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‘Don’t return’: Warning to residents as deadly floods lash Far North Queensland ‘Don’t return’: Warning to residents as deadly floods lash Far North Queensland Residents have been urged not to return to their homes as deadly floods battering Far North Queensland are set to worsen. Parts of North Queensland have been smashed by more than 1.2 metres of rain since Saturday, with hundreds urged to flee their homes and about 6500 without power. Another 100 homes are expected to be submerged on Tuesday morning, with the Ross River in Townsville tipped to reach 2 metres. A bridge on the Bruce Highway, which connects Far North and North Queensland with Central Queensland, was broken apart in the wild weather on Sunday afternoon, hampering efforts to get essential supplies to the region. The bridge, at Ollera Creek north of Townsville, was washed away in the storms, and was expected to take “a considerable number of weeks” to repair, Gary Mahon from the Queensland Trucking Association told ABC. Camera IconIngham in Far North Queensland was smashed by floods. Veronica Lawlor. Credit: Supplied Queensland Premier David Crisafulli on Tuesday said it had left “thousands of people at the mercy” of nature. “The advice is it could take some time (to fix),” Mr Crisafulli said on Today. “I want to throw the kitchen sink at it, because the last thing you want is a lack of connectivity. So we’ll know a little bit more in the in the days ahead, but believe me, it is a top priority for me.” Camera IconQueensland Premier David Crisafulli said the Bruce Highway would ‘take some time’ to repair after a bridge on the highway was broken apart. NewsWire / John Gass Credit: News Corp Australia Townsville Local Disaster Management Group chairman Andrew Robinson urged residents not to return to ****** zones, which included parts of Cluden, Hermit Park, Idalia, Oonoonba, Railway Estate and Rosslea. “It’s extremely important that residents don’t return to the ****** zone purely because the fact we have not reached the highest flood level which should be about tomorrow (Tuesday) early morning,” Mr Robinson said, according to the Courier Mail. Mr Robinson on Monday also said flooding was expected as the Ross River hadn’t reached its peak. “There has been a good response to our call to evacuate. Most residents have listened to warnings and evacuated to friends and families homes or to evacuation centres,” Mr Robinson said. “If you have not yet evacuated and feel it is safe to do so, please leave now. All residents in the Townsville LGA should remain prepared to leave if conditions worsen.” Camera IconIsolated falls of up to 180mm of rain could fall within six hours in Cardwell to Yabulu on Tuesday. Kieran Volpe. Credit: Supplied Major flood warnings were issued for the Haughton River Catchment, Herbert River and Upper Burdekin River while moderate warnings were put in place for the Lower Burdekin River, Ross River, and Tully and Murray Rivers. A minor warning was issued for the Don River and Bohle River, with initial minor flood warnings in place for the Connors and Isaac Rivers and Mulgrave and Russell Rivers. A flood watch was in place for the Burdekin and Proserpine Catchments, while a warning was also issued for the ****** River and Bluewater Creek and final warnings were issued for Johnstone River Catchment and the Pioneer River. Camera IconA road at Hinchinbrook Harbour near the boat ramp crumbled. Matt Price/Facebook Credit: News Corp Australia Those in the North Tropical Coast, Tablelands and Herbert and Lower Burdekin Forecast Districts were also warned of heavy rainfall in a severe weather warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology on Tuesday morning. Isolated falls of up to 180mm of rain could fall within six hours in Cardwell to Yabulu. Several towns across Far North Queensland received jaw-dropping 24-hour rainfall totals on Monday, with Cardwell recording 655mm of rain in the 24 hours to 5pm on Monday, while 560mm was recorded at Paluma. The floods have already claimed the life of a woman, who died on Sunday morning after an emergency services boat flipped over in floodwaters at Rutledge St in Ingham. “Tragic news coming out of the tight-knit Ingham community today with the loss of one of their own,” Mr Crisafulli posted to social media on Sunday. “Our thoughts are with their friends and family during this devastating time, and the emergency services personnel working in these dangerous conditions.” More to come… Source link #Dont #return #Warning #residents #deadly #floods #lash #North #Queensland Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Paris Couture Week Photos: Street Style and Runway Shows Paris Couture Week Photos: Street Style and Runway Shows Who hasn’t been in a situation where, at first, something may seem innocuous, but the longer you consider it, the more you pause. Broadly speaking, this is how I feel when couture is described as whimsical. Though the term captures the elaborate garments’ fanciful nature, it can suggest that they are not made to be worn. It can also impart a capriciousness to an art form that involves painstaking construction and hundreds, if not thousands of hours, of work — oftentimes to create a single piece. But few words were more accurate than “whimsical” to describe the fantastical, storybook looks in and outside of the couture shows in Paris last week. There were feathery coats and adorable balaclavas, corsets and cinched waists, big skirts and waifish silhouettes. Much of the fashion had a youthful air that sometimes made people look a little like living dolls, whether they were walking on a runway or just in the streets. Source link #Paris #Couture #Week #Photos #Street #Style #Runway #Shows Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Post falsely claims serial killer, wife at large after killing 3 officers Post falsely claims serial killer, wife at large after killing 3 officers The claim: A serial killer and burglar are on the run after killing 3 police officers A Jan. 27 Facebook post (direct link, archived link) claims a man and woman are at large after a deadly altercation with police. The post includes side-by-side photos of purported suspects with distinctive facial tattoos. “Please lock your doors and stay vigilant,” the post reads. “A dangerous couple Husband serial Killer Ryan Edward (41) and the woman Alice Chapman (32), a House Burglar are on the run after killing 3 female police officers on Saturday here in #Burlington.” The post was shared more than 24,000 times in one week, and similar claims circulated on Facebook and Instagram claiming the man was on the loose in other locations, including San Antonio, Texas. More from the Fact-Check Team: How we pick and research claims | Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: False The post misidentifies the people in the photos. Officials have called the post a “hoax,” and no credible news reports support its claims. Police in other states debunk similar posts Different versions of the post have circulated online, frequently substituting the alleged suspects’ photos and last-known whereabouts. But the images actually show Joanne Dennehy and Christopher Russell. Dennehy’s photo appeared in several news reports about a widely covered 2013 crime spree in which she murdered three men in the U.K. She is currently serving a life sentence in the U.K., according to court documents. Russell was arrested in March 2020 as part of an unrelated investigation in Hobart, Indiana, according to a news release from the local police department at the time. That release included an image of Russell with the same facial tattoos as the man featured in the Facebook post identified as “Ryan Edward.” Russell was convicted of burglary in 2020 and sentenced to three years in prison, according to the Indiana Department of Corrections. Fact check: No, figure skater didn’t narrowly avoid being on doomed DC flight Some posts made nearly identical claims but changed the alleged suspects’ photos and ages. Others said the supposed fugitives were at large in Des Moines, Iowa, and San Antonio, Texas. But there are no credible news reports about people on the run after killing three police officers in either place. “Our Southwest Texas Fusion center has deemed this post a hoax/scam,” San Antonio police officer Ricardo Guzman told USA TODAY. “It has been circulating in various counties and states with different information in each post. However, the information is false.” The Altoona Police Department in Iowa posted a statement on Facebook, advising people not to react to or share the content. Emotional or seemingly urgent messaging that encourages users to share a post can indicate a scam, according to the nonprofit Better Business Bureau. Scammers may wait for users to share the content before replacing it with an advertisement, survey or sales pitch. Such posts are often shared in local buy-and-sell groups, where a sense of community and trust is already established, BBB reported. USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response. PolitiFact also debunked the claim. Our fact-check sources Thank you for supporting our journalism. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or e-newspaper here. USA TODAY is a verified signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network, which requires a demonstrated commitment to nonpartisanship, fairness and transparency. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Posts about alleged serial killer Ryan Edward a ‘hoax’ | Fact check Source link #Post #falsely #claims #serial #killer #wife #large #killing #officers Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Trump pauses tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days, Trudeau says Trump pauses tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days, Trudeau says Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on during a press conference while responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s orders to impose 25% tariffs on ********* imports, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 1, 2025. Patrick Doyle | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to pause the implementation of planned tariffs on imports from Canada for at least 30 days, ********* Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. The pause was announced in a tweet by Trudeau hours after Trump and Mexico’s president said Trump would pause for one month planned tariffs on imports from Mexico. Trump on Saturday said he would impose 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, and 10% tariffs on goods imported from China. Trump had also planned to impose a 10% tariff on energy resources from Canada. Trudeau in his tweet said, “I just had a good call with President Trump,” and suggested that the pause on tariffs was in response to Canada’s agreement to target the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl across the border into the United States. Trump’s pause on tariffs on ******** imports likewise came after Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said she would immediately send 10,000 soldiers to the U.S. border to prevent drug trafficking, fentanyl in particular, from Mexico. Trudeau said Canada had made new commitments “to appoint a Fentanyl Czar,” among other measures. “Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together,” Trudeau wrote. Trump soon after followed up with a post on Truth Social. “Canada has agreed to ensure we have a secure Northern Border, and to finally end the deadly scourge of drugs like Fentanyl that have been pouring into our Country, killing hundreds of thousands of Americans, while destroying their families and communities all across our Country.” “I am very pleased with this initial outcome, and the Tariffs announced on Saturday will be paused for a 30 day ******* to see whether or not a final Economic deal with Canada can be structured,” Trump wrote. “FAIRNESS FOR ALL!” This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates. Source link #Trump #pauses #tariffs #Canada #days #Trudeau Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Netanyahu portrays U.S. visit as a triumph despite hurdles over Gaza – The Washington Post Netanyahu portrays U.S. visit as a triumph despite hurdles over Gaza – The Washington Post Netanyahu portrays U.S. visit as a triumph despite hurdles over Gaza The Washington PostWalking the tightrope: Netanyahu’s goals in Washington DC The Jerusalem PostNetanyahu blows past ceasefire talks deadline to confer with Trump CNNBenjamin Netanyahu weakened on the eve of his meeting with Donald Trump Le Monde Source link #Netanyahu #portrays #U.S #visit #triumph #hurdles #Gaza #Washington #Post Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Travelodge killer’s family sought help before woman’s death Travelodge killer’s family sought help before woman’s death The family of a man who killed a hotel worker during a psychotic episode tried to get medical help for him immediately before the attack, an inquest has heard. Stephen Cole, 32, launched a 42-minute assault on Marta Elena Vento, 27, who was on a solo night shift at the Travelodge in Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, on 9 December 2020. In the week before, his family called 999 and also took him to a GP as his mental health deteriorated, the Dorset coroner was told. His father Roy Cole said the GP declined to renew a prescription for antipsychotic pills, leaving his son “crying” and “in the worst state I’ve ever seen him”. Ms Elena Vento died after being punched, kicked and attacked with hair clippers on her second shift at the Travelodge, where Cole was staying. In 2021, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility and was given an indefinite hospital order. In a statement read out in court, Roy Cole said his son seemed “paranoid” shortly before the killing and claimed he was being watched by the fire alarms in his room. The father took his son to Orchid House GP surgery in Ferndown on 8 December 2020, the day before Ms Elena Vento’s death, the court heard. However, the GP refused to prescribe medication without a further psychiatric assessment, the coroner was told. Mr Cole told the court his son lived with him and his wife, until they moved from Reading to Dorset. He added: “Stephen turned violent towards us. He had me grabbed round the neck once. “I reported it to the police but the case was dismissed at court.” The parents won a restraining order which prevented their son from visiting them, it was heard. The killer’s brother Philip Cole said he was disappointed their father had been forced to breach the order in order to take him to the GP. The brother’s statement, read by the coroner, said: “The responsibility to get Stephen the help he needed should have been taken by someone else other than my parents.” Previously, the inquest heard Stephen Cole was evicted from the Russell Court Hotel in Bournemouth on 4 December 2020 after allegedly attacking guests and security guards. Police civilian officer Julian Humphries described a “strange, unusual encounter” with Stephen Cole in his Travelodge room three days later. Giving evidence, the offender manager said: “He was completely disengaged and almost blank. “I noticed he was staring at me and then he told me ‘they’ were ******** on the windows on the fourth floor. “He stood up… He took a step towards me. I stepped back and the decision was easy to leave the room. “It left me, I have to say, a little shaken, wondering what had just transpired.” Later, the officer said he took a phone call from Philip Cole, who informed him his brother had run out of medication for schizophrenia. Senior Dorset coroner Rachael Griffin asked whether the officer had considered whether Stephen Cole was a risk to the public. She said: “You thought he was delusional, you were aware he had been violent, you were aware he was not taking medication and you removed yourself from the room because something wasn’t right.” Mr Humphries said he did not think Stephen Cole was dangerous and did not inform the hotel about the encounter. He added: “I did not feel that Mr Cole was going to attack me or was in need of immediate mental health care.” Previously, the inquest was told the killer was released from HMP Winchester on 27 October 2020 with a four-week supply of the antipsychotic drug olanzapine. A prison psychiatrist had noted: “His risk to others will have to be closely monitored as he has assaulted prisoners and staff in an unprovoked manner.” Prison healthcare contractor PPG previously told the coroner it had not alerted Cole’s former GP about his release. Ms Elena Vento’s parents, from Valencia, Spain, are following the six-week Bournemouth inquest by video link. In a statement before the hearing, they said: “Now we desperately need answers about how such a brutal assault can have happened and whether it could have been prevented.” Source link #Travelodge #killers #family #sought #womans #death Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

