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Metro
7 days ago
- General
- Metro
Christian Eriksen shoots down rumour of next club after Man Utd exit
Christian Eriksen is looking for a new club after Manchester United, but he will not find it in his home country of Denmark. The 33-year-old has been with the Red Devils since 2022 and leaves after making 107 appearances, scoring eight goals. It has been a pretty underwhelming spell at Old Trafford for the Dane, but he did pick up FA Cup and Carabao Cup winners medals under Erik ten Hag. His contract comes to an end this month and the midfielder will be on the move, with his next destination unknown at this stage. However, he knows where it will not be, after being linked with a romantic return to the club he spent time with as a teenager, OB. Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro's Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link so we can send you football news tailored to you. The former Inter Milan and Spurs star is not ready to move back to Denmark just yet, though, and has dismissed the link with OB. 'I got it sent to me from someone who asked if I should return to OB,' Eriksen told TV 2 Sport of the link to his former side. 'My good agent has also been out and about saying that I shouldn't. 'It's the football rumour mill. I hope no one has put money on it happening now, because then they'll lose.' Eriksen's agent, Martin Schoots, has indeed been harpooning the rumour as well, telling BT: 'Christian is still ambitious and has a lot to give to a bigger league. 'I can easily see him playing in his home country in the future, but I think for now it will only be for the national team.' Eriksen wrote on Instagram: 'A huge thank you to all the fans who has supported me through the last 3 years as a Manchester United player. 'Thank you too all the kind and hardworking people at the club who has made me and my family feel so welcomed since day one. And a big thank you to my teammates, it's been a pleasure sharing the changing room and pitch together! 'It's been an amazing time and I've made som incredible memories that I will keep for ever. 'Thank you, Christian.' While the veteran midfielder does not want a return to Denmark, he does want to spread his wings away from England. 'I would rather get away from the Premier League,' he told TV 2. 'I feel I have had my turn in the Premier League, so I am looking outside the English borders. 'It's been a great place for me and my family, and we've been there for many years. 'When I moved from Tottenham to Inter, it wasn't the plan for me to go back to England. I've been there for three and a half years again since then, so you can never say never, but the priority is for me to leave.' There seems little rush for him to make a decision on what will be next, prioritising upcoming Denmark fixtures against Northern Ireland and Lithuania and then a family holiday. 'Right now there is nothing,' he said. 'There is interest all around, but there is nothing that I am close to signing. 'My focus will be to play international matches and then have a good summer holiday. Then we will see how long the holiday will be.' MORE: Chelsea begin talks to sign Robert Sanchez replacement ahead of Manchester United MORE: Gary Neville backs Manchester United to sign £50m star and reacts to Bruno Fernandes transfer decision MORE: Emiliano Martinez responds to Aston Villa exit rumours amid Arsenal and Man Utd links
New Straits Times
19-05-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Danish keen to continue hot form after impressive show against Niners
KUALA LUMPUR: Danish Tahqif "Error 404" Abdullah marked his return to Team Vamos' starting line-up with a stellar performance in week five of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Professional League Malaysia (MPL MY). Danish steered Vamos to a much-needed 2-0 win over JP Niners. Vamos had suffered a dip in form recently which left them perilously close to missing out on the playoffs. Back-to-back defeats to Todak and Homebois in week four had seen Vamos tumble from third to sixth in the standings. Citing in-game communication issues as the root of their poor performances, the team faced mounting concern from fans who feared they might miss the postseason altogether. Danish, 16, who made his debut in Vamos' 2-0 triumph over Ocean Black in week two — where he was named series MVP — had not featured in the team's subsequent four matches. Returning to the fold in place of regular jungler Nazhan "Chibi" Mohd Nor, Danish impressed with a standout display, recording 10 kills, two deaths and 19 assists across the two games to secure all three points for Vamos. The victory steadied the ship ahead of their final regular season fixture next week against Aero Esports. "I feel proud that the team put their trust in me to replace Chibi and I'm relieved we managed to win 2-0," said