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2 chicken jollibee President Joe Biden unleashed a firestorm of controversy and further eroded public trust in his already damaged party by giving a shocking blanket pardon to his son, Hunter, on Sunday. Biden fled from the controversy by jetting to Angola, one of the most corrupt nations in the world. Biden was wheels-up for Angola within a few hours of pardoning his son for all crimes, both known and yet to be revealed, over a ten-year period. He refused to answer questions about the pardon from reporters during a stopover in Cape Verde. WATCH — Joe Biden Lands in Angola Shortly After Pardoning Hunter Biden: According to the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index prepared by Transparency International (TI), Angola is 121st on the parade of 180 most corrupt nations. Angola is rife with cronyism and nepotism, bribery, and conflicts of interest, particularly in its real estate, energy, and mining industries. Powerful individuals and corporations routinely pay off the justice system to avoid prosecution. Many of Angola’s municipalities do not have a court system at all. For the Angolan elite, paying bribes to avoid taxation is cheaper and easier than paying their taxes. Just two weeks ago, the United Kingdom imposed heavy sanctions on Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, in a wide-ranging crackdown on corruption and money laundering. Dos Santos has been under investigation by numerous countries ever since her father’s 38-year reign came to an end in 2017. She claims all of the charges against her are political fabrications, while international anti-corruption activists point to her as a textbook example of kleptocracy. Angola also has major problems with slavery and human trafficking, although the Biden State Department gives the Angolan government credit for making progress on these issues over the past few years. The Labor Department was less enthusiastic, giving Angola only tepid applause for making “moderate advancement” against the use of child labor in mining, agriculture, and construction. The Biden White House clearly wanted the president’s visit to Angola to be “historic,” as he is the first American president to visit the country, and he is making the only trip to Africa of his presidency. Early media releases touted the trip as an effort to reinforce the Biden administration’s competition against China and Russia for influence in West Africa. Unfortunately for the outgoing president, he scribbled a much larger entry in the history books with his blanket pardon for Hunter Biden. News coverage on Monday was generally dour, with Biden’s trip portrayed more as a last-ditch gamble or desperate attempt to salvage a “legacy” in Africa. The fact that Biden avoided visiting Africa for his entire term – even after promising to pay a visit almost two years ago – sent a louder message than finally getting around to a desultory visit in the final two months of his term. One of the major items on Biden’s agenda is a visit to the town of Lobito, where his administration has lavished billions on an 835-mile railroad that is supposed to link cobalt, lithium, and copper mines in the Congo and Zambia to Angola’s Atlantic ports. The “Lobito Corridor” project was billed as the first serious Western attempt to provide African nations with an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It is not yet clear if the second Trump administration will continue funding the project. Trump may be skeptical of a rail line that could benefit Chinese companies as much as it does American interests and, if Africa’s mineral nations make good on their plans to develop more domestic refining capacity, the Lobito Corridor might never become as profitable as its planners hoped. The leftist New York Times (NYT) on Monday spoke to ordinary Angolans who had absolutely no idea the United States was helping to fund a railroad in their country, while being keenly aware of China’s massive infrastructure investments. “Beijing has built ostentatious shopping malls and roads with Chinese logos and signs. Angolans say the Chinese have made life easier and created jobs. Rather than funding such development projects, the United States has sought to create conditions that will attract private investment, though there’s no telling how long that will take or when Angolans might see the benefits. Some are skeptical those benefits will come at all,” the NYT summarized. Some Angolans are skeptical enough to believe that the vaunted Lobito Corridor project will just be a mechanism for Western companies to rob Africa of its mineral wealth. The U.S. government has been trying to counter this cynicism by advertising the rail line as an opportunity for Angolan farmers to ship their produce overseas at modest cost. To reinforce this argument, the U.S. implemented programs to teach advanced agricultural techniques to Angolan farmers. Supporters of the Lobito Corridor hope to convince Trump it will provide an effective counter to Chinese influence at the perfect moment for such a pitch to be made, as China’s deflating economy means it has less money available to pour into Africa, and developing nations are growing wary of Chinese debt. Biden’s trip to Angola might have been intended to make it harder for Trump to disengage from the Lobito Corridor, but the Hunter Biden pardon is eclipsing U.S. coverage of Biden’s Africa trip, so Joe Biden may have just sabotaged his own last chance to create a “legacy” in Africa.Governor, comptroller, state treasurer hail Connecticut's fiscal health

