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Europe’s outlook for economic growth brightens — a little

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:22 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union’s executive body raised its economic growth forecast, saying Europe had dodged a winter recession that was feared amid an energy crisis but warning that stubbornly high inflation is likely to keep hurting the economy by sapping people’s ability to spend. The outlook for the 20 countries using the euro currency improved to growth of 1.1% this year from 0.9% in the previous predictions in February, the European Commission said in its spring forecast Monday.The European economy “is holding up remarkably well in the face of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” said commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis in a statement.Europe had faced expectations of a winter energy catastrophe after Russia cut off most supplies of natural gas to the continent amid the war in Ukraine. Prices surged to record highs for gas needed to heat homes, generate electricity and power factories — spurring painful spikes in consumer pri...

Es “demasiado pronto” para saber si el aumento de migrantes ha alcanzado su punto máximo, dice el secretario de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU.

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:22 GMT

(CNN) — El secretario de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos, Alejandro Mayorkas, dijo este domingo que es “demasiado pronto” para saber si el aumento de migrantes en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos alcanzó su punto máximo desde la expiración del Título 42 la semana pasada.“Los números que hemos experimentado en los últimos días están notablemente por debajo de lo que eran antes del final del Título 42”, le dijo Mayorkas a Dana Bash de CNN en “State of the Union”.El Título 42, la política de salud pública pandémica de la era Trump que permitía a las autoridades devolver rápidamente a los migrantes en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, expiró el pasado jueves.Este domingo, Mayorkas dijo que las autoridades fronterizas de EE. UU. han “experimentado una caída del 50% en la cantidad de encuentros”, en comparación con principios de semana, cuando los encuentros a lo largo de la frontera sur de EE.UU. eran de alrededor de 10.000 migrantes por día.El fin del Título 42 traj...

La ciudad de Nueva York planea alojar temporalmente a migrantes en hoteles de otros condados. Dos condados interpusieron una demanda para impedirlo

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:22 GMT

(CNN) — Tras el anuncio la semana pasada del alcalde de Nueva York, Eric Adams, de que la ciudad trasladará temporalmente en autobús a algunos migrantes a hoteles de condados cercanos, las autoridades de los condados de Orange y Rockland presentaron demandas judiciales para intentar detener el plan, incluso cuando ya han llegado algunos migrantes.Los condados también emitieron órdenes ejecutivas que prohíben la llegada de migrantes y solicitantes de asilo.Una de las demandas presentadas ante el tribunal estatal del condado de Orange, obtenida por CNN, alega que el plan de la ciudad excede su autoridad, viola una orden ejecutiva del condado y pasa por alto los requisitos de autorización de los refugios. Se pide al tribunal que emita una orden judicial preliminar que bloquee el plan de la ciudad mientras el procedimiento esté pendiente.Los funcionarios del condado de Orange “se oponen a los intentos ilegales y equivocados de los Demandados de la Ciudad de gestionar sus car...

Keir Starmer: UK Labour is ‘looking at’ giving EU citizens the vote

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:22 GMT

LONDON — The U.K. opposition Labour Party is “looking at” giving EU citizens the vote in general elections, leader Keir Starmer said Monday.Following a report in the Daily Telegraph newspaper that suggested Labour would expand the voting franchise to around 3.4 million EU nationals — as well as to 16 and 17 year olds — Starmer confirmed his party is considering the idea.“There’s no settled policy here — we’re looking at, and this is what the papers are reflecting on, this idea of whether or not EU nationals should be able to vote in our national elections,” Starmer told an LBC phone-in program. “If someone has been here say 10, 20, 30 years, contributing to this economy, part of our community, they ought to be able to vote,” he added. “That feels wrong [that they can’t vote], and something ought to be done about it.”EU citizens who permanently reside in the U.K. and have achieved “settled status” can alrea...

Zelenskyy meets Sunak during surprise UK trip

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:22 GMT

LONDON — Volodymyr Zelenskyy will request “urgent support” for Ukraine during “substantive negotiations” with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on MondaySecurity is not just important for Ukraine, but for “all of Europe,” the Ukrainian president told journalists as he arrived at Chequers, Sunak’s grace-and-favor country retreat in Buckinghamshire, for a surprise visit.“We are thankful from all our hearts, from Ukrainians, from our soldiers, we are thankful,” Zelenskyy said.The U.K. visit is the latest stop in a European tour that has seen Zelenskyy meet leaders in Berlin, Rome and Paris. Downing Street confirmed ahead of the meeting it would provide hundreds of air defense missiles and further uncrewed aerial systems, including long-range attack drones, to Ukraine.The flurry of diplomatic visits comes as Kyiv attempts to shore up support among Western allies, ahead of a widely expected counteroffensive to help liberate Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine’s east. Bot...

Search to resume on Castle Island for missing 4-year-old boy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:22 GMT

A massive police presence will continue its search this morning on Castle Island in South Boston for a missing 4-year-old boy who was last seen playing at a park there on Sunday.State police and other emergency responders could be seen using flashlights, boats, and a helicopter to search the area for Mohemed Fofena late into the night on Sunday.An adult who lost sight of Mohemed called police when they noticed he was missing.No additional information was immediately available.https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1657923502618361859https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1657919005569564674This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Crews use crane to pull vehicle out of Lowell canal

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:22 GMT

Emergency crews could be seen using a crane late Sunday night to pull a submerged vehicle from a canal in Lowell.The car was removed with the help of divers near the intersection of Suffolk and Broadway.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Andover crash leaves 18-year-old with life-threatening injuries

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:22 GMT

An 18-year-old from Methuen is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a crash on Route 93 northbound in Andover late Sunday night.Troopers responding to the crash requested a medical helicopter to transport the teen to a hospital for treatment.A preliminary investigation suggests he was driving at a high rate of speed when he slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer. No additional information was immediately available.

Lucas: Secret negotiations nothing new for John Kerry

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:22 GMT

Memo to U.S. Rep James Comer: John Kerry was secretly negotiating with enemies of the U.S. before you were born.So now you want to haul him before your House Oversight Committee to grill him on making secret “shady negotiations” on climate change with the communist Chinese?Good luck with that.John Kerry’s political career is coming full circle. It began around 1970 when, as a Vietnam War veteran turned anti-war activist, he met secretly in Paris with officials of the enemy Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese to discuss ending the war and the release of captured U.S. servicemen.Comer, 50, of Kentucky was born in 1972.Kerry had no authority to do so, but he did it anyway, which endeared him to Democrats and the anti-war crowd.Kerry at the time was a commissioned U.S. Navy Reserve officer and may have broken the the law by colluding with the enemy, but nothing was officially made of it.However, there were critics who later questioned his honorable discharge from the Navy.And it made no ...

Orioles reset: Adley Rutschman’s first 162 games on Baltimore’s roster show star catcher’s impact

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:22 GMT

Kyle Gibson acknowledges that Adley Rutschman hasn’t quite surpassed the praise he heard about the Orioles’ young catcher throughout his free agency this winter.Doing so might have been impossible.“The reputation that I heard is tough to exceed because there were only good things said about him,” the veteran right-hander said, “but I would say he’s lived up to all of those expectations of just how he is as a person, first and foremost.“You always go through ebbs and flows on the field, but he’s just the same guy all the time.”That steadiness and consistency have paid off for Baltimore. On Sunday, the Orioles played their 162nd game — the length of a typical regular season — since promoting Rutschman, the 2019 first-overall draft pick and then baseball’s No. 1 prospect, to the majors last year. They have gone 93-69 in those games.In the 162 games before Rutschman’s promotion, Baltimore was 51-111. The Oriol...