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Rights to the works of Argentine literary giant Jorge Luis Borges granted to his widow’s nephews

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:24:51 GMT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A court has granted the rights to the works of the late Jorge Luis Borges, considered Argentina’s most internationally significant author of the 20th century, to five nephews of the author’s widow who died in March.Borges’ wife, Maria Kodama, had devoted much of her life to fiercely protecting his legacy and it surprise many in Argentina’s literary circle that she did not leave a will, even though she was battling breast cancer.The absence of a will had put the rights to his works into limbo. But on Tuesday a court in Buenos Aires ruled that the five nephews would receive the rights “in their capacity as universal heirs.”Borges died in 1986 at age 86 and left Kodama, a translator and writer whom he had married earlier that year, as his only heir. They never had children. She died March 26, also aged 86.Kodama’s longtime lawyer, Fernando Soto, said in April that Kodama’s nephews went to court to declare themselves her heirs after her death, seeking to g...

De visita a Baia, la ciudad italiana que descansa en el fondo del mar

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:24:51 GMT

POZZUOLI – El mar de Nápoles, en el sur de Italia, esconde en sus profundidades un tesoro arqueológico: los restos de la antigua Baia, hace dos milenios meta vacacional para los romanos más poderosos pero cuyas villas, termas y mosaicos acabaron bajo el agua por un lento e inexorable fenómeno volcánico. Hasta nuestros días.La historia de Baia recuerda a la mítica Atlántida, una urbe bella y fastuosa engullida por el mar, pero en este caso los restos de su gloria pretérita son bien visibles a cinco metros (16 pies) bajo las olas que bañan Pozzuoli, aunque para ello haya que vestirse de buzo.“Estas estructuras necesitan una atención constante. Hablamos del mayor yacimiento sumergido del mundo en un contexto delicado” por el mar y la actividad volcánica, explica el director del Parque de los Campos Flégreos, Fabio Pagano.LA “DOLCE VITA” DE BAIAAl final de la era republicana de Roma, en el siglo I a.C, Baia o Bayas era uno de los enclaves vacacionales predi...

Loyd, Storm to host Collier and the Lynx

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:24:51 GMT

Minnesota Lynx (4-9, 4-4 Western Conference) at Seattle Storm (4-9, 4-5 Western Conference)Seattle; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx visit Jewell Loyd and the Seattle Storm in Western Conference play.The Storm are 4-5 in Western Conference games. Seattle is the best team in the Western Conference with 14.5 fast break points.The Lynx are 4-4 in conference play. Minnesota ranks sixth in the WNBA with 35.5 rebounds per game led by Collier averaging 7.5.TOP PERFORMERS: Loyd is shooting 40.3% and averaging 25.4 points for the Storm.Collier is averaging 20.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals for the Lynx.LAST 10 GAMES: Storm: 4-6, averaging 78.1 points, 32.5 rebounds, 17.4 assists, 7.1 steals and 5.2 blocks per game while shooting 39.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.6 points per game.Lynx: 4-6, averaging 76.0 points, 36.4 rebounds, 17.9 assists, 5.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 40.7% from the field. Their oppon...

New York takes on Las Vegas, seeks 6th straight road win

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:24:51 GMT

New York Liberty (10-3, 7-3 Eastern Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (13-1, 7-0 Western Conference)Las Vegas; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: New York will try to keep its five-game road win streak alive when the Liberty play Las Vegas.The Aces have gone 7-0 in home games. Las Vegas is second in the WNBA with 21.9 assists per game. Chelsea Gray leads the Aces averaging 6.6.The Liberty are 5-1 on the road. New York ranks fifth in the Eastern Conference with 7.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Jonquel Jones averaging 2.0.The Aces and Liberty square off Thursday for the first time this season.TOP PERFORMERS: A’ja Wilson is scoring 19.6 points per game and averaging 9.4 rebounds for the Aces.Breanna Stewart is averaging 22.6 points, 10.3 rebounds, four assists, 1.6 steals and 1.7 blocks for the Liberty.LAST 10 GAMES: Aces: 9-1, averaging 91.3 points, 33.4 rebounds, 21.6 assists, 7.3 steals and 5.2 blocks per game while shooting 49.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged...

Boston leads Indiana against Phoenix after 20-point outing

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:24:51 GMT

Indiana Fever (5-9, 3-5 Eastern Conference) at Phoenix Mercury (2-10, 1-8 Western Conference)Phoenix; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Indiana visits the Phoenix Mercury after Aliyah Boston scored 20 points in the Fever’s 88-80 loss to the Las Vegas Aces.The Mercury are 1-5 in home games. Phoenix is ninth in the WNBA with 33.0 points in the paint led by Brittney Griner averaging 9.3.The Fever are 4-5 on the road. Indiana is 3-6 against opponents over .500.The teams meet for the second time this season. The Mercury won 85-82 in the last matchup on June 11.TOP PERFORMERS: Griner is averaging 19.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks for the Mercury.Boston is scoring 15.9 points per game and averaging 8.5 rebounds for the Fever.LAST 10 GAMES: Mercury: 2-8, averaging 78.6 points, 28.8 rebounds, 19.8 assists, 6.0 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 89.2 points per game.Fever: 4-6, averaging 85.7 points, 36.2 rebounds, 18...

