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Las noticias de la Pestilencia y su lugar – El Mundo (blog)
Las noticias de la Pestilencia y su lugar – El Mundo (blog)

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El año catalán de 1714, Año del Burro en chinesco, se contará aquí en detalle, día a día, hasta su nueva e inexorable derrota del 11 de septiembre próximo. El diario seguirá el ejemplo de aquel admirado Defoe que pudiendo marchar de Londres en el año de la peste decidió quedarse en atención “a las particulares circunstancias de mi vida y la atención que debía prestar a la seguridad de mi negocio.»

Source Article from http://www.elmundo.es/blogs/elmundo/1714-diario-del-ano-de-la-peste/2014/04/14/las-noticias-de-la-pestilencia-y-su.html

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US-China Trade War Suspended For Now As Talks Continue – NPR
US-China Trade War Suspended For Now As Talks Continue – NPR

U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators meeting in Washington, D.C. last week. Citing progress in the talks, President Trump said he would suspend a planning increase in tariffs on Chinese goods due to take effect on March 1.

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U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators meeting in Washington, D.C. last week. Citing progress in the talks, President Trump said he would suspend a planning increase in tariffs on Chinese goods due to take effect on March 1.

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President Trump will hold off raising tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese imports, after what he called “very productive” trade talks in Washington this weekend.

Tariffs had been scheduled to jump from 10 to 25 percent next Saturday. But Trump agreed to postpone that increase in hopes of negotiating a more comprehensive trade agreement.

Trump tweeted that the two sides had made “substantial progress” on structural issues, including protection of intellectual property and an end to the forced transfer of U.S. technology. The president hopes to finalize a deal during a face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Trump’s Florida vacation home.

“Assuming both sides make additional progress, we will be planning a Summit for President Xi and myself, at Mar-a-Lago, to conclude an agreement,” Trump wrote, celebrating what he called “a very good weekend for U.S. & China!”

Trade talks were initially expected to wrap up Friday but had been extended through the weekend in a sign of positive momentum. Negotiators cautioned, however, that a final deal was still uncertain.

“It’s a little early for Champagne,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Friday.

U.S. businesses will welcome the decision to delay higher tariffs. Even at the existing, 10 percent rate, Trump’s China duties are costing American businesses and consumers upwards of $2 billion per month.

Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2019/02/24/697562568/trump-suspends-china-tariff-hike-citing-progress-in-trade-talks

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Ejército de Nicaragua comprará aviones caza – La Prensa (Nicaragua) (Suscripción)
Ejército de Nicaragua comprará aviones caza – La Prensa (Nicaragua) (Suscripción)

El Ejército de Nicaragua informó el martes 10 de febrero que está gestionando la compra de aviones cazas con el fin de combatir el narcotráfico en su espacio aéreo, principalmente sobre el territorio marítimo otorgado por la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) de La Haya, que definió los límites en el Caribe con Colombia.

El inspector del Ejército nicaragüense, general de brigada Adolfo Zepeda, dijo a periodistas que “para evitar (el) tráfico de aviones del narcotráfico en nuestro espacio aéreo”, han hecho “algunas gestiones para obtener medios cazas interceptores”.

Es “aviación netamente defensiva, no aviones de ataque”, aclaró el jefe militar.

Zepeda brindó esas declaraciones tras ser consultado por las presuntas intenciones de las Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia, de acuerdo con medios colombianos, de reforzar de forma prioritaria sus capacidades aéreas, en respuesta a esas gestiones de Nicaragua en adquirir aviones Mig-29 u otros cazas.

“Nicaragua no constituye amenazas para que ningún país argumente armarse más por una amenaza eventual de Nicaragua”, dijo al respecto el general de brigada nicaragüense.

“Somos un país pacífico, somos respetuosos del ordenamiento internacional. Nuestras diferencias a nivel internacional las llevamos a la Corte Internacional de Justicia, y esos fallos Nicaragua los respeta”, argumentó.

La CIJ de La Haya dirimió el 19 de noviembre de 2012 un litigio marítimo entre Nicaragua y Colombia, y le otorgó al primero los derechos económicos sobre una zona que Colombia calcula en 75.000 kilómetros cuadrados y el país centroamericano en más de 90.000 kilómetros cuadrados.

