Fuel cells generate electricity by electrochemically reacting hydrogen and oxygen, producing only water as a byproduct, which makes them a clean energy source. However, using perfluoro sulfonic acid polymers containing sulfonic acid groups—a type of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS)—in fuel cells has raised concerns. PFAS can accumulate in the environment and living organisms, increasing regulatory scrutiny in many countries. In contrast, phosphonic acid hydrocarbon polymers do not contain fluorine, making them less likely to persist in the environment. These polymers also offer moderate chemical stability under high-temperature and low-humidity conditions. However, their use is limited by poor conductivity and their hydrophilic nature, meaning they attract water. This can lead to dissolution in humid environments, restricting their potential in fuel cell applications. To overcome these challenges, a research group led by Atsushi Noro at Nagoya University in Japan has announced a novel design concept for fuel cell electrolytes. Their research uses a phosphonic acid polymer with hydrocarbon spacers. New electrochemical cell converts captured carbon into green fuel The team improved a phosphonic acid hydrocarbon polymer by introducing a hydrophobic spacer between the polymer backbone and the phosphonic acid groups. This modification made the polymer water-insoluble, chemically stable, and moderately conductive, even under high temperatures and low humidity. The hydrophobic spacer also helped repel water, preserving the material’s stability. The new polymer electrolyte membrane showed much higher water insolubility in hot water than a polystyrene phosphonic acid membrane without hydrophobic spacers and a commercially available cross-linked sulfonated polystyrene membrane. Noro said , “Under conditions of 120°C and 20% relative humidity, the conductivity of the developed membrane reached 40 times higher than polystyrene phosphonic acid membrane and 4 times higher than cross-linked sulfonated polystyrene membrane.” Understanding how fuel cells degrade over time A fuel cell that operates under low-humidity and high-temperature conditions offers several advantages, especially for fuel cell heavy-duty vehicles: According to the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), the proposed design concept marks a major contribution to developing next-generation fuel cells that support the shift to a net-zero carbon society. Journal Reference:It’s doubtful anybody could love the Northern Lights more than Sara Housseal. The self-described metalhead and tattoo junkie from Bellevue posts her own aurora photos on X/Twitter, TikTok , Bluesky and Facebook , along with homemade videos and colorful slides packed with information about solar phenomena. Oh, and for her day job, she warns the Pentagon when the sun might erupt and fry the solar panels on their spy satellites. Housseal, 29, is a forecaster for the 2nd Weather Squadron’s Space Weather Flight, an Offutt Air Force Base military unit that monitors the sun around the clock for the U.S. armed forces. Sara Housseal and Capt. Dylan Shaver are part of 2nd Weather Squadron’s Space Weather Flight at Offutt Air Force Base, which provides 24/7 forecasts of solar phenomena for U.S. military units worldwide. CHARLES HAYMOND, 55TH WING The sun frequently spits out brief bursts of radiation called solar flares and longer blasts of plasma and radiation called coronal mass ejections. These can cause disruptions to radio GPS and GPS and interrupt power to satellites — critical tools for military operations around the world. These phenomena occur in 11-year cycles during which the sun is alternately active and quiet. That occurs because the sun rotates faster at its equator than at its poles, creating a constant tension like the stretching of a giant, super-heated rubber band. “You have this period when it’s sort of twisting,” said Capt. Dylan Shaver, 29, commander of the Space Weather Flight. “Then it snaps to a more stable configuration.” That’s what produces those massive flares and ejections, explosions many times the size of the Earth. This year, we are nearing peak activity in one of those cycles. Old Sol is exceptionally busy. A solar flare erupts from the sun on May 10. The Space Weather Flight at Offutt Air Force Base monitors solar phenomena for the U.S. military. NASA SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY “It can be super active, then the sun takes a nap, and then it can get crazy again,” said Housseal, one of 11 forecasters in a unit with 30 to 35 military and civilian personnel. “We’re in that period of maximum right now.” This year’s solar peak has brought ample attention to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado, known widely by its acronym, SWPC (pronounced “Swipsy”), which publishes widely viewed aurora forecasts. The Space Weather Flight is SWPC’s larger and lesser-known military cousin. The Air Force has monitored solar activity since the 1950s. Much of its work is classified — so secret that Housseal and Shaver could not meet a reporter or be photographed inside their offices at Offutt. Still, the unit’s forecasters work closely with SWPC, to compare notes and align their messages. “Their job is to tell you what’s going to happen,” Shaver said. “We tell everyone in the Department of Defense what that means for them.” Space storms, obviously, are as old — or older — than the Earth itself. Space Weather forecaster Sara Housseal created this explanation of solar flares for her followers on social media. SARA HOUSSEAL But for millennia, humans on the planet experienced nothing but the periodic explosions of color, mostly in polar regions, that came to be called aurora. The colors result from solar plasma and particles in the form of solar wind charging the Earth’s magnetic field, producing dynamic curtains, rays and flickers of brilliant light. Then in August 1859, the aurora borealis appeared in unfamiliar places like Havana, Panama, Rome and New York, according to an article last February in the New Yorker magazine called “What a Major Solar Storm Could Do To Our Planet.” At the same time, telegraph systems around the world started sending what one newspaper described as “fantastical and unreadable messages.” Many shut down completely. Some caught fire. The storm came to be known as “the Carrington Event,” named for a British astronomer who observed a solar flare at the same time while studying sunspots and linked the two phenomena. Similar events have been recorded in the decades since. A large solar storm in 1921 burned out fuses and caused fires at telephone and telegraph stations. Another in 1967 jammed radar signals at U.S. ballistic-missile early warning stations in the Arctic, which U.S. military authorities briefly feared might be a precursor to a Soviet nuclear attack. A third, in 1989, caused widespread power disruptions in the Canadian province of Quebec. “Every single transformer blew up. There was a huge blackout until they could get everything fixed,” Shaver said. The Carrington Event remains the most severe geomagnetic storm in recorded history. In the decades since, the world’s