Myanmar's economy and banking system have been paralysed since a military power-grab in February and livelihoods have been lost after strikes and factory closures. In a country which in normal times exports rice, beans and fruit, the World Food Programme has warned millions will go hungry in the coming months.
China has made remarkable achievements in protecting its ecological environment and improving its peoples' living standards, foreign diplomats commended during a friendship tree-planting activity held in Beijing on Thursday.
Syrian President Bashar Assad has been re-elected for a fourth seven-year term, officials have said, having won a landslide in an election described as illegitimate and a sham by the West and his opposition. Assad's win was not in doubt, in an election where officials said 18 million were eligible to vote.
Namibia, a sparsely populated African country, has recently reported a rebound on the number of COVID-19 infection cases, putting its medical system struggling under heavier burden. The country with around two million people has registered 53,903 confirmed cases by Thursday, according to the data from the country's Ministry of Health and Social Services.
French President Emmanuel Macron publicly acknowledged France's role in failing to prevent the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, but stopped short of an apology.
Sri Lankan Navy soldiers collect debris washed ashore from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which has been burning for over a week off the Sri Lankan coast.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MA) says without the investigation and intervention from a commission, he fears a political violence like the Capitol insurrection will become the new normal.
Al Qaeda's presence in Afghanistan is very much alive and thriving as the US withdraws funding and troops. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports that the reason the US came to Afghanistan may one day be the reason they have to come back. Watch more: Ex-US general says the US may regret pulling troops from Afghanistan.
"We must be number one in the world to lead the world in the 21st century," says US President Joe Biden, calling for America to work against competition from China during remarks on a visit to Cleveland, Ohio.
CNN's Chris Cuomo speaks to Abbigail Bugenske, Ohio's first Vax-a-Million winner, on how she feels about the lucky win and her plan to spend the prize money.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is speaking with Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and attacking Paul Ryan before Ryan's speech urging the party to move away from Trump.
Forsyth County, Georgia, is one of many communities today that have been addressing violent incidents in their past. Forsyth is an affluent, mostly White community near Atlanta that was home to wealthy Black farmers until a brutal attack on a young Black man in 1912.
