China’s automotive and aviation industries suffered historic drops in activity in February as the government locked down cities and restricted travel to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Car sales in China collapsed 79% compared to a year ago, according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on Thursday. It
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There may be a run on toilet rolls and dry pasta, but few shoppers seem to be in a rush to buy plane tickets. Growing anecdotal evidence — if the #emptyplane and #emptyflight hashtags on Twitter and Instagram are a reliable barometer — indicates there’s no shortage of empty airline seats. It’s one consequence of
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(CNN) — Ir en bicicleta al trabajo puede llevar a una mejor salud y condición física, pero para algunos novatos puede representar un accidente en potencia. El miedo a las lesiones mientras circulan en bicicleta disuade a muchas personas de ir en bicicleta al trabajo. En el Reino Unido, solo el 4% de las personas
Continue Reading ¿Es Joe Biden el seguro candidato del Partido Demócrata? Harvey Weinstein fue sentenciado a 23 años de prisión. Conoce el camino más eficaz para lograr la abstinencia de alcohol. El coronavirus es una pandemia y Trump tomó medidas. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Pandemia La Organización Mundial
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As coronavirus spreads across the globe, countries in Africa are taking preventive measures to keep the disease out and many are showing a strong level of preparedness to counter its spread. There are now more than 100 cases recorded in 11 countries in Africa, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization. Egypt
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was sharply restricting travel to the United States from more than two dozen European countries, a drastic step he framed as an attempt to contain a spreading public health crisis that has engulfed his presidency, caused global market turmoil and disrupted everyday life. In an primetime Oval Office address
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It’s official: The World Health Organization has classified the novel coronavirus as a pandemic. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus Coronavirus response has reached an
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It’s official: The World Health Organization has classified the novel coronavirus as a pandemic. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus Coronavirus response has reached an
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un desafiante Bernie Sanders prometió permanecer en la carrera presidencial este miércoles después de una serie de derrotas importantes, señalando su atractivo con los votantes más jóvenes y anticipándose a las líneas de argumento que usará contra su rival Joe Biden en el próximo debate CNN-Univision de este fin de semana. “Anoche obviamente
Continue Reading In its ongoing battle with the women’s national team over equal pay, the US Soccer Federation says male players have “more responsibility” and the men’s team “requires a higher level of skill” than their female counterparts. The federation made that argument in court documents filed Monday opposing a summary judgment in the gender discrimination lawsuit
Continue Reading An alliance of both housed and homeless people has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles to order thousands of beds be provided for the unsheltered. The complaint filed Tuesday by the LA Alliance for Human Rights accuses the city of neglecting its responsibilities and investing resources in approaches that are too slow to address the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los casos de coronavirus aumentan en EE.UU., pero los funcionarios de salud sostienen que una de las mejores maneras de evitar que se propague es lavándote las manos. Es lo suficientemente simple, ¿verdad? Tal vez no. Hay una manera adecuada de hacerlo. Y no incluye enjuagarse las manos por un momento y medio,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Hay muchas razones para creer que el exvicepresidente de Estados Unidos Joe Biden será el candidato presidencial demócrata a menos que ocurra algún evento estadísticamente improbable. Biden siguió sus impresionantes victorias en el supermartes con otra ronda de fuertes actuaciones en el segundo supermartes y parece que continuará su marcha hacia la candidatura. Los
Continue Reading Beijing has announced it will enforce a 14-day quarantine on all international travelers arriving in the Chinese capital, as the number of novel coronavirus cases outside Asia continues to rise. On Tuesday, Beijing reported six new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, all of which were imported cases, including five from Italy and one from the
Continue Reading Cassie Pekarski was a few hours into her trip from New York to Madrid when her phone pinged with a message from her mother. She paused the “Friends” rerun on her inflight television and glanced at her phone. “So … the US just banned travel between the US and Europe starting Friday,” the message read
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los gérmenes se propagan fácilmente entre los niños. Entonces, a medida que se extiende el coronavirus, los padres, maestros, cuidadores y otros tienen cada vez más preocupaciones sobre cómo la enfermedad los afecta, pero hay buenas noticias. Los niños no parecen estar contagiándose con el virus al mismo ritmo que los adultos, y
Continue Reading Actor Tom Hanks says he and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, have been diagnosed with coronavirus. In a statement posted to Instagram, Hanks said he and his wife were traveling in Australia when they were tested after exhibiting symptoms like tiredness, body aches, chills and “slight fevers.” “Well, now. What to do next? The Medical
Continue Reading An airline worker at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York addressed a crowd with only guesses as to how passengers waiting to board a flight to Dublin would be handled moments after President Donald Trump announced restrictions on travel from Europe. Trump said Wednesday he was sharply restricting travel to the United States
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President Donald Trump delivered an unusual Oval Office address on Wednesday night designed to reassure the American public that he and his administration are doing everything possible to stamp out the coronavirus pandemic in this country. Instead, the speech featured the same sort of scapegoating and barely-veiled xenophobia that Trump has reached for in other
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró este miércoles que el brote del nuevo coronavirus, con epicentro en Wuhan, China, es ya una pandemia. Una pandemia es la “propagación mundial” de una nueva enfermedad. Estas han sido parte de la historia de la humanidad durante siglos, y una de las primeras de
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The UTEP Miners saw an early exit from the Conference USA Basketball Tournament Wednesday in Frisco, TX. UTEP lost to Marshall in the first round of the tournament by a final score of 86-78. The Miners kept it close in the early minutes of the game, and also down the stretch. A crucial moment in
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The Las Cruces High School boys basketball team was set to tip-off in the state basketball tournament semifinals in Albuquerque on Thursday afternoon, but will now play in front of no crowd. The New Mexico Activities Association late Wednesday night announced that fans would not be allowed to attend the game,
Continue Reading President Donald Trump canceled several public events on Wednesday evening following a televised speech addressing the worsening coronavirus and reiterating experts’ warnings to avoid against large crowds. Trump will no longer travel for events in Colorado and Nevada at the end of the week, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement, “out
Continue Reading The State Department on Wednesday raised the worldwide travel advisory to Level 3: Reconsider Travel, urging US citizens to reconsider travel abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to reconsider travel abroad due to the global impact of COVID-19. Many areas throughout the world are now experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks
Continue Reading The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is calling for the creation of safety regulations of partially automated driver assistance systems, like Tesla’s Autopilot and GM’s Super Cruise. The organization, which is funded by the car insurance industry, recommended increased monitoring of drivers to ensure they’re engaged, prohibiting automated lane changing and restricting the use of
Continue Reading Miami (CNN Español) — La controversia internacional más reciente que enfrenta el gobierno cubano ha sido la encarcelación del artista plástico cubano Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, detenido el domingo primero de marzo en las afueras de su casa en La Habana, cuando se preparaba para salir a una manifestación promovida por algunos sectores del colectivo
Continue Reading After months of minimizing a spreading crisis, it was only after a stock market free-fall and two of his closest congressional allies quarantined themselves that President Donald Trump instructed his top advisers to prepare dramatic action. “I want to do something big,” Trump told his economic team on Monday, according to a senior White House
Continue Reading An employee in Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the first publicly known case of a congressional staffer with the disease. A statement from Cantwell’s offices said the staffer had no known contact with the Washington state Democrat or other members of Congress. “The individual has been in isolation
Continue Reading (CNN) — El productor de Hollywood Harvey Weinstein fue sentenciado este miércoles a 23 años de prisión por el juez James Burke luego de su condena por delitos de abuso sexual. Por acto sexual penal en primer grado: 20 años de prisión Por violación en tercer grado: 3 años de prisión. Las sentencias se ejecutarán
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