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Separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will dissolve itself by January 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:42 GMT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh announced Thursday that it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by Jan. 1, 2024. The move comes after Azerbaijan carried out a lightning offensive to reclaim full control over its breakaway region and demanded that Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh lay down their weapons and the separatist government dissolve itself.A decree to that effect was signed by the region’s separatist President Samvel Shakhramanyan. The document cited an agreement reached last week to end the fighting under which Azerbaijan will allow the “free, voluntary and unhindered movement” of Nagorno-Karbakh residents and disarm troops in Armenia in exchange.Nagorno-Karabakh is a region of Azerbaijan that came under the control of ethnic Armenian forces, backed by the Armenian military, in separatist fighting that ended in 1994. During a six-week war in 2020, Azerbaijan took back parts of Nagorno-Karabakh along w...

Separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh will dismantle itself by Jan. 2024, unrecognized republic will cease to exist

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:42 GMT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh will dismantle itself by Jan. 2024, unrecognized republic will cease to exist.Source

Ronald Acuña Jr., de los Bravos de Atlanta, se convierte en el primer jugador de la MLB en unirse al club 40-70

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:42 GMT

(CNN) — El jardinero venezolano de los Bravos de Atlanta, Ronald Acuña Jr., logró algo que nadie en la historia de las Grandes Ligas había logrado antes: convertirse en el primer jugador en conectar 40 jonrones y robar 70 bases en una sola temporada.Acuña, quien llegó este miércoles por la noche con 68 bases robadas en la temporada, se robó su primera base de la noche en la octava entrada con los Bravos perdiendo 3-2 contra los Cachorros de Chicago, y luego anotó una carrera para empatar el juego 3-3.Su segunda base robada llegó al final de la décima entrada, robando la segunda para alcanzar la marca histórica. El juego se detuvo momentáneamente mientras el equipo y el público en Truist Park en Atlanta aplaudían mientras el jugador de 25 años levantaba la base por encima de su cabeza.Tiran a Ronald Acuña Jr., de los Atlanta Braves, después de que dos aficionados entraran corriendo al Coors FieldRonald Acuña Jr. de los Bravos de Atlanta conecta un jonrón en el Nationals Park el...

Tiroteo deja dos muertos y cinco heridos en el noreste de Washington

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:42 GMT

(CNN) — Cinco personas recibieron disparos y dos murieron en un tiroteo en el noreste de la ciudad de Washington este miércoles por la noche.La Policía Metropolitana de Washington (MPD) respondió a sonidos de disparos este miércoles por la noche en la intersección de la calle 14 y Saratoga Avenue NE, según la jefa de Policía Metropolitana, Pamela Smith.“Nuestros agentes estuvieron presentes en esta área como siempre”, dijo Smith.Al llegar, los agentes encontraron a tres personas con heridas de bala. Dos hombres fueron declarados muertos en el lugar y un tercero fue transportado por hambulancia a un hospital del área donde están siendo tratados por lesiones que no ponen en peligro su vida.Reportan al menos 472 tiroteos masivos a nivel nacional en Estados Unidos en lo que va de 2023Según Smith, dos hombres más que sufrieron heridas de bala llegaron más tarde a un hospital del área. Ella dice que la investigación preliminar revela que estas dos víctimas fueron baleada...

Labour’s Keir Starmer: I’ll make it work if Donald Trump wins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:42 GMT

LONDON — A Labour government would “have to make it work” if Donald Trump once again becomes president of the United States, the party’s leader Keir Starmer said.Starmer is streets ahead of Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in U.K. opinion polls ahead of an expected general election next year.But Starmer’s center-left party is unlikely to be an easy fit with Trump, should he clinch the Republican nomination and go on to beat President Joe Biden in a head-to-head next year.Speaking to the BBC’s Political Thinking podcast, Starmer said of a potential Trump presidency: “We have to make it work. That doesn’t mean that … we would agree on everything, but we have to make it work.”He added: “I think one of the things about being a leader is you don’t get to choose the other leaders around the world. That is the job of democracies … But in a grown-up world, you have to make that relationship work.”It comes after Starmer told POLITICO’s Power Play podcast ...

Soupçons d’ingérences : le lobbyiste Jean-Pierre Duthion et le député Julien-Laferrière perquisitionnés

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:42 GMT

PARIS — Le député écologiste Hubert Julien-Laferrière et le lobbyiste Jean-Pierre Duthion ont été perquisitionnés ce mercredi dans le cadre d’une enquête du parquet national financier ouverte après des soupçons d’ingérence étrangère dans la vie politique et médiatique en France, a appris POLITICO de source proche du dossier.Jean-Pierre Duthion a été perquisitionné hier à son domicile en Normandie par les services de la Brigade de répression de la délinquance économique (BRDE). Hubert Julien-Laferrière, dont la perquisition a d’abord été rapportée par le Monde, avait fait la promotion en février 2022 à l’Assemblée nationale d’une crypto-monnaie lancée par un homme d’affaires camerounais accusé d’escroqueries. D’après le quotidien, cette prise de parole serait liée à sa relation de travail avec le lobbyiste Jean-Pierre Duthion, également mentionné dans l’affaire d’ingérence à BFM TV que POLITICO avait révélée en janvier dernier.À l’...

Azerbaijan officially dissolves Nagorno-Karabakh

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:42 GMT

GORIS, Armenia — The breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist and its remaining ethnic Armenian population will have to accept being ruled as part of Azerbaijan, according to a decree issued Thursday.In a statement, the unrecognized Karabakh Armenian administration said that de facto President Samvel Shakhramanyan had signed an agreement that would “dissolve all state institutions and organizations under their departmental authority by January 1, 2024.”At the same time, the message reads, the local population must now “familiarize themselves with the conditions of reintegration presented by the Republic of Azerbaijan, with the aim of making an independent and individual decision about the possibility of staying (or returning) in Nagorno-Karabakh.”Since Azerbaijan reopened the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia on Sunday, 65,036 people have fled their homes, the Armenian government reported. Long lines of buses, trucks and cars have formed at the border, wi...

Video appears to show American solider who crossed into North Korea arriving back in the US

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:42 GMT

The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas two months ago arrived back in the U.S. early Thursday, local affiliate video appeared to show. Pvt. Travis King’s release was secured with the help of ally Sweden and rival China, the White House said Wednesday. North Korea said it would expel King earlier the same day.King appeared to walk off a plane in San Antonio, Texas. Dressed in what seemed to be civilian clothes, he spoke briefly with people waiting on the tarmac and shook hands with one before being led into a building. The Associated Press

Spanish police raid soccer federation as part of probe into Barcelona’s payments to referee official

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:42 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police raided offices of the Spanish soccer federation on Thursday as part of a judicial investigation into the alleged payment of millions of euros over several years by Barcelona soccer club to the vice president of Spain’s football refereeing committee.The Guardia Civil confirmed to The Associated Press that its police had searched the offices of the referee committee at the federation headquarters near Madrid. The police said they had not made any arrests and were acting on the orders of the judge investigating the case.In March, state prosecutors formally accused Barcelona of corruption in sports, fraudulent management, and falsification of mercantile documentation. Prosecutors said the club paid José María Enríquez Negreira, a former referee who was a part of the federation’s refereeing committee from 1994 to 2018, 7.3 million euros ($7.7 million) from 2001-18.Barcelona has denied any wrongdoing or conflict of interest, saying it paid for technical ...

Koepka only identifies with 3 letters at Ryder Cup: USA, not LIV

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:02:42 GMT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The three letters Brooks Koepka represents this week in the Ryder Cup are USA.Not LIV.Koepka stands out for many reasons on golf’s biggest stages, mainly because he wins at so many of them as a five-time major champion. The obvious reason at Marco Simone is being the only player from Saudi-funded LIV Golf League who made it back to the ultimate team event.“I didn’t notice,” Koepka said sardonically when this was brought to his attention.It wasn’t a problem for U.S. captain Zach Johnson, who used one of his six wild-card selections on Koepka. “An easy pick,” Johnson said.It’s not a problem for the rest of the American team. Koepka lives near four of them in Florida, shares an agent with Scottie Scheffler and has remained friendly with everyone.Just don’t get the idea Koepka is carrying the flag for LIV Golf.“I feel like I’m representing the USA. That’s what I’ve got on the front of my hat this week, so that’s what I’m re...