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Day one of the Kazan Grand Slam was packed with spectacular, high-action judo that delighted the fans allowed to return to the stands.

Two British offshore patrol vessels will be sent to the island of Jersey "as a precautionary measure" amid an escalating post-Brexit row over fisheries with France, a Downing Street spokesperson said. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.

Beds are running out and dozens of medical staff are infected with Covid-19 in Nepal's city of Nepalgunj, a city sharing its border with India, as the country feels the ripple effect of India's Covid crisis. CNN's Anna Coren reports.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the European Union is willing to discuss an American proposal to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, speaking from the European University Institute in Florence, on Thursday.

Thirty teenagers, thousands of hours of training, dozens of shattered dreams: it all comes to a head next week when all-male septet Blitzers will be launched into the cut-throat K-pop market, hoping to become the next BTS.

Caitlyn Jenner – a Republican whose campaign for California governor has elicited angry reaction from some members of the LGBTQ community – says "I move on" from critics. She was interviewed by Fox News' "Hannity" host Sean Hannity. (May 6)

Actor George Clooney performed a comedy sketch for an Omaze fundraiser he is holding for the Clooney Foundation for Justice, an organization focused on fighting for human rights.

What's happening in India is being felt across Africa as India bans all vaccine exports to COVAX, the global vaccine alliance many African countries rely on. Africa is scrambling to make up for the shortage. CNN's David McKenzie reports.

Under the weight of official policies, the future of Islam appears to be in doubt in Xinjiang, a rugged realm of craggy snow-capped mountains and barren deserts bordering Central Asia. (May 6)

Medellín (Colombia) (AFP) – Thousands of demonstrators pour into Colombia's streets to protest the policies of President Ivan Duque, the eighth straight day of protests that have left at least 24 dead and hundreds wounded.

President Jair Bolsonaro says the novel coronavirus may have been made in a laboratory to wage "biological warfare," in the latest comments likely to strain Brazil's relations with China.

A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl after she allegedly attempted to cut two females with a knife, according to officials and body camera footage. The bodycam footage has been put in slow motion and blurred by the Columbus Division of Police.