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La NASA anuncia que enviará humanos al “lado oscuro de la Luna”

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:11 GMT

BUENOS AIRES – El administrador de la NASA, Bill Nelson, dijo este jueves, en el marco de su visita a la Argentina, que la agencia espacial estadounidense está preparando una misión para enviar humanos al “lado oscuro de la Luna” con la intención de probar nuevas tecnologías que más adelante le permitirá llegar a Marte.“En esta ocasión vamos a otra Luna, a su polo sur, que está poblada de cráteres y bajo una oscuridad constante. Una primera misión enviará a cuatro astronautas a sobrevolar la órbita lunar y otra caminará sobre su superficie. Por ende, se debe ser muy preciso en el aterrizaje”, explicó Nelson al disertar ante estudiantes de Ingeniería aeroespacial de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA).El director de la NASA arribó a Argentina para profundizar lazos en materia de cooperación aeroespacial, una relación que inició en 1991 con la creación de la Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE) del país suramericano. NASA rompe el silencio tras pasa...

Argentina scores two goals in furious Women’s World Cup comeback to earn draw against South Africa

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:11 GMT

Argentina scored two game-saving goals in a flurry of five minutes during the second half Friday to salvage a 2-2 draw with South Africa at the Women’s World Cup.The draw gave both teams a single point in Group G. Sweden and Italy, the co-leaders of the group with three points each, play Saturday.Sophia Braun sent the ball soaring into the top right corner of the net in the 74th minute to get Argentina on the board. Romina Nunez tied it with a header in the 79th.The game was played before just 8,834 spectators in Dunedin Stadium, but those in attendance made their support known for both of the teams. Linda Motlhalo scored in the 30th minute for South Africa when she knocked in a pass from Thembi Kgatlana when play slowed because Argentine players thought South Africa was offside. Kgatlana later added a goal herself in the 66th minute. The draw gave South Africa its first ever point in the Women’s World Cup. South Africa lost every match in the group stage at the 2019 Women’s W...

Syndergaard seeks fresh start with Guardians after being traded by Dodgers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:11 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Noah Syndergaard is hoping for a fresh start with the Cleveland Guardians. The pitcher known as “Thor” with a devastating fastball and long, blond hair is looking to get his career back on track after being slowed by injuries in recent years. And the one-time All-Star hopes that starts with Cleveland after the Guardians acquired him from the Los Angeles Dodgers for shortstop Amed Rosario on Wednesday.“There’s been a lot of emotions with a balance between a lot of excitement and disappointment in myself,” Syndergaard said before the Guardians’ game against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday. “My time with the Dodgers didn’t really go as planned. I didn’t really blossom into the pitcher I wanted to be, but maybe just a fresh start with the Guardians is really all I need to bounce back and just start fresh.”Syndergaard signed a one-year deal with the Dodgers before the season and posted a 7.16 ERA in 12 starts before getting sidelined by a blister. He is scheduled to make...

Argentina empata 2-2 contra Sudáfrica y todavía tiene opciones de clasificar a la siguiente fase del Mundial femenino

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:11 GMT

(CNN Español) — Argentina se supo recomponer y en cinco minutos marcó dos goles y logró un valioso empate 2-2 contra Sudáfrica, en la segunda fecha del Grupo G del Mundial de Fútbol femenino.Se trata de un resultado que les permite a ambas selecciones seguir con opciones de pasar a la siguiente ronda, luego de que tanto Argentina como Sudáfrica sufrieran derrotas en la primera fecha ante Italia y Suecia, respectivamente.La competencia, que se disputa por primera vez con 32 equipos en ocho grupos de cuatro selecciones cada una, permite seguir adelante a los dos primeros de cada grupo.Thembi Kgatlana de Sudáfrica cleebra el segundo gol de su equipo. Crédito: Lars Baron/Getty ImagesEl marcador se abrió con un gol de Linda Motlhalo al minuto 30 después de una jugada en la que se creyó era fuera de lugar, pero terminó siendo validada tras la revisión del VAR. En efecto, Miriam Mayorga de Argentina habilitó claramente a la delantera Thembi Kgatlana, que sin dificultad hizo el pase g...

Corea del Norte exhibe misiles balísticos durante desfile militar para conmemorar los 70 años del armisticio de la guerra de Corea

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:11 GMT

(CNN) –– Corea del Norte exhibió sus tropas y equipo militar durante un desfile en Pyongyang para conmemorar el aniversario número 70 del armisticio de la guerra de Corea, informó el medio estatal KCNA.Corea del Norte, China y Rusia conmemoran el “Día de la Victoria” de hace 70 años, mientras se alinean en la guerra de UcraniaMisiles balísticos intercontinentales Hwasong-18 fueron transportados a la plaza Kim Il Sung para el evento, en el que luego se exhibieron misiles balísticos intercontinentales Hwasong-17.Esta no es la primera vez que Corea del Norte exhibe el Hwasong-18, que, según se afirmó, fue lanzado el 12 de julio con un tiempo de vuelo de 74 minutos.Corea del Norte celebra la fecha del armisticio como el “Día de la Victoria”.Guerra de Corea: así fue el origen del conflicto entre norte y sur y estas fueron las consecuenciasEl líder de Corea del Norte, Kim Jong Un, el ministro de Defensa de Rusia, Sergei Shoigu, y el miembro del politburó chino Li H...

