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TOKYO, Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: MRM) announces that its subsidiary MEDIROM MOTHER Labs Inc. raised to date an aggregate total of 260.3 million yen (approximtaely USD $ [1.7] million calculated at an exchange rate of JPY[153.64] to US$1) at a pre-money equity valuation of JPY9 billion (approximately USD $ [58.6] million calculated at an exchange rate of JPY[153.64] to US$1) in its Series A equity financing. NFES Technologies Inc. is the lead investor in the financing round, and several public companies in Japan, including M3, Inc. (TOKYO PRIME: 2413) and Elematec Corporation (TOKYO PRIME: 2715), as well as certain individual investors are also participating. The Series A equity financing round is still ongoing. MEDIROM MOTHER Labs has closed financings with six investors to date and intends to conclude the financing round by December 31, 2024. “We are very excited that our MEDIROM MOTHER Labs subsidiary has received such significant validation from strategic partners as our lead investor NFES Technologies Inc. as well as M3,Inc and Elematec Corporation. The pre money valuation of 9 billion yen is approximately multiples of MEDIROM’s current NASDAQ listing market capitalization which I believe further validates our technology, business model and growth potential.” said Kouji. The MOTHER Bracelet® is currently in commercialization. From July 1, 2024 through October 31, 2024, MEDIROM MOTHER Labs received purchase orders for an aggregate of over 25,000 units from its B2B sales channel. “We believe the MOTHER Bracelet® to be the world’s first fitness tracker that requires no electric charging by utilizing an innovative technology that enables the user’s body heat to generate electricity. We co-developed it with Matrix Industries, based in Silicon Valley and believe its features are cutting-edge technology with rich features and ease of use to track fitness levels, sleep patterns, pulse and body temperature We will continue to target markets such as hospitals, nursing homes and gyms, where such data is vital,” said Yoshio Uekusa, CEO of MEDIROM MOTHER Labs. ABOUT MEDIROM MOTHER Labs Inc. A subsidiary of MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: MRM) (“MEDIROM”), MEDIROM Mother Labs Inc. focuses on the health-tech sector. The company’s core activities include the "Specific Health Guidance Program" offered through the "Lav" health application and development and sales of the 24/7 recharge-free MOTHER Bracelet®︎ smart tracker. By leveraging the features of the recharge-free MOTHER Bracelet®︎, MOTHER Labs offers customizable health management solutions across diverse sectors, including caregiving, logistics, manufacturing, and similar industries. 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NASDAQ Symbol: MRM Tradepia Odaiba, 2-3-1 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Web https://medirom.co.jp/en Contact: ir@medirom.co.jp MEDIROM MOTHER Labs Inc. Tradepia Odaiba, 2-3-1 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan For more information visit: https://mother-bracelet.comJEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia's decades-long cinema ban. Eight years later, the landscape for film in the kingdom looks much different — and the star of “My Driver and I” now has an award. Roula Dakheelallah was named the winner of the Chopard Emerging Saudi Talent award at the Red Sea International Film Festival on Thursday. The award — and the glitzy festival itself — is a sign of Saudi Arabia's commitment to shaping a new film industry. “My heart is attached to cinema and art; I have always dreamed of a moment like this,” Dakheelallah, who still works a 9-5 job, told The Associated Press before the awards ceremony. “I used to work in voluntary films and help my friends in the field, but this is my first big role in a film.” The reopening of cinemas in 2018 marked a cultural turning point for Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy that had instituted the ban 35 years before, under the influence of ultraconservative religious authorities. It has since invested heavily in a native film industry by building theaters and launching programs to support local filmmakers through grants and training. The Red Sea International Film Festival was launched just a year later, part of an attempt to expand Saudi influence into films, gaming, sports and other cultural fields. Activists have decried the investments as whitewashing the kingdom’s human rights record as it tightly controls speech and remains one of the world’s top executioners. With FIFA awarding the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia this week, Lina al-Hathloul, a Saudi activist with the London-based rights group ALQST, said Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman “has really managed to create this bubble where people only see entertainment and they don’t see the reality on the ground.” These efforts are part of Vision 2030, an ambitious reform plan unveiled in 2016 to ease the economy's dependence on oil. As part of it, Saudi Arabia plans to construct 350 cinemas with over 2,500 movie screens — by this past April, across 22 cities, it already had 66 cinemas showing movies from the local film industry, as well as Hollywood and Bollywood. (The Red Sea International Film Festival attracts a host of talent from the latter industries, with Viola Davis and Priyanka Chopra Jonas also picking up awards Thursday.) The country's General Entertainment Authority last month opened Al Hisn Studios on the outskirts of Riyadh. As one of the largest such production hubs in the Middle East, it not only includes several film studios but also a production village with workshops for carpentry, blacksmithing and fashion tailoring. “These facilities, when they exist, will stimulate filmmakers,” said Saudi actor Mohammed Elshehri. “Today, no writer or director has an excuse to imagine and say, ‘I cannot implement my imagination.’” The facilities are one part of the equation — the content itself is another. One of the major players in transforming Saudi filmmaking has been Telfaz11, a media company founded in 2011 that began as a YouTube channel and quickly became a trailblazer. Producing high-quality digital content such as short films, comedy sketches and series, Telfaz11 offered fresh perspectives on Saudi and regional issues. In 2020, Telfaz11 signed a partnership with Netflix to produce original content for the streaming giant. The result has been movies that demonstrate an evolution on the storytelling level, tackling topics that were once off-limits and sensitive to the public like secret nightlife in “Mandoob” (“Night Courier”) and changing social norms in “Naga.” “I think we tell our stories in a very simple way, and that’s what reaches the world,” Elshehri says of the changing shift. “When you tell your story in a natural way without any affectation, it will reach every person.” But the films were not without their critics, drawing mixed reaction. Social media discoursed ranged from pleasure that Saudi film were tackling such topics to anger over how the films reflected conservative society. As Hana Al-Omair, a Saudi writer and director, points out, there are still many stories left untold. “We certainly have a long time ahead of us before we can tell the Saudi narrative as it should be,” she said, acknowledging that there are still barriers and rampant censorship. “The Goat Life,” a Malayalam-language movie about an Indian man forced to work without pay in Saudi Arabia, is not available on Netflix's platform in the country. Movies that explore political topics or LGBTQ+ stories are essentially out of the question. Even “My Driver and I,” featured at the Red Sea festival alongside 11 other Saudi feature-length films, was initially too controversial. It centers on a Sudanese man in Jeddah, living away from his own daughter, who feels responsible for the girl he drives as her parents are absent. It was initially blocked from being made because of the relationship between the girl and the driver, filmmaker Ahd Kamel has said, even though it's not a romantic relationship. Now in 2024, the film is a success story — a symbol of the Saudi film industry's evolution as well as the growing role of women like Kamel behind the camera and Dakheelallah in front of it. “I see the change in Saudi cinema, a very beautiful change and it is moving at a wonderful speed. In my opinion, we do not need to rush,” Dakheelallah said. “We need to guide the truth of the artistic movement that is happening in Saudi Arabia.”
