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Jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich arrives at a Moscow court for hearing on extending his detention

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:20 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich arrives at a Moscow court for hearing on extending his detention.Source

China’s customs authorities ban seafood from Japan after Fukushima nuclear plant starts releasing wastewater

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:20 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s customs authorities ban seafood from Japan after Fukushima nuclear plant starts releasing wastewater.Source

Ohtani leaves first game early and won’t pitch again this season as Reds sweep 2 from Halos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:20 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani abruptly left the mound in the second with a torn ligament after hitting his major league-leading 44th homer in the first inning during the Los Angeles Angels’ 9-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader. Ohtani won’t pitch for the rest of the season because of the tear in his elbow ligament, Angels GM Perry Minasian announced after the second game. The team doesn’t yet know whether he will need surgery.The Angels got a double blow of terrible injury news: Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout is going back on the injured list for at least 10 days to aid his recovery from surgery on a broken bone in his hand, Minasian said. Trout returned to the Angels’ lineup Tuesday after a seven-week absence, but he didn’t play in the doubleheader after waking up sore.Ohtani doubled and scored as Los Angeles’ designated hitter in the nightcap, choosing to play on even after learning of his torn ligament betwe...

Japón inicia el polémico vertido de aguas residuales de Fukushima en el océano Pacífico

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:20 GMT

(CNN) — La empresa Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) informó este jueves que se dio inicio a la controvertida liberación de aguas residuales radiactivas tratadas de la central nuclear de Fukushima Daiichi al océano Pacífico.TEPCO dice que planea liberar un total de 7.800 metros cúbicos en un período de 17 días.La liberación de agua se suspenderá inmediatamente y se realizará una investigación si se detecta alguna anomalía en el equipo de descarga o en los niveles de dilución de las aguas residuales tratadas, según TEPCO.Corea del Sur advierte de noticias falsas a la industria pesqueraEl primer ministro de Corea del Sur, Han Duck-soo, pidió a los ciudadanos que confíen en el gobierno y la ciencia, y no en noticias falsas relacionadas con la liberación de aguas residuales de Fukushima.En una sesión informativa este jueves, Han dijo que Corea del Sur enviaría un experto a la oficina de la OIEA en Japón una vez cada dos semanas para monitorear minuciosamente si Japón está cumpliendo co...

OPP have issued an Amber Alert for 3-month-old Jazmine Gill-Bissonnette

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:20 GMT

An Amber Alert has been issued across Ontario for a three-month-old girl.Ontario Provincial Police have identified the girl as Jazmine Gill-Bissonnette. She is described as white, 2’0″, 11 pounds, with brown hair.The suspect is identified as 23-year-old Jacob Bissonnette, who is described as a white male, 5’7″ and 132 pounds with brown hair.Bissonnette was last seen in Roseneath, Ontario.  Police have not yet released any vehicle information.Police say if anyone sees Bissonnette they should call 911 immediately.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 24, 2023.The Canadian Press

At least 7 people are dead after a bus carrying Indian pilgrims crashes in Nepal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:20 GMT

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims from India crashed in southern Nepal Thursday, killing at least seven occupants and leaving several others injured. Police said the victims in early morning accident include six Indian nationals and and a Nepalese person. The crash occurred as the pilgrims were returning home to Janakpur in southern Nepal after visiting the revered Pashupatinath temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Police have detained the driver while the injured were taken to an area hospital. The latest crash comes a day after a bus veered off a mountain highway connecting Nepal’s capital with rest of the country and plunged into a river, leaving eight people dead.Highway accidents in Nepal are mostly blamed on poorly maintained vehicles and roads.The Associated Press

Plane crash believed to have killed Russian mercenary chief seen as Kremlin’s revenge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:20 GMT

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and top officers of his private military were presumed dead in a plane crash that was widely seen as an assassination, two months after they staged a mutiny that dented Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority.Russia’s civil aviation agency said that Prigozhin and six top lieutenants were on a business jet that crashed Wednesday, soon after taking off from Moscow, with a crew of three. Rescuers quickly found all 10 bodies, and Russian media cited sources in Prigozhin’s Wagner private military company who confirmed his death.U.S. and other Western officials long expected Putin to go after Prigozhin, despite promising to drop charges in a deal that ended the June 23-24 mutiny.“I don’t know for a fact what happened but I’m not surprised,” U.S. President Joe Biden said. “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind.”Prigozhin supporters claimed on pro-Wagner messaging app channels that the plane was deliberatel...

Mergers: Commission clears the acquisition of ECF by PAI Partners

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:20 GMT

The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of ECF Group Equity (“ECF”) by PAI Partners SAS (“PAI Partners”), both based in France. ECF is active in the wholesale trade of equipment and non-food consumables for the hotel industry and professional care. ECF is active worldwide and within the EU is mainly active in Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg. PAI Partners is a private equity firm that manages funds investing in business services, food, consumer products, industrials and healthcare. PAI Partners is active in many countries and in all EU Member States. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns, given its very limited impact on the structure of the market. The transaction was reviewed under the simplified merger control procedure.

Anger rises in Greece as fires destroy homes near Athens

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:20 GMT

ATHENS ― As thick black smoke filled the Athenian sky and blazes consumed homes in the suburbs, a political firestorm broke out among Greek politicians Wednesday.Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the Greek capital’s suburbs as fires burn through vast swathes of the densely forested Mount Parnitha and other parts of the country, and critics blame Greece’s government for mismanagement and inadequate preparation.“We are experiencing days of complete collapse,” said Stergios Kalpakis, spokesman for the main opposition Syriza party, arguing that the state had been incompetent. He accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of “grandstanding” in July when he said the country was prepared for the summer and the likelihood of fires. “It’s a shame, we don’t have any water,” Thodoris Rentzos, a volunteer firefighter in Parnitha, told Open TV. “For three hours, not even a water truck. The regional authority is absent.”Gree...

Rishi Sunak broke rules by failing to properly declare wife’s shares in a childcare firm

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:20 GMT

LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak broke parliament’s standards rules by failing to properly declare his wife’s shareholding in a childcare firm that stood to benefit from government policy, an investigation found.But the failure was the result of “confusion” over the process and happened inadvertently, according to parliamentary standards commissioner Daniel Greenberg. Sunak has apologized.“Having considered the information available to me, I have decided that the breach of the Code appears to have been inadvertent and that this inquiry should be concluded through the rectification procedure,” Greenberg said in a report published on Thursday.Greenberg launched the investigation in April after receiving reports about a potential breach of the rules. At a March hearing of House of Commons liaison committee, Sunak was questioned about a government childcare initiative which would provide incentive payments to people signing up as new child-minders through one of ...