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(CNN) — Una mujer de 19 años murió el jueves luego de un presunto ataque de tiburón en la Isla Norte de Nueva Zelandia. Según la policía local, la mujer resultó herida mientras estaba en las aguas frente a la playa de Waihī el jueves por la tarde y murió poco después. La policía de
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As humans, we may owe our ability to adapt to new situations and environments to our earliest ancestors. New evidence unearthed at the Oldupai Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Tanzania known as the “Cradle of Mankind,” has revealed that “environmental adaptability and pioneering behavior were in place two million years ago” in early
Continue ReadingThe attack on the US Capitol on Wednesday has left parents wondering how to talk to their kids about what happened. How much should they see of the heartbreaking videos of violence? How much can they know about injustice, racism, insurrection and the immense power and responsibility that accompanies free speech? As a child psychiatrist,
Continue ReadingPediatricians like us have seen it over and over again in the last few months — kids who have put on 5, sometimes 10, at times even 20 pounds — since the onset of the pandemic. In a year filled with so much tragedy and suffering, it would be easy to dismiss a few extra
Continue Reading Happy birthday to the king of rock ‘n’ roll, Elvis Presley. Since we can’t gift him a nice pair of Blue Suede Shoes, we are honoring him with these fascinating facts you may not know. Here are eight things we were All Shook Up to learn about the legendary Hound Dog: 1. Elvis Presley was
Continue Reading Facebook extiende restricciones a la cuenta de Trump. ¿Puede Trump ser destituido? Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Aumentan los llamados en el Congreso de EE.UU. para destituir a Trump Un número creciente de legisladores piden la destitución del presidente Donald Trump, ya sea a través de
Continue ReadingElon Musk edged past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to grab the title of world’s richest person, according to Bloomberg. A 6% rise in Tesla shares early Thursday lifted the value of its CEO’s stock holdings and options by $10 billion, taking his net worth to about $191 billion. A more modest rise of less than
Continue Reading A player on the Philadelphia 76ers has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the team to remain in New York City after playing the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night, a team source told CNN. The source said the team will follow league protocols for Covid-19. The player was not identified. A reporter for The Athletic and
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un agente de la policía del Capitolio de Estados Unidos murió el jueves por las heridas que sufrió luego de que una turba de partidarios del presidente Donald Trump irrumpiera en el Capitolio el miércoles. Otras cuatro personas murieron el miércoles durante el impactante ataque al corazón de la democracia estadounidense cuando integrantes
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John Cruise-Wilkins is a man on a mission. Like his late father Reginald before him, he believes there is great beauty to be found beneath an unprepossessing stretch of road in northern Mahe, the main island of the Seychelles. See, Cruise-Wilkins is a treasure hunter. And his and his father’s seven decades’ worth of research
Continue Reading A 19-year-old woman died Thursday after a suspected shark attack in New Zealand’s North Island. According to local police, the woman was injured while in the waters off Waihī Beach late on Thursday afternoon, and died shortly after. New Zealand police on Friday identified the woman as 19-year-old Kaelah Marlow from the city of Hamilton,
Continue Reading A player on the Philadelphia 76ers has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the team to remain in New York City after playing the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night, a team source told CNN. The source said the team will follow league protocols for Covid-19. The player was not identified. A reporter for The Athletic and
Continue Reading A South Korean judge has ordered the Japanese government to pay damages to 12 victims of war-time sexual slavery, in a historic ruling over war atrocities that have strained the two countries’ relationship for decades. The victims sued the Japanese government in 2016 for kidnapping, sexual violence, and torture during World War II. They had
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Este jueves, el Ministerio de Salud de Brasil informó a través de un comunicado la firma de un contrato con el Instituto Butantan que permite la incorporación de más de 100 millones de dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19 al Programa Nacional de Inmunizaciones. Estado de Amazonas, en Brasil, suspende actividades
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China has locked down a city of 11 million people in its northern province of Hebei, in an effort to contain the country’s worst coronavirus flare-up in months. Residents of Shijiazhuang, a provincial capital close to Beijing, have been barred from leaving the city, as major highways were blocked, train and bus stations closed and
Continue ReadingHyundai’s stock recorded its best day in at least two decades after the South Korean automaker was reported to be in early talks with Apple to develop self-driving electric cars. While nothing has been finalized, several media outlets reported Friday that Hyundai has confirmed that it is talking to Apple. The news was initially reported
Continue ReadingFrench striker Karim Benzema is set to face trial for his alleged involvement in a scheme to blackmail his former teammate Mathieu Valbuena in 2015, the prosecutor of the Versailles Tribunal confirmed to CNN. The case relates to the existence of a sex tape which features Valbuena. Benzema is accused of pressuring Valbuena, who played
Continue ReadingThe US Capitol Police confirmed the death of one of their officers late Thursday from injuries suffered when a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol a day before. Capitol Police said in a statement that Officer Brian D. Sicknick died at approximately 9:30 p.m. ET Thursday “due to injuries sustained while on-duty.”
Continue ReadingThe US reported more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths Thursday — the most virus-related deaths the country has reported in one day since the pandemic’s start. It’s the third day in a row of record daily deaths from the disease, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, while the number of people who have been infected
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