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AP Business SummaryBrief at 1:32 p.m. ESTReport Mitchell Santner ekes out New Zealand's first-innings total to 347 Last-wicket pair put on 44 before Matt Potts finally breaks through Alan Gardner 14-Dec-2024 • 11 mins ago Mitchell Santner and Will O'Rourke run between the wickets • AFP via Getty Images {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","contentUrl":"https://img1.hscicdn.com/image/upload/f_auto/lsci/db/PICTURES/CMS/393000/393011.jpg","caption":"Mitchell Santner and Will O'Rourke run between the wickets"} Innings break New Zealand 347 (Santner 76, Latham 63, Potts 4-90, Atkinson 3-66) vs England Mitchell Santner and Will O'Rourke frustrated England through the first hour of the morning on day two in Hamilton, adding 32 runs to the New Zealand score before Matt Potts ended a cat-and-mouse contest with the first ball after drinks. With England spreading the field for Santner and focusing only on getting out O'Rourke, the last-wicket pair ticked along in untroubled fashion for the first half of the session. Santner found the boundary three times but otherwise dealt largely in singles, often off the fourth ball of the over, while O'Rourke blocked steadfastly at the other end. The No. 11 initially played out a maiden from Gus Atkinson and then showed good defensive technique. His first run came via an inside edge to fine leg, and the same shot later brought him his first boundary in 19 international innings. O'Rourke was given out caught behind in the seventh over of the day, only for Ahsan Raza to have to overturn his decision when technology proved the ball had flicked the trouser leg. It seemed as if the holding pattern might continue indefinitely, with Santner creeping on to his second-highest Test score, after the hundred he made against England in 2019. But immediately following the break, Potts found some inwards movement on the right line to defeat Santner's drive and peg back off stump, ending the stand at 44 and giving Potts his fourth wicket of the innings. England New Zealand New Zealand vs England ICC World Test Championship England tour of New Zealand Alan Gardner is a deputy editor at ESPNcricinfo. @alanroderickbookmaker ai 。

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill rallied around Pete Hegseth , Trump’s Pentagon pick, on Thursday even as new details surfaced about allegations that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. The GOP embrace of Hegseth came as another controversial Trump nominee, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration for attorney general. Gaetz said it was clear he had become a “distraction" amid pressure on the House to release an ethics report about allegations of his own sexual misconduct. An attorney for two women has said that his clients told House Ethics Committee investigators that Gaetz paid them for sex on multiple occasions beginning in 2017, when Gaetz was a Florida congressman. Fresh questions over the two nominees' pasts, and their treatment of women, arose with Republicans under pressure from Trump and his allies to quickly confirm his Cabinet. At the same time, his transition has so far balked at the vetting and background checks that have traditionally been required. While few Republican senators have publicly criticized any of Trump's nominees, it became clear after Gaetz's withdrawal that many had been harboring private concerns about him. Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, who served with Gaetz in the House, said it was a “positive move.” Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker said it was a “positive development.” Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Gaetz “put country first and I am pleased with his decision.” After meeting with Hegseth, though, Republicans rallied around him. “I think he’s going to be in pretty good shape,” said Wicker, who is expected to chair the Senate Armed Services Committee in the next Congress. Republican senators' careful words, and their early reluctance to publicly question Trump's picks, illustrated not only their fear of retribution from the incoming president but also some of their hopes that the confirmation process can proceed normally, with proper vetting and background checks that could potentially disqualify problematic nominees earlier. Gaetz withdrew after meeting with senators on Wednesday. Sen. Thom Tillis said Gaetz was “in a pressure cooker” when he decided to withdraw, but suggested that it would have little bearing on Trump’s other nominees. “Transactions — one at a time,” he said. As the Hegseth nomination proceeds, Republicans also appear to be betting that they won't face much backlash for publicly setting aside the allegations of sexual misconduct — especially after Trump won election after being found liable for sexual abuse