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Growing Demand For Tourism: Key Driver Transforming the Minibus Market in 2024Festive events and things to do with the whole family this Christmas across Northern IrelandLegendary singer-songwriter Elton John has said he had to delay the release of his upcoming album due to an eye infection that has significantly impaired his vision. Speaking on ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday, the 77-year-old said he has not been able to see out of his right eye for four months, impacting his ability to work. Elton John lost sight in his right eye following a severe eye infection. Credit: AP “I unfortunately lost my eyesight in my right eye in July because I had an infection in the South of France ... And my left eye’s not the greatest,” he said. “I’m kind of stuck at the moment because I can do something like this [interview], but going into the studio and recording, I don’t know because I can’t see a lyric for a start.” During a speech at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame ceremony last year, John revealed he had a new album on the way with lyricist Bernie Taupin. It would mark his first studio album including all original material since Wonderful Crazy Night in 2016. However, his eye infection has delayed its release. “It’s never fortunate for anything like this to happen, and it kind of floored me. I can’t see anything, I can’t read anything, I can’t watch anything,” John said. The pop star is undergoing unspecified treatment and remains optimistic he will recover. “There’s hope and encouragement that it will be OK. At the moment, that’s really what we’re concentrating on.” The interview comes almost three months after he told fans on social media that he had contracted a severe eye infection that left him with limited sight in the impacted eye. “I am healing, but it’s an extremely slow process,” he wrote on Instagram in September. Despite his impaired vision, John has made multiple appearances over the past few months, including joining pop star Dua Lipa on stage at her Royal Albert Hall concert in October, where they performed their popular duet Cold Heart .
Who loved the axiom ‘The buck stops here’? (KOR) Published: 24 Dec. 2024, 07:02 The Constitutional Court’s review of the legislative impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol has hit a snag due to noncompliance and foot-dragging by the suspended president. Ten days have passed since the National Assembly endorsed a motion to impeach Yoon for his martial law stunt. The top court has sent the case acceptance notice, subpoena and order for readiness for trial by mail and in person, but the president has denied the acceptance of the documents necessary to initiate the trial process. The files were returned when they were sent to his office, citing his lack of presence, and his security rejected them when they arrived at his residence. The noncooperation, even from the stage of documental formalities before the actual trial takes place, raises questions about his sincerity to the legal accountability he vowed not to eschew after his failed martial