Cape Canaveral (AFP) – SpaceX launched its third crew to the International Space Station, recycling a rocket and spacecraft for the first time. "I think that's one of those things that gets people fired up", says founder Elon Musk.
Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto says the committee is not considering cancelling the Olympics despite the announcement that Japan has imposed a state of emergency in the capital due to rising cases of Covid-19. Tokyo and three other regions will introduce tough measures amid a recent uptick in cases that has officials and medical professionals worried.
An unidentified object has been spotted at the site of the ongoing search for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew members on board as authorities warn oxygen on the vessel will run out within 24 hours. CNN's Blake Essig reports.
Hundreds of people rallied this week in front of the Danish parliament in support of refugees after Denmark became the first European country to start revoking the residency permits of some Syrian refugees. (April 22)
Spectators at Space View Park in Titusville, directly across from the launch pad, cheered as Falcon rocket thundered into the night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday. (April 23)
Celebrity chef Vineet Bhatia visits a camel milk farm in Dubai and creates an exclusive dessert for Ramadan.
A new emergency federal shelter in California is starting to receive immigrant children from border facilities. About 150 children were expected Thursday at the facility in the Long Beach Convention Center. (April 22)
Chernobyl (Ukraine) (AFP) – Down an overgrown country road, three startled wild horses with rugged coats and rigid manes dart into the flourishing overgrowth of their unlikely nature reserve: the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
Multiple high school students in Texas are facing disciplinary action after they created a social media group pretending to auction off their Black peers. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports.
Amid the refugees pouring from the Ethiopian region of Tigray, the wifeless man with the twin infant girls in a battered bassinet stood out. The odyssey of Abraha Kinfe Gebremariam's family is a metaphor for a people displaced. (April 23)
Protesters staged a rally to denounce police brutality and call for justice Thursday after man was shot to death by one or more deputy sheriffs trying to serve drug-related search and arrest warrants. (April 22)
Oregon health officials said Thursday that federal officials are investigating the death of a woman in her 50s who developed a rare blood clot and low platelets within two weeks of receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19. (April 22)
