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In Ukraine, the grief-stricken bear the pain of war

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:52 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Mothers burying their sons, children burying their fathers. As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, men and women have been dying in droves on the front lines, fighting off Russia’s invasion of their country. For them, the fight is over. They paid the ultimate price. But it is their parents, their children, their siblings and their spouses who will carry the pain of war, the tears of the nation. Over a period of 15 days in February, numerous funerals were held in towns and villages near the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, for soldiers killed in fighting in Donbas, in the east of the country where most of the battles are now concentrated. The same scene is repeated day after day, week after week, in villages and cities across Ukraine as those killed on the battlefield return home for the last time. The vast majority were not career soldiers. A carpenter, an ornithologist, a baker, a pharmacist, a student — they signed up to fight because of the war, leaving behind...

Cómo saber si el estrés es un problema. Esto dice una experta

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:52 GMT

(CNN) — Con motivo de la celebración en abril del Mes de Concienciación sobre el Estrés, sé que hay muchos motivos para estar estresado: tiroteos masivos, guerras en todo el mundo, los efectos a largo plazo de la pandemia y el estrés diario de vivir y trabajar en el siglo XXI. Seguro que tú también tienes tu lista.Todo el mundo experimenta estrés en distintos momentos de su vida. Pero, ¿cuándo es el estrés un problema que requiere nuestra atención? ¿Qué síntomas hay que tener en cuenta? ¿Cuáles son las consecuencias del estrés a largo plazo para la salud? ¿Qué mecanismos para hacerle frente son saludables y cuáles no? ¿Y qué técnicas pueden ayudar a afrontar –y prevenir– el estrés?Después de dejar tarde a mi hijo en el colegio (lo siento, pequeño, es culpa mía), esperaba con impaciencia este consejo de la Dra. Leana Wen, analista médica de CNN. Wen es médico de urgencias y profesora de política y gestión sanitarias en la Escuela de Salud Pública del Instituto Milken de la Univ...

Hernández, Pollock both homer twice as Mariners rout Angels

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:52 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Teoscar Hernández and AJ Pollock each hit two homers, combining to drive in nine runs as the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 11-2 on Tuesday night.Luis Castillo (1-0) turned in a second consecutive strong outing, allowing two hits and striking out six in 5 2/3 shutout innings. The right-hander has permitted three hits and struck out 12 in 11 2/3 scoreless innings, starting both of Seattle’s wins this season.Castillo gave up a leadoff single to Taylor Ward and then retired his next eight batters. The only other hit off him was a fifth-inning double by Brandon Drury. “Hats off to (Castillo). He’s in total control,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “Got after it early, really located the fastball. Maybe not the best slider that he’s had tonight, just couldn’t really get a feel for that, but the fastball was dominant at the top of the zone and a really good changeup to go along with it. So, great outing by him.”Seattle stopped a four-game skid and s...

Zelenskyy to visit Polish President Duda in Warsaw

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:52 GMT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected in Warsaw on Wednesday, where he will meet his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in his second trip to Poland since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine.Their talks will focus on security issues, economic cooperation and historical matters, Duda’s office said in a statement.“We want to conduct these talks in the spirit of thinking about the future,” presidential foreign policy adviser Marcin Przydacz said.This will be Zelenskyy’s second visit to Poland since the beginning of the war — but his first “official” one, according to the Polish presidential office.The Ukrainian president has only been outside of the country twice since February 2022. He first traveled to the U.S. last December, before heading to London, Paris and Brussels in a tour of allied European capitals in February. He then briefly stopped in Rzeszów, Poland, on his way back from Brussels, where he met with Duda.Duda has v...

Violence in Jerusalem at mosque raises fear of more fighting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:52 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police stormed into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City early Wednesday, firing stun grenades at Palestinian youths who hurled firecrackers at them in a burst of violence during a sensitive holiday season. Palestinian militants in Gaza responded with rocket fire on southern Israel, prompting repeated Israeli airstrikes.The fighting, coming as Muslims mark the holiday month of Ramadan and Jews prepare to begin the Passover festival on Wednesday evening, raised fears of a wider conflagration. Similar clashes two years ago erupted into a bloody 11-day war between Israel and the ruling Hamas militant group in Gaza. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said that dozens of worshippers who were spending the night praying were injured in the police raid. The Israeli military said one soldier was shot in a separate incident in the occupied West Bank.The mosque sits on a sensitive hilltop compound holy to both Jews and Muslims. Al-Aqsa is the third-holiest...

