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Wildfires are burning across much of the West and weather conditions stand to worsen an already dire situation as huge areas of land go up in flames. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.

29 elite athletes from 11 countries comprise the International Olympic Committee's Refugee Olympic Team. The group will compete in the Summer Games in Tokyo that open later this month. As VOA's Laurel Bowman reports, it is only the second time in history that a team of refugee athletes will compete in the Games.

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, Louisiana, has the highest number of Covid-19 patients in the state. CNN's Miguel Marquez gets a look inside the hospital.

The space-tourism industry got a major boost aboard a billionaire's rocket ship. Plus, the EU lends Mother Earth a climate-conscious hand, and LeBron James suits-up for the big screen. VOA's Arash Arabasadi brings us the Week in Space.

The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is raising questions about who will fill the power vacuum left in America's wake. In Moscow, Kremlin officials are skeptically eyeing recent Taliban advances – and how they might affect neighboring buffer states in Central Asia.

Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly said in a podcast "the media represented [January 6] as so much worse than it actually was." CNN Editor-at-large Chris Cillizza breaks down why that's dead wrong.

In its half year report, Meristem says Nigerian cement makers are yet to fully take advantage of the export opportunities provided by the AfCFTA and the re-opened Nigerian land borders.

Johnson & Johnson is issuing a voluntary recall for five Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreen lines in the United States after it said it discovered low levels of benzene in the products.

Conservative attorney George Conway reacts to an excerpt from a new book that alleges top military official Gen. Mark Milley feared former President Trump would attempt a coup following his 2020 election loss.

As President Joe Biden's Enhanced Child Tax Credit goes into effect, CNN's Adrienne Broaddus talks to moms across the country about how the monthly checks will help them.

Briana Mariah, founder of We Speak model agency, believes models should reflect the world, and her agency finds and promotes a unique and diverse group of people. Karina Bafradzhian reports from Washington D.C. Camera: David Gogokhia

As the Tokyo Olympics get underway, there are some who are not happy about Japan's investment and others who can't wait. CNN's Will Ripley reports from Tokyo, Japan.