Topworldinfo: January 2022

Friday, 7 January 2022

Novak Djokovic's visa saga has brought out protesters of all stripes

For months, activists have gathered outside a rundown hotel in central Melbourne, calling for the dozens of refugees held inside to be freed.

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Dick Cheney just spoke a hard truth to his fellow Republicans

Dick Cheney is nobody's RINO (Republican in name only).

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Why are people quitting their jobs?

As more Americans are leaving their jobs during the "great resignation," CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich speaks with one woman who left the service industry during the pandemic as well as a CEO who is working to maintain the diminishing staff he has left.

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Citigroup to fire unvaccinated US employees this month

Citigroup staff in the United States who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 by Jan. 14 will be placed on unpaid leave and fired at the end of the month unless they are granted an exemption, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

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Gordon Ramsay tells Kelly Clarkson how he pranked his daughter's boyfriend

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay stopped by "The Kelly Clarkson Show" and joked about crashing his 23-year-old daughter's date.

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Boy's discovery saves his family minutes before home is destroyed

A 9-year-old boy is credited with saving his family after alerting his parents to a fire that broke out in the home office.

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Tim Cook's compensation jumped to nearly $100 million last year

Tim Cook had a very good year.

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Evacuations ordered due to imminent flooding from heavy rain and snow in Washington state

Record rain and snow will cause floods, possible landslides, and higher avalanche risks across western Washington state, with more forecast to fall through the weekend.

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Thursday, 6 January 2022

Two journalists burned alive by gang in Haiti

Two Haitian journalists were burned alive by a gang in the country's capital on Thursday, a source with the Haitian Security Forces told CNN.

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Fire at home converted into 2 apartments left 12 dead. Here's what we know

The flames erupted before sunrise Wednesday and the sound of emergency sirens alerted neighbors in the Fairmount area of Philadelphia that something was wrong. Shortly after, the devastating scale was clear: 12 people, including children, had died in a fire at a row home.

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Man launches creative campaign to find a wife

Muhammad Malik, a 29-year-old bachelor from London, has been using billboards as well as a dedicated website to find a wife. His creative campaign has CNN's Bianca Nobilo feeling inspired.

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Partying passengers stuck in Mexico after airlines decline to fly them home

Some members of a rowdy group shown dancing, drinking and vaping maskless aboard a flight to Cancun find themselves stranded in Mexico after their return flight to Canada was scrubbed and other airlines have declined to fly them home.

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Dozens of children were mummified in an Italian catacomb. Scientists want to know why

A team of scientists is trying to find out why dozens of children were mummified and buried in catacombs at a convent on the Italian island of Sicily.

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A Los Angeles megamansion could sell for $295 million

A 105,000-square-foot mansion in Bel Air, dubbed "The One," could become the most expensive property to sell in the United States when it hits the auction block next month.

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What it was like to be in the courtroom for Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial

Inside the San Jose federal courtroom, I shifted my body forward and from side to side trying to watch Elizabeth Holmes' face from the wooden bench I'd all but taken up residence in for the past four months. Like others in the courtroom Monday, I wanted to catch a glimpse of any reaction Holmes might have as she learned that jurors had found her guilty on four of 11 federal fraud and conspiracy charges.

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Sister of slain federal officer sues Facebook, accusing social media company of promoting violent content and connecting alleged killers online

Facebook is the target of a new lawsuit from the sister of a slain federal officer who claims the tech giant's algorithms and drive for revenue played an active role encouraging her brother's alleged killers.

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Kim Mi-soo, South Korean actress and model, dies age 29

Kim Mi-soo, a South Korean actress who appeared in the Disney+ series "Snowdrop" and Netflix's "Hellbound," has died at the age of 29.

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What's next for supply chains after the holiday rush

Retailers can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Christmas holiday is over, capping months of laborious planning to keep shelves stocked over the busy shopping period. But it may not be much of a respite.

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See Chevrolet's all-electric Silverado EV

The Chevrolet Silverado EV can go 400 miles on a full charge. It enters a crowded market for electric trucks with competition from Ford, Rivian, and Tesla.

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North Korea claims to be testing hypersonic weapons. Here's what you need to know

North Korea says it tested a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, its second alleged test of such a weapon by the Kim Jong Un regime.

