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Doing justice to history, a powerful call for recognition of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:53:30 GMT

In Bangladesh, March 25 is marked as Genocide Day, the anniversary of the start of the Pakistani army’s brutal campaign of suppression in 1971 that claimed some three million lives. There is now a powerful campaign for international recognition that the mass murders, rapes and torture were an act of genocide against the Bengali people. It took an important step forward in Brussels on this year’s anniversary, with a special event organised by the Bangladesh Embassy, writes Political Editor Nick Powell.The Bangladesh genocide was one of the worst such events in human history. The killings, rapes and other atrocities became widely known at the time, with widespread popular support around the world in 1971 for the struggle for freedom of the people of what was then East Pakistan. Yet, just as governments at the time were slow to recognise the democratic legitimacy of a free Bangladesh, the international community has ...

Video shows California deputies fatally shooting mentally ill man wielding a spiked club

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:53:30 GMT

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has released footage of deputies fatally shooting a 33-year-old mentally ill man wielding a spiked club in a Moreno Valley home on Feb. 6.In audio footage of the 911 call, the mother of Moreno Valley resident Jesus Antonio Rodriguez told a dispatcher she had a “5150 son” who had been behaving more “out of control yesterday and today.” Rodriguez’s mother said he was aggressive but had not hit anyone.The 5150 police code refers to a law allowing a mentally disturbed person to be involuntarily detained for psychiatric evaluation if they are deemed a danger to themselves or others.Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says in the edited video that the mother also saw her son smoking an unknown substance while under the influence of alcohol.Deputies responded to the residence at the 25400 block of Filaree Avenue around 12:31 p.m., entered the home, and approached Rodriguez’s bedroom. In the video, Bianco said officers stood at the bedroom doorway ...

Sex offender arrested, is suspected of filming minor in California store bathroom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:53:30 GMT

A Montebello man suspected of using his cellphone to record a child in a Pasadena department store bathroom has been arrested, authorities said.Around 5:15 p.m., Saturday, March 18, the child victim was inside a bathroom stall at the department store in the 400 block of South Lake Avenue when a man  tried to film the child from an adjacent stall, according to the Pasadena Police Department. The man fled the store after the child caught him attempting to record.Police were able to identify the suspect as 37-year-old David Edward Miranda, a registered sex offender, and arrested him at his Montebello home the following day on suspicion of possessing child pornography and invasion of privacy.Digital devices containing thousand of images and videos of child pornography were found at Miranda’s home during the arrest, police said.Miranda remained in custody on Sunday on an $80,000 bail, according to inmate records.Anyone with information about the case should contact the Pasadena Police at...

Miss Manners: Her response to my compliment left me speechless

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:53:30 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at a party for a financial business, where everyone was dressed up and having cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before a sit-down dinner and dancing.A woman stood nearby for several minutes with her back to me. When she turned and we caught each other’s eyes, I told her I had been admiring her dress and that it was a very interesting print.She responded, “Thank you, it’s a (something Italian).”I’ve heard of this type of response to a compliment before, but always thought it was some kind of joke — perhaps making fun of certain types of people, like the Housewives of Wherever. I was totally unprepared for her comment, and just grunted in response. My first thought was to ask if she had gotten it at a thrift store, but I wisely kept that to myself.I guess I don’t run in the right circles, so can you enlighten me as to the proper reaction? Or was her statement a natural response to my comment on the print? What do I sa...

Dear Abby: I forgave my wife’s affair and started one of my own. What do I do now?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:53:30 GMT

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married for a little more than 12 years. My wife and I have one child. Unfortunately, like a lot of relationships, we’ve been stuck in a rough patch for a while now.I learned that she was having an affair a few years ago, which rocked me to the core. I recognized there were cracks forming early on, but, admittedly, I didn’t do enough to try to fix them. I ultimately decided to forgive her, and we have tried our best to put things back together.Last year, I met someone through work with whom I connected on an incredibly deep level, and I found myself to be genuinely happy in a way I hadn’t been for ages. It led to an affair that has been going on for a year. This woman desperately wants us to have a life together, as do I, but I’m afraid of what it will do to my child.Walking away from my long marriage, even with everything that has happened, is difficult to fathom, as is the thought of destroying my child’s sense of family and...

