Roberto Mancini says his team are 'absolutely gutted' for Leonardo Spinazzola who has been one of the best players at Euro 2020 but saw his tournament end prematurely after suffering a serious injury in the 2-1 victory over Belgium in the quarter-finals.
Nearly 20 years after invading Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and hunt down al-Qaida, the U.S. military has vacated its biggest airfield in the country, advancing a final withdrawal that the Pentagon said will be completed by the end of August.
The pilots of a cargo plane that made an emergency water landing off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii, told air traffic controllers one of their engines had failed moments before the flight went down, according to LiveATC recordings reviewed by CNN.
Afghans say international forces are leaving a country deeply impoverished, on the brink of another civil war. While even the Taliban is encouraging Afghans to stay in the country, concerns remain over how women and girls will be treated. (July 2)
President Joe Biden grew irritated when questioned about the state of Afghanistan, where a formal withdrawal is nearly complete, and a major US air base was officially handed over even as US generals warn of a looming civil war.
Vorkuta is slowly becoming a ghost town. Every year, another 2,000 people leave this city in the Arctic. Natalia Tsvirko would like to stay. Nine years ago, she opened a beauty salon.
In 2015, a mysterious disease killed 90% of the Saiga antelope in the steppe of Central Kazakhstan. Experts feared they'd all be lost. But those fears have turned to hope: there's a baby boom on the steppe.
A series of animated shorts teaching U.S. civics from executive producers Barack and Michelle Obama debuts July 4 on Netflix. Rick Damigella reports.
El Salvador recently played its crypto hand, making bitcoin a legal tender despite the concerns of the International Monetary Fund.
The issue of reparations – making amends for historical wrongs perpetrated against a group or population – has always been highly controversial. But to the victims of atrocities like genocide and slavery, offering such compensation should be a no-brainer.
Tigrayan troops retook the capital of Mekelle this week prompting the Ethiopian government to declare an immediate cease-fire in the eight-month-long conflict. But U.S. lawmakers warned Tuesday the cease-fire may be only temporary and will likely not prevent a looming famine impacting millions in the region.
A total of 130 countries representing more than 90% of global GDP are this week celebrating a landmark technical agreement to overhaul the global tax system and increase their revenues to finance the costly post-coronavirus recovery. Canada calls the text a "tremendous achievement", Argentina says it's a "historic moment" and the United States thinks the deal sends a clear message: "The race to the bottom is one step closer to coming to an end".