Australian actor, filmmaker and former lifesaver Angus Sampson has hit the stunning golden sands of Woonona Beach in a safety advertising campaign to save men's lives. or signup to continue reading The almost two-minute long ad features walking along the sand, as he encourages people to make safety a priority when visiting the coastline this summer. Last year, 150 people drowned along Australia's coastline, all occurred outside patrolled areas. Men accounted for 86 per cent of the drownings. The opening scene of the ad is a tight, close-up shot of Angus wearing a crisp white shirt, black tuxedo and bow tie, his long dark hair blowing in the wind. "Calm, chaotic, compellingly unpredictable. No, not just me, our oceans too," he says looking down the lens of the camera. The camera pans out and he's standing on - white shirt and tux on his top half, fluorescent pink boardshorts on his bottom half and bare feet. As he walks along the beach towards the camera, he talks about volunteer lifesavers' commitment to saving lives and shares beach safety tips, as lifesavers rush back and forward on patrol and undertaking mock rescues. The final scene shows a paramedic hooking him up to be airlifted away. As Angus looks to the camera he shares one final message: "Let's give these legends a hand. Make sure, before you go into the water, stop, look and stay alive". As part of the safety campaign, SLSA teamed up with Qantas to unveil a new virtual training platform for the community called . Beach Passport is a mobile or online course that will provide the public with basic water safety knowledge. It will be free and available to every Australian citizen and visitor and is available at . Nadine Morton covers emergency services and breaking news for the Illawarra Mercury. She takes pride in regional journalism which she believes is crucial to informing our towns and cities. Have a story? 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When the Buckeyes saw the Wolverines' flag, they rushed toward the 50-yard line. Social media posts showed Michigan offensive lineman Raheem Anderson carrying the flag on a long pole to midfield, where the Wolverines were met by dozens of Ohio State players and fights broke out. Buckeyes defensive end Jack Sawyer was seen ripping the flag off the pole and taking the flag as he scuffled with several people trying to recover the flag. A statement from the Ohio State Police Department read: "Following the game, officers from multiple law enforcement agencies assisted in breaking up an on-field altercation. During the scuffle, multiple officers representing Ohio and Michigan deployed pepper spray. OSUPD is the lead agency for games and will continue to investigate." Michigan running back Kalel Mullings on FOX said: "For such a great game, you hate to see stuff like that after the game. It's bad for the sport, bad for college football. At the end of the day, some people got to learn how to lose, man. "You can't be fighting and stuff just because you lost the game. We had 60 minutes and four quarters to do all that fighting. Now people want to talk and fight. That's wrong. It's bad for the game. Classless, in my opinion. People got to be better." Once order was restored, officers cordoned the 50-yard line, using bicycles as barriers. Ohio State coach Ryan Day in his postgame press conference said he wasn't sure what happened. "I don't know all the details of it. But I know that these guys are looking to put a flag on our field and our guys weren't going to let that happen," he said. "I'll find out exactly what happened, but this is our field and certainly we're embarrassed at the fact we lost the game, but there's some prideful guys on our team that weren't just going to let that happen." The Big Ten has not yet released a statement on the incident. --Field Level Media

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Twenty-four hours after the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) called on the federal lawmakers from the zone to kick against the Tax Reform Bills, a prominent Northern lawmaker, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, from Kano State, declared that the bills would soon be passed by both chambers of the National Assembly. Hon Jibrin, who chairs the House of Representatives Committee on Housing and Habitat, gave the assurance while featuring in the Politics Today Edition of the TVC, aired on Sunday night, said that President Bola Tinubu through the tax reform bills and other economic policies, was giving his today for Nigerians’ tomorrow. “I have never had any doubt about the consideration and passage of the tax reform bills. We will pass the tax reform bills”, he declared. He also said that though wrong perception about the reform bills was very strong in the North where he comes from, required