‘A Viper’s Nest of Radical-Left Marxists Who Hate America’: Musk and Trump Take Aim at USAID ‘A Viper’s Nest of Radical-Left Marxists Who Hate America’: Musk and Trump Take Aim at USAID President Trump and Elon Musk are on the verge of closing down the U.S. Agency for International Development. Thousands of USAID employees have reportedly been laid off already. USAID staffers reported over the weekend that 600 employees had been locked out of the agency’s computer systems overnight. Musk, saying the agency was “beyond repair”, posted on X that “USAID was a viper’s nest of radical-left Marxists who hate America.” President Trump echoed those sentiments. “USAID, run by radical lunatics. And we’re getting them out. And then we’ll make a decision.” “It became apparent that it’s not an apple with a worm it in,” Musk said in a live session on X Spaces early Monday. “What we have is just a ball of worms. You’ve got to basically get rid of the whole thing. It’s beyond repair.” The move has led to pushback by some Democrats with the fate of the agency still unclear. Maryland Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen said, “We will do everything in our power in the Senate and the House to stop this outrage.” Democrats say Trump lacks constitutional authority to shut down USAID without congressional approval, Van Hollen calling it an “******** shutdown.” For now, staffers at USAID have been instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters. While on a diplomatic mission in San Salvador, El Salvador, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was now the acting director of USAID, indicating that the remaining elements of the agency could be placed under his authority. He stated that USAID leaders had refused to cooperate with the President of the United States and had failed to answer questions about funding. “And that sort of level of insubordination makes it impossible to conduct the sort of mature and serious review that I think foreign aid writ large, should have,” Rubio said. Pushing Leftist Policies USAID is a program that was intended to use U.S. taxpayer funding to strengthen democracies overseas. But as CBN News reported last year, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that the agency conducts undemocratic activities, even encouraging other nations to censor social media. And LifeSite News reported a few years ago that USAID has a history of promoting sterilization, abortion, and eugenics. “Documents reveal that USAID has for more than two decades been at the helm of India’s family planning programs, not just funding them, but overseeing and orchestrating the entire program,” the news outlet reported in 2015. Source link #Vipers #Nest #RadicalLeft #Marxists #Hate #America #Musk #Trump #Aim #USAID Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Smith’s path from Sydney suburbs to history books Smith’s path from Sydney suburbs to history books It may not be until some years after it is over that the *********** public truly appreciates the Test career of Steve Smith. That’s according to Trent Woodhill, the man who set Smith on the path to a Test career that clicked from 9,999 to 10,000 runs on day one of the first Test in Sri Lanka. A few hundred fans bore witness to history at the seaside stadium in Galle, where Smith last week joined Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting among Australians to pass 10,000 runs. Smith clipped a ball to mid on and scampered to the other end, raising his bat first tentatively and then enthusiastically to a crowd on its feet. By stumps on day one, he’d come up with a 35th Test century, first whacking legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay en route to a quick 50 and then taking his foot off the gas en route to three figures. Some 8,700 kilometres and nearly 19 years removed from the Test series in tropical Sri Lanka, Woodhill had picked a 16-year-old Smith for his first-grade debut at Sutherland. Woodhill remembers first setting eyes on the teenaged Smith playing touch football with his much older teammates at Glenn McGrath Oval. Fleet of foot, quick with a ******, Smith smoked them with the footy that day. What could he do with the willow? Sutherland’s chief selector Evan Atkins wanted to find out, and convinced a slightly skeptical Woodhill to pick Smith in the side’s batting order to face Gordon at Killara Oval in November of 2005. “At the time we needed an injection of some talent and some youth,” Smith’s former coach told AAP. “He got his opportunity, scored two 90s in his first three innings and never looked back.” Woodhill remembers that touch footy confidence abounding in Smith back then. Nothing seemed to faze him. “That first game up at Killara, he was playing against some really gnarly men,” Woodhill said. “I thought they would’ve been quite intimidating and the pitch was doing a lot. He just figured out a way to cope.” Woodhill kept his box seat to Smith’s career. The young coach left Sutherland for NSW’s Under 17s side as Smith was playing Under 19s, and was an assistant at the Blues when he graduated to the first-class set-up. By that point, Woodhill was certain there was something different about him. Even when Smith was a teenager, the nuts and bolts of his game were tightened beyond his years; he’d already refined his stroke play, knew how to spot idiosyncrasies in the bowlers he faced. That allowed Smith to advance above his peers, just as Border, Waugh and Ponting had before him. “Your Pontings and your Smiths and your Borders and these guys, they figure out the mechanics of their game really early,” Woodhill said. “So they became really good leaders really early, because they could see three, four moves ahead than what others could do, because the others were still stuck with their technique.” It all happened fast for Smith on the international stage, his Twenty20 International, One Day International and Test debuts all coming within the space of a few months in 2010. He had only just turned 21 when he earned his first appearance in the baggy green against Pakistan at Lord’s that July. Woodhill remembers sitting in a Manchester pub across from Smith on that same tour when it struck him his former pupil had made good on his potential. The coach reached for his wallet to pay for the pair’s meals and drinks, but Smith stopped him. Woodhill was still thinking of his dinner guest as the 15-year-old touch footy player, not one of Australia’s newest international cricketers. “He said, ‘No, no, I’ve got this, don’t worry, I’m doing OK’,” Woodhill recalled. “Every couple of years, we laugh about that, how well he’s actually done.” Only two weeks later, Smith would begin a career that has reached 115 Tests. Having transformed from front-line Test legspinner to middle-order maestro, Smith first had the Test captaincy bestowed upon him when a hamstring injury ruled Michael Clarke out of the final three matches of the 2014/15 India series. He ended with a first innings century in all four matches of that contest and was named player of the series in what was Australia’s most recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph until this