last year. Hegseth held a round of private meetings alongside incoming Vice President JD Vance on Thursday in an attempt to shore up support and told reporters afterward: “The matter was fully investigated and I was completely cleared, and that’s where I’m gonna leave it.” A 22-page police report report made public late Wednesday offered the first detailed account of the allegations against him. A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave. The report cited police interviews with the alleged victim, a nurse who treated her, a hotel staffer, another woman at the event and Hegseth. Hegseth’s lawyer, Timothy Palatore, said the incident was “fully investigated and police found the allegations to be false.” Hegseth paid the woman in 2023 as part of a confidential settlement to head off the threat of what he described as a baseless lawsuit, Palatore has said. Wicker played down the allegations against Hegseth, a former Fox News host, saying that “since no charges were brought from the authorities, we only have press reports.” Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., said after his meeting with Hegseth that he "shared with him the fact that I was saddened by the attacks that are coming his way.” Hagerty dismissed the allegations as “a he-said, she-said thing” and called it a “shame” that they were being raised at all. The senator said attention should instead be focused on the Defense Department that Hegseth would head. It's one of the most complex parts of the federal government with more than 3 million employees, including military service members and civilians. Sexual assault has been a persistent problem in the military, though Pentagon officials have been cautiously optimistic they are seeing a decline in reported sexual assaults among active-duty service members and the military academies. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, who will be the No. 2 Republican in the Senate next year, said after his meeting with Hegseth that the nominee is a strong candidate who “pledged that the Pentagon will focus on strength and hard power – not the current administration’s woke political agenda.” Senate Republicans are under pressure to hold hearings once they take office in January and confirm nominees as soon as Trump is inaugurated, despite questions about whether Trump’s choices will be properly screened or if some, like Hegseth, have enough experience for the job. Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed, who will be the top Democrat on the panel next year, said the reports on Hegseth “emphasized the need for a thorough investigation by the FBI on the background of all the nominees.” It takes a simple majority to approve Cabinet nominations, meaning that if Democrats all opposed a nominee, four Republican senators would also have to defect for any Trump choice to be defeated. Trump has made clear he’s willing to put maximum pressure on Senate Republicans to give him the nominees he wants – even suggesting at one point that they allow him to just appoint his nominees with no Senate votes. But senators insist, for now, that they are not giving up their constitutional power to have a say. “The president has the right to make the nominations that he sees fit, but the Senate also has a responsibility for advice and consent,” said Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota. In the case of Gaetz, he said, “I think there was advice offered rather than consent.”Cohen: Protesters should learn more about NATO before smashing windows at the Palais des CongrèsManchester City's crisis continued with a 2-0 defeat away to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Pep Guardiola's old club Barcelona beat Borussia Dortmund to clinch a spot in the knockout stage of Europe's elite club competition. Arsenal, AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Lille, Feyenoord and Stuttgart were also victorious, but City's latest loss in a miserable run will dominate the headlines. The 2023 European champions succumbed in Turin as Dusan Vlahovic put Juventus ahead early in the second half when goalkeeper Ederson was unable to keep out his header. Ilkay Gundogan was denied an equaliser by a fine Michele Di Gregorio save, before Weston McKennie made it 2-0 with a fine acrobatic finish in the 75th minute. The result leaves Juventus on 11 points with two games left, a tally that is expected to be enough to guarantee them at least a place in the knockout phase play-offs. City, meanwhile, have now won just once in 10 in all competitions, with seven defeats in that time. With just eight points, they currently sit 22nd in the standings, in which the top 24 advance to the knockouts. Their next game will be crucial, as they travel to a Paris Saint-Germain side who sit a point beneath Guardiola's men. "We have to get points, we'll go to Paris to try and