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Asian shares higher after report shows resilience in US jobs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:28 GMT

Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Monday after a report Friday showed resilience in the U.S. jobs market. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo and Seoul but fell in Shanghai. Markets were closed in Hong Kong and Sydney after last week ended with Good Friday holidays in many countries. U.S. futures and oil prices advanced. The highly anticipated report on U.S. employment showed hiring slowed more than expected but remained steady last month. Friday’s jobs report showed that American employers added 236,000 jobs last month, a slowdown from February’s 326,000 and slightly below economists’ expectations. Wages, meanwhile, grew 0.3% from February to match expectations. But year-over-year wage gains slowed to 4.2% from 4.6%. Asian central banks are also struggling to steer the delicate course of curbing inflation while avoiding putting economies into recession. In Asian trading Monday, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index added 0.4% to 27633.98. In Seoul, the Kospi surged 1% to 2,515.49. The Shanghai Co...

Incendio en Gaithersburg deja a una mujer en condición crítica y otros dos heridos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:28 GMT

Una mujer está luchando por su vida y una familia quedó desplazada tras un incendio en una casa en Gaithersburg, Maryland, el domingo, de acuerdo al departamento de bomberos. Los bomberos respondieron al fuego en una vivienda de dos pisos en Whetstone Drive, cerca de Montgomery Village Avenue, sobre la 1 a.m., de acuerdo al Servicio de Incendios y Rescate del Condado Montgomery. Tres personas fueron llevadas al hospital. Una mujer está en condición crítica tras ser resucitada, indicaron las autoridades. Otras dos personas están siendo evaluadas. Tres perros fallecieron. Por lo menos 75 bomberos respondieron al incendio. Uno de ellos fue llevado al hospital con heridas no mortales.Fotos de las autoridades muestran como las llamas intensas devoraron la casa y el humo se escapaba de la estructura mientras los bomberos le arrojaban agua. Tras una investigación inicial, los bomberos creen que el incendio fue accidental y que pudo haber sido resultado de un fallo ...

Policía: videos muestran presunto abuso de niños en guardería de Oxon Hill por parte de empleada

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:28 GMT

Una empleada de un centro de cuidado infantil en Oxon Hill, Maryland fue arrestada el viernes y acusada de abuso infantil, según las autoridades. La policía arrestó a la sospechosa tras recibir varios videos el viernes que la mostraban agrediendo a niños en el centro de cuidado infantil localizado en la cuadra 6000 de Oxon Hill Road, informó en un comunicado el Departamento de la Policía del Condado Prince George’s. La sospechosa es Kayla Greenwell, de 23 años y residente de Oxon Hill. Comenzó a trabajar en el centro a fines de marzo, según las autoridades. De acuerdo a la investigación inicial, Greenwell grabó el video en su celular el miércoles. Enfrenta múltiples cargos de abuso infantil y agresión.Cualquier persona con información debe llamar a la policía al 301-772-4930. Esta es una historia en desarrollo.Source

Resident finds man living in apartment building library

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Complaints keep piling up at metro area apartment buildings as security continues to be a top concern.FOX31 found crime rates in the early months of 2023 are the same as in 2022. During that year, Denver saw more than 5-thousand incidents of aggravated assault, robbery and murder according to the Denver Police Department.Keeping apartment buildings secure is important, but can be difficult in some cases.Phyllis Vigil told FOX31 she loves to put up holiday decorations in her apartment building but refrained from the hobby this Easter Sunday. Michigan dog lost in Colorado after crash found with help of strangers “They constantly steal things off the wall,” Vigil said.The retired resident told the Problem Solvers that strangers are getting into her building and sleeping in a small library and stairwells.“It was dark and I happened to look up and I saw him, and he scared me to death,” Vigil said.When FOX31 arrived, the library smelled of human excrement and a nearby...

'It's bittersweet to close': Blake Street Tavern's last day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A popular sports bar in Denver is closing its doors for the last time after serving the public for more than two decades.   Blake Street Tavern, located a block away from Coors Field, opened up back in 2003.   Owner Chris Fuselier said the decision wasn’t easy, but they’re saying goodbye one last time.   “We’re really had a great run here and it’s bittersweet to close,” Fuselier said. “This is the day to go out with a bang. With weather like today and a Rockies win, these are the things I’m going to think about."Fuselier has made his mark in the Mile High City and created a new family for so many like Maureen Hogan, a bar manager at Blake Street Tavern.    Blake Street Tavern closing after 20 years in Denver “I started working here the day I moved to Colorado and I never felt alone in a brand new state. I immediately had friends. I immediately had a family," Hogan said. For employee Darin Fischer, it...

