Climate change poses serious risks to the stability of the financial system, a senior International Monetary Fund official told CNN Business. Tobias Adrian, director of the IMF’s monetary and capital markets department, said the climate crisis could “absolutely” ignite a financial crisis. “The climate crisis is slow in the making, but it’s potentially disastrous,” Adrian
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(CNN Español)– Amazon anunció que su evento anual de descuentos en línea se realizará el 21 y 22 de junio en Estados Unidos, México, España y otros países. Prime Day normalmente ocurre a mediados del verano, aunque el año pasado se realizó en octubre, un retraso provocado por la pandemia de coronavirus. Sin embargo, este
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Stephen King’s usual policy of selling the rights to his books and washing his hands of the results goes out the window in “Lisey’s Story,” which the prolific author adapted himself. But the Apple TV+ limited series lands in the shallow end of the King cinematic pool, with a convoluted story that mostly squanders its
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Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — Early Tuesday morning, a man was caught on camera breaking into Gilgamesh Brewing. “It’s pretty disappointing you know?” Owner Micheal Radeke, said. The surveillance video shows the suspect, using his plaid flannel to cover his face, use a chair from outside to smash his
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Dogecoin va a ir a la luna nuevamente. La moneda digital de temática canina se disparó más del 25% el miércoles a unos US$ 0,40. Los inversores aplaudieron la noticia de que el gigante de las criptomonedas Coinbase planeaba permitir a los usuarios de su servicio Coinbase Pro comprar y vender dogecoin.
Continue Reading You are forgiven if you missed a particularly touching moment on the “Friends” reunion — Lisa Kudrow says she almost did, too. In an interview with “E! News” the actress who played Phoebe Buffay in the beloved series said costar David Schwimmer had to point the moment out to her when they watched the HBO
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The jobs recovery has slowed since last year’s buoyant rebound. And now a summer lull may be upon us before the return to in-person schooling in September allows more people to return to work. Parents — especially mothers — have been hit hard by the pandemic as they juggled caring for children and simultaneously working
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WASCO COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A wildfire closed both sides of Interstate 84 five miles west of The Dalles on Wednesday. All evacuations have been lowered. The brush fire broke out the day after Wasco County implemented its burn ban. Stan Hinatsu with the National Forest Service said
Continue Reading Meme stock mania is back in full force — and this time around, companies are trying to use the hype to their advantage. What’s happening: AMC Entertainment, whose shares have skyrocketed almost 140% this week to an all-time high, is offering investors benefits including a free large popcorn when they go to theaters this summer.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV) — A Kansas man says his world is about to crash and he blames the Kansas Department of Labor. It seems the new updated security the department celebrated in January may be to blame for the interruption in benefit payments to some of those
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President Joe Biden offered to bring his price tag on an infrastructure package down to $1 trillion but wants to ensure it amounts to “new money” — not redirected from funding already approved by Congress as Senate Republicans have been demanding, a GOP source briefed on the talks said. Biden also reiterated his call for
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Portions of the memorial at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis were being removed by city workers Thursday morning, city spokesperson Sarah McKenzie said. The square at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street, where Floyd took his last breaths as a police officer knelt on his neck, has been closed off for over a
Continue Reading Some of the world’s largest companies are joining forces to accelerate efforts to fight the climate crisis. Amazon, Disney, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Salesforce, Unilever and Workday launched an alliance Thursday to boost the scale and impact of business investment in climate solutions. The unveiling of the Business Alliance for Scaling Climate Solutions comes as energy
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — La recuperación del empleo se ha desacelerado desde el repunte boyante del año pasado. Y ahora puede que llegue una pausa de verano antes de que el regreso a la educación presencial en septiembre permita que más personas regresen al trabajo. Los padres, especialmente las madres, se han visto muy afectados por
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The US military has issued an apology after soldiers accidentally stormed a factory in Bulgaria that produces processing machinery for olive oil during a training exercise last month. US soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade had been practicing for days how to seize and secure the Cheshnegirovo decommissioned airfield in Bulgaria, training that included clearing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The latest coronavirus variant of concern, which experts say appears to be more transmissible and cause more severe symptoms than other variants, could become the dominant strain of the virus in Ontario within weeks, one region’s top public health official warned Wednesday. The
