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Digging to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India is in the final stretch

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:05:43 GMT

UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — The rescue of 41 construction workers from a collapsed highway tunnel in northern India could happen later Thursday after nearly two weeks of digging and delays.The drilling of the final stretch resumed following a six-hour delay due to a metal object in the debris damaging the blades of the drilling machine.“The machine has started operating again in full swing. So we are hopeful that it will finish early,” said Atul Karwal, chief of the state-run National Disaster Response Force. “We should be able to rescue them in today’s date,” Karwal told reporters at the site.The workers have been trapped since Nov. 12, when a landslide caused a portion of the 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) tunnel they were building to collapse about 200 meters (650 feet) from the entrance. Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand state’s top elected official, visited the site on Thursday and spoke to some of the workers in the tunnel by walkie-talkie, Karwal said.As of Thursday evening, the ...

India wins toss and fields in first T20 match against Australia just 4 days after World Cup final

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:05:43 GMT

VISAKHAPATNAM, India (AP) — India won the toss Thursday and elected to field in the first Twenty20 international of the five-match series against Australia, which was taking place just four days after the countries met in the Cricket World Cup final.India will be led by Suryakumar Yadav, who was part of the team that lost the title match by six wickets in Ahmedabad on Sunday.Matthew Wade is captaining Australia after several members of the World Cup-winning squad flew back home, including captain Pat Cummins and opener David Warner.Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Prasidh Krishna are the three players who were part of India’s Cricket World Cup squad, with the T20 squad comprising players impressing at the Indian Premier League.Australia has included experienced middle-order batter Steven Smith, allrounder Marcus Stoinis and wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis as it goes into the opening game of the series with three fresh pacers — Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis and Jason Beherendorff.___Lineups...

Ben Stokes to skip the Indian Premier League in 2024 to manage workload after knee surgery

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:05:43 GMT

CHENNAI, India (AP) — England test captain Ben Stokes has made himself unavailable for the 2024 Indian Premier League “to manage his workload and fitness,” the Chennai Super Kings said Thursday.Stokes said during the recently completed Cricket World Cup that he would be undergoing left knee surgery after the tournament in an effort to be fit for England’s five-test tour of India, which starts Jan. 25.He also wants to play a part in England’s title defense of the Twenty20 World Cup in the United States and the Caribbean in June. That takes place after the IPL.“The Chennai Super Kings management is supportive of Ben in his decision to manage his workload,” the team said.Stokes was the five-time IPL champions’ most expensive purchase at the auction ahead of the 2023 season. He played just two games before ruling himself out of the rest of the season, ahead of playing for England in every test of the Ashes series against Australia.The Super Kings didn’t say if th...

These spots in Colorado have winter weather advisories in effect

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:05:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you have plans in Colorado for Thanksgiving, snow might impact your holiday weekend.The National Weather Service put out winter advisories for most of the state, some starting as early as Thursday afternoon. Most of Colorado is either under a winter storm warning or a winter weather advisory beginning on Thanksgiving until early morning Saturday.Winter weather advisories (pictured below in purple) are when snow of 3 to 5 inches in 12 hours is expected. Meanwhile, winter storm warnings (pictured below in pink) are when at least 6 inches in 12 hours, or at least 8 inches in 24 hours, is expected. Denver weather: Cloudy Thanksgiving with snow and freezing temps on the way Weather advisories across the state on Nov. 23, 2023 (KDVR) What to expect from the Black Friday snowstorm in Denver Winter storm warningsThe winter storm warnings are in effect from Thursday at 4 p.m. to Saturday at 5 a.m. along the Northern Front Range Foothills.Warnings are issued for Boulde...

Greece’s main opposition party cracks up some more

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:05:43 GMT

ATHENS — Greece’s main opposition party Syriza continues to dissolve, with another exodus of members, accusing the party leader of “authoritarian behavior.”Nine lawmakers, including ex-ministers and senior party officials, announced on Thursday they are leaving the party, leaving Syriza with just 36 MPs in the 300-seat parliament, just four more than the third party, the socialist Pasok party.The radical left-wing Syriza party gained Europe-wide notoriety at the peak of the financial crisis in 2015, winning power on a promise to end and reverse the fiscal austerity imposed by the country’s creditors in exchange for bailout loans. A crushing election defeat in June sparked the resignation of Alexis Tsipras after 15 years as the party leader.The unlikely election of Miami expat and ex-Goldman Sachs banker Stefanos Kasselakis as Syriza leader in September infuriated a large segment of the party core, which sees him as out of touch with Greece and its left. Kasselakis has also failed to...

