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AP News Summary at 4:17 p.m. ESTAdele has said she will miss her residency shows “terribly” but needs to “move on” after playing her 100th and final show in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The British singer-songwriter, 36, launched Weekends With Adele, located at The Colosseum theatre in Caesars Palace in November 2022. In July, she announced she would be taking a “big break” from music after her run of of sell-out shows at the venue, which seats around 4,000 people. In a social media post on Monday, she said: “Well what an adventure! Las Vegas you’ve been so good to me. A post shared by Adele (@adele) “This residency went on to mirror what 30 was about, lost and broken to healed and thriving! “Seems so fitting in the end. The only thing left to do in this case is move on.” The Easy On Me star made a return to the spotlight in 2021 when she released her fourth album, 30. Adele said: “These 100 shows have been so easy to love. “They were all completely different because I got to really be with every single person in the room every night. “I’ve loved every single second of it and I am so proud of it! I will miss it terribly, and I will miss you all terribly too. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! See you next time.” Videos posted online from her concert on Saturday show the singer getting tearful as she bid farewell to Vegas. “It’s been wonderful and I will miss it terribly and I will miss you terribly,” she said. “I don’t know when I next want to perform again.” The singer, full name Adele Adkins, shared an emotional embrace with Celine Dion after she spotted the music artist in the audience during her Las Vegas show last month. In August, Adele played shows in a purpose-built outdoor arena in Munich, with capacity for 80,000 people per night, and told fans on the last night that they would not be seeing her for a “long time”.

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So, as Milan prepares to do battle in the Champions League, all eyes will be on Chiesa and his teammates as they look to write the next chapter in the illustrious history of AC Milan. The stage is set, the stakes are high, and the world is watching. Forza Milan!Zeta Global Holdings Corp. Class Action Alert: Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP reminds investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Zeta Global Holdings Corp.By WILL WEISSERT, JUAN ZAMORANO and GARY FIELDS PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later, Donald Trump is threatening to take back the waterway for the same republic. Related Articles National Politics | President-elect Trump wants to again rename North America’s tallest peak National Politics | Inside the Gaetz ethics report, a trove of new details alleging payments for sex and drug use National Politics | An analyst looks ahead to how the US economy might fare under Trump National Politics | Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal National Politics | House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of ‘regularly’ paying for sex, including with 17-year-old girl The president-elect is decrying increased fees Panama has imposed to use the waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He says if things don’t change after he takes office next month, “We will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America, in full, quickly and without question.” Trump has long threatened allies with punitive action in hopes of winning concessions. But experts in both countries are clear: Unless he goes to war with Panama, Trump can’t reassert control over a canal the U.S. agreed to cede in the 1970s. Here’s a look at how we got here: It is a man-made waterway that uses a series of locks and reservoirs over 51 miles (82 kilometers) to cut through the middle of Panama and connect the Atlantic and Pacific. It spares ships having to go an additional roughly 7,000 miles (more than 11,000 kilometers) to sail around Cape Horn at South America’s southern tip. The U.S. International Trade Administration says the canal saves American business interests “considerable time and fuel costs” and enables faster delivery of goods, which is “particularly significant for time sensitive cargoes, perishable goods, and industries with just-in-time supply chains.” An effort to establish a canal through Panama led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, who built Egypt’s Suez Canal, began in 1880 but progressed little over nine years before going bankrupt. Malaria, yellow fever and other tropical diseases devastated a workforce already struggling with especially dangerous terrain and harsh working conditions in the jungle, eventually costing more than 20,000 lives, by some estimates. Panama was then a province of Colombia, which refused to ratify a subsequent 1901 treaty licensing U.S. interests to build the canal. Roosevelt responded by dispatching U.S. warships to Panama’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The U.S. also prewrote a constitution that would be ready after Panamanian independence, giving American forces “the right to intervene in any part of Panama, to re-establish public peace and constitutional order.” In part because Colombian troops were unable to traverse harsh jungles, Panama declared an effectively bloodless independence within hours in November 1903. It soon signed a treaty allowing a U.S.