Adam Pemble, an Associated Press video journalist who covered some of the biggest global news of the past two decades, from earthquakes and conflicts to political summits and elections, has died. He was 52. Pemble died Thursday in Minneapolis surrounded by friends and family, according to his friend Mike Moe, who helped care for him in the final weeks of his fight against cancer. Known for bringing stories alive with his camera, Pemble epitomized the best of television news traditions, casting a curious and compassionate lens onto the lives of the people and communities whose stories he told. He joined the AP in 2007 in New York before moving to Prague in 2011 to help launch AP’s first cross-format operation combining photography, text stories and video. He enhanced Eastern European news coverage, creating distinctive stories highlighting the region’s culture and society. “Adam was an incredibly talented and passionate journalist and an empathetic storyteller. He had this amazing ability to get anyone to talk to him on camera, which I attribute to the Midwestern charm he embodied throughout his life.” said Sara Gillesby, AP’s Director of Global Video and Pemble’s former manager in New York when he joined the AP. “He was the best of us.” Pemble was born in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, in 1972 and grew up in Minneapolis. After graduating with a degree in mass communications from Minnesota State University Moorhead, he started his journalism career in 1997 at KVLY, a television station in Fargo, North Dakota, and later worked at WCCO in Minneapolis. “He had the skills of the old-school camera people to meet a deadline and turn a beautiful story,” said Arthur Phillips, a cameraman who worked with Pemble at WCCO. “But he had a calling for greater things.” Moving to New York, Pemble covered some of the biggest stories in the city, including the trial of Bernie Madoff, interviews with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and with then-real estate developer, now U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump. He went to Haiti to cover the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, where he captured shocking images of devastation. A few weeks later he was in Vancouver, covering the Winter Olympics. With his transfer to Prague, Pemble quickly became the go-to video journalist deployed to the biggest news events in Europe, interviewing government leaders, covering violent protests, the aftermath of terror attacks and numerous national elections across the continent. “An inquiring mind, a keen eye and a healthy skepticism for those in power who tried to spin away from the truth all combined to make Adam’s stories as rich in colour as he was in character,” said Sandy MacIntyre, former AP head of global video. “Time and again he was asked to do the impossible and without fail he delivered the exceptional.” ”But more than all of that, he was the colleague and friend you wanted by your side because if Adam was there we knew we were going to be the winning team.” As civil unrest rocked Ukraine in 2014, Pemble reported from Kyiv and later Donetsk, where he covered the first Russian-backed demonstrations before spending weeks in Crimea during Russia’s annexation of the strategic peninsula. His video reports included the last remaining Ukrainian sailors loyal to Kyiv, who had finally abandoned their ship and came ashore. With the Russian national anthem playing from a car in the background, his final shot showed two distraught sailors heckled as they walked away. Pemble returned to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country in 2022. Among his many assignments was filming the exclusive March 2023 AP interview by Executive Editor Julie Pace with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a train shuttled them across Ukraine to cities near some of the fiercest fighting. “Adam showed up to every assignment with enthusiasm, creativity and commitment to his work and his colleagues. He loved what he did, and so many of us at AP are better for having worked alongside him,” Pace said. When not deployed overseas, Pemble set his camera’s gaze on his new home in the Czech Republic, offering insight into the traditions and unique stories of Eastern Europe. From Christmas carp fishing at sunrise to graffiti artists in Prague to the intimate story of a Slovak priest challenging the celibacy rules of the Catholic Church, he brought his unmistakable style. He worked with a traditional large broadcast camera in an era where many video shooters shifted to smaller, lighter cameras. He always put himself in the right place to let reality unfold like “an old school analog painter in an often fast and furious digital age,” former AP cameraman Ben Jary recalled. Pemble’s interest in visual storytelling led to experimenting with new technologies, including aerial videography. In 2015, he was the first major news agency camera operator to film live drone footage when reporting on the migration crisis in the Balkans. An avid gardener who planted trees and chilis on his rooftop in Prague, he was adventurous in the kitchen and especially proud of his vegan “meatloaf,” friends said. He loved a seedy dive bar as much as a Michelin restaurant and foods as varied as charcoal choux pastry with truffle creme and his favourite road trip junk food, Slim Jim’s jerky and Salted Nut Rolls. Pemble’s wit, wisdom, energy and positivity enriched the lives and experiences of those around him, friends and colleagues recalled. “If someone asked me to see a picture of quiet strength and courage, dignity and grace, and most of all kindness, I would show them a picture of a man for all seasons,” said Dan Huff, a Washington-based AP video journalist, “I would show them a picture of Adam Pemble.”
