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Kazakhstan's transport minister: Our transport strategy advances in co-operation with global partners

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:53 GMT

Since its independence, Kazakhstan has made great efforts to develop its transport and transit potential and modernise transport corridors, having allocated over the past 15 years over $35 billion for these purposes.Today, our transport industry is an area of profitable investments. The shortest routes from Europe to Central Asia, China and South-East Asia pass through our country. We have formed a network of efficient transit transcontinental corridors and routes.TITR, or the Middle Corridor, is a single logistical solution linking transit flows between Europe, Central Asia and China. The route can become a continental bridge between the largest markets, halving the time of freight traffic and significantly reducing transport costs.In 2022 and nine months of 2023, its cargo volumes have doubled.We are working with our neighbours and partners in the region to regulate tariffs on the corridor. Today, we have already fixed the tariffs for container transportation on the route. We plan...

Commuting nightmare commences with closure of 10 Freeway downtown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:53 GMT

The closure of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles after a massive fire broke out over the weekend has created a nightmare for commuters and prompted concerns for businesses in the impacted areas.  Cars in bumper-to-bumper traffic inched their way around I-10 near Alameda Street near downtown Monday, with some drivers saying it was hard not to lose their cool.  “I had a moment of road rage,” commuter Rachel Perlman told KTLA’s Omar Lewis. “I mean, usually I can be mellow, but I was hoping I didn’t run out of gas before I got here.”  For nearby businesses, like Aurthur’s Garden restaurant on Hooper Avenue, it was rush hour without the rush of customers.   10 Freeway fire set with ‘malice intent,’ Newsom says “It’s bad. It affects everything around,” Alma Lorenzo, owner of Aurthur’s Garden, said. “We don’t get as many clients traffic gets so bad.  The restaurant owner said she noticed a drastic drop in business since the fire started over the weekend and ...

United flight makes emergency landing at SFO due to 'potential security issue'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:53 GMT

(KRON) -- A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing at San Francisco International Airport Monday night, United confirmed. Flight UA1909 was headed from Los Angeles to Vancouver, but it touched down in the Bay Area due to "a potential security issue on board," United said. According to Flight Aware, the plane took off at 7:13 p.m. and landed at SFO at 9:28 p.m. "United flight 1909 diverted to San Francisco this evening due to a potential security issue on board. The flight landed safely and was met by local law enforcement. We are working to get our customers to their final destination as soon as possible," United said. There were 148 passengers on the plane, and it had an eight-member crew. United did not expand on the nature of the possible threat. KRON4 has reached out to the San Francisco Police Department for more and are awaiting a response.

Flu season starts early in the Bay Area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:53 GMT

(KRON) – Flu season is developing earlier than expected in California. According to the latest report from the Center for Disease Control published Monday, the number of respiratory illness cases is rising across most of the United States. “The flu season has started,” said UCSF’s infectious disease specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong. “I think we’re on the cusp of seeing a large increase in cases.” ‘Let Gaza live’: Hundreds of Jewish protesters take over Oakland Federal Building in support of Palestine Dr. Chin-Hong says while levels are still low, his hospital is seeing more patients every day. Public health data shows the overall percentage of doctor’s visits for flu-like illnesses is 3.8% – up from 3.3% the week before. Traditionally, California’s flu season peaks in February, but last year it peaked in late November and early December. This year is on a similar trajectory.Dr. Chin-Hong says it’s not too late to get your flu shot, and that the season could be prolonged.“I thin...

Iceland to tax housing to pay for lava barriers over volcanic eruption fears

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:53 GMT

Iceland’s parliament has approved a new tax on all housing for the next three years to fund the construction of lava barriers to protect infrastructure in the southwest of the country, an area which is a hotbed of seismic activity and has been bracing for volcanic eruptions over the past days.The law, passed overnight with 57 votes in Iceland’s 63-member parliament, levies a temporary property tax of 0.0008 percent on homes, and is expected to generate nearly 1 billion ISK (€6.5 million) in revenue. The funds raised will be used to build protections such as dikes, embankments and canals around Svartsengi, a geothermal power station located on the southern Reykjanes peninsula, about 65 kilometers from the capital, Reykjavík. The power station is the main supplier of water and electricity to the peninsula.The region has recorded thousands of earthquakes in recent days, with seismologists warning a volcanic eruption is imminent. Grindavík, a small fishing town with 3,000 re...

