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If things finally settle, a purchase by Pakistan of 40 advanced J-35A stealth fighter jets from China could be a game-changing deal. If a final agreement is reached, it would make Pakistan the only operator of these fifth-generation multi-role aircraft other than China. The deal would also constitute an initial export of Beijing’s most advanced military jets. The J-35A is the second fifth-generation stealth fighter in China for air superiority and multi-mission use. The twin-engine jet, designed with a combination of air-land-sea operations in mind, is an advanced aircraft close to the U.S.-made F-35. Reports said it would be this very warplane technology that would be used to replace Pakistan’s old fleet of F-16s and Mirage jets. According to the South China Morning Post, Pakistan’s Air Force has already approved the acquisition. If finalized, China is expected to deliver all 40 jets within two years. With its defense industry primed for mass production, Beijing does not rely on foreign components for the J-35A. Did you know? Pakistan will be the first and only country in the world, apart from China, to possess a squadron of the stealth J-35 multi-role fighter jets. This would dramatically strengthen Pakistan’s air defense and shift the regional power balance. But it also raises questions about Islamabad’s financial capability. Amid a deep economic crisis and reliance on IMF and World Bank bailouts, experts speculate that China may offer another loan to fund the deal. Pakistan already owes substantial debt to Beijing, which has modernized its military over the years. Top Chinese military brass, including General Zhang Youxia, paid a visit to Pakistan for closed-door talks with Army Chief General Asim Munir. The discussions reportedly focused on regional security and ways to increase bilateral defense cooperation. While seemingly keen, there is still sovereignty on the cards. Pressure by China to deploy security forces in Pakistan, especially along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, has been debated. Beijing has kept mum on the deal, but its possible approval may have significant geopolitical implications. Also, see: Allu Arjun summoned by Hyderabad police for questioning regarding stampede incidentMartínez holds up Juventus before Rogers denied late Aston Villa winnerAfter all the noise, after all the disruption centering around Jacob Trouba, the week will end with an affirmative exclamation point. The Rangers have made a commitment to the future. The Rangers have made a commitment to the present. The Rangers have made a commitment to Igor Shesterkin. And Igor Shesterkin has made a commitment to the Rangers. The Post has learned that the Blueshirts and their franchise goaltender have reached agreement on an eight-year, $92 million contract extension that will kick in next season under which Shesterkin will earn a record annual average value of $11.5 million for an NHL goaltender. The signing at that number represents a coup for the Rangers and GM Chris Dury in an environment in which speculation has run rampant on whether the Blueshirts, a) might trade Shesterkin; or, b) be able to keep him off the free agent market next July. The signing represents the most positive news of a season in which the team has been buffeted by outside noise while enmeshed in internal turmoil while losing six of its last seven games heading into Friday’s Garden match against the Penguins.. This is a statement that Drury and the hierarchy are not turning their backs on this season or the near future and indeed believe in this team. One issue down. Montreal’s Carey Price had been the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history under an eight-year, $84 million deal with annual average salary of $10.5 million that commenced in 2018. Price has been on LTIR because of knee issues since the end of the 2021-22 season. If the 2025-26 cap is set at the current projected $92.4 million, Shesterkin’s contract will account for 12.44 percent of the total. Artemi Panarin, who remains the highest-paid player in franchise history at $11,642,857 per, accounted for 14.29 percent of the cap in his first year in New York. When Henrik Lundqvist’s final contract kicked in in 2014-15, the King accounted for 12.32 percent of the cap while earning $8.5 million per. This was not an exercise in greed from Shesterkin, represented by Rick Komarow and Maxim Moliver. Not in the least. After securing a record second contract for a goaltender four years ago under which the netminder is earning an AAV of $5,666,667, it was a matter of finding the number that would keep the team’s most valuable player in New York. The native of Moscow, who will turn 29 on Dec. 30, had rejected an eight-year, $88 million offer on the eve of the opener that put him on track to test the July 1 unrestricted free agent market. But though the netminder’s camp indicated there would be no further talks until the season’s end, Drury reached out early this week and reopened negotiations that came to fruition