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Month: August 2021

Críticas a Barbie tras lanzar una colección “inclusiva” de los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio sin representación asiática visible

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) —  Barbie, la muñeca más popular de Estados Unidos, ha recibido numerosas críticas en las redes sociales por no incluir una Barbie de origen asiático en su colección dedicada a los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020. Mattel, la compañía de juguetes que fabrica las muñecas Barbie, colaboró con el Comité Olímpico Internacional

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Arkansas has just 8 ICU beds available as the state had its largest increase in hospitalizations

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday announced “very startling numbers,” including the state’s largest single-day increase in hospitalizations, eclipsing its previous high of Covid-19 admissions. In a tweet, Hutchinson said there were only eight available intensive care unit beds in the state. The Arkansas Department of Health is reporting 995 new

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Besieged on a ‘Taliban-made island,’ Kandahar’s residents see no way out as militants advance ever closer

By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN A wedding hall in the west of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second city, now lies on the front line of fierce fighting between Taliban forces and Afghan government troops. Dust coats the chairs where the guests would normally sit. Instead of the chatter of celebration, gun shots crack

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Funding boost means more Oregon Opportunity Grants available to students

The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission Office of Student Access and Completion announced to announce that the recent approval of an additional $28.8 million to the state’s need-based college financial aid program, the Oregon Opportunity Grant, will allow the agency to immediately begin awarding more financial aid to current and future Oregon students to support college affordability statewide. 

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