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Carragher was one of many who were mighty impressed with the full-backs performance against two of Real Madrid's galacticos. Jamie Carragher has heaped praise on Conor Bradley after the right-back’s outstanding display for Liverpool in Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Real Madrid. The 21-year-old marked his maiden Champions League start with a clean sheet and his first assist of the season. His ball to Alexis Mac Allister led to the Argentine’s opener on 52 minutes, nine minutes before Caoimhin Kelleher saved Kylian Mabppe’s penalty. Mohamed Salah then won and missed his own spot kick on 70 minutes. But Cody Gakpo’s second goal in as many Champions League games six minutes later secured Liverpool’s status as table-toppers. Bradley’s night would end three minutes from time due to injury. Having kept Mbappe quiet and got the better of Jude Bellingham throughout the match, Bradley was forced off before the end while feeling his hamstring. He was seen walking around the pitch after full-time, in what fans will hope is a sign his issue is not severe. He duly received praise from Carragher for his showing, with his sturdy display allowing Trent Alexander-Arnold a whole game’s rest with Joe Gomez replacing Bradley upon his injury. Taking to X, Carragher wrote: “What a performance @conorbradley03”, with fire and runing emojis attached. Liverpool will assess Bradley and his fitness ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash with Manchester City, when Alexander-Arnold is expected to return. He has not played for two-and-a-half weeks since picking up his hamstring problem in the 2-0 win over Aston Villa. The Reds, meanwhile, also have concern over Ibrahima Konate, who finished the game on the turf holding his leg. He managed to walk off the pitch but sported a limp on the way back to the dressing room.
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UCF and Tulsa will test their mettle against each other on Saturday afternoon in the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic in Sunrise, Fla. The Knights will make their first appearance in the event since recording a two-point loss to Missouri in 2022, while Tulsa's last trip to the Orange Bowl Classic was a loss to Florida State in 2012. UCF (7-2) may have something to prove being away from Addition Financial Arena. The Knights are 7-0 at home, whereas a November trip to the Greenbrier Tip-Off in West Virginia produced an 86-70 loss to Wisconsin and a triple-overtime setback against LSU. The Knights relied heavily on their defense in Sunday's 66-51 win over Tarleton State. After a sluggish start offensively, UCF found its rhythm during a 37-point second half. Jordan Ivy-Curry finished with a game-high 16 points and freshman center Moustapha Thiam collected 10 points, nine rebounds and six blocks. UCF's Big 12 opener draws closer (at Texas Tech, Dec. 31), but head coach Johnny Dawkins remains focused on daily improvement. "I feel a sense of urgency to get better, not with regards to Big 12 play to be quite frank, but every game," Dawkins said. "I don't look too far in the future. Pretty much I've always been in the moment as a player and as a person, and so for me it's about just getting better because it's our standards." Tulsa (4-6) looks to stop a three-game slide following a 70-66 home loss to Southern University last Saturday. Keaston Willis scored in double figures for the sixth time this season, netting a season-high 23 points off the bench. But Isaiah Barnes, one of three Golden Hurricane players to start all 10 games, was injured in the first half and played only eight minutes. To complicate matters, head coach Eric Konkol's team is 0-6 when trailing at halftime. "We got to get some guys healthy that can be healthy for next Saturday (against UCF)," Konkol said. "We got a couple other guys dealing with some different things, but then (also) having some planning to figure out what's the best way going forward for this group." --Field Level MediaTo the Editor: Mehmet Oz, a board-certified heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal health care agency that covers more than a third of Americans. Although he made his reputation as a surgeon, he made his fortune as a salesman. He is perhaps best known for his TV show, Dr. Oz, on which he portrayed himself as a trusted doctor and dispensed nutritional and lifestyle advice, conveniently failing to make clear to his audience just how closely he worked with the companies he pitched. He repeatedly promoted products of questionable medical value and was named in lawsuits that alleged he made misleading claims on the show. Several of the companies he has promoted are structured as multilevel marketing businesses whose practices have repeatedly drawn the attention of federal regulators. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Oz appeared on Fox News more than 25 times to promote hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine — an antimalarial drug also used for treating lupus — as a cure for COVID, despite lacking evidence that it was safe or effective. CNBC recently reported that Oz owns at least $630,000 in stock in pharmaceutical companies that distribute hydroxychloroquine. On top of the unverified drug claims, Oz was criticized for comments he made on Sean Hannity’s show. “I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing that the opening of schools may only cost us two or three percent in terms of total mortality,” Oz said, suggesting that putting children back in school — even as cases skyrocketed — was a “very appetizing opportunity.” Oz was, and probably still is, involved in marketing partnerships with Novo Nordisk. As head of CMS, he’d be in charge of making decisions that could be very lucrative for pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Oz also has investments in CVS