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Prigozhin Told the Truth About Putin's War in Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:16 GMT

Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin addresses his units withdrawing from Bakhmut, the city captured from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. May 25, 2023, Bakhmut, Ukraine.Credit: UPI/AlamyOne of the most subversive things that Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin did during his brief rebellion last weekend was to tell the truth.Prigozhin is a pathological liar, a professional disinformation artist who was indicted in the United States in connection with the internet troll farm he ran, which was at the forefront of Russian efforts to intervene in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to help Donald Trump win.But as the mercenary boss began his mutiny in late June, he experienced a brief and surprising bout of honesty when he launched into an online tirade against what he said were the lies used by Moscow to justify the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine. His comments were so candid and off-message for a Russian leader that it seemed as if someone had mistakenly handed him a speech meant ...

Última hora de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, en vivo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:16 GMT

Yevgeny Prigozhin abandona la ciudad de Rostov del Don el 24 de junio. Alexander Ermochenko/ReutersEl presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, asiste a una conferencia de prensa en Kyiv este miércoles. Alina Smutko/Reuters/ARCHIVOHaz click aquí para ver las actualizaciones más recientesThe-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

French government says 1,311 people arrested in a fourth night of riots after teen killed by police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:16 GMT

PARIS (AP) — French government says 1,311 people arrested in a fourth night of riots after teen killed by police.Source

¿Qué pasó con Cecilia Strzyzowski? Lo que sabemos del caso, investigado como feminicidio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:16 GMT

(CNN Español) – – Sus últimas búsquedas en Google denotan su ilusión de realizar un viaje que nunca se concretó: cómo armar una valija, dónde comprar chocolates en Buenos Aires, dónde tomar buen café en Buenos Aires. Sin embargo, el destino final de Cecilia Strzyzowski fue la casa de los padres de su pareja, en Resistencia, provincia de Chaco. Al menos así lo cree la fiscalía de Argentina, que investiga su desaparición ―reportada el 6 de junio― como feminicidio.Toda Argentina está pendiente del caso de Strzyzowski, la joven de 28 años que fue vista con vida por última vez el 1 de junio, cuando se subió a la camioneta de su pareja, César Sena, para supuestamente iniciar un viaje en avión desde el aeropuerto de Corrientes, primero a Buenos Aires y luego a Ushuaia.Esto es lo que sabemosLas últimas imágenes de Strzyzowski que se conocen fueron grabadas por una cámara de seguridad de una vivienda enfrente de la casa de los padres de la pareja de la joven, Emerenciano Sena y M...

River visita a Barracas Central y Boca recibe a Sarmiento de Junín: horarios y cómo ver los partidos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:16 GMT

(CNN Español) — River y Boca tuvieron una semana dulce en la Copa Libertadores. Ambos ganaron y se clasificaron para los octavos de final del máximo torneo continental. Ese mismo andar no lo tienen en el campeonato local argentino.A solo 6 fechas del final del certamen, River Plate se mantiene firme como el puntero de la competencia. Es que el millonario le ha sacado 10 puntos de ventaja a Talleres de Córdoba, su inmediato perseguidor. En tanto que Boca anda a los tumbos, con un rendimiento bajo que lo ubica en la mitad de la tabla de posiciones.Gerardo “Tata” Martino y su tercer ciclo como DT de Messi: su carrera como jugador y como técnico y a qué juegan sus equiposVeamos cómo llega cada uno de los gigantes del fútbol argentino.River, la locomotora del campeonatoEl equipo de Martín Demichelis se encargó el último martes de cerrar la fase en el Grupo D de la Copa Libertadores con una actuación sólida. Le ganó a The Strongest de Bolivia 2-0, con goles de Miguel Borja y Rodrigo...

UK, Italy consider joining forces on irregular migration: Report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:16 GMT

The U.K. is considering teaming up with Italy to address illegal migrant flows across the Mediterranean, the Telegraph reported late Friday.The newspaper reported that Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service Simon Case was sent to Italy in mid-June to meet senior members of the Italian government with the aim of preparing the deal.The agreement, which officials quoted by the paper said would focus on small boats, follows up on a Memorandum of Understanding signed in April by the two countries in an effort to tackle illegal migration under the “Strategic Migration Partnership.”Nearly 45,000 people arrived in the U.K last year after crossing the English Channel by small boats — a record high for Britain which led a few members of the Conservative Party, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s own political family, to demand tougher policies on irregular migration.Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, meanwhile, has been increasingly focusing on cracking down on migration flo...

Red Sox back Paxton with 3 home runs and snap their 5-game skid with a 5-0 win over the Blue Jays

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:16 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Jarren Duran hit a two-run homer, James Paxton and two relievers combined on a three-hitter and the Boston Red Sox snapped a season-worst five-game losing streak by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Friday night.Justin Turner and Masataka Yoshida each hit a solo home run and Turner added a sacrifice fly for Boston, which totaled four runs in its previous four games.“It was a good night,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “We did some good things. We needed this one.”Paxton (4-1) pitched a season-high 7 2/3 innings for his third straight win as the Red Sox recorded their first shutout of the year and improved to 5-0 against the Blue Jays. Toronto won 16 of 19 meetings last season.In his previous start at the Chicago White Sox last weekend, Paxton left after four innings because of a sore right knee. Against Toronto, the Canadian-born lefty set down the first eight batters in order and didn’t allow a runner to reach second base until the eighth inning. He walked two an...

Missed opportunities for Chicago White Sox, who lose 7-4 to Oakland A’s — the team with the worst record in baseball

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:16 GMT

The Chicago White Sox were mounting a rally in the eighth inning Friday against the Oakland Athletics.Two runs were in thanks to a double by Andrew Benintendi.There were two on and two outs with the No. 2 batter in the Sox lineup, Tim Anderson, at the plate. But Reliever Trevor May entered and struck out Anderson, who slammed his bat after fanning for the fourth time.It was a night of missed opportunities for the Sox in a 7-4 loss to the A’s in front of 14,181 at Oakland Coliseum.The Sox went 3-for-12 with runners in scoring position, dropping the opener of a three-game series against the team with the worst record in baseball.“The game was probably decided in the first couple of innings,” Sox manager Pedro Grifol said.The Sox scored just once in those innings despite loading the bases in both the first and second.Benintendi began the game with a double. Eloy Jiménez brought him home with a two-out single. Andrew Vaughn singled — his first of three hits ...

Toronto going ahead with Canada Day fireworks despite air quality warnings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:16 GMT

The City of Toronto is planning to go ahead with Canada Day celebrations despite poor air quality warnings.A special air quality statement remains in effect for the city due to smoke from forest fires and while conditions are expected to improve from west to east, Environment Canada warns air quality and visibility can vary considerably from hour to hour.As of 7 a.m., the Air Quality Health Index for the city was between a 5 and a 6, which is a moderate risk and those levels were expected to remain consistent throughout the day.“People with lung disease (such as asthma) or heart disease, older adults, children, pregnant people, and people who work outdoors are at higher risk of experiencing health effects caused by wildfire smoke,” the national weather service said on Saturday. “If you must spend time outdoors, a well-fitted respirator type mask that does not allow air to pass through small openings between the mask and face, can help reduce your exposure to the fi...

Nokia renews patent license agreement with Apple, covering 5G and other technologies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:16 GMT

HELSINKI (AP) — Network infrastructure and 5G technology provider Nokia has signed a new long-term patent license agreement with Apple to replace the current deal between the two companies that is set to expire at the end of 2023.The deal, which enables Apple to use the Finnish company’s technology in its products, covers Nokia’s inventions in 5G and other technologies. The terms of the agreement announced late Friday remain confidential. Nokia expects to recognize revenue related to the agreement starting January 2024, and the company said the deal is consistent with its long-term outlook disclosed in the first quarter.“The agreement reflects the strength of Nokia’s patent portfolio, decades-long investments in R&D, and contributions to cellular standards and other technologies,” Nokia Technologies President Jenni Lukander said in a statement.The previous license agreement between Apple and Nokia was announced in May 2017.Nokia said its patent portfolio is built on more than €1...