By Solarina Ho Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — More than 5.2 million children around the world have lost a parent or guardian to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with three quarters of those children losing a father, and more than half of the total losses occurring over
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022 – The 53rd NAACP Image Awards ceremony is held. March 27, 2021 – The 52nd NAACP Image Awards ceremony is held. History The Image Awards were established in 1967 “to honor outstanding black actors, actresses, writers, producers, directors, and recognize those
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KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The dust, debris and the dead lying in Kharkiv’s central Freedom Square are showing Ukrainians what might become of other cities if Russia’s invasion isn’t countered in time. A Russia military strike on Tuesday hit the center of Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing at least six people as it badly damaged the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Facts It is the main governing body for stock car racing in the United States. NASCAR was created by William H.G. (Bill) France, a stock car driver and gas station owner. Stock cars are large, late model sedans that
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about wildfires. About Wildfires are sometimes called “wildland fires.” Wildfires can originate from a dropped match, cigarette embers, campfires, exhaust sparks from a train or arson. Many wildland fires are ignited by lightning. There are no official rules, but the first responders usually name a fire after a
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Business) — Estados Unidos y sus aliados europeos anunciaron nuevas sanciones contra Vladimir Putin, presidente de Rusia, en una medida inusual que apunta contra la riqueza personal de un líder extranjero. Minuto a minuto de la guerra Rusia – Ucrania Pero el impacto de esas sanciones puede ser en gran medida simbólico. Aunque
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By Mark Thompson and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Business Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to stem the flow of Western businesses fleeing the country over his decision to wage war on Ukraine. Capital controls designed to stop the exodus were announced by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, state news agencies TASS and RIA reported on
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Abu Dhabi’s Etihad carrier announced a whopping $478 million loss for 2021. The figure underscores the continued challenge that airlines around the world are facing as travelers slowly return to the skies amid COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and eased travel restrictions. The airline on Tuesday said the figure represents a
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Roman Abramovich’s attempt to shift the “stewardship and care” of Chelsea to the Premier League club’s foundation has sparked the trustees to report the move to the British body overseeing charities. The unexpected announcement from the Chelsea owner, which lacked full clarity, was issued on
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By Amanda Sealy and Deidre McPhillips, CNN As the United States emerges from the Omicron wave, Covid-19 testing has slowed to a fraction of what it was at the beginning of the year. In mid-January, as daily case counts reached their peak, about 2.5 million tests were processed each day in the United States. Now,
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By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN A long line of men snakes out of an unassuming building in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on an overcast day. An officer tells them to come back later. Too many people, he says, had enlisted that morning at Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, the volunteer military unit of the country’s
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer Ukraine’s 20 athletes for the Winter Paralympics are expected to be in Beijing in time for Friday’s opening ceremony. IPC spokesman Craig Spence says the team was heading for China and could arrive as soon as Wednesday. The arrival had been in doubt after Russia invaded Ukraine last week
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets were headed for declines on Tuesday after talks between Russia and Ukraine aimed at ending the war just yielded an agreement to meet again. On Wall Street, the futures for both the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials slipped 0.7%. Major European indices fell sharply while Asian shares were
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By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN Texas kicks off the 2022 midterm elections Tuesday with the nation’s first primaries. Two big-name Republicans, Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, will seek to beat back challenges from the right. In South Texas, the most conservative Democrat in the US House, Rep. Henry Cuellar, is
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Columbia police officers took a person into custody after a standoff in central Columbia on Tuesday morning.
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By Paul P. Murphy, Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Tim Lister, Josh Pennington and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, is believed to have been one of the invading Russian military’s first strategic targets. Home to 1.4 million people, it is located less than 20 miles from the Russian border, in northeast Ukraine. It
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal has resoundingly rejected defense motions to dismiss a landmark financial fraud case. The case involves the Holy See’s bungled 350 million-euro ($390 million) real estate investment in a London property. Judge Giuseppe Pignatone on Tuesday read aloud his rejection of two-dozen defense arguments
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Mientras el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, sacude a Occidente con amenazas nucleares, el presidente Joe Biden se enfrenta a una tarea aún más difícil de lo esperado en el discurso del Estado de la Unión de este martes. Debe reconocer el cansancio, el sufrimiento y el pesimismo en una
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is receiving another major endorsement from a prominent Republican on Tuesday, this time a lawyer who represented President Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, Donald McGahn, among other former Trump White House officials. Lawyer William Burck, in a statement obtained
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN A woman behind the counter at the McDonald’s in southwest Ohio showed Rep. Tim Ryan the math she was trying to work out last week: filling up her tank would be $20 cheaper in West Virginia, but would that cost less than the gas she’d use on the drive there and
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