Caution tape cordons off townhomes and trees burned by the Eaton Fire on Jan. 13, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A boat carryingcapsized within reach of shore as it arrived at
on Wednesday and four women and three girls drowned, authorities said.In the chaotic scene at El Hierro’s port, survivors clung to ropes and life preservers tossed by rescuers.Spain’s maritime rescue service said the boat tipped over as rescuers started removing young people onto a rescue craft positioned between the migrant one and the quay. The movement of people on the boat caused it to turn over, the service said.
Local media said the small boat appeared to be packed with over 100 people.A helicopter evacuated two other children, a girl and a boy, to a hospital in serious condition after they nearly drowned, the service added.
“The drama witnessed on El Hierro should move us all, (those) lives were lost in an attempt to find a better future,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on social media.
The Spanish archipelago located off Africa’s western coast has for years been a main route for migrants who risk their lives in dinghies and rubber boats unfit for long journeys in the open sea.“The evidence at trial will show what every 17-year-old in the world knows: Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp compete with Chinese-owned TikTok, YouTube, X, iMessage and many others. More than 10 years after the FTC reviewed and cleared our acquisitions, the Commission’s action in this case sends the message that no deal is ever truly final. Regulators should be supporting American innovation, rather than seeking to break up a great American company and further advantaging China on critical issues like AI,” the company said in a statement.
In a filing last week, Meta also stressed that the FTC “must prove that Meta has monopoly power in its claimed relevant market now, not at some time in the past.” This, experts say, could also prove challenging since more competitors have emerged in the social media space in the years since the company bought WhatsApp and Instagram.Meta’s fate will be decided by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who late last year denied Meta’s request for a summary judgment and ruled that the case must go to trial.
While the FTC may face an uphill battle in proving its case, the stakes are high for Meta, whose advertising business could be cut in half if it’s forced to spin off Instagram.Meta isn’t the only technology company in the sights of federal antitrust regulators, Google and Amazon face their own cases. The remedy phase of Google’s case is scheduled to begin on April 21. A federal judge declared the search giant an