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HOUSTON (AP) — Kavion McClain scored 14 points as Texas Southern beat Texas A&M-Kingsville 80-72 on Wednesday. McClain added six assists for the Tigers (2-5). Grayson Carter scored 13 points, shooting 6 of 7 from the field. Kenny Hunter and Alex Anderson both added 12. The Javelinas were led by Isaiah Payne, who recorded 18 points and four assists. Texas A&M-Kingsville also got 16 points from Allen Singleton. Nate Lacewell also had 13 points and seven rebounds. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Two U.S. senators urge FIFA not to pick Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host over human rights risks

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HOUSTON (AP) — Kavion McClain scored 14 points as Texas Southern beat Texas A&M-Kingsville 80-72 on Wednesday. McClain added six assists for the Tigers (2-5). Grayson Carter scored 13 points, shooting 6 of 7 from the field. Kenny Hunter and Alex Anderson both added 12. The Javelinas were led by Isaiah Payne, who recorded 18 points and four assists. Texas A&M-Kingsville also got 16 points from Allen Singleton. Nate Lacewell also had 13 points and seven rebounds. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

NoneThe Sandbox and Animoca Brands Japan, subsidiaries of Animoca Brands, also participated in the investment, further solidifying the company’s support for Igloo Inc. Igloo’s subsidiary Cube Labs recently unveiled Abstract, an Ethereum scaling L2 solution explicitly designed for consumer-centric applications. With this investment, Animoca Brands aims to foster community engagement by facilitating cross-community marketing and collaboration between Abstract and Animoca Brands’ own Mocaverse. Pudgy Penguins, a popular NFT collection that debuted on Ethereum in 2021, has seen significant growth since its inception. Under the leadership of CEO Luca Schnetzler, who acquired the brand in 2022, Pudgy Penguins has expanded into physical merchandise, gaming, and even announced a social open world game called Pudgy World in 2023. Most recently, the company partnered with renowned web3 game developer Mythical Games to develop a mobile social party game called Pudgy Party. , commented: , added:BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s ruling junta arrested one of the country’s top politicians Wednesday for criticizing the military rulers of neighboring Burkina Faso, according to his son and a judiciary source. Issa Kaou N’Djim, who previously supported Mali’s current military leader Col. Assimi Goita before distancing himself, was arrested on charges of insulting a foreign head of state, which is a crime in Mali, an employee of the court system said. The court employee spoke to the The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk to reporters. N’Djim had claimed on the Joliba TV News broadcaster on Sunday that the military rulers of Burkina Faso, a close ally of Mali, made up evidence of a foiled coup in November. The politician was placed in custody and taken to the main prison in Mali’s capital Bamako on Wednesday, his son, Ousmane N’djim, said. “He knows he is being arrested because of his political struggle.” The director of Joliba TV News has also been called for interrogation by the authorities. Mali and Burkina Faso have been ruled by military regimes since , capitalizing on popular discontent with previous democratically elected governments over security issues. Together with Niger, another junta-led country in the region, they form the Alliance of Sahel States, or AES. N’Djim was one of the vice presidents of the National Transitional Council (CNT), Mali’s legislative body under the junta. He later distanced himself from the military regime and said he favored a return to electoral democracy. In 2021, he was handed a six-month prison sentence after he criticized the military regime on social media. The security situation in the three AES countries has analysts say, with a record number of attacks by Islamic extremists. Government forces have been accused of killing civilians they suspect of collaborating with militants while . In June, Malian authorities . Amnesty International called for N’Djim’s release in a post on the social media platform X. ___ This story was first published on Nov. 13, 2024. It was updated on Nov. 26, 2024 to correct that the month of an alleged foiled coup attempt in Burkina Faso mentioned by a politician was in November, not September. Baba Ahmed, The Associated Press

