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The Election Commission has accused People's Party MP for Chon Buri, Chawal Pholmuangdee, of violating the MP Election Act by submitting an incomplete list of his campaign expenses during last year's election. Candidates who took part in the May 14 election were required to notify the EC of how much they spent on campaigning between March 20 and May 15 last year. In a statement submitted to the EC, Mr Chawal -- who became a People's Party member when the Move Forward Party (MFP) was disbanded -- claimed to have spent 6,000 baht to run campaign advertisements on various social media platforms, the poll agency said. However, the EC added, an investigation found that running an ad on Facebook alone would have costed him 9,347.51 baht. Two volunteers who managed the MP's Facebook page told EC investigators they had forgotten to report some expenses to the MP before he submitted his statement. However, the MP should've double-checked the list himself before filing them with authorities, the EC said. Mr Chawal, meanwhile, said he wasn't aware of some of the finer details of the deal, which ultimately drove up the cost of running the ads. In a post on its website on Monday, the EC claimed to have enough evidence to support the allegations against Mr Chawal, who represents Constituency 3 in Chon Buri. As a result, the EC will petition the Appeals Court -- which handles cases relating to the administrative aspects of the general election -- to begin proceedings against Mr Chawal. If the court finds Mr Chawal guilty of intentionally misleading authorities by submitting an incomplete list of campaign expenses, he may face up to two years in prison and/or a fine of up to 40,000 baht. He will also lose the rights to take part in elections for five years. Separately, PP leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut described the offence as "minor". The discrepancy amounted to only a few thousand baht, he said. "People are watching to see if the accusation is an act of political intimidation," he added.RumbleOn Announces Commencement of $10.0 Million Fully Backstopped Registered Rights Offering

However, some state workers failed to return to their jobs and a United Nations official said the country’s public sector had come “to a complete and abrupt halt”. Meanwhile, streams of refugees crossed back into Syria from neighbouring countries, hoping for a more peaceful future and looking for relatives who disappeared during Mr Assad’s brutal rule. There were already signs of the difficulties ahead for the rebel alliance now in control of much of the country. The alliance is led by a former senior al-Qaida militant, who severed ties with the extremist group years ago and has promised representative government and religious tolerance. The rebel command said they would not tell women how to dress. “It is strictly forbidden to interfere with women’s dress or impose any request related to their clothing or appearance, including requests for modesty,” the command said in a statement on social media. Nearly two days after rebels entered the capital, some key government services had shut down after state workers ignored calls to go back to their jobs, the UN official said, causing issues at airports and borders and slowing the flow of humanitarian aid. Rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, also met with Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi Jalali for the first time. Mr Jalali stayed in Syria when Mr Assad fled and has sought to project normalcy since. “We are working so that the transitional period is quick and smooth,” he told Sky News Arabia TV on Monday, saying the security situation had already improved from the day before. At the court of Justice in Damascus, which was stormed by the rebels to free detainees, Judge Khitam Haddad, an aide to the justice minister in the outgoing government, said that judges were ready to resume work quickly. “We want to give everyone their rights,” Mr Haddad said outside the courthouse. “We want to build a new Syria and to keep the work, but with new methods.” But a UN official said some government services had been paralysed as worried state employees stayed at home. The public sector “has just come to a complete and abrupt halt,” said Adam Abdelmoula, UN resident and humanitarian co-ordinator for Syria, noting, for example, that an aid flight carrying urgently needed medical supplies had been put on hold after aviation employees abandoned their jobs. “This is a country that has had one government for 53 years and then suddenly all of those who have been demonised by the public media are now in charge in the nation’s capital,” Mr Abdelmoula told The Associated Press. “I think it will take a couple of days and a lot of assurance on the part of the armed groups for these people to return to work again.” In a video shared on a rebel messaging channel, Mr al-Sharaa said: “You will see there are skills” among the rebels. The Kremlin said Russia has granted political asylum to Mr Assad, a decision made by President Vladimir Putin. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on Mr Assad’s specific whereabouts and said Mr Putin did not plan to meet with him. Damascus was quiet Monday, with life slowly returning to normal, though most shops and public institutions were closed. In public squares, some people were still celebrating. Civilian traffic resumed, but there was no public transport. Long lines formed in front of bakeries and other food stores. There was little sign of any security presence though in some areas, small groups of armed men were stationed in the streets.It’s here. American Thanksgiving. While most of our friends south of the border look at the late-November holiday and think NFL when it comes to sports, most Canadians view it through a different lens. They examine the NHL standings – hoping that their team is above the playoff line. Why? Since realignment occurred over a decade ago, 80% of the teams that are in playoff spots at Thanksgiving qualify for the post-season. For those that are mathematically challenged, that’s 13 out of 16 teams. That was the case last season as well as Edmonton, Nashville and the New York Islanders were the only teams to make the playoffs despite being on the outside looking in on Nov. 23, 2023. Last year on that date, the Vancouver Canucks had 27 points and only the Vegas Golden Knights — with 30 — had more. The Canucks performance in those first 20 games basically clinched a playoff spot. This season the Canucks haven’t been as fortunate. Not having the services of all-star goaltender Thatcher Demko since the start of the season due to a knee injury was the first issue that the hockey club had to deal with. Dakota Joshua also missed the first 14 games recovering from off-season cancer surgery. Brock Boeser suffered what appeared to be a concussion on Nov. 7 and missed seven games but was set to return to the lineup in Boston against the Bruins on Tuesday night. Then there’s J.T. Miller, who took a leave of absence on Nov. 19 for personal reasons. Add it all up and it’s a Canuck team that has been treading water without their three All-Stars from a year ago. After Monday’s games, Vancouver was below the playoff bar with 23 points, trailing both Colorado and Edmonton by one point for the two wildcard spots. The Canucks are also two points behind the Los Angeles Kings for third place in the Pacific Division. The good news with all of these scenarios is that the Canucks have played the least number of games — 19 — of any team in the National Hockey League entering Tuesday’s game versus Boston. They have three games in hand on Edmonton, Colorado and Los Angeles. However, the question remains: will the Canucks make the playoffs? Many assume once the team gets 100% healthy, they will find a way to get it done but you know what they say about people who assume. Let’s start with Demko, the 28-year-old who compiled a 2.45 goals-against-average and a .918 save percentage last season to go along with 35 wins in 51 games. Since March 10, he has played a grand total of four games; that’s four games in eight months. After such a lengthy layoff, the biggest concern for Demko will be timing and getting used to the intensity level of NHL games. As we often say when it comes to football, nothing duplicates game speed. For Demko, getting used to the speed and regular chaos of NHL games will be a challenge. Then there is Boeser, who had been out of the lineup for almost three weeks after taking a headshot from Tanner Jeannot in a game against the Kings in early November. Hopefully, there won’t be any lingering symptoms from that injury and Boeser can regain the pace that saw him score 40 goals last year and which he was duplicating this season with six goals in 12 games. As for Miller, when he does return, what player will the Canucks be getting? His play had dipped to the point where he was benched for the last 14:40 of the third period in his final game versus Nashville on Nov. 17. Miller’s production had waned with only six goals and ten assists in 17 games – well off the levels from a year ago when he tallied 37 goals and 66 assists. Then there are other issues that are of concern as well. The second defensive pair of Tyler Myers and Carson Soucy has struggled this season to the point where the organization is checking in with other teams as they look to get help for their blue line corps. What has compounded the problem is that Tocchet has emphasized since training camp that he wants his defencemen to be more involved in the offense and generating more chances. That doesn’t exactly fit into the skill set of either Myers or Soucy so it’s been noted that the Canucks are talking to other teams with Pittsburgh’s Marcus Pettersson being a player of interest. Although Pettersson is a solid defender, he’s not exactly the answer to the Canucks problems when it comes to offence from the back-end. While we are on the topic of Petterssons, the enigma known as Elias Pettersson will need to regain the form that saw him be a dynamic play-driver who scored 30-plus goals the last three seasons. Tocchet and the organization wanted to see more of an investment from Pettersson and the Swede has shown signs of improvement with four goals and six assists in his last seven games. There are other positive signs as well. Quinn Hughes continues to play at a Norris Trophy-calibre level while Kevin Lankinen has provided consistent goaltending during Demko’s absence. Conor Garland continues to play like Conor Garland and Pius Sutter and Teddy Blueger continue to provide good depth while new additions Kiefer Sherwood and Erik Brannstrom have exceeded expectations. Given what we know about the U.S Thanksgiving Day playoff trend, it’s not a slam dunk that the Canucks will make the post-season but it’s not a slam dunk they won’t either. Unlike last year when the team had enough of a cushion in the standings to play games pressure-free for the most part in the second half, it appears they won’t have that luxury this season. As Tocchet always likes to say, things are going to just keep ‘getting tougher’ and the Canucks are going to have to ‘embrace the hard’ as they deal with the grind of an NHL season. Their playoff hopes will depend on it.