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Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Judge denies Los Angeles County's bid to dismiss Vanessa Bryant's lawsuit over Kobe Bryant crash pictures

A federal judge in California has denied a request from Los Angeles County to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant over photos taken at the scene of her husband Kobe Bryant's fatal helicopter crash in January 2020.

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US becomes world's top LNG exporter as Europe and China scramble for gas

The United States is now the world's leading exporter of liquified natural gas as Europe's energy crisis and shortages in China send demand for American shipments soaring.

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Tuesday, 4 January 2022

Jan. 6 committee releases texts between Fox News host Sean Hannity and Trump White House

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Webb telescope successfully unfurls its tennis court-size sunshield in space

The most powerful space telescope ever built is keeping its cool in space.

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'Good for ratings': Fox host says he wants to see disarray on left

As the US traverses division, CNN's SE Cupp reacts to Fox News host Jesse Watters saying on-air that he wants to see disarray on the left and that it is good for their network's ratings.

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Boom that shook Pittsburgh on New Year's Day was an exploding half-ton meteor, NASA says

A meteor that caused a loud boom heard in western Pennsylvania on New Year's Day exploded in the atmosphere with a blast equivalent to 30 tons of TNT, NASA said on Monday.

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Biden's $1 billion bet to make beef cheaper: When will prices fall?

The White House on Monday offered a solution to surging meat prices: an action plan that includes investing $1 billion of American Rescue Plan funds to boost competition in the industry and promises to ramp up regulation and enforcement of anticompetition laws. But some experts say the move is unlikely to offer relief at the grocery store right away.

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David Bowie's music catalog sold to Warner Music for $250 million

Warner Music Group's publishing unit has bought late British rock star David Bowie's entire catalog spanning six decades, including hits such as "Heroes" and "Let's Dance."

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Monday, 3 January 2022

100,000 people hospitalized with Covid in US for first time in nearly four months

More than 103,000 people are currently hospitalized with Covid-19, the first time the total has reached six figures in nearly four months, according to the latest data from the US Department of Health and Human Services.

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Suspect arrested and charged as fire reignites at South Africa's Parliament

A 49-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged in connection to a large fire that "gutted" South Africa's Parliament complex in Cape Town on Sunday, according to police.

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GM was America's largest automaker for nearly a century. It's about to be dethroned

Toyota is about to become the leader in US auto sales for the first time, taking away a title that General Motors has held for nearly a century.

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FDA authorizes Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds

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Severe winter weather grips millions across the eastern US

More than 14 million people are under winter storm watches and warnings, as a strong winter storm works its way across the eastern US.

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Doctor shares advice for parents as pediatric Covid-19 cases rise

Chief Medical Officer/VP of Texas Children's Pediatric and Urgent Care Dr. Stanley Spinner tells CNN's Pamela Brown what parents can do to protect their children from Covid-19.

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Where Big Tech is taking us in 2022

Kara Swisher discusses how the pandemic made tech companies like Google and Meta even more powerful. She also discusses political oversight of Big Tech and says "what we really need overall is a national privacy bill."

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Sunday, 2 January 2022

Elite Afghan military pilots resettled in US fear for family they had to leave behind

Belal Khohestani wishes the United States would feel like home. The former pilot for the Afghan Special Mission Wing -- the elite of Afghanistan's military -- recently moved from Fort Pickett in Virginia to Chicago, where he has found a place to live and a roommate.

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Three people are missing and feared dead after vicious Colorado wildfire

At least three people are missing and feared dead after a horrific wildfire tore through Boulder, County, Colorado, Thursday, leveling whole subdivisions and charring more than 6,000 acres.

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'No worries,' 'you're on mute' and 'circle back' should be banished, annual list says

"No worries," "at the end of the day," "you're on mute," and the dreaded "supply chain": These are the phrases thousands of English speakers have finally heard enough of.

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Saturday, 1 January 2022

2022 could be a make-or-break year for Europe

In 2022, the European Union must confront some of the most difficult challenges it faces if it is ever to become the geopolitical power its leaders so desperately want it to be.

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'It's not a silver bullet': Democrats weigh how to talk about January 6 on the 2022 campaign trail

The January 6 insurrection may be a year behind Rep. Jason Crow, but the Colorado Democrat -- and many of his colleagues -- insist it would be a grievous error for his party to downplay the attack.

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