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El golpe fue rápido y dejó tras de sí una pregunta mucho más grave que el valor económico de lo sustraído: ¿dónde acabará ahora el Tesoro de Villena? El museo alicantino permanece cerrado mientras la Guardia Civil intenta reconstruir el asalto y localizar las piezas.

Ashgabat – “Al comienzo de este increíble recorrido, siento sobre todo alegría, pero también un fuerte sentido de responsabilidad. Cada nuevo encargo, especialmente uno como el de superior de la misión, comporta una cierta inquietud y la pregunta de si se estará a la altura de lo que se ha confiado”, dice a la Agencia Fides el padre Paweł Janusz Kubiak, misionero polaco de los Oblatos de María Inmaculada , recientemente nombrado por la Santa Sede nuevo superior de la Missio sui iuris en Turkmenistán.Y añade: “Miro esta nueva misión sobre todo a través de la lente de la confianza en Dios. Mi camino sacerdotal me ha demostrado varias veces que Dios guía al hombre de manera diferente a como él mismo habría planeado. En otro tiempo quería convertirme en capellán en una cárcel y trabajar en Polonia, mientras que Dios me condujo primero a Ucrania, después al Cáucaso septentrional en Rusia y a Crimea, y posteriormente a Turkmenistán”. “Hoy —prosigue— puedo decir que la Voluntad de Dios sabe sorprender y conducir al hombre a lugares en los que antes ni siquiera había pensado. Por eso acepto con confianza este nuevo encargo. Soy consciente de la responsabilidad, pero siento también alegría por poder seguir sirviendo a la Iglesia y al Pueblo de Dios”.La Iglesia en Turkmenistán es una comunidad muy pequeña, de unos 300 fieles; es una comunidad joven y se encuentra en una fase en la que todavía está construyendo sus propias estructuras. “En todo el país somos pocos y por eso cada persona, cada familia, que pasa a formar parte de nuestra comunidad es para nosotros muy importante”, observa. En estas circunstancias, la presencia y el testimonio de vida adquieren un significado particular: “No disponemos de grandes estructuras ni de un gran número de sacerdotes. Por eso es aún más importante estar con las personas, encontrarlas, dialogar con ellas, escucharlas y mostrar con la propia vida qué es y qué significa tener fe». El padre Kubiak dice estar feliz de ver «personas que se preparan para los sacramentos, participan en la Eucaristía y desean conocer y amar cada vez más a Cristo. Esta es la Iglesia, que necesita tiempo, paciencia y, sobre todo, una presencia constante y fiel”.Pero ¿cómo transcurre la vida de un católico o de un sacerdote en una realidad tan remota? “Nuestra vida cotidiana es muy sencilla, pero al mismo tiempo exigente. Están la oración, la Eucaristía, la confesión, la catequesis y la preparación de los fieles para los sacramentos. También dedicamos mucho tiempo a las conversaciones y a los encuentros con los fieles”, explica. “En Turkmenistán —señala— la pastoral no puede limitarse solo a lo que sucede en la capilla. Es muy importante estar presentes entre la gente. A veces basta simplemente con sentarse, hablar, escuchar los problemas de alguien. También de este modo anunciamos el Evangelio”.Una segunda parte, muy importante, es la ayuda a los necesitados: “Gracias a la actividad de Cáritas podemos distribuir alimentos, medicamentos u otras ayudas a quienes se encuentran en situaciones difíciles. También hemos habilitado un lugar donde las personas sin hogar pueden bañarse y lavar su ropa”, cuenta. “Para mí este vínculo es muy importante: el anuncio de la Buena Nueva va de la mano con la ayuda concreta a las personas. El cristianismo no puede ser solo palabras. Si podemos ayudar a alguien, queremos hacerlo”.El sacerdote percibe “la gran responsabilidad por toda la misión” pero, observa, “no querría mirar este ministerio exclusivamente a través de la lente de grandes planes o nuevos proyectos. Para mí es fundamental continuar lo que ya ha sido iniciado por los Oblatos de María Inmaculada, que han trabajado aquí durante casi 30 años, acompañando pacientemente el desarrollo de la joven Iglesia en Turkmenistán”, continuando con la pastoral y prosiguiendo la actividad de Cáritas. “Sobre todo, no estoy solo: trabajaré junto a mis hermanos, el padre Diego y el padre Adrian. Esta es una misión de toda la Iglesia y una responsabilidad común. Simplemente queremos estar presentes, servir a las personas y hacer aquello para lo que Dios nos envía”, concluye.La pequeña comunidad católica del país centroasiático mira con confianza también algunos pasos concretos dados en los últimos años. En 2025, el traslado de la sede principal de la misión permitió disponer de una capilla más grande y preparar un espacio separado para las actividades de Cáritas, donde se distribuyen alimentos, medicamentos y otras ayudas para las personas sin hogar. Hoy hay tres sacerdotes católicos presentes en todo Turkmenistán; la misión, confiada a los Oblatos de María Inmaculada, sigue siendo una realidad pequeñísima en un país inmenso y caracterizado por grandes distancias. La desproporción entre la entidad de la comunidad y la extensión del territorio hace particularmente significativa la tarea de los misioneros: una presencia cotidiana, hecha de oración, escucha, testimonio y cercanía concreta a las personas.La presencia católica en Turkmenistán es relativamente reciente. Después de la independencia del país de la Unión Soviética, en 1997 el papa Juan Pablo II instituyó la Missio sui iuris de Turkmenistán, confiándola a los misioneros Oblatos de María Inmaculada . Durante los primeros trece años, la presencia de los misioneros fue admitida únicamente en el ámbito de la representación diplomática de la Santa Sede: los católicos se reunían en domicilios particulares y la misa se celebraba en el territorio de la Nunciatura Apostólica en Ashgabat. En 2010, el Gobierno turkmeno reconoció oficialmente la presencia de la Iglesia católica, abriendo una nueva fase de su vida pública. Hoy, casi treinta años después de su institución, la Missio sui iuris sigue siendo una realidad pequeña pero estable.

