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Fans of the HBO blockbuster TV series “Game of Thrones” can now get a look at the first official images from the upcoming prequel “House of the Dragon.” The new series is based on George R.R. Martin’s book “Fire & Blood” and covers the history of House Targaryen some 300 years prior to the storyline
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A urologic surgery resident in Pennsylvania is raising money to help India as it battles a horrific Covid-19 outbreak. Ruchika Talwar, a 28-year-old resident at the University of Pennsylvania, said she and a group of area physicians have raised almost $500,000 in one week to help send supplies directly to state-run hospitals in India that
Continue Reading US President Joe Biden’s administration said Wednesday it would support the easing of patent rules on Covid-19 vaccines, potentially expanding global supplies, as a devastating wave envelops India and calls grow louder for rich countries to narrow the gap with the developing world. Biden had promised to support such waivers as a candidate ahead of
Continue ReadingAs Americans continue to get vaccinated daily, business is returning to normal on Capitol Hill. Republican House members who are physicians are trying to persuade Americans who may be hesitant to get vaccinated in a new public service announcement released Tuesday. The PSA encouraging people to get the Covid-19 vaccine comes even as some members
Continue ReadingFor embattled Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, politics has always been a family affair. The No. 3 member of House Republican leadership is the mother of five children, from 15 to 27 years old. Her youngest son, Richard, is named after her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney. For the GOP congresswoman, her career in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — Canada is sending as many as 25,000 vials of the antiviral remdesivir and up to 350 ventilators from its National Emergency Strategic Stockpile to help respond to the critical COVID-19 situation in India. A plane equipped with the remdesivir vials and 50 ventilators
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Following Wednesday’s announcement that Health Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 12 and up, provinces are now deciding how their vaccine rollouts will reflect this information moving forward. Although Health Canada has announced their approval based on recent clinical trials,
Continue Reading Asian Americans are often labeled as a singular group, but the fastest growing population in the US is far from a monolith — and their complex history and cultures are often glossed over. While they have been in America since the nation’s infancy, Asian Americans continue being harmed by stereotypes like the “model minority” as
Continue ReadingThe divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates has sent shockwaves through China, where the Microsoft co-founder has achieved a level of fame unlike almost any other Western entrepreneur. The “Bill Gates’ divorce” hashtag had generated more than 830 million views and 66,000 discussion posts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo by Wednesday — far surpassing the
Continue ReadingAs the pandemic crushed the US economy last spring, sawmills shut down lumber production to brace for a housing slump. The slump never arrived and now there isn’t enough lumber to feed the red-hot housing market. The shortage is delaying construction of badly needed new homes, complicating renovations of existing ones and causing sticker shock
Continue ReadingI clipped a keychain with one of Apple’s tiny new Bluetooth trackers, AirTags, onto my son’s book bag and waved goodbye to him on the school bus. I watched on my iPhone’s Find My app as the bus stopped at a light a few blocks down from our street. But then the tiny “key” icon
Continue ReadingCovid-19 restrictions are loosening and new federal aid money is on the way, yet major productions of the Nutcracker ballet, a classic hallmark of the holiday season, could yet be put on hold for a second year in a row. Dance companies from Boston to Los Angeles remain unsure if live performances will take place
Continue Reading Up to 10,000 airline passengers may have been tested for coronavirus with reused nasal swabs in a scam that netted thousands of dollars for the perpetrators, according to Indonesian police. Five employees for major Indonesian pharmaceutical company Kimia Farma were arrested on April 27 for allegedly washing and repackaging rapid antigen nasal swab kits, and
Continue ReadingBitcoin may be the king of cryptocurrencies, but it’s facing an environmental backlash over the energy-intensive technology underpinning it. A new crypto called chia says it’s the eco-friendly alternative. Like most digital currencies, chia runs on a decentralized ledger system known as blockchain. But unlike bitcoin, chia, which was founded by the inventor of BitTorrent,
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(CNN Español) — La bandera mexicana ondea a media asta. La Ciudad de México está de luto. El trágico accidente en el que colapsó un tramo de la Línea 12 del metro elevado de la capital se ha cobrado la vida de al menos 25 personas y dejó decenas de heridos. Enrique Bonilla, sobreviviente del
Continue ReadingVaccinations could soon open up for children 12 to 15 years old, a development that could be key to protecting the United States against Covid-19 as overall vaccination rates slow. “High school kids, in particular, are known to be just about as susceptible and just about as good at passing along this virus as other
Continue Reading Britain and France have both sent naval vessels to the Channel island of Jersey amid an escalating row over fishing rights. The UK’s decision to send naval vessels was the result of a discussion between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and local officials about a blockade by dozens of French fishermen of Jersey capital Saint
Continue ReadingThe Black diplomat who was handed a set of keys in the State Department parking garage by a White colleague who seemed to assume he worked there, not in the offices above, and could fetch her car. The young Latina in tears after an older White diplomat counseled her on being “too vibrant.” Her boss,
Continue ReadingSerial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk is selling a new use case for NFT: “Smart event” tokens that have real value rather than digital art. Vaynerchuk’s VeeFriends NFT collection will give buyers three-year access to his VeeCon business and marketing convention. Customers can buy the tokens with etherium cryptocurrency. But he sees a broader future for NFTs
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los adultos jóvenes ahora están timoneando el curso de esta pandemia como los mayores propagadores del coronavirus. Pero muchos dicen que no planean vacunarse, lo cual tiene mayores consecuencias de lo que creen. «Realmente necesitamos vacunar a las personas de 20 a 49 años porque ellos son los que están impulsando la pandemia
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