Hong Kong (AFP) – In a packed metropolis where old buildings are frequently replaced by gleaming skyscrapers, two Hong Kong model makers are trying to preserve the city's architectural past — in painstakingly detailed miniature form.
A herd of cows tried to escape their fate at a meat packing facility, wreaking havoc on a southern California neighborhood before most were rounded up and returned to the facility, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) said in a statement.
Hospitalizations are up 225% since early June in Springfield, Missouri, which experts are blaming on the Covid-19 Delta variant. CNN's Martin Savidge reports.
The Chinese government is accused of detaining up to two million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in extralegal detention centers, which it claims are reeducation centers designed to prevent separatism and religious extremism. Researchers say there's also evidence of a growing number of Uyghurs being jailed in formal prisons with lengthy sentences.
Britney Spears begged a judge to release her from a conservatorship giving her father control over her: "I am traumatized… I just want my life back."
The White House reportedly began preparations this week to move thousands of Afghans who aided U.S. troops to an interim third country while they wait to apply for special immigrant visas. The move comes amid bipartisan criticism from lawmakers who say the United States is not fulfilling a promise to protect Afghan partners who provided support during the nearly two-decade conflict.
A new book by reporter Michael Bender reports that President Donald Trump wanted the military to "beat the f*** out" of protesters in the aftermath of George Floyd's killing.
Neeson and Laurence Fishburne team up to drive big rigs across a massive, frozen lake on a rescue mission. Rick Damigella reports.
Social networks are still failing to tackle the spread of online misinformation about COVID-19, a new report has found. Preliminary research from global civic organisation Avaaz suggests that Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube have not prevented the sharing of false rumours during the pandemic.
Leaders of Indigenous groups in Canada said investigators found hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children – a discovery that follows last month's report of 215 bodies found at another school.
With a footprint across 80 countries around the world, Naspers is one of Africa's largest companies. CNN's Isa Soares spoke to the CEO of Naspers South Africa, Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa, about the company's integration of tech and South Africa's investment potential.
President Joe Biden said he has agreed to a deal on infrastructure with a bipartisan group of senators after White House officials and the senators had a massive breakthrough the night before in their infrastructure negotiations. CNN's Manu Raju reports.
