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NEW YORK (AP) — Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world’s. On Monday, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer ), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions. The ongoing Israel-Hamas war topped news trends in 2023, per Google’s global data, followed by queries related to the Titanic-bound submersible that imploded in June, as well as February’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Damar Hamlin was Google’s top trending person on search this year. A safety with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, Hamlin experienced a near-death cardiac arrest on the field during a January game, but has since completed a celebrated comeback. Actor Jeremy Renner, who survived a serious snowplow accident at the start of 2023, followed. Meanwhile, the late Matthew Perry and Tina Turner led search trends among notable individuals who passed away. In the world of entertainment, “Barbie” dominated Google search’s movie trends this year — followed by Barbenheimer co-pilot “Oppenheimer” and Indian thriller “Jawan.” In TV, “The Last of Us,” “Wednesday” and “Ginny and Georgia” were the top three trending shows in 2023. Yoasobi’s "アイドル (Idol)” was Google’s top trending song on search. Jason Aldean’s “Try That In A Small Town” — which soared in the charts after controversy this summer — and Shakira and Bizarrap’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” followed. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg for Google’s 2023 global search trends. Bibimbap was the top trending recipe. Inter Miami CF, the new home of Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi, led Google’s sports teams trends. And in the U.S. specifically, many consumers spent 2023 asking why eggs, Taylor Swift tickets and sriracha bottles were so expensive — while “rizz” (recently named Oxford’s word of the year ) was a frontrunner for trending slang definition inquires. You can find more data, including country-specific lists and trends from years past, on Google’s “Year in Search” archive. The company says it collected its 2023 search results from Jan. 1 through Nov. 27 of this year. Google isn’t the only one to publish annual data as 2023 draws to a close — and from dictionary lookups to music streams, chances are, you’ve probably seen other lists recapping online activity this year. Last week, for example, Wikipedia released its year-end list of most-viewed entries — with its article about ChatGPT leading the pack. To mark the search engine’s 25th birthday, Google also released top search data “of all time” across various specific categories. Since 2004 (when the company’s trends data first became available globally), the most-Googled Grammy winner of all time has been Beyoncé, for example, while Portuguese soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest-searched athlete, and the most-searched movie or TV cast is “Harry Potter.” https://apnews.com/article/google-search-trends-2023-top-queries-9f6b2bdf38a26bef731fb7f62131ccc4

This new trim level, starting at $46,355, includes features and chunky tires that encourage taking the Ridgeline off-road. UPDATE 12/12/23: Pricing for the 2024 Ridgeline starts at $40,175 for the base Sport trim and $46,105 for the new TrailSport off-road model, which replaces the RTL-E in the lineup. There's also a $43,955 RTL and a $47,725 Black Edition to round things out, and these prices are up between $120 and $950 compared with last year, depending on trim level. The TrailSport also has slightly lower fuel-economy ratings than the other trims, with the EPA highway and combined numbers taking a 1-mpg hit. The press materials for the 2024 Honda Ridgeline pickup truck use the word "rugged" nine times, three in the first two paragraphs, so it's clear that Honda's main marketing push on the refreshed Ridgeline is the dirt-scrabbling new TrailSport trim. The TrailSport has the most goodies to showcase, but all the 2024 models have some new design cues, and increased in-cabin features. For 2024, Ridgeline will be offered in four trim levels, the entry Sport, the midrange RTL, the new TrailSport with its skidplates and all-terrain rubber, and the top-of-the-line Black Edition. All models have a new grille design, with the TrailSport getting its own version, with larger mesh, as well as the underbody protection, pewter-gray 18-inch wheels wearing General Grabber A/T Sport tires, power-folding mirrors, and a special sky blue paint option. Around the back, everyone will know what truck you're repping, as the tailgate now has "Ridgeline" stamped proud from edge to edge. The Ridgeline's back end isn't just for displaying the truck's name. Honda's "Dual Action" tailgate opens either in the traditional hinge-down format or swings wide like a door, for easier access to the bed. Tailgaters will make use of the bed's molded-in seating and 7.3-cubic-inch underfloor cooler, while folks who want a truck for actual truck reasons, like hauling materials, will be pleased to know that the wide bed can carry a four-foot piece of plywood flat across. It won't be easily damaged by cargo, either, with eight tie-down points and a composite material construction that doesn't require a bedliner. Inside, the Ridgeline is a comfortable truck with plenty of room for passengers. Heated seats and steering wheel add luxury, and rear seats with hidden storage and a 60/40 split offer utility. The biggest physical change inside is the new console, with a bigger, padded armrest, cupholders deep enough to hold two buckets full of cold brew, and space for a tablet or a small laptop inside. The 7.0-inch digital gauge cluster is standard, and you still get a physical needle sweeping the speedometer. To the right, a 9.0-inch infotainment screen, with a small ledge for resting your hand against while swiping, features fewer menus and a faster processor for promised zippy response. Both Android and Apple users can pair phones as a standard feature, and the phone tray at the front of the console is big enough to set two phones side by side, although only one can use the wireless charging. For Black Edition buyers, the sound system gets a bump with better speakers in the premium audio system. Under the hood all Ridgelines use the 3.5-liter V-6 making 280 horsepower and 262 pound-feet of torque, backed by a nine-speed transmission. Honda hasn't made any major changes to the chassis it's still a unibody construction offering a 1583-pound payload and towing capability of up to 5000 pounds. The TrailSport uses the same chassis but bolts on a metal skid plate across the front of the frame to protect the V-6's oil pan from sharp rocks off-road and retunes the springs, dampers, and stabilizer bars for a more capable, pliant, off-pavement experience. All Ridgelines are all-wheel-drive and use Honda's i-VTM4 torque-vectoring system to move up to 70 percent of the truck's power to the rear wheel, or wheels, as needed. The TrailSport also offers several terrain modes with modified throttle and traction management programs for better performance in sand, snow, mud, or on the road. In addition to the TrailSport trim, the 2024 Ridgeline lineup also offers the HPD package, which includes a different grille treatment, black fender flares, unique wheels, and HPD graphics. All Ridgeline models come with the Honda Sensing suite of driver-assist features standard, and new models should go on sale in early December 2023. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45744377/2024-honda-ridgeline-trailsport-revealed/

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The banner stretched out along the full length of the famous Gallowgate End at St James' Park as Newcastle United emerged to a thunderous roar carried a message of hope and defiance. Newcastle's players glanced to their right as the Champions League anthem blared out before this match with AC Milan to see the words: "It's Not Beyond Our Wildest Dreams Because We Did Have Some Wild Dreams". Those were words previously spoken by the legendary former Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson, and for a few minutes either side of half-time, those wildest dreams were not beyond the home side or their supporters. They were beating Milan 1-0 after Joelinton's superb 33rd-minute strike while Borussia Dortmund's lead over Paris St-Germain in Germany meant they were edging into the last 16 ahead of the French champions on head-to-head results. Cut to the final whistle and those wild dreams had been put to bed until next season at the earliest as Newcastle's naivety and lack of energy overcame them. Milan came back to win 2-1 and consign Eddie Howe's side to the bottom of Group F without even qualification for the Europe League to console them. It was all a far cry for the emotional outpouring that swept around the place the Toon Army calls "The Cathedral On The Hill" in October. That night PSG were swept away on a tide of Tyneside passion and beaten 4-1 as Champions League football returned to St James' Park for the first time in two decades. Let's deal with the mitigating circumstances first. Newcastle were undoubtedly hit by injuries during the course of the campaign that reduced their effectiveness and numbers to the point where they have looked exhausted at the end of each of their past three defeats against Everton, Tottenham and Milan. There has also been, however, a certain naivety about Newcastle and the odd tactical shortcoming that means they cannot simply lean on injuries as an excuse for their demise. Yes, they may have been cursing the woodwork towards the end of the home defeat against Borussia Dortmund but it was a classic example of one side just being too streetwise and too experienced for the other, a night when Newcastle's lack of nous at this level was exposed. Dortmund had too much for Newcastle in Germany while manager Howe will long, and justifiably, regret the controversial decision to award PSG a 98th-minute penalty in Paris, But they were also tactically short and unable to control possession, inviting pressure until trouble and misfortune did eventually arrived. PSG had 72% possession and 31 shots. Howe can discuss fine margins but the bottom line is they finished at the foot of an admittedly tough group. Both players and manager have looked what they are (and it is not their fault, simply a statement of fact) on occasions. They are Champions League rookies and it has showed against others who have been around this particular block a few times. Injuries cannot be used as a disguise for the fact Newcastle were eventually found wanting at this level. As learning experiences go it was a brutal one but over the whole piece they actually did not do themselves full justice. At home there was a shortage of measure about their play. Intensity is Newcastle's trademark but they seem unable to put the brakes on when control of a game is required. Campaigns like this should put this knowledge in the bank for the future. Once Christian Pulisic took advantage of shabby defending to equalise for Milan, Newcastle swiftly looked drained and disorganised, losing discipline and shape. The outstanding Milan keeper Mike Maignan did superbly to turn Bruno Guimaraes' shot on the frame of the goal but the Italian visitors knew Newcastle were there for the taking. Rafael Leao struck a post before Samuel Chukwueze scored what turned out to be the winner 68 seconds after coming on as substitute. Fikayo Tomori, who cleared off the line miraculously from Joelinton in the first half, also struck a post while Milan were unable to cash on in Newcastle keeper Martin Dubravka being stranded at the wrong end of the pitch amid some chaos at the end. Newcastle's fans, their dreams dashed, showed appreciation of their side's efforts but the final table told the tale. The home win over PSG may be remembered forever by those who witnessed a truly special night but it was their only victory in six group games. Howe and his players will benefit from the bitter experiences of life at this elite level. It will whet the appetite for more, especially from the club's Saudi Arabian owners who see the Champions League as the most natural fit for their ambitions. The challenge for Howe now is to fix what currently looks like a broken Newcastle squad so those "wildest dreams" can be dreamed again next season after what turned out to be nightmare end to their Champions League return. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67711697

