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Apple iOS 18.3 is here. What to know about top features. Apple iOS 18.3 is here. What to know about top features. The latest operating system update is available now for Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices. The iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3 rollout brings a few small improvements, one big change to Apple Intelligence and security updates for iPhone. The first batch of Apple Intelligence features, introducing Apple-built generative models and other enhancements to existing Apple software, launched in October, with more features rolling out in December for devices. Here’s what to know about some of the top features in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3: Notification summaries In iOS and iPadOS 18.3, AI-generated notification summaries are getting a style change on iPhone 15 and 16 models and iPad models with M1 or later. The summaries will now have italicized text to make them more easily distinguishable from other notifications. Users can now manage setting for notification summaries from the Lock Screen of their device. Apple also is temporarily disabling notification summaries for news and entertainment apps. For users who opt-in to the feature, Apple will notify when it becomes available. More: Giving your child an iPhone this holiday season? Check these settings for them. Apple Intelligence on by default In the previous two OS updates, users had to opt-in to use Apple Intelligence features. In 18.3, Apple Intelligence will now be enabled automatically for new users and those upgrading who may not have opted in previously. Visual Intelligence upgrades For those with iPhone 16 devices, a couple of new options were added to Visual Intelligence, using the camera control button. Users can now add an event to their calendar from a poster, and Visual Intelligence can identify plants and animals. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Apple iOS 18.3 is here. What to know about top features. Source link #Apple #iOS #top #features Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now – The New York Times State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now – The New York Times State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now The New York TimesMedical experts concerned USAID spending cuts could impact global health programs PBS NewsHourDistribution of **** drugs in poor countries stopped as Trump freezes foreign aid USA TODAYWHO statement on potential global threat to people living with **** World Health Organization Source link #State #Department #Permits #Distribution #H.I.V #Medications #Resume #York #Times Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Judge halts Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans Judge halts Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans Watch: Pause on federal funding targeted at DEI and ‘wokeness’, says White House A US judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants and loans, minutes before it was set to come into effect on Tuesday. Judge Loren AliKhan’s order to pause the plan until next Monday at 17:00 EST (22:00 GMT) came in response to a lawsuit filed earlier in the day by a group of organisations representing grant recipients. The lawsuit claims the White House’s temporary freezing of already approved funding violates the law. In the hours before the order was due to take effect, there was widespread confusion about which agencies and programmes would be impacted. The acting head of the White House budget office had instructed agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all federal financial assistance”. It said the move was intended to give the new administration time to assess what grants and loans were in step with their agenda. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump’s plan to pause billions of dollars in US government funding was about being “good stewards of tax dollars”. Speaking to reporters in her first ever briefing, she said the pause in funding would allow governments to cut back spending for “woke” gender issues and diversity programmes. But it prompted confusion, as well as anger from opposition figures, on Tuesday as those who receive federal loans and grants – such as non-profits and research organisations – reckoned with the reality of swiftly losing funding. Judge AliKhan on Tuesday said she was issuing a brief stay that would “preserve the status quo” until she can hold an oral argument, now set for Monday morning. The White House directive could have impacted billions of dollars meant for federal programmes, from disaster relief to ******* research. In a post on X, Diane Yentel, the president of the National Council of Nonprofits, the organisation that brought the lawsuit, celebrated the ruling. “Our lawsuit was successful – the US district court is blocking OMB (Office of Management and Budget) from moving forward on its reckless plan to halt federal funding,” she wrote. In the lawsuit, her organisation wrote that Trump’s order seeks to “eradicate essentially all federal grant programs”. Getty Images The White House said Trump’s plan to pause billions of dollars in US government funding was about being “good stewards of tax dollars” It argues that Trump’s order is “devoid of any legal basis or the barest rationale” and will have ripple effects throughout the entire United States and beyond. This is separate from an action by a coalition of Democratic states who filed a lawsuit later on Tuesday to block the order, calling it unconstitutional. Stephen Miller, the White House’s deputy chief of staff, also defended the directive before the judge’s decision was announced, telling reporters that this would allow the government to get “credit control”. “It does not impact any federal programmes that Americans rely on,” he said, answering a question about whether “Meals on Wheels” food delivery programme would be affected. On Tuesday, several states reported issues accessing funds through Medicaid, a government health insurance programme for low-income people. The White House later said the programme would not be affected and that the problem would be resolved soon. It also said Social Security benefits would not be affected, nor would any programme “that provides direct benefits to individuals”, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps. In a letter to the White House, top Democrats expressed “extreme alarm” about the plan to pause funding. “The scope of what you are ordering is breathtaking, unprecedented, and will have devastating consequences across the country,” wrote Washington Senator Patty Murray and Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro. Democratic ********* leader of the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, said the move would cause missed payrolls and rent payments, and cause “chaos”. Source link #Judge #halts #Trumps #freeze #federal #grants #loans Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Brummie: Ozzy Osbourne thrilled by award from home town Brummie: Ozzy Osbourne thrilled by award from home town Ozzy Osbourne “couldn’t be happier” after being awarded the Freedom of Birmingham. The 76-year-old music star and his ****** Sabbath bandmates are set to receive the honour, and his wife Sharon Osbourne has revealed the iconic frontman really cherishes being recognised by his home city. Sharon, 72 – who has been married to Ozzy since 1982 – told BBC Radio WM: “He couldn’t be happier right now – it’s come at a great time for him.” ****** Sabbath are seen as an important part of Birmingham’s cultural heritage, and Sharon has admitted that Ozzy remains very fond of the city. She shared: “It’s who Ozzy is, he’s never ever been one of these people who when you get fame you try and pretend to be something you’re not. He’s just Ozzy from Brum. “That’s what he is and he’s never tried to be anything else. “He owes so much to Birmingham, it’s his blood, that’s who he is.” Sharon and Ozzy have lived in the United States for decades, but they’re eager to return home to England one day. She said: “He’s dying to come home. And that’s what’s been a bit tough. “Each time we make arrangements to come, something happens that he can’t do it, and he’s desperate to come home.” Meanwhile, Jim Simpson, the first manager of ****** Sabbath, has hailed Ozzy as the “most famous Brummie of all time”. Jim has also credited ****** Sabbath for inspiring “eight or ten or 12 other forms of heavy rock”. He said: “The impact of Sabbath is worldwide, it’s not just on this city. “They single-handedly invented a style of heavy rock which in turn has inspired eight or ten or 12 other forms of heavy rock. Not many bands can claim to do that. “Ask yourself who is the most famous Brummie of all time? I think it’s Ozzy.” Source link #Brummie #Ozzy #Osbourne #thrilled #award #home #town Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Nvidia’s stock rout is just the beginning of more pullbacks that could be multiple times larger, ‘****** Swan’ author says Nvidia’s stock rout is just the beginning of more pullbacks that could be multiple times larger, ‘****** Swan’ author says Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/*** Nvidia‘s 17% sell-off could be the beginning of a pullback that’s two or three times larger, Nassim Taleb says. The “****** Swan” author said the DeepSeek-fueled market rout exposed how fragile the market is. Nvidia’s loss was relatively small considering the stock’s steep climb in recent years, he added. Nvidia’s double-digit decline could be just a taste of what’s to come for investors, with another pullback multiple times as large in the cards, “****** Swan” author Nassim Taleb said. Taleb, an advisorr at hedge fund Universa Investments, cautioned that Nvidia’s rout, which wiped out almost $600 billion from the chip giant’s market cap, could be followed by further large declines in the stock. “That’s absolutely in line with what you can expect. I mean, think about it. Something goes from 1 to 10, goes back to 9, people freak out,” Taleb said, speaking to Bloomberg on Tuesday. Amid a broader sell-off fueled by DeepSeek on Monday, Nvidia stock shed 17% and erased $589 billion from its market cap for the worst-ever single-day loss of value in history. The total market loss exceeded $1 trillion at the end of Monday’s session. But that decline is relatively minor considering the stock’s meteoric rise in recent years, Taleb said, characterizing Monday’s sell-off as “just a small setback.” “You’re building everything on the hope that people will use your chip, will use chips, and the investment will not come from software or someone figuring out a better idea or some other method, which is what happened. It’s a hint of what is to come,” Taleb told Bloomberg. Nvidia’s pullback illustrated how fragile markets are, Taleb said. He pointed to how heavily investors were concentrated in a small corner of the market; Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, and Broadcom accounted for nearly half of all gains in the S&P 500 in 2024, according to an analysis from Goldman Sachs. People also tend to underestimate how volatile tech stocks can be in a single trading day, Taleb said, referring to stocks in the sector as “gray swans.” “This is the beginning,” Taleb added. “Beginning of an adjustment of people to reality, because now they realize, now, it’s no longer flawless. You have a small little chip on the glass. Now they realize, oh, it’s not infallible. Maybe I should revise.” DeepSeek, the ******** startup whose AI model rivals US peers despite being trained with older generation chip tech, has fueled concerns over the artificial intelligence trade in the US. In particular, the sell-off revealed concerns over two key risks that investors have mostly overlooked until now — stretched valuations and heavy AI spending by large-cap US tech firms. Story Continues Mark Spitznagel, the chief investment officer of Universa Investments, the hedge fund Taleb advises, has compared the run-up in tech stocks in recent years to the dot-com bubble, adding that the market now looks to be in the “greatest bubble in human history.” Read the original article on Business Insider Source link #Nvidias #stock #rout #beginning #pullbacks #multiple #times #larger #****** #Swan #author Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival Leaves Pilgrims Hurt Stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival Leaves Pilgrims Hurt People were hurt and deaths were feared after millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a huge festival in the Indian city of Prayagraj, rushed to bathe in holy river waters on what is considered one of the most auspicious dates in the Hindu calendar. As pilgrims rushed to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, which Hindus consider sacred, some people who were sleeping on the ground were trampled and a barrier broke, government officials said. The Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj occurs every 12 years. Hindus believe that bathing at the spot where the two holy rivers meet, along with a third sacred river called Sarasvati, will purge them of all sins and help them attain salvation. Because of certain favorable celestial alignments, millions more were expected this year at the event, named the “Maha” or Great Kumbh. The government of the state of Uttar Pradesh, where Prayagraj is, has estimated that around 400 million people will attend the six-week festival from all corners of India. To house them all, the government built a temporary city on the banks of the Ganges, with tents, toilets, streets, pontoon bridges and waste management facilities. The danger posed by huge crowds has been a frequent problem at the Kumbh Mela. In 2013, 42 people were killed and 45 injured in a crowd crush on a train platform. Government officials became much more organized and focused on the safety and security of pilgrims after the 2013 incident. This year, the Uttar Pradesh government has employed sophisticated technology to monitor the inflow and outflow of people so that police personnel on the ground can redirect crowds. Despite the precautions, festival employees and others were encouraging people to go toward the confluence of the rivers, with some even using the public address system to do so. Police officials were unable to clear the bathing areas before more pilgrims rushed in. This is a developing story that will be updated. Source link #Stampede #Indias #Maha #Kumbh #Mela #Hindu #Festival #Leaves #Pilgrims #Hurt Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Anthony Mackie Clarifies Captain America Comment Amid Backlash: "I'm A Proud American" – Deadline Anthony Mackie Clarifies Captain America Comment Amid Backlash: "I'm A Proud American" – Deadline Anthony Mackie Clarifies Captain America Comment Amid Backlash: “I’m A Proud American” DeadlineAnthony Mackie Says Captain America Shouldn’t Represent ‘America’ Newsweek’Captain America: Brave New World’ star says the character should not represent America Fox NewsFans Are Divided After Anthony Mackie Said Captain America Doesn’t Only Represent “America,” And We Need To Talk About It Yahoo EntertainmentWhat Did Anthony Mackie Truly Mean When He Said Cap Shouldn’t Represent America? CBM (Comic Book Movie) Source link #Anthony #Mackie #Clarifies #Captain #America #Comment #Backlash #quotI039m #Proud #Americanquot #Deadline Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump expected to sign executive order prioritizing federal funding for school choice programs Trump expected to sign executive order prioritizing federal funding for school choice programs President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to prioritize and free up federal funding for school choice programs, according to a White House document on an upcoming executive order obtained by CBS News. The executive order directs the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, to submit a plan to Mr. Trump for how military families can use Defense Department funds to send their kids to the school of their choosing. More broadly, it directs the Department of Education to prioritize school choice programs through its discretionary grant programs, and orders the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on how states receiving block grants for families and children can use those funds to support private and faith-based institutions. The president is expected to sign the order Wednesday, according to a senior administration official. The executive order also directs the Department of Education to issue guidance to states on how to use federal funding formulas — which determine how much money to allocate to districts and schools — to support their K-12 scholarship programs. The interior secretary, when confirmed, must also submit a plan to the president outlining how families with students at Bureau of Indian Education schools can use federal money to send those children to a school of their family’s choosing. About 47,000 American Indian and Alaska Native students are enrolled in Bureau of Indian Education schools. It’s not yet clear how much the administration can do without Congress to prioritize money for school choice programs, or to allow military children to go to the school of their parents’ choosing. It’s also not yet immediately clear if the Office of Management and Budget’s directive to temporarily pause federal assistance would affect educational grant programs. A federal judge has also issued a stay on the order. Mr. Trump’s new executive action comes as the soon-to-be-released National Assessment of Education Progress for 2024 is expected to show that 40% of 4th graders did not meet basic reading levels, the highest percentage ever recorded. The data will also show 4th and 8th grade average reading scores have continued a downward trend, each down two points from 2022. According to the NAEP, 70% of 8th graders weren’t proficient in reading and 72% weren’t proficient in math. The data is set to be released Wednesday at midnight. “Every child deserves the best education available, regardless of their zip code,” the White House document reads. “However, for generations, our government-assigned education system has failed millions of parents, students and teachers. This executive order begins to rectify that wrong by opening up opportunities for students to attend the school that best fits their needs.” Federal funding represents a relatively small portion of funding for most public schools, about 14% of funding for public K-12 schools in the U.S., according to the U.S. Census Bureau. States account for about 44% of funding, and localities about 43%. Mr. Trump championed school choice on the campaign trail, as well as during his first term in office. School choice advocates have also hoped for winning tax breaks to help pay for private tuition, something that would require congressional approval. The president has tapped former wrestling executive and former head of the Small Business Administration, Linda McMahon, to run the Department of Education. She has yet to have confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. Denise Carter is the acting secretary of education until a permanent one is confirmed. Kathryn Watson Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C. Source link #Trump #expected #sign #executive #order #prioritizing #federal #funding #school #choice #programs Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Cash-strapped Star to shed Sydney Event Centre in scramble to stay afloat Cash-strapped Star to shed Sydney Event Centre in scramble to stay afloat Casino giant Star will shed a major entertainment venue as it attempts to raise enough cash to avoid collapse. Source link #Cashstrapped #Star #shed #Sydney #Event #Centre #scramble #stay #afloat Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Air Force Materiel Command exec relieved after investigation finds ‘inappropriate’ relationships Air Force Materiel Command exec relieved after investigation finds ‘inappropriate’ relationships Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways A high-ranking officer at the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has been removed from his position within Air Force Materiel Command, according to a release from Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley, director and program executive officer (PEO) of AFMC’s Bombers Directorate at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center was relieved after an internal investigation revealed “inappropriate personal relationships.” TRENDING STORIES: Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, AFMC commander, relieved Quigley from his position on Tuesday, Jan. 28. “The Director and PEO position leads a team executing the modernization and sustainment of the Air Force’s bomber portfolio and is vitally important to the defense of the nation,” Richardson said. “Airmen of all ranks must be held accountable for their actions.” Quigley obtained this position in April 2024. According to the United States Air Force, he was responsible for the “sustainment and modernization of the bombers portfolio” and “organizing, training, and equipping the AFMC’s B-21 System Program Office.” Joseph A. Peloquin, Air Force Deputy PEO for Bombs, has been named interim Director and PEO, according to AFMC. Additional information was not immediately available. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter] Source link #Air #Force #Materiel #Command #exec #relieved #investigation #finds #inappropriate #relationships Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Head Start and Medicaid providers hit glitches as Trump freezes federal money – The Associated Press Head Start and Medicaid providers hit glitches as Trump freezes federal money – The Associated Press Head Start and Medicaid providers hit glitches as Trump freezes federal money The Associated PressFederal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans The Associated PressTrump’s federal grant pause creates confusion over Medicaid funding CNNWhite House blames “outage” for locking out Medicaid, Head Start, health centers from funding site CBS NewsDemocrats Find a Voice in Opposition to Trump’s Funding Halt The New York Times Source link #Start #Medicaid #providers #hit #glitches #Trump #freezes #federal #money #Press Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Nearly half of schools give families financial help, teachers say Nearly half of schools give families financial help, teachers say Kate McGough Education producer BBC As the bell rings at St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy in Boston, Lincolnshire, head teacher Mrs Booth spots a little boy coming through the gates with his hood