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Donald Trump’s rivals vow to back Israel and argue over China and Ukraine at the third debate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:07 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — In their first debate since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the Republican presidential candidates all declared hawkish support for Israel but squabbled over China and Ukraine as they faced growing pressure to try to catch Donald Trump, who was again absent.Sparring over several issues were Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, who has appeared competitive with DeSantis’ distant second-place position in some national polls. Much of the debate focused on policy — especially foreign policy issues — rather than Trump and his record.Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, declared she would end trade relations with China “until they stop murdering Americans from fentanyl — something Ron has yet to say that he’s going to do.” In return, the Florida governor said Haley “welcomed” Chinese investment to her state, referencing a land deal with a Chinese manufacturer while she led South Carolina.All five candidates face growing urgency, with the ...

Européennes : les déboires d’Atos parasitent les ambitions de Thierry Breton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:07 GMT

PARIS — Thierry Breton, commissaire européen au marché intérieur, a toujours su mettre en avant son parcours de dirigeant d’entreprise, anciennement à la tête d’un fleuron français du numérique, pour servir ses ambitions politiques.Manière d’assumer sa différence dans une ville tenue par des diplomates et des haut-fonctionnaires pas toujours rompus aux lois du business.Mais alors que la vente d’Atos défraie la chronique à Paris, ce passé dans le secteur privé commence à ressembler davantage à un handicap qu’à un atout.Atos, que Thierry Breton a dirigé de 2009 à 2019, était autrefois un joyau de l’écosystème numérique français, fruit de fusions successives qui en ont fait une multinationale des services informatiques évaluée à environ 5 milliards d’euros. Minée par des difficultés stratégiques, l’entreprise a pourtant pris l’eau après le départ de son patron pour Bruxelles. En quelques années, sa valorisation a chuté à environ 500...

PM Mitsotakis on ‘hard truths’ for Israel and Greece’s economic comeback

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:07 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast One month after war broke out between Israel and Hamas, the solidarity of European leaders is being tested. Nowhere more so than in Greece, on the EU’s southern border, which has traditional ties to Israel and Arab states. On this week’s edition of Power Play, host Anne McElvoy speaks to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mi...

Coleman Domingo brings “Rustin” into top tier

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:07 GMT

“Rustin”Rated PG-13. At the Landmark Kendall SquareGrade: B+Coleman Domingo is the reason to see “Rustin,” George C. Wolfe’s often moving, nicely staged and dramatized depiction of the events and lives that accompanied the conception and implementation of the historic and unprecedented 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The film’s executive producers are no less than Michelle and President Barack Obama, working with Netflix.The screenplay by Julian Breece (TV’s “When They See Us”) and Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black (“Milk,” “J. Edgar”) begins by telling us that in 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court rules that “segregation is unconstitutional.” We see ketchup poured over a young Black woman seated at a counter in the South and a little girl under protection on her way to a newly integrated school.Martin Luther King Jr. (a powerful Aml Ameen) is the brilliant architect of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (Jeffrey...

Don’t expect any ‘Marvels’ from this superhero tale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:07 GMT

“The Marvels”Rated PG-13. At the AMC Boston Common, AMC South Bay and suburban theaters. Grade: B- Not quite as bad as advertised by stories about re-shoots, “The Marvels” is just another Marvel entry sporting a plot that never seems important enough to keep track of and ends up being a collection of special effects scenes and female-bonding moments. In this installment, Carol Danvers (Academy Award-winner Brie Larson), Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris, “If Beale Street Could Talk”) and Pakistani-American Jersey City, N.J. high school student Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani, TV’s “Ms. Marvel”) aka the Marvels, meet one another and discover that when they use their superpowers at the same time, they switch places via teleportation. Ms. Marvel gets her powers from a super bangle that she wears. Rambeau, who knew Danvers as a child in Louisiana and used to call her “Auntie,” gained her powers after being bombarded by “inter-dimensional energy.” Rambeau is also at times called Captai...

