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Observers see OPEC ‘panicking’ as COP28 climate talks focus on possible fossil fuel phase-out

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:15 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The oil industry is starting to sweat as United Nations climate talks heat up and threaten to plug fossil fuel-belching wells for good, veteran negotiation observers say.A reported letter from OPEC’s leader pleading with the oil cartel’s member countries to block any language in an agreement at climate talks that would phase out or phase down fossil fuels hit negotiations like a thunderclap. Host and fellow petrostate United Arab Emirates is trying to tamp down its reverberations in a process where one or two key nations can block everything.Environmental activists, still smarting from 30 years of soft power from oil interests keeping such discussions from seeing the light of day, smirked at signs that the mighty cartel was circling the wagons.“I think they’re panicking,” said E3G analyst Alden Meyer. “Maybe the Saudis can’t do on their own what they’ve been doing for 30 years and block the process.”Former Ireland President Mary Robinson said...

Daily horoscope for December 9, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:15 GMT

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Scorpio.Happy Birthday for Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023:You are energetic, passionate and imaginative. You are a born leader who wants to make a difference in the world. This year is the beginning of a new nine-year cycle for you, which means you need to be flexible and courageous. Explore new avenues. Open any door!ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★If you’re making decisions about shared property, mortgages, banking issues or debt, take time to read the fine print and make sure you have all the facts. That’s because it’s easy to gloss over things today or assume things are better than they are. Tonight: Flirtations!TAURUS(April 20-May 20) ★★★★This is a good day to make plans for travel or further education, or for exploring opportunities in the law, medicine, publishing and the media. You will do your due diligence. Nevertheless, don’t make a promise to someone close to you if...

Dear Abby: Do I need to be honest about what happened to their gift?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:15 GMT

DEAR ABBY: Shortly after my daughter’s surgery, I got a text that I had received a food delivery gift from a friend.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: If my friend dies without revealing the truth, should I tell what I know? Advice | Dear Abby: The grandkids were upset by the fight, and now my husband is barred from their home Advice | Dear Abby: We learned the truth about our daughter when her fiance ditched her Advice | Dear Abby: His ex-wife is coaching her children to be mean to this little girl Advice | Dear Abby: My boyfriend doesn’t want this woman to know about me The text came from the delivery service, with a photo of the package sitting at the front door. The trouble was, it wasn’t my front door — the package had been delivered to the wrong address.What would be the polite way to address this? Of course I want to thank the gift-giver, but should I let them know I never...

ANÁLISIS | El primer ministro del Reino Unido eligió dar una pelea sobre inmigración que probablemente no podrá ganar

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:15 GMT

(CNN) — El primer ministro británico, Rishi Sunak, tiene un problema grave.Mientras su gobernante Partido Conservador se prepara para entrar en lo que probablemente será un año electoral en 2024, languidece semana tras semana por detrás del opositor Partido Laborista en las encuestas.Los conservadores están en el poder desde 2010, periodo durante el cual han pasado por cinco primeros ministros y prácticamente todas las iteraciones posibles de conservadurismo imaginables. Y después de 13 años en el poder, es justo decir que el partido parece un poco cansado y sin ideas.Por eso Sunak se apoya en la baza histórica de los conservadores: la inmigración.Sunak, hijo de inmigrantes, está poniendo todo su empeño en reducir la inmigración neta en el Reino Unido, que alcanzó la cifra récord de 745.000 personas en 2022.Esa elevada cifra existe por varias razones: en los últimos años, el Reino Unido ha aplicado políticas generosas para acoger a personas que huían de Ucrania y Hong Kong.Des...

La primera “Bachelorette” y su esposo celebran 20 años de matrimonio. Ha sido “desafiante”, dicen

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:15 GMT

(CNN) — Trista Sutter, la primera “Bachelorette”, y su marido Ryan Sutter celebraron 20 años de matrimonio.La pareja, que se prometió en la serie y luego se casó en un especial televisado, es una de las pocas historias de éxito matrimonial de la franquicia.Ryan Sutter celebró su aniversario en Instagram, escribiendo: “Nunca dijeron que sería fácil, pero este año ha sido fácilmente uno de los más locos, desafiantes e impredecibles de los 20 que llevamos juntos”.“Grandes cambios y pérdidas desgarradoras pusieron a prueba nuestra determinación. Dejamos una comunidad, unos amigos y un estilo de vida —un puerto seguro— para emprender una nueva aventura y crear un nuevo hogar. Luchamos y lloramos”, escribió. “Reímos y amamos. Lo hicimos todo y lo hicimos juntos, como siempre lo hemos hecho”.En agosto, Trista Sutter compartió en las redes sociales que la familia se mudaba de su querida Vail, Colorado, para trasladarse a Denver. A lo lar...