dependence on electricity and electronic devices has increased exponentially. That’s certainly true for the U.S. military, with its global reach and heavy reliance on satellites for a vast array of operations — including Offutt-based U.S. Strategic Command’s round-the-clock vigilance for nuclear attack. “We really don’t know how it would affect our technology now,” Shaver said. “We have way more satellites than we did during our last solar max.” Even under normal conditions, satellites orbiting outside the protection of Earth’s atmosphere are subject to constant bombardment from radiation: high-energy solar particles as well as cosmic rays from beyond our solar system. They can cause software upsets, memory errors (called bit flips) and runaway short circuits. “The space environment is just hostile all the time,” Housseal said. Space Weather forecaster Sara Housseal of Bellevue produced this explanation of the sun’s coronal mass ejections, which produce aurora displays in the polar regions by disrupting Earth’s magnetic fields. SARA HOUSSEAL At the same time, the military and its contractors are getting better at protecting their satellites, using lightweight shields of metal, plastic and composite as well as hardening electronic parts to withstand radiation. “We do a much better job now. We take steps to mitigate,” Shaver said. “Satellites have just gotten hardier over the last couple of decades.” The Space Weather Flight is one small slice of the Air Force’s 557th Weather Wing — also headquartered at Offutt — which is tasked with meteorological forecasts for U.S. military units in every corner of the world. Shaver, Housseal and their team look at the sun and do the same. They have help from five space weather detachments, in Australia, Italy, Hawaii, Massachusetts and New Mexico. “We create weather products for other weather people to use,” Shaver said. “And we alert satellite operators that the environment is going to get a little more hostile.” Housseal and Shaver are quite conversant in the clouds and blizzards and storms of atmospheric weather, too. Both earned bachelor’s degrees in meteorology or atmospheric science. Housseal was hired as a civilian forecaster by the Space Weather Flight in 2020 and is now working on a master’s in applied physics. Shaver earned his graduate degree in solar and space physics after joining the Air Force and was assigned to Offutt in 2023. “I’ve always been sort of a space nerd,” he said. “When I found out (about space weather forecasters), I said, ‘That’s what I’m going to be someday.’” This year’s “solar max” has kept them busy, and it’s likely to stay that way for a while. The solar cycle tends to build to a peak quickly, and taper off more slowly. “Things have been heightened for the past two-ish years,” she said. “Some of the biggest events are in the decline phase.” Her work involves watching for another disruption like the Carrington Event. It also means watching out for bright colors dancing in the sky. “Some people come to work and wish that the sun does nothing,” Housseal said. “Personally, I love never knowing what each day is going to look like.”

Donald Trump has selected his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, to serve as the next US ambassador to France, the president-elect announced Saturday. Trump described Charles Kushner as a highly successful business leader, philanthropist and dealmaker, with deep experience in the real estate industry. “Charlie is the Founder & Chairman of Kushner Companies, one of the largest & most successful privately held Real Estate firms in the Nation. He was recognized as New Jersey Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, & served as a Commissioner, & Chairman, of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, as well as on the Boards of our top institutions, including NYU,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. Kushner was pardoned by Trump in 2020 after serving a prison sentence following a conviction on federal charges. This story is breaking and will be updated.Yes, in honor of the popular Netflix show’s anticipated second season, I’ve been sent a very scarce Squid Game variant of SCUF’s excellent—and officially licensed—Instinct Pro Xbox gamepad. It’s numbered 222 out of 456, a clever nod to the show’s contestant count, but unfortunately, you can’t buy this particular peripheral. You’ll have to win it. These special teal-colored Game Over controllers will be available to acquire via a Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 tournament on December 16 in Squid Game: The Experience , a sort of real-life (and hopefully less, uh, dangerous?) recreation of the popular dystopian TV series at the Manhattan Mall in New York City. You can also win a teal gamepad by tuning into Xbox’s Twitch stream on December 16. The grand prize at the NYC event is a Young Hee Gaming Cabinet, which is exactly what it sounds like: a six-foot-tall doll that resembles the iconic Red Light, Green Light animatronic from the show, packed with fun goodies like a Lenovo Legion 7i laptop, an Xbox Series X console & wireless controller, a ROG Ally X, a twelve-month Game Pass Ultimate code, one of the numbered Game Over controllers, as well as what’s being called a Pink Guard controller. Apparently, you can also potentially win this grand prize by retweeting Xbox’s sweepstakes post on X/Twitter. So the Pink Guard gamepad, this is the one you’re able to actually purchase at the moment, either via Best Buy Drops or on SCUF’s website for $239.99. A bit more expensive than the vanilla Instinct Pro, but it looks great, and maybe just as interesting as the teal Game Over version, albeit without the restricted numbering and bespoke paint job. I honestly don’t care much for extremely limited device drops like this, only because I feel that everyone should have a chance to buy what they want. The 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro Bundle comes to mind, but in the end, I do understand wanting to create buzz and demand around new shows and products. That said, just let us purchase things we like, man! If you haven’t used an Instinct Pro before, it basically has the same plastic shell as a Microsoft OEM controller, only with added quality-of-life and functionality improvements, like back paddles, a magnetic battery cover, adjustable triggers and differently molded thumbsticks. Similar to an Elite controller, really, although there’s no rechargeable battery included. This is the one glaring drawback on the Instinct Pro, I think. That, and I prefer the stock analog sticks on the official controller. Personally, I still think SCUF makes great stuff, and I’m going to enjoy putting this special Game Over variant to work in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle , a title I’m hoping to start playing this weekend. Plus, if you do attend the Squid Game event in NYC this month, and you end up winning something, let me know! I’ll be fascinated to learn how you jam a six-foot-tall creepy doll into your 1994 Ford Taurus. Bonus points if you take her through the McDonald’s drive-through for a quick Coke. Disclosure: Xbox provided review product for coverage purposes.