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In this article DELL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Inc., speaks during the Dell Technologies World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, May 20, 2024. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dell Technologies reported quarterly earnings on Tuesday that beat analyst expectations for earnings per share but came up light on overall revenue. Shares fell 6% in after-hours trading. Here's how Dell did for the fiscal third quarter versus LSEG consensus estimates for the quarter ending Nov. 1: Earnings per share: $2.15 adjusted versus $2.06 expected Revenue : $24.4 billion versus $24.67 billion expected Net income climbed 12% to $1.12 billion, or $1.58 per share, from about $1 billion, or $1.36 per share, in the year-ago period . Overall revenue increased about 10% from $22.25 billion a year ago. Dell will give a forecast for how it sees the current quarter shaping up on the call. The company's shares have risen 86% so far in 2024 as investors realize it's one of the most important companies selling tools and systems for artificial intelligence developers. Dell is a top vendor for computer clusters required to develop and deploy artificial intelligence, especially computers based around Nvidia chips. It competes against other server makers such as Supermicro and HPE , as well as manufacturers in Asia. Demand for Nvidia's AI accelerators remains high from cloud providers, enterprises, and government institutions, who often buy systems installed with tens of thousands of AI chips. Dell sells the completed systems. This year, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hailed Dell and its founder Michael Dell as the company to contact to place orders for its new Blackwell AI chips. "AI is a robust opportunity for us with no signs of slowing down," said Dell chief operating officer Jeff Clarke in a statement. Dell's AI server sales are reported in the company's Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), which includes AI servers, storage, networking components, and traditional servers. The group's revenue rose 34%, mostly driven by AI sales, to $11.4 billion. The strongest part of Dell's ISG business was its Servers and Networking subsidiary, which includes AI systems. Revenue rose 58% to $7.4 billion. Dell shipped $2.9 billion in AI servers during the quarter, and the company said during the quarter that customers had booked $3.6 billion dollars of future AI server orders. The company said increased AI server orders boosted demand by "double digits" for its traditional servers, which are less power-hungry and based around CPU chips from Intel or AMD, and can free up room or power inside data centers for companies investing heavily into AI infrastructure. The company's computer storage systems grew less strongly than servers, rising 4% to $4 billion. The overall ISG unit is more profitable, thanks to sales of pricier AI systems. Dell's Client Solutions Group, which sells PCs and laptops to consumers and enterprises, declined 1% on an annual basis to $12.1 billion. While commercial clients buying PCs for their workforce rose 3% on an annual basis to $10.1 billion, the company's sales from PCs to consumers fell 18% on an annual basis to $2 billion.A sombre Martin St-Louis addressed the media on Friday following an embarrassing loss by the Montreal Canadiens to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Beyond the 9-2 scoreline, the fact that the Habs allowed the Penguins, who were barely giving an effort, to score six goals in the third period was evidence that the team imploded before collapsing. With that in mind, we thought it would be fun to fact-check some of St-Louis’ comments, though not in a bid to embarrass him. We all know head coaches hold a different type of dialogue with the media than they do behind closed doors, one that usually errs on the side of caution when it comes to evaluating recent play. Fact Checks As per usual, St-Louis mixed a heavy dose of idioms with vague comments regarding the future, though given the beating the Canadiens took on Thursday, the approach made sense. “When the day is done, the most important day is tomorrow,” said St-Louis. “Even if everything went well, the most important day is tomorrow. You have to try to understand that from the moment you wake up. The sun will come up tomorrow.” St-Louis would go on to suggest the Canadiens have played very well lately, including the first 45 minutes against the Penguins. “We fix it with what we did today,” explained St-Louis. “How we show up tomorrow. We’ve played some really good hockey lately, like I’ve said, it’s a 3-2 game with 15 minutes to go.” Fiction: The Canadiens did not play very good hockey in the first 45 minutes against the Penguins. It wasn’t jaw-droppingly terrible, but it was far from really good. Heading into the second intermission, the Canadiens only managed to control 35 percent of the shots during 5v5 play, though they did manage to control one more high-danger scoring chance than the Penguins. It’s also worth noting the Penguins had a 2:1 advantage in expected goals at 5v5. Additionally, the last time the Canadiens controlled the shots, high-danger chances, and expected goals was on November 30, versus the New York Rangers. That marked the end of the slight surge in results from the Canadiens. Even the team’s 3-0 shutout win over the Nashville Predators saw them get outchanced and outshot by a wide margin. Of course, there are different ways to evaluate how a team plays, and the internal statistics in Montreal are much more advanced than what the public can access, but statistically speaking, the Habs have not played well in December. St-Louis made an interesting adjustment midway through the game, before things went horribly wrong, by promoting Juraj Slafkovsky to the top line, while relegating Alex Newhook to the second line. “I found we weren’t spending enough time in the offensive zone,” he said. “The Dvorak and Evans line is offering lots of consistency, and I’m trying to find the best equation for the other two lines. I had an opportunity to test new combinations, I know Slafkovsky, Caufield, and Suzuki were a good line for us last year. And the Dach, Laine, Slaf line wasn’t giving me enough. Sometimes you change one player, you follow your intuition.” Fact: I’m not sure intuition had much to do with it, but St-Louis hit the nail on the head when he said Slafkovsky, Dach, and Laine weren’t all pulling in the same direction. We discussed the first batch of results from those three earlier in the week, and suffice it to say the numbers were so ugly they would have made an onion cry. And things somehow got worse versus the Penguins, as they were once again getting the tar beaten out of them without generating much from an offensive standpoint. It’s not all that shocking when you consider they aren’t exactly the most fleet-footed players in the lineup, not to mention all three have faced adversity in the last season. Laine will need a lot more time before regaining his form at 5v5, while it’s quite apparent