Washington, DC – Huwaida Arraf’s house is usually the most brightly decorated in her Michigan neighbourhood at Christmastime. But this year, with war raging in Gaza, the Palestinian American human rights lawyer is hanging only one sign in her front yard: “Bethlehem canceled Christmas because Israel is slaughtering Palestinians #GazaGenocide.” Like many Palestinian Christians, Arraf is not celebrating the holiday this year. As the death toll in Gaza soars past 18,600, she and others Al Jazeera spoke to are struggling to enjoy the holiday season. Flashes of happiness — if they come — are often drenched in guilt. “There is really no joy right now — no joy to be had, no joy that can be had,” Arraf, a mother of two who lives in the Detroit area, said. “How can the world really celebrate Christmas and celebrate the birth of the prince of peace, when in the very homeland and the very place that he was born, there’s such atrocious crimes against humanity taking place and nothing is being done to stop it?” Arraf is hardly alone. In the United States, activists and Palestinian Americans are taking cues from Palestine, where many churches and Christian communities have nixed their Christmas celebrations to honour the dead and protest the continuing Israeli violence. Even Bethlehem, considered the birthplace of Jesus in the occupied West Bank, has seen quiet streets and dimmed decorations where ordinarily there would be revellers and light. The Lutheran Church in the city is displaying a nativity scene that shows Jesus as a child born in the rubble to reflect the destruction in Gaza. “If Christ were to be born today, he would be born under the rubble and Israeli shelling,” Reverend Munther Isaac told Al Jazeera last week. “Bethlehem is sad and broken,” he added, reflecting on the sense of helplessness he and other residents feel as bombs continue to rain down on Gaza. Celebrations ‘just very muted’ Thousands of miles away, in the United States, many Palestinian and Arab Americans share that anguish and pain. “There’s no joy. There’s no celebration. It’s hard to celebrate when we have a lot of family and friends and countrymen who are suffering a genocide. It’s just kind of incongruent,” said Nabil Khoury, a physician from southeast Michigan. “So, unfortunately, no Christmas tree this year, and no big gatherings. It’s just very muted.” Christmas traditions are intimately tied to Palestine. The area is home to some of the holiest places in Christianity, including the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in annexed East Jerusalem. For decades, Palestinians have drawn on that history — and the imagery of Jesus — to protest the Israeli occupation of their territories, particularly around Christmastime. Leading human rights groups like Amnesty International have compared Israeli treatment of Palestinians to “apartheid“, noting a pattern of unlawful killing, detention and discrimination. Some Palestinians note, for example, that if Jesus were born today in Bethlehem, the three wise men who visited him in the Biblical story would have to traverse a towering concrete “separation” wall that Israel built, dividing the city from nearby Jerusalem. The majority of Palestinians are Muslims, but throughout the past century, Palestinian Christians have played a decisive role in shaping and advancing Palestine’s struggle for liberation. Khoury, the Michigan physician, said sectarianism does not fracture the Palestinian national identity, and Palestinian Christians do not view themselves as separate from their Muslim brethren. “We’re part of the Palestinian society, and our faith in our future is with our countrymen,” he said. ‘Another day, another month’ Husam Marajda, a Palestinian American who grew up in Bethlehem, also said he does not differentiate himself from other Palestinians because of his Christian faith. An organiser with the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) in Chicago, Marajda echoed the profound sense of loss many are feeling this holiday season. “It’s cold in Chicago, so you usually get your Christmas sweaters. It’s a festive season: You’re with family, going gift-shopping, putting up decorations. But this year, nothing. We didn’t feel anything. We don’t feel any happiness. We don’t feel any joy, any festivities,” he told Al Jazeera. “It’s just going to be another season, another day, another month.” But Lexis Zeidan, a Palestinian American activist in Detroit, said that, despite the pain, she is not making major changes to the way she is observing Christmas. To her, the holiday is about giving, not commercialised celebrations. “My parents have always instilled in me that Christmas is about faith and family,” Zeidan told Al Jazeera. “And that’s what we should always ground ourselves in. It’s about caring for others and doing for others and really trying to reignite the spirit of what it means to love your neighbour.” Still, Zeidan said she is feeling “angry” and “sad” about the continued violence, which has obliterated large parts of Gaza, levelling schools, homes, hospitals and libraries. “I just can’t help but continue to question: Why? Why are leaders not putting a stop to the bloodshed? Why is it that we, as a country, have elected leaders that are blatantly showing us they care more about their political power than they do for human life?” Zeidan said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/13/christmas-cancelled-us-palestinians-feel-no-holiday-joy-amid-war-on-gaza

Scientists hope their rediscovery will help protect the De Winton's golden mole's habitat, which is threatened by diamond mining. By Natalie Kainz: Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century. Researchers spent two years searching the sand hills of South Africa for a critically endangered blind mole that navigates burrows using its sharp hearing and sensitivity to vibrations, the mole hunt team said in a press release this week. De Winton's golden mole was last seen 87 years ago on Port Nolloth beach, a mile long sandy stretch of South Africa's northwest coast. Its survival is threatened by diamond mining in the coastal sands of its habitat, according to the IUCN Red List. The team of scientists from the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and the University of Pretoria that rediscovered the mole hope their findings will help turn Port Nolloth beach into a protected area. "The search for De Winton’s golden mole was not easy by any means," Christina Biggs, a manager for the campaign which helped find De Winton's mole, said in the release. "They left no sandhill unturned and now it’s possible to protect the areas where these threatened and rare moles live." The scientists searched up to 11 miles of dune habitat a day to find the mole, Esther Matthew, a senior field officer with the EWT, said in the release. The "golden" part of the mole's name