Jill On Money: Bank failures put Fed in the hot seat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:53:30 GMT

Federal Reserve officials were under fire as they convened their two-day policy meeting, during which they decided to raise short-term rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.75-5.00 percent. Despite uncertainty in the banking sector, the Fed said that still-high inflation required action.Related ArticlesEconomy | Summer travel is likely to remain hot this year, so book early Economy | How being neurodiverse affects your relationship with money Economy | Have a job and a side gig? Watch for these missteps Economy | How to fight the ‘pink tax’ amid inflation Economy | Credit or debit card for kids: Which is best? The rate decision, along with events of the previous two weeks at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank, and Credit Suisse, have put the Fed’s policies and oversight in the hot seat.Although many of the problems at these banks were unique to them, the broader issue may be that the Fed a...

Malaysia, Cambodia sign pacts on Cambodian workers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:53:30 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Malaysia and Cambodia signed two agreements on Monday on the employment of Cambodian migrant workers, as Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim made his first visit to Phnom Penh since becoming his country’s leader in November.Anwar was accompanied by his ministers of foreign affairs, religious affairs and human resources, Malaysia’s foreign ministry said ahead of his one-day trip.He held talks Monday morning with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and was to meet with King Norodom Sihamoni and top lawmakers later in the day.The two governments signed agreements on the recruitment, employment and repatriation of Cambodian workers in Malaysia. Malaysia, one of Southeast Asia’s richer countries, employs low-wage workers from Cambodia, one of the region’s poorer nations.Anwar’s trip comes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. He was also scheduled to meet with members of Cambodia’s small Islamic community, almost all of whom belong to the Cham ethnic ...

Arrestan al actor Jonathan Majors por cargos de agresión en Nueva York, según la Policía

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:53:30 GMT

(CNN) — El actor Jonathan Majors, quien recientemente protagonizó “Creed III” y “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”, fue arrestado este sábado por la mañana en una supuesta disputa doméstica, dijo la policía de Nueva York.Majors, de 33 años, fue detenido luego de una llamada al 911 realizada desde un apartamento en el vecindario de Chelsea en Manhattan, según un comunicado del Departamento de Policía de Nueva York.“La víctima informó a la policía que fue agredida”, dice el comunicado. La mujer de 30 años tenía “lesiones menores en la cabeza y el cuello”, dijo la policía.Majors enfrenta cargos de estrangulación, agresión y acoso, según la policía de Nueva York.Arrestan en EE.UU. al multimillonario chino Guo Wengui acusado de presunta conspiración de fraude por estafa a inversores por más de US$ 1.000 millonesJonathan Majors, visto aquí asistiendo al estreno europeo de “Creed III” en Londres, Inglaterra, fue arrestado el 25 de marzo de 2023 y enfrenta múltiples cargo...

Jefa del FMI advierte sobre “riesgos” para la estabilidad financiera mundial, pero China muestra signos de recuperación

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:53:30 GMT

Hong Kong (CNN) — La directora del Fondo Monetario Internacional pidió una mayor vigilancia sobre el sistema financiero mundial durante un discurso en China este domingo en el que también señaló los “brotes verdes” que están surgiendo en la segunda economía más grande del mundo.“Los riesgos para la estabilidad financiera han aumentado”, dijo la directora del FMI, Kristalina Georgieva, durante los comentarios en el Foro de Desarrollo de China en Beijing.Georgieva elogió la rapidez con que los responsables políticos actuaron en respuesta a la crisis bancaria, citando la reciente colaboración de los principales bancos centrales para impulsar el flujo de dólares estadounidenses en todo el mundo.“Estas acciones han aliviado el estrés del mercado hasta cierto punto”, dijo. “Pero la incertidumbre es alta, lo que subraya la necesidad de vigilancia”.Qué significa la crisis bancaria para las tasas hipotecarias en Estados UnidosKristalina Georgieva, directora del FMI, en un foro sobre de...

Chesapeake Bay restoration to receive over $1 million in federal funding

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:53:30 GMT

The Chesapeake Bay Trust nonprofit based in Annapolis, Maryland, will receive over a $1 million in funding from the federal government to strengthen tidal wetland restoration, public education, and bolster green infrastructure projects.In a news release Friday, Maryland Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman John Sarbanes announced that $1,129,063 in federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will go toward local projects to restore, preserve and protect the Chesapeake Bay.“The health of the Chesapeake Bay is vital to the health of our communities and our regional economy. We fought to pass the infrastructure modernization law — and within it to boost resources for our efforts to protect the Bay — in order to invest in projects like this that will help restore our wetlands and habitats that serve as essential filters to prevent pollutants from poisoning the Bay,” said Van Hollen.BISHOPS HEAD, MARYLAND — NOVEMBER 12: In this aerial view, Crab Po...