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ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow's home was broken into during Monday Night Football in the latest home invasion of a pro athlete in the U.S., authorities said Tuesday. No one was injured in the break-in, but the home was ransacked, according to a report provided by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. Deputies weren't immediately able to determine what items were stolen. A person who is employed by Burrow arrived at the Anderson Township home Monday night to find a shattered bedroom window and the home in disarray. The person called their mother, and then 911 was contacted, according to the report. Deputies reached out to neighbors in an attempt to piece together surveillance footage. “Our investigators are exploring every avenue,” public information officer Kyla Woods said. The homes of Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were broken into in October. In the NBA , Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis had his home broken into Nov. 2 and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr.'s home was burglarized on Sept. 15 while he was at a Minnesota Vikings game. Portis had offered a $40,000 reward for information. Both the NFL and NBA issued security alerts to players after those break-ins, urging them to take additional precautions to secure their homes. In league memos previously obtained by The Associated Press, the NFL said homes of professional athletes across multiple sports have become “increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups.” And the NBA revealed that the FBI has connected some burglaries to “transnational South American Theft Groups” that are “reportedly well-organized, sophisticated rings that incorporate advanced techniques and technologies, including pre-surveillance, drones, and signal jamming devices.” Some of the burglary groups have conducted extensive surveillance on targets, including attempted home deliveries and posing as grounds maintenance or joggers in the neighborhood, according to officials. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflWhy Is MongoDB (MDB) Stock Rocketing Higher TodayLarson Financial Group LLC Buys 26 Shares of MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI)
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Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, GWC Energy Services, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi Offshore Fabrication Company (OFC) to develop 100,000 square metres of Grade ‘A’ logistics facilities at Ras Al-Khair Industrial Port in Saudi Arabia. The MoU was signed by Matthew Kearns, Deputy CEO, GWC; and Fahhad Alharbi, CEO of OFC. Under this agreement, GWC Energy Services will develop OFC’s storage and logistics facilities, leveraging its expertise in logistics and energy supply chain solutions to ensure the facilities are optimised to serve the clients’ needs. Kearns said, “We are delighted to sign this new MoU with OFC, a distinguished leader in Saudi Arabia’s industrial sector. This collaboration represents a significant step in our expansion strategy and reinforces our commitment to strengthening our footprint in the Saudi market. “Recently, GWC has also signed a head of terms with GFH Financial Group (GFH) to develop 200,000 square metres of Grade ‘A’ logistics facilities across key locations in Saudi Arabia, including Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam.” He added: “Combining the expertise of GWC Energy Services with the capabilities of OFC will drive operational excellence and efficiency. This collaboration also underscores our dedication to strengthening our regional presence through strategic partnerships with leading companies, further cementing our position as a leading logistics and supply chain solutions provider across the region.” GWC Energy Services is fully committed to promoting innovation and excellence, providing cutting-edge solutions to clients in the energy sector. These efforts are geared towards enhancing operational efficiency and setting new benchmarks in integrated shipping, logistics, and marine services for companies in Qatar, across the GCC and globally. Alharbi stated: “Our partnership with GWC Energy Services is a strategic move that aligns with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, which seeks to establish the Kingdom as a global logistics hub connecting Asia, Africa, and Europe together. It also paves the way for delivering world-class supply chain solutions and services within the energy sector.” In 2022, Alharbi, CEO and founder, established OFC, as the first Saudi company specialising in manufacturing offshore rigs and providing comprehensive offshore logistics support to drilling contractors, offshore platforms, and subsea pipeline projects for Saudi Aramco and other key players in the Gulf region. Funded by Aramco’s Wa’ed Ventures and the Saudi Social Development Bank, OFC is strategically positioned at Ras Al-Khair Port, proximate to the world’s largest offshore field ‘Safaniyah’, and the King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries and Services, the largest full-service marine yard in the Middle East. In May 2023, GWC launched its wholly owned subsidiary, GWC Energy, which provides expert logistics solutions for the entire energy cycle. Committed to supporting clients' business growth, GWC Energy places the strategic objectives and ambitions of its customers at the core of its operations. GWC Energy offers complete shipping, maritime, and logistics solutions that are customised for clients in the energy sector. Manpower, equipment, marine logistics, warehousing, supply base management, bunker supply and rig, and mob/demob assistance are among the core service. From humble beginnings in 2004, GWC has expanded