Denmark lifts COVID restrictions, opens many public venues
HELSINKI (AP) — Denmark has lifted a number of coronavirus restrictions and allowed the reopening of certain venues despite the spread of the…
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COVID program delivers 1 billion doses to poorer countries
BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says a U.N.-backed program shipping coronavirus vaccines to many poor countries has now delivered 1…
Continue Reading Portugal’s election campaign begins under pandemic limits
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The official two-week campaigning period for Portugal’s Jan. 30 general election is kicking off. But there will be none…
Continue Reading Tesla inks deal to get key battery component outside China
By TOM BOWKER and TOM KRISHER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tesla is turning to Mozambique for a key component in its electric car batteries in…
Continue Reading Ethiopian diaspora torn by ethnic tensions in Tigray war
By HELINA SELEMON Associated Press Thousands of miles away from the Tigray war a lawsuit between trustees and clergy over the language of services is…
Continue Reading Omicron exposes inflexibility of Europe’s public hospitals
By LORI HINNANT Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The omicron variant of the pandemic is exposing the vulnerabilities of European public…
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‘Saturday Night Live’ returns from winter break with its Joe Biden blaming the surge of Omicron on Spider-Man
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “We’re in the middle of a cold, dark winter,” James Austin Johnson as President Joe Biden said…
Continue Reading ‘Saturday Night Live’ returns from winter break with its Joe Biden blaming the surge of Omicron on Spider-Man
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “We’re in the middle of a cold, dark winter,” James Austin Johnson as President Joe Biden said…
Continue Reading ‘Saturday Night Live’ returns from winter break with its Joe Biden blaming the surge of Omicron on Spider-Man
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “We’re in the middle of a cold, dark winter,” James Austin Johnson as President Joe Biden said…
Continue Reading Microsoft discloses malware attack on Ukraine govt networks
By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies…
Continue Reading DirecTV drops Trump-friendly One America News
By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — DirecTV says it plans to drop the right-wing TV channel One America News Network. The satellite…
Continue Reading 2,800 flights canceled Sunday as winter storm hits East Coast
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Airlines have so far canceled 2,800 flights Sunday as a powerful winter storm packing rain, sleet and snow is poised…
Continue Reading Italian menswear innovator Nino Cerruti dies at 91
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Italian media say Nino Cerruti, the Italian fashion designer credited with revolutionizing menswear…
Continue Reading Fendi leads Milan trends with feminine silhouettes for men
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan menswear designers seem to have decided on the answer, but the question remains: Have the…
Continue Reading GSK rejects $68b Unilever bid for consumer healthcare unit
LONDON (AP) — The pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline says it has rejected an unsolicited 50 billion-pound ($68.4 billion) bid from Unilever for…
Continue Reading Hezbollah, ally end Cabinet boycott in crisis-hit Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and its main Shiite ally say they are ending their boycott of Cabinet meetings after three…
Continue Reading Swine fever in wild boars worries Italy’s pork industry
ROME (AP) — The discovery of African swine fever in northern Italy has pork producers fearing significant damages to a major agricultural export,…
Continue Reading Serbian environmental protesters reject lithium mining plans
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Environmental protesters are once again demanding the cancelation of plans for lithium mining in western Serbia. They took…
Continue Reading Movie theaters reopened in 2021. In 2022 we’ll see if they can thrive
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Last year was a dress rehearsal for the future of movie theaters. This year will show if movies theaters are back for…
Continue Reading Massive winter storm could keep grocery shelves empty even longer
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Grocery stores had already been struggling to keep their shelves stocked because of supply chain delays and Omicron…
Continue Reading Prices are soaring. How high can they go?
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Americans have watched prices spike during the pandemic. By the end of 2021, one inflation measure was near a…
Continue Reading A digital divide haunts schools adapting to virus hurdles
By ANNIE MA Associated Press Philanthropy, federal relief funding and other community driven efforts to close the digital divide in a year of remote…
Continue Reading Tulips for Amsterdam: Growers hand out free flowers
AMSTERDAM (AP) — As stores in Amsterdam and across the Netherlands cautiously reopened after weeks of a coronavirus lockdown, the Dutch capital’s…
Continue Reading Senior ECB official: rate rise too soon could choke recovery
BERLIN (AP) — A senior European Central Bank official says that raising interest rates prematurely could “choke off the recovery,” comments…
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How processed foods cause weight gain
Ultra-processed foods are affordable and convenient, but they also lead to weight gain. Perfect Keto reviewed various scientific studies to see why…
Continue Reading COVID, China, climate: Online Davos event tackles big themes
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has forced the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting of world leaders,…
Continue Reading County’s $7M in PPE left outside, damaged by California rain
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — About $7 million worth of surplus personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies, purchased by a Northern…
Continue Reading Biden team regroups after court loss on COVID shots-or-test
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing ahead with efforts to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the…
Continue Reading DirecTV to sever ties with OAN and drop the right-wing conspiracy channel later this year
By Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter, CNN Business One America News, the right-wing conspiracy channel favored by former President Donald Trump, will be…
Continue Reading Fitch upgrades Greece’s credit outlook to positive
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Credit ratings company Fitch has revised Greece’s outlook to positive from stable,…
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