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US track star Sha'Carri Richardson could miss the Tokyo Olympic Games after testing positive for marijuana. Richardson spoke out about the positive test in an interview with NBC's "Today Show".

Portugal will reimpose a nightly curfew from Friday in 45 municipalities, including Lisbon, the government has said. The country faces increasing COVID-19 cases due to the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant which has become dominant in the country.

Coronavirus travel restrictions and post-Brexit tensions are certain to be raised during Angela Merkel's last official visit to the UK on Friday before she cedes power in September's elections. Although they are both conservatives and the trip is expected to be largely amicable, the German Chancellor's views on the issues are at odds with those of her host Boris Johnson.

A leading member of Greece's extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party was due in court on Friday after being arrested in Athens, nearly nine months after he disappeared before a court sentenced him to 13 years in prison. Police said 59-year-old former lawmaker Christos Pappas, number two in the neo-Nazi party, was detained late on Thursday.

It has survived two world wars, the fight against colonialism, global financial slumps: Mumbai Samachar, Asia's oldest newspaper still in print, enters its 200th year confident of beating the media pandemic that has hit many rivals.

General Santos (Philippines) (AFP) – A two-year break from boxing has left Philippine legend Manny Pacquiao "hungry" to get back in the ring for what could be the last fight of his career — and a warm-up for a presidential rumble. In his hometown General Santos City, Pacquiao is busy training for his August 21 comeback fight with American Errol Spence, while contemplating on his next big fight, including a possible presidential race.

The personnel system of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is key to China's development miracle in the past decades, according to Robert Lawrence Kuhn, an international corporate strategist and investment banker, who hosts "The Watcher" on China Global Television Network (CGTN).

Thousands have been evacuated in the Philippines after authorities raised the alert status on a restive volcano.

In France, Tokyo-bound cyclists training for the Olympic Games share their training venue with a coronavirus vaccination center… and love it. (July 2)

In Dubai, an in-person conference provides networking opportunities for entrepreneurs like Craig Fernandes, founder of Lock&Stock.

A Hong Kong police officer is in critical condition after being stabbed in the back in what Hong Kong Security Chief Chris Tang called a "lone wolf" attack. The attacker died in hospital after stabbing himself in the chest following the attack. CNN's Ivan Watson reports.

Fourth of July weekend will bring drier conditions for the East, rain for the Central, and hot temperatures for the West. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the weekend forecast.