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Los astronautas se unieron al presidente en la Oval Office para una conferencia de prensa, y no pasó mucho tiempo antes de que se elogiara a sí mismo. Donald Trump recibió a la tripulación de la histórica misión de sobrevuelo lunar Artemis II en la White House el miércoles. Los cuatro astronautas —el comandante Reid Wiseman, el piloto Victor Glover y los especialistas de misión Christina Koch y Jeremy Hansen— se unieron al presidente en la Oval Office para una reunión de celebración y una conferencia de prensa. Continuar leyendo...

Exclusiva: 839.000 viviendas en zonas urbanas se enfrentan a la amenaza de inundaciones por aguas pluviales, siendo los inquilinos de viviendas sociales los más vulnerables a los costes Ocho de cada 10 de las viviendas que corren un alto riesgo de inundación en England se encuentran ahora en pueblos y ciudades, según un análisis de la National Housing Federation (NHF), que señala que los inquilinos de viviendas sociales son desproporcionadamente vulnerables al coste financiero. La investigación reveló que 839.000 viviendas en zonas urbanas están ahora clasificadas como de alto riesgo de inundación por aguas pluviales, lo que supone un aumento del triple desde 2018. Continuar leyendo...

Secondhand car buyers urged to carefully inspect vehicles, while owners told to beware tests that are suspiciously quickRise of the ‘ghost owner’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper recordsYou have just bought a secondhand car. It was older than you wanted, but were reassured because it had recently passed its MOT.Within a few days, you notice a problem with the steering and take it into a garage to be checked. As well as that issue, they find the tread depth of the tyres is so low it should not have passed the test. Continue reading...

• President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are preparing to welcome His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom for an official visit to the White House. • The visit represents a significant diplomatic engagement between the United States and the United Kingdom at the highest levels. • Such state visits typically include formal ceremonies, bilateral meetings, and discussions on international policy matters.

• Egypt has convened an emergency regional summit with Ethiopia, Sudan, and other Nile Basin nations to address water allocation disputes intensified by Sudan's ongoing civil war and dam infrastructure threats. • The summit, held in Cairo on Friday, focused on protecting the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Blue Nile water flows during heightened regional conflict; negotiations remain deadlocked. • US officials are monitoring the summit closely, concerned that water scarcity could fuel refugee crises across the Horn of Africa and destabilize a critical US partner region.

Top buyers promised access at Mar-a-Lago event as Democrats and watchdogs warn of pay-to-play risksDonald Trump is slated to star at a cryptocurrency bash on 25 April at his Mar-a-Lago club for scores of purchasers of his crypto memecoin $Trump that has enriched him while in office. The move is fueling renewed criticism from top Democrats and ethics watchdogs that he is using the presidency for financial gains in a break with ethical norms.The Trump-linked Fight Fight Fight LLC has hyped the event as “THE MOST EXCLUSIVE CRYPTO & BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN THE WORLD”. It’s promising a luncheon with Trump as its keynote speaker, according to the memecoin’s official website and its social media account. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Labour MP calls on DVLA to take action, saying ‘speeding, hit and runs and worse’ are going unpunishedMore than 18,000 vehicles are being used in the UK without proper records of where their owners live, it has emerged, part of what a Labour MP has called an increasing problem of “ghost owners” who cannot be held accountable for their driving.According to a freedom of information request to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 18,260 vehicles were listed in its records as being registered to the DVLA’s own address, meaning the owner’s location was not known. Continue reading...