olivertapia Nueva York (CNN) — “Eternals”, la nueva película de Marvel, recaudó US$ 71 millones en su fin de semana de estreno, anunció Disney (DIS), lo que la convierte en el cuarto debut más alto de la pandemia a pesar de las críticas menos favorables de los críticos. La cifra se acerca al estreno del
Continue ReadingBy ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore’s High Court has suspended the scheduled execution of a Malaysian man believed to have a mental disability until an appeal is heard, amid pleas from the international community and rights groups. The 33-year-old Malaysian man was due to be executed by hanging on Wednesday for trying
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Association Press PRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia has expanded strict coronavirus restrictions to nearly half of the country amid a record surge of infections. The government is expected to discuss additional measures on Monday as the country’s Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky joined medical personnel who treat COVID-19 patients in urging Slovaks to get
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top Arab League official is in Beirut to explore ways to resolve an unprecedented diplomatic rift between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia that emerged following comments by the Lebanese information minister. The minister had criticized the war in Yemen that a Saudi-led coalition is waging against the
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La ley sobre infraestructuras de US$ 1 billón que el presidente Joe Biden firmará próximamente es una victoria política muy necesaria y una reivindicación de todo su credo político. Pero, por sí sola, es poco probable que rescate una presidencia que se tambalea ante la inminencia de las elecciones de
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Parents held children born while they were stuck abroad. Long-separated couples kissed, and grandparents embraced grandchildren who had doubled in age. The happy reunions played out Monday as the U.S. fully reopened to many vaccinated international travelers. The easing of pandemic restrictions allowed
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, CNN More than 100 fossil fuel companies are understood to have sent 500 lobbyists to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, more than any single country at the summit, according to the environmental campaign group Global Witness. The group analyzed the UN’s provisional list of named corporate attendees and found at
Continue ReadingCNN, KCBS, KCAL By Jenn Selva and Gregory Lemos, CNN A California woman is accusing Southwest Airlines of racial profiling, saying she was accused of human trafficking while traveling with her biracial daughter. Mary MacCarthy of Los Angeles told CNN she and her 10-year-old daughter, Moira, were flying to Denver on October 22 after receiving
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Un estudio único en su tipo utiliza un nuevo modelo climático de alta resolución para subrayar los riesgos climáticos extremos locales impulsados por el clima con décadas de anticipación, y los resultados no son buenos. La Oficina Meteorológica del Reino Unido aprovechó su modelo de Proyección del Clima del Reino Unido
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s health minister is suing Van Morrison after the singer called him “very dangerous” for his handling of coronavirus restrictions. The Belfast-born singer opposes restrictions to curb the spread of the virus, and has released several songs criticizing lockdowns. The defamation suit relates to three incidents in which Morrison criticized Northern
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — People fleeing Ethiopia say a new round of deadly attacks and forced conscription has begun against ethnic Tigrayans who remain in an area now controlled by Amhara regional authorities in collaboration with soldiers from neighboring Eritrea. The war is intensifying as rival Tigray forces approach Ethiopia’s
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported no daily deaths from COVID-19 for the first time in 15 months, as infections decline rapidly. After record cases last summer, numbers began falling in September. Experts attribute the decline to vaccination progress, mask wearing and other anti-virus measures. Vaccinations, despite a slow start,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A bus has been hijacked and set on fire in Northern Ireland, amid discontent over the trade deal struck as part of the U.K.’s departure from the European Union. Four masked men boarded the double decker bus on Sunday on the outskirts of Belfast. The group ordered the driver and passengers off
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, Holly Yan, Rosa Flores and Steve Almasy, CNN Before rapper Travis Scott took the stage Friday night at his sold-out Astroworld Festival, Houston’s police chief had a “brief and respectful” meeting with him to discuss safety concerns. “I met with Travis Scott and his head of security for a few moments last
Continue ReadingBy AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A court run by Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels has sentenced an actor and model to five years in prison on charges of committing an indecent act and having drugs in her possession. The court in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa also sentenced three other
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to talk about climate change. But his opponents want to focus on corruption. As a United Nations climate summit aimed at staving off catastrophic global warming enters its final week in Glasgow, host Johnson is facing a barrage of criticism in
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is encouraging local school districts to host clinics to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to kids and information to parents on the benefits of the shots. First lady Jill Biden and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy visited the Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia, on
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN First lady Jill Biden and US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy will make a push for boosting the number of Covid-19 vaccination sites for children Monday as they kick off a nationwide administration effort to encourage vaccines for the nation’s youngest and newly eligible candidates. “Over the following weeks the First
Continue ReadingCNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history Sunday when she became the country’s first woman to conduct a spacewalk, according to the national space agency. Wang and fellow astronaut Zhai Zhigang, two of the three-member team currently at China’s new Tiangong space station, successfully completed the 6.5 hour spacewalk in the
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — El Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE) de Nicaragua anunció esta madrugada los resultados provisionales de las cuestionadas elecciones presidenciales en el país celebradas el domingo 7 de noviembre de 2021. Solís: Nicaragua sufrirá aislamiento tras elecciones 0:59 Según el organismo oficial, la Alianza Unida Nicaragua Triunfa, liderada por el Frente Nacional Sandinista,
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