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Penn State notes: Linemen Anthony Donkoh, Alonzo Ford Jr. suffer long-term injuriesA DANGEROUS loophole is allowing migrants to work illegally for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats using the details of legitimate staff, a Sun on Sunday investigation can reveal. Our undercover reporter posed as a recent Afghan migrant on Facebook forums dedicated to hiring food delivery drivers, to highlight how riders are subcontracting their accounts to people who do not have the right to work legally in the UK. Within minutes he was offered the log-ins for company apps so he could receive orders in return for a fee — without any checks on who the driver really was. We discovered some subcontract workers are migrants who are able to skip background checks and earn money illegally without the company they are riding for even being aware. This subcontracting practice, known as substituting, is accepted by the delivery firms and allowed under their terms and conditions. But no checks are made on who they are substituting to, and the loophole could be exploited by dangerous criminals to land jobs. In 2022 Hampshire delivery rider Jennifer Rocha bit off a customer’s thumb in a row over a pizza but continued working for Deliveroo, even after the account she was using at the time was suspended. The same year, convicted drug dealer Jordan Da Silva managed to work for Deliveroo. His past was only exposed when he posted a video of him unwrapping a female customer’s anti-fungal cream in front of her, and he was recognised on social media. In April, food delivery firms agreed to strengthen security checks to prevent illegal working. Deliveroo said it has launched a substitute registration feature including right-to-work checks, Uber Eats said it would be launching identity verification checks while Just Eat said it was trying to “develop a solution which will ensure couriers substituting their work do so in accordance with the law”. But after our reporter posted in the Facebook group asking to hire an account to do deliveries, he was offered Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat account details and log-ins for £70 to £100 a week, with no questions. The registered drivers assured our reporter he would easily make that fee back and could expect an average of 42 hours a week earning £600 — around £14 an hour — by downloading an app, using their details to log into the system and get work. One, Brian, agreed to hire out a Just Eat account for £140. He told our reporter it consisted of a £70 deposit and £70 for the first week’s use of the system, and said to take the cash to a run-down housing estate in Beckenham Hill, South London. When our reporter said he didn’t have a UK bank account, he said: “We will get paid every Wednesday and I can give you it in cash. You can easily make £100 daily, working seven to eight hours. If you make £600 I’ll take £70 rent and I’ll give you £530. Nobody is going to check or ask you for anything. This is anonymous work. Another user, Ricky, gave us an account to transfer £180 made up of an £80 deposit and £100 for the first week’s rental of his user details. We made no payment for any account. One Brazilian driver told us: “A person who has the right to work here opens as many accounts as possible, sometimes over 100. “From there, they offer these accounts to people who don’t have the right to work, then they work in another field that pays better, like construction. Illegal workers will happily accept a £3 order to an address three or four miles away.” Migrants are even boasting about using the substituting loophole to get work. One, from Chad in North Africa, detailed his journey to Europe in 2022 on TikTok. In one post he shared a Union Flag and a rowing boat, indicating he had reached the UK on an illegal small boat. And he showed the budget hotel near Heathrow Airport where he was living, and himself riding a bike carrying a Deliveroo bag, as well as buying designer gear. In another hotel in South East London, where small-boat migrants are living, a resident, 32, from Pakistan said: “There are people here working as delivery drivers, but I’m not one of them. I don’t know how they get jobs as we don’t have work permits.” And a Jordanian man, 53, said: “I want a job but I don’t have a work permit. If someone can find me a job as a delivery driver, I will take it.” We showed our findings to industry expert Alfie Pearce-Higgins, a Deliveroo rider since 2021, who campaigns for better pay transparency for workers. He said: “I’m not surprised by the scale of this — the practice is widespread. Anyone who wants an account can rent one easily without any checks. This undercuts the pay of legal, tax-paying drivers and can expose vulnerable people to exploitation. “There is a very simple solution — remove the right of substitution, as Deliveroo recently did in Hong Kong. In my experience most drivers, customers and restaurants and supermarkets would support this.” In 2023, a Home Office spot check found 42 per cent of riders were working illegally. Deliveroo and Uber Eats have more than 120,000 official UK riders between them and Just Eat has tens of thousands — suggesting if it reached that scale, at least 50,000 food delivery workers could be working illegally. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “The leading delivery firms have made repeated commitments to stamp out the abuse of driver substitution, but it is clear from these revelations they have not gone far enough. “They need to get a grip on this fast as we cannot stand for this kind of abuse.” And Tory Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “Our laws — including employment laws — should be respected. “The Government must urgently step up immigration enforcement and checks to stop illegal employment, including in the gig economy.” Our research shows counter-measures are having little effect. We even found gangs offering “all-inclusive” illegal work packages that can be booked before a person has even reached Britain. An Instagram post in Portuguese offers London accommodation, a motorcycle with insurance and fuel, an active Uber Eats account, plus food, for £500 a week, claiming it offers an £840 weekly profit. A West London delivery driver added: “Three or four I know of are visa overstayers renting accounts and making good money. I think the food delivery accounts are accelerating the boat arrivals and providing a stepping stone to integrate into communities faster.” WHEN a driver creates an account with a delivery firm, it checks their right to work, photo ID, Disclosure and Barring Service status for convictions, and insurance, if they are using a motorised vehicle. Drivers pay nothing to the firms when they create an account with them and there are no minimum working hours, which is why there is no real justification for substitutes. But all major firms allow substitutions, including Deliveroo, Uber Eats, Just Eat and Stuart. An Uber Eats spokesman said: “All couriers who use the Uber Eats app must undergo checks to ensure they have a legal right to work in the UK. "Uber Eats has worked with the Home Office to launch additional identity verification and Right to Work checks to help ensure only those who legitimately use someone else’s account to deliver on the platform are able to. “We are constantly reviewing these processes to ensure they are as robust as possible and if we receive reports that this is not the case we will investigate and take appropriate action.” A Deliveroo spokesman said: “We take a zero-tolerance approach towards any rider who fails to meet their legal obligations. “All riders have to have the Right to Work. If found to be in breach of their obligations, we will stop working with them with immediate effect. "We have taken action to secure our platform and were the first to roll out direct Right to Work checks, a registration process and identity verification for substitutes. “We are rolling out daily identity checks using facial recognition technology for all riders, including substitutes. "We take our responsibilities extremely seriously and are committed to strengthening our controls and preventing misuse of our platform, with additional checks planned for next year.” FOOD delivery workers claim they can make as much as £1,400 a week. Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat do not publicly advertise pay rates. But riders say they can earn large sums by picking the best-paying orders, working in areas with lots of restaurants, take-aways and grocery shops, and working at peak times. If they take multiple orders from the same place or from outlets in the same area, they can do multiple deliveries per hour. The delivery firm apps use an algorithm to determine earnings, depending on the number of orders collected, distance travelled and time taken to complete orders. The algorithm also sets pay rates, based on how many drivers are online. Jobs website Indeed states the average daily income of a Just Eat worker is £202, while Deliveroo riders average £14.99 per hour and Uber Eats drivers are estimated to earn up to £120 a day. One Just Eat worker boasted on Indeed the work was “so simple... I usually get around £15-£20 an hour”. An Uber Eats rider said they “easily earn over £500 per week working 40 hours”, while a Deliveroo rider claimed to have earned £1,400 in a week on a pedal bike, working 7am to 10.30pm. Drivers can also earn money by substituting.

Road problems continue for Kraken, falling 2-1 in Los AngelesTORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2024-- Greenland Resources Inc. (Cboe CA: MOLY | FSE: M0LY) (“Greenland Resources” or the “Company”) welcomes the Government of Canada’s decision announced today to appoint an Arctic ambassador and open a consulate in Nuuk, Greenland. This follows the new Canadian Arctic Foreign Policy Framework to protect, together with its allies, the economic and military challenges including mineral resources security supply in the Arctic. The Company believes this is relevant for the Project as it is in negotiations to secure Capex funding from Canadian and recently announced European financial institutions and agencies in its press releases dated October 1 and October 15, 2024 . This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241206778181/en/ Greenland Resources Inc. Greenland Resources is a Canadian public company with the Ontario Securities Commission as its principal regulator and is focused on the development of its 100% owned Climax type primary molybdenum deposit located in central east Greenland. The Project has copper and also magnesium, a market dominated 98% by China. The Malmbjerg molybdenum project is an open pit operation with an environmentally friendly mine design focused on reduced water usage, low aquatic disturbance and low footprint due to modularized infrastructure. The Malmbjerg project benefits from an NI 43-101 Definitive Feasibility Study completed by Tetra Tech in 2022, with an US$820 million capex and a levered after-tax IRR of 33.8% and payback of 2.4 years, using US$18 per pound molybdenum price. The Proven and Probable Reserves are 245 million tonnes at 0.176% MoS 2, for 571 million pounds of contained molybdenum metal. As the high-grade molybdenum is mined for the first half of the mine life, the average annual production for years one to ten is 32.8 million pounds per year of contained molybdenum metal at an average grade of 0.23% MoS 2, approximately 25% of EU total yearly consumption. The project had a previous exploitation license granted in 2009. With offices in Toronto, the Company is led by a management team with an extensive track record in the mining industry and capital markets. For further details, please refer to our web site ( www.greenlandresources.ca ) and our Canadian regulatory filings on Greenland Resources’ profile at www.sedarplus.com . The Project is supported by the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA). ERMA is managed by EIT RawMaterials , an organization within the EIT, a body of the European Union. About Molybdenum and the European Union Molybdenum is a critical metal used mainly in steel and chemicals that is needed in all technologies in the upcoming green energy transition. When added to steel and cast iron, it enhances strength, hardenability, weldability, toughness, temperature strength, and corrosion resistance. Based on data from the International Molybdenum Association and the European Commission Steel Report, the world produced around 576 million pounds of molybdenum in 2021 where the European Union (“EU”) as the second largest steel producer in the world used approximately 24% of global molybdenum supply and has no domestic molybdenum production. To a greater degree, the EU steel dependent industries like the automotive, construction, and engineering, represent around 18% of the EU’s ≈ US$16 trillion GDP. Greenland Resources strategically located Malmbjerg molybdenum project has the potential to supply in and for the EU approximately 25% of the EU consumption, of environmentally friendly high-quality molybdenum from a responsible EU Associate country, for decades to come. The high quality of the Malmbjerg ore, having low impurity content in phosphorus, tin, antimony, and arsenic, makes it an ideal source of molybdenum for the high-performance steel industry lead worldwide by Europe, specifically the Scandinavian countries and Germany. Forward Looking Statements This news release contains "forward-looking information" (also referred to as "forward looking statements"), which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management’s current expectations and assumptions. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "hopes", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Such forward-looking statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements or information. Forward-looking statements or information in this news release relate to, among other things: the Company’s objectives, goals or future plans; planned capex financing and outcomes of due diligence reviews; construction and engineering initiatives for the Malmbjerg molybdenum project; statements, exploration results, potential mineralization, the estimation of mineral resources and reserves, and their valuation, exploration and mine development plans, timing of the commencement of operations and estimates of market conditions. These forward-looking statements and information reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon a number of assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company, are inherently subject to significant operational, business, economic and regulatory uncertainties and contingencies. These assumptions include: future planned development and other activities on the Project; favourable outcomes of due diligence reviews; planned energy requirements of the Project; obtaining the permitting on the Project in a timely manner; no adverse changes to the planned operations of the Project; continued favourable relationships with local communities; current EU and other initiatives remaining in place into the future; expected demand for molybdenum in the EU and abroad, including by companies that expressed an interest in purchasing molybdenum; our mineral reserve estimates and the assumptions upon which they are based, including geotechnical and metallurgical characteristics of rock confirming to sampled results and metallurgical performance; tonnage of ore to be mined and processed; ore grades and recoveries; assumptions and discount rates being appropriately applied to the technical studies; estimated valuation and probability of success of the Company’s projects, including the Malmbjerg molybdenum project; prices for molybdenum remaining as estimated; currency exchange rates remaining as estimated; availability of funds for the Company’s projects; capital decommissioning and reclamation estimates; mineral reserve and resource estimates and the assumptions upon which they are based; prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services (including transportation); no labour-related disruptions; no unplanned delays or interruptions in scheduled construction and production; all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals are received in a timely manner or at all; and the ability to comply with environmental, health and safety laws. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive. The Company cautions the reader that forward-looking statements and information include known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information contained in this news release and the Company has made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without limitation: the favourable results of the SIA (Social Impact Assessment) and EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment); favourable local community support for the Project’s development; the projected demand for molybdenum both in the EU and elsewhere, including by companies that expressed an interest in purchasing molybdenum; the current initiatives and programs for resource development in the EU and abroad; the projected and actual status of supply chains, labour market, currency and commodity prices interest rates and inflation; the projected and actual status of the global and Canadian capital markets, fluctuations in molybdenum and commodity prices; fluctuations in prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services (including transportation); fluctuations in currency markets (such as the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar versus the Euro); operational risks and hazards inherent with the business of mining (including environmental accidents and hazards, industrial accidents, equipment breakdown, unusual or unexpected geological or structure formations, cave-ins, flooding and severe weather); inadequate insurance, or the inability to obtain insurance, to cover these risks and hazards; our ability to obtain all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals in a timely manner; changes in laws, regulations and government practices in Greenland, including environmental, export and import laws and regulations; legal restrictions relating to mining; risks relating to expropriation; increased competition in the mining industry for equipment and qualified personnel; the availability of additional capital; title matters and the additional risks identified in our filings with Canadian securities regulators on SEDAR+ in Canada (available at www.sedarplus.ca ). Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, described, or intended. Investors are cautioned against undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required by applicable securities regulations, the Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update the forward-looking information. Neither the Cboe Canada Exchange nor its regulation services provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy of this release. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241206778181/en/ CONTACT: Ruben Shiffman, PhD Chairman, President Keith Minty, P.Eng, MBA Engineering and Project Management Jim Steel, P.Geo, MBA Exploration and Mining Geology Nauja Bianco, M.Pol.Sci. Public and Community Relations Gary Anstey Investor Relations Eric Grossman, CPA, CGA Chief Financial Officer Corporate office Suite 1810, 25 York Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2V5 1-844-252-0532 info@greenlandresourcesinc.com www.greenlandresources.ca KEYWORD: IRELAND UNITED KINGDOM GREENLAND CANADA NORTH AMERICA EUROPE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: PUBLIC POLICY/GOVERNMENT DEFENSE MINING/MINERALS OTHER POLICY ISSUES MILITARY NATURAL RESOURCES SOURCE: Greenland Resources Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/06/2024 02:07 PM/DISC: 12/06/2024 02:05 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241206778181/enScott Barnes has reflected on his successful karting season after claiming two championships, including seven wins and more than 20 podium finishes. The Bermudian clinched the Skusa Superkarts USA Pro Tour title and retained his Skusa USA Winter Series championship in the Shifter Masters class. He also earned a runner-up finish in the Rok Masters category at the Stars Championship series. Adding to his accolades, Barnes was recognised as one of three “All-Star” drivers in the Masters division by eKartingNews – the leading karting racing website. He shared the honour with Maranello USA team-mate Joe Ruch and Niki Coello of Franklin Motorsport. “That’s a wrap on the 2024 race season,” Barnes wrote on social media. “I can’t say thank you enough to Maranello Karts and Carblos Racing Engines for everything they did for me, bringing me on the team has been amazing! “The Maranello Karts have been amazing all year and the Carblos Power engines have been crazy fast! “[A] big thank you to Cory at Simpsons MotorSports and Butterfield and Vallis, the Powerade brand, for the sponsorship. “Looking forward to 2025 season and competing for more wins and championships. Coming into 2025 hungry to win!” : ,

