CNN By Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN There comes a point in every major legislative negotiation when a deal is in sight, but not close enough to be a sure thing. Significant portions are agreed to, even drafted into the text, but the outstanding issues are the most complex and in need of not
Continue Reading By Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN There comes a point in every major legislative negotiation when a deal is in sight, but not close enough to be a sure thing. Significant portions are agreed to, even drafted into the text, but the outstanding issues are the most complex and in need of not just
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Seven airlines, along with other travel industry leaders, are donating more than 20,000 airline tickets to Afghan evacuees to get to their final destinations in the US, matching an additional 20,000 flights contributed by the public, the White House, Welcome.US, major airlines and Miles4Migrants will announce Tuesday morning. The 40,000 flights
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By Rob McLean and Jill Disis, CNN Business The shell company that plans to merge with former US President Donald Trump’s new media firm is losing some steam after last week’s trading bonanza. Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. plunged nearly 30% Tuesday after falling 11% on Monday. Digital World Acquisition Corp. skyrocketed by as
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EL PASO, Texas — The Food and Drug Administrations advisory panel could authorize Pfizer’s vaccine for 5 to 11 year olds on Tuesday. One El Paso doctor is asking parents to trust the vaccine. “The data is very good on safety. We have, you know, hundreds of millions of doses already being given out very
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Elon Musk is rapidly approaching a net worth of $300 billion, as Tesla’s market cap soars past $1 trillion. That’s enough to surpass one of his biggest rivals: ExxonMobil. As of Monday’s close, Musk’s net worth was $289 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which surpasses the $272 billion
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SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir are investigating students and staff at two medical colleges under a harsh anti-terror law for celebrating India’s loss to archrival Pakistan in a T20 World Cup cricket game. Police says some students and staff at the government-run colleges cheered and shouted pro-Pakistan slogans during the match Sunday
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SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir are investigating students and staff at two medical colleges under a harsh anti-terror law for celebrating India’s loss to archrival Pakistan in a T20 World Cup cricket game. Police says some students and staff at the government-run colleges cheered and shouted pro-Pakistan slogans during the match Sunday
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted 17-0 with one abstention Tuesday to recommend emergency use authorization of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11. Members of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee agreed the benefits of vaccinating younger children appeared to outweigh
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Now that the United States has started rolling out child doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, many parents are wondering when shots could be available for even younger kids. US health officials estimate that could be next year. “We’re probably a few more months off
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has reported another record daily number of COVID-19 deaths as vaccinations in the nation of 41 million people lags. Ukraine’s Health Ministry registered 734 deaths in 24 hours, raising the country’s pandemic death toll to 64,936. Ukrainians can choose between the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a $100 million initiative meant to beef up the U.S. relationship with Southeast Asian nations. Biden made the announcement at a virtual summit with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Tuesday. It’s the first time since 2017, when President Donald Trump participated in the summit,
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Business) — Facebook no es ajeno a los focos. Aunque la empresa ha sido criticada en varias ocasiones en los últimos años por su papel en la difusión de información errónea, especialmente en relación con las elecciones de 2016, los últimos dos meses han sido especialmente turbulentos, ya que una denunciante
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By DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the world’s response to COVID-19, researchers at Facebook found they could reduce vaccine misinformation by tweaking how vaccine posts show up on users’ newsfeeds. Yet despite evidence that it worked, Facebook took a
Continue Reading By Dan Merica, CNN The neck-and-neck race for Virginia governor has entered its final week, with Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin nationalizing their campaigns in markedly different ways. For McAuliffe, a steady stream of high-profile Democratic surrogates has turned the race into a referendum about the past eight years of Democratic leadership in
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the world’s response to COVID-19, researchers at Facebook found they could reduce vaccine misinformation by tweaking how vaccine posts show up on users’ newsfeeds. Yet despite evidence that it worked, Facebook took a
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the world’s response to COVID-19, researchers at Facebook found they could reduce vaccine misinformation by tweaking how vaccine posts show up on users’ newsfeeds. Yet despite evidence that it worked, Facebook took a
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British heavyweight Dillian Whyte wants his next fight to be against Tyson Fury for the world title instead of rescheduling his bout with Otto Wallin. Whyte last week pulled out of his scheduled fight with Wallin this Saturday citing a shoulder injury. Whyte holds the WBC interim title and is next in
Continue Reading CNN By Melanie Zanona, CNN Damning new revelations about Facebook’s role in the deadly January 6 insurrection have renewed lawmakers’ resolve to crack down on Silicon Valley, teeing up a potential watershed moment that will test the powerful industry’s clout on Capitol Hill. In recent years, there’s been growing bipartisan support to rein in online
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, CNN Damning new revelations about Facebook’s role in the deadly January 6 insurrection have renewed lawmakers’ resolve to crack down on Silicon Valley, teeing up a potential watershed moment that will test the powerful industry’s clout on Capitol Hill. In recent years, there’s been growing bipartisan support to rein in online platforms
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the world’s response to COVID-19, researchers at Facebook found they could reduce vaccine misinformation by tweaking how vaccine posts show up on users’ newsfeeds. Yet despite evidence that it worked, Facebook took a
Continue Reading By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR of NerdWallet Caregiving for your parents and figuring out what happens to your finances when you die are things no one wants to think about until they have to. But planning for them now can spare you and your loved ones a lot of hassle later on. The pandemic may have forced
Continue Reading By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR of NerdWallet Caregiving for your parents and figuring out what happens to your finances when you die are things no one wants to think about until they have to. But planning for them now can spare you and your loved ones a lot of hassle later on. The pandemic may have forced
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s de facto chief Lee Jae-yong has been fined 70 million won, or about $60,000, for illegally using the anesthetic drug propofol. Tuesday’s ruling came about two months after Lee was released on parole over a separate corruption case. The Seoul Central District Court said it convicted Lee, vice chairman
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s de facto chief Lee Jae-yong has been fined 70 million won, or about $60,000, for illegally using the anesthetic drug propofol. Tuesday’s ruling came about two months after Lee was released on parole over a separate corruption case. The Seoul Central District Court said it convicted Lee, vice chairman
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s effort to get a prosecutor removed from his corruption case has been dismissed by the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Zuma filed a special application to have prosecutor Billy Downer taken off his case, accusing him of bias. Judge Piet Koen on Tuesday
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Juan Pablo Elverdin Puerto Príncipe (CNN) — Un inquietante silencio se cierne sobre el Hospital Universitario de la Paz en el barrio de Delmas de Puerto Príncipe, en Haití. Los pasos resuenan en los pasillos vacíos. Los pitidos y silbidos normales de los equipos del hospital están ausentes. El caos organizado de una sala de
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Joe Biden y Donald Trump están inmersos en un extraordinario y creciente enfrentamiento que tiene profundas consecuencias políticas ahora y en 2024. Biden llevó el enfrentamiento, que se desencadenó por las consecuencias de la insurrección en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos, a otro nivel este lunes al negarse a hacer
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los miembros del equipo en el set de “Rust” usaron armas con munición real y participaron en un pasatiempo llamado “plinking” horas antes de que Halyna Hutchins muriera, dijo la fundadora y CEO de The Wrap, Sharon Waxman, a Don Lemon de CNN este lunes por la noche, citando información
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Business Facebook is no stranger to the limelight. While the company has repeatedly come under fire over the past few years for its role in disseminating misinformation, especially related to the 2016 election, the last two months have been especially turbulent as a whistleblower and top officials have been called to
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