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By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Federal authorities are proposing more than a half-million dollars in new fines against commercial airline passengers they say refused to wear masks, hit flight attendants and even threw luggage across the cabin. The Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement Thursday of $531,545 in fines against 34 passengers accused of being
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Rachel Metz, CNN Business For those who don’t think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you’re sitting around a table in a conference room. On Thursday, Facebook unveiled Horizon Workrooms, a
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business For those who don’t think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you’re sitting around a table in a conference room. On Thursday, Facebook unveiled Horizon Workrooms, a free app
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — Suena confuso: los funcionarios federales de salud dicen que las vacunas de covid-19 están funcionando bien y brindan más del 90% de protección contra enfermedades graves y la muerte. Mantienen a la gente fuera de los hospitales. Sin embargo, también dicen que los estudios muestran que incluso las personas vacunadas tienen
Continue Reading Mariana Toro Nota del editor: Saira Shah es una periodista y cineasta cuyos trabajos incluyen “Beneath the Veil” y “The Storyteller’s Daughter”. Ahora trabaja con la Fundación Idries Shah. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son suyas. Lee más opinión en CNN. (CNN) — Hace veinte años casi exactos, entré clandestinamente al Afganistán de los
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By RANDA KRISS of NerdWallet Scammers and predatory lenders continue to try to take advantage of small businesses searching for COVID-19 recovery funding — especially with the end of the Paycheck Protection Program. To protect themselves from potential bad actors, business owners should watch out for financing sold exclusively on speed, as well as any
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By RANDA KRISS of NerdWallet Scammers and predatory lenders continue to try to take advantage of small businesses searching for COVID-19 recovery funding — especially with the end of the Paycheck Protection Program. To protect themselves from potential bad actors, business owners should watch out for financing sold exclusively on speed, as well as any
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rich countries’ decisions to roll out COVID-19 booster shots while so many people across Africa remain unvaccinated “threaten the promise of a brighter tomorrow” for the continent, the Africa director for the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that “as some richer countries hoard vaccines, they
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Antoine Griezmann gets his best chance yet to take a leading role at Barcelona as the Catalan club continues adjusting to life without Lionel Messi. Griezmann will be making his 101st appearance with Barcelona when the club visits Athletic Bilbao in the second round of the
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police say a 15-year-old boy has been detained on suspicion of attempted murder after a school employee was seriously wounded in a knife attack in southern Sweden. The incident happened in Eslov, northeast of Malmo, Sweden’s third largest city. The motive for Thursday’s attack is unclear, a police spokeswoman said. A
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake and urgently need help to treat them, medical staff say. The quake, which struck the southwest of the country, left at least 2,189 dead and more than 12,268 injured, the country’s civil protection
Continue Reading By SUZAN FRASER and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President President Tayyip Erdogan has hosted a top security official from the United Arab Emirates and said the Gulf state was looking at investing in Turkey. The trip by UAE national security advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday appears
Continue Reading By SUZAN FRASER and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President President Tayyip Erdogan has hosted a top security official from the United Arab Emirates and said the Gulf state was looking at investing in Turkey. The trip by UAE national security advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday appears
Continue Reading JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Patrick Reed is out of The Northern Trust with an ankle injury. The PGA Tour did not have other details on the nature of the injury. The timing is not great for Reed with Ryder Cup qualifying ending after next week. He is No. 9 in the U.S. standings and
Continue Reading By RISKA MUNAWARAH Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested an elephant poacher in Aceh province along with four people who bought ivory from an animal he killed. They say the elephant was found without its head on July 11 at a palm plantation. Police arrested a suspect who
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A 51-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany for a vehicle rampage that killed five people in the western city of Trier last year. The defendant stands charged with five counts of murder and 18 counts of attempted murder for intentionally driving at pedestrians in a busy shopping area. Those killed
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Britney Spears went from declaring she would be posting less on social media to baring some skin. The singer has posted a few topless photos recently on her verified Instagram account. In the shots she covers her bare breasts with her hands. In one series of photos Spears explained in
Continue Reading By DANIEL COLE and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press LE LUC, France (AP) — Just when fire officials thought a huge wildfire near the French Riviera might be slowing down, a new pocket of flames shot up. And just as a water-dumping helicopter finished dousing one hot spot, another ignited. Despite calmer winds and cooler weather,
Continue Reading LEICESTER, England (AP) — Leicester winger Harvey Barnes has signed a contract extension to keep him at his boyhood club until June 2025. The 23-year-old England international had been one of Leicester’s best players in 2020-21 when he scored 13 goals in all competitions before undergoing knee surgery that ruled him out of the European
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s health minister says he has lifted restrictions on blood donations by gay men, saying the longstanding query posed to prospective donors were discriminatory and denigrating. Nitzan Horowitz, who himself is openly gay, wrote in a Facebook post Thursday that the Health Ministry had “removed the denigrating and irrelevant questions” in questionnaires for
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