Italian births decline dramatically during pandemic
MILAN (AP) — Italian women are having dramatically fewer babies than ever during the pandemic, accentuating one of the world’s lowest birth…
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Banks slowly reconsider overdraft fees, amid public pressure
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The banking industry appears to have overdone it on overdraft fees. After decades of raking in…
Continue ReadingBanks slowly reconsider overdraft fees, amid public pressure
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The banking industry appears to have overdone it on overdraft fees. After decades of raking in…
Continue ReadingAt least 71 dead after gas tanker explodes in Haiti’s second largest city
By Etant Dupain, CNN At least 71 people have been killed and dozens injured after a tanker transporting gasoline exploded in Cap-Haitien,…
Continue ReadingConfirman primer caso positivo de variante ómicron en Puerto Rico
CNNEE (CNN Español) — El Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico confirmó este lunes el primer caso positivo de la variante ómicron, del…
Continue ReadingAfghan victims saddened US drone strike to go unpunished
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan survivors of an errant U.S. drone strike that killed 10 members of their…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 vaccinations began a year ago. These numbers show how it’s going
By Faith Karimi and Deidre McPhillips, CNN On December 14, 2020, nurse Sandra Lindsay rolled up her left sleeve at a New York City hospital and…
Continue ReadingGreek commentator’s death puts spotlight on unvaccinated
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An unvaccinated Greek commentator and publisher has died of respiratory failure and resulting complications from COVID-19.…
Continue ReadingPortugal picked for Europe’s biggest lithium treatment plant
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese and a Swedish company are joining forces to build in Portugal what they say will be Europe’s largest lithium…
Continue ReadingPortugal picked for Europe’s biggest lithium treatment plant
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese and a Swedish company are joining forces to build in Portugal what they say will be Europe’s largest lithium…
Continue ReadingOmicron spreading so fast it threatens Britain’s hospitals
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Health Secretary Sajid Javid says the omicron variant of COVID-19 is spreading so rapidly…
Continue ReadingDos policÃas y un civil muertos por dos explosiones en el aeropuerto de Cúcuta, Colombia
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia informó este martes que por la mañana se registró una fuerte…
Continue ReadingÉl terminó con algunas de las marcas más queridas de Coca-Cola y lo volverÃa a hacer
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — El CEO de Coca-Cola James Quincey, un veterano de 25 años en la compañÃa, ha estado escuchando las…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mixed ahead of Fed policy statement
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia as traders await the outcome of the last Federal Reserve meeting of…
Continue ReadingGerman COVID panel to give advice by Christmas as cases ease
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of a new expert panel advising the German government on the coronavirus pandemic are…
Continue ReadingGerman COVID panel to give advice by Christmas as cases ease
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of a new expert panel advising the German government on the coronavirus pandemic are…
Continue ReadingPolish youth is first known omicron case in mainland China
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Health ministry says that a Polish teenager who flew from Warsaw to China last week is continental…
Continue ReadingFireball from overturned tanker kills 75 in Haiti: official
By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and EVENS SANON Associated Press CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — Authorities say at least 75 people were killed and dozens more…
Continue ReadingNATO chief applies for job as Norway’s central bank governor
BY JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he has applied to be the next governor of…
Continue ReadingPfizer confirms COVID pill’s results, potency versus omicron
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says that its experimental COVID-19 pill appears effective against the omicron…
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