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Armenia votes to join the International Criminal Court, further straining ties with ally Russia

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:42 GMT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia votes to join the International Criminal Court, further straining ties with ally Russia.Source

ANÁLISIS | ¿Por qué el nuevo juicio de Trump por fraude es tan profundo? Se trata de su fortuna y su marca

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:42 GMT

(CNN) — Es donde surge el “arte de los negocios” podría quedar expuesto como el “arte del robo”.Donald Trump no pudo evitar la apertura de un juicio civil por fraude en su contra en Nueva York este lunes. Pero la coreografía de vehículos todo terreno del Servicio Secreto, sus desvaríos sobre la persecución politizada y los ceños fruncidos en los tribunales fueron más profundos que sus ahora familiares intentos de convertir sus citas con la justicia en material para su campaña de 2024.Esta vez, el tiburón inmobiliario estaba de regreso en sus antiguos cotos de caza para defender su imperio amenazado, el rascacielos de Manhattan que lleva su nombre en grandes letras doradas y, en última instancia, la mitología de su carrera como magnate multimillonario que alimentó su fama y ascenso insurgente a la Casa Blanca. Ser acusado dos veces es malo. Enfrentar 91 cargos penales es terrible. Pero el caso de fraude en Nueva York amenaza con destrozar la preciada imagen qu...

Por qué sonará una alarma en los teléfonos de Estados Unidos este miércoles a las 2:20 p.m. ET

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:42 GMT

(CNN) — Si escuchas una alarma de alerta en tu teléfono móvil —y en el de todos los demás— este miércoles a las 2:20 p.m. hora del este de EE.UU., no te asustes.El gobierno federal de Estados Unidos anunció que este miércoles por la tarde realizará una prueba nacional de su Sistema de Alerta de Emergencia y de las Alertas Inalámbricas de Emergencia. La porción EAS de la prueba enviará una alerta de emergencia a todas las radios y televisores, mientras que la porción WEA de la prueba dirigirá alertas a todos los teléfonos móviles de los consumidores.“El propósito de la prueba del 4 de octubre es garantizar que los sistemas sigan siendo medios eficaces para alertar al público sobre emergencias, en particular las de ámbito nacional”, señaló en un comunicado la Agencia Federal para la Gestión de Emergencias (FEMA), que está llevando a cabo la prueba en coordinación con la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones.Esto es lo que hay que saber.Un conserje escuchó “alarmas...

Passport processing times drop by 2 weeks

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:42 GMT

Watch Video: U.S. passport demand overwhelms State DepartmentIf you need to get a new passport or renew it soon, the process should be a bit quicker.The State Department says it has lowered expected wait times by two weeks following a 2023 that so far has resulted in weeks-long and sometimes months-long waits to get passports.All passport applications received Monday and beyond will have wait times of 8-11 weeks for routine service with times shortened to 5-7 weeks for expedited service, the State Department said in a statement. The change in processing time does not apply to applications received before Monday.More than 24 million passport books and cards were issued in the fiscal year that ended over the weekend, the State Department said. That number was a record, eclipsing the previous year’s record of 22 million.Over late spring and early summer, the State Department was receiving approximately 450-500,000 applications each week, CBS News reported.The State Department su...

The Nashville Predators hope to speed transition and rebuild with new GM, coach

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:42 GMT

NASHVILLE PREDATORSCOACH: Andrew Brunette (51-18-6 in one season as Florida’s interim coach). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 10 at Tampa Bay.DEPARTURES: D Mattias Ekholm, C Ryan Johansen, F Matt Duchene, F Tanner Jeannot, F Mikael Granlund, F Nino Niederreiter, coach John Hynes.ADDITIONS: C Gustav Nyquist, C Ryan O’Reilly, D Luke Schenn.GOALIES: Juuse Saros (33-23-7, 2.69 GAA, .919 save percentage) and Kevin Lankinen (9-8-1-, 2.75 GAA, .916).FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK STANLEY CUP ODDS: 70-1.LAST SEASON: The Predators missed the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons by finishing three points out of the Western Conference’s second wild-card slot. They came up short after taking the first steps toward a rebuild at the trade deadline. That included the Predators announcing Feb. 26 that their first coach, Barry Trotz, would be taking over as the franchise’s second general manager with David Poile’s retirement after the NHL draft.STRENGTHS: Saros finished fourth in voting...

