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Russian court to hear jailed US reporter’s appeal

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear a defense appeal of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s arrest on espionage charges.Gershkovich, 31, is the first U.S. correspondent since the Cold War to be detained in Russia for alleged spying. Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, arrested Gershkovich in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, on March 29 and accused him of trying to obtain classified information about a Russian arms factory.Gershkovich, his employer and the U. S. government all deny he was involved in spying and have demanded his release.The Moscow City Court is set to consider a defense appeal of his arrest on Tuesday.Gershkovich could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Russian lawyers have said past investigations into espionage cases took a year to 18 months, during which time he could have little contact with the outside world.He is held in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which dates from the czarist era and has be...

Hartman goal in 2nd OT gives Wild 3-2 win over Stars in G1

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Ryan Hartman scored 12:20 into the second overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars in their playoff opener Monday night that dragged into early Tuesday morning. Hartman gathered the loose puck and skated in front of the crease before lifting it over the extended left leg of Jake Oettinger at 1 a.m. local time, ending a more than four-hour game in which both 24-year-old goalies had spectacular performances. Stars defenseman Thomas Harley had knocked the puck toward the corner, but Colin Miller was unable to clear it, with the puck instead ricocheting off Sam Steel’s stick and toward Hartman, who had just circled from behind the net. Steel was credited with an assist, and also scored a goal in his first NHL playoff game. The Stars had just been turned away on a power play after Frederick Gaudreau’s tripping penalty against captain Jamie Benn 9:11 into that second overtime. Roope Hintz, who scored on a power play in the second period...

Elon Musk advierte que la IA podría causar la “destrucción de la civilización” aunque invierte en ella

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

Nueva York (CNN) — Elon Musk advirtió en una nueva entrevista que la inteligencia artificial podría llevar a la “destrucción de la civilización”, incluso mientras sigue profundamente involucrado en el crecimiento de la IA a través de sus muchas empresas, incluida una nueva empresa que se rumorea.“La IA es más peligrosa que, por ejemplo, un mal diseño de un avión o un mal mantenimiento de la producción o una mala fabricación de un automóvil, en el sentido de que tiene el potencial –por pequeña que sea la probabilidad, pero no es trivial– de destruir la civilización”, dijo Musk en su entrevista con Tucker Carlson, que se emitirá en dos partes el lunes y este martes por la noche.Musk advirtió recientemente en repetidas ocasiones de los peligros de la IA, en medio de la proliferación de productos de IA para uso general de los consumidores, incluidos los de gigantes tecnológicos como Google y Microsoft. El mes pasado, Musk también se unió a un grupo de otros...

Marchand, Bruins defeat Panthers 3-1 to open playoffs

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand scored his 50th career playoff goal, David Pastrnak and Jake DeBrusk also scored, and the NHL-best Boston Bruins opened the playoffs by beating the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Monday night.Linus Ullmark, a Vezina Trophy candidate who led the league in wins (40), goals-against average (1.89) and save percentage (.938), stopped 31 shots and Tyler Bertuzzi added two assists for Boston, which controlled the game even with captain Patrice Bergeron sitting out because of illness.Matthew Tkachuk scored for the Panthers and Alex Lyon made 26 saves but gave up Marchand’s goal on a relatively easy shot.WILD 3, STARS 2, 2 OTDALLAS (AP) — Ryan Hartman scored 12:20 into the second overtime and the Wild beat the Stars in their playoff opener.Hartman gathered the puck in front of the crease and got it past Jake Oettinger at around 1 a.m. local time, ending a more than four-hour game in which both 24-year-old goalies had spectacular performances.The Stars had been been turne...

Putin visita cuarteles de tropas rusas en dos ciudades de Ucrania

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

MOSCÚ – El presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, visitó los cuarteles generales de dos unidades de tropas que luchan en las regiones ucranianas de Jersón y Lugansk, anexionadas por Rusia en septiembre pasado, donde se interesó por la situación en los frentes sur y este, informó este martes el Kremlin.“El comandante en jefe supremo de las Fuerzas Armadas de la Federación rusa visitó la sede del grupo Dniéper en la dirección de Jersón”, señaló la presidencia rusa en un escueto comunicado publicado en su página web sobre la primera visita de Putin al frente de esta región en casi 14 meses de campaña militar en Ucrania.Poco después, el Kremlin informó también de la visita de Putin al “cuartel general de la unidad “Vostok” (Este) de la Guardia Nacional en la república popular de Lugansk”. También es el primer viaje del mandatario a esta provincia ucraniana.Según el Kremlin, en el cuartel del grupo Dniéper, el presidente ruso escuchó informes del coman...

