A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured some 150 others early Friday, medical officials said.
Chinese ride-hailing application Didi Chuxing has hit the streets of South Africa after officially launching its service in Cape Town and having signed up over 2,000 drivers already. With over 10 billion trips a year, China's Didi Chuxing is a global leader in the ride-hailing industry.
CNN's John Berman speaks with Dr. Farah Husain, head of a Covid-19 ICU unit at a hospital in India, about the country's coronavirus crisis. India reported almost 380,000 new infections on April 29, marking yet another global record for the highest single-day case count.
NATO has begun withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, according to an alliance official, after nearly 20 years of war. The staff member, speaking on condition of anonymity, told news agency AFP it had started to bring troops back on Thursday.
Europe's economy officially entered a double-dip recession in the first three months of the year, as it struggled with a surge in COVID-19 cases and a slow vaccine rollout.
A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. (April 30)
Zimbabwean street vendor Spiwe Tembo illegally sells bread buns in the capital Harare to feed her three children… and gets arrested again and again. The government banned street vendors as part of restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. But Tembo, and many others like her, have no other way to survive.
Videos of kids having fun are among the most popular on YouTube. They are also a fast-growing business, one that critics say comes with little regulation and oversight to protect children on either side of the screen.
NASA Astronaut Michael Collins, who made history as part of the 1969 Apollo 11 crew to first land a person on the moon, has died at age 90. In interviews with VOA's Kane Farabaugh, Collins reflected on the importance of the mission and the contributions of the astronauts of his era, while keeping a focus on the future of crewed spaceflight and exploration.
South Africa has resumed its phase I rollout of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. An ongoing study on healthcare workers was halted for two weeks after dangerous clotting was found in six U.S. patients. Close to 300,000 medical workers have received the jab with no reports of clotting and the program was allowed to resume.
Former Arsenal and France superstar Thierry Henry sits down exclusively with CNN to talk about his social media boycott initiative five weeks on and how momentum has picked up, despite a slow start.
French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the repression in Chad, where at least two people have been killed in demonstrations against the military junta that took power after the death of President Idriss Déby.