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PRICES for Quality Street tubs are being slashed in the lead up to the Christmas season - but shoppers need to act quickly. Lidl are bringing down the cost of the popular chocolates to a new low price - here's how you get your hands on the discounted goodies for a few more days. Advertisement 5 The Quality Streets are being taken down to £4 for a short time Credit: Iceland 5 Shoppers can access the deal through the Lidl app Credit: Facebook/Extreme Couponing And Bargains UK 5 Lidl is one of the most popular supermarkets in the UK Credit: PA The regular price of Quality Streets is £4.49, which is also the price for a tub of Heroes or Roses. But popular cost-saving supermarket Lidl is bringing down the cost to just £4 until December 11. Shoppers can access the deal on the Lidl app right now. The news has been met with a sea of positive reactions, as Christmas essentials are being bought to snack on after a filling dinner. Advertisement read more in supermarkets JUST DESSERTS I tested supermarket Christmas desserts - winner is a great swap for pudding FANCY A TIPPLE Supermarket slashes price of 1L Baileys to just £8.50 in ‘astonishing’ deal One Facebook commenter wrote: "Its a good offer two for £8." But, some shoppers weren't as impressed with the saving. Someone was quick to point out how the deal compares to others on the high street. They said: "They were Cheaper at ALDI & a lot bigger tins." Advertisement Most read in Money TOP SPOTS Unassuming Scots suburb named as one of the UK's poshest SELL ON HMRC warns Vinted sellers over new ‘30 item rule’ coming in weeks Exclusive 'WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?' Shoppers fuming after Rowntree's sweets left 'tasting like soap' WE’RE STUFFED Fears Christmas dinner could be RUINED by shortage - will you be affected? Another agreed: "Was 2 for £7 B&M." OTHER SUPERMARKET DEALS Elsewhere, Asda is selling a brand new refill pack of the Nestle-made chocolates for just £5, The Sun reports . These bags contain 750g of Quality Street chocolate, 150g more than the typical 600g tub available this year and have become available for the first time at all major supermarkets. However, the refill bag costs just £5 (66p per 100g) at Asda - £1 less than 600g tubs. Advertisement The bags include an assortment of individually wrapped milk and dark chocolates, toffees, the famous Green Triangle and The Purple One. You can purchase them in-store and online at all Asda supermarkets. The same refill bags cost £5.50 for those with a Nectar card at Sainsbury's, or £6 for those without – the same price as the 600g tubs. Large refill bags cost £6 for customers with a Clubcard at Tesco or £7 for those without. Their 600g tubs cost £6 for all customers. Advertisement Shoppers go wild as Primark launch new range of stocking fillers for £5 or less - there's candles, games and more At Morrisons, shoppers can bag the 750g refill bags for £7 - £1 less than the chain's 600g Quality Street tubs, which cost £6. As the festive season continues, major supermarkets have already been running deals on chocolates. The Sun covered Sainsbury's dropping the price of its Creme Selection share bag to just £3.50. This deal went from November 27 to December 2. Advertisement The offer was for a 600g box full of individually wrapped milk and dark chocolates, toffees, and fruit cremes. Shoppers are encouraged to check price comparison websites to find out where to get the best deal. A great way to do this is via the comparison site Trolley which will show the prices for every store. A quick search with the Google Shopping/Product tab can also bring up what some retailers are selling items for too. Advertisement t's also worth noting that fresh deals are sure to crop up as we get closer to Christmas . How to save money on Christmas shopping Consumer reporter Sam Walker reveals how you can save money on your Christmas shopping. Limit the amount of presents - buying presents for all your family and friends can cost a bomb. Instead, why not organise a Secret Santa between your inner circles so you're not having to buy multiple presents. Plan ahead - if you've got the stamina and budget, it's worth buying your Christmas presents for the following year in the January sales. Make sure you shop around for the best deals by using price comparison sites so you're not forking out more than you should though. Buy in Boxing Day sales - some retailers start their main Christmas sales early so you can actually snap up a bargain before December 25. Delivery may cost you a bit more, but it can be worth it if the savings are decent. Shop via outlet stores - you can save loads of money shopping via outlet stores like Amazon Warehouse or