(CNN Español) — Los contagios globales de coronavirus cayeron un 11% en la semana antes del 21 de febrero. Es la sexta semana consecutiva que bajan los casos de covid-19. Esto según datos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Además, según la OMS hay una caída del 20% en las muertes esta semana. Muchos
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Mantener le distantanciamiento social, avarse las manos, usar mascarillas. Los médicos y autoridades de salud lo han repetido hasta el cansancio y, hasta ahora, junto con la vacuna de covid-19, son las reglas de oro para navegar esta época de pandemia que nos tocó vivir. Pero no es lo único que hemos
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Los seguidores del bitcoin que buscan formas de gastar sus fortunas en criptomonedas pueden agregar un artículo de alto valor a la lista: un Tesla. «Ahora puedes comprar un Tesla con bitcoin«, dijo el miércoles el director ejecutivo Elon Musk en un tuit. El bitcoin pagado a Tesla no será convertido por
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Varios países europeos suspendieron la aplicación de la vacuna de AstraZeneca contra el covid-19 después de algunos reportes de personas que la recibieron desarrollaron coágulos de sangre. Esos países comenzaron a retomar las inmunizaciones con esa vacuna luego de que la Agencia Europea de Medicamentos (EMA, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Con la pandemia de coronavirus, el 2020 terminó con 22 millones adicionales de personas pobres en América Latina y el Caribe. En total, 209 millones de personas viven en la pobreza, según el informe anual de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Cepal). Es una cifra sin precedentes, según
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — No es una víctima y tampoco se considera así. Pero ha sufrido —y aún sufre— los horrores de la última dictadura cívico-militar en Argentina. La más sangrienta, que gobernó el país entre 1976 y 1983. Stella Duacastella es psicóloga y escritora y así la conoce la mayoría de la gente, con el
Continue ReadingA group of White House officials and members of Congress toured a facility holding unaccompanied migrant children in Texas on Wednesday in the company of a news camera, as the Biden administration has been under mounting pressure to give journalists access inside facilities housing migrant children as the number of unaccompanied kids in custody has
Continue Reading (CNN) — Teólogos e integrantes del clero católico alemán se movilizaron en contra de una resolución reciente del Vaticano que dice que la Iglesia católica no dará su bendición a las uniones entre personas del mismo sexo. La resolución «se caracteriza por un gesto paternalista de superioridad y discrimina a las personas homosexuales y sus
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Counties in the United States with large Black, Asian and Hispanic populations were hit harder by Covid-19 in the early months of the pandemic, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a new study published Wednesday, CDC researchers said more than a quarter of counties with large Asian or Black populations
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A group of White House officials and members of Congress toured a facility holding unaccompanied migrant children in Texas on Wednesday in the company of a news camera, as the Biden administration has been under mounting pressure to give journalists access inside facilities housing migrant children as the number of unaccompanied children in custody has
Continue ReadingDemocrats are pushing the administration to explain why President Joe Biden has not signed paperwork raising the cap on the number of refugees allowed in the United States, which has put hundreds in limbo even as the Biden administration had promised to reverse former President Donald Trump’s policies. The concern comes as the White House
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A barista at the King Soopers store in Boulder, Colorado, says he hid his co-worker behind some trash cans to keep her safe from a gunman who killed 10 people in Monday’s mass shooting. Logan Ezra Smith, 20, was working at the store’s Starbucks kiosk when a customer said there was an active shooting in
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While Kelly Ripa celebrated National Puppy Day at home, the internet missed her being at work. On Tuesday, Ripa posted a video of her pups at home on her Instagram stories. Meanwhile, entertainment reporter Maria Menounos filled in for her on “LIVE with Kelly and Ryan.” The internet of course wondered why, as if Ripa
Continue Reading Counties in the United States with large Black, Asian and Hispanic populations were hit harder by Covid-19 in the early months of the pandemic, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a new study published Wednesday, CDC researchers said more than a quarter of counties with large Asian or Black populations
Continue ReadingAs the Senate held its first hearing on a sweeping election and voting rights package, the chamber’s leaders on Wednesday used the opportunity to argue over the need for the federal legislation. In a rare move, the leaders of both parties, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, spoke before the
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Bald eagles, once on the endangered species list, are now thriving, according to a recent report. The US Fish and Wildlife Service said in a new report that bald eagles have quadrupled in size since 2009. Over 316,700 bald eagles, and more than 71,400 nesting pairs, were present in the lower 48 states during the
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Eight tug boats are working to free a large container ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal, halting marine traffic through one of the busiest and most important waterways in the world. The rescue boats are working to float and release the Ever Given, a 59-meter-wide (193.5-feet) vessel that ran aground after 40-knot winds and a
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant secretary of health at the Department of Health and Human Services, the first out transgender federal official to be confirmed by the chamber. The vote was 52-48. GOP Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined all Democrats in voting yes. Levine,
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Antony Blinken repeated his warning Wednesday that the US will consider sanctions if work on a gas pipeline between Russian and Germany is completed and certified — a sole note of discord in an extended display of unity with European allies and NATO states. “The pipeline divides Europe, it exposes Ukraine and
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