By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The pandemic-delayed Expo 2020 in Dubai is closing. It’s a comedown from eight years of anticipation, over $7 billion in investment, 240 million hours of labor and six months of festivities. The fate of the fairgrounds is clear, with some pavilions dismantled and others
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A Norwegian soccer official has delivered a scathing criticism of World Cup host Qatar and FIFA to an audience of executives on the eve of the tournament’s draw. Qatar’s record of protecting the rights of migrant workers and its criminalization of homosexuality was aired by
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US jobs market has come a long way since the worst days of the pandemic when more than 20 million Americans lost their jobs. Now the recovery is moving into a new phase — one that will likely be slower. For Friday’s March jobs report, economists polled by Refinitiv
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Amazon is moving its business into the exosphere, with plans to deploy more than 3,000 satellites to beam internet connectivity all over the planet. On Tuesday, the company announced deals with three rocket companies that will launch those satellites. The agreement includes two veteran rocket builders — United Launch
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin just launched its fourth successful space tourism mission, putting yet another feather in the cap of the company that hopes to make these supersonic joyrides a mainstay of pop culture. The six passengers, which include a Blue Origin engineer and five paying customers, boarded their New
Continue ReadingCNN By Jen Christensen, CNN The Omicron coronavirus variant may be reaching around the world, but different places are seeing significantly different effects. In the United States, Covid-19 case numbers have been falling since January. They may have hit a plateau as a subvariant of Omicron, BA.2, becomes the main cause of infections. But in
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The Omicron coronavirus variant may be reaching around the world, but different places are seeing significantly different effects. In the United States, Covid-19 case numbers have been falling since January. They may have hit a plateau as a subvariant of Omicron, BA.2, becomes the main cause of infections. But in China,
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Transgénero, asexual, pansexual, género fluido, queer, intersexual, género no binario… Todos estos son términos identitarios que utilizan personas alrededor del mundo. A propósito del Día Internacional de la Visibilidad Transgénero que tiene lugar este 31 de marzo, te explicamos qué quiere decir cada uno. Transgénero es un término general que se
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El concepto de pansexualidad ha existido desde la época de Sigmund Freud, pero fue necesario que estrellas como Miley Cyrus, y más recientemente Bella Thorne lo usaran abiertamente para volverlo a poner de moda en el siglo XXI. La palabra pansexual ha estado entre los términos más buscados en Google desde
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr and Jeremy Herb, CNN The United States and allies believe that North Korea is beginning to make preparations for a possible underground nuclear test for the first time since 2017. North Korea has recently resumed digging tunnels and construction activities at its underground nuclear test site, according to five US officials. Commercially
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Hoy, las personas transgénero y no binarias de todo el mundo conmemoran el Día Internacional de la Visibilidad Transgénero. Con la visibilidad transgénero en EE.UU. en su punto más alto en política, medios y deportes, hoy es un día para que los aliados y defensores se presenten y muestren su apoyo. Esto
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Selena Quintanilla Pérez estaba a punto de convertirse en una superestrella en todo Estados Unidos cuando su repentina muerte sacudió a millones de personas. Han pasado 27 años desde que la “Reina del Tex-Mex” fue asesinada por la presidenta de su club de admiradores, pero sus canciones y estilo aún ocupan un
Continue Reading By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet When the Federal Reserve announces that it’s raising interest rates, it’s all over the news. And unlike other kinds of loans with fixed rates, credit card interest is variable, meaning rates will go up as a result of the Fed’s decision. If you have credit card debt, should you be
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business For the past few years, developer and home builder Estridge Homes could bank on the price quotes it received for asphalt holding steady for at least nine months. That window is now 15 days. For many home builders, supply chain disruptions from the pandemic have meant garage doors are on
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business The barrage of sanctions imposed by the West following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine decimated the ruble. But one month after the tanks rolled, the currency has made a full recovery and is now trading at levels seen prior to the war. How is that possible? Russia’s central bank has taken
Continue Reading SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Aston Martin says Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel is “fit to race” after recovering from COVID-19. The four-time world champion will make his season debut at the Australian Grand Prix on April 10. The 34-year-old German missed the first two races of the F1 season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia because
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Catholic bishops have called for unity among the country’s politicians, warning that the South Asian island nation is fast becoming a failed state amid its most severe economic crisis in memory. A foreign exchange crunch in Sri Lanka has led to a shortage
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Paul LeBlanc, CNN “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider visited the White House on Thursday to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility as the Biden administration rolled out a series of measures in support of transgender Americans. “The more that people like me can be seen, the harder it is to sustain
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Kounang and Deidre McPhillips, CNN The youngest group eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the US, children ages 5 to 11, is also the least vaccinated one. In about half of US counties, less than 10% of children 5 to 11 are fully vaccinated, according to a CNN analysis of data from
Continue ReadingCNN By Nadia Kounang and Deidre McPhillips, CNN The youngest group eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the US, children ages 5 to 11, is also the least vaccinated one. In about half of US counties, less than 10% of children 5 to 11 are fully vaccinated, according to a CNN analysis of data
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