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Negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association and port operators stalled this week, making it possible that East Coast dockworkers walk off the job again in January. The U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents port operators and shipping companies and the union representing about 2,400 workers in Baltimore’s port left the bargaining table in New Jersey two days early after reaching an impasse on the issue of automation. The ILA and the maritime alliance came to a tentative agreement after a three-day strike in early October, sending 45,000 dockworkers in East and Gulf Coast ports back to work until Jan. 15. The strike was the second time this year that port operations were significantly disrupted after the port mostly closed for about two months following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in March. When the cargo ship Dali hit the bridge, the span collapsed into the Patapsco River, killing six road construction workers and blocking the shipping channel. In a statement Wednesday, the ILA said talks broke down Tuesday when port employers introduced a plan to implement “semi-automation.” Negotiations were supposed to last four days this week, the union said. “The ILA has always supported modernization when it leads to increased volumes and efficiency. For over 13 years, our position has been clear: we embrace technologies that improve safety and efficiency, but only when a human being remains at the helm,” the union said in the statement. “Automation, whether full or semi, replaces jobs and erodes the historical work functions we’ve fought hard to protect.” The tentative agreement reached in October included a 62% rise in wages over six years, according to the union’s statement. In its own statement Wednesday, the U.S. Maritime Alliance said it was not seeking to eliminate jobs with new technology but to modernize, making workers safer and improving both efficiency and port capacity. “Unfortunately, the ILA is insisting on an agreement that would move our industry backward by restricting future use of technology that has existed in some of our ports for nearly two decades – making it impossible to evolve to meet the nation’s future supply chain demands,” the alliance said. Scott Cowan, president of Baltimore’s ILA Local 333, was unavailable for comment Friday. Maryland Port Administration spokesperson Richard Scher said that while the state agency isn’t directly involved in the negotiations, it is “closely monitoring” the talks and encouraging both parties to make progress toward a final agreement. The Maryland Port Administration owns Baltimore’s main cargo terminals, but private companies run them. “While both sides have been meeting and making progress toward a deal, there is still a lot of work needed to achieve a new contract that satisfies the parties,” Scher said in a statement. “We remain hopeful that an agreement will be reached by the January deadline.” A strike at the port would have a serious impact on the economy, both in Maryland and across the country, experts say. After just a few days, a work stoppage at ports along the East Coast could lead to shortages of goods from overseas. Tinglong Dai, the Bernard T. Ferrari professor of business at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, t old The Baltimore Sun in October that if workers were to strike for more than a week, consumers might see shortages of perishables like bananas, which are generally shipped to the U.S. from Central America. A more lengthy strike could impact additional industries, like auto sales, he said.Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Acquires New Shares in The Chemours Company (NYSE:CC)50jili login app 。

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'Mufasa' stars 'pinching themselves' to be in 'Lion King' prequelPreviously, it was reported that on Tuesday, December 3, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law” via a televised briefing, promising to “eradicate pro-North Korean forces and protect the constitutional democratic order.” He accused the opposition of “controlling the parliament,” “sympathizing” with North Korea and immobilizing the government through anti-state actions. The National Assembly quickly demanded the President’s emergency martial law to be lifted . All 190 attending members (out of 300) voted unanimously to block the martial law. While the martial law was lifted, South Korea has been preparing to potentially impeach President Yoon. The vote was expected to take place on Saturday, December 7. Democracy rally in front of the National Assembly atm. Impeachment vote will be tomorrow at 5 pm local time https://t.co/Tm7JbmOOAV — The Blue Roof (@BluRoofPolitics) December 6, 2024 Now, the National Assembly is scheduled to hold another impeachment vote on President Yoon at 5 PM on Saturday, December 14. The initial impeachment vote was held once on December 7. It was ultimately scrapped due to a “lack of quorum.” BREAKING: Yoon impeachment motion scrapped due to lack of quorum pic.twitter.com/yfys2nBaPx — Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) December 7, 2024 People Power Party's Kim Sang-wook says he will support Yoon's second impeachment vote and demand for his party to join. Second vote planned for Saturday 14th. https://t.co/Ou7v5v9yOZ — Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) December 10, 2024 During this period, rallies and protests have been held for President Yoon’s impeachment. Protestors have gone viral for using K-Pop lightsticks in their protests . The artists are now noticing the lightsticks. Singer IU has prepared meals for her fans who have joined the rallies calling for President Yoon’s impeachment. OP is an exol who is holding protest in front of the national assembly, when GD's song 'crooked' plays in the mid of crowd, she said the atmosphere suddenly changes like at MAMA and MMA 😭😂 Look at those fandom lightsticks raised enthusiastically! pic.twitter.com/hlCGB0XGCl — pinoy (@puppiesbreads) December 7, 2024 some heartwarming news: south korean citizens are bringing their k-pop lightsticks to yoon's impeachment protests in lieu of candles pic.twitter.com/k993aNmUhw — sky 🎀 (@kittysmimi) December 5, 2024 thanks to uaenas who raised their lightsticks proudly and bravely, IU has seen and heard you