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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C (AP) — Leo Colimerio scored 27 points and Queens University held off Gardner-Webb 85-83 on Saturday. Colimerio shot 8 for 12 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 8 of 9 from the free-throw line for the Royals (6-5). He made two foul shots with 9 seconds left to give the Royals a four-point lead. Malcolm Wilson scored 11 points, finishing 5 of 6 from the floor. Nasir Mann shot 3 for 6, including 2 for 4 from beyond the arc to finish with nine points. Darryl Simmons II finished with 23 points and two steals for the Runnin' Bulldogs (4-7). Jamaine Mann added 18 points and seven rebounds. Pharell Boyogueno had nine points and four assists. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

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Johnson's 29, Rivera's game-winner lead Fordham past Bryant, 86-84If Hollywood is looking for a picturesque village store that fits a folksy, friendly image of Australia, Gundary Bakers is the place to go. Subscribe now for unlimited access . Login or signup to continue reading With its classic awning and homely red, slate grey and white facade of wood and cast iron, it has been the place where generations have found friendliness - and pies. "Most people relate to it as the general store they came to as children for a treat, so it's got that nostalgic value," owner and manager Caity Navara said. Her family bought it six years ago, and it thrives as a place for those nostalgic locals and throngs of visitors over the summer. "Our specialty pie would have to be our Mexican pie which is a beautiful mince beef pie," she said. It's a beef pie but with a bit of kick. There's a homemade chilli sauce, kidney beans, sour cream, fresh jalapenos and cheese. You might call it - though they don't - an enchilada, Australian style - the Mexican classic combined with an Australian classic. "What's so good about it is the perfect balance of heat, but then having the nice cooling components, all within one pie," Caity Navara said. Gundary Bakers is an offshoot from Bodalla Bakery to the south. Both are owned by Caity's family and Caity's father David is the pastry cook. There's a lot of history there. Bodalla Bakery has been baking in a wood-fired oven since 1870. It's not your standard pie shop, though it does have the quaintness of look which its northern off-shoot had. It does pies, of course, but it also does fine pastries and cakes. And "pies" encompasses cherry pies! The South Coast, of course, is legendary for pies. Where to get the best pies on the South Coast And you won't get more legendary than the Heritage Bakery in Milton. Again, part of the charm is the building, built of stone in 1842. Hayden's Pies on Princes Highway, Ulladulla always gets a good rap. Legendary, even. Owners Hayden and Caroline Bridger use a lot of imagination - and a lot of local ingredients. "Our qualified chefs make our delicious butter puff pastry using butter from Pepe Saya and flour from Manildra in Nowra. "Our chef makes our pie mixes using local beef supplied by South Ulladulla meat market, chicken from St Georges Basin and all of our game meats from a small company in Canberra called Priam." And they make what some fans may fear is becoming a rarity: steak and kidney pie (with, as the bakers describe it, "diced chuck steak in rich gravy with lamb's kidney".) Southlands Butchery on Campbell Street, Moruya is a butcher's shop specialising in local produce but it also makes its own hot pies to take away. Its pride and joy is slow-cooked chunky steak in red wine. "They're all made here, beef slow-cooked for three-and-a-half to four hours. Local beef," one of the owners Xavier Ryan said. "It's put into locally-made pastry and baked fresh every day." This year's innovation is steak and green peppercorn, and that, Mr Ryan said, is proving very popular, too. In Batemans Bay itself, Batemans Bay Bakehouse gets praise on Tripadvisor. The Batehaven Bakehouse also gets a lot of recommendations, not least for its situation, looking out over the water, with a sit-in or sit-out option. Part of the Christmas routine - as part of Christmas as a tree, some might think - is the pit stop on the way to the holiday destination. It's the anticipatory start and the final goodbye to a great holiday. The Braidwood Bakery is legendary (and to be applauded for its steak and kidney pies). And on another, more westerly, route from Canberra, the Nimmitabel Bakery has a good reputation. "Our meat pies contain high-quality chunky beef which is slow cooked for 15 hours to make our pie filling tender and delicious. It's then thoroughly mixed with a variety of flavours - not just added on top," Caroline Jardine, who's been running the bakery for the past 14 years with her husband, said. How to get there If you've got your eye on a pie, click on your destination in the map below and head there for a tasty treat! Gundary Bakers 13 Campbell St, Moruya NSW 2537; 02 4474 0340. Rated 4.8 stars on Google Bodalla Bakery 66 Princes Hwy, Bodalla NSW 2545; www.bodallabakery.com.au ; 02 4473 5213. Rated 4.3 stars on Google Heritage Bakery 197-201 Princes Hwy, Milton NSW 2538; www.heritagebakery.com.au ; 02 4455 1013. Rated 4 stars on Google Hayden's Pies Shop 2/166 Princes Hwy, Ulladulla NSW 2539; haydenspies.com.au ; 0493 835 879. Rated 4.8 stars on Google Southlands Butchery Shop 5/93 Campbell St, Moruya NSW 2537; 02 4474 2670. Rated 4.3 stars on Google Batemans Bay Bakehouse 4 Orient St, Batemans Bay NSW 2536; 02 4472 3999. Rated 4.3 stars on Google Batehaven Bakehouse 2 Edward Rd, Batehaven NSW 2536; Batehaven Bakehouse Facebook ; 02 4472 6883. Rated 4.4 stars on Google The Braidwood Bakery 99 Wallace St, Braidwood NSW 2622; braidwoodbakery.com.au ; 02 4842 2541. Rated 4.3 stars on Google Nimmitabel Bakery 40 Bombala St, Nimmitabel NSW 2631; ww.nimmitabelbakery.com.au ; 02 6454 6436. Rated 4.2 stars on Google STILL HUNGRY? Check out our top pies of 2023 in our previous South Coast pie list for road trips and holidays. Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues." Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. 