Sira Thienou scores 16 points, No. 18 Ole Miss women coast to 89-24 win over Alabama StateNetflix users need to be aware of this latest phishing attack which is potentially hazardous to scam you with credit details. Here is how to be safe from these Netflix subscription scams. Netflix, one of the most popular streaming platforms in the world, is the target of scammers to steal crucial information from you. One of the latest online threats to Netflix users is from an SMS phishing campaign. The more worrying part is that the phishing campaign is not limited to a few but 23 countries, which include the United States, Spain, Germany, and Australia. Why is it worrying? As per a blog post by the cybersecurity firm Bitdefender, the Netflix subscription scam is a phishing attack where online fraudsters send malicious text messages to Netflix users claiming to have some issue with the subscription. The message usually suggests that your Netflix Subscription payment failed, and you must click on a link to resolve the issue. The trick is that the message seems as if it is official from the video-streaming platform, instead, it is a message carrying a malicious link which can further steal your login passwords, personal details, and even credit card information. Once you click on that malicious link, it will take you to a fake website which looks just like Netflix. It further ask you details such as login credentials and payment updates. Once you do so, the scammers can steal sensitive information. Netflix Subscription Scam: Red Flags to Look Out For To be safe from such scams, you need to look out for some red flags, such as: Apart from these, you must protect your devices with antivirus software that can help detect phishing attempts and other threats. If you receive a phishing message, report it to Netflix or the relevant authorities. This can help prevent others from becoming victims. Click for more latest Tech news . Also get top headlines and latest news from India and around the world at News9. Divya is a Senior Sub-Editor with about 3 years of experience in journalism and content writing. Before joining News9live, she had contributed to Times Now and Hindustan Times, where she focused on tech reporting and reviewing gadgets. When she's not working, you can find her indulging in Netflix, expressing her creativity through painting, and dancing. Latest News

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A woman has bravely shared her story of going from homeless to hopeful ahead of Homelessness Awareness Week. Arianna lost her mum in early childhood due to illness and went to live with her aunt who lived across the street , aged 12. Her dad moved away to Scotland for work three days after his mum, Arianna’s granny died. Her aunt sadly died when Arianna was turning 21. At this stage she went back to live with her who had up to this point provided for her financially but had never been her primary caregiver. Arianna struggled with her at various stages of her childhood but it wasn’t until she was 21 that she disclosed to her GP how difficult she was finding things at home, largely due to her dad’s alcoholism which she had kept secret. The GP referred her to a social worker who referred Arianna to MACS, Northern Ireland’s youth charity. Unable to continue living at home, Arianna spent some time sofa surfing, staying at her sister’s and some friend’s houses. MACS met her where she was and started supporting her via their floating support service. Arianna describes this as a turning point, saying of her MACS support worker Gary: "I didn’t realise help like this existed. He helped me with all the aspects of my life that I needed help with; a lot of people don’t have parents who are able to do stuff for them but MACS helped me every little thing that I needed." Arianna had previously been in a bad car accident which had left her traumatised so Gary drove her to health appointments, to legal and welfare appointments and helped her back into driving lessons to overcome her fear of driving. MACS connected Arianna with the and helped her learn about the welfare system and which benefits she was entitled to while she got herself on her feet. She now has the keys to her own flat and is excited about embarking on a career helping other young people. Arianna describes how MACS helped and encouraged her to enrol on a short course at in Early Adversity and Developmental Trauma. She got the bug for learning and has since completed further educational courses in related topics. She explained: "The courses helped me understand some of my own feelings and behaviours and how they’d been shaped by my early experiences. I hope one day I’ll be able to use this insight and knowledge to help others the way MACS has helped me. "If it hadn’t been for MACS’s help I hate to think where I’d be now, possibly homeless or on the street. Instead, I feel hopeful about my future." Arianna hopes to enrol on a psychology degree or a counselling course next year. MACS Supporting Children and Young People (MACS) is the only youth-specific homelessness charity in Northern Ireland. MACS are challenging people to give up their bed for one night to raise funds towards the crucial housing and support services MACS provide to young people aged 16-25 who are at risk of, or experiencing homelessness in NI. MACS will host the Sleep Out challenge at in Belfast on December 5 to coincide with Homelessness Awareness Week facilitated by Homeless Connect, which aims to raise awareness