The COVID-19 pandemic's impact has led to cuts in foreign aid from donors like Britain, which this month slashed its aid budget by $5.5 billion, hitting those on the ground in Africa. The funding loss is felt in Burkina Faso where it could possibly shut down a group that helps thousands of gender-based-violence and rape survivors.
Torrential rain in China earlier this month has washed away people's livelihoods. (July 30)
The nation's millions of federal workers will be required to verify they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus or else face mandatory masking, weekly testing, distancing and other new rules, the Biden administration announced Thursday. (July 29)
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic has stretched people's mental health around the globe, and Zimbabwe is no exception. But some Zimbabweans hit hard by the stress have found unique support at the Friendship Bench, one of the country's biggest counseling services.
When back-to-back hurricanes caused a mudslide that destroyed the village of La Reina, Friar Leopoldo Serrano feared survivors would join the Honduran exodus to the United States. So, he took a leap of faith to get land for a new town. (July 30)
CNN's Chris Cuomo visits with Alicia Ball, whose husband William is currently hospitalized in Mississippi with Covid-19.
CNN's Gary Tuchman visits a county in Northwestern Colorado where the vaccination rate is low and the Covid-19 infection rate is high. The area is represented by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who is in defiance of new Covid rules on Capitol Hill.
Former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne, a Trump ally, has donated $3.2 million to Cyber Ninjas, the firm conducting the fraudulent election audit in Arizona.
A Nigerian Instagram influencer who goes by the username hushpuppi has pleaded guilty to money laundering in a US court. He posted pictures of his lavish lifestyle online and was arrested in the UAE.
Some 700 hundred Afghan allies escape to the US as the troop withdrawal continues, while thousands more fear for their lives as the Taliban gain more ground. CNN's Kylie Atwood reports.
Louisiana is among the states with the worst vaccination rates and is seeing a surge in new coronavirus cases. CNN's MIguel Marquez visited a hospital in the Bayou State and spoke with patients who explained why they hadn't received the vaccine.
Philip Morris International CEO Jacek Olczak discusses why the company announced it will stop selling Marlboro cigarettes in Britain by 2030.
