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It also says TikTok is a conduit to spread propaganda, though China and app owner ByteDance strongly deny these claims. The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, would block TikTok from US app stores and web hosting services unless ByteDance sells the platform by January 19. While recognizing that "170 million Americans use TikTok to create and view all sorts of free expression," the three-judge panel unanimously upheld the law's premise that divesting it from China's control "is essential to protect our national security." They found that the law did not hinder free speech as it was "devoid of an institutional aim to suppress particular messages or ideas." The judges also disagreed with the idea that less drastic alternatives than a sale by ByteDance would solve the security issues. "This conclusion is supported by ample evidence that the Act is the least restrictive means of advancing the Government's compelling national security interests," the judges said in their opinion. Trump's position marks a reversal from Trump's first term, when he tried to ban TikTok over similar security concerns. That effort got bogged down in the courts when a federal judge questioned how the move would affect free speech and blocked the initiative. Trump's newly nominated tech policy czar David Sacks also opposes the ban as government overreach. Trump's shift coincides with his connection to Jeff Yass, a major Republican donor with ByteDance investments. The President-elect launched his own TikTok account in June, gaining 14.6 million followers, but hasn't posted since Election Day. Despite the uncertainty, TikTok's US presence continues growing. 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Arsenal delivered the statement Champions League win Mikel Arteta had demanded as they swept aside Sporting 5-1. Arteta wanted his team to prove their European credentials following some underwhelming displays away from home, and the Gunners manager got exactly what he asked for. Goals from Gabriel Martinelli , Kai Havertz , Gabriel Magalhaes , Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard got their continental campaign back on track in style following the 1-0 defeat at Inter Milan last time out. A memorable victory also ended Sporting’s unbeaten start to the season, a streak of 17 wins and one draw, the vast majority of which prompted Manchester United to prise away head coach Ruben Amorim. The Gunners had failed to win or score in their two away games in the competition so far this season, but they made a blistering start in the Portuguese capital and took the lead after only seven minutes. Declan Rice fed overlapping full-back Jurrien Timber , who curled a low cross in behind the home defence for Martinelli to finish at the far post. Arsenal doubled their lead in the 20th minute thanks to a glorious ball over the top from Thomas Partey. Saka escaped the clutches of his marker Maximiliano Araujo to beat the offside trap and poke the ball past advancing goalkeeper Franco Israel for Havertz to tap home. It was a scintillating first-half display which completely overshadowed the presence of Viktor Gyokeres in Sporting’s attack. The prolific Sweden striker, formerly of Coventry, has been turning the heads of Europe’s top clubs with his 24 goals in 17 games this season – including a hat-trick against Manchester City earlier this month. But the only time he got a sniff of a run at goal after an optimistic long ball, he was marshalled out of harm’s way by Gabriel. David Raya was forced into one save, tipping a fierce Geovany Quenda drive over the crossbar. But Arsenal added a third on the stroke of half-time, Gabriel charging in to head Rice’s corner into the back of the net. To rub salt in the wound, the Brazilian defender mimicked Gyokeres’ hands-over-his-face goal celebration. That may have wound Sporting up as they came out after the interval meaning business, and they pulled one back after Raya tipped Hidemasa Morita’s shot behind, with Goncalo Inacio netting at the near post from the corner. Former Tottenham winger Marcus Edwards fired over, as did Gyokeres, with Arsenal temporarily on the back foot. But when Martin Odegaard’s darting run into the area was halted by Ousmane Diomande’s foul, Saka tucked away the penalty. Substitute Trossard added the fifth with eight minutes remaining, heading in the rebound after Mikel Merino’s shot was saved, and Gyokeres’ miserable night was summed up when his late shot crashed back off the post.Donald Trump’s Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It’s a shift seen in his labor pickMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said he was caught off guard by reports early Tuesday that linebacker Shaq Barrett wants to unretire. The two-time Super Bowl winner signed a one-year deal with the Dolphins in March, then abruptly announced his retirement on social media in July, just days before the start of Miami’s training camp. “Just to be candid, obviously there’s a reason why you target and sign somebody,” McDaniel said Tuesday afternoon. “I was fully caught off guard, or caught by surprise this morning as I found out.” McDaniel indicated the Dolphins have not had any conversations with Barrett recently. Miami holds the 32-year-old’s contractual rights. ESPN first reported the news. “It was kind of news as you guys got it,” McDaniel said. He also said he hasn’t had a chance to think about Barrett potentially rejoining the team, and that his immediate focus is on Miami’s Thursday night game at Green Bay. “The team is counting on me to think about the Packers,” he said. “I’ll get with (GM) Chris (Grier), and we’ll work through that. There’s a ton of implications that go along with it in terms of team and roster stuff, so we’ll work through that as we just got the news today.” Barrett has 400 tackles, 59 sacks, 22 forced fumbles and three interceptions in nine seasons — four with Denver and five with Tampa Bay. He was a second-team All-Pro with the Buccaneers in 2019, with a league-high 19 1/2 sacks. Dolphins waive veteran safety The Dolphins waived veteran safety Marcus Maye on Tuesday and activated rookie safety Patrick McMorris from injured reserve. Maye, who signed with the Dolphins in June, played in 11 games with three starts for Miami this season. He had 30 tackles and a tackle for loss. He could re-sign to the team’s practice squad if he clears waivers. Maye previously played for New Orleans, but was cut in a money-saving move in March after two seasons with the Saints. Maye’s release made room on the roster for McMorris, who was drafted in the sixth round by Miami in April. He began the season on injured reserve because of a calf injury. ___ AP NFL:

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After last season, Sean Payton was, to many in Broncos Country, an annoyance — an abrasive, overrated leader who failed to deliver. This season he is Mike Shanahan 2.0. The former Super Bowl champion has created an invested culture, supported his defensive coordinator’s aggressiveness and found a franchise quarterback in rookie Bo Nix. At 7-5 after their first win in Las Vegas and first road win against the Raiders in eight years, the Broncos sit firmly in the playoffs. That is remarkable work for a team in transition that oddsmakers pegged to win between five and six games. It raises the question, has anyone done a better job than Payton? Sean, the field is crowded, but can Payton win NFL Coach of the Year honors? At this rate? Heck, yeah. In honor of the Broncos’ first win in Sin City, . Denver was at the consensus 5.5 — a number it shot past weeks ago. At Week 12, only three of the eight teams expected to be the NFL’s worst — which included Denver — had already topped their preseason victory bars. Only the Vikings’ Kevin O’Connell, with nine wins already on a 6.5 over/under, has overshot Vegas’ expectations this season more than Payton (seven wins on 5.5) has. Dan Campbell and Andy Reid are rolling with the Lions and Chiefs right now, but let’s face it: They were supposed to. For me, the COY race comes down to Payton, O’Connell and Washington’s Dan Quinn, with Arizona’s Jonathan Gannon threatening a push. The problem for Payton is that he spotted the field a large lead. The Broncos opened the season 0-2, losing national attention. But now? Denver boasts a 7-3 record over its last 10 games, including a 4-2 road record. He took the sixth quarterback in the draft and turned him into Drew Brees Lite, giving Nix a realistic shot at Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. Payton has shown elasticity in his play-calling with Nix. And he’s the only Coach of the Year candidate working with a rookie; Mike Tomlin, Dan Campbell, Kevin O’Connell and Jim Harbaugh are leaning on veterans, even if two (Russell Wilson and Sam Darnold) are reclamation projects. In the event of a tie, the coach with the kid should get the nod. And ordinarily, I’d agree with you. Nix is a revelation — and he’s not the only one. It’s Jerry Jeudy Week, and thanks to Devaughn Vele, Troy Franklin and Marvin Mims Jr., the Broncos don’t miss him. But if I’ve got to vote on the thing today, I’d be tempted to lean O’Connell’s way, and for exactly one of the reasons you mentioned — turning a QB pulled off the scrap heap (Darnold) into a mean, lean, throwing machine. I mean, you or I would look halfway competent throwing to Justin Jefferson, granted, but Big Sam’s on a pace to throw for 33 scores, for pity’s sake. That’s insanity. Payton is carving out a resume that will earn Hall of Fame consideration. Reaching a second Super Bowl in the next few years would fuel his campaign with nitromethane. Payton last won Coach of the Year honors in 2006 and 2007. He was feted for reviving the Saints, if not the city of New Orleans. His candidacy this year is built on exorcising demons and exacting revenge. He ended the Raiders’ dominance at home and on the road, went undefeated against the NFC South and remains in position to end the Broncos’ streak of seven straight losing seasons and eight years without a playoff berth. Do that and his resume compares favorably to any coach in the field. Whoever wins more games among the Broncos, Vikings and Commanders will probably take home the gold, although Payton’s case keeps stacking up serious street cred. Besides that long-overdue exorcism of The Raiders Jinx, Payton’s chasing the postseason with rookies at QB1, WR2, WR3 and RB3. That’s got to be considered one of the best coaching jobs in recent Broncos history. If Sunshine Sean wants his NFL second act to look like Andy Reid’s, brother, I’m here for it.Warning labels for social media gained swift bipartisan support from dozens of attorneys general after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress to establish the requirements earlier this year.

