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Trump invited China's Xi to his inauguration even as he threatened massive tariffs on BeijingUndercover FBI agents were not present during the 2021 attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, a Justice Department watchdog said Thursday in a report debunking a popular right-wing conspiracy theory. "We found no evidence in the materials we reviewed or the testimony we received showing or suggesting that the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest crowds, or at the Capitol, on January 6," Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz said in an 88-page report. Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6 in a bid to prevent congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden's election victory. Right-wing media and even some Republican lawmakers have spuriously claimed that undercover FBI agents provoked the attack on Congress, which followed a fiery speech by Trump in which he falsely claimed the election had been stolen. The inspector general said that while no undercover FBI agents were present at the Trump rally or the Capitol, 26 FBI informants known as confidential human sources (CHS) were in Washington at the time. Three of the informants had been tasked with reporting on domestic terrorist suspects while the others were there on their own. "None of these FBI CHSs were authorized to enter the Capitol or a restricted area, or to otherwise break the law on January 6, nor was any CHS directed by the FBI to encourage others to commit illegal acts on January 6," the report said. The inspector general also said there had been an intelligence-gathering failure by the FBI ahead of the January 6 attack. "While the FBI undertook significant efforts to identify domestic terrorism subjects who planned to travel to the Capital region on January 6," the report said, "the FBI did not take a step that could have helped the FBI and its law enforcement partners with their preparations. "Specifically, the FBI did not canvass its field offices in advance of January 6, 2021, to identify any intelligence, including CHS reporting, about potential threats to the January 6 Electoral Certification," it said. FBI deputy director Paul Abbate was quoted as saying this was a "basic step that was missed" in "understanding the threat picture prior to January 6." Trump was impeached by the Democratic-majority House of Representatives following the attack on the Capitol, but acquitted by the Senate. He is to return to the White House on January 20 after defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in the November presidential election. More than 1,500 people have been charged in connection with the assault on Congress. Trump has lauded them as "patriots" and "political prisoners" and pledged to pardon many of them when he returns to the White House. cl/stMost ruling party lawmakers were boycotting a parliamentary vote Saturday (December 7, 2024) to deny a two-thirds majority sought by the opposition to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law , as protests grew nationwide calling for his removal. The likely defeat of the motion is expected to intensify public protests calling for Mr. Yoon’s ouster and deepen political chaos in South Korea, with a survey suggesting a majority of South Koreans support the President’s impeachment. Mr. Yoon’s martial law declaration drew criticism from his own ruling conservative party, but it is also determined to oppose Mr. Yoon's impeachment apparently because it fears losing presidency to liberals. Also read | Timeline of South Korea’s martial law declaration; quick overturn by President Yoon Suk Yeol Impeaching Mr. Yoon would require support from two-thirds of the National Assembly, or 200 of its 300 members. The opposition parties who brought the impeachment motion have 192 seats, meaning they need at least eight additional votes from Mr. Yoon’s People Power Party. The opposition-controlled Parliament began a vote earlier Saturday, but only three lawmakers from PPP took part with opposition members. If the number of lawmakers who cast ballots doesn't reach 200, the motion will be scrapped at midnight, according to National Assembly. Opposition parties could submit a new impeachment motion after a new parliamentary session opens next Wednesday. National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik urged ruling party members to return to the chamber to participate in the vote, stressing that it was closely watched by the nation and also the world. “Don’t make a shameful judgment and please vote based on your convictions,” Woo said. “I plead to you, for the future of the Republic of Korea.” Earlier Saturday, Mr. Yoon issued a public apology over the martial law decree, saying he won’t shirk legal or political responsibility for the declaration and promising not to make another attempt to impose martial law. He said would leave it to his party to chart a course through the country's political turmoil, “including matters related to my term in office." “The declaration of this martial law was made out of my desperation. But in the course of its implementation, it caused anxiety and inconveniences to the public. I feel very sorry over that and truly apologize to the people who must have been shocked a lot,” Mr. Yoon said. Since taking office in 2022, Mr. Yoon has struggled to push his agenda through an opposition-controlled parliament and grappled with low approval ratings amid scandals involving himself and his wife. In his martial law announcement on Tuesday night, Yoon called parliament a “den of criminals” bogging down state affairs and vowed to eliminate “shameless North Korea followers and anti-state