LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s government is restricting the use of some reservoirs for hydroelectric power and irrigation amid an unusual winter drought. Portugal’s weather agency said that at the end of January all the country was enduring some degree of drought due to relatively low rainfall since November. It said 45% of the land
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urielblanco (CNN) –Jimin, integrante del popular grupo de K-pop BTS, dio positivo por covid-19 y se sometió a una cirugía por apendicitis aguda, informó este lunes su agencia de representación. El cantante y bailarín, cuyo nombre completo es Park Ji-min, acudió a urgencias el domingo tras experimentar “un repentino dolor abdominal junto con un leve
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Love is even sweeter the second time around for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. Lopez talked to People magazine about how she’s “never been better.” She credits part of her happiness to reuniting with Affleck. The two were previously engaged to back in 2002 before they split in 2004. Both
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By Maya Brown, CNN Rev. Robert W. Lee felt like his integrity was being challenged when Confederate defenders continued to accuse him of lying about being a distant relative of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. He proved them wrong with a 400-page genealogy report he received in October, but the North Carolina pastor and social
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macamilarincon (CNN) — A medida que la segunda tormenta invernal en menos de una semana se instala en todo el país, 21 estados se preparan para una ráfaga de precipitaciones invernales y temperaturas peligrosamente frías. Las alertas por tiempo invernal en Estados Unidos incluyen a más de 90 millones de personas y se extienden por más
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, Stella Chan and Kevin Flower, CNN A former UCLA lecturer is in custody for allegedly making threats toward the university after emails with a link to an 800-page manifesto containing “very alarming” accounts of violence led investigators to Boulder, Colorado, according to authorities. Upon reviewing the emails, UCLA police tracked the author,
Continue Reading A former UCLA lecturer is in custody for allegedly making threats toward the university after emails, with a link to an 800-page manifesto containing “very alarming” accounts of violence, led investigators to the author in Boulder, Colorado, according to authorities. CNN’s Erica Hill reports.
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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — If you are Black or Hispanic in a state that already limits access to abortions, you are far more likely than a white woman to have one. And according to statistics analyzed by The Associated Press, if the U.S. Supreme Court allows
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Sana Noor Haq, CNN Ye (formally known as Kanye West) is apparently tired of being asked to do an NFT. The American rapper and designer made it clear in a social media post on Monday night that he has no interest in stepping into the digital art world in that way. “My focus is on
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business In 2021, ExxonMobil posted its largest profit in seven years, as soaring energy prices added more than $100 billion in revenue to the company’s top line. The nation’s largest oil company earned $23 billion for the year, compared to a loss of $1.4 billion, excluding special items, in 2020. The
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The pandemic economy is one of imbalances: supply chain woes and rising inflation have been with us for a while now, with few solutions in sight. But there’s another big shock to the global economy taking shape: climate change. Although the pandemic will eventually end — whether it takes months
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State University is suspending food and beverage sales during indoor spotting events because of what the university says is inconsistent compliance with the state’s indoor mask mandate. The university said in a statement Monday that the suspension of concession sales will remain in effect until New Mexico’s mask
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By Amy Woodyatt, Nada Bashir and Dalal Mawad, CNN Mama Diakité is 23, and has been playing club football for the past 10 years. But all of that could change, she says, if a ban on wearing the hijab while playing sports proposed by the French senate becomes law. “It almost means the end of
Continue Reading In France, some lawmakers are pushing for the hijab to be banned in sporting competitions. One group of soccer-playing women in Paris is taking a stand. CNN’s Nada Bashir reports from Paris.
