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(CNN Español) — La desaparición de una niña llamada Maia conmociona a Argentina. La menor, de 7 años, fue vista por última vez el lunes por la mañana en Buenos Aires con un hombre de entre 35 y 40 años, según el Ministerio Público Fiscal. Stella Belloso, la madre de Maia, denunció su desaparición en
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Former NBA star Jeremy Lin says violence towards Asian Americans is “hitting differently” amid the coronavirus pandemic. Lin was speaking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper following the killing of eight people at three Atlanta-area spas earlier this week, six of whom were Asian. Lin, who spent nine years in the NBA and currently plays for the
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In one sense, it’s immaterial whether the accused killer in the Atlanta spa shootings admits to a racist motivation. Asian Americans, already traumatized by a rising tide of hate, violence and rhetoric, have been living in fear for months. The murders of eight people, including six Asian women, among them four South Koreans, further disoriented
Continue ReadingAmid a significant increase in the number of migrants showing up at the US southern border, a group of Republican lawmakers spoke on Monday in El Paso, Texas, to criticize the Biden administration’s immigration policy. Among the more notable claims made were comments from GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy, who said that people on the
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A House Judiciary Committee panel will hold a hearing Thursday morning about discrimination and violence against Asian Americans in the US, which has been on the rise since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties will hear from four Asian American female lawmakers: Sen.
Continue ReadingDr. Serena Liebengood, the widow of US Capitol Police Officer Howie Liebengood, who died by suicide after serving on the front lines during the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, is asking that his death be considered “in the line of duty.” In a letter obtained by CNN to Rep. Jennifer Wexton, a Democrat
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has a clear message for investors: Don’t stress. We’ve got this. What’s happening: At a press conference Wednesday, Powell reiterated that the central bank does not plan to roll back its massive stimulus efforts until the economic recovery from the pandemic is complete. Wall Street cheered his remarks, sending stocks
Continue ReadingDevelopers in Southern California are building what they say will be the first 3D-printed zero net energy neighborhood in the United States. Palari Group said it plans to build 15 eco-friendly 3D-printed homes on a five-acre parcel of land in Rancho Mirage, an upscale community in the Coachella Valley, near Palm Springs. The 1,450 square
Continue ReadingAlabama Rep. Mo Brooks, who led the House effort to object to the election results on January 6, told CNN he plans to make an announcement on Monday about whether he will run for the Senate. A Senate candidacy would be controversial given his role seeking to overturn the 2020 election results and his speaking
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South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in welcomed the “return of diplomacy and alliance” with the United States and reiterated the goal of denuclearizing North Korea, during his first meeting with senior Biden administration officials on Thursday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been in Seoul meeting their counterparts since Wednesday,
Continue ReadingKaren Carter Peterson wants to make history. The longtime Louisiana state senator is vying for the open seat once held by Cedric Richmond — one that would propel her to become the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress. “When women are not at the table and seated, we are typically on the
Continue ReadingThe banking industry has a race problem, and a new study is putting a spotlight on the inequalities within the nation’s largest financial institutions. For people of color, the chances of getting promoted to the highest levels of management or senior and executive leadership at some of the nation’s most powerful consumer banks are much
Continue ReadingPinduoduo’s founder stepped down suddenly this week, shaking investors who had watched him take the Chinese e-commerce company from nothing to a potential Alibaba competitor in less than a decade. Colin Huang’s decision to resign as chairman wasn’t a complete surprise. The 41-year-old entrepreneur already quit as CEO last summer, and was expected to eventually
Continue Reading (CNN) — La policía de Washington arrestó a un hombre de Texas frente a la residencia oficial de la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris, el Observatorio Naval de Estados Unidos, en la capital de la nación, el miércoles y ahora enfrenta cargos por armas y municiones. Un portavoz de la Policía Metropolitana de Washington dijo que los
Continue Reading When the coronavirus pandemic ground China to a near-halt in early February last year, Youssouf Dieng jetted back to Dakar for, he thought, a brief sojourn. In reality, it was a year before Dieng — who had worked as a goods trader in the manufacturing hub of Guangzhou in southern China for two decades —
Continue Reading (CNN) — Estados Unidos puede estar en la cúspide de otro aumento de casos de covid-19, dice una experta, un aumento sobre el que los funcionarios de salud han advertido repetidamente a medida que los líderes estatales flexibilizaron las restricciones y varios levantaron los mandatos de uso de mascarilla. «Creo que vamos a ver un
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las reinfecciones por coronavirus son relativamente raras, pero es más común que las personas de 65 años o más se infecten más de una vez, según un estudio publicado el miércoles en la revista médica Lancet. Un equipo de científicos, incluidos algunos del Departamento de Epidemiología y Prevención de Enfermedades Infecciosas de Dinamarca,
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden sat for an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday. Biden was generally factual in the interview, much of which aired on Wednesday. But he was wrong on three statistical claims. The context around two of these inaccurate claims suggests they may have been slips rather than purposeful lies. And on
Continue ReadingThe US may be on the cusp of another Covid-19 case surge, one expert says — a surge that health officials have repeatedly warned about as state leaders eased restrictions and several lifted mask mandates. “I think we are going to see a surge in the number of infections,” emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen told
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Administración de Aduanas en México, en coordinación con la Secretaría de Defensa, decomisó este miércoles un contenedor frío con 5.775 dosis de la vacuna Sputnik V que pretendían llevarse hacia Honduras camufladas entre refrescos y golosinas, según un comunicado oficial. El operativo tuvo lugar al revisar una aeronave privada en el
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