By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The White House is frustrated with what it views as alarmist, and in some instances flat-out misleading, news coverage about the Delta variant. That’s according to two senior Biden administration
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Oliver Darcy says the Biden White House is “very frustrated” at news outlets for “overly focusing” on so-called breakthrough cases of Covid and missing the bigger picture. Robby Soave opines that recent coverage has been “utterly, shamefully hyperbolic and fear-mongering.”
Continue Reading By: Moira Ritter, CNN Business The once-tiny cottage industry of van conversion companies has found itself in the center of a distinctively pandemic-era dilemma: ravenous demand and monthslong backorders on virtually all supplies. The #vanlife movement was already in full swing before the pandemic, fueled by envy-inducing posts on Instagram and DIY van conversion videos
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Nine Borderland school districts welcomed students back to the classroom on Monday. The districts are: El Paso ISD, Socorro, Ysleta, San Elizario, Fabens, Tornillo, Canutillo, Gadsden, and Idea Public Schools. For some it’s the first time they’ve been in a classroom since before the pandemic began, while for many first
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TOKYO (AP) — An activist group says a Belarusian Olympic sprinter plans to seek asylum in Poland after alleging that her team’s officials tried to force her to fly home. She said she feared for her safety if forced back to Belarus. A Polish Foreign Ministry official says runner Krystsina Tsimanouskaya received a humanitarian visa
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Some 700 hundred Afghan allies escape to the US as the troop withdrawal continues, while thousands more fear for their lives as the Taliban gain more ground. CNN’s Kylie Atwood reports.
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olivertapia (CNN) — Jay Pickett, un veterano actor de telenovelas mejor conocido por sus papeles en “General Hospital”, “Days of Our Lives” y “Port Charles”, falleció. Tenía 60 años. Su esposa, Elena Pickett, confirmó su muerte. FOTOS | Los famosos que han muerto en 2021 Pickett estaba en Idaho, filmando una escena para su próxima
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By Kylie Atwood, Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Williams, CNN As reports continue to rise of US diplomats and intelligence officials being sickened by the mysterious Havana Syndrome, inside the State Department frustration is rising among rank-and-file staffers and diplomats over what multiple officials say has been a tepid response by the department. Of particular
Continue Reading olivertapia Tokio (CNN) — El italiano Lamont Marcell Jacobs estableció un nuevo récord europeo al lograr una impactante victoria en los 100 metros masculinos en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio. Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020: resultados en vivo y las nuevas medallas olímpicas El tiempo de victoria de Jacobs de 9,80 segundos el domingo lo
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expanding efforts to evacuate Afghan citizens from Afghanistan as Taliban violence increases ahead of the U.S. military pullout at the end of the month. The State Department says it’s widening the scope of Afghans eligible for refugee status in United States to include current and former employees of
Continue Reading KASHIMA, Japan — Jessie Fleming scored on a penalty kick in the 74th minute and Canada earned a 1-0 semifinal victory over the United States in the Olympic women’s soccer competition. Canada goes on to face the winner of the late semifinal in Yokohama between Sweden and Australia. The gold medal match is set for
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La velocista bielorrusa Kristina Timanovskaya está “a salvo” y ahora parece probable que solicite asilo en un tercer país después de que se negó a abordar un vuelo desde Tokio, diciendo que la estaban obligando a regresar contra su voluntad a su país natal, donde temía ser arrestada. El domingo por la
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have announced a large jump in the death toll from recent floods. The Henan provincial government says 302 people died and 50 remain missing. The vast majority of the victims were in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, where 292 died and 47 are missing. Officials say 10 others died in three
Continue Reading TOKYO (AP) — An activist group says a Belarusian Olympic sprinter plans to seek asylum in Poland after alleging that her team’s officials tried to force her to fly home. She said she feared for her safety if forced back to Belarus. A Polish Foreign Ministry official says runner Krystsina Tsimanouskaya received a humanitarian visa