Office Offcuts. They work by selling returned or slightly damaged products at a discounted rate, but usually any wear and tear is minor. Prices have already been slashed to as low as £2 at Morrisons - although this deal has now ended. Plus B&M recently reduced the cost of a tub to £3.50 - but this has now gone back up to £5.50. It's worth going direct to discounter's websites like B&M and Home Bargains too as they often have cheap chocs on sale. Advertisement Read more on the Scottish Sun DARR-ARGH! Weather maps reveal exact date Storm Darragh to hit Scots with rain, wind & SNOW 'SICK BEYOND BELIEF' Cops probe footage 'showing Scots woman having sex with XL Bully dog' For other chocolate box deals, Ocado is selling a 385g box of celebrations for £4.95. 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is taking steps toward making life on the Moon a reality, with and construction giant teaming up to develop a lunar habitat that generates artificial gravity, local media reported on Dec. 22. The "Neo Lunar Glass" project aims to create a paraboloid structure capable of mimicking Earth-like conditions by using rotation to generate gravity. A ground-based prototype is expected to be completed by the 2030s, according to Kyodo News. "This project demands a significant technological leap, but we aim to achieve it and pave the way for space colonies," said Yosuke Yamashiki, a professor of advanced integrated studies in human survivability at Kyoto University. The Lunar Glass structure will be approximately 200 meters in diameter and 400 meters high, capable of housing up to 10,000 people, according to the agency. The project is expected to be launched in the current fiscal year. Private companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Blue Origin and Astrobotic are working alongside government agencies like NASA and the Eruopean Space Agency to develop new technologies for sustainable lunar operations. Analysts project that the lunar economy could grow into a multi-billion-dollar market within the next two decades.LOS ANGELES , Dec. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadiz, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDZI / CDZIP) ("Cadiz," the "Company"), a California water solutions company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the following cash dividend on the Company's 8.875% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock"). Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will receive a cash dividend equal to $560.00 per whole share. Holders of depositary shares, each representing a 1/1000 fractional interest in a share of Series A Preferred Stock (Nasdaq: CDZIP), will receive a cash dividend equal to $0.56 per depositary share. The dividend will be paid on January 15, 2025 , to applicable holders of record as of the close of business on January 3, 2025 . About Cadiz, Inc. Founded in 1983, Cadiz, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDZI) is a California water solutions company dedicated to providing access to clean, reliable and affordable water for people through a unique combination of water supply, storage, pipeline and treatment solutions. With 45,000 acres of land in California , 2.5 million acre-feet of water supply, 220 miles of pipeline assets and the most cost-effective water treatment filtration technology in the industry, Cadiz offers a full suite of solutions to address the impacts of climate change on clean water access. For more information, please visit https://www.cadizinc.com . Safe Harbor Statement This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. "Forward-looking statements" describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as "anticipates", "expect", "may", "plan", or "will". Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, projections, predictions, expectations, or beliefs about future events or results and are not statements of historical fact, including statements regarding the Company's expectations regarding payments of dividends in the future. You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These and other risks are identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), including without limitation our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings subsequently made by the Company with the Commission. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made and are based on management's assumptions and estimates as of such date. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of the receipt of new information, the occurrence of future events or otherwise. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cadiz-inc-declares-quarterly-dividend-for-q4-2024-on-series-a-cumulative-perpetual-preferred-stock-302339009.html SOURCE Cadiz, Inc.

