Dozens killed in fire at migrant facility in Mexico

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:32 GMT

At least three dozen migrants died Monday night in a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border, according to a newspaper report.Images from the scene showed ambulances, firemen and vans from the morgue around the facility.The Diario de Juarez newspaper citied unnamed sources in the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office. It reported the fire occurred late Monday at a facility in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.Neither Mexico’s National Immigration Institute nor the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office responded immediately to requests for confirmation.Ciudad Juarez is a major crossing point for migrants entering the United States. Its shelters are full of migrants waiting for opportunities to cross or who have requested asylum in the United States and are waiting out the process.

Prospects get chance to shine in Basketball Africa League

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:32 GMT

They’re refining skills of young prospects at the NBA Academy in Africa. The vocabulary, too.“There is a word that really we don’t like, which is ‘raw,'” said Franck Traore, head of basketball operations for NBA Africa. “When you have an African player going to the U.S., they say ‘raw.’”Several academy prospects are playing in the new season of the Basketball Africa League, hoping to gain valuable experience in a professional setting and show that their game is more polished than many think.Now in its third season, the league was created by the NBA in partnership with FIBA to help grow the sport in Africa. It’s a three-month, Champions League-style competition for African club teams.They added a twist last season with each of the 12 teams being assigned an academy prospect — called the “BAL Elevate” program that’s in place this campaign, too.The young players have to earn minutes on rosters full of veterans. It’s another opportunity — along ...

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

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:32 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:32 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:32 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:32 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:32 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:32 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:32 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...