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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Some US embassies in Europe are skipping traditional election-night viewing parties.</li><li>The presidential election is very close, with prediction models seeing it as a coin toss.</li></ul>US embassies in major European capitals are largely opting out of the traditional <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/election-night-prep-drinks-specials-cannabis-bipartisan-parties-2024-11">election-night watch parties</a>, partly to avoid an awkward repeat of scenes from 2016, when diplomats had to mask their surprise in front of dozens of guests as the results came in.Traditionally, these events were when journalists, foreign diplomats, and other high-ranking officials would come together to see how the US voted.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-us-election-eu-embassies-hillary-clinton/">Politico was the first to report</a> that embassies in London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin are forgoing the usual election festivities as <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/harris-trump-momentum-presidential-race-debate-polls-2024-9">Vice President Kamala Harris faces off against former President Donald Trump</a> in what is expected to be <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/election-civil-unrest-risk-kamala-harris-donald-trump-2024-11">a very close contest.</a>Prediction models have characterized it as <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/election-preview-consumer-outlook-how-trump-harris-housing-taxes-2024-11">a coin-toss election.</a>Two elections ago, Samantha Power, the US Ambassador to the United Nations at the time, hosted a viewing party with a group of powerful women, including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, and female ambassadors to the UN.The party was documented in a 2017 HBO documentary, "The Final Year," and showed guests becoming increasingly tense and emotional as it became clear that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/hillary-clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> would not become the first female US president.Similarly, Politico spoke to then-Ambassador Anthony Gardner, who hosted a 2016 viewing party at the US Embassy in Brussels. The outlet reported that as it became clear that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-wins-election-results-2016-11">Trump was set to win</a>, the mood turned, with one woman weeping quietly.A senior diplomat in Europe, who was not named, told Politico that the 2016 embassy events had been "calamitous."They added, "I don't think there was appetite to watch another Trump victory."Though Brussels, Berlin, London, and Paris won't be hosting events, Rome will.The <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-donald-trump-swing-states-sun-belt-polls-2024-11">race for the White House is tight</a>, with polling showing that both candidates are virtually tied in the swing states needed to win.There's another, more practical reason some embassies may be forgoing a traditional viewing party.Simply put, the outcome may not be clear on <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-election-forecast-most-accurate-economist-predicts-outcome-economic-impact-2024-10">election night</a> — it could drag on for days or possibly weeks.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-donald-trump-swing-state-polls-photo-finish-2024-11">Knife-edge races</a> in battleground states could mean that it takes longer to call the winner, and really narrow victories could result in recounts.The US Embassy in London said as much.A spokesperson told Politico that while it "appreciates the long-standing energy and excitement around US presidential elections which have been carried out over nearly 250 years of democracy," it added that "election day does not end on election night."The spokesperson continued, "Time may be required to count votes and let the electoral process work."

US embassies are holding off on election watch-night parties, fearing they could get awkward

<keyword id="20047722" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Beirut" source="keywords">Beirut</keyword> [Lebanon], August 1 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions in the region, <keyword id="19949899" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Embassy" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Indian Embassy" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Indian Embassy">Indian Embassy</keyword> in <keyword id="19935844" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lebanon" source="keywords">Lebanon</keyword> has advised Indians to avoid all non-essential <keyword id="22624039" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="travel-to-Lebanon" source="Orion">travel to Lebanon</keyword>. They have been advised to exercise caution, restrict movements and remain in contact with Indian Embassy in Beirut. Taking to X, the Indian Embassy in Lebanon stated, "In view of the recent escalations in the region, <keyword id="524730" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-nationals" source="Orion">Indian nationals</keyword> are advised to avoid all <keyword id="1858711" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="non-essential-travel" source="Orion">non-essential travel</keyword> to Lebanon. All <keyword id="22624040" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-nationals-in-Lebanon" source="Orion">Indian nationals in Lebanon</keyword> are advised to exercise caution, restrict their movements and remain in contact with <keyword id="22219204" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Embassy-of-India-in-Beirut" source="Orion">Embassy of India in Beirut</keyword> through their email id: cons.beirut@mea.gov.in or the emergency phone number +96176860128." Tensions have further escalated after the rocket attack at Golan Heights, allegedly fired by <keyword id="19925799" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hezbollah" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Hezbollah" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</keyword> killed 12 children. In response to the attack at Golan Heights, The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was killed in the Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Tuesday (local time). Fuad Shukr, the "most senior Hezbollah military commander," was killed in the Israeli strike, the IDF said in a statement. Shukr sat on the Jihad Council, Hezbollah's top military body, and was considered to be the head of its strategic division. Since the October 7 attack by Hamas, he has been managing Hezbollah's attacks against Israel, including the deadly strike in Majdal Shams over the weekend that killed 12 children, according to the military.The IDF says Shukr was "responsible for the majority of Hezbollah's most advanced weaponry, including precise-guided missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, long-range rockets, and UAVs" and for the terror group's "force build-up, planning, and execution of terror attacks against the State of Israel," as reported by The <keyword id="19944485" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="times-of-israel" source="keywords">Times of Israel</keyword>. "Eliminated: Fuad Shukr "Sayyid Muhsan," Hezbollah's Most Senior Military Commander and Hassan Nasrallah's Right-Hand Man," the IDF said in a post on X. "Shukr has directed Hezbollah's attacks on the State of Israel since October 8th, and he was the commander responsible for the murder of the 12 children in Majdal Shams in northern Israel on Saturday evening, as well as the killing of numerous Israelis and foreign nationals over the years. He was also responsible for the majority of Hezbollah's most advanced weaponry, including precise-guided missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, long-range rockets and UAVs," it added. Houthis and Hamas have both condemned the Israeli strike in separate statements, CNN reported. "While we affirm our solidarity with Lebanon and its resistance in the face of Zionist arrogance, we appreciate the great role of Hezbollah in supporting the Palestinian people and triumphing over their oppression, at a time when the Arab regimes have abandoned their role and responsibility in defending the Palestinian people and confronting crimes," a statement read from the Houthi political wing, also known as Ansar Allah. In another statement, Hamas declared "full solidarity with our brotherly Lebanon and the brothers in Hezbollah." Hamas also said it considers the Israeli strike a "dangerous escalation."Israel had blamed Hezbollah for the rocket attack at Golan Heights on Sunday. However, Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the attack.

