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The Olympics Opening Ceremony officially kicked off the Tokyo 2020 Games, which were delayed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

The threat for flash flooding across the Southwest remains elevated this weekend as monsoon rains continue to drench the region. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar has the latest forecast.

Belgium's 40-year-old basketball player Ann Wauters boasts a glittering resume of success with club teams in three different continents, but neither she nor her country had ever qualified for the Olympics — until now.

Just days after England lifted the last of its COVID-19 restrictions, a so-called "pingdemic" has dominated headlines in the country. The move has led to hundreds of thousands of people having to self-isolate because they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus.

From vanilla to chocolate or strawberry, gelato is popular across the globe. Sergio Dondoli is one of just ten master gelatieri in Italy, and he revealed to DW the secrets of gelato-making.

Firefighters on Friday declared the end of their search for bodies at the site of a collapsed Florida condo building. (July 23)

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Friday said that water-related hazards dominate the list of disasters in terms of both the human and economic toll over the past 50 years.

Scientists attributed the devastating floods that destroyed large parts of western Germany to global warming and warned that this will certainly not be the last of such deadly weather patterns.

The the hard-won opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally kicked off at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium amid the headwinds of the still raging pandemic.

President Biden backed away from his claim that Facebook is "killing people" by allowing Covid-19 misinformation, clarifying that his previous assertion wasn't meant to be a personal attack on the company.

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) took issue with reporters asking GOP lawmakers if they were vaccinated, and said reporters should be asking the Democrats if they are vaccinated. A CNN survey found that 100% of Democratic lawmakers on Capitol hill have been vaccinated.

As former President Trump prepares to head to Arizona, CNN's Kyung lah reports on his focus on the state following the 2020 election.