Trump discussed border, trade with Canada's Trudeau after pledging steep tariffsIOWA CITY, Iowa — Jahmal Banks let out deep breath that would have been visible a few minutes earlier on the Kinnick Stadium field as the pom-pom atop his red stocking cap bobbed. What’s left? The Nebraska senior receiver hadn’t really considered it yet. His spirits — not to mention body temperature — were too down in the moments after another walk-off loss to Iowa. Regular season over, with this fifth defeat in six games stinging more as the numbness began to wear off. “Get better,” Banks said finally. “Craft. At the end of the day, it’s still football. For the people who are going to be with us, we’ll give everything we have. And just keep going.” The day after the Iowa game has been Blacker Saturday for Nebraska for most of the last decade. It usually marks the end of games and beginning of an offseason of reflection and roster change while other teams play in December and January. 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Early signing day moved up even earlier this cycle from mid-December to Wednesday and NU — at 19 known commits into the weekend and potential targets still in the balance — will try to close better than it did in Iowa City. The transfer portal opens Dec. 9 and coach Matt Rhule has said he expects upwards of 50 players to enter as the program begins to trim its roster from 150-plus on the way to next year’s mandated maximum size of 105. Of course, Nebraska will be an active shopper in the free-agent market, too. Unlike the past seven seasons, though, bowl season will also include a Nebraska bowl game. A year ago the matchups for possible bowls the Huskers are contenders for now — including the Music City, Guaranteed Rate, Pinstripe, GameAbove Sports and Duke’s Mayo — were announced the Sunday after conference championship weekend. That gives NU a full week to chew on yet another one-score loss before it has an opponent for which to prepare. While a crowd of Iowa players reveled in boisterous extended postgame interviews, only a few Huskers spoke. Those brief sessions — for just a few minutes each as the team hurried to pack up and return to Lincoln — were more about the future than the painful immediate past. Quarterback Dylan Raiola — like his new offensive coordinator, Dana Holgorsen — said he knew he would take at least a day or two off. “I’m not really sure what’s going to happen next, what bowl we’re going to or what’s going on,” the freshman said. “We’ll figure that out soon.” Senior defensive lineman Ty Robinson wore a straight face as he considered that his sixth and final college season would last longer than any of the others. Even with a likely NFL future coming, don’t count him as part of the modern trend of postseason opt-outs “Come back on Monday,” Robinson said. “It’s new for me so I don’t really know what to expect. I’m excited to be a part of it, though. I love this program. I love that I get to be able to practice and play football for the next few weeks and get to go to a bowl game.” Rhule — as angry as he was upset late Friday — said the Iowa result should “probably bother people” for a while. It should fester with younger players who will be back in red inside Kinnick Stadium in 2026. At some point, he said, Nebraska needs to finish. Chasing three points was the program’s season-long motto and ultimately the Hawkeyes were the ones who caught the triple. “It’s just where we’re at, you know what I mean?” Rhule said. “As dumb as that sounds, we have to get better. Have to get better.” Nebraska has objectively improved in areas from the beginning of the year. The defense was dominant save for one disastrous sequence on the 72-yard touchdown that began with a swing pass to Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson and included five missed tackles. The offense under Holgorsen moved and controlled the ball. But the shortcomings were on display, too. The Huskers forced no takeaways for a second time in November. Too many potential big plays on offense went unmade or unseen. Special teams featured another catastrophic moment on the muffed punt and a series of lesser miscues that consistently tilted field position toward the Hawkeyes. Friday wasn’t the season finale this time. Even it felt like it in the cold. “Losing this game doesn’t do justice to see all the success and the strides we’ve made as a team,” Raiola said. “But that’s what it is right now.” Get local news delivered to your inbox!

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Video: Claressa Shields Says She Can Beat Jake Paul, Talks Mike Tyson FightNoneUndefeated women's boxing star Claressa Shields expressed her belief this week that she could beat Jake Paul in a boxing match. Speaking to TMZ Sports , Shields made it clear that she feels Paul wouldn't be able to beat her or any highly ranked men's boxer for that matter, saying: "I don't think Jake Paul has the skills to get inside the ring with me. Or any of the guys at 154 pounds and up who is ranked in the rankings." Shields, 29, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and she owns a perfect career record of 15-0 as a professional boxer. She is the current holder of multiple titles in the heavyweight, light heavyweight and light middleweight divisions as well. The 27-year-old Paul has only been a pro boxer since 2020, but he has already compiled an 11-1 record, and he has quickly developed into one of the biggest stars and draws in the sport. That was apparent earlier this month when he faced 58-year-old former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in a fight that drew a huge crowd at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and did big streaming numbers for Netflix as well. Paul won the fight by unanimous decision, as Tyson seemingly struggled with the his balance after the first two rounds in his first official professional fight since 2005. Shields suggested that any criticism Paul receives is primarily due to his choice of opponents. Along with facing a nearly 60-year-old Tyson, Paul has gone up against multiple former UFC fighters such as Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, Nate Diaz and Anderson Silva. Coming out of the Paul vs. Tyson fight, there were plenty of conspiracy theories on social media about it being rigged, but Shields pushed back against that notion, stating that it was simply a case of a boxer well past his prime struggling against someone much younger. Shields added, "I'm happy Mike Tyson got what he wanted out of it. I'm happy he got out of the ring safe," noting that she has a "little bit" of respect for Paul due to the fact that he didn't go for a late knockout. As for Paul's place in the boxing landscape, Shields credited him with creating more interest in the sport, saying: "He's bringing more eyes to the sport and that's what you need. Hopefully everybody who is involved on that side can keep building from that and also create a real blueprint to where it can be used for generations to come." While it is unclear if there will be any true consideration given to a Paul vs. Shields fight, there has already been a ton of noise regarding Paul's next potential opponent. Multi-weight-class world champion Canelo Álvarez recently said he was not interested in facing Paul after Paul called him out, but IBF world heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois has laid down a challenge to Paul.

