super ace jackpot demo JERUSALEM — Israel approved a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon's Hezbollah militants on Tuesday that would end nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the war in the Gaza Strip. The ceasefire, starting at 4 a.m. local time Wednesday, would mark the first major step toward ending the regionwide unrest triggered by Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. But it does not address the devastating war in Gaza , where Hamas is still holding dozens of hostages and the conflict is more intractable. Hours before the ceasefire with Hezbollah was to take effect, Israel carried out the most intense wave of strikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs since the start of the conflict and issued a record number of evacuation warnings. At least 42 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities. Another huge airstrike shook Beirut shortly after the ceasefire was announced. There appeared to be lingering disagreement over whether Israel would have the right to strike Hezbollah if it believed the militants had violated the agreement, something Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted was part of the deal but which Lebanese and Hezbollah officials have rejected. Israel's security Cabinet approved the U.S.-France-brokered ceasefire agreement after Netanyahu presented it, his office said. U.S. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and said his administration would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Biden administration spent much of this year trying to broker a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza but the talks repeatedly sputtered to a halt . President-elect Donald Trump vowed to bring peace to the Middle East without saying how. Still, any halt to the fighting in Lebanon is expected to reduce the likelihood of war between Israel and Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and Hamas and exchanged direct fire with Israel on two occasions earlier this year. Israel says it will ‘attack with might’ if Hezbollah breaks truce Netanyahu presented the ceasefire proposal to Cabinet ministers after a televised address in which he listed accomplishments against Israel’s enemies across the region. He said a ceasefire with Hezbollah would further isolate Hamas in Gaza and allow Israel to focus on its main enemy, Iran. “If Hezbollah breaks the agreement and tries to rearm, we will attack,” he said. “For every violation, we will attack with might.” The ceasefire deal calls for a two-month initial halt in fighting and would require Hezbollah to end its armed presence in a broad swath of southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops would return to their side of the border. Thousands of additional Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers would deploy in the south, and an international panel headed by the United States would monitor compliance. Biden said Israel reserved the right to quickly resume operations in Lebanon if Hezbollah breaks the terms of the truce, but that the deal "was designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities.” Netanyahu’s office said Israel appreciated the U.S. efforts in securing the deal but “reserves the right to act against every threat to its security.” Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati welcomed the ceasefire and described it as a crucial step toward stability and the return of displaced people. Hezbollah has said it accepts the proposal, but a senior official with the group said Tuesday it had not seen the agreement in its final form. “After reviewing the agreement signed by the enemy government, we will see if there is a match between what we stated and what was agreed upon by the Lebanese officials,” Mahmoud Qamati, deputy chair of Hezbollah’s political council, told the Al Jazeera news network. “We want an end to the aggression, of course, but not at the expense of the sovereignty of the state," he said, referring to Israel's demand for freedom of action. “Any violation of sovereignty is refused.” Warplanes bombard Beirut and its southern suburbs Even as ceasefire efforts gained momentum in recent days, Israel continued to strike what it called Hezbollah targets across Lebanon while the militants fired rockets, missiles and drones across the border. An Israeli strike on Tuesday leveled a residential building in central Beirut — the second time in recent days warplanes have hit the crowded area near downtown. At least seven people were killed and 37 wounded, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. Israel also struck a building in Beirut's bustling commercial district of Hamra for the first time, hitting a site around 400 meters (yards) from Lebanon’s Central Bank. There were no reports of casualties. The Israeli military said it struck targets linked to Hezbollah's financial arm. The evacuation warnings covered many areas, including parts of Beirut that previously were not targeted. The warnings sent residents fleeing. Traffic was gridlocked, with mattresses tied to some cars. Dozens of people, some wearing pajamas, gathered in a central square, huddling under blankets or standing around fires as Israeli drones buzzed overhead. Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee issued evacuation warnings for 20 buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has a major presence, as well as a warning for the southern town of Naqoura where the U.N. peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, is headquartered. UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said peacekeepers will not evacuate. Israeli forces reach Litani River in southern Lebanon The Israeli military also said its ground troops clashed with Hezbollah forces and destroyed rocket launchers in the Slouqi area on the eastern end of the Litani River, a few miles from the Israeli border. Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah would be required to move its forces north of the Litani, which in some places is about 20 miles north of the border. Hezbollah began firing into northern Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, saying it was showing support for the Palestinians, a day after Hamas carried out its attack on southern Israel, triggering the Gaza war. Israel returned fire on Hezbollah, and the two sides have exchanged barrages ever since. Israel escalated its bombardment in mid-September and later sent troops into Lebanon, vowing to put an end to Hezbollah fire so tens of thousands of evacuated Israelis could return to their homes. More than 3,760 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon the past 13 months, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The bombardment has driven 1.2 million people from their homes. Israel says it has killed more than 2,000 Hezbollah members. Hezbollah fire has forced some 50,000 Israelis to evacuate in the country’s north, and its rockets have reached as far south in Israel as Tel Aviv. At least 75 people have been killed, more than half of them civilians. More than 50 Israeli soldiers have died in the ground offensive in Lebanon. Chehayeb and Mroue reported from Beirut and Federman from Jerusalem. Associated Press reporters Lujain Jo and Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed.

