By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat is holding talks in Moscow on security issues including arms control and the situation in Afghanistan. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland arrived in Moscow Monday on a three-day visit for talks that the U.S. State Department said would touch on a range
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Dopesick” is a major undertaking, exploring the opioid crisis from multiple angles, including the ground-level carnage inflicted by OxyContin addiction, Purdue Pharma’s inner workings and the government personnel seeking to combat it. Scattered in places, in its totality it’s an engrossing eight-part series, made more so by Purdue’s bankruptcy proceedings
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Dopesick” is a major undertaking, exploring the opioid crisis from multiple angles, including the ground-level carnage inflicted by OxyContin addiction, Purdue Pharma’s inner workings and the government personnel seeking to combat it. Scattered in places, in its totality it’s an engrossing eight-part series, made more so by Purdue’s bankruptcy proceedings
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Esta variante delta podría ser la última gran oleada de la pandemia de covid-19, pero ahora no es el momento de que EE.UU. se confíe, ya que todavía tiene que seguir su curso, dijo un experto este lunes. “Todavía nos quedan un par de meses hasta que esta oleada delta
Continue ReadingBy EMILY RITTMAN Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Family members whose loved one was hit by two drivers as he left the Chiefs game on Sunday are pleading with witnesses of the deadly hit and run crash to come forward with information. When rain came pouring down at
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Pamela continues to strengthen as it moves along Mexico’s Pacific coast and could become a near-major hurricane before hitting somewhere near the port of Mazatlan Wednesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Pamela’s center was about 265 miles (430 kilometers) southwest of Mazatlan on Tuesday and it was moving north
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Elon Musk’s personal wealth is now $222 billion, widening his gap as the richest person in the world according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Musk’s personal wealth skyrocketed an extra $10.6 billion after a secondary share sale by investors, announced last week, valued SpaceX over $100 billion, CNBC reported. Jeff Bezos,
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Elon Musk’s personal wealth is now $222 billion, widening his gap as the richest person in the world according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Musk’s personal wealth skyrocketed an extra $10.6 billion after a secondary share sale by investors, announced last week, valued SpaceX over $100 billion, CNBC reported. Jeff Bezos,
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By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a 5-year, 30 billion-euro ($35 billion) investment plan for developing innovative technology, including small nuclear reactors, electric cars and greener airplanes. Macron said Tuesday that the goal of the state-funded France 2030 plan is to boost France’s economic growth over
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a 5-year, 30 billion-euro ($35 billion) investment plan for developing innovative technology, including small nuclear reactors, electric cars and greener airplanes. Macron said Tuesday that the goal of the state-funded France 2030 plan is to boost France’s economic growth over
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Millones de personas en todo el mundo están amenazadas por el aumento del nivel del mar que, junto con otros factores, podría llevarse a su paso a ciudades enteras a lo largo de este siglo. De América del Norte a Asia, las alarmas están encendidas. ¿Qué pasa en América Latina? Te mostramos
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Silvia Marchetti, CNN With no crowds even before the pandemic, pretty villages, proximity to Rome, access to ski slopes and incredible scenery, the Italian region of Abruzzo has a lot to offer as a destination. Until very recently, however, it hasn’t had what many people are turning to Italy in search of — houses on
Continue Reading TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will meet for the first time with President Vladimir Putin in Russia later this month. The premier and the president will visit in the seaside resort city of Sochi, Russia, to discuss political, security and economic issues — with Iran at the top of
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — LG Electronics has reached a deal with General Motors to pay as much as $2 billion to reimburse the automaker for the cost of recalling Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles due to battery fires. The automaker announced the deal in a statement early Tuesday. GM says it will show a $1.9 billion to
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business For the first time since late 2014, US oil prices are back above $80 per barrel — a boon for the energy industry, which was battered during the pandemic, but bad news for the economic recovery as winter approaches. What’s happening: West Texas Intermediate futures, the US crude benchmark, finished
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean soldier clad in a super-tight blue outfit in a state media photo has generated a buzz on social media, with some calling him “a superhero,” “a captain DPRK,” or “a rocket man.” He was among nearly 30 soldiers who
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European Union leaders have vowed to uphold Ukraine’s energy security and have signed deals intended to bolster ties during a summit in Kyiv. In a statement after Tuesday’s meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, EU Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European Union leaders have vowed to uphold Ukraine’s energy security and have signed deals intended to bolster ties during a summit in Kyiv. In a statement after Tuesday’s meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, EU Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine wait anxiously to learn when it’s their turn. Federal regulators begin tackling that question this week.
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine wait anxiously to learn when it’s their turn. Federal regulators begin tackling that question this week.
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