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Chastain chasing Trackhouse’s 1st win this season at the team’s home track of Nashville

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:24 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ty Norris has heard NASCAR fans both cheer and boo Ross Chastain, who seems to make more enemies by the race. The president of Trackhouse Racing doesn’t mind: Norris thinks NASCAR should have 40 other drivers just like his “ Melon Man.”“Ross is a driver that has become comfortable in making other drivers uncomfortable,” Norris said. “He doesn’t mind going three-wide. He doesn’t mind going up against the wall. He doesn’t mind poking his nose in there when he wants the space.”That aggression has crossed a line at times for some. Chastain punched Noah Gragson after the race at Kansas earlier this year. Chastain also spun Chase Elliott, NASCAR’s most popular driver the past five years, early in the final stage of last year’s finale — costing Elliott a chance at a second title.His on-track encounters are plentiful and that kind of driving and emotion from Chastain helps make NASCAR more interesting — even if others get ticked off. Norris ma...

Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 22 de junio: Las dudas sobre OceanGate, la empresa del submarino perdido

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:24 GMT

¿Por qué es peligroso explorar las profundidades del océano? Hallan la cabeza de una rata en una comida escolar en China. Perú tiene el mejor restaurante del mundo y México, la mejor chef. Las mejores aerolíneas de 2023. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad.1. Las dudas sobre OceanGate, la empresa del submarino perdidoDos exempleados de OceanGate expresaron por separado preocupaciones de seguridad similares sobre el grosor del casco del submarino Titan, ahora desaparecido, cuando eran empleados de la compañía hace años. Además, una declaración de un laboratorio de investigación parece mostrar información contradictoria sobre la ingeniería y las pruebas realizadas durante el desarrollo del sumergible.¿Quién es Stockton Rush, piloto del submarino desaparecido y CEO de OceanGate?Sin asientos y con un solo inodoro: así es el interior del submarinoEstos mapas explican la magnitud de la búsqueda del submarino¿Cuán profundo está el naufragio del Titanic?¿Por q...

Cómo es estar en el interior del sumergible del Titanic que desapareció con 5 personas a bordo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:24 GMT

(CNN) — Aunque tiene aproximadamente el tamaño de una minivan, con cinco adultos a bordo, el sumergible del Titanic que desapareció este domingo puede parecer pequeño y estrecho. Y en la inmersión a miles de metros hacia el fondo del océano Atlántico Norte, la vida en su interior también puede pasar de caliente a fría.Conocido como “Titán”, el buque inició el descenso de dos horas y media hasta los famosos restos del naufragio del Titanic a primera hora de este domingo, cuando perdió el contacto con su buque nodriza, el Polar Prince, a la hora y 45 minutos de iniciado el viaje.Un sumergible —a diferencia de un submarino— tiene reservas de energía limitadas y necesita un barco de apoyo en la superficie para lanzarlo y recuperarlo. El Titán suele pasar entre 10 y 11 horas en cada viaje a los restos del Titanic, mientras que los submarinos pueden permanecer bajo el agua durante meses.Haciendo honor a su nombre, Titán pesa 23.000 libras y está hecho de fibra de carbono...

Moscow court rejects Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s appeal of his extended detention on spying charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:24 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow court rejects Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s appeal of his extended detention on spying charges.Source

Florida Gov. DeSantis picks up backing from 15 South Carolina lawmakers as he makes a campaign swing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:24 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is rolling out endorsements from 15 South Carolina lawmakers, hoping their support for his Republican presidential campaign will help him make his case to voters in the first-in-the-South primary state.The endorsements, shared first on Thursday with The Associated Press ahead of DeSantis’ town hall in North Augusta, come from 11 state House members and four state senators from across the state, with a heavy concentration in South Carolina’s conservative Upstate. It’s a show of force for DeSantis in a state that current Republican front-runner Donald Trump won handily in the 2016 primary and where he has maintained popularity.The list includes Sen. Josh Kimbrell, a Spartanburg Republican who has been bullish on DeSantis’ candidacy since before he officially entered the race. On Thursday, he called the governor “the only candidate in this race who can defeat” President Joe Biden.Many of the new endorsements are fr...

