What to KnowA 21-year-old is facing a litany of charges, including murder, for the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy who was walking home from a basketball game at Barclays Center on Feb. 29, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.Jared (Jah Woo) McCauley, of Brooklyn, was arraigned Wednesday on a 13-count indictment in which he is charged with second-degree murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and first-degree reckless endangerment in the death of Troy Gill.Sheik Koureichi, also 21 and of Brooklyn, was arraigned on the same indictment on July 29. Both defendants were ordered held without bail and…
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A new annual report by ECLAC indicates that the region’s economies will expand by 1.8 percent in 2024 and 2.3 percent in 2025. SANTIAGO, Chile – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), released a new edition of its annual report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024: Low-growth trap, climate change and employment trends, in which it stresses that the region remains stuck in a trap of low growth accompanied by poor investment performance and low labor productivity, which is compounded by limited domestic space for implementing macroeconomic policies for a reactivation as well as…
The Government appointed Counsellor for Foreign Affairs Anna-Kaisa Heikkinen to serve as Director General of the Department for Africa, the Middle East and Latin America for a fixed term from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2028. Heikkinen transfers to the post from her previous position as Head of Mission at Finland’s Embassy in Maputo. Prior to this, she worked as Head of Mission at the Representative Office in Ramallah in 2017–2020. Heikkinen has also held other positions, including as Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in International Affairs in 2014–2017. She has also worked at the Embassies of Finland…
Newcastle United have released an update on the availability of Sandro Tonali, who was suspended for the past ten months after he was found guilty of breaching betting rules.Sandro Tonali joined Newcastle from AC Milan in July 2023 for £55m and his ban came after he had played 12 games for the Magpies. However, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) sanctioned the 24-year-old in October 2023 for breaching the rule that prohibits players from placing bets on football events organised by itself, Uefa and Fifa during his time in Italy.In the latest update, Newcastle received an update from Federazione Italiana Guioco…
College football fans who grew up watching Chip Kelly’s Oregon Ducks would remember that there were two staples of his offense that made those teams so explosive and fun to watch.Kelly was ahead of his time when it came to the read-option, using it not only on the ground but to set up the passing attack as well. The other thing that those Oregon teams were known for was their speed. Kelly recruited fast athletes to play for his offenses, ones who operated in and out of the huddle at breakneck and oftentimes no-huddle speed. It was a thing to…
As the war enters its 903rd day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Friday, August 16, 2024. Fighting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had taken full control of the town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region, after sending thousands of troops across the border in a surprise attack that began on August 6. Ukraine’s top military commander Oleksandr Syrskii said its forces had moved forward by 1.5km (0.93 miles) over the previous 24 hours, advancing some 35km into Russia’s Kursk region since the start of the incursion. Its forces were now in control of 1,150 square kilometres…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, city hall, and his 2021 campaign received subpoenas last month from a federal grand jury as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into past fundraising practices by his previous campaign. The grand jury subpoenas were sent out in July as prosecutors in the Southern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to look into whether any campaign finance or corruption-related laws might have been broken. Investigators have been looking into whether foreign money from Turkey was used improperly in any potential campaign finance actions. Prosecutors also have questioned if, in…
WASHINGTON, USA – On August 1, the Department of Defense (DoD) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) inaugurated a new supercomputing system dedicated to biological defense at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). DoD is working with NNSA to significantly increase the computing capability available to our national biodefense programs. The collaboration has enabled expanding systems of the same system architecture as LLNL’s upcoming exascale supercomputer, El Capitan, which is projected to be the world’s most powerful supercomputer when it becomes operational later this year. The biodefense-focused system will provide unique capabilities for large-scale simulation and AI-based modeling for a variety…
By Harry Scherzer, CEO, FutureForex Today, we live in a world of instant gratification. Everything, from entertainment to shopping, is available on-demand and nearly instantaneously. International money transfers are, however, one exception. Despite massive technological advances in the past few decades, they can still take days or even weeks to complete through traditional banks. Certainly, things have improved from even a few years ago. However, the fact that these delays still exist demonstrates that the sector isn’t anywhere near the end of its long evolutionary journey. As long as there are delays, customer frustrations, and cost uncertainty, there will always…
Here are key details football fans should know ahead of the 2024/2025 UEFA Champions League draws scheduled to take place soon.As club football officially kicked off on Wednesday, Augusr 14, 2024, with the UEFA Super Cup fixture, Atalanta vs Real Madrid, other top competitions have also officially received kick off dates as well.Arguably the biggest European club football, the UEFA Champions League returns soon for its 2024/2025 season and fans are eager to know what to expect. Here are key details about the upcoming Champions League draw for its 2024/2025 edition.When is the Champions League draw?The group stage draw for…