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Violence in Jerusalem at mosque raises fear of more fighting

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:51:26 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police stormed into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City early Wednesday, firing stun grenades at Palestinian youths who hurled firecrackers at them in a burst of violence during a sensitive holiday season. Palestinian militants in Gaza responded with rocket fire on southern Israel, prompting repeated Israeli airstrikes.The fighting, coming as Muslims mark the holiday month of Ramadan and Jews prepare to begin the Passover festival on Wednesday evening, raised fears of a wider conflagration. Similar clashes two years ago erupted into a bloody 11-day war between Israel and the ruling Hamas militant group in Gaza. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said that dozens of worshippers who were spending the night praying were injured in the police raid. The Israeli military said one soldier was shot in a separate incident in the occupied West Bank.The mosque sits on a sensitive hilltop compound holy to both Jews and Muslims. Al-Aqsa is the third-holiest...

Zelenskyy visits Poland to thank ally and meet Ukrainians

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:51:26 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife arrived in Poland Wednesday for a state visit that is meant as a gesture of thanks to the neighboring nation for its crucial support in Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion.The visit is a rare foray for Zelenskyy out of Ukraine since Russia unleased the war in February 2022. While it follows visits to the United States, Britain, France and Belgium, it stands out from the others because it was announced in advance without the secrecy of past visits.It is also unusual that the president is joined by the first lady, Olena Zelenska. Marcin Przydacz, the head of Polish President Andrzej Duda’s foreign policy office, described it as Zelenskyy’s first visit of this kind since the war began.He said that Zelenskyy had already crossed the Polish border ahead of a morning meeting with Duda. Zelenskyy will also meet with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in the afternoon, and he is due to meet so...

Australian opposition against Indigenous Voice in Parliament

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:51:26 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s main opposition party on Wednesday decided to oppose the government’s model for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people in a development that appears to doom the prospects of a successful referendum this year.A referendum has not succeeded in changing Australia’s Constitution since 1977, and bipartisan support of the major political parties is widely regarded as a prerequisite for success.But lawmakers in the conservative Liberal Party, the second largest after the ruling center-left Labor Party, said they’ll oppose the government’s proposal to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The Voice would be an elected group charged with advocating Indigenous interests to Parliament, but would not have a vote on laws.Opposition leader Peter Dutton said his lawmakers would prefer Indigenous people were represented by regional and local “Voices” rather than one in the national capital Canberra.Senior Liberal lawmakers would cam...

Ukraine destroys 14 out of 17 drones Russia launched overnight

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:51:26 GMT

Ukrainian defence forces destroyed 14 out of 17 Iranian-made Shahed drones Russia launched overnight, Ukraine's military said on Tuesday (4 April), with 13 drones destroyed over the Odesa region in the country's southwest."In total, up to 17 launches of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) attacks were recorded, presumably from the eastern coast area of the Sea of Azov," the command said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.Ukraine's South military command said one drone hit an enterprise in the Odesa region, causing a fire, which was eliminated by the morning."According to preliminary information, there were no human losses," the command said in a statement.

Detached house in San Jose sells for $1.9 million

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:51:26 GMT

2787 Lantz Avenue – Google Street ViewA 1,798-square-foot house built in 1960 has changed hands. The new owners acquired the property in the 2700 block of Lantz Avenue on March 14, 2023. The property located in the 2700 block of Lantz Avenue in San Jose was sold on March 14, 2023. The $1,879,500 purchase price works out to $1,045 per square foot. The house, built in 1960, has an interior space of 1,798 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, three baths, a garage, and one parking space. There’s also a pool in the backyard. The unit sits on a 7,150-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently changed hands nearby:On Benjamin Avenue, San Jose, in September 2022, a 1,649-square-foot home was sold for $1,708,000, a price per square foot of $1,036. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,697-square-foot home on the 2000 block of Veronica Place in San Jose sold in October 2022, for $1,800,000, a price per square foot of $1,061. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In ...

ITF resumes tennis in China with no word on Peng Shuai

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:51:26 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — The International Tennis Federation will play tournaments this year in China with no word of a resolution to the case of Chinese doubles player Peng Shuai. Peng disappeared from pubic view shortly after accusing a former high-ranking Communist Party official — in a web posting in November of 2021 — of sexual assault.The ITF, which conducts tournaments below the elite level in its World Tennis Tour, lists its first tournament in China on June 5-11 at Luzhou. The ITF’s last full season in China was 2019, prior to COVID-19.“The ITF anticipates a resumption of tournament activity within China for each of the ITF Tours later this year,” the ITF said in a statement.The WTA, which runs the sport’s top-tier women’s events, hasn’t announced if it will resume staging tournaments in China.In late 2021, WTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon announced that the WTA would be suspending all of its tournaments — including the season-ending WTA Finals — that were held ...