its infrastructure to encompass half a million square metres of energy infrastructure, largely clustered in two dedicated hubs to the north and south. These include open yards for pipe laydowns, hazmat storage, and specialised equipment for repair and refurbishment. GWC's strategic placement of hubs, coupled with advanced tracking technology, ensures optimal efficiency in handling gas-related projects.An episode of Channel 4 's Dispatches, Britain's Shoplifting Gangs Exposed, airing on Monday night, has exposed a Romanian crime gang behind a wave of shoplifting offences in the UK. The country's rate of shoplifting hit a 20-year high in October according to the Office for National Statistics - and one trepadacious reporter plunged into the shady underworld behind the crisis in the latest episode of the investigative current affairs programme. While undercover and through a series of secretly-filmed interviews, Matt Shea managed to track down a Northampton-based gang leader wanted by UK police and confront him about his links to warehouses in the UK stacked with boxes of stolen Sudocrem, Sensodyne toothpaste and Lemsip cold and flu tablets. The gang is wanted by the authorities for a string of thefts from Morrison's supermarkets totalling £120,000 - and were handing the goods over to a local wholesaler, who was also tied up in an illegal visa marriage scam. Gang leader Gugulan, who Matt was able to locate using social media, told him the products were being "sold in England, to Indians". When pressed on the specifics of the operation, he burst out: "There are 1,000 Romanian thieves in England. Why are you coming to my house? Everyone steals in England and they sell it to the Indians. Why do they not go to the Indians to find the stolen goods?" A wholesaler who met with Romanian undercover journalist Victor, told him the goods were sold "across the globe", adding: "Middle East, Africa, Europe, wherever I get the buyer, boom, sell it." The wholesaler, seemingly representing a company called Prime Value Distribution, then revealed that they also run an illegal visa programme, arranging marriages for Indian and Pakistani nationals who want to stay in the UK. They say, on the hidden camera: "What happens is that after five years, the person gets settlement in the UK because my clients pay £250 every month to the person to stay married. It's an arrangement, the government doesn't know." The involvement of international crime gangs in seemingly innocuous high street theft shows "a thriving black market for shoplifting groups in the UK", according to Channel 4. A spokesperson added: "Someone is bringing people into the country, giving them lists of what to steal and helping them distribute goods through that black market. These individual incidents are just the visible part of a co-ordinated attack on the high street, by international criminals that see the UK as an easy target." It comes after a House of Lords committee found that theft from shops was "not being tackled properly" earlier this month. A letter from the Justice and Home Affairs Committee to Policing Minister Dame Diana Johnson suggested that the term shoplifting was outdated and trivialises the "serious organised nature" of modern-day retail theft. The letter continued: “The scale of the problem within England and Wales is totally unacceptable and action is vital and urgent. The perception of an inadequate response to tackling shop theft risks undermining confidence in the police and wider criminal justice system.” Prime Value Distribution did not respond to a request for commment by Channel 4.
LONDON (AP) — A woman who claimed mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor “brutally raped and battered” her in a Dublin hotel penthouse was awarded nearly 250,000 Euros ($257,000) on Friday by a civil court jury in Ireland. Nikita Hand said the Dec. 9, 2018, assault after a night of partying left her heavily bruised and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. McGregor testified that he never forced the woman to do anything against her will and said she fabricated the allegations after the two had consensual sex. His lawyer had called Hand a gold digger. The fighter, once the face of the Ultimate Fighting Championship but now past his prime, shook his head as the jury of eight women and four men found him liable for assault after deliberating about six hours in the High Court in Dublin. He was mobbed by cameras as he left court but did not comment. He later said on the social platform X that he would appeal the verdict and the “modest award.” Hand's voice cracked and her hands trembled as she read a statement outside the courthouse, saying she would never forget what happened to her but would now be able to move on with her life. She thanked her family, partner, friends, jurors, the judge and all the supporters that had reached out to her online, but particularly her daughter. “She has given me so much strength and courage over the last six years throughout this nightmare to keep on pushing forward for justice,” she said. “I want to show (her) and every other girl and boy that you can stand up for yourself if something happens to you, no matter who the person is, and justice will be served.” The Associated Press generally does not name alleged victims of sexual violence unless they come forward publicly, as Hand has done. Under Irish law, she did not have the anonymity she would have been granted in a criminal proceeding and was named publicly throughout the trial. Her lawyer told jurors that McGregor was angry about a fight he had lost in Las Vegas two months earlier and took it out on his client. “He’s not a man, he’s a coward,” attorney John Gordon said in his closing speech. “A devious coward and you should treat him for what he is.” Gordon said his client never pretended to