Ben & Jerry’s will no longer sell ice cream in occupied Palestinian territories, saying it’s inconsistent with the values of the socially conscious brand. The ice cream company, which is owned by Unilever, has been doing business in Israel since 1987. CNN’s Hadas Gold reports from Jerusalem.
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By Lauren Hakimi, CNN Business Several kosher grocery stores around the United States have decided to pull Ben & Jerry’s from their shelves after the company’s announcement this week that it would stop doing business with a licensee in Israel that sells ice cream in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. Dani Secemski, the owner of Glatt
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By Steve Almasy, CNN With the Milwaukee Bucks seeking their first NBA championship in 50 years, their superstar guided the way, putting up 50 points in a legendary NBA Finals-clinching win Tuesday night against the Phoenix Suns. Led by MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who also had 14 rebounds and five blocked shots, the Bucks pulled away
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By David McKenzie and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech will start to manufacture their Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa, they announced jointly on Wednesday, in a move that could significantly increase the availability of doses across the continent next year. When fully operational, the companies said annual vaccine production would exceed 100 million doses,
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Check back here for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri.
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By Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, CNN An extraordinary effort by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to block nominees from being confirmed to vital jobs in the State Department is creating hurdles for the Biden administration and hindering US diplomacy, according to Democrats and Republicans who spoke to CNN. The Biden administration — with
Continue Reading Ted Cruz is facing resistance for pressuring the Biden administration to look over a policy on Russia which is blocking diplomats from being confirmed and frustrating both parties. CNN’s Kylie Atwood reports.
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business Netflix lost 433,000 subscribers in the United States and Canada during the second quarter, according to financial results issued after the bell on Tuesday. That’s not great news for a company that has churned out huge growth in the past, inspiring rivals such as Disney, Apple, Comcast and CNN parent
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and the Democrat-led Senate are working quickly to appoint judges from a broad range of backgrounds to the federal bench as they counter Republican efforts to reshape the bench over the previous four years. The push comes after former President Donald Trump, working with then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The biggest question facing the US economy is when skyrocketing consumer prices will come back to earth. The emergence of the Delta variant only deepens that inflation mystery. The hope is that inflation will cool off as the economy fully reopens, allowing supply to catch up with increasing demand. But
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By Chandler Thornton, CNN Brisbane has been officially announced as host of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032. The Australian city and surrounding South-East Queensland region were approved as the Games hosts at an International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Tokyo on Wednesday. “Brisbane 2032 is the first future host to have been elected
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Venmo is getting rid of the feed that shows users’ payments to strangers. It’s part of a drastic redesign that’s rolling out in the coming weeks. The mobile payment app, owned by PayPal, announced the changes Tuesday, explaining that getting rid of the global feed is part of its “ongoing
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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Maribeth Witzel-Behl had run elections in Madison, Wisconsin, for 15 years when the 2020 election arrived, bringing challenges like no other: a global pandemic, a crushing workload, lawsuits and a recount. Then the threats started. Wisconsin rules require the initials of the municipal clerk to appear on absentee ballots, but during
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By Erica Orden, CNN Michael Avenatti, the celebrity lawyer who rose to fame as an antagonist of former President Donald Trump, faces opening statements Wednesday in Los Angeles as part of his second federal criminal trial, just two weeks after he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison in a separate case in New York.
Continue ReadingMariana Toro CNN llevará a cabo un foro con el presidente Joe Biden a las 8 pm ET el miércoles en Cincinnati, Ohio, que se transmitirá en vivo por CNN, CNN International y CNN en Español, se transmitirá en CNN.com y CNNgo y estará disponible a pedido para los suscriptores vía sistemas por cable/ satelitales,
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By Rob McLean, CNN Business JPMorgan Chase really, really wants CEO Jamie Dimon to stick around. The investment bank awarded Dimon 1.5 million stock options on July 20 — priced at the average price of JPMorgan’s stock on Tuesday, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Today, that’s an award worth more
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By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Amazon founder Jeff Bezos caught up with CNN’s Anderson Cooper after returning to Earth Tuesday, reflecting on his trip to space and the moments before takeoff. Before leaving for space, Bezos and his crew “told each other we love each other,” he told Cooper. “It was a very emotional morning,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the delta variant now accounts for nearly 90% of all new COVID-19 cases in Missouri. In less than two months, the proportion of the delta variant in Missouri went from less than 7% to just under 90%. On June 8,
Continue ReadingOlympic athletes have arrived in Japan for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and are sharing what they do in their down time on social media.
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