October 17, 2021
Global Handwashing Day
Global Handwashing Day has been celebrated annually on October 15th since 2008, as an opportunity to increase awareness and highlight the importance of handwashing with soap and clean running water at home, in the community and around the world.…
October 8, 2021
Lashana Lynch on making history as 007 in ‘No Time to Die’
NEW YORK -- Lashana Lynch was in stunt training when she found out she was going to play a 00 agent in the James Bond film “No Time to Die.” Lynch had already been cast by director Cary Joji Fukunaga and the producers, Barbara Broccoli and Michael…
October 8, 2021
Tina Turner sells music catalog going back 60 years to BMG
London (CNN Business) Tina Turner has sold the rights to her music catalog spanning six decades — including songs "What's Love Got to Do With It" and "The Best" — to music publishing company BMG. The legendary singer has also sold the artist's share…
October 8, 2021
Microsoft begins rollout of Windows 11
(CNN Business) Microsoft is rolling out its first major Windows update in six years. But not everyone will be able to get it right away. Starting Tuesday, Windows 11 will be available as a free download to existing Windows users depending on the…
October 8, 2021
Facebook will now ban the sale of protected Amazon rainforest land on Marketplace
(CNN Business) Facebook is cracking down on the ability of people to use its e-commerce platforms to sell large parcels of land in the protected Amazon rainforest. "Today, we are announcing measures to curb attempts to sell land in ecological…
October 8, 2021
‘He should resign’: Fired justice minister calls for Haiti PM to quit over murder investigation
(CNN) Until just a few weeks ago, Rockfeller Vincent was the ultimate insider in the investigation into the still-unsolved assassination of Haiti's former president Jovenel Moise, who was brutally gunned down in his bedroom in July. Now he's on the…
September 18, 2021
‘Ebola is defeated’, says Congolese professor who discovered virus
Ebola has been defeated. Vaccines and medical treatments have brought the deadly and terrifying disease under control, says Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the Congolese professor who first discovered the virus more than 40 years ago. The 79-year-old…
September 18, 2021
Putin says Russia needs to work with the Taliban
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia needs to work with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at a meeting of a China- and Russia-led security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Speaking via video link…
September 10, 2021
Biden on vaccine mandate: ‘We are in the tough stretch’
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million Americans — private-sector employees as well as health care workers and federal…
December 29, 2020
6.3 earthquake kills 7 in Croatia, leaves others missing
PETRINJA, Croatia -- A strong earthquake in Croatia destroyed buildings and killed at least seven people Tuesday southwest of the capital, displacing scores of area residents or making them afraid to sleep indoors as emergency teams searched for…