The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago�s airport in late January, and Chile�s president, Sebasti�n Pi�era, was beaming. �Today,� he said, �is a day of joy, emotion and hope.� The source of that hope: China � a country that Chile and dozens of other nations are depending on to […]
Volvo says it will make only electric vehicles by 2030. But if you want one, you�ll have to buy it online. The Swedish automaker said Tuesday that it is phasing out the production of all cars with internal combustion engines � including hybrids. �There is no long-term future for cars with an internal combustion engine,� […]
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A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was �premature� and �unrealistic� to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death. The world�s singular focus right now should be to keep transmission of […]
The Israeli government voted on Monday to allow the reopening of halls and restaurants beginning next week, continuing the gradual reopening of Israel’s economy. The easing of restrictions also includes
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult Americans by the end of May, two months earlier than anticipated, as his administration announced that drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson�s newly approved shot. With the bolstered supply, Biden also […]
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a 22-year-old man has been indicted for assault, reckless endangerment and other charges for allegedly causing a car crash that seriously injured
Twitter says it has begun labeling tweets that include misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and using a �strike system� to eventually remove accounts that repeatedly violate its rules. The company said Monday that it has started using human reviewers to assess whether tweets violate its policy against COVID vaccine misinformation. Eventually, the work will be […]
Iran�s suspension from international judo events for refusing to let its athletes fight Israeli opponents was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday. The case was prompted by former world champion Saeid Mollaei leaving the Iranian team in 2019, claiming he was ordered to lose matches and withdraw from competitions to avoid […]
Legislators from New York’s Assembly and state Senate struck a deal Tuesday to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of his pandemic-linked emergency powers and return matters like lockdowns to local control.
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Democrats� hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as the Senate prepared to debate its own version of the House-passed aid package. Four days after the chamber�s parliamentarian said Senate rules forbid inclusion of a straight-out minimum wage increase in the relief measure, […]
Canada�s largest city has started vaccinating police officers ahead of people 80 years of age and older. A Toronto police spokesperson said Monday police constables and sergeants who respond to emergency calls where medical assistance may be required have been moved to the current phase by Ontario�s provincial government. A police spokesperson said 2,250 of […]
At least 15 people were killed Tuesday morning when an SUV collided with a semi-truck in Southern California, authorities have announced. The crash occurred on State Route 115 in the
CNN host Chris Cuomo told viewers Monday that he �obviously� couldn�t cover the stories surrounding his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been accused of harassment by three women. The prime time host addressed the topic immediately at the start of his show, which airs at 9 p.m. Eastern, and just as […]
Nearly a year after they were almost stabbed to death inside a Midland, Texas, Sam�s Club, Bawi Cung and his two sons all have visible scars. It�s the unseen ones though that are harder to get over. Cung can�t walk through any store without constantly looking in all directions. His 6-year-old son, who now can�t […]
Republican lawmakers in Georgia muscled legislation through the state House on Monday that would roll back voting access, over the objection of Democrats and civil rights groups gathered at the Capitol to protest. The bill comes after record turnout led to Democratic wins in Georgia�s presidential election and two U.S. Senate runoffs. House Bill 531 […]
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised to make a pariah out of Saudi Arabia over the 2018 killing of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. But when it came time to actually punish Saudi Arabia�s crown prince, America�s strategic interests prevailed. The Biden administration made clear Friday it would forgo sanctions or any other major […]
Sen. Mitt Romney said Monday that he was knocked unconscious in a fall over the weekend, but he was �doing better.� The Utah Republican said the accident happened when he was spending time with his grandchildren in Boston. He told reporters he was taken to a hospital and got stitches on his right eyebrow and […]
With the floodgates set to open on another round of unemployment aid, states are being hammered with a new wave of fraud as they scramble to update security systems and
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