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Normally a team that avoids committing turnovers and pressures its opponent into making them, Xavier (6-1) will try to recapture its early-season winning form when it hosts South Carolina State on Sunday in Cincinnati. Through their six wins, the Musketeers had just 58 turnovers while forcing 82 by their opponents. But against the Wolverines, they lost the turnover battle 19-10 and the game 78-53. The Musketeers committed 14 turnovers in the first half and fell behind 41-30. Xavier head coach Sean Miller credited his team for typically playing an up-tempo style while avoiding mistakes, while also acknowledging that the turnover bug really bit them against the Wolverines. "We lost to a really good team; no shame in that," Miller said. "We, on top of that, didn't play well." "And that (avoiding turnovers) is something you (usually) do well? That's going to be hard to overcome against a quality team like Michigan." Leading scorer Ryan Conwell (17.6 points per game) gave the Musketeers a boost with 19 points. Zach Freemantle, second on the team at 15.4 ppg, added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Problematically, however, they also contributed to the turnover problem with three apiece. "We didn't play well enough to win the game," Miller said. "The game got out of hand. It's not like our guys quit. Their depth just continued to wear on us." The Musketeers also get 11 points and a team-high 4.4 assists per game from Dayvion McKnight. The guard had just one turnover against Michigan, but he also made just one of his eight shot attempts. Xavier may have an opportunity get right in the turnover area against the Bulldogs (4-4), who are No. 207 in the NCAA in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.11. South Carolina State is fresh off an 82-53 road loss to Marshall on Wednesday, in a game in which turnovers weren't a huge problem. But assists and made shots were hard to come by for the Bulldogs. Leading scorer Drayton Jones (12.0 ppg) again paced his team in points with 10 vs. Marshall, but the Bulldogs as a team managed just six assists and shot terribly at the 3-point (18.8 percent) and the free-throw (47.1 percent) lines. Jones is also the team's leading rebounder with 5.1 a game, but no Bulldogs player is averaging more than two assists. It's all part of the learning process for coach Erik Martin, whose first team went 5-26 in 2022-23. The Bulldogs improved to 14-18 last season, including 9-5 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. "The only way you can grow sometimes is by failure or by struggling," Martin said this offseason. "You have to fail in order to learn how to deal with failure and move on and become the person you're supposed to be." --Field Level Media

The Latest: Former President Jimmy Carter is dead at age 100The Italians know about ice cream and thankfully, they have taken their passion and expertise to the South Coast of New South Wales for the delectation of holidaymakers. Subscribe now for unlimited access . Login or signup to continue reading Two of the acclaimed makers - Bermagui Gelati Clinic and the Bodalla Dairy Shed - trace their success to Italy. The Bermagui operation was set up by Alberto Cementon and Francesca Michielin who met in Italy. He was from Melbourne, exploring his Italian background in Italy itself when he met Francesca who was full-blooded Italian. They got together and moved to the South Coast seaside town , setting up the shop on the harbour more than 20 years ago. It is still doing well, with queues out of the door through the summer. "This is our 21st year and we are very proud of that," Francesca said. "We are still using lots of local fruit - citrus, rhubarb, guava." Local growers bring the fruit and the couple turn it into ice cream. They also get local milk. Experimenting with some unique flavours Alberto and Francesca like to experiment. If it works, it works and if it doesn't, it gets jettisoned. They made a Vegemite ice cream and a curry one. They weren't successful. Who knows why? "We try different flavours for a bit of fun," Francesca said. Their popular licorice flavour is back. "Hazelnut is always popular," she said. By the way, the "clinic" moniker is