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Bosnians go to the polls on Sunday to choose the country’s new collective presidency and lawmakers at national, regional and local levels, deciding between long-entrenched nationalist parties and reformists focused on the economy. Nearly 3.4 million people are eligible to vote amid the worst political crisis in the Balkan country since the end of its war in the 1990s, prompted by separatist policies of the Serb leadership and threats of blockades by Bosnian Croats. The polls open at 7 a.m. local (12:00 a.m. ET) and close at 7 p.m. (12:00 p.m. ET). The first official results are expected at midnight local but political parties are expected to come out with their own results around 10 p.m. Bosnia is comprised of two autonomous regions, the Serb-dominated Serb Republic and the Federation shared by Bosniaks and Croats, linked by a weak central government. The Federation is further split into 10 cantons. There is also the neutral Brcko district in the north. Election campaigning by ruling ethnic parties was dominated by hate speech and nationalist rhetoric, focusing rather on themes of protection of national interests and criticism of opponents than on real-life issues such as jobs and soaring inflation. A lack of reliable polls has made it difficult to predict the outcome, but many analysts believe nationalist parties will remain dominant and that the biggest change may come in the Bosniak camp, which is the largest and most diverse. Bakir Izetbegovic, leader of the largest Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) Party of Democratic Action (SDA), who is running for the Bosniak presidency member, is seen in a tight race with Denis Becirovic of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), whose bid is supported by 11 civic-oriented opposition parties. Observers believe that Serb and Croat nationalist parties will remain in power but some polls have suggested that separatist pro-Russian leader Milorad Dodik, who is running for the Serb Republic’s president, is facing strong competition from opposition economist Jelena Trivic. The Croat parties have warned they may block the formation of government after the vote if moderate Zeljko Komsic wins the job of the Croat presidency member. They say his victory could only be based on votes by majority Bosniaks and that they will not regard him as the legitimate Croat representative.
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Music Title: Rauf Faik - Copilărie (Audio oficial) Signer: Rauf Faik Release Date:27 sept. 2018 Official Youtube Link: Informations About The Signer: russian singer, Your Opinion About The Track (Music Video):10/10
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Artist: Wyclef Jean Real Name: Nel Ust Wyclef Jean Birth Date /Place:Nel Ust Wyclef Jean October 17, 1969 Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti Age: (age 52) Social status (Single / Married):Married Artist Picture: Musical Genres:rapper Awards: Awards and nominations Golden Globe Awards source, Golden Globe Awards:[100] Year Nominee / work Award Result 2004 "Million Voices” - Hotel Rwanda Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Nominated Grammy Awards Source, Grammy Award wins:[101] Year Nominee / work Award Result 1997 The Score Album of the Year Nominated Best Rap Album Won Killing Me Softly Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Won 1998 Guantanamera (featuring Celia Cruz and Jeni Fujita) Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Nominated The Carnival Best Rap Album Nominated 1999 Gone till November Best Rap Solo Performance Nominated 2000 Supernatural (as a producer) Album of the Year Won 2001 911 (with Mary J. Blige) Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated 2006 Million Voices (shared with Jerry Duplessis and Andrea Guerra) Best Song Written for Visual Media Nominated 2007 Hips Don't Lie (with Shakira) Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Nominated MTV Video Music Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 1998 "Gone till November" Best R&B Video Won Best Direction in a Video Nominated "We Trying to Stay Alive" Best Choreography in a Video Nominated 2020 "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" (with Fall Out Boy) Best Rock Nominated Top 3 Songs (Names):"Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean."Maria Maria" by Carlos Santana."Killing Me Softly" by The Fugees Other Information:-
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Musician Name: Iggy Azalea Birthday / Location: Amethyst Amelia Kelly 7 June 1990 (age 32) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Main instrument: - Musician Picture: Musician Awards & Nominations: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Iggy Azalea awards and nominations Iggy Azalea VMA 2018.jpg Azalea at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards Awards and nominations Totals[a] Wins 40 Nominations 130 Note Iggy Azalea is an Australian rapper. Her debut studio album The New Classic was released in April 2014. Azalea has been nominated for numerous major music awards including the Grammy Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards. Azalea was included on the XXL's Top 10 Freshmen for 2012 by winning a competition for the tenth spot, becoming the first female, and first non-American rapper to be featured on the list.[1] Azalea's first notable nomination was in 2013 by the MTV Video Music Awards where she was up for Artist To Watch for her debut single "Work". 2014 proved to be Azalea's mainstream breakthrough year as she was nominated for several awards from various events. Azalea won her first award from the American Music Awards taking home Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album, while being the most nominated artist of the event in six categories. Azalea was nominated for MTV Video Music Awards, also making her the most nominated artist in the 2014 edition of that event,[2] and won an award with Ariana Grande for Best Pop Video for the single "Problem". Azalea has been nominated for multiple awards in the Australian music industry such as the ARIA Music Awards including a win for Breakthrough Artist. In 2015, Azalea received four nominations at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Fancy" and Best Rap Album for The New Classic. She won Favorite Hip-Hop Artist at the 41st People's Choice Awards. Azalea also led the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations with five.[3] She received twelve nominations at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and won three awards.[4][5] In 2016, Azalea was presented with the Woman of the Year award by GQ Australia.[6] In 2017, Azalea was nominated for 'Most Buzz worthy International Artist' at the MuchMusic Video Awards for her single Mo Bounce. Best Performance: - Other Information: -
