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Omani students develop pioneering solution to turn palm waste into green aluminumIn its latest policy meeting, the Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, taking it to a target range of 4.25%-4.50%. However, officials signalled just two additional rate cuts in 2025, down from the four forecasted in September. The revised projections reflect heightened caution as the Fed grapples with persistent inflation and an economy performing above expectations. The Fed upgraded its GDP growth forecast for 2024 to 2.5%, compared to the 2% projected in September, citing resilient economic activity. However, growth is expected to taper to its long-term trend of 1.8% from 2026 onward. Inflation estimates were revised upwards, with the 2025 forecast now at 2.5%, up from 2.1%, and core inflation projected at 2.8% for the same year. Policymakers reduced their unemployment outlook for 2025, reflecting confidence in a strong labour market. Fed Chair Jerome Powell highlighted the need for “policy recalibration,” emphasising that restrictive monetary conditions were no longer as necessary. Yet, Powell underscored the importance of controlling inflation, which remains above the Fed's 2% target. Also read : US Fed meeting LIVE Updates: Federal Reserve lowers rates by quarter point, signals two cuts for 2025 The statement hinted at a “slower pace” of cuts, with officials indicating a “wait-and-see” stance heading into 2025. The revised outlook placed additional pressure on markets, eroding earlier gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also deepened their losses as investor sentiment soured over the slower pace of anticipated rate reductions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on track for its 10th consecutive losing session, which would mark its longest losing streak since 1974. The index shed 191 points, or 0.4%, earlier in the day, weighed down by investor concerns over the Fed’s rate outlook. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also traded in the red, both down 0.7%, as cautious sentiment rippled through markets. Nvidia, which recently entered correction territory, rebounded with a 4% gain, while Broadcom slid over 3% amid ongoing sector rotation. The Dow has been particularly affected by a shift out of traditional industrial stocks into technology shares, with the century-old index now sitting around 3% below its all-time high. In contrast, the Nasdaq remains up nearly 5% for December, driven by strong inflows into tech stocks, while the S&P 500 remains close to its record highs, demonstrating broader market resilience.is jolibet legit 。

Ruben Amorim has insisted he knows what he’s doing as the Manchester United manager looks to revive the fallen English giants amid a row over the future of Marcus Rashford. Watch every ball of Australia v India LIVE & ad-break free during play in 4K on Kayo | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer . Amorim has had a rollercoaster ride since succeeding the sacked Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford. United enjoyed a late comeback win over local rivals Manchester City only to then slump to a 3-0 loss at home to Bournemouth last weekend following a midweek 4-3 League Cup quarter-final defeat by Tottenham. Rashford was omitted from all three of those games, with the 27-year-old, a product of the United youth system, now looking increasingly likely to leave Old Trafford. The struggling England international fuelled speculation about his own future by saying he was “ready for a new challenge” in a midweek interview. But Amorim, speaking ahead of the Boxing Day match away to Wolves, said nothing had changed from his point of view. “Normal situation,” he said. “When I feel that it’s the right moment I will change something. Until then I will continue to think what is the best for the team. “I speak with him (Rashford) every day. Not about the interview, about the performance.” Amorim added Rashford “wants to play, he is trying” but “it’s my decision, only my decision”. “I spoke with a lot of players -- individually, during training -- so I’m trying to do things... I am doing things my way,” the Portuguese boss said. “And it’s the only way I know. “If I don’t do that I will lose myself and I will not lose myself. I know what I’m doing.” Amorim questioned the “choices” of people surrounding Rashford after omitting him from the Bournemouth match, when Gary Neville said the forward leaving felt like an “inevitable ending”. The former United captain also called it a “distraction for the manager” -- something Amorim denied Tuesday. “No, I don’t think so,” he said. “Not for me, not for the other players because everybody is there every day during training, so they understand and that is the key point. “For the media and for the other people, I cannot control that. “But I’m really focused and they know, I’m so clear in my message, everybody in Carrington know what I’m talking about and what I want from Marcus and everybody else. “So, it’s not a distraction for us. Maybe it’s for the media but that is not my concern.” Amorim, asked what more he would like to see from Rashford, replied: “Like any other player, the best that they can be. “If you have big talents, big performance, big responsibility, big engagement, like push forward everybody in this moment. And some guys have a big responsibility here because they are here for a long time.” United are a lowly 13th in the table ahead of Thursday’s match against a team managed by Amorim’s compatriot Vitor Pereira, who is taking charge of his first match at Molineux fresh from leading Wolves to a 3-0 win at Leicester. “I understand that it’s a tough moment, and it’s on me,” said Amorim. “Since the first day that I arrived, it’s on me because I’m responsible for the team...We just have to think about improving, to understand the context and not focus on what happened in the past.”

