‘West Side Story’ reimagines the original in Steven Spielberg’s vibrant showcase for its stars
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The new “West Side Story” doesn’t entirely answer the most obvious question, which is why essentially…
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Rochester’s one-month mayor is in quarantine for COVID-19
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The newly installed mayor of Rochester, New York, is in quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus last month.…
Continue Reading Gambia will head to polls in 1st post-Jammeh election
By ABDOULIE JOHN and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Gambians are getting ready to vote in a historic election that…
Continue Reading Kosovo man charged with joining extremist group in Syria
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Prosecutors have brought terror charges against an ethnic Albanian man from Kosovo who allegedly joined an extremist group…
Continue Reading Council of Europe report slams Croatia on migrant treatment
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The Council of Europe’s committee on torture has harshly criticized Croatia over “severe ill-treatment” of…
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Biden administration shipping 9 million vaccine doses to Africa and another 2 million worldwide
By Arlette Saenz, CNN White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeffrey Zients is set to announce the Biden administration is shipping 11 million…
Continue Reading Biden administration shipping 9 million vaccine doses to Africa and another 2 million worldwide
By Arlette Saenz, CNN White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeffrey Zients is set to announce the Biden administration is shipping 11 million…
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Horst Eckel, last of the 1954 World Cup winners, dies at 89
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — The last surviving member of West Germany’s 1954 World Cup-winning team has died. Horst Eckel was…
Continue Reading Fact-checking 4 Biden claims about the economy
By Daniel Dale, CNN President Joe Biden has spoken regularly about the economy in the past month — trying at once to reassure Americans about…
Continue Reading Rangnick couldn’t turn down chance to lead Man United
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ralf Rangnick turned down an offer to coach Chelsea on an interim basis last season but he couldn’t say no to…
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Lewis Hamilton says he’s ‘not comfortable’ racing in Saudi Arabia
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Lewis Hamilton has said he is “not comfortable” racing in Saudi Arabia ahead of the penultimate race of the Formula…
Continue ReadingSecond World War vet who fought in an elite squadron honoured in Toronto on 100th birthday
By John Vennavally-Rao Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — For years, Jack Paley didn’t talk…
Continue ReadingExpectations of apology high as Indigenous leaders prepare to visit Vatican
By Bill Fortier and Anthony Vasquez-Peddie Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — An apology from…
Continue Reading Parkland, Florida student arrested in school shooting threat
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida teenager is accused of making a school shooting threat against Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The…
Continue Reading Kurdish activists enter grounds of chemical weapons watchdog
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dozens of flag-waving demonstrators from a Kurdish organization have broken into the grounds of the global chemical…
Continue ReadingInternational Space Station swerves to avoid space junk, Russia says
By Zahra Ullah, CNN The International Space Station had to adjust its orbit to avoid collision with a piece of debris from a US rocket, the head of…
Continue Reading There is a manhunt for parents of the Michigan high school shooting suspect
By Steve Almasy, Jay Croft and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Hours after a prosecutor announced involuntary manslaughter charges against the parents of Ethan…
Continue Reading Study: Black, Asian Britons have higher COVID-19 death rates
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British study has found that Black and other members or racial and ethnic minorities in the U.K…
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Didi’s delisting could spell the end for Chinese stocks on Wall Street
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The era of big Chinese companies heading to the United States to raise money may have just come to an end.…
Continue Reading Thousands of Americans will still be without power and heat this winter despite call for utility companies to prevent shutoffs
By Gabe Cohen, CNN As Michael Lundy cradles her newborn son, she’s mentally preparing to pack up and leave her Detroit home again. She just got…
Continue Reading Thousands of Americans will still be without power and heat this winter despite call for utility companies to prevent shutoffs
By Gabe Cohen, CNN As Michael Lundy cradles her newborn son, she’s mentally preparing to pack up and leave her Detroit home again. She just got…
Continue Reading Bulgaria’s Parliament convenes after 3rd election of year
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s new parliament has convened for its first session following the country’s third parliamentary election of the…
Continue Reading US Army and FAA investigating military flyover of NFL game
By Barbara Starr and Gregory Wallace, CNN The US military and the Federal Aviation Administration are reviewing a flyover of an NFL game last month…
Continue Reading Peng Shuai: Human rights activist Peter Dahlin says IOC is putting Chinese tennis star at ‘greater risk’
By Ben Church, CNN Human rights activist Peter Dahlin says the International Olympic Committee’s calls with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai are…
