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The new year was meant to usher in greater certainty, with Covid-19 vaccination efforts ramping up and the US election in the rearview mirror. Instead, investors are being forced to grapple with fresh lockdowns and the uncertain outcome of Senate elections in Georgia — the result of which could have major ramifications for the US
Continue ReadingHaven, an ambitious health care company formed just three years ago as a partnership between Amazon, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, is shutting down. “Haven will end its operations at the end of February,” said Haven spokesperson Brooke Thurston in an email to CNN Business. The news was first reported by CNBC. The
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The Wisconsin pharmacist arrested last week after allegedly removing vials of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from cold storage is a conspiracy theorist who believes the vaccine could harm people, police say. Pharmacist Steven Brandenburg, 46, is accused of intentionally leaving out 57 vials, prompting hospital officials to sequester most of the doses because they thought
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Motivating kids to do schoolwork was hard enough in pre-pandemic times. No matter how skilled the teacher, and how clever the lesson plans, most kids would find at least some academic work utter drudgery. Many families are experiencing this drudgery compounded by distance learning compounded by two-plus weeks of sweet, winter break freedom during which
Continue ReadingWhat do you need for a meaningful life? Even as 2020 strained communities around the world, it offered some object lessons in living well. In the widespread nostalgia for pre-pandemic gatherings and rituals, we saw just how much we depend on other people. When medical and other frontline workers risked their own health to support
Continue ReadingThe gold medal for best 2021 diet went to the Mediterranean diet for the fourth year in a row, according to rankings announced Monday by U.S. News & World Report. Tied for silver was the DASH diet, which stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension, and the Flexitarian diet, which encourages being a vegetarian most
Continue ReadingThe leader of the Proud Boys, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, was arrested Monday in Washington, DC, for allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a Black church last month during protests in the city after a “Stop the Steal” rally. A law enforcement official told CNN that the DC Metropolitan Police Department charged Tarrio,
Continue ReadingA group of major oil producers including Saudi Arabia and Russia is deadlocked over whether to increase output as the pandemic forces some economies back into lockdown and governments struggle to distribute vaccines. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allied producers failed to agree on production levels for February during a meeting
Continue Reading Lo que necesitas saber sobre la sorprendente llamada de Trump para exigir que los funcionarios de Georgia “encuentren” votos para inclinar las elecciones. ¿Qué viene en el segundo año de la pandemia? La controversia en Brasil por una escultura en forma de vulva. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la
Continue Reading Is burying the dead a practice unique to Homo sapiens? Or did other early humans such as Neanderthals lay their loved ones to rest under the earth? It’s a topic of long-standing debate among archaeologists. Now, evidence of funerary behavior could shed light on the cognitive abilities and social customs of Neanderthals and whether, like
Continue Reading Seoul has dispatched an acclaimed anti-piracy unit to the Strait of Hormuz after a South Korean-flagged tanker was seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf on Monday. The Cheonghae Unit, which includes South Korean special forces, arrived in the strait on Tuesday aboard the 5,000-ton destroyer Choi Yong, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry.
Continue ReadingMotivating kids to do schoolwork was hard enough in pre-pandemic times. No matter how skilled the teacher, and how clever the lesson plans, most kids would find at least some academic work utter drudgery. Many families are experiencing this drudgery compounded by distance learning compounded by two-plus weeks of sweet, winter break freedom during which
Continue ReadingWhat do you need for a meaningful life? Even as 2020 strained communities around the world, it offered some object lessons in living well. In the widespread nostalgia for pre-pandemic gatherings and rituals, we saw just how much we depend on other people. When medical and other frontline workers risked their own health to support
Continue ReadingWhile hopes of vaccinating 20 million people by New Year’s Day sputtered out, the US now faces staggering new challenges in the fight against Covid-19. Over the past week, the US has averaged 2,637 coronavirus deaths every day, according to Johns Hopkins University. That’s an average of one Covid-19 death every 33 seconds. December was
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — McDonald’s lanzará nuevos sándwiches el próximo mes en un esfuerzo por ganar la guerra del pollo de las cadenas de comida rápida. El lunes, la compañía anunció tres versiones de un nuevo sándwich de pollo, que estará disponible a nivel nacional el 24 de febrero: el Crispy Chicken Sandwich, cubierto
Continue Reading A cluster of islands in the Pacific Ocean that’s one of the few places on Earth entirely free from Covid-19 could become one of the first countries vaccinated against the disease. The Republic of Palau, an archipelago home to about 18,000 people, received its first shipment of the vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical company Moderna
Continue ReadingThe New York Stock Exchange has reversed its decision to kick out three of China’s largest state-owned telecom companies. The exchange said late Monday that it no longer intends to delist the firms after “further consultation with relevant regulatory authorities,” and that they will continue to be listed and traded on the NYSE “at this
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las dos elecciones especiales al Senado de Estados Unidos en Georgia significan todo para el gobierno estadounidense durante los próximos dos años. El presidente electo Joe Biden tendrá un Senado liderado por republicanos trabajando para bloquearlo o un Senado (apenas) controlado por los demócratas tratando de ayudarlo. Y las elecciones del martes determinarán
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