By Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Planting more trees could reduce heat deaths in cities by a third, a new study by European researchers has found. The study, published in peer-reviewed journal The Lancet on Tuesday, looked at how heat affected mortality in 93 European
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A chance discovery in a Canadian laboratory could help extend the life of laptop, phone and electric car batteries. According to scientists from Dalhousie University in Halifax, common adhesive tape in batteries may be the reason many devices lose
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In less than three months, four of the big five US tech companies have cut tens of thousands of employees combined, shattering myths about the industry’s seemingly unstoppable growth in the process. But there has been one notable exception: Apple. To date, Apple has not announced any substantial cuts, thanks in
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Dani Alves’ lawyers say in an appeal to a Spanish court that he has agreed to turn in his passport and wear a tracking device if he is set free pending the sexual assault investigation against him. The Brazilian soccer player was provisionally detained in January
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have urged FIFA not to sign a sponsor deal with the tourism authority of Saudi Arabia. They say “rights of women remain severely restricted” in Saudi Arabia. Leaders of the two national soccer federations warned in a letter
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By Aaron Pellish and Karl de Vries, CNN Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s former attorney, has handed over his cell phones to Manhattan prosecutors, he told “CNN This Morning” on Wednesday. Prosecutors are zeroing in on the Trump Organization’s involvement in hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels as part of an
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Yenni Kwok for CNN With extremely cold temperatures gripping much of the United States, travelers may be wondering how their planes are made safe for flying. The short answer: Along with regular deicing of planes before take-off, airlines put their aircraft through rigorous testing in some of the coldest places on the planet before they
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Southwest Airlines’ customers are furious about the company’s Christmas week service meltdown. But fliers may forgive the company sooner than you think. The airline is paying the price for canceling about half of its schedule between December 20 and December 29 — more than 16,700 flights during the busy holiday season
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside, CNN Twelve squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a zoo in Louisiana after their facility was broken into over the weekend. The theft happened shortly before midnight Saturday and authorities are investigating, Zoosiana said on its Facebook page. “The individual targeted facilities of smaller primates and specifically compromised the Squirrel Monkey exhibit,”
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside, CNN Twelve squirrel monkeys have been stolen from a zoo in Louisiana after their facility was broken into over the weekend. The theft happened shortly before midnight Saturday and authorities are investigating, Zoosiana said on its Facebook page. “The individual targeted facilities of smaller primates and specifically compromised the Squirrel Monkey exhibit,”
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By Aya Elamroussi, Holly Yan, Caroll Alvarado and Joe Sutton, CNN Treacherous road conditions are now linked to three deaths in Texas as a wave of ice and sleet continues to hammer parts of the southern and central US into the overnight hours. A 49-year-old woman was killed this week when she lost control of
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Holly Yan, Caroll Alvarado and Joe Sutton, CNN Treacherous road conditions are now linked to three deaths in Texas as a wave of ice and sleet continues to hammer parts of the southern and central US into the overnight hours. A 49-year-old woman was killed this week when she lost control of
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Bed Bath and Beyond is closing another 87 stores as the struggling retailer barrels toward bankruptcy. These closures are in addition to the 150 closures Bed Bath and Beyond announced last August. Included in the new list are 5 buybuy Baby locations and all 49 remaining Harmon Face Value stores, which
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Republican lawmakers slammed President Joe Biden’s border policies on Wednesday and laid the groundwork for an impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the first of a series of hearings on immigration since seizing control of the House. Over the course of Biden’s presidency, Republicans have repeatedly criticized the
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By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer SILVA JARDIM, Brazil (AP) — A pioneering campaign to vaccinate endangered monkeys in Brazil against yellow fever may help save the beloved golden lion tamarins from extinction. But it also raises profound questions about when scientists should intervene to protect animals in an increasingly human-disrupted world. When yellow fever
Continue Reading By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government plans to ramp up capital spending by 33% in a $550 billion annual budget designed to spur economic growth and create jobs ahead of a general election next year. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says private investment has been rising after
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN An initial police report filed in the hours after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop suggested he was violent and made claims that were contradicted by video later released by police. Nichols was subdued on the ground yet continuously beaten after the stop by Memphis police on
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN An initial police report filed in the hours after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop suggested he was violent and made claims that were contradicted by video later released by police. Nichols was subdued on the ground yet continuously beaten after the stop by Memphis police on
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN An initial police report filed in the hours after the Tyre Nichols traffic stop suggested he was violent and made claims that were contradicted by video later released by police. Nichols was subdued on the ground yet continuously beaten after the stop by Memphis police on
Continue Reading By Diksha Madhok, CNN Gautam Adani looks set to cede his position as Asia’s richest man to another Indian billionaire as shares in his business empire continue to plunge following fraud allegations leveled by an American short seller. In an investigation published last Tuesday, Hindenburg Research accused Adani’s ports-to-power group of “brazen stock manipulation and
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