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Russia and Ukraine exchange drone attacks after European Union funding stalled

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:16:32 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine each reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in the past day, just hours after Hungary vetoed 50 billion euros ($54.5 billion) of European Union funding to Ukraine. Ukraine’s air force said Saturday that Ukrainian air defense had shot down 30 out of 31 drones launched overnight against 11 regions of the country.Russia also said Friday evening that it had thwarted a series of Ukrainian drone attacks. Russian anti-aircraft units destroyed 32 Ukrainian drones over the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that most of the world considered illegal, and has used it as a staging and supply point during the war.Earlier, Russia’s Defense Ministry said that six drones had been shot down in the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine.In Ukraine’s partially occupied southern Kherson region, the Russia-installed governor, Vladimir Saldo, reported on Telegram that Russian anti-ai...

Cardinal is convicted of embezzlement in big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:16:32 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system.Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by the Vatican criminal court, was absolved of several other charges and nine other defendants received a combination of guilty verdicts and acquittals among the nearly 50 charges brought against them during a 2 ½ year trial.Becciu’s lawyer, Fabrizio Viglione, said he respected the sentence but would appeal.Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi said the outcome “showed we were correct.”THIS IS BREAKING NEWS: The previous story is belowA once-powerful cardinal and nine other people learn their fates Saturday when a Vatican tribunal hands down verdicts in a complicated financial trial that has aired the tiny city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice syste...

Cardinal convicted of embezzlement in a big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:16:32 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal convicted of embezzlement in a big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years.Source

As Trump threatens to repeal Obamacare, these ‘insurance godmothers’ are signing Florida Latinos up

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:16:32 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a kiosk and an office showing signs for “ Obamacare,” where they hope to renew their health coverage plans before the year ends.It’s areas near this mall where former Democratic President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is more popular than anywhere in the country, according to federal data. The region has also shifted away from Democrats to Republicans in recent years, with Donald Trump hosting several rallies here as part of his outreach to Latino voters. Trump, the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, has pledged to renew efforts to repeal and replace the 2010 law — something that would be felt heavily in the region and could possibly reverse some of the GOP shift among South Florida’s Latinos, experts say. President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has already seized on Trump’s statements about “Obamacare,”...

Análisis | Ucrania tuvo una semana terrible. Culpa a Estados Unidos y a la UE

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:16:32 GMT

(CNN) — Ucrania está en el medio de un problema en el que debe luchar por explicar qué tan mal va la guerra.Hacer una evaluación pública sincera de lo mal que va un conflicto puede ser imprudente, ya que puede resultar en una pérdida de moral y apoyo. Después de que Obama aumentara la cantidad de tropas en Afganistán, el apoyo público disminuyó con el paso de los años, en parte debido a una falta de realismo sobre cómo se estaba desarrollando la guerra.La muy mala presentación que hace Ucrania de sus problemas se debe principalmente a la miopía de sus aliados.La falta de comprensión en partes del Congreso de Estados Unidos es asombrosa. Un congresista sugirió esta semana que Ucrania debería fijar un precio finito y un objetivo específico y simple. Es asombroso, después de dos guerras estadounidenses en dos décadas, que costaron billones de dólares, que la memoria del Congreso sea tan corta y la comprensión, tan limitada.En cambio, Kyiv señala constantemente los éxitos pasados ...

Ancelotti in ‘no rush’ to sign extension with Real Madrid amid Brazil speculation

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:16:32 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Carlo Ancelotti says he is in “no rush” to sign a contract extension with Real Madrid amid continued speculation that Brazil’s national team wants to hire the Italian coach.Ancelotti’s contract runs out at the end of this season.“Being Real Madrid’s coach is the most important thing,” Ancelotti said Saturday. “If the club is happy then I am too. There is no rush to renew my deal, it’s not a problem. We’re here until 30 June 2024.”Madrid hosts Villarreal in the Spanish league on Sunday.The 64-year-old Ancelotti has been linked to Brazil’s men’s team, a five-time world champion, ever since Tite stepped down as its coach in December 2022 after a disappointing World Cup.Ancelotti has said on several occasions that he wants to honor his current contract with Madrid, while never revealing his plans for the future beyond next summer.Brazil hired Fernando Diniz as head coach in July on a 12-month contract that will finish when Ancelotti’s deal with the 14-time European C...

SWAT situation in Adams County peacefully resolved

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:16:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Adams County Sheriff's Office said a SWAT situation Saturday morning was peacefully resolved.Deputies had responded to a potential hostage situation that began early in the morning. The victim was taken to a local hospital as a precaution.The incident was first reported at 5:35 a.m. in the 6500 block of Perry Street.Adams County said that several parties were taken into custody for questioning.

Slain Israeli hostages were shirtless, waving white flag: Reports

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:16:32 GMT

Three Israeli hostages mistakenly killed on Friday were waving a white flag when an Israeli soldier fired on them, the findings of a preliminary probe by the Israeli army showed, according to Israeli media reports. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) admitted that the Israeli military had killed three young men in the Shejaiya neighborhood in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli soldier mistook them for terrorists. The victims, who were among the 240 hostages taken captive by Hamas on October 7, were later identified as Yotam Haim, Samer El-Talalka and Alon Shamriz.The three men were shirtless and one of them was waving a makeshift white flag, according to the reports. The shots killed two of the men, while a third was wounded but managed to flee to a nearby building. He was later killed by gunfire when he came out of the building, after crying for help in Hebrew, the probe reportedly found.The killings have sparked protests across the country, as Israelis demand their government find a truc...

Author receives German prize in scaled-down format after comparing Gaza to Nazi-era ghettos

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:16:32 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — The Russian-American writer Masha Gessen received a German literary prize on Saturday in a ceremony that was delayed and scaled down in reaction to an article comparing Gaza to Nazi German ghettos.The comparison in a recent New Yorker article was viewed as controversial in Germany, which strongly supports Israeli as a form of remorse and responsibility for murdering up to 6 million Jews in the Holocaust.Criticism of Gessen’s criticism of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians comes as Germany grapples with the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war, both pro-Palestinian protests and pro-Israel demonstrations in reaction to rising antisemitism.Gessen was originally due to receive the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought on Friday in the city hall of Bremen, in northwest Germany, but the sponsoring organization, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, and the Bremen Senate withdrew from the ceremony.It took place instead in a different location on Saturday with about 50 gu...

Premier League soccer match abandoned after player collapses on field

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:16:32 GMT

The Premier League match between Bournemouth and Luton was abandoned Saturday after Luton captain Tom Lockyer collapsed on the field midway through the second half.Both teams left the field while Lockyer received medical treatment for around seven minutes at the Vitality Stadium.The 29-year-old Lockyer was eventually carried away on a stretcher. The score was 1-1 at the time and referee Simon Hooper made the decision to abandon the game, with the clock having stopped in the 65th minute.“Our thoughts are with Tom Lockyer and all players involved in today’s match,” the Premier League said in a statement.Lockyer, a center back who plays international soccer for Wales, had fallen to the ground without any other player near him. Players from both teams were alert to the incident and called for help. Luton manager Rob Edwards also ran onto the field of play.Lockyer collapsed during Luton’s win over Coventry in the second-tier Championship playoff final at Wembley S...