Dach’s confidence needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Regardless, St-Louis was absolutely correct in saying they weren’t giving him enough. Dach goes for a change, Laine drops his coverage. Just a whole lotta sloppiness on this play. pic.twitter.com/xswl0f2BA2 — Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) December 13, 2024 He was also right when he said the Jake Evans and Christian Dvorak lines have offered consistency, statistically speaking. Fans are probably picturing all the missed breakaway opportunities, including those which featured Dvorak shooting directly at the opposing goalie’s chest, but despite the lack of goals, at the very least, they’re generating chances. With that in mind, prior to puck drop versus Pittsburgh, Newhook had been playing quite well on the first line, to the point that they were finally back to controlling most of the shots and chances . It was essentially the only combination involving Newhook that has produced interesting results since the 23-year-old forward joined the team in 2023. Alex Newhook scores his sixth goal of the season after Caufield drove the offensive zone. 1-0 #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/m3DHqDnoki — Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) December 8, 2024 Therefore, St-Louis broke up a top line that was playing relatively well, which isn’t ideal, but you’d be hard-pressed to suggest he had many other options, making it a roster construction issue. The Habs simply can’t expect to win if their second line is getting ground into dust every game, and it was certainly not a good situation for Slafkovsky, Dach, and Laine. If we’re being honest, finding a role for Slafkovsky that is conducive to scoring is crucial for the rebuild, whereas a player like Newhook can be used down the lineup without much worry that you’re losing any potential offence. But if Slafkovsky is to find his rhythm, he’ll need a hand from St-Louis, who will have to provide some consistency in his usage before he can expect any back from the youngest player in the lineup. All Montreal Canadiens statistics are 5v5 unless otherwise noted, via Natural Stat Trick . This article first appeared on Montreal Hockey Now and was syndicated with permission.Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83
Kozhikode: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) performed remarkably well in the bypolls held in the state, despite the Congress-led UDF unleashing a false campaign against the government and joining hands with communal outfits to ensure their victory. He said the LDF achieved a significant victory in the Chelakkara assembly constituency and could increase its vote share in Palakkad segment in the bypolls, the results of which were announced on Saturday. Taking a dig at the opposition front, the CM asked what had happened even after the Congress-led UDF vigorously campaigned that the bypoll would be an evaluation of the state government. Addressing a party programme here, Vijayan said that the UDF made all attempts to wrest the Chelakkara constituency and gave utmost prominence for the constituency during the campaigning. He said the Congress tried to achieve a huge political victory by winning Chelakkara. "Then, what had happened when the results were announced?" Vijayan asked. He also accused the opposition front of joining hands with outfits like SDPI and Jamaat-e-Islami to defeat the LDF in the bypolls held to Palakkad and Chelakkara assembly seats and Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. "If the bypoll result was examined overall, it could be seen that people of the state had stood with the Left government strongly, he said. The UDF candidate could not retain her vote share in Chelakkara, when compared to the performance of the party in the segment in the last Lok Sabha polls. But the LDF candidate could ensure his victory by achieving a remarkable margin," the CM added. Both the LDF and the UDF retained the Chelakkara and Palakkad Assembly seats respectively with a comfortable margin in the bypolls. The Congress won the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat with a thumping margin. PTI
Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, unsealed police report saysTHUNDER BAY — Global demand for food could outpace supply as the planet heats up if major food-producing countries like Canada don’t step up adoption of new production technologies, agriculture experts warned this week. “Environmental factors, supply chain disruptions, limited resources and economic viability are all threatening our food systems,” University of Guelph plant-agriculture Prof. Rene Van Acker said in a university news release on Wednesday. “It’s not a question of replacing the great things we do, but rather adding new technologies and new processes to build extra sustainability and resilience, and economic opportunity,” Van Acker added. New food-production methods in need of expansion include growing fruit and vegetables year-round and the development of meat products directly from animal cells — known as cultured meat — rather than by raising farm animals. Change in food-production approaches may not come easily. A few years ago, a British scientist was vilified when he suggested that half of his country’s farmlands needed to be converted back to natural woodlands to help fight climate change and reduce flooding. Some British livestock farmers were outraged over the prospect of significant reductions in cattle and sheep herds. Meanwhile, experimentation with alternative crops that may thrive in the Thunder Bay farming belt continues. “Winter wheat and winter rye have potential in Northwestern Ontario,” said Tarlok Singh Sahota, director of Lakehead University’s agricultural research facility just west of Thunder Bay. The Chronicle Journal / Local Journalism Initiative
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. on prisons, police stations and the main international airport had crippled the country’s capital and forced the prime minister , plunging Haiti into an unprecedented crisis. But the crisis has only deepened since the international policing contingent arrived. The main international airport this year after gangs opened fire on commercial flights in mid-November, striking a flight attendant. Gunmen also once-peaceful communities to try and seize control of the entire capital, taking advantage of political infighting that led to the of the prime minister earlier this month. Now, a new prime minister is tasked with turning around a nation that sees no escape from its troubles as Haitians wonder: How did the country reach this point? ‘No functioning authority' Bloody coups, brutal dictatorships and gangs created by Haiti's political and economic elite have long defined the country's history, but experts say the current crisis is the worst they’ve seen. “I’m very bleak about the future,” said Robert Fatton, a Haitian politics expert at the University of Virginia. “The whole situation is really collapsing.” The government is anemic, the U.N.