We’re counting down our top 10 stories of the year as they were covered in the pages of the Herald-Zeitung: 6. Tragic crashes claim lives of NB youth By Erica Wilson | The Herald-Zeitung The New Braunfels community mourned the loss of two local youths this year who died in vehicle accidents. Layne Adams was an eighth-grader at Oak Run Middle School. He died in January after a utility task vehicle accident, and his death was felt across the New Braunfels community. “He was one of our eighth-grade athletes and one of the most popular kids in the class, from a great family — a wonderful family,” said New Braunfels ISD athletic director Jim Streety following the accident. Hundreds of parents and students gathered at Unicorn Stadium, dressed in Unicorn blue, to mourn the loss in a moment of public grief on Jan. 7. “That’s what New Braunfels is,” Streety said. “That’s what our school and our school district is. That’s part of who we are. There’s a lot of love throughout our community.” A few months later in April, a 16-year-old New Braunfels boy died in a crash near Garden Ridge in Comal County. The crash occurred on Farm to Market Road 3009, about half a mile south of the intersection with FM 1863, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. A 31-year-old San Antonio man was driving a 2023 Isuzu box truck north on FM 3009 about half a mile south of FM 1863. The 16-year old New Braunfels boy was driving a 2010 Toyota Sienna minivan southbound on FM 3009. The truck lost control after going too fast on a wet road, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety investigation report. The truck was driving “at an unsafe speed for the road/weather conditions” on the wet two-way road, according to the crash report. The truck “lost control and slid into the southbound lane of FM 3009,” striking the minivan. The 16-year-old minivan driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was treated at a hospital for serious injuries. 5. Growth sparks even more developments By Kaitlynn Hutchins | The Herald-Zeitung No. 5 on this year’s countdown is the plethora of neighborhood developments being built around Comal County. From groundbreaking on the Mayfair development off of I-35 in New Braunfels to approval of the 400-acre Canyon Ranch development in Spring Branch, the new communities and new developments being built kept popping up in the H-Z’s headlines. Growth in Veramendi has been underway for many years now, but this year, the Del Webb company broke ground on the active adult section of the development designed for homebuyers ages 55 and up. The Del Webb section will include amenities such as a fitness center, clubhouse and pool, as well as proximity to nearby medical complexes and other amenities throughout Veramendi. Del Webb is known for building active adult communities throughout the country, including the 4,750-acre Sun City Texas development in Georgetown. “Our vision for Del Webb Veramendi is to create more than just a place to live; it’s to cultivate a lifestyle that encourages wellness, connection, and enjoyment,” said Shawn Seaberg, division president at PulteGroup – San Antonio. “Whether you’re passionate about fitness, socializing, or simply enjoying nature, there’s something for everyone here. We offer more than a beautiful home; we offer a place to belong.” Down the road in an unincorporated portion of the county near Spring Branch, Comal County commissioners approved the first and second phases of the Canyon Ranch development. The development is situated on a plot of land totaling 400 acres, with the first phase offering 118 lots on 32 acres and the second phase offering 52 lots on 13 acres. Mayfair, a new community featuring homes, parks, a Canyon ISD middle and elementary school, a farmer’s market, retail space and more amenities, made several headlines this year. Paving of roads in the development has begun and the community held its inaugural Mayfest this year, a family-friendly event that included activities such as hot air balloon rides, a bier and wein garten and a petting zoo. “I think Mayfair is different than other communities, and we want to do things that are fun and we will have events throughout the year,” said Kristi Robinson, Southstar marketing and community relations director. “This will be our big festival that we’ll have annually, but we plan to have concerts, different activities, social clubs — everything.”casino slot online free 。

