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Bloodshed continues in Myanmar after another violent day Thursday saw at least 12 people killed by the ruling junta, according to a watchdog group, prompting a top UN official to say the crackdown on peaceful protests is “likely meeting the legal threshold for crimes against humanity.” In the small, central town of Myaing, police shot
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration announced Friday it is terminating a Trump-era agreement that it said discouraged sponsors of unaccompanied migrant children, like parents or relatives, to come forward due to fear their information would be shared with immigration enforcement agencies. The move comes amid a surge of unaccompanied children arriving at the border, which is overwhelming
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It’s been a gut-wrenching week for Black Britons. First came the interview where what many Black Britons believed in their hearts to be true was confirmed — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Britain’s first member of the modern British royal family to identify as a woman of color, said she was forced to leave the monarchy
Continue Reading At least 30 students are missing after gunmen attacked a college in Kaduna state northwest Nigeria Thursday night, according to authorities. The students were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Mando, Kaduna. It is the third mass kidnapping from an academic institution in northern Nigeria this year. In a statement, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner
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(CNN Español) — La alta comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet, expresó su preocupación por los “crecientes signos” de reducción del espacio cívico en Venezuela. En su presentación de este jueves ante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU, señaló que su oficina documentó al menos 66 casos de
Continue ReadingAmerican consumers are growing more confident as the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel becomes brighter. The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, President Joe Biden’s call on states to make shots available to all adults by May 1, and the new $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed into law Thursday, create a powerful cocktail of
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El canciller de Ecuador, Luis Gallegos, presentó este jueves su renuncia al cargo, según informó la Secretaría de Comunicación de Ecuador a CNN. Por el momento se desconoce qué motivó su salida y quién será su reemplazo. La renuncia de Gallegos, quien ejercía el cargo desde julio de 2020, se da mientras
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un hombre de Michigan fue recientemente exonerado de asesinato, un cargo por el que pasó casi cinco años en prisión. Ahora, está demandando a una compañía de alquiler de autos por no proporcionar registros que, según sus abogados, lo hubieran exonerado antes. Herbert Alford fue condenado injustamente por asesinato en segundo grado en
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will take to the Rose Garden on Friday for the first time as president, celebrating passage of his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief measure as the kickoff to a weeks-long sales effort to promote his debut legislative victory. He will be surrounded by Democrats who helped secure the measure’s success, including House Speaker
Continue ReadingWhen the pandemic hit, something astonishing happened in the cereal aisle: It cleared out. Beloved brands like Grape-Nuts were suddenly out of stock. Companies once desperate to boost sales swiftly curbed their promotions on products, fearing that they couldn’t meet demand. The early days of the pandemic led to shortages in packaged goods as people
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Looking at the stock market, you’d never know that a year ago this week was the Coronavirus Crash. In a matter of days, the S&P 500 dropped 12% and into a bear market. One-day point drops in the Dow and S&P 500 set records, trading curbs were triggered and the history books recorded yet another
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Justin Bieber has teamed up with Crocs for the second time, after their first collaboration in October overwhelmed the comfort footwear brand’s website and helped fuel record sales. The lavender clogs can be customized with colorful shoe pins called “Jibbitz charms” and come with white socks from Drew House, Bieber’s own clothing brand. Bieber and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A major law enforcement operation in the Fresno County mountains on Wednesday. It started with knocks at doors. Deputies and officers showed up unannounced to do compliance checks on probationers, parolees, registered sex offenders, and known arsonists. Those not in compliance were handcuffed and
Continue ReadingA broad majority of Americans say that political violence in response to election results is likely in the United States in the next few years, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. Overall, 71% say political violence in response to election results is at least somewhat likely, including 34% who believe it is
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The Palm Springs International Dance Festival kicks off this week. It runs Thursday through Sunday. The festival is happening differently this year with COVID restrictions in place. In a typical year, founder and artistic director Michael Nickerson-Rossi says more than 400 dancers travel from all over the world to take four days of classes and
Continue Reading Nick Jonas’ highly anticipated album “Spaceman” has arrived. It’s the fourth solo CD for the singer, which he says was inspired by his wife, actress Priyanka Chopra. The lyrics on a majority of the album’s songs deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as some political commentary. On the single “Spaceman,” he sings “Mask off
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LODI, California (KCRA) — There was another step forward in the effort to reopen California as the state announced updates to its Blueprint for a Safer Economy on Thursday. Starting this Saturday, breweries, wineries and distilleries that don’t serve meals may now open outdoors even in the purple
Continue Reading South Africans are calling for a state funeral be held in honor of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, the revered monarch of the country’s largest ethnic group, whose death was announced Friday. King Zwelithini, 72, passed away early Friday after being hospitalized for an ailment for several weeks, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a condolence message
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las cifras de covid-19 parecen estar disminuyendo en Estados Unidos después de un año de dolor colectivo. Pero en los próximos meses se prevén decenas de miles de muertes y los expertos advierten que los estadounidenses no deben bajar la guardia todavía. «Creo que nos vamos a engañar», dijo el jueves el Dr.
Continue Reading (CNN) — México continuará usando la vacuna contra el coronavirus de AstraZeneca, entre otras, informó el jueves por la noche el subsecretario de Salud, Hugo López-Gatell. El anuncio se produjo después de que una mujer de 75 años falleciera en el estado de Hidalgo una hora después de recibir la vacuna Coronavac de Sinovac, y
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