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'Bashar al-Assad, family in Moscow' after ouster from power Russian news agencies say ousted Syrian president and his family granted asylum on humanitarian grounds MOSCOW: Syria's Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a Kremlin source. The Interfax news agency quoted the unnamed source as saying: "President Assad of Syria has arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them (him and his family) asylum on humanitarian grounds." Earlier, two Syrian sources said the disappearance of the Assad’s plane from tracking could indicate it had been shot down, or that it had switched off its transponder. Syria rebel fighters raced into Damascus unopposed on Sunday, overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad and ending nearly six decades of his family's iron-fisted rule after a lightning advance that reversed the course of a 13-year civil war. In one of the most consequential turning points in the Middle East for generations, the fall of Assad's government wiped out a bastion from which Iran and Russia exercised influence across the Arab world. Moscow gave him and his family asylum. His sudden overthrow, at the hands of a Turkish-backed revolt, limits Iran's ability to spread weapons to its allies and could cost Russia its Mediterranean naval base. It also may pave the way for millions of refugees scattered for more than a decade in camps across Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan to finally return home. For Syrians, it brought a sudden unexpected end to a war that had been in deep freeze for years, with hundreds of thousands dead, cities pounded to dust, an economy hollowed out by global sanctions and seemingly no resolution in sight. "How many people were displaced across the world? How many people lived in tents? How many drowned in the seas?" the top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Golani told a huge crowd at the medieval Umayyad Mosque in central Damascus, referring to refugees who drowned trying to reach Europe. "A new history, my brothers, is being written in the entire region after this great victory," he said. It would take hard work to build a new Syria which he said would be "a beacon for the Islamic nation". The Assad police state — known since his father seized power in the 1960s as one of the harshest in the Middle East with hundreds of thousands of political prisoners in its gulag — melted away overnight. Bewildered and elated inmates poured out of jails after rebels blasted away the locks on their cells. Reunited families wept and wailed in joy. Newly freed prisoners were filmed at dawn running through the Damascus streets holding up the fingers of both hands to show how many years they had been in prison. "We toppled the regime!" a voice shouted and a prisoner yelled and skipped with delight. As the sun set in Damascus without Assad for the first time, the roads leading into the city were mostly empty, apart from motorcycles carrying armed men and rebel vehicles caked with brownish mud as camouflage. Some men could be seen looting a shopping centre on the road between the capital and the Lebanese border, stuffing goods into plastic bags or into pick-up trucks. The myriad checkpoints lining the road to Damascus were empty. Posters of Assad had been torn at his eyes. A burning Syrian military truck was parked diagonally on the road out of the city. A thick column of black smoke billowed out from the Mazzeh neighbourhood, where Israeli strikes earlier had targeted Syrian state security branches, according to two security sources. Throughout the evening, intermittent gunfire rang out throughout the city in apparent celebration. Shops and restaurants closed early in line with a curfew imposed by the rebels. Just before it came into effect, people could be seen briskly walking home with stacks of bread. Earlier, the rebels said they had entered the capital with no sign of army deployments. Thousands of people in cars and on foot congregated at a main square in Damascus waving and chanting "Freedom". People were seen walking inside the Al-Rawda Presidential Palace, with some leaving carrying furniture from inside. A motorcycle was parked on the intricately-laid parquet floor of a gilded hall. Golani, whose group was once Syria's branch of al Qaeda but has since softened its image to reassure members of minority sects and foreign countries, said there was no room for turning back. "The future is ours," he said in a statement read on state TV. The Syrian rebel coalition said it was working to complete the transfer of power to a transitional governing body with executive powers. "The great Syrian revolution has moved from the stage of struggle to overthrow the Assad regime to the struggle to build a Syria together that befits the sacrifices of its people," it added in a statement. Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, prime minister under Assad, called for free elections and said he had been in contact with Golani to discuss the transitional period. Jubilant supporters of the revolt stormed Syrian embassies in a number of cities around the world, lowering red, white and black Assad-era flags and replacing them with the green, white and black flag flown throughout the war by his opponents. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Assad's fall was a direct result of blows Israel had dealt to Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah, once the lynchpin of Assad's security forces but pounded by Israel over the last two months. French President Emmanuel Macron said "the barbaric state has fallen" and paid tribute to the Syrian people. When the celebrations fade, Syria's new leaders will face the daunting task of trying to deliver stability to a diverse country that will need billions of dollars in aid to rebuild. During the civil war, which erupted in 2011 as an uprising against Assad, his forces and their Russian allies bombed cities to rubble. The refugee crisis across the Middle East was one of the biggest of modern times and caused a political reckoning in Europe when a million people arrived in 2015. President Joe Biden's administration was monitoring developments but has not adjusted the positioning of the US troops, officials told Reuters. The biggest strategic losers were Russia and Iran, which had intervened in the war's early years to rescue Assad, helping him recapture most territory and all major cities. The front lines were frozen four years ago under a deal Russia and Iran reached with Turkey. Even after Assad had fled, Israel continued to strike targets associated with his government and its Iranian-backed allies, including one in Damascus where Israel had previously accused Iran of developing missiles. Netanyahu said the toppling of Assad could make it easier for Israel to reach a ceasefire deal to free hostages in Gaza. On Sunday rebels stormed Iran's embassy, Iran's English-language Press TV reported. Iran's foreign ministry said Syria's fate was the sole responsibility of the Syrian people. Hezbollah had pulled all its remaining forces from Syria on Saturday, two Lebanese security sources said. Syria's insurgency led by former al Qaeda chief Abu Mohammed al-Golani topples Assad’s regime Russia says Assad has left Syria as curfew announced in rebels-taken Damascus World reacts as Assad's 24-year rule ends in Syria Rebels declare end of Assad rule in Syria; prime minister seeks free elections
There's no denying that ( ) shares have been a great place to put your money this year. Since the start of 2024, the big four bank has risen almost 40%. This is despite almost all analysts calling its shares overvalued a year ago. While there's nothing to say that CBA shares won't be market-beaters again next year, one thing that is almost certain is that they won't provide income investors with an overly attractive . For example, the consensus estimate is for the bank to pay a fully franked dividend of approximately $4.73 per share in FY 2025. Based on its current share price of $156.21, this equates to a 3% dividend yield. This is lower than what you can get on one of CBA's term deposits. In light of this, if you are looking for ASX 200 dividend shares to buy in 2025, it might be best to look beyond CBA. But which dividend shares could be good alternatives? Let's take a look at two that analysts rate as buys: ( ) Goldman Sachs thinks that IPH could be an ASX 200 dividend share to buy. It is a global intellectual property (IP) services company. The broker believes that IPH "is well-placed to deliver consistent and defensive earnings with modest overall organic growth." It expects this to underpin fully franked dividends of 36 cents per share in FY 2025 and then 39 cents per share in FY 2026. Based on the current IPH share price of $5.01 this represents yields of 7.2% and 7.8%, respectively. Goldman has a buy rating and $7.50 price target on its shares. ( ) Another ASX 200 dividend share that could be a buy according to analysts is Transurban. It is a toll road operator that owns 22 roads across both Australia and North America. This includes CityLink in Melbourne and the Cross City Tunnel in Sydney, as well as 95 Express Lanes in Greater Washington and the A25 in Montreal. Transurban also has three major projects that are expected to open by 2026. The team at UBS is positive on the company and has a buy rating and $14.75 price target on its shares. As for income, the broker is forecasting dividends per share of 65 cents in FY 2025 and then 69 cents in FY 2026. Based on its current share price of $13.82, this equates to dividend yields of 4.7% and 5%, respectively.
