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Former US President Jimmy Carter passed away at 100. His 1978 visit to India strengthened US-India ties, inspiring a Haryana village to rename itself Carterpuri in his honour. Washington : Jimmy Carter, 39th President of US and global advocate for peace and human rights, passed away at the age of 100. He died at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family, according to a statement from the Carter Center. Carter, the longest-lived president in US history, was known not only for his time in office but also for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House. His presidency marked significant moments in US.-India relations, including a visit to India in 1978 during which a village in Haryana renamed itself Carterpuri in his honour. A friend to India Carter was the first US President to visit India after the Emergency was lifted in 1977, as reported by The Associated Press. During his visit, he addressed Indian Parliament, praising the country’s commitment to democracy and its rejection of authoritarianism. He highlighted India’s achievements in maintaining unity amid diversity, calling it an experiment celebrated worldwide. In a historic visit to the village of Daulatpur Nasirabad, now renamed Carterpuri, Carter connected with the local people. The visit left a lasting impression, and the villagers maintained contact with the White House throughout his presidency. To this day, January 3, the date of his visit, is celebrated as a holiday in Carterpuri. US-India ties Carter’s tenure laid the foundation for a stronger US-India partnership. His emphasis on democratic principles and mutual respect helped rebuild trust between the two nations after earlier tensions during the Nixon administration. His visit to India marked the beginning of a closer relationship that has since expanded to include cooperation in areas like energy, technology, defense and trade. The Carter Center highlighted that the relationship between the two nations has grown significantly over the years, with milestones like the 2008 civil nuclear agreement and the establishment of the US-India Strategic Dialogue in 2010, as reported by Associated Press. Joe Biden pays tribute to Carter President Joe Biden paid tribute to Carter. In a post on X, Joe Biden said, “”This is a sad day, but it brings back an incredible amount of good memories. Today, America and the world, in my view, lost a remarkable leader.” Biden called him a “leader, statesman, and humanitarian” who worked tirelessly for causes such as civil rights, human rights, and eradicating diseases. “He saved, lifted, and changed lives all across the globe,” Biden said in a post on X. Carter is survived by his four children, 11 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. His son, Chip Carter, described him as a hero who believed in peace, human rights, and bringing people together. Click for more latest World news . Also get top headlines and latest news from India and around the world at News9. Dimple Singh is a journalist by profession and an accomplished author. Currently serving as a Senior Sub-Editor at News 9, she brings with her 5 years of valuable experience in digital journalism from her previous company Times Of India. Her expertise lies in writing about crime and political news, where she skillfully combines her digital news writing abilities with a deep understanding of AI technology.In the realm of literature, Dimple has authored five compelling fictional books. Her writing reflects a passion for powerful storytelling, capturing the imaginations of readers with every word. Dimple is known for her workaholic nature, dedicating herself wholeheartedly to her profession and her love for words.Amazon is selling a $130 portable space heater for just $49, and shoppers say it 'works great'

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A Labor premier sparked outrage over a one-word comment in their bushfire warning to Aussies... Anthony Albanese's response has reignited their fury By DAVID SOUTHWELL FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 03:49, 30 December 2024 | Updated: 03:49, 30 December 2024 e-mail View comments Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sparked outrage after echoing Victorian premier Jacinta Allan's crude description of people who defy a total fire ban. As devastating bushfires continue to rage in western Victoria's Grampians National Park, Mr Albanese held a press conference with Ms Allan on Sunday where he endorsed a tweet she sent warning people not to light fires with a total ban in place. 'I saw a tweet, it must be said, from another prominent figure just to my right here who used an appropriate term of "don't be a d***head",' Mr Albanese said with Ms Allan heard laughing at his shoulder. 'Help your fellow Victorians and fellow Australians. Common sense has got to apply here and your head shakes that people aren't taking the warnings.' Mr Albanese was referencing a tweet sent by Ms Allan on Boxing Day. 'The message couldn't be clearer: today's a day of total fire ban across Victoria,' Ms Allan wrote on X. 