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California Governor Gavin Newsom has approved a budget including $156 million to address discrimination and rising hate incidents against the Asian American Pacific Islander communities. (July 16)

Bruno Weber's estate in Switzerland is like a fantasy world come to life: fairytale creatures and mystical figures populate the garden and home of the artist, who died in 2011. The dream-like architecture is enchanting.

During a speaking tour in Des Moines on Friday, Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Afghan people should take up arms to prevent the Taliban from gaining full control of the country. (July 16)

The death toll in flood-hit western Germany and Belgium continues to rise, as search and rescue operations continue for hundreds more still unaccounted for or in danger. (July 16)

Authorities are investigating the crash of a small plane into a vineyard in the Napa Valley community of Angwin. The Napa County Sheriff's office says there were three people on board the plane. Their conditions were not immediately known. (July 16)

Producer and director Morgan Neville discusses his new documentary film about the life of Anthony Bourdain, former chef and host of CNN's "Parts Unknown."

According to the FAO, every year around 1.3 billion tons of food are discarded. At the same time, more than 820 million people worldwide suffer from hunger. A US company has developed a liquid which can extend the shelf-life of fruit and vegetables.

China achieved marked economic performance in the first half of this year, with emphasis leaning towards high-quality development, said experts on Thursday.

More than 100 people have died in Germany and Belgium following severe flooding in the area, caused by what experts described as the heaviest rainfall in a century. CNN's Melissa Bell reports from Belgium.

Nigeria's headline inflation for the month June was 0.18 percentage points lower to 17.75 per cent.

CNN's KFile profiles a 34-year-old man who over the past three years has raised millions of dollars operating two political action committees that impersonated the Trump campaign. CNN's John Berman and Brianna Keilar have more.

John Bolton, former national security adviser under Donald Trump, said he did not regret withholding testimony during Trump's first impeachment trial because it was "doomed to fail" and emboldened the former president.