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Guest nations at the G-7 reflect outreach to developing countries, worries over China, Russia

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:15:02 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — This week’s summit of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies in Hiroshima will include eight other guest nations, part of a complicated, high-stakes diplomatic gambit meant to settle the world’s most serious crises.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has invited South Korea, Australia, India, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, Comoros and the Cook Islands. Kishida hopes this mix of countries will help efforts to stand up to China’s assertiveness and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to analysts. He also wants stronger ties with U.S. allies and with developing nations and to make progress on working toward a nuclear-free world, something that looks increasingly difficult amid North Korean and Russian nuclear threats.Here’s a look at what to expect as the rich world leaders welcome these guest countries:___PUSHBACK ON CHINA, RUSSIAAs their top diplomats did last month in a meeting in Nagano, Japan, the leaders of the G-7 nations — the United States, Jap...

4 injured, 3 hospitalized in Baltimore steam pipe explosion

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:15:02 GMT

Baltimore, Maryland, officials said four patients were injured in a steam pipe explosion Sunday evening.The explosion happened around 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Pratt and Eutaw Streets after a Baltimore Gas and Electric crew struck an unmarked pipe in the area.First responders with Baltimore Fire said the steam pipe explosion happened while DPW and the Office of Emergency Management were already dealing with a water main break.According to a BGE spokesperson, the unmarked line its workers struck caused a water leak leading to the explosion.“The leak caused the steam line to rupture north of the struck water main on Eutaw St. The steam system in the area is now off,” the spokesperson told WTOP in an email.Baltimore Fire said four people were treated in the explosion but only three were taken to the hospital. No additional information on their condition has been made available.The explosion did not impact electric and gas services in the area, and the steam system al...

NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 Results

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:15:02 GMT

SundayAt Darlington RacewayDarlington, S.C.Lap length: 1.37 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (4) William Byron, Chevrolet, 295 laps, 56 points.2. (20) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 295, 42.3. (21) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 295, 34.4. (10) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 295, 44.5. (2) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 295, 40.6. (14) Harrison Burton, Ford, 295, 31.7. (12) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 295, 45.8. (22) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 295, 29.9. (11) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 295, 31.10. (27) Chris Buescher, Ford, 295, 27.11. (24) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 295, 26.12. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 295, 25.13. (3) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 295, 30.14. (16) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 295, 29.15. (32) Ryan Preece, Ford, 295, 22.16. (13) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 295, 21.17. (31) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 295, 20.18. (15) Joey Logano, Ford, 295, 19.19. (25) Austin Cindric, Ford, 295, 18.20. (7) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 295, 25.21. (17) Aric Almirola, Ford, 295, 16.22. (9) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 295, 17.23. (30) AJ Allmendinger, Chevr...

Incidente con disparos en centro comercial de Colombia deja al menos un muerto, informa la alcaldesa de Bogotá

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:15:02 GMT

(CNN Español) — Una persona murió y otra quedó gravemente herida este domingo en un centro comercial de la capital colombiana en lo que -por el momento- se cree que fue un ataque de una persona contra su pareja, según informó en Twitter la alcaldesa de Bogotá, Claudia López Hernández.Según la funcionaria, un hombre entró a Unicentro -ubicado al nororiente de la ciudad- y tras discutir con la mujer, quien trabajaba en un local, le “disparó a ella” y luego trató de quitarse la vida.López dijo que el sujeto “se disparó luego de cometer el feminicidio, pero alcanzó a ser trasladado a un hospital aunque su estado es muy delicado”.La alcaldesa agregó sobre el agresor que “trabajaba en una empresa de seguridad y presuntamente por eso estaba armado”.López Hernández dijo que la Policía “tiene el lugar bajo control y adelanta la investigación”.CNN intenta obtener más detalles del incidente con la Policía, que hasta este domingo por la noch...

Father, daughter recovering after hit-and-run crash

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:15:02 GMT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) -- A father and daughter injured in a hit-and-run crash on May 5 continue to recover from their injuries but it's going to be a long road. The crash occurred at approximately 8:35 p.m. around South Downing Street and Highway 285. The Englewood Police Department said the driver of a black 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee rammed Joey Vasquez's vehicle off the road, causing it to strike a light pole. SUV suspected of ramming vehicle off the road found, Medina Alert discontinued The alleged driver, 30-year-old Ruben Munguia, struck Vasquez's vehicle multiple times, police said. Vasquez, 30, and his 7-year-old daughter got out and tried to run away from Munguia, he told FOX31. "So grab my daughter and we were running around, literally running around my car because this dude was just trying to hit us two, three times," Vasquez told FOX31's Rogelio Mares. Vasquez's mother set up a GoFundMe for her son and granddaughter as Vasquez has been out of work after the crash recov...

