By Radina Gigova and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Business Vaccine inequity is undermining a “truly global economic recovery” from Covid-19, according to data released Thursday by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Oxford. The organizations said vaccine inequity would have a “lasting and profound impact” on the
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CNN’s Larry Madowo shares his frustration and anger over losing his uncle to Covid-19 and says vaccine inequality around the world must end.
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As skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan’s home team is gunning for gold. CNN’s Blake Essig speaks with the Osaka Daggers, a cutting-edge street skateboarding crew, to trace the country’s skateboarding origins and explores how it’s gaining in popularity as it prepares to make a splash at the Summer Games.
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — Dos semanas después del asesinato del presidente de Haití, Jovenel Moïse, en su casa en Puerto Príncipe, un hecho que ha generado una ola de incertidumbre en el país, su familia se prepara despedir los restos del mandatario. Según un comunicado publicado el lunes por la oficina de la primera dama,
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UPDATE, Aug. 23: A 40-year-old west El Paso man already facing a capital murder charge for his brother’s death in an arson fire one month ago could be facing additional charges following the death of his mother as a result of injuries she suffered in that same blaze. Police on Monday confirmed the death of
Continue Reading By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Ten years ago, Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Brevik killed 77 people, many of them teenagers, in a bomb attack and gun rampage. The July 22 attacks left Norway, a small, close-knit Nordic country, stunned and grieving. Just over a year later, Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison, the
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas opened their six-game homestand with a 9-4 win over the Albuquerque Isotopes Thursday night. Chihuahuas starter Caleb Boushley allowed only one run in six innings, while striking out seven, his most in a Triple-A game this season. Taylor Kohlwey went 3-for-5 with three triples for
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A Missouri mother is mourning her unvaccinated daughter’s death, and pleading for people to think of their loved ones and get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN While Covid-19 cases in the United States have been rising in almost every state over the past week, a handful have been driving the bulk of the nationwide surge. White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters Thursday the country has “fundamentally changed the course of this pandemic” and the
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, aseguró en CNN que su gobierno está tomando acciones para cambiar el sistema carcelario del país. Lasso anunció el martes el estado de emergencia del sector penitenciario tras los motines en dos penales de Guayaquil y Latacunga, que dejaron al menos 20 muertos y
Continue Reading CNN’s Anna Coren speaks with Afghan interpreters who risked their lives helping the US government, and now face reprisals from the Taliban as many of them struggle to secure US visas and protection.
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Continue Reading By Barbara Wojazer, Zachary Cohen, Michael Callahan and Jessie Yeung, CNN The French power company that co-owns a nuclear plant in China would shut it down if it could, due to damage to the fuel rods, a spokesperson said — but the decision is ultimately up to the plant’s Chinese operator. The spokesperson for Electricite
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military carried out two strikes against the Taliban overnight in support of Afghan forces in the Kandahar province, multiple defense officials said, targeting captured equipment. The military has retained the authority to carry out strikes in support of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) during the final
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden’s drug czar pick, Dr. Rahul Gupta, spent nine months last year working as an adviser to a Maryland-based cannabis company, recently released government ethics documents show. Gupta, who was formally nominated to be the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy earlier this month,
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN A few years ago, Australian scientist Richard Major took a video of a cockatoo in Sydney opening a closed trash bin lid with its beak and foot to access the gold mine of leftover food inside. He shared it with Barbara Klump and Lucy Aplin, both researchers at the Max Planck
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By George Ramsay, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic has loomed large over the Tokyo Olympics ever since last year’s postponement, shaping a Games the like of which has never been seen before. When the opening ceremony gets underway on Friday, it will put an end to months of speculation over whether the Olympics would be even
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN Defending Olympic champion Brazil defeated Germany on Thursday in what was a rematch of the 2016 Rio men’s football final. Striker Richarlison scored a stunning first-half hat-trick as Brazil beat Germany 4-2 in their opening game of the 2020 Summer Games in Japan. Brazil also got the better of Germany in
Continue Reading Armand “Mondo” Duplantis holds the world record in pole vault and he’s sharing his tips on managing stress in competition to help the rest of us manage stress in everyday life.
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Missouri must expand Medicaid to low-income residents, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday, finding that a state ballot initiative that voters approved last year was constitutional. The decision overturned a lower court ruling that said the ballot measure approving expansion had violated state law. “The court has said the
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev, CNN New York Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp has died, five days after being involved in a bicycling crash, the Knapp family announced on Thursday. He was 58. Nicknamed “Knapper,” he “was called back home to Heaven, where he will be reunited with his Dad,” the family said in a statement. “Those
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Stuart, Mallory Simon and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Virginia Beach school board voted against a motion which would make mask-wearing in school optional for the upcoming school year, during a heated Tuesday night meeting that lasted more than four hours. The board voted 6-4 against the effort, keeping masks mandatory for the district’s
Continue Reading By Kristin Fisher and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Even though Jeff Bezos crossed into space on Tuesday, he still may not get his official astronaut wings from the federal government. On the same day as Blue Origin’s first human spaceflight, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a change to its Commercial Astronaut Wings Program for the first
Continue Reading CNN’s Anderson Cooper talks with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark about their trip into space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, and what the crew was discussing in the moments before takeoff.
Continue Reading Nader Nadery, senior member of the Afghan peace negotiation team, says the Taliban is intimidating communities and that a ceasefire is needed now.
Continue Reading By Brian Fung and Geneva Sands, CNN Business Kaseya, the software firm whose remote access tool was used to deliver REvil ransomware to hundreds of businesses around the world this month in a devastating supply-chain attack, has obtained a decryptor key allowing it to unlock networks seized by the malware, the company confirmed to CNN
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Capitol Police Board announced Thursday the selection of Tom Manger as chief of the United States Capitol Police following a nationwide recruitment effort. Manger, who will assume command on Friday, said in a statement, “The challenges in protecting the Capitol campus, and everyone who works or visits there, have
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Storm chances return again Friday and the weekend. Some of the rainfall could be a bit heavy in spots producing some flooding concerns in areas that already had heavy rain over the past week. The rain will keep temperatures on the cooler side with highs in the mid and upper 80’s. Rain chances will likely
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Dos barcos iraníes que parecían dirigirse a Venezuela están ahora en el Mar Báltico acercándose a la ciudad rusa de San Petersburgo, según MarineTraffic, un sitio web que se encarga de vigilar los barcos. La posición de los barcos, incluida la base militar flotante llamada Makran, indica que probablemente se dirigen
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — Es una experiencia que millones de estadounidenses han vivido: vas al médico, te dan una receta, la llevas a la farmacia y te encuentras con una factura astronómica, que a veces asciende a cientos de dólares, incluso si el seguro cubre una parte del costo. “En EE.UU., somos los únicos
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