comes from the iridescent appearance of its fur coat, which secretes oil to make it easier for the mole to almost "swim" through sand. The rediscovery of the mole is part of a campaign to search for lost species launched in 2017 by the nature charity Global Wildlife Conservation, which has been renamed Re:Wild. The project won a Guinness World Record in 2020 for the number of species it is looking for: Over 2000 species of animals, plants and fungi that have not been seen in at least 10 years. De Winton's golden mole was ranked number 11 on Re:Wild's "25 Most Wanted" species list. The list also includes Attenborough's Long-Beaked echidna, a bizarre-looking egg laying mammal that researchers recently rediscovered in Indonesia. Border collies trained to sniff out golden moles helped the researchers find the trails the creatures left behind, the researchers said. The burrows were made more visible by rainfall. The scientists also relied heavily on a new technique called environmental DNA (eDNA), which locates animals using the skin cells, hair and other bodily excretions they shed when they move through an environment, Re:Wild said in a press release. Without eDNA, finding De Winton's golden mole would be extremely difficult. The creature rarely leaves its largely inaccessible burrows and can detect movements above ground through vibrations, Re: Wild said. Cobus Theron, a senior conservation manager for EWT that helped find the mole, said he never lost hope that De Winton’s golden mole was still out there. “I was convinced it would just take the right detection method, the proper timing, and a team passionate about finding it,” Theron said in the press release. “Now not only have we solved the riddle, but we have tapped into this eDNA frontier where there is a huge amount of opportunity not only for moles, but for other lost or imperiled species.” Aside from De Winton's golden mole, Re: Wild's "Search for Lost Species" has also led to the rediscovery of an endangered climbing yellow salamander in Guatemala, a miniature fanged deer in Vietnam and a rainbow-hued crab in Sierra Leone https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/endangered-blind-sand-mole-rediscovered-south-africa-87-years-rcna127568

The firm’s largest-ever recall comes after a two-year investigation by federal safety regulator focused on autopilot function. Tesla is recalling more than two million cars in the United States, nearly all of its vehicles sold there, after a federal regulator said defects with the autopilot system pose a safety hazard. In a recall filing on Wednesday, the carmaker said autopilot software system controls “may not be sufficient to prevent driver misuse”. “Automated technology holds great promise for improving safety but only when it is deployed responsibly,” said a spokesperson for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which has been investigating the autopilot function for more than two years. “Today’s action is an example of improving automated systems by prioritizing safety.” The decision marks the largest-ever recall for Tesla, as autonomous vehicle development in the US hits a series of snags over safety concerns. The company has said that it will install new safeguards and fix current defects. The recall covers models Y, S, 3 and X produced between October 5, 2012, and December 7, 2023. Speaking before the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, acting NHTSA Administrator Ann Carlson said she was happy Tesla had agreed to a recall. She said that the agency first started investigating Tesla’s autopilot function in August 2021 after hearing about several fatal crashes that occurred when the autopilot was on. “One of the things we determined is that drivers are not always paying attention when that system is on,” she said. Documents posted on Wednesday by the agency said the current autopilot design can lead to “foreseeable misuse of the system,” and that the changes to be instituted will “further encourage the driver to adhere to their continuous driving responsibility”. Some experts have raised questions over whether such steps go far enough. “The compromise is disappointing,” Phil Koopman, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University who studies autonomous vehicle safety, told The Associated Press. “Because it does not fix the problem that the older cars do not have adequate hardware for driver monitoring.” Driverless cars, exalted by supporters as an exciting technological advancement, have faced a series of setbacks in recent months. In October, California suspended testing by the self-driving car firm Cruise, after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) raised questions about safety concerns. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/13/tesla-recalls-nearly-all-us-vehicles-over-autopilot-system-defects

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Thousands of invasive Burmese pythons have ravaged the Sunshine State's native wildlife. Some question if hunting them is the right answer. NAPLES, FLORIDA“It’s a good night for a python hunt.” The air is thick and soupy. Pythons seem to like stormy, humid air, says professional hunter Amy Siewe, and Hurricane Idalia is about to make landfall in Florida. In about nine hours over two nights, Siewe catches, and kills, four Burmese python hatchlings. She spots them from atop a so-called snake deck—a platform drilled into the bed of her white Ford truck affixed with floodlights. We cruise down highways 29 and 41 in Naples, driving no faster than 25 miles per hour as she looks for snakes in the grass. A blonde with a bright smile, Siewe, 46, left behind a thriving real estate business in Indiana in 2019. On a vacation to Florida earlier that year, she’d gone on a python hunt and was hooked. “This is what I’m supposed to be doing,” she says. She used to work for the state python-hunting program, but it didn’t pay enough to live on. Now, she leads small groups of two to four people on guided hunts for $1,800 a night, teaching civilians how to kill the invasive reptile, which has taken hold throughout much of Florida. Siewe preps me on what to look for: the snakes are mostly motionless, and their eyes don’t shine in the light, but their skin has a plastic sheen. Our best bet is to come across one that’s periscoping, or holding its head high. Siewe shows me a photo on her phone of a python she’d found recently. On the screen, the snake is circled in