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Sammy Wilson has apologised for failing to declare a paid-for overseas trip when tabling a parliamentary question. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP is being investigated by Westminster's standards commissioner for failing to declare an interest when tabling a question on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, after making a visit to the area. The MPs code of conduct states that when asking parliamentary questions “members must indicate any relevant interest on the question form”. Making a point of order in the Commons chamber, the MP for East Antrim said: “I wish to apologise to the House for my failure to declare an interest when tabling a parliamentary question to the secretary of state for business and trade on 26 January 2024." The website of the standards commissioner says the complaint was opened against Wilson on 31 October. On the MPs' register of interests it says Wilson visited the area from 3 to 6 January this year. The trip was paid for by the Turkish Chamber of Commerce, a body called Cyprus Premier and the Arkan Group. The purpose of the trip is listed as a "parliamentary fact finding delegation to learn about country's political system, history, culture and economy". During his point of order, Wilson said: “When I tabled the question I inadvertently neglected to declare my interest of a fact-finding trip to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, paid for by the Turkish Chamber of Commerce, which was in breach of the rules. “I apologise to the House for this error and I’m grateful for the parliamentary commissioner for standards for his time and care in rectifying this matter.” Wilson is the DUP's chief whip at Westminster. MPs have been sanctioned in the past for breaking parliamentary lobbying rules after going on paid trips. In 2018, then-North Antrim MP Ian Paisley was suspended from the Commons for 30 days for lobbying on behalf of Sri Lanka after taking an undeclared trip to the country worth up to £100,000.The 2024 season hasn’t finished. There are still conference championship games to play, an expanded College Football Playoff to look forward to and bowl season in the near future. However, the first important date for the 2025 season is here. “Signing day is the fourth, portal opens on the ninth,” coach Jedd Fisch said on Nov. 25. "I'm sure there's going to be a ton of discussions, and at that point in time we can really visit what it's going to look like in the future, what's the 2025 calendar year going to look like and what's this team going to look like moving forward." Fisch and the Huskies will have their first chance to sign high school recruits for the 2025 season when the three-day early signing period begins on Wednesday. Washington currently holds commitments from 28 high school football players from across the country, and 247Sports composite ratings ranks UW’s 2025 recruiting class No. 19 nationally. UW has 16 offensive recruits, 11 defensive prospects and one specialist committed. California is home to 11 of them, five are from Washington, three from Oregon, two from Arizona, while Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, North Dakota and Texas each have one representative. The Division I Council previously voted to eliminate the 25-player limit on football recruiting classes on Oct. 4, 2023. The limit was initially suspended for two years starting in 2021 because of questions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course, this signing period is almost three weeks earlier than its past iterations. The Collegiate Commissioners Association, which oversees and administers the National Letter of Intent program, announced the change back in March. The early signing period was initially introduced in 2017. Moving the early signing period forward helped reduce the stress of an overcrowded December recruiting calendar. During the past few seasons, the early signing period and the transfer portal overlapped. This year, however, the early signing period will end on Friday, while the portal won’t officially open until Dec. 9. New dates aren’t the only changes to the early signing period. In October, the NCAA Division I Council announced the elimination of the NLI program, which was first established in 1964. Instead, high school recruits will sign aid agreements on Wednesday, which serve a similar purpose. The agreements bind players to their chosen school unless they officially enter the transfer portal, while also prohibiting recruitment communications with other programs. They also may contain contracts for revenue sharing, which the House v. NCAA settlement allows starting next season. Big Ten honors announced Fifth-year linebacker Carson Bruener and junior running back Jonah Coleman earned third-team All-Big Ten honors when the conference announced its end-of-season awards on Tuesday. Bruener was a consensus selection by the coaches and the media. The Woodinville native and UW captain has 93 tackles, two tackles for a loss, a forced fumble, three interceptions, and five pass breakups during his final season in purple and gold. Bruener was an All-Pac-12 honorable mention in 2023. Coleman, who was chosen by the media, has 1,011 yards on 184 carries and 10 touchdowns in his debut season with Washington. He’s averaging 5.5 yards per attempt and 84.3 rushing yards per game. Coleman, who was an All-Pac-12 honorable mention at Arizona in 2023, also has 22 catches for 170 yards. The Big Ten coaches chose Ohio State’s TreVeyon Henderson instead of Coleman for the third-team running back spot, choosing the Washington running back as an honorable mention instead. Additionally, sophomore wide receiver Denzel Boston was a consensus All-Big Ten honorable mention. The coaches also selected senior tight end Keleki Latu, sixth-year linebacker Alphonzo Tuputala, senior defensive tackle Sebastian Valdez and senior cornerback Thaddeus Dixon as All-Big Ten honorable mentions. Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel was named the conference’s offensive player of the year, while Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter was the defensive player of the year. Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith earned freshman of the year honors while Indiana’s Curt Cignetti was named coach of the year by both the coaches and the media. Heims enters the portal Washington endured its second transfer portal defection on Tuesday, as junior edge rusher Maurice Heims announced he will depart the team after four years on Montlake. “Thank you for making the last four years here some of the best of my life,” Heims wrote in a post on his social media accounts. Heims, a 6-foot-5, 263-pound pass rusher from Hamburg, Germany, played in 30 games at Washington after arriving before the 2021 season. He registered nine tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack. Heims was mostly a special-teams player this season. He has one season of eligibility remaining. “As a kid from Hamburg, Germany that was completely new to this beautiful sport and this city, you have made every moment amazing,” Heims wrote. “Whether win or loss, y’all have always had our back and you are what makes this place truly special.”napoleon fish 。

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans clinched a late-night deal on Wednesday that clears the way for votes on a group of President Joe Biden's nominees for federal trial courts in exchange for not pushing forward with four nominees to serve on appellate courts, leaving vacancies that Republican President-elect Donald Trump can fill. The deal, described by a spokesperson for Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday, was reached after Senate Republicans launched a campaign to try to stall and prevent Democrats from fulfilling their plan to confirm as many life-tenured judges as possible before Trump takes office in January. Senate Republicans had previously said they had votes to block at least two of the four appellate court nominees, including Adeel Mangi, who would have become the first Muslim federal appellate judge if confirmed to the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The deal was sure to disappoint progressive advocates who have been pushing Democrats to fill as many judicial vacancies as possible following the Nov. 5 election, which handed the White House to Trump and control of the Senate to Republicans. "Willingly gifting Donald Trump the chance to appoint judges more committed to political agendas than the rule of law is doing a dangerous disservice to the American people," Maggie Jo Buchanan, the director of the progressive legal group Demand Justice, said in a statement. Since the election, the Senate has confirmed eight of Biden's judge picks, bringing the total number of confirmed judicial nominees to 221. The Democratic-led Senate on Thursday confirmed one more, Sharad Desai, to serve as a trial court judge in Arizona. Republicans at Trump's urging had tried to put procedural roadblocks in place to slow down the process and peel away votes in a Senate that Democrats narrowly control 51-49. But several Republican senators have missed votes to confirm judges. Under the deal, the Senate will vote on confirming seven nominees to district court judges who Schumer had already teed up when it returns from its post-Thanksgiving recess in exchange for no longer pursuing the confirmation of the four nominees to higher-level appellate courts. The Senate will also take up consideration of five other district court nominees who whose nominations were advanced on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. "The trade was four circuit nominees -- all lacking the votes to get confirmed -- for more than triple the number of additional judges moving forward," a Schumer spokesperson said in a statement. The other appellate nominees were Ryan Park, up for a seat on the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Julia Lipez, who was nominated to the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; and Karla Campbell, who was nominated to the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Deepa Babington)Early returns positive as Timberwolves make a push to run in transition