Kings edge Oilers 4-3 in OT to take early lead in series

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Alex Iafallo scored in OT to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers to open their first-round playoff series Monday night.Iafallo scored a power-play goal at 9:19 of OT by converting Victor Arvidsson’s feed from behind the net.Adrian Kempe scored twice and Anze Kopitar had a goal and three assists for Los Angeles, which held Oilers captain and NHL scoring leader Connor McDavid scoreless.Kings goaltender Joonas Korpisalo made 38 saves for the win.Leon Draisaitl countered with a pair of goals and Evan Bouchard also scored for the Oilers (50-23-9), who ranked second in the Pacific Division this season ahead of third-seeded Kings (47-25-10).Oilers starter Stuart Skinner stopped 31 shots in his NHL playoff debut.Edmonton defenseman Vincent Desharnais was penalized in overtime for tripping Blake Lizotte, although Lizotte appeared to step on a broken stick on the ice and fall.The Oilers almost ended it at 1:54 of OT, but official...

Michelle Yeoh seeks new challenges after Oscar win

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Michelle Yeoh says she is looking for new challenges including as a producer, as she credited perseverance, hard work and passion for her historic Oscar win last month. The 60-year-old became the first Asian to win the Academy Award for best actress for her performance as a laundromat owner in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The movie won a total of seven awards, including best picture.Returning to her native Malaysia to celebrate her mother’s birthday, Yeoh said she felt a sense of relief after clinching the award.“It was a roller coaster ride that started last year when the movie first came out. It was a whole year of not knowing, wanting, hoping, wishing,” she told a news conference. “During the journey, everyone was asking, ‘Do you want the Oscar?’ I said, hell, yes, of course I want the Oscar. Who doesn’t? I am not going to beat around the bush and say no because it represents so much to so many of us.”Yeoh reiterated that her Osca...

US diplomatic convoy attacked in Sudan amid new truce appeal

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Washington’s top diplomat said Tuesday that a U.S. Embassy convoy came under fire in Sudan and denounced “indiscriminate military operations” as the country’s armed forces and a powerful rival unleashed heavy weapons in urban areas for a fourth day.The convoy of clearly marked embassy vehicles was attacked on Monday, and preliminary reports link the assailants to the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group battling Sudan’s military, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters. Everyone in the convoy was safe, Blinken said. The Sudanese military said the attack took place in Sudan’s restive Darfur region.The convoy attack, along with earlier assaults on aid workers and the EU envoy’s residence in the capital of Khartoum, signaled further descent into chaos since the battle by two rival generals for control of Africa’s third-largest country erupted over the weekend.More than 185 people have been killed and more than 1...

Iran renews threats against Israel during Army Day parade

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president on Tuesday reiterated threats against Israel while marking the country’s annual Army Day, though he stayed away from criticizing Saudi Arabia as Tehran seeks a détente with the kingdom.The comments by Ebrahim Raisi came as fighter jets and helicopters flew overhead in Tehran, and as Iranian submarines sailed across its waters during a ceremony carried live by state television. The day celebrates Iran’s regular military, not its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, whose expeditionary forces operate across the wider Mideast and aid Iranian-allied militia groups like Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The Guard also routinely has tense encounters with the U.S. Navy. Speaking at the ceremony, Raisi threatened Israel, which is suspected of carrying out a series of attacks targeting Iran since the collapse of its nuclear deal with world powers. “Enemies, particularly the Zionist regime, has receive the message that any tiny action against (our)...

Israel remembers 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:33 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis ground to a halt for a nationwide moment of silence on Tuesday in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust as a two-minute siren wailed across the country. Vehicles and pedestrians halted on streets and highways as Israelis stood, heads bowed, in solemn remembrance for those systematically killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in World War II. The somber day is also marked by ceremonies and memorials at schools and community centers. Restaurants and cafes shutter, and TV and radio stations play Holocaust-themed programs.A third of the world’s Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Israel was established in the aftermath in 1948, and hundreds of thousands of survivors fled to the Jewish state.Official observances started Monday evening with a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem as six survivors, including one of the few remaining survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, lit torches for the memory of the 6 milli...