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Opponents of military rule in Myanmar applaud new sanctions targeting gas revenues

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:21:42 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — A U.N.-appointed human rights expert and opponents of Myanmar’s military government have welcomed the latest sanctions imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada on companies providing financial resources to the army-installed regime and high-ranking officials. The move is linked to rising violence and human rights abuses in the Southeast Asian nation.The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday it was imposing sanctions on Myanmar’s state-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, a joint venture partner in all offshore gas projects and a vital source of hard cash for the military government. The sanctions block access to money and resources under U.S. control, and prohibit U.S. citizens from providing financial services to — or for the benefit of — MOGE starting from Dec. 15.Five officials are on the sanctions list: the ministers of industry and investment and foreign economic relations; the director generals of the prosecution and prisons departments; and t...

Live updates | Gaza is plunged back into a communication blackout

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:21:42 GMT

Communication has again been cut in Gaza, two providers said early Wednesday. Paltel and Jawwal reported a “complete disruption” of communications and internet services in Gaza, the second major cut in five days. Humanitarian aid agencies have warned that such blackouts severely disrupt their work in an already dire situation in Gaza.A deluge of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on a refugee camp near Gaza City demolished apartment buildings, leaving gaping holes where they once stood, while ground troops battled Hamas militants across northern Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for a cease-fire. Though more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians have fled their homes, several hundred thousand remain in the north, where Israeli troops and tanks have reportedly advanced on multiple sides of Gaza City.The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has reached 8,525, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, more than 122 ...

With James Harden watching, Clippers take control in 3rd quarter to beat Magic 118-102

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:21:42 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 27 points, Russell Westbrook added 18 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Orlando Magic 118-102 on Tuesday night as future teammate James Harden watched from a suite.Harden could not be on the Clippers’ bench because the trade bringing him to Los Angeles from the Philadelphia 76ers has not been finalized. Harden and fellow newcomer P.J. Tucker arrived at the arena 75 minutes before tipoff. Harden was greeted by owner Steve Ballmer and then met with the Clippers in the locker room. The 10-time All-Star hugged Westbrook and George upon seeing them. Harden already has a locker with his new No. 1 Clippers blue jersey ready to be donned.When asked by a reporter if he was excited about being traded to the Clippers, Harden said: “You don’t understand.”The Clippers had only 11 players in uniform due to the pending trade, with nine seeing at least 18 minutes. Bones Hyland and Norman Powell added 18 points apiece.Westbrook scored 16 points and Geo...

Keldon Johnson’s late basket gives Spurs only lead of game, 115-114 win over Suns

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:21:42 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Keldon Johnson stripped Kevin Durant and made a contested layup with 1.2 seconds left to give the Spurs their only lead of the game and a 115-114 victory over the stunned Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night.The Spurs, who trailed by as many as 20 points, broke a nine-game losing streak against Phoenix.Johnson had 27 points to lead San Antonio.Playing in his fourth NBA game, top draft pick Victor Wembanyama missed his first five shots before throwing down a sensational dunk in the final seconds of the first half. He scored 18 points and had eight rebounds in 28 minutes. Devin Vassell also had 18 for the Spurs.Durant led Phoenix with 26 points. Eric Gordon scored 20, Grayson Allen had 19 on 5 of 7 shooting from 3-point range for the Suns, who played without injured starting guards Bradley Beal and Devin Booker.Jusuf Nurkic had a game-high 12 rebounds for Phoenix, which scored the game’s first eight points.Spurs coach Gregg Popovich called a timeout 53 seconds into the g...

Elias Pettersson’s 2nd hat trick powers Canucks to a 5-2 win over the Predators

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:21:42 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Elias Pettersson had the second hat trick of his career to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.Sam Lafferty and J.T. Miller also scored for Vancouver. Thatcher Demko stopped 24 of 26 shots.Colton Sissons and Dante Fabbro scored for Nashville. Kevin Lankinen stopped 22 of the 26 shots he faced.Pettersson’s second goal of the game came on a wrist shot at 16:38 and gave the Canucks a 3-2 lead. The 24-year-old forward from Sweden completed his hat trick with under three minutes remaining in the game.Nashville had tied and taken the lead in the first period on goals from Sissons and Fabbro.Pettersson tied the game at the start of the second period for Vancouver. After Canucks captain Quinn Hughes slid the puck across, Pettersson cut in front of the net and fired a wrist shot past Lankinen.Lafferty opened the scoring after a shot from the point by Hughes found its way through a crowd and bounced off...