En el mismo fallo la Corte dejó en manos de Colombia siete cayos del archipiélago de San Andrés, cuyas islas mayores ya se habían concedido a esta nación en 2007, aunque dos de los islotes quedaron enclavados en aguas centroamericanas.

El Ejército de Nicaragua también ha considerado que necesita ocho nuevas patrulleras y ya ha visitado astilleros, entre ellos los de Rusia, un antiguo aliado que durante el primer régimen sandinista (1979-1990) dotó de armamento soviético a las Fuerzas Armadas nicarag enses.

Source Article from http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2015/02/11/nacionales/1780680-ejercito-gestiona-compra-de-aviones-caza-para-combatir-droga

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Lockheed Martin and Raytheon prepare big production changes to adjust to America’s dispute with Turkey over a Russian missile deal – CNBC
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon prepare big production changes to adjust to America’s dispute with Turkey over a Russian missile deal – CNBC

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WASHINGTON — American defense firms Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are preparing to make massive adjustments to their production processes as the U.S. tries to pressure Turkey not to follow through with a multibillion-dollar deal to buy a Russian missile system, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

If Turkey goes through with the Russian deal, Lockheed Martin would have to rework its supply chain on components for the F-35 fighter jet, while also making changes to its production schedule. Yet if Turkey abandons its deal with Russia, Raytheon would reorganize the Patriot missile defense system production schedule to guarantee that Turkey could receive the missile system within a faster time frame.

As it stands, Turkey faces removal from the F-35 program, forfeiture of 100 promised F-35 jets, cancellation of a Patriot missile deal and the imposition of U.S. sanctions as well as potential blowback from NATO if the deal with Russia is completed. Lockheed Martin makes the F-35, while Raytheon produces the Patriot system.



“The ball is very much in their court,” a U.S. defense official familiar with the matter told CNBC. “There is a lot to lose on the line and Turkey should know that these aren’t idle threats.”

Turkey is slated to receive the Russian-made S-400 missile system later this year after brokering a deal reportedly worth $2.5 billion with the Kremlin in 2017.

Turkey has helped finance Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program, America’s most expensive weapons system and the world’s most advanced fighter jet.

For Lockheed Martin, the adjustments include replacing Turkey’s role in manufacturing elements for the F-35’s fuselage and landing gear. Therefore, a new supplier would have to take over making those specific jet components. Additionally, the 100 F-35 jets Turkey hoped to add to its budding arsenal will be shuffled in the company’s intricate production schedule as to ensure the defense giant’s assembly line will hum along without skipping a beat.

On Thursday, the head of the F-35 program at the Pentagon told lawmakers that Turkey’s removal would impact the aircraft production rate and strain the jet’s intricate global supply chain.

“The evaluation of Turkey stopping would be between 50 and 75 airplane impact over a two-year period,” Navy Vice Adm. Mat Winter told members during a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing.

“From a timeline we would see within 45 to 90 days an impact of the slowing down or stopping of those parts to the three production lines,” Winter said, adding that Turkey produces approximately 7 percent of the jet’s parts.

In September, CNBC learned that Turkey was in the process of constructing a site for the Russian S-400 system despite warnings from the United States to not buy the platform, according to a source with firsthand knowledge of an intelligence report.

In multiple efforts to deter Turkey from buying the S-400, the U.S. State Department offered in 2013 and 2017 to sell it a Patriot missile system. Ankara passed on Patriot both times because the U.S. declined to provide a transfer of the system’s sensitive missile technology.

The intelligence assessment included satellite imagery of a concrete launch facility as well as bunkers, according to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The new construction fits the pattern for Russia’s S-400 surface-to-air missile system, the source indicated.

The S-400 missile system, equipped with eight launchers and 32 missiles, is capable of targeting and collecting valuable technical intelligence from the F-35. Similarly, the S-400 cannot be operated alongside NATO defense systems.

The Turkey-U.S. military relationship took more anxious turns Monday, when the U.S. halted delivery of two F-35 fighter jets to Ankara and an agreement to sell the Patriot system to Turkey expired.

On Tuesday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said he expected the dispute with Turkey over its planned purchase of Russia’s S-400 system to be resolved.

“I expect we’ll solve the problem so that they have the right defense equipment in terms of Patriots and F-35s,” Shanahan told a small group of reporters at the Pentagon.

