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Zambia turns to 3rd goalkeeper ahead of Spain at Women’s World Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:25 GMT

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Zambia has only played one Women’s World Cup match and are already down to their third-string goalkeeper.Hazel Nali was ruled out of the Women’s World Cup only days before Zambia’s tournament debut with a torn ACL. She was replaced by relief goalkeeper Catherine Musonda, but the backup picked up her second yellow card — which essentially equals a red card and disqualification for the next match — when she tripped Japanese striker Riko Ueki in the waning moments of Zambia’s 5-0 tournament-opening loss. Nali was a star for the Copper Queens with 18 career international appearances and the only Zambian keeper who plays outside the country. So the job went to Eunice Sakala, who replaced Musonda ahead of Japan scorinh on the ensuing penalty kick and final whistle. Those final minutes were the international debut for the 21-year-old, who will have to carry the load Wednesday against Spain in Auckland. The Spaniards are ranked sixth in the world, and fresh off ...

Elon Musk mató oficialmente a Twitter: la plataforma zombi vive como X, un caparazón de lo que era antes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:25 GMT

(CNN) — Adiós, pajarito.Twitter, la plataforma de redes sociales basada en texto que desempeñó un papel descomunal en la sociedad al servir como plaza pública digital, fue asesinada este domingo por su desquiciado propietario, Elon Musk. Tenía 17 años.Un Twitter zombi, conocido solo como X, perdura a regañadientes. Una plataforma deformada y desfigurada, X avanza como un Caminante Blanco [de “Game of Thrones”], un feo caparazón de sí mismo bajo el mando de un detestado líder.Mientras que Twitter alguna vez fue una fuente de información autorizada, X es una plataforma en la que los trolls pueden pagar una pequeña tarifa para que su contenido feo sea promocionado antes que fuentes confiables.X es una plataforma donde la verificación de identidad ya no existe y la suplantación de identidad está a solo una suscripción paga.Es oficial: Elon Musk renombra la marca Twitter como “X”X es una plataforma donde se veta y se denigra a los periodistas mientras se ele...

Colton Cowser’s throw, hit help lift surging Orioles over Phillies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:25 GMT

Baltimore Orioles' Colton Cowser, right, celebrates after a win with Ramon Urias after a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Monday, July 24, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)(AP/Chris Szagola) Baltimore Orioles' Colton Cowser, right, celebrates after a win with Ramon Urias after a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Monday, July 24, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)(AP/Chris Szagola) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Colton Cowser hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning after helping to throw out the potential go-ahead run in the eighth, lifting the surging Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.Ryan Mountcastle and Jordan Wes...

Anciano de 90 años conoce a su hermana enviando su ADN por sitio web

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:25 GMT

Un residente de Kansas recibió un regalo el día de su cumpleaños número 90 con el que siempre había soñado. Ralph Earl Britz cuenta cómo toda su vida había soñado tener una hermana o un hermano, lo que lo llevó a resolver un misterio familiar que surgió hace 15 años. Britz asegura que su certificado de nacimiento se había perdido pero logró conseguirla y descubrir que su padre era en realidad su padrastro, lo que lo llevo a pensar que su sueño podría ser realidad. Caimán muerde a anciano que paseaba por campo de golf en Florida NBC: los trabajadores de la salud inmigrantes pueden enfrentar demandas de $100,000 por renunciar La hija de Britz dice que envió pruebas de ADN a una página web diseñada para reencontrar familiares llamada “23andMe”, y asegura que fue “como buscar una aguja en un pajar”.Asimismo, consiguió a la hermana perdida de Britz, Roberta Best de 78 años, quien asegura que su madre, justo ant...

Golfista profesional admite haber hecho trampa en torneo de Canadá

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:25 GMT

El golfista profesional Justin Doeden admitió que hizo trampa en el Abierto de Ottawa del PGA Tour Canada la semana pasada. Doeden hizo la confesión el lunes en una publicación en X, antes conocida como Twitter. “Estoy aquí para confesar el mayor error que he cometido en mi vida hasta la fecha. Hice trampa en el golf”, escribió Doeden. “Esto no es lo que soy. Decepcioné a mis patrocinadores. Decepcioné a mis competidores. Decepcioné a mi familia. Me decepcioné a mí mismo. Rezo por su perdón”. Porche se derrumba durante torneo de golf en Montana; al menos 25 heridos Niño de 3 años atropella y mata a otro menor con carrito de golf La admisión se produjo dos días después de que un informe de Ryan French del Monday Q Info afirmara que Doeden alteró su tarjeta de puntuación en un intento de pasar el corte en el Abierto de Ottawa. Doeden etiquetó la cuenta X de Monday Q Info en su publicación de confesión. Doeden...