13-year-old boy escapes alligator attack in Winter Springs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:24 GMT

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. (WSVN) — A 13-year-old boy had a harrowing encounter with a reptile in Winter Springs, narrowly escaping with his life after being bitten by an alligator in his right hip and mid-thigh area, but the resilient teenager managed to flee the scene and promptly dialed 911 for help.“I’m OK, though. I can walk and I can stand” Gabriel Klimis told dispatchers. “It just stings a little bit, but I’m good.” When questioned about the alligator’s whereabouts, the teenager admitted he was unaware of its current location after he hastily retreated from the creek. His mother, a doctor who was not present during the incident, advised Klimis to contact emergency services. Promptly responding to the distress call, paramedics arrived shortly before 7 p.m. transported to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.Local authorities shed light on the elusive nature of the reptilian predators.“It doesn’t have to be very deep water for...

Russia launches lab to study Xi Jinping ideology

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:24 GMT

Xi-ism is on the march.Russia has set up the first-ever program outside China to study the ideology of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the autocratic leader in Beijing who keeps a fierce grip on civil society and recently moved to become ruler for life. The Xi Jinping Thought Research Laboratory has been established at a major China studies institute in Moscow, with the goal of researching Xi’s ideas on economics, foreign and domestic policy, social policy, culture, art and ideology, according to the institute’s website. China and Xi remain among the Kremlin’s top global allies, even after Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February last year. In 2025, the center will publish a series of scientific studies to acquaint Russian readers, including the authorities, with Xi’s ideas, and their significance for the development of China and Russia-China relations.“We are well aware that today Xi Jinping’s ideas determine Chin...

The end of Erdoğanomics? Turkey almost doubles interest rates to fight inflation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:24 GMT

Turkey almost doubled interest rates on Thursday as part of efforts to combat rampant inflation and attract foreign investment, marking an apparent departure from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long-standing economic mantra of keeping rates low.In a decision announced by the country’s central bank on Thursday, officials said the benchmark one-week lending rate would rise from 8.5 percent to 15 percent. Turkey “decided to begin the monetary tightening process in order to establish the disinflation course as soon as possible, to anchor inflation expectations, and to control the deterioration in pricing behavior,” the central bank said in a statement. While eye-catching by international standards, the hike is significantly less than expected, and the bank noted that it would not rush to act again: “Monetary tightening will be further strengthened as much as needed in a timely and gradual manner.” Still, this U-turn on rates marks a high-stakes political ...

Belgium’s FM on the brink over Iran visas fallout

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:24 GMT

BRUSSELS — Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib is under mounting pressure from both the opposition and some of her own government partners after Belgian authorities allowed an Iranian delegation to attend a summit in Brussels last week.Lahbib, who will face a grilling from Belgian lawmakers Thursday, now finds herself in a tight spot — though it’s unclear whether she will resign.“It can still go both ways,” a Belgian government official who was granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive issue, told POLITICO. “A lot will depend on what she will say in front of Parliament tonight.”Lahbib is under fire over the delivery of visas to 14 Iranian officials, including Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani — a regime hard-liner — to attend the Brussels Urban Summit last week. The saga has already led to the resignation of Brussels Secretary of State Pascal Smet on Sunday. Lahbib already fought to defend herself in front of the Belgian federal parliament on Wednesday. “A visa refusal would...

Hungarian law forcing migrants to seek asylum abroad is illegal, top EU court rules

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:24 GMT

The EU’s top court has once again reprimanded Hungary over its migration policy.The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s push to outsource asylum applications to the Hungarian embassies in Belgrade and Kyiv is a breach of EU law.The law, which effectively limited migrant flows to Hungary, requires foreign nationals to submit a pre-asylum application at the country’s mission to Serbia or Ukraine before applying for international protection in Hungary. It means asylum candidates already present in Hungary must travel abroad to file their request. Hungary says certain people — such as Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion — are exempt.In their ruling on Thursday, EU judges wrote that the law amounts to “a disproportionate interference with the right of those persons to make an application for international protection upon their arrival at a Hungarian border.”The court also argued that Hungary had violated the bloc’s internatio...