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US evacuating diplomats in Sudan amid fierce fighting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:12 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. troops are carrying out a precarious evacuation of American embassy staffers in the African nation of Sudan, shuttering the U.S. embassy there as fighting rages for a ninth day, according to a senior Biden administration official.U.S. troops that airlifted embassy staff out of Khartoum have safely left Sudanese airspace, a second U.S. official confirmed.Biden ordered American troops to evacuate embassy personnel after receiving a recommendation earlier Saturday from his national security team with no end in sight to the fighting, according to the official who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the mission. The evacuation order was believed to apply to about 70 Americans. U.S. forces were flying them from a landing zone at the embassy to an unspecified location.The State Department has suspended operations at the embassy due to the dire security situation. It was not clear when the embassy might resume functioning.According to th...

AP source: American troops are evacuating US embassy staff from Sudan as fighting persists in the capital Khartoum

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:12 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: American troops are evacuating US embassy staff from Sudan as fighting persists in the capital Khartoum.Source

García hits 3 HRs for Rangers in 1st 5 innings vs Oakland

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:12 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García hit three home runs for the Texas Rangers in the first five innings Saturday night against the Oakland Athletics.The 30-year-old Cuban slugger launched two-run shots in the first, third and fifth — all at least 400 feet — as the Rangers built a 13-2 lead. He added a two-run double in the seventh to make it 15-2, giving him a career-high eight RBIs.García’s 432-foot drive into the second deck in left field came in the first inning of Japanese right-hander Shintaro Fujinami’s fourth career start for Oakland.García cleared the center-field wall on a 419-foot drive off reliever Adrián Martinez in the third. Texas’ cleanup hitter went deep off Martinez again in the fifth, 401 feet into the Oakland bullpen in left-center.It’s the first three-homer game for García and the first for the Rangers since Ronald Guzmán connected three times at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 10, 2018.García had the second three-homer game in the majors this se...

El expresidente de Perú Alejandro Toledo llegará este domingo extraditado al país, le dice una fuente a CNN

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:12 GMT

(CNN Español) — El expresidente de Perú Alejandro Toledo llegará este domingo al país extraditado desde Estados Unidos, le dijo este sábado a CNN una fuente con conocimiento del proceso.Toledo llegará al país por la mañana, según la fuente. No se dieron más detalles.El expresidente se entregó a la justicia estadounidense este viernes en San José, California, luego de que un juez federal de EE.UU. se lo ordenara esta semana para cumplir con el proceso de extradición a su país, donde enfrenta acusaciones de corrupción, las cuales ha negado.Alejandro Toledo se entregará a las autoridades de Estados Unidos 2:47The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Queman moradas precarias en campamento de migrantes en Matamoros

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:12 GMT

MATAMOROS, México — Unas 25 moradas precarias fueron incendiadas intencionalmente esta semana en un campamento de migrantes, cerca de la frontera con Texas, según testigos, en una muestra del extremo peligro que supone quedarse varado en México, al que el gobierno del presidente Joe Biden recurre cada vez más para que acoja a personas que huyen de la pobreza y la violencia.Los incendios tuvieron lugar el miércoles y jueves en un amplio campamento de unas 2,000 personas, la mayoría provenientes de Venezuela, Haití y México, en Matamoros, una ciudad cercana a Brownsville, Texas. Una activista promigrantes dijo que las moradas precarias fueron rociadas con gasolina.Las personas huyeron cuando se incendiaron sus tiendas, dijo Gladys Cañas, que dirige el grupo Ayudándoles A Triunfar. Los afectados afirman que les dijeron que se marcharan del lugar, agregó. Responsabilizan a otro funcionario de migración por el incendio en Ciudad Juárez Migrantes e...