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Dec. 23: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung has said that the present government will not collapse at any cost as this government was formed to end political instability in the country. "We, the two largest parties (Nepali Congress and CPN-UML), in the House of Representatives, enjoy a comfortable majority and there is no need to seek others' support and backup to retain this present government, so the coalition and the government will continue until the general election of 2027," Minister Gurung said. "The formation of the present government led by the largest and second largest party is a kind of rare occurrence in the history of national politics," Minister Gurung, who is also the government spokesperson, said at a press meet organised to make the Cabinet decisions public on Sunday. "There was an urgency and necessity to form the present government having different political ideologies to give the nation a breakthrough in terms of political instability and momentum to the national development projects," Minister Gurung claimed. When there was not a durable government in the past, all the national budgetary plans and programmes, capital expenditure and many more things could not be achieved, he said. "This situation caused a risk of moving the nation into national and financial failure and thus we, the two largest parties, united to form this new government," Minister Gurung said. When a sustainable government could not be formed, the nation's trade deficit also increased, he said. Meanwhile, the Cabinet meeting held on December 20 decided to approve the use of 3.45 hectares of national forest land for the construction of the Godawari Multipurpose Stadium in Lalitpur. Similarly, the government has designated Nepal Rastra Bank as the regulatory body to prevent money laundering in the case of loans issued for the purchase of vehicles and the Social Security Fund. For vehicle sale businesses, the Department of Transport Management has been appointed as the regulatory body to prevent money laundering, and for investment companies, the Securities Board of Nepal has been designated, according to the Minister. Additionally, the government has approved the revised terms of reference for the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. Likewise, the government promoted Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) Durga Singh and Bharat Bahadur Bohara to the rank of Additional Inspector General of Police (AIG) to fill two vacant positions in the Nepal Police. The promoted officers have been assigned to the Nepal Police Headquarters, Human Resource Development Department, and the Nepal Police Headquarters, Provincial Coordination Department. The government has nominated Shriram Subedi from Kaski as the Chairman of the Kanti Children's Hospital Development Committee.

