365 taya casino 'Little Saint Nick' with an early gift, Beach Boys announce Kelowna stopRussia's military captured a British national fighting with Ukrainian troops who have occupied part of Russia's Kursk region, according to reports Monday, as Moscow began daylight drone attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine and its ground forces accelerated gains along parts of the front line. The Briton was identified by state news agency Tass and other media as James Scott Rhys Anderson. Tass quoted him as saying that he had served as a signalman in the British army for four years and then joined the International Legion of Ukraine, formed early on in Russia's nearly 3-year-old war against its neighbor. On the battlefield, Ukrainian forces are straining to hold at bay a push by Russia's bigger army at places in the eastern Donetsk region. Russian forces recently have gained ground at “a significantly quicker rate” than they did in the whole of last year, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank. The Russians have detected and are exploiting weaknesses in the Ukrainian defenses, it said in an analysis late Sunday. The war surpassed 1,000 days last week, and the milestone coincided with a significant escalation in hostilities. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s air force said Russia is adapting its drone tactics, as it fired 145 Shahed drones at Ukraine. Russia has started launching drones during the day, whereas in the past most drone attacks occurred during the night, the air force said. Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the National Security Council’s Counter-disinformation Center, said earlier this month that the Russians were looking to conserve their stocks of more destructive but more expensive missiles and also terrorize civilians. The air force said it stopped almost all the drones before they struck. But a morning missile attack on downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city in the northeast, injured at least 23 people, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov. He said the attack on a densely populated residential area was carried out by a modified surface-to-air S-400 missile. The captured Briton reportedly served as an instructor for Ukrainian troops and was deployed to the Kursk region against his will. Tass published a video of the man saying in English that he doesn’t want to be “here.” The report couldn’t be independently verified, but if confirmed it could be one of the first publicly known case of a Western national captured on Russian soil while fighting for Ukraine. The U.K. Embassy in Moscow said officials were "supporting the family of a British man following reports of his detention” but provided no further details. The Russian Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The soldier’s father, Scott Anderson, told Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper that his son’s Ukrainian commander had informed him that the young man had been captured. Scott Anderson said his son had served in the British military for four years, then briefly worked as a police custody officer before going to Ukraine to fight. He said he tried to convince his son not to join the Ukrainian military, and now he fears for his safety. “I’m hoping he’ll be used as a bargaining chip, but my son told me they torture their prisoners and I’m so frightened he’ll be tortured," he told the newspaper. The International Legion for Defense of Ukraine was created at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The Legion is a unit of Ukraine’s Ground Forces that consists mostly of foreign volunteers. Apart from the Legion, Ukraine recruits foreigners to other units of its army, filling squads, companies, or even battalions. Early on in the war, Ukraine’s authorities said over 20,000 people from 52 countries came to Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russia's aggression. Ever since, the numbers of foreign fighters in the ranks of the Ukrainian military have been classified.2024 stock market: Here are the numbers that defied expectations

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A Los Gatos partner for consulting and accounting giant PwC was drunk and speeding on Highway 85 at 130 mph just before his Tesla slammed into the back of a young San Jose man’s car, permanently injuring the 22-year-old chef, a new court filing in a lawsuit over the crash alleged. Crash victim John Cooper sued PwC partner Ousmane Caba and the company in March, claiming Caba was so drunk he was “barely conscious” when he left San Francisco in June 2023 after a day and night of drinking at events sponsored by PwC. Caba could not be reached for comment. Messages left for his lawyer were not returned. PwC, accused in the lawsuit of negligence, did not respond to a request for comment. The company in a court filing last month said evidence produced in the case does not show that PwC paid for “drink after drink” for Caba. “Instead, it shows that PwC invited employees to two meal events the day before the incident which were catered by others and which included food and beverage selections available to all attendees,” the filing said. “There is nothing vile or despicable associated with offering alcoholic beverages at gatherings in any context, whether business or social.” An amended version of the lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court included claims based on data recorded by Caba’s Tesla Model S. And it added new allegations that Caba dangerously mixed a prescription diabetes drug with alcohol, and included purported new details about the celebratory events that led up to the 1 a.m. high-speed rear-ender. Caba, and other PwC partners, were participating in the company’s “Promotion Day,” an annual event that honors advancement in the company, the lawsuit said. “Promotion Day is known by PwC management and employees to be a day of heavy drinking, all day, at multiple locations,” the lawsuit claimed. The celebrations kicked off with a company-funded gathering at The GlassHouse party venue in downtown San Jose at 9 a.m., the lawsuit said. “The alcohol-fueled festivities at The GlassHouse commenced with ‘shot-o’clock’ wherein the partners would take shots of hard alcohol to start their day,” the lawsuit alleged. Caba and others then headed to Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, another event venue, where Caba availed himself of alcohol provided by PwC, the lawsuit claimed. By 4:30 p.m., the PwC participants had reached San Francisco, and got together just off Market Street at Hotel Zelos, where Caba continued to drink on his company’s dime, the lawsuit alleged. A PwC-funded dinner, and more drinking by Caba, took place at STK Steakhouse in San Francisco, near the Ferry Building, before the party moved on to the Hawthorn SF nightclub near Union Square, the lawsuit claimed. “Numerous bottles of hard alcohol, shots, cocktails, and bottles of champagne were made available to all attendees,” the lawsuit alleged. By the end of Promotion Day, Caba, by his own admission, had consumed at least 11 drinks, “including multiple shots of vodka, multiple cocktails, multiple glasses of wine, and multiple glasses of champagne,” the lawsuit claimed. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | Silicon Valley tech boom lifts California’s dreary budget view Crashes and Disasters | Tesla Cybertruck hit with sixth recall since November release Crashes and Disasters | Elon Musk bet big on Donald Trump. 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Caba ignored the warning signs and plowed right into the rear of Mr. Cooper’s vehicle without applying the brakes,” the lawsuit claimed. Caba, in connection with the crash, pleaded no contest in January to driving while over the legal alcohol limit, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office said. In an August court filing, his lawyer wrote that he “operated a vehicle, allegedly with an excessive (blood-alcohol content), and fell asleep.” Cooper, who is seeking unspecified damages in the case, suffered severe back injuries that make his job very painful, said his lawyer Christopher Hendricks. “He is told that he will need lumbar spine surgery in the future,” Hendricks said.Balancing the Risks and Rewards of Investing in AI Stocks

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