https://t.co/tmFHkRp8fB — 🍧 (@chatshirelore) December 13, 2024 Her agency, EDAM Entertainment , announced via her fan cafe on December 13, “In the cold weather, we wanted to warm the hands of ‘UAENA’ (IU’s fandom) holding their I-Us (lightsticks) at the rally, which brighten up the surroundings. So, we prepared food and hand warmers.” Her team prepared 100 bowls of soup and beef bone soup (gomtang), 100 separate servings of rice soup (ttokguk), 100 pieces of bread, 100 pieces of tteok (rice cake), and 100 drinks. Hello, This is EDAM Entertainment. In the cold weather, we wanted to warm the hands of ‘UAENA’ (IU’s fandom) holding their I-Us (lightsticks) at the rally, which brighten up the surroundings. So, we have prepared food and hand warmers. Please be mindful of your health and safety, and visit the designated stores after reviewing the details below. [Important Notes] This event will run from Saturday, December 14, 2024, until supplies run out. Please check the available pickup times at each store in the following guide before visiting. (Operating hours and pickup times may differ by location.) Even if you are not a member of the official fan club, anyone attending the rally can receive food (or beverages) and hand warmers on a first-come, first-served basis. Just mention that you are ‘Uena’ at the store. The event will end once supplies are exhausted, so please take note. While real-time updates on the availability of supplies may not be possible, the status will be updated in the original announcement once it is confirmed at the store. Please understand that there may be some delays in updating, depending on the situation on the ground. — EDAM Entertainment Netizens praised IU for taking a stance and helping her protesting fans. They hope IU’s actions will encourage more celebrities to use their platform for good. IU currently trending in South Korea “아이유 언니” or “Sister IU” because IU and her agency provide free food and hot packs at designated restaurants for those attending President Yoon’s impeachment rally tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/SpeSCiHfAZ — nyanya (@liltweetyxx) December 13, 2024 IU and Edam entertainment will support food packs and hot packs for those attending the protest starting tomorrow which fan club members & non-members can claim. They wish everyone will be safe and warm. https://t.co/ARkQE3WoM1 pic.twitter.com/Ky8XDd7Ucq — Words by IU (@wordsbyIU) December 13, 2024 In my honest opinion she is the undisputed queen of this generation. Taking a political stance at one of the most critical period for her country can't be easy...BUT she is IU after all. She is paving the way for her other idols to come forward & join. More power to her! https://t.co/V6lB0RV9Pa — ❖ASTRAL BLAST4x4 ✭ 솔라 COLOURS ✭ (@AstralBlasts) December 13, 2024 IU prepared hot packs, foods, drinks for uaena (even non uaena) going to the protest/rallies in the cold tomorrow 😭 she's the best 😭 https://t.co/zub1PYM8Y0 pic.twitter.com/sPsqPVsQTr — 시카유 🐥 (@melloviciousiu) December 13, 2024 IU is truly K-Pop royalty! IU IU’s Answer Made An UAENA Immediately Regret Asking Her Question IU’s Staff Member Hid Under Her Dress During An Entire Live Performance IU Reveals Why She Stopped Checking Her DMs IU Sues Former Classmate For Online Harassment See more IU

Penn State football players offer thanks to their families, at home and at school [opinion]Murray – Britain’s greatest ever player – retired after this summer’s Olympics at the age of 37 after finally admitting defeat in his battle against his body. Many in the game expected the Scot would one day return to tennis and become a coach, particularly due to his love of the sport, hard work and his tactical acumen. He never liked retirement anyway. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Ga4UlV2kQW — Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) November 23, 2024 But it came with some degree of shock on Saturday afternoon when a social media post from Djokovic, playing on Murray’s light-hearted tweet upon his departure, read: “He never liked retirement anyway”. The attached video announced Murray, who he lost to in two Slam finals but beat in four Australian showpieces, would coach him over the winter and through January’s Open in Melbourne. “We played each other since we were boys, 25 years of pushing each other to our limits. We had some of the most epic battles in in our sport. They called us gamechangers, risk-takers, history-makers,” Djokovic said. “I thought our story may be over. Turns out it has one final chapter. It’s time for one of my toughest opponents to step into my corner. Welcome aboard, coach Andy Murray.” Murray, who beat Djokovic to win the US Open in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013, says he wants to help the 24-time grand slam champion achieve his goals. “I’m going to be joining Novak’s team in the off-season, helping him to prepare for the Australian Open, he said. “I’m really excited for it and looking forward to spending time on the same side of the net as Novak for a change, helping him to achieve his goals.” Djokovic, a week younger than his new coach, added: “I am excited to have one of my greatest rivals on the same side of the net, as my coach. “Looking forward to the start of the season and competing in Australia alongside Andy with whom I have shared many exceptional moments on the Australian soil.” Djokovic beat Murray in the 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016 Australian Open finals as well as the French Open final in 2016. It was after he unseated Djokovic at the top of the rankings in 2016 that Murray suffered the hip injury which ultimately derailed his career. Since his retirement, Murray has been playing golf with the same dedication he pursued his tennis but will now return to his natural habitat. Djokovic, who split with coach Goran Ivanisevic earlier this year, hopes that adding Murray to his team will help him get back to the top of the game after he went through a calendar year without winning a grand slam for the first time since 2017. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have developed a stranglehold at the top of the men’s game and Djokovic, who has seen Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal all retire in recent years, is still hoping to move clear of the record 24 grand slams he shares with Margaret Court.

