How close are we to guilt-free flying?
The first Airbus A340 to land on Antarctica took off from Cape Town, South Africa on November 2 and landed in just over five hours at Wolf’s Fang adventure camp.
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How close are we to guilt-free flying?
By Paul Sillers, CNN Gleaming airplanes have been returning to the empty blue skies above 30,000 feet in recent months, opening up travel possibilities as they skim the clouds on their way towards unfiltered sunshine. On board, safely behind face masks, many passengers have been shrugging off the old discomforts of plane travel in their
Continue Reading To avoid Covid, here are four questions to ask family and friends ahead of Thanksgiving gatherings
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Thursday marks the second Thanksgiving during the coronavirus pandemic. Many grandparents are excitedly planning to see their grandchildren. Friends are dressing their dining tables for turkey and loved ones. Some people have flights booked or road trips scheduled. But in the background, Covid-19 case numbers are inching upward across the United
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Edmunds: Low inventory means high car prices on Black Friday
By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds This has been a tough year to buy a new or used car in America. With COVID-19 factory shutdowns, semiconductor chip shortages, rising prices and supply chain issues, it’s been nothing but bad news for car shoppers. And for those who’ve waited, hoping Black Friday sales would bring some reprieve from
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Edmunds: Low inventory means high car prices on Black Friday
By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds This has been a tough year to buy a new or used car in America. With COVID-19 factory shutdowns, semiconductor chip shortages, rising prices and supply chain issues, it’s been nothing but bad news for car shoppers. And for those who’ve waited, hoping Black Friday sales would bring some reprieve from
Continue Reading German business confidence drops for 5th consecutive month
BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has dropped for the fifth consecutive month amid persistent supply-chain bottlenecks and a resurgence of coronavirus infections in Europe’s biggest economy. The Ifo institute said Wednesday that its monthy confidence index dropped to 96.5 points in November from 97.7 last month. Companies’ assessment
Continue Reading German business confidence drops for 5th consecutive month
BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has dropped for the fifth consecutive month amid persistent supply-chain bottlenecks and a resurgence of coronavirus infections in Europe’s biggest economy. The Ifo institute said Wednesday that its monthy confidence index dropped to 96.5 points in November from 97.7 last month. Companies’ assessment
Continue Reading Malaysia, Singapore set to reopen borders to some travel
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Singapore say they will partially reopen their borders next week to fully vaccinated citizens, after nearly two years of closure due to the pandemic. The leaders of both countries said in separate statements Wednesday that limited travel will be allowed across the land border from Monday, with plans
Continue Reading ‘NFT’ is Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2021, beating out ‘crypto’ and ‘cheugy’
Jack Guy, CNN “NFT,” the abbreviation of “non-fungible token,” has been named Word of the Year by dictionary publisher Collins, beating “crypto” and “cheugy” to the top spot. An NFT is “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork or a collectible,”
Continue Reading ‘NFT’ is Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2021, beating out ‘crypto’ and ‘cheugy’
Venture capitalist and co-founder of Metagood Bill Tai discusses the explosion of NFTs and what the future holds for crypto investors.
Continue Reading Sweden offers COVID-19 booster shot to those ages 18 to 65
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden is recommending that everyone between the ages of 18 and 65 should get a booster shot against COVID-19 six months after having gotten the second jab. Swedish Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren said Wednesday about 7 million people in Sweden out of a total population of 10 million have had
Continue Reading Sweden offers COVID-19 booster shot to those ages 18 to 65
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden is recommending that everyone between the ages of 18 and 65 should get a booster shot against COVID-19 six months after having gotten the second jab. Swedish Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren said Wednesday about 7 million people in Sweden out of a total population of 10 million have had
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Samsung will create 2,000 jobs in Texas with $17 billion chip factory
By Yoonjung Seo, CNN Business Samsung is planning to build a $17 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility in Texas as part of efforts to tackle a global shortage of chips. Announcing its largest ever investment in the United States, the South Korean electronics giant said Tuesday that the factory would create 2,000 high-tech jobs directly, and
Continue Reading El aumento del covid-19 amenaza la recuperación económica de Europa
Mariana Toro Londres (CNN Business) — Un resurgimiento de casos de covid-19 en Europa alimenta los temores de que la fuerte recuperación económica de la región pueda verse amenazada por otro invierno duro. Hasta ahora, la nueva ola de covid-19 solo tiene un impacto limitado en la actividad empresarial de los 19 países que utilizan
Continue Reading India sows confusion with plan to ban ‘private cryptocurrencies’
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India is flirting with a ban on cryptocurrencies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Tuesday said that it is preparing to introduce a bill that would regulate digital currencies. There’s still much that’s unknown about the proposal. A cryptically worded description of the bill posted on the Indian parliament website
Continue Reading Polémica en Chile: diputado electo cuestiona el voto femenino en video que circula por redes sociales
