An American official says that Iran shot down a Ukrainian commercial plane. Portions of Puerto Rico could be without electricity for one year. What is Lyme disease? This is what you should know to start the day. First the truth. Subscribe to the newsletter
1. Trump vs. Iran
The intensity of the confrontation between President Donald Trump and the Government of Iran has decreased. The possibility of a large-scale military confrontation is dissipated but did the danger pass? Stephen Collinson believes the tension will rise again soon.
2. Millionaire funds for the wall
A federal court of appeals gave the green light to the Government of Donald Trump to use funds from the Department of Defense for the construction of the border wall, after a lower court prevented it last month. The money is added to other funds that the Supreme Court allowed to use through a ruling issued last year.
3. Iran would have shot down the plane
The Ukrainian plane that crashed on Wednesday would have been accidentally shot down by two Russian-made land-to-air missiles (SA-15), according to a US official familiar with intelligence information. A video sent to CNN shows what appears to be a missile impacting an object in the sky of Tehran early Wednesday. At about the same time a Ukrainian plane crashed shortly after takeoff. "The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian ground-air missile, this could have been unintentional," said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. There were 63 Canadians on the plane
4. Darkness in Puerto Rico
The executive president of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, José Ortiz, says he estimates that some parts of Puerto Rico will be without power for more than a year. Ortiz says that the reason for the delay is a combination of the damage recorded at the power plant in Guayanilla during the earthquake with the lack of updating and maintenance of the equipment found in the 60-year-old facility.
5. Avoid this and live longer
Would you like to add healthy and disease-free 7 to 10 years to your life as you get older? Try eliminating these five bad habits: smoking, not exercising, being overweight, drinking too much alcohol and eating an unhealthy diet. That is the conclusion of a new Harvard study that analyzed the impact of these behaviors on the possibility of living a longer life, without diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer or other chronic diseases.
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At coffee time
What is Lyme disease, against which Justin Bieber fights?
Justin Bieber revealed that he was diagnosed with Lyme disease, an infection caused by bacteria commonly transmitted by ticks. About 300,000 Americans each year are diagnosed with this disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
How could Enrique and Meghan become 'financially independent'?
Prince Enrique and Meghan published a detailed document describing the financial structure of their home.
Born in the USA a second baby thanks to the dead donor uterus transplant
Jennifer Gobrecht received a uterus transplant as part of a Penn Medicine trial to combat fertility problems
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The day's figure
US $ 8,000 million
Thousands of hours of Internet crashes worldwide caused by deliberate actions by governments cost more than US $ 8 billion in 2019 globally, estimates a new Top10VPN report.
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The date of the day
"I'm sorry, I have a sick son"
The man who robbed a pharmacy in Philadelphia showed a note explaining his reasons.
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And to finish…
These were the most commented products at CES
The devices shown at CES range from the most innovative to the frankly strange. Some products will be launched this year, others will never reach the market. Here are the objects that most caught our attention.