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Thai election winner set to make last stand in contentious bid to become prime minister

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:58:34 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — The leader of Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which won a surprise first-place finish in May’s general election, is expected to have a last chance Wednesday to get the country’s parliament to confirm him as the next prime minister after he was rebuffed in a first round of voting.Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat fell short last week when he failed to get enough support from the non-elected Senate, whose members made clear they would not vote for him because of his party’s platform. The party campaigned with a promise to try to amend a law that makes it illegal to defame, insult or threaten Thailand’s royal family. Critics say the law, which carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison, is abused as a political weapon.The Senate’s members were appointed by a military government rather than elected and are considered, along with the army and the courts, as serving as the conservative royalist establishment’s bulwark against change.Move Forward, whose age...

US says Ukraine has significant combat power not yet committed to the war

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:58:34 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian forces have a “significant amount of combat power” that hasn’t yet been committed to the war, the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday, saying Kyiv is conserving some of its tactical effort while troops slowly work their way through deadly Russian minefields.Speaking to reporters after defense leaders from around the world met to discuss Ukraine’s military needs, Army Gen. Mark Milley was asked about the slow pace of Ukraine’s offensive to take back territory seized by Russia. He said Ukraine will decide when to use the combat power and complex training the U.S. and allies have provide. He flatly dismissed suggestions the offensive is failing.“It is far from a failure, in my view. I think that it’s way too early to make that kind of call,” said Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “Right now they are preserving their combat power. And they are slowly and deliberately and steadily working their way through all these mine...

Facebook parent Meta makes public its ChatGPT rival Llama

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:58:34 GMT

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has built an artificial intelligence system that rivals the likes of ChatGPT and Google’s Bard but it’s taking a different approach: releasing it for free.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company is partnering with Microsoft to introduce the next generation of its AI large language model and making the technology, known as Llama 2, free for research and commercial use.Much like tech peers Google and Microsoft, the social media company has long had a big research team of computer scientists devoted to advancing AI technology. But it’s been overshadowed as the release of ChatGPT sparked a rush to profit off of “generative AI” tools that can create new prose, images and other media.Meta has also tried to distinguish itself by being more open than some of its Big Tech rivals about offering a peek at the data and code it uses to build AI systems. It has argued that such openness makes it easi...

In backlash over their expulsions, 2 Tennessee Democratic lawmakers raised $2M combined

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:58:34 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have raised more than $2 million combined through about 70,400 campaign donations after Republican lawmakers abruptly expelled the Democrats this spring for their gun control protest on the House floor.The vast majority of those small donations came over just a few days when the two had been kicked out, but not yet reinstated. If Republicans kept the two young Black House members in office, they would not have been allowed to fundraise as sitting lawmakers while a legislative session was ongoing.Instead, each of the two lawmakers saw a flood of campaign cash beyond the norm for even Republican legislative leaders to raise, let alone two freshman Democrats who are in the superminority.Campaign finance reports that were due by the end of Monday show how much Democrats capitalized on the national attention. Jones and Pearson were expelled over a breach of decorum rules for their protest calling for the GOP to...

Revelan cuál es el pasaporte más poderoso del mundo en 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:58:34 GMT

(CNN) — Los vaivenes en la clasificación mundial de pasaportes para 2023 se pusieron un poco más interesantes.Durante cinco largos años, Japón ocupó el primer puesto del Índice Henley de Pasaportes, que mide la libertad de viajar por el mundo en función del grado de acceso sin visado y con visado a la carta del que disfrutan los ciudadanos.Pero para el verano de 2023, Japón fue derribado hasta el tercer lugar y el nuevo campeón es Singapur, cuyos ciudadanos pueden visitar 193 destinos de 227 en todo el mundo sin visa.Y si bien Asia ha dominado durante mucho tiempo la parte superior de la tabla de clasificación en el índice creado por la firma de asesoría de residencia y ciudadanía global con sede en Londres Henley & Partners, Europa se está recuperando. Alemania, Italia y España subieron al segundo lugar por el acceso sin visa a 190 destinos, mientras que Japón y Corea del Sur comparten el puesto número 3 con Austria, Finlandia, Francia, Luxemburgo y Suecia. Los ciudadanos...