olivertapia Santiago de Chile (CNN) -– El recién electo diputado Johannes Kaiser, del ultraderechista Partido Republicano de Chile, protagonizó una polémica este martes luego de circular en las redes sociales un extracto de video sin fecha en el que cuestiona el derecho al voto femenino y se refiere a los inmigrantes como violadores. En las
Continue Reading Karim Benzema, estrella del Real Madrid, declarado culpable de complicidad en intento de chantaje en caso de video sexual
olivertapia París (CNN) — La estrella del fútbol Karim Benzema recibió una sentencia de prisión en suspenso de un año y una multa de 75.000 euros (84.000 dólares) por su participación en el intento de chantaje contra su excompañero de la selección francesa Mathieu Valbuena con un video sexual, confirmó a CNN el abogado del
Continue Reading Sweden’s first female prime minister quits hours later
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Magdalena Andersson has resigned as Sweden’s prime minister hours after being appointed as the country’s first female prime minister. She did so after suffering a budget defeat in parliament Wednesday and her coalition partner the Greens left the two-party minority government. The government’s own budget
Continue Reading This rising star designer is embracing her Congolese heritage on her own terms
Skylar Mitchell, CNN In September, when the New York fashion scene converged for the city’s full return to live runway shows since the Covid-19 pandemic, one highly-anticipated brand was visibly absent from the runway. Months after being awarded a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund grant for emerging designers, Anifa Mvuemba, founder of women’s apparel label Hanifa, opted
Continue Reading Coronavirus infections hit new record high in Czech Republic
PRAGUE (AP) — Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have soared to a new record high, reaching almost 26,000 daily cases. The Health Ministry said Wednesday that the daily tally hit 25,864 on Tuesday, about 3,000 more than the previous record registered on Friday. The country’s infection rate has risen to 1,061 new cases per
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Karim Benzema: Real Madrid star found guilty of complicity in attempted blackmail in sex tape case
By Ben Church, Xiaofei Xu and Meredith Ruleman CNN Soccer star Karim Benzema has been handed a one-year suspended prison sentence and fined 75,000 euros ($84,000) over his involvement in the attempted blackmail against former French national teammate Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape, the Olympiacos player’s lawyer confirmed to CNN. The court went further
Continue Reading Ethiopia says PM, a Nobel Peace laureate, is at battlefront
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government says Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the battlefront after the leader said martyrdom might be necessary in the yearlong war with rival fighters approaching the capital. A government spokesman told reporters the prime minister arrived at the front on
Continue Reading Belgian leader COVID-19 negative after meeting French PM
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has tested negative for COVID-19 after his French counterpart, whom he met early in the week, became infected with the coronavirus. De Croo’s office said Wednesday that he will do an important part of his work remotely in line with restrictive measures that the government as
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New Zealand to reopen borders to vaccinated travelers in 2022
New Zealand’s PM kid interrupts Facebook live briefing
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Boston’s improved fitness helps her excel for South Carolina
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Aliyah Boston spent the offseason working on her fitness to be able to excel late in games. It’s already paid off for South Carolina’s star post player, who was dominant in the final quarter of the No. 1 Gamecocks’ victory over UConn on Monday.
Continue Reading Iraqi Kurds cite work, graft as reasons behind Minsk gamble
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Rising unemployment, endemic corruption and a recent economic crisis that slashed state salaries have pushed Iraqi Kurds to sell their homes, cars and other belongings to pay off smugglers with the hope of reaching the European Union from the Belarusian capital of Minsk. Most of the
Continue Reading Big injuries and absences disrupt NHL Thanksgiving benchmark
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Injuries and COVID-19 protocol absences have muddled the NHL standings throughout the first quarter of the season. The traditional Thanksgiving benchmark is not necessarily an indicator of who will make the playoffs. The season also started a week later than usual. Recent seasons have also begun to crack the
Continue Reading Big injuries and absences disrupt NHL Thanksgiving benchmark
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Injuries and COVID-19 protocol absences have muddled the NHL standings throughout the first quarter of the season. The traditional Thanksgiving benchmark is not necessarily an indicator of who will make the playoffs. The season also started a week later than usual. Recent seasons have also begun to crack the
Continue Reading ANÁLISIS | Por qué la apuesta de Biden para reducir los precios de la gasolina es más una curita que un cambio de juego
Mariana Toro Nueva York (CNN Business) — Durante meses, la Organización de Países Exportadores de Petróleo (OPEP) y sus aliados rechazaron las súplicas de Washington y otras capitales mundiales de bombear más petróleo. Ahora, una coalición de países consumidores liderada por Estados Unidos se está uniendo para decir efectivamente: Bien, si no actúan, nosotros sí.
Continue Reading Europe is only region with more COVID, with 11% case rise
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says coronavirus cases jumped by 11% in Europe in the last week, the only region in the world where COVID-19 has continued to increase since mid-October. In its weekly assessment of the pandemic released on Tuesday, the U.N. health agency said cases and deaths globally have risen by
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