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Kraken rating 6 straight goals to shoot past Sabres
Kaapo Kakko scored two times as the Seattle Kraken rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat the host Buffalo Sabres 6-2 Saturday. Oliver Bjorkstrand sparked Seattle, which was winless in its previous 4 video games (0-3-1), with an uncommon battle and later scored the consent objective. Ryker Evans, Andre Burakovsky and Brandon Tanev also tallied, and Chandler Stephenson, Josh Mahura and Jared McCann had two helps each. Goaltender Joey Daccord, who was making his first start given that Dec. 22 since of an upper-body injury, made 33 conserves. Sam Lafferty and Jack Quinn scored for Buffalo, which had won 2 straight and had points in six of its previous 8 games (5-2-1). JJ Peterka had two assists and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 24 of 29 shots. Routing 2-0, Bjorkstrand dropped the gloves with Buffalo's Dennis Gilbert at 17:42 of the very first duration. It was just the third fight of Bjorkstrand's. 10-year career and his first because 2021. After Seattle tied it in the second duration, Bjorkstrand was credited with the. go-ahead objective at 3:08 of the 3rd. He collected a rebound just outside the. top of the crease and put a shot on web that went off Luukkonen's right arm,. then deflected off defenseman Jacob Bryson before trickling over the goal. line. Kakko scored on a wrist shot from the high slot at 3:46, then tallied again on. the power play at 5:26 as the Kraken pulled away. Tanev put the puck into an. empty internet at 16:25 to finish the scoring. The Sabres outshot Seattle 15-7 in the first duration in taking a 2-0 lead. Lafferty opened the scoring at 2:37 on a wrist shot from the top of the right. faceoff circle. The puck deflected off defenseman Vince Dunn's stick. The Sabres doubled their benefit on the power play at 17:17 on Quinn's. one-timer from the bottom of the left faceoff circle. The Kraken rallied to connect ball game in the 2nd period, in which they. outshot Buffalo 14-9. Evans, a defenseman, got Seattle on the board at 12:48 on a wrist shot from. the high slot. Seattle connected it at 2-2 at 19:12 as Burakovsky pounced on a rebound and raised. a backhander over Luukkonen. -- Field Level Media
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Biden admin hold-ups enforcement of order blocking Nippon Steel, United States Steel offer
The Biden administration will hold back imposing a requirement set out in an executive order this month that Nippon Steel abandon its $14.9. billion quote for U.S. Steel, the companies said on. Saturday. U.S. President Joe Biden blocked Nippon Steel's prepared. acquisition of U.S. Steel on national security grounds on Jan. 3, and his Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated today that. the proposed deal had received a extensive analysis by. interagency evaluation body, the Committee on Foreign Financial Investment in. the United States. The hold-up will offer the courts time to evaluate a legal. difficulty brought by the parties earlier this month against. Biden's order. The celebrations formerly had 30 days to unwind. their deal. We are delighted that CFIUS has approved an extension to June. 18, 2025 of the requirement in President Biden's Executive Order. that the celebrations completely desert the deal, the. companies stated in a joint declaration. We anticipate completing the transaction, which. protects the very best future for the American steel industry and all. our stakeholders, they stated. U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel declared in a lawsuit on Monday. that the CFIUS evaluation was prejudiced by Biden's longstanding. opposition to the offer, denying them of a right to a reasonable. evaluation. They asked a federal appeals court to reverse Biden's. choice to allow them a fresh review to secure another chance at. closing the merger. The U.S. Treasury secretary chairs the CFIUS panel, which. screens foreign acquisitions of U.S. business and other. investment deals for national security concerns. CFIUS normally. chooses directly on cases or sends suggestions to the. president, but in the U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel case, the panel. stopped working to reach agreement on whether Biden should to approve or. reject it, leaving the choice to him. Both Biden and his successor, Republican politician Donald Trump, had. voiced opposition to the Japanese business getting the American. steelmaker as the candidates courted union votes in the November. election won by Trump. CFIUS has actually seldom rejected offers including the Group of 7. carefully allied countries, that include Japan.