past summer. But perhaps the crowning achievement was his away Ashes series on return from a highly-publicised ban for his role in the 2018 ball-tampering saga. Smith belted 774 runs across his seven innings at an average of 110.6, notably becoming the 16th *********** to score two Test centuries in the same match on return to the pitch at Edgbaston. Even before the highlight reels, Woodhill reckons there’s always been a bit of Ponting about Smith in his forensic analysis of conditions and opposition. “The two of them are exceptional problem solvers. To get to 10,000 runs, you have to be,” Woodhill said. Much was made of that in falling for four runs in the second innings of last month’s SCG Test, Smith fell one short of bringing up his 10,000 before his Sydney home crowd. It’s made the location of the milestone a trivia question in the waiting. A smattering of *********** spectators will know the answer and have a personal memory of Smith’s greatness to accompany it. When might the rest be struck by that same appreciation? Woodhill says it could be a while. “It’s never until you finish that people actually realise how good you are,” he said. “Until Steven actually goes, people will look back and go, ‘Wow this guy averaged 57 when he finished’. “He’ll probably finish with high-end 30 centuries, and well over 10,000 runs. Then people will look back and go, ‘Wow, he did some incredible things’.” Source link #Smiths #path #Sydney #suburbs #history #books Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Man with dementia missing from Stuarts Draft area Man with dementia missing from Stuarts Draft area Note: This article is being provided for free by The News Leader as a public service to our readers. STUARTS DRAFT – The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office said Monday a man with dementia is missing from the Stuarts Draft area, according to a press release. Marion Williams. Marion Williams, 82, was last seen Monday around noon at his Draft residence. His whereabouts are unknown. Williams is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds. He has gray hair and brown eyes, the sheriff’s office said. He was last seen wearing a ****** hat, a brown jacket, blue jeans, tennis shoes and gloves. Williams has dementia and takes several required medications, the sheriff’s office said. If anyone has information about this missing person, please contact the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office at (540) 245-5333 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 322-2017. More: NAACP Staunton Branch, Staunton real estate reassessments and Waynesboro art shows: The Digest More: Athlete of the week: Vote for the top performer in Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County Brad Zinn is the cops, courts and breaking news reporter at The News Leader. Have a news tip? Or something that needs investigating? You can email reporter Brad Zinn (he/him) at *****@*****.tld. You can also follow him on X (formerly Twitter) This article originally appeared on Staunton News Leader: Sheriff’s Office: Man with dementia missing from Stuarts Draft area Source link #Man #dementia #missing #Stuarts #Draft #area Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Judge Says She Will Further Block White House Spending Freeze Judge Says She Will Further Block White House Spending Freeze A federal judge said on Monday that she intended to temporarily block the Trump administration from imposing a sweeping freeze on trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, adding to the pushback against an effort by the White House’s Office and Management and Budget. The statement by the judge, Loren L. AliKhan of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, came hours after the Justice Department told a federal judge in Rhode Island who issued a similar order on Friday that the government interpreted his order as applying to all spending nationally, not just to funds for the states that brought that case. Together, the signals from federal judges amounted to a two-fisted rebuke of the move by the budget office as an overreach that likely lacked legitimate authority. Judge AliKhan, a Biden appointee, made her statement at the end of a nearly 90-minute hearing on Monday, saying she wanted to file her order before an earlier administrative stay expires at 5 p.m. The case before her was brought by charities and other nongovernmental organizations that rely at least in part on federal grants to operate. The hearing was the latest turn in a fast-moving set of events since the Trump administration issued the spending freeze last week, paralyzing groups around the country and prompting chaos. After the legal challenges were filed, the Trump administration said it had rescinded the O.M.B. memo and asked judges to dismiss the lawsuits as moot. But the plaintiffs have presented evidence that the blanket freeze imposed by the memo appears to remain in effect regardless. On Wednesday, the White House press secretary declared on social media that the retraction of the memo “is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze.” The plaintiffs in the case before Judge AliKhan presented statements from various grant recipients over the weekend that they remained unable to retrieve the funds they had been awarded through an online portal. The Trump administration has portrayed the spending freeze as an effort to make sure that grants and loans do not violate executive orders Mr. Trump separately issued shortly after taking office in which he sought to end several policies he dislikes, like diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The case is not challenging those orders themselves. But the plaintiffs have argued that the O.M.B. memo went further, in part by barring nebulous concepts not found in Mr. Trump’s orders, like “wokeness” and in part by requiring a blanket freeze. Daniel Schwei, a lawyer for the Justice Department, argued that there was no need for any order because, he said, the government interpreted the one by the judge in Rhode Island as covering the entire landscape. But Kevin Friedl, a lawyer for the plaintiffs who works for the advocacy group Democracy Forward, argued that the order in the Rhode Island case could be lifted at any time, so his clients needed additional relief. Also calling the order “consequential and ill-considered,” he argued that they were being harmed through various means, from a chilling of First Amendment rights to specific problems keeping their doors open without the funds they had been awarded. The litigation is complicated by a lack of clarity about the continued block on funding even after the O.M.B. withdrew the memo. Mr. Schwei argued that if they were instead doing it because of Mr. Trump’s executive orders or as decisions they made for themselves, it would be improper for the judge to use the lawsuit to intervene. Mr. Friedl urged the judge, however, to recognize the “reality” that the freeze was implemented soon after the O.M.B. memo came down. It remained unclear how far-reaching Judge AliKhan’s order would be. Mr. Friedl asked the judge to require, as part of the order, that O.M.B. tell all recipients of its original memo that the freeze had been blocked and that they should roll back any steps they had already taken to carry it out. But Mr. Schwei said that would be “extraordinarily broad” since it would encompass numerous agencies who were not party to the litigation. He asked her to limit any such order to those particular people or groups. “They are requesting this court superintend all federal financial assistance,” he said, and referring to the part of the Constitution that gives Mr. Trump the power to oversee the executive branch, he called the request both an “extraordinary and an overly broad intrusion on agency authority and the president’s Article II authority.” Source link #Judge #Block #White #House #Spending #Freeze Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Myles Garrett requests trade: Logical landing spots for Browns star pass rusher, including Lions, Patriots – CBS Sports Myles Garrett requests trade: Logical landing spots for Browns star pass rusher, including Lions, Patriots – CBS Sports Myles Garrett requests trade: Logical landing spots for Browns star pass rusher, including Lions, Patriots CBS SportsReigning DPOY Garrett requests Browns trade him ESPNMyles Garrett requests trade from Cleveland Browns: What does his contract look like? USA TODAYMyles Garrett requests trade: Nine best team fits for Cleveland Browns’ All-Pro edge rusher NFL.comWhat would a Myles Garrett trade look like for the Lions? Projecting a potential package Detroit News Source link #Myles #Garrett #requests #trade #Logical #landing #spots #Browns #star #pass #rusher #including #Lions #Patriots #CBS #Sports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