B.C. tractor driver charged over crash with police during anti-SOGI rallyFutures File has its foundation in commodity futures covering natural resources and raw materials, physical products at the heart of human needs. These include grains, metals, cotton, and fuels. Moving forward, investors/investments during the 1980s found futures contracts efficient and adaptable to a host of “financial futures” such as currencies, stock index futures, interest rate futures; and, now with trepidation, bitcoin futures. The December bitcoin blew to a high of 102,725 on Wednesday and remains over 100,000 as of Friday morning. Many analysts attributed the explosion to president-elect Trump’ s nomination of Paul Atkins to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Atkins is known to be friendly to the crypto currency markets. One of largest food companies in the world which buys and processes grain and livestock from U.S. farmers and ranchers announced this week that they are laying off approximately 8,000 workers. Cargill, which operates throughout the world, recently released quarterly results of $160 billion in revenue down from $177 billion last year. Good crop yields have increased supply and lowered prices which reduced potential profits for the company. Fears of US tariffs targeting imports could also reduce their profitability. The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as COP29, took place this November in Baku Azerbaijan. Critics noted that the host country is a major oil and gas producer as well as an authoritarian country noted for its poor human rights record. Many observers concluded that the results of the conference were weak and ineffective in the fight to reduce carbon emissions. Unlike previous COP conferences, COP29 did not mention any push to phase out fossil fuel. In fact over 1500 fossil fuel lobbyists were reported to have attended the conference. Funding issues for future climate change initiatives were considered to be far short of needed revenues and favoring wealthy nations while leaving the have-not nations behind looking down the road.INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — For the second straight season, the Philadelphia Eagles are headed to SoFi Stadium with a lengthy winning streak and a team that looks like one of the best in the NFC. The Los Angeles Rams (5-5) couldn't do much to slow them down last season, but they'll try again Sunday night with a young team that hopes to get where the Eagles (8-2) are already standing — atop their division with a six-game winning streak. Philadelphia also made this road trip in October 2023 for a meeting of the previous two NFC champions, and the unbeaten Eagles held on for a 23-14 victory despite failing to score a touchdown in the second half. Jalen Hurts passed for 303 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 72 yards and another score, while Jalen Carter sacked Matthew Stafford twice while the Eagles prevented LA from crossing midfield in the second half. “I just remember that they do a great job of controlling the game,” Rams coach Sean McVay said. “They shortened the game, and that’s been a consistent theme that they do an excellent job of. I remember feeling like that’s a good team, and we had our chances, but they certainly made it difficult for us and they earned that win.” Philadelphia comes into the rematch on extra rest after beating Washington 26-18 in a Thursday night game. The young Rams have won four of their past five , but they haven't managed the consistency necessary to become an elite team. The Eagles’ NFL-best defense includes one of the league’s best cornerback duos in Darius Slay and rookie Quinyon Mitchell. The Rams’ offense is built around Stafford’s ability to get the ball to Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua, two of the NFL’s top wideouts. That dual matchup should determine whether the Rams can score enough points to keep up with Philadelphia. “Their personnel is as good as it gets, as far as we’ve seen,” Stafford said of the Eagles defense. “I've just watched them from afar. It’s impressive what you see on tape. They do a really nice job of disguising their looks and giving you a bunch of things to look at.” The game also features the two front-runners for the AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Mitchell is widely considered the top rookie cornerback in the league, but Los Angeles edge rusher Jared Verse is the consensus favorite for the award so far after his dynamic start to the season with 4 1/2 sacks and 11 tackles for loss. Hurts is expected to play Sunday after being limited in practice this week by an ankle injury. He said the limited practice was part of a program put together by the Eagles to strengthen his recovery with extra days off. He also cleared concussion protocol after his head was spiked into the ground against Washington. Hurts has 2,197 yards passing with 12 TDs and five interceptions. Thanks in large part to the “tush push,” Hurts has 11 rushing TDs. “It’s not necessarily about all health,” Hurts said. “I think it’s a mentality where we are. We’re in a phase of the year where