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Football teams across the Northern Section are preparing for a rainy Friday night of playoff games. For many teams Friday will be the second round of NSCIF playoffs. For teams like Pleasant Valley and Foothill in D-II, it will be their first game of section playoffs after first-round byes. For many others it will be second round semifinal matchups, and in Division IV the matchup between Winters and East Nicolaus is the division’s Northern Section championship. That game has been moved to Saturday at 1 p.m.; Northern Section commissioner Scott Johnson confirmed there was a mutual agreement between the two programs, who felt with a section championship on the line, they would get better break in weather with Winters’ home field being on grass. Johnson added that five of the seven games scheduled for this weekend will be played on grass fields — Pleasant Valley and Foothill’s fields in Division II the only exceptions — and that all schools are communicating with everyone involved. Johnson said teams could opt to move the games as late as Friday morning to a later date or change of time, as long as enough time is given to all involved including media, officials, MaxPreps, section officials and others. As of Thursday at 12:30 p.m., the only other change that has been made is that in Division III: No. 5 Gridley (8-3) playing at No. 1 Lassen (8-3) has been moved from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m. “We’re trying to stay status quo,” Johnson said. Kicking off in D-II, No. 1 Pleasant Valley (7-3) hosts No. 4 Enterprise (8-3) at 7 p.m. at Asgard Yard in Chico. The Vikings received a first-round bye while the Hornets came from behind to defeat Shasta 26-20 in the quarterfinals. The Hornets outscored Shasta 20-0 in the second half to advance. In the regular season Enterprise and PV faced off on Nov. 1 in another rainy game, and the Vikings defeated the Hornets 38-17. PV threw for three touchdowns and ran for two in that game. Lucas Benson had 19 carries for 156 yards and one TD in addition to a 19-yard TD pass, and QB Joseph Garcia threw for 149 yards and two TDs. Enterprise QB JJ Johnson threw for 226 yards and two TDs, was intercepted once, but the Vikings limited the dual-threat quarterback to just four carries for 22 yards. On the bottom half of the D-II bracket, No. 2 Foothill (7-3) hosts No. 3 Red Bluff (9-2) at 7 p.m. in Palo Cedro. This game very well could have been in Red Bluff had the coach’s committee not made a mistake at the seeding meeting. The two teams enter having different momentum shifts. After Foothill began its season having won six of its first seven, the Cougars lost two of three to close out their season. Meanwhile Red Bluff, which lost 29-26 at home against Foothill on Oct. 18, has won four straight since the loss. During the regular season matchup the Cougars and Spartans were tied at 14-14 at halftime, and after a scoreless third quarter the Cougars scored in the final two minutes and sealed the win with a 2-point conversion. Red Bluff defeated No. 6 Las Plumas 42-0 in the opening round, while Foothill’s last game played before the bye week was a 32-13 loss to Enterprise on Nov. 8. Kicking off at 7 p.m., No. 2 Orland (9-2) and No. 6 Corning (5-6) face off for a second time this season in Orland. The first game between the Trojans and Cardinals was played in the rain on Orland’s grass field, and the forecast shows this will likely be the case once again. The Trojans defeated the Cardinals 34-14 on Nov. 1. After that game Corning coach John Studer said the conditions favor Orland’s downhill run game, whereas Corning likes to get to the edge more and cut, which can be hard on muddy field conditions. Corning upset No. 3 Yreka 24-20 last week, after being down 20-3 at one point. Orland is coming off a 42-6 win against No. 7 Pierce, in which quarterback Luke Schager set a new single-game rushing record for Orland football with 417 yards and four TDs. The Trojans’ defense shut out the Bears, with their lone score coming on a fumble returned for a TD. The D-III section championship will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at the higher seed’s home field. No. 1 Winters (11-0) looks to stay undefeated when it hosts No. 2 East Nicolaus (7-4) for the NSCIF D-IV championship Saturday. Winters defeated No. 4 Hamilton 48-0 in the first round, while East Nicolaus defeated No. 3 Durham 40-28. The Warriors have seven of their 11 games via shutout, including defeating East Nicolaus 48-0 on Oct. 18 in Winters, and outscored their opponents 429-43. East Nicolaus has won three straight and outscored its opponents 312-235. While the D-II and D-III section championship games are held Nov. 30, the D-V section championship game is held the day before Thanksgiving on Nov. 27. The biggest implication this has for Friday’s games is that the two D-V semifinals must go on as scheduled (with the exception of lightning cancelling) to give teams time to prepare, whereas in other divisions games could be pushed towards future dates. No. 4 Los Molinos (6-5) hosts No. 8 Weed (5-6) at 7 p.m. in Los Molinos. Weed upset No. 1 Biggs in the quarterfinals 16-14, while Los Molinos defeated No. 5 Modoc 68-37. The Cougars and Bulldogs did not face off in the regular season. In the bottom half of the bracket, No. 2 Maxwell (10-1) hosts No. 6 Redding Christian (6-5) at 7 p.m. in Maxwell. Redding Christian upset No. 3 Etna 29-0, while Maxwell defeated No. 7 Fall River 41-30. Maxwell defeated Redding Christian 44-14 in both teams’ third game of the regular season on Sept. 13 in Redding. 