President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money convictionNo. 24 Louisville women use 16-0 4th-quarter run to beat Colorado 79-71Lessons from a damaged island on a potential Treaty referendumLos Blancos, sitting in second, capitalised on leaders Barcelona’s draw to Celta Vigo on Saturday to move four points behind with a game in hand. After Mbappe’s first-half opener, Federico Valverde and Bellingham scored in the second half to make it seven goals and two clean sheets in two games for Madrid. Gerard Moreno’s late penalty helped fourth-placed Villarreal rescue a late point in a 2-2 draw at Osasuna. Djibril Sow’s 27th-minute goal helped Sevilla to a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano, who had Unai Lopez sent off on the stroke of half-time. Oihan Sancet’s header in the first half helped Athletic Bilbao to a 1-0 win against Real Sociedad. In Serie A, Romelu Lukaku scored for Antonio Conte’s Napoli in a 1-0 win over Roma to help them reclaim top spot. Yacine Adli and Moise Kean were on the scoresheet as Fiorentina won 2-0 at Como, with Alberto Dossena shown a red at the death for Cesc Fabregas’ hosts. Milan Duric’s 63rd-minute equaliser cancelled out Adam Masina’s opener as Monza held Torino to a 1-1 draw. Patrick Vieira was denied victory in his first game in charge of Genoa after Roberto Piccoli’s late penalty salvaged Cagliari a 2-2 draw. In Ligue 1, fourth-placed Lille inflicted more misery on struggling Rennes after Edon Zhegrova’s 45th-minute goal secured a 1-0 win. Le Havre returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory at Nantes following goals from Josue Casimir and Steve Ngoura, while Hamed Traore’s late goal handed Auxerre a dramatic 1-0 triumph at home to Angers. Loubadhe Abakar Sylla’s own goal resulted in Nice snatching a 2-1 win at home to Strasbourg. Borussia Monchengladbach extended their unbeaten run in the Bundesliga to five games after goals from Alassane Plea and Tim Kleindienst gave them a 2-0 win over St Pauli, while Mainz beat Holstein Kiel 3-0.

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Trump vows to block Japanese steelmaker from buying US Steel, pledges tax incentives and tariffsAustralia has broken ranks with the United States in its voting alignment at the United Nations as three key resolutions on a Palestinian statehood were put to members on Wednesday. The first and most significant motion was on the creation of a permanent and “ irreversible pathway ” to a Palestinian state to coexist with Israel. Australia voted for the “peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine” along with 156 other nations, with eight voting against, including the US, Hungary, Argentina and Israel, and seven nations abstaining. On the second motion, which pertained to Palestinian representation at the United Nations, Australia abstained. Contrary to anticipations, Australia voted against the third motion to condemn Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights. Australia’s UN Ambassador James Larsen said a two-state solution was the “only hope” for lasting peace. “Our vote today, reflects our determination that the international community again work together towards this goal,” he said. “To that end, we welcome the resolution’s confirmation, that a high level conference be convened in 2025 aimed at the implementation of a two-state solution for the achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.” Sky News senior political reporter Trudy McIntosh said it was a “stark contrast” to the US’ remarks at the conference. The US ambassador said the resolutions were “one sided” and would not advance enduring peace in the region. “They only perpetuate long standing divisions at a moment when we urgently need to work together,” the US representative said in a statement. Liberal Senator and former Israel ambassador Dave Sharma said Australia’s drift from supporting the Jewish state in lockstep with the US was “disgraceful”. Mr Sharma said he thought the fundamental cause for Australia’s shift in voting was due to the “growing domestic political movement” which was targeting the government’s support for Israel. “People who are now saying Israel should withdraw from the occupied territories will remember Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. They’ve out of there for almost 20 years. What do they get in return? They got Hamas,” he said. “They got the terrorist attacks of the 7th of October. They got a huge amount of insecurity, which is she talking massive conflict in the Middle East because of that indulgence of fantasy, this idea that you could just hand the case to someone and it didn't matter who. “This is quite a dangerous mindset to be pursuing. It's the triumph of utopianism over reality.” Deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley said the government’s stance on Palestine could “make a difference” to the US, Australia’s strongest ally. “How is this not rewarding terrorists at this point in time?” Ms Ley said. “This fight is not going to make any difference to peace in the Middle East, but it could make a difference to our relationship with the US, our strongest ally.” Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said there was “no doubt there will be divisions” with US president-elect Donald Trump in the coming years if Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is re-elected. "There's no doubt there's going to be some divisions there and Donald Trump, in his first phone call, said, 'we're going to have the perfect friendship', or it's going to be a friendship with a lot of a lot of tensions in it," he said. "If Albanese is re-elected, that first Trump meeting, that will be a hell of a trip to go on, I've got to say, because anything could basically happen." Clennell said the Israel-Palestine matter could become an election issue, despite foreign policy usually being bipartisan in Australia. "If you look at the juxtaposition between Peter Dutton travelling to see Benjamin Netanyahu and the Australian government backing a court which says it would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he came here, it really is extraordinary stuff," Clennell said.

