By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for coronavirus, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday. The 95-year-old sovereign — who is celebrating her 70th year on the throne — is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms but expects to continue light duties at Windsor over the coming week, the palace said. “She
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By Max Foster, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II spoke with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said, despite the monarch suffering mild symptoms after her positive Covid-19 diagnosis. Johnson’s visit was supposed to be in person but was canceled due to current government guidelines, a royal source told CNN. The
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By Aya Elamroussi, Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN A weeks-long blockade in the Canadian capital has led to almost 200 arrests and prolonged suffering for businesses caught in the middle of protests against Covid-19 mandates. Canadian authorities on Sunday froze the finances associated with certain individuals and companies believed to be involved in the
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By Paula Newton, Jay Croft and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Police say they have made 47 arrests in Ottawa Saturday as they cleared downtown, a day after a weeks-long protest turned violent. City, provincial and federal law enforcement officers began an unprecedented operation Friday morning to remove demonstrators, their trucks and cars, that have been blockading the streets. On
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By Brendan Buckley, CNN A flock of birds suddenly falls from the sky, a runaway tire takes aim at a police cruiser, and a zoo welcomes a new addition with a striking resemblance to everyone’s favorite house-elf. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Migratory mystery Nearly 100 yellow-headed blackbirds suddenly fell to the
Continue Reading By Brendan Buckley, CNN A flock of birds suddenly falls from the sky, a runaway tire takes aim at a police cruiser, and a zoo welcomes a new addition with a striking resemblance to everyone’s favorite house-elf. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Migratory mystery Nearly 100 yellow-headed blackbirds suddenly fell to the
Continue Reading By Brendan Buckley, CNN A flock of birds suddenly falls from the sky, a runaway tire takes aim at a police cruiser, and a zoo welcomes a new addition with a striking resemblance to everyone’s favorite house-elf. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Migratory mystery Nearly 100 yellow-headed blackbirds suddenly fell to the
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By Sara Spary, CNN Meteorologists in the UK have issued a rare danger-to-life alert as Storm Eunice is forecast to batter parts of the country Friday, potentially creating a “sting jet” that could bring havoc to streets. On Thursday, the UK’s weather service, the Met Office, issued the rare red alert — the highest weather
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By Travis Caldwell, Paula Newton and Paradise Afshar, CNN Demonstrations in Ottawa turned violent Friday as protesters, according to authorities, assaulted officers and tried to remove their weapons. “All means of de-escalation have been used to move forward in our goal of returning Ottawa to (its) normalcy,” police in Canada’s capital said in a tweet.
Continue Reading By Sara Spary, CNN Meteorologists in the UK have issued a rare danger-to-life alert as Storm Eunice is forecast to batter parts of the country Friday, potentially creating a “sting jet” that could bring havoc to streets. On Thursday, the UK’s weather service, the Met Office, issued the rare red alert — the highest weather
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By Jack Guy, Rodrigo Pedroso and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN At least 110 people have died in the Brazilian mountain city of Petropolis, local officials said Thursday, after heavy rains triggered landslides that washed out streets, swept away cars and buried homes. Another 134 people are missing, according to the Civil Defense of Rio, and continued
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, Rodrigo Pedroso and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN At least 110 people have died in the Brazilian mountain city of Petropolis, local officials said Thursday, after heavy rains triggered landslides that washed out streets, swept away cars and buried homes. Another 134 people are missing, according to the Civil Defense of Rio, and continued
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By Travis Caldwell, Paradise Afshar, Paula Newton and Amir Vera, CNN A nearly three-week protest in Ottawa over mandated Covid-19 precautions in Canada may be approaching its end as police tell demonstrators to either leave immediately or face legal consequences. “The action is imminent,” said Steve Bell, Ottawa Police Service interim chief. “In the past
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved cruise travel out of the “very high” risk category of its travel health notices. Cruise travel was moved from Level 4 into the CDC’s Level 3 “high” risk category on Tuesday, about a week after the agency updated its Covid-19 criteria
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Kraft Heinz, the behemoth food company behind Oscar Mayer and Philadelphia cream cheese, may raise its prices. Again. The company told retailers in January that it would raise prices in March on dozens of products, including Oscar Mayer cold cuts, hot dogs, sausages, bacon, Velveeta cheese, Maxwell House coffee, TGIF
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Kraft Heinz, the behemoth food company behind Oscar Mayer and Philadelphia cream cheese, may raise its prices. Again. The company told retailers in January that it would raise prices in March on dozens of products, including Oscar Mayer cold cuts, hot dogs, sausages, bacon, Velveeta cheese, Maxwell House coffee, TGIF
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By Jack Guy and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN At least 44 people have been killed after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in Petropolis, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is unknown how many people are missing, according to the latest report by the Rio de Janeiro Fire and Civil Defense Department. The
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 2010 rescue of 33 miners from a collapsed mine in the Atacama region of northern Chile. Timeline August 5, 2010 – A collapse of the main ramp into the San Jose mine leaves 33 miners trapped 2,300 feet underground. Emergency officials are unable to communicate with the
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By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Niamh Kennedy, CNN London’s Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into an alleged cash-for-honors scandal linked to Prince Charles’ charity, the Prince’s Foundation. The force said in a press release that the inquiry is starting following claims that “offers of help were made to secure honours and citizenship for
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By Matt Rivers, CNN Business The suspension of avocado imports from Mexico came after a US safety inspector received a credible death threat, according to a US official with knowledge of the matter. The inspector had denied permission for a shipment from the Mexican state of Michoacán. The threat led the US Department of Agriculture
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