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Presidents of Kazakhstan and Germany agree to enhance co-operation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:08 GMT

Kazakhstan intends to deepen people-to-people co-operation with Germany, considering the substantial German diaspora of 226,000 people living in Kazakhstan and over one million former Kazakh citizens residing in Germany, said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at a joint media briefing with Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on June 20, the Akorda press service reported.“This is a ‘golden bridge’ that strengthens friendship between our peoples, and we intend to deepen cooperation in this area,” added Tokayev.Steinmeier concurred, saying the two countries have close ties. He noted that over the last three decades of diplomatic relations, Kazakh-German cooperation has only grown more robust thanks to the ethnic Germans living in Kazakhstan, as well as Germans from Kazakhstan living in his country.“They make the exchange between our countries vibrant,” Steinmeier said, expressing his intention for a closer partnership with Kazakhstan and Central Asia.Steinmeier noted that Germany...

Blackburn, Brown lead A’s to 2-1 win over Yankees

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:08 GMT

By MICHAEL WAGAMANThe Associated PressOAKLAND — Paul Blackburn pitched into the sixth inning for Oakland, allowing one run on Josh Donaldson’s homer in his return to the lineup and sending the Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.The slumping Donaldson connected in the fifth in his first action since Friday, but that was it for New York. The 2015 AL MVP went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts, raising his batting average to .132 in 22 games.Seth Brown homered for the second consecutive day as the last-place A’s beat the Yankees for the first time this season after they were swept in a three-game series in the Bronx in May.“A great win tonight,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “Tonight’s game was well-played, well-pitched. We gave a couple outs away on the bases but they didn’t end up hurting us.”Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Paul Blackburn #58 throws against the New York Yankees in the first inning of their MLB game against the New York Yankees at the Co...

Magnitude 3.0 earthquake shakes South Bay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:08 GMT

GILROY – A magnitude 3.0 earthquake jolted the South Bay late Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake struck around 9:40 p.m. nearly 5 miles northeast of Gilroy and a depth of about 3.7 miles, the USGS reported on its website. It was felt as far north as Fremont, in the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west and as far south as northern San Benito County.There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.The quake occurred along the Calaveras Fault, the USGS said. The fault does not share the notoriety of its siblings, the Hayward and San Andreas faults, but it has unleashed a number of notable quakes in recent years, including a magnitude 5.1 in 2022. A magnitude 6.2 quake was reported in 1984, a 5.4 in 2007 and 4.1 in 2017.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Back-to-back earthquakes shake Southern Colorado Crashes and Disasters | Earthquake rattles Northern California Crashes and Disasters | Why the Hayward Fault...

Mueren 21 personas por ola de calor en Tamaulipas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:08 GMT

(CNN Español) — El Gobierno del estado de Tamaulipas, México, informó este martés a través de un comunicado que se registraron 21 personas muertas por la ola de calor que azota el estado.La gobernación agregó que en los hospitales de la secretaria de salud se encuentran 10 pacientes hospitalizados, de los cuales 4 permanecen en terapia intensiva, 4 en piso y 2 en el área de urgencias.— Fidel Gutiérrez contribuyó con este reporte.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Russia bombs restaurant in eastern Ukraine, killing eight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:08 GMT

Russia bombed a pizzeria in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday night, killing eight people and injuring dozens, Ukraine’s emergency services said Wednesday.“The bodies of eight dead people (including three children … ) were unblocked from the rubble of the destroyed cafe building,” the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) said, adding that 56 people were injured in the blast.“Rescuers are dismantling the rubble of the destroyed building and searching for people who are likely to be under the rubble,” the SES said.Several other cities in the eastern Donbas region were targeted in the attack, killing another person, said Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk military administration.“The Russians fired two missiles” in Kramatorsk, with one destroying the pizzeria building, Kyrylenko said.Located west of the front line in Donbas, in Ukraine-controlled territory, Kramatorsk is a key city in the region.It has been ta...

Gunmen abduct 14 state police officers in the Mexican state of Chiapas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:08 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Armed men abducted 14 state police officers in southern Mexico on Tuesday, prompting a heavy deployment of federal and local forces, authorities said.The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection in Chiapas state said in a statement the 14 officers were all men and an air and ground operation was underway to locate them. An official with the state police force, who asked not to be quoted because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the agents were traveling to the capital of Chiapas in a personnel transport truck when they were intercepted by several trucks with gunmen.The women in the vehicle were released while the men were taken away, the official said.The abduction occurred on the highway between Ocozocoautla and Tuxtla Gutiérrez.Violence in the Mexican border region with Guatemala has escalated in recent months amid a territorial dispute between the Sinaloa Cartel – which has dominated the area – and the Jalisco New Generation Cart...

Death toll rises to 8 in Russian attack on a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:08 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian missile attack that struck a popular restaurant in an eastern Ukrainian city has risen to eight, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday. At least 56 people were also wounded in the attack in Kramatorsk on Tuesday evening. The Russian missile struck a local eatery frequented by journalists, aid workers and soldiers who use Kramatorsk as a base of operations. The city lies only a few kilometers from the front line. Three children were among the dead. The shelling occurred right when people had returned from from work, Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin said. He said the three dead children were ages 14 and 17. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said that rescuers continued to clear rubble from the site and search for more survivors. Ukraine launched the early phase of its much anticipated counteroffensive earlier this month and have made minimal territorial gains. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy announced on Tuesday that Ukrainian ...

German president visits Port Kuryk, assesses Middle Corridor projects

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:08 GMT

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov visited the port of Kuryk and assessed the transport and logistics projects of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) on June 21, reported the Prime Minister’s press service.Kuryk, located south of the port of Aktau on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, is going to play a vital role in the development of the TITR, also known as the Middle Corridor – the shortest transportation route from Central and Eastern Asia to Europe. Approximately 80% of goods from China and Central Asia are shipped via Kazakhstan, with the majority of them so far transported via the Northern route, going through Russia and Belarus.“We are located here at a junction of the Middle Corridor, which must be expanded if we want to have reliable transport conditions,” said Steinmeier while visiting the facilities.Launched in 2017, the port of Kuryk comprises a ferry complex and new Sarzha multifunctional mar...

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland the week of May 29

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:08 GMT

A house in Piedmont that sold for $4.4 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland in the past week.In total, 13 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.1 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $949.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of May 29 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $1.7 million, single-family home in the 6200 block of Ascot DriveThe 2,165 square-foot detached house in the 6200 block of Ascot Drive in Oakland has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in May and the total purchase price was $1,700,000, $785 per square foot. The house was built in 1997. The house features three bedrooms and three bathrooms.Ascot Drive9. $1.8 million, detached house in the 800 block of Oak StreetThe sale of the single family residence in the 800 block of Oa...

New migrant tragedy at sea changes little as EU leaders forge ahead with tougher borders plans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:08 GMT

BRUSSELS (AP) — As rescue efforts in the Mediterranean Sea flagged last week, and bodies were found more frequently than survivors from among the more than 500 people missing after an overcrowded fishing trawler sank, the European Commission’s president was asked for her thoughts.“It is horrible, what happened, and the more urgent is that we act,” Ursula von der Leyen told reporters at the headquarters of the European Union’s executive branch in Brussels.The priorities, she said, should be to help the authorities in Tunisia — where people bound for Europe sometimes leave from — to stabilize its economy and better manage migration, and to finalize the long-awaited reform of the EU’s asylum rules, which is unlikely to happen before next year.Never mind that the trawler left from Libya, or the admittedly slim chance that survivors might be found, or that the disaster might be the worst ever in the Mediterranean. Von der Leyen’s reply stood in stark contrast to the actions of a pr...