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The village committee assured the public that they are taking all necessary steps to mitigate any potential environmental damage caused by the incident. They have initiated a clean-up operation in collaboration with local authorities and environmental agencies to ensure the sea is returned to its natural state as soon as possible.UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $200 million in humanitarian aid for conflict-torn Sudan during what was likely his final trip to the United Nations while in office. With the U.N. Security Council more divided than ever, Blinken led two meetings of the U.N.’s most powerful body on Thursday, capping his engagements with the world body after a tumultuous four years that saw war return to Europe and multiple crises in the Middle East. But neither focused on Russia’s war with Ukraine or the Mideast, where the U.S. has been frequently at odds with permanent members China and Russia and almost always in the minority when it comes to Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Instead, in an apparent bid to produce a modicum of consensus, Blinken led Security Council sessions on artificial intelligence and Sudan , where conflict has sparked a dire humanitarian crisis that aid agencies say has not received enough attention. The money announced by Blinken will go toward food, shelter and health care for the people of Sudan. He also said the State Department will work with Congress to provide an additional $30 million to elevate civilian voices to help with the transition back to democratic governance. Here’s a look at America's top diplomat at the U.N.: Blinken has been appearing in person and virtually before the Security Council since March 2021, just after assuming his position as the Biden administration’s top diplomat. In addition to several one-off council meetings, including one in February 2022 shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine, Blinken has gone to New York for a week every September for the annual General Assembly gathering of world leaders. The presidency of the Security Council rotates alphabetically every month among its 15 members. This month, it's the U.S. turn. The country holding the presidency almost always organizes several signature events on topics its government chooses. Presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers often preside at these meetings, which ministers from other council nations are invited to attend. Russia and China have blocked all council action condemning the invasion of Ukraine. This has led U.S. officials to believe that a session on the topic, especially as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office with a stated goal of ending the war immediately, would likely be a waste of time. On the Middle East, the U.S. has frequently vetoed council action condemning Israel for its tactics against Hamas in Gaza, leaving it virtually alone at the United Nations in supporting Israel. War broke out in Sudan last year between rival generals heading the military and paramilitary forces. The fighting has left tens of thousands dead, forced millions from their homes and pushed a large swath of Sudan’s population to starvation — creating an often forgotten global crisis the U.S. is seeking to spotlight. The roughly $230 million in assistance announced Thursday brings total U.S. support to over $2.3 billion since the fighting erupted. Blinken said the fighting unleashed the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, and every day “brings new atrocities, attacks on hospitals, on markets, displaced persons, camps, summary executions, women and girls subjected to unspeakable sexual violence.” “We continue to see war crimes and crimes against humanity committed across vast parts of Sudan,” he said. The U.S. leads the world in developing AI technology, according to a recently released Stanford University index, and it has been in the forefront of U.N. action on AI. In March, the first U.N. resolution on artificial intelligence was adopted by the 193-member General Assembly. Sponsored by the U.S., it gives global support to an international effort to ensure the powerful technology benefits all nations, respects human rights and is “safe, secure and trustworthy.” Blinken said AI has the potential to do “tremendous good” but can also pose “tremendous threats to the international peace and security that this council is charged with upholding.” He noted that “repressive regimes are using AI-enabled surveillance to target journalists and political dissidents" and that "if algorithms are built into weapon systems, and if they malfunction, they could spark a conflict.” “By setting rules of the road for AI we can minimize these risks, we can harness the exceptional promise of this technology,” he said. Blinken has represented the U.S. at the Security Council about half a dozen times at meetings ranging from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the war in Gaza. Russia, like the U.S. and China, is a permanent veto-holding member of the 15-nation council, and both have seats at its horseshoe-shaped table. But apart from pointed disagreements during debates, there have been no confrontations or one-on-one meetings between Blinken and Russian diplomats at previous U.N. meetings — and there was none on Thursday. Blinken thanked Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia after his remarks — as is custom — even though Nebenzia accused the U.S. of imposing rules on others but not abiding by them. But the Russian envoy agreed that “we cannot allow AI to dominate human beings and human values.” It is not unusual for Blinken or other senior U.S. officials to attend international meetings and conferences where Russian officials are present, but interactions are rare. Lee reported from Washington.The opportunity to face Real Madrid came unexpectedly when the prestigious club's scouts visited the village during a talent scouting event. 