Tributes have continued to flow for two Melbourne teenagers who died while holidaying in southeast Asia, after the death toll from a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos rose to six. Holly Bowles, 19, died on Friday in a Bangkok hospital, one day after her best friend, Bianca Jones, also 19, died in another Thai hospital. The women from Beaumaris in Melbourne's south-east had been on holiday in Laos last week when they, along with a dozen other tourists, became ill in the popular tourist town of Vang Vieng. The suspected methanol poisoning event in Vang Vieng has been linked to six deaths so far, including the two Australians, a British woman, an American and two Danish tourists. It's believed all the affected tourists consumed drinks laced with methanol. Bowles' death was confirmed on Friday, along with that of British lawyer Simone White, whose parents said they were "devastated by the loss of our beautiful, kind and loving daughter". Allow Instagram content? This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. Allow and continue The Laos government said Saturday it was "profoundly saddened" by the deaths. In a statement on its website, Laos' ministry of foreign affairs said it expressed "sincere sympathy and deepest condolences to the families of the deceased", adding an... Guardian staff reporterxfinity live casino 。

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Jimmy Carter, 100, gained Nebraska admirers during and after his presidencyPublished 9:30 pm Sunday, December 29, 2024 By Jason O. Boyd The Christmas break wasn’t exactly time off for the Washington and Northside high school boys’ basketball teams. Washington wrapped up play after two games in the John Wall Invitational last Saturday in Raleigh. Northside took part in the Virginia Hoopfest Showcase Series in Franklin, Va. Washington dropped games to Garner (63-57) and Word of God (72-58) to fall to 7-4 overall. The Pam Pack have lost their last four games with two others in a Christmas tournament at Greenfield Academy. Northside lost to Norfolk Collegiate, 78-50 to fall to 6-2 going into Monday’s home game against Lawrence Academy. Washington continues its very tough schedule with games on Friday and Saturday. The Pam Pack open Eastern Plains Conference play at Farmville Central on Friday. The Pam Pack and Jaguars are regarded as two of the top teams in 2-A east of Raleigh this season. (252/919 Winter Classic graphic) On Saturday, the Pack host Northwood at 7:30 p.m. in the final game of the 252/919 Winter Classic. The rest of the schedule is: * First Flight vs. Southern Wayne, noon * Northeastern vs. Goldsboro, 1:30 p.m. * J.H. Rose vs. Southeast Raleigh, 3 p.m. * South Central vs. Garner, 4:30 p.m. * Greenfield vs. Clayton, 6 p.m. * Washington vs. Northwood, 7:30 p.m. Games can be seen online at BigSports.TV. After Monday’s game, Northside goes to Bear Grass on Friday for a non-conference game. It’s the first time the two schools will play since Bear Grass’ Nate Gurganus was injured during a play in the first half of the Northside Basketball Kickoff Tournament. Washington wrestlers compete at Gate City Grapple Three wrestlers took part in the Gate City Grapple. Sam Botles improved to 25-5 after placing fourth at 106 pounds. Bryce Perry improved to 29-4 after placing fifth at 126 pounds. Gabe Foreman also participated at 150 pounds. 2024 Gate City Grapple – Boys Results for Washington 106 Sam Boltes (25-5) placed 4th and scored 16.0 team points. 126 Bryce Perry (29-4) placed 5th and scored 17.0 team points. 150 Gabe Foreman (15-9) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.

