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La UNESCO anuncia que EEUU planea reincorporarse y pagar más de $600 millones en cuotas atrasadas

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:15:11 GMT

PARÍS — La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO), anunció este lunes que Estados Unidos planea reincorporarse a la agencia cultural y científica de la ONU, y pagar más de 600 millones de dólares en cuotas atrasadas, después de una disputa de una década provocada por la decisión de la organización de incluir a Palestina como integrante.Los funcionarios estadounidenses dicen que la decisión de regresar estuvo motivada por la preocupación de que China esté llenando el vacío dejado por Estados Unidos en la formulación de políticas de la UNESCO, en particular en el establecimiento de estándares para la Inteligencia Artificial y la educación tecnológica en todo el mundo.El subsecretario de Estado para Gestión y Recursos de Estados Unidos, Richard Verma, envió una carta la semana pasada a la directora general de la UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, en la que formalizaba el plan de su gobierno para reincorporarse. Biden firma orden ejecu...

When Denver could finally start to dry out from the rain

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:15:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It has been quite the rainy start to June, but the Pinpoint Weather team has some good news if you have been wishing for some sun.Storms, storms and more storms. That has been the weather forecast for the first two weeks of June. While more rain is on the way for Monday, the seven-day weather outlook shows some relief from the precipitation. Is Denver finally going to dry out?Monday and Tuesday will start off the week with cool temperatures in the mid-60s and afternoon showers. However, storm chances will be much smaller on Wednesday and Thursday with more sunshine peaking through. Road gives way to create sinkhole in Parker And finally, by the weekend temperatures will be more seasonal with highs in the low-80s. Pinpoint Meteorologist Travis Michels said there are still chances for rain, but they are a lot lower than we have seen in the past 12 days.Pinpoint Weather 7-day forecast on June 12 in Denver.At long last, Denver will start to dry out for this weekend. It...

How can you watch the Nuggets play in Game 5 of NBA Finals?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:15:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Game 5 of the NBA Finals is Monday night, and with the Denver Nuggets up 3-1 against the Miami Heat, there's a chance this game could cinch the series and give the Nuggets their first-ever NBA Championship.If you want to watch what may be a historic game, there are a few options to choose from depending on what kind of game-watching experience you want.Tip-off for the game is at 6:30 p.m.How can you watch Game 5 of the NBA Finals?There are essentially three ways to watch the game.The first, and most obvious, is to attend the game in person at Ball Arena. If you're in Denver and have a grand or two laying around -- or just haven't gotten around to buying tickets yet -- this is an option.The cheapest nosebleed tickets start at $1,034.06 including fees as of Monday. Want to see the Nuggets play in Game 5? Get ready to spend If you don't have that kind of money and can't buy tickets, the second option is to watch it in a public place.With this being the game that coul...

Trump traveling to South Florida as history-making court appearance approaches in classified docs case

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:15:11 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was traveling to Florida on Monday ahead of a history-making federal court appearance this week on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department’s efforts to get the records back.Trump’s Tuesday afternoon appearance in Miami will mark his second time since April facing a judge on criminal charges. But unlike a New York case some legal analysts derided as relatively trivial, the Justice Department’s first prosecution of a former president concerns conduct that prosecutors say jeopardized national security, with Espionage Act charges carrying the prospect of a significant prison sentence.Ahead of his court date, he and his allies have been escalating efforts to undermine the criminal case against him and drum up protests. He’s ratcheted up the rhetoric against the Justice Department special counsel who filed the case, calling Jack Smith&...

Community rallies around 5-year-old Florida girl battling leukemia

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:15:11 GMT

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Lilyana Aparicio has gone through more in her five years of life than many adults go through their whole lives.When she was just 4 years old, she was diagnosed with a special strain of leukemia that only affects about 2% of childhood patients.Her mother, Chrissie, says it all started with a fever that wouldn’t seem to go away.“We went to the hospital just anticipating them saying it’s a cold, here’s some medication or an antibiotic and then send us on our way,” she said.It was that trip to the hospital where Lilyana was diagnosed with leukemia.“It flipped our world upside down,” Chrissie said.For the last 10 months, Lilyana, now 5 years old, and her family have been making trips to Jacksonville for treatment.Some visits last for just a day – others last for a month at a time.“She caught a cold and was on the tail end of a treatment so her immune system was extremely low, so we put her in the hospital for a month &#...

