By Travis Caldwell, CNN With demonstrations in the Canadian capital in their third week, Ottawa Police sent a message Wednesday to protesters, saying, “You must leave the area now.” Protests clogging downtown streets began in late January as truckers blocked roads and irritated residents with honking horns. This week, they agreed to move out of
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton and Paradise Afshar, CNN Canada is easing Covid-19 testing regulations for travelers, the country’s health minister announced on Tuesday. Starting February 28, the country will no longer require PCR tests for fully vaccinated travelers and will accept rapid tests, according to Federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos’ announcement. Rapid tests may be
Continue ReadingBy Aliza Kassim Khalidi, Karol Suarez and Fernando Del Rincón, CNN The former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, opted on Tuesday to surrender to US authorities a day after they issued an extradition warrant for him. Hernández, who left office last month after eight years as president, posted a voice recording on his Twitter
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business On Tuesday, Chipotle celebrated a milestone: The opening of its 3,000th location. Up until recently, Chipotle would have said that this new restaurant would have put the chain right around halfway to its goal. But last week, CEO Brian Niccol announced that the company has increased its ambitions. “Over the
Continue ReadingCNN, WDIV, CBC NEWS, CTV NETWORK By Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Canadian government is invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time to address the impact of continued protests across the country over Covid-19 health measures, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Monday. The Emergencies Act can provide for the use of
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN An AirAsia flight in Malaysia was re-routed after a snake was found on the plane, the airline has confirmed. The domestic flight was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau on February 10 when several passengers reportedly realized there was a snake on board the aircraft. A social media user shared
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Canadian government is invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time to address the impact of continued protests across the country over Covid-19 health measures, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Monday. The Emergencies Act can provide for the use of the military, but may not necessarily
Continue ReadingCNN, WXYZ, CBC NEWS By Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Shortly after North America’s busiest land border crossing reopened following a blockade by Canadians protesting Covid-19 mandates, the nation’s most populous province on Monday announced plans to loosen pandemic restrictions. For almost a week, protesters blocked the Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit
Continue ReadingBy Beth Braverman The last few weeks have served as a stark reminder that stocks can be volatile — sometimes extremely so. The S&P 500 fell by more than 5% in January, its worst performance since the pandemic began, and markets remained choppy through the first two weeks of February. Experts expect the volatility to
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Beth Braverman The last few weeks have served as a stark reminder that stocks can be volatile — sometimes extremely so. The S&P 500 fell by more than 5% in January, its worst performance since the pandemic began, and markets remained choppy through the first two weeks of February. Experts expect
Continue ReadingCNN, CBC, CTV, WKBW, KUSA By Susannah Cullinane, CNN North America’s busiest land border crossing has reopened after a nearly weeklong blockade by protesters decrying Covid-19 mandates crippled the key trade route, while demonstrators in the nation’s capital are expected to begin shifting out of residential areas Monday. The standoff at the Ambassador Bridge, which
Continue ReadingBy Kim Berryman, Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A police crackdown to remove protesters decrying Covid-19 mandates could soon restore some normalcy to American and Canadian businesses hit hard by a blockade at the border. Windsor Police have started arresting protesters blocking the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest land border crossing in North America. The
Continue ReadingBy Miguel Marquez, Jason Hanna and Kim Berryman, CNN Canadian police on Saturday attempted to clear protesters from the Ambassador Bridge across from Detroit, intending to end a six-day blockage of North America’s busiest international crossing by demonstrators decrying Covid-19 measures. Dozens of police officers approached protesters near the foot of the bridge on the
Continue ReadingBy Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Natalie Gallón, CNN Haiti’s government have said they “categorically reject” the allegations “published in the international press,” following this week’s publication of a CNN investigation into the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. The CNN investigation, published on Tuesday, shed new light onto Moïse’s July 7, 2021 killing, including
Continue ReadingCNN, CTV NETWORK By Paula Newton, Christina Maxouris, Aya Elamroussi and Eric Levenson, CNN Dozens of demonstrators remained at the busiest international crossing in North America hours past the deadline given by a Canadian judge, continuing their dayslong Covid-19 protest that has interrupted supply chains and alarmed the continent’s leaders. The judge granted an injunction
Continue ReadingBy Camilo Rocha, Rodrigo Pedroso and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN At the beginning of 2021, hospitals in Brazil’s Amazonas state were in a critical state, with ICUs filled to capacity and Covid-19 patients fighting for their lives. “There were a lot of young people in the last wave getting worse too fast. We had 33- to
Continue ReadingCNN, WXYZ By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Canadian demonstrators were blocking the busiest international crossing in North America on Saturday in defiance of a court order — setting up a potential showdown with police over the Covid-19 protests that have snarled supply chains and alarmed political leaders. On Friday, officials warned that those blocking the Ambassador
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Thousands of birds die each spring and fall when they collide with Chicago’s skyscrapers, which lie on a major migration path between Canada and Latin America. But the birds don’t die in vain. Since the 1970s, many of them have been collected from the street and cataloged by the city’s Field
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Buckley, CNN A high-tech stadium takes center stage, an all-time NFL great shares the screen with his son, and the real stars of the show — the commercials — have arrived. These are the must-watch videos of the week: Super Bowl LVI edition. Ready for its close-up Take a tour of SoFi Stadium,
Continue ReadingCNN, HLN By Brendan Buckley, CNN A high-tech stadium takes center stage, an all-time NFL great shares the screen with his son, and the real stars of the show — the commercials — have arrived. These are the must-watch videos of the week: Super Bowl LVI edition. Ready for its close-up Take a tour of
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