology stocks as we navigate the exciting journey ahead.
最近中国成功将春节作为非物质文化遗产纳入联合国教科文组织名录是中国致力于保护其文化传统的承诺的明证。春节，即中国农历新年，是中国最重要的传统节日，标志着农历新年的开始。这个节日是家庭团聚、宴会和传统习俗（如舞狮、舞龙和放鞭炮）的时刻。通过将春节列入联合国非物质文化遗产名录，中国不仅庆祝了自己的文化遗产，也与世界分享了它，推动了全球范围内对中国文化的理解和赏识。Title: Time Daily: Chris Evans Returns to "Avengers 5," Emma Dumont Comes Out as Transgender/Non-Binary
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as the market posted its fifth straight gain and the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched another record high. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The benchmark index’s 1.7% gain for the week erased most of its loss from last week. The Dow rose 1% as it nudged past its most recent high set last week, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%. Markets have been volatile over the last few weeks, losing ground in the runup to elections in November, then surging following Donald Trump's victory, before falling again. The S&P 500 has been steadily rising throughout this week to within close range of its record. It's now within about 0.5% of its all-time high set last week. “Overall, market behavior has normalized following an intense few weeks,” said Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide, in a statement. Several retailers jumped after giving Wall Street encouraging financial updates. Gap soared 12.8% after handily beating analysts' third-quarter earnings and revenue expectations, while raising its own revenue forecast for the year. Discount retailer Ross Stores rose 2.2% after raising its earnings forecast for the year. EchoStar fell 2.8% after DirecTV called off its purchase of that company's Dish Network unit. Smaller company stocks had some of the biggest gains. The Russell 2000 index rose 1.8%. A majority of stocks in the S&P 500 gained ground, but those gains were kept in check by slumps for several big technology companies. Nvidia fell 3.2%. Its pricey valuation makes it among the heaviest influences on whether the broader market gains or loses ground. The company has grown into a nearly $3.6 trillion behemoth because of demand for its chips used in artificial-intelligence technology. Intuit, which makes TurboTax and other accounting software, fell 5.7%. It gave investors a quarterly earnings forecast that fell short of analysts’ expectations. Facebook owner Meta Platforms fell 0.7% following a decision by the Supreme Court to allow a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against the company. It stems from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. All told, the S&P 500 rose 20.63 points to 5,969.34. The Dow climbed 426.16 points to 44,296.51, and the Nasdaq picked up 42.65 points to close at 2,406.67. European markets closed mostly higher and Asian markets ended mixed. Crude oil prices rose. Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.41% from 4.42% late Thursday. In the crypto market, bitcoin hovered around $99,000, according to CoinDesk. It has more than doubled this year and first surpassed the $99,000 level on Thursday. Retailers remained a big focus for investors this week amid close scrutiny on consumer spending habits headed into the holiday shopping season. Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, reported a quarter of strong sales and gave investors an encouraging financial forecast. Target, though, reported weaker earnings than analysts' expected and its forecast disappointed Wall Street. Consumer spending has fueled economic growth, despite a persistent squeeze from inflation and high borrowing costs. Inflation has been easing and the Federal Reserve has started trimming its benchmark interest rates. That is likely to help relieve pressure on consumers, but any major shift in spending could prompt the Fed to reassess its path ahead on interest rates. Also, any big reversals on the rate of inflation could curtail spending. Consumer sentiment remains strong, according to the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index. It revised its latest figure for November to 71.8 from an initial reading of 73 earlier this month, though economists expected a slight increase. It's still up from 70.5 in October. The survey also showed that consumers' inflation expectations for the year ahead fell slightly to 2.6%, which is the lowest reading since December of 2020. Wall Street will get another update on how consumers feel when the business group The Conference Board releases its monthly consumer confidence survey on Tuesday. A key inflation update will come on Wednesday when the U.S. releases its October personal consumption expenditures index. The PCE is the Fed's preferred measure of inflation and this will be the last PCE reading prior to the central bank's meeting in December.Furthermore, the global demand for semiconductor chips has been steadily increasing across various industries, including smartphones, automotive, and data centers. As a result, TSMC has experienced a surge in orders from both existing and new customers, further boosting its sales revenue.