A cybersecurity play emerges as tariff worries rock stocks, Oppenheimer chart analyst says A cybersecurity play emerges as tariff worries rock stocks, Oppenheimer chart analyst says CrowdStrike has emerged as an attractive stock as U.S. tariff worries rattled stocks on Monday, according to Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at Oppenheimer. Wald appeared on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” on Monday to share a few of his favorite names after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to implement tariffs against key global trade partners. On Monday, markets initially slid on worries of a potential global trade war and the impact on earnings and valuations of U.S. companies. Though the Dow Jones Industrial Average at one point tumbled more than 600 points, the major averages ultimately curtailed their losses after Trump said he would pause a 25% tariff on ******** goods for one month. Three buying opportunities have emerged amid this volatility, according to Wald, whose top three sector ideas remain in technology, financials and industrials. Here were his quick takes during “Three-Stock Lunch.” CrowdStrike Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is Wald’s large-cap stock pick in software, an area that has had a broken out since the U.S. presidential election and is now tactically attractive again after a brief ******* of consolidation, the analyst said. “It’s rallied right into its July peak at $397. It’s paused here, but with a positive trend behind it and a bullish industry, those top-down tailwinds, I think you see a breakout in CrowdStrike over the coming weeks to months,” Wald said. CrowdStrike is up about 30% over the past 12 months. Hamilton Lane Wald also thinks it’s time to pick up shares of investment management and advisory firm Hamilton Lane after the stock’s recent rough patch. It’s a tactical pick in capital markets, the analyst said, noting that Oppenheimer recently upgraded shares to outperform. Shares have been in a rough patch as of late, off about 12% over the past three months. “It’s corrected right into the bullish slope of its 200-day average, what we see as a near-term opportunity to buy long-term strength. There was a nice false breakdown there. You fell below that level, came right back above it. That’s a sign of selling fatigue,” Wald said. “You add it up, and I think Hamilton Lane is at a bullish inflection point.” Mueller Water Products Wald is also eyeing another under-the-radar play, Mueller Water Products . “We’re seeing strength in these mid-cap names that aren’t necessarily household names,” he said. “[Mueller Water Products] is another stock down double digits from its prior high, building a platform above that rising 200-day average, I think it sets up to see a resumption of its uptrend.” Oppenheimer has an outperform rating on the Mueller Water Products and named it among its top 50 buy ideas among small and mid-cap companies in its coverage earlier this year. Shares of the water infrastructure products maker, also one of the largest manufacturers of fire hydrants in North America, are up about 65% over the past year. “There’s a bullish trend here. I see the support at the industry level as well,” Wald said. Source link #cybersecurity #play #emerges #tariff #worries #rock #stocks #Oppenheimer #chart #analyst Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

US and Mexico reach deal to put tariffs on hold US and Mexico reach deal to put tariffs on hold US President Donald Trump has delayed introducing 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico for a month while the two countries hold “negotiations”. Trump said he would “immediately pause the anticipated tariffs”, which were due to come into force on Tuesday. The last-minute breakthrough came after a phone call between Trump and President Claudia Sheinbaum, in which the ******** leader agreed to send 10,000 members of the National Guard to the US-******** border to “prevent the trafficking of drugs, in particular fentanyl, from Mexico to the US”. President Sheinbaum said the US had in turn agreed to increase measures to prevent the trafficking of high-powered US weapons into Mexico. Follow developments on our live page Sheinbaum broke the news on X, writing she had had a “good conversation with great respect for our relationship and sovereignty” with her US counterpart, which she said had led to the tariffs being put on hold for a month. The White House had said earlier that President Trump’s “bold action” was to hold Mexico – as well as China and Canada, whom he has also threatened with tariffs – “accountable to their promises of halting ******** immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country”. As well as reinforcing Mexico’s northern border, and a commitment by the US that it would “work towards” curbing the flow of weapons to Mexico, Sheinbaum wrote the two countries would start work “today” to reach a deal on “security and trade”. Trump confirmed the pause shortly afterwards, describing his telephone conversation with Sheinbaum as “very friendly”. The tone is markedly different from the one in recent days when Trump accused the ******** government of having an “intolerable alliance” with drug trafficking gangs. While Sheinbaum had angrily denounced the allegation as “slander”, she also insisted “problems are not solved by imposing tariffs, but by talking”. That strategy seems to have yielded some results and while the threat of US tariffs has not gone away completely, the ******** leader has gained some breathing space and for now avoided a trade war between the two countries. The “Plan B” of retaliatory measures the ******** leader had instructed her economy minister to prepare should US tariffs come into force has been shelved for now, she said. Sheinbaum appeared both relieved and upbeat during Monday’s morning news conference, where her words of “well, you will have seen my tweet” were met with applause by the assembled media. She also laughed as she told reporters that when President Trump had asked her how long they should pause the tariffs for, she had answered “forever”. While the US president did not agree to take the threat of tariffs off the table for good, Sheinbaum said she was confident “during this month we’ll be able to deliver good results for his people and the people of Mexico”. During her news conference, she stressed the two countries’ shared aims, which she said were to crack down on drug trafficking from Mexico to the US and to protect their mutual border. She also welcomed what she said had been a commitment by the US to do more to stem the trafficking of high-powered weapons from the US to Mexico. “Rocket launchers come here from the US,” she told reporters, insisting it was in the interest of both nations to stop providing drug cartels with firepower. She insisted it was in Mexico’s interest to combat the trafficking of fentanyl, a synthetic drug 50 times stronger than heroin that is linked to tens of thousands of overdoses in the US. Sheinbaum pointed out the deployment of 10,000 members of the National Guard to the US border would “help Mexico” increase its security. Border security and stemming the flow of undocumented migrants was one of the key issues in President Trump’s campaign and since coming to office he has argued voters “gave him a mandate to seal the border”. Source link #Mexico #reach #deal #put #tariffs #hold Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