pulled up, crying. “Are you OK?” she asks in a soft voice, taking him to one side. He tells her he’s been hit around the head by an adult at home. Domestic violence is not the only issue teachers here are dealing with. Four families at the school are currently homeless. Many are in severe debt. There are pupils who have been trafficked. Across the country, schools like St Nicholas are increasingly having to help families with problems that extend beyond the classroom. BBC News commissioned survey tool Teacher Tapp to ask teachers and school leaders in England about the extra support their schools are providing for children. Teachers told the BBC that financial hardship, housing and mental health struggles are the issues schools have been helping families with the most over the last two years. Almost half (45%) of senior teachers say their school has provided financial support for families in the last 12 monthsTwo thirds (66%) of senior teachers say their school provided food for pupils to eat outside school hours in the last 12 monthsApproximately one in seven teachers (15%) say they have spent their own money to provide food to struggling familiesA third of teachers (34%) say their school is helping children with teeth-brushing Head teacher Mrs Booth says her primary school has become “a sanctuary, the safe place, the haven” for many pupils The school is in one of the most deprived parts of Lincolnshire. There are high levels of migration – 71 children moved in and out of the school during the last academic year – and for nearly 70% of the children, English is not their first language. Mrs Booth has already taken a call this morning about three vulnerable children who are missing – they’ve not been to school for weeks and all have tuberculosis, an infectious lung disease which can be serious if not treated. “We think the family are in Europe,” says Mrs Booth. “We’re fairly sure they were fleeing from debt.” After morning break, Mrs Curtis is putting together a grab bag for an eight-year-old pupil whose mum rang the school earlier to let them know they’ve had to leave their home in a hurry. She is OK and her child is safe, she says, but they have no belongings. The school prepares bags of emergency supplies for children who suddenly become homeless A dozen pre-prepared bags, full of items a child might need if their family is in crisis, hang on pegs near the stationery cupboard. There is a teddy with the school’s crest on it, a bedtime story and a school uniform. But the school helps with a wide range of other things too – from electricity meter cards to blankets. Mrs Curtis is now trying to find some pyjamas for the pupil in need. At lunchtime, dinner lady Mrs Smalley keeps an eye on the children who don’t have enough food at home. There are 85 children at St Nicholas who are currently eligible for free school meals, just under half of the school’s pupils. The school is also taking part in a project to promote healthy eating – but the contents of the children’s lunchboxes is an ongoing challenge. Children regularly turn up with left-over takeaways, or just chocolate and crisps. Assemblies at St Nicholas are a loud and joyful daily sing-along Assembly is one of the highlights of the school day, and the music is loud and joyous. Mrs Booth describes it as a lesson for “the mind, body and soul” and the hall is packed with children dancing and singing. When she joined St Nicholas as head teacher in 2019, the school was rated Inadequate by the schools inspectors at Ofsted. Morale was low and the school was failing children and staff. Five years on, St Nicholas is rated as Good and is part of the Infinity Academies Trust. Their motto is “let your light shine”, and the school emblem is a lighthouse. “It’s important for us to provide sanctuary,” Mrs Booth says. “You know you’ll be loved, you’ll be fed, watered, and you’ll get a hug on the gate.” Mrs Smith has been a teacher here for 21 years. She describes the huge changes she’s seen since she began teaching. “When I first started working in schools the children were dropped off, we taught them, and they went home,” she says. “Now we help them with their food, we help them brush their teeth, we help them with behaviour, we help them with general life. “How can we not help a child who is hungry or doesn’t have clothes?” All the children are taught how to properly brush their teeth at school Despite the challenges at St Nicholas, there have been huge academic improvements here because of the focus on wellbeing. Of the children in Key Stage 1, 95% reached national standards on phonics in their latest stats, well above the national average and up from 61% before the pandemic. And St Nicholas doesn’t just offer extra support to pupils – there is help for parents too, in the form of parenting courses and budgeting classes. The school recently laid on cooking classes for families, with a free air-fryer for those who complete the course to test their new skills at home. For those children who have a relative in prison, time is set aside in the school week to speak to them and show them their school work via a video link. Parent Kerrie, who has a child in Year 4, reached out to the school when things were getting on top of her. Parent Kerrie turned to the school for parenting support and now works as a midday lunch supervisor “I’ve always struggled with my mental health, but it got worse,” Kerrie says. “I couldn’t cope. I spoke to the school and they were amazing. They helped with my daughter, they gave me a parenting course. It’s not just a school, it is a family – and if they know you are struggling, they will check in on you.” In response to the BBC’s survey, Paul Whiteman from the NAHT school leaders’ union told us it is “vital” that schools’ time and budgets are freed up to focus on learning. “There needs to be a greater safety net for children and families to get the support they need from central and local government and community services, and it’s vital the government’s child poverty taskforce delivers tangible recommendations which help address the root causes of poverty.” The government is proposing measures it says will help children and families in a new bill which is currently progressing through parliament The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which is currently going through parliament, has a wide-range of measures aimed at tackling poverty in schools, such as setting up breakfast clubs and limiting uniform costs, even as the bill’s plans for academies have caused political controversy. It will also make sure teachers and schools are always involved in decisions around safeguarding children in their area, and if a child’s home environment is assessed as unsuitable or unsafe, local authorities have the power to intervene. A unique identifier number will be given to children across services, akin to an adult’s national insurance number. Mrs Curtis runs a knitting club at St Nicholas’s every lunchtime where pupils can talk about their worries In response to our survey findings on the extra support being offered by schools, a government spokesperson said schools funding was increasing by £2.3bn. They also pointed to the introduction of free breakfast clubs and a cap on the amount of expensive branded school uniform items parents have to buy. “More widely we are developing a strategy to reduce child poverty which will be published this spring,” they added. As the school bell rings to signal the end of the day for pupils, Mrs Booth and her dedicated team are still hard at work. There are regular calls to social care services, the police and the Home Office to deal with, as well as meetings with mental health support teams. “My job is to see opportunities so these children can thrive in modern Britain,” Mrs Booth says. “I couldn’t call myself a head teacher if I was to say, ‘That’s not my job.'” Source link #schools #give #families #financial #teachers Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Suspected getaway ute in gangland shooting found burnt Suspected getaway ute in gangland shooting found burnt Detectives believe a grey ute with a distinctive sticker was likely used as a second getaway vehicle after the brazen slaying of a notorious underworld figure. Source link #Suspected #getaway #ute #gangland #shooting #burnt Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Do Ukrainians want a ceasefire almost 3 years into its war with Russia? Do Ukrainians want a ceasefire almost 3 years into its war with Russia? The fighting in Ukraine has not let up since Russia launched its full-scale invasion nearly three years ago. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports on what Ukrainians think about a possible ceasefire. Then, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joins “The Daily Report” to discuss how a pause in U.S. foreign aid could affect the war. Source link #Ukrainians #ceasefire #years #war #Russia Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The ‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a major renovation of the Louvre – The Associated Press The ‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a major renovation of the Louvre – The Associated Press The ‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a major renovation of the Louvre The Associated PressLouvre’s decision to move Mona Lisa is a misguided act of snobbery The GuardianMona Lisa to get a room of her own in Louvre museum renovation The Washington Post Source link #Mona #Lisa #room #major #renovation #Louvre #Press Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Mogwai’s ‘vaguely upbeat’ return after difficult years Mogwai’s ‘vaguely upbeat’ return after difficult years Mark Savage Music Correspondent Steve Gullick Mogwai (left-right): Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Barry Burns and Martin Bulloch One word keeps cropping up during our interview with Glasgow four-piece Mogwai – and that word is “weird”. It was “psychedelically weird” when their last album, As The Love Continues, unexpectedly went to number one in 2021. The achievement was made “even weirder” by the fact it happened during the pandemic, “so we couldn’t even go to the pub to talk about how weird it was”, says frontman Stuart Braithwaite. The success took them all the way to the Mercury Prize gala (“such a weird ceremony”), but they didn’t let it influence their new album, The Bad Fire. In fact, they completely forgot to mention the chart achievement to their new producer, John Congleton (St Vincent, The Killers, Blondie, Modest Mouse). He only found out when a French journalist brought it up in an interview. “He was like, ‘Wait, your last album went to number one?’ And we were like, ‘Yeah’. “And he was like, ‘Wow, that’s weird’.” To be fair, he was right. Mogwai are not a band who ever seemed destined for global domination. Formed by longtime friends who wanted to create “serious guitar music”, the quartet specialise in long, mesmerising instrumentals, riddled with creeping anxiety and devastating pay-offs. Their journey to number one took 25 years, aided by chart rules that place higher value on physical record sales over streams when calculating rankings. Mogwai – a cult band with a fanbase that prizes vinyl – found the scales tipped in their favour. For one glorious week, they outsold Dua Lipa and Harry Styles. “It was a huge surprise,” Braithwaite reiterates. “We want our music to do as well as it can, but we’re not uber-ambitious. We’re not like Queen, plotting world domination.” But even if the band had been inclined to capitalise on their success, fate was conspiring against them. Getty Images The band emerged from Glasgow’s fertile alternative rock scene, alongside bands like Teenage Fanclub, Arab Strap, Delgados and Bis As they prepared to record the follow-up to As The Love Continues, keyboardist Barry Burns received the news every parent dreads: His daughter might die. Doctors had diagnosed her with aplastic anaemia, also known as bone marrow failure, where the body stops producing enough blood cells. “She had blood coming out of her gums and bruises all over,” he recalls. “It was extremely stressful.” The condition is exceptionally rare, with only 30 to 40 children diagnosed in the *** per year, but Burns had first-hand experience of how serious it could be. “The weird thing was that my neighbour when I was a kid had it and, sadly, she died,” he says. “So obviously, I really panicked because I thought I knew the outcome – but thankfully the treatment is completely different now.” After a bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy, his daughter recovered. “She’s going to be fine, but I’ve had an awful two years.” Opaque and impressionistic It wasn’t the only trauma the band experienced while making the record. Live agent Mick Griffiths, who had worked with them since the start of their career, died of *******, while bassist Dominic Aitchison lost his father. Even Braithwaite’s **** dog, Prince, had problems that caused turmoil. “He got ******* and had to have his leg amputated two weeks before we started recording,” he recalls. Appropriately enough, the album’s title, The Bad Fire, is a Glaswegian term for hell. But anyone expecting an outpouring of grief or a reckoning with mortality is in for disappointment. “If anything weighty happens in my life, the last thing I want to do is write a song about it,” Braithwaite told The Herald newspaper in 2003, an ethos that holds true today. Largely instrumental, their songs are deliberately left open to interpretation. The band christen their compositions with nonsense titles and in-jokes (You’re Lionel Richie, Secret Pint, Simon Ferocious) to avoid the imposition of meaning. The new album continues that tradition, with deliciously-titled tracks like Pale Vegan Hip Pain and Fanzine Made Of Flesh (although Lion Rumpus may be the most self-descriptive entry in the band’s discography). When lyrics appear, they’re opaque and impressionistic. The only hint of the turbulence Mogwai experienced comes on the groggy, distortion-washed 18 Volcanoes, where Braithwaite quietly sings: “Hope has come another day/Hold me close in every way.” “Some journalists in France said the album was really cathartic, and I can kind of see that,” he says. “But I don’t think its maudlin at all. “It’s vaguely upbeat, by our standards.” Steve Gullick The band are setting off on an extensive world tour next month Released last Friday, The Bad Fire is heading for the top five of the *** albums chart amid stiff competition from Central Cee and Teddy Swims. Again, physical sales will give The Bad Fire an advantage over streaming hits, a situation Braithwaite is pretty happy about. “The streaming world is very murky and hard to understand,” he says. “It does make a lot of money, but it makes a lot of money for old music and artists with popular back catalogues, and I think that’s really discouraged a lot of big labels from investing in new music.” He adds that Spotify is filled with “fake bands making generic music” for its curated playlists, especially in genres like chill-out, lo-fi and relaxation. It’s an accusation that’s been repeatedly levelled against the streaming service, and which