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Adam Driver, Bella Hadid, Bong Joon-ho and Helen Mirren pose as photographers line the Cannes red carpet. (July 6)

Some of the U.S. COVID relief packages are aimed at keeping tenants who can't pay their rent from being evicted. That relief was supposed to end in July. But in California, the state government just agreed to give those tenants more time. Angelina Bagdasaryan has the story, narrated by Anna Rice.

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Neymar will line up opposite each other in Saturday's Copa America final looking to end a hoodoo that has also affected some of their countries' greatest players.

South Korea will raise coronavirus curbs to their highest level in the Seoul metropolitan area, the country's prime minister said Friday, warning a record spike in new cases had reached "maximum crisis level". On Friday it recorded 1,316 cases, its highest daily rise since the pandemic began, with most new infections in capital Seoul and its surrounding areas.

A massive blaze tore through a Bangladesh factory killing at least 52 people trapped by flames that forced many workers to leap for their lives from upper floors.

At a press conference in Moscow Taliban members, who refer to themselves as the "Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan", say they control 85 percent of Afghanistan's territory as the militants mount an offensive amid a US military withdrawal, though the group's claims cannot be independently verified.

Anime lover and artist Jinnipha Nivasabut has painted 50 portraits of her favourite dead anime characters to explore the impact of the death of fictional characters on the audience. The oil paintings caught the eye of a curator and fellow anime lover who commissioned Jinnipha's work and launched the '2D Afterlife' exhibition.

Divers can explore "abandoned" sunken apartments and play boardgames underwater in the Deep Dive Dubai pool which is nearly 197 feet deep.

The condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida last month, which has led to 64 deaths and 76 people missing, has been raising concerns for residents of other buildings in the area. With reports of structural damage in other residential towers, engineers are now frantically inspecting the safety of all buildings in the area.

The 40,000-seat Ras Abu Aboud arena will host seven matches at Qatar 2022. It's unique in that it's built with shipping containers made from recycled steel and is the first World Cup stadium that was built to be torn down.

Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American winner in the 96-year history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. She twirled and leaped after spelling the winning word “murraya,” a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees. (July 9)

2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Zaila Avant-garde joins CNN New Day to share her experience and talk about her future.