in the title because they started in what was an old veterinary surgery. "I painted over the 'veterinary' with 'gelati' because our signage wasn't ready when we opened," Alberto said. The Bodalla Dairy Shed , 50 kilometres to the north, also has its roots in Italy. When Sandra McCuaig branched out from cheese, she spotted an advert on Gumtree for a set of Italian ice cream machines. They were being sold by a pair of Italians who had tried to make a go of it in an industrial part of Sydney without success. So she got in touch, but said she'd only take the machines if the two Italians came with them. "They came to Bodalla, which was a surprise to them after Milan," Sandra said. The pair stayed for nine months, imparting their expertise. Their Italian knowledge now goes into every inventive ice cream the Bodalla Dairy Shed churns, starting from scratch with fresh milk from a neighbouring farm, cream and Australian sugar. And then comes the flavouring. Their Kakadu plum 'n' rum, Queensland lemon myrtle, Bodalla yoghurt and local Ironbark honey flavours stand out. Smoked ice cream? They also smoke some fresh cream with gum leaves before churning it into ice cream. The smoking process takes just over two hours and the smoke can't be too hot. The result is an ice cream called "Let's go Camping" because of its camp smoke flavour (combined with butterscotch and a Macadamia praline). By the way, Sandra was a cadet for The Canberra Times in the mid-60s. She's just turned 81 and still drives a truck, until recently driving more than a ton of ice cream on the back to their pop-up shop in Sydney (which has just closed because the work was getting too much so the best place to buy the ice cream now is the Bodalla Dairy Shed). If you can't get to the Italian places on The Canberra Times' Best of the South Coast list, but need to cool down, there are places to taste good ice cream along the coast. At the Batemans Bay Ice Creamery , there is often a steady stream of customers poring over the 52 flavours on offer. "Something we love doing is looking after the Canberrans," manager Troy Schryver said. "We are a second home to you guys. "If you're down here on the the Christmas holidays, you can see lines out the door till 10 o'clock at night." Where to eat The Bodalla Dairy Shed 52 Princes Highway, Bodalla. (02) 4473 5555. https://www.bodalladairy.com.au/ Rated 4.5 stars on Google The Bermagui Gelati Clinic 79/73 Lamont St, Bermagui. 0404 813 323. https://www.facebook.com/BermaguiGelatiClinic/ Rated 4.5 stars on Google The Batemans Bay Ice Creamery 7 Clyde Street, Batemans Bay. (02) 4472 9128. https://www.facebook.com/BatemansBayIceCreamery/ Rated 4.5 stars on Google Want more? Tim the Yowie Man rounded up his hot spots for a cool treat in 2022. Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues." Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. 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The Dallas Cowboys are shutting down CeeDee Lamb for the rest of the season after the star wideout played through a shoulder injury for nearly two months. Lamb initially sprained the AC joint in his right shoulder on Nov. 3 but has not missed any of the Cowboys' first 15 games this season. "Additional examinations and scans this week on CeeDee Lamb's shoulder have determined that his injury has now progressed to a point that he will be listed as ‘Out' for the remaining two games of the season," a team spokesperson said in a statement to media outlets. "He will undergo a process of treatment and rehabilitation for his shoulder, is not currently expected to require surgery and is projected to make a full recovery." The Cowboys (7-8), eliminated from playoff contention, face two division rivals to close the season. They visit the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday and will host the Washington Commanders in Week 18. Lamb, 25, hauled in 101 receptions for 1,194 yards and six touchdowns this season. It marked his fourth straight 1,000-yard season, and he may be selected to a fourth straight Pro Bowl for his efforts. Lamb signed a four-year, $136 million contract extension in August, covering the 2025-28 seasons. --Field Level MediaShould the U.S. increase immigration levels for highly skilled workers?