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had just delivered sobering details of Hurricane Ian’s destruction Friday evening at his third news conference of the day, this time in flood-ravaged St. Augustine. As he walked away from a stand of microphones, an onlooker shouted, “2028! 2028, Ron!” “2024!” another supporter called out to DeSantis, a potential future presidential contender. But as he manages Florida through the aftermath of one of the most powerful storms to ever hit his state, the Republican governor has moved his focus from his many political battles to the crisis at hand. DeSantis has filled the hours meeting with emergency management teams, surveying the damage from the Gulf to the Atlantic and calling Florida lawmakers and the CEOs of large corporations that operate in the state. In on-camera briefings – of which he has held 10 through Friday since the morning of Ian’s arrival – he shares matter-of-fact accounts of the devastation and loss, demonstrating painstaking command of rescue and recovery logistics. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Fla. Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Authorities and residents in Florida are keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian as it rumbles through the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center said Sunday it expects Ian to rapidly strengthen and become a major hurricane by Monday as it passes over Cuba. Gov. DeSantis has declared a statewide emergency, expanding an order from Friday that had covered two dozen counties. (Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via AP) DeSantis outlines plans for insurance payouts and calls for claims to be paid out quickly For DeSantis, the tonal shift has required a deliberate exodus from the political environment he helped create amid his ascent to GOP megastar with presidential ambitions. It has meant playing nice with the White House just days after threatening to ship migrants from the southern border to President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware while lobbying unapologetically for the kind of disaster aid that as a congressman he voted against as wasteful spending. DeSantis, whose reelection campaign hawks “Don’t Tread on Florida” gear, has also welcomed help from several blue-state governors he has often antagonized. “When people are fighting for their lives, when their whole livelihood is at stake, when they’ve lost everything – if you can’t put politics aside for that, then you’re just not going to be able to,” DeSantis told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night. Responding to a crisis Hours before the appearance, Hurricane Ian had barreled into Florida’s west coast as a 155 mph giant, thrashing the area with a storm surge that swallowed entire neighborhoods and left hundreds of thousands homeless and millions in the state without power. At least 45 fatalities have been attributed to the storm as of Friday night. Fort Myers Beach was obliterated. Sanibel Island, so much as it exists, is cut off from the rest of the peninsula. Orlando flooded. So did St. Augustine – a city 275 miles and on an entirely different coast from where Hurricane Ian’s calamitous eye first breached Florida’s Gulf side. This aerial photo shows damaged homes and debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Hurricane Ian has devastated the Fort Myers area. Some people floated on freezers to escape DeSantis met privately with victims Friday, his office said. He has visited the damage, though he hasn’t allowed reporters or cameras to tag along to capture his reaction. In Punta Gorda on Thursday, DeSantis described the storm surge as “biblical.” “It washed away roads,” he said. “It washed away structures that were not new and couldn’t withstand that.” Later that evening, DeSantis told reporters, “We absolutely expect to have mortality from this hurricane,” but urged against speculation of how deadly the storm would be. DeSantis and his wife, first lady Casey DeSantis, have urged people to donate to the state’s recovery fund, which had raised more than $10 million for direct relief as of Thursday night. If there are questions about the government’s response to Ian, they have mostly focused on when residents in Southwest Florida were encouraged to evacuate. With early forecasts predicting a landfall further north, Lee County did not order evacuations until Tuesday, one day before the storm hit. Asked Friday about the state’s preparations for a storm to hit that part of the state, DeSantis defended his administration’s response and said communities “sprung into action” as predictions shifted the storm south. “Seventy-two hours before landfall, Fort Myers and Naples were not even in the cone,” DeSantis said during a news conference in Lee County, referring to the shape of the storm’s forecasted path. While the “cone” did not include Fort Myers or Naples three days before landfall, Ian made landfall in Cayo Costa in Lee County – a point inside the cone 72 hours before landfall and in all of the other dozens of cones issued for the storm. The cone, by definition, is not meant to encompass a storm’s impacts, but rather the likely location of the storm’s center. Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist tracking Atlantic storms at Colorado State University, said one-third of storms over the past five years have had made landfall outside the cone. The National Hurricane Center “emphasized throughout Ian’s approach to Florida that there was larger than normal uncertainty in its future track,” Klotzbach said. “I think it’s a common misperception with the cone that the forecast will always fall within that cone.” The initial forecast 120 hours out put most of the Florida peninsula in the storm’s path, including Fort Myers and Naples. On a Zoom call with reporters Friday, DeSantis’ Democratic opponent Charlie Crist, himself a former governor, said he “might have gotten started a little bit earlier” if he were still in charge. “Frankly, you know, putting warnings out that I think are appropriate,” Crist said, before saying he would hold off on further armchair quarterbacking this early in the recovery. A change of course with Washington DeSantis has praised the assistance the state has received from the Biden administration. Biden has said he has talked with DeSantis several times in recent days and promised the federal government’s help for as long as it is needed. DeSantis on Wednesday asked the administration for assistance for “all 67 counties, for all categories, and all types of assistance.” In a letter to Biden, DeSantis asked the President to provide the aid sight unseen because “damage assessments would be a clear waste of resources during a time of critical need.” DeSantis has appeared satisfied with the federal response. President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, at the Ronald Reagan Building, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Biden to Florida: 'We're gonna pull together as one team' following Hurricane Ian “We really appreciate FEMA’s responsiveness to this disaster,” DeSantis told a representative from Biden’s Federal Emergency Management Agency at a news conference on Friday. “So thank you very much and thank you for being here.” In a statement to CNN, Jaclyn Rothenberg, a spokeswoman for FEMA, said of DeSantis’ requests so far: “Everything the governor has asked for is consistent with how other states make requests for federal support.” But outside Florida, DeSantis’ asks for help have not gone unnoticed in light of his past opposition to similar aid. DeSantis, who was elected to the US House in 2012 amid the heyday of the tea party movement, stood against a $9.7 billion relief package for the New York and New Jersey victims of Hurricane Sandy in one of his first congressional votes. He described the bill’s price tag as an example of the country’s “‘put it on the credit card mentality.” “Just a reminder to New York … Ron DeSantis (who was in Congress at the time) voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy,” Yuh-Line Niou, a member of the New York State Assembly, said on Twitter. “But because we are New York, we care about everyone. Even when they don’t care about us.” The public often expects leaders to put politics aside during emergencies, said Tevi Troy, a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center and author of “Shall We Wake the President? Two