By Charles Riley, CNN Business British motorists desperate for fuel found service stations still closed and long lines at those with gasoline and diesel on Wednesday as the UK government prepared to deploy soldiers in an effort to end days of shortages. The UK military has put 150 tanker drivers on standby to help deliver
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Rolls-Royce, the British manufacturer of very large and very expensive cars and SUVs powered by 12-cylinder engines, announced Wednesday that it will stop selling gasoline powered vehicles by 2030. From then on, Rolls-Royce will be all electric. The automaker also announced the name of the first electric Rolls-Royce, the Spectre,
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Technology stocks dropped sharply on Tuesday in a painful trading session that led the Nasdaq Composite to its worst day since March. The biggest US companies logged major losses. Apple shed 2.4%, while Microsoft fell 3.6%, Amazon lost 2.6% and Facebook dipped 3.7%. Chipmakers Intel and Nvidia also took a
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Turnbull, CTVNews.ca Producer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes to share a decision on whether to ban Huawei Technologies from Canada’s 5G wireless network rollout “in the coming weeks.” Speaking to reporters at a media availability Tuesday, Trudeau said his
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Dunham, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — More than 80 per cent of eligible Canadians over the age of 12 have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to CTV News’ coronavirus vaccination tracker. The tracker tipped over the 80 per cent mark based on numbers
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Najla Bouden Romdhan as the first female prime minister in Tunisia and the Arab world, two months after he sacked the previous government and seized wide-ranging executive powers. “This is the first time in the history of Tunisia that a woman has led a government,”
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business It’s been a busy year for Encode Justice, an international group of grassroots activists pushing for ethical uses of artificial intelligence. There have been legislators to lobby, online seminars to hold, and meetings to attend, all in hopes of educating others about the harms of facial-recognition technology. It would be
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The office of Vice President Kamala Harris is vexed with “The View” after the false Covid-19 positive tests revealed just before Harris was to appear on the show last week sent the program into chaos, people familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday. One of the people explained that
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The office of Vice President Kamala Harris is vexed with “The View” after the false Covid-19 positive tests revealed just before Harris was to appear on the show last week sent the program into chaos, people familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday. One of the people explained that
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Es esa época del año otra vez: este miércoles es el Día Nacional del Café en Estados Unidos. La conmemoración de este año llega justo cuando los estadounidenses están retomando sus hábitos de consumo de café, según la Asociación Nacional del Café. El consumo de café ha
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Francesca Street, CNN Ignacio Nieto Carvajal and Miguel Piñas Rodríguez met by chance in a gay bar in Madrid, not long after Nieto Carvajal moved to the Spanish capital for work. Nieto Carvajal almost didn’t go out that night, but he says he’s so glad he did. “With Miguel, it was love at first sight,
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By Jen Christensen, CNN New data suggests booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines were well-tolerated, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday. “The frequency and type of side effects were similar to those seen after the second vaccine doses and were mostly mild or moderate and short-lived,” Walensky said during
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By Jen Christensen, CNN New data suggests booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines were well-tolerated, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday. “The frequency and type of side effects were similar to those seen after the second vaccine doses and were mostly mild or moderate and short-lived,” Walensky said during
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By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing calls at home to increase commitments to slashing greenhouse gas emissions after the country’s most-populous state on Wednesday announced goals nearly twice as ambitious as his government’s. New South Wales, which includes the country’s biggest city of Sydney, will now seek
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — La temporada de influenza y los llamados de los expertos en salud pública para vacunarse contra esta ocurren todos los años, pero ahora esto es más importante que nunca. “Lo que debes hacer es vacunarte tan pronto como puedas y de la manera más rápida”, dijo el lunes el Dr. Anthony
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By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN When it comes to keeping Covid-19 at bay, few countries seem willing to go as far as China. As countries around the world reopen borders and loosen coronavirus restrictions, Beijing is doubling down on its zero-Covid strategy. The latest example: a $260 million, 5,000-room quarantine facility for incoming
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By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN When it comes to keeping Covid-19 at bay, few countries seem willing to go as far as China. As countries around the world reopen borders and loosen coronavirus restrictions, Beijing is doubling down on its zero-Covid strategy. The latest example: a $260 million, 5,000-room quarantine facility for incoming
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Español) — Este miércoles, la Policía Nacional de Colombia informó a través de su cuenta verificada de Twitter que, al finalizar las protestas del martes en Bogotá, registró un saldo de 5 civiles capturados y 4 policías heridos. El brigadier general Eliécer Camacho Jiménez dijo que se volvieron a presentar disturbios en las
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By Eric Levenson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN An attorney for Gabby Petito’s family expressed skepticism Tuesday that the parents of her fiancé Brian Laundrie would help in the FBI’s ongoing search for him. “The Laundries did not help us find Gabby. They’re sure not going to help us find Brian,” family attorney Richard Stafford said.
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