In finalizing the trade for Rui HachimuraThe Los Angeles Lakers They are making a long-awaited upgrade – for this season and for the future.

After months of deliberation on finding the right player and contract, the Lakers opportunistically took Hachimura, the 9th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. Contract not extended this season and increasingly unhappy as stock drops with Washington WizardsLeague sources confirmed Athletic. The Lakers were dispatched Kendrick Nunn and three second-round picks to Washington, the teams announced Monday.

According to league sources, the Lakers and Wizards discussed the deal for several days. Athletic Washington said last week it was exploring possible trade options for Hachimura.

The soon-to-be 25-year-old Hachimura’s size (6-foot-8, 230 pounds), length (7-foot-2 wingspan) and athleticism are what the Lakers desperately need. His ability to play forward helps balance the roster’s positional structure. It’s unclear if Hachimura will start on Day 1, but the expectation is that he will start next. LeBron James And Anthony Davis As the cycle settles, multiple team sources said Athletic.

Hachimura’s acquisition doesn’t preclude the Lakers from making another trade before Feb. 9. They enter the next two weeks with two first-round picks (2027 and ’29) and three players (2027 and ’29).Patrick Beverley, Lonnie Walker IV And Russell Westbrook) they can use as the appropriate salary when updating the list.

With Davis expected to return soon, the Lakers are further evaluating the roster and rotation, and are still deciding whether they want to make a minor or major upgrade with tradable draft assets. At this point, trading Beverley and a lottery-protected first-rounder would most likely be their move to another division or forward development. But the Lakers are willing to consider adding more assets to acquire a better player, depending on Davis’ recovery and the state of the market approaching the deadline.

Detroits Bojan Bogdanovic He continues to be the name most often linked to the Lakers in league circles, but according to league sources, at the very least, the Pistons are looking for an unprotected first-round pick in a potential trade. The Lakers’ preference is to give up only one lottery-protected pick for the 34-year-old Bogdanovic at first, though that could change against the trade-deadline clock.

Whatever happens next, the Hachimura trade is an undeniable win for Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Belinka and the rest of the front office.

The Lakers alleviated their backcourt congestion and offset their low productivity by spending three second-round picks, one of which (2028) was traded on a pick they held in the first place. In turn, they were younger, bigger, longer, more athletic, and more adept at landing Hachimura, who could stick around for multiple seasons. For a team that is currently 22-25 this season — their luxury tax bill increased by nearly $3 million after the deal. Right leg injured.

Locally, Los Angeles is very interested in Hachimura, believing he has the potential he was unable to show with the Wizards after they chose to prioritize him. Kyle Kuzma And Deni Avtija. The Lakers are interested in retaining Hachimura and expect to re-sign the currently restricted free agent this offseason, league sources said. Athletic. According to those sources, Hachimura is expected to earn a double-digit annual salary, though far less than his nearly $19 million cap hit.

In 30 games this season, Hachimura is averaging 13.0 points on 55.8 percent true shooting, along with 4.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game (he missed 16 games with a bone bruise in his right ankle). The Japanese shot 33.7 percent on 3-point shots, a figure below the league-average, but he shot 44.7 percent from beyond the arc and 47.0 percent on catch-and-shoot 3s last season. That means he could shoot better in Los Angeles with James, Davis and Westbrook.

Hachimura is good in most defensive metrics, ranging from an above-average defender (plus-0.3 in Defensive RAPTOR) to a very good defender (0.9 in Defensive EPM). The video shows a skilled and physically capable defender who can improve his effort, consistency and awareness. The Lakers are confident that head coach Darwin Hamm’s system and playing alongside veterans like Davis, James, Westbrook and Beverley will help Hachimura unleash his untapped defensive potential.

Hachimura never played more than 57 games, so durability is a bit of a concern NBA Season — Although that number skewed somewhat last season, Hachimura, with the Wizards’ blessing, improved his mental health as he missed the first 39 games of the season.

At the very least, Hachimura’s arrival, combined with Nunn’s departure, will reduce the number of three-guard lineups the Lakers employ, which should help against teams with a defensive glass and multiple wing scorers. The Lakers have held the advantage in most games this season.

After allowing 39 second chance points Memphis Grizzlies James pointed out last Friday — a team that has given up more than 25 years — that they don’t have 6-foot-8, 6-foot-9 players like the Grizzlies. This isn’t the first time he’s voiced his displeasure with the roster’s length and lack of size this season.

“I think we’re playing with three or four right now,” James said.

