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Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero Review [Capsule Computers] Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero Review [Capsule Computers] Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes: “When it comes to Nippon Ichi Software the first game series that many will think of is Disgaea, and rightly so since not only is that their first major game to make a mark in the West, but it is also one that they have tapped into consistently throughout the years, be it sequels, spin-offs, enhanced editions, and more. This has left quite a few of their other RPGs lost to the past or rarely touched to the point that not too long ago the company brought some of these RPGs out again through classics collections. One such game that was included in those collections happened to be Phantom Brave, an oft revisited title by Nippon Ichi that saw various enhancements through the years but never was given a chance at a sequel. Until now that is. Arriving over twenty years after the first game, Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero gives fans a chance to see how Marona and Ash’s story will continue, but will it be for the best?” Source link #Phantom #Brave #Lost #Hero #Review #Capsule #Computers Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Apple Secures Ultra-Thin Glass Supplier for Its Upcoming Foldable Device: Report Apple Secures Ultra-Thin Glass Supplier for Its Upcoming Foldable Device: Report Apple’s foldable dreams will soon be turning to reality as the company is now on the hunt for component suppliers to build its first foldable. While it still isn’t clear as to what form this foldable device will take, there’s now a report that sheds light on the ultra-thin glass (UTG) supplier who has reportedly bagged a large chunk of orders for glass that will be used for its upcoming foldable. However, the display underneath the glass is still expected to be supplied by Samsung Display. A report by DigiTimes (via MacRumours) has revealed that Apple has locked down on one of many suppliers essential for building its first foldable device. The report claims that Apple has secured a deal with ******** manufacturer Lens Technology, who will become the main supplier of ultra-thin glass, a very important component in any foldable device. Lens Technology is said to have bagged approximately 70 percent of Apple’s UTG orders, while US-based Corning will provide the necessary raw materials. What remains unclear is whether this order comprises multiple devices (size, shape, form) or just one device. The ******** company reportedly proved to Apple that it can mass produce UTG to its specifications. This particular supplier, according to the source, is good at glass etching and strengthening. The supplier will reportedly be expanding its UTG production line to accommodate Apple’s orders towards the end of this year to prepare itself for Apple’s requirements. Apple’s specific requirements include a UTG glass that is thin only in the central area. This would be down to flexibility issues, as this area often falls near or above a hinge on a foldable device, helping improve its durability when flexed open or closed. The report also indicates that South Korean component manufacturers like Dowoo Insys and UTI have also been lined up as secondary suppliers. It still isn’t clear whether Apple’s first foldable device will be a foldable iPad or a foldable iPhone. Samsung is said to be Apple’s display (not the UTG glass) supplier for its foldable iPhone, which is currently speculated to launch around the end of 2026. A recent report shed light on some details about this upcoming clamshell iPhone. An X user shared that there are no plans for a smaller clamshell-sized device. Instead, Apple is focused on a book-style foldable that will fold out into a large tablet. This foldable is said to measure 9.2mm thick when folded and 4.6mm when unfolded, with an internal display that measures nearly 12 inches. Source link #Apple #Secures #UltraThin #Glass #Supplier #Upcoming #Foldable #Device #Report Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Russian drone damages Chernobyl nuke shelter: Zelenskiy Russian drone damages Chernobyl nuke shelter: Zelenskiy A Russian drone attack caused significant damage to the radiation shelter of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says. Chernobyl was the site of the world’s worst civil nuclear catastrophe when one of its four reactors exploded in 1986. That reactor is now enveloped by a protective shelter, known as a sarcophagus, to contain the lingering radiation. The Russian drone struck the shelter of the destroyed power unit at the plant, causing a fire that has since been extinguished, he said. “As of now, radiation levels have not increased and are being constantly monitored,” Zelenskiy said, adding that an initial assessment had found significant damage. “The only country in the world that attacks such sites, occupies nuclear power plants, and wages war without any regard for the consequences is today’s Russia,” he said. The International Atomic Energy Agency said the strike occurred early Friday local time. It said there was “no indication of a breach in the … inner containment” shell. Built in 2016, the shell is designed to limit the release of radioactivity left in the reactor to the atmosphere. The three-year Russia-Ukraine war has brought repeated warnings of dangers to Ukraine’s four nuclear plants, especially at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which is Europe’s biggest and one of the 10 largest in the world. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said on X the strike at the CNPP and the recent increase in military activity near the Zaporizhzhia plant “underline persistent nuclear safety risks”, adding that the IAEA remains “on high alert”. The IAEA said its personnel at the site responded within minutes of the strike, adding there were no casualties. “Radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable,” the agency said on X. Source link #Russian #drone #damages #Chernobyl #nuke #shelter #Zelenskiy Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Jim Guy Tucker, Ex-Arkansas Governor Caught Up in Whitewater, Dies at 81 Jim Guy Tucker, Ex-Arkansas Governor Caught Up in Whitewater, Dies at 81 Jim Guy Tucker, a former governor of Arkansas who was caught up in the long-running investigation that unsuccessfully targeted his predecessor as governor, Bill Clinton, died on Thursday in Little Rock, Ark. He was 81. His death, at a hospital, was caused by complications of ulcerative colitis, said his daughter Anna Ashton. The Whitewater investigation, which looked into purportedly fraudulent land deals in northwest Arkansas, was led by a Republican special prosecutor and consumed much of the Clinton presidency. But it wound up netting only secondary players on minor charges. Mr. Tucker was one of them. He had been among the most promising figures in Arkansas politics and a rival to Mr. Clinton in Arkansas’s Democratic Party. But he was forced to resign as governor in July 1996, after serving less than two years of his term. Two months earlier, he had been convicted in a federal court in Little Rock. He had been prosecuted by independent counsel, a team led by Kenneth W. Starr, for receiving a fraudulent loan from a small business development company, Capital Management Services, in the mid-1980s. In August 1996, Judge George Howard Jr. of Federal District Court in Little Rock sentenced him to four years’ probation — Mr. Tucker avoided jail because of testimony about a serious health condition — and ordered him to pay $294,000 in restitution to the Small Business Administration. By then Mr. Tucker had already quit the governor’s mansion; he would never hold office again. But his conviction — like Whitewater itself, which the journalist and commentator Lars-Erik Nelson called “a travesty of a scandal investigation, a cargo-cult version of Watergate,” in The New York Review of Books in 1998 — was later questioned. The loan — for $150,000, according to the historian Jeannie M. Whayne of the University of Arkansas — should never have gone to Mr. Tucker’s water and sewer services company. Other sources say nearly $3 million was lent to Mr. Tucker and his co-defendants, James B. and Susan McDougal, who