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Year: 2021

Must-watch videos of the week

Joe Jonas crashes a SoulCycle class, Cristiano Ronaldo snubs Coca-Cola and Stephen Colbert welcomes back a live audience. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Time-lapse triumph Using a pre-fab, modular design, a developer constructed a 10-story apartment building in 28 hours and 45 minutes in Changsha, China. SoulCycle surprise Members of a spin

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Japan’s top Covid-19 adviser says holding the Olympics without spectators is ‘desirable’

Japan’s top coronavirus adviser said Friday that staging the Tokyo Olympics without spectators is “desirable” as it would be the lowest risk option amid the pandemic. Shigeru Omi, an infectious disease expert who leads the government subcommittee on coronavirus, and other specialists urged the cap on spectator numbers at the Games to be stricter than

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Real estate market madness is everywhere

Low inventory and surging demand have sent house prices soaring around the world, raising concerns about how long the red-hot market can be sustained. What’s happening: The International Monetary Fund’s Global House Price Index, which tracks 57 countries, has surpassed its prior peak from 2008. According to Oxford Economics, house prices are growing at over

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To some, she’s a patriot, to others, a domestic terrorist: How the memory of a woman killed in the Capitol riot got so politicized

On a sunny morning in February, as a bagpipe rendition of “Amazing Grace” filled the salt air, Ashli Babbitt’s family and friends scattered her ashes into the Pacific Ocean off San Diego. The ceremony, aboard a chartered boat, was supposed to be a final goodbye for the 35-year-old Air Force veteran and fervent Donald Trump

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The man who allegedly fatally shot a 6-year-old in road rage incident brandished a gun days later, prosecutors say

The man accused of fatally shooting a child in a Southern California road rage incident last month has confessed and brandished his gun at another driver in a separate incident just days later, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors outlined what led to 6-year-old Aiden Leos’ death in newly-filed court documents in the case, as well as

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Estados Unidos debe vacunar a la mayor parte del país contra el covid-19 antes del invierno para evitar más variantes, dice un experto

(CNN) — Con las probabilidades en contra de que EE.UU. alcance el objetivo del 70% de los adultos al menos parcialmente vacunados para el 4 de julio –una meta establecida por el presidente Joe Biden– un experto en vacunas dijo que se está acabando el tiempo para adelantarse a la posible propagación de las variantes

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The man who allegedly fatally shot a 6-year-old in road range incident brandished a gun days later, prosecutors say

The man accused of fatally shooting a child in a Southern California road rage incident last month has confessed and brandished his gun at another driver in a separate incident just days later, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors outlined what led to 6-year-old Aiden Leos’ death in newly-filed court documents in the case, as well as

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‘I just had fun with it’: Bryson DeChambeau videobombs Brooks Koepka interview at U.S. Open

Heading into this week’s U.S. Open, the on and off course shenanigans between Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau had dominated the headlines. Ever since Koepka’s eye-roll reaction to DeChambeau walking behind him at last month’s PGA Championship, the pair have exchanged barbs, although they have both since said they believe their rivalry is good for

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Pelé ‘rooting’ for Neymar, who scores 68th goal for Brazil to edge closer to legend’s all-time scoring record

Neymar netted his 68th goal for Brazil in its 4-0 win over Peru during the Copa América on Thursday, surpassing Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima as the national team’s second top goalscorer behind Pelé. The Paris Saint-Germain forward is now within nine goals of Pelé’s all-time scoring record of 77 goals. ‘It is very emotional’

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Pornhub sued for allegedly serving nonconsensual sex videos

Dozens of women sued Pornhub and its parent company Thursday, alleging that the site knowingly profited from videos depicting rape, child sexual exploitation, trafficking and other nonconsensual sexual content. The civil complaint alleges that Pornhub parent company MindGeek, one of the largest online pornography companies, is a “classic criminal enterprise” with a business structure created

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Esto es lo que significa para ti el fallo de la Corte Suprema sobre la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (Obamacare)

(CNN) — La Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio, también conocida como Obamacare, sigue en pie. La desestimación de la Corte Suprema el jueves de la más reciente impugnación liderada por los republicanos a la histórica ley de reforma de salud, ampliamente conocida como Obamacare, mantiene el sistema existente. La ley, que ha

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Israel says it will transfer some 1 million coronavirus vaccine doses to the Palestinian Authority

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the Palestinians expect to receive later this year. Israel has reopened after vaccinating some 85% of its adult population but has faced criticism for not sharing its

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