be a saint and was only looking to have fun when she sent McGregor a message through Instagram after attending a Christmas party. He said Hand knew McGregor socially and that they had grown up in the same area. She said he picked her and a friend up in a car and shared cocaine with them, which McGregor admitted in court, on the way to the Beacon Hotel. Hand said she told McGregor she didn't want to have sex with him and that she was menstruating. She said she told him “no” as he started kissing her but he eventually pinned her to a bed and she couldn't move. McGregor put her in a chokehold and later told her, “now you know how I felt in the octagon where I tapped out three times,” referring to a UFC match when he had to admit defeat, she said. Hand had to take several breaks in emotional testimony over three days. She said McGregor threatened to kill her during the encounter and she feared she would never see her young daughter again. Eventually, he let go of her. “I remember saying I was sorry, as I felt that I did something wrong and I wanted to reassure him that I wouldn’t tell anyone so he wouldn’t hurt me again,” she testified. She said she then let him do what he wanted and he had sex with her. A paramedic who examined Hand the next day testified that she had never before seen someone with that intensity of bruising. A doctor told jurors Hand had multiple injuries. Hand said the trauma of the attack had left her unable to work as a hairdresser, she fell behind on her mortgage and had to move out of her house. Police investigated the woman’s complaint but prosecutors declined to bring charges, saying there was insufficient evidence and a conviction was unlikely. McGregor, in his post on X, said he was disappointed jurors didn't see all the evidence prosecutors had reviewed. He testified that the two had athletic and vigorous sex, but that it was not rough. He said “she never said ‘no’ or stopped” and testified that everything she said was a lie. “It is a full blown lie among many lies,” he said when asked about the chokehold allegation. “How anyone could believe that me, as a prideful person, would highlight my shortcomings.” McGregor’s lawyer told jurors they had to set aside their animus toward the fighter. “You may have an active dislike of him, some of you may even loathe him – there is no point pretending that the situation might be otherwise,” attorney Remy Farrell said. “I’m not asking you to invite him to Sunday brunch.” The defense said the woman never told investigators McGregor threatened her life. They also showed surveillance video in court that they said appeared to show the woman kiss McGregor’s arm and hug him after they left the hotel room. Farrell said she looked “happy, happy, happy.” McGregor said he was “beyond petrified” when first questioned by police and read them a prepared statement. On the advice of his lawyer, he refused to answer more than 100 follow-up questions. The jury ruled against Hand in a case she brought against one of McGregor’s friends, James Lawrence, whom she accused of having sex with her in the hotel without consent.Examining Generative AI: Cutting Through the Chaos / World-Renowned Japanese Architect’s Office Utilizes AI in Design Process; Kengo Kuma says Humans Must Always Make Final Decisions, Not MachinesUS goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is retiring from international soccer U.S. women's national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is retiring from international soccer. Naeher is on the team's roster for a pair of upcoming matches in Europe but those games will be her last after a full 11 years playing for the United States. Anne M. Peterson, The Associated Press Nov 25, 2024 1:00 PM Nov 25, 2024 1:06 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message FILE - United States' Alyssa Naeher makes a save against Canada during the shoot out of a SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File) U.S. women's national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is retiring from international soccer. Naeher is on the team's roster for a pair of upcoming matches in Europe but those games will be her last after a full 11 years playing for the United States. Over the course of her career, Naeher was on the U.S. team that won the Women's World Cup in 2019 and the gold medal at the Olympics this summer in France. She's the only U.S. goalkeeper to earn a shutout in both a World Cup and an Olympic final. She made a key one-handed save in stoppage time to preserve the Americans' 1-0 victory over Brazil in the Olympic final. Mallory Swanson, who scored the only goal, ran down the length of the field to embrace Naeher at the final whistle. Naeher announced her retirement on social media Monday . “Every tear shed in the challenging times and disappointments made every smile and celebration in the moments of success that much more joyful. This has been a special team to be a part of and I am beyond proud of what we have achieved both on and off the field," she wrote. “The memories I have made over the years will last me a lifetime.” Naeher was known throughout her career for her calm and steady leadership. She is one of just three goalkeepers to make more than 100 appearances for the United States. Naeher made her debut with the national team in 2014 and was a backup to Hope Solo at the 2015 World Cup, which the United States won. She became the team’s regular starter following the 2016 Olympics and was on the squad that repeated as World Cup winners in 2019. The 36-year-old has also played for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women’s Soccer League since 2016. Earlier this year, she had one of her strongest-ever performances in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup. Not only did she make three saves during a penalty shootout with Canada , she converted a penalty kick herself — tucking the ball neatly into the corner of the net. Afterward she said: “Winning is the best feeling.” ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer Anne M. Peterson, The Associated Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? 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Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas told Reuters on Saturday that Indonesia had agreed “in principle” to hand the five prisoners over to Australia, although the details of the transfer were still being hashed out, as Indonesia also wanted some of its prisoners held in Australia to be repatriated in return. The five Australian prisoners were members of the so-called Bali Nine, who were arrested in 2005 for attempting to smuggle just over 8 kilograms of heroin out of Bali. They are the last remaining members of the group serving life sentences. The others were executed, released or died of other causes. Supratman acknowledged that Indonesia lacked formal procedures for international prisoner transfers but said ones would be developed soon. He added that the transfer would be contingent on the counterpart country recognizing Indonesia’s judicial process. "This [transfer] is important to maintain a good relationship with friendly countries. But this is also in our interest because we have prisoners abroad," Supratman said, as quoted by Reuters. Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell confirmed that negotiations were ongoing and that the five Australians would continue serving their sentences if the transfer deal proceeded, AFP reported. Delivered straight to your inbox three times weekly, this curated briefing provides a concise overview of the day's most important issues, covering a wide range of topics from politics to culture and society. By registering, you agree with 's Please check your email for your newsletter subscription. Coordinating Politics and Security Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra and Presidential Communications Office head Hasan Nasbi were not available for comment when contacted by on Sunday. If the prisoner transfer takes place, it will follow another under the Prabowo administration, that of Filipina domestic worker Mary Jane Veloso, whom Indonesia agreed last week to return to the Philippines. Veloso is currently in a Yogyakarta prison, where she has been for 14 years. She had been sentenced to death. Rights activists applauded the government’s decision to return Veloso. But some legal experts questioned the legal basis for her transfer. Coordinating minister Yusril said on Friday that such a deal was possible through a mutual legal assistance (MLA) arrangement, which he said was well within a sitting president’s authority to pursue despite the lack of regulations. But he also urged the government and lawmakers to quickly hash out a law on the matter. Indonesia’s notoriously strict drug laws, which do not spare foreign nationals from death row, have on past occasions sparked international outrage. The April 2015 execution of the Bali Nine’s two ringleaders, who, along with five other foreign nationals and an Indonesian, were executed by firing squad, caused a major diplomatic rift between then-president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration and Australia, which recalled its ambassador in protest. Veloso, meanwhile, was supposed to be among the condemned convicts before being granted a last-minute reprieve, which was followed by multiple failed attempts from the Philippines over the years to request her return. When it was finally granted last week, Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. extended his “heartfelt gratitude” to Prabowo, whom he met in a bilateral meeting in September while Prabowo was still president-elect. As in Veloso’s case, the Australian government previously had no luck in negotiating the return of the remaining members of the Bali Nine until Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a direct request to Prabowo on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Peru last week. Prabowo also received a similar request from France during the summit. International law expert Hikmahanto Juwana cautioned the government against rushing into any prisoner transfer plan, saying that it would set a bad precedent for the Prabowo administration unless Indonesia first enacted a law on the matter. “[Proceeding with the transfer without a clear legal basis] will tear our existing laws to shreds. Previous administrations have always reasoned that prisoner transfers are not possible since there is no specific law on them, but the new administration seems to disregard this fact entirely,” Hikmahanto told the on Sunday. “Prabowo has his ‘good neighbor’ policy, but it cannot disregard our laws,” he added. International relations expert Ahmad Rizky M. Umar said Indonesia’s newfound lenience on prisoner transfers was likely a result of Prabowo’s interest in improving bilateral ties. “If the prisoner transfer is part of a bigger agenda, it’s something that needs to be communicated clearly, and the transfer scheme itself must have a clear legal basis,” Ahmad said. He called on lawmakers to first pass a law on prisoner transfers and for the Prabowo administration to clearly communicate the law’s policies to the countries it was negotiating with. Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid said the negotiations on the prisoner transfer should provide an impetus for Indonesia to reevaluate its stance on capital punishment, rather than simply seek a transactional deal. “It’s time for Indonesia to fall in line with international standards when it comes to [how it treats prisoners], including by abolishing the death penalty, or to at least call a moratorium on it,” Usman said.