Centuries of Disaster Management From the Oval Office.” “It’s a huge opportunity to show he’s a competent, hands-on manager, knows what he’s doing, can be compassionate,” said Troy, who was an aide to President George W. Bush when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. “It’s also a vulnerability. If he makes a verbal misstep, it gets elevated. If there’s a community that needs help and he is slow in responding, the media will focus on it. Florida is known for having one of the best disaster prep response teams, and he’s dealing with the best of the best. That makes your job easier, and it also means the expectations are high.” Steve Schale, a veteran Democratic strategist in Florida, said DeSantis appears to be passing the test so far. “He’s doing what he’s supposed to do which is focus on being governor,” Schale said. “And he’s saying and doing all the right things.” TAMPA, FLORIDA - JULY 22: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit held at the Tampa Convention Center on July 22, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. The event features student activism and leadership training, and a chance to participate in a series of networking events with political leaders. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) DeSantis privately elevates election deniers while publicly staying mum on 2020 DeSantis has not completely shut down his political shop while he deals with the storm. His campaign, which enjoys a 10-to-1 fundraising advantage over Crist, continued to run television ads as Ian hit the state and in the days since. Crist pulled his ads down in most television markets. Two days before Ian made landfall, with Florida firmly in its path, DeSantis’ political committee recorded a $1 million check from the Seminole Tribe of Florida. During the early months of the pandemic, another crisis that commanded most of his attention, DeSantis did not accept campaign contributions. It’s not clear when DeSantis will return to the campaign trail. But the longer the storm recovery, the more difficult it also becomes for Democrats to change the conversation back to the issues they hoped to run on, Schale said. “Anything that stops the calendar probably benefits the incumbent that has the lead,” Schale said. “It’s fair to say DeSantis has both.” SURSA
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Merri flies over the head of Tom French as he returns Merri's chicks to their rooftop box on the eighteen story Fox Hall at UMass Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts on June 2, 2015. The chicks had just been banded. French is an assistant director of Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife. (Image credit: Photo by John Blanding/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) The cheetah is well-known for being the fastest creature on land, but the animal kingdom is not limited to Earth's surface. What is the fastest flying animal? And what biological features enable its speed? Nature's swiftest jet-setter is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus). "Peregrinus" is the Latin word for "traveler," a fitting moniker given that the raptors can migrate up to 15,550 miles (25,000 kilometers) in a roundtrip — one of the longest migrations in North America, according to the Nature Conservancy(opens in new tab) Indeed, peregrine falcons are global birds, found on every continent except Antarctica, the National Wildlife Federation noted(opens in new tab). Peregrines hunt for prey from great heights, either from the air or a high perch. When they find a target, they plummet at high speeds, attacking with a clenched foot to stun or kill prey with the impact, Hein van Grouw, senior curator of London's Natural History Museum's bird group, told Live Science in an email. During a dive — known as a stoop — a peregrine is estimated to reach speeds of up to about 200 mph (320 km/h), according to a 2018 study in the Journal of Comparative Physiology A(opens in new tab), which not only make peregrines the world's fastest birds but also the world's fastest animals, Britannica noted(opens in new tab). Experimental dives suggested that peregrines may even reach speeds of up to 242 mph (389 km/h), according to Guinness World Records(opens in new tab). In a series of dives in 1999, a female peregrine falcon named "Frightful," owned by aviator and falconer Ken Franklin of Friday Harbor, Washington, set the world record after she was released from a plane about 17,000 feet (5,182 meters) above sea level. The 6-year-old Frightful was about 16 inches (40.6 centimeters) long, weighed about 2.2 pounds (1 kilogram) and had a wingspan of about 41 inches (104 cm), Guinness World Records noted. Related: What is the fastest animal on Earth? To measure Frightful's speed, Franklin attached a 4-ounce (113.4 grams) computer chip taken from a skydiver's recording altimeter-computer to Frightful's tail feathers. Franklin then measured how far Frightful dived during a certain span of time. Franklin and a cameraman also wore altimeters (devices that measure altitude) when they skydived with Frightful during her stoops. The data from all the devices were compared after the dives, Guinness World Records reported. So, what anatomical features help peregrine falcons achieve these great speeds? Peregrine falcons have pointed wings that resemble those of fighter jets. This shape reduces the amount of drag they experience from the air, which helps peregrines fly quickly, Ed Drewitt, a zoologist and peregrine falcon researcher based in the United Kingdom and author of "Urban Peregrines(opens in new tab)" (Pelagic Publishing, 2014) told Live Science in an email. Peregrines have muscular, teardrop-shaped bodies that also help streamline the birds to "reduce drag and help it drop like a bullet," Drewitt said. In addition, their feathers are remarkably tightly packed and stiff in structure when compared with other falcons, "probably to reduce drag and make it go more smoothly through the air," van Grouw said. Peregrine nostrils, meanwhile, possess a system of little knobs within them that are thought to act as baffles — a structure that regulates the passage of fluids. These knobs work by "reducing the flow of air into their air passages," Drewitt said. This likely helps peregrines breathe during their incredibly fast dives. The peregrine falcon's breakneck speed helps it hunt — mostly other birds, ranging from prey as small as hummingbirds to as large as sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis), according to the National Wildlife Federation. Scientists have documented about 450 species of birds as their prey in North America, and the number worldwide may be as many as 2,000. Related: Why are there so many pigeons? RELATED MYSTERIES —Can anything travel faster than the speed of light? —Why do hummingbirds 'hum'? —Why do parrots live so long? The shape of peregrines is very similar to that of their main prey, common pigeons (Columba livia), also known as rock doves. "Both have evolved alongside each other, one to escape the other and one to catch the other," van Grouw said. "It is interesting that they both get their speed from the same body shape." Peregrines also eat bats, and occasionally steal prey such as fish and rodents from other raptors. In fact, while peregrines are the fastest animals to move through the air when they dive, a bat claims the prize as the fastest flying creature on record. Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) are the world's fastest known fliers, clocking speeds up to 100 mph (160 km/h), Live Science previously reported. That's fast compared with the peregrine falcon's flying speeds, which average 25 to 34 mph (40 to 55 km/h) in traveling flight and 69 mph (112 km/h) while pursuing prey, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology(opens in new tab). SURSA
