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The WNBA touts a 99% Covid-19 vaccination rate among its players. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert explains how they reached that number.

Ghana has started its first fully digital national housing and population census as it moves to capture the exact number of populations for national development.

Some Mexicans attended a drive-in concert for the first time since the pandemic began, a sign of Mexico's new Covid-19 reality. With only 20% of eligible people vaccinated in a country of 127 million inhabitants, health officials worry new variants could wreak havoc.

The worst of the economic devastation brought upon by the coronavirus pandemic is nearing its end. That was the main message of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the Brussels Economic Forum, an annual economic event that brings together decision-makers, business leaders and prominent academic figures.

English football fans celebrated wildly after England beat Germany in their Euro 2020 last-16 match to finally end its decades-long inferiority complex against its old, historic rival. Germany hadn't lost a knockout match to England in a major international competition since the 1966 World Cup final.

Severe storms usher in cooler/drier air for the Northeast. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the forecast and what to expect with the extreme heat out West.

A meeting of foreign and development ministers from the Group of 20 nations Tuesday ended with agreement to boost efforts to fight growing hunger in the world, worsened by the pandemic, especially in Africa, as well as climate change effects. But there were also notes of discord, with Germany and China taking jabs at each other over vaccine policy for developing countries.

Russian authorities on Tuesday morning raided the apartments of several investigative journalists and their family members, a move that comes amid mounting pressure on Russia's independent media outlets. Police searched the apartments of Roman Badanin, chief editor of the Proekt investigative online outlet, and Maria Zholobova, one of its journalists.

Born in Qatar, Tala Abujbara didn't even know what rowing was until she got to university in the States, but this summer, she will be representing the gas-rich nation in Tokyo in the women's single sculls event. Being a lone rower in a country mostly known for its desert landscape, aiming for a spot at the Olympics under the Qatari flag meant adapting from rowing in a team of eight to being on her own on the water.

Tigrayan troops retook the capital of Mekelle this week prompting the Ethiopian government to declare an immediate cease-fire in the eight-month-long conflict. But U.S. lawmakers warned Tuesday the cease-fire may be only temporary and will likely not prevent a looming famine impacting millions in the region.