India advises its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Lebanon amid escalating tensions in the region

Kuwaiti authorities are conducting DNA tests on the bodies of over 40 <keyword id="22038005" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indians-killed" source="keywords">Indians killed</keyword> in the devastating fire in Mangaf area, with an <keyword id="472686" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="IAF-aircraft" source="Orion">IAF aircraft</keyword> on standby to bring back the mortal remains, officials said on Thursday. Minister of State for <keyword id="43920" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="External-Affairs" source="Orion">External Affairs</keyword> Kirti Vardhan Singh reached Kuwait to oversee assistance to Indians injured in the fire and to ensure early repatriation of mortal remains. The total number of people killed in the fire incident in the southern Kuwait locality is 49 and 42 of them are learnt to be Indians, the officials said. The IAF aircraft has been kept on stand-by to bring back the mortal remains, officials said. Hours after arriving in Kuwait, Singh met the Gulf nation's foreign minister <keyword id="22043093" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Abdullah-Ali-Al-Yahya" source="Orion">Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya</keyword>. The <keyword id="54656" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-embassy" source="Orion">Indian embassy</keyword> in Kuwait said Al-Yahya assured of full support including for medical care, early repatriation of mortal remains and investigation into the incident. "FM Yahya conveyed his condolences on the tragic incident. He assured full support including for medical care, early repatriation of mortal remains and investigation of the incident," the mission said on X. "MoS conveyed his appreciation for the cooperation being extended by all concerned authorities of Kuwait," it said. Singh also visited Mubarak Al Kabeer hospital where seven injured Indians are admitted. "In an unfortunate and tragic fire incident earlier today in a Labour housing facility in Mangaf area of Kuwait, around 40 Indians are understood to have died and over 50 injured," the Ministry of External Affairs had said in a statement late on Wednesday night. Last night, Prime Minister Modi reviewed the situation at a meeting with <keyword id="5263" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="external-affairs-minister" source="Orion">External Affairs Minister</keyword> S Jaishankar, NSA Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and Principal Secretary to PM PK Mishra among others. Following the meeting, the prime minister announced ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh to the families of the deceased Indian nationals from the PM's Relief Fund and directed that the government should extend all possible assistance. Jaishankar spoke to his Kuwaiti counterpart Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya on phone and urged him for the early repatriation of the mortal remains of those killed. "Spoke to Kuwaiti FM Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya on the fire tragedy in Kuwait. Apprised of the efforts made by Kuwaiti authorities in that regard. Was assured that the incident would be fully investigated and that responsibility will be fixed," Jaishankar said on X on Wednesday night. "Urged the early repatriation of the mortal remains of those who lost their lives. He emphasized that those injured were getting the requisite medical attention," he said. The officials had said most of the Indian victims are from Kerala. The fire in Al-Mangaf building was reported to authorities in Al-Ahmadi governorate at 4.30 am on Wednesday and most of the deaths were due to smoke inhalation, Kuwaiti media reported, adding the fire started in a kitchen. Construction firm NBTC group rented the building for the stay of more than 195 workers, most of them Indians from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and northern states, the Kuwaiti media said. The NBTC group is partly owned by an Indian, officials said. Interior Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah ordered an investigation into the fire incident and issued directions to apprehend the owner and janitor of Al-Mangaf building.

