Wall Street headed for lower open on heels of tech selloff
Wall Street was headed for a lower open Friday, one day after a historic plunge in the stock price of Facebook’s parent company yanked other tech stocks lower on Wall … Read More
Ai Weiwei helped design Beijing’s Olympic stadium. But he regrets how it’s being used today
Written by Jacqui PalumboChristiane Amanpour, CNN Contributors Henry Hullah, CNN Christiane Amanpour’s interview with Ai Weiwei airs Friday 1pm ET. See more here. As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, … Read More
Stoltenberg to become Norway’s next central bank governor
Norway’s next central bank governor will be NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press February 4, 2022, 1:02 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to … Read More
CNN exec’s ouster rattles prominent staff at pivotal time
NEW YORK — The abrupt ouster of CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker because of a workplace relationship has left some prominent employees feeling angry and uncertain about the direction of … Read More
Hospitalizations are also down. Even though deaths are up from last week, they’re starting to level off.
The Beijing Olympic Committee has reported 21 new Covid-19 cases among Games-related personnel as of Thursday, it said in a statement Friday ahead of the Opening Ceremony. Since the “closed-loop” … Read More
Britons who’ve had a booster jab are 93.4% less likely to die from Covid, study finds
Britons who’ve had a booster jab are 93.4% less likely to die from Covid than the unvaccinated, major real-world study finds Covid death rate for people who had a booster … Read More
Where are Britain’s worst speeding locations?
Police catch motorist clocking up a staggering 191mph on the M1 as new research reveals WHERE in the UK you are most likely to be caught speeding Temporary car insurance … Read More
Winter Olympics opening ceremony takes place in Beijing
The most communist show on Earth: Xi Jinping gets a one-minute ovation as he presides over Winter Olympics opening ceremony featuring three-thousand performers, uniformed soldiers and watched by Vladimir Putin … Read More
Austria vaccine mandate to take effect, but few emulating it
VIENNA — A law requiring most adults in Austria to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is ready to take effect, but the sense of urgency that accompanied its announcement in November … Read More
Now ‘Prof Lockdown’ slams shock study that found draconian curbs only reduced Covid deaths by 0.2%
Now ‘Prof Lockdown’ slams shock study that found draconian curbs only reduced Covid deaths by 0.2%: British scientist says findings ‘don’t advance our understanding of lockdown effectiveness’ A review by … Read More