and UnitedHealth, companies that could reap major financial gains based on Oz’s decisions. His ongoing financial ties to Big Pharma and health care companies are a conflict of interest. What incentive does he have to do the job the American people need done by the person in this position? Furthermore, in addition to these conflicts of interest, Oz is a proponent of Medicare privatization, which would destroy Medicare as we know it and enrich the insurance corporations he’s invested in. In recent years, Oz has dived into far-right politics, dropping the veil of neutrality he stood behind for most of his career. Since his unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate, Oz routinely faces criticism for his motives, beliefs and questionable medical record — including a recently resurfaced scandal involving the cruel treatment of animals by Columbia University research teams that he oversaw. Dr. Oz, he gained fame for promoting questionable “supplements” and quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain. Mehmet Oz is an inappropriate choice to run CMS. His history of promoting questionable “supplements” and quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain, and the conflicts of interest created by his continued involvement and financial ties to pharmaceutical and health care companies make him unfit for that position. I urge Senators Moran and Marshall to block the nomination of Mehmet Oz as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Sharon McGinness LarnedNearly seven years later, new Raiders practice squad running back Chris Collier smiles and puts his head down when asked about his high school coach’s comments before the Long Island championship game in his senior season. “You found that article?” he laughs. Then-Lawrence coach Joe Martillotti said before the game his team had a plan and was confident in its ability to contain Westhampton star Dylan Laube. Narrator: That plan did not work. Laube ran for 227 yards and six touchdowns in a 54-26 win, setting the Long Island (New York) record with 47 touchdowns on the season. ‘I knew we were done’ Collier, who scored a couple of times that day and had a long touchdown pass wiped out by a penalty, wasn’t surprised. He had first encountered Laube on a football field in a youth league game and was familiar with his abilities. “We were 9 when I played against him the first time, and he went crazy that day,” Collier remembered. “He’s been a great player his whole life. But I remember him because he had this crazy neck pad he wore as a kid all the way up to high school. “(In the championship game), this kid got the ball and he has this move that I’ve seen since we were 9 where it’s just a jab step and go around the corner. Once I saw him do that to probably the two fastest guys on our team, I knew we were done. I don’t even think we got a stop the whole game, and it seemed like he had about 400 yards.” Collier and Laube would go on to successful college careers, but they kept track of each other through social media and the occasional encounter. That was until this week when Collier signed with the Raiders after a stint in Baltimore and they found each other in the same locker room. It just so happens to be the week Laube is set for perhaps his most extensive action of the season with top running backs Alexander Mattison and Zamir White unlikely to play. “I think we’re the only two (current NFL) running backs from Long Island, which is a crazy thought,” Laube said. “But even crazier is that our last high school game was against each other. It’s a full circle thing for us. Football is a very close-knit community on the island because it’s a big lacrosse area. Just to see two kids who played against each other now on the same team on the biggest stage is one of the biggest achievements anyone could ask for.” Collier said it’s been a big topic of conversation back home. “It’s a ‘what are the odds?’ type moment,” he said. “When I heard I was coming to the Raiders, I was like, ‘No way. I’m playing with my boy Dylan.’ It was crazy. All my boys back home and everyone on Long Island has been talking about it. It’s pretty cool we’re in the same locker room.” Laube is doing his best not to live in the past in their interactions, however, regardless of how dominant his performance was that day. “I haven’t said much because I think he knows,” Laube laughed. “It was a tough game for them. But he was the best player on their team and a great athlete. I’ve mentioned it a few times, but it was years ago and now we just kind of have mutual respect for each other.” Laube has saved more of his ire for the host of that game, Stony Brook University. The local school declined to recruit Laube despite his record-shattering performances on the gridiron. “That game was even played on their field, and they never offered me (a scholarship),” he said. “I always took that personal every time I played them. I feel like I made a statement that game. It was the first time my town had made it to the Long Island championship, and it was a crazy game.” Laube went on to become an All-American at New Hampshire and won all four meetings he played in against conference rival Stony Brook. ‘My brother forever’ Collier had 1,800 yards and 25 touchdowns that senior season himself, but was barely recruited because of a serious knee injury suffered in his junior campaign. He had an even more circuitous journey from Nassau Community College to Wagner to Lock Haven, where he had an All-American season in 2023 and got on the NFL’s radar. Now they’re both enjoying defying the odds they overcame to be NFL running backs from an area that doesn’t produce many. And they are now doing it together. “We’ve always followed each other and kept in touch,” Collier said. “But we’ve never really been in the same area. Now that we’re in the same spot, I feel like he’s going to be my brother forever.”
