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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San Suu Kyi Father: Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army who helped negotiate Burma’s independence from
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: June 25, 1954 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Sonia Maria Sotomayor Father: Juan Sotomayor, factory worker Mother: Celina (Baez) Sotomayor, nurse Marriage: Kevin Edward Noonan (August 1976-October 1983, divorced) Education:
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With the high temperatures here to stay during the upcoming summer months, it’s important to know how you can keep yourself healthy and safe. There are cooling centers across the desert open to anyone who is in need of somewhere to hang out and stay cool. Some of these cooling centers have different recreational activities,
Continue Reading By Tara John, CNN WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the spread of coronavirus is moving faster than the global vaccine rollout, adding that a Group of Seven (G7) pledge to donate hundreds of millions of shots falls short of what is needed now. “I welcome the announcement that
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN Two Fort Hood active-duty soldiers have been charged with attempting to smuggle two undocumented Mexican citizens into Texas and could face up to 10 years in federal prison, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. Emmanuel Oppongagyare and Ralph Gregory Saint-Joie were both wearing their full
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN One of Arizona’s largest wildfires has scorched more than 139,000 acres and continues to spread rapidly as weather conditions are expected to remain hot and dry. More than 1,000 people are fighting to tame the Telegraph Fire, burning east of Phoenix, as it has grown and began merging with the neighboring
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN As newly reported Covid-19 cases in the United States drop to some of the lowest levels of the pandemic, the link between vaccinations and transmission is getting clearer, exposing pockets of at-risk populations, but also a safer path forward. A CNN analysis found that states that have fully vaccinated more than
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN After at times feeling like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown in terms of its narrative arc, “The Handmaid’s Tale” delivered a season finale that closed a key chapter while providing the central character, June, with what she has clearly craved from the outset of the latest season:
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Toronto Western Hospital has closed its COVID-19 unit as infection numbers continue to decline across Ontario. Infectious disease expert Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, who works at the hospital, said on Twitter he was “thrilled” to report that the unit
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Signs of rising inflation around the world are keeping investors on edge. But in some corners of markets, pressure is easing, raising hopes that Peak Fear may have passed and central banks will be confident enough to sit tight. What’s happening: The price of lumber, fed by a construction boom,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Cousins, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new survey suggests about 20 per cent of vaccine-hesitant Canadians would lie about their COVID-19 vaccine history if injections were required for international or domestic travel. The 2021 Smart Traveller Survey, conducted by the Travel Health Insurance
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Wright and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris held a private dinner Tuesday night for the female US senators, a show of bipartisanship among a deeply divided Congress. It was the first known time that Harris hosted lawmakers in the vice-presidential residence at the Naval Observatory since moving in April, a process
Continue ReadingLola Méndez, CNN Filled with nerves, I intentionally left my bikini behind before embarking on my first nudist beach experience on the uninhabited Lokrum Island in Croatia. This was the only way I could be sure that the fear of baring it all in front of strangers wouldn’t cause me to back out at the
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, known for her outspoken right-wing views, tweeted last week: “The same liberals that legalized knowingly spreading HIV are now pushing Americans to take COVID tests or show proof of vaccination to enter restaurants. No. We’re not playing your games.” Facts First: Boebert’s claim about liberals legalizing knowingly
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Mariana Toro Washington (CNN) — Los miembros de la Comisión de Inteligencia de la Cámara de Representantes recibirán una sesión informativa clasificada el miércoles por la mañana sobre uno de los temas más controvertidos que circulan hoy en Washington: los ovnis. La sesión informativa, que fue confirmada a CNN por dos fuentes familiarizadas con los
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN Pen Farthing was on a flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Houston when the news broke: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was going to stop missions like his for at least the next year. Farthing was bringing two dogs rescued by US troops in Afghanistan to their new homes
Continue ReadingBy Zamira Rahim, CNN It’s an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare: towns draped in spider webs. Residents of the Australian region of Gippsland in the state of Victoria were greeted with layers of gossamer cobwebs after the area was hit by severe flooding, according to CNN affiliate 9News. The Victoria State Emergency Service issued multiple flood warnings
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) dijo que algunos países pueden considerar la posibilidad de relajar las restricciones por coronavirus para las personas que están completamente vacunadas o que se han recuperado recientemente del virus, en una guía actualizada publicada el lunes. La guía, actualizada por última vez en noviembre de
Continue Reading olivertapia Washington (CNN) — El gobierno de Joe Biden ampliará la elegibilidad para el programa de menores centroamericanos, que brinda a ciertos niños en riesgo de la región la oportunidad de solicitar su reasentamiento en EE.UU., anunciaron el martes los Departamentos de Estado y Seguridad Nacional. Esta expansión es parte de la segunda fase del
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden se acercará a su primera cumbre cara a cara con su homólogo ruso el miércoles con uno de los currículums de política exterior más largos de un líder estadounidense en la historia reciente. La experiencia de Biden con los asuntos rusos abarca más de 38 de sus
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