By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has taken an experimental nasal vaccine against the coronavirus, three days after he received his booster shot, as Russia faces its worst surge of infections and deaths since the pandemic began. Putin was vaccinated with Sputnik V, Russia’s domestically developed vaccine,
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Después de más de dos semanas de procedimientos judiciales y el testimonio de 23 testigos, los miembros del jurado del juicio por el homicidio de Ahmaud Arbery comenzarán su segundo día de deliberaciones este miércoles por la mañana. El jurado revisó el caso durante más de seis horas este martes
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Personal Birth date: December 14, 1947 Birth place: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Birth name: Dilma Vana Rousseff Father: Pedro Rousseff, construction entrepreneur Mother: Dilma Jane (da Silva) Rousseff, teacher Marriages: Carlos Araujo (1973-2000, divorced); Claudio Galeno Linhares (1968-early 1970s,
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims dropped by 71,000 to 199,000, the lowest since mid-November
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy slowed to a modest annual rate of 2.1% in the July-September quarter, slightly better than first reported. But economists are predicting a solid rebound in the current quarter as long as rising inflation and a recent uptick in COVID cases do not derail
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CNN, KYW By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business US price surges eased in the third quarter of the year. But they climbed to a more than 30-year high in October — showing the pandemic price hikes are clearly not behind us yet. A deluge of economic data ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday highlights how the pandemic
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business US price surges eased in the third quarter of the year. But they climbed to a more than 30-year high in October — showing the pandemic price hikes are clearly not behind us yet. A deluge of economic data ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday highlights how the pandemic economy is
Continue Reading By PHILIPP JENNE and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has warned that his inspectors are close to being unable to “guarantee” they know what’s going on at all of Iran’s nuclear sites. The comments Wednesday by Rafael Mariano Grossi represented a stark alarm after his trip
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN Español) — “Destruir y agarrar”: ese es el modus operandi que están usando los ladrones para llevar a cabo robos relámpagos en múltiples tiendas de lujo en Estados Unidos.Los asaltos de los últimos días han tenido lugar en varias ciudades del país, como Los Ángeles, San Francisco y Chicago. Grandes grupos de delincuentes
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating Shalanda Young to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. He’s also nominating Nani Coloretti to be Young’s deputy. Biden announced the news Wednesday in a video. If the Senate confirms the nominations, it will be
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating Shalanda Young to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. He’s also nominating Nani Coloretti to be Young’s deputy. Biden announced the news Wednesday in a video. If the Senate confirms the nominations, it will be
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt and Niamh Kennedy, CNN A British lawmaker has asked for an investigation into the rules around bringing babies into the House of Commons, after a member of Parliament was told she could no longer bring her child into the chamber. Stella Creasy, an MP for the opposition Labour Party, said she was
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SALFORD, England (AP) — Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has been dropped by the BBC because of his involvement in the racism crisis enveloping county club Yorkshire. Vaughan has been accused of using racially insensitive comments toward a group of players of Asian ethnicity in 2009 while they were at Yorkshire. Vaughan has denied
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian rocket has blasted off successfully to deliver a new docking module to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled at 6:06 p.m. (1306 GMT) Wednesday from the Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, carrying the Progress cargo ship with the Prichal (Pier) docking module attached to
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El Paso, Texas- It’s one of the biggest travel days in the country and many areas across El Paso woke up to some rain. The good news is, I don’t believe it will cause any issues if you are traveling today. Much of this morning’s rain is light and will taper off by lunchtime. Expect
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EL PASO, Texas — This week marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season for Borderland businesses. For the ones that have survived the pandemic, things are starting to look up. According to data from the City of El Paso, sales tax allocations went up this year surpassing each month in 2020 and 2019. (Courtesy
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for sending a bomb hoax to a U.K. coronavirus vaccine factory and similar parcels elsewhere including a laboratory in Wuhan. About 120 people had to be evacuated from a plant in Wales producing the Oxford-Astrazeneca shots in January after 54-year-old
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Economists around the world are closely watching a resurgence of coronavirus cases across Europe for signs of what may be to come this winter. What’s happening: The spike in cases is feeding fears that the region’s strong economic recovery from the pandemic could be in jeopardy. So far, the new
Continue Reading By Amy Cassidy and Niamh Kennedy, CNN, and Reuters Sweden’s first female Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, has resigned from office only hours after being voted in, Sweden’s official Twitter account announced Wednesday. The dramatic move came before Andersson was fully in office as she had not yet had counsel with the King, a spokesperson told
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A panel of U.K. lawmakers has slammed the government’s handling of compensation claims from legal residents whose lives were torn apart when authorities questioned their right to be in the country. The lawmakers are demanding an overhaul of the program four years after the scandal first emerged.
Continue Reading For nearly two years, the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic put increased demand on food banks across the US. As the need declines, they face new problems: a supply chain crisis and spiking food costs.
Continue Reading By Lauren Lee, CNN For nearly two years, economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic put increased demand on food banks across the US. As the need declines, they face new problems. “Rising cost of food and ongoing challenges with the supply chain is making it more expensive for food banks to purchase food and even
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells and Travis Caldwell, CNN After more than two weeks of court proceedings and testimony from more than 20 witnesses, jurors in the Ahmaud Arbery killing trial reached a verdict Wednesday on their second day of deliberations. Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. —
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Social distancing has became mandatory again across the Netherlands as coronavirus infections continue to soar. Meanwhile, the head of the country’s leading intensive care physician is calling for even tougher measures to rein in the pandemic. The Netherlands is in the midst of a surge
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Leah Dolan, CNN The International Woolmark Prize 2022, a prestigious award for emerging designers committed to lessening fashion’s environmental impact, has unveiled its seven finalists. The new cohort of fashion talent — including British labels Ahluwalia and Saul Nash, American designer Peter Do, Chinese label Rui, along with South African womenswear brand MMUSOMAXWELL, French label
Continue Reading FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German second-division soccer club Hansa Rostock has been fined 97,300 euros ($109,000) after its fans attacked police and stadium security officials, and appeared to celebrate a police officer’s death. The German soccer federation’s disciplinary tribunal said around 150 Rostock supporters threw stones and pyrotechnics at police after leaving a game in
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Italian government is targeting unvaccinated people in its latest effort to contain rising coronavirus infections. A government decree is excluding them from certain activities, including indoor dining and theaters over the holidays. The aim is to stave off financially crippling lockdowns just as the economy is
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Italian government is targeting unvaccinated people in its latest effort to contain rising coronavirus infections. A government decree is excluding them from certain activities, including indoor dining and theaters over the holidays. The aim is to stave off financially crippling lockdowns just as the economy is
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business John Deere posted record annual income Wednesday despite the recently concluded five-week worker strike, and it predicted another record year ahead. The Midwest farm and construction equipment maker posted annual net income of nearly $6 billion, more than double the $2.8 billion it earned a year earlier and easily clearing
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his nomination of Shalanda Young to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget and Nani Coloretti to serve as deputy director, putting two women of color at the helm of a critical agency in his administration. If confirmed by the Senate, Young
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