د امریکا ولسمشر ډونالډ ټرمپ د پنجشنبې په ورځ وویل چې د روسیې ولسمشر ولادیمیر پوتین به د ناټو پر قلمرو برید ونه کړي. دا څرګندونې وروسته له هغې کېږي چې د امریکا ځینو رسنیو راپور ورکړی و چې مسکو ښايي د اوکراین د ملاتړ له امله د ناټو پر یوه غړي هېواد برید وکړي.

Deb Haaland, the former U.S. Interior secretary and Democratic nominee for New Mexico governor, toured a new affordable housing project Thursday in Albuquerque as she touted her plan to help reduce a statewide housing shortage if she is elected governor on Nov. 3.

(The Center Square) – The second Illinois State Fair kicks off Friday in Du Quoin, running through labor day. While the downstate fair doesn’t receive as much taxpayer funding as its Springfield counterpart, one state representative said it's an economic benefit to the area. The 2027 fiscal year budget allocated less than $7 million for the year’s operations of the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, including the 11-day fair for Southern Illinois. By contrast, the Springfield fairgrounds had more than double allocated, $15.5 million. State Rep. David Friess, R-Red Bud, told The Center Square he’d have to compare this year to previous years data on state spend for the fair, but noted the state has been improving the downstate fairgrounds lately. “The fairgrounds went through a period of time where they were not maintained well, but as of late, they really have started to rehab some of the buildings, the grounds so they have really, I think, made some big improvements to the fairgrounds,” Friess said. Jerry Costello, director of the Department of Agriculture, said earlier this month that the state had spent hundreds of millions of dollars on renovating and maintaining just the Springfield fairgrounds under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration. “That's about $190 million coming off of the heels of an administration that went over 2 years without a budget,” Costello said, in reference to the state’s budget gridlock under former Gov. Bruce Rauner. The state allocated $1.64 million between the current and previous year’s state budgets for repairs, maintenance and improvement projects solely at the Du Quoin fairgrounds, and additional funds went to the Department of Agriculture for the same at both fairgrounds locations. Friess said based on previous years, the fair has been beneficial economically in his district. “It is a huge shot in the arm economically for the immediate area. It just brings in people from all over all, over southern Illinois, to it,” Friess said. “I go down there every year. It's a nice fair.” Last year, the fair drew in about 282,000 attendees, which Costello noted meant the state broke 1 million between both fairs. “He told me when I took this position six and half years ago, we have to beat Iowa. And at that point in time, they were at a million attendees. They're at like 1.2 million. Exactly to his point, we broke a million last year and we're going to get them,” Costello said before the Springfield fair this month. The Du Quoin State Fair runs through Labor Day, with six grandstand performances, a governor’s day Saturday and a Republican day Tuesday.