Speaker of the Legislature Sen. John Arch of La Vista speaks during the second day of the legislative special session in July. Arch on Friday revealed the framework of his plan to permanently restore access to the Legislature's oversight offices tasked with keeping tabs on the state's most troubled agencies. KEARNEY — In a move meant to resolve constitutional concerns raised by Nebraska's attorney general last year, state lawmakers will seek to establish a permanent oversight committee next year to supervise the Legislature's watchdogs tasked with investigating the state’s troubled prison and child welfare systems. The plan to establish the new committee, which Speaker John Arch of La Vista and legislative staffers unveiled at an annual gathering of lawmakers Friday, comes more than a year after Attorney General Mike Hilgers suggested the watchdogs, formally known as the Office of the Inspectors General, were unconstitutional in a legal opinion his office released in August 2023. Though Hilgers' opinion was nonbinding, Nebraska's Departments of Correctional Services and Health and Human Services — both arms of the executive branch — almost immediately shut off access the inspectors general had to agency facilities and records, leaving the Legislature without oversight of the agencies for six months. People are also reading... Lawmakers established the watchdogs in the 2010s to keep tabs on the agencies following a disastrous attempt to privatize Nebraska's child welfare system and a murder spree carried out by an inmate the prison system had inadvertently released early. The lockout ended in April, when lawmakers reluctantly approved an agreement with the executive branch to temporarily restore access to the watchdogs while a special committee of lawmakers studied the structure of legislative oversight functions to come up with a long-term solution. The special committee's plan — which Arch said will come in the form of a 126-page bill that is still being drafted — could create an oversight division within the Legislature that would supervise the inspectors general and the Legislative Audit Office, which for now is governed by the Performance Audit Committee. That committee would be replaced by the new, nine-member oversight committee. Under the plan, the Legislature would hire a director of legislative oversight who would appoint the inspectors general tasked with keeping tabs on the troubled agencies to five-year terms. The plan calls for the legislative oversight committee to be notified prior to the release of any investigative reports compiled by the watchdogs. The plan is meant to establish an obvious chain-of-command from lawmakers to the watchdogs in an attempt to address Hilgers' claim that the Legislature had violated Nebraska's constitution by permanently delegating their oversight authority to the inspectors general, whom Hilgers suggested are "unsupervised." The plan would also remove from state law a provision that had required Nebraska's prison and child welfare systems to provide direct computer access to the inspectors general, who were previously able to review incident reports and other internal agency documents in real time. The proposal would also create a process to allow for the executive or judicial branches to object to disclosing "legally privileged" information to the watchdogs. The new plan would allow law enforcement agencies to decline to provide information to the inspectors general, who would also be required to suspend an investigation at the request of a police department. And the proposal would make it illegal for the watchdogs to disclose any confidential information or records provided to the newly created oversight division. In all, the plan Arch and legislative staffers outlined Friday marks the framework of a weaker legislative oversight system than the one that already exists in state law — which Nebraska's executive branch has been in violation of for more than a year. Arch said he is "sure that there will be those who want to see us go further" but said the plan represents an attempt to rebuild the Legislature's oversight framework while addressing Hilgers' constitutional concerns. In his 38-page opinion last year, Hilgers had said the watchdogs “untrammeled power to impede, control and access” information of other government branches had violated the state constitution's separation of powers clause. "I'm very hopeful that we can establish a way of relating (with the executive branch) that can put us in compliance with the statute and provide us with the information that we need," Arch said. John Arch Arch said he was confident the plan would draw broad support from lawmakers, some of whom have been critical of his handling of the oversight lockout initiated by the executive branch. The Legislature initially retained legal counsel in the wake of Hilgers' opinion and the subsequent lockout, mulling a legal fight with Gov. Jim Pillen's executive branch over the issue, but instead opted to try to resolve the dispute without litigating it in court. Omaha Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, who was one of 15 lawmakers on the special committee that concocted the plan, said members haven't seen a draft of the bill Arch is set to propose next month and "so it's hard to have firm opinions and thoughts on it." Cavanaugh "The devil is definitely in the details, and I'm concerned about how this is going to be executed, because to me, on face value, it looks like we are diminishing our ability to provide oversight of the executive branch," she said, adding: "It's creating additional obstacles to transparency and giving more authority to the executive branch to refuse transparency." Lawmakers may have little choice but to support the plan. The stopgap agreement the Legislature entered into with the executive branch to restore oversight access is set to expire at the end of the 90-day legislative session that kicks off Jan. 8. 'Nutcracker' returns; bird flu cases reported; Huskers take on Dayton Top Journal Star photos for December 2024 Norris' Evan Greenfield (22) scores a layup as Wahoo's Jase Kaminski (13) goes up to defend the basket in the second half on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, at Wahoo High School. Ruby Augustine blows out the candles on her birthday cake during her 105th birthday party on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at the Legacy Retirement Community. Cicely Wardyn of Lincoln adjusts an outdoor heater next to a Nativity scene during the Hometown Christmas event Sunday at the Governor's Mansion. Eddie Walters, dressed as the Grinch, leads the pack of runners along the Billy Wolff trail during the Santa Fun Run on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Nebraska plays against Florida A&M in an NCAA tournament game on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Fourth grade student Lulu Kulwick carries her review worksheet to meet with her teacher during computer science class. Each student was asked to analyze how fun, challenging and easy to understand each game was, and discuss what they thought was a good aspect to the game, and what could use some work. Ben Heppner is illuminated by morning light as he waits for the start of the Santa Fun Run on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, inside the Fleet Feet store. Nebraska head coach Amy Williams (left) and Callin Hake (14) cheer for their team after a defensive stop during the third quarter of the game against Minnesota