As the play unfolded, it became apparent that the narrative was not just a whimsical exploration of eccentricity, but a scathing critique of society's treatment of those deemed different or outcast. The donkey protagonist served as a metaphor for marginalized individuals who are often ridiculed and ostracized by mainstream culture.
Rachel Reeves and the five claims about her fiddling CVThe world’s wealthiest people have several things in common, but one of the most prominent is that the 10 richest have more than $100 billion to their name. The very top have more than $200 billion. These amounts don’t consist of cash sitting in a bank but are mainly investments, often of some of the largest publicly traded companies , which even the general public can invest in. These billionaires reached their lofty heights through hard work, great ideas, serendipity and plenty of careful planning with wise financial advisers along the way. Here are the world’s 10 richest people and some of their key investments, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index , as of Nov. 13. 1. Elon Musk: $320 billion Elon Musk is one of the most controversial business figures, but what’s not under dispute is his wealth. Born in South Africa, Musk built Tesla into a leading player in the electric vehicle market, and is pushing space travel with his SpaceX venture. Musk made a small fortune as an early shareholder of PayPal, and more recently purchased Twitter, which he renamed X. Musk has courted controversy in recent years, using drugs during a broadcast interview with top podcaster Joe Rogan and becoming more active politically, besides a range of other political pronouncements on X. 2. Jeff Bezos: $235 billion As the founder of Amazon , Jeff Bezos became something of a household name in the dot-com boom of 1999-2000, but his wealth really took off after the 2008-2009 financial crisis. In the decade that followed, Amazon expanded into web services, logistics and shipping and more. Bezos purchased the Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million and founded Blue Origin, an aerospace company that is commercializing space travel. He’s also a noted philanthropist, founding the Bezos Earth Fund in 2020 with a donation of $10 billion and has said that he will give away most of his fortune. 3. Mark Zuckerberg: $205 billion Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of Meta Platforms , the company previously known as Facebook. The youngest member of this list, Zuckerberg began Facebook out of his dorm room at Harvard and quickly expanded it over the ensuing years. 4. Larry Ellison: $203 billion Larry Ellison co-founded software company Oracle and ran it for decades before becoming its chief technology officer and executive chairman. Ellison also owns nearly all of the Hawaiian island of Lana’i. 5. Bernard Arnault: $164 billion Bernard Arnault founded LVMH, a company that acquired various French fashion brands such as Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Moët and Hennessy. The luxury conglomerate acquired Tiffany more recently, and is among the largest companies in Europe by market capitalization . 6. Bill Gates: $162 billion Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft and has long been among the wealthiest people as his software company continued to expand over decades. Gates is also known for his philanthropic endeavors, namely at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a private charitable foundation. 7. Larry Page: $161 billion Larry Page co-founded Google — subsequently renamed Alphabet — with another member of this list (No. 8). He headed up the company from 1997 to 2001 and then again from 2011 to 2019. 8. Sergey Brin: $151 billion Along with Page, Sergey Brin co-founded Google and served as the company’s president for many years until stepping down in 2019. He and Page literally developed Google in a Silicon Valley garage. 9. Warren Buffett: $148 billion Warren Buffett , long known as the Oracle of Omaha for his prophetic investment acumen, has been investing since he was a boy. He has been the head of Berkshire Hathaway , an investing conglomerate, for nearly 60 years. Berkshire owns massive stakes in a number of America’s largest businesses, including Apple , Coca-Cola and many more. His company’s annual meeting attracts tens of thousands of investors and has been called the “Woodstock of Capitalism.” 