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The latest Russian strike on Ukraine’s Odesa leaves 1 dead, many hurt and a cathedral badly damaged

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:40:31 GMT

ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa again on Sunday, local officials said, keeping up a barrage of attacks that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine in the past week. At least one person was killed and 22 others wounded in the attack in the early hours. Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said that four children were among those wounded in the blasts, which severely damaged the historic Transfiguration Cathedral, a landmark Orthodox cathedral in the city.Russia has been launching persistent attacks on Odesa, a key hub for exporting grain, since Moscow canceled a landmark grain deal on Monday amid Kyiv’s grinding efforts to retake its occupied territories.Kiper noted that six residential buildings, including apartment buildings, were destroyed by the strikes. In one such case in downtown Odesa, some people became trapped in their apartments as a result of the damage caused by the attack, which left rubble strewn in the street and...

Amanda Ilestedt’s late goal gives Sweden 2-1 win over South Africa at Women’s World Cup

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:40:31 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Amanda Ilestedt scored in the 89th minute to give Sweden a 2-1 win over South Africa in its Group G opener at the Women’s World Cup on Sunday and deny South Africa the first major upset of the tournament. South Africa shocked Sweden when Hildah Magaia scored in the 48th minute. But Sweden got on the board in the 64th minute with Fridolina Rolfo’s equalizer. Ilestedt then produced a perfect header from a corner with a minute left to help Sweden escape at the end of an unimpressive opening game effort.Sweden was expected to comfortably win the group and it’s first match against 54th-ranked South Africa looked to be it’s easiest. But after a scoreless first half, Sweden came out of the locker room flat and South Africa capitalized with the first goal of the match three minutes after the restart.Thembi Kgatlana dropped behind the defense and struck a high shot that keeper Zecira Musovic could only parry. Magaia hurled herself forwar...

Elon Musk dice que el logotipo de Twitter cambiará, los pájaros se abandonarán gradualmente

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:40:31 GMT

(CNN) — Elon Musk tuiteó en su cuenta oficial este domingo que Twitter cambiaría su logotipo a una “X” y que todos los pájaros desaparecerían de la plataforma.En una serie de tuits, Musk dijo: “Y pronto nos despediremos de la marca de Twitter y, gradualmente, de todos los pájaros”.En la misma serie de tuits, Musk publicó “píntalo de negro”, antes de lanzar una encuesta de usuarios para “cambiar el color predeterminado de la plataforma a negro”.Elon Musk dice que los ingresos publicitarios de Twitter han bajado un 50% y el flujo de caja es negativo“Si se publica un logotipo X lo suficientemente bueno esta noche, lo haremos funcionar en todo el mundo mañana”, continúa.“Así pero X”, agregó arriba de una ilustración de la icónica silueta del pájaro pero contra un fondo negro.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Sweden 2, South Africa 1

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:40:31 GMT

South Africa01—1Sweden02—2First Half_None.Second Half_1, South Africa, Magaia, 48th minute; 2, Sweden, Rolfo, (Kaneryd), 65th; 3, Sweden, Ilestedt, (Asllani), 90th.Goalies_South Africa, Kaylin Swart, Andile Dlamini, Kebotseng Moletsane; Sweden, Zecira Musovic, Jennifer Falk, Tove Enblom.Yellow Cards_Biyana, South Africa, 74th; Jane, South Africa, 89th.Referee_Ekaterina Koroleva. Assistant Referees_Kathryn Nesbitt, Felisha Mariscal, Carol Anne Chenard. 4th Official_Kim Yujeong.___Source

Colocan marcapasos a Benjamin Netanyahu tras someterse a una cirugía en Israel

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:40:31 GMT

(CNN) — El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, recibió un marcapasos este domingo por la mañana temprano, una cirugía realizada justo antes de que la Knesset vote sobre un controvertido proyecto de ley de reforma judicial, según un comunicado de su oficina.El procedimiento ocurrió en el Hospital Tel Hashomer, dice el comunicado. El primer ministro fue sedado durante la cirugía.“Durante el procedimiento, el ministro de Justicia y el viceprimer ministro Yariv Levin ocupará su lugar”, agrega el comunicado.Netanyahu, de 73 años, anunció anteriormente en Twitter que se le colocaría el dispositivo, que envía pulsos eléctricos al corazón.La operación de Netanyahu fue realizada por una advertencia de un monitor cardíaco de que tenía un “bloqueo cardíaco transitorio”, dijo este domingo Eyal Nof, jefe del Servicio de Electrofisiología Invasiva en el Centro Médico Sheba.“Fue admitido de urgencia en el Centro Médico Sheba”, donde se llevó a cabo la operación, dijo e...

