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Jewish conference addresses horrors of antisemitism past and present

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:12:48 GMT

The culmination of a conference on antisemitism in South Eastern Europe was a visit to the site of the Second World War death camp at Jasenovac in Croatia. But delegates had gathered in Zagreb with their thoughts dominated by the brutal terrorist attack on Israel a few days earlier, writes Political Editor Nick Powell in Zagreb.The Managing Director of the European Jewish Association, Jorgos Papadakis, opened the conference by declaring that the decision to go ahead at a time of “unfolding tragedy” in Israel showed strength and resilience, as well as support for “our brothers and sisters”. The Israeli Ambassador to Croatia, Gary Koren, said it was an opportunity to stand with his country and its right to self-defence in a war “waged upon us by the terrorist organisation Hamas … with the blessing of the Iranian regime”.The Ambassador said Israel had “no choice but to fight Hamas, to obliterate Hamas”. His country was attacking military targets, as defined in international law. “Israe...

Bruce Willis rendered 'incommunicative' by disease, 'Moonlighting' creator says

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:12:48 GMT

"Moonlighting" creator Glenn Gordon Caron said Bruce Willis has been rendered "incommunicative" by the disease that ended the actor's career last year. Caron made the statement while discussing the popular 1980s television show, which is now streaming on Hulu.“I know he’s really happy that the show is going to be available for people, even though he can’t tell me that,” Caron, 69, told The New York Post recently. “The process has taken quite a while and Bruce’s disease is a progressive disease, so I was able to communicate with him before the disease rendered him as incommunicative as he is now," Cameron told the Post.The "Die Hard' and "Pulp Fiction" star stepped away from acting in March 2022 after being diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia."Moonlighting" co-starred actress Cybill Shepherd and Willis, and made the up-and-coming actor a household name. Taylor Swift-forced Grove closure may cost workers Caron faced years of rights-clearing hurdles to get the detectiv...

49ers WR Deebo Samuel heads to locker room with shoulder injury vs. Browns

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:12:48 GMT

Deebo Samuel injured his shoulder on the 49ers’ third drive of Sunday’s game in Cleveland and is questionable to return.The 49ers’ do-it-all receiver went into the locker room after spending a few minutes in the injury tent on the San Francisco sideline while the Browns had the ball on their next drive late in the first quarter.It was not clear how Samuel suffered the injury.Related ArticlesSan Francisco 49ers | 49ers-Browns live blog: Hunt TD tightens score as halftime nears San Francisco 49ers | Kurtenbach: The 49ers are huge favorites against the Browns, but Sunday’s game is still a big challenge San Francisco 49ers | 49ers at Browns: Five keys to potential shutout win in Cleveland San Francisco 49ers | George Kittle’s ‘(Bleep) Dallas’ T-shirt draws NFL fine San Francisco 49ers | Get ready for 49ers’ Randy Gregory rushing Cleveland’s P.J. Walker Le...

49ers-Browns live blog: Offenses struggle in rainy conditions

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:12:48 GMT

The 49ers look to keep their perfect start intact Sunday in Cleveland, where they’ll face the NFL’s No. 1 overall defense, but won’t see starting quarterback Deshaun Watson.Follow along here as we track the action:5:38, 2Q – 49ers 10, Browns 7: Cleveland scores on a quick-strike drive that featured a 58-yard catch-and-run by Amari Cooper to the Niners’ 25-yard line. The Browns pulled a trick out of their hat on third-and-1 from the 49ers’ 16, putting tight end Harrison Bryant under center to signal a sneak attempt, then pitching it wide to Kareem Hunt, who broke around the left side for a score.7:54, 2Q – 49ers 10, Browns 0: Jake Moody made a 25-yard field goal to cap a long 49ers drive that was jump-started by a 15-yard Ray-Ray McCloud run and a 33-yard completion from Brock Purdy to a wide-open Brandon Aiyuk, who hurdled a defender.6:50, 1Q – 49ers 7, Browns 0: Jake Moody’s first missed field goal attempt of the season ended th...