it has called “categorically untrue”. But Braithwaite is sceptical. “You absolutely know that if anyone’s going to be making generic AI music, it’s going to be the streaming services, just so they don’t have to pay humans.” Streaming isn’t entirely bad for Mogwai, however. Over on YouTube, their crepuscular 2005 album track Take Me Somewhere Nice has been streamed 85 million times. The video isn’t even official. Uploaded by a fan, it’s illustrated by a drawing of a girl with her head in an upturned goldfish bowl. Originally drawn by video game designer Ken Wong, the picture’s aura of disconnection and alienation has become so synonymous with Mogwai’s song that some fans have turned it into tattoos. “I almost want to go, ‘Mate, you know, that’s not the cover of the record’,” laughs Braithwaite. “But it’s cool. “And the comments under the video are a sort of endless message board of young kids who are going through a hard time supporting each other. There’s an agony aunt vibe about it. “That’s one thing I do like about the digital world, that music has these other lives.” Allow Google YouTube content?This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read and before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. Accept and continue For Braithwaite, who read a lot of William Blake’s poetry during the recording of The Bad Fire, there’s something alluring about the prospect of art outliving its creator. “I’m kind of obsessed with the concept of eternity within culture,” he says. “William Blake was kind of laughed out of society for his ideas but hundreds of years later, his paintings were projected onto the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, and Jerusalem is the unofficial English national anthem. It’s incredible. “I like the idea of, when we’re long gone, having made some kind of mark.” The concept has extra resonance this year, as Mogwai celebrate their 30th anniversary. They’ve come a long way, from gobby young upstarts who sold T-shirts slagging off their rivals to respected stalwarts of the British rock scene. So how does it feel to have reached this stage? Was it something they ever anticipated at their first practice, the first Tuesday after Glastonbury, in the front room of his parents’ house? “Well, I thought we’d have flying cars by this point,” laughs Braithwaite. “So any joy at the fact I was still eking out a living as a musician would probably be tempered by the lack of jet packs.” To put it another way, it simply feels weird. Source link #Mogwais #vaguely #upbeat #return #difficult #years Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Community Citizen of the Year: Manjimup’s Luke Carr awarded for his quiet and unwavering devotion to community Community Citizen of the Year: Manjimup’s Luke Carr awarded for his quiet and unwavering devotion to community A Manjimup resident has been recognised for his dedication and commitment to his community at a local awards event last Thursday. Luke Carr was awarded community citizen of the year at the 2025 Community Champions Exhibition opening ceremony, in front of a room full of individuals who, like him, have had a remarkable impact on their communities within the Shire of Manjimup. Painted Tree Gallery in Northcliffe hosted the ceremony, the second of its kind since the Shire of Manjimup councillors voted to separate local Australia Day events from the annual award program. Nine people were nominated for the award, but Manjimup councillors felt it was Mr Carr’s quite and unwavering devotion to the community which earned him the title. Mr Carr — who has lived in Manjimup for most of his life — said he was “extremely humbled” to have received the accolade. “I wasn’t expecting this at all — I do what I do just to help people, I don’t do it for recognition,” he said. “To see so many people have realised and are taking note of what I do is incredible.” Mr Carr runs his own gardening business, giving out mowing the lawns of elderly locals at no charge every Friday — an act he calls Free Friday. He said it started a few years ago during Movember as a way to give more back to his community, which, using a play on words, he termed Mow-vember. Mr Carr said he encouraged others to get involved in their local communities. “It’s not about how much you do, it’s that you do something — open a door for someone, buy a coffee for the next person in line, if you see someone that’s gone to the effort of dressing nice, tell them they look nice,” he said. “It’s the small gestures that can brighten someone’s day and bring them out of a bad place.” The event also recognised Nicholas Vince as the young community citizen of the year, Jenny Macdonald as the senior community citizen of the year and the Northcliffe 100th Anniversary Celebration as the active citizenship award winner. Shire of Manjimup president Donelle Buegge said the awards provided an opportunity for the shire to recognise the commitment of individuals who often go without recognition. “A huge congratulations to the winners — this year people really have just gone above and beyond,” she said. “Some of the nominees just go about it quietly in the background — they’re the ones I think are the real champions of our town.” The Community Citizen of the Year Awards program is organised by Auspire – Australia Day Council WA and presented by local governments across Western Australia. Source link #Community #Citizen #Year #Manjimups #Luke #Carr #awarded #quiet #unwavering #devotion #community Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Ex-detective in Kansas left suicide letters before his body was found ahead of trial Ex-detective in Kansas left suicide letters before his body was found ahead of trial MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A former police detective in Kansas left five suicide letters before fatally shooting himself as he was about to stand trial last month over allegations that he ********* assaulted and terrorized vulnerable ****** women for decades, investigators announced Tuesday. Roger Golubski, who was white, left his house outside of Kansas City, Kansas, for his federal trial around 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 2, but returned home before reaching the courthouse 50 miles (80 kilometers) west in Topeka, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. The 71-year-old was facing six felony counts of violating women’s civil rights. Prosecutors say he preyed on female residents in poor neighborhoods, demanding ******* favors and sometimes threatening to harm or jail their relatives if they refused. 