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10 hot-ticket gifts we predict will sell out on Black Friday 2024After a far-right pro-Russia candidate secured a surprise lead in Romania's presidential election Monday, the eastern European NATO member is bracing for a high-stakes parliamentary vote on Sunday, amid fears it could bring about a strategic shift in the country. Calin Georgescu was in pole position with almost 23 percent after the first round of voting, a political earthquake in the country of 19 million people that has so far resisted nationalist appeals that have gained traction in Hungary and Slovakia. His victory ahead of centre-right mayor Elena Lasconi -- who scored 19.18 percent -- ended the hopes of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to compete for the presidency in the December runoff. After coming third at 19.15, Ciolacu said his Social Democratic Party (PSD) won't challenge the narrow result, and announced his resignation as party leader. Experts say the far right's surprise success could affect the parliamentary elections later this week, and even influence the chances of forming a future government. In the runoff ballot on December 8, Lasconi will face Georgescu, a NATO critic who in the past expressed his admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Georgescu's popularity surged ahead of the vote with a viral TikTok campaign calling for an end to aid for Ukraine, which shares a 650-kilometre (400-mile) border with Romania. In a first reaction on his YouTube channel, the 62-year-old independent candidate insisted "there is no East or West", stressing that neutrality was "absolutely necessary". "I am not an extremist, I am not a fascist -- I am a Romanian who loves his country," he said in reference to media reports that "tried to portray" him in a wrongful way. For his rival Lasconi, the upcoming runoff represents "an existential battle", "a historic confrontation" between those who wish to "preserve Romania's young democracy" and those who want to "return to the Russian sphere of influence". "We must not allow anger to throw us back into the past," she said to thunderous applause from her supporters, vowing to stand up for Europe and NATO. The political earthquake comes amid soaring inflation and mounting fears of Romania being potentially dragged into Russia's war in neighbouring Ukraine, as the country has emerged as a key player on the alliance's eastern flank. In Sunday's vote, another far-right contender, AUR party leader George Simion, secured nearly 14 percent. Already pounding the campaign trail for this week's parliamentary elections, Simion said Romania now has "the chance to have a sovereign government and a sovereign president". Overall, the far right won more than a third of all votes in Sunday's presidential ballot. "The far right is by far the big winner of this election," political scientist Cristian Pirvulescu told AFP, predicting a possible "contagion effect" in the parliamentary vote. Extremist forces and Lasconi's centre-right party now have "wind in their sails", sociologist Gelu Duminica said, though "it remains to be seen if they know how to capitalise" on it. The PSD, which has shaped the country's politics for more than three decades, has never before been eliminated in the first round of a presidential election. The National Liberal Party (PNL) party, with whom the PSD currently governs, also suffered a defeat. While many expressed their disbelief over the poll in the streets of the capital Bucharest, others were enthused. Maria Chis, 70, said she was surprised by Georgescu's lead in the first round but had been impressed after watching his TikTok videos. "He seems a man of integrity, serious and patriotic. He inspires seriousness. I think only someone like him can bring change," said the pensioner, who was planning to vote for him in the second round. Alex Tudose, the owner of a construction company, was gloomy. "There is sorrow, disappointment, that after so many years in Euro-Atlantic structures we voted for a pro-Russian by over 20 percent," the 42-year-old said. "There is clearly a strong fragmentation both in society and in the political class, and I think we saw that yesterday," he said. ani-anb-kym/sbkFAIRVIEW, N.C. (AP) — Vice President-elect JD Vance on Friday assured residents of western North Carolina still cleaning up from Hurricane Helene that they haven't been forgotten as he surveyed storm wreckage and talked to first responders in one of his first public appearances since the election. Vance said he was visiting because the holidays are approaching and he wants to provide some comfort to those affected by the hurricane as they go about trying to rebuild their homes and livelihoods. “My simple message to the people of Appalachia is that we haven’t forgotten you — we love you,” said Vance, who made a name for himself writing about the region in his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” He added, “Certainly when this administration changes hands in the next 45 days, we’re going to do everything that we can to help people rebuild, to get them back on their feet, to bring some commerce back to this area, but, most importantly, to allow people to live in their homes.” The hurricane struck in late September and caused at least $53 billion in damage in North Carolina, according to a state government estimate. More than 100 North Carolina residents died from the storm, which the state estimates damaged over 120,000 homes, at least 6,000 miles (9,700 kilometers) of roads and over 160 sewer and water systems. The incoming vice president and his wife, Usha, visited the Fairview Volunteer Fire Department, where they heard that the building flooded with 4 to 6 inches of water and that roughly a dozen people contracted walking pneumonia as they responded to the hurricane's destruction. Power outages meant that some first responders and their families could not check in on each other for several days. At least one firefighter lost his life while trying to save lives in the storm. Vance also toured a two-story house that is being rebuilt after the storm. The construction is being undertaken by Samaritan's Purse, an evangelical Christian charity led by Franklin Graham, son of the late pastor Billy Graham, who was known for his close relationships with U.S. presidents. “We want you to have the best Christmas as you possibly can have, despite the circumstances,” he said in a message to residents while speaking to reporters after touring the damaged home. More than 60% of voters in Buncombe County, where Vance visited Friday, backed Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, in November's presidential election. Liberal-leaning Asheville is known for its vibrant arts scene and the Biltmore Estate tourist attraction. The city’s arts district faced substantial damage from Helene. But the majority of North Carolina voters supported President-elect Donald Trump, and he generally fared better among voters hurt by Hurricane Helene. The Republican gave a blistering critique of the Biden administration's relief efforts, which President Joe Biden characterized as “un-American” misinformation. AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of the electorate, found that 26% of North Carolina voters said the hurricane affected their lives by damaging their homes, causing extended power outages or interfering with their ability to cast a ballot. Trump won 53% of those voters. Vance has largely stayed out of the public eye since the Nov. 5 election aside from shepherding Trump's Cabinet nominees around Capitol Hill. Vance defended Pete Hegseth after his tour of the region, saying that Trump's defense secretary nominee deserved a Senate confirmation hearing rather than a “sham hearing before the American media” over allegations of sexual assault and excessive drinking of alcohol. The incoming