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Biden compara al líder chino Xi Jinping con “dictadores” incluso cuando Washington y Beijing trabajan para descongelar las relaciones

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:10 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden comparó al presidente de China, Xi Jinping, con “dictadores” durante una recaudación de fondos políticos en California este martes por la noche, y pronunció los comentarios improvisados aproximadamente un día después de que el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, dijera que su reciente viaje había producido “progresos” en la reparación de la fracturada relación entre Washington y Beijing.“La razón por la que Xi Jinping se molestó mucho cuando derribé ese globo con dos furgones llenos de equipo de espionaje es que no sabía que estaba allí. No, en serio. Eso es lo que es una gran vergüenza para los dictadores, cuando no sabían lo que pasó”, dijo Biden a los asistentes a la recaudación de fondos en el Área de la Bahía, refiriéndose al globo espía chino que Estados Unidos derribó a principios de este año.Los comentarios aparentemente fuera del mensaje del presidente se producen en un momento particularmente tenso en las relaciones...

Denver weather: Pinpoint Weather Alert Day for risk of severe evening storms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Front Range will have mainly sunny skies Wednesday with warm highs before evening storms fire up and push out across the plains tonight in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Sunny before evening stormsWednesday is a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day. Are July 4th drone shows the wave of the future? The metro will see plenty of sunshine Wednesday, helping high temperatures reach into the middle 80s. Storms can form in the evening hours across the Interstate 25 corridor and will slowly push out across the plains tonight. Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on June 21. There is a slight risk for severe storms in eastern Denver and over most of the plains.Pinpoint Weather: Storm risk on June 21.Weather tonight: Storms continueCloudy skies linger over the metro overnight with slowing winds. Storms will stay across the Eastern Plains overnight with heavy rain, gusty winds, and some large hail.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on June 21. Looking ahead: Drying out, n...

European tourist island declares itself a phone-free zone

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:10 GMT

(CNN) — As summer approaches and tourism season begins, social media users will struggle to answer the age-old question: If you didn’t post about your vacation, did you really even go?The answer is, of course: Yes you did, and you probably had a better time for not plastering it all over Instagram.Though it may be difficult for some to resist work emails and updating social media during vacation, the island of Ulko-Tammio in Finland is urging visitors to ignore their screens and enjoy nature.Claiming to be the world’s first phone-free tourist island, Ulko-Tammio is located in the Eastern Gulf of Finland, a national park in the Nordic nation that’s been named “world’s happiest country” six years in a row and, somewhat ironically, is home to Nokia, the brand behind the world’s best-selling smartphone of all time.“The island of Ulko-Tammio, which is located off the coast of Hamina, will be a phone-free area this summer,” Mats Selin, an expert in island tourism at Visit Kotka-Hamin...

A restaurant must pay workers $140,000 after allegedly hiring a fake priest to extract confessions of workers’ ‘sins’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:10 GMT

New York (CNN) — A restaurant in California has been ordered to pay $140,000 in back wages and damages to employees after it hired a priest to extract workers’ confessions, in what federal investigators are calling “the most shameless” acts of corruption an employer has taken against its staff.The US Department of Labor said an employee testified that owner Che Garibaldi, who operates two locations of Taqueria Garibaldi in northern California, hired a fake priest to hear confessions during work hours and “get the sins out,” including asking them if they had been late for work, stolen money from the restaurant or had “bad intentions” toward their employer.“Under oath, an employee of Taqueria Garibaldi explained how the restaurant offered a supposed priest to hear their workplace ‘sins’ while other employees reported that a manager falsely claimed that immigration issues would be raised by the department’s investigation,” said Regional Solicitor of Labor Marc Pilotin in the release.Th...