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Photo: The Canadian Press Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc speaks virtually at a press conference in Ottawa. Ottawa's plan to send prohibited firearms to Ukraine to fight the Russian incursion has some experts scratching their heads, while staunch Ukraine supporters worry it could unintentionally pit aggrieved gun owners against the war effort. The Liberal government announced last week it will work with Canadian businesses to donate select weapons banned in Canada to Ukraine, though details about the new plan remain sparse even days later. Richard Shimooka, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and defence-procurement expert, said this isn't the sort of equipment Ukraine really needs to win the war and that it already suffers from a lack of standardized weapons. "In some ways it's symbolic and yet in other ways it's not helping at all," he said. "It's not going to move the needle." He points out the real problem is that shell-hungry Ukraine desperately needs 155 mm artillery ammunition, but Canada's munitions supply chain doesn't have the capacity to feed the country what it needs most. And when it comes to small arms, hundreds of one type of standardized assault rifle would be most useful. "They're all semi-automatic," he noted about the buyback guns. "If you want a true, military-style weapon being used in Ukraine, you want a fully automatic weapon." On Sunday, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump called for an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, raising questions about how long the war could last. The United States has been by far Ukraine's largest military backer throughout the war. Kelly Sundberg, a criminologist at Mount Royal University, said the move seems more like political theatre to bolster Ottawa's controversial program than a carefully considered policy, since it appears it could wind up being a small assortment of weapons and ammunition in the end. “It sounds like a political stunt and not very well thought out at that,“ he said. “It seems very hastily thought up and somewhat desperate, frankly." The Canadian government would also need to test and possibly repair the guns for safety before sending them over, he added. Yaroslav Baran, a consultant with the Pendulum Group, former president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and well-known conservative commentator in Ottawa, meanwhile, said he worries the plan could inadvertently wedge gun owners against Ukraine. "While I always appreciate any support for Ukraine from the government of Canada, the idea of linking these two completely unrelated issues is misguided and dangerous," he said. "If you're at the receiving end of that message -- the hunter or farmer being told to hand over your firearm -- you're going to get your back up. Then, the follow-up message is, 'By the way, we're going to ship it overseas to help Ukraine,' (so) your reaction is going to be 'Like hell you are.'" Denys Volkov, a community advocate in Winnipeg who was born in Ukraine and has long pushed for help for the country during its war with Russia, said he shares that sentiment and that the announcement caught many in the diaspora off guard. He said to talk about sending Ukraine "random guns taken from law-abiding gun owners" is "not a serious conversation of how to help" the country. "The type of help Ukraine needs is on a massive scale." Ottawa has insisted the move could help, even if only a little. Defence Minister Bill Blair said last week that Canada reached out to Ukraine in October asking if any of the firearms listed under the program could be useful, and Ukraine said yes. "Every bit of assistance that we can offer to the Ukrainians is one step towards their victory, and a worthwhile investment of our collective time and efforts," Blair said. A government official not authorized to speak on the record said it would be businesses, not individuals providing the guns in this case, and that Ukraine has identified some 20 different firearms that could prove useful, so it would not be a random mashup of weaponry. The source noted this comes in addition to Canada's contributions of 21,000 small arms to Ukraine, including assault rifles and machine guns. Blair said last week he does not yet know how many weapons Ottawa can supply to Ukraine through this program, and will not know until retailers provide Ottawa with information about what weapons they have in stock so the government can match that with the list Ukraine provided. When asked for comment and additional details following the announcement, neither the department nor Blair's office provided a public statement by deadline. The announcement came last week as Ottawa outlined another 324 firearms that it outlawed, contending they belong on the battlefield instead of in Canadian homes.Nigeria economy can thrive through strategic management expertise – Don

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