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. The allegations outraged the community and deepened its historical distrust of law enforcement. The prosecution followed earlier reports of similar abuse allegations across the country in which hundreds of officers have lost their badges after allegations of ******* assault. _____ EDITOR’S NOTE — In the U.S., the national suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org _____ Golubski had pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. His lead attorney, Christopher Joseph, said before Golubski’s death that lawsuits related to cases his client investigated were an “inspiration for fabrication” by his accusers. The morning of his death, Golubski’s roommate reported hearing a gunshot around 9 a.m. after Golubski made several phone calls to family and to his attorney, the KBI said. The roommate immediately called 911, and police found Golubski dead on the back porch of his split-level home. The final autopsy report concluded Golubski died of a gunshot wound to the head and that his death was a suicide. The KBI said agents traced a handgun found near the body to a Kansas City, Missouri, woman who said the weapon was stolen from her vehicle in 2022. Agents were not able to determine how Golubski came to possess the firearm. Investigators could not establish a connection between him and the gun owner, the KBI said. The heart of the case against Golubski focused on two women: one who said the former detective began ********* abusing her when she was in middle school, and another who said he began abusing her after her twin sons were arrested. Prosecutors said seven other women were planning to testify that Golubski abused or harassed them as well. Despite Golubski’s death, a second criminal case involving three co-defendants and allegations of a violent sex trafficking operation is continuing. Source link #Exdetective #Kansas #left #suicide #letters #body #ahead #trial Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Expat chef Chad Kubanoff reveals his favorite places to eat in Vietnam Expat chef Chad Kubanoff reveals his favorite places to eat in Vietnam American chef and content creator Chad Kubanoff moved to Vietnam a decade ago, with the intention of leaving within a year. Instead, he fell in love with the food, culture and people — and has made Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 his home. Kubanoff revealed some of his favorite places to eat in the neighborhood. American chef and content creator Chad Kubanoff moved to Vietnam a decade ago, with the intention of leaving within a year. Instead, Kubanoff fell in love with the food, culture and people — and has made Ho Chi Minh City his home. Vietnam’s largest metropolis is divided into 16 urban districts,1 five rural districts, and one subordinate city,2 each with its own unique landmarks and local delights. Kubanoff’s neighborhood District 7 is known for its large expat community – especially South Koreans – centered around the Phu My Hung urban area. Yet there’s much more to District 7 than just Little Seoul. Kubanoff showed CNBC Travel’s Downtime his favorite places to grab a bite to eat. Dung Dung Kitchen, a stall selling sizzling steaks with eggs and pate in the morning. C14 Hoàng Quốc Việt, Phú Mỹ, District 7 New Koi Coffee, a quintessential Vietnamese cafe with wide spaces, ornate decorations and Japanese Koi carp. 571 Huỳnh Tấn Phát, Tân Thuận Đông, District 7 Bánh hỏi thịt nướng – Ánh Tuyết, an unsuspecting street stall tucked in a corner of a traffic intersection, offering one of the best Banh Hoi Thit Nuong, or Vietnamese grilled pork and vermicelli bundles. 132 Đường Số 15, Tân Quy, District 7 Pham Huu Lau, which sells Com Tam, a staple of the south, made with broken rice grains. You can’t miss the aroma of grilled pork from this stall. 70 Phạm Hữu Lầu, Phú Mỹ, District 7Bia Hoi Ha Noi – Quán 134 stands out for its freshly-brewed draught beer. While this place looks like a beer garden, it has an extensive menu with some unique and eye-catching dishes. 238 Đ. Phú Thuận, Phú Thuận, District 7 Watch the video above to see what Kubanoff recommends ordering for an authentic taste of Vietnam. Source link #Expat #chef #Chad #Kubanoff #reveals #favorite #places #eat #Vietnam Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Two dead, dozens sickened in Kansas tuberculosis outbreak – CNN Two dead, dozens sickened in Kansas tuberculosis outbreak – CNN Two dead, dozens sickened in Kansas tuberculosis outbreak CNNKansas faces one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history ABC NewsKDHE: ‘Unprecedented’ tuberculosis outbreak ongoing in Wyandotte County KSHB 41 Kansas City NewsKansas Is Dealing With Major Tuberculosis Outbreak The New York Times Source link #dead #dozens #sickened #Kansas #tuberculosis #outbreak #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Social media influencer accused of drugging baby bailed Social media influencer accused of drugging baby bailed A social media influencer accused of drugging her baby to gain game online fame by manufacturing symptoms that led to surgery has been granted bail. Source link #Social #media #influencer #accused #drugging #baby #bailed Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The real reason Russia invaded Ukraine The real reason Russia invaded Ukraine Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They [Ukrainians] crucified a little boy wearing nothing but his underwear.” It sounds grotesque, like something from a macabre fairytale. And it never happened, of course. But for many people in Russia, it might as well have. Russian forces — disguised as “local uprisings” — swept through the eastern provinces of Ukraine while Russian state television peddled this brazen fabrication to millions. The story’s viral spread wasn’t just sordid propaganda at work. It demonstrated how the state, media, intelligentsia and “ordinary Russians” remain fatally entangled in the assertion of a colonizer identity that neither rulers nor the ruled are able to escape. Russia is not a country forged by shared values, common beliefs or a unifying purpose — it is an empire assembled by force, bound together by lies and sustained through the theft of other peoples’ art, culture and history. It is true that conquest and cultural appropriation are nothing new in human history, but the existence of past colonial crimes by other powers does not justify Russia’s attempt to erase Ukraine today. In 2021, Vladimir Putin penned a 5,000-word essay declaring that Ukraine does not exist — not as a culture and certainly not as a nation. Russians and Ukrainians are “one people,” he claimed, as tsars and commissars had done before him. But this was no admission of kinship. It was a threat: Ukrainians must either accept that they are Russian or perish. Putin didn’t just challenge Ukraine’s right to self-determination; he framed it as Russia’s duty to invade, kill, ***** and torture. Moscow has had many chances but repeatedly failed to shed its imperial skin. Defeats in the Crimean War and the Russo-Japanese War did not prompt a reckoning. Unlike Spain, Portugal or Belgium, which relinquished colonies and transitioned into post-imperial nations, Russia viewed its losses as temporary setbacks. Even the Soviet Union’s collapse after the humiliating defeat in Afghanistan didn’t extinguish this imperial ethos. Russia’s forerunner, Muscovy owed its rise in the 13th century to the role of a tax collector for the Golden Horde, allowing its princes to amass wealth and outmaneuver rivals. In contrast, Kyiv had already thrived for 600 years as a cultural and political hub before Moscow, founded in 1147, even emerged from servitude. In 1547, Ivan IV (“the Terrible”) pulled off one of history’s greatest cons. Crowning himself “Tsar of All Rus,” he declared Moscow the rightful heir to Kyivan Rus, vaulting over five centuries of separation with a golden crown as a prop. At first, Europe refused to play along. Diplomats, travelers and scholars continued to refer to the realm as “Moscovia,” seen in the maps and manuscripts from the time. The name “Rus” was not inherited from Kyiv — it was stolen. Historian Janusz Bugajski points out that, from the beginning, Moscow relied on control through force as an organizing principle. To this day, the Kremlin crushes dissent, clinging to the past because it can offer no future. Moscow rules through humiliation and oppression to legitimize a governance model where it extracts resources from its provinces, treating places like Siberia or North Caucasus as internal colonies. Maybe it’s the West’s own tangled history with colonialism that makes us blind to the obvious. Academics have sidestepped the blood-soaked legacy of the Russian Empire, and we seem to struggle with granting agency to 40 million Ukrainians, a stateless nation until recently. Instead, we let Russia — the metropole — frame the discourse. Many in the West prefer to think that Putin is the problem. A tyrant, a thug, the kind of man history occasionally coughs up and then spits out. But Putin is not the exception; he is the rule. Russians are often seen as passive prey of state propaganda, unwilling participants in the horrors unleashed by their government. Yet “Russia’s war on Ukraine is popular with large numbers of Russians and acceptable to an even larger number,” writes ***** McGlynn in her book “Russia’s War.” McGlynn observes that Putin doesn’t impose foreign policy views on Russians; he gives voice to what many of them already believe. The narrative from Moscow resonates not because it is forced but because it spares its audience from acknowledging its own complicity in an unjust, sadistic and criminal war. Russia’s belligerence springs from a deep void of insecurity, impossible to fill. At home, its people are resigned to oppression, apathetic, always victims. Yet when they turn their gaze outward, the inhabitants of the Russian Federation assume the mindset of colonizers, seeking meaning in the subjugation of neighbors. This is not an innate trait, but a twisted cycle of projection, inflicting violence onto others as a means of coping with and suppressing the memory of the violence once suffered. Ukraine’s fight today is a battle not for territory, but for historical justice and for truth. A little boy wearing nothing but underwear was never crucified, and the Russian people must learn this. Moscow’s criminal war has forced the world — and Russians themselves — to confront the delusions that have sustained the empire. What this aggressive re-colonizer requires, more than anything, is a resounding defeat. Andrew Chakhoyan is an academic director at the University of Amsterdam. He previously served in the U.S. government at the Millennium Challenge Corporation and studied at Harvard Kennedy School and Donetsk State Tech University. 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Colombia is set to outperform after passing the ‘Trump test,’ pros say Colombia is set to outperform after passing the ‘Trump test,’ pros say Colombia remains a favorite market for some strategists and fund managers, despite some geopolitical tensions with the U.S., thanks to the country’s value proposition and growing economy. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to impose immediate tariffs on the South American country because it turned back aircraft carrying deported migrants. After Colombia reached a deal with the U.S. on Monday to accept migrants, the White House retreated from its sanctions, averting a potential trade war. That geopolitical blip has not altered the bullish view of Yan Wang, chief emerging markets and China strategist at Alpine Macro. “The events over the weekend suggest that Colombia has effectively passed the ‘Trump test’ and I do not expect a significant deterioration in the bilateral relationship,” Wang told CNBC Pro on Jan. 27. The U.S. had a trade surplus of around $1.2 billion in goods with Colombia on a 12-month annualized basis as of Nov 2024, he said, quoting data from the U.S. Census Bureau. This indicates that Colombia “should be relatively insulated from Trump’s trade policies,” Wang noted. While Wang is bullish on Colombia’s prospects, he acknowledged that the country is subject to the same headwinds experienced by other countries. Still, he says “it is likely to outperform its emerging market peers.” Colombian stocks “are among the cheapest in emerging markets. Stocks are trading at near record low multiples and are at nearly 50% discount to the emerging market benchmark. The COP [Colombian peso] is deeply undervalued, and Colombian bond yields are among the highest in emerging markets, both in real and nominal terms,” he explained. Wang said he is overweight Colombian equities and bonds and has a long position in 10-year Colombian government bonds, which had a yield of 10.96% as of Jan. 27. His optimism comes amid growing investor interest in the South American country, thanks to its strategic location, favorable tax policies, growing consumer demand and expanding economy. The Colombian economy is expected to expand by 1.5% in 2024, up from 0.6% in 2023, according to the World Bank . The Banco de la Republica, Colombia’s central bank, expects economic growth to pick up even further in 2025, with gross domestic product expanding by 2.9% this year. Those factors have attracted the attention of other fund managers. “Colombia is small and it can easily be overlooked. But I like it — I think it’s an interesting value point and am especially optimistic on it in the second half of this year,” Malcolm Dorson, senior portfolio manager at Global X ETFs, told CNBC Pro this week. “The MSCI Colombia Index trades at depressed multiples of 0.84x book value with a 8.32% dividend yield. This means you can buy Colombian equities now and be paid an 8% dividend yield just to [potentially wait] until the political change [expected in] March of 2026,” he said , referring to Colombia’s presidential election. The MSCI Colombia Index — which tracks the performance of large- and mid-cap stocks on the Colombian market — is up 28.91% in the last 12 months, according to FactSet data. For comparison, the MSCI Emerging Markets index — which captures large- and mid-cap stocks across 24 emerging markets, including Brazil, China and India — gained 13.64% during the same *******. Dorson is now playing the Colombian growth story with the likes of Ecopetrol, the largest petroleum firm in the country, and financial institution Bancolombia. Both stocks are listed on the Colombia Securities Exchange and trade as American Depositary Receipts (ADR) in the U.S. under the tickers EC and CIB . Dorson’s bets on the companies are somewhat contrarian, with all 12 of the analysts covering Ecopetrol’s ADR giving it a sell or hold rating, according to Factset. Meanwhile, 6 of the 7 analysts covering Bancolombia’s ADR give it a sell or hold rating. — CNBC’s Jesse Pound contributed to this report. Source link #Colombia #set #outperform #passing #Trump #test #pros Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Distribution of **** drugs in poor countries stopped as Trump freezes foreign aid – USA TODAY Distribution of **** drugs in poor countries stopped as Trump freezes foreign aid – USA TODAY Distribution of **** drugs in poor countries stopped as Trump freezes foreign aid USA TODAYMedical experts concerned USAID spending cuts could impact global health programs PBS NewsHourTrump Snubs Bill Gates With **** Funding Cut The Daily BeastNamibian officials hopeful aid will resume after Trump’s 90-day freeze VOA Asia Source link #Distribution #**** #drugs #poor #countries #stopped #Trump #freezes #foreign #aid #USA #TODAY Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Pilbara Minerals shares spike on lower-than-expected cash burn, flags name change Pilbara Minerals shares spike on lower-than-expected cash burn, flags name change The Pilgangoora lithium mine lost money during the December quarter but beat market expectations, while owner Pilbara Minerals has shed ‘underperforming’ offtake arrangements. Source link #Pilbara #Minerals #shares #spike #lowerthanexpected #cash #burn #flags #change Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]