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Hamas says senior commander Ahmed al-Ghandour, in charge of northern Gaza, was killed in war

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:14 GMT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas says senior commander Ahmed al-Ghandour, in charge of northern Gaza, was killed in war.Source

Guerra entre Israel y Hamas en vivo: liberación de rehenes en Gaza, muertes, noticias y más

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:14 GMT

Para ver las entradas más recientes haz clic aquíUn total de 50 rehenes actualmente retenidos por Hamas serán liberados durante una tregua de cuatro días con Israel, la primera pausa de este tipo en los combates desde el 7 de octubre, cuando Hamas lanzó su ataque sorpresa e Israel respondió con una vasta ofensiva militar para destruir el grupo militante que gobierna Gaza. Según el acuerdo, 150 prisioneros palestinos también serán liberados de Israel y se admitirá más ayuda humanitaria en el cruce fronterizo entre Gaza y Egipto. (Foto de Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)Los prisioneros palestinos liberados llegan el viernes a Beitunia, al oeste de Ramallah. (Issam Rimawi/Anadolu/Getty Images)Los fuegos artificiales surcan el cielo mientras los prisioneros palestinos liberados de las instalaciones militares israelíes de Ofer desfilan en Beitunia, en la ocupada Ribera Occidental, el viernes 24 de noviembre. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images)The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable Ne...

La luna llena de castor brillará este fin de semana

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:14 GMT

(CNN) — La luna llena de noviembre, conocida como luna del castor, brillará en el cielo nocturno a partir de este domingo, ofreciendo una vista deslumbrante para la vista.La luna estará en su punto más lleno en las primeras horas de este lunes, cuando alcanzará la cima de su fase llena a las 4:16 am ET, según EarthSky.“La próxima Luna llena se parecerá a la conocida Luna llena, sin embargo, las características específicas siempre son un poco diferentes de una Luna a otra”, dijo el Dr. Noah Petro, jefe de geología planetaria, geofísica y geoquímica de la NASA. laboratorio, en un correo electrónico.Debido a la libración (el ligero movimiento de la luna que cambia el ángulo en el que los observadores del cielo ven el lado que mira a la Tierra), las lunas llenas varían de un mes a otro, dijo.Si las condiciones climáticas locales lo permiten, las personas que se encuentren al norte o al sur del ecuador podrán ver la luna del castor, y el orbe celeste parecerá estar llen...

Heating Up Ahead of a Front

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:14 GMT

A warmer and more humid air mass will continue to stream in ahead of a cooling, fall front, which will arrive Monday afternoon. Ahead of this front, high temperatures will soar well above average into the mid to upper 80s but it will feel more like the low 90s due to the high humidity.Unlike Saturday when a front was stalled across South Florida, bringing clouds and a few showers, this front will lift north as a warm front this morning, opening up the door for warmer and brighter conditions.Expect intervals of sun and clouds this Sunday with only a few spotty showers. Rain chances will be at a 20% chance both today and tomorrow.On Monday, temperatures will warm up very quickly throughout the morning courtesy of a land breeze and a good deal of sunshine. The front will then arrive Monday afternoon, ushering in a drop in temperatures and humidity beginning Monday night.That will set the stage for a cool-ish Tuesday behind this fall front with high temperatures likely only reaching the...

Field hockey season review: Time for top teams to clash in tournament

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:14 GMT

As soon as Watertown built a 2-0 lead in the Div. 3 state final at WPI, Newburyport head coach Shannon Haley called a rare, first-quarter timeout to settle down the Clippers.What followed was an instant classic.By the end of the half, Newburyport snapped the Raiders’ national-record, 41-game shutout streak with the first goal Watertown allowed in nearly two seasons. By the end of the third quarter, the Clippers tied the score at 3-3. And by the end of the game, it was Molly Driscoll’s 150th career goal that propelled long-unbeaten Watertown to a three-peat.Newburyport gave a great fight, but Watertown still accomplished what many thought it would to perfectly embody what we saw across the entire sport this year.For as many close calls and regular season upsets as there were, the main powers from the last three seasons still held up the ultimate trophy. Uxbridge outscored playoff opponents 36-0 to three-peat in Div. 4. Walpole beat Andover in their third straight Div. 1 state final m...