Continue Reading The Artemis program will land the first person of color on the moon, according to NASA. The new goal for the program, which seeks to land the first woman and the next man on at the lunar south pole by 2024, comes from the Biden-Harris administration. The administration submitted US President Joe Biden’s priorities for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canadian charities that create wigs for children in need are seeing a spike in donations as some people have now gone more than a year without a trim. Wigs for Kids Canada, a non-profit organization based out of St. Catharines, Ont. that designs
Continue Reading As rich nations prepare for a return to some sort of post-pandemic normalcy, aided by high vaccination rates, many poorer countries are struggling with explosive case numbers and rising Covid-19 deaths amid a dearth of shots. Brazil, which has only fully vaccinated around 10% of its population, recorded more than 95,000 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, the second-highest
Continue Reading In a rare move for President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, the first couple on Wednesday left Washington for a mid-week trip to their beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. It is the first time during Biden’s presidency that he will pay a visit to the home. The occasion is to mark the
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Scattered showers and storms remain in the forecast Thursday afternoon. The mountain locations will likely see storms develop during the afternoon, showers and storms will move south and southeast. Just like Wednesday, the storms could produce gusty outflow winds and areas of blowing dust.
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Americans have seen a wave of reopenings and the relaxation of restrictions as more people get vaccinated, but experts are warning the public not to get complacent if the return to normal is to continue. And if some communities continue to see high levels of Covid-19 infections, children under 12 in those areas will likely
Continue Reading The number of African Americans serving on boards of directors for the nation’s largest corporations has remained dismally low this year despite the ongoing movement to increase C-suite diversity throughout the business world. Some of America’s most prominent companies are addressing the problem by backing the Black Boardroom Initiative, a new program unveiled Wednesday with
Continue Reading The White House has issued a rare open letter to companies calling on them to treat the threat of ransomware attacks with greater urgency, following back-to-back attacks by Russian hackers on key oil and food processing companies. In a memo sent out Thursday morning, the National Security Council’s top cyber official, Anne Neuberger, writes to
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Thousands of volunteers have pulled out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in recent weeks, organizers said, fueling concerns Japan may not be ready to host the rescheduled Games as the country struggles to rein in a new wave of Covid-19 cases. About 10,000 of the 80,000 registered volunteers supporting athletic events had quit as of
Continue Reading The gloves are off. With less than three weeks until New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, the eight leading candidates came together on Wednesday night for their first in-person debate — a salty affair that included a series of tense, often personal clashes that underscored just how wide open the race remains after months of
Continue Reading Another spate of mass shootings this week continued to shake the US, adding to what feels like an increasingly violent time as the country emerges from shelter-in-place orders and restrictions imposed during the pandemic. On Sunday, two people were killed and 21 others wounded after three masked suspects opened fire at a crowd outside a
Continue Reading The White House has issued a rare open letter to companies calling on them to treat the threat of ransomware attacks with greater urgency, following back-to-back attacks by Russian hackers on key oil and food processing companies. In a memo sent out Thursday morning, the National Security Council’s top cyber official, Anne Neuberger, writes to
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los estadounidenses han visto una ola de reaperturas y la relajación de las restricciones a medida que más personas se vacunan, pero los expertos advierten a la gente no volverse complaciente pues el regreso a la normalidad sigue en marcha. Y si algunas comunidades continúan viendo altos niveles de contagios de covid-19, es
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia de la administración Trump confiscó en secreto meses de registros telefónicos de cuatro reporteros del diario The New York Times como parte de una investigación de filtración, informó el periódico el miércoles. La administración Biden reveló al periódico que el Departamento de Justicia de la administración Trump había confiscado
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