Lilit Marcus Australian airline Qantas has set a company record by flying a one-off direct flight from Buenos Aires to the city of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. The flight repatriated 107 Australians and set two Qantas records in the process: longest distance covered (15,020 km or 9,333 miles) and longest time in the air
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are higher, tracking a rally on Wall Street after signs of progress on resolving the standoff in Congress over the debt ceiling. Benchmarks in Japan, South Korea, Australia and Hong Kong advanced. Shanghai trading is closed for a Chinese national holiday. Analysts say vaccination
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are higher, tracking a rally on Wall Street after signs of progress on resolving the standoff in Congress over the debt ceiling. Benchmarks in Japan, South Korea, Australia and Hong Kong advanced. Shanghai trading is closed for a Chinese national holiday. Analysts say vaccination
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A group of French senators visiting Taiwan as part of a regular parliamentary exchange met with President Tsai Ing-wen during a trip that comes in a particularly tense moment between Taiwan and China. Tsai gave senator Alain Richard an official distinction recognizing “his contributions to Taiwan-France
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez, CNN Body camera footage of Minneapolis police officers’ response to the protests in the days after George Floyd’s death reveals officers talking about “hunting” people as part of a response to quell the unrest. CNN reviewed more than two hours of excerpted videos from multiple police body cameras released Tuesday by an
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The winter months are the busiest time for fire departments, and as temperatures drop, fire officials are reminding people to check if their smoke alarms are correctly installed and working.
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University of Missouri researchers are looking for children to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine study.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Los Emiratos Árabes Unidos (EAU) se dirigirán rumbo a Venus y al cinturón principal de asteroides. La nueva misión interplanetaria, que anunció el martes la Agencia Espacial de los EAU, se lanzará en 2028. La nave realizará una expedición de cinco años, orbitando Venus y la Tierra, antes de llegar en 2030
Continue Reading BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Sage Steele will not appear on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” the remainder of this week and has been pulled from moderating an upcoming network event following comments she made on a recent podcast. Steele appeared on a podcast hosted by former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler where she criticized ESPN and the Walt Disney
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison has welcomed France’s decision to return its ambassador to Australia and says the bilateral relationship is bigger than the canceled submarine contract. Morrison dismissed suggestions that Australia needed to rebuild its relationship with France after canceling a $66 billion contract last month,
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison has welcomed France’s decision to return its ambassador to Australia and says the bilateral relationship is bigger than the canceled submarine contract. Morrison dismissed suggestions that Australia needed to rebuild its relationship with France after canceling a $66 billion contract last month,
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By Amir Vera, CNN It’s now been more than three weeks since Brian Laundrie went missing after returning without his fiancee, Gabby Petito, from a cross-country trip. The case has had constant updates that have left authorities and the public confused as to the timeline of and reasons behind Laundrie’s disappearance. His parents have made
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — El Servicio de Alguaciles de Estados Unidos pide la ayuda de la población para identificar a un hombre que, según los investigadores, se parece mucho a uno de sus fugitivos más buscados, que lleva 23 años prófugo. John Ruffo fue condenado a finales de la década de 1990 por una trama
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By Pamela Kirkland, CNN Alex Murdaugh’s former law firm is suing him to recover funds it alleges he stole from clients for his own personal use, according to a statement from the firm Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Elztroth, and Detrick released Wednesday. The firm alleges Murdaugh “developed a systematic scheme in which he diverted funds owed
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Muchas personas utilizan la palabra estrés y ansiedad indistintamente cuando los síntomas son leves, que es de lo que habla este artículo. Si te preocupan los síntomas físicos o te sientes abrumado o atascado de una manera que interfiere con tu vida diaria, busca ayuda de un médico o un
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The World Health Organization is working to ship COVID-19 medical supplies into North Korea, a possible sign the North is easing one of the world’s strictest pandemic border closures to receive outside help. WHO said it has started the shipment of essential COVID-19 medical supplies
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By Sarah Moon and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Law enforcement agencies said they are still investigating the Zodiac Killer case as an independent group of cold-case investigators came forward Wednesday to claim they had solved the mystery of who was behind the decades-old serial murders. The Case Breakers, a team of 40 former law enforcement investigators,
Continue Reading By Sarah Moon and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Law enforcement agencies said they are still investigating the Zodiac Killer case as an independent group of cold-case investigators came forward Wednesday to claim they had solved the mystery of who was behind the decades-old serial murders. The Case Breakers, a team of 40 former law enforcement investigators,
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Boonville and Cooper County officials are expected to make an economic development announcement at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Un juez federal de Texas emitió este miércoles una orden para bloquear la prohibición del aborto a partir de las seis semanas de embarazo que dispuso el estado. La orden del juez de distrito Robert Pitman es una victoria para los defensores del derecho al aborto, que habían visto cómo otros
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