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https://propakistani.pk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2008-e1640845683212.jpg Lucky Motors Corporation Limited (LMCL) has increased the prices of both variants of Peugeot 2008 for the first time since its launch. Despite the company selling a record 250 cars in August 2022, it has hiked up the prices without citing any reason.Note that the mentioned model used to be the costliest in its category when it was launched in Pakistan. As its rivals’ prices continued to inflate, its sales also started to show an upward trend. It remains to be seen how the recent price increase would impact its sales in the long run. DetailsPeugeot 2008 is a subcompact crossover SUV that competes with Kia Stonic, MG ZS, and Chery Tiggo 4 Pro. Under the hood, it houses a 1.2-liter turbocharged 3-cylinder petrol engine with 131 horsepower, 220 Nm of torque, and a 6-speed automatic transmission.It contains a range of advanced features, including adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning, blind-spot detection, hill-start assist, lane-keeping assist, electronic stability programming (ESP), drowsiness detection, road sign and speed limit recognition, a 180° camera, overhead vehicle view, etc. After price revision, its base variant, Active, now costs Rs. 5,400,000 while the top-of-the-line variant, Allure, costs Rs. 6,100,000. SURSA
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Karan Johar is a trendsetter and one of the most powerful Bollywood personalities. (Photo: Varinder Chawla) Karan Johar is known for his glamorous and often funny Instagram posts, along with his uber cool signature pout. On his Instagram page, he posted a reel to help his fans learn his classic pout. In the reel, he’s seen teaching the po[CENSORED]r content creators he invited for Koffee With Karan. “Just a quick masterclass with the most masterful kinds in town — so that there’s never a bad selfie again,” he captioned his reel. So what’s the famous Kjo technique? We break it down: 1.) Closing your eyes a bit 2.) Lips out, and pout 3.) Tilt head 4.) Feel fab! The reel got various comments and reactions, right from Hrithik Roshan who commented “Hahaha”, to a lot of fans who were excited to see Karan Johar team up with the creators. Kjo’s signature pout has been iconic for a while. Here, we look at some of his famous selfies that win the game. The content creators with him were Danish Sait, Niharika Nm, Kusha Kapila, and Tanmay Bhat. SURSA
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Brazil’s hotly contested presidential election is less than 24 hours away, and for many Brazilians, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Two household names – former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and current leader Jair Bolsonaro – are battling to become the country’s next president. Depending on who ultimately wins, Latin America’s largest economy will likely either continue on Bolsonaro’s conservative, pro-business path, or else take a left turn under Lula. In recent weeks, both candidates have ramped up efforts to woo voters. But this is an arduous task in a country where 85% of voters say they have already made up their minds, according to a Datafolha poll released Thursday. For Lula, more votes could mean victory in the first round of voting, with no need for a runoff. Meanwhile, Bolsonaro needs to catch up, after slipping 14 points behind his rival in the same survey. When is Brazil’s election? Brazilians will vote for their next president on Sunday, October 2, in the first round of the elections. On the same date, governors, senators, federal and state deputies for the country’s 26 states plus the federal district will also be chosen. Voting is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. local time in Brasilia (7 a.m. ET) and concludes at 5 p.m. local (4 p.m. ET). In the Brazilian electoral system, a winning candidate must gain more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate crosses that threshold, a second round of voting will be organized, in which the options will be narrowed down to the two frontrunners from the first round. In Brazil, opinion polls always estimate candidates’ potential performance in the first round (competing against with all other candidates) and in the second round (with just two top candidates). Over 156 million Brazilians are eligible to vote. Who are the candidates? Bolsonaro and Lula are by far the candidates to watch. Though other candidates are also in the race, they’re polling with one-digit percentages and are unlikely to pose much competition. Lula, 76, was Brazil’s President for two terms – from 2003 to 2006 and 2007 to 2011. A household name, he first came into the political scene in the 1970s as a leader of worker strikes which defied the military regime. lula debate bolsonaro In Brazil's heated presidential election, anything could happen In 1980, he was one of the founders of the Workers’ Party (PT), which went on to become Brazil’s main left-wing political force. Lula’s presidential terms were marked by programs aimed at reducing poverty and inequality in the country but also rocked by revelations of a corruption scheme involving the payment of congressional representatives to support government proposals. Due to lack of evidence of his involvement, Lula himself was never included in the investigation of this scheme. Lula’s campaign for the presidency now promises a new tax regime that will allow for higher public spending. He has vowed to end hunger in the country, which has returned during the Bolsonaro government. Lula also promises to work to reduce carbon emissions and deforestation in the Amazon. Bolsonaro is a former army captain who was a federal deputy for 27 years before running for President in 2018. A marginal figure in politics during much of this time, he emerged in the mid-2010s as a leading figure of a more radically right-wing movement, which perceived the PT as its main enemy. As a President, Bolsonaro has pursued a conservative agenda, supported by important evangelical leaders. His government also became known for its support for ruthless exploitation of land in the Amazon, leading to record deforestation figures. Environmentalists have warned that the future of the rainforest could be at stake in this election. In his program, Bolsonaro promises to increase mining, privatize public companies and generate more sustainable energy to bring down energy prices. He has vowed to continue paying a R$600 (roughly US$110) monthly benefit known as Auxilio Brasil. When will we know the results? Vote counting begins right after ballots (mostly electronic) close on Sunday. Brazil’s electoral authorities say they expect final results from the first round to be officially announced that evening, on October 2. They will be published on the electoral court’s website. In the last few elections, results were officially declared two to three hours after voting finished. If the leading candidate does not manage to muster more than half of all valid votes, a second round will take place on October 30. Observers will be watching closely to see if all candidates accept the vote result publicly. Bolsonaro, who has been accused of firing up supporters with violent rhetoric, has sought to sow doubts about the result and said that the results should be considered suspicious if he doesn’t gain “at least 60%.” Both he and his conservative Liberal Party claimed that Brazil’s electronic ballot system is susceptible to fraud – an entirely unfounded allegation that has drawn comparisons to the false election claims of former US President Donald Trump. There have been no proven instances of voter fraud in the electronic ballot in Brazil. The Supreme Electoral Court has also rejected claims of flaws in the system, as “false and untruthful, with no base in reality.” SURSA