law attempt. Yoon’s actions draw an unfavorable comparison to earlier presidents in dealing with the impeachment process. The late President Roh Moo-hyun accepted the documents of the Constitutional Court a day after the National Assembly passed his impeachment motion in March 2004 and sent his legal representatives and opinions four days later. Former President Park Geun-hye had her secretariat receive the court files one hour after the motion was endorsed and filed her opinion through her representatives seven days later. The Constitutional Court Act stipulates that, unless otherwise specified, the Criminal Procedure Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to impeachment trials. Yoon, accused of masterminding the martial law plot on Dec. 3, has also been defiant toward investigative authorities. The joint investigation headquarters, comprising the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO), police and military offices, have asked Yoon to appear at the CIO on the Christmas morning after he failed to show up at the first request. Yoon also disobeyed two summons by the prosecution. He has not submitted the timetable for his appearance for questioning or details of his legal representatives. His long-time friend, Seok Dong-hyun, held a press conference defending the president, but he has yet to be formally assigned to the case. Yoon must stop stalling and honor his public promise to not evade legal and political liability over his martial law decision. If he thinks he can lessen his accountability by buying time, he is clearly mistaken. He must not act shamefully against the plate reading “The Buck Stops Here” sitting on his desk. His recalcitrance is causing greater disgrace to himself and the nation. 시간 끌기용 '침대축구'로는 법적 책임 피할 수 없다 윤 대통령, 헌재 서류 송달 거부하며 버티기 일관 소환 조사도 불응...국민에 더 큰 실망 주지 말아야 윤석열 대통령에 대한 헌법재판소의 탄핵심판 절차가 윤대통령의 비협조와 시간끌기로 첫걸음부터 차질을 빚고 있다. 지난 14일 국회가 윤 대통령에 대한 탄핵소추를 의결한 지 오늘로 열흘째다. 그동안 헌재는 우편과 인편을 통해 탄핵심판 접수통지와 출석요구서, 준비 명령 등 관련서류를 보냈지만 윤 대통령은 이 서류를 받지 않았다. 서울 용산 대통령실로 보내면 수취인인 윤대통령이 없다는 이유로 돌려보내고 한남동 관저로 보내면 경호처가 접수를 거부하는 식이었다. 탄핵의 옳고 그름을 가리기 위한 실체적 쟁점도 아니고 형식적 절차에 불과한 서류송달부터 이렇게 나오는 건 법적허점을 악용한다는 비난을 피하기 어렵다. 헌재의 서류 수령조차 거부하는 윤대통령의 구차한 모습은 앞선 두번의 대통령 탄핵심판 사례와도 대조된다. 2004년 3월 노무현 전 대통령은 국회에서 탄핵소추안이 통과되자 다음 날 헌재가 보낸 서류를 받고 나흘 뒤엔 대리인단 위임장과 의견서를 헌재에 제출했다. 2016년 12월 박근혜 전대통령은 국회의 탄핵소추안 의결 이후 약 1시간 만에 대통령 비서실을 통해 서류를 받고 7일 뒤 대리인단 위임장과 의견서를 냈다. 헌재는 오늘 윤대통령이 서류를 받은 것으로 간주할 것인지에 대한 입장을 밝히기로 했다. 헌법재판소법은 다른 특별한 규정이 없다면 탄핵심판에 대해선 형사소송법을 준용한다고 규정한다. 지난 3일 비상계엄 선포와 관련해 내란 우두머리 혐의를 받는 윤대통령은 수사기관의 소환조사에도 비협조적 태도로 일관한다. 고위공직자범죄수사처(공수처)와 경찰 등으로 꾸려진 공조수사본부는 윤대통령에게 성탄절인 모레 오전 공수처로 출석해 피의자 신분으로 조사받으라고 출석요구서를 보냈다. 공수처는 지난 18일에도 윤대통령에게 소환조사를 통보했지만 윤대통령은 나오지 않았다. 윤대통령은 두 차례에 걸친 검찰의 소환통보에도 불응했다. 출석일정을 수사기관과 조율할 변호인 선임계도 아직 제출하지 않았다. 윤 대통령과 가까운 석동현 변호사가 지난주 기자회견을 열고 윤 대통령의 입장을 대신 밝히긴 했지만 정식으로 변호인을 맡은 건 아니었다. 윤대통령은 이제라도 시간 끌기를 멈추고 "법적·정치적 책임을 회피하지 않겠다"던 대국민 담화의 약속을 지켜야 한다. 이렇게 시간을 끌다 보면 국면을 전환하고 책임을 면할 수 있다는 계산이 깔려 있다면 중대한 오산이다. "모든 책임은 내가 진다(The Buck Stops Here)"는 집무실 책상의 명패를 자랑스럽게 공개했던 건 윤대통령 자신이었다는 걸 명심해야 한다. 지난 2년 7개월 동안 국정 최고책임자였던 윤대통령이 ‘침대축구’라는 비난을 무릅쓰고 계속 시간을 끈다면 국민에게 더 큰 실망을 안겨줄 뿐이다.
