Boeing will temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 Max airliner in January, the manufacturer said.
Production of the jet had continued despite the model being grounded for nine months after two deadly crashes.
More than 300 people died when two 737 Max aircraft crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia after reported problems with a new feature.
Boeing had been hoping to have the planes back in the air by the end of this year.
But US regulators made it clear that they would not be certified to return to the skies that quickly.
What will Boeing do next?
Boeing is one of the largest US exporters. The company said in a statement that it would not lay off workers associated with the 737 Max, but the stoppage is likely to affect suppliers and the wider economy.
“Safely returning the 737 Max to service is our top priority,” the aircraft manufacturer said.
“We know that the process of approving the 737 Max’s return to service, and of determining appropriate training requirements, must be extraordinarily thorough and robust, to ensure that our regulators, customers, and the flying public have confidence in the 737 Max updates.”
What went wrong with the planes?
Last week a congressional hearing was told that US aviation regulators were aware, following the first crash in Indonesia in October 2018, that there was a risk of further accidents.
The Federal Aviation Authority’s analysis suggested there could be more than a dozen more crashes over the lifetime of the aircraft unless changes were made to its design.
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Despite that, the 737 Max was not grounded until after the second crash in Ethiopia in March 2019.
Boeing is redesigning the automated control system thought to have been the primary cause of the crashes.
The manufacturer said it had 400 of the 737 Max aircraft in storage and would focus on delivering those to customers. While many airlines around the world have the planes on order, delivery was halted to allow Boeing’s engineers to develop software fixes.
What has the reaction been?
Travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt said the decision to suspend production was unprecedented and likely to have a “massive impact on Boeing, its suppliers and the airlines”.
“It’s really going to create some chaos for the airlines that are involved in this as well as the 600 or so companies that are part of the 737 Max supply chain and Boeing itself.”
The suspension of the 737 Max has already cost Boeing around $9bn (£6.75bn). Boeing shares fell more than 4% on Monday amid speculation production would be suspended.
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All Boeing 737 Max planes are currently grounded
The production freeze is expected to be felt across the plane’s global supply chain.
Teal Group aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia described Boeing’s options for managing the blow to its suppliers as “bad and worse”.
He said the plane maker could either allow them to take a hit, or pay them to wait for when the 737 Max is finally cleared to fly.
US carriers operate the largest 737 Max fleets, though airlines around the world also use it.
“The Chinese carriers would [also] be quite badly affected. They’re some of the biggest users of the Max,” said Shukor Yusof, aviation analyst at Endau Analytics.
Some suppliers, such as fuselage maker Spirit AeroSystems, are highly dependent on the jet, with half of its revenue attached to it, according to Mr Aboulafia.
So far, the supplier has only said it is “working closely” with Boeing to determine what impact the production suspension may have.
The move by Boeing is unlikely to affect passengers as airlines have leased additional aircraft to replace the 737 Max.
It’s a different story for airlines, who have the added expense of leasing planes and managing their grounded aircraft.
Gales y Eslovaquia debutaban en una fase final del Campeonato de Europa de la UEFA y la selección de Chris Coleman se llevó los tres puntos gracias al 2-1 que abrió el Grupo B de la UEFA EURO 2016. Gareth Bale adelantó a los suyos a los diez minutos, Duda igualó a 29 del final y el espigado Hal Robson-Kanu provocó el delirio de los galeses en el 81′ al empujar de forma poco ortodoxa un balón suelto tras una gran jugada de de Aaron Ramsey.
En una sensación extraña para ambos, galeses y eslovacos saltaron al Stade de Bordeaux para escuchar por primera vez su himno nacional en un marco incomporable como una fase final del máximo torneo continental.
Avisó primero Marek Hamšík tras romper a dos defensas con un recorte y soltar el disparo con la zurda, pero Danny Ward (que fue el titular por la baja de última hora de Wayne Hennessey) desvió a saque de esquina.
En el minuto 10, Gareth Bale ensayó un libre directo y el meta Matúš Kozáčik dio un paso a la izquierda que evitó la posible parada. El futbolista del Real Madrid volvía a escena tras la final de la UEFA Champions League liderando a Gales.
