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Pyongyang sweltered on Wednesday as state media issued warnings about a heatwave across North Korea.

Attorneys in the Harvey Weinstein case spoke during a press conference held outside the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, as the former movie producer pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of rape and sexual assault.

Tough US laws requiring audits for foreign companies and a growing crackdown on Chinese tech industry by Beijing are putting the future of Chinese companies listed in the US into question. CNN's Clare Sebastian reports.

A group of state attorneys general and the companies involved laid out key details of a landmark $26 billion settlement with large drug companies on Wednesday. (July 21)

A wildfire burning south of Lake Tahoe, still at zero containment, has crossed the state line from California into Nevada where new voluntary evacuation orders have been issued. The Tamarack Fire has burned more than 65 square miles. (July 21)

Louisiana health officials are reporting 5,388 new COVID-19 cases. As the latest figures became public, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Wednesday announced an indoor mask advisory. (July 21)

The Taliban appear to have “strategic momentum” in the fight for control of Afghanistan as American forces complete their withdrawal, the top U.S. military officer said Wednesday. (July 21)

Germany and the US struck a deal to allow the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, on Wednesday. US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland told Congress "the Nord Stream pipeline is a bad deal."

Police deployed water cannons and tear gas against a gathering of over a thousand COVID-19 policy protesters outside the Hellenic Parliament in Athens on Wednesday. New legislation submitted by the Greek government is set to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for employees at nursing homes and care facilities.

As skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan's home team is gunning for gold. CNN's Blake Essig speaks with the Osaka Daggers, a cutting-edge street skateboarding crew, to trace the country's skateboarding origins and explores how it's gaining in popularity as it prepares to make a splash at the Summer Games.

CNN's Ed Lavandera visits a Las Vegas barbershop amidst rising cases of Covid-19 in Nevada. After several unvaccinated employees were infected, business owner Robert Taylor set up a vaccine site at his shop.