By Sebastian Shukla and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN In the central Syrian desert, an oil field has become a makeshift torture chamber. An unarmed man writhes in the dust, howling in pain. Four men in military fatigues pin him down and smash his hands and feet with a sledgehammer. As he cries out for help, they
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By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN Last week, the Biden administration warned American companies about the risk of doing business in Hong Kong, citing Beijing’s increasing crackdown on the city. “The bottom line is that businesses should be aware that the risks faced in mainland China are now increasingly present in Hong Kong,” White
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Search crews have been nearing the bottom of a pile of rubble left behind after a Surfside condo building collapsed nearly a month ago, according to officials. And as more families get answers, the community is grieving those lost. “On the original collapse site, we are almost at the bottom,” Miami-Dade
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Tom Barrack, un exasesor del expresidente Donald Trump, fue acusado este martes de ejercer presión ilegal en nombre de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos por lo que los fiscales federales en Brooklyn describieron como un esfuerzo para influir en las posiciones de política exterior tanto de la campaña presidencial de Trump en 2016
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Eating beef, lamb, pork and processed meats will increase your risk of coronary heart disease later in life, according to a new meta-analysis of studies on over 1.4 million people who were followed for 30 years. Also called coronary artery disease, the condition is the leading cause of death and disability
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Cada vez falta menos para los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio. Tras un año de pandemia, y varias dificultades y controversias, Tokio 2020 será una realidad. Los Juegos Olímpicos comienzan el viernes 23 de julio de 2021 (la inauguración será a las 7 a.m. hora de Miami), y se realizarán hasta
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN For much of last year, it seemed like Indonesia had managed to keep its Covid-19 outbreak largely under control. Now, the island nation — home to about 270 million people — has become Asia’s new epicenter of the pandemic, reporting more daily cases and deaths than hard-hit India as a devastating
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Este martes no fue un buen día para Donald Trump. Su deportista favorito fue a la Casa Blanca a celebrar que había ganado la Super Bowl… y Trump no estaba allí. ¿Y lo que es peor? ¡Se rieron de él! Sí, Tom Brady, el famoso quarterback de los Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
Continue Readingolivertapia Ottawa (CNN) — La larga espera pronto terminará para los extranjeros a quienes se les ha prohibido ingresar a Canadá durante casi 16 meses. A partir del 9 de agosto, se permitirá la entrada a Canadá a los ciudadanos y residentes permanentes de Estados Unidos que actualmente residan en territorio estadounidense y que estén
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Washington (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden ordenó a su administración que examine las remesas a Cuba a raíz de las protestas en la isla para determinar las formas en que los residentes en Estados Unidos pueden enviar dinero al país, dijo a CNN un alto funcionario del gobierno. “Bajo la dirección del
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By Joshua Berlinger, CNN After a delay of more than a year due to the pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics are finally underway. Competition began Wednesday morning with Japan’s softball team facing off against Australia at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium. The opening ceremony will be held Friday, but Olympic events typically begin before
Continue ReadingBy Julia Hollingsworth, CNN A 39-year-old man allegedly used a rope made from bed sheets to shimmy down from a fourth floor hotel room and flee Australian quarantine, police said. The man arrived in Western Australia from Brisbane on Monday afternoon, but didn’t meet the exemption requirements needed to enter the state, which currently has
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Life expectancy in the United States fell by a year and a half in 2020 primarily due to increases in death due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to early data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “U.S. life expectancy at birth for 2020, based on nearly final
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Amy Tersteeg talks to CNN’s Erin Burnett about her husband’s plea to get their children vaccinated before he died of Covid-19.
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Francesca Street, CNN It’s been a strange year for the aviation industry, with many airlines grounding aircraft for significant chunks of 2020. But as air travel returns in some regions, AirlineRatings.com has released its annual round-up of the world’s best carriers, ready to help fliers decide which airline to choose for their return to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Downtown Columbia hotel owners shared concerns Tuesday over a prospective hotel. The owners of the Broadway Hotel and the Tiger Hotel want more solutions to the parking situation surrounding a new prospective AC Marriott planning to be built at Hitt and Cherry Streets. “With lots of local businesses, buying spaces in there,
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Mobileye, an Israeli self-driving technology company owned by Intel, has become the first company to test fully self-driving cars on New York City’s streets. While a number of companies test cars in California and Arizona, New York hasn’t generally been used as a test site. New York is home to
Continue Reading Intel-owned startup Mobileye has completed the first ever tests of self-driving cars on the streets of New York City without a police escort.
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By Jacob Lev, CNN New York Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp is in critical condition following a bicycling accident, Lieutenant Tami Williams of the San Ramon Police Department in California tells CNN. Knapp, 58, collided with a single motorist on Saturday and sustained major injuries, according to police. San Ramon is about 30 miles east
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The illegal foreign lobbying charges brought against Tom Barrack on Tuesday punctuate a winding business and political career defined by his unique staying power in former President Donald Trump’s constantly shifting orbit of advisers. A Southern California businessman and a former chairman of Trump’s inaugural committee, Barrack is charged in a
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