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At least 34 people have been killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique since it made landfall there on Sunday, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said on Tuesday, citing figures from the southern African country's disaster agency. "As of Dec.17, 2024, a total of 174,158 people were estimated to be impacted, with 34 people dead and 319 injured," OCHA said in a statement. Mozambique's National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management (INGD) called the situation "heart-breaking," reported the BBC , and said the death toll will rise. An INGD spokesperson told the BBC that most of those killed were hit by falling objects, like from destroyed brick walls. Chido also destroyed or damaged 35,000 houses, affected nine schools and 10 health facilities, according to preliminary reports by the Southern African Development Community's Humanitarian and Emergency Operations Centre. An estimate 35,000 homes in Mozambique have been destroyed by Cyclone Chido, according to the Southern African Development Community's Humanitarian and Emergency Operations Centre. (Unicef Mozambique/Handout via Reuters) Drone footage from Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province showed razed thatched-roof houses near the coast and personal belongings scattered under the few palm trees still standing. Electricity and communications have also been upended — state-owned power company Electricidade de Moçambique announced that around 200,000 customers are currently without power. Thousands potentially dead in Mayotte Chido made landfall in Mozambique after wreaking havoc in Mayotte, an Indian Ocean archipelago and France's poorest overseas territory. Mozambique is one of several southern African regions and territories that were hit by Cyclone Chido. (Unicef Mozambique/Handout via Reuters) Hundreds or even thousands could be dead in Mayotte, which took the strongest hit from Cyclone Chido, French officials have said. It's the strongest storm to hit the territory in 90 years. So far, 22 deaths and about 1,400 injuries have been confirmed, Ambdilwahedou Soumaila, the mayor of the capital Mamoudzou, told Radio France Internationale. But many parts of Mayotte are still inaccessible and some victims were buried before their deaths could be officially counted. Mathieu Gouzou, a sports teacher at the Bouéni M'titi-Labattoir middle school in the town of Dzaouzi told Reuters when asked about the fate of his pupils: "It's impossible to find them all. "Many of them live in the shantytown nearby, nobody can go there." 'Several hundred' feared dead after Cyclone Chido hits French territory of Mayotte Aid rushed to cyclone-hit Mayotte, rescuers combing debris for survivors The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Crescent Societies said the number of victims was likely to be much higher as about a third of the island's population was still unaccounted for because of bad communications. "It's a small island with 300,000 inhabitants, and because the cyclone has disturbed the electricity, the connection of the internet and the phone lines, about 100,000 people are still unaccounted for," IFRC communications manager Nora Peter told Reuters. It may take days to discover the full extent of the destruction. For the time being, essential goods, medical and technical staff and police were arriving via the air bridge with La Reunion, the territory's only lifeline. This combination of before and after images released by Maxar Technologies shows damage of of Rue du Collège, Mamoudzou on the French Territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean after Cyclone Chido, on Dec. 16. (Maxar Technologies/The Associated Press) "The priority today is water and food," Mayor Soumaila said. "There are people who have unfortunately died where the bodies are starting to decompose that can create a sanitary problem." "We don't have electricity. When night falls, there are people who take advantage of that situation." Dr. Claudia Lodesani of Doctors without Borders said it was crucial to restore access to drinking water to avert the outbreak of cholera and other diseases. WATCH | Scenes of devastation in the French overseas territory Mayotte See scenes of devastation from air and land in the French overseas territory Mayotte 1 day ago Duration 0:51 France's interior minister arrived in Mayotte on Monday after Cyclone Chido devastated large parts of the archipelago off east Africa, with a significant death toll feared in the densely packed territory. "An epidemic is not inevitable, but there is a very high risk," she said, saying that even before the storm access to clear water and health services was difficult in shantytowns, where many immigrants live. "France will repair the hospital quickly, but the situation in the shantytowns is worrying," Lodesani said. More than three-quarters of Mayotte's 321,000 people live in relative poverty. According to 2021 figures from statistics agency INSEE, Mayotte has an annual median disposable income of just over 3,000 euros (about $4,500 Cdn) per inhabitant, roughly eight times less than the Île-de-France region around Paris. French military members prepare supplies to be transported to Mayotte at the military airbase 181 in in Reunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters) Concerns about undocumented immigrants In mainland France, the disaster fuelled a political row about immigration, the environment and France's treatment of its overseas territories. Mayotte has been grappling with unrest in recent years with many residents angry at illegal