November 27, 2024 This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlightedthe following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: fact-checked trusted source proofread by Kaunas University of Technology The average amount of plastic packaging waste generated by a single EU citizen per year is 36 kilograms. Longer-term projections are equally grim, with the amount of plastic waste estimated to triple by 2060 globally. Increasing consumption is driving the search for alternatives—biodegradable and durable materials that would not only replace but also outperform synthetic plastics. Today, bioplastics are often named as one of the solutions for a more sustainable future, yet few know that this material is not a result of recent scientific work. Back in 1926, a French researcher, Maurice Lemoigne, discovered a way to produce bioplastic polyhydroxybutyrate; however, this solution was overshadowed by the cheap and seemingly endless oil industry. The consequences, however, are evident today: depleting oil resources and hard-to-imagine 400 million metric tons (equal to the weight of almost 40 Eiffel Towers) of synthetic plastic waste generated in 2021 alone. Could bioplastics save the planet? Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) say that without the responsible use of synthetic plastics, bioplastics can make little difference. However, innovative solutions are needed to tackle today's global ecological crisis, and bioplastics can play a crucial role in the process. Turning back to nature Bioplastics, according to KTU professor Dr. Ramunė Rutkaitė, is a broad concept that encompasses a whole range of materials differing both in their biodegradability and the sources from which they are made. "Plastic is considered to be a bioplastic if it is made from renewable natural raw materials derived from biomass, natural or genetically modified organisms, or if it is biodegradable. There is a third type of bioplastic, however, which has both characteristics," says Dr. Rutkaitė. Currently, according to the KTU professor, most bioplastics are produced from agricultural, so-called first-generation, feedstock, mainly using hydrocarbon-rich plants such as potatoes, corn, sugar cane, and wheat. This choice of bioplastic raw material inevitably raises an ethical question: Can we let food be used for bioplastic bag production, for example? "In this case, there is no doubt that feeding the world is the priority," says Dr. Rutkaitė, "and bioplastics should be produced using second- and third-generation raw materials: natural raw materials that are not suitable for food or animal feed , such as algae biomass, municipal and industrial waste, including by-products of the food industry." Although the technologies for using second and third-generation feedstock for bioplastics are still being developed, KTU researchers study one of such materials, found in the inedible parts of many plants. Dr. Ayodeji Amobonye, a KTU postdoctoral trainee from Nigeria, who is working on the project "Development of bioactive and biodegradable bioplastics from sustainable polysaccharides," says that the idea to take a closer look at the protective structures of various plants as potential sources of the components for bioplastic production came from nature itself. "This project, like many others, is inspired by nature, which encloses many of its fruits and seeds in 'shells' to protect them against unfavorable natural factors like humidity, UV rays, pathogens, and pests. Although the physical protection—for example, in the nut shells—is mostly created by the lignocellulosic framework, it is, however, reinforced by various bioactive compounds. Hence, in developing new ways to produce functional bioplastics, we are exploring the potential of these natural compounds as key active agents," says Dr. Amobonye. Discover the latest in science, tech, and space with over 100,000 subscribers who rely on Phys.org for daily insights. Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates on breakthroughs, innovations, and research that matter— daily or weekly . 'Bio' does not necessarily stand for biodegradable Biodegradability is the key feature of bioplastics that makes them increasingly attractive in a wide range of industries, especially because the unique chemical and physical properties of biodegradable bioplastics may even make them outperform traditional petroleum-based plastics. "Biodegradable bioplastics, under certain environmental conditions, can fully decompose into natural materials such as water, carbon dioxide, or compost. In this case, no bioplastic particles remain, so neither soil nor water resources are contaminated," says Dr. Rutkaitė. Bioplastics with higher bioactivity, in turn, can also have extended functionality that may, for example, help to combat food waste, another world's most pressing problem. "The antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of these functionalized bioplastics are relevant for