BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many train drivers at Germany’s national railway operator is calling members out on a new strike. The head of the GDL union said drivers of passenger trains will strike from 2 a.m. Monday to 2 a.m. Wednesday. Freight train drivers will start their strike on Saturday afternoon. It’s the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A union representing many train drivers at Germany’s national railway operator is calling members out on a new strike. The head of the GDL union said drivers of passenger trains will strike from 2 a.m. Monday to 2 a.m. Wednesday. Freight train drivers will start their strike on Saturday afternoon. It’s the
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — A medida que los niños regresan a la escuela cada año, los padres generalmente están preparados para que el sistema inmunológico de sus hijos se enfrente a unas pocas semanas de resfriados y otras enfermedades. Añade este año a esa lista: una pandemia mortal, con algunos síntomas que pueden imitar otras
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN en Español) — El ministro de Salud de Colombia, Fernando Ruiz, informó este jueves a través de su cuenta verificada de Twitter que se abre la vacunación contra el covid-19 para jóvenes de entre 15 y 19 años. La vacunación para las personas de este rango de edad comenzará a partir del 21
Continue Readingolivertapia Hong Kong (CNN) — Cuando la variante delta del nuevo coronavirus, que es altamente infecciosa, se afianzó en China el mes pasado, Zhang Wenhong, un respetado experto en enfermedades infecciosas en Shanghai, le dijo a un preocupado público chino que se preparara para vivir con el virus a largo plazo. Pero su franqueza tuvo
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Seven years after Boko Haram extremists abducted more than 270 schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria, two of the more than 100 still being held by the rebels returned this month, renewing the hope of parents who have all but given up on the long wait for the
Continue ReadingBy Nilly Kohzad, CNN Since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing provincial capitals at lightning speed, it’s been difficult to get a picture of what life is like for Afghans outside the capital, Kabul. Especially for women. On Thursday, CNN reached three women — all in their mid-20s and well-educated — to get
Continue ReadingCNN By Nilly Kohzad, CNN Since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing provincial capitals at lightning speed, it’s been difficult to get a picture of what life is like for Afghans outside the capital, Kabul. Especially for women. On Thursday, CNN reached three women — all in their mid-20s and well-educated — to
Continue ReadingBy Steven Jiang and Jill Disis, CNN Business China has passed sweeping new rules about the collection and use of personal data as Beijing toughens its regulation of the country’s tech companies. The Personal Information Protection Law — which was approved Friday by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and which will take
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK and NICK PERRY Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state leader is warning that Melbourne may be losing control of a COVID-19 delta variant outbreak that began in Sydney and has also spread to the New Zealand capital. The fast-moving outbreak was first detected in mid-June in Sydney, Australia’s largest
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister and Turkey’s president are to speak Friday evening to discuss developments in Afghanistan. Both countries are raising concerns about a potential major influx of people fleeing the Taliban takeover. Meanwhile, Greece’s defense and citizens’ protection ministers headed to the border with Turkey to
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Arsenal has completed the signings of midfielder Martin Odegaard from Real Madrid and goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale. Norway international Odegaard was on loan in the second half of last season and returns on a long-term contract after Arsenal paid a fee reported to be $41 million. Odegaard scored two goals in 20 appearances
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Los talibanes actuaron rápidamente para aplastar a la oposición inicial a su gobierno en todo Afganistán, chocando con los manifestantes y obligando a toda una ciudad a quedarse encerrada, mientras se intensifica una frenética prisa por escapar del país en el aeropuerto internacional de Kabul. La ley Sharía y su estricta aplicación
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN It’s been a month since England dropped most of its coronavirus restrictions, a move that was welcomed by much of the country’s hard-pressed business sector but criticized by thousands of scientists as a “dangerous and unethical experiment.” In an open letter published in the Lancet medical journal, they argued that a
Continue ReadingCNN, WHITE HOUSE, CDC, NIAID, DEFENSE DEPARTMENT By Ivana Kottasová, CNN It’s been a month since England dropped most of its coronavirus restrictions, a move that was welcomed by much of the country’s hard-pressed business sector but criticized by thousands of scientists as a “dangerous and unethical experiment.” In an open letter published in the
Continue ReadingCNN, KTVT, KPRC By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The pace of Covid-19 hospitalizations is surging across the US, with the rates for children and adults under 50 hitting their highest levels yet, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Every age group under 50 has surpassed its previous record of hospitalizations, which
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN The pace of Covid-19 hospitalizations is surging across the US, with the rates for children and adults under 50 hitting their highest levels yet, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Every age group under 50 has surpassed its previous record of hospitalizations, which were recorded in
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronauts working on the country’s planned space station carried out their second spacewalk on Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. Since they were sent into space in June, the three-man crew has been working and living on the Tianhe core module of the space station, the largest spacecraft
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronauts working on the country’s planned space station carried out their second spacewalk on Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. Since they were sent into space in June, the three-man crew has been working and living on the Tianhe core module of the space station,
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On Wednesday, during a visit to Central Oregon, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., stopped to visit a Heart of Oregon Corps project site at Bend Park and Recreation District’s Pine Nursery Park. There, local young people from the Heart of Oregon’s summer and year-round conservation programs demonstrated the skills they are developing while they improve local public lands.
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