Deja Kelly named Phil Knight Invitational MVP

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Huawei's new Mate 70 phone chip shows no major redesign, TechInsights says
Huawei's new Mate 70 smartphone contains a chip whose design shows only an "incremental improvement" over its predecessor and, contrary to some expectations, was made using the 7 nanometer (nm) process node, consultancy TechInsights said on Wednesday. The consultancy said a teardown it conducted of the Mate 70 Pro+ found that it contains a Kirin 9020 processor that was fabricated by Chinese chip foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), similar to the Kirin 9010 processor in Huawei's breakthrough Mate 60 Pro.
Yahoo Finance
November CPI inflation data meets forecasts, cementing Fed rate cut bets
The outlook for inflation is uncertain as economists warn of potential pressures from Trump policies.
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Inflation remains sticky, with CPI rising 2.7% from a year ago
Inflation has cooled from its most recent peak, but progress in getting it to a 2% annual rate has been slow.
Reuters
'Chai and samosas': US hotels welcome Indian tourist boom to revive revenue
U.S. hotels and travel companies are aiming to tap a surge in Indian tourists to boost revenue as domestic leisure spending falters and demand from East Asian countries remains below pre-pandemic levels. Nearly 1.9 million Indian tourists visited the U.S. in the first ten months of 2024, a nearly 48% rise from 2019, according to data from the U.S. National Trade and Tourism Office (NTTO). The expanding Indian middle-class population, higher travel budgets and increased flight capacity are also behind the South Asian country's international travel boom.
Reuters
EU to boost surveillance at bloc's borders with Russia and Belarus
The European Commission will invest more in surveillance at the bloc's borders with Russia and Belarus, it said on Wednesday, as it accused Russia of encouraging migrants over the border in a "hybrid war" tactic. Countries including Poland and Finland will benefit from an additional 170 million euros ($178.57 million) "to upgrade electronic surveillance equipment, improve telecommunication networks, deploy mobile detection equipment and counter drone intrusions," it said in a statement. Finland has accused Russia of encouraging migrants from countries such as Syria and Somalia to cross the border - an assertion Moscow denies.
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Scholz sets Germany on course for an early election as he requests a confidence vote next week
Chancellor Olaf Scholz formally set Germany on course for an early election Wednesday by requesting a confidence vote in parliament next week. Five weeks after his three-party governing coalition collapsed in a dispute over how to revitalize Germany's stagnant economy, Scholz's office said he had requested the confidence vote in parliament's lower house, or Bundestag, for Monday.
The Conversation
Trump wants to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war
The Alien Enemies Act, first approved in the late 1700s, was last used during World War II to identify particular foreign nationals living in the US.
The Conversation
High rises made out of wood? What matters in whether ‘mass timber’ buildings are sustainable
More architects are using wood construction for large buildings. A resource economist argues any increase in demand for wood will push commercial growers to better manage forests.
The Conversation
Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
The Conversation
US secretary of education helps set national priorities in a system primarily funded and guided by local governments
If Republicans manage to achieve a long-standing goal by getting rid of the Department of Education, there wouldn’t be a secretary of education anymore.
The Conversation
Why being forced to precisely follow a curriculum harms teachers and students
Policymakers commonly suggest that teaching to ‘fidelity’ − following a plan word for word − is best for student learning. However, research suggests the opposite is true.
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UK spy agency releases annual Christmas card puzzle to uncover future codebreakers
GCHQ, Britain’s electronic and cyber-intelligence agency, on Wednesday published its annual Christmas Challenge – a seasonal greeting card that doubles as a set of fiendishly difficult puzzles designed to excite young minds about solving cyphers and unearthing clues. The challenge is aimed at young people aged 11 to 18, who are encouraged to work in teams and use “lateral thinking, ingenuity and perseverance” to crack the seven brainteasers set by GCHQ’s “in-house puzzlers.” The card is sent by the head of GCHQ — short for Government Communications Headquarters — to other national security chiefs around the world.
Yahoo Finance
Elon Musk is viewed as 'robber baron' by the international community: Expert
Is DOGE a sound strategy or a pie-in-the-sky idea? Geopolitical expert Peter Zeihan stopped by the Opening Bid podcast to discuss.
USA TODAY
Police investigate Luigi Mangione's health issues, possible insurance claims: Live updates
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brain Thompson, will plead not guilty, his lawyer, Thomas Dickey, said.
Reuters
GM's Cruise exit turns focus on challenges of scaling robotaxis
General Motors' decision to pull the plug on its troubled Cruise robotaxi business highlights the harsh reality facing others still in the race: it requires a long-term commitment to perfect the technology and deep pockets to fund it. Autonomous vehicle (AV) developers are hoping for more favorable regulation under President-elect Donald Trump to remove hurdles to getting the cars on the road. However, GM's move suggests that billions in funding weren't enough in a still-developing part of the industry that has met with several setbacks and skepticism from wary drivers.
Reuters
France raises alarm about Georgia crackdown in rare call with tycoon Ivanishvili
PARIS/TBILISI (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron condemned a crackdown on pro-EU protests in Georgia in a rare telephone call on Wednesday with influential Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, Macron's office said. Ivanishvili, who made his fortune from metals and telecoms in Russia in the 1990s, is widely seen as Georgia's paramount leader. Georgian Dream confirmed the call, saying Macron had said he "was concerned about the situation in Georgia and expressed his desire to contribute to its complete de-escalation".
AFP
Blinken on Syria crisis tour with eye on Biden legacy
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads Wednesday on an emergency tour after the overthrow of Syria's dictatorship, in a new, last-minute attempt to shape a Middle East legacy after a turbulent year.Blinken will head first to the Red Sea port of Aqaba in Jordan, Syria's often uneasy neighbor and a key US partner in the region, before going to Turkey, the main supporter of the Islamist movement that toppled strongman Bashar al-Assad over the weekend.
Associated Press
Secretary of State Blinken is returning to the Mideast in his latest diplomatic foray
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East this week on his 12th visit since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last year but his first since the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad that has sparked new fears of instability in the region now wracked by three conflicts despite a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon. Blinken will travel to Jordan and Turkey on Thursday and Friday for talks expected to focus largely on Syria but also touch on long-elusive hopes for a deal to end the fighting in Gaza that has devastated the territory since October 2023. The State Department said Blinken would meet Jordanian officials, including King Abdullah II, in the port city of Aqaba on Thursday before flying to Ankara for meetings with Turkish officials Friday.
CBS News
Kabul explosion kills Afghan Taliban regime's minister for refugees
Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, a minister in Afghanistan's de-facto Taliban government and a member of a notorious family, was among those killed in an explosion in Kabul.
NBC News
Japanese atomic bomb survivor warns nuclear taboo is at risk in Nobel Peace Prize speech
A 92-year-old Japanese survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki described the horrors he witnessed in 1945 as he accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday on behalf of his anti-nuclear weapons group.

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