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Kenya opposition in fresh protests amid government warning

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:44 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has led thousands of protesters in a third round of anti-government demonstrations on Thursday as the government warned that no more violent protests would be tolerated.The opposition is blaming President William Ruto for the rising cost of living and alleges he illegally manipulated his election in last year’s polls, although the Supreme Court has upheld the validity of the election results. Odinga says the protests will only stop after the government lowers the cost of basic food items and allows access to the 2022 election results from the electoral commission’s main computers.Ruto, who on Thursday arrived back in the country from a four-day trip in Belgium and Germany, has remained adamant that the ongoing protests are illegal.Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki, who is in charge of the police, on Wednesday said no more violent protests would be tolerated, stating “we must halt the descent.”U.S Senator Chris Coons ...

LGBTQ summit calls on Japan to enact anti-discrimination law

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:44 GMT

Japanese LGBTQ activists and supporters on Thursday held an inaugural Pride 7 Summit in Tokyo, where they called on Group of Seven governments to promote and strengthen support and legal protections for LGBTQ people and urged Japan’s government to enact an anti-discrimination law before it hosts this year’s G-7 summit in May.Japan is the only G-7 country that does not recognize same-sex marriage or provide other equal rights protections for LGBTQ people.Participants at the Pride 7 Summit called on the G-7 to protect the rights of LGBTQ people and prohibit discrimination throughout society. The Pride 7 engagement group will finalize the wording of a draft communique and submit it to each G-7 nation by the end of April, said Kanae Doi, Japan director of Human Rights Watch and a P-7 organizer. P-7 was established in March to make policy proposals to step up efforts ahead of the G-7 summit, which will be held in Hiroshima. While momentum is on the rise ahead of the G-7, experts sa...

Altisource Portfolio: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:44 GMT

GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg (AP) — GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg (AP) — Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA (ASPS) on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $11.3 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.The Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg, Luxembourg-based company said it had a loss of 70 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for amortization costs and pretax expenses, came to 45 cents per share.The real estate services firm posted revenue of $34.8 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $32.8 million.For the year, the company reported a loss of $53.4 million, or $3.32 per share, swinging to a loss in the period. Revenue was reported as $144.5 million.The company’s shares closed at $4.62. A year ago, they were trading at $12.14._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ASPS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ASPSSource

Trevena: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:44 GMT

CHESTERBROOK, Pa. (AP) — CHESTERBROOK, Pa. (AP) — Trevena Inc. (TRVN) on Thursday reported a loss of $7 million in its fourth quarter.The Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania-based company said it had a loss of 73 cents per share.For the year, the company reported a loss of $53.7 million, or $7.59 per share. Revenue was reported as $418,000._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on TRVN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/TRVNSource

High fire danger, red flag warning for next 48 hours

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A red flag warning is in place for much of the Denver area for Thursday and Friday.Conditions will be ripe for the rapid spread of fire. The National Weather Service says a red flag warning is issued when there are warm temperatures, very low humidity, and strong winds that combine to increase fire danger. Injured dog found after possible coyote attack in Boulder, officials looking for owner The warning extends across Boulder County, Denver, Castle Rock, south to Colorado Springs and east to Limon.Pinpoint Weather: Red flag warning on March 30. High winds and very dry conditions are a concern for fire crews across the Front Range. Winds will gust up to 55 mph and relative humidity will be very low, about 10%.You are being warned to avoid all outdoor burning and any activity that may produce sparks. Be sure to download the free Pinpoint Weather App to stay up-to-date with the newest weather data as it comes in and to get important alerts straight to your phone.The r...

End of an era: Lamborghini goes hybrid…and very fast

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:44 GMT

(CNN) — Soon, you’ll be able to plug in your Lamborghini.Closing out a half-century of purely gasoline-powered V12 cars going back to the brand’s earliest models, Luxury Italian sports car designer Lamborghini has unveiled its first supercar with a charging port.The Lamborghini Revuelto is a plug-in hybrid and, while it still has a V12 gasoline engine, it also has three electric motors. Together — the car’s Spanish name translates as “scrambled” — the two systems can produce a total of 1,001 horsepower, according to the automaker.The car, whose price is as yet undisclosed, will offer driving sensations ranging from loud and viciously punchy to smooth and silent. There’s a menu of 13 different drive modes altogether. Front-wheel-drive low-speed cruising will be fully electric, while high-powered aggressive track driving will employ all available power from the V12 engine and the electric motors.The automaker, founded in Sant’...

King Charles to Germany: Arming Ukraine took courage

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:44 GMT

BERLIN — King Charles III hailed Germany’s “courageous” move to give military support to Ukraine as he talked up British-German ties in a historic address to the Bundestag Thursday.Charles, on his first overseas trip as U.K. monarch, told assembled lawmakers that Germany and the U.K. had “taken an important leadership role” in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.And he said Berlin had “responded decisively and taken decisions that would have been easily unimaginable in the past,” in a likely nod to the country’s Zeitenwende, or major U-turn, on its post-World War II defense policy.“Germany’s decision to provide military support to Ukraine … is exceedingly courageous, important and welcome,” he said, in a speech that mixed German and English.Charles’ visit is being seen as part of a wider reset of British foreign policy post Brexit. Addressing the monarch, Bärbel Bas, president of...

Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s son diagnosed with prostate cancer

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:44 GMT

Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s son Joshua Kraft has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.The American Cancer Society recently reported a rise in advanced prostate cancer cases. Joshua has been advocating for in-person screenings, urging people to get checked.

Frank Rubio’s first spaceflight will turn into the longest mission by a US astronaut

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:44 GMT

(CNN) — Astronaut Frank Rubio traveled to the International Space Station on September 21, 2022, for what he thought would be a six-month mission. But he’ll wind up staying in space for over a year — breaking the record for the longest mission conducted by a US astronaut.Rubio will return to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft no earlier than September 27, NASA officials said Wednesday, meaning he will have logged a total of at least 371 days in orbit. That tour of duty will beat the previous record of 355 days set by US astronaut Mark Vande Hei in 2022.Rubio’s return trip had been slated for this spring. But the spacecraft that carried Rubio and two Russian colleagues — cosmonauts Sergey Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin — sprang a coolant leak in December. Officials at Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, later deemed the spacecraft was not safe enough to carry the astronauts back home.Instead, the Soyuz MS-22 capsule returned to Earth witho...

4 things to watch for as the Chicago White Sox begin the 2023 season, including fresh faces on the roster

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:10:44 GMT

Oscar Colás and Gavin Sheets crushed a number of pitches during batting practice.Yoán Moncada got in the necessary drills, including fielding and baserunning.Luis Robert Jr. and Eloy Jiménez tracked down fly balls.Those were some of the sights Wednesday as the Chicago White Sox worked out Wednesday at Minute Maid Park ahead of Thursday’s season opener against the Houston Astros.The Sox enter the season with new manager Pedro Grifol and are aiming to bounce back after finishing at .500 in 2022.“Our expectations are extremely high, and that doesn’t change based on whether we’re sitting here now coming off a year where we underachieved or a year ago when everybody throughout baseball is picking us to run away with the division and potentially make some noise deep into October,” general manager Rick Hahn said after the workout.“We are going to be in a much better position to control what we can control on a daily basis and we’re e...