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Artist: WIZ KHALIFA Real Name:Cameron Jibril Thomaz Birth Date /Place:September 8, 1987 Minot, North Dakota, U.S. Age:(age 35) Social status (Single / Married): Married Artist Picture: Musical Genres:rapper Awards: American Music Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2011 Wiz Khalifa Sprint New Artist of the Year Nominated 2015 "See You Again" Song of the Year Nominated Collaboration of the Year Nominated BET Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2011 Wiz Khalifa Best New Artist Won Billboard Music Award Year Nominee / work Award Result 2012 Wiz Khalifa Top New Artist Won Top Rap Artist Nominated 2016 Nominated "See You Again" (featuring Charlie Puth) Top Hot 100 Song Won Top Selling Song Nominated Top Radio Song Nominated Top Streaming Song (Video) Nominated Top Rap Song Won 2017 "Sucker for Pain" (with Lil Wayne, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Ty Dolla Sign, & X Ambassadors) Top Rock Song Nominated Grammy Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2012[1] "Black and Yellow" Best Rap Performance Nominated Best Rap Song Nominated 2013 "Young, Wild & Free" (with Snoop Dogg featuring Bruno Mars) Nominated "Payphone" (with Maroon 5) Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Nominated 2014 "Remember You" (with The Weeknd) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Nominated 2015 "We Dem Boyz" Best Rap Song Nominated Blacc Hollywood Best Rap Album Nominated 2016 "See You Again" (featuring Charlie Puth) Song of the Year Nominated Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Nominated Best Song Written for Visual Media Nominated Golden Globe Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2016 "See You Again" Best Original Song Nominated MTV Europe Music Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2011 Wiz Khalifa Best New Act Nominated Best Push Act Nominated 2015 Best Hip-Hop Nominated "See You Again" Best Song Nominated Best Collaboration Nominated MTV Video Music Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2011 "Black and Yellow" Best New Artist Nominated 2014 "We Dem Boyz" Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated 2015 "See You Again" Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated Best Collaboration Nominated Teen Choice Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2015[2] Wiz Khalifa Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Nominated "See You Again" Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song Won Choice Collaboration Nominated Choice Song from a Movie or TV Show Won The Boys of Zummer Tour (with Fall Out Boy) Choice Summer Tour Nominated People's Choice Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2016 Wiz Khalifa Favorite Hip-Hop Artist[3] Nominated "See You Again" Favorite Song[3] Nominated Top 3 Songs (Names): Black and Yellow ,Work Hard, Play Hard,No Sleep Other Information:-
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Music Title: Tyga - Taste (Official Video) ft. Offset Signer:Tyga Release Date: 15 mai 2018 Official Youtube Link: Informations About The Signer: famous rapper! Your Opinion About The Track (Music Video): 9.19/10
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Musician Name Kendrick Lamar Duckworth Birthday / Location: Kendrick Lamar Duckworth June 17, 1987 (age 35) Compton, California, U.S. Main instrument: - Musician Picture: Musician Awards & Nominations:Kendrick Lamar is an American rapper and songwriter. After releasing several mixtapes and his debut studio album Section.80 (2011), he gained mainstream recognition following the release of his second studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012). The album earned Lamar seven nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Rap Album. He then won his first two Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for his single "I". His third studio album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) helped him receive the most Grammy nominations by a rapper in one night, with eleven.[1][2] He won five of those awards at the 58th ceremony, including Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for "Alright", and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "These Walls" with Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat. In 2015, Lamar received the California State Senate's Generational Icon Award from State Senator Isadore Hall III.[3] He released his fourth studio album Damn in 2017, which went on to win five awards at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album, and become the first non-classical or jazz work to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.[4][5] His curated soundtrack for the superhero film Black Panther (2018) won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for the single "King's Dead" with Jay Rock, Future and James Blake, and receive an Academy Award nomination for the single "All the Stars" with SZA. In 2022, Lamar won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for the single "Family Ties" with Baby Keem, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for co-headlining the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show. Best Performance: - Other Information: -
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took the judicial oath Friday at a special sitting of the Supreme Court attended by President Joe Biden as well as legal luminaries from across Washington who gathered to celebrate the first time a Black woman has taken her seat on the highest court in the land. Chief Justice John Roberts wished Jackson a “long and happy career in our common calling.” Biden did not speak during the brief ceremony. The investiture was purely ceremonial, as Jackson has been on the job since June and already cast votes on emergency applications. But she has yet to sit for oral arguments, and Friday marked her debut in the regal chamber that will now be her professional home for the next few decades.At the beginning of Friday’s ceremony, Jackson sat in the well of the chamber in a chair used by Chief Justice John Marshall during the early 19th century. The court is steeped in tradition, and the session was opened when Gail Curley, the Marshal of the Court, banged the gavel and introduced the Court with the traditional cry that begins includes the familiar words “oyez, oyez, oyez.” The eight justices, including three women, Justice Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett smiled broadly. Retired Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement last June, looked on from a seat in the audience as Jackson, his former clerk, took his place. After Scott Harris, the Clerk of the Court, read Jackson’s Commission, she was escorted to the bench and Roberts administered the Judicial Oath.The audience included Attorney General Merrick Garland, who was nominated to the high court by President Barack Obama in 2016 but was blocked from serving when Republicans refused to hold hearings. On Friday, he sat with Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar and Principal Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher at the counsel table in front of the bench. Also in the audience was Vice President