Shares of Azincourt Energy Corp. ( CVE:AAZ – Get Free Report ) rose 50% on Friday . The stock traded as high as C$0.02 and last traded at C$0.02. Approximately 102,500 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 62% from the average daily volume of 272,519 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$0.01. Azincourt Energy Stock Up 50.0 % The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$0.01 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$0.02. The company has a market cap of C$4.48 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.50 and a beta of 2.78. About Azincourt Energy ( Get Free Report ) Azincourt Energy Corp., an exploration and development company, focuses on the alternative fuels/alternative energy sector in Canada and Peru. It explores for uranium and lithium deposits, as well as other clean energy elements. The company owns interest in the East Preston project covering an area of approximately 25,000 hectares located in Saskatchewan, Canada; and the Big Hill Lithium project covering approximately an area of 7,500 hectares located in southwestern Newfoundland, Canada. Featured Stories Receive News & Ratings for Azincourt Energy Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Azincourt Energy and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

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NoneAP 12:47 JST, December 30, 2024 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging and plan to push legislation in the new Congress requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Yet there’s one place with a GOP supermajority where linking voting to citizenship appears to be a nonstarter: Kansas. That’s because the state has been there, done that, and all but a few Republicans would prefer not to go there again. Kansas imposed a proof-of-citizenship requirement over a decade ago that grew into one of the biggest political fiascos in the state in recent memory. The law, passed by the state Legislature in 2011 and implemented two years later, ended up blocking the voter registrations of more than 31,000 U.S. citizens who were otherwise eligible to vote. That was 12% of everyone seeking to register in Kansas for the first time. Federal courts ultimately declared the law an unconstitutional burden on voting rights, and it hasn’t been enforced since 2018. Kansas provides a cautionary tale about how pursuing an election concern that in fact is extremely rare risks disenfranchising a far greater number of people who are legally entitled to vote. The state’s top elections official, Secretary of State Scott Schwab, championed the idea as a legislator and now says states and the federal government shouldn’t touch it. “Kansas did that 10 years ago,” said Schwab, a Republican. “It didn’t work out so well.” Steven Fish, a 45-year-old warehouse worker in eastern Kansas, said he understands the motivation behind the law. In his thinking, the state was like a store owner who fears getting robbed and installs locks. But in 2014, after the birth of his now 11-year-old son inspired him to be “a little more responsible” and follow politics, he didn’t have an acceptable copy of his birth certificate to get registered to vote in Kansas. “The locks didn’t work,” said Fish, one of nine Kansas residents who sued the state over the law. “You caught a bunch of people who didn’t do anything wrong.” Kansas’ experience appeared to receive little if any attention outside the state as Republicans elsewhere pursued proof-of-citizenship requirements this year. Arizona enacted a requirement this year, applying it to voting for state and local elections but not for Congress or president. The Republican-led U.S. House passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement in the summer and plans to bring back similar legislation after the GOP won control of the Senate in November. In Ohio, the Republican secretary of state revised the form that poll workers use for voter eligibility challenges to require those not born in the U.S. to show naturalization papers to cast a regular ballot. A federal judge declined to block the practice days before the election. Also, sizable majorities of voters in Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and the presidential swing states of North Carolina and Wisconsin were inspired to amend their state constitutions’ provisions on voting even though the changes were only symbolic. Provisions that previously declared that all U.S. citizens could vote now say that only U.S. citizens can vote — a meaningless distinction with no practical effect on who is eligible. To be clear, voters already must attest to being U.S. citizens when they register to vote and noncitizens can face fines, prison and deportation if they lie and are caught. “There is nothing unconstitutional about ensuring that only American citizens can vote in American elections,” U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, of Texas, the leading sponsor of the congressional proposal, said in an email statement to The Associated Press. After Kansas residents challenged their state’s law, both a federal judge and federal appeals court concluded that it violated a law limiting states to collecting only the minimum