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Trade tensions simmer ahead of EU-India summit

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:20 GMT

When European Commission officials and senior Indian ministers meet on Tuesday for their first-ever trade and technology summit, both sides will be eager to show how two of the world’s largest democracies are working hand-in-glove on everything from artificial intelligence to climate-saving technologies.Yet under the surface, ongoing tension — particularly related to tricky trade disputes like an upcoming European Union levy on foreign businesses selling their carbon-intensive wares within the 27-country bloc — will overshadow what Brussels and New Delhi want to frame as a meeting of like-minded partners.The EU-India Trade and Technology Council brings together some of India’s most high-profile politicians, including Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the country’s external affairs minister, and Piyush Goyal, its trade minister, with Commission counterparts like vice presidents Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis.“The European Union and India are committed to deep...

Celtics to face Heat again in Eastern Conference Finals. Here’s the schedule

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:20 GMT

For the third time in the last four years, the Celtics will meet the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.This matchup, however, was certainly not expected to come in this round of the playoffs. When the regular season ended, it seemed likely that they would face off in the first round as the Nos. 2 and 7 seeds. But the Heat lost their first play-in game to the Hawks, and they became the No. 8 seed. Then, led by Jimmy Butler, Miami upset the top-seeded Bucks in the first round and before knocking off the fifth-seeded Knicks in the second round.Game 1 is Wednesday at TD Garden, with the winner of the series advancing to face either the Nuggets or Lakers in the NBA Finals.Here’s the full series schedule. All games will be broadcasted on TNT.Game 1: Heat at Celtics – Wednesday, May 17, 8:30 p.m.Game 2: Heat at Celtics – Friday, May 19, 8:30 p.m.Game 3: Celtics at Heat – Sunday, May 21, 8:30 p.m.Game 4: Celtics at Heat – Tuesday, May 23, 8:30 p.m.Game 5: Heat at Celtics – Thursda...

Search on for missing 4-year-old boy at South Boston’s Castle Island

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:20 GMT

First responders have rushed to Castle Island to help search for a missing 4-year-old boy, state police report tonight.A dive team has also been called along with Boston police and fire, the State Police Air Wing and Boston EMS. The State Police Marine Unit is also on-scene. Massport and boats from the state Environmental Police are also assisting as the search draws closer to midnight.They are “searching Castle Island … and in the surrounding ocean,” MSP said.The missing child is said to be 4 years old, but that is unofficial at this point.UPDATE: The State Police are now saying the missing child is a 4-year-old boy from South Boston.Castle Island is a peninsula in South Boston that’s right on the Harbor. The popular park featuring the historic Fort Independence has been the scene of countless celebrations and picnics.This is a developing story … 

Celtics, led by Al Horford and adjustment from Joe Mazzulla, shut down Joel Embiid in Game 7

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:20 GMT

To get back to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics had to get past the league’s MVP. It was never a sure thing against Joel Embiid.The Celtics let an opportunity slip when they dropped Game 1 to the 76ers, who didn’t have Embiid as he nursed an injury. Embiid returned for Game 2, and though the Celtics still beat him to take a 2-1 series lead, he was still a problem. His dominance propelled the Sixers to a 3-2 lead. Joe Mazzulla had to make an adjustment to limit him, inserting Robert Williams into the starting lineup as the Celtics went big to combat Embiid.It worked. And the Celtics ultimately outlasted Embiid. They wore him down and sent the MVP packing for the summer. While Jayson Tatum received MVP chants all afternoon inside a raucous TD Garden, the actual MVP had his worst game of the series. He was a complete non-factor, finishing with 15 points on 5-for-18 shooting, and committing four turnovers.For the entirety of the series, Al Horford took the challenge. Though he...

China sentences 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison on spying charges

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:20 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life in prison Monday on spying charges. John Shing-Wan Leung, who holds permanent residency in Hong Kong, was detained April 15, 2021, by the counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou. The city’s intermediate court announced Leung’s sentence in a brief statement on its social media site but gave no details of the charges. Such investigations and trials are held behind closed doors and little or no information is made public. Relations between Washington and Beijing have hit a historical low amid disputes over trade, technology, human rights and China’s increasingly aggressive approach toward its territorial claims. The sentencing comes as U.S. President Joe Biden is traveling to Hiroshima, Japan, for the Group of Seven major industrial nations summit, followed by a visit to Papua New Guinea, a Pacific island nation in a region where China has sought to increase its economic, military and diplo...

