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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his crew discuss the priceless objects they brought along for their historic spaceflight, including Amelia Earhart's flight goggles.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos speaks to CNN's Anderson Cooper following his historic spaceflight aboard his Blue Origin rocket ship.

Banda Aceh (Indonesia) (AFP) – Thousands of Muslims pack the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, in Indonesia's Sumatra island, to hold prayers to mark the Eid al-Adha festival, despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in the Southeast Asian country.

Nairobi (AFP) – Inside the rundown building in Kariobangi-North, it's almost entirely women and girls, all training under the watchful eye of boxing coach Alfred Analo Anjere — founder of BoxGirls Kenya. In 14 years, more than 3,000 girls and women have taken up the sport at the centre.

Days of heavy rain in monsoon season flooded the streets of Mumbai, India's financial capital, with residents complaining about the fact that the floods "happen every year". Several homes were crushed by a collapsed wall and the deluge triggered a fatal landslide.

The Olympic Games are opportunities for athletes around the world and any politically motivated boycotts are a violation of their rights, said a Chinese former Olympic champion.

The pilot of a banner plane made an emergency landing Monday on a bridge in southern New Jersey, snarling traffic but causing no injuries, authorities said. Witnesses said Landon Lucas landed without incident after reporting engine trouble. (July 20)

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos launched into space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft he funded.

China is expected to see an increase in infant and toddler products as it lifts its birth rate cap and allows couples to have up to three children. China has been gradually loosening its birth policies that, for decades, limited most families to only one child.