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Month: January 2022

US suggests Winter Olympics could influence Russia’s military planning in Ukraine

By Jennifer Hansler and Jeremy Herb, CNN A senior US official suggested Wednesday that the Winter Olympics beginning next week in China could affect Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calculations over a possible invasion of Ukraine. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said that the Winter Olympics in Beijing could impact Putin’s thinking about potential military

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During Omicron, disease severity appears to be lower than during other periods of high transmission, according to CDC study

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN During a period when the Omicron coronavirus variant was dominant, severe outcomes for patients hospitalized with Covid-19 — including ICU admission, ventilator use and death — were less common than during Delta or the first winter surge, according to a study published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and

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ANÁLISIS | Occidente teme que Rusia ataque a Ucrania, pero así no es como lo ven los rusos en sus medios nacionales

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las fuerzas extranjeras armadas hasta los dientes se dirigen hacia la frontera ucraniana. Los aviones de reconocimiento sobrevuelan la zona. Los rumores de operaciones de “falsa bandera” corren como la pólvora. Si estás viendo la televisión estatal en Moscú, verás videos de tropas y tanques, alambradas y francotiradores apuntando, pero no

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La administración de Biden retirará la regulación de vacunación y pruebas de covid-19 dirigida a grandes empresas

Sol Amaya (CNN) — La administración de Joe Biden en Estados Unidos retirará su regulación de vacunación y pruebas de covid-19 dirigida a grandes empresas, luego de la decisión de la Corte Suprema de bloquear la regla a principios de este mes. La Administración de Salud y Seguridad Ocupacional del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU.

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Biden administration to withdraw Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses

By Liz Stark The Biden administration is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses, following the Supreme Court’s decision to block the rule earlier this month. The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday it will be withdrawing the vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard for businesses

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Google Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Google, Inc. Facts The name Google is a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term referring to a 1 followed by 100 zeros (represented as 1 x 10100). Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, employed 186,779 people as of September 30, 2022. Statistics from December 2022 show that

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IMF slashes US and China growth forecasts

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The pandemic will continue to stoke uncertainty and inflation in its third year, undermining the global recovery from the coronavirus and pushing total economic losses toward $14 trillion. That’s according to the International Monetary Fund, which on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2022 by half a percentage point

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Familiares de opositores nicaragüenses detenidos piden proceso de unidad ciudadana por la liberación de sus parientes

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — En Nicaragua, familiares de opositores detenidos instaron este martes a conformar un proceso de unificación ciudadana con las autoridades del país y la Iglesia católica, encaminado a lograr la libertad de sus parientes. “Apelamos a los gobernantes y a las fuerzas de la nación, así como a nuestra Iglesia,

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Eurozone Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the eurozone. Twenty countries in the European Union use the euro as their currency, and comprise the eurozone. Facts The countries in the eurozone are: Austria , Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

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Michael Avenatti steps in to represent himself in his criminal trial, expected to cross-examine Stormy Daniels

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Michael Avenatti is now representing himself in the criminal trial against him after a judge approved the move Tuesday. Avenatti addressed the court in a measured tone, citing differences of opinion with his attorneys over “scope and method” of cross examinations among other issues like timeliness of applications to the

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Elton John Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Elton John, award-winning singer, composer and pianist. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1947 Birth place: Pinner, Middlesex, England Birth name: Reginald Kenneth Dwight Father: Stanley Dwight, a Royal Air Force officer Mother: Sheila (Harris) Dwight Marriages: David Furnish (2014-present); Renate Blauel (1984-1988, divorced) Children: Born

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Biden says no one knows what Putin will do after White House called Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘imminent’

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden acknowledged Tuesday a deeply uncertain situation at the Ukraine border, where Russian troops are amassing but few observers have any definitive knowledge of whether or when they might invade. Earlier, the White House said a Russian invasion was “imminent,” and American troops have been placed on high alert

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Biden says no one knows what Putin will do after White House called Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘imminent’

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden acknowledged Tuesday a deeply uncertain situation at the Ukraine border, where Russian troops are amassing but few observers have any definitive knowledge of whether or when they might invade. Earlier, the White House said a Russian invasion was “imminent,” and American troops have been placed on high alert

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Parents: Don’t throw away this IRS letter

By Tami Luhby, CNN Attention parents: Hold onto that Internal Revenue Service letter about your enhanced child tax credit payments. You’ll need it when you file your 2021 tax return. The IRS has mailed families Letter 6419, which states how much they received in monthly child tax credit payments from July through December. It also

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Electric grid is ‘attractive target’ for domestic violent extremists in US, intel brief says

By Geneva Sands, CNN Domestic violent extremists will “likely continue” to plot and encourage physical attacks against electrical infrastructure in the United States, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security intelligence briefing obtained by CNN. Since at least 2020, domestic extremists have developed credible, specific plans to attack electricity infrastructure, the memo dated January

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La luna de hielo de Saturno podría ser un mundo oceánico “sigiloso” potencialmente habitable

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La luna más interna de Saturno, que se parece a la “Estrella de la Muerte” de “Star Wars”, podría ser un mundo oceánico “sigiloso”, según una nueva investigación. Mimas, que es la más pequeña y cercana a Saturno de las 82 lunas del planeta, podría contener un océano líquido interno. “Si Mimas

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Olivia Munn speaks out after a racist Zoom-bombing disrupts an AAPI gathering

By Leah Asmelash, CNN A virtual gathering of high-profile Asian American creators, including actress Olivia Munn, became the subject of their own discussion — after the meeting was “Zoom-bombed” with anti-Asian images. Munn, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, and Asian-American beauty brand Cocokind had gathered to discuss efforts to stop discrimination against the

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NATO chief: Still a ‘diplomatic way out’ of Ukraine conflict, as military alliance prepares written proposal for Russia

By Madalena Araújo, Arnaud Siad and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN NATO will send a written proposal to the Kremlin later this week to “try to find a way forward” amid growing tensions over Russia’s troop build-up on Ukraine’s border, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday. “We will outline that we are ready

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NATO chief: Still a ‘diplomatic way out’ of Ukraine conflict, as military alliance prepares written proposal for Russia

By Madalena Araújo, Arnaud Siad and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN NATO will send a written proposal to the Kremlin later this week to “try to find a way forward” amid growing tensions over Russia’s troop build-up on Ukraine’s border, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday. “We will outline that we are ready

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Crawfish season started early but is now fighting impacts from recent cold weather

By Lee Southwick Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — Louisiana saw an early start to crawfish season thanks to a warm start to winter, but the cold temperatures we’ve been experiencing recently are impacting the season. According to LSU’s Agricultural Center, above-average temperatures in November and December helped Louisiana’s

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Bomb cyclone could bring powerful nor’easter to Northeast cities this weekend

By Allison Chinchar and Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologists A rapidly intensifying storm known as a bomb cyclone could bring crippling winter weather across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this weekend. Snow, ice, strong winds and flooding are all on the table, giving rise to potentially hazardous travel conditions in those regions. “Confidence is increasing that a

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