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Fareed takes a look at why pricing carbon pollution is the simplest, most elegant way to decarbonize the global economy.

Mekele (Ethiopia) (AFP) – The local NGO Relief Society of Tigray distributes food at the May Weyni secondary school to displaced people who have fled violence in the northern Ethiopian region. The school, based in Tigray's capital Mekele, has been converted into an IDP camp and is hosting more than 10,000 internally displaced people.

Two pedestrians at a Pride parade near Miami on Saturday were hit by a truck, leaving one dead and the other injured, according to police.

Hundreds of protesters took the streets of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday calling for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to resign over his handling of the covid pandemic. The demonstration comes as the deaths in Brazil passed 500,000, the second-highest toll in the world.

The U.S. move to make Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation is just a "symbolic gesture" and more substantive issues should be addressed by this administration, said a lecturer on Saturday.

French electronic music star Rone has been talking to Euronews about a musical he's created that tackles difficult themes like climate change and sexual violence. Room With A View, produced with the dance collective La Horde, featured at Lyon's Nuits de Fourvière arts festival recently.

Sunday is World Refugee Day. June 20 is a day designated by the United Nations to honor and celebrate the world's refugees. UNCHR, the U.N.'s refugee agency, says World Refugee Day is “an occasion to build empathy and understanding” for the plight of refugees and to recognize their resilience in rebuilding their lives.

Just two days after President Joe Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday, the nation's capital celebrates the first official Juneteenth holiday. Saqib Ul Islam reports from Washington, D.

After the Australian softball team, the Ugandan Olympic team is the next international team to arrive in Japan for pre-Game camp in their host town of Izumisano City in Osaka. CNN's Selina Wang speaks to Uganda's first female boxer about training amid social distancing and her hopes for her first games.

CNN's Pamela Brown talks to conservative talk radio host Mike Broomhead about the Republican-led election audit in Arizona that is entering its final stages, despite a process that was plagued by questions about transparency.

Some members of the Republican Party have been unwavering in their efforts to rewrite reality, from the Capitol insurrection to critical race theory. CNN's Pamela Brown lists the top 5 claims from the week.

The Bidens have announced that Champ, their "beloved" German Shepherd who had been with their family since 2008, has died. Champ passed away at the Biden family home in Wilmington, Delaware, a White House official told CNN.