By Djenane Villanueva, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Jessie Yeung, CNN

(CNN) — American surfer Kurt Van Dyke was found dead in an apparent robbery at his apartment in Cahuita, a Caribbean coastal town in Costa Rica, on Saturday. He was 66.

The incident was reported around 10:50 a.m. when authorities received a call about a man found dead in a room, according to Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ).

Law enforcement went to the location, in the municipality of Talamanca about 105 miles east of the capital San Jose, and confirmed the death, according to OIJ spokesman Carlos Valverde.

Van Dyke was in the apartment with a woman when they were allegedly approached by two armed men, Valverde said. According to preliminary reports, the suspects threatened them with a firearm and held them for several minutes while stealing valuables.

Authorities indicated that Van Dyke died at the scene. “He was asphyxiated and had several stab wounds,” said the OIJ spokesperson. The woman who was with him suffered minor injuries that are not life-threatening.

The body was taken to the forensic morgue to determine the exact cause of death. The OIJ stated that the case remains under investigation to clarify the circumstances of the incident and identify those responsible.

Prominent surfing family

Van Dyke, originally from Santa Cruz, California, was recognized in the international surfing community for his participation in competitions and his influence in promoting the sport in the Caribbean region.

He was also part of a well-known California surfing family.

A 2021 obituary of his mother Betty Van Dyke said that she was part of a pioneering group of early female surfers, and her first husband Gene Van Dyke was also a well-known northern California surfer, the Associated Press reported.

Kurt’s brother Peter Van Dyke told the San Francisco Chronicle via text: “My brother was a very benevolent, giving person who would help just about anybody. Kurt would never hurt anybody, and he was always there when you needed him. Everyone that he met knew this about him.”

Raw Surf, a global media platform dedicated to sharing surf culture and stories worldwide, expressed its condolences for the tragedy. “Our hearts go out to Kurt’s family and the Costa Rican surfing community for this unimaginable loss,” reads a post on their Instagram account.

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By Lex Harvey, CNN

(CNN) — Palmerston, the black and white feline who rose from the streets of London to the hallowed halls of Britain’s Foreign Office, has died in Bermuda, London’s foreign ministry said Monday.

The former ‘Chief Mouser’ of the Foreign Office retired from Whitehall in 2020 but returned to the spotlight in 2025 when he joined the new Governor of Bermuda Andrew Murdoch in the overseas territory, according to an Instagram post.

The cat’s X account said the “diplocat extraordinaire” passed peacefully on February 12.

Affectionately known as ‘Palmy,’ the feline was a “special member of the Government House team in Bermuda, and a much loved family member,” the post said.

“He was a wonderful companion, with a gentle nature, and will be sorely missed.”

Palmerston was rescued from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and joined the Foreign Office in 2016 during a turbulent time in British politics, just months before the UK voted to withdraw from the European Union.

Named after the 19th-Century Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister Viscount Palmerston, the cat quickly garnered a large online fanbase, boasting nearly 100,000 followers as of Tuesday who closely tracked his adventures across Westminster.

Palmerston enjoyed a friendly rivalry with Britain’s most famous cat, 10 Downing Street’s Larry, who just celebrated 15 years in his post.

“Farewell old friend x,” Larry said on X.

Among Palmerston’s many contributions to the UK public service was pest control. Just weeks into his post, Palmerston caught his first mouse, according to a congratulatory X post from the former Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Simon McDonald.

He was also a philanthropist and raised more than 3,000 British pounds ($4,082) for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Palmerston retired in 2020 during the Covid pandemic to “spend more time relaxing away from the limelight,” according to a letter pawed by the cat and addressed to McDonald.

“I will miss hearing the footsteps of an Ambassador and sprinting to my hideout to see who it is,” Palmerston wrote, adding that his departure would be a “major loss for our intelligence gathering” but it was time to “enjoy some me-time.”

In 2025, “a purr-fect role” lured Palmerston out of retirement, the beloved cat said on X.

Palmerston ditched London’s grey skies and rain for the white sandy beaches and clear waters of Bermuda, where in his final days he could be seen playing with giant avocados, welcoming foreign dignitaries and handing out poppies ahead of Remembrance Day, according to his X account.

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China incrementó su producción de submarinos de propulsión nuclear en los últimos cinco años hasta el punto de estar lanzando submarinos más rápido que Estados Unidos, lo que amenaza con anular una ventaja en el poder naval que durante mucho tiempo ha pertenecido a Washington, según un nuevo informe de un think tank.

El aumento en la fuerza de submarinos nucleares de la Armada del Ejército Popular de Liberación incluye tanto submarinos de misiles balísticos como de ataque, afirma el informe del International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

Durante los años 2021 a 2025, la construcción de submarinos de China superó a la de EE.UU.
tanto en número de submarinos lanzados (10 contra 7) como en tonelaje (79.000 contra 55.500), según el informe, que analizó imágenes satelitales de astilleros para estimar la construcción china.

