By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN A year and a half since the first Covid-19 cases were identified, many countries in Asia-Pacific feel right back where they started. While Britons hit the nightclubs after a long winter of coronavirus restrictions, millions of people in Australia and China are back in lockdown. Health systems in Malaysia, Thailand and
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — El diputado Walter Espinoza fue electo como candidato a la Presidencia de Nicaragua por el Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC) en una reunión extraordinaria de la junta directiva del partido, y se inscribió este sábado ante el Consejo Supremo Electoral, informó Espinoza a medios de comunicación nacionales a su salida de la
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Video by Stefania Dall’Armi, for CNN On September 10, 2020, motorcycle racer Ana Carrasco was lying in the gravel at the side of Lisbon’s famous Estoril circuit, barely conscious, surrounded by concerned medics. Moments earlier, practicing for the weekend’s SuperSport race meeting, she had approached a corner at speed and lost
Continue ReadingCNN By Brandon Miller, CNN Monday’s report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) represents the most comprehensive and conclusive “state of the science” on the climate crisis: why it is happening, how it is impacting every region of the planet, how much worse things are set to get and what must
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN As the world battles historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods, a landmark report from global scientists says the window is rapidly closing to cut our reliance on fossil fuels and avoid catastrophic changes that would transform life as we know it. The state-of-the-science report from the United
Continue ReadingCNN By Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN As the world battles historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods, a landmark report from global scientists says the window is rapidly closing to cut our reliance on fossil fuels and avoid catastrophic changes that would transform life as we know it. The state-of-the-science report from the
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, CNN Few cases of femicide make headlines in Pakistan, but the beheading of an ambassador’s daughter promises to test a legal system activists say has repeatedly failed victims of violence and needs urgent reform. According to a police report seen by CNN, Noor Mukadam, 27, died on July 20 after being allegedly
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN For the first time in nearly a decade, Singapore’s Changi Airport has lost its place at the top of Skytrax’s annual ranking of the world’s best airports at the World Airport Awards. Doha’s Hamad International Airport, which has been climbing the ranks for years, has been rewarded with the number one
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Miller, CNN Monday’s report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) represents the most comprehensive and conclusive “state of the science” on the climate crisis: why it is happening, how it is impacting every region of the planet, how much worse things are set to get and what must be
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — La principal asesora del gobernador de Nueva York, Andrew Cuomo, Melissa DeRosa, renunció el domingo por la noche, menos de una semana después de la publicación de un informe del fiscal general del estado que encontró que Cuomo acosaba sexualmente a 11 mujeres. “Ha sido el mayor honor de mi vida servir
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Ellie Meyrowitz is doing what she knows best: living out her dream, by helping athletes reach theirs.
Continue ReadingBy Kay Jones, Gregory Lemos and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Rising cases of Covid-19 in Louisiana have led to the cancellation of the New Orleans Jazz Fest for the second year running, organizers announced Sunday. Louisiana broke its own record for Covid-19 related hospitalizations on multiple days last week, with 2,421 individuals hospitalized with the virus
Continue ReadingThe U.S. is experiencing another surge of Covid-19 due to lack of vaccinations and the Delta variant.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — En un artículo de diciembre de 2016 para The Architect’s Newspaper, la periodista Audrey Wachs señaló un problema evidente con el Vessel, la atracción turística de 45 metros de altura que se inauguraría en el nuevo y reluciente vecindario de Hudson Yards en la ciudad de Nueva York. “Cuando uno
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Cuando Rebecca Smith se sentó a ver a Nueva Zelandia jugar contra la Selección Nacional Femenina de Estados Unidos en un partido de fútbol de Tokio 2020 la semana pasada, se quedó anonadada, y no solo por la increíble destreza de las atletas. Al ver el partido desde Londres, un
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Jackson, CNN Last Monday, Dasha Kelly was facing eviction and didn’t know how she was going to pay her back rent. A day later, thanks to strangers, more than $170,000 has been raised so far. On Tuesday, Kelly sat on her couch, one of the last pieces of furniture left in her apartment
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly Berryman and Nick Watt, CNN When CNN knocked on her door, Dasha Kelly panicked, thinking the eviction she’s been dreading was finally at hand. “You guys honestly freaked me out this morning when you knocked,” she said. Kelly — who was in the apartment with her boyfriend’s three daughters, Sharron, 8; Kia, 6;
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A 20-year-old man from Brazil was killed early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash on state Highway 126E east of Sisters, Oregon State Police said.
Continue ReadingBy Kendall Lanier, CNN The 18th Premier of Ontario, Bill Davis, passed away on Sunday morning, according to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He was 92. “Mr. Davis spent more than 25 years serving his province and was the second longest serving Premier of Ontario. He led the province for 14 years during a transformative
Continue ReadingHigh jumpers sharing gold; competitors celebrating their rivals’ success; runners helping fallen athletes back to their feet. The Tokyo games have seen intense competition, but will be remembered for feats of sportsmanship and kindness. CNN’s Will Ripley takes a look at the heartwarming moments of the 2020 Olympics.
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