Kuwait fire: IAF aircraft on standby to bring back mortal remains of Indians

Over 40 Indians were killed and more than 50 others injured after a devastating fire broke out at dawn in a building housing around 195 migrant workers in southern <keyword id="20078631" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kuwait" source="keywords">Kuwait</keyword>'s Mangaf area, officials said on Wednesday. The total number of people killed in the Al-Mangaf building was 49 and 42 of them are learnt to be Indians; the remaining ones are Pakistani, Filipino, Egyptian and Nepali nationals, they said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who described the fire incident as "saddening", reviewed the situation arising out of it at a meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, NSA Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and Principal Secretary to the PM PK Mishra among others. An official statement said Modi expressed deep sorrow at the "unfortunate incident" and extended condolences to the families of the deceased. He also announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh to each of the families of the deceased Indian nationals from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund. Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh is urgently travelling to Kuwait following a direction from the prime minister primarily to oversee assistance to Indians injured in the fire and to ensure early repatriation of mortal remains of those killed. The official statement said Modi wished speedy recovery of those injured and directed that the government of India should extend all possible assistance. "The fire mishap in Kuwait City is saddening. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their near and dear ones. I pray that the injured recover at the earliest. The <keyword id="19949899" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Embassy" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Indian Embassy" meta.hostid="83" meta.entityid="Indian Embassy">Indian Embassy</keyword> in Kuwait is closely monitoring the situation and working with the authorities there to assist the affected," Modi said on X earlier. Jaishankar also expressed deep shock over the incident and said the Indian embassy in the Gulf nation will render the "fullest assistance" to all concerned. Officials said most of the Indian victims are from Kerala. The fire in Al-Mangaf building was reported to authorities in Al-Ahmadi governorate at 4.30 am and most of the deaths were due to smoke inhalation, Kuwaiti media reported, adding the fire started in a kitchen. Kuwait's Interior Ministry in a statement confirmed that the death toll reached 49. "Deeply shocked by the news of the fire incident in Kuwait city. There are reportedly over 40 deaths and over 50 have been hospitalized. Our Ambassador has gone to the camp. We are awaiting further information," Jaishankar said on X. "Deepest condolences to the families of those who tragically lost their lives. Wish early and full recovery to those who have been injured," he said. Indian ambassador to Kuwait Adarsh Swaika visited several hospitals including where the injured have been admitted. Construction firm NBTC group rented the building for stay of more than 195 workers, most of them Indians from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and northern states, the Kuwaiti media said. The NBTC group is partly owned by an Indian, officials said. Kuwait's Interior Ministry said criminal evidence department personnel are currently working on identifying the victims and revealing the cause of the fire. It said strict measures will be taken against building owners who violate laid down norms. "Unfortunately, we received a report of a fire at... exactly 6:00 am (0300 GMT) in the Mangaf area," Major General Eid Al-Owaihan, head of the interior ministry's General Department of Criminal Evidence said. Kuwait's health ministry said the injured were admitted to several hospitals, with 21 of them sent to Al-Adan Hospital, six to Farwaniya hospital, one to Al-Amiri and 11 to Mubarak hospital. Officials in Delhi said officials from the Indian embassy are going to the hospitals where the victims were taken to. The number of deaths and injured people will be known after they get the details, one of the officials said. "Amb @AdarshSwaika visited the Al-Adan hospital where over 30 Indian workers injured in today's fire incident have been admitted. He met a number of patients and assured them of full assistance from the Embassy," the Indian embassy said on 'X'. "Almost all are reported to be stable by hospital authorities," it said. Indian ambassador Swaika also visited the site of the fire. The Indian embassy said it is in touch with Kuwaiti law enforcement authorities, fire service and health department for necessary action. Interior minister of Kuwait Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah ordered an investigation into the fire incident and issued directions to apprehend the owner and janitor of Al-Mangaf building. "What happened today is a result of the greed of the company and building owners," Al-Sabah was quoted as saying by Kuwait Times Kuwaiti authorities have started an investigation into the fire. Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah visited the site of the fire and blamed violations of norms and greed by the real estate owners for the incident, reports from Kuwaiti said. 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Over 40 Indians among 49 killed in devastating fire in southern Kuwait

New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Following the fire that broke out in Kuwait City, killing over 40 people, the Indian ambassador to Kuwait, <keyword id="22031237" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Adarsh-Swaika" source="keywords">Adarsh Swaika</keyword> visited the <keyword id="22031240" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Al-Adan-hospital" source="Orion">Al-Adan hospital</keyword> where over 30 <keyword id="19933569" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-workers" source="keywords">Indian workers</keyword> are being treated. The ambassador said that over 30 Indian workers have been injured in the fire incident. "Amb @AdarshSwaika visited the Al-Adan hospital where over 30 Indian workers injured in today's fire incident have been admitted. He met a number of patients and assured them of full assistance from the Embassy," the <keyword id="19949899" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-embassy" source="keywords">Indian embassy</keyword> in Kuwait shared on X. "Almost all are reported to be stable by hospital authorities," they added. The ambassador also visited Farwaniya Hospital, where six workers, who are expected to be mostly Indians, who got injured in the fire incident were admitted. Among those six, the hospital authorities confirmed that four of them have been released, one has shifted to Jahra hospital and one in ward is stable now. "Amb @AdarshSwaika1 visited Farwaniya Hospital, where 6 workers, expected to be mostly Indians, injured in today's fire-incident were admitted. Hospital authorities confirmed that 4 of them have been released, 1 has been shifted to Jahra hospital &amp; 1 in ward is reportedly stable," the embassy reported. Moreover, envoy Swaik also paid a visit to Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, where reportedly, 11 injured workers were admitted. "Amb @AdarshSwaika1 visited Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, where 11 workers injured in today's fire have been admitted. 10 of them are expected to be released today &amp; one in hospital is reportedly stable. He met with patients still in hospital &amp; assured them of Embassy's full support," the post read. Earlier today, the Indian envoy also visited the incident site in Mangaf to ascertain the situation and emphasised that the embassy is in touch with the concerned authorities for necessary action. "Amb @AdarshSwaika1 visited the tragic fire-incident site in Mangaf to ascertain the situation. Embassy is in constant touch with relevant Kuwaiti law enforcement, fire-service and health authorities for necessary action and emergency medical health-care," they posted on X. Further, the Indian embassy has also put an emergency helpline number and has urged all the concerned people to connect over the helpline for updates. "In connection with the tragic fire accident involving Indian workers today, Embassy has put in place an emergency helpline number: +965-65505246. All concerned are requested to connect over this helpline for updates. Embassy remains committed to render all possible assistance," the Indian embassy in Kuwait added. Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed shock over the deaths of over 40 people in a fire in the city of Kuwait. Condoling their deaths, EAM Jaishankar further said that the Indian ambassador had gone to the camp and was awaiting further information about the fire incident in Kuwait City. "Deeply shocked by the news of the fire incident in Kuwait City. There are reportedly over 40 deaths and over 50 have been hospitalized. Our Ambassador has gone to the camp. We are awaiting further information," he said in a post on X. Jaishankar further expressed condolences to the victims' families and wished the injured people early and full recovery. "Deepest condolences to the families of those who tragically lost their lives. Wish early and full recovery to those who have been injured. Our Embassy will render the fullest assistance to all concerned in this regard," he added in his post. A fire broke out in a building housing workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwait early on Wednesday. After this tragic incident, Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad al-Yousuf al-Sabah paid a visit to the site and ordered the arrest of the building's owner, as per Al Jazeera. "Unfortunately, the greed of real estate owners is what leads to these matters," said Sheikh Fahad, who also runs the interior and defence ministries. "The building in which the fire occurred was used to house workers, and there were a large number of workers there. Dozens were rescued, but unfortunately, there were many deaths as a result of inhaling smoke from the fire," Al Jazeera reported, citing a senior police commander's statement.

Over 30 Indian workers injured in Kuwait fire incident; Indian embassy extends support

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A social-media account belonging to China's US Embassy is being flooded by angry investors.</li><li>Thousands have commented about the dire state of the stock market on a post about giraffes.</li></ul>Chinese investors, angry about the state of their country's economy, are using an unlikely forum to vent their frustrations: A post about giraffes on the US Embassy's <a target="_blank" href="https://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404997088080429325&amp;luicode=20000061&amp;lfid=4997088081609837">Weibo account.</a>More than <a target="_blank" href="https://m.weibo.cn/status/4997088081609837">165,400 comments</a> have flooded the post on <a target="_blank" href="https://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404997088080429325&amp;luicode=20000061&amp;lfid=4997088081609837">Weibo</a>, one of China's largest social-media platforms, which details how scientists in Africa used AI and GPS to track and protect wild giraffes.Commenters have taken the opportunity to share unrelated complaints about China's flailing economy in the hope that their comments will not be deleted by Chinese censors.China's blue-chip CSI300 Index fell 6.3% last month to a five-year low after a series of government measures failed to confidence among investors, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/chinese-turn-us-embassy-post-into-wailing-wall-stock-plunge-2024-02-04/">Reuters</a>.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-05/china-stocks-languish-despite-renewed-vow-to-stabilize-markets?srnd=premium-asia">Bloomberg </a>reported that China and Hong Kong's stock markets accumulated $7 trillion in losses since their 2021 peaks.The Weibo account of the US embassy in China "has become the Wailing Wall of Chinese retail equity investors", one user wrote on the post, according to Reuters.Many of the comments were later deleted, <a target="_blank" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/05/investing/china-stock-market-plunge-us-embassy-weibo-hnk-intl/index.html">CNN</a> reported. The situation shows how the government's censorship — and its citizens' efforts to avoid being silenced — has reached new heights.The US Embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment."The US government, please help Chinese stock investors," one person wrote in a repost of the Weibo article, according to CNN.Other Weibo users commented that the stock market is a "casino" and an "execution ground," <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-03/china-s-angry-investors-skirt-censors-with-replies-to-us-embassy-ls60r8xf">Bloomberg</a> reported."Anger has reached an extreme level," another Weibo user said, according to Bloomberg.Some commenters used humor and sarcasm to get around the country's strict social media restrictions."Arise! All giraffes who refuse to be slaves," one person wrote, referencing the line in China's national anthem: "Arise! All who refuse to be slaves," according to CNN.Another person commented: "The entire giraffe community is filled with optimism," according to CNN. The comment appeared to reference <a target="_blank" href="http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2024-02/02/nw.D110000renmrb_20240202_3-03.htm">an article</a> published in the Chinese state-owned People's Daily newspaper about the visit of a German communist politician with the headline: "The whole country is filled with optimism."China has one of the world's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/media-censorship-china">most censored media industries</a>, with digital news and social media use heavily restricted throughout the country.Some social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, are prohibited and the government monitors social media platforms that are allowed, such as Weibo.The apparent censorship matters — it appears to be part of a government campaign to silence those critical of the country's financial state. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/business/china-censorship-economy-markets.html?campaign_id=4&amp;emc=edit_dk_20240131&amp;instance_id=113939&amp;nl=dealbook&amp;regi_id=194893788&amp;segment_id=156887&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=2259c117e2d6d1f3b6de8de6262da403">The New York Times</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-economy-censorship-internet-4d0372b8">The Wall Street Journal</a> reported that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-investors-negative-economic-coverage-media-real-estate-stocks-2024-2">authorities deleted</a> multiple Chinese online news articles containing critical coverage of the country's economy.Writing in its official WeChat account, China's Ministry of State Security deterred citizens from believing the "false narratives" about the trajectory of China, according to the NYT report. Meanwhile, top officials have publicly spoken about the importance of elevating the "bright prospects of China's economy," according to the Journal.

Angry Chinese people are using a US embassy social-media page to dodge censors and vent about its slumping economy

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Iran has denied claims that Cristiano Ronaldo will receive 99 lashes for hugging a woman.</li><li>Ronaldo embraced Iranian artist Fatemeh Hamami when he met her in September.</li></ul>Iranian authorities have denied reports claiming that Portuguese soccer star <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-net-worth-how-soccer-star-makes-spends-money-2022-8">Cristiano Ronaldo</a> is facing 99 lashes for hugging a woman in Iran.The false claim stemmed from a meeting last month between Ronaldo and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/fatemehamami/">Fatemeh Hamami</a>, an Iranian artist. Hamami, who holds a brush between her feet to paint portraits, shared a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYmyYAq-f2/">video</a> of herself meeting Ronaldo on Instagram on September 20.In the video, Ronaldo can be seen hugging and kissing Hamami on her forehead while receiving the portraits she had created of him. After the meeting, multiple outlets including <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/13/cristiano-ronaldo-reportedly-facing-99-lashes-for-hugging-iranian-painter/?adid=social-tw">TMZ</a>, the <a target="_blank" href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/13/cristiano-ronaldo-facing-99-lashes-for-iranian-adultery-charge/">New York Post</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fox4news.com/sports/cristiano-ronaldo-reported-punishment-painter">Fox Sports</a> reported that Ronaldo was facing 99 lashes for hugging Hamami. The Post and TMZ cited unnamed Iranian media outlets in their reports. The reports claimed that Ronaldo, who has been dating model <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-girlfriend-georgina-rodriguez-daring-looks-2022-2">Georgina Rodriguez</a> since 2017, had committed adultery by touching another woman.The reports about the lashings, it turns out, were incorrect: The Iranian embassy in Spain said on October 13 that Ronaldo isn't facing any charges."We strongly deny the issuance of any court ruling against any international athlete in Iran," read the embassy's <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/IraninSpain/status/1712814953130799462">post</a> on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.Ronaldo was "very well received by the people and the authorities" while he was in Iran from September 18 to September 19 for a soccer match, the embassy wrote."His sincere and humane meeting with Fatemeh Hamami was also praised and admired by both the people and the country's sports authorities," the post added.According to an investigation by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/ronaldo/103040672">Australia's ABC News</a>, which aired on October 30, the false claim originated from an Instagram post by an Iranian lawyer named <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/aligandomi.ir/">Ali Gandomi</a>.Iran has been ruled by a theocratic government since the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-before-the-revolution-in-photos-2015-4">Islamic Revolution in 1979</a>. Under <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/31811/93636/F565153018/IRN31811%20Extracts.pdf">Iranian law</a>, unmarried men and women can be <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2010/07/07/iran-prevent-womans-execution-adultery">punished with 100 lashes if they commit adultery</a>. Married offenders can be given the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2010/07/07/iran-prevent-womans-execution-adultery">death penalty</a>.Representatives for Iran's foreign ministry, Ronaldo, and Gandomi did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

No, Cristiano Ronaldo isn't facing 99 lashes for hugging a woman in Iran, embassy says

The <keyword id="6354457" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="national-company-law-tribunal" source="Orion">National Company Law Tribunal</keyword>, Chandigarh bench, has withheld the merger of realty firm <keyword id="252055" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="embassy-group" source="Orion">Embassy Group</keyword>'s certain residential and commercial projects with <keyword id="51993" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="indiabulls-real-estate" source="Orion">Indiabulls Real Estate</keyword>. Mumbai-based Indiabulls Real Estate (<keyword id="406465" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="ibrel" source="Orion">IBREL</keyword>) said it will decide on the next course of action after reading the full judgement and will explore all options, including filing an appeal against the order of the National Company Law Tribunal (<keyword id="6355809" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="nclt" source="Orion">NCLT</keyword>) before the appellate tribunal. In August 2020, Bengaluru-based realty firm Embassy Group entered into a definitive agreement to merge its certain residential and commercial projects with IBREL through a cashless scheme of amalgamation. Embassy Group will become the promoter of the merged entity. Through a regulatory filing, IBREL informed that "the sanction to the merger of NAM Estates Pvt Ltd (NAM Estates) and Embassy One Commercial Property Developments Pvt Ltd (Embassy One) into IBREL has been withheld by the National Company Law Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench". IBREL said the merger scheme has already been sanctioned by the NCLT, Bengaluru Bench, which has jurisdiction over NAM Estates and Embassy One, on April 22, 2022. "However, the NCLT, Chandigarh Bench, which has jurisdiction over IBREL, had earlier raised certain concerns based on the objections cited by the Income Tax department to the merger. "IBREL strongly believes that these objections and concerns were unfounded, unjustified and do not impact the merger in a significant manner and had accordingly addressed the same before the NCLT," the company said in the filing. IBREL said it will await the detailed order to further evaluate the next steps and shall explore all options, including filing an appeal against the order of the NCLT, Chandigarh Bench, before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at the earliest. The merger has already received overwhelming support from 99.9987 per cent of its shareholders who voted on the same and has also received approval from other regulators, it added. "IBREL's board shall be meeting over the next day to chalk out its plan and strategy to move forward and shall communicate the same to all its stakeholders," the filing said. In February 2021, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the proposed merger of Embassy Group firms -- NAM Estates Pvt Ltd and Embassy One Commercial Property Developments Pvt Ltd -- with IBREL. At present, Embassy Group has around 14 per cent stake in IBREL and the same will increase to 45 per cent after the merger of assets of these two companies. Post-merger, the combined entity will have 80.8 million square feet of launched and planned development potential. The merged entity will have about 30 projects. Under the terms of the agreement, IBREL's shares are valued at Rs 92.5 per share. IBREL has a land bank of 3,280 acre, near major metropolitan cities. It has a presence in six cities -- Delhi-NCR, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Jodhpur, Vadodara, Vizag and Indore. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/end-of-covid-emergency-to-affect-sales-of-diagnostics-cos-globaldata-report/articleshow/100103557.cms">End of Covid emergency to affect sales of diagnostics cos: GlobalData report</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/jamtara-global-indian-whatsapp-users-flooded-with-spam-calls/articleshow/100103446.cms">'Jamtara Global': Indian WhatsApp users flooded with spam calls</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ukraine said it tracks all American-provided weapons through a system the US embassy can access.</li><li>A Ukrainian lawmaker said it lets US officials trace every single piece of weaponry to its warehouse.</li></ul>Ukraine said it now has a meticulous system for storing and tracking US-provided munitions that the American embassy can access anytime.Oleksandra Ustinova, a Ukrainian member of parliament who leads a commission tracking foreign military aid, told <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkGJw5wUZI0">CBS News' "60 Minutes"</a> that serial numbers of every single piece of US weaponry sent to Ukraine are in a database that the American embassy in Kyiv can view.US officials can then visit the warehouses storing the equipment to see the inventory for themselves, she said."They can come, type in, let's say, a Javelin or a HIMARS and see in which brigade it is, and then go check it if they don't believe," Ustinova said.The member of parliament showed "60 Minutes" a video of her in what she said was a top-secret warehouse storing Javelins from the US.Ustinova's comments come after <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/07/20/weapons-sent-ukraine-were-danger-of-falling-criminal-hands-watchdog-warned.html">Military.com published an article in July</a> about a Pentagon report that highlighted how a Russian-led criminal ring in Ukraine was able to steal weapons sent to Kyiv for the war.The stolen weapons included a grenade launcher and a machine gun, and were taken by Russians who had joined a volunteer battalion, per the outlet.The Pentagon report, dated October 6, 2022, said the theft occurred in June 2022, <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/20/politics/pentagon-watchdog-report-ukraine-weaponry/index.html">per CNN.</a>This Pentagon report didn't explicitly say that the stolen weapons were American. But it detailed several such incidents in a section discussing Ukraine's methods of tracking US weapons, CNN reported.In August 2022, a group of volunteer battalion members also stole 60 rifles and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition "presumably for sale on the black market," CNN reported, citing the Pentagon documents.Another highlighted incident involved $17,000 worth of bulletproof vests being stolen by Ukrainian criminals pretending to be aid workers, per CNN.These plots were eventually foiled or disrupted by Ukraine's intelligence services, and the equipment was recovered, the Pentagon report said, per CNN.Ustinova, who for years was an anti-corruption activist before she became a lawmaker, told CBS News that Ukraine needed to cleanse itself of corruption."We have to get rid of this cancer, which is corruption because otherwise, we're not gonna survive," she said to the channel.The channel's report was a wide-ranging segment on how the billions of dollars in US aid to Ukraine are used in the country, and how American and Ukrainian lawmakers seek to ensure they're appropriately used to fund the war effort.The US has committed more than $43.8 billion in security assistance and military aid to Ukraine since the start of the war, <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-weapons-ammunition-america-provided-russia-invasion-list-2022-12#:~:text=The%20US%20has%20committed%20more,%2Daircraft%20systems%2C%20or%20MANPADS.">reported Insider's Charles Davis.</a>As of December, the equipment sent to Ukraine includes advanced HIMARS artillery systems, more than 10,000 Javelin anti-armor systems, at least 186 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles, and 198 Howitzer guns.

Ukraine says it has a massive database the American embassy can use to track every last weapon the US has sent to Kyiv

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US forces evacuated the American embassy in Sudan days after violence erupted in its capital.</li><li>Insider spoke with three Marines and a Diplomatic Security Service official about closing the post.</li></ul>The day the rescue aircraft came, Cpl. Christopher Wolfert watched plumes of smoke rising in the distance amid the booms of exploding mortars and cracks of machine-gun fire in Sudan's capital. It was Saturday, April 22. The US Marine Security Guard was protecting the American embassy in Khartoum, which had been engulfed by deadly violence for a week at that point. As the situation deteriorated, the Pentagon dispatched Special Operations Forces to evacuate US diplomatic staff in a dramatic helicopter operation. A little under 100 people were rescued from the US embassy compound in just under an hour on the ground.As Navy SEALs and Army Special Forces rushed in, Sudan's capital was spiraling toward civil war. Tensions between rival powers had finally boiled over, and street fights raged."It was audible and visual," Wolfert later said, referring to the fighting nearby. "The evacuation itself — fairly surreal."Wolfert is one of a dozen Marines whose detachment was assigned to guard the US embassy in Africa's third-largest country and one of three Marines that Insider spoke to, along with an official from the Diplomatic Security Service, an agency under the State Department, about the April 22 drawdown and evacuation of America's diplomatic outpost in Sudan.The men Insider spoke with described scenes of chaos outside the embassy walls and a rush inside to quickly close up shop and get out of Sudan, from destroying sensitive national security information to lowering the American flag. It wasn't what anyone had wanted to see happen. "Unfortunately, we really didn't have a choice," Staff Sgt. Derek Ferrari, the detachment commander, told Insider. "When it was time to leave, it was time to leave."<div type="image" title="Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, April 19, 2023." height="4480" width="6720" msid="100278022" hostid="261"></div>Fighting in Sudan <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-airline-involved-accident-airport-khartoum-sudan-2023-4">first broke out</a> on April 15 when clashes erupted between forces loyal to Gen. Abdel Fattah al Burhan, commander of the Sudanese army, and Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who leads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The two have been <a href="https://www.insider.com/generals-sudan-fighting-aided-russia-gold-ukraine-war-2023-4" rel="">competing for power</a> ever since they orchestrated a <a href="https://www.insider.com/govt-officials-detained-phones-down-in-possible-sudan-coup-2021-10" rel="">2021 military coup</a> together. Within days, violence quickly gripped the country, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands more. Foreign governments began efforts to pull out their diplomatic staff and, in some cases, also moved to evacuate their civilians. At one point, armed fighters even <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-us-diplomat-embassy-convoy-fired-on-bloody-sudan-battle-2023-4">opened fire</a> on a clearly marked US embassy convoy that had identification plates and an American flag. No one was hurt, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken slammed the incident as "reckless" and "irresponsible." By April 20, US forces had been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-troops-prepare-possible-embassy-evacuation-sudan-fighting-2023-4">deployed</a> to positions near Sudan in case they had to quickly extract diplomatic staff. Though there were signs, the Marines didn't know for sure an evacuation was coming, but it's something that they were ready for. It is something they prepare and train for. "It's not likely to happen," Ferrari said. "But you need to be ready if it does."<h2>A symbolic moment</h2>Marine Security Guards are a 24-hour presence at US embassies around the world, and their mission is to protect classified information, US government personnel, and the physical facility. At any given diplomatic post, the Marines work under regional security officers (RSOs) from the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) — the ambassador's security and law enforcement advisors. <div type="image" title="The Marine Security Guard Detachment assigned to the US Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, stand for a photo in front of McMaugh Hall at Marine Corps Embassy Security Group Headquarters, Quantico, Va., on April 24." height="2955" width="3941" msid="100278024" hostid="261"></div>"We could not do what we do overseas without Marine Security Guards," DSS Deputy Assistant Director Thad Osterhout told Insider. Marine Sgt. Nicholas Bonasera said "they take care of us as we take care of them."Security officers train to handle a wide range of scenarios, such as intruders at the embassy, medical issues, and bomb threats, as well as emergency embassy evacuations and shutdowns."There are some things that are out of your control," Ferrari said, but this is why they train. When the Marines learned the embassy had to be evacuated, they sprang into action to start shutting it down.<div type="image" title="A flag-lowering ceremony takes place at the US embassy in Khartoum before it is evacuated." height="1600" width="1200" msid="100278027" hostid="261"></div>One order of business was lowering the American flag. All the Marines who weren't occupied with other security-related jobs at the moment took part in a ceremony that involved lowering the flag and presenting it to the ambassador, John Godfrey."The American flag represents our footprint in that country and everything that the American people are bringing to that country through our diplomatic channels," Ferrari said. "There's symbolism in lowering the flag."<div type="image" title="A flag-lowering ceremony at the US embassy in Khartoum." height="927" width="1331" msid="100278030" hostid="261"></div><h2>Getting people as violence gripped the capital</h2>Before the evacuation could take place, all the diplomatic staff had to be consolidated at the embassy, which is one large compound protected by a wall. But US government personnel were scattered several miles away across Khartoum in a separate main housing compound and several auxiliary compounds.Osterhout said DSS special agents had to slip outside the embassy and rescue people as fighting raged throughout the city. Sometimes, they had to wait until a safe window opened up so they could move people back to the embassy. In other cases, agents had to make multiple attempts to retrieve people who were staying temporarily at hotels. <div type="image" title="People walk by a house hit in recent fighting in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, April 25, 2023." height="4480" width="6720" msid="100278033" hostid="261"></div>Consolidating everyone in one location "was critically important for our Department of Defense partners," Osterhout said. "Had the DOD evacuation force had to go to more than one location in a city under the conditions Khartoum was in, [it] would've both complicated their planning and execution, but it also would've entailed significantly more risk."Outside the embassy walls, there was a lot of confusion on the ground, with poor command and control from the top down on behalf of both warring parties. Osterhout said that while the US was "confident" the embassy would not be specifically targeted by senior leadership on either side, there was no assurance that local fighters would avoid this.<div type="image" title="DSS Deputy Assistant Director Thad Osterhout (far right) and other DSS leadership, alongside interagency partners, closely monitored the departure from Khartoum from the DSS Command Center in Arlington, VA on April 22, 2023" height="2731" width="4096" msid="100278038" hostid="261"></div>Moving about Khartoum meant traveling in a contested environment, one in which an American could easily end up in the wrong place at the wrong time. At least two Americans have been killed since the fighting began.Osterhout said there were "significant concerns" that low-level forces may seize an opportunity to hold up an embassy convoy or try to gain access to a housing compound, rather than the embassy itself. Osterhout said the embassy is a "very hard target" because the Marines guarding the facility are a "very effective deterrent." During the evacuation preparations, the Marines had to protect the national security information at the embassy, which meant safeguarding and destroying sensitive equipment and classified information. Doing this meant balancing available manpower because the Marines had to continue guarding the building like they would normally on a round-the-clock basis and also staff various security posts. Though fighting was happening in the immediate vicinity of the embassy, neither the Sudanese army nor the RSF were intentionally trying to attack the embassy, Ferrari said. Still, there was a lot of indirect fire and ordnance being thrown around in the surrounding areas. "You could see and smell and hear everything around you that could at any time ... have been a great threat to the embassy, whether it was intentional or unintentional," he added. <h2>Evacuating the embassy</h2>Fighting like this can always threaten air operations, but when President Joe Biden gave the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/22/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-situation-in-sudan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">orders</a> to evacuate the embassy in Khartoum, it signaled that Washington was willing to take that risk. At 9 a.m. EST on April 22, three MH-47 Chinook rotary aircraft took off from Djibouti and stopped to refuel in neighboring Ethiopia before flying another three hours to Khartoum. As is standard practice for diplomatic outposts, the embassy had a pre-designated landing zone in an open field around 500 feet outside the southern entrance to the compound. Even as the evacuation unfolded, the Marines were constantly busy conducting their standard operating procedures, as they had been since the moment the conflict broke out. They manned the security posts until the very last hour, at which point they had to be shut down. <div type="image" title="DSS Deputy Assistant Director Thad Osterhout (far left) and other DSS leadership, alongside interagency partners, closely monitored the departure from Khartoum from the DSS Command Center in Arlington, VA on April 22, 2023." height="2731" width="4096" msid="100278042" hostid="261"></div>Physically moving dozens of personnel from the embassy to the helicopters fell entirely on the responsibility of the more than 100 US troops — all Special Operations Forces — who had flown into Khartoum that day. Once the Marines and diplomatic staff were loaded up onto the helicopters, the mission was complete."The evacuation was conducted in one movement via rotary wing," Lt. Gen. D.A. Sims, director of operations for the Joint Staff, told reporters later that day. "The operation was fast and clean, with service members spending less than an hour on the ground in Khartoum."The Marines said that departing Sudan was a "bittersweet" moment. There was a sense of sadness to leave behind their Sudanese colleagues and the friends they had made in the country, yet there was also a feeling of satisfaction in knowing that they did their duties. "Even though it's seems like we're leaving our diplomatic footprint behind in Sudan, we were leaving with all the personnel that we were supposed to," Ferrari noted. "No one had been killed, no one had been seriously injured, everybody had been evacuated safely. So that is a successful mission as a whole — that is something that no one should be sad or upset about.""Our job is to protect the embassy," Wolfert said. "We had done our jobs well."<div type="image" title="US Mission personnel assigned to the US Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, embrace each other upon their safe return to the United States at Dulles International Airport, Va., on April 24." height="2274" width="3024" msid="100278043" hostid="261"></div>With the embassy staff gone, questions remained over whether Washington would move to evacuate US citizens, as some other Western nations had been doing. At one point, the State Department and the Pentagon <a href="https://www.state.gov/evacuation-efforts-of-u-s-citizens-from-sudan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">organized</a> a land convoy — with drone <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3378868/dod-statement-attributed-to-deputy-pentagon-press-secretary-ms-sabrina-singh/">support</a> overhead — to bring Americans to a part city along the Red Sea, where they could then travel onward to Saudi Arabia. Naval support had also been moved into the region.Meanwhile, fighting in Sudan shows no signs of slowing down, and civilians continue to pay the ultimate price. According to United Nations <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136552">estimates</a>, over 600 people have been killed, and hundreds of thousands more have either become internally displaced or fled the country. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1657009586128187396?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> last week that the violence is crippling the country at an economic and social level. "As well as facing shelling and insecurity, people are dealing with dwindling supplies of water, food, medicines, and electricity," he said. "Establishing safe routes for humanitarian aid is critical. But the ultimate solution is peace."

Inside the scramble to evacuate a US embassy surrounded by the chaos of street fighting, gunfire, and explosions

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US embassy in Dublin has issued a security warning to Americans traveling to the city.</li><li>It said to avoid walking alone and not to show off expensive watches or jewelry.</li></ul>Americans traveling to Dublin have been warned to avoid walking alone after a series of violent attacks in the city and the brutal assault of a US tourist last week.The US Embassy in Dublin <a href="https://ie.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-dublin-ireland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued a security alert</a> on its website after "a number of recent incidents" were reported by Irish media outlets."Avoid walking alone, if possible, especially during hours of darkness," the embassy wrote.Tourists were also warned to avoid showing off expensive jewelry or watches and not to place passports or wallets in the outer pockets of their backpacks or on tables in public spaces."Be vigilant. Pickpocketing, mugging, and 'snatch and grab' theft of mobile phones, watches and jewelry can occur," the embassy added.Last week, the <a href="https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/american-tourist-attacked-dublins-talbot-30517217" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Irish Mirror reported</a> that a New Yorker was hospitalized and could lose an eye after he was attacked in Dublin city center by three youths. The Garda, Ireland's national police force, told the Mirror it believed the attack was random.Stephen Termini is in intensive care following the alleged attack, the <a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41191456.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Irish Examiner reported</a> Wednesday, while dozens more gardaí officers have now been promised to patrol the city's streets, <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/07/24/dozens-more-gardai-promised-for-dublin-city-centre-in-wake-of-attack-on-us-tourist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the Irish Times</a>.The report comes amid a sharp rise in violent crime in Dublin since the pandemic. Parts of the capital also saw significant increases in the number of hate crimes reported in 2022.<a href="https://www.tourismireland.com/overseas-markets/north-america#:~:text=About%20North%20America&amp;text=In%202019%2C%20the%20United%20States,%C2%A3183%20million%20in%20revenue." target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to Tourism Ireland</a>, 1.7 million Americans visited Ireland in 2019.Nearly 40,000 people are expected to travel to the city from the US in August for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Navy at the Aviva Stadium.The event could boost the local economy by about 147 million euros ($164 million), per the <a href="https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/irelands-college-football-classic-sell-out-sees-world-record-number-of-americans-travelling-for-sporting-event/a742336273.html">Irish Independent</a>, which cited a report from Fáilte Ireland and Grant Thornton.

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