'Don't be a d***head. No fires to be lit.' A number of Aussies took issue with the wording used by Ms Allan with their fury reignited on social media platform X after Mr Albanese defended it. Businessman and prominent Liberal member Matthew Camenzuli did not mince words. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sparked outrage after echoing Victorian premier Jacinta Allan's crude description of people who defy a total fire ban 'This is disgusting,' he tweeted. 'This man is supposed to be the Prime Minister of Australia. He is in no position to speak down to anyone. I would like to see mandatory IQ tests for parliamentarians. 'That goes for his chum the Victorian Premier as well.' 'Shows how inarticulate he and his state premier really are,' a social media user replied. 'If they speak to us in public like this, I wonder how they reference us behind closed doors?' 'Language fit for a premier and PM unfit for their office. Both are fools,' another X user wrote. 'The insufferable village idiot needs to take his own advice ('Don't be a d***head'),' another commenter said. 'When will this clown just go away?' Mr Albanese was referencing a tweet sent by Ms Allan on Boxing Day As devastating bushfires continue to rage in western Victoria's Grampians National Park, Mr Albanese held a press conference with Ms Allan on Sunday where he endorsed a tweet she sent warning people not to light fires with a total ban in place Read More Homes destroyed in massive Victorian bushfire as conditions set to change Some thought the term was appropriate. 'Saving lives more important than worrying about 'language' here brother,' one wrote. 'I despise the bloke but I agree with him here.' Huge bushfires continue to burn out of control in Victoria though cooler, settled conditions in the Grampians have allowed emergency crews to start initial impact assessments. At least three homes and nearly a dozen outbuildings have been destroyed by the mammoth blaze. Despite the cooler conditions, a Watch and Act message was issued on Saturday night for the area on the eastern side of the Grampians National Park from Moyston to Bornes Hill, including Mafeking, Watgania and Maroona. A Watch and Act alert also remains in place for Halls Gap and Pomonal, while residents on Long Gully Road to College Road, east of Mt William have been told it is not yet safe to return after an earlier evacuation order. On Sunday the blaze had a perimeter of more than 380km and has scorched more than 75,000 hectares It's expected to burn into the new year due to dry conditions and difficult, mountainous terrain. Emergency Management Commissioner Rick Nugent said the week ahead would bring more favourable conditions for fire crews. 'Weather over the next week looks relatively stable,' he said in a statement late on Saturday afternoon. 'This will allow us time to stabilise the fires and continue backburning operations, and look to support the community further.' Jacinta Allan Anthony Albanese Share or comment on this article: A Labor premier sparked outrage over a one-word comment in their bushfire warning to Aussies... Anthony Albanese's response has reignited their fury e-mail Add comment‘My father stayed to defend his people’: Jimmy Lai’s son condemns ‘show trial’ in Hong Kong

Themis Qi Pak Shek Kok's development plan may be adjusted to focus on private housing, the Development Bureau said, adding that the government aims to release a preliminary proposal as early as the second quarter of 2025. After reviewing the housing area next to Science Park, the Development Bureau found it more appropriate to develop private homes, just four months after the government was reported to have planned to build 10,000 private and public units there. In response to an inquiry from Sing Tao Daily, The Standard's sister newspaper, the bureau also attributed the U-turn to the government having already identified sufficient land to meet the public housing supply target in the next 10 years. Considering the changes to housing supply and the challenges in building Pak Shek Kok MTR station and its surrounding infrastructure, the government deferred the unveiling of the development plan from the end of this year to the second or third quarter of next year. But the government maintains its goal of putting the Pak Shek Kok station in service no later than 2033. Over 24,000 staff work in Science Park. Moreover, the adjacent Chinese University of Hong Kong had over 21,000 students for the 2023/24 academic year. Pak Shek Kok is one of many low-density luxury home communities in the New Territories, including Great Eagle's Ontolo, due to its harbor view and the government's efforts to set up an innovation and technology hub there. Celebrities such as Wong Cho-lam bought a unit in the area. However, the previous plan revealed in August to build public homes raised concerns about the impact on private properties in Pak Shek Kok. Pak Shek Kok homes have traded at HK$15,915 per square foot on average for the past 30 days, down by 9.5 percent from the previous 30-day period, data from Midland Realty showed. But Sun Hung Kai