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US Senate leader raises trade and fentanyl at start of 1st congressional visit to China since 2019

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:03:21 GMT

SHANGHAI (AP) — A senior American lawmaker, leading the first congressional trip to China in four years, said Saturday that the U.S. does not want to cut economic ties with the world’s second-largest economy but seeks a level playing field so that American companies can compete freely.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and five other senators arrived in Shanghai earlier in the day on a three-country tour that will also take them to South Korea and Japan. The trip comes amid a sharp deterioration in relations between the U.S. and China and as officials try to lay the groundwork for a possible meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in November. “We are prepared to compete but we do not seek to conflict,” Schumer told Shanghai’s Communist Party chief shortly after the delegation’s arrival. The party head, Chen Jining, avoided specific issues in his public remarks, saying that a healthy and stable China-U.S. relationship would benefit the entire world. H...

Israeli national rescue service says at least 40 killed in wide-ranging Hamas incursion

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:03:21 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli national rescue service says at least 40 killed in wide-ranging Hamas incursion.Source

Record-breaking turnout for AWS Girls’ Tech Day in Prince William County

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:03:21 GMT

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today.More than 600 middle school girls from across the region gathered at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Prince William County Saturday for the fifth annual AWS Girls’ Tech Day.Amazon Web Services (AWS) Girls’ Tech Day was developed to promote and encourage girls and women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and math, a combination of fields commonly referred to as STEAM, according to a news release. The free, half-day educational event involved panel discussions and STEAM-related interactive activities.This year’s Girls’ Tech Day at the Hylton Performing Arts Center broke attendance records.Highlights included: Students learning to play tic-tac-toe using their drone piloting skills, learning how to code robots so they can pick up and deliver packages in a simulated disaster zone and learning about the l...

¿Quién es Juan Schiaretti, el peronista no kirchnerista candidato a presidente en las elecciones en Argentina?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:03:21 GMT

(CNN Español) — Juan Schiaretti es peronista y gobierna por tercer periodo Córdoba, la segunda provincia de Argentina en cantidad de electores, que en general tiene la particularidad de votar candidatos locales peronistas, pero a nivel nacional muestra una fuerte impronta antiperonista. ¿Cómo se explica? El peronismo cordobés que hoy lidera Schiaretti no es kirchnerista, suele marcar sus diferencias con el Gobierno nacional y en estas elecciones generales, compite con sus propios candidatos.Así, con su partido Hacemos por Nuestro País, y por fuera de la coalición oficialista Unión por la Patria, el “Gringo”, como se lo apoda, se lanzó por primera vez a las elecciones presidenciales para captar el voto peronista no kirchnerista acompañado de varios desencantados con el liderazgo de la vicepresidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.Ese desencanto con el kirchnerismo llevó a Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, uno de los precandidatos de Juntos por el Cambio, la principal coalición o...

¿Quién es Myriam Bregman, candidata del Frente de Izquierda a la presidencia de Argentina?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:03:21 GMT

(CNN Español) –– El Frente de Izquierda y los Trabajadores es una fuerza política joven en Argentina. Está conformado por partidos de larga trayectoria en el país, pero como tal solo tiene 12 años de existencia.Ese tiempo fue suficiente para que Myriam Bregman se convirtiera en una referente de la coalición. Su compromiso con la causa de los desaparecidos durante la última dictadura militar (1976-1983), su cercanía a los sectores obreros y su vocación feminista hoy le permiten ser la candidata a presidenta por el Frente en las elecciones que se celebrarán el 22 de octubre.Las propuestas en 5 temas clave de Myriam Bregman como candidata a la presidencia de ArgentinaConocida popularmente como “la rusa”, Bregman nació el 25 de febrero de 1972 en Timote, una pequeña localidad ubicada al oeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires, donde creció junto a sus padres y su hermano. Según cuenta, en la vida tranquila del campo pasaba su infancia leyendo sobre la cultura egipcia y rodeada de animales...

Israel’s Netanyahu vows to exact ‘huge price’ from Hamas

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:03:21 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Netanyahu vows to exact ‘huge price’ from Hamas.Source

Megan Rapinoe honored by team OL Reign in front of record NWSL crowd of 34,130

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:03:21 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — It’s rare that Megan Rapinoe is at a loss for words. The retiring star was honored by club team OL Reign on Friday night in front of a National Women’s Soccer League record crowd of 34,130 fans, many of whom wore pink wigs in her honor.“I do know my impact but it’s one thing to know it, and another thing to really feel it and see it. To see some of the signs and the pink wigs and see what that means to people,” she said. “It’s hard to put just this deep sense of gratitude and joy and thankfulness for being able to have a moment like this into words.” With her family and fiancé Sue Bird looking on, Rapinoe started for the Reign in a scoreless draw against the Washington Spirit. Lumen Field’s public address system played “Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone” when she took to the field with her teammates. Rapinoe had already played her final match with the U.S. national team last month in Chicago, but Friday marked her final regula...

Palestinians say at least 198 killed in Gaza in Israeli retaliation for a Hamas assault into Israel

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:03:21 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says at least 198 people have been killed and at least 1,610 wounded in the territory in Israel’s retaliation after a wide-ranging Hamas assault into Israel.The toll came as Israel has carried out a number of airstrikes in Gaza and has clashed with gunmen at the border fence around the coastal territory.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea, catching the country off guard on a major holiday.Several hours after the invasion began, Hamas militants were still fighting gunbattles inside several Israeli communities in a surprising show of strength that shook the country. Israel’s national rescue service said at least 40 people have been killed and hundr...

‘We are at war,’ Netanyahu declares after massive surprise attack by Hamas

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:03:21 GMT

Israel was struck by a surprise attack by Hamas early Saturday morning in one of the most serious escalations in years between Israel and the Islamist militant group. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the country was “at war.”Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on targets in Gaza.The massive assault by Iran-backed Hamas combined a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel and dozens of heavily armed gunmen attacking the country’s south from Gaza. It came a day after Israel marked the 50th anniversary of the surprise invasion on Yom Kippur in 1973. At least 40 Israelis have been killed in the attack with more than 700 wounded, according to media reports. The death toll was expected to rise. “We are at war, and we will win,” Netanyahu said in a message to Israelis. “The enemy will pay an unprecedented price.”The Israel Defense Forces carried out retaliatory strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza. “Th...

Netanyahu says ‘we are at war’ after Hamas attacks Israel

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:03:21 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea, catching the country off guard on a major holiday.Several hours after the invasion began, Hamas militants were still fighting gunbattles inside several Israeli communities in a surprising show of strength that shook the country. Israel’s national rescue service said at least 40 people have been killed and hundreds wounded, making it the deadliest attack in Israel in years.At least 561 wounded people were being treated in Israeli hospitals, including at least 77 who were in critical condition, according to an Associated Press count based on public statements and calls to hospitals.There was no official comment on casualties in Gaza, but AP reporters witnessed the funerals of 15 people who were killed and saw another eig...