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“One woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes by an intimate partner or a family member. “Precisely where they should be most safe, they are least safe, with some 60 percent of intentional killings of women and girls taking place in the home. “Across their lifetime, one in three women, around three-quarters of a billion, are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or by a non-partner during their lives.” This was the alarm sounded by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous in a speech at the high-level meeting to mark the 25th anniversary of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, at the UN Headquarters, on Nov. 25. It is based on new data released by the UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which says: “For at least 51,100 women in 2023, the cycle of gender-based violence ended with one final and brutal act — their murder by partners and family members. That means a woman was killed every 10 minutes.” Violence against women (VAW) is “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life,” as defined by the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women issued in 1993. The international day also marks the start of the UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign, an initiative that started in 2008. In the Philippines, the campaign ends on Dec. 12, the anniversary of the signing of the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women, and Children, which was a supplement to the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crimes. On Nov. 25, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), and the UNFPA, (United Nations Population Fund, formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, and SM Cares, led the ceremonial lighting of the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) globe, marking the start of the campaign. “Since the Philippines joined this global campaign in 2002, it has evolved into a powerful platform for raising awareness about the widespread prevalence of VAW. The campaign has played a pivotal role in advocating for the passage of landmark laws, such as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act (RA 9208) in 2003 and the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act (RA 9262) in 2004. Over the years, it has also been instrumental in promoting other key legislation aimed at protecting women, such as the Safe Spaces Act (RA 11313),” said Ms. Ermelita Valdeavilla, PCW chairperson. The Safe Spaces Act (RA 11313) covers gender-based sexual harassment in various settings, including public spaces, workplaces, schools and the online space. Online, the UN said “16 to 58 percent of women globally experience technology-facilitated gender-based violence. Generation Z and Millennials are the most affected.” Dr. Leila Joudane, country representative, UNFPA Philippines, said: “Though progress has been made in the Philippines – with strengthened legislation and increased partner engagement – much work remains. Now is the time to scale up our efforts.” She emphasized the need to strengthen prevention efforts, enhance comprehensive support services for survivors, and collaborate with key influencers to challenge the deeply rooted social norms that perpetuate gender-based violence. The UN Women executive director ended her speech with a thought that should guide initiatives to end VAW: “We should not doubt for a moment that we will see a world free of violence for women and girls, for our children and theirs.”Report: Chargers expect WR Ladd McConkey, LB Khalil Mack to play vs. Ravens

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NoneReport: Chargers expect WR Ladd McConkey, LB Khalil Mack to play vs. RavensLAMAR, Mo. — Lamar and Bowling Green fought literally to the last minute before the Tigers nailed down the 27-26 win and their chance to win a tenth state football championship in the last 13 years. The Lamar Tigers (10-4) advanced to play 14-0 Fair Grove at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Faurot Field at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Lamar sophomore Terren Williams led the Tigers' running attack with 55 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries while senior Carson Sturgell had 34 yards and a touchdown on four carries. The Bobcats outran the Tigers on the ground with 329 yards to Lamar’s 171. Through the air, Lamar quarterback Alex Wilkerson completed six of 10 passes for 79 yards, including a 31-yard touchdown to junior Trent Torbeck in the third quarter. Bowling Green quarterback Jace Eskew completed four passes for 50 yards including a 24-yard touchdown to freshman wideout Tyler Obenhaus in the third quarter. Eskew also had an 89-yard rushing touchdown and completed a two-point pass for the Bobcat’s only lead in the game, of 20-14 in the third quarter. Lamar dominated the scoring in the first half with two touchdowns coming off Bowling Green mistakes. Bowling Green fumbled on the first play of their first possession of the game after forcing Lamar to punt in its opening possession. Lamar got the ball on the Bobcats' 32 yard line and scored on a 30-yard run by the Tigers' Carson Sturgell just three minutes into the contest. Bowling Green responded with a touchdown on its first possession of the second quarter capping a 10-play 54-yard drive. They failed to convert the two-point try and trailed 7-6 with 5:08 left in the second quarter. Lamar stopped Bowling Greene’s next drive and the Bobcat punter kicked the ball into the back of his own player giving