Officer testifies in trial of former Marjory Stoneman Douglas school resource officer

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:15:11 GMT

The trial for a former school resource officer accused of failing to protect students during the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas entered its second week. During the shooting, Scot Peterson took cover outside the building where shots were being fired and remained in place for more than 40 minutes.Seventeen people were killed in the shooting. Peterson maintains he was unsure where the gunfire was coming from. On Monday, attorneys for the former deputy explained to jurors that their client wasn’t the only officer that was on the scene during the deadly day who did not know where the gunfire came from. An officer testified that it is impossible to truly prepare for such an event. “We are human beings, so we’re gonna have those feelings, said Coral Springs Police Officer Tim Burton. “Training helps out tremendously, but like I said, we are human and sometimes our human emotions take over.”The trial is expected to continue for several weeks. Prosecutors charge...

‘Eat, Pray, Love’ author pulls new book after backlash from Ukraine

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:15:11 GMT

Author Elizabeth Gilbert, best known for her bestselling debut novel “Eat, Pray, Love,” said Monday her upcoming book won’t be released as scheduled after a backlash from Ukrainians over the tome’s Russian setting.The new novel, titled “The Snow Forest” and set in the middle of Siberia in the 1900s, was supposed to be released in February 2024, coincidentally around the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.However, Gilbert announced she was pausing the project due to a “massive outpouring of reactions” from Ukrainian readers who worried the book would romanticize Russia at a time when the country is accused of committing war crimes.Over the weekend, more than 500 people dished out one-star reviews on the Goodreads platform, while others reacted with frustration to the initial book announcement on Twitter. “I read these messages and I respect them and as a result I am removing the book from its publication,” Gi...

Suspect accused of shooting Boston police officer ordered held without bail

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:15:11 GMT

A Boston police officer shot while confronting an armed robbery suspect in Roxbury was released from hospital care Monday morning, while the suspected gunman was arraigned on multiple charges.A not guilty plea was entered on behalf of 23-year-old John Lazare, who was also ordered held without bail during his arraignment on charges that included assault and battery and armed robbery.Lazare was not physically in the courtroom for his arraignment, where dozens of law enforcement members attended the proceedings at Roxbury District Court. At least 50 members of the Boston Police Department were present to show solidarity with their fellow officer, who was shot twice on Friday, June 9.Authorities say the suspect was allegedly trying to rob a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint in the area of Cedric Street when the officer saw what was happening and stepped in.In court, prosecutors say a similar robbery had taken place earlier in the week on Wednesday, and that the officer shot was investig...

Charlestown serial rape suspect to be released on bail, according to defense attorney

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:15:11 GMT

The lawyer representing a man accused of committing a series of rapes in Charlestown over a decade ago says his client will make bail and be released.Matthew Nilo, 35, was not present for his bail hearing at Suffolk Superior Court on Monday morning, which lasted only several minutes. His attorney, Joseph Cataldo, said bail will be posted for Nilo. Once it is, the 35 year old will be fitted with a GPS monitoring bracelet as part of his bail’s conditions.Nilo pleaded not guilty in a Boston courtroom last week as he was arraigned on charges stemming from four sexual assaults that took place in Boston in 2007 and 2008. The charges include aggravated rape, kidnapping, and sexual assault and battery.Bail was set at $500,000 at the time, after prosecutors detailed the four separate incidents that occurred between August 2007 to December 2008 in Charlestown.Outside of the courthouse on Monday, 7NEWS spoke with a woman who said she was Nilo’s first victim.“This was a heinou...

In rubble beneath I-95 collapse in Philadelphia, investigators looking for truck fire’s cause

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:15:11 GMT

By MIKE CATALINI and MARC LEVY (Associated Press)State and federal investigators were trying to find out Monday why a tanker fire collapsed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway, throwing hundreds of thousands of morning commutes into chaos and disrupting commerce for untold numbers of businesses.Interstate 95 will be closed in both directions for weeks at the start of summer travel season. Motorists should expect extensive delays and street closures, and avoid the northeast corner of the sixth-largest city in the country, transportation officials said. The accident also disrupted the car route from Canada to Florida through the Boston, New York and Washington metropolitan areas, increasing Americans’ dependence on air travel and the interstate rail network.Pennsylvania Transportation Secretary Michael Carroll said the I-95 segment carries roughly 160,000 vehicles per day and was likely the busiest interstate in Pennsylvania.Sunday morning’s fire s...