(CNN) — Rusia se está convirtiendo en un importante proveedor de vacunas contra el covid-19 para América Latina, una medida que podría tener consecuencias duraderas en la configuración del mundo pospandémico y afectar aún más el prestigio de Estados Unidos en la región. Si bien Moscú enfrenta protestas en su país y la condena por
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Early in the pandemic, Jane Cox Childress brought her teenage son warm cookies at his desk during a remote learning session. She received a text message in response: “Mom, could you please not bring me anything when I’m in class?” Childress said she “learned quickly to be more respectful when he was in class.” After
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Rafael Nadal will have to wait to win his 21st grand slam and etch his name into the history books after a stunning comeback from Stefanos Tsitsipas dumped him out of the Australian Open. Having raced into a two-set lead, the Spaniard faced a resurgent Tsitsipas who won three straight sets — the only three
Continue Reading Many investors are increasingly hesitant to hold shares of oil and gas companies as a global energy transition gathers steam. Not Warren Buffett. What’s happening: Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway just disclosed a new stake in Chevron, the second largest oil firm in the United States. The $4.1 billion investment could have been spearheaded by Berkshire investment
Continue Reading Burger King doesn’t want to come out a loser in fast food’s chicken sandwich wars. So it’s planning an upgrade. The chain said Wednesday that it is replacing its current crispy chicken sandwich with a new, hand-breaded version. The new product, which comes in original or spicy, is made with a savory signature sauce and
Continue Reading Retail sales increased last month, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, marking their first increase since September. Retail sales grew 5.3% in January from the prior month, beating out economists’ projections. Economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected sales to grow 1.1%. The Commerce Department also revised December’s data lower to a 1% decline from 0.7%. Top retailers
Continue Reading Nestlé will sell its North American bottled water business, including Poland Spring, Deer Park, Ozarka and Arrowhead, in a $4.3 billion deal as it focuses on its premium brands. The Swiss consumer goods giant said in a statement on Wednesday that it has agreed to sell the brands to private equity firm One Rock Capital
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Advocates fighting for Washington, DC, to become the 51st state are more hopeful than ever that they’ll achieve statehood with Joe Biden in the White House and Democrats now controlling both chambers of Congress, though the effort still faces an uphill battle to gain traction. After decades of pushing for representation, supporters of DC statehood
Continue Reading The Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump that cites a little-known federal statute that was first passed after the Civil War. The complaint, filed Tuesday by Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, accuses Trump, his attorney Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and the Oath
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Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — It’s a story we’re all familiar with: dinosaurs ruled the Earth until an asteroid sailed out of deep space and smashed into the planet, wiping out roughly 75 per cent of all life at the time. Except, it might not have been an
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (CTV News) — Cheryl Diane Hutley has been fighting with the federal government for more than 20 years. Her father, her grandmother, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all had full status and its accompanying benefits under the Indian Act of 1876. However, that’s never been the case for
Continue Reading President Joe Biden was pressed on a range of issues Tuesday evening as he fielded questions from voters during a CNN town hall in Milwaukee. The President addressed everything from coronavirus vaccine equity to police funding in his first face-to-face engagement with voters since taking office. Multiple participants — including two who voted for former
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos has reclaimed his title of world’s richest person, ending Elon Musk’s roughly six-week reign atop the list. Musk lost about $4.5 billion Tuesday after Tesla shares fell 2.4%, which was enough to knock him to second place on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking. Bezos’ net worth also fell as the broader stock market
Continue Reading It appears that Warren Buffett is souring on the financial sector’s prospects, and that the Oracle of Omaha also has a newfound interest in Big Oil, as well as telecom and media. He also bought stakes in Dow components Chevron and Verizon in the fourth quarter of last year. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Tuesday disclosed
Continue Reading President Joe Biden at a Tuesday CNN town hall sought to reassure a second grader worried about getting Covid-19, telling her that young children are the “safest group of people in the whole world.” “Don’t be scared, honey. Don’t be scared. You’re going to be fine, and we’re going to make sure mommy’s fine, too,”