El propio Bale tuvo otra en el tiempo añadido, pero su zurdazo acabó mansamente en las manos de Kozáčik. Eslovaquia dio un paso adelante y ya en el segundo acto llegó el empate. Ondrej Duda entró en el minuto 60 y uno después no desaprovechó la excepcional jugada de Róbert Mak por la derecha.
Coleman, cuando el partido pintaba mal, optó por dar entrada al espigado Robson-Kanu. En el 73′ sacó un centro con zurda desde el costado derecho que Ramsey cabeceó arriba y ocho después intercambiaron los papeles. El del Arsenal dejó sentado a Martin Škrtel y la pelota suelta fue rematada por Robson-Kanu.
No fue el mejor disparo del delantero del Reading, pero sirvió para sumar la primera victoria de Gales en una fase final y afrontar la segunda jornada (frente a Inglaterra) con tres puntos y mucha moral. Adam Nemec disparó a la madera en el minuto 83 en el que pudo ser el empate.
Jugador del partido: Joe Allen Con Gareth Bale como referencia ofensiva y Aaron Ramsey jugando unos metros por delante de la medular, sobre Joe Allen recaía la responsabilidad de ser el creador de juego para poder enlazar con las otras dos estrellas de Gales. Y no le pesó la presión. El del Liverpool jugó su rol a la perfección y fue el timón para que los de Chris Coleman se estrenasen con triunfo.
Aspecto clave Con el empate de Eslovaquia, los galeses no se vinieron abajo y aguantaron en sus minutos más flojos. La entrada de Robson-Kanu dio oxígeno al ataque de Coleman y finalmente el ariete fue determinante para definir el envite.
“The media’s obsession with the January 6th protest is a blatant attempt to overshadow a simple fact: there is no greater threat to America than leftist journalists and the Fake News, which has avoided a careful examination of the fraudulent 2020 election. The media, just like the Democrats, do not want to see secure and honest elections. Instead of reporting the facts, outlets like the Washington Post sow division, hate, and lies, like it is doing with this story.”
Kim Kardashian applauded New Zealand’s lawmakers for proposing to change the country’s gun laws following the mosque shootings that left at least 49 people dead. (AP)
Kardashian tweeted Saturday, “Just 24 hours after the Christchurch shooting New Zealand bans semiautomatic guns! America take note! Why can’t our elected officials put public safety over gun manufacturers’ profits?!?!”
Following Friday’s shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed to change the country’s gun laws, though she didn’t immediately specify how.
“I can tell you right now, our gun laws will change,” Ardern said. “Now is the time for change.”
David Parker, the country’s attorney general, said New Zealand would ban semiautomatic weapons at a vigil Saturday but backtracked his comments later, The New York Times reported.
“Those decisions have yet to be taken, but the Prime Minister has signaled that we are going to look at that issue,” Parker told Radio New Zealand.
New Zealand citizens as young as 16, provided they pass a background check to get a firearms license, can possess a long gun. They can get one for hunting, pest control or sports shooting, but self-defense is not considered a valid reason to own a firearm.
This is not the first time Kardashian has called for gun control in the U.S.
Following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, the social media personality called on Congress to do their job.
“We owe it to our children and our teachers to keep them safe while at school,” she tweeted. “Prayers won’t do this: action will. Congress, please do your job and protect Americans from senseless gun violence.”
Nancy Mastronardi.- El director del BCV, José Khan, informó que este jueves se recibió un cargamento de 18.5 millones de piezas de Bs. 5.000.
También llegaron 13 millones de piezas de Bs. 10.000, informó Khan.
Aquí el detalle de cada cargamento:
– Hasta diciembre “recibimos 254.8 millones de piezas monetarias. Hoy sumamos 31.5 millones con este nuevo cargamento”, informó el BCV en la red social Twitter.
– Casa de la Moneda de Venezuela se encarga de la acuñación de las monedas de Bs. 10 y 100.
– José Khan: 21.3 millones de monedas de Bs. 10, 50 y 100 se encuentran en circulación.
– Hay un cronograma hasta abril para seguir recibiendo los nuevos billetes del nuevo cono monetario.
