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Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire to end nearly 14 months of fighting JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes meanwhile carried out the most intense wave of strikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs since the start of the conflict and issued a record number of evacuation warnings. At least 24 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities, as Israel signaled it aims to keep pummeling Hezbollah before the ceasefire is set to take hold at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and said his administration would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza. What both sides are saying about the ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah A ceasefire deal that could end more than a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group won backing from Israeli leaders. The truce that is set to take effect early Wednesday raised hopes and renewed difficult questions in a region gripped by conflict. Hezbollah leaders also signaled tentative backing for the U.S.-brokered deal, which offers both sides an off-ramp from hostilities But the deal does little directly to resolve the much deadlier war that has raged in Gaza since Hamas militants attacked southern Israel last October. Trump vows tariffs over immigration. What the numbers say about border crossings, drugs and crime. WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on Mexico and Canada as he seeks to portray them as responsible for illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Over its tenure, the Biden administration has struggled with growing numbers of migrants arriving at the southern border. But this year, the number of people crossing the border without documents has actually been falling. That's due in part to stricter enforcement by Mexican authorities as well as asylum restrictions announced earlier this year by the Biden administration. When it comes to fentanyl smuggling, much of the deadly supply comes from Mexico though statistics show more than 86% of those sentenced for fentanyl trafficking crimes in the 12 months ending September 2023 were U.S. citizens. AP finds that a Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data Early this year, Pete Hegseth told a Fox News audience a new, Pentagon-funded study proved that the number of military service members and veterans involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection did not indicate a wider problem in the armed forces. Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Defense, wasn’t alone. The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page highlighted the same report as evidence that extremists in military communities were “phantoms” created by a “false media narrative.” The X account for Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee posted that the study showed the focus on extremism in the military was a “witch hunt.” But The Associated Press has found that the study relied on old data, misleading analyses and ignored evidence that pointed to the opposite conclusion. How Trump's bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith move to abandon two federal cases accusing Trump of endangering American democracy and national security does away with the most serious legal threats Trump was facing as he returns to the White House. It was the culmination of a monthslong defense effort to delay the proceedings at every step and use the criminal allegations to Trump's political advantage, putting the final word in the hands of voters instead of jurors. The move just weeks after Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris underscores the immense personal stake Trump had in the campaign in which he turned his legal woes into a political rallying cry. Walmart's DEI rollback signals a profound shift in the wake of Trump's election victory NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart’s sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are re-evaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster historically underrepresented groups in business. The changes announced by the world’s biggest retailer on Monday followed a string of legal victories by conservative groups that have filed an onslaught of lawsuits challenging corporate and federal programs aimed at elevating minority and women-owned businesses and employees. The retreat from such programs crystalized with the election of former President Donald Trump, whose administration is certain to make dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs a priority. Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, unsealed police report alleges SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report that has been unsealed. Brazil’s Federal Police last Thursday formally accused Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup. They sent their 884-page report to the Supreme Court, which lifted the seal. Bolsonaro called a meeting in December 2022, during which he presented a draft decree to the commanders of the three divisions of the armed forces, that would have declared the vote fraudulent, to justify a possible military intervention. Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The proposal, which would not be finalized until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, could cost taxpayers as much as $35 billion over the next decade. 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The practice is supported by a decade of research, during which 500 transplants of kidneys and livers from HIV-positive donors have been done in the U.S. Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump's promised crackdown on immigration President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and ultimately deporting immigrants lacking permanent legal status. One algorithm, for example, ranks immigrants with a “Hurricane Score,” ranging from 1-5, to assess whether someone will “abscond” from the agency’s supervision.Walmart's DEI rollback signals a profound shift in the wake of Trump's election victoryWindows runs many background services that drain system resources, even if you never use them. Disabling the right ones can free up memory and boost speed without impacting everyday tasks. In this post, we’ll share the services you can safely turn off for a smoother experience. Before we move to disabling unnecessary services, you need to know how to disable them first. Here’s how: Type “services” in Windows Search and open the Services system app. Now right-click on the service you want to disable and select Properties . Click on Stop to stop the service if it’s running, and then select Disabled in the Startup type section. The service will stop and won’t start again later even if you restart the PC. Tip: to quickly search for a specific service, just type the first few letters of its name without selecting anything. Windows will automatically reach the services with matching starting letters. If you mainly use modern and up-to-date apps and have no interest in helping Microsoft improve Windows by using your data, then you can safely disable these services. Not only will you free up PC resources, but you will also keep your data private. This service tracks your usage and performance data, including usage patterns, system configurations, and software behaviors. This data can then be used by Microsoft to further improve Windows. It doesn’t directly affect you other than using your resources in the background, so you can safely disable it if you don’t want to share this data. You must have seen those “Send Error Report” pop-ups that appear when an app crashes or when a critical error happens. That pop-up is caused by the Windows Error Reporting Service made to send all data related to errors to Microsoft, like memory dumps, running processes, device drivers, etc. If you usually choose “Don’t Send” or don’t want to help Windows learn about the error to fix in the future, you can disable this service. This service runs continuously to detect outdated apps and installers to fix compatibility issues with them. If you don’t use old or outdated apps, you can safely disable this service. For example, I disable it on my PC where I use a specific set of apps and games that don’t face compatibility issues. However, I enable it on my test/work computer as I often experiment with old apps. If you later face any compatibility issues with an app, you can temporarily enable this service. If you have a standalone PC setup, then you can disable many Windows services that are mainly for sharing content over the network. You will free up system resources and also close network loopholes that could be exploited to compromise security. This service allows remote users with proper access to modify the Windows Registry over the network. This is mainly used by administrators to troubleshoot networked computers. Disabling it will improve performance and also prevent malware and viruses from gaining access to the Windows registry remotely. Although it’s mainly used for tracking links/updates between NTFS files on a networked system, it can affect standalone PCs as well, so you need to be a bit careful. DLTC tracks links and their current location; without this tracking, shortcuts can break. For example, if you have a shortcut in the start menu and you change the original location, the shortcut will stop working since the change wasn’t tracked. If this is something you can manage, you can safely disable this Windows service. An essential service to allow file and printer sharing over the network. However, if your system isn’t part of a network, you can disable this service without any consequences. It may affect the Remote Desktop app, though you can still use third-party remote desktop apps . Windows has many services to manage hardware devices like Bluetooth devices or scanners. However, you probably won’t be using all of these peripherals with your PC setup. You can disable services for the one you don’t intend to use. This service controls communication with Bluetooth devices, including pairing, discovery, and maintaining connection. If you don’t use any Bluetooth devices, you can disable this service. In case you do disable this service, you should also disable AVCTP service as it can’t work without Bluetooth Support Service. It’s supposed to help with the remote control functionality of Bluetooth devices, which you won’t be using anyway. Windows Image Acquisition enables seamless interaction between imaging devices and applications on Windows. This includes devices like scanners, cameras, webcams, etc. Most people won’t have to use such devices with their PC. If you are one of them, disable this. This service allows your PC to read smart cards, which are usually used for authentication in corporate environments. If you don’t need to read smart cards, you can disable it to improve performance and even speed up boot times . As the name suggests, this service manages biometric authentication like fingerprint scanner or facial recognition. Since most people use a password for login and some even skip the login screen , many people can disable this without any issues. If you don’t rely on any biometric authentication method, disable it to decrease background processes . These services mainly provide some utility features that most people don’t use in their day-to-day work. If you don’t use the associated feature, it’s safe to disable these services. If you have more than one user account in Windows , you can use the Windows RunAs feature to run a program using another’s account credentials. It’s a nice feature to allow running an app from another account without logging in, but rarely used. If you don’t need to use this feature, disable this service. Most people don’t even know about the Windows Maps app, let alone that it has offline maps to manage. This service manages offline maps and keeps them up-to-date. If you don’t use the Maps app on Windows or don’t keep offline maps, you can disable this service. It might sound very important, but its purpose is only to warn you about security features that usually stay enabled anyway. It keeps a check on the status of security features like antivirus, firewall, UAC, etc., and reports you if it is disabled. Since you usually manually disable these features, you don’t need a service running to notify you. You can disable it if you don’t mess with Windows security functions. No, it will not disable the search functionality. However, it