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Kraken rating six straight objectives to shoot past Sabres
Kaapo Kakko scored twice as the Seattle Kraken rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the host Buffalo Sabres 6-2 Saturday. Oliver Bjorkstrand sparked Seattle, which was winless in its previous 4 video games (0-3-1), with a rare fight, and later on scored the go-ahead objective. Ryker Evans, Andre Burakovsky and Brandon Tanev likewise tallied, and Chandler Stephenson, Josh Mahura and Jared McCann had 2 assists apiece. Goaltender Joey Daccord, who was making his very first start because Dec. 22 since of an upper-body injury, made 33 saves. Sam Lafferty and Jack Quinn scored for Buffalo, which had won 2 straight and had points in six of its previous eight games (5-1-2). JJ Peterka had 2 assists and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 24 of 29 shots. Tracking 2-0, Bjorkstrand dropped the gloves with Buffalo's Dennis Gilbert at 17:42 of the very first duration. It was just the third fight of Bjorkstrand's. 10-year profession and his very first considering that 2021. After Seattle tied it in the 2nd duration, Bjorkstrand was credited with the. consent objective at 3:08 of the third. He collected a rebound just outside the. top of the crease and put a shot on net that went off Luukkonen's ideal arm,. then deflected off defenseman Jacob Bryson before trickling over the goal. line. Kakko scored on a wrist shot from the high slot at 3:46, then tallied once again on. the power play at 5:26 as the Kraken retreated. Tanev put the puck into an. empty web at 16:25 to complete the scoring. The Sabres outshot Seattle 15-7 in the first duration in taking a 2-0 lead. Lafferty opened the scoring at 2:37 on a wrist shot from the top of the right. faceoff circle. The puck deflected off defenseman Vince Dunn's stick. The Sabres doubled their advantage on the power play at 17:17 on Quinn's. one-timer from the bottom of the left faceoff circle. The Kraken rallied to connect ball game in the second period, in which they. outshot Buffalo 14-9. Evans, a defenseman, got Seattle on the board at 12:48 on a wrist shot from. the high slot. Seattle connected it at 2-2 at 19:12 as Burakovsky caught a rebound and raised. a backhander over Luukkonen. -- Field Level Media
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Fire at 'industrial plant' after drone attack under control, Russia says
A fire at an industrial plant in Russia's Volga region is under control, regional authorities stated on Saturday, days after the blaze, supposedly at an oil depot tactically placed near a military air base started following a Ukrainian drone attack. The authorities on Wednesday stated a plant had been hit, without revealing additional information about the site. The location of?? the fire at an industrial enterprise in Engels was reduced by 80%. The quantity of smoke has also decreased significantly, the guv of the Saratov region, Roman Busargin said in a Telegram post on Saturday. It was unclear whether a state of emergency, stated in Engels, a city of 200,000 individuals some 730 km (450 miles). southeast of Moscow, was still in impact. Two firemens passed away. previously today while trying to stop the fire dispersing. The Ukrainian military said on Wednesday it had set fire to. an oil depot that serves an air base for Russian nuclear-capable. bombers. Engels is hundreds of kilometres from Ukraine. In December. 2022, 3 Russian flying force workers were eliminated when a drone. was shot down there.
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Fire companies to examine potential Edison link to LA Hurst fire
Fire firms are investigating whether Southern California Edison's utility infrastructure stimulated a brush fire that is still burning in a Los Angeles suburb, SCE stated Friday, including no decision has actually been made. SCE, a system of U.S. energy Edison International, said in a filing to its regulators that a downed conductor was discovered at a tower connected with its Eagle Rock - Sylmar 220 kV circuit. SCE does not know whether the damage observed occurred before or after the start of the fire, the utility said. SCE said initial information reveals the circuit experienced a relay at 10:11 p.m. (0611 GMT) where the Hurst fire was reported around 10:10 p.m. on Jan. 7. The Hurst fire, in Sylmar in the San Fernando Valley northwest of Los Angeles, has surpassed 770 acres and is now 77%. contained, according to the California Department of Forestry. and Fire Protection. Edison International did not immediately respond to a. request for comment made by means of the company site. SCE on Thursday said it had actually gotten notifications from insurance coverage. companies to maintain proof related to the Eaton Fire that is. still burning in Los Angeles, however stated no fire companies have. connected the energy's connection to the fire. More than 10,000 structures have been destroyed by five. fires raving in the area and almost 30,000 acres have been. burned. Personal forecaster AccuWeather has approximated the damage and. financial loss at $135 billion to $150 billion, portending an. strenuous recovery and skyrocketing property owners' insurance coverage expenses.