Lamar the ball at the Bobcats' 18-yard line. Two holding penalties on the Tigers set them to first down and 30 yards at the Bobcats 38. Facing second and 26 at the 34-yard line, Wilkerson lost the handle of the ball on the snap but recovered to run for more than 20 yards and set up a third and 2 from the Bobcats 13. A 10-yard pass to Terren Williams, then a three-yard run by Williams put the Tigers up 14-6 at halftime. The Bobcats rallied in the third quarter for a 24-yard passing touchdown but missed the two-point conversion to cut Lamar’s lead to 14-12 with 6:24 left in the quarter. Bowling Green forced Lamar to punt on its next possession and the punt pinned the Bobcats at their own 11-yard line. Eskew took the first snap and ran around the Tigers left end to score on an 89-yard scamper. The Bobcats converted their first and only two-point conversion of the night going up 20-24 on Lamar but that didn’t last long. After a good kickoff return by Lamar’s special teams setting the Tigers up at the Bobcats' 32-yard line, Wilkerson converted the second play of this drive to a 30-yard touchdown to Torbeck and the Tigers took the lead back at 21-20. Lamar stopped Bowling Green’s next drive with a turnover on downs at Lamar’s 49-yard line and went 51 yards in 11 plays to score on a two-yard run by Williams. Lamar tried to go for two and the two-score lead over the Bobcats with 6:13 left in the fourth quarter but the conversion failed. Bowling Green started its final drive of the night at its own 28 and drove 72 yards in 18 plays, convening two fourth downs along the way to pull to within 27-26 with 58 seconds left in the game. Bowling Green’s runner was held short of the end zone by Lamar’s defense and the game ended with a 27-26 Lamar win in the Class 2 state semifinals.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Looking for hard-to-find bottles of Kentucky bourbon to toast the holidays or add to a collection? Get your bids ready as the Bluegrass State launches its first online auction of confiscated alcohol. Whiskeys up for sale include two bottles of Old Rip Van Winkle, a Blanton’s Single Barrel Gold in box with Japanese markings and a bottle of Four Roses Small Batch Barrel Strength 2011. The sale is the result of a new Kentucky law, which allows alcohol confiscated from closed criminal investigations by the state’s alcoholic beverage control agency to be auctioned. Online bidding opens Wednesday and closes at midnight on Dec. 11. Proceeds will support programs promoting responsible alcohol use by adults and awareness programs for youths. “This is a really good auction,” Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association, said by phone Tuesday. “There are some hard-to-find and rare bottles on there.” No estimate has been given on how much the auction might raise. “We look forward to seeing the response to this auction and have started planning additional auctions for 2025,” said Allyson Taylor, commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The auction features 32 bottles of alcohol and includes a “stock the bar” bundle with bottles of wine, vodka, rum and whiskey, the agency said. But the stars are the hard-to-find and rare bourbons up for sale. “It’s not every day you go to a liquor store and find a bottle of Blanton’s Gold,” Gregory said. “You never go to a liquor store and find a bottle of Four Roses 2011.” The lineup includes bottles of E.H. Taylor bourbon, Blanton’s Single Barrel, Eagle Rare 10 yr., Weller Antique 107, Willett Family Estate Single Barrel Rye, Michter’s, an Old Forester gift set and more. A link to the online auction is available at ABC.ky.gov. Auction items cannot be shipped, so winning bidders must pick up items in Frankfort, the state said. The auctions will become a “can’t miss opportunity” for bourbon connoisseurs, Gregory said. Previously, confiscated bourbon or other spirits could end up being destroyed, he said. “We don’t like to see good bourbon poured down the drain,” Gregory said. Kentucky distillers produce 95% of the global bourbon supply, the Kentucky distillers’ group says. Bruce Schreiner, The Associated Press

POLICE investigating Louise Haigh’s “stolen” phone believed a photo she submitted of the handset had been taken after the alleged theft, according to bombshell new claims. Sources told Sky News officers looked at metadata attached to the photo – info that can tell you when it was taken. And they became suspicious after suspecting it was taken after the alleged theft. She resigned as Transport Secretary on Friday after it was revealed she had a fraud conviction over a stolen phone claim. She was told to resign in a phone call with the Prime Minister. Sir Keir Starmer said it would be better for her and the government if she stepped down, according to sources. READ MORE LOUISE HAIGH They spoke on the phone Thursday evening after stories broke about her conviction for fraud over a stolen mobile phone claim. Ms Haigh announced her resignation around 6am the next day. The Prime Minister faced questions over why he gave Ms Haigh the top transport brief — despite claims she told him about the case four years ago. But sources said there were gaps in the story the PM had originally been told. Most read in The Sun Ms Haigh wrongly reported to police that her mobile phone was stolen when she was mugged almost a decade ago. Downing Street said her departure from government was due to “further information emerging” potentially in breach of the ministerial code. The Times reported she was convicted after the phone she reported as stolen was used to call one of her relatives.