yellow, but I still have trouble spotting it. “Python!” she shouts. Dave Roberts, her partner both in life and snake-catching, slams on the brakes and she jumps out. Twisting and squirming, the hatchling struggles in her grasp, its jaws wide open. She holds the snake just behind its head so it can’t bite her. About two feet in length, these hatchlings are nothing compared to the 19-footer she helped catch last year, but she counts this as a victory. It takes a python about 200 prey animals and three years to reach 10 feet in length, Siewe estimates. “Every [python] that we’re taking out is making a difference.” (Read about the largest-ever python found in Florida.) I film the catch with my iPhone camera, but when it’s time to kill the python, Siewe has me turn it off—this part’s not for show. “It’s really unfortunate what we have to do to these pythons,” she says. She’s loved snakes her whole life and has “great respect” for them, she says. “Unfortunately, there’s no option.” Normally she and Roberts use a bolt gun to kill the pythons they catch, but because this one’s so small, Dave uses a pellet gun while she holds the snake steady. The wriggling tail instantly goes still. It’s no secret that Florida has a python problem. Since at least 1979, Burmese pythons have slithered over the southern tip of Florida, including Everglades National Park, gradually expanding their range to nearly a third of the state. The species, native to southeastern Asia, arrived in Florida likely sometime mid-century via the exotic pet trade. It’s now illegal to acquire one as a pet in Florida. Top picture: Grabbing it behind the head so it won’t bite her, Siewe wrestles the python from the brush on a hunt in August 2023. Pythons aren’t venomous, but their bites are painful—and bloody. PHOTOGRAPH BY ZACK WITTMAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX Bottom picture: Mike Kimmel, the self-dubbed “Python Cowboy,” found this three-foot python near Miami in 2020. Catching the smaller snakes is a victory, Siewe says—it’s better to catch them before they’ve grown large by feeding off native wildlife. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALICIA VERA, REDUX Though Florida is a hot spot for invasive species, pythons are particularly tricky—a January study by the U.S. Geological Survey called them “one of the most intractable invasive-species management issues across the globe.” These snakes thrive in Florida for several reasons—their coloring makes them difficult to spot, they’re often most active at night, and they spend much of their time submerged underwater or hidden in vegetation. The fact that the Everglades are watery and largely uninhabited, as well as cover thousands of miles, only compounds the issue. “They don't really lend themselves to being trapped well,” says Melissa Miller, a University of Florida ecologist working on a python-tracking program. Over the last few decades, these gigantic reptiles have wrought havoc on the state’s ecosystems. The constrictors have decimated native wildlife, including opossums, rabbits, rats, and foxes, with some suffering a decline of up to 99 percent, according to roadside surveys. They’ve swallowed pets, from legions of neighborhood cats to a 60-pound Siberian husky. Scientists keep a running list of the threatened or endangered animals that have been found in python stomachs: state-listed species like the little blue heron, roseate spoonbill, and Big Cypress fox squirrel; federally threatened species like the wood stork; and federally endangered species like the Key Largo woodrat and Key Largo cotton mouse. They compete with other predators, including bobcats, Florida panthers, and native snakes, for prey. And as adults, they have few known predators—basically American alligators and crocodiles, bobcats, other snakes, and potentially Florida panthers, according to the USGS study. (Read more about Florida's panther conservation efforts.) “It’s an emergency situation we’re in,” says Mike Kirkland, senior invasive animal biologist and python elimination program manager for the South Florida Water Management District. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/invasive-python-hunts-in-florida

• Hyundai gave its N 74 Vision and RN22e prototypes their Canadian debuts at the Toronto Auto Show today. • The N Vision 74 concept is a spectacular-looking, hydrogen-powered concept. • The Ioniq RN22e is a high-performance take on the Ioniq 6, itself also on hand at the show. Toronto, ON – The DeLorean DMC-12 is probably one of the most recognizable cars the world has ever seen, whether you’re a car person or not. The stainless steel-coloured time machine of Back to the Future has become legend. This is a Hyundai story, though. Why are we talking about an ‘80s relic? Because during development of the DMC-12, famed car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro is said to have come across the design for the Hyundai Pony Coupe concept, which was a sporty take on the Pony we all know. While that Pony hatchback version made production, the coupe was stillborn due to technological limitations and other factors, namely Hyundai’s freshness on the market. As Hyundai tells it, Giugiaro is said to have thought something to the effect of “hmm. This looks good. Let’s make something out of it” and so, the DeLorean as we know it was born, and that’s where it ends. Except, it kind of doesn’t. Hyundai N Vision 74 Enter the absolutely stunning and spectacular Hyundai N Vision 74 concept, a hydrogen-powered masterpiece of a concept that’s all sharp creases, big wings, squinting headlamps and a stance that leaves little to the imagination. Yeah, there’s some DeLorean there – namely the rear side window – but Lee insists that we “don’t say it looks like a DeLorean (because) we did it first!” Either way, this is all silhouette racer. Think of the BMW M1 Procar or Lancia Beta Montecarlo of the early ‘80s, an image driven home by the aerodynamic wheels whose hubs recall the cooling fins seen on those aforementioned racers. It should come as little surprise that there’s a massive underbody diffuser as well. If you were ever to drive one of these, you’d need that aerodynamic help, because the 85-kW fuel cell and 62-kWh battery combine to produce over 671 hp and over 664 lb-ft of torque, which leads to of a 0-100 km/h time of…well, they haven’t told us yet but it will likely be pretty darn quick. Further, it gets three independent cooling channels for the batteries, fuel cell and EV motor as well as the ability to change power distribution between the left and right rear wheels. That’s not likely something many will ever be able to verify. The N 74 is strictly a concept, here to provide a halo of sorts for the Hyundai brand to show just how far they can push their E-GMP EV platform. Indeed, it’s called “Vision” because it represents how Hyundai sees the path to electrification for its N performance brand. Ioniq RN22e In the meantime, for those looking to see what Hyundai N electric is doing on the production front, look no further than the Ioniq RN22e, a high-performance take on the Ioniq 6, also on hand at this year’s show. Like the N Vision 74, Hyundai is calling the RN22e a “rolling lab” to help the manufacturer develop a high-performance version of the Ioniq 6. So, the striking blue car seen here with its aggressive rear diffuser and wing as well as touring car-like ride height may not make production looking like this, but it likely won’t be very far off. As it stands, though, the spectacular N 74 and RN22e models serve to show just how far a collaboration between Hyundai’s Ioniq EV and N performance brands could go – and we can’t wait to see it. https://www.auto123.com/en/news/toronto-2023-hyundai-n74-rn22e/70071/

This winter, animal shelters are in crisis, with pet abandonments hitting a three-year high. We follow one golden retriever from emergency surgery to adoption by Chloë Hamilton All of Willow’s dog toys have one ear. Tattered, misshapen, with synthetic stuffing poking out of them, they are scattered around an otherwise immaculate front room in north-west Norfolk, a telltale sign that a puppy lives in the house. There are other signs too: a new lead on a hook in the hallway; a still shining food bowl in the kitchen; a plush, hardly slept-in dog bed by the sofa. Willow the golden retriever isn’t actually a puppy – she is three. But, as far as her new owners can tell, she never got the chance to spend her youth tearing the extremities off dog toys. So now she’s making up for lost time. Willow, who previously went by a different name, was brought by her former owner to the Grove veterinary practice in Fakenham, north Norfolk, one morning in late September. She was filthy, the dirt stark against her creamy white fur. She was also in labour and in trouble. The vets prepped her for surgery, an emergency caesarean, but it was too late for five of her puppies, who had already died inside her. A further four were delivered alive while Willow was under general anaesthetic, although one later died while still at the surgery. Mid-operation, the vets had a decision to make. Willow, dangerously ill, needed to be spayed but her owner had to give his consent for the procedure – and agree to Willow’s £3,000 vet bill. Despite repeated phone calls, the vets couldn’t get hold of him. Eventually, just as the hospital director Debbie Abraham had decreed the procedure could go ahead anyway, contact was made. The owner gave his permission but said he couldn’t afford to pay and, as a result, would not be coming to collect his dog. And so, as Willow came round from surgery, she and her remaining puppies were signed over to the Grove, which, three days later, gave them to a local rehoming centre run by the animal welfare charity RSPCA. Willow’s search for a new home had begun. There are many possible reasons that this particular owner decided not to collect his dog that day, but Abraham suggests it may have been because he was breeding puppies for profit. “My opinion – not fact in any way, shape or form – is that with only four puppies alive and a three-grand bill, that wouldn’t cover the cost,” she says. Maybe Willow’s spaying contributed to the decision: “The chain stops.” Willow’s story, or what we know of it, is, sadly, not unique, and cases like hers are just one reason that animal shelters across the UK are at breaking point. Brexit, the pandemic and a cost of living crisis have led to what the RSPCA calls “a winter crisis”, with animal abandonments hitting a three-year high, likely to total more than 21,000 for 2023. Meanwhile, as bills go up, shelters are becoming more expensive to run. The West Norfolk RSPCA rehoming centre, where Willow and her puppies were taken in September, is full. All 20 kennels are occupied, with some containing two dogs if they have been brought in together, although even animals that have previously lived side by side can get stressed and begin to fight in a kennel environment. The centre also has two holding pens, each housing a litter of puppies, and four isolation kennels for dogs that need to be kept apart. It is licensed to accommodate up to 36 cats and eight feline mothers with litters too. The cattery has been at capacity since April. As well as the animals on site, the centre has an army of fosterers – volunteers who temporarily take home animals that struggle in a shelter. There’s still a waiting list, says Carl Saunders, the shelter’s general manager. The centre manager Emily Cole nods in agreement and estimates that six out of 10 animals that come in from homes – as opposed to being found as strays – are brought in because their owners can’t afford them. The pair lead me through to the holding pens, where I am greeted with deafening yapping. The puppies wag their tails and press their tiny noses against the bars of the kennels, inviting me to pet them as they squeak with giddy excitement. Over the din, Saunders begins to unpick the situation. “During Covid, there was a massive spike in demand for puppies, and people were paying stupid amounts of money for them,” he says. “I reckon over 90% of the puppies being bred were not in any way licensed.” Worse, a vet shortage caused by Brexit – last year the British Veterinary Association said the number of new EU registrants coming to work in the UK had fallen by more than two-thirds between 2019 and 2021 – means there are fewer vets available to sterilise animals, a particular problem with free-roaming cats. “A kitten is fertile from about four months,” says Saunders. “And within four weeks of having a litter, they can have another one.” Owners often haven’t got a clue what they’re taking on, he says, especially with brachycephalic (flat-faced) breeds such as French bulldogs, the second most po[CENSORED]r dog in the UK in 2022, according to the Kennel Club. “They have terrible breathing problems. The simplest of nasal or soft palate operations can cost between £1,200 and £1,500. When people are spending £200 or £300 a month on their electricity, where are they going to get the money?” More often than not, he adds, animals that come in aren’t insured, with many owners admitting they let their insurance lapse because they could no longer afford the monthly bill. Feeding pets can also be a stretch; the RSPCA already delivers pet food to food banks in the north of England and plans to expand the project across England and Wales in 2024. While desperately needing the rehoming crisis to abate, the shelter staff are keen for struggling owners to approach them for help. Saunders is quick to stress that there’s no shame in surrendering your animal. “If it hasn’t worked out, it’s not your fault. It’s also not your fault if you can’t afford a £2,000 operation you weren’t expecting.” Animal charities are naturally keen for anyone considering getting a pet to rescue rather than buy. To encourage this, a number of organisations, including the RSPCA, now offer a lifetime guarantee. “If anything changes in that household and they can’t cope with one of our adopted animals any longer, we will always take that animal back in,” says Cole. “It doesn’t matter if it’s been out for 10 weeks or 10 years.” Later in my visit, I see a dog who had left the shelter three years earlier being returned by an owner whose circumstances have changed. The handover is calm, respectful and agonising to watch. It’s not always like that, though. “Some people are so distraught they almost have to go out in a bucket,” says Saunders. “Others just don’t care.” The impression I get, after talking to Abraham and the staff at the shelter, is that Willow’s former owners fell into the “don’t care” category, which is hard to stomach for the people involved in her recovery. Just days after Willow arrived, it became clear she had picked up an infection and needed additional surgery. By the time she was well enough to leave the vets, her milk had dried up and her remaining two puppies – one had, sadly, succumbed to the same infection – had to be taken away to be hand-reared by one of the centre’s volunteers. Liz Jackson admits to being daunted by the task. “I’d never hand-reared any animal before and, although I’ve had children of my own and fostered over 80 children, I’ve never actually bottle-fed, so making up feeds was a new experience.” But that was only the tip of the iceberg. The puppies relied on her entirely, even needing help going to the toilet. Initially, they required feeding and toileting every hour, which meant Jackson was up throughout the night. “Being there when they opened their eyes was wonderful. They would normally be with their mother and you wouldn’t get to witness these things,” she says, adding she lost count of the number of times she was asked if she was keeping them. “Like with fostering children, I knew I was just providing care up to a certain point. But I must admit, I was really sad when I had to leave them. It was such a wrench.” When the puppies were five weeks old, Jackson handed them over to a member of staff at the centre, Debi Dennis. Every day, until they were ready to leave for their new homes, Dennis packed the puppies into her car and drove them to work with her. There, they would spend the day in the office in a puppy pen – they couldn’t venture farther afield until they’d had their vaccinations – being doted on by besotted volunteers. They were nine weeks old when I met them on my visit to the centre – pleasingly cuddly bundles of bright white fur who were far more relaxed in the presence of humans than the shrill, excited puppies I had encountered in the holding pen. “They’re used to humans more than their mum,” Dennis explained, a revelation that was both sweet and sad. In the end, in a turn of events worthy of a Richard Curtis film, the puppies were adopted by the veterinary staff who saved them, one of the adopters being Abraham, who first held her new puppy when she was just hours old. “It’s really special, isn’t it?” she says. “It’s like we have managed to save her and then provide her with a life.” Illustration of a dog at a blackboard writing lines that say: I will not jump up at strangers In the dog house: why are so many of Britain’s dogs behaving badly? Read more Willow’s story has a happy ending too. While recuperating at the centre, she was spotted by a volunteer “cat-cuddler”, Rosie McAllister, who had only signed up to help six months earlier. “I decided to volunteer with the cats because I didn’t trust myself not to fall in love with the dogs,” she tells me with a smile and a glance at Willow, who is sitting timidly in the gap between an armchair and a sofa. Willow is withdrawn when we visit and seems reluctant to emerge from her safe space. Progress with her is slow but steady, says McAllister, with whom Willow has clearly formed a close bond. “She’s happiest next to me,” she says, reaching down to gently stroke Willow’s head. “I don’t really get an awful lot done.” McAllister, who is retired, has slept downstairs with Willow since she arrived four weeks ago and says she is a different dog at night. “She’s got her tail wagging, she’s running around, she comes up and nudges me. She eats her food at night; she won’t eat food in the day.” https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/12/willows-story-how-an-abandoned-dog-lost-seven-puppies-and-found-a-new-home

راجعوا الاخبار الي نقلتها على اهلنا في فلسطين ضد اسرائيل النجسة

Hunger is worsening across the besieged enclave, with the United Nations saying half of Gaza’s po[CENSORED]tion is starving. Palestinians inspect a site after it was hit by an Israeli bombardment on Rafah on Tuesday [Fatima Shbair/AP Photo] Israeli tanks and warplanes are carrying out new attacks on starving Palestinians in southern Gaza as aid flows are hampered by the intensity of the attacks, now in their third month. Hunger is worsening across the besieged enclave, with the United Nations saying half of Gaza’s po[CENSORED]tion is starving. An elderly Palestinian, Tawfik Abu Breika, said his residential block in Khan Younis was hit without warning by an Israeli air raid on Tuesday that had brought down several buildings and caused casualties. “The world’s conscience is dead, no humanity or any kind of morals,” said Breika as neighbours sifted through rubble. “This is the third month that we are facing death and destruction … This is ethnic cleansing, complete destruction of the Gaza Strip to