Heavy snowfall in Romania and Moldova leaves 1 person dead and many without electricity

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:14 GMT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Heavy snowfall and strong blizzards in Romania and Moldova on Sunday left one person dead and scores of localities without electricity, as well as forcing the closure of some national roads, authorities said.A 40-year-old man in Moldova died on Sunday after the vehicle he was in skidded off the road and crashed into a tree, Moldova’s national police said, adding that six road accidents had been reported by about midday.“We repeatedly appeal to drivers not to hit the road with unequipped cars and to drive at low speed,” Moldovan police said in a statement posted on Telegram, and warned against driving “without an urgent need.”In Romania, red weather warnings were issued in the eastern counties of Constanta, Tulcea, Galati, and Braila where winds were forecast to reach as high as 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph), the National Meteorological Administration said.Emergency authorities said that both national and local roads in the four counties were closed on Su...

Four local employees of Germany’s main aid agency arrested in Afghanistan

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:14 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan arrested four local employees of Germany’s main government-owned aid agency, according to the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.“I can confirm that the local employees of GIZ are in custody although we have not received any official information on why they are detained,” a ministry spokeswoman told the Associated Press in a statement late Saturday.“We are taking this situation very seriously and are working through all channels available to us to ensure that our colleagues are released,” she added.The German Agency for International Cooperation, or GIZ, is owned by the German government. It operates in around 120 countries worldwide, offering projects and services in the areas of “economic development, employment promotion, energy and the environment, and peace and security,” according to the agency’s website.The Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, after the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces fro...

India’s LGBTQ+ community holds pride march, raises concerns over country’s restrictive laws

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:14 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — More than 2,000 people took part in a gay pride event in New Delhi, waving rainbow flags and multicolored balloons as they celebrated sexual diversity in India but also raised concerns over the country’s restrictive laws.Dancing to drums and music, the participants walked for more than two hours to the Jantar Mantar area near India’s Parliament. They held banners reading “Equality for all” and “Queer and proud.”The annual event comes after India’s top court refused to legalize same-sex marriages in an October ruling that disappointed campaigners for LGBTQ+ rights in the world’s most populous country.“It’s not about marriage. It’s about equality. Everybody should have the same right because that’s what our constitution says,” said Noor Enayat, one of the volunteers organizing this year’s event.Earlier this year, the Supreme Court’s five-judge bench heard 21 petitions that sought to legalize same-sex marriage in India.The justices called for steps to raise...

Sierra Leone declares nationwide curfew after gunmen attack main military barracks in the capital

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:14 GMT

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio declared a nationwide curfew Sunday after gunmen attacked the military’s main and largest barracks in the West African nation’s capital, raising fears of a breakdown of order amid a surge of coups in the region.The unidentified gunmen attacked the military armory within the Wilberforce barracks in the capital, Freetown, early morning, Bio said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, adding that they were driven back by security forces and “calm has been restored.”“As the combined team of our Security Forces continue to root out the remnant of the fleeing renegades, a nationwide curfew has been declared and citizens are encouraged to stay indoors,” he wrote.The country’s Ministry of Information and Education also said in a statement the government and security forces are “in control” of the situation.No details have been immediately given about the gunmen or the reason for the att...

Fragile Gaza truce is back on track after hourslong delay in hostage-for-prisoner swap

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:18:14 GMT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The tense cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be back on track early Sunday after the release of a second group of militant-held hostages and Palestinians from Israeli prisons, but the swap followed an hourslong delay that underscored the truce’s fragility.In a separate development, Hamas announced Sunday that one of its top commanders had been killed, without saying when or how.The exchange was delayed Saturday evening after Hamas accused Israel of violating the agreement, which has brought the first significant pause in seven weeks of war marked by the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian violence in decades, vast destruction and displacement across the Gaza Strip, and a hostage crisis that has shaken Israel. Qatar and Egypt, which mediate with Hamas, announced late Saturday that the obstacles to the exchange had been overcome. The militants released 17 hostages, including 13 Israelis, while Israel freed 39 Palestinian prisoners.Thousand...