By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Sharon Stone has opened up about the “iconography” associated with Meryl Streep, adding that she feels she is a “much better” screen villain than the three-time Oscar-winner. In an interview with the website Zoomer, Stone was asked a question about “finally” getting to work with Streep, whom she starred alongside in
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Warren Buffett has resigned from his trustee position at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the 90-year-old investor announced Wednesday. In a statement, Buffett didn’t specify why he’s leaving the foundation, but noted he has already resigned from all corporate boards other than Berkshire Hathaway’s. Buffett added that the foundation’s
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The high temperature in Palm Springs reached 103° which is two degrees shy of the average for the day. Wednesday, temperatures will be very similar as moisture and cloud cover sticks around. The surface Tuesday was dry and any rain seen on radar was likely evaporating before reaching the ground. Today, the chances to see
Continue ReadingCNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to the UK, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global Covid-19 pandemic. The basics The United Kingdom has seen one of the highest number of deaths from Covid-19 in the world. Despite being the first country globally to start
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN Its founder calls it “the biggest shakeup in Italy” in the past decade, it’s been hailed as a “vital way to combat overtourism,” and now it’s ready: the region of Tuscany has taken the first step towards becoming one giant gallery. The Uffizi Galleries in Florence — Italy’s most visited museum, and
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Supply chain issues and other post-pandemic headaches can’t mask this reality: The global economic recovery is powering ahead. What’s happening: Business activity within the 19 countries that use the euro grew at the fastest rate in 15 years in June, according to the Purchasing Managers’ Index from IHS Markit, a
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) – Estados Unidos: el hogar de la libertad, la búsqueda de la felicidad y la gran mayoría de tiroteos masivos en el mundo. Pero los tiroteos masivos no son un recuerdo lejano en este país. En lo que va de 2021, hasta el 21 de junio se han registrado 293 tiroteos masivos. En
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett and Gabby Orr, CNN With each passing day away from Washington, former President Donald Trump’s grievances continue unabated. And those complaints appear to be driving away two of the people who were closest to him during his White House tenure: his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Sometimes the former President
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Vaccine makers are preparing for a next possible phase of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout: booster doses. Currently three coronavirus vaccines are authorized for emergency use in the United States — the two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for people 12 and older, the two-dose Moderna vaccine and the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines for
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN When President Joe Biden revoked a Trump-era executive order in February that had temporarily banned some immigrant visas during the coronavirus pandemic, he touted the way US industries could again “utilize talent from around the world.” But months later, many foreign workers still can’t get to the US. The issue is
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN If you’re trying to avoid airborne viruses, heading to a near vacuum might not be the worst idea. A Florida company is planning to fly passengers to the edge of space in a high-tech version of a hot air balloon, with a pilot and up to eight travelers riding in a
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Lauren Fox, CNN Now that Senate Republicans blocked the path forward on a monumental ethics reform and elections bill, progressives are frustrated, openly calling for an end to the filibuster even as key moderates have made clear they won’t be changing it. “I do think it would be a
Continue ReadingBy John Allen, CNN Senior Vatican Analyst and editor of Crux, and Nicola Ruotolo Senior lawmakers in Italy pushed back Wednesday against “interference” from the Vatican after it protested against a draft Italian law designed to combat homophobia. The Italian “parliament is sovereign and won’t accept interference,” the President of Italy’s lower house of parliament,
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has assembled a reconciliation team to lead negotiations with Twitter, more than two weeks after the American social media company’s operation was indefinitely suspended in the West African nation. The move came about after Twitter wrote to the President “seeking to engage with the Federal Government over
Continue ReadingDemocratic NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang conceded in a speech as the results from early and primary day in-person voting came in showing he placed a distant fourth behind candidates Eric Adams, Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley. CNN projects the New York City Democratic mayoral primary winner will be determined using ranked-choice voting tabulation.
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First-time Black and female gun buyers are responsible for the surge in gun sales in the US. CNN’s Ryan Young reports.
Continue Reading By Ryan Young, Dakin Andone and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Deborah Roberts grew up in a family of gun owners. But it wasn’t until March this year that the 68-year-old finally pulled the trigger and purchased her own firearm. “I think the rhetoric and how things are stirred up in the country just made me feel
Continue ReadingBy Simran Vaswani and Amy Woodyatt, CNN A series of Covid-19 restrictions have been introduced in Sydney following a growing number of cases in the Australian city. Residents of seven districts in the southern part of the city are restricted from traveling outside the metropolitical area, according to the latest update from the New South
Continue Reading The heat is returning to the Pacific Northwest where more heat records are likely to be broken. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the forecast.
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 deaths have fallen dramatically across the United States — average daily deaths are less than a tenth of what they were at the peak of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University — but nearly 300 people are still dying of Covid-19 each day in the US. Some
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