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Travelling with pets: Rules to keep in mind 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:32 GMT

Your pet can join you when you go on holiday to another EU country, but there are certain rules to bear in mind. Read on to find out more, Society.Thanks to EU rules on travelling with pets, people are free to move with their furry friend within the EU. Make sure your pet has the following before you leave on holiday:Identification via a registered microchip or a readable tattoo, if applied before 3 July 2011A pet passport proving that they have been vaccinated against rabies and are fit to travelDogs travelling to Finland, Ireland, Malta, or Norway must be treated against the Echinococcus multilocularis tapewormIn general you can travel with a maximum of five animals. European pet passports are issued for dogs, cats and ferrets only. If you wish to travel with other pets, you should check the entry conditions of your destination country.Read more about the EU's animal welfare lawsTravelling with your pet Rules for travelling with dogs, cats and ferrets  Animal welfare and protectio...

Aung San Suu Kyi has some of her prison sentences reduced by Myanmar’s military-led government

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:32 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-led government has reduced the prison sentences of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a clemency connected to a religious ceremony, state media said Tuesday.Former President Win Myint also had his sentence reduced as part of the clemency granted to more than 7,000 prisoners. Suu Kyi, 78, is serving 33 years’ imprisonment after being convicted of 19 charges her supporters and rights group say were attempts to discredit her and legitimize the 2021 army takeover while preventing her return to politics. Several of her cases are awaiting final appeals.Source

Mueren al menos 17 trabajadores tras colapsar grúa sobre autopista en India

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:32 GMT

NUEVA DELHI – Al menos 17 trabajadores murieron y varios resultaron heridos al colapsar una grúa sobre una autopista en construcción en el estado de Maharashtra, en el oeste de la India, informaron este martes las autoridades.El incidente tuvo lugar a medianoche en el distrito de Thane, cuando la grúa se derrumbó sobre los trabajadores, dejando hasta el momento 17 muertos, indicó el jefe de Gobierno de Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde, en Twitter.Equipos de emergencia se encuentran en la zona donde tuvo lugar el accidente para socorrer a los heridos y colaborar en las labores de rescate, por lo que el balance de víctimas podría aumentar en las próximas horas. India: deslizamiento de tierra deja 27 muertos y 57 desaparecidos India: arrestan a 3 funcionarios por accidente de tren que dejó cientos de muertos Se presume que entre tres y cinco personas todavía se encuentren atrapadas entre los escombros, dijo un funcionario de la Fuerz...

Se entregó el conductor del vehículo que arrolló a seis trabajadores migrantes en Carolina del Norte

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:32 GMT

(CNN) — Un hombre de 68 años se entregó este lunes después de que seis trabajadores migrantes fueran atropellados y heridos por una camioneta frente a un Walmart de Carolina del Norte el domingo por la tarde, dijo la policía.El conductor le dijo a los investigadores y a su familia que “accidentalmente pisó el acelerador cuando se estacionaba, entró en pánico y abandonó la escena”, dijo a CNN el mayor de la policía de Lincolnton, Brian Greene. El hombre fue acusado de un delito grave de atropello y fuga, según Greene.El hecho ocurrió después de la 1:00 p.m. el domingo afuera de la tienda en la ciudad de Lincolnton, a unas 61 kilómetros al noroeste de Charlotte, según el Departamento de Policía de Lincolnton.Sospechan que fue “intencional” el arrollamiento de seis trabajadores migrantes en Carolina del NorteEl video de vigilancia publicado por la policía este lunes muestra un SUV negro de tamaño mediano que se conduce frente a un autobús, sobre una mediana arbolada y...