Continue Reading Several members of President Joe Biden’s former coronavirus advisory board are urging his administration to more widely recommend and mandate the use of N95 masks, citing a “pressing and urgent need for action” driven by the threat of new coronavirus variants. In a memo to Biden’s top coronavirus advisers obtained by CNN, a dozen health
Continue Reading (CNN) — Rusia se está convirtiendo en un importante proveedor de vacunas contra el covid-19 para América Latina, una medida que podría tener consecuencias duraderas en la configuración del mundo pospandémico y afectar aún más el prestigio de Estados Unidos en la región. Si bien Moscú enfrenta protestas en su país y la condena por
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Fully vaccinated people can now skip quarantine even if they’ve been exposed to Covid-19, according to new guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But at the same time, the agency also acknowledges there’s a lot researchers don’t know about how vaccines impact transmission. The new guidance only applies if it has
Continue Reading (CNN) — La Cuaresma es una temporada de oración y penitencia en la iglesia cristiana y un período de preparación para la temporada de Pascua. Se celebra del 17 de febrero al 3 de abril de 2021. El Miércoles de Ceniza marca el primer día de Cuaresma en las iglesias occidentales. MIRA: La Cuaresma, en datos
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — “Polvo eres y en polvo te convertirás”. “Conviértete y cree en el evangelio”. Esas frases, pronunciadas por sacerdotes mientras dibujan con ceniza la señal de la cruz en la frente de los feligreses, representan todo el Miércoles de Ceniza: el inicio de la Cuaresma (los 40 días en los que los católicos
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced that it has agreed to buy a further 300 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine against Covid-19 and was injecting almost a quarter of a billion euros (almost $300 million) into efforts to counter the threat of coronavirus variants that are spreading on the continent. The news came hours
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The late Marsha P. Johnson is celebrated today as a veteran of the Stonewall Inn protests, a pioneering transgender activist and a pivotal figure in the gay liberation movement. Monuments to her life are planned in New York City and her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey. During her lifetime (1945-1992), though, she wasn’t always treated
Continue Reading (CNN) — La administración de Biden, junto con los demócratas del Capitolio, se está preparando para develar esta semana una legislación que busca brindar un camino hacia la ciudadanía a los 11 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados que viven en Estados Unidos. Durante décadas, los legisladores han intentado reformar el sistema de inmigración de Estados Unidos
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The Supreme Court has increasingly exempted religious believers from government regulations, and it is clear by their statements that individual justices on the right think religion is under siege in America. Earlier this month, the justices spared churches from California’s Covid-19 restrictions on large indoor gatherings. In late November, the justices ruled for New York
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 41 coronavirus-related deaths Wednesday morning, elevating the county’s pandemic death toll to 1,926. It’s important to note that the health department has routinely acknowledged that these virus deaths don’t usually happen on the same day. It said these deaths happened over a
Continue Reading A judge in the United States on Tuesday ruled that a civil claim for damages against Anne Sacoolas — the woman accused of killing 19-year-old Harry Dunn while she was driving on the wrong side of the road in England — can be heard in Virginia, according to court documents seen by CNN. Sacoolas claimed
Continue Reading If you’re among the fortunate folks who have survived Covid-19, you might have your Neanderthal ancestors to thank. 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 up here.) 1. Winter
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Panamá ya tiene en su poder el segundo lote de vacunas contra el coronavirus de Pfizer BioNTech, luego que a la medianoche del miércoles llegara al aeropuerto internacional de Tocumen un total de 67.860 dosis. Los países de América Latina que más vacunas recibirán de la OMS por medio
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Panamá ya tiene en su poder el segundo lote de vacunas contra el coronavirus de Pfizer BioNTech, luego que a la medianoche del miércoles llegara al aeropuerto internacional de Tocumen un total de 67.860 dosis. Los países de América Latina que más vacunas recibirán de la OMS por medio
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, anunció que este miércoles llegará a El Salvador el primer cargamento de vacunas contra el coronavirus elaboradas por AstraZeneca y la Universidad de Oxford. “Un avión de Iberia trae el primer lote de vacunas contra covid-19 de AstraZeneca desde la India”, aseguró el mandatario en
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