sensitization on the merits and necessity for the reforms was being done to correct the perception. “For those of us who have read through the bills very thoroughly, the aggregate of their advantages far surpassed whatever perceived disadvantages perceived by anybody or part of the country. “President Tinubu is not out for a battle on the bill, just like the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), but for understanding their objectives and goals, which are all geared towards better revenue generation and distribution for the economic survival of the country. “Yes, there may be contentious clauses in the bills, but that should not mean that they should be thrown away or not considered by the National Assembly. “Since the bills are already with us, the onus lies with both chambers to allow them to pass through the required legislative processes which would pave the way for amendment of any contentious clauses since they are not cast in stone in the first place. “As I said a couple of days ago in a similar programme like this, many of those kicking against the bills, have not read them but are just listening to wrong narratives being churned out by some other people”, he explained. The lawmaker noted that the fuel Subsidy removal and cancellation of the parallel FOREX market carried out by President Tinubu last year and the proposed tax reform, would transform the Nigerian economy despite the hardships and pains being experienced by Nigerians now. “President Tinubu to me, is giving his today for Nigerians’ tomorrow through the courageous and long-term result-oriented reforms being carried out now”, he stated.Tarleton St. 61, Hofstra 59Andrej Stojakovic made 11 free throws to help craft a team-high 20 points, freshman Jeremiah Wilkinson had his second consecutive big game off the bench and Cal ran its winning streak to three with an 83-77 nonconference victory over Sacramento State on Sunday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif. Wilkinson finished with 16 points and Rytis Petraitis 13 for the Golden Bears (5-1), whose only loss this season was at Vanderbilt. Jacob Holt went for a season-high 25 points for the Hornets (1-4), who dropped their fourth straight after a season-opening win over Cal State Maritime. Seeking a fourth straight home win, Cal led by as many as 12 points in the first half and 40-33 at halftime before Sacramento State rallied. The Hornets used a 14-5 burst out of the gate following the intermission to grab a 47-45 lead. Julian Vaughns had a 3-pointer and three-point play in the run. But Cal dominated pretty much the rest of the game, taking the lead for good on a Petraitis 3-pointer with 14:50 remaining. Stojakovic, a transfer from rival Stanford, went 11-for-15 at the foul line en route to his third 20-point game of the young season. Cal outscored Sacramento State 26-17 on free throws to more than account for the margin of victory. Coming off a 23-point explosion in his first extended action of the season, Wilkinson hit five of his 10 shots Sunday. The Golden Bears outshot the Hornets 47.2 percent to 43.1 percent. Joshua Ola-Joseph contributed 10 points and six rebounds, Mady Sissoko also had 10 points and Petraitis found time for a team-high five assists. Holt complemented his 25 points with a game-high eight rebounds. He made four 3-pointers, as did Vaughns en route to 18 points, helping Sacramento State outscore Cal 30-21 from beyond the arc. EJ Neal added 16 points for the Hornets, while Emil Skytta tied for game-high assist honors with five to go with seven points. --Field Level Media

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social site Monday evening, announced he was selecting Stephens to be the U.S. ambassador to the Court of Saint James. The Senate is required to confirm the choice. “Warren has always dreamed of serving the United States full time. I am thrilled that he will now have that opportunity as the top Diplomat, representing the U.S.A. to one of America’s most cherished and beloved Allies,” Trump said in in his post. Stephens is the chairman, president and CEO of Little Rock, Arkansas-based financial services firm Stephens Inc., having taken over the firm from his father. Trump has already named many of his nominees for his Cabinet and high-profile diplomatic posts, assembling a roster of staunch loyalists. Over the weekend, Trump announced he intends to nominate real estate developer Charles Kushner , father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France. During his first term, Trump selected Robert “Woody” Johnson, a contributor to his campaign and the owner of the New York Jets football team, as his representative to the United Kingdom. The Associated Press

