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Chile hit by major blackout, leaving millions without electricity

State of emergency and overnight curfew declared after blackout strands commuters and knocks out traffic lights

Authorities in Chile have declared a state of emergency and overnight curfew after a sweeping blackout stranded commuters, knocked out traffic lights, paralyzed countless businesses and left millions of people in the South American country without electricity.

The National Electrical Coordinator, Chile’s grid operator, said a disruption had occurred in a high-voltage transmission line that carries power from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile to the capital of Santiago in the country’s central valley.

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© Photograph: Matías Basualdo/AP

© Photograph: Matías Basualdo/AP

Apple shareholders vote against ending DEI program amid Trump crackdown

Vote vindicates tech company’s decision to uphold diversity initiatives as other firms give into pressure from president

Apple shareholders voted down an attempt to pressure the technology company into yielding to Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce.

A proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research – a self-described conservative thinktank – urged Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives currently in the Trump administration’s crosshairs.

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© Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

© Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

French fugitive whose escape left two officers dead extradited from Romania

Mohamed Amra’s arrest ends nine-month manhunt when armed assailants ambushed prison convoy in Normandy

A notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape that killed two guards last year has been extradited from Romania to France, days after his arrest in Bucharest ended a nine-month international manhunt.

Mohamed Amra, nicknamed “The Fly”, was arrested near a shopping centre in Bucharest on Saturday after being identified by Romanian police, despite having dyed his hair red, possibly to evade detection. The Bucharest court of appeal approved his extradition request on Sunday.

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© Photograph: Vadim Ghirdă/AP

© Photograph: Vadim Ghirdă/AP

US woman in custody after allegedly throwing newborn out of Paris hotel window

Baby was pronounced dead at hospital and authorities are investigating case as homicide of a minor younger than 15

A young American woman on a European trip was taken into custody after she allegedly threw a newborn out of a hotel window in Paris, killing the baby, authorities said on Tuesday.

Child protection police authorities are investigating the case as a homicide of a minor younger than 15 years old. And authorities are considering the possibility of what is known as pregnancy denial, a condition in which a woman remains unaware of or in denial about her pregnancy until labor.

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© Photograph: Vincent Isore/ZUMA Press/REX/Shutterstock

Eagles coach Nick Sirianni defends tush-push as Packers seek ban

  • Eagles have used play in short-yardage situations
  • Packers want to end use of play in NFL

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni has pushed back against the Green Bay Packers’ proposal to ban the tush push.

“I’ve seen some of the stuff that it’s an automatic play,” Sirianni said on Tuesday at the NFL’s scouting combine. “I almost feel a little insulted because we work so hard at that play. The amount of things that we’ve looked into, how to coach that play, the fundamentals ... I can’t tell you how many times we practice the snap. We practice the play because it’s not a play that was easy to practice in different ways. We figured out how to practice it. We work really, really hard and our guys are talented at this play. And so it’s insulting to say because we’re good at it, so it’s automatic.”

Philadelphia have used the play successfully behind Jalen Hurts for the past three seasons in short-yardage situations, including during their victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in this year’s Super Bowl.

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© Photograph: Godofredo A Vásquez/AP

© Photograph: Godofredo A Vásquez/AP

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