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Gladys Sicknick, the mother of fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, met with GOP lawmakers to try and persuade them to vote for a commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack.

CVS announced that people who plan to receive or have received a Covid-19 vaccine at CVS can enter its new "One Step Closer" sweepstakes and win a prize.

The UK's health minister Matt Hancock has been defending himself after a blistering attack from the prime minister's former chief aide Dominic Cummings. Cummings had said Hancock should have been fired and accused him of lying on multiple occasions. But Hancock shot back on Thursday: "“I have been straight with people in public and in private throughout.

Coimbatore (India) (AFP) – A temple dedicated to "Corona Devi" (Corona goddess) has appeared near the South Indian city of Coimbatore, as the country struggles to combat a brutal new wave. The national death toll passed 300,000 on Monday. The manager of the temple says the idea of worshipping disease-causing viruses as goddess forms has existed for years, in the belief that prayers will help ease the situation.

Kolasin (Montenegro) (AFP) – Two roads vanish into mountain tunnels high above a sleepy Montenegrin village, marking the unlikely endpoint of a billion-dollar project that is threatening to derail the tiny country's economy. After six years of carving tunnels through solid rock and raising concrete pillars above gorges and canyons, the road goes nowhere.

Ngaski (Nigeria) (AFP) – Rescuers and volunteers search the waters of the Niger River where a boat carrying 180 sank in Nigeria. More than 150 people are feared to have drowned when the overloaded boat taking passengers to a market broke apart in northwest Kebbi state.

During a visit to Rwanda to finalise reconciliation between Paris and Kigali after more than 25 years of diplomatic tensions over the 1994 genocide, French President Emmanuel Macron recognises his country's role in the genocide, from backing a genocidal regime to ignoring warnings of the impending massacres.

Medinīpur (India) (AFP) – Residents are rescued from flooded homes after Cyclone Yaas battled Covid-ravaged India. Thousands have been left homeless and nine have been killed barely a week after western India was hit by Cyclone Tauktae, claiming 155 lives.

Kenya's Central Bank held its main lending rate at 7 per cent, saying inflation was expected to remain within the target range.

Elliot Page has shared a photo of a milestone moment since revealing details of his "life changing" surgery. The "Juno" and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" star announced in December that he is transgender and shared with fans that he/ they were the actor's preferred pronouns.

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian reflects on the role of a CEO around social issues. He tells CNN's Poppy Harlow that the company has a five year plan to diversify its management structure.

Now with new buyers, the battery-powered Rosenbauer RT fire truck is close to rolling through the streets of several North American cities.