were also convicted in May 1996. Capital Management Services “was supposed to make loans to companies where at least half the owners were ‘disadvantaged’ in some way,” the veteran Arkansas journalist Ernie Dumas, described as the dean of the Arkansas political press corps by the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, wrote in an unpublished manuscript. But David Hale, the banker who ran Capital Management Services and was the key witness for Mr. Starr’s prosecution team, “never told any of his borrowers that, and few, if any, of them would have qualified,” Mr. Dumas wrote. “Tucker and the McDougals learned of the special designation, for disadvantaged people, at the trial.” The Arkansas governor’s conviction nonetheless represented a kind of high-water mark for Mr. Starr’s pursuit of Mr. Clinton. Mr. Tucker was the highest-ranking official convicted during the investigation, and his conviction was thought to be a promising sign for Mr. Starr’s efforts. It turned out not to be. Before his conviction, Mr. Tucker had pursued the kind of moderate-conservative agenda that Southern Democrats of that era were obliged to follow, as the last of them made it to the governor’s office. Thirty years later, these states are almost exclusively in the hands of Republicans. He cut spending in some state agencies, like the Arkansas parks and tourism department, and gave the savings to public schools. In 1994, he pushed through bills targeting juvenile criminal offenders, a particular concern of the state’s conservative electorate. He was unable, though, to persuade voters to approve a $3.5 billion highway bond construction proposal. Earlier in his political career, Mr. Tucker had served two two-year terms as Arkansas attorney general, from 1973 to 1977. In 1976, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to succeed the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Wilbur D. Mills, who had been forced to retire in a scandal involving the stripper Fanne Fox. He served one term in Congress and became close to President Jimmy Carter. James Guy Tucker Jr. was born on June 13, 1943, in Oklahoma City, one of three children of James Guy Tucker Sr., who ran the local Social Security office, and ******* Maude (White) Tucker. The family moved back to Arkansas, where his father had been state auditor, when he was a child, and he attended public high schools in Little Rock. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in government in 1964 and enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was soon discharged for health reasons, but he went to Vietnam anyway — to work as a freelance correspondent, mostly for the Arkansas press. He received a law degree from the University of Arkansas in 1968 and became an associate with the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, later itself caught up in the Whitewater investigation as the employer of Hillary Clinton. As Mr. Tucker rose in Arkansas politics — he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1978, after his stint in the House, and for the governorship in 1982 — Mr. Clinton began to regard him as “his main competition as the rising star of state Democratic politics,” David Maraniss wrote in his 1995 biography of Mr. Clinton, “First in His Class.” During his time out of office, Mr. Tucker practiced law and developed a successful cable television business, expanding it from Arkansas to other parts of the United States. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1990. When Mr. Clinton, as governor, began his presidential campaign the next year, he was forced to cede power, reluctantly, to his old rival. After Mr. Clinton was elected in 1992 and resigned as governor, Mr. Tucker succeeded him. He was elected to a full term in 1994, only to resign two years later. At the end of 1996 he received a liver transplant, which he credited with saving his life. Two years later, Mr. Starr was after him again, and Mr. Tucker pleaded guilty to tax fraud “to avoid going to prison,” Mr. Dumas wrote. “The Justice Department and the I.R.S. eventually acknowledged that Starr had charged Tucker with violating a section of the federal bankruptcy code that did not even exist at the time of a cable-television transaction in the 1980s,” Mr. Dumas added. “The government eventually concluded that it might owe Tucker money but could not discern how much. It sent him and his wife a check for $1.44, which he framed and put on his wall.” In addition to his daughter Anna, Mr. Tucker is survived by his wife, Betty Allen (Alworth) Tucker; another daughter, Sarah Allen Tucker; a stepson, Lance Alworth Jr.; a stepdaughter, Kelly Driscoll; a sister, Carol Tucker Foreman; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Mr. Tucker once recalled, in an interview, the pressure Mr. Starr’s prosecutors had brought on him in an effort to reach Mr. Clinton: “What they wanted me to do was to remember a conversation that I heard between Bill Clinton and David Hale, which I simply never heard. There was no such thing. But they were trying to assure that they could get Bill Clinton. That’s what those prosecutions were about, and I was not helpful to them, because he did not do anything that they wanted me to testify to.” Steve Barnes contributed reporting from Little Rock. Source link #Jim #Guy #Tucker #ExArkansas #Governor #Caught #Whitewater #Dies Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Analysis-Latest US sanctions on Russia throw global oil trade into disarray Analysis-Latest US sanctions on Russia throw global oil trade into disarray By Florence Tan and Nidhi Verma SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Tightened U.S. sanctions on Moscow have disrupted a roaring trade in discounted Russian oil to China and India, reviving demand for Middle Eastern and African crudes, roiling shipping markets and driving up oil prices. Washington’s January 10 sanctions targeted tankers carrying Russian oil in a push to more effectively limit Moscow’s oil revenue, the aim of western sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine three years ago. The new rules have left millions of barrels floating on ships and sent traders hunting for alternatives, while dealings in Russian crude, the biggest source for top global importers China and India, have slowed for March. The scramble has upended market dynamics. For a few weeks, high-sulphur benchmark Dubai became more expensive than low-sulphur Brent, which is easier to process. That opened opportunities for producers from Brazil to Kazakhstan to gain share in China and India. Premiums for Brazilian crude surged last month to about $5 a barrel against dated Brent on cost and freight basis to China, up from about $2 in the previous month, traders said. That premium is now just below $5 a barrel for May arrival cargoes. In March, China is set to import its first cargo since June 2024 of Kazakhstan’s CPC Blend, Kpler data showed. In the week after the new sanctions, TotalEnergies’ trading arm TOTSA received so many enquiries that it held tenders instead of private negotiations to sell its Middle Eastern crude cargoes, which eventually went to China’s CNOOC and Rongsheng Petrochemical, a Singapore-based trader said. TotalEnergies did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reflecting the rush for Middle Eastern crudes, premiums for benchmarks Oman, Dubai and Murban more than doubled in January from December and remain above $3 a barrel to Dubai, despite lower demand from refineries in seasonal maintenance. In addition, top exporter Saudi Aramco hiked prices for Asia-bound crude to the highest since December 2023, raising costs for refiners. A seller of Angolan crude said there was an increase in demand from Asian buyers looking to cover. “Unipec is taking a lot West African crude cargoes, especially Angolan barrels – good buying interest after the Lunar New Year,” a ******** trader said. Unipec is the trading arm of Asia’s largest refiner Sinopec. Sinopec did not immediately respond to a request for comment. With sanctioned ships stuck on the water, many traders have rushed to switch to other vessels which now cost multiple times more, adding millions of dollars to the expense of each shipment. Story Continues INDIA SCRAMBLES The rising costs are particularly tough for refiners in India. The country late last year cemented