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rap psx NoneMark Scheifele scored a hat trick and the Winnipeg Jets’ first line combined for five goals and 10 points in a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena Monday afternoon. The Jets improved to 25-10-1 with the win and will lead the Central Division and NHL heading into the holiday break. The Maple Leafs fell to 21-12-2 with the loss. Connor Opens Scoring in First After most of the first period went by with few good chances to speak of, the Jets opened the scoring on the power play when Kyle Connor banged a rebound past Joseph Woll for his 20th of the season. Jets, Maple Leafs Trade Goals in Second Connor notched his second of the game early in the second by redirecting Mark Scheifele’s cross-ice pass during a rush. The very next shift, Alex Iafallo and Max Domi dropped the gloves for a spirited tilt. Domi received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for initiating the fight, but the Maple Leafs killed off the minor. That Scheifs and KC connection got us feeling some type of way pic.twitter.com/Jc8G2r7DPA The Maple Leafs were then presented with a great chance to get back in the game when Mason Appleton was assessed a double minor for high sticking. In the first half of the penalty, John Tavares cut the lead in half when he tapped in a precise Mitch Marner pass past Connor Hellebuyck. Scheifele Nets Third-Period Hat Trick The Jets re-took the two-goal lead early in the third when Scheifele redirected a Gabriel Vilardi backhand pass past Woll. Vilardi managed to outmaneuver two Maple Leafs’ defenders to get the puck to his teammate. Scheifele scored again when he received a side-boards pass from Josh Morrissey that put him all alone. Woll made the initial save on Scheifele’s backhand tuck attempt, but Scheifele stuck with the puck and muscled it over the line. Tavares scored his second of the game a few minutes by ripping a puck past Hellebuyck’s blocker side from the middle of the ice. The Leafs then pulled Woll for the extra attacker, but Scheifele put the puck into the yawning cage to complete the 10th hat trick of his career and round out the scoring. MARK SCHEIFELE HAT TRICK!!! pic.twitter.com/ZbOsvFHuaW Notes & Observations It was the first time in seven games the Jets beat the Maple Leafs dating back to the 2021-22 season. With the win, the Jets became the first team in the NHL this season to reach the 50-point mark. Auston Matthews missed his second-straight game since re- aggravating a recurring upper-body injury. Defenseman Chris Tanev was a late scratch for the Maple Leafs. Jets defenseman Haydn Fleury suffered a lower-body injury late in the second period and did not return. Connor is riding a five-game goal streak and has scored 20-plus goals in eight-straight seasons. Scheifele’s second goal was his 20th and he now has 20-plus goals in 10-straight seasons. Tavares is riding a five-game point streak and his first goal was his 200th as a Maple Leaf. The former captain has five goals in two games against the Jets this season. The Jets’ power play went one for two while the Maple Leafs went one for three on the man advantage. William Nylander played a four minute, 55 second shift in the second. It started with 16:24 remaining (at the start of the power play on Appleton’s double minor.) Both teams are now on their holiday breaks. The Maple Leafs are back in action Friday, Dec. 27 on the road in Detroit against the Red Wings, while Jets play next on Saturday, Dec. 28 when they host the Ottawa Senators. This article first appeared on The Hockey Writers and was syndicated with permission.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jaden Green and Geoffrey Jamiel scored on long plays in the fourth quarter and unseeded Lehigh rallied to defeat No. 9 Richmond 20-16 on Saturday in a first-round game of the FCS playoffs. Lehigh advances to a second-round game at eighth-seeded Idaho on Dec. 7. The Mountain Hawks trailed 16-7 early in the fourth quarter after Richmond's Sean Clarke scored on a 7-yard pass from Camden Coleman. Green dashed 65 yards for a touchdown on the next play from scrimmage and Lehigh trailed 16-14 with 10 1/2 minutes remaining. The Mountain Hawks (9-3) forced a three-and-out, then Jamiel and Hayden Johnson connected on a 56-yard pass play for the go-ahead touchdown. The Spiders were stopped short of midfield on their final drive but nearly came up with a huge play when Lehigh's Quanye Veney muffed the punt at his own 14-yard line. Ignatious Williams recovered the loose ball for Lehigh to preserve the win. Johnson completed 14 of 18 passes for 199 yards. Jamiel caught 10 for 137 yards. Coleman was 24-of-37 passing for 199 yards. Zach Palmer-Smith had 107 yards rushing for Richmond (10-3). Richmond had 249 yards of total offense in the first half but managed only three short field goals by Sean O'Haire. The scoring drives were 76, 70 and 64 yards and Richmond controlled the ball for nearly 21 minutes in the first half. Lehigh took a 7-6 lead on Johnson's 7-yard TD pass to Logan Galletta, but the Spiders answered with O'Haire's third field goal for a 9-7 halftime lead. This is 13-time Patriot League champion Lehigh's first playoff appearance since 2017. Lehigh and Richmond will have a rematch in the 2025 season opener at Lehigh. It will be Richmond's debut as a member of the Patriot League. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballArticle content