American and European stock markets mostly rose on Wednesday after inflation data cemented expectations that the US Federal Reserve will trim interest rates next month. While the Dow fell slightly, the other two major US indices advanced, led by the tech-rich Nasdaq, which piled on almost two percent to close above 20,000 points for the first time. The consumer price index (CPI) rose to 2.7 percent last month from a year ago, up slightly from 2.6 percent in October. "With the CPI numbers broadly in line, it is likely that the Fed will not be derailed and will cut rates again next week," Jochen Stanzl, chief market analyst at CMC Markets. "The data is not a showstopper for the current bull run on Wall Street," he added. Ahead of the data, investors priced in an 86 percent chance the Fed will cut interest rates next week by a quarter percentage point. That rose to more than 98 percent after the CPI data was published. Stocks in Paris and Frankfurt rose ahead of the European Central Bank's own interest rate announcement on Thursday, with analysts expecting another cut as it seeks to boost eurozone growth. Investors are also eyeing political developments in France, where officials said President Emmanuel Macron aims to name a new prime minister "within 48 hours" as he seeks to end political deadlock following the ouster of Michel Barnier. In company news, shares in German retail giant Zalando shed more than four percent on Frankfurt's DAX index, after it acquired domestic rival About You in a deal worth around 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion). Shares in Zara owner Inditex slid more than six percent after a record quarterly profit for the group fell short of market estimates. Among US companies, Google parent Alphabet earned 5.5 percent as it announced the launch of Gemini 2.0, its most advanced artificial intelligence model to date. That added to gains after Google also announced Tuesday details of a breakthrough quantum chip. Shares in Shanghai rose but Hong Kong gave up an early rally to end in the red. Traders were keeping tabs on China to see if it will announce further measures to support its struggling economy as leaders were to gather Wednesday for a conference to hammer out next year's agenda. President Xi Jinping and other top leaders on Monday announced their first major shift in policy for more than a decade, saying they would "implement a more active fiscal policy and an appropriately relaxed" strategy. Those remarks sparked hopes for more interest rate cuts and the freeing up of more cash for lending. New York - Dow: DOWN 0.2 percent at 44,148.56 (close) New York - S&P 500: UP 0.8 percent at 6,084.19 (close) New York - Nasdaq Composite: UP 1.8 percent at 20,034.89 (close) London - FTSE 100: UP 0.3 percent at 8,301.62 (close) Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.4 percent at 7,423.40 (close) Frankfurt - DAX: UP 0.3 percent at 20,399.16 (close) Tokyo - Nikkei 225: FLAT at 39,372.23 (close) Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 0.8 percent at 20,155.05 (close) Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.3 percent at 3,432.49 (close) Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.0498 from $1.0527 on Tuesday Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2752 from $1.2771 Dollar/yen: UP at 152.40 yen from 151.95 yen Euro/pound: DOWN at 82.31 from 82.42 pence Brent North Sea Crude: UP 1.8 percent at $73.52 per barrel West Texas Intermediate: UP 2.4 percent at $70.29 per barrel burs-jmb/mlm(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Nov. 30 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL - WOMEN 3:25 a.m. FS2 — AFL: North Melbourne vs. Brisbane, Grand Final, North Melbourne, Australia AUTO RACING 8:55 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: Grand Prix Sprint Race, Lusail International Circuit, Doha, Qatar 12:55 p.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: Qualifying, Lusail International Circuit, Doha, Qatar COLLEGE BASKETBALL - MEN 12 p.m. FS2 — Monmouth at Seton Hall 1 p.m. PEACOCK — Chicago St. at Wisconsin 1 p.m. TRUTV — Players Era Festival: TBD, Las Vegas 2 p.m. FS2 — Western Carolina at Marquette 3:30 p.m. TRUTV — Players Era Festival: TBD, Las Vegas 4 p.m. FS2 — Albany at Georgetown 5 p.m. PEACOCK — Harvard at St. John’s 7 p.m. PEACOCK — Md.