Editorial: Democrats fret as bad news mounts for Biden

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:07 GMT

A week is an eternity in politics, let alone a year. Yet that hasn’t stopped Democrats from entering panic mode over a new poll showing widespread voter dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden.The New York Times on Sunday revealed the results of a survey it conducted with Siena College of six battleground states in the 2024 presidential election. The numbers were stunning, to say the least.The findings show Biden losing to Donald Trump in five of the states — Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada — by at least four points. The president faces a 10-point deficit in Nevada. In Wisconsin, Biden led Trump by 2 points.Biden carried all six states in 2020.Of particular note, the survey found that “the multiracial and multigenerational coalition that elected Mr. Biden is fraying,” according to the Times. “Demographic groups that backed Biden by landslide margins in 2020 are now far more closely contested, as two-thirds of the electorate sees the country moving in the wrong d...

Odell Beckham Jr., Michael Pierce only Ravens missing from Wednesday practice; several Browns starters sidelined

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:07 GMT

Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and nose tackle Michael Pierce were the only Ravens missing from Wednesday’s practice as the team began preparations for its AFC North showdown with the Cleveland Browns.Beckham received a rest day but was also listed with a knee injury on the Ravens’ first injury report of the week. Pierce was out because of an illness.Right tackle Morgan Moses was back as a full participant after missing the team’s win over the Seattle Seahawks because of a shoulder injury.Beckham, who celebrated his 31st birthday with his first touchdown catch with the Ravens on Sunday, did not show any obvious discomfort during or after the game. He caught five passes for a season-high 56 yards. Beckham missed two games earlier this season with an ankle injury and also suffered a chest contusion on Oct. 29 against the Arizona Cardinals.Meanwhile, a long list of Browns starters missed practice Wednesday, though several merely received rest days.Tight end David Njo...

3 Chicago Cubs — Dansby Swanson, Ian Happ, Nico Hoerner — earn Gold Glove awards for the 1st time in franchise history

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:07 GMT

For the first time in franchise history, the Chicago Cubs have three players named Gold Glove defensive award winners in a season.Second baseman Nico Hoerner won his first National League Gold Glove award Sunday night while shortstop Dansby Swanson and left fielder Ian Happ both won the second of their career coming in back-to-back years.“Really cool anytime you can be a part of Cubs history like that, first to do something, is pretty special for an organization that has been around a long time,” Happ said. “There’s a lot of credit to a lot of the other guys that were on the field every day playing with us.”Swanson is the fourth Cubs shortstop to win the award after Javier Báez (2020), Don Kessinger (1969 and 1970) and Ernie Banks (1960).Hoerner, a finalist in 2020, is the fourth Cubs second baseman to win the award, joining Darwin Barney (2012), Ryne Sandberg (nine times, last in 1991), Glenn Beckert (1968) and Ken Hubbs (1962). He teamed up with ...

Lakeside parents push for 'Parents Bill of Rights'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:07 GMT

LAKESIDE, Calif. -- Andrew Hayes, the president of the Lakeside Unified School Board, is organizing a coalition of educators and parents to push back against new state mandates that he says erodes parents involvement in their child’s education and stops them from being notified about things that involve their child’s health and wellbeing.“Sacramento this last year signed a law that said 12-year-olds can be referred to mental health services without parental notification, that's ridiculous,” Hayes said.Hayes plans to present a "Parents Bill of Rights" to the district next month and he hopes other school board will come up with their own parent-centric list that includes things like notification of curriculum change, books and an opt out clause when content is deemed inappropriate. The list also includes being notified about bullying, suicidal intent or sexual transitioning and written parental permission to administer medication – anything from cold medicine to sex hormone therapy.  ...

Live updates | Negotiations underway for 3-day humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, officials say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:07 GMT

Negotiations are underway to reach a three-day humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza in exchange for the release of about a dozen hostages held by Hamas. That’s according to two officials from Egypt, one from the United Nations and a Western diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic efforts.The deal would enable more aid, including limited amounts of fuel, to enter the besieged territory to alleviate worsening conditions for the 2.3 million Palestinians trapped there. It is being brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, according to the officials and the diplomat.The war, now in its second month, was triggered by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel.The number of Palestinians killed in the war passed 10,500, including more than 4,300 children, the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said. In the occupied West Bank, more than 160 Palestinians have been killed in the violence and Israeli raids. More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed,...