forces.” The turmoil resulting from Mr. Yoon’s bizarre and poorly-thought-out stunt has paralyzed South Korean politics and sparked alarm among key diplomatic partners, including neighboring Japan and Seoul’s top ally the United States, as one of the strongest democracies in Asia faces a political crisis that could unseat its leader. Protesters take part in a rally calling for the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law, which was reversed hours later, near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on December 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Tuesday night saw special forces troops encircling the parliament building and army helicopters hovering over it, but the military withdrew after the National Assembly unanimously voted to overturn the decree, forcing Yoon to lift it before daybreak Wednesday. The declaration of martial law was the first of its kind in more than 40 years in South Korea. Eighteen lawmakers from the ruling party voted to reject Yoon's martial law decree along with opposition lawmakers. The passage of Mr. Yoon’s impeachment motion appeared more likely Friday when the chair of Mr. Yoon’s party called for his removal on Friday, but the party remained formally opposed to impeachment. On Saturday, tens of thousands of people packed streets near the National Assembly, waving banners, shouting slogans and dancing and singing along to K-pop songs with lyrics changed to call for Mr. Yoon’s ouster. A smaller crowd of Mr. Yoon’s supporters, which still seemed to be in the thousands, rallied in separate streets in Seoul, decrying the impeachment attempt they saw as unconstitutional. Lawmakers on Saturday first voted on a bill appointing a special prosecutor to investigate stock price manipulation allegations surrounding Yoon’s wife. Some lawmakers from Mr. Yoon’s party were seen leaving the hall after that vote, triggering angry shouts from opposition lawmakers. If Mr. Yoon is impeached, his powers will be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office. If he is removed, an election to replace him must take place within 60 days. Opposition lawmakers say that Yoon’s attempt at martial law amounted to a self-coup, and drafted the impeachment motion around rebellion charges. Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the main liberal opposition Democratic Party, told reporters that Yoon’s speech was “greatly disappointing” and that the only way forward is his immediate resignation or impeachment. On Friday, PPP chair Han Dong-hun, who criticized Mr. Yoon's martial law declaration, said he had received intelligence that during the brief period of martial law Yoon ordered the country’s defense counterintelligence commander to arrest and detain unspecified key politicians based on accusations of “anti-state activities." Hong Jang-won, first deputy director of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing Friday that Yoon called after imposing martial law and ordered him to help the defense counterintelligence unit to detain key politicians. The targeted politicians included Han, Lee and Woo, according to Kim Byung-kee, one of the lawmakers who attended the meeting. The Defense Ministry said it had suspended the defense counterintelligence commander, Yeo In-hyung, who Han alleged had received orders from Yoon to detain the politicians. The Ministry also suspended the commanders of the capital defense command and the special warfare command over their involvement in enforcing martial law. Former Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun, who has been accused of recommending Mr. Yoon enforce martial law, has been placed under a travel ban and faces an investigation by prosecutors over rebellion charges. Vice Defense Minister Kim Seon Ho has testified to parliament that it was Kim Yong Hyun who ordered troops to be deployed to the National Assembly after Yoon imposed martial law. Published - December 07, 2024 05:13 pm IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit South Korea / politics (general)
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It's usually not difficult to find a compelling growth stock to step into. Choosing a growth stock you're confident holding onto for a decade or more, however, is a different story. Some story stocks just don't have enough proven potential for investors to make a long-term commitment to them. Are You Missing The Morning Scoop? Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day. Sign Up For Free » Still, investments that fit that bill are out there. If you can stomach the risk, these three stocks have the potential to be monster winners for investors who buy and hold for at least 10 years. Iovance Biotherapeutics Investing in drug companies can be a tricky business. If you dive in too early, you may learn the hard way that the potential miracle drug in development is actually a bust. If you wait too long, you could miss out on the bulk of a stock's gains. With that in mind, risk-tolerant investors should look at Iovance Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: IOVA) while shares are still down more than 80% from their early 2021 peak. Such pullbacks aren't particularly unusual for the biopharma industry's younger names. Iovance soared when its flagship drug first started showing promise in clinical trials back in 2019 and 2020. Investors got a bit ahead of themselves though. The first regulatory approval of its cancer-fighting Amtagvi didn't materialize until February of this year. While the market rewarded the company for that accomplishment with a bounce in the share price, most of the bullish euphoria had already worn off by then. And most of the gains the stock booked earlier this year have since