By Patrick Oppmann, CNN A skinny, bespectacled, left-leaning playwright whose works until recently were promoted by the government would seem an unlikely candidate to become Cuba’s public enemy number one. But Cuban officials are increasingly taking aim at Yunior Garcia Aguilera and his proposal to hold a peaceful political march later this month — for
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BERLIN (AP) — Official data shows that German factory orders, an important indicator for Europe’s biggest economy, made a feeble recovery in September after a big drop the previous month. The Economy Ministry said Thursday that orders were up 1.3% after a steep 8.8% decline in August. Even September’s small gain was boosted by bulk
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BERLIN (AP) — Official data shows that German factory orders, an important indicator for Europe’s biggest economy, made a feeble recovery in September after a big drop the previous month. The Economy Ministry said Thursday that orders were up 1.3% after a steep 8.8% decline in August. Even September’s small gain was boosted by bulk
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The gap is widening between the impacts of the climate crisis and the world’s effort to adapt to them, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme. The annual “adaptation gap” report — which published Thursday amid the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow — found that the estimated costs
Continue Reading By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister has again urged his information minister to step down over an unprecedented diplomatic rift with Saudi Arabia that threatens to destabilize the new government and escalate its economic tailspin. The prime minister on Thursday said the information minister’s resignation would help resolve a
Continue Reading By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has set another record for daily coronavirus deaths as it struggles through a long surge of infections that has prompted restrictions throughout the country. The national coronavirus task force on Thursday said 1,195 people died of COVID-19 over the past day. That exceeds the 1,189 recorded
Continue Reading By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has set another record for daily coronavirus deaths as it struggles through a long surge of infections that has prompted restrictions throughout the country. The national coronavirus task force on Thursday said 1,195 people died of COVID-19 over the past day. That exceeds the 1,189 recorded
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By Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN A week before their party endured deep losses in Virginia, some of the most vulnerable House Democrats privately debated how to respond to pointed GOP attacks on an issue that has been percolating in districts across the country: critical race theory. With Republicans again embracing the
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In the fight to curb climate change, several major coal-using nations have announced steps to wean themselves off of the heavily polluting fossil fuel. Though some will only do it slowly. The pledges to phase out coal come on top of other promises
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In the fight to curb climate change, several major coal-using nations have announced steps to wean themselves off of the heavily polluting fossil fuel. Though some will only do it slowly. The pledges to phase out coal come on top of other promises
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Un nuevo video de vigilancia aérea infrarroja del FBI reproducido en la corte el miércoles parece mostrar a Kyle Rittenhouse moviéndose hacia un estacionamiento donde estaba Joseph Rosenbaum, revelando momentos nunca antes vistos antes de una interacción que condujo al tiroteo fatal que mató a Rosenbaum. El video es la primera
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — Top officials at the World Health Organization say there has been more than a 50% jump in coronavirus cases across Europe in the last month, making it the epicenter of the pandemic. WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said that despite an ample supply of vaccines, uptake has been uneven throughout the
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration — which cannot prosecute violent airline passengers — has sent only 37 of the more than 5,000 passenger complaints this year to the Justice Department, highlighting a significant challenge when it comes to enforcing the strict rules for the increasingly unruly skies. The FAA said it has
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE and MARIA CHENG Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck’s coronavirus antiviral. It’s the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19. The U.K. is the first country to OK the treatment. But it wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the drug known as molnupiravir will be available.
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El actor Will Smith revela una parte oscura de su crecimiento y la complicada relación que compartió con su difunto padre en un nuevo libro. En “Will”, que se publica el 9 de noviembre, la estrella describe a su padre como un hombre con dualidades. “Mi padre era violento, pero también estaba
Continue Reading By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is seeking more information about a Vietnamese oil tanker that was seized at gunpoint last month by Iranian soldiers in the Gulf of Oman, while vowing to ensure the safety and humane treatment of the ship’s crew members. Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard troops on
Continue Reading By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is seeking more information about a Vietnamese oil tanker that was seized at gunpoint last month by Iranian soldiers in the Gulf of Oman, while vowing to ensure the safety and humane treatment of the ship’s crew members. Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard troops on
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By MATTHEW PERRONE and MARIA CHENG Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck’s coronavirus antiviral. It’s the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19. The U.K. is the first country to OK the treatment. But it wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the drug known as molnupiravir will be available.
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A drone that crashed near a Pennsylvania power substation last year was likely meant to damage or disrupt the electric equipment, according to a federal law enforcement bulletin obtained by CNN. The July 2020 incident is the first known case of a “modified unmanned aircraft system likely being used in the
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — A rescue ship carrying nearly 400 migrants picked up another 400 people from a two-tier wooden boat that had started to sink overnight in the central Mediterranean Sea. A German charity that operates the ship said Thursday that a distress call from the crowded boat originated in
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to stick with their plan for cautious monthly increases in oil production even as prices surge and the global economy is thirsty for fuel. The OPEC+ alliance, made up of OPEC members led by the Saudis
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to stick with their plan for cautious monthly increases in oil production even as prices surge and the global economy is thirsty for fuel. The OPEC+ alliance, made up of OPEC members led by the Saudis
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s job market recovery hit a roadblock in the late summer and early fall. In recent months, the tally of jobs added to the economy has been disappointingly low. But economists have high hopes that the streak of bad news will end with the October jobs report, which is due
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — En las elecciones de este martes, los candidatos republicanos han aumentado en los estados azules (demócratas), las ciudades han rechazado una importante reforma policial y los votantes de los suburbios han mostrado su independencia. ¿Las principales conclusiones? Este es un país más moderado y centrista de lo que dejan entrever
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany has found a 28-year-old mother guilty and sentenced her to life in prison for the murder of five of her six children. German news agency dpa reported that the regional court in Wuppertal established the particular gravity of the crime in handing down its verdict on Thursday. In
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By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona is in negotiations with Qatari club Al-Sadd for the release of Xavi Hernandez so the former midfield great can return to Camp Nou as coach. Xavi says “the two clubs are in conversations and we don’t know how it will end.” Al-Sadd says it is
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN The first generation HPV vaccine cut cervical cancer rates among women by 87%, British researchers reported. The study published Wednesday in the journal The Lancet estimates that by mid-2019, there were 450 fewer cases of cervical cancer and 17,200 fewer cases of pre-cancers than expected in the vaccinated population. Researchers at
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By Jen Christensen, CNN The first generation HPV vaccine cut cervical cancer rates among women by 87%, British researchers reported. The study published Wednesday in the journal The Lancet estimates that by mid-2019, there were 450 fewer cases of cervical cancer and 17,200 fewer cases of pre-cancers than expected in the vaccinated population. Researchers at
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Si los demócratas quieren evitar una noche electoral mucho más devastadora el próximo año que la que sufrieron el martes, deben finalmente derrotar la pandemia de la que fluyen tanto dolor económico y angustia de los votantes. La victoria del republicano Glenn Youngkin en la carrera por el gobernador de Virginia
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge expressed deep skepticism of former President Donald Trump’s arguments that he can keep documents from his White House secret, in the first minutes of an historic court hearing on Thursday related to the January 6 riot. Judge Tanya Chutkan pressed Trump’s lawyers on why,
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