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El "extraño e infalible" artefacto que utilizan los conductores de noticias en televisión – Teletrece
El "extraño e infalible" artefacto que utilizan los conductores de noticias en televisión – Teletrece

Muchos se han preguntado para qué sirve el pequeño aparato parecido a un “control remoto” que sostienen los conductores de noticias cuando están al aire en televisión. Ahora te lo explicamos.

“Teleprompter” es el nombre que recibe el sistema que permite a los periodistas leer las noticias en una patalla, evitando la necesidad de memorizar todos los detalles de cada información -tomando en cuenta que los noticieros duran un cerca de una hora y media-.

Los conductores tienen en una de sus manos el control que dirige la señal a una cámara, la que a su vez proyecta la lectura en un espejo. Así se crea la ilusión al televidente de que el periodista está mirando directamente a la cámara, cuando en realidad está leyendo.

De esta forma, se cumple uno de sus principales objetivos, que es dar la confianza y seguridad a los periodistas al momento de dirigirse al público.

¿Quiénes lo utilizan?

El creador de este aparato es Hubert Schlafy, ingeniero electrónico que en el año 1950 buscaba crear un instrumento que permitiera a los actores enfocarse en su audiencia y recordar sus guiones.

En la actualidad, no sólo los periodistas y programas de televisión utilizan esta herramienta, sino que también ha llegado a los políticos. Lyndon Johnson fue el primer presidente de EE.UU que usó un telepromter. Varios años después lo haría Barack Obama.

El conductor Alfonso Concha nos explica todas las funciones de esta herramienta, fundamental en el periodismo.


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A massive volcanic eruption and tsunami hit Tonga and the Pacific. Here’s what we know – CNN
A massive volcanic eruption and tsunami hit Tonga and the Pacific. Here’s what we know – CNN

(CNN)An underwater volcano near Tonga has erupted for the third time in four days, potentially threatening the ability of surveillance flights to assess the damage to the Pacific island nation following Saturday’s massive eruption and tsunami.

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    Missing Gabby Petito: Utah police were called to incident involving cross-country vanning couple – Fox News
    Missing Gabby Petito: Utah police were called to incident involving cross-country vanning couple – Fox News
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    FIRST ON FOX: Utah police have confirmed that officers were called for an incident involving Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito roughly two weeks before she was last seen and a month before she was officially reported missing.

    “Our officers did respond to an incident involving Brian Laundrie and Gabrielle Petito on 12 August 2021 however, neither Brian or Gabrielle were the reporting party,” Moab Chief of Police Bret Edge told Fox News Tuesday. “Officers conducted an investigation and determined that insufficient evidence existed to justify criminal charges.”

    Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie began a cross-country road trip in early July, but Petito has been missing since late August.  (Joey Petito)
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    Additional details were not immediately available.

    The 22-year-old Petito’s mother reported her missing on Sept. 11 but they had last spoken in the final week of August. She was last seen at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

    The couple was traveling cross-country in their Ford Transit van and sharing photos and videos to social media. On Aug. 12, Petito posted pictures taken in Arches National Park, just north of Moab.

    MISSING GABBY PETITO’S FAMILY CALLS OUT FIANCE, DEMANDS LAUNDRIE REVEAL WHERE HE LAST SAW HER

    Laundrie has not been charged with a crime or accused of playing a role in Petito’s disappearance, but police in his hometown of North Port, Fla., told Fox News Tuesday they want to speak with him about the case.

    “I think anyone would assume that the possible last person to be around her is a person of interest to want to talk with,” a spokesman said. “However, there is no crime at this point.”

    Laundrie has hired an attorney and returned to Florida – in Petito’s van – as a search is underway in Wyoming. The missing woman’s family says he refused to tell them where he last saw her.

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    Police seized the van Monday as part of their investigation, which involves law enforcement agencies in multiple states and the FBI, the latter of which began a forensic examination on the vehicle Tuesday, North Port police told Fox News.

    Source Article from https://www.foxnews.com/us/missing-gabby-petito-utah-police-called

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    Un canal de noticias ruso en español se incorpora a la TV digital argentina – Télam
    Un canal de noticias ruso en español se incorpora a la TV digital argentina – Télam


    Desde la ciudad santacruceña de Las Heras, Cristina calificó de “momento histórico” la incorporación a la Televisión Digital Abierta de la seña rusa en castellano.


