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Attendance and ticket records keep growing at 2023 Women’s World Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:19 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — With Matildas’ matches becoming hot tickets, Australia’s run to the Women’s World Cup semifinals and the expanded 32-team format have helped set records for attendance at the tournament.Soccer’s international governing body said Tuesday that 1.77 million tickets have been sold for the tournament being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with a total 1,734,028 attendance for the first 60 games. There were four more to go.The record match attendance for the 2023 edition is 75,784 for three games under a restricted capacity at Sydney’s Stadium Australia, which was built for the 2000 Olympics.FIFA said the average crowd for games across the 10 venues had been 28,900, more than 7,000 above the average for games at the 2019 edition in France and more than 4,000 above the historical average at the eight previous Women’s World Cups.The competition was expanded from 24 to 32 teams for this edition.Australia reached the semifinals for the first time with a 7-6 penalty shooto...

Russia’s central bank raises key interest rate by 3.5% after the ruble hits lowest point since early in war with Ukraine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:19 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s central bank raises key interest rate by 3.5% after the ruble hits lowest point since early in war with Ukraine.Source

Ascienden a 12 los fallecidos por explosión en República Dominicana

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:19 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Cruz Roja de República Dominicana informó este martes a través de un comunicado que hasta el momento se reportan 12 personas fallecidas y 65 heridos tras la explosión en San Cristóbal en el sur de República Dominicana.La Cruz Roja de República Dominicana agregó que hay 55 personas desaparecidas, tres estructuras completamente colapsadas y más de 140 personas desplazadas.En un reporte inicial, se informó que más de dos decenas de unidades de rescate habían acudido a la localidad de San Cristóbal, en el sur de República Dominicana, donde este lunes se registró una explosión que ha dejado decenas de personas afectadas, informó el Sistema Nacional de Atención a Emergencias y Seguridad 9-1-1.El director del Servicio Nacional de Salud (SNS), el doctor Mario Lama, informó inicialmente que la explosión dejó al menos 3 muertos y 33 heridos.Instituciones de salud del Gobierno de República Dominicana instan a médicos a no interrumpir los servicios de salud en el paísMá...

Fijan plazo para que Trump y coacusados se entreguen voluntariamente a la justicia de Georgia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:19 GMT

ATLANTA, Georgia – El proceso judicial para dirimir las acusaciones contra 19 personas, incluida el expresidente Donald Trump, buscará que todos sean juzgadas al mismo tiempo, adelantó la noche del lunes la fiscal encargada del caso, Fani Willis.La funcionaria habló durante una conferencia de prensa realizada tras conocerse el documento de casi 100 páginas que detalla 41 acusaciones, 13 de ellas contra el exmandatario, por crimen organizado y conspiración para impedir el reconocimiento de los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de 2020.Willis hizo un reconocimiento a todos los que intervinieron en la investigación de 2.5 años y a la decisión del gran jurado dada a conocer el lunes por la noche.La imputación acusa a “19 individuos de violar las leyes de Georgia con una conspiración criminal para revertir los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de 2020 en este estado”, dijo Willis.La fiscal aseguró que su intención es que los 19 acusados sean juzgados...

Linebacker Tyler Martin feeling at home with the Minutemen

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:19 GMT

AMHERST – UMass linebacker Tyler Martin of Acton wanted to play exclusively for Don Brown when he signed on to compete at Arizona after a stellar scholastic career at BB&N.Brown was the Wildcats’ defensive coordinator in 2021 who enticed Martin to bring his substantial football talents to Tucson for an extended run in the Pac-12. Things didn’t work for either of them at Arizona.Brown left to become the head coach at UMass following the 2021 season. Martin decamped Arizona after not seeing the field as a true freshman in 2022. Martin and Brown were back together working toward a common goal under a sweltering sun on Monday morning at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.UMass opens the season on Aug. 26 at New Mexico State.“I was able to establish a relationship with coach Brown who obviously loves recruiting in Massachusetts,” said Martin. “I’ve known coach Brown now for about five years and he had been coming to BB&N and recruiting a lot of guys from the program.“I am just glad that I’ve...

