By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister has decried calls from the main opposition party to suspend the implementation of a vaccination mandate for health workers, saying that they send a dangerous signal. Parliament in December approved the legislation that will require staff at hospitals and nursing homes to get immunized
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — ¿Quieres perder peso al dormir? Intenta extender el tiempo que duermes para que no te prives del sueño. Ese es el sorprendente resultado de un ensayo aleatorio que pidió a adultos jóvenes con sobrepeso que normalmente dormían menos de seis horas y media que trataran de dormir alrededor de ocho horas y
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN staff In the span of a week, three American-born athletes of Chinese descent have been thrust into the spotlight at the Beijing Winter Olympics — to very different reactions in China. All three were trained in the United States and are only a few years apart in age, but their paths diverged
Continue ReadingBy CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — With nowhere really to go, journalists inside the Beijing Olympics bubble are encouraged to sleep on the job. They can’t visit the village rooms where competitors are staying, but they can try out the high-tech beds athletes are sleeping in. Several corridors at the main media center
Continue ReadingBy CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — With nowhere really to go, journalists inside the Beijing Olympics bubble are encouraged to sleep on the job. They can’t visit the village rooms where competitors are staying, but they can try out the high-tech beds athletes are sleeping in. Several corridors at the main media center
Continue ReadingBy CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — With nowhere really to go, journalists inside the Beijing Olympics bubble are encouraged to sleep on the job. They can’t visit the village rooms where competitors are staying, but they can try out the high-tech beds athletes are sleeping in. Several corridors at the main media center
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The most dominant snowboard racer in the world is still an alpine skier.
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is announcing a $48 billion plan to become a major semiconductor producer. With the move, the bloc is trying to curb its dependency on Asian markets for the component that powers everything from cars to game consoles. As Europe’s reliance on Russia for energy
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is announcing a $48 billion plan to become a major semiconductor producer. With the move, the bloc is trying to curb its dependency on Asian markets for the component that powers everything from cars to game consoles. As Europe’s reliance on Russia for energy
Continue ReadingKEPR, RICHLAND POLICE, CNN By Chris Boyette and Kelly McCleary, CNN The suspect in Monday’s deadly shooting inside a grocery store in Washington state has been arrested, police said late Monday. Aaron Christopher Kelly, 39, was taken into custody without incident, the Richland Police Department said. Police earlier described Kelly as “armed and dangerous” and
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ROC forward Polina Bolgareva tested positive for COVID-19 after facing off against Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — American rocker Iggy Pop, known as “the godfather of punk”, and Ensemble Intercontemporain, a contemporary music orchestra based in Paris, have won the 2022 Polar Music Prizes, a Swedish music award. The award panel said Tuesday that Iggy Pop, a singer and songwriter whose real name is James Newell Osterberg, has “created
Continue ReadingJacopo Prisco, CNN Somewhere beneath the pitch of England’s national stadium in Wembley, London, lie the foundations of what could have been the city’s tallest building. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Great Tower of London was poised to surpass it in height and reach almost 1,200 feet. Instead, it never went past
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Biden administration is kicking off an outreach campaign to get millions of families to file their taxes so they can receive the second half of payments from the expanded child tax credit. Vice President Kamala Harris, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and White House senior adviser Gene Sperling are hosting
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Health Ministry says that the March 1 deadline of full vaccination for teachers and so-called uniformed services is being pushed back indefinitely because it cannot be met. Last year the government said teachers, medics, police, armed forces and firefighters need to be inoculated by March 1 if they want to
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Quentin Fillon Maillet filled in quite nicely for Martin Fourcade at the Beijing Olympics. The Frenchman won the the 20-kilometer individual biathlon race and added a gold medal to the silver he won in the mixed relay over the weekend. Fourcade is a five-time Olympic champion
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — A Spanish retiree is campaigning to keep in-person customer services at bank branches. On Tuesday he was handing government officials a petition with more than 610,000 signatures. Carlos San Juan from Valencia, a 78-year-old retired doctor, says he felt “left out” by the shift to online banking. His petition struck a chord
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — A Spanish retiree is campaigning to keep in-person customer services at bank branches. On Tuesday he was handing government officials a petition with more than 610,000 signatures. Carlos San Juan from Valencia, a 78-year-old retired doctor, says he felt “left out” by the shift to online banking. His petition struck a chord
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Two-sport Czech athlete Ester Ledecka clinched a repeat title in women’s parallel giant slalom snowboarding by defeating Austrian Daniela Ulbing in the big final; Slovenia’s Gloria Kotnik won the small final for bronze.
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Czech Republic’s Ester Ledecka defends her gold medal title in parallel giant slalom competition.
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