Zhengzhou (China) (AFP) – Endless rows of mud-caked vehicles damaged during deadly floods last month sit abandoned in a parking lot in the central city of Zhengzhou, a monument to the power of last months' record floods to hit Henan province.
Health experts have called for fairer distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide to achieve herd immunity, as the highly contagious Delta variant rages across the world.
California will become the first state in the nation to require all teachers and school staff to get vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. (Aug. 11)
U.S. officials are expected to declare the first-ever water shortage at the country's largest reservoir, Lake Mead. Arizona farmers prepare for cuts to their water amid the ongoing megadrought in the West. (Aug. 12)
Callao (Peru) (AFP) – Police in Peru seize more than two tonnes of cocaine valued at $90 million that was to be transported to Belgium from the seaport of Callao.
Zhengzhou (China) (AFP) – Endless rows of mud-caked vehicles damaged during deadly floods last month sit abandoned in a parking lot in the central city of Zhengzhou, a monument to the power of last months’ record floods to hit Henan province.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is conceding that Democrats face a tough pathway to delivering a $3.5 trillion package for family, health and environment programs to President Joe Biden's desk. But he says they have a good chance of success.
Callao (Peru) (AFP) – Police in Peru seize more than two tonnes of cocaine valued at $90 million that was to be transported to Belgium from the seaport of Callao.
Hundreds of people brave the rain in London to cycle 15 miles in the second annual Black Unity Bike Ride, an event that aims to "celebrate unity within the black community" and encourage more people of colour to cycle.
Angel Baker's 14-year-old daughter, Marionna, had to be put on oxygen for five days after contracting Covid-19. CNN's Gary Tuchman reports from her hospital room.
The Taliban seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local army headquarters Wednesday, giving them control of two-thirds of the nation as the U.S. and NATO finalize their withdrawal after decades of war. (August 11)
President Joe Biden plans to host a virtua "summit for democracy" in December as he aims to assemble government, civil society and private sector leaders in what he's cast as a global faceoff against rising autocratic forces. (Aug. 11)