the food packaging industry because they could prolong the shelf-life of packaged goods, which could also help reduce food waste," says Dr. Amobonye. However, it is important to remember that the name "bio" does not necessarily mean that all bioplastics are biodegradable. According to Dr. Rutkaitė, some 100% bioplastics made from plant-based raw materials can be non-biodegradable, while some fossil-based plastics can quickly decompose. "Biodegradability properties are more related to the chemical structure of the material rather than the source it is made from," says the researcher. "Therefore, when recycling bioplastics, it is very important to look at the label on the bioplastic package. If it is labeled as home compostable, it can be composted in the household or thrown in the kitchen and food waste bin. On the other hand, if there is no such information, the bioplastic packaging should go into the plastic waste bin." Learning to live with plastics Bioplastics alone will not save the world, Dr. Rutkaitė is convinced. It can help reduce the use of fossil fuels in the plastics industry but, first and foremost, people must learn to manage vast amounts of synthetic plastics already polluting the earth. Recycling conventional plastics, she points out, has become even more important in recent years than the production of new bioplastics. "Synthetic plastics are not the reason our planet is polluted. The human is the polluter who is unable or sometimes even unaware of the need to collect and recycle plastics," emphasizes Dr. Rutkaitė. "Therefore, it is very important to improve the collection and sorting of plastic waste in all countries around the world, to reduce the use of single-use plastic products, to reuse them, and, above all, to raise consumer awareness, because eventually, everyday behavior determines the level of consumption and collection of plastic products." Yet, deep-rooted consumer habits are not the only hurdle in a rapid worldwide transition to a bioplastic future. The low cost and durability of synthetic plastics, at least for now, are irreplaceable. Moreover, the technology and infrastructure of bioplastics production from second- and third-generation feedstock is still underdeveloped, while the cost of existing bioplastics is several times higher than that of conventional plastics. This, in turn, makes a rapid global transition to bioplastics simply impossible, both researchers admit. "We must, however, keep in mind that Rome was not built in a day, and most of the everyday technologies that we use now were at some point exclusive and expensive. Thus, we need continuous research and developmental efforts in the bioplastics field, which would facilitate innovation and allow the industry to reach its full potential," says Dr. Amobonye. He further adds that "waste-to-energy recycling, as well as mechanical and chemical recycling schemes, are top of the approaches for addressing the plastic waste problem. All three approaches are also used in Lithuania; however, mechanical and chemical recycling rates, following the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, which is expected to take effect soon, will have to be increased." Provided by Kaunas University of Technology
Innofactor Plc Stock Exchange release, on November 25, 2024, at 20:00 Finnish time Innofactor's Board of Directors has appointed Anni Wahlroos as Debuty CEO for Innofactor Group as of November 25, 2025. She will continue as the Chief People Officer of the Innofactor Group and as a member of the Group's Executive Board, reporting to CEO Sami Ensio. Wahlroos has been with Innofactor since 2015 and has been a member of the Group’s Executive Board since 2022. "I am grateful and humbled by the trust placed in me. At Innofactor, we have the most amazing professionals and clients in the Nordic countries, and it has been a joy and an honor to do my dream job with them for the past ten years. Innofactor's new strategy, the rapidly changing world, and artificial intelligence bring exciting opportunities for the future as well," says Anni Wahlroos. "I am very pleased with Anni's appointment as our Deputy CEO. Over the past ten years at Innofactor, Anni has demonstrated exceptional expertise and commitment to the company and her work. A skilled and motivated staff is at the core of Innofactor's operations – PeopleFirst. I am confident that Anni will continue to develop Innofactor and help the company achieve its growth targets also in the future," says CEO Sami Ensio. Espoo, November 25, 2024 INNOFACTOR PLC Board of Directors Additional information: Sami Ensio, CEO Innofactor Plc Tel. +358 50 584 2029 sami.ensio@innofactor.com Distribution: NASDAQ Helsinki Main media www.innofactor.com Innofactor Innofactor is the leading driver of the modern digital organization in the Nordic Countries for its about 1,000 customers in commercial and public sector. Innofactor has the widest solution offering and leading know-how in the Microsoft ecosystem in the Nordics. Innofactor has about 600 enthusiastic and motivated top specialists in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The Innofactor Plc share is listed in the technology section of the main list of NASDAQ Helsinki Oy. www.innofactor.com #ModernDigitalOrganization #PeopleFirst #CreatingSmiles #BeTheRealYou
