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A partnership involving Italy, Britain and Japan to build an advanced front-line fighter jet will likely be extended to Saudi Arabia, the Italian foreign minister said on Wednesday. The three countries agreed in December 2022 on the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), the first major defense industry collaboration merging the separate next-generation fighter efforts of the countries. "The deal we have with Britain and Japan ... I think will now be extended to Saudi Arabia," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. Earlier this month, the three countries said they were discussing a broadening of the project, following a meeting in Brazil between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Japanese and British counterparts Shigeru Ishiba and Keir Starmer. The partners aim to see the combat aircraft in flight around the middle of next decade. Firms including Leonardo, BAE Systems and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been involved in the project. Reuters previously reported that Saudi Arabia was among the candidates to become a junior partner in the GCAP, as it would bring money and a lucrative market to a project expected to cost tens of billions of dollars.Siemens Energy (LON:0SEA) Stock Price Down 1.6% – Time to Sell?The Sandbox and Animoca Brands Japan, subsidiaries of Animoca Brands, also participated in the investment, further solidifying the company’s support for Igloo Inc. Igloo’s subsidiary Cube Labs recently unveiled Abstract, an Ethereum scaling L2 solution explicitly designed for consumer-centric applications. With this investment, Animoca Brands aims to foster community engagement by facilitating cross-community marketing and collaboration between Abstract and Animoca Brands’ own Mocaverse. Pudgy Penguins, a popular NFT collection that debuted on Ethereum in 2021, has seen significant growth since its inception. Under the leadership of CEO Luca Schnetzler, who acquired the brand in 2022, Pudgy Penguins has expanded into physical merchandise, gaming, and even announced a social open world game called Pudgy World in 2023. Most recently, the company partnered with renowned web3 game developer Mythical Games to develop a mobile social party game called Pudgy Party. , commented: , added:
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There is one more full weekend of college football games ahead, and college football playoff spots are going to be on the line. That is especially true in the Big 12 conference, which is headed for a weekend of absolute madness. The conference announced on Sunday that there are still nine teams in the running for the conference championship game and by extension a potential spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff. The nine teams that are still in the running for the Big 12 championship game are Arizona State, BYU, Iowa State, Colorado, Baylor, Kansas State, TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia. Arizona State, BYU, Iowa State and Colorado are all 6-2 in the conference, while Baylor, Kansas State, TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia are 5-3 in the conference. So now you might be wondering, how in the world is all of this going to be settled with tiebreakers? Well, the Big 12 has you covered. Big 12 title game tiebreakers. There will be a quiz later this week pic.twitter.com/PlMwS0mZHE That is a lot. Iowa State vs. Kansas State and West Virginia vs. Texas Tech are the only teams in that group that are actually playing head-to-head games this weekend, so at least two of those teams are going to be eliminated simply by losing. Colorado hosts Oklahoma State on Friday night, while the remaining games are on Saturday. Baylor will be hosting a Kansas team that has fully embraced the role of spoiler in recent weeks, BYU hosts Houston and TCU visits Cincinnati. Most of the conference title games are still to be determined, but this is the most bonkers scenario with so many teams still in it. It is going to make for a truly fascinating weekend.Former President Jimmy Carter, who served from 1977 to 1981, has died at age 100. The 39th president of the United States was widely admired for his global humanitarian work. Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He was the son of a peanut farmer from Georgia. Former President Jimmy Carter, who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to the White House and was renowned for his charity work around the globe, has died. Advertisement He was 100 years old and passed peacefully in his Plains, Georgia home, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Sunday, citing Carter's son, Chip. The Carter Center in February 2023 announced that Carter would enter hospice care to "spend his remaining time at home with his family" following several hospital stays. After almost a year and a half in hospice, Carter's grandson, Jason, said the former president was "coming to the end." Advertisement Carter had previously been treated for brain and liver cancer, was hospitalized after a fall in 2019, and had surgery the same year to relieve a buildup of pressure around his brain. Presidents often fade into the background after they leave the White House, but Carter — the 39th president of the United States — was in many ways a more popular, impactful figure after his single tumultuous term from 1977 to 1981. Carter has often been referred to as the best ex-president in history, a compliment he seemed to embrace . Advertisement He came to be admired for his amiable demeanor and lifelong dedication to public service and humanitarianism. Carter was a US Navy veteran and a Nobel laureate. He was preceded in death by his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, who died in November 2023 at age 96. He is survived by his four children , 11 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. Carter with, from left, former President George H.W. Bush, then-President-elect Barack Obama, then-President George W. Bush, and former President Bill Clinton at the White House in 2009. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The peanut farmer who became president Carter, whose full name was James Earl Carter Jr., was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. His father was a peanut farmer who'd served in the Georgia state legislature. His mother, Lillian Gordy Carter, served as a nurse, civil- and women's-rights activist, and Peace Corps volunteer in India at the age of 68 in 1966. The Carters were deeply tied to their Baptist faith. Advertisement Carter graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1946. He served in the Navy for seven years before returning to Georgia to take over his family's peanut farm after his father died. In a photograph from September 1966, then-Georgia state Sen. Jimmy Carter hugs his wife, Rosalynn, at his Atlanta campaign headquarters. Horace Cort/Associated Press 'I'll never tell a lie' Carter entered state politics as a Democrat in the early 1960s and in 1970 was elected to the Georgia governorship. In 1974, he announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president. Initially, Carter was pegged as a long shot given his lack of political connections and the fact he was relatively unknown nationally. Advertisement But Carter painted himself as an honest outsider with strong morals at a time when many Americans were disillusioned with Washington over the Watergate scandal, and his campaign gradually gained momentum. He repeatedly told voters, "I'll never tell a lie." Carter's longtime embrace of civil rights was also crucial to his victory. Advertisement After being elected governor, Carter declared during his inaugural address, "I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over." Carter, then Georgia's governor, announcing his Democratic candidacy for the US presidency in Atlanta. AP He carried these sentiments into his presidential campaign and allied himself with key Black members of Congress. Carter received overwhelming support from Black voters, especially in the South, which propelled him to the White House. Carter won the Democratic nomination in July 1976, choosing then-Sen. Walter Mondale of Minnesota as his running mate against President Gerald Ford, the Republican incumbent. Carter defeated Ford in November of that year, winning 50.1% of the popular vote and capturing 297 electoral votes to Ford's 240. Advertisement The Georgian swept the Deep South, the last Democrat to do so on the presidential level, while also carrying important battlegrounds like Ohio and Pennsylvania. The informal president As president, Carter sought to portray himself as a man of the people and make the presidency more accessible. After he was sworn in, Carter and his wife walked to the White House, launching an informal tradition followed by subsequent presidents at their inaugurations. Advertisement He also spoke and dressed in a less formal manner and held frequent press conferences. Carter with his wife, Rosalynn, and their daughter, Amy. The Carters started a tradition by walking the parade route from the Capitol to the White House following his inauguration. Suzanne Vlamis/AP Carter entered office as a popular figure pushing for ambitious programs to address the country's myriad social and economic woes. His administration had a historically large number of women, Black, and Latino members and staff. Though Carter's image as an "outsider" seemed to be advantageous during his campaign, it hurt him with Congress once he was in the White House. He struggled to get lawmakers on board with his bold proposals for reform, and his approval ratings tanked as he struggled to push his proposals through the legislative branch. Advertisement A scandal in the summer of 1977 didn't help matters. At the time, Bert Lance, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, was accused of being involved in dubious financial activities as a Georgia banker. Carter at first defended Lance, whom he saw as a close friend, but ultimately called on him to resign. In 1979, amid an energy crisis and recession, Carter delivered his infamous "crisis in confidence" speech, contending that the nation needed to restore its faith in itself. The speech was well-received at first but was ultimately not a particularly successful selling point. Carter with Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace. PA Images via Getty Images Carter's biggest accomplishments were in foreign policy Despite the many challenges Carter faced, his presidency wasn't without major accomplishments. Advertisement On the domestic front, his achievements included establishing the Department of Education and the Department of Energy and expanding the national parks system. His actions helped lay the framework for future administrations to tackle America's educational and energy needs. But Carter's biggest accomplishments as president came in the foreign-policy arena. He facilitated the first peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, known as the Camp David Accords. Carter also established full diplomatic relations between the US and China and orchestrated two important treaties between the US and Panama. Advertisement Carter with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on the North Lawn of the White House as they finished signing the Camp David Accords. Bob Daugherty/AP Carter also stood up to the Soviet Union on human rights and completed negotiation of the SALT II nuclear-limitation treaty (though the treaty ultimately fell through with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan). Related stories The Iranian hostage crisis and Carter's downfall Carter's progress in the realm of foreign policy was in many ways overshadowed by the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Amid a revolution in Iran that saw a