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Australia politics live: Labor lines up trio of immigration bills dubbed ‘cruelty package’ by activists; Assange supporters push for pardonThe Electric Revolution: China Takes the Lead! Find Out How and Why.Taoiseach Simon Harris has paid tribute to former Fine Gael minister Gemma Hussey. Hussey was the State's first female Minister for Education and Fine Gael's first female Cabinet minister. Advertisement The Irish Times reported that Hussey passed away following a short illness at the age of 86. Born in Bray, Co Wicklow, Hussey had a successful career in business before entering politics. She became a senator, initially as an independent, in 1977 and joined Fine Gael three years later. In 1981, she became Government leader in the Seanad. She was elected to the Dáil as a candidate for the party in 1982 and served as a TD until 1989. Harris said Hussey was a "trailblazer", and "a passionate progressive for women’s rights, education reform and Ireland’s place in the world, particularly the potential of European Union membership". Harris said Hussey's work and long service in his own native Wicklow is "remembered to this day". "But above all Gemma was a patriot, a Fine Gael stalwart and a kind and generous person. I was one of the people lucky to enjoy her company, her advice and her good humour," he said. "To all of her family, colleagues and friends, l am truly sorry for your loss. May she rest in peace."

NoneThe NBA got viewers for Christmas, even while going up against NFL games. The NBA's five-game Christmas lineup was the league's most-watched in five years, with the games averaging about 5.25 million viewers per game across ABC, ESPN and its platforms, the league said Thursday based on Nielsen's preliminary numbers. It's an 84% rise over the NBA's Christmas numbers from 2023. The Los Angeles Lakers’ 115-113 victory over the Golden State Warriors — a game pitting Olympic teammates LeBron James and Stephen Curry — averaged 7.76 million viewers and peaked with about 8.32 million viewers toward the end of the contest, the league said. Those numbers represent the most-watched NBA regular season game in five years. “I love the NFL,” James said in his televised postgame interview Wednesday night. “But Christmas is our day.” The NBA said all five Christmas games on its schedule — San Antonio at New York in Victor Wembanyama's holiday debut, Minnesota at Dallas, Philadelphia at Boston, Denver at Phoenix and Lakers-Warriors — saw year-over-year viewership increases. Wednesday's numbers pushed NBA viewership for the season across ESPN platforms to up 4% over last season. The league also saw more than 500 million video views on its social media platforms Wednesday, a new record. For the NBA, those are all good signs amid cries that NBA viewership is hurting. “Ratings are down a bit at beginning of the season. But cable television viewership is down double digits so far this year versus last year," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said earlier this month. “You know, we’re almost at the inflection point where people are watching more programing on streaming than they are on traditional television. And it’s a reason why for our new television deals, which we enter into next year, every game is going to be available on a streaming service.” Part of that new package of television deals that the NBA is entering into next season also increases the number of regular season games broadcast on television from 15 to 75. AP NBA:LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom (AFP) — Kylian Mbappe saw a penalty saved as Liverpool beat Real Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to inflict a third Champions League defeat in five matches on the holders. Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo scored the goals in the second half as the Reds maintained their perfect record to return to the top of the table. Mohamed Salah also fired wide from the spot, but it mattered little as Liverpool secured a 17th win in Arne Slot’s first 19 games in charge. Slot has already achieved what Jurgen Klopp could not as Liverpool boss by slaying the Spanish giants. Liverpool had a score to settle with Madrid, who were unbeaten in eight previous meetings between the sides, including Champions League finals against Klopp’s men in 2018 and 2022. “You know how special it is to play against a club that won this Champions League so many times, are the reigning champions and were a pain in the ass for Liverpool many times as well,” said Slot. Defeat sends Carlo Ancelotti’s side tumbling down to 24th in the table. Only the top 24 progress to the knockout stage with the top eight advancing directly to the last 16. Liverpool are well on course to do just that and the confidence coursing through a side also eight points clear at the top of the Premier League was in evidence throughout in front of a highly-charged Anfield crowd. Madrid were hamstrung by a lengthy injury list and made the trip to England without Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Aurelien Tchouameni and David Alaba. Young centre-back Raul Asencio has been pressed into action by those absences and he made a vital goal-line clearance on four minutes. Darwin Nunez was sent in behind the Madrid defence by Salah and after his shot produced a fine save from Thibaut Courtois, Asencio reacted smartly to prevent the rebound bouncing off him and into his own net. Courtois was Liverpool’s scourge with a man-of-the-match performance in the final two years ago as Madrid prevailed 1-0 in Paris. The Belgian was at his best again as he blocked another big Nunez chance from point-blank range as the Liverpool pressure built without reward before the break. – ‘Difficult time’ for Mbappe – Courtois produced another brilliant stop at the start of the second period to parry Conor Bradley’s downward header. But Liverpool were not to be denied as Bradley was this time the provider for Mac Allister, who manufactured the space for a shot into the far corner on 52 minutes. The visitors were relying on Mbappe for a moment of magic in the absence of Vinicius, but the Frenchman was well-marshalled by his international team-mate Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk. His chance to silence his critics arrived on the hour mark when Andy Robertson was adjudged to have tripped Lucas Vazquez inside the area. Caoimhin Kelleher has excelled in the absence of the injured Alisson Becker and leapt to his left to save Mbappe’s spot-kick. “It is a difficult time for Kylian,” said Ancelotti. “We have to be patient with him, he is an exceptional player.” Salah sparked a furore ahead of the game by declaring his disappointment with Liverpool’s failure to offer him a contract renewal. The Egyptian has been in sparkling form this season and his pace and trickery fooled Ferland Mendy into a mistimed challenge. Salah, though, gave Madrid a lifeline by firing his penalty off the outside of the post. Liverpool had to wait just six more minutes for the cushion of a second goal as substitute Gakpo rose highest from Robertson’s cross to power a header past Courtois.