Bloomberg.- La vida pasa muy deprisa. En la actualidad, parece que a la velocidad de la luz.
Los primeros 100 días de cualquier nueva administración presidencial conllevan un aluvión de acciones y reacciones, pero solo este primer mes ha habido una avalancha de decretos, tuits del presidente y eventos trascendentales.
Entre ellos, un decreto de inmigración que ha generado caos en los aeropuertos antes de ser bloqueado por los tribunales, docenas de grandes marchas de protesta, anarquistas en las calles de Berkeley, un nombramiento a la Corte Suprema, la dimisión de un asesor de seguridad nacional y una prueba de un misil por parte de Corea del Norte.
Los lectores de noticias aumentan. Los diarios The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal y The New Yorker solo son algunas de las publicaciones que han experimentado un aumento de las suscripciones tras el resultado electoral.
Hasta la investidura, los consumidores de información pasaron 42% más en la categoría de periódicos el año pasado que en el 2015, y 180% más en la categoría de información política, según Comscore.
En tanto, la “información falsa” prolifera en la derecha, mientras que la izquierda entra a la pelea con teorías de conspiraciones anti Trump. No es sorprendente que muchos estadounidenses digan que sufren un estrés mayor al habitual, abrumados por el bombardeo diario.
“Cuando nos sentimos amenazados, o aprensivos, no procesamos igual la información”, explica Anthony L. Rostain, profesor de psiquiatría en el Hospital de la Universidad de Pensilvania y el Hospital Infantil de Filadelfia.
“Es positivo para períodos cortos de tiempo, o cuando realmente se está en peligro. Pero estar todo el tiempo en ese estado es emocionalmente agotador y poco eficiente para hacer cosas”, comentó.
Ahora mostramos algunos consejos para mantenerse informado y razonablemente cuerdo.
¿Cómo saber si una historia es verdad? Los expertos dicen que el mejor indicador es el sentimiento que provoca.
“Mi regla de oro es que, si despierta una respuesta emocional en ti, hay que comprobarla”, dice Brooke Binkowksi, editora gerente de Snopes, una página web especializada en desacreditar mitos populares de internet procedentes de la izquierda y de la derecha. “Te molestan porque es lo que se supone que hagan”.
Cuando una historia parece indignante, como una niña refugiada siria de cinco años esposada antes de la deportación, es posible que no sea cierta… o que no lo sea por completo.
Esa niña siria no estaba esposada, según explicó su padre tras oír las noticias, y no son refugiados. La fotografía muestra a sirios detenidos que intentaban ir de vacaciones y a los que, a pesar de sus visados, se les denegó la entrada y tuvieron que regresar a casa.
Binkowski y D.C. Vito, director ejecutivo de Lamp, que enseña alfabetización mediática en Nueva York, sugieren buscar una segunda fuente, sobre todo si la historia es incendiaria.
Limitarse a las noticias de medios informativos establecidos puede ayudar. Para una perspectiva diferente de los acontecimientos en Estados Unidos, Binkowski recomienda obtener las noticias de fuentes variadas, como CNN, MSNBC, y Fox, además de medios extranjeros como la BBC o Al Jazeera. “No soy de la opinión de que Fox News sea malvada”, señaló.
Andrew Yang, the 2020 hopeful and entrepreneur, may not seem like the most exciting candidate. He’s campaigning off an image as a wonk and a math nerd, yet he’s captured a small but passionate internet following.
He also appeared to be one of the most candid candidates on the debate stage Wednesday night, explaining his policies with sincerity and authority.
On Tuesday, as the first round of 2020 candidates took the stage, Yang tweeted, “It feels like we are about to watch the most boring football game in history.”
He may have been trolling CNN, which had the candidates walk out to dramatic music, just to have them repeat the same policies and complain about Republican talking points.
When Yang took the stage the following night, though, he had some valuable points to make, and he basically won the night with the quip in his opening statement.
“We need to do the opposite of what we’re doing right now, and the opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math,” he said.
Yang came off as both funny and sincere, and it’s no wonder he skyrocketed in Google searches. Viewers seem to be drawn to his levity. Whether or not he earns more votes because of it, he’s got many more people paying attention.
As Yang said himself, “How do we beat Trump? We bring together people of every political ideology and focus on building an economy that works for all of us regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum. That’s what I’m doing, and that’s why I’ll win this election.”
Noticias Telemundo’s “Inmigración, Trump y los Hispanos” (Immigration, Trump and the Hispanic Community) Town Hall broadcast on Sunday, February 12 at 7PM/6 C, ranked # 1 in Spanish-language TV in primetime across all key demographics, averaging 1.57 million total viewers, 708,000 adults 18 to 49 and 325,000 adults 18 to 34, according to Nielsen. The news special moderated by Noticias Telemundo News Anchor José Díaz-Balart also positioned Telemundo as the #1 Spanish-language network during the entire primetime on Sunday, across all key demos.
“Noticias Telemundo is empowering millions of Latinos with reliable and TRANSPARENT information at a time of change,” said José Díaz-Balart. “Viewers trust us because they know our only commitment is to present the facts the way they are, with professionalism and a total commitment to our community.”
“Immigration, Trump and the Hispanic Community” also reached 1.6 million viewers on Facebook, generating 23,000 global actions on the social network.
The Town Hall answered viewers’ questions about the impact of President Trump’s immigration policy on the Hispanic community. The news special featured a panel of experts, including immigration lawyer and Telemundo contributor Alma Rosa Nieto; Telemundo conservative political analyst Ana Navarro; the Deputy Vice President of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Clarissa Martínez, and CHIRLA’s Executive Director, Angélica Salas. In addition, “El Poder en Ti”, Telemundo’s robust community initiative, launched an Internet site for Hispanics looking for information, tools and resources on immigration in parallel to the Town Hall.
“Inmigración, Trump y los Hispanos” is part of a series of Noticias Telemundo specials, including “Trump en la Casa Blanca,” produced the day after the elections, and “Trump y los Latinos,” which aired on Inauguration Day. All of these programs share an emphasis on allowing audiences to express their views and empower them by giving them access to trustworthy, rigorous and relevant information presented under Noticias Telemundo’s banner “Telling It Like It Is” (“Las Cosas Como Son” in Spanish).
Noticias Telemundo is the information unit of Telemundo Network and a leader provider in news serving the US Hispanics across all broadcast and digital platforms. Its award-winning television news broadcasts include the daily newscast “Noticias Telemundo,” the Sunday current affairs show “Enfoque con José Díaz-Balart” and the daily news and entertainment magazine “Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste.” The rapidly-growing “Noticias Telemundo Digital Team” provides continuous content to US Hispanics wherever they are, whenever they want it. Noticias Telemundo also produces award winning news specials, documentaries and news event such as political debates, forums and town halls.
The House on Friday passed a stopgap funding measure to keep the federal government open until at least mid-December.
The continuing resolution measure was approved by a 230-201 margin with a majority-Democratic vote. The approval came a day after the Senate passed the same resolution in a down-to-the-wire vote.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign it into law later Friday.
If the resolution had not been passed, the government would have shut down due to Friday evening’s deadline for approval of the upcoming federal budget
Funding in the resolution includes approximately $12 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine, $18.8 billion for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund, and $1 billion for heating and utility assistance.
The bill, which will fund the government until December 16, needed to pass before negotiations for the final 2023 budget could continue.
The resolution had stalled in Congress until Thursday due to objections by Republicans and progressive Democrats over language that if approved would have sped up the federal process for issuing permits for big energy projects, including pipelines and electrical lines.
The bill moved forward after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., agreed to strike the language.
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian authorities say there has been a “massacre” in the country’s northern Pará state without releasing any details, while Brazilian news media say gunmen attacked a bar in Belem City and killed 11 people.
The G1 news website says police reported that seven gunmen opened fire on a bar. G1 says police also report one wounded in the attack.
A Pará state spokeswoman, Natalia Mello, says she can only “confirm” there was a massacre in the state.
KYIV, June 30 (Reuters) – Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports.
Russia said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a “gesture of goodwill” to show Moscow was not obstructing U.N. efforts to open a humanitarian corridor allowing grains to be shipped from Ukraine.
Ukraine said it had driven the Russian forces out after an artillery and missile assault overnight.
“KABOOM!” tweeted Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff. “No Russian troops on the Snake Island anymore. Our Armed Forces did a great job.”
In another boost for Ukraine’s struggle to beat back the Russian invasion, the United States said it would provide another $800 million in weapons and military aid to Kyiv.
U.S. President Joe Biden, speaking after a NATO summit in Madrid, said Washington and its allies were united in standing up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“I don’t know how it’s going to end, but it will not end with Russia defeating Ukraine,” Biden told a news conference. “We are going to support Ukraine for as long as it takes.”
SMOKE AND FIRE
The retaking of Snake Island came after weeks in which momentum in the four-month-old conflict appeared to be shifting in favour of Russia, which has focused its firepower on capturing cities and towns in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military posted an image on Facebook of what appeared to be the island, seen from the air, with several columns of black smoke rising above it.
“The enemy hurriedly evacuated the remains of the garrison with two speed boats and probably left the island. Currently, Snake island is consumed by fire, explosions are bursting,” it said.
Ukrainian Brigadier General Oleksii Hromov said Ukrainian forces were not yet occupying the island but would do so.
The rocky outcrop overlooks sea lanes to Odesa, Ukraine’s main Black Sea port, where Russia is blocking food cargos from one of the world’s leading grain suppliers.
Snake Island captured world attention after Russia seized it on the war’s first day. A Ukrainian guard, ordered by Russia’s flagship cruiser Moskva to surrender, radioed back “Russian warship: go fuck yourself”.
“The most significant aspect is that this could open the door to Ukrainian grain exports from Odesa, which is critical for Ukraine’s economy and for the global food supply,” Rob Lee of the U.S.-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, said.
Lifting the blockade has been a primary goal of the West. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused Russia of deliberately causing world hunger as “blackmail”.
Moscow denies blocking the ports and blames food shortages on Western sanctions it says limit its own exports.
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A satellite image shows southern end of Snake Island, Ukraine, June 17, 2022. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
“We do not prevent the export of Ukrainian grain. The Ukrainian military has mined the approaches to their ports; no one prevents them from clearing those mines and we guarantee the safety of shipping grain out of there,” Putin said on Thursday.
Several military experts said that driving the Russians from Snake Island would not by itself be enough to unblock the ports.
“Does that mean that suddenly the grain flows? No it doesn’t really,” said Marcus Faulkner, a lecturer of War Studies at King’s College London, noting that ports were still mined and that Russia could still intercept cargo ships at sea.
Russia had defended the island since February despite Ukraine claiming to inflict severe damage, sinking supply vessels and destroying Russian fortifications.
New weapons sent by the West made the Russian garrison even more vulnerable, especially HIMARS, a rocket system supplied by the United States which Ukraine began fielding last week. Lee said Russia’s abandonment of the island was “likely a tangible result of NATO arms deliveries to Ukraine”.
Mathieu Boulegue of the Chatham House think tank in London cautioned that the Russian move could free up the assets deployed on Snake Island to strengthen its forces elsewhere on the Black Sea coast.
“We should not be fooled by it…It might be short-term relief but there will be long-term pain,” he said.
RUSSIAN MOMENTUM
In the battle for the Donbas, Ukrainian authorities said they were trying to evacuate remaining residents from the city of Lysychansk, where they believe around 15,000 people remain.
Russian forces have been trying to encircle Lysychansk since they captured Sievierodonetsk, on the opposite side of the Siverskyi Donets River, last week after weeks of heavy fighting.
“Fighting is going on all the time. The Russians are constantly on the offensive. There is no let-up,” regional Governor Serhiy Gaidai told Ukrainian television.
An official from the pro-Russian separatist administration in the province told RIA news agency the Lysychansk oil refinery was now fully controlled by Russian and pro-Russian forces, and all roads to Lysychansk were also under their control.
Ukraine says the main road out is largely impassable because of fighting, but the city is not yet fully cut off.
Despite yielding ground and taking punishing losses in the Donbas in recent weeks, Ukraine hopes to inflict enough damage to exhaust Russia’s advancing army. Ukrainian forces have been mounting a counter-attack in the south, where Russian-installed proxies have announced preparations for votes to join Russia.
In Madrid, the NATO leaders repositioned the alliance on a Cold War footing once more, declaring Russia to be its main adversary and announcing plans to put 300,000 troops on a higher alert.
The alliance invited Finland and Sweden to join, and leaders promised more weapons for Ukraine, including Biden’s pledge of a $800 million tranche of support on top of the more than $6.1 billion already announced by the United States since Russian forces rolled into Ukraine.
Britain offered a further $1.2 billion in military aid, including air defence systems.
As lawmakers prepare to pass the next round of economic stimulus legislation at the end of this month, congressional Republicans and the Trump administration are considering proposals to drop the eligibility income threshold on the next round of stimulus checks, according to a report from the Washington Post.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a press conference following the weekly … [+] Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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KEY FACTS
Under the first round of direct payments, Americans making less than $75,000 were eligible for a $1,200 check; that figure was phased out gradually for individuals with income levels up to $99,000.
The Post cited four people aware of the private deliberations who said the potential, new income limit is yet to be determined.
The talks come as GOP lawmakers face increasing pressure to both limit government spending on the next package and prepare for the potential for more economic damage as coronavirus cases spike across the country.
New restrictions that are accompanying the resurgence of the virus—like a second wave of business shutdowns—have already caused economic damage in the hardest-hit states, analysts from Goldman Sachs said on Saturday.
Lawmakers will have just 11 days in July to pass new legislation before they depart again for their August recess.
If they are unsuccessful, some critical provisions of the CARES Act—like the extra $600 per week in unemployment benefits and the PPP program—will expire with nothing lined up to replace them.
Crucial quote
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said a second stimulus check “could well” be included in the next round of legislation—that’s a major change of heart for the GOP leader, who has up till now been vocal in his opposition to more government spending. McConnell also said, “I think the people who have been hit the hardest are people who make about $40,000 a year or less,” leading to some speculation that eligibility may be capped at $40,000 for the next round of checks. It isn’t clear, however, that McConnell was referring specifically to the checks.
Key background
As new virus cases continue to skyrocket in Texas, Florida, Arizona, and California, many states are pausing or walking back their reopening plans altogether. And as businesses close again and economic recovery falters, lawmakers are under even more pressure to pass more relief legislation. In May, the Democratic House passed the Heroes Act, a sweeping $3 trillion package that included more stimulus checks, an extension for the expanded unemployment program, and more aid for states and local governments. That bill has not yet been addressed in the Republican-led Senate.
GUADALAJARA, JALISCO (06/MAR/2015).- Revisa lo más importante del 06 de marzo en México a través de este resumen de noticias publicadas a través de los sitios web de los medios que conforman los Periódicos Asociados en Red.
Eduardo Sánchez Hernández sustituirá a David López Gutiérrez, quien buscará una diputación plurinominal por el Partido de la Revolucionario Institucional.
La Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado (PGJE), informó que en los próximos días se hará una solicitud para mandar a declarar a Oscar Omar Treviño Morales, alias el “Z 42” y desahogar algunos casos en los que se advierte su participación en Coahuila.
Ante las malas condiciones en que se encuentra la supercarretera Durango-Mazatlán, los 700 millones de pesos que se autorizaron para su rehabilitación por parte de Caminos y Puentes Federales (Capufe) posiblemente no serán suficientes para mejorar la superficie de rodamiento de esta rúa.
Un juez libró orden de aprehensión en contra de Servando Gómez Martínez por su probable responsabilidad en el delito de delincuencia organizada.
JALISCO
Ciudad Judicial se queda sin seguridad y servicios; Gobierno niega más recursos
El magistrado presidente del Poder Judicial, Luis Carlos Vega Pámanes, señala que el Poder Ejecutivo y el Legislativo han sido omisos en destinar recursos para el mantenimiento del inmueble.
Ante el Gobernador Gabino Cué Monteagudo, el director general de la Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA), David Korenfeld Federman, anunció que en 2015, se ejercerá una inversión cercana a los 300 millones de pesos para la puesta en operación de 101 obras de agua potable, drenaje y saneamiento en diversos municipios del estado.
Un atentado a balazos se registró en la comunidad de Tetamboca, El Fuerte, en el que se reporta que el presidente municipal de Choix Juan Raúl Acosta Salas, su esposa y un asistente resultaron lesionados.
BEIJNG (AP) — The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, confirmed Sunday she will visit four Asian countries this week but made no mention of a possible stop in Taiwan that has fueled tension with Beijing, which claims the island democracy as its own territory.
Pelosi said in a statement she is leading a congressional delegation to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan to discuss trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, security and “democratic governance.”
Pelosi has yet to confirm news reports that she might visit Taiwan. Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against meddling in Beijing’s dealings with the island in a phone call Thursday with his American counterpart, Joe Biden.
Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make its decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step U.S. leaders say they don’t support. Pelosi, head of one of three branches of the U.S. government, would be the highest-ranking elected American official to visit Taiwan since then-Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997.
The Biden administration didn’t explicitly urge Pelosi to avoid Taiwan but tried to assure Beijing there was no reason to “come to blows” and that if such a visit occurred, it would signal no change in U.S. policy.
“Under the strong leadership of President Biden, America is firmly committed to smart, strategic engagement in the region, understanding that a free and flourishing Indo-Pacific is crucial to prosperity in our nation and around the globe,” Pelosi’s statement said.
Taiwan and China split in 1949 after the communists won a civil war on the mainland. Both sides say they are one country but disagree over which government is entitled to national leadership. They have no official relations but are linked by billions of dollars of trade and investment.
The United States switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, but maintains informal relations with the island. Washington is obligated by federal law to see that Taiwan has the means to defend itself.
Washington’s “One China policy” says it takes no position on the status of the two sides but wants their dispute resolved peacefully. Beijing promotes an alternative “One China principle” that says they are one country and the Communist Party is its leader.
Members of Congress publicly backed Pelosi’s interest in visiting Taiwan despite Chinese opposition. They want to avoid being seen as yielding to Beijing.
Beijing has given no details of how it might react if Pelosi goes to Taiwan, but the Ministry of Defense warned last week the military would take “strong measures to thwart any external interference.” The foreign ministry said, “those who play with fire will perish by it.”
The ruling party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, has flown growing numbers of fighter planes and bombers around Taiwan to intimidate the island.
“The Air Force’s multi-type fighter jets fly around the treasured island of the motherland, tempering and enhancing the ability to maintain national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” military spokesman Col. Shen Jinke said on Sunday, referring to Taiwan.
Pelosi said her delegation includes U.S. Reps. Gregory Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Mark Takano, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; Suzan DelBene, vice chair of the House Ways and Means Committee; Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and chair of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Andy Kim, a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees.
A visit to Taiwan would be a career capstone for Pelosi, who increasingly uses her position in Congress as a U.S. emissary on the global stage. She has long challenged China on human rights and wanted to visit Taiwan earlier this year.
In 1991, as a new member of Congress, Pelosi irked Chinese authorities by unfurling a banner on Tiananmen Square in central Beijing commemorating those killed when the Communist Party crushed pro-democracy protests two years earlier.
“It’s important for us to show support for Taiwan,” Pelosi, a Democrat from California, told reporters this month.
But she had made clear she was not advocating U.S. policy changes.
“None of us has ever said we’re for independence, when it comes to Taiwan,” she said. “That’s up to Taiwan to decide.”
On Friday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tried to tamp down concerns.
“There’s no reason for it to come to that, to come to blows,” Kirby said at the White House. “There’s no reason for that because there’s been no change in American policy with respect to One China.”
Avicii viene trabajando en su segundo disco, “Stories”, y acaba de liberar un nuevo tema, “I’ll Be Gone”.
El Dj sueco liberó el track en el último episodio del podcast de Tiesto, Club Life, ayer (12 de mayo). El tema está bueno. Se pega al toque y tiene energía.
Ya habíamos escuchado otros temas nuevos en el Ultra Music Festival 2015, así que hay que esperar por más detalles del álbum, pero sabemos que tiene colaboraciones de Robbie Williams, Coldplay, John Legend y más.
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