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Dutch caretaker government unveils budget plan to spend 2 billion per year extra to fight poverty

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:54 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The caretaker Dutch government announced Tuesday that it will spend an extra 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) per year to tackle poverty in this nation where the gap between rich and poor is shaping up as a major campaign theme ahead of a November general election.The announcement came on Prince’s Day, when the monarch reads a speech outlining government plans for the coming year and the finance minister unveils the annual budget.The policy plans were restrained because the governing coalition is in caretaker mode after quitting in July over the four parties’ failure to agree on a package of measures to rein in migration. An election is scheduled for Nov. 22 and will be followed by possibly lengthy negotiations to form a new coalition.Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the country’s longest-serving premier, has said he will quit politics once a new coalition is formed.While the Dutch economy remains healthy, many households on lower incomes have been ...

AUTO RACING: Hamlin declares himself the man to beat in NASCAR. Sainz ends Verstappen’s win streak

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:54 GMT

All Times EasternNASCAR CUP SERIESAutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400Site: Fort Worth, Texas.Schedule: Saturday, practice, 12:35 p.m., and qualifying, 1:20 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (USA).Track: Texas Motor Speedway.Race distance: 267 laps, 400 miles.Last year: Tyler Reddick won after starting fourth.Last race: Denny Hamlin took the lead off pit road and led the final 135 laps at Bristol, beating Kyle Larson by 2.462 seconds in the first elimination race of the Cup Series playoffs.Fast facts: Defending series champion Joey Logano, retiring Kevin Harvick, Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Michael McDowell were eliminated from the playoffs. Logano is the first defending champ not to make it out of the first round the following year. … Bubba Wallace and Reddick, who drive for the 23XI Racing team co-owned by Hamlin and Michael Jordan, also advanced in the playoffs. … Pole sitter Christopher Bell led a race-high 187 laps. … Hamlin led 142 laps in all, and T...

Segundo Simulacro Nacional en México: a qué hora es, dónde y para qué sirve

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:54 GMT

(CNN Español) — Este martes 19 de septiembre se realiza el segundo Simulacro Nacional en México en los 32 estados del país. Se espera que participen millones de personas y por primera vez habrá cuatro hipótesis para distintas regiones del país.Estos escenarios servirán como ejercicio de evaluación de los protocolos de preparación y respuesta, de los tres niveles de gobierno, ante una emergencia.El escenario hipotético será el de dos sismos y dos huracanes.El primer Simulacro Nacional de 2023 en México se realizó el 19 de abril para fomentar la cultura de la protección civil en la población y reforzar las capacidades de reacción de las autoridades, los ciudadanos y los cuerpos de rescate ante una emergencia o desastre, según las autoridades.Esto es lo que debes saber.¿Quién puede participar en el simulacro?Así como en el primer Simulacro Nacional, para esta ocasión puede participar cualquier persona que se encuentre en su casa, negocio, oficina, escuela o trabajo. Lo único que ...

Community calls for reform after man killed by Denver police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:54 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — The Opportunity Center in Aurora hosted a joint press conference on Tuesday led by Denver clergy members, NAACP Denver, community activists and attorneys for the family of Brandon Lee Cole. Denver police said Cole was shot and killed by a responding officer who believed he was holding a knife. Cole was actually carrying a black marker.  1 killed, 2 hurt in Denver shooting, car crash The situation started as a domestic violence call when witnesses reported seeing an intoxicated man push his wife, who uses a wheelchair, and then assault his teenage son, according to police. Police said they weren’t able to confirm this was a case of domestic violence, but the officers met with the suspect in the middle of the street.Attorneys want change on how police respond to a medical crisisCole’s attorneys said he was an unarmed Black father of three who was shot and killed by police on Aug. 5 while holding nothing but a magic marker. They said they are now aski...

3 rushed to hospital after shooting in NWMD

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:54 GMT

Three adults were injured after shots were fired in Northwest Miami-Dade. Miami Dade Fire Rescue responded to the scene, located at the intersection of Northwest 65th Street and 18th Avenue in Miami, just before 1 p.m., Tuesday. All three injured were transported by ground to Jackson Memorial Main Trauma Center as trauma alerts. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Publix associates join forces for Hunger Relief Month

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:54 GMT

Publix Supermarkets, the renowned supermarket chain, is stepping up to address the issue of hunger during Hunger Relief Month. Publix associates in seven states, including Florida, are actively participating in this initiative.Volunteers from Publix are diligently packing food donation boxes and these provisions will find a new home in the Feeding South Florida Mobile Food Pantry.This marks a significant milestone for Publix as they venture into operating a food bank truck system. The primary aim of this endeavor is to provide essential and nutritious food items, such as fresh vegetables and fruits, to individuals who have limited access to healthy foods.“We’re going to take one of our food trailers, one of the eight that we currently have, to reach out to the community and provide a variety of nutritious produce to those in need,” stated Todd Jones, the CEO of Publix Supermarkets.Through these efforts, Publix is demonstrating its commitment to alleviating hunger a...

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict explained

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:54 GMT

Fierce firefights and heavy shelling echo once again around the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh, an isolated region at the very edge of Europe that has seen several major wars since the fall of the Soviet Union.On Tuesday, the South Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan announced its armed forces launched “local anti-terrorist activities” in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is inside Azerbaijan’s borders but is controlled as a breakaway state by its ethnic Armenian population.Now, with fighting raging and allegations of an impending “genocide” reaching fever pitch, all eyes are on the decades-old conflict that threatens to draw in some of the world’s leading military powers.What is happening?For weeks, Armenia and international observers have warned that Azerbaijan was massing its armed forces along the heavily fortified line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh, preparing to stage an offensive against local ethnic Armenian troops. Clips shared online showed Azerbaijani vehicles...

EU lawmakers step back from fight with ECB over Buch nomination

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:54 GMT

EU lawmakers look set to back down in their battle with the ECB and vote through Germany’s Claudia Buch as the bloc’s next top banking cop — in a move that could clear the way for Spain to win the more coveted job of running the European Investment Bank.MEPs had been considering flexing their muscles over the appointment to chair the European Central Bank’s Supervisory Board, which they have the power to block, after Frankfurt last week defied their wishes by supporting Buch. The Parliament instead wanted Spain’s Margarita Delgado, who lawmakers viewed as more experienced and tougher.But ahead of a hearing and committee vote on Wednesday, Parliament officials now say the big political groups are leaning toward supporting the ECB’s pick after all.“It’ll be a tough hearing, but in the end there will not be significant arguments to disapprove,” said one official, granted anonymity to speak freely because the discussions are confidential.The job ...

Nordstream trauma leads Berlin to draw up fresh Huawei bans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:54 GMT

The German government is drafting a new plan to impose further restrictions on using Chinese equipment for the country’s telecoms networks, according to a strategy paper seen by POLITICO.“It is obvious that there are considerable structural dependencies on Huawei and ZTE,” the document reads. Germany has “an urgent need for action … also to prevent a second Nordstream case — but in the area of even more critical telecommunications with far more serious consequences. After all, the 5G mobile network is the ‘central nervous system’ of Germany as a business location,“ it added.Berlin officials are considering requiring telecom operators to stop using equipment by the Chinese telecom vendors for the core part (or backbone) of telecom networks by January 1, 2026, and to phase out reliance on Chinese kit in the radio access network (RAN), which is the wider network of masts and base stations, within three years.Two industry officials and on...

This historic US landmark has just been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:54 GMT

(CNN) — A huge prehistoric structure in Ohio has become the 25th US landmark to be awarded a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List.Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which is made up of eight monumental earthworks built around 2,000 years ago, was among the sites to be added on Tuesday as the UNESCO World Heritage Committee continues to review nominations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.The collection of earthen mounds built by Indigenous peoples is described as the “most representative surviving expressions of the Indigenous tradition now referred to as the Hopewell culture,” with some believed to be used as lunar or astral observatories.“The earth walls of the enclosures are among the largest earthworks in the world that are not fortifications or defensive structures,” says the official UNESCO website.Historic site“Their scale is imposing by any standard: the Great Pyramid of Cheops would have fit inside the Wright Earthworks.”The inclusion of Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks marks...