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China is sending Vice President Han Zheng to represent the country at UN General Assembly session

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:24:22 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is sending Vice President Han Zheng to the U.N. General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday, suggesting that the country’s most senior diplomat, Wang Yi, will not attend. This year’s gathering of world leaders at United Nations headquarters in New York starts Monday with a sustainability summit. The weeklong general debate gets underway on Tuesday.Chinese President Xi Jinping has not attended the U.N. session in person for several years. He participated via video conference during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic.Wang Yi attended last year and generally represented China at the U.N. Wang is the head of the foreign affairs committee of China’s Communist Party. He was not mentioned in the ministry’s announcement. Zheng is a past member of the Politburo Standing Committee, an elite group of leaders within the party. He retired from that position but assumed the position...

Blinded by a Russian shell, this Ukrainian soldier couldn’t see his wedding. But cried at new love

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:24:22 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Blinded by a Russian mortar shell, Ukrainian veteran Ivan Soroka couldn’t see his bride when she walked into his family home in a shoulderless white dress, a bouquet of white flowers in her right hand. But when Vladislava Ryabets, 25, stepped toward him, Soroka wept with joy at the new chapter of life starting months after enemy artillery stole his sight. “The first thing I said after I was wounded was, who will want me now?” said Soroka, 27, sitting inside his family home in a village in the outskirts of Kyiv.“I succeeded in rebuilding myself,” he said. “I am seeing with my feelings, with my emotions.”Dozens sat around a garden table in Bortnychi village under a tent decorated with balloons and garlands for a day of festivity steeped in Ukrainian rural tradition. Folk songs and laughter filled the air as neighbors and friends poured into the humble pastoral home, gulped drinks and toasted the young newlyweds. A round loaf decorated with viburnum ber...

Niskayuna cruises past Averill Park in championship rematch

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:24:22 GMT

NISKAYUNA, NY (NEWS10) -- The last time Niskayuna and Averill Park squared off on the gridiron, the Silver Warriors walked away with their first section title in program history, taking down Averill Park 35-6 in the class a title game. Thursday night in Niskayuna, the two teams ran it back. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The Silver Warriors got out to a hot start and never looked back. Junior Isaiah Linyear started the scoring with an 11-yard touchdown run, set up by a long throw and catch from junior Ethan Gilson to sophomore Cameron Grasso. The Silver Warriors followed that up with a 25-yard touchdown strike from Gilson to Grasso to make it 14-0. Niskayuna then secured an onside kick, turning into another Linyear touchdown to go up 20-0. Gilson hit Grasso for another touchdown in the second quarter to make it 27-0. Niskayuna cruised from their on a way to a 41-7 win. Gilson went 14-15 for 268 yards and 3 touchdowns. Grasso t...

Colonie conquers Guilderland in an epic shootout

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:24:22 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- One of the biggest early-season high school football storylines has been the emergence of Colonie as an offensive juggernaut. For the second straight week, the Garnet Raiders dropped 50+ points on their opponent. They outlasted Guilderland 50-43 at home Thursday night for their first win over the Dutchmen in nine years. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Colonie has already surpassed its' win total from a year ago, and has racked up 136 points through three games - just five less than the Garnet Raiders scored all of last season.But it'd take a comeback effort to knock off Guilderland Thursday. After Colonie roared out to a 20-6 advantage by the 11:16 mark of the second quarter, the Dutchmen closed the half with back-to-back touchdown runs - a nine-yard scamper from sophomore running back Tommy Dwyer and a 35-yard tote to pay dirt from senior wideout Vinny Consenza - evening the score at 20 as the two side...

Ballston Spa storms past Saratoga Springs

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:24:22 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (NEWS10) -- The Class AA field is a gauntlet in Section 2 this season, with Ballston Spa making the move from Class A. The Scotties visited Saratoga Springs for their first Class AA test on Thursday night. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Saratoga Springs took a 7-6 lead into halftime. In the third quarter, Jack Rigabar found Tucker Zeh to extend the Blue Streaks' lead to 14-6. The Scotties had no quit in them. In the fourth quarter, Nico Savini threw two touchdown passes and ran one in, leading the Scotties to 22 unanswered points and a 28-14 win. The Scotties move to 2-1 on the season, and will visit Shenendehowa next Friday. The Blue Streaks drop to 1-2 and will visit Guilderland next Friday.