vice president also said he did not know whether he would be escorting Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI director, around the Senate next week. In North Carolina, state lawmakers have already allocated more than $900 million in disaster relief, but Gov. Roy Cooper has sought at least $3.9 billion. The Democratic governor and other state leaders have asked the federal government for $25 billion in aid. Hundreds of miles of roads have been reopened and water systems are back online, but the work has been slow-going. More than 100,000 western North Carolina residents were told just two weeks ago that they could once again use water coming out of Asheville’s water system to bathe and to drink from the faucet. A destroyed water system in at least one isolated county could take years to rebuild. Many Republicans and residents were critical of the initial recovery operations by the federal government and Cooper’s administration. Housing for displaced residents for the winter has become a concern, and some allies of Cooper have blamed GOP lawmakers for failing to provide grants to small businesses at risk of failing and housing renters faced with eviction. Darlene Superville And Gary Robertson, The Associated Press

Amazon revealed Friday that it is investing another $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic, which named AWS as its primary training partner. “Amazon and Anthropic are deepening their collaboration,” Amazon announced. “Anthropic is now naming AWS its primary training partner, in addition to continuing to be its primary cloud provider, and will use AWS Trainium and Inferentia chips to train and deploy its future foundation models. Both companies will continue to work closely to keep advancing Trainium’s hardware and software capabilities.” Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each Friday — get free copies of Paul Thurrott's Windows 11 and Windows 10 Field Guides (normally $9.99) as a special welcome gift! , and . At the time, Anthropic chose AWS as its primary cloud provider, but with this new development, Amazon has doubled its investment in the firm and the two have deepened their ties. 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Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each FridayCalifornia vows to step in if Trump kills US EV tax creditA DANGEROUS loophole is allowing migrants to work illegally for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats using the details of legitimate staff, a Sun on Sunday investigation can reveal. Our undercover reporter posed as a recent Afghan migrant on Facebook forums dedicated to hiring food delivery drivers, to highlight how riders are subcontracting their accounts to people who do not have the right to work legally in the UK. Within minutes he was offered the log-ins for company apps so he could receive orders in return for a fee — without any checks on who the driver really was. We discovered some subcontract workers are migrants who are able to skip background checks and earn money illegally without the company they are riding for even being aware. This subcontracting practice, known as substituting, is accepted by the delivery firms and allowed under their terms and conditions. But no checks are made on who they are substituting to, and the loophole could be exploited by dangerous criminals to land jobs. In 2022 Hampshire delivery rider Jennifer Rocha bit off a customer’s thumb in a row over a pizza but continued working for Deliveroo, even after the account she was using at the time was suspended. The same year, convicted drug dealer Jordan Da Silva managed to work for Deliveroo. His past was only exposed when he posted a video of him unwrapping a female customer’s anti-fungal cream in front of her, and he was recognised on social media. In April, food delivery firms agreed to strengthen security checks to prevent illegal working. Deliveroo said it has launched a substitute registration feature including right-to-work checks, Uber Eats said it would be launching identity verification checks while Just Eat said it was trying to “develop a solution which will ensure couriers substituting their work do so in accordance with the law”. But after our reporter posted in the Facebook group asking to hire an account to do deliveries, he was offered Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat account details and log-ins for £70 to £100 a week, with no questions. The registered drivers assured our reporter he would easily make that fee back and could expect an average of 42 hours a week earning £600 — around £14 an hour — by downloading an app, using their details to log into the system and get work. One, Brian, agreed to hire out a Just Eat account for £140. He told our reporter it consisted of a £70 deposit and £70 for the first week’s use of the system, and said to take the cash to a run-down housing estate in Beckenham Hill, South London. When our reporter said he didn’t have a UK bank account, he said: “We will get paid every Wednesday and I can give you it in cash. You can easily make £100 daily, working seven to eight hours. If you make £600 I’ll take £70 rent and I’ll give you £530. Nobody is going to check or ask you for anything. This is anonymous work. Another user, Ricky, gave us an account to transfer £180 made up of an £80 deposit and £100 for the first week’s rental of his user details. We made no payment for any account. One Brazilian driver told us: “A person who has the right to work here opens as many accounts as possible, sometimes over 100. “From there, they offer these accounts to people who don’t have the right to work, then they work in another field that pays better, like construction. Illegal workers will happily accept a £3 order to an address three or four miles away.” Migrants are even boasting about using the substituting loophole to get work. One, from Chad in North Africa, detailed his journey to Europe in 2022 on TikTok. In one post he shared a Union Flag and a rowing boat, indicating he had reached the UK on an illegal small boat. And he showed the budget hotel near Heathrow Airport where he was living, and himself riding a bike carrying a Deliveroo bag, as well as buying designer gear. In another hotel in South East London, where small-boat migrants are living, a resident, 32, from Pakistan said: “There are people here working as delivery drivers, but I’m not one of them. I don’t know how they get jobs as we don’t have work permits.” And a Jordanian man, 53, said: “I want a job but I don’t have a work permit. If someone can find me a job as a delivery driver, I will take it.” We showed our findings to industry expert Alfie Pearce-Higgins, a Deliveroo rider since 2021, who campaigns for better pay transparency for workers. He said: “I’m not surprised by the scale of this — the practice is widespread. Anyone who wants an account can rent one easily without any checks. This undercuts the pay of legal, tax-paying drivers and can expose vulnerable people to exploitation. “There is a very simple solution — remove the right of substitution, as Deliveroo recently did in Hong Kong. In my experience most drivers, customers and restaurants and supermarkets would support this.” In 2023, a Home Office spot check found 42 per cent of riders were working illegally. Deliveroo and Uber Eats have more than 120,000 official UK riders between them and Just Eat has tens of thousands — suggesting if it reached that scale, at least 50,000 food delivery workers could be working illegally. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “The leading delivery firms have made repeated commitments to stamp out the abuse of driver substitution, but it is clear from these revelations they have not gone far enough. “They need to get a grip on this fast as we cannot stand for this kind of abuse.” And Tory Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “Our laws — including employment laws — should be respected. “The Government must urgently step up immigration enforcement and checks to stop illegal employment, including in the gig economy.” Our research shows counter-measures are having little effect. We even found gangs offering “all-inclusive” illegal work packages that can be booked before a person has even reached Britain. An Instagram post in Portuguese offers London accommodation, a motorcycle with insurance and fuel, an active Uber Eats account, plus food, for £500 a week, claiming it offers an £840 weekly profit. A West London delivery driver added: “Three or four I know of are visa overstayers renting accounts and making good money. I think the food delivery accounts are accelerating the boat arrivals and providing a stepping stone to integrate into communities faster.” WHEN a driver creates an account with a delivery firm, it checks their right to work, photo ID, Disclosure and Barring Service status for convictions, and insurance, if they are using a motorised vehicle. Drivers pay nothing to the firms when they create an account with them and there are no minimum working hours, which is why there is no real justification for substitutes. But all major firms allow substitutions, including Deliveroo, Uber Eats, Just Eat and Stuart. An Uber Eats spokesman said: “All couriers who use the Uber Eats app must undergo checks to ensure they have a legal right to work in the UK. "Uber Eats has worked with the Home Office to launch additional identity verification and Right to Work checks to help ensure only those who legitimately use someone else’s account to deliver on the platform are able to. “We are constantly reviewing these processes to ensure they are as robust as possible and if we receive reports that this is not the case we will investigate and take appropriate action.” A Deliveroo spokesman said: “We take a zero-tolerance approach towards any rider who fails to meet their legal obligations. “All riders have to have the Right to Work. If found to be in breach of their obligations, we will stop working with them with immediate effect. "We have taken action to secure our platform and were the first to roll out direct Right to Work checks, a registration process and identity verification for substitutes. “We are rolling out daily identity checks using facial recognition technology for all riders, including substitutes. "We take our responsibilities extremely seriously and are committed to strengthening our controls and preventing misuse of our platform, with additional checks planned for next year.” FOOD delivery workers claim they can make as much as £1,400 a week. Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat do not publicly advertise pay rates. But riders say they can earn large sums by picking the best-paying orders, working in areas with lots of restaurants, take-aways and grocery shops, and working at peak times. If they take multiple orders from the same place or from outlets in the same area, they can do multiple deliveries per hour. The delivery firm apps use an algorithm to determine earnings, depending on the number of orders collected, distance travelled and time taken to complete orders. The algorithm also sets pay rates, based on how many drivers are online. Jobs website Indeed states the average daily income of a Just Eat worker is £202, while Deliveroo riders average £14.99 per hour and Uber Eats drivers are estimated to earn up to £120 a day. One Just Eat worker boasted on Indeed the work was “so simple... I usually get around £15-£20 an hour”. An Uber Eats rider said they “easily earn over £500 per week working 40 hours”, while a Deliveroo rider claimed to have earned £1,400 in a week on a pedal bike, working 7am to 10.30pm. Drivers can also earn money by substituting.

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Queanbeyan hero honoured at the Australian War MemorialA DANGEROUS loophole is allowing migrants to work illegally for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats using the details of legitimate staff, a Sun on Sunday investigation can reveal. Our undercover reporter posed as a recent Afghan migrant on Facebook forums dedicated to hiring food delivery drivers, to highlight how riders are subcontracting their accounts to people who do not have the right to work legally in the UK. Within minutes he was offered the log-ins for company apps so he could receive orders in return for a fee — without any checks on who the driver really was. We discovered some subcontract workers are migrants who are able to skip background checks and earn money illegally without the company they are riding for even being aware. This subcontracting practice, known as substituting, is accepted by the delivery firms and allowed under their terms and conditions. But no checks are made on who they are substituting to, and the loophole could be exploited by dangerous criminals to land jobs. In 2022 Hampshire delivery rider Jennifer Rocha bit off a customer’s thumb in a row over a pizza but continued working for Deliveroo, even after the account she was using at the time was suspended. The same year, convicted drug dealer Jordan Da Silva managed to work for Deliveroo. His past was only exposed when he posted a video of him unwrapping a female customer’s anti-fungal cream in front of her, and he was recognised on social media. In April, food delivery firms agreed to strengthen security checks to prevent illegal working. Deliveroo said it has launched a substitute registration feature including right-to-work checks, Uber Eats said it would be launching identity verification checks while Just Eat said it was trying to “develop a solution which will ensure couriers substituting their work do so in accordance with the law”. But after our reporter posted in the Facebook group asking to hire an account to do deliveries, he was offered Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat account details and log-ins for £70 to £100 a week, with no questions. The registered drivers assured our reporter he would easily make that fee back and could expect an average of 42 hours a week earning £600 — around £14 an hour — by downloading an app, using their