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6 months after a devastating earthquake, Turkey’s preparedness is still uncertain

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:10:01 GMT

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Dust and rubble fill the street as an excavator tears off chunks of concrete from an old apartment building. Bystanders and former residents watch from afar as construction equipment tears down the structure. Among the bystanders is Ibrahim Ozaydin, 30, a former resident. He watches the demolition not with worry, but with relief, as his building was marked by officials as unsafe months ago. Ozaydin and his family were shocked to learn that the municipality deemed his building uninhabitable. “We decided to build our own house,” he told The Associated Press as he watched his former home being torn down. “Instead of living in a poorly built house, let us take our own precautions.”The sight of construction vehicles demolishing buildings became engrained in Turkish minds six months ago today, after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Kahramanmaras and 10 other provinces in southern Turkey on the morning of Feb. 6.Over 50,000 people died, and hundreds of tho...

Jake Paul wins unanimous decision against Nate Diaz

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:10:01 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Jake Paul won a unanimous decision against Nate Diaz in a cruiserweight fight Saturday night.Paul, the 26-year-old social media YouTube personality who has turned himself into a prizefighter, clearly held the advantage for much of the 10-round fight. Diaz, a mixed-martial arts fighter who left the UFC in 2022, appeared on the verge of a knockout at various moments.Paul (7-1) showed he was better conditioned throughout the fight as he bounced back from his first career loss — a split-decision against Tommy Fury in Saudi Arabia in February. The three judges scored this fight 97-92, 98-91, and 98-91.“He’s tough, that’s what he’s known for,” Paul said of Diaz. “Of course (I expected to win the decision). I knocked him down.”The 38-year-old Diaz, making his pro boxing debut, struck several blows near the end of the third round, briefly leaving Paul wobbly before the bell. Diaz continued his offensive in the fourth round, landing several jabs to the roars of the decidedly pr...

Jueza le prohíbe a Trump compartir en redes sociales pruebas en caso sobre intervención electoral

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:10:01 GMT

WASHINGTON DC – La jueza federal que encabeza el caso sobre la presunta intervención del expresidente Donald Trump en las elecciones de 2020 le prohibió al exmandatario publicar en sus redes sociales las pruebas que ha recabado la fiscalía en su contra. Trump fue imputado el jueves por presuntamente tratar de anular las elecciones de 2020 y haber instigado el asalto al Capitolio.La magistrada Tanya Chutkan dio el visto bueno a la petición hecha por el fiscal especial Jack Smith, quien solicitó una orden de confidencialidad después de que el republicano hiciera varias publicaciones en redes sociales sobre su proceso judicial.“El acusado y sus abogados no divulgarán la evidencia a ninguna persona o entidad que no forme parte de su defensa o que no sean posibles testigos”, escribió la jueza en un documento judicial consultado este sábado por EFE. Trump retoma su campaña electoral y bromea acerca de su reciente acusación Trump p...

From high office to high security prison for ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan after court sentencing

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:10:01 GMT

ATTOCK, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan awoke Sunday as an inmate in a high-security prison after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence for corruption, a development that could end his future in politics. The court ruled Saturday that national cricketing hero Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022 but remains the country’s leading opposition figure, had concealed assets after selling state gifts.The prison sentence could bar him from politics under a law that prohibits people with a criminal conviction from holding or running for public office. He could also lose the chairmanship of the party he founded, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI.Critics say efforts to put Khan behind bars are politically motivated and have intensified ahead of elections due to be held later this year.They argue that Khan’s popularity and a large support base, combined with his ability to mobilize massive crowds, pose a threat to the ruling coalition and...

Tropical storm hits Japan’s Okinawa islands again, unleashing torrential rain

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:10:01 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — A meandering storm was headed again toward southwestern Japan on Sunday, prompting fresh warnings about dangerously heavy rainfall after the same area was hit several days ago. Tropical Storm Khanun, which means jackfruit in Thai, was returning to the southernmost group of islands of Okinawa moving slowly northward, packing winds of up to 30 meters per second (67 miles per hour) and hovering over Okinawa through Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki warned residents to brace for torrential rains and mudslides.“This could mean that the dangers about to hit the area where you are living are unusual and on a scale you have never experienced,” he said of the storm. He asked people to prepare escape routes to safety in advance. “Do not let your guard down,” he said. Large parts of Okinawa, including the main city of Naha, was being slammed by extremely heavy rainfall, according to weather reports.The storm hit the same area last week,...

