Authorities: 1 person killed, nearly 2 dozen injured after tornadoes touch down in Mississippi
Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:31:34 GMT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities: 1 person killed, nearly 2 dozen injured after tornadoes touch down in Mississippi.SourceAntony Blinken cataloga su visita a China como “un paso positivo”, aunque no haya solución inmediata
Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:31:34 GMT
PEKÍN – El secretario de Estado de EEUU, Antony Blinken, consideró este lunes que su visita a China ha sido “un paso positivo” en el objetivo de gestionar “de forma responsable” la relación bilateral, aunque “ni mucho menos” ha solucionado de golpe los problemas y desacuerdos entre las dos potencias.“Estaba claro que la relación se encontraba en un punto de inestabilidad y ambas partes reconocíamos que había que estabilizarla”, señaló el jefe de la diplomacia estadounidense en una rueda de prensa en Pekín al término de su viaje de dos días.Blinken confió en que, en adelante, exista mejor comunicación entre Pekín y Washington: “Esto no va a solucionar de golpe todos los problemas o desacuerdos que existen entre nosotros, pero ambos coincidimos en que es crítico gestionar la relación con responsabilidad”, afirmó. EEUU inicia reuniones en China para relajar tensiones entre ambos países ...¿En qué estados de EE.UU. es feriado por el Juneteenth, el Día de la Emancipación?
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(CNN Español) — Juneteenth, una combinación de las palabras June (junio) y nineteenth (diecinueve), es el feriado más antiguo de Estados Unidos que conmemora el fin de la esclavitud. Es el Día de la Emancipación.Y este año será la segunda vez que Juneteenth, el 19 de junio, se celebra como feriado federal dando inicio a una semana de festividades que conmemoran el fin de la esclavitud en EE.UU. y la lucha constante por la equidad y la justicia.El feriado a nivel federalAunque Juneteenth ha sido celebrado por muchas comunidades negras en EE.UU desde hace muchos años, fue hasta el junio de 2021 que se convirtió en feriado federal.Discriminación racial, odio y extremismo: los fenómenos que alimentan masacres en EE.UU. y hacen que las minorías vivan con miedo“Lamento que mis nietos no estén aquí, porque este es un momento muy, muy, muy importante en nuestra historia. Al hacer del 19 de junio un feriado federal, todos los estadounidenses pueden sentir el poder de este día y a...Why Nando’s picked DC for its first US locations (and what’s a Peri-Peri?)
Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:31:34 GMT
South African grilled chicken restaurant Nando’s Peri Peri opened its first location in Johannesburg in 1987. Despite growing to locations in 24 countries around the globe, you won’t find a Nando’s in the U.S. outside of the D.C. area and the Chicago area.The first U.S. Nando’s location opened in D.C.’s Chinatown in 2008. Why did the company pick D.C. to enter the U.S. market?“We picked D.C. because of the international mix here, and the exposure that residents have to International flavors and foods. It was a great place for us to land,” said John Fisher, Nando’s North America CEO.The company has 50 locations in the D.C. and Chicago regions, and is now slowly expanding elsewhere. Its next markets will be in Texas, with locations planned for Houston and Dallas.The first Nando’s Peri-Peri opened in D.C. in 2008. (Courtesy Nando’s Per-Peri)The Peri-Peri in Nando’s name is reference to a key ingredient that is used to both marinate its chicken and to serve as hot sauc...El plan de tres etapas que propone Javier Milei para llegar a la presidencia de Argentina
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(CNN Español) — Javier Milei, precandidato de derecha a la presidencia de Argentina, impulsa un plan que promete transformar el país en tres etapas que abarcarían 35 años.La plataforma electoral nacional de su partido, La Libertad Avanza ―donde formaliza su programa de gobierno―, señala que en una primera instancia se trabajaría en un recorte significativo del gasto público y una reforma para reducir impuestos, con una flexibilización en los ámbitos laboral, comercial y financiero.Las medidas de segunda generación incluirían una reforma para recortar los fondos que se destinan a jubilaciones y pensiones, una reducción del número de ministerios a ocho y disminución paulatina de los planes sociales. Y para concluir con el plan se prevé la “liquidación” del Banco Central y reformas de los sistemas de salud, educación y seguridad.¿Quién es Javier Milei, el precandidato presidencial de derecha que irrumpió en la política argentina?Otras propuestas polémicas, como la dolarización de...Terremoto de magnitud 6.4 sacude el noroeste de México
Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:31:34 GMT