Biden opens final White House holiday season with turkey pardons and first lady gets Christmas tree WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has kicked off his final holiday season at the White House, issuing the traditional reprieve to two turkeys who will bypass the Thanksgiving table to live out their days in Minnesota. The president welcomed 2,500 guests under sunny skies as he cracked jokes about the fates of “Peach” and “Blossom.” He also sounded wistful tones about the last weeks of his presidency. Separately, first lady Jill Biden received the delivery of the official White House Christmas tree. And the Bidens are traveling to New York later Monday for an early holiday celebration with members of the Coast Guard. Couple charged in ring suspected of stealing $1 million in Lululemon clothes MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Connecticut couple has been charged in Minnesota with being part of a shoplifting ring suspected of stealing around $1 million in goods across the country from upscale athletic wear retailer Lululemon.Jadion Anthony Richards and Akwele Nickeisha Lawes-Richards, both of Danbury, Connecticut, were charged this month with one felony count of organized retail theft. Both went free last week after posting bail bonds of $100,000 for him and $30,000 for her. They're also suspected in thefts from Lululemon stores in Colorado, Utah, New York and Connecticut. They're due back in court next month. Formula 1 expands grid to add General Motors' Cadillac brand and new American team for 2026 season LAS VEGAS (AP) — Formula 1 will expand the grid in 2026 to make room for an American team that is partnered with General Motors. The approval ends years of wrangling that launched a federal investigation into why Colorado-based Liberty Media, would not approve the team initially started by Michael Andretti, who has since stepped aside. The 11th team will be called Cadillac F1 and be run by new Andretti Global majority owners Dan Towriss and Mark Walter. The team will use Ferrari engines its first two years until GM has a Cadillac engine built for competition in time for the 2028 season. US goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is retiring from international soccer U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is retiring from international soccer. Naeher is on the team’s roster for a pair of upcoming matches in Europe but those will be her last after a full 11 years playing for the United States. Naeher was on the U.S. team that won the Women’s World Cup in 2019 and the gold medal at this year's Olympics in France. She’s the only U.S. goalkeeper to earn a shutout in both a World Cup and an Olympic final. Bah, humbug! Vandal smashes Ebenezer Scrooge's tombstone used in 'A Christmas Carol' movie LONDON (AP) — If life imitates art, a vandal in the English countryside may be haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Police in the town of Shrewsbury are investigating how a tombstone at the fictional grave of Ebenezer Scrooge was destroyed. The movie prop used in the 1984 adaption of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol” had become a tourist attraction. The film starred George C. Scott as the cold-hearted curmudgeon who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him what will become of his life if he doesn’t become a better person. West Mercia Police say the stone was vandalized in the past week. Megachurch founder T.D. Jakes suffers health incident during sermon at Dallas church DALLAS (AP) — The founder of Dallas-based megachurch The Potter's House, Bishop T.D. Jakes, was hospitalized after suffering what the church called a “slight health incident.” Jakes was speaking to churchgoers after he sat down and began trembling as several people gathered around him Sunday at the church. Jakes' daughter Sarah Jakes Roberts and her husband Touré Roberts said in a statement on social media late Sunday that Jakes was improving. The 67-year-old Jakes founded the non-denominational The Potter's House in 1996 and his website says it now has more than 30,000 members with campuses in Fort Worth and Frisco, Texas; and in Denver. At the crossroads of news and opinion, 'Morning Joe' hosts grapple with aftermath of Trump meeting The reaction of those who defended “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for meeting with President-elect Trump sounds almost quaint in the days of opinionated journalism. Doesn't it makes sense, they said, for hosts of a political news show to meet with such an important figure? But given how “Morning Joe” has attacked Trump, its viewers felt insulted. Many reacted quickly by staying away. It all reflects the broader trend of opinion crowding out traditional journalist in today's marketplace, and the expectations that creates among consumers. By mid-week, the show's audience was less than two-thirds what it has typically been this year. Pilot dies in plane crash in remote woods of New York, puppy found alive WINDHAM, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot and at least one dog he was transporting died when a small plane crashed in the snowy woods of the Catskill Mountains, though a puppy