(The Center Square) - Instead of banning data centers, the Aurora City Council is drafting regulations to address residents' concerns about energy and water consumption. Currently a large data campus is under construction on an 80-acre plot on the eastern edge of Aurora, next to Denver International Airport. The Colorado data center is expected to be one of Xcel Energy Inc.’s biggest customers with a planned power capacity of over 177 megawatts. Residents are raising questions over the environmental impact and water usage. But on Aug. 10, the Aurora City Council voted 6-5 to reject an emergency ban proposed by Council Member Amy Wiles. Her ban would have placed a six-month moratorium on data center construction while the development standards were determined. The Denver City Council, however, was successful in passing legislation that put a moratorium on data centers in May for the entire city and county of Denver. Robert Austin, the joint city-county jurisdiction's communications specialist, told The Center Square that the legislation also established a working group to examine data centers. Denver council members did not respond to The Center Square’s request to comment on whether they plan to assist neighboring cities like Aurora in the development and regulation of data centers. Wiles told The Center Square that she was in favor of her proposed moratorium because it would “allow us the time to research best practices when it came to regulations, listen to the community and their concerns, and approach the future regulations with enough knowledge to make educated decisions.” Wiles added she believed “research and data points are key to making the educated decisions our community expects and deserves of us." She also said she would support requiring a cost-benefit analysis that compares the economic benefits of a proposed data center against its anticipated water, energy and infrastructure demands. Another proposed compromise would be requiring data center developers to use renewable or carbon-free energy. On the contrary, others believe energy sourcing should remain primarily an issue for Xcel and state regulators. In response to this, Wiles said she would “like to see a combination of both.” After rejecting Wiles' moratorium, the council instead passed a resolution brought by Council member Curtis Gardner to establish development standards for the data centers. On Monday, the council began drafting those standards. At the council’s next meeting, it's set to vote on banning water-intensive evaporative cooling systems, which can use anywhere between 300,000 to 5 million gallons of water every day. For a large data center, like the one currently under construction in Aurora, the estimated water usage is between 1 million and 5 million gallons of water a day, according to a Florida-based organization of members seeking to protect natural resources. The organization is the Florida Water & Pollution Control Operators Association. The Aurora City Council is pushing the data centers toward using closed-loop alternatives that recirculate liquids, using significantly less water. As the state remains in one of the most detrimental droughts in its history, residents and council members are becoming increasingly concerned with the amount of water used by the centers. While some have expressed their willingness to compromise by using the closed-loop alternatives, others are rejecting it completely, instead advocating for an outright ban on the centers. According to Aurora City Manager Jason Batchelor, the final vote on these regulations may come in late September or early October. But Wiles is not optimistic about the outcome. “I don't believe with the way the council majority is currently voting that we will have a balance between the needs of the community and the needs of business[es]," Wiles told The Center Square. She said she instead thinks that the “end results will favor large business over community concerns. I strongly support larger setbacks from neighborhoods, transparent reporting that covers energy and water usage, and I don't believe that will happen.” With the plentiful land in industrial and warehouse areas, it's not necessary to build data centers next to neighborhoods, Wiles said. The other Aurora City Council members did not respond to The Center Square’s request for an interview.