immigration — mostly from nearby Comoros and Madagascar — and inflation. Undocumented immigration has driven Mayotte's population up by an estimated 100,000 over the last 10 years, and the territory has become a stronghold for the far-right National Rally. France's acting interior minister Bruno Retailleau, from the conservative Republicans party, told a press conference in Mayotte that the early warning system had worked "perfectly" but many of the undocumented had not come to designated shelters. Other officials have said undocumented migrants may have been afraid to go to shelters for fear of being arrested. What is rapid intensification in hurricanes, and is it happening more often? From heatwaves to hailstorms: Environment Canada's top 10 weather stories of the year Left-wing politicians have pointed the finger at what they called the government's neglect of Mayotte and failure to prepare for natural disasters linked to climate change. In the meantime, France's interior ministry said a curfew will go into effect on Tuesday night from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. local time.The accusation that President Bola Tinubu favours his ethnic Yoruba to dominate the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL’s) hierarchy and the financial sector of the nation’s economy is baseless, a former presidential aide, Mr Reno Omokri, has said. In a statement on Sunday, the former presidential aide said the accusation contradicts the facts, which show that the president has been even-handed in his choice of appointments. In an article titled “Tinubu’s Buharisation of the NNPC,” published last week, an academic, Prof Farouk Kperogi, accused President Tinubu of appointing “Yoruba people” to significant positions at the NNPC. He added that the concentration of Yoruba figures in critical economic roles, including the minister of finance and the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), represented “state-sanctioned ethnocentric domination of a critical segment of national life.” But a former governor of Kaduna State, Mr Nasir el-Rufai, responded to Kperogi’s claim on his X handle, admonishing, “Two wrongs do not make a right. Sensible inclusion always trumps arrogant exclusion!” However, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the NNPC Ltd., Olufemi Soneye, addressed concerns raised in Kperogi’s article in a weekend statement, explaining that the NNPC’s leadership structure was guided by business requirements, expertise, and merit rather than ethnicity, tribe, religion, or political affiliation. He said the NNPCL prided itself on being a professional organisation with a diverse leadership team that includes individuals from various parts of the world. On Sunday, Omokri weighed in on the matter and said el-Rufai and Kperogi were mischievously misrepresenting facts. “Let us consider the facts,” he said, adding, “Look at the breakdown of the current management of the NNPCL: Chief Pius Akinyelure: Non-Executive Board Chairman-Southwest; Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari: Group Chief Executive Officer-Northeast; Adedapo Segun: Chief Financial Officer-Southwest; Mr Ledum Mitee: Non-Executive Director-South-South; Mr Musa Tumsa: Non-Executive Director-Northeast; Mr Ghali Muhammad: Non-Executive Director-Northcentral; Prof Mustapha Aliyu: Non-Executive Director-Northwest; Mr. David Ogbodo: Non-Executive Director-Southeast; and Ms. Eunice Thomas: Non-Executive Director-South-South. He said from the record that only two company board members were from the Southwest, explaining that none of the top management of the supervisory agencies was from the president’s region. He pointed out that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobori, and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo, were from the South-South, while the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mr Nicholas Agbo Ella, was -North-Central. “From the above, how can anybody honestly project to the Nigerian people that President Tinubu is Yorubacentric in his appointments at the NNPCL? It beggars belief,” Omokri said. His words, “If there is any dominance at all, then that hegemony favours the South-South, which is the most represented on the board and cabinet-level with authority over NNPCL. Then you have the Northwest, Northeast, and North-Central. “Now, even if you want to go to the ridiculous extent of scrutinising those in the lower cadre of the NNPCL, you will find that, except possibly two positions, all of those posts were filled by former President Muhammadu Buhari. “Therefore, to say that a Yoruba heads every consequential agency in finance in Nigeria is not only without basis but also capable of causing the type of market ripples that negatively affect the All-Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. “When you mention finance, you use a broad brush that includes revenue-generating agencies. And the highest revenue-generating agencies in Nigeria are not the Central Bank of Nigeria or the Ministry of Finance.”

