e9e28204.fabit.cz Open in urlscan Pro
2606:4700:3032::ac43:cdaa  Public Scan

Form analysis
0 forms found in the DOM

Text Content

HOME


FRI, 09 FEB 2024 21:08:19 GMT


A FIREWORKS EXPLOSION IN WESTERN MICHIGAN KILLED 1 WOMAN AND INJURED 9 OTHER
PEOPLE

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:08:19 GMT

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A fireworks explosion in western Michigan killed one
woman left nine other people with injuries ranging from critical to minor, the
Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department said.The explosion happened Monday, but a
news release from the department did not say whether it occurred during an
organized July Fourth public event. Deputies and ambulances responded to Main
Street in Park Township shortly after 11 p.m. for a report that a firework
exploded injuring several people, the release said.A 43-year-old woman from the
city of Holland died at the scene, the sheriff’s department said. Nine other
people were taken to area hospitals.Several area homes and vehicles also were
damaged, the release said.The explosion is under investigation.Park Township has
a population of about 18,000. It’s on the Lake Michigan shore about 30 miles (48
kilometers) southwest of Grand Rapids.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission reports that in 2022, 10,200 people...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


HONG KONG LEADER SAYS 8 PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS WHO ESCAPED TO THE WEST ‘WILL BE
PURSUED FOR LIFE’

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:08:19 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that eight pro-democracy
activists who now live in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia will
be pursued for life for alleged national security offenses, dismissing criticism
that the move to have them arrested was a dangerous precedent. Chief Executive
John Lee expressed his support for the police efforts to arrest the eight. At
his weekly media briefing, Lee said anyone, including their friends and
relatives, who offered information leading to their arrests would be eligible
for the bounties offered by the police.“The only way to end their destiny of
being an abscondee who will be pursued for life is to surrender,” he said. The
arrest warrants were issued for former pro-democracy lawmakers Nathan Law, Ted
Hui and Dennis Kwok, lawyer Kevin Yam, unionist Mung Siu-tat and activists Finn
Lau, Anna Kwok and Elmer Yuen. They were accused of breaching the
Beijing-imposed national security law by committing offenses such as collu...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


HE WAS THE CIA WHIZ KID IN ‘CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR.’ HIS NEW BOOK OFFERS ADVICE
FOR THE US IN UKRAINE

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:08:19 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — After the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in 1989,
defeated by an insurgency equipped and guided by the U.S., a two-word cable
arrived at CIA headquarters: “WE WON.” It was one of the last moments of the
Cold War, credited with helping push the Soviet Union to collapse two years
later. But the U.S. would leave behind a country that rapidly fell into civil
war, eventually becoming al-Qaida’s training grounds for the Sept. 11 attacks
and the site of a two-decade war that ended in U.S. withdrawal and defeat.
Decades later, one of the architects of the covert strategy against the Soviets
has published a memoir that calls on President Joe Biden’s administration to do
more to support Ukraine’s resistance against Russia. In “By All Means
Available,” Michael Vickers also reviews what the U.S. can learn from its past
missteps and missed warnings in Afghanistan.In the 2007 movie “Charlie Wilson’s
War,” which depicts the top-secret U.S. effort in 1...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


ALCARAZ STARTS HIS WIMBLEDON WITH A STRAIGHT-SET WIN. PRINCESS KATE SITS IN THE
ROYAL BOX

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:08:19 GMT

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — In only his third Wimbledon tournament, Carlos Alcaraz
is already one of the main men to beat.The top-seeded Spaniard hasn’t been past
the fourth round at the All England Club, but he has become the primary threat
in Novak Djokovic’s quest for a record-equaling eighth men’s title at the
grass-court Grand Slam.On Tuesday, Alcaraz beat Jeremy Chardy 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 on
No. 1 Court — a fitting location for the No. 1 player in the world.The match was
played under the roof because rain affected play on the outside courts for the
second straight day.“Obviously without the roof, with sun, is much better for
me. I think for everyone as well,” Alcaraz said on court. “With the roof or not,
I have to show my best level.”His best led Alcaraz to his first major title at
the U.S. Open last year. He reached the final at this year’s French Open, but
Djokovic ended up winning his 23rd Grand Slam title in that match.At Wimbledon,
Alcaraz reached the second round in 2021, ...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


ARMED GROUPS ARE COMMITTING ABUSES IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING REGIONS OF CAMEROON,
RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:08:19 GMT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Civilians in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions are being
victimized by the army, separatists and militias who are carrying out killings,
torture and sexual violence, according to an Amnesty International report
released Tuesday.Researchers from the human rights group spoke with more than
100 victims of armed violence, documenting extrajudicial killings and the razing
of homes and villages in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon over
the past three years amid clashes between government armed forces and separatist
rebels.Cameroon’s Ministries of Justice and Defense did not respond to a request
for comment, Amnesty International said.The protracted armed conflict known as
the Anglophone crisis began in 2016, when English-speaking teachers and lawyers
organized protests against professional and political marginalization by the
majority French-speaking government. Following a crackdown on the peaceful
protests, armed rebel groups mobilized and vowed to ...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


MAN STEALS FORKLIFT FROM A MARYLAND STORE AND RAMS A CAR, KILLING A WOMAN,
AUTHORITIES SAY.

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:08:19 GMT

WALDORF, Md. (AP) — A man stole a forklift from a Maryland home improvement
store and killed a woman in the parking lot after ramming the car in which she
was sleeping, authorities said.Bryce Caleb Timothy Brown, 20, has been charged
with murder, assault, theft and other alleged offenses, the Charles County
Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.Brown broke into a Lowe’s store in
Waldorf after midnight on Sunday and stole a forklift, the sheriff’s office
said. Brown then rammed through the rear gates of the store and hit a parked
car, the sheriff’s office said. A woman who was sleeping in the car tried to run
away. Brown followed her, ran her over, stole her car and fled, the sheriff’s
office said. Gloristine Pinkney, 73, was found dead under the forklift, the
sheriff’s office said.Authorities said the two people did not know each other
and it was not immediately known why Brown hit Pinkney’s car and ran her over.
They are both from Waldorf, the ...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


BELARUS OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS ANONYMOUS MESSAGE ALLEGES THAT HER HUSBAND DIED
IN PRISON

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:08:19 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
said Tuesday that she had received an anonymous message alleging that her
imprisoned husband, also an opposition figure, died behind bars. Siarhei
Tsikhanouski, 44, a popular blogger and opposition activist, was arrested in
2020 after announcing plans to run against Belarus’ authoritarian leader,
Alexander Lukashenko, in presidential elections that year. His wife ran against
Lukashenko in his stead after the arrest, rallying large crowds of people in her
support across the country. Official results of the election handed Lukashenko
his sixth term in office but were denounced by the opposition and the West as
fraudulent. Amid unprecedented protests that broke out in the aftermath of the
vote, Tsikhanouskaya left the country under pressure from the authorities. Her
husband was later sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison on charges of organizing
mass riots. Tsikhanouskaya told The Associated Press on Tues...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


UKRAINIANS HONOR AWARD-WINNING WRITER KILLED IN RUSSIAN MISSILE ATTACK ON
RESTAURANT

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:08:19 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of people with flowers, many unable to hold back
tears, bid farewell Tuesday to an award-winning Ukrainian writer who was among
those killed by a Russian missile attack on a popular restaurant in eastern
Ukraine. The memorial service for Victoria Amelina, 37, was held in the crowded
main hall of Saint-Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv, where ceremonies are usually
held for soldiers who were killed on the battlefield. Amelina died in a hospital
from injuries sustained in the June 27 strike on a popular restaurant frequently
visited by journalists and aid workers in the city of Kramatorsk. Twelve other
people also lost their lives in the attack. “Usually, we gather here to say
goodbye to the most deserving,” said Archimandrite Lavrentii, the Orthodox
priest leading the service. “Considering the times we live in, leading a worthy
and dignified life for each of us is the best tribute we can offer in memory of
those who have passed away into eternity.”Around 1...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


51-YEAR-OLD MAN DEAD AFTER AJAX CRASH INVOLVING MOTORCYCLE

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:08:19 GMT

A man is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Ajax involving a motorcycle on Monday
evening.The collision happened at the intersection of Taunton Road East and
Audley Road North around 8 p.m., according to Durham Regional Police.Police say
a motorcycle was travelling eastbound on Taunton when a westbound Honda Civic
made a left hand turn into its path.The motorcyclist, a 51-year-old man from
Ajax, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Honda stayed at the
scene and cooperated with the investigation.Witnesses told police that both
vehicles had green lights when they entered the intersection.Roads were closed
in the area of the investigation but they have since reopened.Anyone with
information is being asked to contact police.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


IOWA MAN’S COLLECTION OF 70,000 PENCILS BEING EVALUATED AS POSSIBLE WORLD RECORD

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:08:19 GMT

COLFAX, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man may be well on his way to an official world
record — for pencils.Aaron Bartholmey of Colfax has been collecting wooden
advertising pencils since he was a child. Now, he claims to own more than
70,000. That’s substantially more than the Guinness World Record for the largest
pencil collection — 24,000, held by Emilio Arenas from Uruguay since
2020.Bartholmey told KCCI-TV that his most treasured pencils are those from his
hometown, noting that in many instances the pencils “are the only place where
there is any record of that business still, and I think it’s just a neat way to
preserve history.”Last weekend, two counters from the American Pencil Collectors
Society were at the Colfax Historical Society to count Bartholmey’s pencils.
Now, he’s waiting to hear if the count is approved by Guinness, which estimated
the review process could take up to three months.The Associated Press

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


LATEST NEWS


2024 e9e28204.fabit.cz