evaporated. But you can use the stock's current weakness to your advantage. While Amtagvi's FDA-approved uses may be relatively narrow in scope right now -- it is approved only for the treatment of certain types of solid tumors -- this T-cell therapy is a potential treatment for a much wider range of cancers. The drug is being tested in 12 other clinical trials at this time, and a handful of them are promising late-stage trials. But even without any future approvals, Iovance is already doing pretty well with Amtagvi. Last quarter's $58.6 million in revenue was a marked improvement on what was effectively inaugural revenue of $31.1 million in Q2, putting the company en route to a full-year top line of roughly $160 million. Sales next year are expected to rise to between $450 million and $475 million. That's just the beginning though. The analyst community is predicting revenue of more than $700 million in 2026, while research outfit GlobalData believes annual sales of Amtagvi could eclipse $1 billion by 2030. There are risks for investors to keep in mind, though. Chief among them is the massive amount of money Iovance is still losing despite strong initial demand for its flagship T-cell therapy. Although there's nothing unusual about early losses within the biopharma industry, there's no clear picture as to when the company will work its way out of the red and into the black. Even analysts don't anticipate an actual profit until 2027 at the earliest. Much can happen between now and then, so you want to carefully consider the size of any position in this stock. Amtagvi needs time to reach its proverbial cruising speed, so the challenge for investors will be having the patience to allow Iovance to make the most of the opportunity. Palo Alto Networks As long as there are internet-connected computers and networks, there will be criminals looking to digitally exploit them. Indeed, cybersecurity outfit Check Point Software reports that weekly cyberattacks surged a record-breaking 75% year over year during the third quarter, up from Q2's 30% increase. This problem isn't going away anytime soon, but Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) stands ready to answer the call. In simplest terms, Palo Alto helps enterprises of all shapes and sizes protect themselves from cybercrime and other types of digital disruption. From threat detection to malware defense to phishing protection to remote employee logins (and more), this company can meet almost any cybersecurity need. And it can do so with easy-to-use turnkey solutions that allow for a minimal number of user interfaces. That's one of the reasons why, in 2024, Palo Alto was once again ranked by technology market research outfit Gartner as a leader in the endpoint protection platform market. Moreover, for the eleventh year in a row, Gartner rated Palo Alto as a leader in the network firewall market. The company is good at what it does. This is evident in its fiscal results too. Not only has its revenue grown in every quarter for more than a decade, but its operating income and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) have grown almost as reliably. Then, there's the detail about this progress that isn't readily apparent: Palo Alto Networks' profit margins are expanding too. Whether its software is sold to 100 customers or 1,000, the cost of coding and deploying it is about the same. That's the power of scale. The recurring revenue it books from subscription-based access to its tools doesn't hurt either. Palo Alto is positioned to capitalize on growth across the cybersecurity industry as analysts expect the company to deliver 14% top-line growth in its fiscal 2025 before accelerating to nearly 16% the following year. Wolfspeed Finally, add Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF) to your list of potential monster stocks that you may want to hold onto for the next 10 years. Unless you're an electrical engineer, the term "silicon carbide" probably won't mean much to you. It will in the foreseeable future, though, and Wolfspeed will have its time in the spotlight as a result. The layman's explanation: Nearly all electrically powered devices require the use of at least some silicon-based components. In the past, ordinary silicon was entirely good enough to meet the needs of the technology of the times. Things are changing, though. Thanks to dramatic improvements in other technologies, the silicon of yesteryear is no longer power-efficient enough, nor capable of efficiently handling the higher voltages needed by heavy-duty equipment like electric vehicles or data center power platforms. Enter Wolfspeed, which has mastered (and patented) the art and science of adding carbon to silicon to make the material more efficient as well as capable of handling higher electrical loads. While its potential uses are vast, silicon carbide's most practical application today is on the heavy machinery and industrial front. Wolfspeed's technology is increasingly found in electric vehicles as part of their powertrains as well as within their charging apparatuses, leading to 80% less power loss than most commonly used battery/inversion/motor combinations currently suffer. You'll also find its tech inside a growing number of construction vehicles, agricultural machinery, and even locomotives. At the other end of the size scale, you'll find its silicon carbide inside the chips and components attached to circuit boards in HVAC equipment and data center power supplies, where its offerings can achieve up to 99% energy efficiency at half the size of ordinary silicon. Although the benefits of silicon carbide are clear, not every would-be customer is consistently on board with Wolfspeed's products. After its revenue rose by 24% in fiscal 2023 (ended June 2023) growth came to a near-halt in fiscal 2024, extending a pattern of top-line inconsistency that's been frustrating investors for over a decade. Wolfspeed is reporting steep losses as a result. The analyst community doesn't see net profitability returning until fiscal 2027 when the next generation of EVs hits the roads and when the company finally puts several restructuring charges and significant capital expenditures in the rearview mirror. All this strategic maneuvering and spending is a big reason shareholders have experienced a wild roller coaster ride. If you can stomach the continued volatility, however, this stock is worth it. Analysts expect Wolfspeed to report 44% sales growth in fiscal 2026, which the company itself believes will be enough to produce breakeven operating cash flow. And management believes the company can swing back to EBITDA profitability during the second half of this year, en route to the return to profitability in fiscal 2027. And longer term, Global Market Insights believes the world's silicon carbide market is likely to grow at a compound annual rate of more than 30% through 2032. But most of this growth is only set to materialize in the latter half of this timeframe when the technology becomes industry-standard. Owning this high potential stock means living with above-average near-term risk. Investors have to remain focused on how well this silicon carbide leader can navigate the industry's long-term potential. The market should start rewarding Wolfspeed's progress toward profitability in the meantime. Should you invest $1,000 in Palo Alto Networks right now? 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Canada can't say when it will clear 140,000 backlogged cases for First Nations kidsGavin McKenna will suit up for Canada at the world junior hockey championship. Set to turn 17 next week, the star forward with the Western Hockey League's Medicine Hat Tigers headlines the country's 25-player roster for the annual tournament announced Friday. McKenna, who is projected as the potential top pick at the 2026 NHL draft, will be joined by a pair of fellow youngsters battling for the No. 1 selection spot in June — 18-year-old winger Porter Martone and 17-year-old defenceman Matthew Schaefer. Five of seven eligible returnees from last year's squad that finished a disappointing fifth in Sweden are back, with forwards Easton Cowan, Brayden Yager and Carson Rehkopf getting the nod, while defencemen Oliver Bonk and Tanner Molendyk will anchor the blue line. The two players unable to hold onto their spots for the event set to run Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Ottawa are forward Matthew Wood and goaltender Scott Ratzlaff. Making up the rest of the group up front are Bradly Nadeau, Jett Luchanko, Luca Pinelli, Berkly Catton, Ethan Gauthier, Calum Ritchie, Tanner Howe, Cole Beaudoin and Mathieu Cataford. Nadeau didn't attend selection camp in Ottawa this week, but was guaranteed a spot after being made available by the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes from their American Hockey League affiliate. Canada's defence corps also includes Andrew Gibson, Sam Dickinson, Caden Price, Sawyer Mynio and Beau Akey. The hockey powerhouse's three-headed crease contingent is made up of goaltenders Jack Ivankovic — another 17-year-old eligible for June's NHL draft — Carter George and Carson Bjarnason. "We believe we have assembled a competitive and talented roster that will give us the best opportunity to win a gold medal on home ice," Hockey Canada's Peter Anholt, who leads the under-20 program's management group, said in a statement. "We look forward to them wearing the Maple Leaf with pride." The Canadians, who will be looking to add to a record 20 gold medals at the annual showcase, were ousted in last year's quarterfinals thanks to a last-minute loss to Czechia. Among the other notable cuts Friday were Calgary Flames defence prospect Zayne Parekh and Beckett Sennecke, who was selected No. 3 overall by the Anaheim Ducks at the 2024 draft. Both players were late injury additions for selection camp and are eligible to try out again next year. Canada will now hold training camp in Petawawa, Ont., before pre-tournament games against Switzerland, Sweden and Czechia. The hosts open Group A at the Canadian Tire Centre, home of the NHL's Ottawa Senators, on Boxing Day against Finland. The defending champions United States, Latvia and Germany make up the rest of the field. Group B at TD Place, home of the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's, includes Sweden, Czechia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Kazakhstan. Russia remains banned by the International Ice Hockey Federation due to that country's ongoing war in Ukraine. Ottawa last hosted the world juniors in 2009 when Canada defeated Sweden to secure a record-tying fifth straight gold. Cameron, who guided the country atop the podium in 2022 after winning silver in 2011, was an assistant coach on the staff of the late Pat Quinn at that tournament 15 years ago in the nation's capital. "This group of 25 players is excited for the opportunity to wear the Maple Leaf in front of Canadian fans in Ottawa, and to represent their country in our quest to win a gold medal," he said in a statement. "This is a great accomplishment for these players and their families. "We know they will enjoy the world juniors experience while bringing the competitiveness needed for us to be successful and accomplish our goal." This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 13, 2024. Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press
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