Jardin (Colombia) (AFP) – Juan Guillermo Jaramillo, agronomist and Colombian nature photographer, is the co-author of an inventory that led to Colombia being recognized as having the widest variety of butterfly species in the world. The Checklist of Colombian Butterflies identifies 3,642 different species, which makes up 19.4 percent of the known global varieties.
Vladivostok (Russia) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes the Taliban will behave in a “civilised” manner in Afghanistan so the global community can maintain diplomatic ties with Kabul. “Russia is not interested in the disintegration of Afghanistan. If this happens, then there will be no one to talk to,” Putin says.
Taez (Yemen) (AFP) – Many Yemini school children have only ever known makeshift schooling. Classes take place wherever they can, on roofs, in bombed out buildings and on the streets. As a new school year rolls around, the students’ simple hope of a ‘real school’ remains a distant reality in the war-torn city of Taez. With 600,000 people under government control but besieged by the Huthi rebels since 2015, Taez is one of Yemen’s most troubled cities, and has been repeatedly bombed by insurgents.
Glacier d’Aletsch (Switzerland) (AFP) – As head of Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (Glamos), Matthias Huss is at the forefront of observing the impact of climate change because glaciers are like a “giant thermometer” that indicates that upheavals are “very, very fast”.
CNN's Kate Bolduan speaks with New York City bus driver Rosa Almonte about getting her passengers away from harm during catastrophic flooding from Ida.
Senegalese academic Cheikh Anta Diop was an anthropologist, historian, physicist, and linguist. His groundbreaking work included rewriting Africa's history from an Afrocentric point of view without prejudice.
Italian oil firm, Eni, has made a major offshore oil and natural gas reservoir after an exploration in Cote d'ivoire.
State and local agencies have been struggling to distribute federal funds in a timely manner. CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich reports on what that means for renters facing eviction.
New Zealand police have shot and killed an ISIS supporter who injured at least six people in a supermarket "terrorist attack," authorities say. Eyewitnesses filmed the chaos when the attack was taking place and posted the censored clip on social media with bleeps and blurs added.
Anthony Farnell was just trying to give his weather report for Global News Toronto when his dog, Storm, stole the show.
On the fashion front, The founders of South Africa's ERRE fashion are going to the Paris fashion week.
CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks a claim by President Biden that he visited the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh after a mass shooting there left 11 people dead in 2018.
