By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Biogen expects “minimal” revenue this year from its Alzheimer’s treatment initially hailed as potentially a breakthrough drug, but one with an eye-popping price tag that drew immediate criticism from doctors and patient advocates. The drugmaker on Thursday released a forecast for 2022 that caught investors off guard, sending shares
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By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, after one of the torchbearers reportedly chosen by Chinese authorities riled up New Delhi’s anger. India’s foreign affairs spokesman on Thursday accused China of having “chosen to politicize” the Olympics. The move followed reports
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Competition from TikTok. A stagnant user base in key markets. A pricey bid to invest in virtual reality that could take years to pay off. These are just a few reasons investors are dumping Facebook’s Meta after a disastrous earnings report, which could wipe more than $200 billion off the
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By Katia Hetter, CNN A new subvariant of Omicron is spreading rapidly in some parts of the world. This spinoff from the original Omicron variant, called BA.2, has been found in at least 49 countries, including the United States. In some countries, like Denmark, BA.2 has already surpassed the original Omicron (BA.1) as the dominant
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN A new subvariant of Omicron is spreading rapidly in some parts of the world. This spinoff from the original Omicron variant, called BA.2, has been found in at least 49 countries, including the United States. In some countries, like Denmark, BA.2 has already surpassed the original Omicron (BA.1) as the dominant
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CNNEE (CNN) — Las Fuerzas Especiales de EE.UU. llevaron a cabo “con éxito” una misión antiterrorista en el noroeste de Siria este miércoles por la noche, lo que resultó en la muerte del líder de ISIS, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, anunció el presidente Joe Biden este jueves por la mañana. Fue la redada estadounidense más
Continue Reading By Charles Riley, CNN Business Life is about to get much more expensive for tens of millions of Brits. A cap on how much UK consumers can be charged for energy will increase by 54% in April, according to energy regulator Ofgem. That means the 22 million households covered by the cap will be paying
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By Sara Spary, CNN Irish actor Cillian Murphy has said it was “very strange” to film the final series of “Peaky Blinders” without Helen McCrory, as he remembered his “brave” and “magnificent” former co-star. Murphy, who plays protagonist Tommy Shelby in the hit series, said in an interview with Esquire on Tuesday that McCrory was
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business US airlines canceled thousands more flights Thursday as a powerful winter storm packing ice, rain, sleet and several inches of snow is stretching from the Midwest to the South and eventually parts of the Northeast. On Thursday, there were more than 4,200 cancellations within, into, or out of the United
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CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business US airlines canceled thousands more flights Thursday as a powerful winter storm packing ice, rain, sleet and several inches of snow is stretching from the Midwest to the South and eventually parts of the Northeast. On Thursday, there were more than 4,200 cancellations within, into, or out of the
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The blockbuster cancer treatment Keytruda pushed Merck past fourth-quarter expectations, and the drugmaker’s COVID-19 treatment debuted with nearly $1 billion in sales. A 50% jump in sales for the Gardasil vaccine, which protects against cancer-causing human papilloma virus infections, also helped, Merck said Thursday. Overall, Merck earned $3.76 billion
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Two of the world’s biggest video game companies are feeling the pressure as the console wars heat up. Shares of Sony and Nintendo, the makers of the PlayStation and Switch respectively, stumbled Thursday as the two Japanese giants cut their forecasts for sales of the consoles. The fall comes as
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Extreme cold and snow storms are affecting Syrian children in refugee camps in Idlib
Continue Reading KIRKCALDY, Scotland (AP) — A Scottish soccer club has apologized for signing a player who was ruled in 2017 to have raped a woman and said it was “committed to making things right.” The move by second-tier Raith Rovers to sign former Scotland international David Goodwillie had sparked a backlash and withdrawal of sponsors. Raith
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s first minister has resigned as tensions over Britain’s departure from the European Union trigger a fresh political crisis in the region. Paul Givan stepped aside Thursday after one of his ministers tried to block the inspection of goods arriving from other parts of the U.K.
