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• The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's production quality camera, zoom capabilities, and Galaxy AI features, will be utilized during the TIAA Big Ten Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments by the Big Ten Network
  PLANO, Texas, March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung is partnering with the Big Ten Conference and Big Ten Network (BTN) to announce Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra as the official smartphone camera of the Big Ten Conference.
• With its industry-leading camera, Galaxy S24 Ultra will take video and still images for the Big Ten Network, capturing action to be incorporated into the game broadcasts .
• "Having the S24 Ultra named the official smartphone camera of the Big Ten Conference gives us a chance to take the fan experience to the next level by showing what's possible with this incredible technology.
• Global sport and entertainment agency CSM assisted Samsung in developing and negotiating the partnership with the Big Ten Conference and Network.

• Mario Harik, chief executive officer of XPO, said, “Our third quarter results exceeded expectations, with solid growth in revenue and profitability, and strong forward momentum.
• Operating income was $161 million for the third quarter 2023, compared with $162 million for the same period in 2022.
• Operating income was $8 million for the third quarter 2023, compared with $10 million for the same period in 2022.
• Adjusted EBITDA was $44 million for the third quarter 2023, compared with $43 million for the same period in 2022.

• Georgia’s then-president, Mikhail Saakachvili, attempted to regain control of these territories, which represent 20% of Georgia’s surface area, but to no avail.
• At the instigation of Nicolas Sarkozy, then president of France, the European Union took on the role of mediator.
• Russia is still exerting pressure to penetrate further into the territory today through what is known as the technique of “frontierisation”.
• Russia’s objectives in the South Caucasus are similar to those that led to its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

A crossroads of influence

• Turkish support serves Erdogan’s ambitions in Central Asia: to rebuild historical, cultural, linguistic, economic and political links with Turkic-speaking countries.
• Azerbaijan, even as it balances the interests of Turkey and Russia, has also been a partner of the European Union since 2022.
• The fastest route is the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) rail link, which then leads to the Turkish ports or the undersea Marmaray train tunnel.

A fragile partnership

• EU countries are already among Georgia’s main trading partners, accounting for 17.7% of Georgian exports in 2021, followed by China (16.6%), Russia (13.3%), Azerbaijan (12.7%) and Turkey (8.7%).
• The European Commission’s opinion on Georgia’s application for membership defined twelve priorities that the country must meet in order to obtain candidate status.
• These include strengthening the independence of the anti-corruption authority, promoting gender equality and working toward the "de-oligarchisation” of the country.
• The demonstrations in March 2023 against the Russian-inspired “foreign agents” law showed the division of the country and the fragility of the situation.

• MILAN, Italy, July 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One of the biggest Cohesion Policy-funded projects, the Braila Bridge in Romania, was inaugurated today.
• The EU’s contribution to this project amounts to €363 million from Cohesion Policy funds.
• Due to the length of its central span, Braila represents a 1:3 scale model of the bridge that will finally unite Sicily and Calabria.
• The two banks of the Danube in south-eastern Romania are now connected by the newly completed Braila Bridge, the longest bridge in the country with a total length of 1,975 metres and the second longest suspension bridge in continental Europe, with a central span of 1,120 metres.