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Australia and England were shaky early at Women’s World Cup, need balanced play in knockout round

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:21 GMT

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The verdict is still out on the legitimacy of both Australia and England at the Women’s World Cup, where each team has a chance Monday to move into the quarterfinals and make a claim as true tournament contenders. England swept through three games of Group D play and allowed just one goal, which came in an emphatic 6-1 victory over China. But the European Champions were a bit flat in earlier 1-0 wins against Haiti and Denmark.Either way, England joined Japan and Sweden as the only three teams to go a perfect 3-0 in group play. Next up for the Lionesses is a knockout game against Nigeria, which used a 3-2 upset over Australia to move into the round of 16. Nigeria has qualified for the World Cup in all nine of its editions but has reached the quarterfinals only once, in 1999. Nigeria is the only African team to ever advance to the quarterfinals, and will try to do it again against England. “They are the European champions and we just have to try our ...

El oso más pequeño del mundo finalmente se vuelve famoso. ¿Pero es eso algo bueno?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:21 GMT

(CNN) — El oso más pequeño del mundo finalmente está teniendo su momento bajo el sol, gracias a un video viral que desató una teoría de conspiración en las redes sociales chinas.El interés público en los osos malayos, uno de los animales más intrigantes y en peligro de extinción de Asia, se disparó después de que apareciera un video que mostraba a una osa llamada Angela en su recinto en el zoológico de Hangzhou, en el este de China, de pie sobre una roca y agitando su pata.El video provocó un debate mundial sobre la apariencia asombrosamente humana del oso, tanto que comenzaron a surgir teorías de conspiración de que Angela era realmente una humana vestida con un disfraz de oso.Desde entonces, los expertos han desacreditado esas teorías, atribuyendo los malentendidos en parte a la relativa oscuridad del oso malayo, cuyo número en la naturaleza se cree que se redujo a entre 1.000 y 2.500, según grupos conservacionistas.Varios conservacionistas de la vida silvestre le dijeron a ...

Único en el mundo: el escuadrón policial que enfrenta el crimen montado en búfalos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:21 GMT

ISLA DE MARAJÓ, Brasil – En el mundo, la policía montada suele patrullar a caballo y en algunos países de Medio Oriente, como Omán y Egipto, también lo hace en camello. Lo que poco se sabe es que en Brasil, en plena Amazonía, existe la única fuerza policial del planeta que se desplaza sobre búfalos.Se trata del Octavo Batallón de la Policía Militarizada de Marajó, una isla bañada por las aguas del Océano Atlántico y la desembocadura del último caudal del Amazonas, localizada en el estado de Pará, en el norte del país.Con más de 430,000 búfalos, esta isla de 15,000 millas cuadradas alberga, ella sola, poco más de la tercera parte de todos los ejemplares del país.Según algunos textos y la historia oral, los búfalos entraron dos siglos atrás en la isla con un hacendado que los trajo de Italia, pero la narración más popularizada dice que llegaron solos y nadando, luego de que el barco en el que eran transportados de India a la Guyana Francesa se estrellara contra una roca. ...

Keira Walsh trains with England ahead of Women’s World Cup knockout game against Nigeria

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:21 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Keira Walsh gave England a potential boost ahead of its Women’s World Cup round of 16 clash with Nigeria when the midfielder was able to train with the team Sunday, one day before the elimination match.Walsh suffered a knee injury in England’s 1-0 win against Denmark in the Lionesses’ second game of the group stage. Scans showed she did not damage her ACL, but it wasn’t clear if Walsh would be able to play again this tournament. Walsh, who plays for Barcelona, participated in individual training to return to playing form and finally joined her teammates in Sunday’s practice. England plays Nigeria on Monday in Brisbane, Australia, in a knockout game. England did not reveal if Walsh, the highest-paid player in women’s soccer, will play against Nigeria. Walsh joined Barcelona from Manchester City last year for a reported record fee of 400,000 pounds ($513,000), a record for women’s soccer. Despite fears England would not be able to replace Wa...

Hijo de actor español es el principal sospechoso en caso de asesinato y descuartización

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:21 GMT

BANGKOK, Tailandia – El español Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, hijo del actor Rodolfo Sancho, fue detenido el sábado como sospechoso del asesinato de un cirujano de nacionalidad colombiana en la isla de Koh Phangan, en el sur de Tailandia, según informaron a EFE fuentes cercanas al caso.Sancho, de 29 años, llevaba siendo interrogado desde el viernes por la policía tailandesa, la cual asegura que confesó el crimen y que reveló que mató y descuartizó al colombiano Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, de 44 años, por “celos” y temor de que “le engañara”.El español se encuentra detenido en la comisaría de Koh Phangan y el lunes podría ser trasladado a la vecina isla de Samui, donde pasaría a disposición judicial. Se espera que ese día el juez revise el caso y las pruebas presentadas por la policía y decida si le acusa formalmente. Asesinato de Tupac Shakur: policías allanan lugar como parte de la investigación por el caso de 1996 Identi...

MLB Notes: How do ‘underdog’ Red Sox playoff odds stack up against AL rivals?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:21 GMT

Chaim Bloom ruffled some feathers around New England on Tuesday when he called the Red Sox “underdogs” after largely standing pat at the trade deadline. It wasn’t exactly a ringing vote of confidence in the club, which had put together one of the best records in baseball over the prior three weeks.Bracing as it was to hear, Bloom wasn’t wrong.Entering Saturday the Red Sox playoff odds stood at 22.1% according to FanGraphs, the highest among American League teams currently below the playoff cutline but significantly lower than their closest playoff competitor, the Toronto Blue Jays.That doesn’t mean the Red Sox can’t make the playoffs, but it is a good indicator that the club has a lot of work to do.So how exactly do the Red Sox stack up against the rest of the American League? Here’s a snapshot of each playoff contender, their odds, their remaining schedules and other factors that could play a role down the stretch. All playoff odds are acco...

One pie at a time, Red Sox superfan raising awareness of rare stomach disease

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:21 GMT

Sports aren’t just about competition and entertainment, they can also provide a platform to help make a real difference in the world.Millions of dollars have been raised for cancer research thanks to the Red Sox partnership with The Jimmy Fund, and a decade ago former Boston College baseball star Pete Frates kicked off the wildly successful Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money and awareness of ALS.Now a local Red Sox fan hopes to make an impact for those battling another rare and debilitating disease.Andrew Belliveau, a 26-year-old Lynn native, has spent most of his life battling gastroparesis, a condition that stops or slows the movement of food from your stomach to your intestines and makes it difficult for those afflicted to digest food. The disease is not well known among the general public, but in recent years Belliveau has tried to change that through his Gastroparesis Pie Face Challenge.“Being from Lynn I got to see firsthand what the Frates family did for ALS and ...

A deadline has arrived for Niger’s junta to reinstate the president. Residents brace for what’s next

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:21 GMT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The deadline has arrived Sunday for Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s ousted president, but the West Africa regional bloc that has threatened a military intervention faces prominent appeals to pursue more peaceful means.Neighboring Nigeria’s Senate on Saturday pushed back against the plan by the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, urging Nigeria’s president, the bloc’s current chair, to explore options other than the use of force. ECOWAS can still move ahead, as final decisions are taken by consensus by member states, but the warning on the eve of Sunday’s deadline raised questions about the intervention’s fate.Algeria and Chad, non-ECOWAS neighbors with strong militaries in the region, both have said they oppose the use of force or won’t intervene militarily, and neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso – both run by juntas – have said an intervention would be a “declaration of war” against them, too.Niger’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum...

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader’s birthday party

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:21 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra attended a birthday party for outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to video posted online Sunday, a day after Thaksin said he would delay plans to return to Thailand following years of self-imposed exile.Thaksin’s appearance in Cambodia came at a politically sensitive time in neighboring Thailand, as Pheu Thai, the latest in a string of parties affiliated with Thaksin, is seeking to win enough support in Parliament for one of its members to become the next prime minister almost three months after a general election in May.Thaksin said on Saturday on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that he would delay a planned return to Thailand next Thursday for “no longer than two weeks,” citing a doctor’s appointment.His daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who campaigned for prime minister with Pheu Thai in the latest election, had said nearly two weeks ago her father would return to T...

Pope wraps up an improvised World Youth Day with 1.5 million attendees and a very big Mass

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:21 GMT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up his five-day trip to Portugal on Sunday with a massive open-air Mass for an estimated 1.5 million people who camped out overnight on a vast field to attend the grand finale of the World Youth Day festival.The sun rose over the River Tagus, waking up pilgrims who slept on mats, cots and the bare ground to be in place for Francis’ Mass, scheduled for early to avoid midday temperatures that are expected to hit 40 degrees C (104 F). Starting at dawn, a priest-DJ started spinning thumping reggae and Christian hymns from the sound system.Francis set out earlier than planned Sunday morning to loop the field in his popemobile, continuing the improvisation that has characterized this trip. He has ditched speeches in favor of off-the-cuff conversations with young people and substituted a formal prayer for peace in Ukraine at the Fatima shrine, long associated with exhortations of peace and conversion in Russia. The Vatican later published part o...