do that and the same goes for the final match at home (to Club Brugge)," Guardiola told Amazon Prime in Italy. Barcelona are second in the standings with 15 points, behind only Liverpool, after beating Dortmund 3-2 in a thriller in Germany, with Ferran Torres their hero. Raphinha fired Barca ahead with his 17th goal of the season, early in a remarkable second half. Serhou Guirassy equalised with a penalty on the hour mark, but substitute Torres put Barca back in front on 75 minutes, converting the loose ball after Fermin Lopez's shot was saved. Guirassy scored again for a quick equaliser, only for Torres to strike once more and win the game for Barca with five minutes left. Barcelona's tally leaves them, like Liverpool, ideally placed to finish in the top eight, which means direct progress to the last 16 without having to go through the play-offs. Arsenal are third in the standings on 13 points after easing to a 3-0 win over Monaco in London. Bukayo Saka scored twice, putting the Gunners ahead in the first half and making it 2-0 on 78 minutes as the hosts pounced on disastrous Monaco defending. Saka then turned provider for the late third, with substitute Kai Havertz credited with the final touch. Mikel Arteta's team are one of six sides on 13 points, with Lille also on that tally after edging Sturm Graz 3-2 in France thanks to a fine late winner from Hakon Haraldsson. Lille were 2-0 up through Osame Sahraoui and Mitchel Bakker, only for goals by Otar Kiteishvili and Mika Biereth to bring the Austrian champions back level. However, Icelandic midfielder Haraldsson secured Lille's fourth win of the campaign. Atletico eased to a 3-1 victory over Slovan Bratislava, with Antoine Griezmann scoring twice after Julian Alvarez had opened the scoring with an excellent strike. David Strelec pulled one back for the Slovaks, who are one of three teams already eliminated having lost six games out of six. The others are RB Leipzig and Young Boys. Milan defeated Red Star Belgrade 2-1 at San Siro with Tammy Abraham grabbing the winner three minutes from time. Rafael Leao had put Milan ahead only for Nemanja Radonjic to equalise for the Serbian side, who have lost five of their six games and are surely heading out. Benfica edged closer to a play-off spot with a 0-0 draw at home to Bologna of Italy, who have scored just one goal in six games and will go no further. Feyenoord stayed on course to go through after beating Sparta Prague 4-2 in Rotterdam, with Gernot Trauner, Igor Paixao, Anis Hadj Moussa and Santiago Gimenez netting their goals. Stuttgart kept alive their hopes of progress by coming from behind to beat Young Boys 5-1. Lukasz Lakomy put Young Boys ahead but Angelo Stiller levelled before Enzo Millot, Chris Fuehrich, Josha Vagnoman and Yannik Keitel all scored in the second half. The next round of Champions League games is scheduled for January 21 and 22, with the league phase concluding the following week. as/jcA false AI-powered headline indicating accused murderer Luigi Mangione had committed suicide is causing a row overseas. According to the BBC, Apple Intelligence, which launched in the U.K. on Wednesday , produced a misleading tease to a story that “made it appear BBC News had published an article claiming Luigi Mangione, the man arrested following the murder of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York, had shot himself.” The headline appeared in a news summary blasted to iPhones across Great Britain. The BBC responded by sending a complaint to Apple asking the tech giant to “fix the problem.” “BBC News is the most trusted news media in the world,” a spokesperson said. “It is essential to us that our audiences can trust any information or journalism published in our name and that includes notifications.” Apple reportedly declined to comment. As the BBC notes, Mangione has not killed himself. He was arrested Monday in Pennsylvania , which is where he remains while awaiting extradition to New York. He’s being held in a jail cell by himself but is not under suicide watch , according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. There have been no reports of self-harm nor any violence toward prison staff. According to the BBC, the outlet is not the only news site to be the victim of misrepresentation at the hands of Apple AI. Late last month, the company’s technology also appeared to flub a notification for a New York Times story about an arrest warrant being issued by the International Criminal Court for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The summary headline read: “Netanyahu arrested.” Apple AI notification summaries continue to be so so so bad — Ken Schwencke (@schwanksta.com) 2024-11-21T19:22:27.650Z The Israeli leader is not under arrest . A screenshot of the headline seeming to indicate otherwise was posted to social media by a ProPublica editor.

