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CNN By Maggie Fox, CNN Hospitals are struggling to hold on to nurses and other professionals, staff are traumatized and the influx of patients feels like it’s coming out of a fire hose, doctors say. The Covid-19 pandemic, entering its third year with 800,000 people dead in the US alone, could damage the health industry
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United Kingdom are rising at their highest rate in over a decade as a result of soaring energy costs and blockages in the supply chain. The Office for National Statistics found Wednesday that inflation rose by 5.1% in the year to November. That’s
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United Kingdom are rising at their highest rate in over a decade as a result of soaring energy costs and blockages in the supply chain. The Office for National Statistics found Wednesday that inflation rose by 5.1% in the year to November. That’s
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MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says midfielder Luka Modric and defender Marcelo have tested positive for the coronavirus. Madrid has not given any details of their condition or whether anyone else was deemed a close contact. Modric played the entire game when Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 on Sunday. Marcelo was an unused substitute. Madrid’s
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The leaders of four political parties set to join forces in the next Dutch ruling coalition have put the finishing touches to a policy blueprint for the next parliamentary term. The deal signals the beginning of the end of a drawn-out process to form a
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The leaders of four political parties set to join forces in the next Dutch ruling coalition have put the finishing touches to a policy blueprint for the next parliamentary term. The deal signals the beginning of the end of a drawn-out process to form a
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin is introducing legislation on Wednesday that would require the safe storage of firearms in the wake of the Oxford school shooting in her district that left four students dead last month. Slotkin’s legislation, called the “Safe Guns, Safe Kids Act,” would require gun owners to secure
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow and Anneken Tappe, CNN Business One of the more insidious myths this year was that young people didn’t want to work because they were getting by just fine on government aid. People had too much money, went the narrative. Only trouble is, the numbers don’t back it up. Instead, early retirement —
Continue Reading By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Rerouting, rebooking, diverting, you name it. Making last-minute flight changes can be an enormous stressor amid an already stressful holiday travel season. Whether a massive snowstorm halts flights, or you need to postpone because of a COVID-related delay, here’s what you need to know about making last-minute flight changes, both
Continue Reading By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Rerouting, rebooking, diverting, you name it. Making last-minute flight changes can be an enormous stressor amid an already stressful holiday travel season. Whether a massive snowstorm halts flights, or you need to postpone because of a COVID-related delay, here’s what you need to know about making last-minute flight changes, both
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Lianne Kolirin and Reuters Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish has spoken about an addiction to watching pornography, starting at age 11, and how it gave her nightmares and messed her up when she started dating. Eilish, who turns 20 on Saturday, was speaking on “The Howard Stern Show” on Sirius XM radio on Monday.
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero has announced his immediate retirement for health reasons. The 33-year-old Argentina striker underwent heart tests after leaving the field holding his chest during Barcelona’s match against Alaves in the Spanish league on Oct. 30. His condition has since been evaluated and a tearful Aguero says at a
Continue Reading By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will allow the United Nations nuclear watchdog to reinstall cameras damaged at a site where it has centrifuge parts and manufacturing material. That’s according to reports Wednesday by semiofficial Iranian news agencies. The decision will see cameras put back at Karaj, which
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Firefighters in Hong Kong have rescued hundreds of people who fled to the rooftop of a skyscraper and became trapped there after a large fire broke out. Authorities said blaze started in the early afternoon Wednesday at the World Trade Centre on Gloucester Road in the
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the European Union’s executive commission has warned Russia that the bloc has a battery of additional sanctions ready if Moscow decides to invade neighboring Ukraine. On the eve of an EU summit on the issue, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El futbolista argentino Sergio “Kun” Agüero, de 33 años, anunció este miércoles que abandona la práctica deportiva profesional por un problema cardíaco. Lo hizo durante una conferencia de prensa en el mismo Camp Nou, en la que se lo vio visiblemente emocionado, al punto de que le costó varios
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Human rights activists with Amnesty International have urged the French soccer federation to pay attention to rights violations of migrant workers in Qatar a year before the World Cup. They have unveiled a giant banner on the French soccer federation’s building. It says “Thousands have died in Qatar and the soccer federation
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Human rights activists with Amnesty International have urged the French soccer federation to pay attention to rights violations of migrant workers in Qatar a year before the World Cup. They have unveiled a giant banner on the French soccer federation’s building. It says “Thousands have died in Qatar and the soccer federation
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business President Joe Biden is taking the political punches for high inflation. But price stability is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve, not the White House. And prices are anything but stable right now. Consumer prices spiked in November at the fastest pace since 1982. Producer prices soared by nearly 10%,
Continue Reading SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — A former city councilor has won the Republican nomination for an Arkansas state senate seat in a special primary election, beating out candidates that included “19 Kids and Counting” father Jim Bob Duggar. Poll results from Tuesday’s election show that Republican challenger Colby Fulfer, who is chief of staff for the
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