By Maggie Parkhill, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The internet’s largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) says the majority of the items created using its free minting tool are plagiarized works, fake collections or spam. Earlier this week, popular NFT marketplace OpenSea announced it was limiting
Continue ReadingBy Solarina Ho, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — More than three million cases of COVID-19 have been documented since the start of the pandemic, according to CTVNews.ca’s case tracker, with at least a million of those cases occurring in the past month. As of 1:30 p.m.
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Alexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN Business) — Estados Unidos y sus aliados se apresuran a elaborar planes de contingencia en caso de que el suministro de gas ruso, crucial para el funcionamiento de las empresas y la calefacción de los hogares en Europa, se vea interrumpido por el conflicto en Ucrania. Europa tendría dificultades para sobrevivir
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters The “Special Ks” show at the Australian Open ended on a high after Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis claimed their first major title by defeating compatriots Max Purcell and Matt Ebden in the men’s doubles final on Saturday. Kyrgios and Kokkinakis, nicknamed the “Special Ks” as juniors, entertained the crowd at the
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By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Newly empowered Republican lawmakers in Virginia who opposed legalizing simple possession of marijuana say they don’t want to scrap the 2021 law, but they do want to make significant changes. Republicans have drafted bills that would move up the start date for retail sales and get
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — ¿Por qué crees que se llaman galletas de la fortuna? Después de su comida semanal en un restaurante chino, un hombre de Carolina del Norte usó los números de su galleta de la fortuna para jugar a la lotería. Y ahora es $4 millones más rico. “Normalmente no juego mis números
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By BRUCE MATTHEWS Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It underlined an identity issue when Chris O’Neil’s name was incorrectly spelled on the scoreboards as the players warmed up for the 1978 Australian Open women’s singles final. An extra “l” was added to O’Neil’s family name on the two manually operated scoreboards at Kooyong, the
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By Jay Croft, CNN Why do you think they’re called fortune cookies? After his weekly meal at a Chinese restaurant, a North Carolina man used the numbers in his fortune cookie to play the lottery. And now he is $4 million richer. “I don’t usually play my fortune cookie numbers but I tried them on
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Fisher and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon is preparing to push the CEOs of America’s largest defense companies to accelerate hypersonic weapons development by hosting a high-level meeting next week with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The purpose is to “light a fire underneath the entire hypersonic industry” and “encourage industry to pick up
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell and Robert Shackelford, CNN The Northeast continues to face dangerous cold Monday as it digs out of record snow from a bomb cyclone storm that sapped power to more 100,000 customers in Massachusetts alone and canceled some 5,000 US flights. Highs across New England and parts of the Mid-Atlantic are expected
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, CNN On the walls of St. Michael’s monastery in Kyiv, there is a graphic and sad reminder of the toll of eight years of conflict in eastern Ukraine. A total of 4,480 faces stare into the frigid air — the photographs of the servicemen and women who have died on the frontlines
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — ¿Podrías encontrar 10 minutos en tu día para aumentar tu actividad física? Podría salvar vidas, según un nuevo estudio. Se podrían prevenir más de 110.000 muertes en EE.UU. cada año si los adultos mayores de 40 años agregaran 10 minutos de actividad física diaria de moderada a vigorosa a
Continue Reading AMSTERDAM (AP) — Hundreds of people have protested in Amsterdam in a #MeToo demonstration sparked by allegations of sexual impropriety linked to a popular Dutch TV talent show. Saturday’s demonstration was organized following reports of sexual harassment ranging from WhatsApp messages to an allegation of rape linked to panelists and a band leader on “The
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — People from New York City to Maine are awakening to deep snow and high winds as a powerful nor’easter kicks up blizzard conditions. There is potential with Saturday’s storm for widespread power outages and coastal flooding. Parts of 10 states and the population centers of Philadelphia, New
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The nor’easter churning along the East Coast on Saturday is threatening a dangerous mix of heavy snow and fierce winds for millions of Americans — and could develop into a historic storm for parts of eastern New England, according to forecasters. The combination of howling winds — as strong as
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — La cantautora Joni Mitchell dijo que eliminará su música de Spotify, luego de la controversia sobre la información errónea sobre las vacunas alojada en la plataforma de transmisión. “Gente irresponsable está difundiendo mentiras que le están costando la vida a la gente”, escribió la música canadiense en un comunicado publicado en
Continue ReadingScottie Andrew, CNN The “dark academic” is smart but sullen, effortlessly cool but largely withdrawn, with rings under their eyes (spending all night in dimly lit libraries) and bruised legs (getting up to no good in between courses — a dark academic typically has a dark secret). They’ve got an eye for Gothic architecture and
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El centro de nuestra galaxia, la Vía Láctea, alberga una multitud de características intrigantes, que incluyen casi mil hilos magnéticos misteriosos, según una nueva imagen del telescopio. Los pares y grupos de hebras se extienden por casi 150 años luz de longitud y están igualmente espaciados. Las extrañas estructuras tienen unos
Continue ReadingCNN, WFXT, WHDH By Jason Hanna, Aya Elamroussi and Christina Maxouris, CNN Much of the East Coast was covered with a thick blanket of snow Saturday night, with several areas reporting record snowfall totals, and officials across the region urged residents to stay put as the fierce nor’easter made its way through the country’s northeastern
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Una tormenta en el noreste de Estados Unidos, denominada nor’easter, está trayendo una combinación traicionera de fuertes nevadas y vientos feroces a lo largo de gran parte de la costa este y más por venir el sábado por la noche. Muchas áreas esperan tormentas de nieve y Nueva Inglaterra se prepara para
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