    “Estamos contentos porque al incorporar a la señal rusa se amplifica y da nueva valorización a la comunicación entre nuestros pueblos. Lo hacemos a través de canales propios, sin la intermediación de grandes cadenas internacionales que normalmente transmiten las ‘noticias’, entre comillas, de acuerdo a sus intereses”, remarcó la Presidenta.


    En ese sentido, prosiguió que de esta forma “estamos logrando comunicarnos entre ambos pueblos y para transmitir los valores propios. Pluralidad de voces, de culturas, y multilateralismo también en la comunicación y en la información”.


    Por su parte, el mandatario ruso quiso “transmitirle un sincero saludo y felicitaciones por un evento memorable por la emisión en directo del canal RT para la audiencia argentina”, y dijo que el hecho expresa la “relación sólida, de peso y de confianza” entre ambos países.


    “El derecho a la información es uno de los derechos inalienables y uno de los derechos humanos más importantes. Con el desarrollo de los medios de comunicación electrónicos (redes sociales), (los medios) se han convertido en un arma temible porque permiten manipular la consciencia social”, consideró Putin.


    Además, reflexionó que “hay intentos de actores internacionales de establecer el monopolio a la verdad”, por lo que ponderó “las fuentes de información alternativas” y dijo que “precisamente el canal RT no emplea métodos que imponen a los otros su punto de vista, es un canal que está siempre abierto a debate”.


    También dijo que la puesta en marcha de RT en la TDA es “otra evidencia importante de la apertura de la política exterior de la presidenta argentina y los años longevos de relación diplomática entre ambos países, que cumplirán 130 años el año que viene”.


    Luego, Cristina respondió en el marco de la conversación vía teleconferencia con Putin en Moscú: “No podemos menos que compartir los profundos conceptos que usted vertiera sobre la necesidad de tener acceso directo a la formación y a la información, a las noticias que se producen en el mundo sin intermediarios que nos quieran mostrar las cosas de una manera diferente”.


    La jefa del Estado llamó a “que seamos nosotros mismos, los ciudadanos globales que tomemos conocimiento directo de las noticias y podamos formar nosotros mismos la opinión y no que nos la formen de afuera”. en momentos tan difíciles por los que atraviesa la política global…es necesario que todos nosotros ciudadanos de esta Tierra podamos conocer a nuestros pueblos hermanos sin intermediarios. estoy convencida que esta señal RT. muchos rusos y sus descendientes viven en la Argentina.


    “Que todos los argentinos podamos conocer a la verdadera Rusia y los rusos puedan conocer a la verdadera Argentina, no las que nos quieren mostrar algunos medios internacionales”, concluyó Cristina.


    Al finalizar, Putin hizo alusión a la batalla legal de Argentina con los fondos buitres y señaló: “Le vamos a apoyar en los objetivos que se proponen que son totalmente legales y legítimos. Haremos todo para que la vida sea mejor para nuestros pueblos”.

    Source Article from http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201410/81110-cristina-putin-canal-ruso-television-digital-argentina.html

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    Réplicas son normales, no habrá terremoto, aclara Correa – El Universo
    Réplicas son normales, no habrá terremoto, aclara Correa – El Universo

    “Reiteramos, lo que está ocurriendo es normal. A guardar la calma”, fue el mensaje que dio este sábado a la ciudadanía el presidente de la República, Rafael Correa, luego de que hoy continuaran las réplicas del temblor que el miércoles generó temor en Quito.

    El primer mandatario, junto al alcalde Mauricio Rodas, insistió desde las dependencias del sistema ECU 911 en que las réplicas del sismo son normales y que eso no significa que vaya a ocurrir un terremoto.

    Las réplicas de hoy son normales, no son la antesala de un terremoto, sostuvo el primer mandatario.

    Minutos después de la intervención de las autoridades, Correa insistió a través de la red social Twitter, en que los ciudadanos deben mantener la calma y no creer en rumores.

    Al respecto, rechazó que se hayan producido llamadas telefónicas para pedir a los ciudadanos que dejen sus hogares porque iba a ocurrir un terremoto. Correa aclaró que no es posible predecir los movimientos telúricos.

