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Pro-Israel march, vigil held in Los Angeles; local Hamas victim mourned

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:19 GMT

Members of Los Angeles' large Jewish community gathered in Encino Sunday evening to mourn those killed when Hamas militants crossed the border from Gaza into Israel, kidnapping and killing civilians on Oct. 7.A march began at Ventura Boulevard and Hayvenhurst and ended with a vigil at Encino Park. Among those mourned was Avi Sassi, a San Fernando Valley resident who was killed when Hamas attacked the Nova music festival.Members of L..A's Jewish community gather in Encino Park to mourn the victims of the Hamas attack. Oct. 22, 2023. On Sunday, demonstrators held signs, Israeli flags and photographs of those killed or kidnapped. They also chanted slogans such as “Bring them home” and sang the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah.“Most of us here are Israelis. We all have family in Israel. Some of them are now under fire and some of them are serving,” Haim Linder told KTLA. “We have in our community here people who lost relatives already. We have people here who have [family] who got...

2023 NWSL Playoff Glance

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:19 GMT

All Times EDTQuarterfinalsFriday, Oct. 20OL Reign 1, Angel City FC 0Sunday, Oct. 22Gotham FC 2, North Carolina 0SemifinalsSunday, Nov. 5Portland vs. Gotham FC, 7 p.m.San Diego vs. OL Reign, 9:30 p.m.ChampionshipSaturday, Nov. 11Snap Dragon StadiumSan DiegoSemifinals winners, 8 p.m.Source

Así es la vida familiar y carrera de Sergio Massa: esposa, hijos y más

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:19 GMT

(CNN Español) –– Sergio Massa es un hombre que, según sus propias palabras, en la actualidad porta dos sombreros: el de ministro de Economía de Argentina y el de candidato presidencial del oficialismo.Elecciones en Argentina 2023, en vivo: resultados, noticias, votaciones y másHace más de 20 años al peronismo desde la UCeDé, un influyente partido de la derecha de libre mercado, para luego alinearse con el kirchnerismo y después volverse un férreo opositor de este, y más adelante hacer las paces para regresar y ponerse al frente de la campaña de ese espacio. Comenzó en la política muy joven. Ya en sus años de colegio, perfilaba su camino.Sergio Massa viene de una familia de italianos que llegaron al país en la época de posguerra. “Son primera generación de inmigrantes”, contó al podcast Método Rebord. Agregó que su madre, Luciana Cherti, oriunda de Trieste en el norte de Italia, llegó a Argentina con tan solo seis años, y que su padre, Alfonso Massa, de Sicilia en el sur del país eur...

Economy Minister Massa grabs surprise lead over right-wing populist in Argentina’s presidential vote

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:19 GMT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Economy Minister Sergio Massa held the lead Sunday night in early results from Argentina’s presidential election, a surprise reflecting voters’ reluctance to hand the presidency to his chief contender, a right-wing populist who has pledged to drastically overhaul the state.With 86% of the votes counted, Massa had 36.2%, compared to the anti-establishment candidate Javier Milei’s 30.3%, meaning the two were poised to face off in a November second round. Most pre-election polls, which have been notoriously unreliable, gave Milei a slight lead and put Massa in second place. Massa, a leading figure in the center-left administration in power since 2019, appeared to have outperformed predictions by growing support significantly in the critical Buenos Aires province, home to more than one-third of the electorate, said Mariel Fornoni of political consultancy Management & Fit. The highly polarized election will determine whether Argentina will c...

Labour can hit green goals by building in Tory seats, Keir Starmer told

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:19 GMT

LONDON — A Labour government would be “less vulnerable” to local protests against new green energy infrastructure like pylons and substations because most of it will need to be built in Conservative areas, opposition leader Keir Starmer has been told.New analysis by the Public First consultancy, shared with POLITICO, finds that the majority of planned green infrastructure projects in the U.K. — often subject to fierce local opposition — will take place in parts of the country represented by Conservative MPs. That could allow a Starmer-led government to avoid vocal “not in my backyard” (NIMBY) campaigns backed by Labour MPs which may otherwise scupper new development.Labour has set a target of decarbonizing Britain’s electricity supply by 2030, five years ahead of the government’s deadline. But achieving either goal will require a huge buildout of renewable power sources and electricity grid infrastructure, including pylons and power lines.The analysis shows that only thr...

British MPs fear backlash to Israel-Hamas war in their own backyard

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:19 GMT

LONDON — Britain’s two main political leaders are putting on a united front in the Israel-Hamas war. But beneath the surface, it’s a different story.In the wake of the attacks on Israel just over two weeks ago, politicians have been confronting the consequences not only in the Middle East but in their own backyards.Rishi Sunak and his Labour counterpart, Keir Starmer, struck a note of unity in parliament last week, condemning Hamas and expressing solidarity with Israel — while urging Israel to uphold international law in its response. Beneath the highest level of British politics, however, the conflict is exerting a strain on some communities — and members of parliament are nervous.“In our area, clearly there has been a rise in people’s sense of anxiety,” says David Simmonds, the Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner in north-west London. It’s a constituency with one of the highest proportions of Jewish residents in the U.K. — and for some, t...

Has Australia solved the China puzzle?  

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:19 GMT

SYDNEY — When Mak Sai Ying sailed into Sydney Harbor in February 1818, he wasted little time settling into Australian life. The first recorded Chinese-born settler to arrive in Australia later anglicized his name to John Shying, married an English woman and eventually turned his hand to running that most Aussie of establishments: a good boozer. After a long journey from China’s Guangdong province, the soon-to-be publican would have passed Potts Point, a stop of land jutting into Sydney’s famous harbor that today hosts a reminder of how the relationship between China and Australia is changing. Potts Point is home to the Australian Navy’s Fleet Base East — the main operational base for the navy on the country’s east coast. It was here, in July, that the U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Canberra — the first American warship to be placed into active service in an ally’s territory.The unusual deployment was part of a geopolitical balancing act being carried out by Australia’s Pri...

Quiz: AI images vs. history’s most iconic photos — can you tell the difference?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:19 GMT

We’re on our way into a future where it’s no longer possible to tell what’s real and what’s fake. Earlier this year, an image of Pope Francis decked out in a white Balenciaga puffer jacket sent the internet into a spin. As did fictional images depicting former U.S. President Donald Trump’s arrest.Both were created using a new era of AI generators, like Midjourney, DALL-E 3 and Stable Diffusion, which are unleashing a flood of rapidly created fake images into the world.Where seeing was once believing, soon anybody will be able to generate photo-realistic imitations with a click of a button.We took some of history’s most iconic images and, in a matter of seconds, created new versions of them. Are you able to tell which is which? Take our quiz and see for yourself. Then read POLITICO’s story on what happens when we can no longer believe our eyes.Which is the real image of the fall of the Berlin wall? Which image is the real image of the atomic bomb d...

The longer Israel thinks, the more time Washington has to calm its wrath

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:19 GMT

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. BEIRUT — “Once you break it, you are going to own it,” General Colin Powell warned former United States President George W. Bush when he was considering invading Iraq in the wake of 9/11.And as the invasion plan came together, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld blocked any serious postwar planning for how Iraq would be run once the country’s ruler Saddam Hussein had gone. As far as he was concerned, once “shock and awe” had smashed Iraq, others could pick up the pieces.British generals fumed at this. And General Mike Jackson, head of the British army during the invasion, later described Rumsfeld’s approach as “intellectually bankrupt.”That history is now worth recalling — and was likely on U.S. President Joe Biden’s mind when he urged the Israeli war cabinet last week not to “repeat mistakes” made by the U.S. after 9/11.Despite Biden’s prompt, however, Israel still doesn’t appear to have a definitive plan for what to do wi...

Chicago Bears CB Jaylon Johnson gets two interceptions to break 28-game streak without one: ‘I deserve to be paid’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:19 GMT

Jaylon Johnson jumped in front of Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams to grab the interception, raced 39 yards for a touchdown and then made a beeline for the FOX broadcast camera.As Johnson’s teammates gathered around to celebrate his second career interception — and his first of two picks Sunday — Johnson smirked at the camera and swiped one hand up over the other, raining imaginary money over the Soldier Field end zone.Was he sending a message with that celebration in the Bears’ joy-filled 30-12 victory over the Raiders, you ask?“You damn right,” Johnson said. “100%.”Johnson’s two interceptions — one off veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer and one off rookie Aidan O’Connell — were part of a banner day for the Bears defense against a Raiders team missing starter Jimmy Garoppolo. Tremaine Edmunds also intercepted Hoyer. The Bears let the Raiders in the end zone just once, held them to 39 yards rushing and...