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Business) — Organiza el evento deportivo más popular de Estados Unidos en la segunda mayor área metropolitana. Y súmale que el equipo local del estadio enfrenta a un rival que nunca ha ganado un campeonato. ¿Qué obtienes? Como es lógico, precios récord para los boletos del Super Bowl. SeatGeek dijo que el precio
Continue Reading By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Actress Rachel Zegler has responded to criticism of her casting as Snow White in an upcoming live-action remake. Speaking virtually about her detractors to actor Andrew Garfield as part of Variety’s Actors on Actors series, Zegler said it was necessary to “love them in the right direction.” “I never in a
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El ministro de Medio Ambiente de Perú, Rubén Ramírez, anunció este lunes que la petrolera española Repsol tiene suspendidas todas las actividades de carga y descarga en el mar peruano hasta que la empresa ofrezca garantías técnicas para evitar otro derrame. La medida dispone la paralización de operaciones de hidrocarburos en la
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KIRKCALDY, Scotland (AP) — A bestselling novelist has ended her sponsorship of a second-division football team in Scotland over its signing of a player who was ruled by a judge in 2017 to have raped a woman. Crime writer Val McDermid slammed Raith Rovers’ decision to sign David Goodwillie on Monday as a “disgusting and
Continue Reading SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Ski jumper Marita Kramer will miss the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19. The Austrian team says a PCR test confirmed the infection detected over the weekend in Germany. The 20-year-old Kramer was due to compete at her first Winter Olympics. The women’s normal hill competition on Saturday is one
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Olympic officials in Taiwan have reversed a decision to skip Friday’s opening ceremony of the Beijing Games in China. They say the decision was made under pressure from the International Olympic Committee. Taiwanese athletes compete as Chinese Taipei at Olympics as part of a decades-old agreement with China brokered by the IOC.
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Holly Yan and Paul P. Murphy, CNN A growing number of historically Black colleges and universities have had to lock down or postpone classes due to bomb threats on the first day of Black History Month. At least 14 HBCUs reported bomb threats Tuesday. At least one of them, Howard University, also
Continue Reading By Brandon Griggs, CNN On Wednesday, the Washington Football Team will reveal its new name, forging a fresh identity for an NFL franchise known for 83 years as the Redskins. The announcement will end 18 months of market research for the team, which ditched its previous name under growing pressure in July 2020 because of
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Se espera que la farmacéutica Pfizer solicite este lunes la autorización de su vacuna contra el covid-19 para niños de 6 meses a 5 años a la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés), según una persona familiarizada con el plan. Pfizer y BioNTech inician un
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Stocks haven’t experienced a start to the year this rough in a very long time. What’s happening: After rallying almost 27% in 2021, the S&P 500 finished January down 5.3%. It was the index’s worst January since 2009. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite shed 9%, its worst kickoff since 2008. It’s
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EL PASO, Texas — While hundreds of El Pasoans continue to test positive for Covid-19, the number of new cases is starting to decline. That could mean that in the coming weeks the Borderland will be past our omicron surge. Local infectious disease specialist, Dr. Ogechika Alozie, said this wave could change how we approach the
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — Hablemos de Bruno. La exitosa canción “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” de la película animada de Disney “Encanto” es ahora la canción número 1 en la lista Billboard Hot 100. en Estados Unidos. “We Don’t Talk about Bruno”en los primeros lugares de Billboard La pegadiza melodía, escrita por Lin-Manuel Miranda, desplazó a
Continue Reading By ISIFU WIRFENGLA Associated Press BUEA, Cameroon (AP) — The African Cup of Nations in Cameroon sparks memories for Tiku Achale of what soccer used to be like in his hometown before the fighting and the killings. Achale remembers fans wearing Cameroon team shirts and carrying flags as they walked down the streets on gameday.
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Exxon Mobil returned to a profit in its fourth quarter as demand for oil continues to improve. The oil and natural gas company earned $8.87 billion, or $2.08 per share, for the three-month period. A year earlier it lost $20.07 billion, or $4.70 per share. Removing certain items, earnings
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Exxon Mobil returned to a profit in its fourth quarter as demand for oil continues to improve. The oil and natural gas company earned $8.87 billion, or $2.08 per share, for the three-month period. A year earlier it lost $20.07 billion, or $4.70 per share. Removing certain items, earnings
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Aston Martin has unveiled a new version of the British luxury brand’s first SUV. Called the DBX707, it’s powered by a 697-horsepower turbocharged V8 engine, and Aston is calling it “the world’s most powerful luxury SUV.” The claim depends, to some degree, on how you define a “luxury SUV.” Aston
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