Hialeah Police officer hospitalized after being run over by biker in stolen motorcycle

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:15:02 GMT

A traffic stop in Hialeah sent a police officer to the hospital after, investigators said, a biker riding a stolen motorcycle ran him over.Robert Ortiz was arrested and is facing several charges while, police said, he was out on felony bond from another case.Authorities said Hialeah Police officers were trying to pull Ortiz over near East Fourth Avenue and 49th Street, at around 4 a.m., Sunday.As officers walked toward the suspect, authorities said, Ortiz accelerated and hit one of them with a motorcycle that he stole out of Miami.Police said Ortiz fled the scene on foot and ran into a residential area.Responding officers set up a perimeter and were able to locate and apprehend the suspect.As of Sunday night, the injured officer was at Jackson Memorial Hospital awaiting surgery.

The conflict cannot end until Ukraine is part of the West

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:15:02 GMT

Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He traveled to Ukraine as part of a GLOBSEC-organized delegation.On a recent trip to Kyiv, the talk along Ukraine’s corridors of power was decidedly different from those in Washington and European capitals. Far from focusing on the much-discussed counteroffensive Ukrainian forces are about to launch, senior government officials were instead more concerned about the country’s long-term future.“Ukraine will survive,” a very seasoned spymaster told a group of former senior officials who traveled to Kyiv from the United States and Europe. “The most difficult point will come after the war,” he added.At its core, the war in Ukraine is a fight not over territory but over the country’s future. Russia is determined to control Ukraine’s political destiny — if not its territory. And in this, Russian President Vladimir Putin is ...

Harry Styles tickets and dinner at Davos: Big Tech and gambling firms shower gifts on UK Labour

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:15:02 GMT

LONDON — Keir Starmer and his staff accepted tickets to attend concerts, football matches and horse-racing gifted by Big Tech companies and racecourse operators as lobbyists target potential players in the next U.K. government.The Labour leader, whose party is leading in the opinion polls ahead of a possible 2024 election, received football tickets worth more than £12,000 since May last year from a range of sources including football clubs, the Football Association and grocery delivery firm Getir. He also accepted the hospitality of Arena Racing and Google Ireland, which paid for a meal for two worth £380 at the elite Davos summit in Switzerland this year. Eight members of his staff received gifts ranging from tickets to a Harry Styles concert, the BRITs music awards and Doncaster Races from Google UK, YouTube, Arena Racing, the Premier League and several music industry lobbying outfits, according to the register of interests of MPs’ staff. Shadow Culture Secretary Lu...

Rishi Sunak is no tech bro

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:15:02 GMT

LONDON — Rishi Sunak has drunk the Silicon Valley Kool-Aid, but the British prime minister is still an investor at heart.Since shooting to political prominence as Britain’s chief finance minister in February 2020 Sunak has been labeled Britain’s first tech-bro politician.He is often photographed sporting hi-tech gadgets, including his £180 smart mug, and was a devotee of the Peloton bike, whose streamed workouts gained a cult following during the COVID-19 lockdown.A stint studying at Stanford University — the elite Californian institution which counts Google co-founder Larry Page and Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings among its alumni — changed his life, he once boasted. Stanford “teaches you to think bigger,” he told The Twenty Minute VC podcast in 2021. He met his wife Akshata Murty, the daughter of the founder of Indian multinational IT company Infosys, there too.Sunak’s budgets have been packed with innovation-friendly fiscal policies from tax breaks for cloud computing to m...

‘Party soldier’ Mariya Gabriel returns to Bulgaria with EU baggage

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:15:02 GMT

BRUSSELS — Mariya Gabriel is hoping to take charge of a country that hardly knows her, leaving a town that knows her all too well.The European Commissioner for research and innovation was picked last week to become Bulgaria’s next prime minister by the leader of her party Boyko Borissov, aiming to break a political deadlock after five consecutive elections in two years failed to produce a stable coalition.If she can form a government, the 43-year-old will be departing the town that made her career to become the newest face at the European Council table.She will leave behind a mixed reputation as a young, dynamic commissioner with a genuine passion for technological progress, but one who lacked the gravitas to advance her agenda and who would push her staff to breaking point. She has lost 19 staffers, roughly the number of an entire commission cabinet, since 2019, with one official referring to her team as the “swing door cabinet.” Former staffers told POLITICO she would ...