    El ministro del Interior, José Serrano, advirtió que provocar pánico en la ciudadanía con información falsa puede ser considerado como delito de sabotaje, que tiene una pena de hasta diez años de prisión. Anunció que un equipo antidelincuencial de la Policía Nacional realizará una investigación para ubicar a las personas que incurran en esa irregularidad.

    El presidente calificó como “muy prudente” a la decisión de Rodas de suspender los eventos masivos, tales como conciertos y partidos del campeonato nacional de fútbol.

    En ese sentido, Rodas instó a los ciudadanos a no asistir a actividades de concurrencia masiva en lugares cerrados, “como medida de prevención”.

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    “Es importante mantener la calma y comprender que esto es normal”, manifestó Rodas respecto a las réplicas.

    El alcalde indicó que todas las vías están habilitadas y que el estado de los servicios básicos es normal.

    Source Article from http://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2014/08/16/nota/3438786/replicas-son-normales-no-habra-terremoto-aclara-correa

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    Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration for UN ambassador nomination, State Department says – Fox News
    Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration for UN ambassador nomination, State Department says – Fox News
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    Trump’s pick for US Ambassador to the UN withdraws nomination

    State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert withdrew her name from consideration for the U.N. ambassador nomination, the department said Saturday.

    “I am grateful to President Trump and Secretary [Mike] Pompeo for the trust they placed in me for considering me for the position of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations,” Nauer said in the statement. “However, the past two months have been grueling for my family and therefore it is in the best interest of my family that I withdraw my name from consideration.

    She went on to describe her time working in the administration as being “one of the highest honors of my life.”

    A State Department source told Fox News that the process, on top of traveling around the world and between Washington D.C., and New York to see family, grew to be too much.

    Trump — who picked Nauert to succeed Ambassador Nikki Haley in December — will make an announcement “soon” about a nominee for the position, the State Department said.

    Before she worked at the State Department, Nauert worked as an anchor and correspondent at Fox News — including as a breaking news anchor on “Fox & Friends.” Before Fox, she was a reporter at ABC News. She moved to the State Department in April 2017.

    Secretary of State Pompeo also addressed the decision in the statement, saying it was one he respected.

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    “Heather Nauert has performed her duties as a senior member of my team with unequaled excellence,” he said. “I wish Heather nothing but the best in all of her future endeavors and know that she will continue to be a great representative of this nation in whatever role she finds herself.”

    When Trump tapped Nauert for the U.N. role last year, he said she was “very talented.” His announcement came roughly two months after Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, abruptly resigned from the position.

    Fox News’ Alexandra Pamias, Rich Edson, Adam Shaw and Kaitlyn Schallhorn contributed to this report.

    Source Article from https://www.foxnews.com/politics/heather-nauert-withdraws-from-consideration-for-un-ambassador-nomination-state-department-says

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    Un abismo de 43 millones separa a Ricky de los Wolves; Lakers y Knicks en el … – MARCA.com
    Un abismo de 43 millones separa a Ricky de los Wolves; Lakers y Knicks en el … – MARCA.com

    Source Article from http://www.marca.com/2014/09/24/baloncesto/nba/noticias/1411538833.html

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    Statement from Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Recent Iranian Influence Efforts – Office of the Director of National Intelligence
    Statement from Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Recent Iranian Influence Efforts – Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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    McConnell warns Democratic tactics to push Biden priorities could sink bipartisan infrastructure deal – CNN
    McConnell warns Democratic tactics to push Biden priorities could sink bipartisan infrastructure deal – CNN

    Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/28/politics/mcconnell-infrastructure-biden/index.html

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    The highly contagious Omicron variant will ‘find just about everybody,’ Fauci says – WOAI
    The highly contagious Omicron variant will ‘find just about everybody,’ Fauci says – WOAI
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    Gavin Newsom, California governor, to veto environmental bill – Washington Times
    Gavin Newsom, California governor, to veto environmental bill – Washington Times

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he will buck Democratic legislative leaders by vetoing legislation aimed at stopping the Trump administration from weakening oversight of longstanding federal environmental laws in California.

    His announcement Saturday came less than a day after lawmakers approved the bill on the chaotic final day of the year’s legislative session.

    Newsom said in a statement he fully supports the aims of the bill but argued it wouldn’t give California new authority to push back on the Trump administration. He also said it would stop California from relying on the best available science. His office further said he’s concerned about a piece of the bill that could require the state to rely on Endangered Species Act opinions written roughly a decade ago.

