SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador on Saturday failed to approve a $250 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) aimed at tackling the coronavirus pandemic after Congress and President Nayib Bukele could not agree on terms before a deadline expired. According to the government, the IDB offered El…
By Emiko Jozuka, CNN Business Updated 8:02 PM ET, Sat August 1, 2020 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds. In the 1989 US blockbuster “Back to the Future II,” time traveler Marty McFly orders a Pepsi Perfect at Hill Valley’s…
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s health ministry on Sunday reported four new coronavirus cases, including two locally transmitted and two imported cases. The Southeast Asian country has registered a total of 590 cases, of which 144 infections are linked to the recent outbreak in the costal city of Danang. Vietnam has…
Unlike Thursday evening, when there was an air of celebration, the tone of the protest on Friday evening seemed more somber and, at times, conflicted. Without the federal officers sent by the Trump administration to rally against not to mention the threat of tear gas, rubber bullets and arrests they…
* Dumba takes knee in Edmonton * Symbol of protest (Adds Oilers, Blackhawks pregame) By Steve Keating TORONTO, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The National Hockey League’s New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes returned from a COVID-19 shutdown on Saturday without the players showing support for Black Lives Matter or other…
Documentaries are able to offer a glimpse into real life in a way that fictional films cannot. Though both types of movies can educate viewers on important societal issues, provide insight into rarely talked about subjects, and show someone else’s point of view, documentaries’ roots in reality give them an…
Adele is sending her love to Beyoncé yet again. The “Hello” singer shared an Instagram post on Saturday praising Beyoncé’s new visual album Black Is King, with a photo of herself twinning one of the outfits from the film. “Thank you Queen for always making us all feel so loved…
As a wise doc once mused, “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” Journey back to the decade of shoulder pads, spandex, and supply-side economics with Netflix’s collection of classic movies from the 1980s. The streaming service has timeless movie franchises like Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and…
TORONTO (Reuters) – The National Hockey League returned from a COVID-19 shutdown on Saturday without the players showing support for Black Lives Matter or any other social justice causes that have marked the reopening of other sports. As the New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes took the ice at Toronto’s…
BERLIN (AP) Thousands protested Germanys coronavirus restrictions Saturday in a Berlin demonstration that insisted the end of the pandemic has arrived a declaration that comes just as authorities are voicing increasing concerns about an uptick in new infections. With few masks in sight, a dense crowd marched through downtown Berlin…