Zelenskyy visits Poland to thank ally and meet Ukrainians

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:52 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife arrived in Poland Wednesday for a state visit that is meant as a gesture of thanks to the neighboring nation for its crucial support in Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion.The visit is a rare foray for Zelenskyy out of Ukraine since Russia unleased the war in February 2022. While it follows visits to the United States, Britain, France and Belgium, it stands out from the others because it was announced in advance without the secrecy of past visits.It is also unusual that the president is joined by the first lady, Olena Zelenska. Marcin Przydacz, the head of Polish President Andrzej Duda’s foreign policy office, described it as Zelenskyy’s first visit of this kind since the war began.He said that Zelenskyy had already crossed the Polish border ahead of a morning meeting with Duda. Zelenskyy will also meet with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in the afternoon, and he is due to meet so...

Australian opposition against Indigenous Voice in Parliament

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:52 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s main opposition party on Wednesday decided to oppose the government’s model for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people in a development that appears to doom the prospects of a successful referendum this year.A referendum has not succeeded in changing Australia’s Constitution since 1977, and bipartisan support of the major political parties is widely regarded as a prerequisite for success.But lawmakers in the conservative Liberal Party, the second largest after the ruling center-left Labor Party, said they’ll oppose the government’s proposal to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The Voice would be an elected group charged with advocating Indigenous interests to Parliament, but would not have a vote on laws.Opposition leader Peter Dutton said his lawmakers would prefer Indigenous people were represented by regional and local “Voices” rather than one in the national capital Canberra.Senior Liberal lawmakers would cam...

Ukraine destroys 14 out of 17 drones Russia launched overnight

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:52 GMT

Ukrainian defence forces destroyed 14 out of 17 Iranian-made Shahed drones Russia launched overnight, Ukraine's military said on Tuesday (4 April), with 13 drones destroyed over the Odesa region in the country's southwest."In total, up to 17 launches of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) attacks were recorded, presumably from the eastern coast area of the Sea of Azov," the command said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.Ukraine's South military command said one drone hit an enterprise in the Odesa region, causing a fire, which was eliminated by the morning."According to preliminary information, there were no human losses," the command said in a statement.

Detached house in San Jose sells for $1.9 million

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:52 GMT

2787 Lantz Avenue – Google Street ViewA 1,798-square-foot house built in 1960 has changed hands. The new owners acquired the property in the 2700 block of Lantz Avenue on March 14, 2023. The property located in the 2700 block of Lantz Avenue in San Jose was sold on March 14, 2023. The $1,879,500 purchase price works out to $1,045 per square foot. The house, built in 1960, has an interior space of 1,798 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, three baths, a garage, and one parking space. There’s also a pool in the backyard. The unit sits on a 7,150-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently changed hands nearby:On Benjamin Avenue, San Jose, in September 2022, a 1,649-square-foot home was sold for $1,708,000, a price per square foot of $1,036. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,697-square-foot home on the 2000 block of Veronica Place in San Jose sold in October 2022, for $1,800,000, a price per square foot of $1,061. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In ...

ITF resumes tennis in China with no word on Peng Shuai

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:52 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — The International Tennis Federation will play tournaments this year in China with no word of a resolution to the case of Chinese doubles player Peng Shuai. Peng disappeared from pubic view shortly after accusing a former high-ranking Communist Party official — in a web posting in November of 2021 — of sexual assault.The ITF, which conducts tournaments below the elite level in its World Tennis Tour, lists its first tournament in China on June 5-11 at Luzhou. The ITF’s last full season in China was 2019, prior to COVID-19.“The ITF anticipates a resumption of tournament activity within China for each of the ITF Tours later this year,” the ITF said in a statement.The WTA, which runs the sport’s top-tier women’s events, hasn’t announced if it will resume staging tournaments in China.In late 2021, WTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon announced that the WTA would be suspending all of its tournaments — including the season-ending WTA Finals — that were held ...