Danish during a post-match press conference at Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara yesterday (May 19). "I'm not sure if I'll be playing next week, but if I do, I'm looking forward to facing Aero's jungler." The match could pit Danish against Aero's Muhammad Praba "Hazle" Balakosa, 18, who has been in scintillating form since his debut in week four. The prospect of a clash between the two teenage junglers is sure to excite fans. Elsewhere, Monster Vicious (MV) became the third team after Selangor Red Giants ( and Homebois to book their place in the playoffs following dominant 2-0 victories over Ocean Black (OB) and Team Rey. OB, meanwhile, became the first team to be relegated to the MLBB Academy League, having failed to register a single win this season. With their final match against reigning champions looming next week, OB are staring at the possibility of a winless campaign. Week 5 full results: Friday May 16 Todak 1 DX Soul 2 OB 0 MV 2 Saturday May 17 DX Soul 2 Team Rey 1 2 Homebois 0 Todak 0 Aero 2 Sunday May 18 Homebois 2 OB 0 Vamos 2 JP Niners 0 MV 2 Team Rey 0
Rakyat Post
07-05-2025
- Business
- Rakyat Post
Pastry Entrepreneur Sues Younger Sisters And Brother RM1.5mil In Ultimate Sibling Rivalry
Subscribe to our FREE It's pretty normal for siblings to get into a tiff every now and then. It could be over a small thing such as who gets the front seat of the car when going on a car ride with mom and dad, or something a bit more serious such as reading another sibling's diary. But, what happens when there's bad blood over a business that cost probably hundreds of thousands in the making? That's what happened recently between four siblings, whose quarrel has escalated into a million-ringgit lawsuit. A pastry business owner claims she and her siblings were sued by their eldest sister Engku Putri Nadira Arshad, a co-owner of pastry outlet Eclairis, claimed on Instagram yesterday (6 May) that The Ordinary Baker, owned by her eldest sister Engku Putri Sharizad Arshad, is suing Eclairis for RM1.5 million. 'One of us made a decision that left the other three of us with no choice but to walk away. We didn't take a single cent. We just left. Quietly. 'And now we're being sued for RM1.5 million. It still hurts to say that out loud,' the caption wrote. The four siblings started The Ordinary Baker together in 2020 amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, and business was good. Throughout 2021, they operated out of their home, baking cream puffs and all sorts of pastries with whatever they could fit in their house. Come November 2021, they opened their first store in Setia Alam, which quickly went viral and was even featured on national television (RTM). Later in 2023, they expanded by opening another store in Shah Alam and went viral again, with local television channel TV3 featuring them on a segment of 'Nona'. The eldest sister claims she paid to set up the business, and settled her siblings' debts Meanwhile, according to a She claimed that the last of her investment into The Ordinary Baker was meant for a wedding cake business she wanted to set up for herself. 'I sacrificed my dream so they could have theirs. None of them contributed a single cent. But that's ok, after all OB was set up to help my family who at the time had no jobs,' she wrote in the caption. The entrepreneur then said the initial plan was to give the store's shares to her siblings but claimed that two of them were blacklisted. She then decided to delay putting their names on the company's shares until she settles their debts, which she claimed she did. She claimed that her siblings had accrued debts of up to RM100,000 which included money owed to TEKUN, a governmental small-to-medium enterprise (SME) development organisation, an education loan, loan sharks, and to her husband. 'Why is it important to clear your names before entering the company? For OB to grow, it needs financing, and financial institutions will do a background check – this is the reason their names are not there. I decided to go solo so it's easier for me to manage risks,' she said. The three siblings resigned after their eldest sister refused to open a third outlet In the same Facebook post, Sharizad accused her siblings of executing a coordinated attack on her by resigning with a 24-hour notice from the company on 1 November, 2024. She claimed to have no prior knowledge about it and ran the company single-handedly, hoping her siblings would return to work. However, they set up a new company two weeks after they left. The new business, Eclairis, allegedly used the same branding and recipes as The Ordinary Baker. According to her, this happened after she refused to open a third outlet just months after opening their first and second ones, explaining that the second store has not even reached its target return on investment (ROI). Amidst the chaos, she also highlighted the welfare of The Ordinary Baker's staff, who face risks such as retrenchment and paycuts, if she were forced to close one or all the outlets. Share your thoughts with us via TRP's . Get more stories like this to your inbox by signing up for our newsletter.