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Exención de visa para colombianos en EE.UU.: ¿qué debe ocurrir para que sea realidad?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

(CNN Español) — Desde el Gobierno de Colombia se han realizado esfuerzos para que el país pertenezca al Visa Waiver Program (VWP) y así eliminar el requisito de visa para colombianos que viajan a Estados Unidos. ¿Cuán cerca se está de esa posibilidad?El Gobierno del presidente Gustavo Petro en Colombia tiene en su agenda la posible eliminación de la visa estadounidense para los ciudadanos colombianos. A pesar de que esta tarea requiere esfuerzos y estudios exhaustivos por parte del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés), el embajador de Colombia en Estados Unidos, Luis Gilberto Murillo, ya ha iniciado conversaciones para explorar la posibilidad de una exención de visa y que Colombia pueda formar parte del Visa Waiver Program (VWP).¿Qué es el Visa Waiver Program?El programa de exención de visa, conocido como “Visa Waiver Program” (VWP), otorga a los ciudadanos de determinados países la posibilidad de viajar a  Estados Un...

Bear cub electrocuted after getting startled out of trash bin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) -- Colorado Parks and Wildlife says a bear cub was killed after it got startled while in a trash can in Manitou Springs.CPW said the bear cub got into the trash can then, when startled, raced up a nearby power pole where it was electrocuted. Guide: Living with bears in Colorado "Lock your garbage! Be Bear Aware. Keep cubs alive," CPW said after the incident on Twitter.Bear activity in 2022The biggest cause of conflict last year was bears trying to gain access to trash, as well as birdfeeders, livestock, bears accessing open garages, and other human-originated items that are left unsecured. Bears wander into Front Range looking to consume 20K calories a day “These conflicts could all easily be reduced if the public takes some simple steps around their homes and properties to prevent bears from accessing them,” CPW explained.CPW said that last year, 94 bears were euthanized and 59 were relocated in 2022.How to bearproof your homeBear-proofing you...

How can the Rockies compete in the NL West? MLB analyst says it’s time for ‘Plan B’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Colorado Rockies have an uphill battle in the National League West.The question for the rest of the 2023 season, just how steep is that climb up the standings?“It’s going to take some time,” said Team USA softball player and current MLB analyst Jessica Mendoza who spoke with Colorado Sports Night. “I don't see it being reversible within this season. I think what's really hard is the fact that we have teams [in the MLB] that now buy into the rebuild mode completely and they are OK with it. No one wants to lose that many games and you still want to have success.”Mendoza did credit the Rockies for signing Kris Bryant last season but stressed the organization needs to develop more talent from within. Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog to miss entire 2023-24 season “So now they need to go into ‘Plan B’ mode, which is OK. They’re gonna hunker down, take what they have, and not spend a whole lot of money, especially knowing where the rest of NL West is,” sa...

Police: Possible meteorite strikes home in New Jersey

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (KYW) — A metallic object believed to be a meteorite struck the roof of a home Monday in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, police said.The incident happened at a home located on Old Washington Crossing Pennington Road just after 1 p.m.Police said the home was occupied at the time, but there were no injuries reported.Authorities said the object is about 4 inches by 6 inches. It’s an oblong shape and appears metallic, according to police.Police said the possible meteorite penetrated the roof, the ceiling and then impacted the hardwood floor before coming to a rest.Officials have contacted several other agencies to help positively identify the object.The possible meteorite might be related to a current meteor shower called the Eta Aquariids, police said.The incident is under investigation.

Qatargate comeback? Kaili & Co. want to resume work in European Parliament

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

Eva Kaili wants her job at the European Parliament back. The Greek celebrity politician, one of the main suspects in an alleged cash-for-influence scandal, will soon attempt to have her house arrest conditions lifted so she can resume her duties as a European parliamentarian, Kaili’s lawyers told POLITICO.The two other MEPs involved in the probe — Belgian Marc Tarabella and Italian Andrea Cozzolino — could soon follow suit. As of Tuesday, Tarabella will no longer have to wear an electronic bracelet and will be able to leave house arrest albeit under certain conditions.The three are still charged with corruption, money laundering and participation in a criminal organization in a probe that has come to be known as Qatargate.But as the Parliament’s press office says, they “remain members of the European Parliament with all the rights related to the function.”Which means they all are being paid a salary from the EU budget — and can still vote.The alleged ringleader of the corruptio...

French parliament designates Wagner a ‘terrorist group’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

PARIS — France’s National Assembly voted Tuesday to designate Russia’s paramilitary Wagner group as a terrorist entity.All lawmakers present in parliament — 331 in total — voted in favor of the resolution, which is non-binding. The resolution calls on the European Union to register Wagner on the EU list of terrorist groups.“This resolution and its European scope aims … at reinforcing legal tools against [the Wagner group]. Adding it to the EU list would affect all the stakeholders, the banks, that make its activity possible,” said Benjamin Haddad, an MP belonging to Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party and one of the authors of the text. The resolution is non-binding but sends “a political and symbolic message,” said Haddad.“They aren’t just mercenaries, there’s a will to massacre civilians for political gain … to destabilize institutions,” Haddad told POLITICO ahead of the vote.The Russian mercen...

Western security services dismantle premier Russian spy tool

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

Law enforcement authorities have disabled a piece of advanced malware that Russian intelligence services used to steal secrets from U.S. and NATO countries for more than 20 years, Justice Department officials announced Tuesday.Russia’s modern day equivalent of the KGB, the FSB, deployed the Snake malware to purloin sensitive information from U.S. and NATO government agencies, defense companies. foreign ministries, media organizations and high-tech research facilities, a senior FBI official told reporters Tuesday.Overall, the Kremlin spies used the carefully crafted computer program to steal intellectual property and sensitive information from victims in more than 50 countries.“This is what we assess to be the most sophisticated malware deployed by the FSB when it comes to espionage campaigns,” the FBI official said.Russian spies did not use Snake to stage physical attacks, U.S. officials said Tuesday.Still, it represented something of a Swiss-army-knife of digital spying, giving Rus...

Husband recovering after losing new wife in alleged drunken driving accident

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

(CNN) — Less than two weeks after a car hit a newly married couple leaving their South Carolina wedding, killing the bride, her groom is leaving the hospital to recover from his injuries and mourn his wife.Aric Hutchinson and his new wife, Samantha, were hit by a drunken driver as they left their wedding reception in Folly Beach, South Carolina, according to police. Samantha was killed.Aric “is physically recovering at home while trying to come to terms with the loss of his beautiful wife,” the groom’s mother, Annette Hutchinson, posted in an update to their GoFundMe post verified by CNN.“We are missing Sam more than anything, she instantly fit into our family from the first day Aric and Sam met, she was everything to my son and changed him for the better,” she added.“Aric received multiple injuries including two broken legs, one which had to be surgically repaired. Broken bones in his face which also had to be surgically repaired. Brok...

Maine stroke survivor credits research for saving her life

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) — May is Stroke Awareness Month. The American Heart Association funds research that not only saves lives but also helps people get back to a normal life after a stroke.WMTW caught up with a survivor we first spoke with five years ago to the day who says that research is why she’s still here.“I’m just incredibly grateful,” Sarah Belliveau said.She had a stroke in 2017. She says quick action by her husband who found her that morning to the paramedics and doctors is why she could walk out of the hospital two days later. But she says research is why she’s still alive.“Research-funded protocols not only saved my life but made sure I had a quality of life that I had before,” she said.Belliveau says doctors discovered she had a hole in her heart called a patent foramen ovale or PFO.“It’s essentially a hole in the heart that didn’t close at birth and allows a clot to pass from one side of the heart to the other and bypass the lungs so that’s so...

Man accused of installing hidden camera in public bathroom on Royal Caribbean cruise ship

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

(CNN) — The FBI’s San Juan Division is working to identify potential victims after a man was charged with video voyeurism and attempted possession of child exploitation material for allegedly installing a hidden camera in a public bathroom on a Royal Caribbean ship.The camera was allegedly installed on the cruise line’s Harmony of the Seas ship during a seven-day cruise departing from Miami, Florida, in late April, according to the criminal complaint in the case.The man, identified as Jeremy Froias, boarded the Harmony of the Seas in Miami, and while the cruise ship was navigating in international waters, allegedly installed a hidden Wi-Fi camera in a public bathroom on the ship’s top deck between a surfing simulator and a bar, the criminal complaint said.Several days later, another passenger noticed the hidden camera and reported it to Harmony’s crew. Security personnel searched the bathroom and found and seized the hidden camera. According to the crim...