Trudeau to chair Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee amid calls to resignDelivers Outperformance Across All First Quarter Guided Metrics Reports 18% YoY ARR Growth and Strong Free Cash Flow SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nutanix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTNX ), a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended October 31, 2024. "During our first quarter we delivered outperformance across our guided metrics,” said Rajiv Ramaswami, President and CEO of Nutanix. "We also continued to bring innovations to the market supporting our vision of becoming the leading platform for running apps and managing data, anywhere, while strengthening our partner ecosystem.” "Our first quarter results demonstrated a good balance of top and bottom line performance with 18% year-over-year ARR growth and strong free cash flow generation,” said Rukmini Sivaraman, CFO of Nutanix. "We remain focused on delivering sustainable, profitable growth.” First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Summary Recent Company Highlights Webcast and Conference Call Information Nutanix executives will discuss the Company's first quarter fiscal 2025 financial results on a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time/1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Interested parties may access the conference call by registering at this link to receive dial in details and a unique PIN number. The conference call will also be webcast live on the Nutanix Investor Relations website at ir.nutanix.com . An archived replay of the webcast will be available on the Nutanix Investor Relations website at ir.nutanix.com shortly after the call. Footnotes 1 Annual Recurring Revenue , or ARR , for any given period, is defined as the sum of ACV for all subscription contracts in effect as of the end of a specific period. For the purposes of this calculation, we assume that the contract term begins on the date a contract is booked, unless the terms of such contract prevent us from fulfilling our obligations until a later period, and irrespective of the periods in which we would recognize revenue for such contract. Excludes all life-of-device contracts. ACV is defined as the total annualized value of a contract. The total annualized value for a contract is calculated by dividing the total value of the contract by the number of years in the term of such contract. Excludes amounts related to professional services and hardware. 2 Average Contract Duration represents the dollar-weighted term, calculated on a billings basis, across all subscription contracts, as well as our limited number of life-of-device contracts, using an assumed term of five years for life-of-device licenses, executed in the period. 3 Weighted average share count used in computing diluted non-GAAP net income per share. Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Key Performance Measures To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, this press release includes the following non-GAAP financial and other key performance measures: non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, free cash flow, Annual Recurring Revenue (or ARR), and Average Contract Duration. In computing non-GAAP financial measures, we exclude certain items such as stock-based compensation and the related income tax impact, costs associated with our acquisitions (such as amortization of acquired intangible assets, income tax-related impact, and other acquisition-related costs), restructuring charges, litigation settlement accruals and legal fees related to certain litigation matters, the amortization and conversion of the debt discount and issuance costs related to convertible senior notes, interest expense related to convertible senior notes, and other non-recurring transactions and the related tax impact. Non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, and non-GAAP operating margin are financial measures which we believe provide useful information to investors because they provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance and liquidity by excluding certain expenses and expenditures such as stock-based compensation expense that may not be indicative of our ongoing core business operating results. Free cash flow is a performance measure that we believe provides useful information to our management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business after capital expenditures, and we define free cash flow as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less purchases of property and equipment. ARR is a performance measure that we believe provides useful information to our management and investors as it allows us to better track the topline growth of our subscription business because it takes into account variability in term lengths. We use these non-GAAP financial and key performance measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. However, these non-GAAP financial and key performance measures have limitations as analytical tools and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, and free cash flow are not substitutes for gross margin, operating expenses, operating income (loss), operating margin, or net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, respectively. There is no GAAP measure that is comparable to ARR or Average Contract Duration, so we have not reconciled the ARR or Average Contract Duration data included in this press release to any GAAP measure. In addition, other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate non-GAAP financial measures and key performance measures differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures and key performance measures as tools for comparison. We urge you to review the reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures and key performance measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures included below in the tables captioned "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Profit Measures” and "Reconciliation of GAAP Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities to Non-GAAP Free Cash Flow,” and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business. This press release also includes the following forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures as part of our second quarter fiscal 2025 outlook and/or our fiscal 2025 outlook: non-GAAP operating margin and free cash flow. We are unable to reconcile these forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures without unreasonable efforts, as we are currently unable to predict with a reasonable degree of certainty the type and extent of certain items that would be expected to impact the GAAP financial measures for these periods but would not impact the non-GAAP financial measures. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains express and implied forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding: our business momentum and prospects; our innovations supporting our vision of becoming the leading platform for running applications and managing data, anywhere; strengthening our partner ecosystem; our focus on delivering sustainable, profitable growth; our second quarter fiscal 2025 outlook; and our fiscal 2025 outlook. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts and instead are based on our current expectations, estimates, opinions, and beliefs. Consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements. The accuracy of these forward-looking statements depends upon future events and involves risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including factors that may be beyond our control, that may cause these statements to be inaccurate and cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied by such statements, including, among others: the inherent uncertainty or assumptions and estimates underlying our projections and guidance, which are necessarily speculative in nature; any failure to successfully implement or realize the full benefits of, or unexpected difficulties or delays in successfully implementing or realizing the full benefits of, our business plans, strategies, initiatives, vision, objectives, momentum, prospects and outlook; our ability to achieve, sustain and/or manage future growth effectively; the rapid evolution of the markets in which we compete, including the introduction, or acceleration of adoption of, competing solutions, including public cloud infrastructure; failure to timely and successfully meet our customer needs; delays in or lack of customer or market acceptance of our new solutions, products, services, product features or technology; macroeconomic or geopolitical uncertainty; our ability to attract, recruit, train, retain, and, where applicable, ramp to full productivity, qualified employees and key personnel; factors that could result in the significant fluctuation of our future quarterly operating results (including anticipated changes to our revenue and product mix, the timing and magnitude of orders, shipments and acceptance of our solutions in any given quarter, our ability to attract new and retain existing end-customers, changes in the pricing and availability of certain components of our solutions, and fluctuations in demand and competitive pricing pressures for our solutions); our ability to form new or maintain and strengthen existing strategic alliances and partnerships, as well as our ability to manage any changes thereto; our ability to make share repurchases; and other risks detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on September 19, 2024. Additional information will be set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2024, which should be read in conjunction with this press release and the financial results included herein. Our SEC filings are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at ir.nutanix.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except as required by law, we assume no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update, alter or otherwise revise any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or subsequent events or circumstances. About Nutanix Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running applications and managing data, anywhere. With Nutanix, companies can reduce complexity and simplify operations, freeing them to focus on their business outcomes. Building on its legacy as the pioneer of hyperconverged infrastructure, Nutanix is trusted by companies worldwide to power hybrid multicloud environments consistently, simply, and cost-effectively. Learn more at www.nutanix.com or follow us on social media @nutanix. © 2024 Nutanix, Inc. All rights reserved. Nutanix, the Nutanix logo, and all Nutanix product and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or unregistered trademarks of Nutanix, Inc. ("Nutanix”) in the United States and other countries. Other brand names or marks mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s). This press release is for informational purposes only and nothing herein constitutes a warranty or other binding commitment by Nutanix. 