By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Oil prices are pulling back and stocks are jumping higher as investors take a beat to consider what Russian President Vladimir Putin might do next. But the mood on Wall Street remains anxious, with traders hooked on headlines from Ukraine. “We’re still seeing these awful attacks, and we’re still seeing
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The two missile defense systems that the US delivered to Poland this week are part of a weapons system upon which the US military has heavily relied for nearly 40 years. The deployment, announced Thursday by Vice President Kamala Harris, is intended to deter Russia and boost Poland’s security amid western
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Pfizer comenzó un ensayo clínico de fase 2 y 3 de su tratamiento antiviral contra el covid-19, Paxlovid, en niños de 6 a 17 años, dijo la compañía este miércoles en un comunicado. El estudio evaluará la seguridad y eficacia del tratamiento en niños que tienen síntomas de covid-19 y
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Canada is one of multiple countries and territories now on Russia’s so-called “unfriendly countries” list for imposing sanctions over its war in Ukraine. The Russian government says the list, posted on its official website and shared by state media, includes countries
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Guessing the correct five-letter word on Wordle has become a daily ritual for millions around the world. Now, a recent data analysis has shown that Canadians are better than Americans at the game, but still trail behind many other countries. Wordle
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street futures rebounded Wednesday and European shares rose sharply as investors watched diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s attack on Ukraine, while Asian markets sank after Chinese inflation accelerated. Futures for Wall Street’s S&P 500 index rose 1.8% and the same for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.6% after the
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russia has banned its citizens from buying US dollars, completing the isolation of an economy that once had ambitions to join the global club of financial powers. As recently as the 2008 global financial crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his lieutenants had promoted the ruble as a potential alternative
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By Jack Guy, Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych, Paul P. Murphy, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Celine Alkhaldi and Katie Polglase, CNN Russian forces bombed a maternity and children’s hospital in southern Ukraine, authorities there said Wednesday, an attack described by the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as an “atrocity.” The attack came despite Russia agreeing to a 12-hour pause
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal Reserve to explore whether the central bank should create its own digital currency. The Biden administration sees the explosive popularity of cryptocurrency as an opportunity to examine its risks and
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By Ben Church, CNN Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak, who has been widely criticized outside Russia for wearing a pro-war symbol on a podium next to a Ukrainian athlete, says he would “do exactly the same” if given another chance, according to Russian state media. The 20-year-old was condemned by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A ship was found after 107 years underwater, a box of love letters was returned to its rightful family, and a teen trying to rescue a cat from a tree ends up needing rescuing himself. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Submerged for a century Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship,
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By Jill Dougherty, for CNN A week after Russia invaded Ukraine, the staff of Russia’s last independent TV channel, TV Rain, also known as Dozhd, shut itself down. Seated at the news desk, general director and co-founder Natalia Sindeeva — a tough-as-nails media entrepreneur — announced the channel was closing, took a breath, and said,
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By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing a devastating humanitarian crisis in the country, with at least two million people fleeing into neighboring countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) warning that the deteriorating conditions will make it easier for Covid-19 to spread. “Anytime you disrupt society like
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris viaja este miércoles a Europa en un viaje que se complica después de que uno de sus anfitriones —Polonia— tomara por sorpresa a Estados Unidos con una propuesta de proporcionar sus aviones de combate de la era soviética a Ucrania. El gobierno polaco anunció este martes
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By Maxime Tamsett, CNN Anyone with a bird feeder — or a cat — knows that watching the avian world go about its business can be mesmerizing. Now imagine being right at the center of the action in a spherical room suspended among the trees, covered in 350 birdhouses. That’s what Treehotel, a hotel in
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The International House of Pancakes is opening a bank. A pancake bank. That’s the concept for the brand’s new loyalty program, dubbed the International Bank of Pancakes (as in IBOP — not to be confused with IHOb, International House of Burgers, a 2018 marketing campaign). Rewards programs are a good
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HOUMA, La. (AP) — A Swiss company’s cruises along the length of the Mississippi River are a step closer to reality — its new 386-passenger ship has touched water for the first time. Viking River Cruises of Basel celebrated the “float out” of the Viking Mississippi on Monday at Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip shipyard in
Continue Reading HOUMA, La. (AP) — A Swiss company’s cruises along the length of the Mississippi River are a step closer to reality — its new 386-passenger ship has touched water for the first time. Viking River Cruises of Basel celebrated the “float out” of the Viking Mississippi on Monday at Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip shipyard in
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una alerta de tornado está vigente para el noroeste de Florida y el centro y sur de Georgia hasta la 1 p.m. ET de este miércoles, según el Centro de Predicción de Tormentas. Un par de tornados, junto con ráfagas de viento dispersas y dañinas de hasta 112 km/h y
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By Betsy Klein, CNN Business President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Wednesday establishing the first-ever federal strategy on cryptocurrencies, the White House said. Biden will order the exploration of a digital currency operated by the US central bank, and he encouraged regulators to identify and mitigate risks digital assets pose to the financial
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