Friday. Shesterkin, whose early brilliance carried the Blueshirts to 5-0-1 and 12-4-1 getaways, went 6-2-1 with a 2.22 GAA and .933 save percentage through Nov. 3. But he has understandably buckled while facing a succession of odd-man rushes and high-danger chances created by repeated breakdowns at both ends of the ice. Perhaps ironically, the 2022 Vezina winner is in the midst of a career-high five-game losing streak. He stands 8-9-1 with a 3.05 GAA and .908 save percentage, though he has been the Rangers’ best player through this challenging first quarter. The Blueshirts selected the Russian in the fourth round (114th overall) of the 2014 draft out of Moscow Spartak Jr. Shesterkin graduated to St. Petersburg of the KHL before coming to North America for the 2019-20 season. Shesterkin was promoted to the Rangers on Jan. 6, 2020 after a half-season with the AHL Wolf Pack and displaced Lundqvist from the No. 1 job in a three-goalie scenario that included Alex Georgiev under then head coach David Quinn. No. 31 then commanded the No. 1 job the following 56-game season after Lundqvist had been bought out with Georgiev serving as the backup. A year later, Shesterkin posted a .935 save percentage that ranks as the third-best in NHL history behind Tim Thomas’ .938 in 2010-11 and Dominik Hasek’s .937 in 1998-99 (50-game minimum) to secure the Vezina before leading the Rangers to the conference final. Indeed, Shesterkin has been the Blueshirts’ best player in each of the last three playoff seasons, recording a .928 save percentage and a 2.39 GAA while taking his team to the final four twice. He is generally recognized as the NHL’s best goaltender. That is why next year he will become the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history.Party City surprises shoppers with going out of business sale before shuttering over 850 stores
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER WASHINGTON (AP) — One year after the Jan. 6, 2021 , U.S. Capitol attack, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department was committed to holding accountable all perpetrators “at any level” for “the assault on our democracy.” That bold declaration won’t apply to at least one person: Donald Trump. Special counsel Jack Smith’s move on Monday to abandon the federal election interference case against Trump means jurors will likely never decide whether the president-elect is criminally responsible for his attempts to cling to power after losing the 2020 campaign. The decision to walk away from the election charges and the separate classified documents case against Trump marks an abrupt end of the Justice Department’s unprecedented legal effort that once threatened his liberty but appears only to have galvanized his supporters. The abandonment of the cases accusing Trump of endangering American democracy and national security does away with the most serious legal threats he was facing as he returns to the White House. It was the culmination of a monthslong defense effort to delay the proceedings at every step and use the criminal allegations to Trump’s political advantage, putting the final word in the hands of voters instead of jurors. “We always knew that the rich and powerful had an advantage, but I don’t think we would have ever believed that somebody could walk away from everything,” said Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington University law professor and former Justice Department official. “If there ever was a Teflon defendant, that’s Donald Trump.” While prosecutors left the door open to the possibility that federal charges could be re-filed against Trump after he leaves office, that seems unlikely. Meanwhile, Trump’s presidential victory has thrown into question the future of the two state criminal cases against him in New York and Georgia. Trump was supposed to be sentenced on Tuesday after his conviction on 34 felony counts in his New York hush money case , but it’s possible the sentencing could be delayed until after Trump leaves office, and the defense is pushing to dismiss the case altogether. Smith’s team stressed that their decision to abandon the federal cases was not a reflection of the merit of the charges, but an acknowledgement that they could not move forward under longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. Trump’s presidential victory set “at odds two fundamental and compelling national interests: On the one hand, the Constitution’s requirement that the President must not be unduly encumbered in fulfilling his weighty responsibilities . . . and on the other hand, the Nation’s commitment to the rule of law,” prosecutors wrote in court papers. The move just weeks after Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris underscores the immense personal stake Trump had in the campaign in which he turned his legal woes into a political rallying cry. Trump accused prosecutors of bringing the charges in a bid to keep him out of the White House, and he promised revenge on his perceived enemies if he won a second term. “If Donald J. Trump had lost an election, he may very well have spent