By Laura He, CNN Business Tencent is dramatically cutting its stake in JD.com, China’s second largest e-commerce company, as it seeks to stay on the right side of Beijing, which has been cracking down on tech giants to rein in their growing power and influence. Tencent plans to distribute more than $16 billion worth of
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ManyPets used data from Banfield Pet Hospital’s price estimator tool to break down the cost of vaccinating your dog in the United States’ 25 most populous cities.
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EquityMultiple compiled a list of five ways investing trends have affected the multifamily real estate sector using recent reports on rental trends and the multifamily housing sector. Here’s what you need to know.
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Using national data, Zinnia Health explains the changes in alcohol sales in 13 U.S. states during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the previous years.
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Extra Space Storage used data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to determine the 25 cities with the most people who are 65 years or older.
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Rent-to-own platform ZeroDown compiled a list of 10 real estate trends to follow in 2022 using information from real estate agents, forecast models, brokers, and other real estate experts.
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Stacker took a look at Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 chart, the definitive gauge for hit-makers, to determine the biggest songs of the year.
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Stacker surveys literary publications and book-rating websites to bring you 21 of the best new books in 2021.
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says he expects a surge in coronavirus cases around the New Year period, as the national disease control center says the country has now recorded its first death of someone with the new omicron variant. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said Thursday that Germany hasn’t seen a big, rapid wave
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olivertapia (CNN) — A medida que las variantes del nuevo coronavirus ómicron y delta, altamente transmisibles, continúan arrasando en Estados Unidos, las autoridades de salud advierten que se espera que más personas se infecten, incluso aquellas que están completamente vacunadas contra el covid-19, y deben quedarse en casa y aislarse para no contagiar el virus
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By Tina Burnside and Jason Hanna, CNN A “major industrial accident” injured at least four people early Thursday at one of the United States’ largest oil refineries, sheriff’s officials in the Houston area said. Initial reports indicated an explosion happened at the ExxonMobil oil refinery in Baytown, Texas, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell, CNN With the potentially more transmissible Omicron now the most widely detected variant in the US, hospitals are preparing for additional Covid-19 cases as millions of Americans face infection. And for the second year in a row, many doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the pandemic will be treating these patients
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. officials have denied an American citizen who was arrested in Turkey for allegedly providing a fake passport to a Syrian man is a U.S. diplomat. Turkish officials said Wednesday they detained a U.S. diplomat at Istanbul Airport on Nov. 11. Authorities in Turkey publicly identified the man only by his
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By Travis Caldwell, Sara Sidner, Stephanie Becker and Dan Przygoda, CNN For the second year in a row, weary doctors and nurses on the front lines of the pandemic are preparing to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients over the Christmas holiday as the highly transmissible Omicron variant drives up case counts across the United States. “It’s
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN On Tuesday, the central Chinese city of Xi’an recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases. By Wednesday, authorities had imposed strict lockdown measures on its estimated 13 million residents. The sweeping restrictions, which prevent people from leaving their homes, come as the country braces for the Lunar New Year travel rush, followed by
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Afghan activist and author Nemat Sadat talks to Bianna Golodryga about the plight of LGBTQ people in Afghanistan.
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Afghanistan’s first female Olympian, Friba Rezayee, says she is “very angry” that her country’s plight is “falling off the world agenda” as she continues to help those still trying to escape. Rezayee was one of many to oppose the Taliban takeover of the country in August and says those still left
Continue Reading By Maria Cartaya and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A North Carolina police chief has been placed on unpaid leave and probation for telling officers about a “clinic” that would issue them a Covid-19 vaccination card without actually receiving the shot, local officials said. T.J. Smith — the police chief of Oakboro Town, North Carolina — violated
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Parece que pocas cosas escapan al flagelo de la inflación en estos días, y eso pronto incluirá los pasaportes estadounidenses. El 27 de diciembre, el precio por un pasaporte estadounidense aumentará US$ 20 para todas las personas, anunció el Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. emite el primer
Continue Reading By LAURA UNGAR and TALI ARBEL Associated Press For the second year in a row, the ever-morphing coronavirus presents would-be holiday revelers with a difficult choice: cancel their trips and celebrations yet again or figure out how to forge ahead as safely as possible. Many health experts are begging people not to let down their
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jurors in the fraud trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes returned to the courtroom Thursday to listen to a replay of audio recordings that captured her brash promises about a vaunted blood-testing technology the propelled her meteoric rise and scandalous downfall. In those
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jurors in the fraud trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes returned to the courtroom Thursday to listen to a replay of audio recordings that captured her brash promises about a vaunted blood-testing technology the propelled her meteoric rise and scandalous downfall. In those
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HONOLULU (AP) — Scotty Pippen Jr. scored 21 points and Vanderbilt turned back Hawaii 68-54 in the nightcap of the Diamond Head Classic. Pippen missed all four of his 3-point tries, but hit 8 of 12 shots from inside the arc and 5 of 6 free throws for the Commodores (7-4) who are making their
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer Few if any athletes have had a run — well, a skate — like Nathan Chen since 2018. Chen finished fifth in the men’s figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Games, following a fiasco of a short program for 17th place with a rousing free skate that he won
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The AFC North has become the NFL’s perfect storm of parity. The co-leaders — Baltimore and Cincinnati — are just a game ahead of last-place Cleveland. Sandwiched between in third place are the Pittsburgh Steelers, who would be part of that first-place deadlock if
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have joined forces in the fight against unruly airplane passengers. The two organizations released a statement declaring that travelers who cause difficulties can lose their TSA PreCheck credentials. “Our partnership aims to promote safe and responsible passenger behavior,” FAA Administrator Steve
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Intel Corp. has apologized for asking suppliers to avoid sourcing goods from Xinjiang after the chipmaker became the latest foreign brand attacked by state media over the region where authorities are accused of widespread abuses. The company, in a statement on its social media account, said
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China has plunged a city of 13 million people into lockdown to stamp out an increase in coronavirus infections, as the country doubles down on its “zero tolerance” policy just weeks before it is set to host the Winter Olympics. The restrictions in the northeastern city of Xi’an took effect at midnight
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Intel Corp. has apologized for asking suppliers to avoid sourcing goods from Xinjiang after the chipmaker became the latest foreign brand attacked by state media over the region where authorities are accused of widespread abuses. The company, in a statement on its social media account, said
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