Properties won a site in the region in 2019 for over HK$6.3 billion or HK$6,646 per sq ft, the highest in a decade. Lo Hiu-fung, member of the District Council for Tai Po South, agreed with changing to a private home-focused plan, saying high-density public flats will conflict with Pak Shek Kok's development. Scott Leung Man-kwong, a member of the Legislative Council, thinks Pak Shek Kok should focus on meeting middle-class demand and development could be accelerated if all residential properties are built by the private sector. But both Lo and Leung urged the government to announce more details in order to leave enough time for consultations for the sake of public interest.In the 13 months of Western-backed Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip, ongoing, more than 44,000 Gazan civilians have been recorded killed while more than another 100,000 are considered “missing presumed dead”. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) had already officially ruled this continuous massacre of humans as “plausible genocide”. This ‘kill ratio’ by the Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza compares favourably (if one is comfortable with such inane idiom describing mass murder) with the far more intensive pace of killing of about 245,000 killed per month on average in the half-year of genocide in Rwanda in 1994. But Nazi Germany bettered Rwanda’s racist murder rampage in the 1941-45 period with an estimated rate of ‘extermination’ that peaked at 400,000 per month in just three of the six ‘death camps’ run so industriously by the Nazi forces. Some six million European Jews were ultimately killed in this five-year massacre, as well as around two million others designated as unsuitable to live. They were differently-abled people and also homosexuals and, people of the minority ethnic group Roma. Secretive An interesting difference between the handling of the victims of the Nazi human extermination in those infamous ‘death camps’ and the way the victims of Rwanda and Gaza were treated was that the Nazis attempted to be very secretive in their ‘Final Solution’ operation. The secrecy was also ensured by the non-existence of audio-visual recording technology (except expensive film cameras) and, the easy accessibility of media systems, that we enjoy today. Thus, the tens of thousands of Jews and others rounded up in the ghettos of Eastern Europe and herded into trains and transported to the Nazi death camps, did not realise their terrible fate even as they were hurried directly from the trains into the gas chambers. They were told that they were to undergo ‘disinfection’ showers. It was only in the final few seconds of their lives that the bulk of these millions of victims realised that it was toxic gas that poured out of what they thought were overhead shower spouts. Children, women and men died in this way after spending days travelling in trains under the pretence of being ‘transferred’ to new camps or to work sites. Only a smaller number – still totalling at least an estimated million victims – died in more traumatic circumstances under fire by Nazi shooting squads, the infamous Einsatzgruppen. Those victims, herded into large dug trenches, thousands at a time, would certainly have had to anticipate their imminent death as they saw the waiting machine guns and watched them open fire. The ethnic Tutsi victims in Rwanda also did not have the luxury of that orderly pretence and ghoulish charade in the Nazi death camps with their toxic ‘showers’ followed by the incinerator ovens that then burned the massed corpses. As in any violent ethnic riot (as in South Asia), the Tutsis knew what was coming as they fled the mobs or were cornered and mutilated. Certainly, those efficient Nazi mass murderers met their own fates at the hands of the victors of World War 2. Justice Then, too, the world experienced the justice of the victors when the defeated nations were subjected to punishment (including spontaneous punishments) ranging from imprisonment to death sentences. However, the victors did not undergo any judgment of the crimes of war perpetrated by them. The perpetrators of nuclear bombing of Japan were not subjected to prosecution although the defeated Japanese military were punished. Likewise, the perpetrators of the ‘strategic bombing’ campaigns that saw the ‘carpet bombing’ of German and Japanese cities that deliberately targeted civilians, enjoyed hero-worship instead of war crimes tribunals. In the much earlier colonial era, the Western powers of today were the perpetrators of genocide of whole indigenous populations. In that world, free of any form of news media, the colonial massacres were possibly even more bloody and on a larger scale. Instead of carpet bombing or gas chambers, the colonial methods of ethnic cleansing were forced starvation and the deliberate spread of European diseases unfamiliar to the indigenous peoples. The 20th and 21st century victims of genocide and war crimes must suffer very public, and, indeed, formally announced, massacres. The IDF kindly sends phone calls and air-drops leaflets minutes before to enable