Doctors in Norway are investigating the deaths of 23 elderly patients who had received the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, looking into the possibility that adverse reactions to the shot “may have contributed to a fatal outcome in some frail patients.” The vaccine’s side-effects are rare and usually mild. But they could include fever and nausea, which
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(CNN) — El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, planea comenzar de inmediato el despliegue de su agenda de inmigración al asumir el cargo el miércoles, pero la nueva administración también tendrá que lidiar con los migrantes que ya se encuentran en la frontera con México, así como con los que están en camino.
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Scottish fishermen parked their trucks near UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office at 10 Downing Street on Monday to protest post-Brexit red tape they say has made it almost impossible to sell British seafood to the European Union. Many of them drove several hours from Scotland, where the fishing industry is in crisis because paperwork
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On a typical Inauguration Day, hundreds of thousands of Americans flock to Washington, DC, to catch a glimpse of the new President being sworn in. Not this year. Government leaders and health officials are telling people to stay away. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser urged people to not travel to the United States capital for the
Continue Reading Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee announced on Monday a series of new efforts to help boost the state’s Covid-19 vaccinations, including partnerships with companies like Starbucks and Microsoft. Inslee revealed in a news conference the state has established a “public private partnership” between the health department and other business, health care and labor leaders, dubbed
Continue Reading (CNN) — El esperado grupo de 100 indultos y conmutaciones de sentencias del presidente Donald Trump en el penúltimo día de su presidencia no será más alto que el de sus predecesores recientes. Pero su historial de clemencia bien podría ser el más controvertido. A diferencia de presidentes anteriores, Trump ha mostrado poco interés en
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Speaking at the World Health Assembly last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for “solidarity and cooperation” in developing coronavirus vaccines, “our most powerful weapon” for tackling the pandemic. But with Chinese medical company Sinovac facing questions over the efficacy of its coronavirus shot, the country’s propaganda apparatus has apparently forgotten Xi’s comments. Instead, it
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As the US approaches 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, new cases have been trending down but multiple states are reporting cases of new variants of the virus. The US recorded 1.5 million new Covid-19 cases in the past seven days, according to the most recent data from Johns Hopkins University, an 11% drop from
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cuando Costco abrió su primera tienda en China en 2019, no fueron solo los pollos asados calientes y los bolsos Birkin con descuento los que atrajeron a las multitudes frenéticas. Un licor ardiente que pica en la garganta llamado Kweichow Moutai también se fue volando de los estantes. Con un precio de 1.498
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – La vacuna contra el coronavirus de Johnson & Johnson está a punto de convertirse en la séptima en ser aprobada en el mundo. En este episodio, el doctor Huerta nos habla de la tecnología detrás de su fabricación. Además vemos una de las ventajas que la pone, quizás, en la delantera con
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un sismo de magnitud 6,4 sacudió la provincia centro-occidental de San Juan en Argentina el lunes por la noche, según un informe preliminar del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). Posteriormente siguió una serie de réplicas en todo el país. Una réplica de magnitud 5,0 se produjo a
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EL PASO, Texas — Monday through Thursday, Gene Semko reviews cases as a divorce attorney from his offices in Downtown El Paso. But on Saturdays in the fall, he reviews cases from the replay booth on college football’s biggest stage. As a referee in the Big 12 Conference, he has to! By the power vested
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PHOENIX, Arizona – Even after relocating to Phoenix, Arizona, it’s been anything but a smooth journey for the NMSU Aggies. Midway into the college basketball season, the Aggies have played only three games, the teams record at 2-1. NMSU’s last game was back on December 28, and the return to the court just got longer
Continue Reading THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: — Japan’s prime minister vows to hold the already postponed Olympics this summer as proof of victory over virus — Israel trades Pfizer vast troves of medical data for the continued flow of its hard-to-get vaccine — Brazil approves two coronavirus vaccines, ones by Sinovac and Oxford-AstraZeneca — China’s economy grows in 2020 as it rebounds from virus, likely
