By David Wright, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney announced Tuesday that her campaign raised nearly $1.9 million in second quarter 2021, setting what her office described as a quarterly fundraising record for the Wyoming Republican, amid her removal from House leadership and ahead of a potentially bruising reelection campaign. Cheney’s big fundraising haul follows her ouster
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN As Europe struggles with a rising number of coronavirus cases caused by the Delta variant, several countries are making vaccinations compulsory for health care workers, and some leaders are even considering making shots mandatory for all. France and Greece both announced new vaccine requirements on Monday, following in the footsteps of
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By Amir Vera, Artemis Moshtaghian and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A Lewis and Clark statue featuring Sacagawea (also spelled Sacajawea), a famous Native American woman, was taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia, making it the third statue to be taken down in the city. The statue is of two White men — Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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By Betsy Klein, CNN First lady Jill Biden will travel to Tokyo later this month for the 2021 Olympic Summer Games, her office announced Tuesday after questions as to whether the trip could happen due to Covid-19 restrictions at the Games. Last week, it was announced that spectators would be banned from the Games’ Tokyo
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Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El papa Francisco volverá a trabajar como jefe de la Iglesia católica tan pronto como pueda, dijo el martes el portavoz del Vaticano, Matteo Bruni, en un comunicado de prensa. “El Santo Padre continúa con su tratamiento y rehabilitación planeados, lo que le permitirá regresar al Vaticano lo antes posible”,
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Almost £180 million ($249 million) in cryptocurrency has been seized by London’s Metropolitan Police — the biggest confiscation in the UK, the force said. The confiscation is thought to be one of the largest globally, the Met Police said, and comes just weeks after police confiscated £114 million ($158 million) of
Continue ReadingBy Christy Somos, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A study by U.S. researchers at Johns Hopkins University suggests that handwriting beats typing and watching videos when it comes to learning to read. The study, published in the June volume of the journal Psychological Science, had 42
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — More than 50 per cent of Canadians who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine have now been fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. According to data tracked by CTVNews.ca, 50.06 per cent of Canadians age 12 and
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden has staked his presidency on America’s return — a return to normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic, a return to the global stage following four years of Trump-era isolationism and, arguably, a return to many of the policy positions adopted by the Obama administration. But recent incidents in the
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Jack Guy, CNN A new Barbie doll modeled on tennis star Naomi Osaka has sold out just hours after it was released on Monday. The new doll is part of the Barbie Role Model series and holds a Yonex tennis racket, according to a press release from toy company Mattel. It sports a Nike tennis
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business It’s been quite some time since Corporate America saw numbers this good. What’s happening: Earnings season kicks off in earnest on Tuesday, and expectations for corporate profits are extremely high. According to FactSet, S&P 500 companies are due to report year over-year earnings growth of 64% for the second quarter,
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By Caitlin Hu, Natalie Gallón and Matt Rivers. Video and photos by David von Blohn. The plot to kill Haiti’s President allegedly spanned multiple countries and involved highly experienced former military officers and months of planning, according to local officials. Yet the primary suspects in the case appear to have been unprepared for their fierce
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By Tami Luhby, CNN States that have terminated pandemic unemployment benefits early can restart the programs, but there may be a break in payments for some laid-off Americans, the Biden administration said Monday. The guidance comes as jobless residents in more states file lawsuits to reinstate the benefits. Unemployed workers in Ohio and Oklahoma this
Continue Readingolivertapia Puerto PrÃncipe, Haità (CNN) — El complot para asesinar al presidente de Haità supuestamente abarcó varios paÃses e involucró a ex oficiales militares con mucha experiencia y meses de planificación, según funcionarios locales. Sin embargo, los principales sospechosos del caso parecen no haber estado preparados para una feroz persecución por parte de las fuerzas
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People are traveling more but oil supply hasn’t caught up with demand. CNN’s Matt Egan explains why the BIden administration needs to focus on energy diplomacy.
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business The failure by major oil producers to agree on supply increases could elevate fuel prices, stoking inflation and weighing on the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the International Energy Agency has warned. The Paris-based organization said in a report on Tuesday that the OPEC+ impasse, which is keeping production capped
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By Rob Picheta, CNN Formula One driver Lando Norris had his watch stolen after attending the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, his McLaren team has said. The 21-year-old Norris was unhurt but left “shaken” by the incident, which has now been turned over to police, the team said in a statement on
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — Un accidente de un bus en el área de Potolo, Sucre, a 30 kilómetros de La Paz, deja como saldo 31 fallecidos, informó el lunes la agencia Boliviana de Información ABI. El bus cayó por una pendiente de 150 metros de profundidad, según el reporte. Las autoridades investigan las causas del
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By Charles Riley and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Business France’s antitrust regulator has fined Google nearly $600 million and given the company two months to come up with proposals on how to pay publishers for their content or face more punishment. The regulator said in a statement on Tuesday that Google had disregarded several injunctions related
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