on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Members of the Lincoln Journal Star's 2024 Super State volleyball team compete in Dance Dance Revolution and air hockey while at a photo shoot on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at Round 1 Arcade. Lincoln North Star's J'Shawn Afun (10) and Mekhi Wayne-Browne (11) battle Lincoln Southeast's Jaydee Dongrin (21) for a rebound in the first half on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at Lincoln Southeast High School. Miami's Flormarie Heredia Colon (left) and Ashley Carr celebrate a point against South Dakota State during an NCAA first-round match, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the Devaney Sports Center. Workers pull up the Capitol Christmas tree on Monday at the Capitol. The 22-foot Colorado spruce from Walton was selected by the Office of the Capitol Commission to be this year’s annual Christmas tree. Jenni Watson helps to arrange chairs for New Covenant Community Church's first service in their repaired main auditorium on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at New Covenant Community Church. New Covenant Community Church is nearing completion of six months of reconstruction project after a fire in May damages the church. While the building was not fully consumed by fire, there was significant water damage to the main auditorium and the first floor south wing. Jack, the dog, lifts his leg on the Christmas tree that his owners David and Karen Petersen of Hickman chose as Max Novak helps them on Saturday at Prairie Woods tree farm in Hallam. 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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi has come under a severe attack by the ruling government and other political parties over her recent controversial statement about Saudi Arabia, forcing the jailed leader and his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to rush to her rescue and go in a full damage-control mode. Bushra Bibi released a video recently, urging everyone to take to the streets on Sunday (November 24) to protest against the “illegal imprisonment” of her husband Imran Khan. In the video, she also stated that Saudi Arabia was offended when they saw Imran Khan arriving barefoot to visit Madina. This, she claimed, resulted in multiple calls to then Army Chief (Retd.) General Qamar Jawed Bajwa, expressed concerns over Khan showing himself as the representative of Islam and Shariah to them at a time when they (Saudis) are abolishing it from their own country. The statement prompted immediate response from Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who slammed Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, warning that any attempts to dent relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia would not be tolerated at all. On the other hand, PTI leadership maintained that, as Bushra is not a political figure, her statement should not be attributed to the party at large. “Bushra Bibi’s statement has nothing to do with PTI,” said senior PTI leader Shoaib Shaheen. However, Imran Khan seems to be endorsing what his wife had said. While speaking to the media from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, Khan said that his wife had not named Saudi Arabia and that the statement was being twisted to directly target MBS (Muhammad Bin Salman) and Saudi Arabia. Imran Khan’s endorsement of his wife’s controversial statement was also picked up by the government, which slammed both of them for towing anti-state and anti-Pakistan agenda. “Imran Khan did not negate what his wife said and, in fact, he endorsed it. Imran Khan, his party and his so-called non-political wife are on an anti-Pakistan agenda. They are enemies of Pakistan. They can go to any extent to damage our country and its relationship with brotherly countries like Saudi Arabia,” said Azma Bukhari, spokesperson of the Punjab government. “This disgraceful statement from an uneducated and uninformed individual against friendly countries shows she is working on the agenda of hostile elements. The people of Pakistan have now witnessed the true faces of these two deceivers. The so-called ‘Fitna Party’ is no longer acceptable to the nation,” she added while speaking with reporters in Lahore on Saturday.

OFS Credit Company, Inc. OCCI ("OFS Credit", the "Company", "we", "us" or "our"), an investment company that primarily invests in collateralized loan obligation ("CLO") equity and debt securities, today announced the following net asset value ("NAV") estimate as of November 30, 2024. Management's unaudited estimate of the range of our NAV per share of our common stock as of November 30, 2024 is between $7.03 and $7.13. This estimate is not a comprehensive statement of our financial condition or results for the month ended November 30, 2024. This estimate did not undergo the Company's typical quarter-end financial closing procedures. We advise you that current estimates of our NAV per share may differ materially from future NAV estimates or determinations, including the determination for the period ending January 31, 2025, which will be reported in our monthly report on Form N-PORT. 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Pep Guardiola admits he is questioning himself after Man City lose to JuventusUSC vs. UCLA odds, picks and predictions for college football gameIsrael has agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon that will take effect at 4 a.m. Wednesday. Moments after U.S. President Joe Biden announced the ceasefire deal , which Israel's Cabinet approved late Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike slammed into the Lebanese capital. Residents of Beirut and its southern suburbs have endured the most intense day of Israeli strikes since the war began nearly 14 months ago, as Israel signaled it aims to keep pummeling Hezbollah before the ceasefire is set to take hold. At least 24 people have killed by Israeli strikes across Lebanon on Tuesday, according to local authorities. Hezbollah also fired rockets into Israel on Tuesday, triggering air raid sirens across the country’s north. An Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire would mark the first major step toward ending the regionwide unrest triggered by Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. But it does not address the devastating war in Gaza. Hezbollah began attacking Israel a day after Hamas’ attack. The fighting in Lebanon escalated into all-out war in September with massive Israeli airstrikes across the country and an Israeli ground invasion of the south. In Gaza, more than 44,000 people have been killed and more than 104,000 wounded in the nearly 14-month war between Israel and Hamas, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Here's the Latest: WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s senior national security team was briefed by the Biden administration as negotiations unfolded, according to the senior U.S. official. The official, who spoke to reporters on the condition of anonymity in a White House-organized call, added that the incoming Trump administration officials were not directly involved in the talks, but that it was important that the incoming administration knew “what we were negotiating and what the commitments were.” The official said “all fire will stop from all parties” at 4 a.m. local time. The next step would be what the official described as a “phased withdrawal” by the Israeli military. As the Israelis pull back, Lebanese national forces