Colorado seatbelt use continues to lag behind national average

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:11 GMT

PARKER, Colo. (KDVR) -- It takes less than a second to buckle your seatbelt, and it could save your life. Yet statistics show Coloradans still don't buckle up as often as the average American. A 2020 visual survey by the Colorado Department of Transportation revealed that only 87% of Coloradans were wearing a seatbelt, well below the national average of 91.6%.It's a troubling statistic for parents like Christy Schultz, who lost her daughter Sammie following a crash in 2020. “I started walking over, and to be honest, the accident didn’t look that bad, I could see both cars, neither was upside down," Schultz said. "It was something you wouldn’t think was a major accident, and then I saw my daughter’s shoe in the middle of the road, and that’s when I realized this is way more serious than I think.”Sammie was not wearing a seatbelt and would die at Children's Hospital six days later, one day after her 15th birthday.Schultz said Sammie always wore ...

Strong thunderstorms cause flash floods in parts of Broward; hundreds of delays, entrance ramp closure at FLL

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:11 GMT

A nasty night of downpours left several communities in Broward County flooded out and wreaked havoc for travelers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.The flash floods on Thursday night complicated commutes for drivers, causing vehicles to stall out in the floodwaters.7News cameras and cellphone video captured stranded vehicles from Fort Lauderdale to Hallandale Beach. Mike Noriega said his mother was caught in the middle of the soggy conditions in a Dania Beach parking lot.“I got an instant call from my mom saying that the car just stopped and she needed help, so I just ran out of work straight over here,” he said.Bolts of lightning and heavy rainfall made a mess, especially for those trying to head home. Noriega said his mother was not the only one stuck in the parking lot.“[Another driver] was in the same condition. He was down by my car and just stopped, dead-stopped, because his vehicle just stopped on him,” he said, “and so, I helped...

Man dies after hostage situation on Lincoln Road ends in officer-involved shooting, police say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:11 GMT

A man has died after he threatened two people inside a store along busy Lincoln Road while armed with a knife, forcing officers to open fire, police said.According to Miami Beach Police, they received a disturbance call along the 900 block of Lincoln Road of an armed male subject, Thursday afternoon. Once police arrived, investigators said, an officer was forced to fire, just after 5:30 p.m.Witnesses said they heard four to five gunshots from inside the Victoria’s Secret after officers arrived.Sources told 7News two people were being held hostage, and one of them was a young woman who lives out of the countryPolice evacuated several stores on Lincoln Road.Shanell Santiago, who works at SEE Eyewear, said he heard gunshots a few doors down from his store.“Bam, bam, bam!’ Knocks on my door, ‘Let’s go, Let’s go, get out, get out, let’s run,'” he said. “‘Close the doors, close everything, get out of the shop.'”Santiago Her...

US expects to begin delivering Abrams tanks to Ukraine in September

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:11 GMT

U.S. Abrams tanks are likely to arrive on the Ukrainian battlefield in September, according to six people familiar with the planning, as Kyiv’s forces push to retake territory in a counteroffensive that is picking up steam.The plan is to send a handful of Abrams tanks to Germany in August, where they will undergo final refurbishments. Once that process is complete, the first batch of Abrams will be shipped to Ukraine the following month.The potential August and September deliveries mark the most specific time frame provided for when America’s main battle tank is expected to roll onto the battlefield. Pentagon officials have previously said the Abrams would be in Ukrainian hands sometime in the fall.The U.S. is sending older M1A1 models instead of the more modern A2 version, which would have taken a year to get to Ukraine.The six people — a Defense Department official, a U.S. official, an industry official, a congressional aide and two others familiar with the discussions —...

EU trade deals risk affordability of generic medicines for Global South

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:11 GMT

Ban Ki-Moon is the 8th U.N. secretary-general and Club de Madrid honorary member. Winnie Byanyima is the executive director of UNAIDS.India has long been known as the “pharmacy of the world,” producing generic medicines at prices that other developing countries and global institutions can afford. The country was the single largest supplier of pharmaceutical products to Africa in 2018, and accounted for a fifth of the continent’s pharmaceutical imports.However, as the European Union now negotiates free trade agreements with India and Indonesia — another major generics-producing nation — the bloc’s been proposing far stricter protection of intellectual property rights. And such protection could threaten the affordability of generic medicines these countries export to the Global South.It’s vital we remember the lessons of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. It was the influx of affordable generics from India that helped drive down the price of treatment from over $10,000 to unde...