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World champion Tamirat Tola headlines an elite field for the Sydney Marathon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:31 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Men’s world champion Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia and 2022 Paris Marathon women’s champion Judith Jeptum Korir of Kenya will headline the fields for the Sydney Marathon in September. Organizers on Tuesday said it will be the fastest and most decorated elite field in the Sydney Marathon’s history. Tola will compete in Australia for the first time and will be up against defending champion Moses Kibet, who holds the record for the fastest marathon time ever run in Australia. Sydney is a candidate for the World Marathon Majors, a series of elite events that includes New York, London, Berlin, Boston, Tokyo and Chicago. The new route for the Sept. 17 Sydney marathon will take in some of the city’s most historic landmarks, including the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.Tola has a personal best of 2 hours, 3 minutes, 39 seconds. Gabriel Geay of Tanzania, who placed second at the 2023 Boston Marathon, has the fastest personal best of the field at 2:03:00. Jeptum Korir will ...

Niña recibe el corazón de un niño de 4 años en el primer trasplante de este tipo en Ucrania

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:31 GMT

(CNN) — En medio de la furiosa guerra y la constante amenaza de los misiles rusos, se realizó con éxito un trasplante de corazón a una niña de 6 años en Kyiv, anunciaron este lunes las autoridades del Instituto del Corazón del Ministerio de Salud de Ucrania.La operación de tres horas, que se llevó a cabo el domingo por la noche, le entregó a la niña el corazón de un niño de 4 años, a quien los médicos habían declarado muerte cerebral tras sufrir un aneurisma.Era la primera vez que se realizaba un trasplante de corazón en Ucrania en niños tan pequeños, dijo el instituto.“La operación también fue única en el sentido de que tanto el donante como el receptor eran niños muy pequeños y el trasplante requirió más esfuerzo por parte de los médicos”, agregó.El trasplante fue realizado por un equipo de médicos dirigido por el Dr. Boris Todurov, científico jefe del departamento de tratamiento quirúrgico y mínimamente invasivo.“La operación transcurrió sin problemas, la niña fue extubada ...

Hundreds rally in downtown after UCSD students, alum arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:31 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Hundreds of protesters from the University of California system rallied on the steps of the downtown San Diego Central Courthouse on Monday demanding charges related to the arrests of two UCSD graduate students and an alumnus be dropped.The trio were arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Marine Conservation and Technology Facility on the UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus on May 30, reportedly writing pro-student workers union slogans in chalk outside the building.Nearly a month later, on June 29, the three were arrested and booked into jail overnight on two counts of felony vandalism. “My colleagues who are arrested with me, study the ocean to mitigate and adapt to climate change. We care about our scientific work, and our collective future," said one of the postdoctoral scholars arrested, Jessica Ng.Ng, along with her two colleagues, were scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, but the San Diego County District Attorney's office said that the case...

Take a spin! Historic Balboa Park carousel rides again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:31 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Balboa Park visitors will soon see the return of a beloved attraction.The historic Dorothea Laub Balboa Park Carousel is set to reopen later on Tuesday, July 25 after a nearly six-month closure for renovations.Spearheaded by Forever Balboa Park, the renovation of the iconic attraction, which turned 100-years-old last summer, includes both safety improvements and structural enhancements like a new roof.Additional changes will be added to restore some of the carousel's original design, the non-profit said, including a fresh, historically-accurate coat of paint on the menagerie and the removal of some triangle eaves added later in the ride's life. The original menagerie carousel was made by Herschell-Spillman in New York back in 1910, according to Balboa Park, before it was shipped to Los Angeles. ‘Excelsior!’: Stan Lee exhibit coming to Comic-Con Museum In 1915, the carousel first arrived in San Diego, being put on display at the Hotel del Coronado's Tent City, a summe...

One dead, three injured in suspected DUI crash on SR-54

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:31 GMT

EL CAJON, Calif. -- One person was killed and three more injured in a suspected DUI multi-vehicle crash on State Route 54 Friday evening, California Highway Patrol said in a release.Around 4:34 p.m., CHP said a 32-year-old man was driving a Honda Civic eastbound on SR-54, approaching the intersection of Jamacha Road and Cuyamaca College Drive West at an unknown speed on a red light in the right turn lane. At the same time, a 42-year-old man was driving a Nissan Kicks with two additional passengers on the westbound SR-54, according to authorities. The Nissan was turning left at the intersection with Cuyamaca College Drive West on a green arrow to enter a shopping center parking lot south of the intersection.Behind the Nissan, an 18-year-old woman driving a Tesla Model Y was also turning left on the green light to enter the shopping center. Camp Pendleton Marine pleads not guilty in crash that killed 12-year-old boy For reasons still under investigation, CHP said the driver of the H...