When Donald Trump ’s former national security adviser John Bolton appeared on CNN Friday night, he didn’t hold back when commenting on Trump’s pick for his counterterrorism director. “ Sebastian Gorka is a con man,” Bolton told host Kaitlan Collins . “He needs a full-field FBI background investigation about his educational claims and things like that,” he added. “I think he is a perfect example of somebody who owes his position purely to Donald Trump, he doesn’t display loyalty, he displays fealty, and that’s what Trump wants.” Boltson said Trump “doesn’t want Gorka’s opinions.” “He wants Gorka to say, ‘Yes, sir,’ and I am fully confident that’s exactly what will happen, no matter what it is Trump says,” Bolton argued. To hear Trump put it, Gorka has been a “tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA Movement” since 2015, according to the president-elect’s announcement on Friday. Gorka, who was born in the UK to Hungarian parents, is “a legal immigrant” with “more than 30 years of National Security experience,” Trump said. What Trump neglected to mention was that Gorka was pushed out of his White House role as a strategist to the president in his first administration. Divisive and combative as he staunchly defended Trump, Gorka was one of the main backers of the then-president’s ban on refugees and people from several Muslim-majority countries. Gorka’s views on Islam have been a source of controversy — specifically, comments he has made about violence being an intrinsic part of the Islamic faith. His academic credentials have also been questioned, as Bolton suggested on CNN. “Obviously he’s not the expert he claims to be — obviously,” Hungarian newspaper editor Gabor Horvath told NBC News in 2017. “He got his master’s degree and his PhD from the Corvinus University in Hungary. The Corvinus University is not a center for national security studies, certainly not internationally recognized studies of this kind,” he added. An op-ed in The New York Times once referred to him as “ The Islamophobic Huckster in the White House .” Trump’s then-White House chief of staff John Kelly reportedly pulled Gorka’s security clearance when he was on vacation, making it impossible for him to do his job, HuffPost noted at the time. This time around, Trump has suggested sidestepping the background check process usually conducted by the FBI to get his nominees and appointees into their expected roles. Gorka has dismissed the threat of white nationalism, and instead argued that Islamist extremists constituted the biggest threat to the US. His supposed ties to the Nazi-connected Hungarian political group Vitezi Rend have also worried some during his first short stint in the White House. The group collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War and reformed following the end of the country’s Communist government in 1989, according to HuffPost . Jewish outlet The Forward reported in March 2017 that Gorka was a member of the group. Gorka wore the group’s insignia at Trump’s first inaugural ball, later saying that the medals he wore belonged to his father, who was handed them as “a declaration for his resistance to [Communist] dictatorship,” Gorka told Breitbart , one of his former employers. Before coming to the US in 2008, Gorka moved to Hungary in 1992 and worked for the country’s Ministry of Defense before becoming an adviser to Prime Minister Viktor Orban in 1998. Gorka ran for mayor in the small town of Piliscsaba in 2006, coming in third place. Several members of the community told NBC News that he was a member of Vitezi Rend; one of the group’s leaders told CNN that the organization was never connected to the Nazis and that Gorka was not a pledged member. Gorka became a US citizen in 2012, which made it possible for him to work for the federal government. He lasted about eight months in the White House before he was forced to leave. He claimed he resigned, a version of events disputed by the Trump White House. “Sebastian Gorka did not resign, but I can confirm he no longer works at the White House,” a White House official told several news outlets at the time. After his departure, Gorka became a political and counterterrorism commentator on right-wing media, with his own radio show and frequent appearances on Fox News and Newsmax. The 54-year-old pugilist is well-known for his aggressiveness towards the press, often telling reporters to “take a long jump off a short pier,” as Politico noted. “I wouldn’t have him in any US government,” Bolton told CNN. “Fortunately, it’s not the highest position he had been mentioned for,” he added. “But I don’t think it’s going to bode well for