An online spat between factions of Donald Trump's supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare the tensions between the newest flank of Trump's movement — wealthy members of the tech world including billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and their call for more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump's Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies. The debate touched off this week when Laura Loomer, a right-wing provocateur with a history of racist and conspiratorial comments, criticized Trump’s selection of Sriram Krishnan as an adviser on artificial intelligence policy in his coming administration. Krishnan favors the ability to bring more skilled immigrants into the U.S. Loomer declared the stance to be “not America First policy” and said the tech executives who have aligned themselves with Trump were doing so to enrich themselves. Much of the debate played out on the social media network X, which Musk owns. Loomer's comments sparked a back-and-forth with venture capitalist and former PayPal executive David Sacks, whom Trump has tapped to be the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar." Musk and Ramaswamy, whom Trump has tasked with finding ways to cut the federal government, weighed in, defending the tech industry's need to bring in foreign workers. It bloomed into a larger debate with more figures from the hard-right weighing in about the need to hire U.S. workers, whether values in American culture can produce the best engineers, free speech on the internet, the newfound influence tech figures have in Trump's world and what his political movement stands for. Trump has not yet weighed in on the rift. His presidential transition team did not respond to questions about positions on visas for highly skilled workers or the debate between his supporters online. Instead, his team instead sent a link to a post on X by longtime adviser and immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller that was a transcript of a speech Trump gave in 2020 at Mount Rushmore in which he praised figures and moments from American history. Musk, the world's richest man who has grown remarkably close to the president-elect, was a central figure in the debate, not only for his stature in Trump's movement but his stance on the tech industry's hiring of foreign workers. Technology companies say H-1B visas for skilled workers, used by software engineers and others in the tech industry, are critical for hard-to-fill positions. But critics have said they undercut U.S. citizens who could take those jobs. Some on the right have called for the program to be eliminated, not expanded. Born in South Africa, Musk was once on an a H-1B visa himself and defended the industry's need to bring in foreign workers. “There is a permanent shortage of excellent engineering talent," he said in a post. “It is the fundamental limiting factor in Silicon Valley.” Trump's own positions over the years have reflected the divide in his movement. His tough immigration policies, including his pledge for a mass deportation, were central to his winning presidential campaign. He has focused on immigrants who come into the U.S. illegally but he has also sought curbs on legal immigration, including family-based visas. As a presidential candidate in 2016, Trump called the H-1B visa program “very bad” and “unfair” for U.S. workers. After he became president, Trump in 2017 issued a “Buy American and Hire American” executive order, which directed Cabinet members to suggest changes to ensure H-1B visas were awarded to the highest-paid or most-skilled applicants to protect American workers. Trump's businesses, however, have hired foreign workers, including waiters and cooks at his Mar-a-Lago club, and his social media company behind his Truth Social app has used the the H-1B program for highly skilled workers. During his 2024 campaign for president, as he made immigration his signature issue, Trump said immigrants in the country illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country" and promised to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. But in a sharp departure from his usual alarmist message around immigration generally, Trump told a podcast this year that he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges. “I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country," he told the “All-In" podcast with people from the venture capital and technology world. Those comments came on the cusp of Trump's budding alliance with tech industry figures, but he did not make the idea a regular part of his campaign message or detail any plans to pursue such changes.

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Noted music director Arjun Janya, making his directorial debut with 45, starring Kannada star actors including Dr. Shivarajkumar, Real Star Upendra, and Raj B Shetty, has teamed up with the renowned Toronto based VFX Studio company—MARZ for his dream project. First ever Indian project The VFX Studio MARZ, has so far worked in over 150 Hollywood films. The Kannada film marks the first ever project for MARZ, working on an Indian film, particularly in the Kannada industry. Arjun Janya took to social media to share the update on his ambitious project. “Thrilled to have Mr Raphael and Oscar nominated Mr Justin who has worked on Hollywood film THE CREATOR. Mr Raphael who has worked on films like Black Panther, The Matrix Resurrections, and Ant-Man, supervising the VFX for our movie 45!,” Arjun Janya wrote on X handle. The much-awaited Kannada film 45, starring Karunada Chakravarthy Shivarajkumar, Real Star Upendra, and Raj B Shetty, is making waves with its grand production scale and cutting-edge visual effects. ALSO READ: Arjun Janya Directorial ‘45’ Will Be One Of The Best Action Films In Indian Cinema: Dr Shivarajkumar 45 in post-production Arjun Janya’s directorial debut film is being bankrolled by M. Ramesh Reddy under his Suraj Productions banner. The shooting for the film was recently wrapped up and is now in the post-production phase. Actor-director Upendra, who portrays one of the lead roles in the multistarrer Pan-India Kannada venture, 45, along with Shivarajkumar and Raj B Shetty lauded the confidence of the director who meticulously planned the entire project before wrapping it up in 106 days since the film went on the floors. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Kannada, Entertainment News and around the world.