will disable search indexing which makes the search process faster. Windows keeps a content index of your system and ensures it’s up-to-date. This can eat up a lot of resources. If you disable this service, you can still use the search function, but it will be slower. You might also be interested in disabling it as it can cause high CPU usage sometimes. For the tech-savvy who can solve Windows problems on their own, they can disable this service to improve performance. It mainly helps track problems with Windows components and allows you to fix them using the different troubleshooters built into Windows. Once disabled, the troubleshooters will still function, but may not fix problems effectively as they depend on data from this service. Nonetheless, they will still fix common known problems. Disabling these services individually may not yield a huge boost, but together, they can noticeably improve performance. Furthermore, some of the above services are also known to cause high CPU usage and high disk usage issues. You can disable or restart the service if you face such issues. Image credit: Vecteezy . All screenshots by Karrar Haider. Our latest tutorials delivered straight to your inbox Karrar is drenched in technology and always fiddles with new tech opportunities. He has a bad habit of calling technology “Killer”, and doesn't feel bad about spending too much time in front of the PC. If he is not writing about technology, you will find him spending quality time with his little family.
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LA Galaxy wins record 6th MLS CupOpposition fighters are at Damascus' gates. Who are they and what now?NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart's sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are revaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster historically underrepresented groups in business. The changes announced by the world's biggest retailer followed a string of legal victories by conservative groups that have filed an onslaught of lawsuits challenging corporate and federal programs aimed at elevating minority and women-owned businesses and employees. The risk associated with some of programs crystalized with the election of former President Donald Trump, whose administration is certain to make dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs a priority. Trump's incoming deputy chief of policy will be his former adviser Stephen Miller , who leads a group called America First Legal that has aggressively challenged corporate DEI policies. “There has been a lot of reassessment of risk looking at programs that could be deemed to constitute reverse discrimination,” said Allan Schweyer, principal researcher the Human Capital Center at the Conference Board. “This is another domino to fall and it is a rather large domino,” he added. Among other changes, Walmart said it will no longer give priority treatment to suppliers owned by women or minorities. The company also will not renew a five-year commitment for a racial equity center set up in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd. And it pulled out of a prominent gay rights index . Schweyer said the biggest trigger for companies making such changes is simply a reassessment of their legal risk exposure, which began after U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June 2023 that ended affirmative action in college admissions. Since then, conservative groups using similar arguments have secured court victories against various diversity programs, especially those that steer contracts to minority or women-owned businesses. Most recently, the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty won a victory in a case against the U.S. Department of Transportation over its use of a program that gives priority to minority-owned businesses when it awards contracts. Companies are seeing a big legal risk in continuing with DEI efforts, said Dan Lennington, a deputy counsel at the institute. His organization says it has identified more than 60 programs in the federal government that it considers discriminatory, he said. “We have a legal landscape within the entire federal government, all three branches -- the U.S. Supreme Court, the Congress and the President -- are all now firmly pointed in the direction towards equality of individuals and individualized treatment of all Americans, instead of diversity, equity and inclusion treating people as members of racial groups,” Lennington said. The Trump administration is also likely to take direct aim at DEI initiatives through executive orders and other policies that affect private companies, especially federal contractors. “The impact of the election on DEI policies is huge. It can’t be overstated,” said Jason Schwartz, co-chair of the Labor & Employment Practice Group at law firm Gibson Dunn. With Miller returning to the White House, rolling back DEI initiatives is likely to be a priority, Schwartz said. “Companies are trying to strike the right balance to make clear they’ve got an inclusive workplace where everyone is welcome, and they want to get the best talent, while at the same time trying not to alienate various parts of their employees and customer base who might feel one way or the other. It’s a virtually impossible dilemma,” Schwartz said. A recent survey by Pew Research Center showed that workers are divided on the merits of DEI policies. While still broadly popular, the share of workers who said focusing on workplace diversity was mostly a good thing fell to 52% in the November survey, compared to 56% in a similar survey in February 2023. Rachel Minkin, a research associated at Pew called it a small but significant shift in short amount of time. There will be more companies pulling back from their DEI policies, but it likely won’t be a retreat across the board, said David Glasgow, executive director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at New York University. “There are vastly more companies that are sticking with DEI," Glasgow said. "The only reason you don’t hear about it is most of them are doing it by stealth. They’re putting their heads down and doing DEI work and hoping not to attract attention.” Glasgow advises organizations to stick to their own core values, because