By Lisa Respers France, CNN BET presented the 20201 Soul Train Awards that aired Sunday night. The awards ceremony celebrated the dance show “Soul Train’s” 50th anniversary and for the first time was held at the legendary Apollo in Harlem, New York. Bffs and former “Martin” costars Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold returned as co-hosts
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Jackson, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story BARRIE, Ontario (CTV Network) — The mayor of Port aux Basques, N.L., says work to repair portions of a vital highway in the community are progressing as more rain and harsh winds loom. The town was effectively cut-off from the rest of the
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Bugatti, the French manufacturer of $3 million supercars, is over a century old. But now it faces what may be the most difficult maneuver it has ever had to carry out: transitioning to an electric future. The man now taking the wheel at Bugatti is Mate Rimac,
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Thousands of years ago, iconic ancient herbivores, such as the woolly mammoth, giant bison and ancient horses roamed the earth and played an important role for the world’s grassland ecosystems. Now, a new study has found that the
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN Dozens of people have been snowed in at the highest pub in the United Kingdom for three nights after the country was hit by Storm Arwen. More than 60 revelers who went out to the Tan Hill Inn in Swaledale, northern England, on Friday ended up extending their stay after snow
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s navy has successfully test-fired a prospective hypersonic missile. The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that the Admiral Gorshkov frigate in the White Sea launched the Zircon cruise missile. It hit a practice target 400 kilometers (215 nautical miles) away. The navy has conducted a series of test launches of Zircon and
Continue ReadingCNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Fans have noticed that an episode of the Simpsons that features a scene in Tiananmen Square is missing from Disney+ in Hong Kong. In the 2005 episode “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” the family travels to China to adopt a baby. The Simpsons clan stops in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square where
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Fans have noticed that an episode of the Simpsons that features a scene in Tiananmen Square is missing from Disney+ in Hong Kong. In the 2005 episode “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” the family travels to China to adopt a baby. The Simpsons clan stops in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square where they
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FINCA CORTESIN, Spain (AP) — Suzann Pettersen won the Solheim Cup for Europe in 2019 with the last shot of her career and she will captain the team four years later for its second straight title defense. The Norwegian’s 7-foot putt for birdie at the final hole at Gleneagles saw Europe reclaim the biggest prize
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Organizers of next month’s Miss Universe pageant say one of the contestants has tested positive for COVID-19. It was not immediately clear if she had tested positive for the newly detected omicron variant. Israeli authorities have said they will go ahead with holding the pageant in the southern city of Eilat in
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzmán lo tuvo todo: dinero, poder y mujeres. Una de ellas fue Emma Coronel Aispuro, quien es, a decir de gente muy cercana, el amor de la vida del notorio narcotraficante que cumple condena en Estados Unidos. Coronel se declaró culpable en junio de 2021 y fue
Continue Reading TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The imprisoned former president of ex-Soviet republic Georgia has appeared in court on charges of abuse of office, proceedings that triggered scuffles between his supporters and police. Mikheil Saakashvili was president in 2008-13 and left Georgia after the end of his second term. He was later convicted in absentia of abuse
Continue ReadingCNN By Wayne Sterling, CNN Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of human rights issues, will become a US citizen Monday and legally change his name to Enes Kanter Freedom, the NBA player told CNN’s John Berman. Moving forward, “Freedom” will be Kanter’s last name, and Kanter will be his middle name. Kanter
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By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jury selection is underway in the trial of actor Jussie Smollett. The trial will boil down to the question of whether the jury believes the former “Empire” actor’s version of what he says was a racist and homophobic attack or that told by two brothers who say
Continue Reading By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jury selection is underway in the trial of actor Jussie Smollett. The trial will boil down to the question of whether the jury believes the former “Empire” actor’s version of what he says was a racist and homophobic attack or that told by two brothers who say
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Magdalena Andersson, who last week was Sweden’s first female prime minister for a few hours before resigning because a budget defeat made a coalition partner quit, has been elected again. In a 101-173 vote on Monday, with 75 abstentions, the 349-seat Riksdag elected Andersson, leader of the Social Democrats, as prime
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Amir Khan and Kell Brook will meet for an all-British welterweight fight in February in a grudge match that has been a long time in the making. No world title will be at stake in the Feb. 19 fight in Manchester that will settle a long-standing rivalry after years of failed negotiations
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Wall Street despises uncertainty. The less information investors have, the harder it is to make decisions about how to position for the future. Unfortunately, this is an example of peak ambiguity. Traders have been left in the lurch as the world rushes to respond to the discovery of the new
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Fears about the Omicron variant of Covid-19 rattled the world’s financial markets Friday and early Monday morning. But shares of the major coronavirus vaccine makers were getting a boost from the latest pandemic jitters. Moderna soared more than 20% during Black Friday’s abbreviated session of trading on
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday said the new Omicron coronavirus variant is “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic,” as federal health officials brace for the first cases of the new variant to be detected in the US. “Sooner or later we’re going to see cases of
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