John Kerry, secretario de Estado de EE.UU., se fractura una pierna al andar en bicicleta
El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, John Kerry, se rompió la pierna derecha el domingo en un accidente de bicicleta en los Alpes cerca de Scionzier, en Francia, y pasará la noche internado en un hospital de Ginebra antes de regresar a su país para recuperarse, dijo su portavoz.
El jefe de la diplomacia estadounidense, que debió cancelar las visitas Madrid y a París previstas para los próximos días, inicialmente planeaba volver a Estados Unidos a última hora del domingo.
John Kerry, secretario de Estado de EE.UU., se fractura una pierna al andar en bicicleta
Dragón de Komodo muerde a trabajadora de zoológico en EEUU
Una trabajadora de un zoológico en Omaha fue hospitalizada en estado crítico después de haber sido mordida por un enorme dragón de Komodo el domingo.
Los paramédicos acudieron al Zoológico y Acuario Henry Doorly el domingo por la tarde para atender a la trabajadora, que posteriormente fue trasladada a un hospital.
Las autoridades han proporcionado pocos detalles sobre el incidente.
Dragón de Komodo muerde a trabajadora de zoológico en EEUU
Sismo de 4,9 grados se registró en el océano frente a costa de norte chileno
Un sismo de 4,9 grados de magnitud se registró hoy en el océano frente a la costa de la región chilena de Tarapacá, en el norte del país.
Según el Centro Sismológico Nacional (CSN) el epicentro del temblor, ocurrido a las 13.08 hora local (16.08 GMT), se situó a 81 kilómetros al suroeste de la localidad de Pisagua. La profundidad fue calculada en 32 kilómetros.
La Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi) señaló que el fenómeno alcanzó intensidad de 3,0 grados Mercalli en las localidades de Alto Hospicio y Pozo Almonte, al interior de la ciudad de Iquique.
Sismo de 4,9 grados se registró en el océano frente a costa de norte chileno
Al menos 2.600 muertos en Egipto por violencia desde la destitución de Mursi
Al menos 2.600 personas murieron a causa de la violencia política y los atentados en Egipto desde el derrocamiento militar de Mohamed Mursi de la presidencia en julio de 2013 hasta diciembre pasado, según los últimos datos del Consejo Nacional egipcio de Derechos Humanos (CNDH) divulgados hoy.
El organismo gubernamental precisa en su informe que entre los fallecidos hay 1.800 civiles, de ellos 1.250 miembros y seguidores de los Hermanos Musulmanes, y 700 oficiales y agentes de la Policía y de las Fuerzas Armadas.
Al menos 2.600 muertos en Egipto por violencia desde la destitución de Mursi
B.B. King laid to rest in Mississippi
It was a farewell fit for a king.
Fans, friends and family said a final farewell to B.B. King at a touching funeral Saturday in Mississippi.
More than 500 people filled the Bell Grove Missionary Baptist Church in King’s hometown of Indianola.
President Obama, in a letter read by Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, called King a legend, and an inspiration to blues lovers everywhere.
“The blues has lost its king, and American has lost a legend,” Obama wrote.
“No one worked harder than B.B. No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues. He gets stuck in your head, he gets you moving, he gets you doing the things you probably shouldn’t do — but will always be glad you did. B.B. may be gone but that thrill will be with us forever.”
King, 89, died May 14 at his home in Las Vegas. His death was followed by drama as daughters Karen Williams and Patty King signed affidavits accusing their father’s two aides of poisoning him.
B.B. King laid to rest in Mississippi
Jamaica’s health ministry tackles Zika Virus
THE Ministry of Health has embarked on a series of training activities that will look specifically at the Zika Virus but more broadly on sustained integrated vector control.
Over 100 senior staff members of the ministry attended the National Workshop on Preparedness and Response to Zika Virus Infection, in Kingston, on Friday, at the Knutsford Court Hotel.
The Zika Virus, which has caused a recent health scare in the South American country of Brazil, is spread by the bite of an infected Aedes Aegypti mosquito. Its symptoms include severe fever, joint and muscle pains, headaches, rashes and conjunctivitis. These symptoms usually appear three to 12 days following a bite.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson said that the region should prepare for the introduction of a new disease and/or a disease outbreak every two years. This, he said, is coming out of discussions at the recent World Health Assembly. “This year we face the threat of the Zika Virus. We do not yet know what the next two years will bring, but we have to prepare nonetheless. We cannot let our guard down,” he said.
The minister pointed out that if the Zika Virus gets here, it will be a new disease for Jamaica.
“A combination of factors, including urbanisation, population growth, an increase in global travel and trade and climate change has led to an increase in susceptibility of countries in the Caribbean, including Jamaica, for disease outbreaks, among them some never before experienced in this region,” he said.
He added that the prevalence of vector-borne diseases has been on the rise with estimates indicating that the number of cases of dengue has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years.
“This is worrying, because some of the diseases that now threaten the health of the region, including Jamaica, are those which are transmitted in the same way as dengue. We must bear in mind that we are susceptible to diseases, such as Chikungunya and the Zika Virus, because we have never been exposed…so if or when introduced, a fairly large amount of the population may be impacted,” the minister said.
Friday’s workshop sought to update the senior health team islandwide on the current situation with the Zika Virus infection globally and regionally; to provide guidance on the management of the Zika Virus infection; and to review the ministry’s outbreak preparedness and response strategies.
At the workshop were senior medical officers, chief executive officers of hospitals, public health inspectors and health educators.
Jamaica’s health ministry tackles Zika Virus
Kerry breaks leg in cycling accident in Alps, returns home
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his right leg in an accident while cycling in the Alps near Scionzier, France, on Sunday and is returning to the United States, his spokesman said.
He has canceled visits to Madrid and Paris.
Kerry broke his right femur but the injury is not life-threatening and he is expected to make a full recovery, the spokesman said. He was taken to a Geneva hospital after being injured and was in stable condition.
The accident occurred while Kerry was out cycling the day after meetings with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Geneva to try to overcome obstacles in negotiations on curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.
He was flown by medical helicopter from the scene of the accident to Geneva’s main public hospital, spokesman John Kirby said.
“He did not lose consciousness,” Kirby said, adding that paramedics and a doctor were on the scene with Kerry’s motorcade at the time of the accident.
The 71-year-old secretary of state is an avid cyclist and often takes his own bike on official trips abroad.
A senior State Department official said it appeared Kerry hit a curb and there was no vehicle involved in the accident.
He had been due to travel to Madrid, Spain, later on Sunday before heading to Paris for a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and members of a U.S-supported coalition fighting the militant group Islamic State.
Kerry breaks leg in cycling accident in Alps, returns home
International effort rescues over 5,000 Mediterranean migrants
The corpses of 17 migrants were brought ashore in Sicily aboard an Italian naval vessel on Sunday along with 454 survivors as efforts intensified to rescue people fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East.
More than 5,000 migrants trying to reach Europe have been saved from boats in distress in the Mediterranean since Friday and operations are in progress to rescue 500 more, European Union authorities said on Sunday.
In some of the most intense Mediterranean traffic of the year, migrants who left Libya in 25 boats were picked up by ships from Italy, Britain, Malta and Belgium, assisted by planes from Iceland and Finland, the EU’s border control agency Frontex said.
Naval and merchant vessels involved in rescue operations also came from countries including Germany, Ireland and Denmark.
The 17 corpses found on one of the boats arrived in the Sicilian port of Augusta aboard the Italian navy corvette Fenice. Italian prosecutors are investigating how they died.
Frontex is coordinating an EU rescue mission in the Mediterranean known as Triton, which was stepped up after around 800 migrants drowned off Libya in April in the Mediterranean’s most deadly shipwreck in living memory.
“This is the biggest wave of migrants we have seen in 2015,” Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri said in a written statement. “The new vessels that joined operation Triton this week have already saved hundreds of people.”
Italy has so far borne the brunt of Mediterranean rescue operations. Most of the migrants depart from the coast of Libya, which has descended into anarchy since Western powers backed a 2011 revolt that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.
Calm seas are increasingly favoring departures as warm spring weather sets in.
The migrants saved over the weekend are all being disembarked at nine ports on the Italian islands of Lampedusa, Sicily and Sardinia and on its southern mainland regions of Calabria and Puglia.
The latest wave of more than 5,000 arrivals will take the total of those reaching Italy by boat across the Mediterranean this year to more than 40,000, according to estimates by the United Nations refugee agency.
The EU this month agreed on a naval mission to target gangs smuggling migrants from Libya, but a broader plan to deal with the influx is in doubt due to a dispute over national quotas for housing asylum seekers.
The plan to disperse 40,000 migrants from Italy and Greece to other countries met with resistance this week, with Britain saying it would not participate and some eastern countries calling for a voluntary scheme.
International effort rescues over 5,000 Mediterranean migrants
Ola de calor en India deja más de 2.200 muertos
La ola de intenso calor que golpea India desde hace semanas ha causado la muerte de más de 2.200 personas, anunciaron este domingo las autoridades, mientras que lluvias dispersas están dando un ligero respiro a la población.
Las tormentas golpearon el domingo los estados de Andhra Pradesh y de Telangana, en el sur del país, así como la capital, Nueva Delhi, las zonas más afectadas por la canícula.
Ola de calor en India deja más de 2.200 muertos
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