Kamala Harris, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff as well as Jackson’s two daughters, Leila and Talia, her parents Ellery and Johnny Brown and her brother Ketajh. After the ceremony, Jackson walked down the steps in front of the Supreme Court with Roberts and was met by her husband Dr. Patrick G. Jackson.Jackson’s investiture comes on the eve of a new term and two days after the justices met for the first time in their annual closed-door conference to discuss pending petitions. Last term closed with an array of opinions that divided the court along ideological lines and the landmark opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson, that overturned Roe v. Wade. The upcoming term will feature cases where race plays a dominant role, including a challenge to college affirmative action plans as well as a dispute concerning the scope of a key section of the Voting Rights Act that prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race. Jackson, the nation’s first Black female justice will navigate those issues and others during her first term. Five months ago, she stood on the South Lawn of the White House after her confirmation and spoke about the “gifts my ancestors gave.” Quoting the poet Dr. Maya Angelou, Jackson added, “I am the dream and the hope of a slave. This story is breaking and will be updated. SURSA
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"This fossil belongs in a museum, not in an auction house overseas." The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex once stalked western North America, but now, in a first, the fossil remains of the dinosaur king are hitting an auction block in Asia, where the prehistoric beast's bones might sell for as much as $25 million, according to Christie's Hong Kong. The 3,000-pound (1,400 kilogram) specimen — nicknamed Shen for now; whoever buys it gets exclusive naming rights — was uncovered in Montana's Hell Creek Formation, a region renowned for its fossils dating to the late Cretaceous period, which ended about 66 million years ago. Shen measures about 40 feet (12.2 meters) long, 15 feet (4.6 m) tall and 6.8 feet (2.1 m) wide, according to Christie's. Shen's auction, planned for Nov. 30, marks the dinosaur specimen as one of many to be auctioned in recent years, including Stan the T. rex, which in 2020 shattered records as the most expensive dinosaur fossil ever when it sold for $31.8 million. "After the unforgettable, record-breaking sale of Stan at Christie's New York in 2020, it is a thrill and an immense privilege for us to be trusted with the sale of another wonderous T. rex skeleton," James Hyslop, the head of Science and Natural History at Christie's, said in a statement. Related: 'Bold theory' that Tyrannosaurus rex is 3 species gets stomped to pieces While Shen isn't expected to bring in as much cash as Stan, its fossils are still expected to fetch a higher price than the near-complete T. rex known as Sue, which sold in 1997 for $8.36 million ($15.4 million in today's dollars, given inflation) to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, which bought the apex predator with the support of private donors. But while auctioneers may be excited about the upcoming sale, paleontologists are less than thrilled. "The auction of Shen is terrible news for science: although it isn't clear how complete the specimen really is, its sale will be another loss for science," Thomas Carr, a vertebrate paleontologist and an associate professor of biology at Carthage College in Wisconsin, who is not involved with the sale, told Live Science in an email. Although Hyslop called Shen "one of the most scientifically studied T. rex skeletons to come to auction, Carr, a T. rex specialist, said that he had never heard of the specimen before. Even so, every T. rex specimen is valuable, as each sheds light on the evolution and biology of rare dinosaurs, he said. If Shen is sold into private hands, rather than to a museum, it would be unethical for paleontologists to study it, Carr added. Science requires replication, and because a private collector could pull Shen from the science world at any time, future researchers might not be able to study it to replicate previous work. RELATED STORIES —T. rex and its close relatives were warm-blooded like modern birds —Stan, most expensive T. rex ever sold, has finally been found —As many as 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rexes once stalked Earth "After the auction, Shen the T. rex will almost certainly languish unstudied and out of sight," Carr said. Although the Field Museum rallied to buy Sue 25 years ago, the growing po[CENSORED]rity of dinosaur fossils among wealthy individuals is making it harder for public institutions to compete at the auction block. "Multimillion dollar fossils are absolutely out of reach of the purchasing ability of museums, limiting the market to the rich who have no scientific expertise," Carr said, adding that "this fossil belongs in a museum, not in an auction house overseas where ordinary Americans can't see it." SURSA
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Toyota plans to debut its first electric sedan before the end of 2022. Dubbed bZ3, the new sedan competes with Tesla Model 3, Changan Shenlan SL03, Volkswagen e-Golf, and other similar electric cars. Toyota’s new electric vehicle (EV) is the result of its joint venture (JV) with FAW Group and BYD. The company’s first EV, the bZ4X, was a product of its collaboration with GAC Motor. The company is yet to announce the exact launch date and price of bZ3. However, the EVs debut is expected to take place before 2023, with a starting price of around $28,000 (Rs. 6.4 million).Details Toyota bZ3 borrows BYD’s Blade LFP battery pack, although the company is yet to reveal the battery size. It will have one of two rear-axle mounted electric motors — one in the lower trim level produces 183 horsepower (hp) while the higher trim level makes 244 hp. The car will have all the modern amenities that are included in Toyota Safety Sense such as lane keeping assistant, collision warning and avoidance feature, adaptive cruise control, autonomous braking, automatic high beam, road sign assist, etc. bZ3 is similar to bZ4X and other Toyota sedans in terms of looks. The front end looks somewhat similar to bZ4X with its angular headlights, a DRL that runs across its width, a sharp bumper design, and a distinct bonnet.The side profile consists of sharp lines, large multi-spoke alloy rims, and a prominent c-pillar. The rear also has a few peculiar styling elements such as an asymmetrical bumper and taillights that also run across the width of the car. Unlike Prius, bZ3 seems to have a trunk instead of a liftback hatch. The compact EV currently has limited competition and will likely carve out a new niche for itself among affordable EVs. SURSA
