By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s foreign secretary warned the European Union on Thursday that the U.K. will have “no choice but to act” to revoke parts of a Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland if the EU does not show flexibility. Post-Brexit arrangements for border and customs checks in Northern Ireland have
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pointed toward another down day when markets open Thursday following the release of more evidence of stubborn inflation that has already led to sell-offs in Asia and Europe. Futures for the S&P 500 were 0.5% lower and the Dow industrials lost 0.3% a day after a U.S.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Beijing lanzará otra campaña de pruebas masivas de tres dÃas en 12 de sus distritos a partir de este viernes, dijo este jueves el portavoz del gobierno de Beijing, Xu Hejian, durante una conferencia de prensa. Los 19,7 millones de residentes que viven en esos distritos serán evaluados una vez
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business If you’re a newcomer to virtual reality, you’ll notice something odd about your appearance: Depending on the app, you may look down to see you’re represented by an avatar that’s just a floating torso or nothing but a pair of hands. While wireless headsets and handheld controllers laden with sensors
Continue Reading By Rachel Metz, CNN Business If you’re a newcomer to virtual reality, you’ll notice something odd about your appearance: Depending on the app, you may look down to see you’re represented by an avatar that’s just a floating torso or nothing but a pair of hands. While wireless headsets and handheld controllers laden with sensors
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA’s championship trophy has a new look. And the league will hand out some new trophies for the first time during these playoffs. The league unveiled a slightly redesigned Larry O’Brien Trophy on Thursday and announced changes to the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP trophy. The Eastern Conference championship trophy
Continue Reading By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces pounded areas in Ukraine’s east on Thursday, including the last pocket of resistance in besieged Mariupol, as a war that is redrawing Europe’s security map pushed Russia’s neighbor Finland closer to joining NATO. Even as the globe-shaking repercussions of the invasion spread, the conflict
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By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent This moment in time, like so many during the last two-plus years of the pandemic, is a confusing one for our country. Mixed signals make it hard to accurately gauge risk and act accordingly. On the one hand, with the almost complete lifting of restrictions and mandates
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Facts “Doping” by professional athletes has been acknowledged as a problem since at least the 1960s. The issue gained prominence as a result of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) investigation, tell-alls by former professional athletes, a 2007 report on drugs
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of actor Morgan Freeman. Personal Birth date: June 1, 1937 Birth place: Memphis, Tennessee Birth name: Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr. Father: Morgan Porterfield Freeman Sr., a barber Mother: Mayme Edna (Revere) Freeman, a teacher Marriages: Myrna (Colley-Lee) Freeman (June 16, 1984-September 15, 2010, divorced); Jeanette
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas surprised its more than 5,000 employees on Wednesday with a one-time $5,000 bonus. The resort said it gave an “unprecedented” $27 million to its workers during a festive event that was capped off with a “climatic drumroll” and confetti when Cosmopolitan CEO Bill McBeath made
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — It’s been a long season for Barcelona. Lionel Messi left in tears. Ronald Koeman was fired. The team dropped out of the Champions League and into Europa League and will end the season without a title. The club’s focus now is to ensure that next season
Continue Reading By RANDA KRISS of NerdWallet Compared with larger companies, many small businesses have fewer resources to dedicate to cybersecurity, leaving them vulnerable to the ever-evolving tactics of cybercriminals. To protect themselves from cyberthreats, business owners should evaluate their online systems to understand where their data lives and what information needs to be kept safe. Small
Continue Reading The highest-ranking Russian official to go to prison in nearly two decades has been released after serving more than half of an eight-year sentence for bribery. A court granted former Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev parole last month. Russian state television showed images of what it said was a convoy of cars taking him away
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By Gabby Orr, CNN In the hours after Fox released a poll this week showing Pennsylvania Republican US Senate candidate Kathy Barnette locked in a statistical tie with primary opponents Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick, allies of former President Donald Trump went to work trying to stifle her momentum. To sow doubt about her conservative
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The United States will stage a Rugby World Cup for the first time after being voted as the host of the men’s tournament in 2031 and the women’s tournament two years later. Australia also is staging back-to-back tournaments in 2027 (men) and 2029 (women). World Rugby announced the host
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Jail records show Isaac J. Bryant, 35, of Columbia, was booked on charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece says it’s extending a bilateral military agreement with the United States for five years. Officials from Greece’s center-right government argued that enhanced alliances within NATO will help stabilize the region rattled by Russia’s war in Ukraine and tension in the eastern Mediterranean. The agreement announced Thursday needs to be ratified
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By Sam Fossum, Nikki Carvajal, Maegan Vazquez and Deidre McPhillips, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday mourned 1 million American deaths from Covid-19, using the occasion to again urge Congress to pass additional funding to control the pandemic. While other official tallies have placed the figure a bit short of that mark, Biden marked the
Continue ReadingVerónica Ojeda (CNN) — El Gobierno de Estados Unidos oficializó este viernes un millón de muertes de estadounidenses por covid-19 y aprovechó la ocasión para instar nuevamente al Congreso a aprobar fondos adicionales para controlar la pandemia. Si bien otros recuentos oficiales han colocado la cifra un poco por debajo de esa marca, la administración marcó
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