of the reality of homelessness in NI. Sleep Out is a fun-filled evening with stand-up comedy by Paddy Raff, a drum circle with The Gathering Drum and warm drinks and food courtesy of Bodega Bagels until 11pm when the challenge of sleeping out really begins. Kate Martin, MACS’s CEO, said: “It would be impossible to recreate the fear, loneliness and discomfort of not having a safe place to call home but Sleep Out gives participants a glimpse into the reality some young people are facing. “MACS was established over 30 years ago, the name is an acronym for Mulholland After Care Services as at that time we solely supported young people leaving care. “Over time we’ve widened our support to help all young people who are at risk of homelessness. Unfortunately that demand is higher than ever. MACS support almost 700 young people aged 16-25 every year.“ She added: “Early intervention is so important in breaking the homelessness cycle before it spirals into longer term homelessness and the associated risks. When young people get the right support at the right time they really can and do progress away from homelessness and build brighter futures. “At MACS we concentrate on intensive longer term services; typically each young person receives up to two years of services. Our support is holistic, wrap-around care tailored to each individual's needs over a period of time that allows them time to develop the capacity, confidence and resilience to move on. “The reasons young people find themselves homeless can be complex, it may be due to loss or illness of a family member, adverse childhood experiences, relationship breakdown or other circumstances which are outside of a child or young person’s control. “MACS aims to give these young people security whilst empowering them to find a place to call home and build brighter futures. Every young person deserves a safe place to live and the unwavering support and guidance as they navigate early adulthood.” To register or donate visit . 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College women’s basketball: Goodlett makes game-winner for CatawbaTrump calls Florida meeting with Trudeau productive amid stiff tariff threatBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate fed drought that in turn fed the worst year for fires since 2005. And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires were set to more easily clear land to run cattle. The Amazon is twice the size of India and sprawls across eight countries and one territory, storing vast amounts of carbon dioxide that would otherwise warm the planet. It has about 20% of the world’s fresh water and astounding biodiversity, including 16,000 known tree species. But governments have historically viewed it as an area to be exploited, with little regard for sustainability or the rights of its Indigenous peoples, and experts say exploitation by individuals and organized crime is rising at alarming rates. “The fires and drought experienced in 2024 across the Amazon rainforest could be ominous indicators that we are reaching the long-feared ecological tipping point,” said Andrew Miller, advocacy director at Amazon Watch, an organization that works to protect the rainforest. “Humanity’s window of opportunity to reverse this trend is shrinking, but still open.” There were some bright spots. The level of Amazonian forest loss fell in both Brazil and Colombia. And nations gathered for the annual United Nations conference on biodiversity agreed to give Indigenous peoples more say in nature conservation decisions. “If the Amazon rainforest is to avoid the tipping point, Indigenous people will have been a determinant factor," Miller said. Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. The improvement under leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva contrasted with deforestation that hit a 15-year high under Lula's predecessor, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, who prioritized agribusiness expansion over forest protection and weakened environmental agencies. In July, Colombia reported historic lows in deforestation in 2023, driven by a drop in environmental destruction. The country's environment minister Susana Muhamad warned that 2024's figures may not be as promising as a significant rise in deforestation had already been recorded by July due to dry weather caused by El Nino, a weather phenomenon that warms the central Pacific. Illegal economies continue to drive deforestation in the Andean nation. “It’s impossible to overlook the threat posed by organized crime and the economies they control to Amazon conservation,” said Bram Ebus, a consultant for Crisis Group in Latin America. “Illegal gold mining is expanding rapidly, driven by soaring global prices, and the revenues of illicit economies often surpass state budgets allocated to combat them.” In Brazil, large swaths of the rainforest were draped in smoke in August from fires raging across the Amazon, Cerrado savannah, Pantanal wetland and the state of Sao Paulo. Fires are traditionally used for deforestation and for managing pastures, and those man-made blazes were largely responsible for igniting the wildfires. For a second year, the Amazon River fell to desperate lows , leading some countries to declare a state of emergency and distribute food and water to struggling residents. The situation was most critical in Brazil, where one of the Amazon River's main tributaries dropped to its lowest level ever recorded. Cesar Ipenza, an environmental lawyer who lives in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, said he believes people are becoming increasingly aware of the Amazon's fundamental role “for the survival of society as a whole." But, like Miller, he worries about a “point of no return of Amazon destruction.” It was the worst year for Amazon fires since 2005, according to nonprofit Rainforest Foundation US. Between January and October, an area larger than the state of Iowa — 37.42 million acres, or about 15.1 million hectares of Brazil’s Amazon — burned. Bolivia had a record number of fires in the first ten months of the year. “Forest fires have become a constant, especially in the summer months and require particular attention from the authorities who don't how to deal with or respond to them,” Ipenza said. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guyana also saw a surge in fires this year. The United Nations conference on biodiversity — this year known as COP16 — was hosted by Colombia. The meetings put the Amazon in the spotlight and a historic agreement was made to give Indigenous groups more of a voice on nature conservation decisions , a development that builds on a growing movement to recognize Indigenous people's role in protecting land and combating climate change. Both Ebus and Miller saw promise in the appointment of Martin von Hildebrand as the new secretary general for the Amazon Treaty Cooperation Organization, announced during COP16. “As an expert on Amazon communities, he will need to align governments for joint conservation efforts. If the political will is there, international backers will step forward to finance new strategies to protect the world’s largest tropical rainforest,” Ebus said. Ebus said Amazon countries need to cooperate more, whether in law enforcement, deploying joint emergency teams to combat forest fires, or providing health care in remote Amazon borderlands. But they need help from the wider world, he said. “The well-being of the Amazon is a shared global responsibility, as consumer demand worldwide fuels the trade in commodities that finance violence and environmental destruction,” he said. Next year marks a critical moment for the Amazon, as Belém do Pará in northern Brazil hosts the first United Nations COP in the region that will focus on climate. “Leaders from Amazon countries have a chance to showcase strategies and demand tangible support," Ebus said. The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP’s standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org .

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Daily Post Nigeria DisCos have failed – Senate Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News DisCos have failed – Senate Published on December 5, 2024 By Matthew Atungwu The Senate had expressed displeasure at the performance of Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies, otherwise known as DisCos, and the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, since the privatisation of the power sector. This is as the Red Chamber of the National Assembly described the privatisation of the power sector as a failure, while threatening to initiate legislative measures to reverse the policy. The Senate said this when the chairman of the Committee on Power, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, submitted his report for consideration. Abaribe explained that the DisCos have largely failed to deliver reliable electricity to Nigerians. This triggered concerns about the effectiveness of the 2013 privatisation program, which aimed to improve power supply through private sector involvement. In his report presentation, the lawmaker highlighted the financial losses incurred each time the grid collapses. According to him, restarting a power plant costs approximately $7.5 million. With three plants in operation, the total cost per grid collapse amounts to $25 million. The Senate engaged in an intense debate over the persistent collapse of the national grid and inefficiencies in Nigeria’s power sector, with senators expressing deep frustration over the state of the country’s electricity distribution and privatisation policies. On his part, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, criticised the privatisation of the power sector, questioning its efficiency. He noted that despite privatisation, distribution companies are unable to meet consumer demands, leading to deteriorating service quality. “Why do governors and individuals have to buy transformers and then hand over to DisCos and still pay for installation,” Akpabio queried. Speaking, Adams Oshiomhole (Edo North) expressed regret over his earlier support for privatisation, describing the process as ill-conceived and ill-executed. He lamented the fact that consumers are forced to pay for services not rendered. The motion was subsequently withdrawn to allow for actionable and comprehensive recommendations. The Senate Committee on Power was thereafter given six weeks to develop improved recommendations concerning the non-functionality of DisCos and TCN. Related Topics: DISCOs senate Up Next FCT: We did not construct road for EFCC — Wike clarifies new project Don't Miss Islam not against girl child education – Sultan of Sokoto You may like Tax reform bills: Senate ‘ll not be intimidated – Akpabio South-South senators pass vote of confidence in Akpabio Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bill: Senate removes chief whip Monguno from committee Tinubu’s Tax Reform bills not withdrawn, Senate can’t be intimidated – Akpabio Senate, AGF to review Tax Reform Bills today Flight delays: Nigerian Senate summons Aviation Minister, NCAA, other key stakeholders Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media LtdThe Times of Israel smeared Rebel News founder and journalist Ezra Levant as a “far-right activist” on Sunday after he was arrested in Toronto, Canada, for filming an anti-Israel protest in a Jewish neighborhood on a public sidewalk. The Times of Israel reported : Canadian far-right political pundit Ezra Levant has been arrested at a pro-Hamas rally in Toronto, after he refused police instructions to move away from the demonstration, claiming he was being discriminated against for being Jewish. In a video of the arrest posted to social media by Levant’s Rebel News platform, officers can be heard telling the conservative activist that his presence at the pro-Palestinian rally was “inciting the crowd.” ... The officer then tells him he is under “arrest for breaching the peace,” at which point the protesters erupt in cheers and calls of “Zionist” and “loser.” As the Times of Israel admitted, one protester at the Toronto event was dressed as Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, while another held a sign urging Jews to go to Amsterdam, the site of a massive antisemitic riot earlier this month. Such displays would be offensive to mainstream readers of the Times of Israel, yet it smears Levant as “far-right.” Video of the arrest, posted by Rebel News — a self-identified conservative news outlet, but not “far-right” — shows Levant being ushered by police away from a group of protesters holding Palestinian flags. A confrontation ensues as police claim Levant is inciting the mob by filming them in public, while Levant says it is the mob that is inciting violence. After Levant refuses to move aside upon the orders of the police, the police arrest him for disturbing the peace. Police in Canada have a habit of arresting conservative reporters, so much so that Rebel News is actually suing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) over an earlier arrest of reporter David Menzies for attempting to ask a member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government a question as she walked down a public sidewalk. In the United States, public sidewalks are typically where free speech is at its most free, with few boundaries. Levant is no more “far-right” than the Times of Israel’s readership. But the online news website often reliable on news in Israel, frequently takes potshots at conservatives in the United States and Canada — as in this egregious example. Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days , available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of The Trumpian Virtues: The Lessons and Legacy of Donald Trump’s Presidency , now available on Audible. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak .

NAPLES, Fla. -- Narin An handled the windy conditions with a hot putter on Thursday, making four straight birdies around the turn and finishing with an 8-under 64 for a one-shot lead in the CME Group Tour Championship. At stake for the 60-player field is a $4 million prize to the winner, the largest single-day payoff in women's golf. Nelly Korda already has won more than that during her sterling season of seven wins. Now she faces an eight-shot deficit over the next three days at Tiburon Golf Club if she wants to end her year in fitting fashion. Korda, coming off a victory last week, couldn't make amends for her three bogeys and had to settle for an even-par 72. She has come from behind in four of her victories, and still has 54 holes ahead of her. But it has made the task that much tougher. Everything felt easy for An, a 28-year-old from South Korea who has never won on the LPGA and has never cracked the top 10 in any of the 16 majors she has played. “Today my putt really good,” An said. “The speed was good and the shape was good. I just try to focus a little bit more.” She had a one-shot lead over Angel Yin, who shot 30 on the back nine, including an eagle on the par-5 17th hole that most players can easily reach in two. Former U.S. Women's Open champion Allisen Corpuz and Marina Alex were at 66, with Lydia Ko leading the group at 67. Despite the wind so typical along the Gulf Coast of Florida, 27 players — nearly half the field — shot in the 60s. “It's a good head start for the big ol' prize we get at the end of the week,” Yin said. Whoever wins this week is assured of breaking the 17-year-old LPGA record for most money earned in season. The record was set by Lorena Ochoa in 2007 at $4,364,994, back when the total prize money was about half of what it is now. Ochoa earned $1 million for winning the Tour Championship in 2007. The opening round followed a big night of awards for the LPGA Tour, where Korda officially picked up her first award as player of the year, which she clinched earlier this month . Ko was recognized for her big year, highlighted by an Olympic gold medal that put her into the LPGA Hall of Fame. She regained plenty of focus for the opening round on a course where she won just two years ago. “The course isn't easy,” Ko said. “I set a goal of shooting 3 under today, and somebody shot 8 under. I was like, ‘OK, maybe I need to make a few more birdies.’ It's a course that can get away from you as much as you can shoot some low scores, so I’m just trying to stick to my game plan and go from there.” Also in the group at 67 was Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland, already celebrating a big year with her debut in the Solheim Cup and her first appearance in the Tour Championship. She made a late run at her first LPGA title last week at Pelican Golf Club, and kept up her form. And she can see the finish line, which is appealing. “I everyone is looking at that $4 million price tag,” Valenzuela said. “I try not to look too much at the result. I feel like in the past I’ve always been stuck on results, and ultimately all I can do is control my own round, my own energy, my own commitment. “It's the last week of the year. It’s kind of the bonus week. No matter what, everyone is having a paycheck.” ___ AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

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NEW YORK — U.S. stocks tiptoed to more records amid a mixed Tuesday of trading, tacking a touch more onto what’s already been a stellar year so far. The S&P 500 edged up by 2 points, or less than 0.1%, to set an all-time high for the 55th time this year. It’s climbed in 10 of the last 11 days and is on track for one of its best years since the turn of the millennium. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 76 points, or 0.2%, while the Nasdaq composite added 0.4% to its own record set a day earlier. AT&T rose 4.6% after it boosted its profit forecast for the year. It also announced a $10 billion plan to send cash to its investors by buying back its own stock, while saying it expects to authorize another $10 billion of repurchases in 2027. On the losing end of Wall Street was U.S. Steel, which fell 8%. President-elect Donald Trump reiterated on social media that he would not let Japan’s Nippon Steel take over the iconic Pennsylvania steelmaker. Nippon Steel announced plans last December to buy the Pittsburgh-based steel producer for $14.1 billion in cash, raising concerns about what the transaction could mean for unionized workers, supply chains and U.S. national security. Earlier this year, President Joe Biden also came out against the acquisition. Tesla sank 1.6% after a judge in Delaware reaffirmed a previous ruling that the electric car maker must revoke Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package. The judge denied a request by attorneys for Musk and Tesla’s corporate directors to vacate her ruling earlier this year requiring the company to rescind the unprecedented pay package. All told, the S&P 500 rose 2.73 points to 6,049.88. The Dow fell 76.47 to 44,705.53, and the Nasdaq composite gained 76.96 to 19,480.91. In the bond market, Treasury yields held relatively steady after a report showed U.S. employers were advertising slightly more job openings at the end of October than a month earlier. Continued strength there would raise optimism that the economy could remain out of a recession that many investors had earlier worried was inevitable. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.23% from 4.20% from late Monday. Yields have seesawed since Election Day amid worries that Trump’s preferences for lower tax rates and bigger tariffs could spur higher inflation along with economic growth. But traders are still confident the Federal Reserve will cut its main interest rate again at its next meeting in two weeks. They’re betting on a nearly three-in-four chance of that, according to data from CME Group. Lower rates can give the economy more juice, but they can also give inflation more fuel. The key report this week that could guide the Fed’s next move will arrive on Friday. It’s the monthly jobs report, which will show how many workers U.S. employers hired and fired during November. It could be difficult to parse given how much storms and strikes distorted figures in October. Based on trading in the options market, Friday’s jobs report appears to be the biggest potential market mover until the Fed announces its next decision on interest rates Dec. 18, according to strategists at Barclays Capital. In financial markets abroad, the value of South Korea’s currency fell 1.1% against the U.S. dollar following a frenetic night where President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and then later said he’d lift it after lawmakers voted to reject military rule. Stocks of Korean companies that trade in the United States also fell, including a 1.6% drop for SK Telecom. Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 1.9% to help lead global markets. Some analysts think Japanese stocks could end up benefiting from Trump’s threats to raise tariffs, including for goods coming from China. Trade relations between the U.S. and China took another step backward after China said it is banning exports to the U.S. of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications. The counterpunch came swiftly after the U.S. Commerce Department expanded the list of Chinese technology companies subject to export controls to include many that make equipment used to make computer chips, chipmaking tools and software. The 140 companies newly included in the so-called “entity list” are nearly all based in China. In China, stock indexes rose 1% in Hong Kong and 0.4% in Shanghai amid unconfirmed reports that Chinese leaders would meet next week to discuss planning for the coming year. Investors are hoping it may bring fresh stimulus to help spur growth in the world’s second-largest economy. In France, the CAC 40 rose 0.3% amid continued worries about politics in Paris, where the government is battling over the budget.