the rest of his life in prison,” Vice President-elect JD Vance, wrote in a social media post on Monday. “These prosecutions were always political. Now it’s time to ensure what happened to President Trump never happens in this country again.” After the Jan. 6 attack by Trump supporters that left more than 100 police officers injured, Republican leader Mitch McConnell and several other Republicans who voted to acquit Trump during his Senate impeachment trial said it was up to the justice system to hold Trump accountable. The Jan. 6 case brought last year in Washington alleged an increasingly desperate criminal conspiracy to subvert the will of voters after Trump’s 2020 loss, accusing Trump of using the angry mob of supporters that attacked the Capitol as “a tool” in his campaign to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence and obstruct the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. Hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters — many of whom have said they felt called to Washington by Trump — have pleaded guilty or been convicted by juries of federal charges at the same courthouse where Trump was supposed to stand trial last year. As the trial date neared, officials at the courthouse that sits within view of the Capitol were busy making plans for the crush of reporters expected to cover the historic case. But Trump’s argument that he enjoyed absolute immunity from prosecution quickly tied up the case in appeals all the way up to the Supreme Court. The high court ruled in July that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution , and sent the case back to the trial court to decide which allegations could move forward. But the case was dismissed before the trial court could get a chance to do so. Related Articles National Politics | After delay, Trump signs agreement with Biden White House to begin formal transition handoff National Politics | Rudy Giuliani in a courtroom outburst accuses judge in assets case of being unfair, drawing a rebuke National Politics | With Trump as president, can TikTok in the US survive? National Politics | Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump’s promised crackdown on immigration National Politics | Expecting challenges, blue states vow to create ‘firewall’ of abortion protections The other indictment brought in Florida accused Trump of improperly storing at his Mar-a-Lago estate sensitive documents on nuclear capabilities, enlisting aides and lawyers to help him hide records demanded by investigators and cavalierly showing off a Pentagon “plan of attack” and classified map. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case in July on grounds that Smith was illegally appointed . Smith appealed to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but abandoned that appeal on Monday. Smith’s team said it would continue its fight in the appeals court to revive charges against Trump’s two co-defendants because “no principle of temporary immunity applies to them.” In New York, jurors spent weeks last spring hearing evidence in a state case alleging a Trump scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex. New York prosecutors recently expressed openness to delaying sentencing until after Trump’s second term, while Trump’s lawyers are fighting to have the conviction dismissed altogether. In Georgia, a trial while Trump is in office seems unlikely in a state case charging him and more than a dozen others with conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. The case has been on hold since an appeals court agreed to review whether to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she had hired to lead the case. Associated Press reporter Lisa Mascaro in Washington contributed.IOC needs to take a binary position on transgender participation in women’s sportSophia Cohen and Harrison Waterstreet say there’s always been an invisible string between them—even before they were born. In 1992, when Sophia’s father, financier and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, married her mother, a friend gave them a portrait painted by Harrison’s father, artist John Alexander, as a wedding gift. Yet it would be two decades before they officially met. Sophia had just finished her freshman year at Brown University and decided to head out to the Hamptons with her roommate, Eugenia. Eugenia’s brother texted them to come to a house party—where, it turns out, Harrison was too. They briefly talked that night, but nothing more. Three years and a college graduation later, Sophia started a job at The Gagosian Gallery. She quickly struck up a friendship with a co-worker around her age, Lily Mortimer. One day, Lily said she wanted to introduce Sophia to a close friend of hers: Harrison, who was now an agent at CAA. Sophia was seeing someone at the time, so she and Harrison instead built up a friendship over the next few years. (That’s not to say there wasn’t a spark —in fact, it was very much apparent. “Harrison would shamelessly flirt with me even though I was in another relationship,” Sophia says, laughing.) Yet the invisible string kept tugging: One night, Sophia attended a dinner for her friend, artist Alexander Berggruen. Sat next to her was a talented ceramicist. Despite being strangers, they instantly hit it off. “Towards the end of the evening, the artist said, ‘I don’t usually do this, but I would love to set you up with my son.’ She then proceeded to show me a picture of...Harrison,” Sophia says. Sophia, engaged at the time, politely declined. But several months later, she found herself single again just as the pandemic hit. When the summer started and it felt okay to socialize, Lily—as well as friends Bunny and Jake—pushed Sophia to finally consider the man who had been in her orbit for so long. “We finally went on our first date and never looked back,” she says. Three years later, Harrison proposed to Sophia at her family home in Connecticut amid a semi-circle of candles. On October 26, 2024, Sophia and Harrison wed at the Madison Club in La Quinta, California. The whole weekend, planned by Melissa Sullivan of Studio Sully, had the ambience of what the couple describes as a “1960s Palm Springs fever dream.” It started with the rehearsal dinner at Tommy Bahama Miramonte, where the bride wore a vintage ivory silk strapless column dress along with a diamond-and-pearl Harry Winston choker. The next night, they held tiki-themed welcome drinks at a family friend’s house in La Quinta—a nod to the many Polynesian-inspired bars in the Palm Springs area. Guests donned their retro finest, with Sophia playing hostess in a cream-color 1950s sleeveless chiffon dress with marabou feather trim, a pair of colorful gemstone and diamond earrings, and lime green Loewe heels. Harrison, meanwhile, wore a pale blue double-breasted suit from Tom Ford. The ceremony itself was inspired by the mid-century modern movement, as well as several of the couple’s favorite artists. “We wanted to encapsulate everything that is mid-century. We felt particularly inspired by some of the mid-century rock houses of the time that were built into a rock face,” Sophia says. “Our ceremony featured small boulders lining the aisle and culminated in a beautiful chuppah composed of two large boulders. The white slab overhead created the ‘canopy’ needed to create a chuppah, which featured a skylight overhead, allowing the sunset light to seep in—an ode to James Turrell.” (The rocks also referenced Michael Heizer's work, “Levitated Mass” . Sophia, who now runs her own art advisory firm Siren Projects, wanted to include as many nods to her favorite artists as she could.) The bride, who walked down the aisle arm-in-arm with her parents, wore a gown by Blanc Wear, a cathedral-length veil, and vintage pear-shaped drop diamond earrings with a chandelier oval-diamond necklace she sourced from an auction. Waiting at the other end was Harrison in a Ralph Lauren Purple Label white dinner jacket and dark blue tuxedo pants. After their vows, they exchanged Belperron rings. “It was palpable how much love there was present. As the sun was setting, the light funneled through the chuppah canopy and created an aura around us,” Sophia says. “We felt totally at peace, totally in love, and just drowned out the crowd as if it was just the two of us on stage.” Afterward was a tennis-themed cocktail hour on the grounds of the Madison Club, complete with courtside benches and vintage slingback chairs. Guests drank honey deuces and ate hand rolls from Sōgo in Los Angeles as the temperature cooled and the sun set behind them. Then came the sudden announcement that it was time for dinner, upon which a large set of doors opened to reveal the reception site: a grand glass structure made to resemble a mid-century home. “Many of the chairs were sourced from old movie sets, giving it a real home feel. It felt as if this structure was permanently there,” Sophia says. She put on a pair of long, white gloves to further elevate her wedding gown for the night. Guests dined on pasta from Jon & Vinny’s as a rotating stage revealed a number of performances throughout the night, covering everything from bossa nova to The Supremes. Yet for all that entertainment, the couple say that dancing with their parents felt like the highlight of the night. “Our dances with our parents were so meaningful both in general and because it was the first wedding for both of our families,” Sophia says. (The highlight for the guests, on the other hand, might have been the many bars, among them two secret speakeasies flanking the stage.) Then it was time for the after-party back at their family friend’s house, which was inspired by Roger Vadim’s classic 1968 movie Barbarella . “We transported guests to a sci-fi 1960s night club,” says Sophia, who changed into a Wiederhoeft corset for the occasion. Sofi Tukker and DJ Bender—whose music Sophia fell in love at Burning Man—both played electric sets that kept the party going late into the night. Now that it’s all over, the couple is still elated. “Our objective for our wedding was to throw not just a great event, but one that would stay in the minds of our guests forever,” Sophia says.
