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India can’t move forward without empowering women: GovernorRuud van Nistelrooy ‘disappointed’ and ‘hurt’ after cutting ties with Man Utd( MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN - Jordan's basketball team plays Palestine in Jeddah on Monday in its second match of window 2 of Group D qualifiers for the 31st FIBA Asia Cup 2025. Jordan tops Group D after overcoming Iraq 73-64 on Friday as Saudi Arabia beat Palestine 73-66 to maintain second spot ahead of their home match against Iraq. The Kingdom has an unbeaten streak after scoring two wins in window 1, when they beat Palestine 73-46 and Saudi Arabia 79-64. In other matches, Iraq beat Palestine 75-72 while Saudi Arabia overcame Iraq 64-58. Window 3 will be played in February 2025 -- Jordan vs Saudi on February 21 and Jordan vs Iraq on February 24. Jordan lately won 12th edition of the King Abdullah Cup (The King's Cup) as part of preparations for the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers, beating beat Palestine, Syria and Qatar to retain the title. A total of 24 teams are playing Round 1 qualification matches for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup in three windows, while also battling for qualifying spots for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup alongside hosts Qatar who automatically advanced. The top two teams of each qualifying group move to the FIBA Asia Cup and the six third-placed teams will play another qualifying round for the final four places. The 31st FIBA Asia Cup will be hosted in Saudi Arabia from August 5-17, 2025. Jordan previously qualified to the FIBA Asia Cup (formerly FIBA Asia Championship) 16 times with their best position finishing runner-up in 2011. In 2023, Jordan won a historic first ever team medal when they won silver at the Asian Games. In addition, they played at the FIBA World Cup for the third time after earlier playing in 2010 and 2019. Alongside the junior men's team in 1995 and 2025, basketball has been the only Jordanian team to reach a World Cup in a team sport. MENAFN27112024000028011005ID1108934484 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.No. 7 Tennessee outscored UT Martin by 28 points in the second half in routing the visiting Skyhawks 78-35 on Friday afternoon in Knoxville. Chaz Lanier scored a game-high 18 points for the Volunteers (7-0), who expanded on a 35-20 halftime lead with a 43-15 second half. Felix Okpara had 10 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, helping Tennessee command the paint along with Igor Milicic, who added nine points and 13 rebounds. Zakai Zeigler nearly had a double-double with 11 points and nine assists. The Volunteers used their size to their advantage, outscoring UT Martin 36-10 in the paint and out rebounding the Skyhawks 49-24. That included 20 offensive rebounds for Tennessee, which led to 19 second-chance points. UT Martin (2-5) was cold coming out of the locker room after halftime, missing its first eight shots. Conversely, the Vols started the second half with a nine-point run to extend their lead to 24 points. The Vols never let the Skyhawks score consecutive baskets in the first half, holding UT Martin to 25 percent shooting (4 of 16) from beyond the arc and allowing a total of only three points from the starting five. For the game, guard Josue Grullon led UT Martin with 15 points. The leading scorer in the Ohio Valley Conference entering Friday at 18.2 points per game, Grullon has not started any game for head coach Jeremy Shulman. Most of the Skyhawks' points -- 28 of 35 -- came from their reserves. The starting five combined to score seven points -- six points from Matija Zuzic and a free throw for Lamine Niag. The starters went a combined 2 of 18 from the floor, while UT Martin as a team shot 22.6 percent (12 of 53) from the field. The Skyhawks made 5 of 7 free-throw attempts and made 18 turnovers. The Volunteers, who got 23 points off the bench, were 8-for-10 and had 11 turnovers. Tennessee improved to 6-0 all-time against UT Martin since 1993. --Field Level Media
In today’s AI-obsessed market, oil stocks are easy to overlook. Not only are they not developing technologies that are pushing the boundaries of the human imagination, they are even seen by many as soon to be replaced by renewables! Fortunately for investors, reports of oil’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Transitioning the world’s power grids to renewables will take decades, while nuclear power plants take many years to build and face political opposition. Put simply, oil isn’t going anywhere. With that in mind, here are three that may be worth a look today. Canadian Natural Resources ( ) is a Canadian integrated energy company that ranks among the largest Canadian companies by market capitalization. The company owns assets in Western Canada, the UK, and elsewhere. It is involved in exploration and production, marketing, and midstream. It also supplies natural gas. Canadian Natural Resources has been performing well in fundamental terms over the last few years. The company compounded its revenue at 11% per year and its earnings at 15.9% per year over five