New Orleans (AFP) – On a long ribbon of land between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, industrial pollution puts the area’s mostly African-American residents at nearly 50 times the risk of cancer than the United States average.
Seven Western states are under air quality alerts due to raging wildfires, which have forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed hundreds of homes. CNN's Dan Simon reports on some of the 92 large fires currently burning in the US.
CNN's Stephanie Elam reports on the ongoing drought causing historic water shortages in the West.
OpenTable is teaming up with Clear to help restaurants with proof of vaccination requirements. CEO Debby Soo says the company is offering restaurants several tools to manage through the pandemic.
Kabul Mayor Mohammad Daoud tells CNN's Eleni Giokos why he stayed in Afghanistan's capital as the Taliban took over, and that he remains the mayor of the city.
A conservation project on the tropical island of Príncipe set out to stop the traditional practice of bee burning.
Mordovia Region (Russia) (AFP) – Russia's central regions are battling "extreme" wildfires fuelled by an unusual heatwave that comes after forest fires linked to climate change ravaged Siberia for most of the summer.
Dozens of Yemeni cyclists hit the road with a shared goal: to spread peace in a country that has been embroiled in conflict for more than seven years. In the capital Sanaa, the cyclists prepared for their 320-kilometre (200-mile) journey to the northern province of Saada, one of the areas devastated by the ongoing war between the government and the Huthi rebels.
Sankt Corona (Austria) (AFP) – A village in the Austrian Alps known for its family-friendly ski resort has been forced to adapt to waning snow due to climate change, turning to a new downhill sport — mountain biking. Bikers as young as three ride over landscaped jumps and curved forest trails, breathing new life into Sankt Corona am Wechsel, around an hour's drive from Vienna, and offering a model for other struggling resorts.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that the fact that the Taliban are back in power in Afghanistan is "bitter but we have to deal with it," and that the international community must safeguard the gains made over the last 20 years.
Hanoi (AFP) – Vice President Kamala Harris says the US will find new ways to “raise the pressure on Beijing”, accusing China of bullying in the hotly disputed Asian waters for the second time in two days. China claims almost all of the resource-rich South China Sea, through which trillions of dollars in shipping trade passes annually, with competing claims from four Southeast Asian states including Vietnam. Harris made the comments on a visit to Vietnam to stress US commitment to Asia, a trip critics have slammed as tone-deaf given the parallels with the superpower’s evacuations from Saigon and Kabul.
Sankt Corona (Austria) (AFP) – A village in the Austrian Alps known for its family-friendly ski resort has been forced to adapt to waning snow due to climate change, turning to a new downhill sport — mountain biking. Bikers as young as three ride over landscaped jumps and curved forest trails, breathing new life into Sankt Corona am Wechsel, around an hour’s drive from Vienna, and offering a model for other struggling resorts.