What was Heidi Klum for Halloween this year? See her 2023 costume

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:21:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Heidi Klum shook her tail feathers Tuesday for her latest elaborate Halloween costume, dressing up as a peacock with several acrobats forming her tail feathers. Klum capped her resplendent costume off by having her husband, Tom Kaulitz, accompany her dressed as her egg.Klum’s party has been a staple of the spooky season for more than two decades, drawing a host of celebrities since its first iteration in 2000. The German-born supermodel typically undergoes hours of makeup, emerging in past years as Fiona from “Shrek,” Jessica Rabbit from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” and last year’s giant rain worm.Klum made her grand entrance on the carpet accompanied by Cirque du Soleil performers. “A lot of planning goes into it,” she said. “First you have to have an idea. And the idea for me was to do something with many, many people.”Klum called herself in costume “he” — proving the model did her research as male peacocks have elaborate tail feathers while the females h...

Del Mar home sold for record-breaking $44.1M as countywide sales slow

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:21:42 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- While real estate transactions slowed significantly last month, San Diego set a new record last week for the most expensive home ever sold in the county, with a property in Del Mar that went for over $44 million to an anonymous buyer.The number of homes sold in September reached the eighth lowest number in the region's history amid high interest rates and expensive prices that have largely held firm.“There’s more than 3 million people in San Diego County. In September, there were about 2,000 home sales, so that is a ridiculously low number of home sales for the amount of people who live here,” Philip Molnar, real estate reporter for the San Diego Union-Tribune, told FOX 5 Tuesday night.The slowdown in sales transactions has been a standoff with current homeowners enjoying sub-3% interest rates and not wanting to let go of their financial arrangements made during the emergency pandemic low-cost barrowing. San Diego takes top spot in ranking of most expensive places to...

Family speaks out after arrest of alleged killer in 33-year cold case

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:21:42 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Over three decades after Margaret Orozco Jackson's body was found in Scripps Ranch, her family is one step closer towards getting justice in connection to her death.Jackson's sister, niece and great niece went to the downtown San Diego courthouse Tuesday, prepared to see her alleged killer for the first time.“It’s been a long time coming," her niece, Andrea Carrasco, told FOX 5 through tears. “She was beautiful, she was a beautiful woman.” Jackson was found on July 11, 1990 on a hillside near the 10300 block of Scripps Ranch Boulevard with a rope around her neck. She was 47 at the time of her death.Due to the location where Jackson was found and similarities to other homicide cases involving other women, the San Diego Metropolitan Homicide Task Force took over the investigation.The task force was comprised of a regional group of investigators who were assigned to investigate more than 40 homicides involving women who were sex workers that may have been killed by a seria...

Volunteers to man Día de los Muertos altar in Hillcrest after vandalism incident

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:21:42 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Community members in Hillcrest are doing everything they can to protect a growing Día del los Muertos ofrenda after it was destroyed in a vandalism incident last year.The altar is located under the Hillcrest Pride Flag at the intersection of University Avenue and Normal Street. Organizer Rick Cervantes introduced the display to the neighborhood last October as a way for community members to remember and celebrate loved ones who have died by placing flowers, candles, pictures and personal items of those they wish to honor.“This started because my brother was murdered seven years ago,” said Cervantes. “Last year was the first time I brought it out to the community to celebrate the intersection of my Mexican culture (and) my gay identity.”However, someone vandalized the display overnight during its inaugural year, smashing pictures and stealing blankets they placed on the display. Hundreds celebrate Día de los Muertos in Old Town "It was very devastating to me," Cervant...

Cal Fire now uses AI to help with wildfire detection. Here's how it works

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:21:42 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A new fire-fighting AI tool developed by UC San Diego and Cal Fire is gaining national attention.The AI tool is called ALERTCalifornia and uses more than a thousand cameras placed throughout the Golden State to spot potential fires. Cal Fire started using the system at all their command centers on Sept. 1, 2023.Personnel with the agency told FOX 5 during a tour of the system on Tuesday that the tool is incredibly useful for fire crews to monitor fire behavior in real-time, helping with other public safety alerts like evacuation notices during a wildfire event. Brush fire breaks out near Rancho Bernardo “What’s nice about the AI is it does 24/7 monitoring, where it would be a lot for me to actually sit here and watch those cameras all day long,” Suzann Leininger, a CalFire intel specialist, said.If the AI detects smoke or fire, it will alert Cal Fire’s Command Center with a location and a percentage of certainty.“That dot .47 is telling me that (it has) a less than 50%...