attitudes toward the topic can change quickly in the span of four years. “It’s going to leave them looking a little bit weak if there’s a kind of flip-flopping, depending on whichever direction the political winds are blowing,” he said. One reason DEI programs exist is because without those programs, companies may be vulnerable to lawsuits for traditional discrimination. “Really think carefully about the risks in all directions on this topic,” Glasgow said. Walmart confirmed will no longer consider race and gender as a litmus test to improve diversity when it offers supplier contracts. Last fiscal year, Walmart said it spent more than $13 billion on minority, women or veteran-owned good and service suppliers. It was unclear how its relationships with such business would change going forward. Organizations that that have partnered with Walmart on its diversity initiatives offered a cautious response. The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, a non-profit that last year named Walmart one of America's top corporation for women-owned enterprises, said it was still evaluating the impact of Walmart's announcement. Pamela Prince-Eason, the president and CEO of the organization, said she hoped Walmart's need to cater to its diverse customer base will continue to drive contracts to women-owned suppliers even if the company no longer has explicit dollar goals. “I suspect Walmart will continue to have one of the most inclusive supply chains in the World,” Prince-Eason wrote. “Any retailer's ability to serve the communities they operate in will continue to value understanding their customers, (many of which are women), in order to better provide products and services desired and no one understands customers better than Walmart." Walmart's announcement came after the company spoke directly with conservative political commentator and activist Robby Starbuck, who has been going after corporate DEI policies, calling out individual companies on the social media platform X. Several of those companies have subsequently announced that they are pulling back their initiatives, including Ford , Harley-Davidson, Lowe’s and Tractor Supply . Walmart confirmed to The Associated Press that it will better monitor its third-party marketplace items to make sure they don’t feature sexual and transgender products aimed at minors. The company also will stop participating in the Human Rights Campaign’s annual benchmark index that measures workplace inclusion for LGBTQ+ employees. A Walmart spokesperson added that some of the changes were already in progress and not as a result of conversations that it had with Starbuck. RaShawn “Shawnie” Hawkins, senior director of the HRC Foundation’s Workplace Equality Program, said companies that “abandon” their commitments workplace inclusion policies “are shirking their responsibility to their employees, consumers, and shareholders.” He said the buying power of LGBTQ customers is powerful and noted that the index will have “record participation” of more than 1,400 companies in 2025."
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GARTH Brooks has quietly rescheduled his performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! just days after the show’s abrupt cancellation as the country singer faces rape accusations. Despite warning fans there would be “no rescheduling” of the canceled concert, a change was made last minute for tonight’s show to proceed, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal. Just a few days after Garth’s scheduled performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! was canceled with no explanation , ticket holders were informed that the show will indeed go on. “The Garth Brooks Outdoor Mini-Concert on Monday, November 25th is moving back outside as originally scheduled,” audience company 1iota told fans over the weekend. Other than the internal memo to fans, no announcements have been made on social media announcing the show is back on. The message came as a surprise as just days before, hopeful attendees were told the show was not happening, despite little warning and no explanation as to why. READ MORE ON GARTH BROOKS They were also adamant that the show would not be rebooked for a further date - despite an apparent change of heart just a couple of days later. Tickets were available through the live audience company, 1iota, for weeks as they proudly advertised the country star's appearance. Fans were granted tickets to come see the show at Jimmy’s Hollywood , CA studio but last week, the event was called off. “Unfortunately, the Garth Brooks Outdoor Mini-Concert at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday, 11/25 has been canceled and will no longer proceed as scheduled,” ticket holders were told. Most read in Celebrity The e-mail added: “Television production decisions can fluctuate due to a variety of reasons. “We hate delivering disappointing news, and we hope you will join us in the future for another exciting fan experience. “Unfortunately, in the world of television, these things sometimes happen. This event will not be rescheduled.” The U.S. Sun reached out to Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Garth, 62, for comment. Garth has maintained a low profile since he was accused in a lawsuit of raping his makeup artist. According to the lawsuit filed in early October, the alleged victim said that she started working for Garth back in 2017 after having worked for his wife, country icon Trisha Yearwood , since 1999. She alleged that the assault took place when she and Garth traveled together from his hometown of Nashville to Los Angeles while he performed with soul singer Sam Moore at a Grammy Awards tribute in October 2019. The lawsuit claimed the pair were alone on his private jet for the trip, and he booked just one hotel suite for both of them. She alleges that Brooks appeared naked in the doorway of the suite's bedroom and raped her. The alleged victim then claimed after, he proceeded as though nothing had happened and expected her to do his hair and makeup as normal. In response to the allegations, Garth said in a statement that he is "not the man they have painted me to be.” THREATS, LIES AND TRAGIC TALES “For the last two months, I have been hassled to no end