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Month: January 2021

Más de 90.000 estadounidenses podrían morir de covid-19 en las próximas tres semanas, según el pronóstico de los CDC

(CNN) — Más de 38.000 estadounidenses han muerto de covid-19 en las dos primeras semanas del nuevo año. Se proyecta que otros 92.000 morirán a causa del virus durante aproximadamente las próximas tres semanas, según un pronóstico conjunto publicado por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en

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Houston Rockets trade James Harden to Brooklyn Nets in blockbuster four-team deal, per reports

The Houston Rockets are moving on from franchise superstar James Harden. They are trading the 31-year-old to the Brooklyn Nets as part of a four-team deal, according to multiple reports including ESPN and The Athletic, citing sources familiar with the deal. In return for Harden, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Houston is acquiring Caris LeVert

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Black mothers in the UK are four times more likely to die in childbirth than their White counterparts. Little is being done to find out why

When pharmacist Ifeoma Onwuka, known to her friends as Laura, went into hospital to have her daughter, she and her husband hoped the delivery would go smoothly, and that they would soon be able to take their new arrival home  to meet her siblings. Onwuka’s labor was induced at James Paget University Hospital in Great

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China’s Huawei backtracks after filing for patent to identify Uyghur faces

Chinese technology company Huawei is backtracking on a patent application it filed for a facial recognition system intended to identify Uyghurs from other Chinese ethnicities. Filed in July 2018 by Huawei and the government-affiliated Chinese Academy of Sciences, the patent application said the “identification of pedestrian attributes is very important” in facial recognition technology. “The

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Científico de la NASA se declara culpable de mentir sobre su participación en programa de reclutamiento del Gobierno chino

(CNN) — Un científico de alto rango de la NASA se declaró culpable el miércoles en un tribunal federal de Nueva York de mentir sobre su participación en un programa establecido por el Gobierno chino que, según Estados Unidos, buscaba reclutar a personas con acceso a propiedad intelectual. Meyya Meyyappan, de 66 años, de Pacifica,

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Human Rights Watch acusa a Jair Bolsonaro de sabotear los esfuerzos para frenar la propagación del covid-19

(CNN) — El presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, ha «intentado sabotear los esfuerzos para frenar la propagación del covid-19 en Brasil y ha aplicado otras políticas que socavan los derechos humanos», según un informe de la organización Human Rights Watch. En su Informe Mundial 2021 publicado el miércoles, Human Rights Watch dice que Bolsonaro minimizó

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Corte Suprema de EE.UU. concede solicitud del Gobierno de Trump para limitar el acceso a fármaco para abortos

(CNN) — El martes, la Corte Suprema concedió la solicitud del Gobierno de Trump para que se restablezcan restricciones de larga data para pacientes que buscan obtener un fármaco utilizado para abortar en la primera etapa del embarazo. Los tres jueces liberales discreparon, en un posible adelanto de lo que será un nuevo capítulo en

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No winners of Powerball and Mega Millions drawings push both jackpots to more than $600 million each

No ticket matched all six numbers in Wednesday’s Powerball lottery drawing, pushing its weekend jackpot to an estimated $640 million. Tuesday’s Mega Millions also failed to find a top prize winner, which will have an estimated $750 million jackpot on Friday. Although no one took home the big prize, the Powerball drawing was still fruitful

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NASA scientist pleads guilty to lying about involvement in Chinese government recruitment program

A senior NASA scientist pleaded guilty Wednesday in a New York federal court to lying about his involvement with a program established by the Chinese government which the US says sought to recruit those with access to intellectual property. Meyya Meyyappan, 66, of Pacifica, California, was charged with one count of making false statements, according

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