Euroskeptics applaud shock Wilders win in Dutch election

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:05:43 GMT

Europe’s far-right politicians are lining up to congratulate the anti-Islam, Euroskeptic radical Geert Wilders on his shock victory in Wednesday’s Dutch parliamentary elections.Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, said she was “delighted” by Wilders’ triumph. “Geert Wilders and his movement are allies of the National Rally,” Le Pen told French public radio broadcaster France Inter Thursday morning. “They demonstrate that more and more countries within the European Union are contesting the way it works,” Le Pen said.Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party (PVV) made an unexpected breakthrough, securing 37 of the 150 parliamentary seats, according to the latest polls on Thursday morning — making PVV the biggest party in the country.The election results sent shudders through Brussels, as Wilders has openly called for a “Nexit” referendum on leaving the EU. Asked whether a potential “Nexit” referendum would be good news, Le Pen answere...

Ravens TE Mark Andrews’ absence leaves a big hole in the passing attack. Can Isaiah Likely fill it?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:05:43 GMT

The Ravens — and quarterback Lamar Jackson — will soon journey into uncharted territory.When Baltimore travels to Los Angeles this weekend and takes the field against the Chargers, it will mark the official beginning of the Ravens’ new normal for likely the remainder of the season: life without Mark Andrews.Jackson was honest Tuesday when asked if the Ravens are more prepared for this reality than in years’ past.“I don’t know. I really don’t know,” said Jackson, who followed his frank uncertainty with his typical praise for the Ravens’ pass catchers.Replacing a player like Andrews — a three-time Pro Bowl selection, 2021 All-Pro and one of the best tight ends in the NFL — is a tall task. It will, as coach John Harbaugh noted after Andrews injured his ankle in Thursday’s win, need to be done in the aggregate.But the player with the best chance to help fill Andrews’ large shoes is Isaiah Likely. Can he?“...

Hot Property: A pristine beach house in Osterville

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:05:43 GMT

Picture this: it’s the second week of June, you wake up to a soft Cape Cod sunrise gently filtering through your window. You tip-toe downstairs before everyone, start a pot of coffee, take that prized first cup and pause on a deck overlooking Nantucket Sound before continuing just a little farther to a private white sand beach.It’s not heaven, it’s Osterville — 807 Sea View Avenue to be exact — an eye-popping oceanfront property tucked into a prized, quiet enclave.Revamped in 2019, the property takes your quintessential beach house and elevates it with modern architectural details, clean, crisp lines, and an abundance of windows that let the pristine ocean views do most of the heavy lifting. With unobstructed water views as far as the eye can see, it makes sense for the property to prioritize walls and walls of glass, perfectly framing the seascape.A mostly open floor plan on the main level flows between intimate spaces like the sitting and family rooms, and grand entertaining areas...

Slovakia’s government signs a memorandum with China’s Gotion High-Tech to build a car battery plant

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:05:43 GMT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The Slovak government signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday with Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Gotion High-Tech and its local partner, InoBat, to build a car battery plant in Slovakia.The two companies formed Gotion InoBat Batteries, a Chinese-Slovak venture to build the plant in the town of Surany, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Bratislava. It should create about 1,500 jobs and become operational in 2026 with an initial production of 20GWh.Financial details about the investment were not given.German car giant Volkswagen is the largest shareholder in Gotion High-Tech with a 24.77% stake. Volkswagen has a car plant in Slovakia.Gotion High-Tech began production in its first European plant in Gottingen, Germany, in September.The Associated Press

CSX promises Thanksgiving meals for evacuees after train derails spilling chemicals in Kentucky town

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:05:43 GMT

LIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — A railroad company promised hotel rooms and Thanksgiving meals for people asked to evacuate a small Kentucky town after a train derailed, catching fire and spilling chemicals.The CSX train derailed around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday near Livingston, a remote town with about 200 people in Rockcastle County.Two of the 16 cars that derailed carried molten sulfur, which caught fire after the cars were breached, CSX said in a statement.Crews were still working to extinguish the fire Thursday morning, the company said.CSX promised to pay the costs of anyone asked to evacuate, including a holiday dinner.It’s believed that the fire is releasing sulfur dioxide, but officials have not released results of measurements taken from air monitoring equipment that was being deployed Wednesday night.According to the Environmental Protection Agency website, sulfur dioxide can cause respiratory problems, depending on the concentration and length of exposure. The gas is commonly produced ...