    Despite his pledge to veto the bill, Newsom was quick to praise Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, the bill’s author and an important ally for the freshman governor.

    “I look forward to my continued partnership with Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins – who is an extraordinary leader on the environment and for our state at large – to ensure California can continue to protect our environment and our workers against federal rollbacks, and push back against Trump’s anti-environment agenda,” he said in a statement.

    Atkins, though, said she’s “strongly disappointed” in Newsom’s decision, and she disputed his characterization of the bill. It allowed state agencies to use the best scientific evidence available and gave the state authority to “backstop baseline standards” if the federal government rolled them back, she said in a statement.

    In opposing the bill, Newsom is siding with the state’s water contractors and Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

    “We can’t really have a California system and a federal system,” said Jeffrey Kightlinger, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which delivers water to nearly 19 million people. “We’re all in the same country here, so we need to find a way to make this work.”

    California has a history of blunting Republican efforts at the federal level to roll back environmental protections. In 2003, shortly after the George W. Bush administration lowered federal Clean Air Act standards, the Legislature passed a law banning California air quality management districts from revising rules and regulations to match.

    More recently, after the Trump administration announced plans to roll back auto mileage and emission standards, Newsom used the state’s regulatory authority to broker a deal with four major automakers to toughen the standards anyway.

    State lawmakers tried this last year, but a similar proposal failed to pass the state Assembly. But advocates say several recent announcements by the Trump administration – including plans to weaken application of the federal Endangered Species Act – have strengthened support for the bill.

    The bill could have played out most prominently in the management of the state’s water, which mostly comes from snowmelt and rain that rushes through a complex system of aqueducts to provide drinking water for nearly 40 million people and irrigation to the state’s $20 billion agricultural industry.

    It aimed to make it easier for state regulators to add animals protected under California’s Endangered Species Act – animals that have historically been protected under federal law. It would then apply the state’s Endangered Species Act to the Central Valley Project, a federally operated system of aqueducts and reservoirs that control flooding and supply irrigation to farmers.

    But it’s not clear if a state law would apply to a federal project, “which could generate years of litigation and uncertainty over which environmental standards apply,” according to a letter by Feinstein and four members of the state’s Democratic congressional delegation.

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    Source Article from https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/15/gavin-newsom-california-governor-veto-environmenta/

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    Vuelo MH370: alta expectativa por señales sonoras – BBC Mundo
    Vuelo MH370: alta expectativa por señales sonoras – BBC Mundo

    La llegada del HMS Echo levantó las expectavias.

    La expectativa de encontrar el desaparecido avión de Malaysia Airlines escaló este domingo con la llegada de un sofisticado navío británico al área en que fueron detectados impulsos sonoros que podrían provenir de la caja negra del Boeing 777.

    Aunque ninguno de esos sonidos se ha podido confirmar que provengan del vuelo MH370, las autoridades australianas están concentrando los esfuerzos en esa zona por lo que consideran una pista prometedora.

    El avión desapareció con 239 personas a bordo el pasado 8 de marzo cuando volaba desde Kuala-Lumpur a Pekín.

    Los investigadores creen que cayó en el océano Índico, aunque después de semanas de intensa búsqueda por aire y mar, no se ha encontrado ningún resto.

    “Prometedor”

    Houston recordó que las baterías de las cajas negras están cerca de acabarse.

    El jefe de la agencia australiana que coordina la búsqueda, el mariscal aéreo retirado Angus Houston, informó que el barco chino Haixan 01 detectó un segundo impulso sonoro horas después de haber reportado el primero.

    “El hecho de que tengamos dos registros, dos señales acústicas, en el lugar, resulta prometedor”, dijo Houston.

    Sin embargo, Houston también dijo que los sonidos eran “encuentros fugaces” que no podrían ser verificados hasta la llegada del navío británico HMS Echo y el australiano Ocean Shield.

    Ambos tienen tecnología para detectar señales submarinas emitidas por las cajas negras de los aviones.

    El Echo llegó el domingo mientras el australiano, descrito como el mejor equipado de los que participa en la búsqueda, se dirigirá a la zona una vez haya descartado la detección de un tercer impulso sonoro a unos 550 kilómetros.

