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German Christian Democrats rewrite Merkel’s China playbook

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:20 GMT

BERLIN — Germany’s Christian Democrats, the country’s largest opposition group, are planning to shift away from the pragmatic stance toward China that characterized Angela Merkel’s 16 years as chancellor, claiming that maintaining peace through trade has failed.It’s a remarkable course change for the conservative party that pursued a strategy of rapprochement and economic interdependence toward China and Russia during Merkel’s decade and a half in power. The volte-face has been spurred by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and Beijing’s increasingly aggressive stance — both economically and politically — in the Asian region and beyond. According to a draft position paper seen by POLITICO, the conservatives say the idea of keeping peace through economic cooperation “has failed with regard to Russia, but increasingly also China.” The 22-page paper, which is to be adopted by the center-right Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU)...

Excel Academy mourning 10th grader killed in skiing accident

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:20 GMT

Excel Academy Charter school is mourning the loss of a 10th grader who died in a skiing accident over the weekend.In a statement, the school said Christopher DiPrima, 15, “was a kind and caring person who brought joy to everyone he met. He will be truly missed.”In light of this news, XLHS 10th grade will start at 10:30 a.m. and 9th, 11th, and 12th grades will start at 11 a.m. Counselors will be available for students who need them at all Excel campuses.

N.S. RCMP cancel alert for armed woman, now seek her as a person of interest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:20 GMT

INDIAN BROOK, N.S. — Mounties in Sipekne’katik First Nation in central Nova Scotia are seeking a woman who is a person of interest in a firearms complaint, and who they had earlier warned may be “on foot” with a handgun in the community.RCMP in the Mi’kmaq community had issued a public alert for the 27-year-old just after 7 p.m. local time Sunday, but cancelled that alert just before 10 p.m.Investigators say the incident started inside a house on Dowie Road earlier Sunday evening in the First Nation, which is located about 66 kilometres north of Halifax.In an update later Sunday evening, investigators say they have searched the residence and did not find evidence of a gun being present or discharged, and that no one was injured in the home.Police say in their update they’re still seeking 27-year-old Shannon Yvonne Hudson as a person of interest in the gun complaint, describing her as five feet, three inches tall and 119 pounds with shoulder length light brown...

Walk-off homer lifts Texas baseball to sweep of No. 14 Texas Tech, 14th straight win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:20 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The unranked Texas Longhorns baseball team undoubtedly raised a few eyebrows around the country following a 9-8 walk-off win Sunday to complete a sweep of No. 14 Texas Tech at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.In back-to-back games, the Longhorns scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Red Raiders, and Sunday's was a bit more conventional and exciting than the walk-off wild pitch Saturday. It was Texas' 14th consecutive win.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersGarret Guillemette launched a 407-foot home run over the wall in left field to send the burnt orange fans home happy and the Longhorns to a 3-0 start in Big 12 Conference play. He grounded into two double plays in his previous at-bats, but baseball is a quirky game and Longhorns head coach David Pierce had faith in his catcher to get it done."It was just a great swing by Garret to finish it," Pierce sa...

Central Texas drought almost 16 months old

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:20 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Central Texas and the KXAN viewing area has been in drought since November 30, 2021. Our drought has fluctuated, improved and worsened during that time. Our last drought-free outlook in the 15-county KXAN viewing area came Thanksgiving week when the Texas drought map looked like this (see below). Texas Drought Nov 23, 2021A week later northern Lampasas County entered "moderate drought" and we haven't been drought-free since.By early April 2022 the drought had worsened considerably with most of the Hill Country in Severe or Extreme drought and parts of Lampasas County in Exceptional drought.Drought ~1 Year agoThat spring into summer would go on to see Extreme and Exceptional drought take over much of the state and almost all of Central Texas.This is how the drought looked across Texas by early August of last year.Texas Drought August 9, 2022Significant late summer and early fall rains took a bite out of the drought. Much of Central Texas was taken out of Extreme or Ex...