N.Y. Moves to Shield Doctors Who Send Abortion Pills to States With Bans N.Y. Moves to Shield Doctors Who Send Abortion Pills to States With Bans Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York signed a bill on Monday intended to give the state’s health care providers an extra layer of protection to shield them from prosecution in states that ban abortion. The newly signed law comes days after a New York doctor was indicted in Louisiana for prescribing and sending abortion pills to someone in the state. The charges represented an escalation in the fractious battle between mostly Republican-led states that ban abortion and Democratic-led states seeking to protect or expand abortion access. The law, which takes effect immediately, will allow health-care practitioners to avoid putting their names on prescriptions for medications used in abortions, and instead use the names of their medical practices. Ms. Hochul, a Democrat, said the goal was to better conceal the identity of providers in hopes of protecting them from criminal, civil or other legal action that anti-abortion states try to take against them. “Other states want to target, harass, scare, intimidate doctors and patients. That may be OK in a place like Louisiana — maybe Indiana,” Ms. Hochul said at a news conference on Monday. “But those are not our values here in the state of New York.” The legislation signed on Monday augments the state’s telemedicine abortion shield law, under which New York authorities are barred from cooperating with a prosecution or other action taken by another state against a New York abortion provider. New York is one of eight states to have adopted such laws. Sending the pills across state lines has become a key way to provide abortion access to women in states with bans. Since the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion in 2022, a dozen states have enacted near-total abortion bans, and others have imposed strict limits on when during a pregnancy an abortion is allowed. In the Louisiana case, Dr. Margaret Carpenter of New Paltz, N.Y., was charged last week, along with her medical practice, for “criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs.” Dr. Carpenter, who could not be reached for comment on Monday, was also sued in December by the attorney general of Texas and accused of providing abortion pills to a 20-year-old woman in that state. Ms. Hochul said Monday that she would be looking for ways to further strengthen New York’s law, including ensuring that pharmacies follow the new labeling rules. State Senator Michelle Hinchey, a New York Democrat who is a friend of Dr. Carpenter’s, said the doctor was “doing the hard work right now, standing up for the rights of people in other states that are losing their autonomy.” Louisiana law enforcement officials filed charges against the mother of the teenager who took the abortion pills as well. The officials also said the teenager was coerced into taking the medication. Ms. Hochul said she was not sure if that was true, and questioned if it was a “Republican distraction.” “Doctors have been stopped, some receiving death threats, and in deeply conservative states they weaponized the courts against providers,” Ms. Hochul said. “And now we know they’ve tried to strip New York doctors of their medical licenses, sue them, throw them in jail and even charge them with *******.” Pam Belluck and Emily Cochrane contributed reporting. Source link #N.Y #Moves #Shield #Doctors #Send #Abortion #Pills #States #Bans Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Charlize Zmuda, 17, dies after being bitten by shark off Bribie Island Charlize Zmuda, 17, dies after being bitten by shark off Bribie Island A 17-year-old girl who died after being bitten by a shark off Bribie Island has been remembered as a “beautiful girl”. Source link #Charlize #Zmuda #dies #bitten #shark #Bribie #Island Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump and Elon Musk are upending USAID. Here’s what to know about its work. Trump and Elon Musk are upending USAID. Here’s what to know about its work. Washington — President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have set their sights on the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, overseeing a disruption of the more than 60-year-old organization that provides humanitarian aid to more than 100 countries. The Trump administration’s targeting of USAID comes as the president has vowed to cut the size of the federal government and tasked Musk with leading the effort to do so through his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has notified Congress that he is eyeing a potential reorganization, which could include merging it with the State Department. But critics of Mr. Trump’s actions warn that the sweeping moves, which come just two weeks after he returned to office, threaten to put the nation at risk and undermine its credibility around the world. Lawmakers have also warned that any attempt to change the structure of USAID, an independent agency, would require action by Congress. “If the United States is going to prevail in great power competition, we cannot afford to take a timeout from USAID programs that have long served to advance U.S. foreign policy goals,” the top Democrats on the House and Senate Foreign Affairs Committees said in a letter last week to Jason Gray, who was then serving as acting USAID administrator. “America needs to be active, and we must lead through our example.” What is USAID? Employees and supporters protest outside the USAID headquarters on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The U.S. Agency for International Development is the federal government’s lead agency for international and development assistance. Established in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act, USAID “works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential,” according to an archived webpage from the agency. The aid the organization provides is aimed at furthering numerous goals, including strengthening democracy, protecting human rights, improving global health and advancing food security, the page said. USAID has more than 10,000 people in its workforce, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, and most of those employees — roughly two-thirds — are serving overseas. The agency has more than 60 country and regional missions. The agency is funded by taxpayer dollars authorized by Congress and reports to the secretary of state. According to an archived version of its website, USAID money has been used to provide nearly 9,000 ventilators to 43 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, fund more than 150 local organizations to implement interventions for **** and to launch the Countering ******** Influence Fund. USAID said the fund will invest $300 million in programs to advance national security goals across several areas “to build more resilient partners that are able to withstand pressure from the [******** Community Party] and other malign actors.” USAID was created at the height of the Cold War as part of a recognition by Kennedy and his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson, of humanitarian aid as a form of diplomacy. With the agency outlasting the Cold War and new threats to U.S. interests emerging, Democrats in Congress have warned that Mr. Trump’s gutting of USAID threatens the nation’s ability to compete with China and Russia. What is the USAID budget? In fiscal year 2023, USAID managed more than $40 billion in appropriations, the Congressional Research Service said, a figure that is less than 1% of the federal budget. Most of that funding went to governance programs, followed by the humanitarian and health sectors, according to the report. The countries that received the most money in fiscal year 2023 were Ukraine, Ethiopia and Jordan. While the health sector received the most funding