First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF ( NASDAQ:FID – Get Free Report ) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 32,200 shares, a growth of 1,092.6% from the November 30th total of 2,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 11,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Institutional Trading of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FID. Hilltop Holdings Inc. bought a new stake in First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $179,000. Benjamin Edwards Inc. grew its position in First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF by 680.1% during the third quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 31,657 shares of the company’s stock worth $556,000 after buying an additional 27,599 shares in the last quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF during the third quarter valued at about $58,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF by 20.3% during the third quarter. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 18,652 shares of the company’s stock valued at $328,000 after purchasing an additional 3,149 shares during the period. Finally, Gateway Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF by 25.8% in the third quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC now owns 19,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $340,000 after purchasing an additional 3,970 shares in the last quarter. First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Price Performance FID stock opened at $16.23 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $77.09 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.95 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a 50-day moving average of $16.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of $16.73. First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF has a 52-week low of $15.11 and a 52-week high of $17.78. First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Dividend Announcement About First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF ( Get Free Report ) The First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats Fund (FID) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high dividend yield equity. The fund tracks an index of up to 100 high-dividend-yielding stocks from developed and emerging markets, ex-US. Constituents are selected and weighted by dividends, with screens for payout ratio and long-term dividend growth. See Also Receive News & Ratings for First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

BEEKMANTOWN — Whether they were driving into the wind or with it, the Greenwich Witches found ways to score Saturday. Despite a frigid wind that blew throughout the Class D state football quarterfinal at Beekmantown High School, Greenwich stormed past Moriah 34-6 to reach the state semifinals for the second time in four years. Senior Joe Radovich rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown and added a back-breaking pick-six early in the third quarter to power the Witches. Greenwich (10-1) advances to face Burke Catholic (9-1) on Friday, Nov. 29 in the state semifinals, set for 3 p.m. at Middletown's Faller Field. The Witches last reached the semis in 2021. Burke Catholic defeated Tuckahoe 3-0 in a snowstorm Friday night. Ryan Ingber rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown and connected with Jayden White on a 39-yard scoring pass for Greenwich, which also got a late touchdown from Will Weber. Check back later for a complete story and videos. Greenwich (10-1);12;6;8;8 — 34 Moriah (4-5);0;0;0;6 — 6 First quarter G — Ryan Ingber 20 run (run failed), 8:07 G — Jayden White 39 pass from Ingber (run failed), 3:47 Second quarter G — Joe Radovich 23 run (run failed), 1:37 Third quarter G — Radovich 48 interception return (Radovich run), 10:10 Fourth quarter M — Jayden Hughes 10 run (pass failed), 6:20 G — Will Weber 4 run (Weber run), 2:25

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Over 18,000 people in Mexico have registered online to run for Supreme Court seats and federal judgeships in the country's contentious new selection process , but a random drawing in the end will determine who gets on the ballot, officials said Monday. The ruling party pushed through a constitutional reform in September to make all federal judges stand for election, replacing the system where court employees and lawyers mainly move up through the ranks. Current court employees and their supporters have staged dozens of demonstrations against the reforms, calling them part of a ruling-party campaign to weaken checks and balances and eliminate independent regulatory and oversight bodies. Now, candidates for Supreme Court seats and federal judgeships need only a law degree, a grade point average of 3.2, “five years of professional experience” and five letters of recommendation from neighbors or friends. That, and some luck in the final drawing. Officials rejected criticism that has called the process rushed or amateurish for the often highly technical posts that can hear cases including intellectual property, organized crime and Constitutional law. “The results have been spectacular,” said Arturo Zaldivar, a top advisor to President Claudia Sheinbaum. According to the plan, evaluation committees will have just over a month to review thousands of resumes and whittle the field to about 10 candidates or less for each for the 881 judgeships and nine seats on the Supreme Court. Then 1,793 names chosen at random from those selected will appear on the ballot on June 1. Critics warn that many who land on the ballot will be unknowns who perhaps have never argued a case in the courts they seek to run. “You don’t elect a doctor or a surgeon for an operation based on their popularity, you elect them based on their technical expertise, their ability, their knowledge,” said Sergio Méndez Silva, the legal coordinator for the civic group Foundation for Justice. “That also applies for a judge.” With candidates now having to run election campaigns, critics warn there's a chance drug cartels or political parties could finance them to get friendly judges onto the bench. There are also concerns that the evaluation committees deciding who makes the cut for the selection to appear on ballots may not be impartial. Most committee members were appointed by the legislative or executive branches, controlled by the ruling Morena party. Some critics argue that the current justice system, which is riddled with nepotism, corruption and a lack of accountability, needs to be changed. “We need a justice system that gives results,” said Martínez Garza, an academic and former head of the human rights commission in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon who has registered to run for a Supreme Court seat. Trials in Mexico can last for years, and the ruling party has added to the growing list of crimes for which bail is not allowed, meaning that a large percentage of the prison population is people awaiting trial.

