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Moldovan ex-prime minister charged over airport concession

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:52 GMT

Former Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leancă was charged on Tuesday (2 May) with abuse of authority over a deal that handed control of the main airport of the country to a businessman in exile.Veronica Dragalin is the head of Moldova’s anti-corruption prosecutor office. She said that a former minister of economy and six other officials were also facing similar charges in a case she said was referred to court.She told a press conference in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, that all the accused had pleaded innocent.The 2013 concession gave control of the Chisinau International Airport to a company affiliated with businessman and politician Ilan Shor. He fled Moldova after Maia Sandu was elected pro-Western president in 2019.A court of appeal ruled in November last year that the airport's control should be returned to the state.

Horoscopes May 5, 2023: Adele, make this a year to remember

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:52 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Adele, 35; Henry Cavill, 40; Danielle Fishel, 42; Tina Yothers, 50.Henry Cavill (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Happy Birthday: Consider the changes going on around you a blessing and a chance to incorporate the things you enjoy doing most into your routine this year. Speak up, share your feelings and work toward better relationships. Put your energy into your home and family, and let your inspiration come from your heart. Use your energy constructively and make this a year to remember. Your numbers are 9, 14, 18, 21, 25, 34, 42, 44.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Go out of your way to get things done. Clear your roster and refuse to take on too much. Have an airtight strategy and desire to improve your workspace, or turn your home into a place of comfort and convenience. Don’t reveal secrets. 3 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Deter people trying to pry into your personal life. Stick close to home and focus on what you can accomplish. A chance...

Ask Amy: Here’s a picture of my dog, and by the way I’m autistic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:52 GMT

Dear Amy: I am a 45-year-old woman who was just diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum.I never suspected I might be autistic until last year, when a friend discovered that she was autistic and sent me some articles about the non-stereotypical ways autism can present itself in women.After going through the professional evaluation process and learning more about autism, I am almost certain that both my older sister and my 80-year-old mother are on the spectrum, too.Should I tell them about my diagnosis and suspicions about them? If so, how? We are a family that never discusses emotions or meaningful experiences, but I am in almost daily text-message contact with both of them (about trivial things like cooking or sharing photos of our dogs).I would be uncomfortable even bringing up my diagnosis because it is virtually taboo to discuss our inner lives within the family.In my teens and early 20s, my mother bluntly told me she didn’t want to discuss the hard parts of my life, and that ...

Ban on Property Sales to Citizens of China, Iran, and Others Is Cruising Through Texas Legislature

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:52 GMT

Last week, the Texas Senate passed a bill putting restrictions on land purchases by citizens of China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea, raising alarms among civil liberties advocates who fear it is the first step toward legally enshrining discrimination based on national origin in the state.The bill, Senate Bill 147, would ban the purchase of “real property” by citizens from China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea, even if they are in the country legally on certain visas. The bill defines “real property” as “agricultural land, an improvement located on agricultural land, a mine or quarry, a mineral in place, or a standing timber.” Currently awaiting review by the Texas House of Representatives, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has publicly vowed that he will sign it into law if it reaches his desk.“The bill perpetuates anti-immigrant bias and racism by unconstitutionally encouraging discrimination on the basis of immigration or citizenship status and national ori...

Interface: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:52 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — ATLANTA (AP) — Interface Inc. (TILE) on Friday reported a loss of $714,000 in its first quarter.The Atlanta-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent per share. Earnings, adjusted for asset impairment costs and non-recurring costs, came to 7 cents per share.The carpet tile company posted revenue of $295.8 million in the period.For the current quarter ending in June, Interface said it expects revenue in the range of $325 million to $345 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on TILE at https://www.zacks.com/ap/TILESource

Serbian president says gunman targeted people at random

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:52 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says the gunman in the latest mass shooting targeted people at random, calling it an attack on the whole country.Aleksandar Vucic said the assailant shot at people “wherever they were.”A gunman killed eight people and wounded 14 in three Serbian villages on Thursday, authorities and media reported. Police arrested a suspect Friday after an all-night manhunt.The shooting came a day after a 13-year-old boy used his father’s guns to kill eight fellow students and a guard at a school in Belgrade, the capital.Vucic vowed to the nation in an address that the suspect in the shooting “will never again see the light of the day.”The populist leader called the shooting a terrorist attack, as is typical in Serbia.He announced a series of “anti-terrorist” measures, including the hiring of 1,200 policemen and putting a police officer on guard each day at schools. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.BELGRADE, Serbia (AP)...

Osimhen and Kvara earn their mural spots alongside Maradona

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:52 GMT

ROME (AP) — Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia have earned their mural spots on the walls of Naples alongside Diego Maradona.More than three decades after Maradona led Napoli to its first two Serie A titles, “Osi” and “Kvara” were the biggest reasons behind the team’s runaway success this season.So it seemed appropriate that both players were involved in the decisive goal when Napoli sealed the “scudetto” (championship) with a 1-1 draw at Udinese on Thursday.Osimhen knocked in the rebound after a shot from Kvaratskhelia for the second-half equalizer.It was Osimhen’s league-best 22nd goal of the season, while “Kvara” is the league’s assist leader with 10 to go along with the Goergia international’s 12 goals scored.“I really do not care who scores or who don’t. All I wanted was to win the ‘scudetto,’” Osimhen said after Thursday’s match. “I was just fortunate enough to be in the position to get the goal in.”Even before the title was sealed, an Osimhen-Kvara mural was put up in t...

Serbian president calls latest mass shooting an attack on the whole country, says gunman targeted people at random

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:52 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian president calls latest mass shooting an attack on the whole country, says gunman targeted people at random.Source

Jefe del grupo Wagner dice que sus combatientes se retirarán de Bakhmut por falta de municiones

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:52 GMT

(CNN) — El jefe del mercenario grupo Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, anunció este viernes que su compañía militar privada abandonaría la ciudad ucraniana de Bakhmut el 10 de mayo porque sus combatientes no tienen municiones.“Me dirijo oficialmente al jefe del estado mayor, al ministro de Defensa, al comandante en jefe supremo y al pueblo de Rusia”, dijo Prigozhin en un comunicado publicado en la aplicación de mensajería Telegram.“Declaro en nombre de los combatientes de Wagner, en nombre del comando de Wagner, que el 10 de mayo de 2023, estamos obligados a transferir posiciones en el asentamiento de Bakhmut a unidades del ministerio de Defensa y retirar los restos de Wagner a campamentos de logística para lamer nuestras heridas”, dijo Prigozhin.Un soldado del grupo Wagner regresó a casa luego de luchar por Rusia. Días después lo arrestaron en un caso de asesinato¿Cuál es el rol del grupo privado Wagner en Ucrania? 3:03“Retiro las unidades de PMC de Wagner porque, sin mu...

Free Lyft rides offered in DC region during Cinco de Mayo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:52 GMT

Over a third of traffic deaths in the U.S. during Cinco de Mayo involve drunk drivers, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and one organization is offering free rides to anyone who’s had too much to drink in a drive to keep roads safe.The Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) said would-be drunk drivers can download the Lyft app and enter the “SoberRide” code in the apps “Payment” tab to receive a no-cost ride home, up to $15.WRAP’s code for Cinco de Mayo will be posted on its website at 3 p.m. Friday. The code is redeemable from 4 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Saturday.The code can be used by anyone 21 and older and anywhere inside Prince George’s, Montgomery, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, as well as anywhere in D.C.WRAP also offers its SoberRide program on St. Patrick’s Day, Independence Day, Halloween and the winter holidays through New Year’s.“We’ve had over ...