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh visited Moscow at a crucial time when the two countries are working to reshape and reinvigorate their longstanding partnership based on trust and shared concerns. Singh’s trip comes shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Russia in October for the BRICS summit in Kazan. It also happens ahead of the planned visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India early next year. The defense minster called on Putin , conveying Modi’s warm greetings and stating that India has always stood by its Russian friends and will continue to do so in future. “Friendship between our countries is higher than the highest mountain and deeper than the deepest ocean,” he said. Earlier, Singh participated in the commissioning ceremony of the Russian-made warship INS Tushil at the Yantra shipyard in Kaliningrad along with the chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi. The multirole stealth-guided missile frigate is known to be one of the most technologically advanced warships globally. It is expected to significantly bolster the Indian Navy’s operational capability in the Indian Ocean. The minister also co-chaired, along with his Russian counterpart Andrey Belousov, the 21st meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC) in Moscow. The commission is tasked with reviewing the entire range of defense relations between the two countries, including military-to-military and industrial cooperation. Among the ongoing defense projects are the Russian S-400 Triumf air defense systems, widely regarded as one of the most advanced in the world. The $5.43 billion deal for five units of the S-400 was inked in 2018, meaning India took a decisive step to ignore America’s CAATSA act. Three systems have already been delivered to India, while the remaining two are yet to be shipped, marking a point of concern for New Delhi. The Western sanctions in the aftermath of the Ukraine conflict have affected some payments, and in turn delayed certain projects and affected procurement of spare parts for existing Russian-origin weapons, as well as maintenance and servicing of legacy equipment. These issues are believed to have featured in the discussions between the two delegations. New Delhi has enjoyed close bilateral ties with Russia, and previously with the USSR, since the time of India’s independence in 1947. While initially Washington tried to woo India as an Asian bulwark against the growing threat of communism, the newly formed nation decided to remain non-aligned. The US then chose to befriend Pakistan and India chose to make friends with the Soviet Union. India began acquiring Soviet military hardware starting with battle tanks, combat ships, submarines, helicopters, transport aircraft, and later the formidable MiG-21. At its peak, 85% of India’s military hardware was of Soviet origin. During the Cold War, India and the USSR formed a strong and strategic relationship. Even after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia kept the same close ties to India through a “special and privileged strategic partnership.” The two sides support the creation of a multipolar world order with both being important and responsible poles. Traditionally, the Indo-Russian strategic partnership has been built on five major components: politics, defense, civil nuclear energy, anti-terrorism cooperation, and the advancement of and exploration of space travel. Both countries are members of international bodies, including the UN, BRICS, G20, and SCO. Russia supports India receiving a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. New Delhi helped the induction of Russia as a dialogue partner in the Indian Ocean Rim Association, which may give Russia a major role in the Indian Ocean. In addition to annual summits, India and Russia hold 2+2 ministerial meetings of foreign and defense ministers. A poll conducted in the summer 2022 shows that Indians most frequently named Russia their most trusted partner. The USSR helped India build its aircraft, tanks, and submarine and ship factories. Russia supported India with nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers, guns, and missiles. India built over 800 MiG-21s, 170 MiG-27s and 230 Sukhoi Su-30MKI domestically, while it built over 1,000 T-72 Ajeya and T-90S Bhishma , and many naval ships with Russian support. India has a huge helicopter fleet of Russian origin. India’s missile program has been developed with significant help from USSR and then Russia. Between 2012 and 2016, Russia accounted for 68% of India’s defense imports. Cooperation between Russia and India is not limited to a buyer-seller relationship but includes joint research and development, training, service-to-service contacts, including joint exercises. India and Russia have deepened their Make in India defense manufacturing cooperation by starting many joint ventures, such as BrahMos cruise missile . The A K-203 assault rifles have been built in India since 2022 by the Indo-Russia Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL). The Declaration on the India-Russia Strategic Partnership was signed in 2000, which was elevated to the level of Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership in 2010. Defense cooperation is an important pillar of this strategic partnership. India and Russia have an institutionalized structure to oversee the complete range of issues of military and military technical cooperation. As India perceives increasing threats from Pakistan and China, it has ambitious plans to produce its own major arms. Russia has proposed joint ventures for producing a futuristic main battle tank, infantry fighting