MÉXICO – Un terremoto de magnitud 6.4 con epicentro en el mar, entre los estados mexicanos de Baja California Sur y Sinaloa, sacudió hace unas horas el Golfo de California, al noroeste de México, según informó el Servicio Geológico de EEUU (USGS)La oficina de protección civil de México confirmó a través de Twitter que no había daños en las zonas donde se sintió el sismo, pero recomendó a las embarcaciones y a la población costera tomar precauciones debido a las posibles corrientes en los puertos.El sismo ocurrido el domingo a las 8:30 p.m. (20:30 horas UTC) se produjo a una profundidad de 6.2 millas (10 km) y con epicentro 76 millas (122 kilómetros) al este de San José del Cabo, señaló el Servicio Sismológico de México. Informe: miles de edificios en San Francisco podrían derrumbarse durante un gran terremoto Terremoto de magnitud 7.7 provoca tsunami en las islas del Pacífico Sur Poco después del terremoto, el sistema de al...Real Madrid signs Spain striker Joselu on loan from Espanyol
Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:31:34 GMT
MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid signed Spain striker Joselu on a one-year loan from Espanyol on Monday, boosting its attack after the departures of Karim Benzema, Marco Asensio, Eden Hazard and Mariano Díaz.Madrid said it will have an option to buy the 33-year-old player at the end of next season.Joselu helped Spain win the Nations League over the weekend, scoring a late winner in the team’s 2-1 win over Italy in the semifinals.He was a member of Madrid’s youth squads before playing for Hoffenheim and Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, Newcastle and Stoke in England, and Alaves in Spain. He made his first-team debut with Real Madrid in 2011 after two seasons with the “B” team.Joselu will be officially introduced on Tuesday.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSourceWyndham Clark's US Open win on Father's Day is also a tribute to his late mom
Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:31:34 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Open wrapped up, as it always does, on Father’s Day. Golf’s newest champion would be the first to tell people he’s always been a mama’s boy.Wyndham Clark’s victory Sunday will be remembered for how a 29-year-old newcomer to the big time held off some of the biggest names in the game to stamp a poignant exclamation mark on a U.S. Open that had been, to that point, kind of hard to love. Colorado’s Wyndham Clark plays big and becomes a major champion at the US Open Clark's mother, Lise, died of breast cancer in 2013 — a family tragedy that sent him spiraling. The win brought with it a chance to share memories, and a chance to reflect on the long road between then and now.“I didn’t show any emotion off the course, but when I was on the golf course I couldn’t have been angrier,” Clark said of his state of mind when he first learned of his mom's diagnosis. “I was breaking clubs when I didn’t even hit that bad of a shot. I was walking off golf courses.”The roa...Florida deputy sucked into drainage pipe during water rescue
Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:31:34 GMT
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLA. (WSVN) – Amidst the severe weather and torrential downpours that plagued Florida in recent days, one deputy risked his life to save a citizen trapped in rising waters. On patrol during the peak of the storm on June 16, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Deputy William Hollingsworth came across stranded motorists battling the rapidly rising floodwaters. While approaching a citizen in distress, he witnessed the individual being submerged and immediately sprang into action.In a harrowing turn of events, both the citizen and Deputy Hollingsworth were sucked into a drainage pipe, hurtling beneath the four-lane expanse of Hwy 98. Submerged for 30 seconds, they were carried approximately 100 feet underwater. Luckily, they resurfaced on the opposite side of the roadway, narrowly escaping tragedy.Judge issues order that Trump keep quiet about disclosure of discovery material issued in classified documents case
Published Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:31:34 GMT
Washington (CNN) — A magistrate judge has signed off on special counsel Jack Smith’s request that former President Donald Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta be prohibited from disclosing information the discovery handed over to the defense in the criminal case Trump and Nauta now face from the special counsel.Among the restrictions approved by US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, who previously approved the search warrant the FBI executed at Mar-a-Lago last year, is that “The Discovery Materials, along with any information derived therefrom, shall not be disclosed to the public or the news media, or disseminated on any news or social media platform, without prior notice to and consent of the United States or approval of the Court.”The order sought by prosecutors and approved by Reinhart was expected and used standard language. However, it comes in a first-of-its-kind federal criminal case against an ex-president who has a proclivity to express opinions on social media and who is b...Latest news
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