pro-US government ousted, a mob of students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran and took the staff members as hostages. The revolutionary Iranian government, led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, supported the actions of the students. The US Embassy staff members were ultimately held hostage for hundreds of days. Advertisement The timing of the crisis and Carter's perceived failure to secure the release of the hostages, which included a disastrous military operation that failed to rescue them, was deeply damaging to his image domestically. Combined with an economy in turmoil, the hostage crisis was a large part of the reason Carter lost reelection in a landslide to former Gov. Ronald Reagan of California in 1980. In that race, Carter's support had diminished across the South and in the Midwestern and Northeastern states that boosted his first presidential bid; he earned 49 electoral votes to Reagan's 489. Carter's administration negotiated the release of the hostages during his final days in office, and they were freed the same day as Reagan's inauguration. Advertisement The post-presidency peacemaker Carter spent most of his postpresidential years championing human rights and pushing for peace in various corners of the world. He founded The Carter Center to focus on such issues in 1982 and played an active role with Habitat for Humanity until the end of his life. Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan concluding a visit to a polling center in South Sudan. Pete Muller/AP As a private citizen, Carter worked for peace everywhere from North Korea to Haiti. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee described as his "decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." Related stories Staying humble After he left the White House, Carter moved back to Plains, Georgia. Advertisement He's the only US president in the modern era to return to the two-bedroom house he lived in before ascending to the highest office in the land. Carter favored a humble lifestyle. He was known to fly on commercial airliners, unlike other past presidents who preferred private jets, and was filmed walking up and down the aisle to shake the hands of other passengers. —USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 13, 2017 He also cost US taxpayers far less per year than any other former president, according to the General Services Administration, in large part because he avoided extravagances. Advertisement Carter was a former president longer than anyone else in US history. Staying true to principles In 1954, the chief of police and a Baptist minister in Plains asked Carter to join the local White Citizens' Council, a pro-segregation organization. The peanut farmer said no, and a few days later the men came back to tell Carter he was the only white man in the community who hadn't joined. Carter told them he didn't care. Advertisement The police chief and minister returned a third time and said they would pay the $5 membership fee for Carter if that's what was holding him back. He was also warned that his peanut business would face a boycott if he didn't join. In response, Carter told them : "I've got $5. And I'd flush it down the toilet before I'd give it to you." Throughout Carter's long life, he frequently proved unafraid to stray from the pack, even if it made him at times unpopular.
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Wordle hint and answer today #1290 (December 30 2024)A soiled pair of underwear and a rough haircut were amongst the complaints investigated by police as potential non-crime hate incidents (NCHI) it has been revealed. The first incident occurred in September 2021 with North Wales Police receiving the complaint that neighbours had “hung a very large, soiled pair of underpants on their washing line” for the past two months.” The force categorised the complaints as an NCHI as the alleged victim had an Italian surname and the incident happened in the wake of Italy’s victory over England in the European Championship final , the Telegraph reports . The incident summary reports: “Known offenders have hung a very large soiled pair of underpants on their washing line, they have been there for over two months. “The IP [injured party] believes that [they] are aimed at her because she has an Italian surname and it is in regards to the football.” In the year leading up to this June, more than 13,000 such complaints were recorded by police across the country. These included a “rough haircut” given to a Russian-speaking Lithuanian after a discussion with his barber about the ongoing war in Ukraine . Other reports include a German woman being called a “rottweiler” and a suspected homophobic remark after a man was called a “leonard” during a hedge dispute. A primary school-aged child was also investigated for calling another a “retard” and a secondary school pupil was spoken to after telling a classmate that they smelt “like fish”. On Thursday, the head of the police standards body warned that the way police recorded non-crime incidents threatened to undermine public confidence in officers . Lord Herbert, chairman of the College of Policing, said trust was being damaged by the perception that forces were getting involved in “mere disputes” at the expense of tackling crimes such as shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. According to the College of Policing, a non-crime hate incident is “any incident where a crime has not been committed, but where it is perceived by the reporting person or any other person that the incident was motivated by hostility or prejudice.” Hostility or prejudice can be based on factors such as race, sexuality, religion, disability or gender and can be recorded where the alleged behaviour falls short of criminal activity, but the surrounding circumstances suggest that the behaviour may contribute to – or become evidence of – a course of criminal conduct.