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Israel Corp. Reports Results for Fourth Quarter of 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel, March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Israel Corporation Ltd. (TASE: ILCO) ("ILCO") announced today its fourth quarter and annual results for the period ending December 31, 2024. Selected Financial Figures for the Fourth Quarter 2024: $m Q3/24 Q3/23 2024 2023 ILCO share in ICL profit1 30 28 175 282 Financing, G&A and other at ILCO headquarter level 2 1 - (8) Tax income (expense) of ILCO Headquarters (1) (1) 15 (1) Net profit to company's shareholders 31 28 190 273Liquidity at the ILCO Headquarters Level2 As of December 31, 2024, total financial liabilities were $733 million, and investments in liquid assets amounted to $882 million of which $83 million are pledged deposits. Net cash1 as of December 31, 2024, totaled $126 million. The net cash includes the fair value of derivatives transactions, which increases the economic value of the financial liabilities by $23 million. As of September 30, 2024, the net cash was $84 million. Additional updates On January 21, 2025, following approval by the Company's Board of Directors, ILCO entered into investment agreements and share purchase agreements with existing shareholders of Prodalim Investments Ltd ("Prodalim") for a total investment of ~$116m. The transaction was completed on March 5, 2025, ILCO owns 27.5% of Prodalim4. Prodalim is a private company, incorporated in Israel, which is engaged in creating natural solutions for various industries. Its products include concentrates, flavors and fragrances, beverage bases and other natural functional ingredients. In addition, Prodalim is developing innovative activities focused on the emerging world of the de-alcoholization of alcoholic beverages5. On March 27, 2025, ILCO Board of Directors decided on distribution of dividend at the sum of $15m, this in accordance with the company's dividend policy announced in January 2023. The record date will be April 9, 2025 and the payment date will be April 21, 2025. ILCO Total Assets, Net $m 31/12/2024 AssetsICL (~567m shares, market value) 2,799 AKVA Group (~6.6m shares, market value6) 40 Other (market value)6 13 Total Assets 2,851 ILCO's Net Cash 126 Total Assets, net 2,977 About Israel Corporation Israel Corporation Ltd. (TASE: ILCO) ("ILCO") is a reputable public investment company, which owns and invests in high quality companies with established managements and go-to markets. In November 2019, ILCO announced its updated strategy, ILCO plans to expand its portfolio through new investments over the next few years. ILCO plans to focus mainly on the food (inc. tech), agriculture (inc. tech), healthcare and industry 4.0 sectors. For more details please see the following link to ILCO updated Strategy Presentation ILCO strives to generate return on its investment through active board participations and its operational and managerial expertise. ILCO current core holdings include c.44% stake in ICL Group (NYSE:ICL, TASE:ICL) and c.18% stake in AKVA Group (OB:AKVA). ILCO is publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker ILCO and is included in the TA-35 Index. For further information on ILCO, see ILCO's publicly available filings, which can be found on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange website at Please also see ILCO company website for additional information. Convenience Translation The financial information found in this press release is an English summary based on the original Hebrew financial statements and is solely for the convenience of the reader. The binding version is the original in Hebrew. Forward Looking Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which may not materialize and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are not under the control of ILCO, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the disclosures. Investor Relations Contacts Idan HizkiVice President, Business Development & Investor RelationsTel: +972 3 684 4500idanh@ [1] Amortization of excess cost[2 Israel Corp and its wholly owned and controlled headquarter companies.[3] Following the end of the quarter, the pledged deposit balance is $10m [4] On a fully diluted basis[5] For more details, please see ILCO 2024 financial statements and immediate reports dated March 5, 2025, and January 21, 2025[6] Includes 1.983m shares in Nordic Aqua Partners (OB:NOAP) View original content: SOURCE Israel Corporation Ltd. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Mysterious 'Death Star' on The Verge of Exploding Is Hiding a Secret
