Former Liverpool and France manager Gérard Houllier has died aged 73, according to the English Premier League club. Houllier coached the French national team between 1992 and 1993, as well as leading club sides Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon to French league titles. In his six-year stint at the helm of Liverpool, Houllier won the FA
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President Donald Trump has asked White House staffers to receive the coronavirus vaccine “somewhat later in the program, unless specifically necessary,” he tweeted Sunday night after it surfaced that high-ranking administration officials were set to receive some of the first doses in the US. The vaccinations, which were set to begin as soon as this
Continue Reading The United States has lifted Sudan’s state sponsor of terrorism designation, the US Embassy in Khartoum announced Monday. The two countries reached an agreement in October for Sudan to be lifted from the list. The settlement required Sudan to pay $335 million for victims of the 1998 twin bombings against the US embassies in Tanzania
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Electronic Arts has leapfrogged one of its rivals with a $1.2 billion deal for UK video game developer Codemasters. EA said in a statement on Monday that it will pay £6.04 ($8.10) per share for the producer of racing games including Formula One and DIRT. That’s roughly 14% more than November’s cash and share offer
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(CNN) — Un kit de vacunación enviado al estado incorrecto. Un sistema hospitalario en California que espera recibir vacunas en polvo en lugar de viales congelados. Y decenas de miles de personas esperando vacunarse en las próximas semanas, cuando en realidad tendrán que esperar meses. El despliegue de la primera vacuna contra el coronavirus ya
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Eleven months after the earliest recorded case of coronavirus in the United States, medical workers are preparing to give the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, with deliveries set to arrive at administration sites from around 8 a.m. ET Monday. Thousands of vials of the vaccine were collected for distribution across the country Sunday
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Eleven months after the earliest recorded case of coronavirus in the United States, medical workers are preparing to give the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, with deliveries set to arrive at administration sites from around 8 a.m. ET Monday. Thousands of vials of the vaccine were collected for distribution across the country Sunday
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Some Americans should receive the first Covid-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, providing a glimmer of hope nearly a year into the worsening pandemic. First in line will be two groups considered to be exceptionally high risk — health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities such as nursing homes. The groups are part
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 12 new coronavirus-related deaths Monday, elevating the death toll to 1,212 in the county. The victims were identified as: 1 woman in her 40s1 man in his 50s2 men in their 60s1 woman in her 60s3 men in their 70s2 women in
Continue Reading With President Donald Trump’s subversion efforts suffering blow after blow, some of his allies have looked to the Electoral College and the prospect of so-called “faithless electors” as a potential avenue for keeping the President in power. Related: A step-by-step guide to Monday’s Electoral College vote Joe Biden’s sizable margin of victory, the setup of
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With President Donald Trump’s subversion efforts suffering blow after blow, some of his allies have looked to the Electoral College and the prospect of so-called “faithless electors” as a potential avenue for keeping the President in power. Related: A step-by-step guide to Monday’s Electoral College vote Joe Biden’s sizable margin of victory, the setup of
Continue Reading The country’s first Covid-19 vaccines could be administered as soon as Monday, after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine received green lights from the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Shipments of the vaccine are expected to arrive in all 50 states on Monday, with more on the way. It’s
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On November 9, a group of men gathered in a dusty town in southern Ivory Coast that sits at the junction of two major highways. The group walked onto the road to block traffic to protest the re-election of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. A cellphone video obtained by Human Rights Watch and shared with CNN
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Dieciséis equipos han calificado para los octavos de final de la Champions League, la Liga de Campeones de Europa, y así quedaron los partidos después del sorteo de este lunes. Sorteo de octavos de final Bayern (Alemania) vs. Lazio (Italia) Real Madrid (España) vs. Atalanta (Italia) Manchester City (Inglaterra) vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach (Alemania)