    Sin embargo, ambos navíos se enfrentarán al reto que supone la profundidad de las aguas de la zona, de hasta 4.500 metros.

    En Malasia se organizaron jornadas de oración.

    Sin tiempo

    Con las labores de búsqueda a punto de cumplir un mes, Houston le dijo a los periodistas que la labor está quedándose sin tiempo.

    Las cajas negras cuentan con baterías que se calcula pueden durar 30 días.

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    En la búsqueda, que abarca tres áreas de 2.000 kilómetros cuadrados al noroeste de la ciudad australiana de Perth, participan una docena de aviones militares y trece barcos.

    El total cubre 216.000 kilómetros cuadrados.

    La primera señal fue detectada por el barco chino a unos 25 grados latitud sur y 101 grados longitud este.

    La señal tenía una frecuencia de 37,5 kHz, la misma que emiten las cajas negras.

    En el navío, al menos tres personas dicen haber oído los “pings”, pero no fueron grabados porque aparecieron de forma repentina.

    Malaysia anunció que creó un comité con personal de tres ministerios para ayudar a coordinar la búsqueda, así como un nuevo equipo de investigación con miembros de Australia, China, EE.UU., Francia y Reino Unido.

    Source Article from http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2014/04/140406_avion_malasia_busqueda_expectativa_az.shtml

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    Trump asks Supreme Court to withhold records from House Jan. 6 committee – The Washington Post
    Trump asks Supreme Court to withhold records from House Jan. 6 committee – The Washington Post

    Source Article from https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-supreme-court-january-6-subpoena/2021/12/23/fef60036-63ff-11ec-8ce3-9454d0b46d42_story.html

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    Treasury Dept. Lifts Sanctions on Russian Oligarch’s Companies – The New York Times
    Treasury Dept. Lifts Sanctions on Russian Oligarch’s Companies – The New York Times

    Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, was sensitive to that argument. He clarified that the goal of the sanctions was “to change the behavior” of Mr. Deripaska, and “not to put Rusal out of business,” given the company’s pivotal role as a global supplier of aluminum.

    The Treasury Department announced a deal last month to lift the sanctions in exchange for a restructuring that it said would reduce Mr. Deripaska’s control and ownership of the companies.

    Yet a confidential, legally binding document detailing the agreement showed that Mr. Deripaska and his allies would retain majority ownership of EN+.

    Representative Lloyd Doggett, a Texas Democrat who has been among the leading critics of the deal, said that allowing it to take effect “represents just one more step in undermining the sanctions law, which President Trump has obstructed at every opportunity, while Russian aggression remains unabated.”

    But EN+ said in a statement that Sunday’s move was “a victory for the U.S. sanctions policy, successfully punishing the target but not at the expense of shareholders, employees and the wider market.”

    Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/us/politics/trump-russia-sanctions-deripaska.html

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    Mississippi governor signs bill into law removing Confederate symbol from state flag – NBC News
    Mississippi governor signs bill into law removing Confederate symbol from state flag – NBC News

    Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law Tuesday that will change the state flag by removing the Confederate battle emblem, first included 126 years ago.

    Legislators fast-tracked the measure over the weekend, with both chambers voting to suspend the rules Saturday to allow for debate and a vote. It passed Sunday on a House vote of 91-23, which was quickly followed by a 37-14 Senate vote.

    Reeves said just before signing the bill that he hoped Mississippians would put their divisions behind them to unite for a greater good.

    “This is not a political moment to me but a solemn occasion to lead Mississippi’s family to come together, to be reconciled and move on,” Reeves said.

    The governor also said he understood the fear of many that the change could begin a chain of events that could lead to the erasure of the state’s complicated history. While Reeves said he stands against monuments’ being taken down, he said he did support a new flag.

    “There is a difference between a monument and flags,” Reeves said. “A monument acknowledges and honors our past. A flag is a symbol of our present, of our people and of our future. For those reasons, we need a new symbol.”

    The bill calls for a commission to lead a flag redesign that eliminates the Confederate symbol but keeps the slogan “In God We Trust.” A redesign approved by the commission would be placed on the November ballot.

    If voters reject the new design, the commission would try again for a new flag that would be presented to the Legislature during the 2021 session.

    The current flag, featuring blue, white and red stripes with the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia in the corner, was adopted in February 1894, according to the Mississippi Historical Society.

    Other attempts to change the flag have fallen short over the years, including a 2001 public referendum in which 64 percent voted against a redesign.

    Reeves said Tuesday that he still believed residents “eventually” would have voted for a new flag but that he did not think the state could handle a contentious political battle amid a pandemic and other turbulent issues arising in 2020.

    “Our economy is on the edge of a cliff,” Reeves said. “Many lives depend on us cooperating and being careful to protect one another. I concluded our state has too much adversity to survive a bitter fight of brother against brother.”

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    Mississippi had been under growing pressure, some of it from the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference, which warned this month that collegiate championship games could be barred in the state if the flag were not changed.

    After the legislative votes Sunday, NCAA Commissioner Mark Emmert said in a statement that it was past time to change the flag, which “has too long served as a symbol of oppression, racism and injustice.”

    Mississippi’s decision to change the flag after more than a century comes during a new reckoning on racial inequality in America. In the weeks since the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, protesters across the country have demanded systemic changes in policing while seeking to remove symbols of oppression.

    Among the structures that have been targeted are statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Virginia, President Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C., and Juan de Oñate, a conquistador, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Source Article from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mississippi-governor-signs-bill-law-removing-confederate-symbol-state-flag-n1232491

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    Jeb Bush: Trump needs Republican challenger in 2020 – Fox News
    Jeb Bush: Trump needs Republican challenger in 2020 – Fox News
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    Jeb Bush calls for a Republican challenger in 2020

    Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is calling for a Republican challenger to President Trump in the 2020 elections.

    Jeb Bush believes a Republican should challenge President Trump for the nomination in 2020 — slamming the president’s “dangerous” policies on trade and other issues.

    In the latest salvo between the two former rivals, Bush, who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, made the comments Saturday during an interview with ex-Obama adviser David Axelrod.

    “I think someone should run just because Republicans ought to be given a choice,” Bush said on CNN’s “The Axe Files.”  “It’s hard to beat a sitting president, but to have a conversation about what it is to be a conservative, I think it’s important.”

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    Bush, whose father George. H.W. Bush was the 41st president of the United States and his brother, George W. Bush, was the 43rd, reportedly added that Republican voters should be given more of a choice between different ideologies.

    “And our country needs to have competing ideologies that people — that are dynamic, that focus on the world we’re in and the world we’re moving toward rather than revert back to a nostalgic time,” he said on CNN, seeming to take aim at Trump’s “Make America Great Again” 2016 slogan.

    Bush elaborated about his disagreements with Trump during the interview.

    “We haven’t had a major crisis to deal with, but this unilateralism or going-alone-ism I think is really dangerous,” Bush said of Trump’s foreign policy moves, according to The Hill.

    “Our friends no longer believe they can trust the United States and our enemies, in many cases, feel emboldened by this approach,” he reportedly added. “I think it defies the…bipartisan kind of consensus on foreign policy that has, by and large, kept America safe.”

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    According to The Hill, Bush also critiqued Trump’s ability to handle the more symbolic aspects of running the country, such as responding during moments of crisis.

    However, he did praise Trump’s tax policy, regulatory changes and judicial nominations.

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    “You can honestly say he’s done good things in terms of policy and applaud them,” Bush said. “I think the symbolic, you know the kingly duties of the presidency, that’s where he falls short, and it’s important.”

    The interview is the latest in a series of back-and-forth jabs between the two men.

    Bush blasted Trump in September 2018 as a bad role model for young children, telling the Detroit Free Press: “He is not my role model as it relates to values I would share with my children and grandchildren.”

    During a June 2018 interview with CNBC, Bush criticized Trump for going negative, saying that candidates must be civil with one another.

    “The kind of campaign [Trump] ran would have never been successful a decade ago or in the age of [Ronald] Reagan and Bush, for example,” said Bush.

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    The ends don’t justify the means, Bush said, referring to the way Trump goes negative. “It’s not worth disparaging people.”

    Bush told Axelrod that Republicans need to “offer a compelling alternative” to Democratic ideas rather than just calling their ideas “bad.”

    So far, the only person to hint at challenging Trump for the 2020 GOP nomination is former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who formed an exploratory committee in February.

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    Family, loved ones grapple with loss of University of Iowa student – KGAN TV
    Family, loved ones grapple with loss of University of Iowa student – KGAN TV
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