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Month: July 2021

Nikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC tenure position and will join Howard University

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones declined the University of North Carolina’s offer of tenure and a teaching position with the school and has instead accepted a faculty role at Howard University. She made the announcement on “CBS This Morning” with Gayle King on Tuesday. Hannah-Jones will be joined by Ta-Nehisi Coates,

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Pentagon cancels $10 billion cloud contract given to Microsoft over Amazon

By Ellie Kaufman and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Department of Defense is canceling a controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract that had been awarded to Microsoft over Amazon under the Trump administration. The department announced Tuesday that it is canceling the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract that was previously awarded to Microsoft. It will

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

La catástrofe del edificio en Miami genera preocupaciones sobre el hundimiento de la Millennium Tower de San Francisco

Mariana Toro (CNN) — La lujosa Millennium Tower de San Francisco, con altísimas vistas panorámicas y comodidades de primer nivel, abrió con gran fanfarria en 2009. Más de una década después, todavía se promociona como “Tu ciudad dentro de la ciudad”, un monolito de 58 pisos con más de 400 apartamentos multimillonarios en el edificio

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eSwatini opposition leaders go into hiding as Africa’s last absolute monarchy cracks down

By Gertrude Kitongo, CNN Military and police patrols are on the streets of the tiny African nation of eSwatini, and opposition leaders are in hiding, they told CNN Tuesday, as the continent’s last absolute monarchy tries to contain pro-democracy protests. The president of the opposition People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), Mlungisi Makhanya, told CNN on

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Universal movies will head exclusively to Peacock after playing in theaters

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Universal Pictures and Peacock announced that new films from the studio will head exclusively to NBCUniversal’s nascent streaming service after they play in theaters. Under a new licensing agreement, which starts with the 2022 theatrical slate, Universal’s movies will be available exclusively on Peacock no later than four months after

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