Percentages: FG .379, FT .895. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.ISLAMABAD: The unavailability of 140 MHZ in the 2600 band - the most suitable for launch of 5G in the country emerged as the main concern of the National Economic Research Associates Inc (NERA) - United States -based international consultancy firm hired by the government for the spectrum auction, it is learnt. Sources revealed that NERA also highlighted the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited’s acquisition of Telenor Pakistan, before the release of auction rules to remove the confusion, and enhance competition in the market. Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb chaired a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Release of IMT Spectrum for Improvement of Next Generation Mobile Broadband Services in Pakistan. PTA hires NERA for 5G spectrum auction Sources revealed that consultant informed that there was good appetite in the market, as additional spectrum was needed for improving the quality of services. However, it was revealed that the government has 54 MHz in hand in the 2600 band where 140 MHz is in litigation. The consultant informed that 2600 band is considered to be prime worldwide and crucial for successful launch of 5G as well as reducing congestion in 4G. NERA urged the government to get it clear at the earliest. Sources revealed that government if pursing the case in the court through Attorney General’s Office hopes to get it released early. The government planned to present 562 MHz for spectrum auction, however, 140 MHz is still in litigation. An official said that the government has spectrum in all ITU bands earmarked for 5G, i.e., 700, 2100, 2300, 2600, and 3300 MHZ and above bands which are suitable for 5G. The same can be presented for auction envisaging technology neutral, i.e., for enactment of 4G in 2100, 2300, and 2600, and utilisation of same for 5G as well in the country. Official statement noted that the meeting discussed various issues and reviewed the progress of work done by the US-based consultant firm NERA hired by the PTA as per PPRA Rules/EPADS in November 2024 to study and assess the Pakistan market, undertake consultation with stakeholders and prepare policy recommendations regarding sector reforms and a roadmap for a successful spectrum auction by April next year. The meeting was attended by Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain, Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication of Pakistan Shaza Fatima Khawaja (virtual), chairman PTA, secretary Ministry of Information Technology, Secretary Ministry of Law and senior officers from concerned ministries and departments. Copyright Business Recorder, 2024

Former President Obama promoted ‘pluralism’ during a speech at the Obama Foundation's Democracy Forum. Conservatives on social media blasted former President Obama after his first speech since the presidential election in which he lamented polarization in politics. During a speech Thursday at the Obama Foundation's Democracy Forum, Obama made the case that if "one side" attempts to cement "a permanent grip on power" through "suppressing votes," "politicizing" the military or weaponizing the judiciary and criminal justice system to target opponents, "a line has been crossed." "Pluralism is not about holding hands and singing ‘Kumbaya,’" Obama said. "It is not about abandoning your convictions and folding when things get tough. It is about recognizing that, in a democracy, power comes from forging alliances and building coalitions and making room in those coalitions not only for the woke, but the waking. "Purity tests are not a recipe for long-term success." ‘DEPORTER-IN-CHIEF’ OBAMA SURPASSED DEPORTATIONS UNDER TRUMP’S FIRST TERM Former President Obama and President-elect Trump (AP Images) Obama’s speech quickly drew strong criticism from conservatives. "It’s over for Obama," journalist Miranda Devine posted on X . "The spell is broken. Donald Trump vanquished him, Biden, Harris, the Bushes, the Cheneys. All of them, with a spring in his step." "Ever since his last minute desperate smear of Trump with the ‘very fine people on both sides’ lie, Barack Obama has been slowing realizing his status as false prophet of the Democrat party is no more," conservative radio host Buck Sexton posted on X. EAGLES' JALEN HURTS WOULDN'T GOLF WITH OBAMA AND MADE A DISPUTED EXCUSE WHY: 'HE DIDN'T WANT THESE PROBLEMS' Former President Obama during the Obama Foundation's 2024 Democracy Forum Dec. 5, 2024, in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) "Obama turned our politics into ‘if you disagree with me, you are a bad person,’" Republican communicator Matt Whitlock posted on X . "Few people did more to pave the way for Trump. So he can take a seat." "By voting in a democratic election, millions of people proved they hate democracy," author Jon Gabriel posted on X . "Yes, this Obama fellow is quite the intellect." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP President-elect Trump waves at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden Nov. 16, 2024, in New York, with Kid Rock, Dana White and Elon Musk. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) "Setting aside the unbelievable hypocrisy here, this is also the guy who’s launching a project to lessen our political divisions. Being the problem — way up on his high horse, looking down disappointedly at the unwashed masses — while publicly lamenting the problem is peak Obama," Fox News contributor Guy Benson posted on X. Obama, in his remarks, insisted he is "convinced that if we want democracy as we understand it to survive," people must work for a renewed dedication to pluralist principles. "Because the alternative is what we've seen here in the United States and in many democracies around the globe. Not just more gridlock. Not just public cynicism. But an increasing willingness" among "politicians and their followers to violate democratic norms. To do anything they can to get their way. To use the power of the state to target critics and journalists and political rivals and to even resort to violence" to obtain and retain power. Fox News Digital's Alex Nitberg contributed to this report Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.FREDDY GRAY: Why Trump is looking to Britain as he plans to crack down on illegal migrants - as an example of how NOT to do it Follow DailyMail.com's politics live blog for all the latest news and updates By FREDDY GRAY Published: 23:31, 22 November 2024 | Updated: 23:50, 22 November 2024 e-mail 2 View comments Speak to anyone in Donald Trump ’s orbit and the message is clear: fixing the border is paramount. The incoming administration will stop at nothing to resolve the vast migrant crisis that has afflicted America