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By Rob Picheta and Denis Lapin, CNN Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has said it will give female soldiers “more comfortable” heels with a different kind of lacing, following a sexism outcry over its decision to train troops to march in high heeled footwear. The ministry had required women from the Ukrainian armed forces to march
Continue ReadingDidi shares plunged as much as 22% in premarket trading as fallout continued over news of the company’s troubles in China. CNN’s David Culver reports.
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen called on US financial regulators to probe the disastrous IPO of Chinese ride-hailing company Didi. “The SEC should thoroughly investigate this incident to see if investors were intentionally misled by Didi’s public disclosures,” Van Hollen told CNN Business in a statement. Didi raised $4.4 billion
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Taylor, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Temperature-related deaths caused by climate change are on the rise across the globe, and studies suggest that heat-related deaths will continue to increase as a result of climate change. The Barcelona Institute for Global Health published a study
Continue ReadingBy Virginia Langmaid, CNN US death rates from cancer continued to decline from 2014 to 2018, driven mostly by drops in deaths from lung cancer and melanoma, according to a new report published Thursday. But America’s collective lack of exercise and poor diet may have driven increases in certain other cancers, including pancreatic cancer and
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La justicia de Córdoba, en el centro de Argentina, condenó este miércoles al golfista profesional Ángel “Pato” Cabrera a dos años de prisión efectiva por los delitos de lesiones leves calificadas por el vínculo y hurto contra su expareja Cecilia Torres Mana. Carlos Hairabedian, abogado defensor de Cabrera, adelantó a
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business The European Central Bank has unveiled a new strategy following an 18-month review that could provide policymakers with justification to continue to provide stimulus for years to come. The central bank said in a statement on Thursday that it has abandoned its old policy of targeting inflation of “below, but
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN British college student Laura was scrolling through social media one day in 2014, when a Tweet caught her eye, and changed her life. One of her favorite Twitter accounts, which posted updates about singer-songwriter Tori Amos, had just retweeted a post from someone called Sara. Sara clearly shared Laura’s passion for Tori
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By Elle Reeve, Samantha Guff and Deborah Brunswick, CNN Keziah Ridgeway says she’s the only teacher she knows in Philadelphia who teaches critical race theory in public high school — and she teaches it in her anthropology class, as one framework among many to understand human cultures. But she also teaches African American history, and
Continue Reading olivertapia Madrid, España (CNN) — La policía de España ha arrestado a cuatro personas por la muerte de un asistente de enfermería en un presunto ataque homofóbico que provocó protestas en todo el país. La investigación sobre la muerte de Samuel Luiz, de 24 años, está en curso y no se ha descartado ningún motivo,
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Republicans are set to mount another push for restrictive new voting laws in their state as lawmakers on Thursday begin a 30-day special legislative session that Gov. Greg Abbott says he wants to see focused in part on “election integrity.” Abbott released an 11-item agenda for the special session that
Continue Reading Mariana Toro Surfside, Florida (CNN) — Junto al sitio donde colapsó un edificio de condominios en el área de Miami-Dade, socorristas, funcionarios, líderes religiosos y periodistas realizaron un momento de silencio el miércoles por la noche, en honor a quienes perdieron la vida bajo los escombros. El homenaje se llevó a cabo después de que
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday pushed for generational investments in human infrastructure to expand the social safety net, asserting that he’ll continue to make the case for his plans “until the job is done.” Biden made the case for policies that were included in his original American Jobs
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Kirkland and Sara Murray, CNN A federal court judge on Wednesday denied a motion to stop the implementation of parts of Georgia’s new voting law, ahead of state legislature runoff elections next week. In the ruling, US District Judge J. P. Boulee declined to block parts of SB202, saying the timing of the
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Kyle Bass, the hedge fund manager and outspoken critic of Beijing, says the timing of China’s crackdown on ride-hailing app Didi is no coincidence. “The Chinese believe deeply in symbolism and numerology,” Bass told CNN Business on Wednesday. “Banning an IPO that just went public in the US — with
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN The Delta variant, a more transmissible — and potentially more dangerous — strain of coronavirus, now makes up more half of all new infections in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This variant, combined with low rates of vaccination in many parts of the
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business China is not slowing down with its historic tech crackdown. After hitting at ride-hailing company Didi once the firm went public in the United States, Chinese regulators this week piled even more pressure on the country’s tech champions. Authorities announced a slew of anti-monopoly fines on Wednesday, as well as
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise has many Haitian-American community leaders fearing what may come next. “There are very real fears about whether or not violence in the streets will ensue,” said Vania Andre, publisher of the Haitian Times, an influential newspaper for the Haitian diaspora in the US. The
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN Calling it a “dangerous and unethical experiment,” more than 4,000 scientists, doctors, nurses and other professionals signed a letter published Wednesday condemning the British government’s plans to drop most pandemic control measures in England on Monday, July 19. “We believe this decision is dangerous and premature,” they wrote in a letter
Continue ReadingOksana Pysik, a global health expert at University College London, discusses British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ending the legal obligation to wear a mask on public transport. Johnson announced that his government will also end legal restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings as well as nightclub and concert capacity.
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