displace the whole po[CENSORED]tion.” Further south in Rafah, which borders Egypt, health officials said 23 people, including seven children, were killed in an Israeli air raid overnight. Residents said the shelling of Rafah, where the Israeli army this month ordered people to head for their safety, was some of the heaviest in days. “At night, we can’t sleep because of the bombing and in the morning, we tour the streets looking for food for the children; there is no food,” said Abu Khalil, 40, a father of six. Gaza Palestinians were battling hunger and thirst to survive, resident Mohammed Obaid said as he inspected debris in Rafah. “There’s no electricity, no fuel, no water, no medicine.” According to the latest health ministry figures, at least 18,412 people have been killed and 50,100 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. Children react following an Israeli air raid on Palestinian houses in Rafah. [Fadi Shana/Reuters] A Palestinian man inspects the damage at the site of Israeli attacks on houses, in Khan Younis. [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters] Palestinian women check their home after an Israeli attack in Khan Younis.[Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters] People salvage their belongings following an early morning Israeli attack in Rafah. [Said Khatib/AFP] Israeli warplanes launched an air raid on Rafah, destroying or severely damaging several buildings. Some Palestinians collected usable belongings from the rubble of their ruined houses. [Abed Rahim Khatib /Anadolu Agency] Residents and civil defence teams conduct a search and rescue operation among the rubbles of demolished buildings after Israeli attacks in Deir el-Balah. [Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency] Palestinian children injured in Israeli attacks are brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah. [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency] A Palestinian child wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is brought to a hospital in Rafah. [Hatem Ali/AP Photo] Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at the hospital Rafah. [Fatima Shbair/AP Photo] Palestinians mourn relatives who died in Israeli attacks as they take the bodies from Al-Aqsa Martyr's Hospital's morgue for funeral ceremony in Deir el-Balah [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency] [ https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/12/12/photos-israel-is-bombing-starving-palestinians-in-southern-gaza ]

Voted

The US and Israel were among the few votes against the non-binding resolution calling for an end to the fighting. The 193-member United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Gaza. Tuesday’s resolution passed with 153 countries voting in favour, 23 abstaining and 10 countries voting against, including Israel and the United States. While the resolution is non-binding, it serves as an indicator of global opinion. “We thank all those who supported the draft resolution that was just adopted by a huge majority,” Saudi Arabia’s UN ambassador Abdulaziz Alwasil said in remarks following the vote. “This reflects the international position to call for the enforcement of this resolution.” The vote comes as international pressure builds on Israel to end its months-long assault on Gaza, where more than 18,000 Palestinians have been killed, the majority of them women and children. More than 80 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have also been displaced. Relentless air strikes and an Israeli siege have created humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian territory that UN officials have called “hell on earth”. The Israeli military offensive has severely restricted access to food, fuel, water and electricity to the Gaza Strip. Tuesday’s vote comes on the heels of a failed resolution in the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Friday, which likewise called for a humanitarian ceasefire. The US vetoed the proposal, casting the sole dissenting vote and thereby dooming its passage. The United Kingdom, meanwhile, abstained. Unlike UNGA votes, UNSC resolutions have the power to be binding. After Friday’s scuttled UNSC resolution, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the extraordinary step of invoking Article 99 of the UN Charter, which allows him to issue warnings about serious threats to international peace. The last time it was used was in 1971. But the passage of the non-binding UNGA resolution on Tuesday likewise faced US opposition. Both the US and Austria introduced amendments to the resolution to condemn the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, which marked the start of the current conflict. Al Jazeera correspondent Kristen Saloomey said Arab countries saw these amendments as an effort to politicise the vote. They both failed to pass. “What we’re hearing from many countries is that the credibility of the United Nations is on the line here, that respect for international law requires respect for humanitarian efforts,” Saloomey said. Egyptian UN Ambassador Osama Abdelkhalek called the draft resolution “balanced and neutral”, noting that it called for the protection of civilians on both sides and the Israel’s envoy Gilad Erdan railed against calls for a ceasefire, calling the UN a “moral stain” on humanity. “Why don’t you hold the rapists and child murderers accountable?” he asked in a speech before the vote. “The time has come to put the blame where it belongs: on the shoulders of the Hamas monsters.” The administration of US President Joe Biden has firmly supported Israel’s military campaign, arguing that it must be allowed to dismantle Hamas. But as Israeli forces level entire neighbourhoods, including schools and hospitals, the US has found itself increasingly at odds with international opinion. In remarks on Tuesday, however, Biden sharpened his criticism of the US ally, saying that Israel was losing international support due to “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza. The US, which has strongly criticised Russia for similar actions in Ukraine, has been accused of employing a double standard on human rights. “With each step, the US looks more isolated from the mainstream of UN opinion,” Richard Gowan, the UN director at the International Crisis Group, an NGO, told Reuters. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/12/un-general-assembly-votes-overwhelmingly-in-favour-of-gaza-ceasefire