The collapse last month of US hedge fund Archegos Capital cost Credit Suisse nearly $4.7 billion and two of the bank’s top executives their jobs. The Swiss bank said Tuesday that it was likely to report a pretax loss of 900 million Swiss francs ($959 million) for the first quarter of this year after taking
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Last Wednesday President Joe Biden announced a more than $2 trillion plan to rebuild US infrastructure, repairing roads, bridges, pipes, as well as expanding access to long-term care services under Medicaid, building schools and expanding internet access across the US. Biden plans to fund these investments in large part through tax increases. The plan proposes
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Hundreds reportedly gathered Monday to pray and offer support for DMX as he remains hospitalized following a heart attack he suffered on Friday. CNN affiliate News 12 reported that as many as 500 people gathered outside the White Plains, New York, hospital where the rapper and actor is currently being treated. His longtime attorney, Murray
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We could be set for one of the most thrilling La Liga finales in history, after Ousmane Dembele’s injury-time goal gave Barcelona a narrow 1-0 win over Valladolid on Monday and moved the Catalan club to within a point of league leader Atletico Madrid. With Real Madrid just two points further back, it means Spain’s
Continue Reading Yahoo Answers, a question-and-answer platform that launched more than 15 years ago and became one of the largest troves of information — and misinformation — on the internet, is shutting down on May 4. The Verizon-owned website announced the platform’s cancellation Monday with a terse statement on Yahoo Answers’ homepage. The portal will go into
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The more contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the UK has now been reported in every state in the US. Experts are concerned this strain is hitting younger people hard and could fuel a new surge of the pandemic. Yet as the US rolls out a breakneck-speed vaccination program, many states have begun relaxing measures,
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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, a frequent critic of Biden administration nominees for supporting the Iraq War and other “forever wars,” himself wrote in support of the Iraq War prior to becoming a senator in newly uncovered blog posts. “The question should not be, When do we get to leave? But instead, How are
Continue Reading With golf’s Masters tournament getting underway this week, the sight of patrons returning to Augusta National is a sure sign that parts of the sporting world are slowly returning to normal. The 2020 event took place in November and was staged without spectators amid the pandemic, but this week a limited number of fans are
Continue Reading Sen. Joe Manchin, an influential centrist Democrat, warned Monday that the Biden administration’s massive infrastructure package can’t pass in its current form because he and a handful of other Senate Democrats believe the corporate tax hikes proposed in the bill — designed to offset its costs — are too steep. “As the bill exists today,
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(CNN Español) — La alcaldesa de Bogotá, Claudia López, informó este martes a través de su cuenta verificada de Twitter que este 6 de abril habrá movilización restringida «con pico y cédula» en la capital de Colombia, y que el sábado, domingo y lunes se pondrá en cuarentena toda la ciudad. Pico y cédula es
Continue Reading (CNN) — El jefe de la Policía de Minneapolis, Medaria Arradondo, rechazó a fondo las acciones y el uso de la fuerza de Derek Chauvin durante el arresto de George Floyd en mayo pasado por ser contrarias a las políticas del departamento. «Una vez que el Sr. Floyd dejó de resistirse, y ciertamente una vez
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Michigan is in another coronavirus surge and hospitals are again on the front line, but this time they have a new type of patient: younger and healthier. Fred Romankewiz was on his way to get vaccinated, but he didn’t feel well so he canceled the appointment and got a Covid-19 test instead. Though he’d been
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced eight new coronavirus-related deaths and 202 new cases Tuesday morning. The latest deaths include a woman in her 40s, a man in his 60s, 2 men and a woman in their 70s, a woman in her 80s, and 2 women in their
Continue Reading President Joe Biden has made clear that if he gets his way, companies will soon be paying more taxes. What’s happening: Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, called the American Jobs Plan, would increase the corporate income tax rate to 28% from 21%. On Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also called for a global minimum corporate
Continue Reading If you were a Facebook user in 2019, it’s possible that your information is among the millions of records posted on a website used by hackers. Cyber intelligence firm Hudson Rock over the weekend revealed that personal information from 533 million Facebook accounts was leaked, including names, phone numbers, Facebook IDs, locations, account creation dates,
