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Sailors on two separate vessels have died during the amid . or signup to continue reading The crew members sailing on Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline yachts were both killed when struck by a sail boom, a pole at the base of the sail, on the first night of the race. Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) vice commodore David Jacobs said the two-day race would continue despite the "tragic situation". "It's a very close community and on a boat itself, they train together, they live together, they cook together, they do everything together. It would be devastating, absolutely, as we are devastated," he said. Prime minister Anthony Albanese offered his condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of the crew members. "Our thoughts this morning are with the two sailors that tragically lost their lives in the Sydney to Hobart race overnight," he said. "The Sydney to Hobart is an Australian tradition, and it is heartbreaking that two lives have been lost at what should be a time of joy." NSW Police was notified at 11.50pm on December 26 that a crew member on Flying Fish Arctos had been injured and couldn't be revived after fellow sailors performed CPR. The yacht was rerouted to Jervis Bay. Police were contacted again two and a half hours later, at 2.15am on December 27, with reports that a crew member on Bowline had died after being struck by a sail boom. Bowline was expected to arrive at Bateman's Bay on the morning of December 27. "Flying Fish Arctos was sailing approximately 30 nautical miles east/south-east of Ulladulla when the incident occurred. Fellow crew members performed CPR, but they could not revive their fellow crew," the race organisers said in a statement. NSW-based 50-footer Flying Fish Arctos, built in 2001, had 12 crew members on board. "Bowline was approximately 30 nautical miles east/north-east of Batemans Bay and crew members administered CPR. A short time later officers from the Marine Area Command were informed that CPR had been unsuccessful," CYCA said. South Australia's Bowline had seven sailors on board for her third Sydney to Hobart race. A sailor on the Porco Rosso survived the first night of the race after they were swept overboard in the early hours of the morning, the CYCA vice commodore said. The crew member was rescued after being washed around 1.2 kilometres from their boat. "That is one of the most terrifying experiences that you can have, and this was at 3.14 am, so it was at night, which makes it tenfold more scary," he said. The sailor activated their personal location beacon that sent a satellite message to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). "AMSA set out a plane to start searching, NSW Police were ready to dispatch a boat and a helicopter and a boat in our fleet was diverted to try and help with the search," the vice commodore said. "Fortunately, the boat from which the crew member fell was able to retrieve that crew member and they are healthy and well." On the morning of the second race day, December 27, the CYCA vice commodore said 16 yachts had retired after two had mainsail damage, three were dismastered and the other yachts suffered "various equipment failures". He said 88 boats remained in the race. The vice commodore said the Bureau of Meteorology advised organisers to expect strong to gale-force winds before the race started. "These fleets can handle those winds easily. They're ocean races, they're used to those winds. It was not extreme conditions," he said. "Currently there is about a 25 knot northerly wind. Being a northerly wind, it is behind the boats and pushing them down the coast. "The lead boats were experiencing speeds of between about 25 and 30 knots, so they're travelling extremely fast. "The sea was not unusually large, from the information I have received." The yacht race continues as leading boats are expected to arrive at Hobart's Constitution Dock late on December 27 or early on December 28. Anna Houlahan reports on crime and social issues affecting regional and remote Australia in her role as national crime reporter at Australian Community Media (ACM). She was ACM’s Trainee of the Year in 2023 and, aside from reporting on crime, has travelled the country as a journalist for Explore Travel Magazine. Reach out with news or updates to anna.houlahan@austcommunitymedia.com.au Anna Houlahan reports on crime and social issues affecting regional and remote Australia in her role as national crime reporter at Australian Community Media (ACM). 