¿Qué ganó? Stormy Daniels debe pagar $122,000 en gastos legales de Trump

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:51:26 GMT

LOS ÁNGELES — Stormy Daniels debe pagar aproximadamente $122,000 de los honorarios de los abogados de Donald Trump que se acumularon con relación a la fallida demanda por difamación que presentó la actriz porno, dictaminó el martes un tribunal de apelaciones.La decisión en California se produjo casi al mismo tiempo en que Trump se convertía en el único expresidente en ser encausado. Trump se declaró inocente en un tribunal de la ciudad de Nueva York de un acta acusatoria con 34 cargos de delito grave por falsificación de registros contables en un plan para silenciar las acusaciones de relaciones extramatrimoniales con Daniels y la modelo de Playboy Karen McDougal que estallaron durante su primera candidatura a la Casa Blanca.Daniels, cuyo nombre real es Stephanie Clifford, asegura que tuvo un amorío con Trump en 2006 y que se le pagaron $130,000 como parte de un acuerdo de confidencialidad días antes de las elecciones presidenciales de 2016.Daniels demandó a Trump por difamación lue...

El magnate de medios Rupert Murdoch cancela su compromiso con Ann Lesley Smith

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:51:26 GMT

(CNN) — La boda mediática del verano ya no será.El multimillonario magnate de los medios de comunicación Rupert Murdoch y Ann Lesley Smith cancelaron su compromiso apenas unas semanas después de anunciar que se casarían, según informó a CNN una persona familiarizada con el asunto.La revista Vanity Fair, que fue el primer medio en informar de la noticia este martes, señaló que “la ruptura pone fin a un romance relámpago que generó titulares en todo el mundo”.Rupert Murdoch le propuso matrimonio a Ann Lesley Smith en Nueva York, el Día de San Patricio.La relación de Murdoch y Smith se hizo pública a principios de este año cuando fueron fotografiados de vacaciones en la isla caribeña de Barbados.El 20 de marzo, Cindy Adams, que escribe una columna de cotilleos para el tabloide New York Post de Murdoch, informó de que ambos se habían comprometido.“Temía enamorarme, pero sabía que éste sería el último”, dijo Murdoch a Adams. “Más vale que lo sea. Soy f...

Cardinals look to avoid series sweep against the Braves

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:51:26 GMT

Atlanta Braves (4-1) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (2-3)St. Louis; Wednesday, 1:15 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Bryce Elder (0-0); Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (0-0)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Cardinals -123, Braves +105; over/under is 9 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals square off in the last game of a three-game series. The Braves will sweep the series with a win.St. Louis went 93-69 overall and 53-28 at home a season ago. The Cardinals scored 4.8 runs per game while giving up 3.9 last season.Atlanta had a 101-61 record overall and a 46-35 record in road games last season. The Braves scored 4.9 runs per game in the 2022 season while allowing 3.8.INJURIES: Cardinals: Lars Nootbaar: 10-Day IL (thumb), Paul DeJong: 10-Day IL (back), Wilking Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Adam Wainwright: 15-Day IL (groin)Braves: Max Fried: 15-Day IL (left hamstring), Huascar Ynoa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kolby Allard: 60-Day IL (oblique), Tyler Matzek: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle...

Reds and Cubs play with series tied 1-1

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:51:26 GMT

Chicago Cubs (2-3) vs. Cincinnati Reds (3-2)Cincinnati; Wednesday, 12:35 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Marcus Stroman (0-0); Reds: Hunter Greene (0-0)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Cubs -110, Reds -109; over/under is 8 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs play on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.Cincinnati went 62-100 overall and 33-48 at home a season ago. The Reds pitching staff had a collective 4.86 ERA while averaging 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings in the 2022 season.Chicago had a 74-88 record overall and a 37-44 record in road games last season. The Cubs scored 4.1 runs per game while allowing 4.5 in the 2022 season.INJURIES: Reds: Jose Garcia: day-to-day (hamstring), Joey Votto: 10-Day IL (bicep/shoulder), Nick Senzel: 10-Day IL (toe), Tony Santillan: 15-Day IL (back), Justin Dunn: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tejay Antone: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Sims: 15-Day IL (back), Luke Weaver: 15-Day IL (forearm), Vladimir Gutierrez: 60-Day IL (elbo...