10. Steve Ballmer: $148 billion Steve Ballmer also made his fortune through Microsoft and was one of the company’s earliest executives. He eventually led the company from 2000 to 2014, and subsequently co-purchased the Los Angeles Clippers, a pro basketball franchise of the National Basketball Association. How can you build your fortune? This list offers a handful of takeaways for people who are looking to build their own wealth. First, all these individuals own stock . Their immense wealth is built upon owning massively successful companies that are among the leaders in their respective industries. They have significant ownership stakes in these businesses. While they’ve generally worked in their businesses, their real wealth comes from the ownership of those companies. Second, because these companies are publicly traded, individual investors — anyone in the general public — can also take a stake in them. Many people have become millionaires and multi-millionaires by riding the coattails of these individuals and owning stock in their companies. It’s easy to get started with one of the best brokers for beginners , and if you’re looking for strong investments, a financial adviser can also help you find those that meet your needs . Third, these billionaires have built their wealth over decades; they’re not overnight lottery winners. Unquestionably they had some advantages — some were in the right place at the right time — but they all owned growing assets and then used time to compound their returns. And time is something that individuals have whether they’re rich or poor, well-placed or not.Title: "Xiang Zuo's Hair Named 'Monkey Zuo' by Xiao Hua Sparks Social Media Frenzy with Creative Hairstyle Design"
The Nasdaq and S&P 500 closed higher on Monday, buoyed by tech-related stocks, as markets gear up for critical economic data releases. This uptick follows a robust November performance, with the S&P and Dow recording their largest monthly gains in a year. The Dow saw a minor dip. In Monday's session, technology, communication services, and consumer discretionary sectors each rose by roughly 1%, contrasting with declines in other areas. Tesla's stock benefited from Stifel's increased price target. Rick Meckler of Cherry Lane Investments noted the market's gradual ascent amid seasonal strength. Despite the bullish environment, Meckler warns of uncertainty due to a lack of clear economic guidance from the new administration. Meanwhile, manufacturing data from the Institute for Supply Management showed improvements, hinting at a stabilizing economic outlook. (With inputs from agencies.)
Quarterback suffered a "little” lateral ankle sprain in the , but the injury is not expected to affect his preparation for Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills, coach Sean McVay said Monday. “Nothing that’s going to change his weekly rhythm as far as practice,” McVay said during a video conference, adding that Stafford ran Monday as part of the team’s day-after lifting program. “Got it banged up a little bit. He’s tough. He pushes through and he should be good to go.” Stafford was injured during the second quarter of Sunday’s 21-14 victory in New Orleans when he was taken to the ground while throwing an incomplete pass. Stafford limped immediately after the play but stayed in the game and passed for two second-half touchdowns. “I need to be faster,” he joked afterward, “and get away from those guys.” Receiver , who caught a touchdown pass, suffered a hand avulsion, but with a protective pad he should be ready to play against the Bills, McVay said. Also on Monday, the Rams moved to bolster their secondary by claiming cornerback Emmanuel Forbes Jr. off waivers from the Washington Commanders. Forbes, 23, was the 16th player chosen in the 2023 draft out of Mississippi State. As a rookie under former coach Ron Rivera, Forbes started six games and intercepted one pass. This season, under new coach Dan Quinn, Forbes played in six games and intercepted one pass. The Rams were familiar with Forbes from pre-draft evaluations and NFL game tape, McVay said. Forbes, 6 feet and 180 pounds, showed versatility, competitive toughness and ball skills, McVay said. To make room for Forbes, waived cornerback Charles Woods. Forbes is now part of a cornerback group that includes Darious Williams, Cobie Durant, Ahkello Witherspoon and Josh Wallace. This story originally appeared in .