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NextGeo Scoops $27.8M for North Sea Offshore Wind Surveys
Marine geosciences and offshore construction support services firm Next Geosolutions has been hired by TenneT under a $27.8 million contract to conduct an unexploded ordnances (UXO) survey off the Dutch coast, in support of the development of offshore wind farms.This contract involves the execution of marine UXO survey, to identify and locate magnetic anomalies potentially associated with unexploded ordnance, which may represent obstacles to the installation of new offshore infrastructure, in the Doordewind offshore wind area.Additionally, the contract includes an UXO survey in the Nederwiek offshore wind area, where the company conducted similar activities during 2024.Operations in the Nederwiek area are scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2025 and will continue within the year, while those in the Doordewind area are planned to take place between the first and fourth quarter of 2026.The new project enables NextGeo to perform additional activities that, upon completion, will mean the company has operated in almost all Dutch areas designated for the development of the offshore electrical grid, one of the most advanced in Europe.“We would like to thank TenneT TSO once again for their continued trust in us, which validates the solid foundation we have built over the past five years. This new award highlights NextGeo’s ability to provide all survey services necessary for the design and engineering of new energy infrastructure,” said Giovanni Ranieri, CEO of NextGeo.
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Speculators raise bullish bets on Brent crude oil to 6-month high, CFTC data show
Cash managers raised their netlong Brent crude futures and options positions in the week to Jan. 7 to the greatest level considering that early July last year, the U.S. Product Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stated on Friday, as financiers eyeballed new sanctions and grew more optimistic around China's economy. The speculator group raised its futures and options position on the worldwide benchmark, Brent, on the Intercontinental Exchange in the week to Jan. 7 by 39,944 lots to 226,859 during the duration. Hedge funds made their biggest weekly boost in lots since Oct. 8. Oil rates have actually strengthened in the week as investors grew positive about Chinese need, while the risk of additional sanctions on Russia further supported prices, incentivising more bullish bets. Shandong Port Group in China on Monday released a notification prohibiting U.S.-sanctioned oil vessels from its network of ports, three traders stated, possibly restricting blacklisted vessels from significant energy terminals on China's east coast in a relocation that would tighten up international oil circulations. Brent crude futures rallied almost 3% to their greatest in 3 months at Friday's close, as investors absorbed a fresh round of U.S. sanctions targeting Russian oil producers, tankers, intermediaries, traders and ports, in a quote to hit every phase of Moscow's oil production and circulation chains.
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Los Angeles wildfires set off air quality cautions and health issues
Organization was vigorous at Teddy's Cocina in Pasadena as wildfire evacuees ate lunch and passersby ducked inside your home to get away from the brown, smoky air blanketing the city. It's not breathable, said Dulce Perez, a cook at the restaurant, as an eye-watering haze hung overhead on Thursday about two miles (3.2 km) far from one of the multiple fires burning around Los Angeles. We simply try to stay inside. This week, as the wildfires raved and smoke rippled across Los Angeles, officials issued air quality informs, schools canceled classes and scientists warned about the dangerous - even fatal - consequences of wildfire smoke. All around the United States' second-largest city, locals anxious about air that has, at times, turned lung-burning from the ash, soot and smoke emanating from fires that have ruined 10,000 structures. Air cleansers were offered out at some big-box shops, according to interviews with workers at four services. Some residents were taping windows to keep the smoke out of their homes. And Los Angeles officials advised people to stay inside your home in locations where smoke showed up. While conditions enhanced on Friday, an air quality alert remained in impact up until the night and dangerous particle matter remained around four times World Health Organization standards. At the Pasadena Convention Center, which has actually been converted to a short-term shelter, aid employees from Sean Penn's worldwide humanitarian organization, CORE, were handing out N95 masks on Friday. Emergency reaction programs manager Sunny Lee stated the homeless were particularly vulnerable to bad air. There was no place for them to go within, therefore they were suffering a lot more outside with the poor air quality, without any type of masks, said