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John Travolta marked the first Mother’s Day since the loss of his wife Kelly Preston with a tribute post on social media. Preston died last July after a private battle with breast cancer. She was 57. Travolta posted two older family photos on his verified Instagram account, showing the couple and their children. “Dearest Kelly,
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(CNN) — Una cabeza de mármol de 2.000 años de antigüedad de Augusto, el primer emperador de Roma, fue descubierta en Isernia, una ciudad italiana situada en la región de Molise, en el centro-sur del país. El arqueólogo Francesco Giancola hizo el excepcional descubrimiento durante las obras de restauración para reparar una muralla medieval que
Continue Reading Taylor Swift is preparing to make history as the first woman to be awarded the Global Icon prize at the BRIT awards. The pop superstar will be given the prestigious award at the annual ceremony, which will take place at London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday night. Announcing the award, the BRITs said in a statement
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Additional testing is planned after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test, throwing the horse’s victory at Churchill Downs earlier this month into doubt. Hall-of-Fame trainer Bob Baffert revealed the test results Sunday, saying the three-year-old colt tested positive for elevated levels of betamethasone, which is an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid and sometimes used
Continue Reading In a Parisian hotel 45 years ago, some of France’s biggest wine experts came together for a blind tasting. The finest French wines were up against upstarts from California. At the time, this didn’t even seem like a fair contest — France made the world’s best wines and Napa Valley was not yet on the
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Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Khadija Khreiss has the equivalent of 35 cents in her wallet today. Tomorrow, she may have nothing. Four streets away, Ahmad Chibly is penniless. Behind him a Ferris wheel, its once gaudy paint now faded, stands tall against Beirut’s Mediterranean coastline. It is a hot, spring day during Ramadan, when practicing
Continue ReadingAs investors place bets on the economic recovery, there’s a new frenzy that’s taken over markets. Around the world, there’s a rush to buy metals. What’s happening: China’s benchmark iron ore futures rallied an eye-popping 10% to a record high on Monday. “The demand picture in China is very buoyant,” Warren Patterson, head of commodities
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You’re hired! Football executive Lorna Falconer has never been on “The Apprentice,” but the story of how she got a foot in the door of an industry that is notoriously difficult to enter for women, especially Black women, has echoes of the hit UK television show. Before Alan Sugar moved into TV he was the
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Five days a week, Charlene Brown sends her 11-year-old daughter Nevaeh Bailey to a brick-and-mortar school to learn, in person, in the classroom. As well as being reassured that Nevaeh is getting educated and socializing with her peers, it means that Brown is able to go to work herself. “I work as a physician office
Continue Reading Extreme weather is being blamed for a terrifying incident that left one tourist stranded on a 260-meter-high glass-bottomed suspension bridge in northeast China’s Jilin province on May 7. In an image shared by Chinese state media Xinhua on Chinese social media site Weibo, a person can be seen clinging to the rail of the bridge,
Continue ReadingSeattle Seahawks’ wide receiver DK Metcalf’s speed went viral last season when he ran the full length of the pitch to catch an opponent during an NFL game, but he isn’t quite quick enough for the Tokyo Olympics. Metcalf competed in the 100 meters at Sunday’s USA Track and Field Golden Games and Distance Open
Continue Reading Seth Rogen says he has no current plans to work with his former collaborator James Franco, in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. In an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times, the 39-year-old actor revealed that his personal and professional relationship with Franco had been affected by the accusations made against the latter in 2014 and
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Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has threatened to boycott the Tokyo Olympics while speaking out against the lack of racial diversity in promotional photos of the Australian Olympic team. Cambage, who helped Australia win bronze at the 2012 Olympics and also competed at the 2016 Games, criticized the images in a series of posts on
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Jair Bolsonaro instó a «no molestar» a quienes toman el medicamento hidroxicloroquina como tratamiento contra el covid-19. Detectan en Panamá el primer caso relacionado con la variante identificada en la India. Ecuador suma más de 400.000 casos confirmados de covid-19. Así comienza la semana del 10 de mayo en algunos de los
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, llamó a la calma en la ciudad de Cali, que ha sido sede de disturbios desde finales de abril y que este domingo vivió una jornada confusa y violenta. Según denunció una organización de indígenas, se reportaron varias personas heridas. «Hoy es el momento en el
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Dr. Anthony Fauci says federal guidance on wearing face coverings indoors may change soon. Sunday on ABC News, Fauci was asked whether it’s time to start relaxing indoor masks requirements. Fauci replied, “I think so, and I think you’re going to probably be seeing that as we go along, and as more people get vaccinated.”
Continue ReadingHaving cardiovascular risk factors from childhood to adulthood is linked to poor cognitive performance in a person’s 30s, 40s and 50s, according to new research that followed children over three decades. Researchers said the study was the first to highlight the impact of lifelong cardiovascular risk factors on the brain at midlife. The more cardiovascular
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Dr. Anthony Fauci dice que las pautas federales en Estados Unidos sobre el uso de mascarillas en interiores pueden cambiar pronto. El domingo en ABC News, se le preguntó a Fauci si es hora de comenzar a relajar las exigencias de uso de máscaras en interiores. Fauci respondió: «Creo que sí, y
Continue Reading A joint US Navy and Coast Guard team seized thousands of illicit weapons last week after stopping a small ship in the North Arabian Sea, the Navy said in a statement. The cruiser USS Monterey stopped the stateless dhow on May 6 during a routine operation to verify its registry, the Navy said. A US
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Cuando el reloj marcó las 00:00 del 9 de mayo, cientos de personas se lanzaron a las calles de Barcelona: «¡Libertad, libertad!», gritaban algunos. Y es que a esa hora finalizaba el estado de alarma decretado por el Gobierno de España en octubre de 2020 y se levantaba el toque de queda en
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