Update: December 7 with performance details on Apple’s in-house 5G modem shipping in the iPhone SE . Following a near three-year wait, Apple will launch the next generation of iPhone in early 2025. The new iPhone SE will be the fourth of Apple’s mid-range smartphones, and it will be the torch-bearer for several new technologies and approaches that Tim Cook and his team are bringing to the mobile space. Why Apple Needs To Sell The iPhone SE First is the need for an iPhone in the competitive mid-range market. Apple is ceding ground to the likes of the Galaxy A series, Nothing Phones, OnePlus Nords and the Pixel 8a . The iPhone SE needs to be updated for Apple to stay relevant in this space. It will need to do more than match the current competition. Most of these handsets will be updated in the first half of 2025, putting even more pressure on Apple’s iPhone SE brand. Given that it has been 1000 days since the last iPhone SE in March 2022, the new SE will need to stay relevant for a similar three-year window, and the specs will need to leapfrog over the Android-powered competitors by some distance. Thankfully, Apple has no choice but to raise the specifications above and beyond the historical level of the iPhone SE. The launch of the iPhone SE in 2025 is expected to coincide with an update to Apple’s generative AI suite of tools. Apple Intelligence And The iPhone SE The awkwardly-backronymed Apple Intelligence remains a shadow of the capabilities available on Android-based suites such as Gemini AI or Galaxy AI. The iOS update scheduled for the first half of 2025 should allow Apple to offer broad parity with the competition, but that comes with a need for more memory, storage, and the latest Axx processor. The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus have already benefitted from this and saw their specs lifted higher than you would normally see annually. I very much doubt Apple would launch a new SE without it supporting Apple Intelligence, so the same specs lift will also take place. Finally, Apple looks set to use the iPhone SE as a testbed for new hardware. Since the purchase of Intel’s modem division in for $1 billion in 2019 , Apple has been working hard to reduce its reliance on Qualcomm for its cellular connectivity and introduce its own 5G modem. Currently, the iPhone portfolio is Qualcomm modems, as far as the spec sheet can see. Until the iPhone SE arrives. Details from Apple’s suppliers, alongside industry analysts, point to the iPhone SE shipping with Apple’s first 5G modem. The iPhone SE Modem’s Advantage Update: Saturday December 7 : Writing for Bloomberg , Mark Gurmn has picked out some key details on he new modem that will ship within the iPhone SE. The modem is not going to be as fully functional as the Qualcomm equivalent on the premium iPhone 16 family. 5G connectivity will be limited to using the Sub-6 standard, with mmWave unavailable in the mid-range iPhone. This isn’t an unusual choice at this price point, so the iPhone SE will not be at a disadvantage regarding 5G. Consumers will not feel the lower levels of carrier aggregation—four-carrier bands can be accessed simultaneously compared to six-carrier bands on higher-specced modems. Apple will be hoping that the tighter integration into iOS will offer more tangible benefits, such as reduced battery usage and, therefore increased standby time, better support for satellite connectivity, and a lower SAR rating. The ultimate goal will be for consumers to notice any difference and to an iPhone that ‘just works’. The iPhone SE Tests Apple’s 5G Platform Testing the modem in the iPhone SE allows Apple to gather real-world data without risking the main line by debuting it on the iPhone 17 Pro. If all is well with the SE, then the way is clear for Apple to incorporate the design into later iPhones. It is worth noting that Apple’s agreement with Qualcomm for modems stretches out to 2026, suggesting that the iPhone 18 family will be the main beneficiary. Matching the competition, bringing Apple Intelligence to the broadest possible user base, and acting as a testbed for the larger and more powerful iPhones to come. The iPhone SE will carry the first spark of the iPhone’s future when it arrives next year. Now read the latest news that impacts the iPhone SE in Forbes’ weekly Apple Loop news digest...BRAINERD — The second annual Christmas with the Homeless brought out the community's kindness Thursday, Dec. 19, at a gathering at The Center in Brainerd for some Christmas cheer. Around 60 people came to celebrate, play games and enjoy some good food thanks to the generosity of the community, said Brenda Biever, organizer of the Christmas with the Homeless event. ADVERTISEMENT “We have a spaghetti feed going on in the back, and then we have a bunch of cookies and stuff,” Biever said. “Everything here is donations from the community. Yep, the community's awesome. They've stepped up and helped in so many ways. So I've got 73 presents put together, and when they're done eating, they'll come up and get some gifts.” Having been homeless herself for 13 months at one point, Biever said this event is very near and dear to her. “My goal is to see them all have a smile,” Biever said. “Many of them don't get a Christmas, so I just want them to get a Christmas and be able to smile.” In its second year, Biever said she had been working with the unhoused for a while when the idea for a Christmas party just “popped into her head.” Marie, a Brainerd resident who has been struggling with housing since April after a misunderstanding with her previous landlord, said it is not easy to find housing in the Brainerd lakes area. As she waits for housing to become available, Marie said she often deals with issues that come up due to being unhoused. “I'm dealing with family and health issues right now,” Marie said. “Yeah, surgeries, depression, anxiety, all that kind of takes a toll when you don't have that safe place to go anymore.” ADVERTISEMENT As guests came into The Center and guessed how many candies were in a jar, they were greeted with a “Merry Christmas” and smiling faces before taking their seats. There were also donated coats and boots for those who needed them. Jesse Jones with Lighthouse Beginnings led the group in prayer before a spaghetti dinner was served. Following dinner, gifts were handed out and Joseph, an unhoused individual, was ecstatic at receiving some warm clothing for the season. “This means the world to me,” Joseph said. Volunteering to drive a bus for the night to help everyone get to the event was Jason Johnson, who said he, too, had a few instances of being unhoused and wanted to help those in need. “I always look to help. It's just how I was raised,” Johnson said. “And I love to see the joy and smiles on everyone's faces.” After getting back on his feet, Johnson said he started working for Lighthouse Beginnings and Bridges of Hope a few months ago as he wanted to work with the same people who helped him in his time of need. ADVERTISEMENT Biever thanked the businesses and everyone for all they did to make this event happen and putting smiles on the faces of community members who are unhoused. “I'm so thankful for the community and for all my friends,” Biever said. “Everybody's stepping up to help. I couldn't do it without them. And honestly, I don't feel it's even me. I think I'm just a vessel for God.” TIM SPEIER, staff writer, can be reached on Twitter @timmy2thyme , call 218-855-5859 or email tim.speier@brainerddispatch.com .

