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Authorities recover train from Austrian tunnel after fire forces evacuation

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:14:05 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A train was being recovered on Thursday from an Austrian tunnel where it got stuck when a fire broke out, forcing rescuers to evacuate the 151 people on board.The regional government in Tyrol province said that 33 people were slightly injured in Wednesday evening’s incident and were taken to hospitals for evaluation. Smoke inhalation appeared to be the main concern.Officials had initially said that up to 370 people were believed to be on board the overnight train heading from Innsbruck to Amsterdam and Hamburg, a number that they based on seat reservations for the service, but they revised the figure down after the evacuation.The train was halted immediately after the fire started in the Terfens tunnel east of Innsbruck at around 8:45 p.m., and rescuers from surrounding districts rushed to the scene. A regional government statement said that the cause appeared to be a faulty overhead electric wire that fell on a trailer attached to the train that was transporting...

France’s interior minister says an attacker with a knife has injured children and others in a town in the Alps

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:14:05 GMT

PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister says an attacker with a knife has injured children and others in a town in the Alps.Source

Mientras aumenta el nivel de alerta por la erupción del volcán Kilauea en Hawai, el servicio de parques comparte los mejores lugares para ver de manera segura la deslumbrante exhibición

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:14:05 GMT

(CNN) — A medida que los funcionarios estatales elevan el nivel de advertencia por la erupción del volcán Kilauea en Hawai, destacan una serie de lugares seguros para los miles de personas que se espera que acudan en masa al área para disfrutar de la magnífica vista.El volcán comenzó a entrar en erupción antes del amanecer de este miércoles con un estallido de lava arrojado desde el interior del cráter Halemaʻumaʻu en el Parque Nacional de los Volcanes de Hawai, hogar de dos de los volcanes más activos del mundo, Kilauea y Mauna Loa.El volcán Kilauea disparó lava a unos 60 metros de altura durante la fase inicial de la erupción este miércoles, y la fuente de lava más grande llegó constantemente a unos 15 metros de altura, según el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS).Con la lava fluyendo en la superficie del suelo del cráter, el nivel de alerta para el volcán Kilauea se elevó a rojo para “advertencia” mientras las autoridades evaluaban los peligros de la erupción, d...

Russian-installed official says five people have died in town near destroyed dam in southern Ukraine

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:14:05 GMT

KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-installed official says five people have died in town near destroyed dam in southern Ukraine.Source

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in flood-hit region of Kherson to evaluate response to dam breach

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:14:05 GMT

KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in flood-hit region of Kherson to evaluate response to dam breach.Source

Rockies come into matchup with the Giants on losing streak

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:14:05 GMT

San Francisco Giants (31-30, third in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (26-37, fifth in the NL West)Denver; Thursday, 3:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Alex Cobb (5-2, 2.71 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 64 strikeouts); Rockies: Chase Anderson (0-0, 1.69 ERA, .94 WHIP, 12 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Giants -186, Rockies +158; over/under is 11 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies come into a matchup with the San Francisco Giants as losers of three straight games.Colorado is 26-37 overall and 15-16 in home games. Rockies hitters are batting a collective .259, the ninth-best team batting average in MLB play.San Francisco is 14-15 in road games and 31-30 overall. The Giants are eighth in the majors with 78 total home runs, averaging 1.3 per game.The teams match up Thursday for the third time this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Charlie Blackmon has 14 doubles, two triples and five home runs for the Rockies. Ryan McMahon is 16-for-41 with four doubles, a triple, three home runs and 12 R...

US has been falling behind on life expectancy for decades, study shows

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:14:05 GMT

(CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic set US life expectancy back by years, but new research shows that the country has been falling behind for decades.In 1950, the US had the 12th longest life expectancy among certain populous countries, with more than half a million residents, according to a study published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health. There was a 3.5-year difference between the US and Norway, which had the longest life expectancy at the time.By 2019, the life expectancy gap between the US and the highest-performing nation – now Hong Kong – had grown to more than six years, putting the US in 40th place among populous countries.The Covid-19 pandemic widened that gap even more, as the US had more deaths from the virus than any other country and has been slower to recover. In 2020, the US ranked 46th and had a 7.8-year gapfrom the highest-performing nation, according to the study. Life expectancy was 77.4 years in the US that year, compared with 85.2 years in Hong Kong,...

Webb telescope detects organic molecules in distant galaxy

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:14:05 GMT

(CNN) — Astronomers have detected the most distant known organic molecules in the universe using the James Webb Space Telescope. It’s the first time Webb has detected complex molecules in the distant universe.The complex molecules were found in a galaxy known as SPT0418-47, located more than 12 billion light-years away.The discovery sheds light on the chemical interactions that occurred within the earliest galaxies in the universe and how they relate to star formation.On Earth, the molecules, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, can be found in smoke, soot, smog, engine exhaust and forest fires.The base of the organic molecules is carbon, considered to be one of the building blocks of life because it’s a key element in amino acids, which form proteins.A study detailing the findings was published Monday in the journal Nature.The light from the dusty galaxy began traveling across the cosmos when the universe was less than 1.5 billion years old, just 10% of its current age of 13.8 ...

Apple introduces new iPhone features with latest software update, including video voicemail

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:14:05 GMT

Apple unveiled a slew of new updates coming to iOS 17 later this year, including new tools to make calling and messaging others more personalized and customized.iOS 17 will now get contact “posters,” allowing iPhone users to design a custom image to appear when you call someone or receive their call. iPhone users will be able to personalize their contact card “poster” with a photo or “memoji” of choice, as well as text.A new feature called Live Voicemail transcribes a caller’s message in real-time, so users can decide whether to ignore it or take the call. An upcoming check-in feature makes it easier to keep friends and family alerted to their safety. And a tool called NameDrop lets users share their contact information by holding two iPhones close together.

Russia is getting better at evading Western sanctions on electronics, US official says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:14:05 GMT

Western exports of key microchips and electronics that Russia needs to fuel its war machine are back to pre-invasion levels, as Moscow has ramped up efforts to circumvent sanctions, a top official said Wednesday.“By the start of this year, Russia was able to reimport certain key categories of electronics at about pre-war levels,” Jim O’Brien, sanctions coordinator at the U.S. State Department, told POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook at an ECFR event in Stockholm, referring to chips, processors and integrated circuits key to making modern weapons.The problem, O’Brien said, is that European companies are selling to other countries, which in turn resell the materials to Russia.Sanctions circumvention remains a “substantial problem,” O’Brien said, adding the U.S. has identified issues with five countries in particular: Turkey, Kazakhstan, Georgia, the United Arab Emirates and Armenia.The European Union is currently working on an 11th sanctions package against Russia, which cou...