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CNN's Saskya Vandoorne details the road ahead for a Malian woman and her nine babies born in Morocco.

Polish scientists says they have discovered the world's first pregnant Egyptian mummy while carrying out scans on the 2,000-year-old remains kept at the National Museum in Warsaw. The mummy was brought to Poland in the 19th century and became part of the antiquities collection at the University of Warsaw.

The Hawksbill turtle is native to the Middle East and listed as critically endangered with only an estimated 8000 nesting females left worldwide. In Dubai, they can be found along kilometres of the city's coastline which conservationists are keen to preserve.

Donald Trump's content can now be shared on Facebook and Twitter despite his ban from both platforms. In March, Trump launched a new "communications platform", which publishes content "straight from the desk" of the former president.

The EU's highest court looks likelier to deal another blow to Poland's controversial judicial reforms. In an opinion released on Thursday, Evgeni Tanchev, the European Court of Justice's advocate general, said the changes were "contrary to EU law".

Powerlifter Nora Langdon proved that it's never too late to start a new active lifestyle, as she shows at her favourite gym in Royal Oak, Michigan on Wednesday, April 28.

Britain sent two warships to the English Channel on Thursday amid a dispute with France about fishing rights. French fishermen say they are being illegally prevented from fishing the waters around the British island of Jersey. Henry Ridgwell reports from London.

World leaders welcomed the Biden administration's announced support for waiving patent restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines, the so-called TRIPS waiver, at the World Trade Organization. While this could be a breakthrough in the global fight against the pandemic, as White House correspondent Patsy Widakuswara reports, it's just the first step in a long and complicated process.

On a visit to Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reassured leaders there that the United States will support Kyiv against what he termed "reckless and aggressive" Russian actions but stopped short of announcing increased military aid. VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports.

Kenya detected five cases of the COVID-19 variant that first emerged in India, the country's Ministry of Health said on Wednesday, warning that the country could be staring at a possible fourth wave.

European Union leaders are meeting in Portugal on Friday for two days of talks aimed at advancing the agenda for a social Europe.

With a badly aging bridge as his backdrop, President Joe Biden stood in reliably Republican Louisiana on Thursday to pressure GOP lawmakers to support his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, calling it a "blue collar blueprint to rebuild America.