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 6,4 sacudió el este de Argentina este lunes, según reportes del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El foco sísmico estuvo localizado a 11 kilómetros de profundidad y el epicentro estuvo ubicado a 36,9 kilómetros al norte-noreste de Pocito, San Juan, Argentina y a
Continue Reading Amazon wants India to play a key role in its ambitions to conquer streaming video. But the company now faces a political backlash over one of its new original shows. Authorities are looking into claims that Amazon’s new Prime Video series “Tandav” includes religiously insensitive content. Several Indian politicians say they have complained to the
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Dozens of armed demonstrators gathered at the state Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday as authorities remained on alert at capitols across the United States two days ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Several demonstrators in Richmond identified themselves as members of the Proud Boys and Boogaloo groups as well as the Black Panthers. The
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, who is also head of Cowboys for Trump, is the talk of the town, and for good reason. Griffin joined a large group of Trump supporters who stormed the nation’s Capitol building on Jan. 6th. Although he did not go inside the building, he joined the group
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New Covid-19 cases in the United States have been trending down since hitting a peak last week, but experts say it’s too soon to be overly optimistic. The US recorded 1.5 million new Covid-19 cases in the past seven days, according to the most recent data from Johns Hopkins University — an 11% drop from
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EL PASO, Texas– More than 125,000 residents have registered to receive the Covid-19 vaccine so far. The hope was to reach a level of herd immunity sometime this year. City officials fear the rate of vaccines is too low to count on that. They believe herd immunity is still a year away. “We have over
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Continue Reading Nota del editor: Francisco Santos Calderón, embajador de Colombia en Estados Unidos, fue vicepresidente del país latinoamericano durante el Gobierno de Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Anteriormente ocupó varios cargos editoriales, incluido el de editor en jefe nocturno del diario El Tiempo. También creó la Fundación País Libre, la primera ONG del mundo que lucha contra el
Continue Reading BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Authorities say a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck in northwestern Argentina near the border with central Chile, injuring at least three people. They say two children and an adult were hospitalized in San Juan province in Argentina after the quake hit just before midnight Monday. The tremor caused the collapse of a
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In a new criminal court case against a woman alleged to have entered the US Capitol on January 6, the FBI noted that a tipster raised the possibility of a laptop being stolen from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office to potentially sell to Russia. There’s no indication in the court record that a laptop was
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EL PASO, Texas — Five people have been transported to the hospital with injuries after a rollover crash in East El Paso, fire dispatchers said. That includes one person with life-threatening injuries. The other four people suffered what were described as minor injuries. According to a Fire Department spokesman, a driver lost control of their
Continue Reading Following the first inquest in Los Angeles in more than 30 years, the Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office on Friday released its findings, which supported its earlier conclusion that the death of Andres Guardado — shot five times in the back by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in June — was a homicide. In a four-page
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For anyone at all disturbed by the alternate universe President Donald Trump has pushed as reality over the past four years, a nagging aggravation may be that one day this man will have a presidential library, just like the 13 most recent presidents to come before him. The ultimate honor for a former leader is
Continue Reading Those exhausted by 2021 — and well, all of 2020 — can get some relief by calling a hotline and screaming. Yes, really. Just Scream!, a hotline created by elementary school teacher Chris Gollmar, aims to reduce tension for those needing an outlet. All you have to do is call the hotline and scream for
Continue Reading Steve Bannon evoked the beaches of Normandy. Michael Flynn drew comparisons to Civil War battlefields and spoke of Americans who died for their country. Roger Stone called it a struggle “between the godly and the godless, between good and evil.” Rudy Giuliani called for “trial by combat.” Ali Alexander said it would be a “knife
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Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Monday that the National Guard and law enforcement response to the deadly US Capitol riot was hampered by an archaic system and criticized the current method of defending the nation’s capital in a crisis as “overly bureaucratic.” In an interview with CNN, McCarthy called for overhauling the bureaucracy, including the
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