AP Top 25: Washington into top 5 for first time in 6 years; Air Force ranked for 1st time since 2019

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:12:48 GMT

Washington moved up to No. 5 on Sunday in The Associated Press college football poll, the Huskies’ best ranking in six years, after a thrilling victory against Oregon and unbeaten Air Force was ranked for the first time since 2019.The top four teams in the country were unchanged after No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Florida State all won Saturday in blowout fashion. The Bulldogs received 43 first-place votes, Michigan got 16 and Ohio State and Florida State each had one.Washington received two first-place votes and jumped two spots past No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 7 Penn State, giving the Huskies their best ranking since reaching No. 5 on Oct. 8, 2017. The last time Washington was ranked this highly this late in the season was 2016, when the Huskies made the College Football Playoff.That was the last time any Pac-12 team reached the four-team playoff.Washington beat Oregon 36-33 when the Ducks missed a field goal on the game’s final play. Oregon drop...

POLL ALERT: Washington jumps into top 5 for first time in 6 years after beating Oregon, Air Force moves into rankings

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:12:48 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: Washington jumps into top 5 for first time in 6 years after beating Oregon, Air Force moves into rankings.Source

Pavon cruises to 1st European tour win at Spanish Open. Rahm rallies early and Siem flirts with 59

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:12:48 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Matthieu Pavon broke through with his first European tour victory at a place close to home for him, fending off an early rally by Jon Rahm and a late charge by Marcel Siem to win the Spanish Open by four shots on Sunday.The Frenchman closed with a 7-under 64 to finish at 23 under for the tournament in an emotional wire-to-wire victory in a country where his father used to play soccer professionally and in a city where his grandfather was born.“He is up there, so I think he will be very proud of me,” Pavon said, pausing to wipe away tears. “A part of my heart is here in Spain. My grandfather was from here, lived in France because of (former dictator Gen. Francisco) Franco, and I just really thought about him on the course today and it was really hard to keep the tears inside, but now I can just let them go a little bit.”Pavon, runner-up to Rahm last year in the Spanish capital, held off second-place Zander Lombard (64) and finished five shots ahead of Nathan Kimsey (67)...

England ends Fiji’s crowd-pleasing run at Rugby World Cup with a 30-24 win to reach semifinals

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:12:48 GMT

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — England ended Fiji’s crowd-pleasing run at the Rugby World Cup with a tense 30-24 win to reach the semifinals for the sixth time on Sunday.In a welcome result for the northern hemisphere after quarterfinal losses for Ireland and Wales on Saturday, the English countered a second-half fightback by the Flying Fijians as captain Owen Farrell kicked a drop goal and a penalty in the final eight minutes in Marseille.England will play either host France or defending champion South Africa in the semifinals next weekend.Trailing 21-10 at halftime, Fiji turned on its attacking flair and crossed for tries through prop Peni Ravai and flyhalf Vilimoni Botitu to tie the scores at 24-24 after 68 minutes.The Pacific Island nation couldn’t complete the comeback in its bid to become the first tier two team to get to the semifinals since the game went professional after the 1995 World Cup.As for England’s players, they were largely written off six weeks ago after losing to Fiji...

Transatlantic blame game: Trump, Merkel, Biden and the danger of Germany’s dependence on Huawei

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:12:48 GMT

Four and a half years ago, former President Donald Trump’s crusade to pressure U.S. allies into banning the Chinese tech company Huawei ran into a wall of resistance in Berlin.Then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed Trump’s warnings that Huawei posed a grave security risk to the West — and defied his threat that the U.S. would curb intelligence sharing with allies who let the Chinese company build their future mobile networks.Germany will not “exclude a company simply because it’s from a certain country,” Merkel declared at global policy conference in Berlin in March 2019.What followed was a burst of lucrative contracts between the Chinese tech giant and German telecommunications firms: Huawei is in the midst of constructing 5G infrastructure throughout the country, connecting Germany with Europe and the U.S.Now, however, is a season of worry and regret on both sides of the Atlantic. The Biden administration told POLITICO and WELT, a German national daily newspaper, it is as ...

Opposition wins Polish election, according to exit poll

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:12:48 GMT

WARSAW — Poland’s opposition parties look like they’ve won a solid victory in the country’s general election, according to an exit poll released immediately after voting ended at 9 p.m. on Sunday.Although the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) came first in terms of support, three leading opposition parties would have a majority of seats in the 460-member parliament.If the result holds, it’s a stunning defeat for PiS and could help thaw relations between Brussels and Warsaw. The party mobilized the full resources of the state to help it win, and it was also strongly backed by state media — which are firmly in the ruling party’s camp.PiS was hobbled, however, by a growing number of scandals — including allegations that officials were selling vistas for bribes. Eight years of tensions and social conflict, with fights over abortion, rule of law, grain imports from Ukraine, and awful relations with the EU, which has frozen the payout of billions over rule of law worrie...