information needed to determine whether someone is eligible to vote. That’s an issue Congress could resolve. The courts ruled that with “scant” evidence of an actual problem, Kansas couldn’t justify a law that kept hundreds of eligible citizens from registering for every noncitizen who was improperly registered. A federal judge concluded that the state’s evidence showed that only 39 noncitizens had registered to vote from 1999 through 2012 — an average of just three a year. In 2013, then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Republican who had built a national reputation advocating tough immigration laws, described the possibility of voting by immigrants living in the U.S. illegally as a serious threat. He was elected attorney general in 2022 and still strongly backs the idea, arguing that federal court rulings in the Kansas case “almost certainly got it wrong.” Kobach also said a key issue in the legal challenge — people being unable to fix problems with their registrations within a 90-day window — has probably been solved. “The technological challenge of how quickly can you verify someone’s citizenship is getting easier,” Kobach said. “As time goes on, it will get even easier.” The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Kansas case in 2020. But in August, it split 5-4 in allowing Arizona to continue enforcing its law for voting in state and local elections while a legal challenge goes forward. Seeing the possibility of a different Supreme Court decision in the future, U.S. Rep.-elect Derek Schmidt says states and Congress should pursue proof-of-citizenship requirements. Schmidt was the Kansas attorney general when his state’s law was challenged. “If the same matter arose now and was litigated, the facts would be different,” he said in an interview. But voting rights advocates dismiss the idea that a legal challenge would turn out differently. Mark Johnson, one of the attorneys who fought the Kansas law, said opponents now have a template for a successful court fight. “We know the people we can call,” Johnson said. “We know that we’ve got the expert witnesses. We know how to try things like this.” He predicted “a flurry — a landslide — of litigation against this.” Initially, the Kansas requirement’s impacts seemed to fall most heavily on politically unaffiliated and young voters. As of fall 2013, 57% of the voters blocked from registering were unaffiliated and 40% were under 30. But Fish was in his mid-30s, and six of the nine residents who sued over the Kansas law were 35 or older. Three even produced citizenship documents and still didn’t get registered, according to court documents. “There wasn’t a single one of us that was actually an illegal or had misinterpreted or misrepresented any information or had done anything wrong,” Fish said. He was supposed to produce his birth certificate when he sought to register in 2014 while renewing his Kansas driver’s license at an office in a strip mall in Lawrence. A clerk wouldn’t accept the copy Fish had of his birth certificate. He still doesn’t know where to find the original, having been born on an Air Force base in Illinois that closed in the 1990s. Several of the people joining Fish in the lawsuit were veterans, all born in the U.S., and Fish said he was stunned that they could be prevented from registering. Liz Azore, a senior adviser to the nonpartisan Voting Rights Lab, said millions of Americans haven’t traveled outside the U.S. and don’t have passports that might act as proof of citizenship, or don’t have ready access to their birth certificates. She and other voting rights advocates are skeptical that there are administrative fixes that will make a proof-of-citizenship law run more smoothly today than it did in Kansas a decade ago. “It’s going to cover a lot of people from all walks of life,” Avore said. “It’s going to be disenfranchising large swaths of the country.”Review by Senate Democrats finds more unreported luxury trips by Clarence Thomas

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SADIQ Khan’s rumoured knighthood was yesterday blasted as a gong for failure by furious Tories. London’s Labour Mayor is expected to bag the honour in the New Year’s list for his political and public service. During his time in City Hall, he has faced fierce criticism over soaring knife crime , a housing crisis , and his expansion of the hated Ulez scheme. Neil Garratt, leader of the London Assembly Tories fumed: “Many are accusing the Government of rewarding Sadiq for failure — although with so many failures under his belt, it might be an accumulator award. “Or it might be (Sir Keir) Starmer rewarding the Mayor for no longer demanding things for London, after months of snubbing him into submission.” Former Tory MP Anna Firth also hit out: “Let’s be absolutely clear, it’s the people of London that deserve a knighthood for putting up with Sadiq Khan .” READ MORE ON SADIQ KHAN Mr Khan, the first Muslim mayor of an EU capital, was elected for a record third term in May. He has been a Labour politician for more than 20 years, including as a minister under former PM Gordon Brown . There was more fury around the Mayor, with Tube drivers are being offered a four-day working week by Khan’s Transport for London to stop strike action. Union Aslef says members will work 35 hours a week — two and a half fewer than their current deal — and get a 3.8 per cent pay rise. Most read in The SunHilgers, other GOP AGs sue BlackRock, other investment firms over ‘woke’ climate action efforts

Former Gogglebox star Stephen Webb was flooded with support after revealing a heartbreaking loss. The star, 53, shared that his dog, who he shared with ex Daniel Lustig, had died. Taking to Instagram, Stephen posted a touching tribute alongside a sweet photo of their poodle, writing: "Today we said goodbye to the kindest little girl. Our princess RIP @lustig75." Daniel also took to social media to express his grief, uploading a poignant video montage with Princess over the years. He captioned it: "Today we said good bye to our princess. Such a beauty." Read more Wayne Rooney hints at I'm A Celeb appearance as he shares special exit gift for Coleen Fans rushed to support the former couple, One wrote: "Sending you the biggest love the paw print they leave on our hearts stay forever". Another said: "Omg I'm so sorry. Sending lots of love." A third fan added: "So sorry for your loss". Stephen and Daniel announced they were quitting Channel 4 show Gogglebox last year. They later announced they had decided to split after six years of marriage but would remain good friends. Later opening up about why their marriage broke down, Stephen told The Sun: "We both kind of switched off and stopped working at it. The longer you leave it, the more it deteriorates to a point where there's no going back. "I'm a firm believer in that life is about change and now I'm just looking forward to the next chapter of my life." He also expressed gratitude for the "amazing time" shared with Daniel over their 11-year relationship. Stephen made his first appearance on Gogglebox in 2013 and Daniel joined him on the show in 2019. Daniel and Stephen are also business partners, co-managing two successful hair salons in West Sussex. Stephen recently appeared on Celebs Go Dating but failed to find love. In a recent podcast interview, Daniel opened up about their current dynamic, describing how they remain best friends and housemates.A LOCAL charity is set for a year-long boost as the Sarsfield Credit Union They are Limerick Suicide Watch, BlueBox and Blood Bikes Mid West. Members of the Credit Union have been voting for one of these three groups. LIMERICK Suicide Watch (LSW) is fully funded through public donations, and PRO Audrey Ellis said it would be brilliant for them to win the prize from Sarsfield Credit Union as they could update equipment and afford more training for volunteers. “The more money we have, the more we're able to go out, and offer the public.” Audrey said they're updating their equipment at the moment. “We have a thermal camera and all that, but it has to be updated... For each person to go out at night, it costs them by the time they're all equipped, their training, and everything costs about €650.” A lot of their funding goes towards riverside training and child protection training. “We all have to be certified in all courses to be prepared for anything that could happen,” stated Audrey. The charity was formed in May 2016 with limited volunteers and has grown to a 55-strong team of volunteers since then. Audrey explained that LSW keep an eye on people that are showing signs of distress or that could be contemplating suicide by patrolling the bridges and the area along the River Shannon in the city centre. “We patrol four nights a week for a minimum of four hours. We don't do less than that, some nights we could be out six, seven hours.” LSW depends on donations and fundraising events to help fund its day-to-day operation. The voluntary group is seeking a new base as they have to leave their current base at the rear of the Tate Centre next year. Audrey said they're trying to secure a permanent base but haven't found anywhere suitable yet. Meanwhile, Blue Box Creative Learning Centre would be thrilled to partner with Sarsfield Credit Union. CEO Bryan Gough said this would represent a wonderful opportunity for them to further their shared goal of community empowerment. “This recognition highlights the available intervention that our therapists provide to children.” Blue Box aim to support children and young people who are experiencing, emotional, behavioural, trauma or psychological challenges to realise their full potential through Play or Creative Art Therapies. They apply a trauma informed nondirective approach to support the children and families. They provide free therapy support to children in eleven DEIS schools in Limerick and also provide on-site services. READ MORE: Leading Limerick soprano to take on job of business group's president Bryan explained: “We work closely with statutory services like TUSLA and the HSE to provide much needed services to children who experience trauma, emotional, behavioural, or psychological challenges to realise their full potential.” If BlueBox was chosen as the charity partner, Bryan said the money would go towards providing free therapies to, children in the local community. “It would be an amazing opportunity to lift the profile of Blue Box and for