Continue Reading Trump’s White House doctor facing fresh scrutiny over Covid test timeline
By Jeremy Herb and Kevin Liptak, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s positive Covid test in September 2020, three days before the first…
Continue ReadingThe baby dragons of Slovenia
John Malathronas, CNN Postojna Cave, situated one hour’s drive southwest of Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, is so vast, it has its own…
Continue Reading Laos opens railway to China as debt to Beijing rises
BEIJING (AP) — The prime minister of Laos has ridden the first run of a $5.9 billion Chinese-built train connecting his isolated, mountainous…
Continue Reading German broadcaster suspends workers amid antisemitism probe
BERLIN (AP) — German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle says it is suspending four employees and one freelancer during an investigation into…
Continue Reading Taliban chief bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have decreed they are banning forced marriage of women in Afghanistan, a move likely meant to address criteria the…
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El ejército estadounidense y la FAA investigan el sobrevuelo militar de un partido de la NFL
Juan Pablo Elverdin Washington (CNN) — El ejército de EE.UU. y la Administración Federal de Aviación están revisando un sobrevuelo de un…
Continue Reading Slovakia in lockdown records new daily record in infections
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Coronavirus cases in Slovakia have hit a daily record despite the country entering a national lockdown last week. The…
Continue Reading Los CDC publican una nueva orden por la que se exige a los viajeros internacionales un resultado negativo en la prueba covid-19 en el plazo de un día antes de su llegada
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) publicaron…
Continue Reading Alec Baldwin: ‘I would never point a gun at anyone and then pull the trigger, never’
By Lucy Kafanov, Julia Jones, Alexandra Meeks and Fernando Alfonso, CNN In an interview with ABC that aired Thursday, Alec Baldwin shed light on what…
Continue ReadingNASA is about to launch a laser demo that could revolutionize space communication
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The use of invisible lasers in space may sound like something from science fiction, but it’s real. NASA’s…
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Austria: Party backs interior chief Nehammer for chancellor
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer says he will be the acting leader of the conservative People’s Party and will seek to…
Continue Reading Austria: Party backs interior chief Nehammer for chancellor
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer says he will be the acting leader of the conservative People’s Party and will seek to…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec 3: Covid-19, federal funding, Manchin, immigration, Belarus
By Andrew Torgan, CNN President Joe Biden expressed optimism for the future of the country during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec 3: Covid-19, federal funding, Manchin, immigration, Belarus
By Andrew Torgan, CNN President Joe Biden expressed optimism for the future of the country during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec 3: Covid-19, federal funding, Manchin, immigration, Belarus
By Andrew Torgan, CNN President Joe Biden expressed optimism for the future of the country during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec 3: Covid-19, federal funding, Manchin, immigration, Belarus
By Andrew Torgan, CNN President Joe Biden expressed optimism for the future of the country during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony…
Continue ReadingTensions are rising on Ukraine’s border with Russia. Here’s what you need to know
By Matthew Chance and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are at their highest in years, with reports of a Russian troop…
Continue ReadingTensions are high on Ukraine’s border with Russia. Here’s what you need to know
By Matthew Chance and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are at their highest in years, with a Russian troop build-up near…
Continue Reading America added a disappointing 210,000 jobs in November. But the details paint a different picture
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The November jobs report looked disappointing at first glance, but the details show that the recovery is very much…
Continue Reading Study: New German govt’s plans fall short of climate goal
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A research institute’s analysis has concluded the incoming German government’s plans for…
Continue Reading Putin to seek guarantees on Ukraine as invasion fears grow
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin will seek binding guarantees…
Continue Reading Euro 2020 final review finds England fans endangered lives
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — An investigation into the disorder at the European Championship final says aggression by…
Continue Reading Pakistan police: Mob kills Sri Lankan over alleged blasphemy
By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a Muslim mob descended on a sports equipment factory…
Continue Reading Laos opens railway to China as debt to Beijing rises
BEIJING (AP) — The prime minister of Laos has ridden the first run of a $5.9 billion Chinese-built train connecting his isolated, mountainous…
Continue Reading European body to begin disciplinary process against Turkey
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Europe’s democracy and human rights-promoting body says it is initiating a disciplinary…
Continue Reading ¡Jo, jo… ¡oh no! Esta temporada navideña hay escasez de Santas y esta es la razón
olivertapia (CNN) — Estos días empiezan a parecerse mucho a la Navidad. Pero es posible que no veas al alegre Santa Claus en tantas reuniones…
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