China will reach one billion doses in its Covid-19 vaccination drive — a scale and speed unrivaled by any other country in the world. As of June 16, China had administered more than 945 million doses — three times the number delivered in the United States, and almost 40% of the 2.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange was one of the sponsors that hosted the inaugural two-day South Africa Tomorrow Investor conference – that is ending today.
Gaborone (Botswana) (AFP) – Botswanan diamond firm Debswana presents a 1,098-carat stone that it describes as the third largest of its kind in the world. The stone, found on June 1, was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi in the capital Gaborone.
CNN's Stephanie Elam reports on the harsh drought plaguing the Western US and explains the impact this can have on the rest of the country.
James Craig, former Detroit police chief, discusses the rise in crime across the US and how the challenges facing police departments, including low morale, relate to the escalation.
Furnace Creek (United States) (AFP) – Known as "the hottest place on Earth," the temperature in Death Valley National Park, eastern California has hit 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53 degrees Celsius) much earlier than usual. A heat wave in the US, which stretches like a blob over much of the western third of the country's map, extends east to west from Wyoming to California, and north to south from Idaho to Arizona.
Nearly a year after being indicted on federal bribery charges, the Ohio State House voted to expel former speaker Larry Householder.
CNN's John Avlon looks at the many hurdles that the Affordable Care Act has had to overcome. Despite all the attempts to repeal it, the latest Supreme Court ruling saved it again, the ACA remains the law.
CNN's Chloe Melas takes a look at which artists are going back on tour this summer.
Sid (Serbia) (AFP) – Self-proclaimed “wild woman” Manisha Berger has been walking for 8 months, and is still not ready to stop. Despite having horses with her, Berger has been on foot since September 2020 on a journey through Europe that she says made her “mind more clear”.
Thimpu (Bhutan) (AFP) – Aerial footage of submerged settlements and landslides after a river burst during heavy monsoon rains in Nepal killing at least one person and leaving seven others missing. Officials said a landslide caused by the monsoon deluge blocked a river, which then burst and sent a flood of water downstream late Tuesday, inundating a settlement in Sindhupalchowk district near the capital Kathmandu.
Fifa (Jordan) (AFP) – Jordan is racing against time to save a tiny rare fish from extinction as its last habitat threatens to dry up. The Dead Sea toothcarp – or Aphanius dispar richardsoni – has been on the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature since 2014.
