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The US economy added only 199,000 jobs in December, but the unemployment rate dropped to 3.9%. CNN's Christine Romans reports.

Sidney Poitier, Hollywood's first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died at 94.

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.

CNN's John Avlon says the US Justice Department needs to pursue legal action against those responsible for planning the January 6 insurrection.

Comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish recently visited her grandfather's village in Eritrea, where she met with government officials and experienced some of the country's culture and scenery.

In the year 2021, African filmmakers produced top-quality titles and streaming platforms commissioned more movies after the pandemic. As we head into a new year, let's look back at some of the best African films of 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic was a major setback for the music industry in Africa and beyond, but African musicians embraced the digital space to release global hits. Here are our highlights of some of the biggest African songs of 2021.

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that he gave the order for security forces 'to kill without warning' as forces try to suppress violent protests that have left dozens dead in the former Soviet republic. The protests over rising fuel prices have been ongoing for several days.

The UN continues to follow the situation in Kazakhstan closely, and "there have been several contacts between the UN and the authorities in Kazakhstan," said a UN spokesperson on Thursday.

Dozens of protesters were killed and hundreds injured during clashes in Kazakhstan, a police official from the largest city Almaty said, as troops from a Russian-led military alliance of post-Soviet states began their operations in the Central Asian country to help quell the unrest.

Egypt's admission to the Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) shows its economic strength and lays a foundation for the country to pursue greater infrastructure development, according to an Egyptian market expert.

The world has seen a new peak of COVID-19 cases reported last week, and scientific tools including vaccines need to be shared fairly and quickly with all countries, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) said at a regular COVID-19 briefing session on Thursday.