Month: August 2024
Autoridades de Brasil emiten alerta máxima por incendios en Sao Paulo
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Al menos 2.191 incendios se registraron entre el viernes y el sábado en el estado de Sao Paulo, donde 46 municipios están en alerta máxima, informó el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Cambio Climático en su cuenta de X. Marina Silva, titular del Ministerio, aseguró este domingo que sospechan que
Continue Reading¿Quién es Pavel Durov, el CEO de Telegram? Un Elon Musk ruso con 100 hijos biológicos
Belén Liotti (CNN) — Pavel Durov es muchas cosas para mucha gente: un prodigio de la programación, un empresario multimillonario, un títere del Kremlin, un luchador por la libertad de expresión y el padre biológico de al menos 100 hijos. Durov, el elusivo fundador de Telegram que fue detenido en Francia el fin de semana, presenta
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OneFuture Coachella Valley and local healthcare leaders expanding College of the Desert’s nursing program
Healthcare industry leaders have committed $2.9 million dollars towards the expansion of the RN program at College of the Desert. OneFuture’s Healthcare Leadership Roundtable includes partnerships with Desert Care Network, DesertHealthcare District & Foundation, Eisenhower Health and the Inland Empire Health Plan. The commitment, which will add 70 students to the 2024-2025 nursing class, covers
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Slightly warmer today
Highs are gradually increasing as we head into the meat of the work week. Cooler air retreating a little farther to the North will allow us to warm to near-normal. A weak low pressure system also lingers nearby, which may add a touch of humidity to the mix, especially later this week. Highs will actually
Continue ReadingComic Relief US launches new Roblox game to help children build community virtually and in real life
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The notion that online gaming could help players develop charitable habits seemed bold when the anti-poverty nonprofit Comic Relief US tested its own multiverse on the popular world-building app Roblox last year. As philanthropy wrestles with how to authentically engage new generations of digitally savvy donors, Comic Relief US
Continue ReadingAfrica’s mpox outbreaks result from neglect and world’s inability to stop epidemics, experts say
AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — A leading African scientist says the growing mpox outbreaks in Africa that triggered the World Health Organization’s emergency declaration are largely the result of decades of neglect and the global community’s inability to stop sporadic epidemics among a population with little immunity against the smallpox-related disease. Dr. Dimie Ogoina,
Continue ReadingOpera Philadelphia cuts all tickets to $11 in ‘pick your price’ model, hoping to widen audience
Associated Press Opera Philadelphia is lowering all tickets to $11 under new general director Anthony Roth Costanzo, establishing a “pick your price” model aimed at widening the company’s audience. Costanzo announced the company has raised $7 million since he took over on June 1 from David Devan, who retired after 13 seasons. The money addressed
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Russia targets cities and infrastructure in largest air attack since war began, Ukraine says
By Svitlana Vlasova, Ivana Kottasová, Daria Tarasova and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia launched a “massive” missile and drone attack aimed at energy infrastructure across Ukraine at the start of the week, marking the biggest air assault since the war began, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow has since followed that with a second wave of strikes
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