The Finnish city of Oulu will be the European Capital of Culture in 2026 after beating off competition from two other domestic rivals. It won over the panel of judges with a project focussing on sustainability and local participation. Oulu was preferred to bids from Savonlinna and Tampere.
Jasmine Hartin, the partner of the son of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft, has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a police officer in Belize, according to local news outlets. Hartin was charged with manslaughter by negligence, her lawyer Godfrey Smith told reporters.
A burnt-out container ship off the Sri Lankan coast is sinking, with several hundred tonnes of oil still in its fuel tanks, according to the navy. The MV X-Press Pearl was carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics.
The trucking industry has been short drivers for years, but the pandemic made it worse. The shortage means the price of groceries and moving costs are going up. CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich reports.
The European Commission wants to reform one of the EU's most palpable achievements: the passport-free Schengen Area. Established in 1995, the space encompasses more than 400 million citizens who are allowed to cross borders without being subject to checks and controls.
CNN's Briana Keilar presses Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes, the lead sponsor of a controversial voting bill, about why the bill is needed when Republican state officials declared the state's election was "smooth and secure."
In 2008, a family murder-suicide horrified Detroit. Two decades later, one of the surviving daughters is telling her story of survival and efforts to help others. Burim Goxhuli has the story. Camera: Burim Goxhuli
Volusia County, Florida, deputies shot a 14-year-old girl after authorities say she and a 12-year-old boy broke into a home with multiple guns and began firing at the officers. CNN's Leyla Santiago reports on the latest developments.
Malaysia went into a two-week nationwide lockdown on Tuesday, with only essential businesses and sectors allowed to operate on a limited basis, as the country struggles to curb a surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths. The country registered 7,105 new daily infections on Tuesday, bringing the total tally to 579,462.
One of Iran's largest navy ships sank on Wednesday after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, local news agencies reported. Iran's army said nearly 400 crew and trainees were on board the vessel, and that all were safely evacuated.
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov conduct a spacewalk from the International Space Station. The duo carry out preparations for the undocking and disposing of a station module later this year.
Their stage? A working-class area of Havana. Their showcase? Instagram and Facebook. Thanks to social media, a troupe of young Cubans has caught the eye of several stars abroad with their choreography mixing hip hop, reggaeton and salsa.
