By Hira Humayun, CNN Abu Dhabi will only allow vaccinated people into some public spaces starting August 20, the government media office for the Emirati capital announced in a statement on Monday. The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee made the decision “after vaccinating 93 percent of target groups in the emirate and to
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Last February, Mobile World Congress became the first major tech event called off as the world confronted the threat of Covid-19. The last-minute cancellation of the event — normally a highlight of the year for the wireless industry with thousands of businesses descending upon Barcelona to showcase their latest innovations
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Last February, Mobile World Congress became the first major tech event called off as the world confronted the threat of Covid-19. The last-minute cancellation of the event — normally a highlight of the year for the wireless industry with thousands of businesses descending upon Barcelona to showcase their latest innovations
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By Maggie Fox, CNN The 30-something woman wasn’t sick for very long. Admitted to the hospital with Covid-19, she needed a little oxygen and was given steroids, but was well enough to go home after nine days. But the virus stayed in her body for seven months, mutating multiple times as it wrestled with her
Continue Reading By Zamira Rahim and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Algerian authorities have seized half a ton of cocaine floating off the country’s coast, after fishermen in the area raised the alarm. The fishermen spotted and reported suspicious bags floating in the water near Oran, a port city, on Saturday night, according to a press release from Algeria’s
Continue Reading By Zamira Rahim and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Algerian authorities have seized half a ton of cocaine floating off the country’s coast, after fishermen in the area raised the alarm. The fishermen spotted and reported suspicious bags floating in the water near Oran, a port city, on Saturday night, according to a press release from Algeria’s
Continue Reading By Jen Rose Smith, CNN Noticing the here and now sounds simple, right? That’s the core of mindfulness practices, which invite participants to direct their attention to the present. “I define it as paying attention to our present moment experiences with openness, curiosity and willingness to be with that experience,” said Diana Winston, director of
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Mariana Toro (CNN Español) — El mayor general Jorge Luis Vargas Valencia, director de la Policía de Colombia, informó este lunes a través de su cuenta verificada de Twitter que el escuadrón móvil antidisturbios, conocido como Esmad, ha tenido que intervenir en más de 20 ocasiones en diferentes ciudades del país por fuertes protestas. Vargas
Continue Reading Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN Westminster, the beating heart of British politics, is very worried about how safe the UK government’s most important secrets are. Over the weekend, Matt Hancock, now the country’s former health secretary, was forced to resign after images of him kissing a female adviser were published in a newspaper. It isn’t
Continue Reading New England and the Northwest shattered daily, monthly and all-time heat records. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the details.
Continue Reading CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan speaks with supporters of President Donald Trump at a rally in Wellington, Ohio, who falsely believe that Trump won the 2020 election.
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Mientras los rescatistas comienzan su sexto día buscando entre los escombros de un mortal derrumbe de un condominio en Florida, las familias de los desaparecidos buscan desesperadamente información sobre sus seres queridos y los investigadores están en la escena tratando de averiguar la causa. Al menos 11 personas han muerto en el
Continue Reading By Elaine Ly and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Prince Harry has told recipients of the Diana Award that his mother would have been proud of them in a surprise congratulatory message to those who have worked on issues related to the pandemic. “Thank you for inspiring us with your brilliance, your determination and your compassion,” he
Continue Reading By David McKenzie, Amy Cassidy and Rob Picheta, CNN South Africa’s highest court found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months in prison on Tuesday, a landmark move in the country’s long-running corruption saga. The Constitutional Court of South Africa ordered that Zuma present himself at a
Continue Reading Philip and Nora Zyne, who live in the Champlain Towers North condominiums, explain why they aren’t leaving their building despite the South tower collapsing just days ago.
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El colapso mortal de un condominio en la Florida podría obligar a ingenieros y arquitectos atónitos, asociaciones de propietarios y funcionarios locales a responder preguntas sobre si han hecho lo suficiente para mantener otros edificios con décadas de antigüedad y quién debería pagar la factura de inspecciones y mejoras más frecuentes. «No
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business There’s a problem at James Hook’s chicken farms, and it has nothing to do with poultry. P.D. Hook, a hatchery that supplies one third of the chickens sold in the United Kingdom, should be humming along as the economy roars back to life. But the company is short about 40
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By Ben Church, CNN It was a good day to be an American at Wimbledon on Monday, with both Sloane Stephens and Frances Tiafoe causing upsets as the grass-court grand slam began. Stephens stunned two-time champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets, 6-3 6-4, while Tiafoe defeated world No.4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-4 6-4 6-3. Around 6,000
Continue Reading World No. 1 tennis player Ashleigh Barty talks to Amanda Davies about her Olympic “dream” ahead of Tokyo 2020.
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN It was a good day to be an American at Wimbledon on Monday, with both Sloane Stephens and Frances Tiafoe causing upsets as the grass-court grand slam began. Stephens stunned two-time champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets, 6-3 6-4, while Tiafoe defeated world No.4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-4 6-4 6-3. Around 6,000
Continue Reading By Bethlehem Feleke, Richard Roth, Kristina Sgueglia, Vasco Cotovio, Nima Elbagir and CNN Staff In a stunning about-turn in the devastating eight-month civil war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the Ethiopian government declared an immediate and unilateral ceasefire after Tigrayan troops retook the regional capital Mekelle on Monday evening. Tigrayan forces on Tuesday had not
Continue Reading Delta variant of Covid-19 spreading in almost all states, Missouri hospitals struggling
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Manveena Suri and Vedika Sud, CNN A new and slightly changed version of the Delta coronavirus variant is spreading in a number of countries including the United Kingdom, United States and India, health officials say. This strain, which has generated a significant amount of global media attention, is called B.1.617.2.1 or AY.1
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Justice Stephen Breyer has taken a commanding role in the final days of the Supreme Court session, writing decisions preserving Obamacare and bolstering student free speech and, when conservatives ruled against union organizing on agricultural land, forcefully dissenting for the left wing. But what some
Continue Reading olivertapia (Reuters) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, anunció el lunes una donación inicial de 2,5 millones de vacunas contra el covid-19 de la farmacéutica Janssen a Colombia, informó la Presidencia del país sudamericano. Colombia, con 4,15 millones de casos positivos y 104.678 muertos por coronavirus, avanza en un proceso para inmunizar al
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Mexico’s Supreme Court struck down laws which criminalized the recreational use of cannabis on Monday evening. The decisive 8-3 ruling comes after advocates pushed for decriminalization as a means to reduce drug-fueled cartel violence in the country. The court declared the prohibition of cannabis unconstitutional in 2018, leading lawmakers to move
Continue Reading olivertapia Nueva York (CNN) — El precio del bitcoin subió el lunes después de que Ricardo Salinas Pliego, el propietario de Banco Azteca en México, dijera que estaba presionando a su país para que aceptara la criptomoneda y alentó a sus seguidores de Twitter a comprarla. «Mi banco y yo estamos trabajando para ser el
Continue Reading In a CNN exclusive interview, Matthew Chance takes us inside Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine factory, where manufacturers are producing coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V.
Continue Reading In a CNN exclusive interview, Matthew Chance takes us inside Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine factory, where manufacturers are producing coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V.
Continue Reading By Zahra Ullah and Anna Chernova, CNN If you ask the Kremlin whether Covid-19 vaccination in Russia is voluntary, its officials will tell you it is. Yet authorities in Moscow have put together a policy that essentially gives people in public-facing roles little choice but to get their shots. Faced with stubbornly low vaccination rates,
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