Newstag

In Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital, the Covid-19 pandemic is taking lives at a pace not seen since The Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian war.

For Isha Johansen, a journey that began by helping to give kids displaced by war a semblance of a normal childhood, has led her to become the first West African woman elected to soccer's world governing body's FIFA council.

The holiday of Lag BaOmer is one of the happiest days on the calendar for Israel's ultra-Orthodox community – a time of mass celebrations in honour of a revered sage.

British sculptor Frances Segelman shapes lifelike busts of celebrities in just two hours! Even Great Britain's Queen has posed for her. Ever since, she's been known as the “Royal Sculptor.”

Around 1,500 French farmers protested outside European Parliament in Strasbourg on Friday. The demonstrators, many driving tractors, are angry over EU proposals that they say threaten their livelihood.

A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India killed 18 patients early on Saturday. Thirty-one other patients at the Welfare Hospital in Bharuch, a town in Gujarat state, were rescued by hospital workers and firefighters and their condition was stable, said police officer B.

Some 250 children who crossed the US border with Mexico without their parents will arrive at a fairgrounds in a Los Angeles suburb on Saturday. The facility has medical personnel, food, soccer fields and toys including a stuffed animal on each child's cot.

Glenn Close and Mila Kunis talk about the toll of addiction in new film "Four Good Days." "It decimates families," says Close. (April 30)

CNN's Kyung Lah takes a closer look at grocery store chains in California that say they have to close after being forced to give "hero pay" wages to employees.

Disneyland swung open its gates to cheering visitors Friday, marking a dramatic turnaround in a state so overwhelmed with coronavirus cases just four months ago that patients were being treated in outdoor tents. (April 30)

Houston officials who found more than 90 people huddled inside a two-story home say they believe they've uncovered a human smuggling operation. (April 30)

Houston police officers following up on a kidnapping report found more than 90 people jammed in a two-story home in what authorities said turned out to be a possible human smuggling operation.