By Nadine Schmidt and Tara John, CNN Austria became the first country in Europe to introduce a national Covid-19 vaccine mandate for adults on Friday after President Alexander Van der Bellen signed it into law. Austria’s sweeping measures will see those without a vaccine certificate or an exemption potentially slapped with initial fines of 600
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olivertapia (CNN) — España terminará la próxima semana con su requisito de usar máscaras al aire libre para protegerse contra el covid-19, dijo el viernes la ministra de Sanidad, Carolina Darias, en una entrevista. “El próximo martes llevaremos un decreto al Consejo de Ministros para eliminar el uso obligatorio de mascarillas al aire libre”, dijo
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The clock is ticking for American speedskater Casey Dawson to get to his first Olympics. He tested positive for COVID-19 three weeks ago but recently had been testing negative and believed that by producing two consecutive negative tests he would be cleared to join his teammates
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Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, artist Ai Weiwei is once again criticizing China’s ruling Communist Party — and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which he said is “ignoring” the safety of the country’s athletes by prioritizing business and “standing next to the authoritarians.”
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CNN By Anna Cooban and Charles Riley, CNN Business Rotterdam is considering a request to dismantle part of a historic bridge to allow a yacht reportedly owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to leave the shipyard where it is being built. The Dutch city has received a request from a local shipbuilder to remove the
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN After years of speculation, James McAvoy has confirmed that he is married to Lisa Liberati. The Scottish actor, best known for playing a young Charles Xavier in the X-Men franchise, revealed in an interview with the UK’s Guardian newspaper Thursday that he secretly married his American partner after meeting her on
Continue Reading Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei discusses the Beijing Winter Olympics, repression by the Chinese government, and his new memoir.
Continue Reading Coy Wire documents his trip to Beijing to cover the Winter Olympics, showing what added pressure the athletes are dealing with ahead of the Olympics.
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — A freak of nature. A beast. Ironman. The Arnold Schwarzenegger of skiing. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has been called each of those names and more for his unusually high ability to withstand pain and set lifting records in the weight room. It’s a big part of what
Continue Reading By Celine Alkhaldi and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Moroccan rescuers are continuing rescue efforts to reach a 5-year-old boy who is trapped in a well in the north of the African country. The child, identified only as Rayan, is stuck in the well which reaches more than 100 feet (30 meters) underground in Chefchaouen province. Machines
Continue Reading olivertapia Moscú (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, y el presidente de China, Xi Jinping, hicieron un llamado a la OTAN para que detenga una mayor expansión durante una reunión al margen de los Juegos Olímpicos el viernes, según una declaración conjunta emitida por el Kremlin. La cumbre de los dos líderes, celebrada
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks CNN America’s jobs recovery got an unexpected boost in January despite the Omicron variant spreading rapidly throughout the country. The economy added 467,000 jobs last month, which is significantly better than most economists had expected. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading Russia’s Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov tells Amanpour Moscow is not preparing a propaganda video that would serve as pretext for an invasion of Ukraine, as US officials allege.
Continue Reading The Northeast will see snow and ice today as bitter cold temperatures settle in over the South. CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the latest forecast.
Continue Reading The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has renewed concerns over China’s surveillance tactics and repression of free speech, leading many athletes to take steps to control their own privacy, including using burner phones. Reality Check’s John Avlon speaks with CNN anchor Jim Sciutto about the country’s history of intimidating its critics – both at home and overseas – and how the Chinese government tries to deflect attention away from its human rights abuses.
Continue Reading By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The historic collapse in Meta’s shares this week has wiped $31 billion off Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth, taking him down three places on Bloomberg’s list of the world’s richest people. He now stands in 10th place on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, behind Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and just a few
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv Cocaína adulterada en Argentina: ¿qué ocurrió? El covid-19 hará impredecibles los Juegos Olímpicos de Beijing 2022. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Así fue la operación que terminó con la muerte del líder de ISIS El líder de ISIS, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, mató a
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By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s next central bank governor will be NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. His tenure at NATO ends later this year. Norway’s government announced his appointment at the central bank in a statement Friday and said it hopes he can start in his new role around Dec.
Continue Reading By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Google is joining Ford Motor Co.’s effort to transform a once-dilapidated Detroit train station into a research hub focused on electric and self-driving vehicles. Ford also announced Friday that Detroit and the state of Michigan have agreed to provide infrastructure and other support for
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olivertapia (CNN) — En las primeras horas de la mañana del miércoles, agentes de policía de Minneapolis colocaron suavemente una llave en la puerta de un apartamento de la ciudad antes de irrumpir gritando “¡Policía! ¡Orden de allanamiento!”, según las imágenes de una cámara corporal publicadas por los funcionarios de la ciudad el jueves por
Continue Reading Billionaire investor George Soros warned China’s economy, especially the real estate market, is facing a crisis under President Xi Jinping.
Continue Reading By Alta Spells, Pamela Kirkland and Dakin Andone, CNN Travis McMichael will stand trial on federal hate crimes charges in the killing of 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery after indicating Friday he would not plead guilty, days after a judge rejected the terms of a plea deal he had reached with prosecutors. Court documents filed
Continue Reading By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Anna Chernova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a call for NATO to halt further expansion during a meeting on the sidelines of the Beijing Olympics on Friday. The two leaders’ summit, held on the day of the Opening Ceremony for the Winter Olympics in
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has celebrated its Independence Day with an appeal by the president to the country’s expatriates to send money home as it struggles with the worst economic crisis in decades mainly due to depleted foreign reserves. Sri Lankans are facing shortages of milk powder,
Continue Reading olivertapia Londres (CNN Business) — La competencia de TikTok. Una base de usuarios estancada en mercados clave. Una apuesta costosa para invertir en realidad virtual que podría tardar años en dar sus frutos. Estas son solo algunas de las razones por las que los inversores se están deshaciendo de las acciones de Meta (Facebook) después
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By George Ramsay, Nina Avramova and Dan Moriarty, CNN Competing in a discipline with synergy at its heart, figure skating pair Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc have found a winning formula on the way to qualifying for the Winter Olympics. “Dad jokes and puns, mostly,” is what LeDec quips as being key to the duo’s
Continue Reading Maame Biney became the first black woman to make a US Olympic short track speed skating team in 2018. Known for her smile and infectious personality, Maame almost quit the sport, but found a supportive community to help her through tough times.
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — American mixed doubles curlers Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys survived an extra end against Sweden for a much-needed victory in the Olympics. They quickly hugged and then found two friendly faces to wave to in a far corner of the eerily quiet and mostly empty Ice
Continue Reading By Jeff Zeleny, Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN Politics is never far removed from the selection of any Supreme Court justice, but the political winds are blowing with unusual ferocity around J. Michelle Childs, a federal judge from South Carolina who is among those on a short list to fill President Joe Biden’s first
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was, for many, the abiding memory of China’s first ever Games. In a display of color, coordination and pyrotechnics, the celebrated director announced the country’s arrival on the world stage in dramatic fashion, complete with performers “painting” on an LED scroll, an
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