By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer is hiking sales expectations for its top-selling COVID-19 vaccine again, and its early look at 2022 also falls well above Wall Street forecasts. The drugmaker says it now expects to book about $36 billion in revenue from Comirnaty this year. That’s about 7% higher than what Pfizer forecast
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Yahoo Inc. says it has pulled out of China, citing an “increasingly challenging business and legal environment.” The company says its services were no longer accessible in mainland China as of Nov. 1. Yahoo is the second large U.S. technology company in recent weeks to reduce
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By Tina Charisma, CNN In 2012, Nana Amoako Anin was working as a prosecutor in New York. An American of Ghanaian descent, she had spent much of her adult life studying law and entering the legal profession. Then one day, despite the prospects of career advancement in one of the world’s most prosperous cities, she
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By Eric Levenson, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse’s friend testified Tuesday that the armed teenager was “freaking out,” pale and sweaty after he fatally shot two people and wounded another during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. “He said he had to do it, it was self-defense, people were trying to hurt him,” Dominick Black, 20,
Continue Reading By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Coronavirus deaths in Russia hit another daily record several days after a nationwide order for many Russians to stay off work took effect. Russia’s state coronavirus task force on Tuesday reported 39,008 new confirmed cases and 1,178 COVID-19 deaths. The task force has reported record daily infections
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By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Coronavirus deaths in Russia hit another daily record several days after a nationwide order for many Russians to stay off work took effect. Russia’s state coronavirus task force on Tuesday reported 39,008 new confirmed cases and 1,178 COVID-19 deaths. The task force has reported record daily infections
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Yahoo Inc. says it has pulled out of China, citing an “increasingly challenging business and legal environment.” The company says its services were no longer accessible in mainland China as of Nov. 1. Yahoo is the second large U.S. technology company in recent weeks to reduce
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CNN By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business As Covid-19 wreaked havoc around the world last year, the 39-year-old son of an Indian billionaire was laying the groundwork for a plan he hoped would eventually end the pandemic. Adar Poonawalla — the CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine maker — pumped hundreds
Continue Reading By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Cryptocurrency is managed a bit differently than traditional investment accounts, which can make estate planning a little more complicated. But don’t leave your loved ones in the dark about your crypto holdings: Even if you’ve invested small amounts in cryptocurrency, your holdings may be worth a lot of money someday.
Continue Reading By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Cryptocurrency is managed a bit differently than traditional investment accounts, which can make estate planning a little more complicated. But don’t leave your loved ones in the dark about your crypto holdings: Even if you’ve invested small amounts in cryptocurrency, your holdings may be worth a lot of money someday.
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police say 13 people were wounded by roadside bomb that exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in a Pakistani bazaar. Tuesday’s attack happened in the district of Kharan in Baluchistan province. According to police, authorities transported the wounded to hospitals. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. Baluchistan is
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — Cuando falta un mes para que finalice la temporada de huracanes en el Atlántico para 2021, acabamos de usar el último nombre de la lista: Wanda. “Tradicionalmente, para el 19 de noviembre, solo tendríamos nuestra tormenta con nombre número 14, pero este año hemos tenido 21 antes de que comenzara el
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities say gunmen in Nigeria’s capital abducted six people from the staff quarters of a university. The University of Abuja said in a statement on its Facebook page on Tuesday that four staff members and their children were taken by unknown assailants. It was the first
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China is accusing the U.S. of a “lack of transparency and responsibility” regarding an accident in the South China Sea involving a Navy nuclear submarine last month. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson says the U.S. should provide full details of the incident. Two Navy officials say the service has determined the nuclear-powered
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh and Yong Xiong, CNN Business Elon Musk is known for setting the internet ablaze with his cryptic tweets. Now he’s doing it in another language. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted an ancient Chinese poem Monday night. It’s not clear what reference Musk intended, but the tweet, which was titled “Humankind,” included
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden wrapped up his multi-leg trip to Europe on Tuesday with a press conference after attending the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, telling reporters he’s optimistic about the outcomes of the gathering even though “there’s a reason for people to be worried.” “I’m worried if we don’t
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN (AP) — The world’s biggest shipping company, Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, has reported a sharp rise in earnings amid strong worldwide demand for shipments of goods. The Copenhagen-based company said revenue grew nearly 68% in the third quarter, to a record-high $16.6 billion, up from $9.9 billion in the same three-month period last year. It
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN (AP) — The world’s biggest shipping company, Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, has reported a sharp rise in earnings amid strong worldwide demand for shipments of goods. The Copenhagen-based company said revenue grew nearly 68% in the third quarter, to a record-high $16.6 billion, up from $9.9 billion in the same three-month period last year. It
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say they are reopening the case of a local woman allegedly killed by a British soldier years ago. The country’s police inspector general announced it Monday while urging the British government to collaborate to “conclude the case and administer justice.” Attention has returned to the death of Agnes
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Millions of child-size doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine are being shipped from the company’s facilities to distribution centers across the country — ready to go out to pharmacies and pediatricians’ offices, the Biden administration said Monday. They’re just waiting for the OK from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday evening she was endorsing a recommendation to vaccinate children ages 5-11 against Covid-19, clearing the way for immediate vaccination of the youngest age group yet in the United States. “CDC now expands vaccine recommendations to about 28 million
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN As children ages 5 to 11 years old began receiving the Covid-19 vaccine last week, families across the country have been breathing a great sigh of relief. Their younger kids will soon be much better protected against the coronavirus. But will it be in time for Thanksgiving? Will we be able
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
Continue Reading A blast of cold air brings winter temperatures to much of the east as the West Coast continues to see rounds of rain. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the latest.
Continue Reading Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) says he won’t support the $1.75 trillion reconciliation bill Democrats are negotiating until there is “greater clarity” about the impact it will have on the country’s national debt and the economy.
Continue Reading Hear how three Supreme Court justices questioned the Texas Solicitor General on whether the state’s six week abortion ban would create a model for other states to attack rights they don’t like.
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El gobierno de Biden propone nuevas normas de varias agencias federales con el mismo objetivo: reducir las emisiones de metano que calientan el planeta. En el centro del anuncio se encuentra una normativa de la Agencia de Protección Medioambiental (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) que obligaría a las empresas
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan, CNN A third giraffe has died at the Dallas Zoo in less than a month, the zoo reported. Jesse, a 14-year-old male giraffe died October 29, two days after he first showed signs of an illness, according to the Dallas Zoo. Results from a blood test showed Jesse had “abnormal liver enzymes,”
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Rights groups are urging Cambodian authorities to release an autistic teenager who was sentenced to eight months in prison for social media posts critical of the government. Human Rights Watch said Tuesday the teenager’s case was being misused to intimidate his opposition
Continue Reading Climate Change is in the spotlight as leaders from around the world gather in Glasgow for COP26. Isabel Rosales reports.
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