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China’s Xi will skip G20 summit in India because of downturn in relations and Premier Li Qiang will attend instead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:31 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Xi will skip G20 summit in India because of downturn in relations and Premier Li Qiang will attend instead.Source

¿Por qué se celebra el Labor Day 2023 (Día del Trabajo) el 4 de septiembre en Estados Unidos? ¿Cuál es su origen y significado?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:31 GMT

(CNN) —  Este es un vistazo a la conmemoración del Día del Trabajo, conocido también como Labor Day, una festividad nacional que se celebra en Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico para honrar a los trabajadores. En 2023, el Día del Trabajo es el 4 de septiembre.DatosEl Día del Trabajo se celebra el primer lunes de septiembre.En muchos otros países, el Día de los trabajadores (1 de mayo) es el día en que se honra a los trabajadores. La mayor parte de Europa celebra el primero de mayo.Para muchos, el Día del Trabajo simboliza el final del verano.En agosto de 2023, había más de 161 millones de personas en la fuerza laboral en Estados Unidos.CronologíaDía del Trabajo (Labor Day) 2023: qué estará abierto y qué cerrado en Estados UnidosPrincipios de la década de 1880 – Según el Departamento de Trabajo, la idea de crear un día festivo para honrar a los trabajadores fue propuesta por Peter McGuire del Sindicato de la Hermandad de Carpinteros y Ebanistas o por Matthew Maguire de la Asoci...

Indiana takes on Chicago after Smith’s 30-point game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:31 GMT

Chicago Sky (15-22, 3-15 Eastern Conference) at Indiana Fever (12-25, 5-13 Eastern Conference)Indianapolis; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Indiana hosts the Chicago Sky after NaLyssa Smith scored 30 points in the Indiana Fever’s 97-84 overtime win against the Dallas Wings.The Fever are 5-13 in conference games. Indiana ranks fifth in the Eastern Conference with 25.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Smith averaging 7.1.The Sky have gone 3-15 against Eastern Conference opponents. Chicago ranks second in the Eastern Conference with 8.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Elizabeth Williams averaging 2.3.The teams play for the fourth time this season. The Sky won the last meeting 89-87 on July 2. Courtney Williams scored 28 points to help lead the Sky to the victory.TOP PERFORMERS: Kelsey Mitchell is averaging 18.4 points and 3.2 assists for the Fever. Aliyah Boston is averaging 16.1 points over the last 10 games for Indiana.Courtney Williams is averaging 9.8 points, 5.8 rebound...

Washington visits Phoenix after Jefferson’s 32-point game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:31 GMT

Washington Mystics (17-19, 8-10 Eastern Conference) at Phoenix Mercury (9-28, 2-16 Western Conference)Phoenix; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Phoenix plays the Washington Mystics after Moriah Jefferson scored 32 points in the Phoenix Mercury’s 86-73 loss to the Minnesota Lynx.The Mercury are 8-10 in home games. Phoenix averages 15.0 turnovers per game and is 3- when it wins the turnover battle.The Mystics are 5-13 on the road. Washington ranks ninth in the WNBA with 6.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Tianna Hawkins averaging 1.5.The teams square off for the fourth time this season. In the last meeting on Aug. 9 the Mercury won 91-72 led by 15 points from Diana Taurasi, while Brittney Sykes scored 24 points for the Mystics.TOP PERFORMERS: Brittney Griner is shooting 56.3% and averaging 17.8 points for the Mercury. Jefferson is averaging 14.5 points over the last 10 games for Phoenix.Natasha Cloud is averaging 12.7 points and 5.9 assists for the Mystics. Sykes is averaging...

Dallas hosts New York after Stewart’s 26-point outing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:31 GMT

New York Liberty (30-7, 16-3 Eastern Conference) at Dallas Wings (20-17, 10-9 Western Conference)Arlington, Texas; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: New York plays the Dallas Wings after Breanna Stewart scored 26 points in the Liberty’s 86-69 win against the Chicago Sky.The Wings are 10-8 on their home court. Dallas scores 87.1 points while outscoring opponents by 2.4 points per game.The Liberty are 16-3 on the road. New York leads the WNBA with 24.0 assists per game led by Courtney Vandersloot averaging 8.1.The two teams square off for the third time this season. The Wings defeated the Liberty 98-88 in their last meeting on July 19. Arike Ogunbowale led the Wings with 25 points, and Stewart led the Liberty with 25 points.TOP PERFORMERS: Ogunbowale is averaging 21.1 points, 4.3 assists and 1.7 steals for the Wings. Satou Sabally is averaging 18.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.8 steals over the past 10 games for Dallas.Stewart is scoring 22.8 points per game and averagi...