Sentencian a una mujer de Nueva York a 21 años en prisión por intentar asesinar a una amiga con una tarta de queso con drogas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:12 GMT

(CNN) — Una mujer de Nueva York que utilizó una tarta de queso con drogas en un intento por matar a una amiga y robar su identidad fue sentenciada a más de dos décadas de prisión el miércoles, anunciaron las autoridades.Viktoria Nasyrova, de 47 años, fue condenada en febrero por intento de homicidio sin premeditación, intento de agresión premeditado, intento de agresión sin premeditación, detención ilegal premeditada y hurto menor, según un comunicado de prensa del fiscal de distrito del condado de Queens.La trama tuvo lugar el 28 de agosto de 2016, según el comunicado. Nasyrova visitó la casa de Olga Tsvyk, una mujer que se parecía a ella con “cabello oscuro, la misma tez y otros rasgos físicos similares”, dice el comunicado, citando evidencia utilizada en el caso. Ambas hablan ruso.La recuperación del adolescente negro que recibió un disparo de un hombre blanco tras llegar a la casa equivocada es un milagro, dice su abogadoNasyrova trajo una rebanada de tarta de queso con un...

Investigators continue to look for suspects wanted for throwing rock that killed Alexa Bartell

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:12 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- Multiple agencies are still looking for whoever was involved in a string of crimes that resulted in the death of a 20-year-old after she was struck and killed by a large rock while driving on Wednesday night.“The case itself is just a who done it. We know what happened here," George Brauchler, FOX31/Channel 2 legal analyst, said Friday. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said 20-year-old Alexa Bartell, of Arvada, was driving when one of the suspects threw a large rock either from a vehicle or the side of the road at her car. Own a Tesla in Jeffco? How you could help the deadly rock investigation “If I had to make a best guess I would say it's two dudes because this is a special kind of stupid and violent that took place out there on that road," Brauchler said. Investigators said the rock hit Bartell and she was killed. “It's tough because of the area it occurred, there is very little camera coverage. I don’t see any indication there were dash c...

Miami’s Oladipo injures left knee late in Heat playoff game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:12 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Victor Oladipo already left a game on a stretcher once. He refused to do it again on Saturday, even after what seemed like a serious injury.The Miami guard was helped off the court late in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 121-99 playoff win over Milwaukee, after the oft-injured guard appeared to hurt his left knee.A stretcher was wheeled onto the floor to help Oladipo off the court. He wound up walking off himself, with assistance from team personnel. The Heat did not release any preliminary diagnosis, and planned further examination for Sunday.“Once the stretcher was out there, he was like, ‘I’m not getting on that thing,’” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “So, we’ll just have to see. I feel like throwing up right now, but I don’t know what the prognosis is. I’m going to stay positive and we’ll just see what happens after we scan him tomorrow.”Oladipo was driving down the lane when he appeared to slip as he went airborne. He landed ne...

The North Seas can be the world’s biggest power plant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:12 GMT

Alexander De Croo is the prime minister of Belgium. Mark Rutte is the prime minister of the Netherlands. Xavier Bettel is the prime minister of Luxembourg. Emmanuel Macron is the president of France. Olaf Scholz is the chancellor of Germany. Leo Varadkar is the prime minister of Ireland. Jonas Gahr Støre is the prime minister of Norway. Rishi Sunak is the prime minister of the United Kingdom.We need offshore wind turbines— and we need a lot of them.We need them to reach our climate goals, and to rid ourselves of Russian gas, ensuring a more secure and independent Europe.Held for the first time last year, Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands came together for the inaugural North Sea Summit in the Danish harbor town of Esbjerg, setting historic goals for offshore wind with the Esbjerg Declaration. It paved the way for making the North Seas a green power plant for Europe, as well as a major contributor to climate neutrality and strengthening energy security.This Monday, nine c...

Winderman’s view: Are Herro-less Heat better than Giannis-less Bucks? Looked that way Saturday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:12 GMT

Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 121-99 NBA playoff victory over the Milwaukee Bucks:– This is not the series as advertised.– Not with Giannis Antetokounmpo missing the first 2 1/2 games with a lower-back contusion.– And possibly missing more.– So, no, not your typical No. 1 vs. No. 8.– But with this where it stands, and with no guarantees of when or if there is an Antetokounmpo return it begs the question:– Is the Bucks’ roster without Giannis better than the Heat’s current roster without Tyler Herro?– Giannis might be back at any time.– Herro won’t, out until June, if there is a June for the Heat, with his broken hand.– With Jimmy Butler, as long as Giannis is out, the Heat have the best player in the series.– (Provided his hard fall in Saturday’s third period doesn’t change that equation.)– But to do ultimate damage, the Heat can’t leave it as ...