counterterrorism efforts when the [National Security Council’s] senior director is somebody like that. ... But the questions of who are the deputy secretaries, who are the undersecretaries, and so on, is also going to tell us a lot about who’s actually running the government.”Beirut, Dec 13 (AP) After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have melted away. Activists say some of them have managed to flee the country while others went to hide in their hometowns. For more than five decades, the Assad family has ruled Syria with an iron grip, locking up those who dared question their power in the country's notorious prisons, where rights groups say inmates were regularly tortured or killed. Also Read | Indian Students Killed in Canada: India Describes Recent Murder of Students As 'Terrible Tragedies', Demands Thorough Investigation. The leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham insurgent group — which led anti-government fighters who forced Assad from power — has vowed to bring those who carried out such abuses to justice. “We will go after them in our country,” said HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was previously known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani. He added that the group will also ask foreign countries to hand over any suspects. Also Read | MFN Clause Suspension by Switzerland: India Needs Strategic Approach for International Taxation Treaties, Says GTRI. But finding those responsible for abuses could prove difficult. Some 8,000 Syrian citizens have entered Lebanon through the Masnaa border crossing in recent days, according to two Lebanese security officials and a judicial official, and about 5,000 have left the neighbouring country through Beirut's international airport. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to release the information. Most of those are presumed to be regular people, and Lebanon's Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said earlier this week that no Syrian official entered Lebanon through a legal border crossing. In an apparent effort to prevent members of Assad's government from escaping, the security officials said a Lebanese officer who was in charge of Masnaa was ordered to go on vacation because of his links to Assad's brother. But Rami Abdurrhaman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says several senior officers have nonetheless made it to neighboring Lebanon using travel documents with fake names. Here's a look at Assad and some of the officials in his inner circle. Bashar Assad: The Western-educated ophthalmologist initially raised hopes that he would be unlike his strongman father, Hafez, when he took power in 2000, including freeing political prisoners and allowing for a more open discourse. But when protests of his rule erupted in March 2011, Assad turned to brutal tactics to crush dissent. As the uprising became an outright civil war, he unleashed his military to blast opposition-held cities, with support from allies Iran and Russia. He has fled to Moscow, according to Russian state media. Maher Assad: The younger brother of the ousted president was the commander of the 4th Armoured Division, which Syrian opposition activists have accused of killings, torture, extortion and drug trafficking, in addition to running its own detention centres. He is under US and European sanctions. He disappeared over the weekend, and Abdurrhaman said he made it to Russia. Last year, French authorities issued an international arrest warrant for Maher Assad, along with his brother and two army generals, for alleged complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity, including in a 2013 chemical attack on rebel-held Damascus suburbs. Maj Gen Ali Mamlouk: Mamlouk was a security adviser to Assad and former head of the intelligence services. He is wanted in Lebanon for two explosions in the northern city of Tripoli in 2012 that killed and wounded dozens. Mamlouk is also wanted in France after a court convicted him and others in absentia of complicity in war crimes and sentenced them to life in prison. The trial focused on the officials' role in the 2013 arrest in Damascus of a Franco-Syrian man and his son and their subsequent torture and killing. Abdurrahman said Mamlouk fled to Lebanon, and it is not clear if he is still in the country under the protection of Hezbollah. Brig Gen Suheil al-Hassan: Al-Hassan was the commander of the 25th Special Missions Forces Division and later became the head of the Syrian Special Forces, which were key to many of the government's battlefield victories in the long-running civil war, including in Aleppo and the eastern suburbs of Damascus that long held off Assad's troops. Al-Hassan is known to have close ties to Russia and was praised by Russian President Vladimir Putin during one of his visits to Syria. Al-Hassan's whereabouts are not known. Maj Gen Hussam Luka: Luka, head of the General Security Directorate intelligence service, is not