-backed mission that supports Haiti's understaffed police department lacks funding and personnel, and gangs now control 85% of the capital. Then, on Wednesday, another blow. Doctors Without Borders announced it was suspending critical care in Port-au-Prince as it accused police of targeting its staff and patients, including threats of rape and death. It’s the first time the aid group has stopped working with new patients since it began operating in Haiti more than 30 years ago. “Every day that we cannot resume activities is a tragedy, as we are one of the few providers of a wide range of medical services that have remained open during this extremely difficult year,” said Christophe Garnier, mission director in Haiti. Lionel Lazarre, deputy spokesman for Haiti’s National Police, did not return messages for comment. Neither did officials with Kenya’s mission when asked about the surge in gang violence. In a recent statement, the Kenyan-led mission said it was “cognizant of the road ahead that is fraught with challenges." But it noted that ongoing joint patrols and operations have secured certain communities and forced gangs to change the way they operate. André François Giroux, Canada’s ambassador to Haiti, told The Associated Press on Saturday that his country and others have been trying to bolster the Kenyan-led mission. “They’ve done miracles, I think, considering all the challenges that we’ve been facing," he said. “What we have to keep in mind is that it’s still very much in deployment mode,” Giroux said. “There are not even 400 on the ground right now.” A spokesman for Haiti’s new prime minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, did not return messages for comment. In a statement Thursday, his administration said authorities were strengthening security along the capital's main roads and had formed a special security council. “The prime minister renews his commitment to find lasting solutions to current problems,” it said. The statement was issued just days after gangs launched a pre-dawn attack Tuesday around an upper-class community in Haiti’s capital, forcing residents armed with machetes and guns to fight side-by-side with police to repel gunmen. At least 28 gang members were killed, but not before some reached an area near an upscale hotel long considered safe. “It tells you that there is no functioning authority in Haiti," Fatton said. Dwindling aid and growing isolation A main concern in the ongoing crisis is the temporary closure of the main international airport in Port-au-Prince. It means critical aid is not reaching those who need it the most in a country and nearly half of the more than 11 million inhabitants are experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse. Gang violence also has left more than 700,000 people homeless . “We are deeply concerned about the isolation of Port-au-Prince from the rest of Haiti and the world,” said Laurent Uwumuremyi, Mercy Corps’ country director for Haiti. The aid group helps people including more than 15,000 living in makeshift shelters, but persistent gang violence has prevented workers from reaching a growing number of them in the capital and beyond. Basic goods also are dwindling as the suspension of flights has delayed imports of critical supplies. “Before, there were some neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince that we considered safe that the gangs had never reached, but now they are threatening to take over the control of the entire capital,” Uwumuremyi said. At least 150 people were reported killed in the capital and 20,000 forced to flee their homes in the second week of November alone. Overall, more than 4,500 people were reported killed in Haiti so far this year, the U.N. said. Jimmy Chérizier, a former elite police officer who became a gang leader known as Barbecue, warned that a gang coalition known as Viv Ansanm will keep attacking as they demand the resignation of a transitional presidential council tasked with leading the country along with the new prime minister. The council also is supposed to organize general elections for the first time in nearly a decade so voters can choose a president, a position left empty since President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021. ‘What else are you left with?’ The U.S. and other countries pushed for a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti at a U.N. Security Council meeting this week. Only about 400 officers from Kenya have arrived, along with a handful of police and soldiers from other countries — way short of the 2,500 personnel slated for the mission. “This is not just another wave of insecurity; it is a dramatic escalation that shows no signs of abating,” Miroslav Jenča, U.N. assistant secretary general for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, said Wednesday at the meeting. But Russia and China , leaving many to wonder what other options are left for Haiti. Giroux, the Canadian ambassador, said his country supports a peacekeeping operation “when the time is right.” “Everybody is looking at a peacekeeping mission as a silver bullet,” he said, adding that even if that were to happen, it wouldn’t be able to deploy for another six to 12 months. “We need to be realistic.” Giroux said he is hopeful that some 600 Kenyans will arrive in Haiti in upcoming weeks, but added that "none of this matters if the political elite doesn’t get its act together.” The nine-member transitional presidential council has been marred by and infighting and was criticized for firing the previous prime minister. “I’m at a loss for any short-term solution for Haiti, let alone any long-term solutions,” Fatton said. “The gangs have seen that they shouldn’t be afraid of the Kenyan mission.” He said one option may be for the government to negotiate with the gangs. “At the moment, it is perceived as utterly unacceptable," he said. "But if the situation deteriorates even more, what else are you left with?” Dánica Coto, The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — If anybody knows Deion Sanders' mind, it might be Travis Hunter. And the two-way Colorado star says Coach Prime is indeed staying put with the Buffaloes. “I got a lot of insight. He ain’t going nowhere. He’s going to be right where he's at right now,” Hunter said Friday in Manhattan, where he's a heavy favorite to win the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night. In his second season at the school, Sanders coached No. 20 Colorado to a 9-3 record this year and its first bowl bid since 2020. Hunter, Sanders and the Buffaloes will face No. 17 BYU (10-2) in the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28. Sanders' success and popularity in Boulder has led to speculation the flashy and outspoken former NFL star might seek or accept a coaching job elsewhere this offseason. Sanders, however, has dismissed such talk himself. Hunter followed Sanders from Jackson State, an HBCU that plays in the lower level FCS, to the Rocky Mountains and has already racked up a staggering string of individual accolades this week, including The Associated Press player of the year. The junior wide receiver and cornerback plans to enter the 2025 NFL draft and is expected to be a top-five pick — perhaps even No. 1 overall. But he backed up assertions from Sanders and his son, star Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, that both will play in the Alamo Bowl rather than skip the game to prepare for the draft and prevent any possible injury. “It's definitely important because, you know, I started this thing with Coach Prime and Shedeur and most of the coaches on the coaching staff, so I want to finish it off right,” Hunter said. "I didn't give them a full season my first year (because of injury), so I'm going to go ahead and end this thing off right. It's going to be our last game together, so I'm going to go out there and dominate and show the loyalty that I have for him. “Definitely looking forward to it. I'm just excited to go out there and play football one more time before the offseason.” 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-football
A mum whose son was born premature has opened up about the support from the “incredible” staff in the neonatal unit — and her advice for parents going through a similar experience. Róisín Doherty, whose five-year-old son, Brodie, was born at 32 weeks and five days, was speaking following World Prematurity Day, which took place on Sunday, November 17. She told Chic, “What I would say is that it’s a journey; it’s definitely a journey. Read more: Three food changes that can quickly lower high cholesterol before drugs needed Read more: 'Cheap' supplement could help boost brain function and slash Alzheimer's risk, experts say "Whenever you’re definitely not aware of what you’re about to face, it’s very daunting. “I was taken in at 27 weeks to have Brodie. Whenever I went in, I was gowned up — I was in my gown to go into surgery. The surgery was called off literally seconds before I went in to have him. “Everything changed — and that’s how quickly things can change when you’re pregnant. All parents know this, but things can change drastically.” Róisín recalled how when she was pregnant with Brodie, it had been a “very up and down” experience. She said, “I was supposed to have him at 27 weeks, because I was being monitored from very early on; if I’m right in saying, it was about three months into my pregnancy. “We were monitored throughout, we had scans, checkups, whatever it might've been.” Around 4,500 babies — or 1 in 16 — are born prematurely in Ireland every year. The mum shared her advice for parents in a similar situation, encouraging them to listen to their gut instincts. She said, “The best advice I could give any parent, any mother or father, out there is a gut instinct — we always hear, ‘a mother’s gut instinct, you should listen to it’. And it’s so true. “The day that I went in at 27 weeks to have Brodie, I felt like something was — I felt like we shouldn’t being doing this right now, if that makes sense. "As I was going in for surgery, for the c-section, to have him, I said to my doctor, ‘can we check again to see if everything is good, if we actually need to have it then’. At 27 weeks, it’s very, very dangerous.” Róisín told how her doctor scanned her again and everything was called off as “all my observations and his observations at the time” were healthy. She said, “She scanned me and was like, ‘look, I’m happy to call everything off because everything is really healthy’ — his heart rate, my heart rate and all my observations and his observations at the time, it was all healthy. “They kept me in and monitored me every hour. I was in until I was 32 weeks plus five days, and that was the moment where it was like, ‘OK, right, we need to get this baby out now for safety reasons’. “We held on and we held on. When we came out, yes he was sick and he had to go to neonatal. “But he thrived in neonatal — he was like a baby that you’d think he was full term. It was like a baby who needed to come out. “A baby will determine — their observations, whenever they’re reading their heart, and all of their observations — they’ll tell you, they basically tell you through the screen, ‘I need to get out of here’.” Brodie was in the Neonatal Unit for two weeks, and Róisín told how he “thrived the whole time he was there, apart from one day where he had a blip”. She continued, “Whenever a blip happens, it’s extremely dangerous when you’re in neonatal. “But they say that the closer you move to the door, the closer you’re moving to you getting home. “Any movement that you have in neonatal closer to the door, you know it’s good; you know it’s time to go home or you’re getting closer to that stage. “We were in there for two weeks. He was in for 14 days and I was in for 13 days. “The day before he’d actually got home, I got home. Me and my husband, we left the hospital that evening, and I can’t even explain the trauma that both of us felt because we were driving home without or baby. “I’ll never forget the drive home. I was crying. It was a very, very surreal moment. “A mummy is supposed to leave hospital with their baby — and at that stage, I didn’t know how long Brodie was going to be in for. When you’re in neonatal, you don’t have a set day of, ‘OK, tomorrow you’re going to get home’. “They can’t do that. You’re critical and don’t know whether tomorrow, you’re going to have a really good day or not. “They can never determine actually when a baby is going to get home until that day, basically. “That day when we went home, it was a horrible, horrible feeling knowing that your baby is not with you. "We went back the next day, early early, and we found out he was able to come home that day. There wasn’t another night that we weren’t able to spend with him.” Roisin partnered with Pampers to raise awareness around World Prematurity Day. Pampers are hoping to help empower parents to feel confident caring for their premature baby through essential moments like touch and bonding. The company have three sizes of nappies for premature babies: P1, P2 and P3. The Pampers Preemie Protection Nappy was developed with neonatal nurses and parents, and is designed to fit around medical lines and leads — as well as make nappy changing easier for parents and nurses, as well as protecting baby’s delicate skin. Since 2017, they have donated almost one million of the Preemie Protection Nappy to premature babies in Irish hospitals around the country. Róisín opened up about the “incredible” people who work in the Neonatal Unit, and how they “turn out to be like family”. She said, “They’re like the second mummy. Whenever I had Brodie, I was basically fighting for my own life. “People don’t understand how sick mummies get after surgery and c-sections. It’s kind of like, ‘ah, mummies are made for this!’ But actually, the fact is that it’s a really, really serious surgery that a woman is having. “When I had Brodie, the only contact I had with him was he was taken out of my belly, and then he was brought to my face to give a kiss and to meet each other. He was taken away straight away, straight to neonatal. “My husband left with him and went over to neonatal. “It’s a really strange feeling, because you’re being cared for while your child is being cared for by these — all I can say is that they’re angels. What they do to to give your child that motherly love they need, and the affection. “The first few days, Brodie had to be given donor’s milk, it’s called. It’s other mothers’ milk that they donate to the neonatal unit, that they don’t use. “You can either opt for it or not opt for it. I opted for it because I’m a breastfeeding mum, I’ve always breastfed. “You get donor milk, and that’s from others mothers that have no need for it. “They provide all that via a tube, and care for your child when you’re not actually fit to. "Whenever I was in hospital, and when I was in there in the Neonatal Unit which was very rare, they were the ones that were caring for Brodie. “I can’t even explain what these women — they turn out to be like family. “Any other parent of a premature baby will understand what I mean by that. They get you, they understand if you’re not feeling it. “They’re incredible human beings and I feel like they don’t get enough credit on this earth for what they do for these little babies that can’t defend themselves.” Róisín told how Brodie has some problems with his ears, nose and throat — but is overall doing “really well”. The influencer also shared her favourite part of the parenthood experience so far has been “watching their personalities grow”. She said, “They all have different personalities — you hear people saying, ‘no one is ever the same’. It’s so true, especially as a parent. "You’re watching children grow — whether it’s one kid or two or three — children are so different. “They’re so clever and intelligent. They actually reach us a thing or two about life and about humanity.” Róisín told how 2024 has been a “really, really testing year” for the family — and opened up about her decision to document her journey following her diagnosis with skin cancer. The beauty expert told how at the beginning after her diagnosis, she was “keeping it very private” and “didn’t come out until months later, about what was actually going on.” She said, “I was really nervous because whenever you’re in the public eye, or you’re online and sharing your life, you’re opening yourself up to a lot of criticism. “And whenever you’re in a stage of your life where there’s so much uncertainty, and you don’t actually know what path your own life’s going down — it’s really hard to share in a way where you’re feeling positive about it. “But whenever I actually shared it, I was ready. I understand the power of social media — and the way that I wanted to portray it online was that it’s going to help lives, and save lives. That’s exactly what it’s done.” Róisín told how she has gotten “hundreds, maybe thousands” of people getting in touch to share their own stories, after they got something checked after seeing her posts. She said, “Me going through this — and I say it all the time, that if I experience something in life, I feel like its for a reason. I “know this might sound so, so silly but I feel like I’m going through this experience with my skin cancer diagnosis to help other people, you know? “I was given this route in my life and don’t get me wrong, it has been extremely difficult. “My mental health deteriorated because I didn’t understand the severity of it, or if I was going to die with it, or anything.” Róisín added that there isn’t “a lot of education out there” regarding skin cancer, and that it’s “very hidden and closed”. She continued, “At that time when I was diagnosed, the first thought was, ‘am I going to be here next year? Am I going to see my children grow?’ All these emotions go through your head and your body. “You think to yourself, especially being online, ‘do I actually want to share this? Am I being overdramatic?’ It’s a really hard situation to be in, because no matter what you do, when you’re online and open, people say, ‘you share your life; you should be open to this criticism’. “But in actual fact, we shouldn’t make it our normal kind of behaviour, that people attack us.” Róisín added that overall, she’s glad to have shared her story with her social media followers. She said, “I know it saves lives, and it’s continuing to do so, the more I chat about it and the more I share about it.” The mum told how she’s “doing really well” at the moment. She said, “Life’s good — I’ve my family and my health. What more could we ask for as human beings? “You know what, prior to my diagnosis, I didn’t understand how important it was to enjoy the moment. “Before, I was enjoying the future — I was thinking, ‘what’s next, what’s next, what’s next’. “Now, I’m like, ‘let’s live in the moment, let’s be together and enjoy each other’s company’.
London police are asking the public for help identifying suspects involved in a break, enter and shooting investigation. Around 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 19, police say three men attended an apartment in the 200-block of Simcoe Street. Once inside the building, the three men forcibly entered a unit, police say. According to police, the occupants confronted the suspects, then one of the men pointed a firearm at them before firing the gun inside the apartment. No injuries were reported. The suspects then allegedly fled on foot and the victims called 911, providing suspect descriptions to police. Investigators reviewed video surveillance and found images of the three suspects. Suspect #1 Suspect #2 Suspect #3 Additionally, investigators identified a fourth suspect, a 39-year-old man from London, who was arrested Tuesday morning at a residential complex in the area of Wellington Road and Simcoe Street. 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After his team's 102-89 home win on Wednesday night over Purdue Fort Wayne, Penn State coach Mike Rhoades challenged his team's fan base to show up and make more noise. "Sweat with us," he said at one point. At 5-0, the Nittany Lions haven't had to sweat much to get off to a fast start. They might not have to expend much perspiration to make it 6-0 on Monday when they meet Fordham in a semifinal matchup at the Sunshine Slam tournament in Daytona Beach, Fla. Penn State hasn't played a strong schedule so far, but the team has been impressive. It's averaging 98.2 points per game and 13.8 steals per game, both of which ranked second in Division I through Saturday's play. The Nittany Lions were seventh per kenpom.com in turnover rate, forcing 25.3 per 100 possessions. Point guard Ace Baldwin Jr. is leading the charge, scoring 16.4 points and dishing out 7.8 assists while chipping in 2.6 steals. Zach Hicks has nearly doubled his scoring average from 8.4 last season to 15.8 this season, while Northern Illinois transfer Yanic Konan Niederhauser has beefed up the interior, tallying 12.2 points and 7.2 rebounds. Meanwhile, Fordham (3-3) is coming off a 73-71 home loss Friday night against Drexel in New York. The Rams blew a seven-point lead early in the second half and missed a chance to force overtime when leading scorer Jackie Johnson III missed a layup as time expired. Johnson, a UNLV transfer, is averaging 19 points per game and is making nearly 48 percent of his shots as one of three Rams with double-figure scoring averages. Jahmere Tripp scores at an 11.0 clip while Japhet Medor is contributed 10.5, but Fordham is struggling to make shots, canning only 41.5 percent from the field. The Rams were picked for a 14th-place finish in the Atlantic 10 despite returning more scoring than any team in the league except for VCU. Third-year coach Keith Urgo thinks his team can defy low external expectations. "We're experienced and I think we're poised to have a tremendous year," he said. --Field Level MediaThe mighty caste system: Part - II
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A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial intelligence "dictatorship" is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the ChatGPT maker's ongoing shift into a for-profit company. Musk, an early OpenAI investor and board member, sued the artificial intelligence company earlier this year alleging it had betrayed its founding aims as a nonprofit research lab benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits. Musk has since escalated the dispute, adding new claims and asking for a court order that would stop OpenAI’s plans to convert itself into a for-profit business more fully. The world's richest man, whose companies include Tesla, SpaceX and social media platform X, last year started his own rival AI company, xAI. Musk says it faces unfair competition from OpenAI and its close business partner Microsoft, which has supplied the huge computing resources needed to build AI systems such as ChatGPT. “OpenAI and Microsoft together exploiting Musk’s donations so they can build a for-profit monopoly, one now specifically targeting xAI, is just too much,” says Musk's filing that alleges the companies are violating the terms of Musk’s foundational contributions to the charity. OpenAI is filing a response Friday opposing Musk’s requested order, saying it would cripple OpenAI’s business and mission to the advantage of Musk and his own AI company. A hearing is set for January before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland. At the heart of the dispute is a 2017 internal power struggle at the fledgling startup that led to Altman becoming OpenAI's CEO. Musk also sought to be CEO and in an email outlined a plan where he would “unequivocally have initial control of the company” but said that would be temporary. He grew frustrated after two other OpenAI co-founders said he would hold too much power as a major shareholder and chief executive if the startup succeeded in its goal to achieve better-than-human AI known as artificial general intelligence , or AGI. Musk has long voiced concerns about how advanced forms of AI could threaten humanity. “The current structure provides you with a path where you end up with unilateral absolute control over the AGI," said a 2017 email to Musk from co-founders Ilya Sutskever and Greg Brockman. “You stated that you don't want to control the final AGI, but during this negotiation, you've shown to us that absolute control is extremely important to you.” In the same email, titled “Honest Thoughts,” Sutskever and Brockman also voiced concerns about Altman's desire to be CEO and whether he was motivated by “political goals.” Altman eventually succeeded in becoming CEO, and has remained so except for a period last year when he was fired and then reinstated days later after the board that ousted him was replaced. OpenAI published the messages Friday in a blog post meant to show its side of the story, particularly Musk's early support for the idea of making OpenAI a for-profit business so it could raise money for the hardware and computer power that AI needs. It was Musk, through his wealth manager Jared Birchall, who first registered “Open Artificial Technologies Technologies, Inc.”, a public benefit corporation, in September 2017. Then came the “Honest Thoughts” email that Musk described as the “final straw.” “Either go do something on your own or continue with OpenAI as a nonprofit,” Musk wrote back. OpenAI said Musk later proposed merging the startup into Tesla before resigning as the co-chair of OpenAI's board in early 2018. Musk didn't immediately respond to emailed requests for comment sent to his companies Friday. Asked about his frayed relationship with Musk at a New York Times conference last week, Altman said he felt “tremendously sad” but also characterized Musk’s legal fight as one about business competition. “He’s a competitor and we’re doing well,” Altman said. He also said at the conference that he is “not that worried” about the Tesla CEO’s influence with President-elect Donald Trump. OpenAI said Friday that Altman plans to make a $1 million personal donation to Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships with the incoming administration. —————————— The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement allowing OpenAI access to part of the AP’s text archives.Mercedes driver George Russell won the Las Vegas Grand Prix, while teammate Lewis Hamilton finished second, giving Mercedes a 1-2 podium finish. “It’s been a real surprise seeing how strong our pace has been and securing the pole yesterday I was so pleased with. And then I think we won the race in stint one,” Russell told reporters via the F1 website. “To be honest, stint one was exceptional. And I knew from there on in the only way we would probably lose the victory is if I grained the tyres and opened them up. So it was just a case of managing my pace, managing in the right corners and bringing it home.” Verstappen wins World Championship Max Verstappen finished fifth ahead of Lando Norris to claim his fourth consecutive driver’s championship after the Las Vegas Grand Prix. “Something that when you grow up racing and you see all these stats of some legendary drivers and you’re like, ‘that’s very impressive and I hope one day that I can even just be on the podium, win a race, maybe win a championship’. It’s already hard enough to win one,” Verstappen said to reporters through the F1 website. “Of course, then you also need a bit of luck to be in the right team situation to maybe win more. But yeah, luckily we did that.” Other Finishers at the Las Vegas Grand Prix Hamilton stole the show, going from P10 to finish P2 and credited his team for allowing him to gain eight spots at the finish. “George did a great job, did everything he was supposed to do and I’m happy for him and I’m just grateful I could get back up there to support the team with a 1-2,” Hamilton said. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Norris and McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri finished sixth and seventh. Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg placed eight; Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda finished ninth, and Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez rounded out the top 10. Paul Delos Santos is the Las Vegas sports insider for Dice City Sports. Follow him on X at @PaulDelos_ . This article first appeared on Dice City Sports and was syndicated with permission.Blend Labs to Participate in Wells Fargo TMT Summit
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