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El ciclista venezolano de BMX estilo libre Daniel Dhers ha estado en el juego durante décadas, pero este es el primer año que su deporte ha sido parte de los Juegos Olímpicos, lo que le dio la oportunidad de demostrar su habilidad al mundo. Dhers, de 36 años, se llevó la medalla
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Estados Unidos derrotó a México 1-0 en tiempo extra para ganar la Copa Oro de la Concacaf el domingo por la noche en el Allegiant Stadium de Las Vegas, Nevada. Los memes del triunfo de Estados Unidos sobre México en la Copa Oro (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)WN/AFP via
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Los astrónomos descubrieron el cometa más grande hasta ahora, y es unas mil veces más gigantesco que otros. El cometa Bernardinelli-Bernstein —llamado así porque lo descubrieron el estudiante de posgrado del departamento de Física y Astronomía de la Universidad de Pensilvania, Pedro Bernardinelli, y el profesor Gary Bernstein— tiene entre 62 y
Continue Reading TOKYO, Japan — Simone Biles is back. The 2016 Olympic gymnastics champion will return to competition in the balance beam final on Tuesday, a little over a week after stepping away from the meet to focus on her mental health. “We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Housing markets are hotter than ever, and big money is getting in on the act. Pension funds, investment firms and Wall Street banks are snapping up family homes in Europe and the United States at a rapid pace as prices rocket higher, looking for alternatives to lockdown-hit office parks and
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN They both cleared the highest bar, but when it came to deciding a winner, two Olympic high jumpers opted not to take it to a tie-breaker. Instead, they asked to share the gold medal — prompting cheers beyond their home countries of Qatar and Italy. During the long competition, 30-year-old Mutaz
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Es como si los demócratas en la Casa Blanca y el Congreso hubieran olvidado la fecha. Ahora es el primero del mes y el alquiler –y el alquiler atrasado– de repente expira para millones de estadounidenses que han sido protegidos del desalojo durante la pandemia. Millones de hogares podrían enfrentar el
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EL PASO, Texas — A traffic collision forced the closure of a portion of Interstate 10 in west El Paso early Monday. The crash was reported by police a bit after midnight along I-10 west at Redd Road. There was no word on what caused the crash, but dispatchers indicated one person was transported to
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By Casey Barber, CNN The cry goes out from over-ambitious gardeners every summer: “What can I do with all this zucchini?” If you’ve ever been such a gardener, or the unwitting recipient of a surprise stack of squash on your front stoop, you can understand. It might seem like zucchini is nothing to get excited
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, CNN Business HSBC’s profits soared in the first half of the year as its business staged a strong recovery from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. The British bank also confirmed Monday that it would bring back its interim dividend after it was forced to scrap it last year at the request
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN China’s hardline zero Covid strategy is facing a fresh challenge from the rapid spread of the Delta variant, amid concerns over the efficacy of Chinese vaccines against the highly contagious strain. The Delta variant, which appears to cause more severe illness and spreads as easily as chickenpox according
Continue Reading By Jonny Hallam, Kareem El Damanhoury, Barbara Starr and Sheena McKenzie, CNN Maritime tensions are escalating in the Middle East following the deadly attack on a tanker connected to an Israeli billionaire in the Arabian Sea. Two crewmembers, a Briton and a Romanian, died on Thursday when the Mercer Street tanker was attacked by an
Continue Reading By Coy Wire and George Ramsay, CNN With her Tokyo Olympics drawn to a close, American swimmer Katie Ledecky can start to unwind. “I did have a hamburger after I was done — that tasted good,” she says about a celebratory meal that was more than deserved. Ledecky won 1500m and 800m freestyle golds in
Continue Reading Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky sits down with CNN’s Coy Wire to discuss the two gold and two silver medals she won for Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has been detained by Beijing police on suspicion of rape after allegedly “repeatedly seducing young women into having sex,” police said in a statement Saturday night. The case against Wu, 30 — whose Chinese name is Wu Yifan — is still under investigation, police in the
Continue Reading In Southern Turkey, villagers are facing apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to sweep the country. CNN’s Arwa Damon reports.
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