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The report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), which provides information about global food insecurity, had warned that a “famine scenario” was unfolding in northern Gaza during Israel’s war on the territory. A note on the FEWS NET website, viewed by Al Jazeera on Thursday, said the group’s “December 23 Alert is under further review and is expected to be re-released with updated data and analysis in January”. The Associated Press news agency, quoting unnamed American officials, said the US asked for the report to be retracted. FEWS NET is funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID did not immediately respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment on Thursday afternoon. Israel’s war in Gaza has killed more than 45,300 Palestinians since early October 2023 and plunged the coastal enclave into a dire humanitarian crisis as access to food, water, medicine and other supplies is severely curtailed. An Israeli military offensive in the northern part of the territory has drawn particular concern in recent months with experts warning in November of a “strong likelihood” that famine was imminent in the area. “Starvation, malnutrition, and excess mortality due to malnutrition and disease, are rapidly increasing” in northern Gaza, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said in an alert on November 8. “Famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future,” it said. The report The FEWS NET report dated December 23 noted that Israel has maintained a “near-total blockade of humanitarian and commercial food supplies to besieged areas” of northern Gaza for nearly 80 days. That includes the Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoon areas, where rights groups have estimated thousands of Palestinians are trapped. “Based on the collapse of the food system and worsening access to water, sanitation, and health services in these areas ... it is highly likely that the food consumption and acute malnutrition thresholds for Famine (IPC Phase 5) have now been surpassed in North Gaza Governorate,” the FEWS NET report had said. The network added that without a change to Israeli policy on food supplies entering the area, it expected that two to 15 people would die per day from January to March at least, which would surpass the “famine threshold”. The report had spurred public criticism from the US ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, who in a statement on Tuesday said FEWS NET had relied on “outdated and inaccurate” data. Lew disputed the number of civilians believed to be living in northern Gaza, saying the civilian population was “in the range of 7,000-15,000, not 65,000-75,000 which is the basis of this report”. “At a time when inaccurate information is causing confusion and accusations, it is irresponsible to issue a report like this,” he said. pic.twitter.com/f9rxgHdVPm — Ambassador Jack Lew (@USAmbIsrael) December 24, 2024 ‘Bullying’ But Palestinian rights advocates condemned the ambassador’s remarks. Some accused Lew of appearing to welcome the forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza. “To reject a report on starvation in northern Gaza by appearing to boast about the fact that it has been successfully ethnically cleansed of its native population is just the latest example of Biden administration officials supporting, enabling and excusing Israel’s clear and open campaign of genocide in Gaza,” the Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a statement. The group urged FEWS NET “not to submit to the bullying of genocide supporters”. Huwaida Arraf, a prominent Palestinian American human rights lawyer, also criticised Lew for “relying on Israeli sources instead of your own experts”. “Do you work for Israel or the American people, the overwhelming majority of whom disapprove of US support for this genocide?” she wrote on X . Polls over the past year have shown a high percentage of Americans are opposed to Israel’s offensive in Gaza and want an end to the war. A March survey by Gallup found that 55 percent of people in the US disapproved of Israel’s actions in Gaza while a more recent poll by the Pew Research Center, released in October, suggested about three in 10 Americans believed Israel’s military offensive is “going too far”. While the Biden administration has said it is pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza, it has rebuffed calls to condition US assistance to Israel as a way to bring the war to an end. Washington gives its ally at least $3.8bn in military assistance annually, and researchers at Brown University recently estimated that the Biden administration provided an additional $17.9bn to Israel since the start of the Gaza war. The US is required under its own laws to suspend military assistance to a country if that country restricts the delivery of American-backed humanitarian aid, but Biden’s administration has so far refused to apply that rule to Israel. “We, at this time, have not made an assessment that the Israelis are in violation of US law,” Department of State spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters in November despite the reports of “imminent” famine in northern Gaza.