Shooting kills 2 men and a woman and wounds 2 others in Washington, DC, police chief says

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:10:01 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A shooting on a street in the nation’s capital left three people dead and two others hospitalized Saturday night, police said.Officers responded to the sounds of gunshots around 8 p.m. in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road Southeast and found five victims who had been shot. Two men and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene and two men were transported to area hospitals, Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department Acting Chief Pamela Smith said during a news conference at the scene.The conditions of the hospitalized victims were not immediately known.“This kind of gun violence is not acceptable in the District of Columbia. This is not a war zone. We want our residents to feel safe,” Smith said. Smith asked for help from the public in collecting information about what she called a disturbing fatal shooting.“We realize that there may be others who may have been injured tonight. We are asking you to come forward,” Smith said, adding that the community need...

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader’s birthday party

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:10:01 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra attended a birthday party for outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to video posted online Sunday, a day after Thaksin said he would delay plans to return to Thailand following years of self-imposed exile.Thaksin’s appearance in Cambodia came at a politically sensitive time in neighboring Thailand, as Pheu Thai, the latest in a string of parties affiliated with Thaksin, is seeking to win enough support in Parliament for one of its members to become the next prime minister almost three months after a general election in May.Thaksin said on Saturday on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that he would delay a planned return to Thailand next Thursday for “no longer than two weeks,” citing a doctor’s appointment.His daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who campaigned for prime minister with Pheu Thai in the latest election, had said nearly two weeks ago her father would return to T...

A 78 años del lanzamiento de la bomba atómica que mató a 140,000 personas en Hiroshima

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:10:01 GMT

TOKIO, Japón – Hiroshima urgió este domingo a la desnuclearización para evitar que se repitan los horrores del bombardeo atómico sobre esta ciudad japonesa cuando se cumplen los 78 años del devastador ataque, y meses después de que los líderes del G7 llevaran a cabo una histórica visita a esta ciudad.En su Declaración de Paz anual entregada durante la ceremonia en el Parque Conmemorativo de la Paz, el alcalde de la misma, Kazumi Matsui, elogió la visita histórica de los líderes del G7 al parque y al museo en mayo e instó a los políticos a abandonar la idea de las armas nucleares como elemento disuasor para la guerra.“Los líderes de todo el mundo deben enfrentar la realidad de que las amenazas nucleares que ahora expresan ciertos formuladores de políticas revelan la locura de la teoría de la disuasión nuclear”, dijo Matsui, y agregó que se “deben tomar medidas concretas de inmediato para llevarnos de un presente peligroso hacia un mundo ideal”.El primer ...

Australia and England were shaky early at Women’s World Cup, need balanced play in knockout round

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:10:01 GMT

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The verdict is still out on the legitimacy of both Australia and England at the Women’s World Cup, where each team has a chance Monday to move into the quarterfinals and make a claim as true tournament contenders. England swept through three games of Group D play and allowed just one goal, which came in an emphatic 6-1 victory over China. But the European Champions were a bit flat in earlier 1-0 wins against Haiti and Denmark.Either way, England joined Japan and Sweden as the only three teams to go a perfect 3-0 in group play. Next up for the Lionesses is a knockout game against Nigeria, which used a 3-2 upset over Australia to move into the round of 16. Nigeria has qualified for the World Cup in all nine of its editions but has reached the quarterfinals only once, in 1999. Nigeria is the only African team to ever advance to the quarterfinals, and will try to do it again against England. “They are the European champions and we just have to try our ...

El oso más pequeño del mundo finalmente se vuelve famoso. ¿Pero es eso algo bueno?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:10:01 GMT

(CNN) — El oso más pequeño del mundo finalmente está teniendo su momento bajo el sol, gracias a un video viral que desató una teoría de conspiración en las redes sociales chinas.El interés público en los osos malayos, uno de los animales más intrigantes y en peligro de extinción de Asia, se disparó después de que apareciera un video que mostraba a una osa llamada Angela en su recinto en el zoológico de Hangzhou, en el este de China, de pie sobre una roca y agitando su pata.El video provocó un debate mundial sobre la apariencia asombrosamente humana del oso, tanto que comenzaron a surgir teorías de conspiración de que Angela era realmente una humana vestida con un disfraz de oso.Desde entonces, los expertos han desacreditado esas teorías, atribuyendo los malentendidos en parte a la relativa oscuridad del oso malayo, cuyo número en la naturaleza se cree que se redujo a entre 1.000 y 2.500, según grupos conservacionistas.Varios conservacionistas de la vida silvestre le dijeron a ...