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Thousands of people in Moscow and across Russia who took to the streets Sunday were met with the harshest show of force the country has seen in recent years. Protesters throughout the country had gathered for the second weekend in a row to support jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who has been held by Russian
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s new political committee took in more $30 million in the final weeks of 2020 as he made relentless and baseless claims of voter fraud, new filings show. And Trump’s Save America political action committee started this year with a substantial $31.1 million in cash reserves, as the former president faces a second impeachment
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For years, the Kremlin has publicly dismissed Alexey Navalny as an irrelevant blogger with little popular support. But the geographical spread of mass protests over two weekends in support of Navalny, with thousands turning out in dozens of cities across Russia, underlines how much of a challenge he and his anti-corruption message have now become
Continue Reading No matter how excited you are about getting your vaccine, the Better Business Bureau is warning you: Avoid sharing photos of your Covid-19 vaccine cards. “Unfortunately, your card has your full name and birthday on it, as well as information about where you got your vaccine,” said the BBB in a news release. “If your
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump’s office announced that David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor, Jr. will now head the legal team for his second impeachment trial, a day after CNN first reported that five members of his defense left and his team effectively collapsed. One point of friction with his previous team was Trump wanted the
Continue ReadingIt’s an ancient disease that may have evolved to confer protection against the plague — but until 20 years ago, it had scientists and doctors flummoxed. They couldn’t explain why those afflicted, often in the same family, had recurring fevers, abdominal pain, troublesome rashes and muscle aches. Known as familial Mediterranean fever, the disease often
Continue Reading Police cleared out a downtown Olympia, Washington hotel after a homeless activist group allegedly “forcibly occupied” the establishment Sunday to shelter unhoused people, the City of Olympia said in a statement late Sunday night. At least seven people were taken into custody, according to CNN affiliate KIRO, which said some Red Lion Hotel employees were
Continue Reading Five people, plus four attackers, were killed in an attack at a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, according to Somali police. The deadly siege at the Afrik hotel which left 10 other civilians injured ended after Somali security forces battled militants for eight hours, police spokesperson Sadik Aden Ali said at a press
Continue ReadingMove over GameStop, Reddit mania is spreading to the precious metals market. Silver futures surged as much as 13% to Monday, touching five-month highs. That follows a 6% rally last week. Meanwhile, retail sites warned customers over the weekend they could not meet skyrocketing demand for silver bars and coins. And “#silversqueeze” is trending on
Continue ReadingMarseille’s home game against Rennes was postponed on Saturday after an angry group of supporters stormed the club’s training ground hours before kick-off. Local police said 300 fans marched to the training facility and “violently attacked” officers who were trying to secure the area, whilst footage showed the group throwing fireworks and flares into the
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Desde este lunes será obligatorio usar mascarilla en el transporte público de EE.UU. Perú se encuentra en cuarentena general por el covid-19. El Ejército toma el poder en Myanmar. Además: Nicaragua impulsa la creación de su propia agencia espacial. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Inmigrantes hablan
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Ejército de Myanmar entregó el poder del país al comandante en jefe de las fuerzas armadas, luego de los arrestos de la líder civil del país, Aung San Suu Kyi, y otros líderes de alto rango en redadas matutinas el lunes. En un discurso en la televisión de propiedad militar Myawaddy TV,
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció el domingo que los trabajadores de la Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte (TSA) ahora tienen la autoridad para hacer cumplir la orden del presidente Joe Biden para el uso de mascarilla en el transporte «en los puntos de control
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There are few places in the world as beautiful, or as vulnerable as the Outer Islands of Seychelles. While the archipelago in the western Indian Ocean is made up of 115 islands, its 72 Outer Islands are undoubtedly its most remote and preserved locations. Situated at distances ranging from 60 minutes to two and half
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, planea pronunciar este lunes su discurso de política exterior más sustantivo desde que asumió la presidencia, según un alto funcionario de la administración. Esto representa su primer intento de alejarse del enfoque de «Estados Unidos primero» de su predecesor hacia el mundo. El discurso de Biden se
Continue Reading (CNN) — El guitarrista de The Animals, Hilton Valentine, mejor conocido por el icónico riff de apertura del arreglo de la banda de rock inglesa «The House of the Rising Sun», murió a los 77 años. FOTOS | Los famosos que han muerto en 2021 El sello discográfico de la banda, ABKCO Music, anunció la
Continue Reading Police in St. Paul, Minnesota, are investigating the fatal shooting of three people, including a child and teenager, who were killed Saturday an hour after police completed a wellness check at the home. Officers responded to a home in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood of St. Paul around 3 p.m. where they found three people suffering from
Continue ReadingFor the first time in almost two months, less than 100,000 Americans are hospitalized for Covid-19. Sunday, the United States reported 95,013 Covid-19 hospitalizations, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project. And 97,561 patients were hospitalized Saturday. The last time the number was below 100,000 was December 1. Yet the seven-day average of new
Continue Reading The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian MP Petter Eide nominated the global movement “for their struggle against racism and racially motivated violence,” he wrote in his official nomination papers, which were obtained by CNN. “BLM’s call for systemic change have spread around the world, forcing other
Continue Reading More than 1 in 5 sailors on Chinese submarines operating in the South China Sea reported mental health problems, according to a new study that provides a rare insight into the inner workings of one of the Chinese military’s most guarded assets. The research by China’s Second Military Medical University and Navy Military Medical University,
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