Major Sicily airport shuts due to huge wildfire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:25 GMT

A fire broke out early Tuesday on the Italian island of Sicily near Palermo’s airport, forcing it to temporarily shut down.The blaze, which started above the town of Cinisi, reached the edge of the Falcone Borsellino Airport, forcing authorities to halt all air traffic until 11 a.m., the airport announced on social media, as pictures from the scene showed soaring flames near the airport perimeter. Sicily has faced scorching temperatures, amid a powerful heat wave that has impacted much of Southern Europe. On the Italian island, the mercury reached 47.6C on Monday in Catania on the east coast, according to Italian newswire Ansa. The sizzling heat threatening lives and fueling wildfires this summer would have been “virtually impossible” without man-made global warming, scientists said on Tuesday. 

Margrethe Vestager on failed US hire: ‘Shit happens’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:25 GMT

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s antitrust chief was trying to do the right thing in picking a renowned U.S. professor as a top EU competition economist.“I just wanted to find the right person and do it in the right fashion and then, shit happens,” Margrethe Vestager told a POLITICO reporter on Friday at the Unamido Japanese ramen restaurant near Flagey square in Brussels. The Danish commissioner, who has faced off against at least one shouting Big Tech executive and U.S. presidential venom, endured a potentially damaging setback last week over her choice of Fiona Scott Morton, who has been described as one of the “best economists in the world” in her field, for the influential EU chief competition advisory role.The shit, or rather la merde, came pretty much from one direction — when French President Emmanuel Macron joined other French politicians in criticizing the European Commission for choosing an American for the senior EU post. Macron said neither the U.S. nor ...

South Korean court overturns impeachment of government minister ousted over deadly crowd crush

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:25 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday overturned the impeachment of the public safety minister ousted over a Halloween crowd surge that killed nearly 160 people last October at a nightlife district in the capital, Seoul.The court’s decision allows Lee Sang-min to return as the minister of the interior and safety. Vice Minister Han Chang-seob has served as acting minister since February when South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament voted to impeach Lee, saying he should be held responsible for the government’s failure to employ effective crowd control measures and its botched emergency response, which contributed to the high death toll in Itaewon.Lee, 58, is seen as a key ally of conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose office welcomed the decision and had accused the opposition liberals of creating “shameful history” by pushing for his impeachment.In rejecting the parliamentary impeachment of Lee, the court said he could not be held c...

Legal dispute facing Texan ‘Sassy Trucker’ in Dubai shows the limits of speech in UAE

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:25 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Houston woman known online as the “Sassy Trucker” has been stuck in Dubai for months after an altercation at a car rental agency, the latest case showing the limits of speech in this skyscraper-studded city-state. The case against Tierra Young Allen, 29, comes as the seven sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates have rules that strictly govern speech far beyond what’s common in Western nations. A middle finger raised in a traffic dispute, a text message calling someone a name or swearing in public easily can spark criminal cases — something that foreign tourists who flock here may not realize until it is too late. Allen traveled to Dubai in April, with her social media accounts with tens of thousands of followers showing videos of her test-driving a Mercedes semitruck, going to the beach, seeing tourist attractions and partying in nightclubs. But toward the end of Allen’s trip, a rental car driven by a friend she was with was involved ...

Putin and Lukashenko to meet after Russia warns about aggression against Belarus

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:39:25 GMT

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko (both pictured) met on Sunday (23 July), the Kremlin said, two days after Moscow warned that any aggression against its neighbour and staunchest ally would be considered an attack on Russia.After Poland decided earlier this week to move military units closer to its border with Belarus in response to the arrival in Belarus of forces from Russia's Wagner Group, Putin said Moscow would use all means it has to react to any hostility towards Minsk.The Kremlin said Lukashenko is paying a working visit to Russia and will talk to Putin about further development of the countries' "strategic partnership".While not sending his own troops to Ukraine, Lukashenko allowed Moscow to use Belarusian territory to launch its full-scale invasion on Ukraine in February 2022 and has since met with Putin frequently.The two countries have since held multiple joint military training exercises, and in June Lukashenko allowed his count...