its shift from long-standing Middle Eastern sources to buy more oil from Russia, when Reliance Industries struck a 10-year supply deal with Russian state giant Rosneft worth roughly $13 billion annually. This week, India’s oil secretary said the country’s refiners want to buy only Russian oil supplied by companies and ships not sanctioned by the U.S. That has effectively reduced the number of cargoes and vessels available, Indian refining sources said. With a limited supply of sanctions-proof cargoes, discounts for Russian Urals crude to dated Brent have narrowed to $2.50-$2.90 a barrel for March delivery, versus $3-$3.50 before the January sanctions, they said, a major cost increase on a typical one million barrel cargo. Higher Russian crude costs have narrowed the price gap with Middle East crude to about $3 a barrel from $6-$7 for Indian refiners, offering little incentive to risk incurring secondary sanctions, Indian refining sources said. Indian buyers turned down offers from Russian shipping giant Sovcomflot to receive payments in any currencies, including Indian rupees, for Russian oil shipped on sanctioned tankers, the sources said, after its CEO met buyers in India on the sidelines of the India Energy Week conference this week. Sovcomflot declined to comment. The slowdown has meant that Russian oil stored aboard ships has increased by 17 million barrels since January 10, according to a February 5 note from Goldman Sachs, and is expected to rise to 50 million barrels in the first half of 2025. “We’re seeing floating volume pick up. There’s a number of tankers carrying Russian oil hanging out around Shandong and southern ports in China that are normally not big entry points,” said a senior executive at a major global trading house. Shandong province is the hub for independent ******** refiners that have been core buyers of discounted sanctioned oil from Russia as well as Iran and Venezuela. IRAN’S OUTPUT TARGETED The Russian supply disruption comes on top of falling Iranian oil imports by top customer China amid tightening U.S. pressure, with President Donald Trump recently vowing to bring Tehran’s oil exports to zero. Goldman Sachs estimated Iranian floating storage has risen by 14 million barrels since the start of the year to its highest in 14 months. Tighter sanctions enforcement could cut Iran’s output by 1 million barrels per day and push Brent to the high $80s a barrel by May, the analysts said. The squeeze on cheap crude into China, coupled with weak domestic demand, has led several independent refiners to shut for maintenance instead of losing 500 yuan ($68.62) for every ton of non-sanctioned crude processed based on offers at $7-$8 a barrel above ICE Brent delivered to China, a trader said. China’s state refiners, meanwhile, are likely to shun Russian oil as sanctions reduce the number of counterparties and insurers for such transactions, while key ports such as Qingdao and Rizhao have become stricter, said a source with knowledge of the matter. The person estimated Russian export volumes to China would fall by between 700,000 and 800,000 barrels per day from March, after sanctions waivers lapse. That would amount to at least a 70% decline from January, according to Kpler data. WARNED Weeks before the sanctions were announced in a 27-page document, Indian refiners were warned by authorities and made some purchases in advance, industry officials said. The Indian government did not respond to a request for comment on whether refiners were warned in advance. In China, the Shandong Port Group issued a ban three days earlier on sanctioned ships from calling at its ports, although it is not clear whether the move was related. Other signs that markets were anticipating new measures included higher demand for Middle East and African crude from ******** and Indian buyers, and a rush to charter ships that subsequently drove up tanker rates sharply, traders said. Adi Imsirovic, director of consultancy Surrey Clean Energy, and former oil trader at Russia’s Gazprom, said the impact of the sanctions may curb Russian exports by up to 1.5 million barrels per day in the near-term. “The only true prediction that we can make is that the market is just going to get more volatile. With more and more government intervention in the markets, it’s just going to get more volatile,” he said. ($1 = 7.2870 ******** yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Florence Tan in Singapore and Nidhi Verma in New Delhi; additional reporting by Siyi Liu and Chen Aizhu in Singapore, Anna Hirtenstein, Alex Lawler, Ahmad Ghaddar in London; Editing by Tony Munroe and Sonali Paul) Source link #AnalysisLatest #sanctions #Russia #throw #global #oil #trade #disarray Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Judge Extends Halt on Trump Plan to Dismantle U.S.A.I.D. Judge Extends Halt on Trump Plan to Dismantle U.S.A.I.D. A federal judge on Thursday moved to extend by one week a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from carrying out plans that would all but dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development. The order, which Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said he would file later Thursday, continues to stall a directive that would put a quarter of its employees on administrative leave while forcing those posted overseas to return to the United States within 30 days. Judge Nichols said he would rule by the end of next week on whether to grant the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction that would indefinitely block key elements of the high-profile Trump administration effort. The plan was driven in large part by Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur tasked with making cuts to the federal budget, to shutter an agency he and Mr. Trump have vilified. The temporary restraining order applies to about 2,700 direct hires of U.S.A.I.D., including hundreds of Foreign Service officers, who would have been put on administrative leave under the directive, which also warned that contractors’ jobs could be terminated. The lawsuit was filed by two unions representing the affected U.S.A.I.D. employees: the American Foreign Service Association, to which aid workers in global missions belong, and the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents other direct hires. They have argued that President Trump’s executive order freezing foreign aid for 90 days and subsequent directives to dismantle certain U.S.A.I.D. operations and reduce staff were unconstitutional, and have asked the court to overturn them. Democratic lawmakers, U.S.A.I.D. workers, and the aid organizations that depend on U.S. foreign assistance have decried any moves to unilaterally shut down the agency as unlawful, as its role in the federal government was established by law and Congress funded it, like the rest of the government, through March 14. During a hearing on Thursday, Judge Nichols pressed Karla Gilbride, the lawyer for the plaintiffs, on why being placed on administrative leave would cause irreparable harm to the employees. He also asked Ms. Gilbride a series of questions about why the unions and the employees they represent had not first sought relief through established arbitration processes for the federal work force — an argument that the Justice Department had made in its responses to the lawsuit. Ms. Gilbride said that if employees went through an arbitration process, there might not be a U.S.A.I.D. left to employ them by the time their cases were considered. “This court is the only forum that can address these harms on the time scale that this urgent situation demands,” she said, noting that the administrative processes in question were designed to handle the grievances of individual employees, not an entire federal agency on the brink of dissolution. Whether federal employee unions can experience the direct harm necessary to file a lawsuit — a concept known as standing — became an issue in another case against the Trump administration. Unions, including the American Federation of Government Employees, challenged an offer to pay federal workers through September if they agreed to resign. The judge in that case, George A. O’Toole of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, ruled on Wednesday that the unions did not have the standing to sue because they had not been directly affected by the offer. Judge O’Toole also noted that Congress had established administrative processes for raising the type of claims at issue in the case. Eric Hamilton, the Justice Department lawyer, made a similar argument about the U.S.A.I.D. employees on Thursday, pointing to the existence of administrative processes for settling labor disputes involving the federal work force. “We certainly don’t think unions coming to district court is the right form to litigate,” he said. But those administrative processes can take years, and Mr. Trump has also targeted some of them. On Monday, he fired the chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, which hears appeals to firings and other disciplinary actions against federal employees. Ms. Gilbride on Thursday made a series of arguments about the uncertainties and dangers facing workers stranded overseas and in bureaucratic limbo, some of whom submitted testimonials about being in physical danger and struggling to get security guidance because they were unable to access their accounts to receive official communications. These included several officers posted to the Democratic Republic of Congo, who described how they were left to determine whether and how to flee Kinshasa amid protests, as demonstrators approached their houses and, in one case, looted all of one officer’s belongings. Ms. Gilbride said they and the rest of the U.S.A.I.D. Foreign Service officers had been “forced under extreme time pressure” to choose whether to uproot their families and return to the United States, with the understanding that the Trump administration would not extend relocation assistance to those who resisted departing on the U.S. government’s timeline. Mr. Trump’s political appointees and Mr. Musk, labeled a “special government employee” by the White House, are aiming to cut most of the around $70 billion of annual foreign aid money that is allocated through congressional mandates and legislation. About $40 billion of that amount is funneled through U.S.A.I.D., accounting for less than 1 percent of the annual federal budget. Mr. Hamilton defended planned cuts to the agency’s work force as falling within Mr. Trump’s purview. He acknowledged the unique safety risks employees in high-risk locations faced and assured Judge Nichols that the administration was taking steps to protect them. “You can understand, I’m sure, why I would not want to be in the position of having government employees overseas be at risk because they are placed on administrative leave,” Judge Nichols said. “We share the concern about the security of U.S.A.I.D. employees,” Mr. Hamilton said. Pressed by the judge to detail those additional measures, Mr. Hamilton said he did not know what they were. Judge Nichols instructed him to provide the court with details about the safety measures. He also asked Mr. Hamilton to give the court information about what the administrative leave status meant for other nonsalary benefits that come with an overseas employee’s post, such as diplomatic housing and school tuitions. The government has said employees on administrative leave would continue to be paid, but U.S.A.I.D. Foreign Service officers expect that they would lose many of the additional benefits afforded to those who work globally if they are forced to return to the United States. For an officer without a home base in the United States, losing those benefits could force a dip into savings to keep a roof over their head. It is also not clear how long employees put on administrative leave would remain on that status. Lawyers for the Trump administration have said that officials had determined that only 611 of U.S.A.I.D.’s approximately 10,000 workers were too “essential” to be put on administrative leave or terminated, for now. They defended the drastic planned cuts by arguing in court documents that “the president’s powers in the realm of foreign affairs are vast and generally unreviewable.” The lawsuit is one of several seeking to beat back the Trump administration’s efforts to severely restrict foreign aid, which has affected not just U.S.A.I.D.’s work force, but the global network of aid organizations that depend on the U.S. to carry out humanitarian, health and development programs. Another suit pending before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, brought by a group of contractors and nongovernmental organizations who lost funding, asks the court to order the administration to restart disbursements of foreign aid funds and stop the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. 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Saint Yakinthos: Crete’s Valentine Equivalent Saint Yakinthos: Crete’s Valentine Equivalent The Greek island of Crete has its own saint connected to love, namely Saint Yakinthos, comparable to St. Valentine.Credit: Flickr / Marcu Ioachim Public Domain February 14th is the globally celebrated day of Saint Valentine, internationally known as the day of lovers. Millions of stores around the world are lavishly decorated in red and vast quantities of roses, chocolates, and stuffed animals are sold and consumed often at high prices. However, few people know that the Greek island of Crete has its saint associated with love, Saint Yakinthos, also known as St. Hyacinth, the patron saint of pure and noble sentiments, as well as creation and inspiration. Ο Άγιος Υάκινθος καταγόταν από την Καισαρεία της Καππαδοκίας και έζησε στα χρόνια του αυτοκράτορα Τραϊανού (98 – 117 μ.Χ.). Ήταν άνθρωπος με εξαιρετική συμπεριφορά και διετέλεσε κουβικουλάριος του αυτοκράτορα. Διεκπεραίωνε τα καθήκοντα του μέσα στο παλάτι κατά τον καλύτερο τρόπο. pic.twitter.com/5MRKHh9gVb — MANOS AR (@manos_1959) July 2, 2023 The commemoration of his life, however, unlike that of St. Valentine, who was also a martyr, has nothing to do with romantic love or “eros.” His memory concerns his total love for Christ, as evidenced by this young man’s sacrifice of his life for his beliefs. Saint Yakinthos of Anogeia’s feast day is celebrated every year on July 3rd in the mountainous region of Anogeia in Rethymno. The “Yakintheia,” as the martyr’s feast is called, is celebrated every summer and is the core of a series of cultural events which last for three days. The feast has grown in popularity both inside and outside of the country. Local songwriter Loudovikos ton Anogion, one of the coordinators of the annual festival, has said poignantly that “Agios Yakinthos is not the saint of love but the saint of remembered and hoped-for emotion.” Saint Yakinthos was a martyr As part of Cretan tradition, people visit the temple of Saint Yakinthos, a small, round church made of stone which is located on Mount Psiloreitis at a height of 3,937 feet (1,200 meters). The people of Anogeia had this new church built in 1998 to honor their beloved martyr. Constructed in the “mitato” style, it is a simple structure which resembles a typical shepherd’s hut. According to the Orthodox Church, Saint Yakinthos, who was born in Cappadocia in the year 98, was a high-ranking courtier to Emperor Traianos (Trajan). The Emperor Trajan asked Yakinthos to renounce his faith in Christ after he noticed that Yakinthos refused to partake in ceremonial pagan sacrifices. Yakinthos, who flatly refused to do so, was then thrown into a prison located 7 miles (12 kilometers) south of Anogeia in Crete. He was fed food which had been steeped in blood from animals that had been sacrificed to idols. The saint, who thereafter refused to eat for forty days, subsequently starved to death at twenty years of age, becoming a martyr for Christ. The guards then found Yakinthos in his cell surrounded by angels who were holding candles. Emperor Trajan, enraged, then ordered the martyr’s remains to be thrown to the wild animals, but his body remained untouched as the angels continued to guard it. The Assumption Catholic Church in Bavaria, which was the site of a Cistercian Abbey, claims to possess the entire preserved body of Saint Yakinthos. Source link #Saint #Yakinthos #Cretes #Valentine #Equivalent Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Redrafting 2024 NFL Draft: Bo Nix to Giants, Bucky Irving to Cowboys, athletic linebacker to Chiefs – CBS Sports Redrafting 2024 NFL Draft: Bo Nix to Giants, Bucky Irving to Cowboys, athletic linebacker to Chiefs – CBS Sports Redrafting 2024 NFL Draft: Bo Nix to Giants, Bucky Irving to Cowboys, athletic linebacker to Chiefs CBS SportsPro Football Focus grades Cowboys rookies among league’s worst in 2024 Cowboys Wire2024 Cowboys rookies played second-most snaps of last eight rookie classes Blogging The BoysCowboys history of draft picks in this round have been a disaster Inside The StarNFL 2024 re-draft has Cowboys taking running back: Tyler Guyton falls Sports Illustrated Source link #Redrafting #NFL #Draft #Nix #Giants #Bucky #Irving #Cowboys #athletic #linebacker #Chiefs #CBS #Sports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Billionaire Airbnb Co-Founder Is Said to Take Role in Musk’s Government Initiative Billionaire Airbnb Co-Founder Is Said to Take Role in Musk’s Government Initiative One of Elon Musk’s closest friends, a billionaire co-founder of Airbnb, is taking a role in President Trump’s administration to help Mr. Musk carry out his drive to slash the federal bureaucracy, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Joe Gebbia, the Airbnb co-founder, is a board member at Tesla who lives in Austin, where Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, keeps a large compound. He is planning to start shortly in the federal government as part of Mr. Musk’s team, which has been called the Department of Government Efficiency, according to the person with knowledge of the matter. It is not clear what precisely Mr. Gebbia will do or how formal his role will be. Many members of Mr. Musk’s government-overhaul effort float among agencies depending on the day’s tasks. Many of them consider their center of gravity to be the Office of Personnel Management or the General Services Administration. Mr. Musk and his allies have taken over the United States Digital Service, now renamed the “United States DOGE Service.” The agency was established in 2014 to fix the federal government’s online services. Many of his foot soldiers are young software engineers with no government experience who have parachuted into federal agencies seeking to overhaul or even dismantle them. Mr. Gebbia was until recently a Democratic donor, spending over $200,000 each to boost Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in the 2016 and 2020 general elections, and $20,000 to support Mr. Biden’s re-election run in 2023. Mr. Gebbia has said his politics have shifted toward Republicans, in major part because of the advocacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Mr. Gebbia considers a political ally. Mr. Gebbia attended Mr. Kennedy’s confirmation hearing last month, writing on X that morning that it was a “big day ahead for the future of health in America.” Mr. Gebbia did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday evening. Mr. Trump has embraced leaders and donors in the tech industry, and many in Silicon Valley have rallied around him since he won the presidency. In a post on X the day before Mr. Trump’s inauguration, Mr. Gebbia said he had voted for Democrats dating back to Al Gore in 2000 but acknowledged supporting Mr. Trump in November. “I did a bad thing. Something the younger me would hate myself for doing. Something that only a few people (and maybe ByteDance) know: I voted Republican last November,” he wrote, referring to TikTok’s parent. Mr. Gebbia’s net worth approaches $9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, thanks to his shares in Airbnb, which he founded in 2008. One of Mr. Gebbia’s co-founders, Brian Chesky, the C.E.O., has developed a close relationship with former President Barack Obama. But Mr. Gebbia has been considered among the three founders to have the most interest in — and time for — politics. He was originally the company’s chief product officer and has gradually stepped away from company operations to focus on personal pursuits, such as his stake in the N.B.A. team the San Antonio Spurs. He remains on Airbnb’s board. Mr. Gebbia, whose background like Mr. Chesky’s is in industrial design, has become one of Mr. Musk’s closest friends in recent years. Mr. Musk had discussed buying a home from Mr. Gebbia’s new startup, Samara, and Mr. Gebbia’s texts to Mr. Musk have come up in recent Musk-related litigation. Mr. Musk frequently engages with Mr. Gebbia on X. Mr. Gebbia has also posted admiringly on X about Mr. Musk’s new project in Washington, writing shortly after the election that there was a “historic corporate turnaround about to take place: DOGE.” This week, he praised the Musk team’s efforts to claw back $80 million that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had sent to New York City to cover some of the costs of housing migrants. Kate Conger contributed reporting. Source link #Billionaire #Airbnb #CoFounder #Role #Musks #Government #Initiative Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Vance warns US will use sanctions, military action if Putin doesn’t agree to Ukraine peace deal: report Vance warns US will use sanctions, military action if Putin doesn’t agree to Ukraine peace deal: report Vice President JD Vance on Thursday reportedly warned that the U.S. wouldn’t rule out tough sanctions or even potential military action against Russia if President Vladimir Putin didn’t come to the negotiating table on a deal that would guarantee peace for Ukraine. In speaking with The Wall Street Journal, which was the first to report on Vance’s comments, the vice president said sending U.S. troops to Ukraine was “on the table” if Russia failed to negotiate in good faith. Vance said there are “economic tools of leverage [and] there are, of course, military tools of leverage” that the U.S. could use against Putin. “I think there is a deal that is going to come out of this that’s going to shock a lot of people,” Vance told The Journal. ‘No Reason’ For New Nukes: Trump Floats Disarmament Talks With China, Russia U.S. Vice President JD Vance visits Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site in Dachau, Germany February 13, 2025. Vance’s comments came a day before the vice president is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Munich. The discussions will be closely watched by European leaders to gauge where President Trump stands on negotiating an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, which is nearing three years. Read On The Fox News App President Trump had what he described as a “lengthy” phone call with Putin on Wednesday, which included the Russian leader agreeing to “immediately” begin negotiations over the war in Ukraine. Russia Claims Trump, Putin Talk Brought World From ‘Brink Of Apocalypse,’ Eu Warns Of ‘Dirty Tricks’ Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said the two leaders “agreed to work together, very closely.” “We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now. I have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, to lead the negotiations which, I feel strongly, will be successful.” Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are scheduled to lead the U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference where the future of Ukraine will be the top item on the agenda. Trump has been vague about his specific intentions — other than suggesting that a deal will likely result in Ukraine being forced to cede territory that Russia has seized since it annexed Crimea in 2014. Russia Launches Fresh Drone Attack Against Ukraine Shortly After Trump-putin Phone Call “The Ukraine war has to end,” Trump told reporters Thursday. “Young people are being killed at levels that nobody’s seen since World War II. And it’s a ridiculous war.” Both Trump and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dashed Ukraine’s hopes this week of becoming part of NATO, which the alliance said less than a year ago was “irreversible,” or getting back its territory captured by Russia, which currently occupies close to 20%, including Crimea. “I don’t see any way that a country in Russia’s position could allow … them to join NATO,” Trump said Thursday. “I don’t see that happening.” When asked what he thought Russia should give up to reach a deal, he noted that talks have not yet begun and that “maybe Russia will give up a lot, maybe they won’t.” At NATO headquarters, Hegseth reiterated Thursday that “simply pointing out realism like the borders won’t be rolled back to what everybody would like them to be in 2014 is not a concession to Vladimir Putin.” He said it’s a recognition of realities on the ground. He added, though, that neither Russia nor Ukraine will “get everything that they want” and stressed that “any negotiation that’s had will be had with both.” Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for a response to Vance’s comments. Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Original article source: Vance warns US will use sanctions, military action if Putin doesn’t agree to Ukraine peace deal: report Source link #Vance #warns #sanctions #military #action #Putin #doesnt #agree #Ukraine #peace #deal #report Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Ukraine says Russia drone attack hits Chernobyl nuclear plant, radiation levels normal – CNN Ukraine says Russia drone attack hits Chernobyl nuclear plant, radiation levels normal – CNN Ukraine says Russia drone attack hits Chernobyl nuclear plant, radiation levels normal CNNRussian drone attack damages Chornobyl nuclear plant’s shelter, Zelenskiy says ReutersRussian drone struck Chernobyl reactor shell, but radiation levels normal, Zelenskyy says The HillUkraine Says Russia Has Struck Chernobyl With a Drone: Live Updates The New York TimesZelenskyy says Russian drone strikes Chernobyl Al Jazeera English Source link #Ukraine #Russia #drone #attack #hits #Chernobyl #nuclear #plant #radiation #levels #normal #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis continues its Final Fantasy VII Rebirth collaboration with new content Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis continues its Final Fantasy VII Rebirth collaboration with new content Take part in the Loveless chapter featuring Aerith, Yuffie, and Barret The crossover runs until February 26th Crisis Core chapter six is also available A few weeks ago, Square Enix brought back the iconic Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis, adding a tonne of new content to the action-packed RPG. The collaboration, which began on January 29th, introduced a new story chapter as well as several rewards to earn. Now that we’re halfway through the collaboration, Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis is continuing the Loveless chapter with Aerith, Yuffie, and Barret stepping into the spotlight at the Gold Saucer. Meanwhile, Zack and Sephiroth return in Crisis Core Chapter Six, heading into the Nibel Reactor for the latest addition to the ongoing storyline. The Loveless event runs until February 26th, giving you the chance to help Aerith and the team. Along the way, you can collect themed Gear sets, including Aerith’s Loveless Songstress Gear, Yuffie’s Wutai’s Idol Gear, and Barret’s Dragon King Varvados Gear. These outfits, available through Draw Stamps, bring a new style to the battlefield, allowing you to fight with a fresh look. In addition, if you’re following Zack’s story, Crisis Core Chapter Six is now available, continuing his journey alongside Sephiroth as they investigate the Nibel Reactor. This latest chapter expands on the events leading up to the original Final Fantasy VII, giving you a deeper look into Zack’s past and the challenges he faces. Looking for the perfect gear to win battles? Check out our Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis tier list of all weapons! Finally, from now until March 6th, campaign missions tied to this update will reward you with Zack-Specific Weapon Parts and a Zack 5-star weapon Guaranteed Draw Ticket. A special login bonus is also available, offering Weapon Draw Tickets, Blue Crystals, and other in-game resources. Explore these new stories by downloading Final Fantasy Ever Crisis now on your preferred link below. It is free-to-play with in-app purchases. Source link #Final #Fantasy #VII #Crisis #continues #Final #Fantasy #VII #Rebirth #collaboration #content Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Woman arrested for squashing bun in Lawson shop Woman arrested for squashing bun in Lawson shop A woman in Japan has been arrested for allegedly squashing a bun at a convenience store and leaving without buying the packet of bread. Authorities in the southern city of Fukuoka confirmed to the BBC that the 40-year-old had been arrested on Monday for “criminal damage”. The woman, who said she was unemployed, claimed she “only checked the firmness of [the bun] by pressing lightly with my hand”, according to police. The woman had allegedly touched a bag of four ****** sesame and cream cheese buns. While the bag’s wrapper was intact, police said one of the buns was damaged after she pressed it with her right thumb, and the entire bag could not be sold. Police said the owner of the Lawson convenience store had claimed he had seen the woman squashing buns several times in the past. As the woman was leaving the shop on Monday, the owner noticed the bun was damaged and he urged her to pay for the bread, according to police. The bag of buns cost about 180 yen (£0.95; $1.20). She allegedly refused. After following her for 1km (0.6mi), the manager restrained her. The police were called to the scene and they arrested her. In recent years, police have been also cracking down on pranksters who have committed “sushi terrorism” in sushi conveyor belt restaurants, such as licking communal soy sauce bottles and squashing sushi meant for diners. Source link #Woman #arrested #squashing #bun #Lawson #shop Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

STALKER 2 Patch 1.2 Fixes 1,700 Bugs and Overhauls ‘All Aspects of the Game’ STALKER 2 Patch 1.2 Fixes 1,700 Bugs and Overhauls ‘All Aspects of the Game’ GSC has published the 1.2 patch for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, releasing more than 1,700 bug fixes across all platforms. In a post accompanying the release, it was revealed that ‘all aspects of the game’ have been addressed, from AI and UI to weapon balancing and open-world exploration mechanics. It’s one heck of a list, but that has become par for the course for GSC, which has worked tirelessly to optimise STALKER 2 since the game was released in December 2024. Major Update 1.2 One of the major areas addressed by GSC Game World in the 1.2 patch for STALKER 2 is the game’s AI engine and mechanics. This update has swept the ‘A-Life’ ecosystem, with upgrades being applied to the accuracy, stealth, behaviour, and interactions of NPCs throughout The Zone. The team has also provided extended fixes and tweaks to the many mutants that roam this open-world title. Many performance-based changes have been applied in the STALKER 2 1.2 patch, too. GSC has repaired some sequences that were causing FPS drops, and a major memory leak issue has been sorted out. The full list of improvements is nuts – GSC has considered every little detail in this major patch. For instance, the team has looked at everything from visual glitches occurring when NPCs smoke to the visual clarity of PDA models in low-light areas. The granularity is insane. Hundreds of fixes have been applied to the full suite of missions – both major and minor – that players explore as they traverse the story of Heart of Chornobyl. In December, I gave STALKER 2 a glowing review despite there being a few issues that surfaced in some of the missions I uncovered. Patch 1.2 was more about fixes than it was about additions, so don’t expect there to be too many new things to uncover the next time you log into the game. GSC added some extra controller features, and there’s a new ‘night music theme’ that’ll play when you explore Zalissya. Plus, some new notes have been scattered around the open world, but that’s about it. Are you still playing STALKER 2? Let us know on the Insider Gaming forum. For more Insider Gaming coverage, check out the news that Ubisoft has big plans for Rainbow Six SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter to receive the latest news and exclusive leaks every week! No Spam. Source link #STALKER #Patch #Fixes #Bugs #Overhauls #Aspects #Game Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Brown makes statement in bright new Ryles rule at Eels Brown makes statement in bright new Ryles rule at Eels The new era at Parramatta under rookie coach Jason Ryles has started with a bang, with superstar five-eighth Dylan Brown and several new signings in top form in a 44-18 win over Newcastle. Former Warriors playmaker Ronald Volkman, playing his first game for 17 months, was on fire, while the skills