(The Center Square) - Voters will decide whether to extend a sales tax that helps fund law enforcement in Maricopa County. Proposition 413 would continue the one-fifth-of-one-cent sales tax for 20 years. The fate of the tax, which pays for public safety, will be determined during the Nov. 3 general election. Brandon Smith, a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputy chief, said the Arizona county receives about $300 million annually from the sales tax, with the majority going to the sheriff’s department. Smith noted the sales tax is paid by everyone, including visitors to the county, which is home to Phoenix. According to Smith, the sales tax helps Maricopa County pay for rebuilding jails, jail maintenance, inmate programming and the sheriff’s department staff. Smith told The Center Square this week that several jails in the county need renovations. Lower Buckeye Jail and Fourth Avenue Jail, which were previously built with money earned from the sales tax, need plumbing work, he said. The Towers Jail, which has been operating since the 1980s and is the county’s largest jail, needs to be replaced, Smith said. He added that funding from the sales tax would help finance the construction of a new jail. The deputy chief also noted that the Estrella Jail, which houses female inmates, needs renovations, for which the sales tax would provide funding. Maricopa County voters first passed the sales tax in 1998, then again in 2002. If Maricopa County voters do not pass this year's ballot measure, funding from the tax will run out in March 2027. Without the sales tax extension, public safety in Maricopa County will suffer, according to the deputy chief. The sheriff’s department would have to make cuts to services if the proposition is not passed, Smith told The Center Square. He said the failure to pass the proposition could result in people being released from jail for low-level crimes and the closing of some jails. Without these funds, Maricopa County may not be able to release people on probation as often because the money from the sales tax helps pay for the county’s probation program, the deputy chief said. Another potential consequence of the proposition failing to pass is that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors would raise property taxes to cover the funding shortfall, Smith noted. “That’s going to hurt a lot more than just one-fifth of 1%,” he added. Thomas Galvin, a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, said on social media that renewing the sales tax “is the most important ballot measure for Maricopa County voters.” Little opposition has been expressed publicly against the tax, which has bipartisan support.

(The Center Square) - COVID-19 activity rises during the summer in California, and officials are advising people to take steps to protect themselves. COVID-19 cases are no longer reportable. Instead, the California Department of Public Health monitors the percent of positive COVID-19 tests statewide. Officials say this provides a sense of the amount of disease in the state. According to CDPH, COVID-19 test positivity is currently at 8.6% and appears similar to test positivity levels observed during the same period in 2025 (8.7%). “While test positivity is currently increasing and we do not know exactly when the peak will occur, current trends suggest a similar timing and pattern as last summer,” CDPH Information Officer Beth Deines told The Center Square in an email. “Last year’s summer peak occurred in early September at 10.8%.” In comparison, in February 2026, COVID-19 test positivity was much lower at 1%. “This is consistent with what we have seen over the past two years – in 2024 and 2025,” said Deines. “COVID-19 activity was higher in the summer than in the winter.” “Summer increases in COVID-19 activity have occurred yearly since 2020, so it is not unexpected to see more activity at this time,” said Deines. “These increases may be influenced by a multitude of factors including population immunity shifts, summer travel, time spent indoors during heatwaves, and differences in circulating variants.” Deines added the back-to-school season can also increase the risk of respiratory virus transmission, including COVID-19, due to more frequent indoor gatherings and close contact among students and staff. Vaccinations have been recommended as a way of reducing the risk of COVID-19 and preventing the use of sick days. Statewide, the COVID-19 vaccination coverage is currently 11%. “There are more Californians who are up to date now than there were six months ago, but fewer than there were one year ago,” said Deines. CDPH operates a COVID-19 Vaccination Data webpage that includes a chart showing persons with up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination status in California, by county of residence. The date is updated monthly. CDPH recommends everyone 6 months and older to have access to and the choice to receive available COVID-19 vaccines. “Vaccination reduces the risk of serious illness, hospitalization and death,” said Deines. CDPH also recommends that anyone who hasn’t received a dose of 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine, or is due for a second dose, to “get vaccinated now to help protect them against strains of the virus that causes COVID-19” currently in California. According to CDPH, some groups, including young children and immunocompromised people, may need multiple doses. “We recommend people aged 65+ receive two doses, six months apart,” said Deines. “Schedule a vaccine appointment by visiting MyTurn.ca.gov or contacting your local pharmacy or healthcare provider.” COVID-19 vaccines will be covered for most people through their health insurance plans, including Medi-Cal and regular health care providers. Those having difficulty obtaining vaccines can contact their health care provider or local health department to locate a provider. “While test positivity rates are rising, we are not seeing a corresponding increase in severe illness or more hospitalizations,” said Deines. “Hospitalization rates remain very low statewide at 0.98 COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 people. This is substantially lower than hospitalization rates at this same time the past two years (2.69 in 2025 and 9.25 in 2024).” Over the past several years, Deines said California has seen a decoupling of high levels of COVID-19 disease transmission and severe outcomes - hospitalizations and deaths. “We continue to see this higher activity/lower severity trend during this 2026 summer wave,” said Deines. “As COVID-19 circulates across California, CDPH continues to recommend that all individuals age 6 months and older stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations. This is particularly important for higher risk individuals, such as infants and toddlers, pregnant individuals, older persons and others with risks for serious disease.”