CBA holds of Shaker in Clash of Class AA powers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:24:22 GMT

COLONIE, NY (NEWS10) -- Christian Brothers Academy and Shaker both started the year unbeaten, with the Brothers entering at 1-0, and the Blue Bison coming in at 2-0. That had to change Thursday night in a clash of Class AA titans. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! CBA senior quarterback Jake Iacobaccio, who started the past two seasons at Shaker, opened up the scoring with a 17-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. The Blue Bison responded later in the first quarter with a short touchdown run from Nike Cerrone, cutting the deficit to 7-6. Iacobaccio was back at it in the second quarter, tallying another rushing score to extend the CBA lead to 14-6. Up 21-6 in the third, the senior put the game away against his former team with a touchdown strike to Lucius Anderson. CBA improves to 2-0, and will visit Schenectady next Friday. Shaker drops to 2-1 and will host Colonie next Friday.

The European Commission successfully issues €5 billion in its 9th syndicated operation for 2023

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:24:22 GMT

The European Commission, which issues EU bonds on behalf of the EU, has raised an additional €5 billion in bonds in its 9th syndicated operation for 2023. The one-stop operation tranche consisted of the issue of a new seven-year bond maturing on 4 December, 2030. The market conditions behind the deal have been more contained as investors await clarification on further changes to European interest rates. However, the operation attracted strong interest from investors, who placed bids in excess of €46bn, representing an oversubscription rate of more than nine times and showing that the European Commission continues to benefit from strong access to the market. The proceeds of this operation will be used to support both the NextGenerationEU recovery program and the macro-financial assistance+ program for Ukraine, in line with the Commission's approach of issuing "EU-Bonds" under a single brand rather than separate obligations for different programs. With today's operation, the Commissio...

Word Game: Sept. 15, 2023

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:24:22 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — PETTIFOGS (PETTIFOGS: PET-ih-fogs: Quibbles over trivia.)Average mark 30 wordsTime limit 40 minutesCan you find 40 or more words in PETTIFOGS? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — BALLOTS ball ballot blast blat bloat blot boast boat bola boll bolt allot also alto atoll last lost oast tall toll sabot salt slab slat slob slot stab stallTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Bridge: Sept. 15, 2023

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:24:22 GMT

“I heard,” Cy the Cynic told me in the club lounge, “that all the wheels were stolen off a city police car last night.”“Really?”“The cops,” Cy said, “are working tirelessly to find the thief.”Today’s declarer had to find a missing queen — or thought so. Against his four hearts, West led the seven of diamonds, and East took the K-A and led a third diamond. South huddled, wondering which defender held the queen of trumps. He finally ruffed with the jack, but West overruffed. Since West had a sure club trick, South went down one.OPENING BID“Sorry,” South apologized. “I could have ruffed with the ace and let the jack ride, but East had opened the bidding, after all.”I would say East-West pulled off some robbery: They were plus 100 points, not minus 620. All South had to do was pitch a club on the third diamond. West ruffs, and dummy plays low. When South wins the spade shift, he can draw trum...

Ask Amy: Bride’s mom wants to know how to enforce proper gift-giving

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:24:22 GMT

Dear Amy: My daughter was married recently, and one of her good friends who attended the wedding with her husband did not leave a gift.Last year when this gal was married, my daughter gave a very generous gift.Should she just let this go, or is there a diplomatic way of addressing this?– Concerned MomDear Concerned: I wonder why you, the mother of the bride, are keeping such close score? Your daughter is an adult; this really is her issue to handle.If there was a gift table at the wedding, there is always the possibility that one or more of the gifts was mislaid.A less rude way of trolling for wedding gifts would be to contact the couple and say, “We are worried that some wedding gifts might have been mislaid, so we’re following through to make sure that yours was not among them. If you brought a gift to the wedding, please do let us know so we can try to track it down.”Dear Amy: I was the disciplinarian while my children grew up.I freely admit that I crossed the line multiple times...