of new fullback Isaiah Iongi would have thrilled Ryles in the NRL Pre-Season Challenge clash in Newcastle. The 21-year-old Iongi, recruited from Penrith as a replacement for club legend Clint Gutherson, chimed into the backline with panache to send winger Jake Tago over to score in the first half as the visitors took a 22-4 lead after 40 minutes. All eyes were on Brown and he delivered for the Eels. The New Zealand international, who has a clause in his contract allowing him to test the market for the 2026 season until round 10, has been under scrutiny in the pre-season as his management seeks $1.2 million per season. Ryles said before the match on Fox League that his commitment had been top-shelf at training. Brown started the clash on fire to score in the third minute from a scrum, with his strength and deception to the *****. Later in the half he sent Joash Papalii over with a slick pass. Volkman, playing half, showed he is going to be a wonderful back-up for Mitchell Moses and Brown this year. Two no-look passes from Volkman led to tries, the second an absolute corker Released by the Warriors at the end of 2023, the 22-year-old was controversially meant to join St George Illawarra. The Dragons announced they had signed Volkman, before a medical examination revealed a serious shoulder injury that would rule him out for the season. Volkman was then cut by the Dragons, given his contract had not been formally registered with the NRL, and was unable to secure a deal elsewhere. The Dragons accepted a $40,000 suspended fine, Volkman had successful shoulder surgery and Parramatta signed him. The Knights have switched 2024 outside-back sensation Fletcher Sharpe to five-eighth and he had moments of class and other glitches that showed he is a work in progress. Sharpe, who was involved in much of the side’s most promising attack, has speed to burn and once he settles into the new role will no doubt fine-tune the rough edges. The beauty of the 20-year-old is how he can pop up just about anywhere and use his rugby league smarts to create options. Former Canterbury forward Kitione Kautoga unveiled power and passion in the back row for Parramatta. Source link #Brown #statement #bright #Ryles #rule #Eels Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

China rights monitors suspend work, lay off staff after U.S. aid freeze China rights monitors suspend work, lay off staff after U.S. aid freeze By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – Dozens of non-government groups monitoring dissent, human and labour rights in China have laid off staff after being forced to suspend work following a freeze on foreign aid by U.S. President Donald Trump, the monitors say. The groups are key to documenting a years-long crackdown by President Xi Jinping on minorities, rights defenders and lawyers. Last year, the EU expressed concern about the “very serious” human rights situation in China, particularly its regions of Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong. Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inbox See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. “A lot of these NGOs were blindsided – they thought, because of U.S.-China competition, even if there are funding cuts, the China programmes will stay,” said Maya Wang, associate China director at Human Rights Watch. “The suspension of U.S. funding for these causes will essentially deal a very heavy blow to global civil society.” Among the affected groups is U.S.-based Freedom House, which said its project, China Dissent Monitor, staffed by researchers in Taipei who keep a public database of ******** protests, was forced to suspend all research due to the funding freeze. Freedom House received $80 million in U.S. government grants in 2024, making up 88% of yearly revenue, its financial report shows. Its dissent database, tracking more than 7,000 protests since 2022, has become an important tool for journalists and China researchers as the government moved to rein in protests over the slowing economy and sharply rising youth unemployment. “The relevant reorganisation of U.S. institutions is their internal affair,” the ******** foreign ministry told Reuters in a statement. FUNDING WOES HRW’s Wang estimates the freeze has hit dozens of similar China-focused groups because NGOs and grassroots groups work on projects funded by the same grant. Numerous ******** laws effectively bar domestic NGOs from receiving foreign funding, and heavily limit the operations of foreign NGOs in China. Official data shows the United States pledged $10.7 million in foreign aid for China issues in 2024, mostly through USAID. Almost half of that figure, or $5.2 million, went to projects related to democracy, human rights and governance. Many China human rights and democracy groups became heavily dependent on U.S. funding over the years because private foundations and corporate donors avoided these causes, while other governments prefer to back purely humanitarian projects, said Wang. There is no public breakdown of how much USAID funding went to specific organisations or projects. Many China rights NGOs choose not to disclose exact funding sources to avoid Beijing’s accusations of being overly influenced by foreign governments. Trump has halted most U.S. government-funded aid globally for 90 days, while moving to dismantle USAID, which he has described as being run “by a bunch of radical lunatics”. The move is part of an effort by his administration to slash the federal government workforce and curb spending it considers wasteful. While Trump has said some funds may be released when the pause expires, it is unclear what could be restored, setting off a scramble among many China-focused groups for savings, further funding, and efforts to cut reliance on the United States. Beijing has long blamed Washington for seeking to foment “colour revolutions” in China by supporting civil society NGOs through USAID and the U.S. Congress-funded National Endowment for Democracy. This week, state broadcaster CCTV ran a segment titled, “USAID: Aid as a pretext for interference.” Seven staffers of the New York-based China Labor Watch, founded by a veteran China labour campaigner, Li Qiang, to monitor abuses in ******** factories, have been furloughed. Some on temporary work visas face deportation to China, Li said. Roughly 90% of the group’s budget came from the U.S. government, beginning from 2021. Li estimates running costs this year at $1 million, up from $800,000 last year. “It’s like telling us our projects aren’t important and what we do has no meaning,” said Li, who is now trying to raise funds elsewhere. “I put too much trust in the U.S. government and neglected finding new sources of funding. This was a strategic mistake. We could have diversified much earlier.” (Reporting by Laurie Chen; Editing by Antoni Slodkowski and Clarence Fernandez) Source link #China #rights #monitors #suspend #work #lay #staff #U.S #aid #freeze Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Vehicles, Weapons, Others Get Adjustments in PUBG Update 34.1 Vehicles, Weapons, Others Get Adjustments in PUBG Update 34.1 The latest update for PUBG: Battlegrounds is live, bringing significant changes to several sectors of the game. Source link #Vehicles #Weapons #Adjustments #PUBG #Update Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