March Madness: Final Four set with Miami, SDSU, FAU, Uconn

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:20 GMT

By The Associated PressMarch Madness has rounded toward the Final Four, and No. 1 seeds are nowhere to be found. Instead, the Final Four will have no team seeded better than No. 4 for the first time since seeding began in 1979.Florida Atlantic became the lowest-ever seed to make the Final Four after beating Kansas State. Miami and San Diego State are in the Final Four for the first time. And UConn’s back for the first time in nine years. There’ve been millions of busted brackets and only three games remain. Here is what to know:GAMES TO WATCHNo. 5 San Diego State (31-6) vs. No. 9 Florida Atlantic (35-3), Saturday, 6:09 p.m. EDT (CBS)The Florida Atlantic Owls — Who? — extended their second appearance in the tournament with a 79-76 victory over Kansas State. The Conference USA champs are the winningest team in Division I and will face San Diego State in the national semifinals. The Aztecs beat Creighton when Darrion Trammell hit the second of two free throws wi...

First responders drill for rail emergency in Los Angeles County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:20 GMT

First responders from across Los Angeles County, along with several railroad companies, participated in a drill on Sunday that simulated a railroad emergency.  Crews from L.A. County Fire and L.A. City Fire, along with Compton and Downey fire departments, gathered in the Alameda Corridor for the first response emergency drill.  “Anything that can happen on these lines can happen here in Los Angeles,” L.A. County Fire Public Information Officer Henry Narvaez said. “What if there’s a fire in one of these trains, what if there was a rescue situation? How would we get to it, how would we tend to it? We need to train for it. We need to be ready for it.”  KTLA 5 Photojournalist Phil Ige reports.  

Fuerte caída: Twitter ha perdido más de la mitad de su valor desde la compra de Elon Musk

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:20 GMT

El magnate Elon Musk, propietario único de Twitter, aseguró en una nota interna a sus empleados que el valor de la empresa ha caído a los $20 mil millones de dólares, menos de la mitad de los 44 mil que él pagó en su compra el pasado octubre.En la nota enviada por correo electrónico, que ha sido consultada por varios medios estadounidenses como el Wall Street Journal o el New York Times, Musk dice que Twitter se está “transformando a tal rapidez” que puede ser ahora considerada como “una start-up a la inversa”.La afirmación de Musk aparece en esta carta, que data del pasado viernes, enviada con el fin primero de explicar a los empleados un programa de compensación en acciones, que estarían calculadas de acuerdo con el nuevo valor de la empresa. Es oficial: la verificación en Twitter solo estará disponible a quienes paguen por ella Cómo mantener tu cuenta de Twitter segura, sin pagar Musk no ha respondido a ...

El viaje en autobús “más largo del mundo” tardará 56 días en cruzar Europa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:20 GMT

(CNN) — ¿Te gustaría pasar dos meses viajando por tierra de Estambul a Londres sin tener que ponerte al volante La empresa india de expediciones Adventures Overland está a punto de lanzar lo que se anuncia como “el viaje en autobús más largo del mundo”.Con salida prevista en agosto, el viaje de 56 días, disponible para un máximo de 30 pasajeros, recorrerá 22 países, llevando a los viajeros desde la ciudad más grande de Turquía, pasando por los Balcanes, Europa oriental, Escandinavia y Europa occidental, hasta la capital del Reino Unido.Una travesía en ferry por el Golfo de Finlandia, una visita al Cabo Norte (o Nordkapp) -el punto más septentrional de la Europa continental- y un crucero por los fiordos noruegos figuran entre los puntos más destacados del viaje de 12.000 kilómetros.El paquete completo, que costará a los viajeros US$ 24.300, incluye un desayuno diario, además de 30 almuerzos y cenas, así como todas las estancias en hoteles (compartiendo habitación).A...

¿Qué pasó cuando EE.UU. designó como “terrorista” a Pablo Escobar y las FARC?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:20 GMT

(CNN Español) — En 1992 el gobierno de Estados Unidos ofreció una recompensa de US$ 2 millones por información que permitiera la captura de Pablo Escobar el entonces jefe del Cartel de Medellín, uno de los más temidos y sanguinarios jefes del narcotráfico que en ese momento sembraba el terror en Colombia. Esta sería la primera de varias designaciones como terroristas tanto de personas como de grupos criminales en ese país por parte del Departamento de Estado y el Departamento de Justicia.En el caso de Pablo Escobar sus acciones violentas contra el Estado y la población civil, en su intento por frenar la extradición de narcotraficantes a Estados Unidos, motivaron esa decisión de Washington. Los centenares de víctimas de esta guerra de Escobar, entre las que se cuentan magistrados, periodistas, policías y ciudadanos indefensos, llevaron a las autoridades a considerarlo como uno de los narcotraficantes más buscados del mundo.Una imagen tomada el 6 de septiembre de 1989 de la tele...