Palestinian families “escape” missile bombardment and shelling. Those who survive are few. A single medium calibre bomb’s blast radius is at least 50 metres or even 100 metres. Thus, many have neither the time nor the human ability to run that far. Only a very few are sprinters, no? Such experiences of forewarned bombardment are now many – in Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon – and, thanks to social media and professional journalism (by the victim nations themselves), the world is learning about such macabre military ‘courtesies’ of postmodern inhumanity. Pious The globalised human society of these postmodern times enables an emotionally acrid juxtaposition of violently conflicting human experiences. We learn about devastating bombardment and massacres in virtually the same instance as we learn about the pious ‘self-defence’ of the perpetrators and their warm enjoyment of safe lives. After all, on that fateful October 7, young Israelis were ‘raving’ in musical ecstasy barely kilometres distant from the besieged, suffering, deprived, traumatised Gazans in the veritable concentration camp that is their Strip home. Are we not reminded of a military-sponsored ‘moto-cross’ tamasha being conducted just kilometres away from the bitterly contested Northern frontlines of our own war zone? What a brutal military debacle did that moto-cross suffer when the enemy used the festive distraction to inflict costly damage to our airforce! This bizarre intimacy between two differently violent worlds – one an internalised, self-borne violence (Gaza) and the other, an externalised violence inflicted on others (Israel, West), is the emotive political foreground for last week’s long overdue, miserably symbolic, issuing of arrest warrants against possibly the two most, directly destructive, politicians currently doing their sick bit. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant are now internationally “wanted” criminals and must hide from arrest in much of the world even as their regime in Occupied Jerusalem continues to wreak mass murder and war in West Asia. The evidence for the International Criminal Court’s indictments is there for all to see, as most of world humanity, traumatised by 13 months of televised unspeakable carnage, might point out. With over 44,000 dead, most of them women and children in the devastated Gaza Strip, and the rest of the Palestinians literally starving inside that tiny enclave already under military siege for nearly two decades, Premier Netanyahu (75) and former Minister Gallant (66) who have jointly executed the current Israeli military campaign, have much to answer for. Last Thursday, November 21, Pre-Trial Chamber No. I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in its decision on the ‘Situation in the State of Palestine’, unanimously issued two rulings in relation to Israel’s role in West Asia. The ICC first rejected legal challenges by Israel brought under articles 18 and 19 of the Rome Statute. Arrest Warrants of arrest of Netanyahu and Gallant, are for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least October 8, 2023 until at least 20 May 2024, the day the prosecution filed the applications for warrants of arrest.The Court also issued warrants of arrest for three Hamas militant leaders, all of whom have already been killed in action. Gallant had been Israeli Defence Minister serving 2022-2024 until he departed the post earlier this month. The ICC has so far publicly indicted 67 people since its establishment. Proceedings against 35 are ongoing: 30 are at large as fugitives, four are on trial, and one is in the appeals stage. Proceedings against 32 have been completed: two are serving sentences, seven have finished sentences, four have been acquitted, seven have had the charges against them dismissed, four have had the charges against them withdrawn, and eight have died before the conclusion of the proceedings against them. The ICC’s arrest warrants are classified as ‘secret’, in order to protect witnesses and to safeguard the conduct of the investigations. The Court’s media release said that, however, the ICC decided to release the information about the investigations since criminal conduct similar to that addressed in the warrant of arrest “appears to be ongoing”. In short, the International Criminal Court finds itself initiating a prosecution of crimes previously committed but also of crimes ongoing. The two indicted criminal suspects, both Israeli citizens, are safely immune from arrest while they remain within their country’s borders as Israel is not a party to the ICC’s jurisdiction. Neither is the USA, Israel’s main backer and, in a real sense – as many justice activists argue – a state complicit in Israel’s “ongoing” crimes. However, some 124 States are party to the ICC and are now legally bound to immediately arrest Netanyahu and Gallant if they set foot on their soil. They include nearly all European Union states which are also major allies of the Israel and are supporting it in its current many wars. Already, legal circles are poised to see how many countries will now cease providing military supplies to Israel for fear of being implicated in those same “crimes against humanity” and “war crimes”. But most justice activists point out that it took the ICC nearly a year before it issued arrest warrants during which tens of thousands of people have died, and whole territories laid waste. They said that the same ICC was far quicker to respond to the Russo-Ukraine war and indict Russian President Vladimir Putin.When Katja Vogt considers a Jaguar, she pictures a British-made car purring confidently along the Italian coastline — a vision of familiarity that conveys "that dreaming, longing feeling we all love." She's not sure what to think about Jaguar now after the 89-year-old company announced a radical rebranding that featured loud colors and androgynous people — but no cars. Jaguar, the company says, will now be JaGUar. It will produce only electric vehicles beginning in 2026. Say goodbye to British racing green, Cotswold Blue and black. Its colors are henceforth electric pink, red and yellow, according to a video that sparked backlash online. Its mission statement: "Create exuberance. Live vivid. Delete ordinary. Break moulds." "Intrigued?" @Jaguar posted on social media. People are also reading... Paige Hubl, former Nebraska volleyball player and Lincoln Southeast coach, dies at age 34 Man found dead in north Lincoln, police say Lincoln Southwest vs. East boys basketball game briefly suspended due to 'unsafe environment' Andi's Ascent: She didn't want to play volleyball. 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"Especially now, with the world feeling so dystopian," the Cyprus-based brand designer wrote, "a heritage brand like Jaguar should be conveying feelings of safety, stability, and maybe a hint of rebellion — the kind that shakes things up in a good way, not in a way that unsettles." Our brands, ourselves Jaguar was one of several iconic companies that announced significant rebrandings in recent weeks, upending a series of commercial — and cultural — landmarks by which many modern human beings sort one another, carve out identities and recognize the world around them. Campbell's, the 155-year-old American icon that artist Andy Warhol immortalized in pop culture decades ago, is ready for a new, soupless name. Comcast's corporate reorganization means there will soon be two television networks with "NBC" in their name — CNBC and MSNBC — that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News, a U.S. legacy news outlet. One could even argue the United States itself is rebranding with the election of former President Donald Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate. Unlike Trump's first election in 2016, he won the popular vote in what many called a national referendum on American identity. Are we, then, the sum total of our consumer decisions — what we buy, where we travel and whom we elect? Certainly, it's a question for those privileged enough to be able to afford such choices. Volumes of research in the art and science of branding — from "brandr," an old Norse word for burning symbols into the hides of livestock — say those factors do contribute to the modern sense of identity. So rebranding, especially of heritage names, can be a deeply felt affront to consumers. "It can feel like the brand is turning its back on everything that it stood for — and therefore it feels like it's turning its back on us, the people who subscribe to that idea or ideology," said Ali Marmaduke, strategy director with the Amsterdam-based Brand Potential. He said cultural tension — polarization — is surging over politics, wars in Russia and the Mideast, the environment, public health and more, creating what Marmaduke said is known as a "polycrisis": the idea that there are several massive crises converging that feel scary and complex. "People are understandably freaked out by that," he said. "So we are looking for something that will help us navigate this changing, threatening world that we face." Trump's "Make America Great Again" qualifies. So did President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" slogan. Campbell's soup itself — "Mmm Mmm Good" — isn't going anywhere, CEO Mark Clouse said. The company's new name, Campbell's Co., will reflect "the full breadth of our portfolio," which includes brands like Prego pasta sauce and Goldfish crackers. What is Jaguar? None of the recent activity around heritage brands sparked a backlash as ferocious as Jaguar's. The company stood as a pillar of tradition-loving British identity since World War II. Jaguar said its approach to the rebrand was rooted in the philosophy of its founder, Sir William Lyons, to "copy nothing." What it's calling "the new Jaguar" will overhaul everything from the font of its name to the positioning of it's famous "leaper" cat. "Exuberant modernism" will "define all aspects of the new Jaguar world," according to the news release. The approach is thought to be aimed at selling fewer cars at a six-figure price point to a more diverse customer base. The reaction ranged from bewilderment to hostility. 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