Cinco cosas que hacer cuando estás deprimido

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:15 GMT

(CNN) — La depresión está aumentando en Estados Unidos. Tanto así que lo más probable es que si no padeces esta enfermedad, conozcas a alguien que sí la sufre.Casi el 18% de los adultos estadounidenses —más de 1 de cada 6— afirmaron estar actualmente deprimidos o recibiendo tratamiento para la depresión, según una encuesta de Gallup de 2023. En 2015, cuando Gallup empezó a recopilar información sobre el tema, la cifra era inferior al 11%.Los datos de Gallup muestran que la depresión clínica estaba aumentando lentamente en el país antes de la pandemia, pero creció más rápidamente después de ella, con el aislamiento social, la soledad, el miedo a la infección, el agotamiento psicológico, el abuso de sustancias y la interrupción de la atención de salud mental. Las tasas entre las mujeres, los adultos jóvenes y los adultos negros e hispanos son las que están aumentando más rápidamente.Para los adolescentes de 12 a 17 años, las estadísticas también son nefastas: Según los Centros p...

El Tribunal Supremo de Texas impide temporalmente a una embarazada abortar de urgencia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:15 GMT

(CNN) — El Tribunal Supremo de Texas bloqueó temporalmente el acceso de una mujer embarazada a un aborto de urgencia en una sentencia emitida a última hora del viernes.El tribunal congeló la sentencia de un tribunal inferior que habría permitido a Kate Cox, que demandó al estado en busca de un aborto ordenado por el tribunal, obtener el procedimiento. “Sin tener en cuenta los méritos, el Tribunal suspende administrativamente la orden del tribunal de distrito del 7 de diciembre de 2023”, dice la orden.El tribunal señaló que el caso seguiría pendiente ante ellos, pero no incluyó ningún calendario sobre cuándo podría emitirse un fallo completo. Cox está embarazada de 20 semanas. A su bebé por nacer se le diagnosticó una enfermedad genética mortal y afirma que las complicaciones de su embarazo están poniendo en peligro su salud.Tras conocerse el fallo, el abogado de Cox dijo que mantienen la esperanza de que la petición del estado sea rechazada rápidamente. “Esta...

US vetoes Israel ceasefire resolution at the UN

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:15 GMT

The United States vetoed a resolution at the United Nations Security Council Friday demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, as civilian casualties rise amid Israel’s military campaign against the Palestinian militant group Hamas.The resolution, introduced by the United Arab Emirates, was a priority for U.N. Security General António Guterres, who invoked Article 99 of the U.N. Charter to bring the issue to the immediate attention of the Security Council. Guterres had urged member states to demand an immediate cease-fire in light of an impending “humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip.It was supported by 13 out of the 15 members of the Security Council. The U.S., which holds veto power as a permanent member, voted against the resolution. The United Kingdom, another permanent member, abstained.“We do not support calls for an immediate cease-fire,” Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood said Friday in New York. “This would only plant the seeds for the next war, because H...

Protesters at UN COP28 climate summit demonstrate for imprisoned Emirati, Egyptian activists

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:15 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters at the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit demonstrated Saturday for imprisoned human rights activists in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, the past and current host of the negotiations. Demonstrators carried signs bearing the image of Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor and Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, part of incredibly restricted, but still-unprecedented protests being allowed to take place within the UAE from within the U.N.-administered Blue Zone for the summit. However, just before the demonstration organized by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, protesters had to fold over signs bearing the Emirati detainees’ names — even after they already had crossed out messages about them. The order came roughly 10 minutes before the protest was due to start from the U.N., which said it could not guarantee the security of the demonstration, said Joey Shea, a researcher at Human Rights Watch focused on...

Taiwan-Canada ties surge as supporters tout trade, politics and shared values

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:15 GMT

VANCOUVER — Somewhere at the confluence of politics, commerce and shared values driving a recent wave of Canadian fascination with Taiwan, there were the island’s “freedom pineapples.”In 2021, imports of the fruit enjoyed a spike in interest internationally when China banned them from its market.Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry urged “like-minded friends” around the world to stand up to China by buying “freedom pineapples,” and the phenomenon took off.At Kuohua Trading Co., a Taiwanese supermarket in Richmond, B.C., a member of the sales staff said on Friday that while they only imported a small number of pineapples during the campaign, they sold quickly and created word-of-mouth advertising on social media. “Word spreads quickly online,” she said. Overall Canadian trade with Taiwan is up sharply. There has also been a spate of visits by Canadian politicians, despite a lack of formal diplomatic relations. Canada-China ties might b...