Thousands of cheering fans packed the stands on Friday to watch some of tennis’ biggest stars warm up for the Australian Open — with hardly a face mask to be seen. In an unusual scene for the coronavirus pandemic, the 4,000 crowd sat cheek by jowl as big hitters including Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and
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BEIJING (AP) — China said Friday it will no longer recognize the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a plan to allow millions of Hong Kong residents a route to residency and eventual citizenship. The announcement by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao
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Hope stemming from decreasing Covid-19 numbers has been blunted by the spread of new coronavirus variants. Now, one of the most worrisome strains — first found in South Africa — has been detected for the first time in the US. On Thursday, South Carolina officials confirmed two cases of the more contagious strain, also known
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that four men convicted of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl should go free, a move described by the White House as an “affront to terrorism victims everywhere.” Pearl was working as the South Asia bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal in 2002 when he was kidnapped in
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Coming into Thursday night’s game at UTSA, UTEP Head Coach Rodney Terry knew he had to contain Roadrunner super-scorers Jhivvan Jackson and Keaton Wallace. Especially given that UTSA and UTEP entered the contest tied in the C-USA West standings. Unfortunately, Wallace and Jackson could neither be stopped nor contained as they
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EL PASO, Texas – It was #25 Bel Air’s first week in the 5A Texas State Rankings. After a thriller in the lower valley, it might be their last. In a game that came down to the final possession, Ysleta knocked off the previously unbeaten Highlanders 43-40 for their biggest win of the season. Omar
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Former President Donald Trump is focusing his political energy on targeting Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, who voted for Trump’s impeachment earlier this month. According to one source, Trump has repeatedly questioned his Republican allies about efforts to remove Cheney from her leadership position and run a primary candidate against her. He has
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Berlín (CNN) — La comisión de vacunas de Alemania recomendó que la vacuna contra el coronavirus desarrollada por AstraZeneca y la Universidad de Oxford no se administre a personas mayores de 65 años, dijo el jueves el Ministerio del Interior alemán. El Comité Permanente de Vacunación (STIKO) del Instituto Robert Koch de Alemania (RKI), la
Continue Reading Berlín (CNN) — La comisión de vacunas de Alemania recomendó que la vacuna contra el coronavirus desarrollada por AstraZeneca y la Universidad de Oxford no se administre a personas mayores de 65 años, dijo el jueves el Ministerio del Interior alemán. El Comité Permanente de Vacunación (STIKO) del Instituto Robert Koch de Alemania (RKI), la
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DETROIT (AP) — Casting his climate policy as a jobs plan, President Joe Biden left out important context and used fuzzy math when he announced sweeping new green initiatives that he says will boost the U.S. economy with the creation of 1 million new auto jobs. That’s actually far from certain, if not unlikely. A
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos emitió el miércoles un boletín de amenazas debido al continuo potencial de violencia a raíz de la toma de posesión presidencial, incluidas las preocupaciones de que extremistas nacionales puedan envalentonarse por el ataque al Capitolio en Washington. El secretario interino del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional,
Continue Reading BUCHUREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Romania say a fire at a key hospital in Bucharest that also treats COVID-19 patients has killed at least four people. The fire broke out early on Friday on the ground floor of the hospital. The blaze forced the evacuation of the building that houses 100 people. An unspecified
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In between a surging pandemic and a global scramble for vaccines, the fate of this year’s Olympic Games has become shrouded in uncertainty. Last November, three weeks before the first vaccine doses became publicly available in the United Kingdom, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said he was hopeful an effective vaccine would help
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Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been swiftly dispelled. In the short time since President Joe Biden was sworn into office, China has flown more than two dozen combat aircraft near to the self-ruled island of Taiwan and passed
Continue Reading Primero los hechos: no hay una sólida base científica para decir que la ivermectina es efectiva contra el covid-19. Pero tampoco hay evidencia suficiente, hasta ahora, para decir que no funciona para tratar o prevenir el covid-19. La medicina, usada ampliamente en el mundo para combatir parásitos, está siendo incluida en el plan de tratamiento