years. Decent results. Despite that fact, the company’s stock is pretty cheap, trading at 13 times earnings and 6.5 times cash flow – lower multiples than the as a whole. Provided that oil prices hold up over the next few years, CNQ stock should do well. Suncor Energy ( ) is a Canadian integrated energy company that extracts/sells crude oil, supplies natural gas, and operates gas stations. It’s fairly similar to Canadian Natural Resources except that it has a gas station business, which CNQ doesn’t. This is an important advantage. Because it extracts, sells and refines crude, while also supplying gasoline, it captures profit along the entire oil and gas supply chain. Suncor Energy is quite profitable, with a 58% gross profit margin, a 14.8% net income margin, and a 15.5% free cash flow margin. Like CNQ, it has grown its revenue, earnings and cash flows at a respectable pace over the last five years. Finally, the company’s stock is even cheaper than Canadian Natural Resources’, trading at just 10.3 times earnings, 1.4 times book, and 4.5 times cash flow. Overall, this stock has much to recommend it. Enbridge ( ) is a that supplies an outsized percentage of the crude oil consumed in North America. Unlike the other two companies mentioned in this article, ENB doesn’t sell oil directly; for this reason, its revenues and earnings are not nearly as volatile as those of Suncor and CNQ. Although midstream is technically part of the energy industry, it’s really a completely different business model. Enbridge leases use of its pipelines to customers on a long-term basis, typically 10 or 15 years. These long-term contracts help ensure that ENB’s revenue keeps coming in even when the market for oil is weak. That’s not to say that the company’s earnings are independent of oil prices: sometimes Enbridge’s contracts have clauses that stipulate that fees are higher if oil prices are higher. However, most of the time, the company’s revenue is pretty stable, growing steadily over the years. Enbridge stock is well known for its high dividend yield, which is 6.1% at today’s prices. The company has had some legal and regulatory issues in the past, but has the support of the Canadian government and the incoming Trump administration as well. It looks like it’s smooth sailing for Enbridge for now.
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Lucknow, Dec 26 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Thursday said that the law and order situation has improved in the state but there was still time before it could be termed as "100 per cent safe for women". She said that she hoped a day would come when women would debate in the Parliament while their husbands would wait for them at home after preparing a meal. "We must check within our families if we are ready to give rights to women. In Panchayats, despite women becoming gram pradhans, the decisions are still being made by the men in their families," the governor said. "During functions, I always ensure that women pradhans sit on their designated seats. There are many women pradhans who are aware and are taking decisions independently,” the Governor said during an interaction with reporters at the Lucknow Raj Bhavan on Thursday. The Governor’s remarks came in response to a query if the society and political parties were willing to change their approach towards women especially after the women reservation bill was passed. "The fact is that before the BJP government came to power in UP, it was difficult for women to venture out after 5 pm. This situation was in stark contrast to Gujarat where women move freely even at midnight. Now the situation in UP has much improved on the law and order front too. But if you ask if the state is 100% safe, then I will say that there is still some work to do," she said. The governor refused to comment on a query seeking her take on growing ‘temple-mosque’ disputes in the state. During the interaction, she defended her speech at a convocation event in Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University in Lucknow when she credited Vedic-era sage Bharadwaj and not Wright Brothers for having conceptualized the idea of an aircraft. She said, "Yes, that’s true. Our scriptures do tell us about Maharishi Bharadwaj and the fact that sages and scholars of ancient India made remarkable discoveries. We need to study those." She referred to a research paper presented at the 102nd Indian Science Congress in 2015 that claimed that Shivkar Bapuji Talpade had flown a flying machine over Chowpatty in 1895, eight years before the Wright Brothers. The paper, Governor referred to, also claimed that aeroplanes existed in India 7,000 years ago and were capable of travelling between countries and even planets. When asked about the higher education scenario and the issue of meritorious students migrating out of UP to states like Maharashtra and Karnataka, she said, “Things have improved but it would take five years for a complete turnaround. Seven UP universities have now got A++ in NAAC ratings, four have got A+ and one university has got A grade. As many as 16 universities from the state are now ranked higher in National Institute of Ranking Framework 2024." She further added that she continues to share the concerns faced by people with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and they are resolved promptly. (This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)Travis Hunter and Ashton Jeanty give this year's Heisman Trophy ceremony a different vibe
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World News | South Korean President Yoon's Impeachment Fails as His Ruling Party Boycotts VoteAs countless Australians and overseas travellers prepare for their road trips ahead of the Christmas break, authorities are cautioning drivers on the in the bush. The message comes as shocking footage was shared this week of a along a barren outback highway, showing a badly smashed-up Toyota 4WD flipped on its side with belongings strewn across the side of the road. In the , travel blogger Grant Barnes said the scene served as a timely reminder of how quickly "the tiredness can get you". "This is exactly what you have to watch out for," Barnes said online. "You can see how much money they put into this build," noting the ill-fated driver had the same energy convertor for camping trips. "Sad," he added. "Someone's life here just strewn across the road." The footage was uploaded to social media on Tuesday and appears to be a remote road in Western Australia. Barnes said the spot was some five hours from the nearest town or petrol station, with the terrain all extremely similar in appearance — adding to the likelihood of experiencing fatigue or so-called highway hypnosis. Speaking to Yahoo News Australia, Dr Ingrid Johnston, the CEO of the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) said holiday travel often means longer journeys, unfamiliar roads, and busier traffic conditions, "which can increase the risk of crashes". "Tragically, the holiday season is associated with a spike in road fatalities and serious injuries. Evidence shows that key factors such as speed, fatigue, alcohol and drug use, distraction, and failure to wear seatbelts remain leading contributors to road trauma in Australia," Johnston told Yahoo. She said distracted driving was a growing problem that compounds the danger of fatigue on our roads. "Evidence suggests that driver distraction has increased in recent years on Australian roads. Distraction is a growing road safety concern, with significant evidence indicating it contributes to a substantial proportion of road crashes." Johnston said research highlights the fact that increased use of mobile phones and in-vehicle technologies is a "major factor driving the rise in driver distraction." According to the , distraction is a contributing factor in approximately 15 per cent of all serious crashes in Australia. "Mobile phone use alone has been shown to increase the likelihood of a crash by up to four times," she said. In addition to mobile devices, advancements in vehicle infotainment systems, navigation tools, and other in-car technologies can also divide attention. "While these features are designed to improve convenience, they often result in increased cognitive load, visual inattention, and manual distractions, particularly when poorly integrated or used improperly," she said. 🚗 💥 🛣️ Associate Professor Paul Roberts, deputy director at the Western Australian Centre for Road Safety Research echoed much of Johnston's sentiment. He in particular warned over monotonous regional roads and said sometimes it helps to engage in safe "cognitive tasks" to help in remaining alert. "Such roads can precipitate passive fatigue and lead to crashes," he told Yahoo. "I always advise [long-distance driving] should include engagement in a cognitive task that is not too demanding to promote optimal alertness. Trivia games are perfect and I pioneered an on-road version that is used in Queensland." Schedule breaks at least every two hours to rest, stretch, and refresh. Be mindful of times when the body is naturally more tired, such as late at night or early in the morning, aligning travel plans with natural sleep cycles. Ensure at least 7-8 hours of quality sleep before a trip to avoid starting the journey fatigued. If possible, share the driving with others to maintain alertness and reduce the strain on one person. These include yawning, difficulty concentrating, wandering thoughts, and drifting in the lane. Drivers should pull over immediately to rest if they notice these signs. Avoid relying on caffeine, music, or air-conditioning as substitutes for proper rest. These may temporarily delay fatigue but will not prevent it.BEREA, Ohio — It’s been a rough year for the 3-10 Cleveland Browns, who started the year with legit Super Bowl aspirations and now sit in the basement of the AFC North, eliminated from playoff contention. But the good news for them this season? Star edge rusher and reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett has made a case to repeat the award, and continues to want to spend the rest of his career in Cleveland despite the struggles. More Cleveland Browns coverage What it would mean to Myles Garrett to get his 100th career sack against Patrick Mahomes Browns kicking situation remains in flux ahead of Chiefs game Browns unsure if they will have David Njoku on Sunday: Berea Report (Video) Week 15 NFL Preview: Find everything you need to know with our Week 15 NFL preview. He also continues to have faith in both GM Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski, echoing comments made by owner Jimmy Haslam to ESPN earlier this week. “You got those guys right there leading the charge organizationally, so them being here, I think the right pieces are in place, that’ll always give me confidence,” Garrett said on Friday. “So long as that’s looking how it is, I want to be here and I’ll be happy to play with Cleveland. So we all got to be headed in the right direction, we’ve all got to be on the same page, and until then, I’ll be here happily playing for the team that drafted me.” Garrett has 11 sacks this season, tied for second in the league with Denver’s Nik Bonitto, and just behind Cincinnati’s Trey Hendrickson (12.5). He’s also got three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, and 35 total tackles. Against the Eagles, he also blocked a field goal attempt. Stories by Ashley Bastock Browns kicking situation remains in flux ahead of Chiefs game Browns unsure if they will have David Njoku on Sunday: Berea Report (Video) Will the Browns really choose stability? Browns vs. Chiefs preview and picks (Podcast) He’s at 99.5 sacks for his career, and has a chance to hit 100 going up against the Chiefs and one of the game’s best in Patrick Mahomes on Sunday . But while Garrett has continued to dominate, the Browns have floundered in just about every other capacity on their way to disappointing 3-10. “As far as team-wise, no, I don’t think we’ve been on the same pages,“ Garrett said. ”So that’s probably been a majority of the dysfunction that we’ve seen on the field. Organizationally, I mean, the goals have aligned all season. Just the play and execution has not." While leaving the NFL annual meeting in Las Colinas, Texas, Haslam said that Cleveland has the right pieces in place in Berry and Stefanski. “I do. We do. We’re very supportive,” he told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Haslam signed both men to multi-year contract extensions during training camp. But he also admitted that he’s been baffled by the Browns' poor record in 2024. “We went from 11-6 and making the playoffs to 3-10, so it’s a little perplexing what happened,” Haslam continued. Garrett admitted on Friday that the fact the Browns aren’t contenders this year is “frustrating.” But he also added that while it may be perplexing on the surface, it’s understandable how last year’s 11-6 team has gotten here. “But it was something that we acknowledged at the beginning of the season,” Garrett said, “it wasn’t going to be like last season, especially defensively, guys have seen what we’re good at, they’ve had a whole year to study and really break down what we do best, so we have to take it up another level, and we didn’t. “So I don’t think it’s as perplexing as we make it, it’s just when you look at it outside in and you just see the result, it’s hard to understand how we got here. But when you break down all the film, you look at how often we beat ourselves, put ourselves in bad position, that’s what bad teams do.” As the Browns continued to slide this season, Garrett had been most vocal about players finding their “whys” when it came to finding something to still play for amidst all the losing. On a personal level, he’s lived up to his message. Ahead of their win over Pittsburgh, Garrett remembered T.J. Watt disrespecting his defensive player of the year win back in February, and worked himself up into enough of a lather to come away with three sacks in that game. He’s also talked about wanting to wreck the dreams of their opponents the rest of the way. Over these final four games of the year, one of his missions is going to be making sure his teammates all find their own “whys” with the playoffs now out of reach. “Just try to break it down to ‘em as much and as often as possible,“ Garrett said. ”This is your resume. Everyone’s gonna be looking at this, from your family to this team to everyone across the NFL. There’s no guarantee that you’ll be here for your entire career, but teams will look at this film and they’ll use this to define you for the rest of your time in the league. “So never take a snap for granted, never take a second for granted. So go out there, train as hard as you can and make those big plays. You want to be memorable to the guys that you play with, your peers, and also the coaches and the organizations who are willing to take a chance on you.” As for these coaches and this organization, it’s lucky for everyone they remain in Garrett’s good graces. Football Insider newsletter free trial: Take a minute and sign up for a free trial of our Football Insider newsletter, featuring exclusive content from cleveland.com's Browns reporters.The forced withdrawal of Matt Gaetz’s nomination to be attorney general was not a one-off. Trump’s treatment of the government as unreality TV has activated the constitutional instincts of Republican senators who were prepared to roll over for a less in-your-face version of Trump. But those