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Unos retretes antiguos desenterrados en Jerusalén revelan una enfermedad debilitante y a veces mortal

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:13:28 GMT

(CNN) — En la Edad de Hierro, los usuarios de dos antiguos retretes de Jerusalén no eran un grupo saludable, según un análisis de muestras de la materia fecal de las letrinas de 2.500 años de antigüedad.Los investigadores hallaron rastros de parásitos causantes de disentería en el material excavado en los pozos negros situados bajo los dos retretes de piedra que habrían pertenecido a hogares de la élite de la ciudad. Por aquel entonces, Jerusalén era un vibrante centro político y religioso del imperio asirio y en ella vivían entre 8.000 y 25.000 personas.Se trata de la primera prueba conocida de una enfermedad llamada Giardia duodenalis, aunque la infección, que causa diarrea, calambres abdominales y pérdida de peso, ya había sido identificada en la Turquía de la época romana y en el Israel medieval.“La disentería se propaga por las heces que contaminan el agua potable o los alimentos, y sospechábamos que podría haber sido un gran problema en las primeras ciudades del an...

Bazzell delivers walk-off single, capping Texas Tech’s rally past Oklahoma

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:13:28 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kevin Bazzell delivered a two-out walk-off single in the ninth inning, lifting Texas Tech to a 10-9 victory over Oklahoma on Thursday night in the Big 12 Tournament.The Red Raiders (38-20) scored three runs in the ninth to defeat the Sooners (31-25) on a night when the TTU pitching staff issued nine walks, threw three wild pitches and hit one batter.Bazzell’s winning hit was set up by consecutive RBI-singles from Tracer Lopez and Nolen Hester. After Hester’s hit, Gage Harrelson kept the inning alive with a single — marking the second time in the game that Lopez, Hester and Harrelson had consecutive hits. Bazzell followed Harrelson with his only hit in five at-bats.Texas Tech advances to a semifinal on Saturday, facing the winner of the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State loser-out game, which is Friday.Texas Tech trailed 9-5 after Oklahoma’s three-run sixth inning in which the Sooners had only one hit.Dylan Maxcey’s two-run home run in the seventh...

Aces go to 2-0 without Hammon, beat Sparks 94-85 as Young has 30

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:13:28 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Young scored 30 points on 12-of-18 shooting and defending WNBA champion Las Vegas took control in the third quarter en route to a 94-85 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday night.Aja Wilson finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds for Las Vegas (2-0). Chelsea Gray added 16 points and eight assists and Candance Parker 10 against the team she spent her first 13 season with.Chiney Ogwumike led the Sparks (1-1) with 19 points, Lexie Brown had 15 and three players scored 11.The Sparks were without leader Nneka Ogwumike because of a non-COVID illness and Dearica Hamby, two months after giving birth, started in her place. Hamby, who scored 11 points, joined L.A. in an offseason trade with Las Vegas and then she said she had been bullied and manipulated for being pregnant. That led to a WNBA investigation and a two-game suspension for Aces coach Becky Hammon, who denied the accusations.Hammon will return to the bench when the teams have a rematch on Saturday ...

Irán tiene una ruta directa para enviar armas a Rusia, y las potencias occidentales pueden hacer poco para detener los envíos

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:13:28 GMT

(CNN) — Las aguas del mar Caspio se ven engañosamente tranquilas. Pero esta ruta marítima —que proporciona una vía directa entre Irán y Rusia— está cada vez más transitada por el tráfico de mercancías, incluidas las presuntas transferencias de armas hechas por Teherán a Moscú.Según expertos, a medida que se intensifica la cooperación entre ambos países, la ruta del mar Caspio se está utilizando para trasladar drones, balas y granadas de mortero que el gobierno ruso ha comprado al régimen iraní para reforzar su esfuerzo bélico en Ucrania. Los datos de rastreo muestran que los buques de la región se vuelven cada vez más “oscuros”, lo que sugiere una creciente intención de ocultar el movimiento de mercancías.El año pasado, los datos de Lloyd’s List Intelligence revelaron un aumento en septiembre del número de lagunas en la información de seguimiento de buques en el Caspio. Eso ocurrió poco después de que los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y Ucrania afirmaran que Mo...

Taurasi has 23 points, Mercury hit 13 3s to beat Lynx 90-81

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:13:28 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi had 23 points and 10 assists and the Phoenix Mercury hit 11 3-pointers in the first half on the way to a 90-81 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night.Phoenix went 5 of 6 from 3-point range — with triples from five different players — to open a 27-18 lead after one quarter. The Mercury made 11 of 17 3s in the first half, taking a 57-40 lead. Taurasi had three triples and 15 points.Taurasi finished 4 of 9 from 3-point range, giving her 1,300 3s and extending her WNBA record. Sue Bird is second with 1,001. The Mercury made 13 of 28 behind the arc and the Lynx were 3 of 18.Brittney Griner added 19 points for Phoenix (1-2), Sug Sutton had 14 off the bench and Moriah Jefferson and Sophie Cunningham both had three 3-pointers and 13 points.Aerial Powers paced the Lynx (0-3) with 20 points off the bench. Jessica Shepherd and Diamond Miller both had 13 points and Tiffany Mitchell added 12.Minnesota got within seven twice late in the third quarter but got no...