on the flight was found alive with two broken legs. The Greene County sheriff’s office says Seuk Kim of Springfield, Virginia, was flying from Maryland to Albany, New York, when the plane crashed at about 6:10 p.m. Sunday in a remote area. Officials believe the pilot died from the impact. The surviving dog was hospitalized, while a third dog was not located. The flight was connected with a not-for-profit group that transports rescue animals. Warren Buffett gives away another $1.1B and plans for distributing his $147B fortune after his death OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett renewed his Thanksgiving tradition of giving by handing out more than $1.1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to four of his family's foundations Monday, and he offered new details about who will be handing out the rest of his fortune after his death. Buffett has said previously that his three kids will distribute his remaining $147.4 billion fortune in the 10 years after his death, but now he has also designated successors for them because it’s possible that Buffett’s children could die before giving it all away. Buffett said he has no regrets about his decision to start giving away his fortune in 2006. Pop star Ed Sheeran apologizes to Man United boss Ruben Amorim for crashing interview MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British pop star Ed Sheeran has apologized to Ruben Amorim after inadvertently interrupting the new Manchester United head coach during a live television interview. Amorim was talking on Sky Sports after United’s 1-1 draw with Ipswich on Sunday when Sheeran walked up to embrace analyst Jamie Redknapp. The interview was paused before Redknapp told the pop star to “come and say hello in a minute.” Sheeran is a lifelong Ipswich fan and holds a minority stake in the club. He was pictured celebrating after Omari Hutchinson’s equalizing goal in the game at Portman Road.There were no red flags on Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s way. She maintained a comfortable lead from the start of the counting of votes to the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency and never once did her victory look uncertain. At the close, the Congress scion clinched her maiden election win by posting a margin of 4,10,931 votes over her closest rival, Sathyan Mokeri of the Communist Party of India (CPI). Ms. Vadra polled 6,22,338 votes, while Mokeri received 2,11,407 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Navya Haridas, finished third with 1,09,939 votes. As such, from the time Ms. Vadra’s candidature was announced by the Congress from the seat relinquished by her brother and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who had registered wins in both Wayanad and Rae Bareli in the general election in April-May this year, the only debate was over her margin of victory. While the Congress targeted a majority of five lakh votes, this appeared a bit daunting given that her brother’s majority had dropped from 4.3 lakh votes in 2019 to about 3.6 lakh votes in the general election early this year. That the voter turnout fell to 64.72%, a decrease of 9.15 percentage points from the previous election and the lowest since the constituency’s formation in 2009, gave the United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders a cause for concern. However, the drop in poll percentage seemed to have affected Mr. Mokeri and Ms. Haridas more. For the CPI, specifically, the result was a dampener. By fielding Mr. Mokeri, who gave the Congress’s M.I. Shanavas a run for his money in Wayanad in 2014, the party was hoping to see a better result. “But her [Ms. Vadra’s] campaign was on a personal note, with little political messaging. She was able to make it an emotive issue, highlighting the family’s sacrifices and the Congress kept reminding the voters about her resemblance to her grandmother Indira Gandhi. This seems to have worked well with the voters. While we polled the cadre votes of the Left and the political votes, many neutral voters wouldn’t have gone out to vote given that the word going around was about Ms. Vadra’s targeted margin of five lakh votes,” Mr. Mokeri told The Hindu. 70,000 votes less Mr. Mokeri polled some 70,000 votes less than CPI’s Annie Raja secured early this year and over 1.4 lakh less than what he had polled in 2014. He brushes off that comparison saying that the advent of Mr. Gandhi in 2019 had made it an uphill task for the Left to make a mark in the Lok Sabha constituency. The CPI, the party sources said, would discuss whether anti-incumbency against the State government also played a role in its crushing defeat in Wayanad. On Saturday evening, Ms. Vadra took to X to express her gratitude to the electorate. “I will ensure that over time, you truly feel this victory has been your victory and that the person you chose to represent you understands your hopes and dreams and fights for you as one of your own. I look forward to being your voice in Parliament,” she posted. Published - November 23, 2024 08:04 pm IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Kerala / Lok Sabha
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