However, the WTO report also highlights some challenges that could hamper the momentum of global trade growth in the coming months. One of the major concerns is the uneven distribution of vaccines across the world, which could exacerbate existing inequalities and hinder the recovery of certain economies.The recent sightings of mysterious drones over Massachusetts and the arrests of two men who allegedly flew the unmanned aircraft close to Logan Airport are leading a state lawmaker to refile legislation he says would increase accountability. State Rep. Bruce Ayers, D-Quincy, says more safeguards against “reckless behavior” are essential as drone technology increases every year, making them faster and capable of carrying significant weight with “high-powered cameras.” Ayers plans to refile two pieces of legislation at the State House in the new year, one that would impose fines and restrictions on flying drones in flight paths, near airports, and another that would target flight over schools. Boston Police responded to Long Island, part of Ayers’ district, on Dec. 14 after officials noticed a drone flying around the Boston Harbor, at a distance deemed too close to Logan Airport on their monitoring systems. Authorities charged Robert Duffy, 42, of Charlestown, and Jeremy Folcik, 32, of Bridgewater, with trespassing, breaking and entering, and violating a municipal ordinance or bylaw, in connection to flying the drones in “hazardous air space.” Dorchester District Court Judge Erika Reis ordered the defendants to stay away from the closed Long Island health campus and not operate drones , releasing them without bail. Ayers told the Herald on Saturday that he believes Duffy and Folcik should have faced harsher consequences. “We need to set a stronger precedent that if people are flying these drones recklessly, it’s no joke, it’s no harmless prank,” he said. “There are going to be consequences.” Under his act relative to air traffic safety, individuals who purposely fly drones or aim the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft or the flight path, interfering with travel, would be punished by a fine of no more than $1,500. The punishment would increase if a “significant change of course or other serious disruption to the safe travel of an aircraft” threatened the safety of passengers or the crew. In those instances, individuals would face a fine of up to $5,000 or up to five years in state prison, or both. “That is the most dangerous time when a flight is descending, our pilots are trying to navigate the instruments and prepare to land,” Ayers said. “We need to be able to protect them.” Massport has installed more than 200 “No Drone Zone” signs around Logan Airport and other facilities, and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation prohibits flying over its properties unless authorized. Drone operators in Massachusetts don’t need a state-level permit but must follow federal regulations. Recreational drones that weigh over 0.55 pounds are required to be registered with the Federal Aviation Administration, and commercially, an FAA remote pilot certificate is required. Individuals who fly in restricted airspace and commit a federal violation could be fined up to $27,500 for civil penalties or criminal charges. Local law enforcement is unable to enforce FAA regulations. Boston Police said that the men who they arrested for flying the drones too close to Logan Airport could end up facing federal charges. Ayers added his proposed law would provide “more resources on the ground,” meaning more local and state police surrounding airports would be focused on tracking down drones to assist the feds. The other legislation that Ayers is set to refile would carry fines for flying drones within a vertical distance of 400 feet in school zones. While the reported sightings of the mysterious drones over Cape Cod and elsewhere in Massachusetts were fairly limited and have dropped during the holidays, Ayers said he’s still hearing from constituents. “People were scared, they’re concerned, and they’re frustrated,” he said. “They want to know what is going on. This would give us more resources to identify and go after people who may be doing wrongdoing, and if so, to prosecute them.” Gov. Maura Healey has also expressed concern although she admitted Massachusetts wasn’t seeing the volume of reported drones as in New York and New Jersey, and that authorities weren’t aware of a public safety threat. Healey has urged Congress to allow states to investigate and prosecute illegal activity and provide better technology to help detect drones. “The pace of technology has really evolved very quickly,” the governor told reporters on Dec. 17, “and it’s a serious concern.” The week before Christmas, the FAA banned drone flights in 22 areas in New Jersey and 30 areas in New York, mostly in and around New York City and on Long Island, where critical infrastructure is located, through mid-January. Federal authorities had said many of the sightings had been of legal drones, manned aircraft, helicopters and even stars. The feds have not identified any public safety or national security risks. “There are more than 1 million drones that are lawfully registered with the Federal Aviation Administration here in the United States,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said. “And there are thousands of commercial, hobbyist and law enforcement drones that are lawfully in the sky on any given day. That is the ecosystem that we are dealing with.” The Associated Press contributed to this reportTragically, the young woman's body was discovered washed up on a remote beach, her hands bound and signs of violence evident. An autopsy revealed that she had been brutally murdered before being thrown into the sea, her killers callously attempting to erase any evidence of their heinous crime.
Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim review – Middle of the road for Middle-earthBurnt-out hillsides on the road to Marathon in Greece. AS this year draws to a close, it is time to reflect upon the world’s climate in 2024 and to anticipate what is likely to be in store for us in 2025. The warming global climate has wreaked a vast number of disasters throughout the world this year, causing famine, crop failures, flash flooding from huge deluges of rain, coastal settlements inundated by stormy seas, wildfires, and the melting of the world’s glaciers and the calving of sea ice in Antarctica and so on. The list is endless! In early December, a huge iceberg, over twice the area of Greater London, broke off from the Antarctic sea ice and is now floating away in the southern Atlantic Ocean bypassing the island of South Georgia. Only a fortnight ago apocalyptic scenes were observed on Mayotte, a French Indian Ocean island that was hit by the subtropical cyclone Chico. This island is located off the East African coast, with a population of 320,000. A third of the island’s population live in flimsy shacks with corrugated iron roofs, which were ripped off like tissue paper in wind speeds of 225kph. It is estimated that several thousand people have died with many thousands injured by flying debris. Western Europe has not escaped from batterings by severe storm-force winds in late November and earlier this month when three cyclones, in rapid succession, from the Atlantic Ocean raced over the UK. The last cyclone, Donaghh, recorded wind speeds of 315kph. Needless to say, much damage was done, with roofs damaged, flooding in coastal areas as the winds built up huge breakers, trees, and electricity power lines were brought down. I feared for the 150-year-old triple Roman tiles on the roof of my house, sited on an exposed hillside in Southwest England. These tiles were last ripped off in a severe storm in 1987, but I was lucky for the windspeeds here only reached 125kph! The five very high trees in my garden bent over to at least 20 degrees from the vertical and thankfully remained rooted. Why are such disasters more frequent? Last year saw the warmest year on record with the 1.45 degrees Celsius rise in global average temperatures since pre-industrial levels. It is suspected this year, in 2024, that the global average temperature has risen to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, making it the 12th year in succession that the temperatures have reached at least one degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The Copernicus Climate Change Service, based in Reading, UK; Bologna, Italy; and Bonn, Germany have found that the global average temperature from January to November this year was 0.72 Celsius above the 1991 to 2020 average, and 0.14 Celsius above the same time in 2023. Undoubtedly the major contribution to this warming is the ever increasing greenhouse gases in our atmosphere together with an elevation caused by the recent El Nino effect. The latter creates warmth in the tropical Pacific Ocean which is transferred to the atmosphere. Across the globe, sea surface temperatures have been seen to be warmer than average leading to the northern migration of some species of tropical fish including sharks to areas in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. At present, meteorologists worldwide are studying other contributory factors, other than the previous ones mentioned, in their attempts to explain this 1.5-degree Celsius plus rise in temperature. At the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremen, Germany, meteorologists have discovered that fewer clouds in the sky led to heatwaves last year, which shot up the global temperature records in China, the Mediterranean countries, and in the USA, all of which experienced bluer skies. Satellite observations revealed fewer lower altitude clouds in the tropics and northern mid-latitudes, thus less solar heat is reflected back into space. Photo shows damaged homes in the city of Mamoudzou on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago on Dec 22, 2024. — AFP photo Wildfires Experts, from the UK Met Office and Vrije University in Brussels, Belgium, have attributed climate change directly to the amount of burnt area on the globe. The researchers considered climate, vegetation, and population density and found that there has been a decline in wildfires in the African savannah grasslands due mainly to an increase in human activity in these areas resulting in changes in land use. As these areas become more fragmented, it is more difficult for lightning caused fires in tropical storms to spread. However, it is thought that prolonged periods of drought and higher temperatures are increasing the number of fires in California, Western Siberia and in Mediterranean Europe, thus, it is highly probable that the impact of climate change on wildfires will increase significantly in the years to come. My son, living in Athens, drives to Marathon often with his family and they have observed the change of scenery due to forest fires this summer. An aerial view of a closed area near Mount Baldy trail in the Bridge Fire burn recovery zone on Dec 19, 2024, near Mount Baldy, California. – AFP photo Effects of global rise in temperature on food production Have you noticed that the price of food in all shops has increased dramatically this year? Essentially this is not due to inflation, but more to climate change and scarcity of food as an affected country must import more from overseas. In China, July this year was the hottest month for decades and there, the country faced at least 26 large scale floods, thus cutting rice harvests. Delayed monsoons this year in India caused massive crop losses, resulting in an export ban of most types of rice. In the Mediterranean countries, droughts and heatwaves caused a fall in the production of olives by 33 per cent resulting in the higher prices of olive oil on supermarket shelves. Wine production in some parts of France has declined owing to torrential rain during the grape harvesting time. Grapes are susceptible to certain types of mildew, occasioned by heat and high humidity. West African production of cocoa has fallen, through more frequent heatwaves, drought and heavy rainfall, resulting in soaring prices for a bar of chocolate. Tea and coffee prices have escalated in Europe this year owing to droughts and flooding in the main tea production areas in China, India, and Kenya, whilst the coffee countries of Vietnam and Brazil have been similarly affected. With frequent rain at harvest time this year in the UK, cereal production has fallen together with certain vegetables. When two decades ago, as a family we could buy locally-produced vegetables from shops, I now find that my vegetables are grown in such places as Morocco, Kenya, and Peru – all at high prices! Thus, I cannot escape from climate change! What has 2025 in store for us? The UK Met Office forecasts that this coming year will see a global temperature rise of between 1.29 degrees Celsius to 1.57 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial period owing to the additional effect of the developing La Nina effect producing slightly cooler conditions. We should wait with bated breath to see what exactly is in store for us wherever we live in this world, for this coming year could well provide us with one of the warmest years for global average temperatures. Let us hope and pray that all countries are seeking ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions through advanced technological ways. I am optimistic that this can be achieved for the benefit of us as humans and our wildlife, but it will take many years to come about. May 2025 be a better year weather-wise and climate-wise for us all!
In the report, CCTV revealed that behind the seemingly authentic backgrounds and settings seen in virtual live streams are sophisticated production studios that operate as virtual "factories." These studios employ a network of professionals skilled in green screen technology, video editing, and visual effects to create the illusion of real-time interactions in virtual environments.In conclusion, Wang Chuqin's response to the Falcon Eye challenge signals a positive step towards enhancing the integrity and fairness of table tennis matches. By supporting the use of advanced technology to improve officiating standards, he has demonstrated his commitment to upholding the values of sportsmanship and equality in the pursuit of excellence. As the sport evolves and embraces new advancements, the legacy of players like Wang Chuqin will continue to inspire future generations to strive for greatness on and off the table tennis court.
British Columbia deploys combined $9.2 million into projects tackling climate, nutrition, health and moreNEW YORK, Dec. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) resulting from allegations that Franklin Resources may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. So What: If you purchased Franklin Resources securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses. What to do next: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=29671 call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email case@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. What is this about: On August 21, 2024, Franklin Resources filed a current report with the SEC. In this current report, the company announced it was naming a sole Chief Investment Officer at Western Asset Management (a company subsidiary) to replace co-Chief Investment Officer Ken Leech, who had been on a leave of absence, effective immediately. The current report also stated Ken Leech had “received a Wells Notice from the Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,” and “[i]n light of Mr. Leech’s leave of absence, the Company has determined that closing its Macro Opportunities strategy [. . .] is in clients’ best interests.” On this news, Franklin Resources’ stock fell 12.5% on August 21, 2024. Why Rosen Law: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company at the time. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers. Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm , on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/ . Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Contact Information: Laurence Rosen, Esq. Phillip Kim, Esq. The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. 275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 686-1060 Toll Free: (866) 767-3653 Fax: (212) 202-3827 case@rosenlegal.com www.rosenlegal.comW ith her budget coming under attack from businesses and protesting farmers alike, Rachel Reeves is also facing questions over her integrity. Five occasions have emerged where the chancellor has embellished her credentials as an economist at key moments in her career. When standing for parliament in 2010, Reeves claimed she worked “as an economist... at Halifax Bank of Scotland”. In fact, she had been running a customer relations department dealing with complaints and mortgage retention at the bank, where one colleague recalled her as “thinking she was above” others. She told Stylist magazine in 2021: “I spent a decade at the Bank of England and loved it”. In fact she had worked there for six years, one of which was spent studying for a master’s degree at the London School of Economics (LSE).Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. It's now been two and a half years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door for states to implement bans. The policies and their impact have been in flux ever since the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Here's a look at data on where things stand: Overturning Roe and enforcing abortion bans has changed how woman obtain abortions in the U.S. But one thing it hasn't done is put a dent in the number of abortions being obtained. There have been slightly more monthly abortions across the country recently than there were in the months leading up to the June 2022 ruling, even as the number in states with bans dropped to near zero. “Abortion bans don’t actually prevent abortions from happening,” said Ushma Upadhyay, a public health social scientist at the University of California San Francisco. But, she said, they do change care. For women in some states, there are major obstacles to getting abortions — and advocates say that low-income, minority and immigrant women are least likely to be able to get them when they want. For those living in states with bans, the ways to access abortion are through travel or abortion pills. As the bans swept in, abortion pills became a bigger part of the equation. They were involved in about half the abortions before Dobbs. More recently, it’s been closer to two-thirds of them, according to research by the Guttmacher Institute. The uptick of that kind of abortion, usually involving a combination of two drugs, was underway before the ruling. But now, it's become more common for pill prescriptions to be made by telehealth. By the summer of 2024, about 1 in 10 abortions was via pills prescribed via telehealth to patients in states where abortion is banned. As a result, the pills are now at the center of battles over abortion access. This month, Texas sued a New York doctor for prescribing pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. There's also an effort by Idaho, Kansas and Missouri to roll back their federal approvals and treat them as “controlled dangerous substances,” and a push for the federal government to start enforcing a 19th-century federal law to ban mailing them. Clinics have closed or halted abortions in states with bans. But a network of efforts to get women seeking abortions to places where they're legal has strengthened and travel for abortion is now common. The Guttmacher Institute found that more than twice as many Texas residents obtained abortion in 2023 in New Mexico as New Mexico residents did. And as many Texans received them in Kansas as Kansans. Abortion funds, which benefitted from “rage giving” in 2022, have helped pay the costs for many abortion-seekers. But some funds have had to cap how much they can give . Since the downfall of Roe, the actions of lawmakers and courts have kept shifting where abortion is legal and under what conditions. Here's where it stands now: Florida, the nation’s second most-populous state, began enforcing a ban on abortions after the first six weeks of pregnancy on May 1. That immediately changed the state from one that was a refuge for other Southerners seeking abortion to an exporter of people looking for them. There were about 30% fewer abortions there in May compared with the average for the first three months of the year. And in June, there were 35% fewer. While the ban is not unique, the impact is especially large. The average driving time from Florida to a facility in North Carolina where abortion is available for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy is more than nine hours, according to data maintained by Caitlin Myers, a Middlebury College economics professor. The bans have meant clinics closed or stopped offering abortions in some states. But some states where abortion remains legal until viability – generally considered to be sometime past 21 weeks of pregnancy , though there’s no fixed time for it – have seen clinics open and expand . Illinois, Kansas and New Mexico are among the states with new clinics. There were 799 publicly identifiable abortion providers in the U.S. in May 2022, the month before the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade. And by this November, it was 792, according to a tally by Myers, who is collecting data on abortion providers. But Myers says some hospitals that always provided some abortions have begun advertising it. So they’re now in the count of clinics – even though they might provide few of them. How hospitals handle pregnancy complications , especially those that threaten the lives of the women, has emerged as a major issue since Roe was overturned. President Joe Biden's administration says hospitals must offer abortions when they're needed to prevent organ loss, hemorrhage or deadly infections, even in states with bans. Texas is challenging the administration’s policy and the U.S. Supreme Court this year declined to take it up after the Biden administration sued Idaho. More than 100 pregnant women seeking help in emergency rooms and were turned away or left unstable since 2022, The Associated Press found in an analysis of federal hospital investigative records. Among the complaints were a woman who miscarried in the lobby restroom of Texas emergency room after staff refused to see her and a woman who gave birth in a car after a North Carolina hospital couldn't offer an ultrasound. The baby later died. “It is increasingly less safe to be pregnant and seeking emergency care in an emergency department,” Dara Kass, an emergency medicine doctor and former U.S. Health and Human Services official told the AP earlier this year. Since Roe was overturned, there have been 18 reproductive rights-related statewide ballot questions. Abortion rights advocates have prevailed on 14 of them and lost on four. In the 2024 election , they amended the constitutions in five states to add the right to abortion. Such measures failed in three states: In Florida, where it required 60% support; in Nebraska, which had competing abortion ballot measures; and in South Dakota, where most national abortion rights groups did support the measure. AP VoteCast data found that more than three-fifths of voters in 2024 supported abortion being legal in all or most cases – a slight uptick from 2020. The support came even as voters supported Republicans to control the White House and both houses of Congress. ___ Associated Press writers Linley Sanders, Amanda Seitz and Laura Ungar contributed to this article.
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