the local community to understand what options are out there for children who are in need of psychological intervention.” He concluded: “The schools that we provide service to all say that it's an invaluable service and it should be expanded.” It's the only charity that provides free support and therapy to children in Limerick. BLOOD Bikes Mid West Ireland which provides free transport to the HSE, private hospitals, clinics and hospices celebrated a decade in operation last year and is continuing its delivery of effective healthcare. Volunteer with the charity, Brendan Caffrey said winning the credit union prize would help them sustain their fleet because all their funding is going towards fuel and insurance. He added that the prize would also go towards servicing tyres and kitting out the vehicles for the coming year. The charity is dependant on donations as it doesn't receive government or HSE funding. “We fundraise around the shopping centres throughout the year in Limerick and in Shannon and we primarily rely on donors and the fundraising at those events to pretty much keep the service going,” explained Brendan. Blood Bikes Mid West was set up in 2013 to provide an out of hours service to the local hospitals and to patients in their own homes. It then progressed to a 24/7 365 days of the year service. They collect medical records, scans, blood samples, medical equipment, breast milk and chemotherapy drugs and transport them around the Munster region to and from hospitals and people in their own homes. “We link up with other groups in Cork, in Galway, in Dublin, and Athlone to deliver stuff across the country,” said Brendan. One very important additional service is the transportation of breast milk. The Human Milk Bank is located in Fermanagh and regular trips are required to ensure the Maternity Hospital Limerick is kept stocked in order to help support premature babies and their mothers. The organisation was set up in response to the need for an out of hours service providing the transport of essential items to relieve emergency situations.Justin Paget I have been bullish on Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE: BIP )(TSX: BIP.UN:CA )( BIPC ) since February this year, when I issued an article titled: Brookfield Infrastructure: An Excellent Retirement Play . 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Washington, Dec 30 (AP) President Joe Biden has scheduled a state funeral in Washington for former President Jimmy Carter on Jan 9. Biden also declared Jan 9 as a National Day of Mourning across the US Carter, the longest-lived former president, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100. Also Read | New Year’s Eve Ball Drop 2024 Live Streaming From New York’s Times Square: Know Date, Timing and Where To Watch Live Telecast of Times Square Ball Drop Celebrations. Biden also ordered US flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days from Sunday. Guterres' remembrance focuses on Carter's contributions to peace Also Read | S Jaishankar To Visit Doha Today: External Affairs Minister Set To Embark on 3-Day Official Tour to Qatar, Will Hold Meet With PM Sheikh Mohammed. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday praised Carter for his significant contributions to international peace through the Camp David Accords, the SALT II Treaty and the Panama Canal treaties. “President Carter's commitment to international peace and human rights also found full expression after he left the presidency,” Guterres said in a statement. "He played a key role in conflict mediation, election monitoring, the promotion of democracy, and disease prevention and eradication. These and other efforts earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and helped advance the work of the United Nations. “President Carter will be remembered for his solidarity with the vulnerable, his abiding grace, and his unrelenting faith in the common good and our common humanity,” Guterres said. Reflections from King Charles III King Charles III joined leaders from around the world in issuing their condolences and sharing their reflections on the former president. “It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of former President Carter," the king said in a public statement. “He was a committed public servant, and devoted his life to promoting peace and human rights. His dedication and humility served as an inspiration to many, and I remember with great fondness his visit to the United Kingdom in 1977." Biden remembers Carter for his decency President Joe Biden broke from his family vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands to remember Carter, recalling his predecessor as a role model and friend. America and the world lost a “remarkable leader” with Carter's death, Biden said, adding that he had spoken to several of the former president's children and was working with them to formalize memorial arrangements in Washington. Speaking for roughly 10 minutes, Biden remembered Carter as a humanitarian and statesman, someone he couldn't imagine walking past a person in need without trying to help them. He represented “the most fundamental human values we can never let slip away,” Biden said. The president repeatedly praised