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Amnesty: West’s ‘double standards’ fuel Mideast repression

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:10 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — A leading international rights group on Tuesday decried what it said were double standards by Western countries that have rallied behind a “robust response” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but remain “lukewarm” on issues of human rights violations in the Middle East.According to Amnesty International, such double standards only fuel further repression for millions in the region. The sharp rebuke came as the London-based watchdog launched its annual report at a news conference at its office in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital. Every year, the report documents and analyzes patterns of human rights violations and abuses across the world. In the report, Amnesty urged the international community to hold perpetrators of human rights abuses in the Middle East and North Africa to account, and to address the issue of migration without discrimination.“They immediately opened their borders to receive refugees from Ukraine,” Aya Majzoub, Amnesty’s deputy chief for...

Portugal: 2 dead, several injured in Muslim center stabbing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:10 GMT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese police shot a man suspected of stabbing two people to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon, authorities said Tuesday.Police were called to the center late Tuesday morning where they encountered a suspect “armed with a large knife,” a police statement said.Police ordered him to surrender but he advanced toward them and was “neutralized,” the statement said. The suspect was taken to a Lisbon hospital where he was in police custody.Several other people were wounded, according to the statement, but it provided no further details.Prime Minister António Costa said police shot the suspect. Costa told reporters the attack was “a criminal act.” “Everything points to this being an isolated incident,” Costa said, without elaborating.There was no immediate word on the identity of those killed.Armed police from a special operations unit could be seen forming a perimeter outside the building. Costa said police were investigating the attack and it was too ...

Ukraine president extends tour of war’s front-line areas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:10 GMT

OKHTYRKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president visited the Sumy region in northern Ukraine on Tuesday, continuing his tour over recent days of areas of the country that have felt the brunt of Russia’s full-scale invasion and as the stage increasingly looks set for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with officials and local people in two cities in the region, which borders Russia. It was partially occupied by Russian forces after war started more than a year ago. The Russians withdrew from the region by early April.The Associated Press was granted exclusive access as Zelenskyy visited the Sumy region cities of Okhtyrka, which saw fierce battles last year but was never occupied, and Trostianets, which was held by the Russians for a month after the invasion but liberated by Ukrainian forces on March 26, 2022.Zelenskyy’s trip followed his visits over the past seven days to the Kherson and Kharkiv regions, parts of which were retaken last year from the Kremlin’s...

Zynerba: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:10 GMT

DEVON, Pa. (AP) — DEVON, Pa. (AP) — Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ZYNE) on Tuesday reported a loss of $8 million in its fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Devon, Pennsylvania-based company said it had a loss of 18 cents.For the year, the company reported a loss of $35 million, or 82 cents per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ZYNE at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ZYNESource

IHS Holding: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:10 GMT

LONDON (AP) — LONDON (AP) — IHS Holding Ltd. (IHS) on Tuesday reported a loss of $272.8 million in its fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the London-based company said it had a loss of 82 cents.The telecommunications infrastructure company posted revenue of $526.2 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $460.4 million, or $1.39 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.96 billion.IHS Holding expects full-year revenue in the range of $2.19 billion to $2.22 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on IHS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/IHSSource

Así es cómo los científicos están descifrando cómo olía el pasado

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:10 GMT

(CNN) — Los olores se ciernen justo debajo de nuestra conciencia, evocando emociones y recuerdos que dan forma a cómo percibimos y navegamos por el mundo.Una bocanada inesperada de un refrigerio olvidado hace mucho tiempo o un libro polvoriento puede transportar a una persona a años pasados, lo que permite una especie de viaje en el tiempo que hace que los recuerdos borrosos sean más vívidos.Entonces, es desconcertante que el olfato sea un sentido que, según los científicos, ha sido ignorado en gran medida, e injustamente, en la mayoría de los intentos de comprender el pasado. Un número creciente de investigadores ahora quiere reconstruir aromas antiguos y usarlos para aprender más sobre cómo solíamos vivir.Durante la pandemia de covid-19, muchas personas que contrajeron la enfermedad perdieron temporalmente el sentido del olfato, lo que provocó una nueva apreciación de la importancia del olor en sus vidas. Ahora, se están realizando nuevos proyectos de investigación para comp...

Lovesac: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:10 GMT

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Lovesac Company (LOVE) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $27.6 million.On a per-share basis, the Stamford, Connecticut-based company said it had profit of $1.74.The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.75 per share.The company posted revenue of $238.8 million in the period, which topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $220.8 million.For the year, the company reported profit of $28.2 million, or $1.77 per share. Revenue was reported as $651.5 million.For the current quarter ending in April, Lovesac said it expects revenue in the range of $133 million to $136 million.The company expects full-year earnings to be $1.83 to $2.24 per share, with revenue ranging from $700 million to $740 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) usi...

Portugal’s prime minister says police shot a man after 2 stabbed to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:10 GMT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s prime minister says police shot a man after 2 stabbed to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon.Source

Shelter-in-place issued for barricaded person inside Boulder home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:10 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — A shelter-in-place has been issued for a barricaded person that has been inside a north Boulder home for several hours. According to the Boulder Police Department, officers were called to a person who barricaded themself inside a home near 17th Street and Yarmouth Avenue in the North Broadway-Holiday neighborhood. BPD originally tweeted about the incident at 12:05 a.m.A shelter-in-place has been issued to those in the surrounding areas. At 6:00 a.m., BPD confirmed the shelter-in-place was still in effect, and the suspect was still barricaded inside. Those in the red area are asked to shelter in place due to a barricaded person. Officers are asking everyone to avoid the area.FOX31 has a crew near the scene working to learn more information.

Why are flags at half-staff in Colorado?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Three adults and three children will killed during a school shooting in Nashville on Monday. To honor and remember the victims, Governor Jared Polis ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff.Flags will be flown at half-staff on all public buildings from sunrise until sunset on Friday, March 31. 6 killed at Nashville school, deceased shooter identified The order follows a proclamation from President Joe Biden. In the proclamation, the President states:As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on March 27, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and ...