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Eastern states were considered backward earlier, I view them as India’s growth engine: PM ModiWhy British newspapers are still in demand: New owners circle The Telegraph and Observer By ALEX BRUMMER Updated: 22:02, 25 November 2024 e-mail View comments The physical disappearance of newspapers on the daily commute in Britain is one of the more obvious signs of the diminishing power of printed media. Yet each day there are still at least nine titles to choose from on the news-stands. When titles threaten to vanish there is never any shortage of would-be media moguls ready to take up the cudgels. A long tussle over future ownership of the Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph titles has reached a critical stage. Exclusive talks with Dovid Efune, proprietor of the New York Sun, expire this week. Late help has come for the American-backed offer with two prominent British figures – former Chancellor and founder of You Gov Nadhim Zahawi and British-Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Mansour – reported by the FT to be in ‘advanced’ talks to join the US consortium. At the other end of the political spectrum, the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian and Observer, is due to decide whether to press ahead with the sale of the Observer to slow news website Tortoise Media. Scoops: Britain's printed media continues to break the big stories of the day and set the news agenda The decision comes in the face of a vote for strike action against the deal by Guardian and Observer colleagues. The Observer is in reasonable health with a paper circulation of 100,000 copies and made profit of £3million in the last financial year. The days of ‘It’s The Sun Wot Won It’ – the totemic headline after John Major’s victory in the 1992 election – may be over. Yet newspapers remain agenda-setting and can have a volcanic influence of events. Mirror revelations of Downing Street ‘parties’ in the pandemic was a nail in the coffin of Boris Johnson’s government. A series of scoops and regular revelations by from Sunday Times, the Sun and the Daily Mail – joined by the broadcast media – about Keir Starmer’s freebies, and those of his colleagues, turned a triumphal entry to Downing Street into scrambled eggs. The tussle between press and government has deepened over Labour’s badly received tax-raising budget. The opportunity to make a difference to national events still makes newspaper ownership an alluring prospect. It may not yet be a trend. But a different generation of owners is emerging, several of them deeply immersed in the opportunities provided by tech. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next The loss of ITV's independence would be a blow to creative... Backlash grows over failure on business rates as Kingfisher... Share this article Share HOW THIS IS MONEY CAN HELP How to choose the best (and cheapest) stocks and shares Isa and the right DIY investing account Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, who has unlimited resources, is busy seeking to revitalise the Washington Post in the US after previous owners, the Meyer-Graham family, capsized. The Ochs-Sulzberger dynasty, which has controlled the New York Times for generations, was spared ignominy by former BBC boss Mark Thompson. His digital-first approach turned around the group’s finances which have since been augmented by the ‘Grey Lady’s’ acquisitions of online sports bible The Athletic and addictive word game Wordle. Digital is the way forward in the UK. The Independent, spawned after Rupert Murdoch’s printing revolution at Wapping almost four decades ago, has been reinvigorated online and made a healthy £3.5million profit over the last 15 months. Its embrace of artificial intelligence (AI), to provide foreign language additions, has helped attract 5.7m registered users and reduced dependence on advertising revenues. The long running uncertainty over the Telegraph’s ownership could soon be at an end. Early contenders including private equity outfit RedBird, supported by Abu Dhabi funding, and DMGT (owner of the Mail titles) are no longer in contention. Hedge fund tycoon Paul Marshall swooped in to buy the Spectator out of the Telegraph group for £100million and rapidly installed the mercurial former Cabinet Minister Michael Gove as editor. For the moment, Marshall has faded away as a potential buyer for Telegraph titles. Almost out of the blue, New York-based digital publisher Efune, backed by heavyweight American commercial funding, has emerged as the most likely new owner with an offer at first thought to be worth up to £550million. Industry speculation suggests that figure is regarded as very unlikely to be achieved. The Manchester-born proprietor of the New York Sun has shown consummate skill in taking defunct titles and turning them around. He began by transforming one of the few Yiddish language papers Algemeiner, closely read in the Charedi Jewish community, into an online English language title reporting on Jewish issues and Israel. Pledge: Tortoise Media founder James Harding, a former editor of the Times and BBC News, is promising £25m of new investment in the Observer It was from this small beginning that he took control of the New York Sun, one of the Big Apple’s oldest newspaper brands first published in 1833, which was all but defunct when Efune landed in 2020-21. He put the broadsheet title, once part