things could have very easily, well, they didn’t end the way we wanted to (last season). So that’s in the back of my mind as we enter this phase and putting an emphasis on finishing strong, putting ourselves in a good place.” The Eagles remain confident in kicker Jake Elliott as he comes off perhaps the worst game of his career, missing two field goals and an extra point against Washington. Elliott signed a four-year, $24 million extension in March, but he has already missed five field-goal attempts this season. He holds the franchise record with seven field goals of 50 yards or more in a season, but has missed all four attempts from 50-plus in 2024. “It’s funny with Jake, he’s such a competitor and such a good kicker, you almost take it a little bit for granted when he’s out there; it’s an automatic,” special teams coach Michael Clay said. “But I have such supreme confidence in Jake. At times, it’s just not your day. We’d be probably a little bit more on edge if the ball was sprayed all over the place.” The Eagles are rolling with six straight wins out of the bye, and only Detroit has a better record in the NFC. But Philly fans know better than to expect good times ahead after the Eagles turned a 10-1 start last season into a 1-5 finish and a playoff loss in the wild-card round. So why should anyone expect the Eagles to keep it together this season instead of collapsing yet again? “I think we’ve got some really good teammates and coaches. Everyone is just so locked in to becoming better,” coach Nick Sirianni said. “I do feel like that, that everyone is locked in to becoming better. I felt that way last year, too. Don’t get me wrong. It didn’t work. There were things that happened last year that we feel like we’ve corrected, that we’re on the right track.” AP Sports Writer Dan Gelston in Philadelphia contributed. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFLSo Much for Trusting the Experts! U.N. Won't Renew Contract With Genocide Advisor Who Defends Israel

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Indian equity markets have been on a rollercoaster ride over the last four months. A host of factors triggered volatility and dampened investor sentiments including tepid second-quarter (Q2) earnings, relentless sell-off by foreign institutional investors, rising valuations of domestic mid and small-cap stocks alongside escalating geopolitical tensions. Investors with a medium-risk profile, who are concerned about the current market volatility, can consider investing in balanced mutual fund schemes that have a mix of equity and debt in their portfolio. Balanced funds can serve you the purpose of limiting your portfolio risk in equity market downturns. Aggressive hybrid funds is one such category that invests between 65 and 80 per cent in equity with the rest being parked in debt assets. The higher allocation to equity can help deliver good returns during equity market rallies, while the debt exposure helps cap losses amid market downturns. Aggressive hybrid funds follow a static asset allocation of maintaining their equity exposure between 65 and 80 per cent while the balanced advantage funds, another hybrid category, has the leeway to move between equity and debt without any restriction. These funds maintain a well-rounded equity component, with exposure to large, mid, and small-caps, while the debt portion generates yields through a mix of credit, interest rate, and duration strategies. Here are the three aggressive hybrid funds short-listed from among those rated four and five star by bl.portfolio Star Track MF Ratings. Bank of India Mid & Small Cap Equity & Debt Fund has been the top fund among the aggressive hybrid category in the last 5-year timeframe with the largest allocation to small and mid-cap companies. Although, investing higher into mid and small-cap stocks can result in delivering comparatively better returns, it also entails relatively higher risk. Performance as measured by the five-year rolling return calculated from the last 10-year data shows that the fund delivered a compounding annualised return of 17 per cent, while the Nifty 50 – TRI posted 13.4 per cent. Meanwhile, the aggressive hybrid fund category gave 12 per cent during the period. The fund has a higher degree of risk in the category (17.3 as against the category average of 14.9), as measured by the annualised standard deviation calculated for the last five-years. Given that it produced better returns over a period of time, the fund’s comparatively greater degree of risk within the category can be justified. ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund has done well in both equity market rallies and downturns. However, its performance during market falls has been notable thanks to its prudent in-house asset allocation model based on the price-to-book metric. Over the last five years, equity allocation has been kept between 65 and 75 per cent. The scheme’s low volatility has led to superior risk-adjusted returns when compared to those of peers over the long-term. One reason is that it invests more in high-quality large-cap stocks, helping to reduce the risk while generating better returns. The scheme uses a blend of top-down and bottom-up approaches for stock selection. The fund managers prefer to follow the counter cyclical pattern in sector selection, contrarian style of investing and a bottom-up approach. Earlier known as Escorts Balanced Fund, the Quant Absolute Fund has been one of the top active funds within the category, both in terms of churning within the equity market capitalisation segments and also among the permitted asset classes. In contrast to four years ago, when the fund operated with a significant portfolio of mid-cap and small-cap stocks, its equity portion is now fully invested with large-caps. Its equity portion is built with the quantitative approach based on the proprietary VLRT framework, that includes aspects related to the three axes of Valuation, Liquidity, and Risk appetite. On the debt side, the fund follows a low to moderate duration strategy that aims to generate income and minimise return volatility. Performance as measured by the five-year rolling return calculated from the last 10-year data shows that the fund delivered a compounding annualised return of 17.6 per cent (top within the category), while the Nifty 50 – TRI posted 13.4 per cent. Meanwhile the aggressive hybrid fund category gave 12 per cent during the period. CommentsThey were all exceptional – Mikel Arteta loved seeing Arsenal run riot in LisbonHugh Grant Has Always Played the Villain

Syrian government services come to a 'complete halt' as state workers stay homeNebraska plans not to get caught sleeping vs. South DakotaHowever, some state workers failed to return to their jobs and a United Nations official said the country’s public sector had come “to a complete and abrupt halt”. Meanwhile, streams of refugees crossed back into Syria from neighbouring countries, hoping for a more peaceful future and looking for relatives who disappeared during Mr Assad’s brutal rule. There were already signs of the difficulties ahead for the rebel alliance now in control of much of the country. The alliance is led by a former senior al-Qaida militant, who severed ties with the extremist group years ago and has promised representative government and religious tolerance. The rebel command said they would not tell women how to dress. “It is strictly forbidden to interfere with women’s dress or impose any request related to their clothing or appearance, including requests for modesty,” the command said in a statement on social media. Nearly two days after rebels entered the capital, some key government services had shut down after state workers ignored calls to go back to their jobs, the UN official said, causing issues at airports and borders and slowing the flow of humanitarian aid. Rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, also met with Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi Jalali for the first time. Mr Jalali stayed in Syria when Mr Assad fled and has sought to project normalcy since. “We are working so that the transitional period is quick and smooth,” he told Sky News Arabia TV on Monday, saying the security situation had already improved from the day before. At the court of Justice in Damascus, which was stormed by the rebels to free detainees, Judge Khitam Haddad, an aide to the justice minister in the outgoing government, said that judges were ready to resume work quickly. “We want to give everyone their rights,” Mr Haddad said outside the courthouse. “We want to build a new Syria and to keep the work, but with new methods.” But a UN official said some government services had been paralysed as worried state employees stayed at home. The public sector “has just come to a complete and abrupt halt,” said Adam Abdelmoula, UN resident and humanitarian co-ordinator for Syria, noting, for example, that an aid flight carrying urgently needed medical supplies had been put on hold after aviation employees abandoned their jobs. “This is a country that has had one government for 53 years and then suddenly all of those who have been demonised by the public media are now in charge in the nation’s capital,” Mr Abdelmoula told The Associated Press. “I think it will take a couple of days and a lot of assurance on the part of the armed groups for these people to return to work again.” In a video shared on a rebel messaging channel, Mr al-Sharaa said: “You will see there are skills” among the rebels. The Kremlin said Russia has granted political asylum to Mr Assad, a decision made by President Vladimir Putin. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on Mr Assad’s specific whereabouts and said Mr Putin did not plan to meet with him. Damascus was quiet Monday, with life slowly returning to normal, though most shops and public institutions were closed. In public squares, some people were still celebrating. Civilian traffic resumed, but there was no public transport. Long lines formed in front of bakeries and other food stores. There was little sign of any security presence though in some areas, small groups of armed men were stationed in the streets.Otti appoints Abia State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board