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Click here for updates on this story CULLOWHEE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Recordings of local African-Americans made in the 1980s have been upgraded at Western Carolina University. University leaders want the collection preserved so they can better teach race relations. The recordings at Hunter Library at WCU have now been transferred from analog to digital
Continue Reading The international poverty charity Oxfam has suspended two aid workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, bullying and abuses of power. In a statement sent to CNN Friday, the charity said it was looking at claims made against senior members of staff in
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(CNN) — La recuperación de la economía estadounidense de la pandemia se fortaleció en marzo. EE.UU. sumó 916.000 empleos, informó el viernes el Departamento de Trabajo. El aumento de puestos de trabajo fue superior al aumento revisado de 468.000 puestos de trabajo informado en febrero. La tasa de desempleo mejoró y fue del 6%, frente
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Dawit was watching television at a relative’s one-room apartment in Axum, a historic city in Ethiopia’s war-torn, northern Tigray region, in early March when a news bulletin flashed up on the screen. Graphic, unverified footage had surfaced of a mass killing near Dawit’s hometown of Mahibere Dego, in a mountainous area of central Tigray. In
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Two beloved characters were brought back on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” from the show’s past on Thursday night. The late doctors Mark Sloan, played by Eric Dane, and Lexie Grey, played by Chyler Leigh, visited Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo), while she continues her battle with Covid-19. When Meredith tells them she misses them, Lexie
Continue Reading Italy’s government has passed a decree making vaccination mandatory for all healthcare and pharmacy workers with the aim of protecting medical staff, patients and vulnerable people. Healthcare workers who refuse the vaccine will be reassigned where possible to roles where they are not in contact with patients. Where that is not an option they now
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A busy passenger train carrying 490 people has derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, killing at least 51 and injuring dozens more, authorities said. The eight car train, traveling to Taitung, came off the rails in a tunnel just north of Hualien Friday morning, causing several carriages to hit the wall of the tunnel,
Continue Reading Considered by biologists to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates, octopuses are normally playful and inquisitive. But an Australian geologist saw another side to the marine creatures, when one octopus defended its home in Western Australia rather aggressively. On March 18, 34-year-old Lance Karlson was walking on the beach and looking for somewhere to
Continue ReadingIn many ways, Kevin “Knox” Johnson III is just like most 8-year-olds. The kid enjoys building marble runs. He’s obsessed with knock-knock jokes. In school, he excels at math and learning languages. He also loves to sing along to musicals, and he dreams about sharing with the world the beats he makes in GarageBand. But
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — As COVID-19 case levels rise across Canada, prompting new shutdowns in several provinces and causing doctors to ring alarm bells over ICU capacity, one question is front of mind: what will it take for Canada to rise out of this third wave? Experts
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — «Esto es parecido a estar muerto, no existís, ¿viste?». Eso reconoció Francisco, un residente de Buenos Aires, quien considera que antes de la pandemia «por lo menos era clase media pobre… ahora, pobre, directamente». 22 millones de nuevos pobres hay en América Latina y el Caribe, según la Comisión Económica para América
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un tren de pasajeros que transportaba a 490 personas se descarriló en un túnel en el este de Taiwán, dejando al menos 51 muertos y decenas de heridos, dijeron las autoridades, mientras continúan los esfuerzos de rescate para liberar a los atrapados. El tren de ocho vagones, que viajaba a Taitung, se descarriló
Continue Reading (CNN) — El viernes se llevará a cabo una reunión virtual de la Comisión Conjunta del Plan de Acción Integral Conjunto (JCPOA) para discutir un posible regreso de Estados Unidos al acuerdo nuclear con Irán, dijo la Unión Europea en un comunicado emitido el jueves. «La Comisión Mixta estará presidida en nombre del alto representante
Continue Reading São Paulo (CNN) — Mientras Brasil registra nuevos récords de casos y muertes por covid-19, algunos trabajadores de la salud apenas logran resistir. Un enfermero en São Paulo le dijo a CNN que tuvo que ayudar a retirar a un paciente anciano con covid-19 de un ventilador, sabiendo que podría ser una sentencia de muerte,
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With fears growing that the US may be facing a fourth surge of Covid-19 cases, health experts are pleading with Americans to keep taking precautions until they are fully vaccinated. “Please wait until you’re fully vaccinated before you’re traveling, before you’re engaging in high-risk activities,” said CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen. “No doubt when
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As the pandemic took hold in America last March, personal trainer Ross Pennise shut down the studio he had run for 20 years. He figured it would be for a relatively short period of time. “I never thought it would last,” said the 52-year old Bloomfield, NJ, resident. “I figured I’d weather it. But my
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At first glance, Deliveroo’s stock market debut should have been a runaway success. The food delivery startup was a darling of the UK tech scene, and growing fast thanks to surging demand during the pandemic. Amazon recently bought 16% of the company in a major vote of confidence. But London’s biggest IPO since 2011 was
Continue ReadingAfter infiltrating US government computer networks early last year as part of the SolarWinds data breach, Russian hackers then turned their attention to the very people whose job was to track them down. Over the course of a few months, as US officials remained unaware of the breach, hackers identified a handful of key cyber
Continue Reading A busy passenger train carrying 490 people has derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, killing at least 48 and injuring dozens more, authorities said, as rescue efforts to free those trapped continue. The eight car train, traveling to Taitung, came off the rails in a tunnel just north of Hualien Friday morning, causing several
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If baseball is a metaphor for American life, Opening Day brought a tantalizing springtime hint of better days ahead, despite reflecting a nation divided by the polarized politics of a pandemic and Georgia’s battle over Republican voter suppression. Annual first rites of a new season played out in front of well-below-capacity and socially distanced crowds,
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