Lorusso’s walk-off home run lifts Maryland over Nebraska in Big Ten

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:13:28 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nick Lorusso’s walk-off home run in the 10th inning gave Maryland a rain-delayed 2-1 victory over Nebraska on Thursday night in the Big Ten Tournament.The game was tied at 1 in the seventh inning before a 1 1/2-hour weather delay due to lightning in the area. Neither team threatened to score after the delay, but Maryland only needed one swing from Lorusso, who homered to left-center on a 2-2 pitch with two out in the 10th.It was Lorusso’s 24th home run and 100th RBI of the season.Top-seeded Maryland (39-19) advances to a semifinal on Saturday, facing the winner of the Nebraska-Michigan State loser-out game, which is Friday.Neither of Nebraska’s two hits through the first six innings prior to the weather delay figured in their second-inning run. Leading off, Josh Caron was hit by a pitch, took second on a walk and advanced to third on a groundout. He scored on Cole Evans’ grounder to second base.Maryland’s other run came in the fifth. ...

Wynne, Kilfoyl lead Oklahoma State over Oregon in Super Regional

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:13:28 GMT

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Morgyn Wynne hit a three-run home run, Lexi Kilfoyl retired the last 20 batters she faced, and sixth-seeded Oklahoma State rolled to an 8-1 win over Oregon in the first game of the Stillwater Super Regional on Thursday night.After the Ducks (38-16) took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a single by Alyssa Daniell, Kilfoyl took command and finished with a three-hitter with 13 outs being groundouts. Her offense broke loose with three runs in the fourth inning and four in the fifth.Game 2 in the best-of-3 series is Friday.Limited to a single by Oregon starter Morgan Scott through three innings, the Cowgirls (45-14) got a one-out homer from Kiley Naomi, her 12th, in the fourth and added runs on an error by Scott and a single by Tallen Edwards.Wynne capped the four-run fifth with her 10th home run and Chyenne Factor singled in a run in the sixth.Kilfoyl improved to 15-5 while Morgan fell to 13-7.OSU beat Oregon 3-0 in its season opener in Mexico on Feb. 10.___AP...

South Korean passenger plane flies with open door, lands safely

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:13:28 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A passenger opened a door on an Asiana Airlines flight that later landing safely at a South Korean airport Friday, airline and government officials said.Some people on board tried to stop the person from opening the door but it was eventually opened partially, the Transport Ministry said.The plane with 194 people was heading to the southeastern city of Daegu from the southern island of Jeju. The flight is normally about an hour, and how long the door was open wasn’t immediately disclosed.Police detained the unidentified person who opened the door, the airline said. Their motive wasn’t immediately known.The passengers included teenage athletes who plan to attend track and field competitions in Ulsan, another southeastern city.The incident terrified some passengers but no one was injured, though some passengers were assessed at a hospital, Asiana and Transport Ministry officials said.The Associated Press

Three cheetah cubs die in India amid sweltering heat wave

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:13:28 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Three cheetah cubs born to a big cat that was brought to India from Africa last year died in central India’s Kuno National Park in the past week, forest officials said, as a heat wave in the region sent temperatures soaring.The cubs were the first to be born in India in more than seven decades. Once widespread in India, cheetahs became extinct in 1952 from hunting and habitat loss. Their mother was among the 20 cheetahs that India flew in from Namibia and South Africa as part of an ambitious and hotly contested plan to reintroduce the world’s fastest land animal to the South Asian country.The first cub died on Tuesday, prompting veterinarians in the national park in Madhya Pradesh state to closely monitor the mother and her three remaining cubs. The cubs appeared weak on Thursday afternoon — a day when temperatures spiked to 47 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) — and authorities intervened to help the cats.They were “weak, underweight and highly dehydrated” a...

As electric cars boom, locals fear Chinese battery plant will harm land in drought-stricken Hungary

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:13:28 GMT

DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) — Just beyond the pastoral gardens and traditional homes of an eastern Hungarian village, a gigaproject of Chinese industry is taking shape.Bulldozers and excavators are already preparing the land for construction of a nearly 550-acre electric vehicle (EV) battery plant. The 7.3 billion euro ($7.9 billion) factory will be one of Hungary’s largest-ever foreign investments, and the government hopes it will make the Central European country a global hub of lithium-ion battery manufacturing in an era where governments are increasingly seeking to limit greenhouse gas emissions by switching to electric cars. But residents, environmentalists and opposition politicians worry that the sprawling factory — built by China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) — will exacerbate existing environmental problems, hit the country’s precious water supplies and further undermine its economy to China.“You have this viscerally bad feeling when you wa...