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Trump isn't back in office but he's already pushing his agenda and negotiating with world leadersThe Garda Representative Association (GRA) has said that “action and not words and soundbites” are needed to solve the force’s recruitment and retention crisis. Several political parties have pledged to increase garda numbers ahead of next week’s general election.Celebrating what would have been his 220th birthday on Nov. 23, members of the Pierce Brigade, N.H. National Guard and Beaver Meadow students gathered to honor Franklin Pierce, the only Granite Stater to serve as U.S. President, at his grave in Old North Cemetery on Tuesday. “Franklin Pierce was not a perfect man, but he was a good man who was dedicated, worked hard, and believed in serving his state and his country,” said Col. Richard Oberman, medical commander and deputy director of the Joint Staff at N.H. Army National Guard. “For that, he’s the kind of role model we should try and emulate every day, not just once a year. Happy Birthday, thank you, Frank.” Beneath a shower of November sleet, a wreath sent by the White House each year in the president’s memory was laid at his headstone. Born in a Hillsborough cabin, as Oberman noted, Pierce was the nation’s 14th president, elected in 1852 and serving one term in one of the fiercest periods of American history. Pierce’s father, Benjamin, had been governor, and Franklin got his start in politics young: When sworn in at age 48, he had already been a state representative and speaker of the N.H. House of Representatives, and served in Washington as a congressman and later a senator from New Hampshire. He also served as a brigadier general in the Mexican-American War of the late 1840s. Other than the time he spent in Washington, Pierce lived in Concord for much of his adult life. The home he and his family shared from 1842-1848, the Pierce Manse, was rescued from demolition at its original Montgomery Street location in 1971 and relocated to its current site overlooking Horseshoe Pond. The Pierce Brigade, volunteers who led the work, maintain it today as a historical site. Pierce’s later home on South Main Street, where he retired after his presidency and where he died, burned down in 1981. Oberman highlighted Pierce’s character, describing him as caring, brave and even mischievous. “He would be the kid in school who would stand up for you if you were being picked on, help you if your locker was stuck or if you were having trouble with your math homework,” he said. “Franklin would also be the classmate who would tell you a funny joke or pull a prank on someone.” He also, Oberman noted, “earned the nickname Handsome Frank because he looked so very young for his age.” Pierce was considered affable and had a successful legal career outside politics, but his personal life was blanketed by tragedy. He and his wife, Jane, lost their three sons young, including 11-year-old Benjamin, who died in a train accident just months before his presidential inauguration. The Pierces entered the White House childless. Amid rising tensions between pro- and anti-slavery powers, Pierce was a compromise candidate: He was a northerner who did not own slaves but was also a member of the Democratic Party — at that time it dominated Southern, pro-slavery states — who argued that the U.S. Constitution allowed slavery. Pierce won dominantly, and he embodied a belief at the time that peace and the status quo could be preserved through successive compromises and concessions. He is known for endorsing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which paved the way for slavery to expand into the West and led to a violent power struggle in the newly settled territories. He was also passionate about foreign policy and was an expansionist and a fiscal conservative. Oberman alluded to this mixed legacy, but emphasized that Pierce was driven by a desire to serve all his life and “focused on what he thought was the best for the country and its people.” Uniquely, Pierce spent almost all of his presidency without a deputy: Vice President William King died from tuberculosis just a month after taking office and was never replaced. Only two vice presidents served shorter terms — John Tyler and Andrew Johnson both became president after Presidents William Henry Harrison and Abraham Lincoln, respectively, died. At a time when primaries were party affairs and not public elections, Pierce was denied renomination by the Democrats in 1856 in favor of Pennsylvanian James Buchanan. He eventually retired to Concord, continuing his political involvement and taking up farming. He died of cirrhosis in 1869, according to the White House Historical Association. “Almost 220 years later, we stand by their gravestones to remember Franklin’s life and his legacy of serving others, especially people who are less fortunate,” Oberman said.

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