Despite a year of pandemic-driven social isolation and pain, in which we lost hundreds of thousands of lives, there are encouraging signs on the horizon. The United States is starting to ramp up vaccinations, with the pace increasing about 5% from last week, while there was a 15% decrease in new cases. And there are
Continue Reading A strangely familiar sight dominated the front pages of Myanmar’s state-owned newspaper this week: photos of men in green military uniforms sitting in seats of power. It was as if time had rewound a decade. “The Global New Light of Myanmar” has long been considered the mouthpiece for whoever is running the country, its pages
Continue Reading At least 180 people are missing and 19 have died in northern India after part of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river sending a devastating avalanche of water, dust and rocks down a mountain gorge, and crashing though a dam. Rescue teams worked through the night to find survivors trapped under the debris. Most
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(CNN Español) — En una semana, el mundo sumó unos tres millones de casos nuevos y alrededor de 100.000 muertes más por covid-19. Mientras las vacunaciones avanzan en el mundo, todavía la pandemia no da tregua. Así comienza la semana del 8 de febrero de 2021 en los diez países latinoamericanos con el mayor número de
Continue Reading Conoce los detalles de la jornada electoral en Ecuador. Comienza el segundo juicio político de Donald Trump. Llegó cargamento de vacunas contra el covid-19 a Perú. Además: Tom Brady hace historia, ahora con los Buccaneers. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Elecciones en Ecuador En las elecciones
Continue ReadingZlatan Ibrahimovic continues to defy the aging process as the 39-year-old striker scored the 500th and 501st goals of his club career in AC Milan’s Serie A win over Crotone on Sunday. The evergreen Swede — along with the likes of Tom Brady, 43, and Serena Williams, also 39, this weekend — is proving that
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Fully ensconced in the depths of the coronavirus crisis, the Biden administration says it is seeing the first signs of improvement — though officials say they’re far from celebrating. President Joe Biden is beginning his third full week in office with the pace of vaccinations accelerating, the rate of new coronavirus cases dropping and mass
Continue Reading Houston, Texas, leaders unveiled a two-block mural Saturday, dedicated to George Floyd and located directly in front of his alma mater, Jack Yates High School. “We come to celebrate the life and legacy of our hometown hero, Mr. George Floyd,” Carl Davis, chairman for the Houston Society for Change, said during the dedication ceremony over
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Normally at this time of year, hundreds of millions of Chinese people would be packing highways, trains and planes on homebound trips to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their family. But this year, the largest annual human migration on Earth has been put on hold, following the Chinese government’s call to avoid “nonessential” trips
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Even before Andrew Simbota arrived at the small, rural Mulanje district hospital on Saturday afternoon, doctors here wondered how they would treat him. They were down to two oxygen tanks for their entire Covid-19 ward. A serious patient like Simbota can use up to three canisters of high-flow oxygen a day. When the ambulance driver
Continue Reading (CNN) — El segundo juicio político del expresidente Donald Trump en el Senado comenzará el martes, en lo que será una semana (o dos) tanto histórica como divisoria. El resultado del juicio realmente no está en duda. Trump está listo para ser absuelto por el Senado, donde se necesitarían dos tercios de los votos para
Continue ReadingLawrence Wetsit misses the days when his people would gather by the hundreds and sing the songs that all Assiniboine children are expected to learn by age 15. “We can’t have ceremony without memorizing all of the songs, songs galore,” he said. “We’re not supposed to record them: We have to be there. And when
Continue ReadingPeople have been living in a storm of stress during the ongoing pandemic and political turmoil, which has had a negative impact on our well-being. A little bit of stress is good, and essential for survival, but severe or prolonged stress can increase the risk for stress-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, Alzheimer’s disease,
Continue ReadingThe January 6 invasion of the US Capitol laid bare many uncomfortable truths about American society. Consider law enforcement’s differential treatment of armed insurrectionists compared with demonstrators calling for racial equity and the end of police brutality. Take note of the race and class divisions at the heart of the rioters’ discontent. The unchecked violence,
Continue Reading Mars has long been a point of fascination for scientists as they try to uncover the planet’s past and determine if it ever supported life. It turns out that Phobos, one of the Martian moons, may hold a treasure trove of information about what Mars was like in the past, according to new research. Mars
Continue ReadingSouth African health officials said Sunday they’re pausing the country’s rollout of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine after a study showed it offered reduced protection from the Covid-19 variant first identified there. During a briefing on Sunday, South Africa Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize said the hold would be temporary while scientists figure out how to
Continue Reading (CNN) — El papa Francisco nombró por primera vez a una subsecretaria del Sínodo de obispos, informó el Vaticano el sábado. La hermana francesa Nathalie Becquart será la primera mujer en ser nombrada para el cargo y tendrá derecho a voto en el sínodo. Esto la ubica en un lugar para ayudar a tomar decisiones
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Los Buccaneers de Tampa Bay se coronaron campeones del Super Bowl al derrotar a los Chiefs de Kansas City en un resultado contundente. Tom Brady, en su primer año como mariscal de campo de los Buccaneers, logró su séptimo anillo de campeonato, luego de un paso histórico con los Patriots de Nueva
Continue Reading Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a Jerusalem court he is not guilty of one charge of bribery and three charges of fraud and breach of trust. Monday’s appearance was Netanyahu’s second in court since his corruption trial formally began in May. Netanyahu, wearing a black mask, entered the court shortly after 9 a.m.
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