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CNN Heroes viewers have chosen their most inspiring moment of the year: An act of humanity during a BLM protest in London. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign
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CNN Heroes viewers have chosen their most inspiring moment of the year: An act of humanity during a BLM protest in London. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign
Continue Reading Burger King’s Indian franchise has pulled off a whopper initial public offering. Shares in Burger King India opened at 112.5 rupees ($1.53) per share on their first day of trading Monday in Mumbai, nearly double the IPO price of 60 rupees (about 80 cents). The stock later shot up even further, closing at 135 rupees
Continue Reading (CNN) — El conteo de votos en el Colegio Electoral, un ritual constitucional que normalmente es una curiosidad poco notada se convertirá el lunes en un símbolo de la durabilidad del sistema político estadounidense mientras está bajo el ataque de un presidente derrotado que busca anular una elección democrática. Electores de 50 estados y el
Continue Reading (CNN) — Hace semanas que sabemos que Joe Biden ganó las elecciones presidenciales de 2020, pero la Constitución estadounidense, escrita antes de la comunicación instantánea, funciona muy lentamente. Desde el día de las elecciones el 3 de noviembre, los 50 estados y el Distrito de Columbia han certificado sus votos y han nombrado listas de
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las primeras vacunas contra el covid-19 en Estados Unidos podrían administrarse tan pronto como este lunes, después de que la vacuna de Pfizer/BioNTech recibiera luz verde de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA) y los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC). Se espera que los envíos
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Un comité asesor de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) votó para recomendar la vacuna de Pfizer y BioNTech contra el covid-19 en personas mayores de 16 años este sábado. La decisión ocurrió un día después de que la Administración de
Continue Reading (CNN) — Funcionarios de alto rango de la Casa Blanca están listos para ser de los primeros vacunados contra el coronavirus en Estados Unidos, según un funcionario de la Casa Blanca y una persona familiarizada con el asunto. La vacunación en la Casa Blanca, que podría comenzar tan pronto como esta semana, ocurriría mientras la
Continue Reading The holidays are often a time when the goal of saving money is in opposition with showing people love in the grandest of ways. Reining in holiday spending may be the absolute last thing people want to do, but during pandemic-related financial struggles, scaling back is a necessity. In the first week of December, 712,000
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN The holidays are often a time when financial goals are in opposition with showing people love in the grandest of ways. Reining in holiday spending could be the absolute last thing people want to do, but during pandemic-related financial struggles, scaling back is a necessity. At this point of the pandemic,
Continue Reading (CNN) — El equipo de Grandes Ligas de Cleveland, Ohio, eliminará «Indians» (Indios) de su nombre, según un informe de The New York Times luego confirmado por otros medios de comunicación. El equipo se negó a comentar sobre la situación, pero dijo que no cuestionaba el informe del diario, que cita fuentes familiarizadas con la
Continue Reading (CNN) — Meghan, duquesa de Sussex, hizo una aparición no programada en el especial anual Heroes TV de CNN el domingo para honrar los momentos más inspiradores del año y las personas que los hicieron realidad. Refiriéndose a la pandemia de covid-19, Meghan agradeció a las «personas (que) se levantaron y se aseguraron de que
Continue Reading (CNN) — Al menos cuatro personas fueron apuñaladas el sábado por la noche en medio de protestas postelectorales en Washington, según la oficina de asuntos públicos del Departamento de Policía Metropolitana del Distrito de Columbia. El Departamento de Bomberos del Distrito de Columbia y los Servicios Médicos de Emergencia de Washington se llevaron del área
Continue Reading Leading Covid-19 vaccine developer AstraZeneca agreed on Saturday to buy Boston pharmaceutical firm Alexion for $39 billion. The acquisition is one of the largest deals of the year for the drug industry and would expand AstraZeneca’s reach in rare diseases. Alexion has an immunology unit in Boston that serves patients with rare disorders. AstraZeneca, a
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EL PASO, Texas — Municipal courts will open to the public on Monday after more than a month of being closed due to Covid-19 health precautions. “Honestly, what we’ve seen is the public is more comfortable attending hearings in person than through video, so we wanted to make these services available to the community,” said
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EL PASO, Texas — The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine was approved and is on its way to El Paso. But how many El Pasoans need to be vaccinated before we can begin removing our masks and go back to hugging our loved ones? Dr. Ogechika Alozie, an El Paso infectious disease expert, told ABC-7 Xtra on
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