genie voice Qatar tribune dpa Tbilisi Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as Georgian president in a ceremony in parliament in Tbilisi on Sunday, despite weeks of protests and the refusal of his predecessor, Salome Zourabichvili, to stand aside. Kavelashvili, a 53-year-old former national footballer turned far-right politician, took his oath on the bible and the Georgian constitution, swearing to serve the country’s interests in the presence of Orthodox Church clerics. Protesters holding up red cards in reference to Kavelashvili’s footballing career gathered outside the parliamentary buildings following the swearing-in ceremony. They accused political leaders of turning Georgia into a Russian lackey. Police reported detaining six protesters amid scuffles outside parliament. Earlier, Zourabichvili told supporters that, while she was leaving the presidential palace, she was taking her legitimacy with her. A pro-Western leader who backs Georgia’s accession to the European Union, she has called for fresh elections, dismissing Kavelashvili’s election by an electoral college on December 14. “This parody, which is currently being played out in parliament, is a genuine parody that the country has not deserved,” Zourabichvili said. Many of her supporters had hoped that she would stay on in the palace and continue to oppose Kavelashvili’s inauguration to the largely ceremonial post. The ruling Georgian Dream party, which emerged victorious in disputed elections on October 26 and which nominated Kavelashvili, had threatened Zourabichvili with prison if she refused to leave the presidential residence in the centre of Tbilisi. Large demonstrations have been taking place for weeks, with protesters demanding return to the country’s EU accession process, after Georgian Dream suspended talks to 2028. They have also called for the October elections to be repeated. Kavelashvili has sat in parliament for the national conservative Georgian Dream since 2016. He previously played as a striker for Manchester United in England and for various Swiss clubs, while also being a regular on the national team over the decade up to 2002. He was chosen as president by a new process based on an electoral college, made up of members of parliament and local and regional representatives. Copy 30/12/2024 10

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OTTAWA — Two senior members of the federal cabinet were in Florida Friday pushing Canada's new border plan with Donald Trump's transition team, a day after Trudeau himself appeared to finally push back at the president-elect over his social media posts about turning Canada into the 51st state. Both Trudeau and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, who Trudeau has been courting to become Canada's next finance minister, shared posts on X Thursday, a day after Trump's latest jab at Canada in his Christmas Day message. It isn't clear if Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who has repeatedly insisted Trump's 51st state references are a joke, will raise the issue with Trump's team when he and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly meet with them in Palm Beach. The two are there to discuss Canada's new $1.3 billion border plan with just under four weeks left before Trump is sworn in again as president. He has threatened to impose a new 25 per cent import tariff on Canada and Mexico the same day over concerns about a trade imbalance, as well as illegal drugs and migration issues at the borders. The broad strokes of Canada's plan were made public Dec. 17, including a new aerial intelligence task force to provide round-the-clock surveillance of the border, and improved efforts using technology and canine teams to seek out drugs in shipments leaving Canada LeBlanc's spokesman, Jean-Sébastien Comeau, said the ministers will also emphasize the negative impacts of Trump's threatened tariffs on both Canada and the U.S. Comeau said the ministers will build on the discussions that took place last month when Trudeau and LeBlanc met Trump at Mar-a-Lago just days after Trump first made his tariff threat. It was at that dinner on Nov. 29 when Trump first raised the notion of Canada becoming the 51st state, a comment LeBlanc has repeatedly since insisted was just a joke. But Trump has continued the quip repeatedly in various social media posts, including in his Christmas Day message when he said Canadians would pay lower taxes and have better military protection if they became Americans. He has taken to calling Trudeau "governor" instead of prime minister. Trudeau had not directly responded to any of the jabs, but on Thursday posted a link to a six-minute long video on YouTube from 2010 in which American journalist Tom Brokaw "explains Canada to Americans." The video, which originally aired during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, explains similarities between the two countries, including their founding based on immigration, their trading relationship and the actions of the Canadian Army in World War 2 and other modern conflicts. "In the long history of sovereign neighbours there has never been a relationship as close, productive and peaceful as the U.S. and Canada," Brokaw says in the video. Trudeau did not