The government is considering incorporating the "three zero" theory of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus into Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Policymakers of the government have said it would be easy for the country to achieve the SDG targets by effectively applying the "three zero" theory at the public and private levels. Yunus has made a compelling call to world leaders to build a "World of Three Zeros" -- zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net carbon emissions. The Three Zero theory is an elective and popular model to ensure economic emancipation, create a workforce, and protect the environment in the present world, analysts said. The three-zero theory is a progressive social and economic outlook which engages the endeavour of youth, the use of technology, good governance and social business, they said. The Nobel laureate has been appreciated around the world for his three-zero theory. About the three zero theory, Principal Coordinator on SDG affairs Lamiya Morshed told BSS that the government is trying to integrate the theory with SDG targets. In this connection, a workshop with public and private officials has already been held. "We want to create awareness on the 'three zero' at all levels in the interest of sustainable development," she added. Mentioning that the theory is being considered in all activities of SDG implementation, Lamiya said Yunus did not want to impose the theory on the activities but the government aims to encourage people to apply it. So, she said, the government did not take any mega initiative on the theory except SDG implementation. While addressing the climate summit (COP-29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, the chief adviser stressed the need for creating a new life-style based on zero waste and zero carbon aiming to protect the planet from climate catastrophes. "In order to survive, we need to create another culture. A counter-culture, which is based on a different lifestyle. It is based on zero waste. It will limit consumption to essential needs, leaving no residual waste," Yunus told the summit. Prof Yunus said this lifestyle will also be based on zero carbon -- no fossil fuel but only renewable energy -- and this will be an economy based primarily on zero personal profit, for example on social business. According to Yunus if poverty, unemployment and carbon emissions can be reduced to zero, a new livable and free of worries world will be created.Putin apologizes for 'tragic incident' but stops short of saying Azerbaijani plane was shot down MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. He stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible. The Kremlin said that air defense systems were firing near Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, to deflect a Ukrainian drone strike as the plane attempted to land on Wednesday. Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev “for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace.” The Kremlin also says Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are jointly investigating the crash site near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Israel detains the director of one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals during a raid DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel’s army has detained the director of one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals. The announcement on Saturday came after health officials said Israeli troops stormed the hospital and forced many staff and patients outside and told them to strip in winter weather. Israel’s military alleges the hospital director is a suspected Hamas operative and says it detained over 240 others. It acknowledges it ordered people outside and that special forces entered the hospital. It says it “eliminated” militants who fired at its forces. Kamal Adwan officials have denied that Hamas operates in the hospital. Abortions are up in the US. It's a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel Even with abortion bans in place in most Republican-controlled states, the number of people obtaining them has grown slightly. That's part of a complicated picture of the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade two and a half years ago. Abortion pills are more common now. So is traveling to other states for care, often on journeys hundreds of miles long. Public support for the right to abortion has also increased since before the ruling. That's been reflected in most ballot measures to add the right to abortion to state constitutions being adopted. Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024. A second year of record drought contributed to wildfires that worsened deforestation across the massive forest, which spans Brazil, Peru, Colombia and other Latin American nations and is a critical counterweight to climate change. There were some bright spots. Both Brazil and Colombia reported lower levels of deforestation compared to prior years. Experts say Amazon countries need to do more to strengthen cross-border collaboration and that the global community who reap the benefits of commodities from the rainforest also need to pitch in. Bloodied Ukrainian troops risk losing more hard-won land in Kursk to Russia KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied by daily combat losses and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk. Some want to stay in the region at all costs. Others question the value of having gone in at all. Battles are so intense that commanders are unable to evacuate their dead. Lags in communication and poorly timed operations have cost lives and commanders say they have little way to counterattack. The overstretched Ukrainians have lost more than 40% of the territory they won in the lightning incursion that seized much of Kursk in August. Afghan forces target Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says its forces hit several points inside Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes. Pakistan last Tuesday launched an operation to destroy a training facility and kill insurgents in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province. The strikes killed dozens of people. The ministry said Saturday that its forces hit points “serving as centers and hideouts for malicious elements and their supporters who organized and coordinated attacks in Afghanistan.” Pakistan accuses the Taliban of not doing enough to combat cross-border militant activity, a charge the Taliban government denies. Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who instituted economic reforms, cremated in New Delhi NEW DELHI (AP) — Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform program, has been cremated after a state funeral. The veteran leader, who was also credited for a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, died late Thursday at age 92. Singh’s body was taken Saturday to the headquarters of his Congress party in New Delhi, where party leaders and activists paid tributes to him and chanted “Manmohan Singh lives forever.” Later, his body was transported to a crematorium ground for his last rites as soldiers beat drums. A mild-mannered technocrat, Singh was prime minister for 10 years until 2014. Sweden embarks on a sober search for more cemetery space in case of war GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Burial associations in Sweden are looking to acquire enough land for something they hope they’ll never have to do. And that's to bury thousands of people in the event of war. The search follows new crisis preparedness guidelines from the country's civil defense agency and the military. The issue is seen in a new light after Russia's invasion of Ukraine led formerly neutral Sweden to join NATO. Sweden and Finland sent out updated civil preparedness guides in November with instructions on how to survive in war. The guides are similar to those in Denmark and Norway, though they don't mention Russia by name. Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film 'Romeo and Juliet,' dies at 73 LONDON (AP) — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her family said on social media. She was 73. Hussey died on Friday, “peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones,” a statement posted to her Instagram account said. Hussey was 15 when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy. “Romeo and Juliet” won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet, opposite British actor Leonard Whiting. Decades later, the pair brought a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures over nude scenes in the film they said they were coerced to perform. The case was dismissed by a Los Angeles County judge in 2023. Winning ticket for $1.22 billion lottery jackpot sold in California, Mega Millions says At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night. The California Lottery said the winning ticket was sold at Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) on Rhonda Rd. in Cottonwood. The winning ticket matched the white balls 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and the gold Mega Ball 6. The identity of the winner or winners was not immediately known. The estimated jackpot was the fifth-highest ever for Mega Millions.

By Colton Pouncy, James Boyd and Jelani Scott The Detroit Lions (10-1) added another dominant win to their magical season on Sunday as the club cruised to a 24-6 victory over the Indianapolis Colts (5-7) after turning in another smash-mouth performance to remain perfect on the road. Week 12 marked the ninth time this campaign that the Lions topped 20 points and the third time their defense held an opponent to less than 10 points. Detroit’s latest standout showing of complementary football saw running back Jahmyr Gibbs lead the way on a day where the second-year star made team history. With 99 scrimmage yards, including 90 on the ground, and two touchdowns, Gibbs became the third Lion (Billy Sims, Barry Sanders) to record 1000-plus scrimmage yards and 10-plus TDs in his first two seasons. Advertisement Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn’s unit again proved why they’re one of the NFL ’s best red zone defenses after limiting Indy to two first-half field goals on their only two trips, the first of which came after what could’ve been a pivotal dropped Colts TD. A slew of penalties on both sides and miscues throughout the game coupled with Detroit forcing four punts and a turnover on downs in the second half stamped an all-around difficult day for the Colts and QB Anthony Richardson , who played admirably in his second game back under center. Lions grind out win despite lukewarm offensive effort This was a strange game. The Lions’ offense struggled more than we’re used to seeing. They were well below their points average of 33.6, settling for just 24. They had to grind for everything, and it often wasn’t pretty. But they got the job done again. The defense held the Colts to just six points — three after the opening drive of the game — but avoided some big plays that were dropped or called back because of penalties. You take that eight days a week if you’re the Lions, but there’s plenty to clean up from a game like this one. With the win, the Lions improve to 10-1 on the season. They’ve won nine in a row. Next up: the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving. — Colton Pouncy, Lions beat writer Lions win possibly came at a cost Several Lions players suffered injuries in this one. Kalif Raymond was ruled out with a foot injury. Taylor Decker suffered knee and ankle injuries. CB Carlton Davis III suffered a knee injury. RB David Montgomery suffered a shoulder injury. Decker was able to return to action, while Montgomery and Davis remained on the sideline, perhaps ready to go back in if needed. But still, this feels like a weekly occurrence. Injuries are certainly piling up for this team. It feels like injuries are the only thing that can slow the Lions down right now. It’s worth monitoring the status of several players heading into back-to-back Thursday games. — Pouncy Advertisement No help for Anthony Richardson Richardson picked up where he left off last week and looked like a player who was in control of the offense, though he didn’t get much help from his counterparts in Indianapolis’ 24-6 loss to Detroit. The second-year pro still had his share of errant throws, but he was also playing behind an offensive line that featured three rookies and was constantly under siege. Richardson wasn’t sacked but was hit six times and pressured even more. Richardson finished 11-of-28 passing for 172 yards. His best throw came on a 39-yard deep shot to Alec Pierce in the second quarter that put Indianapolis in the red zone with a chance to take an early lead. However, tight end Drew Ogletree dropped a walk-in touchdown two plays later, and Indianapolis settled for a field goal. Indy’s offense never recovered and finished with a season-low six points. Richardson is now 4-4 as a starter this season as Indianapolis suffered its fourth loss in five games. — James Boyd, Colts beat writer Penalties, penalties and more penalties The Colts committed 10 penalties for a total of 75 yards, with several penalties negating their big plays. Indianapolis had gains of 30, 21 and 19 yards called back after being flagged. Despite starting three rookie offensive linemen, it was star left guard Quenton Nelson who violated the rules the most. He was flagged for being an ineligible man downfield, illegal use of hands and a false start. Richardson was also penalized for intentional grounding in the fourth quarter. Indianapolis’ 10 penalties are a season-high and the second-most it has had in a single game over the last five years. Richardson led the Colts with 10 carries for 61 yards as the Lions swallowed up running back Jonathan Taylor . The 2021 league rushing champ totaled just 11 carries for a season-low 35 yards and had just one carry for 14 yards in the second half. — Boyd Required reading (Photo: Grace Hollars / IndyStar / USA Today Network)Former Aston Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has revealed that a stern warning from John Terry about his social circle could have extended his career, had he paid any attention to it. The Australian, who was at Chelsea with the then 21 year old Terry, recounted how the future west London club legend warned him in "no uncertain terms" about the company he kept. Bosnich admitted to feeling "bullet proof" at the time and ignored the advice, a decision he later regretted. "I should have listened to his advice back then," Bosnich reflected in a 2015 interview with the Guardian. "If I had, I would never had got into the troubles that I did. The whole mess ended up curtailing my career." READ | Douglas Luiz's 'confirmed' Juventus stance will be music to Monchi's ears READ | Aston Villa's 'first step' to ending long wait as Unai Emery searches for solutions His tenure at Villa Park - which included two League Cup triumphs - lasted from 1992 until 1999, after which he transferred to Manchester United. However, his stint at Old Trafford saw him make only 23 appearances before he joined Chelsea in 2001. Struggles with injuries and breaking into the first team at Stamford Bridge were compounded when he received a nine-month football ban for cocaine use. This led to his sacking by Chelsea and a battle with addiction, resulting in a five-year hiatus from the sport before he hung up his gloves in 2009, reports Football London . Terry's former Chelsea team-mate Bosnich admitted: "John's actions showed amazing foresight and leadership at such a young age, and is the reason so many managers such as Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Fabio Capello and others, have always made him captain. "The bottom line is that as a person, he will always be the smiling kid I remember at a young age who spoke up when no-one else did – and was right."