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Greek conservatives lead in national election

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:49 GMT

Greek conservatives led the leftist Syriza at Sunday's (21 May) elections, according to a combined exit poll of six polling agencies.The exit poll showed that the New Democracy party received between 37.5% and 41.5% of votes, while Syriza, the party which ruled Greece from 2015 to 2019, at the height of Greece's economic crisis, got 23.5-27.5%.New Democracy's chances of winning outright were not predicted by the projections.EXIT POLLALCO, Marc and MRB Hellas conducted exit polls. Pulse, GPO, MRB Hellas and ALCO also participated.* ND: Leader of the Conservative Party, PM Kyriakos MistiakosSyriza leader Alexis Tsipras: leftist partyNikos Androulakis, Socialist Party leader of PASOKKKE: Dimitris Koutsoumbas, leader of the Communist PartyYanis Varoufakis, the leader of Mera25, is a leftist party.Leader of Elliniki Velopoulos (Hellenic Solution), a right-wing party.Leader of the leftist Plefsi Eleftherias party is Zoe ConstantopoulouNiki, nationalist party, leader Dimitrios Natsios

38% of the Jews in Europe are considering leaving Europe because they feel unsafe - ‘This is a shame,’ says EU Commission vice president

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:49 GMT

The annual coinference of the European Jewish Association in Porto was titled 'Shaping the future of European Jewry, together'Margaritis Schinas,  who is in charge of the fight against antisemitism, spokes via  video message  during the annual conference of the European Jewish Association (EJA) in Porto titled 'Shaping the future of European Jewry, together' in the presence of Jewish community leaders from across Europe, writes Yossi Lempkowicz.“We must ask ourselves what kind of future we want to see?  And what part all of us can do to make that vision a reality? We are one community undivided by borders, when we speak with one voice, we are stronger together," said EJA Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin.“Antisemitism is on the rise and unfortunately, Jewish institutions across the continent are required to invest more and more in security,” said European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas.The commissionner, who is in charge of the fight against antisemitism, spokes via  vi...

Nurse shot through West Hollywood apartment wall dies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:49 GMT

A shooting at a West Hollywood Apartment complex in April that triggered a dramatic SWAT standoff has turned deadly for a 57-year-old nurse who was shot twice during the incident.  Larisa Pereshivaylova, who had immigrated to the United States from Russia 22 years ago, had been standing in her kitchen on April 7 when gunfire erupted through the wall of her apartment. “She was making breakfast at 8 a.m. and she was shot through the wall,” her 21-year-old son, Max Buydakov, told KTLA.  L.A. County Sheriff’s investigators said 31-year-old Joshua Findley, who lived across the hall from the nurse, opened fire in his apartment. Pereshivaylova was struck twice.  “She was shot through her liver, through her right kidney and the bullet got lodged in her spine,” her son said.  A second bullet struck the 57-year-old in the neck. Somehow, Pereshivaylova was able to call 911. Paramedics rushed her to the hospital as a crush of deputies, a SWAT team and a sheriff’s helico...

Un hombre en Florida pierde un brazo por ataque de caimán de tres metros

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:49 GMT

(CNN) — Un hombre de 23 años sufrió la amputación de un brazo después de ser atacado por un caimán cerca de un estanque ubicado detrás de un bar en el suroeste de Florida, informaron autoridades del estado.“El equipo que acudió al lugar atendió a un hombre que sufrió la amputación de la extremidad superior derecha por encima del codo. Los transeúntes le hicieron un torniquete al paciente antes de que llegáramos”, dijo en un comunicado Todd Dunn, portavoz de los bomberos y servicios médicos de urgencia del condado de Charlotte.Un cazador de caimanes fue enviado más tarde al lugar del ataque, cerca de Banditos, un bar de Port Charlotte (Florida), según las autoridades.El caimán que medía cerca de 3 metros de largo fue retirado del estanque y “sacrificado humanitariamente”, según un comunicado de la Comisión de Conservación de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de Florida.Un hombre de Florida escuchó un golpe en su puerta. Era un caimán, y le mordió la piernaLas lesiones gr...

