Pfizer to pay $2.26B for cancer treatment developer Trillium
By The Associated Press Pfizer is spending more than $2 billion in cash to buy another drugmaker focused on potential cancer treatments. New…
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US regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has given full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer.…
Continue ReadingFDA grants full approval to Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, opening door to more vaccine mandates
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age…
Continue Reading NYC mandates vaccinations for public school teachers, staff
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — All New York City public school teachers and other staffers will have to get vaccinated against…
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President Buhari’s son marries royal bride in glitzy and glamorous ceremony
By Nimi Princewill, CNN It was a roll call of Nigeria’s most powerful political elites during the wedding of Yusuf Buhari, son of…
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La crisis del transporte marÃtimo está empeorando y puede traer escasez mundial y afectar tu bolsillo
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Londres (CNN Business) — La vasta red de puertos, buques portacontenedores y empresas de transporte por carretera que…
Continue Reading China’s Weibo shuts accounts defending Kris Wu allegations
BEIJING (AP) — China’s microblogging platform Sina Weibo has closed 145 accounts, some of which had defended pop star Kris Wu over his rape…
Continue Reading China’s Weibo shuts accounts defending Kris Wu allegations
BEIJING (AP) — China’s microblogging platform Sina Weibo has closed 145 accounts, some of which had defended pop star Kris Wu over his rape…
Continue Reading Health officials warn people not to take a drug meant for livestock to ward off or treat Covid-19
By Chris Boyette, CNN Mississippi health officials are warning residents not to take an anti-parasitic drug — in most cases, a formulation…
Continue Reading Health officials warn people not to take a drug meant for livestock to ward off or treat Covid-19
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy reacts to climbing Mississippi Poison Control calls related to ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug used to treat…
Continue Reading Survivors grapple with aftermath of deadly Tennessee flood
By TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Search crews with dogs continued the grim work of going door-to-door…
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Biden will face pressure from G7 to extend Afghanistan withdrawal deadline
By Kevin Liptak, CNN Leaders from the top foreign allies of the United States are planning to press President Joe Biden to extend the deadline for…
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Molly Shannon’s family tragedy shaped one of her most famous characters
By Lisa Respers France, CNN One of Molly Shannon’s most famous “Saturday Night Live” characters was awkward, clumsy, Catholic…
Continue Reading Tokyo opens oxygen station for COVID patients as cases surge
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has opened a facility in Tokyo to provide oxygen for up to 130 coronavirus patients with mild…
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The best things to do in Bogotá, Colombia
By Lucy Sherriff, CNN One of the world’s highest capital cities, Bogotá is touted as “2,600 meters closer to the stars.” While…
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England pace attack further depleted with Wood ruled out
LEEDS, England (AP) — England’s pace attack will be further depleted for the third test against India after Mark Wood was ruled out because of a…
Continue Reading Las inundaciones repentinas en Tennessee alcanzaron a los residentes en minutos y mataron a 21 personas, incluidos unos gemelos de 7 meses
Mariana Toro (CNN) — Residentes y rescatistas en Middle Tennessee están trabajando fervientemente el lunes para encontrar a unas 25 personas…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban haven’t captured all of Afghanistan yet. One province has vowed to resist
By Kara Fox, Tim Lister and Nilly Kohzad, CNN As the Taliban firm up their grip on Afghanistan, there is one remote region whose resistance to the…
Continue Reading ‘Expecting the worst, hoping for the best’: Nurse recalls delivering baby on Afghanistan evacuation aircraft
Thousands of evacuees that were airlifted out of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover are now safe at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Atika…
Continue Reading ‘Expecting the worst, hoping for the best’: Nurse recalls delivering baby on Afghanistan evacuation aircraft
By Atika Shubert, James Briggs and Jack Guy, CNN A nurse who delivered a baby girl on board an aircraft evacuating people from Afghanistan has said…
Continue Reading The best things to do in Bogotá, Colombia
Colombia’s capital Bogotá has embraced street art and has been fostering urban artists like never before. Self-proclaimed neo-muralist, Ledania,…
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StormTRACK Weather: Isolated showers develop west Monday afternoon
Good Morning, everyone, we are off to a great start this Monday morning. As we take a look at the week ahead high pressure will provide fairly quiet…
Continue Reading Buckingham Palace guard ceremony returns after COVID hiatus
LONDON (AP) — British soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats have paraded outside Buckingham Palace as the Changing the Guard ceremony…
Continue ReadingFDA grants full approval to Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, opening door to more vaccine mandates
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age…
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FDA grants full approval to Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, opening door to more vaccine mandates
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age…
Continue Reading This Applebee’s dessert got a shout-out in a popular song. Now the chain is bringing it back
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The Oreo Cookie Shake is coming back to Applebee’s, thanks to country singer Walker Hayes and his song…
Continue Reading Insider Q&A: Making the online world safe for children
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Filmmaker Beeban Kidron, a member of the House of Lords, has been a driving force behind a U.K.…
Continue Reading ¿Qué significa para las mujeres y las niñas que los talibanes hayan tomado el control de Afganistán?
Mariana Toro (CNN) — Una periodista recibe una llamada que le advierte que “vendrán pronto”. Una legisladora se sienta y espera a…
Continue Reading Students’ lack of routine vaccines muddies start of school
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lag in routine school immunizations is threatening a smooth start to the school year…
Continue Reading Afghans in India call for refugee status after Taliban blitz
RISHABH R. JAIN and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans living in India are taking to the streets to ramp up…
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