-Eastern Shore at UConn 7 p.m. TNT — Players Era Festival: TBD, Las Vegas 7 p.m. TRUTV — Players Era Festival: TBD, Las Vegas (DataCast) 9:30 p.m. TNT — Players Era Festival: TBD, Las Vegas 9:30 p.m. TRUTV — Players Era Festival: TBD, Las Vegas (DataCast) COLLEGE HOCKEY 5 p.m. SN-PIT — AIC at Robert Morris COLLEGE FOOTBALL 11 a.m. SN-PIT — Mountaineer GameDay: Texas Tech 12 p.m. ABC — Tennessee at Vanderbilt 12 p.m. ACCN — Duke at Wake Forest 12 p.m. BTN — Illinois vs. Northwestern, Chicago 12 p.m. CBSSN — UTSA at Army 12 p.m. ESPN — South Carolina at Clemson 12 p.m. ESPN2 — Kansas at Baylor 12 p.m. ESPNU — Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe 12 p.m. FOX — Michigan at Ohio St. 12 p.m. FS1 — West Virginia at Texas Tech 12 p.m. SECN — Louisville at Kentucky 2 p.m. NBC — Grambling St. vs. Southern U., New Orleans 3 p.m. CW — Pittsburgh at Boston College 3:30 p.m. ABC — Auburn at Alabama 3:30 p.m. ACCN — NC State at North Carolina 3:30 p.m. BTN — Maryland at Penn St. 3:30 p.m. CBS — Notre Dame at Southern Cal 3:30 p.m. CBSSN — Cent. Michigan at N. Illinois 3:30 p.m. ESPN — Miami at Syracuse 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 — California at SMU 3:30 p.m. FOX — Arizona St. at Arizona 3:30 p.m. FS1 — Rutgers at Michigan St. 3:30 p.m. SECN — Arkansas at Missouri 4 p.m. ESPNU — Jacksonville St. at W. Kentucky 6:30 p.m. CW — Wyoming at Washington St. 7 p.m. ESPN — Oklahoma at LSU 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Florida at Florida St. 7 p.m. FS1 — Purdue at Indiana 7:30 p.m. ABC — Texas at Texas A&M 7:30 p.m. FOX — Kansas St. at Iowa St. 7:30 p.m. NBC — Washington at Oregon 7:30 p.m. SECN — Texas at Texas A&M (SkyCast) 8 p.m. ACCN — Virginia at Virginia Tech 8 p.m. CBSSN — Nevada at UNLV 8 p.m. ESPNU — Marshall at James Madison 10:15 p.m. ESPN — Houston at BYU 10:15 p.m. ESPN2 — FCS Tournament: Tennessee St. at Montana, First Round 10:30 p.m. FS1 — Air Force at San Diego St. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL - WOMEN 6 p.m. FS2 — Big East Tournament: TBD, Championship, Omaha, Neb. 7 p.m. BTN — Nebraska at Maryland 9 p.m. BTN — Michigan St. at Wisconsin GOLF 3:30 a.m. GOLF — Asian Tour: The International Series Qatar, Final Round, Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar 8 a.m. GOLF — Ladies European Tour: The Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España, Third Round, Real Club Guadalhorce Golf, Málaga, Spain 9 p.m. GOLF — DP World Tour: The ISPS HANDA Australian Open, Final Round, Kingston Heath Golf Club, Cheltenham, Australia NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION 8 p.m. MNMT2 — Washington at Milwaukee 9 p.m. NBATV — Golden State at Phoenix NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE 1 p.m. NHLN — Montreal at N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m. MNMT — Washington at New Jersey 7 p.m. NHLN/SN-PIT — Calgary at Pittsburgh SKIING 1 p.m. NBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Killington, Vt. SOCCER - MEN 7:25 a.m. CBSSN — English League Championship: Queens Park at Watford 9:10 a.m. FS2 — Saudi Pro League: Al Ittihad at Al Ettifaq 9:55 a.m. CBSSN — English League Championship: Burnley at Stoke City 10 a.m. USA — Premier League: Ipswich Town at Nottingham Forest 12:30 p.m. USA — Premier League: Arsenal at West Ham United SOCCER - WOMEN 12 p.m. TNT — International Friendly: England vs. U.S., London The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV . (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Dec. 1 AUTO RACING 10:55 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: The Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix, Lusail International Circuit, Doha, Qatar COLLEGE BASKETBALL - MEN 12 p.m. BTN — Alcorn St. at Maryland 2 p.m. BTN — Buffalo at Penn St. 4 p.m. BTN — North Florida at Nebraska 4 p.m. ESPN2 — MTSU at UAB 4:30 p.m. FS1 — South Carolina at Xavier COLLEGE BASKETBALL - WOMEN 12 p.m. ACCN — Columbia at Duke 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Creighton at Tulsa COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL - WOMEN 6 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Women’s Volleyball Selection Show GOLF 7 a.m. GOLF — Ladies European Tour: The Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España, Final Round, Real Club Guadalhorce Golf, Málaga, Spain HORSE RACING 12 p.m. FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races LACROSSE - MEN 6 p.m. ESPN2 — NLL: Philadelphia at San Diego NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION 6 p.m. NBATV — Boston at Cleveland NBA G-LEAGUE BASKETBALL 1 p.m. NBATV — Sioux Falls at Motor City NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1 p.m. CBS — Regional Coverage: L.A. Chargers at Atlanta, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Indianapolis at New England, Tennessee at Washington 1 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: Arizona at Minnesota, Seattle at N.Y. Jets, Houston at Jacksonville 1 p.m. WWCP TV8 — Arizona at Minnesota 1 p.m. KDKA TV2 — Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 1 p.m. WJZ TV13/WUSATV9 — Tennessee at Washington 4:05 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: L.A. Rams at New Orleans, Tampa Bay at Carolina 4:05 p.m. WTTG TV5 — L.A. Rams at New Orleans 4:25 p.m. CBS — Philadelphia at Baltimore 4:25 p.m. KDKA TV2/WJZ TV13/WUSA TV9 — Philadelphia at Baltimore 8:20 p.m. NBC/PEACOCK — San Francisco at Buffalo SKIING 12:30 p.m. NBC — FIS: Alpine Ski World Cup, Killington, Vt. SOCCER - MEN 8:30 a.m. USA — Premier League: Aston Villa at Chelsea 11 a.m. USA — Premier League: Manchester City at Liverpool 12 p.m. CBSSN — Serie A: Inter Milan at Fiorentina SPEEDSKATING 2 p.m. NBC — ISU: World Cup, Beijing (Taped) The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV .The Australian tail wagged on Sunday as number 10 and 11, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland, respectively, shared an unbeaten 55-run-stand for the tenth wicket while surviving a Jasprit Bumrah (4 for 56) onslaught. That left the hosts 333 runs ahead after Day 4 of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). ET Year-end Special Reads What kept India's stock market investors on toes in 2024? India's car race: How far EVs went in 2024 Investing in 2025: Six wealth management trends to watch out for Going into Day 5, all three results are possible, but Australia are favourites. The prospects of an Indian win remain but they were bright when Australia, after taking a 105-run first innings lead, were at a precarious 91 for 6 with Bumrah taking four wickets, Marnus Labuchagne batting on 43 and captain Pat Cummins joining join him. A 57-run partnership between the two resurrected the hosts’ innings. From a situation where Australia had scored 474 and India were struggling at 221-7, this is a dramatic turnaround. If it was a Nitish Reddy-Washington Sundar show on Day 3, it was a Bumrah masterclass on Day 4, ably assisted by a fired-up Mohammed Siraj (3 for 66). At the start of the Aussie innings, the local broadcasters were talking up 19-year-old opener Sam Konstas. Some said he had managed to get under Bumrah’s skin. If it was a test, the pacer won hands down. In fact, Konstas was given a real examination and could have been out ten times in the 18 balls he faced. Time and again Bumrah squared him up and beat the outside edge before getting one to come in sharply and disturbing the top of his middle stump. On the other end, Siraj had done his bit by picking up Steven Smith. It was excellent captaincy from Rohit Sharma in giving Bumrah the ball the moment Travis Head walked in at 80 for 3. Australia’s lefthanded talisman versus Bumrah has been the story of the series. and in the first innings, Head had been cleaned up for a duck. He wanted to make amends and bat India out of the game. 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A very interesting field was set up and Bumrah bowled the very first ball into Head’s body cramping him up. It was enough to induce the mistake and get caught by Reddy at square leg. Game on! Mitch Marsh was next to go—caught behind by Rishabh Pant as Bumrah toyed with the middle order, making them reel at 91 for 6 with the scalp of Alex Carey, bowled. After that, Siraj picked up Labuschagne (70) with Aussie score reading 148 for 7. The last three wickets since added 80. Going into the final day, India may have to bat out a maximum of 85 overs (no way can Australia bowl 95 overs with three pacers) and the changing room should be confident on a good batting wicket. There is low bounce but nothing alarming, Lyon-Boland partnership proved it. The game could be decided in the first 20 overs of the Indian innings. If the visitors are able to survive the new ball and get through the first 20 with just a wicket down, there is no reason why this match can’t be saved, or perhaps even won. A Test expected to be decided in the very last session is the best advertisement for the five-day game. Already 300,000 fans have watched the MCG Test and more are expected on Day 5, setting a new record for a Boxing Day Test. Indian fans among them would hope for a miracle but a 1-1 result before Sydney will be no less than a victory. BRIEF SCORES: Australia 474 & 228/9 in 82 overs (Labuschagne 70, Cummins 41, Lyon 41 batting; Bumrah 4 for 56, Mohammed Siraj 3 for 66) lead India by 333 runs. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel )

KYIV, Ukraine — With much fanfare, Ukraine was granted permission to fire Western long-range missiles at Russian military targets more than a month ago. But after initially firing a flurry of them, Ukraine has already slowed their use. Ukraine is running out of missiles. It also might be running out of time: President-elect Donald Trump has said publicly that allowing U.S.-made long-range missiles inside Russia was a big mistake. So far, the missiles have been effective in limited ways, but they have not changed the war’s trajectory, senior NATO officials said. The war has also not escalated as some had feared. Although Russia launched a powerful new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile at a Ukrainian weapons facility after the first two volleys of Western long-range missiles, it has since responded to them with its usual mix of drones, missiles and threats. Two U.S. officials said they believed Russia was trying to avoid escalating military operations in Ukraine, especially with the election of Trump, a longtime skeptic of the war, and given Russia’s recent battlefield successes. They spoke on the condition of anonymity, given the political sensitivities. Adm. Rob Bauer, NATO’s most senior military officer, said recently that the strikes by the long-range ballistic Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, had “seriously hit a number” of weapons factories and ammunition depots in Russia. He said that had forced Russia to move many logistics facilities farther back from the front. Related Story: In some ways, what has happened with the ATACMS — pronounced “attack ’ems” — is the story of what has happened with other Western weaponry in the war. Ukraine pressed for months and even years to get Western weapons: HIMARS rocket launchers, Abrams tanks and F-16 fighter jets. But by the time the West granted access to these weapons, Ukraine had lost more ground. And no weapon has been a silver bullet. Western officials also say Ukraine has relied too much on help from the West and hasn’t done enough to bolster its own war effort, especially in mobilizing enough troops. United States Resisted Sending Ukraine Long-Range Missiles The United States had long resisted sending Ukraine long-range ATACMS, with a range of 190 miles, fearing that their use deep inside nuclear-armed Russia would escalate the war. In the spring, President Joe Biden relented. The administration shipped Ukraine as many as 500 missiles from Pentagon stockpiles, the U.S. officials said. While Ukraine couldn’t use them in Russia, they fired them at targets in eastern Ukrainian territories controlled by Russia and in Crimea, seized by Russia in 2014 — aiming at hardened command and control posts, weapons storage areas and some other bunkers. U.S. and NATO officials said those strikes had been effective but also said that they felt Ukraine could have been more judicious in the number of missiles used and more selective with targeting. The U.S. officials said Biden had justified granting permission on Nov. 17 to use the missiles in Russia because Moscow brought North Korean soldiers into the war. There were caveats, though. U.S. officials said the weapons would initially be used mainly against Russian and North Korean troops in the Kursk region of western Russia, where Ukraine was trying to hold onto territory after a surprise Ukrainian offensive in August. Related Story: At that point, Ukraine had only “tens of the missiles” left — maybe about 50, the two U.S. officials said. It had no likelihood of getting more, they said. The limited U.S. supplies had already been assigned for deployment in the Middle East and Asia. Officials in Britain, which allowed Ukraine to use its long-range Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia after Biden’s decision, also said recently that it didn’t have many more to provide. It is unlikely that Trump will step in to fill the gap. He recently told Time magazine that he disagreed “very vehemently” with Ukraine’s use of ATACMS in Russian territory and called Biden’s decision to provide them “foolish.” The next day, the Kremlin said Trump’s position “fully aligned” with Moscow. Since the United States and Britain granted permission, Ukraine has launched at least a half-dozen missile strikes, using at least 31 ATACMS and 14 Storm Shadows, according to the Russian Defense Ministry and Russian military bloggers. The Ukrainian military does not comment on the use of the missiles, but neither the United States nor Ukraine has challenged those reports. The most damaging attack appears to have been from Storm Shadows fired Nov. 20 at a Russian command bunker near Maryino, Kursk, officials and analysts said. Russia Launches Ballistic Missile at Ukraine On Nov. 21, Russia launched its new hypersonic ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, or “hazelnut tree,” at a military facility in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. That was seen as a warning that Russia could hit any part of Europe with the new missile, a message to Europe and America about possible consequences. Six days later, the Russian general who was the architect of the Ukraine invasion called Biden’s top military adviser to discuss concerns about escalation, insisting that its missile test had been long planned. After that Nov. 27 call, Ukraine didn’t fire ATACMS or Storm Shadows for two weeks. Russia also launched few missile or drone attacks into Ukraine, although Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to launch the Оreshnik at the center of Кyiv, the Ukrainian capital, if Ukraine didn’t stop using ATACMS in Russia. Related Story: Despite his public threats, Putin is trying to react carefully to Ukrainian operations, the U.S. officials said. They believe Moscow will most likely not respond to ATACMS strikes in a way that could risk drawing Washington deeper in the fight or put the new administration in an awkward position as it comes in. Moscow could step up cyber or sabotage operations in Europe, but it is unlikely to directly target U.S. interests, the officials said. Some analysts said Ukraine had slowed its missile use because it had initially targeted Russian facilities it had long wanted to hit. Now, with few missiles remaining, Ukraine is being more deliberate. “We decided to wait and find high-value capability, and that’s natural,” said Mykola Bielieskov, a military analyst at Ukraine’s government-run National Institute for Strategic Studies. “Don’t expect quick returns, because we need to preserve this capability and spend it judiciously and very wisely.” — This article originally appeared in . By Kim Barker, Lara Jakes, Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Julian E. Barnes/Russian Defense Ministry c. 2024 The New York Times Company

Plenty of personal care products—the treatments and gadgets that fill our medicine cabinets, home gyms, and vanities—promise innovation. Yet few actually deliver. Companies that craft cosmetics, supplements, fitness tools, and other wellness aids tend to go hard on buzzwords without putting in the research to make something truly new. That doesn’t mean there aren’t worthwhile, forward-thinking personal care products available, though, and this year brought some notable offerings. From high-tech sleep and activity trackers that make peak performance possible to cutting-edge hair dryers that give your scalp a break from burns, these five beauty and wellness products actually back up their big promises. It takes a lot for an activity tracker to win a Best of What’s New Award and even more for the same brand to win twice. In 2021, we a nod for its forward-thinking approach to incorporating period tracking into its smart ring app. , which launched on October 3, is more than just a refresh. This model is notably more comfortable thanks to flatter sensors within the band. But Oura’s new ensures the slimmer band is more capable than ever. The ring’s sensors—red and infrared LEDs for measuring blood oxygen levels, green and infrared LEDs to track heart rate and respiration, a digital thermometer, and an accelerometer—turn on and off based on your activity and your unique physiology. The result is a ring that can run for up to eight days on a single charge while improving accuracy over Oura 3. The Oura App redesign is nothing to sneeze at, either. It offers a uniquely customizable platform for turning the Oura Ring 4’s ample data into useful insights on sleep quality, recovery, stress, fitness, and fertility. With a full range of ring sizes and luxe-looking finishes, the Oura 4 ring might be the most wearable we’ve ever tried. It is a truth universally acknowledged that flossing is a pain in the butt. But while using a water flosser might be better than simply and calling it a night, some dentists won’t take kindly to you replacing your floss with a gadget. The Proclaim Custom-Jet Oral Health System might be the one exception. After all, , but it’s in a league of its own. The device features a custom-molded mouthpiece—3D scanned at a dentist’s office and then manufactured by Proclaim—that places up to 60 water jets at just the right spots to clean between your teeth and beneath your gum line. The 360-degree power wash takes just seconds. You can even swap out multiple mouthpieces on a single device, so one unit can clean a whole household’s teeth. In the last few years, Olaplex has become synonymous with bond repair treatments—products that promise to reform the broken links between keratin proteins that make hair frizzy, dry, and brittle. The brand’s new uses a proprietary peptide to give curls a targeted boost. The same damage that can make straight hair look rough can actually change the shape of a curl and even make it less curly. The Bond Shaper penetrates hair to rebuild curl-shaping disulfide bonds. This quick and painless salon treatment leaves curls looking bouncier and healthier, making it the first salon-strength bond repair treatment we’ve seen that doesn’t focus on making hair as smooth and sleek as possible. The sleep aid market is booming, but this smart mattress topper stands out. With a form factor not much thicker than a fitted sheet, silently circulates water as you sleep to cool or heat you by as much as 10 degrees. It’s more efficient than blasting the heat or the AC, but that’s not all it has going for it. The topper is split into two independent zones, allowing co-sleepers to set precise microclimates for each side. The Autopilot algorithm uses data from the topper’s 36 biometric sensors to recalibrate the temperature throughout the night to maximize sleep quality. Users can also tap inconspicuous buttons on either side of the topper to adjust the temperature without opening the Eight Sleep app. These days, Dyson is arguably even better known for its game-changing haircare tools than its vacuums. Now, the company has turned its attention to an oft-neglected aspect of hair styling: the scalp. The offers all the power people have come to expect from the brand’s flagship hair dryer but with one high-tech upgrade. The device is packed with sensors to keep you from overheating your hair and scalp. It measures the distance between the dryer and your head with a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor—a piece of tech more often found in autonomous cars and robots that bounces light off objects and clocks how quickly the wave returns. As the dryer moves closer to hair and skin, it automatically lowers its temperature to optimize hair and scalp health without compromising drying speed.

Global Middle Mile Delivery Market Set For 10.2% Growth, Reaching $166.99 Billion By 2028A recent Israeli airstrike in Syria killed a senior Hezbollah commander who helped plan one of the boldest and most sophisticated attacks against American troops during the Iraq War, according to a senior U.S. defense official. Ali Mussa Daqduq had been captured by U.S. forces following the 2007 raid in which militants posing as an American security team killed five U.S. soldiers. But he was later released by the Iraqi government. Details of the Israeli airstrike were scarce. It was not immediately clear when the strike took place, where in Syria or whether it targeted Daqduq specifically, the senior defense official said. A Pentagon spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Israeli embassy referred questions to its military, which did not immediately respond. The elaborate raid Daqduq helped plan was carried out at a U.S.-Iraqi military complex in Karbala on Jan. 20, 2007. A group of men posing as an American military security team – wearing U.S. military combat fatigues, carrying U.S. weapons and some speaking English – convinced security to let them through several checkpoints and right up to a building where U.S. and Iraqi troops were working. The facility was part of a series of compounds known as Joint Security Stations in Iraq, where U.S. troops lived and worked with the Iraqi police and soldiers. More than two dozen U.S. soldiers were in the Provisional Joint Coordination Center, or PJCC, when the militants arrived, including several in the barracks room where the troops were living. The militants surrounded the building, using grenades and explosives to breach the entrance. One American soldier was killed by a grenade. Once inside, the militants captured two U.S. soldiers inside the building and two others outside the building, before speeding away in waiting SUVs. U.S. attack helicopters caught up with the convoy, prompting the militants to bolt from their vehicles and take off by foot. They shot and killed the four U.S. captives at some point during the escape. The four soldiers shot by their captors were identified as 1st Lt. Jacob Noel Fritz, 25; Capt. Brian Scott Freeman, 31; Pfc. Shawn Patrick Falter, 25; and Spc. Johnathan Bryan Chism, 22. The soldier killed by the grenade at the compound was identified as Pfc. Johnathon Miles Millican, 22. In the aftermath of the attack, U.S. officials suspected the militants had direct support from Iran, given the level of coordination, training and intelligence required to carry it out. U.S. forces captured Daqduq in March 2007 and soon achieved a breakthrough in establishing that Iran's Quds Force, an elite unit of the country's Revolutionary Guard, was involved in planning the Karbala raid. Under questioning, Daqduq said the operation resulted from direct support and training by the Quds Force. Daqduq was held by the U.S. military in Iraq for several years but then handed over to Iraqi authorities in December 2011, when the U.S. military mission ended. He was the last prisoner handed over before U.S. troops pulled out of the country. The Iraqis assured U.S. officials that they would prosecute Daqduq, but within months he was released, prompting outrage from American officials and politicians . Daqduq was soon leading Hezbollah fighters once again, the senior U.S. defense official said.