Beijing no revela el número de unidades de su flota.

Es un cambio drástico respecto al periodo de 2016 a 2020, cuando China solo sumó tres submarinos (23.000 toneladas) frente a los siete de la Marina de EE.UU. (55.500 toneladas), según el análisis del IISS.

Las cifras representan submarinos lanzados pero no necesariamente completados ni incorporados a la flota en servicio activo, donde EE.UU. aún mantiene una gran ventaja.

A principios de 2025, China tenía 12 submarinos nucleares en servicio activo: seis de misiles balísticos y seis de misiles guiados o de ataque, según el “Military Balance 2025” del IISS. EE.UU. tenía un total de 65 submarinos, de los cuales 14 eran de misiles balísticos.

China también mantiene una gran flota de submarinos de propulsión convencional, con 46 unidades, según el “Military Balance”.

EE.UU. no tiene submarinos de propulsión convencional, los cuales – a diferencia de los nucleares – necesitan reabastecerse de combustible regularmente.

Para acomodar el crecimiento de su flota de submarinos nucleares, Beijing ha ampliado significativamente el astillero Huludao de Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. en el norte de China, según el informe titulado “Boomtime at Bohai”.

Esto ocurre después de que un informe del Congressional Research Service al Congreso el mes pasado señalara que la Marina de EE.UU. está quedando muy rezagada en su objetivo de construir dos submarinos de ataque clase Virginia por año, debido a que los astilleros estadounidenses solo han entregado entre 1,1 y 1,2 submarinos por año desde 2022.

EE.UU. también construye nuevos submarinos de misiles balísticos clase Columbia, pero ese programa tiene al menos un año de retraso, y el primer submarino de la clase, el USS District of Columbia, no se espera que sea entregado a la Marina hasta 2028, según dijo el almirante a cargo del programa a Breaking Defense la semana pasada.

“La mayor cantidad de unidades en el agua representa un desafío creciente para (EE.UU. y otros países occidentales) mientras luchan por aumentar su propia producción”, dice el informe del IISS.

El informe del IISS destaca dos submarinos de misiles balísticos Tipo 094 (SSBN) que se han lanzado en el astillero de Huludao. Con la capacidad de lanzar misiles balísticos con ojivas nucleares, los Tipo 094 se suman a la creciente tríada nuclear de Beijing, que incluye misiles balísticos intercontinentales terrestres y bombarderos, señala el informe.

Y China tiene incluso mejores SSBN en desarrollo, según el IISS.

“El Tipo 096 aún se espera que comience su producción en Bohai en esta década, entrando en servicio a finales de la década de 2020 o principios de la de 2030”, indica el informe.

Además de los SSBN, el númer

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By Elise Hammond, Mark Morales, Danya Gainor, Amanda Musa, CNN

(CNN) — A hockey game was violently interrupted Monday when the sound of gunfire echoed inside a packed ice rink in Rhode Island, leaving at least two people dead and three others injured, police said.

The suspected shooter, who police say took their own life after opening fire, appeared to target family members during the incident, two law enforcement officials who have been briefed on the situation tell CNN. Police have said the investigation is ongoing.

Police identified the suspected shooter as Robert K. Dorgan, who Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said went by the name of Roberta Esposito.

The latest spasm of gun violence comes just two months after a shooting at Brown University, a few miles south, left Rhode Island shaken and underscored the vulnerability of trusted community spaces.

The shooting appeared to unfold behind one of the team’s benches in the middle of play, video from the youth-sports streaming service LiveBarn shows. In the footage, aired by CNN affiliate WJAR, players from both teams are seen taking cover as at least a dozen shots are fired, with players and coaches rushing for the gates leading out of the rink’s benches.

Some of the high-school-aged skaters joined the players on the ice, leaping into the rink amid the sound of shots, charging toward a door on the opposite side which leads to the locker room, according to WJAR. Another person tried to disarm the shooter in the stands, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island said on social media.

The good Samaritan’s efforts are “probably what led to a swift end of this tragic event,” Goncalves said at a news conference Monday evening.

The three injured people are in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital with gunshot wounds, the hospital system said. It is the same facility where victims in the shooting at Brown University were treated.

Police are working to put together a timeline of what happened before they responded to the facility at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Goncalves said.

It was the 41st mass shooting across the US in the first 47 days of the year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

“This kind of violence, especially in a place meant for families and youth, is devastating,” Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said in a post on X.

Students playing in the game are safe, school says

Two teams made up of students from multiple schools were playing in hockey games at the arena, according to school officials. North Providence, which is involved with one of the co-op teams, told CNN the shooting involved spectators and happened around the start of the first period.

“Fortunately, all students involved in the game are safe,” Superintendent Joseph B. Goho said. North Providence previously said, “Preliminary information indicates the incident may have involved parent(s) of NP student(s).”

Meanwhile, Coventry,