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In 1997, the year Amazon became a publicly traded company, CEO Jeff Bezos promised investors they would be in for a journey. Amazon would not chase short-term profits, he warned in a letter to shareholders. It would focus “relentlessly” on customers. It would act with urgency but prioritize long-term investments. And it would run a
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(CNN Español) — La vicepresidenta de la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela Iris Varela cuestionó este miércoles al Tribunal Supremo de Justicia y al Ministerio Público sobre el arresto de Juan Guaidó. Dijo que quería que le dijeran por qué el líder opositor no ha sido detenido. “Me gustaría escuchar una explicación de Tarek William Saab
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Finally, the Covid-19 vaccine is available to millions, including health care workers, chronically ill people and seniors. But with wider availability comes the inevitable spike in vaccine scams. Fraudsters are promising early access to vaccines or even a personal shipment of vaccines — at a cost, of course. But their offers aren’t legit, and those
Continue Reading (CNN) — El delantero francés Moussa Dembélé es el cuarto jugador del Atlético de Madrid que da positivo por covid-19 en el espacio de una semana, confirmó este jueves el equipo líder de la liga española. El club aseguró en un comunicado que el delantero, que llegó cedido al Atlético de Madrid en enero, estaba
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un nuevo estudio sugiere que los mayores propagadores del coronavirus en EE.UU. son los adultos de 20 a 49 años, pero eso no significa que deban ser llevados hasta el frente en la fila de vacunación, dicen los expertos. Un equipo de investigación del Imperial College de Londres utilizó datos de ubicación de
Continue ReadingThere could be up to 534,000 Covid-19 deaths by February 27, according to an ensemble forecast by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which would amount to about one death for every minute of the pandemic. The US recorded its first death from coronavirus on February 29, though two earlier deaths were
Continue ReadingSo you finally got your coronavirus vaccine. It took weeks of waiting, maybe a few calls before hitting the jackpot with a drive-through vaccination clinic. Or maybe you’re a health care worker who got the shot at work. Now comes the hard part — making sure you get that second dose on time. It means
Continue ReadingFrench sailor Clarisse Cremer made history at this year’s Vendée Globe by becoming the fastest solo woman to ever complete the round-the-world race. The 31-year-old finished on Wednesday in a time of 87 days, 2 hours and 24 minutes, smashing Dame Ellen MacArthur’s previous record of 94 days and 4 hours, set in 2001. Cremer
Continue Reading James Armistead’s life would make a great movie. Under Lafayette, the French general who helped the American colonists fight for their freedom, he infiltrated the British army as a spy near the end of the Revolutionary War. He once reported to Benedict Arnold, the traitorous colonist who betrayed his troops to fight for the British.
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El terrorismo interno es «una de las mayores amenazas» para Estados Unidos, dijo a CNN este miércoles el nuevo secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Alejandro Mayorkas. El funcionario subrayó que la amenaza persiste. «Ver la insurrección, los espantosos hechos del 6 de enero, no solo fue personalmente devastador. También creó en mí un compromiso
Continue ReadingRobinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is not licensed by FINRA, Wall Street’s powerful self-regulator, even though he presides over one of the nation’s largest and most powerful online brokers. Tenev has emerged as the public face of Robinhood as the startup has come under fire for its decision, on one of the market’s most volatile
Continue ReadingThe private bankers responsible for lending to President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner resigned from Deutsche Bank last year following allegations related to an unauthorized real estate deal. Germany’s biggest bank said in US regulatory filings that Rosemary Vrablic and Dominic Scalzi were “permitted to resign” effective December 31 following allegations that they engaged in
Continue Reading A Paris court has found France legally responsible for its failure to meet targets intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit was launched by four NGOs, including Greenpeace France and Oxfam France, following an online petition that gathered 2.3 million signatures — the largest in French history, according to organizers. Signatories hoped to “compel
Continue ReadingAs more people around the world get access to the coronavirus vaccines, many questions remain. Will it work? Will there be side effects? Do I need to rest after I get the vaccine? Can I hang out with my friends and family now? We spoke with CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician
Continue Reading The former Columbus, Ohio, police officer charged in the death of Andre Hill will make his first appearance in court Thursday morning after his indictment. Adam Coy was indicted Wednesday on several charges, including murder in the commission of a felony, felonious assault, and two counts of dereliction of duty related to Hill’s December 22
Continue ReadingAmerican consumers may be about to get the first standards for face masks. The coronavirus pandemic triggered a sudden intense need for masks that had Americans making masks at home out of T-shirts and bandanas. Hundreds of new and untested products flooded the marketplace with almost no oversight or regulation, making consumer masks the Wild
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“Rendezvous on Champs-Elysees. Leave Paris in the morning with T-E-E. In Vienna we sit in a late-night café. Straight connection, T-E-E.” Kraftwerk’s minimalist 1976 tribute to the pleasure of long-distance train journeys will likely be familiar to music fans, but to a generation of Europeans, Trans Europe Express remains a byword for fast, luxurious international
Continue Reading A former Ugandan rebel commander has been convicted of war crimes at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Dominic Ongwen, a child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander, faced 70 charges over a reign of terror in the early 2000s. The LRA’s fugitive chief Joseph Kony waged a bloody campaign from 2002 to 2004 in
Continue Reading ¿Qué puedes hacer después de vacunarte? Los escenarios posibles del segundo juicio político a Trump. Ecuador, en cuenta regresiva rumbo a las elecciones. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Biden anuncia envíos directos de vacunas a las farmacias El gobierno de Biden anunció que comenzará los envíos
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — La pandemia está acentuando el problema de la desigualdad en Estados Unidos, pero el campo de juego económico de la nación estaba lejos de estar nivelado mucho antes de que llegara el virus, incluso cuando el mercado laboral estadounidense creció a su punto más fuerte en 50 años. El covid-19
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