The Lakers have found chemistry with their current starting lineup Thomas BryantJames, Troy Brown Jr.Beverly and Dennis SchroederBut with three significant areas expected back in Davis soon, Austin Reeves and Walker IV, this starting five is always tentative.

The Davis-James-Hachimura front line gives the Lakers a versatile trio with good size, length and athleticism. They should be able to replace most matchups as Davis serves as the best defensive big man Hachimura has played with in his four-year career.

Although his career average of 16.9 points per 36 minutes ranks sixth behind James, Davis, Westbrook, Schroeder and Bryant, Hachimura will be the third or fourth offensive option in most lineups.

Price for the Lakers is Nunn, who has been playing very well lately, but is a different man when the Lakers are at full strength. With Reaves and Walker IV returning soon, the 27-year-old Nunn would have been the team’s sixth guard at best behind Reaves, Schroeder, Walker IV, Beverley and Westbrook. He has struggled to make an impact and find a rhythm this season, connecting on just 32.5 percent of his 3s. Besides Damian JonesNunn is the most expendable player on the Lakers’ 14-man roster.

Realistically, it was a great trade because of what the Lakers were going to find in exchange for Nunn and several second-round picks. Depending on how Hachimura fits in, the rest of their trade moves and how the free agent market plays out this summer, they could have their start in the future.

The 12th-ranked Lakers are just one game back of 10th place and two games back of 6th place. With James and Davis both playing like top-10 players this season, they’re teetering on a seven-game series as a low-seeded opponent no one wants to face — until they get there.

This move helps them get closer. It’s a step in the right direction for the Lakers, albeit not the kind of blockbuster deal that would put the Lakers in contention.

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Are you excited about the start of the new lunar calendar year? The Year of the Rabbit should be marked Hope, Peace and Prosperity. We all need more of these things in 2023. However, this week is likely to focus on more pressing matters of the present, not least the ability to vaccinate China’s citizens during the holiday season.

Industrial disputes with ambulance staff in England and Wales will continue to ring out due to another strike on Monday. In Portugal, cabin crew of national airline TAP will begin strike action on Wednesday, amid a dispute over the airline’s pay offer and working conditions.

In Westminster politics on Tuesday, Labour’s shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, will take a more positive tone as he departs. His party’s policy priorities. He will probably weigh in on the UK’s relationship with the EU.

Coincidentally, Monday is former Prime Minister David Cameron’s 10th birthday Talk about Europe In it he promised to review the UK’s relationship with the EU and to offer a referendum on membership. Maybe Lammy will mention this.

Also in the UK, but without dealing with the British government, Nigeria is due to hold a high-stakes legal hearing at London’s High Court on Monday. Case a A long-term effort The Nigerian government must overturn an $11bn arbitration award it owes an obscure oil and gas company more than a quarter of its foreign reserves.

The main electoral news of the next seven days will be voting in the Czech presidential election, which ends on Saturday. Former NATO commander Peter Powell Pioneer. Also, Donald Trump is back. The former US president is expected to make his first public appearance on the 2024 campaign trail on Saturday, when he will name his South Carolina leadership team.

Economic data

The fourth week of the month should be changed as the survey week. Over the next seven days, we’ll compare G7 countries with purchasing managers’ index updates and the Confederation of British Industry survey of industrial trends on Tuesday, followed by Germany’s Ifo Business Climate report on Wednesday and other consumer confidence measures.

The U.S. will release its first estimate of gross domestic product growth in the fourth quarter of last year on Thursday. Spain will follow suit on Friday. Inflation announcements from the UK, Australia, Spain, Sweden and Singapore are due on Wednesday. Japan will also report its Consumer Price Index cost of living levels.

In central banker news, Fabio Panetta, a member of the European Central Bank’s board, will appear before the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on Monday. Across the Atlantic, the Fed is entering its purdah period ahead of the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting starting on January 31, and the Bank of Canada’s Monetary Policy Committee is expected to raise its rate by another 25 basis points to 4.50 per cent. This further increases the possibility of signaling a pause.

Companies

Technology revenue is a major theme this week; Investors are concerned about the prospects for the sector after a series of significant job cut announcements by large companies. The approach taken MicrosoftTuesday’s second-quarter figures reported, Could be a model According to our West Coast editor Richard Waters, other big tech players should follow. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella managed to give a hint of cautious optimism 10,000 layoffs announced to reduce its price last week.

It’s another week (like every week) for Elon Musk watchers Tesla The fourth quarter figures are due on Wednesday. The company has Price reduction Its electric vehicles will boost demand in the US and Europe. We assume Musk will follow the FT’s coverage of the latest numbers. Billionaire’s lawyer In court last week.

The war in Ukraine has boosted the fortunes of the world’s biggest defense contractors as governments have pledged to increase spending on weapons and other military equipment. Investors will be looking for feedback Lockheed Martin (Tuesday report) and Northrop Grumman (on Thursday) to see if these promises will generate future revenue.

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As was so often the case throughout his unparalleled career, James Cameron Made movie history again this weekend.

His long-awaited “Avatar: The Way of Water” has now grossed $2 billion worldwide Deadline.

After the film’s box office collection this weekend, the film has held the No. 1 spot for the sixth consecutive weekend since its December release.

CNN reached out to Disney Studios, which produces “Avatar: The Way of Water,” for comment on the film’s recent financial achievements.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” is the sequel to Cameron’s 2009 extraterrestrial epic “Avatar,” which topped the list of best-selling films of all time. Box Office Mojo.

Cameron’s other film is also in the $2 billion club — 1997’s “Titanic.” Only three films are part of that club: 2015’s “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” and a year later, “Avengers: Endgame.”

Cameron is therefore the only director who can boast that three of his films are one of only six films to gross over $2 billion, as well as being among the top six highest-grossing films of all time.

The director plans to release At least three others “Avatar” sequels go ahead.

Hundreds of police raided the University of Lima on Saturday, breaking down the gates with an armored vehicle, firing tear gas and arresting more than 200 people who had come to the Peruvian capital to take part in anti-government protests.

Pictures show dozens of people lying face down on the ground at the University of San Marcos after a police crackdown. The students said they were pushed, kicked and beaten with sticks after being evicted from their dormitories.

Police raid oldest San Marcos university America – The latest in a series of insults calling for President Tina Polwart to step down after six weeks of unrest that have claimed 60 lives, injured at least 580 and arrested more than 500.

With protests and roadblocks paralyzing much of the country, Peruvian authorities on Saturday ordered the closure “until further notice” of the Inca Trail leading to the Inca citadel and World Heritage site of Machu Picchu – Peru’s biggest tourist attraction. Over a million visitors per year.

Peru’s tourism ministry said on Saturday that rescue teams had evacuated more than 400 stranded tourists from the iconic site.

“This afternoon 418 domestic and foreign visitors were transferred from Machu Picchu to … Cusco,” the ministry’s Twitter account posted, along with photos of a train and passengers.

The Demonstrations It began in early December in favor of ousted former president Pedro Castillo, but has largely shifted to demanding Polwart’s resignation, the shutdown of Congress and new elections.

The 60-year-old Bolavarte was Castillo’s vice president and was replaced after a tryout. Shutter Congress and ruled by decree on 7 December.

Many of those arrested in Saturday’s raid had traveled to the capital from southern Peru to take part in a demonstration last Thursday. “Taking Lima“It started peacefully but descended into clashes between protesters and riot police amid stone-pelting and teargas volleys.

In a statement TwitterUN Human Rights The High Commissioner’s Office called on Peruvian authorities to “ensure legality and proportionality”. [police] Guarantees of intervention and due process.”

It emphasized the importance of the presence of absentee prosecutors in the first hours of the trial.

Students living in residence halls said they were violently forced out by armed police, who broke down doors, used trolleys and kicked them out.

Esteban Godofredo, a 20-year-old political science student, was treated for leg injuries.

“He [a police officer] He hit me with his stick and he threw me to the ground and started kicking me,” said Godofreto, who sat on the grass outside the house with his badly bruised, bandaged right calf.

Videos seen by the Guardian showed confused and frightened students huddled outside their halls, some still in their pyjamas, as riot police shouted orders and insults. The youths were forced to stand against the wall or kneel in rows.

“They pointed their guns at us and yelled, ‘Get out.’ We didn’t have time to get our IDs,” said Jenny Fuentes, a 20-year-old student teacher.

“They forced us to kneel. Many girls were crying but they told us to shut up. They didn’t tell us why we were kicked out of our rooms.

A group of about 90 students, who stayed on campus for work and study during the summer vacation, were then marched to the main courtyard, a 10-minute walk away, where others were detained.

Hours after the raid, they were not allowed to return to their rooms, which were searched by the police.

“I was a student at San Marcos [University] We haven’t experienced this kind of outrage since the 1980s,” said a congresswoman, Suzelle Paredes, as she was blocked from entering the compound by a police cordon.

“The police have entered the university residence, the rooms of female students who have no connection with the protesters. They threatened them while they were sleeping and took them out of their rooms.

Paredes said it was a flashback to regular police and armed forces raids at the public university in the 1980s and ’90s, when the campus was seen as a subjugation ground during the state’s conflict with Mao-inspired Shining Path rebels.