Thomas and the Sun take on Ogwumike and the Sparks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:31 GMT

Los Angeles Sparks (15-21, 8-11 Western Conference) at Connecticut Sun (25-12, 13-5 Eastern Conference)Uncasville, Connecticut; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Nneka Ogwumike and the Los Angeles Sparks visit Alyssa Thomas and the Connecticut Sun in non-conference action.The Sun have gone 11-6 at home. Connecticut is the leader in the Eastern Conference at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 79.0 points while holding opponents to 43.4% shooting.The Sparks are 6-11 on the road. Los Angeles has a 7-8 record in games decided by 10 points or more.The teams square off for the third time this season. The Sun won 83-68 in the last matchup on Aug. 27. Thomas led the Sun with 17 points, and Azura Stevens led the Sparks with 17 points.TOP PERFORMERS: DeWanna Bonner is averaging 17.7 points and 5.6 rebounds for the Sun. Thomas is averaging 18.0 points over the last 10 games for Connecticut.Ogwumike is scoring 19.1 points per game and averaging 8.9 rebounds for the Sparks. Karlie Samuelson is a...

Div. 1-2 players to watch, alignments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:31 GMT

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ALIGNMENTEMASS DIV. 1Acton-BoxboroAndoverAttleboroBC HighBraintreeBrocktonBrooklineCentral CatholicDurfeeEverettFraminghamFranklinHaverhillLawrenceLexingtonLincoln-SudburyLowellMethuenNatickNeedhamNew BedfordNewton NorthNewton SouthSt. John’s PrepSt. John’s (Shrewsbury)TauntonWestford AcademyWeymouthXaverian EMASS DIV. 2ArlingtonBarnstableBelmontBeverlyBishop FeehanBridgewater-RaynhamCambridgeCatholic MemorialChelmsfordConcord-CarlisleDimanKing PhilipMarshfieldNorth AndoverNorth QuincyPeabodyPlymouth NorthQuincyWalthamWellesleyWinchester DIV. 1-2 DANDY DOZENThomas Brown, Jr., OL, 6-4, 270, Chelmsford: One of the premier junior linemen in the state, Brown has been outstanding on the football field and the wrestling mat.Kieran Corr, Sr. PK, 6-3, 175, Winchester: The Harvard-bound Corr recently won a national kicking contest and has made field goals beyond 60 yards.Andrew Dufault, Sr. OL/LS, 6-2, 250, Xaverian: The Penn State-bound Dufault is ...

China’s Xi will skip G20 summit in India during a period of soured bilateral relations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:31 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is apparently skipping this week’s Group of 20 summit in India as bilateral relations remain icy. Instead, Premier Li Qiang will represent China at the Sept. 9-10 gathering, the Foreign Ministry said Monday in a one sentence notice on its website. Relations between China and India have grown frosty over their disputed border, and three years ago the tensions resulted in a clash in the Ladakh region that killed 20 Indian and four soldiers. It turned into a long-running standoff in the rugged mountainous area, where each side has stationed tens of thousands of military personnel backed by artillery, tanks and fighter jets.Frictions have also risen over trade and India’s growing strategic ties with China’s main rival the United States. Both India and China have expelled the other’s journalists. India recently overtook China as the world’s most populous nation and the two are rivals in technology, space exploration and ...

Sudan’s top general arrives in South Sudan for talks with its president on the war

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:31 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top military general has arrived in South Sudan on Monday for talks with its president on his second trip abroad since the war in his country started earlier this year.Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, chairman of the ruling Sovereign Council, landed at the airport in South Sudan’s capital and was received by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. Both leaders inspected an honor guard then headed for talks that would focus on the conflict in Sudan, according to the council.In April, simmering tensions between the military, led by Burhan, and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, exploded into open fighting in the capital and elsewhere.The fighting has reduced Khartoum to an urban battlefield, with neither side managing to gain control of the city. The military command, where Burhan has purportedly been stationed since April, has been one of the epicenters of the conflict.In the western Darfur region — the scene of a gen...

Clashes erupt in Sweden’s third largest city after another Quran burning and at least 3 are detained

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:31 GMT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Clashes erupted in an immigrant neighborhood in Sweden’s third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to the Quran, police said Monday. Police in Malmo said they were pelted with rocks and dozens of cars were set on fire, including in an underground garage, describing the events that started Sunday and lasted overnight as “a violent riot.”The clashes started after an anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika on Sunday burned a copy of the Quran and an angry mob tried to stop him while police, some of them helmeted, detained several people. At least three people have been detained, police said.Early Monday, an angry crowd of mainly young people also set fire to tires and debris and some were seen throwing electric scooters, bicycles and barriers in Malmo’s Rosengard neighborhood, which has seen similar clashes in the past. There were several banners relating to the Quran burning. “I understand that a public gathering like this arouses strong emotions, but...