instincts, once activated, are likely to stick. My reporting suggests that there are at least a dozen Republican senators who will refuse to go along with Trump’s request for recess appointments. That means full hearings for nominees, displaying sordid details, with the likelihood that the Senate will reject several, most notably Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, RFK Jr. as HHS secretary, Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, and possibly others such as Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid. Trump may well take a head count as he did with Gaetz, and there could be other withdrawals (“I’m becoming a distraction”) prior to hearings. Another significant indicator: Though it hasn’t gotten much attention, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the incoming majority leader, has said he opposes repeal of the filibuster. If Thune wanted to have the Senate be a rubber stamp for Trump, he would have his caucus kill the filibuster. That way, Trump could accomplish much of his agenda just by repealing statutes, from the Civil Service Act of 1883 to the Wagner Act, to any number of environmental and consumer laws. But with the filibuster intact, it takes 60 votes to pass ordinary laws; and Democrats, with 47 votes in their caucus, can block. Thune has handed Democrats a stunning weapon. Why would Thune oppose filibuster repeal (a rule change that takes only a simple majority)? The explanation is one part institutional. It’s a long-standing Senate tradition, and Thune knows that another day Republicans will be in the minority. But it’s one big part resistance to the idea that the Republican caucus should just do whatever Trump wants. Trump and his henchmen have threatened to primary senators who don’t bend to his will—he once urged Gov. Kristi Noem to primary Thune, whom he disparaged as a RINO. But this is also backfiring. Trump is a lame duck. He will be gone by 2028, and Republicans will have plenty of problems in 2026 without the added complication of divisive primaries. And there’s a lot more. In the campaign, Trump could paper over schisms in the Republican coalition. But they turn out to be massive once Trump attempts to govern. Exhibit A is trade. The nomination for Treasury secretary has stalled because Wall Street has applied massive pressure to have Trump name a globalist—who would oppose Trump’s entire view of economic nationalism, including tariffs. There has been a fierce campaign to keep Trump trade adviser Robert Lighthizer out of government entirely. (Trump should repurpose the National Economic Council as the National Economic and Trade Council and name Lighthizer to head it.) Exhibit B is the budget. If Trump insists on all of his tax cuts and doesn’t have massive new revenue from tariffs (which would be a disastrous policy in its own right), there are not enough politically palatable programs to cut, the boasts of Musk and Ramaswamy notwithstanding, to make up the revenue gap. That means a bigger deficit, which in turn will cause the Fed to raise interest rates and set off the crash of a badly overvalued stock market. Warren Buffett, who is pretty good at investing, , in anticipation of a huge market “correction.” On the spending side, Trump’s people say he won’t cut Social Security and Medicare, but will slash Medicaid, which provides health coverage for about 19 percent of Americans, mostly low-income. But think again. A lot of those people are constituents of Trump’s allies. Louisiana, home of House Speaker Mike Johnson, was the rare Southern state to opt for Medicaid expansion, with fully 44 percent on Medicaid. They are not all Democrats. Republicans have also talked about subjecting Medicaid recipients to work requirements. But the vast majority of poor people are working, some in two jobs, juggling work and family. Nearly a third of all Medicaid spending goes to people in nursing homes. Imagine work requirements for a 90-year-old in a walker, let alone in a memory care unit. And with cuts in the Medicaid budget for care workers, who designs and supervises work requirements? Trump also wants to use budget cuts to punish higher education, especially elite universities as nests of liberals. Slashing National Science Foundation research grants would be one easy way to do it. Yet nearly every economist agrees that much of America’s competitive advantage is rooted in great research universities. And Republican entrepreneurs depend on them. And mass deportations may be popular in some circles, until the cost of food and a variety of services like home care go up because a lot of the low-wage workforce has been exiled. It’s another Trump policy that splits nativist constituents from corporate ones. None of this means that Trump won’t inflict substantial damage. But it does mean that some parts of his program will meet massive resistance from powerful parts of his coalition, and that other aspects of his program that do get enacted will be fat targets for Democrats. In the 2026 midterm election, Trump will not be on the ballot. Republicans, with wall-to-wall control of government, will be the resented incumbent party, and the entire mess will be theirs.