Así fueron los 4 años de gobierno del PSOE y Unidas Podemos: ¿qué han hecho y qué han logrado?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:58:34 GMT

(CNN Español) — La XIV legislatura de España, iniciada en diciembre de 2019 y a escasos días de cumplir su ciclo, pasará a la historia como una de las más turbulentas de los últimos años. Al menos así lo ha destacado en múltiples ocasiones el todavía presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, quien ha puesto de relieve las complejidades de gobernar en un período en el que coincidieron la pandemia de covid-19, la erupción del volcán de Cumbre Vieja en la isla de La Palma y la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania.Bajo estas circunstancias, los miembros de las Cortes Generales sacaron adelante 214 leyes y tres presupuestos generales del Estado, tal y cómo recordó Sánchez a los diputados y senadores del Partido Socialista Obrero Español a finales de mayo.¿Quién es Pedro Sánchez? Así ha sido la carrera del actual presidente del Gobierno de España y líder del PSOEAhora bien, de entre todas las medidas adoptadas por el Partido Socialista Obrero Español y Unidas Podemos ¿cuáles son las más destaca...

BSO seeks public’s help in identifying serial credit card thief targeting North Lauderdale Walmart

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:58:34 GMT

Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a serial credit card thief responsible for multiple incidents at a North Lauderdale Walmart store. Surveillance images and video footage captured the suspect in action, prompting BSO North Lauderdale District deputies to seek an end to his criminal activities.According to investigators, the suspect, depicted in the surveillance materials wearing similar black clothing and a mask during each incident, has targeted the store on four separate occasions since March. Utilizing stolen credit cards, he has repeatedly purchased gift cards from the self-checkout lanes before leaving the store. The incidents occurred on March 17, April 12, April 15, and May 24. Detectives estimate that the suspected thief has accumulated over $5,000 in charges on the stolen credit cards.Further investigation has revealed that the credit cards used in the crimes were stolen from residential mailboxes, addin...

Jordi Alba to reunite with Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets at Inter Miami

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:58:34 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Veteran defender Jordi Alba is set to join former FC Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets in Miami.The 34-year-old Alba will continue his career with MLS’s Inter Miami nearly two months after announcing that he was leaving Barcelona after 11 years with the club.Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas confirmed the move Tuesday, adding that he expected the signing to be official by the end of the day.Alba, who joined in 2012 from Valencia, helped Barcelona win six La Liga titles, five Copa del Rey trophies and the Champions League in 2015. He has made 458 appearances for Barcelona and has contributed 19 goals and 91 assists.It’s the third major player signing for Inter Miami this summer. Messi announced on June 7 that he intends to join the club, and Miami announced a few weeks later the addition of Busquets.The team also recently announced former FC Barcelona and Argentina national team manager Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino as its next head c...

Tree falls into home in Hollywood; no injuries reported

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:58:34 GMT

A home was left with a huge hole after a tree fell into it. The incident happened just before 2 p.m. at 7440 Hope St., Tuesday. According to residents in the area, the tree fell after it was struck by lightning. 7News camera captured the downed tree as it lay in the damaged home. A beehive was in the tree, which caused several bees to escape into the home’s yard. There were no injuries reported at the rented home, but parts of the tree broke through the roof. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

NH woman faces federal charge in Tyngsboro daycare child porn investigation 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:58:34 GMT

A former New Hampshire state representative is now facing a federal charge in connection with a child pornography investigation involving a daycare in Tyngsboro, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced. Stacie Marie Laughton, 39, has been charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children and aiding and abetting, the US Attorney’s office said. Investigators said another woman, Lindsay Groves, took explicit photos of children while she was working at Creative Minds Daycare in Tyngsboro. Laughton and Groves, officials said, were once in a relationship.In a statement on Tuesday, the US Attorney’s office said investigators found more than 10,000 text messages between Laughton and Groves “that included discussion about, and transfer of, explicit photographs that Groves had taken…”Among the text messages, the US Attorney’s office said investigators found “at least four sexually explicit images of children who appear to be approximately three t...