expand about why he posted a link to the video, posting it only with the words "some information about Canada for Americans." Carney, who is at the centre of some of Trudeau's recent domestic political troubles, also called out Trump's antics on X Thursday, calling it "casual disrespect" and "carrying the 'joke' too far." "Time to call it out, stand up for Canada, and build a true North American partnership," said Carney, who Trudeau was courting to join his cabinet before Chrystia Freeland resigned as finance minister last week. Freeland's sudden departure, three days after Trudeau informed her he would be firing her as finance minister in favour of Carney, left Trudeau's leadership even more bruised than it already was. Despite the expectation Carney would assume the role, he did not and has not made any statements about it. LeBlanc was sworn in as finance minister instead the same day Freeland quit. More than two dozen Liberal MPs have publicly called on Trudeau to resign as leader, and Trudeau is said to be taking the holidays to think about his next steps. He is currently vacationing in British Columbia. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 27, 2024. Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian PressSoccer-Villa secure 0-0 draw against depleted Juventus

MIDLAND, Pa., Dec. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mawson Infrastructure Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIGI) ("Mawson” or "the Company”), a publicly-traded technology company focused on digital infrastructure platforms for artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and digital assets markets, notes that a media outlet earlier today falsely reported that the Company has filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition. Rather, entities in Australia, including W Capital Advisors Pty Ltd as trustee for the W Capital Advisors Fund and Marshall Investments MIG Pty Ltd as trustee for the Marshall Investments MIG Trust, have filed an involuntary Chapter 11 petition against the Company. The Company has not yet been formally served with an involuntary petition; however, if served, the Company's Board of Directors intend to vigorously defend the Company against such a filing to the full extent of the law. Mawson expects to continue to operate as usual and execute its business plan accordingly. The Company has previously corresponded with W Capital Advisors Pty Ltd as trustee for the W Capital Advisors Fund and its representatives, and the Company has expressed significant concerns about W Capital Advisors Pty Ltd as trustee for the W Capital Advisors Fund and James Manning, a former board director and executive of the Company, being related parties. Neither W Capital nor James Manning have responded to the Company's concerns in a manner satisfactory to the Company. James Manning is also the subject of an investigation by the Company's Audit Committee related to his dealings with W Capital Advisors Pty Ltd as trustee for the W Capital Advisors Fund - among several other matters - including current litigation with an entity related to Manning, Vertua Property Inc. ("Vertua”), regarding alleged self-dealing, breach of contract, and tortious interference with a business relationship. Notably, Vertua is a company not only related to James Manning, but also affiliated with Darron Wolter of W Capital Advisors Pty Ltd as trustee for the W Capital Advisors Fund. The Company filed a complaint in The Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (file number 2024-2332) on October 17, 2024 against Vertua as landlord for the Company's Sharon, PA property for breach of the lease agreement and wrongful termination of the lease, as well as for tortious interference with a business relationship. The Company is seeking reinstatement of the lease, compensatory damages, disgorgement of revenue, and exemplary and punitive damages, as well as reimbursement for its costs and litigation expenses. As per the Company's most recent 10-Q filing on November 14, 2024, W Capital Advisors Pty Ltd as trustee for the W Capital Advisors Fund and Marshall Investments MIG Pty Ltd as trustee for the Marshall Investments MIG Trust had filed proceedings in Australia, and the Company believes that these entities are using such proceedings in an improper attempt to gain leverage in ongoing legal disputes between the parties. The Company believes that the filing of the involuntary Chapter 11 petition is a continuation of this pattern. The Company has previously reported through an 8-K filing on March 29, 2024 that the Company may seek to exit certain or all of its entities and holdings in Australia. The Company currently operates facilities in the United States of America and does not have any operating sites or assets in Australia. About Mawson Infrastructure Mawson Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ: MIGI) is a technology company that offers digital infrastructure platforms for AI, HPC, and digital assets. The Company's digital infrastructure platforms can be used to operate computing resources for a number of applications, and are offered across digital assets, artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC) and other computing applications. Our innovation, technology, and operational expertise enables us to operate and optimize digital infrastructure to accelerate the digital economy. The Company has a strategy to prioritize the usage of carbon-free energy sources, including nuclear energy, to power its digital infrastructure platforms and computational machines. For more information, please visit: https://www.mawsoninc.com . 