well known among the wider public but has played a major role in the crackdown against the opposition, mainly in the central city of Homs that was dubbed the “capital of the Syrian revolt”. Luka has been sanctioned by the US and Britain for his role in the crackdown. It's not clear where he is. Maj Gen Qahtan Khalil: Khalil, whose whereabouts are also unknown, was head of the Air Force Intelligence service and is widely known as the “Butcher of Daraya” for allegedly leading a 2012 attack on a Damascus suburb of the same name that killed hundreds of people. Other officials: -- Retired Maj Gen Jamil Hassan, former head of the Air Force Intelligence service, is also suspected of bearing responsibility for the attack in Daraya. Hassan was among those convicted in France this year along with Mamlouk. -- Defence Minister Lt Gen Ali Abbas and Maj Gen. Bassam Merhej al-Hassan, head of Bashar Assad's office and the man in charge of his security, are accused of human rights violations. (AP) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
Who is Bianca Bustamante and what is the F1 academy driver’s role McLaren?Hail Flutie: BC celebrates 40th anniversary of Miracle in MiamiDETROIT (AP) — In the waning days of President Joe Biden's administration, the government's highway safety agency is proposing voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving vehicles. But a rule from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration putting the plan in place won't be approved before the end of Biden's term in January and likely will be left to whoever runs the agency under Republican Donald Trump. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, whom Trump has named to co-lead a “Department of Government Efficiency” to cut costs and regulations, has floated the idea of him helping to develop safety standards for self-driving vehicles — even though the standards would affect Tesla's automated driving systems. At present there are no federal regulations that specifically govern autonomous vehicles, and any regulation is left to states. However, self-driving vehicles must meet broad federal safety standards that cover all passenger vehicles. Under the agency's proposal, released on Friday, automakers and autonomous vehicle companies could enroll in a program that would require safety plans and some data reporting for autonomous vehicles operating on public roads. To apply companies would have to have independent assessments of their automated vehicle safety processes, and there would be requirements to report crashes and other problems with the vehicles. Companies would have to give NHTSA information and data on the safety of the design, development and operations of the vehicles. The agency would decide whether to accept companies into the program. But auto safety advocates say the plan falls short of needed regulation for self-driving vehicles. For instance, it doesn't set specific performance standards set for the vehicles such as numbers and types of of sensors or whether the vehicles can see objects in low-visibility conditions, they said. “This is a big bunch of nothing,” said Missy Cummings, director of the autonomy and robotics center at George Mason University and a former safety adviser to NHTSA. “It’ll be more of a completely useless paperwork drill where the companies swear they’re doing the right thing.” Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, said one of the few good things about the plan is that companies will have to report data on crashes and other problems. There have been reports that the Trump administration may want to scrap a NHTSA order that now requires autonomous vehicle companies to report crashes to the agency so it can collect data. A message was left Friday seeking comment from the Trump transition team on crash reporting requirements. Brooks said the incoming administration probably will want to put out its own version of the guidelines. NHTSA will seek public comment on the plan for about 60 days, then the plan would have to wind its way through the federal regulatory process, which can take months or even years. The agency said it believes the plan can accelerate learning about autonomous vehicles as well as work toward future regulations. “It is important that ADS (Automated Driving System) technology be deployed in a manner that protects the public from unreasonable safety risk while at the same time allowing for responsible development of this technology, which has the potential to advance safety,” the proposed rule says. The agency concedes that in the future, there may be a need for NHTSA to set minimum standards for self driving vehicle performance that are similar to mandatory safety standards that govern human-driven cars. But the agency says it now doesn't have data and metrics to support those standards. The voluntary plan would help gather those, the proposal said. Tom Krisher, The Associated Press
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