will occupy the territories. The process is slated to finish within 60 days. Lebanese forces is supposed to patrol the area and remove Hezbollah weaponry and infrastructure there. “Hezbollah is incredibly weak at this moment, both militarily and politically,” the official said. “And this is the opportunity for Lebanon to re-establish its sovereignty over its territory.” The official said the ceasefire agreement will strengthen what’s known as the “tripartite mechanism” by including the United States and France. The goal is to address violations of the ceasefire without a return to hostilities. UNITED NATIONS – The top U.N. envoy for Lebanon welcomed the ceasefire announcement and urged Israel and Hezbollah militants to take concrete actions to fully implement the 2006 agreement that ended their last war. U.N. Special Coordinator Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said the agreement “marks the starting point of a critical process” that must see both sides fully implement U.N. Security Council resolution 1701. It called for the deployment of Lebanese armed forces in the south bordering Israel and the disarmament of all armed groups including Hezbollah – neither of which has happened in the past 17 years. “Nothing less than the full and unwavering commitment of both parties is required,” Hennis-Plasschaert said. “Neither side can afford another period of disingenuous implementation under the guise of ostensible calm.” She commended the parties for “seizing the opportunity to close this devastating chapter,” stressing that “Now is the time to deliver, through concrete actions, to consolidate today’s achievement.” UNITED NATIONS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is calling for urgent international intervention to stop what he described as “an ongoing genocidal war” in Gaza. Abbas heads the Palestinian Authority which has limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, but not Gaza, which has been controlled by Hamas. The U.S. and others want a reinvigorated Palestinian Authority to run Gaza when the war ends. In a speech on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Abbas accused Israel of repeating what happened to the Palestinians in 1948 and 1967 – displacing them and seizing their land and resources. Abbas demanded to know how long the world will remain silent and refuse to compel Israel to abide by international law. The speech to U.N. member nations was read by Palestinian U.N. ambassador Riyad Mansour. “The only way to halt the halt the dangerous escalation we are witnessing in the region, and maintain regional and international stability, security and peace, is to resolve the question of Palestine,” Abbas' speech said. This must be done in accordance with U.N. Security Council resolutions which call for a two-state solution, he said. BEIRUT -- Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati welcomed the U.S.-brokered ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hezbollah, describing it as a crucial step toward stability, the return of displaced people to their homes and regional calm. Mikati made these comments in a statement issued just after U.S. President Joe announced the truce deal. Mikati said he discussed the ceasefire agreement with Biden by phone earlier Tuesday. The prime minister reaffirmed Lebanon’s commitment to implementing U.N. resolution 1701, strengthening the Lebanese army’s presence in the south, and cooperating with the U.N. peacekeeping force. He also called on Israel to fully comply with the ceasefire and withdraw from southern Lebanon in accordance the U.N. resolution. JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security Cabinet has approved a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah, clearing the way for the truce to take effect. Netanyahu’s office said the plan was approved by a 10-1 margin. The late-night vote came shortly before President Joe Biden was expected to announced details of the deal in Washington. Earlier, Netanyahu defended the ceasefire, saying Israel has inflicted heavy damage on Hezbollah and could now focus its efforts on Hamas militants in Gaza and his top security concern, Iran. Netanyahu vowed to strike Hezbollah hard if it violates the expected deal. WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Waltz, President-elect Donald Trump’s designate to be national security adviser, credited Trump’s victory with helping bring the parties together toward a ceasefire in Lebanon. “Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump,” he said in a post on X on Tuesday. “His resounding victory sent a clear message to the rest of the world that chaos won’t be tolerated. I’m glad to see concrete steps towards deescalation in the Middle East.” He added: “But let’s be clear: The Iran Regime is the root cause of the chaos & terror that has been unleashed across the region. We will not tolerate the status quo of their support for terrorism.” BEIRUT — Israeli jets targeted a building in a bustling commercial area of Beirut for the first time since the start of the 13-month war between Hezbollah and Israel. The strike on Hamra is around 400 meters (yards) from the country’s central bank. A separate strike hit the Mar Elias neighborhood in the country’s capital Tuesday. There was no immediate word on casualties from either strike, part of the biggest wave of attacks on the capital since the war started. Residents in central Beirut were seen fleeing after the Israeli army issued evacuation warnings for four targets in the city. Meanwhile, the Israeli army carried out airstrikes on at least 30 targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs Tuesday, including two strikes in the Jnah neighborhood near the Kuwaiti Embassy. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported that 13 people were injured in the strikes on the southern suburbs. BEIRUT — Hezbollah has said it accepts the ceasefire proposal with Israel, but a senior official with the group said Tuesday that it had not seen the agreement in its final form. “After reviewing the agreement signed by the enemy government, we will see if there is a match between what we stated and what was agreed upon by the Lebanese officials,” Mahmoud Qamati, deputy chair of Hezbollah’s political council, told the Al Jazeera news network. “We want an end to the aggression, of course, but not at the expense of the sovereignty of the state.” of Lebanon, he said. “Any violation of sovereignty is refused.” Among the issues that may remain is an Israeli demand to reserve the right to act should Hezbollah violate its obligations under the emerging deal. The deal seeks to push Hezbollah and Israeli troops out of southern Lebanon. JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he would recommend his Cabinet adopt a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, as Israeli warplanes struck across Lebanon, killing at least 23 people. The Israeli military also issued a flurry of evacuation warnings — a sign it was aiming to inflict punishment on Hezbollah down to the final moments before any ceasefire takes hold. For the first time in the conflict, Israeli ground troops reached parts of Lebanon’s Litani River, a focal point of the emerging deal. In a televised statement, Netanyahu said he would present the ceasefire to Cabinet ministers later on Tuesday, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting. Netanyahu said the vote was expected later Tuesday. It was not immediately clear when the ceasefire would go into effect, and