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Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, which include the actions to be taken by the Petitioners and rulings and orders of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Delaware). More detailed information about the risks and uncertainties affecting the Company is contained under the heading "Risk Factors” included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 15, 2024, August 19, 2024, November 14, 2024, and in other filings that the Company has made and may make with the SEC in the future. One should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made, except as may be required by law. For more information, visit us at https://www.mawsoninc.com X / Twitter: Mawson (@Mawsoninc) / X (twitter.com) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mawsoninc/ Facebook: Mawson Inc | Pittsburgh PA | Facebook YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MawsonInc Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/mawsoninc Investor Contact: Investor Relations Team [email protected] Partnerships Contact: Partnerships Team [email protected] Media Contact: Media Relations Team [email protected]

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K-pop in 2025: The rookies and acts hyped to make a big splash next year Published: 28 Dec. 2024, 07:00 YOON SO-YEON [email protected] K-pop acts, from top: NCT Wish, BabyMonster, TWS and ILLIT [EACH AGENCY, LEE JEONG-MIN] While the K-pop world moved forward in 2024, with news both good and bad, rookie bands also bravely stepped onto the stage in the hope of gaining the public’s attention. Diversity began to bloom this year for a genre that has been less acquainted with the idea in the past. K-pop’s first-ever boy band with hearing impairments, Big Ocean, made its debut, while HYBE rolled out Katseye, a girl group with an ethnic diversity rarely seen in Korea. Related Article HYBE-ADOR versus Min Hee-jin and NewJeans: The K-pop conflict that defined 2024 NewJeans or NewJeanz? K-pop group eyes legal battle over trademark and copyright Rewind 2024: Korea’s top 10 culture stories Virtual idols may be the future of K-pop groups Major agencies again showed their influence with BabyMonster from YG Entertainment and Meovv from The Black Label, a company that started out as a subsidiary of YG Entertainment; ILLIT, Katseye and TWS from the HYBE labels; and NCT Wish from SM Entertainment. And audition-made groups, TIOT and UNIS, once again proved the power of television in the K-pop world. Some bands have already announced their debuts for the upcoming year, including JYP Entertainment’s KickFlip and a new girl group from SM Entertainment. The three former members of Fifty Fifty will form a new group, albume, while SM Entertainment’s virtual singer naevis prepares to launch her first album. With the new year just days ahead, the Korea JoongAng Daily has compiled a list of 10 rookies and new acts to look forward to in 2025. Girl group BabyMonster [YG ENTERTAINMENT] BabyMonster The group may be a beautiful monster, but still a monster nonetheless, with the ambition to eat up the stage. Girl group BabyMonster is YG Entertainment’s first new girl group in seven years, since Blackpink, and is expected to be the agency’s biggest asset in the upcoming year. BabyMonster made its official debut on April 1, five months after releasing its first single “Batter Up” on Nov. 27, 2023. It counts April 1, the release date of its first EP “BABYMONS7ER” with all seven members — Ruka, Pharita, Asa, Rami, Rora, Chiquita and Ahyeon — as its debut day. The septet released its first full-length album “Drip” on Nov. 1 and will kick off its first world tour, “Hello Monsters,” with two concerts at the KSPO Dome in southern Seoul. Boy band Big Ocean [PARASTAR ENTERTAINMENT] Big Ocean If there ever was one band that truly widened K-pop’s horizons, it would be Big Ocean. Big Ocean made its debut on April 20, Korea’s Day of People with Disabilities, as the first K-pop idols — as the profession is referred to in Korea — with hearing impairments. Big Ocean's members are Kim Ji-seok, Park Hyun-jin and Lee Chan-yeon. Kim was born with a hearing impairment, while Park lost part of his hearing at age 3 and Lee at age 11. Lee had cochlear implant surgery on both ears. Park has an implant in one ear and wears a hearing aid in the other, while Kim wears hearing aids. Big Ocean has been actively releasing music and taking part in social activities, including performing in Switzerland for the AI for Good Global Summit. The trio is managed by Parastar Entertainment, an agency that specializes in stars with disabilities. Big Ocean is set to hold its first concert in Nagoya, Japan, on March 9. Girl group ILLIT [BELIFT LAB] ILLIT Despite the amount of debate surrounding the group, ILLIT experienced one of the most successful debuts in