A Bourne Republican’s effort to quickly overturn a local election through the Massachusetts court system was largely shot down by a Boston judge, who said there was no evidence of fraud and voiding the contest would harm thousands of voters, according to court documents. Kari MacRae filed a lawsuit and emergency motion in Suffolk County Superior Court asking Judge Debra Squires-Lee to block Gov. Maura Healey from certifying the results of the Plymouth and Barnstable Senate race after alleging town clerks failed to follow state laws around signature comparison requirements for early mail-in ballots. But Squires-Lee denied the emergency motion in a ruling handed down Nov. 15 , writing the evidence MacRae submitted consisted “almost entirely of hearsay” rather than concrete proof like affidavits from any of the town clerks or assistant town clerks in the district. “Here, where there is no evidence of actual fraud, only observations of apparently mismatched or missing signatures on early voting ballot envelopes, MacRae is unlikely to succeed in her challenge given that it would necessarily result in the disenfranchisement of the 14,550 voters who voted in the primary election and the 110,00 voters who voted in the general election,” Squires-Lee wrote. Squires-Lee’s decision means that Healey is set to certify the results from the Senate election — and all other local contests — in early December, a move that will confirm Dylan Fernandes, a Falmouth Democrat, as the next senator for the Plymouth and Barnstable district starting in 2025. In the November general election, Fernandes beat Rep. Matt Muratore , a Plymouth Republican who himself bested MacRae in the Sept. 3 primary. In the lawsuit filed weeks after the primary election and following recounts in the Senate district, MacRae alleged that town clerks did not follow state law by comparing signatures on early mail-in ballot envelopes to signatures on their corresponding applications. MacRae relied on accounts of conversations with town clerks from herself, failed conservative gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl, John Paul McGrath, and Christopher Lyon. Squires-Lee said the declarations contained “little more than bald statements of noncompliance.” “Without additional context and detail related to the conversations during which the purported statements were made, I am unable to discern whether the averments accurately reflect those statements or whether they reflect an interpretation of the statements inconsistent with the speaker’s intent,” the judge wrote in a 10-page ruling. MacRae filed her first two lawsuits in Plymouth and Barnstable County courts on Oct. 10, more than a month after the primary election, and in Suffolk County Superior Court on Nov. 1, only days before the general election. Squires-Lee said the delay in filing the lawsuits was “unjustifiable” and undercut “her claim of irreparable harm.” “MacRae did not bring the issues she perceived with the early voting envelopes to election officials during the recount. After the Plymouth and Barnstable courts denied her motion for de novo review without prejudice, she did not move again on a non-ex parte basis, seek reconsideration, or file an appeal,” Squires-Lee wrote. “Rather, three weeks later and one business day before the general election, she filed the instant case.” Assistant Attorney General Anne Sterman, who represented Healey and Secretary of State William Galvin in the Boston case, had argued that blocking certification of the Senate election would have disenfranchised more than 110,000 voters on the South Shore and Cape Cod. Granting MacRae’s emergency motion would also “greatly undermine public confidence in the election and cause widespread voter confusion,” Sterman said in court documents filed ahead of Squires-Lee’s ruling. “Invalidating the primary and state election results for this district would require that all of these voters vote again, solely because of MacRae’s unjustified and inexcusable failure to raise the ‘irregularities’ she alleges in this case at any point before (Galvin) declared the final results and the state election was conducted,” Sterman said. But MacRae had argued that if a review of the early mail-in ballot envelopes and their corresponding applications found more than 39 — the margin by which she lost to Muratore in the primary election — were “invalid,” the results “must be invalidated.” MacRae, a Bourne School Committee member fired from Hanover High School after controversial social media videos surfaced in 2021, raised $13,400 as of Oct. 31 to fund her various legal challenges, mostly through a $10,000 donation from Thomas Wallace of Plymouth.