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Presidential nominees who will require Senate confirmation for diplomatic positions that have historically flown under the radar may soon find themselves thrust into the spotlight. With President-elect Donald Trump floating aggressive desires to acquire foreign territories like the Panama Canal, Greenland, and Canada, ambassador confirmations could emerge as unexpected points of tension with senators. HIGH INTEREST RATES COULD BEDEVIL TRUMP AS DEBT RISES The new Congress convenes Jan. 3, and with it the new 53-47 Republican Senate majority. Committees in the upper chamber could begin holding confirmation hearings for the dozens of Cabinet and lower-level nominees that senators are tasked with considering as soon as the following week. In Truth Social posts on Christmas Day , Trump again spoke of his territorial wish list that included purchasing Greenland from Denmark, annexing Canada as the 51st state, and retaking control of the Panama Canal. Trump will need a simple majority to confirm the loyalists he's tapped for ambassadorships that would play a crucial role in carrying out his foreign policy agenda. While it's not entirely clear the level of sincerity in Trump's push to expand America's territorial control, the incoming president is seeking to flex U.S. dominance in the weeks before retaking office. He extended a lengthy Merry Christmas to “the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal,” to “Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada,” and to “the people of Greenland, which is needed by the United States for National Security purposes.” TRUMP CABINET PICKS: WHO'S BEEN TAPPED TO SERVE IN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S ADMINISTRATION U.S. ambassador to Panama Trump named Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera on Christmas Day to be his ambassador to Panama. Cabrera was the Trump 2020 campaign’s state director for Florida , a member of the Miami-Dade International Trade Consortium, and helped lead the effort to rename a South Florida street “President Donald J. Trump Avenue.” Trump said Cabrera would “do a FANTASTIC job representing our Nation’s interests in Panama!” “I am pleased to announce that Kevin Marino Cabrera will serve as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, a Country that is ripping us off on the Panama Canal, far beyond their wildest dreams,” Trump posted. “Few understand Latin American politics as well as Kevin.” Trump has accused China and the Panama Canal of price-gouging U.S. vessels that use the 50-mile-long manmade waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America. China, Trump said, is “always making certain that the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in ‘repair’ money, but will have absolutely nothing to say about ‘anything.’” At a political event over the weekend, Trump foreshadowed he might “demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America.” ANTI-VAX PHILANTHROPY AND LEGAL FEES: HOW RFK JR. MAKES HIS MILLIONS But the canal is controlled by Panama — not China. It was under full American control from the early 1900s after the U.S. helped build the global trade route until partial control in 1977. Now, Trump is threatening to upend a Jimmy Carter-era agreement that handed remaining U.S. control to Panama in 1999 unless U.S. ships see reduced fees. While China does not control the canal — a point made by Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino — the Asian adversary has expanded its footprint in the region with nearby ports. Still, more than half of the 13,000 to 14,000 ships that traverse the canal annually are coming from or going to U.S. ports. In an ensuing tit-for-tat, Mulino said the canal wasn’t for sale . He stated, in part, that “every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent area belong to PANAMA, and will continue to be. The sovereignty and independence of our country are not negotiable.” Trump shot back in another post: “We’ll see about that!” U.S. ambassador to Canada Trump has tapped Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra to serve as the ambassador to Canada. Hoekstra is a former congressman, a Netherlands native, and was ambassador to the Netherlands under Trump’s first term. WHICH JAN. 6 DEFENDERS COULD SEE PARDONS Trump credited Hoekstra as a “great help to our Campaign” for winning battleground Michigan . Trump had a rocky relationship his first go-around with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and strained U.S.-Canada relations when he scrapped the North American Free Trade Agreement and imposed tariffs. Trump has countered his “America First” decisions were better for U.S. taxpayers and the economy. As he prepares to retake the White House, Trump has increasingly mocked Trudeau as “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” The incoming president posted Christmas Day that if “Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%, their businesses would immediately double in size, and they would be militarily protected like no other Country anywhere in the World.” While his annexation suggestions appear to be an extension of his love for trolling the embattled Canadian leader , Trump has vowed to slap America’s neighbor to the north with 25% tariffs on imported Canadian goods upon taking office unless border security and illegal drugs are better addressed at the U.S.-Canada border. U.S. ambassador to Denmark Trump has nominated Ken Howery, a co-founder of PayPal and San Francisco -based venture capital firm Founders Fund, to be ambassador to Denmark. Howery was ambassador to Sweden during Trump’s first term. As a self-ruling territory of Denmark, Greenland has found itself back in the crosshairs of Trump’s desire to purchase the Arctic island home to little more than 50,000 residents. Commercial and national security interests have fueled Trump’s endeavor as another way for the U.S. to counter Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic. PETE HEGSETH PENTAGON PICK IS CONTROVERSIAL, BUT HIS RESUME IS MORE THAN JUST FOX NEWS HOST “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump said in Howery’s nomination announcement. Trump’s longtime — but perhaps half-hearted — bid to purchase Greenland was rebuffed in his first term. Greenland reiterated this week that the island nation was not on the market. “Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said. “We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.” The office of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen echoed Greenland’s sentiment but with softened rhetoric. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Denmark is "looking forward to welcoming the new American Ambassador [and] looking forward to working with the new administration,” Frederiksen said , adding that Greenland is "not for sale" but that they are "open for cooperation” in the region. "In a complex security political situation as the one we currently experience, transatlantic cooperation is crucial," Frederiksen said.Is Qatar halting mediation or steering it in a new direction?
