Germany’s Lufthansa operated a special cargo flight to airlift fruit and vegetables to England on Wednesday as shortages of food and other vital supplies loom because of continuing chaos at the UK-French border. A Lufthansa spokesperson told CNN Business that the Boeing 777 freighter was carrying 80 tons of perishable goods from Frankfurt to Doncaster-Sheffield
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The adage that a heroic movie is only as good as its villains has never felt truer than in “Wonder Woman 1984,” and those villains simply aren’t very good. The net effect is a concerted drag on this eagerly anticipated sequel, making its simultaneous debut in theaters and streaming on HBO Max perhaps the film’s
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(CNN) — El equipo de transición del presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, criticó la decisión de Twitter de no permitir que los millones de seguidores de las cuentas de la Casa Blanca se retengan automáticamente cuando se entreguen a la nueva administración. Cuando el presidente Donald Trump asumió el cargo en 2017, su
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las primeras 10.000 dosis de la vacuna de Pfizer-BioNtech contra el covid-19 arribarán este jueves a Chile en un avión proveniente desde Bélgica, informó este miércoles el presidente del país austral, Sebastián Piñera. «El avión llegará a Chile alrededor de las 7 de la mañana”, aseguró el mandatario en conferencia de prensa. “Esto
Continue Reading Eddie Murphy is back in to his royal homeland of Zamunda in “Coming 2 America.” The first official trailer for the much-anticipated sequel has dropped, and former Prince Akeem (played by Murphy) is now newly-crowned King Akeem. Along for the ride is Semmi (played by Arsenio Hall). The two must find the son Akeem never
Continue ReadingTeens are struggling during the pandemic, with social isolation, loss and financial woes on top of what’s already a tumultuous time in their young lives. Parents worry it will only get worse as holiday celebrations are muted or even canceled in light of the mounting Covid-19 death toll and hospitalizations. CNN talked to pediatrician and
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Coronavirus cases continue to surge up and down the state. Top executives from California’s largest hospital systems put out a “desperate call” on Tuesday asking people to avoid gathering over the Christmas holiday. Their message: “Don’t share your air.” Hospitals statewide are imploring the public to stay away from people from other households, which many
Continue Reading Some 800 guests saw the dress at the ceremony at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island, and 400 more watched it glide through the reception that evening. And then there were the 3,000 well-wishers who broke through police barricades to witness Jacqueline Lee Bouvier’s arrival at her wedding to then Sen. John
Continue ReadingThe year 2020, to put it mildly, was a challenging one for Corporate America. Still, some high-profile companies — and their leaders — thrived during these difficult times. Salesforce in particular had a truly standout year. Salesforce was added to the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average in August. In December the cloud computing company announced
Continue ReadingFast-food chain KFC has launched a new Intel-powered games console that comes with a built-in “chicken chamber” to keep your snacks warm. The KFConsole is part of a partnership with hardware manufacturer Cooler Master, KFC said in a statement on Tuesday. “The Bargain Bucket-shaped machine features the world’s first built in chicken chamber, which is
Continue ReadingSome of us are winding down for a period of holiday rest after a tumultuous year. But those who work in finance may not get much respite. Blame the last-gasp uncertainty about the US stimulus package, Brexit talks going down to the wire and a huge pipeline of deals that will keep bankers busy. The
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For those folks who may be finding that holiday cheer is harder to come by this year, there is an alternative to the cheery decking of the halls. There is an available option to celebrate a holiday and maintain a healthy dose of grumpiness. That’s right, there is Festivus. December 23 is Festivus, a day
Continue Reading Deep in the Australian outback, rows of airplanes are parked in the red desert sand, waiting out the pandemic under vast blue skies. Before March this year, Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage (APAS) had stored, maintained and reactivated around 75 aircraft at its desert storage facility in Alice Springs. Today, twice as many jets are hibernating
Continue ReadingAmerica has gone from having the strongest job market in decades to the very opposite during the pandemic. For older workers who have lost their jobs this year, the state of the labor market makes it harder to get rehired as the economy recovers, forcing many Americans to retire early. The US economy shed more
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is asking for changes to the coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress, saying its packed with unrelated spending while giving too little to struggling Americans, leaving the future of the $900 billion stimulus in doubt. Trump’s position could threaten to torpedo the carefully drafted bill, which his own
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a wave of lame duck pardons, including two for men who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller’s investigation, as well as ones for Republican allies who once served in Congress and military contractors involved in a deadly shooting of Iraqi civilians. The pardons of former campaign aide George Papadopoulos, former
Continue ReadingAn average of more than 200,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus every day for two straight weeks in the United States, a toll that has led to record numbers of people hospitalized and dying of the virus. The US reported over 195,000 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, putting the seven-day average of daily
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News of the first takers of the desperately awaited Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine spurred some hope and excitement amid new lockdowns and spiraling infections in much of the US and the UK. But in Russia, one of the few countries already offering vaccines to a wider segment of the general public, the turnout in the first two weeks of “large-scale” vaccination has been less
Continue Reading Nepali airline Buddha Air made a blunder recently when it flew passengers to the wrong airport. The domestic airline departed from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport on December 18. From there it flew northwest to the country’s second-biggest city of Pokhara, instead of going southeast to the flight’s intended destination, the southern city of Janakpur. The
Continue Reading Prospective jurors in the upcoming criminal trial stemming from George Floyd’s death were sent a questionnaire asking them to weigh in on Black Lives Matter protests and their views on policing. The 16-page questionnaire, filed in Minnesota district court on Tuesday, asks prospective jurors to answer how many times they have seen the video of
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