details to log into the system and get work. One, Brian, agreed to hire out a Just Eat account for £140. He told our reporter it consisted of a £70 deposit and £70 for the first week’s use of the system, and said to take the cash to a run-down housing estate in Beckenham Hill, South London. When our reporter said he didn’t have a UK bank account, he said: “We will get paid every Wednesday and I can give you it in cash. You can easily make £100 daily, working seven to eight hours. If you make £600 I’ll take £70 rent and I’ll give you £530. Nobody is going to check or ask you for anything. This is anonymous work. Another user, Ricky, gave us an account to transfer £180 made up of an £80 deposit and £100 for the first week’s rental of his user details. We made no payment for any account. One Brazilian driver told us: “A person who has the right to work here opens as many accounts as possible, sometimes over 100. “From there, they offer these accounts to people who don’t have the right to work, then they work in another field that pays better, like construction. Illegal workers will happily accept a £3 order to an address three or four miles away.” Migrants are even boasting about using the substituting loophole to get work. One, from Chad in North Africa, detailed his journey to Europe in 2022 on TikTok. In one post he shared a Union Flag and a rowing boat, indicating he had reached the UK on an illegal small boat. And he showed the budget hotel near Heathrow Airport where he was living, and himself riding a bike carrying a Deliveroo bag, as well as buying designer gear. In another hotel in South East London, where small-boat migrants are living, a resident, 32, from Pakistan said: “There are people here working as delivery drivers, but I’m not one of them. I don’t know how they get jobs as we don’t have work permits.” And a Jordanian man, 53, said: “I want a job but I don’t have a work permit. If someone can find me a job as a delivery driver, I will take it.” We showed our findings to industry expert Alfie Pearce-Higgins, a Deliveroo rider since 2021, who campaigns for better pay transparency for workers. He said: “I’m not surprised by the scale of this — the practice is widespread. Anyone who wants an account can rent one easily without any checks. This undercuts the pay of legal, tax-paying drivers and can expose vulnerable people to exploitation. “There is a very simple solution — remove the right of substitution, as Deliveroo recently did in Hong Kong. In my experience most drivers, customers and restaurants and supermarkets would support this.” In 2023, a Home Office spot check found 42 per cent of riders were working illegally. Deliveroo and Uber Eats have more than 120,000 official UK riders between them and Just Eat has tens of thousands — suggesting if it reached that scale, at least 50,000 food delivery workers could be working illegally. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “The leading delivery firms have made repeated commitments to stamp out the abuse of driver substitution, but it is clear from these revelations they have not gone far enough. “They need to get a grip on this fast as we cannot stand for this kind of abuse.” And Tory Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “Our laws — including employment laws — should be respected. “The Government must urgently step up immigration enforcement and checks to stop illegal employment, including in the gig economy.” Our research shows counter-measures are having little effect. We even found gangs offering “all-inclusive” illegal work packages that can be booked before a person has even reached Britain. An Instagram post in Portuguese offers London accommodation, a motorcycle with insurance and fuel, an active Uber Eats account, plus food, for £500 a week, claiming it offers an £840 weekly profit. A West London delivery driver added: “Three or four I know of are visa overstayers renting accounts and making good money. I think the food delivery accounts are accelerating the boat arrivals and providing a stepping stone to integrate into communities faster.” WHEN a driver creates an account with a delivery firm, it checks their right to work, photo ID, Disclosure and Barring Service status for convictions, and insurance, if they are using a motorised vehicle. Drivers pay nothing to the firms when they create an account with them and there are no minimum working hours, which is why there is no real justification for substitutes. But all major firms allow substitutions, including Deliveroo, Uber Eats, Just Eat and Stuart. An Uber Eats spokesman said: “All couriers who use the Uber Eats app must undergo checks to ensure they have a legal right to work in the UK. "Uber Eats has worked with the Home Office to launch additional identity verification and Right to Work checks to help ensure only those who legitimately use someone else’s account to deliver on the platform are able to. “We are constantly reviewing these processes to ensure they are as robust as possible and if we receive reports that this is not the case we will investigate and take appropriate action.” A Deliveroo spokesman said: “We take a zero-tolerance approach towards any rider who fails to meet their legal obligations. “All riders have to have the Right to Work. If found to be in breach of their obligations, we will stop working with them with immediate effect. "We have taken action to secure our platform and were the first to roll out direct Right to Work checks, a registration process and identity verification for substitutes. “We are rolling out daily identity checks using facial recognition technology for all riders, including substitutes. "We take our responsibilities extremely seriously and are committed to strengthening our controls and preventing misuse of our platform, with additional checks planned for next year.” FOOD delivery workers claim they can make as much as £1,400 a week. Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat do not publicly advertise pay rates. But riders say they can earn large sums by picking the best-paying orders, working in areas with lots of restaurants, take-aways and grocery shops, and working at peak times. If they take multiple orders from the same place or from outlets in the same area, they can do multiple deliveries per hour. The delivery firm apps use an algorithm to determine earnings, depending on the number of orders collected, distance travelled and time taken to complete orders. The algorithm also sets pay rates, based on how many drivers are online. Jobs website Indeed states the average daily income of a Just Eat worker is £202, while Deliveroo riders average £14.99 per hour and Uber Eats drivers are estimated to earn up to £120 a day. One Just Eat worker boasted on Indeed the work was “so simple... I usually get around £15-£20 an hour”. An Uber Eats rider said they “easily earn over £500 per week working 40 hours”, while a Deliveroo rider claimed to have earned £1,400 in a week on a pedal bike, working 7am to 10.30pm. Drivers can also earn money by substituting.