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In Macron’s France, streets and fields seethe with protest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:54 GMT

PARIS (AP) — A big day has come for French high school student Elisa Fares. At age 17, she is taking part in her first protest.In a country that taught the world about people power with its revolution of 1789 — and a country again seething with anger against its leaders — graduating from bystander to demonstrator is a generations-old rite of passage. Fares looks both excited and nervous as she prepares to march down Paris streets where people for centuries have similarly defied authority and declared: “Non!” Two friends, neither older than 18 but already protest veterans whose parents took them to demonstrations when they were little, are showing Fares the ropes. They’ve readied eyedrops and gas masks in case police fire tear gas — as they have done repeatedly in recent weeks.“The French are known for fighting and we’ll fight,” says one of the friends, Coline Marionneau, also 17. “My mother goes to a lot of demonstrations … She says if you have things to say, you s...

Tokyo demands China free Japan national detained in Beijing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:54 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo has demanded that China release a Japanese national who was detained in Beijing earlier this month, Japan’s top government spokesperson said Monday.Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference that Japan’s embassy in China was informed by the Chinese authority that a Japanese man in his 50s was taken into custody in Beijing earlier in March over allegedly violating domestic law. Matsuno said the Japanese government has since demanded the early release of the Japanese national. Japan also requested that Chinese authorities allow the man access to Japanese consulate officials. He said Japan’s government is providing as much support for the man as possible, including communicating with relevant parties.A Japanese pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma Inc. acknowledged that the man detained in Beijing is an employee of the firm, but declined to disclose further details, including his name, position and whether he is based in China. The ...

U.S Invests $139 Million To Strengthen Bilateral Relations With Ghana

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:54 GMT

Polish ammunition firm to boost output several fold as part of EU supply to Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:54 GMT

Polish ammunition maker Dezamet, a unit of state arms producer Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ), will substantially boost capacity to supply EU-funded ammunition to Ukraine, Poland's prime minister said on Saturday (25 March).The announcement by Mateusz Morawiecki comes ahead of a planned visit by EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, to Dezamet on Monday.Seventeen EU member states and Norway this week agreed to jointly procure ammunition to help Ukraine and to replenish their own stockpiles, the European Defence Agency said.Dezamet, which produces ammunition for artillery, mortars and grenade launchers, is one of PGZ group's more than 50 armaments enterprises."This plant can count on new orders and funds, we will be launching new production lines at this company and the others to produce ammunition," Morawiecki told Radio RMF when asked about Breton's visit to the factory."We want to multiply the output severalfold as quickly as possible," he said.Morawiecki said that ...

A scorched southwestern France braces itself for fires to come

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:54 GMT

France is worried about a prolonged drought and the prospect of more wildfires this summer. But one blaze that erupted eight years ago in the southwest part of the country remains underground.From the Gironde region south of Bordeaux, columns of white smoke rise from the forest floor. Brown coal, which is found in the peaty soil of the region, is what is causing the smell of burning tires.Guillaume Carnir (France's National Forest Agency) said that the fire has been burning since mid July. "We don't know how to stop it at this point."Hostens' blaze is a remnant from massive wildfires that devastated southern Europe last year. This was after the worst drought in history was exacerbated by successive heatwaves, which scientists believe are consistent with climate change.Gironde was especially hard hit, with over 20,000 hectares of forest lost. There is also the danger of new fires.Carnir stated that "all the greenery will return in the spring, and which will be flammable," he said.Pas...

Crews knock down 3-alarm structure fire in Orange County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:54 GMT

Fire crews in Orange County knocked down a three-alarm blaze at a commercial structure Sunday, authorities announced.  It’s unclear when exactly the fire, located in the 2200 block of South Susan Street, in Santa Ana started, but when crews with the Orange County Fire Authority arrived at the scene flames could be seen coming from the roof.  Crews also had to deal with downed wires until teams with Southern California Edison arrived at the scene.  An OFCA Hazardous Materials Response Team, along with Huntington Beach Fire Department also responded to the fire to evaluate any potential hazardous materials that might have been present in the industrial building, authorities said.  Crews with the Orange County Fire Authority battled a 3-alarm fire in a commercial structure in Santa Ana Mar. 26, 2023. (OnScene TV)Crews with the Orange County Fire Authority battled a 3-alarm fire in a commercial structure in Santa Ana Mar. 26, 2023. (OnScene TV)In all, it took firefighters...

