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Russia: Bill to allow electronic conscription notices passes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:21 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — The upper house of Russia’s parliament has approved a bill that would allow authorities to issue electronic summons to draftees and reservists amid the fighting in Ukraine.The Federation Council’s vote was the last step needed before the bill goes to President Vladimir Putin, who is now expected to sign it into law. Lawmakers in Russia’s lower house, the State Duma, passed the measure on Tuesday. The legislation was put on fast track as the Russian military is preparing for an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive, which Ukraine and its Western allies say could start within weeks.Russia’s current military service rules require the in-person delivery of notices to conscripts and reservists who are called up for duty. In the past, many Russians avoided the draft in the past by staying away from their address of record and the proposed bill would close that loophole. Under the new bill, the notices issued by local military conscription offices will continu...

A bill to allow Russian authorities to summon draftees and reservists electronically has cleared parliament

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:21 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — A bill to allow Russian authorities to summon draftees and reservists electronically has cleared parliament.Source

Instead of a triple, Tuchel’s Bayern facing UCL exit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:21 GMT

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — When Bayern Munich hired Thomas Tuchel less than three weeks ago, he said he was focused on the chance to win three trophies — the Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League.Now the cup is gone and Bayern will need an improbable comeback to salvage its Champions League campaign after losing 3-0 to Manchester City on Tuesday.Tuchel was adamant the score wasn’t a true reflection of the game and that Bayern had the momentum just before an error from defender Dayot Upamecano allowed City to score its second goal in the 70th minute.“(The Bayern players) felt that this does not feel like a 3-0, but it is a 3-0 and of course it’s a huge, huge task now to turn this around. We will not give up. We are realistic but we will not give up. Football is football and a home match in Germany is a home match in Germany,” Tuchel said.Speaking in German with broadcaster Amazon Prime, Tuchel lavished praise on his team for their commitment and effort and sa...

EEUU nombra un tranquilizante veterinario como “amenaza emergente” al mezclarse con fentanilo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:21 GMT

WASHINGTON DC – Estados Unidos ha calificado un tranquilizante veterinario como una “amenaza emergente” cuando se mezcla con el potente opioide fentanilo, allanando el camino a más medidas para frenar la propagación de la xilacina.La Oficina de Política Nacional para el Control de Drogas anunció la designación este miércoles, la primera vez que recurre a esta denominación desde que se creó la categoría para drogas de rápido crecimiento en 2019.Según el doctor Rahul Gupta, director de la oficina de la Casa Blanca, la xilacina es cada vez más común en todas las regiones del país. Crisis de opioides en EEUU: el gobierno sancionará a los traficantes de fentanilo La FDA aprueba Narcan de venta libre, para qué sirve este medicamento En 2020 fue detectada en casi 800 decesos causados por drogas en todo el país, la mayoría de ellos en el noreste. Un año más tarde, estuvo presente en más de 3.000 muertes, mayoritariamente en el sur,...

Un condado de Texas al que se le ordenó devolver libros prohibidos a sus estantes considera cerrar su sistema de bibliotecas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:21 GMT

(CNN) — Un condado rural de Texas al que un juez federal le ordenó devolver los libros prohibidos a los estantes de sus bibliotecas públicas ahora está considerando cerrar sus bibliotecas por completo.Una reunión del Tribunal de Comisionados del Condado de Llano que se realizará este jueves incluirá una discusión sobre si “continuar o cesar las operaciones del actual sistema de bibliotecas físicas del Condado de Llano en espera de más orientación de los Tribunales Federales”, según la agenda de la reunión.La reunión se produce después de que el juez federal Robert Pitman ordenara el 30 de marzo al Sistema de Bibliotecas del Condado de Llano, que incluye tres sucursales, que devuelva 12 libros para niños que habían sido retirados de sus estantes, muchos de ellos debido a su contenido LGBTQ y racial.Gobernador de Texas califica como “pornografía” libros de temática LGBTQ y pide que sean retirados de bibliotecas escolares¿Por qué Florida retira cientos de libros de su...