Family of Colorado man killed by police during mental health crisis gets $19 million, training changes in settlement

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:49 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Family of Colorado man killed by police during mental health crisis gets $19 million, training changes in settlement.Source

Los Denver Nuggets barren a los Los Ángeles Lakers y avanzan a las finales de la NBA por primera vez en la historia de la franquicia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:49 GMT

(CNN) — Los Denver Nuggets remontaron una desventaja de 15 puntos en el descanso para completar una barrida de cuatro partidos de los Los Ángeles Lakers con una victoria 113-111 este lunes por la noche para avanzar a las finales de la NBA por primera vez en los 47 años de historia de la franquicia.El pívot Nikola Jokic anotó 30 puntos, 14 rebotes y 13 asistencias en la victoria en el Crypto.com Arena de Los Ángeles. El triple-doble es el octavo de Jokic en esta postemporada, y le sitúa por delante de Wilt Chamberlain como el jugador con más triples en una misma eliminatoria.Jokic, dos veces Jugador Más Valioso, anotó la canasta decisiva cuando quedaba menos de un minuto para el final del partido, para poner a los Nuggets por delante 113-111. En el aspecto defensivo, Denver pudo evitar en dos ocasiones que la superestrella de los Lakers, LeBron James, empatara el marcador, la última vez cuando el alero de los Nuggets Aaron Gordon bloqueó el intento de bandeja de James cuando ex...

Cars set on fire in Cardiff as UK police face ‘large scale disorder’ after road crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:49 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Several dozen youths pelted police with objects and set cars and trash bins ablaze in Cardiff in local unrest that erupted after after two teenagers died in a road accident, officials said Tuesday.Police said “large scale disorder” broke out after officers were called to the scene of a crash in the Ely district of the Welsh capital on Monday evening.Scenes livestreamed on YouTube showed dozens of people, many wearing hoods or ski masks, milling around while others threw objects and shot off fireworks at a line of police officers with riot shields who were blocking one end of the street. A fire was burning and a helicopter could be heard hovering overhead. Shortly before midnight, a car was set on fire and burned fiercely, while a second vehicle was overturned and set ablaze.The mayhem continued into the early hours of Tuesday, and at one point police officers were stationed outside Ely Police Station after suggestions it could be targeted.South Wales Police said office...

Pakistan’s Imran Khan presses legal fight, gets protection from arrest in multiple terrorism cases

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:49 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday pressed his legal battle before a court in the capital, Islamabad, which granted him protection from arrest until early next month in several cases where he faces terrorism charges for inciting violence. The development comes as the authorities have been cracking down on the supporters of Khan, now Pakistan’s top opposition leader. Thousands staged violence protests, and attacked public property and military installations following Khan’s arrest earlier this month. The violence subsided only days later, after Khan was released on the orders of the country’s Supreme Court. Ten people were killed in clashes with the police.Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament in April last year, has campaigned against the government of his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, claiming his ouster was illegal and demanding early elections. Since then, the 70-year-old former cricket ...

Business group: Companies in China want ‘clarity’ after security rule changes, raids on consultants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:49 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Foreign companies in China are uncertain about what they are allowed to do following police raids on consulting firms and want “greater clarity” about how newly expanded national security and other rules will be enforced, a foreign business group said Tuesday.The British Chamber of Commerce in China said a survey of its members found they are more optimistic following December’s lifting of anti-virus controls that blocked most travel into and out of China. It said they want to invest but are waiting for steps to “restore the trust and certainty” in China amid tension with Europe and Washington and official plans to promote economic self-reliance.“If there is greater clarity and greater certainty, then we believe that companies will commit more to China,” said the chamber chairman, Julian MacCormac, at a news conference. Some 70% of companies “are really waiting to see” how conditions develop before taking action.President Xi Jinping’s government says forei...

Asian stocks fall after more US debt talks fail to break impasse

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:49 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after more talks in Washington on government debt ended with no deal to avoid a potentially jarring default.Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong sank. Oil prices rose.Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index edged up less than 0.1% on Monday as Congress and the White House negotiated over Republican demands to cut social programs in exchange for agreeing to raise the amount the government can borrow.“The resumption of debt ceiling negotiations spurred some hopes despite distinct risks of brinksmanship and blame-shifting,” Tan Boon Heng of Mizuho Bank said in a report.The Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.4% to 3,251.72 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo shed 0.4% to 30,957.77. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong retreated 1.3% to 19,419.55.The Kospi in Seoul advanced 0.4% to 2,567.55 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 was less than 0.1% lower at 61,963.68.India’s Sensex opened up 0.4% at 62,207.50. New Zealand and Bangkok declined while Sing...