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Don’t ignore us: Backed by pope, poorer nations use COP28 summit to press rich world on climate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Countries once colonized by empires are striking back on global warming — and they have the pope’s blessing.Leaders of developing nations jumped into Saturday’s high-level speeches at the U.N. climate summit to press rich industrial countries to share their knowhow to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face — while trumpeting their own natural resources that swallow heat-trapping carbon in the air.The 28th annual U.N. Conference of the Parties, or COP28, in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, featured about 150 presidents, prime ministers, royals and other leaders who are presenting their plans to cut heat-trapping emissions and mostly seek unity with other nations to avert climate catastrophe that seemed to draw closer than ever in 2023.Injecting moral authority into the talks, Pope Francis said “the destruction of the environment is an offense against God” in a letter read on his behalf because he had to cancel pl...

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor paved a path for women on the Supreme Court. Four are serving today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — One fall day in 2010, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor slipped into the courtroom where she worked for nearly 25 years to take in an “amazing” sight.The first — and for 12 years, the only — woman on the high court saw three women in black robes among the nine justices.Recalling that day, O’Connor said she “saw a woman on the far right end of the bench, one on the far left end and one near the middle. That was pretty amazing.”O’Connor lived to see four women serve at the same time on the Supreme Court. What was once a novelty when she was the first woman to sit on the high court has become almost commonplace. In a sense, O’Connor was witnessing the culmination of her own journey, in which she struggled to get any legal job after graduating from law school in the 1950s, then ended more than 190 years of male exclusivity on the Supreme Court when President Ronald Reagan nominated her in 1981.O’Connor, who left the court in 2006, died Friday in Phoenix...

Historia y disputas entre el Reino Unido, Guyana y Venezuela por el Esequibo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

(CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro convocó a un referendo para, según dice, reafirmar sus derechos sobre el territorio del Esequibo, que está en disputa con Guyana desde finales del siglo XIX. En esa consulta popular, que se llevará a cabo el 3 de diciembre, Venezuela les preguntará a sus ciudadanos si quieren anexar la Guayana Esequiba y otorgarles a las personas que viven allí la ciudadanía de ese país.¿Cómo votar en el referéndum de Venezuela sobre el Esequibo, el territorio que disputa con Guyana?Venezuela asegura que le despojaron el territorio en 1899 en el Laudo Arbitral de París, que calificó como nulo e “írrito” al denunciar en 1962 ante la ONU supuestos vicios en el procedimiento. Por su parte, Guyana rechaza este referendo y ha pedido a la Corte Internacional de Justicia que emita una orden de emergencia para que detenga la consulta popular, pues, por derecho, el territorio le pertenece.¿Qué es el territorio del Esequibo y desde cuándo está en...

Macron says Israel ‘must more precisely define’ goal of Hamas assault

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

French President Emmanuel Macron said Israel “must more precisely define” what it seeks to accomplish in its war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas. “We are at a moment when Israeli authorities must more precisely define their objectives and their final goal: the total destruction of Hamas — does anyone think it is possible? If this is the case, the war will last 10 years,” Macron said on Saturday.Macron told a press conference at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai: “There is no lasting security for Israel in the region if its security is achieved at the cost of Palestinian lives.” Macron made the comments after the Israeli military intensified its bombing of the Gaza Strip, on the second day after a truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed, with Israel accusing Hamas of violating the terms of the agreement.A Palestinian official familiar with the truce efforts told the BBC the negotiations are completely stalled and there are currently no...

Lowell man arrested in armed robbery of Tewksbury convenience store

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

A Lowell man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a convenience store in Tewksbury last month, officials said.Domenic Myers Yancy, 20, has been arrested on charges of armed robbery while masked and assault with a dangerous weapon stemming from the Nov. 19 robbery at Andy’s Convenience on Woburn Street, according to Tewksbury Police Chief Ryan Columbus.Following an investigation, police executed a search warrant at 12 Commonwealth Ave. in Lowell on Saturday and placed Yancy under arrest. In a statement, Columbus said, “This was a collaborative effort from all agencies involved who worked tirelessly since this robbery to get this person off the street.”

