UN: Greenhouse gas levels hit a new record, cuts fall short
By JAMEY KEATEN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency says greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record high…
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Evergrande wants to build electric cars, not homes
By Laura He, CNN Business Evergrande is starting to pay off its overdue debts and restart stalled real estate projects. Now the embattled Chinese…
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UK ‘leaning towards’ mandatory Covid vaccines for health care workers
By Nina Avramova and Jack Guy, CNN UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid is “leaning towards” requiring staff in the National Health Service…
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Sheriff: Child’s remains, 3 abandoned siblings found in home
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A sheriff in Texas says the skeletal remains of a child were found inside an apartment in the…
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HOUSTON (AP) — A sheriff in Texas says the skeletal remains of a child were found inside an apartment in the Houston area along with three…
Continue Reading Tokyo eateries return to normal hours as virus cases drop
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — People in Tokyo can eat and drink in bars and restaurants later in the evening starting Monday as…
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How to talk to your younger kids about the Covid-19 vaccine
By Katie Hurley, CNN An 11-year-old girl was petrified — her word — of needles, so much so that she didn’t want to talk about it…
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Putty and ice cream? An expert’s advice on younger kids and the vaccine
By Katie Hurley, CNN An 11-year-old girl was petrified — her word — of needles, so much so that she didn’t want to talk about it…
Continue Reading German court sentences IS woman to 10 years in prison
BERLIN (AP) — A German convert to Islam has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges that, as a member of the extremist Islamic State group…
Continue Reading CO2 levels in the atmosphere reach a 3 million-year high, putting the world ‘way off track’ on climate goals
By Rob Picheta, CNN The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has once again reached record highs, according to a UN report published…
Continue Reading CO2 levels in the atmosphere reach a 3 million-year high, putting the world ‘way off track’ on climate goals
A new UN report says fossil fuel usage is expected to be too high to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030. CNN’s Brandon Miller…
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Australia wants Facebook to seek parental consent for kids
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia plans to crack down on online advertisers targeting children by making social…
Continue Reading Australia wants Facebook to seek parental consent for kids
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia plans to crack down on online advertisers targeting children by making social…
Continue Reading Covid chaos grips the East and uncertainty haunts the West. Europe is entering its second pandemic winter
28 million children ages 5 to 11 may soon be eligible for the Covid-19…
Continue Reading Turkey’s Erdogan lifts threat to expel Western ambassadors
By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stepped back from a threat to expel the ambassadors of…
Continue ReadingEl director de ‘Rust’ dijo a las autoridades que Alec Baldwin estaba practicando sacar su arma cuando ocurrió el disparo
olivertapia (CNN) — El disparo que mató a una directora de fotografÃa en un set de filmación de Nuevo México la semana pasada ocurrió…
Continue Reading Cambodia amends charter to bar dual citizens from top office
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Lawmakers in Cambodia have approved an amendment to the constitution barring…
Continue Reading Facebook profits rise amid revelations from leaked documents
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writers Amid fallout from the Facebook Papers showing its failure to address the harms its social…
Continue Reading Facebook profits rise amid revelations from leaked documents
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writers Amid fallout from the Facebook Papers showing its failure to address the harms its social…
Continue Reading Fresh lockdowns in China as local Covid-19 infections spread to 11 provinces
By Nectar Gan, CNN Authorities in northern China are reimposing lockdowns and other emergency measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, with health…
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Artist JR’s optical illusion blows the top off the Great Pyramid
Aimee Dawson In his latest optical illusion, the street artist JR has ripped open the top of one of the Great Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, Egypt. The…
Continue Reading Artist JR’s optical illusion blows the top off the Great Pyramid
CNN’s Becky Anderson speaks with curator Nadine Abdel Ghaffar about the “Forever is Now” art exhibition at the Giza Pyramids in…
Continue Reading 129-year journey nears end as France returns Benin treasures
By SYLVIE CORBET and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is displaying 26 looted colonial-era artifacts for one last time before…
Continue Reading Sudan Prime Minister arrested and detained amid reports of an apparent coup
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been placed under house arrest by “military forces,” the country’s Ministry of Information said in a…
Continue Reading Colombia captures its ‘most-feared’ drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga
Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord has been captured by authorities in what has been heralded as the biggest blow to the country’s narcotics…
Continue Reading Amnesty International to close Hong Kong offices this year
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Amnesty International will close its two offices in Hong Kong this year, becoming the latest…
Continue ReadingLos niños podrÃan ser elegibles para la vacuna contra el covid-19 a principios de noviembre, dice Fauci
olivertapia (CNN) — El principal experto en enfermedades infecciosas de Estados Unidos dice que unos 28 millones de niños de 5 a 11 años en…
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‘Rust’ director told authorities Alec Baldwin was practicing drawing his gun when weapon discharged
By Andy Rose and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The shot that killed a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set last week was fired as actor Alec Baldwin…
Continue Reading Widodo calls for ASEAN travel corridor to bolster recovery
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged Southeast Asian countries to speed up plans to create a regional travel…
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Documentos de Facebook pintan una imagen incriminatoria del papel de la empresa en la insurrección del 6 de enero
olivertapia (CNN Business) — Apenas unos dÃas después de que los insurrectos irrumpieran en el Capitolio el 6 de enero, la directora de…
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