Melbourne (AFP) – The leader of Melbourne’s Victoria state, Daniel Andrews, comments on the current coronavirus outbreak, after the state returned to lockdown for the sixth time since the pandemic began. Australia’s three largest cities are in lockdown, as New South Wales records 319 community cases of the virus and five more deaths — a third straight day of record case numbers.
Unknown (AFP) – Macedonian firefighters, supported by their Austrian, Bulgarian and Slovenian colleagues, battle a wildfire near the town of Berova in the east of North Macedonia. The wildfires have been raging for several days in North Macedonia, particularly in the east of the country, destroying more than 3,000 hectares of land and forcing the government to declare a 30-day state of emergency.
VYDENIAI (Lithuania) (AFP) – Illegal migration to Lithuania has increased hugely in 2021, with Lithuania blaming Belarusian strongman President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime for encouraging the migrants to cross as retaliation against EU sanctions, calling it “hybrid aggression”. Lukashenko has denied the allegations, insisting instead that Lithuania triggered the migrant influx itself after Vilnius announced in July it would cut the asylum request process to 10 days.
A 19-year-old woman will embark on a solo flight around the globe with a mission to close the gender gap in aviation and potentially be the first person to circumnavigate the world in a microlight aircraft. CNN's Kim Brunhuber reports.
Even with spectators banned from the Tokyo 2020 Games, diehard pin collectors and traders are keeping the age-old tradition alive. CNN's Blake Essig reports.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) escalated his ongoing feud with President Joe Biden over Covid-19 regulations, taking a stab at the President's memory following Biden's latest comeback.
During an event in Alabama, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested that government volunteers promoting Covid-19 vaccines should be greeted with guns if they knock on your door.
CNN's Adrienne Broaddus talks to attendees at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally about concerns over vaccinations, Covid-19 and the Delta variant.
Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson announced pardons for Patricia and Mark McCloskey, the St. Louis homeowners who pointed guns at protesters near their home in the summer of 2020. CNN's Omar Jimenez reports.
As the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, experts and concerned citizens are making their own risk-based decisions. (Aug. 6)
With border restrictions and coronavirus guidelines still in place across much of the world, some university students are getting caught up in closed borders and unable to return to their place of study. CNN's David Culver meets some of them.
Texas Republican official H. Scott Apley, a raging critic of masks and the vaccine, died in the hospital from coronavirus. CNN's Tom Foreman reports.