Lee. So, we pressed out N95 to our partners that reached those communities. We're distributing as lots of as we can. A HOVERING HAZE Fanned by intense winds and sustained by greenery bone-dry after a long period of little or no rain, the Los Angeles fires broke out on Tuesday and have actually relentlessly burned more than 34,000 acres (13,760 hectares), or some 53 square miles (137 sq. km). Areas have turned to ash in some parts of Los. Angeles. Wildfire smoke generally brings with it harmful gases and. particle matter that make it more poisonous than regular air. contamination. Not only do wildfires burn plants, brush and trees,. but likewise structures, homes and cars that contain plastics,. fuels, metals and a host of chemicals. Research studies have actually connected wildfire smoke with greater rates of. cardiovascular disease, strokes, and heart attacks along with weakened. immune defenses. Ecological health researchers and medical professionals warned that. particulate matter posed a threat to people with preexisting. lung and heart disease as well as the senior and children. Carlos Gould, an ecological health researcher at the. University of California San Diego, stated the concentration of. great particulate matter in the Los Angeles area reached disconcerting. levels between 40 and 100 micrograms per cubic meter previously in. the week before decreasing to around 20 on Friday. The WHO advised optimum is 5 micrograms per cubic meter. The levels of wildfire smoke we have actually seen in LA these past. couple of days indicate between a 5-15% increase in daily death,. Gould stated. Chemical by-products from the fires, especially those. coming from burned manufactured products, penetrate much deeper into. the lungs and can even get in the blood stream, stated Dr. Afif. El-Hasan, a spokesperson for the American Lung Association. If you're working more difficult to breathe and your body is being. challenged that way, it can also put a strain on the heart. And. that's why you see an increase in cardiovascular disease, stated El-Hasan. Even well beyond the immediate fire zone, homeowners. grumbled about the smoke. With winds blowing wildfire smoke. out to sea, consumers at the Pot holder Coffee shop in the seaside. neighborhood of Long Beach declined to sit outdoors. Supervisor Veronica Gutierrez said she purchased an air purifier. for her home, however it has made little difference. We certainly have the odor of burning, said Gutierrez. For some people across Los Angeles, the dangers will not end. when the fires are put out, professionals warned. Justin Gillenwater, burn director at the Los Angeles General. Medical Center, expected long-term health impacts from smoke. inhalation among people with breathing conditions and. allergies. This is going to be something that we're going to be. checking out for not just weeks, however actually years, he said.
See Pacific Palisades before and after the disastrous Los Angeles fires
Before among the most destructive fires in California history swept through, the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Los Angeles' west side was filled with expensive homes fronted by green, welltended landscaping and popular stores and cafes.
Today, the Palisades Fire leveled much of it to blackened debris. To see what has been lost, a Reuters video reporter visited the area on Friday to retrace the path taken by a YouTube travel influencer couple who made a. video last year of a strolling trip, which is being reproduced. with their consent.
In May 2024, when the initial video was taped under a. California blue sky, a white structure with ionic columns on. Sunset Boulevard at the Palisades Town shopping center was. home to a Starbucks and Coffee Shop Vida. It is now gutted, darkened. with soot, the palm trees outside denuded, the sky hazy and. yellowed.
On the surrounding residential streets, home after home has. collapsed in charred stacks topped with a scattering of. terracotta roofing tiles that withstood the blaze. Still-standing concrete entrances open onto ruins.
The Palisades Fire has grown to more than 20,000 acres considering that. breaking out on Tuesday and was still just 11% included on. Saturday, and the Palisades neighborhood remains a necessary. evacuation zone. Other fires, some almost as large, are. damaging other parts of Los Angeles and surrounding towns,. killing at least 11 individuals so far and ruining thousands of. buildings.
The Palisades was practically lacking life on Friday: a few Los. Angeles firemens occasionally, and a few ravens viewed. from a roadway before scattering. Outside one home, what was once a. wheelchair rested on the walkway, everything melted or burned. except for its steel frame.
A scenic lookout area from the Point at the Bluffs. includes the ocean and curving Pacific Coast Highway. From. there, what stays of the Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates. fills the view: dozens of reasonably affordable mobile homes. that sloped down towards the beach are now rows of rubble.
(source: Reuters)