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Putin approves new restrictions on media coverage ahead of presidential elections

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:48 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved changes to the law that governs presidential elections putting new restrictions on media coverage, local news agencies reported on Tuesday.The changes come ahead of the election to be held in March in which Putin, who has ruled Russia for the last 24 years, is expected to seek a new six-year term.Putin, 71, has not declared whether he will run, saying he will announce that only after the parliament formally sets the election date.Under the amendments that he approved, only journalists contractually employed by registered media outlets will be allowed to cover election commission meetings, potentially barring freelancers and independent journalists. The changes also include barring any coverage of the commission’s actions on military bases or in areas under martial law without prior permission of regional and military authorities. In addition, the changes prohibit campaign activity on “blocked resources.” Under an inte...

Guyana tells UN court that Venezuelan referendum on territorial dispute is an ‘existential threat’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:48 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Guyana on Tuesday urged judges at the United Nations’ highest court to call for a halt to parts of a Venezuelan referendum about a territorial dispute that Guyana representatives called an “existential threat” designed to pave the way for the annexation of a large part of the country.Two days of hearings that opened at the International Court of Justice are the latest legal tussle between the South American neighbors in a dispute that dates back to an arbitration award by an international tribunal in 1899 that drew the border between them.The Tunisia-sized swath of jungle west of the Essequibo River in the dispute is rich in gold, diamonds, timber and other natural resources.Guyana launched a case at the world court in 2018 seeking to have U.N. judges uphold the 1899 ruling. It returned to the court last month after Venezuelan authorities published five questions the country plans to ask in a consultative referendum scheduled for Dec. 3 abou...

In fight to curb climate change, a grim report shows world is struggling to get on track

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:48 GMT

The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming in 41 of 42 important measurements and is even heading in the wrong direction in six crucial ways, a new international report calculates.The only bright spot is that global sales of electric passenger vehicles are now on track to match what’s needed — along with many other changes — to limit future warming to just another couple tenths of a degree, according to the State of Climate Action report released Tuesday by the World Resources Institute, Climate Action Tracker, the Bezos Earth Fund and others.On the flip side, public money spent to create more fossil fuel use is going in the wrong direction and faster than it has in the past, said study co-author Kelly Levin, science and data director at the Bezos Earth Fund.“This is not the time for tinkering around the edges, but it’s instead the time for radical decarbonization of all sectors of the economy,” Levin said.“We are woefully off track and we are seeing the impact of ...

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, US climate assessment shows

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:48 GMT

Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States,” a massive new government report says. The National Climate Assessment, which comes out every four to five years, was released Tuesday with details that bring climate change’s impacts down to a local level.Overall, it paints a picture of a country warming about 60% faster than the world as a whole, one that regularly gets smacked with costly weather disasters and faces even bigger problems in the future. Since 1970, the Lower 48 states have warmed by 2.5 degrees (1.4 degrees Celsius) and Alaska has heated up by 4.2 degrees (2.3 degrees Celsius), compared to the global average of 1.7 degrees (0.9 degrees Celsius), the report said. But what people really feel is not the averages, but when weather is extreme.With heat waves, drought, wildfire and heavy downpours, “we are seeing an acceleration of the impacts of climate...

UAlbany women rout Gryphons in 100-point blowout

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:48 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Great Danes jumped to an early lead and pushed ahead to claim a 91-point win over the Gryphons, Monday night. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! COACH COLLEEN MULLEN: “Tonight we were focused on playing UAlbany basketball. We wanted to execute on the offensive and defensive end in order to grow as a team. I am proud of the way our young group contributed tonight. We are looking forward to building off of this moving forward.”KEY STATSJunior Lilly Phillips led the scoring for the Great Danes with a career-high 18 points.Phillips and sophomore Gabriela Falcão led with eight field goals each. Phillips held the slight lead with nine attempts (.889) while Falcão was close behind with 10 attempts (.800).In an overall effort, graduate student Fatima Lee finished with 16 points, six assists, and four rebounds after going 4-7 from outside the arc.Junior Abby Ray finished with a career-best and team-high ei...

Play of the Week Winner - Columbia's Anna Shepard

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:48 GMT

EAST GREENBUSH, NY (NEWS10) -- Congratulations to this week’s winner of our Play of the Week poll, Columbia's Anna Shepard! Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Shepard connected on the game-winning goal in overtime from way downtown to win the Blue Devils the Section 2 Class AA championship. Vote here for this week’s Play of the Week poll!

Saint Rose earns No. 1 seed in NCAA east region bracket

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:48 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (NEWS10) - The College of Saint Rose women's soccer team was awarded a top seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament this evening. It is the 18th time in 21 competitive years that the Golden Knights are included in the women's championship bracket, which is comprised of 56 teams this fall. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! In total, there are eight regions that consist of six, seven, or eight teams, with two institutions from each region hosting first and second-round contests.Saint Rose (19-0-1) will serve as a host in the East Region, which brings the opening two rounds to Albany, N.Y. this Friday and Sunday, November 17 and 19. As the number one seed and earner of a first-round bye, the Golden Knights will face the winner of Friday's 1:00 pm matchup between fourth seed Roberts Wesleyan (10-2-3) and fifth seed and Northeast-10 Conference rival Southern New Hampshire (9-4-5). Sunday's second round is ...

Two-fifths of EU’s young adults have tertiary education

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:48 GMT

In 2022, more than two-fifths (42.0%) of the EU population aged 25–34 had a tertiary level of educational attainment (some people within this age group might still be studying).Of the 240 NUTS 2 regions for which data are available (no data for Mayotte in France or Åland in Finland), there were 72 regions (equivalent to 30% of all EU regions) where this share had already reached or surpassed the EU’s policy target for this area: 45.0%. The regions that already reached this target are shaded in green-blue on the map.At the top end of the distribution, there was the Lithuanian capital region with 73.6%, followed by the other 11 regions where at least 60.0% of young people had a tertiary level of educational attainment. These included the capital regions of France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, Luxembourg and Denmark. Many of these regions attract highly qualified people, probably due to the varied educational, employment and social/lifestyle opportunities that the...

Word Game: Nov. 14, 2023

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:48 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — ACTUATES (ACTUATES: AK-choo-ates: Puts into motion.)Average mark 21 wordsTime limit 35 minutesCan you find 27 or more words in ACTUATES? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — MISLED meld mild mile idem ides idle isle semi side sidle sled slid slide slim slime smile lied lime deism deli diel dimeTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Bridge: Nov. 14, 2023

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:02:48 GMT

In a magazine cartoon, a senior citizen has been pulled over for speeding — and isn’t happy.“How could I have been going 70 miles per hour,” she demands of the State Trooper, “when I left home only 10 minutes ago?”Hopeless contracts often succeed because, more than any other reason, a defender proceeds without thinking. Against today’s four hearts, West led his singleton spade. Knowing the lead was a singleton, East took the ace and returned a spade.West ruffed and led a club, but declarer won and led a trump, and East’s ace won the defenders’ last trick. Making four.DIAMOND TRICKEast’s defense was hasty — and fatal. East can see three tricks, but unless West has the ace of clubs or a diamond trick, the fourth trick must be a diamond ruff.At Trick Two, East must lead the jack of diamonds. Since he has the ace of trumps, West’s spade ruff can wait. When declarer leads a trump, East wins, gives West a spade ruff a...