This year marked the 70th anniversary of the European Council for Nuclear Research, which is known universally as CERN. To celebrate, we have published a bumper crop of articles on particle and nuclear physics in 2024. Many focus on people and my favourite articles have definitely skewed in that direction. So let’s start with the remarkable life of accelerator pioneer Bruno Touschek. Born in Vienna in 1921 to a Jewish mother, Bruno Touschek’s life changed when Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. After suffering antisemitism in his hometown and then in Rome, he inexplicably turned down an offer to study in the UK and settled in Germany. There he worked on a “death ray” for the military but was eventually imprisoned by the German secret police. He was then left for dead during a forced march to a concentration camp in 1945. When the war ended a few weeks later, Touschek’s expertise came to the attention of the British, who occupied north-western Germany. He went on to become a leading accelerator physicist and you can read much more about the extraordinary life of Touschek in this article by the physicist and biographer Giulia Pancheri. Today, the best atomic clocks would only be off by about 10 ms after running for the current age of the universe. But, could these timekeepers soon be upstaged by clocks that use a nuclear, rather than an atomic transition? Such nuclear clocks could rival their atomic cousins when it comes to precision and accuracy. They also promise to be fully solid-state, which means that they could be used in a wide range of commercial applications. This year saw physicists make new measurements and develop new technologies that could soon make nuclear clocks a reality. Click on the headline above to discover how physicists in the US have fabricated all of the components needed to create a nuclear clock made from thorium-229. Also, earlier this year physicists in Germany and Austria showed that they can put nuclei of the isotope into a low-lying metastable state that could be used in a nuclear clock. You can find out more here: “ Excitation of thorium-229 brings a working nuclear clock closer ”. In 2024 we launched our Physics World Live series of panel discussions. In September, we explored the future of particle physics with Tara Shears of the UK’s University of Liverpool, Phil Burrows at the University of Oxford in the UK and Tulika Bose at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the US. Moderated by Physics World ’s Michael Banks, the discussion focussed on next-generation particle colliders and how they could unravel the mysteries of the Higgs boson and probe beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. You can watch a video of the event by clicking on the above headline (free registration) or read an article based on the discussion here: “ How a next-generation particle collider could unravel the mysteries of the Higgs boson ”. Neutrinos do not fit in nicely with the Standard Model of particle physics because of their non-zero masses. As a result some physicists believe that they offer a unique opportunity to do experiments that could reveal new physics. In a wide-ranging interview , the particle physicist Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux explains why he has devoted much of his career to the study of these elusive subatomic particles. He also looks forward to two big future experiments – JUNO and DUNE – which could change our understanding of the universe. “Children decide quite early in their life, as early as primary school, if science is for them or not,” explains Çiğdem İşsever – who is leads the particle physics group at DESY in Hamburg, and the experimental high-energy physics group at the Humboldt University of Berlin. İşsever has joined forces with physicists Steven Worm and Becky Parker to create ATLAScraft, which creates a virtual version of CERN’s ATLAS detector in the hugely popular computer game Minecraft . In this profile , the science writer Rob Lea talks to İşsever about her passion for outreach and how she dispels gender stereotypes in science by talking to school children as young as five about her career in physics. İşsever also looks forward to the future of particle physics and what could eventually replace the Large Hadron collider as the world’s premier particle-physics experiment. This year marked the 70th anniversary of the world’s most famous physics laboratory, so the last two items in my list celebrate that iconic facility nestled between the Alps and the Jura mountains. Formed in the aftermath of the Second World War, which devastated much of Europe, CERN came into being on 29 September 1954. That year also saw the start of construction of the Geneva-based lab’s proton synchrotron, which fired-up in 1959 with an energy of 24 GeV, becoming the world’s highest-energy particle accelerator. The original CERN had 12 member states and that has since doubled to 24, with an additional 10 associate members. The lab has been associated with a number of Nobel laureates and is a shining example of how science can bring nations together after a the trauma of war. Read more about the anniversary here . When former physicist James Gillies sat down for dinner in 2009 with actors Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer, joined by legendary director Ron Howard, he could scarcely believe the turn of events. Gillies was the head of communications at CERN, and the Hollywood trio were in town for the launch of Angels & Demons. The blockbuster film is partly set at CERN with antimatter central to its plot, and is based on the Dan Brown novel. In this Physics World Stories podcast , Gillies looks back on those heady days. Gillies has also written a feature article for us about his Hollywood experience: “ Angels & Demons, Tom Hanks and Peter Higgs: how CERN sold its story to the world ”. Note: The verification e-mail to complete your account registration should arrive immediately. However, in some cases it takes longer. Don't forget to check your spam folder. If you haven't received the e-mail in 24 hours, please contact customerservices@ioppublishing.org .
