By Travis Caldwell, CNN With demonstrations in the Canadian capital in their third week, Ottawa Police sent a message Wednesday to protesters, saying, “You must leave the area now.” Protests clogging downtown streets began in late January as truckers blocked roads and irritated residents with honking horns. This week, they agreed to move out of
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By Beth Braverman The last few weeks have served as a stark reminder that stocks can be volatile — sometimes extremely so. The S&P 500 fell by more than 5% in January, its worst performance since the pandemic began, and markets remained choppy through the first two weeks of February. Experts expect the volatility to
Continue Reading By Beth Braverman The last few weeks have served as a stark reminder that stocks can be volatile — sometimes extremely so. The S&P 500 fell by more than 5% in January, its worst performance since the pandemic began, and markets remained choppy through the first two weeks of February. Experts expect the volatility to
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By Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Canadian government is invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time to address the impact of continued protests across the country over Covid-19 health measures, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Monday. The Emergencies Act can provide for the use of the military, but may not necessarily
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Canadian government is invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time to address the impact of continued protests across the country over Covid-19 health measures, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Monday. The Emergencies Act can provide for the use of the military, but may not necessarily
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By Kim Berryman, Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A police crackdown to remove protesters decrying Covid-19 mandates could soon restore some normalcy to American and Canadian businesses hit hard by a blockade at the border. Windsor Police have started arresting protesters blocking the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest land border crossing in North America. The
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By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Natalie Gallón, CNN Haiti’s government have said they “categorically reject” the allegations “published in the international press,” following this week’s publication of a CNN investigation into the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. The CNN investigation, published on Tuesday, shed new light onto Moïse’s July 7, 2021 killing, including
Continue Reading By Kim Berryman, Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A police crackdown to remove protesters decrying Covid-19 mandates could soon restore some normalcy to American and Canadian businesses hit hard by a blockade at the border. Windsor Police have started arresting protesters blocking the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest land border crossing in North America. The
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By Camilo Rocha, Rodrigo Pedroso and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN At the beginning of 2021, hospitals in Brazil’s Amazonas state were in a critical state, with ICUs filled to capacity and Covid-19 patients fighting for their lives. “There were a lot of young people in the last wave getting worse too fast. We had 33- to
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By Miguel Marquez, Jason Hanna and Kim Berryman, CNN Canadian police on Saturday attempted to clear protesters from the Ambassador Bridge across from Detroit, intending to end a six-day blockage of North America’s busiest international crossing by demonstrators decrying Covid-19 measures. Dozens of police officers approached protesters near the foot of the bridge on the
Continue Reading By Miguel Marquez, Jason Hanna and Kim Berryman, CNN Canadian police on Saturday attempted to clear protesters from the Ambassador Bridge across from Detroit, intending to end a six-day blockage of North America’s busiest international crossing by demonstrators decrying Covid-19 measures. Dozens of police officers approached protesters near the foot of the bridge on the
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Thousands of birds die each spring and fall when they collide with Chicago’s skyscrapers, which lie on a major migration path between Canada and Latin America. But the birds don’t die in vain. Since the 1970s, many of them have been collected from the street and cataloged by the city’s Field
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By Brendan Buckley, CNN A high-tech stadium takes center stage, an all-time NFL great shares the screen with his son, and the real stars of the show — the commercials — have arrived. These are the must-watch videos of the week: Super Bowl LVI edition. Ready for its close-up Take a tour of SoFi Stadium,
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By Paula Newton, Christina Maxouris, Aya Elamroussi and Eric Levenson, CNN Dozens of demonstrators remained at the busiest international crossing in North America hours past the deadline given by a Canadian judge, continuing their dayslong Covid-19 protest that has interrupted supply chains and alarmed the continent’s leaders. The judge granted an injunction earlier Friday to
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By Paula Newton, CNN For two weeks now, Freedom Convoy protesters in Canada have managed to frustrate both law enforcement and political leaders with their unyielding protests against Covid-19 restrictions. Police forces across the country have expressed their reluctance to move in swiftly, saying they prefer to avoid confrontation. The ‘Freedom Convoy’ started as a
Continue Reading By Paula Newton, CNN For two weeks now, Freedom Convoy protesters in Canada have managed to frustrate both law enforcement and political leaders with their unyielding protests against Covid-19 restrictions. Police forces across the country have expressed their reluctance to move in swiftly, saying they prefer to avoid confrontation. The ‘Freedom Convoy’ started as a
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By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN London’s Metropolitan Police Service Commissioner Cressida Dick has resigned amid criticism of her leadership following a series of scandals that have dented public confidence in Britain’s largest police force. In a Thursday statement, she said: “It is with huge sadness that following contact with the Mayor of London today, it is
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By Lianne Kolirin and Max Foster, CNN Prince Charles is in isolation having tested positive for Covid-19, Clarence House has said. The heir to the British throne, who is 73 years old, had to cancel his attendance at an event in the English city of Winchester on Thursday, according to a statement from his official
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By Paula Newton, Aya Elamroussi and Eric Levenson, CNN Access to three border crossings in Michigan, North Dakota and Montana have been cut off by truckers and like-minded demonstrators on the Canadian side of the border who are protesting Covid-related restrictions. To address the ongoing issue, the Canadian government announced Thursday it would send additional
Continue ReadingBy Danya Gainor and Angela Dewan, CNN There’s no silver bullet to the climate crisis, but nuclear fusion may be the closest thing to it. In the quest for a near-limitless, zero-carbon source of reliable power, scientists have generated fusion energy before, but they have struggled for decades to sustain it for very long. On
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