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s energy regulator says a cap on energy prices is going up by a record 54% because of soaring costs of wholesale natural gas. The change announced Thursday will significantly burden millions of households already squeezed by rapidly climbing bills. The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The new generation of Canadian downhillers doesn’t have a nickname yet, but they’ve got plenty of speed like the Crazy Canucks and Canadian Cowboys of yesteryear. Brodie Seger, Jack Crawford and Broderick Thompson are each in their mid 20s and have been flying under the radar
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The U.S. has obtained intelligence indicating that the Russian government has developed a plan to stage a fake Ukrainian attack to establish a pretext for military action. The disclosure came from a senior Biden administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The new intelligence
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By Travis Caldwell and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The FBI has identified people suspected of making bomb threats this week directed at historically Black colleges and universities — which the bureau is investigating as hate crimes, a law enforcement official said. No arrests have been made, the official said. At least 14 HBCUs reported bomb threats
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a container ship has run aground off a German North Sea island, and an initial attempt to free it was unsuccessful. Shipping company Maersk said on Twitter that the Mumbai Maersk ran aground on a “shallow patch” on Wednesday night. It said that “all crew are safe, there is no
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling more than 817,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the seat belt reminder chimes may not sound when the vehicles are started and the driver hasn’t buckled up. Documents posted Thursday by safety regulators say the recall covers the 2021 and 2022 Model S
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Czech Republic women’s hockey team is no longer an international afterthought due to its NCAA development pipeline. Captain Alena Mills helped blaze that trail by pursuing her hockey dreams at Brown. Many have since followed in her footsteps. The women’s team has 14 players with
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olivertapia (CNN) — Hace una semana, la Casa Blanca afirmó que la invasión rusa de Ucrania era “inminente”. Pero aún no ha sucedido, y el tiempo corre. En unas pocas semanas, el hielo puede haber comenzado a descongelarse, o aún podría ser lo suficientemente grueso como para que los blindados rusos lo atraviesen sin anegarse.
Continue Reading By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has described his detention and deportation from Australia that prevented him from defending his Australian Open title as an “unfortunate event.” He met the Serbian president on Thursday and thanked him for his support during the ordeal over his entry visa. An 11-day saga
Continue Reading Simone Pathe, CNN There’s nothing like a Supreme Court vacancy to get people in Washington talking about the Senate. It’s less clear, however, whether the voters who will decide control of the Senate nine months from now are attuned to that conversation, especially since the ideological makeup of the court is not in the balance.
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv Imágenes satelitales muestran despliegue de Rusia alrededor de Ucrania. La Tierra tiene como compañero a un raro asteroide recién descubierto. El drástico aumento de migrantes venezolanos en la frontera sur de EE.UU. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 El contraste de Europa y Estados Unidos
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Oscar Holland, CNN From Joe DiMaggio to Albert Einstein, Princess Diana to Victoria Beckham, watchmaker Patek Philippe has long been a celebrity favorite. But the Swiss brand’s reputation has taken an unexpected turn in recent years. Namedropping luxury labels may be nothing new in hip-hop, but lyrical references to Patek Phillippe exploded in 2017. That
Continue Reading HELSINKI (AP) — Nokia has reported profits in line with analyst expectations and says the wireless and fixed-network equipment maker will resume paying a dividend and launch a share-buyback program. The Espoo, Finland-based company on Thursday reported net profit of 727 million euros for the October-December period, compared with 787 million euros a year earlier.
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Omicron variant put a massive speed bump in the road to America’s recovery this winter. The first signs of trouble could show up in the January jobs report Friday. The White House on Monday prepared Americans for disappointment about the jobs numbers: Jared Bernstein, a member of the White
Continue Reading CNN By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Omicron variant put a massive speed bump in the road to America’s recovery this winter. The first signs of trouble could show up in the January jobs report Friday. The White House on Monday prepared Americans for disappointment about the jobs numbers: Jared Bernstein, a member of the
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