of the Pulitzer publishing empire, online, giving New Yorkers and everyone else a more conservative alternative to the famously liberal New York Times. Efune’s funding reportedly comes from investment firms Oaktree and Hudson Bay Capital and the family office of US philanthropist Michael Lefell. The former Telegraph proprietor Conrad Black, who was forced out amid charges of financial wrongdoing two decades ago, is a director of the New York Sun. The would-be buyer comes from a respected rabbinical family and is a nephew of the Kalms family which founded electronic retailer Dixons, now known as Currys. Efune’s newspaper background would suggest an intelligent, Right leaning, Israel supporting digital future. Efune is pledging coverage of ‘clear eyed consequential issues of the day’ and describes himself as a ‘lifelong newsman’. As with all transfers of newspaper ownership, any deal will have to cross the public interest hurdles of media supervisor Ofcom and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy. The union hostility among Guardian and Observer staff over the proposed disposal of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper to online start-up Tortoise is a profound obstacle. There is, however, a determination by Tortoise founder James Harding, a former editor of the Times and BBC News, to get the job done – and he is promising £25million of new investment in the title. Disentangling the Obs from the Guardian, where large slices of the paper including City and Sport are jointly produced, won’t be simple. Production arrangements also are shared. Harding has lined up an eclectic mix of financiers for the deal, including South African tycoon Gary Lubner, formerly of Autoglass, through his ‘This Day’ philanthropic foundation. His ambition also reportedly is being supported by American asset manager Standard Investment, managed by David Millstone and David Winter. It has stakes in digital media start-ups Puck, Air Mail and publisher Spiegel & Grau. Historic printed media titles may find themselves under financial pressure and in search of long-term online future. But there is no shortage of finance, much of it American (as with Premier League football clubs) ready to colonise the digital media future. In this universe, traditional titles such as the Telegraph and Observer have become the new honeypots for busy bees seeking to revolutionise media finances, lift performance and gain a voice on UK domestic and geo-political events. 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Former U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled a new venture in the gaming world: TRUMP GOLF, an official mobile golf game. Trump is well-known for being an avid golfer who owns many golf courses throughout the globe. He is making his debut in the digital sports gaming sector with this game. Game Details and FeaturesTrump Golf is a game that can now be pre-ordered on the iOS and Android operating systems. It is promoted as the best online golf experience available. Players can use Trump-branded gear, such as premium in-app purchases, to compete. Two computerized golf clubs—the Trump Gold and the Trump Noir—are among the attractions. At $9.99, the Gold Club provides "extreme Trump power" with greater precision. At $99, the Noir boasts "full Trump power" and optimal accuracy. There is a shortage of both clubs; the Noir is described as "extremely limited." The cost of the driver is equal to the cost of the game as entrance to the game needs the purchase of one of these clubs. Marketing PushTrump ran an official commercial to promote the game. "Take a look at that lovely swing!" As he demonstrated the game, he asked, "Isn't it perfect?" According to him, it's "the greatest golf game ever created." The advertising effort is in line with Trump's well-known passion for self-promotion and branding. Trump’s Golf LegacyThere is more to Trump's involvement with golf than just games. He has hosted a number of LIV Golf tournaments and is an outspoken advocate for the tour. He said he was certain he could conclude the PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger before to the 2024 election. “I think it’ll come together,” Trump said in an interview with Golf WRX. “I could probably get it done in 15 minutes.” Trump pushed for the top players from both teams to go on a single, cohesive tour. He commended LIV's best players for their abilities and contentment with their Saudi-sponsored tour, and he underlined the need of inclusion in big events. Post-Election Golf CelebrationTrump highlighted LIV star Bryson DeChambeau at his election night rally after winning the election. Trump was joined on stage by DeChambeau, who was sporting a "Make America Great Again" cap. Trump praised him and acknowledged their mutual love of golf. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from US News, World and around the world.Helping to drown out the noise

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YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — On a damp Wednesday night with temperatures dipping into the 30s, fans in sparsely filled stands bundled up to watch Buffalo beat Eastern Michigan 37-30 on gray turf. The lopsided game was not particularly notable, but it was played on one of the nights the Mid-American Conference has made its own: A weeknight. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

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