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Alarmed by the mountains of plastic waste leaching into Indonesia's waters, two best friends are taking on the environmental menace by turning crisp bags and shampoo packets into paving bricks.

Seville (Spain) (AFP) – Seville's pandemic-hit tourism sector is hoping to get a shot in the arm from UEFA's last-minute decision to name the southern Spanish city as a host for Euro 2020 matches.

Decades before Dr. Anthony Fauci took on the Covid-19 pandemic, he was a leading researcher on HIV and AIDS. On June 5, 1981, the US CDC released the first official report of illnesses that would later become known as AIDS. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen speaks to Dr.

Sri Lankan authorities are bracing themselves for a new wave of pollution, following the sinking of the container ship X-Press Pearl off the coast of Colombo. Up to three billion plastic pellets have already been released into the sea from the vessel.

Two candidates with drastically different visions for Peru's future face off in a presidential run-off vote on Sunday, polarizing an electorate battered by the pandemic.

Pilgrims are trickling back to Spain's St. James Way after a year of being kept off the trail due to the pandemic. Taking the pilgrim's path across Spain can take days, weeks, or even months to reach the medieval cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. But now pilgrims are once again strapping on backpacks and following the route marked by the seashell emblem to heal wounds left by the coronavirus.

In a ruling that compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, a federal judge overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday, ruling it violates the Second Amendment's right to bear arms.

An NGO is bringing solar power to one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest communities, providing a cheaper and sustainable power source to residents of the city's Babilonia favela. The project, run by Revolusolar, started in 2016 with two hostels in the favela.

Hundreds of eager fans were filmed queuing outside the newly-opened Harry Potter flagship store in New York City on Friday. The world's first shop of its kind offers virtual reality experiences, a snack bar and all sorts of merchandise for the lovers of the book series.

Hundreds of parents are still searching for their children after being separated as they fled an erupting volcano In the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Around 400,000 people left the North Kivu capital of Goma after a brief one-day eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on May 22.

As some lawmakers move toward embracing critical race theory in school curricula, some conservatives are seeking to ban it. CNN's Abby Phillip reports.

President Joe Biden rejected a new counteroffer made by Republicans on infrastructure despite a $50 billion increase in spending, telling the GOP's key negotiator that the new offer did not meet his policy goals.