By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Moderna says it will make up to 110 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine available to African countries. African officials call it a breakthrough on the world’s least vaccinated continent. Tuesday’s announcement says Moderna is prepared to deliver the first 15 million doses by the end
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — Coronavirus infections and hospitalizations are shooting upward in Belgium, pushing the government to consider reimposing some pandemic restrictions that it only relaxed a few weeks ago. Daily infections in the nation of 11 million increased 75% to reach 5,299 daily cases last week. Hospitalizations have increased 69%. The government and regional officials
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and China are urging the international community to send humanitarian help to Afghanistan, where people are facing shortages of food and medicine in the shadow of winter. A government statement said Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Afghanistan by phone. The two leaders
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have launched a search and rescue operation off the coast of the eastern island of Chios after a dinghy transporting migrants from the coast of Turkey sank early Tuesday. The coast guard said 20 people had been rescued and a further seven were believed to still be missing. A
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Aproximadamente nueve meses después de comenzar su presidencia, Joe Biden está a punto de escribir su nombre en los libros de historia, y no en el buen sentido. La última encuesta de Gallup sitúa la aprobación del presidente en solo el 42%, la más baja de su mandato hasta la fecha y
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By Artemis Moshtaghian and Mirna Alsharif, CNN A New Jersey teaching assistant was suspended by the Ridgefield School District after an alleged incident last week in which a Muslim-American student claimed he was called a terrorist after asking a question during math class. The school district did not describe what took place but said that
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN I am a card-carrying scaredy-cat. I’ve never seen “Halloween” (any of them). Or “Scream” or “Saw” or “The Blair Witch Project” or “It.” My kids know better than to suggest it — I’ve embarrassed them too many times by squealing loudly in the theater when some small scare pops up from
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund says it will stop investing in companies that produce fossil fuels. The ABP fund said Tuesday that the move was prompted by recent climate reports by the United Nations and International Energy Agency. Members of the fund have long called
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund says it will stop investing in companies that produce fossil fuels. The ABP fund said Tuesday that the move was prompted by recent climate reports by the United Nations and International Energy Agency. Members of the fund have long called
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By Lauren Kent, CNN Running shoes, keys, watch — I used to always grab the essentials before heading out for a jog. When I first began running in high school on the track team, it made sense to carefully clock every mile and push myself to race for personal bests. But as I transitioned from
Continue Reading BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters have blocked some roads in Sudan’s capital with makeshift barricades and burning tires. They are demanding a return to civilian rule, after the military seized power in a swift coup widely denounced by the international community. The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to discuss
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s newly elected parliament is set to hold its first meeting. The 736-member lower house, or Bundestag, is expected to elect as its new speaker Baerbel Bas of the center-left Social Democrats, which emerged from last month’s election as the strongest party. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend Tuesday’s meeting although she
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By Ralph Ellis, CNN A Florida state senator says state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo — a skeptic of many Covid-19 safety measures — refused her request to put on a face mask while visiting her legislative office, even after she told him she had a serious medical condition. Tina Polsky, a Democrat representing parts of
Continue Reading By Ralph Ellis, CNN A Florida state senator says state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo — a skeptic of many Covid-19 safety measures — refused her request to put on a face mask while visiting her legislative office, even after she told him she had a serious medical condition. Tina Polsky, a Democrat representing parts of
Continue Reading By EILEEN NG and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders have begun their annual summit without Myanmar, amid a diplomatic standoff over the military-ruled nation’s exclusion from the group’s meetings. Myanmar skipped the summit in protest after the regional bloc — the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Police in Wuhan, China, say they are searching for a man who killed seven people then jumped off a bridge in the city. Local reports say the suspect killed a man who was temporarily serving as the Communist Party secretary in a village near Wuhan. The party official’s wife, daughter-in-law and two
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN Eric Garner’s mother and other police reform advocates have begun questioning New York Police Department officers in court as part of a judicial inquiry on issues surrounding her son’s death, pressing them on topics ranging from erroneously charging Garner with felony cigarette tax evasion to texting a colleague shortly after Garner’s
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By Jenn Selva and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A district attorney in New Mexico hasn’t ruled out criminal charges in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the “Rust” movie set, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday, noting the shooting remains under active investigation. News of the potential for criminal charges was first reported on Tuesday by the New
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By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business For years, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted his mission to connect the entire world — and his company has come closer than perhaps any other to fulfilling that lofty goal, with more than 3 billion monthly users across its various platforms. But that staggering global expansion has come at a
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Facebook, inició la llamada de ganancias trimestrales de la compañía abordando la última ola de gran cobertura mediática basada en un tesoro de documentos internos filtrados el lunes. “Las críticas de buena fe nos ayudan a mejorar, pero mi opinión es que estamos viendo un
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