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Zimbabwean finance minister Mthuli Ncube talks about the country's plan to resolve its economic hardship. The World Bank reports the 49% of the country's population lives in poverty.

Thousands of protesters waving flags belonging to the environmental campaign group 'Extinction Rebellion' held a 'Free The Press' protest in London on Sunday. The protest aimed to highlight an alleged lack of coverage on climate change and environment-related issues in the British media.

President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Cabinet and emergency officials and, remotely, with Western governors to discuss the heat wave, wildfires and drought in the West. Each poses a threat in different communities, and as VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, an Idaho rancher is trying to keep his farm alive despite a lack of water.

Attorney Lisa Bloom reacts to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania vacating Bill Cosby's 2018 conviction.

British carmakers are scrambling to source electric car batteries locally to avoid tariffs on exports following the post-Brexit free trade deal, as the global automotive industry sets sight on transitioning to clean energy by 2030.

The COVID pandemic has strained families forced to work and study at home together with an added stress for couples who are also business partners. In Kenya, such life-work partnerships experience a struggle not only to earn a living but also to keep their families together.

Donald Rumsfeld, secretary of defense under Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Gerald Ford, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 88 years old. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

Several countries have imposed restrictions on travelers from Britain amid rising cases of the delta variant of the coronavirus. Scientists say the delta mutation is more infectious and now makes up around 95 percent of new cases in Britain. Henry Ridgwell reports from London.

Bill Cosby was released from prison after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction, saying the disgraced actor's due process rights were violated. CNN affiliate KYW captured video of Cosby arriving at his home in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, shortly after his release.

The "Lava" and "Tennant" Fires have been blazing across Siskiyou County. Earlier in June, officials warned of a higher wildfire risk in California due to record heat and intense drought.

A sweltering heat wave that has settled over western Canada for several days is believed to be a contributing factor in dozens of sudden-death calls received by police in the Vancouver area, authorities said Tuesday. In the United States' Pacific Northwest, about a dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to an intense heat wave that brought scorching temperatures and caused one power utility to impose rolling blackouts amid heavy demand.

Brussels and London have struck a temporary truce over their "sausage war", announcing on Wednesday that they had agreed to extend a grace period for chilled meat exports between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The grace period, which the UK requested, will run until September 30.