-led team to begin construction . Some 5,600 workers died later during the U.S.-led construction project, according to one study. The waterway opened in 1914, but almost immediately some Panamanians began questioning the validity of U.S. control, leading to what became known in the country as the “generational struggle” to take it over. The U.S. abrogated its right to intervene in Panama in the 1930s. By the 1970s, with its administrative costs sharply increasing, Washington spent years negotiating with Panama to cede control of the waterway. The Carter administration worked with the government of Omar Torrijos. The two sides eventually decided that their best chance for ratification was to submit two treaties to the U.S. Senate, the “Permanent Neutrality Treaty” and the “Panama Canal Treaty.” The first, which continues in perpetuity, gives the U.S. the right to act to ensure the canal remains open and secure. The second stated that the U.S. would turn over the canal to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, and was terminated then. Both were signed in 1977 and ratified the following year. The agreements held even after 1989, when President George H.W. Bush invaded Panama to remove Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega. In the late 1970s, as the handover treaties were being discussed and ratified, polls found that about half of Americans opposed the decision to cede canal control to Panama. However, by the time ownership actually changed in 1999, public opinion had shifted, with about half of Americans in favor. Administration of the canal has been more efficient under Panama than during the U.S. era, with traffic increasing 17% between fiscal years 1999 and 2004 . Panama’s voters approved a 2006 referendum authorizing a major expansion of the canal to accommodate larger modern cargo ships. The expansion took until 2016 and cost more than $5.2 billion. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said in a video Sunday that “every square meter of the canal belongs to Panama and will continue to.” He added that, while his country’s people are divided on some key issues, “when it comes to our canal, and our sovereignty, we will all unite under our Panamanian flag.” Shipping prices have increased because of droughts last year affecting the canal locks, forcing Panama to drastically cut shipping traffic through the canal and raise rates to use it. Though the rains have mostly returned, Panama says future fee increases might be necessary as it undertakes improvements to accommodate modern shipping needs. Mulino said fees to use the canal are “not set on a whim.” Jorge Luis Quijano, who served as the waterway’s administrator from 2014 to 2019, said all canal users are subject to the same fees, though they vary by ship size and other factors. “I can accept that the canal’s customers may complain about any price increase,” Quijano said. “But that does not give them reason to consider taking it back.” The president-elect says the U.S. is getting “ripped off” and “I’m not going to stand for it.” “It was given to Panama and to the people of Panama, but it has provisions — you’ve got to treat us fairly. And they haven’t treated us fairly,” Trump said of the 1977 treaty that he said “foolishly” gave the canal away. The neutrality treaty does give the U.S. the right to act if the canal’s operation is threatened due to military conflict — but not to reassert control. “There’s no clause of any kind in the neutrality agreement that allows for the taking back of the canal,” Quijano said. “Legally, there’s no way, under normal circumstances, to recover territory that was used previously.” Trump, meanwhile, hasn’t said how he might make good on his threat. “There’s very little wiggle room, absent a second U.S. invasion of Panama, to retake control of the Panama Canal in practical terms,” said Benjamin Gedan, director of the Latin America Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. Gedan said Trump’s stance is especially baffling given that Mulino is a pro-business conservative who has “made lots of other overtures to show that he would prefer a special relationship with the United States.” He also noted that Panama in recent years has moved closer to China, meaning the U.S. has strategic reasons to keep its relationship with the Central American nation friendly. Panama is also a U.S. partner on stopping illegal immigration from South America — perhaps Trump’s biggest policy priority. “If you’re going to pick a fight with Panama on an issue,” Gedan said, “you could not find a worse one than the canal.” Weissert reported from West Palm Beach, Florida, and Fields from Washington. Amelia Thomson-Deveaux contributed to this report from Washington.

NonePolice probe launched after tractor driver sent waves of Storm Bert floodwaters smashing through shop windows while speeding through Worcestershire townAs the year draws to a close, top economic minds and industry leaders gathered at the annual China Economic Roundtable to discuss strategies for stimulating economic growth and bolstering domestic demand. The theme of this year's gathering was "Nurturing Comprehensive System and Fully Unleashing Potential", reflecting the need for a holistic approach to economic development in China.

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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump’s willingness to choose cabinet members with histories of alleged sexual misconduct threw his transition plans off course this week. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for attorney general, dropped out of consideration on Thursday amid mounting questions over allegations of having sex with an underage girl and illicit drug use. He has denied wrongdoing. His withdrawal underscores the risk of Trump's approach to staffing his second administration. He appears to be emboldened by his political comeback and willing to challenge the Senate Republicans to back some unorthodox picks. Gaetz's departure leaves two other cabinet candidates who also have been accused of sexual misconduct: Pete Hegseth, nominated to run the Pentagon, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Trump’s choice for Health and Human Services secretary. While allegations of sexual misconduct are not uncommon in politics, including against Trump himself, it is unusual for cabinet nominees to face such accusations. Some Republican senators said Hegseth in particular would now face more scrutiny with Gaetz out of the mix, though they did not think the extra attention would hurt his confirmation prospects. "You guys will look more and more on what happened and will understand it's completely taken out of context, and I think Pete will get confirmed at the end of the day," Senator Markwayne Mullin, a Trump ally, told reporters. Hegseth, a 44-year-old military veteran and former Fox News host, has been accused by a woman who told police he sexually assaulted her at a conference in California in 2017. No charges were filed, and Hegseth and his attorney have said the sexual encounter was consensual. Hegseth met with Republican senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday to rally support for his nomination as news of Gaetz's withdrawal broke. Senator Jack Reed, the outgoing Democratic chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the stumble with Gaetz means the allegation against Hegseth will need to be closely vetted. “From what I’ve seen from news reports, it is very concerning. It has to be looked at," Reed told reporters. REMINDER OF #METOO Asked by Reuters this week whether Trump was reconsidering his choices of Hegseth and Kennedy, the president-elect's transition team issued statements in support of both men. It called Kennedy a respected leader and Hegseth "an incredibly tough and smart candidate." Reuters was not able to contact Hegseth for a comment about this story. A spokesperson for Kennedy did not immediately respond. Trump's transition team did not immediately reply to a request for comment on Friday about the specific allegations against the pair. Kennedy, 70, has emerged as a key adviser to Trump on health policy. His family’s live-in babysitter accused him of groping her in 1999, when she was 23. No charges were filed. Kennedy told his accuser, in a text message previously seen by Reuters, that he did not recall the incident. The woman showed Reuters the text in July after she made her claims about Kennedy public. When asked to comment on the sexual assault allegation, Kennedy told a podcaster in July: "I have so many skeletons in my closet that if they could all vote, I could run for king of the world." It is not clear how big a role the 1999 alleged incident will play in the Senate confirmation hearings of Kennedy, who is under fire from Democrats for spreading misinformation on vaccines. "This is something that I'm sure will be explored at the hearings," Senator Susan Collins, a moderate Republican, said when asked by reporters if she was concerned about the number of nominees facing sexual misconduct allegations. Trump has his own well-documented history of alleged misconduct, which he denies. Last year, a New York jury found him liable for the sexual abuse of a writer, E. Jean Carroll, and awarded her damages. She was one of more than a dozen women who have accused Trump of sexual assault or harassment. His nominations of Gaetz, Hegseth and Kennedy represent a cultural counter-strike to the country's #MeToo movement, which saw women accuse hundreds of men in entertainment, media, politics and other fields of sexual misconduct, said Juliet Williams, a professor of gender studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Trump’s picks endorse the idea that “that kind of sexual behavior is the entitlement of male privilege," Williams said in reference to the #MeToo accusations. Bill Dailey, a fellow at the Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at University of Notre Dame, said Gaetz's withdrawal showed that some of Washington's checks and balances were still working. Even as Trump has threatened to demolish institutional norms by pushing the limits of his presidential authority, there was resistance among some Senate Republicans to confirm him. “That (Gaetz) didn’t even make it to December shows the Senate isn’t simply going to rubber stamp Trump, as one would expect them to do if autocracy were imminent,” Dailey said. As the focus turns to Hegseth, Republican Senator Mike Braun likened the allegations against him to those faced by Brett Kavanaugh, a Trump-appointed justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Kavanaugh was accused during his 2018 Senate confirmation hearing of sexually assaulting a woman while in high school. He was ultimately confirmed after Senate Republicans said that the accuser’s allegations could not be corroborated. Braun predicted a similar fate for Hegseth: “I'm sure that will go through hearings, but I imagine he'll survive it." (Reporting by James Oliphant; Additional reporting by Bo Erickson, Richard Cowan and David Morgan; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Alistair Bell)One of the key players in their campaign has been the talented midfielder, Matteo Pessina. However, due to an untimely injury, Pessina will be forced to sit out the upcoming match against Ferencvaros. In his place, Milan manager Stefano Pioli has announced that exciting young talent Federico Chiesa will step in to fill the void.

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