NoneHome Affairs Minister Tony Burke has defended his decision to prevent a former Israeli politician from entering Australia arguing her presence would “seriously undermine social cohesion”. It was revealed in November that Israel’s former justice and interior minister Ayelet Shaked had been refused a visa to attend a Canberra-Jerusalem Strategic Dialogue, a decision the former right wing politician branded as a “hostile antisemitic act” and a betrayal of Australia’s relationship with Israel. But the Home Affairs Minister defended the decision to refuse the visa by pointing to public comments the right wing politician had made about the Palestinians and the conflict in Gaza. “She sought a visa to come and make public statements. That means we have to have a look at what she said previously,” Mr Burke told Sky News Australia’s Sunday Agenda. “She's no longer a minister, so she's not coming representing the government. She's wanting to come on a public speaking tour, and I have to have the exact same principles against people who would demean Palestinians that I already have and have been shown to have against people who want to demean Israelis.” “If someone's going to compare Palestinian children to snakes to call for all two million people -Palestinians in Gaza - to leave, to talk about cities being turned into soccer fields. “Yeah, I get the people who call for the deaths of terrorists, but Ms Shaked has called for the killing of the mothers who kiss them goodnight. Like, we don't need that in Australia.” Mr Burke said he was applying the same standard when rejecting the visas of people with a history of making “horrific antisemitic comments”. “I have been refusing a large number of visas ... of people who want to come here to talk about the conflict, if we think that they are going to seriously undermine social cohesion when they're here,” Minister Burke said. “Let me put it in these terms ... (if) someone had previously said they wanted all the Jews to leave Israel, I would not give them a visa. Ms Shaked has said that all the Palestinians should leave Gaza. “If somebody wanted to come here, and had previously said that they had nominated specific cities in Israel and said they should be completely levelled. I wouldn't give them a visa to come here and make speeches. Ms Shaked has said specifically that about cities in Gaza, said that one of them should become a soccer field.” “If someone previously had made comments about Israelis and had described Israelis using terms like being like an octopus or being like reptiles or something horrific like that. There's no way I'd let them in the country. Ms Shaked has compared Palestinian children to, described them as little snakes.” The Labor Minister said that if there was one comment he heard all the time from constituents it was that they “do not want the hatreds from overseas imported here”. “Whether those hatreds are demeaning of Israelis or demeaning of Palestinians, I'm going to have the exact same hard line,” he said “My view is really simple. If you're simply coming here to demean people, we can do without you.” The Australian/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) – which organised the strategic dialogue Ms Shaked was set speak at – slammed the government’s decision to refuse the visa as a “disgraceful act of hostility towards a democratic ally”. “It is not the act of a responsible government, but further evidence of the loss of perspective and principle where the primary concern seems to be shoring up votes, since the horrific terrorist attacks of October 7,” AIJAC executive director Colin Rubenstein said. But Minister Burke rejected the criticism, pointing out that if that were the case he wouldn’t have rejected all the visas of people who had said “horrific things about Israel and Israelis” "I've been completely consistent.... my responsibility as immigration minister is to listen to the security advice that we've had from the director general of ASIO - that's all been said publicly - about the threats to social cohesion," he said. “And if someone is coming for the specific purpose of a public speaking tour where they have a record of saying things that would incite discord, then (my responsibility is) protecting Australia, and that's what I've done. That's what I'll continue to do. “My obligation is a national security obligation to Australia, and I take it seriously.”

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