“We are not at that time, we are under a democratic government that respects fundamental rights,” Paredes said.

Agence France-Presse contributed to this report

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – A new search of President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware by the U.S. Justice Department on Friday turned up six more items, including classified documents, the president’s lawyer said in a statement late on Saturday.

Some of the classified documents and “surrounding materials” date from Biden’s tenure in the U.S. Senate, where he represented Delaware from 1973 to 2009, according to his attorney, Bob Bauer. Other documents are from the Obama administration, when he was vice president from 2009 to 2017, Bauer said.

The Justice Department, which conducted a search that lasted more than 12 hours, also took some handwritten notes Biden personally wrote as vice president, according to the attorney.

“The vice president granted access to his home to allow the DOJ to search the entire campus for possible records and potentially classified material,” Bauer said.

Neither Biden nor his wife were present during the search, the prosecutor said. Biden is spending the weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Justice Department investigators coordinated the search with Biden’s lawyers, Bauer said, adding that the president’s personal and White House lawyers were present at the time.

Other classified government records were discovered this month at Biden’s Wilmington home, which in November he maintained at a Washington, D.C., think tank after ending his term as vice president in the Obama administration in 2017.

On Saturday, Bauer did not clarify in his statement where the documents were found at the Wilmington home. Previously classified documents were found in the home’s garage and nearby storage space.

The search shows that federal investigators are making rapid progress in their investigation into classified documents in Biden’s possession. This month, US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the matter.

Robert Hurr, the special counsel appointed during the process, is investigating how the president and his team handled classified Obama-era documents recently discovered in Biden’s personal possession.

According to the White House, Biden’s lawyers found all of the documents discovered by the DOJ prior to Friday’s search. The latest search marks the first time federal law enforcement officials have sought government documents at Biden’s private addresses, according to publicly released information.

Republicans have compared the investigation to former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents after he became president. The White House has indicated that Biden’s team officials have cooperated with their investigation and turned over the documents. Trump resisted doing so until the FBI searched his Florida resort in August.

The search raises legal and political stakes for the president, who has insisted that earlier discoveries of classified material at his home and former office would ultimately be deemed inappropriate.

Biden said Thursday that he had “no regrets” about not publicly disclosing the discovery of classified documents in his former office before the midterm elections, and that he hoped the matter would be resolved.

“Not there, not there,” Biden told reporters during a trip to California on Thursday.

Since the discovery of Biden’s documents, Trump has complained that Justice Department investigators are treating his successor differently.

“When is the FBI going to raid Joe Biden’s multiple homes, maybe even the White House?” Trump said in a social media post earlier this month.

Reporting by Nandita Bose, Matt Spedalnick, Steve Holland and Joel Schechtman Editing by Nick Zieminski and David Gregorio

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PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants kick off at Lincoln Financial Field as the crowd prepares for the fifth all-time meeting between the Eagles and Giants. New York enters this tournament as the underdog, but has defied the odds all season en route to the divisional round.

Daniel Jones is coming off a career-best performance, completing 24 of 35 passes for 301 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions (115.7 rating) as New York scores 31 points in its wild-card win. Vikings. Jones set the franchise playoff record by a quarterback (78) and became the third quarterback in NFL history to throw for 300-plus yards and rush for 75-plus yards in a playoff game. Jones became the first player in league history with 300-plus passing yards, 70-plus rushing yards and two-plus passing touchdowns in a playoff game.

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is out for two weeks with a sprained shoulder, but there has been no injury report all week. With the healthy Eagles having one starter out (slot cornerback Avonte Maddox), he’s expected to be good to go. The Eagles won both contests, 48-22 in Week 14 and 22-16 in Week 18, although New York rested its starters in Week 18 because it was already ranked No. 6 in the NFC. In the 48-22 victory, the Eagles rushed for 253 yards and scored the most points ever against the Giants on the road.

Philadelphia has dominated this rivalry since the New York Eagles ended their season in the divisional round of the playoffs. Can the Giants turn their fortunes around in front of a hostile crowd against their NFC East rivals?

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Marshall handed over the presiding inquiry to Mrs. Curley, whose task was to “Oys, Oys, Oys!” That’s crying. As the judges entered the courtroom. He is a respected ex-army Lawyer, but his department lacked the investigative muscle of other government agencies, lacked subpoena power and had a staff only partially dedicated to security. Others on his team handled court administrative tasks such as staffing events and handling mail.