the exact terms of the deal were not released. The deal does not affect Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, which shows no signs of ending. BEIRUT — Lebanon’s state media said Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed at least 10 people in Baalbek province the country’s east. At least three people were killed in the southern city of Tyre when Israel bombed a Palestinian refugee camp, said Mohammed Bikai, a representative of the Fatah group in the area. He said several more people were missing and at least three children were among the wounded. He said the sites struck inside the camp were “completely civilian places” and included a kitchen that was being used to cook food for displaced people. JERUSALEM — Dozens of Israeli protesters took to a major highway in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening to call for the return of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, as the country awaited news of a potential ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah. Protesters chanted “We are all hostages,” and “Deal now!” waving signs with faces of some of the roughly 100 hostages believed to be still held in Gaza, at least a third of whom are thought to be dead. Most of the other hostages Hamas captured in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack were released during a ceasefire last year. The prospect of a ceasefire deal in Lebanon has raised desperation among the relatives of captives still held in Gaza, who once hoped that the release of hostages from Gaza would be included. Instead of a comprehensive deal, the ceasefire on the table is instead narrowly confined to Lebanon. Dozens of Israelis were also demonstrating against the expected cease-fire, gathering outside Israel’s military headquarters in central Tel Aviv. One of the protesters, Yair Ansbacher, says the deal is merely a return to the failed 2006 U.N. resolution that was meant to uproot Hezbollah from the area. “Of course that didn’t happen,” he says. “This agreement is not worth the paper it is written on.” FIUGGI, Italy — Foreign ministers from the world’s industrialized countries said Tuesday they strongly supported an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and insisted that Israel comply with international law in its ongoing military operations in the region. At the end of their two-day summit, the ministers didn’t refer directly to the International Criminal Court and its recent arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister over crimes against humanity . Italy had put the ICC warrants on the official meeting agenda, even though the G7 was split on the issue. The U.S., Israel’s closest ally, isn’t a signatory to the court and has called the warrants “outrageous.” However, the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said all the other G7 countries were signatories and therefore obliged to respect the warrants. In the end, the final statement adopted by the ministers said Israel, in exercising its right to defend itself, “must fully comply with its obligations under international law in all circumstances, including international humanitarian law.” And it said all G7 members — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States – “reiterate our commitment to international humanitarian law and will comply with our respective obligations.” It stressed that “there can be no equivalence between the terrorist group Hamas and the State of Israel.” The ICC warrants say there's reason to believe Netanyahu used “starvation as a method of warfare” by restricting humanitarian aid and intentionally targeted civilians in Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza — charges Israeli officials deny. BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on Tuesday levelled a residential building in the central Beirut district of Basta — the second time in recent days warplanes have hit the crowded area near the city’s downtown. At least seven people were killed and 37 wounded in Beirut, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. It was not immediately clear if anyone in particular was targeted, though Israel says its airstrikes target Hezbollah officials and assets. The Israeli military spokesman issued a flurry of evacuation warnings for many areas, including areas in Beirut that have not been targeted throughout the war, like the capital’s commercial Hamra district, where many people displaced by the war have been staying. The warnings, coupled with fear that Israel was ratcheting up attacks in Lebanon during the final hours before a ceasefire is reached, sparked panic and sent residents fleeing in their cars to safer areas. In areas close to Hamra, families including women and children were seen running away toward the Mediterranean Sea’s beaches carrying their belongings. Traffic was completely gridlocked as people tried to get away, honking their car horns as Israeli drones buzzed loudly overhead. The Israeli military also issued warnings for 20 more buildings in Beirut’s suburbs to evacuate before they too were struck — a sign it was aiming to inflict punishment on Hezbollah in the final moments before any ceasefire takes hold. TEL AVIV, Israel — The independent civilian commission of inquiry into the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel has found Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly responsible for the failures leading up to the attack, alongside former defense ministers, the army chief and the heads of the security services. The civil commission presented its findings today after a four-month probe in which it heard some 120 witnesses. It was set up by relatives of victims of the Hamas attack, in response to the absence of any state probe. The commission determined that the Israeli government, its army and security services “failed in their primary mission of protecting the citizens of Israel.” It said Netanyahu was responsible for ignoring “repeated warnings” ahead of Oct. 7, 2023 for what it described as his appeasing approach over the years toward Hamas, and for “undermining all decision-making centers, including the cabinet and the National Security Council, in a way that prevented any serious discussion” on security issues. The commission further determined that the military and defense leaders bear blame for ignoring warnings from within the army, and for reducing the army’s presence along the Gaza border while relying excessively on technological means. On the day of the Hamas attack, the report says, the army’s response was both slow and lacking. The civil commission called for the immediate establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the Oct. 7 attack. Netanyahu has opposed launching a state commission of inquiry, arguing that such an investigation should begin only once the war is over. JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military says its ground troops have reached parts of Lebanon’s Litani River — a focal point of the emerging ceasefire. In a statement Tuesday, the army said it had reached the Wadi Slouqi area in southern Lebanon and clashed with Hezbollah forces. Under a proposed ceasefire, Hezbollah would be required to move its forces north of the Litani, which in some places is some 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the Israeli border. The military says the clashes with Hezbollah took place on the eastern end of the Litani, just a few kilometers (miles) from the border. It is one of the deepest places Israeli forces