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US to transform white elephant destroyers by fitting hypersonic weapons

Veteran media academician and Mentor many, Kiran Thakur, passes away at 77Dec 19 (Reuters) - Australia's Novonix Ltd (NVX.AX) , opens new tab said on Thursday it had joined a petition urging U.S. authorities to investigate China's alleged dumping of battery-grade graphite at unfair prices, potentially harming domestic producers. The battery metals and technology company has joined the American Active Anode Material Producers (AAAMP) in filing the petition. "The filing asserts China is harming the nascent domestic graphite industry by exporting artificially cheap battery-grade graphite into the U.S., denying North American producers a fair opportunity to enter the market," Novonix said in a statement. North American graphite miners asked the U.S. government on Wednesday to impose a tariff as high as 920% on Chinese suppliers of the battery metal to counter what they describe as Beijing's "malicious trade practices." In a separate statement, Australia's Syrah Resources (SYR.AX) , opens new tab said its unit, Syrah Technologies LLC, filed an anti-dumping and countervailing duty petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission. Syrah's petition, submitted in collaboration with the North American Graphite Alliance, seeks an investigation into Chinese exports of natural and synthetic graphite active anode material used in lithium-ion batteries. Sign up here. Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru. Additional reporting by Melanie Burton in Melbourne; Editing by Shreya Biswas Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tabThe US Navy is to transform three, white elephant, stealth destroyers by fitting them with first-of-their-kind shipborne hypersonic weapons. The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard where workers have installed missile tubes that replace twin turrets from a gun system that was never activated because it was too expensive. Once the system is complete, the Zumwalt will provide a platform for conducting fast, precision strikes from greater distances, adding to the usefulness of the warship. “It was a costly blunder. But the Navy could take victory from the jaws of defeat here, and get some utility out of (the ships) by making them into a hypersonic platform,” said Bryan Clark, a defence analyst at the Hudson Institute. The US has had several types of hypersonic weapons in development for the past two decades, but recent tests by both Russia and China have added pressure to the US military to hasten their production. Hypersonic weapons travel beyond Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, with added manoeuvrability making them harder to shoot down. Last year, The Washington Post newspaper reported that among the documents leaked by former Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was a defence department briefing that confirmed China had recently tested an intermediate-range hypersonic weapon called the DF-27. While the Pentagon had previously acknowledged the weapon’s development, it had not recognised its testing. One of the US programmes in development and planned for the Zumwalt is the Conventional Prompt Strike. It would launch like a ballistic missile and then release a hypersonic glide vehicle that would travel at speeds seven to eight times faster than the speed of sound before hitting the target. The weapon system is being developed jointly by the Navy and Army. Each of the three Zumwalt-class destroyers would be equipped with four missile tubes, each with three of the missiles for a total of 12 hypersonic weapons per ship. In choosing the Zumwalt, the Navy is attempting to add to the usefulness of a 7.5 billion US dollars (£5.9 billion) warship that is considered by critics to be an expensive mistake despite serving as a test platform for multiple innovations. The Zumwalt was envisioned as providing land-attack capability with an advanced gun system with rocket-assisted projectiles to open the way for Marines to charge ashore. But the system featuring 155mm guns hidden in stealthy turrets was cancelled because each of the rocket-assisted projectiles cost up to one million dollars (£790,000). Despite the stain on their reputation, the three Zumwalt-class destroyers: Zumwalt, Michael Monsoor and Lyndon B Johnson; remain the Navy’s most advanced surface warships in terms of new technologies. Those innovations include electric propulsion, an angular shape to minimise radar signature, an unconventional wave-piercing hull, automated fire and damage control and a composite deckhouse that hides radar and other sensors. The US is accelerating development because hypersonics have been identified as vital to US national security with “survivable and lethal capabilities”, said James Weber, principal director for hypersonics in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies. “Fielding new capabilities that are based on hypersonic technologies is a priority for the defence department to sustain and strengthen our integrated deterrence, and to build enduring advantages,” he said.