Parliament votes through Buch as EU banking cop

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:42 GMT

The European Parliament today voted through Germany’s Claudia Buch to become the EU’s next chief banking supervisor after a standoff with the European Central Bank.In a plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs voted 357 to 195, with 42 abstentions, in a secret ballot to support Buch’s candidacy to become the next chair of the European Central Bank’s Supervisory Board, a job overseeing the bloc’s biggest lenders.Buch’s appointment would remove a hurdle for Spain’s Finance Minister Nadia Calviño to become the next head of the European Investment Bank. Buch had been vying with Spain’s Margarita Delgado, deputy governor of the Bank of Spain, for the Supervisory Board post. Delgado was the unanimous choice of key lawmakers on Parliament’s economics committee. But appointing Buch clears the way for Calviño to the EIB since two Spaniards taking top finance jobs would have been difficult for other countries to swallow.The ECB’s decision to nominate Buch provoked the ire of MEPs on th...

Paris bedbugs ‘hell’: Don’t panic, health chief urges

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:42 GMT

French Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau wants the public to stay calm over bedbugs in Paris. In an interview with France Inter on Tuesday, Rousseau reassured citizens that there is “no reason for a general panic” and that France has not been “invaded by bedbugs.”The tiny insects have been spotted on public transport in the French capital over the past few weeks, raising alarm among residents and public officials.Last week, Paris Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire asked the government to take action to fight the “scourge” of bedbugs ahead of the 2024 Olympics, set to take place in the city next summer and bring a huge influx of tourists.Despite inviting the public to relax, Rousseau did add Tuesday that “when you have bedbugs, it’s hell.”In recent weeks, videos of bedbugs in trains and on the Paris metro have circulated on the internet. According to French news, bedbugs disappeared from France around 1950 before making a comeback in the 1990s due to incre...

Dutch lawmaker Sophie in ‘t Veld joins Belgian party

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:42 GMT

Top Dutch European lawmaker Sophie in ‘t Veld is set to be a European election candidate for Volt in Belgium, in a bid to continue her two-decade parliamentary career. In June, in ‘t Veld quit her Dutch liberal party D66, citing policy disagreements, and joined Volt, a federalist movement with parties in all EU countries. But after making the switch, Volt rejected her candidacy for the 2024 European election, as she needed a special dispensation to become a Volt candidate for 2024 because she had not been a party member for the requisite three months before being nominated as a candidate.That looked like the end of her career in the European Parliament. But in ‘t Veld has now joined Volt Belgium, she announced Tuesday. If she’s elected as a candidate at the Volt Belgium party congress later this month, she can run again. “Volt is a truly European party and I am a truly European politician,” ‘in t Veld said. She argues parliamentary demo...

If Putin goes to Armenia he’d be arrested, as lawmakers back ICC entry

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:42 GMT

Armenia has accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court after lawmakers on Tuesday ratified its founding documents, effectively obliging the former Soviet republic to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he ever returns to the country.Parliamentarians voted in favor of the Rome Statute on Tuesday, with 60 MPs backing its ratification and 20 opposition lawmakers voting against. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said last week he was confident there was sufficient support for the move, despite fierce objections from Moscow, traditionally an ally of Yerevan.Last Thursday, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that accepting the jurisdiction of the court in The Hague would be seen as “extremely hostile,” given it has issued an arrest warrant for Putin on war crimes charges over Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.“Armenia knows very well that we are not parties to the [Rome Statute], and Armenia is well aware of the difficult decision adop...

8-year prison sentence for New Hampshire man convicted of running unlicensed bitcoin business

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:42 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a New Hampshire man to eight years in prison for running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business and fined him at least $40,000, although a hearing will be held to determine how much money multiple people who said they were victimized by his enterprise will get.Ian Freeman was taken away in handcuffs following his sentencing in U.S. District Court in Concord. Prosecutors said Freeman, a libertarian activist and radio show host, created a business that catered to fraudsters who targeted elderly women with romance scams, serving as “the final step in permanently separating the victims from their money.”“Love you, Ian,” supporters shouted as he was led out of court.Freeman, who is in his 40s, said in court he did not believe he broke the law. He said he was trying to get people to adopt bitcoin. He said there were times he detected fraud and protected many potential scam victims. He apologized for not being able to help the...