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Washington, Dec 4 (PTI): The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 35 entities and vessels, including two from India, for transporting Iranian oil to other countries. The two India-based entities are Vision Ship Management LLP that manages and operates the PHONIX, and Tightship Shipping Management (OPC) Private Limited. Entities and vessels from the United Arab Emirates, China, Liberia, China, Hong Kong among others have also been slapped with sanctions. In a statement, the Department of Treasury said this action imposes additional costs on Iran’s petroleum sector following Iran’s attack against Israel on October 1, as well as Iran’s announced nuclear escalations, building upon the sanctions issued on October 11. Petroleum revenues provide the Iranian regime with the resources to fund its nuclear program, develop advanced drones and missiles, and provide ongoing financial and material support for the terrorist activities of its regional proxies, it said. Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley T Smith said, “Iran continues to funnel revenues from its petroleum trade toward the development of its nuclear program, proliferation of its ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle technology, and sponsorship of its regional terrorist proxies, risking further destabilizing the region.” The United States remains committed to disrupting the shadow fleet of vessels and operators that facilitate these illicit activities, using the full range of our tools and authorities, he said. According to the Treasury, India-based Vision Ship Management LLP manages and operates the PHONIX, formerly known as the LUNA LAKE, which has carried millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil for CCPC since 2022. Vision Ship Management LLP also owns, manages, and operates the Cook Islands-flagged RIO NAPO (IMO: 9256913) and the Panama-flagged LARA II (IMO: 9321421). The RIO NAPO previously transported 35,000 metric tons of Iranian naphtha worth approximately $21.5 million to the UAE, it said. India-based Tightship Shipping Management (OPC) Private Limited manages or operates the OLIVE, BLACK PANTHER, and LIONESS, which have collectively carried tens of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil for NIOC since at least 2022. The BLACK PANTHER has engaged in ship-to-ship transfers of Iranian oil with Iranian-flagged vessels. Tightship Shipping Management (OPC) Private Limited is involved in the management of a fourth vessel, the Panama-flagged TONIL (IMO: 9307932), which is managed and operated by Ukraine-based Lightship Management Ltd and has skirted sanctions to carry millions of barrels of oil for Iran, the Treasury alleged. Tightship Shipping Management (OPC) Private Limited and Lightship Management Ltd are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13902 for operating in the petroleum sector of the Iranian economy. The OLIVE, the BLACK PANTHER, and the LIONESS are being identified as property in which Tightship Shipping Management (OPC) Private Limited has an interest. The TONIL is being identified as property in which Lightship Management Ltd has an interest. PTI LKJ NB NB (This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)Canada's Trudeau returns home after Trump meeting without assurances that tariffs are off the table

The wettest and rainiest night of the year proved to be both a bad omen and a huge hindrance to the Woodland Christian football team as the downpour that made its way through the area washed away any chance the Cardinals had to repeat as section, regional and state champions. Amid gusts of wind, a muddy field and rain that never let up, the Cardinals’ bid to repeat as champions ended Friday night at the hands of Sonora, who were able to thrive in the wet and wild environment to get back on the bus home with a resounding 28-0 win, advancing them to the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division VI Championship game. Unfortunately, the weather elements that seemed to magnify the visiting Wildcats’ biggest strength—running the ball up the gut with authority—held the Cardinals’ usual high-octane passing attack in check as they faced a battle on two fronts. “I was not expecting us to be unable to throw or catch the ball,” Cardinals head coach Mike Paschke said. “Having the passing game taken away from us was really unfortunate. That’s how we won a lot of our games this year. The weather really made us one-dimensional. The rain made both teams one-dimensional, but everything Sonora likes to do is hand the ball off under center and run. I thought we had a good game plan, but for whatever reason, it just didn’t work out. There wasn’t anything we could have done differently. “Last year, we were more run-heavy, and this year, we were pass-heavy, so we just couldn’t throw the ball in these conditions. We struggled right out of the gate with turnovers and were immediately behind the Eight-ball.” The Cardinals came into the semifinals knowing how hard the jump up into D6 playoffs was following a tough, battle-testing 21-7 win over No. 7 seed Liberty Ranch last week. Two late touchdowns from star senior Devin Herrera and a stout defensive performance sealed the deal for the Cardinals, who advanced to the section semifinals for the fourth year in a row. No. 3 seed Sonora came into the showdown following a 64-7 beatdown over Calaveras last week after also enjoying a first-round bye alongside the Cardinals the week before. The Wildcats earned the No. 3 seed after a 9-2 season overall, going 4-2 in the Trans Valley League, finishing in second place behind Division V No. 1 seed Hughson. “They were good and very well coached,” Paschke said. “One of the best-coached teams we have seen all year. Their tailback just churns and punishes people for even trying to tackle him. Sonora beat the No. 1 seed in Division III in Oakdale and will now take on Bradshaw Christian, who are just as good. That is going to be a heck of a game.” The Wildcats jumped out to an early 7-0 lead after getting the ball back on an interception on the defense’s second drive, which eventually led to a 46-yard rushing touchdown by running back Tommy Sutton. After trading punts, the Wildcats pounced on another throw from Cardinals quarterback Isaiah Hunt for the defense’s second interception of the night. This led to Sutton doubling his touchdown total via a 3-yard run to make it 14-0. With the field now looking like a demolition derby arena, the Cardinals had the monumental task of not only battling back from a 14-0 deficit but also battling the elements and field conditions. After another stalled drive and trading of possessions, both teams went into halftime with completely different priorities. The Wildcats received the second-half kick and mounted a nice drive, highlighted by a 40-yard-plus play to set them up inside the red zone. Once inside the 5-yard line, they’d punch in a 2-yard run to go up 21-0. The Cards’ next drive ended on a turnover on downs, which then directly led to another long Wildcats drive, topped off with a 2-yard touchdown from Brody Speer to make it 28-0. While there were still 11 minutes in the game, the Cardinals found it hard to get going on offense before punting the ball back to the Wildcats. They were able to recover a fumble with about seven minutes left in the game to give the home crowd something to cheer about, but with limited time left and half the playbook actually feasible due to the conditions, the game felt like a foregone conclusion. “I didn’t think the rain was going to affect us as badly as it did,” Paschke recalled. “It’s my fourth year here, so I guess I haven’t seen it all. We prepared a lot this week to throw the ball because that’s where we thought we could attack them. To have that taken away is really tough.” After a few more possessions were traded off, the Wildcats got control of the ball and ran the final few minutes off the clock before composing themselves for the traditional handshakes and then gleefully sliding into a mud patch near midfield. “After the game, it was really about the seniors,” Paschke said. “I’ve been with a lot of these kids since they were 9 years old. I came up and learned with them. This was a great group of young men. This group of men will be successful in life beyond football. I’m so grateful they won a state championship last year. As a coaching staff, we are really close to them and pour everything we have into the kids. They are godly men who will be really good fathers someday. “It makes it easier for us when the kids are policing themselves,’ he continued. “We set the rules, but they have to want to follow them. We can mold them, but they shape themselves. When you have it good at the top, it’s easy. From top to bottom, we had great leadership this year.” Sonora will meet D6 No. 1 seed Bradshaw Christian next Friday for the section championship. That game is set for Friday, Nov 29, at 11 a.m. at Sac City College.Arkansas DE Landon Jackson carted off field and taken to hospital with neck injuryMANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola denied he has a “personal problem” with Kevin De Bruyne and insisted Tuesday the playmaker's absence from the team in recent weeks was down to his fitness issues. in all competitions — its worst run under Guardiola — and De Bruyne has featured only as a substitute in the last five of those matches after recovering from a pelvic injury. The Belgium midfielder was injured during City’s Champions League match with Inter Milan on Sept. 18 and hasn't started since. A number of prominent pundits, including former City defender and club ambassador Micah Richards, have questioned why De Bruyne has not been starting games amid the champions’ dramatic slump. Richards said on “The Rest is Football” podcast that it appeared “there’s some sort of rift going on” between De Bruyne and Guardiola. Guardiola responded in his news conference ahead of Wednesday's Premier League match against Nottingham Forest, saying: “People say I’ve got a problem with Kevin. Do you think I like to not play with Kevin? No, I don’t want Kevin to play? “The guy who has the most talent in the final third — I don’t want it? I have a personal problem with him after nine years together? He’s delivered to me the biggest success to this club, but he’s been five months injured (last season) and two months injured (this year). He’s 33 years old. He needs time to find his best, like last season, step by step. He’ll try to do it and feel better. I’m desperate to have his best.” Both De Bruyne and Guardiola have spoken since of the pain De Bruyne was in after his injury against Inter and the need to ease him back into action. De Bruyne is in the final year of his contract. “I’d love to have the Kevin in his prime, 26 or 27. He would love it too — but he is not 26 or 27 anymore," Guardiola said. “He had injuries in the past, important and long ones. He is a guy who needs to be physically fit for his space and energy. You think I’m complaining? It’s normal, it’s nature. He’s played in 10 or 11 seasons a lot of games and I know he is desperate to help us. He gives glimpses of brilliance that only he can have." ___ AP soccer: The Associated Press