Imphal: The Congress on Sunday said that leaders of INDIA bloc parties from violence-hit Manipur would go ahead with their protest against the BJP-led NDA governments in the state and at the Centre at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on December 9. State Congress chief spokesperson Hareshwar Goswami told reporters here that INDIA bloc leaders from Manipur would hold the demonstration on Monday in the national capital, irrespective of whether the permission for the proposed programme is granted or not. Manipur Congress president Keisham Meghachandra has been making all arrangements in Delhi for the protest since November 25, he said. Several leaders and office bearers of the INDIA bloc, including five MLAs of Manipur Congress, are already in the national capital for the protest, Goswami said. Leaders of CPI(M), Trinamool Congress, AAP and NCP from Manipur would join the protest in the national capital, he said. “We had planned for a protest on December 6 in Delhi but had to be postponed due to certain inconveniences. Now, whether we are given permission or not by the Centre, we will go ahead with the protest on Monday. It could be a sit-in or any other form of protest. We have taken our stand to stage the demonstration,” Goswami said here. His comment comes after a delegation of leaders from 10 political parties, representing the INDIA bloc, held a press conference in New Delhi on December 6 and claimed that they were denied permission to hold a sit-in at Jantar Mantar. “We have never seen that the Centre and the BJP government here have pushed its citizens to hardship in the history of independent India. They failed in Manipur. This is evident from what the people have said on various platforms, including social media,” Goswami alleged. The conflict between two warring communities has affected everyone, from small businessmen to transporters, he claimed. “We demand peace and normalcy at the earliest and that internally displaced people be allowed to return to their homes. Is Manipur not a part of India?”, the Congress spokesperson said. More than 250 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kuki-Zo groups since May last year.WASHINGTON (AP) — A machinists strike. Another safety problem involving its troubled top-selling airliner. A plunging stock price. 2024 was already a dispiriting year for Boeing, the American aviation giant. But when one of the company's jets crash-landed in South Korea on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people on board, it brought to a close an especially unfortunate year for Boeing. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and aviation experts were quick to distinguish Sunday's incident from the company’s earlier safety problems. Alan Price, a former chief pilot at Delta Air Lines who is now a consultant, said it would be inappropriate to link the incident Sunday to two fatal crashes involving Boeing’s troubled 737 Max jetliner in 2018 and 2019. In January this year, a door plug blew off a 737 Max while it was in flight, raising more questions about the plane. The Boeing 737-800 that crash-landed in Korea, Price noted, is “a very proven airplane. "It’s different from the Max ...It’s a very safe airplane.’’ For decades, Boeing has maintained a role as one of the giants of American manufacturing. But the the past year's repeated troubles have been damaging. The company's stock price is down more than 30% in 2024. The company's reputation for safety was especially tarnished by the 737 Max crashes, which occurred off the coast of Indonesia and in Ethiopia less than five months apart in 2018 and 2019 and left a combined 346 people dead. In the five years since then, Boeing has lost more than $23 billion. And it has fallen behind its European rival, Airbus, in selling and delivering new planes. Last fall, 33,000 Boeing machinists went on strike, crippling the production of the 737 Max, the company's bestseller, the 777 airliner and 767 cargo plane. The walkout lasted seven weeks, until members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers agreed to an offer that included 38% pay raises over four years. In January, a door plug blew off a 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight. Federal regulators responded by imposing limits on Boeing aircraft production that they said would remain in place until they felt confident about manufacturing safety at the company. In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud for deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration regulators who approved the 737 Max. Acting on Boeing’s incomplete disclosures, the FAA approved minimal, computer-based training instead of more intensive training in flight simulators. Simulator training would have increased the cost for airlines to operate the Max and might have pushed some to buy planes from Airbus instead. (Prosecutors said they lacked evidence to argue that Boeing’s deception had played a role in the crashes.) But the plea deal was rejected this month by a federal judge in Texas, Reed O’Connor , who decided that diversity, inclusion and equity or DEI policies in the government and at Boeing could result in race being a factor in choosing an official to oversee Boeing’s compliance with the agreement. Boeing has sought to change its culture. Under intense pressure over safety issues, David Calhoun departed as CEO in August. Since January, 70,000 Boeing employees have participated in meetings to discuss ways to improve safety.