Damaged portion of I-95 in Philadelphia will reopen this weekend, ahead of schedule, governor says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:10 GMT

(CNN) — The damaged portion of Interstate 95 that collapsed in Philadelphia on June 11 will reopen this weekend, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced, highlighting the reopening comes ahead of schedule thanks to the “24/7” work of crews at the site.“We have made tremendous progress over just the last few days,” the governor said in a Tuesday news conference.“I can confidently state right here, right now, that traffic will be flowing here on I-95 this weekend … We have completed every phase of this project safely and way ahead of schedule.”Since demolition of the damaged part concluded Thursday and construction work began, crews worked to fill the affected roadway with a “specially designed, Pennsylvania-made recycled glass aggregate,” transportation officials said.The section of interstate crumbled after a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline crashed and exploded in flames under the highway, officials said. The driver, identified as Nathan Moody, 53, was killed.The co...

Miami Police asking public’s help in searching for elderly man

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:10 GMT

The City of Miami Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a 73-year-old man. Robert Raiford was reported missing from the upper east side area of the city on Tuesday. The 6-foot-1 man weighs 130 pounds and was last seen wearing dark clothing: black shorts, a shirt and slides. Police are urging anyone who knows of his whereabouts to call 305-603-6300 or 305-579-6111.

Zelenskyy: Ukraine’s counteroffensive progress ‘slower than desired’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:10 GMT

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admitted Wednesday that the progress of Kyiv’s counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory has been “slower than desired.” In an interview with the BBC, Zelenskyy said, “Some people believe this is a Hollywood movie and expect results now. It’s not.”“What’s at stake is people’s lives” he added. Ukraine in recent weeks has ramped up efforts to reclaim its territory but, while Kyiv says it has liberated eight villages in the country’s south and east, progress has been slow against heavily fortified Russian lines. But Zelenskyy was defiant. “Whatever some might want, including attempts to pressure us, with all due respect, we will advance on the battlefield the way we deem best,” he said in the interview. Last fall, Ukraine recaptured swathes of occupied territory with a lightning-quick counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region. Zelenskyy also hit b...

Salem, NH man charged in connection with January 6 assault on the Capitol

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:10 GMT

A Salem, New Hampshire man has been arrested on felony charges, including assaulting a law enforcement officer, for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, officials announced. Richard Zachary Ackerman, 22, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, civil disorder, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, and theft of government property. Ackerman made his initial appearance today in the District of New Hampshire. According to court documents, on Jan. 6, 2021, Ackerman was among a mob illegally massed on Capitol grounds, including on the lower west terrace and near an archway and tunnel that leads into the Capitol building. Court records say that Ackerman found a U.S. Capitol Police helmet and put it on. Later in the day, while wearing the helmet, Ackerman is accused of throwing a water bottle toward the entrance to the tunnel, where a line of police o...

Summer Starts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:10 GMT

A bit of a crisp feel to the air early on this Wednesday morning as temps kick off the day in the 40s and 50s. Just like yesterday highs will hold in the 60s at the coast to low to mid 70s inland. With that said, we’ll catch more sunshine as the chance for scattered showers is NOT in the forecast today. Sure, temps run about 6-10 degrees below average, but the overall start to summer is solid. Yes, astronomical Summer starts at 10:57am today. Enjoy! Clouds increase tomorrow and some shower action is possible with the highest chance across CT, RI and SE Mass. Highs tomorrow run from the mid 60s along the south coast to the mid 70s in southern NH. Humidity ramps up Friday as a pattern that features isolated to scattered storms develops across the area. As warmth and humidity surge into New England, it’ll no doubt start to feel like the start of summer as highs head into the mid 70s to mid 80s (coolest south coast). In terms of the stormy pattern… yes, it’ll be...

China says Biden comments likening leader Xi to a dictator are ‘extremely absurd and irresponsible’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:10 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday called comments by U.S. President Joe Biden referring to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a dictator “extremely absurd and irresponsible.” The clash of words comes just over a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a visit to Beijing that sought to break the ice in a relationship that has hit a historical low. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Biden’s comments at a fundraiser in California “go totally against facts and seriously violate diplomatic protocol, and severely infringe on China’s political dignity.” “It is a blatant political provocation. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and opposition,” Mao said at a daily briefing. “The U.S. remarks are extremely absurd and irresponsible,” Mao said. Blinken’s visit, during which he met with Xi, was aimed at easing tensions between the two superpowers but appeared not to have achieved any solid results.Biden...