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International Labour Organization Director General Guy Ryder discusses why vaccinations are one of the preconditions to economic recovery.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the completion of the first stage of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The project aims to deliver Russian gas to Germany.

Brussels has banned Belarusian airlines from flying over the EU's airspace or using its airports following Minsk's move to divert a Ryanair passenger plane and arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich last month. EU headquarters said member countries will “be required to deny Belarusian carriers permission to land in, take off from or fly over their territories.

A New Mexico marshal returned a specially designed tricycle back to a young girl with special needs. CNN's Lucy Kafanov reports.

Facebook says former President Donald Trump will be suspended from its platform until at least January 7th, 2023 — two years from when he was initially suspended. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reports.

From immigration and gun control to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the f earless French artist, JR , takes on some of the world's biggest social and political issues. His work entitled JR: Chronicles went on show on the 4th of June at London's Saatchi Gallery.

Newtown Action Alliance, a volunteer organization made up of Newtown, Connecticut, residents after the tragic December 14, 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, released a new gut-wrenching PSA as the nation suffers another deadly week of gun violence.

South Korea is boosting efforts to recycle plastics in the country. At special centres, used PET bottles are recycled and transformed into products such as clothes, food containers, and cosmetic bottles.

Indonesia's hijab-wearing, headbanging Voice of Baceprot (“Noisy Voice” in English) have been praised by the likes of Nirvana and Rage Against the Machine, but the all-female heavy metal band faced a tougher battle in winning over their conservative hometown.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson sits down with CNN's Rachel Crane to discuss the potential impact if Russia would leave the International Space Station.

A tennis player has been arrested at the French Open tournament on suspicion of match-fixing at last year's event. Twenty-six-year-old Yana Sizikova was taken into custody in Paris on Thursday following her first-round doubles match. She is being held on charges of “sports corruption” and “organised gang fraud”.

President Nicolas Maduro hits out at a decision by the United States not to include Venezuela in its global distribution of millions of donated vaccines against Covid-19. James Story, the US Ambassador to Venezuela has said that Venezuela was not included in the donation plan because "it lacks transparency in delivering the vaccines to the people who need them.