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What both sides are saying about ceasefire deal between Israel and HezbollahThe success of the gig economy hinges on its underlying digital ecosystem, particularly APIs, which power real-time services like Uber and Fiverr . But APIs are vulnerable to misuse, with advanced threats such as scraping , account takeovers and fraud intensified by generative artificial intelligence , TechNative reported . Platforms face a variety of risks, including data theft, payment manipulation and business logic abuse. To combat these threats, businesses must implement API security strategies that detect and block AI-driven attacks, ensuring the integrity and trust of their platforms as the gig economy continues to grow. Gig Economy Growth and the Rising Need for Fraud Prevention The value of the gig economy is $556.7 billion, and that is expected to more than triple by 2032 to $1.847 trillion. As this sector grows, so does the need for fraud prevention. Prove Identity CEO Rodger Desai proposed using trust networks like those in the financial and telecom industries to combat fraud in the gig economy. A key solution involves phone-based verification systems, which would link identity tokens to users’ phone numbers while preserving anonymity. This system would increase trust by offering flexible verification and data-sharing options. “The challenge is that anyone can join these platforms ... therefore, the bad folks do as well,” Desai told PYMNTS in September. “Networks like Visa and Mastercard have done a great job of creating a circle of trust,” he added. “You and I can jump on a plane and go to Thailand and have lunch somewhere, and that merchant will know they’ll get paid in their currency ... in the same way, you can go anywhere in the world and make a phone call. The question is: ‘How do you apply that to the gig economy?’” AI Scraping Threats and Enhanced Digital Protections Ride-hailing platforms rely on APIs to match drivers with passengers in real time , the TechNative report said. Attackers can use AI to simulate fake customer requests, overwhelming the platform with bot-driven traffic and causing service disruptions Just as Visa and Mastercard create a seamless global transaction experience, companies now need secure systems to protect their digital content from automated extraction. As AI companies increase their web scraping efforts, businesses face growing challenges in protecting their online content. Web infrastructure company Cloudflare introduced a new tool designed to block unauthorized data scraping, potentially disrupting AI training processes that rely on massive amounts of web data. The tool uses advanced machine learning and behavioral analysis to distinguish between legitimate traffic and AI bots, offering a more targeted defense. Companies that generate content want to protect their intellectual property to maintain revenue streams. “When their information is scraped , especially in near real time, it can be summarized and posted by an AI over which they have no control, which in turn deprives the content creator of getting its own clicks — and the attendant revenue,” HP Newquist , executive director of The Relayer Group and author of “The Brain Makers,” told PYMNTS in July. While Cloudflare’s tool shows promise, the battle against web scraping remains complex and ongoing. Experts warn that AI companies may find ways to circumvent these protections, and new countermeasures are already emerging. To protect their digital assets, businesses are adopting multilayered strategies, such as using CAPTCHAs, rate limiting and altering website code. Despite these efforts, the conflict between content protectors and data scrapers is likely to continue, with implications for AI model development and the future of online content. Multilayered Defense Strategies Against Scraping Gig economy platforms need to implement more advanced security strategies, the TechNative report said. Real-time monitoring of API traffic and machine learning-powered behavioral analytics can help identify abnormal patterns that signal malicious activity. Effective strategies also include periodically altering HTML and CSS code to disrupt automated scraping tools, filtering user agents to block known bots, and setting up honeytrap pages to lure and identify malicious scrapers. “By restricting the rate at which requests can be made, you can reduce the impact of scraping bots that attempt to harvest large amounts of data quickly,” Ross Kernez , director of SEO at Mavis Tire , told PYMNTS in July. The growing need for enhanced digital protections extends beyond content scraping. As Desai said, trust and safety solutions are vital in the gig economy, particularly with the rise of AI-generated content and deepfakes. Ensuring the authenticity of users and content is essential to combatting fraud. “Over time, you’re probably only going to trust things that have been signed and verified,” Desai said. For all PYMNTS AI coverage, subscribe to the daily AI Newsletter .
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