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Sameera Reddy is in the ‘City of Joy’ Kolkata for a brand event, and she is making the most of her time there. The actor and social media influencer took to Instagram to share a series of pictures with a long caption, in which she summarised her time in the West Bengal capital.“Kolkata calling!” the mother-of-two captioned the post, in which she wrote what all she has been doing in the city: “Yellow Ambassador cabs, Kalkatta paan, a cobbler who told me some amazing stories of Park Street…”In the first two pictures, Sameera appeared to pose inside the cab, smiling while popping her head out to enjoy the views of the city. The yellow taxis are synonymous with Kolkata’s culture and ethos. She also shared a photo with actor Swastika Mukherjee and did some “random interviews with fiery Bengali women on the street”. In one of the pictures, the 43-year-old who regularly posts food-related content on Instagram, appeared to stuff a gigantic paan — flavoured betel leaf — in her mouth. For the unversed, paan is an intrinsic part of Bengali culture; in weddings it plays a huge role in the rituals, and during other such occasions, it is served as a dessert (to be consumed after a meal). There are many different kinds of paan, and we wonder which one Sameera ate.The actor donned a travel-friendly look, wherein she was seen in an olive brown spaghetti top, which she paired with cream-coloured pants, a dark brown shirt worn as a jacket; she rounded off her look with a neck piece and a light makeup featuring a blue-coloured eyeliner. “What a great visit to an amazing city rich in culture, heritage and the warmest people! Thank you, Kolkata,” she concluded her post.Sameera appeared to roam around the Park Street area of the city, which is also known as Mother Teresa Sarani. It is a famous thoroughfare, which goes back to the year 1760 approximately, when Kolkata was called ‘Calcutta’, and it was the capital of the British Empire in India.Since 1760, there have been many changes to the street’s name. The first known name of the street is to be found in the ‘Bengal & Agra Directory of 1850’ where it went by the name of ‘Ghorustan ka Rastah’ or ‘Badamtallee’. There are many references to British architecture here; in 1760, the East India Company had appointed one Henry Vansittart as the Governor of the Presidency of Fort William in Calcutta and set him up in a three-storey colonial mansion at a relatively small street — a bylane — off the main thoroughfare of Park Street. Interestingly, other names of the street have included ‘Badamtala’ or ‘Almond Street’, ‘Vansittart Avenue’, ‘Burial Ground Road’ and even ‘Burial Ground Street’. SURSA
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On September 19, some 150 schools in East Jerusalem went on strike, keeping tens of thousands of students out of the classroom, to protest the introduction of Israeli textbooks. The strike in East Jerusalem – an area po[CENSORED]ted mostly by Palestinians – is the latest flashpoint in a long-running aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: what and how children who live in Jerusalem should learn about the conflict in their textbooks. Palestinian parents and activists say Israel is trying to erase their identity by pushing an Israeli narrative. Israeli authorities and activists allege many Palestinian textbooks incite hatred towards Jews and glorify violence. Five years ago, Israeli authorities in Jerusalem began a program aimed at slowly replacing the Palestinian curriculum taught in East Jerusalem schools with the Arabic-language curriculum taught in Israeli-Arab schools. Extra funding was offered to schools that chose to make the change. Yoav Zamran, head of education for the Jerusalem municipality, told KAN News last week that there had been a thirty-fold increase in the number of Palestinian students using the Israeli curriculum from five years ago. “We started with 500 children and today there are over 15,000,” he said. The Faisal Al Husseini Foundation, a Palestinian charity, says there are more than 98,000 Palestinian students in East Jerusalem. In July, the Israeli Ministry of Education suspended the licenses of six East Jerusalem schools, and told them they had one year to amend their curriculum or have their licenses revoked entirely because they insisted on using textbooks produced by the Palestinian Authority instead of those approved by Israeli officials in Jerusalem and the Israeli Ministry of Education. Yifat Sasha Biton, Israel’s minister of education, said at the time that the textbooks contained incitement against Israel and its soldiers and spread “hate speech against the State of Israel and its symbols.” The Israeli textbooks the government wants the schools to use are based on the Palestinian Authority’s textbooks, but with certain pages or entire chapters either edited or completely changed by Israeli authorities. That’s where the issue lies, according to the parents, who say depictions of the Palestinian flag are erased, and that entire sections about Palestinian identity are altered or removed entirely. In one example provided by parents, a lesson in a Palestinian math textbook shows the separation wall between the West Bank and Israel and discusses documenting “violations of the occupation in order to present it to the International Criminal Court.” Much of the wall cuts through the West Bank proper, and the Palestinian lesson asks students to complete a table that counts the number of “Palestinian communities isolated by the annexation wall.” The Israeli version instead replaces it with an assignment on completing a table related to po[CENSORED]tion distribution.In another example provided by parents, on a page of a third-grade Palestinian textbook that the Israeli version omits, a situation is presented where a Palestinian father is arrested by Israeli forces in the family home overnight, which made a child “worried and tired.” The mother tells the child not to worry because “your father became a prisoner like thousands of Palestinian prisoners” who “are struggling and resisting the Zionist occupation.” Students are taught to remember Palestinian prisoners are all “in occupation prisons because of their resistance.” Israeli authorities say such lessons glorify prisoners, including those who commit violent acts. But Fadwa Al Husseini, president of the Faisal Al Husseini Foundation, which aims to protect Palestinian culture in East Jerusalem, says this particular lesson “talks about an incident and does not call for it to be copied in any way.” “The lesson simply talks about the pain children experience daily and does not advocate arrest, intimidation or hate,” Al Husseini told CNN. “The lesson talks about the values that all the peoples of the world proclaim, the values of struggle, freedom and solidarity.” The Palestinian Prisoners Club says there are more than 4,600 Palestinians in Israeli prisons, with some 743 in “administrative detention” – where they are held without trial or charge. The figure doesn’t include those arrested for routine criminal offences. Israel says administrative detention is necessary to get dangerous people off the streets before they can commit a crime, without sharing sensitive intelligence on the reason for their arrest. Human rights groups argue such detention, which can last for months, denies the prisoners basic human rights under international law. Israel took control of East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 war. It is considered occupied territory by most countries and international bodies – a characterization rejected by Israel, which claims all of Jerusalem as is its undivided capital. Israel formally annexed the eastern sector of the city in 1980. Palestinians living there were subsequently given the right to Israeli citizenship, but most have rejected it and now hold Israeli-issued residency documents. The Palestinian Authority wants the eastern sector as the capital of its future state and has regularly accused Israel of trying to displace Palestinians in favor of Jews by forced eviction in neighborhoods such as Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, where Jewish settlers have clashed with Palestinian residents. Israel denies the accusations and says the eviction cases are private real estate disputes. The subject of Palestinian textbooks has long been a political issue within the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In