'Final straw': Kanye West's wife divorces him after Super Bowl Swastika shirts – The Jerusalem Post 'Final straw': Kanye West's wife divorces him after Super Bowl Swastika shirts – The Jerusalem Post ‘Final straw’: Kanye West’s wife divorces him after Super Bowl Swastika shirts The Jerusalem PostKanye West And Bianca Censori Split: Heading For Divorce Following Grammys Stunt Yahoo EntertainmentKanye West and Bianca Censori break silence on ‘split’ as duo set record straight amid controversy GB News‘The swastika shirt was the last straw’: Kanye West and wife reportedly split up The Times of IsraelHere’s What’s Going On With Reports That Kanye West And Bianca Censori Have Split BuzzFeed Source link #039Final #straw039 #Kanye #West039s #wife #divorces #Super #Bowl #Swastika #shirts #Jerusalem #Post Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Avowed Dev Promises Players Will Find ‘Dreamscourge Nearly Everywhere They Turn’ Avowed Dev Promises Players Will Find ‘Dreamscourge Nearly Everywhere They Turn’ Avowed Map (Interactive): A full map for the various regions of Avowed: Fort Northreach, Dawnshore, Emerald Stair, Shatterscarp, and Galawain’s Tusks. Find and track all Quests, Locations, NPCs, Merchants, Bosses, other Points of Interest, and more. This Avowed Interactive Map is updated regularly with new information and provides detailed information for whatever you are looking for. Use the sidebar to navigate different regions and access a full list of features that can be filtered while searching. Source link #Avowed #Dev #Promises #Players #Find #Dreamscourge #Turn Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Ex-Wallabies star helps Crusaders to opening Super win Ex-Wallabies star helps Crusaders to opening Super win Former Wallabies star James O’Connor has made an impressive debut off the bench to help the Crusaders to a 33-25 season-opening Super Rugby Pacific win over the Hurricanes in Christchurch. Injected into the action in the 57th minute, O’Connor had several nice touches but none better than a lovely short ball to put Will Jordan on the attack at the Crusaders trailed in the final quarter. All ******* winger Sevu Reece crossed a couple of phases later to put the Crusaders in front for the first time before O’Connor slotted the conversion to make it 29-25. O’Connor turned down a small-money offer to stay at the Queensland Reds before being handed a lifeline by the Crusaders, who are the 34-year-old’s fourth Super Rugby club after debuting at the Western Force back in 2008 before also having two seasons at the Melbourne Rebels. The classy back’s versatility is already proving useful for embattled coach Rob Penney, who presided over only five wins last year having left the NSW Waratahs after a none-from-five start to the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. Lively scrumhalf Kyle Preston bagged a hat-trick to spark the Crusaders after the Hurricanes shot out to an early 14-0 lead at Apollo Projects Stadium, and took a 22-14 advantage into the halftime break. Source link #ExWallabies #star #helps #Crusaders #opening #Super #win Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Alien: Rogue Incursion Arrives For Meta Alien: Rogue Incursion Arrives For Meta Great news for the Meta 3 gamers who want to play. Source link #Alien #Rogue #Incursion #Arrives #Meta Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Suspects in Joe Burrow’s home burglary face additional charges Suspects in Joe Burrow’s home burglary face additional charges Three men now face state charges in connection with last year’s burglary at the Ohio home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The suspects were indicted on charges of first-degree felony engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and second-degree felony burglary, Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich said. The prosecutor’s office released photos of the stolen items — including jewelry, cash and commemorative memorabilia — including some showing the suspects posing with the NFL star’s jewelry, Pillich said. PHOTO: The suspects are seen in photos released by the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office. (Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office) PHOTO: One of the suspects is seen with a watch that prosecutors say was stolen from Joe Burrow’s home in a photo released by the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office. (Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office) MORE: Suspects in burglary at Joe Burrow’s house posed with his stolen jewelry: Complaint The defendants — Jordan Francisco Quiroga Sanchez, Bastian Alejandro Orellana Morales and Sergio Andres Ortega Cabello — already faced federal charges in connection with the burglary at Burrow’s home: interstate transportation of stolen property and falsification of records. The three men are believed to be citizens of Chile who arrived in the United States legally under a visa-free program, according to Pillich. “They appear to be involved in multiple thefts and burglaries in many jurisdictions, and they are far from the only individuals who do this sort of work,” she said during a press briefing Wednesday. PHOTO: An LSU shirt taken that prosecutors say was found in the suspects’ vehicle is seen in a photo released by the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office. (Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office ) Pillich suggested that other members of the alleged crime ring may still be at large. “I think it’s very possible they have connections,” she warned. “People should be concerned.” A fourth man seen in a photo posing with the burglary suspects and the stolen items was not present at Burrow’s home at the time of the burglary and was not charged in the indictment, Pillich said. MORE: FBI issues warning about burglaries of pro athletes’ homes Burrow was playing in a Monday Night Football game in Dallas when his Anderson Township home was burglarized on Dec. 9, 2024. Burrow had security personnel at the home, but the men avoided them by entering through the woods, according to federal prosecutors. Approximately $300,000 worth of designer luggage, glasses, wristwatches and jewelry were stolen from the residence, according to federal prosecutors. PHOTO: In this Dec. 22, 2024, file photo, Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals jogs off the field after beating the Cleveland Browns 24-6 at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images, FILE) Authorities had tracked a cellphone number and license plate believed to be tied to the burglary to a hotel in Fairborn, Ohio. They surveilled the rented vehicle linked to the license plate before pulling it over for a traffic violation on Jan. 10 in Clark County, Ohio, according to federal prosecutors. An old LSU shirt and Bengals hat believed to have been stolen from Burrow’s home were also found in the vehicle, federal prosecutors said. An analysis of one of the suspect’s phone “revealed multiple photographs that had been taken of items believed to be stolen” from Burrow’s residence, according to the federal complaint. Many of these photographs were deleted during the traffic stop, according to the federal complaint. It is unclear if the suspects have attorneys at this time. Pillich said there is a. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer on the suspects, “so even if they post bail they’re not going anywhere.” Suspects in Joe Burrow’s home burglary face additional charges originally appeared on abcnews.go.com Source link #Suspects #Joe #Burrows #home #burglary #face #additional #charges Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Stop Bullying the Devs Helldivers 2 Community Asks Players Not to Be Unnecessarily Critical Stop Bullying the Devs Helldivers 2 Community Asks Players Not to Be Unnecessarily Critical Helldivers 2 community takes a stance against bullying, as some players blame the developers for “ruining” a weapon. Source link #Stop #Bullying #Devs #Helldivers #Community #Asks #Players #Unnecessarily #Critical Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Europe working with Arab states on alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan – Financial Times Europe working with Arab states on alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan – Financial Times Europe working with Arab states on alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan Financial TimesInsight: Saudi Arabia spearheads Arab scramble for alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan ReutersTrump’s ************ Plan Has Triggered a New, United and Angry Arab Front HaaretzHow much longer will Arab leaders let Trump and Netanyahu run amok? Middle East Eye Source link #Europe #working #Arab #states #alternative #Trumps #Gaza #plan #Financial #Times Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

No hiding it now, Fremantle all in for Kysaiah Pickett after overt Isaiah Dudley announcement No hiding it now, Fremantle all in for Kysaiah Pickett after overt Isaiah Dudley announcement It was either one of those coincidences that comes around about as often as Halley’s Comet or, in keeping with that cosmic theme, a statement of great impact. Source link #hiding #Fremantle #Kysaiah #Pickett #overt #Isaiah #Dudley #announcement Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]