SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Morisi Kvitelashvili has become the first Georgian to win a figure skating Grand Prix after edging out Mikhail Kolyada and Kazuki Tomono in a tight contest at the Rostelecom Cup. Each of the top three skaters fell once in a free skate decided by close judging calls as Kvitelashvili won with
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — “El pasado nunca está muerto”, escribió una vez el Nobel William Faulkner. “No es ni siquiera pasado”. Esa famosa cita podría aplicarse a muchos de los ganadores del concurso Fotógrafo Histórico del Año 2021, en el que fotógrafos de todo el mundo compartieron imágenes de los sitios históricos, paisajes y estructuras
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has apologized “for the hurt” that whistleblower Azeem Rafiq experienced but he again denied making racist comments while at county club Yorkshire. Rafiq’s revelations about the racism and bullying he suffered at Yorkshire has sparked a crisis in the English game. His accusation about Vaughan prompted
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La Asociación Femenina de Tenis (WTA, por sus siglas en inglés) “sigue profundamente preocupada” porque la estrella del tenis china Peng Shuai “no esté libre de censura o coerción”. En una declaración por correo electrónico este sábado, la WTA dice que el CEO Steve Simon ha intentado comunicarse con Peng “a
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s annual Golden Horse Awards kicked off Saturday with a Hong Kong drama receiving the most nominations for the Asian equivalent of the Academy Awards. This year, the Hong Kong film “Drifting” which is based on a 2012 court case involving homeless people in a working neighborhood, received 12 nominations including
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By Topher Gauk-Roger and Raja Razek, CNN Four men have been arrested in connection with theft at a Home Depot in California, where as many as 10 people entered the store Friday night and left with a range of stolen tools, according to law enforcement officials. The incident took place at approximately 8 p.m. local
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Wouldn’t you like to stop your stressful, anxious thinking in its tracks? Turns out you can, and while you’re at it, you can make yourself feel and act better too. That’s the basis of cognitive behavioral therapy, which burst onto the psychological scene in the 1960s and has been gathering accolades
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By John Sinnott CNN It proved less of a match, more a walk in the park for Brooks Koepka. So much so that the fifth edition of “The Match” in Las Vegas, which was scheduled to be over 12 holes, didn’t go the distance. Bryson DeChambeau didn’t win a single hole, before conceding on the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Tres cuerpos carbonizados fueron encontrados en un edificio incendiado en el distrito de Chinatown de la capital de las Islas Salomón, Honiara, las primeras muertes reportadas después de tres días de protestas violentas en las que más de 100 personas fueron arrestadas. La policía está investigando la causa de su muerte
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Las autoridades sanitarias holandesas están investigando si 61 personas que viajaron desde Sudáfrica y dieron positivo por covid-19 este viernes estaban infectadas con la nueva y potencialmente más transmisible variante del coronavirus conocida como ómicron. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) dijo este viernes por la noche que la evidencia
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Las autoridades de salud holandesas dijeron este viernes por la noche que 61 personas que viajaron desde Sudáfrica ese día dieron positivo por covid-19, en medio de preocupaciones por la propagación de la variante ómicron recientemente descubierta. GGD Kennemerland, el servicio de salud municipal responsable del aeropuerto de Amsterdam Schiphol, agregó
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN At least two people are reported to have died as Britain was battered by severe weather with winds reaching speeds of over 90 mph (144 km/h) in some areas. The Met Office said Northumberland in northern England, was hit by overnight gusts of wind of 98 mph (157 km/h) and Devon
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By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Adele has made another record-breaking return to the charts, as her latest album “30” claims the title of fastest-selling album of 2021 in both the US and the UK. Released on November 19, the British singer’s fourth studio album also became the most successful album of the year in the US
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — At least two people have died in the U.K. after the year’s first winter storm battered parts of the country with gusts of nearly 100 mph (160 kph). The storm, which was named Arwen by the country’s Met Office, hit parts of the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland particularly hard,
Continue Reading ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians are voting Saturday to elect their mayors and regional leaders amid widespread worry and frustration over rising prices for basic goods. The government is hoping the election confirms support for President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who won election after nationwide pro-democracy protests and the army chief ousted his predecessor. But many Algerians
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Una persona recibió un disparo en el Tacoma Mall en el estado de Washington este viernes por la noche, lo que provocó que los compradores lucharan por su seguridad, dijeron las autoridades. El departamento de policía de Tacoma dijo que la víctima fue trasladada a un hospital local con heridas graves.
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER and PAN PYLAS Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — With each passing hour, new restrictions were being slapped on travel from countries in southern Africa as the world scurried to contain a new variant of the coronavirus that has the potential to be more resistant to the protection offered by vaccines.
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN As fears mount over the newly identified coronavirus variant Omicron, governments around the world are scrambling to protect their citizens from a potential outbreak. The new mutation, which is potentially more transmissible, was first discovered in South Africa and has since been detected in Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Italy, the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Un tiroteo dentro de un apartamento de Nashville este viernes por la noche dejó tres jóvenes muertos y cuatro heridos, dijo la policía. Los heridos sufrieron heridas de bala que no pusieron en peligro su vida, dijo el Departamento de Policía de Nashville en un tuit. Las autoridades recuperaron dos armas
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN A Tennessee judge this week vacated the death sentences of Pervis Payne, who has spent more than three decades on death row for two murders he says he did not commit, due to the inmate’s intellectual disability. As a result, Payne now faces two life sentences, though it remains to be
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