Silicon Beach Programme aims to make coastal K’taka next tech hubAsia In Brief Chinese chip designer Loongson last Friday announced its processors are powering a cloud computing platform that has been launched into space. The silicon slinger announced that its tech was built into a payload called Star Eye that launched on November 15 aboard the Tianzhou-8 cargo mission to the Tiangong Space Station.. Star Eye observes sources of radiation on Earth, captures images for remote sensing missions, and includes what Loongson described (via machine translation) as "storage, computing, and transmission functions" plus "on-orbit data processing, storage, forwarding, power conversion and control, task management, and thermal management." Loongson didn't reveal which of its processors made it into space. It uses a proprietary instruction set architecture that is compatible with MIPS but includes elements of RISC-V, and offers products designed for use on the desktop, in servers and in industrial machinery. The Chinese chippie's wares are modest and are a few years behind rivals like AMD and Intel, but this announcement nonetheless suggests Loongson silicon is ready to be used as a space-based cloud platform. A day after announcing the launch, it published a statement in which it hosed down rumors it has sought new sources of private investment. – Simon Sharwood India's government has reportedy decided to extend its IT hardware import authorization regime until the end of 2025. The scheme – introduced suddenly and seemingly without consultation in late 2023 – meant electronics manufacturers needed approval to ship certain products to India. The regulation was opposed by big manufacturers, leading India to excise desktop PCs from the scheme and quickly sign on off on many approvals . The scheme was originally set to expire in September of this year, but was extended until the end of 2024. "The present scheme has been extended till December 2024. Beyond December also, it is to also continue for one more year for the time being. We will review at the end of that period and somewhere through the calendar year 2025 and figure out what is to be done with the scheme next," Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) secretary S Krishnan told NDTV Profit. South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) last week issued corrective orders to Chinese e-commerce platforms AliExpress and Temu, alleging that the two use 47 unfair terms and conditions in agreements offered to local shoppers. The FTC found 13 clauses that limited consumer rights, excluded the platforms from liability, and violated local e-commerce laws. It also was unhappy with extensive personal data collection without clear consent or usage duration, and required the platforms to comply with Korea's Personal Information Protection Act. In other Chinese e-commerce news, on Thursday Alibaba Group announced the merger of its domestic and international business into a single unit. "The e-commerce industry in China and around the world is entering a new era, and the global supply chain capabilities, fulfillment capabilities and consumer service capabilities will determine the future competitive landscape," reportedly commented chief executive Eddie Wu in a post on Alibaba's intranet. The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signed an agreement to deepen their partnership on space exploration. The two agencies already collaborate on missions – like BepiColombo to travel to Mercury, and EarthCARE to study climate here at home. The new agreement focuses on multiple space initiatives, including ESA's Ramses mission to the asteroid Apophis. The agencies will also collaborate on the Gateway program to create a crewed station in lunar orbit, with contributions from both ESA and JAXA to NASA's Artemis program. ESA and JAXA also outlined joint lunar exploration efforts, such as lunar landers and rovers, and plans for lunar communications through ESA's Moonlight program. Mars exploration is also on the agenda. The partnership extends to space science, including ESA's New Athena X-ray telescope and potential future projects like M-Matisse to study Mars's habitability. Indian news outfit ANI sued OpenAI in a New Delhi court for scraping its content to train ChatGPT without permission. Other organizations that have sued OpenAI include the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. "We build our AI models using publicly available data, in a manner protected by fair use and related principles, and supported by long-standing and widely accepted legal precedents," the chatbot maker has reportedly argued. Alliances and deals spotted by The Register across the region last week include: ®None

NoneA new study compiled a list of countries best for early-age entrepreneurs , and Canada ranks first having the youngest entrepreneurs, fast business setup time of 2 days, and highest ease of doing business index of 98. The survey also indicates that Portugal and South Africa stand out for having incredibly low costs to start a business—$0 and $13, respectively—making them financially accessible for new entrepreneurs. Furthermore, Israel ranks the highest in terms of the ‘Country Startup Friendliness Index’, making it a very favourable location for new businesses. These findings are based on research by Hostinger . The company analysed the best countries for early-age entrepreneurs by examining multiple factors. First, data on the average age of startup founders in each country was collected to identify which nations have younger entrepreneurs. The countries were then ranked from youngest to oldest based on founder age. To further assess startup friendliness, the researchers gathered data on additional factors, including the cost to start a business, the ease of doing business index, the time required to start a business, and the Country Startup Friendliness Index. Finally, the countries were ranked based on their overall startup environment, focusing on those offering the most supportive conditions for young entrepreneurs. This produced the following ranking: Canada tops the list and its strong business environment offers both ease of entry and moderate startup costs, making it an ideal destination for young entrepreneurs. Israel ranks second, offering a highly supportive environment for startups, particularly in the technology and innovation sectors. With an average age of 25 for startup founders, Israel combines youthful energy with strong business networks, fostering a dynamic startup culture. India ranks third with a composite score of 94. It boasts the fastest time required to start a business at just 1.5 days, though the cost to start a business is moderate at $1,036. Germany secures fourth place and has numerous business hubs like Berlin and Munich. Nigeria comes in fifth and Singapore ranks sixth. Portugal ranks seventh, positioning as one of the most financially accessible countries for entrepreneurs. The United Arab Emirates ranks eighth and The Netherlands secures ninth place offering one of the lowest costs to start a business at just $51. South Africa rounds up the ranking list. Dr. Tim Sandle is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for science news.Tim specializes in science, technology, environmental, business, and health journalism. He is additionally a practising microbiologist; and an author. He is also interested in history, politics and current affairs.

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