Carter's “simple decency” and his values, saying some will see him as a man of honesty and humility from a bygone era. “I don't believe it's a bygone era. I see a man not only of our time, but for all times,” Biden said. “To know his core, you need to know he never stopped being a Sunday school teacher at that Baptist church in Plains, Georgia.” Egyptian president notes historic Camp David Accords Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said on X that Carter's significant role in achieving the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel "will remain etched in the annals of history.” He went on to say Carter's “humanitarian work exemplifies a lofty standard of love, peace, and brotherhood.” Carter will be remembered as “one of the world's most prominent leaders in service to humanity,” el-Sissi said. Carter's relationship with his wife Rosalynn spanned a near-lifetime Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter had one of the great love stories and political partnerships in US presidential history. The former president sometimes called his wife, who died Nov. 19. 2023, “Rosie,” which is a good way to remember how her name actually is pronounced. It is “ROSE-uh-lyn,” not, repeat NOT, “RAHZ-uh-lyn.” They were married more than 77 years but their relationship went back even further. Jimmy's mother, “Miss Lillian,” delivered Eleanor Rosalynn Smith at the Smith home in Plains on Aug. 18, 1927. The nurse brought her eldest child back a few days later to visit, meaning the longest-married presidential couple met as preschooler and newborn. She became his trusted campaign aide and White House adviser, surprising Washington by sitting in on Cabinet meetings. Then they traveled the world together as co-founders of The Carter Center. Most of the nation saw the former president for the last time at Rosalynn Carter's funeral. Grandson Jason Carter says Plains kept his grandparents humble Jason Carter is now the chairman of The Carter Center's board of governors. He said his grandparents “never changed who they were” even after reaching the White House and becoming global humanitarians. He says their four years in Washington were just one period of putting their values into action and that the center his grandparents founded in Atlanta is a lasting “extension of their belief in human rights as a fundamental global force.” Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter traveled the world advocating for democracy and fighting disease, but Jason Carter said they weren't motivated by pity, or arrogance that a former American president had all the answers — they ventured to remote places because they could “recognize these people.” They too were from “a 600-person village” and understood that even the poorest people “have the power ... the ability ... the knowledge and the expertise to change their own community.” Pelosi says Carter's life was saintly' in devotion to peace Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is remembering Carter as a man steeped “in devotion to public service and peace.” The California Democrat said in a statement Sunday that Carter was committed to “honoring the spark of divinity within every person,” something she said manifested in “teaching Sunday school in his beloved Marantha Baptist Church, brokering the landmark Camp David Accords to pave the way to peace or building homes with Habitat for Humanity.” Pelosi also said Carter led “perhaps the most impactful post-presidency in history.” Historical praise from the United Kingdom British Prime Minister Keir Starmer noted in a post on X the special contribution Carter made by brokering the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt and through his work with the Carter Center. “Motivated by his strong faith and values, President Carter redefined the post-presidency with a remarkable commitment to social justice and human rights at home and abroad,” Starmer said. Commemoration in New York City To commemorate Carter's death, officials with the Empire State Building said in a post on social media that the iconic New York City landmark would be lit in red, white and blue on Sunday night, “to honor the life and legacy” of the late former president. The Obamas recall Carter's Sunday services In a statement issued Sunday, former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama said Carter's beloved Maranatha Baptist Church “will be a little quieter on Sunday,s” but added that the late former president “will never be far away -- buried alongside Rosalynn next to a willow tree down the road, his memory calling all of us to heed our better angels.” Noting the “hundreds of tourists from around the world crammed into the pews” to see the former president teach Sunday school, as he did “for most of his adult life,” the Obamas listed Carter's accomplishments as president. But they made special note of the Sunday school lessons, saying they were catalysts for people making a pilgrimage to the church. “Many people in that church on Sunday morning were there, at least in part, because of something more fundamental: President Carter's decency.” (AP) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

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