Pakistan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Pakistan. It borders Iran, Afghanistan and India in Southeast Asia. In 1947, Pakistan gained its independence from Great…
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South Sudan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at South Sudan, a landlocked country in east-central Africa. In 2011, South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan. About South…
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Marty’s Sunday Morning Forecast – Less Wind – 1/31/21
Overview: The air will warm some early next week, and we’ll get a break from the wind for a couple of days. The next storm should arrive…
Continue ReadingFirst on CNN: Trump’s impeachment defense team leaves less than two weeks before trial
Former President Donald Trump’s five impeachment defense attorneys have left a little more than a week before his trial is set to begin,…
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Why Biden has a rare opportunity for early success
Over five decades in Washington, President Joe Biden has watched seven newly-elected presidents get started. Improbably, he has the chance for a…
Continue Reading Pakistan battles tsunami of Covid-19 patients with few vaccines in sight
Keeping vigil outside the hospital ward in Karachi, Daniyal Ameen watched his father breathing through a ventilator via a live video link from the…
Continue Reading Russian protesters rally in support of opposition leader Alexey Navalny
Police swooped Sunday on supporters of detained opposition leader Alexey Navalny, as demonstrators defied authorities to rally in his name for a…
Continue ReadingManchester United star Marcus Rashford racially abused online
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has become the latest football player to receive racist abuse online and described the incident as…
Continue ReadingMurió Freddy, el perro más alto del mundo
(CNN) — Freddy, un gran danés celebrado por Guinness World Records como el perro más alto del mundo, ha muerto. El perro, que vivía en Essex,…
Continue Reading A Chick-fil-A manager saved a drive-thru Covid-19 vaccination clinic after traffic backed up
When a South Carolina drive-thru coronavirus vaccine clinic got backed up, leaving people waiting for hours, the town mayor decided to call in a…
Continue Reading Deputy health commissioner resigns in the wake of ‘Philly Fighting COVID’ testing and vaccine rift
Philadelphia’s acting deputy health commissioner has resigned, days after the city’s failed partnership with the organization Philly…
Continue ReadingHospitalizations are the lowest they’ve been in nearly 2 months. But US is still in for ‘rough’ coming weeks, expert says
Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US dropped below 100,000 for the first time in nearly two months, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project.…
Continue ReadingAre we getting weirder? Perhaps we’re simply becoming ourselves
Normally reserved and conservatively dressed, my friend was outfitted in a strange mishmash of colorful wigs and Hawaiian shirts and a sequined gown.…
Continue Reading Ikea bought 11,000 acres of forest in Georgia to protect it from development
An investment group of Swedish retail giant Ikea has acquired forestland in southeast Georgia to protect the land and its diverse ecosystems from…
Continue ReadingCapitol Police deny request to allow sledding, citing security concerns and Covid-19
The US Capitol Police have denied a request to allow sledding on the west side of the complex ahead of an expected snowstorm in the area.…
Continue ReadingIdentifican a 2 guatemaltecos y 2 mexicanos entre los 19 muertos calcinados en la masacre de Santa Anita, Tamaulipas
(CNN Español) — Dos guatemaltecos y dos mexicanos se encuentran entre las 19 personas cuyos cuerpos calcinados fueron encontrados la semana pasada…
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Colorado Springs Girl Scouts start cookie sales, learn modern day business skills
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Girl Scout troops all across the city picked up their cookie shipments Saturday, marking the beginning of cookie…
Continue ReadingExpresidente de Ecuador Gustavo Noboa está “delicado de salud”, informa Lenín Moreno
(CNN Español) — El expresidente de Ecuador Gustavo Noboa, que gobernó al país desde enero del 2000 hasta enero del 2003, “se encuentra muy…
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Police investigating crash near Citadel mall, intersection temporarily closed
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Police are investigating after a crash involving a vehicle and pedestrian, near the Citadel mall.…
Continue ReadingRestringen circulación de personas en 4 departamentos de Honduras por el covid-19
(CNN Español) — El Sistema Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos de Honduras informó este sábado en un comunicado que determinó restringir la…
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