CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Business Jack Dorsey, the cofounder and public face of Twitter, will step down from his role as CEO, effective immediately, the company announced Monday. Dorsey will remain a member of Twitter’s board until at least next year. Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s chief technology officer, will take over as CEO. “I’ve
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Stocks made a comeback Monday, bouncing back from the steep selloff at the end of last week, when investors feared the Omicron Covid variant could disrupt the global economic rebound. Reports of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus brought back memories of last summer when the fast-spreading Delta variant
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Fears about the Omicron variant of Covid-19 rattled the world’s financial markets Friday and early Monday morning. But shares of the major coronavirus vaccine makers were getting a boost from the latest pandemic jitters. Moderna soared more than 20% during Black Friday’s abbreviated session of trading on Wall
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling in the bitter custody battle surrounding a 6-year-old boy who survived a cable car crash in Italy, saying he should be returned to his relatives there within two weeks. Eitan Biran has been the focus of a legal battle between his paternal relatives
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By George Ramsay, CNN The world’s best footballers will be recognized at the annual Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday. Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah are among the favorites to be crowned the best men’s player, while Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas and Jennifer Hermoso headline the women’s nominees. However, the scheduling of the
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By Marianne Garvey Rita Moreno will be back on the big screen in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “West Side Story,” next month. It’s another milestone for Moreno, soon 90, who rose to fame for her role as Anita in the original musical film in 1961. Her performance in the film also earned her an Academy
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El Paso, Texas- Good morning, and happy Monday! High pressure is back in the forecast which will allow us to warm above the average for afternoon highs. Plenty of sunshine will be on tap for the first half of the week. Afternoon highs will be in the mid to upper 60s across El Paso and
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Computer chips aren’t the only thing in short supply as the world emerges from the pandemic. The booming demand for digital services and devices also is making it more difficult to hire and retain software developers and other tech workers who are able to demand
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12 are launching an initiative to raise awareness of the importance of mental health. It is part of their conference alliance announced earlier this year. Teammates for Mental Health will be unveiled this week during basketball games involving the three
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Toyin Owoseje, CNN Kanye West honored his late friend, barrier-breaking designer Virgil Abloh, by dedicating the latest installment of his Sunday Service series to the cultural icon as tributes poured in from around the music and fashion world. Abloh, the acclaimed menswear designer for Louis Vuitton, founder of haute-streetwear label Off-White and prolific DJ, died
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has accused Lithuanian authorities of dumping the bodies of migrants on the border between the two countries. It’s a claim rejected by Lithuania amid soaring tensions over border issues instigated by Belarus. Lukashenko said Monday during a meeting with top military brass that
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer NBA referee Tony Brown will be back at work on Monday night for the first time in eight months. Brown has been assigned a shift at the league’s replay center in Secaucus, New Jersey. He hasn’t officiated a game since March after being diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer NBA referee Tony Brown will be back at work on Monday night for the first time in eight months. Brown has been assigned a shift at the league’s replay center in Secaucus, New Jersey. He hasn’t officiated a game since March after being diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 21-year-old Kansas lawmaker has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving — his second arrest in less than a month. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a trooper arrested Aaron Coleman around 1 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 70 near Lawrence and took him to the Douglas County Jail, where he bonded
Continue Reading ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has announced 11 candidates to win the Puskas Award as the best goal scored in world soccer in the past year. Patrick Schick’s 45-meter (50-yard) shot for the Czech Republic against Scotland was already judged goal of the tournament at Euro 2020. Erik Lamela scored with a rabona flick for Tottenham
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzmán lo tuvo todo: dinero, poder y mujeres. Una de ellas fue Emma Coronel Aispuro, quien es, a decir de gente muy cercana, el amor de la vida del notorio narcotraficante que cumple condena en Estados Unidos. Durante el juicio contra Guzmán Loera, que se inició en
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN We see you thirst trapping, Elliot Page! The actor, who uses the pronouns his/they, posted a shirtless selfie Sunday showing off a burgeoning six pack. “Oh good my new phone works,” the caption reads. Last year the “Juno” star shared that they are transgender and identify as non-binary. “Non-binary” is
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — A powerful storm has pounded Istanbul and other parts of Turkey, killing at least four people and causing havoc in the city of 15 million people. The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that one of the victims was a woman who was killed after strong gusts tore off part of a roof which
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — A powerful storm has pounded Istanbul and other parts of Turkey, killing at least four people and causing havoc in the city of 15 million people. The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that one of the victims was a woman who was killed after strong gusts tore off part of a roof, which
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN BET presented the 20201 Soul Train Awards that aired Sunday night. The awards ceremony celebrated the dance show “Soul Train’s” 50th anniversary and for the first time was held at the legendary Apollo in Harlem, New York. Bffs and former “Martin” costars Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold returned as co-hosts
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Bugatti, the French manufacturer of $3 million supercars, is over a century old. But now it faces what may be the most difficult maneuver it has ever had to carry out: transitioning to an electric future. The man now taking the wheel at Bugatti is Mate Rimac, a 33-year-old Bosnian-born
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Bugatti, the French manufacturer of $3 million supercars, is over a century old. But now it faces what may be the most difficult maneuver it has ever had to carry out: transitioning to an electric future. The man now taking the wheel at Bugatti is Mate Rimac,
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN Dozens of people have been snowed in at the highest pub in the United Kingdom for three nights after the country was hit by Storm Arwen. More than 60 revelers who went out to the Tan Hill Inn in Swaledale, northern England, on Friday ended up extending their stay after snow
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s navy has successfully test-fired a prospective hypersonic missile. The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that the Admiral Gorshkov frigate in the White Sea launched the Zircon cruise missile. It hit a practice target 400 kilometers (215 nautical miles) away. The navy has conducted a series of test launches of Zircon and
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Fans have noticed that an episode of the Simpsons that features a scene in Tiananmen Square is missing from Disney+ in Hong Kong. In the 2005 episode “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” the family travels to China to adopt a baby. The Simpsons clan stops in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square where they
Continue Reading CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Fans have noticed that an episode of the Simpsons that features a scene in Tiananmen Square is missing from Disney+ in Hong Kong. In the 2005 episode “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” the family travels to China to adopt a baby. The Simpsons clan stops in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square where
Continue Reading CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Fans have noticed that an episode of the Simpsons that features a scene in Tiananmen Square is missing from Disney+ in Hong Kong. In the 2005 episode “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” the family travels to China to adopt a baby. The Simpsons clan stops in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square where
Continue Reading FINCA CORTESIN, Spain (AP) — Suzann Pettersen won the Solheim Cup for Europe in 2019 with the last shot of her career and she will captain the team four years later for its second straight title defense. The Norwegian’s 7-foot putt for birdie at the final hole at Gleneagles saw Europe reclaim the biggest prize
Continue Reading By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Organizers of the Miss Universe pageant say a contestant tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Israel. The country is pressing ahead with plans to host the pageant despite closing its borders in the face of a newly detected variant. It was unclear if the contestant, who
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