By Brooke Taylor, CTVNews.ca Writer and Genevieve Beauchemin, Montreal Bureau Chief, CTV National News Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As many former Afghan interpreters for the Canadian military wonder if they’ll be able to escape the Taliban, one man and his family were able to get on a
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Lindores, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — After more than 1.5 years of isolation, some people are starting to reconnect with friends they haven’t seen in a long time. That pandemic pause may have put friendships under strain, but there are healthy ways to press
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By ANNE D’iNNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A return, at least temporarily, to near normalcy is giving a boost two of America’s largest department stores hit by the pandemic last year. Macy’s and Kohl’s raised their outlooks for 2021 Thursday after easily beating Wall Street expectations for the second quarter. Americans are
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LEEDS, England (AP) — English county cricket team Yorkshire has apologized to one of its former players after an independent investigation into his claims of institutional racism found he was a “victim of inappropriate behavior.” Azeem Rafiq is a former England under-19 captain who said in interviews last year that as a Muslim he was
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By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake and urgently need help to treat them, medical staff say. The quake, which struck the southwest of the country, left at least 2,189 dead and more than 12,268 injured, the country’s civil protection agency
Continue Reading By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake and urgently need help to treat them, medical staff say. The quake, which struck the southwest of the country, left at least 2,189 dead and more than 12,268 injured, the country’s civil protection agency
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — ¡Es niño! Scarlett Johansson y Colin Jost celebran la llegada de su primer bebé juntos. Jost anunció la noticia en su Instagram el miércoles. “Está bien, está bien, tenemos un bebé. Su nombre es Cosmo. Lo amamos mucho”, escribió Jost. No se compartieron detalles sobre cuándo nació el bebé. Jost añadió que
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — La moneda de Afganistán se desplomó a mínimos históricos esta semana mientras los talibanes tomaban el control de la empobrecida nación y la escasez de dólares estadounidenses desencadenaba el pánico. El afgani cotizaba a 86 por dólar estadounidense el miércoles, una fuerte caída desde aproximadamente 80 hace una semana,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El ritmo de hospitalizaciones por covid-19 está aumentando en todo EE.UU., y las tasas de niños y adultos menores de 50 años han alcanzado sus niveles más altos hasta la fecha, según datos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas
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By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Federal authorities are proposing more than a half-million dollars in new fines against commercial airline passengers they say refused to wear masks, hit flight attendants and even threw luggage across the cabin. The Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement Thursday of $531,545 in fines against 34 passengers accused of being
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business For those who don’t think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you’re sitting around a table in a conference room. On Thursday, Facebook unveiled Horizon Workrooms, a free app
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business For those who don’t think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you’re sitting around a table in a conference room. On Thursday, Facebook unveiled Horizon Workrooms, a free app
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Suena confuso: los funcionarios federales de salud dicen que las vacunas de covid-19 están funcionando bien y brindan más del 90% de protección contra enfermedades graves y la muerte. Mantienen a la gente fuera de los hospitales. Sin embargo, también dicen que los estudios muestran que incluso las personas vacunadas tienen
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Nota del editor: Saira Shah es una periodista y cineasta cuyos trabajos incluyen “Beneath the Veil” y “The Storyteller’s Daughter”. Ahora trabaja con la Fundación Idries Shah. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son suyas. Lee más opinión en CNN. (CNN) — Hace veinte años casi exactos, entré clandestinamente al Afganistán de los
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By RANDA KRISS of NerdWallet Scammers and predatory lenders continue to try to take advantage of small businesses searching for COVID-19 recovery funding — especially with the end of the Paycheck Protection Program. To protect themselves from potential bad actors, business owners should watch out for financing sold exclusively on speed, as well as any
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Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Africa director for the World Health Organization says rich countries’ decisions to roll out COVID-19 booster shots while so many people across Africa remain unvaccinated “threaten the promise of a brighter tomorrow” for the continent. She adds that “as some richer countries hoard vaccines, they
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Antoine Griezmann gets his best chance yet to take a leading role at Barcelona as the Catalan club continues adjusting to life without Lionel Messi. Griezmann will be making his 101st appearance with Barcelona when the club visits Athletic Bilbao in the second round of the
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police say a 15-year-old boy has been detained on suspicion of attempted murder after a school employee was seriously wounded in a knife attack in southern Sweden. The incident happened in Eslov, northeast of Malmo, Sweden’s third largest city. The motive for Thursday’s attack is unclear, a police spokeswoman said. A
Continue Reading By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake and urgently need help to treat them, medical staff say. The quake, which struck the southwest of the country, left at least 2,189 dead and more than 12,268 injured, the country’s civil protection agency
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