It's more urgent now for countries to work on coronavirus pandemic control and vaccination than an investigation into the virus' origins primarily motivated by politics, said China Global Television Network (CGTN) anchor Wang Guan on Friday while commenting on U.S. President Joe Biden's order for the American intelligence community to conduct an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp was booed at the Georgia GOP convention, demonstrating former President Donald Trump's hold over members of the Georgia Republican party.
It's a routine sight on the Illinois River: towboats slowly pushing barges carrying everything from salt and petroleum to corn and soybeans, the top commodities produced in the state. "This is the backbone of our economy," said Tom Heinold, chief of the operations division for the U.
Activists who took to the streets to protest the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are now running for office as the next step in their fight for social justice. CNN's Leyla Santiago reports.
CNN's Chloe Melas interviews Nell Diamond, the creator of the Nap Dress and CEO of Hill House Home.
On the border between Poland and Belarus, opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko waved the red and white flag of the opposition movement – to protest at the closure of the crossing to all but goods traffic. Officially the reason for the closure since December is COVID-19 but many suspect Lukashenko of using the pandemic as a pretext for clamping down on the protest movement against his rule.
After almost six months the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam has reopened to visitors as restrictions in the Netherlands ease. An exhibition entitled "They're Here to Stay: A Decade of Remarkable Acquisitions and Their Stories", opened virtually in February.
A passenger attempted to breach the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville, forcing the plane to make an emergency stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to officials. The cockpit was never breached, and the passenger was taken into federal custody, a source tells CNN.
During the second half of the last century, it was one of the most technologically advanced steel plants in Europe. But back in the 1990s, Bagnoli, Naples, was sold to Chinese and Indian investors, before being dismantled, leaving behind a trail of unemployment and polluted land.
Los Angeles (AFP) – Demonstrators gathered for candlelit vigils in cities around the world to commemorate those killed in Tiananmen Square on June 4 1989, when tanks and troops crushed pro-democracy protests in Beijing. In Hong Kong, the usually huge vigil was banned this year, with the police citing Covid-19 precautions.
Twitter users in Nigeria's capital city, Abuja, react to the government's decision to restrict access to the social media platform following Twitter's deletion of a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 2.
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.