FDIC says First Citizens will acquire much of Silicon Valley Bank, whose collapse has rattled the banking industry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:54 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — FDIC says First Citizens will acquire much of Silicon Valley Bank, whose collapse has rattled the banking industry.Source

CNBC: First Citizens Bank comprará gran parte del fallido Silicon Valley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:54 GMT

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. comprará los depósitos y préstamos de Silicon Valley Bank, dijo el lunes la Corporación Federal de Seguros de Depósitos de Estados Unidos, lo que podría calmar a los mercados después del mayor colapso bancario de EEUU desde Lehman Brothers.El acuerdo incluye la compra de aproximadamente $ 72 mil millones en activos de SVB con un descuento de $ 16.5 mil millones, mientras que alrededor de $ 90 mil millones en valores y otros activos permanecerán “en suspensión de pagos para su disposición por parte de la FDIC”.“Además, la FDIC recibió derechos de apreciación de capital en acciones ordinarias de First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Raleigh, Carolina del Norte, con un valor potencial de hasta $ 500 millones”, dijo la FDIC en el comunicado. Empresa matriz de Silicon Valley Bank se declara en bancarrota para intentar una reestructuración de capital Colapso del Silicon Valley Bank: todo lo que...

Deslizamiento de tierra en Alausí, Chimborazo deja varias personas atrapadas.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:54 GMT

(CNN) — La Policía de Ecuador informó la madrugada de este lunes que junto al Cuerpo de Bomberos y a la comunidad de Alausí, en la provincia de Chimborazo, trabaja en el rescate de personas atrapadas por un deslizamiento de tierra que afectó a varias viviendas.Según la Policía de Ecuador hasta el momento fueron rescatadas 6 personas.LA UNIÓN HACE LA FUERZA @PoliciaEcuador junto al Cuerpo de Bomberos y la comunidad de Alausí #Chimborazo, continuamos en las labores de rescate de las personas que fueron afectadas por el desastre natural.Hasta el momento 6 personas fueron rescatadas#AlausíEstamosContigo pic.twitter.com/URkKtR9zKi— Policía Ecuador (@PoliciaEcuador) March 27, 2023El presidente Guillermo Lazo, por su parte, informó en su cuenta de Twitter que debido a los deslizamientos de tierra en Alausí ha dispuesto la activación inmediata de Riesgos Ecuador y de todas las carteras del Estado. Y agregó que también se están movilizando equipos de bomberos de Guamote, Chunchi, Riob...

Estallan protestas masivas en Israel tras despedir Netanyahu a un ministro que se oponía a la reforma judicial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:54 GMT

(CNN) — Masivas multitudes llenaron las calles de la ciudad israelí de Tel Aviv a última hora de la noche de este domingo, después de que el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu despidiera a su ministro de Defensa por su oposición a una reforma judicial prevista.Ondeando banderas israelíes y coreando “democratia”, se pudo ver a manifestantes bloqueando calles y puentes, incluida la autopista Ayalon.Los manifestantes encendieron varios fuegos en la autopista principal de Tel Aviv, cuyo humo negro y acre se elevó hacia el cielo, ocultando parcialmente algunos de los rascacielos más emblemáticos de la ciudad. Los manifestantes también se congregaron junto a la autopista, quemando chatarra y madera sin apenas presencia policial.¿Podría Israel perder sus relaciones con Estados Unidos? Las posibles consecuencias geopolíticas de la reforma judicialLa crisis política de Israel se agravó este domingo cuando la oficina de Netanyahu anunció la destitución de Yoav Gallant en un ...