Philadelphia Inquirer hit by cyberattack causing newspaper’s largest disruption in decades

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:20 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Inquirer experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the newspaper calls a cyberattack.The company was working to restore print operations after a cyber incursion that prevented the printing of the newspaper’s Sunday print edition, the Inquirer reported on its website.The news operation’s website was still operational Sunday, although updates were slower than normal, the Inquirer reported.Inquirer publisher Lisa Hughes said Sunday “we are currently unable to provide an exact time line” for full restoration of the paper’s systems.“We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding as we work to fully restore systems and complete this investigation as soon as possible,” Hughes said in an email responding to questions from the paper’s newsroom.The attack was first detected when employees on Saturday morning found the newspaper’s content-management system was not working. The In...

Border crossings off from last week’s highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:20 GMT

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Pandemic-era limits on asylum known as Title 42 have been rarely discussed among many of tens of thousands of migrants massed on Mexico’s border with the United States.Their eyes were — and are — fixed instead on a new U.S. government mobile app that grants 1,000 people daily an appointment to cross the border and seek asylum while living in the U.S. With demand far outstripping available slots, the app has been an exercise in frustration for many — and a test of the Biden administration’s strategy of coupling new legal paths to entry with severe consequences for those who don’t follow them.“You start to give up hope but it’s the only way,” said Teresa Muñoz, 48, who abandoned her home in the Mexican state of Michoacan after a gang killed her husband and beat her. She has been trying for a month to gain entry through the app, called CBPOne, while staying in a Tijuana shelter with her two children and 2-year-old grandson.U.S. Homeland Se...

Rockies’ Feltner released from hospital after skull fracture, concussion from line drive

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:20 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado pitcher Ryan Feltner has a skull fracture and concussion after getting hit by a line drive off the bat of Philadelphia’s Nick Castellanos.Feltner was injured Saturday night and was discharged from Swedish Medical Center on Sunday. He will not need surgery.“Overall, he’s fine,” Colorado manager Bud Black said before Sunday’s game. “I think the feeling is that it could have been worse.”Feltner was put on the 15-day injured list. When asked whether the 26-year-old right-hander will be out for days, weeks or months, Black said “probably on the longer end of that.”Feltner was hurt in the second inning when Castellanos hit a slider 92.7 mph back at the mound. The ball hit Feltner on the back right side of his head, and he fell to the ground. He lay on his stomach as two members of the Rockies athletic training staff aided him. He was able to get on his feet and walked off the field with the assistance of the two trainers.Black said Feltner was “still fai...

Authorities searching for at-risk 29-year-old woman missing out of Sylmar

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:20 GMT

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help in locating an at-risk missing 29-year-old woman, authorities announced Sunday.  Ashley Lynn Poots was last seen Sunday, just after 1 p.m., on the 14400 block of Olive View Drive in Sylmar.  The 29-year-old is described as a white female, 5 foot 6 inches tall, weighing around 120 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and gray pants, according to an LASD bulletin.  "Ms. Poots suffers from depression and there is concern for her well-being,” LASD said.  Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact LASD’s Missing Persons at 323-890-5500. Those wishing to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submit a tip online at L.A. Crime Stoppers.  At-risk or critical missing persons are defined as: The missing person is the victim of crime or foul playThe missing person is in critical nee...

VIDEO: Suspect steals catalytic converter from Prius in Alameda

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:20 GMT

(KRON) -- An Alameda resident parked his car at a mosque in what seemed to be a routine Sunday morning. However, around 6 a.m. when he was inside the mosque praying, the owner of a Prius had his catalytic converter stolen in the parking lot.Video (above) shows an unknown man stealing the catalytic converter from the Toyota, according to surveillance from the mosque obtained by KRON4. Alameda catalytic converter thefts continue to spike The suspect is seen -- around the 0:25 mark of the video above -- exiting his car with tools that appear to be used for catalytic converter thefts. About two minutes later around the 2:50 mark, the suspect has the Prius' catalytic converter in his hand and puts it in his Hyundai sedan.The video ends with the unknown suspect driving away from the parking lot with the catalytic converter. When he returned to his car and was about to drive, the victim said he noticed a loud sound coming out of his Prius. That's when he knew his catalytic converter had...