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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — A Ukrainian girls’ hockey team is in Canada for a few days of peace and hockey in an arena that doesn’t have a missile-sized hole in its roof. After 56 hours of travel to Calgary, including a 24-hour bus ride from Dnipro to Warsaw, Poland, that required army escort for a portion of it, the Ukrainian Wings will join Wickfest, Hayley Wickenheiser’s annual girls’ hockey festival, on Thursday. The squad of players aged 11 to 13 was drawn from eight different cities in Ukraine, where sport facilities have been damaged or destroyed since Russia started its invasion in February 2022. “They all have a personal story of something awful happening,” said Wickenheiser. “We give them a week of peace and joy here, and I hope they can carry that with them. “We know full well they’re going back to difficult circumstances. It’s tough that way.” Nine players are from Kharkiv, where pictures show a large hole in the roof of the Saltovskiy Led arena where the girls’ team WHC Panthers once skated. “It was our home ice arena, and we played all our national team championships in this ice arena,” said Kateryna Seredenko, who oversees the Panthers program and is the Wings general manager. Ukraine’s Olympic Committee posted photos and wrote in a Facebook post Sept. 1 that Kharkiv’s Sport Palace, which was home to multiple hockey teams, was also destroyed in an attack on the city. Seredenko says the Wings’ arduous journey to Calgary was worth it because it gives the girls hope. “It’s not a good situation in Ukraine, but when they come here, they can believe that everything will be good, everything will be fine, of course we will win soon and we must play hockey. We can’t stop because we love these girls and we will do everything for them,” she said. “So many girls on this Ukrainian team are future players of the national team.” Wickenheiser, a Hockey Hall of Famer , is the assistant general manager of player development for the Toronto Maple Leafs and a doctor who works emergency room shifts in the Toronto area. The six-time Olympian and four-time gold medalist organized her first Wickfest after the 2010 Winter Games. She’s had teams from India, Mexico and the Czech Republic attend over the last decade and a half, but never a team that ran the Ukrainians’ gauntlet of logistics. The Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health took on the task of arranging visas and paying for the team’s travel. “We care about women and children’s health. Sport is such a symbol. When you see a group of girls coming off the ice all sweaty and having worked hard on the ice, it’s a symbol of a healthy girl,” said chief executive officer Julia Anderson. “That’s a healthy kid that’s able to participate in sport. We really believe if we can get girls there, whether they’re in an active war zone, or here in Canada, those girls will change the world.” The Wings aren’t the first Ukrainians to seek a hockey haven in Canada since the war began. An under-25 men’s team played four games against university squads in early 2023 to prepare for that year’s world university games. Ukrainian teams have also twice played in the Quebec City International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. “It’s the first time in Ukrainian history where a girls’ team is coming to Canada to a very good tournament,” Seredenko said. “They can see how they can play in their future. And they can see how it is to play hockey in Canada.” AP sports: https://apnews.com/sportsAmritsar: The eighteenth-generation descendant of Bhai Mardana on Wednesday expressed dismay over Sikh religious organisations, particularly those formed in his name, neglecting the memory of Guru Nanak Dev ’s companion and “failing to observe the anniversaries of his birth and death”. Bhai Mardana, lifelong Muslim companion of Sikhism’s first master, was born to a Mirasi couple, Badra and Lakkho of Rai Bhoe Di Talwandi (in Pakistan’s Nankana Sahib). On the occasion of Bhai Mardana’s death anniversary, his direct descendant Bhai Naeem Tahir Lal said, “I wonder why Sikhism’s prominent institutions and organisations formed in the name of Bhai Mardana don’t remember him.” Strangely, there is a confusion surrounding the date of Bhai Mardana's death anniversary, with discrepancies between the date claimed by Bhai Mardana’s family and the one claimed by various Sikh organisations, including the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ( SGPC ). Bhai Naeem, who lives in Lahore, says the death anniversary falls on Nov 27, while the SGPC has scheduled a function at Gurdwara Manji Sahib Diwan Hall on Nov 28 to mark the occasion. Bhai Naeem’s organisation ‘ Jatha Bhai Lal Ji ’ is often invited to perform the recitation of kirtan at various gurdwaras in Pakistan, India and other countries. The jatha includes Bhai Naeem’s elder brother Mohammad Hussain and his (Hussain’s) son Mohammad Sarfraz Hussain, who was the 19th-generation direct descendent of Bhai Mardana. The jatha receives Rs 21,000 monthly stipend from the SGPC. Jagjit Singh of the Bhai Mardana Yadgiri Kirtan Darbar Society said, "Due to some personal reasons, we were unable to organise a large event to commemorate the death anniversary of Bhai Mardana. However, we did hold an ardas in his honour on Wednesday.” However, SGPC and Vishav Rababi Bhai Mardana Ji Welfare Society have scheduled the function on Nov 28. Sources said that the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) received complaints from the sangat regarding the incorrect recitation of ‘tuka’ (verses) of Gurbani by the Jatha Bhai Lal Ji. When contacted, PSGPC president Ramesh Singh said the “complaints had indeed been received from the Indian jatha”. 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Mexico president hails 'excellent' Trump talks after US tariff threatFormer Florida Rep. to become President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general on Thursday. The announcement has raised questions: What does Gaetz' career look like moving forward, what happens now? Gaetz announced his withdrawal from the role in an X on Thursday morning, "While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition. There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General." Trump nominated Gaetz to become his attorney general on Nov. 13, one week after winning his re-election campaign, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris. , Truth Social, to respond, sharing his respect for Gaetz' decision: "Matt has a wonderful future, and I look forward to watching all of the great things he will do!" Yes, Gaetz issued his resignation from Congress the same day Trump nominated him to serve as his attorney general. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson during a news conference on Nov. 13, adding that the move was effective immediately. Yes, in theory, Gaetz could get his seat back in Congress, though his political future was uncertain as of Thursday. On Nov. 5, Gaetz , which begins on Jan. 3, 2025. He resigned during the 118th Congress, which began in January 2023 and will cease in January 2025. Gaetz wrote in his House resignation letter that he did "not intend to" take the oath of office in the new Congress. By federal law, Gaetz could get his seat back in Congress if he were re-elected during a special election. According to the Congressional Research Service, a special election to fill a House vacancy must be issued by the corresponding state's governor. In this case, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis must issue the special election. The scheduling procedures for these special elections differ from state to state, but does not provide a mandatory timeline. The day after Gaetz issued his resignation from Congress, DeSantis on X that he had instructed Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd to formulate and announce a schedule for an upcoming special election. A date had yet to be announced for this election, as of Thursday afternoon. a picture of the couple on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, saying, "The end of an era." Gaetz did not cite a specific reason for his withdrawal, but over the past week, controversy of his bid swelled due to allegations of sex trafficking minors. The Justice Department, which Gaetz would have led if he were attorney general, investigated allegations that Gaetz committed statutory rape by paying for sex with a 17-year-old and for her to travel with him across state lines. The investigation was dropped without charges. But recently, the House Ethics Committee, a bipartisan panel made up of Democrats and Republicans, began investigating the allegations. The committee had planned to vote on whether to release a report of its findings two days after Gaetz resigned from his seat on Congress last week. It is unclear who Trump will nominate for attorney general in Gaetz' place. The president-elect has not made an announcement.

