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Al Sharptonc calls the late Daunte Wright a prince at the 20-year-old's funeral; Wright's mother say she never imagined she would be burying her son. (April 22)

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry welcomes the momentum on the first day of a two-day U.S.-hosted climate summit that kicked off Thursday. "The importance of today, in my judgment, is this: the world came together," Kerry says.

CNN's Don Lemon discusses the deadly shooting of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant by a police officer after body camera footage showed her armed with a knife in an altercation.

The man accused of killing 10 people at a crowded Colorado supermarket last month armed himself with 10 high-capacity ammunition magazines, devices banned in the state after previous mass shootings, a prosecutor said Thursday. (April 22)

Paula Bryant, mother of Ma'Khia Bryant, speaks to CNN's Jason Carroll about the loss of her daughter who was fatally shot by police officers in Columbus, Ohio.

Andrew Brown Jr. lost both his parents and had his own troubles with the law. But his aunt says he was the light of his family, and they will fight to find out why a sheriff's deputy felt the need to shoot and kill him. (April 22)

Despite years of warnings from scientists that a warming planet would result in dangerous weather conditions, researchers say there's been a shift in climate misinformation from denying climate change to focussing on extreme weather events. An extreme snowstorm hit Texas in February 2021, knocking out power and leaving millions in a deep freeze.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says to achieve climate change goals we need "collective action." (April 22)

In the UK, the government is looking at introducing vaccine passports for British holidaymakers as early as next month in a move that would effectively end the ban on foreign holidays for UK citizens. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has indicated he wants them to be ready by May 17th.

Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican Deputy Health Secretary Hugo Lopez Gatell confirms the discovery of fake Pfizer Covid vaccines found in a clinic. In Mexico, some 80 people received bogus doses of the drug, which appeared to have been physically harmless, though offering no protection against coronavirus, a report in the Wall Street Journal said.

Virtual (United States) (AFP) – US President Joe Biden opens the international climate summit saying climate action is a "moral and economic imperative" and he calls on the world to take action.

The vast majority of Covid-19 recovery funds in developing countries have gone to big corporations instead of toward social protections, small-and medium-sized businesses, or those working in the informal sector.