vehicle, fifth-generation aircraft, and other types of modern weapons. Russia, along with four other international bidders, has also pitched to jointly make six conventional submarines (air independent propulsion) for the Navy under the P75-I project. India and Russia have also had talks to lease two nuclear-ballistic submarines, the Chakra 3 and Chakra 4. While geopolitically Russia and India may have a different approach to certain issues – Moscow considers the US-led Quad grouping as the ‘Asian NATO’ and calls military alliances in Asia counterproductive, while New Delhi remains wary of the growing military partnership between Russia and China and their shared opposition to the Indo-Pacific framework – the two countries value their existing partnership and respect each others’ commitments. Russia, naturally, would be conscious of not depending too much on China and needs India as a hedge and balance. Clearly, both Russia and India need each other and the umbilical cord between the two will continue to remain connected for decades ahead.Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes' private exchange leaked after controversial Chiefs-Bills moment

A pair of New England senators are calling on the Biden administration to make it clear that the U.S. military should not be used against U.S. citizens except under the most dire circumstances. U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), said in a letter that it’s imperative that President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issue a policy directive informing U.S. troops of their obligations to disobey unlawful orders and laying out when a president may lawfully order the troops to act against their fellow Americans. “It’s long been the law that the military should not be used on U.S. soil, except under extraordinary circumstances. Donald Trump campaigned on using our military to go after the ’ enemy from within ,’ so it’s important for President Biden to clarify the Defense Department’s policies. The Trump administration will need to justify any expansion of the military’s role against its fellow citizens,” Warren told the Herald. In the letter, the pair say that Biden’s directive should make clear that U.S. law “prohibits the mobilization of active duty military or federalizing National Guard personnel to be deployed against their fellow Americans unless specifically authorized.” Use of federal troops in domestic law enforcement operations is outlawed under the Posse Comitatus Act , unless authorized by Congress or the president invokes the Insurrection Act . There too, the senators write, Biden should clarify to the troops what that law permits. “We urge you to issue a policy directive that makes clear that the narrow application of the Insurrection Act should be limited to instances when State or local authorities are so overwhelmed and that the chief executive of the State requests assistance or attacks against the U.S. government overwhelm State or local authorities,” they wrote. Even if troops are called to duty under presidential authority, the current president should explain that they still must follow “the Standing Rules for the Use of Force and cannot violate the writ of habeas corpus, federal law, or where applicable, federal or state law.” The pair say their letter serves as direct acknowledgment of the incoming Trump administration. “President-elect Trump’s comments have indicated he could invoke the Insurrection Act ‘on his first day in office’ He has called his political opponents ‘the enemy from within’ and said they ‘should be very easily handled by — if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military.’ When asked to clarify these remarks in late October, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance reiterated that President-elect Trump would use force against Americans,” they wrote. Trump, the senators write, has a history of attempting to turn the military against civilians in response to protests or “to advance the president’s political interests,” and the only barriers in the way during his last term were members of his administration and their allegiance to the rule of law. Now, however, the U.S. Supreme Court has made clear that a president is immune from criminal liability for “official acts.” Not immune from prosecution, the senators say, are the members of the military who might be ordered to carry out unlawful acts. After the high court’s decision, what precisely would constitute an unlawful order is an open question, and Biden should provide some clarification before he’s not in a position to offer it anymore. “Given the disagreement amongst scholars on the serious implications of the recent Supreme Court decision, it is reasonable to assume that service members, other DoD personnel, and the broader military community may not be aware of or fully understand their rights and responsibilities. If unaddressed, any ambiguity on the lawful use of military force, coupled with President-elect Trump’s demonstrated intent to utilize the military in such dangerous and unprecedented ways, may prove to be devastating,” they wrote. A policy directive issued by Biden could be overturned by Trump when he takes office.