Boston Police officer pepper sprayed while attempting to stop a fight in the middle of a Dorchester road

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

A Boston Police officer working a paid detail in Dorchester Center got pepper sprayed in the face while attempting to stop one of two fights in the middle of the road, the police department reported.The officer was working a detail in the area of Washington Street and Talbot Avenue Friday morning when, at around 11:15 a.m., two women began fighting in the middle of the road, according to a Boston Police Department statement. The officer tried to separate the two women when another fight broke out, causing a distraction that one of the two fighting women allegedly used to pepper spray the officer in the face. The sprayer then tried to make her getaway in a car.By this time, other police arrived as backup and were able to stop the car and put the suspect into handcuffs, but the BPD reports that it wasn’t easy — she resisted and another person in the car also interfered on her behalf. They told the second woman to stop interfering or she would be arrested but, alas, she began “to assau...

Andre Drummond wants to contribute more for the Chicago Bulls: ‘I’m doing what I can with the minutes I get,’ the center says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

Andre Drummond wants to do more.As the backup center for the Chicago Bulls, he knows his contributions will be restricted by coming off the bench. But as he averages 13.1 minutes per game, Drummond is trying not to grow frustrated with his limited playing time.Drummond won’t offer outright criticism. When asked if he has requested more minutes from Donovan, Drummond said he would “prefer not to answer.” But he was open about the fact he feels he could be doing more to help the Bulls.“I’m doing what I can with the minutes I get,” Drummond said. “I’m just making the best of it. For me it’s never easy. But at the end of the day, I’ve got to look at the bigger picture. Coach sees something that he believes will work for the team to help us win. I’m all for it. My job is to be as supportive as possible for those guys who are in the game.”In a game such as Thursday’s overtime win against the Milwaukee Bucks, it&...

Mariano likens Massachusetts GOP to Washington Republicans after budget delayed a 3rd time

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

House Republicans blocked a $3.1 billion budget bill Saturday for the third straight day over concerns they have with money to respond to an influx of migrants in Massachusetts, a move House Speaker Ronald Mariano likened to tactics used by conservatives in Congress.Beacon Hill Democrats and Republicans have traded blame this week over who is at fault for delaying the controversial budget bill, which includes funding for public sector union contracts containing pay raises for tens of thousands of workers just ahead of the holidays.Speaking outside of the House Chamber minutes after Rep. Paul Frost, an Auburn Republican, stalled the budget bill, Mariano said he believes enough Democrats will be at the State House Monday to overcome the procedural tactic used by Republicans.MA LegislatureRep. Frost“We already passed this bill. They voted on the bill. The Republicans voted on the bill. The fact that it didn’t come out the way they liked it is where we are today,” he told the Hera...

Romanian guru suspected of running international sex sect handed preliminary charges with 14 others

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

PARIS (AP) — A 71-year-old Romanian yoga guru and 14 others were handed preliminary charges by a Paris magistrate on a raft of counts linked to an international ring that for years allegedly subjected followers seeking enlightenment to sexual exploitation. The Paris prosecutor’s office said that six of the 15 people interrogated were ordered held on Friday, while nine others were freed but under judicial surveillance.Gregorian Bivolaru was among two of the six handed a string of preliminary charges that included human trafficking in an organized band, kidnapping, sequestration or arbitrary detention of numerous people along with rape and “abusing the weakness of a group” via psychological or physical subjection. None of the 15 was named but a judicial source said that Bivolaru was among the two facing the longest list of charges. A trimmed-down version of the preliminary charges were handed to the other suspects. An investigation will now determine whether the preliminary charges le...

London police make arrests as pro-Palestinian supporters stage events across Britain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:42 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Police in London said they arrested two people Saturday during pro-Palestinian events, part of a “day of action” organized by campaigners around Britain.In the south London neighborhood of Brixton, a man was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offense for holding a placard, the Metropolitan Police said.Officers who made the arrest were then surrounded by other protesters and initially blocked from driving away, police said. A teenage boy was arrested for damaging a police vehicle.In contrast to demonstrations on previous weekends since the Israel-Hamas war began, with marches by tens of thousands of protesters in central London, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign called for a “day of action” with events held across the U.K.Events included ceasefire rallies and vigils in places such as London, Hull in the north of England, Coventry in the center and the Welsh capital of Cardiff.The Associated Press