By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass. (AP) — When Microsoft urges shareholders to reject an activist investor’s proposal, shareholders almost always abide. So it was a shock when nearly 78% of shareholders at Microsoft’s Nov. 30 annual meeting voted to demand accountability from the company in responding to sexual harassment complaints, including allegations
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass. (AP) — When Microsoft urges shareholders to reject an activist investor’s proposal, shareholders almost always abide. So it was a shock when nearly 78% of shareholders at Microsoft’s Nov. 30 annual meeting voted to demand accountability from the company in responding to sexual harassment complaints, including allegations
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — As remaining cities and regions in Austria reopen restaurants and hotels, the country is reporting fewer than 2,000 new coronavirus cases. This is the lowest number since October, and stands in stark contrast to rising cases across much of Europe. In response to a fourth wave of infections, Austria went into a
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than a decade ago, Matthew Viragh was a Texan with a dream. He wanted to serve moviegoers booze and prepared food as they sat in their seats. In Brooklyn. But he had a state Prohibition-era liquor ban to contend with first. Viragh hired a
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Omicron is continuing to spread at an alarming rate across Europe and governments are once again being forced to make tough decisions in order to contain the highly contagious variant. As more and more restrictions are brought in, travel to and across Europe is becoming increasingly difficult for tourists, particularly those from
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Los argumentos finales están programados para comenzar este lunes por la mañana en Manhattan en el juicio federal de Ghislaine Maxwell, la confidente de Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell, de 59 años, se declaró inocente de seis cargos, que incluyen conspiración, tráfico sexual de menores y tentar a un menor a viajar para participar
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Xi Jinping, leader of the People’s Republic of China. Personal Birth date: June 15, 1953 Birth place: Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, China (some sources say Beijing) Birth name: Xi Jinping Father: Xi Zhongxun, revolutionary and vice premier Mother: Qi Xin Marriages: Peng Liyuan (1987-present); Ke
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office said it has received a manslaughter lawsuit for failure to help in the tragic capsizing last month of a boat in the English Channel that cost the lives of at least 27 people trying to reach Britain. The manslaughter lawsuit, filed by the humanitarian organization Utopia 56, accuses
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa is calling for peace in the entertainment industry following the violent deaths of fellow rappers Drakeo the Ruler and Young Dolph. The “See You Again” hitmaker took to Twitter on Sunday night to urge his fellow performers to treat each other better in the new year. As
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a series of measures to encourage lira-denominated savings, easing pressure on the beleaguered Turkish currency. The announcement came Monday after the lira tumbled to an all-time low of 18.36 against the dollar after Erdogan over the weekend stood firm on his policy to lower
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a series of measures to encourage lira-denominated savings, easing pressure on the beleaguered Turkish currency. The announcement came Monday after the lira tumbled to an all-time low of 18.36 against the dollar after Erdogan over the weekend stood firm on his policy to lower
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission has authorized a fifth COVID-19 vaccine for use in the 27-nation bloc Monday. It gave the green light Monday to the two-dose vaccine made by U.S. biotech company Novavax. The commission confirmed a European Medicines Agency recommendation to grant conditional
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union’s drugs regulator has given the green light to a fifth COVID-19 vaccine for use in the 27-nation bloc, granting conditional marketing authorization to the two-dose vaccine made by U.S. biotech company Novavax. The European Medicines Agency decision to recommend granting conditional marketing
Continue ReadingCENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) — The FBI and the Washington State Patrol bomb squad are investigating an ATM explosion in Centralia. The Centralia Police Department says an ATM exploded at the First Security Bank at 604 South Tower Ave around 6:40 a.m. Sunday. The explosion was caused by an “unknown improvised explosive device” that two unidentified
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — La compañía de biotecnología Moderna anunció este lunes que los datos preliminares sugieren que su dosis de refuerzo de media dosis aumentó los niveles de anticuerpos contra la variante ómicron en comparación con los niveles observados cuando una persona completamente vacunada no recibe un refuerzo, y una dosis mayor del refuerzo aumenta
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS and FARES AKRAM Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of trucks heavy with fuel, cement and other goods cross a plowed no man’s land between Egypt and the Gaza Strip each month — and Hamas becomes stronger. Hamas collects an estimated tens of millions of dollars a month in taxes
Continue ReadingCNN Julia Buckley, CNN Flying into Venice, on the right hand side of the airplane, you’ll see the city unfurl beneath you: a mass of terracotta roofs, brick bell towers and those canals, knitting the 118 islands of Venice together. Then, as the plane continues northwards across the lagoon to land at Venice airport, just
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN Flying into Venice, on the right hand side of the airplane, you’ll see the city unfurl beneath you: a mass of terracotta roofs, brick bell towers and those canals, knitting the 118 islands of Venice together. Then, as the plane continues northwards across the lagoon to land at Venice airport, just outside
Continue ReadingBy LEE PECK Click here for updates on this story SPANISH FORT, Alabama (WALA) — Prodisee Pantry is in the home stretch of making Christmas dinner happen for 1,500 Baldwin County families. We’ve seen them fill their Christmas boxes and this weekend were there as they had a lot of help handing them out. Among
Continue ReadingBy Aleks Klosok, CNN Rafael Nadal has tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving back in Spain from Abu Dhabi, the 20-time grand slam champion said on Monday. Nadal, who didn’t confirm the specific variant of Covid-19, had been making his comeback from injury in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi last
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