BGF ခေါင်းဆောင် စောချစ်သူကို FBI က ဖမ်းဆီးတယ်ဆိုတဲ့ သတင်းအတု တစ်ပုဒ် ထွက်ပေါ်နေပါတယ်။

El ministro de Exteriores reivindica la cooperación con Rabat como una pieza esencial para contener la inmigración irregular y gestionar la crisis de Ceuta. Al mismo tiempo, cuestiona la actitud de Italia en el reparto de responsabilidades migratorias dentro de la Unión Europea.

نووسینگەی کۆنترۆڵکردنی سەروەت و سامانی بیانی وەزارەتی خەزێنەی ئەمەریکا کە بە ئۆفەک ناسراوە، ڕۆژی هەینی 28ی مانگی هەشت ڕایگەیاند سزای خستوەتە سەر یەک کەس و کۆمپانیایەک لە پەیوەند بە کۆماری ئیسلامی ئێرانەوە. بەگوێرەی ڕاگەیەندراوەکەی نووسینگەی کۆنترۆڵکردنی سەروەت و سامانی بیانی وەزارەتی خەزێنەی ئەمەریکا، ڕەزا محەمەد تەئیدی، هاووڵاتییەکی ئێرانی دانیشتووی دوبەی خراوەتە لیستی سزاکانی ئەو وەزارەتەوە. لە ڕاگەیەندراوەکەدا هاتووە ئەو کەسە پەیوەندی بە بانکی نیشتمانی(بانک ملی) ئێرانەوە...

因紀念天安門事件而被判有罪的律師鄒幸彤周五表示她將在獄中繼續抗爭。法國和德國外交部上周聯合發布聲明對鄒幸彤被判有罪深表遺憾，呼籲釋放這位榮獲2023年法德人權與法治獎的香港民主活動家。

因纪念天安门事件而被判有罪的律师邹幸彤周五表示她将在狱中继续抗争。法国和德国外交部上周联合发布声明对邹幸彤被判有罪深表遗憾，呼吁释放这位荣获2023年法德人权与法治奖的香港民主活动家。

«Будемо протидіяти, і важливо, щоб була відповідна санкційна підтримка в основних світових юрисдикціях»

În Nepal, bilanţul catastrofei naturale creşte. Peste 584 de morţi, mai bine de 1.400 de persoane dispărute şi aproximativ 93.000 de persoane afectate de inundaţiile devastatoare. Federaţia Internaţională a Crucii Roşii şi Semiluna Roşie au anunţat că mii de case au fost distruse sau grav afectate, zeci de drumuri şi poduri luate de ape şi noroi. Turismul, sector important pentru Nepal, îşi va reveni foarte greu.

Patru bărbați s-au declarat vinovați de distrugerea a patru ambulanțe ale comunității evreiești prin incendiere care a provocat pagube în valoare de 1 milion de lire sterline în nord-vestul Londrei. Atacul a fost unul dintr-o serie de atacuri în martie și aprilie anul acesta împotriva comunității evreiești.

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Juba City Council has warned residents against dumping rubbish on roads and other public spaces, The post Dumping rubbish on Juba streets is a crime, council warns appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.

Генпрокуратура России объявила «нежелательной» организацией Факультет свободных искусств и наук в Черногории, следует из данных министерства юстиции РФ, которые обнаружила «Медиазона».