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New Zealand police arrest, charge man with arson in connection with hostel fire that killed at least 6

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police arrest, charge man with arson in connection with hostel fire that killed at least 6.Source

Correction: Singapore-Execution story

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — In a story published May 17, 2023, about an execution in Singapore, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of prisoners on death row in the city-state. There are 60 prisoners on death row, not 600.Source

Diamondbacks pitcher accidentally kills bird with pregame throw

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers aspire to be like Randy Johnson.Zac Gallen unintentionally got real close in emulating the Hall of Famer.While warming up in the outfield before Arizona’s game at Oakland on Wednesday, Gallen threw a curveball that hit a bird in midflight, killing the animal.“I don’t really know what happened, honestly,” Gallen said. “I just know that the ball changed directions really. I saw what happened. It’s kind of a freak accident. It’s unfortunate.”The throw was captured by cameras for Diamondbacks’ broadcaster Bally Sports Arizona.Zac Gallen really hit a bird with a curveball. pic.twitter.com/T6XOZudoMH— Bally Sports Arizona (@BALLYSPORTSAZ) May 17, 2023Johnson infamously killed a bird during a spring training game in 2001. While throwing a pitch against the San Francisco Giants, a bird crossed in front of home plate and was destroyed by the baseball.Gallen was only 5 when that happened.“I don’t remember it as a kid...

Fiscalía de San Luis Potosí encuentra a decenas de migrantes que estaban desaparecidos en Nuevo León

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de la ciudad mexicana de San Luis Potosí informó que la Policía de Investigación (PDI) de la Fiscalía General del Estado rescató a 34 personas que se encontraban secuestradas en la comunidad Cruz de Elorza, cerca de Doctor Arroyo, en el estado de Nuevo León.La Fiscalía agregó que con el respaldo y apoyo de elementos de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA), agentes investigadores lograron ubicar una finca donde estaban cautivos 10 hombres, 14 mujeres, y 10 niños.La Fiscalía añadió que la liberación de los secuestrados se logró luego de más de seis horas de operativos en la zona, usando para el rastreo y la investigación un helicóptero.Buscan a tres marineros estadounidenses desaparecidos cerca de Mazatlán, MéxicoEl ente de investigación agregó que el éxito de esta misión tuvo origen en el rescate previo que se dio de otras seis personas, 5 hombres y una menor, durante ese mismo miércoles que ayudo a dar con el paradero del resto de las perso...

Agencia de imágenes dice que los fotógrafos no sintieron que el duque y la duquesa de Sussex estuvieran en “peligro inmediato” durante la persecución en auto

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT

(CNN) — La agencia de fotografía Backgrid USA dice que se están tomando “en serio las alegaciones del príncipe Harry” y que llevará a cabo una investigación tras la persecución en automóvil del martes a pesar de que los fotógrafos en la escena “sintieron que la pareja no estuvo en peligro inmediato en ningún momento”.En una declaración obtenida por CNN este jueves, Backgrid dijo que estaba al tanto de “la declaración del príncipe Harry con respecto a una supuesta ‘persecución de autos casi catastrófica’ que involucró a él mismo, Meghan Markle y su madre, en la ciudad de Nueva York el martes por la noche”.La agencia hizo hincapié en su compromiso con el periodismo transparente, incluida la necesidad de proporcionar “respuestas justas y objetivas a las afirmaciones”.“Queremos aclarar que recibimos fotos y videos de los acontecimientos de anoche de cuatro fotógrafos freelance, tres de los cuales iban en un automóvi...

World’s oldest Hebrew Bible sells for a record-breaking $38.1 million

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT

(CNN) — A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old and described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history” has become the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.The Codex Sassoon, dating from the late 9th or early 10th century, sold for $38.1 million at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday. It is believed to be the earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible. The last manuscript to top sales records was Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester, which sold for $30.8 million in 1994, according to Sotheby’s.The Codex Sassoon fell short of its high estimate of $50 million, however. Prior to the sale, it went on exhibit in the UK and Israel.Sharon Mintz, Sotheby’s senior Judaica specialist, books and manuscripts, told CNN ahead of the auction that “this is the most important document to come to auction ever.”The Hebrew Bible is the foundation of the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.Scholars have long been aware of the codex named after renowned J...

Earth-size exoplanet may be covered in volcanoes

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT

(CNN) — Astronomers have found an Earth-size planet that isn’t like Earth at all.Instead, the exoplanet, called LP 791-18 d, is likely covered in volcanoes and may experience eruptions with the same frequency as Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active place in our solar system, according to researchers.Data from NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, the retired Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes was used to find the exoplanet. A study detailing the findings was published Wednesday in the journal Nature.LP 791-18 d is located about 90 light-years from Earth in the Crater constellation, where it orbits a small red dwarf star.Two other known planets also orbit the star, including LP 791-18 b, which is estimated to be 20% bigger than Earth, and LP 971-18 c, about 2.5 times Earth’s size and more than seven times its mass. And astronomers believe the massive planet LP 971-18 c might be contributing to the newly detected exoplanet’s possible ...

Johnson and Zelenskyy had ‘harrowing’ talk as Russia’s invasion began, ally recalls

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT

LONDON — “I just hope this is not the last time you and I speak,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the night Russia invaded Ukraine, according to a former Johnson aide. Speaking on a Global podcast about the turbulent final months of Johnson’s premiership, the former prime minister’s then-director of communications Guto Harri said Johnson and the Ukrainian leader had an “extraordinary bond” and shared “dark gallows humor.” “For the first few weeks, even months actually, Boris and Volodymyr, as he called him — they were both on first name terms — would speak every day, sometimes more than that,” Harri said. Johnson became a firm ally of Zelenskyy following the invasion, as the then-prime minister was a leading voice calling for the West to support Kyiv. Johnson has continued to champion the Ukrainian cause since leaving office. Recounting the night Russia launched its full-...

Russia faces highest labor shortage since 1996, survey shows

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT

Russia has recorded its worst labor shortage since President Vladimir Putin first came to power amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, a new survey has shown.The poll by Russia’s Yegor Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, which surveys managers of around 1,000 industrial enterprises in the country each month, found in April that 35 percent of enterprises lacked workers. The institute said that was the highest figure since 1996.The shortage was partly down to Russia’s “partial mobilization” of its population starting from September last year, according to the institute.Russian outlet RBC reported Thursday that Sergey Tsukhlo, the institute’s head of business surveys, told a conference where he presented the findings that understaffing in the country represented “a deep and long-term problem” that was holding back the country’s industrial growth.The shortages were most stark in lighter industry and mechanical engineering, Tsukhlo said. And ...

Russia unsuccessfully hammers Ukraine again with missile barrage

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT

KYIV — Ukrainian air defense reported shooting down 29 of 30 Russian rockets on Thursday morning, as the Kremlin delivered a new onslaught of cruise missiles.It was the seventh massive missile attack carried out by Russia since the beginning of May. It has bombed all corners of Ukraine — including the rarely targeted Western regions. All the Russian missiles aimed at Kyiv on Thursday were shot down, thanks to Ukraine’s high-end air defense systems. Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko reported two blasts and a fire, likely caused by falling missile debris. “There are currently no casualties at the sites of debris fall in the Darnytskyi and Dnipro districts. There have been no appeals to doctors yet,” Klitschko said. In Ukraine’s western region of Khmelnytskyi a Russian missile hit an infrastructure facility, the local council reported. No casualties were reported.The barrages come as military analysts say Ukraine is gearing up to launch a counteroffensive aimed...