K-pop. The quintet’s debut track “Magnetic” became one of the most popular songs not just in Korea but around the world, especially through online short-form videos that readily used the song as background music for various memes and challenges. ILLIT released its second EP “I’ll Like You” on Oct. 21. The girl group was caught in the middle of one of the biggest clashes in K-pop — the massive Min Hee-jin versus HYBE brawl. Although it hasn't been able to hold its own solo concert yet, the group has received some of the biggest honors in K-pop, including Best New Female Artist at the 2024 MAMA Awards and Rookie of the Year at the 2024 Melon Music Awards. Girl group Katseye [HYBE] Katseye Globalization has always been a lifelong dream for K-pop, and HYBE dared to dream with a new group. It collaborated with a subsidiary of Universal Music Group to form a girl group made up of not just Asian members but a mix of ethnicities joined through the power of music. Katseye debuted on June 28 with the single “Debut,” seven months after the six members won “The Debut: Dream Academy” audition program held last year. HYBE has been executing some of its most aggressive marketing campaigns for Katseye. A docuseries on the audition process and Katseye members’ training was released on Netflix under the title, “Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE.” Reaction to the unique group has been divided so far in Korea, but a growing international fan base and Korea’s growing awareness around diversity may soon tell a different story. Girl group Meovv [THE BLACK LABEL] Meovv Music producer Teddy has been credited as one of the most talented music makers in K-pop. His efforts gave life to the powerful music of YG Entertainment girl groups 2NE1 and Blackpink and helped bring the two quartets to the top of the charts. Having already proved his prowess, Teddy put on a new hat, this time as a girl group producer. Meovv, pronounced Meow, debuted on Sept. 6 with the namesake feline concept portrayed in its first single “Meow.” The company has been drip-feeding the public with information about Meovv and its members from before the group's debut and even after, leaving it mostly mysterious to the public. Meovv released its second single “Toxic” on Nov. 18, but The Black Label hopefully has more surprises for fans in 2025. Boy band NCT Wish [SM ENTERTAINMENT] NCT Wish The newest member of the NCT family, NCT Wish debuted on Feb. 28 as the official final subgroup of the NCT franchise with a clear goal of reaching out to the Japanese audience. Of the six members, four are Japanese — Riku, Yushi, Ryo and Sakuya — and only two are Korean, Sion and Jaehee. The band has nevertheless been gaining a major fandom in Korea as well, continuing the tradition of SM Entertainment’s biggest boy band franchise, NCT. NCT Wish has released two singles and one full-length album in Japan, and two singles and one EP in Korea. The band kicked off its “LOG in” Asia tour on Nov. 3 in Japan and is set to continue the performance in Korea, Macau, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia and Thailand starting in March next year. Girl group Rescene [THE MUZE ENTERTAINMENT] Rescene Will K-pop be seeing another underdog succeed? In a market dominated by major agencies and conglomerate-backed companies, Rescene has been slowly making its way up the charts purely with the power of a well-made song that caught the audiences’ attention on short-form video platforms. Rescene debuted on March 26 under The Muze Entertainment, an agency founded by music producer Josh Lee, also a member of band Highbro. The girl group struggled to steal the spotlight at first but slowly caught the attention of online listeners with the lead track of its first EP “Scenedrome,” titled “Love Attack,” which went viral on short-form video platforms. “Love Attack” has been chosen as one of Grammy.com’s 10 K-pop Songs that Electrified 2024 list, along with receiving acclaim from NME and Dazed. Boy band TIOT [REDSTART ENM] TIOT What would K-pop be now without a boy band put together through an audition program? TIOT made its debut on April 22 with four members who were contestants of cable network Mnet's audition show "Boys Planet" (2023) but did not make it to the winning nine-member boy band ZeroBaseOne — Kim Min-seoung, Kum Jun-hyeon, Hong Keon-hee and Choi Woo-jin —, along with one additional member, Shin Ye-chan. The band established a steady fan base through the “predebut” activities that K-pop bands have been pulling off these days in order to secure themselves a softer landing on the K-pop scene. TIOT has so far released three digital singles, one EP and one “pre-debut” album. It is managed by a newly founded agency called Redstart ENM. Boy band TWS [PLEDIS ENTERTAINMENT] TWS HYBE definitely knows how to make a boy band. TWS debuted as the first new boy band from Pledis Entertainment since Seventeen made its debut in 2015. And it’s quite safe to say that the rookie sextet is smoothly following in the footsteps of its predecessor. Two of TWS’s songs released this year became major hits on short-form video platforms — “Plot Twist” and “If I'm S, Can You Be My N?” — thanks to their catchy melodies and trendy lyrics, a feat more remarkable in a market