Ordenan evacuaciones de cientos de familias tras voraz incendio en Indiana

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:21 GMT

Las autoridades instaron a los residentes a evacuar la zona cercana a un gran incendio industrial que se desató este martes en una ciudad de Indiana cerca de la frontera con Ohio que envió enormes nubes de humo negro al cielo.El incendio ocurrió en una antigua fábrica en Richmond, 70 millas al este de Indianápolis, que últimamente se había utilizado para almacenar plásticos y otros materiales para reciclar o revender, dijo el alcalde Dave Snow.“Estaban bajo una orden de la ciudad para limpiar ese sitio”, dijo Snow a The Associated Press. “Sabíamos que había riesgo de incendio por la forma en que estaban almacenando los materiales”. Incendio en la plaza de mercado más grande de Ciudad de México consume una bodega Incendio en centro de migrantes: los guardias no tenían llaves de la celda, según AMLO Snow lo describió como un “incendio grave a gran escala” que aparentemente comenzó en un camión con remolque estacionado en el lugar y ...

Florida Senate’s ban on minors at drag shows draws criticism from Democrats, LGBTQ activists

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:21 GMT

Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and other members of the community are set to speak out around 10 a.m. on Wednesday in opposition to the Florida Senate-passed bill preventing children from attending drag shows.They argue that the language of the bill is too ambiguous, raising concerns that it could lead to a chilling effect on businesses hosting drag shows and even prompt cities in Florida to deny permits for Pride parades.The Republican-controlled Florida Senate passed a controversial bill on Tuesday that would prohibit minors from attending drag shows, even if their parents consent. Under the proposed legislation, organizers and performers could be fined and possibly face criminal charges, including imprisonment, if the performance is deemed “lewd” by authorities.Opponents of the bill argue that it is an infringement on the freedom of expression and would harm the state’s LGBTQ community. The bill will now move to the House for a fi...

Man speaks out after surviving fall from overpass in Orlando

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:21 GMT

Angel Garcia, 39, fell off an overpass in Orlando and survived the horrific crash. Authorities believe that he lost control of his 2018 Accura while trying to avoid a collision and fell about 50 feet from State Road 528, landing on the Interstate 4 highway below.Garcia, who is now paralyzed from the chest down and has several injuries including a broken back and face, is opening up about his experience from his hospital bed. In an interview, he shared that he doesn’t remember falling and feels like he is still stuck in a nightmare.“How do you go from walking from one minute to not being able to walk to the next?” he said. “It’s just the worst feeling in the world.”While Garcia is grateful to have health insurance and support from his workplace, he acknowledges that it was a close call and hopes that his story will serve as a reminder to drivers to be more careful on the road. “From one moment to the next, your life can be taken away, and you...

ANOTHER DAY OF DOWNPOURS

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:21 GMT

Happy Wednesday, South Florida!Hopefully everyone has been able to stay dry as South Florida has been soggy since late in the weekend.  After record rainfall in Miami on Monday, heavy rain has continued to fall over portions of South Florida, leaving the ground saturated and the roads flooded. And after relentless rain continued on Monday and Tuesday, this morning South Florida woke up to a few showers, which increased in coverage and intensity as the morning went on while temperatures remained in the 70s – something that hasn’t changed since earlier in the week. Unfortunately, for South Florida today has the potential to be another wet one for our area. There is still plenty of moisture available for rain over South Florida as we have a stalled Front nearby and a developing disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico, which altogether, will help draw in moisture across South Florida and keep rain chances high throughout the day today. Due to the extensive cloud cover, the showers and h...

Belfast must revive power-sharing to thwart ‘enemies of peace,’ Biden tells divided leaders

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:30:21 GMT

BELFAST – Northern Ireland must seize the opportunities of the Good Friday Agreement so that “the enemies of peace will not prevail,” U.S. President Joe Biden told local leaders in a speech overshadowed by the region’s failure to sustain a unity government as the 1998 peace deal proposed.Seated side by side in front of Biden were the leaders of Northern Ireland’s five main parties, who had just chatted – briefly and separately – with the president on his first visit since 1991 to this still-divided corner of the United Kingdom.Four of Northern Ireland’s leaders, spanning the spectrum from the Irish republican Sinn Féin to moderate British unionists, want to form a new cross-community government at Stormont overlooking Belfast as the U.S.-brokered peace deal intended.But the pivotal fifth leader, Jeffrey Donaldson of the hard-line Democratic Unionist Party, is refusing to permit this because his party still opposes how the U.K.’s Brexit deal with the European Union treats Northern Ir...