Guardiola denies rift with De Bruyne during Man City's dramatic slumpAmazon Web Services (AWS) and Anthropic are building a supercomputer that will be five times the size and have five times the performance of the one Anthropic used to train its current generation of artificial intelligence (AI) models. Dubbed “Project Rainier,” the EC2 UltraCluster of Trn2 UltraServers will use hundreds of thousands of Trainium2 chips for model training — five times the size of its previous cluster — AWS said in a Tuesday (Dec. 3) press release . The Trn2 UltraServers, which were introduced Tuesday and are available in preview, are designed to provide performance and cost efficiency for customers who are training and deploying AI models and future large language models and foundation models, according to the release. “With models approaching trillions of parameters, we understand customers also need a novel approach to train and run these massive workloads,” David Brown , vice president of compute and networking at AWS, said in the release. “New Trn2 UltraServers offer the fastest training and inference performance on AWS and help organizations of all sizes to train and deploy the world’s largest models faster and at a lower cost.” Project Rainier will deliver more than five times the number of exaflops — a measure of performance for a supercomputer — used by Anthropic for its current AI models, according to the release. “When completed, it is expected to be the world’s largest AI compute cluster reported to date available for Anthropic to build and deploy their future models on,” the release said. This news came about two weeks after Amazon and Anthropic announced an expanded partnership that includes Amazon investing another $4 billion in the AI company — bringing its total investment in Anthropic to $8 billion — and Anthropic making AWS its primary training partner. The expanded partnership builds on one announced in September 2023 that included Amazon making its initial investment of $4 billion in Anthropic and Anthropic making AWS its primary cloud partner. “By combining Anthropic’s expertise in frontier AI systems with AWS’s world-class infrastructure, we’re building a secure, enterprise-ready platform that gives organizations of all sizes access to the forefront of AI technology,” Anthropic said in a Nov. 22 press release announcing the expanded partnership.

A Jeju Air flight from Bangkok to South Korea, with 181 people on board, crashed during landing on Sunday, leaving 179 dead and only two survivors rescued from the wreckage. Officials said a Boeing 737-800, operated by low-cost carrier Jeju Air, was warned of a bird strike by the control tower during its first landing attempt at Muan airport, after departing from Bangkok around 9:00 am (0000 GMT). Moments later, the pilot declared a “mayday” and tried to land again. Footage captured the plane attempting a belly landing, its landing gear still retracted. Dramatic footage shows the plane skidding along the runway, trailing smoke, before crashing into a wall at the end and bursting into flames . All 175 passengers and four of the six crew members on board were killed in the crash. The passengers, aged three to 78, were all Korean apart from two Thais, authorities said. Rescue workers rescued two survivors, flight attendants aged 25 and 33, from the wreckage. What caused the accident? Investigations have begun, with officials focusing on a potential bird strike and adverse weather as possible causes. “It really has to be a series of catastrophic events that led to such a high loss of life,” aviation consultant Philip Butterworth-Hayes told AFP. “Crash protection systems on board are extremely robust,” he said, describing the disaster as “the most serious incident I've seen” in recent years. When asked whether the runway might be too short , one official said this was likely not a factor. "The runway is 2,800 metres long," or 9,200 feet, “and similar-sized aircraft have been operating on it without issues,” the official said. Both black boxes -- the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder -- have been recovered, deputy transport minister Joo Jong-wan said. What is a bird strike? A bird strike -- a collision between a bird and an aircraft in flight -- can be hazardous to aircraft. Jets can lose power if birds are sucked into their air intakes, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a UN agency. Bird strikes have caused a number of fatal accidents globally. “We're looking at substantial birds hitting an engine, and that is, as we know, very rare,” said Butterworth-Hayes. He mentioned the famous "Miracle on the Hudson" incident in 2009, when a US Airways Airbus A320 was forced to ditch in New York's Hudson River after a bird strike damaged both of its engines. All aboard managed to escape. Hundreds of firefighters, emergency responders, and military personnel were deployed to the Muan airport area, with the acting president declaring it a special disaster zone. Meanwhile, family members, many in tears, waited on the airport's first floor. What is government's response? The accident occurred with South Korea in the throes of a political crisis that began when then-president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on December 3, days before being impeached. Acting President Choi Sang-mok, on his third day in office, convened an emergency meeting with cabinet members Sunday and visited the crash scene. With AFP inputsRussia-Ukraine escalation fears push oil and defence stocks higher