under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris . And senior Team Trump members are looking at Britain, in particular, as a salutary lesson in how uncontrolled immigration can hobble a country. Elon Musk , aka Trump’s First Buddy, is especially interested in what he regards as the disastrous British experiment with multi-culturalism. As his outbursts on social media suggest, he was profoundly affected by the anti-immigration riots in Southport, as well as by Labour ’s attempts to clamp down on free speech in the aftermath. A Common’s select committee’s decision to ‘summon’ Musk for a parliamentary grilling on the subject this week has only added to the sense in Trumpworld that something is going badly wrong in what Musk calls ‘the Mother Country’. Musk promptly retaliated by saying UK MPs will be called to the US to ‘explain their censorship and threats to American citizens’. Republicans in Washington, meanwhile, have attacked Britain’s Online Safety Act as part of a ‘tsunami of censorship headed towards America’ and vowed that the incoming administration is ‘committed to confronting this growing threat’. JD Vance , the vice president-elect, has many British friends and does not appreciate Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner calling him ‘fruity’ for having suggested that the United Kingdom is ‘the first truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon . . . especially since Labour just took over’. Fixing the problem that is the US border was a key campaign point for Donald Trump (pictured) Migrants take part in a caravan towards the border with the United States in Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico, on December 24, 2023 Immigrants keep warm by a fire at dawn after spending a night alongside the U.S.-Mexico border fence on December 22, 2022 in El Paso, Texas Even more importantly, Donald Trump himself shares Musk’s and Vance’s concern that the UK is not OK. ‘Musk’s affection for the UK is extraordinary,’ adds Nigel Farage, the Reform leader. ‘We’re very lucky to have these people coming in. In fact, throughout Trumpworld, from the big man down, the affection for our country runs deep. They are currently looking on with a sense of despair about what’s happening here.’ As the proud son of an even prouder Scotswoman, Trump is widely said to be troubled by the left-wing zealotry of Keir Starmer’s administration. He’s also determined to show the West that the world’s most powerful democracy can and will stop uncontrolled mass migration. Read More Trump threatens to unleash Elon Musk on rebel Republicans who refuse his Cabinet picks ‘We see that cultural cohesion in the UK has collapsed,’ says an immigration adviser at Trump’s Palm Beach estate in Mar-a-Lago. ‘We see that Western notions of free speech and public behaviour have collapsed. We look at that and we think: “Hmm . . . we don’t really want that for America.” ’ There’s even talk in Trump circles of taking over the British Conservative party’s Rwanda scheme, which Labour has abandoned, as a destination for migrants deported from America. But the incoming US administration is under no illusions that any ‘third-party option’ will make the immigration issue magically disappear. Under Joe Biden’s watch, the US has allowed up to ten million ‘aliens’ to enter the country, illegally. Trump knows he has been re-elected in large part because he explicitly promised to fix the broken border and remove masses of illegal migrants. Unlike the Labour Party, or indeed the Tories before them, he fully intends to deliver. Trump’s team is now assembling what it believes is a crack team of fierce border hawks to, as The Donald puts it, Make America Safe Again. Americans who were effectively dismissed as ‘far right’ only a few years ago are now being brought in to direct the effort at all levels of federal government. Elon Musk , aka Trump’s First Buddy, is especially interested in what he regards as the disastrous British experiment with multi-culturalism Trump knows he has been re-elected in large part because he explicitly promised to fix the broken border and remove masses of illegal migrants, writes Freddy Gray Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government have brought an end to Tories short-lived Rwanda policy Trump has named South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, to be his telegenic yet tough Secretary of Homeland Security. Noem’s political career appeared to be on its uppers earlier this year after she published a memoir in which she bizarrely confessed to having shot and killed a 14-month-old dog called Cricket in a gravel pit because the pet was ‘dangerous’ and ‘untrainable’. ‘I guess if I were a better politician I wouldn’t tell the story here,’ she wrote. Such overt political incorrectness is exactly what Donald Trump, who also happens to dislike dogs, is looking for when it comes to immigration control. And Noem will be ably supported from within the White House by Stephen Miller, another figure of hate in polite society for his hardline views, who is to be Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy. ‘You cannot conceive of a nation without a strong, secure border,’ Miller says. ‘It is fundamental and essential to the idea of sovereignty and national survival.’ Read More Major update in Donald Trump's hush money trial sentencing To do the even uglier work on the frontlines of the US immigration war, Trump has appointed the impressively thuggish figure of Tom Homan. He’s a former New York police officer who served in Trump’s first administration as acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ‘He’s a cop’s cop,’ says Todd Bensman, author of Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in US History. ‘He especially understands what’s happened in the past three years under Biden.’ Homan appeared this week on the podcast hosted by Donald Trump Jnr, the President-elect’s eldest child, and promised to implement a strategy of ‘shock and awe’. He said: ‘I’m getting a lot of negative press, but they simply don’t understand that I don’t care what they think of me. I’m going to do the job. Please keep screaming, keep yelling, coz I’m coming. And me and the president of the United States, we’re going to make this country safer.’ Homan boasts that the ‘best part of this job is that I’m guaranteed success because I’m following such utter failure’. On ‘day one’, he insists, the new administration will end ‘catch and release’ – the Biden policy of arresting illegal immigrants, then letting them go free. Trump has named South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (pictured), to be his telegenic yet tough Secretary of Homeland Security To do the even uglier work on the frontlines of the US immigration war, Trump has appointed the impressively thuggish figure of Tom Homan (pictured) Homan is a former New York police officer who served in Trump’s first administration as acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homan’s plan is to go after ‘the worst, first’. By this he means tracking down known criminals – including, according to official records, some 13,000 immigrants who have been convicted of homicide but somehow aren’t in jail – as well as the many foreign-born individuals ICE considers threats to national security. The next objective is to catch and expel ‘fugitives’ – the 1.2 million or so people who have ignored orders from the US government to leave. Joe Biden did, in fact, issue a number of executive orders to deter and remove illegal migrants but the Democrats in charge of homeland security conspicuously failed to implement his proposals. ‘Biden put in place some tools for solving the problem,’ says one source. ‘We’re going to actually use them.’ Read More Dana White makes shock political U-turn after backing Donald Trump in the election As a demonstration of his resolve, Trump is willing to go further than his predecessor and deploy the US Army or National Guard to carry out his orders. On his Truth Social platform this week, the president-elect confirmed that his administration will ‘use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion’. The Trump deportation programme also intends to tackle the further 10 million or so undocumented migrants within the United States. As Homan puts it, ‘If you are here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.’ If the rhetoric sounds brutal, that’s the point. Trump is playing mad-man politics: intimidating his opponents into believing he is crazy enough to do just about anything in order to push his agenda. ‘It’s everything the president does,’ says an insider. ‘What we’re seeing is the aggressive first phase of a Trump negotiation.’ The Trump administration knows that, in a country as large as America, tracking down and forcibly removing quite so many people will be near-impossible. On his Truth Social platform this week, the president-elect confirmed that his administration will ‘use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion’ The Trump deportation programme also intends to tackle the further 10 million or so undocumented migrants within the United States There was a global outcry over ICE agents separating migrant families and putting children in cages during Trump's last term– a policy that began, in fact, under President Obama The agenda is more to make the political, economic and social conditions so uncomfortable for non-US citizens, or those without visas, that many will ‘self-deport’. Trump’s Department of Commerce, led by the billionaire Howard Lutnik, will introduce tougher laws to stop businesses from using undocumented labour. US border officials, meanwhile, will deploy the ‘carrot not stick’ approach, making it clear to migrants that, if they depart the country they entered illegally, their chances of being granted asylum or citizenship in the future will not be harmed. Read More MAGA ally Kelly Loeffler emerges as the frontrunner for top role in Trump's Cabinet ‘It’s a silver buckshot, not a silver bullet approach,’ says a source. ‘We’re going to be doing a million things to try to establish facts on the ground.’ More realistic experts admit that the idea of some voluntary mass exodus is mostly wishful thinking. It’s also acknowledged that, in a country as large as America, any forced deportation drive will run up against insurmountable obstacles, even if Trump’s administration spends a trillion dollars trying. The big idea, rather, is that the very harshness of the action against illegal entrants will create a significant psychological barrier to those following their path. Insiders point to the first Trump term, when a dramatic drop-off in migrant numbers coincided with the global outcry over ICE agents separating migrant families and putting children in cages – a policy that began, in fact, under President Obama. For this reason, Team Trump 2.0 actually wants its opponents to howl about the inhumanity of its agenda: the more the media denounces the President as a racist xenophobe, the better. Mexico’s new leader Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who was elected on her pledge to smash the cartels, is seen as a crucial ally by the Trump administration The 2024 election showed that, even in the most migrant-heavy parts of the American south, Trump's anti-immigration platform has majority appeal The incoming administration will revive the ‘remain in Mexico’ policies of Trump’s first term, which pressured the Mexican government to quell the waves of migrants The people-smuggling gangs operating in Latin America will get the message that America is no longer a soft touch. And Trump is confident he has already won the political argument, having been re-elected on a promise to fix the border no matter what. It also helps that so many Latino voters now support Trump. The 2024 election showed that, even in the most migrant-heavy parts of the American south, his anti-immigration platform has majority appeal. The worry for Republicans looking to the 2028 election, in fact, is that the Democratic Party may finally have understood that the Biden-Harris administration has lost the debate. Noem, Miller and Homan believe their side now has the moral high ground. They point to evidence that the US government has, in recent years, ‘lost’ some 300,000 migrant children, many of whom have been drawn into drug dealing and the sex trade. Team Trump will also wage a popular war on the Mexican drug cartels, which run the people-trafficking business and whose fentanyl-smuggling operations result in tens of thousands of American dying each year. The incoming administration will revive the ‘remain in Mexico’ policies of Trump’s first term, which pressured the Mexican government to quell the waves of migrants. Mexico’s new leader Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who was elected on her pledge to smash the cartels, is seen as a crucial ally on this front. She has been quick to establish cordial relations with Donald Trump since his victory. Last, though not least, comes the actual wall. Thanks to his real estate background, Trump is sensitive to the criticism that his first administration only ever erected a small section of the great barrier he promised to build across the southern border. For Trump 2.0, its completion will be their leader’s crowning achievement. ‘We gotta build the wall,’ says Homan. ‘The wall works.’ Nobody seems to care, this time, if Trump doesn’t make Mexico pay for it. Labour Donald Trump Share or comment on this article: FREDDY GRAY: Why Trump is looking to Britain as he plans to crack down on illegal migrants - as an example of how NOT to do it e-mail Add comment More top stories