By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — One of the world’s last three countries to administer COVID-19 vaccines has started giving out doses as the East African nation of Burundi launched its national campaign. The vaccinations started in the commercial capital, Bujumbura, though health workers told The Associated Press that barely more
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La lucha de Joe Biden para hacer que Estados Unidos vuelva a la normalidad después de la pandemia está demostrando ser mucho más prolongada y complicada de lo que se pensaba, lo que tiene enormes implicaciones políticas para el presidente y su partido. El secretario de Transporte, Pete Buttigieg, admitió
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CNN CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Colin Powell, former US secretary of state. Personal Birth date: April 5, 1937 Death date: October 18, 2021 Birth place: Harlem, New York Birth name: Colin Luther Powell Parents: Luther Powell, shipping clerk Mother: Maud Ariel (McKoy) Powell, seamstress Marriage: Alma Vivian (Johnson) Powell
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged lower in morning trading on Wall Street Monday as the market’s momentum slows following its best week since July. The S&P 500 index fell 0.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%. Technology and health care companies were leading the way lower, while energy companies
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged lower in morning trading on Wall Street Monday as the market’s momentum slows following its best week since July. The S&P 500 index fell 0.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%. Technology and health care companies were leading the way lower, while energy companies
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LONDON (AP) — England will enter the November rugby internationals without four of its biggest names after an improvement in club form failed to earn Mako and Billy Vunipola, Jamie George and George Ford recalls to the squad. The four players were left out of Eddie Jones’ extended training squad last month ahead of test
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — The trials of three Egyptian activists and a rights lawyer, who have been held in prison for over two years on a number of charges, have been postponed. Their lawyer said Monday the four appeared before judges of the Emergency State Security Court in Cairo. They face charges ranging from disseminating false
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has reported 58 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the 12th time in the past 17 days. The latest numbers released Sunday pushed the tribe’s totals to 34,878 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Kourtney Kardashian confirmó su compromiso con Travis Barker con una publicación romántica en Instagram. La estrella de reality publicó fotografías este domingo de ella y el baterista de Blink-182 abrazándose en una playa, en medio de un círculo de rosas, subtitulando la publicación “para siempre”. Barker comentó “PARA SIEMPRE” debajo de
Continue Reading MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police say law enforcers backed by troops have killed four suspected Chinese drug dealers who opened fire at them during a sting operation. The national police chief says more than $5.2 million worth of methamphetamines were recovered. He says the slain Chinese, who allegedly belonged to a major drug trafficking
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has led a somber British Parliament in honoring the Conservative lawmaker stabbed to death as he met constituents at a church hall. The attack shocked Britain and it has raised questions about how the country protects it politicians and grapples with extremism at
Continue ReadingCNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to Canada, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Canada is currently easing out of a surge in cases led by the Omicron variant, leading some provinces to loosen recent restrictions. The country was moved to
Continue ReadingCNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to one of the Disney Parks & Resorts around the world, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics All Disney parks around the world except one are now open to visitors, though Covid-19 restrictions remain in
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Channing Tatum has addressed Dave Chappelle’s controversial remarks about the trans community. On the Instagram stories portion of his verified Instagram account, Tatum reposted video of Chappelle’s 2019 speech at the Kennedy Center to accept the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in which he talked about his art form
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France says its ambassador to Belarus has been ordered out of the country. In a statement Monday, France’s Foreign Minister said that Ambassador Nicolas de Lacoste’s departure on Sunday was due to the “unilateral decision” of Belarusian authorities. It added that de Lacoste, who has been in
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A cold front passing through drought-stricken California has brought snow to the northern Sierra Nevada and rain, showers or drizzle elsewhere. The National Weather Service says the Sierra snowfall Sunday night was significant enough to impact travel over the higher passes. Downtown Sacramento received 0.01 inch of rain, enough to end
Continue Reading CNN, WAFF, HUNTSVILLE POLICE, FAMILY HANDOUT, Family Handout/WAFF By Gregory Lemos, CNN Authorities in Huntsville, Alabama, are facing questions surrounding the discovery of a woman’s body in the back of a rarely used police van in a police parking lot. A police officer discovered the body of Christina Nance on October 7 in an unoccupied
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Goldman Sachs has received clearance to take full ownership of its securities joint venture in China, a sign that Beijing remains open to foreign financial firms even as geopolitical tensions simmer. Goldman announced Sunday that the entity, previously called Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Securities Company, will be renamed Goldman Sachs
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats on Monday became the last of three parties to back the start of formal coalition talks on forming a new government. The Free Democrats leader, Christian Lindner, said the party’s national executive unanimously agreed to take the step following weeks of informal talks with the center-left Social Democrats
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN A group of House Democrats, led by Rep. Colin Allred of Texas, sent a letter to their Senate colleagues on Monday morning urging them to pass voting rights legislation known as the “Freedom to Vote Act” when it comes up for a vote this week. The legislation, which stands little chance
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