A passenger is charged in Australia with threatening to blow up an airliner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:19 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A 45-year-old man was charged Tuesday with threatening to blow up a plane during a flight from Australia to Malaysia that returned to Sydney.Police arrested Canberra resident Muhammad Arif and took him from the Airbus A330 on Monday, almost three hours after Malaysia Airlines flight MH122 returned to Sydney Airport.Police said Arif became disruptive and claimed to have explosives on board.He was charged with making a false statement about a threat to damage an aircraft and failing to comply with the cabin crew’s safety instructions.The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of more than 15,000 Australian dollars ($7,300) respectively.Arif refused to leave his police cell to appear before a Sydney court by video link.Magistrate Greg Grogin ruled out forcing Arif from the cell.Defense lawyer Mostafa Daoudie told Grogin that Arif had “serious mental issues” and was “not in the right state of mind.”Grogin postponed the listing of Arif...

German foreign minister scraps Pacific trip after a persistent problem with her plane

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:19 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has abandoned a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji after a problem with her government plane twice forced it to return to Abu Dhabi, delaying her by more than a day.Annalena Baerbock set off from Berlin Sunday on what was supposed to be a nearly weeklong trip, and was scheduled to arrive in Canberra on Monday night. But a mechanical problem with her aging German air force Airbus A340’s landing flaps meant that it had to turn back to Abu Dhabi after a refueling stop there.The aircraft took off again for Australia on Monday night after a test flight was conducted without problems. But the technical problem resurfaced shortly after takeoff and the plane had to return to the Emirati capital again.On Tuesday morning, Baerbock called off the trip.“We tried everything — unfortunately it is not logistically possible to continue my Indo-Pacific trip without the defective plane,” the minister wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Thi...

Finland’s former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb will run for president in 2024

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:19 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said Tuesday he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early next year, in a race that also includes a popular former Finnish foreign minister who was a key negotiator of the Nordic country’s recent membership in NATO.Stubb, 55, who headed the Finnish government in 2014-2015 and later served as foreign minister, said he was “both honored and thankful for the trust bestowed upon me.” Prime Minister Petteri Opo and Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party had asked him to run. The Finnish head of state is elected by a popular vote every six years. Finland’s president has substantial powers, particularly in matters related to foreign and security policy, which the president decides together with the government. The president also signs bills into law, can veto legislative proposals and acts as Finland’s supreme military commander.The two-leg Finnish presidential elections will be held in Jan...

In the news today: Wildfires in NWT, heatwave in B.C. breaks records

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:19 GMT

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…Soldiers set to help fight wildfires in N.W.T.Members of the Canadian Armed Forces are set to be mobilized in the Northwest Territories today as wildfires threaten communities, including the capital, and hundreds of people have been airlifted to safety.The military is expected to send a helicopter and Twin Otter airplane along with 124 soldiers, with 100 set to help with firefighting tasks such as dousing hot spots and clearing areas, and the other 24 co-ordinating logistics.The City of Yellowknife declared a state of local emergency Monday night, citing an imminent wildfire threat.Records tumble as heat wave spreads from B.C.’s south coast to Interior, hitting 40 CEnvironment Canada is forecasting hot and humid weather for parts of B.C. for much of the week.By 4 p.m. Monday, at least 12 daily heat records had fallen, surpassing the eight that fell Sunday...

A rights group says it can’t get access to detained officials in Niger

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:19 GMT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Human rights activists in Niger say they have been unable to gain access to top political officials detained after mutinous soldiers ousted the democratically elected president nearly three weeks ago.After soldiers ousted President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, they also arrested several former ministers and other political leaders, but requests to see them and check on their wellbeing have gone unanswered, Ali Idrissa, executive secretary of a local human rights group, the Network of Organizations for Transparency and Analysis of Budgets, told The Associated Press. The junta has also been holding Bazoum, his wife and son under house arrest in their compound in the capital. Those close to Bazoum say his electricity and water have been cut off and he’s running out of food. The junta says it plans to prosecute Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining state security. If convicted, he could face the death penalty, according to Niger’s penal code.In a television ...