with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future would be if I did not write a check for many millions of dollars. "It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face,” he said. On the same day the accuser filed the lawsuit, Garth , 62, played a show at his Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on October 4th. “If there was ever a night that I really needed this, TONIGHT was that night! “Thank you for my life!!!!! love, G,” the Friends in Low Places crooner wrote on Instagram with a picture from the concert. Garth allegedly filed a preemptive lawsuit in federal court in Mississippi in September in which both he and the woman were anonymous. In that suit, obtained by The U.S. Sun, Garth, apparently proceeding under the pseudonym John Doe, said the allegations are “wholly untrue.” Read More on The US Sun He then accused the alleged victim of blackmail and extortion and claimed this was an “intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and false light invasion of privacy.” In early November, Garth asked a U.S. District Judge to dismiss the accuser’s claims and direct her to re-file the lawsuit in a federal court.Vinicius back for Real Champions League clash: Ancelotti
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The word “Merci” was projected onto the front of Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral as it reopened on Saturday, in thanks for its salvation after a devastating fire that brought the 860-year-old building close to collapse five years ago. The first responders who helped preserve the Gothic masterpiece and some of those who subsequently restored it received a standing ovation after the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, struck the doors of Notre Dame three times with his crozier before symbolically reopening the building. “I stand before you to express the gratitude of the French nation, our gratitude to all those who saved, helped and rebuilt the cathedral,” French President Emmanuel Macron said. “Tonight we can together share joy and pride. Long live Notre Dame de Paris, long live the Republic and long live France,” he said. Minutes earlier, the cathedral’s bells rang out and Macron welcomed guests, including US President-elect Donald Trump. Pope Francis said it was a day of “joy, celebration and praise.” In a message read aloud, the pope hoped “the rebirth of this admirable church would constitute a prophetic sign of the renewal of the Church in France.” Notre Dame has been meticulously restored, with a new spire and rib vaulting, its flying buttresses and carved stone gargoyles returned to their past glory and white stone and gold decorations shining brightly once again. Getting Trump to attend, and organizing a meeting between him and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the Elysees Palace ahead of the Notre Dame ceremony, was a coup for Macron as he faces a political crisis at home, after parliament ousted his prime minister . Trump shook hands with Britain’s Prince William and heads of state and government as he made his way to the front of the cathedral. He sat next to Macron in the front row. Earlier, guests stood and applauded as Zelensky walked into the cathedral. US billionaire Elon Musk, a close adviser in Trump’s transition team, also attended, as did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and former French presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy. Earlier, tourists, who still cannot go inside the cathedral, snapped pictures with the restored building in the background as final preparations for the event went on inside. “It was very sad to see it burnt down and all black and ashy but amazing to see it rebuilt. Yeah, it’s very special,” said 26-year-old US tourist Amanda Nguyen, from Texas. Some Parisians were particularly thrilled. “What does Notre Dame mean to me? This. Look, it’s here,” said care worker Pascal Tordeux, displaying a tattoo on his arm representing the cathedral. “It means everything.” “I saw the construction every day from my window, the spire being brought down, being brought back. I saw it burn, I saw it rise again. I followed it day by day,” said Tordeux, who lives across the river from Notre Dame. On the evening of April 15, 2019, dismayed Parisians rushed to the scene and TV viewers worldwide watched horrified as the fire raged through the cathedral. “The planet was shaken on that day,” Macron said ahead of Saturday’s event. “The shock of the reopening will – I believe and I want to believe – be as strong as that of the fire, but it will be a shock of hope.” Would-be visitors can now book a free ticket online, on the Cathedral’s website. But on Saturday, the first day bookings could be made for the coming days, all tickets were gone, a message on the site said. Group visits will be allowed next year — from February 1 for religious groups and from June 9 for tourists with guides. The Catholic Church expects the cathedral to welcome 15 million visitors each year. Thousands of experts — from carpenters and stonemasons to stained glass window artists — worked around the clock for the last five years, using age-old methods to restore, repair or replace everything that was destroyed or damaged. “Notre Dame is more than a Parisian or French monument. It’s also a universal monument,” said historian Damien Berne. “It’s a landmark, an emblem, a point of reference that reassures in a globalized world where everything evolves permanently,” said Berne, a member of the scientific council for the restoration. The cathedral’s first stone was laid in 1163, and construction continued for much of the next century, with major restoration and additions made in the 17th and 18th centuries. Victor Hugo helped make the cathedral a symbol of Paris and France when he used it as a setting for his 1831 novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Quasimodo, the main character, has been portrayed in Hollywood movies, an animated Disney adaptation and in musicals. So much money poured in for the renovation from all over the world — more than 840 million euros ($880 million), according to Macron’s office — that there are still funds left over for further investment in the building.Analysis: Week 12 full of sloppy play, especially on special teams