By Vasco Cotovio, Isa Soares, Karol Suarez, Kiarinna Paris and Rob Picheta, CNN Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is one step closer to securing control of more than $1 billion dollars in gold reserves stored at the Bank of England, after Britain’s Supreme Court unequivocally recognized him as President of Venezuela on Monday evening. Reversing
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By Hannah Ritchie, CNN The ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has been ordered to pay his ex-wife Princess Haya bint al-Hussein more than $728 million (£500 million), in one of the largest divorce settlements ever handed down by a UK court. The figure will be used to cover Princess Haya’s security costs
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By Helen Regan and Hilary Whiteman, CNN For two years, Australia avoided the worst of the coronavirus pandemic thanks to strict border controls and prolonged lockdowns. But Covid cases are now rising rapidly in the country, with the Omicron variant posing a new threat just as states and cities were beginning to loosen restrictions. On
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By Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added eight destinations to its highest-risk category for travel on Monday, including the world’s No. 2 most-visited nation before the pandemic started. In its weekly update of Covid-19 travel advisories, the CDC advised against travel to tourist favorite Spain at this time. In
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By Rob Picheta, Lauren Kent and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will not travel to Sandringham for Christmas and will instead celebrate at Windsor Castle, a Buckingham Palace source told CNN on Monday, as the new Omicron coronavirus variant surges in the United Kingdom. In a typical year, the Queen travels to her
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By Karol Suarez, Rafael Romo, Helen Regan and Hira Humayun, CNN Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President after he won a presidential runoff election on Sunday. With 99.95% of ballots counted, Boric won with 55.87% of the vote, securing victory over his right-wing opponent, Jose Antonio Kast, who
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By Robert Iddiols and Amy Cassidy, CNN A photo has emerged that appears to show British Prime Minister Boris Johnson drinking wine with Downing Street staff during the country’s first coronavirus lockdown last year. The image, shared with British newspaper The Guardian, purports to show an outdoor gathering that took place on May 15, 2020.
Continue Reading By Karol Suarez, Rafael Romo, Helen Regan and Hira Humayun, CNN Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President after he won a presidential runoff election on Sunday. With 99.95% of ballots counted, Boric won with 55.87% of the vote, securing victory over his right-wing opponent, Jose Antonio Kast, who
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN For fans of westerns, “1883” certainly looks like the real deal, coming from “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan and featuring Sam Elliott as a gnarled cowboy. The execution, however, feels stale, offering less incentive to stick around and see how these pioneers fare with their journey than to go, say, re-watch
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By Matt Rivers, Natalie Gallón and Etant Dupain, CNN Videos by David von Blohn, for CNN CNN Exclusive: Port-au-Prince, Haiti — The smell of raw sewage and food waste permeates the air in the entrance to Haiti’s National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince. Its source is the exposed pipe that visitors must walk over as a
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By Philip Wang, CNN Fully vaccinated international travelers arriving in Sydney and Melbourne will no longer have to quarantine for 72 hours starting Tuesday, December 21, Australian government officials announced Thursday. In a joint statement, the premiers of New South Wales and Victoria said international travelers who are fully vaccinated will instead be required to
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A delivery driver goes above and beyond, the new Miss Universe shows off an unusual talent, and a bear cub has a festive face-off. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Delivery driver turns decorator One Amazon delivery driver’s nice gesture left an Oregon homeowner so thankful, she decided to
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A delivery driver goes above and beyond, the new Miss Universe shows off an unusual talent, and a bear cub has a festive face-off. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Delivery driver turns decorator One Amazon delivery driver’s nice gesture left an Oregon homeowner so thankful, she decided to
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A delivery driver goes above and beyond, the new Miss Universe shows off an unusual talent, and a bear cub has a festive face-off. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Delivery driver turns decorator One Amazon delivery driver’s nice gesture left an Oregon homeowner so thankful, she decided to
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A delivery driver goes above and beyond, the new Miss Universe shows off an unusual talent, and a bear cub has a festive face-off. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Delivery driver turns decorator One Amazon delivery driver’s nice gesture left an Oregon homeowner so thankful, she decided to
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By Daniela Mohor W., for CNN Just ten years ago, Gabriel Boric was a student leader in the Chilean capital, rallying against the country’s privatized education system alongside thousands of other students in Santiago. Now, the 35-year-old progressive congressman is taking that ethos to the polls, where he hopes to stave off his rival, far-right
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By Allegra Goodwin and Amy Woodyatt, CNN A 27-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and remains in police custody after four young boys died in a house fire in Sutton, south London, the city’s Metropolitan Police said Friday. The boys, two sets of twins, aged 3 and 4 years old, were
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters Boris Johnson’s Conservatives on Friday lost control of a parliamentary seat they have dominated for nearly 200 years, ratcheting up the pressure on Johnson from his lawmakers, who are in mutinous mood after a series of crises and scandals. The defeat was described as “a kicking” for the Conservatives, substantiating fears expressed
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Oscar Holland, CNN | Begona Blanco Munoz, CNN This year’s Miss World competition, scheduled to take place Thursday in Puerto Rico, has been postponed after multiple people linked to the event — including 23 of the 97 contestants — tested positive for Covid-19. In a statement released hours before the pageant was due to start,
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By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Hours before the airline offices open for the day, hundreds of Cubans wait in line, hoping to snag a hard-to-find ticket off the island. For many Cubans, it is only the beginning of a long and often dangerous journey to the United States. Throughout much of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cuba’s borders
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