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LISBON (Reuters) -Bukayo Saka scored one goal and set up another as Arsenal thrashed Portuguese side Sporting 5-1 in their Champions League clash at the Estadio Jose Alvalade on Tuesday, their biggest away win in the competition in 21 years. Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal ahead early on before Kai Havertz and Brazilian defender Gabriel added two more goals before halftime as Arsenal overwhelmed their hosts. Goncalo Inacio pulled a goal back for Sporting early in the second period, but Saka restored Arsenal’s three-goal advantage with a penalty and Leandro Trossard got a fifth for their biggest away win in the Champions League since victory by the same scoreline at Inter Milan in 2003. Arsenal moved above Sporting to seventh place in the 36-team table with 10 points from their five games. The Portuguese side have the same number of points but are one position back on goal-difference. After a mini-slump in recent weeks, Arsenal have back-to-back wins and look to be finding their best form again with some of their play in Lisbon simply outstanding. They were finding plenty of joy on the right wing and their first two goals both came from attacks down that side. Jurrien Timber’s low cross eluded everyone and provided a tap-in for Martinelli at the back post to put the visitors ahead inside seven minutes. Arsenal continued to set the tempo and deservedly doubled their advantage midway through the first half when Saka burst into the box and poked the ball past Sporting goalkeeper Franco Israel, providing another simple finish for Havertz. Sporting’s lively 17-year-old winger Geovany Quenda forced a good save from Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya just before the break in a rare foray forward for the hosts, but they fell further behind in the final seconds of the half. Defender Gabriel met a Declan Rice corner to head his side further in front and few could argue Arsenal were full value for their 3-0 lead. They would have hoped for a composed start to the second half but instead allowed Sporting a way back into the game. Francisco Trincao’s corner was met at the front post by Inacio, who volleyed into the back of the net to offer his side a lifeline. Arsenal were by no means as dominant in the second period, but earned a penalty when Martin Odegaard was fouled from behind by Ousmane Diomande and Saka coolly slotted the spot-kick into the bottom right corner. Substitute Trossard added a fifth with a header after Israel could only parry Mikel Merino’s long-range shot into his path. (Reporting by Nick SaidEditing by Toby Davis) Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. 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In recent months, users have experienced sluggish speeds , difficulty downloading media on WhatsApp, and intermittent connectivity issues across the country. Professionals in the IT sector have expressed utter dismay to Dawn over how the government handles the internet access issue to check “propaganda or terrorism” in cyberspace. Digital analysts say the government has been testing a “firewall” that monitors some platforms and gives the power to block content, like photos or videos of rallies shared on WhatsApp. Meanwhile, the IT industry has claimed that one hour of internet outages or disruption results in a loss of more than one million dollars for the whole sector, including export businesses. Pakis­tan Software Houses Association (P@sha) Chairman Sajjad Mustafa Syed said on December 3, “A one-hour internet slowdown might not have any significant impact on people, but disturbed services to a client in any stock market, airport service, bank, etc., in advanced countries would eventually lead to loss of confidence in Pakistan’s IT sector.” Speaking on DawnNews TV programme Doosra Rukh , the parliamentary secretary likened the internet in Pakistan to a road, adding that the more people use it, the more congested it would get and the slower people would move. “There are large loads on our internet, [just] like on a congested road,” he said. “Cars move slower if there is congestion. If 10 people use a road meant for five, it will slow everything down.” The secretary also said that Pakistan’s fibre network only has a capacity of 15 per cent compared to India’s 45pc, citing that as another reason for slow internet. Mehdi said that work was underway to resolve the issue and will be completed “very quickly”. When asked if the secretary thought that population increase was also to blame for internet slowdowns, he responded in the affirmative. “Like I said, if more people use the roads then of course it will slow down,” Mehdi answered, adding that this would be fixed within three to four months. He said that curbing what he termed “unnecessary” use of the internet would improve speeds. “I’m not saying stop using it, but use it only for important purposes like work, and not for unnecessary purposes,” he said. When asked if people in Pakistan were using the internet unnecessarily, Mehdi replied that people should use the internet mostly for work. “It will be beneficial if people don’t use the internet too much or for negative thinking”, he said. The parliamentary secretary also disagreed with the claim that internet slowdowns were causing financial losses to the IT sector. When informed that Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) had informed the parliament about the financial loss, he said: “We have not been told officially that the shutdown has caused financial losses. Nobody has filed any requests or complaints about financial losses. “If anyone has suffered personal losses, then that is a different matter entirely.”

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