Doughty scores 17 in Indiana State's 83-80 win against IonaBEIRUT (AP) — Syria's de facto leader said Sunday it could take up to four years to hold elections in Syria, and that he plans to dissolve his Islamist group that led the country's insurgency at an anticipated national dialogue summit for the country. Ahmad al-Sharaa, who leads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group leading the new authority in Syria, made the remarks in an interview with Saudi television network Al-Arabiyya. It comes almost a month after a lightning insurgency led by HTS overthrew President Bashar Assad's decades-long rule, ending the country's uprising-turned civil war that started back in 2011. Al-Sharaa said it would take time to hold elections because of the need for Syria's different forces to hold political dialogue and rewrite the country's constitution following five decades of the Assad dynasty's dictatorial rule. Also, the war-torn country's battered infrastructure needs to be reconstructed, he said. “The chance we have today doesn’t come every 5 or 10 years,” said al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani. “We want the constitution to last for the longest time possible.” Al-Sharaa is Syria's de facto leader until March 1, when Syria's different factions are set to hold a political dialogue to determine the country's political future and establish a transitional government that brings the divided country together. There, he said, HTS will dissolve after years of being the country's most dominant rebel group that held a strategic enclave in the country's northwest. Earlier, an Israeli airstrike in the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday killed 11 people, according to a war monitor, as Israel continues to target Syrian weapons and military infrastructure even after the ouster of Assad. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the airstrike targeted a weapons depot that belonged to Assad’s forces near the industrial town of Adra, northeast of the capital. The observatory said at least 11 people, mostly civilians, were killed. The Israeli military did not comment on the airstrike Sunday. Israel, which has launched hundreds of airstrikes over Syria since the country's uprising turned-civil war broke out in 2011, rarely acknowledges them. It says its targets are Iran-backed groups that backed Assad. Unlike his criticism of key Assad ally Iran, al-Sharaa hoped to maintain “strategic relations” with Russia, whose air force played a critical role in keeping Assad in power for over a decade during the conflict. Moscow has a strategic airbase in Syria. The HTS leader also said negotiations are ongoing with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria, and hopes that their armed forces will integrate with the Syrian security agencies. The Kurdish-led group is Washington’s key ally in Syria, where it is heavily involved in targeting sleeper cells belonging to the extremist Islamic State group. Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have been clashing with the SDF even after the insurgency, taking the key city of Manbij, as Ankara hopes to create a buffer zone near its border in northern Syria. The rebels attacked near the strategic northern border town of Kobani, while the SDF shared a video of a rocket attack that destroyed what it said was a radar system south of the city of Manbij. In other developments: — Syrian state-run media said a mass grave was found near the third largest city of Homs. SANA said civil defense workers were sent to to the site in al-Kabo, one of many suspected mass graves where tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to have been buried during a brutal crackdown under Assad and his network of security agencies. — An Egyptian activist wanted by Cairo on charges of incitement to violence and terrorism, Abdulrahman al-Qardawi, was detained by Lebanese security forces after crossing the porous border from Syria, according to two judicial and one security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to to talk to the press. Al-Qardawi is an Egyptian activist residing in Turkey and an outspoken critic of Egypt's government. He had reportedly visited Syria to join celebrations after Assad's downfall. His late father, Youssef al-Qaradawi, was a top and controversial Egyptian cleric revered by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. He had lived in exile in Qatar for decades. — Lebanese security forces apprehended an armed group in the northern city of Tripoli that kidnapped a group of 26 Syrians who were recently smuggled into Lebanon, two Lebanese security officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to share the information with the media. The Syrians included five women and seven children, and security officials are working to return them to Syria.

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MACAO — When Portugal returned its colony Macao to China in 1999, coffee shop owner Daniel Chao was a first grader living in a different world. Since then his sleepy hometown has transformed into a bustling gaming hub lined with glittering casinos. Its once quiet streets are now jammed with tourist buses. But the growing wealth of the city dubbed the “Las Vegas of the East” has not brought qualities of sustainable development such as economic diversity and high civic participation. “What was once a relaxed, free place in my childhood has become a place that is crowded and highly commercialized,” said Chao. Macao will mark the 25th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting the city for three days and the city is festooned with celebratory banners and other decorations. A fireworks display is planned for next week. Since 1999, the city of 687,000 has transformed from a monopoly-driven gambling enclave into the world’s biggest gaming hub, packed with mainland Chinese tourists. Its GDP per person has more than quadrupled to $68,000, roughly on a par with Denmark and Australia and surpassing Hong Kong's of about $50,000. Stay in the know on jobs, retail and all things business across Long Island. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy . China rules Macao under a “one country, two systems” arrangement similar to its governance of Hong Kong, a former British colony. Macao is the only Chinese city where casino gambling is legal and it has resorts run by affiliates of the American gaming giants MGM Resorts, Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts. Since Macao opened its casino market following the handover to Beijing, its economy has grown to $46 billion in 2023 from $6.5 billion in 1999, despite economic slumps during the COVID-19 pandemic and a crackdown on the junkets that have facilitated visits by high-roller gamblers from elsewhere. Heavy traffic outside the Casino Lisboa in Macao on Dec. 13, 2024. Credit: AP/Kanis Leung The economic growth has come at a cost. Chao’s mother worked at a casino job that brought better pay and a bigger apartment, but also stress and irregular hours. He remembers doing homework at 5 a.m., after her night shift. When he was working as a teacher, his students often went to sleep late or had to rely on paid tutors because their parents also worked casino shifts. The city’s tourism boom has brought years of easy money that gave its businesses scant incentive to strive to improve their products or services and develop the resilience needed to overcome the hard times of the pandemic and competition from mainland Chinese products, Chao and some other residents said. Chao has considered leaving the city, but opted to stay. Tourists take photos outside the Grand Lisboa casino on Dec. 13, 2024. Credit: AP/Kanis Leung “Leaving must come at a heavy price,” he said, adding that “it seems Macao isn’t exactly unlivable yet.” The ruling Communist Party's agenda for Macao now holds sway, with city leaders often referring to national plans. That’s a marked shift from the past, when the city rarely felt any direct impact from Beijing, said Ieong Meng U, a professor at the government and public administration department of the University of Macao. He expects Macao to become increasingly integrated with nearby Guangdong province over the next decade, following plans to promote tourism, Chinese medicine, finance, technology and exhibitions. China has designated a special zone on Hengqin island in neighboring Zhuhai city, jointly run by Guangdong and Macao, that is planned to have about 120,000 Macao residents by 2035. The closer economic ties have coincided with more intrusive political controls, especially after huge anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 that led Beijing to crack down on virtually all public dissent. A vigil commemorating China’s bloody 1989 military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests was banned. Pro-democracy figures were barred from running in Macao's 2021 legislative elections. Last year, the city toughened its national security law. In November, Macao Journalists Association expressed concerns over signs of declining press freedom, saying some local media outlets have been asked to withdraw their articles due to political pressure. Activist Jason Chao, no relation to Daniel Chao, decided to leave. After years of working to promote greater democracy, he grew frustrated by officials' lack of willingness to change and the tendency of Macao residents to rely on solving problems through seeking Beijing's help or personal connections rather than civic participation, a habit he says partly stems from the city's colonial heritage under Portuguese rule. “I exhausted the tactics I had learned at that time," Chao said. In 2017, Chao left to study overseas. He's now a director of a civil society organization serving Hong Kong immigrants in Britain. Some older residents believe life has improved in the past quarter century. Ka Man Chun, a retiree, likes the annual cash handouts, funded by gaming tax reserves, that the government has given residents since 2008. This year, each permanent resident received $1,240, Ka says he feels safe since he steers clear of politics. “25 years have passed, there’s nothing really bad,” he said. Macao’s public security, economy and welfare have improved significantly from the colonial era, said Anna Ng, a flower shop owner in her 60s. Though critics say Macao has failed to diversify its economy, Ng sees signs of progress in the city’s growing exhibition industry and says she's found new opportunities in cultural and creative activities. Enid Ieong said she has grown bored with the city's limited choices for careers and leisure activities and wants to join her boyfriend in Hong Kong. She dreams of living in Hong Kong's Sai Kung, an area famous for its scenic beauty and beaches. Ieong mocked the annual cash handout as compensation for what she calls the psychological damage of living in a gaming hub. “I feel like I was born in a grand mansion, but am only responsible for sweeping the floor,” she said.RCMP union applauds planned federal spending on border security

Apple Clashes with Meta Over Privacy ConcernsDublin, Dec. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Cloud Manufacturing Market Opportunities and Strategies to 2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global cloud manufacturing market reached a value of nearly $73.7 billion in 2023, having grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.62% since 2018. The market is expected to grow from $73.7 billion in 2023 to $168.4 billion in 2028 at a rate of 17.97%. The market is then expected to grow at a CAGR of 16.01% from 2028 and reach $353.8 billion in 2033. Growth in the historic period resulted from the increased adoption of AI in manufacturing, increased internet penetration, rise in 5G technology integration, growth of smart factory initiatives and government initiatives supporting cloud adoption. Factors that negatively affected growth in the historic period include the increase in cost of cloud infrastructure and platform services and economic uncertainties or downturns. Going forward, the increasing industrialization across various sectors, increasing investments in digital transformation, expansion of global supply chains, growth in small and medium enterprises (SMEs), increasing adoption of industry 4 model, increasing use of IoT in manufacturing and rise in advanced analytics and big data will drive the market. Factors that could