By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — The omicron variant of the coronavirus has swept across Australia despite its high vaccination rate and strict border policies that kept the country largely sealed off from the world for almost two years. Those measures turned Australia into a virtually COVID-19-free utopia at the start of the
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN staff Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open participation has provided a tumultuous backdrop to the tournament. The Serbian world No. 1 was detained in Australia last week over a visa and vaccination dispute, and on Tuesday released a lengthy statement addressing his movements in December 2020. On Sunday, the tennis star left the country
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los restos de un vasto asentamiento comercial romano fueron descubiertos por un equipo de arqueólogos que trabajan a lo largo de una futura ruta ferroviaria de alta velocidad en Inglaterra. Cientos de monedas romanas, joyas, cerámica y un par de grilletes se encontraban entre los artefactos descubiertos en el sitio cerca
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HONOLULU (AP) — The Sony Open is a reunion of sorts for three No. 1 amateur players in the world. The mentor is Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama. Joining him at Waialae this year are Takumi Kanaya and Keita Nakajima. Matsuyama is their inspiration. Both remember watching Matsuyama win the
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HONOLULU (AP) — The Sony Open is a reunion of sorts for three No. 1 amateur players in the world. The mentor is Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama. Joining him at Waialae this year are Takumi Kanaya and Keita Nakajima. Matsuyama is their inspiration. Both remember watching Matsuyama win the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Un asteroide que tiene un ancho de un kilómetro, según las estimaciones, vuela cerca de la Tierra este martes. Pasará a 1,9 millones de kilómetros de nuestro planeta, moviéndose a 76.192 km/h, según el Centro de Estudios de Objetos Cercanos a la Tierra de la NASA, que rastrea cometas y asteroides
Continue ReadingBy Adrienne Broaddus, Elizabeth Stuart, David Shortell, Paul P. Murphy, Amir Vera and Omar Jimenez, CNN The roughly 25,000 rank-and-file members of the Chicago Teachers Union narrowly voted in favor of the safety agreement struck between the union and the district to return to class in person, a union official confirmed to CNN on Wednesday
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Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese minister assigned the task of containing COVID-19 while steering the world’s third largest economy toward growth says Japan must learn to coexist with the coronavirus. Daishiro Yamagiwa said Wednesday he is confident he can carry out that precarious “balancing act.” Japan had managed to
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese minister assigned the task of containing COVID-19 while steering the world’s third largest economy toward growth says Japan must learn to coexist with the coronavirus. Daishiro Yamagiwa said Wednesday he is confident he can carry out that precarious “balancing act.” Japan had managed to
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Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Logan Couture scored in overtime moments after a fan threw a fake octopus on the ice and the San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2. The octopus — a longstanding fan tradition in Detroit — hit the ice less than a minute
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — William Nylander scored in regulation and got the winner in a shootout as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3. Auston Matthews and Ilya Mikheyev also scored in regulation as as Toronto improved to 5-0-1 on a six-game point streak, and 21-4-2 since
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers rallied from a 25-point deficit in the second half for a stunning 87-85 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Amir Coffey had 18 points and Reggie Jackson scored 11 of his 13 in the fourth quarter. Terance Mann scored nine of his
Continue ReadingMARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A segment of a 110-year-old Florida Keys bridge has reopened to pedestrians and bicyclists following a $44 million restoration project. Rehabilitation construction on the oft-photographed 2.2-mile span of the Old Seven Mile Bridge began in late 2017. Nicknamed “Old Seven,” the iconic bridge was completed in 1912 as part of Henry
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescuers have resumed their search for six missing construction workers believed to be trapped at a collapsed construction site in the southern city of Gwangju. About 10 vehicles were destroyed and dozens of nearby households and shops were forced to evacuate Tuesday afternoon following the partial collapse of
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after the latest report of surging prices in the U.S. appeared to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates in coming months. Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul were lower while Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. U.S. futures declined. On
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after the latest report of surging prices in the U.S. appeared to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates in coming months. Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul were lower while Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. U.S. futures declined. On
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN China’s northern port city of Tianjin and central province of Henan have further tightened Covid restrictions as the highly contagious Omicron variant continues to spread, posing the gravest challenge yet to the country’s zero-Covid strategy. Tianjin, which detected China’s first community spread of Omicron on Saturday, is rolling out a second
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Ons Jabeur advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sydney Tennis Classic by beating two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-4, 6-4 in one of several warm-up tournaments for next week’s Australian Open. The seventh-seeded Jabeur had five aces and won 76% of her first-serve points to set up a match against fourth-seeded Anett
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