Some thoughts on Jake DeBrusk’s Bruin future

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:40:31 GMT

In case you missed it, Bruins’ Twitter was briefly aflutter last week with the rumor of a possible trade that involved Jake DeBrusk being sent to the New York Islanders for Jean-Gabriel Pageau.Considering the two general managers that would be involved in such a deal – Don Sweeney and Lou Lamoriello – are not exactly known for their loose lips, chances are that little nugget was equal parts spitballing and speculation. Tis the season.But it won’t be the last time DeBrusk’s name pops up in trade talk.Such is life for a player of DeBrusk’s caliber who has just one year left on his contract before unrestricted free agency. Matt Grzelcyk, in the same boat, has been living with such rumors all summer.The B’s will have to figure out DeBrusk’s intentions fairly quickly. And they also have to suss out just how much they would be willing to pay for DeBrusk’s services. He won’t come as cheaply as the $4 million AAV that the B’s will be pay...

Israel’s Netanyahu recovers from a heart procedure while a judicial overhaul plan moves forward

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:40:31 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recovering in a hospital on Sunday after an emergency heart procedure while opposition to his government’s contentious judicial overhaul plan reached a fever pitch and unrest gripped the country. Netanyahu’s doctors said on Sunday the heart pacemaker implantation went smoothly and that Netanyahu, 73, felt fine. According to his office, he was expected to be discharged later in the day. But tensions were surging as lawmakers began a marathon debate over the first major piece of the overhaul, ahead of a vote in parliament enshrining it into law on Monday.Mass protests were set to continue. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Israel on Saturday night, while thousands marched into Jerusalem and camped out near the Knesset, or parliament, ahead of Monday’s vote.Netanyahu’s sudden hospitalization added another dizzying twist to an already dramatic series of events that are ...

Heavy rains in Afghanistan unleash flash floods that kill 12 people and leave 40 missing

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:40:31 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed at least 12 people and left dozens missing, according to a Taliban spokesman and local officials.Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Sunday that around 40 people are missing after the flash flooding late Saturday night in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, west of Kabul.He added that all relevant authorities have been ordered to provide necessary assistance to the people in the affected areas.The provincial governor’s office in a statement said that hundreds of homes are either damaged or destroyed and the missing people are believed to be under the rubble of collapsed homes.The statement also said that hundreds of hectares of agricultural land were washed out and destroyed and the highway between the capital Kabul and the central Bamiyan province is also closed due to the floods.The Associated Press

Four people still missing after record rainfall causes flooding across Nova Scotia

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:40:31 GMT

Communities across Nova Scotia are still assessing the damage following massive floods triggered by widespread rainstorms over the weekend.Two children are among four people reported missing Saturday after intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of the province.The downpour started Friday afternoon across the Halifax region, dumping more than 200 millimetres of rain in the Hammonds Plains, Bedford and Lower Sackville areas. The port city typically receives about 90 to 100 millimetres of rain during an average July.Environment Canada says based on radar estimates and unofficial observations, some parts of Nova Scotia may have received more than 300 mm in 24 hours.Premier Tim Houston declared a provincewide state of emergency, which will remain in effect until Aug. 5, unless the government terminates or extends it.This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 23, 2023.The Canadian Press

B.C. professor pushing plan to protect marbled murrelet habitat in old growth

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:40:31 GMT

It is only a little bird, weighing a few ounces, but the marbled murrelet is known for its remarkable ability to fly far out to sea to catch fish before returning in the darkness of night to inland treetop nests on mossy limbs.It also inspires outsized devotion among those who want to study and protect it.Royann Petrell of Courtenay on Vancouver Island has been an avid bird watcher since childhood, but in retirement she has taken up the cause of protecting the marbled murrelet’s habitat. The seabird has been listed as “threatened” for decades as habitat loss on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border adds to its precarious existence. Petrell’s birding activities have even landed her in court, fighting a logging company that put up gates in the contentious Fairy Creek area where protests over old-growth logging landed hundreds in handcuffs. Petrell, who’s a retired associate professor at the University of B.C. in the faculty of applied science, claimed the gates ...