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Brazilian soccer’s rebuild mired in doubt amid a long wait for Ancelotti

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:54 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is about to start its sixth attempt to add a sixth star to its famous soccer shirt. The vibe is very different from the start of its past five South American World Cup qualifying campaigns, though, because the Selecao is rebuilding with an interim coach, its star player not based in Europe and promising young players are either struggling for form or injured. New coach Fernando Diniz, Al-Hilal striker Neymar and low scoring Richarlison represent the different faces of Brazil’s uncertainty at the beginning of the road leading to the 2026 World Cup. And this time the Selecao will be under more pressure because its archrival, Argentina, is the World Cup champion. Diniz, a coach without a lot of silverware but with a lot of attacking style, will start his interim tenure Friday in the Amazon city of Belem against Bolivia. He is not expected to keep the position for long. The Fluminense coach, who has not left his club, is regarded as a caretaker until Carlo Ancelo...

All-Star right-hander Eovaldi of Texas allows 2 HRs to Altuve, Astros tag him for 4 runs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:54 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers All-Star right-hander Nathan Eovaldi gave up two homers to Houston’s Jose Altuve in his return from the injured list, allowing four runs while getting four outs Tuesday night.Eovaldi’s first outing since July 18 because of a right forearm strain started and ended with homers from Altuve, the second coming on Eovaldi’s 35th pitch with one out in the second inning. Dane Dunning replaced Eovaldi at that point.The Rangers planned for Eovaldi’s outing to be short, and Dunning was up in the bullpen in the first inning when the Astros scored three runs. José Abreu and Chas McCormick also had RBIs off Eovaldi.He was activated in the middle game of a pivotal AL West series against the Astros.After Eovaldi won his last start before going on the IL the Rangers had a 4 1/2-game division lead. Seven weeks later, they went into Tuesday night in third place behind Seattle and Houston, with 13 losses in their previous 17 games.Texas also...

Corte Suprema de Chile ordena al Estado indemnizar a 31 mineros que quedaron atrapados hace 13 años

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:54 GMT

(CNN Español) –– La Corte Suprema de Chile informó este viernes que el pasado 23 de agosto falló a favor de 31 trabajadores que demandaron al Estado tras quedar atrapados en una mina hace 13 años. Argumentaban que quedaron incapacitados para laborar por haber enfermado de las vías respiratorias tras la inhalación de polvo del sílice que se desprende de rocas. Los afectados ya habían ganado un recurso que presentaron por daño moral por el mismo caso.Los demandantes atribuyeron al Estado la responsabilidad por el incumplimiento de las obligaciones legales del Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, la Secretaría Regional Ministerial de Salud de Atacama y la Dirección del Trabajo para evitar su encierro prolongado.La Cuarta Sala del máximo tribunal ordenó a la Corporación Nacional del Cobre (Codelco) el pago de la indemnización “en concepto de lucro cesante a cinco trabajadores que se enfermaron de silicosis mientras prestaban servicios en régimen de subcontratación”.La Justicia tomó ...

Denver's homeless plan: Mayor answers to concerned residents at town hall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston held another town hall Tuesday, hearing residents react to his plan for housing sites for the homeless.Last month, Johnston’s office released 11 potential locations for his proposed communities for unhoused people. Many who live near these proposed sites are sharing concerns.“The more units we add, the more blocks we close off, the more parts of the city no longer have encampments in them,” Johnston said.The mayor hopes to house 1,000 unhoused individuals by the end of 2023, shutting down encampments in the process.“If you look at just the 911 calls we've gotten to encampments this past year, over the last 12 months, that is more than 8,000 911 calls,” Johnston said. “The most unsafe setting there is."Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's administration recently cleared out this homeless encampment along Logan Street near 17th Avenue after a shooting nearby. (KDVR)What neighbors say about homeless planThe safety of neighbors located near the potenti...

SWAT responds to barricaded subject in Lauderhill

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:54 GMT

A neighborhood in Lauderhill was locked down after deputies responded to reports of a person who barricaded themselves in a home. Broward Sheriff’s Office SWAT arrived at the home, located at 1410 NW 33rd Way, Tuesday evening. 7News camera captured several fire rescue trucks at the scene, as well as officers armed with long guns. A tank with a battering ram with also at the scene. According to BSO, VIPER detectives were attempting to serve a warrant at the home when subject barricaded himself inside the home and refused to come out. Neighbors in the area were told to remain in there homes until deputies continue to work the incident. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Miami Beach Police searching for unidentified man posing as armed law enforcement officer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:54 GMT

A man accused of posing as police is on the run after a South Beach meet-up turned into an alleyway gun brandishing and pepper spray to the face, all caught on security video obtained exclusively by 7News. “Why you got a gun?” said a security guard. “Get outta here.”Footage from Aug. 3 showed a Mango’s Tropical Cafe South Beach security guard interacting with a man wearing a backpack on his chest and what appeared to be a pistol in his hand, at the intersection of Ninth Street and Collins Avenue.“They gonna shoot anybody, you don’t know,” said a tourist who saw the bizarre encounter from her Sherbrooke Hotel room window with her 13-year-old nephew. “I saw the man, and I saw him screaming, ‘I’m a cop.'” After the security guard asked the man why he had a gun, the guard approached and sprayed the unidentified man with what seemed to be pepper spray.The situation became more bizarre once the man started saying what...

Woman blindsided with bill after being told insurance covered remainder of auto loan after accident 20 years ago

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:54 GMT

A South Florida woman was involved in a car accident 20 years ago. So why is she still in dealing with a debt disaster? 7’s Karen Hensel investigates.A lot of South Floridians are living paycheck to paycheck. But Veronique Nesmith says she isn’t even getting her whole paycheck.Veronique Nesmith: “It’s affecting me a lot. It’s affecting, I can’t, I can’t start to tell you.”She’s on the hook for thousands of dollars, from a car accident that happened nearly 20 years ago. She only found out last year when she started a new job and her paycheck kept coming up short.Veronique Nesmith: “Almost $400, like $300 and some dollars.”When she asked about it , she found out her wages were being garnished.This is the actual court order sent to her employer.It says in 2006, a judgment was entered against her for $14,801.91.Veronique Nesmith: “I just, I literally just broke down.”Veronique discovered the debt was being pur...

BRICS hypocrisy on offshore reform

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:54 GMT

Andrea Binder is a Freigeist fellow and research group leader at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin and the author of “Offshore Finance and State Power.” Ricardo Soares de Oliveira is professor of the International Politics of Africa at Oxford University and is currently writing a monograph titled “Africa Offshore.”Of all the challenges in global governance discussed at the latest BRICS summit in Johannesburg, the role of offshore financial centers should have loomed large. Instead, the issue barely got a noncommittal half paragraph on page eight of the summit’s 26-page declaration.In an example of breathtaking hypocrisy, BRICS countries rail against the global financial architecture but offer no collective action on offshore banking, and they also continue to be among its major users themselves.Data leaks such as the Pandora Papers and Panama Papers have shown just how vast amounts of cash end up in jurisdictions that ca...

Europe’s green deal will need broad support to succeed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:54 GMT

Jean Pisani-Ferry, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann are senior fellows at Bruegel.The European Union turned green into its defining color with the European Green Deal, setting ambitious climate targets and unleashing a wave of legislation to get there.But as decarbonization costs become more visible and changing political conditions constrain the politics of climate action, ensuring these achievements won’t fall short of commitments will be challenging. To this end, the EU must strengthen its climate and energy governance, and increase the financial resources allocated to supporting its goals.It must be clear to all that what the EU has embarked on is no less than an industrial revolution. A revolution that — unlike those of the past — is set against a tight deadline. And even if its benefits will by far outweigh its costs, this transformation will still entail significant pain along the way — even in strict economic terms.Some assets will lose value, some jobs will be destroy...

Lettuce remember: One year on, Liz Truss’ 9 wildest moments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:54 GMT

LONDON — Oh what fun we had! It’s a year to the day since Liz Truss became Britain’s prime minister, kicking off the wildest and shortest-ever tenure of a U.K. leader.As her successor (and former rival) Rishi Sunak studiously plods on with the business of government, Truss has been busy defending her record and even plans a big speech later this month addressing the economic chaos that swiftly called time on her administration. The opposition Labour Party’s keen to remind voters of all that too, funnily enough.Take a walk down memory lane as POLITICO runs through nine of the most memorable moments from the Truss premiership.1) Truss enters Downing Street for glorious reignWhat happened: Having trounced her hopeless rival Sunak (whatever happened to that guy??) after a hard-fought contest to win over Conservative members, Britain’s former foreign secretary had a spring in her step as she got going.Stood on the steps of No. 10 Downing Street a year ago this week, Truss vow...