MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs says an iron ore mine in northern Minnesota will close in a few years if it doesn’t get mineral rights from a nearby project that hasn’t been completed. Hibbing Taconite is expected to run out of iron ore around 2025. Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves says his company needs
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo shut its doors to visitors Friday after one of its aquatic birds tested positive for avian flu, the facility said. A routine check on a hamerkop — a medium-sized wading bird — that had died last week found that it tested positive for the disease. The zoo will remain
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Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Death is in the air on Twitter. On the platform Thursday evening, where #RIPTwitter was the top trend worldwide, users wrote what they feared might be their last posts, offering apprehensive goodbyes and listing the other (more stable) social media platforms where they can still be found. They were reacting
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A key member of President Joe Biden’s economic team is leaving his administration. A White House official says labor economist Cecilia Rouse will leave in the spring. Rouse was the first Black woman to serve as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. Rouse has been on
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is facing fierce criticism in South Africa after saying her mother tongue, Afrikaans, is “a dying language.” The “Monster” and “Tully” star made the comments on Monday’s episode of the “Smartless” podcast, saying that the language that she grew up speaking was fading out. Theron, 47, who
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer said its updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging omicron mutants even though it’s not an exact match. Few Americans have gotten updated boosters made by Pfizer and rival Moderna, shots tweaked to target the BA.5 omicron strain that until recently was the most common
Continue ReadingJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong undersea earthquake has shaken western Indonesia but no serious damage or casualties have been reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake measured magnitude 6.9 and was centered at a depth of 15 miles. No tsunami alert was issued by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency. Indonesia, a vast
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — B. Smyth, cantante de R&B que logró el éxito con sus canciones “Win Win” y “Twerkaholic”, murió, según compartió su hermano en el Instagram del cantante este jueves. Tenía 20 años. En una publicación del jueves, el hermano mayor de Smyth, Denzil, escribió que el artista “falleció esta mañana por insuficiencia
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN B. Smyth, an R&B artist who found success with his songs “Win Win” and “Twerkaholic,” has died, his brother announced on the singer’s Instagram page. He was 30. In a post on Thursday, Smyth’s older brother, Denzil, wrote the artist had “passed away this morning from respiratory failure after a long
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, Josh Campbell, Alaa Elassar and Andy Rose, CNN Investigators believe the man suspected of driving a vehicle into a group of law enforcement recruits, injuring 25 of them, committed a “deliberate act,” and the case should go to prosecutors Friday, the Los Angeles County sheriff said in an interview. The news came
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Heidi Montag Pratt and husband Spencer Pratt have welcomed their second child. “The Hills” couple introduced their new baby boy on Thursday, with Montag posting to Snapchat from the hospital. She shared that he was born at 11:31 a.m., weighing 7 lbs. and 9 oz., but did not reveal a name.
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business In a surprise reversal, Qatar announced a ban of alcoholic beer at the eight stadiums hosting the World Cup. That leaves fans with just one “beer” choice — albeit one that isn’t boozy. Soccer fans will still be able to purchase Bud Zero, an alcohol-free lager that Anheuser-Busch says tastes
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business On Thursday night, following another exodus of Twitter employees, the outage detection site Down Detector showed a spike in users reporting issues accessing the social media platform. A chart of the sharp increase in outage reports was shared by some users on Twitter, appearing to validate a growing fear that
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — En teoría, Estados Unidos continental podría incluirse en el alcance del último misil balístico intercontinental (ICBM) que Corea del Norte probó este viernes, dependiendo, entre otros factores, del peso de la ojiva acoplada, dijo el ministro de Defensa de Japón, Yasukazu Hamada, en un comunicado. “El misil balístico de clase
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian soldier opened fire at a military base in the northeast region, killing a humanitarian worker and a fellow soldier and injuring a pilot with United Nations Humanitarian Air Service. Samson Nantip Zhakom, a spokesman for the Nigerian army, said the unidentified soldier was “immediately
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Diane Warren was in the recording studio with Sofia Carson to work on her new song “Applause” when she got an unexpected phone call earlier this year. It was David Rubin, the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and he
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN “Jeopardy!” fans are confused and more than a little miffed after a controversial Final Jeopardy! clue divided contestants in the final rounds of the program’s “Tournament of Champions.” This is the second clue controversy the program has faced in just a few days. Amy Schneider, Andrew He and Sam Buttrey
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Get ready for this lineup. Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin star as a group of octogenarians who are hardcore Tom Brady fans who travel to Super Bowl LI. “This could be Tom’s last one he’s almost 40,” Tomlin’s character says in the trailer. “That’s like 80
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — What is bigger: A ronna or a quetta? Scientists meeting outside of Paris on Friday — who have expanded the world’s measuring unit systems for the first time this century as the global population surges past 8 billion — have the answer. Rapid scientific advances and vast
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