Denver's mayoral candidate Johnston suggests micro-communities to help homeless

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A new mayor for the City of Denver will not be decided until after June 6, due to the necessary runoff between two final candidates - Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough. Johnston sat down with "Colorado Point of View" host Matt Mauro to discuss the issues in the Mile High City and his views on how to address them. Johnston agrees with his opponent that one of Denver's biggest issues was homelessness and he has some ideas on how to address it. Denver mayor: Mike Johnston, Kelly Brough in runoff election “I would, what we would call micro-communities, which is where you take vacant lots around the city, you can take half acre, acre lots, and you put 40 or 50 tiny homes on that site,” Johnston said on “Colorado Point of View.” “You can build them quickly. You can build them efficiently. You move people from encampments and from tents into these stable, dignified tiny homes. You have wrap-around services there, addiction support, mental health support, job training.”“Col...

One dead after house explosion in west Wichita

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:28 GMT

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) -- A person has died after a house explosion in west Wichita Sunday afternoon, according to Sedgwick County dispatch.Courtesy: Cindy Duncan Person of interest in Texas homicide arrested in Wichita Sedgwick County dispatch tells KSN News that calls came in around 5:30 p.m. for the report of a house that had an explosion near the intersection of S Parkridge St and W Blake St.While fighting the fire, Wichita Fire Department Battalion Chief Jose Ocadiz says fireworks did go off. Agents from the ATF's Kansas City Field Division responded to the scene."Agents from @ATFKansasCity, Wichita Field Office along with several other agencies have responded to an apparent house explosion in the 11500 block of Blake St in Wichita, KS. Please follow local law enforcement for updates," ATF Kansas City tweeted.KSN has a crew at the scene. We will provide more information as it becomes available.

AI policy needs to bring the public with it

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:28 GMT

Seb Wride is director of polling at Public First. Do you think an AI that’s as smart as a human and feels pain like a human should be able to refuse to do what it’s asked to? Like so many other issues, the answer to this question may well depend on one’s age. At Public First, we recently ran polling on AI in the United Kingdom, and found that the youngest and oldest in the country have very different attitudes toward AI. According to our findings, it’s likely that those under 35 in the U.K. will be the first to accept that an AI is conscious and, further, the first to suggest that the AI should be able to reject tasks. AI has very rapidly become a hot topic in the last few months, and like many others, I’ve found myself talking about it almost everywhere with colleagues, family and friends. Despite this, the discussion on what to do about AI has been entirely elite-led. Nobody has voted on it, and in-depth research into what the public thinks regarding the immen...

ChatGPT is entering a world of regulatory pain in Europe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:28 GMT

ChatGPT has set itself up for a rough ride with Europe’s powerful privacy watchdogs.The chatbot is the hottest sensation of artificial intelligence technology but was hit with a temporary ban in Italy last month on the grounds that it could violate Europe’s privacy rulebook, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Italian ban is just the start of ChatGPT’s troubles, as it opened itself up to privacy cases across the bloc and is running cutting-edge technology that’s irking governments over risks ranging from data protection to misinformation, cybercrime, fraud and cheating on school tests.OpenAI, the organization that created ChatGPT, is walking with a target on its back: It has not set up a local headquarters in one of the European Union’s 27 countries, which means any member country’s data protection authority can launch new investigations and enforce bans. Previously, Google faced a €50 million GDPR fine in France that was imposed before t...

EU’s hopes of using Azerbaijan as a gas station at risk of exploding

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:28 GMT

Gas and oil from Azerbaijan are crucial to the EU’s effort to replace Russian fossil fuels — but that’s in danger of becoming entangled in the bloc’s bid to become a power player in the war-torn South Caucasus.The EU has sent a civilian mission to help police the Armenian side of the tense mountainous border between the two countries, which has Azerbaijan warning of foreign interference in its affairs.At the same time, a European Parliament report condemning Azerbaijan’s human rights record is sparking howls of outrage from the country.All of that is casting a shadow over the EU’s high-profile deal with Azerbaijan to double its annual gas deliveries to the bloc to 20 billion cubic meters by 2027.Speaking to POLITICO on condition of anonymity, a senior official in the EU’s diplomatic service bemoaned the fact that the monitoring mission seems to have soured relations. “We were hoping for a different scenario with Baku. We are sharing all relevant informa...