Tribunal Supremo rechaza que una escuela pueda obligar a las niñas a llevar falda

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:24:51 GMT

WASHINGTON DC – El Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos rechazó este lunes pronunciarse en un caso sobre si una escuela en concesión en el estado de Carolina del Norte puede obligar a las alumnas a llevar falda, manteniendo en vigor la decisión de un tribunal de apelaciones, que el año pasado invalidó la medida.El colegio Charter Day, ubicado en el condado de Brunswick, trata de impulsar “valores tradicionales” e impuso el código de vestimenta para enfatizar la idea de que una mujer es “un frágil recipiente que los hombres deben cuidar y honrar”, según declaraciones de su fundador, Baker Mitchell, recogidas por la emisora de radio NPR.El centro fue demandado por un grupo de padres que argumentaba que las reglas de vestimenta limitaban la capacidad de sus hijas de participar en las actividades escolares durante el recreo y que eran discriminatorias, ya que les impedían llevar pantalones, como hacen sus compañeros.El Tribunal de Apelaciones del Cuarto Circu...

Ohtani still hasn’t decided whether he will participate in the Home Run Derby

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:24:51 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani already knows he is headed to the All-Star Game in two weeks. It remains unclear whether he will take part in the Home Run Derby in Seattle on July 10.“I don’t know when my next (pitching) start is and it really kind of depends on that. I haven’t thought that far ahead yet,” Ohtani said through his interpreter after the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 Tuesday night. The two-way Japanese superstar leads the majors with 28 home runs, including 13 in June. He became the first American League pitcher in nearly 60 years to hit two homers and strike out 10 batters in a game in Tuesday’s victory.Ohtani led the AL with 2,646,307 votes to wrap up his third straight All-Star start at designated hitter. It is the second year the top vote-getters in each league in the first phase of online voting get starting spots.Ohtani participated in the 2021 Home Run Derby in Denver. He lost to Juan Soto 31-28 in the second swing-off ...

Brazil’s Lula whines about French, Italian palace food

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:24:51 GMT

Brazil’s president isn’t happy. This time it’s with European palace food. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday criticized the quality and size of the portions he was served on recent visits to two of the world’s global culinary capitals: Paris and Rome.“I had lunch with Macron and with President Matarella. Two palace meals, which are not that great,” said the Brazilian president in an interview on his YouTube channel.The 77-year-old left-wing leader said that he doesn’t enjoy food at official state dinners because “everything is tiny and restricted,” according to the Brazilian outlet O Globo.“There isn’t a big tray for you to choose and get what you want. It’s that little bit that you eat,” said Lula. “I honestly can’t get used to this. I need quantity. It may be gluttony on my part, but I like quantity.”The Brazilian president told his listeners that he misses traditional Brazilian recipes such as “rabada or galinhada” when traveling abroad...

Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory but leaves a door open for 2024 election challenges

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:24:51 GMT

The U.S. Supreme Court shot down a controversial legal theory that could have changed the way elections are run across the country but left the door open to more limited challenges that could increase its role in deciding voting disputes during the 2024 presidential election.The court’s 6-3 ruling Tuesday drove a stake through the most extreme version of the so-called independent state legislature theory, which holds that legislatures have absolute power in setting the rules of federal elections and cannot be second-guessed by state courts. That decision cheered voting rights groups.“We beat back the most serious legal threat our democracy has ever faced today,” said Kathay Feng of Common Cause, whose lawsuit challenging congressional districts drawn by North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature triggered the case.But for some critics of the theory, the danger is not entirely past.The court found that state courts still must act within “ordinary bounds” when revi...

Muslims at Hajj pilgrimage brave intense heat to cast stones at pillars representing the devil

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:24:51 GMT

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims on Wednesday braved intense heat to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.With morning temperatures rising past 42 degrees Celsius (107 degrees Farenheit), huge crowds of pilgrims walked or took buses to the vast Jamarat complex just outside the holy city of Mecca, where large pedestrian bridges lead past three wide pillars representing the devil.Using pebbles collected the night before at a campsite known as Muzdalifa, the pilgrims stone the pillars. It’s a reenactment of the story of the Prophet Ibrahim — known as Abraham in Christian and Jewish traditions — who is said to have hurled stones at Satan to resist temptation.The ceremony was marred by tragedy on a number of occasions in the 1990s and 2000s, when hundreds died in stampedes during the stoning ritual. Saudi authorities have since built an expanded network of massive pedestrian bridges and redesigned the...