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Gunmen abduct 14 state police officers in the Mexican state of Chiapas

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:54:04 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Armed men abducted 14 state police officers in southern Mexico on Tuesday, prompting a heavy deployment of federal and local forces, authorities said.The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection in Chiapas state said in a statement the 14 officers were all men and an air and ground operation was underway to locate them. An official with the state police force, who asked not to be quoted because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the agents were traveling to the capital of Chiapas in a personnel transport truck when they were intercepted by several trucks with gunmen.The women in the vehicle were released while the men were taken away, the official said.The abduction occurred on the highway between Ocozocoautla and Tuxtla Gutiérrez.Violence in the Mexican border region with Guatemala has escalated in recent months amid a territorial dispute between the Sinaloa Cartel – which has dominated the area – and the Jalisco New Generation Cart...

Death toll rises to 8 in Russian attack on a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:54:04 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian missile attack that struck a popular restaurant in an eastern Ukrainian city has risen to eight, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday. At least 56 people were also wounded in the attack in Kramatorsk on Tuesday evening. The Russian missile struck a local eatery frequented by journalists, aid workers and soldiers who use Kramatorsk as a base of operations. The city lies only a few kilometers from the front line. Three children were among the dead. The shelling occurred right when people had returned from from work, Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin said. He said the three dead children were ages 14 and 17. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said that rescuers continued to clear rubble from the site and search for more survivors. Ukraine launched the early phase of its much anticipated counteroffensive earlier this month and have made minimal territorial gains. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy announced on Tuesday that Ukrainian ...

German president visits Port Kuryk, assesses Middle Corridor projects

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:54:04 GMT

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov visited the port of Kuryk and assessed the transport and logistics projects of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) on June 21, reported the Prime Minister’s press service.Kuryk, located south of the port of Aktau on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, is going to play a vital role in the development of the TITR, also known as the Middle Corridor – the shortest transportation route from Central and Eastern Asia to Europe. Approximately 80% of goods from China and Central Asia are shipped via Kazakhstan, with the majority of them so far transported via the Northern route, going through Russia and Belarus.“We are located here at a junction of the Middle Corridor, which must be expanded if we want to have reliable transport conditions,” said Steinmeier while visiting the facilities.Launched in 2017, the port of Kuryk comprises a ferry complex and new Sarzha multifunctional mar...

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland the week of May 29

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:54:04 GMT

A house in Piedmont that sold for $4.4 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland in the past week.In total, 13 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.1 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $949.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of May 29 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $1.7 million, single-family home in the 6200 block of Ascot DriveThe 2,165 square-foot detached house in the 6200 block of Ascot Drive in Oakland has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in May and the total purchase price was $1,700,000, $785 per square foot. The house was built in 1997. The house features three bedrooms and three bathrooms.Ascot Drive9. $1.8 million, detached house in the 800 block of Oak StreetThe sale of the single family residence in the 800 block of Oa...

New migrant tragedy at sea changes little as EU leaders forge ahead with tougher borders plans

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:54:04 GMT

BRUSSELS (AP) — As rescue efforts in the Mediterranean Sea flagged last week, and bodies were found more frequently than survivors from among the more than 500 people missing after an overcrowded fishing trawler sank, the European Commission’s president was asked for her thoughts.“It is horrible, what happened, and the more urgent is that we act,” Ursula von der Leyen told reporters at the headquarters of the European Union’s executive branch in Brussels.The priorities, she said, should be to help the authorities in Tunisia — where people bound for Europe sometimes leave from — to stabilize its economy and better manage migration, and to finalize the long-awaited reform of the EU’s asylum rules, which is unlikely to happen before next year.Never mind that the trawler left from Libya, or the admittedly slim chance that survivors might be found, or that the disaster might be the worst ever in the Mediterranean. Von der Leyen’s reply stood in stark contrast to the actions of a pr...

Fiscalía de Chiapas investiga paradero de trabajadores de la Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:54:04 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de Chiapas informó este martes a través de un comunicado que buscan a trabajadores administrativos de la Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana de Chiapas cuyo paradero se desconoce.La Fiscalía de Chiapas no dijo en su comunicado si estos trabajadores estatales están secuestrados ni informó cuántos son los trabajadores con paradero desconocido. Dijo que las desapariciones están siendo investigadas como un crimen.CNN ha intentado contactar a la Fiscalía de Chiapas para obtener más información sobre el caso sin obtener respuesta.Noticia en desarrollo.— Fidel Gutiérrez contribuyó a este reporte.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Rights to the works of Argentine literary giant Jorge Luis Borges granted to his widow’s nephews

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:54:04 GMT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A court has granted the rights to the works of the late Jorge Luis Borges, considered Argentina’s most internationally significant author of the 20th century, to five nephews of the author’s widow who died in March.Borges’ wife, Maria Kodama, had devoted much of her life to fiercely protecting his legacy and it surprise many in Argentina’s literary circle that she did not leave a will, even though she was battling breast cancer.The absence of a will had put the rights to his works into limbo. But on Tuesday a court in Buenos Aires ruled that the five nephews would receive the rights “in their capacity as universal heirs.”Borges died in 1986 at age 86 and left Kodama, a translator and writer whom he had married earlier that year, as his only heir. They never had children. She died March 26, also aged 86.Kodama’s longtime lawyer, Fernando Soto, said in April that Kodama’s nephews went to court to declare themselves her heirs after her death, seeking to g...

De visita a Baia, la ciudad italiana que descansa en el fondo del mar

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:54:04 GMT

POZZUOLI – El mar de Nápoles, en el sur de Italia, esconde en sus profundidades un tesoro arqueológico: los restos de la antigua Baia, hace dos milenios meta vacacional para los romanos más poderosos pero cuyas villas, termas y mosaicos acabaron bajo el agua por un lento e inexorable fenómeno volcánico. Hasta nuestros días.La historia de Baia recuerda a la mítica Atlántida, una urbe bella y fastuosa engullida por el mar, pero en este caso los restos de su gloria pretérita son bien visibles a cinco metros (16 pies) bajo las olas que bañan Pozzuoli, aunque para ello haya que vestirse de buzo.“Estas estructuras necesitan una atención constante. Hablamos del mayor yacimiento sumergido del mundo en un contexto delicado” por el mar y la actividad volcánica, explica el director del Parque de los Campos Flégreos, Fabio Pagano.LA “DOLCE VITA” DE BAIAAl final de la era republicana de Roma, en el siglo I a.C, Baia o Bayas era uno de los enclaves vacacionales predi...

Loyd, Storm to host Collier and the Lynx

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:54:04 GMT

Minnesota Lynx (4-9, 4-4 Western Conference) at Seattle Storm (4-9, 4-5 Western Conference)Seattle; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx visit Jewell Loyd and the Seattle Storm in Western Conference play.The Storm are 4-5 in Western Conference games. Seattle is the best team in the Western Conference with 14.5 fast break points.The Lynx are 4-4 in conference play. Minnesota ranks sixth in the WNBA with 35.5 rebounds per game led by Collier averaging 7.5.TOP PERFORMERS: Loyd is shooting 40.3% and averaging 25.4 points for the Storm.Collier is averaging 20.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals for the Lynx.LAST 10 GAMES: Storm: 4-6, averaging 78.1 points, 32.5 rebounds, 17.4 assists, 7.1 steals and 5.2 blocks per game while shooting 39.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.6 points per game.Lynx: 4-6, averaging 76.0 points, 36.4 rebounds, 17.9 assists, 5.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 40.7% from the field. Their oppon...

New York takes on Las Vegas, seeks 6th straight road win

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:54:04 GMT

New York Liberty (10-3, 7-3 Eastern Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (13-1, 7-0 Western Conference)Las Vegas; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: New York will try to keep its five-game road win streak alive when the Liberty play Las Vegas.The Aces have gone 7-0 in home games. Las Vegas is second in the WNBA with 21.9 assists per game. Chelsea Gray leads the Aces averaging 6.6.The Liberty are 5-1 on the road. New York ranks fifth in the Eastern Conference with 7.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Jonquel Jones averaging 2.0.The Aces and Liberty square off Thursday for the first time this season.TOP PERFORMERS: A’ja Wilson is scoring 19.6 points per game and averaging 9.4 rebounds for the Aces.Breanna Stewart is averaging 22.6 points, 10.3 rebounds, four assists, 1.6 steals and 1.7 blocks for the Liberty.LAST 10 GAMES: Aces: 9-1, averaging 91.3 points, 33.4 rebounds, 21.6 assists, 7.3 steals and 5.2 blocks per game while shooting 49.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged...