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ANÁLISIS | La contraofensiva ucraniana ha sido brutal y lenta. Pero a Kyiv le quedan muchas cartas por jugar

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:01 GMT

(CNN) — Las imágenes son granuladas e inquietantes. Un soldado ucraniano del 73º Centro Naval de Operaciones Especiales se abre paso a través de una trinchera, aparentemente en el frente sur, disparando repetidamente a quemarropa a soldados rusos. El polvo levantado aumenta la sensación de caos, y el denso pánico y la brutalidad del comienzo de esta contraofensiva.Nunca iba a ser sencillo, y siempre iba a implicar el tipo de espantoso combate cara a cara que se muestra en el video de las fuerzas especiales. Pero el éxito de la ofensiva ucraniana sigue dependiendo de si puede sorprender y burlar a las fuerzas de Moscú, no en un combate cuerpo a cuerpo, sino a un nivel estratégico más amplio. Y probablemente sea por eso por lo que estamos asistiendo a un comienzo lento —y a veces gradual— de esta primera fase de operaciones abiertas.Durante meses hemos asistido a un paciente intento de Ucrania de erosionar la preparación de las defensas rusas. El lento goteo de explosiones en de...

Elon Musk dice que Tesla llegará a la India “tan pronto como sea humanamente posible”

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:01 GMT

(CNN) — El CEO de Tesla, Elon Musk, dijo este martes que la compañía busca invertir en India “tan pronto como sea humanamente posible”, luego de una reunión con el primer ministro de ese país, Narendra Modi, en Nueva York.“[Modi] realmente se preocupa por India porque nos está presionando para que hagamos inversiones significativas en India, que es algo que pretendemos hacer. Solo estamos tratando de encontrar el momento adecuado”, dijo Musk a los periodistas.“Estoy seguro de que Tesla estará en India y lo hará tan pronto como sea humanamente posible”, dijo, sin especificar un cronograma. Musk dijo que tentativamente planea visitar India el próximo año.El impulso de Musk en el mercado indio ha estado en proceso durante mucho tiempo. En 2017, el CEO dijo que Tesla planeaba vender autos en India tan pronto como ese verano.Elon Musk dijo que debe aprobar todas las contrataciones en TeslaEl primer ministro de India, Narendra Modi, le da la mano al director ejecutivo de Tesla, Elon...

People living in cars in Denver now have 2 more safe parking lots

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:01 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Tuesday night, the Denver City Council voted to expand the number of safe parking areas for people without housing. The Colorado Safe Parking Initiative offers sanctuary to those who use their cars as shelter.“People will hang on to their last asset in their vehicle and move everything that they can, including pets, and they will do their best to remain safe in their vehicle while they work to get back on their feet,” said Executive Director Terrell Curtis.   RTD rides will be free for 2 months this summer Right now, the metro area has 13 lots monitored by the Colorado Safe Parking Initiative and that will increase to 15 after council approval. There are several locations across other metro cities already: Broomfield: 3Aurora: 2Commerce City: 2 Denver: 2 (Now 4) Lakewood: 3Golden: 1This is similar to the Safe Outdoor Spaces where unhoused people have designated tent camping areas. However, these sites are for people who are living in their cars.The coun...

Expert finds California serial stabbing suspect mentally unfit, jury to decide competency

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:01 GMT

WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California jury will determine the mental competency of a former university student charged in the stabbing deaths of two people and attempted murder of a third, all violent attacks that rocked the usually placid college town of Davis.A medical expert ordered by the court to review the mental state of Carlos Dominguez, 21, found that he is not competent to stand trial, a Yolo County Superior Court judge said Tuesday. A jury will decide July 24, he said.Dominguez interrupted the hearing to say that he wanted to apologize. “I want to say I’m guilty,” he said, sitting besides his court-appointed deputy public defender, Dan Hutchinson.At a previous hearing in May, Dominguez said he did not want a lawyer.The stabbings shook the University of California, Davis campus and broader community. Businesses closed early and students feared to step outside their homes, even for daytime classes.Dominguez had been a third-year student majoring in biological sciences ...

‘Price is Right’ contestant dislocates shoulder while jubilantly celebrating game win

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:01 GMT

(CNN) — “The Price is Right” got a little ‘bonkers’ last week when a highly energetic contestant named Henry dislocated his shoulder while celebrating a game win.The animated contestant was tasked with guessing the right price to win a trip to Hawaii during a game called “Bonkers,” which he successfully won on his first try.Henry was seen jumping and cheering so jubilantly, that when he threw his fists in the air he ended up injuring himself, according to host Drew Carey.“Let me explain what happened,” Carey told the audience later in the broadcast, adding that “Henry was celebrating and going ‘woo’ and he dislocated his shoulder.”The audience reacted with a unified gasp, to which Carey replied “I know.”Henry and his wife Alice stood on stage next to Carey smiling and laughing as the longtime host broke the news to the audience, who then went on to explain that Alice would have to spin the big wheel for him due to his shoulder injury.When Alice spun a 95 out of 100, more cheering en...

EU countries agree on sanctions package to target Russia’s helpers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:01 GMT

EU ambassadors Wednesday agreed on an 11th sanctions package against Russia, the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU said, making it possible for the first time to punish third countries that help Moscow evade trade restrictions. After adopting 10 sanctions packages following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of last year, the EU has now designed a new mechanism: If third countries, for example in Central Asia, fail to comply with Western sanctions or can’t explain a sudden rise in trade in banned goods, they could face EU punishment.EU countries have been wrangling over the package since mid-May and the row had threatened to overshadow a leaders’ summit next week. Several countries, including heavy-hitter Germany, had fretted that such a mechanism would hurt diplomatic relations, and even drive countries into the arms of Russia and China.In various versions of the text seen by POLITICO, the European Commission had included m...

France disbands climate movement over ‘eco-terrorism’ allegations

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:01 GMT

The French government on Wednesday delegalized a movement of climate activists following violent clashes with police that left hundreds injured. “No cause can justify the especially numerous and violent acts called for and provoked by this grouping,” said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. A day earlier, French police arrested 18 members of Les Soulèvements de la Terre (Earth Uprising) across the country.The group, which has no clear leadership structure, vowed to battle the decision in court. It was set up in 2021 and counts more than 115,000 supporters, some of whom take radical action to raise awareness about climate change and environmental protection, targeting projects such as reservoirs, highways, and industrial agriculture.Last weekend, it tried to block the construction of the Lyon-Turin railway tunnel — with a dozen police officers injured in clashes. In June, it demonstrated against sand mines; in May against a motorway interchange near Rouen that would destroy a forest; ...

Domestic violence call prompts SWAT standoff in Clairemont

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:01 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- It's been an eventful Wednesday morning for some in the Clairemont neighborhood as SWAT standoff is underway.The situation is taking place in a residential neighborhood on Diane Avenue, which is right off of Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. The San Diego Police Department responded to a domestic violence call reporting a firearm at a home in the area, just after 1 a.m. Police confirmed to FOX 5 that it involved a man and a woman. Father of two kids hit, killed on SR-78 speaks out The woman has since left the home and authorities say she is safe. However, the man who is believed to be armed, is still inside the residence and is refusing to come out, SDPD said.According to authorities, a SWAT unit and a negotiations team are working to resolve this matter peacefully. "Police officers responded, tried to call the individual out. That person has not come out yet, so at this point we have negotiators and a SWAT team on scene working to safely resolve the situation and get the p...

Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes and cars to avenge deadly shooting; Palestinian man killed

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:01 GMT

TURMUS AYYA, West Bank (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli settlers on Wednesday stormed into a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis killed by a pair of Palestinian gunmen the previous day, residents said. Palestinians said one man was killed in the violence.The settler attack came as the Israeli military deployed additional forces across the occupied West Bank, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to build 1,000 new settler homes in response to the deadly shooting.The moves threatened to further raise tensions after two days of deadly fighting in the West Bank that included a daylong Israeli military raid in a Palestinian militant stronghold and Tuesday’s mass shooting.Palestinian residents and human rights groups have long complained about Israel’s inability or refusal to halt settler violence. In Wednesday’s violence, residents in Turmus Ayya said some 400 settlers marc...

Stock market today: Wall Street slips again ahead of Powell testimony

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:56:01 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is retreating a bit more as a five-week rally loses momentum. The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in early trading Wednesday. It’s on pace for a third straight pullback after rallying last week to its highest level in more than a year. The Dow fell 152 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite was off 0.3%. The main event for the day is likely to be testimony on Capitol Hill from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The Fed has been a key focus for markets as it tries to get the worst inflation in generations under control.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.U.S. markets are largely unmoved early Wednesday ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s appearance before Congress, where he’s expected to field questions about the central bank’s inflation-fighting interest rate policies.Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 each ticked down about 0.1% before the opening bell Wednesday. Oil pric...