US limits visa waiver for Hungarians

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:32 GMT

The United States on Tuesday sharply limited Hungary’s participation in its visa waiver program over security concerns regarding new passports issued between 2011 and 2020. Under the American Visa Waiver Program, citizens of participating countries can travel to the U.S. for tourism or business for up to 90 days without a visa, and simply need a so-called Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). But starting Tuesday, ESTA validity for Hungarian passport holders will be reduced from two years to one, and an ESTA will only be valid for a single use. The unprecedented move, in response to security concerns, affects Hungary as the only one of 40 countries participating in the U.S. program. After coming to power in 2010, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government implemented a major policy change that granted citizenship to ethnic Hungarians abroad — including in Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine. Domestic critics say Orbán’s controversial move was ...

Russia blames Ukraine as drone hits Moscow skyscraper

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:32 GMT

A drone struck a business district in downtown Moscow overnight, the Russian defense ministry said Tuesday.The drone “was suppressed by electronic warfare equipment and, having lost control, crashed on the territory of a complex of nonresidential buildings in Moscow city,” the ministry said in a statement.Two other drones “were destroyed in the air by air defense means over the territory of the Odintsovo and Narofominsk districts of the Moscow region,” the ministry added, saying it held Ukraine responsible for the attack.According to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, no one was injured in the attack, but a skyscraper in a business district was “damaged.” The targeted building had already been hit by another strike in the early hours of Sunday, Sobyanin said.Moscow’s international Vnukovo airport was temporarily closed Tuesday morning as a result of the nearby attacks, Russia’s state-owned newswire TASS reported.This is the latest in a seri...

Brain fog and other long COVID symptoms affect millions. New treatment studies bring hope

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:32 GMT

By LAURAN NEERGAARD (AP Medical Writer)WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions.Monday’s announcement from the NIH’s $1.15 billion RECOVER project comes amid frustration from patients who’ve struggled for months or even years with sometimes-disabling health problems — with no proven treatments and only a smattering of rigorous studies to test potential ones.“This is a year or two late and smaller in scope than one would hope but nevertheless it’s a step in the right direction,” said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly of Washington University in St. Louis, who isn’t involved with NIH’s project but whose own research highlighted long COVID’s toll. Getting answers is critical, he added, because “there’s a lot of people out there exploiting pat...

Russia accuses Ukraine of drone attack on Moscow, hitting a tower for the 2nd time in 3 days

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:32 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities early Tuesday accused Kyiv of yet another attack on Moscow and its surroundings with drones, one of which hit a building in the capital that was damaged by a drone just days ago in a similar attack early Sunday. Russian officials have claimed that the intensified attacks on the capital region reflect failures in Ukraine’s counteroffensive, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said over the weekend that “the war is gradually coming back to Russian territory,” but stopped short of taking responsibility of the attacks. The repeated drone strikes underscore Moscow’s vulnerability as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags into its 18th month.The Russian Defense Ministry said in the early hours of Tuesday that it it shot down two Ukrainian drones outside Moscow and jammed another, sending it crashing into a skyscraper in the Moscow City business district and damaging the building’s facade. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the ...

US restricts visa-free travel for Hungarian passport holders, citing security concerns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:32 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The United States imposed new travel restrictions on citizens of Hungary on Tuesday over concerns that the identities of nearly 1 million foreigners granted Hungarian passports over nine years were not sufficiently verified, according to the U.S. Embassy and a government official.The restrictions apply to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, which allows passport holders from 40 countries to enter the United States for business or tourism without a visa for up to 90 days.The validity period of travel for Hungarian passport holders under the Electronic System for Travel Authorization was reduced from two years to one year, and each traveler will be limited to a single entry into the United States. They are the only such restrictions among the 40 participating states in the Visa Waiver Program.A senior U.S. government official said the change followed years of failed efforts by the U.S. to work with Hungary’s government to resolve the security concerns. The official ...

France planning an evacuation of people seeking to leave Niger after the coup in its former colony

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:32 GMT

PARIS (AP) — The French Foreign Ministry says France is planning an imminent evacuation of people seeking to leave Niger after the coup last week in the former French colony. In a brief statement to The Associated Press, the ministry said Tuesday “an evacuation is being prepared” and that it “will happen rapidly.” The ministry in Paris gave no other immediate details.The Associated Press