Continue Reading April is now Arab American Heritage Month, the State Department has announced. It’s a time to celebrate and recognize a group whose contributions are, in a State Department spokesman’s words, “as old as America itself.” Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get
Continue Reading The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Democrats may amend the budget resolution they used for their Covid-19 relief bill and attach another set of reconciliation instructions to it, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The ruling is a key step for Democrats as they weigh their options for moving infrastructure legislation, potentially giving
Continue Reading President Joe Biden, well on his way to reaching a new goal of vaccinating 200 million Americans by the end of April, is taking initial steps toward helping other nations ramp up shots, including by boosting global manufacturing and appointing a top global health expert who previously advocated for shipping vaccines from the United States’
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Secretaría de Comunicaciones de El Salvador informó en su cuenta de Twitter que los bomberos intentan controlar un gran incendio que se desató en el parque Barrios de San Miguel en San Salvador. Los bomberos intentan evitar que el fuego llegue a las instalaciones del mercado central. Nuestros @BomberosSV ya trabajan
Continue Reading Amán, Jordania (CNN) — Para un país que a menudo se ve como un bastión de relativa calma en una región conflictiva, los eventos que se desarrollaron en Jordania durante el fin de semana estuvieron entre los más dramáticos en décadas. Aproximadamente 15 personas fueron detenidas, incluida una figura política de alto perfil y al
Continue Reading (CNN) — Todos los gruñidos y gritos nos han conducido hasta este momento. Pocos dudaban que en el fondo Estados Unidos e Irán preferían la diplomacia, incluso un nuevo acuerdo, a la escalada de tensiones y posiblemente al enfrentamiento militar. Ahora el momento de la verdad está aquí, en una sala de conferencias de Viena,
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president has handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task of trying to form a new government. That gives the embattled Israeli leader a chance to extend his lengthy term in office. But with the newly elected parliament deeply divided and the prime minister on trial for corruption charges, Netanyahu has
Continue Reading A man tied to the allegations of extortion pushed by Rep. Matt Gaetz said Monday evening that the Republican lawmaker is “trying to direct attention from himself” as Gaetz faces a Justice Department probe. Bob Kent, a former Air Force intelligence officer, told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “Prime Time” that — despite Gaetz’s claims —
Continue Reading North Korea has reportedly decided drop out of the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics due to concerns its athletes could contract coronavirus. North Korea decided to sever almost all of its ties with the outside world in 2020 to prevent an influx of coronavirus cases. The country has not reported a major outbreak of Covid-19, and there
Continue Reading (CNN) — Más de 100 días después de que las primeras vacunas contra el covid-19 se administraran en Latinoamérica, la pandemia continúa resurgiendo peligrosamente en algunas áreas. La batalla que libra la región para frenar el coronavirus permanece marcada por desigualdades. Mientras algunos países se jactan de tener tendencias positivas en la vacunación, hospitales de las
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Juan Guaidó, líder opositor de Venezuela, informó este lunes que se recuperó del covid-19. «Quiero anunciarles que hoy he dado negativo a la prueba de covid-19 y ya estoy recuperado», escribió Guaidó en Twitter. «Gracias a todos los que estuvieron pendientes por su apoyo, a todos los que me escribieron por acompañarme
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Corea del Norte no participará en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020, según reportes, debido a preocupaciones sobre el coronavirus. El país dijo que no participaría en los Olímpicos de este verano para «proteger a los deportistas de la crisis de salud pública mundial causada por el covid-19», según un informe publicado este
Continue Reading (CNN) — La variante de covid-19 altamente contagiosa identificada por primera vez en el Reino Unido ya se ha registrado en todos los estados de EE.UU., y los expertos temen que la propagación de esta y otras variantes pueda hacer que aumenten los casos del virus en el país. «Estados Unidos parece haberse cansado de
Continue Reading From a fenced-off compound close to the Myanmar border in northern Thailand, a rebel leader offers a bleak view of Myanmar’s future, as the country is cleaved apart by a military coup. The possibility of a deepening civil war in Myanmar is “high,” Gen. Yawd Serk said from his administrative base in Chiang Mai province.
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Whether it’s because of his funky clothing, eccentric personality or highly distinctive swing, Moe Norman — dubbed golf’s “Rain Man” — didn’t fit into the sport’s traditional mold. “Like Raymond [Babbitt], Moe spoke in staccato bursts,” golf coach and author Tim O’Connor, who has written a book about Norman, told CNN Sport, as he compared
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