June, the European Union, which helps fund schools in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, issued a report on the subject which found that Palestinian textbooks show “antagonism towards Israel,” don’t depict Israel as a country on maps in certain lessons, and in some cases praise Palestinians who have carried out attacks that have killed Israelis, including civilians, although the report added that the textbooks broadly adhered to UNESCO standards. In a tweet on the day of the strike earlier this month, Biton said “Schools in East Jerusalem whose teaching materials portrayed IDF soldiers as murderers, praised terrorists and encouraged terrorism, were required to correct the materials, otherwise their license would be revoked. We will not allow budgeted schools to promote incitement, hatred and terrorism.” But the same EU report also found that Israeli textbooks made for East Jerusalem schools idealize “coexistence of Israelis and Palestinians … with no mention of existing tensions,” delete “depictions of violence by Palestinians or Israelis” and remove entire chapters on Palestinian history from Palestinian Authority textbooks, which “fundamentally changes the national narrative.” Palestinian parents say that Israel is an occupying power in East Jerusalem and has no place dictating the curriculum in their schools in the first place. “How can I accept teaching my child that there is no [separation] wall when she sees it every day? Or accept teaching her that settlers in the West Bank are good neighbors of the Palestinians and that they both help each other farm the land? This is simply a lie and changing the reality on the ground,” said Gina Asfour, a parent. “It’s an education resistance, the last thing we can do to save our identity and our roots and pass them to our children.” For now, parents at the six schools whose licenses were revoked have bought their own textbooks and distributed them. The rest are not using any textbooks, working instead off worksheets. “We, the parents of the East Jerusalem children, the future generation that will hold the flag or resistance and defend this city, we refuse to ruin the identity of Jerusalem children and Israelize it,” said Ahmad Safadi, another parent. “We will never accept to have anyone make them forget that they are Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims and Christians holding our Palestinian flags.” Iran protests As protests continued across Iran, President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday said that he welcomes criticism of authorities in the handling of the case of Mahsa Amini, but that he condemns violent protests. “We must identify the line between disruption and protest, we must not allow any violation of life and property of people,” Raisi said in an interview aired on Iran’s state-run IRIB television. Protests have been ongoing for nearly two weeks following the death of Mahsa Amini after she was taken to a “re-education center” in Tehran by morality police for not wearing her hijab properly. Here is the latest on this developing story: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-profit that monitors press freedom, said that at least 28 journalists have been arrested in Iran. Amnesty International said it believes the real death toll is higher than government figures and is continuing its efforts to identify victims. State media said that 41 people were killed in the protests, including members of the security forces. CNN cannot independently verify death toll claims. Students from Tehran University and 19 others across Iran issued a petition Tuesday announcing they would boycott classes. Tehran’s governor-general announced Thursday that the “riots” were over and that the capital was safe. Eyewitnesses told CNN on Thursday that recent protest activity has been sporadic in western Tehran and nonexistent in eastern Tehran. The digest Saudi Arabia to invest $37.8 billion to make the kingdom a gaming hub Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group, owned by sovereign wealth fund PIF, will invest 142 billion riyals ($37.8 billion) in initiatives aimed at making the kingdom a global hub for gaming, said the state news agency SPA on Thursday. Background: Saudi Arabia plans to make the kingdom a global hub for the games and esports sector by 2030. The investments will include 70 billion riyals to take several minority stakes in companies that support Savvy’s game development agenda and 50 billion riyals to acquire “a leading game publisher to become a strategic development partner,” SPA said. Why it matters: Gaming is very po[CENSORED]r among Saudi youth, who make up 67% of the country’s po[CENSORED]tion. The move is part of an attempt to diversify the Saudi economy from oil revenues and create employment. The global gaming market is expected to amount to $269 billion by 2025, according to Statista. Lebanon’s parliament fails to elect a new head of state Lebanon’s parliament on Thursday failed to elect a replacement to President Michel Aoun, whose term ends on October 31, Reuters reported. Background: As per election rules, a two-thirds quorum is required to elect a head of state, meaning no one party or alliance can impose their choice. Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah cast blank ballots, as did other Shiite allies. Anticipating another vacuum, politicians have stepped up efforts to agree to a new cabinet led by Sunni Muslim Prime Minister Najib Mikati – who is currently serving in a caretaker capacity – to which presidential powers could pass. Why it matters: If a new head of state is not elected by October 31, Lebanon will be left with neither a president nor an empowered government. The country is already grappling with a pinching financial crisis, which is now in its fourth year. A presidential vacuum would throw its decision-making process into worsened chaos. Seven-year-old Palestinian dies ‘of fear’ of Israeli soldier, father says Thousands of mourners filled the streets of the West Bank village of Tekoa, south of Bethlehem, on Friday to mourn a seven-year-old boy who died on Thursday under disputed circumstances. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the boy died of “a heart condition, after he fell from a height.” His father Yasser Suleiman told reporters that his son was being chased by Israeli soldiers and that he “died of fear.” Background: Suleiman said the child was running away from Israeli soldiers who tried to enter his brother’s house. He then panicked and ran away from the door behind the house, the father said. A “soldier ran after him until he died of fear,” he said. The Israel Defense Forces disputed Suleiman’s account, saying soldiers did not run after any children. According to IDF spokesperson Richard Hecht, soldiers entered the village after people were seen “throwing stones at vehicles on the road” and that the soldier spoke to the father at the door and after he left “the tragic event occurred”. The US State Department has called for an investigation. The IDF said the incident is under inquiry. Why it matters: The West Bank has been simmering for months with near nightly Israeli military raids launched in response to a series of attacks targeting Israelis earlier this year. As a result, 2022 is already the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since 2015, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Israel says most killed were engaging violently with soldiers during military operations, but dozens of unarmed civilians have been killed as well, human rights groups including B’Tselem have said. SURSA
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