in the early 1990s, humanitarian assistance became the highest-funded area in fiscal year 2022 because of increases in aid following “natural and human-induced humanitarian crises,” according to the Congressional Research Service. Governance took the top spot for fiscal year 2023, though, because of U.S. support for Ukraine’s government amid the country’s war with Russia. The money approved for USAID by Congress is spent through the agency’s “implementing partners,” which include private contractors, nonprofit organizations, foreign governments and international groups. What is going on with USAID now? The agency has come under significant scrutiny by Musk and DOGE, which Mr. Trump has tasked with shrinking the size of the federal government. Musk has repeatedly criticized USAID on X, the social media platform he owns, calling it a “criminal organization” that should “die.” He said early Monday that he had spoken with Mr. Trump about USAID and claimed the president agrees “we should shut it down.” “USAID is a ball of worms. There is no apple and when there is no apple, you’ve just got to basically get rid of the whole thing,” Musk said, adding the agency is “beyond repair.” Mr. Trump, meanwhile, told reporters Saturday that the agency has “been run by a bunch of radical lunatics.” There has been a flurry of activity targeting USAID and its employees over the past few days. Roughly 60 senior staff were placed on administrative leave last week and hundreds of contractors had their employment furloughed or terminated, sources told CBS News. Then, on Saturday, USAID’s website went dark, and two top security officials with the humanitarian aid agency were placed on administrative leave after they refused to let personnel from DOGE access classified information in restricted areas, according to the Associated Press. Katie Miller, who works for DOGE, said on X that “no classified material was accessed without proper security clearances.” Matt Hopson, who was tapped by Mr. Trump to serve as USAID chief of staff, resigned Sunday, two staffers told CBS News. Agency staff were told USAID’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., would be closed to them Monday, according to a notice they received. The turmoil at USAID is set against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s 90-day freeze on foreign assistance, which has roiled programs worldwide and forced layoffs and furloughs. The order directed all U.S. diplomatic and consular posts to immediately issue “stop-work” orders for existing foreign assistance awards, pending review by the secretary. But the secretary of state later issued a waiver that applies to “life-saving humanitarian assistance,” defined as “life-saving medicine, medical services, food, shelter, and subsistence assistance, as well as supplies and reasonable administrative costs as necessary to deliver such assistance.” What will happen to USAID? House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, a Republican from Florida, told “Face the Nation” on Sunday that USAID would likely be “rolled more closely” under Rubio. He lamented that a fraction of what the agency spends goes to aid. “I would be absolutely for, if that’s the path we go down, removing USAID as a separate department” and moving parts of it to the State Department, Mast said. A day later, three U.S. officials told CBS News that USAID would remain a humanitarian aid entity, but would be merged into the State Department with cuts to its funding and workforce. The Trump administration is expected to announce the changes in the coming days. Rubio has been named acting administrator of USAID, and he told Congress in a letter obtained by CBS News that he authorized Peter Marocco, director of Foreign Assistance at the State Department, to perform the duties of deputy administrator. The State Department said in a statement that Rubio has “notified Congress that a review of USAID’s foreign assistance activities is underway with an eye towards potential reorganization.” Dr. Atul Gawande, former USAID Global Health Director, told Fox News the move to target the agency is “dangerous for the United States and humanity.” “These are people shutting down an agency and having no clue the work that is being done. I’m a surgeon. I led Global Health at USAID, and I can tell you, this is where these are programs touching hundreds of millions of people around the world on a budget that’s half the budget of the hospital where I do surgery,” Gawande said. In a series of posts on X, Gawande said a pause on foreign assistance “does serious damage to the world and the US.” He also posted a list of examples on how this can impact global health, including stopping work on a deadly Marburg outbreak in Tanzania, a wide outbreak of a mpox variant killing children in west Africa and stopping critical work to eradicate polio. Some impacts hit even closer to home, as this also “stops monitoring of bird flu in 49 countries, a disease which already killed an American on home soil,” he wrote. “Make no mistake — these essential, lifesaving activities are being halted right now. Consequences aren’t in some distant future. They are immediate,” he concluded his thread. The Trump administration will not be the first to attempt to oversee a reorganization of USAID. A similar effort was made by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright during the Clinton administration under a two-year plan that would keep USAID as a separate agency but bring it under the secretary of state’s direct authority. In 1998, Congress passed the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act, which established USAID as an independent agency and clarified that its administrator “shall report to and be under the direct authority and foreign policy guidance of the secretary of state.” By the end of Bill Clinton’s presidency, USAID’s workforce had dropped from 11,500 employees to less than 8,000, and the number of countries with agency programs was cut from 120 to 70, according to the book “State vs Defense: The Battle to Define America’s Empire” by journalist Stephen Glain. Sara Cook and Sara Moniuszko contributed to this report. Melissa Quinn Melissa Quinn is a politics reporter for CBSNews.com. She has written for outlets including the Washington Examiner, Daily Signal and Alexandria Times. Melissa covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Source link #Trump #Elon #Musk #upending #USAID #Heres #work Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Palantir Earnings Top Estimates. Full Year 2025 Revenue Guidance Beats. – Investor's Business Daily Palantir Earnings Top Estimates. Full Year 2025 Revenue Guidance Beats. – Investor's Business Daily Palantir Earnings Top Estimates. Full Year 2025 Revenue Guidance Beats. Investor’s Business DailyPalantir shares surge 15% after company posts strong earnings and outlook CNBCPalantir forecasts 2025 revenue above estimates on AI strength, shares surge Yahoo FinancePalantir’s stock surges as AI traction drives huge earnings beats across the board MarketWatch Source link #Palantir #Earnings #Top #Estimates #Full #Year #Revenue #Guidance #Beats #Investor039s #Business #Daily Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Alex Palmer transfer: Ipswich Town sign goalkeeper from West Brom Alex Palmer transfer: Ipswich Town sign goalkeeper from West Brom Ipswich Town have signed West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Alex Palmer. The 28-year-old had a medical at Portman Road before the transfer deadline and will leave The Hawthorns having come through the club’s academy. The total amount Ipswich are paying is reportedly up to £5m. Palmer has made 104 appearances for West Brom, who are sixth in the Championship, with them opting to sell him as they believe they have a strong succession plan in Josh Griffiths, Joe Wildsmith and England Under-19s keeper Ben Cisse. Ipswich have no plans on moving other goalkeepers out, with Palmer coming in as Christian Walton is sidelined for a number of weeks with a groin injury. More to follow. Source link #Alex #Palmer #transfer #Ipswich #Town #sign #goalkeeper #West #Brom Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Treasury slaps $1.6bn price tag on Coalition’s business lunch policy Treasury slaps $1.6bn price tag on Coalition’s business lunch policy Labor says this Coalition policy touted as “a win for the small business spending the money on their staff or clients” could cost “billions”. Source link #Treasury #slaps #1.6bn #price #tag #Coalitions #business #lunch #policy Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Arken Age Review Step Into the Future of VR | COGconnected Arken Age Review Step Into the Future of VR | COGconnected Arken Age, a sci-fi adventure from VitruviusVR, delivers an enthralling journey that exemplifies the potential of modern VR gaming. Source link #Arken #Age #Review #Step #Future #COGconnected Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Dive Into The Thriving Marine Paradise Of The Marshall Islands Dive Into The Thriving Marine Paradise Of The Marshall Islands Scientists have discovered a pristine marine sanctuary in the Marshall Islands’ Ratak Chain. Grey reef sharks, manta rays, coral reefs, and sea turtles thrive in these waters. Spanning 18,500 square miles, the Reimaanlok Marine Protected Area offers a rare glimpse into a pre-industrial ocean, proving that when nature gets breathing room, it flourishes. Dive in and explore this untouched underwater paradise! Source link #Dive #Thriving #Marine #Paradise #Marshall #Islands Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

How To Sign Up For Battlefield Labs and Test Battlefield 6 How To Sign Up For Battlefield Labs and Test Battlefield 6 Electronic Arts has unveiled ‘Battlefield Labs’, a one-stop solution for inviting players to test out future features and titles in the Battlefield series. The attention is on Battlefield 6 (title TBC), which received a pre-alpha gameplay reveal on February 3rd. In this guide, I’ll teach you how to sign up for Battlefield Labs and prepare to test Battlefield 6 – or whatever it’ll be called. EA is intent on making as few mistakes as possible with this game, which makes sense given the woeful failure of Battlefield 2042, the last major release in the series. The company is busy testing every Battlefield 6 feature behind closed doors, but Battlefield Labs will blow that concept wide open. Do you want to know how to sign up for Battlefield 6 playtests? Read on. How to Register for Battlefield Labs To sign up for the Battlefield 6 test phases, simply navigate to the Battlefield Labs website and click ‘Sign Up Now’ on the front page. From there, you’ll be prompted to log into your EA account – or to make a new one if you’re a fresh member. Then, you can also join the Battlefield Labs Discord, if that’s your kind of thing. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, there is an enormous ****** of people trying to register for Battlefield Labs. Those who have figured out how to sign up for Battlefield Labs are stacking up in droves, and when I tried to access it before writing this guide, I was in a ****** of 250,000 gamers. What is Battlefield Labs? In the words of Electronic Arts: Battlefield Labs is our most ambitious community development collaboration ever, where a select number of fans will step inside the war room. Registration is now open. While we encourage everyone to register, space will be limited. This gargantuan testing effort will start with North American and European players, but in the future, Electronic Arts promises to expand operations around the world. For those with successful applications to the system, Battlefield 6 playtesting awaits – but at the time of writing, nobody knows what that looks like. Here’s the video that Electronic Arts released to promote Battlefield Labs: Are you trying to sign up for Battlefield Labs to become a Battlefield 6 playtester? Let us know on the Insider Gaming forum if you have any success. For more Insider Gaming coverage, check out everything we learned from the new Battlefield gameplay snippet SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter to receive the latest news and exclusive leaks every week! No Spam. Source link #Sign #Battlefield #Labs #Test #Battlefield Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Palantir shares surge 15% after company posts strong earnings and outlook – CNBC Palantir shares surge 15% after company posts strong earnings and outlook – CNBC Palantir shares surge 15% after company posts strong earnings and outlook CNBCPalantir forecasts 2025 revenue above estimates on AI strength, shares surge Yahoo FinancePalantir Reports Q4 2024 Revenue Growth of 36% Y/Y, U.S. Revenue Growth of 52% Y/Y; Issues FY 2025 Revenue Guidance of 31% Y/Y Growth, Eviscerating Consensus Estimates Business WirePalantir Earnings Top Estimates. Full Year 2025 Revenue Guidance Beats. Investor’s Business Daily Source link #Palantir #shares #surge #company #posts #strong #earnings #outlook #CNBC Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Review – Hans and Henry's Excellent Adventure | COGconnected Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Review – Hans and Henry's Excellent Adventure | COGconnected Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is the sequel to 2018’s realism-based first person medieval shooter RPG, continuing the story of Henry and Hans. Source link #Kingdom #Deliverance #Review #Hans #Henry039s #Excellent #Adventure #COGconnected Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Rebels declare ceasefire in DR Congo for ‘humanitarian reasons’ Rebels declare ceasefire in DR Congo for ‘humanitarian reasons’ The alliance of rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a humanitarian ceasefire starting on Tuesday. In a statement, the group – which includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels – cited “humanitarian reasons” for the ceasefire, after it has been capturing territory in eastern parts of the country. The UN said at least 900 people have been killed and 2,880 injured in recent fighting in and around Goma, DR Congo’s largest eastern city, after it was seized by rebels. The G7 nations and the EU have condemned the offensive as a flagrant violation of DR Congo’s sovereignty. The alliance of rebel groups – known as the Congo River Alliance – has accused the Congolese military of killing people using aircrafts to bomb areas it holds. It added it does not intend to seize any further territory, despite saying otherwise last week, and it will hold its positions. In a statement, the alliance said: “We reiterate our commitment to protecting and defending the civilian population and our positions.” Regional fighting has seen hundreds of thousands of people displaced over the last three years. Since the start of 2025, more than 400,000 people have been forced from their homes, according to the UN’s refugee agency. Rwandan President Paul Kagame – who is also commander-in-chief of the Rwanda Defence Force – said he did not know if his country’s troops were in the DR Congo. “There are many things I don’t know. But if you want to ask me, is there a problem in Congo that concerns Rwanda? And that Rwanda would do anything to protect itself? I’d say 100%,” he told CNN on Monday. Meanwhile, human rights groups have been calling for more pressure on Rwanda to back down. The DR Congo’s communications minister called for the international community to impose sanctions on Rwanda. “A strong decision (must be taken) not only to condemn, but to stop what Rwanda is doing, because it is not acceptable if you want to preserve peace in Africa and in our region,” Patrick Muyaya told Reuters. “Sanctions are the minimum,” he added. The Congolese and Rwandan presidents are due to attend a regional peace summit in Tanzania on Friday. With 30 years of conflict behind them, it is expected that any negotiations if they do not break down – as they have several times in the last year – could go on for months. Source link #Rebels #declare #ceasefire #Congo #humanitarian #reasons Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]