Former Labour Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott passed away at the age of 86 yesterday (November 20) after a battle with Alzheimer's. In a statement, his family said: "We are deeply saddened to inform you that our beloved husband, father and grandfather, John Prescott, passed away peacefully yesterday at the age of 86. "He did so surrounded by the love of his family and the jazz music of Marian Montgomery. "John spent his life trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the environment, doing so from his time as a waiter on the cruise liners to becoming Britain’s longest serving Deputy Prime Minister." Reminded of Prescott's hilarious appearance on Top Gear. Fearlessly goes up against the live audience to bat for the M4 bus lane. pic.twitter.com/7CiCSLTcEa — max tempers (@maxtempers) November 21, 2024 An experienced politician known for his fiery temper and no-nonsense attitude, Lord Prescott frequently clashed with those on the other side of the political spectrum. After the news of his death spread, an interview with former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson resurfaced on X, formerly known as Twitter. Back in 2011, Prescott was a guest on the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment of the popular BBC2 show. Prescott was booed when he made his entrance and on more than one occasion got to his feet to remonstrate with the Top Gear audience following Clarkson's provocation. "Punching a protester and calling it “connecting with the electorate” is quality" Largely, the M4 lane that Prescott created in 1999. Known to some at the time as Prescott's Folly. "What in the name of all that's holy were you thinking when you said 'let's put a bus lane on the M4'," asked Clarkson. To which Prescott replied: "I'm going to introduce you to a revolutionary thought. You can go slower and you can get there quicker and that's to do with flow." Throughout the interview, Prescott and Clarkson butted heads continuously, even to the point where the former said: "Hold on, just give your b***** brain a chance," to Clarkson's annoyance. Users in the comments were impressed by the interview. Recommended reading: Tony Blair leads tributes to John Prescott after his death aged 86 Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott dies aged 86 Alastair Campbell issues emotional tribute to John Prescott One said: "What is interesting about this clip is even though he and @JeremyClarkson plainly disagree and the audience are largely with Clarkson there is none of the toxicity which is the legacy of Brexit, Johnson and 14 years of Tory chaos. We must re learn how to disagree without hatred". Another recalled a Prescott quote: "Punching a protester and calling it “connecting with the electorate” is quality". Whilst someone else commented: "A great video and actually just a sensible chat between the two - feisty but also fair. Current government would benefit from some of the more common sense direct communication Prescott brings to manage some of the misinformation that currently does the rounds."The 'Carter effect': How the former president gave cancer patients hope
VirnetX To Webcast Company Update With CEO Kendall LarsenA recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing revealed that Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, raised £4.78 billion ($6 billion) from 97 investors in exchange for equity. The funds will be used to expedite training its powerful AI model, Grok 3, alongside enhancing technology across SpaceX and Tesla. The Grok AI model will likely support more functions on X, formerly Twitter, including search capabilities and post analytics. xAI also powers Starlink's customer support features and is discussing with Tesla about offering R&D services for a share of the EV company's revenue. The SEC filing highlighted that 97 investors participated in xAI's latest fundraising round. The investors were required to inject a minimum capital of £61,897 ($77,593). Soon after, xAI disclosed the names of several investors, including BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Nvidia, AMD, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company, MGX, Vy Capital, Lightspeed, Valor Equity Partners, and Kingdom Holdings. xAI's latest fundraising round brings its total capital raised since inception to £9.57 billion ($12 billion). The AI company raised $6 billion during spring this year. According to a November CNBC report , Musk's company was eyeing a £39.88 billion ($50 billion) valuation, almost double compared to six months earlier. Interestingly, only investors who supported xAI in the Spring fundraising round were allowed to participate in the latest round. Furthermore, investors who assisted Musk in acquiring Twitter reportedly had the privilege of accessing up to 25% of xAI's outstanding shares. Elon Musk incorporated xAI in 2023 and launched the generative AI model Grok to compete with ChatGPT. He described Grok as 'maximally truth-seeking' and relatively less biased. The firm recently rolled out an API to let customers integrate Grok into third-party apps, platforms, and services. It also released a standalone Grok iOS app to catch up with GenAI competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic. Note that Musk was one of the founders of OpenAI, which he left in 2018 over disagreements about where the company was headed. xAI is training next-gen Grok models at its Memphis data centre, which hosts 100,000 Nvidia graphics processing units (GPU). Last month, the company secured 150 megawatts of extra power from Memphis' regional power authority. In turn, xAI promised to improve the city's drinking water quality and offer discounted Tesla-manufactured batteries to the power grid. xAI's developer and consumer-focused services drove company revenue to almost £79.76 million ($100 million) annually. xAI has reportedly informed shareholders it will likely raise more funding in 2025. Disclaimer: Our digital media content is for informational purposes only and not investment advice. Please conduct your own analysis or seek professional advice before investing. Remember, investments are subject to market risks and past performance doesn't indicate future returns.
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