Helicopter with 6 on board including foreign tourists is missing near Mount Everest in Nepal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:31 GMT

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A helicopter carrying foreign tourists went missing Tuesday in the Mount Everest area of Nepal and contact was lost with the aircraft.The helicopter was returning to the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday morning after bringing the five tourists on a sightseeing trip to the world’s highest peak.A search effort was underway involving another helicopter in the skies and police and soldiers on the ground. Much of the mountainous area is only accessible on foot with no roads.Airport official Sagar Kadel said weather conditions had caused changes to be made to the helicopter’s planned flight route. It is common for flights to be delayed and routes changed during the monsoon season amid heavy rains.The tourist and mountaineering season ended in May with the onset of the rainy season and tourist flights to the mountains are less common this time of year as visibility is poor and weather conditions become unpredictable.The Associated Press

As Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on, what is NATO and what is it doing to help?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:31 GMT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — With Russia’s war on Ukraine in its 17th month, and Western countries sending increasingly hi-tech and long-range weapons and ammunition to help President Volodymyr Zelenskyy defend his country, it’s easy to lose track of where NATO stands.NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg — the top civilian official at the world’s biggest security alliance — routinely praises allies for helping Ukraine’s troops to fight back. But when he does, Stoltenberg is talking about individual member countries, not NATO as an organization.As a NATO summit in Lithuania’s capital begins Tuesday, here’s a look at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and what it’s doing to help Ukraine.NATO’S SUPPORT NON-LETHAL ONLYThe 31-nation military alliance provides only non-lethal support to Ukraine: Fuel, combat rations, medical supplies, body armor, winter uniforms and equipment to counter mines, chemical and biological threats and drones.NATO makes its decisions by con...

Dismembered body of a missing German businessman found in the freezer of a home in Thailand

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:31 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — The dismembered body of a 62-year-old German businessman who has been missing for a week has been found in the freezer of a house in southern Thailand, police said Tuesday.Tawee Kudthalaeng, chief of police in the town of Nong Prue, said the body of Hans-Peter Mack was found at about 11 p.m. on Monday. Investigators were able to locate the body by using security camera footage from the area to track it, Tawee said. He did not elaborate, but photos and video from the camera published by Thai media showed the white freezer in the bed of a black truck on the road with a man squatting next to it. Mack had last been seen driving in his Mercedes sedan in Pattaya, a coastal city in southern Thailand, according to a missing person announcement distributed by his family that offered a 3 million baht ($86,000) reward for information leading to his return. The telephone number listed on the poster for tips went unanswered on Tuesday. Mack lived in Pattaya with his Thai wife, and...

Sweden’s rocky road from neutrality toward NATO membership

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:31 GMT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — When long-neutral Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland, both expected a quick accession process.More than a year later, Finland is in, but Sweden is still in the alliance’s waiting room.New entries must be approved by all existing members and as NATO leaders meet for a summit in Vilnius, Sweden is missing the green light from two: Turkey and Hungary.A major obstacle was overcome Monday when Turkey’s president agreed to send NATO’s accession documents to the Turkish Parliament for approval, something he had refused to do for more than a year.That means Sweden is now close to becoming NATO’s 32nd member, though not quite yet over the finish line. Here’s what to know about Sweden’s tumultuous road toward joining the alliance.FAREWELL TO NEUTRALITYFor a country that hasn’t fought a war in two centuries, the decision to join NATO was huge. Sweden declined to take sides during both world wars and throughout the Cold War...

Israelis block highways in nationwide protests over government’s plan to overhaul judiciary

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:31 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli protesters blocked highways leading to Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv on Tuesday, at the start of a day of countrywide demonstrations against the government’s planned judicial overhaul that has divided the nation.The demonstrations came the morning after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary coalition gave initial approval for a bill to limit the Supreme Court’s oversight powers, pressing forward with the contentious proposed changes to the judiciary despite widespread opposition.The legislation is one of several bills proposed by Netanyahu’s ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox allies. The plan has provoked months of sustained protests by opponents who say it is pushing the country toward authoritarian rule.Anti-overhaul activists have called for nationwide mass demonstrations throughout the day, including protests at Israel’s main international airport that could disrupt travel. Police cleared protesters who blocked a main artery leading to...