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Mexico's president discussed migration and drug trafficking with US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday -- two issues he had raised as justification for raising import tariffs on America's southern neighbor. Claudia Sheinbaum said she had had "an excellent conversation" with Trump, just hours after her economy minister warned that the cost to US companies of Trump's tariffs would be "huge." "We discussed Mexico's strategy regarding the phenomenon of migration," Sheinbaum said on X, adding she had told Trump that caravans of migrants "are not arriving at the northern border because they are being attended to in Mexico." They also discussed "strengthening collaboration on security issues" as well as "the campaign we are conducting in the country to prevent the consumption of fentanyl," the president said. Trump on Monday said he would impose tariffs of 25 percent on Mexican and Canadian imports and 10 percent on goods from China. "This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social page. The Republican, who won an election in which illegal migration was a top issue, has vowed to declare a national emergency on border security and use the US military to carry out a mass deportation of undocumented migrants. Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Wednesday some "400,000 jobs will be lost" in the United States if Trump followed through on his threat. He cited a study based on figures from US carmakers that manufacture in Mexico. Ebrard said the tariffs would also hit US consumers hard, citing the US market for pickup trucks -- most of which are manufactured in Mexico. The tariffs, the minister said, would add $3,000 to the cost of a new vehicle. "The impact of this measure will chiefly be felt by consumers in the United States... That is why we say that it would be a shot in the foot," Ebrard told reporters, speaking alongside Sheinbaum at her regular morning conference. Mexico and China have been particularly vociferous in their opposition to Trump's threats of a trade war from day one of his second presidential term, which begins on January 20. Sheinbaum has declared the threats "unacceptable" and pointed out that Mexico's drug cartels exist mainly to serve drug use in the United States. China has warned that "no one will win a trade war." During his first term as president, Trump launched full-blown trade hostilities with Beijing, imposing significant tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese goods. China responded with retaliatory tariffs on American products, particularly affecting US farmers. The United States, Mexico and Canada are tied to a three-decade-old largely duty-free trade agreement, called the USMCA, that was renegotiated under Trump after he complained that US businesses, especially automakers, were losing out. jla/cb/mlr/bjt(The Center Square) – The latest federal numbers show the U.S. deficit is soaring as President Joe Biden heads out of office. The U.S. Congressional Budget Office released its monthly budget review on Monday, which showed that in the first two months of this fiscal year, the federal government has run up a deficit of $622 billion. “That amount is $242 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year,” CBO said in its report . That figure means the deficit is nearly 40% higher than this time last year. “The most alarming turkey in November was the federal government’s inability to live within its means,” Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said in a statement. “We are only two months into the fiscal year, and we have already borrowed a staggering $622 billion, with $365 billion in the month of November alone." Deficits never surpassed one trillion dollars before the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, they remain well above one trillion and for this next fiscal year are well beyond the pace to surpass $1 trillion. The deficit last fiscal year was about $1.8 trillion. Billionaire Elon Musk, now an advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, lamented the debt, which is about $36 trillion, on X Monday. “If we don’t fix the deficit, everything will suffer, including essential spending like DoD, Medicare & Social Security,” Musk said. “It’s not optional.” CBO did explain that some of the increase is from accounting changes. From CBO: The change in the deficit was influenced by the timing of outlays and revenues alike. Outlays in October 2023 were reduced by shifts in the timing of certain federal payments that otherwise would have been due on October 1, 2023, which fell on a Sunday. (Those payments were made in September 2023.) Outlays in November 2024 were boosted by the shift to that month of payments due December 1, 2024, a Saturday. 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At COP29 in Baku, carbon credits ignited intense debate from the very start. While Azerbaijan, the host nation, celebrated progress on Article 6, climate justice groups criticised carbon markets for enabling major polluters to continue emitting greenhouse gases. A carbon credit represents the right to emit one metric tonne of CO2 equivalent or an equivalent amount of other greenhouse gases (GHGs). These credits can be generated through projects that either avoid emissions or sequester carbon from the atmosphere, such as reforestation or renewable energy initiatives. Indeed, the cross-border carbon markets are not new. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), established under the Kyoto Protocol, has been operated since 2004. The CDM allowed developed countries to invest in emission reduction projects in developing nations in order to claim carbon credits to offset emissions generated in their own countries. Therefore, industrial investors and companies in developed nations invested in CDM projects in other countries to meet their own emission targets without disrupting their economic activities. It must be recalled that Article 6 of the Paris Agreement enhances the CDM, which aims to foster international collaboration to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) -- each country's specific climate action plans to limit global warming. Article 6 introduces two distinct pathways for carbon trading. Article 6.2 allows two countries to forge bilateral carbon trading agreements tailored to their specific needs. This means that countries can directly negotiate how they will exchange carbon credits, providing flexibility and cooperation based on mutual goals. Article 6.4 aims to establish a centralised, United Nations-managed system. This system is intended to create a standardised framework where countries and companies can offset their carbon emissions by purchasing and trading verified carbon credits. The UN oversees this process to ensure transparency. Supporters of the carbon market argue that carbon credits are essential for incentivising companies to reduce emissions and for channelling financial resources to projects in the Global South. They believe a global carbon market enhances efficiency by allowing countries to leverage their unique strengths. For example, renewable energy projects such as solar farms in countries with abundant natural resources and lower labour costs can generate carbon credits more cheaply than similar projects in high-income nations with limited renewable potential. This results in lower costs per ton of carbon reduced on a global scale. A report by the International Emissions Trading Association, a Geneva-based think tank, states that the full implementation of Article 6 could reduce the costs associated with meeting NDCs by up to $250 billion (8.7 trillion baht) by 2030. This financial incentive is particularly crucial for developing nations that may struggle to fund their climate initiatives independently. Opponents argue that carbon markets can perpetuate "carbon colonialism". Under this premonition, vast lands in the Global South will be used to offset emissions from the Global North, allowing wealthy nations to evade their direct climate responsibilities. A significant concern is the negative impact on human rights, as reported by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The current carbon market system lacks adequate human rights and environmental safeguards, making it vulnerable to abuse. For instance, communities involved in forest conservation projects in Peru, which sell carbon credits, have faced forced evictions and conflicts with local authorities. Similarly, some hydropower projects that sell carbon credits highlight their environmental benefits while ignoring the social impacts, such as displacing local communities and losing traditional ways of life. These cases show that without strict regulations, carbon markets can cause social injustices. A particularly troubling issue is that some carbon credits may not deliver the promised carbon reduction. One notable example is the forest conservation projects in Kariba, Zimbabwe. Verified by Verra, the world's largest carbon credit certifier, the Kariba project has sold carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of euros since 2011. However, the carbon credits sold by this project are based on a questionable estimation model that predicts the deforestation rate if conservation projects were not in place and then claims that the preserved trees can be sold as carbon removal credits. For example, if the model estimates a deforestation rate of 3% per year and assumes that conservation projects reduce this rate to zero, the project can sell carbon credits equivalent to the sequestered carbon from those 3% of forests that have been preserved. In theory, this approach works in an ideal scenario where long-term deforestation rates can be accurately predicted without conservation projects. In reality, these estimations are prone to overestimation, meaning that the actual emission reductions may be significantly lower than the carbon credits sold in the market. The Kariba project is not an isolated incident. A recent study published in Nature Communications, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, analysed 65 studies that evaluated the quality of carbon credits across 2,346 carbon mitigation projects. The researchers estimate that out of the 972 million carbon credits issued globally to date, approximately 812 million do not correspond to a full metric ton of C02 reduction. In other words, only about 16% of carbon credits accurately reflect climate impact. These findings present grim prospects for the carbon market. However, there is also a silver lining because at least the valid carbon credits are above zero. The challenge now is to expand the proportion of high-quality carbon credits and prevent fraudulent projects from entering the market. Lessons from over two decades of experience, combined with improved monitoring technology and more accurate estimation methods, can help achieve this. These statistics also indicate that the carbon market is not a silver bullet but should serve as a supporting mechanism to facilitate a low-carbon transition. The ideal carbon credit should be high in quality, limited in quantity, and appropriately priced, with strict monitoring and regulations. Additionally, effective grievance mechanisms must be in place to ensure that carbon markets do not violate human rights. Phasing out fossil fuels remains an urgent priority, and formalised climate finance from developed countries is still necessary to address climate change effectively. Carbon markets cannot replace the need for direct action and substantial financial support to achieve meaningful climate progress. Ultimately, whether carbon credits become a valuable tool in the fight against climate change or remain ineffective and potentially harmful hinges on the well-regulated Article 6. The outcomes of COP29's discussions on Article 6 may not be perfect, but at least they provide much-needed clarity to international efforts to coordinate emissions trading and carbon crediting. Importantly, the agreement ensures that countries will continue dialogue on this issue and persist in refining and improving the guidelines. Rapeepat Ingkasit is the head of research at Climate Finance Network Thailand (CFNT), a think tank devoted to propelling sustainable financial practices and assisting in Thailand's transition towards a low-carbon economy. Learn more at https://climatefinancethai.com .Mets owner views his role as a 'civic responsibility,' and Juan Soto's contract shows he means it

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