olivertapia (CNN) — El riesgo global global relacionado con la nueva variante del coronavirus, ómicron, “se evalúa como muy alto”, según un informe técnico de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) publicado el lunes. Dependiendo de cuán transmisible sea la variante y si podría escapar a la inmunidad, “la probabilidad de una posible mayor
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Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Español) — La nueva variante de coronavirus ómicron puso al mundo nuevamente en alerta. A medida que múltiples países detectan casos de la variante e imponen nuevas restricciones, en Latinoamérica algunos países aún luchan por aumentar su tasa de vacunación contra el covid-19. Estas son las tasas de vacunación con al menos una
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By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Florian Wirtz has big shoes to fill at Bayer Leverkusen after its last young star left for Chelsea and won the Champions League. The 18-year-old Wirtz is more than just a worthy successor to Kai Havertz in the Leverkusen attack. He’s one of the leading
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By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say a mob has burned a police station and four police posts in the northwest overnight as officers detained a mentally unstable man accused of blasphemy. Police said Monday the demonstrators wanted to lynch the man on charges that he desecrated the Quran, Islam’s
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is pushing for an international accord to help prevent and fight future pandemics amid the emergence of a worrying new omicron COVID-19 variant. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said Monday that many uncertainties remain about just how transmissible and severe infection by
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is pushing for an international accord to help prevent and fight future pandemics amid the emergence of a worrying new omicron COVID-19 variant. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said Monday that many uncertainties remain about just how transmissible and severe infection by
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN The US Chamber of Commerce last year endorsed 23 vulnerable freshman House Democrats — the most in at least a decade — and enraged House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and other top Republicans who accused their long-time big business allies of heresy. A year later, the
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By Laura Smith-Spark and Tara John, CNN British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who gained global notoriety as the former girlfriend and social companion of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, was found guilty by a New York jury Wednesday on five counts relating to her role in his sexual abuse of minor girls. Maxwell was found guilty of
Continue Reading YORK, England (AP) — A top snooker player fell asleep in the middle of his match in one of the most prestigious events in the sport. Mark Williams recently returned to action after contracting the coronavirus and he says he is still feeling the effects. Williams says after his loss to Anthony Hamilton in the
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president has arrived in Qatar to attend the opening ceremony of an Arab soccer tournament amid an unprecedented diplomatic crisis between Beirut and oil-rich Gulf nations. Discussions are expected over tense relations in the region during meetings with Qatari officials in Doha that began on Monday. Saudi Arabia, traditionally an ally
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN The long road in the Jussie Smollett case finally reached trial Monday in Chicago, more than two years after police first alleged the actor lied about being the victim of a hate crime and wrongfully diverted weeks of investigative manpower. The former “Empire” actor, who is
Continue Readingolivertapia Hong Kong (CNN) — Mientras países de todo el mundo tratan de imponer prohibiciones de viaje para detener la propagación de la variante del coronavirus ómicron, China permanece aparentemente tranquila, al menos por ahora. A pesar de dos casos confirmados de la nueva variante en Hong Kong, los expertos chinos en salud pública han
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN The 24-year-old Lydia Ko has had more success than most golfers can imagine. The Kiwi player has won two majors, as well as becoming the youngest player ever to win a professional golf tour event aged just 14. In 2015, when she was just 17 years, nine months and nine days
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Morse, CNN The 24-year-old Lydia Ko has had more success than most golfers can imagine. The Kiwi player has won two majors, as well as becoming the youngest player ever to win a professional golf tour event aged just 14. In 2015, when she was just 17 years, nine months and nine
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Dozens of customers who stopped for a drink at Britain’s highest pub are getting a longer stay than they bargained for after the building was cut off by a blizzard. Sixty-one people woke up Monday after their third night at the Tan Hill Inn in the Yorkshire Dales about 270 miles (435
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Dozens of customers who stopped for a drink at Britain’s highest pub are getting a longer stay than they bargained for after the building was cut off by a blizzard. Sixty-one people woke up Monday after their third night at the Tan Hill Inn in the Yorkshire Dales about 270 miles (435
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin has fired coach Pál Dárdai 10 months into his second spell at the German Bundesliga club and replaced him with former Bayer Leverkusen coach Tayfun Korkut. The Hungarian coach leaves with Hertha 14th in the table and on a four-game winless run after drawing 1-1 with Augsburg on Saturday. A
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch military police have arrested a husband and wife who left a hotel where they were being quarantined after testing positive for COVID-19 and boarded a plane bound for Spain. A spokeswoman for the local security region that covers Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport said Monday that
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “Gifts from the Heart” is the theme of President Joe Biden’s first White House Christmas. First lady Jill Biden plans on Monday to unveil Christmas decorations that match the theme. The first lady’s office says more than 100 volunteers spent the past week decorating the mansion using
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