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Un cliente de Robinhood presentó una demanda colectiva contra la aplicación de negociación de acciones el jueves después de que la compañía prohibiera a los operadores comprar acciones de GameStop promovidas por WallStreetBets, un popular grupo de Reddit para inversionistas. La demanda, presentada en el Distrito Sur de Nueva York, afirma que
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Un cliente de Robinhood presentó una demanda colectiva contra la aplicación de negociación de acciones el jueves después de que la compañía prohibiera a los operadores comprar acciones de GameStop promovidas por WallStreetBets, un popular grupo de Reddit para inversionistas. La demanda, presentada en el Distrito Sur de Nueva York, afirma que
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, cautioned Thursday that President Joe Biden’s push to reopen most schools within 100 days “may not happen” as the US continues to grapple with high Covid-19 transmission. “The President is taking very seriously the issue … both from the student standpoint and from the teacher standpoint,”
Continue Reading (CNN Business) –– La última vez que Southwest Airlines reportó pérdidas anuales fue en 1972, cuando era una pequeña aerolínea advenediza que volaba unos pocos aviones en rutas de Texas exclusivamente. Desde entonces, Southwest Airlines ha crecido hasta convertirse en la cuarta aerolínea más grande de EE.UU. Durante 47 años consecutivos tuvo cifras rentables, mientras
Continue Reading (CNN Business) –– La última vez que Southwest Airlines reportó pérdidas anuales fue en 1972, cuando era una pequeña aerolínea advenediza que volaba unos pocos aviones en rutas de Texas exclusivamente. Desde entonces, Southwest Airlines ha crecido hasta convertirse en la cuarta aerolínea más grande de EE.UU. Durante 47 años consecutivos tuvo cifras rentables, mientras
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UPDATE #2: Officials with Fort Bliss and the William Beaumont Army Medical Center said at a briefing late Friday afternoon that eleven hospitalized Fort Bliss soldiers were poisoned from drinking automotive antifreeze that they mistook for alcohol. All of the soldiers remained hospitalized, but the two critically injured showed significant improvement and were upgraded to
Continue Reading (CNN) — Algunas especies de tiburones y rayas podrían desaparecer de nuestros mares por completo luego de que se registrara una fuerte caída en su número por la sobrepesca en los últimos 50 años. Un estudio publicado el miércoles en la revista Nature encontró que las poblaciones de tiburones y rayas disminuyeron en un 71,1%
Continue Reading (CNN) –– La actriz Demi Moore hizo su debut sorpresa en una pasarela de moda este miércoles. La celebridad abrió la presentación virtual de Fendi durante los desfiles de alta costura en la Semana de la Moda de París. Demi Moore, de 58 años, vistió un traje de seda negro de hombros descubiertos, pantalones anchos,
Continue Reading (CNN) –– La actriz Demi Moore hizo su debut sorpresa en una pasarela de moda este miércoles. La celebridad abrió la presentación virtual de Fendi durante los desfiles de alta costura en la Semana de la Moda de París. Demi Moore, de 58 años, vistió un traje de seda negro de hombros descubiertos, pantalones anchos,
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The founder of the subreddit WallStreetBets says he never expected the forum to become the force it is now, with hordes of amateur investors driving up stock prices in a showdown with Wall Street short-sellers. “I don’t envy any of them,” WallStreetBets founder Jaime Rogozinski told Julia Chatterley on CNN Thursday. “I’m enjoying this from
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Robinhood and other online trading platforms are moving to restrict trading in GameStop and other stocks that have soared recently due to rabid buying by smaller investors. GameStop stock has rocketed from below $20 to more than $400 this month as a volunteer army of investors on social media challenged big institutions who has placed
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Cicely Tyson was a petite woman, but to those lucky enough to walk any of the paths she carved in Hollywood, she was the giant on whose shoulders they stood. Tyson, an actress known for her pioneering career on stage and screen, died Thursday, according to her manager. She was 96 years old. In light
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — PSA Airlines, one of American Airlines’ largest operators of regional flights, has been “temporarily grounded” by the Federal Aviation Administration for an inspection issue on nearly all of its planes, according to an internal email obtained by CNN. American Airlines tells CNN that 230 of its flights operated by PSA Airlines have
Continue Reading The annual Sundance Film Festival is going virtual this year. The festival, which kicked off Thursday, may not have the usual crowds strolling around Park City, Utah, but it will still have movies, panel talks and virtual events available to stream from the comfort of your own home. There is a screening schedule available online
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The chief judge of the federal court in Washington scorched Capitol riot suspects during a hearing on Thursday, calling their actions an assault on American democracy and ruling that a man who had bragged about putting his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office should stay in jail as he awaits trial.
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