where girl group’s songs have been most popular on streaming platforms. TWS received the Best New Male Artist and the Best Dance Performance Male Group awards at the 2024 MAMA Awards as well as the Rookie of the Year and the Top 10 awards at 2024 Melon Music Awards. Girl group UNIS [F&F ENTERTAINMENT] UNIS Girl groups from audition programs are also not to be missed. UNIS, also stylized as U&IS, was formed in January through the SBS girl group audition program “Universe Ticket” (2023), with winning members Jin Hyeon-ju, Gehlee Dangca, Kotoko, Bang Yun-ha, Elisia, Oh Yoon-a, Nana and Lim Seo-won. The eight members were voted as winners among a pool of 82 contestants from different entertainment agencies. The group made its official debut on March 27 under F&F Entertainment, an agency owned by fashion company F&F that owns major brands such as MLB and Discovery Expedition. UNIS is set to be active for two years and six months. Virtual singer naevis [SM ENTERTAINMENT] More to watch for in 2025 K-pop companies have already shared exciting news for the year to come. JYP Entertainment will roll out its first new boy band in six years, since Stray Kids, named KickFlip. The band will start its “debut album project” at midnight on Dec. 31, but other details have not been unveiled yet. SM Entertainment will debut a new girl group, its first in five years, since aespa, within the first quarter of 2025. The announcement was made during a conference call for the third-quarter earnings of the K-pop company in November. The company will also present the first album by the agency’s virtual singer naevis. AxMxP, a new rock band from FNC Entertainment, will also debut next year. FNC Entertainment is home to hit rock bands such as CNBlue, N.Flying and FT Island. And although no date has been set, one girl group that will definitely seek the spotlight is albume, the trio put together by Massive E&C with three former members of girl group Fifty Fifty. The three members initially debuted as part of the girl group Fifty Fifty under Attrakt in November 2022 and earned success with its song “Cupid” (2023) but were kicked out of the group in October 2023 after a failed fight with their former agency, Attrakt. BY YOON SO-YEON [ [email protected] ]

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) -Aston Villa survived a jittery second half to end an eight-match winless streak with a 3-1 home Premier League win over Brentford on Wednesday. Villa sped into a 3-0 halftime lead but after Mikkel Damsgaard pulled one back early in the second half for Brentford, looked nervy and under pressure and will be relieved their visitors did not add any more goals. Villa had raced into a comprehensive lead with three goals in a 13-minute burst after Morgan Rogers got their opener in the 21st minute. An Ollie Watkins penalty and a volleyed effort from fullback Matty Cash added to the tally at Villa Park and saw the hosts enjoy a comfortable lead at the interval. After finishing fourth last season, Villa had slipped into the bottom half of the table after their weekend loss at Chelsea but Wednesday’s success moved them up to seventh in the standings, ahead of Brentford who slipped to ninth. Rogers hit a lofted effort into the net at the end of a surging run and a one-two with Watkins to open the scoring. The home side were awarded a penalty four minutes later when Ethan Pinnock clipped Watkins from behind and the England international got up off the turf to convert the spotkick. His low shot just evaded Mark Flekken in the Brentford goal as the keeper went the right way and got a touch on the ball but it was not strong enough to keep it out. THUNDER Rogers’ cross in the 34th minute was missed by Watkins, who was offside and might have disturbed the goalkeeper’s line of sight, allowing Cash to thunder in the third with a rasping finish from the right. VAR chose not to intervene and the goal was allowed to stand. Brentford got their goal in the 54th minute as Damsgaard cut inside from the back post to belt the ball in from close range after Yoane Wissa flicked on Bryan Mbeumo’s cross. Substitute Igor Thiago, working his way back from the knee injury that kept him out of the early part of the season, had a good chance for a second for Brentford in the 72nd minute but got underneath his shot and put it over the bar. The result continued Brentford’s poor away form, with Thomas Frank’s side having earned one point from seven matches on the road, but the Bees remain high on entertainment value with a total of 52 goals in their 14 league games this season – 27 for and 26 against. (Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Pritha Sarkar and Toby Davis) Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. var ytflag = 0;var myListener = function() {document.removeEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);lazyloadmyframes();};document.addEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);window.addEventListener('scroll', function() {if (ytflag == 0) {lazyloadmyframes();ytflag = 1;}});function lazyloadmyframes() {var ytv = document.getElementsByClassName("klazyiframe");for (var i = 0; i < ytv.length; i++) {ytv[i].src = ytv[i].getAttribute('data-src');}} Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );