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.
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.”
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said it would be a serious mistake for President Trump to pardon his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.
In court documents filed Friday evening, special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of possible Russian interference in the 2016 election accused Paul Manafort of lying to them about his contact with senior officials from the Trump administration while under indictment. Trump still speaks highly of Manafort, and has told the New York Post that he wouldn’t take pardoning Manafort “off the table.”
ABC News reporter Martha Raddatz asked Rubio on “This Week” Sunday morning whether he thinks pardoning Manafort would constitute obstruction of justice.
“I think it would be a terrible mistake if he did that. I do. I believe it’d be a terrible mistake,” Rubio replied. “You know, pardons should be used judiciously. They’re used for cases with extraordinary circumstances. And I just haven’t heard that the White House was thinking about doing it. I know he hasn’t ruled it out but I haven’t heard anyone say, We’re thinking about doing it.”
Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, walks out of the U.S. Courthouse after a bond hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. Manafort, 68, an international political consultant, was accused along with his right-hand man, Rick Gates, of lying to U.S. authorities about their work in Ukraine, laundering millions of dollars, and hiding offshore accounts. Both pleaded not guilty on Oct. 30. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, right, arrives to the U.S. Courthouse for a bond hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. Manafort, 68, an international political consultant, was accused along with his right-hand man, Rick Gates, of lying to U.S. authorities about their work in Ukraine, laundering millions of dollars, and hiding offshore accounts. Both pleaded not guilty on Oct. 30. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, right, exits the U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. The federal investigation into whether President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia took a major turn Monday as authorities charged three people a former campaign chief, his business associate and an ex-policy adviser — with crimes including money laundering, lying to the FBI and conspiracy. Photographer: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Rubio suggested that if he were part of Trump’s inner circle, he would advise strongly against pardoning Manafort and will be a critical voice in Congress if it comes to pass. He said a presidential pardon in this situation would undercut the very reason for their existence and could result in contentious wrangling over that presidential power granted by the Constitution.
“I don’t believe that any pardon should be used with relation to these particular cases. Frankly, not only does it not pass the smell test, I think it undermines the reason why we have presidential pardons in the first place,” Rubio said. “And I think, in fact, if something like that were to happen, it could trigger a debate about whether the pardon powers should be amended, given these circumstances.”
Manafort is a longtime Republican political consultant who advised presidential campaigns for Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bob Dole. Manafort pleaded guilty in September to several charges, including making false statements about his work in Ukraine, financial fraud and obstructing justice. As part of his plea deal, he agreed to cooperate with Mueller’s probe into possible collusion, but the allegation that he’s been lying prompted even more speculation that he’s angling for a pardon from Trump.
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El actor Christian Meier celebró en su cuenta de Twitter el merecido triunfo de la selección alemana por sobre su par de Argentina, en el partido final del Mundial Brasil 2014 y que le valió hacerse el merecedor a la Copa del Mundo de la FIFA.
Meier, de descendencia alemana, celebró el triunfo de su “equipo de nacimiento” y recordó que es la cuarta vez en la historia que Alemania se corona como campeón mundial.
“Todos tenemos de nacimiento un equipo favorito. El mío, hoy se coronó campeón mundial por cuarta vez. Schadenfreude #GER”, escribió el recordado “Zorro” en el popular microblogging.
Como se recuerda, Alemania triunfó sobre Argentina por la mínima diferencia con un sorpresivo y contundente gol en los tiempos suplementarios del volante Mario Götze.
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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.”
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.”
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.
“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.
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.
Nativos indígenas de Brasil tienen rastros de ADN de Oceanía, algo que genera nuevas preguntas sobre cómo y cuándo llegaron los primeros pobladores a América.
Dos estudios genéticos separados hallaron evidencias de un sorprendente vínculo genético entre las poblaciones nativas de las Américas y Oceanía.
El ADN de algunos nativos amazónicos muestra una semejanza significativa con los habitantes indígenas de Australia y Melanesia, el cinturón de islas que van desde el Pacífico occidental hasta Fiji.
Los dos grupos de investigación, sin embargo, hacen distintas interpretaciones de cómo fue poblada América.
Los estudios fueron publicados en las revistas Science y Nature.
Hay un consenso en que los primeros pobladores de las Américas llegaron a través de Siberia, por un puente de tierra que conectaba con Europa y Asia.
Pero no hay acuerdo sobre la procedencia de estos pobladores y en qué momento llegaron.
¿Pudo ser esta la ruta de los primeros americanos?
Al analizar el ADN de los nativos americanos modernos y de antiguos restos humanos, el grupo que escribe para Science concluye que todos los nativos americanos de la actualidad proceden de una migración única no más temprana a hace más de 23.000 años.
Entonces, alegan, hace unos 13.000 años los nativos americanos se dividieron en dos ramas: una que ahora está dispersa por América del Norte y del Sur, mientras que la otra se limita a América del Norte.
“Nuestro estudio muestra que el modelo más simple posible parece ser verdadero, con una sola y notoria excepción”, le dijo a la BBC el profesor Rasmus Nielsen de la Universidad de California, Berkley.
No hay acuerdo sobre la procedencia de los pobladores de América y en qué momento llegaron.
“Así que las ideas fantasiosas de que de alguna manera América fue poblada por personas procedentes de Europa y todo tipo de lugares son erróneas”.
El análisis también descarta la teoría, defendida por algunos, de una migración escalonada desde Siberia: la primera de hace más de 30.000 años que fue detenida durante 15.000 años por el hielo que bloqueaba la ruta y una segunda oleada una vez que el camino se despejó.
Pero, al igual que en el estudio de la revisa Nature, el equipo de Nielsen registró rastros de ancestros “australo-melanesios” en algunas poblaciones, incluidas aquellas de las islas Aleutianas (frente a Alaska) y la comunidad surui del Amazonas brasileño.
El profesor David Reich de la Escuela Médica de Harvard lideró el estudio de Nature.
Reich le explicó a la BBC que “ambos estudios muestran que ha habido múltiples flujos de migración hacia las Américas”.
Según Reich, el descubrimiento del linaje oceánicos entre algunos grupos nativos Americanos indica que América fue poblada por una serie de grupos más diversos de lo que anteriormente se creía.
El mapa del artículo de Nature resalta la similitud entre los indígenas amazónicos y los australasianos.
“El modelo más simple posible nunca predijo una afinidad entre los amazónicos y los australasianos”, señaló.
“Esto sugiere que hay una población ancestral que cruzó hacia América que es diferente de la población que dio lugar a la gran mayoría de americanos. Y esto es una gran sorpresa”.
Reich cree que la explicación más plausible es que hubo una migración separada desde Australasia (región que comprende Australia, Melanesia y Nueva Zelanda), posiblemente hace unos 15.000 años.
Este grupo, considera, probablemente se dispersó más por América del Norte pero gradualmente fue expulsado por otras comunidades nativas americanas.
Por su parte, Nielsen tiene una interpretación diferente pues opina que los rastros del ADN australasiano se derivan de una migración posterior, hace unos 8.000 años, que avanzó por la costa del Pacífico.
A key Republican involved in the negotiations over a border security deal said talks are at a stalemate with the deadline to avert another government shutdown fast approaching.
“I think the talks are stalled right now. I’m hoping we can get off the dime later today or in the morning because time is ticking away, but we got some problems with the Democrats dealing with [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], that is detaining criminals that come into the U.S. And they want a cap on them, we don’t want a cap on that,” Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
Shelby is among the bipartisan group of lawmakers working to reach agreement on a border security deal before Friday, when funding for a slew of government agencies will lapse again. A 35-day partial government shutdown ended late last month after President Trump signed a stopgap measure.
A point of contention for congressional negotiators is funding for a wall along the southern border, for which Trump wants $5.7 billion. Democrats are opposed to the demand.
The two sides have also reached a stalemate over immigrant detention beds that Immigration and Customs Enforcement can use. Democrats want to cap funding for the beds while Republicans oppose the restrictions. In order for an illegal immigrant to be detained there must be a bed for them, and a cap on beds would limit the number of detentions.
Lawmakers working on the deal huddled at Camp David this weekend for further talks with acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, though Shelby and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who is also working on the border deal, indicated another shutdown is possible.
“I’m not positive we will end up with a deal, but with this group of people and the folks from the House, I think we are going to end up with something that deals with detention beds, with barriers, with technology, with the challenges we have on the southern border in a commonsense way,” Tester, who joined Shelby on “Fox News Sunday, said. “Chairman Shelby is correct, time is of the essence. We need to move forward, we need to keep our eyes on this but I’m very hopeful, not positive, but very hopeful we can come to an agreement.”
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who invited lawmakers to Camp David this weekend to work on a deal, would not rule out another government shutdown.
“The president has to sign a piece of legislation in order to keep the government open. He cannot sign everything they put in front of him. There will be some things that simply we couldn’t agree to,” Mulvaney said on “Fox News Sunday.” “So the government shutdown is technically still on the table. We do not want it to come to that, but that option is still open to the president and will remain so.”
Shelby, meanwhile, said there is a “50-50” chance they reach an agreement, and noted Monday is effectively a deadline for lawmakers in terms of moving legislation through the House and Senate before funding lapses Friday.
“I’m not confident we’re going to get there,” he said.
Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler had a strong message for President Donald Trump after a man was shot and killed in Portland amid clashes between Black Lives Matter protesters and a pro-Trump caravan on Saturday.
“Do you seriously wonder, Mr. President, why this is the first time in decades that America has seen this level of violence?” Wheeler said at a news conference on Sunday. “It’s you who have created the hate and the division.”
Wheeler lashed out at Trump for his rhetoric, saying the caravan was “supported and energized by the president himself.”
“I’d appreciate that the president either supports us or he stays the hell out of the way,” Wheeler said.
Portland police said the group, made up of hundreds of cars and trucks, traveled for several hours throughout the city. It was organized by supporters of Trump in an apparent show of force and an attempt to counter the Black Lives Matter protests that have been ongoing in Oregon’s biggest city for months.
Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell also said on Sunday that there were some skirmishes between rally goers and counter demonstrators and that police made several arrests.
Police said it is unclear if the shooting was connected to the protests. They are still piecing together what happened, but Lovell said the vehicle caravan had already cleared the area when the shooting took place.
Lovell said he didn’t know if the shooting was politically motivated.
Portland has seen sustained protests since the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis in May.
During a wave of Black Lives Matter protests that have swept the country since Floyd’s death, Trump has attacked Democratically controlled cities and their leaders.
Wheeler, who is also Portland’s police commissioner, has also been criticized by demonstrators for his leadership of the city’s law enforcement.
Trump called Portland “a mess” in a tweet Monday morning.
“If this joke of a mayor doesn’t clean it up, we will go in and do it for them!” he added.
The president had earlier called for federal law enforcement to be sent to Portland to restore order, but Wheeler has publicly declined that offer.
On Sunday, he denounced the violence, saying “the tragedy of last night cannot be repeated” and calling on Portlanders to “pull together.”
Wheeler has also asked anyone planning to come to Portland “to seek retribution” to stay out of the city and help authorities deescalate the situation.
Saturday’s clashes came days after Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was accused of having opened fire Tuesday during a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, killing two people. Demonstrators in Kenosha were protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, which was captured on video.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is intensifying his efforts to discredit a highly anticipated report on the special counsel’s Russia investigation.
In an interview with Fox Business Network to be aired Friday, Trump said: “I have a deputy, appoints a man to write a report on me, to make a determination on my presidency. People will not stand for it.”
Trump’s comments came as special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to soon deliver a report to the Justice Department on his investigation into Russian election meddling.
Trump complained about Mueller’s appointment, calling him a “best friend” to James Comey, who succeeded Mueller as FBI director. Trump fired Comey while he was leading an investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. There is no evidence the two are close friends.
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Ariadna Gutiérrez (izquierda) tuvo que sufrir el bochorno de que Pia Wurtzbach (derecha) le arrebatara la corona.
Lo más común en los concursos de belleza es que las que metan la pata sean las concursantes, no los encargados de anunciar a la ganadora, tal como ocurrió en la última edición de Miss Universo.
El presentador Steve Harvey se equivocó al proclamar a la vencedora y así, en cuestión de minutos, la colombiana Ariadna Gutiérrez recibió la corona, la perdió y tuvo que ver a Miss Filipinas, Pia Wurtzbach, robarle su sueño.
No es frecuente que en los certámenes de belleza se vean escenas así.
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Miss Filipinas se convirtió en la ganadora del certamen internacional.
Pero se podría decir que casi cada concurso de ese tipo deja frases para el recuerdo.
Son las respuestas de concursantes que tuvieron la ocasión de romper con el estereotipo de que las guapas no pueden ser inteligentes, y la desaprovecharon.
BBC Mundo ha recopilado algunas de las más sorprendentes.
Vivir la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Una de las últimas en dar la nota fue Alice Sabatini cuando en septiembre de este año la coronaron Miss Italia.
De hecho, esta licenciada en biotecnología sanitaria y jugadora de baloncesto de la segunda división italiana se volvió el hazmerreír en las redes sociales.
Y la culpa la tuvo una respuesta poco acertada.
“¿Qué época te habría gustado vivir?”, le preguntaron, para poner a prueba su nivel intelectual, cultural y comunicativo.
“Me habría gustado nacer en 1942 para vivir la Segunda Guerra Mundial”, contestó.
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Alice Sabatini se imaginaba quizá como esta británica de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Inconsciente de la reacción que estaba generando, añadió: “En los libros hay páginas y páginas. Pero yo hubiera querido vivirla de verdad. Al fin y al cabo, soy mujer. No hubiera tenido que hacer el servicio militar”.
Cuestión de gustos
Dos meses antes y al otro lado del Atlántico, Giovana Salazar Quintanilla dejó caer otra perla que saltó a los titulares.
Era Miss La Paz y candidata a Miss Bolivia 2015.
Y la pregunta que le correspondió a fue: “¿Qué le dirías a la gente que critica y que no está de acuerdo con los certámenes de belleza?”.
“Los certámenes de belleza están hechos para personas a las que les gustan los certámenes de belleza. Por ejemplo, a mí me gusta el fútbol y no el básquet”, contestó rápido.
Pero no a todo el mundo le convenció su lógica aplastante.
Y los chistes no se hicieron esperar en las redes sociales.
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Tampoco pudo hacerse con la corona.
“El que inventó la confusión”
Quizá la de Giosue Cozzarelli en el reality panameño Realmente bella tendría que coronar cualquier ranking de respuestas poco acertadas.
Era 2009, y a la oriunda de Chiriquí le tocó explicar el siguiente proverbio del pensador chino Confucio: “Leer sin meditar es una ocupación inútil”.
“Confucio fue uno de los que inventó la confusión”, se le ocurrió decir a la belleza morena.
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Este hombre quema incienso en el templo de Confucio, un pensador chino del que Giosue Cozzarelli nunca oyó hablar.
“Fue uno de los chinos japoneses que fue de lo más antiguo”, añadió antes de despedirse con una sonrisa y un “gracias”.
Sin corona, pero con premio
Caitlin Upton tenía apenas 18 años cuando en 2007 participó en Miss Teen USA o Miss EE.UU. Adolescente.
Ya había pasado por un proceso similar antes, cuando fue coronada Miss Carolina del Sur, su estado natal.
Pero en el certamen nacional no le fue tan bien, a pesar de que se convertiría en la concursante más famosa.
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A pesar de no ganar el concurso, Caitlin Upton logró cierta fama.
Todo se debió a la respuesta que le dio a la presentadora Aimee Teegarden cuando ésta le preguntó: “Según una encuesta reciente, una quinta parte de los estadounidenses no pueden ubicar a Estados Unidos en un mapa del mundo. ¿A qué crees que se debe?”.
“Personalmente creo que los estadounidenses no son capaces de hacerlo porque… la gente de nuestro país no tiene mapas”, comenzó.
“Creo que nuestra educación, como la de Sudáfrica y el Irak (sic) y otros lugares así…”, siguió divagando.
“Creo que (…) deberían ayudar a Sudáfrica y deberían ayudar a Irak y a los países asiáticos. Así seríamos capaces de construir nuestro futuro”, dijo, zanjando así el asunto.
De acuerdo a Youtube, los videos que recogen este momento se han visto más de 78 millones de veces.
Además, no faltaron las parodias.
El Libro de Citas de Yale de 2007 incluyó la frase de la joven entre sus páginas.
Upton no pudo coronarse como Miss Teen USA, pero sí ganó el Premio Internacional a la Estupidez, un concurso fundado en 2003 por el cineasta estadounidense Albert Nerenberg.
El Papa, para preservar la especie
Carolina Zúñiga, una periodista y modelo, competía en 2001 por la corona de Miss Chile.
Tras desfilar con trajes varios, una de las presentadoras del concurso le planteó la siguiente situación: “Anuncian la destrucción del mundo y tú debes escoger un hombre y una mujer para preservar la especie”.
“¿A quién elegirías?”, le preguntó después.
Zúñiga se decantó por uno de los personajes más mencionados en este tipo de concursos, junto a la madre Teresa de Calcula: el papa Juan Pablo II.
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Juan Pablo II y la madre Teresa de Calcuta son quizá los personajes más mencionados en los concursos de belleza.
Y lo eligióporque era “un ser magnífico”, explicó.
También fue un hombre que en su día hizo el voto de castidad.
Sinceridad e ingenio
Sin embargo, también hubo misses que salieron del paso con respuestas cuanto menos ingeniosas.
Es el caso de Valeria Sierra, una reina de la belleza colombiana que se presentó al certámen Señorita Atlántico 2008.
Cuando le preguntaron qué suponía para ella ser elegida la más bella de su país, respondió con una sinceridad desarmante.
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Hay candidatas que supieron salir más airosas.
“Esta oportunidad nos adelanta cinco años. No tengo que terminar la carrera para encontrar trabajo”.
Una candidata a Miss Honduras 2009 tampoco se complicó mucho cuando los jueces quisieron saber con qué personaje de la historia de su país se identificaba.
“Muy buenas noches. Mi nombre es Tatiana Mejía y represento a Tegucigalpa muy orgullosamente”, se presentó primero.
“Me identifico con mi madre porque ella tiene carácter y sabe actuar cuando hay problemas”.
Esa sería quizá la respuesta que daría su madre en una situación así, al oler el peligro de convertirse en el hazmerreír del país.
Amazon is turning part of its Seattle headquarters into a public cooling center as the Pacific Northwest grapples with a record-breaking heat wave.
The air-conditioned cooling center is set up at the Amazon Meeting Center, which is part of the company’s South Lake Union campus in downtown Seattle. The site has room for up to 1,000 individuals, according to the city of Seattle’s website. Many homes in the area lack air conditioning, as Seattle’s climate is usually temperate.
The meeting center is a stone’s throw from the Amazon Spheres, or the glass orbs that anchor its downtown Seattle campus. Amazon previously converted the meeting center into a pop-up clinic to administer Covid-19 vaccines earlier this year.
Unprecedented heat waves are sweeping the Pacific Northwest, pushing daytime temperatures into the triple digits and causing power outages in some parts of the region. Temperatures in Seattle ticked above 100 degrees on Monday, marking the first time on record the city has had three consecutive triple-digit days, according to the National Weather Service.
Prior to this week, the city only had three days in the last 126 years where the temperature hit 100, according to an National Weather Service spokesperson quoted by Scientific American. Scientists say that climate change is making such extreme high temperatures more common.
Even with the intense heat, Amazon warehouses in Kent, Washington, remained open, The Seattle Times reported on Sunday. One facility in the Kent warehouse complex ran “power hours” in some departments, where workers were asked to move as quickly as possible for an hour, in order to juice productivity, the Times reported, citing workers at the facility. Amazon spokesperson Maria Boschetti denied that the company ran power hours at that facility.
Elsewhere, Portland on Sunday saw temperatures reach a record high of 112 degrees, just one day after hitting a high temperature of 108 degrees. The National Weather Service expects that temperatures in Portland could climb as high as 114 degrees on Monday, breaking the heat record for the third consecutive day.
Corea del Norte podría lanzar un misil de medio alcance, según fuentes militares
De acuerdo a fuentes militares oficiales, Corea del Norte parece estar preparada para lanzar un misil balístico Musudan de alcance intermedio en lugar de uno de largo alcance, aparentemente por no haber perfeccionado la tecnología necesaria, informó este lunes la agencia surcoreana Yonhap.
“No hay señales de un inminente ensayo de un misil balístico intercontinental (ICBM) de Corea del Norte. Pero estamos siguiendo de cerca cualquier nueva actividad del país ya que podría lanzar un IRBM en cualquier momento si el líder Kim Jong-un da la orden”, dijo un funcionario del Ministerio de Defensa.
La semana pasada, Corea del Sur y Estados Unidos detectaron señales de que el régimen norcoreano ha colocado dos misiles intercontinentales en lanzaderas móviles, siendo una indicación de que el ensayo podría tener lugar antes de lo previsto. Sin embargo, el ministerio lo interpretó como parte de los esfuerzos del país comunista para llamar la atención del gobierno entrante de Donald Trump, añadiendo que cualquier lanzamiento probablemente tendrá como objetivo perfeccionar la tecnología relacionada con el Musudan.
Canadá: Ataque a mezquita en Quebec deja seis muertos
Seis personas murieron y otras ocho resultaron heridas en un tiroteo en una mezquita de la ciudad canadiense de Quebec durante el rezo de la noche del domingo.
Las autoridades reportaron dos detenciones relacionadas con el incidente, calificado de acto de terrorismo por el primer ministro de Canadá, Justin Trudeau.
Algunas de las víctimas presentan heridas graves, explicó la vocera de la policía provincial de Quebec, Christine Coulombe, a primera hora del lunes. Los fallecidos tendrían entre 35 y 70 años aproximadamente, agregó. En el momento del ataque, en el interior de la mezquita había más de 50 personas y 39 de ellas salieron ilesas, agregó.
Uno de los sospechosos fue detenido en el lugar del tiroteo y el otro cerca, en d’Orleans, Quebec. La policía, que no cree que haya más implicados, no identificó a los arrestados.
La gente muestra su apoyo después de un tiroteo ocurrió en una mezquita en el Centro Cultural Islámico de Quebec Sainte-Foy la calle en la ciudad de Quebec el 29 de enero de 2017. (Foto: ALICE CHICHE / AFP / Getty Images)
Presidente surcoreano habló por teléfono con Donald Trump
El presidente en funciones y primer ministro de Corea del Sur, Hwang Kyo-ahn, dialogó por teléfono durante el plazo de media hora este lunes con el presidente de EEUU Donald Trump, por primera vez desde que asumió el cargo.
La Casa Blanca dijo en un comunicado que Trump reafirmó el “compromiso férreo” de defensa de Corea del Sur, incluida la provisión de disuasión extendida, y prometió tomar pasos para promover las capacidades de defensa conjuntas, dialogando sobre la importancia de la alianza entre los dos países.
El comunicado añadió que los dos líderes han acordado adoptar medidas para fortalecer las capacidades de defensa conjunta ante las amenazas norcoreanas.
La llamada telefónica tuvo lugar en medio de tensiones en la península coreana por la reciente amenaza del líder norcoreano Kim Jong-un, que en su discurso de año nuevo amenazó con poner a prueba un misil balístico intercontinental con la aparente capacidad de alcanzar EEUU.
Por su parte Hwang asumió todo el poder ejecutivo cuando la presidenta Park Geun-hye fue sometida a juicio político por el Parlamento, el 9 de diciembre, por las acusaciones de corrupción que involucran a su amiga íntima Choi Soon-sil.
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CEO de Starbucks responde a Trump: contrataremos a 10.000 refugiados
Howard Schultz, el presidente ejecutivo de Starbucks, sumó su repudio hacia la orden ejecutiva del presidente Donald Trump en materia de inmigración y como respuesta prometió contratar a 10.000 refugiados en los próximos cinco años, informó Forbes México.
La orden ejecutiva de Trump, que impuso una prohibición mínima de 90 días a inmigrantes y refugiados de siete países de mayoría musulmana (Irán, Irak, Libia, Somalia, Sudán, Yemen y Siria, aunque los sirios han sido prohibidos indefinidamente), provocó varias protestas y cuestionamientos, inclusive de algunos ejecutivos como el caso de Schultz, quien envió una carta a los empleados de Starbucks el domingo por la noche.
“Les escribo hoy con profunda preocupación, un corazón atribulado y una promesa determinada”, comenzó Schultz, diciendo que quiere que sus empleados sepan que “no nos quedaremos impasibles ni en silencio mientras la incertidumbre en torno a las acciones de la nueva administración crece con cada día que pasa” (…)
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Nuevos billetes en Venezuela entran en circulación este lunes, anunció Maduro
Nicolás Maduro, el presidente venezolano informó que a partir de hoy entran en circulación los nuevos billetes de 5.000 y 10.000 bolívares. Durante el programaLos Domingos Con Maduro, el presidente señaló que junto al billete de 5.000 y 10.000 bolívares también se comenzarán a incorporar progresivamente las monedas de 10 y 50 y 100 bolívares.
Según anunció en ese momento el Banco Central de Venezuela, “la ampliación del cono monetario hará más eficiente el sistema de pagos, facilitará las transacciones comerciales y minimizará los costos de producción, reposición y traslado de especies monetarias, lo que se traducirá en beneficios para la banca, el comercio y la población en general”.
Asimismo en su Twitter, el BCV indicó que los billetes de Bs. 2.000, 5.000, 10.000 y 20.000 cuentan con el elemento de seguridad “tinta ópticamente variable”.
Carranza explicó que MSN evoluciona de ser un portal de noticias que competÃa con otros medios y se nutrÃa fundamentalmente de informaciones de agencias, a transformarse en “una plataforma de productividad” donde las noticias tienen una presencia prominente.
“Vamos con los medios de comunicación de la mano. Estamos cerrando contratos donde hay beneficio mutuo”, apuntó el directivo, que cifró en más de 1.000 las alianzas establecidas con empresas informativas en todo el mundo para nutrir de contenidos de actualidad a MSN.
“Hay una labor de selección de contenidos intensa realizada por periodistas, no por robots. Mucha imagen y poco texto para llegar a un usuario más joven. El que quiera profundizar podrá hacerlo”, detalló Carranza.
En función de la ubicación del usuario, MSN dará prioridad a los medios locales -caracterÃstica que se puede modificar manualmente-, información que se compaginará con historias de alcance internacional.
El nuevo MSN está integrado con el nuevo entorno de Windows 8 y accede a servicios de salud y bienestar, como el analizador de sÃntomas ya disponible, la colección de recetas de cocina de Bing, y la información deportiva con marcadores a tiempo real.
“Es una experiencia que te acompaña en cualquier dispositivo”, declaró Carranza.
Para acceder a todos los servicios, incluidas las herramientas de productividad, los usuarios necesitarán una cuenta en Microsoft, como por ejemplo un correo hotmail/outlook.
(CNN Español) – El virtual candidato republicano Donald Trump sigue dando que hablar, mientras la violencia continúa en Siria.
Para iniciar este viernes bien informado, estas son las noticias más destacadas que tenemos para ti:
1 – Entrevista CNN en Español: Fox vuelve a arremeter contra Trump. En una entrevista con CNN en Español, el expresidente mexicano Vicente Fox volvió a criticar duramente al virtual candidato republicano. “Va a morir políticamente por bocón”, dijo Fox.
2 – Ryan dice que no está listo para apoyar a Trump… y este no tarda en contestar: A Trump tampoco le van muy bien las cosas con miembros de su partido: el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Paul Ryan, se convirtió en el miembro del Partido Republicano de más alto perfil en rechazar respaldar al magnate (al menos por el momento)… y la respuesta de este tampoco se hizo esperar.
3 – Una historia de solidaridad: La comunidad de refugiados sirios en Calgary, Canadá, se está organizando para ayudar a los residentes de Fort McMurray, en Alberta, que han perdido sus casas debido a un enorme incendio forestal. “La gente canadiense nos han ayudado mucho. Es nuestro turno”, dijeron.
4 – Siria: ataque aéreo sobre un campamento de refugiados. Al menos 28 personas, entre ellas muchas mujeres y niños, murieron en un ataque aéreo sobre un campamento en el norte de Siria.
5 – Crimen de honor: Una adolescente en Pakistán fue quemada viva en un llamado crimen de honor ordenado por un consejo tribal por presuntamente ayudar a una pareja a fugarse.
CBL Malls says all four of their area locations — Mid Rivers Mall, St. Clair Square, South County Center and West County Center — will open at noon Saturday.
CBL Malls said department stores and restaurant hours may vary. They advise shoppers to call before heading out and check the malls’ website for more information.
In addition, Schlafly has announced it’s Cabin Fever event, which was scheduled for Jan. 12, has been postponed until Jan. 19 due to the “overwhelming amount of snow.”
Schlafly said those who cannot make the rescheduled date should contact them at events@schlafly.com and they will be issued a gift card for the amount of the ticket price.
9:15 a.m.
News 4’s Mark Griffin said drivers are experiencing delays on westbound I-44 past 141 because of a stalled semi.
In a tweet, he reported traffic was better than Friday night but there was still a backup in the area.
The emergency management officials said eastbound Interstate 44 is blocked near St. Louis and eastbound travelers coming in fro Oklahoma should seek a southern route at Exit 82.
They advise drivers to expect six to eight hour delays near St. Louis.
6:50 a.m.
During a press conference Saturday morning, MoDOT official Bob Becker said crews made a lot of progress overnight.
In addition, the MoDOT official said they were ahead of the winter storm and did everything they were supposed to do but the snow came down intensely and roads got slick fast, making it impossible for them to keep up.
Becker said they started pre-treating two days beforehand and did a lot of work to ensure their people were ready to go. He said “no matter what you throw at it, that road will get slick at some point.”
Becker said MoDOT officials have been on conference calls statewide and the Governor’s office is aware of what has been going on.
While speaking with the local news stations, Becker said he wouldn’t do anything different with how MoDOT prepared for the winter weather.
Looking ahead to Saturday, Becker advised people to try and stay home to give crews more time to clear the roads. He said if you have to venture out to be careful and give crews plenty of room.
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Around the same time as MoDOT’s press conference, the Illinois State Police Department took to Facebook to urge people to “STAY HOME today!” They are advising people to watch cartoons, enjoy a movie with your family, build a snowman, eat soup and catch up on laundry instead of hitting the roads.
The police department is deeming the day as #StayHomeSaturday and said to give emergency workers room to clear the roads: “The less traffic on the road, the better.”
6 a.m.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said one lane of westbound Interstate 44 in the Antire Road area has reopened to traffic.
Although traffic is slowly starting to move in the area, troopers are still asking drivers to avoid the area while they continue to get the remaining traffic through. They also advise that MoDOT is working to get more lanes cleared.
In Illinois, state police said a crash has blocked the left lane of westbound I-70 at mile post 30. They said the right lane is still open to traffic.
4:30 a.m.
After a night of snow and drivers stuck in traffic, News 4’s Marielle Mohs took to the roadways early Saturday morning and encountered a backup once again on Interstate 44 at Lindbergh.
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MoDOT officials told News 4 many people are stalled on westbound I-44 because semi-trucks have stalled out or broken down in the snow. The truck drivers are waiting on tow trucks. They also said that some truck drivers are going to their cabins to sleep while they wait for help because it is federal law for them to get sleep before driving once again.
MoDOT said wreckers are out trying to tow the broken down tractor trailers and get things moving once again. They also said highway patrol troppers, tow truck drivers and MoDOT workers have been going up to semi-trucks and trying to wake up drivers.
According to MoDOT, their biggest concern during the early morning hours Saturday is eastbound from Gray Summit to Eureka. They said that area is experiencing the same problem there are just more trucks in the area.
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In addition, Reporter Alyssa Toomey traveled about 18 miles from KMOV’s downtown station and counted nearly 50 stranded vehicles.
11:08 p.m.
We’ve already seen a range of 4″ to 8″ across the St. Louis metro with some lower totals south.
More snow accumulation comes through Saturday morning. Lighter snow, but still some accumulation is possible on Saturday afternoon and evening, especially west and northwest of St. Louis where the precipitation will be mostly snow. However, from St. Louis south/southeast we will see a mix, depending on your location it could be sleet, snow and/or rain. Also expect some melting as temperatures warm to 33.
10:30 p.m.
One lane of EB I-44 at Lewis Road near Antire briefly opened around 10:30 Friday. It was then shut down again when another truck jack-knifed. Eastbound lanes have been closed for six hours.
9:45 p.m.
I-64 westbound is closed at the Forest Park exit.
9:20 p.m.
MoDOT says they are going to be doing wellness checks on motorists stranded on closed highways. They said they are most focused on checking on those people trapped in Interstate 44 in St. Louis County and Interstate 64 in Chesterfield, where vehicles have been sitting since around 5:00.
In the wellness checks, a MoDOT spokesperson said they’ll make sure cars have fuel and occupants have water and food.
It is not known when those interstates will reopen.
9:17 p.m.
The Missouri Highway Patrol Troop C, which responds to calls in the St. Louis area, recorded 595 calls for service, 183 crashes, and 269 stranded motorists as of 8:00 p.m. Friday.
9:15 p.m.
Mizzou Athletics says the men’s basketball game scheduled for Saturday at South Carolina has been tentatively rescheduled for Sunday at noon. The university says a final determination will be made Saturday afternoon.
9:00 P.m.
Dierberg stores around the St. Louis area closed at 9:00 p.m. Friday. It is still unknown when the stores will reopen in the morning.
Westbound Interstate 64 is closed at Lindbergh. It is also closed near 141, where MoDOT says they have had trouble all day due to the hill.
Interstate 70 is closed in both directions in North City.
Interstate 44 is closed, in the eastbound direction, from Eureka to 141.
Northbound Interstate 44 in downtown St. Louis is closed at the Eads Bridge. The southbound side is closed at the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge.
Interstate 44 is also closed in Franklin County.
The southbound exit of I-170 to eastbound I-64 is closed.
MoDOT said their crews are having a hard time getting to the accidents because of the traffic.
8:00 p.m.
All metro area Schnucks are closing at 8:00 p.m. and will not re-open until Saturday 6:00 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
Northbound 141 is still closed near Dutch Mill.
The exit to Kingshighway Blvd. from I-64 eastbound is closed.
7:00 p.m.
I-64 westbound is closed right before Woods Mill Road as well as near Clayton Road.
I-64 at 141 eastbound is closed. It is advised to use alternative routes.
I-44 eastbound is closed before Antire Road in Eureka.
I-70 eastbound is closed at Jennings Station.
6:50 p.m.
All lanes of eastbound I-44 are closed near Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis
6:30 p.m.
MoDOT says northbound I-55 at Potomac and eastbound I-70 Goodfellow are both closed due to accidents. I-44 in downtown is also closed.
St. Louis Lambert Airport announced 53 arriving flights and 39 departing flights were cancelled as of 6:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
How bad is the traffic in the Fenton area? While News 4 crews were en route to an overturned plow truck, we met a local resident who decided to walk home, after two hours of sitting in traffic. Watch his story here.
5:25 p.m.
The University of Missouri announced the scheduled men’s basketball game against South Carolina was postponed due to travel issues. The game, originally scheduled for noon Saturday, will be rescheduled.
4:45 p.m.
Three accidents have Interstate 44 closed in three different locations.
Eastbound I-44 is closed in Valley Park, near 141, and just east of Eureka.
Westbound I-44 is closed near Pacific.
4:40 p.m.
An accident involving a Metro bus has closed the exit ramp from westbound I-64 onto northbound 141.
Highway 21 at Wells Road in South County has seen multiple accident, and looks more like a parking lot, according to this video sent in by a KMOV viewer
3:30 p.m.
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Lambert officials confirm at least 70 flight cancellations. Several carriers are cancelling all flights between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
3:24 p.m.
Interstate 64/Highway 40 is closed at Maryville Centre in West County due to crashes and snow-covered roads.
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3:10 p.m.
Interstate 44 is closed in multiple places in far west St. Louis County as cars have trouble navigated the roads.
News 4 crews saw many accidents near Eureka.
2:40 p.m.
Drivers on Highway 40 in West St. Louis County are having trouble navigating a hill in the eastbound lanes of the interstate between Timberlake Manor and Highway 141. KMOV crews near the area say some cars are stuck and cannot make it up a snow-packed hill, resulting in a serious traffic jam.
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Drivers on Clarkson Road in Ellisville are having similar problems. The road goes over a large hill, and reports are coming in of cars attempting to drive over it spinning out and unable to make any progress on the road, leading to traffic backups and accidents.
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2:08 p.m.
A St. Louis County Highway truck overturned in Fenton. It took down a power pole right on Hawkins Rd. Driver was not injured.
2:00 p.m.
Accidents are being reported across the St. Louis area as snow is beginning to cover area roads and interstates.
As of 2:00pm, Interstate 55 northbound was closed at Highway M in Jefferson County and a separate crash had lanes of Interstate 44 closed near Six Flags.
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1:00 p.m.
The 4Warn StormTeam has increased their projection for total snowfall amount in the St. Louis area.
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Expect a prolonged period of snow through Saturday night. We are currently forecasting a large swath of 8″ to 12″, that includes much of the metro. We’ll still see significant amounts of snow south, but sleet and rain will mix in and help to lower snowfall totals there.
12:50 p.m.
Airlines at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) have cancelled 39 arrivals and 30 departures for Friday, January 11, 2019 in advance of Winter Storm Gia.
STL is expecting the winter weather to begin around 1:00 pm and continue through Saturday. The airport will remain fully operational and have crews on staff at all times to maintain airfield conditions and safety.
11:55 a.m.
MoDOT is advising motorists not to head out on the roads unless it is necessary.
In a news release, the company said drivers should limit travel if possible because as much as 10 inches of snow could fall in the St. Louis area and in parts of central and northeast Missouri.
11:00 a.m.
The Illinois State Police Department has issued a winter weather travel advisory.
The department said motorists should plan ahead and take necessary safety precautions. If conditions become too hazardous, drivers are urged to exit the road and get to a safe location.
If a driver crashes during extreme weather conditions, the police department encourages motorists to exchange insurance and driver information. The department said motorists can file crash reports within 10 days to the Illinois State Police Department.
10:00 a.m.
MoDOT is advising anyone who can leave work or school early on Friday to do so, saying they have “high confidence” today’s snow will impact the evening commute.
During a press conference Friday morning, MoDOT officials advised drivers to get off the roads early so crews could work to clear the roads. They said there will be over 200 trucks working on the roads.
According to MoDOT, crews will be focused on the main routes first so it could take longer to get to minor roadways.
MoDOT said the main thing drivers need to remember is to slow down and give themselves plenty of time and room.
10:00 a.m.
Airlines at St. Louis Lambert International Airport have cancelled 25 arrivals and 20 departures for Friday, January 11,. Southwest Airlines & United Airlines have issued travel waivers for passengers flying to or from STL. Check the status of your flight with your airline before heading to the airport.
9:30 a.m.
Several school districts and universities are closing early Friday, in order to get students home before roads begin to deteriorate.
The timing of the snow’s arrival in the metro area is becoming clear. The metro area should start seeing snowflakes around noon.
Precipitation will start off as a rain/sleet/snow mix west and southwest of St. Louis Friday morning and move into the metro around lunch time. Start times look a tad earlier, around 12-2 PM in St. Louis and earlier to the southwest.
We will see a pro-longed period of snow through Saturday night. We are currently forecasting a large swath of 5″ to 9″ snow. Isolated spots, including parts of the Metro area, may see totals higher than 9″. The bulk of that snow accumulation comes Friday afternoon through Saturday morning.
Inside, at sessions presided over by Pope Francis himself, the world’s top bishops, clad in their black cassocks and purple sashes, listened every day to the brutal testimony of abuse survivors — many of whom spoke about the indifference and complicity of church leaders like them. A Nigerian nun excoriated them for their hypocritical silence and lack of transparency.
In a bid to improve relations with the news media, the organizers invited a veteran Vatican reporter from Mexico to address the gathering.
“If you do not decide in a radical way to be on the side of the children, mothers, families, civil society, you are right to be afraid of us,” said the reporter, Valentina Alazraki. And if they remain in denial, she said, honest reporters “will be your worst enemies.”
However frustrated many of the faithful were by the meeting, high-ranking church officials said it had achieved a positive outcome.
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, said on Saturday that he was “very pleased,” even if specific action still needed to be determined.
At first, Cardinal DiNardo said, some countries did not want to admit that they had the same problems as the United States, Cardinal DiNardo said. But in the end, he said, he was impressed with the consensus that developed.
“This went far better than I think some of us had hoped,” he said. “Now you have the bishops all saying it’s ubiquitous.”
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