Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los aliados de la OTAN están poniendo fuerzas en estado de alerta y enviando barcos y aviones de combate adicionales a los despliegues en el este de Europa, dijo la organización en un comunicado de prensa este lunes. El secretario general de la OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg, dio la bienvenida a
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Silvana Estrada, una de las voces más envolventes y nostálgicas del folklore mexicano actual, lanzó el viernes su disco debut, “Marchita”. Para algunos, su nombre es quizás desconocido. Otros, la descubrieron recién, gracias a algoritmos de compañías de streaming o por recomendaciones. Lo cierto es que esta joven de
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By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN This winter is pummeling many people’s workout goals. As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues its rapid spread around the globe, indoor exercising in public gyms is often less appealing or accessible. Yet recent storms and plunging temperatures may make outdoor workouts seem daunting, or even dangerous. Experts say,
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Neck pain may have many causes: Stress, poor posture, texting, injuries from sports, car or other accidents and chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, to name a few. But there’s another culprit you may not be considering — how you sleep. “Generally, when you wake up with neck pain, either your pillow
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden está dando una señal de una postura occidental más rígida en el enfrentamiento con Rusia, apilando la presión diseñada para disuadir a Vladimir Putin de invadir Ucrania en una estrategia que, sin embargo, corre el riesgo de acelerar un peligroso ciclo de escalada. El giro de
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La Embajada de Estados Unidos en Cuba denunció este domingo en Twitter el arresto de varias activistas del grupo opositor Damas de Blanco, quienes se dirigían a la “iglesia para orar pacíficamente por los manifestantes” detenidos el 11 de julio, cuando la isla vivió históricas manifestaciones contra el gobierno
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN Former Florida International University President Mark Rosenberg, who abruptly resigned Friday citing health concerns, acknowledged Sunday that his workplace conduct towards a colleague was part of his reasoning for stepping down. “I unintentionally created emotional (not physical) entanglement,” Rosenberg said in a statement shared by the university. “I have apologized. I
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By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are testing some 2 million residents of Beijing after a series of virus cases prompted concerns two weeks ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics. The new measures in Beijing came as the city of Xi’an lifted a monthlong lockdown on its 13 million
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The omicron wave has upended some of our assumptions about the coronavirus.
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By Joe Sutton, Tina Burnside and Raja Razek, CNN A man was taken into custody Monday in Tennessee in connection with the death of a Robertson County Sheriff’s deputy who was found shot inside her burning home a day earlier. The man was identified as James Jackson Conn, who was arrested after an hourslong standoff
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will expand rapid testing and shorten quarantines as it reshapes its pandemic response to deal with a faster-than-expected surge in coronavirus infections driven by the highly contagious omicron variant. The number of new infections exceeded 7,000 for a third straight day and was
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By Laura Studley, CNN A baby was left alone in a room with her deceased mother for five days at a New York homeless shelter and was found in desperate need of food, water and basic needs, according to a lawsuit filed by the infant’s father. The New York City Department of Homeless Services (NYCDHS)
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By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Dozens of Chinese officials have been punished over their response to devastating floods that killed hundreds last July, after a government investigation found authorities had under-reported deaths and deliberately withheld information. The flooding in the city of Zhengzhou, capital of central Henan province, left 398 people dead or
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after Wall Street logged its worst week since the pandemic began in 2020. Benchmarks declined in Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney but rose in Tokyo. Shanghai was little changed and U.S. futures were higher. Investors have been growing increasingly worried about
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have lifted a monthlong lockdown of Xi’an and its 13 million residents as infections subside ahead of the Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, the 2 million residents of one Beijing district are being tested following a series of cases in the capital. The government told people in areas of Beijing deemed at
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By Travis Caldwell, Artemis Moshtaghian, Steve Almasy and Holly Yan, CNN The suspect who allegedly shot and killed one New York Police Department officer and critically injured another died Monday, the NYPD told CNN. Officer Jason Rivera, 22, was shot and killed while responding Friday to a domestic incident in Harlem, a city official said.
Continue Reading By Brynn Gingras, Travis Caldwell and Emma Tucker, CNN The second New York Police Department officer who was shot while responding to a domestic incident in Harlem last week has died, the NYPD commissioner said. “It’s with great sadness I announce the passing of Police Officer Wilbert Mora,” NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said on Twitter.
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after Wall Street logged its worst week since the pandemic began in 2020. Benchmarks declined in Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney but rose in Tokyo. Shanghai was little changed and U.S. futures were higher. Investors have been growing increasingly worried about
Continue Reading By Sarah Fortinsky and Aileen Graef, CNN At a rally against vaccine mandates in Washington, DC, on Sunday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likened vaccine policies in the US to the actions of a totalitarian state, even suggesting Anne Frank was in a better situation when she was hiding from the Nazis. “Even in Hitler Germany
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Friday will never be the same in Dubai. The Middle East’s financial hub has shifted its weekend this year from Friday and Saturday to the Western-style Saturday and Sunday along with the rest of the United Arab Emirates. That has thrown Dubai’s beloved institution
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