Tyrese Hunter tossed in a game-high 26 points to lead Memphis to a 99-97 upset victory over No. 2 UConn on Monday in the first round of the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. Hunter, who played at Iowa State and Texas before transferring to Memphis, made eight field goals with 7-of-10 3-point shooting. The Tigers (5-0) connected on 12 of their 22 3-point attempts in the win. UConn's Hassan Diarra made a free throw to cut the Memphis lead to 99-97 with 2.2 seconds left. He intentionally missed the second free throw and collected the loose ball, but his desperation shot was off the mark. It was 92-92 when UConn's Liam McNeeley was called for an offensive foul with 40.3 seconds left. UConn coach Dan Hurley received a technical for arguing the foul call, and PJ Carter made all four free throws to give the Tigers a four-point lead. Memphis, which squandered a 13-point lead with four minutes to play in regulation, received 22 points from PJ Haggerty, 19 from Colby Rogers and 14 from Dain Dainja. Memphis will play the winner of Monday night's game between Colorado and Michigan State in Tuesday's semifinals. UConn will face the loser of that contest. Tarris Reed Jr. had a team-high 22 points and a game-high 11 rebounds for UConn (4-1) before he fouled out with 3:18 to play. He made 10 of his 13 field goal attempts. Alex Karaban added 19 points for the Huskies. Jaylin Stewart scored a career-high 16 points, Diarra had 12 and McNeeley added 10. UConn trailed 82-79 after Diarra made two free throws with 24.2 seconds to play in regulation. The Huskies then forced a turnover and tied the game on a 3-pointer by Solo Ball with 1.2 on the clock. Although Memphis shot 56.5 percent from the field (13 for 23) and 50 percent from 3-point territory (5 for 10) in the first half, the game was tied 40-40 after 20 minutes. Neither team led by more than six points in the half. UConn received 29 points from its bench in the first half. Reed scored 15 of those points and Stewart supplied the other 14. --Field Level MediaPercentages: FG .446, FT .692. 3-Point Goals: 10-22, .455 (Bamba 4-6, Barthelemy 3-4, Angel 2-5, Shelstad 1-3, Bittle 0-1, Evans 0-1, Tracey 0-2). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 5 (Bittle 2, Angel, Evans, Tracey). Turnovers: 14 (Bittle 3, Angel 2, Bamba 2, Barthelemy 2, Evans, Moss, S.Cook, Shelstad, Tracey). Steals: 8 (Barthelemy 5, Angel, Bamba, Shelstad). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .509, FT .500. 3-Point Goals: 6-19, .316 (Boyd 3-4, Davis 2-4, Byrd 1-5, Coleman-Jones 0-1, Gwath 0-1, DeGourville 0-2, McKinney 0-2). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 9 (Gwath 5, Byrd 2, Compton, DeGourville). Turnovers: 12 (Compton 3, Gwath 3, Byrd 2, Boyd, Coleman-Jones, Davis, Heide). Steals: 8 (Byrd 3, Coleman-Jones 2, Compton 2, Davis). Technical Fouls: None. .
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