But Chief Justice Roberts was a staunch defender of the independence of the court, not averse to outside interference. “of the Judiciary Power to manage its internal affairs,” he wrote months earlier, “insulates the courts from undue political influence and is critical to protecting public confidence in its mission as a separate and co-equal branch of government.”

As soon as the clerks’ interview began, a confusion emerged. No one wants to appear uncooperative as if they have something to hide. The court’s written code of conduct states that judges “expect and demand absolute loyalty to their own law clerks and to the clerks of all other judges.” The rift between a clerk and his justice can have immediate and lasting effects, according to interviews with those who held one-year positions and advisers from last year’s class. The job depends on proximity to the justices, the ability to sway the voices and opinions of employers.

Benefits accrued in one year in court can compound over decades. For those who go to law firms, signing bonuses can be as high as $450,000, according to several attorneys at the firms that recruit and hire them. Judges have powerful alumni networks that include reunions. A justice’s approval of a federal judgeship or law professorship is decisive. Many clerks join appellate practices, where, after a mandatory short break from court practice, they spend the rest of their careers studying and influencing the minds of judges.

But Marshall’s search was broader. Interview questions and affidavits that clerks were asked to sign were redacted, and it was a crime to lie to federal investigators. Investigators collected the clerks’ court-issued electronic devices and demanded their personal devices. The group feared that a person would be subject to so-called “leakage” — leaked details, such as misrepresentations about judges or cases, that had nothing to do with the leak but could prove damaging.

Demands to hand over personal cell phones have prompted some to seek legal counsel. It is unclear to what extent the clerks agreed to share physical devices. But employees “voluntarily provided call and text records and billing statements,” the report said, suggesting at least some may have been compromised: Investigators could see records and numbers, but not access other private material.

The inquiry expands, and narrows

WELLINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Chris Hipkins, who played a significant role in New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after emerging as the sole candidate to lead the ruling Labor Party on Saturday. .

Hipkins, 44, is expected to be confirmed as leader of Labour’s 64 lawmakers, or caucus, on Sunday, after Ardern made the surprise announcement on Thursday. He will go down.

“I think we’re an incredibly strong team,” Hipkins said at a news conference after the party announced him as the sole candidate.

“We have come through this process in solidarity and we will continue to do so. I feel very fortunate to work with an amazing group of people who are truly committed to serving the people of New Zealand.”

Nicknamed “Oyster”, Hipkins has built a reputation for her ability to tackle Covid-19 and has been a fixer for Ardern when other cabinet ministers have struggled.

He will not be impressed with his policy plans. Ardern’s proposed cabinet reshuffle will go ahead, but he has said he plans to keep Grant Robertson as finance minister.

Hipkins said he spoke with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who tweeted that the two had “a heated discussion”.

Fierce fight

First elected to parliament for Labor in 2008, Hipkins has become a household name championing the government’s response to the pandemic. He was appointed Minister of Health in July 2020, becoming the Minister of COVID Response at the end of the year.

He is now the Minister of Police, Education and Public Service and Speaker of the House.

A Horizon Research snap poll obtained Friday by local media outlet Stuff shows Hipkins is the most popular potential candidate among voters, with support from 26% of those surveyed.

While Ardern was popular early in her five-year term, her ratings have suffered a setback due to tougher Covid restrictions, rising living costs and concerns about mortgage rates and crime.

Rural voters who switched to Labor in 2020 after Ardern’s initial victory over Covid, angered by the government’s increasing environmental and other regulations, are angry with the party.

New Zealander Eva Murphy in Auckland says Hipkins has a big challenge ahead of her.

“She will never fill the shoes that Jacinda has and it will be interesting to see what Labor comes up with in terms of the election campaign next year and we look forward to seeing what happens,” he said.

Hipkins’ confirmation is expected to be a formality by Labor lawmakers on Sunday afternoon. Ardern will send her resignation letter to New Zealand’s Governor-General before Hipkins is appointed.

If confirmed, Hipkins will remain prime minister until the end of the party’s term.

A general election is due on October 14, with some polls showing Labor trailing the opposition New Zealand National Party.

A Taxpayers Association-Curia poll released on Friday showed Labour’s approval rating fell to 31.7%, compared to Nationals’ 37.2%, based on data from before Ardern’s resignation announcement.

The New Zealand Green Party, Labour’s traditional coalition partner, said in a statement it looked forward to working with Hipkins.

“Chris will be an excellent Prime Minister and we look forward to working together for the rest of this term and the next,” Green Party co-leader James Shaw said.

Reporting by Lucy Cramer; Additional reporting by Jill Gralow in Oakland; Editing by Deepa Babington, Rosalba O’Brien and William Mallard

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