hinder the growth of the cloud manufacturing market in the future include the limited availability of skilled personnel and technical expertise and growing concerns about data security. The cloud manufacturing market is segmented by component into hardware, software and services. The software market was the largest segment of the cloud manufacturing market segmented by component, accounting for 40.90% or $30.1 billion of the total in 2023. Going forward, the services segment is expected to be the fastest growing segment in the cloud manufacturing market segmented by component, at a CAGR of 19.38% during 2023-2028. The cloud manufacturing market is segmented by deployment model into public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud. The hybrid cloud market was the largest segment of the cloud manufacturing market segmented by deployment model, accounting for 45.17% or $33.3 billion of the total in 2023. Going forward, the hybrid cloud segment is expected to be the fastest growing segment in the cloud manufacturing market segmented by deployment model, at a CAGR of 19.61% during 2023-2028. The cloud manufacturing market is segmented by organization size into small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises. The large enterprises market was the largest segment of the cloud manufacturing market segmented by organization size, accounting for 61.04% or $45 billion of the total in 2023. Going forward, the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) segment is expected to be the fastest growing segment in the cloud manufacturing market segmented by organization size, at a CAGR of 19.01% during 2023-2028. The cloud manufacturing market is segmented by industry vertical into aerospace and defense, healthcare, semiconductor electronics, automotive, metal and machinery manufacturing and other industry verticals. The aerospace and defense market was the largest segment of the cloud manufacturing market segmented by industry vertical, accounting for 23.99% or $17.7 billion of the total in 2023. Going forward, the semiconductor electronics segment is expected to be the fastest growing segment in the cloud manufacturing market segmented by industry vertical, at a CAGR of 22.16% during 2023-2028. North America was the largest region in the cloud manufacturing market, accounting for 39.80% or $29.3 billion of the total in 2023. It was followed by Asia-Pacific, Western Europe and then the other regions. Going forward, the fastest-growing regions in the cloud manufacturing market will be Asia-Pacific and Western Europe, where growth will be at CAGRs of 23.09% and 17.80% respectively. These will be followed by Africa and the Middle East, where the markets are expected to grow at CAGRs of 17.40% and 17.01% respectively. The global cloud manufacturing market is fairly fragmented, with a large number of players operating in the market. The top ten competitors in the market made up 22.9% of the total market in 2023. Microsoft Corporation was the largest competitor with a 3.4% share of the market, followed by SAP SE with 3.3%, Alphabet (Google LLC) with 3.1%, Oracle Corporation with 2.9%, Alibaba Group Holding Limited with 2.2%, International Business Machines Corporation with 2.1%, Salesforce Inc. with 1.8%, Tencent Holdings Ltd. with 1.6%, DXC Technology Company with 1.3% and Amazon.com Inc. with 1.2%. Market Insights The top opportunities in the cloud manufacturing market segmented by component will arise in the software segment, which will gain $40.1 billion of global annual sales by 2028. The top opportunities in the cloud manufacturing market segmented by deployment model will arise in the hybrid cloud segment, which will gain $48.2 billion of global annual sales by 2028. The top opportunities in the cloud manufacturing market segmented by organization size will arise in the large enterprises segment, which will gain $54.9 billion of global annual sales by 2028. The top opportunities in the cloud manufacturing market segmented by industry vertical will arise in the semiconductor electronics segment, which will gain $21.5 billion of global annual sales by 2028. The cloud manufacturing market size will gain the most in the USA at $26.6 billion. Market-trend-based strategies for the cloud manufacturing market include focus on advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to drive sustainability and efficiency in manufacturing processes, integration of industrial AI innovations for enhanced productivity and real-time decision-making, strategic partnerships and collaborations among major players to enhance product offerings, centralized platforms for improved transparency and communication in the manufacturing process, establishing a solid data foundation for improved supply chain performance and smart manufacturing initiatives, adoption of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) programs empowering SAAS and cloud providers to offer branded storage services and focus on machine learning in enhancing data utilization across manufacturing applications. Player-adopted strategies in the cloud manufacturing market include focus on strengthening operational capabilities through strategic partnerships and collaborations and new product solutions. To take advantage of the opportunities, the analyst recommends the cloud manufacturing companies to focus on advanced analytics and AI integration, focus on integrating industrial AI innovations, focus on adopting centralized cloud platforms, focus on integrated cloud platforms for digital collaboration, focus on the fastest-growing services segment, focus on the hybrid cloud segment, expand in emerging markets, focus on the fastest-growing SMEs segment, focus on strategic partnerships, provide competitively priced offerings, continue to use B2B promotions and focus on semiconductor electronics segment. The report covers market characteristics; size and growth; segmentation; regional and country breakdowns; competitive landscape; market shares; trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market's history and forecasts market growth by geography. It places the market within the context of the wider cloud manufacturing market; and compares it with other markets. The report covers the following chapters Market Characteristics Key Trends Macro-Economic Scenario Global Market Size and Growth - Global historic (2018-2023) and forecast (2023-2028, 2033F) market values and drivers and restraints that support and control the growth of the market in the historic and forecast periods. Regional and Country Analysis - Historic (2018-2023) and forecast (2023-2028, 2033F) market values and growth and market share comparison by region and country. Market Segmentation - Contains the market values (2018-2023) (2023-2028, 2033F) and analysis for each segment by component, by deployment model, by organization size and by industry vertical in the market. Historic (2018-2023) and forecast (2023-2028) and (2028-2033) market values and growth and market share comparison by region market. Regional Market Size and Growth- Regional market size (2023), historic (2018-2023) and forecast (2023-2028, 2033F) market values and growth and market share comparison of countries within the region. This report includes information on all the regions Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa and major countries within each region. Competitive Landscape- Details on the competitive landscape of the market, estimated market shares and company profiles of the leading players. Other Major and Innovative Companies - Details on the company profiles of other major and innovative companies in the market. Competitive Benchmarking - Briefs on the financials comparison between major players in the market. Competitive Dashboard - Briefs on competitive dashboard of major players. Key Mergers and Acquisitions - Information on recent mergers and acquisitions in the market is covered in the report. This section gives key financial details of mergers and acquisitions which have shaped the market in recent years. Market Opportunities and Strategies - Describes market opportunities and strategies based on findings of the research, with information on growth opportunities across countries, segments and strategies to be followed in those markets. Key Attributes: Major Market Trends Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence To Drive Sustainability and Efficiency in Manufacturing Processes Integration of Industrial AI Innovations For Enhanced Productivity and Real-Time Decision-Making Strategic Partnerships and Collaborations Among Major Players To Enhance Product Offerings Centralized Platforms For Improved Transparency and Communication in the Manufacturing Process Establishing a Solid Data Foundation For Improved Supply Chain Performance and Smart Manufacturing Initiatives Role of Integrated Cloud Platforms in Facilitating Digital Collaboration Across Manufacturing Sectors Adoption of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) Programs Empowering SaaS and Cloud Providers To Offer Branded Storage Services Focus on Machine Learning in Enhancing Data Utilization Across Manufacturing Applications Importance of Integrated Cloud Solutions To Support Advanced Applications in Supporting Multiple Industries Companies Featured Microsoft SAP Alphabet Oracle Alibaba Group IBM Salesforce Tencent Holdings DXC Technology Company Amazon.com Inc. China Mobile Limited China Unicom Neev Cloud Baidu AI Cloud CtrlS ESDS Sify Technologies Nxtra Data Limited Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Cap Grid GDS Services Agyla SAS 4D Data Centers Interxion NTT Limited Scaleway OVHCloud Ikoula Outscale SAS FocusNet SpaceNet SysEleven Eviden Cluster Power Linxdatacenter Infosys Yandex Cloud Selectel Cloud loudHero Coveo Solutions OpenGov Cox Enterprises RANOVUS Ingram Micro Arelion Snowflake Inc. American Tower Globant VMware LLC. TTEC Digital Akamai Technologies Accenture B2B Cloud Solutions Nubity Locaweb Kibernum Computer Engineering Entel Millicom International Cellular Claro Company Bitel Peru Claranet CTERA Networks ParsOnline StorageCraft Zadara stc Cloud Mobily Cloud Zain Cloud Etisalat Cloud du Cloud Fawry HUAWEI Mobile Cloud ITWorx Limited CloudFlex MainOne Dimension Data Synthesis Software Technologies Orange Business Services Rack Centre MTN Group For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/751f52 About ResearchAndMarkets.com ResearchAndMarkets.com is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. We provide you with the latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest trends. Attachment Cloud Manufacturing Market

OTTAWA - The union representing rank-and-file Mounties is welcoming a federal plan to spend $1.3 billion to bolster border security and ensure the integrity of the immigration system. In its fall economic update Monday, the Liberal government said it would invest in cutting-edge technology for law enforcement, so that only people who are eligible to remain in Canada do so. The money, to be spread over six fiscal years, is earmarked for the RCMP, Public Safety Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and the cyberspies at the Communications Security Establishment. RCMP members enforce laws between official points of entry and investigate criminal activities related to the border. National Police Federation president Brian Sauvé says members have been protecting the border with limited resources, and the new money will allow them to continue delivering on their mandate. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc is expected to join other ministers this afternoon to provide more details on the plan. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 17, 2024.