have reached in a nearly two-month ground operation. The military says soldiers destroyed rocket launchers and missiles and engaged in “close-quarters combat” with Hezbollah forces. The announcement came hours before Israel’s security Cabinet is expected to approve a ceasefire that would end nearly 14 months of fighting. BEIRUT — Israeli jets Tuesday struck at least six buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs Tuesday, including one that slammed near the country’s only airport. Large plumes of smoke could be seen around the airport near the Mediterranean coast, which has continued to function despite its location beside the densely populated suburbs where many of Hezbollah’s operations are based. The strikes come hours before Israel’s cabinet was scheduled to meet to discuss a proposal to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. The proposal calls for an initial two-month ceasefire during which Israeli forces would withdraw from Lebanon and Hezbollah would end its armed presence along the southern border south of the Litani River. There were no immediate reports of casualties from Tuesday’s airstrikes. FIUGGI, Italy — EU top diplomat Josep Borrell, whose term ends Dec. 1, said he proposed to the G7 and Arab ministers who joined in talks on Monday that the U.N. Security Council take up a resolution specifically demanding humanitarian assistance reach Palestinians in Gaza, saying deliveries have been completely impeded. “The two-state solution will come later. Everything will come later. But we are talking about weeks or days,” for desperate Palestinians, he said. “Hunger has been used as an arm against people who are completely abandoned.” It was a reference to the main accusation levelled by the International Criminal Court in its arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister. Borrell said the signatories to the court, including six of the seven G7 members, are obliged under international law to respect and implement the court’s decisions. Host Italy put the ICC warrants on the G7 agenda at the last minute, but there was no consensus on the wording of how the G7 would respond given the U.S., Israel’s closest ally, has called the warrants “outrageous.” Italy, too, has said it respects the court but expressed concern that the warrants were politically motivated and ill-advised given Netanyahu is necessary for any deal to end the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon. “Like it or not, the International Criminal Court is a court as powerful as any national court,” Borrell said. “And if the Europeans don’t support International Criminal Court then there would not be any hope for justice,” he said. Borrell, whose term ends Dec. 1, said he proposed to the G7 and Arab ministers who joined in talks on Monday that the U.N. Security Council take up a resolution specifically demanding humanitarian assistance reach Palestinians in Gaza, saying deliveries have been completely impeded. “The two-state solution will come later. Everything will come later. But we are talking about weeks or days,” for desperate Palestinians, he said. “Hunger has been used as an arm against people who are completely abandoned.” It was a reference to the main accusation levelled by the International Criminal Court in its arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister. Borrell said the signatories to the court, including six of the seven G7 members, are obliged under international law to respect and implement the court’s decisions. Host Italy put the ICC warrants on the G7 agenda at the last minute, but there was no consensus on the wording of how the G7 would respond given the U.S., Israel’s closest ally, has called the warrants “outrageous.” Italy, too, has said it respects the court but expressed concern that the warrants were politically motivated and ill-advised given Netanyahu is necessary for any deal to end the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon. “Like it or not, the International Criminal Court is a court as powerful as any national court,” Borrell said. “And if the Europeans don’t support International Criminal Court then there would not be any hope for justice,” he said. (edited)

BARCELONA, Spain : Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski scored twice as the hosts cruised to a 3-0 win over French side Brest on Tuesday, with the Polish striker joining Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as the only players to pass the 100 goals mark in the competition. Lewandowski put Barca ahead after being fouled by goalkeeper Marco Bizot and converting from the spot in the 10th minute. The home side squandered several chances to extend their lead and were almost caught out by a couple of counter attacks before Dani Olmo got their second after dribbling past two defenders, with Lewandowski wrapping up the win in added time. The victory lifted Barca to second in the 36-team table on 12 points from five games, one point behind Inter Milan and level with third-placed Liverpool, who host Real Madrid on Wednesday. Brest dropped to ninth spot with 10 points.CHICAGO — With a wave of her bangled brown fingertips to the melody of flutes and chimes, artist, theologian and academic Tricia Hersey enchanted a crowd into a dreamlike state of rest at Semicolon Books on North Michigan Avenue. “The systems can’t have you,” Hersey said into the microphone, reading mantras while leading the crowd in a group daydreaming exercise on a recent Tuesday night. The South Side native tackles many of society’s ills — racism, patriarchy, aggressive capitalism and ableism — through an undervalued yet impactful action: rest. Hersey, the founder of a movement called the Nap Ministry, dubs herself the Nap Bishop and spreads her message to over half a million followers on her Instagram account, @thenapministry . Her first book, “Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto,” became a New York Times bestseller in 2022, but Hersey has been talking about rest online and through her art for nearly a decade. Hersey, who has degrees in public health and divinity, originated the “rest as resistance” and “rest as reparations” frameworks after experimenting with rest as an exhausted graduate student in seminary. Once she started napping, she felt happier and her grades improved. But she also felt more connected to her ancestors; her work was informed by the cultural trauma of slavery that she was studying as an archivist. Hersey described the transformation as “life-changing.” The Nap Ministry began as performance art in 2017, with a small installation where 40 people joined Hersey in a collective nap. Since then, her message has morphed into multiple mediums and forms. Hersey, who now lives in Atlanta, has hosted over 100 collective naps, given lectures and facilitated meditations across the country. She’s even led a rest ritual in the bedroom of Jane Addams , and encourages her followers to dial in at her “Rest Hotline.” At Semicolon, some of those followers and newcomers came out to see Hersey in discussion with journalist Natalie Moore on Hersey’s latest book, “We Will Rest! The Art of Escape,” released this month, and to learn what it means to take a moment to rest in community. Moore recalled a time when she was trying to get ahead of chores on a weeknight. “I was like, ‘If I do this, then I’ll have less to do tomorrow.’ But then I was really tired,” Moore said. “I thought, ‘What would my Nap Bishop say? She would say go lay down.’ Tricia is in my head a lot.” At the event, Al Kelly, 33, of Rogers Park, said some of those seated in the crowd of mostly Black women woke up in tears — possibly because, for the first time, someone permitted them to rest. “It was so emotional and allowed me to think creatively about things that I want to work on and achieve,” Kelly said. Shortly after the program, Juliette Viassy, 33, a program manager who lives in the South Loop and is new to Hersey’s work, said this was her first time meditating after never being able to do it on her own. Therapist Lyndsei Howze, 33, of Printers Row, who was also seated at the book talk, said she recommends Hersey’s work “to everybody who will listen” — from her clients to her own friends. “A lot of mental health conditions come from lack of rest,” she said. “They come from exhaustion.” Before discovering Hersey’s work this spring, Howze said she and her friends sporadically napped together in one friend’s apartment after an exhausting workweek. “It felt so good just to rest in community,” she said. On Hersey’s book tour, she is leading exercises like this across the country. “I think we need to collectively do this,” Hersey explained. “We need to learn again how to daydream because we’ve been told not to do it. I don’t think most people even have a daydreaming practice.” Daydreaming, Hersey said, allows people to imagine a new world. Hersey tells her followers that yes, you can rest, even when your agenda is packed, even between caregiving, commuting, jobs, bills, emails and other daily demands. And you don’t have to do it alone. There is a community of escape artists, she said of the people who opt out of grind and hustle culture, waiting to embrace you. The book is part pocket prayer book, part instruction manual, with art and handmade typography by San Francisco-based artist George McCalman inspired by 19th-century abolitionist pamphlets, urging readers to reclaim their divine right to rest. Hersey directs her readers like an operative with instructions for a classified mission. “Let grind culture know you are not playing around,” she wrote in her book. “This is not a game or time to shrink. Your thriving depends on the art of escape.” The reluctance to rest can be rooted in capitalist culture presenting rest as a reward for productivity instead of a physical and mental necessity. Hersey deconstructs this idea of grind culture, which she says is rooted in the combined effects of white supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism that “look at the body as not human.” American culture encourages grind culture, Hersey said, but slowing down and building a ritual of rest can offset its toxicity. The author eschews the ballooning billion-dollar self-care industry that encourages people to “save enough money and time off from work to fly away to an expensive retreat,” she wrote. Instead, she says rest can happen anywhere you have a place to be comfortable: in nature, on a yoga mat, in the car between shifts, on a cozy couch after work. Resting isn’t just napping either. She praises long showers, sipping warm tea, playing music, praying or numerous other relaxing activities that slow down the body. “We’re in a crisis mode of deep sleep deprivation, deep lack of self-worth, (and) mental health,” said Hersey. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data from 2022 , in Illinois about 37% of adults aren’t getting the rest they need at night. If ignored, the effects of sleep deprivation can have bigger implications later, Hersey said. In October, she lectured at a sleep conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota, where her humanities work was featured alongside research from the world’s top neuroscientists. Jennifer Mundt, a Northwestern clinician and professor of sleep medicine, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, praises Hersey for bringing the issue of sleep and rest to the public. In a Tribune op-ed last year, Mundt argued that our culture focuses too heavily on sleep as something that must be earned rather than a vital aspect of health and that linking sleep to productivity is harmful and stigmatizing. “Linking sleep and productivity is harmful because it overshadows the bevy of other reasons to prioritize sleep as an essential component of health,” Mundt wrote. “It also stigmatizes groups that are affected by sleep disparities and certain chronic sleep disorders.” In a 30-year longitudinal study released in the spring by the New York University School of Social Work, people who worked long hours and late shifts reported the lowest sleep quality and lowest physical and mental functions, and the highest likelihood of reporting poor health and depression at age 50. The study also showed that Black men and women with limited education “were more likely than others to shoulder the harmful links between nonstandard work schedules and sleep and health, worsening their probability of maintaining and nurturing their health as they approach middle adulthood.” The CDC links sleeping fewer than seven hours a day to an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and more. Although the Nap Ministry movement is new for her followers, Hersey’s written about her family’s practice of prioritizing rest, which informs her work. Her dad was a community organizer, a yardmaster for the Union Pacific Railroad Co. and an assistant pastor. Before long hours of work, he would dedicate hours each day to self-care. Hersey also grew up observing her grandma meditate for 30 minutes daily. Through rest, Hersey said she honors her ancestors who were enslaved and confronts generational trauma. When “Rest Is Resistance” was released in 2022, Americans were navigating a pandemic and conversations on glaring racial disparities. “We Will Rest!” comes on the heels of a historic presidential election where Black women fundraised for Vice President Kamala Harris and registered voters in a dizzying three-month campaign. Following Harris’ defeat, many of those women are finding self-care and preservation even more important. “There are a lot of Black women announcing how exhausted they are,” Moore said. “This could be their entry point to get to know (Hersey’s) work, which is bigger than whatever political wind is blowing right now.” Hersey said Chicagoans can meet kindred spirits in her environment of rest. Haji Healing Salon, a wellness center, and the social justice-focused Free Street Theater are sites where Hersey honed her craft and found community. In the fall, the theater put on “Rest/Reposo,” a performance featuring a community naptime outdoors in McKinley Park and in its Back of the Yards space. Haji is also an apothecary and hosts community healing activities, sound meditations and yoga classes. “It is in Bronzeville; it’s a beautiful space owned by my friend Aya,” Hersey said, explaining how her community has helped her build the Nap Ministry. “When I first started the Nap Ministry, before I was even understanding what it was, she was like, come do your work here.” “We Will Rest!” is a collection of poems, drawings and short passages. In contrast to her first book, Hersey said she leaned more into her artistic background; the art process alone took 18 months to complete. After a tough year for many, she considers it medicine for a “sick and exhausted” world. “It’s its own sacred document,” Hersey said. “It’s something that, if you have it in your library and you have it with you, you may feel more human.” lazu@chicagotribune.com

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