Thousands of light-years from Earth, the dramatic death throes of a giant star are playing out. It's part of a star system called Wolf-Rayet 104 (WR 104), also known famously as the Pinwheel Nebula. Astronomers have confirmed the shape of the nebula is an interaction with a stellar twin – a binary companion in orbit with the dying star, which helps carve ejected material into a stunning spiral in space. The discovery, and the newly identified position of the binary companion, mean we no longer have to fret about the Pinwheel star's imminent supernova. We now know it's oriented in such a way that its gamma-ray burst would not lash Earth with a blast of deadly radiation – a possibility that led some to nickname WR 104's star the 'death star'. "Our view of the pinwheel dust spiral from Earth absolutely looks face-on (spinning in the plane of the sky), and it seemed like a pretty safe assumption that the two stars are orbiting the same way," says astronomer Grant Hill of Keck Observatory in the US. "When I started this project, I thought the main focus would be the colliding winds and a face-on orbit was a given. Instead, I found something very unexpected. The orbit is tilted at least 30 or 40 degrees out of the plane of the sky." Wolf-Rayet stars are very massive, very hot, and very luminous stars at the end of their main-sequence lifespans. Because they are so massive – the 'death star' is around 13 solar masses – that lifespan is very short; WR 104 is around just 7 million years old. The Wolf-Rayet stage of such a massive star's life involves the loss of mass at a very high rate, transported by the wild stellar winds, driven by radiation pressure in very hot, bright stars. This can result in some of the most beautiful death scenes in the cosmos. The dust blowing away from Wolf-Rayet stars with a binary companion can become carved into spectacular shapes by the orbital interaction, like we see with WR 140 and Apep. WR 104 is notable not just for the rarity of Wolf-Rayet stars in the galaxy, but also for the spiral shape its escaping dust forms as it leaks out into space. This is the result of the gravitational interaction with the binary companion, itself a very hot, massive, and luminous OB star orbiting with WR 104. Hill and his colleagues used Keck observations dating back to 2001 to determine the nature of the interaction. Their analysis showed that the two binary stars share a circular orbit with a period of about 241.54 days, separated by a distance about twice that between Earth and the Sun. Because the companion OB star is also massive – around 30 times the mass of the Sun – it, too, has a powerful wind driven by radiation pressure. As the two stars orbit, their winds collide, resulting in the production of dust that is heated by ultraviolet light. That heat is released as thermal emission, picked up by powerful infrared telescopes like those housed at the Keck Observatory. But the biggest surprise was the orientation of the system. Previous models of WR 104 had it oriented so that the poles of both stars were directly pointing towards Earth. This is a perilous position for us, because when a Wolf-Rayet star explodes in a supernova, it should release a gamma-ray burst from its poles. If the pole is pointed at Earth, the gamma-ray burst would erupt right at us, depleting our ozone layer and leaving us vulnerable to an extinction event. It's not clear exactly how far away WR 104 is, since its nature makes measuring its distance difficult. Estimates place it between around 2,000 and 11,000 light-years, the lower end of which is near enough to pose a hazard. Well, it turns out we don't have to worry. Hill and his colleagues were able to determine that the system's orbital plane is tilted with respect to Earth, so any gamma-ray bursts would sail harmlessly off in another direction. Of course, it's not projected to happen for another few hundred thousand years, but if we're going to be prepared for such an event, it's better to have all the cards sooner rather than later. However, the find represents a new mystery. Although the stars' poles are not pointed towards Earth, the spiral does appear to be directly plane-side towards us, suggesting that the dust and the orbital plane are misaligned. We simply don't know how this could happen. "This is such a great example of how with astronomy we often begin a study and the Universe surprises us with mysteries we didn't expect," Hill says. "We may answer some questions but create more. In the end, that is sometimes how we learn more about physics and the Universe we live in. In this case, WR 104 is not done surprising us yet!" The findings have been published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Asteroid May Not Hit Earth in 2032, But It Will Come Back The Entire Universe Could Exist Inside a Black Hole – Here's Why Astronomers Stunned by Abundant Oxygen in Earliest Known Galaxy