Chicago Bulls see a playmaking future for rookie Julian Phillips: ‘He can really see the court’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:53 GMT

For rookie Julian Phillips, the first weeks of his NBA debut have been a waiting game.Phillips rarely steps on the court for the Bulls, averaging less than three minutes in his first 10 games as an NBA player. The Bulls know their rookie needs to play. But Phillips has already made a strong impression even without meaningful time on the court.“He’s got a really good upside,” coach Billy Donovan said. “He definitely needs to play in games. That’s going to be important for him. But where he’s been from where he was — when we started summer league practice and then going through summer league and coming back to training camp — I think we’ve seen a pretty steady incline from all the time that he’s been here.”Phillips did not play Monday in the Bulls’ 118-109 loss at the Milwaukee Bucks.For the early weeks of the season, Donovan wanted Phillips to stay close to the team to become familiar with his new teammates ̵...

Celtics’ Jayson Tatum takes issue with technical foul in win over Knicks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:53 GMT

Don’t get Jayson Tatum angry.But even then, it probably won’t matter.Tatum scored 17 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter to put away the Knicks in a 114-98 Celtics victory on Monday despite drawing a technical foul he strongly disagreed with.The Celtics led by 12 when Tatum was whistled for his fourth personal foul, which frustrated him. He clapped his hands, then said something in the direction of the official who called the foul before the official on the other side assessed him a technical foul.“I shouldn’t have got the tech,” Tatum said. “I mean, it’s tough. It’s an emotional game, right? The fans can see it, everybody watching can see it, it’s hard to play the game without emotions. I understand there’s a fine line and balance, but fourth quarter, we playing defense and I screamed nothing crazy. I’m not even directing it towards anybody. “For the ref on the other side to come and give me a tech, I don’t agree with that because it wasn’t right. Can’t go back...

Del Mar City Council votes on 'guiding principles' to help shape rail realignment project

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:53 GMT

DEL MAR, Calif. – Del Mar City Council voted 4 to 1 to approve a set of guidelines to make it clear where the city stands on the LOSSAN rail realignment project and any future decisions made about it. Del Mar residents also spoke out on where they believe the city should stand on the controversial plan to move the train off the bluffs by 2035. “Do not be passive, lets be active. Let’s get active as residents,” Clyde Freeman said. There are differing opinions even among councilmembers about the plan, which includes the strong possibility of an underground tunnel. “I find the proposed guidelines problematic, because they don’t clearly state with the majority of residents think. Mainly that there should be no tunnel that goes through Del Mar,” Steve Quirk said.   City of San Diego passes plan to reduce fees, entice homeowners to pay for sidewalk repairs Some in the community still don’t want the tunnel or a train at all. Additionally, the placement of the proposed tunnel ha...

3 murderers freed in Australia after court ruled out holding migrants indefinitely, minister says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:53 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Three murderers are among 81 foreigners recently released in Australia after the High Court ruled their indefinite detention in migrant centers was unconstitutional, the immigration minister said on Tuesday.The court hasn’t released the reasons behind its ruling last week that overturned a 2004 precedent that stateless people could be detained indefinitely.The Melbourne-based Human Rights Law Center reported last month that 127 people had been detained more than five years. The average was 709 days.Australia’s center-left government had argued against the release of the foreign and stateless detainees whom Australia does not want to resettle and other countries are reluctant to accept.Opposition lawmakers called them “hardcore criminals” and accused the government of endangering the public by releasing them.Immigration Minister Andrew Giles said the released foreigners included three murderers and several sex offenders. He offered to give deput...

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of US inflation data and a US-China summit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:53 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday ahead of potentially market-moving developments, including a U.S.-China summit and data releases from the U.S., Japan and China.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.3% to finish at 32,695.93. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.8% to 7,006.70. South Korea’s Kospi added 1.3% to 2,435.33. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was little changed, falling less than 0.1% to 17,418.94 while the Shanghai Composite edged up 0.2% to 3,052.37. “Asian stocks gained ground as investors awaited U.S. inflation figures, hoping to confirm that interest rates have peaked. Meanwhile, positive geopolitical sentiments filled the backdrop as investors looked forward to anticipated talks between the U.S. and China,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, said in a written commentary.China is due to release monthly economic indicators on Wednesday, and Japan will announce its latest growth numbers. On Wednesday, Chinese lea...